Tempe

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.tempe.gov (City of Tempe, Maricopa County). Mayor and Council: https://www.tempe.gov/government/mayor-and-city-council. Calendar of all board, committee and commission meetings: https://www.tempe.gov/government/city-clerk-s-office/boards-and-commissions/calendar-of-all-board-committee-and-commission-meetings.
• Agendas, legal action summaries and minutes for City Council, the Development Review Commission, Board of Adjustment, Hearing Officer, Historic Preservation Commission, Aviation Commission, Joint Review Committee and Housing Authority: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/AgendaOnline. Video: the City's archive (https://tempe.granicus.com) and the Tempe 11 YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1buzbkjuy215CTejeVX6oQ).
• Collected 2026-11-12 and built the same day (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor-council government: Mayor Corey D. Woods and a six-member Council: Vice Mayor Arlene Chin, Nikki Amberg, Doreen Garlid, Randy Keating, Bobby Nichols and Brooke St. George. City Manager Rosa Inchausti; City Clerk Kara DeArrastia; City Attorney Eric C. Anderson.
• Council Work Study Sessions are held at 4:00 PM and regular meetings at 6:00 PM, generally on Thursdays. Tempe's equivalent of a planning commission is the Development Review Commission (chair Andrew Johnson); other bodies are the Board of Adjustment, Hearing Officer (Vanessa MacDonald), Historic Preservation Commission and Aviation Commission.

Data quality notes

• Agenda packets (attachment bundles of hundreds of pages) were not read. Council summaries were read in condensed form, and some posted minutes were only partly read.
• No regular-session Council minutes are posted; the City's legal action summary is the action record, so debate and public comment are not recorded.
• The Hearing Officer packets are image-only scans and were not read; the Hearing Officer November 3 minutes are posted but unapproved. Hearing Officer cases involve private property owners and are summarized by street name only.
• The Development Review Commission's November 10 video is mistitled November 11 on YouTube. The November 5 and November 10 meetings have agendas only, with outcomes not yet posted.
• Canceled meetings (Board of Adjustment, Joint Review Committee, some Executive Sessions and the October 23 Council retreat) have no pages. Boards that post only on the City calendar (Arts and Culture, Library, Transportation, Parks, Neighborhood Advisory and others) were not collected.
• Some department heads were not found (Financial Services, Economic Development, Library, Housing, City Court), and the Community Health and Human Services director could not be confirmed, so those pages do not exist.
• Captions are queued for the listed videos. Meeting pages cover 2026-08-31 through 2026-12-03; the pages dated after November 12 are scheduled placeholders.