Arizona Central
Gilbert residents hoping to overturn the town’s recent tax hikes and new user levy will have to wait a few days to find out what their next step will be. Tax opponents last week submitted petitions to the Gilbert Town Clerk’s office seeking to put three Town Council-approved tax issues on an upcoming ballot. But questions remain as to whether the council votes can legally be put up for public vote.
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With a possible referendum looming over its recent decisions to increase two taxes and create a new one, the Gilbert Town Council Tuesday delayed a final vote on the town’s $734 million budget for the current fiscal year until its next meeting Aug. 11. The reason, several council members said, was because they first want to find out the outcome of an effort to put the three tax issues on the November ballot.