Vote August 2, 2022 for Winfield, Barrett, Jones-Ivey and Nicolson. Your Oro Valley leadership that delivers!
Please join our resident-focused and funded campaign for re-election to serve YOU and make Oro Valley the best place to live, work, and play in Arizona.
Joyce Jones-Ivey
Councilmember
We Champion Public Safety
- Oro Valley ranked #1 Safest City in Arizona in 2022
- Selected two-time (2021, 2022) award-winning Police Chief Kara Riley
- Increased OVPD budget, approved 4 new officers
- Improved Town Court performance ensures arrested offenders are prosecuted and sentenced
- Funded School Resource Officers (SROs) for schools
- Fixed long-ignored $27M unfunded police pension liability; now 100% funded, saving the town up to $30M
We Are Fiscally Responsible with Your Tax Money
- Committed to No Property Taxes
- Slashed golf losses by 80%, saving town $1M+/year by increasing course play and operator efficiency
- Improved town credit rating 2 levels from AA- to AA+
- Recognized with 3 national financial awards in 2021
- Re-instituted Budget & Finance commission for expert volunteer citizens to advise on town financial decisions
- Successfully lobbied ADOT to repave Oracle Road
We Uphold Responsible Growth & Development
- We Do Not Accept real-estate developer donations
- Aligned our decisions to the voter-approved General Plan
- Added 30 new businesses in 2020-2021, a 12% increase
- Provided $1M in COVID aid to support local businesses
- Annexed the four-star Westward Look Resort, bringing in $755K+ each year in new tax revenue
- Focus on new high-quality employers—like Leonardo Electronics US Inc., who is investing $100M+ and 170 jobs
We Build Parks and Recreation for You
- Approved a $25M Parks Bond at ultra-low 2.3% rate with No New Taxes, using money from golf savings:
- Building out Naranja Park with two new sport fields, splash pad, paths, basketball and pickleball courts
- Adding Community Center parking, improving tennis courts, adding pickleball, and repairing golf irrigation
- Expanding miles of connected multi-use bike paths
- Built the town’s first new playground in over 20 years
- Increased funding for Steam Pump Ranch historical site
- Worked with the town staff, community members, The Conservation Fund to secure a 202 acre permanent open space nature park for the Town of Oro Valley out of the former Vistoso Golf Course
