City Council Work Session - 04/07/2025

The City of Goodyear held a City Council Work Session on April 7, 2025, focusing primarily on two key agenda items: the fiscal year 2025 strategic plan related to water resource allocation policy and an update to the city's procurement code. The water resource allocation policy discussion centered on establishing clear guidelines for allocating the city's assured 100-year water supply to undeveloped parcels within the service area, addressing large water users, and discouraging self-service wells. The policy aims to provide clarity and flexibility for development projects while preventing long-term water reservations that could hinder future growth. The council provided feedback on policy flexibility, conservation emphasis, and enforcement mechanisms. The procurement code update, the first in over a decade, proposed increasing the formal procurement threshold from $50,000 to $100,000 to align with inflation and peer cities, and raising the job order contracting limit from $1 million to $5 million to allow more efficient project delivery. The update also recommended adopting expenditure authority through the budget process to streamline capital improvement projects. Council members discussed the implications of these threshold changes, vendor registration processes, and internal controls including audit oversight. The session concluded with plans to finalize the water policy and procurement code amendments for future adoption.