TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Dawn Marie Buckland, Deputy Town Manager
DATE: December 7, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Dawn Marie Buckland, 480.348.3555
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
2018 Legislative Agenda
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Town Value(s):
☒ Primarily one-acre, residential community
☒ Limited government
☒ Creating a sense of community
☒ Partnerships with existing schools and resorts to enhance recreational opportunities
☒ Improving aesthetics/creating a brand
☒ Preserving natural open space
Partnering with our legislators helps us to preserve all of our Town values
Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution 17- 22 approving the 2018 Legislative Agenda
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The 2018 Legislative Session for the State of Arizona begins on January 8, 2018. As our legislative delegation discuss desired changes to the Arizona Revised Statutes, they look to the municipalities they represent to provide policy and impact analyses of proposed language.
At the November 2 and 16 study sessions, Council reviewed and discussed the recommended legislative agenda for the upcoming year. The attached agenda incorporates the direction from Council, and provides a meaningful framework and direction for the upcoming legislative session.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
Preserving state shared revenue, construction sales tax, and local service delivery decision making are key attributes to our long term financial plan.
ATTACHMENT(S):
Resolution 17-22
2018 Legislative Agenda