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Oro Valley staff outline outreach plan for proposed use, telecom and commercial rental taxes
Summary
Town staff presented a coordinated community engagement plan and preliminary revenue estimates for three proposed new local taxes — a use tax, a telecommunications tax and a commercial rental tax — and said outreach will include three July Zoom events, business briefings and notices via bills and social media.
Michael Spade, current planning principal planner for the Town of Oro Valley and project manager for the engagement effort, told the Budget and Finance Commission on May 20 that staff will run a coordinated public outreach program to explain three concurrent fee and tax proposals and to collect feedback.
Spade said staff will hold three community Zoom events in mid‑July focused on parks and recreation, finance/other revenues and stormwater and that the outreach will use newsletters, social media and bill inserts. "We're going to utilize a process that we've used in the planning world, pretty frequently ... utilizing some Zoom community engagement events to try and get the word out to educate residents about all 3 fee proposals," Spade said.
Why it matters: Commissioners and staff said the town lacks several revenue categories used by neighboring jurisdictions and that new revenue could be dedicated to capital needs such as public safety…
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