By Murphy Woodhouse | Arizona Daily Star
By a 3-2 majority, the Board of Supervisors approved a tentative $1.27 billion Pima County budget Tuesday that includes a new 25-cent property tax whose proceeds would be dedicated to repairing local roads in both incorporated and unincorporated areas.
The board also approved a cumulative 11 cents in cuts to three other property taxes, which would result in a net 14-cent increase for every $100 of valuation next fiscal year if the final budget is approved unaltered in June. County officials say rising property values would absorb the 25-cent tax entirely by the second year, meaning that the 14-cent hike could eventually be eliminated.
