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<p>Scottsdale property owners will get their first look at next fiscal year's tax rates when the City Council meets Tuesday, June 23, at 5 p.m. at City Hall Kiva Forum, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard. The council is scheduled to vote on Ordinance No. 4714, which would set the FY 2026/27 primary and secondary property tax levies and fix the corresponding rates. A companion vote on Ordinance No. 4715 would establish the Municipal Streetlight Improvement District property tax levy by district.</p> <p>The single largest dollar item on the <a href="https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/ScottsdaleAZ/Council/current-agendas-minutes/2026-agendas/06-23-26-regular-and-work-study-agenda.pdf">agenda</a> is a water supply play: Item 13 asks the council to authorize Contract No. 2026-018-COS with Vidler Water Company, Inc., in the amount of $8,250,000, for the purchase of 15,000 acre-feet of Long-Term Storage Credits in the Harquahala Valley. The city would simultaneously transfer $8,250,000 from the Water Capital Improvement Plan into a newly created capital project titled "Long Term Storage Credits Purchase."</p> <p>On the litigation front, Item 22 would authorize the city attorney to retain outside counsel from Simonsen Sussman LLP, Baron & Budd, P.C., and the Law Office of Joseph C. Tann, PLLC, and to file a complaint against certain fire apparatus manufacturers and their private equity backers for damages under federal and Arizona law. The agenda describes the action as part of fire apparatus antitrust multi-district litigation.</p> <p>Liquor license activity fills the early consent items. Blu Seafood at 7300 N. Via Paseo Del Sur is seeking a Series 12 restaurant license under new ownership. Allison DuBois Spirits at 8010 E. Morgan Trail and Turnout Beverage at 7325 E. Evans Road are each applying for new Series 4 wholesaler licenses. Turquoise Wine Bar North Scottsdale at 10405 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road is seeking both a Series 7 beer-and-wine bar license transfer and a new Series 10 beer-and-wine store license.</p> <p>Item 5 would grant two conditional use permits for Stetson Saloon at 4340 N. 75th Street: one for bar operations and one for live entertainment, both on a roughly 4,820-square-foot site with Highway Commercial District zoning and <a href="/entity/downtown/">Downtown</a> Overlay. The Planning Commission reviewed a related Stetson Saloon zoning case at its June 10 hearing.</p> <p>Other consent items with dollar figures: AT&T will reimburse the city $152,041.04 for construction of a traffic signal pole on Scottsdale Road between Jomax Road and Dixileta Drive (Item 7); Willmeng Construction receives up to $108,056 for preconstruction services on the Fire Station 604 replacement at 9065 E. Via Linda (Item 8); Aiqueous, LLC gets a one-year contract extension worth up to $47,370 for citywide water conservation rebate software (Item 11); and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council receives $122,915 for regional economic development marketing services in FY 2026/27 (Item 18).</p> <p>On the public safety side, the council is scheduled to extend prisoner transport agreements with both the Town of Paradise Valley and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community through July 1, 2031. The Paradise Valley agreement sets a flat fee of $8,704 for a minimum of 24 transports annually. The SRPMIC agreement sets a first-year flat fee of $94,296 for a minimum of 260 transports, minus a one-time credit of $44,972 for unused transports from FY 2025/26.</p> <p>Councilwoman Maryann McAllen is sponsoring Item 29, which asks the council to direct staff to agendize a future item on creating a formal program and permanent memorial for city employees who have died in the line of duty.</p> <p>The Work Study Session, which follows the regular meeting, will take up the Scottsdale Airport Master Plan and the Old Town Scottsdale annual marketing plan. Items not heard by 10 p.m. will be continued to the next scheduled regular meeting on July 1 or July 2, 2026.</p>

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