Tami Mayes was promoted to city clerk by Cottonwood by City Manager Scotty Douglass on July 12.
Mayes has been the deputy city clerk for approximately one-and-a-half years and has been the interim city clerk since April, when Clerk Marianne Jimenez left the city.
“I am honored to have been chosen to serve the city of Cottonwood and the citizens thereof as your new city clerk,” Mayes said. “My promise to all is that I will serve the community, our elected officials, and the staff of the city of Cottonwood with dignity and a true sense of honor and commitment.”
Mayes has spent most of her career in the public sector, beginning in the juvenile division of the Maricopa County Clerk’s Office, where she worked for over 16 years, rising from a courtroom clerk to the position of court services manager. She left to pursue her own business providing legal transcription and proofreading services from 2010 to 2022, when she applied to become and was hired as the deputy clerk in Cottonwood.
Mayes stated in a press release that she has a strong desire to modernize and streamline the clerk’s office.
The city clerk is responsible for maintaining all permanent and official city records, preparing information and documentation to present to city council, posting public notices and council agendas, recording minutes of city council meetings, processing official city documents, providing information on city records to the public and overseeing city elections.
“I am a native Arizona gal who has called the Verde Valley home most of my life,” Mayes said. She is a graduate of Mingus Union High School and has two daughters and five grandchildren.
“I gratefully call many Verde Valley residents friends and family,” Mayes said. “I love the vast outdoors and the many outdoor activities that our vibrant community of Cottonwood and surrounding areas offer. I truly am blessed and look forward to serving the city, our city council and our beloved community.”
