New Tempe City Council Committees Offer Room For Community Input

TEMPE, AZ — The Tempe City Council has re-established its committees in order to create more opportunities for the public to be involved in working through larger community issues, the city said.

The new committees are: Human Services and Community Safety Committee, co-chaired by Councilmembers Doreen Garlid and Joel Navarro, Sustainable and Livable Communities Committee, co-chaired by Councilmembers Jennifer Adams and Lauren Kuby, and the Workforce Readiness and Economic Vitality Committee, co-chaired by Vice Mayor Randy Keating and Councilmember Robin Arredondo-Savage.

Tempe Mayor Corey Woods will be able to serve as a member on any committee.

“Reinstating council committees provides a great opportunity for councilmembers to work on issues that they have a passion for and want to see accelerated," Woods said in a statement. "This process also provides the public further access to their elected officials. I look forward to seeing the recommendations that come out of the committees.”

Committee members develop annual work plans that are eventually considered by the entire council. Once plans are approved, committees will meet once a month to determine how to accomplish their goals.

Plans for the Sustainable and Livable Communities Communities and the Human Services and Community Safety Committee will be considered on Feb. 18. Plans for the Workforce Readiness and Economic Vitality Committee will be considered at a later date, not yet announced.

All council meetings will be open to the residents and leave room for public comment.

The meetings will be hosted virtually online and agendas will be posted one week prior.