The City Council will move ahead on several recently controversial proposals in a 40-item consent agenda vote Tuesday.

Because of its summer schedule, the council won’t meet again after that until Aug. 6.

Among the motions the vote will decide are whether to create two government oversight groups and to approve an ordinance that would force landlords to tell business tenants they need to obtain a certificate of occupancy.

Councilman Steve Leal suggested creating a transit task force last month when the council voted to maintain bus fares unchanged because of an apparent drop in general fund money going to public bus service. The task force’s members would discuss alternative modes of transportation and funding.

The citizens’ advisory committee would discuss the details of the $81 million Regional Transportation Authority project to widen 22nd Street from Interstate 10 to Houghton Road.

The certificate of occupancy motion, put forward by Councilwoman Nina Trasoff, has been contentious because tenants, in applying for a certificate, would need to bring their building up to current code. The proposal sparked a fresh look at the land-use code and a pilot project to issue provisional certificates, giving tenants a deadline for making improvements but allowing them to open shop.

The council also will vote on an agreement with the Tucson Police Officers Association on Tuesday. The union’s president, Officer Larry Lopez, criticized City Manager Mike Hein over the negotiation process and lambasted the council for the city budget, which he said doesn’t adequately fund the Police Department.

During the study session that precedes the regular meeting, the council will discuss the recruitment of fire and police chiefs and talk about approving the alignment of an extension of the Barraza-Aviation Parkway that a citizens’ advisory committee approved.

The committee’s plan would save buildings with historic designation from demolition, but some warehouses would have to be torn down to connect the parkway to I-10 via a rerouted Sixth Street.

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IF YOU GO

What: City Council meeting

Where: Council Chambers in City Hall, 255 W. Alameda St.

When: Study session begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday; regular session begins at 5:30 p.m.

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