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Mohave County Library District truth in taxation information

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County Free Library District has prepared its truth in taxation information for the fiscal year 2019-2020 budget in compliance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 48-254. According to the 2019 levy limit referenced by the Arizona Department of Revenue Property Tax Oversight Commission (PTOC), Mohave County Free Library’s truth in taxation rate is $0.2632.  Mohave County Free Library District is proposing a rate of $0.2716 which is $0.0084 higher than the truth in taxation rate.  It is proposed to levy $5,182,675 in fiscal year 2019-2020 which is an increase of $157,015 or 3% above the PTOC truth…

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Mohave County truth in taxation information

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County has prepared its truth in taxation information for the fiscal year 2019-2020 budget in compliance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 42-17107. According to the 2019 levy limit referenced by the Arizona Department of Revenue Property Tax Oversight Commission (PTOC), Mohave County’s maximum allowable primary property tax rate is $2.4666 and the truth in taxation rate is $1.9084. The County is proposing a rate of $1.9496 which is $0.0412 higher than the truth in taxation rate and $0.5170 less than the maximum allowable rate. The proposed levy for fiscal year 2019-2020 is $37,202,296 which is an increase of…

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County issues Request For Information (RFI) on historic jail

MOHAVE COUNTY The Mohave County Procurement Department has issued a rare and unique opportunity for parties interested in the responsible development and/or long-term lease opportunities for the County’s circa 1910 Historic Jail.  Alternative considerations include ownership acquisition or relocation and repurposing for entertainment or other compatible use.  The unoccupied structure exists on the National Register of Historic Places (No. 83002990) and is adjacent to the new Mohave County Law and Justice Center, currently under construction. The RFI Questionnaire for interested parties and related documents are available online through the Mohave County Procurement Department’s website at:http://procurementbids.mohavecounty.us. For more information contact Michelle…

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Mobile home destroyed in fire

Fire destroyed a single wide mobile home in Kingman on Saturday. Personnel from the Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District responded at 8:49 p.m. to the incident in the 4700 block of Powell Avenue. NACFD officials said that the home was fully involved upon arrival and that firefighters initially assumed a defensive posture to prevent spread of the fire to nearby homes. “Crews had the fire knocked down in about seven minutes with extensive mop up and overhaul needed,” a news release stated. “Residents had vacated the property prior to Fire Department arrival. No injuries were reported.” Cause of the fire…

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Rotary Club gives mircrogrants to teachers

KINGMAN – At its July 19th meeting, Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club presented microgrants to 3 local teachers (shown right with club president Karen Brown). A $1,000 microgrant was awarded to Bethany Wigal to be used for a 3D printer for her Cerbat Elementary 5th grade class. A $605 microgrant was awarded to Jennifer Colbert to be used for 5 microscopes and film for her Cerbat Elementary 3rd grade class. A $350 microgrant was awarded to Susan Collins to be used for 40 high-quality recorders for her music class at Manzanita Elementary School. 

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