The Prescott City workforce housing committee postponed a council study session on the city's housing plan after staff said the contracted consultant did not meet the deadline to deliver a complete housing plan and implementation package.

"The consultant requires additional time to ensure the information is complete and accurate," staff member Amber said, explaining the housing plan and implementation plan were not ready. She added that the consultant had prepared a financial analysis but had not completed the plan that was the main agenda item.

Committee members pressed for earlier access to the supplemental analysis. Vice Chair Goodman argued the matter should not wait months: "If we wait till May to answer, it really takes the teeth out of this committee," he said. Mike Phan urged the financial work include turnover costs for police, fire, public works and other essential city positions, saying the city is losing trained employees to other jurisdictions.

Staff said the committee had compiled in-house numbers and provided them to the consultant to produce a professional financial analysis. Amber said staff would call the consultant and, where possible, circulate the supplemental financial analysis to committee members and to council by email before holding a public study session. She said an open study-session slot might be available in January if another item cancels; otherwise the next available meeting is in May.

Committee members debated doing the cost work internally in the meantime. Amber said staff would share what the consultant had already provided and that committee work on other deliverables  such as educational pamphlets and building on the policy framework the committee previously approved  could continue while the consultant finishes the plan.

The committee approved the minutes from Oct. 1, 2025, by voice vote at the start of the meeting. Staff said it would follow up with the consultant and update the committee on next steps.

Next steps: staff will contact the consultant about outstanding deliverables, circulate available financial material to committee members and council by email when possible, and aim to have in-house numbers ready for the committee's January meeting.