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Mesa says five‑year forecast returns to structural balance after department cuts and revenue revisions
Summary
City staff told the Mesa City Council on Feb. 26 that after department-level 2% reductions and revised revenue estimates the five‑year general governmental forecast reaches structural balance by FY29‑30, despite an $18 million loss from residential rental taxation and a potential $6 million hit from state tax conformity.
City staff told the Mesa City Council on Feb. 26 that the city’s five‑year general governmental forecast is back on a trajectory to structural balance after a round of department reductions and revised revenue assumptions.
Presenters said the city has absorbed several external hits in recent years — most notably the loss of residential rental taxation (an $18,000,000 annual impact that began last fiscal year) and the potential effect of state tax conformity tied to federal HR 1 (staff estimated an illustrative $6,000,000 annual hit beginning in FY27‑28 under a worst‑case conformity scenario). "Mesa is still the third, most affordable city within the valley that we compare to," a presenter said while…
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