* 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. [00:00:01] YOU GOOD. WELCOME EVERYBODY. WE'RE [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, May 13, 2025 *REVISED 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. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. “NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before Navajo County makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Navajo County Board of Supervisors' regular meetings are recorded and may be viewed on Navajo County’s website and social media pages. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting, a recording will be made, and your child’s picture may be posted on Navajo County’s social media pages. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.” 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance ] GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE MEETING. UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE READY TO GO, SO WE WANNA WELCOME YOU AND BEING HERE TODAY, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED, AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH THE PLEDGE LED BY, UM, TODAY BY SUPERVISOR STEVEN, OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE HAVE TO GATHER TODAY. AS CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS OF NAVAJO COUNTY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THY BLESSINGS FOR THE MOISTURE THAT THOU WAS BLESSED US WITH THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR IT. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR OUR LIVES AND OUR LIBERTIES, AND OUR FREEDOMS, AND WE PRAY THAT WE MIGHT PROTECT THOSE AND STRIVE TO LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY WITH ONE ANOTHER. FATHER, WE ASK A BLESSING UP UPON THOSE WHO MAY BE SICK, MENTALLY, SPIRITUALLY, OR PHYSICALLY, THAT THEY MAY BE COMFORTED, THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS AND TO THEIR BLESSINGS. FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREPARED THIS MEETING, WHO HAVE SPENT TIME GATHERING INFORMATION, MAKING DECISIONS, AND THE WORK THAT'S GONE FORTH IN OUR COUNTY. FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO HELP US THIS DAY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE MAY MAKE HIM FOR THE BENEFIT AND THE GOOD FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. WE THANK THEE FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN, FOR BEING ABLE TO BE FREE AND TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS RESOURCES. AND WE PRAY THAT WE MIGHT BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE RESOURCES AS WE GO FORWARD. HELP US TO BE KIND, HELP US TO BE LOVING AND HELP US TO REMEMBER THE GREAT BLESSINGS WE RECEIVE FROM THEE AND THY SON IN THE NAME OF THY SON, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. GOOD TO BE WITH EVERYONE TODAY. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED NOW WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. [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:] ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, CONSENT AGENDA, SOMEONE WISHES TO DISCUSS? NOT CHAIR WITH, INDICATE A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED. ONE SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION THERE? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. HEARING NONE. THE AYE. HAVE IT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, [a. Recognition of 19 Navajo County student musicians selected to participate in the Arizona Music Educators Association High School All-State Festival] BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. RECOGNITION OF 19 NAVAJO COUNTY STUDENT MUSICIANS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ARIZONA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION HIGH SCHOOL, ALLSTATE FESTIVAL. ALICIA, WE'LL TURN TIME TO YOU, THE STUDENTS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS. . THAT WAS GOOD. THAT ONE. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE USED TO FOLLOWING CUES. . OH, I AM HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE ALMOST 20 STUDENTS WE HAVE IN NAVAJO COUNTY WHO AUDITIONED AND MADE IT TO THE ARIZONA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, HIGH SCHOOL, ALLSTATE FESTIVAL FOR BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA. ONLY STUDENTS WHO AUDITIONED FOR AND ATTENDED ALL REGION BAND, CHOIR, AND ORCHESTRA ARE EVEN ELIGIBLE TO AUDITION FOR ALLSTATE. THE COMPETITION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL IS PRETTY FIERCE. UM, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL IT'S, IT'S BRUTAL. HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN NEIGHBORING SMALLER, MORE RURAL COMMUNITIES, WE'VE LEARNED THE KEY TO THRIVING IS WEARING MULTIPLE HATS. IN MY HOMETOWN, THERE'S CHURCH LEADERS WHO ARE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENTS AND [00:05:01] BUSINESS OWNERS. AND THE LEVEL OF VOLUNTEER WORK DONE WOULD NO DOUBT STUN LEADERS IN A METROPOLITAN AREA. WE'VE EVEN SEEN THIS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. I ONCE KNEW A COUNTY RECORDER WHO ALSO CALLED HIMSELF THE NAVAJO COUNTY FAIR PRESIDENT. AND I BELIEVE WE'VE EACH SHAKEN HANDS WITH A COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHO SOMETIMES GOES BY COACH. UM, THESE SKILLS BEGIN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHERE THE LEAD IN THE MUSICAL IS ALSO ON THE TRACK TEAM VOLUNTEERING WITH STUDENT COUNCIL AND INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE STUDENT CLUBS. THERE ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN CHOIR BASKETBALL, PLAYERS IN ORCHESTRA, AND STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN BAND. WITHOUT THESE STUDENTS WEARING MULTIPLE HATS, THEIR PROGRAMS WOULDN'T THRIVE AT THE LEVEL THEY DO AT THE ALLSTATE LEVEL. THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST STUDENT MUSICIANS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO WEARING ONE HAT, TO HAVING ONE PRIMARY FOCUS ON THEIR MUSICAL AREA OF EXPERTISE. WE CAN BE SO PROUD OF THE STUDENTS FROM NAVAJO COUNTY WHO DEMONSTRATED SKILL AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AGAINST THE HIGHEST COMPETITION AND WALKED AWAY SUCCESSFUL. UM, ONE VERY QUICK STORY, UH, FROM ONE OF THE ATTENDEES. HIS NAME IS NOAH EDWARDS. HE WAS THE ONE STUDENT OUT OF JOSEPH CITY TO ATTEND. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. UM, HE ATTENDED ALL REGION BAND. HE PLAYS THE STRING BASE IN ORCHESTRA AND HE AUDITIONED FOR AND WAS ABLE TO ATTEND ALLSTATE ORCHESTRA FOR STRING BASE. AND, UM, JOSEPH CITY DOESN'T HAVE AN ORCHESTRA, BUT NOAH IS MOTIVATED. AND IF THAT DOESN'T INSPIRE YOU TO GO OUT AND GET IT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL. UM, INTERESTINGLY, UH, ANOTHER INTERESTING FUN FACT ABOUT NOAH IS THAT HIS, UM, DAD WORKS IN THE COURT SYSTEM, CLARK EDWARDS AND MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED ALLSTATE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THEIR END OF YEAR CONCERTS. UM, THEIR MEDALS WILL BE DELIVERED, UM, LATER THIS WEEK. BUT TODAY WE HAVE OUR SHOW LOW STUDENTS AND OUR HOLBROOK STUDENT THERE HE IS, WHOSE DAD ALSO WORKS FOR THE COUNTY IN IT. MICHAEL MEEK'S SON. THIS IS JOEY. UM, SO WE DO HAVE MEDALS. I LEFT THEM OVER AT MY CHAIR. IF I COULD SQUEEZE THROUGH, I'LL GRAB THOSE FOR YOU GUYS. AND, UM, AS WE GET THE MEDALS ON, WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD AND WOULD LOVE, IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS FOR THE STUDENTS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THEY'RE HANDING OUT THOSE MEDALS. ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN. ALRIGHT, VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. UM, I JUST WANNA EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. UM, I KNOW THAT IT TAKES MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY HOURS OF DEDICATION FOR YOU TO MASTER YOUR INSTRUMENT AND TO, UM, TO DEMONSTRATE THE SKILL THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND EVERYONE WHO HAS INVESTED THEIR TIME IN YOU. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND TEACHERS AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT I AM FORGETTING. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR TIME INTO YOU. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. A VERY WISE PERSON ONCE SAID THAT I CAN SHAPE THE MINDS OF THE YOUTH AND I CAN DISTRIBUTE, BASICALLY CHANGE THE WORLD BASED UPON THE MUSIC THAT THEY LISTEN TO. AND SO MUSIC IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND YOU HAVE A PERSON BACK HERE THAT I KNOW VERY WELL, MISS WHIPPLE, THIS KIND HIDING. AND SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH TO HELP YOUTH, TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, USE THEIR TALENTS, DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS, AND TO MAKE IT GREAT. SO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SING TODAY, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY YOUR RIGHT, NOT RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MUSIC TALENT IS SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE. AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT A SMILE ON PEOPLE'S FACE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU GUYS BEEN OUT? THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS WELL. MUSIC IS VERY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY AT THIS AGE, BUT AS YOU CONTINUE ON. AND SO I JUST WISH YOU ALL WELL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. GLAD WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR YOU. AND GLAD, THANK YOU ALICIA, FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE AND PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE PICTURE UP HERE THEN? PERFECT. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP THIS WAY? THEN WE'LL DO A QUICK PICTURE. [00:10:37] I THINK WE'RE ALL CHOIR. WE'RE ALL CHOIR. ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, THE ALLSTATE SHOW CHOIR AND ALLSTATE HONOR PRIOR AS WELL THIS YEAR. SO SHE'S A DOUBLE ALLSTATER ACTUALLY. THIS ONE? YES. OH, . SHE'S AN OVERACHIEVER TOO. . SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TURN IN, UM, CLOSE THERE. PERFECT. JUST LIKE THAT. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. LOOKS GOOD. I'M GONNA TAKE A CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO [a. Winners of the 2025 Wellness First Quarter Challenge: Iron Chef Competition ] ITEM NUMBER THREE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, ITEM A, THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 WELLNESS FIRST ORDER CHALLENGE, IRON CHEF COMPETITION. TURN OVER TO ERIC. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS MORNING I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SOMETHING, SOMETHING FUN. UH, WE HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT WELLNESS PLAN THAT INCLUDES QUARTERLY CHALLENGES. UH, CRYSTAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP HERE REAL, REAL QUICK. UH, CRYSTAL CASTILLO WORKS IN, IN HR AND SHE IS, IS IN CHARGE OF PUTTING THESE CHALLENGES TOGETHER. AND SHE HAS DONE, UH, JUST A FANTASTIC JOB AT DOING THAT. THE FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE FOR THE YEAR TYPICALLY IS OUR IRON CHEF CHALLENGE. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE EVER WATCHED, UH, IRON CHEF, WE, WE DO VERY SIMILAR HERE AT THE COUNTY. WE HAVE A LIST OF SECRET INGREDIENTS AND EMPLOYEES GET TO PICK A NUMBER OF THOSE INGREDIENTS THAT THEY USE TO MAKE A DISH. WE PUT 'EM IN TEAMS, THE EMPLOYEES MAKE THEIR DISH, SHARE IT WITH THEIR TEAM, AND THEN THE TEAM VOTES ON ON WHICH DISH THEY, THEY WANT TO PUT FORWARD TO THE NEXT ROUND. WE THEN VOTE ON THOSE DISHES. AND THEN THERE'S THREE FINALISTS THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT COME AND PREPARE THEIR DISH, AGAIN, IN FRONT OF A PANEL OF JUDGES. AND THOSE JUDGES, UH, JUDGE AND ULTIMATELY PICK THE IRON CHEF WINNER FOR NAVAJO COUNTY. SO, UM, THE THREE FINALISTS THAT WE HAVE, AND THESE THREE FOLKS DO NOT KNOW WHO IS WON. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE TODAY NOT KNOWING WHO'S WON YET. SO TASHA, IRENE AND KRISTEN, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE FINALISTS FOR IRON CHEF NAVAJO COUNTY. AND SO, UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, OF COURSE TWO, TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BE RUNNERS UP, NO, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CHAMPION AND THE CHAMPION GETS THE, THIS LITTLE TRAVELING TROPHY THAT THEY GET TO KEEP WITH HIM FOR A YEAR. SO SERGEANT BRETT JOHNSON IS, WAS OUR WINNER LAST YEAR. HE WAS THE IRON CHEF WINNER AND HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY TO KIND OF PASS THE TORCH ON, BUT HE WAS OUR WINNER LAST YEAR. SO HE'S HAD THAT TROPHY FOR A YEAR, UM, ON HIS DESK. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS, THIS KNIFE SET THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE, ULTIMATELY THE WINNER OF, OF IRON CHEF NAVAJO COUNTY. SO THIS YEAR OUR, OUR SIX SECRET INGREDIENTS WERE CILANTRO, GARLIC, PARMESAN, CABBAGE, CHICKEN, AND PINEAPPLE. THOSE WERE THE INGREDIENTS [00:15:01] THAT THE, THE CHEFS HAD TO, TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR DISH. THEY HAD TO INCORPORATE AT LEAST THREE OF 'EM. SO BEFORE WE ANNOUNCED THE WINNER, I'D LIKE TO LET EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, THREE GALS COME UP AND, AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEIR DISH. IF YOU COULD JUST LET US KNOW WHAT YOU MADE. UH, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, AND THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF GO DOWN, DOWN THE LINE. ASHA? OF COURSE. OKAY. HI. UM, SO I MADE RUSTIC CHICKEN PICCATA MEATBALLS. UM, MY THREE SECRET INGREDIENTS WERE CHICKEN, UM, GARLIC AND PARMESAN CHEESE . UH, I KNOW YOU WANNA KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT YOU GONNA EAT IT? WE MAKE THE DECISION. WHAT, WHEN THE HOUSE? NO, I WISH I COULD HAVE BROUGHT SOME FOR YOU GUYS. GO AHEAD. SO I'M, I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A DESSERT OUT OF THREE OF THOSE INGREDIENTS. AND I SAID, OH, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE NOW I HAVE TO. SO I MADE PINEAPPLE CRISPY COBBLER USING MY MOM'S, UH, COBBLER RECIPE AND A TECHNIQUE. SHE MAKES PINEAPPLE OUT OF ZUCCHINI. SO I USE THE CABBAGE, THE PINEAPPLE AND PARMESAN, UM, TOPPED WITH A, UH, CINNAMON GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBLE. AND IT WAS SURPRISINGLY FABULOUS , EVEN TO MYSELF. , YOU SAID PINEAPPLE PARMESAN. WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE? CABBAGE AND CABBAGE, HUH? SURE. IT SOUNDS, IT SOUNDS GOOD. HELLO? I MADE TROPICAL TACOS, LOW CARB, TROPICAL TO TACOS. UM, MY DISH WAS THROWN TOGETHER STRAIGHT OUTTA MY HEAD WITHIN 30 SECONDS, UH, USING TECHNIQUES THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY TIME HERE AT THE COUNTY, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH VERTIV, LEARNING HOW TO USE PARMESAN CHEESE TO MAKE TACO SHELLS. UM, MY RECIPE WAS MOSTLY LAID OUT TO HOPEFULLY IMPART SOME OF THESE TECHNIQUES TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. 'CAUSE LIKE IF YOU GOT THE TECHNIQUE DOWN, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING. BUT YEAH, IT, MY SECRET INGREDIENTS WERE PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. 'CAUSE IT'S AN OPEN-ENDED FOLLOW YOUR HEART RECIPE. UH, WHEN I FIRST MADE IT, I DIDN'T HAVE CHICKEN ON HAND, SO I PUT FISH, JUST THE BATTERED FRIED FISH IN IT. IT'S, UH, THE CABBAGE, THE PARMESAN, THE PINEAPPLE, CILANTRO AND GARLIC, LIKE ALL OF THAT'S BASICALLY A PICO DE GALLO. SO . BUT, UH, THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. EACH ONE OF THESE DISHES WERE FANTASTIC. I, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ONE OF THE, THE JUDGES AND SO I HAD TO TRY EACH ONE. AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALL AMAZING. WE HAD A PANEL OF FIVE JUDGES AND HAD A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME DECIDING WHO THE WINNER IS. BUT, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT. BEFORE WE WE GET TO THAT THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UM, MAJOR CREDIT TO CRYSTAL. CRYSTAL DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS EVENT TOGETHER. SO IF WE COULD JUST GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL GIVE THOSE TO YOU, CRYSTAL. SO WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE, THE RUNNERS UP FIRST. UH, THE, THE TWO RUNNERS UP ARE IRENE AND TASHA, AND THAT MEANS THAT, THAT KRISTEN SAUNDERS IS OUR IRON CHEF CHAMPION FOR 2025 FOR NAVAJO COUNTY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HERE IT GET NICE PHOTO HERE. YEAH. PERFECT. WOW. THANKS, . YEAH. GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIRMAN WHITEY? YES. UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS AND THANK YOU TO YOU LADIES FOR PARTICIPATING. I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT, YOU KNOW, AS AN ORGANIZATION, OUR JOB IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND TO DO THAT WELL, BUT I THINK [00:20:01] IN ORDER TO DO THAT WELL, WE NEED TO BE IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE LOVE TO BE IN. AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ALLOWS US TO BE IN ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST BRING SAMPLES NEXT TIME. , I'M VERY AWARE THAT I'M NOT GOOD AT MANY THINGS, BUT I JUST BECAME EVEN MORE AWARE THAT I WOULD HAVE NO ABILITY TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS VERY WELL. SO IT'S GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS FOR MAKING 'EM WELL, . YEP. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER HAND REAL QUICK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM B, [b. *Consideration and approval of the proposed initial Navajo County Middle Mile Fiber Pricing (Pricing Number 2025-001) and the proposed Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) agreement template.] CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. PROPOSED INITIAL NAVAJO COUNTY MIDDLE MILE FIBER PRICING FROM THE TIME OVER TO, UH, TO GRANT. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, AS THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED, THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PROPOSED INITIAL PRICING STRUCTURE FOR THE COUNTY'S MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE IRU OR INDEFEASIBLE RIGHT OF USE AGREEMENT. THAT'S THE, UM, LONG-TERM LEASE AGREEMENT MECHANISM THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE BOARD TO EXECUTE THESE, THE FIBER LEASES ON OUR MIDDLE MILE. SO THE TWO ITEMS KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND WITH ONE ANOTHER AS, AS LEASES ARE BEING NEGOTIATED, UM, FOR THE FIBER. SO ALSO I'D LIKE TO, UM, WELCOME WE HAVE HERE WITH US TODAY, KYLE HILDEBRAND WITH EX SQUARED EX SQUARED'S, OUR, UM, DESIGN CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND MARKETING PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT. SO KYLE'S GONNA BE HANDLING, UM, A, A FAIR BIT OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE, THE PRICING STRUCTURE AND THE LEASE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. UM, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FORMALLY INTRODUCE HIM HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT KYLE IS JOINING US HERE TODAY. SO AGENDA FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, I'LL PROVIDE A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE HERE TO START OFF, AND THEN I'LL HAND THE TIME OVER TO KYLE AND WE'LL GO THROUGH, HE'LL GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ON THE INITIAL, UM, ENGAGEMENTS THEY'VE HAD AS FAR AS LEASING OF THE FIBERS. AND THEN KYLE WILL PRESENT THE, UM, PRICING STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU. AND THEN I'LL DO THE INDEFEASIBLE RIGHT OF USE AGREEMENT AND, AND THAT'LL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION. SO AS FOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, WE ARE CONSTRUCTION'S GONE EXTREMELY WELL TO DATE. WE ARE RIGHT AT ABOUT 75% COMPLETE RIGHT NOW. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE EXPERIENCED SOME, SOME DELAYS AND HURDLES EARLY ON IN THE CONSTRUCTION WELL IN THE PERMITTING PHASE. SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO SCALE AND RAMP CONSTRUCTION UP AS QUICKLY AND AS EARLY AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED AS WE WAITED FOR PERMITS TO COME IN. THE INITIAL DEADLINE FOR THE ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY GRANT FUNDING THAT WE HAD, THAT WE HAVE, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S FUNDING A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT WAS JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. UM, DUE TO THE DELAYS IN THE PERMITTING THAT, AND TO THAT END, THE A CA HAS EXTENDED THAT DEADLINE TO JUNE 30TH, 2026 THAT YOU'LL SEE UP THERE WITH, WITH WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH CONSTRUCTION 75% COMPLETE. WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF THAT DEADLINE AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING COMPLETE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. UM, SO THAT'S, AS WE AS WE'RE 75% COMPLETE, EX SQUARED HAS ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED IN INITIAL LEASE, UM, DISCUSSIONS WITH POTENTIAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND END USERS OF THE NETWORK. SO THE TIMING OF COMING BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS PRUDENT FOR US TO PRESENT THE PRICING FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL AS THE, THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WILL, UM, HELP ENABLE EX SQUARED TO MOVE INTO FINAL NEGOTIATIONS, UM, WITH THE END USERS AND REALLY EXECUTE ON THEIR, THEIR MARKETING PLAN. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KYLE HILDEBRAND WITH EX SQUARED. HE'S ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF EX SQUARED AND IS CURRENTLY HOLDS THE TITLE OF THEIR CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER, UM, AS CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER, KYLE'S IN CHARGE OF THEIR, UM, THEIR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, MARKETING. SO HE'S WELL VERSED IN THIS. SO HE'S BEEN A VERY INTEGRAL TEAM MEMBER OF OURS AND, AND BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, HELPED GUIDE THIS PROCESS FOR US. SO, KYLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GRANT. UH, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND, AND SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. UM, SINCE GRANT INTRODUCED ME, I'LL JUST KIND OF JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS. UM, WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM, UH, FOCUSED ON THE COMMERCIALIZATION [00:25:01] AND MONETIZING NAVAJO COUNTY'S BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THE COMMERCIALIZATION TEAM CONSISTS OF A COMMERCIALIZATION MANAGER, UM, WHO HAS SPENT 30 YEARS DOING SIMILAR THINGS WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA NETWORK SOLUTIONS ENGINEER, UM, SOME ESTIMATORS, CONTRACTS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND AN ATTORNEY ALL FOCUSED ON BRINGING THESE COMMERCIALIZATION DEALS TO THE COUNTY IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN EXECUTE UPON THEM AND REALIZE YOUR GOALS. UM, OUR COMMERCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES BEGAN IN EARNEST, REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION. ONCE WE KNEW THE, THE PERMITTING WAS COMPLETE AND WE COULD START TO PUT A TIMELINE TO THE COMPLETION OF THAT CONSTRUCTION, WE COMPLETED AN INITIAL MARKETING ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY, UH, POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL END USERS. UM, WE IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, NETWORK CONNECTION POINTS OF INTEREST FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL END USERS AND BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL END OR, UH, THOSE CONNECTION POINTS SUCH AS WITH THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE, ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, THE NTUA AND SOME PRIVATE CARRIERS. UM, AT THE COMPLETION, UM, WE ENDED UP DOING A LOCAL AND REGIONAL ASSESSMENT THAT WAS VERY FOCUSED ON NAVAJO COUNTIES AND, AND SPECIFIC TO THE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS WITHIN NAVAJO COUNTY. UM, ALL OF THAT LED US TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD DEVELOP A, A VERY FORMAL COMMERCIAL MARKETING PLAN, A COMMERCIALIZATION PLAN TO ACT AS A ROADMAP AND REALLY A DATA REPOSITORY FOR US TO EXECUTE ON THOSE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES TO MONETIZE THE NETWORK. UM, THE PLAN WE'VE PUT FORTH TO THE COUNTY, IT ADDRESSES THE MARKET DYNAMICS SPECIFIC TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMERCIAL END USERS INTERESTED IN OPERATING WITHIN THE COUNTY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY'S GOAL PROVIDING CITIZENS ENHANCED BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS WAS ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER JUST GENERATING REVENUES. UM, AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE PLAN WAS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD'S DESIRE THAT WE TRIED TO INCORPORATE, UH, TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, ENABLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHCARE EDUCATION, AND ULTIMATELY COMPUTE, UH, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. UH, AND THAT SUPERSEDES ALL OF THE OTHER JUST GENERAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE. THE PLAN ADDRESSES STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN COMMERCIAL END USERS ON NAVAJO COUNTY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. FINALLY, UH, WE PROVIDED A PRICING STRATEGY FOR THE DARK FIBERS AVAILABLE ON THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY AND WILL BE FINISHED, UM, LATER THIS YEAR. UM, AGREEMENTS WITH COMMERCIAL END USERS, AS GRANT MENTIONED, UM, WILL UTILIZE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD LEASE AGREEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS, UH, INDEFEASIBLE RIGHT OF USE, OR IRU. UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE COMMON, THE COMMON TERM THAT'S USED. THESE IRUS GIVE THE COMMERCIAL END USER A TERM OF LENGTH OF 20 YEARS OF QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE THEY RETAIN SOME OWNERSHIP LIKE ECONOMICS TO SUPPORT THEIR, THEIR COMMERCIAL, UM, BUSINESS EFFORTS. UM, I'M GONNA SWITCH TO THE PRICING HERE. UM, THE PRICING WE RECOMMENDED IS SHOWN ON THE SLIDES. IT INCLUDES 20 YEAR TERM, LIKE I MENTIONED. IT'S FOR DARK FIBERS ONLY. THERE'S NO LIT SERVICE COMPONENT. UM, THERE'S NO CONDUIT COMPONENT AND LONGER TERMS CAN BE NEGOTIATED. UM, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROUTE IS CONTEMPLATED, UM, IN THIS PRICE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, THE PRICING IS VERY COMPETITIVE, UM, AND WE FEEL THAT IT MEETS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BOARD IN ENABLING THE BROADBAND ACCESS IN NAVAJO COUNTY. UM, THE IRUS ARE TYPICALLY PAID IN TWO PARTS DURING, IN THAT COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENT. UM, THE FIRST PART IS THE IRU FEE, WHICH IS PAID UPFRONT, USUALLY AT THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT. UM, THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE IS PAID ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT. UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES ON FOR THE LIFE OF THE AGREEMENT TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS, THEIR PRORATA SHARE OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS. UM, THOSE MAINTENANCE COSTS ESCALATE ANNUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ARISE AND SURELY WILL OVER TIME, UM, DEALING WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF A COMMERCIAL END USER, AND WE'LL BRING THESE REQUESTS TO THE COUNTY FOR CONSIDERATION. UH, IF AND WHEN THEY OCCUR, THE PRICING WE RECOMMEND IS ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE AVERAGE MARKET VALUE PRICING. UM, THIS REDUCES THE, THE, THE BARRIERS TO ENTRY FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES WANTING TO INVEST AND CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY. IT ENCOURAGES LAST MILE COMPETITION. UM, IT, IT, IT IS INTENDED TO ATTRACT AS MANY USERS AS POSSIBLE TO UTILIZE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO ULTIMATELY SERVE THE, THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION THROUGH OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE THIS PRICING RECOMMENDATION. ALTHOUGH, LIKE ALL MARKET DRIVEN COMMODITIES, IT CAN AND WILL CHANGE OVER TIME. THIS IS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE HAS A VERY LONG LIFESPAN, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THAT, IT'LL, IT'LL CHANGE AND WE'LL ADJUST THOSE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO THIS BOARD. UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, [00:30:01] THIS PRICING IS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER PUBLICLY OWNED MIDDLE MILE, UM, OPEN ACCESS FIBERS WITHIN ARIZONA PRIMARILY. UM, IT, IT VERY SIMILARLY FOLLOWS THE MODEL OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WHICH TO WHICH WE ALSO ACT AS THEIR AGENTS. SO WE HAVE SOME, SOME VERY CLOSE INSIGHT TO THAT. UH, IT'S ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE OPEN ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO MARKET APS AS FIBER, UM, THAT ENABLES US TO IDENTIFY USERS WHO NEED TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTY AND HELP THEM IDENTIFY A COMPLETE PATH, UM, TO ACHIEVE THEIR COMMERCIAL NEEDS. UM, WE NEED THIS PRICING, UM, SET AND APPROVED, UH, AT THIS TIME SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH MULTIPLE PARTIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE USE OF, OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, WE'VE HAD OVER 50 DETAILED CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES, UM, ABOUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THAT'S BEEN GENERATED, AND WE WANNA START TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT. UM, THERE CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE 50 USERS OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE, IN THE, THE USERS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN WITH WHO HAVE HIGH AMOUNT OF INTEREST ARE, UH, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE LAST MILE SERVICE, UM, WIRELESS COMPANIES, UH, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, AND THEN SOME RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRADITIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS. UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE, ONCE WE HAVE THAT PRICING SET, WE CAN GO FORWARD TO THESE ENTITIES AND BEGIN ACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE PRICING AND THE IRU TO, TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WHEN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMPLETED, UM, WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO THEM TO SERVE ULTIMATELY THE SYSTEM OF THIS COUNTY BY BRINGING LAST MILE INFRASTRUCTURE. FINALLY, WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO MARKET THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, CREATE, UM, MORE INTEREST AROUND IT. UM, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN VERY FORWARD THINKING AND THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL SUPPORT THE, THE BEAT INITIATIVES THAT, THAT ARE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED VERY SOON. AND I THINK WHEN THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS HAPPEN, WE'LL START TO SEE A LOT OF INFRAS OR A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAPPENS RIGHT AWAY. SO, UM, WITH THAT, IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PRICING. THEY PAY AN IRU FEE, THEY PAY AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE FOR THE, THE TERM OF THEIR AGREEMENT. OKAY. IRU FEE ANNUAL. THE IRU FEE IS NOT ANNUAL. IT'S A ONE-TIME UPFRONT PAYMENT. THANKS. THE LAST THING WE HAD, UM, ON THE PRESENTATION WAS THE IRU AGREEMENT. WE'VE COVERED THAT A FEW TIMES HERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, UM, STANDARD OR TERMINOLOGY FOR, FOR THE MECHANISM TO EXECUTE THESE LEASE AGREEMENTS. UM, PART OF WHY WE HAVE IT ON THE SAME ITEM HERE TODAY IS IT'S, IT INCLUDES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LEASES, SO IT WILL ENABLE OR HELP EC SQUARED IN THEIR, UM, FINAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE END USERS. SO THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, OF THE PRICING AND OF THE IRU AGREEMENT TEMPLATE. AND KYLE AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. GRANT, GRANT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND THANKS FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP INSIDE OF THIS. UM, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, GO AHEAD. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON PRICING. I KNOW WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND THINKING ABOUT THE ANNUAL PRICING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BEING COMPARABLE TO WHAT, UM, OTHERS ARE SELLING OR UTILIZING THEIR DARK FIBER. UM, WHY IS IT A ONE TIME FEE AND NOT AN ANNUAL FEE? SO THE, THE IR FOR THE, THE INITIAL, THE IRU RATHER THAN THE MAINTENANCE FEE, JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT ON A SURE. HOLISTIC LEVEL? YEAH. SO IT'S, IT'S TRADITIONAL WITHIN THE DARK FIBER SPACE WITHIN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CARRIER INDUSTRY TO PAY A ONE-TIME FEE UPFRONT WHERE THEY CAN CAPITALIZE THAT COST, UM, AND THEN PAY THEIR SHARE OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE. SO, UM, IT, THEY, THERE IS A OPTION, UM, THAT IS SOMETIMES EMPLOYED BY DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT ASSET OWNERS, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO PAY ANNUALLY OVER TIME. UM, BUT IT, IT'S, IT THAT'S MORE OF A LEASE ARRANGEMENT, UM, AND NOT A TRADITIONAL IRU, WHICH IS REALLY THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THE NATURE OF IT LENDS ITSELF TO MORE OF A TRADITIONAL IRU MODEL. SO THE ONE TIME FEE UPFRONT IS, IS WHAT WE RECOMMENDED. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANY, THE QUESTION I HAVE THEN THERE IS REALLY NO HOPE AT RECOUPING ANY OF OUR, UH, OUTLAY ON THIS AT THESE PRICES. SO WE [00:35:01] SPEND $22 MILLION TO PUT IT IN. IF I CALCULATE EVEN AT THE HIGH PRICE OF 800 TIMES 192 FIBERS OR ABOUT 153,000, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, IT'S, IT'S PER FIBER PER MILE. SO YOU WOULD TAKE THAT 153,000, THEN TIMES THAT BY 105. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS. SURE. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF YOUR QUESTION? THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWER, CHAIRMAN. I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. A MOTION TO SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. A ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION HAS BEEN PASSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE MOVE ON [c. Consideration of approval of Telecommunications Use and Occupancy Agreement #BB-016-T126626 between the State of Arizona and Navajo County pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-251(41).] CONSIDERATION, TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATION USE AND OCCUPANCY AGREEMENT, UH, BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND ALAM COUNTY GRANT. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UH, THIS ITEM HERE IS FOR, SO OUR MIDDLE MILE PROJECT, APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE, OF THE NETWORK RE LIES IN ADOT RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S ON INTERSTATE 40, HIGHWAY SEVEN, STATE, STATE ROUTE 77, AND STATE ROUTE TWO 60. SO, UM, BEING THAT THE NETWORK IS PERMITTED BEING BUILT IN THE ADOT TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY, THE STATUTES AND THE, UM, REQUIRES, OR THE STATE REQUIRES COMPENSATION FOR FROM A PROVIDER FOR THE LONGITUDINAL ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU'RE HERE TODAY IS A, A FIBER SWAP OR A TRADE THAT IN LIEU OF COMPENSATION, UM, WE WOULD SWAP, THE COUNTY WOULD SWAP FOUR FIBERS TO ADOT, UM, TO, IN LIEU OF THAT MONETARY FEE, THESE FIBERS WOULD BE USED FOR ADO TS, UM, WHAT THEY CALL ITS OR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. THEY CAN'T BE SOLD OR LEASED TO COMPETE AGAINST THE COUNTIES INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, FIBER INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT SO, SO REALLY A, A, A BENEFIT AND A VALUE FOR THESE FIBERS TO AID OUT TO HAVE FOR CHANGEABLE MESSAGE BOARDS WITHIN THE COUNTY, UM, FOR WRONG WAY DRIVER IN ANY MESSAGES THEY PUT UP THERE FOR, FOR PREEMPTION ON STOPLIGHTS. AND, AND THE FUTURE PROBABLY LIKELY HOLDS, YOU KNOW, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. SO THAT'S THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY ADOT WOULD UTILIZE THESE FIBERS FOR. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, UH, OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ADOT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM STAFF OR FROM THE BOARD. OKAY. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THANK YOU GRANT FOR, UM, INITIATING. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. UNANIM. SO, ALRIGHT, ITEM [d. Presentation/Summary of Navajo County’s Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Financial Report, Report on Internal Control and on Compliance, and Federal Single Audit Report] D PRESENTATION SUMMARY OF N COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2022 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. UM, REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE AND FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT ACTION REPORT. MR. VAL, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UM, OUR AUDITORS. UM, THIS IS MR. BENHUR FROM THE AUDIT FIRM OF BEST AND CHAPMAN WHO PERFORMED OUR AUDITS, UM, AND WILL BE, UM, PRESENTING TO US TODAY. AND ALSO, UM, STEPHANIE GERBER FROM THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL, UM, WHICH WE'LL, UM, SHE'LL, SHE'LL LEAD OFF. UM, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE I TURN THE TIME OVER TO, TO STEPHANIE IS, UM, WE WERE THE THIRD OUTTA THE 15 COUNTIES TO ISSUE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE SECOND COUNTY TO ISSUE OUR SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH IS OUR, OUR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS AND THE FIRST COUNTY TO ISSUE OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT, WHICH WAS JUST ISSUED THIS THIS LAST FRIDAY. SO, UM, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO STEPHANIE, UM, TO, TO START THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I BELIEVE SHE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO BEN AFTER SHE'S DONE. PERFECT. ALRIGHT, THANKS JASON. UM, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN WHITE. I'M MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS JASON SAID, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE GERBER AND I AM A TECHNICAL MANAGER WITH THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL. ON BEHALF OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU TODAY AND TO HAVE OUR CONTRACT AUDITOR, MR. BEN HUR WITH FESTER AND CHAPMAN, JOIN US IN PRESENTING THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT RESULTS TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. BEFORE MR. HUR PRESENTS THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT RESULTS TO YOU. [00:40:01] I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN OUR ROLE AS IT RELATES TO THE AUDIT. THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL AUDITS OF ALL ARIZONA COUNTIES OR FOR CAUSING THOSE AUDITS TO BE CONDUCTED. WE SOMETIMES CONTRACT AUDITS DUE TO OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND OTHER AUDIT DEMANDS. WHEN WE CONTRACT COUNTIES AUDITS, WE ENSURE THAT WE SELECT QUALIFIED CPA FIRMS WITH EXPERIENCE IN AUDITING COUNTIES AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY OPERATE WITHIN ARIZONA. WE CONTRACTED WITH FESTER CHAPMAN FOR THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDITS. AS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE COUNTY'S AUDIT, WE WORK WITH AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO BEN AND HIS TEAM AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT. ONCE THE AUDIT IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES, WE REVIEW THE COUNTY'S DRAFT AUDIT REPORTS PREPARED BY FE CHAPMAN TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE AUDIT REPORTS MEET APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND THAT THE AUDITOR OPINIONS EXPRESSED WITHIN THE REPORTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE FINANCIAL STATE AND REPORTED FINDINGS. WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BEN, WHO WILL DISCUSS THE COUNTY'S 2024 AUDIT RESULTS WITH YOU. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE-CHAIRS, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS BEN, HER, I'M WITH THE PROFESS AND CHAPMAN. WE HAVE PERFORMED THE, THE COUNTY'S AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, EXCUSE ME, JUNE 30TH, 2024. HERE IS MY PRESENTATION. BEFORE I START THE PREPARE PRESENTATIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND THEN, UH, FINANCE DIRECTORS, AND THEN ALL THE, UH, UH, FINANCE DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, UH, PROCESS. THIS PRESENTATION IS BASICALLY IS TWO PARTS. FIRST PART OF PRESENTATION IS A AUDIT RESERVE SUMMARY. WE HAVE PERFORMED FINANCE STEMS AUDIT FOR THE COUNTY ALONG WITH A SINGLE AUDIT. AND THEN THOSE TWO REPORTS HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THEN, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIRD REPORT, WHAT WE CALL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORTING PACKAGE. SECOND PART OF OUR PRESENTATION IS A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW. WE ARE USING THE INFORMATION, UH, OBTAINED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE ACTUALLY JUST GONNA INCLUDE IT IN THIS PRESENTATION AS A SUMMARY. FIRST RESERVE SUMMARY IS A FINANCE TERMS AUDIT RESULT. WE ISSUED A MODIFIED OPINION ON THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH MEANS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL ASPECT AND IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GAP. THIS IS KIND OF HIGHEST OPINION, YOU CAN GET THIS TYPE OF AUDIT. WE HAVE REPORTED THE TWO FINDINGS RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT. BOTH ARE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND RELATED TO THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER IT CONTROL. SECOND READER SUMMARY IS FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WHEN THE NON-FEDERAL AGENCIES RECEIVE MORE THAN $750,000 OF FEDERAL AWARDS, THE SINGLE AUDIT IS REQUIRED. WE ACTUALLY SELECT THESE THREE PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE SINGLE AUDIT AS MAJOR PROGRAMS AND THEN TESTED THEM FOR, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON EACH, UH, FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THE THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS WE SELECTED AND TESTED WAS, UH, FEDERAL ASSISTING LISTING NUMBER 17.2587 15.259 17.258 WIOA CLUSTERS. THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO SELECTED 21 0 2 7 COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND THE LOCAL PHYSICAL RECOVERY FUNDS. AND THEN WE ALSO TESTED THIRD PROGRAM NINE 3.931 CORONAVIRUS 19 ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT STATE, TRIBAL, LOCAL AND TERRITORIAL OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR HEALTHCARE CRISIS. WE HAVE REPORTED THESE FINDINGS RELATED TO THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE A FOUR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND WE HAVE ONE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES EACH, UH, EACH, UH, EACH FINDINGS IS INCLUDING OUR AUDIT REPORT REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. BASICALLY, THIS IS A REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDITORS TO THE GOVERNANCE, BASICALLY DESCRIBING WHAT HAD HAPPENED DURING THE AUDIT PROCESS. UH, ALSO INDICATING WHAT IS KIND OF IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATIONS OR DISCLOSURES INCLUDED WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE, WE CAN HAPPILY REPORT IT BACK TO YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERS IN OUR PERFORMANCE OF OUR AUDIT. THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENTS, UH, WITH THE MANAGEMENTS ON OUR AUDIT REPORT RESULT. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE INCLUDED SIX SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND THEN ONE MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AS PART OF OUR AUDIT PROCESS. SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIALS, THIS IS BASICALLY DERIVED ALL THE NUMBERS INFORMATIONS FROM THE AUDITORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AS OF THE JUNE 30TH, 2024, THE COUNTY REPORTED TOTAL ASSET AND THE DEFERRED OUTFLOW OF ROUGHLY $243 MILLION, [00:45:02] WHICH IS INCLUDING 135 MILLIONS OF CASH AND INVESTMENTS. 66 MILLION OF THE CAPITAL ASSET AND THE 50 MILLIONS OF THE DEAL FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN THE LIABILITY. AND THE DEFAULT SIDE TOTAL OF THE 95 MILLIONS WAS REPORTED IS, SO THIS IS ALSO INCLUDING $46 MILLION OF THE NON-CURRENT PENSION AND OPEC LIABILITIES, $26 MILLION OF LONG TERM DEBT AND THE $8.5 MILLION OF UNEARNED REVENUE, WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL NET POSITION OF 150 MILLION FOR THE COUNTIES. OUT OF THAT, THE 50 58 MILLION WAS ASSOCIATED RELATED TO THE NET INVESTMENT CAPITAL ASSET RESTRICTED NET POSITIONS OF A HUNDRED MILLIONS. AND THEN, UH, UNRESTRICTED DEFICIT OF 13 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. REVENUES, UH, DURING THE 2024 TOTAL OF $141.6 MILLION OF REVENUE WAS REPORTED, WHICH INCLUDING 49 MILLION OF OPERATING GRANTS. AND THE CONTRIBUTION, WHICH ROUGHLY 35% OF TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE COUNTIES, AND THE 20 MILLION WAS ACTUALLY CAPITAL GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. AND THEN 17 MILLION WAS SHARED REVENUE FROM STATE SHARE TAXES. AND THEN 13 POINT $13.7 MILLION OF PROPERTY TAX WAS REPORTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EXPENSES DURING THE 2024. THIS IS EXPENSES BY SOURCES. TOTAL EXPENSES OF 94 MILLION WAS REPORTED IN INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE $30.9 MILLION WERE SPENT FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTS. AND THEN 30 POINT $30 MILLION WAS SPENT FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS ABOUT 32% OF TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE COUNTIES. 14 MILLION WAS SPENT FOR THE HIGHWAY AND STREET AND THE 10 MILLIONS WAREHOUSE AND WELFARE EXPENSES. THIS IS THE END OF MY, UH, PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS? NOT HEARING ANYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. OKAY, I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THEN. UM, AND THANKS AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME UP AND REPORT. JASON, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. SO WE APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, [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: ] NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, UM, ORDER OF DIRECTOR SESSION. WE'LL NEED A, A MOTION TO MOVE INTO THAT. SO MOVE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYE HAVE. WERE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WISHING TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT CHAIR. TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND WE MOTION. AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE [1. Presentation regarding the current wildfire conditions and fire restrictions.] ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM B PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CURRENT WILDFIRE CONDITIONS AND FIRE RESTRICTIONS. AND VICE CHAIR IS GONNA HANDLE IT FOR JUST A QUICK SECOND. I GOTTA RUN REAL QUICK. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU KATRINA. WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S OUR, IT'S MY MONTHLY VISIT WITH YOU TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR FIRE SEASON. UM, IT'S GETTING ACTIVE OUT THERE. IT'S MAY. SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME MORE ACTIVITY. IN FACT, JUST THIS MORNING WE HAVE A NEW START. SO DEEP BREATH, WE'RE GONNA HOLD ON AND GIVE IT OUR BEST SHOT TODAY. UM, I WANTED TO START OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TODAY AND GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT THE GROUP THAT MAKES DECISIONS REGARDING THE FIRE RESTRICTIONS. THAT IS THE WHITE MOUNTAIN FIRE COORDINATION GROUP. UM, WE MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS. WE'VE BEEN MEETING SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE INDICES AND WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN THE, IN THE LOCAL REGION. SO THE GROUP THAT MAKES UP THIS, UM, COORDINATION GROUP, SORRY, UM, IS OUR NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE PARTNERS, STATE FORESTRY PARTNERS, THE BIA FORD APACHE AGENCY BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. UH, BOTH MYSELF AND APACHE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. SO WE HAVE IT PRETTY WELL COVERED ACROSS THE BOARD WITH ANYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH OR RESPOND TO FIRES. IN ADDITION, WE GET WEEKLY UPDATES AND REPORTS ON FOR WEATHER FORECASTS AS PART OF OUR INDICES. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 14 DIFFERENT INDICATORS. UM, WE HAVE [00:50:01] LOCAL AND REGIONAL EXPERTS, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA, THEY'RE NOT FROM PHOENIX OR LAS VEGAS, GIVING US THE INFORMATION. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA TOUCH ON IS THAT IT IS A SCIENCE BASED DECISION EVERY WEEK. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE LIGHTLY. IT'S NOT BASED OUT OF FEAR. UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO CONSIDER ARE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FUELS CONDITIONS, HOW MANY FIRE STARTS WE'RE HAVING, AND AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BE GONNA BE COMING TO OR ALREADY IN OUR REGION. FOR EXAMPLE, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. WE KNOW WE WILL SEE AN UPTICK. SO OUR, UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED IN THE PAST HAS TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT FIRE RESPONSE AND THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE US MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT MAKE, MAKING THESE DECISIONS IN A COMMON SENSE WAY. SO TO THAT END, WE DO HAVE OUR MEETING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AT ONE O'CLOCK. AND THESE ARE WHAT I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW WHERE THE INDICES LAST WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE. SO I WILL TRY TO COVER THAT. OUR DROUGHT, UM, FROM LAST WEEK HAS ONLY SLIGHTLY CHANGED. UM, THE PICTURE ON THE 2025 SIDE WITH ALL THE RED AND BRA CHANGED JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM, OUR REGION HASN'T REALLY GONE INTO THE, THE SEVERE THE, IT'S, IT'S UNDER SEVERE AND EXTREME, BUT NOT THE EXCEEDING. SO WE'RE DOING OKAY. UM, IN FACT, IN FACT, UH, THE MOISTURE THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY KIND OF BROUGHT IT DOWN JUST AS SMIDGE ALONG THE I 40 AREA. UM, EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME IN OUR COUNTY. UM, WE DID HAVE A, A LACK OF WINTER SNOW PACK. SO THAT OF COURSE IS ONE OF OUR, OUR THINGS THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. TEMPERATURES, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE WARMUP, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD ABOVE, UH, I'M SORRY, A BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP FOR SO FAR IN MAY AND LATE APRIL. SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF INTERESTING TO WATCH. UM, WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE DROUGHT, THE SHORT TERM DROUGHT TO CONTINUE. THAT'S NOTHING NEW. WE KNOW THAT IT'LL, EVERY YEAR THIS, THESE PICTURES WILL HAPPEN. THEY'LL EITHER BE IN THE YELLOW OR THEY'LL BE IN THE RED. UM, THIS IS THE OUTLOOK THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THE FIRE POTENTIAL. SO THIS ISN'T SAYING THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY GONNA HAPPEN, BUT THIS IS THE OUTLOOK THAT SAYS ITS POTENTIAL. CURRENTLY IN MAY, WE RECEIVED AN UPDATED OUTLOOK FROM LAST MONTH. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THE ONE ON THE, THE FAR LEFT IS WHAT WAS PREDICTED LAST MONTH FOR MAY, OR I'M SORRY, IS CURRENT FOR MAY. AND THE ONE THAT'S CIRCLED IS WHAT WAS PREDICTED FOR ME. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW THAT OUTLOOK CHANGED DUE TO SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. UM, JUNE DIDN'T CHANGE , IT'S STILL PRETTY, PRETTY RED IN THERE. SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE SEEN SOME RESTRICTIONS CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE, THE REGION, INCLUDING THE TANTO NATIONAL FOREST. UM, THEY WENT INTO STAGE TWO. SOME OF THE OTHER FORESTS IN NEW MEXICO HAVE GONE INTO STAGE TWO BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE, THE DRYNESS KIND OF GOES FROM EAST TO WEST THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WELL AS IN, IN JULY IT'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE MONSOONS, WHICH WILL ALSO GO EAST TO WEST. SO IT JUST FOLLOWS ALONG THE, THE NORMAL PATTERNS. WE'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING SUPER CRAZY. UM, JULY, WE'RE EXPECTED TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MONSOONAL ACTIVITY. SO FINGERS CROSSED THERE, MAYBE IT'LL COME A LITTLE EARLY. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, AS I GET, AS I'M UP HERE, WE'RE IN STAGE ONE. UM, AGAIN, THAT COULD CHANGE LATER TODAY WHEN WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION, BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT IS UP TO EVERYONE TO MAINTAIN THAT VIGILANCE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE FOREST. I WANNA STRESS THAT A LOT. WE'VE HAD A, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FIRES WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN IN THE BACKYARD. UM, CHIEF VALLE SHARED A STORY WITH ME JUST THIS WEEKEND. THEY HAD A FIRE, IT WAS AT CAUSED BY A CHARCOAL GRILL ON A DECK, AND IT, THEY LOST THE HOUSE AND A COUPLE TREES COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. WE SAW SOME, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN APACHE COUNTY, INCLUDING [00:55:01] THE COYOTE FIRE THAT HAPPENED ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND, UM, OVER A THOUSAND ACRES. SO IT IS, AND THAT WAS ALSO A STRUCTURE BASED FIRE THAT, UM, TOOK OFF BECAUSE OF THE WINDS AND OTHER FACTORS IN A GRASS GRASSLAND AREA. SO, UM, I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE FOREST, IT IS ABOUT OUR BACKYARDS AND HOW WE BEHAVE IN THE WWE, THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE, AND HOW WE TAKE CARE OF AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THE FORESTS. IN FACT, THE FORESTS HAVE SEEN FAR FEWER FIRES THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITHIN THE DISTRICTS. SO, UM, I I JUST ENCOURAGE OUR POP AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE, THE VISITORS, IT IS LOCALS THE FIRES ON SUNDAY WITH SOMEBODY THAT LIVES HERE YEAR, YEAR ROUND. AND SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ALL KNOW BETTER. I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO PROACTIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS. WE DID A EXPO BACK IN MARCH, AS YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. OUR NEXT BIG EVENT WOULD BE THE ANNUAL FIREWISE BLOCK PARTY. EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. SO I LEARN MORE. THERE WILL BE SPEAKERS, THERE WILL BE VENDORS, UM, LOTS OF FUN. THERE'S USUALLY SOME HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS. SO PLEASE COME LEARN MORE ABOUT LIVING IN A WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE. LEARN MORE ABOUT FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WITH THAT, I WILL STOP TALKING AND LET YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. KATRINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALWAYS KEEPING US IN THE LOOP, NOT ONLY HERE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS, BUT WITH YOUR EMAILS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY. NOT HEARING ANY. YOU MUST CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM, WE NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION. SO MOVE. WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. YOUR MAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYE. A. WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, [a. Consideration of a Proclamation proclaiming May 2025 as Building Safety Month] PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM FIVE, A CONSIDERATION OF A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING MAY, 2025 IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UH, YEAH, SO TODAY I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION, UM, THAT I'M ASKING, UH, THE BOARD TO APPROVE. UH, IT IS PROCLAIMING MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. UM, I'LL DO LIKE EVERYBODY AND READ THE PROCLAMATION TO YOU. UH, SO PROCLAMATION, UH, WHEREAS NAVAJO COUNTY NAVAJO COUNTY'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ISSUES OF SAFETY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AFFECT OUR CITIZENS BOTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND IN TIMES OF NATURAL DISASTERS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE AND THRIVING EFFICIENTLY. AND WHEREAS BUILDING SAFETY REQUIRES THE COLLABORATION OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, LABORERS, AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WORKING YEAR ROUND TO ENSURE THE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL USE OF GOVERNMENTAL CONSENSUS PROCESS THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WITH EXPERTISE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CODES TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK, WORSHIP, PLAY. AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL CODES THE MOST WIDELY ADOPTED BUILDING SAFETY AND ENERGY CODES IN THE NATION ARE USED BY MOST COUNTIES. AND THESE MODERN BUILDING CODES ALSO INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS FLOODS, SNOWSTORMS, AND FIRES. AND WHEREAS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH GAME ON THE THEME FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2025 ENCOURAGES ALL AMERICANS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIOUS ISSUES CONCERNING BUILDING SAFETY AND RECOGNIZES THAT LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY CODES BY LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES. AND NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIM THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THIS VERY IMPORTANT OBSERVANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING THAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE THE AYE. HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU. ITEM [a. Consideration of a Proclamation declaring the week of May 18 through May 24, 2025, as National Public Works Week in Navajo County.] [01:00:01] SIX, PUBLIC WORKS. CONSIDERATION OF PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH THROUGH MAY 24TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN NAVAJO COUNTY. MANNY? HI. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND SUPERVISORS. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION HAS SPONSORED NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SINCE 1960. THIS YEAR, MARCH THE SIX 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH AMERICA USE THIS WEEK TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS TEAM EXCELS IN PROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS BY PROVIDING ROADWAY AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, SNOW REMOVAL, OPERATIONS, ENGINEERING AND FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCUREMENT SERVICES, TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, COMMUNITY CLEANUP, COORDINATION, AND FLEET MAINTENANCE SERVICES. IN ADDITION, MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES PROVIDE WIDELY SUPPORT TO EMERGENCY RESPONDERS DURING SNOWSTORM, WILDFIRES, FLOODS, TRAFFIC CRASHES, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENCES. INCIDENTS. RECOGNITION OF, UH, NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN NAVAJO COUNTY OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSTANDING WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR EMPLOYEE THEY MAKE IN PROTECTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF NAVAJO COUNTY. WE ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF NAVAJO COUNTY TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE PROCLAMATION IS UPON THE SCREEN, UH, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING BOARD TO APPROVE THIS PROCLAMATION. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBER BOARD CHAIR? A MOTION? SO MOVED. CHAIR. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYES HAVE MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, [b. Consideration of award of contract #B25-03-004 Annual Contract for Slurry Seal to American Pavement Preservation, LLC.] CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT B 25 DASH THREE DASH 0 0 4 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR SLURRY SEAL TO AMERICAN PAVE PRESERVATION LLC MANNY. ALRIGHT, AND GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS. UH, THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS ANNUAL CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SLURRY SEAL SERVICES, UH, FOR OUR PAYMENT PRESERVATION, UH, PROGRAM. UH, WE USE SLURRY SEAL TREATMENTS FOR OUR, UH, PAYMENT PRESERVATION. UH, IN ORDER TO PROCURE THESE SERVICES. UH, SEAL PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED, UH, HERE AT THE COMPLEX ON APRIL 30TH, 2025. UH, NO BIDS WERE ACCEPTED AFTER 4:00 PM UH, BIDS WERE PUBLICLY OPEN AND READ ALLOWED AT 4:15 PM UH, FOR THIS CONTRACT. THREE BIDS. UH, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED. THE PRICING, UH, AND OTHER INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW. UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS RECOMMENDING THE AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS AMERICAN PAYMENT PRESERVATION LLC. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS. I ANY, UH, ENTERTAIN MOTION. MOTION THAT WE AWARD THIS TO AMERICAN PAVEMENT PRESERVATIONS. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C. THANK [c. Consideration of Task Agreement between the Fort Apache Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo County for gravel placement on Cromwell Road bus turnaround.] YOU. THANK YOU. CONSIDERATION OF TASK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FORT APACHE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NAVAJO COUNTY FOR GRAVEL PLACEMENT ON CROMWELL ROAD BUS TURNAROUND. NICOLE? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE FORT APACHE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS HAS REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF GRAVEL MATERIAL FOR A BUS TURNAROUND ON CROMWELL ROAD IN SIBI Q ARIZONA. THE PLACEMENT OF GRAVEL WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE BUS GETTING STUCK DURING WET PERIODS AND IMPROVE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS $1,887 IN 39 CENTS, AND THERE'S CURRENT CAPACITY IN THE HERF BUDGET. THIS PROJECT WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP PROCESS, THEREFORE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? UM, CHAIRMAN, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT CERTAINLY THANK YOU. UM, NICOLE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR OF CONVERSATIONS. UM, SO THAT [01:05:01] JUST KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE COMPLEX COMPLEXITY OF PARTNERSHIPS AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, BUT WITH ALSO WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SO, TUCO COMMUNITY SCHOOL, UM, WE HAVE OVER 500 STUDENTS WHO UTILIZE, UM, OUR ROADWAYS. AND SO THIS WILL BE A, A, A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN JUST LOOKING AT SAFETY. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, WITH THAT I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. WILL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. A AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE THE AYE HAVE, BUT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MOVE [d. Consideration of approval of a HSIP Scoping IGA with ADOT for Mogollon Dr: SR277 to SR260. ] ON TO ITEM D, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF OF A-H-S-I-P SCOPING IGA WITH ADOT FOR MO DRIVE SR 2 77 SR TWO 60. MR. FLAKE. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS MORNING. CONSIDERATION IS APPROVAL OF AN HSIP SCOPING IGA WITH ADOT FOR ION DRIVE BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 2 77 AND STATE ROUTE TWO 60 IN THE HEBREW OVER GUARD AREA. THE WORK PROPOSED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT CONSISTS OF SCOPING SERVICES TO REVIEW A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR HSIP APPLICATION TO INSTALL SHOULDERS AND RUMBLE STRIPS ON MO JONE DRIVE. THE SCOPING ALSO INCLUDES A DETERMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND RIGHT OF WAY PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS ALONG THAT ROADWAY, ADOT WILL ADMINISTER THE SCOPING AND FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A SEPARATE AGREEMENT. THE EXHIBIT A AND THE IGA DISCLOSES THE SCOPING COSTS THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO BE $40,000, WHICH INCLUDES A LOCAL MATCH FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH WOULD BE $2,280. I WILL TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ONE REGARDING THIS. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY SUPERVISOR SMORE? THANK YOU. CHAIR. THE ONLY ON THIS ITEM AND THE ITEM FOLLOWING IT, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT. IT'S, IT IS NEEDED. WE KNOW THAT IT'S NEEDED. WE KNOW THAT THEY DO IT. WE KNOW THAT IT IMPROVES SAFETY. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAYS, BUT YET WE'RE GONNA SPEND $40,000 ON EACH OF THESE TO TELL US YES, TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. SO IT'S JUST, UH, I'LL APPROVE IT, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO WASTE THAT MONEY RATHER THAN JUST GO AHEAD AND DESIGN IT AND DO IT. SO, BUT I KNOW IT'S, UH, REQUIRED SO WE FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE. WELL SAID SECOND. SO A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION THERE? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. YOU GUYS HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON [e. Consideration of approval of a HSIP Scoping IGA with ADOT for Lone Pine Dam Rd: SR77 to Burton Rd.] TO ITEM E, CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF HSIP SCOPING IGA WITH ADOT FOR LONE PINE DAM ROAD, SR TWO, SR. 77 TO BURTON ROAD. MR. FLAKE. THANK YOU. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM. UM, IT'S APPROVAL OF AN H-S-I-H-S-I-P SCOPING IGA WITH ADOT FOR LONE PINE DAM ROAD BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 77 TO BURTON ROAD, UM, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ONE. THE WORK PROPOSED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR SCOPING SERVICES TO REVIEW THE HSIP APPLICATION TO INSTALL SHOULDERS AND RUMBLE STRIPS ALONG LONE PINE DAM ROAD. UM, SIMILAR, IT HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $40,000, WHICH WILL REQUIRE $2,280 FROM THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR WILL NOT HEARING ANY CHAIR? TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. AND THEN THE AYES HABIT. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MR. BLAKE ONTO THE ITEM [f. Consideration of approval of a Professional Services contract with Wilson & Company for the Starlight Pavement Reconstruction Final Design - Phase 2.] F CONSIDERATION APPROVAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH WILSON AND COMPANY FOR THE STARLIGHT PAYMENT RECONSTRUCTION. FINAL DESIGN PHASE TWO. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIRWOMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. UM, JUST A A REMINDER, WE HAVE ALREADY DESIGNED PHASE ONE, [01:10:01] UH, PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT FOR STARLIGHT. UM, WE'RE HAVING A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING THIS WEEK FOR THAT PROJECT. THIS WOULD BE THE, EXCUSE ME, THE SECOND AND FINAL PHASE FOR THE STREETS IN THE STARLIGHT RIDGE, UH, DEVELOPMENT. THIS WOULD BE STARLIGHT PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, FINAL DESIGN. PHASE TWO WILSON AND COMPANY ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECT ARCHITECTS WILL PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE FINAL DESIGN AND PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH AS I MENTIONED IS PHASE TWO. THE PROJECT COVERS APPROXIMATELY 7,500 LINEAR FEED OF THE EXISTING ROADWAY WITHIN THE STARLIGHT RIDGE SUBDIVISION. IT'S LOCATED IN THE WAGON WHEEL AREA OF NAVAJO COUNTY. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES PAVEMENT, REHABILITATION DESIGN, EVALUATION OF ROADWAY GEOMETRY FOR TURNING MOVE MOVEMENTS AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS AND POT POTENTIAL INTERSECTION PAVEMENT WIDENING TO IMPROVE VEHICULAR OFF TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA. I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, CHAIRMAN? YES. AHEAD. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT STARTING PHASE ONE HERE SOON. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN, WE'VE HAD A POSITIVE RESPONSE, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK IN INVESTING IN THAT. SO THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. VOTE NAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON [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: ] TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. UH, G NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO MOVE INTO THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTE? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. NONE. HAVE IT. WE'RE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ORDER DIRECTOR SESSION. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA. ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD SUPERVISOR? SEYMORE? YES. CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM, ITEM ONE THAT WE HAVE. PERFECT. WE'LL PULL THAT ITEM THEN TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT. UM, THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST ONE ITEM, THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. YEAH. MR. FLAKE. I APPRECIATE, UH, HAVING THIS BEFORE US HERE IN THE FLOOD CONTROL. MY QUESTION IS OUT HERE IN LINDON TRAILS, IT HAS BEEN A, AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN MANY YEARS OF, OF TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION. AND SO IF WE HAVE THIS ENGINEER COME OUT AND WE SPEND THIS MONEY TO HAVE IT DESIGNED, ARE WE THEN GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDED, UH, REPAIRS? OR ARE WE JUST DOING THIS TO SEE IF IT MAKES IT FEASIBLE FOR US TO, UH, SPEND COUNTY MONEY AND TO BUY A PARTICULAR LOT THAT'S SHOWN HERE OFF A SHILOH TRAIL TO BE USED THAT AS ANOTHER COLLECTION OF WATER? IT, IT POTENTIALLY COULD DO BOTH. OKAY. UM, WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED A DESIGN TO KNOW HOW MUCH PROPERTY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR DETENTION FACILITIES. UM, WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO PROPERTY OWNERS. UM, THEY SEEM WILLING, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW SOME DETAILS. SO WITH THIS PROJECT PROJECT, WE'LL KNOW SOME DETAILS THAT WE CAN GO AND TALK TO THEM AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, DETERMINE WHAT'S NE NECESSARY, WHAT'S NEEDED, AND THEN AT THAT POINT COME TO SOME FINAL AGREEMENTS WITH THEM. AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DESIGN THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED. OKAY. YOU SHOW ON HERE KIND OF A TOPO OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, TO LOOK AT. COULD WE EXTEND THAT TO THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH? A LITTLE BIT. THAT TAKES IN, I THINK THE PIERCE PROPERTY. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS, UH, LINDEN TRAILS HAVE, HAS FELT LIKE A LOT OF WATER COMES FROM THE WEST AND THE NORTH MORE SO THAN DIRECT NORTH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT EXPAND THIS AT LEAST TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE FLYING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MAYBE THAT DRAW HOW MUCH WATER COMES DOWN, THAT PARTICULAR DRAW TO THE WEST. WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE TO DO? YES. AND AND THEY WILL CONSIDER, UM, THE FLOWS THAT WILL COME FROM THE WEST. OKAY. THE, THE AREAS IN GREEN ARE SHOWING WHERE THE DETENTION BASINS WILL BE. CAN BE, YEAH. SO THEY WILL CONSIDER WATER FROM THE [01:15:01] WEST AND ALSO FROM THE NORTHEAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S ALL MY DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, IF NOT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. AYE IT I NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO THE REGULAR. NO, WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON HERE. SORRY, WE'RE STILL IN THAT. PUT ITEM [a. Consideration of approval of a Professional Services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc for the Woodruff Drainage Improvements Final Design project.] TWO, REGULAR AGENDA CONSIDERATION APPROVAL, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE WOOD WITH TRAINER IMPROVEMENTS. FINAL DESIGN PROJECT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS. ITEM CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY HOR AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE WOODRUFF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT FINAL DESIGN PROJECT. THIS WILL BE BASED OFF, UH, A SCOPING PROJECT THAT WE HAD FOR KIND OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF WOODRUFF. UM, THIS IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR THE, FOR THAT AREA. UM, WOODRUFF IS AN UNINCORPORATED INCORPORATED AREA IN NAVAJO COUNTY. IT EXPERIENCES FREQUENT NUISANCE FLOODING, MOSTLY ALONG FIRST STREET AND COUNTY ROAD IN WOODRUFF. AND IT'S DUE TO THE LACK OF EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. CURRENTLY. RUNOFF FLOWS ALONG THE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS IN UNDERSIZED ROADSIDE DITCHES OR ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THEN PONDS AT INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT WOODRUFF. THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT INITIATED A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH I ALREADY TOUCHED ON, AND THAT WAS COMPLETED IN MARCH OF 2025. THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP A PROJECT FOR FINAL DESIGN WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE PROJECT PLANS, SPECIAL PROVISIONS AND ENGINEERS ESTIMATE, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE FIELD SURVEY AND SUPPORT DESIGN, ALONG WITH UTILITY LOCATING SERVICES AND, AND COORDINATION FOR THE PROJECT. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS. I'LL TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. PERFECT. THANK YOU MR. BLAKE. I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU AND THE TEAM FOR KIND OF TACKLING THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'RE IN WOODRUFF, UH, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT? THE DOWNTOWN THRIVING METROPOLIS? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. YEAH, . SO IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THOUGH. AND, AND THEY DO HAVE SOME FLOODING ISSUES THAT HAVE GONE ON THERE AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN, UH, AWARE OF THAT AND TRIED TO HELP THE CITIZENS, BUT NOW WE'VE KIND OF, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TAKEN A LOOK AT HOW DO WE LONG TERM, AND THIS MAY NOT BE QUICK 'CAUSE IT COSTS MONEY AND WE'VE GOTTA BE, YOU KNOW, MINDFUL OF THAT. BUT HOW DO WE ACTUALLY TRY TO CORRECT THIS SO THAT IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER? UM, AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND DONE DIFFERENT THINGS THERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE TEAM FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET THIS BALL ROLLING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN CHAIR, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 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. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION. SO. MOTION. ALRIGHT, 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. WE'RE NOW IN COUNTY [7. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members.] BUSINESS UPDATE. MR. CARLIN, ANYTHING TO UPDATE ON? NO. MR. LAYTON? THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST A QUICK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF JASON BOW. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU'RE NOT AN ACCOUNTANT AND YOU'VE NEVER DONE AN AUDIT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN FULLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO PREPARING ALL THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE COUNTY AUDIT. UM, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S IMMENSE. AND JASON, UH, AND WITH A VERY SMALL STAFF, UH, PUTS THAT TOGETHER EVERY YEAR. THERE'S MULTIPLE AUDITS AND SO THANK YOU JASON. UH, HE'S A FANTASTIC CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. WE APPRECIATE HIM GREATLY. SO THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, JUST REAL BRIEF, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF, UH, MEETING WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT THERE AT SHUTTLE SCHOOLS AND IN DISCUSSING SOME EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, HE WANTED TO WORK ON SOME GO BUCKETS. YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE IF THE SCHOOL HAD TO SHELTER IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THEY DO IF THE KIDS NEEDED SOME EXTRA FOOD, SOME DIFFERENT [01:20:01] THINGS LIKE THAT, OR IF THEY WERE NEEDING TO GO EVACUATE TO HAVE SOMETHING. SO I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH KATRINA AND WITH, UH, BRANDON CLARK THERE, THE CITY OF SHUTTLE, AND WAS ABLE TO PUT SOME GO BUCKETS TOGETHER, UH, TO HELP, UH, THERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALSO WAS ABLE TO HELP WITH, UH, THEIR TEACHER APPRECIATION THAT THEY HAD THIS YEAR. UH, THE SHUTTLE SCHOOLS REAL SIMPLE ROLE. UH, MY, MY LITTLE MOMENT OF HUMOR IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND THERE WAS A RAT PROBLEM IN A PARTICULAR CITY, SO THEY DECIDED THEY'D OFFER A REWARD IF ANYBODY BROUGHT IN THE TAIL OF A RAT THAT THEY'D PAY 'EM SO MUCH MONEY. WELL THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE BECAUSE THEY FOUND OUT PEOPLE WERE BREEDING THE RATS SO THEY COULD HAVE MORE MONEY. AND THEN THE CATS GOT LAZY AND FAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOTHING WORKS. SO EVEN WHEN YOU TRY AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE A SOLUTION, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK. SO I JUST, UH, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO MINDS ARE WORKING TOGETHER, UH, TO TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OUTTA THE RAT HOLES ONCE IN A WHILE. SO, THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR . UM, THANK YOU CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF. AS FAR AS FOR DISTRICT TWO, UM, WE'VE CONCLUDED OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUPS WITH SOME OF THE CHAPTER COMMUNITIES THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, IN, IN, IN THE RECOGNITION OF EARTH DAY LAST MONTH. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND VARIOUS CHAPTER, MAYBE EVEN PROVIDE VERBAL REPORTS AND THEN ALSO TAKE UP QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND, UM, PRESENT, NOT PRESENT THEM, BUT UH, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, UM, REFER THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE TRIBAL, UM, OFFICE, UM, TO ADDRESS THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS. AND THEN, UM, AND THEN ATTENDING, JUST YESTERDAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, I WAS A GUEST SPEAKER AT, UH, ROCKY RIDGE, UM, BOARDING SCHOOL. IT'S IN HARD ROCK, UH, WHICH IS FURTHER NORTH IN MY DISTRICT. SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE I GUESS YOU CAN SAY. 'CAUSE THAT'S MY FIRST TIME ADDRESSING, UM, CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING PROMOTED FROM KINDERGARTEN. SO I HAD TO, UM, LUCKILY THERE'S SOME SHEEPS AND HORSES AND COWS THAT I CAN REHEARSE TO, UM, AS AN AUDIENCE. UM, BUT UH, GOING BEFORE THEM YESTERDAY WAS VERY, UM, THAT FEELING OF KNOWING THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT A LOT OF THE EDUCATORS HAD INVESTED IN. THEN I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THEIR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, UM, WAS, IS THE WIFE TO MY PREDECESSOR SUPERVISOR THOMPSON. UH, MRS. THOMPSON IS THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER THERE AT, UH, UM, ROCKY RIDGE BOARDING SCHOOL. AND SHE'S BEEN IN THAT POSITION FOR OVER 40 YEARS. AND SO SHE'S SEEN A LOT OF, UM, EDUCATED A LOT OF STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN, UH, THAT HAVE PROGRESSED TO GRADUATING FROM EIGHTH GRADE THERE AND THEN GOING ON EITHER TO PENON OR EITHER HOPI OR TUBA CITY OR SOME OF THE BORDER TOWN COMMUNITIES OR EVEN IN FLAGSTAFF. UM, FOR, FOR TO FINISH THEIR, THEIR THEIR JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. AND SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE GRADUATING, UM, SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THOSE PARENTS, THERE WERE ALSO ONES THAT SHE WITNESSED, UM, BEING PROMOTED INTO FIRST GRADE. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE IN THAT AND THAT BROUGHT FLASHBACKS BACK AS IT WAS LIKE 34 YEARS AGO. I WAS BEING PROMOTED AS WELL HERE IN HOLBROOK, UM, FOR THAT SAME REASON. BUT IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE. AND, UH, THERE WERE 10, UH, KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THAT WERE PROMOTED. AND OTHER THAN THAT I JUST CONTINUED TO BE OF, UM, SERVICE AND BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ANY HEALTH AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES WITHIN MY DISTRICT. UM, THROUGH HEALTH, UH, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PL, UH, WINSLOW HEALTHCARE CENTER OR PINON, UM, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES. AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE SCHOOL EVENTS WITHIN MY LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AND THEN YESTERDAY, UM, ERIC CRYSTAL AND I DIDN'T GET THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL'S NAME, BUT UM, THEY WERE, UH, SET UP YESTERDAY TO KICK OFF THE FIVE, THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS PART OF, UM, COUNTY HEALTH MONTH, THOUGH THAT WAS LAST MONTH, BUT WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL, UM, RUN EVENT LAST NIGHT. AND, UM, I THINK I OVER, I DID OVERRUN. I I WENT BEYOND 5K, BUT I GUESS WHEN YOU GET THE RUNNERS HIGH, YOU JUST KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING. BUT OVERALL, I JUST ENCOURAGE FELLOW SUPERVISORS IF YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT, UM, OUR HR DEPARTMENT IN THEIR, IN THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVITY. AND THEN ALSO SHARE THE WORD AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE, UM, VISIBILITY AND APPEARANCE OF COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE FOUR EVENTS THAT ARE REMAINING. [01:25:01] SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME. CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, UH, SUPERVISOR BENELLI, THANK YOU CHAIR AND, UM, SUPERVISOR CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, JUST IN MY USUAL ONE OF CHAPTER MEETINGS AND NO VETERAN MEETINGS UPON DICTATION AND, UM, ALSO THAT MY QUARTERLY REPORT AT WINSLOW CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEETING ALSO WITH INDO BIA REGARDING ROADS. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I DID, UM, YOU GUYS PASSED THE IGA BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY AND, UM, BIA LAST MONTH, AND WE NEEDED TO GET THAT, UH, SIGNED BY, UM, NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT BLUE NI, AND I WASN'T GETTING ANSWERS, SO I HAD TO TRAVEL TO WINDOW ROCK TO MEET WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF AS WELL. I WAS THE NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT AND, UM, IT DID WHAT I WANTED WAS TO GET 'EM TO SIGN. SO I, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A DEADLINE SET. SO I DID, UM, INFORM THEM OF THAT AND THEY GOT TO SIGN THE, UM, IGA PRIOR TO THE, UM, THE DEADLINE. SO I WAS, UM, HAPPY AND THANKFUL TO THE NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT AS WELL AS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, AS WELL AS, UM, NICOLE AND MANNY BEHIND THE SCENES. UM, SO IAN HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE, UM, NEW POOLS OFFICE ROAD LOOKS REALLY NICE. IT WAS ALL, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST CONSTRUCTIONS THAT IS BEING DONE AS MANY MORE WELCOME ALONG. AND WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION ON, ON US HIGHWAY 1 63 AS WELL ON THE WAY TO OJ TWO. AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MAINTENANCE GRAVEL APPLICATION ON IN 80 30, I MEAN IN 80, 65. AND THEN, UM, LAST MONTH AS WELL, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I WENT TO THE MEETING OVER IN ST. JOHN'S WITH, UM, SENATOR KO, UH, REGARDING THE POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY, ET CETERA. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THANK, UM, KEN WERE BEING, UM, ON BOARD WITH, UM, NAVAJO ROOTS TO TRY TO GET TO FIND A GRANT FOR, UH, PENON ROAD. AND THEN IN THE END, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THANK ALL THE MOMS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY YESTERDAY AND THANK YOU FOR OUR MOM RATHER. UM, YOU ARE A MOM AND A DAD OR JUST A MOM. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UM, IT WAS YOUR DAY AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES THAT ARE COMING UP. WE ALREADY HAD, UM, ONE GRADUATION COME THROUGH AND, UM, GOT SEVERAL MORE GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, AND PINON, SO I'LL BE IN ATTENDANCE, HOPEFULLY MAY MAKE IT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO THE OTHER SIDE. SO JUST IN TIME. I GOT A FOUR HOUR, UM, LEEWAY THERE, ONE HOUR TO STAY AT ONE AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET TO THE SECOND ONE. ANYHOW, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND, UM, APPRECIATE YOU ALL BACK TO YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, VICE CHAIR WEINGER. UM, LET'S SEE. I'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS AND I'VE ATTENDED, I'VE ATTENDED THE FIRST WEEK'S REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, UM, COUNCIL WHERE I SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR. UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT LOCAL SUPPORTS FOR CHILDREN FROM ZERO TO FIVE YEARS OLD, UM, INCLUDING INVESTMENTS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND PRESCHOOL AND SO FORTH. UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE PINETOP COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, AND MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE LOCAL PROVIDERS THERE, OR 5 0 1 C THREES WHO PROVIDE SUPPORTS, UM, LIKE, UM, THE RE CENTER AND OTHER, UM, SUPPORT SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE HAD A FORT APACHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, UM, BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROPERTY THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO FORT APACHE, UM, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. MM-HMM . UM, TAKE SOME TIME TO GO OUT AND, UM, UM, VISIT THE MUSEUM. UM, AND WE [01:30:01] NOT THERE ON THE, THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE IS A LOCAL CAFE THAT IS OPENED BY A, UM, JAMES BEARD. UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? HE WAS, UM, SELECTED AS A POSSIBLE JAMES BEARD WINNER. UM, IT'S, UM, CAFE GAON. UM, IT'S A AWESOME PLACE TO GO HAVE LUNCH. SO WHEN YOU GO TO FORT APACHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, UM, TAKE A STOP THERE AT THE CAFE, BUT WE HAVE, UH, A DORMITORY THERE IN TRANSITIONING THAT DORMITORY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BUILD OR PROVIDE OFFICE SPACE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, CONFERENCE CENTER AREA AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROUD OF AND EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SEE COME TO FRUITION. I ALSO HAD SEVERAL TOWN HALLS. WE WENT ON THE TOWN HALL TOUR. UM, SO WE WENT TO WHITE RIVER, SIBI Q AND PINETOP. AND, UM, I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE DIDN'T HAVE A LARGE TURNOUT, WHICH I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED ABOUT. AND, UM, I CAN SHARE LOTS OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING QUICKLY BEFORE WE WRAPPED UP ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IN DEMOCRACY AND I'VE BEEN READING. AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT I CAME ACROSS TO BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF AN AMERICAN. WE, IT IS AN, IT IS AN ACT OF RADICAL FAITH. DEMOCRACY IS NOT A STATIC INHERITANCE, BUT A DYNAMIC COMMITMENT. ONE THAT MUST BE RENEWED THROUGH COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND THE DAILY LABOR OF SUSTAINING COMMUNITIES ACROSS DIFFERENCES. WE MUST DO THE ARDUOUS WORK NECESSARY IN LABORING NECESSARY LABOR OF FINISHING THE TASK WE ARE IN, NOT IN POLICY OR PROTESTS, BUT IN THE QUIET DAILY ACTS OF CHOOSING, CHOOSING HOPE, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DIALOGUE OVER DOGMA AND DIGNITY OVER DIVISION. WE MUST, IN LINCOLN'S WORDS, HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. NOT BECAUSE ITS INSTITUTIONS ARE UNBREAKABLE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE. IT'S PEOPLE REMAIN UNBROKEN AND THEY'RE RESOLVE TO HOLD OUR DEMOCRACY TOGETHER. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. UM, SO AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE SOME GRADUATIONS THAT'LL BE COMING UP. WE'RE THROUGHOUT COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. WE WISH THEM ALL WELL AND HAPPY IN SAFE GRADUATION. EXCITED. IT'S GONNA BE BUSY. I KNOW FOR MANY OF US, IT IS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, THAT WE JUST HAD MOTHER'S DAY AND WANT WISH. ANY MOTHER'S OUT THERE, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, APPRECIATED WHAT YOU DO. UH, I, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GIVE A LESSON ON, UH, SUNDAY AT CHURCH AND AS PART OF THAT LESSON, I ACTUALLY WENT TO GO AND TRY AND LOOK UP SOME STUDIES TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTHERHOOD, UM, AND MOTHERS TO SOCIETY. AND IT WAS PRETTY COMPELLING THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND ON THEIR INFLUENCE AND ROLE IN OUR SOCIETY AND HOW IMPORTANT MOTHERS TRULY ARE. SO I WANT TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THEM. UM, ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE SNOWFLAKE, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK TEAM. ONE STATE, AGAIN, THIS, UH, YEAR. I HAD A GOOD FRIEND THAT I WORK WITH AT MAHONEY GROUP. HE HAS A KID THAT'S ON THE VALLEY CHRISTIAN TEAM AND HE CAME UP TO ME FOR BAD IDEA, BUT HE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA WIN. I SAID, OH, REALLY? AND HE SAID, YEAH, HAVE YOU SEEN THE POINTS WE'RE UP RIGHT NOW? THAT WAS THE GIRLS THAT HE, UH, HE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A BET WITH ME THAT THEY WERE GONNA WIN. I THINK THE GIRLS WON BY OVER A HUNDRED POINTS, UM, ON THAT. SO IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE A, QUITE A REMARKABLE SECOND DAY FOR THEM. AND THEY DID GREAT. AND ANYHOW, IT WAS, IT WAS FUN TO TEASE MY FRIEND. SO ANYHOW, 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 ON TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC. AND FOR THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC, WE DO HAVE TWO, UH, TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED TO SPEAK. UM, JUST A REMINDER, THE INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD ON RELEVANT ISSUES FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE CLOSE OF CALL. THE PUBLIC BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS, BUT MAY RESPOND TO CRITICISM OR ASK STAFF TO REVIEW A MATTER OR ASK THAT THE MATTER BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA. SO WE HAVE MARK, UM, MARK IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, AND THEN PAUL BY MARK WE HAVE BOYD MARK CANAL. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS. I HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'S LINDEN TRAIL SUBDIVISION AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT CLEANING OUT THE DITCHES [01:35:01] AND ALL THOSE DITCHES WERE FULL OF CONCRETE, UH, GRAVEL STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN. AND THEY'RE STARTED FROM THE TOP END WORKING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. AND IN MY OPINION, YOU WOULD START ING WHERE THE PROBLEM IS GOING UP. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW. THANK YOU VERY YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT. WAIT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. CAN I SUBMIT SOME PICTURES? SURE. AND, AND A LETTER FROM ALL THE CONTINUE ONE YOUR PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT THERE. SURE. WAIT, THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, LETTING ME COME UP HERE. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IT WAS FUN. THERE WAS A HOPI ELDER THAT WAS HERE AND HE TOLD THE STORY THAT I STILL USE TO THIS DAY IN MY SHOP. AND THE STORY GOES ALONG THE LINE OF, YOU KNOW, WHY YOU'D NEVER SEE ANY CROWS SCATTERED ALONG THE HIGHWAY LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE? THE ANSWER IS 'CAUSE THE OTHER CROWS GO, GOD, GOD . I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS. ANYWAY, UH, I'VE SHARED THAT MANY, MANY TIMES. I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT MARK DOES. UH, I'VE BEEN, WE HAD AN ISSUE OUT THERE A COUPLE YEARS BACK WITH ONE OR TWO OF THE MEMBER PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, YOU'VE DONE GREAT. OKAY. I TOLD YOU WHAT A WHAT A GREAT JOB I THOUGHT YOU'VE DONE. BUT I THOUGHT WE, YOU SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE. I THINK YOU SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON ENGINEERING, MR. FLAKE. YOU KNOW, HAVE I NOT ALWAYS BEEN POLITE TO YOU? AND I TRY TO DO THAT WITH EVERYBODY, BUT WE, I'M BEGGING YOU TO RE AND I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU SOME MONEY. YOU'RE SPENDING SOME MONEY OUT THERE. IN MY OPINION, IT'S WORTH WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT. THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPENT RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP AND A COMPLIMENT. REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE USED TO HAVE SNOW? WELL, YOUR ROAD DEPARTMENT DID A FANTASTIC JOB EVERY YEAR OF CLEARING THE SNOW OFF. AND THE OPERATOR THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE DOING THAT PROJECT NOW IS SECOND TO NONE. HE'S, I, I'VE SENT SOME OF THE PICTURES THERE. REALLY, REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB. UH, I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH IT. IT'S DESTROYING SOME OF THE DITCHES THAT ARE THERE. I KNOW IT'S FOR FLOW, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD A FLOW PROBLEM. MY PARTICULAR HOUSE THERE, I'VE GOT ROCK ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN BOTH SIDES, DITCHES. I'VE GOT TWO ROADS THERE AND IT'S DONE FINE. I'VE EVEN GOT GRASS, UM, AND, AND LEAVES THAT ARE THERE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH THAT HAVE BEEN THERE. AND THE REASON THEY'RE STILL THERE IS, I, I CAN'T BURN, BUT THERE'S NO WATER THAT GOES DOWN THAT WAY TO BRUSH 'EM OUT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SENIORS THERE, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE LITTLE OLD LADIES AND GOD BLESS THEM, THEY CAN'T 'CAUSE MR. FLAKE, GOD BLESS HIM. HE SAID, WELL, YOU CAN MOVE THE ROCK OUT AND THEN WE'LL DIG IT OUT AND, AND THEN WE'LL JUST, YOU CAN MOVE IT WHEREVER YOU WANT OR WE'LL HAUL IT OFF. THESE LITTLE OLD LADIES CAN'T DO IT. UH, THEY, THEY'RE JUST NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL, UH, WHEREWITHAL. SO PLEASE LOOK AT IT AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO INSTRUCT MR. FLAKE AND HIS CREW TO STOP, LEAVE IT ALONE UNTIL THAT FINAL ENGINEERING REPORT IS DONE AND COMPLETE. AND I WILL SAY THIS, I KNOW AMOUNT OF TIME I WOULD NEVER ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY IMPACTS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS. UH, MINE WON'T HAPPEN. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE UP THERE THAT DEFINITELY HAVE SOME REAL SEVERE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. CHAIR. YES. I'LL JUST, UH, AND, AND, AND COMMENT HERE. JUST INSTRUCT, UH, STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS TO TAKE, UH, HEAT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID TODAY. I KNOW WE'RE DOING A STUDY, UH, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE DONE SOON. AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS TODAY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DIRECT STAFF AS, AS PROVIDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL STAND ADJOURNED FROM OUR PRIMARY MEETING. UM. * 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.