2025 Taxes and Fees

The Town of Oro Valley is launching a community engagement effort to gather public input on new proposals to introduce a broader tax base and adjust select fees.

The proposed changes are designed to help the Town continue delivering high-quality services and maintaining essential infrastructure. Residents are encouraged to learn more about the proposals and participate in three upcoming Zoom meetings in July. Full details below.

The proposals come from the Parks and Recreation Department, the Stormwater Utility, and the Town’s Finance Department. They are intended to address rising operational costs, aging infrastructure and the Town’s long-term financial stability. Rather than moving each item forward independently, the Town is combining them into a single, transparent public process to streamline the review and increase public understanding. 

Each of the proposals have been crafted by department staff, with initial input from respective Boards and Commissions and Town Council. Once community feedback has been considered, proposals will come before those Boards and Commissions again in a few months for review, before ultimately coming before Council on October 15 for final decision.

What’s being proposed:

The proposals to increase revenue are in these public service areas:

• Parks and Recreation – Potential updates to fees for classes, facility rentals and programs.
• Stormwater Utility – Potential update to fee to maintain and improve local infrastructure.
• General Fund Revenue – Potential of three new general taxes similar to surrounding communities; a Commercial Use Tax, a Telecommunications Tax and a Commercial Rental Lease Tax; all of which are already being levied by neighboring communities such as Marana, Tucson and Sahuarita.