The Mesa City Council on Thursday appointed business owner and engineer Darrell Truitt to replace former Councilman Rex Griswold as the representative in the city’s northeastern District 5.

The Mesa City Council faces some tough budget choices this week. The people who elected them may be in the same boat within a year.

May 3, 2005

The Mesa City Council on Thursday endorsed spending $75,000 on holiday lights downtown, hoping to avoid a public outcry after funding for elaborate Main Street displays was cut last year.

Mesa City Council members make less than those in Phoenix and Tempe, and city leaders say the time is right for a raise.

Mesa’s proposed budget has divided conservative and moderate members of the City Council.

The proposed property tax and sales tax increase, illegal immigration and other issues affecting Mesa residents will be debated by seven City Council candidates Tuesday in a Tribune-sponsored forum.

The proposed property tax and sales tax increase, illegal immigration and other issues affecting Mesa residents will be debated by seven City Council candidates Tuesday in a Tribune-sponsored forum.

I’m guessing most of you didn’t stay up past midnight to watch the Mesa City Council’s debate Monday over what issues to put before voters in May.

The Mesa City Council will consider next week a three-year contract to purchase about $1 million in waste and recycle barrels annually.

Many Mesa residents will have a new City Council member representing their interests in 2012 through a redistricting process that's been giving many participants heartburn.

The Mesa City Council is expected to vote on the reappointment of the city’s top judge later this month. The council discussed the reappointment of Presiding Magistrate Matt Tafoya in a closed meeting Thursday, one of a handful of such sessions on the issue in recent days.

Four new City Council members and Mesa’s new mayor begin their innings today with some final comments from their outgoing counterparts, a swearing-in ceremony and then the real deal — adopting a tentative budget.

It should have been anembarassing moment–but it wasn’t, somehow.This afternoon, therewas a farewell reception attheMesa ConventionCenterfor six, yes, six,lame-duck Mesa City Council members.And two of them were going to sing.

Retired Boeing employee Vernon Mathern has filed as a candidate for east Mesa’s District 5 City Council seat.

The deadline to apply for the vacant District 5 Mesa City Council seat is 5 p.m. today.

Mesa resident Matt Tolman filed as a City Council candidate on Friday for Mesa’s District 1.

The future of law enforcement in Mesa arrives tonight, when the City Council is expected to confirm George Gascón as police chief.

The future of law enforcement in Mesa arrives tonight, when the City Council is expected to confirm George Gascón as police chief.

November 16, 2004

After listening to hours of testimony Monday night, the Mesa City Council decided to put off a vote until January about a contentious proposal that would clear some of Mesa’s oldest citrus groves for houses.

Mesa officials want voters to change the city charter, including upping the amount the city can spend without bids.

A nonprofit organization’s proposal to create a day labor center near downtown Mesa appears to have broad City Council support.

Mesa on Monday reversed its policy of destroying impounded firearms, clearing the way for city officials to begin auctioning the weapons to licensed gun dealers.