Supervisors set to adopt budget

Monday meeting to include taxation hearing

The Yuma County Board of Supervisors is set to adopt the final budget for fiscal 2018-19 Monday, after holding a Truth in Taxation hearing on primary and secondary property taxes.

The overall budget includes the financial plans for the county itself plus the county flood control, library, public health and jail districts, and all special improvement districts which serve some portion of the county.

The primary property tax rate goes into the county’s general operating fund and supports most employee salaries and benefits, mandatory contributions to state budget items, public safety, administration and other expenses. The tentative budget includes $82.5 million for the general fund.

The tentative budget’s county tax rates, adopted by the board at a May meeting, are as follows:

• Primary property tax: $2.5288 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

• Flood Control District: $0.2522 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

• Library District: $0.6608 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

• Library District debt service (bond issue for Main Library and other expansion projects): $0.2426 per $1,000 assessed valuation.

The supervisors will also vote on the $1.2 million operating budget for the Yuma County Housing District and the $3 million operating budget for the housing department’s Section 8 voucher program.

The meeting will begin 9 a.m. Monday in the board’s auditorium at 198 S. Main St., Yuma. Also on the agenda:

• Zoning reversion hearings for three properties; at the southwest corner of County 12th Street and Avenue 15E and near County 15th Street and Avenue 4 1/2 E, both east of Yuma, and at the northwest corner of Old Highway 80 and Avenue 37E, near Wellton.

• An auction for a countyowned parcel at 803 S. Eleanor Ave., at the corner of West 8th Street in Yuma.

The meeting will be broadcast on the county’s cable channel, Yuma77, and webcast and available for later viewing at www. yumacountyaz.gov and the Yuma County Government Facebook page. Spanish subtitles are available on rebroadcasts.