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Council districting not on Scottsdale’s radar BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress anaging ditor
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hen cottsdale voters cast their ballots in 01 election, they voted for city council candidates the same way residents have since the city adopted its charter in 19 1. The cottsdale City Charter stipulates that the mayor and six council members will be elected from the city at large meaning that each member is elected by the whole
city and not residents of speci�ic districts. ince 19 1, the cottsdale population has grown from 10,000 people living on less than four s uare miles to nearly 0,000 people in a city encompassing 1 4. s uare miles. Typically, cities move towards a districting system as they grow, Councilmember uzanne lapp said. cottsdale is currently the second largest city in Arizona that uses an at-large council system. The state’s three largest cities Phoenix, Tucson and esa all use a dis-
trict system along with Glendale, which has a slightly smaller population than cottsdale. oth Chandler and cottsdale, the state’s fourth and �ifth largest cities, respectively, use at large systems. Proponents of a district system, including lapp, argue that it provides more e uity for voters in underrepresented areas of a city, such as southern cottsdale. At-large districts “can weaken the rep-
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N Their time is now will cost an extra $1.5 million BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress anaging ditor
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much-needed new �ire station at ayden and Indian end roads will cost the city over 1. million above initial projections due to increasing land and labor costs. ire tation 0 was originally approved by voters as part of a 1 . million bond package for �ire department improvements. That bond uestion and 1 . million for street paving were the only two uestions approved by voters that year out of a possible six uestions totaling nearly 9 million. On ay 14, the cottsdale City Council approved a 4. -million contract with esa-based
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If you think these Chaparral High School seniors look jubiliant in this fall photo from a Twitter account, wait till you see them and their counterparts on Thursday, May 30, when they and the seniors from Scottsdale Unified's four other high schools pick up their diplomas. The Progress on April 15 had asked the district for information by last week on some of the outstanding grads-to-be, but its public information office failed to provide any, saying "this is a super-busy time for our high schools." (Twitter)
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