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December 21, 2013 - January 3, 2014
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Chandler City Council increases salaries The Chandler City Council passed an ordinance Thu., Dec. 12, approving a 37% pay increase for future mayors and city councilmembers. Starting on Jan. 8, 2015, the mayor will make $49,500 and the vice mayor and councilmembers will earn $29,000. The raises will take effect when members elected in November 2014, take office. The council took action on 45 other agenda items, including: Granted a Cable Television License to Western Broadband LLC to enable the company to cross city right of way along Hunt Highway as part of a system upgrade project. Approved a preliminary development plan for a WinCo Foods grocery store on a 9-acre parcel located on the northwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Willis Road within the San Tan Plaza commercial retail center. Approved Valencia Park as the official
name for a future park to be located in southeast Chandler at 3701 E. Desert Jewel Blvd. Approved the $8.4 million acquisition of a 37-acre parcel located adjacent to the southwest corner of Price and Queen Creek roads for the expansion of the existing Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility. Awarded an $83,799 contract to J2 Engineering for the design of improvements needed at Chandler’s Tumbleweed Tennis Courts located on the southwest corner of Germann and McQueen roads. Approved the purchase of 20 new vehicles from Berge Ford and PFVT Motors Inc. in the amount of $495,128. Approved a Use Permit for the installation of a 55-foot-tall monopalm wireless communications facility in the Dobson Park Plaza located north of the northeast corner of the Dobson and Warner roads intersection.
Approved a preliminary plat for a 20unit residential townhouse development, McQueen Commons, to be located on 1.46 acres located on the east side of McQueen Road, north of Galveston Street. Approved a preliminary plat for a commercial development to include a health club on 14.7 acres located on the southwest corner of Alma School and Ocotillo roads. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mayor Jay Tibshraeny applauded the recent announcement by Wells Fargo on its plans to invest $125 million in the expansion of its current facilities at the Ocotillo Corporate Center on south Price Road. He and the council also encouraged everyone to “Shop Chandler” and wished everyone a safe and joyous holiday season. During a study session on Mon., Dec. 9, Tibshraeny recognized two retiring employees and seven other employees for their years of service to the city and its citizens. Library Associate Cecelia
Martinez was recognized for 40 years of service to the city. Library Assistant Mary Lou Zavala was applauded for her 20 years of service, while Landscape Maintenance Tech Rudy Martinez, Senior Engineer Paul Young and Admin. Librarian George Delalis were thanked for their 15 years of service. Police Officer William Johnson and Public History Coordinator Jean Reynolds were congratulated on their 10 years of service. The two retiring employees were Police Officer Angel Chavez who served 24 years and Police Communications Supervisor Gary Heath who is retiring after 34 years. The next council meeting is 7 p.m. Thu., Jan. 9. Council meetings are aired live, as well as replayed, on Chandler Channel 11 and streamed on the Web at chandleraz.
SanTan Brewing Co. hires national business development manager Just a few weeks after the official grand opening celebration at SanTan Brewing’s new 35,000-square-foot production facility, owner and brewer, Anthony Canecchia announced plans to expand distribution of SanTan’s hand crafted beer into the southwest markets including California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Texas. To help put those plans into action, SanTan Brewery has hired former Oskar
Blues’ national sales director Wendy Weathers to head the company’s national business development. “We have been friends with Wendy for several years and couldn’t be happier about having her join our family at SanTan. Wendy’s passion for craft beer and accomplishments at Oskar Blues are two of the many traits that complement the culture of SanTan Brewing,” Canecchia says.
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SanTan Brewing Co. is the second largest craft brewery in Arizona and the 14th fastest-growing craft brewery in the nation, according to the Brewers Association data of 2012. Weathers’ goal will be to identify and develop expansion efforts into new markets. This will entail analyzing and developing relationships with distributors and accounts as well as
creating marketing/business plans to drive sales, specific to each territory. In addition, her goal will be to identify sales representatives in each market that will help educate consumers and tell the SanTan story. SanTan Brewing is located at 8 S. San Marcos Pl., Chandler. Contact 480-917870 or visit santanbrewing.com for more information.