Article submitted by City of Sedona AZ Sedona AZ (April 8, 2015) – Like most years, the City of Sedona’s budget process started in December. To be precise, it began on December 5, 2014. The first step in the budget process is to set goals and priorities that will guide how the City allocates funds in the next fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. This is not as easy as... 

Sedona Breaking News – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a road closure on Jacks Canyon Road, between Sunliffe Drive and Concho Drive in the Village of Oak Creek, due to downed power lines resulting from a single vehicle non-injury accident. APS expects the closure to last between 6 and 8 hours. Traffic will be detoured at each of these intersections during the closure.   Preliminary... 

Article submitted by City of Sedona AZ Sedona AZ (April 7, 2015) – The City of Sedona will host the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) on Thursday, May 7, 2015, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Sedona City Council Chambers, 102 Roadrunner Drive, west Sedona. An ADOR representative will provide an explanation of the statutory prime contracting changes that went into effect January 1, 2015, along... 

Sedona AZ (April 6, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Comments: Interesting motion that passed unanimously at the February VOCA board meeting. HOA boards, including VOCA, carry insurance to protect the board members from financial liability for carrying out their duties as board members—”Directors and officers liability Insurance (often called D&O) is liability... 

Samuel Lee Williams arrested Sedona AZ (April 6, 2015) – On March 30, 2015, security personnel for the Enchantment Resort on Boynton Canyon Road, Sedona, reported to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office a case of employee theft and fraud. Resort accounting personnel had uncovered a significant use of petty cash receipts for unauthorized expenses. Over time, the receipts had been falsified... 

Sedona AZ (April 3, 2015) – On April 1, 2015, at approximately 2:00 in the afternoon, a 9-year-old student at Beaver Creek Elementary School, Rimrock, Arizona, was arrested for disorderly conduct, displaying a deadly weapon, disrupting and interfering with an education institution and threatening others. Prior to the arrival of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies, an unloaded .22 handgun... 

Sedona AZ (April 3, 2015) – The City of Tolleson, Arizona, is celebrating its annual Whoopee Daze Festival Weekend on April 17 through 19, 2015. This year’s festival theme is Path to the Future. The Whoopee Daze Festival offers a variety of fun activities and experiences for the whole family. A main featured event is the traditional Whoopee Daze Parade on Saturday, April 18, that begins... 

Due to public outcry, APS has extended its opt out deadline. Sedona AZ (April 2, 2015) – Sedona Smart Meter Awareness (SSMA) recently received word from APS that it is still in limbo about what is happening with its opt out fees policy request related to smart meters. APS is extending the opt out date until further notice. APS gave no definitive explanation for the change in deadlines, according... 

Sedona AZ (April 2, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: The VOCA board of directors election is almost here. Have you voted? The HOA reserves total was $560,480 shown on the October 2014 financial summary. The total was $550, 961 at the end of February 2015. How will the repairs to the leaking roof and new carpet and other expenses, due to deferred maintenance, lower... 

Sedona AZ (April 2, 2015) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Editor; It seems as though almost everyone who mentions the Islamic problems today refers to the problem with “Radical Islam” or “Islamic Extremist” and I see it differently. The definition of “Radical” as it is being used is “Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme…” and those...