By Arizona PBS
Maricopa County supervisors are cutting the property tax rate for a fourth straight year while trimming the overall county budget by 11%. The budget also includes funding for a variety of capital projects, including a new downtown facility to replace the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center.
Public safety spending takes up 47% of the new Maricopa County budget. That includes the sheriff’s office and jails, the county attorney’s office and the county court system.
The county is also seeing financial benefits after two consecutive years of paying down unfunded pension liabilities for retiring government employees in the law enforcement sector.
Thomas Galvin, Vice Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, joined “Arizona Horizon” to provide more information on the budget.
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Thomas Galvin, Vice Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors