Arvada City Council Election: Newly Elected Members Sworn In

ARVADA, CO — Newly elected Arvada councilmembers were sworn in during Monday's City Council meeting, and outgoing members were thanked for their service to the city.

The new City Council members include Lisa Smith (At Large), Randy Moorman (District 1) and John Marriott, who was re-elected in District 3.

Enough votes were counted that the Nov. 2 elections results are considered "final unofficial," city officials said. Less than 1 percent of votes still need to be counted from military and overseas voters, and those who made mistakes on their ballots — they have until Tuesday at midnight to fix the mistakes.

Outgoing councilmembers Nancy Ford (District 1) and Dot Miller (Mayor Pro Tem and At-Large) were thanked for their service Monday.

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Lisa Smith

Smith is an Air Force police veteran who works for Team Rubicon, a veteran-based disaster and humanitarian response organization. She also spent more than a decade employed as a social worker, and served on the Arvada Chamber Resiliency Taskforce.

"I want to take my ground level experience in police and social work to bring real world solutions to our complex community challenges," Smith said in her Patch electionsprofile.

Smith said she believes that housing is the most pressing issue the city is facing.

"One goal is to help create a clear, obtainable path for any renter to become a homeowner," she said.

"I have ground-level experience in creating affordable housing programs that gives me a unique lens to approach this challenge in an innovative way, like investing in home-sharing, landlord rental guarantee programs, down payment assistance, and financial literacy programs."

Smith's campaign platform also focused on improving public safety and the city's multi-modal transportation system.

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Randy Moorman

Moorman, a scientist who spent 18 years working on environmental policy and 3 years as a science educator, said he ran for office because he wants to give back to his community.

"Over the past ten years, I've gotten to know our city very well from serving on the Arvada Sustainability Community, being a foster dad, running a pie baking business out of my home to volunteering with my church," Moorman said.

"As a committee member, I researched best practices from around the country and gathered feedback from Arvada residents for a variety of issues relating to our city's infrastructure and environment."

Moorman said he believes the city's most pressing issue is recovering from the pandemic and "building a stronger, more resilient economy."

"Everyone should feel safe and be able to thrive in Arvada. I will prioritize stimulus funds and city resources to improve the local economy and help our residents and small businesses. This includes improving our roads and public transportation. We will make our streets safer by investing in services, housing, infrastructure and jobs. We know crime goes down when everyone has opportunities to thrive."

John Marriott (re-elected)

Marriott, an entrepreneur who spent nearly four decades developing a successful small business, has served on Arvada City Council since 2013.

He said his top priority for the city is long-term infrastructure.

"I plan to dedicate a portion of tax revenue growth to long-term projects," his Patch profile read.

Marriott said he aims to boost the local economy through policy decisions that strive "for the least restrictive environment necessary to have a vibrant economy."