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Sun City West proposes $28 (4.9%) dues increase to cover rising labor, insurance and utility costs
Summary
Sun City West managers presented a balanced fiscal-year budget that would raise annual member dues by $28 (4.9%) and increase several user fees to cover higher wages, insurance and utility costs while continuing reserve funding and capital spending.
Sun City West general manager Steven Erno and CFO Cliff Swan presented a proposed fiscal-year operating budget that would raise annual member dues by $28 — a 4.9% increase — to cover rising personnel, insurance and utility costs and to keep annual reserve allocations intact. The operating budget, as presented, also assumes a $200 increase to APF (assessed property fee) and other user-fee adjustments in golf, bowling and snack services.
Why it matters: The association funds daily operations and long-term capital work from member dues, APF receipts and reserve allocations. Managers said the budget aims to preserve service levels across 53 buildings and seven golf courses while funding a $5.6 million capital program and maintaining a healthy reserve fund.
Cliff Swan, the association’s chief financial officer, said labor and utilities together account for…
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