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Camp Verde council directs staff to draft ordinance raising bed tax to 8% and budgets $100,000 for impact fee study; holds executive sessions on legal matters
Summary
The Camp Verde Council on May 14 directed staff to draft an ordinance to raise the Hotel/Motel (bed) tax to 8 percent, authorized budgeting $100,000 in the FY26 CIP for an impact fee study, and convened executive sessions under A.R.S. § 38-431.03 on multiple legal and contract matters, providing direction on some items and no direction on others.
Camp Verde’s Town Council on May 14 directed Town Manager Miranda Fisher to prepare an ordinance to increase the Town’s Hotel/Motel (bed) tax to a total of 8 percent. The Council also instructed staff to budget $100,000 in the FY26 Capital Improvement Program to support a development impact fee study and to proceed with issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for that study.
Town Manager Fisher told the Council that because of timing constraints before the tentative budget deadline there was insufficient time to issue a full RFP and wait for submissions; as a planning alternative staff obtained preliminary cost estimates from TischlerBise, Inc. and Willdan to inform the budget. The Council approved budgeting $100,000 for the FY26 CIP and directed staff to move forward with an RFP.
In addition, Mayor Moore read agenda items 8–12 describing executive sessions to be held under A.R.S. § 38-431.03 (subsections cited in the minutes) for legal advice and to consider positions regarding pending litigation, abatement of public nuisances, Town-owned property at 50 E Toy Rd., a contract with the Camp Verde Arena Association, and appointment/contract negotiations for Town Attorney services. Councilor Robin Godwin moved and Vice Mayor Wendy Escoffier seconded the motion to go into executive session for Items 8–12; the motion passed by unanimous roll-call vote.
The Council returned from executive session at 8:53 p.m. Mayor Moore reported that no direction was provided regarding Items 8 and 10, while direction was provided to Town Manager Miranda Fisher on Items 9, 11 and 12. The Special Session was adjourned at 8:54 p.m.
Staff will draft the bed tax ordinance and return proposed language to the Council for consideration; staff will also proceed with the RFP and return results to the Council.
