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[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, July 9, 2024 NAVAJO COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' CHAMBERS 100 EAST CODE TALKERS DRIVE HOLBROOK, AZ 86025 One or more supervisors may attend telephonically Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(H), the public body will have physical access to the meeting place one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting. The Board may vote to meet in a closed executive session to discuss certain matters and for legal advice on any item as indicated on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3). Items on the agenda may be considered out of order at the Chairperson's discretion. A copy of the agenda background material provided to the Board, except items to be considered in the executive session, is available for public inspection at the Navajo County website, www.navajocountyaz.gov WATCH THE MEETING LIVE AT: www.navajocountyaz.gov/660 All public comments will need to be made in person or in writing. Written comments will be received by the Clerk of the Board's office twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board meeting, at melissa.buckley@navajocountyaz.gov. If further accommodation is needed, please contact the Clerk of the Board's office, at (928) 524-4053 twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board Meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance]

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MORNING, EVERYONE.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.

LORD, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE, FATHER GOD AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ALONG WITH STAFF AND THOSE IN ULA COUNTY HEALTH WIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THOSE WITHIN THIS CHAMBER, AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO PARTICIPATING BY WATCHING, UM, LIVE STREAM AS WELL.

FATHER LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT THAT'LL CONTINUE TO BESTOW UPON US.

AND AS I SAID AGAIN, LORD, FOR BRINGING US HERE TOGETHER FROM OUR LAST MEETING, FATHER, WE PRAY THOSE THAT MAY STILL BE TRAVELING THIS DIRECTION.

FATHER, I PRAY THAT TRAVELING MERCY BE UPON HIM.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU'RE A BLESSING AND THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, LORD, THAT ARE HERE TODAY.

THOSE THAT AREN'T WITH US TODAY, FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU AS THE AGENDA THAT IS LAID OUT BEFORE IS FATHER GOD, THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AND THE NECESSARY DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT NEED TO BE PROVIDED, FATHER GOD.

AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INSTILL WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING INTO OUR, OUR CHAIR AND OUR VICE CHAIR, LORD OF GOD, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, OFFICE WITHIN THE NAVAJO COUNTY, FATHER AND THE LORD.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL, FATHER GOD, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE, GOD FOR ALL THAT, FOR THE, FOR THE SPELLING OF THIS COUNTRY, LORD GOD, AND FOR THE FREEDOM WHICH WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY HAVE CELEBRATED FATHER AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL, THOSE THAT ARE HURTING, FATHER GOD, YOU KNOW THEIR AILMENTS, YOU KNOW THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, FATHER, AND WE PRAY THAT YOUR HAND OF MERCY WILL BE UPON THEM, AND YOUR HAND OF GRACE WILL BE UPON THEM, LORD, AND THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE US, YOU WILL PROVIDE A WAY OUT FOR THEM AND YOU WILL BLESS THE HEARTS THAT THOSE WHOM GIVE UNTO THEM, FATHER GOD, AND THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD THEM.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU'RE BLESSING AND PROTECTION BE UPON THOSE THAT ARE ALSO SERVING LORD GOD AND IN, IN EVERY, UM, MILITARY BRANCH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO STATIONED, UM, ABROAD, FATHER GOD, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THOSE THAT ARE HOME.

LORD GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR COMFORT AND PEACE WILL BE UPON THEM.

LORD.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU ALSO BE WITH NOT ONLY OUR, UM, LEADERSHIP HERE, BUT FATHER YOU PRAY, BE WITH THOSE WITHIN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AS WELL.

FATHER, THOSE IN LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL FEDERAL LEVELS OF, OF GOVERNMENT.

FATHER GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOUR HAND WILL BE UPON THEM AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE WISE DECISIONS THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS COUNTRY AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD FOR PROGRESS.

FATHER GOD, ALL LORD, WE ASK US ALL IN YOUR NAME.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND FOR GIVING US LIFE AND GIVING IT AS GIVING IT TO US MORE ABUNDANTLY.

FATHER GOD, LORD, I SAY THESE THINGS IN CHRIST NAME AND I PRAY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

I PGI OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND EX TO ABOVE FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION, I I'M HERE GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

I'M GLAD TO HAVE THE BOARD HERE WITH US TODAY AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE WITH US IN ATTENDANCE AND AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY KNOW SUPERVISOR, OUR VICE CHAIR ALI, HAS JOINED US VIRTUALLY TODAY.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WITH US.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM

[1. CONSENT AGENDA: These items are considered to be routine or administrative in nature and will be approved in a single motion. A Board member may request for any item to be removed from the consent agenda and considered on the regular agenda:]

ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

ARE THERE ANY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, JERRY? JUST ONE.

UH, IF I COULD PLEASE, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT ON THAT WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT HERE MATCHING GRANTS AS WELL FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT'S ON THERE.

THERE'S A QUITE LARGE SUM OF $246,000 AND I JUST WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

BE, UH, HAVE THAT POINTED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK WITH THAT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

I'LL MOVE THE, WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

ANY, NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTIONS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL

[a. Consideration and approval of the State of Arizona Settlement with the Kroger Co. in the amount of $68.5 million dollars in the national multidistrict opioid litigation and authorize Jason Moore of the County Attorney's Office to sign the required participation form.]

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF STATE OF ARIZONA SETTLEMENT WITH KROGER CO IN THE AMOUNT OF $68.5 MILLION IN THE NATIONAL MULTI-DISTRICT OPIOID LITIGATION AND AUTHORIZE MR. MOORE, JASON MOORE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SIGN THE REQUIRED PARTICIPATION FORM.

MR. MOORE? YEAH.

THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, I'M HERE, UH, TODAY TO, UH, PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PUT TOGETHER BY THE PLAINTIFF'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN THE, UH, MULTI-STATE, UH, UH, LITIGATION THAT'S GOING ON WITH REGARD TO THE OPIOIDS CRISIS.

UM, THE, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, UH, THE STATE OF ARIZONA WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT 68.5 UH, MILLION DOLLARS, UM, FROM KROGER.

AND AS PART OF THAT SETTLEMENT, UM, IF YOU GO BACK TO, UH, THE ONE ARIZONA PLAN, WHICH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A LONG TIME AGO,

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UM, UNDER THE TERMS OF THAT, UM, THE SHARE THAT WOULD FLOW INTO NAVAJO COUNTY OUT OF THAT 68.5 MILLION IS ABOUT ONE POINT.

UH, LEMME MAKE SURE I GET THIS NUMBER CORRECT, UM, 1.5350000000000001% OF THAT WOULD COME TO, UH, NAVAJO COUNTY.

UM, THE, UH, PLAINTIFF'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, HAS RECOMMENDED, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS SETTLEMENT.

UM, AND, UH, I AM RECOMMENDING, UH, APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT AS WELL.

I ALSO NEED, UH, PERMISSION FROM THE BOARD, UH, TO, UH, ACT AS ITS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, IN, UH, PREPARING THE, UH, DOCUMENTS ON THAT ARE NECESSARY ONLINE, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, GIVE WRITTEN APPROVAL, UH, FOR, FOR THAT, FOR THAT SETTLEMENT.

SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. MOORE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY, SO, MR. MOORE, YOU'RE SAYING, SAYING OF THE 68.5 MILLION, WE, THE NAVAJO COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY WOULD GET 1.53% OF THAT YEAH.

IN THE, THAT'S CORRECT.

SETTLEMENT? YES.

OKAY.

IF NO QUESTIONS, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 68.5 AND AUTHORIZED JASON MOORE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION THAT'S NEEDED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

AYE.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MR. MOORE.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[a. Presentation on Forest Health and Watershed Protection in Navajo County]

TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PRESENTATION ON FOREST HEALTH AND WATERSHED PROTECTION IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO ROCHELLE.

THANK YOU.

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

UH, THIS MORNING I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY'S FOREST HEALTH AND RESTORATION INITIATIVES HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

GOTTA TURN THE CLICKER ON.

I APOLOGIZE.

GREAT.

SO, NAVAJO COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN FOURTH HEALTH, HEALTH AND RESTORATION INITIATIVES IN SEVERAL KEY WAYS.

FIRST, NAVAJO COUNTY IS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN ARIZONA COUNTIES ORGANIZATION.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, CHAIRMAN WHITING ALSO SERVES AS CHAIR OF ECO, WITH THE PRIMARY ROLE BEING TO CONVENE INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CULTIVATE SOLUTIONS TO CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES RELATED TO FOREST HEALTH.

SECOND, THIS YEAR, NAVAJO COUNTY HOSTED THE 2024 ECO LEGISLATIVE TOUR THAT BROUGHT ALMOST 20 STATE LEGISLATORS INTO THE FIELD TO SEE FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FACING ARIZONA'S FORESTS.

THIRD, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN A KEY PARTNER IN HELPING TO REINVIGORATE FOREST INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

AND THEN FINALLY, CHAIRMAN WHITING AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ECO BOARD HAVE BEEN STAUNCH ADVOCATES FOR POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND VITALITY OF OUR FORESTS.

SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS YEAR'S 2024 LEGISLATIVE TOUR.

THIS HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY.

UM, AND AS MENTIONED, WE BROUGHT ABOUT 20, UH, STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR KEY STAFFERS INTO THE, THE FORESTS IN GILA AND NAVAJO COUNTIES TO SEE FIRSTHAND KIND OF THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY AROUND FOREST HEALTH RESTORATION AND WATERSHED PROTECTION.

SO HERE YOU SEE SOME, SOME PICTURES OF THE CC CRAIG RESERVOIR, UM, THAT IS OWNED BY SRP.

UM, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE, THE LEGISLATIVE TOUR LEGISLATORS GOT TO OBSERVE THIS RESERVOIR, UH, VIA HELICOPTER PROVIDED BY SRP.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE, COUNTY MANAGER LAYTON, UH, GETTING READY FOR HIS RIDE ON THE HELICOPTER.

SO THIS, THIS PART OF THE TOUR ALLOWED LEGISLATORS TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE INEXTRICABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN FOREST HEALTH AND WATERSHED PROTECTION.

IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE FORESTS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE SURROUNDING WATERSHEDS, WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR US HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN, AS WELL AS OTHER MAJOR METRO AREAS IN THE STATE.

IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEGISLATORS TO SEE THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN FOREST HEALTH WATERSHED PROTECTION, UM, AND WHY WE NEED THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN MAINTAINING OUR FORESTS.

SO ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE LEGISLATIVE TOUR, ELECTED OFFICIALS GOT TO VISIT AN ACTIVE FOREST TREATMENT SITE AND HEARD FROM FORESTRY REPRESENTATIVES AND TIMBER INDUSTRY EXPERTS ON THE IMPACTS OF FOREST HEALTH AND RESTORATION IN OUR REGION.

FOREST TREATMENT AND RESTORATION EFFORTS IN NORTHEASTERN

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ARIZONA HAVE LARGELY BEEN DRIVEN BY ECO THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF CHAIRMAN WHITING AND THE OTHER SUPERVISORS FROM APACHE GRAHAM, GREENLEY, AND COCHISE COUNTIES.

THE NUMBER OF ACRES TREATED HAS NEARLY DOUBLED FROM 8,000 ACRES TO NEARLY 16,000 ACRES ANNUALLY.

IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ONGOING CHALLENGES TO FOREST TREATMENT AND RESTORATION, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE ISSUE OF BIOMASS.

UM, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, FOREST TREATMENT ISN'T JUST HARVESTING THE TIMBER AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ACRE, BUT IT'S ALSO DEALING WITH THE RESIDUAL OR BYPRODUCT THE BIOMASS THAT'S LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE TIMBER IS HARVESTED.

IN FACT, FOR EVERY ACRE OF TIMBER LOGGED, THERE IS 17 TONS OF BIOMASS PRODUCE LEFT UNTREATED.

THIS FOREST BYPRODUCT BECOMES A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR FUELING WILDFIRES.

AS A RESULT, THERE NEEDS TO BE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO TREAT BIOMASS ON A LANDSCAPE SCALE.

SO YOU SEE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THERE IS A LOT OF THE, THE BIOMASS THAT'S THE TOPS OF THE TREES, BRANCHES OF TREES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE GUY DOWN IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER NEXT TO THE PILE.

UM, AND FOR SCALE, KIND OF THE AMOUNT OF BIOMASS THAT'S GENERATED ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE, UM, PILES OF SLASH THAT THAT HAVE BEEN PILED AND BURNED.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE BURNING TECHNIQUE IS THAT YOU CREATE A LOT MORE POLLUTANTS AND YOU REDUCE AIR QUALITY WHEN WE, WHEN WE TAKE ON A A SLASH AND BURN METHODOLOGY FOR, FOR DEALING WITH BIOMASS.

SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? SO, SO WE KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE ONGOING SOLUTION FOR US HERE IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA IS BIOMASS ENERGY.

SO THE TREATMENT OF FOREST BIOMASS IS EFFECTIVELY HANDLED LOCALLY, UM, THROUGH NOVO POWER.

SO HERE IS WHERE PARTNERSHIPS BECOME CRITICAL FOR US, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF FOREST HEALTH AND RESTORATION, BUT IN TERMS OF THE BIOMASS ISSUE.

THROUGH ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, ECO HAS BEEN PART OF FINDING A SUSTAINABLE WAY OF DEALING WITH LOGGING BYPRODUCT BY TURNING THAT BYPRODUCT INTO ENERGY.

NOVO POWER IS THE SOLE POWER PLANT IN ARIZONA, CURRENTLY CAPABLE OF DISPOSING RESPONSIBLY OF LOGGING SLASH RESIDUE AT LANDSCAPE SCALE.

IT CURRENTLY ENABLES THE RESTORATION OF 15,000 ACRES ANNUALLY IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.

THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENT BETWEEN NOVO POWER A PS AND SRP.

RECENTLY, THE PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED TO ADJUST FOR INFLATIONARY PRESSURES EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

WITHOUT THAT ADJUSTMENT, NOVO POWER WOULD'VE HAD TO CONSIDER CLOSING ITS DOORS, WHICH WOULD'VE LEFT NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA WITHOUT A PATH TO DISPOSING OF ITS BIOMASS.

THIS IS A KEY EXAMPLE OF HOW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HAVE WORKED TO EFFECTIVELY RESOLVE WHAT WOULD SEEM LIKE NORMALLY A PRIVATE INDUSTRY ISSUE, UM, THAT REALLY IS TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITIZENS HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, AS WELL AS PROTECTING WATERSHEDS THAT BENEFIT PEOPLE IN THE METRO AREAS.

GIVEN THIS, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR FORESTRY PARTNERS BEING ABLE TO UPDATE THE PPA TO INCLUDE INFLATIONARY FACTORS WASN'T AN EASY LIFT AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT OF THESE FORESTRY PARTNERS.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO THANK OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING BUCHANAN DAVIS WITH SRP SEATED HERE, BRAD WORSLEY WITH NOVO POWER TO OVER FROM BUCHANAN AND PASCAL BURLOW, DID I BUTCHER THAT WITH THE EASTERN ARIZONA COUNTIES ORGANIZATION.

WE ALSO HAVE KEY PARTNERS FROM A PS AND THE US FOREST SERVICE WHO WERE CRITICAL IN MAKING SURE THIS AMENDED PPA WAS HAPPENED ON OUR BEHALF.

WITH THAT CHAIRMAN, I'D BE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT YOU WERE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

ROCHELLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? COMMENTS? YEAH.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SURE.

THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU MICHELLE.

UM, I JUST WANNA SEND, I GUESS I APPRECIATION TO CHAIRMAN WHITING AND HIS EFFORTS ON THIS FRONT.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE HAS CHAMPIONED SINCE, UM, HE STARTED IN HIS SEAT AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL.

AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE PARTNERS ARE GRATEFUL FOR CHAIRMAN WHITING'S LEADERSHIP AND BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND LEADING THIS DISCUSSION NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR REGION, BUT ACROSS THE STATE.

AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE, UM, LOOK AT OUR FORESTS AND HOW WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT IN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND SO FORTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT WORK

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AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR CHAIR.

I COULD, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SUPERVISOR WEINGER SAID AND, AND KUDOS AS WELL TO OUR CHAIRMAN HERE FOR PARTNERING AND, AND WORKING THIS OUT.

BUT I THINK A BIG KEY OF THIS WAS BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE AREA, GETTING SOME OF THE OTHER STATE LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE FOREST AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO OUR WATER, UH, CONSERVATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD.

AND I, I THINK OUR PARTNERS, I, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM, UH, THAT'S HELPED HERE.

I KNOW THAT NOVO POWER IS, IS BIG IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE KEY THINGS THAT DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND AS WELL AS THE OTHER SRP AND AND USDA.

AND THANK YOU MICHELLE FOR YOUR HELP IN THIS AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COUPLE.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK A COUPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

SO FIRST, I THANK THE TEAM MEMBERS FROM NAVAJO COUNTY THAT DO A GREAT JOB, KATRINA, YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND MANY OTHERS THAT ARE PARTNERING AROUND THE REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THESE ISSUES.

SO THAT'S CRITICAL OF MATTERS.

I WANNA THANK THE BOARD, THE BOARD, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL DO TOGETHER.

WHILE I'VE BEEN, UM, ASSIGNED TO SIT ON THE EQUAL BOARD FROM THIS BOARD, UM, I ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TRUST AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT.

AND THEN WANT TO THANK SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UM, THOSE IN THE ROOM AND ARE NOT IN THE ROOM.

I WANNA THANK BUCHANAN DAVIS AND S-R-P-S-R-P.

WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND GET TO KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR, TWO YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET TO KNOW THEM AND TO GET TO WORK WITH THEM AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS REGION AS WELL AS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR WORLD.

SAME WITH A PS HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER AND WILLING TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION.

PASCAL, UM, HAS BEEN DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ECO AND BRAD REPRESENTING A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS REGION HAS BEEN A LEADER, UM, AND AN ADVOCATE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WAY OF FORESTRY.

AND ONE THING THAT I'LL SAY THAT REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE TO ME WHERE THIS HAS MOVED TO OVER THE YEARS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF FOR OUR WHOLE REGION.

OH, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT, WHICH WAS A, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING, UM, BUT THE FORESTRY THAT WAS HAPPENING, WE WERE DOING ABOUT 8,000 ACRES A YEAR, AND IT WAS PRETTY HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S HOW WE HAD TO GET THINGS DONE.

UM, SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE MOVED TO A PLACE WHERE THOSE SUBSIDIES ARE NO LONGER THERE AND INDUSTRY IS STILL FUNCTIONING.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WAS TAKING THE MONEY THAT WAS BEING SPENT ON SUBSIDIES TO FURTHER AND ALLOW THEM TO PUT MORE ACREAGE OUT AND INDUSTRY TO BE ABLE TO GO AND PRODUCE THAT IS WHAT'S OCCURRED.

AND HOW THAT ACTUALLY OCCURS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A NEAT THING.

WHEN THEY MEET, WE MEET ABOUT MONTHLY WITH WHAT'S CALLED THE NATURAL RESOURCE WORKING GROUP.

AND THE IDEA IS IT'S A COLLABORATIVE GROUP WHERE YOU HAVE INDUSTRY THAT MEETS THERE.

YOU HAVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT MEET THERE.

YOU HAVE THE FOREST SERVICE THAT MEETS THERE, BUT EVERYBODY SITS AND TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S TAKEN TIME TO DEVELOP TRUST.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS PEOPLE ARE PRETTY CANDID ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR WORLD.

AND AS A RESULT OF THOSE CANDID CONVERSATIONS AND THE TRUST THAT'S BEING EXTENDED, SOLUTIONS ARE BEING FOUND AND WE'RE ABLE TO FIND WAYS FORWARD, UM, WHICH, I MEAN, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED WHAT WE WERE DOING DURING THE WHITE MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP WHEN IT WAS BEING HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED.

THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN WITH EASE, AND THAT'S WHY IT, A LOT OF APPRECIATION TO THIS BOARD.

UM, WHEN YOUR MARGINS ARE REALLY THIN, IT DOESN'T TAKE A VERY BIG BUMP TO MAKE ALL HANDS ON DECK HAVE TO HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY.

BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT OF THE REGION ON THIS, IT'S BEEN REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S WORKED WELL BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER.

EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T ALL GETTING EXACTLY EVERYTHING THEY WANTED, IT WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER.

AND SO, I, I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR EXTENDING TRUST AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS FORWARD RATHER THAN JUST WHAT WORKS FOR YOU, BUT LOOKING WHAT WORKS FOR US AND EVERYBODY AS A WHOLE.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO, IF OKAY, CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH THOSE THAT ARE, THOSE THAT ARE HERE WITH THE BOARD? WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT, ROCHELLE, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP TOO, BUT THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

YOU GUYS IN HERE WITH THE SEAL RIGHT THERE, THE DISTINCTIVE SMILE.

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YEAH.

CAN WE FIT EVERYBODY IN THERE? YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I'M JUST EYEBALLING THESE WATER BOTTLES.

THANK YOU.

GOT IT.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A COUPLE PICTURES.

THAT LOOKS GREAT.

1, 2, 3.

APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, AND THANKS TO ALL THE WORK FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON THEN FROM THAT TO ITEM

[b. Presentation and update on Capital Projects]

B PRESENTATION ON UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO GRANT.

THANK YOU GRANT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MELISSA.

GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, UH, VICE CHAIR WOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THIS MORNING.

I WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO UPDATE, TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON SOME OF THE LARGER, UH, I GUESS FACILITIES, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS GOING ON AND THEN AS WELL AS BROADBAND.

UM, ALL THESE PROJECTS, THESE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.

WE'VE HAD SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT, UM, ADVANCEMENTS MADE OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND SO WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AND, UM, PROVIDE THIS UPDATE.

THE PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT 'EM IN THIS ORDER, WILL BE THE PINEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESTORATION PROJECT.

THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FACILITY PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT IN TAYLOR, THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BOARD CHAMBERS HERE.

AND THEN, UM, THE BROADBAND PROJECT.

SORRY, WHAT'S THE SECRET? ROCHELLE? OH, SORRY.

THE SWITCH ON THE SIDE.

I TURNED IT OFF.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THE PINEDALE L RANCH SCHOOL PROJECT.

UM, A QUICK REFRESHER ON THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE ARIZONA STATE PARKS.

UH, THIS IS A HISTORICALLY, UM, SIGNIFICANT BUILDING IN THE, IN THE AREA AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A, UM, IT'S REGISTERED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRAR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

THE, THE COMMUNITY USES THIS FACILITY FOR THE COUNTY OWNS THE BUILDING, BUT THE COMMUNITY USES THIS FACILITY FOR MANY OF THEIR GATHERINGS AND FUNCTIONS.

UM, BEING A LITTLE OVER 80 YEARS OLD, THE BUILDING HAS LOST ITS, UM, WATER TIGHTNESS, YOU MIGHT SAY.

THERE'S SOME WATER INTRUSION AND SOME LEAKING AND SOME WATER DAMAGE.

SO THESE PROJECTS AIM TO, UM, OR THE GOAL IS TO REPAIR THOSE, MAKE THESE RESTORATIONS TO, UM, UM, PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS GOING TO THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THERE.

ON THE LEFT, WE WILL, WITH THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, IT'S A TWO PHASE PROJECT.

WITH THIS PHASE, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE ROOFING AND REPAIR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE ROOF THAT HAVE, UH, DETERIORATED AND ROTTED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE.

UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA REMOVE SOME CONTEMPORARY PORCHES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE, TO THE BUILDING, UH, RESTORING IT BACK TO MORE OF ITS HISTORIC NATURE.

AND THEN DO SOME GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING WHERE WATER, WE DON'T HAVE POSITIVE GRADE AROUND THE BUILDING.

SO WATER IS, UM, PENETRATING THE BUILDING AROUND THE PERIMETER.

AND THEN DOING THAT, WE'LL REPLACE SOME NEW CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND A DA ACCESSIBLE PATHS THROUGH THERE.

SO THE, THE COUNTY'S INTENT HERE IS ONCE WE FINISH THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE WILL APPLY FOR THIS SAME GRANT FUNDING AGAIN, AFTER THIS PHASE IS COMPLETE.

AND, UM, THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE TO REPLACE, REDO ALL THE STUCCO ON THE BUILDING AND REPLACE THE, UM, WINDOWS WITH NEW WINDOWS TO SEAL, SEAL UP THE STRUCTURE.

SO THE BID TIMELINE, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT, UM, THIS PROJECT WENT OUT TO BID ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND THEN I GUESS THE THIRD BULLET DOWN, YOU'LL SEE TODAY WE ARE HOLDING A PRE-BID MEETING AT THE SITE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, UM, WITH BID OPENING, UM, JULY 24TH.

SO WE HOPE TO HAVE GOOD INTEREST FROM PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS AND BIDDERS.

AND WE LOOK TO BRING A CONTRACT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD FOR YOUR GUYS' CONSIDERATION ON AUGUST 13TH, PROJECTING THAT FORWARD.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A, UM, YOU KNOW, STARTING LATE AUGUST WITH A CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION SOMETIME IN THE VERY BEGINNING PART OF NOVEMBER.

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THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT FACILITY THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT AT THE, IN TAYLOR, AT OUR PINEDALE ROAD YARD.

UM, THIS IS A ARPA FUNDED PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT DESIGN IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE.

UM, WE HAVE JUST BEGUN STARTED WORKING ON THE BID DOCUMENTS TO GET THIS PROJECT OUT TO BID.

UM, THE DESIGN TEAM'S WRAPPING UP A FEW LITTLE LAST MINUTE, UH, OR NOT LAST MINUTE, BUT LOOSE ENDS AT THE VERY END DOT I'S CROSSING T'S.

WE'VE MADE A COUPLE CHANGE, SMALL CHANGES ON THIS BUILDING, UM, THAT I'D POINT OUT TO YOU AFTER WE GOT DESIGN DEVELOPED AND COMPLETED.

WE WORKED WITH THE SHERIFF'S, THE USERS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

AND SO WE'VE BUILT, WE'VE MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE BUILDING TO BUILD IN SOME FUTURE FUNCTIONALITY IN THE BUILDING.

UM, ONE OF 'EM YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE IS, WE'VE ADDED SOME, A FUTURE, WE'RE BUILDING SOME SHELL SPACE FOR A FUTURE X-RAY ROOM AND A, AND A FUTURE HISTOLOGY ROOM IN THE, IN THE LAB PORTION OF THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE HEALTH PART, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, AS IN THE FUTURE, IF THEIR, UM, SERVICES EXPAND.

UH, DOWN IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE'VE INCREASED, UH, ADDED A EVIDENCE PROCESSING ROOM, ADDED A SECOND ENTRANCE, ONE FOR MORE OF A SECURE ENTRANCE, UH, FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ONE FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO A FEW MINOR TWEAKS, BUT AS I SAID, THIS DESIGN IS PRETTY WELL COMPLETE AND WE ARE STARTING TO PREPARE BID DOCUMENTS.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS AN ARPA FUNDED PROJECT.

SO ON THE RIGHT THERE, THESE ARE KIND OF THE KEY MILESTONE DATES.

WE'RE GONNA GO OUT TO BID, UH, ARPA FUNDS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FUNDS OBLIGATED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

WE'RE PREPARING TO BID BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND WE ANTICIPATE COMING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD WITH A CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE MIDDLE PART OF SEPTEMBER AND KICKING OFF CONSTRUCTION THE SECOND HALF OF SEPTEMBER, THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER.

THE THIRD PROJECT IS THIS, UM, THE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE COMPLEX REHABILITATION PROJECT, ALSO AN ARPA PROJECT WITH SOME GENERAL FUNDS.

UM, THIS PROJECT IS PROGRESSING NICELY.

WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN LATE MARCH.

UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO STOP BY AND SEE IT, UH, IT'S LOOKING, LOOKING REALLY GOOD.

WE ACTUALLY OPENED UP THE, THE PROJECT'S KIND OF BEEN SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES 'CAUSE SO THAT WAY WE COULD KEEP OPERATIONS GOING, UM, WHILE THE PROJECT IS, IS, UM, PROGRESSING.

SO WE STARTED ON THIS WEST END WITH THESE RESTROOMS AND THOSE ARE THE PICTURES YOU SEE ON THE LEFT WAS THE EXISTING, WHAT, WHAT WHAT WE STARTED WITH.

AND THEN ON AFTER ON THE RIGHT.

UM, SO THIS IS ON THIS WEST SIDE HERE.

WE'VE COMPLETED FOUR RESTROOMS THAT ARE NOW OPEN FOR, FOR THE STAFF OF REPUBLIC AS WELL AS IN THAT TOP RIGHT.

THAT'S THE NEW EMPLOYEE, UM, BREAK ROOM SPACE THAT'S CONNECTED CONJOINING, THE, THE KITCHEN AREA.

SO WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED TWO OF THE NEW, UM, IMPROVED SAFETY AND SECURITY, THE NEW BADGE ACCESS, UM, CONTROLLED ACCESS POINTS, THOSE DOORWAYS SHOWN ON THE LEFT, THAT'S RIGHT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFFICES, UM, OUTSIDE OF PRESTON'S AREA THAT IS NOW COMPLETE.

YOU DON'T SEE 'EM THERE, BUT THERE'S, UM, TRANS SECURE TRANSACTION WINDOWS THERE NOW, UM, SERVICE WINDOWS AND THOSE DOORS ARE INSTALLED.

SO WE, THIS PROJECT HAS NOW PROGRESSED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND OVER THERE THERE'S EIGHT RESTROOMS TO BE COMPLETED.

UM, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT DONE AROUND THE FIRST, FIRST WEEK OR SO OF OCTOBER.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE BROADBAND PROJECT.

UM, I THINK WE ALL REMEMBER WE CELEBRATED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, APRIL 23RD.

SO THE PROGRESS YOU SEE ON HERE IS FROM, WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY, I GUESS APRIL 18TH.

SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE.

BUT IN THE LEFT, THE LEFT HAND, UH, IMAGE, THE TOP PART THERE, WE HAVE COMPLETED, UM, ALL THAT STUFF SHOWN IN GREEN THERE.

SO IT'S ABOUT A 10 MILE STRETCH FROM HOLBROOK.

HOLBROOK WORKING SOUTH AS WELL AS, YOU CAN NOT SEE 'EM ON HERE, BUT THERE'S SOME ORANGE STARS IN HOLBROOK.

THAT'S FIVE OF OUR COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES.

THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN, UM, CONNECTED TO THE BACKBONE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO DONE DOWN IN SHOW LOW, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'VE COMPLETED SOME PORTION OF LONE PINE DAM ROAD, WHICH IS THE GREEN THERE.

AND THEN THE LIGHT BLUE YOU SEE IS OLD LINDEN ROAD AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY.

THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE, UM, THE CURRENT WORK THIS EQUATES TO ABOUT, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 60,000 FEET OF DUCT IN THE GROUND, SO ABOUT 11 AND A HALF MILES COMPLETED.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE WERE JUGGLING HERE IS WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE PERMITS IN HAND WHEN WE STARTED.

SO

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WHERE YOU SEE THIS WORK IS BASICALLY THE, IN ESSENCE IS THE PERMITS THAT WE HAD THE FIRST 10 MILES FROM ADOT, FROM HOLBROOK WORKING SOUTH, AND THEN ALL OF OUR CITIES AND TOWNS AND COUNTY RIGHT OF WAYS SINCE THEN, JUST LAST WEEK, WE'VE OBTAINED THE PERMITS FROM ADOT TO GO FROM WHERE WE SAW IT LEFT OFF THERE, 10 MILES SOUTH OF HOLBROOK ALL THE WAY INTO SNOWFLAKE.

SO WE'RE MOVING THERE NOW.

UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE THOSE PERMITS NOW.

UM, WE HAVE ALSO OBTAINED, AS OF LATE, THE LAST ONE LISTED THERE IN THE OBTAINED IS THE ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT.

WE JUST RECENTLY, UM, RECEIVED THAT RIGHT AWAY.

SO WHAT WE LACK IS BASE IS THE REMAINING A O PERMITS, WHICH ARE ALIGNED WITH OR PART ARE HAND IN HAND WITH THE APACHE SICK GRIEVES, UH, NATIONAL FOREST PERMITS.

UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL HAVE THOSE AS WE GET DOWN TOWARDS THE SNOWFLAKE AREA, MOVE PAST INTO SOMEWAY WHERE WE'LL ENTER THE FOREST SERVICE.

SO THE, THE CONTRACTOR CONTINUES TO SCALE UP AND RAMP UP.

WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN APRIL, THEY HAD ONE, TWO MAN CREW ON THE PROJECT, UM, RUNNING A DIRECTIONAL BORING MACHINE, WHICH IS THAT PICTURE THERE IN THE TOP MIDDLE.

WE NOW HAVE THREE CREWS ON SITE.

ONE, TWO MAN CREW RUNNING THE PLOWING OPERATION THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

AND THEN TWO, NOW TWO DRILL RIGS ON OUR PROJECT.

AS THE, AS MORE PERMITS COME IN, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SCALE UP PROPORTIONATELY.

UM, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE ON BROADBAND.

AND THEN I, I DO WANNA SHARE OR END ON ONE KIND OF IMPORTANT PIECE AND SIGNIFICANT NOTE.

WE END OF JUNE, WE JUST RECEIVED OUR FIRST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT.

UM, WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE WERE KIND OF THE PILOT, UM, GRANTEE AWARD WINNER I GUESS YOU'D SAY.

SO AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, WE'RE THE ONLY GRANT RECIPIENT TO RECEIVE A REIMBURSEMENT TO DATE.

UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT THOSE, HOPEFULLY THOSE, THAT PROCESS IS FLOWING AND WORKING NOW.

SO THAT'S IT.

I'LL GO OFF SCRIPT ONE REAL QUICK, ONE MORE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE CLAY SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, THAT'S A-C-D-B-G PROJECT, ONE OF COUNTY'S THREE CDBG PROJECTS.

THAT PROJECT WENT OUT TO BID LAST WEEK AND THOSE BIDS WILL OPEN JULY 30TH OR DRIVE 31ST.

SO THAT ONE'S COMING TOO.

AND IT'S OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S A ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THESE.

AND I'LL, UH, WITH THAT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU GRANT.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

UM, GRANT FOR THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, I KNOW THAT PRIOR TO THE REDID THE REDISTRICTING, UM, AT THAT TIME WITH THE FORMER COUNTY SUPERVISOR, UM, WE WERE, WE WERE, I HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED AN UPDATE SINCE THAT TRANSITION, BUT MAYBE SUPERVISOR ALI MAY BE UPDATED MORE THAN I AM.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, WITH THIS BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, I KNOW THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH THE CITY OF WINSLOW.

WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT AND TRYING TO INCLUDE THEM DOWN THE ROAD WITH OTHER POTENTIAL BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE'VE BEEN STAYING IN CONTACT WITH A PS, UM, WE STILL WANNA FIND, OR WE STILL WANNA BRING SOLUTIONS FORWARD TO THE BOARD THAT WE COULD CREATE A REDUNDANT RING, WHICH WAS THAT MICROWAVE CONNECTION POTENTIALLY ON THE WEST END OF OUR PROJECT BETWEEN HEBER AND WINSLOW.

IT'S NOT A COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION.

WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE BETTER OPTIONS OUT THERE, WHICH IS WHY THAT LEG ISN'T IN THE CONTRACT.

ONE OF THE WAYS WE FEEL LIKE WE SH THAT THIS MIGHT COME TOGETHER IS A PS IS BUILDING A HIGH CAPACITY, UM, FIBER LINE FROM FLAGSTAFF TO WINSLOW THAT'S GOING TO LIKELY IF THEIR PERMITTING WORKS OUT TIME UP ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE COMPLETE OUR PROJECT MAYBE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

SO IT IS STILL LOOKING AT OPTIONS AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU THOSE UPDATES.

'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO THE EIGHT I 40 PIECE, SO IT'S LOOKING LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY LATER DOWN THE ROAD NOW, UM, UNFUNDED.

BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WEIGH THOSE OPTIONS OF WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, UM, FOR WINSLOW TO GET SERVICE, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH THAT A PS PIECE OR LOOKING AT A, A MICROWAVE CONNECTION.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK, UH, THAT YOU PUT FORTH.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF PAINSTAKING TO GET THESE, UH, PERMITS APPROVED AND THE RIGHT OF WAYS APPROVED AND WE APPRECIATE 'CAUSE I THINK THEY'RE SETTING ALL SORTS OF RECORDS OF GETTING THINGS DONE, WHICH ARE NOT VERY FAST, BUT YET, UH, THEY HAVE MOVED FASTER FOR THIS PROJECT AND APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF YOUR WHOLE TEAM WORKING ON THIS.

THANK YOU PAM.

THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR

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QUESTIONS? UM, A QUICK QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, IT'S NOT VERY SIGNIFICANT, BUT, UM, THE LAST TIME THAT THIS BUILDING WAS UPDATED OR THAT WE PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE BUILDING, WHEN WAS, WHEN WAS THAT? DO YOU KNOW? LAST TIME WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS BUILDING? YEAH.

OH, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND I DON'T, BRIAN, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

.

UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SUPERVISOR.

UM, AND ONE THING THAT GRANT, UH, DIDN'T MENTION WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE CONFRONTING HERE WAS DAMAGE TO OUR SEWER LINES UNDERNEATH THEIR OLD CAST IRON PIPING.

AND SO AS WE'RE REDO THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BATHROOMS IS ACTUALLY A SIDE BENEFIT.

'CAUSE WE'RE REALLY HAVING, THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO REDO THOSE SEWER PIPELINES AND ADDRESS THE REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THERE.

SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S PROGRESSING.

AND SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF THIS BUILDING AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

SO VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

AND, UM, A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO GRANT AND ALSO BRETT STARNS OF OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WHO ARE OUT EVERY DAY, LITERALLY EVERY DAY CHECKING ON THE BROADBAND INSTALLATION, WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND MAKING SURE THE WORK IS BEING DONE APPROPRIATELY AND IT'S ACCOMPLISHING EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT TO DO.

SO BIG THANK YOU TO THEM.

THANK YOU BRIAN.

AND THANK YOU.

YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT REASON IN A SENSE, BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR BUILDING AND, UM, THE INVESTMENT IS IMPORTANT TO LET THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOME COSMETIC, THAT WE, WE CERTAINLY NEED THIS AND THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS, UH, VISITORS WHO COME AND THE ORGANIZATION AND THE FUNCTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND LONG TERM, UM, USE OF THE BUILDING AND SO FORTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND TO BRIAN'S COMMENTS, I CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE EFFORTS IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN A TIMELY MATTER AND THAT WE ARE UTILIZING OUR DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR MANAGING THAT FOR US.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I ALSO ECHO A THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THIS GETTING DONE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTING WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHERE WE CAN, I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK US TO DO THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR AUTHORITY, BUT IT'S GREAT WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP OUT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM

[c. PUBLIC HEARING: TRUTH IN TAXATION pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17104 (primary) and §48-254 (secondary): Consideration and possible approval of property tax levy with no change to property tax rates from the prior year. ]

C, PUBLIC HEARING TRUTH AND TAXATION FOR CITIZEN, UH, PURSUANT TO A RS 42 DASH 7 1 7 1 0 4 PRIMARY AND 48 DASH 2 54 SECONDARY CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX LEVY WITH NO CHANGE TO PROPERTY TAX RATES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

MR. VAL, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN.

UM, VICE CHAIRWOMAN ONLINE AND SUPERVISORS, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES IN THE COUNTY.

UM, SO THIS IS A TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE.

UM, HERE WE GO.

SO, UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE FOUR NOTICES THAT WE, UM, PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO OUR RESIDENTS OF OUR INTENT TO KEEP THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THE SAME.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATES REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE PRIMARY COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT AND OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT.

AND SO OUR COUNTY PRIMARY, UM, THAT, LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT'S A PRIMARY TAX THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THE OTHER ONES THE FLOOD CONTROL, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND LIBRARY DISTRICTS, THOSE ARE CONSIDERED SECONDARY TAXES AND THEY GO DIRECTLY TO THOSE DISTRICTS TO BE USED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES TO FUND, TO FUND THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SO THE FOCUS ON THE, THE COUNTY PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE'RE, THERE'S NO RATE CHANGE FROM 24 TO 25 AS 0.8114 BOTH YEARS.

UM, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY FROM LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 8.5 MILLION.

UM, THIS YEAR IT RAISED TO ABOUT 9 MILLION.

UM, EVEN KEEPING THE RATE THE SAME, THE RECOMMENDED LEVY, UM, IS WAS 7.8.

AND SO WE WERE, UM, ABOUT 696,000 BELOW THE ACTUAL MAXIMUM LEVEE THAT WE COULD LEVY ON PROPERTY TAX OWNERS.

AND THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT THIS YEAR.

SO, UM, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEES ABOUT 9 MILLION AND THE LEVEE, UM, WILL BE ABOUT 8.4 MILLION.

SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 634,000.

UM, SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 538,275,000 OF THAT IS DUE TO, UM, NEW

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CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THE ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS AMOUNT OF THAT BY KEEPING THE, THE TAX RATE FLAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $263,000, UM, SPREAD THROUGHOUT ALL PROPERTY TAX OWNERS IN THE COUNTY.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A, KIND OF THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR IT KIND OF GIVES US A, A HISTORICAL LOOK OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.

AND SO IN THE DARK BLUE THAT, THAT WAS THE, UM, THE MAX LEVY THAT THE COUNTY COULD ISSUE.

AND THE LIGHT BLUE KIND OF REPRESENTS THE, THE LEVY THAT, THAT WE HAD, THAT THE COUNTY HAS ISSUED AND ASSESSED TO OUR PROPERTY TAX OWNERS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HISTORICALLY, EXCEPT FOR FISCAL 18, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN BELOW, UM, THE ALLOWABLE LEVY THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO ASSESS OUR PROPERTY TAX OWNERS.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR THIS YEAR, THAT'S 600 AND ROUGHLY ABOUT 635,000 BELOW THE, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TAX LEVY.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET, UM, HERE OR MEETING LAST MONTH, BUT, UM, PROPERTY TAX RATES, UM, FOR NAVAJO COUNTY, UM, BEING A PROPERTY TAX OWNER, IT, IT'S A GOOD DEAL TO, TO OWN PROPERTY HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE, WE WERE THE THIRD LOWEST PROPERTY TAX RATE IN 24.

UM, IN 23, WE WERE THE FOURTH LOWEST.

SO WE, WE CONTINUE TO BE ON ONE OF THE, THE LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATES ASSESSING TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS IN, IN THE COUNTY.

AND WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE, UM, THAT TREND GOING FORWARD, UM, FOR 25 WITH KEEPING THE, THE RATE THE SAME.

UM, SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS KIND OF A LOOK AT THE, UM, THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THE HEALTH DISTRICT AND THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO CHANGE FROM 24 TO 25 THAT THOSE RATES ARE, ARE, ARE REMAINING THE SAME.

UM, AND SO JUST KIND OF A QUICK LOOK AT HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR EVERY DOLLAR.

SO THE, THE COUNTY, UM, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO ALL THE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND DO ALL THE COLLECTIONS FOR ALL THE, THE TAXING DISTRICTS THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE, THE COUNTY PRIMARY TAX THAT WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVES ABOUT 8% OR 8 CENTS.

UM, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS COLLECTED GOES TO THE, THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN THE, THE COMBINATION OF THOSE, UH, SECONDARY TAXES WORKS OUT ON AVERAGE TO ABOUT 6%.

SO EVEN STILL, UM, AS WE COLLECT, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN THE, THE COUNTY IS STILL KIND OF ON THE LOW END OF THE PERCENTAGE OF EVERY DOLLAR COLLECTED, UM, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS AND ASSESSMENTS.

AND SO, UM, JUST TO FINISH UP, WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU KIND OF A, A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE.

THIS IS A, AN EXAMPLE, IT'S A 29,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, I BELIEVE IT HAS FOUR BEDROOMS, THREE BATH, SO, UM, A, A DECENT SIZED HOME, UM, ON ZILLOW.

THE, THE ESTIMATE, UM, IS ABOUT $520,000 ON THE ASSESSED VALUATION.

UM, WHERE THE PROPERTY TAX, UM, RATES ARE APPLIED TO IS ABOUT JUST UNDER $260,000.

AND SO HOW THAT WORKS OUT, UM, BY KEEPING THE PROPERTY TAX RATES THE SAME, IT WORKS OUT TO ON THE, THE, THE PRIMARY WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $6 AND 60 CENTS PER YEAR, AND THE TOTAL FOR THE SECONDARY WOULD BE $5 AND 20 CENTS PER YEAR.

AND SO THE TOTAL IMPACT TO THIS HOMEOWNER, UM, BY KEEPING THE PROPERTY RATE THE SAME OR FLAT WOULD BE $11 AND 80 CENTS INCREASE, UM, TO THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S LESS THAN A DOLLAR PER MONTH.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT THAT'S A, A, A REASONABLE, UM, UM, INCREASE TO, TO OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAX OWNERS.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING AND SO WE, IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER THE FACT, ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD WANTS TO ASK NOW OR WE CAN ASK 'EM AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, NOT HEARING ME RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

THEN, UM, CHAIRMAN, I'LL OPEN IT UP PUBLIC, UM, FOR ANY COMMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT WERE TURNED IN.

OKAY.

SO THERE'S NO COMMENTS TURNED IN.

UM, SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF IT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I BELIEVE I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND.

CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT LAST, OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WHAT I, WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE RATE THE SAME, CORRECT? WE'RE NOT, THAT'S OUR SIDE OF IT.

SO IN THE, IN THE SIMPLISTIC FORMULA, THERE'S THE RATE THAT THE COUNTY HAS, THEN THE VALUATION IS THE VALUE OF THE HOME.

AND RIGHT NOW THE VALUES OF HOMES HAVE BEEN GOING UP OR THE PROPERTY, BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING UP.

THAT'S JUST WHAT THE MARKET'S DOING RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S THE RATE TIMES, THE VALUATION EQUALS THE TAX, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

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OKAY.

SO ON OUR SIDE OF IT, WE'RE KEEPING THAT FLAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

CORRECT.

VALUATIONS 'CAUSE VALUES OF PROPERTIES ARE GOING UP AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S AN INCREASE IN, IN THIS EXAMPLE, WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING IS WHAT THE RESULT WOULD BE ON A HOME THAT'S 29, UM, OKAY.

HUNDRED, A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.

YEAH.

YEAH.

BY KEEPING THE TAX RATE FLAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE IMPACT TO THAT, THAT HOMEOWNER, WHICH IS THE PART WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.

YES.

WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT MARKET'S DOING, BUT NO.

OKAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT CLEARLY.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND VALUATIONS, UM, ARE ARE LIMITED.

SO YOU KNOW, AS A HOMEOWNER YOUR VALUATION CAN INCREASE BY LIKE 25%.

THO, THO THOSE ARE THERE, THERE'S A MAX PERCENTAGE INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THERE, THERE'S ALREADY SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT KIND OF RESTRICTS THE, THE VALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES, UM, VALUATIONS.

SO, SO YOU DON'T SEE LIKE THESE HUGE INCREASES FROM YOUR PROPERTY TAX FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT KIND OF STATUTORY REQUIRES WHAT THE, WHAT THE MAX LIMIT OF, OF THAT IS.

THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME THEN.

'CAUSE I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF WONDERED THE VALUATIONS THAT I SEE IN MY PROPERTY TAXES OR THAT I SEE ON PEOPLE'S, IT USUALLY IS NOT WHAT THE PROPERTY VALUES.

IT'S USUALLY PRETTY FAR UNDERNEATH WHAT THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE HOME IS.

CORRECT.

BUT ANYWAY, AND SO THAT MAKES SENSE WHY THERE'S CAPS THAT PREVENT IT FROM JUMPING AS DRASTICALLY.

MAYBE IF THE HOME JUMPS QUITE A BIT, IT STILL HAS A CAP, IT CAN ONLY JUMP.

SO IT'S A CAP OF 5%, I BELIEVE.

5%.

YEAH.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S 5%.

AND IF YOU WANNA, CAMMI WOULD PROBABLY CAMMI DE OUR COUNTY ASSESSOR WOULD PROBABLY BE A MORE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE ASSESSMENTS.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THAT, THAT THE, THE ASSESSED VALUATION WITH THE PROPERTY TAX IS, IS BASED ON WHAT THE LEVY'S BASED ON IS, IS USUALLY IN, LIKE IN THIS SITUATION A LOT LESS THAN THE ACTUAL MARKET VALUE OF THE HOME.

AND THAT THAT INCREASE ON THE ASSESSED VALUATIONS IS, IS CAPPED AT AT 5% PER YEAR.

IT CANNOT INCREASE ANY MORE THAN THAT.

PERFECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? HEARING NONE CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

NO, THIS IS, UH, AYE THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MELISSA HAS TO ASK EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY.

SUPER.

AYE.

AYE.

SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

AYE.

VICE CHAIR PENAL AYE.

CHAIRMAN, REDDY AYE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT, WE NOW WILL GO TO ITEM

[d. PUBLIC HEARING: Convene a Special Meeting of the Navajo County Board of Supervisors: FINAL 2024-25 BUDGET PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §42-17104: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 25-2024, approving the proposed final budget for fiscal year 2024-25 for Navajo County.]

B, PUBLIC HEARING.

CONVENE A SPECIAL MEETING TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MOTION.

UH, CHAIR WOULD NEED A MOTION TO CONVENE A SPECIAL MEETING UNDER THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTE? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

WE NOW ARE IN THIS, OUR SPECIAL MEETING, UH, THE FINAL 2024 TO 2025 BUDGET PER PURSUANT TO A RS 42 DASH 1 7 1 0 4 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 2024 APPROVING THE PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET FOR FRI FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2025 FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.

MR. VAL, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

UM, LAST MONTH WE HAD THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET PRESENTATION, WHICH KIND OF WENT INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS.

THIS, THIS PRESENTATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HIGHER LEVEL ON THAT.

UM, AND, AND AS A REVIEW, UM, TO, UM, DISCUSS THE, THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

SO JUST TO KIND OF REVISIT OUR BUDGET FOUNDATION IS, UM, FIRST WE, WE START WITH OUR BALANCE BUDGET.

WE, WE LOOK AT OUR RECURRING REVENUES EQUALLY, OUR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES.

SO, UM, THOSE THINGS THAT WE COLLECT YEAR OVER YEAR, WE WANT THOSE TO MATCH WHAT WE, WE, WHAT WE HAVE GOING OUT AS EXPENSES YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, WE ALSO IDENTIFY ONE TIME, UM, EXPENDITURES WITH ONE TIME FUNDING.

THINGS THAT WE CAN PAY FOR.

SO LIKE AS GRANT WAS UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDS, THE ARPA FUNDS ARE, ARE ONETIME EXPENDITURE PAYING FOR A ONE-TIME EXPENSE.

SO THAT'S, SO ONCE THAT PROJECT'S OVER WITH, IT'S OVER WITH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE REOCCURRING YEAR OVER YEAR AND INDEFINITELY OUT INTO THE FUTURE.

UM, THE NEXT THING WE LOOK AT IS OUR FINANCIAL RESERVES.

UM, WE WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK THAT IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF ISSUE, UM, WITH, UM, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS OR, OR GRANT REVENUES THAT WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO, TO SUSTAIN AND MAINTAIN OUR, OUR SERVICES.

SO OUR RESIDENTS DON'T SEE ANY INTERRUPTION TO SERVICES.

AND THEN OUR LAST, UM, ONE IS OPERATIONS.

WE, WE, WE LOOK AT OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND OUR DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICES AND, AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN FUND THOSE SO THEY CAN DELIVER THEIR SERVICES, UM, THROUGH TO, TO OUR RESIDENTS.

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AND REALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL, I BELIEVE IS IN OUR COUNTY VISION.

AND THEN IT'S REALLY WHAT OUR END GOAL IS TO FINANCE THE, AND TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT, THAT, THAT MEET THAT GOAL OF ENHANCING, UM, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

SO OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UM, FIRST THERE'S UM, AS WE DISCUSSED WITH THE, WITH THE TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING THAT THE, THE SAME.

UM, THE NEXT IS TO MAINTAIN COUNTY SERVICES.

UM, THERE WAS ONLY A MODEST INCREASE TO THE OVERALL BUDGET.

I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 1.3% OVERALL.

AND SO, UM, VERY FLAT BUDGET, UM, FOR FISCAL 25.

UM, WE DID LOOK AT, UM, THE COMPENSATION PLAN TOO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE, IN THE LABOR MARKET.

AND THEN AS GRANT TALKED ABOUT, UM, TO CONTINUE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THOSE REGIONAL PROJECTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS WERE APPROPRIATELY BUDGETED SO WE CAN COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS FOR, FOR OUR AND FOR, FOR THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, TAKING A LOOK FIRST OR A GENERAL FUND, UM, IT'S A $65 MILLION, UM, OPERATING BUDGET THERE.

UM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, UH, MAKES UP ABOUT 27.5% OF THAT.

AND SO THAT'S OUR COURTS THAT OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY PUBLIC DEFENDER.

UM, NEXT IS PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, JUST UNDER 25%.

SO THAT'S OUR, OUR SHERIFF, UM, OUR CONSTABLES AND THEN MANDATED SERVICES, UM, WHICH IS OUR ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

UM, ELECTIONS PUBLIC FIDUCIARY.

AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE ALL TAX AND ACCESS PAYMENTS THAT WE MAKE TO THE STATE FOR, FOR THOSE INSURANCE PROGRAMS. AND THEN COUNTYWIDE, WHICH IS, UM, FACILITIES IT FLEET, WE HAVE ABOUT 7.8% GOING TO OR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WHICH IS NEW IT SOFTWARE, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN JUST UNDER 6% FOR ADMIN, FINANCE, UM, HR AND, AND RISK.

SO OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, UM, ARE TOTALING, UM, ABOUT $144.9 MILLION.

AND SO, UM, WE SEE THERE'S VARIOUS, UM, CATEGORIES FOR THOSE.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS IN GRANTS AND COUNTY SERVICES.

UM, PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH IS OUR, HER FUNDING MAKES UP ABOUT JUST UNDER 20%, ABOUT 19.6%.

UM, OUR HEALTH INSURANCE TRUST RESERVE, UM, WHICH IS OUR BENEFIT RESERVE FOR OUR HEALTH PLANS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, IS ABOUT 15.8%.

UM, THE ARPA PROJECT, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING PORTION OF THE BROADBAND, MAKES UP ABOUT 10.3%.

OUR JAIL DISTRICT, UH, MAKES UP ABOUT 7.89%.

AND THEN WE CAN SEE THE, THE REMAINDER WE HAVE OUR, WE'RE FUNDING OUR HEALTH DISTRICT FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS, UM, OUR PENSION CONTINGENCY, WHICH WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND OUR, OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT.

SO ALL FUNDING THOSE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND THEN AS GRANT TALKED ABOUT, UM, WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, HE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE COURT ENFORCEMENT AND THE BUILDING THERE IN TAYLOR.

SO THAT'S ABOUT JUST UNDER 7%, 6.6%.

UM, THE A CA BROADBAND GRANT, UM, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE BUDGET APPROPRIATION LAST YEAR.

UM, THAT'S MAKING UP ABOUT 18% OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THE REMAINDER OF THAT MONEY IS THE WINSLOW LEVY, WHICH WAS, UM, A $20 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE.

AND THEN, UM, MATCHING DOLLARS FROM THE COUNTY.

AND THE CITY OF WINSLOW MAKES UP ABOUT 75% OF THE, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET FOR FISCAL 25.

UM, I DID WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO, TO TALK ABOUT OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.

UM, SO WE HAVE TWO, UM, BOND ISSUES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING FOR THE COUNTY THAT, THAT WE HAVE DEBT ISSUED ASSOCIATED WITH.

UM, THE FIRST ONE, UM, IN OCTOBER OF 2021, WE, UM, FINANCED OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, DEBT, UM, WHICH IS THE RE OUR PENSION DEBT, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH OUR, OUR, UM, SHERIFF AND DETENTION OFFICERS.

UM, AND THE, THE DART, THE DART GREEN KIND OF TRAJECTORY.

UM, IF WE WOULD NOT HAVE REFINANCED THAT, THAT WAS WHAT P-S-P-R-S WOULD'VE CHARGED THE COUNTY, UM, THROUGH 2038.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE, THE REFINANCING.

SO WE HAVE A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT ON OUR P-S-P-R-S REFINANCING OF ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.

SO IN FISCAL 25, THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $365,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS THIS FISCAL YEAR.

BUT IF YOU KINDA LOOK AT THAT DARK GREEN KIND OF GOING OUT THROUGH 2038, UM, AND REALLY THE REASON WE REFINANCED THAT DEBT WAS OVERALL THAT'S AT $11 MILLION SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH 2038.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE, UM, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE DID SET ASIDE ABOUT 2.2 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY FUNDING, JUST IN CASE THAT PENSIONING DEBT KIND OF GETS A LITTLE UPSIDE DOWN AND AWAY FROM US.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY THOSE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS WITH ACTUARIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SET THAT, THAT MONEY ASIDE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE FUTURE.

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AND THEN ALSO IN 21, UM, FISCAL 21, WE ALSO REFINANCED THE, THE REMAINING DEBT THAT THE COUNTY HAD.

SO WE HAD ISSUED DEBT FOR OUR, OUR JAIL AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING.

UM, THAT PAYMENT IN FISCAL, UM, 25 IS ABOUT 944,000, AND THAT REFINANCING THIS YEAR IS SAVING US ABOUT $62,000.

UM, BUT OVERALL, AND THAT, AND THAT DEBT ISSUE ENDS IN 2031, BUT OVERALL THROUGH 2031, WE REFINANCED THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS ABOUT, ABOUT A $770,000 SAVINGS, UM, THROUGH 2031.

UM, SO WITH, WITH THE BOARD, UM, DIRECTING US TO DO THAT, UM, WE'RE PROUD TO, TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE SAVINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WERE BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND, AND WITH, WITH THE DEBT THAT WERE ISSUED AND REALLY THROUGH, UM, COVID WITH THE, THE LOWER INTEREST RATES TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TO, TO REFINANCE THAT TO, TO, TO GET THE SAVINGS FOR THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR 2025 IS 255 MILLION.

SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S A, A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OF ABOUT 1.3%, UM, MADE UP OF THESE, UM, FOUR, FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN OUR GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS.

AND SO THAT'S THE, THE FISCAL 25 BUDGET THAT WE ARE ASKING THE, THE BOARD TO, TO ADOPT.

AND AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO, TO ANSWER THEM ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT, OR WE CAN COME BACK TO IT AFTER WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY THEN.

THANK YOU MR. VAL.

UM, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.

OKAY.

THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET THAT'S PRESENTED? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD.

SUPERVISOR ING, UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION AND HELPING US TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR OPERATION AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE, UH, APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE MANDATED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO, UM, NAVAJO COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES, UM, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

UM, I AM, I AM, I REALLY AM VERY GRATEFUL TO EVERY DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS WE'VE HAD TO EXAMINE THE BUDGET IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS AND, UM, IN THE LEAN YEARS, UM, THOSE ARE HARD CONVERSATIONS AND IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE A FLAT BUDGET, UM, WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA, BUT WE ARE NOT SITTING IN A POSITION WHERE WE CERTAINLY, UM, ARE MAKING SOME OF THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S NOT, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS HERE.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND ENSURING THAT, UM, THOSE MANAGERS AND UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO OVERSEE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS, UM, ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.

SO IT REALLY IS A COLLECTIVE, UM, TEAM EFFORT.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

WEISINGER.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A COMMENT.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING.

I'M ACTUALLY REALLY PRETTY PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND THIS BOARD AND FOR THE BUDGET THAT, UH, IS BEING PRESENTED.

WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, I'VE TALKED TO MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE IMPACT OF WHAT I'LL CALL HYPERINFLATION.

AND IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING FOR MANY BUSINESSES, UM, AS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED THE INCREASE IN COSTS, THE INCREASE, UH, IMPACT, AND THEN HOW THEY'RE HAVING TO RESOLVE THAT 'CAUSE THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE FILLING THAT AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN JUST A, A WAY TO LIVE.

UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS WE ALSO WERE PROTECTING THE TAXPAYER BY NOT INCREASING THE RATE.

YET WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THIS HYPERINFLATION AND TAKE CARE OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE, THAT ARE WORKING HERE AT NAVAJO COUNTY, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING THE SERVICES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STILL DOING A GREAT JOB, UM, AT PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT ARE THERE.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS FROM OUR BOARD HERE AND, UH, AND HELPING TO DEVELOP THAT, THE ADMIN TEAM AND ALL OF NAVAJO COUNTY AND EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS FOR

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WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THIS.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT IT HAPPENS, IS AS WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND WITH TRUST, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO FIND PRODUCTIVE SOLUTIONS.

AND SO THIS IS PRETTY, UH, IN MY MIND, THIS IS AN ELOQUENT SOLUTION BECAUSE IN REALITY, MOST BUSINESSES ARE HAVING TO INCREASE WHAT THEY'RE SELLING THEIR PRODUCT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND IN REALITY, THE WHAT WE GET IS WE HAVE TAXES THAT ARE COMING IN AND WE HAVE TO MANAGE WITHIN THAT.

AND WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE TAX RATE YET.

WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS INSIDE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO HATS OFF TO YOU, JASON, THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ALL THE ADMIN TEAM IN ALL OF NAVAJO COUNTY FOR WORKING, UH, COLLECTIVELY TO DO THIS.

IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT TALENT, SKILL, AND A AND A COMBINED EFFORT TO WORK TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, UM, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, THAT WE APPROVE THE FINAL 2020 4 25 BUDGET PURSUANT TO A RS STATUTE 42 DASH 17 1 0 4 AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 20 24, APPROVING THE FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR SECOND MOTION.

ALL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN

[e. Board of Directors Sessions for consideration and possible adoption of the Final 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. Sliver Creek Flood Protection District]

A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS.

THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, INCLUDING LCR FLOOD CONTROL ZONE, THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES COUNTY RECREATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE SILVER CREEK, UH, COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE VICTORY HEIGHTS ROAD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, THE PORTER MOUNTAIN DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE F BROOK DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE JOSEPH CITY STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT, THE TIMBERLAND AC ACRES SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES NUMBER TWO, SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT AND SILVER CREEK FLOOD PROTECTION DISTRICT CHAIR.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THOSE.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE NOW ARE IN ALL THOSE DISTRICT SESSIONS.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO MR. VAL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, UM, THE COUNTY BORDER OF SUPERVISORS ALSO ACTS AS THE, UM, THE OVERSIGHT AND, UM, SUPERVISORS AND APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICT, UM, BUDGETS.

UM, AND AS SUCH, THESE BUDGETS ARE INCLUSIVE IN INTO THE COUNTY BUDGET.

SO, UM, THAT $255 MILLION OVERALL BUDGET THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS, THEIR BUDGETS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, IN, IN THE COUNTY BUDGET DOCUMENT.

BUT AS THESE ARE SEPARATE, UM, ENTITIES, UM, WE NEED TO ASK FOR APPROVAL, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BUDGET, UM, FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.

AND SO THE WAY I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IS THEY FALL UNDERNEATH THE COUNTY UMBRELLA OF OUR, UM, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH DISTRICT THAT WAS LISTED OUT.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? ALRIGHT.

HEARING NONE CHAIR ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO MOVE.

DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE MOTION CITE ALL THE DISTRICTS OR CAN WE SAY FOR ALL DISTRICTS PREVIOUSLY LISTED? UM, I WOULD SAY GO AHEAD AND SAY ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.

WE'VE ALREADY SHORTENED IT UP A LITTLE BIT BY ALLOWING YOU TO CONVENE INTO ONE INTO ONE.

UH, THAT, THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD CONDENSE IT ANY FURTHER.

OKAY.

? SORRY.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

SHOULD HAVE WARNED YOU I MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR, UM, THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED FOR THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, INCLUDING LCR, FLOOD CONTROL ZONE, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES COUNTY RECREATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SILVER CREEK COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, VICTORY HEIGHTS ROAD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, PORTER MOUNTAIN DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, FAWN BROOK DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, JOSEPH CITY STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT, TIMBERLAND ACRES SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES NUMBER TWO, SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT AND SILVER CREEK FLOOD PROTECTION DISTRICT.

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THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I DO.

HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES.

UNANIMOUSLY CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO MOVE SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION

[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: ]

ITEM FOUR, NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC, UH, HEALTH SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTE? AYE.

A.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT FOR NOW ARE IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT.

UM, WE HAVE BEFORE US THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF A ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE AND WILL BE APPROVED AS A GROUP UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WISHES TO DISCUSS A PARTICULAR ITEM.

UM, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WOULD WISH TO DISCUSS THIS TIME? SURE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED NOW ON THE REGULAR

[1. Consideration of the SaaS Services Agreement between Navajo County and Genasys Inc. for the use of Genasys EVAC.]

AGENDA, ITEM B, ITEM B ONE CONSIDERATION OF THE SAAS SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY AND GENESIS INC.

YOU'LL PROBABLY CORRECT THAT FOR ME.

UM, KATRINA, WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN.

VICE CHAIRWOMAN SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

UM, THE YES, THE SAAS SERVICE AGREEMENT IS FOR GENESIS EVAC.

UM, AND IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE IT IS.

UM, THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE ARE GONNA INCORPORATE INTO OUR EMERGENCY PLANNING TO HELP US WITH EVACUATIONS, BUT IT IS ALSO MORE THAN THAT.

IT IS A TOOL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE FOR PLANNED EVENTS, UM, TO HELP OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CLOSED ROADS, IF FOR PARADES, ET CETERA.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, NOT JUST FOR WILDFIRES, BUT FOR FLOODS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DISASTER THAT MAY COME OUR WAY.

UM, MULTIPLE COUNTIES ARE ALREADY UTILIZING THIS TOOL, INCLUDING YAVAPI COUNTY SUCCESSFULLY.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST MADE AN UPDATE TO INCORPORATE THE COLOR SCHEME FOR READY, SET, GO.

SO IT NOW MATCHES AND IS NOW LONGER CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT WE UTILIZE.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, THIS WAS ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT CAME UP IN A RECENT TABLETOP THAT WAS HELD FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN THAT IS IN DRAFT AND ALMOST COMPLETE.

SO THIS IS, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, ALL THE COMPONENTS WORKING TOGETHER, COMING TOGETHER TO, TO GET SOME GOOD STUFF GOING.

THANK YOU, KATRINA.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT.

I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CONVERSATION AND COLLABORATION THAT HAPPENS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THAT WE KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS FOR INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO KNOW, ONE, WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND THEN TWO, HOW TO PROCEED.

AND SO IF WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGHOUT THE REGION, UM, THAT RELIEVES A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATION.

AND SO THIS TOOL IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND IN ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY EVENT OR IF THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS THAT, UM, UM, THAT WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO THE, TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, CHAIRMAN, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE

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NAY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION IS PASSED YOU UNANIM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR WHAT ITEM

[2. Update of the 2024 Wilfire Season and consideration of the change in the level of Fire Restrictions.]

NUMBER TWO, UPDATE ON THE 2024 WILDFIRE SEASON AND CONSIDERATION OF THE CHANGE IN THE LEVEL OF FIRE RESTRICTIONS, KATRINA.

SO, UM, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, OUR GROUP, THE WHITE MOUNTAIN FIRE COORDINATION GROUP MEETS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND LAST MONDAY, JULY 1ST, UM, DUE TO A, A HUGE INCREASE IN, UM, RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND THE, THE, THE INCREASE IN CORRECTED CONDITIONS, I SHOULD SAY, UM, VOTED TO GO AHEAD AND LIFT ALL RESTRICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BOTH PATCH COUNTY, NAVAJO COUNTY, ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THAT REGION, AS WELL AS THE APACHE FOREST, B-L-M-B-I-A.

SO, UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE NO LONGER IN RESTRICTIONS TO SAY THAT I WILL, UH, ADD TO THAT WE ARE NEVER OUT OF THE DANGER WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRE.

SO WE ENCOURAGE CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND SUPPORT ANY EFFORTS BEING MADE TOWARDS THAT.

UM, ONE THING THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WAS OUR MESSAGING.

THIS YEAR WE HAD A FIRE PREVENTION EDUCATION TEAM.

THIS IS A REG, A NATIONAL TEAM MADE UP OF INTER-AGENCY DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME TO OUR AREA, CAMPED OUT FOR TWO WEEKS AND SUPPORTED OUR MESSAGING THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO, AND IT ACTUALLY HAD A HUGE IMPACT.

WE WENT FROM, UM, A HANDFUL OF FIRES TO ALMOST NO HUMAN CAUSED FIRES DURING THOSE TWO WEEKS.

THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, UM, TO EVENTS THAT, UM, ME BEING A, A SHOW WOMAN OF ONE CAN'T GET TO EVERYTHING.

SO I, IT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, HUGE SUCCESS IS COMING UP 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.

IT IS.

EVERY YEAR WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL FIREWISE BLOCK PARTY THAT ALL OF YOU AND OUR, OUR LISTENERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

IT IS THIS SATURDAY, JULY 13TH AT BLUE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTING AT 10 O'CLOCK.

AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT.

IT IS BOTH AP APACHE COUNTY AND NAVAJO COUNTY IS JUST NOT JUST A NAVAJO COUNTY EVENT.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

UM, ON THE FIRE RESTRICTIONS, WE NEED TO DO A MOTION AND APPROVAL TO, TO LIFT THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THAT WE UTILIZE.

YES.

PERFECT.

I BELIEVE MAYBE ANY DISCUSSION, THE QUESTION ON THE WAY IT WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WHETHER WE CAN DO A MOTION OR NOT.

SO WE'RE WAITING FOR LEGAL THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

OKAY.

SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE MOTION.

SO, UM, ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, NOT CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? CHAIRMAN, I MOTION THAT WE CHANGE, UH, THE LEVEL OF FIRE RESTRICTION IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

PERFECT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT AGAIN.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES.

WE'VE REMOVED THE RESTRICTIONS SO AS, AS RECOMMENDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, SO

[3. Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 26-24 adopting the 2024 Navajo County Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan.]

ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 DASH 24, ADOPTING THE 2024 NAVAJO COUNTY MULTI JURISDICTION HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

KATRINA, IT'S A MOUTHFUL, RIGHT? RIGHT.

.

SO, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS WE ARE REQUIRED TO UPDATE, REVIEW, AND REVISE OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

THIS IS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, SO ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN NAVAJO COUNTY SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PLAN.

CURRENTLY, WE JUST FINISHED OUR DRAFT.

IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO DMA, WHO WILL BE REVIEWING, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEMA, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.

USUALLY DMA DOES THEIR REVIEW, THEN PASSES IT ALONG TO FEMA.

THIS TIME THEY'RE DOING IT JOINTLY, SO WE CAN ELIMINATE SOME TIME.

THEN ONCE WE GET THAT AND ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONS ADOPT AS I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU DO, WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE AND FEMA WILL APPROVE.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY MAJOR CHANGES FROM FEMA OR DEEMA AS WE WORKED REALLY HARD AS A TEAM, UM, WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS TO GET THIS PLAN DONE.

AND I SEE NOTHING BUT SUCCESS FOR THIS PLAN.

SO UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S

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ALL I HAVE.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU, KATRINA.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU WORKING ON THIS.

I KNOW IT'S TIED TO SOME GRANTS AND SOME THINGS OUT THERE TOO, SO IT IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE GET THIS APPROVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR WORKING ON IT.

UH, CHAIR.

TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 DASH 24.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

SO MOVE SECOND.

YOUR MOTION IS SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

WE'RE NOW IN REGULAR SESSION

[a. Consideration of award of Contract Number B24-04-030 for Bourdon Ranch Road-Millet Swale Drainage Improvements to McCauley Construction and Trucking, LLC, and to authorize change order authority to the Public Works Director for 10% of the contract amount, and authorize the Public Works Director to execute the necessary documents.]

ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC WORKS.

CONSIDERATION OF AWARD CONTRACT B 24 DASH ZERO FOUR DASH 0 3 0 FOR BOARD AND RANCH ROAD.

MILLET SWELL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT TO MCCAULEY CONSTRUCTION AND TRUCKING LLC AND AUTHORIZED CHANGE ORDER AUTHORITY TO THE PUBLIC WORK STRUCTURE FOR 10% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

MR. FLAKE? THANK YOU CHAIR.

VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING.

THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE INSTALLATION OF A DOUBLE BARREL ALUMINUM BOX CULVERT, AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF 3 28 INCH BY 20 INCH ARCH PIPES.

AND, UH, FARTHER SOUTH OF THOSE LOCATIONS IS A CATTLE GUARD INSTALLATION ALL AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, BID DOCUMENTS WERE PUBLISHED, UM, GIVING CONTRACTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, BID WERE BIDS WERE ACCEPTED UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK ON JUNE 26TH.

THE COUNTY RECEIVED ONE BID FROM MCCAULEY CONSTRUCTION AND TRUCKING LLC.

UM, THAT BID WAS EXAMINED AND WAS FOUND TO BE ACCEPTABLE.

SO CONSIDERATION TODAY WOULD BE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE BORDEN RANCH ROAD MILL SWALE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO MCCAULEY CONSTRUCTION AND TRUCKING LLC AND TO AUTHORIZE CHANGE ORDER AUTHORITY TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR 10% OF THE PROJECT AMOUNT, EXCUSE ME, 10% OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.

I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN IF YOU HAVE THOSE.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

MR. FLANK.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE TEAM FOR WORKING ON THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.

I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN EASY.

, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS BEING ABLE JUST TO GET PEOPLE TO RESPOND AS YOU GUYS WERE SEEKING, UM, RIGHT OF WAY.

AND BECAUSE THIS WILL IMPACT ON SOME PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.

AND SO WE'VE GOTTA GET CREATIVE ON WAYS, UM, ALL LEGAL BUT CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOT TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, BUT APPRECIATE THE PERSISTENCE OF THE TEAM ON WORKING ON THAT.

I KNOW THAT THE CITIZENS WILL LIVE IN THAT AREA.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UM, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AS LISTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? DO HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY AGAINST VOTE? AYE.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU MR. FLA.

THANK YOU.

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

NOW, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENTER TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE'RE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

ITEM ONE IS

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

THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, WE JUST HAVE THE JE FULLER HYDROLOGY, UM, CONTRACT ON THERE.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ITEM? UM, NOT HEARING ANY, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE ITEM OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

SECOND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

UM, ALL, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

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HEARING NONE.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES.

WE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[a. Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement with Painted Sky Engineering & Survey, LLC for the Buckskin Wash Floodplain Delineation Study.]

TWO, REGULAR AGENDA, CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PAINTED SKY ENGINEERING AND SURVEY LLC FOR THE BUCKSKIN WASH FLOOD PLAN DELINEATION STUDY.

MR. FLAKE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, THE BUCKSKIN WASH FLOODPLAIN DELINEATION STUDY IS LOCATED IN HEBREW, ARIZONA.

AND IT'S A, IT'S A LOCATION WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING FEMA, FEMA MAPPED FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODWAY THAT IS, UM, INCORRECTLY MAPPED BY QUITE A WAYS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN NOW THAT ARE ALMOST UP THE SIDE OF A CANYON.

UM, SO WE FEEL IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO GET THIS CORRECTED.

UM, IT, WITHOUT IT BEING CORRECTED, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY PORTRAY WHERE THE, THE HAZARD, THE FLOOD HAZARD POTENTIALS COULD BE.

UM, SO IT KIND OF GIVES A INCORRECT PICTURE OF WHAT REALLY COULD HAPPEN.

SO HAVING, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH PAINTED SKY ENGINEERING AND SURVEY.

UM, THEY'VE GIVEN US A PROPOSAL.

UM, SO BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION OF, OF THEIR PROPOSAL FOR THE BUCKSKIN WASH FLOODPLAIN DELINEATION STUDY STAFF.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TODAY IF YOU HAVE THOSE.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY.

THEN, UH, CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THIS CONTRACT WITH PAINTED SKY.

A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DO CHAIR ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN BACK TO REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED.

SECOND OR MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? WILL.

OKAY.

AYE.

HEARING NONE.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

I HAVE NUMBER

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

SIX, COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE.

UM, WE, MR. MOORE, ANYTHING TO UPDATE US WITH, WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

MR. LEIGHTON? UH, NOTHING MORE.

PERFECT.

SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY AS WE PONDERED UPON OUR NATION AND THE GREAT LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS THAT, THAT WE ENJOY, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SPEAKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND, AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT THEY WERE OVER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND IT WAS JUST INTERESTING HOW HAPPY THEY WERE TO BE BACK, UH, TO, TO THE UNITED STATES AND FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY.

AM I READING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND THINGS? IT WAS INTERESTING THAT SOMEBODY SAID THAT THE CONSTITUTION NOT ONLY PROTECTS AMERICAN RIGHTS, IT ALSO CREATES A GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT CAN ONLY WORK WHEN MAJORITIES AND MINORITIES ACT TOGETHER THROUGH NEGOTIATION, COMPROMISE AND CONCILIATION.

AND I THINK TODAY WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF WHERE, WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO COMPROMISE, WHEN WE TAKE BOTH PARTIES AND WE WORK TOGETHER, OR BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE, TO FIND SOME PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE IN AN AREA THAT IS THRIVING AND CONTINUING TO GROW AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE.

AND SO I, I JUST, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS THAT EACH OF US POSSESS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU REALLY CONSIDER THAT WHAT THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED UPON, ITS PRINCIPLES, ITS SACRIFICES, AND ITS DEDICATIONS.

AND MAY WE ALL BE WILLING TO DEDICATE AND SACRIFICE THE SAME AS WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS, PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, PEOPLE WHO GAVE ALL FOR OUR FREEDOMS. LET'S NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR .

UH, NOT AT, NOT, NOT TODAY, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, SUPERVISOR WEINGER.

UM, JUST ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.

UM, YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE NORTHEAST RURAL ARIZONA COMMUNITY TOWN HALL ON VOTING AND ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA.

AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE FIRST QUESTION.

THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? AND THE CONTINUAL THREAD THAT CAME OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION WAS

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THAT AN EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY, UM, WAS THE BELIEF THAT A DEMOCRACY IS BUILT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO VALUE AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND, UM, I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED BY THE CONVERSATION.

WE CAME FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, WE CAME FROM ALL PARTIES AND ULTIMATELY, UM, THAT IT WAS REALLY A CARE FOR OUR COUNTRY, A CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, A CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, THAT IF WE VALUE ONE ANOTHER, UH, THAT THAT WAS A TRUE DEMOCRACY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WEISINGER.

I APOLOGIZE.

YOU'RE GOOD.

APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, VICE CHAIRMAN BENELLI, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO UPDATE US ON? UH, YES.

THIS IS VICE CHAIRWOMAN BENELLI AND IT WAS WELL SAID BY, UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ON THE 20, ON JUNE 24TH, I WENT TO SEE THE TABULATORS WORKSHOP AND, UH, WITH THE ELECTIONS DIRECTOR FROM ARIZONA STATE AND ALL THE BALLOT THAT THEY RAN THROUGH THE TABULATOR WAS, UM, PERFECT.

SO I DO NOT HAVE ANY DOUBTS IN THOSE TAB, UM, BALLOT TABULATORS, JUST SO YOU GUYS ALL ALL KNOW, I WAS, UM, THE SUPERVISOR THAT WAS OVER THERE, UM, WITNESSING THOSE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, THE NAVAJO COUNTY, UM, HAD THE ARIZONA ELECTIONS DIRECTOR COME OVER TO SHOW US THOSE THINGS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT AND GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

UM, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE TO PRESENT RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE WILL GO TO A

[7. 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.]

CALL TO THE PUBLIC SECTION OF IT.

I'LL READ THE OPENING STATEMENT.

THE BOARD WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CALL THE PUBLIC.

ANY CITIZENS 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 FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER PURSU.

PURSUANT TO A RS 38 DASH 4 31 DASH ONE, THE BOARD MAY NOT DIALOGUE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER OR DECIDE ANY ISSUE RAISED DURING CALL TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.

UM, AT THE CLOSE OF CALL, 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 DIRECT STAFF TO REVIEW AN ITEM.

THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

AS SUCH, PROFESSIONAL DECORUM IS EXPECTED.

THIS INCLUDES NO FOUL LANGUAGE, NO SHOUTING, MAINTAINING A CIVIL DEMEANOR AND TREATING EVERYONE WITH RESPECT.

SPEAKERS WHO CHOOSE TO BUY A LAY ANY OF THESE GUIDELINES.

WHAT WE GIVEN A WARNING IF THE CONDUCT, UH, PERSISTS, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM.

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

RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SHARE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OUTSIDE THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

MELISSA BUCKLEY.

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

THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.

ALRIGHT, THE FIRST ONE UP, UM, IS LIZ.

SO LIZ, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

IF YOU'LL COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS LIZ OLMSTED AND I RESIDE IN ARIZONA.

I SPOKE TO YOU GUYS, UH, TWO MEETINGS AGO IN REGARDS TO SOME PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT HADN'T COUNTED.

I WENT BACK AND TALKED TO THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, I WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE MEETING AND I ACTUALLY GOT, UM, DECLARATIONS FROM THEM AND I WANTED TO SUBMIT 'EM TO YOU GUYS.

SO I'M JUST GONNA READ, THERE'S TWO OF 'EM.

THE FIRST ONE IS ELISE MARIE GRIFFISS DECLARES I'M A RESIDENT OF NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA AND A REGISTERED VOTER THEREIN.

I RESIDE AT 1 0 5 7 LONE PINE D ROAD AT THIS ADDRESS SINCE JUNE, 2020 ON 6 14 20 24 AT THE RESIDENCE ABOVE.

I SPOKE WITH LIZ OLMSTED REGARDING MY VOTING STATUS IN THE 2022 ELECTION.

THE FOLLOWING IS MY STATEMENT AS TO WHAT OCCURRED.

IN THE SUMMARY OF 2022, WE RECEIVED ALL PRIMARY VOTE INFORMATION BY MAIL AND VOTED IN PERSON FOR THE PRIMARY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.

WHEN I WENT TO VOTE IN PERSON, THE ADDRESS LISTED ON THE COMPUTER HAD BEEN CHANGED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE.

NO SUCH ADDRESS EXISTED.

MY DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS CORRECT, WITH THE CORRECT ADDRESS WAS NOT ACCEPTED.

WE HAD TO GET A UTILITY BILL PROOF.

EVENTUALLY WE WERE ABLE TO CAST PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND IN WATCHED AS THE INVOS WERE SEALED, THEN I RECEIVED A LETTER NOTIFYING ME MY BALLOT HAD NOT BEEN

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COUNTED.

A CALL BROUGHT NEWS, THE ENVELOPE WAS MISSING.

THE BALLOT EXECUTED ON SIX 14 UNDER PER PENALTY OF PERJURY.

ELISE GRIFFITH, THIS WAS HER HUSBAND'S I, STEVEN GRIFFIN.

I'M A RESIDENT OF NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA REGISTERED VOTER THEREIN, I RESIDE AT 1 0 5 7 LONE PINE DION ROAD, UM, AND HAVE RESIDED AT THIS ADDRESS SINCE JUNE, 2020.

ON JUNE 14TH, 2024.

AT THE RESIDENCE ABOVE, I SPOKE WITH LIZ OMSTEAD REGARDING MY VOTING STATUS.

IN THE 2022 ELECTION, WE WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A PROVISIONAL BALLOT BECAUSE OUR ADDRESS WAS CHANGED IN THE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE PRIMARY GENERAL ELECTIONS.

WE VOTED AND WATCHED OUR BALLOTS BE PLACED ON IN ENVELOPES THAT WAS THEN SEALED.

THIS ENVELOPE WAS THEN, UH, PLACED IN THE BAG FOR PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.

LATER WHEN I ASKED THE REGISTER'S OFFICE, THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VOTE WAS NOT COUNTED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BALLOT IN THE ENVELOPE.

I DEC DECLARE APPARENTLY OF PERJURY.

UH, THE FOREGO IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

EXECUTED ON JUNE 14TH, 2024 IN NAVO COUNTY, STEVEN GRIFFIN.

UM, I HAD A THIRD PERSON I WENT BACK TO TALK WITH HIM.

HE IS, DID NOT HAVE WANT TO DO ONE FOR ME TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BECAUSE HE FELT AS THOUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULDN'T REALLY CARE ANYWAYS.

SO ANYWAYS, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU GUYS GET RID OF THE POLL PADS BECAUSE SOMEHOW THEIR ADDRESSES WERE CHANGED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD VOTED IN THE PRIMARY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY GO TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO GO BACK TO PAPER BALLOTS.

WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR BOOKS WHERE THE ADDRESSES CANNOT BE MANIPULATED.

AND, UM, THESE PEOPLE A YEAR, I MEAN, I TALKED TO 'EM IN 2022, I WENT BACK HERE IN 2020.

THEY ARE STILL VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'D SAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE, OUR VOTES DIDN'T COUNT.

SO I'M JUST WANTED, I WANTED TO GO BACK AND JUST GET A DECLARATION AND GIVE IT TO YOU GUYS ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE, UH, DONNA SHERWIN.

THANK YOU DONNA.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

MY NAME IS DONNA SHERWIN.

I LIVE AT, UM, 1207 SOUTH FOREST LANE IN PINETOP.

UM, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT LIZ JUST PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I WORKED IN THE POLLS IN 2022, UH, AT THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT.

AND UM, WHEN I WAS SETTING UP THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT, UH, ELECTION AREA THE NIGHT BEFORE, WE WERE, UH, TOLD AND GIVEN THE, UM, EXPRESS VOTE MACHINES, WHICH PRINT ALL BALLOT STYLES FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE NAVAJO COUNTY.

UH, WE WERE GIVEN THE MANUAL TO BE ABLE TO SET THEM UP AND PUT THEM TOGETHER SO THAT THE NEXT DAY FOR A DA COMPLIANCE, WE HAD THOSE MACHINES READY WHEN IT WAS DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, FOR, UM, THE PREPARATION AND, AND THE SETUP, UH, WE ASKED WHAT, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO AT THIS POINT? AND THEY SAID, JUST LEAVE 'EM ON.

AND I SAID, WELL, UM, EXPRESS VOTE MACHINES, CREATE BALLOTS AND PRINT OUT BALLOTS.

UM, YOU WANNA LEAVE THEM ON OVERNIGHT? AND SHE SAID, YES, THIS WAS THE INSPECTOR OF THE, OF THE, UH, POLE.

AND I SAID, WELL THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THE MANUAL SAYS ACTUALLY TO SHUT 'EM OFF.

SO YOU'RE SAYING TO LEAVE THEM ON.

AND SHE SAID, WELL, SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SHE PUSHED HER CHAIR BACK, SHE WENT STORMING ACROSS THE ROOM.

SHE WENT TO THE POWER STRIP, WHICH DOES NOTHING FOR THE MACHINES AND PUSHED THE POWER STRIP OFF.

BUT THE MACHINES WERE LEFT ON ALL NIGHT.

THREE MACHINES THAT WERE ABLE TO VOTE, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, PRINT ALL OF THE BALLOT STYLES FOR THE ENTIRE NAVAJO COUNTY, WHICH IS A LITTLE ALARMING BECAUSE JUST DOWN THE ROAD AT THE TOWN HALL, THEY HAD THE POLL PADS.

THEY WERE BEING SET UP THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION AS WELL.

AND THEY WERE TOLD TO LEAVE THOSE POLL PADS ON.

AND THE POLL PADS SPEW OUT LITTLE UPC CODES THAT ARE BEING, ARE ABLE TO BE TAKEN TO THE VOTER, UH, THE, UH, EXPRESS VOTE MACHINES AND TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN? AND TO TOP IT ALL, THE GENTLEMAN WHO I KNOW WHO HAS WORKED AT 35 YEARS AT THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT IN PINETOP, LAKESIDE WAS THERE TO VOTE.

AND I SAID, HOW IS THIS ROOM SECURED AT NIGHT, SIR? AND HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I SAID, WELL, CAMERAS AND YOU KNOW, IS LOCKED UP SECURITY.

HE SAID, OH NO, TOOK HIS KEYS OUT.

EVERYBODY HAS A KEY TO THIS ROOM.

HOW DOES THAT SECURE, HOW IS THAT SECURE FOR OUR, OUR SANITY TO KNOW THAT THESE ELECTIONS ARE SAFE? WHEN YOU SIT THERE AND YOU SAY, WE WANNA COMPROMISE AND WE WANNA MEET IN THE MIDDLE, AND WE GOT RID OF THE DS TWO HUNDREDS, THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

I'M GLAD.

BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO CENTRAL COUNTING.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE BALLOT BOXES AREN'T PRE STUFFED? NOBODY DROP BOXES.

NOBODY LOOKS AT THE BALLOT BOXES, DROP DROP BOXES.

THEY'RE JUST PUT THERE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE VOTING, UH, UH, BALLOTS CAST IN THERE FROM THE OVERINFLATED VOTER ROLLS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELONG ON THE VOTER ROLLS.

IT JUST, IT, IT, THERE'S NO COMPROMISE.

DARRYL SEYMOUR, I I DON'T SEE THAT.

I SEE THAT THE DS TWO HUNDREDS ARE GONE BUT NOW ARE GONNA GO TO CENTRAL TABULATION, WHICH, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S IN THOSE BOXES WHEN THEY COME IN THERE? THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS NOT THERE FOR THE DROP BOXES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE ELECTIONS ARE DONE ON THE RESERVATION WHEN THERE'S A TRIBAL ELECTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE DROP BOXES ARE USED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR HAND COUNTING IS USED, BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NOT COMPROMISE.

AND I, AS LIZ SAID, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO HAVING THE, THE, THE VOTER REGISTRATIONS IN A BOOK AT ALL THE POLLING PLACES TO ADD EVERYTHING IN 2015.

WE USED TO HAVE HAVE 70 PRECINCTS.

WE NOW HAVE 15.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT KELLY.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS A LITTLE LESS HOSTLY 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I'VE SENT YOU ALL CERTIFIED MAIL WITH ENOUGH EVIDENCE THAT SHERIFF KLAUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKED TO START AN INVESTIGATION.

WE'VE ALL PROVIDED YOU ENOUGH EVIDENCE THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATION BY NOW.

UH, LET'S SEE THESE, LET'S CALL THEM EXHIBITS O AND P.

RICK WEIBEL HAS SHOWN THAT THE EAC WEBSITE PROVE WAS PROVING THAT HE PROVED THAT PRO VNV NEEDED FIVE UPDATES IN 2023 THAT THEY DIDN'T DO AND THEY NEEDED NINE UPDATES TO THEIR MACHINES IN 2023.

THREE, NO, 2024 THIS YEAR THERE ARE NINE UPDATES THAT, THAT THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT THE EAC HAS REQUESTED.

I'M GIVING YOU THESE TODAY SO YOU CAN BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS REALITY.

I HOPE THAT YOU DECIDE THAT NAVAJO COUNTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RS 16 4 4 2 B AND THAT YOU REMEDY THIS IMMEDIATELY WITH A VOTE TO RETURN TO A HAND COUNT OF PAPER BALLOTS IN PRECINCTS THE DAY OF ELECTIONS.

WE NEED TO RETURN TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW, THE A RS, NOT FONT'S ELECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL.

A RS 10 21 SAYS THAT WE, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE PURSUING THE A RS NOT OF TITLE 16, NOT THE ELECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL.

ACTUALLY, OUR ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN FEDERALIZED IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE ONE SECTION FOUR OF THE US CONSTITUTION, RECOGNIZING THAT THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATES TO REGULATE TIME, SPACE, PLACES AND MANNER OF ELECTIONS.

CONGRESS DID NOT GIVE THIS AUTHORITY TO THE DHS.

OKAY? BUT I SAID, OKAY, SO THESE UNCONSCIONABLE CONTRACTS AND THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN FEDERALIZED, THEY NEED TO BE VACATED IMMEDIATELY.

WE NEED TO RESTORE TRUST IN ACTUAL TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS.

ALSO, I WENT AND I LOOKED AT YOUR NAVAJO COUNTY WEBSITE AND THERE'S A POST THAT EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE OF THE DS EIGHT 50 AND THE DS FOUR 50 ARE TO CREATE A CAST VOTE RECORD.

I READ S'S CONTRACTS WITH YOU AND THEY SAY THAT THEY MAINTAIN ALL DATA AND CAN RESTORE IT IN THE CASE OF A BREACH.

SO I WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE ASKING FOR A COURT ORDER FOR A PUBLIC RECORD, BUT YOU ACCEPT FOR-PROFIT BLACK BOX COMPANIES LIKE N XCEL TO HOST OUR ENTIRE VOTER'S RECORD.

LIKE LIZ SAID, LIKE DONNA HAS SAID, I WANNA REITERATE, WE SHOULD END OUR VOTER REC RECORDS OR VOTER ROLL SYSTEM.

ERIC AVID IN EXCESS.

IF ANYTHING IS STILL GOING ON WITH SUTHERLAND GOVERNING SOLUTIONS, THAT'S ALL OPACITY IN OUR ELECTIONS AND THAT NEEDS TO COME TO AN END.

BUT I SAID THIS WAS GONNA BE ABOUT EAC CERTIFICATION.

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING MATTER AND ONE YOU NEED TO REVIEW FOR YOURSELVES.

PUT THIS TO A VOTE AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

OR I WILL WRITE A WRITTEN MANDAMUS ASKING A COURT TO MAKE YOU DO THE LAW TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

I'M ASKING FOR LAW TO BE RESTORED HERE AND I WILL ASK FOR A TRO IN THE MACHINES AND WE'LL LET A COURT A JUDGE DECIDE WHETHER THE EAC WAS IN, WAS ABLE TO SIGN CERTIFICATIONS.

DID THEY HAVE A QUORUM IN 2021? WHY WASN'T IT SIGNED BY THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE COMMISSION? WHY DID THEY HAVE AN INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SIGNING IT? KELLY? THE EAC.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, JASON, ARE YOU REGISTERED UNDER FARRAH KELLY? THANK YOU.

YEP.

I DUNNO IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE THE LAST ONE ON THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC, UH, CAROL OWENS.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.

UM, AND I DISAGREE WITH ALL THAT, BUT HERE I GO.

MINE'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

UH, MY NAME IS CAROL OWENS.

I LIVE AT 2090 OLD MILL ROAD, UH, SHUMWAY, ARIZONA.

I'M A BORN AND RAISED SHUMWAY ARIZONA GIRL, ONLY HAVING LEFT FOR FOUR YEARS.

WORST FOUR WORST FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE.

UH, .

UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME TO THE MEETING TODAY, UM, TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR COUNTY, FOR WORKING TOGETHER AS SUPERVISORS.

AND I'M DON'T KNOW, I KNOW A FEW OF YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW MOST OF YOU AND I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE ALL OF DIFFERENT PARTIES AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING TOGETHER AND PULLING TOGETHER AND KEEPING OUR COUNTY RUNNING AND IMPROVING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I SO APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M SEEING THAT ARE HAPPENING.

UM, I ALSO WANNA JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK YOU AND OUR COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR KEEPING OUR ELECTIONS THE BEST AND SAFEST AROUND.

IN MY OPINION, I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO WORK AROUND AND WITH RAYLENE AND KRISTEN AND ALL THE OTHERS IN

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THE, UM, UH, ELECTIONS OFFICE.

UM, I'VE WORKED IN A POLLING PLACE FOR NEARLY THIR, UH, THREE DECADES AND I AM PROUD HAVE HOW EVERY ELECTION THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, I HAVE BEEN AN INSPECTOR FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND I PUBLICLY TAKE OFFENSE TO THOSE THAT SAY THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE NOT RAN PROPERLY.

UH, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T GO TO JAIL FOR MY OWN PARENTS, UH, FOR JEOPARDIZING A AN ELECTION, I'M PRETTY SURE NONE OF YOU WOULD EITHER.

BUT, UM, ANYWAYS, I AM PROUD OF HOW OUR ELECTIONS ARE AROUND ARE, ARE RAN.

AND UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR JOBS ARE A THANKLESS JOB AND I KNOW RAYLENE'S CHRISTIANS AND ALL THOSE THAT RUN THOSE ELECTIONS, IT'S A THINKLESS JOB.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THAT.

UM, UM, I AM A VERY VOCAL AND OUTSPOKEN PERSON.

SOMETIMES MY MOUTH GETS THE BETTER OF ME.

QUITE OFTEN IT DOES.

BUT TODAY I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS TIME THAT YOU ALL GET THE PRAISE THAT YOU DESERVE FROM SOMEONE WHO TRULY APPRECIATES UM, EVERY ONE OF YOUR JOBS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

UM, FOR AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING, UM, FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT ARE SAYING IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

I PERSONALLY SAY NO CHANGE.

NAVAJO COUNTY IS IN VERY CAPABLE HANDS WITH ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU CAROL.

MUCH APPRECIATED THAT.

UM, ENDS THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING AND, AND WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.

THANK.