Tempe City Council Subcommittees are designed to tackle community challenges and to find outcomes that serve the people of our city. 

When the policy work on the issue is complete, the committee can be sunset and the work of instituting new policies, programs or ordinances is sent to City of Tempe staff to implement.

These Council Subcommittees have sunset:

Nuisance Ordinance Council Subcommittee

Chair: Vice Mayor Doreen Garlid

Subcommittee member: Mayor Corey Woods and Councilmember Arlene Chin

Purpose: The purpose of this subcommittee is to formalize the process of developing a nuisance ordinance to protect neighborhoods.

Background: Conversations about creating a nuisance ordinance were held as part work of the City Task Force on Unlawful Sober Living Homes. The task force was composed of staff from Community Health and Human Services, Tempe Police Department, Tempe Fire Medical Rescue, and Code Enforcement. Two neighborhood meetings were also held to discuss the concerns of residents regarding homes that elicit a high volume of calls for service to Police and Fire and citations by Code Enforcement. 

Public meeting information

View the March 4, 2025 virtual meeting recording, a summary of comments received is available in Documents.

Subcommittee meeting information
The subcommittee meeting is closed.

Microsoft Teams

Questions
Council Assistant Parrish Spisz
480-350-8599

Increased Advocacy for Tempe Youth with Disabilities Council Subcommittee

Chair: Councilmember Berdetta Hodge

Subcommittee member: Mayor Corey Woods

Purpose: The purpose of this subcommittee is to explore how the City of Tempe can assist Tempe youth with disabilities, and their families and caregivers, navigate and better understand the resources available in Tempe and the State of Arizona for academic, career, and life success.

Background: Over the last year, families of Tempe youth with disabilities presented issues they face as they seek to ensure their children achieve long-term academic, and career, and life success. In August 2024, a group of families met twice with Councilmember Hodge requesting assistance from the City of Tempe and their school districts to achieve these goals.

To assist these families, Councilmember Hodge seeks to partner with school districts based in Tempe to explore, study, and understand ideas how to assist these individuals access resources for academic, career, and life success.

Questions

Council Assistant Vanessa Lopez
480-350-8597

Heat Safety for Tempe & Contract Workers Council Subcommittee

Purpose: Explore improving workplace safety protections for Tempe’s public and contracted workforce operating in the extreme heat, drawing from best practices and policies adopted in other Arizona cities.

Background:  In 2024, Tempe residents were met with the warmest year on record, with 113 consecutive days at or over 100 degrees and a daily average of 1.6 degrees higher than any other year. In 2014, Maricopa County reported 61 heat-related fatalities; In 2023, that number skyrocketed to 645 deaths.

To protect the health, safety, and well-being of all Tempe employees and contracted workers, Councilmember Keating plans to collaborate with labor organizations and key stakeholders across the city and state to develop a heat protection policy for Council consideration.

Recent ordinances passed in Phoenix, Tucson, and Pima County can serve as models, while the proposed Heat Safety for Tempe Workers & Contract Workers subcommittee can assess and tailor solutions to best meet Tempe’s needs.

Councilmember Keating is proposing the subcommittee, and Councilmember Hodge and Councilmember Amberg support moving this item forward for further consideration.

The final Council Subcommittee on Heat Safety for Tempe & Contract Workers was held on Friday, May 9 at 2:00 PM.

Questions:
Keaton Hill, Council Assistant
Keaton_hill@tempe.gov 
(480) 350-8463