Marley Park CFD sets tentative FY2027 spending limit and schedules June 2 hearing

Chair Sartre called the Marley Park Community Facilities District meeting to order on May 5, 2026, and the board moved to set a tentative expenditure limitation for fiscal year 2027 and to publish the tentative budget and notice of a public hearing. The clerk read Item 2, which set a public hearing for June 2, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at the City of Surprise Council Chambers.

Miss Simmons presented the budget background and numbers. She explained that a Community Facilities District (CFD) is a special‑purpose district that finances, acquires and constructs public infrastructure within a defined area and that Marley Park CFD was created in 2004 and is governed by the mayor and council as the CFD board. Simmons said the property tax rate is not increasing from the previous rate of 2.7294 (noting the rate has been about 2.73 for the last four years) and reported total revenue from property tax and fund balance of $2,349,100. Using a $650,000 home as an example, Simmons said a property owner would pay roughly $1,125 in 2027. "The property tax levy is assessed to pay debt and operations maintenance," she said, and described expenditures as covering park operations, bank fees and principal and interest on debt service.

Councilman Judd asked whether the levy applies only to properties within Marley Park and what action the board was taking. Simmons confirmed the levy applies only to Marley Park properties and that the action before the board was to set the expenditure limit for the coming year; in her remarks on the floor she stated that limit as $2,349,000. The record therefore includes two closely related figures from the presentation and response: total revenue of $2,349,100 (presented as property tax plus fund balance) and an expenditure limit referred to on the record as $2,349,000.

Following the presentation and questions, Councilman Judd moved to approve the resolution (recorded on the audio as "I move to approve resolution MPCFT number 2026-01"); Chair Sartre seconded. The motion passed by voice vote; the clerk called the result a "pass vote." The meeting record does not include a roll-call tally with individual yes/no votes.

The board asked for public comment; the clerk reported there were no requests to speak. With no further business, the board approved a motion to adjourn by voice vote.

What happens next: Miss Simmons said she will return on June 2 to present the final budget for adoption and on June 16 for formal adoption of the property tax levy. The public hearing is scheduled for June 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the City of Surprise Council Chambers.