The Board of Supervisors adopted a $1.7 billion budget Tuesday for the upcoming fiscal year that includes a higher property tax rate and funding for road repair, staff raises and continuing construction projects.
Nicole Ludden Pima County has more than $1.7 billion in expenditures planned for the upcoming fiscal year beginning on July 1 after the Board of Supervisors adopted a final budget Tuesday focused on financial stability and maintaining critical infrastructure.
The combined property tax rate is set to increase by about 0.8% over last year’s rate and climb to $5.1048 per $100 of a home’s limited value, or the property's taxable value. The county is set to collect about $544 million in property taxes this year, representing about a 6% increase from last year’s collections, according to county estimates.
People are also reading… Budget highlights include $76.5 million for facilities management projects — including continued construction of the new Office of the Medical Examiner Building and build out of the Northwest Service Center — $23.7 million in Department of Transportation road repair projects, and $14 million in estimated costs for employee raises, according to the county budget.
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