Yuma voters will decide two propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot.
One is Proposition 436. Yuma officials say it would authorize a permanent adjustment of $30 million to the expenditure base used to calculate the city’s Annual Expenditure Limitation.
In other words, a 'yes' vote on 436 would allow the city to spend more on city services.
The adjustment would allow the city to spend revenues that officials say they already collect and lawfully receive to maintain existing and planned city services, programs and infrastructure.
Officials say the measure does not create a new tax, increase existing tax rates or authorize additional revenues.
Also on the ballot for Yuma residents in 2026 is Proposition 437.
Yuma city leaders say it would amenda a city charter to to change how the number of signatures required on nomination petitions for city elected office is calculated. The amendment would base the required number of signatures on the number of valid ballots cast in the preceding primary municipal election rather than the preceding general municipal election.
Also put, a 'yes' vote on 437 would lower how many signatures a candidate would need to make it on the ballot. In order to qualify for the primary ballot earlier this year, candidates needed 998 signatures.
Only one candidate for Yuma mayor (incumbent Doug Nicholls) and three candidates for the Yuma City Council collected enough signatures. They all won.
One candidate for mayor and two for the council had to hold write-in campaigns.
Nicholls said if Prop. 437 passes it would mean an easier path for potential candidates to get their name on the ballot.
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Stay tuned to KAWC to hear what Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls had to say about the two propositions before Yuma voters in the Nov. 3 election.
