Vote — approved

Thomas Galvin	yes
Kate Brophy McGee	yes
Mark Stewart	yes
Debbie Lesko	yes
Steve Gallardo	yes

Ayes: Thomas Galvin, Kate Brophy McGee, Mark Stewart, Debbie Lesko, Steve Gallardo

Item Text

71. CONTRACT WITH GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL (GPEC) FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Approve a Contract between Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) and Maricopa County, administered by its Budget Office, in an amount not-to-exceed $823,701. The purpose of this Contract is to provide FY 2026 non-profit economic development funding to the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) for purposes to include regional marketing and promotion to improve the region's business image, industry prospecting to diversify the economy through the attraction and expansion of desirable business and industry in key economic clusters, facilitating regional economic development collaborations to build a strong business climate and develop an effective regional economic development network of organizations with a common vision and mission, and coordinating Foreign Trade Zone requests. This Contract is effective from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. (C-18-26-027-X-00)