Avondale City Council — Regular Meeting

Monday, November 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

City Council Chamber, 11465 West Civic Center Drive, Avondale, AZ 85323. Physical access to the Council Chambers is available 30 minutes before the meeting.

Agenda / packet: https://avondaleaz.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7792,plainText=false)

Meetings portal: https://avondaleaz.portal.civicclerk.com/

Request to speak: http://www.avondaleaz.gov/requesttospeak

Item: Consent 4.a, a request to approve the October 19, 2026 City Council meeting minutes. Item 3 is Unscheduled Public Appearances. There is no Flock action item on the agenda.

• Council will consider approving the October 19 minutes on the consent agenda. Consent items are acted on in one motion unless a Councilmember pulls an item to be considered separately.

• The draft October 19 minutes in the packet say: "Zakaria Shahzada, Avondale resident, expressed opposition to Flock Safety cameras and automated license plate reader technology."

• Approving the minutes is not a vote on the cameras. The posted agenda has no item to end the Flock contract or remove the cameras.

Why it matters: A resident used public comment to oppose Flock cameras, and that comment is now in the minutes coming up for approval. If it stays only in the minutes, there is still no action item. EZAZ asks for a ban rather than rules that keep mass plate tracking in place. Where cameras already exist, EZAZ asks for voter approval, plates only, no retroactive archive, destruction of non-hits, no vendor or national sharing, no pattern-of-life tracking, and a particularized warrant to query.

How to comment: Anyone wishing to address the Council on items listed on the agenda or under Unscheduled Public Appearances should submit an Online Request to Speak form at http://www.avondaleaz.gov/requesttospeak at least one hour before the start of the meeting, or a paper Request to Speak card to staff before the meeting starts. The agenda says the livestream will not be monitored by staff, so anyone who wants to address Council must appear in person.

The Ask: Attend in person if you want to speak. Submit a Request to Speak at least one hour before the 5:30 PM start, or turn in a paper card before the meeting starts. Ask Council to place a public item on a future agenda for a recorded vote on whether to keep or end the Flock cameras.