At Tuesday’s Pima County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, a $1.24 billion operating budget was tentatively approved in a 4 to 1 vote. Supervisor Ally Miller joined the majority in support of the budget that reflects a primary property tax reduction.
Miller told constituents is “was a good day for taxpayers,” and hoped the “trend continues.”
Miller explained, “The Board approved tentative budget adoption by lowering the primary tax rate by 10 cents from the current rate of $4.39 per hundred of assessed value. This rate today set the budget ceiling. Lowering the tax rate is a step in the right direction and I voted yes in support of using this rate to set the budget ceiling.”
“Chuck Huckelberry will be presenting several options to the Board of Supervisors in the next weeks for salary packages for sheriff deputies and other county employees which will be voted on at the July 5th meeting when the final budget is adopted,” continued MIller. “He is expected to recommend cuts in some areas to accommodate the increases for compensation packages.”
Supervisor Ray Carroll cast the lone “no” vote before heading out of town.
The supervisors also approved a lease agreement with Caterpillar. The company plans to use the county-owned 97 E. Congress building as temporary office.
Also, the supervisors unanimously approved a contract with Stoller Studio, Inc. to design and install the public art project for the new Pima Animal Care facility.
Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation’s Northwest Community Park will soon be the “Ann Day Community Park” now that the supervisors unanimously agreed to rename the Northwest Park in honor of former District 1 Supervisor Ann Day who died in a traffic collision on May 7.