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ScottsdaleAZ averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $854,394 +2.3% yr/yr · +24.6% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
Municipal budget
Total revenue$985K (FY2023)
Total spending$826K (FY2023)
Taxes$453K (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$871K (FY2023)
Spending per resident$3 (FY2023)
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20252,061 housing units ($624.9M)
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Recent meetings
Tue Aug 4, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Tue Jul 7, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Mon Jun 22, 2026 · 15:30
City Council
Council considers employee pay raises and a new dog policy
The City Council is reviewing several administrative items including staff compensation and workplace policies. The meeting includes discussions on pay raises for training participants and a proposal for 'Bring Your Dog to Work Day' Mondays.
- Approve pay raises for personnel attending today's training
- Approve 'Bring Your Dog to Work Day' Mondays
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✓ Decided: Council approves previous minutes and consent agenda (4-1)
The council approved the October 3, 2025 meeting minutes (5-0) and the consent agenda (4-1), which included pay raises for training participants. No action was taken on the 'Bring Your Dog to Work Day Mondays' item, which was pulled from consent but not voted on.
- Approved October 3, 2025 meeting minutes (5-0)
- Approved consent agenda (4-1)
City Hall
📄 From the agenda
Extracted text of the official agenda document (automated extraction — may contain OCR/formatting errors).
SCOTTSDALE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025
CITY HALL KIVA FORUM, 3939 N. DRINKWATER BOULEVARD
Call to Order & Welcome
Mayor Lisa Borowsky called to order a Regular Meeting Notice and Agenda Meeting of
the Scottsdale City Council at 5:05 PM on Friday, December 12, 2025 in the City Hall
Kiva Forum.
Roll Call
One or more members of the Council may be attending the Council Meeting by
telephone, video, or Internet conferencing, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431(4).
Mayor Borowsky asked City Clerk Ben Lane to conduct the roll call.
Present: Eden Snyder, City Clerk Benjamin Lane, IT Project Manager Whit
Randolph, VIDEO PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Amanda Willis
Also Present: City Manager Greg Caton, Acting City Attorney Luis Santaella,
Acting City Treasurer Scott Selin, and City Clerk Ben Lane
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Mayor's Report
Possible Executive Session
Notice is hereby given that, at any time during tonight’s meeting, the Council may make
a motion to recess into Executive Session to discuss and consult with the attorneys and
representatives of the public body to obtain legal advice on any applicable item on
tonight’s agenda. If authorized by a majority vote of the Council, the Executive Session
will be held immediately after the vote and will not be open to the public. A.R.S. §38-
431.03(A)(3). The public meeting will resume following the Executive Session.
Public Comment
Public Comment time i …
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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
Consent Agenda
4 yea · 1 nay
Eden Snyder yea · Benjamin Lane yea · Amanda Willis yea · Samuel Beckley yea · Whit Randolph nay
The other 1 item passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue Jun 2, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Tue May 5, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Tue Apr 7, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Tue Mar 3, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Tue Feb 3, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
Tue Jan 6, 2026 · 17:00
City Council
City Hall
🏗️ Building permits & Business licenses (latest 25)
Recent records pulled from the city's own open-data portal. Beta — dates/values as published by the source.
| Issued | Address | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jan 1, 2027 | 14300 N NORTHSIGHT BL STE 110 | BRS | |
| Thu Nov 19, 2026 | 19605 N SCOTTSDALE RD | BRM | |
| Tue Sep 1, 2026 | 7056 E MAIN ST STE 1 | BRM | |
| Tue Sep 1, 2026 | 15863 N GREENWAY-HAYDEN LOOP STE 116 | BRM | |
| Tue Sep 1, 2026 | 8817 E BELL RD STE 201 | BRS | |
| Tue Sep 1, 2026 | 32409 N SCOTTSDALE RD STE 107 | BRM | |
| Tue Sep 1, 2026 | 7316 E STETSON DR STE 6 | BRS | |
| Tue Sep 1, 2026 | 10405 E MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN RANCH RD STE 100 | BRM | |
| Wed Aug 19, 2026 | 7014 E CAMELBACK RD STE 1104 | BRM | |
| Thu Aug 13, 2026 | 14891 N NORTHSIGHT BL STE 133 | BRM | |
| Sat Aug 1, 2026 | 9449 N 90TH ST | BRM | |
| Sat Aug 1, 2026 | 2765 N SCOTTSDALE RD STE 103 | BRM | |
| Sat Aug 1, 2026 | 9377 E BELL RD STE 385 | BRS | |
| Sat Aug 1, 2026 | 1480 N SCOTTSDALE RD | BRM | |
| Mon Jul 20, 2026 | 3370 N HAYDEN RD STE 116 | BRM | |
| Mon Jul 20, 2026 | 8535 E HARTFORD DR STE 104 | BRS | |
| Mon Jul 20, 2026 | 3300 N SCOTTSDALE RD UNIT 5024 | BRS | |
| Wed Jul 15, 2026 | 7425 E SHEA BL STE 112 | BRM | |
| Fri Jul 10, 2026 | 8420 E BONNIE ROSE AV | SFR-ADDITION | $388,102 |
| Fri Jul 10, 2026 | 5635 N SCOTTSDALE RD UNIT 170-G2 | BRS | |
| Fri Jul 10, 2026 | 7014 E CAMELBACK RD STE 1212 | BRM | |
| Fri Jul 10, 2026 | 7014 E CAMELBACK RD | BRM | |
| Thu Jul 9, 2026 | 3961 N 75TH ST | MINIMUM (ELECTRICAL) | |
| Thu Jul 9, 2026 | 6834 E GRANADA RD | SFR-ADDITION LESS 500 SQ FT | $46,792 |
| Thu Jul 9, 2026 | 5725 N SCOTTSDALE RD UNIT 150 | BRM |
Source: Business licenses · Building permits
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $1.2B | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. National Aeronautics and Space Administr · THE SPACE NETWORK (SN) CONSISTS OF A SPACE SEGMENT COMPRISED OF THE TR |
| $987.5M | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. Department of Defense · SDA TRANCHE 1 OPERATIONS AND INTEGRATION |
| $386.5M | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. Department of Transportation · NEXCOM SEGMENT II, UHF/VHF RADIOS TAS::69 8107::TAS |
| $255.5M | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. Department of Homeland Security · R21 COASTAL SUSTAINMENT SERVICES FIRM FIXED PRIC TASK ORDER |
| $243.2M | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. Department of Defense · LETTER CONTRACT |
| $154.3M | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. Department of Defense · MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM GROUND SUSTAINMENT |
| $139.4M | GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. Department of Defense · 200002!2100!000213!AH01 !USA AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND!DAAH0199C006 |
| $98.5M | GLOBAL PATENT SOLUTIONS, L.L.C. Department of Commerce · PCT IDIQ. POP 1/1/12-1/31/12. PROCUREMENT PLAN # 150-15 |
| $91.5M | ODLE MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C. Department of Labor · PITTSBURGH JCC |
| $90.6M | ODLE MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C. Department of Labor · IGF::CT::IGF |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Maricopa County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+4,209 people (+$1.37B net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)10 ({"Fire": 11, "Flood": 9, "Severe Storm": 3, "Biological": 2, · last Fri Jun 28, 2024)
Traffic fatalities19 (8 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments109,863 (2,016,986 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,950/mo (773 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy22.4% (low numeracy 32% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
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Recorded votes
$985K
Annual budget
$871K
Debt outstanding
2,061
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$985K
Spending$826K
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
Debt load LOW
Outstanding debt$871K
Debt-to-revenue0.88×
Debt-load index43 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.