After winter and spring Chandler City Council budget work sessions were completed this year, finance staff had been given direction to end the city’s 10-year run of having reduced its primary property tax rate in each cycle.
But after departmental budgets were presented to council and the mayor in a daylong May 1 briefing, staff was given direction to extend that string for one more year.
So while the slightly reduced rate will still mean a small property tax increase total for Chandler owners in fiscal 2027, it’s keeping the tax burden in check as much as it can, as the city is giving up about $253,000 in tax revenue this year by going with the lower rate.
