Supervisors adopt $400 million plus county budget

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors last week adopted a final budget in the amount of $429,878,000 for fiscal year 2010-11.

Pinal County, like other Arizona counties, is struggling to deal with the declining economy at the same time the state is shifting its costs onto counties. Cost shifts from the state require county taxpayers to shoulder an added burden of $0.27 per $100 of assessed value. However, the supervisors approved lowering the county’s operational levy by five cents.

To offset some of the impacts of the increased cost shifts from the state, supervisors also approved nearly a half-million dollars in cuts from non-mandated programs.

When examining the entire budget, Pinal County receives over 31 percent of its revenues from intergovernmental funds, such as state shared revenues. Twenty-four percent of revenues are generated through property taxes. The majority of expenditures within the upcoming budget are in the public safety sector (28 percent).  Health and human services and general government operations tied at 22 percent each.

The Pinal County Office of Budget and Research has prepared some Frequently Asked Questions to aid residents in understanding how Pinal County tax dollars and other sources of revenue are used.

Click here to see the complete budget for FY 2010-11.

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