Includes 5% tuition hike but no primary property tax increase; secondary tax levy drops by 14.2 percent
The Yavapai Community College Governing Board unanimously approved the budget for the 2020 academic year at its meeting May 14. This was the last meeting for three months of the Board.
The budget included a 5% tuition increase but no primary tax increase. Because the Community College applied $4 million dollars it received from selling its facilities in the Prescott Valley Town Hall, it was able to reduce the secondary primary property tax levy by 14.2 percent. (Recall that the secondary property tax is used to pay off the 2000 $69.5 million bond issue approved by voters that year.)
There was no serious public opposition to the budget. Only three persons spoke at the call to the public about it.
Funding in the approved budget included revenue for Building “L” on the Verde Campus to expand the nursing and allied health programs, while adding new programs in emergency medical services, paramedicine, and home health care. Building “L” is expected to be finished by the fall 2020 semester.