Carefree Improvement Ass'n v. City of Scottsdale

OPINION

CORCORAN, Judge.

The appellees commenced this litigation to invalidate an annexation ordinance passed by the appellant City of Scottsdale (Scottsdale). Appellees moved for summary judgment on the ground that Scottsdale had failed to comply with the notice provisions of Arizona’s open meeting law, A.R.S. §§ 38-431.01 to .09. The trial court granted summary judgment. We affirm its decision.

Although the action taken by the city council of Scottsdale involves annexation, this is not a “strip annexation” case. This is an open meeting law case. The open meeting law was first adopted in 1962.…