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Mohave County presents structurally balanced FY26 budget; proposes tax-rate swap, library sweep
Summary
County staff recommended a structurally balanced fiscal year 2026 budget (Option B) that uses a property-tax rate swap, a one-time library sweep and a higher collection assumption to produce about $5.1 million in additional general-fund revenue and leave a projected $25.5 million surplus at year-end.
Mohave County staff on April 16 presented a recommended fiscal year 2026 budget that they described as structurally balanced, centered on a recommended Option B that preserves most departmental requests while relying on a set of revenue measures and one-time transfers to avoid cuts.
The proposed package includes a tax-rate swap that would reduce levies in two special districts and increase the county's primary property levy by 0.06 percentage points (neting roughly $1.6 million), a $1.25 million one‑time sweep from the library district authorized under current JLBC guidance, and a change to the county's assumed property-tax collection rate from 95% to 97%. Combined with projected growth in assessed values, staff said those measures yield approximately $5.1 million in added revenue that enables the recommended option to be structurally balanced for…
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