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Scottsdale treasurer warns pandemic surge is largely one‑time, urges caution as costs rise
Summary
City Treasurer Sonia Andrews told the Budget Review Commission the city’s recent surplus reflects large one‑time items — federal stimulus and land‑sale proceeds — and urged maintaining reserves as inflation and wage pressures could push expenditures up in 2026 and beyond.
Scottsdale’s Budget Review Commission heard a financial‑conditions briefing Dec. 18 in which City Treasurer Sonia Andrews and Budget Director Scott Sellen said the city is in a comparatively strong position but cautioned that much of the recent surplus reflects one‑time revenues.
“We received the city received 60,000,000 in federal stimulus dollars,” Andrews said, adding the city also realized “about 70,000,000 in land sale proceeds” during the post‑pandemic period. She told commissioners those items — along with capital‑gains effects and temporary spending slowdowns early in the pandemic — created a revenue “bubble” that should not be treated as ongoing base revenue.
Andrews walked the commission through five key financial metrics used…
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