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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1961
Page
8
The document outlines incorporation, form of government, and powers for Scottsdale, establishing a council manager system with a six council member group and a mayor, detailing elections, terms, duties, and open meetings. It specifies property powers, boundaries, and city manager authority and qualifications.
The document outlines City Manager duties to enforce ordinances, manage budgets, appoint staff, report to council, supervise purchasing, and provide a bond. It sets acting City Manager rules, removal procedures, and severance. It also details administrative departments, city clerk and treasurer roles, city attorney appointment, and civil service board creation within a year.
The document outlines appointive boards terms plus vacancies and ex-officio mayor and city manager roles. It sets fiscal year start, tax assessment methods, annual budget estimates, public budget hearings, and procedures to alter or not alter budget items. It also permits state-body requests to exceed adopted budgets for emergencies.
The text covers Section 7 adopting a property levy to fund the annual budget, Section 8 allowing additional taxes for debts or public purposes, Section 9 imposing a transaction privilege tax with a 1 percent cap unless voters approve, and Section 10 confirming all property is taxable except federally or state exempt. It also outlines transfer of appropriations, claims procedures, fund transfers for debt, annual independent audits, and Article 7 on resolutions and ordinances with recording of ayes and nays, majority vote rules, enacting style, and reading requirements.
The text outlines standard procedural rules for city ordinances, emergency measures, signing and publication, codification, and contracting. It details readings, final passage, effective dates, signing, public notice requirements, and bidding for city improvements over 2500 dollars.
The text details bidding thresholds for city contracts, requiring no bids under 500 dollars, inviting bids from three bidders for 500 to 2500, and lowest bid for over 2500 with council option to reject all bids. It covers transfers of property, fraud provisions, lease procedures, and outlines election types and qualifications including bond voting rules. It also mentions candidate name arrangement and primary election timing.
The document sets the schedule for general municipal elections on the fourth Tuesday in March 1962 and every two years thereafter, plus rules for electing candidates, ties by lot, and special elections. It also reserves to electors the powers of initiative, referendum, and recall, with constraints aligning to the charter and state laws.
City establishes The City Court of Scottsdale in Maricopa County Arizona. Presiding officer to be a licensed Arizona attorney for two years. Franchise action requires council resolution election vote and four weeks of publication at applicant cost. franchise not to exceed 25 years.
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