Pima County budget plan includes ‘small’ tax hike for roads

Screen Shot 2013-12-27 at 6.55.23 AMBy Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star

County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry says he has no choice but to ask for a small property tax increase to help fund road repairs.

A memo from Huckelberry to the Pima County Board of Supervisors outlines a growing backlog of road projects while resources are quickly drying up.

“It is not an overstatement to say we are nearing a time when we will have minuscule resources available to accommodate growth needs unless we can develop a solution to help us meet demand,” Huckelberry wrote on Dec. 23.

If approved by the Board of Supervisors, the proposed 7-cent primary property tax increase will add about $8 to the average tax bill for homeowners who have an assessed home value of $116,000 for tax purposes.

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