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MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2020-023
RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION; PROPOSING AN
EXTENSION OF THE ALTERNATIVE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION FOR THE TOWN
OF MARANA
WHEREAS the Arizona State Constitution imposes a limitation on the expendi-
tures of a town, but permits a town to refer to its voters an Alternative Expenditure
Limitation; and
WHEREAS the voters of the Town of Marana in 1985 adopted an Alternative Ex-
penditure Limitation and have voted to extend such Alternative Expenditure Limitation
from time to time, most recently in 2016; and
WHEREAS the Town Council of Marana, after two public hearings, has deter-
mined that an extension of the Alternative Expenditure Limitation is necessary for the
Town of Marana.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The following Alternative Expenditure Limitation shall be submit-
ted to the voters of the Town of Marana at the Primary Election to be held on August 4,
2020:
Shall the following be adopted by the Town of Marana as an Alternative
Expenditure Limitation:
"The Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana shall annually, as part of
the annual budget adoption process, adopt an alternative expenditure lim-
itation equal to the total amount of budgeted expenditures/expenses as it
appears on the annual budget as adopted by the Council to apply to the
Town of Marana for each of the four fiscal years immediately following
adoption of the alternative expenditure limitation. The alternative ex-
penditure limitation shall be adopted each year after a public hearing at
which the citizens of the Town of Marana may comment on the proposed
alternative limitation. No expenditures may be made in violation of such
alternative expenditure limitation, nor may any proposed expenditures be
in excess of estimated available revenues, except that the Mayor and
Council may, by three-fourths vote, declare an emergency and suspend
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the alternative expenditure limitation. The suspension of the alternative
expenditure limitation shall be in effect for only one fiscal year at a time."
SECTION 2. The Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Town Clerk are hereby
directed and authorized to take such actions as are necessary or desirable to comply
with all applicable laws and regulations relating to or necessary for the August 4, 2020
primary election, including without limitation any and all activities related to the
preparation, printing and distribution of a publicity pamphlet as required by law, and
to the execution of contracts necessary for the same.
SECTION 3. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to place a public
notice in the Daily Territorial, notifying the public that arguments for and against the
alternative expenditure limitation measure will be accepted by the Town Clerk no later
than 5 P.M. on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
SECTION 4. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to charge an
amount of money to offset a portion of the proportionate cost of the paper and printing
of the arguments received for and against the measure, as provided in
A.R.S. §19-124(D), and in the Town's comprehensive fee schedule.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF MARANA, ARIZONA, this 3rd day of March, 2020.
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