Ceremonies will mark the beginning and end of its June 10 Glendale City Council meeting.

Soon after the meeting starts at 5:30 p.m., Mayor Jerry Weiers will proclaim June 19, 2025 as Juneteenth in the city of Glendale. The celebration of the end of slavery, which became known as Juneteenth, is the oldest known public celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.

Weiers will present Rev. Marcia Garland, founder of the Black Business Owners Coalition of Glendale, with the proclamation.

Garland will then play host to a get together after the proclamation, with light refreshments, at Mount Zion Prayer Ministries 7025 N. 55th Ave., Glendale.

Toward the end of the council meeting, the council will adjourn and go into a special budget meeting, which is public.

As is typical, the final budget meeting should be largely ceremonial with the vote and the signing. The final budget does not change much, and can not increase from, the tentative budget approved by the council May 13.

The council unanimously approved a $1.46 billion tentative budget May 13. The tentative budget included an operating budget of $710 million and a capital improvement budget of $478 million.

Glendale’s debt service budget is $115 million in fiscal year 2026. The budget also has a contingency appropriation of $157 million.

The city projects $1.02 billion in revenue during the budget year, plus a transfer budget of $223 million.

Glendale does not plan to increase its property tax rate in this budget, and the council will decide whether to adopt the property tax levy rate during another special meeting at 5:30 p.m. June 24, also in the Glendale Civic Center.