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Avondale council debates FY27 budget trade-offs, audit cuts and event priorities
Summary
Council reviewed a draft FY27 budget that assumes no property-tax increase, flagged $667,000 in one-year revenue loss from San Tan Valley's incorporation and debated cutting a proposed $100,000 audit spend by $40,000; council also discussed parks/event reductions and trimming a $25,000 NASCAR sponsorship.
Avondale's finance director presented a draft fiscal 2027 budget that balances strategic priorities against looming revenue losses and rising costs, and the City Council spent much of the meeting parsing where to trim.
Renee Weatherless told the council the draft five-year forecast assumes no use of the 2% allowable property-tax increase for FY27 and anticipates a roughly $667,000 one-year general-fund impact from the San Tan Valley incorporation (and roughly $143,000 loss to HEERF funding). She also noted a possible state tax-conformity change that staff modeled as a potential $600,000 to $1.2 million recurring loss; the working forecast used an $880,000 figure.
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