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Tucson
Everything we’ve published on Tucson’s public meetings, newest first: what was decided, and what was on the agenda beforehand. Covers the Mayor and Council.
What they decided
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Oct 20, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson council renews police vehicle-theft task force, adds reporting on license plate reader useThe Tucson City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 20, unanimously renewed the Tucson Police Department's participation in a statewide vehicle theft task force but added a condition: police must report back at…
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Oct 6, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson council raises City Manager Timothy Thomure's salary to $375,000, adds self-renewing contract termThe Tucson City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to raise City Manager Timothy Thomure's salary to $375,000 and give his contract a two-year term that renews automatically unless the council…
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Sep 22, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson council lowers water-use trigger for big users in 4-3 vote, orders tougher rules in 120 daysThe Tucson City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to lower the point at which the city's large quantity water user ordinance applies, from 10,000 to 8,500 hundred cubic feet (CCF) of water per…
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Sep 9, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Council Freezes All Park Namings Rather Than Vote on Baldenegro Park; Accepts $390K Police Grant With a CaveatThe Tucson Mayor and Council voted 4-3 Wednesday to put an immediate moratorium on naming and renaming city assets, setting aside a proposal to rename Joaquin Murrieta Park for Westside activist…
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Aug 18, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Conveys 212 Acres to Air Force at No Cost for Raytheon Expansion in Split VoteThe Tucson Mayor and Council voted 4-2 Tuesday, Aug. 18, to convey 212 acres of city-owned land to the U.S. Air Force at no charge, paving the way for potential expansion of Raytheon's operations — a…
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Aug 13, 2026
Joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors, Tucson Council Outline Shared Poverty Plan, Warn of Federal Cut FalloutThe Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Tucson City Council met jointly Thursday, Aug. 13, to advance the Prosperity Initiative, a shared framework targeting intergenerational poverty across…
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Aug 5, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Council Passes Data Center Zoning Rules 6-1, Directs Staff to Explore BanThe Tucson Mayor and Council voted 6-1 Wednesday to adopt Ordinance 12268, a Unified Development Code amendment establishing regulations for large-scale data centers, making the city one of the first…
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Jul 21, 2026
Mayor and Council
Police Were Already Stationed Downtown When Sunday's Shooting Erupted, Tucson Council ToldTwenty Tucson police officers, two community service officers, five sergeants and a force commander were already stationed in downtown Tucson when a shooting erupted there last Sunday, City Manager…
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Jun 23, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Council Approves Property Tax Levy, Splits on Police Review Board Term LimitsThe Tucson City Council on Monday unanimously passed the fiscal year 2027 primary and secondary property tax levy ordinance and approved a University of Arizona contract to independently evaluate a…
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May 19, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Council Adopts Tentative Budget and Fee Hikes; Cunningham Pushes to Defer Development FeesThe Tucson City Council on Tuesday adopted a tentative budget for fiscal year 2026-27 and passed four fee-increase packages covering planning, water, transportation and environmental services. The…
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May 5, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Council Unanimously Opposes Marana ICE Detention Center, Copper World MineThe Tucson City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to oppose a proposed federal immigration detention facility in Marana and 7-0 to oppose the Hudbay Minerals Copper World open-pit mine in the Santa Rita…
Meeting previews
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Nov 9, 2026
Mayor and Council
Election Certification Delayed Two Weeks While Ballots Are Still Being CountedSpecial Meeting, Canvass of Election, postponed from Nov. 9 to Nov. 23, 2026 (no item or resolution number listed)
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Oct 20, 2026
Mayor and Council
Residents to Get a Seat at the Table on 22nd Street RedesignThe council would create the 22nd Street Improvement Project (I-10 to Kino Parkway) Citizens' Corridor Planning Task Force, an advisory committee for the stretch of 22nd Street running through Wards…
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Oct 6, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: October 6, 2026Two downtown hotel subsidy deals — one using a special sales tax arrangement and another using a government property lease — headline a meeting that also includes a public hearing on how the city…
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Sep 22, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: September 22, 2026Revisions to Tucson's Large Quantity Water User Ordinance — rules governing the city's biggest water consumers — headline Tuesday's Mayor and Council meeting, with a public hearing giving residents a…
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Sep 9, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: September 9, 2026City Council will decide whether to rename a Southside park in honor of a prominent Tucson civil rights leader — a vote that carries real community significance in Ward 1. The meeting also includes…
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Aug 18, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: August 18, 2026City leaders are set to vote on an impact fee break for a Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project and approve a Pima County partnership to fund heat relief services — two items with direct…
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Aug 5, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: August 5, 2026This Wednesday's meeting is relatively light on major spending decisions but features two significant land use and development items that will shape Tucson's economic and neighborhood future. The…
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Jul 21, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: July 21, 2026This is a relatively light summer agenda, with most substantive action concentrated in two consent agenda items tied to housing policy and public safety funding, plus two land-use decisions that will…
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Jul 7, 2026
Mayor and Council
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Jun 23, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: June 23, 2026This is a relatively lean agenda for a summer meeting, but it includes several consequential items touching property taxes, police oversight, housing equity, and major road projects. The meeting…
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Jun 9, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting AnalysisThis is an unusually short and focused meeting: Arizona state law requires a standalone special meeting solely for the purpose of formally adopting the city's annual budget, and that's essentially…
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May 19, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting: May 19, 2026This meeting is dominated by budget and rate-setting decisions that will directly hit Tucsonans' wallets, with four separate public hearings on fee and rate increases alongside the city's tentative…
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May 5, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: May 5, 2026Tuesday's meeting features a relatively lean regular agenda, but several high-profile resolutions on immigration detention, copper mining, and the city's FY2027 budget will draw significant public…
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Apr 21, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting — Tuesday, April 21, 2026Tuesday's Mayor and Council meeting is relatively lean but punchy, featuring a public hearing on federal housing dollars, a batch of speed limit changes affecting roads citywide, and a three-way…
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Apr 7, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: April 7, 2026Tuesday's meeting is packed with consequential decisions, from a major utility franchise election to a Costco incentive deal and a reallocation of voter-approved street repair money. Several…
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Mar 17, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting — March 17, 2026This Tuesday's meeting is headlined by a cluster of four simultaneous Notices of Intent to raise city rates and fees — covering trash, water, transportation, and development permitting — that…
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Mar 3, 2026
Mayor and Council
Tucson Mayor & Council Meeting Preview: March 3, 2026This Tuesday's council meeting is relatively lean on agenda items but packs significant policy weight, featuring a politically charged immigration-adjacent ordinance and a major retail economic…
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