Sedona AZ (March 8 2011)–The City of Sedona is now accepting applications for one member of the Sedona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Local Board.  Members must be a resident of the City of Sedona.  The deadline to return applications is Monday, March 28, 2011, by 5:00 p.m.   The PSPRS Local Board administers the rules of the system and has responsibility for making the provisions... 

Sedona City Councilor Barbara Litrell Sedona AZ–I voted in favor of the route transfer of 89A in West Sedona after 4 years of involvement  with the issue of 89A safety and ADOT’s proposed solution of continuous roadway lighting. It was one of the issues that motivated me to run for City Council. When ADOT proposed 76 lights in June 2007, the community was aghast at the idea of continuous roadway... 

Eddie S. Maddock Sedona AZ (March 2 2011)-In their infinite wisdom, four out of seven members of the Sedona City Council decided who will own the remaining portion of Arizona State Route 89A within Sedona City Limits. With the conclusion of that monumental decision, how will they now spend their time? Perhaps, since they have deemed themselves experts on the subject of designing and implementing State... 

City of Sedona Mayor Rob Adams Sedona AZ (March 1, 2011) – After over three years of contentious debate, the decision regarding the fate of SR 89A has been made. By a vote of 4 to 3, the Sedona City Council has chosen to take ownership of 4.95 miles of a State highway, SR 89A. Some citizens are celebrating this choice, others are vowing to initiate recalls, referendums and injunctions. I say... 

Mayor Adams Sedona AZ (February 28, 2011) – The public is invited to meet with the Mayor of Sedona, Rob Adams, during lunch to discuss issues that they think are important for the City Council to consider. The lunches are scheduled for noon to 1:00 p.m. and are no-host. The public will be responsible for its luncheon costs and the luncheons are informal. On March 16, 2010, the mayor’s... 

Special to the Sedona Times Publishing and SedonaEye.com by contributing writer, Judy W. Bowden. The National Council on Public Polls distributed to conscientious journalists nationwide a set of reporting standards relative to how to report public surveys, which is entitled: “20 Questions A Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results”  by Sheldon R. Gawiser, Ph.D. and Director of Election... 

Sedona AZ–The City of Sedona is accepting proposals for annual audit services beginning with a review of records for the fiscal year of 2010-2011.    Proposals must be received by 4 p.m., P.S.T on Monday, April 4, 2011.  Proposals should be in a sealed envelope addressed as City of Sedona, Attention: Barbara Ashley, Financial Services Director, 102 Roadrunner Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336.   Proposal... 

Sedona AZ (February 25, 2011) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, J. Rick Normand of Sedona asks that the following chart be shared with readers:  Read More →

Sedona AZ (February 22, 2011) – Many of us are now living through unusual financial circumstances for the first time. Times that were not so unusual for our parents and grandparents who dealt with scarcity and lived within their means during the great depression all those years ago. Certainly our 22-year-old City is experiencing something significantly different from the continuous growth and... 

J. Rick Normand writes an opinion that Sedona Arizona faces a financial watershed moment in this SedonaEye.com article Sedona AZ (February 22, 2011) – ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) both project…”a continued deterioration in the state’s budget outlook for decades to come absent fundamental policy changes that address...