Jun 11, 2024 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PERFECT.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

HEARING, HEARING NONE.

UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

NO MORE DISCUSSION ON IT.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE AYE.

NUMBER TWO, COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT WILL NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION CHAIR.

CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN PASSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RHONDA.

ITEM

[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: ]

SO MOVE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE NOW ARE IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

WE HAVE BEFORE.

THIS IS A CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'S ALSO, I BELIEVE UPON THE SCREEN THERE, UM, WITH TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS? ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT WILL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

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CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

SO MOVE SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

THREE, PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTATION ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 2025 THROUGH 2029.

PERFECT.

MOTION PASSES.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

UM, ITEM NUMBER

[a. Presentation on the Capital Improvement Program for 2025-2029]

MANNY, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.

UH, TODAY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CIP END OF THE PRESENTATION CONCURRENCE.

UH, SO JUST A FEW THINGS, UH, REGARDING OUR CIP.

SO WE STARTED WITH CIP LAST YEAR, FIVE YEAR CIP PROGRAM.

THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR.

AND AS WE MOVE ALONG, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THE CIP BETTER AND, UH, MORE INCLUSIVE SO THAT IT REFLECTS, IT REFLECTS OUR, UH, NEED.

SO, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, DURING WORK SESSION AND, UH, DURING THE CIP DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE BEEN ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS HOW WE PREPARE THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE SELECT THE PROJECTS AND ALL THAT.

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD PREPARE A FEW SLIDES AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SHOW IT TO YOU.

UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, THAT WILL CLARIFY, UH, A FEW THINGS.

UH, ALSO, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THE CIP, UH, THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS, WHICH ARE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS.

AND, UH, WE USE, UH, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME INPUT IF THERE IS SOME CHANGES, SOME ONE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT WE'RE BOUND BY IGA, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT MONEY.

BUT, UH, ONE PROJECT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT TWO WHERE, UH, WE HAVE ESTIMATED THE TIMEFRAME, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE, UH, THAT'S HOW WE HAVE PROGRAMMED THAT PROJECT.

SO, SO, UM, PLEASE FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS.

I MAY GO A LITTLE FASTER BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG PRESENTATION ON FINANCE THAT'S COMING UP, SO I HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME.

BUT, UH, PLEASE ASK ME ANY QUESTION, PLEASE INTERRUPT ME.

I WILL, I WILL MOVE ALONG, UH, DURING MY PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE OUR ESTIMATE AT PROGRAMMING LEVEL.

SO, UM, THIS FIRST SLIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CIP? UH, BASICALLY CIP IT IS A ROADMAP, UH, FOR SYSTEMATICALLY CONDUCTING AN UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, BASICALLY IT IS A STRATEGY, UH, FOR ACHIEVING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF OUR NEAR TERM AS WELL AS LONG TERM PROJECTS.

SO THE STRATEGY DEPENDS ON WHAT'S THE PRIORITY, UH, TO THE COUNTY AT THAT TIME, AND, UH, HOW MUCH FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE.

SO, SOMETIMES PRIORITY CAN CHANGE IF, UH, IF OUR NEEDS ARE CHANGED AND IF THERE IS SOME FUNDING SOURCE THAT AVAILABLE.

AND NOW WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PROJECT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN START PROGRAMMING FOR IT.

SO BASICALLY IT IS A ROADMAP, A STRATEGY FOR NOT ONLY THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT FOR THE, FOR THE FUTURE, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

ALSO, JUST WANT TO, UH, CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT A BUDGET DOCUMENT.

THE PROJECTS YOU WILL SEE IN THIS, THE FISCAL YEAR 25 IS INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET, BUT THE REST OF THE PROJECT, THEY WILL GET INCLUDED AS WE GO INTO THOSE BUDGET YEAR.

SO, SO THIS IS MOSTLY A PROGRAMMING LEVEL DOCUMENT, UH, NOT JUST PURELY A BUDGET DOCUMENT.

ALSO, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE PLAN FOR MAJOR CAPITAL NEEDS OVER A SPECIFIC, UH, PERIOD OF TIME HERE.

UH, WE ARE USING A FIVE YEAR CIP, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD.

UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE ARE GONNA DO, UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND, AND THE FUTURE.

SO THIS YEAR, THE FIVE YEAR CIP IS FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2029.

SO 2025 WILL START, UH, JULY 1ST.

SO JUST A FEW, UH, ITEMS REGARDING CIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

UH, SO PROJECT PRIORITIZATION IS BASED ON NEED FOR PROJECT, UH, AND THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

UH, WE REVIEW CIP AND UPDATE EVERY YEAR.

UH, STAFF DOES THAT THIS YEAR.

OUR COUNTY ENGINEER, HE TOOK A LEAD AND COMPILED THE CIP UH, DOCUMENT.

AND IN FUTURE COUNTY ENGINEER WILL TAKE THE LEAD, UH, REGARDING THE CIP PROCESS.

SO THIS, THIS PROJECT, I MEAN, THE CIP CONTENTS PROJECT ARE FUNDED ON REVENUE PROJECT, UH, REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

SO OTHER THAN 2025, THE OTHER YEARS, WE ARE PROJECTING,

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AND THOSE ESTIMATES WILL BE TWEAKED AS WE COME CLOSER.

UH, THEY ARE NOT VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, BUT THEY'RE REASONABLY CLOSE ESTIMATES.

I JUST WANT MAKE THAT THING CLEAR.

UH, THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT WITHIN A FIRE DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONSTRUCTION.

SO THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.

UH, PROJECTS MAY GET DROPPED OR MAKE IT DEFERRED, LIKE THE SECOND BULLET IS SAYING, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE PROJECT IN OUR CIP PROGRAM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE CONSTRUCTION IS GUARANTEED.

THE PROJECT MAY GET DEFERRED.

IF OUR PRIORITY CHANGES, IF THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS FALL, THEN YOU, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND SEE WHICH PROJECTS ARE MUST AND WE HAVE TO DELIVER.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT THING CLEAR.

WHO DETERMINES THE CHANGES? EXCUSE ME.

I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

SO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THE CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECT.

SO I THINK IN THE PAST, UH, I HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION IN OUR BUDGET MEETING.

I THINK SUPERVISOR WEINGER, YOU ALSO ASKED HOW WE SELECT THE PROJECT, HOW WE PRIORITIZE SO THAT IF WE HAVE TO DROP THE PROJECT OR ADVANCE THE PROJECT.

SO THESE ARE ONLY FEW CRITERIA.

UH, THERE CAN BE MORE.

SO SAFETY IS FIRST.

SO IF THERE IS ANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, ANY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THAT AS OUR FIRST PROJECT.

SAME THING, THE ROADWAY CONDITION.

UH, WE HAVE TO PROTECT WHAT WE HAVE.

UH, WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE FAIR AND GOOD FIRST BEFORE WE START ADDRESSING OTHERS SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL INTO BAD AND, YOU KNOW, UH, POOR CONDITION.

SO THAT'S WHY ROADWAY CONDITION OF OUR, UH, ROADWAYS WITHIN THE COUNTY, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM IN FAIR AND GOOD CONDITION.

THE OTHER THING IS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

ANY IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO DRAINAGE.

UH, THESE ARE ALSO, UH, MUCH NEEDED PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S ALSO ONE CRITERIA WE USE TO PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECT.

AND THE LAST ONE, THE LAST ONE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S, IT IS LIKE A LOW PRIORITY, BUT THAT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION.

WE HAVE VARIOUS BRIDGES WITHIN OUR COUNTY, SO FROM TIME TO TIME, UH, WE DO INSPECTION WITH COLLABORATION DATA.

AND BASED ON THE INSPECTION REPORT, WE HAVE TO, UH, STRATEGIZE HOW WE WANNA FIX THOSE BRIDGES, REPLACE THEM, UH, DO ANY REHABILITATION AND ANY OTHER RELATED WORK.

SO, SO THESE ARE THE FEW, UH, MAIN CRITERIA THAT WE USED WHILE SELECTING THE PROJECTS AND WHILE PRIOR PRIORITIZING THE PROJECT IN OUR, UH, CIP.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO OUR ACTUAL CIP.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS DURING OUR BUDGET MEETING.

SO THIS IS THE, UH, THAT WAS THE FINAL, UH, DRAFT VERSION.

THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION.

AND AFTER THIS MEETING, UH, WE WILL UPLOAD THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL BE STARTING IN COUPLE OF WEEKS.

OH, SO WE DON'T WANT PRESENT THE, THE NEXT BOOKLET? THE, THIS? YEAH.

TO OUR HF, WE GOT CDBG GRANT AND THE TA GRANT.

YEAH, THE FIRST ONE IS FINE.

THE FIRST ONE, YEAH.

SO AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE, UH, IN THE CIP WE HAVE FOUR, UH, CATEGORIES, ENGINEERING, FLOOD CONTROL, UH, HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND, AND FLEET MAINTENANCE.

THE NEXT ONE, SO THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT, UH, WE HAVE IN, IN DISTRICT ONE.

AND I WILL KEEP GOING, UH, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, SO THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT'S, UH, PROGRAM FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS USING COLD RECYCLED AS FAR PAVING, THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO.

UH, THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT I WAS REFERRING EARLIER.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT.

BASED ON OUR INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH THE CHAPTER.

UH, WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT IF THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S NEEDED THAT WILL BE NOT IN THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BASED ON THE TIME THAT WE'LL TAKE FOR THE CHAPTER, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF, UH, START THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SO IF THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND MOVE TO THE FUTURE YEARS, WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.

THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE THIS WAS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS F 5 26.

THIS IS, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, JOSEPH CITY SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT.

UH, THIS IS THE PROJECT WHERE WE GOT HF GRANT OR HF.

UH, UH, IN ADDITION

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SO THIS PROJECT WILL HAPPEN, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR.

IT'S ALREADY, UH, DESIGN IS ALMOST DONE.

THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY ADOT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING INVOLVED.

THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT PING.

WE ARE TRYING FEW PILOT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, UH, RECYCLED ASPHALT.

WE RECEIVED A LOT OF MILLINGS, UH, FROM ADOT.

UH, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE, UH, A QUALITY PAYMENT FOR LOW VOLUME ROADWAYS.

UH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECT, THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT IN DISTRICT THREE.

AND, UH, THIS IS THE PROJECT, UH, I WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS IN FUTURE, IN FISCAL YEAR 27, 28, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY LOW, UH, PRIORITY.

THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IS NOT THAT MUCH.

BUT IN FUTURE, IF SOMETHING CHANGES, UH, ON THIS ROADWAY, THEN WE CAN ADVANCE THIS PROJECT OR WE CAN KEEP IT, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY THE FUNDING IS NOT IDENTIFIED YET.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WE WILL, UH, PROGRAM THE FUNDING WHEN MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

BUT WE WANNA DOCUMENT THE PROJECT NOW SO THAT IT'S ON OUR RADAR.

SAME THING.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT, UH, VERY HIGH COST PROJECT.

IT IS NOT A VERY HIGH PRIORITY, UH, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PUSHED IT OUT TO FISCAL YEAR 29.

AND RIGHT NOW, THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE NOT IDENTIFIED.

UH, WE'LL LOOK FOR GRANTS OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE IF, UH, FUNDING CAN BE, UH, FUNDING CAN BE RECEIVED FOR THOSE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, THERE IS NO PLAN TO MOVE THIS PROJECT UP IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS PROJECT IS FOR FUTURE YEARS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE FUNDING IS NOT IDENTIFIED.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WRITTEN TBD, WHICH IS VERY NORMAL THING TO DO.

AS WE COME CLOSER TO FISCAL YEAR 29 OR 28, WE'LL START TO PRIORITIZE THIS PROJECT.

AND IF IT'S STILL NOT A PRIORITY, WE'LL PUSH IT OUT EVEN FURTHER.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT IN DISTRICT THREE, UH, BOTTOM RANCH ROUNDUP DRIVE.

WE RECEIVED, UH, HIGHWAY SAFETY, UH, IMPROVEMENT, UH, FUNDS.

UH, THESE ARE FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO WILL ADMINISTER THE PROJECT DESIGNER HAS ALREADY STARTED.

AND, UH, THE PROJECT IS PROGRAMMED FOR CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THIS IS SAFETY PROJECT.

THAT'S WHY IT TAKES HIGH PRIORITY.

AND, AND WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.

THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT, UH, WHERE WE RECEIVED, UH, MONEY FROM THE STATE AS A PART OF OUR HERF EXCHANGE.

SO IN, IN ADDITION TO OUR HERF MONEY, WE, UH, RECEIVED HERF EXCHANGE.

AND THIS PROJECT IS MUCH NEEDED, PROJECT HIGH PRIORITY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THIS YEAR.

THIS IS IN DISTRICT THREE.

ANOTHER PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS ALSO A STRUCTURAL PROJECT BECAUSE BASED ON THE INSPECTION REPORT, UH, THIS STRUCTURE NEEDED SOME IMPROVEMENT.

UH, THE STRUCTURE MAY NEED COMPLETE, UH, REHABILITATION.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN SCOPING PHASE.

SO WE RECEIVED, UH, LAST YEAR OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, FOR BRIDGE MODERNIZATION.

SO RIGHT NOW, ADOT IS DOING THIS WORK FOR US BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON FEDERAL GRANT.

AND THE PLAN IS THAT AS SOON AS THE SCOPING IS DONE, WE WILL GO INTO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE BRIDGE PROJECT ON THE SHUMWAY ROAD.

SO, UM, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS, OSB PROJECT.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS THE PAVING PROJECT.

SO, UH, THIS IS THAT OSB PROJECT WHERE, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, FEDERAL GRANT.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT IN DISTRICT FOUR HEBER, UH, SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE PATH.

SO, UH, WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DO SIMILAR WHAT WE ARE DOING IN JOSEPH CITY, UH, TO, IN AND AROUND THOSE TWO SCHOOLS ACROSS TWO 60.

SO FOR THIS, WE APPLIED FOR EASY SMART FOR DESIGN, AND WE WILL, UH, WE WILL START DESIGN WORK, UH, SOMETIME THIS YEAR, SINCE IT'S, UH, EASY SMART FUNDS FROM ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEY WILL DO THE DESIGN WORK FOR US.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANT FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT IN DISTRICT FOUR PORTER CREEK COVER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

UM, THE DESIGN IS UNDERWAY.

WE THINK, UH, THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS.

THIS IS ALL A SCOTT RANCH ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION, UH, EXPANSION PROJECT.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH CITY OF SHOW LOW IS DOING.

AND, UH, THROUGH IGA COUNTY HAS COMMITTED TO SPEND 200,000 EVERY YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS.

SO WE THINK BASED ON THE STAGE

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WHERE THE PROJECT IS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE ADOT WILL BE DOING THIS PROJECT FOR CITY OF SHOW, WE THINK THE PROJECT SHOULD START SOMETIME IN 2026.

BUT IF THE DESIGN TAKES A LITTLE LONGER, THEN WE WILL PUSH IT OUT, UH, EVEN FURTHER, STARTING FROM 2020 SOME.

RIGHT NOW, WE THINK, UH, 2026 IS REASONABLE BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FROM CITY.

BUT THIS IS, UH, WE ARE BOUND BY IGA TO COMMIT TO THIS PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS WEB DRIVE AND STARLET, UH, STARLIGHT RIDGE ROAD.

UH, THIS IS A PERMANENT REHABILITATION PROJECT.

WE HAVE NOT PROGRAMMED THIS PROJECT THIS YEAR.

IN FACT, WE HAVE DONE SOME DESIGN WORK, UH, BUT WE THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THIS PROJECT, DISTRICT FIVE BUG SPRING ROAD E QUESTION CROSSING.

UH, WE THINK THIS PROJECT IS READY, DESIGN IS DONE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, SHOULD HAPPEN OR WILL HAPPEN, UH, THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS PROGRAM PROJECT IS PROGRAMMED FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 2025.

AND IT'S IN, IT'S IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL.

UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, IS A SCOPING PROJECT.

IT'S A STUDY PROJECT FOR WHICH WE RECEIVED RAISE GRANT, UH, AND THEN LATER IS SMART GRANT AS WELL.

THIS PROJECT SPANS IN DISTRICT FOUR AND FIVE, ALL THE WAY FROM US, 60 TO HONDA, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY.

UH, THIS IS REGARDING MULTIMODAL PLANNING STUDY.

UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE ARE HALFWAY DONE THROUGH OUR STUDY, AND, BUT THE STUDY STARTED LAST YEAR.

THAT'S WHY THE MONEY AND, UH, THE COST YOU SEE IS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

IN THE PRIOR YEAR CATEGORY, WE ARE GONNA GO INTO THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT PROJECT.

THIS IS BORDER RANCH ROAD, MILLVILLE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR, AND, UH, THE MONEY IS PROGRAMMED FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION.

I MEAN THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THE OTHER, ANOTHER PROJECT IS SHILOH TRAIL AND ARROWHEAD PASS, WHERE WE ARE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION.

THE DESIGN, UH, I MEAN THE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS OR DRAINAGE REPORT IS DONE, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FEW MOVING PARTS TO IT.

SO, BUT WE HAVE PROGRAMMED MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IF WE GET SOME FAVORABLE INFORMATION, BY THE TIME IT'LL TAKE US TO DO THE DESIGN, WE'LL BE CLOSE TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND IF THE DESIGN IS DONE EARLIER, WE CAN SEE ABOUT ADVANCING THIS PROJECT AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

BUT WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NEXT FISCAL YEAR SEEMS REASONABLE.

THIS IS ANOTHER CATEGORY FOR, UH, FLEET, UH, PUBLIC WORKS UTILIZE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS, UH, OTHER EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT HELPS US TO DO OUR CONSTRUCTION WORK, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK.

SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE PROGRAMMED FOR WHAT EQUIPMENT UNDER WHICH FISCAL YEAR.

THIS IS THE SAME THING REGARDING SHOW YARD.

SO WE, WE KINDA, UH, PLAN IT ACCORDING TO OUR YARD.

THE LAST ONE WAS HOLBROOK YARD.

THIS ISHO YARD.

AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE HEBREW YARD.

SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU A LIST OF EQUIPMENT, THE COST, UH, THAT WE HAVE, WE WILL BE INCURRING.

AND, AND WHAT FISCALLY ITS PROGRAM.

THIS IS JUST A HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE WORK.

UM, SO JUST A HEADS UP ON THAT COUNTY IS GOING THROUGH, UH, OUR PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO WE ARE FINALIZING IT.

SO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE, UH, OF THAT PROGRAM, THESE COSTS FOR THE FUTURE, FUTURE YEARS MAY CHANGE, UH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS SIMILAR, UH, REGARDING PAYMENT LIFE EXTENSION, WHICH IS PART OF THE PAYMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE BUDGETED, UH, OR HOW MUCH MONEY WE WILL WE HAVE PROGRAMMED, I SHOULD SAY, FOR THE NEXT YEARS.

IS THIS JUST STRICTLY FOR EQUIPMENT OF THE SLURRY SEAL, OR IS THAT NO, THIS IS FOR THE SLURRY SEAL CHIP SEAL, CRACK SEAL AND FOX.

SEAL.

BUT NOT, NOT EQUIPMENT.

AND, AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.

UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU PUT FORTH.

THAT'S NEAT TO SEE A, A CIP PLAN, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND, AND BEING ABLE TO OVERSEE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, PRIORITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS

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OF, OF WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF AND, AND THAT, AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE'RE UPGRADING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAST YEAR ANALYZING EACH OF THE ROADS WHERE THEY STOOD AND OUR CHALLENGES TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THAT, IF NOT, UH, YEAR TO YEAR INCREASE OUR, OUR QUALITY OF ROADS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY.

SURE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

YES, GO AHEAD.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK.

I KNOW, UM, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN TRYING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS AND HELPING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ONE, HOW ARE THEY PRIORITIZED AND WHAT ARE THOSE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH EVERYONE AND UNDERSTANDING THOSE ELEMENTS.

I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SEVEN, OVER 700 MILES OF ROADWAY, THAT, UM, IT, THE COMPREHENSIVE WORK AND BEING ABLE TO COLLECT THE DATA AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THOSE ROAD STRUCTURES AND THE SUPPORTS THAT'S NEEDED, UM, IS PRETTY OVERWHELMING.

AND I KNOW THAT THE, YOUR STAFF AND OTHERS WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE DATA TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN HELPING TO PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS TO BEST NEED TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ONLINE? OKAY.

NOT HEARING ANY, ALL ALL.

I DIDN'T GET, THIS IS SUPERVISOR BEN AND I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO SEE WHAT THE, UM, THE STRICT ONE PROJECT WAS.

IT WAS QUICKLY, UM, FLIPPED OVER.

SO WOULD YOU, SO SUPERVISOR BURN, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO, WOULD YOU LIKE MELISSA TO EMAIL THAT TO YOU? WOULD YOU LIKE MANNY TO TALK ABOUT IT? WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? UM, HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT.

HE JUST KIND OF, UM, SKIMMED OVER IT.

SO I'M, I'M WONDERING, UM, WHAT IT IS.

AND I'M TRYING TO DO THE AGENDA THING ON THE OTHER DAY, BUT IT WASN'T COMING UP, SO I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO REVIEW IT AFTER AFTERWARDS.

SO, YEAH, PERFECT.

MANNY'S PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.

YEAH.

SO, UH, SUPERVISOR, UH, VICE CHAIR BENAL.

SO FOR DISTRICT ONE FOR THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL START JULY 1ST, WE HAVE A PILOT PROJECT IN LAST BOARD RETREAT, WHEN I COMMUNICATED TO BOARD THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING AT SEVERAL INNOVATIVE THINGS TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, SLOWLY, UH, BASED ON THE PRIORITY START CONVERTING OUR UNPAVED ROADS TO PAVED ROADS.

SO, UH, WE HAVE SELECTED DISTRICT ONE, UH, FIVE MOUNTAIN STATES, UH, AS A PILOT PROJECT, UH, TO UTILIZE COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT PAVING, UH, TO KIND OF IMPROVE THE SURFACE CONDITION OF THE ROADWAY, UH, IN AND AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S THE PROJECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

THAT'S IN DISTRICT ONE.

AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE, THE AGENDA PACKET AS WELL FOR YOU TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IT IS, RIGHT.

YEAH, THAT IS IN THE AGENDA PACKET AS WELL.

SUPERVISOR OR VICE CHAIR BENELLI.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? DID YOU HAVE ANY? YEAH, SORT OF.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIR? YES, GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR.

AYE, THANK YOU CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD STAFF AND THOSE THAT ARE THERE, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE.

UH, JUST LIKE TO JUST EXTEND AN APPRECIATION TO MANNY FOR THE UPDATE PROVIDING IN REGARDS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UM, PRESENTATION.

UM, JUST LIKE TO THANK KIM AND HIS TEAM FOR THE CONTINUED, UH, SUPPORT AND SUPPORT IS SOME CONTINUED WORK THAT THEY DO, UH, THROUGHOUT IN HOE COUNTY.

OKAY, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR PE, KAI, ANNIE, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING FORWARD LOOKING.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS DO.

WE'VE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN, IN THE VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR LOOKING FORWARD AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE PREPARED.

SO TAKING THIS LOOK, WORKING ON THAT STUDY THAT YOU DID LAST YEAR AS FAR AS TRYING TO EVALUATE THE ROADS AND MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HOW BEST TO SERVE THEM, TO LEAD US TO WHERE YOU HAVE SOME PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE.

BY THE WAY, I HEARD YOU EARLIER WHERE YOU WERE SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE PROGRAMMED, BUT OBVIOUSLY THINGS CAN CHANGE AND, AND THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE HEARD ON THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THAT AND FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION?

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APPRECIATE YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE NOW NEED TO MOVE INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO MOVE SECOND THERE.

A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ENTER THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ITEM

WE NOW ARE IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY

[b. NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT: Board of Directors Session: ]

[a. Consideration of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Navajo County Flood Control District and the Silver Creek Flood Control District for financial assistance for the Silver Creek Drainage Maintenance and Improvements Projects in the amount of $20,000 per year for two years.]

NUMBER ONE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE SILVER CREEK DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 20,000 PER YEAR FOR TWO YEARS.

MR. PERKINS, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

CHAIRMAN WHITING AND VICE CHAIR BE AND OTHER SUPERVISORS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO YOU PRETTY MUCH RECAPPED OR JUST CAPPED EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

SO THE SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THEY'RE REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR MAINTENANCE OF THE SILVER CREEK DRAINAGE AREA, WHICH I BELIEVE, UH, CHAIRMAN YOU'VE BEEN FAIRLY INVOLVED WITH THERE WITH THAT DRAINAGE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE IGA IS TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO PARTNER FINANCIALLY AS THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND, UH, IS TO, THE PURPOSE IS TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO PARTNER FINANCIALLY WITH THE SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

WE SHARE A COMMON INTEREST IN IMPROVING THE SILVER CREEK DRAINAGE AREA TO HELP REDUCE THE CHANCE OF FUTURE FLOODING.

SO THE SILVER CREEK FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT REQUESTS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20,000 PER YEAR FOR TWO YEARS.

PUBLIC WORKS HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND SUPPORTS THE PROJECT.

THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS EXECUTION OF THIS IGA MR. PERKINS, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANKS FOR WORKING WITH THEM.

I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

IT'S BEEN BEING WORKED ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND SO WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UM, AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT AND HELP THEM.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT DOING THAT.

UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CHAIR.

TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THIS IGA AS PRESENTED FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD FOR $20,000 PER YEAR.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD.

ANY, OKAY.

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING.

MOTION HAS PASSED.

WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION.

SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE.

NUMBER FOUR, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2025 FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE NOW ARE BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

ITEM

[a. Consideration and adoption of the proposed Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for Navajo County.]

MR. VAL, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.

UM, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND SUPER, AND SUPERVISORS.

UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT THE NAVAJO COUNTY PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25.

UM, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT STARTS IN EARNEST, UM, IN BEGINNING LATE JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.

AND I THINK THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION, UM, TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND FOR THEIR COOPERATION.

UM, WE HAVE MANY MEETINGS WITH THEM AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECI APPRECIATION TO THE BOARD AND FOR YOUR TIME IN MEETING WITH US AND GIVING US THE DIRECTION TO GO FORWARD AND TO, UM, PLAN OUT THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND EFFORTS IN IN MEETING WITH US.

SO BEFORE I KIND OF GET INTO THE NUMBERS, I KIND OF JUST WANT TO GO OVER, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES COUNTY GOVERNMENT DO? OR ESSENTIALLY, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHEN WE COLLECT TAXES AND, AND WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND GRANTS,

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WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SERVICES DOES THE COUNTY PROVIDE? WHAT DO WE DO? AND ESSENTIALLY, WHAT ARE OUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS PAYING FOR? SO THE THE FIRST THING, UM, IS THAT WE PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I'VE INCLUDED OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THIS.

SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, OUR JAIL DISTRICT, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PUBLIC DEFENDER.

WE HAVE PROBATION.

IT'S OUR COURTS, OUR SUPERIOR COURTS, JUSTICE COURTS, AND OUR, AND OUR CLERK OF THE COURTS AND OUR CONSTABLES.

THE, THE NEXT THING THAT WE DO AND, AND MANNY'S KIND OF THE PRIOR PRESENTATION, KIND OF, UM, DETAILED A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THIS.

BUT WE BUILD AND MAINTAIN ROADS AND SUPPORT OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE, WITHIN THE COUNTY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR FLOOD CONTROL DEPARTMENT.

NEXT, UM, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT OF PUBLIC FIDUCIARY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEPARTMENTS.

UM, WE SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO PROVIDE LAND USE PLANNING, BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW, INSPECTION, INSPECTIONS AND CODE COMPLIANCE THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE ARE, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO PROVIDE, UM, WHAT WE CALL STATE MANDATED SERVICES, UM, WHERE THE, WHERE THE STATE REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE, UM, SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THAT'S DONE THROUGH OUR ASSESSOR, OUR ELECTIONS RECORD, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, AND OUR TREASURER.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE SUPPORT ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES, UM, THROUGH THE SUPPORT FUNCTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE CLERK, UM, FINANCE, HR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO AS ACCOUNTING AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR, THE RESIDENTS AND KIND OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE TASKED TO FISCALLY SUPPORT, UM, GOING FORWARD INTO THE, INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO, UM, OUR BUDGET FOUNDATION.

AND SO AS WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT OUR BUDGET FOUNDATION, I KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

AND I, I LIKE TO THINK OF WHAT ABOUT OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

THIS, THIS IS THE, THE WHAT DO WE DO? WE PROVIDE EXEMPLARY SERVICES IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

UM, THIS NEXT PART IS OUR VALUES.

I KINDA LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AS HOW WE DO IT.

WE, WE, WE DO IT WITH TEAMWORK, ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION.

AND THEN LASTLY IS OUR, IS OUR VISION STATEMENT.

AND I LIKE TO THINK THIS IS, IS THE WHY.

WHY, WHY DO WE DO IT? WHY, WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? I THINK OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS, UM, THAT THAT FIRST PART OF THAT SENTENCE IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND CITIZENS.

THAT'S, THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

THAT'S THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNTY, IS TO IMPROVE THE, THE, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET FOUNDATION, UM, FIRST KIND OF THERE ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM THAT, THAT FIRST LAYERED DOWN THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS, IS WE WANT HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE, WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THE REVENUES AND, AND EXPENDITURES, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S IT'S CASH BALANCES OR THOSE REVENUES AND THAT THEY'RE MATCHING UP WITH THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE, THAT OUR BUDGET IS BALANCED.

NEXT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FINANCIAL RESERVES JUST IN CASE, UM, ANYTHING DRASTIC WERE TO HAPPEN THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME MONEY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

UM, AND SO OUR CITIZEN AND RESIDENTS WOULDN'T SEE AN INTERRUPTION IN THOSE SERVICES THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE, THOSE SERVICES AT A HIGH LEVEL.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, THAT THE, THE, THE TOP ONE IS OPERATIONS.

WE WANT TO FISCALLY SUPPORT OUR OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS AND SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GO FORWARD AND PROVIDE THOSE, THOSE SERVICES, UM, TO, TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR, FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, UM, THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.

SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE PROPERTY TAX.

UM, AS A COUNTY, WE, WE LEVY A PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX.

AND SO THIS IS THE, THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATE.

UM, THIS IS THE, THE AMOUNT OF, UM, PROPERTY TAX THAT THE GENERAL FUND COLLECTS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2024, WE WERE THE THIRD LOWEST, UM, RATE WITH, WITH THE COUNTIES WITHIN THE STATE AT THAT OR HIGHER THAN .

IS THERE, IS THERE A QUESTIONS SUPERVISOR? ALI, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

IS THERE A QUESTION YOU HAVE OR VICE CHAIR? IT DOESN'T SOUND, MY APOLOGIES.

I DIDN'T HAVE MY MIC.

I, AND I WAS COMMENTING ON NITA.

OKAY, SO, UM, JUST TO BRING UP ONE THING, IN 2023, WE, WE WERE THE FOURTH LOWEST.

AND SO WE, WE'VE KIND OF JUMPED UP A NOTCH THERE.

AND SO IN BEING THE, THE THIRD LOWEST, AND SO, UM, WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE VERY RESPONSIBLE IN, IN, WITH OUR PROPERTY TAX AND WHAT WE'RE ASSESSING FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

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THE THE NEXT HIGHLIGHT, UM, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT MAINTAINING COUNTY SERVICES.

UM, SO FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT REVENUES HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND POSITIONS ADDED.

WE TRIED TO BE FLAT ACROSS THE BOARD IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, OF COURSE IF A DEPARTMENT HAD A, A FUNDING SOURCE RESOURCE TO ADD POSITIONS, UM, WE, WE DID THAT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THEIR LOCAL BORDER SUPPORT, THEY HAD, THEY GOT A GRANT THAT FUNDED SOME POSITIONS.

SO WE WERE OF COURSE WILLING TO, TO ADD POSITIONS AS THE DEPARTMENTS BROUGHT US THE REVENUE SOURCE TO PAY FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE GENERAL FUND, WE, WE KEPT THAT FLAT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS YEAR.

AS WE NOTE THAT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ONLY INCREASED ABOUT 3.4%, WHICH WAS ABOUT $2.2 MILLION.

SO RELATIVELY FLAT THERE.

UM, THE BIGGEST REALLY INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND WAS THE, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO, UM, THE STATE ALLTECH AND ACCESS WENT UP ROUGHLY JUST UNDER ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT WAS ABOUT 50, ROUGHLY ABOUT 50% OF THE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY SAY OR, OR HOW, HOW THAT GETS PAID.

THE, THE STATE JUST ASSESSES IT AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY IT.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL BUDGET, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS ONLY INCREASING ABOUT 1.4% OR ABOUT $3.4 MILLION.

SO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT, THAT OUR, OUR BUDGET IS RELATIVELY FLAT FOR, FROM FISCAL 24 TO 25.

I, I WILL MAKE A COMMENT, UM, ABOUT THAT FLAT BUDGET.

WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF ONE-TIME FUNDS THROUGH ARPA AND THROUGH THE, THE STATE ESTATE GRANT.

AND SO WE DO KIND OF EXPECT IN THE FUTURE YEARS THAT THE OVERALL BUDGET WILL START DECLINING AS THOSE PROJECTS ARE BEING COMPLETED AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, ACCOMPLISH THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S BROADBAND, THE WINSLOW LEVY, UM, AND SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE IN THE COUNTY, WHICH WE'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

THE, THE NEXT HIGHLIGHT IS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, OUR COMPENSATION PLAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE BE COMPETITIVE IN THE LABOR MARKET, UM, AND BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO BE REALLY THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 2.5%, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR, FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL PERSONAL DAY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH, UM, FISCALLY ISN'T REALLY A A COST, UM, BUT IT ALLOWS THE THE EMPLOYEE TO, TO TAKE ANOTHER, UM, PAID DAY OFF.

UM, LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ALSO, UM, THERE'S NO INCREASE TO THE, THE EMPLOYEE'S COST OF BENEFITS.

UM, WE'VE DONE A, A GREAT JOB OF, OF MANAGING OUR, OUR HEALTHCARE, UM, WITH OUR PREVENTATIVE CARE AND OUR WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND WORKING WITH OUR HEALTH CONSULTANT, THE MAHONEY GROUP, AND REALLY BEING PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING OUR CLAIMS INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE.

AND WE'VE REALLY SEEN THE COST OF OUR HEALTHCARE REALLY LEVEL OUT BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND WE THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE ALSO HAVE IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTED A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT MATCHED, SO IF EMPLOYEES DO NEED MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR ANY MEDICAL EXPENSES, THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THEIR HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ANY MEDICAL NEEDS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.

AND THEN FOR THIS YEAR, THIS IS NEW, UM, WE WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL $500 ONE-TIME PAYMENT TO OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAPPEN SOMETIME IN THE, IN THE SPRING.

AND THEN THE, THE LAST HIGHLIGHT THAT WE KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR REGIONAL PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'VE LISTED OUT THOSE PROJECTS, UM, WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH OUR BROADBAND.

IF YOU'VE TRAVELED BETWEEN SNOWFLAKE AND, AND HOLBROOK HERE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE CAN SEE THE, THE CONSTRUCTION STARTING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LAYING THE, THE FIBER AND THE CONDUIT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

UM, WE HAVE THE, THE TAYLOR FACILITY PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR, A PLACE FOR OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER TO, TO BE, TO HAVE MORE SPACE TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES.

WE'VE MENTIONED THE, THE WINSLOW LEVEE.

UM, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT TO, UM, REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING.

UM, WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE HEBREW REMODEL, UM, SOUTH COUNTY EXPANSION AND OUR, AND REALLY WITH OUR GIS SYSTEM, WHICH WILL HELP US TO BETTER ORGANIZE AND ANALYZE DATA, HELP FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOP DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES AND TO REALLY PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC SO WHEN THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND KIND OF LOOK AT, AT, AT BETTER INFORMATION AS FAR AS PROPERTY LINES AND, AND MAPS.

SO HERE WE GO INTO THE NUMBERS.

AND SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS THE CU CU THE CUMULATIVE BUDGET RIGHT HERE.

AND SO IN THE FIRST COLUMN, UM, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT.

SO FOR FISCAL 24, WE HAD A GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF JUST OVER $65 MILLION.

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UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S INCREASING BY ABOUT 2.2 MILLION TO ABOUT 67.2 OR $67.3 MILLION.

OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS LAST YEAR WAS 151.7 MILLION.

UM, THAT'S REDUCED TO 144.9.

UM, I'LL MENTION THAT HERE IN A SECOND.

SO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 32.5.

THAT'S INCREASING TO 40.4.

AND REALLY WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING SOME MONEY OUT OF A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, PUTTING IT INTO A CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

SO TECHNICALLY THAT'S KIND OF ABOUT EVEN GOING ACROSS.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS FOR FISCAL 24, WE WERE AT $251.6 MILLION.

AND FOR FISCAL 25, THAT'S INCREASING SLIGHTLY BY JUST OVER $3 MILLION TO $255 MILLION OVERALL FOR THE FISCAL 25 BUDGET.

UM, WE DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT, THAT WE MENTIONED, WHICH IS THE, THE THIRD LOWEST IN THE STATE, UM, BY RECOMMENDING A A FLAT RATE, UM, THAT'S ABOUT $8.4 MILLION.

WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY OF ABOUT 6.5.

UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ESTIMATED REVENUES OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAXES IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN, UM, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THOSE FINANCIAL RESERVES MAINTAINED FOR FUTURE STA FINANCIAL STABILITY, THAT'S ABOUT $10.8 MILLION, WHICH, UM, AND HOW WE GET TO THAT, THAT'S 25% OF THE ACTUAL THERE ON LINE TWO, THE $43.3 MILLION.

SO WE SET THAT ASIDE.

AS FOR THAT FUTURE FINANCIAL STABILITY, UM, GO GOING FORWARD.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT SOURCES OF FUNDS, WHEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND FIRST, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOURCES OF FUNDS, UM, FOR THE GENERAL FUND, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES, UM, IS OUR STATE SHARED SALES TAX, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT 37% OUR COUNTY SALES TAX, WHICH IS JUST UNDER 21%.

AND THEN OUR PROPERTY TAX PENALTIES AND INTEREST, WHICH IS 19%.

SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 77% OF THE AVAILABLE REVENUES GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WE PROJECT TO BE, UM, JUST ABOUT $46.7 MILLION FOR FISCAL 25 THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

AND SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, ON TOP THERE, WE CAN SEE OUR STATE SHARED SALES TAX OVER THE, THE LAST THREE YEARS AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO END UP IN 24.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S PROGRESSIVELY INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, AND HAS BEEN OVER THE BUDGET AMOUNT.

SO THE, THE DARK GREEN IS THE ACTUALS AND THE LIGHT GREEN IS WHAT WE BUDGETED AND KIND OF THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR OUR COUNTY SALES TAX, UM, WHERE THAT'S PROGRESSIVELY INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LITTLE TABLE DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER.

UM, IT'S LABELED JLBC FORECAST.

AND SO THAT'S THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA, UM, IN THEIR PROJECTIONS FOR REVENUE.

AND WE CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THEY'VE KIND OF FLATTENED THAT OUT TO ABOUT 2.5% AND WE'VE KIND OF SEEN THAT KIND OF FLATTEN OUT.

UM, BUT THEY'RE PROJECTING IN FISCAL 25 FOR THAT TO KIND OF REBOUND A LITTLE BIT TO 3.7 AND THEN MORE NORMALIZED IN FISCAL 26 27.

AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF THE REASONS FOR TRYING TO KEEP OUR BUDGET FLAT IN, IN FISCAL 25 IS TO KIND OF MIRROR WHAT, WHAT OUR REVENUE AND OUR RESOURCES ARE GONNA ARE GONNA BE.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FISCAL 25, UM, WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND, UM, STATE SHARED REVENUE BUDGET OF ABOUT $7.3 MILLION.

UM, AND, UM, OUR ACCOUNTING SALES TAX, SO ABOUT 9.7.

AND SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, BUT WE FEEL BETTER TO BE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE.

UM, UM, JUST IN CASE THERE'S, THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE THAT, THAT'S NOT PREDICTABLE.

UM, SO KIND OF LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

SO THIS GRAPH, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATES, UM, 0.8114, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT TO BE FLAT.

AND SO THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE REPRESENTS THE TOTAL, UM, COUNTY PROPERTY TAX.

SO IT'S THE PRIMARY COUNTY PROPERTY TAX PLUS THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, LIBRARY DISTRICT AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM FISCAL 17 TO 18 IT WOULD, THERE'S AN UPTICK, BUT PRETTY MUCH SINCE THEN IT, FROM FISCAL 18, IT'S EITHER BEEN FLAT OR DECREASING AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, STARTING IN FISCAL 24 LAST YEAR OF KEEPING THAT, THAT TAX RATE FLAT AND, AND, AND COMING ACROSS.

AND, UM, AND NOT INCREASING THE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE'RE ASSESSING TO OUR, TO OUR, UM, AND KIND OF HOW THAT LOOKS IF WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF GONNA TAKE A DOLLAR AND KIND OF SPLIT THAT OUT, UM, HOW MUCH THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES.

SO KIND OF THERE, STARTING ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THAT DOLLAR.

THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX, THE HEALTH DISTRICT, LIBRARY DISTRICT AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 6 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.

UM, THE COUNTY PRIMARY RATE THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 8% ON THE DOLLAR, AND THE REST OF THAT IS COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF EXTERNAL ENTITIES, WHETHER IT'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FIRE DISTRICTS, OR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

AND OF COURSE THAT'S GONNA VARY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE DIFFERENT TAXING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN, IN YOUR AREA.

BUT ON AVERAGE, THIS IS A, THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD

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REPRESENTATION OF, OF KIND OF HOW THOSE TAX PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS ARE, ARE SPLIT OUT.

AND SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX FOR THE COUNTY AND UM, AND KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO I LIKE THIS GRAPH.

UM, SO THE LIGHT GREEN KIND OF SHOWS WHAT OUR TAX ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN, WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE REALLY ASSESSED TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THE DARK GREEN KIND OF SHOWS KIND OF WHAT WE COULD HAVE ASSESSED.

SO WE DO SEE THERE IN FISCAL 18, WE DID, UH, ASSESS THE TO THE MAX, BUT UM, FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE BEEN UNDER WHAT THE, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE TAXED LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO TO TAX.

SO, UM, DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UM, WITH THE TAX RATE REMAINING FLAT AT 0.8114, OUR MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY FOR THIS YEAR IS 9 MILLION, UM, $39,000.

AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING WITH A FLAT RATE THAT THAT RECOMMENDED LEVY THAT TO ACTUALLY ASSESS TO OUR RESIDENTS ONLY BE ABOUT $8.4 MILLION.

SO WE'RE STILL ABOUT $635,000 UNDER WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO ASSESS FROM A PROPERTY TAX PERSPECTIVE.

NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE TAXATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH PROPERTY TAXES.

UM, KEEPING A FLAT RATE WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE A TRUTH IN TAXATION, A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WILL DO BEFORE OUR, BEFORE WE ADOPT THE BUDGET IN, IN JULY.

UM, AND THAT IS REQUIRED EVEN IF YOU REDUCE THE RATE, IF IT'S, IF, IF THE TAXES ON A INDIVIDUAL DO INCREASE AT ALL, WE'RE REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO DO THAT.

AND THESE NUMBERS, THE 9 MILLION, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE GET SIT TO US BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF BOUND BY, BY THE STATE STATUTE AND, AND HAVING THAT TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING BEFORE WE ADOPT THE BUDGET.

SO LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND USE OF FUNDS, UM, WE KIND OF DIVVIED THAT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT.

UM, THE ONE THERE ON THE LEFT IS OUR USE BY FUNCTION.

AND SO IN THE BEGINNING I TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND KIND OF HOW WE LUMP CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN, IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, WE KIND OF BROKE THOSE APART.

SO FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THAT'S OUR, OUR COURTS, THE CLERK OF THE COURT, UH, PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 27.5%.

UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS THE JAIL, UM, PROBATION, THE CONSTABLES, UM, JUST UNDER 25%.

THOSE MANDATED SERVICES WERE RIGHT AROUND 20%.

COUNTYWIDE SERVICES ABOUT 14, CAPITAL OUTLAYS 7.8, AND THEN THE REMAINING ADMIN FINANCE HR RISK JUST UNDER 6%.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, IF WE LOOK AT THAT BY CATEGORY, NOT NECESSARILY BY FUNCTION, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS, UM, JUST UNDER 64% IN PERSONNEL AND ERE COSTS.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE ARE A SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND WE RELY ON, UM, PEOPLE TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES.

UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE LOOK AT SUPPLIES AND OUTSIDE SERVICES.

THOSE ARIZONA STATE COSTS THAT I MENTIONED THAT ARE, THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF LEEWAY IN PAYING ROUGHLY JUST UNDER 10% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

THE CAPITAL OUTLAY AGAIN, AND THEN SOME INSURANCE SOFTWARE, LEGAL AND AUDIT COSTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND OF JUST OVER $49 MILLION.

SO WE DID WANNA KIND OF HIT ON THOSE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX RATES.

AND SO WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THOSE TO STAY FLAT FROM FISCAL 24 TO 25 AND TO, TO NOT HAVE ANY CHANGES.

UM, WE ALSO LOOK HERE THAT WE ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING, UM, SOME TAXES FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE USED FOR SPECIFIC AREAS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES, UM, IN THOSE AREAS.

AND, UM, AND SOME OF THOSE, LIKE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THE DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL DEBT RELATED AND SO REQUIRED BY THE DEBT THAT THEY ISSUED TO BE ABLE TO REPAY BACK THE, THE DEBT THERE.

SO KIND OF MOVING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND KIND OF STARTING WITH THOSE, THOSE OTHER, THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, AND SOURCES OF FUNDS, UM, KINDA WANNA TALK ABOUT ON THE RIGHT FIRST, IF WE LOOK AT OUR HEALTH DISTRICT, UM, JUST UNDER 93% OF THEIR FUNDING IS PROVIDED BY THAT PROPERTY TAX.

UM, WE DO, UM, SOME TRANSFERS IN AND OUT, UM, NET THAT BASICALLY WE DO CHARGE A LITTLE BIT OF INDIRECT FOR SOME GRANTS AND, AND THEN THERE'S SOME MISCELLANEOUS AND SOME INTEREST EARNINGS THAT THEY GET.

AND I DECIDED THIS YEAR TO ALSO PROVIDE THERE ON THE LEFT, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH GRANTS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT THAT GREEN SECTION UP THERE IN THE TOP KIND OF LEFT HAND CORNER, IT SAYS OTHER GRANTS, 14.29% THAT REPRESENTS 18 GRANTS.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES IN, IN AND GRANT FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S VACCINE, UM, EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, OVERDOSE,

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UM, VITAL RECORDS, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY PROVIDE NUMEROUS, UM, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES TO OUR, TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT, THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED.

AND FOR THEM IN OUR HEALTH DISTRICT, THAT COMES TO JUST OVER ABOUT $5 MILLION WORTH OF WORTH OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR, OUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENCE.

UM, KIND OF LUMPED FLOOD CONTROL AND LIBRARY DISTRICT TOGETHER.

BUT IT'S KIND OF A SIMILAR STORY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT, UM, MAJORITY, UM, FUNDED BY THAT PROPERTY TAX, THAT SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX.

UM, SO FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IT'S ABOUT 96%.

AND THE PROPERTY TAX AND LIBRARY DISTRICT ABOUT 94%.

THE LIBRARY DI DISTRICT DOES HAVE SOME, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, WHICH KIND OF HELP OFFSET THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT IN THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, UM, JUST ROUGHLY ABOUT $2.2 MILLION.

AND IN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT, UM, ABOUT 900 TO 90,000.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A JAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS A SALES TAX THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO.

UM, I THINK BEGINNING IN FISCAL 21 WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE STARTED COLLECTING IT.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE HERE, THAT'S THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF COLLECTING THE, THE JAIL DISTRICT TAX.

AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT WE COLLECTED ABOUT $5.9 MILLION IN 22 AND 23, THAT JUMPED TO ABOUT 6.3 AND IN FISCAL 24 ABOUT, UM, 6.4.

SO, UM, THERE AGAIN WITH THE DARK GREEN, THE ACTUALS BEATING THE, THE PROJECTED AND, AND THAT'S IS PREDOMINANTLY THE, THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR JAIL DISTRICT.

AND SO FOR FISCAL 25, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET OF ABOUT $6.4 MILLION IN THE, IN THE JAIL DISTRICT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT EXPENSES IN OUR JAIL DISTRICT, UM, THERE'S A, A TOTAL EXPENDITURE ABOUT $10.6 MILLION.

UM, AGAIN, PERSONAL PERSONNEL AND ERE COSTS ABOUT 48.6 MILLION.

UM, WE DO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE JAIL, WHICH IS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE, UM, AS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 24 7 HEALTHCARE TO THO THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN OUR JAIL.

UM, THERE'S SOME CONTINGENCY FUNDING, UM, JUST ROUGHLY OF ABOUT 18% THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IN, IN, IN THERE.

AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT HERF, WHICH IS OUR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WHICH MANNY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN, IN HIS PRESENTATION AND THE, AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING.

SO, UM, WHAT BASICALLY PAYS FOR THOSE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT, THAT MANNY PRESENTED ON EARLIER, WE RECEIVE HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS AND VEHICLE LICENSE TAX DOLLARS FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN 22 WE WERE AT $11.1 MILLION.

AND THEN IN 23 THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECLINE THAT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HIT THE BUDGET AMOUNT, IT WAS ABOUT 10.8, UM, BUT WE WERE PROJECTING IN 24 THAT THAT'S TO REBOUND TO 11 POINT, JUST ABOUT $11.3 MILLION.

AND THE SAME KIND OF HELD TRUE IN OUR VEHICLE LICENSE TAX WHERE, UM, WE WERE AT 3.5 IN 22, KIND OF DIPPED DOWN TO 3.4 IN 23, BUT WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO BE ABOUT 3.7 IN 24.

UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP THERE IN 23, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE HAVE THOSE CONTINGENCY DOLLARS, UM, SET ASIDE LIKE IN THE JAIL DISTRICT AND OBVIOUSLY IN OUR HF AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET, UM, FOR FISCAL 25 FOR HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS OF $11.3 MILLION AND IN OUR VEHICLE LICENSE TAX OF ABOUT $3.6 MILLION.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, USE OF FUNDS, UM, IN THE HER HERF OR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, UM, IT'S ABOUT A, A TOTAL OF ABOUT $26.9 MILLION, WHICH, UM, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAT CONTINGENCY OF ABOUT 18.5%.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, PERSONNEL AND ERE COSTS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY.

AND, UM, I THINK MANNY DID A GREAT JOB OF GOING OVER THE PROJECTS IN HIS CIP UM, UM, PRESENTATION.

SO NOT WE'RE GONNA REALLY HIGHLIGHT THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, AND CAPITAL.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANNY SAID, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOARD AND RANCH AND, AND ROUNDUP TURN LANE, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ADDING A TURN LANE THERE, THAT'S A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT ROAD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE GET OFF TO THE RIGHT.

AND, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SO THAT WE, THAT WE ADDRESS, UM, THESE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ROADS AND OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

SO I THINK THIS IS THE NEXT TO LAST SLIDE, SO JUST KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT.

$40 MILLION IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, FUNDS.

SO, UM, WE DID GET THE, THE STATE GRANT LAST YEAR FROM, FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO GO TOWARD OUR WINSLOW LEVEE.

UM, WE'VE, WE'VE MATCHED THAT FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE AND EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COME INTO THERE.

UM, SO OUTTA THAT $40 MILLION, 75% OF THAT'S GOING TO THE WINSLOW LEVEE, UM, THE A CA BROADBAND GRANT THERE, UM, THAT'S ALSO A, A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT 9.6, $9.7 MILLION.

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AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SET ASIDE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND REGIONAL COMMUNICATION.

SOME PROJECTS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS ALL SET ASIDE IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, BUT I ALSO KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.

SO LIKE FOR BROADBAND, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT $10 MILLION.

WE'VE SPENT SOME OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY AS WE'VE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION START ON THAT.

SO WE KIND OF, WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER IN MARCH, WE KIND OF PROJECTED THERE'D BE ABOUT $8.8 MILLION LEFT TO SUPPLEMENT, UM, IN ARPA DOLLARS TO SUPPLEMENT THE, THE BROADBAND AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BUILDING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND CONSISTENCY FUNDING, WHICH IS ABOUT $4.9 MILLION TO ASSIST IN, IN ONE TIME, EXPEND ON, YOU KNOW, TO HELP OUT WITH, WITH THESE OTHER, WITH THESE PROJECTS TOO.

SO A TOTAL OF ADDITIONAL $13.7 MILLION.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS ALL ONE TIME FUNDING.

AND SO AS THIS FUNDING GOES AWAY AND AS WE COMPLETE THESE PROJECTS, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE KIND OF EXPECT OUR, OUR BUDGET TO DECREASE GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, ESPECIALLY AS THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS START GOING AND WE START SPENDING THIS ONE TIME FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UM, COVID GRANTS LIKE ARPA OR STATE GRANTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF THE BUDGET FOR THE LEVY OR THE STATE GRANT FOR THE, THE BROADBAND PROJECT.

AND SO THAT'S A OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE TENTATIVE BUDGET.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD HAS, I WOULD BE, UM, WILLING TO TRY MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU MR. VAL.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

UM, QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU COUNSEL.

AND UM, JASON, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK.

I KNOW, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED.

ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE DISCUSSION AND BEING ABLE TO HELP, UM, BEST UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND BEING, ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU PROVIDED, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES, IS ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT WERE MANDATED BY THE STATE AND, UM, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND HAVING DOLLARS SET ASIDE IN THE EVENT THAT THOSE DOLLARS AREN'T AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU TO YOUR EFFORTS AND EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS WITHIN THE COUNTY WHO HELPED US REACH THOSE GOALS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE, THE, THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OVERSEE THE BUDGET AND TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THE DOLLARS ARE UTILIZED THE WAY THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED.

AND THAT, UM, WHEN WE, UM, ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEST UNDERSTANDING, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT KNOWING WHERE EACH DOLLAR GOES, BUT REALLY HOW DO WE BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENSURING THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING PRIORITIZED IF IT'S ROADWAYS, IF IT'S THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATED IN THE HIGHLIGHT IS THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS THAT, UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVES AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FOR INSTANCE, RECEIVING $5.1 MILLION IN GRANTS.

UM, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO CREATING THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TO THE SUCCESS OF THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IF I COULD CHAIR? SURE, GO AHEAD.

I AGREE WITH, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT SUPERVISOR INGER HAS SHARED WITH US HERE TODAY.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WE HAVE A $250 MILLION BUDGET.

WE HAVE 65 MILLION THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISCRETION, AND WE TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES, WE, WE FIND OURSELVES DAILY TRYING TO STRUGGLE AND BATTLE.

AND EVERY PROJECT THAT WE LOOK AT, MONEY WOULD SOLVE EVERYTHING, BUT THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE CARE.

BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE CITIZENS THAT WE ARE TAXING AND IT'S THE CITIZENS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, TO PROTECT AND TO KEEP THOSE RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THAT.

IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT JUST LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, AS SHE SHARED THE GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE, OUR TREASURER THIS YEAR, SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING US IN ANOTHER $350,000 JUST BY MOVING SOME FUNDS FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I FEEL MOST DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE, ARE AMBITIOUS IN FINDING WAYS THAT THEY CAN SAVE MONEY AND CONTRIBUTE

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AND OVERALL, IT'S, UH, MAKES FOR A GREAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO BUDGET AND FIND A WAY TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND THAT THE STATE'S REQUIRED TO, THE COUNTIES ARE REQUIRED TO.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSIONS TO TRY TO KEEP THE STATE FROM BALANCING PART OF THEIR BUDGET BY TAKING AWAY MONEY THAT'S DUE TO THE COUNTIES AND SERVICES THAT THE COUNTY DOES.

AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPERVISORS WHO HAVE WORKED ON, ON TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND KEEP THAT WHERE THE STATE HAS TO BALANCE THEIR OWN BUDGET ON, ON THE BACKS OF THE STATE FUNDS RATHER THAN ON THE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU'RE AUDITED, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET INTO THE LINE ITEM IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT 35 PAGES OF YOUR BUDGET AND THEN INTO ANOTHER A HUNDRED PAGES OF THOSE THAT HAVE THE, THE DETAILED ITEMS. BUT THIS IS A GREAT SUMMARY AND A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO ECHO JUST A COUPLE, COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST, JUST THANK YOUS.

I WANT TO THANK, UM, WELL, JUST SOME PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE SINCE BEING ON THE BOARD, WHAT I'VE SEEN HAPPEN.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY THAT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SHIFTS THAT CAME OUR WAY WHERE WE WERE HANDED, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES WITH NO MONEY TO FULFILL THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND WE TRIED TO FIND OUT A WAY TO BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY FORWARD AS A COUNTY, UM, IN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORTS OF MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WE LOOKED AT FINDING A WAY FORWARD.

AND THEN AS THE ECONOMY STARTED TO IMPROVE, WE DIDN'T QUICKLY JUST SAY, HEY, IT'S SUNNY DAYS.

BUT WE STARTED TO LOOK REALLY FORWARD WHAT WAS COMING IN OUR FUTURE AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE LOSS OF SOME OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA THAT WE KNEW WERE EMINENT AND WERE COMING AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AROUND THE FUNDING THERE.

UM, SO THAT WE WERE, THAT WE STABILIZED THINGS AND SO OUR EMPLOYEES DIDN'T EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED DOWN IN THAT LAST DOWNTURN.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM AT NAVAJO COUNTY.

EVERY, EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE, UM, LEADERSHIP, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE ADMIN TEAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

IT'S PAYING OFF.

WE CAN SEE NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE OF IT, YOU LOOK AT LIKE WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR CITIZENS.

WE'RE THE THIRD LOWEST IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

UM, WE'VE STABILIZED OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A WAY FORWARD.

WE'VE LOOKED AT BEING ABLE TO, IN AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FEEL COMPRESSION BECAUSE OF, OF INFLATION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

WE'RE ABLE TO TRY AND HELP OUR EMPLOYEES A LITTLE BIT DURING THAT TIME WHILE STILL BEING RESPONSIBLE TO THE CITIZENS THAT WE REPRESENT.

AND THEN LOOKING AT IN EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE AND HOW TO RESPONSIBLY DEAL WITH THAT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING FOR MANY YEARS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR, WE'VE SPENT QUITE A FEW MONTHS TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS DONE RESPONSIBLY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER AND YOUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHOW THAT TO US AS A BOARD AND CAPTURE WHAT THE INTENTION WAS AND WHAT'S THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AND PRESENT THAT HERE TODAY.

SO REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD, HARD WORK, JASON, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TO THE WHOLE TEAM FOR DOING THIS.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY CREDIBLE, AS WAS MENTIONED, NO NEW POSITIONS WERE ADDED AS WE'VE SEEN THINGS START TO KIND OF STABILIZE IN THE ECONOMY.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPONSIBLY MOVED WITH THAT AS WELL.

AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THEY HAVE NEEDS.

BUT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND WE'RE TRYING TO RESPONSIBLY MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.

SO, AND I ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW SUPERVISOR SAID.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES AS FORWARD, IS TO HAVE A BALANCED, UM, BUDGET AND ONE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE.

AND I'M PROUD OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY, THIS IS VICE CHAIR ALI.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR GETTING THE BUDGET ALL IN ORDER AGAIN THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, I THINK YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

AS EVERYONE HAS, UM, MENTIONED, ALL THE SUPERVISORS HAVE MENTIONED, AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, HELPED IN THIS MANNER AS, AS WELL AS THE, UM, AND THE FI UH, JASON, THE FIN DIRECTOR.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO EVERY YEAR ON A YEARLY BASIS, UM, GETTING THIS BUDGET DONE.

THANK YOU CHAIR ROMAN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.

WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED TE OF BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2025.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? A HEARING NONE CHAIR

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CHAIRMAN, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET.

I'LL SECOND IT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

CHAIR WOULD NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION

[b. Board of Directors Sessions for consideration and possible adoption of the Tentative Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budgets: 1. Navajo County Public Health Services District 2. Navajo County Library District 3. Navajo County Flood Control District including LCR Flood Control Zone 4. White Mountain Lakes County Recreation Improvement District 5. Silver Creek County Road Improvement District 6. Victory Heights Road Maintenance District 7. Porter Mountain Domestic Water Improvement District 8. Fawnbrook Domestic Water Improvement District 9. Joseph City Street Lighting Improvement District 10. Navajo County Jail District 11. Timberland Acres Special Road District 12. White Mountain Lakes #2 Special Road District 13. Silver Creek Flood Protection District]

FOR ALL DISTRICTS.

UM, SO WE HAVE THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, INCLUDING LCR, FLOOD CONTROL ZONE Y, MOUNTAIN LAKES COUNTY RECREATIONAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SILVER CREEK COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, VICTORY HEIGHTS ROAD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT QUARTER MOUNTAIN DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, FA BROOK DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, JOSEPH CITY STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT, TIMBERLAND ACRE, SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES NUMBER TWO, SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, SILVER CREEK FLOOD PROTECTION DISTRICT.

SO MOVED.

WE'LL SECOND IT MOTION AND A SECOND.

AYE A AYE.

HEARING NONE.

WE'RE NOW IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE READ PREVIOUSLY, MR. BOW.

SO THE, THE WAY THE THE BUDGET WORKS IS ALL THESE, UM, OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE SEPARATE LEGAL LEGALLY FROM THE COUNTY, THEY'RE, THEY FALL UNDER THE, UM, A GOOD, GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT'S, THEY FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF OUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

SO WHEN WE PREPARE THE, THE COUNTY BUDGET, ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT DOCUMENT.

SO THAT DOCUMENT THAT I, THAT I SHOWED YOU, UM, INCLUDES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS.

AND SO, UM, IN A ADDITION TO APPROVING THE, THE, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY, UM, I'M ASKING FOR THE, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS AS THEY'RE INCLUDED WITHIN THE COUNTY BUDGET DOCUMENT TO ALSO BE APPROVED AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU MR. BROWN.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT.

YEP, THAT'D GREAT.

CHAIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, THAT WE APPROVE THE 13 PREVIOUSLY STATED, UH, BUDGETS FOR TENTATIVE BUDGETS FOR THE 13 PREVIOUSLY STATED, UH, BOARDS THAT WE'RE IN AT THIS TIME.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

MOTION PASSES.

NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION? THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU MR. VAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THE DS 200 ON ONSITE TABULATORS AND RETURN TO ONLY THE USE OF CENTRAL COUNT TABULATORS.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION, UM, ITEM C,

[c. *Consideration and possible approval to discontinue the use of DS200 on-site tabulators and return to only using the central count tabulators. ]

UH, MR. LAYTON CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

IT'S JUST A A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP.

YOU RECALL, UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTIONS, A LOT OF CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF MACHINES, OF HOW BALLOTS ARE COUNTED USED, UH, TRANSPORTED.

AND, UM, I MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD, AND THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, IN PARTICULAR, THE, THE MACHINES.

AND SO WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO WALK THROUGH THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND, AND SHARE A PRESENTATION, A PROPOSAL WITH YOU AS WELL.

SO IN PARTICULAR, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED ARE ABOUT WHAT'S THE MODEL IS THE DS 200, AND THESE ARE THE SMALLER TABULATORS THAT COUNT.

THE BO UH, READ AND COUNT THE, THE BALLOTS.

WE HAVE 14 OF THESE UNITS, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DEPLOY THESE AT INDIVIDUAL VOTE CENTERS.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE RESIDENTS GO AHEAD AND CAST THEIR VOTE AS THEY NORMALLY DO ON A PAPER BALLOT.

AND THEN THAT BALLOT IS, AS YOU SEE KIND OF IN THE LITTLE PICTURE THERE, IT'S, IT'S FED INTO THE, THE TABULATOR.

IT'S READ, UH, COUNTED, TABULATED, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THE RESULTS FROM THAT

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IS TRANSFERRED ONTO A SECURE FLASH DRIVE AND THEN DELIVERED HERE ALONG WITH ALL THE PAPER BALLOTS AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO CENTRAL COUNT HERE IN HOLBROOK.

SO THERE WAS, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE, AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS.

UM, IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE, IT'S, IT, I JUST RECEIVED NOTICE.

IT IS POSTED ONLINE NOW.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE, YOU GO TO THE ELECTION SECTION.

AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE'S A BUNCH OF KIND OF SUBHEADINGS.

AND ONE OF THOSE HEADINGS IS CALLED INFORMATION AND FAQS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT.

UM, AND AS, AS YOU'LL SEE, IT'S GROWN QUITE LARGE.

UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I AM WORKING WITH IT, UH, TRYING TO IDENTIFY A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SEARCHABLE AND EASIER, EASIER TO GET INTO.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THAT HERE SOON.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE VENDOR THERE CALLED ESNS.

WE SPOKE WITH THEIR SECURITY CHIEF, HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, AND THEY ACTUALLY HELPED US WITH THE RESPONSES TO A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS.

AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO PROVIDE AS MUCH DETAIL AS WE COULD, UM, IN ANSWERING AND BEING RESPONSIVE SO THAT THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE.

SO OVERALL, UH, JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE MACHINES, THE FIRST IS QUESTIONING THEIR CAPABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.

SO SAMPLE, LIKE, DO THESE DS TWO HUNDREDS HAVE MODEMS INSIDE OF THEM? CAN, UH, CAN THESE COMMUNICATIONS BE COMPROMISED AND OR INTERCEPTED? YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR THE WORD HACKED.

UM, THAT WAS KIND OF THE MAIN, THE OTHER KIND OF MAIN GROUPING OF QUESTIONS IF WE COULD, IS ASK ABOUT THE SECURITY AND THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE.

SO WHO OWNS ESNS, UH, WHERE THEIR SERVERS STORED.

UH, THE CONTRACT MENTIONS THAT THIRD PARTIES ARE, ARE PARTNERS ARE USED.

WHAT ABOUT PASSWORD SECURITY? SO WE GOT INTO A LOT OF THIS AND I, I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH THE BOARD.

SO FIRST OFF, THE CAPABILITY COMMUNICATE.

SO ARIZONA STATE STATUTE PROHIBITS MODEM TECHNOLOGY IN TABULATORS, AND THAT'S BEEN SINCE 2014.

SO FOR ESNS TO SELL A MODEM IN ARIZONA WITH MODEM, AND IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL, THE DS 200 TABULATORS CAN BE ORDERED WITH MODEMS. AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT GENERATES A LOT OF CONFUSION.

THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT ALLOW FOR MODEMS AND THE SOFTWARE FOR THE IT TO OPERATE THAT MODEM INSIDE THEIR MACHINES.

THOSE MODEMS ARE ADDED AT AN ADDITIONAL COST, AND YOU SEE THAT ON THE INVOICE AS ADDITIONAL COST.

THEY DON'T GIVE THOSE OUT FOR FREE.

UM, AND ALSO PROVIDED ON THE WEBSITE IS THIS DOCUMENT, THEY PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU TO VISUALLY INSPECT THE MACHINE AND SEE IF THERE'S A MODEM IN PLACE.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE, THE WEBSITE, NOW, THIS IS A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT, UH, TOOLS.

YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE THE KEY TO, TO OPEN UP THE DOOR, BUT IT HAS PICTURES OF HOW YOU LIFT UP ONE OF THE COMPARTMENTS AND LOOK IN AND IT'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE MODEM WOULD BE.

SO THEY PROVIDE A GUIDE, UH, TO CHECK IF YOUR MACHINE IS EQUIPPED WITH A MODEM OR NOT.

SO REGARDING THE SECURITY AND THE HARDWARE, ESNS IS A US OWNED COMPANY.

UH, THERE'S NO FOREIGN INVESTMENT.

THE OWNER, UH, OWNS ABOUT 80% OF THE STOCK AND EMPLOYEES OWN THE REST OF THE 20%.

AND THEY'RE BASED OUT OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA, ALL THEIR OPERATIONS ARE THERE.

ALL THE SERVERS THAT ESNS USE ARE OWNED AND OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY ESNS THERE IN OMAHA.

THERE'S NO OUTSOURCING OF SERVERS THERE.

UH, ALL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITS IS DONE BY ESNS IN OMAHA.

THE COMPUTER CHIPS, OBVIOUSLY, THEY DON'T MAKE THEIR OWN COMPUTER CHIPS.

THOSE ARE SOURCED FROM INTEL AND A MD AND EVEN THE PRODUCT TRANSPORT.

WHEN THEY SHIP, THEY USE ESNS DRIVERS AND VEHICLES.

THEY DO NOT USE LIKE FEDEX OR UPS OR A THIRD PARTY LIKE THAT.

IT IS A COMPLETE, UH, CHAIN OF CUSTODY WITH ESNS EMPLOYEES BY ESNS EMPLOYEES UNTIL IT IS TURNED OVER TO A COUNTY OR OR OTHER ENTITY.

AND WITH THE SOFTWARE, ALL SOFTWARE IS WRITTEN AND DEVELOPED BY ESNS STAFF IN OMAHA.

AND IT'S INTERESTING, THEY DESCRIBED IT TO ME AND PEOPLE MUCH SMARTER WOULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER, BUT AS THE DEVELOPERS WORK WITH THE CODE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO SIGN THAT CODE OUT OF THE SERVER.

THEY CAN WORK ON IT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SIGN IT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO THEY HAVE A COMPLETE CHAIN OF CUSTODY FOR EVERY STEP, EVERY, EVERY TIME THE SOFT PIECE OF SOFTWARE IS WORKED ON, IT HAS A CHAIN OF CUSTODY THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

SO ANOTHER OF THE BIG QUESTIONS WAS, UM, THAT

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IT USES WINDOWS TENT.

AND THAT'S TRUE, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE KIND OF HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MORE CONTEXT AROUND THAT.

IT'S A HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED VERSION OF WINDOWS 10.

IT'S BEEN FUNDAMENTALLY ALTERED BY ESNS.

IT'S BEEN HIGHLY SIMPLIFIED AND IT'S LOCKED DOWN.

IT'S A IT WITH THOSE ALTERATIONS.

IT HAS BECOME A PROPRIETARY VERSION THAT CANNOT COMMUNICATE OR OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM.

UM, IT CAN ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER ESNS COMPUTERS, UH, THAT RUN THE SAME, SAME PROGRAM, UH, TO MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND IS YOU CANNOT TAKE AN ES S UH, COMPUTER THAT HAS THE WINDOWS 10 ON IT.

YOU CAN'T RUN MICROSOFT OFFICE ON IT.

YOU COULDN'T RUN LIKE WORD OR EXCEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WON'T RUN, UH, WHAT'S CALLED EXC EXECUTABLE FILES.

IT WON'T RUN AUTO RUN FILES.

IT SIMPLY DOESN'T TALK LIKE THAT.

UM, SO THIS, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS WAS REGARDING, UH, A PRETTY, UH, AN ATTACK THAT, UH, GAINED A LOT OF NOTORIETY A COUPLE YEARS AGO CALLED A SOLAR WINDS ATTACK.

UH, ACCORDING TO E-S-S-E-S-N-S SECURITY OFFICIALS, THEIR VER VERSION OF WINDOWS 10 WAS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE WITH THAT TO THAT BECAUSE, WELL, ONE, IT WAS SO DIFFERENT.

IT'S BEEN FUNDAMENTALLY ALTERED.

IT'S NOT, IT, IT, UH, THE NORMAL ATTACK WAS TO ATTACK A NORMAL WIND, UH, VERSION OF WINDOWS 10.

IT COULDN'T TALK TO THIS.

AND TWO, THAT THESE COMPUTERS DON'T ACCESS THE INTERNET.

SO EVEN DSS DS TWO HUNDREDS THAT HAVE MODEMS, THEY CAN'T GET ON THE INTERNET.

THEY CAN ONLY SPEAK TO ANOTHER ESNS COMPUTER.

UM, AND SO EVEN THAT IS LOCKED DOWN WHEN IT HAS A MODEM.

UH, THE UNITS ALSO HAVE MILITARY GRADE ENCRYPTION THAT'S TESTED AGAINST, UH, IT, THERE'S DIFFERENT TERMS, SAY HASH BUNNY, BASH BUNNY THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, UH, SOME PEOPLE USE DIFFERENT WORDS ON THAT.

THE OTHER KIND OF POPULAR ATTACKS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE, UM, THAT USE USB PORTS TO GET IN, UH, THEY, THEY CANNOT, UM, THEY CANNOT DEFEAT THAT MILL GRADE MILITARY GRADE ENCRYPTION ON THERE.

UM, AND EVEN THE FLASH DRIVES THAT ARE USED ARE ENCRYPTED.

UM, THEY HAVE SPECIAL SOFTWARE ON THEM THAT THESE FLASH DRIVES, THAT ESNS FLASH DRIVES CANNOT BE USED IN OTHER COMPUTERS.

THEY CAN ONLY BE USED IN ESNS, UM, THINGS.

SO, UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING HERE THAT, UH, WELL, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS CONCERNS WAS THE THIRD PARTY COMPANIES.

AND WE, WE LOOKED INTO THIS, WHAT WE LEARNED IS IT'S THIRD PARTY COMPANIES THAT HELP TEST AND VALIDATE THE SOFTWARE.

AND THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP, UM, COMPANIES LIKE ESNS TEST AND VALIDATE THEIR SOFTWARE.

SO WHEN IT SAYS THIRD PARTY COMPANIES, THEY'RE REFERRING TO THESE COMPANIES THAT TEST THE SOFTWARE.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING THE SOFTWARE.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE USED TO TEST AND VALIDATE.

SO WHAT WE TOOK AWAY FROM THAT IS THAT AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW, UH, ESNS HAS LOOKED TO THIRD PARTIES TO GET INDEPENDENT TESTING AND VALIDATE THEIR SOFTWARE.

AND THEY SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE GONE ABOVE THAT AND TRIED TO LOOK AT OTHER PLACES TOO, TO FURTHER TEST AND VALIDATE THEIR SOFTWARE.

SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT, HERE'S WHAT WE TOOK AWAY.

A, THESE ESNS UNITS SPEAK A PROPRIETARY LANGUAGE THAT IS, IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE THERE.

ONE OF THE BIG SAFEGUARDS THERE, UM, IS THAT IT'S NEVER CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

AND SO IF YOU'RE NEVER CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET, UM, YOU'RE NOT EXPOSED TO THE POTENTIAL VIRUSES OR MALWARE THAT'S OUT THERE.

UM, THE UNITS USE MILITARY GRADE ENCRYPTION, AND IT'S BEEN TESTED AND VERIFIED BY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND EVEN ACADEMIC, UH, INSTITUTIONS.

SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE DS TWO HUNDREDS HAVE SUFFICIENT SECURITY.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN VETTED, APPROVED, AND OUR IT, UH, SECURITY FOLKS APPROVE OF THEIR USE.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT A A RS TITLE, WHICH ONE? A RS WHAT? 16 WHAT? EXCUSE ME.

IT SAYS RIGHT THERE, NO, 16 ONE, WHICH SECTION? YES.

EXCUSE ME.

GO AHEAD, BRIAN, SIR.

YEAH, SO, UM, A SR IS 16, UH, IS VERY LONG.

AND SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS TAKEN FROM THE FIRST SECTION.

UM, SO WHAT IT SAYS IS BALLOTS SHALL BE COUNTED BY AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT AND BALLOTS.

THEY MAY BE COUNTED MANUALLY, BUT ONLY IF IT BECOMES IMPRACTICAL TO COUNT ALL OR PART OF THE BALLOTS WITH TABULATING EQUIPMENT AND COUNTIES MAY NOT INDEPENDENTLY CHOOSE TO DO SO.

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KIND OF THE BACKGROUND OF THAT IS THAT COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN ARIZONA OPERATE WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS DI'S RULE, AND I'LL JUST READ THAT HERE, WHICH STATES THAT COUNTIES ACT AS ARMS OF THE STATE AND ARE LIMITED TO THE AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPLICITLY GRANTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

AND SO TO, TO THE QUESTIONS OUT THERE OF, OKAY, WELL, EXACTLY WHERE DOES THIS SAY THIS, UM, SOME HELPFUL GUIDES HERE AND REFERENCE POINTS, UM, FURTHER CLARIFYING THAT ARIZONA COUNTIES MUST USE TABORS.

UH, FIRST, UH, A GOOD REFERENCE IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S LETTER TO MOJAVE COUNTY FROM AUGUST, 2023.

AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT WITH YOU.

AND THIS IS ALSO ON THE WEBSITE UNDER, IN THE ELECTIONS, UNDER THE, THE PART THAT SAYS INFORMATION FAQS.

AND HERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE AG REFERENCES SEVERAL COURT CASES, UM, WHICH HAVE BEEN LITIGATED AND ALSO SPECIFICS IN THE STATUTE OF WHERE YOU CAN GO FIND THE EXACT DETAILS OF WHAT THE AG IS REFERENCING WHEN, UM, THEY'RE CLARIFYING THAT COUNTIES MUST USE TABULATORS.

UH, ANOTHER REFERENCE FOR THIS WILL BE THE, UH, THE LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE DATED, UH, MAY 23RD OF THIS YEAR THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THIS TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE TO USE TABULATORS, AND AGAIN, THERE'S REFERENCES TO THE SPECIFIC, UH, COURT CASES AND SPECIFICS WITHIN THE, UH, UH, STATE STATUTES TO HELP FOLKS GET, YOU KNOW, DIVE INTO THOSE EXACT DETAILS IF THEY'D LIKE.

SO THAT THAT'S THERE.

SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNTIES MUST USE TABULATORS, THAT THAT'S FROM THE, FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ON THE A RS, FROM THE CLARIFICATION RECEIVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE, UM, THAT IS THE PREMISE THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER, IS THAT IT'S A LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR US TO USE THAT.

SO HOW DO WE COMPLY? WE ABSOLUTELY COMPLY WITH THIS STATE STATUTE, AND HERE WHAT WE REFER TO AS CENTRAL COUNT, UH, HERE ON CAMPUS HERE IN THE HOLBROOK AREA, WE HAVE ELECTION CENTRAL.

AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, ON ELECTION NIGHT, UH, WHEN AFTER FOLKS VOTE, IT'S LOCKED IN THE THE BAG.

AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, DEPUTY SHERIFFS PICK UP THOSE BAGS, TRANSPORT THEM HERE, UH, UNDER, UM, UNDER THEIR OBSERVATION AND, AND PROVIDE THEM HERE AT CENTRAL COUNT.

AND THEY TAKE THE BALLOTS AND RUN 'EM THROUGH THEIR, WE HAVE TWO MAIN MACHINES.

WE REFER TO 'EM AS A CENTRAL COUNT MACHINES.

SO THAT, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE'S STATUTE.

THERE, UM, HERE, JUST A COUPLE Y YEARS AGO, WE RECENTLY BOUGHT THESE, WHAT I'VE REFERRED I SPOKE TO EARLIER ARE THESE DS 200 MACHINES.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, AGAIN, THEY PROVIDE THAT ONSITE TABULATION.

WE HAVE 14 OF THOSE, AND WE CAN DEPLOY 'EM OUT TYPICALLY TO THE CENTERS THAT HAVE THE MOST, UH, VOTER TURNOUT.

UM, SO WE'VE USED THESE IN THE PAST THREE ELECTIONS AND, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED THEM, WE, WE'VE HAD, WE NOW HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE USING THEM, BUT THAT'S HOW NAVAJO COUNTY IS IN, UM, LEGAL COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, A RS 16.

SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THIS IS, THIS OPTION BOARD, UH, LEAVES US IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE BOTH THE DS TWO HUNDREDS AND CENTRAL COUNT, UH, TABULATORS.

SO, UM, IF, IF WE PURSUE THIS ROUTE TO FURTHER ADDRESS CONCERNS, UH, ESNS, THEY HAVE OFFERED TO SEND A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN TO NAVAJO COUNTY TO OPEN A UNIT.

SO THEY HAVE THE, UM, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, THEY HAVE THE CORRECT TOOLS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE YOU OPEN UP THAT, THAT MACHINE, IT IS NO LONGER CERTIFIED TO BE USED IN AN ELECTION.

BUT IF ESNS PERSONNEL DO THAT WITH THE PROPER TRAINING, THE PROPER TOOLS, THEY CAN OPEN IT UP, WE CAN VISUALLY INSPECT IT, THEY CAN CLOSE IT, AND THEN IT, UM, WE CAN, WE'RE ABLE TO RECERTIFY THAT.

SO THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE.

UM, IT'S A, A GENEROUS OFFER OF ESNS TO, TO DO THAT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT, OKAY, UH, FOLKS KIND OF WANNA SEE THE, THE INSIDES OF THE MACHINE, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE THE SOURCE CODE.

WE CLARIFIED WITH, UM, ESNS THAT, THAT, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DO.

THAT SOURCE CODE IS PROPRIETARY TO THEM.

AND FROM, IF YOU STEP BACK, JUST KIND OF FROM A LOGISTICAL AND A KIND OF A COMMON

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SENSE, UH, PERSPECTIVE, IF THEY WERE TO SHARE THAT SOURCE CODE OPENLY TO THE PUBLIC, THAT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CRIMINAL ACTORS, UM, AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO THEN STUDY THAT SOURCE CODE AND HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING, UM, A TAX OR TO COMPROMISE THAT.

IT'S SO, UM, FOR THE SAFETY AND THE SECURITY, AND BECAUSE IT'S PROPRIETARY, THEY, THEY WON'T ALLOW, UM, THE REVELATION, UH, OPEN REVELATION OF THAT SOURCE CODE BEYOND THE TESTING THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THEIR THIRD PARTY PARTNERS.

SO WITH, WITH THESE DS 200 MACHINES, YOU KNOW, OPERATOR ERRORS STILL REMAINS A CONCERN.

WE HAD AN ISSUE IN WHITE RIVER NOT LONG AGO WHERE THE UNIT WASN'T PROPERLY CHARGED, STARTED TO RUN OUT OF POWER, AND ALSO WE HAD FOUR BALLOTS THAT WERE DOUBLE FED.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST INHERENT IN HAVING A MACHINE LIKE THIS, THAT IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TRAINING.

AND, UH, SO IF WE CONTINUE TO USE THESE, THEN AS A COUNTY, WE'LL FOCUS ON POLL WORKER TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT AND, AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MITIGATE THAT ERROR.

AND AGAIN, IF THERE IS A CONCERN LIKE THERE WAS IN, IN WHITE RIVER, UM, WE ALWAYS DEFAULT TO BRINGING THE BALLOTS BACK AND COUNTING HERE IN CENTRAL COUNT.

SO ANOTHER OPTION HERE IS TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THESE, UH, DS 200 MACHINES AND RETURN TO ONLY USING THE CENTRAL ACCOUNT MACHINES.

AND AGAIN, THIS, UH, BOARD IS FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ARIZONA STATE STATUTE BECAUSE WE ARE TABULATING THOSE, THOSE VOTES.

SO SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.

UM, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE, UH, AFTER HAVING OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE, THESE ONSITE TABULATORS IS ACTUALLY A SIMPLER PROCESS FOR POLL WORKERS AND STAFF.

THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ALL OF OUR VOTE CENTERS NOT JUST, UM, THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE VOTE CENTERS THAT SOME HAVE THE TABULATORS AND SOME DON'T.

THEY'D ALL BE ON THE SAME PROCESSES.

IT WOULD, UM, SIMPLIFY OUR TRAINING FOR THAT.

UH, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT, A DECISION HERE DOES NOT CHANGE THE VOTER EXPERIENCE OR THE VOTER ACCESS AT ALL.

THAT THE, THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE VOTER REMAINS A HUNDRED PERCENT THE SAME FOR THEM.

SO OVERALL, FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, THE ONSITE TABULATORS HAVE NOT HELPED US ACHIEVE THE DESIRED EFFICIENCIES OR THE, THE, THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE HAD INITIALLY HOPED FOR.

UM, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE, THESE ONSITE TABULATORS MAY MAKE MORE SENSE IN JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE MUCH LARGER POPULATIONS, UH, BUT IN, IN HOW WE WORK, UH, THEY DID, THEY HAVEN'T TURNED OUT TO DELIVER THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE, WE HAD HOPED FOR.

SO IF, IF WE WENT THAT DIRECTION AGAIN, WE, WE'D GO BACK TO JUST TABULATING ALL THE BALLOTS HERE AT ELECTION CENTRAL.

AND WE FEEL THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES OFFER THE BEST ENVIRONMENT, UH, FOR OBSERVABLE ACCOUNTABLE ELECTIONS.

ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S, UH, THE BALLOT, THE PAPER BALLOTS ARE ALL SECURELY TRANSPORTED BY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES UNDER LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, WHEN THEY GET TO ELECTION CENTRAL.

IT'S UNDER DIRECT OBSERVATION AND VERIFICATION BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, UM, AND ANYONE CAN WATCH THAT LIVE ON THE LIVE STREAM ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY.

SO AN, AN OPTION TODAY TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THE DS TWO HUNDREDS DOES NOT PRECLUDE STAFF FROM APPROACHING THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE AND RECOMMENDING, UM, AN EVOLUTION IN THIS OR A CONTINUATION.

SHOULD TECHNOLOGY CHANGE OR EQUIPMENT CHANGE OR, UM, EVEN STATE REGULATIONS TO CHANGE ON THIS, UM, THIS IS A, A VOTE TO DISCONTINUE THESE PARTICULAR MACHINES AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, UH, FOR US MAKES, MAKES NO SENSE.

AND YOU MIGHT ASK, WELL, BRIAN, WHY, WHY NOW? WHY DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THREE ELECTIONS.

SO WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, I THINK THAT WE CAN SPEAK CREDIBLY TO HOW, UM, HOW EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.

UM, WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM.

AND AT THIS POINT, UM, STAFF WILL WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER DECISION.

UM, BUT STAFF, UM, PREFERENCE HERE IS, WOULD BE TO, UM, SIMPLIFY THIS PROCESS AND USE ONLY THE CENTRAL COUNT MACHINES.

UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY TO DO MY BEST TO, TO ANSWER THEM.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU BRIAN.

TIME TO BE ABLE TO, WHETHER IT'S LISTEN IN HERE OR MEET WITH CITIZENS AND, AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, I DO APPRECIATE THAT CITIZENS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO ENGAGE AND TRY TO PROVIDE US INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND TAKE A LOOK AT.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? ANYONE? I WILL, UH, I'LL MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THIS AND TAKING THE

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APPRECIATE YOU WALKING THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING, KIND OF VALIDATING, UM, IF WE WERE TO STAY WITH THEM, SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND, AND ACTUALLY TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY AND GOING AND LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, ALSO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF OUR STRUCTURE AND HOW WE'RE BUILT OUT, IT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE JUST GO TO THE CENTRAL TABULATORS.

UM, BUT REALLY DO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW PERSONALLY, BRIAN, BUT ALSO ALL THE TEAM, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND THEN LOOKING AT OPTIONS AND HOW TO BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF IS NOTICED AND APPRECIATED BY AT LEAST ME PERSONALLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UM, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION? NOW? I'LL JUST MAKE A A COMMENT.

UH, BRIAN, YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THE PUBLIC, YOU'VE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE.

YOU'VE RESEARCHED THIS THOROUGHLY AND, AND A LOT OF THINGS, WHETHER CITIZENS TOTALLY AGREE OR OR NOT AGREE IS STILL WHAT WE CAN AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO ON CERTAIN THINGS.

AND I THINK BY SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS, MOVING THE PROCESS TO A MORE CENTRAL AREA THAT CAN BE OBSERVED BY ALL THAT'S ABLE TO, AND ALSO IN THE LONG TERM SIMPLIFIES IN THE EVENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN ONGOING EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING AND KEEPING UP THESE MACHINES AS THEY'RE PROBABLY WILL INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THEM OUT AND DIFFERENT THINGS GOING FORWARD.

SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT SIMPLER PROCESS, AND TO ME, SIMPLICITY ALSO MAKES THINGS MORE, UH, ACCURATE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THIS AND STAFF AS WELL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD.

CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU TO YOU, BRIAN, AND THE STAFF MEMBERS.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY TAXING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION BEST UNDERSTAND THE ELECTION AND THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AS A COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING EVERY REGULATION AND LAW THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT, UM, THAT IS OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO'S TAKEN THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER, UM, THE QUESTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND INVESTIGATING, UM, THE BEST STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT IS, IT'S NOT, UM, A THING THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, UM, DELIBERATED ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE BEST, UM, HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE ELECTION? HOW DO WE BEST PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO FEEL LIKE THEIR QUESTIONS ARE BEING ANSWERED? I AM, I CAN SAY THAT WITH EVERY QUESTION.

IF WE DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER, THAT SOMEBODY IS TAKING THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO THE COMPANIES TO REACH OUT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO REACH OUT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO, TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE QUESTION.

AND SO NO QUESTION HAS BEEN TAKEN LIGHTLY.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT HELPS ME TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, ONE THAT, UM, THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEST UNDERSTAND, UH, THE ELECTION PROCESS, OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE GOVERNED BY LAW AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT WILL BEST IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT A VOTE IS NOT HINDERED THAT, UM, EVERY VOTE, UM, IS IMPORTANT.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS THAT, UM, THE VOTER EXPERIENCE WILL NOT CHANGE, THAT YOUR BALLOT WILL COME AND SO FORTH.

AND SO THE VOTER EXPERIENCE DOES NOT CHANGE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO BE ABLE TO HELP, UM, UNDERSTAND THE MACHINES AND ALSO HELPING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT.

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ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, HEARING NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION GENERAL, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THE DS 200 ON SITE TABULATORS AND RETURN TO ONLY A CENTRAL COUNT TABULATOR FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WAS THAT A SECOND? OKAY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

, ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

MOTION IS PASSED, UM, TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF DS 200 ONSITE TABULATORS AND RETURN TO USING THE ONLY THE CENTRAL COUNT.

TABULATORS.

FIVE ON THE AGENDA COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE REPORT FROM THE COUNTY.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER

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

UM, BRAD, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING FOR COUNTY TRAINING? BRIAN? ANYTHING? UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

UM, JUST TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, SUPERVISORS AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS AN OUTREACH, UH, IT IS WILDFIRE SEASON.

WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THE, THE START OF FIRES ALREADY VERY DRY, WINDY CONDITIONS, SO ANY OUTREACH THAT WE COULD GET YOUR HELP.

UM, THE COUNTY'S PUTTING OUT A LOT OF MESSAGING ON THEIR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE, UH, I'M SORRY, THE, THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

IF, IF YOU WOULD, WOULDN'T MIND, UH, SHARING THAT, LIKING THAT INFORMATION, THAT DOES HELP THE ALGORITHM AND MEANS THAT THAT MESSAGE CAN REACH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THAT REALLY DOES HELP US SHARE THAT MESSAGE AND, AND GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT THERE.

THANK YOU MR. LAYTON.

ALRIGHT, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I JUST HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ATTENDING DIFFERENCE IN THE EVENTS FROM HORON, THE CITY OF SHOW DAYS, AND JUST SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON.

JUST APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THESE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS.

IT WAS INTERESTING AS I WAS DRIVING AROUND THOUGH, I HAVE A TENDENCY TO JUST LOOK AT PEOPLE'S YARDS AND, AND THINGS, AND I WAS UP IN, IN AN AREA AND I COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE OF TASTE IN HOW THE PROPERTIES ARE IDENTIFIED OR HOW PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY ARE, ARE ADHERING TO THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS.

AND HERE YOU HAVE, AND I'LL CALL IT A VERY WELL KEPT MANICURED HOME, AND RIGHT HERE YOU HAVE ONE THAT HAS A LITTLE CHALLENGES OR SOME GREAT CHALLENGES.

AND SO I TAKE SOME PICTURES AND SHOOT 'EM OFF TO, TO SOME PEOPLE AND SAY, IS, ARE WE IN COMPLIANT HERE? AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT THAT WAS JUST MY OBSERVATION, BUT COME TO FIND OUT, UH, WOULD ALREADY ASSESS THAT PROPERTY AND THAT ALREADY BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING REQUIRED TO CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR PROCESSES DO WORK, WHETHER OR NOT, I WAS JUST MAKING OBSERVATION, TELLING BRIAN I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME HORSE PROPERTY OUT THERE AND FIGHTING, WHICH WAS MOST DESIRABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT TAKES EVERYBODY DOING THEIR PART.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHICH PERSON'S RIGHT OR WHICH PERSON IS HAPPIER IN HIS HOME.

I REALLY CAN'T.

IT'S UP TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO PROTECT WHEN WE DO OUR JOB.

WE TRY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF BOTH OF THOSE PEOPLE, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A VERY STRONG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT YET IT'S OUR ROLE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE BOTH OF THEM EQUALLY HAPPY AND ACCORDING TO THE LAWS THAT WE TRY TO ENFORCE.

AND SO I JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU, THAT AS WE PROTECT MOST, WHAT'S MOST PRIVATE TO EACH ONE OF YOU IS YOUR RIGHTS AND THOSE PRIVILEGES THAT WE TRY TO DO.

AND I JUST AM GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN FOR THE FREEDOMS, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ALL OF US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE TRY TO DO THE THINGS THAT REALLY ARE TRUE TO OUR HEART.

AND THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

UM, HAD, UH, CELEBRATED THE, THE PASSAGE OF THE INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT THAT WAS SIGNED ON JUNE 2ND IN 1924 AND GRANTING, UM, CITIZENSHIP TO NATIVE AMERICANS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AT THAT TIME, ALTHOUGH WE MAY, WE WERE ALREADY, UM, WITHIN THIS TERRITORY, BUT, UH, UNDER THE FORMATION OF THE, OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND GRANTING THAT, THAT WE BE, UH, ENABLED OR HAVE THE, THE RIGHTS SIMILAR TO THOSE CITIZENS AT THAT TIME AND TO CONTINUE INTO TODAY.

UM, SUPERVISOR , DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO UPDATE US ON? I, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE, UH, IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.

UM, MOST I WOULD GOING TO DEFER TO PROVIDE A REPORT, UH, OR AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

HOWEVER, JUST A BRIEF, UM, UPDATE IS JUST AS OF EARLIER THIS MONTH ON JUNE 2ND, UH, UH, THIS, YEAH, OF THIS MONTH.

SORRY, I JUST LOST MY ABOUT TO LOSS.

I LOSE MY CHAIN OF THOUGHTS.

UM, AT INDIAN WELLS, UH, WE HAD, UH, COORDINATED THROUGH MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL INDIAN WELLS VETERANS ORGANIZATION,

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AND SO THEY HAVE CELEBRATED, UH, THE 100 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THAT, UM, IMPORTANT LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED.

AND IT WAS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION.

THAT WAS, I THINK IT WAS THE ONLY CELEBRATION THAT WAS HELD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NAVAJO NATION COORDINATED BY THE LOCAL VETERANS WHO TOOK PRIDE IN THAT.

SO IT WAS A VERY, UH, IT WAS A GOOD, UH, MEANINGFUL MOMENT WITH PERFORMERS WITH, UM, THOSE THAT PROVIDED A HIGHLIGHT OF THE ACT ITSELF AND THEN ALSO, UM, PROVIDING, UH, ENTERTAINMENT IN WITHIN A SIX HOUR TIMEFRAME THERE AT THE, UH, INDIAN WELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDER THE HOLBROOK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO EXTEND THAT APPRECIATION TO, TO ROCHELLE FOR HELPING LOCATE THE, THE ACT ITSELF BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, COPY THAT IMAGE AND THEN PLACE IT INTO THE PROGRAM, AND THEN THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS FAR AS MY PARTICIPATION AMONG THE OTHER THINGS AT THIS TIME.

AND, UM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND UM, AND THEN WE WAIT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW, UM, PHONE CALLS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR , UH, SUPERVISOR.

WE, UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

I'D LIKE TO, UM, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO STAFF FOR YOUR WORK IN HELPING SOME OF OUR LOCAL, UM, EVENTS.

UM, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT.

UM, I KNOW OUR, UM, SHOW LOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD, UH, THE SHOW SHOW DAYS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS THERE.

UM, I KNOW THAT WILD FIRE SEASON IS CERTAINLY ON ALL OF OUR MINDS.

UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO ALL OF OUR ATTENTION IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

IF YOU ARE NOT SET ON READY, SET, GO.

UM, WHAT IS THE CONNECTOR? KATRINA, MARCO COUNTY EASY.GOV/READY? DID YOU GET THAT? YEAH, SLASH WHAT YOU CAN FIND SLASH READY FORWARD SLASH READY.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE CONNECTOR IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY CITIZEN REGISTER.

UM, IT ALLOWS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE NOTIFIED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

UM, IF YOUR COMMUNITY HAPPENS TO BE, HAPPENS TO BE ON THE SET THAT YOU'RE ALERT AND AWARE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BE EVACUATED.

UM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DO YOU PREPARE? HOW DO YOU GET READY? UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS THERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US AS CITIZENS TO BE AWARE, UM, AS IF, IF WE ARE EVER IN THE INCIDENT.

AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO EVACUATE OUR HOMES, THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OURSELVES MEDICATION, IF WE'RE TAKING CARE OF LOVED ONES OR PETS AND SO FORTH, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORT IN HELPING US TO COMMUNICATE THOSE THINGS TO THE PUBLIC.

I KNOW THAT, UM, BIA FORESTRY IS CURRENTLY DEALING WITH THE FIRE, THE BEAR FIRE, WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CBI Q.

IT'S FIVE MILES OUTTA CBI Q UM, THOSE THINGS ARE CERTAINLY A REMINDER, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT FIRE SEASON IS UPON US.

THE OTHER PART OF, UM, BEING RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS IS CERTAINLY HELPING TO MITIGATE OUR PROPERTY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A SIX, UM, FEET, RADIUS, SIX FEET, INITIAL, INITIAL.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO LOOK FARTHER THAN THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, YOU WANNA GO HOME, LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY, AND ENSURE THAT YOU ARE DOING THE STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A WILDFIRE IN PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

UM, I, I THINK FOR ME, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, A FLASHBACKS AND MY HUSBAND WAS A WILD LAND FIREFIGHTER, IS CURRENTLY A WILD LAND FIREFIGHTER AND SERVED ON THE LINES FOR OVER 16 YEARS.

AND NOW HIS CAPACITY IS DIFFERENT.

AND EVERY SEASON, CERTAINLY, UM, THE, THE CALL TO GO ON A FIRE WAS ALWAYS, UM, CHALLENGING FOR MY FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MY SONS AND MYSELF.

AND SO WE PREPARE PAW TO BE ABLE TO GET READY AND GET OUT THE DOOR

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SO I KNOW, UM, WHAT FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH WHEN THEY SEND THEIR LOVED ONES OUT TO FIGHT THESE FIRES.

AND THE FIRES ARE GETTING MORE, UM, ABRASIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND BEING MINDFUL OF THOSE WHO ARE PROTECTING OUR PROPERTIES.

SO MY PRAYERS AND GRATITUDE GO TO ALL OF OUR WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS FOR, UM, THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WEISINGER.

UM, VICE CHAIR, BEN, ANY UPDATES? UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.

I WILL, UH, UPDATE UPON MY RETURN NEXT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THE PUBLIC, UM, PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US.

SO, I, UH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE IS JUST TO ECHO OR PICK UP WITH, UH, WHAT SUPERVISOR WEINGER HAD TO SAY.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR HUSBAND, AND THANK TO ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE OUT THERE FIGHTING THOSE, UH, FIRES.

UM, WE'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, GONE UP AND LOOKED AT THE FIRES AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THESE AREAS AND IT, IT DEFINITELY CAN BE SCARY AS THOSE ARE COMING THROUGH AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND ALL OF INDUSTRY, UM, AND THOSE WORKING YEAR ROUND TO TRY TO PUT THE FOREST IN A GOOD PLACE TO WHERE THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE AND MOVING FORWARD.

UM, IT TAKES EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND THERE REALLY IS, UH, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WORKING ON THOSE THINGS AND APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO, OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF FIRE SEASON AND IT'S PRETTY DRY OUT THERE, SO WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, FOLLOW THE RULES, AND LET'S HELP REMIND ALL THE, UH, VISITORS THAT COME UP INTO OUR AREA IN A KIND AND GRACIOUS WAY OF THOSE RULES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE AROUND THOSE.

UM, IT CAN BE DEVASTATING FOR OUR FAMILIES.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE CALL TO

[6. 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.]

THE BOARD WILL NOW MOVE TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

ANY CITIZEN DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER.

PURSUANT TO A RS 38 4 3 1 0.01 I, THE BOARD MAY NOT DIALOGUE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, OR DECIDE ANY ISSUE RAISED DURING CALL TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME, AT THE CLOSE OF CALL TO THE PUBLIC BOARD.

MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE COMMENTS, BUT MAY RESPOND TO CRITICISM MADE BY THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND MAY ALSO DIRECT STAFF TO REVIEW AN ITEM.

THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, AND AS SUCH A PROFESSIONAL DECORUM IS EXPECTED.

THIS INCLUDES NO FOUL LANGUAGE, NO SHOUTING, MAINTAINING A CIVIL DEMEANOR, TREATING EVERYONE WITH RESPECT, SPEAKERS WHO CHOOSE TO VIOLATE ANY OF THOSE GUIDELINES WILL BE GIVEN A WARNING.

AND IF THE CONDUCT PERSISTS, THEY'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM REPEATING COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED.

RESIDENTS AND COUNTY RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SHARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OUTSIDE OF CALL TO THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MELISSA BUCKLEY.

WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY COMMUNITIES AND LEARNING YOUR PERSPECTIVES AND CONCERNS.

SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING, UM, FOR TODAY.

WHILE IT STATES INSIDE OF THAT THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, NOT PER SUBJECT, SO IT'S THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, BUT TODAY BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS REAL CLEAR.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD.

THERE'S A FEW, FEW OF YOU THAT HAVE MULTIPLE SUBJECTS.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES PER SUBJECT, BUT THE INTENT IS THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.

SO, OKAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S START WITH JAMES RIO.

PERIO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE ADDRESS, BUT IF YOU'LL GIVE US WHERE YOU LIVE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, THAT'D BE GREAT.

JAMES PERIO.

I LIVE IN SUN VALLEY.

UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND THE TAXES.

UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS HERE THAT I FIND KIND OF DISGUSTING.

UM, I SEE IN OUR JAIL BUDGET THAT 22.67% IS USED TOWARDS PHYSICIAN SERVICES.

UM, I, I WOULD IMPLORE ANY OF YOU SUPERVISORS TO GO TAKE A WALK INTO OUR JAIL, UH, SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE INMATES ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.

UM, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT COULD POSSIBLY COST US OVER $2 MILLION TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THEY RECEIVE IN THERE.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING $2 MILLION WORTH OF WORTH OF SERVICES.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO COMMENT, IF YOU GO INTO OUR JAIL, YOU MIGHT WANNA GO INTO ONE OF THE CELLS, TAKE A LOOK INTO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM.

THAT VENT HAS NEVER BEEN CLEANED SINCE THIS

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JAIL HAS BEEN MADE.

UM, IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING THE CONDITIONS IN OUR JAIL, AND YET WE'RE SOMEHOW SPENDING MORE THAN $2 MILLION ON PHYSICIAN SERVICES THERE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

UM, I ALSO NOTICED, MAYBE I'M READING THIS CHART WRONG, BUT UH, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, IT LOOKS TO ME AS THOUGH OVER 40% OF OUR OUR FUNDS GOING OUT ARE, UH, GOING TOWARDS THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVING, UH, VACCINATION AND IMMUNIZATION SERVICES.

UM, AND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT A MEDICAL DECISION, UM, WHAT MEDICATIONS YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE OR NOT TO TAKE IS A DECISION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR.

UM, NOT SURE WHY WE'RE SPENDING OVER $2 MILLION ON TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT MEDICATIONS THE GOVERNMENT THINKS THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE.

THAT'S A PERSONAL AND PRIVATE DECISION.

UM, SO WE'RE HAVING MONEY ESSENTIALLY STOLEN OUT OF OUR POCKETS, OUT OF OUR PAYCHECKS TO TRY TO INFLUENCE US TO MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS THAT ARE BETWEEN PRIVATE DECISIONS SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE NOTE, UM, OF A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY, UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

UM, THIS KIND OF ROOTS DOWN TO MY WHOLE ISSUE WITH OUR BUDGET AND TAXES AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

UM, WHEN YOU ARE TAKING MONEY FROM OUR TAXES AS TAXES, I MEAN, UM, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM OUR INDIVIDUAL WEALTH, UM, ARE THINGS THAT WE PRIVATELY OWN.

UM, YOU'D MADE A COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT, UH, ONE HOUSE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION.

ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU BELIEVE HAD CHALLENGES.

UH, WELL, PERSONALLY, I LIVE IN A CONVERTED SCHOOL BUS, UM, AND, AND A FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER.

SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THAT TO BE, UH, MORE DEPLORABLE, UH, THAN SOMEBODY THAT LIVES MAYBE IN, IN A NICE COMMUNITY.

IN SHOW LOW, UM, SOMEBODY MIGHT COME BY MY HOUSE AND TAKE A PHOTO OF AND HAVE AN ISSUE.

WANNA GO TO THE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS INVOLVING THEMSELVES, UM, AND WHAT SOMEBODY DOES ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, UNLESS IF THEY'RE AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS.

IF I WANTED TO HAVE A RUNDOWN HOUSE LIVING AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT, THAT'S MY PERSONAL BUSINESS.

AND IT SHOULD NOT BE THE BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO ENFORCE WHAT SOMEBODY MAY OR MAY NOT DO ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY AS LONG AS IT'S NOT NEGATIVELY INFECTING, SORRY, NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE SAFETY OF THEIR NEIGHBORS SAFETY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALRIGHT, WE WON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE APPLAUSE, BUT I APPRECIATE IT, .

SORRY.

SO LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

ED, UM, KESNER, THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

THANKS FOR SHARING.

THANK YOU, ED KESNER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHEN YOU COME UP, JUST SHARE WITH US YOUR NAME AND WHAT COMMUNITY YOU'RE FROM.

MY NAME IS ED KESSNER.

I'M A HILLBILLY FROM WEST VIRGINIA, SO I'M HERE ABOUT THE WINDMILL THING.

BUT YOU LIVE OVER GUARD ABOUT, YOU LIVE IN OVER GUARD.

WELL, I LIVE IN OVER NOW.

I'VE LIVED IN ARIZONA FOR OVER 37 YEARS, SO I SHOULD HAVE TIME TO SPEAK, PAY MY TAXES.

SO IN WEST VIRGINIA, ABOUT, I'M GONNA SAY 10 YEARS AGO, THEY STARTED PUTTING THE WINDMILLS UP ON TOP OF THE HILLS.

NOW IN WEST VIRGINIA, WE HAVE HILLS.

OUT HERE WE HAVE MOUNTAINS, BIG DIFFERENCE.

BUT IN THE HILLS, VERY FEW PEOPLE LIVE ON TOP OF THE HILLS.

THERE ARE SOME, BUT MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE VALLEY.

GUESS WHAT, WHEN YOU LOOK UP ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, ALL YOU CAN SEE NOW IS A 300 FOOT TALL, ABOUT 20, 30 OF 'EM IN A ROW OF THESE MASSIVE WINDMILLS THAT WEST VIRGINIA, I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, BUT I'M TOLD THAT NONE OF THE ELECTRICITY GOES TO WEST VIRGINIA.

IT ALL GOES TO NEW YORK OR JERSEY OR SOME OTHER PLACE.

IT KIND OF BREAKS MY HEART A LITTLE BIT.

I'M, I'M NOT A GREEN PERSON.

I AM A CHRISTIAN.

I BELIEVE IN GOD.

I BELIEVE IN, HE MADE THIS PLANET, HE MADE THE TREES, BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE THEM WINDMILLS AND TREES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID THIS TOO.

IF YOU LOOK AT A, A WOMAN AT A DISTANCE, SORRY, THEY ALL LOOK GOOD.

BUT THOSE WINDMILLS, THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD AT ANY KIND OF DISTANCE.

THE MONEY THAT'S PUT INTO 'EM, WHATEVER IT COSTS TO GENERATE, THEY, I'M TOLD, I KNOW THIS, MY MOM TOLD ME, PAPER WILL LAY STEEL.

YOU CAN WRITE ANYTHING ON IT.

PROS AND CONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE WORTH IT OR NOT.

HOPEFULLY THEY'RE WORTH IT.

I'M HOPING THAT SOMEBODY GETS THE BENEFIT.

AND MAKE OTHER NOISES AND BLINKS AT ME ALL THE TIME.

BUT TO PUT A WINDMILL IN MY BACKYARD, I GET NO BENEFIT FROM IT.

ALL IT DOES IS WHISTLE

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I CAN'T HEAR THE WHISTLE, BUT I CAN SEE THE BLINK.

BUT IT'S JUST CRAZY STUFF.

AND I KNOW THE COUNTY'S MAKING MONEY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S MAKING MOST OF THE MONEY.

THE COUNTY'S NOT MAKING MUCH.

THEY'RE MAKING A LITTLE BIT, I'M SURE, BUT SOMEBODY WITH A BIG GREEN POCKET IS MAKING BIG BUCKS.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO REALLY ANALYZE WHAT'S GOING ON.

IS IT REALLY VALUABLE? IS IT WORTH IT? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LISA, UM, VICENTE VINCENTI.

VICENTE, THANK YOU.

HI, I AM LISA VINCENTE.

I LIVE IN SECTION 24 OUT IN, UH, BY ANTELOPE VALLEY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THEY'RE CONSIDERING PUTTING ALL THE WINDMILLS AND BASICALLY I WOULD KIND OF BE A FISHBOWL, UH, SURROUNDED BY THEM.

UM, THIS MORNING ON MY WAY HERE, UH, ATE DEER TROTTED ACROSS MY DRIVING PATH, AND IT WAS DELIGHTFUL.

AND, UM, I REALLY ENJOY LIVING HERE FOR THE WILDLIFE.

UM, WHEN I FIRST, WHEN WE FIRST CAME UP TO SIGN THE DEED, THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS COME TO THE ZONING BOARD TO FIND OUT HOW EVERYTHING WAS ZONED OUT THERE.

UH, WE MOVED HERE FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AND I WAS PART OF TRYING TO SUPPORT WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.

UM, WE LOST THREE QUARTERS OF OUR TRADE ZONING BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED TO TALK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE ZONING BOARD INTO CHANGING THE ZONING TO OFFICE ZONING SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY.

AND WE LOST, WE LOST A CULTURAL QUALITY OF LIFE IN TOWN.

UM, SO HERE I AM LIVING ON LAND THAT IS SURROUNDED MY LAND AND SURROUNDING LAND GENERAL, A GENERAL, WHICH MEANS NOTHING CAN BE, UH, BUILT MORE THAN TWO STORIES HIGH.

AND THESE ARE 20, 30, YOU KNOW, 40 TIMES BIGGER THAN THAT.

AND, UM, I JUST, I MEAN, THERE'S MANY THINGS.

ONE IS THAT I, OKAY, ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN FLORIDA JUST TOLD ME RECENTLY THAT HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A PURE NIGHT SKY AND CANNOT FIND ONE IN FLORIDA ANYMORE.

AND I SAID, BROTHER, COME OUT AND COME TO MY LAND BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE MILKY WAY AND I DO NOT WANNA SEE BLINKING RED LIGHTS.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM 600, 300 FEET TALL.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO ONE OF THEM IS WHY MAKE THEM SO BIG? THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT NUMBER.

AND, AND, AND IF THE, IF THE WINDS ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT THE TOP, DON'T WE WANNA LOSE 10% OF VALUE TO KEEP THE CULTURE AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR WILDLIFE SECOND HEALTH? UM, YES, RANDOMIZED, UH, IZED CLINICAL TRIALS ARE IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO GET SCIENCE CLEAR.

HOWEVER, UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO THAT WITH SOMETHING THAT IS A SUBTLE MEDICAL ISSUE AND IT AFFECTS DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S BODIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OF CASE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM.

UH, 80% OF ARIZONA LAND IS OWNED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE AN ACCIDENTAL MEA CULPA LATER WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OOPS, I'M SORRY YOU'RE SICK.

UM, WHY DO WE HAVE TO PUT THEM WITHIN 10 MILES OF HUMAN BEINGS THAT LIVE? SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

I HAPPEN TO BE A CAPITALIST AND BELIEVE IN THE CAPITALIST APPROACH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LISA.

UH, LINDA HAMILTON.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME'S LINDA HAMILTON AND I LIVE IN LAKESIDE.

UH, MY ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS GOING TO PERTAIN TO THE 14 BOXES, UH, AND THE FACT THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IF CAMERAS COULD BE PUT ON THOSE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOW THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE 14 VOTING PLACES.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT.

SO THEY WILL STILL BE THERE.

THEY'RE TALKING BALLOT BOXES.

THE BALLOT BOXES.

ALL RIGHT.

SORRY, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION.

UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVIDED, UM, HOW DO I PUT THIS? WE'RE SO DIVIDED AS A COUNTRY, AND I'M A VETERAN.

AND SO THAT REALLY HURTS DEEPLY BECAUSE I LOOK AT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AS ALL AMERICANS.

WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE'RE REALLY DISAGREEING ABOUT IS STRATEGIES.

UH,

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I THINK IT STOOD US WELL FOR 240 SOME YEARS.

SO IT CONCERNS ME THAT IN THIS DIVIDED ENVIRONMENT, WE HAVE OUR VERY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS BEING, UM, CHALLENGED BY THE WAY WE VOTE.

AND IT SHOULD BE VERY SIMPLE TO, UH, PUT A CAMERA WITH, I LOOK AT THE BUDGET, I DON'T DEAL WITH BIG NUMBERS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IN THIS DIVIDED CULTURE, THIS WOULD BE A NUMBER ONE TO FUND, BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS MEANS EVERYTHING.

RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE INTEGRITY OF EVEN WHO IS CURRENTLY IN OFFICE.

I SAY NO NAMES, NO PARTY.

BUT WHEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY, THEN THE VERY RESULTS OF THOSE ELECTIONS ARE ALSO IN QUESTION.

SO I WANT OUR COUNTRY TO MOVE FORWARD UNITED, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOT THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO PERSONALLY, BUT I GUESS MY PLEA WOULD BE PLEASE PUT CAMERAS OR ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE STATIONED THERE BECAUSE I SEE ALL THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, BUT WHO RIDES ALONG IN THOSE SHERIFF TRUCKS TO MAKE SURE THAT, SORRY, I'M, I'M VERY SKEPTICAL AT THIS POINT AFTER WATCHING THE LAST 16 YEARS OR SO.

SO, UM, WITH MY LAST 20 SECONDS, I JUST IMPLORE YOU DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF EVERY SINGLE LEGITIMATE VOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ILLEGITIMATE VOTES ARE PROCESSED.

ACCOMPLISH ELECTION FRAUD.

THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

ALRIGHT, JERRY HUBBARD, I, UH, GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS JERRY HUBBARD AND I LIVE IN OVER GUARD.

FIRST OF ALL, MOVING THE CALL TO PUBLIC ON THE AGENDA TO THE END OF THE MEETING IS AN INTERESTING TACTIC.

UH, BUT WE ARE A PATIENT IN PERSISTENT BUNCH AND WE WILL NOT BE DETERRED FROM SPEAKING OUR MINDS.

MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE CONCERNING A QUESTION THAT RICK BURRIS AND I ASKED SUPERVISOR WEINGER A FEW WEEKS AGO CONCERNING BALLOT DROP BOXES THAT WAS REFERRED TO COUNTY COUNTY MANAGER LAYTON FOR A RESPONSE.

ALTHOUGH THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES IN SECTION 16 DO NOT COVER BALLOT DROP BOXES, THE ELECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL, WHICH IS PRODUCED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CLEARLY STATES IN LANGUAGE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY ANYONE WITH AN EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION, THAT BALLOT DROP BOXES QUOTE MUST BE SECURED IN A MANNER TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND REMOVAL OF BALLOTS AND MONITORED BY A PROPERLY TRAINED EMPLOYEE OR DESIGNEE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS AT ALL TIMES THAT THE LOCATION OR DROPBOX IS ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC.

SINCE MOST OF THE 17 DROP BOXES IN THIS COUNTY ARE LOCATED OUTDOORS, THIS WOULD SUGGEST A 24 HOUR A DAY MONITORING REQUIREMENT.

MANAGER.

LAYTON'S RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTION WAS THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CLARIFY THE COUNTY'S ROLE TO MONITOR OR STAFF BALLOT DROP BOXES, AND WAS TOLD THAT QUOTE, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT DROP BOXES BE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED EITHER IN PERSON OR BY CAMERA.

HE ALSO CITED A YAVAPAI COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE WHERE THE JUDGE FOUND THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT REQUIRED THAT THESE DROP BOXES ALWAYS BE MONITORED.

MANAGER LAYTON WENT ON TO SAY THAT IN INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN INTERPRETATION OF INTENT OR PURPOSE, THE COURTS CAN PROVIDE CLARIFICATION.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE COURTS HAVE PROVIDED CLEAR CLARIFICATION REGARDING HOW BALLOT DROP BOXES ARE STAFFED AND THE INTENT OF THAT SECTION, THIS RESPONSE FROM MANAGER LAYTON RAISES AN OBVIOUS QUESTION, WHO IS IT THAT DETERMINES WHICH PORTIONS OF THE ELECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL CAN BE COMPLETELY IGNORED AND WHICH PORTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED? THE ANSWER IT WOULD SEEM IS THAT IT DEPENDS ON THEIR AGENDA.

ARE THEY INTERESTED IN REDUCING ELECTION FRAUD OR ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE? AND FINALLY, AT AN EARLIER MEETING I WAS IN WITH MANAGER LAYTON, I OFFERED TO LET HIM BORROW MY COPY OF A DOCUMENTARY VIDEO THAT CLEARLY EXPLAINS WITH IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE HOW BALLOT DROP BOXES ARE USED TO

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BUT HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN DECLINE MY OFFER.

I WOULD MAKE THAT SAME OFFER TODAY TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, MR. ALRIGHT, BELINDA QUAKE.

UH, BELINDA CLARK.

UM, GOOD MORNING.

THESE NUMBERS ARE STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT NEFARIOUS OUTSIDE MANIPULATION.

UM, SUPERVISOR WHITING WAS ASKED IN OUR MEETING LAST TUESDAY IF HE BELIEVED THAT OUR ELECTIONS IN 2020 WAS FAIR AND HONEST.

WHITING SAID HE BELIEVED IT WAS.

THE TRUTH IS HE'S JUST GUESSING BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO FORENSIC AUDIT CONDUCTED ON THE ELECTION RESULTS IN OUR COUNTY.

ACROSS THE NATION WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN AUDITS USING THE VERY SAME VOTING EQUIPMENT AS NAVAJO COUNTY, THERE HAS BEEN FRAUD FOUND IN THE ES AND S MACHINES, TOUCHSCREEN VOTING MACHINES, NO INK PULL PADS, GROSS NEFARIOUS MANIPULATIONS FOUND IN THE AVID SOFTWARE, THE SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, WHICH IS WINDOWS 10.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN ILLEGAL USE OF DROP BOXES NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

THOUSANDS OF UNVERIFIABLE MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN THE LIST GOES ON, ELECT ELECTION VOTER ROLLS STUFFED AND THEN UNSTUFFED AND BEFORE AND AFTER ELECTIONS LIKE OUR VERY OWN NAVAJO COUNTY WITH 102% IN 2021 AND 98.6% IN 2022.

ALSO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHY ARE YOU CHOOSING TO BLINDLY TRUST THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO IS NOW BEING SUED FOR ARTIFICIALLY INFLATING THE VOTER ROLLS AND FAILING TO CLEAN THEM? ALSO, HE HANDPICKS AND CHOOSES WHAT RULE HE WANTS TO ENFORCE ON THE ELECTION MANUALS AND MOST RECENTLY THE ARIZONA STATE SENATE CONDUCTED A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE 2020 ELECTION AND FOUND THAT OUR CURRENT SELECTED GOVERNOR, KATIE HOBBS, WHO WAS THEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE, ALLOWED OVER 75,000 ILLEGAL BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED MIRACULOUSLY OFFER ONE PARTY'S CANDIDATES.

THIS CHANGED THE NATIONAL ELECTION PROFILE THAT ALTERED THE OUTCOME OF MANY RACES, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HOW FAIR AND HONEST IS THAT IF OTHER COUNTIES ARE USING THE SAME VOTING EQUIPMENT AS NAVAJO COUNTY AND HAVE FOUND FRAUD OR DANGEROUS VULNERABILITIES, WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT HASN'T OR IT WON'T HAPPEN HERE WHEN IT ALREADY HAS BY THE ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED VOTER ROLLS AND ILLEGAL USE OF DROP BOXES? JUST TO NAME TWO.

SO COULD PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE ARTICLE THAT I HANDED MELISSA THAT OUTLINES MANY OF THE VULNERABILITIES OF THE VOTING EQUIPMENT AND BEING THAT YOU ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ELECTION, YOU MUST BE AWARE OF HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO CONDUCT THESE ELECTION USING THESE VOTING EQUIPMENT AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM THAT THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY USING WITHOUT A FORENSIC AUDIT.

THE ONLY WAY TO SECURE OUR ELECTIONS IS TO GO BACK TO THE MANUAL SYSTEMS WE USED PRIOR TO THE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PAPER THAT I HANDED MELISSA ON HAND COUNTING, YOUR HONOR, IT'S FAIR, IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S HONEST, AND IT'S TRANSPARENT.

OR PART OF THE BALLOTS WITH TABULATING EQUIPMENT, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS MAY DIRECT THAT THEY BE COUNTED MANUALLY FOLLOWING AS FAR AS PABLE THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE COUNTY AND PAPER BALLOTS.

ALRIGHT, RICK BURRIS.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN WHITING, VICE CHAIR ALI AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OTHERS.

THE A ARIZONA STATE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE TWO, POLITICAL POWER PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT SECTION TWO STATES.

ALL POLITICAL POWER IS INHERENT IN THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENTS DERIVE THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED AND ARE ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.

IN RESPONSE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS MAY'S LETTER TO ALL THE COUNTIES IN ARIZONA ABOUT COUNTING BALLOTS MANUALLY DATED AUGUST 11TH, 2023.

IT SAYS, REGARDING COUNTING BALLOTS MANUALLY INSTEAD OF BY AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT IN THE FUTURE, ELECTIONS MAY STATED A RIGHT TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE ARIZONA STATUTES DO NOT GIVE THE COUNTIES THAT AUTHORITY.

HOWEVER, SHE STATES THAT IN A RS 16 DASH 6 21 SECTION TWO, WHICH IS PROCEEDINGS AT THE COUNTING CENTER, SECTION C SAYS, IF FOR ANY REASON IT BECOMES IMPRACTICAL TO COUNT ALL

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EXCUSE ME.

AND AGAIN, SHE STATED IN A LETTER ADDRESSED ONLY TO NAVAJO COUNTY, THIS IS THE LETTER DATED MAY 23RD, 2024 ON ADRIAN FONTES, SECRETARY OF STATE LETTERHEAD.

THIS LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO THE FIVE OF YOU TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD COUNTY ATTORNEY RECORDER AND THE ELECTIONS DIRECTOR.

MR. LEIGHTON DID NOT READ THE ENTIRE REPORT WITH ALL THE PROVEN BACK DOORS AND DANGEROUS VULNERABILITIES OF THE ENTIRE ELECTION ECOSYSTEM.

AT THE VERY LEAST, IT'S IMPRACTICAL TO COUNT BALLOTS USING THE VOTING TABULATING EQUIPMENT.

BY THE WAY, JUST RECENTLY, ARIZONA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE LAWMAKERS HAVE ACCUSED MAZE OF ABUSE OF POWER, NEGLECT OF DUTIES, MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE, AND HAVE INITIATED AND IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.

AND SECRETARY OF STATE ADRIAN FONTES IS BEING SUED FOR ARTIFICIAL INFLATING VOTER ROLLS AND FAILING TO CLEAN THEM.

THERE ARE FOUR COUNTIES IN ARIZONA.

NAVAJO COUNTY IS ONE OF 'EM THAT HAVE MORE REGISTERED VOTERS THAN TOTAL VOTING AGE CITIZENS.

THIS IS WRONG.

YOU HAVE FAILED TO PROTECT THE SACRED VOTING RIGHTS OF YOUR CITIZENS.

ALL RIGHT, TINA PARHAM.

SORRY, WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES.

I'D LIKE TO START HA WITH FINDING WHERE I NEED TO START WITH A QUOTE FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

THOSE WHO GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO PURCHASE A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVES NEITHER LIBERTY NOR SAFETY.

UM, I WANNA GO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

UM, I DO NOT TRUST THE ESSENTIAL TABULATOR TAB TABULATORS WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM.

WE HAVE, THERE'S PROOF ALL OVER THAT THEY ARE PRE-PROGRAMMED TO CHANGE OUR VOTES ALL DRAW OUR VOTES IN IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR YOU.

WE'VE OFFERED SOME, I COULD OFFER SOME, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT.

UH, THEY ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY.

SO THE FACT THAT THE PROPRIETARY OWNERSHIP OF WHAT'S INSIDE STILL BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU WOULDN'T BUY A CAR AND THEN NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR OIL CHANGED OR YOUR, UH, TRANSMISSION OIL CHECKED.

YOUR MOTOR OIL CHECKED.

YOU WOULD MAINTAIN THAT RIGHT FOR YOURSELF.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A THIRD PARTY.

WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY LOCAL THAT CAN LOOK INTO OUR MACHINES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE RUNNING ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING.

AND I KNOW THIS IS ALL NEW TO EVERYBODY, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN KNOW HOW TO, THAT WILL KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

UM, THERE'S SO MUCH PROOF OF PROGRAMMED FRAUD THAT IS PUT IN TO THE MACHINES AND COMMITTED AS YOU.

WE CAN HAVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY WATCH THOSE PAPERS FED INTO THE MACHINE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THAT MACHINE, WE HAVEN'T AUDITED, WE HAVEN'T CHECKED, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S DOING.

WHAT I AM ASKING AS IF WE GO BACK TO THE CHECKS AND BALANCE SYSTEMS THAT OUR F FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED TO BEGIN WITH, AND ONE OF THOSE, HOW TO DO THAT IS TO HAND COUNT OR MANUALLY COUNT AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL TO BEGIN WITH, THEN SENT TO THE CENTRAL TABULATORS AND HAVE THEM COUNT THEM.

AND THEN WE HAVE A CHECKS AND BALANCE ABILITY.

MM-HMM.

AND A LOT HAS BEEN PUT ON OUR GENERAL MANAGER.

A LOT HAS BEEN PUT ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T TRUST HIM, BUT WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN FEELINGS, BELIEFS, AND OUR WAYS THAT WE THINK.

AND IF IT'S PUT ONTO ONE PERSON, THEY ARE GOING TO NATURALLY USE THEIR SLANT, THEIR IDEOLOGY TO SEE AND READ INTO THINGS.

SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS,

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I HAD, I HAD TWO SUBJECTS.

TWO SUBJECTS.

I'M NOT SHOWING ANOTHER ONE.

IT'S A SLANT A SLASH A SLASH AND, UM, IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT A BUSINESS WORKING MEETING.

LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S FINE.

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS IT'S PER PERSON MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THAT'S, WE'LL GO AHEAD.

OH, THOUGHT WHAT YOU INTENDED TO DO.

NO, NO.

I, TWO WEEKS.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

OH, OKAY.

AND THANKS FOR YOU CLARIFIED.

SO GO AHEAD.

SO, UM, IN A MEETING THAT I HAD WITH MY TEAM MEMBER WITH, UM, MR. SEYMOUR, HE SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A, A, A BUSINESS, A A COMMITTEE PULLED TOGETHER WITH, UM, BOTH PARTIES, UM, A WORKING TYPE OF MEETING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.

I HAVE FOUND IN THE PAST THAT THESE ARE REALLY JUST, UM, WASTE OF TIME, MONEY, AND EFFORT.

IT IS NOT, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN IT TO BE THAT WAY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS JUST, UH, A FEEL GOOD, HEY, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED DONE.

AND I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

I WAS A MEMBER AND A IN THE PROCESS OF FIVE SYMINGTON FOREST FORUM AND IT WAS A TOTAL JOKE.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IS A WORKING MEETING WITH TWO BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING MEMBERS AND A FEW CITIZENS TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND HAVE A WORKING BUSINESS MEETING.

I'VE BEEN TOLD BY FORMER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE IN THE PAST AND CAN BE DONE AND IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER.

ONE-ON-ONE TALKING, UH, COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH THE CONVERSATION, NOT JUST US UP HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES, UM, AT A TIME.

AND THEN SOMETIMES OUR TOPIC IS NEVER RETURNED TO IN LATER MEETINGS.

AND I WANTED TO CLOSE WITH A QUOTE FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON.

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE.

WE, THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW OF AND THE PEOPLE I AM WORKING WITH ARE GOING TO BE ETERNAL VIGILANCE WITH THE THINGS THAT WE SEE ARE A PROBLEM AND A CONCERN AND HOW WE WANNA GET BACK TO THE WAY THIS COUNTRY IS SUPPOSED TO BE RAN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M JACKIE JACQUELINE GARRETT ALLEN.

UH, JACKIE ALLEN.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, CHAIRMAN WHITING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

I LIVE IN SHOW LOW AND IN MARCH OF, UH, 2022, I VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST RENEE ROLL IN REVIEWING THE ACCURACY OF SOME VOTER ROLL.

SHE ASSIGNED ME, UH, 20 VOTERS THAT WERE ON MY STREET.

I CANVASSED MY STREET.

AND OUT OF THE 20 VOTERS THAT I INTERVIEWED, ONLY THREE INDIVIDUALS HAD ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE VOTER ROLL.

I WAS APPALLED.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCURACY IN THE VOTER ROLLS.

AND I STARTED TO ASSIST RENEE IN CLEANING THE VOTER ROLLS.

AND I CONTINUED TO DO THAT TOO.

TODAY, I EVENTUALLY BECAME A PC FOR THE SET GRAVES PRECINCT.

AMONGST THE OTHER DUTIES OF A PC, I CONTINUED TO WORK, LIKE I SAID, WORK ON INTEGRITY AND THE ACCURACY OF THE VOTER ROLL.

OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, I HAVE USED THE NAVAJO COUNTY VOTER ROLL TO CONTACT INDIVIDUALS FOCUSING ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD REGISTERED MANY YEARS PRIOR, BUT HAD NOT VOTED, JUST, UH, WOULD CONTACT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ASK THEM IF THAT INFORMATION WAS CORRECT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL ON THE ROLL AND HAD NOT VOTED IN OVER 10 YEARS.

UM, I ALSO, UH, WORK ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH, UH, MANY INDIVIDUALS DURING THAT TIME.

THERE'S A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AND VOICE LITTLE TO NO TRUST IN THE VOTING PROCESS.

SOME OF THIS MAY BE MOOT AT THIS POINT, BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE.

THEY WORRY THAT THEIR VOTE WILL NOT COUNT.

THEY DO NOT TRUST THE MACHINES AND THEY DO NOT LIKE THE MAIL-IN PROCESS, WHICH I FIND INTERESTING BECAUSE POLITIC FACTS INDICATES THAT HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, 86% OF THE PEOPLE DO USE, UM, MAIL-IN VOTING.

OTHER ISSUES THAT I HAVE, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED OR I HAVE SEEN IS THAT THERE'S A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF

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WRONG OR MISSING PHONE NUMBERS ON THE VOTER ROLLS, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE COUNTY RECORDER OR ANYONE THAT'S TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

UM, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL ON THE ROLLS, UM, AFTER, UH, MOVING OUTTA STATE FOR SE, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.

PEOPLE THAT ON MY STREET THAT HAVE PASSED 10 YEARS PRIOR WERE STILL ON THE VOTER ROLLS.

ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT I SPOKE WITH, UM, HAD BEEN ON A TOUR MILITARY TOUR IN JAPAN FOR TWO YEARS.

HIS NAME WAS REMOVED FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION ROLE, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T VOTED IN 10 YEARS THAT ARE STILL ON THE ROLLS.

UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ONE YOUNG MAN, MS. ALLEN.

WE'RE AT A TIME OH WOW.

THAT WENT QUICK.

I JUST NOTICED IT.

I'M SORRY, .

ANYWAY, I WANTED TO THANK YOU.

AND, UH, IMPARTING PUBLIC PERCEPTION IS PUBLIC REALITY AND, UH, THE NAVAJO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN AND SHOULD BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF HELPING CHANGE THIS REALITY.

DATABASE RUN OUT OF A BASEMENT IN A TRACK HOME IN SALEM, OREGON.

YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SO ROGER, UH, GORE.

THANK YOU, ROGER.

MY NAME IS ROGER GORES.

I LIVE AT 3 5 5 7 WILDFLOWER AVENUE IN HEBREW.

MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO IDENTIFY A CONCERN AND TO RECOMMEND A METHODOLOGY WHERE ONE CAN FIND THE RESPONSE TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS CONCERNING VOTER INTEGRITY, I HAVE INFORMATION THAT THERE WERE 86 OR MORE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS SUBMITTED THAT BOTH THE DEMOCRAT AND THE REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN AGREED TO HAVE CONSOLIDATED INTO A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER OF AREAS.

I RECOMMEND THAT A NUMERICAL OR ALPHABETICAL SYSTEM BE ASSIGNED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL QUESTION OF THAT VOTER SO THAT THAT VOTER CAN SEE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION UNDERNEATH THAT AREA.

QUESTION THAT IT WAS CONSOLIDATED UNDER.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THAT ARE ALL UNDER, UH, THE, UH, COMPUTER INTEREST AND THE, IF THAT INDIVIDUAL QUESTION OF WHICH IT WAS LIKE 33, IF THAT WAS A NUMERICAL OR ALPHABETICAL NUMBER, THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD SEE THAT RESPONSE VERY EASILY BY JUST LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER.

UH, AND IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE CONFIDENCE TO THE PERSON THAT ASKED THE QUESTION THAT THEIR QUESTION WAS IN FACT ANSWERED WITHIN THAT GENERAL AREA.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YES, THANK YOU.

UH, STEVE.

STEVE, I, IT DON'T WORRY.

EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND THE PROBLEMS WITH IT.

NOBODY SEEMED TO WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO START INVESTIGATING THIS.

I THINK I MAY HAVE FOUND PART OF THE PROBLEM.

I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL A PACKET OF SOME BASIC INFORMATION, PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU WANNA LOOK AT.

BUT IT OUTLINES THAT IN 2017, THE SECRETARY OF STATE STOOD OUT AN RFP FOR A SYSTEM THAT WOULD, UH, COLLATE ALL THE COUNTY'S VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASE AND A WAY TO INTEGRATE IT WITH THE MVD AND PROVIDE A SEAMLESS INTEGRATION THAT WE COULD ALL RELY ON.

THAT, UH, AWARD WAS GIVEN TO A COMPANY CALLED SUTHERLAND GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS IN 2017.

HOWEVER, FOR SOME REASON IN 2017, OR EXCUSE ME, IN 2021, THAT CONTRACT WAS PASSED ASSIGNED WITHOUT BIDDING TO ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED N-X-L-I-N-E-X-L-A, CONSULTING LLC.

NOW DOING RESEARCH ON NXL CONSULTING, LLC, YOU'LL FIND THAT IS A VERY SMALL SINGLE PERSON, UH, LLC OPERATING OUTTA SALEM, OREGON.

THAT IS BASED OUT OF A TRACK HOME UP THERE WITH A MAILING ADDRESS THAT IS SET IN A, LIKE A POST OFFICE MAILBOX PLUS BETWEEN A LIQUOR STORE AND A HAIR SALON IN SALEM, OREGON.

I DUNNO ABOUT YOU, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING EVERYBODY IN ARIZONA'S VOTER REGISTRATION

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WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS IT'S NOT BEING RUN THERE.

THAT IS JUST THE, THE ACCESS POINT.

AND IT'S BEING MANAGED EITHER OVERSEAS IN EITHER CHINA OR INDIA.

NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE NO SECURITY BASIS ON THIS.

SECRETARY OF STATE HAS SECURITY THAT THEY'VE SET UP.

NOBODY CAN HACK INTO THEIR DATABASE.

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO VISIBILITY ON WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR DATABASE WHEN IT'S OVERSEAS.

YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME, MY NAME, EVERYBODY HERE, NAME, ADDRESS, DATE OF BIRTH, UH, VOTING PREFERENCE, PARTY AFFILIATION, UH, EMAIL.

AND, UM, TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL THESE PEOPLE.

I ABOUT YOU.

I'M PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BAD THING.

WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR VOTER REGISTRATION.

AND WORSE, WE'RE MAKING IT A UNDENIABLE RISK TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE WANNA KNOW WHY OUR VOTER REGISTRATION'S A MESS.

THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.

I CAN'T DO ANYTHING AS A CITIZEN, BUT YOU AS THE COUNTY SHOULD AND NEED TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE HELL IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THREE MINUTES ON THE DOT , UH, LIZ OLMSTED.

THANK YOU, LIZ.

GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS LIZ OLMSTED AND I DO RESIDE IN, UH, SLASH LINDEN CHOLO.

I'M A PRECINCT COMMITTEE MEMBER IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

AND BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2022, I WAS TASKED TO CONTACT VOTERS WHO HAD CAST A PROVISIONAL BALLOT IN THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION.

I HAD 12 TO CONTACT AT, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO FIVE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DROVE THROUGH THESE PEOPLE'S HOMES.

I DROVE TO TIMBERLAND, I DROVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO IT, IT TOOK, AND YOU GO BACK AND FORTH.

SO OTHER FIVE THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO SPEAK TO, ONE VOTER SAID I WROTE MY ADDRESS INCORRECT ON THE REGISTRATION FORM.

SO I, AS A GOOD CITIZEN, ASSISTED HIM IN COMPLETING A NEW REGISTRATION FORM WITH THE CORRECT ADDRESS SO HE COULD VOTE CORRECTLY IN OUR NEXT ELECTION.

UM, THE SECOND PERSON I TALKED TO HAD JUST MOVED BACK FROM ARIZONA AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SURE IF I MADE IT TO THE CUTOFF TIME TO GET MY, UM, REGISTRATION.

I SAID, OKAY, FINE, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

BUT THE OTHER THREE, ONE GENTLEMAN AND TWO, TWO OF THESE PEOPLE LIVE ON IN THE SAME AREA I DO.

ONE GENTLEMAN VOTED IN THE 2022 PRIMARY AT THE LDS CHURCH IN LINDEN.

HE HAD NO ISSUES, WENT IN VOTED, EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

HE GOES TO THE SAME VOTING CENTER TO VOTE IN 2022 GENERAL ELECTION.

AND HE GIVES HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND TO THE JUDGE AND WAS TOLD THE NAME DOESN'T MATCH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.

SO THE JUDGE TRIED THE OTHER POLE PAD AND THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED.

SO THEY SAID, I'M SORRY SIR, YOU NEED TO GO DO A PROVISIONAL.

AND SO HE WENT OVER TO THE PROVISIONAL JUDGE AND TOLD THE SITUATION.

THE JUDGE SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY ENTERING YOUR INFORMATION MANUALLY AND TO THE POLE PADS.

AND THEY DID.

AND AGAIN, CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT NAME.

THE INTERESTING PART IS WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH A NAME, THEY WERE A SEPARATE HISPANIC NAME.

THIS IS A, A WHITE GUY.

UM, SO, UM, HE CAST HIS PROVISIONAL BALLOT.

HE SAID IT WASN'T COUNTED.

SO, BUT HE DID SAY THE NEXT MORNING, ON WEDNESDAY AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION, HE WENT TO MVD 'CAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED SOMEBODY HAD HACKED INTO HIS PERSONAL INFORMATION.

MVD RAN HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, NO ISSUE, CORRECT NAME, ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING.

SO DON'T KNOW, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT HE WAS NOT A HAPPY MAN.

SO THEN I SPOKE TO ANOTHER WOMAN WHO TOLD ME SHE HAD VOTED AT THE SAME LDS CHURCH IN LINDEN FOR THE PRIMARY.

SHE HAD NO ISSUES.

SHE WENT TO THE SAME VOTING CENTER FOR THE 22 GENERAL ELECTION AND GAVE THE JUDGES HER DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AND SHE WAS NO LONGER ON THE VOTER ROLL.

SO SHE HAD TO DO A PROVISIONAL.

SO SHE WENT AND PUT A, SHE DID A PROVISIONAL, PUT IT IN THE ENVELOPE AND SEALED IT HERSELF.

AND THEN SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT HER BALLOT WAS NOT IN THE ENVELOPE, UM, WHEN THE COUNTY OPENED IT.

SO IT WAS, SHE HAD SEALED IT, SHE SAID IT WAS IN THERE.

AND WHEN THEY OPENED IT UP HERE IN THE COUNTY, IT WASN'T THERE.

UM, THIRD ORDER I TRIED TO SPEAK TO WAS HOSPITALIZED IN PHOENIX.

SO I SPOKE WITH HIS FATHER AND HE SAID HIS SON RECEIVED A LETTER, UM, WHICH SAID, WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR PROVISIONAL BALLOT.

UM, SO HE WAS GONNA TELL HIS SON TO CONTACT THE PERSON AND TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT.

WE'RE AT THREE.

ARE YOU SERIOUS? I KNOW.

I'M A FAST TALKER.

YOU SHOULD TALK FAST.

BUT ANYWAYS, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO REALLY SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T, AREN'T REALLY TRUSTWORTHY OF THE SYSTEM.

SO, UM, LET'S MAKE NAVAJO COUNTY THE FOREFRONT FOR ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES HERE IN ARIZONA.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, CELIA, SO YOU HAD, UM, TWO, ONE FOR ELECTION AND

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ONE FOR WINDMILLS.

WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOR CELIA? UM, WELL IF I GET, GET UP THERE, I'LL TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS FIRST.

ELECTIONS FIRST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME.

SORRY IT'S GONE ON SO LONG.

I DO WANNA THANK YOU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR MEETING WITH US, REACHING BACK TO US, EMAILING US, AND TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK OVER THIS, ESPECIALLY BRIAN.

UM, I LIVE IN OVERGUARD.

I'M HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US.

AND UM, HOWEVER, I DO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS EVEN UH, AFTER TODAY.

MY CONCERN HAS BEEN WITH THE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AIR GAP.

DO ANY VENDORS HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT CREDENTIALS FOR THE CENTRAL COUNT VOTING MACHINES? IF SO, HAVE YOU CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY ON YOUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT? EVEN HAVING AN AUDIT DONE FROM THE PAST ELECTIONS, JUST TO CHECK THE CREDENTIALS AND THE ACTIVITY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION EVEN TO KNOW IF WE COULD TRUST ESNS TODAY.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME GUY COME OUT.

I DON'T TRUST THEM.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT TOO MANY TIMES WITH THEIR OWN, UH, ERROR, ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.

THEY'VE FLIPPED VOTES IN FRONT OF PEOPLE ANYWAY.

UM, I HEARD IN THE COUNTY AUDIT PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT HASN'T MET ITS GOALS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT SINCE 2007 AND OUR COUNTY ELECTIONS INVOLVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY, EVEN CENTRAL, AND WE CAN'T TRUST THIS, THE AIR APP JUST PLUGGING IT INTO A WALL.

UM, GET SORT OF THAT.

AND THE FINAL ANALYSIS, THE ONLY VOTING SYSTEMS GUARANTEED TO HAVE AN AIR GAP ARE MANUAL SYSTEMS THAT WE USED IN PRIOR ELECTIONS.

YOU HAVE, UM, THE VOTING MACHINE LOBBY, OH QUOTE, THE VOTING MACHINE LOBBY LED BY THE BIGGEST COMPANY.

ESNS BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW.

THAT CAME FROM SENATOR WYDEN.

HE'S A DEMOCRAT FROM OREGON.

HE'S A MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WHO CO-SIGNED A LETTER IN DECEMBER 19TH, 2019.

AND HE WASN'T TRUSTING THESE SYSTEMS. HE WAS TALKING ES AND S DIRECTLY.

UH, THE A RS 16 DASH 4 43 STATES IN ALLSTATE COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN ELECTIONS, THE BALLOTS OR VOTES MAY BE CAST, RECORDED AND COUNTED BY VOTING OR MARKING DEVICES AND VOTE TABULATING DEVICES.

THE KEY WORDS ARE THEY MAY BE CAST, WHICH GIVES US ROOM TO ROAM.

IT'S NOT SHALL WHICH MUST, THE OTHER KEY WORD IS VOTING MARKING DEVICE.

THAT COULD MEAN A HAND AND A PENCIL AND FINGERS VOTING MARKING DEVICE.

FURTHERMORE, DOES THE COUNTY CONFIGURE THESE TABULATORS, ANY OF THEM? THE, THE CENTRAL COUNT? DO THEY CONFIGURE THESE TABULATORS? IF SO, WHO DOES THE CONFIGURATION? AND WE SHOULD KNOW THEIR NAME, WHERE THEY LIVE.

AND THEN, UM, A PROPRIETARY LIMITATION SHOULD NOT BE LIMITING.

MY VOTE OPERATOR ERROR WAS THE ESNS.

ARE WE DONE? YEAH.

I JUST WANT THE COUNTY TO HAND COUNT AND LOOK AT LINDA RAN METHODOLOGY TO DO THAT AND THEN WE COULD SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL CENTER.

THANK YOU CELIA.

OR DO YOU WANT TO OH, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND YOU WANT I SEND HER HERE? YEAH, IT'S QUICK WINDMILLS, IT'S QUICK.

UM, OKAY.

AS LONG AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ELECTIONS AND WINDMILLS.

THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, THE KING REFLECTS THE HEART OF HIS PEOPLE.

BUT IN THIS DAY AND AGE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IT FEELS LIKE MORE LIKE THE KING REJECTS THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE.

WIND TURBINES LITTERING OUR SKIES.

THE LOSS OF 2000 JOBS FROM THE CLOSING OF THE PLANTS.

NO ELECTRICAL POWER FOR OUR GRID.

CAL FARTS BEING MORE CONCERNING TO PEOPLE THAN LIBRARY BOOKS THAT KIDS PICK UP IN LIBRARIES WITH PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IN THEM.

AND THAT'S A NATIONAL PROBLEM, NOT OURS.

UM, IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S REFLECTING THE HEART OF OUR PEOPLE.

SCIENTISTS REPORT THAT THE INSTALLATION OF THE WIND TURBINES NEAR HUMAN POPULATIONS EXERT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE EXTERNAL EFFECTS ON RESIDENTIAL WELLBEING AND A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE AND SIZABLE EFFECT ON LIFE SATISFACTION DUE TO THE UNPLEASANT NOISES AND EMISSIONS AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON LANDSCAPING AESTHETICS.

I'VE INCLUDED A ARTICLE THAT I'LL LEAVE FOR MELISSA.

PLEASE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MORE OF YOUR CITIZEN THAN THE RIGHTS OF A FEW INVESTORS.

DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST? I'M GONNA GO WITH THE SOLARWINDS SINCE, UM, THANK YOU COUNTY MANAGER BRIAN ON GETTING US THAT INFORMATION.

ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO KELLY NOW.

AND KELLY YOU HAD THREE.

YEP.

WHICH ONE

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I'M KELLY FROM LAKESIDE.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, WANNA KNOW IS THE ELECTION'S PASSWORD IN NAVAJO COUNTY STILL ELECTIONS ONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS IN COUNTY LAPTOPS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ESNS USED ELECTIONS ONE AND IT WASN'T CHANGED.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE OUR PASSWORDS ARE CHANGED.

UH, MEANWHILE I THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY WON'T SHARE THEIR PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE.

THESE MAJOR, THESE UM, THIS ESNS SOFTWARE, IT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.

IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AS ARE THEIR MANUALS, THEIR DEFAULT USERNAME AND THEIR PASSWORDS.

THESE MAJOR OVERSIGHTS TO SECURITY ALMOST GUARANTEE MALICIOUS ACTORS WILL ALTER OUR BALLOT IMAGES DURING THE TRANSFER OF CHAIN OF CUSTODY WITHIN THE SOFTWARE OF THE MACHINES.

HERE I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH FOUR ARTICLES THAT ARE TO SHOW YOU HOW OUR GOVERNMENT AND MANY PRIVATE BUSINESSES WERE TARGETED AND SUCCESSFULLY HACKED IN THE SOLARWINDS.

THAT INCLUDES INTEL WHO IS IN OUR MACHINES, THAT INCLUDES MICROSOFT IN OUR MACHINES.

IF D-H-N-D-H-S AND EVEN THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY CAN BE HACKED AND ARE ADMITTEDLY STILL VULNERABLE TODAY, THEN WHY WOULD YOU ENTRUST THE PUBLIC SACRED VOTE WITH THEIR SECURE INSECURE SYSTEMS? WE WANT YOU TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE MACHINES THAT YOU ARE INTENT UPON USING A RS 4 0 5 GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

FURTHERMORE, COUNTY ATTORNEY CARLTON HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE TITLE 16 ENFORCEMENT BY OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY OF THESE LAWS, NOT THE ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR, THE MANUAL THAT OUR SELECTED AG HAS PRODUCED, BUT ACTUAL THE, THE LAWS AS THEY STAND ON THE BOOKS.

'CAUSE WE DESERVE THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE VOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR AND TRANSPARENT.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW US TO EXAMINE THESE MACHINES THAT YOU ARE USED 'CAUSE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR COUNTYWIDE ELECTIONS.

I SAID TO YOU THAT A RS 4 0 5, THAT'S WHERE THE BOS OR OTHER AUTHORITY IN CHARGE OF ELECTION SHALL PROVIDE VOTING OR MARKING DEVICES.

16,574.

IF REPAIR OR SUBSTITUTION OF A MACHINE CANNOT BE MADE PAPER BALLOTS PRINTED OR WRITTEN AND OF ANY SUITABLE FORM MAY BE USED FOR THE TAKING OF NOTES OR THE PURPOSE OF SAMPLE BALLOTS BE EMPLOYED.

SO 16 5 74 SAYS, IF YOU CAN'T GET THESE MACHINES CERTIFIED, IF YOU CAN'T PROVE TO US THAT THEY WERE CERTIFIED BY A-V-S-T-L CERTIFIED LABORATORY THAT THEN WE SHOULD GET RID OF THEM.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YES, THE DS TWO HUNDREDS DEFINITELY CORRUPT, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EIC, THE ELECTIONS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION HAS NEVER TESTED OR CERTIFIED THE TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION? SO THESE MACHINES ARE NOT CERTIFIED.

IF YOU CAN SHOW ME THAT THEY'RE CERTIFIED TODAY FOR TODAY'S ELECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, OKAY, BECAUSE LIKE CELIA SAID, A RS 16 4 42, THE MACHINES MAY ONLY BE USED IF THEY ARE HAVE A COMPLIANT TESTED AND APPROVED.

SO PLEASE PUBLISH THE CURRENT, HAVE A COMPLIANT CERTIFICATIONS ON ANY AND ALL OF THE MACHINES YOU INTEND TO USE.

ALRIGHT, NOW MOVING INTO MY NEXT ONE AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THOSE ARTICLES.

I'M GONNA GO INTO, UM, LET'S SEE, RICK WEEL.

OKAY, RICK WEEL.

YES.

ALRIGHT, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE PRESENTATION RICK WEELL MADE IN WISCONSIN REGARDING ELECTION MACHINES MI MR. WEEL IS THE OWNER OF D THREE DEFENSE AND RNG VISIONS COMPUTER CONSULTING.

HE IS AN ELECTIONS EX EXPERT.

HE EXPLAINS IN DETAIL HOW THE DS TWO HUNDREDS, THE FOUR FIFTIES AND THE EIGHT FIFTIES DO NOT HAVE ANY ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ON THEM WHATSOEVER.

THEY'RE LIKELY NOT UPDATED.

THIS IS WHY IN OUR MEETING SUPERVISOR WHI I ASKED YOU WHETHER THESE MACHINES HAD BEEN UPDATED BY ESNS.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REQUEST FOR AN EMERGENCY CHANGE ORDER TO ESNS TO UPDATE THE ANTIVIRUS AND THE SECURITY PATCHES OF ANY OF THE COTS USED IN THE SOFTWARE.

BEFORE THIS JULY ELECTION HAS ELECTION DIRECTOR RAYLENE RICHARDS INFORMED THE BOARD OF WHEN NAVAJO COUNTY RECEIVED ITS LAST SECURITY UPDATE FROM ESNS.

AGAIN, ARE WE IN, HAVE A COMPLIANCE FROM THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION ACCORDING TO SECTION 2 3 1 B OF THE HEALTH AMERICA AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002.

THE EAC REQUIRE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE ACCREDITATION REVOCATION OF ACCREDITATION OF INDEPENDENT NON-FEDERAL LABORATORIES QUALIFIED TO TEST THE VOTING SYSTEMS OF FEDERAL STANDARDS.

AND ACCORDING TO THE AZ CLEAN ELECTIONS.GOV, EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF TABULATION EQUIPMENT IS TESTED AND CERTIFIED BEFORE THE ELECTION.

THE COUNTY MUST TEST ALL ELECTION EQUIPMENT BEFORE TABULATION BEGINS.

ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE? WE ARE A PRECINCT TABULATION COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS.

ARIZONA COUNTY BALLOT BALLOTS IN PRECINCTS WITHOUT THE TABULATORS.

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WE'VE ONLY USED THEM FOR THREE ACCORDING TO WHAT I HEARD TODAY.

SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU WANT TO USE THE CENTRAL TABULATORS TO CHECK THE PRECINCTS CALCULATIONS AND IF THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT, THEN YOU WANNA GO ON AND SEND THEM AS OUR OFFICIAL RESULTS, THAT'S FINE.

HOWEVER, THERE'S CONSIDERABLE REASON FOR DOUBTING THE SANCTITY OF OUR VOTE AND MACHINES ARE RELIED UPON SOLELY.

I'M INCLUDING FOR YOU GUYS A LINK TO, UH, MR. WEILL'S DE HIS TESTIMONY.

AND I'M ALSO INCLUDING FOR YOU WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE, A DETAILED VOTING PROCESS FLOW DOCUMENT WITH LIVE STREAMING AND TRANSPARENT BALLOT BOXES.

AND THERE'S A CHART TO MAKE IT EVEN EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE.

AND THEN MOVING INTO TORI.

SO YOU'RE MOVING ON THE OTHER ITEM? YES.

SO I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THI FOR MAREZ.

TORI MAREZ.

SHE HAS A, AN AFFIDAVIT, IT'S BEEN SEEN BEFORE COURT.

SHE'S AN ELECTION EXPERT.

I CAN GO INTO IT.

I WANNA READ TO YOU FROM IT.

VTLS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE ELECTION MACHINE AS THEY EXAMINE THE USE OF COTS COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF.

COTS ARE PREFERRED BY MANY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TRIED AND TESTED IN THE OPEN MARKET AND ARE MOST ECONOMIC AND RED AND MOST ARE REC.

ECONOMIC AND READILY AVAILABLE COTS ARE ALSO THE SOURCE OF VULNERABILITY.

THEREFORE, V SDLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT COTS COMPONENTS BY VOTING SYSTEM.

MACHINE MANUFACTURERS CAN BE USED AS BLACK BOX AND CHANGES TO THEIR SPECS AND HARDWARE MAKEUP CHANGE CONTINUOUSLY.

SOME CHANGES CAN BE SIMPLE UPGRADES TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT IN OPERATION, COST EFFICIENT FOR PRODUCTION END OF LIFE, AND EVEN COMPLETE REWORKS TO MEET NEW STANDARDS.

THE KEY ISSUE IN THIS IS THAT MOST OF THE COTS USED BY ELECTION MACHINE VENDORS LIKE DOMINION, ESNS, HAR INNER CIVIC, SMART MATIC AND OTHERS IS THAT SUCH MANUFACTURING FOR COTS HAVE BEEN OUTSOURCED TO CHINA, WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN OUR ELECTION MACHINES MAKE US VULNERABLE TO BLACK BOX ANTICS AND BACK DOORS DUE TO THE HARDWARE CHANGES THAT CAN GO UNDETECTED.

THIS IS WHY THE STLS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

HAVING READ THIS SECTION OF THE ELECTION EXPERT TAR FOUR MAEZ, I ASK YOU WHO IS CONFIGURING OUR MACHINES? WHERE ARE THE MACHINE CERTIFICATION FROM AN EAC COMPLIANT VSTL TESTING LABORATORY? THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, THESE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO SEE THE DATA THAT IS BEING SENT FROM THE MACHINE TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

FOR INSTANCE, THE SOFTWARE CAN EASILY TAKE OUR VOTE WORK VOTE COUNTS AND SEND THEM ANYWHERE UNDETECTED BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF PRODUCTS ARE VULNERABLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE NOT UPDATED FOR SECURITY PATCHES.

FREQUENTLY YOU ARE OUR PUBLIC TRUSTEES AND WHEN YOU BREACH A CONTRACT OR A PUBLIC TRUST, YOU CAN BE HELD PERSONALLY LIABLE.

YOU COULD LOSE YOUR QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.

FOR MY READING OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT ELECTIONS DIRECTOR RAYLENE RICHARDS AND SUPERVISOR WEINGER SIGNED THESE AGREEMENTS WITH ESNS ARE UNCONSCIONABLE CONTRACTS ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE CONTRACT AND MADE SURE THAT NAVAJO COUNTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEM AND WITH THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT, I WOULD SUGGEST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FAMILIARIZE YOURSELVES BEFORE YOU HOLD OR CERTIFY AN ELECTION THAT IS IN VIOLATION.

WE, THE PEOPLE OF NAVAJO COUNTY NEED TO SEE THAT OUR BOS IS COMMITTED TO FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS.

IF YOU INSIST ON USING THE, THESE MACHINES, PROVE TO US THAT YOU ARE NOT IN VIOLATION OF YOUR CONTRACT WITH ESNS NOR THE HAVA ACT.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF OUR COUNTRY, OUR COUNTY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE HAVA ACT, WE CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURNING ALL HAVA FUNDINGS RECEIVED.

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS WE HAD FOR CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AS A REMINDER, YOUR STATE STATUTE DOES NOT ALLOW THE BOARD TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS OR DISCUSS TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING A CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

AS WE NOTED PREVIOUSLY, BY LAW, WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO PERSONAL CRITICISMS OR REFER TO MATTERS TO STAFF TO FOLLOW UP.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL GIVE THEM OUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

ANYTHING GERALD? JUST THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY THAT I THINK, UH, WE NEED DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO AS FAR AS THE CERTIFICATIONS, AS FAR AS UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, LAST STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AS WELL.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, STAFF TO GIVE US THE LEGAL OPINIONS ON THOSE ITEMS. PLEASE.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

ANYTHING ELSE WITH THAT? WE STAND ADJOURNED.