* 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. [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT'S NINE O'CLOCK. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, July 15, 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 ] GET STARTED WITH THE MEETING. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED WITH AN INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALL, UH, ALLEGIANCE LED BY SUPERVISOR. ASHLEY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. HEAVEN. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING, FATHER GOD. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE GATHERED HERE TOGETHER, FATHER, AS LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THOSE FROM OTHER RESPECTIVE OFFICES AND VISITORS THAT ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, AND ALSO THOSE THAT ARE ALSO JOINING US ONLINE. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT BLESSING BE UPON THE AGENDA THAT IS SET BEFORE US, AND THE PROPER DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS WILL TAKE, UM, WILL TAKE THE NE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS THAT WE WILL TAKE. FATHER, WE JUST LEAVE IT, LEAVE IT UP IN YOUR HANDS, FATHER, GOD. AND LORD, WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY, FROM NORTH TO THE SOUTHEAST TO THE WEST, FATHER GOD, AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO IN TRAVELING STATUS. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOUR BLESSING BE UPON THEM AND YOUR MERCY BE CONTINUE TO EVER ABOUND UPON THE LORD AND THOSE THAT MAY HAVE HEARTACHES. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE COMFORT IN THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED OF HEALING. WE PRAY THAT RESTORATION OF GOOD HEALTH BE APPLIED UNTO THEM AND THOSE THAT ARE NEEDING STRENGTH, WE PRAY THAT IT WILL BE RENDERED UNTO THEM AS WELL. AND FATHER, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE PRAY ALSO, FATHER GOD, FOR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THOSE IN VARIOUS POSITIONS, FATHER GOD, THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WE PRAY THAT YOUR GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION BE UPON 'EM AS WELL AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE OF SERVICE AND TO, TO RENDER THOSE AGE TO THOSE THAT MAY NEED IT, FATHER. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEM, FATHER GOD. AND LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR BLESSING ALSO BE UPON THOSE THAT ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY, LORD GOD, THOSE THAT ARE STATIONED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE THAT ARE STATIONED ABROAD. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOUR BLESSINGS ALSO BE UPON 'EM AS WELL, AND THEN COMFORT THEIR FAMILIES, FATHER GOD AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR ALL LEADERS THROUGHOUT THIS WORLD THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COUNTRIES AND THOSE THAT ARE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY, WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE SOUND JUDGMENT AND ADVISEMENT FROM THEIR ADVISORS. FATHER GOD. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE AND FOR BRINGING US HERE TOGETHER AS WE LEAVE THE DAY IN YOUR HANDS AND ALL THAT. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. FATHER GOD, FATHER I SAY THESE THINGS IN CHRIST NAME AND I PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INADMISSIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WR. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US. BE HERE TODAY IN THE, ALRIGHT, WE'LL [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:] GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET STARTED. WE HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? CHAIR, JUST TO COMMENT, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, YOU KNOW, GRANTS HERE AND I THINK IT'S THE WORK OF A LOT OF OUR DIFFERENT, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE WORKED TO GO OUT AND, AND TO FIND GRANTS. WE HAVEN'T FROM THE TASK FORCE WITH THE SHERIFFS, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WITH LEGAL. SO I JUST APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS BECAUSE IT HELPED SAVE THE CITIZENS IN OUR COUNTY MONEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR IS SO MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED. SECOND, THIRD, A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AND OPPOSED WILL MADE HEARING UNANIM AYE. MOTION PASSES. UNANIM, WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION. SO MOVED. SECOND. A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NA. BUT WE'RE NOW IN [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: ] THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT MEETING. WE HAVE BE FORCED TO CONSENT AGENDA. ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO? IF NOT, CHAIR AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED. PERFECT. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. PERFECT. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE. MAY THE AYES HAVE IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA. EMPLOYEE. OH, NO, WE CAN'T. WE GOTTA COME OUT OF THE MOVE TO RETURN TO A REGULAR, UH, SESSION. PERFECT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. NOW WE'RE [a. Navajo County recognizes the following employees for their excellence in personal performance, far exceeding the organization's expectations for the month of July: Clinton Haddox (Public Works); Jenna Perkins (County Attorney); and Jeanine Carruthers (Public Works)] AT ITEM THREE, EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO DAVE PETERSON. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THREE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. THE FIRST ONE IS CLINTON HADDOCK. [00:05:05] IS HE NOT HERE TODAY? OH, COME ON UP, . I HAD LIKE, JUST TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS SAID ABOUT HIM FROM, UM, SUPERVISOR BENELLI. SUPERVISOR BENELLI GOT HERSELF IN A SITUATION WHEN HER CAR BROKE DOWN, UM, ABOUT A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED MILES, 150 MILES AWAY. AND CLINTON WAS, UH, FAST TO COME OUT AND BRING HER ANOTHER CAR AND GET HER BACK ON THE ROAD AND MAKE SURE SHE WAS SAFE THE WHOLE TIME. UM, HE'S ACCOUNTABLE WITH PRACTICING SAFETY WHEN HE WAS HAULING THE VEHICLE. MORE THAN 150 MILES TO HER, UM, SHOWS INTEGRITY AND BEING HONEST ABOUT ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VEHICLE I DRIVE. UM, EXCELLENT JOB SKILLS WHEN HE PUTS HIS MIND TO IT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT AND WHERE THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM. UM, GIVING OUT HELP AFTER HOURS AND HAVING THE WILLING WILLINGNESS TO DRIVE FAR WHILE HE COULD HAVE BEEN HOME DOING SOMETHING ELSE OR HAVING DINNER WITH HIS FAMILY. NEXT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, JENNA PERKINS IS JENNA HERE? COME ON UP. YOU STAY UP HERE FOR A SECOND. JENNA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN AN OUTSTANDING TEAM PLAYER WHEN THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAME AROUND, WHICH IS THE VICTIM'S RIGHTS SYMPOSIUM. UM, SHE TOOK FULL OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY AND FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH EVERY LITTLE DETAIL WITH RESPONSIBILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS. THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THE SYMPOSIUM, JEN, JENNA CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, AND PROFESSIONALISM. JENNA'S COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE WAS EVIDENT IN EVERY ASPECT OF HER WORK. YOU SOME GREAT PARTS ABOUT JANINE. THIS WAS SUBMITTED BY NOT AN IMMEDIATE TEAM MEMBER, BUT SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP AND UNDERSTAND TRANSPORTATION SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT COME UP IN MY POSITION WHEN THERE IS ANYTHING PROCUREMENT RELATED TO PROJECTS THAT I AM HELPING CROSS THE FINISH. UH, SHE'LL HELP CROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH YOU. SHE'S ACCOUNTABLE. SHE'S PATIENT WHEN GIVING, UM, CONTENT AND BACKGROUND NEVER TALKS DOWN TO YOU. AND SHE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ASKING DUMB QUESTIONS OR THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING. SHE TREATS PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING. I BELIEVE HER CONTRIBUTION OR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO WORKING WITH OTHERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENT IS KEY TO THE DRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE WHEN HITTING A ROADBLOCK IN A PROJECT OR TIMELINE. JANINE IS QUICK TO ASSESS AND HELP COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. AND THESE ARE YOUR THREE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I HAVE, GO AHEAD. UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A HUGE THANK YOU OVER THE YEARS FOR, UM, CLINT AND THE OTHER TWO AS WELL. UM, THE MAIN THING IS THAT HE WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR IN THE MIDDLE TO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE TO MAKE [00:10:01] SURE THAT I WAS SAFE AND THAT MY VEHICLE, HE WOULD BRING A VEHICLE AND HE WOULD TAKE THE ONE THAT IN THAT NEEDS REPAIRING. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM AND, UM, BEING WILLING TO GO THAT EXTRA MILE FOR I'M SURE FOR OTHERS TOO, BUT AS, BUT FOR ME AS WELL. AND SOMETIMES I, YOU KNOW, WONDER IF HE EVER GETS TO GO HOME, TO HIS FAMILY, BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HIM. AND, UM, THIS LAST TIME IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY HOT AND IT WAS GETTING PRETTY HOT AND, AND, UM, MY, I, I HAVE KIND OF LIKE A BLOWOUT, SO I WAS, UM, WONDERING WHERE HE WAS, BUT HE ALWAYS FIND ME. UM, HE'S ALWAYS ABLE TO FIND ME, UM, WHATEVER ROAD I'M ON, DIRT ROAD, BUMPY ROAD, DUSTY ROAD AND PALEY ROAD. THANK YOU. USUALLY I AM WHERE THE BEYOND WHERE THE Y THE PAVEMENT ENDS AND THE WILD WEST BEGINS. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE AND GIVE HIM MANY, MANY THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO THE REST OF YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I REALLY ENJOY THIS PART WHERE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND THE FACT THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES OR PEOPLE HAVE HONORED YOU BY PUTTING FORWARD YOUR NAME AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT. LET'S GIVE 'EM ANOTHER HAND. [a. Presentation to Martha Redhorse Lee for her 55 years of service to the Seba Delkai Community School] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOW GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THERE IS ANOTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND I WON'T SAY MUCH ABOUT IT. SO I'M TURN THE TIME OVER TO SUPERVISOR . UH, GOOD MORNING CHAIR. UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, GUEST AND STAFF. UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TO EXPRESS ON BEHALF OF, UM, ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT TWO, UM, WHICH ENTAILS ABOUT 10 NAVAJO NATION CHAPTERS, 10 HOPI VILLAGES AND FOUR NON RESERVATION COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WITHIN MY DISTRICT. AND THROUGH OCCASION THERE'S SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THAT I HAVE, UM, BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH. AND THEN FROM THERE DEVELOPED, UM, FRIENDSHIPS AND THEN ALSO THROUGH OUR NAVAJO CLAN SYSTEM. I GUESS YOU WOULD ALSO SAY IN NAVAJO IS, EH, AND THEN, WHICH IS IN ENGLISH YOU SAY, UM, KINSHIP. AND SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS AN AND AN APPRECIATION, UM, WITH IMMENSE RESPECT, UM, AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO HONOR, UM, MARTHA RED HORSE LEE, FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY, UH, 55 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS AN EDUCATOR, A MENTOR AND ROLE MODEL. UH, HER JOURNEY BEGAN IN HEAD START, THEN DELCON GREASEWOOD BACK TO DELCON. AND FINALLY, UH, SEBA AL KAI. UH, LIKE THE SKILLED WEAVER WHO METICULOUSLY CRAFTS A NAVAJO RUG. MARTHA HAS WOVEN KNOWLEDGE, VALUES AND CULTURAL PRIDE INTO THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS STUDENTS, CREATING A TAPESTRY OF STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE WITHIN OUR SOUTHWEST NAVAJO COMMUNITIES. EDUCATING ON THE NAVAJO NATION, UM, PRESENTS UNIQUE CHALLENGES COMPARED TO OFF RESERVATION EDUCATION. THE REMOTENESS OF MANY COMMUNITIES, LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE NEED TO BRIDGE CULTURAL AND LI AND LINGUISTIC, UH, DIFFERENCES REQUIRE AN EDUCATOR WITH EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION AND CREATIVITY. MARTHA HAS NOT ONLY MET THESE CHALLENGES, BUT HAS EXCEEDED THEM, CONTINUE CONSISTENTLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE HER STUDENTS RECEIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION. SHE IS LIKE THE STEADFAST DEKA, WHICH IS THE LAND OF WHERE OUR PEOPLE ARE FROM OUR, IT'S WHAT OUR, WHAT WE, UM, CALL, UM, OUR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND. PROVIDING A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR HER STUDENTS TO GROW AND TO THRIVE. HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION HAS NOT ONLY PROVIDED INVALUABLE EDUCATION, BUT ALSO HAS FOSTERED A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR OUR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS, ENSURING THE VIBRANT CONTINUATION OF OUR HERITAGE. JUST AS THE SACRED MOUNTAINS GUIDE OUR PEOPLE, UM, MAR JUST, UH, MARTHA'S [00:15:01] WISDOM AND GUIDANCE HAVE ILLUMINATED THE PATHS OF HER STUDENTS, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THEIR LIVES WITH CONFIDENCE AND PURPOSE. UH, HER KINDNESS, PATIENCE, UNWAVERING BELIEF, AND THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY NAVAJO CHILD AND GEN AND GENUINE CARE FOR HER STUDENTS HAVE MADE A PROFOUND, UH, DIFFERENCE, TOUCHING SO MANY HEARTS. HER LEGACY OF KNOWLEDGE, COMPASSION, AND VISION WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SO WE ARE, AND I AM INTERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, HER EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THEN ALSO HER ENDEARING SPIRIT. AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS, UH, AS A, IN MY FORMER POSITION AS A TRIBAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A, UM, A, UM, AT THAT TIME MET MARTHA, UH, THROUGH VARIOUS, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, AS BEING TASKED TO GO AND SUPPORT AND REPRESENT THE COUNTY ON BEHALF OF FORMER SUPERVISOR. AND THROUGH THAT, UM, I HAD MET, UM, MARTHA THROUGH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, THE SOUTHWEST NAVAJO FAIR AND PARADE. AND THEN ALSO THROUGH VARIOUS, UM, EVENTS AT SAVE ALKA BOARDING SCHOOL, WHICH IS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF STO. AND SO I'VE SINCE THEN, UM, DEVELOPED, UH, A FRIENDSHIP AND ALSO, UM, WE ALSO TEASE ONE ANOTHER ON OCCASION WHEN WE SEE EACH OTHER. UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, HAVE COME TO RES HIGHLY RESPECT, UH, MARTHA FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO DO. AND ALTHOUGH SHE'S RETIRED AND ENJOYING RETIREMENT, UM, SHE HAS HER HOME LIFE AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. SO, MARTHA, IF YOU CAN JOIN ME UP HERE, I'M GOING TO RE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU, UM, THIS, UM, PLAQUE. AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT. AND IT SAYS, PRESENTED WITH PROFOUND APPRECIATION AND IMMENSE RESPECT TO MARTHA REDHORSE LEE. FOR HER FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY 55 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS AN EDUCATOR, MENTOR, AND ROLE MODEL. YOUR TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING NAVAJO CHILDREN HAS SHAPED COUNTLESS LIVES, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY, AND CULTIVATED A GENERATION OF CONFIDENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND CULTURALLY GROUNDED LEADERS. YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION HAS NOT ONLY PROVIDED INVALUABLE EDUCATION, BUT ALSO FALSE, FOSTERED A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR OUR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS, ENSURING THE VIBRANT CONTINUATION OF OUR HERITAGE, YOUR KINDNESS, PATIENCE, UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY NAVAJO CHILD. AND GENUINE CARE FOR STUDENTS HAVE MADE A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE TOUCHING SO MANY HEARTS. YOUR LEGACY OF KNOWLEDGE, COMPASSION, AND VISION WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS TO COME. WE ARE INTERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, YOUR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENDURING SPIRIT AHHA. SO HERE YOU ARE, MARTHA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR PR CONGRATULATIONS MARCO. UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. [b. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Liquor License for Keith Brian Turner for Truckstop AZ located at 5549 SR 260, Lakeside, AZ] UM, ITEM FOUR B. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY. WHOA. WE HAVE, WE ALLOW THE SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. SHE DID 20 TODAY, SO , IT'D BE GOOD TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER. IT ACTUALLY SAYS YOUR AGE HERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY GAVE ME YOUR AGE, BUT , WE WON'T SHARE THAT. HAPPY IF EVERYBODY COULD TO JOIN US REAL QUICK. WE WANT TO SING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THANK YOU. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB AND SHE'S HAPPY TO GIVE ATTENTION TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT CERTAINLY DOESN'T WANT IT ON HERSELF. BUT YOU CAN TELL WE WANTED TO HONOR YOU TODAY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, SO THANK YOU. YEAH. WELL WE WILL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU NOW. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION OF A LIQUOR LICENSE. THIS LIQUOR LICENSE IS FOR KEITH BRIAN TURNER FOR TRUCK STOP, ARIZONA. HE IS THE AGENT FOR THE OWNERS. UM, THIS IS LOCATED AT 5 5 4 9 STATE ROUTE TWO 60 IN LAKESIDE. THIS IS FOR A 0 0 6 BAR LICENSE. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TREASURER'S OFFICE, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALL RESPONDED WITH APPROVALS FOR THE LICENSE. AND THE 20 DAY POSTING REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THIS UP 'CAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. UM, WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION? IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME ON THE [00:20:01] S LIQUOR LICENSE? ANYONE LINE? NO. OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF IT. ANY DISCUSSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? HEARING NONE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THE OPPOSED MAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYE. HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMITY THANK THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA [a. Presentation to Sergeant Scott Badger on his Retirement from Navajo County after 20 Years of Service] GO TO ITEM FIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SERGEANT SCOTT OR A PRESENTATION TO SERGEANT SCOTT BADGER. I'VE READ IT THE OTHER WAY SO MANY TIMES. UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR HIM. WE'RE GOING INVITE ERICA AND, UH, BRUCE, I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY BE JOINING HIM AS WELL. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS MORNING. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND THEIR RETIREMENT. IF WE COULD HAVE SERGEANT SCOTT BADGER COME ON UP. SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET TO KNOW SERGEANT BADGER OVER THE, THE YEARS THAT THAT WE'VE BOTH BEEN HERE AT THE COUNTY. UH, I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT HE IS VERY HELPFUL, KIND, AND A DILIGENT EMPLOYEE OF NAVAJO COUNTY. BACK IN, IN 2019. SERGEANT BADGER AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO THE STATE. UH, NAVAJO COUNTY WAS RECOGNIZED FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ICA, THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF ARIZONA AND SERGEANT BADGER. AND I GOT TO GO DOWN AND, UH, REPRESENT NAVAJO COUNTY AND, AND BE HONORED THERE. AND THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. I'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SERGEANT BADGER DURING THE ELECTION SEASON AND, AND HE JUST IS A, A WONDERFUL EMPLOYEE AND WE'RE GONNA MISS HIM HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY. I WISH HIM THE BEST COMMANDER. TUCKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TOO? THANK YOU, SIR. MR. CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY TO RECOGNIZE SERGEANT BADGER. WE ARE TRULY APPRECIATIVE. SERGEANT, UH, BADGER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US. HE HAS BEEN, UM, THE GUY THAT I COULD CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HE WOULD ANSWER CHEERFULLY AND RESPOND AND STEP IN TO BE THAT GUY THAT WE, WHEN WE NEEDED HELP, HE WAS THERE FOR US AND WE'RE TRULY GOING TO MISS HIM. UM, RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO PATROL FOR US WHEN WE WERE IN NEED. HE STEPPED UP, DIDN'T, UH, UH, BLOCK AT THE CHALLENGE OF GOING BACK TO PATROL AFTER YEARS OF BEING PART OF OUR ADMINISTRATION. I WAS ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND I TRULY APPRECIATE HIS WIFE. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR OUR OFFICE, 40 CUMULATIVELY PRIOR TO WORKING FOR OFFICE, HE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE AS PART OF THE MILITARY POLICE. SO CUMULATIVELY, 40 YEARS, TRULY A RARE ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR LINE OF WORK. IT'S A DIFFICULT LINE OF WORK AS YOU WE ALL KNOW. UH, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY TO YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE, HELP US RECOGNIZE SERGEANT BADGER AND TO SERGEANT BADGER AND HIS WIFE FOR THE DEDICATION TO OUR OFFICE. WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE TO SMILE. , NO SMILING FOR YOU. YEAH, IF YOU COME UP, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOU, YOUR WIFE COME UP WITH YOU. ANYONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO JOIN US? HEY, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO TALK TO THE SHERIFF AND MAKE SURE YOU TELL OFFICE HOW DO WE WANT TO DO, WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD AT ORGANIZING OURSELVES. . YOU GUYS GOTTA SHUFFLE THIS WAY. WE NEED SOME PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE. YES, WE WANT TO DO, OKAY, SO EVERYBODY, LET'S GET SCOTT AND, UM, LET AUDREY CENTER WITH BRAD LITTLE MORE. YOU COME TO THIS SIDE THAT'LL BALANCE OUT THE [00:25:01] OFFICERS WITH THE SUITS ISH. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU MIND? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? THE LAPTOP? JUST CLOSURE. OH, IF YOU COULD, YEAH, THE WATER BOTTLES. THANK YOU. ONLY HAVE WATER BOTTLE WE ALL FIT IN? YES. ALL RIGHT. 1, 2, 3. BIG CHEESE. DO ONE FROM THIS. ALRIGHT, 1, 2, 3. ANY COMMENTS OR WHILE WE CAN THANK YOU. I'LL BE AROUND UNTIL AUGUST DATE, BY THE WAY, , GOOD TO SEE YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE SIR. ALRIGHT, [b. Consideration and adoption of the proposed Tentative Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 for Navajo County.] WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW. GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, ITEM B, CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL 25 THROUGH 26. JASON, THANK YOU. I DUNNO HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS, BUT GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY. I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. CHAIRMAN, I'M VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR A FISCAL 26. I CAN FIGURE THIS THING OUT. IT WAS WORKING THIS MORNING, . OH, THERE WE GO. I JUST, I SAID GO ON. THE RIGHT RIGHT IS FORWARD. LEFT IS BACKWARDS. GOT IT. . ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED CHAIRMAN, UM, WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF MEETINGS AND, UM, WITH, WITH YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF, OF THE BOARD. AND THAT INCLUDES SOME BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT WE'VE HAD AFTER, UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETINGS. AND SO, UM, THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE KIND OF TALKS ABOUT WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN AS STAFF AND THEN AS WE'VE DISCUSSED THE, THE BUDGET, THE UPCOMING BUDGET WITH, WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. UM, SO A STEADY APPROACH, UM, MEANING THAT WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, MEANING OUR RECURRING REVENUES ARE EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING OUR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES. UM, IMPROVED BUT NOT GREAT FOR OUR, OUR FORECASTING. UM, SO WE, WE ARE FORECASTING, UM, SLOWER GROWTH IN OUR, IN OUR SALES TAX AND A POTENTIAL FUTURE LOSS, UM, IN, IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. FROM THE, THE CLOSURE OF THE, OF THE CHOA POWER PLANT. UM, OUR OTHER FOCUS HAS BEEN ON EMPLOYEES SPECIFICALLY WITH THEIR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND LOOKING TO IMPROVE COUNTY OPERATIONS AND KEEP INNOVATING AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO OUR RES RESIDENTS. AND THEN, UM, THE LAST ONE IS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, THAT WE HAVE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, UM, IMPLEMENTING IN INTO THE FISCAL 26 BUDGET. SO IT'S A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED OUTLOOK. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE A, A MODEST, UM, COST OF LIVING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING. UM, WE HAVE PRIORITIZED, UM, DIFFERENT PROPOSALS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES THAT WOULD HAVE THE MOST IMPACT COUNTYWIDE THAT, THAT TOUCH THE, THE MOST, UM, SERVICES AND THAT INVESTMENTS TO IMPROVE THE STAFF, UM, PERFORMANCE. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT LIMITED OVERALL BUDGET CAPACITY DUE TO THAT SLOWING REVENUE FORECAST WITH OUR SALES TAX AND THAT IMPENDING CLOSURE FROM NATOYA THAT WILL IMPACT OUR PROPERTY TAXES. JUST TO MAKE NOTE, IT'S NOT IMPACTING OUR PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO, WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THAT AS WE KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING UP IN, IN THE NEXT, UM, FISCAL YEAR. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, A MODEST COLA THAT'S A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. WE'RE LOOKING AT MAINTAINING OUR GOOD JOB PAY, WHICH ALLOWS OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH, UM, UM, SOME COMPENSATION IN, IN PAYCHECKS, UM, SABBATICAL LEAVE, WHICH IS A, A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WANTING TO IMPLEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES. AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME MORE DETAILS, UM, FOR THAT LATER. UM, WE ARE, UM, ALSO GONNA RECOMMEND AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE FOR ANNUAL PHYSICALS. AND SO THAT KIND OF GOES IN PART WITH THE UNFUNDED NOT RECOMMENDED. SO TYPICALLY WE'VE DONE ONE-TIME PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES, SO WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THE ONE-TIME PAYMENTS, UM, THAT JUST GET ADDED TO EMPLOYEES, UM, REGARDLESS, AND TRY TO USE THAT ONE [00:30:01] TIME PAYMENT AS AN INCENTIVE FOR ANNUAL PHYSICALS FOR EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO BE PROACTIVE AND BE PREVENTATIVE WITH OUR HEALTHCARE. THAT HAS BEEN REALLY RESULTING IN, IN SAVING A LOT OF MONEY IN OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST FUND. AND THEN THE OTHER NOT RECOMMENDED IS, UM, THE ANNIVERSARY STEP PROGRAM. HMM. THAT'S, THAT'S BIANNUAL EVERY TWO YEARS THAT EMPLOYEES WOULD GET A TWO POINT HALF PERCENT TO, TO NOT, NOT FUND THAT THIS, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS JUST KIND OF REITERATING THAT, UM, TO DISCONTINUE THE, THE ANNIVERSARY STEP PAY. AND SO IF YOU GO TO MOVING FORWARD, THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THAT IN, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A TRANSITION YEAR, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRANSITION TRANSITION TO MORE OF A PERFORMANCE-BASED, MERIT-BASED ADVANCEMENT, UM, UM, COMPENSATION PROGRAM THAT WE LOOK TO, TO IMPLEMENT GOING, GOING FORWARD. UM, AGAIN, MAINTAINING, UM, THE, THE ONE, THE THE GOOD JOB PAY AND THE SABBATICAL LEAVE. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE SABBATICAL LEAVE, UM, WHAT WE'RE, YES, S CHAIRMAN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. WHAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE ANNUAL 2.5, BUT IN PART YOU'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME OTHER INCENTIVES THAT, UM, AND THINGS TO BENEFIT THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE'VE TRIED TO ADD INTO THERE. UM, SO WHILE THAT MAY FEEL LIKE TO SOME THAT WAS, UM, IT IS A CHANGE, IT IS, UM, IT'S A DEFINITE CHANGE, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DONE TO TRY TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE OR ACTUALLY EVEN IMPROVE UPON. SO, UM, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECT? YEAH. AND, AND PART OF THAT IS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TWO AND A HALF ACROSS THE BOARD THIS YEAR. SO THAT RIGHT THERE WOULD AFFECT EVERY EMPLOYEE WHERE THE ANNIVERSARY STEP PAY IS. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVES THAT EVERY OTHER YEAR. AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION YEAR AS WE TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THAT ANNIVERSARY STEP, WHICH IS JUST KIND OF AN AUTOMATIC STEP PAYMENT, GIVE THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL EMPLOYEES, AND THEN IN THE FUTURE YEARS TRANSITION TO MORE OF A MERIT BASE. SO WE, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO DO ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, A PERCENTAGE OF ACROSS THE BOARD GOING FORWARD AND THEN IN FUTURE YEARS ALSO ADD, ADD A PORTION THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A MERIT BASED PAYMENT TO, TO EMPLOYEES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 'CAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GO. I KNOW WE NEEDED TO TRY WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PAY WAS GOOD FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE TRIED TO FIND A BALANCE THERE. NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THAT REALM LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO EMPOWER THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZE THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, WORKING TO DO AS WELL AS THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THEIR PHYSICAL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS. SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MM-HMM. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO ONE OF THE NEW PROGRAMS WE WANT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR IS SABBATICAL LEAVE. AND SO THE SABBATICAL LEAVE WILL WORK, IT'S ON EVERY, AS AN EMPLOYEE, UM, GETS MORE TIME AND TENURE WITH, WITH THE COUNTY THAT THEY WILL QUALIFY FOR ADDITIONAL LEAVE. SO AT FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT AN EMPLOYEE WOULD QUALIFY FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO DAYS OF LEAVE AT 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR ONE WEEK AND THEN AT 15. UM, AND THERE EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR TWO WEEKS OF, OF LEAVE. AND, UM, AT 15 YEARS, THE, THE EMPLOYEE HAS THE OPTION TO, UM, SUBMIT, UM, ONE WEEK TO BE ABLE TO TO, FOR THE COUNTY TO BUY THAT BACK. SO WHERE THEY WOULD BE COMPENSATED AN ADDITIONAL ONE WEEK. SO THEY'D STILL GET ONE WEEK OF LEAVE AND ONE WEEK OF, UM, COMPENSATION OR THE, OR THEY COULD TAKE THE TWO WEEKS OF LEAVE, IT WOULD BE TO, TO THEIR CHOICE. BUT THAT THERE WOULD HAPPEN ON, ON EVERY FIVE YEARS, UM, PER, PER THIS SCHEDULE. AND SO WE FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY, THAT EMPLOYEES COULD LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, HELPING WITH EMPLOYEE MORALE AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION. UM, I'VE HAD THIS AT A, AT A PREVIOUS EMPLOYER AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE EMPLOYEES REALLY APPRECIATED AND THEY DID LOOK FORWARD TO. AND, AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND SCHEDULING THOSE, THOSE VACATIONS AND, AND THAT, THAT TIME OFF TO, TO DO, UM, THOSE THINGS THAT THEY CAN SPEND THE TIME WITH THEIR, THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SABBATICAL LEAVE? JUST CLARIFICATION. AND THIS IS REALLY MORE TO HELP 'CAUSE MY, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FIRST OFF, BUT SECONDLY, AT FIRST I WAS THINKING YOU WERE SAYING THAT AT FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS WE WERE ADDING THAT AND THEY GET THAT ANNUALLY. BUT WHAT YOU'RE LITERALLY SAYING IS THAT'S FOR THAT YEAR. SO AT 10 YEARS YOU GET THAT IT'S ONE TIME, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THAT 12 MONTHS. CORRECT. UM, AND IT'S, AND THE MORE I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT, I THOUGHT THIS IS KIND OF A COOL IDEA. WE ALSO, OBVIOUSLY WERE LOOKING AT THE COST AND CAN WE MM-HMM . DO THIS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHEN THEY GET TO 15 YEARS THAT THEY COULD TAKE AND SELL BACK A WEEK TO USE TO HELP PAY FOR A UNIQUE VACATION, BE ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GREAT FOR 'EM. YEAH. THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. YEAH. AND, AND THAT, THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE HOPE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE GET TO THE, THE 15 YEARS [00:35:01] IS THAT THEY'RE, WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME, SOME, UM, COMPENSATION, SOME FI FISCAL BENEFIT TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO GO TO PAY FOR THAT VACATION OR WHATEVER THE EMPLOYEE CHOOSES TO DO AT THAT POINT. YEAH. IT'S IN THEIR HANDS, BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. YES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SORRY. ALL RIGHT. UM, JUST KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS OVERALL, UM, FOR THE COUNTY. SO TYPICALLY, AND THIS IS YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THIS BUDGETED IN EVERY YEAR. SO VEHICLES, PATROL VEHICLES, WE REPLACE ABOUT 10 VEHICLES EVERY YEAR. UM, AND THAT'S IN, IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, THEY COST ABOUT 70 TO $80,000 A PIECE. AND THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE IS ROUGHLY RIGHT AROUND $160,000. AND THE PATROL VEHICLES IS FUNDED BY OUR INMATE HOUSING FUND. AND SO THERE'S A, A SPECIAL REVENUE SOURCE THAT THAT'S ALLOCATED TO TO THEM SPECIFICALLY, UM, NON PATROL VEHICLES. UM, WE ALSO TRY TO BUY ABOUT 10 NEW VEHICLES A YEAR AS OUR CARS GET UP IN MILEAGE AND ARE COSTING US A LITTLE BIT MORE ON REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. AND SO WE TRIED TO BUY ABOUT 10 VEHICLES FOR PER YEAR THERE. AND THE AVERAGE COST, UM, FOR THAT, THIS RIGHT HERE BE MORE LIKE A FORD ESCAPE, WHICH IS ABOUT $32,000 A YEAR. AND THAT'S FUNDED OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, CAPITAL, UM, DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS, UM, WE DO THAT YEAR OVER YEAR. SO AS EMPLOYEES COME, COME ON BOARD, WE USUALLY GIVE THEM A LAPTOP OR A COMPUTER, BUT WE HAVE AN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS THAT THOSE COMPUTERS HAVE A LITTLE WEAR AND TEAR ON 'EM AND BECOME OBSOLETE. SO IT HAS A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SCHEDULE WHERE THEY GO AND REPLACE, UM, LAPTOPS AND COMPUTERS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THEN, UM, SERVERS, NETWORK SOFTWARE, UM, WE HAVE BUDGETED, UM, SO SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITH SOME SYSTEMS. SOME OF THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF CARRYOVER, BUT FOR THE TREASURER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A NEW SYSTEM THERE, NEO GOV FOR HR. UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME HARDWARE THERE FOR IT, LIKE WITH SOME NETWORKS AND SWITCHES AND I'M SURE MR. DEWITT COULD, UM, ADD A LOT TO WHAT THAT HARDWARE HARDWARE IS. I'M NOT AN IT PERSON. UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME CONTRACTS AND SERVICES, WHICH IS KIND OF A GENERAL CATEGORY, UM, FOR, UM, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, UM, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE NEED TO, TO PAY FOR YEAR OVER YEAR. AND ALL OF THAT'S ALSO FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS? ALRIGHT, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS YEAR AT THE, HERE AT THE COUNTY COMPLEX, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, REPLACING, UM, OUR DOOR AND OUR, OUR SECURITY WITH OUR, WITH OUR CAMERAS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 1.5 MILLION. SO RIGHT NOW OUR DOOR ACCESS AND, AND THIS RIGHT HERE WOULD INCLUDE THE JAIL IS BECOMING OBSOLETE. UM, IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND, UM, REPLACEMENT PARTS AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTENANCE THAT. UM, SO WE EXPECT TO SPEND ABOUT 1.5 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT TO REPLACE THE, THE DOOR SECURITY, UM, HERE IN THE COUNTY COMPLEX AND ALONG WITH THE GEL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT 50,000 SET ASIDE FOR BATHROOM RE REMODELS. SO AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE REMODELED THIS WHOLE SECTION HERE, UH, IN THIS AREA. BUT THIS BATH BATHROOM REMODELS WILL BE KIND OF GOING DOWN THE HALL A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE COURTS AND TO BE ABLE TO REFRESH THOSE AND UPKEEP AND WITH THE UPKEEP THERE. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, UM, SET ASIDE ABOUT $112,000 FOR THE SILVER CREEK FACILITY, UM, REMODEL THAT'S THERE IN SNOWFLAKE. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING A TAYLOR FACILITY AND AS SOME DEPARTMENT AND OFFICES MOVE OUTTA THERE, WE, WE NEED TO KIND OF REFRESH THE SILVER CREEK, UM, FACILITY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A REMODEL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE AND CONFERENCE ROOMS AND AND WHATNOT. AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR RADAR FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. UM, THE ROOFER REPLACEMENT, WE KIND OF ESTIMATE THAT HERE AT THIS BUILDING TO BE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. AND THEN OUR HVAC REPLACEMENT, UM, ABOUT 1.5 MILLION HERE IN, IN THIS FACILITY IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, LOOKING AT THE, THOSE INVESTMENTS. UM, BUT, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF ON THE HORIZON. ALL RIGHT, SO I KNOW THIS IS THE PART EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE NUMBERS PART OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION. UM, BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE, THE FISCAL 26 PROPOSED BUDGET SUMMARY SCHEDULE. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE ACROSS THE TOP IS THE FISCAL 25 BUDGET AMOUNTS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S 67.2 IN THE GENERAL FUND, 144.9 MILLION IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, 2.3 IN DEBT SERVICE, AND 40.4 IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO LAST YEAR IN FISCAL 25, WE HAD A TOTAL BUDGET OF ABOUT $255 MILLION. SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND FIRST. UM, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX LEVY, THAT'S ABOUT $8.8 MILLION. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ESTIMATED REVENUES OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAXES. AND THEN, UM, JUST [00:40:01] TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS THIS IN, IN A FUTURE SLIDE, BUT WE DO HAVE A SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE FINANCIAL STABILITY, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER A MIL $11 MILLION, AND THAT'S ABOUT 25% OF THE ESTIMATED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL 25. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD, UM, BOOKMARK FOR, FOR THAT. AS FOR, FOR SET ASIDE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OVERALL EXPENDITURES. AND SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, WE HAVE A, WE'RE BUDGETING ABOUT $68.4 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND. UM, THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL GO FORWARD AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. WE'LL REVIEW THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES, UM, ESTIMATED REVENUES OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAXES OF 62.5. SO WE'LL HIT A COUPLE OF THE, OF THE BIG, UM, REVENUE LINE ITEMS IN, IN ON THAT. AND THEN OVERALL, UH, BUDGET EXPENDITURES IN OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OF ABOUT 140 POINT, UM, $6 MILLION. UM, WE'RE ALSO JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE, THE DEBT SERVICE. IT STAYS PRETTY FLAT, BUT THE KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHY WE HAVE DEBT AND, AND SOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR DEBT AND WHY WE, WHY WE HAVE DEBT, UM, ON OUR BOOKS. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT $2.3 MILLION. AND THEN, UM, THE, AT THE VERY LAST WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN, IN THE COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S $35 MILLION. AND SO OVERALL FOR THE FISCAL 26, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OVERALL BUDGET OF ABOUT $246.6 MILLION, WHICH IS A DECREASE. AND THAT DECREASE GOING DOWN IS BECAUSE, UM, IS A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE OF ONE-TIME FUNDING, WHETHER THAT'S ARPA FUNDS OR GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE, FOR THE BROADBAND PROJECT. AND SO AS WE SPEND THAT DOWN, UM, OUR BUDGET, WE KIND OF EXPECT IT TO KIND OF DECREASE YEAR OVER YEAR AS THOSE ONE-TIME FUNDING SORT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ARE, ARE SPENT. SO SOURCES OF FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, JUST KIND OF WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND, ABOUT 77% COMES FROM, FROM THREE ITEMS. UM, SALES TAX, UM, BOTH STATE SHARED SALES TAX AND THE DIRECT COUNTY SALES TAX. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAX. AND THEN, SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, ABOUT 77% OF THE RESOURCES, THE IN, IN OUR GENERAL FUND. SO THOSE ARE THE, THE THREE ONES THAT, THAT WE KIND OF WANNA FOCUS ON. OVERALL SOURCES OF FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE BUDGETING JUST SLIGHTLY OVER $49 MILLION, SO PROPERTY TAX. SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM IS YOU CAN SEE IN, IN 2025 THERE IN BLUE, WE HAVE A COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.8114. WE'RE RECOMMENDING IN 26 TO KEEP THAT RATE FLAT, SO NO INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.8114. AND SO WHAT THIS TABLE SHOWS IS HERE IN THE, THE LIGHT, KIND OF PINK COLOR IS THE ACTUAL LEVY THAT THE COUNTY HAS. UM, AND SO SINCE ABOUT 20, SO IN FISCAL 17 AND 2018, WE WENT TO THE MAX, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DARK RED IS ACTUAL, IS ACTUAL, UM, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, UM, WHERE THE COUNTY COULD HAVE WENT TO THAT LEVEL OF PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT. AND THE COUNTY HAS CHOSEN NOT TO. AND SO FOR FISCAL 25, WE, UM, THE, THE MAXIMUM, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY WAS JUST OVER $9 MILLION. WE ONLY LEVIED 8.4, WHICH IS, UM, ABOUT 634,000 BELOW THE LEVEE. AND SO SIMILARLY IN FISCAL 26, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, THE ALLOWABLE LEVEE THAT WE COULD HAVE LEVIED WAS 9.4 MILLION. UM, KEEPING THE RATE FLAT WITHOUT INCREASING, IT WILL RESULT IN AN $8.8 MILLION LEVEE, WHICH IS, UM, $564,000 ACTUALLY BELOW, BELOW THE LEVEE. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE NOT, WE'LL GET MORE INTO THIS IN THE, IN THE FINAL BUDGET PRESENTATION IN AUGUST. AND WITH OUR TRUTH IN TAXATION IS WE WILL HAVE A TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING BECAUSE AS HOUSE VALUES INCREASE, KEEPING THE RATES SAME, THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE, UM, IN, IN, IN THE ACTUAL, UM, PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS. YES. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? CAN YOU SAY THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE ACTUALLY KEEP THE RATE THE SAME SO WE'RE NOT ADJUSTING THAT, BUT BECAUSE OF PROPERTY VALUES GOING UP? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY DRIVES IT DOING IT. SO IT'S ON SAY, ON THE END OF THE VALUES, IT'S IT'S WHAT THE MARKET'S DOING, IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING KEEP THE RATE THE SAME. YEAH. AND STATE STATUTE ALMOST ALSO LIMITS LIKE THAT, THAT VALUATION INCREASE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST JUMP IT UP A MILLION PERCENT AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND ASSESS AN OVERLY HIGH TAX RATE TO, TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE COUNTY. SO WE ENDED, IF THE MARKET JUMPS QUITE A BIT, THERE'S CAPS TO, THERE'S CAP, THERE'S CAP ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. YEAH, IT'S FIVE, IT'S THE MAX THAT IT CAN GO UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR IS 5%. GOTCHA. OKAY. WANT TO TALK ABOUT SALES TAX A LITTLE BIT? SO, UM, UM, THIS FIRST TABLE HERE TO THE LEFT IS OUR STATE SHARED SALES TAX, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, AS STATE SHARED SALES TAX, UM, FROM FISCAL 2324, [00:45:01] AND THE PROJECTED OF 25 IS ABOVE, UM, WHAT OUR BUDGETED AMOUNTS ARE. SO WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE, UM, JUST ABOUT $18.1 MILLION THIS YEAR. UM, AND THE SAME WITH OUR COUNTY SALES TAX. UM, WE'VE MET OR EXCEEDED THE, THE BUDGETED PROJECTIONS IN FISCAL 23, 24 AND 25. UM, I JUST KIND OF WANNA POINT OUT 24 THERE IN THE COUNTY SALES TAX, KIND OF WHY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LEVEL, IT HAD MORE OF AN IMPACT IN FISCAL 24 ON THE COUNTY SALES TAX SIDE THAN IT DID THE, THE STATE SHARE'S SALES TAX. BUT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ISSUED A REFUND TO ONE TAXPAYER SPECIFICALLY, UM, THAT YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE LEVELED. BUT IF IT'S A KIND OF A ONE TIME, ONE OFF THING, IF, IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, UM, THAT THAT RED BAR IN 24 WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE, THE, THE BUDGETED AMOUNT DIDN'T REALLY IMPACT STATE'S SALES TAX AS MUCH AS IT DID OUR COUNTY SALES TAX. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE BUDGETED PROJECTIONS FOR OUR STATE SHARED, UM, REVENUE FOR FISCAL 26 IS 18.1 MILLION AND FOR OUR COUNTY SALES TAX, 10.6 MILLION. AND THEN THERE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THE JLBC, WHICH IS THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE STATE AND KIND OF WHAT THEIR FORECAST IS, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEIR FORECAST IS, YOU KNOW, THREE TO 4%. UM, THE COUNTY HISTORICALLY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS HAS AVERAGED ABOUT 5.5%. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE KIND OF SLOWED DOWN OUR, OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND KIND OF, UM, KIND OF BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH THOSE, UM, FOR, FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL, FOR FISCAL 26 AS WE GO AND PREPARE FOR THAT BUDGET. OKAY, MOVING ON, USES OF FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO, UM, TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT $50.7 MILLION. UM, THAT'S EXCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY. AND SO THE, THE FIRST ONE THERE TO THE LEFT IS, UM, USED BY FUNCTION. AND SO, UM, WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS ABOUT 25%. THAT MAKES UP THE SHERIFF PROBATION AND CONSTABLES. UM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ABOUT 23.6%, WHICH IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY PUBLIC DEFENDERS SUPERIOR I JUSTICE COURTS, UM, MANDATED SERVICES, WHICH IS ELECTIONS RECORDER, ASSESSORS, CLERK OF THE COURT, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, PUBLIC FIDUCIARY, AND INDI INDIGENT HEALTH, WHICH IS OUR ACT, ALTECH AND ACCESS PAYMENTS TO THE STATE. AND THEN COUNTYWIDE, WHICH IS FACILITIES IT AND FLEET SERVICES MAKE UP ABOUT 14%. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF BY FUNCTION, THE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION. AND THEN TO KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE BY CATEGORY, UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE LINE ITEM BASIS. UM, THE USE BY CATEGORY ABOUT 64.7% IS SALARIES AND ERE COST. UM, AS A COUNTY, OUR OUR MAIN FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. UM, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SUPPLIES AND OUTSIDE SERVICES ABOUT 12.5%. THOSE ARIZONA STATE COSTS 9.69%. UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ALL TAX AND ACCESS. UM, CAPITAL OUTLAY ABOUT 6.9% AND THEN OTHER COSTS ABOUT 6%. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT USES OF FUNDS IN THE GENERAL FUND? ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF, SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST HAP HIGHLIGHTING THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS. WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, BUT THIS IS, UM, DEPARTMENT 46 IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR, OUR CAPITAL, UM, UM, PURCHASES. SO YOU CAN SEE THE IT SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. UM, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT 539,000 OFFICE EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS COPIERS AND WHATNOT, ABOUT 363,000 VEHICLES, 346,000 NON-CAPITAL IT, WHICH IS, THOSE ARE THOSE LAPTOPS ABOUT 223,000. AND THEN WE KIND OF BUILD IN A, A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY FUNDING THERE OF ABOUT $60,000. SO WHAT'S RECOMMENDED, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR GENERAL FUND IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, AN INCREASE TO THE, UH, A PART-TIME CUSTODIAL POSITION. UM, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, AS THE TAYLOR FACILITY, IT GETS BROUGHT ONLINE AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SILVER CREEK FACILITY IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, RUNNING AROUND, THERE'S JUST MORE TO CLEAN. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A PART-TIME CUSTODIAL POSITION. WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING SOME MARKET SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. UM, AND THIS NEXT ONE IS A LOOMIS CASH RECYCLER UNIT SERVICE. AND SO THAT'S GONNA HELP WITH OUR DEPOSITS FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND THEIR ABILITY TO CHANGE OUT CA UM, CASH DRAWERS FROM SPECIFICALLY FROM THE COURTS OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT DEALS WITH CASH. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, SOC SERVICES, WHICH IS IT SECURITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR SECURITY WITH OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. UM, [00:50:01] AND THEN TWO, UM, SHERIFF POSITIONS AND THEN A SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PROVIDER TO COME IN AND DO SOME MAINTENANCE, WHICH WILL, UM, HELP THEIR, UM, PROCESS, UM, WITH THEIR, UM, IT SOFTWARE MOVE WORK MORE SMOOTHLY. SO THAT'S THE END OF THE GENERAL FUND. UM, KIND OF MOVING ON TO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. UP AT THE TOP WE'VE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE, THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES. AND SO THE COUNTY SPECIFICALLY HAS THREE SPEC, UM, SPECIFIC SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES, AND THAT'S WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT. UM, AGAIN, NOT RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN, IN THOSE RATES, KEEPING THOSE RATES THE SAME. AND THEN HERE DOWN BELOW, UM, OUR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS OR OUR SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX DISTRICTS FOR OUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE DECREASING OR REMAINING FLAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE JOSEPH CITY STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT, UM, WHICH BASICALLY PAYS FOR, UM, ELECTRICITY AND INSURANCE. AND, UM, IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS THEY'VE KIND OF GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. AND SO, UM, TO KIND OF CATCH THEM UP, WE'VE INCREASED THEIR LEVY FROM 22 POINT OR $22,000 TO ABOUT 30, JUST UNDER $34,000. AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE EXPECT THAT TO KIND OF NORMALIZE A LITTLE BIT FOR THEM. BUT, SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY INCREASE IN THE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX RATES, AND THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE JOSEPH CITY STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT FOR, FOR THOSE THAT FOR THAT REASON. SO TALKING ABOUT, UM, SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES SPECIFICALLY, UM, LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH DISTRICT HERE. SO THE HEALTH DISTRICT, UM, THERE ARE TOTAL REVENUES, UM, ARE ABOUT 2.7, UM, JUST UNDER $2.8 MILLION. UM, 88% OF THEIR REVENUES ARE MADE UP FROM THIS PROPERTY TAX LEVY. UM, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY COMING IN, TRANSFERS FROM INDIRECT COSTS FROM GRANTS AND A LITTLE BIT, UM, FROM INTEREST, UM, EARNED ON SOME DEPOSITS THAT THEY HAVE. UM, THEN HERE TO THE LEFT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, THE, THAT THE HEALTH DISTRICT, THAT THEY'RE VERY DEPENDENT ON GRANTS AND SO THEY HAVE ANOTHER $3 MILLION OF GRANT REVENUE, UM, PROJECTED IN FISCAL 26. AND THESE RIGHT HERE ARE JUST KIND OF EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, GRANTS THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RUNS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR, UM, THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT $5 MILLION. AND SO WITH THE CHANGES GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEIR AVAILABILITY TO PROCURE THOSE, THOSE GRANTS, UM, HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD THAT SOME OF THOSE WILL BE PUT BACK INTO PLACE AND THAT WE CAN, UM, PROCURE THOSE GRANTS, UM, MOVING FORWARD. SO, UM, THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT FLOOD CONTROL AND LIBRARY. SO OUR FLOOD CONTROL, THEIR PROPERTY TAX, UM, IS ABOUT $2.3 MILLION, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 98.5% OF THEIR REVENUES. UM, AND BASICALLY, UM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UM, LISTED FROM THE, FROM THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS FULL HOUSE LANE, LINDEN TRAILS BASIN, THE SILVER CREEK IGA, AND THEN WE ALSO PARTNER WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPALITIES, UM, TO, FOR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. AND THEN AT THE LIBRARY DISTRICT, UM, TOTAL REVENUE IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. ABOUT JUST UNDER 95% OF THAT IS THAT PROPERTY TAX LEVY. AND THEIR SERVICE MODEL IS TO, TO HELP IMPROVE AND EXPAND LIBRARY SERVICES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS. UM, SWITCHING OVER TO THE JAIL DISTRICT. UM, SO THIS IS A, A SALES TAX, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR. SO, UM, THE LIGHT PINK COLOR IS THE BUDGET AMOUNTS AND THE RED IS THE, UM, THE ACTUALS. SO WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT 6.9, UM, MILLION DOLLARS, UM, COLLECTED IN FISCAL 25. UM, AND SO THAT'S OUR, OUR BUDGET PROJECTION, UM, THAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR FISCAL 26 IS THAT 6.9. AND AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF BASED ON, ON SALES TAX IN GENERAL, KIND OF KIND OF LEVELING OUT A LITTLE BIT. AND SO KIND OF BEING CONSERVATIVE THERE ON, ON THAT BUDGET PROJECTION WITH THE, WITH THE SALES TAX, UM, WITH THE JAIL DISTRICT, UM, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE JAIL DISTRICT AND THEIR USE OF FUNDS, ABOUT 47% OF THAT IS SALARIES AND RES, UM, 22% IS PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL SERVICES. THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF ABOUT, UM, JUST UNDER, UM, 20%, WHICH IS ABOUT $2 MILLION OUT OF THE 10.7 MILLION. AND THEN THE OTHER 10.5% IS SUPPLIES AND SERVICES. SO, UM, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC WORKS. SO PUBLIC WORKS IS MAJORITY MA MAJORITY FUNDED BY, UM, HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS AND VEHICLE LICENSE TAX, WHICH IS COLLECTED BY THE STATE AND THEN REMITTED TO THE COUNTY. UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE ON THE TOP, UM, SCALE THAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN UP AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR, HER, HER FUNDS AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO, AND TO, TO KIND OF BUDGET THAT. AND SO, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, $11.3 MILLION, UM, OF HIGHWAY USER FUNDS AND THEN, UM, DOWN BELOW ABOUT $3.7 MILLION [00:55:01] IN, IN VEHICLE LICENSE TAX. AND THESE ARE THE MONIES THAT PUBLIC WORKS USES TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR ROAD MAINTENANCE AND, UM, ROAD PROJECTS THAT THAT THEY DO. SO, UM, USE BY CATEGORY IN THE, IN THE HER FUND, UM, 24% IS SALARIES AND RES ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, ABOUT 12% SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, 20% CAPITAL ABOUT 7%. THEY DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY OF ABOUT 36, UM, PERCENT, SO THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT $27 MILLION, INCLUDING THAT CONTINGENCY. UM, SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UM, THAT HERF WILL, UM, ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR IS THERE'S, UM, TRIBAL, UM, TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIPS AND THEN OUR ROAD MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS SLURRY SILL AND CHIP SILL PROJECTS, AND THEN A SPECIFIC PROJECT AT THE PINE CHOP COUNTRY CLUB EQUESTRIAN CROSSING, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR CAPITAL, UM, A BELLY DUMPED, UM, TRACTOR AND AN EXCAVATOR EXCAVATORS TO, TO BUY THAT, THAT JUST TO REPLACE OLD AND, AND, AND FAILING EQUIPMENT, UM, SWITCHING TO DEBT SERVICE FUNDS. SO THE COUNTY HAS TWO, TWO ISSUES OF DEBT, UM, ON THE BOOKS. UM, SO THE, THE FIRST ONE IS A PENSION BOND WHERE WE REFINANCED OUR SHERIFF AND, UM, DETENTION OFFICERS, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY PENSIONS. AND THEN THE SECOND IS OUR REFINANCING BOND, WHICH WAS, UM, WE DID SOME, UM, WORK ON OUR, OUR JAIL AND BUILT OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE WAY. SO FOR FISCAL 26, OUR PENSION BOND IS GONNA BE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. OUR REFINANCING BOND IS GONNA BE $931,000. SO, UM, TOTAL DEBT THAT WE'RE PAYING IN FISCAL 26 IS $2.1 MILLION. AND THEN KIND OF DOWN BELOW, UM, AFTER FISCAL 26, YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINING DEBT, UM, THAT'S ON THE BOOKS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT $14.8 MILLION IN PENSION BONDS, ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT REFINANCING DEBT. SO A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT $19 MILLION MOVING FORWARD. SO I, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHY WE REFINANCED OUR, OUR PENSION DEBT. UM, SO IF YOU KINDA LOOK AT THIS, THE GREEN, THE, THE BLUE IS WHAT IS, IS WHAT OUR FINANCING OBLIGATIONS ARE THROUGH THE END OF THE, THE BOND, WHICH IS 2038, AND IT RUNS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION A YEAR. WITHOUT REFINANCING THIS DEBT, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO PAY THAT PLUS WHAT'S UP IN THE GREEN. AND SO THE GREEN KIND OF REPRESENTS SAVINGS. AND SO WE'VE SAVED ABOUT $628,000 A YEAR TO DATE. WE EXPECT TO SAVE ABOUT $512,000 IN FISCAL 26 BECAUSE WE REFINANCED THIS DEBT. AND SO THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS, UM, TO COUNTY TAXPAYERS THROUGH 2038 IS JUST A LITTLE OVER $11 MILLION. AND SO WITHOUT THAT REFINANCING OF THAT AND, AND, AND PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREMENT SYSTEM, WE WOULD'VE, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE, OF THE PAY, THE PAY DOWN PERIOD WOULD'VE HAD TO PAY AN, AN EXTRA, AN EXTRA $11 MILLION. SIMILARLY WITH OUR REFINANCING, SO TYPICALLY, UM, LIKE THE, THE CASE WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN INTEREST RATES DROP, WE, WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOW INTEREST RATES AND TRY TO REFINANCE ANY DEBT ON THE BOOKS. AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS TO BUILD, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET AND DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JAIL. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE SAME THING. UM, WHAT WE HAVE PAID, THE LITTLE BUMP THERE, UM, FROM FISCAL 21 TO 23, UM, WAS INCLUDING THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. SO WHAT WE DID, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT, WE HAD A 2012 AND 2013 ISSUE, AND WE KIND OF COMBINED THEM AND JUST DID ONE DEBT REFINANCING. SO TYPICALLY, UM, TECHNICALLY THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING IS, IS PAID OFF NOW IN FISCAL 26. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT DECREASE GOING DOWN THERE IN, IN 24. BUT SAVINGS TO DATE, BECAUSE OF THIS REFINANCING, WE'VE SAVED $409,000 A YEAR TO DATE. WE EXPECT TO SAVE ABOUT $63,000 IN FISCAL 26. AND THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS, UM, THROUGH THE END OF THIS DEBT ISSUE, 2031 TO TAXPAYERS IS JUST ABOUT, UM, $769,000. AND SO FINALLY, UM, JUST TO KIND OF TOUCH ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT IS 35 POINT, UM, $1 MILLION. UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT 86.7% IS WITH THE WINSLOW LEVY. AND SO THAT MAKES UP ABOUT $30 MILLION OF THAT, UM, AS WE'RE, UM, AWAITING THAT PROJECT TO GET GOING, UM, WITH THE WINSLOW LEVY. SO WE HAVE THAT MONEY SET ASIDE AND, AND A LOT OF THAT'S, UM, FUNDED FROM THE STATE AND SOME FROM US FROM THE COUNTY. UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR A CA BROADBAND GRANT THAT WE, UM, CAPTURE IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND THAT'S 7.5% OF THIS. UM, JUST TO NOTE THAT THE A CA BROADBAND GRANT, UM, THAT'S ALSO BEING SUPPLEMENTED WITH OUR ARPA FUNDS DOWN BELOW. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION DOWN THERE TO TO THAT TO, FOR THE BROADBAND GRANT THAT WE EXPECT TO, TO FINISH UP, UM, IN [01:00:01] DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR REGIONAL COMMUNICATION. SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS THAT TAYLOR FACILITY. AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S SOME MONEY THERE FOR THE SHERIFF, UM, FOR A REGIONAL COMMUNICATION, UM, AS THEY IMPROVE THE, THE RADIOS AND NETWORKS, UM, SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE ON. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND THE END OF THE, WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, AS WE'VE KIND OF TOUCHED ON EVERY GROUPING OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FROM THAT SUMMARY SCHEDULE IN THE BEGINNING. UM, SO AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR GOING OVER THAT IN DETAIL. UM, GREAT JOB, LONG TIME COMING. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE GOING OVER THIS TODAY. UH, QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I KNOW WE'VE GONE, WE HAD A WORK SESSION ON THIS AND HAD OTHER THINGS. SO, SO FAR WE HAD A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS. WE HAD A WORK SESSION AND NOW THE PRESENTATION TODAY, SO, UM, IF NO QUESTIONS CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. CHAIRMAN I MOTION WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION, DO WE STATE EACH ONE OR WE JUST SAY ITEM ONE 13 OR SO? THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND ONE YOU'LL HAVE TO READ OUT ALL OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS. I'LL MOTION WE MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL NOW NEED A [c. Board of Directors Sessions for consideration and possible adoption of the Tentative Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budgets: 1. Navajo County Public Health Services District 2. Navajo County Library District 3. Navajo County Flood Control District including LCR Flood Control Zone 4. White Mountain Lakes County Recreation Improvement District 5. Silver Creek County Road Improvement District 6. Victory Heights Road Maintenance District 7. Porter Mountain Domestic Water Improvement District 8. Fawnbrook Domestic Water Improvement District 9. Joseph City Street Lighting Improvement District 10. Navajo County Jail District 11. Timberland Acres Special Road District 12. White Mountain Lakes #2 Special Road District 13. Silver Creek Flood Protection District] MOTION. YOU ENTER INTO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS. UM, NAVAJO NUMBER ONE, NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT NUMBER THREE, NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT INCLUDING LCR FLOOD CONTROL ZONE NUMBER FOUR, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE RECREATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE. SILVER CREEK COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER SIX, VICTORY HEIGHT, ROAD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, PORTER MOUNTAIN DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT. FA BROOK DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER NINE. JOSEPH CITY STREET, LIGHTNING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 10. NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT NUMBER 11. TIMBERLAND ACRES SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT NUMBER 12 Y. MOUNTAIN LAKES NUMBER TWO. SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT NUMBER 13. SUMMER CREEK FLOOD PROTECTION DISTRICT. ANY MOTION FOR THAT CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MOVE INTO COMPETITIVE FISCAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGETS FOR 13 ITEMS. DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DIVISION STATED. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW IN ALL THOSE BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSIONS. JASON. OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. SO ALL THREE OR ALL 13 OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE CONSIDERED COMPONENT UNITS OF THE COUNTY. SO THE WAY I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IS THE COUNTY HAS AN UMBRELLA. ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS ROLL UP UNDER THE UMBRELLA. AND SO AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE, THEY'RE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, UM, SUMMARY DOCUMENT THAT I SHOWED YOU. UM, SO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DISTINCT PRESENTATION ON EACH ONE OF THESE AS AS THAT INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED IN, IN THAT SUMMARY SCHEDULE. SO IT WOULD BE ASKING THE, THE BOARD TO UM, APPROVE, UM, THESE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS AS THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY'S OVERALL BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ALL 13 DISTRICTS AS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED. I 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 AYE. HAVE IT. WE'LL, UH, NEED A MOTION TO MOVE TO A REGULAR SESSION? WE HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT. WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION. ITEM NUMBER. THANK YOU JASON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT JOB. UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD AND ALL THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERS THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WE HAD QUITE A FEW LEADING UP TO THIS AND UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK GIVEN BY THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES. SO THANK YOU. UM, MOVING ON [a. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration and adoption of Resolution Number 20-2025, approving/denying a Special Use Permit to expand an existing storage unit facility to an adjacent, 5.15-acre parcel in the Lakeside area.] TO ITEM SIX, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SIX. A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 2025 [01:05:01] APPROVING OR DENYING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO EXPAND, UM, EXISTING STORAGE UNIT FACILITY TO AN ADJACENT 5.15 ACRE PARCEL IN THE LAKESIDE AREA. OKAY, WE'LL TURN TIME OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND BRIAN, UM, BEFORE YOU AS SUP 25 DASH 0 0 3 EZE STORAGE EXPANSION, SORRY. THIS IS A REQUEST BY IRONSIDE ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT INC. FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO EXPAND AN EXISTING UNIT FACILITY TO AN ADJACENT 5.15 ACRE PARCEL IN THE LAKESIDE AREA. A PN NUMBER 2 1 2 DASH 15 DASH ZERO TWO H TOWNSHIP NINE NORTH RANGE 22 EAST, SECTION 15 OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN. THE OWNER IS SOMERSET INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LLC CARE OF BRIAN LIERMAN AND THE AGENT IS ZACH BARLOW. THIS IS LOCATED ON A PN TWO 12 DASH 15 DASH ZERO TWO H, UM, WHICH IS 5.15 ACRE, WHICH IS A 5.15 ACRE PARCEL THAT IS OWNED A GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL. THE OWNER OF SOMERSET INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LLC CARE OF BRIAN LIERMAN. THIS PROJECT IS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING EZ STORAGE TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PARCEL. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 10 STORAGE UNIT BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE USED AS, I'M SORRY. UM, THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 10 STORAGE UNIT BUILDINGS OF VARYING SIZES WITH SIX FOOT FENCING OF THE PROPERTY AND SOME STORAGE UNIT BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE USED AS BORDERS IN LIEU OF FENCING. THE GENERAL VICINITY IS IN LAKESIDE. NEXT IS AN AERIAL OF THE SITE ADJOINING. THIS PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH ARE THREE BUSINESSES, THE J AND S PATRIOT AUTOMOTIVE, THE PENROD RV AND MOBILE HOMESTEAD, AND THE ORIGINAL EZ E STORAGE TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS PROPERTY IS VACANT A GENERAL LAND. HERE IS A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN. WE'RE GONNA ZOOM IN A LITTLE TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED 10 STORAGE UNITS. THE SITE PLAN SHOWS NO SHOWS TWO STORAGE UNITS ON THE OUTER PERIMETER THAT WILL BE USED AS THE FORTRESS STYLE FOR FENCING. THE BOTTOM SOUTHWEST CORNER HAS AN ACCESS POINT FOR PROPOSED EMERGENCY ACCESS OR PRIMARY ACCESS. THE EXPANSION WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THE ORIGINAL EASY E STORAGE TO PROVIDE ACCESS. THERE IS POTENTIAL REMOVAL OF EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH THE EXACT LOCATION TO BE, TO BE DETERMINED IN THE FINAL DESIGN. NAVAJO COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR EZE STORAGE EXPANSION SUBJECT TO THE 16 CONDITIONS LISTED AND THE STAFF REPORT. AND ALSO BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND I BELIEVE THE AGENT ZACH BARLOW IS AVAILABLE AS WELL. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH KATHLEEN. UM, THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP 'CAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. NOT ONLINE, MELISSA? NO. OKAY. SO HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF IT AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THEY MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE AND MAYBE SOME STIPULATIONS ON THE FENCING. UH, I JUST SEE THAT SAYS FENCING SHALL BE APPROVED FOR AN INSTALLATION AND IT DOESN'T REALLY STATE WHAT TYPE OF FENCING. I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A CONDITION THAT NOT JUST BE A CHAIN LINK FENCE, UH, THE SLATS, IT HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF A DECORATIVE FENCE, SOME TYPE OF PERMANENT FENCE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME UNDEVELOPED AREAS IT'S GONNA BUTT UP TO AND PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE. IT NEEDS TO BE A, A DECENT FENCE. OKAY. RATHER THAN JUST, UH, UP THE OTHER CONDITION IS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN REALLY PUT THE CONDITION OF OPERATION, OF BUSINESS OF NINE TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. UH, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LEFT OPEN TO, TO THE BUSINESS OWNER. UH, 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY WANT TO COME INTO A STORAGE UNIT BEFORE OR AFTER THOSE HOURS. SO I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UM, PER THE BUSINESS'S CURRENT HOURS, I BELIEVE. OKAY. YOU JUST SAID HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE NINE TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SO I, IF THE APPLICANT IS FINE WITH THAT, THAT'S FINE, BUT I THINK AS A BUSINESS OWNER, [01:10:01] I WOULDN'T BE WANT TO BE LOCKED INTO THAT HARD OF HOURS. ESPECIALLY IN A, SOME, SOMEBODY THAT JUST HAS A KEY CARD THAT CAN COME IN ACCESS THE STORAGE UNIT AT 10 O'CLOCK AND OUT. I THINK THERE'S A CUTOFF PERIOD FOR SECURITY, BUT I THINK FIVE O'CLOCK'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE DRIVING UP FROM THE VALLEY. THE OTHER CONDITION I'D LIKE TO PUT ON HERE, IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE, IT'S A PROVISION IN HERE THAT THEY CAN HAVE, UH, RV STORAGE, THEY CAN HAVE BOAT STORAGE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ALLOW ANY TYPE OF, UH, MOBILE HOME OR TINY HOME STORAGE AT ALL. AND THAT, THAT THAT'S A CONDITION THAT THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. I KNOW IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THEY CAN DO THAT IF THEY WANTED, BUT, UH, IT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT ON HERE THAT THAT'S NOT TO BE ALLOWED. AND SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, I GUESS DOES APPLICANT HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? IS THAT FINE OR NOT FINE? UH, ZACH BARLOW, UH, NINE 11 EAST USE OF CLUBS WITH IRONSIDE ENGINEERING. UH, SO WE'RE, UH, REPRESENTING SOMERSET INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ON THIS PROJECT. SO SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR ON, UH, YOUR COMMENTS AS FAR AS THE HOURS GO? UH, THE INTENT, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH STAFF WAS JUST TO KEEP THE HOURS THE SAME BECAUSE IT'S AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING FACILITY. I THINK THAT THERE IS ACCESS TO THE FACILITY MORE THAN JUST NINE TO FIVE, UH, VIA LIKE KEY CARD OR, OR PIN CODE ACCESS. BUT I THINK THE ACTUAL OFFICE OPERATION IS THAT NINE TO FIVE, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THAT'S THE HOURS OF THE, THE OFFICE THAT THEY HAVE STAFFED THERE. SO THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO HAVE THOSE HOURS BE THE SAME AS THE EXISTING FACILITY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I THINK FOR THE FENCING, THE, UM, SITE OBSCURING FENCE WAS WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING ALONG THAT. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR CONDITIONS ON WHAT YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE, I THINK THE APPLICANT IS VERY OPEN TO THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, YOUR, UH, LAST COMMENT REGARDING, WHAT WAS YOUR LAST COMMENT REGARDING, UH, MANUFACTURED ACCOUNT? OH YES. THEY'D BE VERY OPEN TO THAT. THAT'D BE FINE. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? ANY MORE? SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? DOES THAT ANSWER IT? DOES. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IN THE MOTION, YOU KNOW, FOR IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. PERFECT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT. UH, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED BY STAFF WITH THE CONDITION AFTER CONDITION THAT THE FENCING SAYS THAT IT'D BE SOME TYPE OF DECORATIVE, UH, SEXUAL FENCE THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT ALSO THAT MANUFACTURE OR TINY HOME ON THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE, [b. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of possible adoption of Resolution Number 21-2025 approving/denying an amendment to the fee schedule for services provided to the public by the Planning Division of the Planning & Development Services Department in connection with Planning related reviews and permits.] THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2025 APPROVING, UH, OR DENYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC BY PLANNING DIVISION OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNING RELATED REVIEWS AND PERMITS. CODY CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. UM, I WON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT, UH, PER USUAL JUST 'CAUSE THIS IS A SIMPLER ITEM FOR MYSELF. UM, BUT WITH LAST MONTH, WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WE WERE LOOKING TO CODIFY SOME CHANGES TO OUR FEE SCHEDULE, UM, RELATIVELY MINOR AND I'LL, I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE ARE AND, AND WHY DIRECTLY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. UM, SO THERE'S THE ZONE CHANGE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITIES. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THE EXACT SAME FEE, UH, STRUCTURE THAT IS HERE, BUT RAISING THE CAP FROM $10,000 TO $25,000. UM, THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE MORE STAFF WORK UPFRONT AND AT THE BACK END, I KNOW LAST YEAR THE, THE BOARD SAW HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, FOR VERY LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN BE REQUESTED BY DEVELOPERS AND THAT DOES JUST REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF ADVERTISING AND STAFF TIME WITH REGARD TO THAT. AND THEN FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITIES, UH, THOSE DO REQUIRE A LOT OF BACKEND WORK AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH AND PERMITTING FOR THOSE FACILITIES. AND THEN TRACKING FOR THOSE FACILITIES [01:15:01] OVER THEIR 25 TO 30 YEAR LIFESPANS. AND SO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITIES, THAT FEE CAP WAS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE AND CLEAR THAT IT WAS THERE WITHIN OUR FEE SCHEDULE AS WELL. UM, SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THOSE CHANGES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, STAFF TIME IS, IS COMPENSATED PROPERLY FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES IN WITH THOSE. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE SEASONAL RV PERMIT, UM, THAT'S A TWEAKING ON OUR, OUR RV PERMITS THERE SUGGESTED WITH THE FEE. UH, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING ANY OTHER CHANGES TO FEES. WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING ANY INCREASES TO ANY OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE JUST WANT TO KIND OF CLEAN UP OUR FEE SCHEDULE FOLLOWING IN LINE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU CODY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THIS UP FOR THE PUBLIC. UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR SLIPS THAT WERE FILLED OUT? NO. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF IT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF IT AND MOVE BACK TO DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. UM, THANK YOU. UM, IN LOOKING, I GUESS AT THIS OUTSIDE OF THE INCREASE OF STAFF TIME, WAS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT THE FEE WAS ASSESSED? DID WE LOOK AT, UM, COMPARABLE FEES OR HOW WAS THAT DETERMINED? UH, APOLOGIES AND I SHOULD HAVE COVERED THAT. VICE CHAIRWOMAN? YES. SO WE DID LOOK AT COMPARABLE FEES ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME THAT COMES IN FROM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS ADJACENT DEPARTMENTS. UH, THOSE FEE INCREASE OR THE FEE CAP INCREASES AS WELL AS THE, THE FEE THAT'S BEEN ADJUSTED AT THE BOTTOM, UM, THOSE ARE ALL IN LINE IN AM MID-RANGE IN THE STATE. UM, FOR SOME OF THOSE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT UPDATES AS WELL AS RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITIES, YOU CAN SEE FEES THAT CAP OUT IN THE 50 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RANGE. UM, WHILE WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO COLLECT THOSE FEES, WE DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE WITH OUR ANALYSIS OF STAFF TIME. UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AS FAR AS FEE STRUCTURES WITH THE, THE STATE SO THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING A DISSERVICE TO TAXPAYERS HERE. THANK YOU. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOT SURE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2025. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVE ON TO [a. Consideration of Attachment E to the Navajo Nation Intergovernmental Agreement for N9806 roadway maintenance work.] ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC WORKS. SEVEN. A CONSIDERATION OF ATTACHMENT E TO THE NAVAJO, UH, THE NAVAJO NATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR N 98 0 6. ROADWAY MAINTENANCE WORK. NICOLE? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE NAVAJO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF GRAVEL MATERIAL AND STABILIZER FOR NAVAJO ROUTE 98 0 6 LOCATED WITHIN THE INDIAN WELLS CHAPTER IN NAVAJO COUNTY. THE GRAVEL WILL IMPROVE THE SURFACE CONDITIONS ON A ROUTE THAT IS PRIMARILY USED BY SCHOOL, BUSES, WORK, COMMUTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND RESIDENTS. THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS APPROXIMATELY $170,000 AND THERE IS CURRENT CAPACITY IN THE HERF BUDGET. THIS PROJECT WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP PROCESS, THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR? YES. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND THANK YOU NICOLE FOR, UM, PRESENTING THIS, UH, TASK AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO 90 0 6. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THIS PROJECT THAT THE COMMUNITY INITIATED THROUGH NDOT AND THEN WITH MY PREDECESSOR SUPERVISOR THOMPSON IN DECEMBER OF 2018. AND, UM, SINCE SO MUCH HAS TRANSPIRED, BUT, UM, WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS TO WHAT THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FAR AS COMPLIANCES AND ALSO THAT IT'S, UM, ENHANCING, ENHANCING AND, UM, SUPPLEMENTING OR ENHANCING OUR, UM, TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND THE, UM, NAVAJO DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION. SO NICOLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND THEN ALSO WITH FORMER, UH, TRANSPORTATION MAN PROJECT MANAGERS IN THIS AND ALL, AND THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. PERFECT. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL IS PRESENTED. [01:20:01] ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY. HEARING NONE. THE AYE. HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON [b. Presentation of the 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Program for Navajo County] TO ITEM B, PRESENTATION OF 2026 THROUGH 2030, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR NAVAJO COUNTY PRESENTED BY . THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. UM, IT'S A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRO, EXCUSE ME, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. UM, KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO REVIEW WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS AND HOW THE CIP WAS DEVELOPED AND HOW THE PROJECTS ARE PRIORITIZED. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE CIP IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT JASON VOWEL SHARED EARLIER TODAY. TO KIND OF BRIEFLY REVIEW THE PURPOSE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A ROADMAP FOR CONSTRUCTING, UPGRADING, AND REPLACING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SERVES AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR MEETING BOTH THE NEAR TERM AND THE LONG, LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS. KIND OF PROVIDES A, A ROADMAP TO HOW TO PROGRESS THROUGH THOSE GOALS. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES A PRIORITIZED PLAN FOR ADDRESSING MAJOR CAPITAL NEEDS OVER A DEFINED PLANNING PERIOD. UM, AND THOSE GOALS AND THOSE PRIORITIZED PLANS ARE USED TO IMPLEMENT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT ALSO SUPPORTS INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND THE EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF COUNTY RESOURCES AND COUNTY FUNDS. AND FINALLY, IT ALIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENTS WITH COMMUNITY GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND ALSO WITH STATE SAFETY AND SERVICE NEEDS AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THE CIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, WE LOOK AT PRIORITIZATION, THE NEED AND THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND KIND OF ASSESS THOSE AS WE LOOK AT THE, THE CIP EVERY YEAR. UM, BELOW THAT, AS CAN BE SEEN, IT'S REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND UPDATED ANNUALLY, AND THEREFORE WE PRESENT IT ANNUALLY EVEN THOUGH IT COVERS A FIVE YEAR SPAN. AND FINALLY AT THE BOTTOM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY BASED ON FUNDING AND REVENUE PROJECTIONS. UM, THE FUNDS THAT WE ANTICIPATE HAVING FOR THE CIP AND IT, IT DOES NEED TO BE NOTED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE CIP PLAN, WE MAY NOT HAVE FUNDING TO COMPLETE IT. IT'S JUST BASED ON PROJECTIONS AND FUTURE GOALS. UM, COUPLE OF NOTES ON THE SIDE THERE. UM, AND I, AND I BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS CLEAR THAT JUST BECAUSE OF PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE CONSTRUCTION. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BASED ON THE, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. AND ALSO PROJECTS MAY BE ADVANCED OR DEFERRED IN THE CIP BASED ON FUNDING AND ON NEED. THE, THE BASIC PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR THE CIP, UM, OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE A HIGH PRIORITY. THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED WHEN WE LOOK AT PROJECTS FOR THE CIP, ALSO, OUR ROADWAY CONDITION. UM, WE'VE, WE'VE DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THAT'S A, A VALUABLE TOOL THAT WE USE AS PART OF OUR CIP, UM, LOOKING AT ROADWAY CONDITIONS AND, AND DETERMINING PROJECTS FROM THAT. WE ALSO LOOK AT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE NE NECESSITY OF THOSE AS WELL AS STRUCTURE REHABILITATION PROJECTS. SO WE USE THOSE CRITERIA, UM, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT IN DETERMINATION OF PROJECTS THAT WE ADD TO THE CIP AND PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETE WITH THE CIP AS THE, AS THE CIP MOVES FORWARD IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS. I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. UM, GRANTS ARE A BIG PART OF, OF OUR FUNDING FOR OUR CIP. THESE ARE SOME GRANTS [01:25:01] THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND THAT WILL BE, HAVE BEEN, WILL BE AND ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE CIP. UM, I'VE LIFTED, LISTED SOME PROJECTS UNDER EACH OF THESE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN EITHER PARTIALLY FUNDED OR FULLY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND ARE VERY VALUABLE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THIS FIGURE SHOWS THE FUNDING TYPES FOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS FOR THE, THE CIP THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN YOUR PACKET. UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS OR EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED BY GRANTS. THIS IS A A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, UM, 68%, 29% FROM HF, AND 3% FROM FEDERAL. THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS GRANT TYPES FOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026. UM, THE LARGEST OF THOSE ARE TA AND A Z SMART GRANTS. AND THEN WE HAVE H-S-I-P-O-S-B, AND THEN THE SMALLER 10% WOULD BE CCB, CDBG GRANT. NOW JUST TO PROVIDE KIND OF A, A QUICK REVIEW OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT ARE IN THE, THE BOOKLET THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE PACKET. I'LL REVIEW THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY. JUST TOUCH ON A FEW OF THEM, HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM WE HAVE. UM, I'D LIKE TO, HERE'S HERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECTS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. THE JOSEPH CITY SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. UM, THIS PROJECT JUST WENT OUT TO BID THROUGH A OT BECAUSE OF THE GRANT. IT'S BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH A DOT AND WE HAVE, THEY RECEIVED THREE BIDS FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, THE LOWEST BID DID COME UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, SO IT'LL LIKELY GO TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND AWARD. COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS. UM, SUN VALLEY COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT PAVING PROJECT IN THE SUN VALLEY AREA. UM, THE BORDEN RANCH ROAD TURN LANE AT ROUNDUP DRIVE IS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED. UM, THIS IS BEING, THE DESIGN OF THIS IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH AN HSIP GRANT. ALSO, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THAT GRANT CONCHO HIGHWAY PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE CIP AS WELL AS MCCAW ROAD ED ROAD FROM MCCAW ROAD TO ED BRIDGE IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CIP AS WELL AS, UM, A-B-N-S-F RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATION ON ED ROAD AT THE O AT THE RAILROAD THERE. UM, COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS HERE. THE SILVER CREEK BRIDGE AT SOMEWAY ROAD. UM, ALSO THE CROSSINGS ON SILVER CREEK DRIVE AND SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD. THESE ARE CROSSINGS THAT HAVE IN PAST OVERTOPPED. UM, RECENTLY THEY'VE HAD TO BEEN, HAD TO BE CLOSED DOWN FOR LARGER STORM EVENTS, UM, AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING REDESIGNED THROUGH AN AZ SMART GRANT. THIS IS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKE AREA. ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE HEBER SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE PATH IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE. THIS IS BEING DESIGNED CURRENTLY THROUGH AN A Z SMART GRANT, AND THAT'S BEING ADMINISTERED THROUGH ADOT. UM, COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS. THE SCOTT RANCH ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION. THAT'S WHEN THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THAT'LL BE A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT. AND BLACK CANYON ROAD COLD RECYCLED ASPHALT PAVING PROJECT WILL BE COMING UP. UM, THE BUCK SPRINGS ROAD EQUESTRIAN CROSSING PROJECT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE, THE BUDGET, UM, PRESENTATION TODAY. THIS IS BEING PREPARED TO GO OUT FOR BID. UM, SHOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID, UH, THIS WEEK [01:30:01] ACTUALLY. AND ALSO ON THE RIDE IS STARLIGHT RIDGE. UH, THIS PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW. THEY, THEY STARTED LAST WEEK AND THEY'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TWO MAIN ROADS THROUGH STARLIGHT RIDGE. AND THE OTHER ROADS ARE BEING DESIGNED FOR RECONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME. THE, THE WINSLOW LEVY ON THE LEFT, UM, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT IN A PRESENTATION LATER ON IN THE AGENDA. WE HAVE THE WOODRUFF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED, UM, WITH A LOT OF COORDINATION FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE WOODRUFF AREA. THE LINDEN TRAILS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE. AND THE FULL HOUSE LANE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON THE RIGHT. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE CONCRETE BOX CULVERT TO BE CONSTRUCTED. SO THAT CAN BE INSTALLED AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS. IN THE NEAR FUTURE POND DRIVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UM, IS LOCATED NEAR A POND TO HELP DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA. WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PROJECT PROJECTS, EXCUSE ME, WHICH INCLUDES GUARDRAIL AND END TREATMENTS, MODERNIZATION OF OUR ROADWAYS AND FLEET MANAGEMENT. THIS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED IN JASON VAL'S PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY. , ANOTHER SLIDE SHOWING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION FOR THE CIP. UM, WE KNOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC WORKS. UM, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A, A VERY USEFUL TOOL TO HELP US MANAGE OUR PRO, PRO OUR PROJECTS AND ALSO TO HELP US KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AND KIND OF CREATE A ROADMAP THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE OF HOW WE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT OR TAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL, ANY, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. JUST, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATION ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS I'VE SEEN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SO I APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THE, THE INSIGHT THAT'S GONE INTO THIS AND, AND LISTING ITEMS IN THE CATEGORIES. SO I THINK IT'S A VERY HELPFUL TOOL FOR US IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN? YES, GO AHEAD. UH, VICE CHAIR. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, UM, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR'S COMMENTS. UM, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, IT'S WELL DONE. UM, AND I'D LIKE THAT THERE IS A PROCESS TO THIS AND THINKING ABOUT A FIVE YEARS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT UPDATE. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, [c. NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT: Board of Directors Session: ] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO MOVE INTO THAT DISTRICT. SO MOVE SECOND. MOTION. I SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WILL AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY HEARING DOWN THE ? WE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, I HAVE ONE PROJECT UPDATE FOR THE WINSLOW LEVY AT THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER. MR. FLAKE, THANK YOU. I GUESS FIRST I NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THIS SLIDE. IT, IT LOOKS GOOD ON MY PAPER, BUT THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE, BUT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE WINSLOW LEVEE PROJECT. UM, WE'VE REACHED A COUPLE OF KEY MILESTONES IN THIS PROJECT THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ADVANCING THE DESIGN AND MOVING IT FORWARD. SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE PLAN, PLAN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THE PROJECT TO THE BOARD AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES AND KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED ON THE PROJECT STATUS. SO THIS IS A PRESENTATION AND THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN. JUST TO, TO BRIEFLY REVIEW THE PROJECT DESIGN, UM, AS IS, THIS IS IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE DESIGN COSTS WERE [01:35:01] ESTIMATED TO BE JUST OVER 7 MILLION WITH FEDERAL SHARE, ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION, AND THE COUNTY SHARE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION. UM, AS PART OF THE COUNTY SHARE OF THAT, UM, THOSE DESIGN FEES, SOME OF THAT CAN BE WORK IN KIND, WHICH WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH. UM, THAT BEING THE SURVEY AND AERIAL MAPPING PORTION OF THE PROJECT, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROVIDED A SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE SURVEY THAT THEY NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN. OUR STAFF REVIEWED THAT SCOPE OF WORK AND THEN WE, WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TEAM. THEY WERE ORGANIZED AND BROUGHT TOGETHER TO REVIEW THE SCOPE OF WORK AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD AND THEY WERE HIRED. UM, AS THIS FINAL SCOPE OF WORK WAS APPROVED BY THE CORE OF ENGINEERS, UM, HDR WAS THE, THE MAIN CONSULTANT WITH SUB CONSULTANTS BEING PAINTED SKY ENGINEERING AND SURVEY AND AEROTECH MAPPING AS PART OF THE AERIAL MAPPING PROCESS. UM, AERIAL PANEL POINTS WERE SET, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE. THESE ARE PANEL POINTS THAT AIRCRAFT CAN FLY OVER AND THEY TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AREA AND THEY CAN SEE THOSE PANEL POINTS AND THEN MATCH THE PHOTOGRAPHS TOGETHER, UM, AND FLY THE SITE. AND THOSE PANEL POINTS ARE PICKED UP ON THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS. UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT THE, THE FLIGHT TOOK AS, AS PART OF THE AERIAL MAPPING, UH, SURVEY TEAM GOES OUT AND SHOOTS THOSE PANEL POINTS. THEY, AND THEY BASE THOSE ELEVATIONS OF THOSE PANEL POINTS BASED ON, UM, IN THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT, IT WAS FOUR PRIMARY CONTROL POINTS. THESE ARE FOUR EXISTING CONTROL POINTS, UM, THAT THE, THE ELEVATION AND LOCATION IS PUBLISHED. SO IT'S A KNOWN ELEVATION. UM, AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE IS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT. THIS IS AN EXISTING BENCHMARK THAT EXISTS OUT THERE. THEY USED FOUR OF THOSE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THEN THEY ALSO SET 15 NEW SECONDARY CONTROL POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, UM, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT, UM, IN THE MIDDLE, ON THE LEFT, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY. AND THESE ARE SET, THESE WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. THEY'LL BE USED AS BENCHMARKS FOR CONSTRUCTION, WILL BE A VALUE, VERY VALUABLE PIECE OF THE DESIGN AS WELL AS THE, AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. THE SURVEY TEAM ALSO, UM, TOOK SPECIFIC SURVEY SHOTS ON SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PROJECT AREA. UM, PIPES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THEY NEEDED, THAT THEY NEEDED SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND ELEVATIONS ON FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. ALSO, ANOTHER MILESTONE THAT WAS COMPLETED WAS THE GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE THIS PROJECT, UM, IS A GEOTECHNICAL PROJECT, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, NOT TO SIMPLIFY THIS TOO MUCH, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE A BIG, LONG PILE OF DIRT. SO SOIL IS, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THIS PROJECT. SO THIS IS A, A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE. THIS GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, IT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND WAS VERY EXTENSIVE. UM, YOU CAN SEE ON BOTH OF THESE MAPS, AND THIS IS JUST A PORTION OF THE PROJECT, THEY, THEY, UM, MADE A LOT OF TEST HOLES, UM, OR BORINGS WHERE THEY HAD A BORING MACHINE AND DRILLED DOWN INTO THE SOIL TO TAKE SAMPLES OF THE SOIL. THEY ALSO, UM, TESTED THE SOIL. THEY DUG TEST PITS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AREA ALL ALONG THE EXISTING LEVEE AND TO DETERMINE WHAT THE EXISTING SOIL STRUCTURE IS MADE OF. UM, AND SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOIL. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS SLIDE LOOKS LIKE THAT. BUT, UM, THIS, THIS INVESTIGATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE SELECTED ALTERNATIVE FROM THE 2019 FEASIBILITY STUDY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE [01:40:01] INVESTIGATION THAT WAS DONE. THERE WAS A LOT OF FIELD WORK. IT TOOK OVER A MONTH OF FIELD WORK, UM, TO TEST THE SOIL, TO SAMPLE IT. UM, THEY, THEY HAD BUCKETS. THEY PUT THE SAMPLES IN THE BUCKETS AND SENT 'EM OFF FOR ANALYSIS. UM, FROM, THEY, THEY TESTED ALONG THE EXISTING LEVEE AS WELL AS SOME DESIGNATED BORROW AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LIST OF FIELD WORK, FIELD EXPLORATION WORK LISTED THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE, WERE TAKEN AS THE, THE WORK CONTINUED. AND LAST IS KIND OF A, A SCHEDULE OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, JULY, 2025, AND HOW THEY EXPECT THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY TIMELINE OF HOW THEY EXPECT THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY'VE, THE, THIS WAS PROVIDED BY THE CORPS AND THEY'VE TOLD US THAT THIS IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO. UM, CURRENTLY THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND UPDATING THAT. AND WHEN THAT CONTINUES AND IS FINALIZED, WE'LL HAVE A, A MORE FINALIZED OUTLOOK ON HOW THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. BUT BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH US SO FAR, UM, THEY'LL HAVE A 35% DESIGN IN 2026 OF, IN JULY, ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW. UM, THE 65% DESIGN WILL BE IN AUGUST OF 2027. AND THE, THE FINAL, EXCUSE ME, 95% BECAUSE EXPECTED IN LATE 2029. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A, A BRIEF REVIEW OF, OF A DETAILED TIMELINE AND A LOT OF WORK THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. I APPRECIATE THIS TIME TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. FLAKE. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CHAIR? THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU MR. FLAKE FOR THE, UM, UPDATE THAT WAS PROVIDED AND THEN ALSO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUATION AND THE PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT. AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT WE, WE HAVE STAFF AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS CONTINUE TO STAY, UM, TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM, TO KEEP THE PROJECT GOING WOULD BE GREAT. WE APPRECIATE IT AND I DO APPRECIATE THIS, UM, THE UPDATES THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING ME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING THIS. UH, BUT I'M SURE THAT THE CITY IS, IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE UPDATES THAT YOU PROVIDED AS WELL TOO, BUT JUST FOR, UH, LEADERSHIP PURPOSES TO PROVIDE THEM, UH, AN UPDATE LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND ALL THOSE THAT HAVE YOU WORKED WITH AND ALL THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO HELP, UM, PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION. SO MOVE SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND ALL THOSE IN BAY OR VOTE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? VOTE. MAY YOU GUYS HAVE IT. WE'RE [8. COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE: Report from County Manager, County Attorney and Board members.] NOW ON ITEM EIGHT, COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE. MR. LAYTON, ANYTHING SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, ANY UPDATES? DUTY IN JUST OF TIME TODAY? I'M GOING TO PASS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, SUPERVISOR , ANYTHING? UH, AS FAR AS, UH, YES, I'LL BE, TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN. UM, AS FAR AS FROM THE LAST UPDATE TO NOW AND JUST CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS ATTENDING THE REGULAR CHAPTER MEETINGS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS RATHER THAN ATTENDING ON A, UM, VERY, FROM TIME TO TIME, DEPENDING UPON IF THEY NEED MY, UM, ATTENDANCE, THEN I'M USUALLY THERE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'VE JUST BEEN SUPPORTING THE LOCAL VETERANS SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AS IT IS THE CHAPTER MEETINGS AND, UM, LOOKING FOR AND AS WELL AS A LOT OF OUR TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WITHIN DISTRICT TWO, UH, IN COORDINATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE, UM, TRANSPORTATION PARTNER, TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PARTNER, BE IT BIA OR NDOT. AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING, IT'S SUMMER AND THERE'S A LOT OF OUTDOOR EVENTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO STRESSING THAT A LOT OF THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, DRESS WARMLY AND THEN ALSO STAY HYDRATED IN THAT PROCESS SINCE, UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR ANNUAL DISTRICT TWO, UM, SPRING INTO SUMMER, WHICH WE HAD INITIATED BACK EARLIER THIS MONTH OR LAST MONTH. UM, STARTED OFF IN BLUE GAP TOUCH SHEETS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MORE COMMUNITIES TO GO, BUT THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE [01:45:01] MORNING ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN HAVING THEM IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AS IT IS VERY HOT. AND SO JUST TO ACCOMMODATE. AND, UM, THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE ELDERS THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN EARLY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS GOING, IS IN THE WORKS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, DISTRICT TWO CONTINUES TO, UM, SUPPORT AND, UM, PARTNER WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND SO FORTH. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. UH, SUPERVISOR ALI, ANYTHING THANK YOU. CHAIR, UM, AND SUPERVISOR, UM, FOR THIS LAST MONTH, ATTENDED REGULAR TRUMP MEETINGS AND ALSO PRESENTED TO SENIOR CENTER, UM, SUPERVISORS OVER IN, UM, NALAN REGARDING THE NAVAJO COUNTY ALLOCATIONS, UH, THE ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO THE, UM, SENIOR CENTERS OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN, UM, VETERAN EVENTS AND UM, SENIOR CENTER EVENTS AND OTHER CHAPTER EVENTS AND JUST WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, VICE SHARON, ANY UPDATES? NO, SIR. OKAY. UM, AND I DON'T EITHER. SO MELISSA, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON CALL TO THE PUBLIC? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. SO DO NOT HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS WISH TO ADDRESS THE THING, CALL TO THE PUBLIC. SO WE'LL MOVE FROM ITEM NUMBER NINE TO ITEM NUMBER 10, WHERE WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY AS A BOARD, IF WE CAN STICK AROUND SECOND. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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