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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1961
Page
4
The charter creates a city formed under a Council Manager government. It vests all powers in an elected council that enacts laws and budgets and appoints the City Manager and key officers for orderly administration. The charter outlines boundaries, powers, and organizational structure for the City of Scottsdale.
The city charter outlines the City Manager’s duties including enforcing ordinances, appointing and removing officers, preparing and administering the budget, reporting to the council, supervising purchases, and performing duties prescribed by the charter. Provisions cover acting managers during absence, disability, or vacancy, and the council's authority to remove the manager by majority vote with potential public hearing and discretionary severance pay.
The council may form and alter city offices and departments by ordinance and assign duties. It may consolidate or separate offices, set titles and pay, require residents, and appoint a City Clerk, City Treasurer with a bond, and a City Attorney. A civil service board must be created within one year of charter adoption.
The document details appoin tive board terms three year staggered terms residency and ex officio members for Mayor and City Manager. It covers fiscal year start July 1 and council duties to prepare estimates and a detailed annual budget with public hearings. It also allows budget amendments with prior notices and reserves authority to seek state approval to exceed adopted budget in emergencies.
The text outlines sections on ad valorem tax rates, additional taxes for debt service, a transaction privilege tax with a 1 percent cap pending voter approval, tax exemptions, and transfer of appropriations. It also covers city audits, council actions by resolution or ordinance, recording ayes and nays, majority vote requirements, enacting style, and reading and passage rules for ordinances and resolutions.
The text outlines council procedures for reading and final passage of measures emergency provisions effective dates signing and attestation by the Mayor and City Clerk publication requirements and codification of ordinances. It also covers contracts for city improvements over 2500 dollars awarded to the lowest bidder after public notice and competition.
City procurement rules set bidding thresholds from 500 to 2500 dollars with三 three qualified bidders required and lowest bid awarded unless council rejects all bids. Provisions cover transfers, fraud, conflicts, lease of city property and primary general or special elections rules.
The text outlines sections on primary and general elections including majority rules, nomination processes, time of general elections, and tie decisions by lot. It then covers initiative referendum recall powers, establishment of The City Court of Scottsdale, presiding officer terms, ordinance duties, and franchise procedures for public utilities including publication, voter approval, term limits, and election cost responsibilities.
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