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Oro Valley working group favors broad revenue language, emphasizes community engagement over naming taxes
Summary
A resident working group reviewed draft revenue goals for Oro Valley's 10-year plan and agreed to keep policy language broad to avoid "triggering" voters on items like property tax, while asking staff to add concrete actions and stronger public engagement and education on revenue options.
Malini Sims, the town's principal planner, opened the session Tuesday and said the meeting's purpose was "to wrap up the conversation to get your initial feedback on the draft goals, policies, and actions." The group focused first on revenue sources, agreeing broadly to avoid naming specific taxes in the plan and to emphasize community engagement to identify alternatives.
The choice to keep FG1 and related items broad reflected concerns that singling out options such as a property tax could "trigger" residents and complicate voter approval, several…
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