City Officials
Mary Ann Suttles
Once in politics, it’s hard to stay away for good. Just ask Mary Ann Suttles, who managed about a two-year hiatus from the local political scene before she was talked into running for a second term on the Prescott City Council.
A 30-year resident of Prescott, Suttles first served on the Council from 1991 to 1995. She was recruited for a second term and in the fall of 2003 won election. “If you’re in politics and you like it, you’re back,” she said.
Suttles made a downtown parking garage a priority issue in her second term and, in May 2005, the Garage on Granite — a five-story, 503-space parking structure, opened on South Granite Street. She also is focused on long-term water management, keeping close tabs on the city’s acquisition of ranch lands north of the Prescott Active Management Area and plans for water importation from the ranch. She is also intent on ensuring that the city attract business and jobs.
“What commercial (development) we can continue to get into town would be a plus,” she said.
Suttles and her late husband, Ken, raised two sons in Prescott, Corey and Ryan, who attended Prescott schools and now live with their families in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Lubbock, Texas, respectively. She enjoys photographing her extended family members, including grandchildren, Max, Emily, Carter and the newest arrival, Kendall.
When she’s not working, attending meetings of the Republican Women of Prescott, the Prescott Frontier Days board and a variety of other community organizations, Suttles enjoys keeping up the yard that her late husband labored in.
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