By 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.
