Board of Supervisors, February 9, 2026
Approves Direct Staff to Prepare Permanent Base Expenditure Limit Adjustment for 2026 Ballot, 4-1
What happened
This was a Pima County Board of Supervisors budget/policy retreat with no zoning or land-use entitlement decisions. The only substantive vote was directing staff to prepare a permanent base expenditure-limit adjustment for the November 2026 ballot, which passed 4-1 (one abstentio…
- Jurisdiction
- Pima County, AZ
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- February 9, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 4-1
Free sample: decision 1 of 6
FY26-27 Budget Overview and Guidance
Staff presented the draft FY26-27 general fund budget: base revenues/transfers of $875.6M against expenditures of $906.1M, leaving about $30M to solve for. Policies include a 3-cent primary tax increase for affordable housing, a proposed 1-cent flood control district and 2-cent library district secondary tax increases, plus DREAM requests (~$10.2M still alive) and a $15.6M compensation strategy (child care stipends, student loan repayment, class/comp benchmarking, $3.5M deputy/sergeant market adjustment). No vote taken; Board provided guidance and requested data.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
This was a Pima County Board of Supervisors budget/policy retreat with no zoning or land-use entitlement decisions. The only substantive vote was directing staff to prepare a permanent base expenditure-limit adjustment for the November 2026 ballot, which passed 4-1 (one abstentio…
Key Decisions (6)
FY26-27 Budget Overview and Guidance
General Obligation Bond Discussion
Direct Staff to Prepare Permanent Base Expenditure Limit Adjustment for 2026 Ballot
Special Taxing District Discussion (Public Health Services District)
County Administrator Search Process
2026 RTA Special Election Early Ballot Drop-Off Sites and Replacement Locations
Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Pima County has not passed a successful general obligation bond…
Infrastructure
County road repair/maintenance obligations cover roughly 2,200+ miles in unincorporated…
Sentiment
Combined primary+secondary property tax rate projected to rise from ~$5.19…
Who Spoke (10)
On the record: the chair, 4 board members, 4 staff members, and an attorney.
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