Council Confirms Annual Levies: Fire, Police CFDs, Library CFD, Park Tax and Landscaping Assessments Approved
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Summary
The Rancho Mirage City Council on June 5 approved a package of annual levies and assessments covering fire and public safety, two community facilities districts, the park maintenance tax, and the consolidated landscape and lighting district, voting 5–0 to order levy and collection for placement on the county tax roll.
On June 5 the Rancho Mirage City Council adopted a set of resolutions confirming annual levies and assessments for public safety, library services, parks and landscape maintenance, voting 5–0 on the staff recommendations.
Kofi Ottobomb, administrative services director, and Ian Lassley, presenting for landscaping and parks items, explained the staff recommendations. Key amounts and changes approved by council include:
- Fire tax and fire excise tax: staff recommended continuing the current rates; fire and fire excise assessments reported as $60 and $13.66 per unit respectively and will remain unchanged due to Proposition 218 restrictions.
- Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 1 (police and fire): the FY 2025–26 residential unit assessment proposed at $469.69 per dwelling unit; the commercial rate is proposed at $1.08 per square foot.
- Community Facilities District No. 2 (Western Vacation Club library assessment): the assessment will increase from $47.66 to $49.04 per assessable week, reflecting a consumer price index change of 2.936 percent.
- Park maintenance special tax (approved by voters in 1998): the park tax may be adjusted by CPI; this year the CPI increase of 3 percent raises the city’s per equivalent dwelling unit tax from $39.00 to $40.17.
- Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District No. 87‑01: staff presented the final engineer’s annual levy report, described zone‑by‑zone assessments based on special benefits, and recommended adoption of resolutions ordering the levy and collection of assessments.
Public comment on these levies was limited. One resident questioned CPI calculations and urged fiscal thrift; staff responded that the CFD and park tax adjustments follow legal formulas and prior voter approvals. The council adopted the resolutions and ordered the levies for forwarding to the county tax collector for inclusion on the 2025–26 tax roll. All motions to adopt the attached resolutions carried 5–0.