Review: June 10 Council Meeting
At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Sierra Vista City Council unanimously appointed Mark Rodriguez to fill the vacant council seat left open following the recent resignation of Sarah Pacheco.
The City received 22 applications for the vacant seat and the City Council narrowed the pool to four candidates who were selected for interviews with the council conducted early this week. After being sworn in following Thursday’s council meeting, Rodriguez will serve the remainder of Pacheco’s term, which ends Dec. 31, 2022.
A retired U.S. Army Soldier who served for 21 years, Rodriguez is originally from San Antonio, Texas, and relocated to Sierra Vista in 2014. Rodriguez is currently a noncommissioned officer academy senior trainer with ORSA Technologies LLC on Fort Huachuca.
Being an active volunteer in the community and a father of six children — three of his own and three of his partner’s — has enabled Rodriguez to hear from many different community members and learn about different facets of Sierra Vista. He loves working here and is invested in the community.
“So when the opportunity presented itself I could not pass it up. I hoped that the council would allow me to join them so that I may plug myself in wherever I may be needed to help our city grow economically as well as form better partnerships with our surrounding neighbors,” Rodriguez says.
“My goal is to engage with as many of our citizens as possible and bring their ideas, issues, and needs back to our council so that we can collectively make our City a better place,” he says
In other business:
- The City Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City, Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, and Cochise College to continue a partnership to operate the Southeastern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy on the college’s Douglas campus. Since the academy’s first class began in January, 2019, SVPD has had 10 recruits graduate. SVPD plans to send five more recruits to the class starting in July. The local academy enables SVPD to avoid additional costs that would be incurred sending recruits to other academies in the state.
- The City Council accepted the resignation of Patricia Olson from the Planning and Zoning Commission and appointed Daniel Coxworth to fill her seat. Coxworth’s term will expire on Dec. 31, 2021.
- The City Council approved capital financing for two refuse trucks purchased in the current fiscal year.
Details on the council meeting items are available in the supporting documents for the Thursday, June 10, City Council meeting. They can be accessed via the “City Council” folder on the City’s document server at docserve.sierravistaaz.gov/.
City Council meetings can be streamed live and past meetings can be viewed on YouTube (and on this page). The meetings are also aired on Cox Channel 12. Learn more at www.sierravistaaz.gov/your-government/mayor-council/council-meetings/.
