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Supervisor warns food sales tax referral, governor's groundwater proposal could hit small-city budgets
Summary
Chairman Montanari briefed the Cochise County Board on legislative proposals being tracked by the County Supervisors Association, highlighting a potential referral of the food sales tax and a governor's groundwater proposal that he said could reduce agricultural pumping by 40% and materially affect local government revenues.
Chairman Montanari told the Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 that the County Supervisors Association is tracking roughly 17 bills that could affect counties, and he flagged several with potentially major financial or regulatory consequences.
Montanari said one measure under discussion would refer the state sales tax on food to the ballot; an SCR to do so could reduce retail tax revenue that some small cities rely on heavily. "It would be probably about a 20 to 23% cut in Wilcox's budget and probably…
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