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Gilbert mayor files ethics complaint against council …

7/14/2023
Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson has filed a formal ethics complaint against Jim Torgeson, the second such complaint filed this week against the freshman council member and frequent mayoral critic. …

Compromise plan for ‘The Ranch’ project in Gilbert …

6/21/2023
The Ranch, a 300-plus acre industrial development project in east Gilbert that stirred neighbors’ anger with town council in the fall, won calm approval June 20 after developers presented their …

Gilbert Town Council changes course, cuts property tax …

6/7/2023
Gilbert Town Council reversed course from its preliminary adoption last month of the budget and property tax levy, cutting the secondary property tax rate by a penny and passing the budget on a …

Gilbert council gets first look at communications …

5/25/2023
The Gilbert Town Council got a first look on a series of recommendations for improving communications with the community May 23 after the town’s leadership concluded a two-day strategic …

Gilbert Town Council gives preliminary approval to …

5/3/2023
Gilbert’s largest budget ever earned unanimous preliminary approval from Town Council on May 2, pushing the town across the $2 billion threshold for the coming fiscal year.  Council …

Gilbert's proposed budget crosses $2 billion

4/20/2023
The town of Gilbert’s fiscal year 2023-24 budget proposal crosses the $2 billion threshold for the first time, five years after first going over $1 billion and nearly $379 million more than the …

Gilbert council kills light rail, tables commuter rail …

3/8/2023
Light rail is doubly dead in Gilbert. While Valley Metro had no proposal for a line in Gilbert and town officials long had said they were opposed to it for town, the Gilbert Town Council took the …

Rail ordinances to compete with Gilbert mayor’s …

3/7/2023
A showdown on rail in town looms at the March 7 Gilbert Town Council meeting.  Gilbert Town Council members Jim Torgeson, Chuck Bongiovanni and Bobbi Buchli requested two more rail ordinance …

Gilbert mayor bringing rail ordinance back to council

3/3/2023
Less than two weeks after an anti-rail ordinance failed at Gilbert Town Council, Mayor Brigette Peterson has placed a new proposed ordinance on the March 7 council agenda.  The proposed …

Door still open for Gilbert anti-rail ordinance after …

2/23/2023
Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson left the door open for an ordinance that may limit rail in town, though Town Council rejected a strict prohibition against the use of town resources on the …

Gilbert apologizes for rating residents’ 'vocal …

2/23/2023
The town of Gilbert apologized Wednesday for a document that rated residents living along a proposed Ocotillo Road widening project for their “vocal level” in opposing the …

Gilbert Town Council takes on hot topics of rail, …

2/22/2023
Gilbert Town Council took up two heated issues from last fall, but the status quo did not change at council’s Feb. 21 meeting.