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Date: March 11, 2005
Contact: Mike Phillips, Media Relations Manager, (480) 312-7825
A citizens' forum on Scottsdale’s proposed 2005-06 fiscal year budget will take
place at 6:30 p.m. March 29 at the Via Linda Senior Center, 10440 E. Via Linda.
The forum is part of a revised budget hearing schedule announced by the city today.
The draft budget is set for release March 21. The City Council Budget Subcommittee has
scheduled the first in a series of budget review study sessions from 1 to 5 p.m. March 28
in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
The city is inviting citizens to comment on the budget by phone at (480) 312-2437, fax
at (480) 312-7897 or e-mail at budget@ScottsdaleAZ.gov.
Citizens can also mail comments to the City Council at 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.,
Scottsdale, AZ 85251.
Additional information on the budget and the budget process is available on the
city’s web site at www.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/finance.
Below is a list of all hearings tentatively scheduled on the 2005-06 FY budget. Unless
noted, all meetings will take place in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.:
March 28, 1 to 5 p.m. Subcommittee work session
March 29, 6:30 p.m., Citizen Forum at Via Linda Senior Center
March 30, 1 to 5 p.m., Subcommittee work session
April 1, 1 to 5 p.m., Subcommittee work session
April 4, 4 p.m., Subcommittee meeting
April 12, 5 p.m., City Council work/study session
April 18, 4 p.m., Subcommittee meeting
April 26, 5 p.m., City Council work/study session
May 3, 5 p.m., City Council regular meeting on budget
May 17, 5 p.m., City Council tentative budget adoption
June 7, 5 p.m., City Council, taxation hearing and final budget adoption
June 21, 5 p.m., City Council adoption of property tax levies
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