October 8, 2025
In Call to the Public, Spirit World 100 promoter Zander Ault invited the Mayor and Council to be involved with the event, adding that preparations were going as he’d previously reported on.
Patagonia Volunteer Fire & Rescue Chief Zay Hartigan gave a brief report on the department’s calls for September: 11 medical, nine of which were in town and two of which needed transport; one brush fire; one smoke report; and one snake call. Staff participated in 180 hours of training under the EMT program, with four members doing four hours each of other training.
Under New Business, Mayor Andy Wood announced the Town’s proclamation of October as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”
Bill O’Brien’s resignation from the Town Engineer position and from the Flood and Flow Committee was accepted, with thanks for his three and a half years of service to the Town.
Council voted to request a proposal from CPE Consultants to do design reconstruction work for the parking area at the Fourth Ave. public restrooms, adding a parking space, and modifying the sidewalk and curbing accordingly.
October 22, 2025
There were no speakers for Call to Public.
Under Old Business, the sale of 2,370 square feet of Santa Rita Ave. right-of-way at 275 Duquesne Ave. for $1,493.10 was approved. The strip is adjacent to Parcel Number 106-38-038, in Block D of the Subdivision Patagonia Townsite. The buyer—the Mahalik Trust M-1, with John Michael Mahalik as Executor—will pay survey costs.
In New Business, the number of council meetings per month will be reduced from two to one for November and December of this year, and the meeting time kept at 6pm. November’s meeting will be on the 19th, and the December meeting on the 17th.
The mayor and council were empowered to sign on to a letter opposing the Trump Administration’s gutting of the BLM Lands Rule, which protects land conservation, recreation, and clean air and water on federal land.