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Scottsdale’s Residents involvement

Posted on August 21, 2023July 29, 2026 by Donna Joy

Sharing from Facebook ~ Speak up Scottsdale is a community engagement and involvement program

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COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE

SpeakUp Scottsdale is a private online community where residents can inspire and have a voice in the future of Scottsdale. Here Scottsdale residents have the opportunity to interact with their community, and discuss city issues, programs, services, and projects. The feedback provided will impact policy and be used to create better projects and programs for our world-class community.

The City of Scottsdale has partnered with ATOM Innovation, a local research and product development firm, who will be facilitating and leading this research effort. Each month we will post fun activities for you to provide input, and we will share learnings and information about your community.

If you like feeling connected to your community, and are ready to engage in fun and meaningful discussions about the future of Scottsdale, we would love to have you be part of this groundbreaking effort!

JOIN THE COMMUNITY TODAY!

The City of Scottsdale’s public participation team is committed to continuing and improving ways the public can learn about and engage in decisions that impact life in Scottsdale. Your participation is completely voluntary and you can delete your profile at any time. We value your privacy, and all personal information will be held confidential.

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Speak Up Scottsdale

SpeakUp Scottsdale is a private online community where residents can inspire and have a voice in the future of Scottsdale. Here Scottsdale residents have the opportunity to interact with their community, and discuss city issues, programs, services, and projects. The feedback provided will impact pol…

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Donna Joy
July 12, 2026

Let’s get into the weeds. Per capita TPT sales tax can’t be used as a tourism only economic marker. Transaction Privilege Tax | Arizona Department of Revenue. The reason you cannot use TPT sales as strictly tourism is because TPT sales are not 100% tourism driven. Sedona city sales tax is the highest on Smith’s…

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City of Sedona trains city staff and City Council to create a crisis

Donna Joy
June 28, 2026

The City of Sedona creates a CRISIS in order to get City sales and bed tax increases, projects, and programs approved. Sedona’s Crisis started with Tourism Dollars in 2013 In 2013, the city was grappling with how to increase its revenue streams amid broader economic challenges. The city was dependent on sales and bed tax.…

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Office of Arizona Auditor General defined elections and timing Permanent Base Adjustments One-Time Overrides

Election timing for Permanent Base Adjustments One-Time Overrides in Arizona

Donna Joy
June 26, 2026

The Office of Arizona Auditor General defined elections and timing Permanent Base Adjustments and One-Time Overrides Office of Arizona Auditor General defined elections and timing Permanent Base Adjustments One-Time Overrides Source:Office of Arizona Auditor General Trending Related Posts:

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What the City, Chamber, & Lodging don’t want you to know about Sedona City Sales & Bed Taxes

Donna Joy
June 22, 2026

The city of Sedona has only used guesstimates for over the last three decades to determine the percentile of city-sales-tax that is contributed by the tourists versus the residents. The city has never used any real time data metrics for this calculation. Real time data metrics are driven by basic principles of who’s getting taxed,…

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Under Sedona Government Tourism First Agenda, the only things that have grown are TRAFFIC, CITY GOV, TAXES, COST of LIVING, GOV WASTE & DAYTRIPPERS!!!!!!

Cities & Towns: Budget Method Scorecard Sedona

Donna Joy
June 21, 2026

During the RORR meeting presentation, the City of Sedona shared information regarding its population, full-time equivalent positions, and comparative budgets. Since Cottonwood, Clarkdale, and Camp Verde each operate their own water companies, they removed the water-related figures from their budgets for these comparisons. Considering the differences of the municipality services, picking out one municipality service…

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City of Sedona Resolutions by year

Donna Joy
June 17, 2026

Review the history of the City of Sedona Resolutions by year.  This PDF is RESOLUTIONS 1988- 2023 RESOLUTION RECAP 1988 1988PRESENTDownload

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