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Flagstaff committee weighs $17.6M tier-one capital, sales tax and water-fee options to fund public safety
Summary
A Flagstaff City budget committee reviewed department priority tiers that include $17.6 million in tier-one capital over 10 years, discussed funding options—bonds, a sales tax and a water resource fee—and asked staff for cost-by-tier funding scenarios and polling guidance ahead of next week’s meeting.
The Flagstaff City Budget Committee on Thursday reviewed a tiered list of departmental requests that staff say includes about $17.6 million in tier-one capital needs over 10 years and discussed how to pay for public-safety and infrastructure priorities.
Shannon, a staff presenter, walked committee members through the spreadsheet showing 10-year totals and per-year averages, explaining that each line shows personnel (P), contracts and commodities (CC) and capital (CA) as 10-year sums. “For instance, this emergency management current ops, it’s 3 million over 10 years, 326 per year,” Shannon said, illustrating how the document breaks out costs.
The committee’s discussion centered on three funding paths: general-obligation bonds for capital,…
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