May 27, 2025 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, May 27, 2025 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 ]

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ALRIGHT,

[b. Presentation to Snowflake High School Track Team (girls & boys) for winning the Division 4 Track and Field State Championship]

WE ARE GONNA, UM, MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE SNOWFLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM, UH, FOR WINNING THE DIVISION FOUR TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO SUPERVISOR, UM, SEYMOUR.

HI .

WHERE DO YOU WANT US? JUST GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.

YOU MAY HAVE TO EVEN COME INTO HERE.

FACE US.

THERE YOU GO.

FACE HERE.

YEAH.

FACE THE BOARD.

GOOD MORNING.

IS THIS EVERYBODY? YES, SIR.

BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS.

OKAY.

I JUST WANNA, ON BEHALF OF NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR GREAT SUCCESS AND YOUR GREAT VICTORY.

I KNOW, UH, CHAIRMAN WHITING WOULD LIKE TO BE IN HERE TODAY TO TAKE, UH, THE GLOBE AS WELL, BECAUSE, UH, HE'S IN THAT AREA AND DISTRICT AND HE KNOWS A LOT OF YOU AND I DON'T KNOW YOU.

SO YOU GET A RIVAL COUGAR TODAY TO, UH, TELL YOUR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WHY DON'T WE JUST SHARE REAL QUICK WHAT, UH, EVENT YOU WERE IN, PLEASE, AND JUST GO DOWN REAL QUICK.

UH, A HUNDRED, 204 BY ONE.

OKAY.

UH, JUMPER AND HURDLES JUMPS.

UM, JUMPS AND JUMPS.

UM, FOUR BY FOUR.

FOUR BY FOUR AND FOUR BY ONE.

FOUR BY FOUR.

WHAT DID I TRIPLE JUMP? FOUR BY FOUR, FOUR BY EIGHT.

FOUR BY FOUR AND 800.

HAVE YOUR HURDLES.

100, 200 LONG.

GREAT.

GREAT.

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NOW AS, AS YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT YOU HAVE WON, UH, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, IT TAKES A LOT TO WIN A TEAM SPORT.

IT TAKES A LOT TO WIN AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT.

DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUAL, UH, STATE CHAMPIONS IN, IN YOUR EVENTS? OKAY, AWESOME.

A LOT OF, YES, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.

THE BOYS SECURED THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT TITLE, SCORING 110 POINTS AND FINISHING WELL AHEAD OF THE SECOND PLACE.

WITH 78, THE GIRLS TEAM DELIVERED A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE SETTING A NEW RECORD WITH 173.5 POINTS, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE NEXT CLOSEST TEAM, WHICH FINISHED WITH 76.

ALONG THE WAY, MULTIPLE SCHOOL RECORDS WERE SET AND 12 OF THE ATHLETES QUALIFIED TO COMPETE IN THE NEXT TRACK MEET, WHICH FEATURES THE TOP 18 ATHLETES FROM ALL DIVISIONS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK, IT TAKES A LOT OF GETTING UP EARLY IN THE MORNINGS, WORKING LATE AT NIGHT, A LOT OF SELF-DISCIPLINE, AND WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THOSE ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU'VE LEARNED THROUGH SPORTS AND CARRY THEM FORWARD IN YOUR LIFE.

COACH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE OR SAY? UM, THANK YOU BOARD FOR INVITING US HERE AND TO GET SOME RECOGNITION.

SOMETIMES OUR SPORTS IN THE SPRING AND, AND SCHOOLS GETS OUT AND, UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RECOGNIZE THEIR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE WE DID SOME OF THE OTHER SEASONS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US UP AND, AND HELPING US RECOGNIZE THIS WELL DESERVED HONOR.

SO, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

UM, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS TEAM THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD, LIKE YOU SAID, THE BOYS IS THEIR FIFTH IN THE YEAR, GIRLS THAT ARE NEAR, BUT TO HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS ARE SEPARATE TEAMS. AND SO TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM WENT TOGETHER, THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

WE'VE DONE THREE YEARS IN, IN A ROW NOW, SO IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND THEN EVEN ON OUR, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT NEXT TRACK MEET THAT WE'VE QUALIFIED FOR, UH, ARIZONA'S ONLY BEEN DOING THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE THAT.

UM, AND UH, OUR, OUR TEAM, OUR BOYS TEAM GOT SIXTH PLAYS AND IN THE ENTIRE STATE, AND ONLY ONE PERSON GOT ALL THOSE POINTS.

THAT WAS RYDER HALL RIGHT HERE.

SO IF YOU GOT PEOPLE, SEVERAL OF THESE ATHLETES HERE ARE OUR TOP ATHLETES IN, IN THE ENTIRE STATE TO MAKE FINALS AT THAT.

SOME OF 'EM HAD PROBLEMS, SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPETE THAT, THAT SECOND DATE.

BUT A LOT OF THESE ATHLETES THAT ARE HERE, UH, QUALIFIED BEING IN THE TOP EIGHT IN THE ENTIRE STATE, UM, AGAIN, RIDER'S NUMBER ONE IN THE ENTIRE STATE IN THE, THE LONG JUMP IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THAT'S AWESOME.

AND, UH, TOP THREE, FOUR AND SOME OTHERS.

AND OUR RELAY TEAMS, UM, WE WERE TOP IN THE STATE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAD MULTIPLE SCHOOL RECORDS.

I'LL LET MY KIDS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THAT.

BUT REALLY GRATEFUL FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN AND THE WHOLE WHITE MOUNTAINS, THE CULTURE THAT THAT WE HAVE IN, IN TRACK, THAT WE HELP BUILD EACH OTHER UP AND GRATEFUL FOR GREAT COACHING STAFF THAT WE HAVE THAT HELPS DEVELOP THESE KIDS, NOT ONLY AS ATHLETES, BUT AS AS GOOD CITIZENS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REPRESENT NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR AREA WHEREVER WE GO.

AND, AND NORTHERN ARIZONA, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW US FROM, FROM NORTHERN ARIZONA.

AND, UM, I THINK WE, WE DO THE AREA PROUD.

SO REALLY PROUD OF THESE GUYS, AND THANKS FOR COMING UP.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

REMINDED OF THE STORY OF THE MOVIE WAS RECENTLY OUT CALLED, UH, RAISING THE BAR AND IT FEATURES A HIGH JUMPER, NOT BACK IN 1912 FROM PARA JUAN, UTAH.

AND HE JUMPED UNORTHODOX.

HE LEARNED HOW TO JUMP BY JUMPING OVER FENCES.

AND EVERYWHERE HE RAN AS A YOUNG BOY, HE JUST JUMPED.

SO BACK THEN EVERYBODY DID THE SCISSORS AND THE HIGH JUMP.

THERE WAS NO FLAWS, BERRY, THERE WAS NO ROLE, BUT HE JUST, UH, JUMPED AND HE QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPIC TEAM, BUT THEY SCRATCHED HIM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT HE, THEY WANTED TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES THAT WAY AND IT WAS REALLY BAD.

BUT THEY HAD A COACH STAND UP AND GOT HIM ON THE ALTERNATE ROW.

AND AS HE ENDED UP THERE AND OVERSEAS, ONE OF THE GUYS GOT SICK AND WASN'T ABLE TO COMPETE.

AND THIS YOUNG MAN STILL WAS BULLIED BY HIS TEAMMATES BECAUSE HE WAS DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT IN JUST THE WAY HE JUMPED AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

HE WAS BIGGER, STRONGER AND EVERYTHING.

BUT IT WAS AMAZING THAT AT THE OLYMPICS, HE ENDED UP, UH, BEATING SOME OF THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD AT THAT TIME.

AND ON HIS FINAL JUMP, HE WAS ABLE TO SET AN OLYMPIC RECORD AND WIN THE GOLD MEDAL.

SO HE HAD A DESIRE AND HE HAD PASSION BECAUSE HE KNEW HE COULD DO IT.

AND ALTHOUGH HE MAY HAVE JUMPED DIFFERENT, HE STILL JUMPED THE HIGHEST.

SO MAY YOU GUYS, NO MATTER WHAT

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TAKE REMEMBER AS A TEAM, YOU ACHIEVE MORE.

NOW, SOME OF HIS INDIVIDUALS YOU REALLY EXCELLED, BUT AS A TEAM, YOU GUYS DID SOMETHING THAT'S PHENOMENAL THREE YEARS IN A ROW AS, AS BOTH YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN AND AS MEN.

SO CONTINUE TOGETHER, CONTINUE TO STAY CLOSE WITH EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND WHO KNOWS HOW HIGH YOU CAN GO.

SO THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A MEDAL.

IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST COME UP AROUND, WE'LL GIVE A MEDAL OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

AND I GOT, BEFORE WE DO THAT, SUPERVISOR, I THINK YOU HAD, YOU WANTED YOUR ATHLETES TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS COMMENTS PAPER SAID THE TEAM CAPTAIN.

YES.

YEAH, WE, WE HAVE A COUPLE SENIORS HERE.

SO, UM, THEY BROUGHT PAPER SCISSORS, WHO'S GONNA TALK TO US AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT.

GO AHEAD, NICOLE.

UM, ONE THING I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR TEAM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOW UP TO PRACTICE AND WE WORK HARD AND WE, WE LOCK IN, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN WE DO IT, BUT ALSO WE, WE HAVE FUN TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL FRIENDS.

THERE'S NEVER ANY DRAMA ON THE TEAM.

WE, WE FROWN PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE SHOULD, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN.

THE COACHES HUGE RUNNING SOMETIMES.

AND I THINK THAT CREATED A REALLY, LIKE GOOD CAMARADERIE WITH OUR TEAM AND WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER REALLY BIG AT TRACK MEET.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE CHEERING YOU ON, UM, LIKE JUST BEING TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND REALLY MAKING THIS SORT OF INDIVIDUAL SPORT.

WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE TEAM ASPECT OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND CONTRIBUTE YOUR SUCCESSFUL.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY.

HAVE SUPERVISORS JUST KIND OF CURVE AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT.

KIND OF GET SIDE SHOTS, YOU KNOW, FACING THE, YOU CAN TURN IT IN, UM, SIDEWAYS.

LITTLE BIT.

I THINK RIGHT HERE, THE CENTER'S GONNA BE RIGHT IN THE SEAL.

AWESOME.

UH, SO PERSON WHO'S IN THE CENTER STATE, RIGHT? AND EVERYONE TURNED KIND OF TOWARD HER ALL JOB.

SO QUIET.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WE ARE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M ALWAYS REMINDED THAT, UM, FOR EVERY YOUNG PERSON, UM, WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR THAT PERSON TO ACHIEVE THEIR SUCCESS? UM, OFTENTIMES, UH, IT'S PARENTS, UH, TEACHERS, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THERE ARE SO MANY, UM, FOR ONE CHILD.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK OF AN ENTIRE TEAM, UM, HOW MANY EXPONENTIAL PEOPLE TO TAKE, IT TOOK HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO ALLOW FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITIES WHO WILL ALLOW FOR OUR STUDENTS TO REACH SUCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WE

[a. Consideration of approval to enter into an agreement with Legacy Learning LLC and NCAD (Navajo County Accomodation District) to provide Dropout Recovery services for students in Navajo County. ]

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UM, WE'LL MOVE THE SHERIFF'S, WE'LL MOVE THE SHERIFF'S ITEM TO, UM, THE END OF THE AGENDA.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH LEGACY LEARNING, LLC AND NCAD, NAVAJO COUNTY ACCOMMODATION DISTRICT TO PROVIDE DROPOUT RECOVERY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

MS. LEWIS.

OKAY.

BOARD.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY.

OR WHERE DO I GO, HONEY? THAT'S MY FIRST ONE I'VE HEARD.

AND HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

I CAN HAVE THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

NO, WELL, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS PROGRAM, THE DROPOUT RECOVERY PROGRAM TO OUR ACCOMMODATION DISTRICT.

UM, LAST YEAR THE NAVAJO COUNTY DROPOUT RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY, OR GRADUATION RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86%.

AND SO THAT MEANS THERE'S 14% OF KIDS THAT, THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE'VE LOST, UM, THROUGH DROPOUT OR DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW, LET ALONE ALL OF THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ECONOMIC HEALTH, UM, CONSEQUENCES THAT HAPPENED FOR OUR DROPOUTS.

UM, THERE'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BACK IN 2016, THERE WAS A STUDY THAT SHOWED ABOUT, UM, IT'LL COST OUR COMMUNITIES APPROXIMATELY OVER $400,000 PER DROPOUT.

NOW THAT'S THE LAST THING ON MY MIND WITH THESE STUDENTS, IS WHAT IT COSTS OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT THAT IS A FACTOR.

AND SO AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR, UM, VETTING PROCESS OF CHOOSING A, A COMPANY FOR OUR DROPOUT, RECCO RECOVERY PROGRAM, WE WENT THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

TWO, ONE WAS FROM CALIFORNIA TRYING TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA.

ONE WAS, UH, HAS A STRONG PRESENCE IN ARIZONA, AND ONE IS, UM, WHICH WE ENDED UP GOING WITH WAS LEGACY LEARNING COMMUNITY.

AND THEY ARE BASED IN SHOW LOW.

THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE OUT OF.

AND WHY WE WENT WITH LEGACY LEARNING COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIRE TO TRULY CONNECT WITH THOSE STUDENTS.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN GETTING THESE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS WE ENROLLED THEM IN A DROPOUT RECOVERY PROGRAM, TO GET THEM TO ACTUALLY FINISH AND EARN THAT DEGREE.

WE NEED THAT ONE-ON-ONE PERSONAL SUPPORT.

UM, LEGACY KNOWS WHAT OUR COUNTY IS ALL ABOUT.

THEY KNOW OUR NEEDS.

THEY'RE LOCAL.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A GREAT, UM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY PRICE WITH THEM.

SO HOW A DROPOUT RECOVERY PROGRAM WORKS IS THAT THIS COMPANY PROVIDES THE CURRICULUM, THEY CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THE SUPPORT, AND OUR ACCOMMODATION DISTRICT IS BASICALLY THE VEHICLE FOR THEM TO USE, UM, OUR ACCREDITATION AND OUR, UM, ESTABLISHMENT OF A, OF A DISTRICT FOR A DROPOUT RECOVERY PROGRAM.

SO I'D LOVE YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE US TO GOING AHEAD WITH LEGACY LEARNING COMMUNITY, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS PROACTIVE ROLE IN, IN TRYING TO HELP THEM, BECAUSE I DO KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, RECOMMEND AS PROPOSED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH LEGACY LEARNING LLC.

SECOND FAVOR.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU.

ITEM NUMBER

[a. Consideration of Award of Contract #B25-03-026 Contract for Hauling Waste Tires to CRM of America, LLC.]

MR. FLAKE, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THE VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU THIS MORNING.

UM, NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTERS A WASTE TIRE RECYCLING PROGRAM, AND THIS PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A DEQ.

THIS CONTRACT IS FOR HAULING AND DISPOSING OF WASTE TIRES FROM NAVAJO COUNTY'S WASTE TIRE COLLECTION SITES, AND THEY'RE DELIVERED TO A RECYCLING PLANT.

THE CONTRACT HAS AN INITIAL TERM OF ONE YEAR, AND THEN THE OPTION FOR UP TO FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWALS.

WITH THIS CONTRACT, UH, THE, THE BID WENT OUT, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID, AND BASED ON THAT BID, WE RECOMMEND AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO CRM OF AMERICA, LLC.

I'LL TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE 'EM.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, UM, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER.

DO

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SO THIS YEAR IT ENDS AT THE END OF JUNE, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT LAST YEAR ENDING IN JUNE OF 24, THEY'D, THEY HAULED OFF 1414.36 TONS, TONS OF TIRES.

YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT DOES GET USED.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, WE DID A KIND OF LIKE A, I GUESS A LITTLE SHOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THOSE, WHERE WE WERE ON, UM, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT COUNTY CONNECTION? COUNTY CONNECTION ON CITY.

I DON'T CALL IT CITY FOUR.

IT'S IN HERE WAY TOO MUCH.

SHOW TV, SHOW TV, NOW IT'S SHOW TV.

BUT WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR, UH, THE PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TO THEY, WHAT IS THE TIRE RECYCLING PROGRAM? WHERE DO PEOPLE BRING 'EM? UM, THE AMOUNT OF TIRES THAT ARE BROUGHT.

UM, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED AT JUST HOW EASY IT IS FOR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANTING TO BRING THEIR TIRES.

UM, THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND PROVIDING, AND IT'S NOT ONLY TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

UM, WE HAVE OUR TIRE BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH, AND THEY CAN BRING THEIR TIRES.

SO I WAS VERY, UM, HAPPY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, THANK YOU.

UM, WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF CONTRACT B TWO FIVE DASH ZERO THREE DASH 0 2 6 CONTRACT FOR HOLLAND TIRES TO CRM OF AMERICA.

LLC.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU.

UM, AND

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

SO WE HAVE NAVAJO COUNTY BLOOD CONTROL CONTROL DISTRICT.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO MOVE INTO NAVAJO COUNTY BLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT MOTION.

SECOND IT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE, UM, ONE ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, CONSIDERATION OF AWARDED CONTRACT FOR B 25 0 1 0 0 2.

FULL HOUSE LANE CULVERT TO PERKINS CENTER INCORPORATED, AND MR. FLAKE WILL BE PRESENTING.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THIS PROJECT IS ON FULL HOUSE LANE.

IT'S AN EXISTING CULVERT THAT NEEDS EXPANDED.

UM, MANY TIMES THE CULVERT HAS BACKED UP.

IT'S CAUSED THE WATER TO SPREAD OUT AND RUN UNCONTROLLED OVER FULL HOUSE LANE.

SO WE, WE HAVE A, A PROJECT THAT WAS DESIGNED.

IT WENT OUT FOR BID.

WE RECEIVED ONE BID FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT WAS FROM PERKINS SENDERS INCORPORATED.

AND THE, THEIR BID IS UNDER OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT TO PERKIN SENDERS.

THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR EFFORT AND ESPECIALLY, UH, MR. FLAKE HERE FOR WORKING ON THIS.

I KNOW THEY WORKED FOR A LONG TIME WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE, SOME OF THE SCHOOL TRYING TO GET, UH, THE DIFFERENT EASEMENTS APPROVED SO THAT THIS COULD BE CHANGED.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PROBABLY ON OUR RADAR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF, OF BEING ABLE TO GET THIS DONE.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONTRACT B 25 0 1 DASH OH OH TWO TO FULL HOUSE LANE BOX CULVERT TO PERKINS CINDER INC.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL SECOND AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL NEED A

[a. Update on Renewable Ordinance Discussion]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES UPDATE ON RENEWABLE ORDINANCE DISCUSSION.

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GOOD MORNING CHAIR SUPERVISORS.

UM, SO TODAY CODY'S GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE RENEWABLE ORDINANCE.

UM, HE'LL GO THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE, AND THEN WHEN HE'S DONE, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE, UM, RECOMMENDING BEING ADDED TO THE PROCESS AND KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

OKAY.

VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY ORDINANCE AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING SOLAR AND WIND, AND WANTED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE HIGH LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN A TIMELINE FOR YOU AS WELL.

SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER HERE TO MISHA.

UM, SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGH A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH AS WELL AS WORK SESSIONS WITH THE BOARD, UH, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND DEVELOPED A RENEWABLE ENERGY ORDINANCE.

UM, AT THE HIGH LEVEL, THE ORDINANCE WILL BE COMBINING GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR BOTH WIND AND SOLAR.

UH, AND THEN IT WILL ALSO HAVE UNIQUE SECTIONS FOR WIND AND SOLAR THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM THAT.

UH, AS FAR AS THE COMBINED STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE THERE, THERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT COULD BE USED IN LIEU OF OR IN COMBINATION WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT MISHA WILL GO MORE IN DEPTH WITH.

UH, WE'VE ADDED IN SOME OF THOSE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, UH, THAT WOULD BE THERE FOR THE RENEWABLE PROJECTS.

SOME OF THE PREFERRED PERFORMANCE CRITERIA LIKE SITING ON, ON OTHERWISE UNSUITABLE LAND OR LESS DESIRED LAND.

UM, WE DID GO THROUGH AND ADD STRONGER LANGUAGE FOR FIRE.

UM, SO THAT'S CODIFYING THEIR, THEIR INVOLVEMENT AS A PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, UM, CODIFYING AS THEY GO THROUGH WITH CONSTRUCTION FOR REVIEW ON THESE, UM, AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL RESPONDING AGENCIES.

UH, WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE LANGUAGE AND SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE ANYTHING CHANGED OR STRENGTHENED.

AND WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE FINAL LANGUAGE TO WHERE THEY FEEL INCLUDED AND EMPOWERED BY THAT PORTION.

UM, WE HAVE ADDED IN STRENGTHENED ROAD USE AGREEMENT PORTIONS TO THIS WHERE WE HAD LOOKED PREVIOUSLY AT POST-CONSTRUCTION.

THIS ALSO INVOLVES ROAD USE AGREEMENTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.

UM, THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO FIRE.

SO WE HAD THEM REVIEW THAT AS WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD THEIR PROPER FEEDBACK WITH THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ADDED IN REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS TO CONSULT WITH ANY MUNICIPALITY OR TRIBAL ENTITY IF THEIR PROJECT BOUNDARY IS LOCATED WITHIN FIVE MILES OF ONE OF THOSE BODIES.

UH, AS WELL AS MANDATING THE USE OF BEST AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY, UH, AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL MINIMIZE WILD LAND IMPACTS AND WILDLIFE IMPACTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO CODED CODIFIED, WHICH WE REQUEST AND EXPECT THIS OF APPLICANTS, BUT MADE SURE TO PUT IT IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THERE WILL BE ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL WETLAND AND PHOTO SIMULATION STUDIES DONE FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT COME TO NAVAJO COUNTY.

SPECIFIC TO THE WIND, WE HAD ADDED IN A WAIVER FOR NON-PARTICIPATING PROPERTIES.

UM, NOT REQUIRED, BUT IT ALLOWS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES TO GO THROUGH AND A WAVE ANY OF THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY SO DESIRE IN WORKING WITH AN APPLICANT.

UH, WE'VE ADDED IN A SIMILAR CLAUSE FOR SOLAR.

AND THEN SPECIFIC TO SOLAR, UM, WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT SETBACK STANDARDS JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T PRODUCE THE FLICKER OR THE SOUND THAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM WIND.

UM, SO WE'VE MADE THOSE SPECIFIC TO ZONING DISTRICTS THERE AND THEN ADDED IN PROVISIONS FOR SCREENING ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

UM, AS A FINAL PORTION, THERE WAS A, A FEE SECTION ADDED SPECIFIC TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY.

UM, SO IT WOULD APPLY ONLY TO THOSE PROJECTS, UH, JUST BECAUSE THEY INVOLVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF REVIEW THAN WE MIGHT SEE WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

WHEN WE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE WORK SESSION TENTATIVELY, WE HAD SAID WE WOULD NEED APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS, UH, TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD.

UM, SO COMING BACK IN JULY, UH, WE HAVE WORKED AS DILIGENTLY AS POSSIBLE ON THIS, AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A STATE LAW AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN ADVERTISE AND PROCEED.

AND WE ARE CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD ON JUNE 24TH, SO A MONTH AHEAD OF OUR TIMELINE THAT WE HAD EXPECTED FOR THIS.

SO TENTATIVELY, UM, PROVIDED THE PROCESS MOVE SMOOTHLY HERE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD NEXT MONTH WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND POTENTIALLY ENACT AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, UM, THAT WRAPS UP MY PORTION, I CAN ANSWER THOSE OR I CAN HAND OVER TO MISHA AND WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CODY.

ANY QUESTIONS? JUST GREAT JOB.

UH, YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS.

YOU HAVE SEEN IT HAPPENING, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

YOU REALLY DO.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S ME AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS.

UM,

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THERE ARE SEVERAL COUNTIES IN ARIZONA THAT UTILIZE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS PART OF THEIR LAND USE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.

UM, THESE AGREEMENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY CONTRACTS THAT ARE BETWEEN A COUNTY, UH, LANDOWNER OR DEVELOPER.

AND THEY OUTLINE THE SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

UH, KEY AREAS OFTEN COVERED IN THESE AGREEMENTS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION, PHASING, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS SOMETIMES ARE SPECIAL TAX TAXING DISTRICTS.

UM, AND IT ENSURES CONSISTENCY WITH THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE ARE PROPOSING CHANGE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW DAS, UM, IN PLACE OF, OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUVS.

SO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IS DAS SUVS OF SPECIAL USE, UH, PERMITS, ESSENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, TYPICALLY YOUR LARGER PROJECTS, UH, THE COUNTY WOULD WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER THROUGH, UM, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN HAVE THE BOARD RATIFY THE AGREEMENT BY RESOLUTION.

THE SUP PROCESS CAN BE USED, UM, UH, CAN ALSO BE DONE REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, BUT WOULD TYPICALLY BE USED FOR SMALLER PROJECTS.

A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT RESOLUTION IN ARIZONA IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN A DEVELOPER AND A COUNTY THAT OUTLINES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPERTY.

THE RESOLUTION IS RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AFTER APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE BREAKDOWN OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

UH, YOU HAVE THE PARTIES, SO THE, THE RESOLUTION SHOULD CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNTY AS PARTIES INVOLVED.

UH, YOU'LL HAVE A PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.

UM, IT SHOULD SPECIFY THE EXACT LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY, UH, BEING DEVELOPED.

THERE'LL BE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

UH, THE AGREEMENT SHOULD OUTLINE SPECIFIC DETAILS SUCH AS DURATION, UM, HOW LONG THE AGREEMENT WILL BE IN EFFECT, UH, PERMITTED USES.

UH, SO THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY DENSITY AND INTENSITY.

SO DETAILS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF UNITS, HEIGHT, SIZE, ET CETERA.

PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THERE CAN BE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ROADS, UTILITIES, SEWER SERVICE, UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DEVELOPMENTS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST, UH, UH, A SOLAR OR WIND.

WE CAN USE THIS FOR ALL DEVELOPMENTS PHASING OF DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SO YOU CAN SET THE TIMELINE AND STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND YOU CAN HAVE OTHER MATTERS.

SO ANY OTHER RELEVANT, UM, RELATED, RELEVANT DETAILS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE, UM, PREFERRED CRITERIA CAN COME IN, AND WE CAN GET INTO SPECIFICS OF THOSE.

UM, WITH EACH DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S RECORDING.

SO ONCE APPROVED, THE RESOLUTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE.

UM, AND THEN HERE'S SOME BENEFITS OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THERE'S CERTAINTY AND STABILITY.

SO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS PROVIDE CERTAINTY FOR DEVELOPERS KNOWING WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT RULES WILL BE.

THERE'S INCREASED PREDICTABILITY.

IT HELPS STREAMLINE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BY REDUCING THE RISK OF FUTURE CHANGES IN ZONING REGULATIONS.

AND THERE'S COLLABORATION.

THE, THEY ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNTY, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED FOR THE PROCESS IS, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO GET LEGAL, UM, TO HELP US MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATE TEMPLATE.

UM, WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF WORKING, UM, TO, TO GET A TEMPLATE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN FRONT OF OUR LEGAL TEAM.

UM, THE DEVELOPER WOULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY STAFF, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND LEGAL TO NEGOTIATE THE AGREEMENT.

UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT AT LEAST THE SUPERVISOR WHOSE DISTRICT THE PROJECT IS IN REVIEW, BUT COULD CHOOSE TO WORK THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS IF THEY WANT TO.

AND THEN THIS WILL HELP MAKE THE RATIFICATION THROUGH THE RESOLUTION EASIER FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO HOLD PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS PRIOR TO WORKING ON ANY AGREEMENT.

AND THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE IT'S ADOPTED DURING A PUBLIC MEETING, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, CAN ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO ANY ADOPTION.

SO THIS DOESN'T TAKE AWAY, UM, THE, THE PUBLIC, UH, INVOLVEMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

WE WANNA BE VERY CLEAR OF THAT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A, A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHAT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFY ANY, ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME UP THROUGH IT, OR AGAIN, CODY HAD.

ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF WHAT CODY WENT THROUGH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS ON OUR SPECIAL USE, UH, PERMIT THAT WE ALLOW, WE ASK FOR THAT TO COME BACK EVERY TWO, EVERY THREE YEARS TO BE REVIEWED.

AND I'M SURE WE CAN PROBABLY PUT THOSE SAME TYPE OF CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT AS SUCH.

AND I KNOW IT STREAMLINES THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT TO THE END OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT STILL ALLOWS FOR, UH, UH, PUBLIC INPUT AT THE FINAL STAGE.

VICE CHAIR, DOES THIS STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING, OR DOES IT

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UM, IT STREAMLINED THROUGH YOU.

IT DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

OKAY.

UM, THAT THAT'S THE PART WHERE IF WE, IF WE DO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT MAKES IT A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS THE SAME SENTIMENTS THAT SUPERVISORS HAS SHARED AND GRATITUDE.

I THINK, UM, WE HAVE SEEN THE PROCESS UNFOLD, UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO, UH, WHAT IS BEST NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GOOD STRONG PATHWAY FOR ALL OF THE PARTNERS INVOLVED.

AND I THINK, I LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID WAS THAT IT OPENS THE DOORS FOR COLLABORATION.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMETIMES, UM, THERE ARE NEEDS THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T EXPECT.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS AND ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, REVIEWED, THAT THERE'S BEEN A THOROUGH REVIEW TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT EVERY, EVERY CORNER OF THIS, I GUESS.

AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT ABOUT, UM, ROADWAYS IN THE EVENT OF FIRES, UM, HOW DO WE COLLABORATE AND PARTNER WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IF IT'S TRIBAL OR NON-TRIBAL? UM, SO THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

I REALLY DO, UM, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN INVESTED IN THIS BECAUSE I, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY.

I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNTY THAT, UM, NAVAJO COUNTY, WE REALLY TRY TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LANDOWNERS AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO INVEST IN BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS PART OF THAT AND HAVING A STRONG POLICY TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SHERIFF.

LET'S SEE.

UH, WE HAVE, WE MOVE THE SHERIFF'S ITEM AND WE'RE GOING TO

[a. Presentation of a Medical Aid Award to Navajo County Sheriff's Office dispatcher Kendal Webster, and Sheriff's Life-Saving Award(s) to Navajo County Sheriff's Office Deputy Austin Huddleston and Show Low Police Department dispatcher Amber Price.]

YES.

GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR MOVING OUR ITEM BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAD THREE EMPLOYEES THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE TODAY, AND ONE OF THEM WAS BUSY WORKING OVER IN HE PLUS LITTLE TRAVEL TIME.

SO APPRECIATE YOU ACCOMMODATING US.

UM, THIS MORNING, WE, UM, WANNA PRESENT, UH, KIND OF VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THREE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS AND MANY OTHERS THAT, THAT WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT'S NOT THAT I STRUGGLE BRINGING THESE THINGS TO THE BOARD.

UH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE DOZENS OF D OF, OF, OF EVENTS THAT ARE, UH, QUITE REMARKABLE AND NOTEWORTHY OF GIVING PRESENTATION THAT GO ON EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR.

BUT I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF WHICH ONES WE BRING AND HOW OFTEN WE BRING IT.

UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT INVOLVED SEVERAL OR TWO DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

UM, IT, IT IS JUST KIND OF ONE OF THOSE GOOD STORIES THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT AND YOU'RE, MAKES YOU SUPER PROUD OF THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE INTO COMMUNICATION, THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE INTO THESE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY TRULY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND WE SEE THIS THROUGHOUT, UH, ALL, ALL OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, IS HE NOT HERE YET? HE'S JUST A FEW MINUTES OUT.

HE'S JUST A FEW MINUTES OUT.

SO YOU'RE THE ONE STABBED? WHAT'S THAT? YOU'RE THE ONE? YEAH.

YEAH.

I JUST, I DIDN'T CUT ENOUGH WIRES JUST TO GIVE MYSELF JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

YEAH.

BUT IN THAT I WAS GONNA RECOGNIZE THESE THREE EMPLOYEES, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY THAT THAT ALSO CAME TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.

UM, BUT FIRST WE'RE GONNA HAVE KENDALL WEBSTER IF HE WANTS TO JOIN US UP FRONT HERE.

I KNOW HE'S GONNA GET EMBARRASSED IF I HAVE TO STAND UP HERE, THEN HE HAS TO AS WELL.

UM, AMY, DO YOU WANT TO JOIN US AS WELL? AND AMBER AND THEN AUSTIN.

AUSTIN, YOU

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WHAT AM I DOING? I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THREE, THREE OUTSTANDING, UH, INDIVIDUALS.

THIS IS AUSTIN HUDDLESTON.

HE'S, UH, DEPUTY SHERIFF, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UM, BEEN WITH THIS ALMOST A YEAR THIS SUMMER, RIGHT? UH, EIGHT MONTHS.

YOU'VE BEEN EIGHT MONTHS.

YOU'S A VETERAN OR A TRANSFER FROM PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT.

HE LOOKS LIKE A CHILD HIMSELF, BUT HE HAS SIX CHILDREN OF HIS OWN.

I ALWAYS, I FOUND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO ME.

HE, HE'S SIX KIDS, BUT HE DOES, UH, THIS IS KENDALL WEBSTER.

KENDALL'S BEEN WITH US COUPLE YEARS.

UM, KENDALL FIRST STARTED IN OUR ORGANIZATION AS A, UH, VOLUNTEER WITH OUR PATROL POSSE PROGRAM, THEN DID DOZENS AND DOZENS OF HOURS EACH MONTH.

AND HE, UH, JOINED OUR DISPATCHER COMMUNICATION CENTER, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

AND, UH, YEAR AND A HALF NOW, HE'S A TRAINER.

HE'S TEACHING, HE'S DOING, HE'S DOING GREAT WORK.

AND, UH, HE'S A PHENOMENAL EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE.

I SAID AMBER, AMY.

AMBER, AMBER, , AMBER, UH, COMES TO US FROM THE SHOW.

LOW, UH, DISPATCH CENTER AND OBVIOUSLY IN SHOW LOW, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN THERE.

I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT I'VE BEEN DISPATCHING FOR 17.

YOU'RE APACHE COUNTY PRIOR, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO BEEN IN THE PROFESSION FOR 17 YEARS.

UM, SO ON APRIL 8TH, WHICH WAS A TUESDAY, IT WAS A BOARD MEETING DAY.

WE WERE ALL HERE HAVING DIFFERENT RECOGNITIONS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.

I THINK WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES THAT SAME DAY AROUND NOON.

UM, MS. UH, THE MITCHELLS, MR. AND MRS. MITCHELL, DO YOU WANNA RAISE YOUR HAND? THEY, UH, MRS. MITCHELL HAD CALLED 9 1 1, UH, FROM IN OVERGUARD BECAUSE HER HUSBAND, UH, GARY MITCHELL AND GARY, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL? WE'LL PICK ON YOU.

.

GARY.

GARY MITCHELL LIVES IN HEBREW, OVERGUARD WITH HIS WIFE.

AND GARY'S ACTUALLY BEEN A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS.

AND, UH, HE WORKS WITH OUR SAV PROGRAM AND GARY ACTUALLY TOOK A LEAVE OF ABSENCE, UH, TO WORK ON A COUPLE THINGS APRIL 1ST.

AND, UH, HE WAS HOME AT HIS RESIDENCE ON APRIL 8TH.

UH, IT WAS JUST AROUND NOON.

GARY COLLAPSED IN, IN THE KITCHEN AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND FELL OVER AND IS WHAT, UH, WERE YOU MAKING LUNCH? IS THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON? AND, UH, DEBORAH THERE FOUND HIM IMMEDIATELY CALLED 9 1 1 REACHED KENDALL.

UH, KENDALL, LIKE I SAID, IS A TRUE PROFESSIONAL, PICKS UP THE PHONE, COMPLETELY CALM, IMMEDIATELY, KNEW THAT HE NEEDED TO GET FIRE SERVICE OR MEDICAL SERVICE, WHICH IS DISPATCHED THROUGH, THROUGH SHOW LOW, BUT HE WANTED TO GET A DEPUTY EN ROUTE.

AND SO MULTITASKING HOW I'M THE TYPE OF GUY WHO FOCUSES ON ONE THING AT A TIME.

SO HE, KENDALL IMMEDIATELY STARTS GETTING AUSTIN, UH, DEPUTY HUDDLESTON EN ROUTE AND MEANWHILE TRANSFERS THE CALL TO SH TO CHOLO TO GET HEBREW FIRE AND COMMUNICATES WITH, WITH, UM, CHOLO TO EXPLAIN AT, AND DOESN'T MISS ANY OF THE DETAILS.

'CAUSE YOU GOTTA TELL HIM WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHAT, WHAT THE TYPE OF SERVICES THEN IN IT, WHY HE IS IN ROUTE.

AUSTIN ARRIVES WITHIN TWO TO THREE MINUTES, IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT VERY QUICKLY.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, SOMEBODY WATCHING OVER, UH, MR. MITCHELL.

SO AUSTIN'S THERE REAL QUICKLY.

UM, DEBORAH BEGINS CPR AND A FROM THE DIRECTION OF, OF, OF, UM, MS. PRICE.

AND GET GETS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT GOING AUSTIN SHOWS UP IMMEDIATELY, TAKES OVER AND DOES CPR FOR FIVE TO SIX MINUTES.

UH, BEFORE, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG BEFORE, UM, BEFORE HEBREW PARAMEDICS SHOW, AND THEN HE'S TAKING, WERE YOU TAKING THE SUMMIT? YOU DON'T KNOW YOU WEREN'T I WAS OUT .

UH, THEN FLOW START THE SUMMIT START, IT WAS TAKEN TO SUMMIT, THEN FLOWN INTO THE VALLEY.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IT WAS NOT A HEART ATTACK, BUT IT WAS THE, UH, SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.

SO IT WAS CARDIAC ARREST WHERE THE ELECTORAL AND I, MEDICAL TEAMS ARE GONNA ROLL THEIR EYES AT ME, BUT THE ELECTRICAL IMPULSES OF YOUR HEART THAT KEEP IT IN RHYTHM AND KEEP IT GOING, GOT DISRUPTED, INTERRUPTED AND HIS HEART STOPPED WORKING.

AND THEN IT WAS THE CPR COMPRESSIONS THAT THEY TEACH US NOW THAT WE, WE RENEW THAT, THAT GOT THE HEART PUMPING AGAIN AND IN RHYTHM.

AND THEN HE WAS SET.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PHENOMENAL STORY AND IT'S WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, I, MR. MITCHELL CALLED ME A COUPLE.

WE, I GOT WIND OF IT A WEEK OR SO LATER.

AND THAT'S WHY I TELL YOU THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

AND OUR DEPUTIES ARE SAY, LIVE.

BUT MR. MITCHELL HAD CALLED AND LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL

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HE SAYS, WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS INCREDIBLE.

AND YOU KNOW, IN MY POSITION, I GET LOTS OF COMPLAINTS OF WHAT THEY'RE NOT DOING OR THE ACTIONS THAT PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

BUT TO GET A PHONE CALL THAT DAY FROM GARY AND HE JUST SAYS, HEY, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I SAYS, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT IT FOR A WEEK.

UM, HE JUST SAYS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HIRING AND, AND TRAINING AND KEEPING SUCH OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS TYPE OF, UM, OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IS JUST GOING ON.

IT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY AUSTIN WAS, HE WASN'T LATE.

WE, HE WAS SERVING OTHERS.

AND, UH, HE HAD TO, HE HAD TO TRAVEL FROM HIS PATROL AREA BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE, THEY'RE GOING SO ON WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE HERE IN THEIR SUPPORT.

WE HAVE KAITLYN, SHE'S OUR DISPATCH SUPERVISOR.

WELL, I KNOW WE'VE RECOGNIZED HER.

SHE'S THE ONE WHO SETS THE STANDARDS, KEEPS THE, KEEPS THAT, UH, ACTIVITY GOING AND, AND, AND THE TRAINING WITHIN OUR DISPATCH CENTER.

CATHERINE IS CATHERINE.

OH, THERE SHE IS.

SHE'S, I, SHE'S THE SHE DISPATCH COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR.

UM, AND THERE THEY WORK HAND IN HAND.

AND THE, AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 8TH WAS THAT, THAT, THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO AGENCIES THAT WORK TOGETHER AND CHIEF UH, PROVOST SHOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS US AS WELL.

SO THAT'S JUST QUICKLY A RAMBLING STORY THAT I'VE REALLY PROUD OF, OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TODAY WAS PRESENT THESE THREE, UM, EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR, THEIR LIFESAVING EFFORTS THAT THEY PERFORMED FOR, UH, MR. GARY MITCHELL AND, UH, APPRECIATE THEIR, THEIR DEDICATION HEROES IN THAT DAY.

SO WITH THAT, I HAVE, UM, THESE AWARDS FOR PRESENTED FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

WE GOT ONE FOR, UH, AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

DE I ALWAYS CALL HIM AUSTIN.

HE'S JUST LIKE A FRIEND, BUT HE'S DEPUTY, DEPUTY HUDDLESTON, AND THEN FOR AMBER, UH, FOR HER LIFE SAVING THANK YOU EFFORTS ON THE PHONE THERE.

AND THEN CERTIFICATES.

AND WE GOT, THERE'S AUSTIN, THANK YOU AMBER.

AND THEN PRESENT, UH, KENDALL HERE WITH HIS MEDICAL MEDICAL AID AWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH.

AND I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, MR. GARY TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND HE SAYS, HEY, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? OF COURSE YOU CAN.

WELL, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE THING.

WHAT I HAD IS CALLED A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.

IF IT'S AN OUT OF HOSPITAL SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, THE SURVIVAL RATE IS 10%.

SO IT'S DUE TO THESE PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS ARE THE REASON I'M HERE.

WELL, THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO, TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT, UM, THANK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TEAM FOR HELPING ARRANGING THIS AND PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND, AND SHARING THE STORY.

AND, AND BRUCE WROTE UP THE NICE EVENT, BROUGHT IT TO THE STAFF AND SAYS, HEY, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THIS.

AND WHEN GARY HAD CALLED ME, I SAYS, WE HAVE SELF, YOU KNOW, KENDALL STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER.

UH, AUSTIN, UH, MOVES UP HERE, TRANSFERS TO OUR AGENCY, LOVES LIVING IN HEBREW REGARD.

GARY'S BEEN VOLUNTEERED WITH US FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

AND I WAS, IT JUST, WHEN YOU SEE EMPLOYEES HELPING EACH OTHER AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK TIME AND TIME AGAIN ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS AND WHEN THEY, UH, WERE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT.

AND, AND TO HAVE GARY GIVE ME A CALL AND TO SEE GARY AGAIN AND TO CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT, THANK YOU FOR TAKING, ALLOWING US TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO CELEBRATE, UH, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

WE APPRECIATE THE CAP PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? I'M JUST GONNA COMMENT REAL BRIEFLY HERE, UH, MRS. MITCHELL, I THINK, UH, YOU ALSO DID A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW CPR AND, AND AMBER PRICE, WHO TALKED TO HER THROUGH IT ALL FOR FIVE MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.

UH, SHE DID THAT AND JUST PAUSE FOR CHECKING PULSE AND THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE.

THANK YOU FOR KNOWING WHAT YOU DID.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR STANDING UP AND DOING YOUR JOBS ON THAT DAY, BECAUSE MR. MITCHELL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE STILL HERE.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT PAYS OFF TO SERVE A LITTLE BIT, UH, AS A VOLUNTEER.

'CAUSE THEN THEY RESPOND A LITTLE FASTER.