The Cochise College Governing Board will consider an increase to the primary property tax levy for Cochise College following a public hearing in June. The board also will adopt the 2012-13 district budget during its monthly governing board meeting the same day.
Cochise County Community College District, in accordance with Arizona Revised Statute 15-1461.01, has published notices alerting the district’s property taxpayers of the intent to increase its primary property taxes over last year’s amount. According to those notices, the college is proposing a 2 percent increase in primary property tax revenues, as allowed by state law, causing the primary property tax rate to increase from $1.6657 to $1.7329.
The increase will generate about $352,448 of additional revenue to help offset the $2.4 million state budget reduction the college is expecting to face in the next fiscal year, aside from revenue generated from new construction. As a result of the new rate, the actual amount of primary property taxes paid on a home with an assessed value of $100,000 will increase by $3.39 from $169.90 to $173.29.
All interested citizens are invited to attend the public hearing on the tax increase, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 12 in the Andrea Cracchiolo Library’s Horace Steele Conference Room at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus, located at 901 N. Colombo Ave. in Sierra Vista.
Anyone needing an accommodation in order to attend should contact the Disability Services Office at (520) 515-5337 or (520) 417-4023 at least 72 hours in advance.