Chair Kate Brophy McGee Explains Public Safety Tax

Maricopa County board · January 5, 2026

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The board chair opened the session by asking attendees to look at the day's board agenda and described routine items as "the boring business of good government," setting the tone for the meeting.

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The board chair opened the meeting by previewing a planned ballot measure to ask Maricopa County voters to renew a one‑fifth‑cent public safety sales tax, noting the tax has funded public safety for nearly three decades and that a Citizens Public Safety Committee recommended continuation. East Valley Partnership CEO John Lewis was acknowledged for leading the committee.

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