O23-06-10 Property Tax Adoption

ORDINANCE O23-06-10 
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL  OF THE  CITY  OF EL 
MIRAGE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, LEVYING UPON THE 
ASSESSED  VALUATION OF  THE  PROPERTY   WITHIN  THE CITY OF 
EL 
MIRAGE 
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 
LESS THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE RECEIVED FROM OTHER 
SOURCES; PROVIDING FUNDS FOR VARIOUS BOND REDEMPTIONS,  
FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  PAYING INTEREST UPON BONDED 
INDEBTEDNESS AND PROVIDING 
FUNDS 
FOR MUNICIPAL 
EXPENSES; ALL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING THE 30th DAY OF 
JUNE, 2024. 
 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 42-17151 et. seq., § 42-17201 et. seq. and § 42- 17251 
et. seq. the Council is  required,  on  or before  the  third  Monday  in  August  each year, to fix, levy 
and assess the amount to be raised from primary property taxation and secondary property taxation; 
and, 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 42-17107 et. seq., the council has complied with the 
publication, public hearing, and roll call vote requirements; and, 
 
WHEREAS, the El Mirage City Council adopted the fiscal year 2023-2024 Final Budget 
on June 6th, 2023; and, 
 
WHEREAS, the County of Maricopa  is  the  assessing  and  collecting  authority  for the City 
of El  Mirage,  the City  Clerk is  hereby directed  to transmit  a certified  copy of this  ordinance to the 
County Assessor and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF 
THE CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: 
 
Section  1. Primary  Taxation.  There is hereby  levied  on each one  hundred  ($100.00) of the 
assessed value of all property,  both  real  and  personal,  within  the  corporate  limits  of the City of 
El Mirage, except such property as may be by law exempt from taxation,  a primary property tax levy 
not to exceed the maximum  levy  allowed  by law  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  on the 30th day of June, 
2024, and allowable tort liability claims. The total primary levy for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 is Two 
Million Eight Hundred Seventeen Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($2,817,634.00). 
 
Section 2. Secondary Taxation. In addition to the primary property tax levy established above, 
there is hereby levied on each one hundred  dollars  ($100.00) of the assessed valuation of all property, 
both real and personal, within the corporate limits  of the City  of El Mirage,  except such property as 
is exempt by law, a secondary property tax levy sufficient to raise the sum of One Million Nine 
Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars  ($1,930,000.00) for  the fiscal  year ending  on the 30th  day of June, 
2024, to be collected as provided by law for the purposes provided by law.

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Section 3. No failure by the county officials of Maricopa County, Arizona,  to properly return  
the  delinquent list,  and irregularity of any kind  in  the assessment  or omission  in  the same, or 
irregularity of any kind in any proceedings shall  invalidate  such proceedings  or invalidate  any title 
conveyed by any tax deed; nor shall any failure of neglect of any officer(s)  to timely perform any 
of the duties assigned to him/her or to them on the day or within the time specified invalidate any 
proceedings or any deed or sale pursuant thereto, or affect 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, or in any  
manner  affect  the  lien of the City of El  Mirage  upon such  property for the delinquent taxes unpaid 
thereon, and no overcharge  as to  part  of the  taxes  or of costs shall invalidate any proceedings for 
the collection of taxes or the  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. 
 
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of El 
Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona this 20th day of June 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
Alexis Hermosillo, Mayor 
 
 
ATTEST: 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
 
Sharon Antes, City Clerk 
Justin Pierce, City Attorney 
 
 
 
CERTIFICATION OF RECORDING OFFICER 
 
STATE OF ARIZONA 
 
)      
          
County of Maricopa 
 
) ss. 
 
I, the undersigned Sharon Antes, being the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk of the City of El Mirage, Maricopa County, 
Arizona, certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. _________ is a true, correct and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 
__________, passed and adopted at a Voting Meeting of the Council of the City of El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona, 
held on the _____day of ____________ 2023, at which a quorum was present and, by a _______ vote,  _______ voted in 
favor of said ordinance. 
   
 
 
Given under my hand and sealed this _____ day of ____________, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sharon Antes, City Clerk