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Yavapai County manager frames FY26 budget around holding property tax rate flat at 1.6443
Summary
County Manager Maury Thompson presented a FY2026 proposed budget built on a flat property tax rate of 1.6443, warning that choosing otherwise would force cuts of about $2.2 million and outlining revenue drivers, vacancy-savings assumptions and reserve levels.
County Manager Maury Thompson presented the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors with a proposed FY2026 budget on April 29 that is built on the premise of keeping the current property tax rate flat at 1.6443.
Thompson told the board the proposal assumes the rate will remain unchanged and said, “this proposal is built on the premise of a flat tax rate. So if that would be a choice that the board would not make we need to go back in and carve out $2,200,000.”
Why it matters: keeping the rate unchanged still increases the county’s property tax collections because assessed values rose. Thompson walked the board through revenue drivers —…
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