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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1961
Page
4
Scottsdale charter outlines incorporation form of government and council powers. It vest all city powers in an elected council and defines property powers, boundaries, and council structure with mayor and six councilors. The document covers terms, elections, residency, and vacancy provisions.
Legal text outlines mayoral authority a mayor pro tempore duties and salaries for mayor and council. It covers council elections vacancies meetings open to public petitions and the City Manager’s appointment, qualifications, residence, and chief executive role. The document sets procedures for meetings, open records, and council supervision of administrative service.
The council appoints and supervises the City Manager who enforces ordinances and administers city departments. The manager must post a surety bond funded by the city. If the manager is absent, suspended, or office vacant, the council appoints an acting city manager to serve until the manager returns or a new one qualifies.
The city council may consolidate roles and assign duties across offices and agencies. It may combine powers in one person, creating a City Clerk to record proceedings and authenticate ordinances, or appoint a City Treasurer and City Attorney with duties under law. The City Treasurer must post a surety bond, and all appointees serve at the pleasure of the council. Civil service board to be established within one year.
The document outlines the city charter provisions for appointive boards and commissions, terms of six years with staggered initial terms, vacancies filled by the council, residency requirements, ex officio nonvoting members, and civil service rules. It also covers finance, taxation, and budgeting procedures including tax assessments, budget preparation, tentative adoption, publication, public hearings, item adjustments, and procedures to exceed the adopted budget in emergencies.
The document outlines sections on setting property tax rates by August, additional taxes for debt service, a transaction privilege tax cap at 1 percent pending voter approval, broad tax applicability aside from US and state exemptions, transfer of appropriations within departments, claims processing, and temporary fund transfers to bond interest and principal funds. It also details independent annual audits, council decision methods, recording of ayes and nays, majority vote requirements, enacting style, and reading procedures for ordinances and resolutions.
The text outlines ordinance procedures including readings, emergency measures, signing, publication, revision, repeal, filing and certification. It covers codification into a public record, adoption by reference, and the role of the City Clerk and Mayor. It also details contract rules for city improvements, requiring written contracts over 2500 dollars and bidding procedures.
The text outlines bid thresholds for city contracts, requiring three bid invitations for 500 to 2500 and lowest bidder for over 2500, with allowances to reject all bids. It covers transfers of property, fraud rules, lease and sale of city property, and sections on various election types, elector qualifications, voter registration, and ballot arrangement.
The document outlines primary and general election rules including majority to elect, nomination, time of general elections, and tie procedures. It also establishes a City Court of Scottsdale and frames initiative, referendum, and recall powers. Franchise provisions require council approval, voter approval, publication, and a maximum 25 year term for public utility franchises.
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