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Council adopts FY2025-26 budget and levies property tax; contentious pay-grade and staff amendments pass
Summary
Scottsdale City Council adopted the FY2025-26 property tax levy and final budget and five-year capital improvement plan after public hearings; staff proposed a combined tax rate of 91.2 cents per $100 of assessed value, and the council approved a separate amendment removing two unfilled staff positions from the adopted budget.
Scottsdale City Council on Tuesday completed the two-step budget process for fiscal year 2025-26: it held public hearings on the proposed property tax levy and the municipal streetlight improvement districts (SLIDs), then adopted the final operating budget, capital improvement plan and job-classification/pay-table ordinances after a separate special-meeting action.
City Treasurer Sonia Andrews told the council the combined proposed property tax rate for FY2025-26 would be 91.2 cents per $100 of limited assessed value, down from 93.2 cents in the prior year. "Our proposed property tax rate for 25-26 combined is 91.2 cents, which is a 22.1% decrease from the current tax rate of 93.2," Andrews said, explaining that assessed-value growth and debt-service changes allowed the reduction while keeping the levy stable. The council opened and closed the public hearing on…
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