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Tempe council amends proposed sales-tax ballot questions, sets May 14 for final vote
Summary
After a multi-department presentation and more than two hours of public comment, the Tempe City Council voted to amend the proposed sales-tax questions (0.3% public safety, 0.1% transit, 0.1% Tempe Pre) and continued the item for final action on May 14, 2026.
Tempe’s City Council on May 1 amended a pair of proposed sales-tax questions and moved final action to May 14, asking staff to prepare ballot language after several hours of presentations and public comment.
Deputy City Manager and CFO Lisette Camacho laid out the fiscal picture behind the proposal, telling the council the city faces approximately $25.7 million in annual revenue losses from recent state actions and related changes and that the two-question approach would raise locally controlled revenue to replace some of those losses. “This proposal is expected to generate approximately $40,300,000 in local funding annually,” Camacho said,…
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