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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a tentative budget on Monday that would lower the property tax rate for the fourth straight year.“My colleagues and I have cut the property tax rate four years in a row, we’ve maintained investment in public safety but at the same time the county has zero debt so this is what I call the most fiscally conservative government in the country,” Supervisor Thomas Galvin told ABC15.
Public safety accounts for the majority of the budget at 47%, providing funding for law enforcement, jails, probation, courts and criminal prosecution and defense. Among the major projects funded in fiscal year 2025 are a new West Valley Animal Shelter, new Public Health building and parks and library improvements.
“It was suggested that perhaps we leave the rate the same so we would get more revenue to cover the contingencies in case the state government offloads some of their issues on us, and we said no — let’s do our budget as efficiently and conservatively as possible and if we have issues later we will address those when they come up,” said Chairman Jack Sellers.
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