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[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, May 14, 2024 **Amended Agenda NAVAJO COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' CHAMBERS 100 EAST CODE TALKERS DRIVE HOLBROOK, AZ 86025 One or more supervisors may attend telephonically Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(H), the public body will have physical access to the meeting place one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting. The Board may vote to meet in a closed executive session to discuss certain matters and for legal advice on any item as indicated on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3). Items on the agenda may be considered out of order at the Chairperson's discretion. A copy of the agenda background material provided to the Board, except items to be considered in the executive session, is available for public inspection at the Navajo County website, www.navajocountyaz.gov WATCH THE MEETING LIVE AT: www.navajocountyaz.gov/660 All public comments will need to be made in person or in writing. Written comments will be received by the Clerk of the Board's office twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board meeting, at melissa.buckley@navajocountyaz.gov. If further accommodation is needed, please contact the Clerk of the Board's office, at (928) 524-4053 twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board Meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. “NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before Navajo County makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Navajo County Board of Supervisors' regular meetings are recorded and may be viewed on Navajo County’s website and social media pages. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting, a recording will be made, and your child’s picture may be posted on Navajo County’s social media pages. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.” 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance ]
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY, EVERYONE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH A, UH, A PRAYER AND A PLEDGE BEFORE WE DO, SUPERVISOR PESCA IS WITH US.
HE'S WITH US VIRTUALLY THOUGH, UH, TODAY.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START US WITH THE PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON AFTER THAT.
SO, IF YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME.
OUR ETERNAL FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE GATHERED HERE TOGETHER THIS DAY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE LAND THAT WE LIVE IN, FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY AND FOR THE PEOPLE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REPRESENT AND SERVE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE HERE TODAY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
BLESS US AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE CLARITY IN MIND, TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO ITEMS THAT ARE PRESENTED, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE THE CITIZENS THAT WE REPRESENT WITHIN THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE.
BLESS US TO BE MINDFUL OF THEE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING.
BLESS US TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE ABLE TO HELP BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITIES, TO STRENGTHEN THEM, TO BE POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING, TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO UNIFY US AND TO COME TOGETHER IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE IN LIFE SPIRIT.
WATCH OVER OUR LANDS AND PROTECT THEM.
BLESS 'EM WITH MOISTURE, AND BLESS THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING AT THIS TIME, THAT NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WILL OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO SERVE THOSE THAT STAND IN NEED, THAT WE'LL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO UNITE IN OUR COMMUNITIES RATHER THAN DIVIDE AND BLESS US THAT WE'LL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER.
AND THY HOLY SPIRIT, WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF MY SON JESUS CHRIST.
I PLEDGE YOUR OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH ATION.
ALRIGHT, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
[1. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board on any relevant issue for up to 3 minutes. At the close of the call to the public, Board members may not respond to any comments but may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter or ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda.]
WE'LL GO ON TO THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS CALLED THE PUBLIC.SORRY, TRYING TO SEPARATE THESE SO I CAN GET 'EM INTO THE GROUPINGS HERE REAL QUICK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS ANSWERS.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE THE REST ON ELECTIONS.
SO HERE I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SHARE THIS REAL QUICK ONE.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTIONS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ADDRESSED.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.
AND SO WE GOT IN QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD AND THEY MADE SURE WE DID A PRESENTATION WHERE THE BOARD GOT TO TRY AND HEAR THE ANSWERS AROUND THAT.
UM, THERE WERE BELLS THAT CAME THAT DAY THAT ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK AND REPEAT WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID IN THOSE.
HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TODAY.
I'VE GOT QUITE A FEW OF 'EM THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE ASKING.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ON CALL TO THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD CAN'T RESPOND TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
SO YOU'RE COMING HERE TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE NEW INFORMATION.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE NOT ALREADY HEARD, THEN BY ALL MEANS WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IT.
OKAY? IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD WILL DISMISS YOU.
'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HEARD IT AND WE'RE ALREADY STILL IN CONVERSATION AND HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS EVEN SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WITH MANY OF YOU.
SO THE DOOR'S OPEN, WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT FORM IF WE'VE ALREADY HEARD IT HERE IN THIS FORM TO DO THAT.
NOT CALL THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YOU INSIDE OF THAT.
SO, OF THESE, I'M GONNA FIRST START WITH WHOEVER WROTE DOWN ANSWERS.
'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, IF THAT'S CALLED TO THE PUBLIC OR IF THAT'S ON ELECTIONS OR NOT.
WITH THE REST OF THEM, THE QUESTION'S GOING TO BE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SHARE WITH US? AND IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING NEW, BY ALL MEANS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU KNOW, SO I CAN READ OFF YOUR NAME.
YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SHARE OR NOT.
IF YOU DON'T, THEN BY ALL MEANS, WE'RE JUST GONNA MOVE PAST THAT ONE.
IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SHARE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS ELECTION?
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YES.AND IF IT'S NOT NEW, THEN WE'LL DISMISS YOU.
UH, I THINK I WROTE MY ADDRESS DOWN WRONG.
THE LAST, UH, THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THE PRESENTATION FOR THE MOST PART, UM, PRETTY MUCH BY THE BOOK, WHAT EXACTLY YOU WOULD THINK SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT WHAT YOU KNOW AS A REALITY, THAT'S NOT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.
THE, UM, THE 95%, 99% OF THAT MEETING WAS ABOUT DAY OF ELECTIONS.
HARDLY ANYTHING ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS, THAT IS A MESS.
UM, THERE'S JUST HOW MANY, HOW MANY? HERE'S A, HERE'S SOME QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY ARE BEING, HOW MANY BALLOTS ARE BEING PRINTED? HOW MANY ARE BEING SENT OUT? HOW MANY ARE BEING RETURNED? THESE ARE ALL THINGS NOBODY KNOWS.
AND, UH, IT APPEARS THE COUNTY KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE CO COST OF HAND COUNTING BALLOTS.
AN ESTIMATED 1.1 MILLION WAS MENTIONED DURING THE COUNTY PERSONNEL FROM THE COUNTY PERSONNEL.
IF YOU'D ASKED, WE COULD DEMONSTRATE HOW A HAND COUNT COULD HAVE OCCURRED IN 65,000 VOTERS FOR ABOUT $300,000 OR LESS.
ALSO, THE SITUATION MOHAMMED COUNTY WAS INCORRECTLY ADDRESSED IN LAST MONTH'S PRESENTATION.
MOCA MOJAVE COUNTY HAD CHOSEN TO HAND COUNT, UH, BUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHRIS MAYS AND SECRETARY OF STATE, UH, ADRIAN FONTES THREATENED CRIMINAL CHARGES AND FINES.
THE ARIZONA LEGISLATOR IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A C OF THE AG AS SHE HAS NO LEGAL STANDING TO DO SO.
SHE MISLED THE COUNTY, OR BETTER YET SCARED THEM INTO, UH, SCARED THEM WHEN THERE, THERE IS NO LEGISLATION OR LANGUAGE THAT A COUNTY CANNOT CHOOSE OR HAND COUNT.
A COUNTY HAS EVERY RIGHT TO DO THE WILL OF ITS PEOPLE.
THE STATE HAS THE, DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO IMPEDE ON THAT.
THE SAME ILLEGAL SHENANIGANS OCCURRED IN COCHISE COUNTY AS WELL.
YOU SUPERVISORS TOOK A LOYAL OATH OF OFFICE AND HAVE THE DUTY TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND WE DEMAND THAT YOU UPHOLD YOUR OATH, SIR, NEW INFORMATION.
WAS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE? YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE, SIR, WHAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION? YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THIS COUNTY'S OKAY.
AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NEW INFORMATION.
THE HOW IS IT THAT THE VOTER ROLLS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF, AND EVERY TIME I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, NOBODY KNOWS HOW OR WHY IT'S DONE BY AN OUTSIDE COMPANY, NOT EVEN STATE LEVEL.
HOW IS IT THAT EVERY COUNTY, UM, WHEN THE VOTER ROLLS GO UP AND GO DOWN EVERY COUNTY SYSTEMATICALLY ALL RISE AND SAY AT THE SAME LEVEL? THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
SO WHERE ARE THESE ANSWERS? WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR VOTER VOTER ROLLS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHERE ARE THESE ANSWERS? SO WE CAN KNOW THAT? PLEASE SET UP A TIME TO COME TALK WITH STAFF.
WE'D LOVE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
DONNA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW? I DO.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY KNEW THAT, UH, MISSOURI, UH, IN 2022, UH, CONDUCTED A HAND COUNT OF ONE OF THEIR, UH, ACTUAL COUNTIES.
AND, UM, COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STATE, WHEN THE COUNTING WAS DONE, THEY WERE 20 MINUTES BEHIND THE TABULATING MACHINES FROM OTHER COUNTIES.
AND AFTER THAT PROOF THAT THE HAND COUNT COULD BE DONE, UH, IN A TIMELY FASHION, UH, THEY ACTUALLY CREATED AND PUBLISHED A FREE, UH, I THINK IT'S 150 PAGE MANUAL FOR HAND COUNTING, WHICH THE COUNTY NAVAJO COUNTY COULD OBTAIN.
AND IN BETWEEN NOW AND THE 30TH OF JULY, WHEN THE FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION HAPPENS, UH, WE COULD TAKE THAT, UH, INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE NEWSPAPER, IS HOW ARE YOU ADVERTISING FOR POLL WORKERS? WHEN WE GO TO YOUR WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE SAYS ELECTION BOARD MEMBERS, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW TO LOOK FOR THAT WHEN THEY WANNA APPLY TO BE A POLL WORKER? NOBODY KNOWS THAT.
IT'S AN ELECTION BOARD MEMBER WHO REFERS TO THAT AS ELECTION BOARD MEMBER.
SO CAN THE COUNTY WEBSITE BE CHANGED AND MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, ON A SEARCH, FIND OUT HOW THEY CAN APPLY TO BE A POLL WORKER? ALSO, THE DROP BOXES ARE SUPPOSED TO, ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION MANUAL OF ARIZONA, BE 24 HOURS A DAY, MAN, MANNED BY TWO PEOPLE.
THAT IS IN THE ELECTION MANUAL.
BUT YET NOW WE'RE PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS BUYING CAMERAS, WHICH ONCE WE READ A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE ELECTION MANUAL, WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT THEY ACTUALLY STATE IT HAS TO BE MANUALLY WATCHED 24 HOURS A DAY.
THAT IS IN THE ELECTION MANUAL.
SO NOW THE CAMERA IDEA IS AN OBSOLETE IDEA BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAN EVERY DROPBOX IN THE COUNTY.
AND THAT WOULD BE TWO PEOPLE, ONE FROM EACH PARTY.
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SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE DROP BOXES.ALSO, 24,000 PEOPLE WHO MAILED IN BALLOTS FOR THE 2022 ELECTION, ACCORDING TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT WORKS IN THE OFFICE.
IT TAKES ONE PERSON, ONE FULL DAY TO COUNT 300 BALLOTS.
IF YOU DIVIDE THAT INTO 24,000 BALLOTS, HOW DO YOU GET THAT DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION? IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT DOABLE.
IT'S THAT WOULD IT EQUAL 80 DAYS TO COUNT, OR, SORRY, NOT COUNT, BUT CHECK, UM, UM, SIGNATURES.
SO ANYWAY, UM, WE JUST, WE NEED TO CLEAN THINGS UP.
I, I DO ASK YOU, YOU ARE OUR SERVANTS, UH, WE TALK ABOUT IN THE PLEDGE, INDIVISIBLE.
WELL, WE ARE DIVIDED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S SUCH A A HOLD BACK AND THE COUNTY SEEMS TO NOT WANNA DO WHAT WE WERE ASKING.
WE IN 2015 GOT MACHINES, BUT PREVIOUS TO THAT WE HAND COUNTED.
THERE'S A, A BACKUPS PROVISION IN THE MANUAL WHEN WE ARE ELECTION, UH, IN OUR ELECTION TRAINING.
KRISTIN HADDOCK TEACHES US THAT, THAT IF THE ELECTRICITY WERE TO GO DOWN, WE CAN DO EVERYTHING MANUALLY.
WHY DO WE NOT DO THAT? WHY DON'T WE JUST GET RID OF THE MACHINES AND DO A MANUAL COUNT? SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IF YOU'LL BE SURE TO REACH OUT TO STAFF WITH SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, THAT WE ADDRESSED.
AND THEN ONE FOR ME AND JUST MAKE UP WITH MY NOTES.
WHAT WAS THE TERM, SORRY, POLL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, ELECTION BOARD, ELECTION BOARD MEMBERS IS ON YOUR WEBSITE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE THAT NAME? WELL, WHO'S, WHO KNOWS TO CALL IT AN ELECTION BOARD? NO, I JUST NEED TO WRITE THAT DOWN.
SO NOT A POLL WORKER, BUT THANK YOU.
AND, AND I DO LIVE IN PINETOP.
ALRIGHT, SO THE WAY THAT I'M GONNA DO THIS NOW IS I'M GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL STATE WHAT'S NEW THAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU DON'T, THEN I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND HAVE A SEAT.
WE HAVE A MEETING THAT WE HAVE BUSINESS THAT WE'VE TOLD OUR CITIZENS THAT WE ARE GONNA ADDRESS TODAY AND GET THROUGH.
AND THOSE WERE AGENDIZED AS WAS APPROPRIATE.
SO MARY, UH, MARY, UH, LOOKS LIKE COOKING.
I'M NOT DOING THE YIELD THE TIME THING, BUT JUST SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, IS THAT IN THE AGENDA? IS WHAT THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YIELD TIME? IT'S NOT.
DO I HAVE TO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT I'M YIELDING TIME OR NOT YIELDING TIME.
OUR, OUR POLICY IS THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS TWO MINUTES.
THERE'S NOTHING TO GIVE TIME TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO IT'S AT THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF 'EM HERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH AND A MEETING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTEND TO THAT WAS AGENDA AND BUSINESS TO BE DONE.
SO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE AND DO YOU HAVE NEW ITEMS? NO, I WAS GOING TO YIELD MY FIVE FACILITY.
CELIA, DO YOU HAVE NEW ITEMS? I DO.
WHEN WE COME TO YOURS AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND YOURS REAL QUICK.
SO THREE MINUTES, YOU HAVE NEW ITEMS IF YOU'LL COME UP ADDRESS AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO THE, THESE ARE THE NEW ITEMS. MY NAME IS CELIA LOUGHLIN AND I LIVE AT 2169 KNIFE AND OVER GUARD.
THESE ARE THE NEW ITEMS I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS THAT MY VOTE IS DISENFRANCHISED IF IT IS CHANGED BY A MALICIOUS ACTOR AS DESCRIBED IN THE CISA 2022.
IF MY UNMONITORED BALLOT BOX IS ILLEGALLY STUFFED AS DESCRIBED AS A VULNERABILITY BY CSA AND IF OUR VOTER ROLLS EXPORT NON-CITIZENS, FELONS AND DRIVERS UNDER 18, WHICH HE SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME WE MET, SO THAT THEY ARE ALL SENT A BALLOT IN MAILIN BALLOT, THEN MY VOTE IS DISENFRANCHISED.
THAT'S A VIOLATION OF MY 14TH AMENDMENT.
AND THE NEW INFORMATION THAT I HAVE THAT I HAVE NOT BROUGHT IS THE EMAIL BETWEEN MERRICK GARLAND, HIS WIFE, AND THE, UM, LET ME GO TO THAT INFORMATION QUICKLY.
LYNN GARLAND IN THOSE EMAILS FROM MAY AND JULY OF 2015, WHERE SHE ASKED WHETHER THE ES AND S MACHINES, SHE WAS TALKING TO THE MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, WHETHER THE ES AND S MACHINES ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, SHE IS TOLD YES.
AND SEVERAL ARE INCLUDED IN THE E-S-N-S-D-S 200 TABULATOR AND WE'RE STILL USING THOSE NINE YEARS LATER.
I'M ALSO ASKING THAT IF, UM, I'M OFFERING
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A SUGGESTION.I HAVE MARK, COOK AND CLAY PAR AS IDEAS ON HOW TO EXAMINE OUR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER ADDRESS THE HAND COUNTING AND WE CAN DO IT LIVE STREAMED BY PRECINCT.
UM, THAT WOULD, AND IT WOULD BE PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.
OH, AND IF MS. RICHARDS, I KNOW THAT SHE HAD, I HAD HEARD SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THIS HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE COULD NOT DO ANOTHER ELECTION UNLESS IT IS WITH MACHINES.
THEN I WOULD ASK THAT SHE BE DISMISSED OF HER JOB AND THAT WE LOOK AT DIVERTING THE MONEY TO EXPERTS LIKE CLAY PAR OR MARK COOK.
IF YOU WOULD, I WANNA MAKE SURE AGAIN AND ADDRESS, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT.
THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO BE ABLE TO DEAL, 'CAUSE YOUR VOICE YOU NEED TO BE HEARD IS TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY.
YOU CAN CALL ANY ONE OF US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US.
YOU ALSO CAN REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND START TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO YOUR PARTY LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ONGOING MEETINGS AND CONTINUE TO MEET WITH PARTY LEADERSHIP AND ARE IN WHAT I BELIEVE ARE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE CONCERNS THAT ARE THERE.
ARE TRYING TO ACTIVELY FIND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THE LAWS OF THE LAND THAT WE HAVE ON HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THOSE THINGS.
THE FORMAT IS NOT TO COME HERE AND TO DO IT THIS WAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE.
SO, SO AGAIN, I'M JUST GIVING KIND OF HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK THE REST OF THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING NEW AND YOUR IDEA IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO COME ON THE MICROPHONE AND DO, I'M GONNA START DISMISSING QUICKER.
THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO THAT.
I'VE GOT FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, THAT HAVE THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
WE'VE GOT BUSINESS TO BE DONE.
THE NEXT THING, JACKIE ALLEN, I HAVE SOMETHING NEW.
I WAS GOING TO YIELD MY TIME TO SAY THANK YOU.
JERRY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW? I HAD SOMETHING NEW, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY BEEN COVERED BY ONE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE SPEAKING TODAY.
AND IF YOU HAVE MORE ITEMS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ONE OF US OR THE COUNTY AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.
UH, TINA, QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW? YES.
IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN TELL US WHAT NEW YOU HAVE.
MY NAME IS TINA PARHAM, 29 14 PINE ROAD OVER GUARD, ARIZONA.
I AM OUTRAGED AT THE INFLATED NUMBERS GIVEN BY MR. MA LAYTON CONCERNING HAND COUNTING.
UM, HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE UP TO EVEN MAYBE 40% ERROR IF WE HAND COUNT IT INSTEAD OF USING THE MACHINE.
IT'S BEING DONE ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH MINIMAL ERRORS AND NAVAJO COUNTY DID IT FOR DECADES WITH ABSOLUTE INSIGNIFICANT ERRORS.
UH, MANY OF HIS COMMENTS WERE ERROR AND THEY WERE NOT ADDRESSED TO US.
THEY DID NOT ANSWER ANY OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
AND WHAT'S THE NEW ITEM? I'M NOT HEARING SOMETHING NEW.
HE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SEAT.
ALRIGHT, MELINDA, THOMAS AND FOLKS, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING OF ORDER IF WE START DOING THAT.
WE'LL JUST LET YOU GO INTO THE NEXT ROOM AND BE ABLE TO WATCH FROM THERE SO WE CAN GET BUSINESS DONE.
MELINDA, YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW? YES.
MELINDA THOMAS, 85 71 BOBCAT IN SHOW LOW.
MY QUESTION MORE SO IS ABOUT THE SECURITY FOR ME IS ANY TECHNOLOGY CAN BE HACKED REGARDLESS IF BANKS CAN GET HACKED.
I THINK THESE TABULATORS OR EVEN THE POLE PADS, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THAT THE POLE PADS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.
MELINDA, ANYTHING? THIS IS A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW? ANYTHING THAT HAS TECHNOLOGY I'M ASK CAN BE HAD YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING NEW? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, I JUST WANTED THAT TO, TO GO ONTO THE RECORD.
IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR ADDRESS SCRAPES FOR YOU TO TREAT US LIKE THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS OUR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ALL YOU.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND AND HAVE HER REMOVED OUT OF THE MEETING? THANK YOU.
WE DEMAND, WE DEMAND THE VERY LEAST THAT YOU DO IS SET UP AT A BURDEN.
THE SUPREME COURT SAYS SHE CAN SEE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMOVED AS WELL? SHE WANTS TO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMOVED AS WELL? NO, BUT HEY, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M SO SORRY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE CHILDREN HERE.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS RIGHT NOW.
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REALLY THIS IS NOT HOW IT'S APPROPRIATE.SUPREME COURT SAYS SO WE HAVE A RICK, RICK BURES.
RICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING NEW? I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHITE RIVER HOLDING CENTER AND CINCO HERE IN HOLBROOK.
I LIVE AT 2 8 8 3 SILVER DOLLAR IN OB GUARD.
APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY.
AND BY THE WAY, 30 DAYS AFTER ELECTION, RECOUNT IS USELESS FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF AN ELECTION DAY BALLOT RECOUNT.
RECOUNT OF ELECTION DAY BALLOTS FROM THE DS 200 FROM WHITE RIVER VOTER CENTER AND RECOUNT AT CENTRAL HERE IN HOLBROOK.
AN ERROR REPORTED COMING FROM WHITE RIVER BOAT CENTER, ZIP DRIVE NUMBERS ALONG WITH BALLOTS NOT COUNTED ON THE DS 200, DID NOT MATCH THE RECOUNT AT CENTRAL IN HOLBROOK ZIP DRIVE COUNTED 855 BALLOTS.
THE DS 200 WENT DOWN AT THE VOTING LOCATION.
THERE WAS NO POWER RESULTING IN 145 BALLOTS NOT COUNTED BY THE DS 200.
THESE 145 BALLOTS WERE RECEIVED AT CENTRAL IN A BAG FOR RECOUNT.
THE PAPER BALLOTS CAST AT THE WHITE RIVER VOTE CENTER ON THE DS 200 AND THE 145 PLACED IN BAG SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 1000 PAPER BALLOTS CENTRAL REPORTED.
THE RECOUNT OF THE PAPER BALLOTS FROM WHITE RIVER ON 12 9 20 22 WAS 992.
THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT WAS REPORTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE 992 ON THE RECOUNT.
EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RECORDED EIGHT MISSING THE ELECTION.
EMPLOYEE OFFICIAL ASKED THE INSPECTOR WHAT HAPPENED.
AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE INSPECTOR SAID MAYBE SOME BALLOTS WERE COUNTED TWICE ON THE TABULATOR AND THEY JUST DON'T REMEMBER THIS COMMENT ON THE TABULATOR COUNTING THE BALLOTS TWICE AS INTERESTING.
REMEMBER, WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE BALLOTS THAT WERE CAST BY WALK-IN ELECTION DAY VOTERS AND THEIR BALLOTS ARE TO GO THROUGH THE TABULATOR.
EIGHT CITIZENS WHO HAVE A CIVIL RIGHT TO VOTE, COME TO THE POLLS TO CAST THEIR VOTE AND THEIR VOTE WAS TOSSED IN THE ABYSS BY A TECHNICAL HEIR.
THESE TABULATORS AND VOTING EQUIPMENT HAVE COUNTLESS VULNERABILITIES THAT CONTINUE TO TAKE AWAY OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AND VIOLATE THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION AND THE US CONSTITUTION.
THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY, IF THE ELECTION WAS HAND COUNTED IN THE FIRST PLACE AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN NONE OF THESE OPEN DOORS TO DAMAGING VULNERABILITIES, ERRORS AND GROSS OVERSIGHTS.
WE DEMAND, AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU SET UP AN EMERGENCY BACKUP AND VERIFY ALL BALLOTS AND VOTERS AND HAND COUNT ALL, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW, ALL THE ACTUAL PAPER BALLOTS AND THE VOTES ON THEM TO CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE VOTE AND THE VOTERS.
I HAVE RIGHT HERE YOUR NAME AND INFORMATION.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE SHARE THAT IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED WITH STAFF, THE INFORMATION AFTERWARDS SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
UH, THERE'S ONE IF YOU'LL COME UP TO, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE COUNCIL.
AND THE SECOND, THE COST SAVING ISSUE.
I LIVE AT 3 5 5 7 WILDFLOWER DRIVE IN HEBERT.
UH, MY JUSTIFICATION TO SPEAKING TO THE THREE NATIVE AMERICAN COUNCIL MEMBERS IS I HAVE WORKED AND LIVED ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION.
I'VE AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, I HAVE ALSO WORKED AT THE FORT MCDOWELL RESERVATION AS A FORT MCDOWELL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.
YOU THREE NATIVE AMERICANS ON THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE THE MAJORITY POWER TO DO SOMETHING ON THE RESERVATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOVEREIGN NATION STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY, IS YOU COULD ALLOW, UH, HAND COUNT BALLOTS IN YOUR PRECINCTS TO, UH, VALIDATE, UH, THE ACCURACY OF THE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS OR NOT.
THE SECOND THING, AND I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, THE SECOND THING IS THE COST SAVING MEASURE.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, COST SAVINGS, COST ACCOUNTS OF DOING HAND COUNT BALLOTS AND HAVING EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS DO THAT.
I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER, I I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS IN THIS COUNTY TO HAND COUNT BALLOTS AND NOT BE PAID.
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DO, WHY DO VOLUNTEERS HAVE TO BE PAID TO DO, UH, HAND COUNT BALLOTS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.AND THAT'S ALL THE ONES THAT I HAD.
LESLIE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ONES? CORRECT.
SO THAT'S ALL THE ONES THAT I HAVE FOR CALL OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, IT DOES ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO CRITICISM.
I JUST WILL MAKE THIS SIMPLE COMMENT.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPEN DOOR TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO, FEEL FREE TO CALL ANY ONE OF YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
FEEL FREE TO BE ABLE TO, IN THE PROPER FORMAT, REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY STAFF AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE PARTY LEADERSHIP TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
WE ARE CONTINUING AND COMMITTED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, IN THE APPROPRIATE FORMAT.
SO WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT.
WANT TO LISTEN, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, BUT APPRECIATE THOSE BEING HERE ON THAT TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON THEN FROM CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
[2. CONSENT AGENDA: These items are considered to be routine or administrative in nature and will be approved in a single motion. A Board member may request for any item to be removed from the consent agenda and considered on the regular agenda:]
AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALYSSA HAS THAT UP ON THE SCREEN AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED PREVIOUSLY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON CALL OR ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA? CHAIRMAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I WILL MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[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: ]
NOW MOVE ON THE AGENDA TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.
WE'LL NEED TO MOVE INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
WE NOW ARE IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT.
WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THE FIRST ITEM.
UM, IT'S ALSO ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM.
UM, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND AND A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION THERE? NONE.
CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.
CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENTER REGULAR SESSION.
[a. Recognition of Mogollon Division 4 - 132 lb. Wrestling State Champion Kaleb Porter and Recognition of Mogollon Boys Wrestling Team Division 4 State Champions]
WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, BORDER SUPERVISORS.WE'LL GOT ITEM FOUR, A RECOGNITION OF ION DIVISION, UH, FOUR A HUNDRED THIRTY TWO POUND WRESTLING STATE CHAMPION.
UM, CALEB, THE TIME OVER TO SUPERVISOR.
DO WE HAVE THE WRESTLERS OUT THERE? AND I'LL WEIGH OFF OF'EM AGAIN.
YOU GUYS CAN TURN AROUND AND FACE THE BOARD HERE.
IS YOUR, IS YOUR COACH HERE TODAY? I WANT TO BE THERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST, UH, TAKE A MOMENT OR TWO AND JUST KIND OF SHARE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, YOUR TEAM HERE TODAY? AND I, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND, AND RECOGNIZING THESE WONDERFUL YOUNG MEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T FARE SO HOT IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
UM, GOT, UH, WE WERE UP AGAINST MARCI WHO WAS A RENTING THREE TIME STATE CHAMPIONS AS A TEAM.
YUMA CATHOLIC WHO WAS A RENTING THREE TIME STATE RUNNERS UP.
UM, YUMA CATHOLIC'S COACH EMAILED ME NOT TOO LONG AGO AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HE CRUNCHES NUMBERS.
AND THIS WHOLE SEASON THEY WERE TALKING TO THEIR TEAM ABOUT CHASING 22 POINTS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE UP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND HE TOLD ME, AND I DON'T, I DON'T CRUNCH NUMBERS, WE JUST GO OUT AND TRY TO WRESTLE.
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PERSPECTIVE, YOU GUYS WERE CHASING, I THINK HE SAID 105 AND A HALF POINTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.AND, UH, THESE YOUNG MEN, UH, PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT, UM, WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF AND UH, UM, PUSHED EACH OTHER TO BE BETTER.
AND WE CAME OUT ON TOP BY TWO POINTS OVER, UM, YUMA CATHOLIC AND I THINK FOUR POINTS OVER MARCI.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, UH, THE BEST THING ABOUT IT'S, WE COME FROM A HIGH SCHOOL OF 165 KIDS, SO MORE OR LESS 80 KIDS, 82 AND A HALF BOYS TO CHOOSE FROM ON OUR WRESTLING TEAM AND TO COMPETE AGAINST SCHOOLS THAT HAVE UPWARDS OF 800, 850, UM, KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS, UH, IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THESE YOUNG MEN.
AND, AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT 'EM, THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO IT.
'CAUSE YOU SEE ON A LOT OF THE SHIRTS THEY HAVE THE, THE MEN ON THE MAT.
WE, WE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WATCH THE, THE, THE MOVIE THE BOYS IN THE BOAT AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
AND I THINK WE WERE A LITTLE BIT INSPIRED BY THAT, THAT HEY, IF WE CAN GET THINGS IN THE FULL SWING, WE HAVE THE KIDS IN THERE, THE THE GUYS IN THE ROOM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE THEME OF MEN ON THE MAT AND IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL, SPECIAL GROUP OF KIDS AND A LOT OF THESE KIDS ARE COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE WE'RE MISSING THREE SENIORS THAT ARE ON A SENIOR TRIP TODAY.
BUT, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE HUGE AND INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN OUR CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL.
WHEN I, UH, MET WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT, RON TINNEY TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT WHERE YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH THE MEN ON THE MAP OF GOING AND, AND WATCHING THAT MOVIE.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MOVIE, IT'S A OLYMPIC STORY OF SOME PEOPLE WHO, WHO WENT ON TO WIN THE OLYMPICS, UH, AT ROWING.
AND IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT.
WILL YOU GUYS HAVE ONE STATE CHAMPION TODAY IF IT, UH, LET'S SEE, WHO IS THAT? CALEB.
I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU BECAUSE I'M GONNA SINGLE YOU OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU, YOU ARE THE, THE ONE SINGLE STATE CHAMPION THAT THEY HAD.
BUT WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT WRESTLING IS TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS A TEAM.
AND IT TOOK ALL OF YOU GUYS TO DO THAT AS A TEAM.
AND AS YOUR COACH SAID, YOU WON BY TWO POINTS AND TO WIN BY TWO POINTS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
I THINK THERE WAS A TIME YOU GUYS WERE THINKING THAT YOU COULD DIP FIFTH OR SIXTH PLACE MAYBE AND THEN SOME THINGS HAPPENED AND YOU GUYS WERE ACTUALLY CHEERING FOR PEOPLE WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE CHEERING FOR AT SOMETIMES AND CHEERING FOR OTHER TEAMS BACK AND FORTH THAT CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GOING ON.
AND THEN WHAT WAS EXCITING IS YOU GUYS GOT BONUS POINTS.
I THINK IF YOU WRESTLE OR YOU GET PINS, YOU GET THINGS THEY ADD UP TO BONUS POINTS AND YOUR TEAM GOT 54 BONUS POINTS DURING THAT MEET.
SO IT WAS PHENOMENAL THAT EVEN IF YOU TOOK FIFTH PLACE OR SIXTH PLACE, EVERY ONE OF YOUR MATCHES CONTRIBUTED TO THE STATE CHAMPION.
IF ANY ONE OF YOU WOULD'VE MAYBE NOT GOT A PIN BUT JUST WON OR IF YOU WOULD'VE LOST BY MORE THAN YOU DID, IT WOULD'VE LOST SOME OF THOSE POINTS.
SO IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT.
AND THEN WE JUST WANNA APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT TEAM EFFORT.
SO COME UP, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THESE, UH, AWARD HERE AND JUST UH, TAKE THE GROUP PICTURE IF WE COULD OF EVERYBODY.
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD PUT SOME OF THAT FRONT ROW, LIKE RIGHT DOWN THERE? OR HOW DO YOU WANNA DO? YEAH, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT.
WANT TAKE ABOUT, ABOUT YOU GUYS? COME TO THE FRONT.
LET'S SEE IF WE'LL TAKE HALF YOU GUYS RIGHT IN FRONT, RIGHT HERE.
ONCE YOU GUYS MOVE RIGHT UP TO HERE MAYBE.
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YOU MISSING SOME OF THESE SHORT KIDS SLIDE.ALRIGHT, ALL GREAT TO SEE THEM.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE RECOGNITIONS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
[b. Presentation to Kaytlin LaDuke as the recipient of the Scholar All-America Award and the Character & Leadership All-America Award]
I WANT BITE UP REAL QUICK.UM, KAITLYN LEDUC AND OUR COACH JOE LARSON, IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME UP TO THE, COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, KIND OF A KIND OF A NEAT ORDEAL WE GET TO RECOGNIZE RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL RECOGNIZE HERE AS A BOARD SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STATE CHAMPIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU JUST BECAME A STATE CHAMPION JUST RECENTLY, ACTUALLY BOTH OF YOU GUYS AND YOUR MOM AS COACH OF THIS TRACK TEAM.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS AGAIN HERE SOON.
BUT TODAY WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, PRETTY UNIQUE AND PRETTY EXCITING.
UH, COACH LARSON, DO YOU MIND KIND OF SHARING WITH THE BOARD WHAT, UH, KAITLYN WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED WITH AS FAR AS HER AWARD? UM, SO SHE WAS, I PUT HER IN AS, UH, APPLICANT FOR AN ALL AMERICAN AWARD.
UM, AND I HAD RECEIVED A, AN EMAIL SAYING THAT SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, A CANDIDATE FOR IT AND I NEEDED TO PUT THAT IN.
AND I SAID, OKAY, I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN THAT TOO MUCH.
SO, UM, I TOOK OUT HER GPA FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE'S GOT A 4.0 THAT'S WITHOUT ALL OF HER OTHER CLASSES.
I THINK IT GOES UP INTO THE HIGHER 4.0 RANGE.
UM, AND SO I PUT HER IN AS A SCHOLAR, ALL, ALL AMERICAN, UM, ATHLETE.
AND A FEW WEEKS LATER I GOT BACK AN EMAIL AND, UM, SHE HAD RECEIVED THAT AWARD.
I ALSO PUT HER IN AS A CHARACTER AND LEADER, ALL AMERICAN.
AND I HAD TO WRITE OUT A PRETTY LONG, LENGTHY LETTER TO THEM ON THAT.
AND I HAVE RECEIVED BACK THAT SHE ALSO RECEIVED THAT ALL AMERICAN AWARD AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS VERY WELL KNOWN TO A LOT OF THE GIRLS IN THE WRESTLING COMMUNITY AROUND, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
UM, AND BEING SOMEBODY THAT THEY ENJOY HAVING AROUND.
AND UM, SO SHE RECEIVED THOSE TWO AWARDS AND I WAS, I WAS NOT, I I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GONNA WORK OR NOT, I DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT UH, WITH WHAT I APPLIED WITH, I FELT LIKE IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH AND, UM, THEY SENT IT BACK AND SHE RECEIVED BOTH OF THOSE AWARDS.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND KIND OF SHARING WITH THE GROUP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO HEAR SOMETIMES FROM OUR, SOME FROM SOME OF OUR AWARD WINNERS IS JUST TELL US WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO, TO BECOME EXCELLENT IN YOUR AREA? WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE OTHERS? DO YOU MIND KIND OF SHARING THAT WITH US? IN WRESTLING? IN WRESTLING OR IN LIFE? YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SO HAPPY TO HEAR WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SHARE.
COULD YOU STAND AT THE MIC? YES.
UM, WELL OBVIOUSLY JUST PUT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME INTO IT.
I THINK ONE THING WITH MY SCHEDULE IS I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME EVER.
I'M ALWAYS KINDA WORKING ON SOMETHING.
JUST DEDICATING YOUR TIME IS THE MOST YOU CAN DO TO GET GOOD AT OR EXCEL IN SOMETHING.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, I, I KNOW CAITLYN AND HER FAMILY PERSONALLY AND SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEING.
NOT SURPRISED THAT SHE GOT CHAR OR CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP ALL AMERICAN AT ALL.
SHE EXCELS IN MOST EVERYTHING SHE TENDS TO BE A PART OF.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HER FAMILY DOES.
AND IF YOU PROBABLY NOTICED, SHE'S PRETTY HUMBLE ABOUT HOW SHE RECEIVED A REWARD.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
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REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US.UM, IF WE ALL COULD, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS, I, I HAVE A MEDAL FOR YOU HERE THAT I'M GONNA GIVE TO YOU IF YOU WANNA COME UP HERE AND GET IT.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A FEW RECIPIENTS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALS, WE WILL ASK YOU TO, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU, WE'LL ASK YOU TO STAY AND THEN WE'RE GONNA A PICTURE WITH THE REST OF YOU GUYS ALL APPEAR TOGETHER AT THE, AT TOWARD.
AND THAT'LL JUST BE IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
I WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[c. Recognition of Snowflake Division 3 - 138 lb. Wrestling Champion Troy Kinlicheenie and 215 lb. Wrestling State Champion Devin Kinlicheenie]
ON THE AGENDA IS RECOGNITION OF SNOWFLAKE DIVISION 338 POUND WRESTLING CHAMPION, TROY NEY AND 215 POUND REPEAT STATE CHAMPION WRESTLER, DEVIN NEY.AND COACH, YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL.
COACH DAD, I KNOW YOU RESPOND TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT ONES.
BROTHERS HERE WHO ALSO WAS A STATE CHAMPION AND NOW IS WRESTLING IN COLLEGE.
SO GOOD TO SEE HIM COACH IN YOUR CAPACITY AS COACH.
DO YOU MIND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE TEAM THIS YEAR AND WHAT THESE TWO BOYS, UH, THEM, WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN WE'LL ALLOW THEM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT EXCELLENCE LOOKS LIKE TOO? I THINK INDIVIDUAL, I THINK CAME FROM JUST HARD WORK.
THE HARD WORK ETHIC THAT THESE TWO BOYS HAVE IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO, UM, I MEAN I SEE IT EVERY DAY AND IT'S, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW HARD HOW HARD THEY CAN PUSH IN THE ROOM.
AND THEY'RE, ALL THEY'RE DOING IS GETTING BETTER, BETTER, BETTER, BETTER EVERY DAY.
AND, AND JUST LIKE LIFE, I MEAN, WE GET SETBACKS.
TROY GETS HURT, HE'S STILL IN THE ROOM, HE IS STILL WATCHING, HE'S HELPING THE OTHER KIDS GET BETTER.
DEVIN'S THE SAME WAY DEVIN GETS HURT, HE'LL SIT OUT AND WORK WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS.
AND THE TEAM WE HAVE THERE IS JUST, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM.
IT'S, WE KEEP PUSHING THAT WRESTLING'S NOT IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, WRESTLING'S NOT AS HIGH AS LIKE IOWA, PENNSYLVANIA, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE COMING UP IN SOME OF THE STATE CHAMPS THAT WE HAVE ARE COMPETING AT NATIONAL LEVELS AND WINNING AT NATIONAL LEVELS.
SO, BUT TELLING THE KIDS HERE IN S OR IN SNOWFLAKE IS LIKE, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO COMPETE, YOU GOTTA PUT IN THE TIME TO WORK.
AND A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE COMING IN NOW AND WE GET SEVEN TO EIGHT GUYS A NIGHT TO COME PRACTICE WITH US.
AND, BUT IT WRESTLING'S ALL ABOUT WORK.
THERE'S NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SUMMER OFF AND COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR THINKING I'M GONNA BE A STATE CHAMP.
IT DON'T
SO, AND THESE TWO WITH THEIR BROTHER, THEY'RE SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING KIDS I KNOW.
AND I KNOW 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE MY KIDS.
SO, BUT IT'S, IT IS, IT'S A JOY TO BE PART OF IT AND IT'S, I CAN'T, THERE'S NO, BEING A PROUD DAD DOESN'T EVEN MEAN IT'S NOT ENOUGH
TROY, DO YOU MIND FIRST SHARING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHAMPION? SHARE WITH THE REST OF US, WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN DEVIN, IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH US AS WELL.
UH, IT MEANS A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING A STATE CHAMPION.
IT'S ABOUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
LIKE PUTTING FAITH INTO OTHER THINGS AND NOT JUST WRESTLING AND LIKE, LIKE SEEING, SEEING THINGS IN A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND LIKE KNOWING HOW, LIKE WHAT IT TAKES JUST TO GET SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD WANT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT THE STATE CHAMP, IT'S 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS OUT THERE THAN BEING A STATE CHAMP.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HAVE, BUT IT'S NOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED LIKE FOR WRESTLING.
'CAUSE WRESTLING TEACHES YOU MORE THAN JUST, JUST HOW TO WORK HARD.
LIKE IT SHOWED YOU, SHOWS YOU WHO, WHO REALLY WORKS HARD AND WHO DOESN'T.
AND LIKE WHO'S THERE AND WHO'S THERE WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING, WHO'S NOT.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS EVAN.
LIKE, LIKE BEFORE THIS YEAR I THOUGHT LIKE WRESTLING MEANT EVERYTHING, BUT LIKE A FEW THINGS HAPPEN.
IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
SEE LIKE AFTER STATE HUGGING MY DAD, THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS EVER.
UH, GETTING TO NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY PASSING HIM.
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UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE WORLD TO ME ANYMORE.BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT LIKE, WE LIKE TO DO.
IT'S NOT EVERY, IT'S NOT ALL WE KNOW.
I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BRING IT TO YOU HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
AND I'VE GOT TWO MEDALS HERE FOR YOU JUST TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
BUT I WANT TO, TO CAITLIN AND TO, TO, YOU BOTH HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME ATHLETES LAST NIGHT AND I RECOGNIZED A FEW YEARS AGO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS MATTER AND THEY DO THAT, THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WORTH HIGHLIGHTING.
BUT I REALLY ADMIRE WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING YOU BOTH SAY, WHICH IS IT MATTERS, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR WHY.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ESPECIALLY A YOUNG ATHLETE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS PART OF YOUR PATH AND THAT HELPS YOU AS YOU'RE MOVING DOWN IT.
THIS IS NOT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE IN LIFE TO ATTAIN.
THERE'S COMMUNITIES TO BUILD, THERE'S PEOPLE TO UNITE.
THERE'S FAMILIES THAT YOU'LL BRING TOGETHER, THE REST OF YOUR LIFE'S IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU'RE JUST GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START AND IT'LL FALL UPON YOU TO LIFT OTHERS.
I WATCHED YOU DEVON THIS YEAR FROM A DISTANCE.
I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOU CLOSELY, BUT MY EXPERIENCE OF YOU WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST RELAYED LAST YEAR, UM, AS A FRESHMAN, YOU WON STATE AND YOU WERE FOCUSED ON THAT.
THIS YEAR I'VE WATCHED YOU ACT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PART OF A LEADER AND TRYING TO RALLY THOSE AROUND.
YOU WATCHED YOUR BROTHER DO THAT AS WELL, BUT TRYING TO ELEVATE YOUR TEAMMATES AND MAKE THEM BETTER, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT.
THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED WITH KAITLYN AS WELL IS HOW SHE'S, HOW SHE'S A LEADER AND ELEVATES THOSE AROUND HER.
YOU'VE PROVEN YOU CAN WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NOW.
GO OUT AND PROVE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WIN IN LIFE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA DO PICTURES HERE IN A SECOND.
WE HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU ALL COME UP FOR PICTURES.
I HAVE THESE FOR YOU IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME GET THESE.
DO YOU, DO YOU BOTH OF YOU CONTINUE YOUR DEBT
WE'LL COME AHEAD AND THEN HE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? NO.
[d. Recognition of Monument Valley Division 4 - 126 lb. Wrestling State Champion Joseph Rodriguez]
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND TURN THE TIME OVER TO VICE CHAIR PENAL.UH, THANK YOU CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS FOR THIS TIME.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, MR. YOUNG, MR. UH, RODRIGUEZ JOSEPH, UM, DID NOT ARRIVE TODAY OR IS HE HERE? OH, HERE HE IS.
I KNOW, UM, WRESTLING IS A PHY PHYSICAL AND A MENTAL, UM, SPORT.
AND COMING FROM THE REMOTE AREA OF, UM, KAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONUMENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, TO BE SPECIFIC, I'M REALLY, UM, PROUD OF YOU.
YOU HAVE OVERCOME A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND, UM, THIS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UM, NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF, BUT UM, FOR YOUR TEAM AS, UM, KETA, UM, BON VALLEY MUSTANG WRESTLERS.
AND I, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO OVERCOME ALL THESE OBSTACLES AND, UM, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AND I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS AND THAT YOU'LL HAVE, UH, LEADERSHIP SKILLS AS YOU MOVE ALONG, UM, AS YOU GRADUATE FROM, UM, MONUMENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND.
I'M SURE YOU'RE MISSING A GRADUATION PRACTICE TODAY, HOWEVER, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF YOU ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MYSELF THAT, UM, YOU HAVE MADE THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND I DO HAVE A MEDAL WITH YOU AND FOR YOU HERE.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAME WITH ANYBODY ELSE, YOUR COACH? UH, NO, THAT'S JUST MY COUSIN.
AT LEAST YOU HAVE COMPANY COMING OUT HERE.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, SHARE ANYTHING WITH US? UH, YEAH.
UH, SO WITH BEING THE ONLY, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN, WELL THESE TWO OF COURSE THE NAVAJO STUDENT, I'M VERY PROUD OF 'EM.
AND THAT JUST SHOWS THE RESILIENCE THAT OUR CULTURE HAS.
AND I THINK I REALLY PUT THE NAVAJO NATION ON THE MAP AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVING BACK TO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE
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WHERE I LIVE IS WHERE WE HAVE LIKE LITTLE WHERE THE WRESTLING CLUB STARTED AND THAT KIND OF VENTURED OUT TO GANADO AND ALL THE PARTS.SO I JUST REALLY WANNA LIKE, GIVE BACK TO THE YOUTH AND ESPECIALLY MY COMMUNITY.
SO I'VE BEEN HELPING MY SIBLINGS, UH, WITH COACHING AND MY WRESTLING CLUB.
AND I FEEL LIKE WRESTLING COULD REALLY TEACH YOU LIFE LESSONS AND NOT JUST THE SPORT ITSELF.
AND IT'S ALL AROUND JUST A HUMBLING SPORT IN MY OPINION.
I CONGRATULATE YOU JOSEPH ROCK SOUTH INTO UNIFIED SCHOOL INTERNSHIP MONTE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S A LONG DRIVE THAT YOU COME OUT 'CAUSE I DRIVE OUT FROM THERE AS WELL TO COME TO MY BOARD MEETINGS.
I DROVE FROM OUT THERE THIS MORNING.
AND CONGRATULATIONS AND YOUR CHEER AHEAD, SUPERVISOR WHITE.
TRY NOT TO CRY, BUT I AM CRYING.
UM, I'M SO IMPRESSED BY YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO NOT ONLY YOUR SPORT, BUT TO YOUR FAMILY, TO YOUR FRIENDS, TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS, IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS SUCH HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE A GREAT LOVE OF THEIR FAMILY.
AND I COULD HEAR ALL OF THOSE VOICES AND THANK YOU FOR THE YOUNG MEN BACK THERE WHO, WHO DEMONSTRATED OR SHARED THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING A CHAMPION, THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT AND THAT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED, UM, WILL BE A DRIVING FORCE IN YOUR LIFE.
I USED TO SIT UP HERE WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS NAMED STEVE WILLIAMS AND STEVE, UM, HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR MANY YEARS.
HE WAS A STATE PRESIDENT FOR SCHOLA WARD, UM, OR THE SCHOLA COMMUNITY.
AND HE WAS SELECTED AS A JUDGE FROM GOVERNOR DUCEY AND SERVES AS A ARIZONA JUDGE CURRENTLY.
AND I SHARE THAT BECAUSE THE QUESTION THAT HE ALWAYS ASKED AS A WRESTLER AND WHEN WRESTLERS CAME IN WERE, WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT YOU'LL APPLY TO LIFE? AND ALL OF YOU HAVE SHARED SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL APPLY TO LIFE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GIFT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS BECAUSE THAT INSPIRES ME AND THAT INSPIRES THE WORK THAT I DO AND THE WORK OF, UM, SERVING YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY WITH YOU AND BEING ABLE TO BE WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF NAVAJO COUNTY.
I TRULY AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT GIFT.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE COACHES, EVERY FAMILY MEMBER, EVERY MOM AND DAD WHO TOOK YOU, UM, TO YOUR PRACTICE, TO EVERY FAMILY MEMBER WHO DEDICATED TIME TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS WHO STAYED LATE TO HELP YOU.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO INVESTED TIME IN YOUR SUCCESS AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR TIME.
UM, AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE.
I'M SO, UM, SO PROUD OF YOU AND SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE GIFT TODAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE INVITE HIM UP? NO.
IF YOU CAN COME UP, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL UP HERE.
CAN YOU SEE IF CALEB IS STILL THERE? CALEB PORTER FROM MIKE, SIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF CALEB IS OR NOT.
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SORRY SIR.WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO SCHOOL.
THEY'RE PROBABLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
[e. Consideration of Application for Permanent Extension of Premises/Patio for Red Onion Bar & Grill, located in Overgaard, AZ]
ITEM, UH, E CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION OF, UH, PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PREMISE PATIO.LORETTA ONION BAR AND GRILL, LOCATED IN OVER GUARD, ARIZONA.
MELISSA, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN.
SUPERVISORS, WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PREMISES PATIO FOR RED ONION BAR AND GRILL, LOCATED IN OVER GUARD ARIZONA.
AMY NATIONS WAS THE ONE THAT SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.
I BELIEVE SHE IS LISTENING ONLINE, BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
UM, WE HAD ALL THE OFFICES, DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND APPROVED THE SUBMITTAL OF THE APPLICATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY.
IF NO QUESTIONS, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENSION, UH, FOR RED ONION BAR AND GRILL, LOCATED IN RE REGARD ARIZONA.
SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
[f. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Franchise Agreement with Cactus State Utility Operating Company LLC, for the provision of water services. ]
WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM F, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH CACTUS STATE UTILITY OPERATING COMPANY LLC FOR PROVISIONS OF WATER SERVICES.UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, REALLY NICE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO, UH, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM TO CONSIDER, UH, GRANTING A FRANCHISE, UH, AGREEMENT TO, UH, CANYON STATE UTILITY COMPANY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, PREVIOUSLY WAS A FRANCHISE THAT WAS HELD, UH, BY HIGH COUNTRY PINES WATER COMPANY, UH, OVER IN, UH, NEAR, UH, UH, HEBREW OVERGUARD.
UM, AND BASICALLY, UM, UH, WHAT HAPPENED WAS, UH, CANYON STATE PURCHASED, UH, ALL OF, UH, UH, HIGH COUNTRY PINES WATER COMPANY'S, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION.
UM, IT TURNED OUT WHEN WE RESEARCHED THE MATTER THAT, UH, UH, HIGH COUNTRY PINES IS, UH, OWN FRANCHISE AGREEMENT HAD EXPIRED LIKE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE, THIS ISN'T A RENEWAL, IT'S, IT'S ONE THAT'S ENTIRELY NEW.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, FOLLOWED THE STATUTORY PROCEDURE FOR PROVIDING, UH, NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, UH, UNDER A RS 42 83.
UM, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, TO, UH, UH, GRANTING THE FRANCHISE.
IT IS A 25 YEAR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL WITH THESE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU DID, I BELIEVE, RECEIVE SOME, UH, CORRESPONDENCE FROM, UH, FRED KRA, UH, FROM UH, CANYON STATE, UH, TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE WATER COMPANY AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT THEY DO.
UM, AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT, UH, UH, OTHER THAN THAT WE JUST, UH, ASK FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT ISN'T GONNA BE PRESENT TODAY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
WITH THE BOARD, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST BEFORE WE COME BACK.
SO WE'LL GO, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME ON THIS? OKAY.
WE'LL, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME TO THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF IT THERE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR HAVE QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE ITEM PRESENTED? I SHERIFF, I COULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT, UH, REACHING OUT TO US WITH A LETTER JUST INFORMING US THAT HE
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WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT ENCOURAGING, UH, AND GIVING HIS COMMITMENT THAT HE'LL DO THE BEST THAT HE CAN.AND I APPRECIATE HIM AT LEAST TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT, BUT THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO.
HEARING NONE, CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH CACTUS STATE UTILITY OPERATING LLC FOR THE PROVISIONS OF WATER SERVICE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[a. Presentation to Joel Johnston on his retirement after 23+ years of service to Navajo County]
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.ITEM FIVE, A PRESENTATION OF JOEL JOHNSTON ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE IN
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE TO NAVAJO COUNTY.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES AFTER PUTTING IN SO MUCH TIME TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF NAVAJO COUNTY.
SO THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS, IS JOEL JOHNSTON.
JOEL HAS BEEN WITH NAVAJO COUNTY FOR OVER 23 YEARS.
UM, AS FAR I I'VE BEEN WITH NAVAJO COUNTY FOR ABOUT 12, AND, AND JOEL'S BEEN WITH FACILITIES THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE TIME.
AND HE'S BEEN THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND JUST HAS BEEN DOING SUCH A SOLID JOB, UH, STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND AND GETTING THINGS DONE.
UM, HE, HE'S A HARD WORKER, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND HE'S GOT A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR.
SO, UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY WANNA RECOGNIZE HIM.
AND, AND BRETT, IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
JOEL CAME TO US AS A YOUNG PUP.
JOEL HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
HE'S, UM, PRETTY MUCH LED DAY TO DAY AND HE ACTUALLY DID OUR, ALL OF OUR WATER WORKS, SO HE DOES ALL THE TESTING OUR WELLS.
UM, AND HE'S, HE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OVER THE YEARS AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING HIM THERE AND HE'S HARD TO REPLACE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? COMMENTS TO, UH, UH, I DO APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR NAVAJO COUNTY FOR SO MANY YEARS.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF CHOICE UP HERE.
UM, PROBABLY THOUGH THE MAIN REASON I'M MAYBE TAKING OFF A LITTLE SOONER THAN I COULD HAVE IS I AM TIRED DRIVING OVER A HUNDRED MILES A DAY FROM MY HOME.
SO, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA MISS THE GUYS AND I'M GONNA MISS DOING THE WORK AND, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, THE COUNTY AND THE BOARD'S DONE FOR ME.
ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE? UM, JUST CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND ENJOY THE RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
SO YOU GOT A NEW BOSS YOU'RE SETTING BY AC
[b. Presentation to Mark Searls on his retirement after 12+ years of service to Navajo County]
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ITEM, UM, B PRESENTATION TO MARK SEARLES ON RETIREMENT AFTER 12 YEARS OF SERVICENOW COUNTY YARD.MARK, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP.
MARK SLES, UH, HAS BEEN WITH NAVAJO COUNTY FOR OVER 12 YEARS.
AND MARK, YOU'VE WORKED IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY.
I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED IN PROBATION.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY IN FACILITIES, UH, MARK HAS BEEN OUR LEAD CUSTODIAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND AGAIN, SAME, SAME WITH WITH JOEL.
HE IS JUST BEEN A STEADY FORCE, UH, KEEPING EVERYTHING CLEAN FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND JUST DOING A GREAT JOB.
ALSO, NOTICE THAT MARK IS A GREAT HARD
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WORKER.HE'S VERY KIND AND VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL, AND HE'S JUST A, A GREAT, GREAT GUY.
BRETT, YOU GOT A FEW THINGS TO SAY TOO.
UM, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED WHEN HE PUT IN FOR THE JOB 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM PROBATION, BUT HE SAID HE JUST WANTED A DAY TO DAY, SAME OLD, SAME OLD, AND HE CAME IN AND HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF LEADING THAT TEAM AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIM.
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UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS AND I WAS GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH FACILITY AT THE END OF IT BECAUSE LIKE BRETT SAID, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE DAY-TO-DAY TYPE THING, AND IT WAS EASIER ON ME, ON MY BODY AND GETTING THINGS DONE.
PROBATION AS A YOUNG MAN CAME ON, NOT MY AGE.
SO, UH, I DO APPRECIATE I'LL MISS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH DIRECTLY.
SO, UH, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CONGRATULATIONS.
I'LL SAY, UH, UM, AHEAD, VICE CHAIR.
UH, UM, THANK YOU CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK THAT BOTH OF YOU THANK YOU FOR, UM, BEING PART OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY TEAM AND REALLY APPRECIATE MARK BECAUSE, UM, KEEPING THINGS CLEAN IS NOT AN EASY JOB.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, HOW MUCH YOU DO AND EVERY, ALL PART OF YOUR TEAM THAT KEEP THINGS CLEAN.
UM, I SEE THAT, UM, COMING TO, TO THIS BUILDING, THESE BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE KEPT CLEAN.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND, UM, WE SEE HOW WELL YOU DO YOUR JOB AS WELL AS THE OTHERS WHO WORK WITH YOU.
AND I WANT TO JUST SAY TO BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU SINCERELY.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY.
AND THE ONE THING THAT SEEMS TO ALWAYS STAND OUT TO ME IS KIND OF THE HEART OF WHERE ALL OF YOU ARE.
THE TRUTH IS, NOBODY'S PERFECT, BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE OUR PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRIVING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN AND SERVE AND HELP, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE WITH AND THE CITIZENS THAT THEY SERVE.
AND THAT'S SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT BOTH OF YOU IN YOUR SERVICE.
UM, AND YOU LEAVE THAT LEGACY BEHIND AND FOR THOSE TO TRY TO LIVE UP TO THAT STANDARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT YOU PLAYED INSIDE OF WHERE YOU ACTED AND, AND WORKED.
AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN THIS NEXT PHASE OF LIFE.
SO, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON THEN.
[a. Consideration and approval of a Proclamation, proclaiming May 12 through May 18, 2024, as "National Police Week" in Navajo County, Arizona.]
ON TO ITEM SIX, SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MAY 12TH THROUGH MAY 18TH IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN NAVAJO COUNTY.HEY, HOW ARE YOU? I'M WELL, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO COME TO YOU.
AS THE SHERIFF SAID EARLIER IN THE MONTH ABOUT THE, UH, PROCLAMATIONS MAY SEEMS TO BE PROCLAMATION MONTH, UH, THIS WEEK, UH, OR THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
UH, 1962, PRESIDENT KENNEDY PROCLAIMED MAY 15TH IS NATIONAL PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY AND THE CALENDAR WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
AND WHEREAS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS, THE DUTIES, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY, PROTECTING THEM AGAINST VIOLENCE OR DISORDER, AND PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AGAINST DECEPTION AND THE WEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION OR INTIMIDATION.
AND WHEREAS OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS GROWN TO BE A MODERN AND SCIENTIFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WHICH UNCEASINGLY PROVIDES A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE, I'M GONNA ASK THAT THE MA THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, PROCLAIM THE, THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH OF THROUGH MAY 18TH, 2024
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AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEP OUR COUNTY AND CITIZENS SAFE EACH AND EVERY DAY.AND IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION, ASK FOR THAT RECOGNITION.
UH, HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, YOU'RE, YOU HAVE 60, UH, SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT SERVE THIS COUNTY EACH AND EVERY DAY, ALL 10,000 SQUARE MILES OF IT.
UH, IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB, IT'S A TAXING JOB.
UH, IT'S 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND, UH, IT'S AGAIN, WITH GREAT PRIDE BILL TO COME UP HERE AND, AND, AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN TO SERVE AT THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, AND I JUST ASK THAT, THAT YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER THIS PROCLAMATION AT THIS TIME.
I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO.
I JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
UH, EVERYBODY'S SERVICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY DO.
UH, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS SAD THE CHANGES OF OUR TIME, UH, THAT WE REC DON'T RECOGNIZE FULLY HOW MUCH YOU GUYS PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE, YOUR RISK ON THE LINE, THE UNAPPRECIATION THAT COMES FROM A PART OF THE PUBLIC.
BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL AS EVERY PEACE OFFICER.
I THINK WE'RE COMING UP ON CLOSE TO OUR YEAR OF, UH, THE PEACE OFFICER OFFICER MEMORIAL THAT WE PUT UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND JUST REMEMBERING, UH, THAT WE GOT THROUGH THIS YEAR WITHOUT ADDING A NAME TO THAT WALL.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL IN, IN NAVAJO COUNTY AS WELL TOO.
AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE, THAT SERVICE, APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIRMAN, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, THANK YOU.
I EX EXPRESSED MY GRATITUDE TO YOU AND ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVE WITH YOU AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, NOT ONLY TO, UM, OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT I THINK OF THE YOUNG CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES AND EVERYONE WHO RELIES ON YOU.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THAT YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN WORKING TOGETHER THAT WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, THAT YOU ARE QUICK, UM, TO RESPOND AND ENSURING THAT THERE IS A COLLECTIVE, UM, UH, A PARTNERSHIP THAT IS VALUABLE, UM, THAT HONORS AND RESPECTS THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO VISIT ON, UH, AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN, UM, PINETOP RECENTLY WHERE THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS FIRING.
UM, AND HOW, UM, FROM ME, FROM A PERSON WHO'S LOOKING, UM, THAT'S NOT MY JOB.
UM, AND THE FEAR LENS THAT COMES ON AND THINKING ABOUT THE TRAUMATIC EVENT, UM, THAT THAT COULD CAUSE AND FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO CONTINUALLY PUT THEMSELVES IN THAT SPACE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, MY HATS OFF AND GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU WHO DECIDE AND DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU SUPERVISOR, YOUR HONOR.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS AND I DO, UM, APPRECIATE YOU ALL AS WELL AS ALL FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDE, WHICH INCLUDES THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND AS WELL AS THE, UH, ALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES AND OUT IN THE REMOTE AREAS AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PROTECTION YOU PROVIDE US EVERY DAY, UM, IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE.
AND, UM, YOUR PRESENCE IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED WHEREVER YOU ALL GO.
UH, CHIEF, YOU'LL BE SURE TO RELAY TO THE SHERIFF AS WELL AS THE REST OF YOUR TEAM.
UM, THIS ONE FOR ME IS EASY, BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO.
RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT EASY, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
I HOPE THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE, THOUGH, IN NAVAJO COUNTY IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY DO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU REPRESENT, WHAT YOU STAND FOR, AND HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB.
UM, WITH THAT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
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YEAH, SURE.DO YOU WANNA DO IT UP HERE? THANK YOU.
YEAH, YOU'RE PART OF THE TEAM.
[a. Consideration of award of Contract #B24-03-011 Supplying and Delivering Liquid Asphalt Products to Hawker & Evan Asphalt Company Inc., and Cactus Asphalt, Inc.]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC WORKS.ITEM SEVEN, A CONSIDERATION AWARD OF CONTRACT B 24 DASH ZERO THREE DASH OR DASH 0 1 1.
SUPPLYING AND DELIVERY AND LIQUID ASPHALT PRODUCTS AT THE HAWKER AND EVAN ASPHALT COMPANY IN CACTUS ASPHALT BEAM.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE SHARON SUPERVISOR.
THIS ANNUAL CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE ASPHALTIC CONCRETE BINDERS, UH, FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS ENGAGED IN REGARDING PAYMENT PRESERVATION.
THE WAY CONTRACT WAS SET UP WAS TO SELECT UP TO TWO BIDDERS BECAUSE THIS GIVES US FLEXIBILITY AND SOME OPTIONS.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, SO IT'S IT'S COMMON, UH, TO DO THAT.
UH, ON APRIL 11TH, UH, BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND BIDS WERE OPEN, UH, IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES, ONLY TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED.
UH, AND THE DETAILS OF THE BIDS AND ALL THAT, THE INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.
UH, AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AWARD OF THE CONTRACT, UH, TO HAWKER AND EVANS AS FORT COMPANY AND CACTUS ASPHALT INC.
AND STAFF, UH, STAFF, OR, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MANNY ON THE ITEM PRESENTED? NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CHAIRMAN, I, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY AND NONE.
[b. Consideration of Attachment C to The Navajo Nation Intergovernmental Agreement for assistance with roadway maintenance materials for the N8065 Road Maintenance Project.]
B, CONSIDERATION OF ATTACHMENT C TO THE NAVAJO NATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ROADWAY MAINTENANCE MATERIALS FOR THE N 8 0 65 ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT.MANY GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.
IN COORDINATION WITH NAI REQUESTED NAVAJO COUNTY FOR ASSISTANCE FOR ROADWAY MAINTENANCE MATERIAL FOR THEIR N 80 65 ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
UM, THEN 80 65 IS AN UNPAVED ROADWAY, WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO BLACK MAA CHAPTER, HOUSE BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER RESIDENTS LIVING IN AND AROUND, UH, FOREST LAKE.
UH, CHAPTER, UM, THE WORK UNDER THIS PROJECT, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS TO PLACE AGGREGATE BASE, UH, GRAVEL MATERIAL FOR ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.
UM, THE FUNDS FROM THIS FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT, THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMING FROM DISTRICT ONE FUND, UH, I MEAN DISTRICT ONE, HER FUNDS.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR, UH, THE COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ACCORDING TO OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY.
UH, THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, UH, THE LOCATION AND EVERYTHING, UM, THE RESOLUTION FROM THE FOREST LAKE CHAPTER, ALL THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.
AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
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FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.UM, I, I SEE I'M SEEING WHAT I'M READING UP THERE, WHICH IS NOT ON, ON MY, UM, AGENDA HERE.
UM, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PURCHASED FOR THIS ROAD, UM, SEGMENT.
AND IS THAT INCLUDED OR IS THAT RIGHT NOW WHERE, THE WAY NDOT HAS COMMUNICATED TO US THE WORK THAT THEY WILL BE DOING, UHHUH IS ONLY GRA GRAVEL PLACEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, TASK AGREEMENT OR ATTACHMENT IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK.
I THINK, UH, BETWEEN NDOT AND BI, THEY WILL DECIDE WHAT WILL WORK WILL BE DONE, AND THAT CAN BE CAPTURED LATER ON.
BUT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEMO THAT'S PART OF THIS, UH, PACKET, THAT'S THE WORK THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING RIGHT NOW, GRAVEL PLACEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, JARED, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I WILL, UM, MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[1. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 17-2024, approving/denying a text amendment to Article 20, Section 2001 and Article 25, Section 2518 of the Navajo County Zoning Ordinance, regarding Institutional Residences and other Group Homes which do not qualify as Group Homes for the Disabled. ]
ONE ITEM C, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF CIVIL ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 17 DASH 2024 APPROVING OR DENYING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 20, SECTION 2001, ARTICLE 25, SECTION 25 18 OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCES AND OTHER GROUP HOMES WHICH DO NOT QUALIFY AS GROUP HOMES FOR THE DISABLED.ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
UH, LATE LAST YEAR, STAFF WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GROUP HOME POLICIES WITHIN THE NAVAJO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE AND SEE IF ANY UPDATES WERE NECESSARY TO THIS.
UM, SINCE THAT TIME, STAFF HAS INVESTIGATED, DONE SOME RESEARCH, AND TODAY WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE THROUGH OUR RESEARCH.
UM, SO THIS IS FOR GROUP HOMES THAT WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS GROUP HOMES FOR THE DISABLED STAFF IS NOT TOUCHING THAT AT ALL.
WE'RE JUST BREAKING IT OUT IN IT INTO ITS OWN SECTION UNDER GROUP HOMES IN THE SAME FORMAT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
UM, THE INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCE IS ANOTHER GROUP.
HOMES IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOUTHFUL, SO IF I'M JUST REFERRING TO IT AS GROUP HOMES FOR THE SAKE, UM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE, THE REFERENCE HERE.
SO STAFF HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND NOTED AREAS WHERE WE BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME UPDATES TO THESE.
UH, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STRONGLY BASED ON THESE TYPES OF STANDARDS, BUT WE WANTED TO CREATE, UM, SOMETHING CLEAR AND CONCRETE SO THE PUBLIC AND THE DEVELOPERS COMING IN WISHING TO MAKE THESE FACILITIES FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S EXPECTED OF STAFF IN THE COUNTY FOR THESE TYPES OF GROUP HOMES.
SO THE, THE NEW SECTION FOR THESE GROUP HOMES DOES NOTE THAT SPECIAL USE PERMITS WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED AS ARE CURRENTLY REQUIRED, UM, BUT ONLY WOULD BE ENTERTAINED WITHIN THE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS R TWO AND R THREE, AND THE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS ANOTHER FORM OF, UH, MULTIFAMILY AS WELL.
WITHIN THIS STAFF RECOMMENDED ADDING SOME PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE GROUP HOMES.
WITH THAT, IT WOULD BE A 1200 FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN ANY OF THE GROUP HOMES, SO YOU DON'T END UP WITH NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THESE, UH, CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS ON THESE SO THAT THERE'S SOME SPACING ADEQUATELY A 1200 FOOT SEPARATION FROM ANY RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR CHILDCARE FACILITIES, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR A FACILITY OF THIS NATURE.
UM, THOSE PREVIOUSLY NOTED ZONING DISTRICTS, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS AS WELL.
UM, DHS ALLOWS UP TO TWO BEDS PER BEDROOM WITHIN THESE FACILITIES.
WHEN LOOKING AT MULTIFAMILY, UH, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT KEEPING THOSE AS MORE RESIDENTIAL AND BLENDING IF THEY WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
UH, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT ONLY BE UP TO ONE RESIDENT PER BEDROOM, UH, SO THAT IT FITS MORE WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.
AND THEN FOR THAT COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AS THOSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE MORE OF THE, THE COMMERCIAL, UM, HIGHER DENSITY USES UP TO TWO RESIDENTS FOR EVERY BEDROOM.
UM, BUT NOT REQUIRING THAT IT IS TWO RESIDENTS PER BEDROOM.
SO THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE THE, UH, ABILITY TO REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS ADEQUATE SPACE WITHIN THOSE FACILITIES.
AS FAR AS THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE, WE HAD RECOMMENDED FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY, SIMILAR TO THE OCCUPANCY THAT, UH, THIS BLEND IN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NATURE OF ANY NEIGHBORHOODS, IF IT WAS GOING THROUGH ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AND SO WITH THAT, THERE WOULD BE NO SIGN OR EXTERIOR INDICATION THAT THERE'S A FACILITY THERE AND THEN A SOLID WALL OR FENCE AROUND ANY SIDE OR REAR YARDS.
UM, WE DON'T WANT THESE THINGS TURNING INTO COMPOUNDS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE SOME SCREENING NEIGHBORS TEND TO TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
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CR UH, WE JUST REQUIRE THAT THE, THE SIGNAGE AND EXTERIOR WOULD COMPLY WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS THAT EXIST THERE.UH, THAT TENDS TO BE A, A WORRY OF NEIGHBORS AROUND THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES AND HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT OF COURSE THEY WOULD COMPLY WITH ALL PARKING STANDARDS AND THEN ALSO THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING ALLOWED WITH ANY STREET OR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THOSE NOT TO IMPEDE TRAFFIC WITHIN ANY REGION.
UH, WITH THIS, WE'VE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE THE REQUIREMENT THAT, AND WE REQUIRE THIS OF ALL PROJECTS, BUT WE WANT IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT THERE'S COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND FIRE SAFETY.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, A REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE HAS, BUT WE WANT TO REITERATE IS THAT ALL LICENSING FROM THE STATE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THESE FACILITIES AS WELL.
STAFF DID BRING THIS IN FRONT OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THAT COMMISSION HEARING.
WE DID RECEIVE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS.
UM, AS STAFF IS BRINGING THIS TO YOU TODAY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
UH, WE FEEL THIS MEETS THE, THE NEEDS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, AND WILL FIT IN WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
WELL, AS OF TODAY, WE'VE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AS FAR AS THIS PROPOSAL, EITHER THROUGH HEARINGS OR MAILED INTO US OR PHONE CALLS, UM, STAFF'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU MIGHT HAVE THEM.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF IT.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE BOARD DISCUSSION.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT HAVE QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF? UM, AND CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE OCCUPANCY.
SO THERE ARE TWO, SO THERE'S THE R TWO AND R THREE, THERE'S A ONE RESIDENT FOR EVERY BEDROOM WITH THE RESIDENT, CORRECT.
SO, AND THEN THERE'S THE CR MM-HMM.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE TO ME? YEAH.
UM, SO OUR R TWO AND R THREE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY, THEY TEND TO BE MULTIFAMILY.
SOMETIMES YOU WILL FIND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THERE WHERE SOMEONE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
THEY JUST PREFER TO HAVE THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, SO WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IT'S PRETTY MUCH ONLY LIMITED TO THESE RESIDENCES.
AND WE WANTED TO KEEP THE NATURE OF THOSE FACILITIES SIMILAR TO THOSE RESIDENCES AROUND THEM.
WE DIDN'T WANT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE PACKED INTO THESE TYPES OF AREAS, UM, WHERE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE A DISTINCT AND DIFFERENT USE FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS.
WE'D LIKE THIS TO, TO BE HARMONIOUS WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN OUR COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL, UM, THAT DOES ALLOW FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL TYPE FACILITIES.
UM, THOSE TEND TO BE ON THE VERY OUTSKIRTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS OR ALONG A LOT OF OUR HIGHWAYS AND MAJOR ROADS THAT WE HAVE HERE WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND SO FOR THAT WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE FOR THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE MORE INTENSIVE AND THAT ARE MORE COMMERCIAL IN NATURE, UM, A LOT WHERE YOU'LL HAVE LIKE THE INPATIENT AND THE TREATMENT AND OTHERWISE THAT IT COULD BE CONSIDERED UP TO THOSE TWO RESIDENCES.
BUT WE ALSO STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY'RE GETTING, UM, PROPER TREATMENT WHILE THEY'RE, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
SO IN THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF AN AVERAGE BEDROOM, UM, AND YOU, WE HAVE TWO OCCUPANTS.
SO DO YOU HAVE TO ARTICULATE THAT OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S GIVEN? SO WE HAVEN'T ARTICULATED ANY MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE.
I I'M SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND CONSIDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THEY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GIVE US LAYOUTS OF THESE BEDROOMS AND OTHERWISE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITY HAS THE, WITHIN ITSELF AND AROUND IT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S CAPABLE OF HANDLING THAT TYPE OF DENSITY.
UM, SO THERE'D BE A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS MADE THERE AS FAR AS LIKE, ARE YOU ON PAVED ROADS? DO YOU HAVE SEWER, DO YOU HAVE WATER ON SITE? AND THEN WITHIN THE BEDROOMS, ARE THOSE TRULY ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO HANDLE MORE THAN ONE RESIDENT PER BEDROOM? AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WOULD, UH, NECESSARILY JUST BLANKET, UH, RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE TWO RESIDENTS PER BEDROOM.
WE'D WANNA LOOK AT THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND MAKE SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE.
I KNOW WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY ON OCCUPANCY AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I JUST APPRECIATE, UH, THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT FORTH AND YOUR, YOUR STAFF ARE DOING THIS.
ALSO, YOU'VE ADDRESSED PARKING TO TRY TO MAKE IT APPEALING TO THE OTHER NEIGHBORS AND THINGS THERE.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW IS NEEDED AND, AND IT WILL BE A CASE BY CASE DEAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, HEARING NONE CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? GIVE A SECOND.
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ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.[1. 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: ]
UH, WE'RE NOW ON ITEM D, NAVO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION.
AND WE ARE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PLUG CONTROL DISTRICT.
ITEM ONE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, THE ITEMS ARE ON THE SCREEN FOR US.
JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT.
WE HAVE IT ON OUR AGENDA HERE.
SO THE ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT SHOWN UP ON THE SCREEN.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
I'LL SLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.
UNANIMOUSLY CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[a. Consideration of an Intergovernmental Agreement between Navajo County Flood Control District and Silver Creek Flood Control District for financial assistance for the Millet Swale Drainage Improvement Project in the amount of $100,000.]
ON TO ITEM TWO, THE REGULAR AGENDA CONSIDERATION OF INTERGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR FINANCE ASSISTANCE OF MIL SWELL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND.UH, MR. PERKINS, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN WHITING AND VICE CHAIRMAN AL AND OTHER SUPERVISORS AND ALL THAT ARE HERE.
I HAVE TO PUT ON MY GLASSES, THE PULPIT'S TOO FAR AWAY.
I'VE GOTTA HOLD THE PAPER UP TO MY FACE.
SO THE MOTION THAT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE, UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND THE SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY'RE SEEKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE, UH, THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS MONEY AND THAT IT'S FOR VALUE ENGINEERING ON THE MILLET SWALE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS IGA IS TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO PARTNER FINANCIALLY AS NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND AS SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
BOTH OF OUR DISTRICTS, UH, RECOGNIZE AND, AND, UH, SHARE A COMMON INTEREST TO IMPROVE THE MILLET SWELL DRAINAGE AREA TO HELP REDUCE THE CHANCE OF FUTURE FLOODING.
AND AS YOU MAY KNOW THAT THERE, UH, HAS BEEN SOME, THERE WAS A BREACH IN 2021 OF THE MILLET SWELL AND, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
APPRECIATE YOU WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
UM, IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.
WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[8. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members. ]
NOW ARE AT ITEM EIGHT, THE COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE.MR. CARLINE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO UPDATE? NO, THIS, NOT THIS MEETING.
SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE GRADUATING, WHETHER IT BE FROM ONE GRADE TO THE NEXT, OR WHETHER IT BE FROM HIGH SCHOOL GOING ON TO COLLEGE OR COLLEGE DEGREES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK LIFE IS, IS GREAT.
AND THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE, I JUST WANT TO, I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE, UH, RECENTLY AND IT WAS INTERESTING.
EVERYBODY WAITS FOREVER TO GET ON THE PLANE.
WE GET ON, WE SAT DOWN AND YOU WAIT AND YOU WAIT.
AND FINALLY THEY START BACKING UP FROM THE GATE.
BUT THEN A PERSON RAISED THEIR
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HAND AND STARTED SHOUTING.AND SO WE STOP AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE GATE.
WE HAVE TO LET THAT PERSON OFF.
EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THE PLANE IS PROBABLY IRRITATED.
THEY'RE NOT THEIR BEST FRIENDS.
IT WAS A DISRUPTING OF THEIR TIME, NOT KNOWING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE OF EVERYBODY ON THE PLANE NOW IS GOING TO BE DELAYED FROM THE PEOPLE FROM THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE PERSON HAD WHAT THEY HAD, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND I THINK THAT TODAY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM, BUT WE TRY TO LISTEN AND WE TRY TO HEAR AND WE TRY TO MAKE THE BEST THAT WE CAN OF EVERYTHING.
AND SO I RESPECT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO LISTEN, TO SHARE, AND TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC.
AND I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE HERE OF NAVAJO COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS OF NAVAJO COUNTY.
AND I JUST WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND, AND A GREAT SUMMER AND A GREAT SPRING.
AND MAY WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO UNITE, CONTINUE TO BE POSITIVE AND CONTINUE TO RELY UPON, UH, HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOVES AND WILL PRESERVE AND BLESS US AS WE SERVE HIM.
SUPERVISOR
I WOULD PREFER IN PERSON AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE INAUGURATION.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US WHO ATTENDED THE INAUGURATION FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBAL COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAD, UM, FOUR ELECTED NEW INDIVIDUALS FOR THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR EACH OF YOU WHO TOOK THE TIME, UM, TO ATTEND THAT INAUGURATION.
AND ALSO TO THINK ABOUT, UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP FROM NAVAJO COUNTY.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITHIN THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRST RESPONSE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW, UM, KATRINA AND THE SHERIFF, THEY'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS AS WELL IN MCNARY.
AND THIS IS A MEETING THAT THEY'RE HAVING IN WHITE RIVER TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A PLAN IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE AN EMERGENCY.
AND THERE AREN'T FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY RESPOND.
HOW DO CITIZENS SUPPORT, UH, THE COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY WITHIN THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, UH, OF THE EMERGENCY AND HOW THEY, UM, CAN WORK TOGETHER.
SO I, I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE INVITE TO LISTEN TO THAT CONVERSATION AND ALSO THE INVESTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, UM, WERE CONCERNED FOR THEIR CITIZENS.
UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND OR TWO WEEKENDS AGO, UH, THE FORT APACHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, THEY HAD A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE, FOR APACHE, UM, SITE, THERE ARE OLD HISTORIC BUILDINGS THERE.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF RESTORING THE BUILDINGS.
UM, THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR BUILDING, IT USED TO BE CALLED THE, UH, THE BOYS DORMITORY.
AND THAT BUILDING IS BEING, UM, REMODELED.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THAT SPACE FOR OFFICE SPACE, UM, IN THE FUTURE, HOPEFULLY RESIDENTIAL SPACE.
UM, BUT THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE MOVEMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING OUR OWN, UM, ROCHELLE OPPA, WHO SITS AS, UM, THE BOARD CHAIR OF THAT PARTICULAR BOARD.
SO THANK YOU TO ROCHELLE IN HER WORK.
AND, UM, I SERVE ALSO ON THAT BOARD, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CONVERSATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS ALSO, I THINK I MENTIONED THAT, BUT THE CONFERENCE CENTER AREA, THERE WILL BE CONFERENCE SPACE, WHICH WE KNOW WHEN WE LOOK THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND A SPACE TO HAVE A MEETING.
SO WE'RE, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE, UM, THAT'S BASED AND ALONG THE SAME LINES OF, UM, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR IN THINKING ABOUT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE TOGETHER, MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AS CITIZENS.
I WAS RECENTLY INVITED TO A PASSOVER MEAL WHERE WE SHARED A SEDER UM, DINNER.
AND UM, I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE AMONG MY NEIGHBORS AND, UM, DIFFERENT MEMBERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT, UM, THE PRACTICES OF ANOTHER
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FAITH, BUT ALSO REALLY ABOUT, UM, SITTING AT THIS TABLE AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER AND SHARE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRAYER.SO, UM, I TOO AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND UM, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, VICE CHAIRMAN BENELLI, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.
UM, I DO HAVE, UM, A LITTLE REPORT.
I DID GO OUT TO THE WESTERN INTERSTATE REGION CONFERENCE OUT IN YOSEMITE AND IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE I COULDN'T CALL OUT FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF ANYTHING, BUT I WAS ABLE TO TEXT OUT AND, UM, UNTIL I CAME BACK OUT, UM, INTO THE, I GUESS MORE, UH, CITY-LIKE AREA AND GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE TREES AND THE FIRE MITIGATION AND HOW THEY DO CERTAIN THINGS WITH, UM, COLLABORATION WITH THE US FOUR SERVICE AND THE STATE AND THE COUNTIES.
AND OUT THERE WE DID GO ON A, LIKE A FIELD TRIP.
SO WE WENT UP TO THE WOODS AND SEE, SAW ALL SORTS OF PILES OF, UM, WOOD THAT WERE SAWED TO A CERTAIN SIZE AND THEY WOULD, UM, HAVE IT THERE FOR WORK, WORK IT OUT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE BURNED IN THE WINTER TIME SO THAT THINGS WON'T CATCH FIRE.
AND ALSO THE GIANT SEQUOIAS WHO GOT SEE SOME OF THOSE AND THOSE ARE, UM, PROTECTED AND MANY, THEY ARE ALSO PLANTED NEW ONES.
SO THOSE ARE BABY SEQUOIAS AND THE SUGAR PINE TREES, THEY GROW REALLY TALL AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH TALL TREES IN, IN MY LIFE AND THEY GROW OVER 200 FEET.
SO THAT WAS QUITE INTERESTING.
SEEN A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF PLANTS AS WELL AS UM, FORAGE AND UM, BUT WE DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE WILDFLOWERS UNTIL I CAME BACK SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UM, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, SO I LEFT AND EARLIER THAN I WAS SUPPOSED TO AND I WAS LIKE, OH DARN, I'M MISSING THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
BUT OH WELL I CAME HOME AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND I DID SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS FROM MY HOME ON BLACK MESA SO THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE.
AND ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A GOOD ALERTING EXPERIENCE REGARDING FIRE, UM, MEDICATION, HOW THE COUNTY STATE AND YES FOR SERVICE WORK TOGETHER.
AND THANK YOU CHAIR, BACK TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS TOUR THAT WE JUST RECENTLY DID.
WE HAD LEADERS FROM ACROSS ARIZONA THAT WE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO, UM, TALK ABOUT ARIZONA'S FOREST AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THAT.
AND SO WE HAD DIFFERENT COUNTY LEADERSHIP.
WE HAD PEOPLE QUITE A FEW FROM THE LEGISLATURE, UM, BUT WE BROUGHT LEADERS FROM ACROSS ARIZONA TOGETHER.
AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN THE FORCE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE, THE WATERSHED AND OUR FORCE AND HOW IT PLAYS INTO HOW, I MEAN IT IMPACTS THE DAILY LIFE OF ALL ARIZONANS, NOT JUST THOSE OF US THAT LIVE HERE.
AND SO IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION.
UM, A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN HELPING.
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING THAT WE FOUND IS PEOPLE WITH GOOD DESIRES THAT WANT TO HELP BUT ARE JUMPING IN TO HELP IN AN AREA THAT MAYBE HELP IS NOT NEEDED.
AND SO WHAT WE REALLY TRIED TO CREATE WAS A SITUATION WHERE THESE LEADERS ALL CAME AND THEN THEY GOT TO HEAR FIRSTHAND FROM INDUSTRY AND PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE FOREST WORKING THAT.
SO THEY HEARD FROM THE FOREST SERVICE, THEY HEARD FROM THE LOGGERS, THEY HEARD FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY GOTTA TALK ABOUT WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING AND WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE, WHERE THE SUCCESSES HAVE HAPPENED.
THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON.
WE'VE MOVED TO WHERE WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED, UM, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
THE AMOUNT OF ACRES THAT ARE BEING TREATED TO LOG AND OUR FOREST, A LOT OF THAT BEING HERE IN THE APACHE SICK GRAPES.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOME HURDLES AND THEY GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK RATHER THAN US SAYING IT FOR THEM HERE FIRSTHAND, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT CREATED ALIGNMENTS NOW TO WHERE PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AREN'T WORKING FROM DIFFERENT
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PERSPECTIVES WHERE WE'RE BETTER ALIGNED IN THAT CONVERSATION.UH, MY CHAIRS AS YOU KNOW, THE REAL AZ UM, THE REAL AZ GROUP THAT'S THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP FOR APACHE AND NAVAJO COUNTY.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME FOR A LONG TIME.
I SAT ON IT WHEN I WAS ON THE SNOWFLAKE TOWN COUNCIL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD HERE AND PART OF THE HOPE ALWAYS WAS THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW.
MEMBERSHIP WOULD GROW, WE'D ATTRACT AND BRING NEW INDUSTRY AND BUSINESSES, BUT SOMEDAY WHEN WE GREW UP, HOPEFULLY WE'D BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HIRE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON.
AND HAVING CHRIS BE IN THAT POSITION, OF COURSE, WHERE SHELL DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND GOT KIND OF SOME, SOME LEGS AND FEET UNDERNEATH IT WITH THE FOUNDATION.
BUT CHRIS HAS DONE AN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS JOB OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT HE'S BEEN THERE.
HE HAD A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO TALK AND SHARE A LOT OF THE, A REPORT THAT SHOWED A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT HE'S CURRENTLY COMMUNICATING WITH, THOSE THAT HE COULD APPROPRIATELY NAME AND DID.
HE DID, BUT HE SHARED A REPORT WITH THE LARGER GROUP AND ANYBODY THAT WAS CURIOUS WHAT CHRIS IS DOING WOULD HAVE A HARD, WOULD BE PRETTY HARD PRESSED TO SEE HOW HARD HE'S ACTUALLY WORKING AND HOW MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES HE'S WORKING WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES TO GROW IF THEY'RE SO DESIRING.
AS WELL AS NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING INTO THE AREA AND HELPING THEM WITH THAT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS EFFORTS.
SO BEEN A GOOD PRODUCTIVE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION ON THURSDAY AND I, I PLAN TO BE THERE DOWN IN THE VALLEY.
AND, UH, ANYWAYS, HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL.
WE, UH, WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.