Goodyear City Council — Regular Meeting

Monday, November 16, 2026, 5:00 PM

City Hall - Council Chambers, 1900 N. Civic Square, Goodyear, AZ 85395. Physical access to the meeting location will be available 30 minutes prior to the meeting, at 4:30 PM. The meeting is livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/cityofgoodyear/videos. Councilmembers may attend in person, by telephone conference call, and/or video communication.

Agenda: https://public.destinyhosted.com/46639/agenda/agenda.cfm?seq=2212

Packet: https://public.destinyhosted.com/goodydocs/2026/CC/20261116_2212/2212_2026-11-16%20RM%20Agenda%20Packet.pdf

Item: Business Item 6, "RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF GOODYEAR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2027-2030 STRATEGIC PLAN." The recommendation is: "Adopt Resolution No. 2026-2541 adopting the City of Goodyear FY2027-2030 Strategic Plan." This is a vote. It is on the Business calendar, not on Consent.

• Item 6 is a vote to adopt the City's FY2027-2030 Strategic Plan. The staff report's face-sheet subject is only the Strategic Plan. Staff says there is "no direct budget impact from this planning item," and that "future expenditure requests associated with projects proposed in the plan will be discussed during the annual budget development process."

• The attached plan (packet page 204) adds an action item titled "Goodyear Real-Time Intelligence and Tactical Center (GRIT) Phase 2." The description is: "Leverage technology to decrease police response times, improve crime prevention, increase criminal investigation solvability rates, and enhance officer safety, while boosting the capabilities of the center with a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program." Responsibility is listed as PD / IT, and the timeframe is FY28.

• The Action Items Work Plan (packet page 219) repeats that description, assigns it to PD and IT, lists the deliverable as "Work Session on recommendations," sets the timeframe as FY28, and flags it as a "New Item" under Council Discussion.

Why it matters: Council is being asked to adopt a multi-year strategic plan under a title that only says "Strategic Plan," while the attachments add a new Phase 2 expansion of the police Real-Time Intelligence and Tactical Center with a Drone as First Responder program, to be taken up at a later work session. Adopting the plan would put that expansion on the City's official priority list. EZAZ opposes pattern-of-life tracking and believes profiling should happen only by warrant. EZAZ asks for a ban rather than rules that keep mass tracking in place.

How to comment: Complete a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk prior to the meeting being convened, if possible. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. Once the Clerk calls your name, step up to the lectern, state your name for the record, and say whether you are a Goodyear resident. Members of the public may address the Council on any item on the Consent, Public Hearing, and/or Business portions of the agenda. Each speaker's name will be called in turn once the item has been reached and after City staff have completed their presentation.

The Ask: Attend and ask Council to remove the GRIT Phase 2 / Drone as First Responder expansion from the Strategic Plan, or to vote no on adopting the plan until that item is removed. Watch for the work session listed in the plan. To speak on Item 6, turn in a speaker card to the City Clerk before the 5:00 PM start.

ADA: The posted agenda says the City "endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities." "With 48-hour advance notice, special assistance can be provided for sight and/or hearing-impaired persons at this meeting. Reasonable accommodations will be made upon request for persons with disabilities or non-English speaking residents. Please call the City Clerk (623) 882-7830 or Arizona Relay (TDD) 7-1-1 to request an accommodation to participate in this public meeting." For Spanish-language assistance or translation, the agenda asks people to call (623) 882-7830 at least 48 hours before the meeting. Agenda/source (agenda page): https://public.destinyhosted.com/46639/agenda/agenda.cfm?seq=2212 Packet: https://public.destinyhosted.com/goodydocs/2026/CC/20261116_2212/2212_2026-11-16%20RM%20Agenda%20Packet.pdf