By Parker Leavitt, The Republic | azcentral.com 12:29 p.m. MST June 10, 2014
Mesa residents should expect larger city property tax bills next fall, while most other Southeast Valley residents will pay lower rates as a result of population growth and rebounding home values.
As elected municipal leaders in the region adopt spending packages for a new budget year, they are setting property-tax levies that will be included on bills for hundreds of thousands of homeowners in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe.
Since Arizona municipalities tend to rely more heavily on sales and state income taxes to fund operations, property-tax rates can easily fall out of the public consciousness, especially when the bills are rolled into a homeowner’s mortgage payment.
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