Responses to Questionnaire 2010Return to previous page. Is there a central issue you think is particularly important to maintaining Sedona's quality of life?Dan McIlroy -- In my judgment, the central issue is our debt. In the 2010-2011 budget, the long term debt of Sedona is $68,156,966 with annual debt service of $6,647,418. With declining sales tax and bed tax revenues, and the waste water treatment plant absorbing over half of our sales tax revenue, we need to bring the cost of the waste water treatment service more into balance with the cost of the service. The waste water residential fee of $32.54 has not changed in twelve years. The residential waste water fee only contributes one-third of the cost of operating the waste water treatment plant. We need to gradually adjust upward the waste water fees, perhaps over the next ten or more years, to make the residential fees pay the true cost of waste water treatment. We need to bring our city budget into balance with our true revenues. We can no longer keep draining our Reserve Fund to make up the shortfall in our revenues.Michael Ward -- The balance of city revenues with city expenditures is the biggest factor in our city’s health. The wastewater collection and treatment costs, that consumes nearly 50% of our budget, needs to examined using a businesslike approach in which all possibilities are evaluated. Rob Adams -- The central issues that are particularly important in maintaining Sedona’s quality of life are found in our City’s Vision statement. Barbara Litrell -- Community involvement is very important to maintaining Sedona's quality of life especially in the review and revisions of the Community Plan. Over the next two years, the community plan will be reviewed with community input (it's done by state law every 10 years) and it will be presented to the voters for approval in 2012. The vision, goals and objectives stated in that plan will guide the decisions of council going forward for the next 10 years. The community has a great opportunity to either change or affirm the current vision for Sedona -- establishing firm guidelines will be the best opportunity to ensure the quality of life we love and enjoy in Sedona. Dennis Rayner -- We must maintain our small town feel and its southwest character. Sedona City government (employees and City Councils), businesses, and residents must also continually remind ourselves that Sedona is a tourism-based economy and that the “product” we sell to our future tourists and future residents is our environment. Destruction of our environment will eventually destroy our economic base. Nancy Scagnelli -- If we want to maintain our small town character and be a welcoming community for all, we had better get a hold of the divisiveness that has taken over our community. Debate should be civil, decisions based on facts and what is best for the community as a whole, and then the community should move forward, without the ugliness currently being displayed in various media outlets. Sedonans need to agree to disagree, without being disagreeable. Dan Surber -- As a long time resident of Sedona I have come to appreciate the beauty of living in Sedona. Not only because of the natural surroundings but also, just as importantly, the sense of community that has existed in Sedona and has grown throughout the years. Sedona has grown and changed during this time but the sense of community and small town character has remained. I believe it is crucial to preserve this sense of community. We need to protect the diversity of Sedona and strive to ensure that the people who our vital to our community and to our quality of life are able to work and live in our community. It is not only important to our quality of life it is important for Sedona’s economic sustainability. Jeffrey Sietz -- No response! Jerry Frey -- No response! Return to previous page.
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