The Glendale City Council, as expected, voted 4-3 Tuesday to approve a tentative budget for the coming fiscal year.

The spending plan includes a $17 million placeholder for management of the city-owned Jobing.com Arena, home of the Phoenix Coyotes.

Former San Jose Sharks executive Greg Jamison is poised to buy the beleaguered hockey team from the National Hockey League and keep the players in Glendale. Jamison and Glendale must agree to a lease and operating agreement at the arena and Jamison must work out the sale with the National Hockey League.

City administration has said Jamison agreed to the $17 million from the city for next year.

After that, the city would expect to pay Jamison $20 million annually until 2017, when the bill would drop to $15 million, city budget proposals show.

Mayor Elaine Scruggs said council received a draft arena management agreement Friday night. The council met behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss the agreement.

The city has not offered the public a break-down of what arena expenses the fee would cover.

Scruggs, council members Phil Lieberman and Norma Alvarez voted against the tentative budget.

Councilman Manny Martinez said the Coyotes lease agreement could come before the council for a vote on June 12. However, it could come sooner if the council opts to hold a special meeting.

The council also is slated to adopt the final budget on June 12.

The city's tentative budget reflected nearly 50 employee layoffs as the city looked to close a $35 million shortfall.

This week's tentative budget did not include a vote on a proposed 0.7 percent increase in the city sales tax or a 61-cent secondary property tax hike, which would be phased in over two years. Those proposed tax hikes initially will be voted on during the budget's final adoption.

The city's $579 million spending plan includes four components; a $347 million operating budget, a $106.2 million capital improvement budget, an $86 million debt service budget and a $39 million contingency appropriation budget.