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Everything we’ve published on Pima County’s public meetings, newest first: what was decided, and what was on the agenda beforehand. Covers the Board of Supervisors.
What they decided
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Oct 27, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County supervisors name Carmine DeBonis next county administratorThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 27, to name Deputy County Administrator Carmine DeBonis, Jr. the county's next administrator, effective Jan. 8, 2027. He will succeed…
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Oct 13, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County sets $45,000 pay floor for workers, adds $1 million for food and health aidThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday, Oct. 13, to spend surplus money from last fiscal year on employee pay raises, recruitment and other county priorities. The plan raises the…
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Sep 22, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County halts new data centers for 120 days on a 3-2 voteThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to impose a 120-day moratorium on new data center development in unincorporated Pima County. Supporters said the county needs time…
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Sep 8, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Widens Post-Project Blue Scrutiny to Big Water and Power Users, Tables Extra $1M for HousingThe Pima County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, rewrote two economic development policies written in the wake of Project Blue so that any project drawing large amounts of water or…
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Aug 25, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board Approves $122K Education Contract Over Objections, Reverses Procurement Denial, Delays Economic PlanThe Pima County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Aug. 25, approved a $122,000 contract with the Southern Arizona Education Council over one dissenting vote, reversed its procurement director's…
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Aug 13, 2026
Joint meeting with Tucson Mayor and Council
Pima County Supervisors, Tucson Council Outline Shared Poverty Plan, Warn of Federal Cut FalloutThe Pima County Board of Supervisors and the Tucson City Council met jointly Thursday, Aug. 13, to advance the Prosperity Initiative, a shared framework targeting intergenerational poverty across…
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Aug 11, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors Vote to Pursue 120-Day Data Center MoratoriumThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to direct county staff to draft a resolution imposing a 120-day moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Pima County, a move that followed a…
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Aug 3, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County's Early Ballots Came Back at the Lowest Rate in 30 YearsPima County issued 349,885 early ballots for the July 21 primary. Just 161,016 came back to be counted — a 46% return rate, the lowest for any primary in the three decades of statistics the county…
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Jul 28, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Removes Entire Industrial Development Authority Board, Names New TreasurerThe Pima County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday removed all five members of the county's Industrial Development Authority without cause and seated three replacements, declining to reinstate two…
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Jul 14, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board Votes 4-1 to Back Tohono O'odham Nation's Border Wall LawsuitThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to reaffirm its opposition to construction of a border wall on Tohono O'odham Nation lands, backing the tribe's federal lawsuit against the U.S.…
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Jun 23, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors Approve $1.8B Budget, Bonuses for Lowest-Paid WorkersThe Pima County Board of Supervisors approved a $1.809 billion final budget for fiscal year 2026-27 on a 4-1 vote Monday, including a last-minute amendment directing $1,000 one-time bonuses for…
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Jun 9, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Nearly Half of Pima County's SNAP Households Lose Benefits Under Federal Cuts; Supervisors Warn of $178M Annual HitFederal cuts to food assistance and Medicaid under HR 1 have already pushed nearly half of Pima County's SNAP households off the program and could force 25,000 to 35,000 adults to meet new Medicaid…
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Jun 9, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors Approve Outside Recruiter for Administrator Search Amid Union Pushback on Flat Pay RaiseThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to hire a professional recruitment firm to lead the search for a new county administrator, acknowledging that an initial open application period…
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May 26, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Adopts $1.81B Tentative Budget, Approves $150K for Domestic Violence ServicesThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt a $1.81 billion tentative budget for fiscal year 2026-27, setting the maximum spending ceiling ahead of final adoption scheduled for…
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May 12, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Heat Deaths Declining Indoors, But Overall Mortality Persists as County Expands 2026 ResponsePima County health officials told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that indoor heat-related deaths have decreased in recent years, a trend they attributed to expanded community outreach and…
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May 12, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board Asks Arizona Attorney General to Review Sheriff Nanos's Sworn TestimonyThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday, with one abstention, to ask the Arizona Attorney General's office to review allegations of potential perjury by Sheriff Chris Nanos — while…
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May 5, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board Votes 2-1 to Oppose Tucson Electric Power's 14% Rate IncreaseThe Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 Monday to approve Resolution 2026-25, formally opposing Tucson Electric Power's proposed 14% rate increase before the Arizona Corporation Commission and…
Meeting previews
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Oct 27, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors to Discuss Hiring the County's Top ExecutiveThe Pima County Board of Supervisors will meet behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss hiring a new County Administrator, the unelected official who runs county government day to day, possibly…
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Oct 27, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors: Tuesday, October 27, 2026Pima County supervisors will vote on a 20-year agreement with the Regional Transportation Authority that sets how the county receives regional transportation money and builds its share of RTA road…
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Oct 20, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors Interview Finalists for County AdministratorPima County supervisors will interview finalists for county administrator, the unelected executive who runs day-to-day county government, at a special meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20. The meeting also…
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Oct 13, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors Weigh How to Spend Leftover Budget Money, Discuss Hiring a New County AdministratorPima County supervisors will discuss how to spend extra money left over from last fiscal year, with options including emergency crisis grants, housing for working families, preschool scholarships and…
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Oct 13, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors to Weigh County Administrator Hiring, Leftover Budget Money on Oct. 13Pima County supervisors will discuss and could act on how the county hires its next county administrator, the top appointed official who runs day-to-day county government. The board will also decide…
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Sep 22, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Supervisors to Meet in Closed Session on County Administrator SearchThe Board of Supervisors will hold a closed-door discussion Tuesday on the recruitment and hiring process for a new County Administrator — one of the most consequential personnel decisions the board…
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Sep 22, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors: What to Watch Tuesday, Sept. 22The Board is set to vote on a moratorium that would halt new data center construction across Pima County — one of the most significant land-use actions the county has taken in recent years. The…
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Sep 8, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Eyes Economic Blueprint and Wildlife Partnership at Tuesday Study SessionPima County supervisors will take up a new three-year economic development roadmap that could shape which industries the county actively recruits and supports through 2029, alongside a conservation…
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Sep 8, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors: What to Watch Tuesday, September 8, 2026The Board of Supervisors will decide how to spend nearly $10 million in affordable housing funds — and whether to finalize who runs the county government going forward — when it meets Tuesday…
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Aug 25, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors: What's on the Agenda for August 25, 2026The Board is set to vote on a resolution that would bar county officials from profiting off nonpublic government information — a measure that signals ongoing concern about insider conduct at the…
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Aug 17, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Set to Finalize Property Tax Rates for 2026–27Pima County supervisors will hold public hearings Monday to formally adopt the property tax levy that will determine what residents and businesses owe the county when their tax bills arrive this…
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Aug 13, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County and Tucson Leaders to Map Out Shared Economic and Collaboration PrioritiesA county-and-city joint session will put a regional prosperity initiative under the spotlight Thursday, with supervisors and council members also set to hash out how the two governments can better…
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Aug 11, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors: What's on the Agenda for August 11, 2026The Board will take up the process for hiring a new County Administrator — one of the most consequential personnel decisions county government makes — while also voting on where residents will cast…
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Aug 3, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors — August 3, 2026 Meeting PreviewThis is a special meeting, not a regular Board session, and it was called to do one thing: canvass the July 21 primary. A single item is what a canvass meeting looks like — and it is the item that…
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Jul 28, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting PreviewThis appears to be an unusually sparse agenda — based on the items provided, the July 28 meeting contains only a public comment period and a closed executive session on property development and…
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Jul 14, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting — Tuesday, July 14, 2026This meeting is heavy on study sessions rather than binding votes, but several items carry significant news value as they reflect ongoing budget pressures, the federal policy ripple effects hitting…
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Jun 23, 2026
Board of Supervisors
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Jun 9, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting — June 9, 2026This appears to be a study session agenda — a working meeting focused on updates and briefings rather than formal votes, meaning residents can observe but the Board likely won't be taking binding…
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Jun 1, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors — June 1, 2026Meeting Overview: Monday's Board of Supervisors meeting is unusually lean on publicly available agenda items, but what's there is significant. The session is dominated by a single high-stakes issue…
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May 26, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting Preview: May 26, 2026The Board meets Tuesday with a packed agenda dominated by FY2026-27 budget hearings — including the full county tentative budget — alongside high-profile political business: a decision on releasing a…
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May 12, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting Preview: May 12, 2026Tuesday's meeting is notably lean on published agenda items, but contains at least two high-priority items that warrant close attention — particularly a closed-door legal session involving Sheriff…
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May 5, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors — May 5, 2026 Meeting BriefingNote: Only one agenda item was provided for analysis. The briefing below covers that item thoroughly, but a complete meeting analysis would require the full agenda.
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Apr 21, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors — April 21, 2026Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting is a notably lean agenda, with only one substantive action item identified beyond public comment — but it's a consequential one with direct implications for…
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Apr 7, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting: April 7, 2026The Board meets Tuesday with a mix of significant policy, spending, and legal matters on the docket — including a controversial anti-mask ordinance returning for a third attempt and a new court fee…
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Mar 27, 2026
Board of Supervisors
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Mar 24, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors — March 24, 2026This Board of Supervisors meeting is packed with high-stakes items, headlined by a bombshell addendum targeting Sheriff Chris Nanos over allegations of falsified work history and a politically…
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Mar 3, 2026
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Board of Supervisors Meeting Preview: March 3, 2026Tuesday's meeting tackles several high-stakes items including a politically charged ordinance targeting masked groups, a landmark 10-year housing strategy, and a community reckoning with the federal…
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