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Sedona council hears state-legislation update; short-term rental bill likely to fail, food-tax question may go to voters
Summary
City staff updated the council on pending state legislation including a short-term rental bill that appears not to have been scheduled for a senate committee hearing, a municipal food-tax measure that may go to voters after changes, and a settlement-review bill that would impose review thresholds on municipal agreements.
Sedona city staff briefed the City Council on several bills at the state legislature and on lobbying activity that could affect the city's policy and budget options.
Kurt (city staff) told the council the short-term rental bill the city supports (identified in staff materials as HP 2023) was not placed on any Senate committee agenda and "so it'll die, if it's not heard in the in one committee before the end of this week," as the legislative deadline approached. He said the bill had passed the House but, without a committee hearing in the opposite chamber, it is unlikely to advance.
Councilors also heard that a concurrent resolution on municipal food taxes (identified in staff materials as HCR 2021) was approved by…
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