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City Council OKs $2.1B budget for 2022-23 BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEWS.................................. 4 City plans big public Juneteenth celebration.
NEIGHBORS.............. 23 Scottsdale teen rallies young people to give blood.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
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cottsdale City Council on June 7 approved the city’s 2022-23 budget with no surprises. The $2.1 billion plan includes a property tax rate reduction of 10 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, an operating budget of $658.8 million, $29.5 million
for grants and special districts, roughly $1.1 billion for capital projects and $356.6 in reserves and contingencies. It calls for 33.4 new full-time-equivalent positions that would bring the city’s work force to 2,588.9 positions as well as a 5% pay increase for existing staff and 3% merit raises. The budget also includes funding for various items such as $621,855 for a
Council candidates Summer star share forum spotlight Tuesday
short-term rental unit in the Police Department, $2.3 million for Super Bowl preparations, and increases in water cost and other inflation-related increases. The capital budget represents a 29.5% increase over the current year. The General Fund portion of that budget is $117.9 million.
see BUDGET page 14
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BUSINESS................. 30 Kids still have time to submit conservation art.
NEIGHBORS.......................................... 23 OBITUARY............................................. 29 BUSINESS...............................................30 ARTS............................................32 FOOD............................................35 CLASSIFIEDS...............................39
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ll seven Scottsdale City Council candidates in the Aug. 2 election will be asked to field a variety of questions on major local issues when they appear in person for a 90-minute forum this Tuesday. The public is invited to attend the forum, 6:30-8 p.m. June 14 at the Scottsdale United Methodist Church, 4140 N. Miller Road in downtown Scottsdale. Doors will open at 6 p.m. For those who cannot at-
see TOWNHALL page 6
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This fella is one of the star attractions this summer at OdySea Aquarium as it revs up some attention on sharks, including this sandbar shark. One of OdySea’s key directors says people misunderstand these predators – including why they’re necessary even as humans unintentionally are doing their best to eradicate them. For the story see page 32. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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