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Sunday, June 9, 2013

GCC board will consider tax increase


By Tom Loeffler
GCC District Board Member

At a public hearing Thursday, June 13, the Gila Community College District will ask for a 2 percent increase in the primary property tax.

This will increase the primary taxes on a $250,000 home to increase from  $213.13 to $217.40.  The community college depends on this property tax along with tuition and a small state fund to support its operation.

Under state law the college can raise its primary property taxes by 2 percent each year. Over the last several years the community college governing board has raised this tax each year.

The public is welcome to attend this public hearing and voice any views on this issue. Over the last several years no one has attended or spoken at these hearings.

The hearing will be held at 1:00P.M. on June 13, 2013 via interactive television (ITV) at the Payson campus Rm. 209, 201 N. Mud Springs Road. Following this hearing the governing board will vote on this proposal and will then conduct its June regularly scheduled meeting.

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