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Huachuca City directs staff to begin ‘truth in taxation’ public notice process
Summary
The council voted unanimously to begin the public-notice steps for a truth-in-taxation review; staff presented a neutral-rate estimate and mid- and maximum-rate scenarios, with illustrative homeowner impacts of roughly $12–$24 a year on a $100,000 home.
Huachuca City council voted unanimously March 12 to direct staff to begin the public-notice steps required for a truth-in-taxation review as part of next year’s budget process.
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey told the council staff prepared three scenarios: a neutral-rate option that would generate an estimated $17,765 in additional revenue (rate about 1.3619), a midpoint option projected to bring in about $128,000, and a maximum-allowable scenario of roughly $139,000. Harvey noted illustrative homeowner impacts, saying "the increase at midpoint would be about $12.00 a year for a resident that has $100,000 valued home and the top the maximum allow would be about $24.00 for that year." The motion to begin the notice process was moved by Mayor Johann Wallace and seconded by Christy Hirshberg; it passed unanimously.
The council’s vote authorizes staff to prepare and publish the required notices and to schedule the additional hearings that accompany a truth-in-taxation process; council members emphasized that the vote was only to begin the public-notice steps and that the council would later decide whether to adopt any rate change during the formal budget process. Staff and council noted that the neutral-rate option would not trigger the full truth-in-taxation process but that staff sought direction now so required publications and hearing dates could be planned.
Provenance: topic introduction and discussion appear in staff presentation and motion (SEG 015).
