Faced with the possibility of cutting county services despite the funds being readily available, Coconino County is trying to make clear that a yes vote on Proposition 482 in November is not a tax increase.
Instead, the county’s desire to raise its original base expenditure limit of $10,268,127 -- set in 1979-80 -- by $7.7 million comes from a place of preservation.
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