PCC's Governing Board votes for the increase, to generate an extra $4 million for the college's new $367.5 million budget.
Kathryn Palmer Pima Community College is raising property taxes, though the majority of local residents may hardly notice the increase that will directly support the college.
People are also reading… Compared with the nine other counties in Arizona supporting community colleges, Pima County has the fourth-lowest property tax rate in the state. According to a presentation Bea gave to the board Wednesday, $6.7 million of the new budget is expected to go toward salaries and wages.
Historic hotels, chancellor search on docketThe board will also weigh in the coming year how to proceed with three historic yet decaying hotel properties the college owns on Drachman Street north of downtown Tucson. It approved the purchase years ago, with the intention of restoring and adaptively reusing the buildings, and set aside $10 million to start the project.
But now that the board has passed a $367.5 million budget, it will be able to decide exactly how much money it wants to allocate to those two big construction projects in addition to all of the college’s other projects and initiatives.
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