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Voters Voice and control on how your City spends Taxpayers money. Voters must vote in Home Rule or Alternative Expenditure Limitation. Alternative Expenditure Limitation spending allows the City to spend more than the State permits.
While the Office of the Auditor General serves as an independent source of impartial information concerning state and local governmental entities and provides specific recommendations to improve the operations of those entities, the Auditor General does not control the projected versus actual spending.
Allowing the City Council
to spend more than the State allows is what a yes vote
means.
A NO vote mean the City Council must follow
the State guidelines in spending.
2018 The Voters will get to vote on Home Rule
Total Outstanding City Debt as of July 1, 2017 is $32,645,000
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-05 Alternative Expenditure Limitation
Proposition 429 RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON AUGUST 26, 2014 Alternative Expenditure Limitation
PROPOSITION 429 VOTE TOTAL
PERCENT OF VOTES
YES 1,762 = 67.33%
NO 855
= 32.67%
The total votes cast equaled
2,484
State of Arizona Department of Revenue- Economic Estimates Commission Determine and publish the baseline link here- Economic Estimates Commission link
The Constitution required the Economic Estimates Commission (Commission) to establish for each city and town a base limit from actual expenditures of local revenues for fiscal year 1980. Each year, the Commission calculates the constitutional expenditure limitation for all cities and towns by adjusting their base limits for any voter-approved permanent base adjustments or annexations, changes in population, and inflation since the base year. Source: AZ Auditor General Link Cities & Towns Expenditure Limitations
https://www.azdor.gov/ReportsResearch/EconomicEstimatesCommission.aspx
City Yearly Reports
Special Interests Promotions for Home Rule
Reported in the local newspaper The Sedona Chamber of Commerce, Sedona Lodging Council (an affinity group of Chamber) and Main Street hosted a Forum on July 29th All recipients of some kind of City funding.
According to the Chamber website currently Kyle Larson of the Red Rock News sits on the Chambers Board of Directors.
The editor of RR news, Christopher Fox Graham sat on the board of Main Street. Source Documents: Sedona Main Street Directors list on tax returns & AZ Corporation Report Mainstreet filing 2016
On August 14, 2014 Christopher Fox Graham SRR News wrote an electoral.
On November 4, 2011 Ex-Mayor Rob Adams was interviewed and a article was published in the local paper supporting HR.
Private Groups that receive funding from the City of Sedona Taxpayers.
Please go to Budget City of Sedona & Sedona Facts City Income / Budget / Spending
Sedona Chamber
Mainstreet
Red Rock News
Sedona Film Festival
and many more
Private Groups that receive services / product from the City of Sedona Taxpayers. These product and services
Sedona Chamber
Sedona Marathon
Wine Fest
The Constitution required the Economic Estimates Commission (Commission) to establish for each city and town a base limit from actual expenditures of local revenues for fiscal year 1980. Each year, the Commission calculates the constitutional expenditure limitation for all cities and towns by adjusting their base limits for any voter-approved permanent base adjustments or annexations, changes in population, and inflation since the base year. Source: AZ Auditor General Link Cities & Towns Expenditure Limitations
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