By Mayor Al Gameros FINAL BUDGET APPROVAL A public hearing was held before approving the final budget for FY 2022-2023 on July 26th. After the closing of the public hearing, Council approved the final budget in the amount of 42,541,669.00. The actual total operational expenditure budget is $12,635,329.00. The rest …
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Rehab of Hill Street School gets thumbs-up at Council’s February 8 meeting Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton (District 4), and Council members Freddy Rios (District 1), Mike Pastor (District 2), Jesse Leetham (District 3), Mariano Gonzalez (District 5), and Fernando Shipley (District …
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Council discusses joining distribution of opioid settlement funds Bill Simms, Globe’s City Attorney, explained that due to the opioid crisis, settlements are being negotiated with pharmaceutical companies and distributors similar to the tobacco industry settlements of around 15 years ago. Globe has the opportunity to agree to join a legal …
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City Council Adopts 2021-22 Tentative Budget at June 29 meeting Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and Council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, Fernando Shipley, and Mariano Gonzalez. All members were in attendance. This was a specially scheduled meeting to give …
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In a marathon meeting Tuesday evening – following the cancellation of Council’s previously scheduled meeting due to the Telegraph Fire – council discussed flood and mitigation efforts, the strategic action plan for 2023 and heard from residents before approving funding for the rehab of the long-neglected pool at the community …
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Globe City Council appoints new District 5 representative at May 11 meeting Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, and Fernando Shipley. All members were in attendance. Announcements & Special Presentations City Manager Paul Jepson …
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At the Jan. 12 meeting of the Globe City Council, there was much discussion about whether the City wants to have a recreational and/or medical marijuana dispensary and, if so, how the city ordinances should be drafted to accommodate such businesses. In November, by a vote of 60 percent to …
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UPDATE: At its Jan. 15 meeting, the Globe City Council voted unanimously to limit to 20 percent the number of parking spaces vendors can use to conduct business in any single city parking lot, excluding special events. Prior to the vote, Director of Development Services Chris Collopy, explained that while …
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City Council to revisit issue at its Jan. 15 regular meeting Supporting a new local business in the community, the City of Globe agreed to let a mobile sports and equipment rentals business rent part of a downtown parking lot “from time to time.” When E-Volve Adventure Rental applied for …
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After eight vehicles were broken into on Christmas night in 2011, Globe’s Nob Hill area residents formed a neighborhood watch group the next month. The block watch encompasses Oak Street to High Street to Tonto Street and part of Yuma Street, as well as the residential area on Hill Street, …
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