Jan 23, 2024 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 23RD, 2024.

CONSIDERATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE DECLARATION OF PRECINCT SIX.

CONSTABLE APPOINTMENT OF DAN PRICE.

PREVIOUSLY DONE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT RALEY TO FILL THE TERM OF THE VACANT OFFICE.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO MELISSA AND TO REBECCA SMITH.

GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.

CHAIRMAN, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.

AS YOU REMEMBER, CONSTABLE SHARP CAME TO THE BOARD BACK IN DECEMBER AND HE WANTED TO RETIRE.

SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTED HIS REPLACEMENT, UM, MR. DAN PRICE, AND BEFORE MR. PRICE WAS ABLE TO, UM, TAKE HIS OATH OF OFFICE, HE, HE HAD SOME MISS UNFORTUNATE MEDICAL THINGS COME UP AND SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE HIS OATH OF OFFICE.

SO HE DID WRITE A LETTER DECLINING THE APPOINTMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ACCEPT TODAY.

UM, I HAVE WITH ME REBECCA SMITH AND MR. RAYLEY.

AND, UM, MR. SHARP IS A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. RAYLEY AS LONG AS WELL AS REBECCA.

SO WE'VE DONE A THOROUGH, UM, LOOK INTO HIS BACKGROUND AND WE WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU APPOINT HIM FOR THE REMAINDER OF MR. SHARP'S TURN.

MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US AND, AND, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE HEALTH CONDITION.

UM, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? UH, CHAIRMAN? YES, GO AHEAD, SIR.

UH, JUST TO COMMENT, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, WILLING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR PAST CONSTABLE, UM, HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE AND DEDICATION AND, UM, IT TAKES A, UM, I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY ARE UNIQUE PEOPLE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SO CHAIRMAN WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MEET ME AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE THIS MORNING.

AND THE PINETOP LAKESIDE JUSTICE COURT WANTED TO ADD THAT THEY APPRECIATE CONSTABLE ROY YES.

FROM SHOW LOW, WHO HAS STEPPED IN IN THE, IN THE TIME BEING.

SO THANK YOU TO CONSTABLE ROY.

DO YOU GUYS WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS.

UH, I JOINED THE MILITARY AND I WAS 20.

I JOINED THE AIR FORCE.

I WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AIR FORCE.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UH, I SPENT FOUR YEARS IN SPAIN, FIVE YEARS IN NORTH DAKOTA, AND I WAS DEPLOYED TO DESERT DESERT SHIELD PRIOR TO DESERT STORM.

UH, AFTER GETTING OUT, I GOT MY REAL ESTATE LICENSE, DID THAT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND MISSED LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WENT BACK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 2000, WORKED OUT YEP.

BY COUNTY FOR 12 YEARS, THEN LATERAL OVER TO DPS, UH, WHERE I FINISHED IN 2022.

SO, UH, WITH MY TRAINING BACKGROUND AND ALL OF MY DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN 30 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I THINK I'D BE A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR THE CONSTABLE POSITION.

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APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.

C, CONSIDERATION OF PROCLAMATION DECLARING FEBRUARY 11TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024 IS RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK, ENCOURAGING OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR NAVAJO COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO DO SOMETHING KIND FOR ONE ANOTHER.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM

[c. Consideration of a Proclamation declaring February 11th - February 17th, 2024 as "Random Acts of Kindness Week," encouraging our communities and our Navajo County employees to do something kind for one another.]

UH, WE'LL TURN THE TIME ORDER.

RON SMITH.

DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ENCOUNTER.

GOOD MORNING.

BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR.

THE CARE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST THE BOARD TO, UH, PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 11TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024 AS RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK.

WHEREAS FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS MONTH, MAKING THIS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE COMPASSION AND EMPATHY IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND WHEREAS A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS IS DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTING TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE ELSE'S DAY BY DOING SOMETHING KIND FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON.

AND WHEREAS EVERY DAY AT NAVAJO COUNTY COMPLEXES, ROAD YARDS, SUBSTATIONS, ET CETERA, RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS ARE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF NAVAJO COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS EACH ACT OF KINDNESS MAKES FOR A HIGHER MORALE AMONG NAVAJO COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND INSPIRES MORE ACTS OF KINDNESS TOWARD OTHERS.

AND WHEREAS MANY OF THESE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS ARE DONE ANONYMOUSLY, THEREBY CREATING FEELINGS OF GOODWILL ALL AROUND US.

AND WHEREAS THE NAVAJO COUNTY CARE COMMITTEE PARTICIPATES EACH MONTH BY PICKING SIX NAMES FROM THE BIRTHDAY LIST AND DELIVERING A MUG WITH ASSORTED CANDIES TO SWEETEN THE EMPLOYEE'S MONTH.

AND WHEREAS IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY, THESE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS HAVE BEEN APPRECIATED WITH POSITIVE FEEDBACK BEING SHARED AMONG OTHERS.

THEREFORE, UH, WE LAST ASK FOR IT TO BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF NAVAJO COUNTY THAT THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024, IS DESIGNATED AS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK.

AND WE ENCOURAGE THE EMPLOYEES OF NAVAJO COUNTY TO JOIN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE NAVAJO COUNTY CARE COMMITTEE AND SHARING KINDNESS THROUGHOUT OUR WORK LOCATIONS AND BEYOND.

NOW, AS YOU CONSIDER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ASK, WHAT'S A RANDOM, WHAT, WHAT COULD I DO AS A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS? SO I KIND OF MADE A LITTLE LIST THAT I COULD SHARE SO PEOPLE KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA.

YOU CAN LEAVE A TREAT ON SOMEONE'S DESK, MAYBE YOU COULD FILL A COPY MACHINE WITH PAPER, MAYBE YOU COULD BRUSH SNOW OFF SOMEONE'S WINDOW WHEN YOU GO OUT TO YOUR CAR AND IT'S COVERED WITH SNOW.

UM, AND, AND NOW I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE OF ONES THAT I'VE NOTICED.

OUR SECURITY FOR THE COURTS, WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE COURTHOUSE, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SECURITY AND YOU HAVE TO BE CHECKED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WELL, THE SECURITY GUARDS, THEY HAVE LITTLE BADGES THAT THEY GIVE TO CHILDREN THAT COME IN TO WITH THEIR PARENTS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE LITTLE DUMB DUMB SUCKERS.

NOT A BIG THING, LITTLE SMALL SUCKER, BUT WHILE THE SMILE IT PUTS ON THE KIDS' FACES, IT IS SO AWESOME.

SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE INSTANCES THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF AS THE CARE COMMITTEE.

SOMETIMES WE GET BLAMED FOR LOTS OF GOOD THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN DO.

UH, SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY, UH, WENT AROUND TO A FEW EMPLOYEES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TOTAL, UH, BUT I WAS MADE AWARE OF A COUPLE OF THEM THAT THEY TOOK A STUFFED BUNNY RABBIT AND THEY PUT A LITTLE SIGN ON IT THAT SAID, SOMEBODY APPRECIATES YOU.

HOW SIMPLE WAS THAT? YOU KNOW? SO, UM, ANYWAY, ALONG WITH THAT, THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH IS, IS THE WEEK OF RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS WEEK.

UH, THE 17TH IS THE ACTUAL DAY.

AND I WAS MADE AWARE THAT ON THE 17TH IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF OFFICE OR KELLY WOOD.

AND HOW AWESOME WOULD IT BE FOR US AS NAVAJO COUNTY EMPLOYEES, RESIDENTS, VISITORS, TO THINK ABOUT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE AN OFFICER SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MAYBE STOP AND GIVE THEM A COLD BOTTLE OF WATER OR A SODA POP OR SOMETHING JUST TO KIND OF SWEETEN THEIR DAY.

'CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU AS A, AS A PARENT OF A MEMBER, OF A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE SOMETIMES

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AND SO WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE AROUND US, WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS SHARED CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

ANY OTHER, BEFORE I TURN OVER THE BOARD? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, WELL, JUST FOR MYSELF, NOT AS THE CARE COMMITTEE, BUT AS MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I, UM, I, I LIKE HISTORY BOOKS AND I'VE READ A BOOK THAT HAS, UH, HAD A FAMOUS MAN, HIS NAME WAS KING BENJAMIN, AND HE MADE THIS QUOTE, HE SAID, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR FELLOW MEN, YOU ARE ONLY IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR GOD.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GO.

APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS THERE.

IF YOU'LL HOLD ON A SECOND, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST THINK WE SHOULD EXTEND THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR.

BUT, UH, .

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT IS GREAT THAT WE EMPHASIZE THAT WEEK AND TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN.

I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, GO AHEAD.

PLEASURE.

I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.

I THINK YOU'RE, YOU ARE THE PERFECT, UM, STEWARD FOR THIS, THAT YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD HEART AND A GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, THAT I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU LEAD THIS EFFORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS THINKING, OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS A LOT OF PRESSURE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS.

AND I THINK OFTENTIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT REALLY DO, UM, SUPPORT AND LIFT ONE ANOTHER IF IT'S A SMILE, IF IT'S ENCOURAGEMENT, IF IT'S JUST SOMETHING, UM, THAT REALLY SUPPORTS ONE ANOTHER.

UM, WE DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO GET EMOTIONAL, BUT I WILL , UM, THIS PAST MONTH AND A HALF, I HAVE JUST BEEN SO GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED ME AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO ME AND HELPING ME GET THROUGH SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SO, UM, DIFFICULT AND THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND THEIR KIND WORDS, THEIR TEXT MESSAGES, THEIR SMILE, THEIR HUGS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN SO IMPORTANT.

SO I'M SO GRATEFUL JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ONE, THANK ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, LEADERSHIP, UM, OFTENTIMES, AND I DON'T MEAN TO GO ON ABOUT THIS, I GUESS, BUT I THINK OFTENTIMES WE THINK ABOUT, UM, THOSE BIG DECISIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK HAVE HUGE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

BUT I THINK THE GREATEST IMPACT THAT LEADERS CAN HAVE IS REALLY ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK THAT THROUGH EXAMPLE, UM, THAT WE CAN CHANGE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR WAYS OF BEING ABLE TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY, TO MY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, TO ME, BUT THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, BRINGING THAT EXPLANATION TO US.

AND YOU DO LOOK LIKE A PERSON WITH A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BEFORE US AND THEN BRINGING THIS, UM, SOME OF US DO NEED TO REMIND A REMINDER FOR RANDOM ACT OF KIND OF STATE IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED, I GUESS THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.

SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANKS.

THANKS FOR DOING THIS.

IF YOU'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO THE CARE COMMITTEE, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE JUST KIND OF THE FOCUS ON THIS.

AND I WOULD LOVE, IF APPROPRIATE AND MAYBE OMIT THE NAMES, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR STORIES OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S A POSITIVE THING.

I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE SHARE NAMES AND WHATNOT, PEOPLE UM, WANNA BE CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THEY WANT IT TO BE RANDOM AND SOMETHING THAT'S JUST THEIRS, BUT IT'S ALSO NEAT TO KIND OF HEAR THE STORIES.

AND MAYBE IF WE OMIT THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE WEEK, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO HEAR.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU.

UM, IF POSSIBLE.

I HAVE LOTS OF THOSE.

, , YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE CARE COMMITTEE, WE, WE HEAR A LOT OF THINGS.

LIKE I SAID, WE A LOT OF GOOD TAKES PLACE AND SOMEONE THINKS IT'S US AND, AND IT'S NOT.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN AROUND NAVAJO COUNTY THAT I'M MADE AWARE OF AND OUR CARE COMMITTEE'S MADE AWARE OF.

'CAUSE PEOPLE SEND US THANK YOU CARD SAYING, WOW, THANK YOU FOR THIS AND THIS.

AND I'M

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LIKE, WE DIDN'T DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S KINDA LIKE WITH THE BUNNY RABBIT, SOMEONE, SOMEONE CALLED ME UP AND GO, WHEN DID THE CARE COMMITTEE START GIVING BUNNY RABBITS AWAY? AND I'M LIKE, CARE COMMITTEE DOESN'T DO THAT.

WELL, IT SAID THEY APPRECIATED ME.

I SAID, WELL, SOMEBODY APPRECIATES YOU AND THE CARE COMMITTEE DOES, BUT I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND DO AS WELL.

SO IT WORKS, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT, UH, WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE THAT CAN HAVE.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE OF THE STORIES ON ONE OF THE SITES I WENT TO OF A, UM, UH, CEO OF A COMPANY WENT TO A TRAINING.

AND AT THIS TRAINING IT SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU TOLD YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOUR SUPERVISORS, THAT YOU APPRECIATE THEM? SO THIS GUY CAME BACK TO HIS COMPANY AND IT WAS ABOUT 500 PEOPLE, I GUESS.

AND HE WENT TO HIS SUPERVISOR'S, 20 LEADERS THAT WAS IN THE COMPANY AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED THEM.

AND HE TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO DO THE SAME THING FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, BRING DONUTS, DO WHATEVER.

AND SO ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS DID, AND HE WENT THROUGH HIS GROUP OF 20, 25 EMPLOYEES AND THANKED HIM AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED THEM.

AND SO THIS ONE MAN, THE STORY HE SAYS WAS GOING HOME.

AND HE GOES, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME I TOLD MY WIFE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HER OR MY CHILDREN? WOW.

SO HE STOPS ON THE WAY HOME, HE PICKS UP A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, BOX OF CHOCOLATES, HE PICKS UP, YOU KNOW, SOME MIXED NUTS 'CAUSE HIS SON LIKES THOSE.

AND FOR HIS DAUGHTER, HE GOT HER SOMETHING SHE LIKED, I THINK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.

BUT ANYWAY, HE GOES HOME AND HE DRIVES IN THE YARD AND HIS LAWN'S NICELY MOWED, AND THE SON'S TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE EDGE OF THE STREET.

AND HE WALKS IN AND HE SAYS, HEY SON, THE YARD LOOKS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO TO MAKE MY MY JOB EASIER, MY LIFE EASIER.

YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT, YOU MOW THE LAWN, YOU TRIM THE BUSHES, YOU DO THIS.

HE GOES INSIDE AND HIS DAUGHTER SETTING THE TABLE FOR, FOR DINNER AND PUTTING THE PLATES AND EVERYTHING ON AND WALKS UP AND GIVES HER A HUG AND, YOU KNOW, TELLS HER HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATES HER AND HE GIVES HIS WIFE THE FLOWERS.

AND SHE GOES, WHAT'D YOU DO ? AND UH, ANYWAY, HE TOLD HIS FAMILY HOW MUCH HE CARED ABOUT HIM.

AND AFTER DINNER HIS SON SAID, DAD, CAN, UH, CAN WE TALK? CAN HE GOES, SURE.

SO THEY GO OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH AND, AND THE SON TOLD HIM, HE SAID, DAD, HE SAID, TODAY I FELT LIKE MY LIFE WAS NOT WORTH ANYTHING.

AND HE SAID, TONIGHT, AFTER DINNER, I WAS GOING TO END MY LIFE, BUT BECAUSE YOU PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME AND TOLD ME, YOU LEFT ME, I CHANGED MY MIND.

SO THE NEXT DAY THAT MAN WENT TO WORK AND HE WALKED UP TO HIS BOSS AND GAVE HIM A BIG HUG.

AND HIS BOSS IS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND HE LOOKED AT ME, HE SAID, IF YOU HAD NOT FOLLOWED THAT COUNSEL AND ADVICE AND DONE THAT TOLD US YOU APPRECIATE US, I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE HOME AND DONE IT TO MY FAMILY AND I WOULDN'T HAVE A SON THIS MORNING.

SO IT MIGHT BE A SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS, BUT JUST LIKE SUPERVISOR WHITE SENIOR SAID, THOSE LITTLE ACTS COMBINE AND DO WONDERS FOR US, WHETHER IT'S A SMILE OR A CANDY BAR OR UM, AN EMAIL, A TEXT MESSAGE, SOMETHING, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

APPRECIATE YOU.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO I, OH, WHAT DID WE VOTE? OH, WE DIDN'T VOTE.

WHY SO , DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROCLAMATION? DO WE HAVE SO MOVED? WE HAVE A SECOND.

OKAY, SO YOU HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED.

THE AYE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU MELISSA, FOR CATCHING THAT KIND ACT OF SERVICE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON

[a. Consideration of award of Contract B23-09-029 for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD) Challenge to High Street Consulting Group, LLC and to authorize change order authority to the County Manager for 10% of the contract amount, and authorize the County Manager to execute the necessary documents.]

TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOUR A IS CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT B 23 DASH ZERO NINE DASH 0 29 FOR THE BROADBAND EQUITY ACCESS AND DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.

B CHALLENGE CHALLENGED TO HIGH STREET CONSULTING GROUP LLC AND AUTHORIZED CHANGE ORDER AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY MANAGER FOR 10% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

GRANT, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, SO YOU'VE ALREADY READ THE MOTION, BUT I'LL, UM, WANNA, THE BB PROGRAM IS A NEW PROGRAM.

IT'S A, UM, IT'S A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION.

AND REALLY WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT'S, UM, REALLY, I CONSIDER IT A ONCE IN A LIFETIME PROGRAM, UH, FOR BROADBAND EXPANSION ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.

SO IF I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME THIS MORNING AND PROVIDE SOME, UM, BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND MAYBE ADD SOME CONTEXT, IT'S FAIRLY, UH, COMPLEX AND INVOLVED.

SO THIS IS A, A PROGRAM THAT WAS, UM, CRAFTED BY OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE

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INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT UNDER APPROPRIATED $42.45 BILLION WITH AN AIM TO EXPAND BROADBAND, UM, TO ALL UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED, UM, PROPERTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO THAT 42.45 BILLION WAS THEN ALLOCATED A, A PORTION TO EACH STATE BASED ON A FORMULARY CALCULATION, UM, THAT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTIAL IN EACH STATE.

SO FROM THAT FORMULA, ARIZONA RECEIVED $993 MILLION.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM.

SO IF YOU'RE CONSIDERED UNSERVED AS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED BY THE FCC AND DOES DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, YOU LACK INTERNET SERVICE OFFERING AT YOUR PROPERTY OF SPEEDS OF 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND DOWNLOAD AND THREE MEGABITS PER SECOND UPLOAD.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE SERVICE OFFERING OFFERED TO YOU AT THAT SPEED, YOU'RE CONSIDERED NOT TO HAVE INTERNET SERVICE.

UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SERVICE OFFERED TO YOU ABOVE 20 MEGABITS PER SECOND DOWNLOAD, I MEAN, SORRY, A HUNDRED MEGABITS PER SECOND DOWNLOAD AND 20 MEGABITS PER SECOND UPLOAD, YOU'RE CONSIDERED UNDERSERVED SO THAT YOU, YOU LACK REASONABLE SERVICE.

UM, SO THESE ARE THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING FOR IN OUR STATE, THE 993 MILLION.

UM, AND, AND THESE AD THESE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY DEFINED, UM, WITH MAPS THAT WERE GENERATED LAST YEAR.

SO EACH STATE WILL BE, EACH STATE AND US TERRITORY WILL BE ADMINISTERING THEIR OWN PROGRAM.

UM, FOR, FOR BEAD, WHICH IS OVERSEEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BY NTIA, UM, AS PART OF EACH STATE'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE BEAD PROGRAM AND THESE FUNDS, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ADMINISTER A CHALLENGE PROCESS.

THIS CHALLENGE PROCESS GIVES IT, IT ONLY IS OPEN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, NONPROFITS, AND, UM, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO REVIEW THE DATA AND CHALLENGE WHERE NECESSARY TO ADD IN PROPERTIES THAT SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR BEAD FUNDING, BUT THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED.

SO THEY ARE, IE ARE UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED.

UM, SO THE STATE OF ARIZONA, THE A CA IS ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THEY ISSUED THEIR, UM, THEIR GUIDANCE FOR HOW THE PROGRAM'S GONNA WORK, AND PARTICULARLY THE CHALLENGE PROCESS, UM, IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.

AND AROUND THAT SAME TIME, THE COUNTY SUCCESSFULLY, UM, FORMED A BEAD TASK FORCE AND THE BEAD TASK FORCE WAS FORMED TO, UM, CAPITALIZE ON OUR MIDDLE MILE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND ALSO TO CAPITALIZE ON THESE BEAD FUNDS.

UM, SO THROUGH MEETING WITH THAT TASK FORCE AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS KIND OF A SPECIALIZED ONE-TIME PROGRAM, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION AND THOUGHTS OF THE TASK FORCE THAT WE, UM, HIRE A, A CONSULTANT FOR, FOR THESE SERVICES TO, TO ASSIST WITH THE BEACH B CHALLENGE PROCESS.

SO THAT'S THE IMPETUS OF THIS RFQ IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY.

UM, SO, SO THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, THE GOAL IS THAT WE WILL ASSURE THAT ALL PROPERTIES IN NAVAJO COUNTY ARE PROPERLY IDENTIFIED AND ACCOUNTED FOR, ACCEPT THE RESERVATION PROPERTIES.

AND I'LL SAY THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BEAD FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE JURISDICTION TO, UM, CARRY OUT THIS CHALLENGE PROCESS ON THOSE, ON THOSE LANDS.

SO THOSE WILL NEED TO BE LED BY THE TRIBAL AUTHORITIES.

BUT, UM, WITH, WITH THIS CONTRACT, UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE, UH, PROPERLY IDENTIFY ALL OUR PROPERTIES AND MAXIMIZE THE BEAD FUNDS THAT THAT COME TO OUR COUNTY.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRAM AND, AND WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

UM, SO LIKE, LIKE ALMOST ALL PROJECTS DO, THIS PROJECT ALSO HAS A, UM, A SCHEDULE AND A TIMELINE, AND THAT THAT TIMELINE IS, UH, FAST APPROACHING.

SO THIS CHALLENGE PROCESS FOR THE A CA OPENS UP ON, UM, MARCH 1ST AND WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO JUST RUN FOR THE MONTH OF MONTH OF MARCH, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN, UM, EXPANDED TO, TO RUN INTO APRIL NOW.

BUT, UM, KNOWING THIS TIMING AND THIS SCHEDULE IS IMPORTANT OF WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH THIS CONTRACT.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS CONTRACT BEFORE YOU TODAY.

SO IF APPROVED, THE CONSULTANT CAN GET STARTED THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, GATHERING DATA, COLLECTING DATA, ANALYZING DATA, A HUGE COMPONENT OF THIS IS GONNA BE A, UM, A, UH, PUBLIC AWARENESS

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CAMPAIGN AND A, UM, YOU KNOW, LAUNCHING, LAUNCHING THAT, UH, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO THAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS CAN BE AWARE AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING NOW, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT SCHEDULE AND WHERE WE'RE AT IS IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE FUNDING HERE.

SO AS I'VE MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT GREAT PARTNERS IN THIS, WHICH IS THE, THE BEAD TASK FORCE, WHICH I, I GUESS I FAILED TO MENTION IS, UM, ALL OF OUR CITIES AND TOWNS WITHIN NAVAJO COUNTY AND THEN ALSO IN PC, UM, REPRESENTED AT THE MANAGER LEVEL AND THEN ALSO OTHER STAFF REPRESENTATIVES FROM FROM THESE CITIES AND TOWNS AND, AND THE PRESIDENT OF MPC, THEY HAVE ALL AGREED TO, THEY HAVE ALL VERBALLY AGREED TO FINANCIALLY COMMIT, UM, TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS, OF THIS PROJECT HERE.

UM, THANKS TO ROCHELLE KOPA, UM, AND HER RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION, WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A VERBAL COMMITMENT FROM A PS AND SRP FOR $25,000 EACH, A DIRECT CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, UH, KEN MARIAMA HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR A UTILITIES GRANT PROGRAM GRANT, WHICH IS, UM, AN A-P-S-S-R-P AND TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER GRANT PROGRAM FOR, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY PLANNED OR FUTURE CLOSURES OF, UM, COAL FIRE GENERATING STATIONS.

UM, AS HAS BEEN COME CUSTOMARY WITH GRANTS THAT KEN WRITES, WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING A $25,000 GRANT FROM THAT PROGRAM.

UM, SO AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WE HAVE ABOUT $105,000 IN PARTNER AND GRANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING.

UM, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE VERY WILLING PARTNERS AND, UM, WE STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE TASK FORCE AND THESE PARTNERS TO DISCUSS ANY ADDITIONAL FI FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT THOSE WILL NEED TO HAPPEN AS THE PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY, UM, IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME HERE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

SO AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, THE THE, UM, THE COUNTY WOULD PAY THESE FEES UP FRONT AND THEN RECEIVE THESE FUNDS THAT I MENTIONED, UM, AS REIMBURSEMENT, UH, AS WE GET ROLLING HERE, UM, THE MAX, THE MAX THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT TO PAY WOULD BE 67,814 AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND PURSUE, UM, OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, POSSIBLY EVEN ANOTHER GRANT, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE UTILITIES GRANT.

SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM.

I, I WANT TO ADD THAT WE, WE HAD GREAT INTEREST IN THIS RFQ WHEN WE PUT IT OUT.

WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS.

UM, THE, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, UM, SCORED AND, UM, EVALUATED THE PROPOSALS PER THE RF Q2 FIRMS, UM, STOOD ABOVE THE REST, AND THOSE TWO FIRMS WERE SHORTLISTED AND INTERVIEWED IN EARLY DECEMBER.

UM, STAFF HAS, UH, OR THAT EVALUATION COMMITTEE, SORRY, HAS, UM, SELECTED HIGH STREET.

THEY WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING RESPONDENT.

UM, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM TO NEGOTIATE THIS CONTRACT HERE TODAY.

WE THINK IT'S FAIR AND REASONABLE AND, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE, GO AHEAD.

SO GO AHEAD.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION GRANT.

UM, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THIS MIGHT IMPACT? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION PARTIALLY.

I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU, YEAH.

UM, SO THE, THE WAY THIS SCOPE IS STRUCTURED IS THAT WE WILL ALL UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED PROPERTIES ARE ALREADY ELIGIBLE, SO WE WON'T BE FOCUSING ON THEM.

SO WE'LL FOCUS ON ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED SERVED, SO THAT HAVE SERVICES ABOVE THAT A HUNDRED SLASH 20 SPEED.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN COMES IN, THAT WE NEED ALL THESE CITIZENS THAT, UM, FALL IN THIS CATEGORY, ALL THESE PROPERTIES TO COMPLETE SPEED TESTS AND, AND OR PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY'RE NOT TRULY OFFERED THE SERVICES THAT ARE REPORTED.

AND THAT NUMBER IS ANTICIPATED THAT WE WILL BE SENDING OUT 20,000 POSTCARDS IN THIS CASE TO, TO SOLICIT THEIR, UM, UM, PARTICIPATION IN THIS.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 20,000 ADDRESSES THAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE TARGETING.

HOW MANY OF THOSE GET MOVED INTO ELIGIBLE TO BE DETERMINED? GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT'S JUST A VAST, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

WE HAVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE URGENCY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, PUT FORTH WITH THIS AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIPS

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THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MERGE WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, JUST AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT.

UM, THANK YOU.

I I, I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO'VE CONTRIBUTED AND TO ROCHELLE AND THE PARTNERS THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING IN AND EVERYONE WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

I THINK THIS KIND OF SPEAKS TO OUR REGION AND THE WORK THAT WE DO IN SERVING OUR CITIZENS AND BEING ABLE TO RALLY TOGETHER AND SUPPORT, UM, THOSE WHO MIGHT BE UNDERSERVED.

AND I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, BROADBAND, WE CERTAINLY PROBABLY TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

I'M USING IT RIGHT HERE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS WHATEVER I NEED AND I CAN GET IT IN SECONDS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY ACROSS OUR REGION WHO DON'T HAVE THAT ACCESSIBILITY, WHO MIGHT NEED IT FOR, UM, EDUCATION PURPOSES, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, UM, FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.

AND SINCE WE HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE, UM, SOMETIMES WE MAY TAKE THOSE THINGS FOR GRANTED.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND EVERYBODY WHO'S PARTICIPATED.

UM, WITH THAT, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? I DIDN'T, NO.

UM, WITHOUT I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND I SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT.

SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

NOW AND NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT ITEM A CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY OPPOSED? AND ON THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE WILL

[a. CONSENT AGENDA: The following item(s) are considered to be of a routine or administrative in nature and will be approved as a group unless a member of the Board wishes to discuss a particular item: ]

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANY CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOVE ON FOR THE REGULAR AGENDA.

WE'VE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WE'LL

[1. Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 02-2024 adopting the Hearing Officer Rules of Procedure for Animal Care & Control and Environmental Health. ]

ITEM B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO TWO DASH 2024, ADOPTING THE HEARING OFFICER RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO RHONDA.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.

I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ZERO TWO DASH 2024 FOR THE HEARING OFFICER PROCEDURES FOR THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO REWRITE CITATIONS FOR ANIMAL VIOLATIONS AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO ESTABLISHMENTS FOR REPEAT OFFENSES, WHICH UTILIZES OUR RESOURCES AND WE'RE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO MORE ANIMAL CALLS AND COMPLETE MORE INSPECTIONS.

I BELIEVE WITH THIS APPROVAL OF THE HEARING OFFICER FOR VI FOR CIVIL VIOLATIONS ONLY, IT WILL DECREASE MANY OF THOSE REPEATED CALLS AND WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON RESPONDING TO MORE CALLS OF SERVICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS CAN ALSO UTILIZE THIS SERVICE OF THE HEARING OFFICER.

I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

COME.

UM, I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE TEAM AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR WORKING HARD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

YES, THANK YOU.

UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ASK FOR HELP AND WE'VE NOT HAD A SOLUTION.

IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE BEEN UNWILLING OR UN NOT WANTING TO, BUT THIS HELPS PROVIDE A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK AND EFFORT ON IT.

UM, SO CHAIR AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

CHAIRMAN, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION TO INFORM ON MOST RECENT FATALITY REVIEW DATA.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT,

[2. Presentation to inform on most recent Fatality Review data]

UM, MELISSA, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

APPRECIATE IT.

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GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS ALYSSA LEMON AND I AM A NURSE WITH THE HEALTH DISTRICT IN SCHAU.

I HAVE BEEN COORDINATING THE COUNTY FATALITY REVIEWS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

MY PURPOSE THIS MORNING IS TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING 2022 IN THE CHILD OVERDOSE AND SUICIDE FATALITY REVIEWS.

FATALITY REVIEWS ARE CONDUCTED BECAUSE MANY DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.

DURING THE CONFIDENTIAL FATALITY REVIEWS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM IS PRESENTED WITH A SUMMARY OF THE DECEASED LIFE.

THIS SUMMARY IS GENERATED BY MYSELF AND ANOTHER NURSE AFTER REVIEWING ALL AVAILABLE RECORDS, INCLUDING MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS, DEATH RECORDS, AND OFTEN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEXT OF KIN.

AFTER PRESENTING THE INDIVIDUAL SUMMARY, THE TEAM DISCUSSES RISK FACTORS, SYSTEM GAPS, AND OTHER MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE DEATH AND FOCUSES ON IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO COUNTERACT THOSE FACTORS TO PREVENT SIMILAR DEATHS FROM OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY.

FROM REVIEWING THE 19 CHILD DEATHS IN NAVAJO COUNTY, THE REVIEW TEAM DETERMINED THAT 63% COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

63% OF THE DEATHS WERE NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN.

58% OF DEATHS WERE LESS THAN 1-YEAR-OLD.

55% WERE BORN DRUG EXPOSED.

36% HAD INTRAUTERINE ALCOHOL EXPOSURE AND 26% OF THE DEATHS WERE DUE TO SUICIDE.

AS I SAID, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF RE OF A REVIEW IS TO IDENTIFY PREVENTION ACTIVITIES FROM OUR CHILD FATALITY REVIEWS.

WE FOUND FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES WHERE ACTIONS COULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT DEATH, INCLUDING PREGNANCY PARENTING STRATEGIES, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND GENERAL SERVICE UTILIZATION.

MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN EACH CATEGORY ARE CONSIDERED EDUCATION FOCUSED AT THE HEALTH DISTRICT, WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS PROVIDING EDUCATION SERVICES IDENTIFIED IN THE REVIEWS.

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IS FOR ADULTS, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IS FOR ADULTS THAT WORK WITH CHILDREN SUCH AS SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

WE OFFER CREATING SAFE SPACES, WHICH IS A MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR YOUTH.

OTHER THAN THIS, OUR CURRICULUMS ARE GEARED TOWARD ADULTS.

MENTAL HEALTH HAS NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN WELL-FUNDED.

SO THERE ARE VERY FEW EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUMS OUT THERE TO CHOOSE FROM THAT ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH FOR ADOLESCENTS.

MOVING ON TO OVERDOSE DEATHS, WE REVIEWED 29 OF THE 53 DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN 2021.

CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT REVIEWING OVERDOSE DEATHS THAT OCCUR ON TRIBAL LANDS OR WHERE TRIBAL LAND IS LISTED AS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE OF DIFFICULTY RECEIVING RECORDS FROM TRIBAL ENTITIES FOR CHILD DEATH REVIEWS AND BEING A MINIMALLY STAFFED PROGRAM.

WE ARE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHERE WE KNOW WE'LL RECEIVE SUFFICIENT RECORDS TO FACILITATE EFFECTIVE REVIEWS.

SOME OF THE COMMONALITIES FOUND AMONG OVERDOSE FATALITIES INCLUDE THE PERCENTAGE OF INCARCERATION HISTORY, THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF DEATHS INCLUDED THREE OR MORE SUBSTANCES.

A DHS PROVIDES THE LOCAL OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW TEAMS WITH PREVENTION CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES.

IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THEIR FAMILIES ENHANCED TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

IMPROVED CARE COORDINATION AFTER RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION, IMPROVED ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE SCREENING AND ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DISCHARGE PROTOCOLS AND EDUCATION TO PATIENTS WERE THE TOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT OVERDOSE DEATHS.

THE HEALTH DISTRICT HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE NARCAN AND EDUCATION ON ITS USE AND EFFICACY IN REVERSING O OPIOID OVERDOSE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.

STAFF HAVE ALSO BEEN TRAINED AS PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AND ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE EDUCATORS EDUCATING EVERYONE ABOUT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND THEIR EFFECTS IS ESSENTIAL IN SUBSTANCE USE ACTIVITIES AS THE PRESENCE

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OF THESE EXPERIENCES IS A MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO SUBSTANCE USE.

PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS ARE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE THAT UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PERSON REACHING OUT FOR SUPPORT IS AT AND MEETS THAT PERSON IN THEIR NEED.

WHATEVER PHASE THAT MAY BE IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS, A PEER SPECIALIST CAN FORM A RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND ASSIST THEM BY CONNECTING THEM TO APPROPRIATE CARE AND RESOURCES IN THE MANY DIFFERENT LOCAL AND NATIONAL TRAININGS AND GROUPS I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN.

SINCE TAKING ON MY ROLE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IS THE POWER OF PEERS.

THE PHRASE, NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US APPLIES PERFECTLY TO UTILIZING PEERS LIVING IN RECOVERY AND ALL OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, AS A SUICIDE MOR MORTALITY REVIEW TEAM, WE REVIEWED 18 OF THE 43 SUICIDE DEATHS IN NAVAJO COUNTY IN 2021.

FOR THE SAME REASON MENTIONED WITH OVERDOSE DEATHS, WE ARE NOT REVIEWING TRIBAL DEATHS AT THIS TIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WERE ALSO COMMON AMONG SUICIDE DEATHS.

FROM OUR REVIEWS, WE SAW THAT HALF OF THOSE THAT DIED BY SUICIDE HAD DEMONSTRATED SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND EXPRESSED SUICIDAL INTENT.

ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THEIR DEATH, ALCOHOL USE WAS PRESENT IN 33% OF THE DEATHS THAT WE KNOW OF.

AGAIN, A DHS PROVIDES US WITH THE RECOMMENDATION CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES, INCREASING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS AND SOCIAL CONNECTION, IMPROVED TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STAFF ON SCREENING AND PREVENTION AND STIGMA.

REDUCTION OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS GENERATED FROM THE REVIEWS.

THE HEALTH DISTRICT HAS CERTIFIED STAFF AS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND ACE TRAINERS PROVIDING CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

FREE GUN LOCKS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ADDRESS ACCESS TO LETHAL MEANS AND MORE ARE AVAILABLE.

A COMPREHENSIVE VETERANS RESOURCE GUIDE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED.

17% OF OUR SUICIDE DEATHS HAD HISTORY OF MILITARY SERVICE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TO THE REVIEW PROCESS AND UNDERSTANDING WHY THESE DEATHS OCCUR AND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIONS THAT COULD DECREASE PREVENTABLE DEATHS.

I ALREADY MENTIONED THE NEED TO UTILIZING PEOPLE LIVING IN RECOVERY FOR ALL SUBSTANCE USE ACTIVITIES.

JUST BRIEFLY THOUGH ABOUT SILOED WORK, WHILE THE HEALTH DISTRICT HAS DONE MANY ACTIVITIES, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REVIEWS HIGHLIGHT ACTIONS AMONG MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WORKING TOGETHER IN CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS THESE PREVENTABLE DEATHS WILL BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR SUCCESS.

NOT IN MY BACKYARD OR STIGMA IS A HUGE BARRIER TO SUCCESS, PREVENT TO SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DEATHS ARE OCCURRING IN ALL OF OUR BACKYARDS AND EVEN IN SOME OF OUR HOMES.

WE NEED TO GET BEYOND THIS MENTALITY AND ACCEPT THAT IT IS HAPPENING IN OUR HOMES BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN WE WILL TAKE PRO POSITIVE ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER DEATHS.

THERE SHOULD NOT BE SHAME IN BEING HUMAN AND RESPONDING IN HUMAN WAYS TO THE TRAUMAS WE EXPERIENCE BEING HUMAN ALSO ENDOWS US WITH THE ABILITY TO RESPOND WITH EMPATHY AND COMPASSION IN THESE SITUATIONS, OUR COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUES.

I'VE DISCUSSED MANY OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT SURVEY IDENTIFIED AS HAVING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION THEMSELVES.

ALCOHOL USE WAS NUMBER ONE, WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IN ALL TRIBAL AREAS.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEE THAT PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ARE NOT HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET, ESPECIALLY AT RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION.

AND FINALLY, MENTAL HEALTH WAS REPORTED AS THE NUMBER ONE SERVICE NEED THAT IS NOT BEING RECEIVED.

I'M ASKING THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION I HAVE PRESENTED THIS MORNING THAT YOU CONSIDER HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN WORK GROUPS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND CHILDHOOD INJURY PREVENTION ISSUES IN OUR COUNTY.

I ALSO ASK THAT YOU UTILIZE AND LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE FOR HOW THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS ARE USED.

THEY KNOW WHAT WILL WORK AND WHAT WILL NOT WORK.

THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT.

THE ANNUAL FATALITY REVIEW REPORTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I THINK THIS IS JUST A GREAT REPORT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED ON TO, TO GET THIS DATA BECAUSE

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UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE YOU CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I KNOW WITH WORKING WITH YOU, UH, THROUGH REACHING RURAL, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD THAT WILL KIND OF HELP, YOU KNOW, ALONG THIS WAY.

I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT TRYING TO GET IN WHERE POSSIBLY WE CAN BREAK SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS OF EDUCATION WITH OUR YOUTH.

IT'S TOUGH.

PARENTS ARE, AND TEACHERS ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN SHARE AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE OPEN ABOUT IT AND MORE OPEN ABOUT WHAT THE REALITY, UH, CONDITIONS ARE WITH THE NUMBER OF DRUGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTY AND THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM WE HAVE AND THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THINGS WE NEED TO, UH, BE AWARE AND, AND DO WHAT WE CAN BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR SENSELESS FATALITIES IN MANY CASES HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE THERE TO HELP.

AND SOMETIMES JUST MAYBE THOSE ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH THAT TODAY AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S WORKED WITH YOU TO PROVIDE THE THAT DATA.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THIS AREA.

I ECHO WHAT SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR SAID.

UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S, IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE AND BOTH EYES WIDE OPEN.

I KNOW AS HE HAD MENTIONED, AND I KNOW IN OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT SOMETIMES THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S NOT, IT OCCURS TO ME OR AT LEAST AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THAT THEY, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE UNWILLING, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS THAT MAYBE EVEN THEY DON'T HAVE, BUT SOME PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR REACH DO.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL GET TO A PLACE THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS AND LOOK FOR WAYS TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO YEAH.

APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION, SO MOVE SECOND.

SO A MOTION A SECOND.

THE RIGHT YOU HAVE YOUR VERTICAL SHOWING THE TOWER COMING UP TO 105 FEET.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX,

[1. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 03-2024, approving/denying a Special Use Permit to allow for the construction of a 105’ monopole communication tower and associated facilities located north of the Winslow area.]

PUBLIC WORKS.

ITEM SIX A PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ITEM SIX, A ONE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO THREE DASH 2024 APPROVING OR DENYING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION.

UH, 105 FOOT MONOPOLE MONOPOLE COMMUNICATION TOWER ASSOCIATED WITH FACILITIES LOCATED NORTH OF THE WINSLOW AREA.

TYLER, GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

UH, TODAY WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A CELL PHONE TOWER LOCATED NORTH OF THE WINSLOW AREA.

UH, HERE IS OUR VICINITY MAP SHOWING WHERE WE ARE IN RELATION TO THE WINSLOW AREA.

SITTING ABOUT JUST OVER THREE AND A HALF MILES OR SO, UH, FROM THE DOWNTOWN WINSLOW AREA.

I BELIEVE IT'S CLOSER TO JUST OVER FOUR MILES IF YOU'RE USING THE ROADWAYS AND SUCH.

HERE IS KIND OF A BIGGER VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ITSELF.

JUST SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO KIND OF TAKE A QUICK NOTE OF.

DUE TO THE WAY THAT, UM, TRANSPOSING AN IMAGE OFF OF A GLOBE TO A FLAT SURFACE WORKS, THOSE PROPERTY LINES CAN SOMETIMES SHIFT FROM WHERE THEY ACTUALLY ARE.

AND SO, UM, THIS HAS KIND OF HAPPENED HERE.

UH, THE SITE PLAN WILL SHOW THE PROPERTY LINES, UM, A LITTLE MORE ACCURATELY, BUT THIS IS JUST A GOOD VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

IT IS A 12.43 ACRE VACANT PARCEL.

CURRENTLY ZONED A GENERAL, SO HERE IS A IMAGE OF THE SITE PLAN AS A WHOLE.

LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN SEE THOSE PROPERTY LINES HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE ADJUSTED.

UM, THE ACTUAL FACILITY ITSELF, IT IS PROPOSED TO BE 105 FOOT MONOPOLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY ALONG WITH ITS ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.

THIS, UH, TOWER WILL BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 107 FEET AWAY FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES, WHICH IS AN, UH, IN EXCESS OF OUR ORDINANCE.

THAT MINIMUM BOUNDARY YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE TO THE EAST IS WHERE THE 107 FOOT IS WITH THE LARGEST GOING TO THE WEST.

IT'S ABOUT 818.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPANY HAS LEASED A PORTION OF THIS PARCEL AND THAT PORTION WILL BE FENCED IN.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT LINE COMING DOWN TO THE LEFT, UM, OF WHERE THE TOWER IS AND THAT'S KIND OF THEIR LEAST BOUNDARY PORTION.

THEY ARE PLANNING ON HAVING A 12 FOOT, UH, ACCESS ROAD FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES IF THAT'S NEEDED.

UM, AND THEN THE EQUIPMENT PLATFORM ITSELF WILL BE SITTING ON A RAISED, UH, IT WILL BE RAISED UP FIVE FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

UM, THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM FLOOD CONTROL.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE WILL BE A 10 FOOT FENCE SURROUNDING THIS UH, FACILITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, HOW THE FACILITY WILL BE LAID OUT.

ON THE SIDE IS A VERTICAL VIEW, OR ON THE LEFT SIDE IS A TOP DOWN VIEW.

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HERE ARE SOME SIMULATIONS.

THIS IS SITTING AT THE INTERSECTION.

UM, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW DOT ON THE LOCATION MAP, IT'S THE ONE FURTHEST TO THE LEFT.

UH, IT'S THE PROPOSED IMAGE SHOWS KIND OF WHERE THAT TOWER IS GONNA BE SITTING.

HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW COMING.

THIS ONE IS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AT WHERE THAT ACCESS ROAD IS GOING TO BE OR THE TOWER.

AND THEN THIS VIEW IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE LEFT OF THE TOWER.

ON THE PARCEL ITSELF, THE APPLICANT DID, UH, HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING.

THESE, THIS WAS THE NOTICE SENT AND THIS, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED THOSE NOTICES.

THERE WERE NO ATTENDANCE AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, SO THERE WERE NO, UM, MEETING NOTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

COMING TO OUR ANALYSIS, IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND ARTICLE 29 DOES MEET SEVERAL OF THE GOALS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS WELL AS SEVERAL GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A LIKELY COMPATIBLE, UH, CURRENT USE AS WELL AS LIKELY FUTURE USES.

THERE WILL BE MINIMAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE AREA.

AND WE HAVE PERCEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS EVEN AS OF TODAY.

THAT BEING SAID, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE HUNTRESS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY.

UH, THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS ALSO UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON DECEMBER 14TH.

SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED HERE, THESE ARE PRETTY STANDARD.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM AND THAT OUR APPLICANT IS HERE.

UM, I BELIEVE OVER THE PHONE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TYLER.

LET'S, UH, DO WE, DOES THE APPLICANT, DOES APPLICANT WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? NO.

MR. KAMAN.

OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? NONE.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I JUST WANT TO VERIFY ONE TIME WE HAD AN 80 FOOT RULE AND THEN IT COULD EXTEND TO A HUNDRED FOOT AND THIS IS 105 FOOT.

JUST CLARIFY THAT EXTRA FIVE FEET, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE BASE OR WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT THERE? SO THE EXTRA FIVE FEET IS DUE TO THE ZONING.

UH, A GENERAL IS A NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

AND SO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR A NON RESIDENTIALLY ZONED TOWER CAN GO UP TO 199 FEET.

MM-HMM.

, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

TWO, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO FOUR DASH 2024 APPROVING OR DENYING THE TEXT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[2. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 04-2024, approving/denying text amendment to Article 15, Section 1502 and Article 30, Section 3002 regarding swap meets.]

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 15, SECTION 1502 AND ARTICLE 30, SECTION 30 0 2 REGARDING SWAP MEETS.

SANDRA THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

UM, SO THE FIRST ITEM THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, UH, IS REGARDING SWAP MEETS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.

UM, AND THAT STAFF WENT THROUGH AND, UM, BETWEEN SEVERAL CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD GOING ON AS WELL AS INQUIRIES FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

WE'VE ESTABLISHED A NEED FOR, UH, JUST A SMALL ALTERATION TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE A DEFINITION IN USAGE FOR SWAP MEETS.

AND IN OUR RESEARCH WE DID FIND THAT SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS IN THE AREA INCLUDE AUCTIONS AS WELL.

UM, AND THIS IS TO HAVE IT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS A PERMANENT USE FOR A PROPERTY.

UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF PUT THEM ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER SINCE THEY USE SIMILAR FACILITIES AND ARE RUN IN A VERY SIMILAR UH, MANNER.

AND IN THE STAFF REPORT, I ATTACHED THE TRACK CHANGES TO, UH, ARTICLES 15 AND 30, SHOWING THE DEFINITIONS AND THE USAGES.

UH,

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IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND, UH, WE, UH, WE AS STAFF AS WELL AS THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS SINCE IT JUST CLARIFIES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SANDRA.

APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.

WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? HEARING NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION OR APPROVAL? PERFECT.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

UM, NUMBER ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION A POSSIBLE ADOPTION AND RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO FIVE DASH 2024 APPROVING OR DENYING THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 25, SECTION 25 0 3 REGARDING ACCESSORY BUILDING SETBACKS AND ARTICLE 25, SECTION 25 20 REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

THAT WAS APPROVED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING.

[3. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 05-2024, approving/denying text amendment to Article 25, Section 2503, regarding accessory building setbacks, and Article 25, Section 2520, regarding accessory dwelling units.]

SANDRA, THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD.

UM, THE SECOND ITEM I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS ALSO A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.

UM, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF DISCREPANCIES THAT WE FOUND, AGAIN BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT INQUIRIES, UM, AND THEN INQUIRIES FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

UM, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE WITH THIS ITEM IS UPDATING THE THREE FOOT ACCESSORY BUILDING SETBACK TO A FIVE FOOT, UH, SETBACK THAT JUST FALLS BETTER IN LINE WITH FIRE CODE, WHICH DOES HAVE IT AT FIVE FEET.

UM, AND SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE REQUIRING ANYTHING LESS THAN THE MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE.

THE SECOND UPDATE, UM, IS TO ALLOW ALL OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, DISTRICTS, EXCUSE ME, WHICH CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR ACCESSORY DWELLINGS TO ALSO ALLOW FOR PARK MODELS AS GUEST HOUSES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT THROUGH, UH, IN THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES RECENTLY.

AND SO WE'RE JUST BRINGING THAT, UH, UP TO THAT UPDATE SO THAT WE ARE ALSO IN CONFORMANCE.

AND THE THIRD AMENDMENT WOULD BE RE THE REMOVAL OF A REMAINING REFERENCE TO SERVANT'S QUARTERS.

UM, THIS WAS ALREADY RESOLVED IN A PREVIOUS AMENDMENT, UH, THAT THEN UPDATED IT TO JUST GUEST HOUSES INSTEAD OF CARETAKER'S QUARTERS.

SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP ON THAT AS WELL.

THE TRACK CHANGES AND THE CLEAN COPY ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND STAFF, AS WELL AS THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UH, DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 25 AS WE HAVE PROPOSED.

THANK YOU AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.

I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION.

IF I HAVE IN A SUBDIVISION IN THE COUNTY AND IT'S A SITE BUILT SUBDIVISION, CAN I NOW ADD A MODULAR UNIT OR A, UH, TYPE, UH, PARK MODEL AS A SECOND HOME? SO WITH THAT, UM, IT WOULD TECHNICALLY BE DEPENDENT ON, UM, THE SPIRIT OF ANY TYPE OF, OF THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEN ALSO ANY CCNRS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AT THE TIME.

UM, IF IT'S THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A GUEST HOUSE, THEN ALSO WITHIN THE SCOPE OF GUEST HOUSES, TONY TINY HOMES, EXCUSE ME, WHO WOULD BE, UM, AN OPTION FOR THAT? THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER THE, UH, 400 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM THAT WE'VE GOT FOR, UM, LIKE A SECONDARY DWELLING.

UH, IT WOULD AT THIS TIME STILL NEED TO BE UNDER 70% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PRIMARY HOME, SINCE THAT IS STILL A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR SECONDARY DWELLINGS, FOR OUR GUEST HOUSES.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, TO AN EXTENT, IF THAT WAS ALLOWED BY THE CCNRS AND BY, UM, WHATEVER, LIKE USAGE IN THAT WAY WAS DETERMINED WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS CREATED, THEN THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

PROJECT THAT IF SOMEBODY'S GONE IN THERE AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE NICE AND SOMEBODY'S BUILT SECOND HOMES, THAT WE WOULD TRY TO FOLLOW THE, THE CONDU OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND NOT LET NEIGHBORHOODS BECOME DOWNGRADED BECAUSE OF THIS ORDINANCE OF ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, A PART MODEL TO COME IN WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN SITE-BUILT, SO, RIGHT.

ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, DO, ARE WE REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR THESE UNITS? YES.

THAT, THAT WOULD BE NOT ONLY A GUEST HOUSE PERMIT THAT GOES THROUGH PLANNING, UM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE A BUILDING PERMIT AS WELL THROUGH THE BUILDING DIVISION.

I WAS JUST HOPING THE SPIRIT OF THE, THE WHOLE

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UM, SO IT JUST IS EXPANDING THE GUEST HOUSES.

SO A LOT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE IN MIND, UM, WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR GUEST HOUSES ANYWAY.

AND SO IT'S NOT CHANGING THAT AT ALL.

IT'S JUST IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY GUEST HOUSES ALLOWED.

MM-HMM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY.

NONE.

CAN I JUST, UH, SHARE A PRACTICALITY HERE OF HAVING THESE SETBACKS CORRECTLY? UH, JUST FROM AN EXPERIENCE OF PERSON, UH, HAD A HOME, ONE OUT AND BUILT HIS LITTLE SECONDARY, UH, MAN CAVE, BUILT IT VERY CLOSE TO, TO HIS HOUSE, DIDN'T HAVE, UH, PROPER INSTALLATION OR GUIDELINES FOLLOWED.

UH, HE WENT OUT AND HAD A LITTLE TOO HOT OF FIRE.

IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO CLOSE TO HIS RESIDENCE, IT BURNED HIS RESIDENCE AS WELL.

INSURANCE DENIED THE CLAIM BECAUSE IT WAS SELF-INFLICTED AND HE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE CODE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE HELP PEOPLE FROM THEMSELVES TOO.

SO, THANK YOU.

MAINTENANCE HERE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO SIX DASH 2024, APPROVING OR DENYING THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 25, SECTION 25 17 OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE AGE OF MOBILE HOMES, WHICH REQUIRE REHABILITATION VERIFICATION.

WE'RE ON TO

[4. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 06-2024, approving/denying text amendment to Article 25, Section 2517 of the Navajo County Zoning Ordinance, regarding age of mobile homes which require rehabilitation verification.]

SANDRA, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU SUPERVISORS AGAIN.

UM, THE THIRD AND FINAL ITEM THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS YET ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT.

UM, IF YOU RECALL ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, PLANNING HAD PUT THROUGH A ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE THAT REQUIRED A 20 YEAR ROLLING BASIS FOR ZONING VER OR NOT FOR ZONING, EXCUSE ME.

UM, FOR REHABILITATION CERTIFICATION FOR ALL, UH, MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES 20 YEARS OR OLDER.

UM, THAT WAS AN UPDATE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE REQUIREMENTS FROM 1976, UM, CODE AND SAFETY REGULATIONS TO WHAT WE HAD UPDATED, UH, IN 2022, THE CODE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING THE 2018.

UM, SO JUST BRIDGING THAT GAP.

UM, AND WE DID HAVE THAT APPROVED LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A SMALL UPDATE TO THAT SINCE THEN, UM, IN WORKING WITH HUD THAT, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE, UH, REHABILITATION CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED THROUGH HUD IN A WAY THAT EXTENDS PAST 1976.

UM, SO ANY TYPE OF VERIFICATION THAT NAVAJO COUNTY WOULD NEED TO DO WOULD GO THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD JUST BE UPDATING, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF THE VERBIAGE TO WHAT WE HAD PAST LAST YEAR, JUST TO REFLECT THAT.

UM, AND I DO HAVE THE TRACK CHANGES AND CLEAN COPY AND THE STAFF REPORT, UH, NAVAJO COUNTY STAFF AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND, UH, PLANNING.

AND ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T, YEAH, NO.

SO JUST STAFF.

UM, SINCE IT WAS JUST AN UPDATE, WE HAD CLEARANCE TO GO THROUGH, UM, AND JUST BRING IT TO YOU.

UM, WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS SINCE IT FALLS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT HUD WAS EXPECTING.

AND, UH, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

I'LL OPEN UP, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

HEARING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CHAIR? I'LL JUST SPEAK ON THIS.

I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, OF PUTTING SOME TYPE OF GUIDELINE.

IN FACT, I, I DO HAVE A HARD TIME BECAUSE WE DID APPROVE A PROJECT THAT WAS A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE WAS TRYING TO RESTRICT THEM TO NEWER HOMES RATHER THAN HAVE A BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENT AND COME IN AND PUT IN OLDER HOMES.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO BRING OLD HOMES IN.

AND THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN PROBABLY DO TO, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE

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WITH THE STATE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON AT LEAST HAVING SOME OF THIS, THAT THEY DO HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO CODE.

I WISH WE COULD PROHIBIT, UH, ANY USED THINGS COMING INTO A NEW AREA, BUT I GUESS WE CAN WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

RECEIVED FROM THE LEGISLATURE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE DO RECEIVE THAT FULL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT, UH, $101 MILLION PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[7. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members. ]

SEVEN.

COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE.

COUNTY ATTORNEY.

NO, NOTHING HERE.

NOTHING THERE.

MR. LEIGHTON? NOTHING .

YOU SURE? YEAH.

UM, WELL, HAPPY TO SHARE THAT, UH, WE WERE MOVE INTO THE SNOWFLAKE LAST NIGHT AND ESTABLISHED.

WE SEE SO VERY, VERY HAPPY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SO .

CONGRATULATIONS.

KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL.

IS THAT RIGHT? WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE'S LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.

I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THEY BOUGHT .

DON'T MAKE IT CREEPY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT COMES TO ARIZONA.

, GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

ALRIGHT, UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, WE JUST HAD A, A GOOD MEETINGS THERE WITH LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE FOR CSA AS, AS WELL AS NACOG AND WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE BUDGET THINGS WITH, WITH INDIVIDUALS.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF STAFF AND CSA WORKING WITH THAT AND OUR NACOG EXECUTIVE, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAD.

IT'S NEAT TO KNOW THAT, UH, THEY APPROVED A $2 MILLION RENOVATION OF THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN TAYLOR.

THAT WILL BECOME THE NEW HEAD START.

AND SO THAT'S A, A GREAT, UH, ADDITION TO THAT COMMUNITY.

IT'S INTERESTING ON THE HEAD START PROGRAM TO KNOW THAT THEY DO SO WELL IN NAVAJO COUNTY THAT WE DO GREAT IN PINETOP.

LAKESIDE SHOW, LOW SNOWFLAKE.

UH, TAYLOR DO FAIRLY WELL IN HOLBROOK AND WINSLOW, AND THERE ARE OPENINGS FOR THOSE POSITIONS IN, IN HOLBROOK AND WINSLOW.

BUT THE OTHER AREAS OF HEAD START WHEN YOU GET OVER INTO COCONINO COUNTY AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER AREAS, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FULLY STAFF THEM.

AND, AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE IN WILLIAMS ARE ACTUALLY EVEN CLOSING UP IN PAGE.

SO THAT'S REALLY A GREAT START FOR A LOT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND IT'S SAD THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FULLY STAFF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IF YOU'D HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN THOSE AREAS AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, A PLACE TO REACH OUT.

SO I THINK WE DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH SOME SNOW REMOVALS, UH, SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, A GOOD WINTER STORM AND JUST WANNA SHOUT OUT TO STAFF OR THANK YOU FOR THE AREAS THAT YOU WORKED HARD TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS MOVING AND MOVING AROUND.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES WITH SOME BUDGETS, AND WE'RE PROPOSING AS STRONG AS WE CAN AT LEGISLATIVE TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL, TO KEEP THE BUDGET FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO CLAW BACK ON THE TABLE AND FIND OTHER WAYS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2024.

GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF.

UM, AS FAR AS FOR DISTRICT TWO, UM, JUST RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN EARLIER THIS MONTH, UM, WITH THE STATE'S, UH, INDIAN TRIBES AND NATION'S LEGISLATIVE DAY EVENT.

UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, NETWORK AND MEET, UM, FELLOW ELECTED LEADERSHIP AND NEW LEADERSHIP FROM VARIOUS, UM, TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND ESTABLISH THOSE, UM, CONTACTS THERE.

AND THEN ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY VISIT WITH, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, UM, WITHIN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, UM, ON THAT SIDE.

AND THEN ALSO AT THE, YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR MEETING WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND COLONEL BAKER IN THE CITY OF WINSLOW ALONG WITH, UH, SUPERVISOR BE AND THE CITY OF MAYOR CONNO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UM, STAFF THAT WERE, UH, PART OF THE, UH, CONVERSATION IN THE SITE VISIT OF THE WINSLOW LEVY.

AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR, FOR, FOR OUR TEAM, UM, JOHN, FOR ROCHELLE AND NICOLE AND ALL THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED, UM, MELISSA TO COORDINATING AND ENSURING THAT WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL MEETING YESTERDAY.

AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CORE TO MOVE THIS, UM, PROJECT FORWARD.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, AN APPRECIATION TO STAFF AND ALSO, UH, FOR THEIR, UH, FOR STAYING ON TOP OF AND ENSURING AS WELL.

AND, UM, THE, THE FUNDING ALLOCATION THAT WE HAD

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SO THANKS ON THAT PART.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST ALSO JUST ATTENDING OUR REGULAR, UH, CHAPTER, UM, MEETINGS AND PROVIDING, UM, UPDATES, BUT ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, GOING INTO HAVING A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE COMMUNITIES, MORE OF LIKE A COMMUNITY, UM, INFORMATIONAL, UM, SESSION IN HIGHLIGHTING COUNTY INITIATIVES, COUNTY UPDATES ON TO WHERE I'D LIKE TO ALSO INVITE THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTYWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, TO OUR SOON TO BE, UM, SCHEDULED.

UM, THESE FOR 10 OF THE CHAPTER COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, GOING FORWARD THE HOPI TRIBAL COUNCIL AND PROVIDING A, A, A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, UPDATE AS FAR AS COUNTY AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOPI TRIBE AS WELL.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY.

OTHER THAN THAT, UH, WE JUST CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON AS SUPERVISOR WEINGER WOULD SAY.

SO WE DO OUR BEST.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO STAFF.

THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

ALRIGHT, SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

UM, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I WAS ABLE TO JOIN, UM, OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND REAL AZ DIRECTOR, UM, CHRIS PASTORES, IS IT CHRIS PASTORES? ARE YOU GETTING THAT RIGHT? I KNOW HIM AS CHRIS.

SO SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN.

UM, BUT IN HIS WORK IN TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE PARTNERSHIPS IN TRYING TO DEVELOP INDUSTRY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES IN PINETOP LAKESIDE.

AND SO I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS WHO HAVE REALLY HAVE WORKED HARD IN LOOKING OUTSIDE OF OUR COAL INDUSTRY, TIMBER INDUSTRY, UM, AND HOW DO WE BEGIN TO BRING, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO OUR REGION.

UM, I WAS ALSO INVITED BY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TO JOIN HER ON THE LEGISLATIVE FLOOR FOR A LEGISLATIVE OPENING DAY.

UM, SO THANK YOU TO HER AND HER EXTENDED INVITATION THAT PARTICULAR DAY.

UM, THE GOVERNOR GAVE HER STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AND, UM, I WAS, I WAS, UM, THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS IN THE ADDRESS AND I KNOW THAT THE ADDRESS HAS BEEN TALKED OVER MANY, MANY TIMES.

WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAPER.

WE'VE SEEN THAT, HEARD THAT ON THE RADIO.

UM, I'VE HEARD LOTS OF COMMENTARY ABOUT HER PARTICULAR ADDRESS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK, UM, AS AN ARIZONAN AND SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS NAVAJO COUNTY, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS, THE DISCUSSION REALLY SPEAKS ABOUT SERVING ARIZONA.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE MAKING HOME, UM, HOMES MORE ATTAINABLE TO, UM, THE HARDWORKING FAMILIES OF ARIZONA.

UM, PROTECTING OUR BORDERS, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, MAKING HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE.

UM, CREATING STRICT RE REGULAT REGULATIONS ON PREDATORY SOBER LIVING FACILITIES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AS OF RECENT.

VERY, UM, HAS HAD A VERY HEAVY, UM, IMPACT WITHIN OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

SO GRATEFUL TO HEAR ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ON THESE PREDATORY SOBER LIVING FACILITIES, UM, DRIVING DOWN THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL, UM, RELATE TO.

AND WHEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS OR THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE WITHIN OUR FAMILIES WHO RELY ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AND THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

UM, AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE, UM, WHAT DOES EDUCATION LOOK LIKE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION SO THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN THRIVE AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND COMPETITIVE, UM, NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY WITHIN ARIZONA, BUT ACROSS THE NATION AND ON A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.

SO I WAS GRATEFUL TO HEAR, UM, A LOT OF THAT WORK.

I KNOW THAT IT TAKES, UM, LOTS OF EFFORT ON OUR BEHALFS AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON NAVAJO COUNTY, UM, PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW BILLS MAY POTENTIALLY IMPACT US, HOW DECISIONS MIGHT IMPACT US IN THE WAY OF FUNDING.

UM, SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, UM, GO HAND IN HAND.

SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF HERE AND ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP EDUCATE US IN THE WORK OF CSA, WHO DOES THAT WORK AS WELL, AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE VOCALIZING AND HAVING THE MOST CORRECT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WHEN

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WE THINK ABOUT BUDGET AND WE THINK ABOUT LAWS AND HOW ALL OF THOSE IMPACT OUR LOCAL RURAL COMMUNITIES, UM, OFTENTIMES WE RURAL COMMUNITIES CAN BE VOICELESS, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN NAVAJO COUNTY BE VOICELESS.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK SUCH AS, UM, SUPERVISOR WHINING DOES AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A VOICE, UM, AT THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE.

AND THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR, OUR FAMILIES RELY ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S INVESTED IN THAT.

UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OTHERS.

I WAS, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A WONDERFUL FAMILY, THE ALEDO FAMILY.

UM, WE HAVE A NEW, I GUESS LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, IT'S KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE.

AND, UM, THE, WE'RE WRITING LITTLE ARTICLES ABOUT INDIVIDUALS AND ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ARTICLES WAS ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WHO'S A VOLLEYBALL CHAMPION, UM, IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A SCHOLAR.

UM, SHE WAS RECENTLY PICKED UP BY EASTERN ARIZONA, UM, COLLEGE.

SO SHE WILL BE PLAYING THERE NEXT YEAR.

SHE'S A SENIOR THIS YEAR.

UM, HER FAMILY REQUESTED TO MEET WITH ME, UM, JUST TO DISCUSS THE ARTICLE AND WHAT AN IMPACT IT HAS BEEN TO HER.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE AT THE COUNTY WHO HAS HELPED TO MAKE THOSE THINGS SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, MEMBERS ARE DOING AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ACHIEVING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

UH, THEY KEPT SWITCHING OUR DIRECTOR ON US, SO WE'RE ALWAYS IN, IN, UH, LIMBO HERE.

VICE CHAIR, AL, ANYTHING? YES, I, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR, UM, AND SUPERVISORS, UM, THIS MORNING AND MY REPORT ALSO ATTENDED THE INDIAN, UM, NATIVE TRIBAL NATIONS, UM, LEGISLATIVE DAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY AND GOT TO MEET WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND OUR SENATOR AND, UM, SP SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT, UM, PROJECTS ON IN DISTRICT ONE AND ALSO ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTINUE TO, UM, SUPPORT THE WINSLOW LEVEE, UM, FUNDING.

WE HAVE THE THREE QUARTERS OF THE 20 MILLION ONBOARD ALREADY.

WE STILL NEED THAT 5 MILLION.

SO, UM, REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM.

AND ALSO OTHER PROJECTS THAT, UM, ARE, UM, BEING CONSIDERED TO MAKE SURE THEY MOVE ALONG BECAUSE, UM, OF THE BUDGET SHORTFALL COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND, UM, THEY'RE VERY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTIVE.

AND ALSO, CHRIS, UM, ESTHER, UH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, DIRECTOR, HE'S DOING, HE DID A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP BACK IN DECEMBER, NO, NO, NO, NO BACK IN NOVEMBER.

AND FOR THREE OF, UM, THE MORE PROACTIVE COMMUNITIES IN, IN DISTRICT ONE AND ONE DID PRETTY WELL AND DID SUBMIT, UM, AT LEAST FIVE PROJECTS TO THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR, UM, COAL IMPACTED COMMUNITY.

ALL OF MY COMMUNITIES ARE IMPACTED BY COAL BECAUSE SOME ARE NEAR GENERATING STATIONS.

OTHER OTHERS ARE, UM, NEAR, UM, THE BLACK MESA CANTO MINE UP IN THE, UM, BLACK MESA AREA.

SO ALL THE CHAPTERS, UM, WILL BE, UM, BE GIVEN WORKSHOPS AGAIN, UM, HERE ON THE 31ST SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO CONSIDER, UM, THE APPLICATION.

UM, THANK YOU CHRIS, UM, FOR, UH, MOVING THIS ALONG AND ASSISTING WITH, UM, THE WORKSHOP SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CHIEF CAN, UM, APPLY FOR THEM.

AND LET'S SEE, ALSO THANK YOU TO ELAW OUR COM, UM, TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR FOR, UM, ASSISTING WITH THE ROAD PROJECTS OUT IN DISTRICT ONE.

I'M SURE SHE'S DOING IT AS WELL IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE HER COMMUNICATION WITH NDOT, NAVAJO DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION.

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UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S THE DIRECTOR FROM WEEK ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT.

UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU EVELYN AND NICOLE FOR, UM, DOING A COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS WHILE I HAVE A CONFLICT TO, UM, GO TO THOSE CHAPTERS FOR THE RURAL BUS ROUTE, UM, STUDY SCHOOL, BUS ROUTE STUDY.

AND RIGHT NOW, UM, BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAPTERS BECAUSE WE HAVE MUD COUPLE, WE, I MEAN LITERALLY A FOOT OF MUD, UM, ON THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THE RAINS AND THE LAST COUPLE OF, UM, THREE, FOUR DAYS ACTUALLY.

AND I HAD TO TRAVEL THROUGH MUD ON SUNDAY EVENING AND UM, WAS GONNA TAKE THE LONG WAY.

BUT , THAT'S TOO LONG.

AND THE ROADS ARE NOT ANY BETTER.

THOSE, UM, PAVED ROADS ARE ALL CRACKED UP AND CHIPPING.

SO I'M LIKE, SO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER I'LL GET THERE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO THAT WAY 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THAT.

AND THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THE THOUGHT IS.

THE DISTANCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS, UM, MATTER.

BUT NOW I HAVE TO GO, TODAY, I'LL HAVE TO GO THE LONG WAY BACK TO SEE WHICH LONG WAY I'LL TAKE SO THAT, UM, I'D BE STAYING ON PAVED ROADS.

UM, THERE IS NO FREEZE ANYMORE.

I USUALLY AROUND ABOUT NOW, UM, BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURES ARE HIGHER THAN, UM, FREEZING POINT.

UM, IF WE GET SNOW, THERE'LL BE MUD UNDERNEATH.

SO THAT'S A REAL ISSUE.

UM, OUT ON THE RESERVATION.

'CAUSE ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK MESA REGION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THOROUGHFARE, UM, PAVED ROADS.

UM, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF MUD DURING THE WINTER WHEN WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE RAIN AND THE SNOW, HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

AND THAT SAME THING HAPPENS DURING THE MONSOON SEASONS.

SO WE DO NEED SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENT OUT THERE.

UM, NAVAJO COUNTY DID SEND SEND A GRADER OUT THERE DURING THE FIRST SNOW, HOWEVER, UM, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HELP TOO MUCH BECAUSE THE BATTERY FROZE AND SO THEY HAD TO BRING IT BACK OUT.

UM, BUT THANK YOU TO NO AND BIA, THEY WERE OUT THERE TRYING TO CLEAR THE ROADS AND THE PEABODY COAL COMPANY RECLAMATIONS GOING ON, AND THEY STILL HAVE GREATER OPERATORS THAT ARE, UH, ASSISTING THE, THE COMMUNITY THERE ON THE BLACK MESA AREA.

HOWEVER, UM, THEIR GRADER HAT BROKE DOWN SO THEY HAD TO HAUL IT OUT.

THEY, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THEY COULD FIX BY THEMSELVES.

AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY, UM, GRAVELING IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT ON THESE ROADS.

UH, NOT ONLY IN THE BLACK MESA REGION, BUT OUT IN HONTU AND KETA AND AND I'M, AND BECAUSE IT STABILIZES THE ROAD AND YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH WHERE THE MORE STABLE GROUND IS AND YOU KNOW THAT GRAVEL HAD BEEN APPLIED.

AND THE THE OTHER THING IS OVER HERE, UM, IN BIR SPRINGS AND SOLANI LAKE DURING THE WINTER SEASON, THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF MOISTURE AND THEY PRAY FOR RAIN.

AND, UM, BECAUSE THEY SAY LIKE YESTERDAY, UM, THE CHAPTER OF PRESIDENT SAID, I WISH WE COULD GET A DROP OF RAIN HERE IN ANI, LIKE, UM, BUT DURING THE MONSOON SEASON, UM, THEY DO GET, UM, FLOODED.

SO, UM, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.

HOWEVER, I JUST, UM, BEEN APPRECIATIVE OF ALL MY CHAPTERS AND COMMUNICATING WITH ME AND, UM, GETTING THEIR CHAPTER MEETING, UM, DATES AND TIME TO ME AND THEIR AGENDA.

SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

UH, BUT THERE ARE MANY ROAD ISSUES OUT THERE IN DISTRICT ONE.

SO, UM, WE, WE DO NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY ON AND OFF.

UM, I WAS

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HOPING THAT WE WOULD GET, UH, EVERY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

UM, BUT THAT'S NOT JUST ONLY OUR ISSUE BECAUSE NO ALSO HAS THAT PROBLEM.

THEY HAVE LACK OF, UM, OPERATORS, SO THEY'RE BARE SPREAD REALLY THIN AND DEPEND ON IN THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE TO COME OUT OVER HERE TO BIR SPRINGS TO HELP OUT OVER HERE MANY TIMES OVER ON THIS PAST SUMMER AND FALL.

SO NOW WE NEED THEIR HELP.

, NO, THEY DON'T HAVE OPPER, THEY DON'T HAVE OPERATORS OUT, OUT IN, UH, IN THAT AREA.

SO, SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL, UM, TO ALL OF THEM.

I KNOW NOW FOR COUNTY DOES HELP OUT IN BIR SPRINGS AS WELL AND ROADS IS OUR, SOME OF OUR MAIN PROBLEMS IN DISTRICT ONE AND UM, WE REALLY NEED ROAD IMPROVEMENT JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW.

SET UP TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL, I QUICK, I'LL BE QUICK UPDATED.

JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR DELEGATION DOWN AT THE CAPITOL.

WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE AT THE CSA RECEPTION, UH, CSA HAD A RECEPTION, WE'RE INVITED.

A LOT OF THE LEGISLATORS TO COME OVER, HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO MINGLE AND TALK 'CAUSE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO HEAD INTO SESSION AND KIND OF SHARE WITH THEM JUST AS WE'RE THERE TALKING SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNTIES HAVE AND NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY AS THEY'RE GOING INTO A SESSION, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS.

UM, SO ANYHOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE VOICE THERE AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO HELP TO GET OUR DELEGATION THERE 'CAUSE THEY WERE WELL ATTENDED.

UM, QUICK UPDATE ON REAL AZ I WOULD JUST REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE, UM, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

WE'RE SEEING GROWTH, UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS, NOT JUST GROWTH AND ATTENDANCE, BUT UM, COMMITMENT FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY INSIDE OF IT.

UM, ROCHELLE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND, AND IN HER ROLE THERE AND NOW WITH CHRIS.

UM, CHRIS, THAT BEING HIS FULL-TIME JOB IS MEETING WITH MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES.

UM, I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE EARLIER COMMENTS THAT WERE SHARED.

I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITIES THE, UM, THE VALUE THAT HE'S PROVIDING AND HOW THEY ENJOY THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH HIM, UM, AND TRYING TO HELP THEM AS THEY'RE LOOKING TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR AREA.

UM, NRWG, THE NATURAL RESOURCE WORKING GROUP THAT'S HERE IN OUR AREA, IT WAS REALLY KIND OF THE FOUNDING FATHER OF FOR FRY.

IT EXISTED BEFORE FOR FRY, BUT IT WAS, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE GROUP THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THINGS FORESTRY AND SO YOU HAVE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE THERE.

UM, AFTER YEARS OF OF MEETING TOGETHER, IT'S BECOME QUITE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

I REALLY VALUE AND ENJOY THAT MEETING.

BUT, AND THIS LAST ONE I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, IT WAS NEAT TO SEE AS WE'RE ALL IN THIS MEETING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT FROM THE INDUSTRY AND WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING INSIDE OF THE FOREST TO THE FOREST SERVICE SHARING WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCES, THEY'RE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE NUMBER OF HIRES.

UM, RECENTLY THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE A FEW COME BACK IN, UM, OUTSIDE OF THOSE HIRES THEY'VE SUBCONTRACTED OUT QUITE A BIT IN ORDER TO GET SOME OF THE WORK DONE.

BUT IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH 'EM HOW, LIKE YOU'LL HAVE A LOGGER THAT RECOGNIZES THAT HE HAS TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE LOGS THAT ARE COMING THERE.

AND RATHER THAN LOOKING AT MAXIMIZING HIS OWN, YOU KNOW, PROFIT SHEET, HE'S LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BOTH STAY AFLOAT AND HOW TO MAKE SURE TO FEED THEM.

AND THAT'S THE VALUE OF HAVING THAT TYPE OF COLLABORATIVE WHERE EVERYBODY SEES EACH OTHER, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THAT GROUP AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH EASTERN COUNTY'S ORGANIZATION.

UM, THAT ALSO CONTINUES, UM, TO BE A PRODUCTIVE, UH, TOOL AND A RESOURCE I BELIEVE FOR OUR COUNTY.

I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SIT ON THAT AND TO CHAIR THAT.

UM, BUT WITH THE NATURAL RESOURCE WORKING GROUP CONVERSATION WE CURRENTLY ARE IN, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE FOREFRONT PROBABLY IS GONNA GET SOME CUTS, UM, WITH FUNDING, WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED, ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO LOOK AT STRATEGICALLY, UM, WHERE THEY'RE CUTTING AND, AND HOW THEY'RE CUTTING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP TO THE CHIEF ON HOW THEY'RE DOING THAT.

UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS REPORTED BACK WAS THE RANCH RIDER PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, WITH THE MEXICAN WOLF REENTRY INTO ARIZONA, THERE'S DEPREDATIONS THERE.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THOSE SOMETIMES WILL GO AND KILL CATTLE FOR RANCHERS.

AND THERE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, UM, BY, BY INTERESTED PARTIES THAT'LL HELP COVER THE COST OF SOME OF THOSE.

BUT THERE'S RULES AROUND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO PROVE THAT IT WAS A, THERE WAS A WOLF KILL AND A LOT OF TIMES THE RANCHERS JUST AREN'T

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AND SO ECO, ALONG WITH GAME AND FISH STARTED A PROGRAM CALLED THE RANCH RIDER PROGRAM WHERE WE PAY FOR SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY GOES OUT AND DOES THAT FOR THEM.

AND SO FAR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A COUPLE YEARS, BUT EACH YEAR WE MONITOR IT TO SEE IF IT'S WORTH CONTINUING TO FUND.

AND IT'S BEEN A, A RESOURCE THAT THE RANCHERS SEEM TO REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, 'CAUSE IT HELPS THEM TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER SOME OF THEIR LOSS ON THAT.

SO, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ELSE THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SIT ON, I HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD ON.

BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.