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Scottsdale, Arizona

First Issues Docket

Every dead end in the money trail becomes a numbered pursuit here. When a document is obtained and ingested, the issue gets stamped with the date and what it revealed. 1 of 2 complete.
#1
Ingest the Scottsdale budget.

All funds by fund.

2026-08-21 — what this revealed: FY2025-26 all funds $2.20B — the Capital plan ($974M) and General Fund ($652M) are the biggest pieces. Police is the largest GF department (FY26 inflated by a one-time ~$50M pension paydown). Foots to the dollar.
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#2
General Fund by department.

Add the department breakdown (Police, Fire, Parks) with exact adopted dollars from Volume 2.

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