Tanya, pictured here with the Jordan City Council 2012
Tanya was elected to the Jordan City Council in 2008. She has overseen or has been directly involved in a number of projects:
- State Highway 282 public improvement project which included an intersection at State Highway 282 and State Highway 21 that involved a lawsuit against the city which she assisted in resolving.
- Initiated Town Hall meetings for better communication between the city and its residents.
- Assisted in the development of a downtown façade improvement program that provides grants to property owners willing to make exterior improvements to their buildings.
- Assisted in the development and input into locating a medical clinic, pharmacy, and library with the CDA to the city of Jordan.
- Assisted in the coordination and development with the Jordan School District of a new baseball and softball field enabling the further enhancement of recreational facilities for Jordan High School baseball and softball and youth baseball and softball programs.
- Re-energized the Jordan Coalition, a volunteer organization consisting of clergy and community leaders in providing social services to Jordan citizens.
- Key participant in the city’s short and long term strategic planning efforts.
- Key participant in offering budget alternatives due to the elimination of local government aid and market value homestead credit aid.
- Successful in the city reaching labor agreements with each of its employee unions.
- Collaborating and strategic planning for Economic Development Authority
Collaborating and efforts with Economic Development Authority in developing Jordan with Business, down town facade improvements, Jordan parking study and Jordan hotel study.