* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT. [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, September 10, 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] GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET OUR BOARD MEETING STARTED. GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. HOPE YOUR DRIVES WERE GOOD. UM, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED WITH THE PRAYER AND A PLEDGE LED BY SUPERVISOR ALI, AND THEN WE WILL PICK UP FROM THERE. THANK YOU. GRACIOUS PATERNAL FATHER, WE CAME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING AND BEGIN OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MORNING ON MISTAKE. LOG ON. I THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALL OUR SUPERVISOR COLLEAGUES HERE AND, UM, BE WITH US AS YOU GIVE US GUIDANCE IN THIS, UM, AGENDA WITH WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WILL BE ADDRESSED. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TO, UM, LISTEN, PARTICIPATE, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PART OF OUR TEAM, AND HELP US ACCOMPLISH THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. UM, THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THE DAY, LORD GOD, GIVE US GUIDANCE SO THAT WE, UM, CAN DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY, LORD GOD, UM, LET OUR PRESENTERS BE HERE TO PRESENT US SO TO, TO US SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE. AND, UM, I GIVE YOU GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE FOR BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO OUR PRAYERS AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO HEAR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA TODAY AND WITH OUR DAY AS WELL. THANK YOU. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AH, AMEN. I PLAN ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER INVIS, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN AL APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL PRAYER AND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. OH, MELISSA, WERE YOU ABLE TO OKAY. UM, WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR IS WITH US TELEPHONICALLY. UM, AND SO HE IS PARTICIPATING THAT WAY TODAY, BUT HE IS WITH US. UM, AND SO WE HAVE THE FULL BOARD HERE. SO GOING ON [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:] TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE. UM, ANY ITEMS WISH TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD? IF NOT, CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, WE [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: ] NEED A MOTION TO ENDUR THE NAAU COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT MOTION. SECOND MOVE TO PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE ARE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT. WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE US, UNLESS HAS IT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE. UM, ANY ITEM THAT WE WISH TO DISCUSS. CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IN A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. A AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT. WE NEED A MOTION TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT AND ENTER INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION. SO, MOVE. YOU HAVE A MOTION? 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. WE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY [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: ] FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BEFORE WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MELISSA ALSO HAS THAT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE. UM, ANY QUESTIONS [00:05:02] IF NOT CHAIR. ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYE. HAVE IT? WE PASSED THE CONSENT AGENDA CHAIR. ANY THE, UH, MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION ITEM NUMBER FOUR, [a. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Application for Permanent Extension of Premises for AZTEX Coffee and Taproom, located in Overgaard, AZ] BORDER SUPERVISORS. PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION OF PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PREMISES FROM AZTEC COFFEE TAP ROOM, LOCATED IN OB GUARD, ARIZONA. I, GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. SUPERVISORS. THIS APPLICATION IS FOR AN EXTENSION OF PREMISES. THE APPLICANT HAS COME BEFORE TO GET TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS. UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PUBLIC OR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TREASURER HAVE ALL, UM, SAID THAT THE APPLICATION MEETS APPROVAL OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON THIS? OH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO TO THE BOARD. ANY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WISHING TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM OR HAVE QUESTIONS? NO. CHAIR. I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOURS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE 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. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON TO ITEM [b. Consideration and approval of a proclamation declaring September 11 through September 14, 2024, as "Navajo County Fair Days".] B, CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14TH AS N COUNTY FAIR DAYS. MR. DEPE, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US PRESENT. THANK YOU. UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO KEEP OUR FAIR IN OUR COUNTY. AND, UH, THANK YOU MRS. WEINGER, OUR SUPERVISOR, WEINGER, FOR YOUR, UH, INVOLVEMENT, HELPING US GET OUR BLEACHER AT THE LAST MINUTE. UM, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR. UM, WE, UH, UH, CHANGED THE ADMINISTRATION. AS YOU KNOW, MICHELLE LEFT US AND WE HAD TO BRING BACK, UH, MINORA, WHICH IS, UH, FILLING IN AND DOING THINGS. UH, SHE'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMED. THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE SHE WAS LAST. UH, OUR FAIR MANAGER, UM, AND, UH, NEW PRESIDENT, UH, MIKE STEPPED DOWN AND I TOOK BACK OVER PRESIDENCY. UH, I WAS PRESIDENCY BEFORE, OR PRESIDENT BEFORE MIKE TOOK PRESIDENT FOR 12 YEARS. BUT THANK YOU MIKE, FOR HIS SERVICE. AND, UM, OUR FUNDING THIS YEAR ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE FROM OUR, OUR GOVERNORS, WHICH OUR GOVERNOR CUTTER, UM, FAIR, UH, AGRICULTURE BUDGET OFF OF HER, UH, BUDGET THIS YEAR. SO IT WAS A TOUCH AND GO TO SEE IF THAT WAS GOING TO COME BACK. AND, UH, SHE AT THE LAST MINUTE, UH, PUT THAT BACK INTO HER BUDGET. SO WE ARE FUNDED FOR THE NEXT, UH, YEAR AT LEAST. UH, WITH THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY THE PROCEDURE ON THE PROCLAMATION. YOU CAN READ THAT. I CAN READ IT. OH, THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING. , UM, NAVAJO COUNTY PROCLAMATION SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024. NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR DAYS. WHEREAS THE NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR IS CELEBRATING THE 93RD YEAR IN SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS THE NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY HISTORY SINCE 1930S. AND WHEREAS CITIZENS CAN DISPLAY GARDEN AND HOMEMADE PRODUCTS, ARCTIC PIECES OF WORK, LIVESTOCK, AND THEIR HOBBIES. AND WHEREAS THE ANNUAL EVENT IS A WHOLESOME, FAIR AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH HAS BEEN LONG ENJOYED BY ALL. AND WHEREAS THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE RESIDENTS OF NAVAJO COUNTY VALUE THE BENEFITS OF THE FAIR PROVIDES TO THE CITIZENS OF NAVAJO COUNTY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JASON WHITING, CHAIRMAN OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 11TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024 AS NAVILLE COUNTY FAIR DAYS IN NAVAJO COUNTY. AND THANK THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE, UH, CONTRIBUTING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKING THE FAIR A SUCCESS AND URGE ALL [00:10:01] RESIDENTS OF NAVAJO COUNTY AND NAVAJO COUNTY STAFF TO TAKE PART IN THE SENSITIVITIES AND TO JOIN TO, IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY, 93RD ANNUAL NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR DONE IN OCCURRENCE BY THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ON THE 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. SIGNED BY JASON WHINING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? I WAS GONNA GO AHEAD. UH, JUST, JUST THANK YOU, THANKS TO, UH, UH, YOUR, YOUR ADMINISTRATION FOR HELPING US THROUGH THIS AND VOLUNTEERING ALSO DURING THE FAIR. UM, ALSO, UM, WE DID PRESENT, UH, MR. LAYTON WITH A FIVE YEAR PLAN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, HASN'T HAPPENED IN A LONG TIME AND WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FACILITY AS FAR AS UPGRADES AND SO FORTH. AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD. UM, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND GOOD MORNING MR. DESPAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND I KNOW THAT THE FAIR DOES NOT GO WITHOUT HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER. I KNOW THAT THROUGH EVERYBODY'S, UM, COMMITMENT TO MAKING THE THE FAIR, SUCCESSFUL, UM, IT REQUIRES THOSE VOLUNTEER HOURS. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT, TO ALLOW OUR PUBLIC TO ENJOY, UM, THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THEIR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ON A SECOND, ANY MORE DISCUSSION, I'M MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. UM, COUNTY FAIR IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF CAN BRING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND HAS ALWAYS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. UM, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU KIND OF SEE ALL THE, THE DETAIL THAT GOES INTO IT AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO YEAR ROUND TO MAKE THAT THING WORK. UM, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT GO ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS TIME IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN BE VERY PROUD OF. SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, NEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR IN PREPARATION FOR THIS FAIR THAT ARE KIND OF EXCITING. EXPANSION OF THE PARKING LOT AND ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT'S THERE. UM, JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT OUR CITIZENS WILL REALLY ENJOY WHEN THEY GET A CHANCE TO COME AND, UH, AND IT ENHANCES THEIR EXPERIENCE AND IS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE DOING THROUGHOUT NAVAJO COUNTY. SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WILLING TO COME BACK AND BE PRESIDENT. UM, APPRECIATE WHAT MIKE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMING YEARS. ALSO, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND THE WAY THAT YOU CHOOSE TO COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS AND WHAT'S THERE. AND THEN WE LOOK AT WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES HOPEFULLY TO FIND WAYS TO BEST PARTNER WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, SPEND A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT FOR THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU JERRY, JASON, AND THANK YOU SUPERVISORS. WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH YOU REAL QUICK? THE COUNTY SEAL UP HERE? ABSOLUTELY. PERFECT. SORRY, I WASN'T, UH, I GOT NOTIFIED ABOUT FROM MINE ABOUT 40 MINUTES AGO THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. AND SO , I RUN FROM ONE END OF THE MIDWAY TO THE OTHER TO GET THROUGH SECURITY AT ALL. SO GUYS, YOU'RE HERE. MORNING. YEAH. YOU WANT OH, PERFECT. CAN WE ALL MOVE? JUST ONE ON LOOKS GREAT. TAKE A COUPLE PICTURES. 1, 2, 3. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A STEP TOWARDS SUPERVISING S YEAH, THERE WE GO. THAT, THAT'S PERFECT. ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I THANK YOU. I EXPECT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HMM. I PLAN TO, YEAH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM [a. Presentation to the Navajo County Finance Team for receiving the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and an Award of Financial Report Achievement.] NUMBER FIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PRESENTATION IN NAVAJO COUNTY FINANCE TEAM FOR RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AND AWARD OF FINANCIAL REPORT ACHIEVEMENT. TURN TIME OVER TO MR. LAYTON. SEE, I CAN'T EVEN STOP JASON FROM WORKING. HE'S BACK IN THERE. , UH, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS. WE, WE LOVE OUR FINANCE TEAM. [00:15:01] UH, WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE OUR, OUR TEAM AND ESPECIALLY JASON VALLOW, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. I SEE EVERY DAY HIS DILIGENCE AND HIS PROFESSIONALISM. I SEE HOW EXACTING AND CAREFUL HE IS. AND I SEE HOW PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE HE, HE TAKES HIS JOB. UM, AND I SEE HOW EXACTING HIS TEAM IS. AND, UH, THEY'RE WONDERFUL. AND, AND LIKE MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE COUNTY, EVERYTHING RUNS ON PARTNERSHIPS. AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR CARRIE LOPEZ. OUR, OUR COUNTY TREASURER AND HER STAFF ARE MANAGING THE INVESTMENTS AND THEIR REPORTING AND EVERYTHING GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WE CREATE DOCUMENTS THAT ENSURE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC AND, AND ADHERE TO THE, THE HIGHEST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. SO, JASON, COME ON UP HERE. UM, SO WE, WE KNOW THE GREAT WORK THEY DO, AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED YET AGAIN, THIS YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GFOA, HAS AWARDED NAVAJO COUNTY WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. UH, THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT WAS PEER REVIEWED, AND THAT REVIEW DETERMINED THAT THE COUNTY GOES BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING AND SHOWS A SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY. AND FULL DISCLOSURE, UH, SUPERVISORS, THIS IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION THAT A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, UH, AGENCY CAN RECEIVE. UH, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING GREATER THAN THIS. UM, SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE BOARD SHOULD FEEL VERY PROUD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU AS SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR STAUNCH SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. SO THANK YOU. UM, AND I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO JASON A. LITTLE BIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS STAFF. THANK YOU, BRIAN. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, SUPERVISORS. UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY STAFF AND INVITE THEM TO COME UP, UM, TO REC TO RECOGNIZE THEM . UM, SO FIRST WE HAVE, UM, JACKIE WALK WALKER, WHO'S OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. UM, WE HAVE TAYLOR HILTON, WHO'S OUR ACCOUNTANT. UM, JULIE BARTON TONI WHO'S OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER. AND KEN MARIAMA, WHO IS OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES DIRECTOR, WHO DOES A LOT WITH OUR, OUR, OUR GRANT PROCESS AND HELPING ENSURE, ENSURE, UM, THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GRANTS. UM, IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OLIVIA, 'CAUSE I, SHE, SHE DOES A, A BIG HEAVY LIFT FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IN, IN PREPARING A LOT OF STUFF FOR US TOO. UM, AND, UM, LIKE BRIAN JUST ECHOED, YOU KNOW, IT IS A TEAM EFFORT. UM, KEN DEITZ WALKING OVER THERE BEHIND US, BUT, UM, TOM, TOM FRANKLIN FROM HIM, HIS TEAM BASICALLY KEEPS US ON TRACK WITH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE RUNNING AND, AND BEING ABLE, BEING ABLE TO, TO WORK PROPERLY. AND, AND WE APPRECIATE, UM, THE COUNTY'S EFFORT AND THE STAFF'S EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP US TO, TO SUBMIT OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND, AND REALLY THE GOAL, I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH AN AUDIT PROCESS WHERE THE AUDITORS KIND OF GO THROUGH OUR, OUR FINANCIALS WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING FAIRLY, UM, WHAT THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATUS IS AND, AND, AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUT THAT DOCUMENT TOGETHER AS A, AS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT. AND, AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE GFOA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF, FOR OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IS THAT, THAT WE, UM, IN ALL WE TRY TO DO IS TO TRY TO BE, TO TRY TO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UM, PRESENT FAIRLY AND CLEARLY, AND THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND TO KNOW THAT WE ARE SAFEGUARDING THOSE ASSETS AND USING THEM APPROPRIATELY, AND THAT THEY'RE USED TO DELIVER ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT THE COUNTY DELIVERS TO, TO OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THAT FOR ME, THAT THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL IS IN AND WITH THE GFOA. IT'S AN EXTENSIVE ADDITIONAL CHECKLIST THAT THEY GO THROUGH, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE RECORDING IN PROGRESS, BE A BENEFIT TO THE, TO, TO OUR PUBLIC AND TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR WORK AND HARD EFFORT TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. UM, TYPICALLY IT'S A, IT'S A SIX MONTHS PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE CLOSE THE BOOKS IN AT THE END OF JUNE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN WE GO RIGHT TO WORK, YOU KNOW, COMPILING DATA AND INFORMATION AND, AND WE, AND, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET THAT REPORT OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, DECEMBER, JANUARY-ISH. AND SO IT, IT IS A, IT IS A BIG MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB AND A BIG HILL TO CLIMB. AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE WORK AND EFFORT OF THE TEAM AND STAFF HERE AT THE COUNTY. UM, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS AND, AND STAFF THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH. AND, AND I APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. RA. APPRECIATE IT. AND ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD, SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW THAT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP [00:20:01] AND LEADING THE TEAM. UM, IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IN LOOKING AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND PROTECTING THE DOLLARS AND UTILIZING AND CREATING A BUDGET THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO FUNCTION AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE WAY AND FOLLOWING THE LETTER OF THE LAW. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR DOING THAT FOR US AND HELPING US IN BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT IT TAKES. SIX MONTHS IS NOT A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE TIME THAT YOU'VE INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED, BUT ALSO CONGRATULATIONS IN BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE SUCH AN HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR. YEAH, GO AHEAD. VICE CHAIR. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THE, THE, THE CREW, THE NUMBERS, CREW, ALWAYS CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINS OF NUMBERS. I THINK I'D BE CROSS-EYED IF I KEPT LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS. BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. UM, YOU MUST HAVE A STACK OF REWARD AWARDS BY NOW, BUT HOWEVER, I'M GRATEFUL, UM, THAT YOU KEEP, UM, BEING ON TOP OF THIS AND WORKING ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO, UM, BENEFIT THE COUNTY AND ALSO TO HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD AS A GROUP, UM, TO EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICE CHAIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SIMILAR, SIMILAR AS WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AS WELL, BUT FROM MY STANDPOINT, AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO JASON, YOUR TEAM, AS WELL AS TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE ASSISTED FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THE REPORTING PROCESS AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS PROVIDED. AND, UH, AS, UM, UM, BRIAN HAD MENTIONED THE TRANSPARENCY AND ALSO FULFILLING THE PARTS AS FAR AS LIKE DISCLOSURES THAT IS REQUIRED. THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR KEEPING EVERYTHING UP TO PAR AS FAR AS, UH, MEETING, UM, TO GIVING US THAT ASSURANCE AND FULFILLING THAT ROLE WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU TEACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. I WOULD ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS HAD TO SAY. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AROUND BUDGET AND THE FINANCES OF THE COUNTY, SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AROUND. SO WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, WE APPRECIATE THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU DO THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE AWARDS WELL DESERVED. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. JASON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANKS FOR EACH OF YOU FOR THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAY INSIDE OF THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. UM, WE WANTED TO SEE IF IT'D BE POSSIBLE, IF WE COULD GET A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS. WOULD THAT BE OKAY IF WE HAD YOU COME UP? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. A PICTURE. THANKS. OKAY. MORNING. WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW DO YOU WANNA DO THIS? LIKE AN END OR SOMETHING AWAY? , YOU WANNA DO, I'M DOING SOME MATH OF MY OWN HERE. WE HAVE AN EVEN NUMBER, SO WE DON'T HAVE A, A CENTER PERSON. UM, SO IF WE COULD USE THE SEAL AS THE CENTER AND, UM, TURN IN THERE. PERFECT. LIKE THIS? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I MEAN, YOU WANT, UM, YEAH, YOU CAN STEP RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? OKAY. PERFECT. YEAH. OH YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. 1, 2, 3. HOLD IT ANOTHER ANGLE, RIGHT? 1, 2, 3. ACTUALLY ON THAT CENTER LINE, YOU COULD JUST STEP TOWARD EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT. CLOSING THE GAPS AND SEE EVERYBODY. YEAH, THAT LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU. THIS, OH, THIS IS THE ALLEY . THANK YOU. I THINK I'M GETTING SHORTER. HE KEEPS GOING. . MOVING [00:25:01] ON TO ITEM NUMBER. MOVING ON TO ITEM [a. Presentation regarding the ongoing update to the Navajo County Comprehensive Plan, including upcoming dates and events as the update moves toward the hearing process.] NUMBER SIX, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, PRESENTATION REGARDING THE ONGOING UPDATE IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, INCLUDING UPCOMING, UH, DATES AND EVENTS AS THE UPDATE MOVES TOWARDS THE HEARING PROCESS. CODY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. UM, JUST TAKING SOME TIME TODAY TO REMIND YOU ABOUT, UH, WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IS HERE, UH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR THE PAST EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. THANK YOU. UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, BOTH FOR THE SUPERVISORS, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE PRESENT AS WELL. THIS PLAN IS GONNA GUIDE OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR EVERYONE PRESENT THAT WE ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THIS EVERY 10 YEARS. SO AT LEAST 10 YEARS FROM NOW, AT THE, THE VERY FURTHEST WE'LL GO BACK AND REANALYZE IF OUR 20 TO 30 YEAR VISION IS CORRECT OR IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THAT, UM, BASED ON ANY CHANGES WE MIGHT SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HELP WITH CONSERVATION OF OUR RESOURCES, UH, MONEY USAGE, AND THEN HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, WHICH ARE ALSO GUIDED THROUGH MANY OF OUR PROCESSES. UM, ONCE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS UPDATE IS COMPLETE, IT HELPS TO GO THROUGH AND GUIDE AMENDMENTS TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES THAT WE COME UP WITH FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. AND THEN, THEN IT ALSO GUIDES STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, LIKE THOSE WE BRING TO HEARING ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU AND BOARD DECISIONS. IT HELPS TO GUIDE AND, UH, LOOK AT IF PROJECTS ARE THINGS WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR PROPERLY OVER TIME. JUST TO KIND OF BREAK DOWN THE, THE PLANNING HIERARCHY AND WHERE THIS SITS HERE, THIS IS A PYRAMID. UH, SO YOUR FOUNDATION IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THIS. IT SUPPORTS ALL OF THE PROCESSES THAT ARE ABOVE THIS. UM, IT'S A STRONG FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT HERE. ON THE NEXT STEP, YOU GET INTO THE ZONING AND CORRIDOR PLANS. UM, SO TO NOTE HERE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A GUIDING DOCUMENT. AND FROM THAT GUIDING DOCUMENT, WE START TO MAKE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS LIKE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND OTHER ORDINANCES IN THIS ZONING AND CORRIDOR PLAN PHASE. ABOVE THAT, YOU GET INTO SITE PLANS. UM, THIS IS JUST GENERALIZED FOR PLANNING FOR YOUR SIDE. THIS WOULD BE WHERE STAFF GOES THROUGH AND ANALYZES PROJECTS AND THEN BRINGS THOSE PROJECTS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. SO WE TAKE THE GUIDANCE FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEN THE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS. WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU GO THROUGH AND REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S COMPLIANCE THERE AND WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE PROJECTS OVER TIME. AND THEN BEYOND THIS, YOU GET INTO THE BUILDING PLANS. AND CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY COULD ALSO BE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. UM, SO THIS IS AFTER, UH, A DECISION'S BEEN MADE ON A PROJECT, IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE VERY TECHNICAL REVIEW, THE, THE FINER LEVELS OF SAFETY AS WE GO THROUGH ON THE PROJECTS. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REALLY THIS LARGE MACRO LEVEL GUIDING DOCUMENT. AND THEN AS WE MOVE UPWARDS FROM AN ADOPTED UPDATE, WE GET TO THE VERY FINE LEVEL, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BUILDING WITHIN THE COUNTY. AS FAR AS OUR PLAN CONTENTS BASED ON OUR POPULATION, NAVAJO COUNTY IS ONLY REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH AND COVER TWO ELEMENTS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THOSE ELEMENTS ARE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AS A PART OF OUR UPDATE, UM, WE'VE SEEN A LARGE SHIFT IN POPULATION AND AND NEEDS HERE, AND WE WANT TO BE GENERALLY FORWARD THINKING, WE WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT? SO WE'VE GONE FORWARD AND PUT IN 10 TOPICS OVERALL. ON THIS, YOU'LL SEE NINE SQUARES. UM, ONE OF THOSE IS WATER AND WASTEWATER. THOSE ARE TECHNICALLY SEPARATE. SO WE DO HAVE THE TWO TOPICS THERE. UM, WE DID KNOW WITH THIS, HOWEVER, THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO CHAPTERS AND 10 CHAPTERS IS ASKING A LOT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND POTENTIALLY DEVELOPERS TO READ THROUGH. UM, SO WE WANTED TO CONGLOMERATE THOSE TOPICS INTO THREE MAIN THEMES HERE, UM, THAT ARE LIKE USES AND, AND LIKE TOPICS, UH, SO THAT THIS IS EASIER, UH, TO DIGEST AND, AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO TAKE IN AS WELL AS THOSE DEVELOPERS. AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE NOW, UH, WE, WE'VE GONE OUT AND DONE A COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE. WE'VE PUT THIS OUT IN EVENTS AND ON THE SEPARATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE HAVE 135 QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES THAT WERE RECEIVED. UM, WE HAVE SHUT DOWN THAT QUESTIONNAIRE AT THIS POINT IN TIME JUST SO THAT WE CAN START TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THESE IDEAS AND, AND GUIDE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. UH, THESE RESPONSES SHOWED WHAT WERE LOVED, WHAT THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST THE ORGANIZATION DOES WELL, UH, CHANGES. THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY AREAS WHERE THE PUBLIC BELIEVES THAT THE COUNTY CAN IMPROVE, AND THEN SOME OBSTACLES THAT, UH, COULD BE THERE TO MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. IF YOU LOOK UP HERE, YOU'LL NOTE THAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONFLICTING IN NATURE. UM, [00:30:01] THAT'S NOT JUST FROM DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT CAN EVEN BE FROM THE SAME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UM, THAT THAT CONFLICT IS NATURAL WITHIN THIS TYPE OF PLANNING. AND SO WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS GO THROUGH AND FIND THE BALANCE WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS TYPE OF FEEDBACK. UH, THERE HAS TO BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE ON THESE WITH THE CONFLICTING ITEMS THAT EXIST. UH, THIS IS WHY IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE ENCOURAGING PUBLIC INPUT IN THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN REFINE THAT BALANCE AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SCALES NEED TO END UP IN THE, UH, AT THE END OF THIS, UM, THIS PROCESS HERE IS AN ORGANIZED WAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO COME IN, SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES, AND THAT WILL HELP TO DIRECTLY CRAFT AND INFLUENCE THE DOCUMENT THAT'S GONNA GUIDE COUNTY DECISIONS ON FUTURE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. UM, WE'RE HERE TO HELP WITH AND, AND GUIDE THIS DOCUMENT AND MAKE IT COMPLIANT BY STATE LAW. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS, THIS DOCUMENT IS THE COMMUNITY'S DOCUMENT, SO IT'S THEIR INPUT THAT IS GONNA GUIDE WHERE THIS IS ADOPTED. WE HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED SOME COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS WITH SOME MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS. UM, THE, THIS IS SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THESE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTE INTERVIEWS, UM, THAT WENT A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ON SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING WELL AND, AND SEE WHERE THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE SOME HELP AS WELL. HERE'S SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS. I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW SMALL IT IS. UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN TO QUITE A FEW AND WE'VE GOT A FEW COMING UP THAT I'LL EXPAND ON HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. UH, SO WE DID GO TO SHOW DAYS ON, ON JUNE 7TH. UM, WE WENT TO THE HEBREW OVER GUARD COMMUNITY RESOURCE NETWORKING DAY ON JUNE 8TH. THE PINETOP LAKESIDE WHITE MOUNTAIN, OR SORRY, THE YEAH, WHITE MOUNTAIN BALLOON FESTIVAL ON JUNE 21ST. UH, WE DID A DROP IN, IN THE WINSLOW PUBLIC LIBRARY ON JULY 3RD. UH, WE WENT OUT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY IN JOSEPH CITY. UM, WE ALSO WENT ON THE FIFTH TO THE TAYLOR SNOWFLAKE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. UM, SO WE, WE'VE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT WITH THESE EVENTS, TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AS OF, UH, JUST THROUGH THOSE EVENTS DIRECTLY AND NOT OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE ENGAGED WITH OVER 900 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UH, YOU'LL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A WHOLE WR OPEN HOUSE AND A SHOW, LOW OPEN HOUSE. THE ENGAGEMENT IS TO BE DETERMINED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE UPCOMING. AND I WILL GIVE SOME DETAILS ON THAT SHORTLY HERE. SO OUR, OUR NEXT STEPS WITH THIS ARE OUR NEXT MAJOR STEP IS GONNA BE THE BEGINNING OF OUR 60 DAY REVIEW. UH, THIS IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR PLAN OUT TO ADJACENT COUNTIES THAT TOUCH NAVAJO COUNTY, PHYSICALLY, ANY OF THE CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY BOUNDARIES, AND THEN LOCAL AND REGIONALIZED AGENCIES, UH, LIKE NACOG, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, THIS REVIEW PERIOD IS ALSO A PERIOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME THROUGH AND REVIEW, AND IT'S AN ORGANIZED WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME IN AND PROVIDE INPUT ON OUR PLAN. UM, SO AS A PART OF THIS, WE WILL HAVE SCHEDULED OPEN HOUSES DURING THIS REVIEW PERIOD, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH, UH, JUST ABOUT A WEEK AFTER WE RELEASE THIS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND REVIEW AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. WE'LL ALSO HAVE MEANS THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE AND VIA EMAIL. UM, OUR HOPE IS WITH THESE OPEN HOUSES THAT WE WOULD HOST, THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE UNDERSTAND THEY MAY COME IN FOR ONE OR TWO HOT TOPIC ITEMS, UM, ONES THAT WE SEE COMMONLY LIKE RENEWABLE ENERGY OR HOUSING. UH, SO THE HOPE WITH THESE OPEN HOUSES IS, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO ENGAGE THEM, BRING IN THESE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS WITH THEM. BUT ONCE WE'VE GOT OUR FOOT IN THE DOOR WITH THE PUBLIC, GO EXPAND AND DISCUSS THE REMAINDER OF THIS PLAN AND SEE IF WE CAN GET FULL FEEDBACK FROM THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO OUR OPEN HOUSE, NUMBER ONE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO HOST THAT HERE AT THE NAVAJO COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX. IT WOULD BE HERE WITHIN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE CODE TALKERS ROOM BOOKED IN CASE THERE'S A, A LARGE ENOUGH CROWD. AND THE INTENT IS TO HAVE THIS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD AT 6:00 PM UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 PM YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL STICK AROUND AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR IT. UM, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND ON TIMING, WE WANT TO HIT A, A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THESE EVENTS. UH, IT TAKES PEOPLE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET OUT OF WORK. UM, SO THIS IS OUR EVENING EVENT FOR AN OPEN HOUSE WHERE WE WANT TO GET SOME OF THAT PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND PROVIDE THEM RESOURCES TO ALSO GIVE US FEEDBACK AT A LATER DATE. AS FAR AS OPEN HOUSE NUMBER TWO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HOST THAT AT THE SHOW, LOW CITY HALL IN THE DO SOME CLUBS ROOM. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HOST THAT ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, UH, BETWEEN ABOUT 11:00 AM AND 1:00 PM UH, WE WANTED TO HIT AN EVENT DURING THE DAY FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE EVENINGS. UM, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE TRY TO DO THIS ON A FRIDAY EVENING, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT. PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO BE HANGING OUT WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THEY'VE JUST GOTTEN DONE WITH THEIR WEEK. UM, SO WE WANT TO HIT A COUPLE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS WITH THESE IF WE CAN. [00:35:01] THE, THE NEXT STEP FROM HERE WOULD BE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARING. UM, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE HOSTED HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE WITH THE 60 DAY REVIEW AND OUR UPCOMING EVENTS IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, UH, FOR THIS CONSIDERATION AT 6:00 PM AND WITH THAT, THE ACTION TAKEN WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION ONLY FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEN THE, THE VERY FINAL EVENT, IF EVERYTHING KEEPS ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE, UH, WOULD BE WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AGAIN HERE AT 9:00 AM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2025. AND THAT'S FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION. SO IF THE, THE BOARD FEELS THAT THE DOCUMENT IS ACCEPTABLE AT THAT DATE, WE WOULD GO THROUGH WITH ADOPTION. UM, IF THEY HAVE THOUGHTS OTHERWISE. THEN THERE, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS. UM, THAT MORE OR LESS JUST SUMMARIZES WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, I'M HERE TO TAKE THEM. THANK YOU. PERFECT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIR, SUPERVISOR? SEYMOUR, CAN I JUST COMMENT? YEAH, GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK CODY AND FOR HIS TEAM, THE EFFORT THAT PUT FORTH IN PREPARING THIS. IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PLANNING FOR OUR COUNTY, AND IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THIS PERIODICALLY. AND I JUST, UH, ENCOURAGE, UH, CITIZENS TO GET OUT AND TO BE PART OF THIS. THIS IS REALLY WHERE THEY CAN BE HEARD ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY LOCATION OF, OF DIFFERENT SITES, UH, HOW WE ZONE SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES AND HOW WE MOVE TO THE FUTURE. SO IT IS A VERY HARD UNDERTAKING PROCESS, BUT ONCE WE ESTABLISH A, LIKE YOU SAID, WE GO THROUGH IT EVERY 10 YEARS AND MODIFY AND MAKE CHANGES, BUT IT'S A, IT IS A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF PLANNING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, CODY, AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S PARTICIPATED WITH THIS HAS BEEN GREAT TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR. INGER. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. UM, THANK YOU CODY. AND TEAM. I, I KNOW THAT IT'S A GREAT EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND JUST BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO 900 OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SEEK THEIR INPUT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO APPRECIATE IS THE EXPANSION OF GOING OUTSIDE OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION AND REALLY TRYING TO, UM, GET A COMPREHENSIVE PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THOSE IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. THE OTHER TOPICS IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT, UM, EFFORT IN BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF THEM. UM, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT DO YOU MIND REPEATING HOW, HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON GETTING OUT THE INFORMATION? OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, UM, FOR DOING THIS, ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO HEAR THE VOICE OF KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING OR WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND ENGAGING THAT, MONITORING IT, SO WE CAN BUILD THAT INTO THIS. UM, HOW ARE YOU ON THE OPEN HOUSES? HOW ARE YOU CURRENTLY PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT? FOR SURE. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START ON OUR SIDE WITH OUR RESOURCES AND PUT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WEBSITE. OUR INTENT IS ALSO TO PUT OUT A PRESS BRIEF REGARDING THESE OPEN HOUSES AND WHEN THOSE WILL BE CONDUCTED. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH ALICIA DEETS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS OF TRYING TO GO OUT AND DO SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTS ABOUT EVENTS. UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO HIT EVERY SEGMENT TO CAPTURE WHEREVER PEOPLE MIGHT BE LOOKING OR COMING ACROSS THIS, UH, SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE OPEN HOUSES GOING FORWARD. UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET AS MUCH INVOLVEMENT AS WE CAN DURING THOSE EVENTS. PERFECT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED IS, IS, UM, IT SEEMS TO BE, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A HOT TOPIC IS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE RENEWABLES, TALKING ABOUT, UH, CELL PHONE TOWERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UM, IS THE INTENT TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT OUR ROLE IS INSIDE OF THAT AND WHAT OUR AUTHORITIES ARE, AND THEN TRY TO GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN, INSIDE OF OUR AUTHORITY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, IF I CAN GO BACK TO MY SLIDE THERE, IT CAN KIND OF SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF A, SORRY, JUST A REFERENCE. I LIKE TO FALL BACK ON THE PYRAMID. I KNOW IT'S NOT EVERYONE'S FAVORITE, BUT IT SOMETIMES HELPS VISUALLY FOR THESE THINGS. UM, SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND WE WANT TO EDUCATE AND WE WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THEM ON THIS, UM, ABOUT WHERE OUR ROLE IS AS STAFF IN THESE REVIEWS, WHERE THE ROLE IS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHAT THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY [00:40:01] IS, RIGHT. UM, SO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GONNA OVERALL GO THROUGH AND, AND GUIDE SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR ORGANIZED DOCUMENTS, LIKE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. UM, WE MAY, AS A RESULT OF THIS, GO THROUGH AND MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT COULD AFFECT SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE SEE THAT COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD. UM, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE TWO COMPONENTS TOGETHER, STAFF WILL GO THROUGH AND DO A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THESE ITEMS AND BRING THEM TO THE BOARD. AND THAT'S LARGELY GONNA GUIDE THE DECISIONS THE BOARD CAN MAKE. UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CELL TOWERS. THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT WE DO SEE THAT AS A, A LARGE TOPIC HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE LOOK AT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE ON MOST OF THESE PROJECTS FOR CELL TOWERS. WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THAT ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED HERE. UM, LARGELY THAT'S REGULATED FEDERALLY, UH, THROUGH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996. UM, SO IT, IT KEEPS OUR SCOPE VERY, VERY NARROW ON THAT. UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THE, THE WIND FARMS AND OTHERWISE, IT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO GO UNPACK OUR ORDINANCES, SEE HOW WE CAN GO THROUGH AND GUIDE THOSE, UM, TO GUIDE THE DECISION MAKING THAT'LL WORK UP TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THESE CASES. SO WHEN YOU SAY ON CELL PHONE TOWERS, SPECIFICALLY AS FAR AS TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, OUR AUTHORITY, IF I UNDERSTAND FROM YOU CORRECTLY, OUR AUTHORITY ON THAT, WE DON'T HAVE, THAT'S, THAT'S WE HAVE AN ASPECT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IT'S VERY NARROW. UM, BUT AS FAR AS HEALTH AND SAFETY, THAT'S NOT DONE BY US. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE'RE AT A LOCALIZED LEVEL FOR STAFF AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE'RE REALLY LIMITED IN THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN REVIEW ON THESE CELL TOWERS. UM, GENERALLY IT, IT'S SETBACKS AND HEIGHT, UH, AND EVEN THROUGH FEDERAL REGULATION, THOSE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED REASONABLE OR OUR ORDINANCE WILL BE STRICKEN AS, UH, AS NOT LEGAL. UM, IT, IT CAN BE TAKEN DOWN THROUGH THE COURTS. SO WE HAVE TO FIND A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AS TO SETBACKS AND HEIGHT. UH, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, WHILE WE REVIEW THAT FOR EVERY PROJECT ON THESE, IT, IT'S FULLY REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, THE FCC, UM, SO WE HAVE VIRTUALLY NO OVERSIGHT. WE'RE LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE OVERSIGHT IN THOSE CASES. SO SINCE THAT'S REMOVED FROM US, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS HELPING THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S, IT'S, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I WON'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HARD. 'CAUSE I DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, SYMPATHY FOR SOME OF OUR CITIZENS WILL COME IN AND THEY JUST SIMPLY, MY EXPERIENCE OF IT IS THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT NEAR THEM AND WILL CITE DIFFERENT HEALTH CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH ARE CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND I HAVE, UM, SYMPATHY FORM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED ELSEWHERE. UM, WILL YOU BE GIVING THEM WHO THEY COULD REACH OUT TO OR WHAT AGENCY THEY CAN REACH OUT TO, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE, BECAUSE THERE IS, UM, SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S OVERSEEING THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING RECENTLY ON GETTING SOME FACT SHEETS TOGETHER AS FAR AS SOME OF THESE PROCESSES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN OUR CONTROL, YOU KNOW, CELL TOWERS WHERE IT'S MORE LIMITED CONTROL. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET SOME FACT SHEETS TOGETHER THAT EXPLAIN OUR, OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO OVERSEE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY FOR AREAS WHERE WE DO NOT OVERSEE THOSE, WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN REACH OUT FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THAT OVERSIGHT. AND SO, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, IF, IF WE WERE, SO WE HAD A, LET'S SAY WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE TOWERS COME BEFORE US AND WE SIMPLY COULD TELL THE CITIZENS DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE IT, SO WE VOTED NO BECAUSE IT, THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT BEING THERE AND DOING, DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT AND SAYING THAT, THAT THAT COULD BE STRICKEN DOWN AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YEAH, SO IT, IT LARGELY WOULD, WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT, IF WE DO NOT HAVE A, UH, A COMPELLING REASON THAT IS PUT TOGETHER AS FAR AS TYPICALLY RELATED SOLELY TO OUR ORDINANCE FOR SETBACKS OR HEIGHT, HOW THE, UH, TOWER IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. UM, THE FCC IS ALLOWED TO TAKE US THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS. UH, AND BASED ON THE WHAT'S THERE THROUGH THE ACT, IF THEY CAN'T FIND THAT IT WAS RELATED TO OUR ORDINANCE AND EXPLAIN PROPERLY AS TO HOW THAT'S NOT FOLLOWED, SAY WE BROUGHT IN HEALTH CONCERNS OR OTHERWISE, UM, WE WOULD ULTIMATELY LOSE THE CASE ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS THERE. UM, THERE'S NO PATHWAY, UH, FOR A LOCALIZED GOVERNMENT TO CHALLENGE THAT. UH, AND THAT, UM, GOVERNMENTS HAVE ATTEMPTED THAT BEFORE AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CASE LAW SHOWING HOW THERE, THERE IS NO PATHWAY FORWARD FOR US WITH THAT REGARD. SO BETTER THAN US DOING THAT, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD COST TAXPAYERS MONEY AND IT'S A LOSING CAUSE FOR US TO GO AND JUST TRY TO, I'LL USE THE TERM KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS. THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO REACH OUT TO THE FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS, AND LET 'EM KNOW THEIR CONCERNS AND LOOK FOR CHANGES IN THAT. CORRECT. UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE [00:45:01] MOST PRODUCTIVE. I, I KNOW THAT POTENTIALLY PEOPLE CAN BE SKEPTICAL ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, BUT THERE'S, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY AVENUE FROM A STAFF SIDE AND THERE'S VIRTUALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO AT A, A LOCALIZED LEVEL. UM, YOU KNOW, A, A NICE PART OF, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OUR ZONING ORDINANCE IS OUTSIDE OF THOSE CELL TOWERS. UM, WE DO HAVE THAT TYPE OF OVERSIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE EVERY STEP TO GO THROUGH AND, AND LOOK FOR THOSE CONCERNS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FIND WHERE WE CAN AMEND THEM AND BE MOST PRODUCTIVE FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? OKAY. WELL THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON, BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE TEAM FOR DOING THE OUTREACH FOR KEEPING US INFORMED. LOOK FORWARD TO IF YOU'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP US INFORMED AS IT MOVES DOWN THIS PROCESS. UM, BUT APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE AS WE MOVE ON THIS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE [7. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members.] GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE. UM, WELL, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WASN'T ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY. THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB AND IN COURT. SO, UM, UM, MANAGER LAYTON, ANYTHING? UH, YES, CHAIRMAN, JUST, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE ON THE CONSENT ITEM TODAY, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE APPROVED AN ITEM FOR WINDOWS REPLACEMENTS THERE AT THE NAVAJO COUNTY COURTHOUSE. AND JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO KEN MARIAMA FOR HIS HELP ARRANGING THAT. AND SHERRY REED, WHO'S OUR FORMER PUBLIC FIDUCIARY WHO NOW WORKS AT THE COURTHOUSE, AND THAT'S A, A NEEDED, UM, UPDATE TO THAT HISTORIC BUILDING TO KEEP IT, UM, MORE COMFORTABLE FOR, FOR PATRONS AND, AND, AND KEEP MAINTAINING THAT BUILDING. ALSO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW POLL WORKERS, UM, THERE'S A DESIRE TO GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM THEM. UH, WITHIN THE, THE PACKET THAT GOES TO EVERY VOTING CENTER, THERE IS A, A SURVEY FOR POLL WORKERS TO FILL OUT. WE DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT ON THAT SURVEY. SO WE, WE MAILED OUT A LETTER TO, UH, 370 PLUS POLL WORKERS THAT HELPED US ON LAST ELECTION. YOU SEE, IT'S GOT A BIG QR CODE THERE TO SCAN, UH, TO TAKE THEM TO THAT SURVEY JUST IN AND IN HOPE TO TRY TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT ON THAT. I THINK AS OF LAST NIGHT WE HAD 30 SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UM, RESPONDED AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND IF THERE'S AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, WE'RE READY TO TO, TO DO THAT. UM, AND THEN JUST LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF. UM, WE HAD THE PROCLAMATION EARLIER ON THE, THE COUNTY FAIR, BUT THANK YOU TO STAFF. THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR FINANCE TEAM. THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS FROM STAFF THEY'RE GONNA GET PUT IN, UH, THIS WEEK AT THE FAIR. AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT AND, AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO UPDATE US ON? THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU TECHNICAL ISSUES THIS MORNING. I WASN'T SURE HOW WELL I COULD BE HEARD, BUT I JUST WANT TO WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT TOO AS WELL. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE FAIR, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HARD THERE, FOR ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT GIVE THEIR TIME AND TO EVEN GET FAMILY MEMBERS INVOLVED, THE CITY OF HOLBROOK AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. BUT WE JUST ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO GET OUT AND BE PART OF THAT FAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, JASON AND HIS CREW FOR, FOR THEIR AWARD OF THE FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE C THAT WE SHOW PERIODICALLY THAT IT IS A CONSISTENT, UH, AWARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AND WE'RE CONSISTENTLY NOT RELAXING ON . WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE AND PHENOMENAL AUDITS. WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE ITEMS AND IMPROVE WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, IN LIFE THERE'S SOMETIMES WE GET FRUSTRATED AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE CHALLENGES AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A FOUR LETTER WORD THAT BEGINS WITH F THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO TURN TO. AND SO I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO COME UP WITH SOME F WORDS THAT WOULD BE REALLY MORE HELPFUL. ONE OF THOSE IS FOCUS. THE OTHER ONE IS FRIENDS, FAMILY, FAITH, FREEDOM, AND THEN ONE FOR OUR CHAIRMAN FOOTBALL. SO ALL BE JOY, BEING A LITTLE MORE KIND, A LITTLE MORE FAMILY, A LITTLE MORE FAITH ORIENTED, AND BE GRATEFUL FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT, SUPERVISOR PEKA. UH, GOOD, GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBER AS WELL. AS FAR AS FOR DISTRICT TWO, JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHT. UH, I DID ATTEND THE SAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRAND OPENING, UM, LAST MONTH ON THE 23RD. UM, WAS A NEW FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT, UM, OUT WITHIN THE APACHE COUNTY AREA, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS IN GRACEWOOD AND, UM, LOW MOUNTAIN AS WELL AS, UH, I THINK JETTA TO THAT, [00:50:01] UM, RECEIVED SERVICES THERE. SO HAVING TO RECEIVE THAT INVITATION, I WENT AND ATTENDED AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A NICE, UH, UH, GRAND OPENING EVENT. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT I PARTICIPATED IN THE SOUTHWEST NAVAJO TOBACCO EDUCATION PREVENTION PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS AN ORGAN, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WINSLOW, BUT THEY'RE BASED, I MEAN THE COMMUNITY OF TITO, BUT THEY'RE BASED OUT IN, UM, WINSLOW. AND THEY HAD A, AN UPDATE MEETING AS FAR AS SOME OF THE, UH, CHANGES THAT THEY ARE DOING TO COMMERCIAL TOBACCO WITHIN THE NAVAJO RESERVATION. AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, PROVIDING A LOT OF UPDATE AND CURRENTLY, UH, ADVOCATING TO SECURE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IN INCREASING, UH, SALES TAX OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ON THE NAVAJO NATION, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE NAVAJO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S, UH, TOBACCO EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. AND SO THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ALSO, UH, PROHIBITING, UM, SMOKING, UM, AROUND, UH, AND NEAR PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE NAVAJO RESERVATION. AND SO HAVING TO BE A PART THEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY, UH, JUST PARTICIPATED JUST TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AND JUST TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THAT, IN THAT ASPECT. AND THEN AS FAR AS FOR EARLIER THIS MONTH TO PRESENT, UH, JUST LAST WEEK, UM, I HAD REQUESTED FOR, UH, UH, STAFF TO ATTEND ON MY BEHALF TO THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THE NAVAJO DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION. AND SO IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AS OTHER SUPERVISORS FROM THE COUNTY AND, UH, FORMER NDOT DIRECTORS, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THIS, UH, MINI CELEBRATION THAT WAS CURRENTLY, UM, THAT WAS, UH, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY COORDINATED BY THE MR. TOM ERO, WHO'S THE NAVAJO DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION. AND SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM REPRESENTING NAVAJO COUNTY, UM, THERE ON, ON, ON OUR BEHALF. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAD A MEETING PRIOR TO THAT, UM, WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER AS WELL AS WITH, UM, MELISSA, UH, REPRESENTING THE CLERK OF THE BOARD AND MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR BE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARD ROCK CONCERNING, UM, SOME CONCERNS THAT VOTERS, UH, INITIALLY, UH, THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN THE WRONG BALLOT, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. IT WAS THEY WERE GIVEN THE APPROPRIATE BALLOT BASED ON THEIR PHYSICAL ADDRESS THAT THEY PUT PRINT ON THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION. SO A SIMPLE, UM, VOTER OUTREACH EDUCATION AND EDUCATING THEM AS TO HAVE THE, AS FAR AS THE PROPER WAY TO FILL THOSE BALLOTS OUT, UM, WAS, UH, WAS DONE. AND THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE OF THAT. WE WERE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE NAVAJO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON THIS MATTER PRIOR TO MEETING WITH HARD ROCK. AND SO THEY WERE ALSO RECEPTIVE OF WHAT, UM, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING IN COORDINATION WITH OUR COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE ELECTION. SO, UM, THAT PRIMARY CONCERN WAS FROM A FORMER COUNTY SUPERVISOR AS WELL AS WITH THE CURRENT, UM, CHAPTER PRESIDENT FROM, UM, HARD ROCK CHAPTER. SO OVERALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MELISSA, TO, TO, UM, RAYLENE AS WELL AS TO MIKE, UM, FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS FOR PROVIDING STAFF TO, UM, BE WITH US, UM, AT HARD ROCK TO MAKE THAT, UH, PRESENTATION AND THEN ALSO TO RECEIVE, UM, THAT INFORMATION, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PART. SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING MAJORITY OF MY WEEK GOING IN AND OUT AT THE COUNTY FAIR AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE AS WELL. AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO. I REALLY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN NAVAJO NATION FAIR. I MOSTLY LIKE TO DEDICATE MY FAIR TIME TO NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR AND HELPING PROMOTING. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN SOUTHWEST NAVAJO ARE VERY, UM, UH, ANTICIPATING THE, THE OPENING AS WELL AS BRINGING THEIR KIDS AND THEN PARTICIPATING IN ALL THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SUPERVISOR . SUPERVISOR WEINGER. UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. UH, LET'S SEE. I HAVE A FEW THINGS. UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. I'M A MEMBER OF THE FIRST THINGS, FIRST REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL IS WHERE I'VE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR. ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IS THAT WE RECENTLY ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR MANY YEARS IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR REACH OUT AND READ. AND SO I AM SO PROUD OF THIS WORK THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO, WHICH PROVIDES BOOKS TO OUR LOCAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WHO SERVES CHILDREN FROM ZERO TO FIVE AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE, UM, THOSE CHILDREN BOOKS. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THERE. UM, I ALSO SERVE ON THE, TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF THESE RIGHT STRAIGHT AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL. AND THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED THIS IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH WITHIN AMERICAN INDIAN [00:55:01] COMMUNITIES IS HEART DISEASE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO EDUCATE COMMUNITIES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING, UM, A HEART EXAM. SO WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE TRAINING TO SEVERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WITHIN COMMUNITIES WHO CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CARDIOLOGIST WITHIN THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY. AND SO WITHIN 16,000 MEMBER POPULATION, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ENOUGH SUPPORT SYSTEMS? SO THROUGH UM, SEPTEMBER 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FIRST ECHO SCREENING EVENT. AND THIS IS OPEN TO ALL, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND WILL BE THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBAL COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE ECHO SCREENINGS. UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE, UM, THANK YOU TO PINETOP LAKESIDE. PINETOP LAKESIDE. THEY RECENTLY WERE ABLE TO POST OVER A HUNDRED FLAGS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH PINETOP LAKESIDES, BUT WE HAVE THOSE A HUNDRED FLAGS POSTED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THEY WORKED WITH FISHERS OF MEN AND ALSO WITH THE BLUE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM TO GET, UM, THOSE FLAGS UP IN REMEMBRANCE OF NINE 11. AND CERTAINLY, UM, TAKING TIME TOMORROW TO REMEMBER NINE 11 IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO DO THAT. UM, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, OUR PUBLIC, UM, SAFETY AND ALSO THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR MILITARY. SO THANK YOU TO PINETOP LAKESIDE FOR THAT IMPORTANT REMINDER. TOMORROW IS ALSO NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF AN OPPORTUNITY ON HOW YOU CAN SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. UM, AND ANY SMACK, ANY SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS IS CERTAINLY WOULD BE, UM, WOULD ALLOW FOR ANYONE TO FEEL GRATITUDE. UM, SO IF WE CAN DO THAT IN SOME CAPACITY, WHATEVER THAT IS TO YOU, UM, PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT. UM, I DO WANNA THANK OUR STAFF FOR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE REQUEST FOR SURVEYS TO BE SENT OUT FOR ELECTION POLL WORKERS. UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY AND MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED THE SURVEY ON THE DAY OF ELECTION DAY AND SENDING OUT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SURVEY. AGAIN. UM, I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS. CERTAINLY I WANNA THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTY FAIR. AGAIN, YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR INGER, VICE CHAIRMAN, BENAL, THANK YOU CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS. UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UM, SUPERVISOR AND THE COUNTER RECORDER AND STAFF COMING OUT TO HARD ROCK FOR THE OUTREACH, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE THERE. AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED THAT OVER THERE AT SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, BORDER BORDERING, UM, AREAS LIKE APACHE COUNTY, UH, BORDERS, UM, ALSO PENON AND UM, WHIPPER WHEEL AND AS WELL AS FOREST LAKE. SO, UM, 'CAUSE UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING COMMENTS, THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN MAKING COMMENTS AND, AND, UM, AGAIN, THE WRONG BALLOT, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT BALLOT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THEIR HOME, UM, THAT THEY, UM, PUT DOWN ON THEIR VOTER'S REGISTRATION ANYHOW, UM, I ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING BOTH AT, UM, NORTH COUNTRY HEALTHCARE AS WELL AS, UM, WINSLOW CITY HALL, UM, LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE. SO, UM, I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND GETTING THEIR, UM, BUILDING REMODELED AND READY TO GO FOR ANOTHER DECADE MAYBE, AND ALSO ATTENDED NA DOT, UM, SESSION OUT IN, UM, SE BONITO NEAR WINDOW ROCK, UM, TO, UM, ADDRESS ROADS AND STUFF. UM, BECAUSE THE MONSOONS WERE COMING AND THE MONSOONS ARE, ARE HERE FOR SOME AREAS AND IT SEEMS TO BE, UM, SOME AREAS ARE, UM, [01:00:01] NOT GETTING RAIN. OTHER AREAS ARE GETTING OVER ABUNDANCE OF RAIN. IT SETTLED DOWN THIS WEEK, HOWEVER, UM, THERE'S BEEN, UM, MULTIPLE WASHOUTS OF ROADS WHERE, UM, BIA AND BIA MAINLY, UM, HELP TO CLEAR THOSE AREAS TO PASSABLE, BUT THOSE ROADS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FURTHER SO THEY DON'T BE WASHING OUT EACH TIME THE MONSOONS OR THE WINTER WEATHER COMES AROUND. THERE'S STILL DROUGHT AND ONE OF THE CHAPTERS STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH, UM, WATER ISSUES. HOWEVER, THEY, UM, DID REPAIR ONE OF THEIR WINDMILLS. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR BIA FOR COMING OUT TO, TO REPAIR THAT WINDMILL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE TOWARDS, UM, UTE MESA, WHICH IS ON THIS SIDE OF ARIZONA IN NAVAJO COUNTY. SO, UM, SO I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DRIVING AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AND, AND CHECKING THE WASHOUTS AND TAKING PICTURES AND STUFF, UM, TO SHARE WITH BIA AND AND DOC SO THAT THEY CAN TRY TO GET PEOPLE OUT THERE. I KNOW THEY'RE, UM, SPREAD THIN WHEN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR COMES AROUND WHEN THEY HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE WATCH OUTS AND OTHER REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. SO OTHERWISE, I'VE JUST BEEN DOING THE ROUTINE THING WITH, UM, GOING TO THE CHAPTER MEETINGS, UM, OUT THERE IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I THINK THIS MONTH IS, UM, GONNA BE THE QUARTERLY REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL IN WINSLOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME ON THE FLOOR CHAIR. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. VICE CHARLYN. UM, JUST WANNA, IT'S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP. I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE COUNTY FIRE THIS WEEK. IT'S A GREAT CHANCE TO GO AND SUPPORT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PUT IN TIME AND EFFORT TO BE THERE, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WANT TO, TO THANK THEM WHEN YOU'RE THERE, UH, PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND KIND TO THEM, BUT ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SPEND TIME, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT WHETHER IT'S ANIMALS THAT THEY'VE WORKED WITH, UM, AND ARE SHOWING THROUGH FOUR H OR THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UM, BUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT'LL BE SHOWCASED THERE THAT SHOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR. UM, IT'S KIND OF AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO AND, AND, UH, BE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE AT THE COUNTY FAIR. UM, WE'RE [8. 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.] GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE CALL, TO THE PUBLIC PORTION OF OUR MEETING. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR ANY RELEVANT ISSUES FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE CLOSE THE CALL. THE PUBLIC BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT, MAY NOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS, BUT MAY BE, UH, BUT MAY RESPOND TO CRITICISM OR ASK STAFF TO REVIEW THE MATTER OR ASK THAT THE MATTER BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE BELINDA, UH, BELIN, ARIZONA, UM, CITIZENS OF NAVAJO COUNTY HAVE ASKED THE BOARD MANY TIMES FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE ELECTION PROCESS, BUT HAVE FOUND THE INFORMATION RELAYED BY THE BOARD INCOMPLETE AND FULL OF EXCUSES. THE LACK OF URGENCY ON THE CRITICAL SECURITY ISSUES OF THE ELECTION PROCESS IS VERY TROUBLING AND SHOULD SOUND AN ALARM TO ALL OF US. NAVAJO COUNTY HAS BEEN ON NOTICE SINCE 2018 OF MANY CRITICAL ELECTION ISSUES. WE HAVE ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR A SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE VOTING MACHINES WITH A VERY HIGHLY QUAL QUALIFIED, WELL-KNOWN INDEPENDENT E, S, AND S EXPERT, AND PAY FOR IT OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF NAVAJO COUNTY. TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AGREED THAT THE ASSESSMENT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY MANAGER FOUND NUMEROUS INANE EXCUSES TO NOT ALLOW THIS WELL-KNOWN EXPERT TO CONDUCT THE ASSESSMENT. THE BOARD IS VERY WELL AWARE OF THE MISTRUST THE PUBLIC HAS WITH THE COUNTY'S ELECTIONS, YET CHOOSES ONCE AGAIN FOR NO TRANSPARENCY OR ACCOUNTABILITY. THE GOOD PEOPLE OF NAVAJO COUNTY NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH THAT THEIR COUNTY REFUSED TO MAKE THINGS TRANSPARENT BY HAVING A SIMPLE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE VOTING MACHINES. IF YOU WOULD HAVE LET THE PEOPLE WHOM YOU SERVE DO A SIMPLE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE MACHINES AT OUR EXPENSE, AND WE FOUND NO ISSUES, WE WOULD GRACIOUSLY APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING MUCH OF YOUR TIME, AND WE WOULD LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW THAT YOUR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AND SECURE. HOWEVER, WITHOUT [01:05:01] SUCH AN ASSESSMENT, AND WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE FOUND OF THESE FAULTS ON THESE MACHINES, WE CAN ONLY BELIEVE THAT OUR MACHINES ARE JUST AS FAULTY AND CANNOT BE COUNTED UPON FOR A SECURE ELECTION. THE COUNTY MANAGER CONTINUES TO RELY ONLY ON ES AND S'S WORD THAT THEIR MACHINES ARE SAFE AND SECURE DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE. ON THE CONTRARY, JUST IN THIS PAST ELECTION, THERE WERE OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT WERE TURNED AWAY FROM VOTE CENTERS. IT DEMONSTRATES THE COUNTY'S LACK OF CARE AND SECURITY IN THE ELECTIONS, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THESE FAULTY MACHINES, AT THE VERY LEAST THE COUNTY SHOULD DO IS HAVE WE THE PEOPLE ALLOW US TO HAVE A FULL BACKUP HAND COUNT JUST TO SEE IF THE NUMBERS ADD UP. AS HUMANS, WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN OFF THE OVER VOTE AND THE UNDER VOTES LIKE THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT DID JUST RECENTLY IN THIS LAST ELECTION. AND I WONDER HOW MANY VOTERS WERE DISENFRANCHISED BY THAT. THE TRUTH IS, IS THE MOST TRAGIC THING OF ALL IS THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE WHOM YOU ALL HAVE BROKEN BY YOUR CONTINUAL, DELIBERATE FAILING TO SERVE AND DOING YOUR DUTY TO ENSURE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AND SECURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DONNA. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DONNA SHERWIN. I LIVE IN PINETOP, ARIZONA. UM, I WANNA THANK YOU, BRIAN, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE LETTER FOR, UM, THE POLL WORKERS TO, UM, OR THE SURVEY FOR POLL WORKERS TO COMPLETE. UM, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS SENT OUT. UM, I HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE AFTER EVERY ELECTION THAT'S COMING UP. I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE HOLES IN OUR SYSTEM. ONE HOLE I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UM, MY, MY FAVORITE PETER AHIRE WROTE AN ARTICLE AFTER THE AUGUST 13TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING WHERE WE ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT THE PRIMARY ELECTION WAS NOT SMOOTH, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL WERE OUTING THAT IT WAS A SMOOTH ELECTION. UM, WITH, UM, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, UM, THE 39 VOTING CENTERS HAVE 39 INSPECTORS. 39 INSPECTORS HAVE TO, AT THE END OF THE EVENING FILL OUT AN INSPECTOR'S REPORT THAT BASICALLY TELLS HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED, HOW MANY, UM, BALLOTS WERE RECEIVED, HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE SPOILED, HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE CAST. AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A CHAIN OF CUSTODY ON THERE WHERE ALL OF THE, UM, THE LITTLE TABS THAT GO ON A THOUSAND MACHINES, IT'S SO COMPLICATED. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THIS. UM, BUT THE, THE VOTE CENTERS, THE 39 VOTE CENTERS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAD EVERYBODY SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THESE INSPECTOR SHEETS, INCLUDING MARSHALS AND CLERKS, AND EVERYBODY, UH, OUT OF 39 VOTING CENTERS, 30, UH, THREE DID NOT EVEN TURN ONE IN. SO HOW DO YOU CERTIFY ELECTION WHEN THREE VOTE CENTERS IN NAVAJO COUNTY DID NOT TURN IN AN INSPECTOR'S REPORT, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS HOW MANY PROVISIONALS WERE CAST, HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE SPOILED, HOW MANY BALLOTS WERE RECEIVED, HOW MANY WERE TURNED IN, AND THEN EVERYBODY SIGNING IT. UH, ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THOSE 36 THAT WERE COMPLETED THAT HAD NO SIGNATURES ON THEM. HOW DO YOU HAVE THESE INSPECTOR REPORTS SUBMITTED TO YOU AS A COUNTY AND YOU ARE TAKING THE ELECTION OFFICE'S WORDS OF WISDOM THAT THE ELECTION WAS PERFECT, THE ELECTION WAS SMOOTH, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS A BOARD TO REALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THEM? IS IT BRIAN LAYTON'S EX, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT NEEDS TO COME THROUGH, OR ARE YOU GOING IN THERE AND EXCUSE ME, AND WATCHING, UH, SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S GOING ON OR HEARING FROM RALENE RICHARDS, THE ELECTRONIC ADJUDICATION WHEN A BALLOT COMES THROUGH. WHEN WE DID THE HAND COUNT AFTERWARDS, AND I DID IT, THE AUDIT, THE AUGUST 3RD AFTERWARDS, I FOUND A BALLOT THAT HAD A CHECK MARK ON IT, AND I SAID, RALENE. I SAID, HOW DO WE ADJUDICATE THIS ONE? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, OH, SHE SAYS, I JUST GO INTO THE COMPUTER AND CHANGE THE VOTE. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? WHEN YOU ELECTRONICALLY ADJUDICATE A BALLOT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE PERSON FROM EACH MAJOR PARTY AND A THIRD PERSON THERE. IT DID NOT HAPPEN. THAT MEANS THAT THAT PRIMARY ELECTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BECAUSE THAT CHAIN OF CUSTODY WAS NOT HONORED. AND THAT'S THE LAW DONNA FAYE WAS MENTIONING EARLIER THAT WE TRY TO UPHOLD EVERYTHING, THE CODE, THE STATUTE AND LAW, BUT IT'S NOT BEING DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UH, LIZ, I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS, UM, REGARDING MY EXPERIENCE AS A POLL WORKER. UM, MY NAME [01:10:01] IS LIZ ALDEN. I'VE LIVED IN LAKESIDE FOR TWO YEARS, SO I'M REALLY, UM, THE NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCK AND TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF AND GET INVOLVED IN TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND, UH, PEOPLE'S VOICE COMMITTEE AND, UM, UH, JUST BEING A PART OF THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, A FRIEND CON ME INTO BEING A POLL WORKER. I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS AND, UM, I ATTENDED THE CLASS IN, AT THE TOWN HALL. I WAS ASSIGNED TO CUBA Q UM, THE LAST ELECTION, AND I WENT WITH ANOTHER, UH, REPUBLICAN WOMAN THERE. UM, THE INSPECTOR THERE, UM, WAS HOSTILE. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT. UM, SHE DID NOT CALL OR NOTIFY US. WE HAD MANY, UM, QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE TRAINING AND THE SETUP. UM, SO I ENDED UP CALLING HER ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE WE WERE TO BE IN CIVIC Q, WHICH IS AN HOUR DRIVE TO SET UP. WELL, WHEN WE ARRIVED, UH, THE NEXT MORNING, UM, THE TRAINING WAS, UM, POUR AT BEST. UM, SHE KEPT TELLING US TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH WERE NOT CLEAR, AND, UH, WE JUST SORT OF FLOUNDERED AROUND. UM, MY CONCERN WAS THAT, UM, DURING THE DAY, UM, SHE HAD TOLD US THAT APACHE'S VOTE DEMOCRAT AND THAT THE, UM, NATIVES WHO CAME IN TO VOTE, UM, DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH. AND SO WHEN PEOPLE CAME IN, UM, AND ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THE VOTING PROCESS, SHE SPOKE TO THEM IN, IN HER NATIVE LANGUAGE. WE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, BUT SHE WAS, UH, PASSING OUT DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS. UM, THE OTHER, UM, ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THAT I, I DIDN'T LEAVE THE, UM, POLL FEELING WELL. I SAID, I TOLD MYSELF I'M, I'M NEVER GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN. UM, WE WERE TREATED SO HORRIBLY AND, UM, THAT I, I JUST DIDN'T EVEN WANNA GET INVOLVED. UM, THANK YOU. WE'RE AT OUR THREE MINUTE MARK. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP, CECILIA. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CECILIA FROM OVERGUARD, ARIZONA. CELIA LOUGHLIN STOLEN ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES OF STOLEN LAND, STOLEN WATER, AND GOVERN LIVES BY TYRANNICAL FOREIGN POWERS. WE FEEL THAT YOU TOOK THE POWER AND CONTROL AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WHEN YOU CENTRALIZED THE ELECTIONS AND MOVED THE DS TWO HUNDREDS AWAY FROM THE PRECINCTS AND TO THE CENTRAL COUNTY, UM, CENTRAL COUNT RATHER THAN SIMPLY ALLOW US TO HAND COUNT AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL. EARLY IN 2019, 2020, ALL THROUGH 2020, SUZANNE SPALDING WITH A CISA. SHE ZOOMS SCHOOLED OUR JUDICIARY BRANCH AND OUR BAR ASSOCIATION LAWYERS ON HOW TO DISMISS, EJECT, REJECT, AND STONEWALL AND PERSECUTE COURT ACTIONS THAT CAME BEFORE THEM THAT HAD TO DO WITH ELECTIONS. ANYTHING CHALLENGING ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN, UH, DISMISSED. REJECTED. AND UH, THAT WAS, SHE WAS, THEY WERE PRIMED FOR THAT USING THE RUSSIAN HOAX TO LAUNCH THIS. THAT WAS PROVEN TO BE AN FBI WITH 51 AGENTS LYING UNDER OATH DURING THE RUSSIAN HOAX INVASION. SUZANNE SPALDING USED THAT SCHOOL AND, AND INJECTED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTO OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTY ELECTIONS. OUR PROCESSES AND OUR PROCEDURES BY WAY OF CISA TITLE 16 PREVENTS AND PROTECTS US. THEY PROTECT US FROM THIS SUPPOSED TO BE COUNTY RUN STATE STATUTES. YOU HAVE DONE, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING OUR ELECTIONS AND HAVE PROVEN THAT YOUR OATH WAS INSTEAD OF THE CONSTITUTION, YOUR OATH WAS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHEN HE [01:15:01] WROTE YOU AND SAID, YOU HAVE NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. BUT WE ALREADY TOLD YOU THE STATE STATUTES THAT ACTUALLY GAVE YOU THE ABILITY AND THE POWER TO STAND BY THE PEOPLE AND CONDUCT A HAND COUNT ELECTION IN 2020. NOVEMBER 10TH, 2020, AN EMAIL WAS SENT OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. IT'S AN ANONYMOUS REPORTING, BUT IT'S FROM BRIAN WATSON. IN A MEETING, HE WAS INVITED TO A DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, NO PHONES RECORDING DEVICES WERE ALLOWED. PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN, INCLUDING DETAILED PLANS ON EMBEDDING 35,000 VOTES IN A SPREAD CONFIGURED DISTRIBUTION TO EACH DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE'S VOTE TOTALS. WHEN HE ASKED HOW IN THE WORLD WILL 35,000 BE HIDDEN OR BE FROM BEING DISCOVERED, IT WAS STATED THAT THE SPREAD DISTRIBUTION WILL BE EMBEDDED ACROSS THE TOTAL REGISTERED VOTER RANGE AND WILL NOT EXCEED THE REGISTERED VOTER COUNT. AND THE 35,000 WAS DETERMINED ALLOWABLE FOR THE COUNTY BASED ON OUR COUNTY REGISTERED VOTER COUNT. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE TOTAL VOTER, UH, THE TOTAL VOTER ROLLS VERSUS THE TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS DETERMINE HOW MANY VOTES WE CAN EMBED. THE EMBEDDING WOULD BE AUTO ADJUST BASED ON VOTER TURNOUT BECAUSE THE EMBEDDED VOTES ARE DISTRIBUTED, DISTRIBUTED PER SPORADICALLY, AND ALL EMBEDDED BOATS WILL NOT BE FOUND IF AUDITED BECAUSE THE, UM, EMBEDS ARE IN GROUPS OF 10 THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THANK YOU. DOMINION. WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES IS A MARRIAGE BETWEEN E SMART MATIC AND ESNS. IT IS CONNECTED TO THE CCP. WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN ON RECORD. UH, MICHAEL, GOOD MORNING. MICHAEL PITTS, OVER GUARD, ARIZONA. I WOULD HEREBY DEMAND THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND DESIST FROM THE USE OF ALL CONTRACTED MACHINE SYSTEMS AND OTHER COMPUTER PROGRAMS, ALGORITHMS, MACHINES, ET CETERA, WHICH ARE AN INTERFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE'S ELECTORAL PROCESS. CONTRARY TO PREVAILING PRACTICE, THE CURRENT ELECTORAL PROCESSES HAVE BEEN CONTINUING INTERFERENCE IN THE PEOPLE'S ELECTIONS AS SEEN IN ARIZONA CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 21, FREE AND EQUAL ELECTIONS. ALL ELECTIONS SHALL BE FREE AND EQUAL AND NO POWER, CIVIL OR MILITARY SHALL ANY TIME INTERFERE TO PREVENT THE FREE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. THE UNITED STATES AND THE AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA COURTS OF RECORD WILL FIND SETTLED LAW IN THE CASE OF MIRANDA V ARIZONA, WHICH AFFIRMS WHERE RIGHTS SECURED BY THE CONSTITUTION ARE INVOLVED. THERE COULD BE NO RULEMAKING OR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ABROGATE THEM. NOW, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND AND OFFICERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN MULTIPLE NOTICES AND AFFIDAVITS INFORMING THEM THAT THE PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND ELECTORIAL PROCESSES ARE BEING TRESPASSED. DUE TO REPUGNANT LEGISLATION OF ACTS, STATUTES, RULES, CODES, POLICIES, AND BY WAY OF MALADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE HAVA ACT, THESE LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND STATUTES ARE TRESPASSED. DOING HARM TO THE PEOPLE, HINDER AN ABSOLUTE BREACH OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARIZONA CONSTITUTIONS. THE STATE OF ARIZONA CODIFIED, HOWEVER, BY ENACTING ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE TITLE 16, WHICH FURTHER ALLOWED THE STATE'S 15 COUNTIES TO ENTER INTO UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATIONS THAT OWN AND OPERATE THE SYSTEMS, MACHINES, OR DEVICES AS REQUIRED BY HAVA AND THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE. THESE SAME CORPORATIONS, ALONG WITH UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH ARIZONA'S GOVERNMENT, STATE AND COUNTIES, REMOVE THE PEOPLE'S ELECTORAL PROCESS BY REQUIRING CORPORATIONS OWN PERSONNEL TO MANAGE THE VOTING SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO DURING AND AFTER ELECTION DAY. DUE TO THE CORPORATIONS USE THE PROPRIETARY PROPERTY AND OTHER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION BASED ON UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS, THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA ARE UNABLE TO OBSERVE ARIZONA'S PROP ELECTORAL CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF THE PEOPLE'S BALLOTS. THE STATE OF ARIZONA'S GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATIONS CONTRACTED BY THEM REMOVE THE PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO OBSERVE THE COUNTING OF BALLOTS, THEREBY SUBVERTING THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY. THIS IS AN INTERFERENCE WITH ARIZONA CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT OF FREE TO EQUAL ELECTIONS. THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA ARE DISENFRANCHISED. SO I ASK FOR A HAND COUNT FOR THE ELECTION OF 2024. THE CITIZENS ARE PREPARED AND TRAINED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. UH, JERRY, GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS JERRY HUBBARD AND I LIVE IN OVER GUARD. MY COMMENTS TODAY ARE REGARDING BALLOT DROP BOXES USED IN THE JULY 30TH PRIMARY ELECTION. EARLIER THIS YEAR, I ATTENDED A MEETING WITH COUNTY MANAGER LEIGHTON AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN PROVING, UH, ELECTION INTEGRITY. AFTER MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF DROP BOXES IN COUNTY ELECTIONS MANAGER LAYTON SAID THAT VIDEO CAMERAS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSTALLED ON [01:20:01] DROP BOXES AROUND THE COUNTY. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 17 BOXES, AND I'M NOT AWARE IF ANY OF THEM HAVE HAD VIDEO MONITORING IN THE PAST. EVEN THOUGH THE ELECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL SPECIFIES THAT BALLOT DROP BOXES MUST BE MONITORED BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES, I FELT THAT VIDEO CAMERAS WERE AT LEAST A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND BETTER THAN NO MONITORING AT ALL. SO AT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION, I WAS PLEASED TO FIND THAT A CAMERA SYSTEM HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE DROPBOX AT MY POLLING PLACE IN HEBREW OVER GUARD. HOWEVER, AFTER VIEWING SOME OF THE COPIES OF DROPBOX VIDEOS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY FROM A FOYER REQUEST, IT SEEMED OBVIOUS THAT VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEMS ON BALLOT DROP BOXES MAY STILL BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN IN NAVAJO COUNTY, THOUGH I STAND CORRECTED IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE. SINCE I WAS A POLL WORKER AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN HEBREW OVER GUARD WITH THE POSITION OF MARSHALL, I ASSISTED THE COUNTY ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE IN UNLOADING AND COUNTING THE BALLOTS FROM THE DROPBOX. AT THE CLOSE OF THE ELECTION DAY AT AROUND 9:15 PM I SIGNED THE TALLY SHEET TO CORROBORATE THE BALLOT COUNT AS REQUIRED BY THE ELECTION PROCEDURES MANUAL TO MAINTAIN THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY. HOWEVER, THE SAME FOER REQUEST WAS MADE FOR THE IMAGES OF THESE TALLY SHEETS. AS FOR THE VIDEOS AND ONLY TWO IMAGES OF TALLY SHEETS WERE RECEIVED, WHERE ARE ALL THE OTHER TALLY SHEET IMAGES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED? HOW CAN THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IGNORE LEGITIMATE FOYER REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS AND VIDEO SHOWING PROPER CHAIN OF CUSTODY AND SECURITY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS? WHEN WILL CAMERAS BE INSTALLED ON ALL 17 DROP BOXES? NOVEMBER 6TH. PERHAPS WE, THE CITIZENS OF NAVAJO COUNTY WANT TO KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JERRY. ALRIGHT, AND LAST WE HAVE ROGER. THANKS FOR THIS TIME. MY NAME IS ROGER GORES. I LIVE IN HEBREW OVER GUARD. MY FIRST PURPOSE OF BEING HERE TODAY IS TO ASK IF THERE'S A POLICY IN PLACE REQUIRING A NAVAJO COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO RESPOND TO MY ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE TO THEM. AND IF SO, WHERE CAN I FIND THAT POLICY? SO I CAN KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE I GET A REPLY? MY SECOND PURPOSE IS TO ASK THAT THE POLICY OF RESTRICTING A POLL OBSERVER TO ONLY ONE LOCATION ON ELECTED ELECTION DAY CHANGED TO ALLOW A POLL OBSERVER TO, TO CHOOSE WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW MANY LOCATIONS THEY VISIT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. AS MY EXPERIENCE IN MARICOPA COUNTY HAS SHOWN IT PROVIDES A REALISTIC VIEW OF OPERATIONS. LASTLY, I WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR BEING AT THE RECENT SHERIFF'S PUBLIC MEETING IN OVER GUARD. HE RESPONDED, UH, BY COMMITTING TO REPLACING A SMALL FLASHING SIGN ON 2 77 TO A LARGER FLASHING SIGN ON 2 77 SO THAT THE SEMI DRIVERS CAN SEE THE SIGN AND THUS REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF JAKE BRAKE OPERATIONS THAT HAPPENS TO DISTURB MY EARLY SLEEP. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR. AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE CALL THE PUBLICS WE HAD. UM, WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED. WE'LL DO A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE HAVE A WORK SESSION AFTER THAT. BUT THANK YOU EVERYBODY, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.