2026-0609 - Ordinance_No._14-26_Tax_Levy (smf) (updated w-6.2.26 budget adoption date).pdf

City of Buckeye — Regular Council Meeting (2026-06-16)

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WHEN RECORDED, RETURN TO:   
 
City of Buckeye 
ATTN: City Clerk, Lucinda J. Aja   
530 East Monroe Avenue   
Buckeye, Arizona 85326   
 
ORDINANCE NO. 14-26 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUCKEYE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, 
LEVYING 
UPON 
THE 
ASSESSED 
VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF BUCKEYE, SUBJECT 
TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TAXATION  A CERTAIN SUM UPON EACH 
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OF VALUATION SUFFICIENT TO RAISE 
THE AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING FOR VARIOUS EXPENSES; TO RAISE THE 
AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES OF 
REVENUES; PROVIDING FUNDS FOR VARIOUS BOND REDEMPTIONS, FOR 
THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST UPON BONDED 
INDEBTEDNESS; ALL FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING THE 30TH DAY OF JUNE, 
2027; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD A COPY OF THIS 
ORDINANCE. 
 
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, adopted the fiscal 
year 2027 final budget on June 2, 2026; and 
 
WHEREAS, the County of Maricopa is now the assessing and collecting authority for the 
City of Buckeye; and  
 
WHEREAS, the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this 
Ordinance to the Assessor and Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona. 
 
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, as 
follows: 
 
Section 1. Primary Property Tax Levy. There is hereby levied on each one hundred 
dollars ($100.00) of the assessed value of all property, both real and personal, within the 
corporate limits of the City of Buckeye, except such property as may be by law exempt from 
taxation, a primary property tax rate sufficient to raise the sum of eighteen million, two hundred 
eight thousand six hundred forty-four and 00/100 dollars ($18,208,644) for the City of Buckeye 
for the fiscal year 2027, which levy amount is estimated to require a primary property tax rate of 
$1.5568 per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of taxable assessed value. 
 
Section 2. Secondary Property Tax Levy. There is hereby levied on each one hundred 
dollars ($100.00) of assessed value of all property, both real and personal, within the corporate 
limits of the City of Buckeye, except such property as may be by law exempt from taxation, a 
secondary property tax rate sufficient to raise the sum of eight million, one hundred seven 
thousand eight hundred six and 00/100 dollars ($8,107,806) for the City of Buckeye for the fiscal 
year ending 2027, which levy amount is estimated to require a secondary property tax rate of 
$0.6932 per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of taxable assessed value.

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Section 3.  Failure by County officials to properly return the delinquent list, any 
irregularity in assessments or omissions in the same, or any irregularity in any proceedings shall 
not invalidate such proceedings or invalidate any title conveyed by any tax deed; failure or 
neglect of any officer or officers to timely perform any of the duties assigned to him or to them 
shall not invalidate any proceedings or any deed or sale pursuant thereto, the validity of the 
assessment or levy of taxes or of the judgment of sale by which the collection of the same may 
be enforced shall not affect the lien of the City upon such property for the delinquent taxes 
unpaid thereon; overcharge as to part of the taxes or of costs shall not invalidate any 
proceedings for the collection of taxes or the foreclosure of the lien thereon or a sale of the 
property under such foreclosure; and all acts of officers de facto shall be valid as if performed by 
officers de jure. 
 
Section 4.  All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby 
repealed. 
 
Section 5.  This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and adoption 
by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona. 
 
Section 6.  Recordation. This Ordinance shall be recorded with the Maricopa County 
Recorder’s Office.  
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, 
this 16th day of June, 2026. 
 
_____________________________ 
Eric W. Orsborn, Mayor 
ATTEST: 
 
____________________________ 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
____________________________ 
Tosca Henry, City Attorney

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CERTIFICATION 
 
I, Lucinda J. Aja, the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, do 
hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 14-26 was duly passed by the Mayor 
and Council of the City of Buckeye, Arizona, at a City Council meeting held on June 16, 2026 
and the vote was ___ aye's, ___ nay's, ___ recused, and    were absent and that the Mayor 
and ___ Council Members were present thereat. 
 
DATED: June 16, 2026. 
__________________________________ 
Lucinda J. Aja, City Clerk