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Cochise County adopts tentative budgets for five light-improvement districts
Summary
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the boards of directors for multiple light improvement districts, adopted tentative fiscal 2025–26 budgets for five districts on June 10. The budgets fund utility costs for street lights and rely on reserves to set tax rates.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors, acting as the board of directors for local light improvement districts, adopted tentative budgets on June 10 for Bowie, Golden Acres, Naco, Porterville and SunSites to cover utility costs for street lights.
County staff told supervisors the districts are funded by secondary property-tax levies that voters in each district approved, and that available reserves (carryover) are used to lower tax rates when possible. Ms. Gilman, a county staff member presenting the items, said the budgets are primarily to pay utility bills and that when districts have cash contingencies the county lowers the tax rate accordingly.
"The budget for these light improvement districts is primarily to…
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