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Chandler council sets home-rule question for November ballot after public hearing

Chandler City Council · February 27, 2026
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Summary

After a second public hearing, Chandler staff outlined fiscal implications of continuing the city's home-rule spending option; the council unanimously approved a resolution to place the home-rule question on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot.

The Chandler City Council voted unanimously in a special meeting Feb. 26 to recommend placing a local alternative expenditure limitation (home rule) on the Nov. 3, 2026 general-election ballot.

Sylvia Dyatt, the city's budget and research administrator, led the second public hearing and told council that Chandler has historically used the local home-rule option since 1982, most recently approved by voters in August 2022. She said home rule allows the council to base budget decisions on current revenues and priorities rather than a statutory…

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