Mayor Corey Woods removed agenda item 8a1 after a clerical error left ALPR language in an Axon contract packet and told residents Tempe has ended its automated license-plate reader program and will not seek another provider; residents and privacy advocates urged the council to codify the policy in ordinance.

A broadband package (HB 2,886) presented to the committee would raise state speed standards for future funding and extend the state broadband office’s sunset; the sponsor called for future-proofing speeds, while industry groups objected to potential exclusions for certain providers and to provisions that could require overbuilds.