Glendale City Council's Conchas faces expulsion vote over SRP election

• District board members receive $60 per meeting, per SRP.
• Council members are paid $34,000 annually, plus an additional $16,200 for vehicle and incidental costs.

Catch up quick: Conchas was elected to the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District Board last month as part of the clean energy team that won a majority of seats.

• Conchas was elected in 2024 to represent Glendale's Cactus District in the southeastern part of the city.

The intrigue: The City Council will hold a special meeting at 10am Thursday to vote on whether to declare his seat vacant.

• The resolution that council members will vote on states that Conchas "ceased to possess the qualifications necessary to serve as a councilmember."

Zoom in: Mayor Jerry Weiers told Axios that several citizens told the city they believed Conchas' election to the SRP board made him ineligible to serve on the council.

• Weiers said he called the special meeting at the request of three members of the seven-person council, whom he wouldn't name.
• He said Conchas "felt that he was not in violation."
• "I don't know what's going to happen," said Weiers, who wouldn't comment on how he'll vote.

Conchas could not be reached for comment.