City Council
Tempe City Council approves tobacco ordinance | #citycouncil
INDEPENDENT NEWSMEDIA Tempe’s proposed tobacco ordinance was approved at Tempe City Council’s Oct. 26 meeting, with Council Member Joel Navarro absent. In a 6:0 vote, council passed the proposed ordinance for final adoption, changing Tempe’s legal purchasing age for tobacco products to 21 and instating a new tobacco licensing program for retailers. Residents and other […]
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Tempe City Council approves $2.5M budget increase for police department despite pushback | #citycouncil
TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – The Tempe City Council approved adding $2.5M and 19 police positions to the upcoming budget for 2022/2023. There will be under ten sworn officers, and the rest will be positions within the Tempe Police Department. Mayor Corey Wood says these were frozen positions with the department. They aren’t newly added […]
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