City of Avondale Proposition 418 — Public Safety Improvement Bonds ($55,000,000) (Maricopa County)

What it does

Shall the City of Avondale, Arizona, be authorized to issue and sell general obligation bonds of the City in the principal amount of $55,000,000 to provide funds: Purposes: To design, acquire, construct, reconstruct and renovate fire station and training facilities; public safety and court facilities, to furnish, equip and improve fire station and training facilities; public safety and court facilities, and to acquire vehicles, equipment, electronic data, voice and communication equipment and land for fire, public safety, and court purposes; and to improve the grounds thereof?

A YES vote means

Avondale could issue $55,000,000 in general obligation bonds to design, build, renovate and equip fire station, training, public safety and court facilities, and to buy vehicles, equipment, communication equipment and land for these purposes.

A NO vote means

Avondale would not be authorized to issue these $55,000,000 in public safety bonds.

Needed to pass

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Left–right lean

Not a left–right issue: a procedural or local question that liberals and conservatives don't typically split on (AI read of the official ballot summary).

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

Official text: source

Background

According to the City of Avondale's publicity pamphlet, the City held a general obligation bond election in 2025 on parks and recreation and on public safety; the parks bond passed and the public safety bond failed by 13 votes.

The pamphlet says a Citizen Bond Committee formed by the City Council met from December 2024 to March 2025 and recommended a bond election, and that the City Council unanimously supported placing the public safety bond on the 2026 ballot.

Projects the City expects under Proposition 418 include a new fire/police substation, a new public safety headquarters, a police firearms training facility, a main police station expansion and a city court office expansion.

The City says it plans to issue new bonds as older ones are retired and expects the combined property tax rate to stay unchanged, at about $12.16 per month per $100,000 of limited property value; the pamphlet notes these projections are subject to change and the bonds would be payable from a property tax without limit as to rate or amount.

Put on the ballot by Avondale City Council, unanimous (date and resolution number not stated in the pamphlet).

From official source.

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on City of Avondale Proposition 418 mean?

Avondale could issue $55,000,000 in general obligation bonds to design, build, renovate and equip fire station, training, public safety and court facilities, and to buy vehicles, equipment, communication equipment and land for these purposes.

What does a NO vote on City of Avondale Proposition 418 mean?

Avondale would not be authorized to issue these $55,000,000 in public safety bonds.

How many votes does City of Avondale Proposition 418 need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on City of Avondale Proposition 418?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

When is the vote?

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.