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Cochise County supervisors discuss cutting flood-district tax, refocusing projects toward rural recharge and road drainage
Summary
Supervisors discussed whether contingency funds in the Flood Control District could allow a lower tax rate and debated shifting spending from urban recharge projects to rural recharge, gabion-style retention and road drainage; staff will return with a June work session and mapping.
Cochise County supervisors on an agenda item about the Flood Control District reviewed a list of planned projects and asked staff to return in June with a work session and mapping that show where roads and recharges flood during monsoons.
The discussion centered on whether contingency balances could let the district reduce the tax rate "down to 1¢" or near zero while still funding planned construction and design work, and on shifting spending from urban recharge efforts toward rural recharge and road drainage improvements.
Why it matters: supervisors said choices now will determine whether money is spent on engineering and monitoring or on on-the-ground measures such as gabion rock walls and retention features that some supervisors and ranchers favor to slow runoff and increase groundwater recharge.…
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