Archive for June, 2010
4th of July
Surprise’s 28th Annual 4th of July Celebration- Get your tickets today!
Surprise, AZ (June 11, 2010) Celebrate the Fourth of July with the City of Surprise and the Community and Recreation Services Department, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m., July 4, at the Surprise Recreation Campus – Surprise Stadium.
Enjoy 4th of July at Surprise Stadium with America’s favorite pastime- baseball! Watch a Rookie League Baseball Game featuring the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., with the game starting at 5:30. Concession stands will offer a variety of food and ice cold beverages including $1 peanuts, popcorn, popsicles and $2 hot dogs and Coke (limit 2 per transaction).
The evening culminates with a 20-minute firework show set to patriotic music following the baseball game at approximately 8:30 p.m.
The 4th of July Celebration is a FREE family ticketed event, with a donation of a canned food item, to support the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance and Valley View Community Food Bank. Space is limited and tickets are required for admission. It is highly recommended families pick-up their tickets in advance at the Community & Recreation Services Office located at 15960 N. Bullard Avenue.
The Surprise Recreation Campus is located at 15850 N. Bullard Avenue, about two miles west of Grand Avenue between Bell and Greenway roads. For more information, call the Community and
Weekend freeway closures and restrictions
Surprise’s 85374 ZIP code to be divided
West Valley DUI Task Force makes 19 arrests
Surprise projects putting rubber to the road
Surprise police: Man’s interrupted dream led to assaults
Police: Mother accused of punching son
Surprise police: Man accused of child molestation
Arizona monsoon season begins today
City audit questions cost of Scottsdale’s buyout
June 15 marks the official start of the Arizona monsoon, according to the National Weather Service, and the City of Surprise offers useful online tips and information to residents about how to handle these summertime storms.
Celebrate the Fourth of July with the City of Surprise and the Community and Recreation Services Department, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m., July 4, at the Surprise Recreation Campus – Surprise Stadium.
Enjoy 4th of July at Surprise Stadium with America’s favorite pastime- baseball! Watch a Rookie League Baseball Game featuring the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., with the game starting at 5:30. Concession stands will offer a variety of food and ice cold beverages including $1 peanuts, popcorn, popsicles and $2 hot dogs and Coke (limit 2 per transaction).
Crews will be preparing portions of westbound and eastbound Bell Road for final paving over the next two weeks.
Beginning Wednesday, June 16, crews will resume milling westbound and eastbound Bell, from 168th Avenue - Beardsley Canal. Lane restrictions and varied lane closures are expected for the next two weeks as contractors prepare the road for final paving with rubberized asphalt at the end of the month. Complete road closures are not expected during this process.
Surprise Chamber of Commerce
| Newsmakers Luncheon- Surprise Chamber |
| June 16, 2010 |
| President & CEO Greater Phoenix Economic Council Barry Broome is the featured speaker at the June 16 Newsmakers Luncheon. |
| Communiversity @ Surprise 15950 N. Civic Center Plaza Surprise, AZ 85374 |
| Communiversity @ Surprise, 15950 N. Civic Center Plaza |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| 623-583-0692 Email: kpeck@SurpriseRegionalChamber.com |
| Contact Chamber for more info. 623-583-0692 |
Councilwoman Sharon Wolcott
Surprise, Arizona
When Mayor Lyn Truitt shafted Surprise, he made it appear that Mag was only about transportation. He done a job on Councilwoman Sharon Wolcott and the City of Surprise.
MAG is the designated metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for transportation
planning in the Maricopa County region.
MAG has also been designated
by the Governor to serve as the principal planning agency for the region
in a number of other areas, including air quality, water quality and solid waste
management. In addition, through an Executive Order from the Governor,
MAG develops population estimates and projections for the region.
MAG’s Purpose
The MAG By-Laws contain an underlying concept for the organization:
“The Maricopa Association of Governments is based on the principle that cities,
towns, counties, and Indian Communities, which are closest to the people, should
exercise the basic initiative and leadership and should have the primary responsibility
for addressing those local problems and needs which require action on an area-wide or
regional basis.”
The Articles of Incorporation for MAG state that the association was formed to
do the following:
Provide a forum for discussion and study of regional problems of mutualinterest to the governments in the region.
Ensure, through cooperation and the pooling of common resources, maximumefficiency and economy in governmental operations, which will
provide every citizen with the utmost value for every dollar.
Identify and comprehensively plan for the solution of regional problemsrequiring multicity, town and county cooperation.
Facilitate agreements among the governmental units for specific projectsor other interrelated developmental actions or for the adoption of common
policies with respect to problems that are common to its members.
Attain the greatest degree of intergovernmental cooperation possible inorder to prepare for future growth and development of the region.
Surprise, Arizona
My idea of a Mayor
rs and Duties of Mayor:The powers and duties of the mayor shall be as follows:
A. Chief Elected Official. The mayor shall function as the chief elected official of the city and shall be responsible for representing the city as the council may direct and shall have responsibility for the general public relations of the city;
B. Presiding Officer. The mayor shall act as the presiding officer at all regular and special council meetings. The mayor pro tem shall serve in this capacity in the mayor’s absence;
C. Special Meetings. The mayor shall call special meetings of the council when he deems such meeting necessary to the interests of the city;
D. Mayor’s Veto. The mayor may sign, veto, or take no action on an ordinance, amendment or resolution passed by the council. However, the mayor may not veto a measure if he was entitled to vote on the measure at the time of passage. If the mayor exercises his veto power, he must explain the reason for such veto to the council at the time of the veto. The council may override the mayor’s veto by two-thirds majority of the council members;
E. Contracts. The mayor shall, whenever authorized by the council, sign all contracts on behalf of the city;
F. Professional Services. The mayor shall, upon order of the council, secure for the city such specialized and professional services not already available to the city. In executing the order of the council, he shall conduct himself in accordance with this code and the laws of the state;
G. Licenses and Permits. The mayor shall sign all licenses and permits which have been granted by the council, except those designated by law or ordinance to be issued by another municipal officer.
The mayor shall appoint the following officials;
A. Mayor pro tem;
B. Board of library trustees;
C. Police chief;
D. Board of electric examiners;
E. Fire chief;
F. Municipal utilities;
G. Playground and recreation commission.
The salary of the mayor shall be established at $30,000 annually.
While the city is operating with an even number of councilmen, the mayor may vote to break a tie vote on motions.
Utilizing
Utilizing our facilities
Councilwoman Sharon Wolcott has expressed her opinion that our commissions should have a good place to hold their meetings.Have they ever thought about using the court rooms?
Police have increased outreach under Hughes
Ex-manager candidate for Florida job
Surprise police: 2 men arrested for cockfighting
Mayor: Council trying to improve relations
Council considers spending limit for budget
Update on city streetlights in Surprise
City Hall moves to 4-day summer week The United States Postal Service (USPS) has notified the City of Surprise that the 85374 ZIP Code will be divided along Grand Avenue. As a result all Surprise addresses east of Grand Avenue to 111th Avenue and south of Sun City West to Greenway Road, will change to the 85378 ZIP Code, effective July 1, 2010.
The City of Surprise continues to accept signed petitions from three neighborhoods (Coyotes Lakes, Stonebrook and Kingswood Parcel 16) facing a loss of street light service after June 30, unless a Street Light Improvement District or SLID is formed.
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