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Queen Creek presents $682.7 million recommended budget, emphasizes infrastructure and tax relief
Summary
Town manager and finance staff presented a balanced $682.7 million recommended budget that keeps the property-tax freeze, directs more than half of spending to infrastructure and holds a $50 million contingency for new projects and opportunities.
Town Manager Bruce Gardner and Chief Financial Officer Scott McCarty presented the town manager's recommended fiscal year 2025-26 budget to the Queen Creek Town Council on April 8, proposing a $682,700,000 budget that the presentation says is balanced "as required by state statute." The recommended plan dedicates just over 52% of the total to infrastructure, with the largest shares assigned to transportation, public safety, and water and wastewater projects.
McCarty told the council the budget continues the council's policy of a property-tax freeze for a third consecutive year and incorporates the full reduction from a sales-tax measure the council repealed last year. He said the recommended total…
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