Phoenix city election ballot to bring several big ticket items to table

PHOENIX — On Tuesday, residents of Phoenix will be able to cast their vote for mayor — choosing between incumbent Democratic Mayor Greg Stanton, Republican Anna Brennan or Independent Mathew Jette — city council and various propositions.

The also city council seats up for grabs are in Districts 1,3,5 and 7. There are five propositions on the ballot.

City officials want to make sure residents not only get out and vote, but also understand what they are voting for. Phoenix City Clerk Cris Meyer said the various items on the ballot deal with anything from the city’s general plan to a spending limit.

“Prop 100 is the city’s general plan,” he said. “That has to go to voters every few years. Prop 101 is the expenditure limitation, which allows the city to set a spending limit at the equivalent of whatever the approved budget is.”

Meyer said that Proposition 102, if approved, would give the city the option of making its payments electronically, as opposed to the current system of a printed check signed by the city manager and city clerk.

But that’s not all: There are 2 other propositions on the ballot, according to Meyer.

“Prop 103 is the third of the proposed pension charter amendments,” he said. “It’s the third in three years.”

The proposal would bar employees from keeping their unused sick days toward pension payments, and would cap the employee contribution rates for pensions at 11 percent of the annual salary for people hired after July 1, 2013.

The last on the ballot, Proposition 104, is the much-debated transportation plan that would spend $31 billion to improve transportation, including adding a 42-mile expansion of light rail.

The city has 29 polling locations open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. About 90 percent of voters use an early ballot.

Meyer said he expects a 25 percent voter turnout for Tuesday’s election.

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