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Scottsdale, Arizona · City of Scottsdale AZ FY2025-26 Adopted Budget

Scottsdale — the money trail

$2,203,742,144
The City of Scottsdale, Arizona — a council-manager city of ~245,000 in Maricopa County. This is the adopted all-funds budget for FY2025-26, $2.20 billion, shown by fund (adopted Ordinance 4670). Police is the largest General-Fund department — note its FY26 figure includes a one-time ~$50M pension paydown, so the recurring cost is closer to $150M. Scottsdale owns its own water utility. The combined city property-tax rate is $0.9124 per $100 (primary $0.4891 + secondary/bond $0.4233). Every fund figure ties to the adopted state forms and foots to the dollar. Click any number to see exactly where it comes from. Where the trail goes dark, it becomes a numbered issue in the docket. New here? Read our story or take the plain-words tour.
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✓ Sourced○ Cited◐ Partial⚠ Ambiguous✖ Dead end
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Where it goes — $2,203,742,144 appropriated

▶Capital Improvement Plan$974,236,13844%✓ Sourced
Water, roads, buildings, and long-term projects across all funding sources.
▶General Fund$651,976,79630%✓ Sourced
The main operating fund — Police and Fire are most of it. (Includes a large emergency reserve.)
▶Enterprise Funds$266,748,06412%✓ Sourced
Self-supporting: Water, Solid Waste, Aviation, Tourism/Events, WestWorld, the stadium.
▶Special Revenue Funds$125,044,4106%✓ Sourced
Restricted — the transportation tax, preservation, and tourism funds.
▶Debt Service Fund$87,293,6134%✓ Sourced
Principal and interest on voter-approved bonds.
▶Internal Service Funds$73,042,3343%✓ Sourced
Fleet, self-insurance, and PC replacement.
▶Grants & Special Districts$25,400,7891%✓ Sourced
Grant-funded programs and special districts.