2 percent salary increase for school district employees in budget to be OK’d at July 12 meeting
A 2 percent base-salary increase for all district employees is included in the 2016-17 budget, Cindy Reichert, Apache Junction Unified School District No. 43 finance director, said at a meeting June 14.
The proposed 2016-17 budget is $23,251,543 with $26,650,000 in revenue, with the same tax rate as last year – $5.3864 per $100 assessed valuation, or $538.64 for a $100,000 home. The primary portion of the rate, which supports maintenance and operations, is $4.3459. The secondary portion of the rate, which goes toward paying off bonded indebtedness for new construction and also funds the override, is $1.0405.
