Aug 12, 2025 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

SO, SO YOU, I'M FINE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, IF NOT, CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE.

APPROVE.

CONSENT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ON THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, LIBRARY DISTRICT, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

THE AYES HAVE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE GONNA GO

[2. LIBRARY DISTRICT: Board of Directors Session: ]

WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTE? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

WE'RE NOW IN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION.

ITEM A IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE BOARD IS WISHING TO TALK ABOUT? IF NOT, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

I HAVE IT.

UM, AND YOU DID DO, THERE WAS ANOTHER PART OF THAT MOTION I DIDN'T HEAR.

WE DIDN'T NEED A MOTION TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION UNLESS THAT WAS IN THAT AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

NO.

UH, SOME MOVE.

SO, RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY NOW.

SESSION ITEM THREE, TREASURER CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. RECEIPT OF ANNUAL REPORT OF COLLECTIONS AND DELINQUENCIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RS 42 DASH 1 8 0 0 2.

HAVE IT.

WE'RE NOW HAVE REGULAR

[a. Consideration and approval of the following items: Receipt of the Annual Report of Collections and Delinquencies in accordance with A.R.S. §42-18002; Settlement of Accounts; and Request for Authorization to Invest Funds Pursuant to A.R.S. §35-327(G).]

SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO INVEST FUNDS.

GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY, SHAER EARL.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, CHAIRMAN WHITING AND VICE CHAIR WEISINGER AND THE REST OF THE BOARD.

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UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER GIVEN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, SO I HOPE I AND I'M ASSUMING THE NEXT ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF WORN OUT ON THE BUTTON.

UM, SO I, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RS 42 18 0 0 2, UM, I AM PRESENTING A REPORT TODAY.

UM, AND DO I POINT AT YOU? OOPS, NOW IT WENT TOO FAR.

OH, I GUESS WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME, BEFORE I ASK FOR QUESTIONS, IF I COULD TAKE A PERSONAL MOMENT HERE, UM, WE HAVE HAD, UM, A COUPLE CHANGES IN THE TREASURE'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, I'M PRESENTING A REPORT TO YOU ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES CHARGED FOR COLLECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 25.

THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE DUE TO CORRECTIONS, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF UNPAID TAXES ON THE ROLL AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2025.

AND HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE TAXES CHARGED FOR COLLECTION.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE BOARD ORDER OR OTHER CORRECTIONS MADE THAT REDUCE THE, UM, AMOUNT FOR COLLECTION DOWN TO 97,100,090.

AND WE HAVE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 93,956.

358 67 AS OF THE END OF JUNE, WE ARE CONTINUING.

IT'S RIGHT NOW WE'VE COLLECTED, OR WE STILL HAVE LEFT TO COLLECT, UH, 3.25%.

UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED COLLECTIONS AS OF THE END OF JULY.

UH, THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT DOWN OVER $1.2 MILLION.

AND SO WE, UM, AND, UH, AT THIS, THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE, UM, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT LEFT TO COLLECT FOR 2023.

AND AS OF THE END OF JULY, THAT'S DOWN TO $29,000.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, UM, OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, I'VE GOT A REPORT HERE THAT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE, UM, WHERE, WHERE IN THE DISTRICTS THE, IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THE TAXES HAVE GONE AND WHAT THEY STILL HAVE LEFT TO COLLECT.

AND SO, UM, THE NEXT THING THAT I'M REQUESTING, UM, AS REQUIRED BY A A RS 35 3 27 G I'M REQUESTING AS THE NAVAJO COUNTY TREASURER AUTHORIZATION TO INVEST AND REINVEST COUNTY SCHOOL AND SPECIAL DISTRICT FUNDS AS NECESSARY FOR THE 25 26 FISCAL YEAR.

UM, THIS IS A CHART THAT SHOWS, UM, HOW MUCH WE HAVE INVESTED OVER THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL YEARS.

WE, I'VE GOT SIX YEARS REPRESENTED THERE.

UM, IT IS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT THAT HAS STEADILY GOT, THAT'S WILL STEADILY GO BACK UP IN THE AMOUNT THAT'S INVESTED.

UM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE INCREASED IN THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT WE'VE, UH, COLLECTED.

SO THAT HAS GONE UP ALMOST $2 MILLION, OR IT'S UP 13.4% THAT'S GONNA GO UP AGAIN THIS COMING YEAR.

UM, AS THERE ARE SOME MATURITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, UM, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THINGS THAT WERE MADE DURING COVID, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, TIMES WERE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER DURING THAT TIME.

AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME, UM, INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE GONE FROM 1% TO, UM, THEY'RE NOW REINVESTED IN THE FOUR PERCENTS.

UM, AND AS AN EXAMPLE, JULY'S INTEREST, UM, IN 2024 WAS $816,000.

AND JULY OF THIS YEAR, IT'S 1.58 MILLION.

SO THAT HAS GONE UP IN JULY FOR ABOUT 94%.

SO IT WON'T GO UP 94% EVERY MONTH.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WOULD, BUT IT IS ON A, UM, TRAJECTORY TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE, UM, FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND AS WELL, UM, I HAVE MADE A CHANGE IN THAT.

UM, I'VE CHANGED THE, UH, GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNT TO BE A SWEEP ACCOUNT.

SO NOW ALL THE COUNTY MONEY THAT WE HAVE IS BEING INVESTED, UM, EVERY DAY THAT SWEEPS IN OR OUT OF THE, UM, INVESTMENT ACCOUNT SO THAT ALL MONEY THAT THE COUNTY HAS NOW IS INVESTED.

AND THEN THE FINAL THING, THE TREASURER'S PROCESSING FUND FOR THOSE, UM, TAXES THAT, UM, FOR THOSE TAXES THAT WE, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT, ACCORDING TO A RS 11 4 95 C, THE COUNTY TREASURER SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THE AMOUNT OF ANTICIPATED REVENUES UNDER THIS SECTION.

AND BASED ON THE, UM, SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THAT FOR 25 26, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT TO BE ANOTHER $10,000.

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ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DID WAS PROCURE A, UM, A MACHINE IN, IN OUR DEPARTMENT IN COMING TO THIS OFFICE.

FIRST OF ALL, MY TEAM ARE JUST AMAZING PEOPLE AND HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND REALLY HELPED OVER THIS LAST SIX MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE THAT, OR EIGHT MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE.

UM, THEY, THEY HAVE JUST BEEN A FANTASTIC TEAM OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER, BUT IN GETTING THIS MACHINE THAT, THAT REQUIRED THE HELP OF EVERYONE, IT SEEMED LIKE IN THE WHOLE BUILDING.

UM, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH GRANT EVANS FROM FACILITIES AND KEN DET FROM IT, THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING AT GETTING TOGETHER AND GETTING THINGS DONE.

AND NOT ONLY JUST GETTING IT DONE, BUT GETTING IT DONE LOOKING REALLY NICE PROFESSIONALLY AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S WORKING WITH FOLLOW UP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP, NOT ONLY IN THE CHARGER'S OFFICE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, WITH PROCUREMENT WITH COLTON AND JANINE.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME.

AND OF COURSE, BRIAN, ERIC AND JASON, UM, WITH THEIR SUPPORT ALL ALONG THE WAY, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY, OR EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND HAVE, UM, HELPED ME DO MY JOB.

SO I WANTED TO, UM, SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO, WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REPORT TODAY? ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? SUPERVISOR, CHAIR? THANK YOU.

IN YOUR INVESTMENTS WHERE NOW YOU'RE SWEEPING ALL THE ACCOUNTS AND PUTTING 'EM INTO AN INVESTED FUND, IS OUR PRINCIPAL OR BASE SECURED YES.

OR IS IT AT RISK? NO, IT IS SECURED.

THAT, THAT IS THROUGH THE WELLS FARGO MONEY MARKET FUND.

AND, UM, I DO HAVE, UM, A REPORT ON THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

BUT IT IS, EVERYTHING IS IN ALL A OR AAA RATED FUNDS AND EVERYTHING IS VERY SECURED.

I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE DONE AND PUT BRINGING YOUR TEAM TOGETHER AND MAKING A NEW TEAM AND ALL THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

AND IT'S OBVIOUS TO SEE YOU'RE AGGRESSIVE IN THOSE THINGS AND IT'S PAYING DIVIDENDS BACK FOR US.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON BOARD AND BEING PART OF, UH, THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND ALSO, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY IN YOUR LIFE AND SOME OF THOSE TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

I DO WANNA ALSO THANK YOU.

I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE THINGS.

FIRST OFF, THANK YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

PLEASE RELAY THAT BACK TO HIM.

BUT I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU RECOGNIZING EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WAS HELPING YOU AND A PART OF IT, AND JUST THE GOOD HEART THAT YOU HAVE AND THAT THE COUNTY REALLY DOES COME TOGETHER TO TRY AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND, AND GET TO THE RIGHT SPOT FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND, UH, REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

ANY, UH, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN, I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

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

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NA.

[a. Discussion and action regarding Petition for Review of Real Property Valuation of APN 411-52-136 (Mulligan); Swearing in of Assessor, Appraisers and Petitioners. ]

WE NEED A MOTION TO INTO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

SO MOVE SECOND.

THE MOTION IS SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE VOTED NOT TO GO INTO THE SESSION AND I WOULD ACTUALLY GO WITH THAT.

BUT ANYWAYS, GLAD YOU ALWAYS WORK OUT.

WE'D BE JUST AS CURIOUS.

I KNOW.

MR. GREAT.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

THANKS.

SO YOU MUCH THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU FOR THIS DISCUSSION ON A PETITION.

UH, I'M MIKE, THE COUNTY ASSESSOR, AND WE DO HAVE ONE PETITION TODAY.

AND SO I'M GONNA TURN THE TIME OVER TO, UH, MY CHIEF APPRAISER, LORI VEL, TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

I DO BELIEVE YOU SWEAR US IN AT THIS POINT.

MELISSA WILL SWEAR YOU IN.

UM, IS THE PETITIONER HERE.

THANK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THEY CAN SWEAR US ALL IN AT ONCE.

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YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.

THANK YOU, LORI.

I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER YOU.

UM, THIS IS, UM, PARCEL 4 11 52 1 36.

AND THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITH, EXCUSE ME.

HEY, SO SORRY.

WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU THE WAY THE ORDER THAT WE NEED TO GO IN IS HAVE HIM GO FIRST.

HE'S HIM FIRST.

AT THE LOWER SQUARE FOOT VALUE.

THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU, I'M SORRY.

AND THEN HE CAN HAVE FINAL REBUTTAL OKAY.

IS THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURED TO GO.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ALRIGHTY.

UH, GOOD MORNING BOARD AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS TIM MULLIGAN AND, UH, WHAT'S FUNNY IS, I, I WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS FOR THE CITY OF SHOW LOW, NEVER HAD TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AT THE COUNCIL, BUT HERE I AM, RETIRED, MAKING A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY.

SO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.

UM, THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE IN MY ESTIMATION, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX SHOULD BE INCREASED AS MUCH AS IT IS FOR THE, UH, COMING YEAR.

AND THE REASONS FOR THAT ARE, I HAVE VALUATIONS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF WHAT YOU GUYS DO WITH FULL CASH VALUE, LIMITED CASH VALUE IN THIS TYPE OF THING.

BUT I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I SEE.

AND I HAVE VALUATIONS FROM, UH, FOR MY PROPERTY FROM THREE DIFFERENT REAL ESTATE MARKETING COMPANIES SHOWING VALUES CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE FULL CASH VALUE LISTED BY THE COUNTY ON THE 2026 RESIDENTIAL NOTICE OF VALUE.

UM, AND I, I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T KNOW I, I COULD HAVE PRESENTED A POWERPOINT OR I WOULD'VE DONE THAT.

'CAUSE I HAVE INFORMATION HERE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT INCLUDED.

IT'S NOT.

BUT THE FIRST POINT IS JUST THAT, UM, WHEN THIS FIRST CAME ABOUT AND I LOOKED AT PROPERTY VALUES FROM TRULIA, REDFIN, AND ZILLOW, THEIR VALUES CAME OUT TO AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT A 508,000 600, 6 6, UH, $667.

SO I THINK THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT THE, THE COUNTY HAD AT 622,129.

AND THEN I ALSO HAD SIMILAR, UH, MLS COMPS OF RECENT SALES THAT SHOW A LOWER PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT THAN THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT SHOWN BY THE COUNTY ON THE 2026 RESIDENTIAL NOTICE OF VALUE.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER PARCEL MLS SOLD ON MLS THAT HAD A PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OF $230 PER SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WOULD INDICATE A VALUE OF 503,000 AND CHANGE FROM MY HOUSE.

UH, LASTLY, THE, UH, PARCEL ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IS 2,500 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S 315 SQUARE FEET LARGER THAN MY HOUSE.

BUT THEIR FULL CASH VALUE IS LISTED BY THE COUNTY IS ABOUT $45,000 LESS.

SO THAT HOUSE, IF YOU FIGURED OUT THE VALUE PER SQUARE FOOT, TAKING THE, THE, UH, FULL CASH VALUE LISTED BY THE COUNTY, DIVIDED BY THEIR SQUARE NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET, IT WOULD COME OUT TO $231 PER SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WOULD GIVE MY PROPERTY A VALUE OF 500, 504,000.

SO WE, UM, I NOTICED BRIEFLY GLANCING AT, AT LORI'S, UH, PRE OR PRESENTATION HERE, THAT WE DID INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR HOME BY ABOUT 700 AND SOME ODD SQUARE FEET LIVING AREA.

BEFORE THAT, THE HOME WAS 1,456 SQUARE FEET.

SO WE'RE INCREASING BY ABOUT A THIRD.

BUT PROPERTY TAXES WERE $1,850

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AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING UP TO ABOUT 3,700, WHICH ACTUALLY IS MORE THAN TWICE.

UM, WHAT THEY WERE.

SO, I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN PAYING MY FAIR SHARE, UM, YOU KNOW, OF TAXES.

I WORKED AT THE CITY, LIKE I TOLD YOU, AND I KNOW YOU NEED MONEY FOR PUBLIC WORKS, FOR SHERIFF, FOR ADMIN, FOR, UH, PARKS AND REC.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE TAXES SHOULD BE MORE THAN DOUBLED WHEN I'VE INCREASED THE LIVING AREA BY ONLY 33%.

I THINK WHAT'S FAIR IS, UH, INCREASED TAXES BY 33%.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? NO, NO.

WE'LL TURN THE TIME BACK OVER.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO RESPOND.

YOU WANT ME TO SIT OR WAIT OR YOU CAN SIT IF YOU'D LIKE.

VALUE RESULTING IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF FIVE 19,249, SUPPORTED BY THREE SALES COMPARISONS.

UM, THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE PINETOP COUNTRY CLUB, AND IT BACKS UP TO THE FOREST RESERVATION LAND.

THE RESIDENCE CONSISTS OF 2,184 SQUARE FEET OF THIS 1,456 SQUARE FEET WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 19 95, 75, 19 75, SORRY, 1975.

AND AN ADDITIONAL 728 SQUARE FOOT WAS ADDED IN 2023, RESULTING IN AN EFFECTIVE AGE OF 1991.

THE HOME FEATURES FRAME SIDING, COMPOSITE SHINGLE ROOF SLAB FOUNDATION, AN OPEN SLAB PORCH, HEATING AND COOLING, AND A FIREPLACE, AN ATTACHED GARAGE MEASURING 725 SQUARE FEET WAS ALSO CONSTRUCTED IN 2023.

APPROXIMATELY 33% OF THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 2023.

THE KEY CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES INCLUDE THE FIRST MAJOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION WAS ON MAY 22ND, 2023.

THE SECOND ONE WAS ON JULY 19TH, 2023, AND THE FINAL INSPECTION WAS DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.

THE NOTICE OF VALUE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS ASSIGNED A FULL CASH VALUE OF 6,000 22 129, AND THE LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OF 370,997.

THE LAND WAS ESTABLISHED AT 102,880 WITH AN INITIAL IMPROVEMENT VALUE OF 519,249.

THE BASIS ON THE SALES ANALYSIS, THE IMPROVEMENT VALUE WAS REVISED TO 499,240, REFLECTING A REDUCTION OF $20,009, WHICH I GAVE HIM AFTER I LOOKED AT ALL THE PROPERTIES.

THE BASIS FOR APPEAL, THE BASIS FOR THIS APPEAL IS THE MARKET SALES APPROACH.

THE PROPERTY OWNER SUBMITTED AN OPINION OF VALUE ESTIMATING THE FULL CASH VALUE AT 502,320 WITH A CORRESPONDING LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OF 291,346.

THE ASSESSOR DATA IN 2024, THE FULL CASH VALUE WAS 336,996 WITH A LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OF 193,509.

IN 2025, THE ODOR, THE OWNER ADDED 200, ADDED 728 SQUARE FEET OF LIVABLE AREA, AND A 725 QUA SQUARE FOOT ATTACHED GARAGE, APPLYING A 7.5% ADJUSTMENT FOR INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE IMPROVEMENT.

THIS RESULTED IN THE FULL CASH VALUE OF 610,953 AND A LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY.

THE OWNER APPEALED, BUT NO ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE.

THE ASSESSOR UPHELD THE FULL CASH VALUE AT 610,952 FOR THE 2025 TAX ROLL.

FOR THE 2026.

THEIR PROJECTED FULL CASH VALUE IS 622,129 WITH THE LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE OF 370,997.

UPON APPEAL, I PROPOSED A REDUCTION OF $20,009 TO THE IMPROVEMENT

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TWO EQUITY CO COMPARISONS.

THE PROPERTY OWNER SUBMITTED TWO SALES COMPARISONS.

THE MY SALES COMPARISONS WERE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, SIX SIXTY AND 65 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT, AND 254 AND 54 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT.

TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO AND 23 CENTS.

THOSE WERE MY THREE SALES COMPARISONS.

THE TWO EQUITY COMPARABLES ARE COME IN AT $220 AND 25 CENTS AND $224 AND 7 CENTS.

THE OWNER'S SALES COMPARABLE CAME IN AT $218 AND $92 PER SQUARE FOOT AND $163 AND 49 CENTS.

WHEN YOU ADD ALL SEVEN OF THOSE TOGETHER, IT COMES OUT TO 1612 CENTS.

AND WHEN I DIVIDE BY SEVEN, IT COMES OUT TO $228 AND 59 CENTS TIMES THE SQUARE FOOT OF THE PROPERTY AT 2184 COMES OUT TO 449,240, PLUS THE LAND VALUE OF 102,880 EQUALS THE FULL CASH OF 6 0 2 1 20.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT BACKS UP TO THE FOREST LAND, IT GOES ON A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE PROPERTY LIKE ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH DOESN'T BACK UP TO THE FOREST LAND.

SO IN MY CONCLUSION, IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE FULL CASH VALUE REMAIN AT THE REDUCED AMOUNT OF 102,120 AND THE LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE AT THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE NINE SEVEN.

AND THE LPV IS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES 42 DASH 1 3 3 0 1.

THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT ALLOWED TO APPEAL THE LPV AGAINST HER STATUTE.

IN THE, UH, IF YOU'LL COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE OH, SURE.

ON THAT PAGE WHERE LORI WAS JUST READING, IN THE SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH IT SAYS, AND I'LL JUST TAKE PART OF THE LAST SENTENCE, UH, 2 28 59 TIMES SQUARE FOOT OF PROPERTY 2184 EQUALS $449,240 PLUS LAND VALUE OF 102,880 EQUALS THE FULL CASH VALUE OF 602,120.

I ADDED 449,240 PLUS 102,880.

I COME UP WITH 552,120.

AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG? NO, I COULD HAVE DONE THAT WRONG.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SHOWING.

4 49 2 40 PLUS 1 0 2 880.

I'VE GOT 5 52, 1 20.

SO YOU'RE ASKING HER THAT QUESTION AT THIS POINT, YOU WANT HER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND, IS THAT CORRECT? SURE.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE A CALCULATOR.

YOU CAN USE MINE.

2 28 59.

I'M JUST TAKING THIS RIGHT HERE.

2 28 TIMES IT SHOULD BE THE, THE MATH 2 28 59 TIMES 2184 SHOULD SHOW 4 99.

TWO 40 OH INSTEAD OF 4 49.

ALRIGHT, SO THERE'S A TYPO THERE, OR MISCALCULATION.

THAT'S THE ERROR.

ENTITLED PLUS THE 1 0 2, RIGHT? EIGHT 80 THAT EQUALS 6 0 2 1 20.

NOW THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION RIGHT THERE.

DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE GOING TO THE BOARD? I, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PROCESS REALLY TO COMMENT.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I SAW ON ZILLOW WITH THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET IS PAYING, UM, UP AND DOWN MY STREET, THE COMPS AND IT'S CONSIDERABLY LESS PER SQUARE FOOT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR PROCESS ON FIGURING OUT LPV AND THESE TYPES

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OF THINGS.

I CAN JUST TELL YOU WHAT I OBSERVED CHAIR.

ARE YOU ASKING THEM TO RESPOND TO THAT TO HELP PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON THE PROCESS? UH, I WAS GOING TO CHAIRMAN, IF HE WANTS TO, THE PROBLEM IS HE HAS TO ASK YOU IF HE WANTS TO ASK YOU, THEN YOU CAN RESPOND.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH HIM RESPONDING TO THAT TO HELP PROVIDE CLARITY TO YOU? ABSOLUTELY.

I WAS TRYING TO HELP, AND MY, AND MY QUESTION TO YOU CHAIRMAN IS, UH, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE EX TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS A LITTLE BOTH TO YOU AND TO MR. MULLIGAN.

THE QUESTION IS, BEFORE OR AFTER YOU WANTED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE FULL CASH VALUE GO AHEAD.

I'LL DO IT BEFORE.

UH, SO VERY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THE REAL ESTATE WORLD AND AROUND REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS.

MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE.

THE CITIZENS OF ARIZONA VOTED ON A PROPOSITION IN 2012 THAT PUT THIS CURRENT SYSTEM IN PLACE.

AND VIRTUALLY EVERY REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL THAT I MEET DOESN'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, EVEN THOUGH THEY VOTED FOR IT AND IT PASSED.

AND THE SYSTEM CREATES A A TWO TIER FULL CASH VALUE, WHICH WE, IN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ESTIMATE, AND THEN A STATUTORILY DETERMINED LIMITED VALUE, UH, ON THOSE.

AND MR. MULLIGAN GOT CAUGHT IN A, IN THE LAW WHEN HE EXPANDED HIS HOUSE.

SO WHAT HAPPENED, YOUR LIMITED VALUE EX GOES UP AT 5% EVERY YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IT HITTING, UH, THE FULL CASH VALUE.

IT SHOULDN'T GO UP STEADILY.

THE ONLY TIME THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO LIMITED VALUE IS IF YOU DO IN A CHANGE OF MORE THAN 15% BY ADDING THE 748 SQUARE FEET IS LIMITED VALUE IS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED TO THE COUNTY AVERAGE, WHICH IS 52.8%.

SO THE REASON THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET IS LOWER IS BECAUSE HIM AND HIS LIMITED VALUE'S BEEN CLIMBING AT THAT 5% WHERE YOURS MADE A JUMP IN THERE.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S FAIR OR NOT, BUT THAT'S LAW.

AND WE FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE DO THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS A LONGTIME APPRAISER, MARKET VALUE IS AN ESTIMATE.

WHETHER IT ENDS UP BEING 580 OR 602 OR 622,000, WE TRY AND BE AS FAIR AND ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE THE LIMITED VALUE.

THE LIMITED VALUE IS STILL GONNA BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY DISCRETION IN THAT AREA.

DOES THAT HELP PROVIDE THE CLARITY YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? IT PROVIDES CLARITY, BUT IT PROVIDES DISAPPOINTMENT AS WELL, UNDERSTOOD.

UM, I, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND BEING, YOU KNOW, QUOTE UNQUOTE CAUGHT IN THE LAW.

BUT, UM, TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE LAW, WHO'S NOT A, UH, EX APPRAISER, WHO'S NOT A REAL ESTATE AGENT, UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF, UH, LENIENCY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THAT REGARD, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THERED BE SOME KIND OF LENIENCY JUST SO THAT, UH, IT WOULD SIT BETTER WITH ME.

SO THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S JUST A STATEMENT.

DOES THE LAW ALLOW FOR ANY LENIENCY, BRAD? NOT REALLY, BECAUSE THE VALUATIONS ARE GOING UP.

BUT THE REAL MATTER FOR TAXES IS THAT LIMITED VALUE THAT KEEPS GOING UP.

YOU CAN CHANGE THE MARKET VALUE, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE THE BACK.

THAT HELPS YOU.

I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ASK THE ATTORNEYS SO YOU HAVE THAT.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE OF MR. MONTANA IN HIS OFFICE IS THEY REALLY DO TRY TO WORK WITH OUR CITIZENS AND TRYING TO HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW IT CAN BE CONFUSING.

UM, AND YOU'RE, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS YOU'RE AN INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUAL AND SO IT'S JUST NOT AN EASY PROCESS.

BUT THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING AS YOU HAVE.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT MAY BE DISAPPOINTING.

BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO NOT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.

THE BOARD MAY HAVE QUESTIONS OF YOU.

WE'RE GONNA NOW GO TO THE BOARD, UM, FOR DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE TO ASK AT THIS TIME? NO.

THEN THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED WAS, ONE, THERE WAS A DISCRETION DISCREPANCY IN THE DOLLARS.

SO WILL THAT, THAT'LL BE RECTIFIED IN THE ULTIMATE.

AND THE DISCREPANCY WAS ONLY IN THIS TYPED PRESENTATION, THE DISCREPANCY IN THE DOLLARS WAS CAUGHT IS WHAT'S IN THE COM WHAT'S IN THE SYSTEM.

WHAT'S IN THE SYSTEM.

IT IS TYPED HERE AT 4 49.

WHERE, WHERE

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IT'S 4 99 IN THE SYSTEM.

UM, I WILL, I AM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION, SIR, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE TIME THAT YOU'VE TAKEN AND CERTAINLY AS A PROPERTY OWNER THAT, UM, WE MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR HOME BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES AND CERTAINLY LIVING IN PINETOP, LAKESIDE.

UM, I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CAN APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT.

AND, AND SO, AND YOUR CONCERN IN TRYING TO RECTIFY, I UNDERSTAND, UM, PART OF THAT IS THAT AS A COUNTY, THAT WE FOLLOW THE LAW.

AND SO I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION THAT HAS BEEN, UM, GIVEN TO US AND MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE A CHOICE AT THIS POINT AT ALL.

NO.

YEAH, I MEAN, I GET THAT IT'S DISAPPOINTING, BUT I GET IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION THEN.

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

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE MAY HAVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THANK YOU MR. MULGAN.

FORWARD PRESENTATION.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO RETURN REGULAR SESSION.

SO MOVE WE HAVE A SECOND? YEAH.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE MADE AND

[a. Presentation of Sheriff's Commendation to Kathrine Lann for actions taken on Friday, June 13th.]

NONE THE AYE HAVE.

BUT WE'RE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION TO ITEM FIVE, A PRESENTATION OF SHERIFF'S OR COMMENDATION TO C CATHERINE LANE FOR ACTIONS TAKEN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH.

UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

UH, YOU GOT A PACKED AGENDA, BUT I PROMISE OUR PRESENTATIONS WILL NOT REQUIRE CALCULATORS, .

'CAUSE IF IT DID, I WOULDN'T BE HERE .

BUT I AM GONNA BE PASSING THE TORCH ON TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND I APPRECIATE THEM.

UH, WE HAVE THREE AGENDAS AND THEN DURING THE ADMINISTRATIVES PORTION, WE HAVE AT A RETIREMENT.

SO WE KIND OF HAVE A, KIND OF, HAVE A LOT OF ATTENDEES HERE TODAY, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, PRESENT ON THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. FOR THE FIRST ITEM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF BRUCE TUCKER, UH, WITH THE ACCOMMODATION FOR CATHERINE LAN.

AND SECOND IS, UH, THE PRESENTATION TO LARRY ZO WILL BE HANDLED BY CHIEF DEPUTY BRIAN SUWANEE.

AND THEN ITEM C WILL BE HANDLED BY ALVIN WHIPPLE.

OF COURSE, I'LL BE HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME.

BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRUCE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU SHERIFF.

UH, CHAIRMAN WHI, VICE CHAIR WEINGER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE TIME TODAY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR CITIZENS.

UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE EVENTS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'M GONNA BEGIN JUST BY EXPLAINING BACK ON FEBRUARY, UH, EXCUSE ME, FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2025.

UH, TWO MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF, OUR TRAINING AND RECRUITING COORDINATOR, KAYA CARROLL AND SERGEANT COLLEEN SHA WERE RETURNING FROM SHOW LOW FROM AN EVENT AND WERE TRAVELING, TRAVELING BACK TO SNOWFLAKE.

UH, DURING THAT, UH, TRAVEL BACK TO SNOWFLAKE, THEY CAME ACROSS A VEHICLE COLLISION AND THERE WERE NO FIRST RESPONDERS ON SCENE.

THEY OBVIOUSLY FELT THE OBLIGATION TO STOP AND THEY SHOULD HAVE.

AND THEY DID.

AND AS THEY APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, THEY NOTICED THAT MS. CATHERINE LYNN, A PRIVATE CITIZEN, HAD STOPPED TO HELP.

AND THERE WERE SOME INJURED PARTIES, INCLUDING A YOUNG JUVENILE.

MS LAND TOOK THE TIME, THE CARE AND THE COMPASSION TO STOP, TO HELP HOLD THE, UH, JUVENILE'S NECK AND TO APPLY PRESSURE TO A WOUND ON THE HEAD.

AND, UH, WHILE WE HAD FIRST RESPONDERS RESPONDING TO HELP, UH, WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE MS. LAND FOR THAT EFFORT, FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO STOP ON HER PRIVATE TIME AND RENDER AID.

UM, IT'S A RARE THING ANYMORE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.

UH, THANKFULLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT AS RARE.

UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION.

WE HAVE, UH, MASTER DEPUTY SHANE JACKSON HERE WITH US.

UH, MS. MASTER, DEPUTY JACKSON KNOWS MS. LAN, UM, AND WANTED TO EXPRESS HIS PERSONAL APPRECIATION.

SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE THAT WE'D LIKE TO AWARD HER.

MS. LAN, YOU'LL COME UP PLEASE.

AND IF I MAY, BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, INVITE, UH, MS. LORI MILLS FROM CONGRESSMAN ELI CRANE'S OFFICE.

YOU AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

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SHE, TOO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND OFFER HER RECOGNITION.

AND, UH, CONGRESSMAN ELI CRANE'S RECOGNITION.

I'LL LET YOU SPEAK ON THAT.

CHAIRMAN BOARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CATHERINE.

WE, WE HEARD ABOUT YOUR STORY AND THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.

KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND STAY ON THAT PATH.

I WANNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE THIS TO HER.

IS THAT FOR MY SOBRIETY AND EVERYTHING? JUST FOR EVERYTHING SO MUCH.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? I JUST SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WOULD ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SAID.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE CITIZENS LIKE YOU THAT WILL STEP UP.

ONE CALL I HOLD THAT VOICE.

YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION ON IS, UH, LORI IS HERE WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN CRANE'S OFFICE.

WE WERE WORKING, OR HER AND, UH, BRIAN WERE WORKING ON ANOTHER ISSUE.

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS BOARD MEETING.

SHE, UH, REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN CRANE'S OFFICE TO BE HERE, UH, OR THE CONGRESSMAN TO BE HERE TO, TO, UH, SHARE IN THESE RECOGNITIONS.

SO WE THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.

AND, UH, JUST THANK YOU, UH, AS WELL.

ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, WE HAD SOME EMPLOYEES THAT LIKE THAT WE SAID THAT HAD STOPPED THERE AND THEY HAD KNOWN, UH, CATHERINE THROUGH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY, THEY WERE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE CHANGES THAT SHE'S MADE AND THE, AND THE, UM, THE SUPPORT SHE GAVE HER FELLOW MAN THAT DAY.

SO CATHERINE, WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

WITH THAT,

[b. Presentation to Laurie Palazzolo for years of service to Navajo County Search and Rescue (NCSAR).]

WE'LL GO TO ITEM B.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND AND STAFF.

UH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS, UH, THAT, THAT PROVIDE, UH, SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE HERE IN, IN THE COUNTY.

I'VE PREPARED A, A, A SHORT TRUST IN SHORT, A LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE THAT I'LL READ OFF TO YOU.

IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ON BEHALF OF THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL, CAPTAIN LORI PALAZZOLO, FOR HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE NAVAJO COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM, AND TO THE CITIZENS OF NAVAJO COUNTY.

LORI HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A VOLUNTEER WITHIN CSAR FOR AN INCREDIBLE 15 YEARS, INCLUDING 10 YEARS AS THE ELECTED TO CAPTAIN AND WAS RECENTLY REELECTED TO, TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE.

HER SELFLESS COMMITMENT HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND COUNTLESS MISSIONS AND SUCCESSFUL RESCUES, OFTEN UNDER CHALLENGING AND HIGH PRESSURE CONDITIONS.

BEYOND THE MISSIONS THEMSELVES, LORI HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SHAPING NC SSAR INTO ONE OF THE MOST REPUTABLE AND EFFECTIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE TEAM HAS NOT ONLY SERVED NAVAJO COUNTY WITH EXCELLENCE, BUT HAS ALSO PROVIDED TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE FAR REACHING IMPACT OF HER WORK.

CAPTAIN PAOLO'S DEDICATION TO THE MISSION, HER TIRELESS VOLUNTEERISM AND HER STEADY LEADERSHIP HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED LIVES AND BROUGHT PEACE TO COUNTLESS FAMILIES.

HER INFLUENCE EXTENDS WELL BEYOND INDIVIDUAL OPERATIONS.

SHE HAS HELPED BUILD A TEAM, A CULTURE, AND A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THAT WILL SERVE THIS COUNTY FOR YEARS TO COME.

THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO CAPTAIN LORI POLO FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE, HER COMMITMENT TO THE NC SAR PROGRAM AND HER SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

LAURIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTY.

WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE, UH, GLORIA TO COME ON UP FROM THE CONVERSATION'S OFFICE.

SO MUCH .

ALRIGHT, NOW I

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YEAH, THE OFFICE DOES FOLLOW YOUR, YOUR NAVAJO COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE AND IT'S GOLD STANDARD.

AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF ALL THE WORK YOUR TEAM DOES.

SO THIS IS A CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

OH, SURE.

GO AHEAD.

I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IN LIFE IS WHEN SOMEONE'S LOST OR SOMEBODY'S IN NEED IS THE HOPE THAT SOMEBODY'S COMING FOR THEM.

AND SO I RESPECT YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU'VE PROVIDED, AND MAYBE WE ALWAYS GIVE THAT HOPE TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

[c. Presentation of the Arizona Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP) obtained by the Navajo County Sheriff's Office from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police.]

IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THE CITIZENS CAN BE PROUD OF IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM C PRESENTATION OF ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.

ALET, UH, OBTAINED BY THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

TURN IT OVER TO SHERIFF, ALMOST SHERIFF CLAPS .

WELL, IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA, GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE, .

YEAH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY.

UM, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO CONFUSE SHERIFF AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN SEE THAT .

UM, BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, ACTUALLY.

UH, AND KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT A EAP IS, WHAT A EAP ACCREDITATION IS, AND, UH, WHAT IT IS FOR OUR OFFICE, WHAT IT MEANS TO US, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COUNTY, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE CITIZENS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

UH, THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT TOOK US ABOUT TWO YEARS TO ACHIEVE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.

AND, UH, THE KIND OF, A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND TO THIS IS SHERIFF KLAUS WAS ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF THE ACCREDITATION BOARD AND, UH, WAS WAS ASKED TO KIND OF DO THAT AS ONE OF HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENTS WHEN HE FIRST BECAME THE SHERIFF.

AND, UH, LEARNED ABOUT IT, LEARNED WHAT IT WAS.

UH, DEPUTY CHIEF BRUCE TUCKER, UH, EVENTUALLY BECAME AN ASSESSOR FOR THIS PROCESS TO GO OUT AND ASSESS OTHER AGENCIES AND REALLY GET INVOLVED WITH IT.

AND, AND THEN WE DECIDED TO, UH, KIND OF TAKE THIS AND, AND REACH THAT STANDARD OF ACHIEVING IT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE FOR US IS THAT WE ARE THE FIRST SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AND TO DO THIS.

UH, THE, THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE REALLY ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH ELECTED POSITIONS.

UM, THERE'S DIFFERENCES IN BUDGETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COME INTO PLAY IN REGARDS TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THIS PROCESS.

AND SO, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WERE KIND OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE SHERIFF'S OFFICES AS WELL, TO WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THIS.

UH, BECAUSE THERE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT THE ASSESSORS FROM THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS DIDN'T REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND.

WHEN WE EXPLAINED TO THEM HOW SHERIFF'S OFFICES WORK ON CERTAIN STANDARDS, UH, THEY, THEY WERE ACTUALLY REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES AND UNDERSTAND THOSE DIFFERENCES.

UM, I, I'D KINDA LIKE TO READ HERE ON, UH, GOING BACK TO JULY WHEN WE WERE FIRST AWARDED THIS, UH, AT THE A OR THE AOP CONFERENCE, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAME THE FIRST SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO OBTAIN THE A E ACCREDITATION BY THE ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE.

UH, THE A E ACCREDITATION DEMONSTRATES AN AGENCY'S COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF POLICING BY ADHERING TO ESTABLISHED BEST PRACTICES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

A E ACCREDITATION ENTAILS ENHANCED PROFESSIONALISM, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, REDUCED LIABILITY AND RISK, IMPROVED COMMUNITY TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ADAPTATION OFFICER AND PUBLIC SAFETY BEST PRACTICES, AND INCREASED SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION BENEFITING BOTH THE AGENCY AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

AND THE NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS EXCITED TO BE THE PIONEERS OF ACHIEVING THAT ACCREDITATION.

UH, AS THE FIRST SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, UH, THE, THE PROCESS TO THIS IS, WAS VERY, VERY, UH, LENGTHY AND IN SOME CASES DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT I PROMISE THAT BY, BY THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE IN OUR OWN OFFICE, UH, THE POLICIES, THE STANDARDS OF THE PRACTICES, UM, I'VE, I'VE SHARED THAT WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE, UH, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE COUNTY, UH, DISCUSSING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THEM AND TELLING THEM, HEY, WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING A CHANGE AND, AND WE'RE GONNA FIX THIS.

THIS, THESE KIND OF ISSUES AREN'T GONNA COME UP AGAIN BECAUSE THESE STANDARDS HAVE LED US TO A, TO A BETTER PLACE.

AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN BE PROUD OF.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD OF AND

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THAT'S IT.

SORRY, I'M A LITTLE LONG-WINDED.

SOUND LIKE THERE WAS MORE COMING.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SUPERVISOR, YOUR VICE CHAIR.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS EFFORT.

I THINK, UM, IT IS CER CERTAINLY A GOLD STAR, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE VERY BEST QUALITY AND, UM, ADHERING TO PARTICULAR POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND SO FORTH, THAT ALLOWS, UM, THE FUNCTION OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO BE, UM, VALUED.

UM, SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY, UM, PLUSES.

SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD, UM, TO RECEIVE THIS, UM, DISTINGUISHMENT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

GO AHEAD.

, YOU, WHEN I LOOK AT THE ACRONYM FOR THIS, UH, ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDIT PROGRAM, IT'S A LEAP AND YOU GUYS HAVE MADE A LEAP FORWARD AND I THINK YOU'VE MADE A LEAP FOR A STANDARD FOR OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW IN OUR STATE AND HOW PROUD WE ARE THAT WE ARE THE FIRST AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING THE FIRST.

AND SO WE APPLAUD EVERYONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO'S WORKED, WHO'S MADE CHANGES, WHO'S MADE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A STANDARD THAT CAN BE LOOKED UP TO.

AND SO THANK YOU AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT EFFORT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OH, SHERIFF, ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE, HAVE A QUESTION.

THE LAST WORD.

UM, THESE GUYS DID AMAZING JOB.

IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS.

THERE'S OVER HUNDREDS, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OVER A HUNDRED DIFFERENT STANDARDS.

UM, BUT PUBLIC WORK, YOU KNOW, BUILDING AND GROUNDS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATION HAD TO MAKE, INVEST SOME DOLLARS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN PROPERTY ROOMS AND BRING SOME SECURITY CAMERAS IN TO MEET THESE ACCREDITATIONS.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT WE, WE LEANED ON EVERYBODY ELSE AS WELL AND THEY, THEY HURRIED TO HELP US GET THIS DONE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS AND, AND THE COUNTY, UH, INVESTED SOME DOLLARS AND SOME MAN HOURS TO HELP US GET IT DONE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL FOR, FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO GET THAT DONE.

THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED.

I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT YOUR JOB, BUT IN THE RECENT YEARS, YOU'RE ALWAYS THE ONE UP HERE WHEN THEY FIND EXTRA MONEY.

, I JUST, I JUST KNOW HOW TO SPEND IT.

THAT IS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.

EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER.

WELL, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS AND THE TEAM'S EFFORTS, AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING HOW EVERYBODY COMES.

IT'S MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THE CASE THAT THE TEAM LEANS ON THE TEAM TO WIN.

SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR PRESENTING.

ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GIVE 'EM A HAND.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON TO ITEM SIX, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PRESENTATION TO LIEUTENANT DENNIS WARREN ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 24 YEARS.

[a. Presentation to LT Dennis Warren on his Retirement from Navajo County after 24 Years of Service.]

GLAD TO ERIC AND EC GARCIA, GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE LIEUTENANT WARREN FOR HIS 24 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND THE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, LIEUTENANT WARREN IS A, A WONDERFUL MAN.

HE'S, I, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE JAIL A NUMBER OF TIMES AND EVERY TIME, UH, HE, HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW ME AROUND.

HE'S ALWAYS VERY PROFESSIONAL, GOT A SMILE ON HIS FACE, DOES A GREAT JOB AT KEEPING THAT JAIL SPOTLESS.

OUR JAIL IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JAIL BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF HIM.

UM, WE DO HAVE LORI MILLS HERE AND DEPUTY CHIEF GARCIA AS WELL.

MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SAD DAY, UH, WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S DEDICATED OVER TWO DECADES WITH AN, WITH AN OFFICE.

UH, HE'S JOINING AN ELITE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WHO ARE, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEP AWAY FROM, FROM THIS, UH, PROFESSION AND STILL, UH, DO IT.

SMILING.

UH, HE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO

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SUPERVISE, UH, FOR THE PAST, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.

, UH, IT, HE'S GONNA BE MISSED.

UM, IT'S, IT HE LEAVES A LEGACY BEHIND THAT IS GONNA BE HARD FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO STEP INTO HIS ROLE AND BE ABLE TO PERFORM AT, AT THE ELITE LEVEL THAT HE HAS FOR AS MANY YEARS AS HE HAS, AND HE'S GOING TO TRULY BE MISSED.

UM, ALL THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN PEOPLE RETIRE, THERE'S A VACUUM AND IT TAKES A WHILE FOR EVERYBODY TO SETTLE DOWN AND, AND BE ABLE TO, UH, OVERCOME THAT LOSS.

AND, AND HIS IS GONNA BE ONE THAT TAKES US EVEN LONGER.

SO WE, WE WISH HIM WELL.

THANK YOU TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THIS IS THAT CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND YOU WILL BE MISSED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES AND YOUR, YOUR FRIENDS IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

HAVE THIS 40 HERE.

MAKE SURE I COME TO WORK ON TIME.

OH, .

NO, NOW IT'S DONE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT BATTERIES IN THAT .

DO YOU WANT SAFETY WORDS TOO? I JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY UP HERE.

LIKE YOU SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, SO I PRETTY MUCH KNOW EVERYBODY'S FACING THIS ROOM AND, UM, NAVAJO COUNTY WAS A GREAT PLACE TO RETIRE AND I'M NOT GOING FAR STILL BE HERE.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, YOU NEED ANYTHING, GIMME A CALL AFTER SIX , WE WANT TO DO A PICTURE WITH YOU.

BUT BEFORE WE DO, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I KNOW I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE, VICE CHAIR, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

I, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M GRATEFUL I NEVER SAW YOU IN THE JAIL.

, YEAH.

UM, YOU'RE ALWAYS SO WARM AND I APPRECIATE IT ALL THESE YEARS.

YOU'VE BEEN SO KIND AND FRIENDLY AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU IN THE JAIL.

SO THANK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE WISH YOU THE VERY, VERY BEST.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I SAY SO.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND SUPERVISORS AND VICE CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ALL THOSE YEARS YOU'VE PUT IN HERE.

WE APPRECIATE IT TEACHING EVERY ONE OF ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, GIVEN TO THE COUNTY, WE'RE, WE'RE EVER GRATEFUL.

I MADE NAVAJO COUNTY MY HOME.

IF I'VE GOTTEN TO GO SOMEPLACE EVERY DAY, IT'S GONNA BE CLEAN LIKE MY HOME, , I'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF LIKE MY HOME AND I APPRECIATE IT GUYS.

AND LADIES, , I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU PERSONALLY.

UM, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOU'RE ONE OF THE FACES THAT I RECOGNIZE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WARM, KIND AND FRIENDLY.

EVERY TIME THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE IN AN AREA THAT YOU ARE IN, YOU COME OVER, SHAKE MY HAND AND SAY HELLO, MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, AND THAT I'M VALUED.

AND THAT MATTERS.

HOW YOU SHOW UP HAS ALWAYS MATTERED.

UM, WHEREVER YOU'VE GONE, WHETHER IT WAS AT THE GEL OR WITH YOUR, WITH THE COLOR GUARD OR WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN DOING, YOU'VE MADE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WAS SEEN BY ME PERSONALLY AND ALWAYS APPRECIATED.

I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD WHEN I SAW YOU IN THE ROOM, I FELT A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT BEING THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU SHOW UP.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GO AHEAD.

UM, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD STAFF, UM, ALSO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'VE SEEN YOU, UM, AS AN EMPLOYEE HERE WITH WHAT WORKS AND THEN INTO THE POSITION THAT I AM, AND THEN ALSO SEEING YOU IN VARIOUS, UM, UM, ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY MOST RECENTLY AT THE, UM, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, THE OFFICER'S, UH, CADET, UM, TRAINING THAT WAS THERE, WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED IT.

AND, AND AGAIN, I, THAT SAME SENTIMENT THAT I SHARED AT THAT TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO NAVAJO COUNTY AND THEN ALSO FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION, PARTICIPATION IN THE, UM, IBEL, AND EXCUSE ME IF I'M SAYING IT INCORRECTLY, UM, THE SHERIFF'S, UM, COLOR GUARD, HONOR GUARD.

YEAH, I SWEAR I SAME THING.

YEAH, EITHER ONE, BUT SAME THING.

UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT, PROVIDING THAT SERVICE, ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO YOUR POSITION AS WELL.

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE.

WE'RE READY TO DO THE PICTURE UP HERE.

GO AHEAD, CHAIR.

ALWAYS THE LAST WORD, RIGHT? UH, DENNIS IS A GREAT, GREAT INDIVIDUAL IN EVERYTHING.

YOU GUYS, THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED HIM IS EXACTLY THE WAY HE LED FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS THAT YOUR AREAS THAT HE SERVED IN.

UH, WE COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER AS AS THAT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL, TRULY, TRULY, UH, LEADER, BIG, BIG BOY IN THE, IN THE JAIL.

UH,

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I'VE, I DON'T KNOW THE GEL WITHOUT SEEING DENNIS THERE.

HE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST GUY THERE, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, KEEPS THE WALLS PAINTED, KEEPS THE FLOORS, OR MAKES SURE THEY, THAT'S HER.

AND UH, HE DOES A GREAT JOB.

SO WELL DESERVED.

AND UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

IT'S COMING HAND.

DO YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS? NO, NO.

IF, UH, IF WE GET A, A PHOTO UP, UP FRONT, EVERYBODY, YOU GUYS HAVE HIS WAY TOO MANY TO DO A WE'RE PUSHING YOU.

READY FOR THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SEE WHAT YOUR GUYS SKILLSET IS.

1, 2, 3.

BIG TWOS SHOULD DONE TWO TO YOU.

WOW.

OKAY, I THINK WE'RE

[b. Amendment to Contract with eX2 for the Design, Construction, Maintenance and Marketing of Fiber Optic Infrastructure and an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the City of Show Low to add the construction of six lateral connections to the county's middle mile fiber network.]

WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO ITEM B AMENDMENT CONTRACT OF THE EX SQUARED FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AND MARKETING, FIBER OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE INTERMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SHOAL TO ADD, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX LATERAL CONNECTIONS TO THE COUNTY'S MIDDLE MILE FIBER NETWORK.

MR. EVAN, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A AMENDMENT TO OUR CONTRACT WITH SQUARED FOR OUR BROADBAND PROJECT, AS WELL AS, UH, IGA WITH THE CITY OF SHOW LOW THAT'S INTERRELATED TO THE, TO THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.

SO THIS AMENDMENT REALLY IS A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, IF YOU WILL, UM, WHERE THE, THE CITY OF SHOW LOW DESIRES TO CONNECT SIX OF THEIR CITY OWNED FACILITIES TO THE COUNTY'S MIDDLE MILE NETWORK, UM, TO ENHANCE THEIR BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY TO SOME OF THEIR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING TOGETHER, THE CITY'S ABLE TO, UM, TO UTILIZE THE PRICING THAT THE, THAT WE NEGOTIATED IN OUR CONTRACT WITH E EX SQUARED BACK IN LATE 2022.

AND WE WILL CON WE'LL THROUGH THIS CHANGE ORDER.

WE'LL CONSTRUCT THE, CONSTRUCT THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY, AND THEN THROUGH THE IGA THEY WILL THEN REIMBURSE THE COUNTY BACK FOR, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THE, THE SIX FACILITIES THAT, THAT ARE GONNA, THAT THE CITY WILL BE CONNECTING TO THE MIDDLE MILE WITH, WITH THIS, UM, CHANGE ORDER IS THE AIRPORT, THE FRONTIER PARK, THEIR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING UP ON THORNTON NEAR OURS, UH, CITY HALL, THEIR WATER PLANT, AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH THIS, AFTER THIS CONSTRUCTION IS DONE, THE CITY WILL STILL NEED TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE WITH THE COUNTY FOR SMALL SECTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MILE TO MAKE THESE CONTIGUOUS CONNECTIONS.

BUT THAT WILL, THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD VIA ANOTHER IGA AT THAT TIME FOR THOSE MIDDLE MILE SEGMENTS.

SO THESE ARE JUST FOR THE LATERAL PIECES FROM THE MIDDLE MILE TO THEIR FACILITIES.

UM, THI THIS CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED TO, TO START LATE THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

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UM, BUT FIRST WE GOTTA COMPLETE THE DESIGN.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO, WHILE I WAS UP HERE PRESENTING THIS ITEM, PROVIDE A REAL QUICK UPDATE ON THE BROADBAND PROJECT AND PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS IT KIND OF INTERPLAYS WITH THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE LATERALS.

SO AS OF THIS TIME LAST WEEK, WE ARE 95% COMPLETE WITH OUR, UH, DUCT INSTALLATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THESE CHARTS HERE ON THE SCREEN, WE ARE 91% COMPLETE WITH OUR HAND HOLES AND THEN LAGGING BEHIND IS THE FIBER AND THAT GETS INSTALLED IN, IN SEGMENTS NEAR AFTER THE HAND HOLES AND AFTER THE DUCT ARE, ARE IN THE GROUND.

SO MOST OF THIS 5% OF THE REMAINING DUCT, UM, IS IN BETWEEN OR FROM SHOW LOW TO THE LAKESIDE AREA.

THAT'S THE LAST AREA WE'RE WORKING.

AND PART OF THAT IS INTENTIONAL THAT WE'VE GOT SHUT DOWN SOME LANES ON, UH, OR SHUT DOWN A LANE ON WHITE MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD TO BUILD THIS.

AND ADOT HAS A MORATORIUM WHERE YOU CAN'T DO THAT DURING PEAK DAYTIME HOURS FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'VE OPTED TO COMPLETE THAT IN OCTOBER AND, AND SHIFTED RESOURCES ELSEWHERE.

SO, SO THAT LAST 5% IS COMING QUICKLY.

HAND HOLES WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY BEHIND.

AND THEN THE FIBER, UM, WILL BE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT WE WRAP UP THAT LAST, UH, 50% OR GREATER THAN 50% THERE.

FIBER THAT NEEDS INSTALLED IS GENERALLY BETWEEN SNOWFLAKE AND TAYLOR AND SOUTH OF TAYLOR, AND THEN OVER IN THE WESTERN FRINGE AND HEBER, THAT'S SOME OF, IN THAT 50% AS WELL AS EVERYTHING FROM SHO LOW DOWN THROUGH PINETOP AND LAKESIDE DOWN TO THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE, UH, BOUNDARY THERE.

UM, SO SORRY TO JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE STAND AND WE WILL FOLD THESE LATERALS FOR THE CITY OF CHOLO IN, WE GOTTA DESIGN THOSE.

EC SQUARE WILL DESIGN THOSE AND THEN THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL FOLD IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, RIGHT AS THIS, THESE REMAINING PIECES OF THESE PIE CHARTS ARE COMPLETED.

SO WITH THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, OF THIS, UM, CHANGE ORDER OR CONTRACT AMENDMENT AS WELL AS THE IGA.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, JUST THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE SO CLOSE.

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT CHAIR, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ARE NONE.

ANY OPPOSED? FULL NAY ARE NONE.

UM, BEFORE I JUMP OVER HERE, JUST JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE, IN 2025, THAT THAT MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY OF, OF $9 MILLION, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO A LOT OF THE MATH, AND I'M NOT GONNA TEST YOU ON THIS LATER, BUT JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE MECHANISM OF HOW WE COME UP WITH THE, THE, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TAX TAX LEVY.

WE'LL MOVE ON

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

TO ITEM C NOW.

THANK YOU, GRANT.

YES, THE PUBLIC HEARING TRUTH AND TAXATION, ALL PURSUANT TO A RS 42 DASH 7 0 4 PRIMARY AND 48 DASH 2054.

SECONDARY CONSIDERATION OF FALSE APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX LEVY WITH NO CHARGE TO PROPERTY TAX RATES FROM PRIOR YEAR.

MR. BOW, GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE COUNTY'S, UM, PROPERTY TAX RATES.

UM, SO, UM, TO GET STARTED, UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE NOTICES THAT, THAT WE, UM, PUT OUT FOR THE ONE OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES.

THE WORDING IN THIS IS PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE.

AND SO THIS RIGHT HERE WAS THE COUNTIES.

SO FOR OUR PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX, UH, THE NOTICE THAT WAS PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, SO WE DID, UM, FOUR SEPARATE ONES.

WE DID ONE FOR THE, THE COUNTY PRIMARY TAX, UM, ANOTHER FOR OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, UM, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT AND, AND OUR LIBRARY DISTRICT.

SO FOUR SEPARATE NOTICES, UM, UM, DETAILING THE, THE, THE PROPOSED, UM, IN INCREASE THERE.

SO, UM, FROM 25 TO 26, AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THIS CHART, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATES STAY FLAT, UM, UH, 0.8114 FOR BOTH YEARS.

SO LAST YEAR WE HAD A, A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEE OF ABOUT $9 MILLION.

UM, WE LEVIED ABOUT 8.4.

UM, THIS YEAR THE, UM, MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVEE INCREASED TO 9.4, AND WITH KEEPING THE TAX RATE FLAT, IT'S ABOUT 8.8.

AND SO OVERALL, THIS WILL, UM, INCREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

FROM 25 TO 26, THERE WILL BE A, A TOTAL INCREASE OF ABOUT $458,000.

UM, 270,000 OF THAT IS DUE TO THE, THE EVALUATIONS IN HOMES.

UM, AND THE NEXT 188 OF THOUSAND OF THAT IS DUE TO THE, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUES.

UM, BUT JUST TO REEMPHASIZE THE, THE POINT HERE IS THAT, UM, THE, THE TAX RATE FROM 25 TO TO 26 IS REMAINING THE SAME.

SO THERE'S NO INCREASE TO THE, TO, TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

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SO WE START WITH THE, THE 9 MILLION FROM, FROM LAST YEAR'S LEVY, THAT'S INCREASED BY 2% TO COME UP TO ABOUT $9.2 MILLION.

AND THEN WE COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE OF THAT BASED ON THE, THE CURRENT YEAR, UM, VALUATIONS THAT WAS SUBJECT IN THE PRIOR YEAR TO GET ABOUT 86%.

UM, AND THEN WE APPLY THAT TO THE CURRENT YEAR NET ASSESS VALUATIONS OF, OF 10.9, UM, TO COME UP TO THE 9.9 0.4 UM, MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO EVERY YEAR THAT WE, WE ALWAYS START WITH THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY AND START WITH THAT AND, AND, AND INCREASE THAT, UM, BY THE, THE STATUTORY CALCULATION THERE.

AND SO JUST TO POINT OUT, WHAT THIS GIVES US IS THIS GIVES US THE, THE MAX RATE THAT THE, THE COUNTY CAN, CAN LEVY.

UM, AND THEN FROM A DOR, UM, WE RECEIVE THIS RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION RATE, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT ANY RATE ABOVE THIS AMOUNT, WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND DISCUSS, UM, THE, THE POTENTIAL TAXING, UM, INCREASE THAT IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING THE RATE FLAT IS DUE TO THE, TO THE INCREASED VALUATIONS OF, OF THE PROPERTIES.

SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF GRAPHICALLY LIKE HIS, UH, A HISTORICAL KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT DARK BLUE IS WHAT THE, UM, MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LEVY HAS BEEN.

AND THE LIGHT BLUE IS WHAT THE COUNTY IS, IS ACTUALLY LEVIED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FISCAL, UM, 18, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COUNTIES OPERATED UNDER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PROPERTY TAX LEVY, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR.

UM, JUST TO POINT OUT IN FISCAL 23, YOU SEE THAT LITTLE BIT OF A DIP THERE.

UM, THAT WAS DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF PACIFIC CORE.

UM, OVER HERE AT CHOA WHEN THERE WERE THREE STACKS, THEY BROUGHT DOWN ONE OF THE STACKS AND, AND VACATED THE PROPERTY THERE.

AND SO THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THE VALUATION OF, OF THAT, OF THAT PROPERTY THERE.

AND SO, UM, FROM 22 TO 23 AND THE LIGHT BLUE, YOU KINDA SEE THAT LITTLE DIP.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE DIP, UM, THERE AND THE MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX VALUATIONS 'CAUSE AS THE WHOLE PROPERTY WAS DEVALUED, UM, THAT WENT DOWN.

BUT WE ALSO, UM, UM, TOOK, UM, ABOUT $300,000 LESS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM FISCAL 22 TO 23 TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT DIP.

AND SO WE'RE STILL, UM, FOR FISCAL 26 IS PROPOSED THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE ABOUT $564,000 BELOW WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO LEVY IN THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, THIS CHART JUST KIND OF SHOWS KIND OF HIS, WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UM, LAST YEAR IN 2025 WITH A LEVY OF 0.8114, UM, THE, THE NAVAJO COUNTY WAS THE, HAD THE FOURTH LOWEST PROPERTY TAX RATE IN THE STATE.

UM, SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, UM, THAT OWNING PROPERTY IN NAVAJO COUNTY IS, IS A GOOD INVESTMENT AND, AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT, THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EXPENSIVE INVESTMENT TO, TO OWN PROPERTY HERE IN THE COUNTY.

UM, JUST TO KIND OF QUICKLY LOOK AT OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION FOR OUR SECONDARY DISTRICT, SO WE HAVE THREE OF THEM.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, AND THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

UM, SO FROM GOING FROM 25 TO 26, UM, NO CHANGES IN THERE.

SO AN AGGREGATE RATE OF 0.5624, UM, FOR BOTH OF THE, FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE, UM, DISTRICTS THERE.

UM, AND SO TYPICALLY, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT EVERY DOLLAR COLLECTED BY OUR COUNTY TREASURER, UM, UH, MRS. EARL WHO WAS UP HERE EARLIER TODAY WITH HER REPORT, UM, THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX RATE ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT, ROUGHLY ABOUT 8%.

NOW, THAT'S GONNA KIND OF VARY DEPENDING ON IF YOU HAVE AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT OR WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR A ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

UM, BUT TYPICALLY THE COUNTY COLLECTS ABOUT 8 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR.

AND THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THOSE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES IS ABOUT 6%, AND THE REST OF THAT GOES TO OTHER TAXING DISTRICTS, UM, THROUGH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO WHAT, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR, FOR, UM, FOR A REAL PROPERTY OWNER? SO WE, WE'VE TAKEN A, UM, A REAL, A REAL PROPERTY HERE.

UM, THIS IS A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOME IN THE SHOW, LOW AREA.

IT'S, UM, ROUGHLY ABOUT 1900 SQUARE FEET.

UM, THE ZILLOW REALTOR, UM, VALUATION IS $520,900.

THAT ASSESSED VALUATION IS, UM, $288,486.

UM, AND AS WE KIND OF HEARD A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY, THAT TYPICALLY THAT THAT ASSESSED VALUATION CAN ONLY GO UP

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BY ABOUT 5% UNLESS THERE'S AN IMPROVEMENT ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY.

IN THIS CASE, THERE WERE NO IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT ASSESSED VALUATION ONLY WENT UP BY ABOUT 5%.

BUT, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE PROPERTY TAX OWNER FOR THE, THE UPCOMING YEAR, THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, UM, WOULD ACCOUNT FOR $7 AND 13 CENTS, AND THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THOSE SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXES WOULD, UM, BE EQUAL TO $5 AND 63 CENTS.

SO FOR THE, THIS COMING YEAR, THE TOTAL INCREASE DUE TO HAVING A FLAT RATE, WHICH IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE INCREASE OF VALUATION OF, OF THIS PERSON'S PROPERTY, WOULD BE $12 AND 75 CENTS, OR JUST ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER A DOLLAR A MONTH.

AND SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, FOR OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING AND, AND KEEPING THE, THE, THE RATE FLAT.

AND SO I AT THIS POINT BE OPEN TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE BOARD, WE GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING, WE BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE NEED TO GO OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY RULES FOR THE OPENING UP, POTENTIALLY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MISSION TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

[d. * PUBLIC HEARING: Convene a Special Meeting of the Navajo County Board of Supervisors: FINAL 2024-25 BUDGET PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §42-17104: Consideration and possible adoption of Resolution Number 23-2025, approving the proposed final budget for fiscal year 2025-26 for Navajo County.]

AS I SAID, SHE DIDN'T GET ANY REQUESTS, SO.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS, UM, OR COMMENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? LOOKS LIKE NONE.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND A SECOND, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO.

NO.

NORMAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

IT HAS TO BE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

ROLL CALL.

VOTE.

SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR? YES.

SUPERVISOR .

VICE CHAIR INGER? YES.

VOTE MS. FIVE ZERO IN FAVOR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY, NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO INJURE THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR SESSION FOR ALL DISTRICTS.

UM, THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, THE NAVAJO CHAIRMAN.

BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I THINK I HAVE ITEM DA PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FOR THE, UH, FINAL, UM, BUDGET PRESENTATION.

OH, I'M DOWN.

YEP.

OKAY, BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT ONE.

ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO GO TO THE CONVENE, A SPECIAL MEETING IN NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UM, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FINAL BUDGET, WE NEED A MOTION TO CONVENE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

NOW ARE IN SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

ALRIGHT, WE

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

MR. BOW.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TO STAND BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS THE, UM, FISCAL 25 26, UM, BUDGET.

UM, SO WE MET, UM, IN JULY, UM, JULY 15TH AND, AND HAD OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET DISCUSSION, WHICH WE KIND OF WENT INTO MORE DETAIL.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS A MORE HIGHER LEVEL.

UM, JUST KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THAT, OF THAT PROCESS AND OF THOSE BUDGET NUMBERS.

UM, NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET TO, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON A FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET, UM, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26.

SO, UM, BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR, UM, AS OF WE JUST DISCUSSED IN OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION, HEARING THAT NO CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, UM, WE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING COUNTY SERVICES.

AND THEN, UM, SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN WHERE WE'VE INTRODUCED SABBATICAL LEAVE, UM, A HEALTH INCENTIVE, UM, TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, GO AND GET THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICALS.

UM, WE'RE PROPOSING A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND, UM, MAINTAINING THE, THE GOOD JOB PAY PROGRAM AND THEN THE INVESTMENTS IN THE REG REGIONAL PROJECTS.

UM, BROADBAND, UM, LIKE MR. EVANS JUST, UM, GAVE US AN UPDATE ON, UM, THERE'S MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE WINSLOW

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LEVY AND THE, THE TAYLOR FACILITY, UM, THEREFORE A MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

SO IT'S A HIGH LEVEL.

UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $68.4 MILLION, UM, USES OF FUNDS, UM, COMES TO ABOUT $50.7 MILLION.

UM, SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS ABOUT 25% OF THAT.

AND SO THAT INCLUDES THE SHERIFF, PROBATION CONSTABLES AND JUVENILE DETENTION.

UM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ABOUT 23.6% AND THAT INCLUDES OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, PUBLIC DEFENDER SUPERIOR, AND JUSTICE COURTS MANDATED SERVICES, 23.57%.

SO THAT'S, UM, DEPARTMENTS LIKE ELECTIONS RECORDER, ASSESSOR TREASURER AND PUBLIC FIDUCIARY, UM, COUNTYWIDE, WHICH INCLUDES OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES, FLEET MANAGEMENT.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE A DEPARTMENT-WIDE, UM, DEPARTMENT 19, WHICH KIND IS, IS A CATCH ALL, UM, IN THERE.

AND SO THE CAPITAL OUTLAY PORTION, WHICH IS JUST UNDER 7%.

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

UM, SO THAT'S THE USES OF FUNDS AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, THE $50.7 MILLION.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CONTINGENCY FUNDS OF JUST UNDER $17.7 MILLION FOR A TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT OF 68.4 MILLION.

SO OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

AND SO OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE, ARE FUNDS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE PRO PROCEEDS FOR SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE RESTRICTED OR COMMITTED TO EXPENDITURES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

AND SO WE JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THOSE IN THE, IN THE LAST ONE.

UM, SOME OF THOSE, UM, SECONDARY PROPERTY TAXING DISTRICTS, LIKE FOR OUR, UM, YOU CAN SEE UP THERE, THE, UM, OUR HEALTH DISTRICT, OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND LIBRARY DISTRICT, WHICH MAKES UP A SMALL PORTION OF THAT.

UM, THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS OUR, OUR GRANTS AND COUNTY SERVICES.

UM, NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WHICH IS OUR HERF AND BLT MONEY.

UM, WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY, UM, SITTING FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, TRUST.

AND FOR THE HEALTH, UM, RESERVE, WE STILL ARE CARRYING A BALANCE, UM, FOR OUR ARPA PROJECTS.

UM, THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX, UH, IS, IS, WHICH IS A SALES TAX, UM, DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED TO PROVIDING SERVICES IN OUR JAIL.

UM, AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED, THE, THE SECONDARY TAXING DISTRICTS.

AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY WITH, UM, SOME LOCAL ASSISTANCE, UM, CONSISTENCY FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THEN SOME MONEY THAT WE SET ASIDE, UM, FOR OUR PENSION CONTINGENCY WHEN WE REFINANCED OUR PENSIONS A FEW YEARS AGO.

SO IN TOTAL WE'RE LOOKING AT $140.6 MILLION IN OUR, IN OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

SO, UM, SPEAKING OF OUR JAIL DISTRICT, WE THOUGHT WE'D JUST KIND OF GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE OUR JAIL DISTRICT SITS.

UM, AND SO IN 2020 WE FIRST STARTED COLLECTING OUR JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX.

UM, THAT STARTED ABOUT JANUARY OF, OF THAT YEAR IN 2020.

AND SO, UM, THERE ACROSS THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GONE FROM ABOUT $2.2 MILLION.

UM, I'VE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT IN BLUE 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T QUITE CLOSED OUR BOOKS YET, BUT WE'RE ESTIMATING TO BE ABOUT 6.9 MILLION FOR FISCAL 25.

AND SO, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET THERE IN OUR JAIL DISTRICT FOR OUR SALES TAX IS ABOUT $6.9 MILLION.

UM, WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION DOWN HERE TO THE BOTTOM.

UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CASH AND OUR FUND BALANCE, UM, SO WE START ABOUT 2000002.9 MILLION.

UM, IT KIND OF GETS TO A HIGH THERE IN ABOUT FISCAL 22 OF ABOUT 4.4 AND 4.7.

AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF IN A DECREASING MODE, UM, KIND OF LOWERING OUT TO ABOUT 3 MILLION IN 3.5 MILLION IN FISCAL 25.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT DECREASE IN, IN CASH AND, AND FUND BALANCE.

UM, IF YOU LOOK HERE, THE, THE NET GAIN AND LOSS, UM, FOR THOSE YEARS IN FISCAL 22, 23 AND 24, UM, WE EXPERIENCED A, A, A NET LOSS.

UM, SO WE HAD MORE EXPENDITURES THAN REVENUES, UM, THO IN THOSE IN THOSE YEARS.

UM, AND SPECIFICALLY THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LINE ITEM RIGHT HERE, WHICH WE CALL PHYSICIAN SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR, IS ESSENTIALLY OUR, OUR JAIL MEDICAL.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IN FISCAL 22 IS, UM, WELL HISTORICALLY BEFORE FISCAL 22, UM, WE HAD, UM, IN-HOUSE, UM, STAFF, COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT PROVIDED, UM, MEDICAL SERVICES IN OUR JAIL.

UM, HOWEVER, WORKING WITH OUR INSURANCE CARRIER, UM, WE WERE LOOKING LIKE, UM, NUMBER ONE, THE, THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS WERE GONNA INCREASE AND BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UM, TRYING TO JUST TO FIND A CARRIER TO CARRY THAT INSURANCE POLICY WAS GONNA BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE NO, THERE, THERE WERE NO INSURANCE CARRIERS THAT WERE WILLING TO, TO TAKE THAT RISK UPON TO, TO CARRY THAT, THAT.

AND SO WE KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MODELS THAT, UM, THAT WERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND A LOT OF THE JAILS IN, IN THE STATE FOR THE COUNTIES HAD GONE TO, UM, A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.

AND SO WE, UM, CONTRACTED IN FISCAL 22 WITH

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THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDER TO PROVIDE OUR, OUR, OUR PHYSICIAN AND AND MEDICAL SERVICES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, A PARTIAL YEAR OF 1.6 TO 2.6 TO 2.5, AND THEN WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT TO BE ABOUT $2.3 MILLION AND LIGHT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGH THERE IN FISCAL 23 AND 24 AS WE KIND OF STARTED THAT PROCESS UP.

UM, THANK YOU.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE 'CAUSE WE HAD TO WORK WITH OUR PROVIDER.

THERE WERE TRAVELING NURSES AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COSTLY.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF EXPECTING, UM, THAT COST TO KIND OF BE ABOUT WHERE IT IS, UH, IN FISCAL 25, YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT 2.3 TO 2.4 KIND OF MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL THOUGH IS YOU CAN SEE, UM, AS PART OF OUR, UM, OUR REVENUES, UM, THAT WE GET, WE, WE DO SOME TRANSFERS.

AND SO HISTORICALLY, UM, WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE, THE, THE JAIL.

BUT IN FISCAL 24, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, RECEIVED THE ARIZONA EDEMA BORDER SECURITY GRANT.

AND SO, UM, IN FISCAL 24, THEY TRANSFERRED IN JUST TO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF RETROACTIVE.

THEY ALLOWED THEM TO KIND OF RETROACTIVE THEM THAT BACK TO SOME PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.

AND SO, UM, IN FISCAL 25, UM, THAT, THAT AMOUNT MAKES UP THE, THE 1.4 MILLION MAKES UP THE, THE GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT PLUS A $543,000 TRANSFER FROM THE BORDER SECURITY.

AND SO IN FISCAL 25, WE'RE BUDGETING THOSE TRANSFERS TO BE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION, UM, WHICH MAKES UP THAT GENERAL FUND MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT PLUS THE, THE FUNDING FROM THE GRANT BEING TRANS TRANSFERRED OVER, AND THEN ADDITIONAL IN FISCAL 26 TO, WITH THE SHERIFF INMATE FUND, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA, UM, FUNDING IN THAT FUND THAT HOUSES.

UM, UM, SO WE CHARGE TO HOUSE FOR THIRD PARTIES, UM, WHETHER IT'S US MARSHALS OR BIA OR WHOEVER IT IS.

AND SO, UM, TO, TO KIND OF BALANCE THIS OUT FOR FISCAL 26.

SO AT THIS POINT I'D JUST LIKE TO PAUSE AND JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON, ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR, WITH THE JAIL DISTRICT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.

AND AS GRANT, UM, TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR BROADBAND, UM, PROJECT KIND OF GOING FORWARD AND THE MONEY THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

SO MOVING ON WITH OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.

UM, SO, UM, THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS WERE ABOUT $2.3 MILLION.

UM, SO WE HAVE TWO ISSUES.

UM, IN 2021, UM, WE HAVE OUR, OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS, WHICH IS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THAT TABLE DOWN THERE IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND COLUMN, UM, IF YOU TAKE THAT AREA THAT'S SHADED IN BLUE PLUS THE AREA IN GREEN, THAT WAS THE PROJECTED COST OF OUR, UM, PENSIONS FOR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND OUR DETENTION OFFICERS.

UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT KIND OF RISING, UM, THROUGH THE YEAR 2038 WHEN WE COMMITTED TO, TO BECOME FULLY FUNDED THERE.

UM, SO WHAT WE DID, UM, TO KIND OF NEGATE PAYING ALL OF THAT IS WE ISSUED THE, THE DEBT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE P-S-P-R-S THERE IN 2022.

UM, AND SO THE NUMBERS OF THAT, UM, WE'VE SAVED ABOUT $628,000 SAVINGS YEAR TO DATE.

WE EXPECT TO SAVE 512,000, UM, IN, IN FISCAL 26 WITH AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF JUST OVER $11 MILLION THROUGH 2038 BY, BY FI FINANCING THE, THOSE PENSION OBLIGATIONS.

AND THEN ALSO IN 21, UM, WE REFINANCED, UM, WE HAD TWO ISSUES OF 2011 AND 2012 ISSUE.

UM, PART OF THAT WAS FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR JAIL.

UM, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TABLE DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UM, THE GREEN, THE BLUE PLUS THE GREEN IS KIND OF WHAT WE WOULD'VE PAID.

UM, SO NOT QUITE AS SIGNIFICANT AS SAVINGS AS WE DID WITH OUR PENSION DEBT.

UM, AND YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK THERE IN 24, YOU CAN SEE THAT DEEP DROP OFF.

SO WE KEPT THE PAY THE SAME PAYMENT SCHEDULE.

UM, SO ESSENTIALLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING IS BEING PAID OFF.

AND SO GOING FORWARD WE'RE JUST, UM, PAYING FOR THOSE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO OUR JAIL FACILITY.

AND SO, UM, SO WE'VE EXPERIENCED ABOUT 409,000 SAVINGS YEAR TO DATE.

WE EXPECT TO, TO SAVE ABOUT 63,000, UM, IN THE CURRENT FI IN FISCAL 26 WITH AN ESTIMATED TOTAL SAVINGS OF ABOUT $769,000.

AND IN THIS ISSUE ENDS IN, IN 2031.

SO CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, WE HAVE 35, UM, MILLION DOLLARS, UM, SITTING IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS BUDGETED FOR THE WINSLOW LEVY.

UM, WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY FOR SET ASIDE HERE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR THE A CA BROADBAND GRANT TO SUPPLEMENT OUR OPERA PROJECT AND THEN SOME MONEY THAT WE'VE, UM, SET ASIDE FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR THAT TAYLOR FACILITY WITH OUR MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND SOME MONEY FOR THE SHERIFF FOR REGIONAL COMMUNICATION.

AND SO THAT WINSLOW LEVEES ABOUT $30.5 MILLION BUDGETED, UM, GOING FORWARD.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT A A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS.

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AND THEN THE TAYLOR CODE ENFORCEMENT BUILDING OF ABOUT $2 MILLION.

SO TOTAL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ABOUT $35.1 MILLION.

SO TOTAL ALL FUNDS, UM, THE GENERAL FUND, 68.4 SPECIAL REVENUE, 140.6 DEBT SERVICE, 2.3 CAPITAL PROJECTS, 35 POINT 0.1.

AND WE CAN SEE THERE THAT ALL OF OUR, OUR BUDGETS ARE DECREASING, UM, EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT UPTICK WITH, WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO OVERALL, UM, BUDGET FOR FISCAL 26 IS $246.6 MILLION, WHICH IS A 3.3% DECREASE, UM, OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND JUST JUST AS A COMMENT, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OVERALL BUDGET, WE DO EXPECT THAT TO START DECREASING YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, AS WE HAVE A LOT OF ONE-TIME FUNDING, WHETHER IT WAS CARES FUNDING OR ARPA FUNDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE, THAT MONEY THAT WAS APPROPRIATED FROM THE STATE, UM, FOR THE WINSLOW LEVY.

AND SO, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH FOR FISCAL 27, 28 AND GOING ON INTO THE FUTURE, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT OUR, OUR OVERALL BUDGET WILL, WILL DECREASE YEAR OVER YEAR WITH MAYBE THE EXCEPTION OF, OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO AT THIS POINT, UM, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING, UM, YOU NEED TO TURN IT TO THE PUBLIC OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD.

RIGHT? YOU, YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, MM-HMM .

AND WE NEED TO OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

ANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATION THIS SPEAK? I WEREN'T IN THE ROOM AND NOBODY SUBMITTED ANYTHING TO YOU? NO.

AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN BACK OVER TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION.

ANY, UH, DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I KNOW WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WORK SESSIONS IN PREPARATION WHERE WE'VE MET AND TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW WE MET BACK IN JUNE TO TALK ABOUT EARLY, EARLY JULY.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT AS WELL, BUT ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP OR COMMENTS PEOPLE HAVE JUST TO COMMENT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE JAIL DISTRICT, UH, FROM BEFORE WE HAD OUR, OUR JAIL TAX, WE PROBABLY INCREASED OUR SPENDING ABOUT 4 MILLION, UH, OVER THAT PERIOD.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SERVICES THERE.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO WORK ON THAT, TO GET THAT BACK CLOSER TO A BALANCE, IT'D BE WONDERFUL.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETIMES THERE COULD BE SOME LEGISLATIVE, WHICH HELPS, UH, PAY FOR SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED IN THE JAIL WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN THAT'S ILL OR SOMETHING THAT WAY.

BUT I APPRECIATE OVERALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S PARTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? YES, CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD, PLEASE, CHAIR.

UM, I, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AS WELL.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARE PLANNING, UM, FOR FIVE A YEAR OR TWO, FIVE YEARS AHEAD AND MORE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UM, QUALITY SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELY ON.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AND CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN HELPING US TO ACHIEVE THAT AND TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND BEING, UM, COGNIZANT AND AWARE.

UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT TEAMWORK REALLY COMES THROUGH COLLECTIVELY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AS IT'S, UM, BECOMES COMPLICATED IN BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DOLLARS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE A FUNCTIONING DEPARTMENT, I GUESS.

SO ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND LAYERS, UM, WE'VE, AGAIN, AS JASON HAS STATED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE WHAT HAS COME TO FRUITION AND I KNOW THAT, UM, AS A BOARD AND AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO PREPARE, UM, FOR WHAT IS COMING AHEAD AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT IF IT'S A FLAT BUDGET OR A FLAT, FLAT TAX, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE OPERATIONAL AND, UM, AND THAT THE DOLLARS, THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE DOLLARS IS APPRECIATED FOR THE PUBLIC AND THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THOSE DOLLARS IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED.

I'LL MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, FIRST ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES IN THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD?

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UM, BUDGET SEASON IS A LONG SEASON, UM, WHERE EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AND STARTS TRYING TO FIND PASSING WAYS FORWARD AND APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY TRIES TO COME AND PRODUCTIVELY FIND SOLUTIONS WITHIN THE BUDGET.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, SO REALLY APPRECIATE HOW EVERYBODY KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AROUND THAT.

A LOT OF WORK'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

WANT TO THANK THE ADMIN TEAM FOR THEIR JOB AND LISTENING TO THOSE THAT HAVE COME AND PRESENTED OR SHARED IDEAS AND THINGS THEY WANTED WITH YOU AND TRYING TO FIND A PATH FORWARD.

AND THEN ESPECIALLY WANTED TO THANK MY, UH, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

I KNOW THAT THEY REALLY TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY WITH THE BUDGET AND HAD SPENT TIME, WHETHER IT WAS ON THEIR OWN AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND DOING, OR IN THESE WORK SESSIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO TRULY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET, WHERE IT'S GOING, AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND BEING RESPONSIBLE AROUND THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HONOR THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT.

UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.

CHAIR.

TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MOTION TO, UM, MOTION TO APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO THREE DASH TWO FIVE APPROVING THE PROPOSED FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26 FOR NAVAJO COUNTY.

23 DASH 2 2 5, RIGHT? YEAH.

23 DASH TWO FIVE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOTE.

OKAY, NOW I NEED A MOTION.

THE MOTION PASSES.

YOU UNANIM? ABSOLUTELY.

NOW I NEED A MOTION TO ENTER TO EACH OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT IS NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, NAVAJO COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT, NAVAJO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, INCLUDING LCR, FLOOD CONTROL ZONE Y, MOUNTAIN LAKES COUNTY RECREATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SILVER CREEK COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, VICTORY HEIGHTS ROAD MAINTENANCE DISTRICT, PORTER MOUNTAIN DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, BOND BROOK DOMESTIC WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, JOSEPH CITY STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, NAVAJO COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT, TIMBERLAND ACRES, SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT, WHITE MOUNTAIN LAKES NUMBER TWO, SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT AND SILVER CREEK FLOOD PROTECTION DISTRICT.

THANKS FOR THE WATER ON THE STAND TOO BEFORE THAT.

SO, UM, YOU NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THAT? SO MOVE SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? NA, HEARING NONE.

THE AYE HABIT.

WE'RE NOW IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SESSION.

MR. VAL.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO AS YOU'VE LISTED OFF ALL 13 OF THESE, UM, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, UM, SO THESE ARE CONSIDERED COMPONENT UNITS OF THE COUNTY.

AND AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY, YOU ALSO ACT AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OVER THESE DISTRICTS.

BUT AS COMPONENT UNITS, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, OUR, OUR BUDGET AND THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS BUDGETS ROLL UP INTO THE COUNTY BUDGET AND SO THEY WERE, ARE ALL INCLUDED, UM, IN THERE.

AND SO WE HAVE SEGREGATED THOSE, THOSE FUNDS AND THOSE, UM, RESOURCES INTO THE EXPENDITURES, UM, FOR FISCAL 26 FOR THE, THE FOR MENTIONED, UM, DISTRICTS.

AND SO WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR, UM, APPROVAL OF, OF THESE BUDGETS, UM, AS THAT WERE CONTAINED IN OUR FINAL, UM, ADOPTED BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM, OH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON THAT? OKAY.

HEARING NONE CHAIR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL BUDGETS AS PREVIOUSLY READ A MOTION.

SORRY, GO AHEAD.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE FISCAL YOUR 25 26, THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR ALL NAVAJO COUNTY TAXING DISTRICTS? SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND.

AYES HAVE IT.

CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

NOW ITEM F, CONSIDERATION ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.

HEARING NONE THE HAVE IT.

WE ARE

[f. Consideration and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Property Tax Rates for all Navajo County Taxing Districts.]

PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR ALL MAMO COUNTY TAXING DISTRICTS.

MR. BA? YES.

SO, UM,

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IN ADDITION TO THE COUNTY'S, UM, PROPERTY TAX RATES, AS, AS MELISSA BRINGS THIS UP IS WE CAN SEE THAT, UM, WE'RE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD TO, UM, ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY, UM, TREASURER TO APPLY THESE RATES TO THESE, TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AS LISTED.

SO WE HAVE THE NAVAJO COUNTY, UM, UM, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TAXES AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, INCLUDED ALSO IN THIS IS THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS, ANY FIRE DISTRICTS, ROAD DISTRICTS, SANITATION DISTRICTS, UM, PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR CITIES AND TOWNS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, UM, N NORTHLAND, PIONEER COLLEGE, UM, ALL OF THESE BOARDS HAVE MET AND THEIR TAX RATES HAVE, UM, BEEN APPROVED AND SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY.

UM, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER TO APPLY THESE RATES, UM, FOR FISCAL 26, UM, TO THE, TO THE TAX RULES.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SLIPS ALLOWING? NO.

OKAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, SO NO NEED FOR A STAFF REBUTTAL THEN.

ANY DISCUSSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO.

CHAIR.

TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND.

NOW, NOW GO TO ITEM SEVEN.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE

[a. Consideration and adoption of the Fiscal Year 2026 Tax Rates and Levies for all Navajo County School Districts.]

THANK SUPERINTENDENT.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SEVEN.

A CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2026.

TAX RATES AND LEVIES FOR ALL NAVAJO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

MS. LEWIS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN WHITING, VICE CHAIR, WHITE SENIOR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

STAFF.

UM, PURSUANT TO A RS 15,009 90 1D I'M REQUIRED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO BE LEVIED BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN NAVAJO COUNTY.

UM, BEFORE I SAY THE RATES, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE THEME HERE IS TEAMWORK.

, THESE, THESE LEVIES AND RATES WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE CALCULATED WITHOUT THE WORK OF OUR ASSESSOR AND T TREASURER.

UM, AND, AND MUCH HELP THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THIS WEEK.

'CAUSE I'M SETTLING INTO THIS ROLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TEAMWORK THAT THAT HAPPENS IN THIS COUNTY EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND ALSO THAT AS I'VE LOOKED AT THESE RATES, UM, TO ME, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND I HOPE THAT I CAN GET THIS PUBLIC MESSAGE OUT TO OUR CITIZENS.

EACH OF THESE DOLLARS IS HELPING A CHILD, A STUDENT WITHIN OUR COUNTY GET THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED.

AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THESE, I HOPE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN REMEMBER THAT.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO THESE ARE LEVY TAX RATES AND LEVIES.

THEY'RE BASED ON PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VALUATIONS AND COMBINED TO MAKE A TOTAL RATE.

THE SECONDARY VALUATIONS ARE BASED ON EITHER BONDS OR OVERRIDES.

ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT TAX DO HAVE AN OVERRIDE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS OR, OR BOND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SNOWFLAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ARE DISTRICTS ON TRIBAL LANDS WE DON'T TAX, BUT I DID WANT TO SHOW YOU THEIR ASSESSED VALUATIONS.

UM, NOW THAT THAT'S OUR CTA DISTRICT AS WELL AS NATIVE, AND THOSE ARE STATUTORILY SET RATES, THEY DON'T CHANGE OUR ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION DISTRICT THAT WE RUN IN NAVAJO COUNTY THAT IS NOT TAXED.

AND SO OUR FUNDS COME FROM OTHER SOURCES.

WE SERVE THE NCIS HIGH SCHOOL JUVENILE DETENTION AND ADULT EDUCATION AND THE COUNTY EDUCATION DISTRICT THAT IS ALSO STATUTORILY SET AND THAT SERVES OUR UNORGANIZED TERRITORY.

THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORY IS A SPACE WHEREIN STUDENTS RESIDE AND THEY ARE NOT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO GET THEM TRANSPORTATION.

CURRENTLY WE ARE CONTRACTED OUT WITH WINSLOW.

WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, CLOSEST TO THAT TERRITORY AND THEY TRANSPORT OUR KIDS.

AND WITH THOSE FUNDS, THAT'S HOW WE GET THOSE KIDS TO SCHOOL.

UM, THESE ARE THE RATES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S.

UM, MOST OF THEM WENT DOWN OUR STATE STUDY IF YOU WENT UP.

AND THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO ASSESS VALUATIONS AND OVERRIDES OR BONDS THAT WERE VOTER APPROVED.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT FROM THE SCHOOL'S END, HOW WE DRIVE THESE RATES.

WE WORK FROM THE ASSESS VALUES FROM THE ASSESSOR BONDS ARE OVERRID, WHICH ARE LOCALLY VOTER APPROVED.

WE ALSO GO FROM THE BUS DISTRICT BUDGETS THAT ARE SET BY THEIR BUSINESS MANAGERS.

A BASE SUPPORT LEVEL IS STATUTORILY SET AND THEN THAT IS MULTIPLIED BY THEIR AVERAGE

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DAILY ATTENDANCE, AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP.

SO BY THE HUNDRED DAY SCHOOL, HOW MANY KIDS HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL.

SO THOSE RATES COULD HAVE ALSO CHANGED DUE TO HIGHER ENROLLMENT AND ENROLLMENT, UM, BASED ON TRANSPORTATION NEEDS DISTRICT ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS AN EXTRA FUND THAT'S ALSO BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP OR STUDENT ATTENDANCE IMPACT AID THAT, UH, DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL DISTRICTS, BUT THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE FEDERAL LAND HERE, IT'S JUST RESERVATION LAND.

SOME ARE ON MILITARY BASES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.

AND THEN ADJUST ADJACENT WAYS.

UM, OR IF SCHOOLS NEED TO MAINTAIN ROADS OR HAVE PART OF ROADS, ROADWAYS ON THEIR SCHOOLS.

UH, THE QUALIFYING TAX RATE IS ALSO SET BY STATUTE AND THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER FACTOR THAT GOES INTO SETTING THE RATES.

AND THIS IS JUST A BASIC LEVEL.

THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT THAT GOES INTO IT, BUT THAT GIVES YOU THE OVERALL PICTURE AND NOT ALL THE FACTORS APPLY TO ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW THAT YOU REACHED OUT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT YOU LET OUT ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR TEAM ON DOING THAT.

SO, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC? I KNOW WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP TO, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK THIS TIME, SO WE DON'T NEED A STAFF REBUTTAL, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT THE DISCUSSION.

ANY, UH, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? JUST, UM, BEING YOUR FIRST YEAR AT, I JUST, YOU'VE THANK YOU.

I HAVE A GREAT TEAM CHAIR.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, RACHEL FOR THAT, UM, PRESENTATION'S, MY FIRST SEEING SOMETHING OF THAT, UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORY.

UM, WINSLOW UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDING TRANSPORT, DOES THAT GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO GO INTO THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORY? YEAH, SO THEY USE THEIR BUSES AND DRIVE UP INTO THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORY.

IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST BASICALLY AN ISLAND THAT NO DISTRICT CLAIMS RIGHT NOW MM-HMM .

AND SO YEAH, THEY'RE ABLE TO GO UP AND PICK UP THE KIDS, COUNT THE MILEAGE.

WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC WAY HOW WE COUNT THE MILEAGE AND ESTIMATE HOW MUCH THAT COST WILL BE EACH YEAR.

OH, OKAY.

IT DOES HOLBROOK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATE IN THAT? THEY, THEY DON'T RIGHT NOW WE JUST KNOW IT'S, IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN HOLBROOK AND WINSLOW AND WE'VE JUST HAD THE AGREEMENT WITH WINSLOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.

IF NOT, CHAIR TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIRMAN I MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND MOTION AND SECOND.

ANYMORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE AYE.

HEARING NONE, THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE'RE ON ITEM EIGHT, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EIGHT, A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, CONSIDERATION OF A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR TRACY LYNN BULLOCK FOR PURDY'S.

APPRECIATED.

ALRIGHT,

[a. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Liquor License for Tracy Lynn Mulac for Bertie's 2 located at 448 Porter Mountain Rd., Lakeside, AZ]

SECOND LOCATION AT 4 4 8 QUARTER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LAKESIDE, ARIZONA.

OH, THERE SHE IS, HUH.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

UM, I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING.

WE RECEIVED A LI A LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FOR BIRDIE'S TWO, WHICH IS A 0 1 2 RESTAURANT LICENSE.

THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALL RESPONDED THAT THE APPLICATION MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS OPPOSED THE APPLICATION DUE TO ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS BEING INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS, BUT NOT BEING NAMED ON THE LIQUOR APPLICATION, NOT BEING QUALIFIED TO OBTAIN A LIQUOR LICENSE.

THE REQUIRED 20 DAY POSTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WE WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER ALL DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR.

SO WE NEED TO OPEN THIS UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SLIPS.

MELISSA, DID WE? NO, NO SLIPS.

SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.

DISCUSSION CHAIR WITH ANY OH, GO AHEAD.

IS THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IF I MAY.

ON YOUR APPLICATION, YOU STATED THAT YOU ARE A SOLE PROPRIETOR MM-HMM .

FOR THIS BUSINESS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND YOU'RE THE ONLY OWNER? YEP.

THAT IT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

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ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UM, I HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION, I GUESS.

UM, BECAUSE BASED ON THE SHERIFF'S, UM, BACKGROUND CHECK, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE APPLICANT AND MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS, SO I'M NOT QUITE, SO THE, THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE CONTRADICTS WHAT WAS STATED HERE.

SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE COMPLETE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, TO US OR GIVEN TO US BY DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR, IT DOES SHOW ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AS A PARTIAL OWNER IN THE ACTUAL BUSINESS, BUT NOT ON THE LIQUOR LICENSE.

SO I'M RECOMMENDING NON-APPROVAL.

UM, SO BASED ON THAT AND THE SHERIFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, THE APPLICANT DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CONCERNS OF THE SHERIFF'S BACKGROUND CHECK.

UM, SO IT WILL BE, IF MY RECOMMENDATION MOVES FORWARD, IT WILL BE, UM, UP TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR TO DECIDE ON APPROVAL.

I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

THERE'S, THERE'S A MOTION TO DENY NO, NO.

HER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PROBLEM IS? I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.

THERE'S, SO ON YOUR APPLICATION, YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S LISTED ON THE APPLICATION, UM, ON THE BUS BUSINESS LICENSE.

THERE ARE OTHER, THERE'S NO BUSINESS LICENSE.

OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LISTED, THERE IS NO BUSINESS LICENSE.

HE'S A PARTNER IN THE BUSINESS IS WHAT DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR SUBMITTED.

THAT'S THE OTHER PARTNER BUSINESS, NOT THIS BIRDIE'S.

IT'S THEIR DETERMINATION ULTIMATE.

HE'S 9% OWNER OF THAT BIRDIE'S.

HE'S A ZERO OWNER OF THIS BIRDIE'S BIRDIE'S TWO.

SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND THERE IS NO BUSINESS LICENSE, I WENT TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE AND THEY SAID I'M IN AN UNINCORPORATED CITY AND I DON'T NEED THAT LICENSE.

SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BRAD LOOKING, SHE'S LOOKING FOR THE QUESTION, MA'AM.

UM, SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S LISTED, UM, AS PART OWNER OF THE BUSINESS, NOT ON THIS LICENSE, LICENSE THE ANSWER.

YOU HAVE INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT THEY'RE IN INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINED THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PARTNER WHO MAY NOT BE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE WOMAN SPEAKING, BUT THEIR INFORMATION IS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A GENTLEMAN INVOLVED WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD.

OKAY, THANK YOU SIR.

IT'S NOT THE FINAL DETERMINATIVE OF WHAT, OF WHETHER THEIR LICENSE IS ISSUED OR NOT.

THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE IS AN DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, IGNORE WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO WITH IT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH MY MOTION, UM, OF DENIAL.

BUT AGAIN, THE, IF THE DENIAL IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, UM, THEN IT GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR AND THEN THEY HAVE, UM, THE ULTIMATE APPROVAL.

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION? SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THEM WHERE THEY GOT IT FROM, BUT THAT'S THE REPORT I BROUGHT THE LEASE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO BRING YOU BESIDES ACCOUNT INFORMATION AND MY LEASE, I'M JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT THE, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE .

YOU'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.

NOT OUR STATUTE TELLS US OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS IS IT WITHIN A SCHOOL SO CLOSE TO A SCHOOL? NO.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? CORRECT.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? JUST MY DISCUSSION HERE IS WHEN I LOOK AT THE APPLICATION THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE US AND THE APPLICATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO EVERYONE ELSE, THE OWNER IS LISTED AS AN OWNER.

THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON.

SHE STATES THAT SHE IS THE ONLY OWNER.

IT'S NOT AN LLC, IT'S NOT A CORPORATION.

SHE'S ALSO LISTED AS THE MANAGER ON THE, UH, APPLICATION.

AND SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT, AND I ONLY WANT ON THE LICENSE, AND SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT, AT THAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT WHETHER OR

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IS IT SO CLOSE TO A CHURCH? AND SO ON THOSE THINGS, IT MEETS THAT STANDARD.

SO THAT'S MY POSITION.

I'M SORRY, I HAVE, I'M MAKING SURE THAT I HAVE SOME CLARITY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UM, AND THEN YOUR POSITION THAT YOU'RE STATING SUPERVISOR, I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME SUPPORTING.

I I APPRECIATE THE MOTION, I APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SHERIFF, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION AS TO HOW SOMEBODY IS ASSOCIATED OR A RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO BE FOR APPROVAL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TO LIQUOR YOUR LICENSE TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK.

BUT THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I WOULD LOOK AT THIS RATHER THAN A DENIAL.

SO IS IS, SO WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO, TO CONSIDER, BUT IN THE DISCUSSION PORTION OF THIS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, YOU'RE RECOMMEND, YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT IT, AND I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON.

WE MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD AND GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON WHAT BEING DENIED.

IS THAT ACCURATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME? I I KNOW THERE ARE TIMELINES.

MELISSA'S NODDING HER HEAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES, UH, TO HAVE A, TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT.

SO AS I UNDERSTAND NOW, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, A MOTION AND A SECOND BASED ON THE SHERIFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT, UM, THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED MAY BE INVOLVED.

WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT'S STATING THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE INFORMATION'S SUFFICIENT, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT MOTION AT THIS TIME.

SO, OH, VICE CHAIR.

WELL, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO CAN IT BE DELAYED? SO CAN THE APPLICANT WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION AND RESUBMIT AN APPLICATION WITH ALL OF THE VERIFICATION? NO, BECAUSE MY, I HAVE AN INTERIM PERMIT RIGHT NOW THAT TAKES ME TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH I GOT, AND I MADE SURE I COVERED ALL MY BASES AND I TALKED TO THAT SHERIFF.

MA'AM, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU TOO.

WE'RE ASKING STAFF THAT QUESTION.

WE CAN NOTIFY THE ARIZONA LOCAL BOARD OF, OF WHAT HAPPENED IN TODAY'S HEARING.

WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THEM.

BUT ULTIMATELY, AS OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY STATED, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION.

THE LIQUOR BOARD DOES THEIR OWN HEARING AND THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND THEY, THEY WILL DECIDE.

SO THEY ULTIMATELY MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

OUR THING IS JUST SO THAT THEY SHOW WHAT ARE THE COUNTY STAND ON IT AND THEY CAN CONSIDER THAT OR NOT, BUT IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT OR ALLOW YOU TO GET IT.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE A TF.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THREE TIMES THEY'VE BEEN THERE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT ONCE A WEEK.

THE A TF COMES THERE BECAUSE SOMEONE IS TURNING IN FELONIOUS ANONYMOUS THINGS ON THE INTERNET AND SO HE COMES OUT AND CHECKS IT, CHECKED MY BOOK, CHECKED ALL MY INFORMATION, AND THE SHERIFF'S NAME IS HUDSPETH.

MM-HMM .

WHAT I HOPE THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM US IS OUR BOAT DOESN'T DETERMINE WHETHER YOU GET YOUR LICENSE OR NOT.

IT'S A CONSIDERATION FORAND FOR THAT BOARD TO CONSIDER.

I UNDERSTAND I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.

WHAT WERE, WHAT'S BEING SHARED WITH YOU BY THE ONE THAT SET THE MOTION AND THAT MAY CHANGE, BUT IT HAS SET THE MOTION IS BASED ON THE SHERIFF'S INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND COME AND DO AGAIN.

THAT'S WHY SHE HAS A MOTION THERE.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL TO YOU, IT'S NOT, IT'S THE INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED BY OUR SHERIFF IS SAYING THERE'S A, THERE'S A RED FLAG HERE THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE MOTION IS.

SO CAN I GET A NAME? WE APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE AT.

YOU CERTAINLY CAN TALK TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I'M SURE THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

UM, IF YOU WANNA TALK TO STAFF AFTERWARDS, THEY CAN DIRECT YOU TO WHO TO CONTACT AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND HELP YOU WITH THAT.

BUT THANK YOU.

I HOPE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING HERE IS THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THE SHERIFF IS PROVIDING, THAT'S WHERE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS COMING FROM AND WHEN THIS COMES OUT TO BE NOT TRUE, NOT TRUE.

I'VE BEEN HARASSED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OUT THERE FOR THE TWO MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN OPEN.

EVERY WEEK.

THANK, THANK YOU MA'AM.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT AND CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT VERY MUCH, BUT THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

SO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE US, SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.

FOUR EAS BASED ON THE SHERIFF'S INFORMATION.

THOSE OPPOSED A SO WE HAVE ONE NAY AND WE HAVE

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SO IT DOES NOT PASS OR RECOMMENDATION IS NOT CORRECT.

RECOMMENDATION IS A DENIAL TOO.

THE DEPARTMENT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO STAFF, THEY CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON WHO YOU, WHO YOU NEED TO TALK TO TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

SO THAT, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE IN YOUR BEST INTEREST.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM THEN.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, CONSIDERATION OF PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING AUGUST 14TH, 2025 AS NAVAJO COUNTY COACH TALKERS DAY SUPERVISOR PECH THE TIME.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

[b. Consideration of a Proclamation, proclaiming August 14, 2025, as "Navajo Code Talkers Day"]

UH, THANK YOU CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING AUGUST 14TH, 2025 AS NAVAJO CO-TAUGHT THAT DAY.

UM, AS MANY OF US ARE AWARE, AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE, UM, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CALLED UPON THE NAVAJO NATION TO SUPPORT THE MILITARY EFFORT IN RECRUITING AND ENLISTING MORE THAN 400 NAVAJO MEN TO SERVE IN STANDARD COMMUNICATION UNITS.

UH, THESE PATRIOTS BECAME KNOWN AS, UH, THE NAVAJO CO TALKERS.

THE NAVAJO CO TALKERS WERE HONORABLE MEN WHO PERFORMED AN IMPORTANT SERVICE TO THE PRESERVATION OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.

AND OUT OF THAT 400 THERE WERE ORIGINALLY, UM, 29 NAVAJO CODE TALKERS, UM, UM, THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN AMONGST, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE REMAINING AS WELL.

SO THAT IS THE PROCLAMATION THAT IS BEFORE THE BOARD.

APPRECIATED.

ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS CHAIRMAN? GO AHEAD.

VICE CHAIR.

UM, I JUST WANNA THANK SUPERVISOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND, UM, THE HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION IN NAVAJO COUNTY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WITH THAT, I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

SO WE HAVE A REC, SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

AND A SECOND, ANY MORE DISCUSSION, I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US AND A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THEM.

MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

HAVE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY AND NONE THE ICE.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE ON THE ITEM

[c. Presentation of the activities of the County Supervisors Association for FY2024-2025, including a discussion of the recent legislative session.]

C PRESENTATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION FOR 2024 THROUGH 2025, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

MR. SULLIVAN CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO WITH YOUR PERMISSION INVITE, UH, SUPERVISOR CRO, YOU HAVE TO JOIN US.

ABSOLUTELY.

PRESIDENT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE, UH, COUNTY SUPERVISORS OR THE COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, JAMES MENLO, WHO, UM, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW OVER THIS YEAR AND IS AN AMAZING PERSON AND A AND VERY, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

UM, GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, UH, WHITING AND VICE CHAIRMAN.

OH, WHITE SINGER, WHITE SINGER.

I DON'T GET TO SEE YOU AS OFTEN, BUT WHITE SINGER AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, THE BOARD.

UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

IT IS 80 DEGREES AS COMPARED TO OVER A HUNDRED WHERE I'M FROM IN THE MORNINGS.

AND SO, UH, IT'S NICE TO BE IN COOLER COUNTRY AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE UP HERE, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE.

SO, UM, I'M LYNN PAN RAZZI.

I AM THE YUMA COUNTY.

I'M A YUMA COUNTY SUPERVISOR, AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OR CONTINUE TO HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS CSA PRESIDENT THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN MEMORABLE AND A A LOT OF OF WORK THAT, UM, I WASN'T QUITE AWARE OF UNTIL I GOT INTO IT.

SO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY ENJOYABLE.

BUT THE STAFF AT CSA, UM, WHICH, UH, INCLUDES, UH, CRAIG SULLIVAN, WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING PERSON.

CAITLIN IS OUR NEW ROOKIE HERE, AND, UH, SHE IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND, UH, POLICY.

AND SHE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB IN LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH STATE LEGISLATORS FROM ALL OVER, WITH ALL KINDS OF IDEAS AND, UH, AND AND I AND POSSIBLE LEGISLATION.

SO, UM, SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND I'M LEARNING THAT.

AND OF COURSE

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SO, UM, BEEN NICE TO KNOW YOU.

UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN CSA AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN NACO, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SERVE ON A BOARD AT, AT THE NATIONALS, UH, LEVEL.

AND THAT IS SO, SO APPRECIATED AND SO NEEDED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM ARIZONA ON THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T REALIZE IT, THAT COMMITTEE MEETS EVERY FRIDAY DURING SESSION AND WE TAKE POSITIONS ON BILLS, UM, OR EITHER FOR THEM, AGAINST THEM, THOSE THAT IMPACT THE COUNTY.

AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS THAT ARE DROPPED, UM, EVERY YEAR BY LEGISLATORS.

AND WE, AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE, DETERMINE WHETHER, WHAT POSITION, IF ANY, THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO, UH, TAKE ON THOSE.

AND YOU HAVE ADDED VERY GOOD INSIGHT IN THOSE MEETINGS.

I, I HAVE TO SAY, SO THANK YOU.

NOW THEN YOU HAVE JASON WHO? OH, SUPERVISOR WHITING.

WHO WAS OUR PRESIDENT, UH, CSA PRESIDENT IN 2023.

AND WHEN I WAS, I WAS ON THE BOARD DURING THAT TIME AND HE MADE IT LOOK SO EASY.

I THOUGHT, WHAT, THIS IS GONNA BE A PIECE OF CAKE, AND YOU MADE IT LOOK REALLY EASY AND IT IS NOT REALLY EASY.

SO YOU THANK YOU.

AND HE ALSO DOES THE PRAYER AT, UH, MORE THAN HIS SHARE OF CSA BOARD MEETINGS, BUT HE DOES SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO, AND WE STILL CALL ON HIM SOMETIMES BECAUSE HE JUST HAS A WAY WITH WORDS THAT, UH, MAKES IT, JUST BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER.

UH, UH, WILL BE FAIRLY TRANSPARENT TO YOU, BUT WE'RE BUILDING OUT INFORMATION ON HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENTS WORK, THE IMPACT OF STATE POLICIES ON COUNTY OPERATIONS AND FINANCE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCE TO BETTER INFORM POLICIES RELATED TO THAT AND HOW COUNTIES MANAGE MANDATED FUNCTIONS.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED EVERYBODY, CAITLYN AND CRAIG AND, AND JAMES.

AND, UH, BUT BEFORE I, I LEAVE THE STATE, THE PODIUM AND PASS IT ON TO, UH, TO, TO CRAIG.

I WANNA INVITE YOU TO THE, THE LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT THAT'LL BE HELD IN YUMA THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, INTERESTING AND ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAD JUST A LITTLE WHILE, WE ALREADY HAVE SEVEN, SEVEN PROPOSALS FROM SUPERVISORS FROM AROUND THE STATE FOR, UM, FOR OUR SUMMIT, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING WE HAVE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVEN SO FAR AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE, BUT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS AT THIS MEETING.

AND I WOULD VERY MUCH INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN TO YUMA IN OCTOBER.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW, IT IS SO HOT.

IT'S NOT EVEN, YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO OUT AT SIX IN THE MORNING.

SO, UM, BUT, UH, UH, COME DOWN IN OCTOBER AND ENJOY THE WEATHER AND ENJOY THE, THE, UM, OPEN SPACES AND, UH, AND GET OUR POLICIES READY FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND NOW WITHOUT ANY ADO.

CRAIG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THANK YOU SUPERVISOR AND MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, MR. CARLINE, MR. LAYTON, AND MS. BUCKLEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND REPORT OUT ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, UH, MS. BUCKLEY'S HANDING OUT SOME OF OUR MATERIALS.

WE'VE GOT A FEW PACKETS FOR YOU THAT WE'VE BROUGHT, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.

OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING A SENSE OF HOW WE'RE WORKING FOR YOU AND SUPPORTING YOUR COUNTY.

UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE GO FORWARD.

THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE IS OUR REPORT.

UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT I WILL HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SLIDE DECK AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, AND I'D WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE AND HAPPY TO DIVE INTO ANYTHING IN DETAIL THAT YOU WISH.

WE ALSO PROVIDED A PORTFOLIO, UM, TO ALL OF YOU, AND THAT JUST SHOWS A LOT OF SELECT ITEMS, VISUALIZATIONS, HANDOUTS THAT WE USE, INFORMATION THAT WE'RE

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PULLING OFF OUR WEBSITE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE THAT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, NUMBER ONE, BUT TO ALSO GET A SENSE OF HOW OUR DATA, UH, AND, AND ANALYSIS EFFORTS FIT INTO OUR OVERALL EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES.

SO WE WANTED TO BRING THAT WITH YOU OR FOR YOU AS WELL.

UM, BUT JUST TO GO THROUGH THIS BRIEFING A LITTLE BIT, LET ME KIND OF WALK THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE KEY ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO FLAG FOR YOU.

UM, BUT FIRST OFF, I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH US, SO LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION.

THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION IS A COLLABORATION OF THE 15 COUNTIES.

WE ARE OVERSEEN BY ALL 61 SUPERVISORS IN THE STATE.

OUR FOCUS IS ON RESEARCH AND POLICY WORK, SUPPORTING YOUR WORK HERE, SERVING IT AS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL OFFICE, ENGAGING THE LEGISLATURE AND OTHERS.

WE'RE NON-PARTISAN.

UH, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHERE THE DATA TAKES US AND WHAT BILLS MEAN TO YOUR OPERATIONS, YOUR RESOURCES HERE IN THE COUNTY, SERVING YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, AND WE'RE PROUD TO SERVE YOU IN THAT CAPACITY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, I THINK AS YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO USE OUR FORUM WHERE THE SUPERVISORS MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BRING IN LEGISLATORS, POLICY EXPERTS, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND OTHERS TO DIALOGUE WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND IT CREATES A VERY ROBUST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO THAT.

WE ARE PROGRAMMING THE NEXT YEAR NOW, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

AND SO WE ALWAYS WELCOME IDEAS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THE FOLKS THAT CAME IN OVER THE LAST YEAR TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.

AND, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A, A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, GOOD FOLKS LINED UP FOR GOING INTO THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF WHAT WE CALL AFFILIATE GROUPS, THE MANAGERS, THE FINANCE DIRECTORS, UH, OUR PARTNERS OVER AT ACO.

THIS IS WHERE WE DO OUR PART TO CREATE A VERY STRONG COLLABORATIVE NETWORK AT THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEVEL.

AND I REALLY THINK THAT IS VERY ROBUST.

AND LAST WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TEAM BRIEFED THE FINANCE OFFICERS.

WE BRIEFED THE MANAGERS GROUP.

NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE BRIEFING CIVIL DEPUTIES.

IT'S REALLY HOW WE HELP SHARE INFORMATION AND GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERS.

ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ON VARIOUS WORK GROUPS.

NOW, WE'RE TASKED REGULARLY TO BE ON STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, WORK GROUPS THAT MAY HAPPEN AT THE LEGISLATURE WITH THE COURT SYSTEM OR OTHERS.

THESE ARE SOME STANDING ISSUES I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT.

AS WE WERE, UH, TALKING EARLIER ON YOUR BUDGET, YOU FLAGGED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE PENSION SYSTEM AND THE PAY DOWN OF THE PENSION SYSTEM.

WE ARE HEAVILY INVESTED AS A STAFF IN WORKING WITH THE PENSION SYSTEMS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNTIES WHO ARE EMPLOYERS, AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BENEFITS ARE PAID, THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT TO THE FOLKS THAT MAKE DECISIONS.

SO WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ANALYZING DECISIONS, PARTICULARLY AT THE P-S-P-R-S SYSTEM, UH, AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO IT.

KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF BANDWIDTH AND WE, UH, SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING IT.

BUT WE THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.

THE STATE, THE CITIES, UH, THE COUNTIES, THE FIRE DISTRICTS DEPOSITED OVER $5 BILLION TO STABILIZE THOSE PENSION SYSTEMS THAT HAD GOTTEN POORLY FUNDED.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NUMBER ONE, WE PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT.

AND NUMBER TWO, WE DON'T GO BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF ENDING UP IN THAT KIND OF DIFFICULTY.

THAT'S $5 BILLION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES.

NOW, A COUPLE OF SLIDES I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ON OUR DATA AND ANALYTICS FUNCTION, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HOW WE'RE BUILDING THIS.

UH, MR. WHITING, WHEN YOU WERE PRESIDENT, WE REALLY STARTED ACCELERATING A LOT OF THIS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WE ARE REGULARLY IMPORTING EVERY BIT OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA WE CAN GET, UH, FROM STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER SOURCES, THE PENSION SYSTEMS, IMPORTING IT INTO OUR FUNCTION SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AND THEN DO DATA VISUALIZATIONS AND OTHER PROGRAM ANALYSIS WITH IT.

OUR DATABASE IS NOW ABOUT TO BROACH 8 MILLION DATA POINTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME NEW IMPORTATIONS THAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, WE BELIEVE THAT GOOD DECISIONS REQUIRE GOOD INFORMATION.

AND SO BY BUILDING THIS OUT, IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS AND AS WELL TO YOUR MANAGEMENT.

AND A LOT OF THE VISUALIZATIONS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PORTFOLIO.

WERE BORN OUT OF THIS FUNCTION.

WE SECURED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IN GRANTS FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO DO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH WORK LARGELY INTO WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO INTO PROCUREMENT.

WE'RE JUST BRINGING ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR SYSTEM TO MAKE US BETTER IN THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR ANALYTICS FUNCTION, THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT WE LOOK INTO,

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THESE ARE THE GENERAL CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

AND THEN DEVELOPING INFORMATION THAT CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND BE SHARED WITH MANAGEMENT GOING FORWARD.

THE CHALLENGE WITH BUILDING OUT OUR ANALYTICS FUNCTION IS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED SO MUCH INTERNAL INFORMATION.

IT'S GETTING IT OUT IN USABLE FORMS. AND SO WE ARE UPDATING OUR WEBSITE NOW, AND WE'LL BE ROLLING THAT OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL SO THAT YOU CAN GET BETTER ACCESS TO THESE TOOLS.

OUR TEAM IS PREPARING VARIOUS, UH, REPORTS THAT GO OUT DIRECTLY TO MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE SOME EYES INTO VARIOUS TOPICS, AND WE CAN HELP, UH, THEM UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT.

I DID BRING, UH, A FAIRLY LARGE DOCUMENT THAT WAS AN ONLINE VISUALIZATION AS WELL, WHERE WE GOT INTO THE INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM TO LOOK AT HOW THAT WORKS AND SOME POLICY ITEMS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTED IT.

I PRINTED IT OUT THIS WAY FOR TWO REASONS.

NUMBER ONE WAS ONLINE, YOU CAN JUST SWIM THROUGH IT AND WHEN YOU PRINT IT OUT, IT COMES OUT IN A LONG DOCUMENT.

BUT THEN WHEN WE LAMINATED IT, IT KIND OF REMINDED ME OF A PLACE MAT.

SO IT CAN BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE AS WELL, IF YOU WANT THAT.

BUT I DO WANNA LEAVE THAT WITH YOUR MANAGEMENT AND PERHAPS YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR, UH, UH, FOLKS WHO WORK IN PUBLIC DEFENSE.

THEY MIGHT FIND IT KIND OF INTERESTING.

UM, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HOW WE'RE BUILDING THIS OUT.

WHEN WE GET TO OUR SUMMIT, WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT SOME NEW INFORMATION AND SOME NEW PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON OVER THE SUMMER.

SO LET ME TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

UH, MR. SEYMOUR, THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON OUR LPC.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THAT EXTRA TIME EVERY FRIDAY.

AND MR. WHITING, I KNOW YOU GET DEPUTIZED EVERY NIGHT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN TO HELP US WITH TO LAWMAKERS.

LAWMAKERS WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU AND THEY RESPECT YOUR POSITION.

WE'RE JUST TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT ROLE.

AND SO I, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THE ENGAGEMENT THAT THIS COUNTY HAS WITH ITS LEGISLATORS.

UM, IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SESSION.

IT WENT KIND OF LONG, BUT WE'RE OPERATING IN DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND MAJORITY PARTY WHO ARE MOVING BILLS KNOW THEY HAVE TO GET IT SIGNED.

AND SO THEY'RE VERY WILLING, FOR THE MOST PART TO WORK OUT ISSUES.

AND AS WE WERE IDENTIFYING THINGS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, WE WERE PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF ITEMS RESOLVED.

NOT ALWAYS, BUT IN MANY CASES.

UM, YOU CAN GET, JUST GET A SENSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF BILLS THAT COME INTO THE SYSTEM AND, UH, PRESIDENT PAN CROSBY INDICATED IT.

WE TRIAGE EVERYTHING THAT COMES INTO THE PROCESS AND THEN TRY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND UNDER YOUR DIRECT YOUR DIRECTION, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THIS SPACE, TRYING TO GET THAT TO MOVE.

THERE WE GO.

SO LEMME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BILLS.

WE ALWAYS WATCH THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE STATE LINKAGE WITH THE COUNTIES IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND THEY CAN IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU ON THE LEFT IS HOW THE STATE ALLOCATED ITS ONE-TIME MONEY TO POLICY AREAS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, TRANSPORTATION, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.

BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS HERE ARE THESE, WHAT THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON WAS ALLOCATING ONE TIME MONEY, RIGHT, GIVING DOLLARS TO MEMBERS TO ALLOCATE AS THEY SAW FIT FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS.

THEY REALLY AVOIDED ONGOING INVESTMENTS.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE OFTEN SOLUTIONS ARE IN THE ONGOING BOX.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT MORE OF THE STATE'S COURT SYSTEM IS NOT PUTTING, UH, PRESSURING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES OR SAME THING WITH ALL TAX OR OTHER MANDATES.

THOSE ARE ONGOING ITEMS, BUT THE LEGISLATURE'S REALLY BEEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON ONE TIME TYPES OF DECISIONS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ONGOING PIECE FAIRLY FLAT.

I'M SHOWING YOU THAT RED BOX THERE IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET IS AN ENDING BALANCE OF ABOUT $52 MILLION.

NOW, THAT'S ON A $17 BILLION BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S FAIRLY NARROW.

ANY SWING IN THE ECONOMY IS GONNA SHIFT THAT.

UH, AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING GOING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR IS A TIGHTENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE BELT, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF FINANCES, UNLESS THE ECONOMY CHANGES.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INDICATIONS THAT THAT'S NOT OCCURRING.

I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL POLICY CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL BILL THAT PASSED HR ONE THAT THE LEGISLATURE'S GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE

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OUT WHETHER TO CONFORM TO THE INCOME TAX OR TO THE TAX CHANGES.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY NEED TO PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO MEDICAID, AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THEIR PORTION OF SNAPS, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT THERE ARE COSTS THAT ARE NOW BEING SHIFTED TO THE STATE GENERAL FUND AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T BLEED INTO THE COUNTIES.

THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES JUST HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WERE IN THE BUDGET.

THIS IS, UH, KIND OF 30,000 FOOT THE LEGISLATURE FOCUSED ON CONTINUING ITS EFFORT TO, UH, REDUCE AND ELIMINATE BUSINESS.

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.

WE SAW INCREASES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, STIPENDS FOR CORRECTIONS, CAPITAL PROJECTS WERE FUNDED.

THE GOVERNOR MADE A PRIORITY GETTING, UH, SOME ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDCARE SUPPORT AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THESE ARE THE MAJOR TOUCH POINTS THAT WERE OUT THERE.

THESE ARE SOME COUNTY TOUCH POINTS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

I MENTIONED THE CHALLENGE WITH ONGOING INVESTMENTS.

WE OFTEN OPERATE IN THE NEED FOR ONGOING INVESTMENTS.

WE DID SEE THAT THE LEGISLATURE FOCUSED ON FUNDING ITS PROBATION OFFICERS OR THE INCREASE THAT WAS NEEDED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT THEY USED FEDERAL MONEY FOR THAT.

AND SO THERE IS STILL A CLIFF NEEDED IN HOW THE STATE FUNDS PROBATION OFFICERS OR A STATE CLIFF THAT EXISTS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON AN ONGOING BASIS THIS YEAR, BUT WAS NOT.

SO WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THAT? THIS IS A STATE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WE DON'T, WE WANNA MAKE, PROTECT THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND FROM THAT LIABILITY GETTING PUSHED INTO IT.

JUVENILE DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS, WE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THAT TO MAKE SURE YOU WILL RECEIVE ANNUALLY ALLOCATION FROM THAT $2 MILLION FUND.

WE WORKED ON GETTING THE JP SALARIES PUSHED UP.

THIS IS THE REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR THE COUNTIES THAT COMES FROM THE STATE.

AND, UH, WE WERE MONITORING THE ALTECH SITUATION.

THE LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT INCREASED BY ABOUT 10 MILLION THIS YEAR AND IT VARIED ACROSS ALL THE COUNTIES.

THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE MAY SEE SOME UPWARD PRESSURE.

AND THEN IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THERE WAS A SMALL CHANGE TO THE CORRECTION OFFICER'S DC EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FROM 5% TO 5.5%.

UM, WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, POLICY CHANGES IN THE PENSION SYSTEMS, UH, THAT ARE NOT INFORMED BY DATA.

THIS WAS A SMALL ITEM THAT A MEMBER PUT IN THE BUDGET.

WE'VE EXPECT THAT IT'LL BE REVISITED IN SOME STANDPOINT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE A POSITION OF, UH, DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING IN THIS SPACE.

ADDITIONAL COUNTY RE UH, RELEVANT ITEMS I JUST SHARE SO YOUR MANAGEMENT CAN SCAN THROUGH.

UH, MANY OF THESE ITEMS ARE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NOW, THIS CHART I JUST PUT IN REGIONAL BUCKETS, VARIOUS ALLOCATIONS LARGELY TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UH, TWO RECORDERS, YUMA AND, UH, MARICOPA.

AND THEN SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE PUT IN THE BUDGET.

THESE WERE ALL MEMBER ASKS THAT, UM, GOT THERE.

UH, THE REENTRY INVESTMENT CAME NAVAJO COUNTY'S WAY.

WE ALSO TAKE BILLS TO THE LEGISLATURE.

THESE ARE THE FOUR THAT WE WORKED ON THIS YEAR.

JUST SOME BASIC, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ITEMS. I PUT THIS IN HERE FOR YOU MEMBERS JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE VARIOUS POLICY AREAS WE WORK ON.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT KAITLYN AND JACOB EMINENT ON OUR TEAM DO TO LOOK THROUGH ALL THE BILLS AND PARTICIPATE IN STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AS THEY'RE GOING FORWARD.

AND YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF POLICY AREAS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO REPRESENT YOUR INTERESTS.

WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

AND I DO WANT TO COMMEND ROCHELLE FOR KEEPING US PLUGGED IN.

WE ALWAYS GET FEEDBACK FROM NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR NAVAJO COUNTY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF ROCHELLE.

DISCONNECT COMMUNITY FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF LOCAL PLANNING AND ZONING.

UH, THIS IS A, A LIST OF BILLS THAT ACTUALLY DID PASS AND WE'VE ISSUED OUR LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY BOOK, UH, THAT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

UM, JUST BASICALLY A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL HIT HERE.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE EMBEZZLEMENT THAT OCCURRED IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

THERE WERE A PACKAGE OF BILLS.

WE SUPPORTED THEM TO IMPROVE THE AUDITING OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.

THOSE WERE PASSED.

THEY'RE IN THE LOWER RIGHT HERE.

UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE GET DEPLOYED OVER PROBABLY ALREADY STARTING TO BE DEPLOYED.

UM, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK CAUGHT EVERYBODY, UH, IN A SHOCKING WAY WHEN THAT ISSUE HAPPENED IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING.

THERE'S AN ENORMOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT OCCURS AT THE LEGISLATURE AND FOLKS LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

WHY DON'T WE JUST TRY TO

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UH, THIS YEAR, THE PRIMARY TOUCH FOR COUNTIES WAS A CHANGE TO, UH, LAWS RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THIS IS A POLICY THAT WAS, UH, PLACED ON THE CITIES A YEAR AGO.

NOW THE COUNTIES HAVE A SIMILAR POLICY.

WE GOT A LOT OF AMENDMENTS ON THIS.

SO I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS, IT MIGRATED IN A PRETTY DECENT WAY, BUT JUST KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR LOCAL ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

LEMME JUST BOUNCE AHEAD TO A FEW NUMBERS.

AND MR. SEYMOUR, JUST SO YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WASTED YOUR TIME WITH US EVERY FRIDAY, I PUT THIS UP HERE.

UM, BUT WE PROCESSED A BUNCH OF BILLS, AS YOU KNOW, AND TOOK DIRECTION ON IT.

UH, JACOB AND KAITLYN, UH, WERE OUTSTANDING AT GETTING IN FRONT OF MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY NEW MEMBERS, TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SHARING OUR MATERIALS, EDUCATING THEM ABOUT COUNTY.

SO WE QUANTIFIED THAT FOR YOU.

AND OUR TEAM GAVE ABOUT CLOSE TO 40 TESTIMONIES IN COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.

WE SEND OUT A LOT OF REPORTS AFTER SESSIONS, SO THESE FOUR ITEMS HAVE COME YOUR WAY.

UM, BUT THEY'RE VERY DENSE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS THAT HELP FOLKS MAKE SENSE OF WHAT COMES OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT.

NOW, I'M FOND OF SAYING THE REWARD FOR ENDING ONE SESSION IS YOU HAVE TO GET GET READY FOR THE NEXT ONE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

THERE'S NO REST FOR THE WICKED.

UM, MADAM PRESIDENT DID HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING IN YUMA.

WE'VE GOT A SERIES OF BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO US BY THE COUNTIES.

WE GOT ONE FROM NAVAJO COUNTY.

WE HAVE A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING FOR, UH, THROUGH TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU.

AND WE ARE ALREADY GETTING CALLED INTO STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH INTEREST GROUPS THAT WANT TO RUN BILLS THAT TOUCH COUNTY OPERATIONS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK OCCURRING NOW AND IT'S ONLY GONNA ACCELERATE MORE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT YOU ALREADY HAVE WITH US.

WE ALWAYS GET, YOU KNOW, GREAT PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT AND I WANT TO ASK YOU TO KEEP IT UP AS WE GO INTO THE FALL BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO GET ORGANIZED FOR THIS NEXT SESSION AND HOW WE SUPPORT ALL OF YOU.

AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I KNOW I TOOK A LOT OF TIME, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UH, I'LL THANK YOU AGAIN AND I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SULLIVAN.

REAL QUICK, ANY QUESTIONS FROM QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? VICE? JEFF, IF I COULD JUST TO COMMENT, I, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT CSA DOES, MR. SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT PANZI FOR YOUR EFFORTS FOR YOUR WORK.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WHO ALSO SERVE DILIGENTLY WITH CSA AND WITH, UH, NACOG AND, OR NOT NACOG, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL LEAGUES THAT THEY DO.

AND I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, THERE'S THE OLD SAYING, THEN YOU'RE ON THE MENU.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS HAD US AT THE TABLE.

YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD A VERY STRONG POSITION AND I THINK YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS SAVED CITIES AND TOWNS, UH, MANY OF THEIR RIGHTS THAT WE CONTROL, UH, PUBLIC CONTROL.

AND SO THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING TO KNOW YOU WORK WITH YOU AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SUPERVISOR ALS? YEAH.

UM, THANK YOU CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.

UM, THANK YOU CRAIG, UM, FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARE WITH US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, FROM THE CSA AND ALSO ON THOSE OF THAT ARE ON THE LEGISLATIVE PO POLICY COMMITTEE.

UM, I KNOW WE SENT, UH, WE GET SENT ALL THIS INFORMATION ON THE LEGISLATIVE POLICIES AND, UM, RA UM, ROCHELLE IS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN SHARING WITH US SECONDARY FROM ANYTHING THAT YOU SHARE WITH US.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE HER TOO, BEING PART OF THAT.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR, UM, THE SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION AND US, THE COUNTIES, AS WELL AS THE MANAGER, COUNTY SUPERVISORS, AND THANK YOU, UM, THE CURRENT, UM, CSA PRESIDENT FOR COMING TO VISIT US, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING US AND SPEAKING WITH US NOW WHEN WE'RE DOWN IN THE VALLEY FOR THE CSA MEETINGS AND ALSO HOLDING THE, THE ANNUAL, UM, CSA SUMMITS.

APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.

ALL YOUR STAFF THAT YOU HAVE DOWN THERE THAT ARE ALWAYS HELPFUL IN PROVIDING, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ASSISTING US WHEN WE'RE GOING OVER TO, UM, THE, THE LEGISLATE, THE LEGISLATURE, UM, HOUSE OF REP AND SENATOR HEARING SENATE HEARING SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING AND, UM, PROVIDING US WITH THE SCHEDULES AS WELL.

AND

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UM, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND LIKE JASON WOULD SAY, MUCH APPRECIATION TO Y'ALL.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHAIR? DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU , ALWAYS APPRECIATE CSA.

UM, I, I WAS JUST, UM, I THINK I HAD A PRESENTATION THIS PAST SATURDAY IN TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNTY DOES AND A BIG PART OF WHAT THE COUNTY DOES IS BEING COGNIZANT OF THE IMPACT OF STATE LEGISLATURES ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT RURAL COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND WE COULDN'T DO THAT WORK WITHOUT CSA.

UM, SO THAT'S INVALUABLE AND BEING ABLE TO HELP US TO ADVOCATE, UM, FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND HELPING, UM, STATE LEGISLATURES BE AWARE OF OUR REGION AND THE NEEDS OF OUR REGION.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY WHO HELPS US TO DO THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL SAY REAL QUICK AND THEN WE HAVE SOME GIFTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO GIVE TO YOU.

I WANNA SAY THANKS, UH, CRAIG TO YOU, YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND ALSO THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO.

I YOU COME TO BE A CLOSE FRIEND AND SOMEBODY THAT I REALLY RELY ON AND I KNOW OUR BOARD DOES.

UM, YOUR TEAM'S TREMENDOUS.

YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU PLEASE AGREE RELAY TO THE REST OF THE TEAM.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

PRESIDENT, IT'S SURE GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU TOO.

UH, YOU DEFINITELY MAKE IT LOOK EASY AND YOU DO A MUCH BETTER JOB, MORE CAPABLE HANDS THAN WHAT I DID.

BUT GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW IT'S A FAR DRIVE, BUT WE GOT YOU OUTTA HELL'S BOOTCAMP FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

IT'S SO NICE TO SEE GREEN.

AND I CAUGHT YOUR SUBTLE, UH, COMMENTS OF IT'S IN LATE OCTOBER, WHICH IT WILL BE COOLED OFF BY THAT POINT.

SO YEAH.

AND JAMES, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US AGAIN AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

SO THANKS EVERYONE.

WHAT? IT'S A PLEASURE.

UM, VICE CHAIR, DO YOU WANNA COME WITH ME DOWN TO GET, WE HAVE SOME GIFTS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE HIM? AND THEN IF OKAY, REAL QUICK, CAN WE DO A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS? THAT'S WHERE EXERCISE.

OH, THATS AWESOME.

HOW ARE YOU? IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU SUPERVISOR.

SEE YOU TOO.

THIS IS GREAT.

ALL I BROUGHT YOU WAS A PLACE MAT OVER.

OH NICE.

HOW AWESOME IS THAT? OH, I LOVE IT.

THAT'S COOL.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HE HAS A WALL IN HIS OFFICE THAT HAS ALL HIS IT WILL BE THERE AT THE TOP.

IT'LL THANK YOU.

I HAVE, I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

SO NICE, SO NICE UP HERE.

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YOU GUYS, IF YOU DON'T TOUCH, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE FIVE YARD.

I DO THINK SUPERVISOR, RIGHT? OH, THE WATER BOTTLE.

YEAH, THE WATER BOTTLE.

UM, IF EVERYONE COULD TURN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE CENTER SIDE TO SIDE.

THAT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PHONES.

SO ONE NOW.

THIS ONE'S FOR SUPERVISOR BEN.

WELL YES, WE WILL SEE YOU THEN.

TAKE CARE.

THAT'S YOUR, WHERE IS ROCHELLE? I MEANT TO CUT.

I THINK ROCHELLE ARE WEARING THE SAME SUIT BECAUSE LIKE HER DILEMMA LIVING IN THE SAME TOWN.

, SHE DOESN'T HAVE A HAMMER IN HER POCKET.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE.

OKAY,

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

NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT WILL NEED A MOTION TO ENTER INTO THAT DISTRICT.

SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY.

ANY NONE? MOTION PASSES.

WE'RE NOW IN THE NAVAJO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT ITEM A CONSENT AGENDA.

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

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE BOARD'S WISHING TO? NO CHAIR.

TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED.

SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

[1. Presentation Fire Season and Restrictions update]

VOTE.

B, REGULAR AGENDA, PRESENTATION OF FIRE SEASON RESTRICTIONS UPDATE.

KATRINA.

GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING.

UM, OKAY.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS WHERE WE STAND WITH FIRE RESTRICTIONS, ALL THE GOOD FUN THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TIME OF YEAR.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OH, MAYBE , WE LOST CONNECTION.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

FORECASTED PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURES.

SO THESE ARE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY WEEK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE WEATHER HOLDS AND FIRE AND ALL THE THINGS.

UM, CURRENTLY YOU THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, UH, FOR FEBRUARY WAS WHERE WE STARTED FIRE RESTRICTIONS.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS WHERE WE WERE JUST RIGHT BEFORE WE LIFTED RESTRICTIONS BACK IN JULY.

UM, IN ADDITION TO DROUGHT, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE

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UM, ANY INCOMING MOISTURE TO THE AREA.

SO, UM, IT'S NOT PERFECT AS FAR AS OUR DROUGHT CONDITIONS GO.

WE KNOW THAT ARIZONA'S GONNA BE IN SHORT TERM DROUGHT FOREVER.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING AWAY.

THOSE JURISDICTIONS HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.

UM, ONE OF THE FORECASTS THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT IS OUR SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL OUTLOOK.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, BACK IN JUNE, MOST OF THE STATE WAS COVERED IN RED AND AS IN JULY, THERE'S NO RED.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT JUST MEANS THE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL ISN'T NECESSARILY THERE.

WE KNOW WILDFIRE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WILDFIRE IS A YEAR-ROUND THREAT NOW, PERIOD.

UM, WE COULD HAVE THE WETTEST MONSOON AND STILL BE FIGHTING FIRES.

WE'VE HAD FIREFIGHTERS GO UP AND FIGHT DURING THE MIDDLE OF A BLIZZARD.

SO WILDFIRES HAPPEN WHENEVER THEY WANT TO.

UM, GOING ON TO OUR, ONE OF THE OTHER FACTORS IS OUR ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENTS.

WHEN I SUBMITTED THE PRE UH, PRESENTATION, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY.

UM, UP WHERE THE HIGHER RED ARROW IS, IS A LITTLE BIT REDDER.

WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THE 90TH AND THE 75TH PERCENTILE, MEANING IT'S A LITTLE DRIER AND A LITTLE MORE POTENTIAL FOR THOSE FUELS ON THE GROUND THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, UM, TO CATCH AND BURN.

UM, ERCS ARE HOW HOT AND HOW FAST THOSE FUELS WILL BURN.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GREEN LINE IN THERE SHOWS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.

WE'VE HIT SOME, SOME POINTS OF THE MAX.

WE'VE HIT SOME POINTS AT THE LOWS.

WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER, LITERALLY ALL OVER THE MAP WITH ERCS THIS YEAR.

UM, SO AGAIN, BACK IN JULY ON THE 25TH, THE REGION DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LIFT RESTRICTIONS.

THAT WAS A UNIFIED DECISION.

I WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.

IT WAS NOT ONE AGENCY AND THE REST FOLLOWING SUIT, WE DID THIS AS A TEAM.

HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.

AS I SAID BEFORE, WILDFIRE IS A YEAR ROUND THREAT.

WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR, OUR LANDS, INCLUDING OUR OWN BACKYARDS AND AS WELL AS THE FOREST AND BE GOOD STEWARDS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GET ON MY LITTLE PREACHY SOAP BOX AND REMIND FOLKS THAT THEY ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO LEAVE ANY FIRE.

WHETHER IT'S A CAMPFIRE OR A DEBRIS BURN UNATTENDED.

THOSE, THOSE FIRES HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH IT AT ALL TIMES UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY AND FULLY EXTINGUISHED, DROWNED OR FEEL RINSE, REPEAT, UM, FIRE REGULATIONS.

THEY'RE JUST BECAUSE WE LIFTED THE FIRE RESTRICTIONS, LOCAL FIRE AGENCIES MAY GO INTO A TEMPORARY FIRE BAN, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A DEBRIS BURN, EXCUSE ME, IF YOU ARE GONNA HAVE A DEBRIS BURN, WE DO ASK THAT YOU GET A PERMIT FROM THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION.

IF YOU'RE WITHIN A FIRE DISTRICT, YOU GET THEIRS.

IF YOU'RE NOT IN A FIRE DISTRICT, YOU GET MINE.

IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, I HAVE A HANDY DANDY INTERACTIVE MAP ON OUR WEBSITE AT RUNNING NAVAJO COUNTY, I'M SORRY, NAVAJO COUNTY AZ.GOV/READY.

AND LOOK UP THE OPEN BURN PERMIT.

YOU JUST ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AND IT WILL POINT OUT EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE IF YOU FALL IN A JURISDICTION OR NOT.

AND WE HAVE THE LINKS TO THOSE DISTRICTS ON THAT MAP.

OKAY? IF YOU'RE STILL NOT SURE, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME AS WELL.

ONE LAST THING, LITTERING IS NOT ALLOWED, PERIOD.

IT IS STILL AGAINST STATE LAW.

WE HAVE A STATUTE ABOUT IT.

SO WHEN YOU'RE SMOKING, PLEASE DISCARD YOUR SMOKING MATERIALS APPROPRIATELY.

YEAR ROUND .

OKAY, ENOUGH PREACHING.

I CAN'T DO THIS EVERY WEEK WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS AND I OWE THEM A HUGE THANK YOU, UM, FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW UP.

WE, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE FEBRUARY.

IT'S BEEN A LONG YEAR , UM, THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP EVERY WEEK, GIVE THEIR REPORTS.

THESE ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS STUFF FOR DECADES.

WE GET WEATHER REPORTS FROM OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FRIENDS IN FLAGSTAFF.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MEMBERS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP ARE LISTED.

UM, IT DOES INCLUDE BOTH

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NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES ARE B-L-M-B-I-A, UM, FEDERAL FOREST STATE FORESTS, AS WELL AS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE CONTINUE TO MEET WEEKLY, EVEN THOUGH WE DID LIFT, WE HAVE NOT STOPPED MEETING BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS THROUGH AT LEAST AUGUST TO MAYBE EVEN FURTHER.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

I WANTED TO KEEP IT SHORT, SWEET, AND TO THE POINT UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

APPRECIATE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD.

VICE CHAIR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MAKE, UM, EVERY EFFORT TO, UM, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION AND JUST BEING PRESENT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE I THINK IS SO INVALUABLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, AND PUSHING READY SEC UP.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? TRINA, I TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING AL COUNTY IN THOSE MEETINGS.

PLEASURE.

UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT ALL THOSE STAKEHOLDERS GET TOGETHER SO THAT THERE'S A UNIFIED VOICE AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE COMING TOGETHER AROUND WHAT THE DECISION IS SO IT DOESN'T CONFUSE CITIZENS.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS KEEPING US UPDATED AND INFORMED ON THOSE THINGS.

MY PLEASURE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY, THREE.

NONE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

CHAIR, WOULD ANYTHING A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED.

BACK IN RADIO SESSION PUBLIC WORKS.

HAVE WE

[a. Consideration of Attachment F to the Navajo Nation Intergovernmental Agreement for N-61 Drainage Study.]

ITEM 10, A CONSIDERATION OF ATTACHMENT F TO THE NAVAJO NAVAJO NATION INTERGOVERNMENT AGREEMENT FOR N DASH 61 DRAINAGE STUDY.

NICOLE.

GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THE NAVAJO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE DRAINAGE STUDY FOR THE BURNT CORN WASH CROSSING LOCATED WITHIN THE WHOOPER WELL CHAPTER IN NAVAJO COUNTY.

DURING LARGE STORM EVENTS, THE PIPES GET WASHED DOWNSTREAM, WHICH CUTS OFF ACCESS TO THE NORTH.

THIS ROUTE IS PRIMARILY USED BY SCHOOL BUSES WHERE COMMUTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND RESIDENTS.

THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS $27,000 AND THERE'S CURRENT CAPACITY IN THE HERF BUDGET.

THIS PROJECT WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP PROCESS AND THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT CHAIR.

TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

RFGA, WHICH IS REQUEST FOR GRANT APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZATION.

WE'LL

[b. * Consideration of Resolution Number 24-2025 authorizing an application for the AZ SMART grant in the amount of $215,000 for the construction phase of Heber Sidewalk Improvements project.]

MOVE ON NOW.

ITEM B, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 2 0 2 5.

AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION FOR THE AZ SMART GRANT IN AMOUNT OF 2000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

AND GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.

UH, GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS FOR AUTHORIZING COUNTY'S APPLICATION FOR A SMART GRANT TO PAY FOR LOCAL MATCH ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF BER SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR LAST AUGUST.

PUBLIC WORKS FOR SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A Z SMART GRANT TO DO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME PROJECT.

THE DESIGN IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE FOR S SMART LAST JUNE, PUBLIC WORKS SUPPLIED FOR A FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT SS FOUR A FOR THE SAME PROJECT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,075,000.

FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS PROJECT, THE SS FOUR A HAS A HIGHER MATCH OF 20%, UH, WHICH IS 215,000, UH, $215,000.

SO THEREFORE PUBLIC WORKS IS NOW APPLYING FOR A SMART GRANT TO PAY FOR THAT 20% MATCH, WHICH IS AN ELIGIBLE, UH, ELIGIBLE CATEGORY UNDER A SMART GRANT.

IF WE GET S FOUR GRANT, UH, AS SUBMITTED, THEN THIS, THIS LOCAL MATCH OR THIS A Z SMART, WILL HELP US, UH, PAY FOR THE LOCAL MATCH AS WELL.

UH, IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, BECAUSE IGA TAKES USUALLY LONGER TIME, ADOT HAS REVISED IT, ITS PROCESS AND IN LIEU OF IGA AND NOW THEY REQUIRE A RESOLUTION FROM THE COUNTY AND

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THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IN LIEU OF IGA AND UH, IT SIMPLIFIES THE PROCESS.

IN FACT, IT EXPEDITES THE PROCESS AS WELL.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, OF THIS.

UH, RFGA AND STAFF IS REQUESTING BOARD'S SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS RESOLUTION.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THE CHAIR? YES, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF FOR SOME REASON WE DIDN'T GET THIS, UH, 215,000 MATCHING, WE'D STILL BE THEN THE COUNTY BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY THAT SINCE WE WERE GOING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT? NO.

SO, UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SUPERVISOR.

SO ACCORDING TO VIS STATUTE, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO APPLY OKAY? FOR THE GRANT.

IF WE DON'T GET IT, THEN THAT'S NOT GOING, GOING TO WORK AGAINST US.

OKAY? UH, THEY SEE THAT, ARE WE COMMITTED AND DID WE APPLY? AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST, UH, LAST JUNE.

AND ALSO ON A, ON A SIDE NOTE, IN ORDER TO BE PROACTIVE PUBLIC WORKS HAS ALREADY APPLIED FOR A TA GRANT AS WELL.

SO IF WE DON'T GET THIS, UH, I WAS TOLD WE WILL SHORTLISTED FOR TA GRANT FOR 2027.

SO WE, WE HAD A SUCCESS WITH TA GRANT IN DISTRICT TWO WITH JOSEPH CITY PROJECT.

SO, SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, NOT KNOWING WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT FEDERAL LEVEL WITH GRANTS.

SO TA GRANT IS A FORMULA GRANT, NOT A DISCRETIONARY GRANT.

SO EASY SMART WON'T PAY FOR IT, BUT THE MATCH IS VERY LOW, 5.7%.

WE CAN DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.

UH, WE ARE SHORTLISTED.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE APPROVAL, BUT IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE MAY GET THAT GRANT IN 2027.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NOT CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION CHAIR.

I MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 2025 AUTHORIZING APPLICANT FOR AN AZ SMART GRANT AMOUNT OF $215,000 FOR A PROJECT IN HEBREW SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

A MOTION ON A SECOND.

HAVE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY OPPOSED? VOTE NAY AND NONE THE AYE.

ON THE ITEM NUMBER 11, COUNTY ATTORNEY.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE

[a. EXECUTIVE SESSION: pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3) for the Board to receive legal advice from its attorney regarding conditions of sale agreement and settlement agreement between Navajo County and Verizon Communications and Frontier Communications in ACC Case No. T-20679A-24-0252. ]

UM, ITEM A EXECUTIVE SESSION, PERSISTENT TO A RS 38 DASH 4 31, UH, ZERO THREE A THREE H FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEY REGARDING CONDITIONS OF CELL AGREEMENT, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAVILLE COUNTY AND VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS AND FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS IN A CC CASE NUMBER T DASH 2 0 6 7 9 A DASH 24 DASH 2 52.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I, SO I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A AYE AYE.

WE NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION.

VOTE NAY.

ALRIGHT, WE NOW WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM.

WE'LL COME BACK IN HERE SHORTLY AFTER EXECUTIVE MOTION.

[b. RECONVENE: Consideration and approval of the conditions of the sale agreement and settlement agreement between Navajo County and Verizon Communications and Frontier Communications in ACC Case No. T-20679A-24-0252.]

I MOVE, ARE YOU READY? SECOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND SUPERVISOR.

YOU GET THAT SUPERVISOR ? YES.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

THE AYE.

HAVE IT.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW, UM, BACK WITH ITEM FOUR B, CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROVAL FORAL PER CONDITIONS OF THE SELLER GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS AND FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS IN A CC CASE NUMBER T DASH 2 0 6 7 9 A DASH 24 DASH 0 2 5 2.

MR. MOORE.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, I'M HERE TODAY, UH, TO, UH, ASK THE BOARD, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE UH, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH, UH, FRONTIER, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS, UH, VERIZON, UH, IN A, UH, MATTER THAT'S PENDING BEFORE THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION IN, UH, A CC CASE T DASH 2 0 6 7 9 A DASH 24 0 2 52.

UM, AND UH, BASICALLY, UH, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS, UH, IT'S, UH, UH, A, UH, UH, EFFORT BY, UH, VERIZON TO, UH, PURCHASE, UH, ALL OF, UH, FRONTIER'S ASSETS, UH, HERE IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA.

UH, VERIZON, UH, BASICALLY FRONTIER'S BECOMING A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF UH, UH, VERIZON

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COMMUNICATIONS.

AND AS PART OF THAT, UH, THERE IS A SETTLE, THERE ARE TWO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO APPROVE.

ONE IS, UH, DIRECTLY BETWEEN, DIRECTLY BETWEEN NAVAJO COUNTY AND UH, FRONTIER.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, INVOLVES UH, UH, NOT ONLY THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION AND ITS STAFF, UH, BUT ALSO UH, VERIZON FRONTIER AND UH, NAVAJO COUNTY AS AN INTERVENER IN THAT CASE.

SO THERE'S THE TWO SEPARATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WE'VE DISCUSSED, UH, THOSE IN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, IS TO, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

AND SO WE WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY DISCUSSION CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION? A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? I'LL SECOND IT.

A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ARE NOW TO THE COUNTY BUSINESS UPDATE.

THANK YOU MR. WHINING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

OKAY, WE

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

UH, MR. CARLINE, ANYTHING MR. LADEN? UH, SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR, REAL QUICKLY HERE, IT'S, UH, GETS SPORTS SEASON HERE AND PEOPLE START CHOOSING SIDES AND THEY START CHOOSING WHAT TEAM THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW AND IN THEIR LIFE.

WE CHANGE OTHER, OTHER JERSEYS AND WE DO DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT LET ME JUST SHARE SOMETHING REAL QUICK.

THE FUTURE OF THIS WORLD HAS LONG BEEN DECLARED.

THE FINAL OUTCOME BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL IS ALREADY KNOWN.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION AS TO WHO WINS BECAUSE VICTORY HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED ON THE SCOREBOARD.

THE ONLY REALLY STRANGE THING IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE STILL DOWN HERE ON THE FIELD TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH TEAM JERSEYS WE WANT TO WEAR.

MAY WE REMEMBER TO WEAR THE GOOD TEAM AND DO THE BEST WE CAN.

UH, SUPERVISOR PE UH, NOT TODAY.

UM, SUPERVISOR AL.

UM, THANK YOU CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AS WELL.

UM, THIS MONTH, UM, I DID ATTEND THE, UM, AVENUE NEW DAYS, WHICH, UM, A NUMBER DAYS OVER IN, UM, NAVAJO, ONE OF MY CHAPTERS THAT I, UM, UM, PO CAMINO COUNTY.

AND, UM, IT WAS AUGUST 13 SECOND, I GOT TO DO THE OPENING ON REMARKS AND ALSO WELCOME ADDRESS.

SO, UM, I WAS HONORED, UM, TO ACCEPT, TO DO THOSE DUTIES AND OTHERWISE I'VE JUST BEEN DOING MY REGULAR, UH, WHAT HAVE YOU OUT THERE.

AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, I DID, I WAS APPOINTED TO THE RURAL CAUCUS, UM, RURAL ACTION CAUCUS AND I DID ACCEPT THAT APPOINTMENT FROM NACO.

SO, UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PARTA PARTICIPATING IN THE, UM, RURAL ACTION CAUCUS AND THEN RESULTING IN APPOINTMENT.

SO, UH, THAT'S ALL MY REPORT.

BACK TO YOU CHAIR.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT.

UM, VICE CHAIR, WEINGER, ANYTHING? UM, NO CHAIRMAN.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TWO THINGS.

WE HAVE TWO BIRTHDAYS, WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY TODAY, A VICE CHAIR, WHITE SINGER'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.

AND THEN COMING UP MR. LAYTON, WHO WANTS TO PRETEND LIKE HE'S NOT LISTENING, BUT , HE HAS A BIRTHDAY COMING.

UM, CAN YOU ALL JOIN US IN A QUICK HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CAKE, BUT WE'RE AFTER, CORRECT? OKAY.

THEN WE'RE NOW ON ITEM 13.

SO, ALRIGHT.

IT'S GONNA BE ME.

THIS IS NOT GONNA BE PRETTY ALL.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BIRTHDAY.

BRIAN.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

AND

[13. CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board on any relevant issue for up to 3 minutes. At the close of the call to the public, Board members may not respond to any comments but may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter or ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda.]

CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

MELISSA, HAS THERE BEEN ANYBODY SUBMITTED? OKAY, SO NO CALL TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME.

NO MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK, .

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.