May 26, 2026 Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting

[ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA Tuesday, May 26, 2026 NAVAJO COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' CHAMBERS 100 EAST CODE TALKERS DRIVE HOLBROOK, AZ 86025 One or more supervisors may attend telephonically Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(H), the public body will have physical access to the meeting place one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting. The Board may vote to meet in a closed executive session to discuss certain matters and for legal advice on any item as indicated on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3). Items on the agenda may be considered out of order at the Chairperson's discretion. A copy of the agenda background material provided to the Board, except items to be considered in the executive session, is available for public inspection at the Navajo County website, www.navajocountyaz.gov  WATCH THE MEETING LIVE AT: www.navajocountyaz.gov/660 All public comments will need to be made in person or in writing. Written comments will be received by the Clerk of the Board's office twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Board meeting, at leah.thomas@navajocountyaz.gov.  Individuals seeking to address the Board during the Call to the Public or when an agenda item is called must fill out a “Request to Speak” form and provide it to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors before the meeting is called to order. Late submissions will not be accepted. The form must indicate whether the item the person wishes to speak on is on the agenda.  Members of the public present to speak to the Board on an agenda item must so indicate, and are asked to refrain from speaking during the general Call to the Public.  Persons present to address agenda items will be called on during a public comment period by the Board Chairman after the relevant agenda item is called. Individuals addressing the Board during the general Call to the Public are limited to three minutes.  Individuals addressing the Board when an item is called are also limited to three minutes, however, additional time may be allotted by the Chairman to address any specific questions asked by members of the Board. Persons with disabilities who need accommodation to attend or participate in the meeting may contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting, so accommodation can be arranged. “NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS: Parents and legal guardians have the right to consent before Navajo County makes a video or voice recording of a minor child, pursuant to A.R.S. § 1-602(A)(9). The Navajo County Board of Supervisors' regular meetings are recorded and may be viewed on Navajo County’s website and social media pages. If you permit your child to attend/participate in a televised Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting, a recording will be made, and your child’s picture may be posted on Navajo County’s social media pages. You may exercise your right not to consent by not allowing your child to attend/participate in the meeting.” 9:00 a.m. Call To Order: Invocation and National Anthem  ]

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GOOD MORNING, REGULAR MEETING THE NAVAJO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER BY ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR, WHITE SENIOR ONLINE AS WELL.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY BY AN INVOCATION.

WE'VE ASKED SUPERVISOR ALI IF SHE WOULD OFFER IT.

FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, UH, SUNG BY THE DEZ FAMILY.

AND WE APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE TO DO THAT TODAY AS WELL.

SO THOSE WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN US IN PRAYER, UH, PLEASE STAND SOME GAVE ALL AND ALL GAVE SOME GOOD

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THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD AND RIGHT HERE'S GOOD.

RIGHT THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT.

YOU'RE GOOD AHEAD.

OH, WHO'S BROUGHT STRIPES THROUGH THE, THE NIGHT? VERY WELL DONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST LIKE TO EXTEND A THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR CITIZENS, AND THOSE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE, UH, REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY AS WE CELEBRATED MEMORIAL DAY YESTERDAY AND THE FREEDOMS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

SO, WHAT A GREAT BLESSING IT IS TO LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY AND TO HAVE YOUTH AND A FAMILY WHO HAS TALENT THAT'S WILLING TO SHARE WITH US.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY CALL TO THE PUBLIC? IT'S JUST ON.

OKAY.

SEEING AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, NEXT

[2. CONSENT AGENDA: These items are considered to be routine or administrative in nature and will be approved in a single motion. A Board member may request for any item to be removed from the consent agenda and considered on the regular agenda:]

UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OR DISCUSSED SEPARATELY? .

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BY SUPERVISOR LEDGE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

SUPERVISOR.

WHITING, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL OF THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SEE THAT, THAT PASSED.

UNANIM.

THE NEXT ITEM IS

[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: ]

I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT.

SO, MOVED A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR FIGHTING.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

BY SUPERVISOR AL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SEE THAT PASSED THE ITEMS. UH, NOW WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, PUBLIC HEALTH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND CONSIDERATION OF A 2025 EMERGENCY PERFORMANCE GRANT AND APPROVAL UNDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARIZONA

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IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OR DISCUSSED SEEING AND NO MOVE THERE.

I'LL BRING IT BACK, UH, TO THE BOARD FOR A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY SUPERVISOR AL.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR WHITING.

ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYE.

SEE THAT, THAT PASSED.

I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE BACK TO THE REGULAR SESSION.

SO, MOVE.

YOU HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR WHITING.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR ALI, ANY DISCUSSION LEVELS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE REGULAR SESSION.

THIS TIME WE HAVE AN

[a. Navajo County recognizes the following employees for their excellence in personal performance, far exceeding the organization's expectations for the month of April: Kolton Root (Superintendent of Schools Office)]

UH, TURN THE TIME TO ANNE FRANK, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

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

UH, TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING COLTON ROOT CHIEF DEPUTY OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOL, AND COLTON EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUE OF TEAMWORK, ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE, AND INNOVATION IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES.

HIS SUPERVISOR, RACHEL, WILL TELL YOU WHY HE DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION IF SHE CAN COME UP.

AND, COLTON, GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE COLTON.

UM, HE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES THE CORE VALUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND TEAMWORK.

THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND POSITIVE INFLUENCE WITHIN OUR OFFICE, HE APPROACHES EVERY RESPONSIBILITY WITH AND COMMIT WITH COMMITMENT AND URGENCY.

ACCEPTING CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING RESULTS WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND FOLLOW THROUGH.

HIS IEG INTEGRITY IS EVIDENT WITH HONEST COMMUNICATION AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO STATUTORY AND POLICY COMPLIANCE AND DEPENDABLE CHARACTER MAKING HIM SOMEONE COLLEAGUES CAN TRUST IN ALL ASPECTS OF HIS WORK.

IN FACT, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE OFFICE SAID, ARE WE ALLOWED TO NOMINATE COLTON SAID .

YES, YOU ARE.

DEFINITELY YOU ARE.

UM, WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON BOARD, I TASKED HIM TO IMPROVE OUR RECONCILIATION PROCESS THAT COORDINATES FUND BALANCES BETWEEN OUR OFFICE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE COUNTY TREASURER'S FUND BALANCE.

AND HE'S CREATED A SPREADSHEET THAT IMPRESSED BUSINESS OFFICIALS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE FIELD FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIS WORK.

AND HE'LL SAY, SAY IT'S STILL WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF COLTON PERSON.

COLTON IS CONTINUALLY IMPROVING PROCESSES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

UM, HE DEMONSTRATE DEMONSTRATES EXCELLENCE WITH EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF HIS WORK.

HE CAME INTO THIS POSITION KNOWING VERY LITTLE ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE, BUT HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO CONTINUAL EDUCATION AND INQUIRY, INCLUDING BEING INCLUDED IN A SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS COHORT THAT THEY, THEY MADE AN EXCEPTION FOR HIM TO GET IN THERE BECAUSE HE IS, HE'S JUST THAT GOOD AND THEY WANTED HIM IN THAT GROUP.

UM, HE'S ELEVATED OUR OFFICE OPERATIONS AND INSPIRED CONFIDENCE AMONG STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS ALIKE.

HE ALSO BRINGS HIS STRONG SPIRIT OF INNOVATION, CONTINUALLY MODERNIZING OFFICE PROCEDURES AND IMPRO IMPROVING EFFICIENCY.

AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, CREATING PRO PROGRESS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION IS HE CREATED A MONTHLY SHOW AND TELL THAT ALLOWS OUR EMPLOYEES TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING DURING OUR WEEKLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOUR.

EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS COLTON'S DEDICATION TO TEAMWORK.

HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE, WILLINGNESS TO LEARN, AND ABILITY TO UNITE.

STAFF HAS STRENGTHENED COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE OFFICE AND WITH DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTY BY BREAKING DOWN SILOS, FOSTERING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, AND PROMOTING A SHARED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

EXCELLENCE.

HE'S BECOME AN INVALUABLE ASSET AND A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND A MORE UNIFIED AND EFFECTIVE TEAM CULTURE.

THANK YOU, COLTON.

I ASK FOR ONE MORE PICTURE.

UH, PRESTON, YOU GET UP THERE WITH YOUR SON .

I THINK IT'S KIND OF NEAT THAT WE HAVE A FATHER THAT WORKS FOR US AND HIS SON'S GETTING THIS AWARD TODAY TOO.

SO I WOULD LIKE PRESTON TO COME IN TODAY.

SOME OF US LOVE COLTON BECAUSE WE LOVE PRESTON .

I THINK YOU NEED ONE WITH JUST YOU TWO.

.

I'LL SEND THESE TO YOU BOTH.

THANK

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ION YOU GET, UH, COLTON, YOU GET TO HANG THAT LINK UP THERE, RIGHT? WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE.

LET'S GET PRESTON, UH, COLTON, APPRECIATE THAT.

NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS, UH, ITEM A FIVE A, UH, PRESENTATION TO MONUMENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, THE RES KIDS ROBOTICS TEAM AND BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, COLSON BOLTS ROBOTICS TEAM.

UH, THEY'RE HERE.

THEY HAVEN'T MADE IT HERE YET.

OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ITEM A LITTLE LATER.

IS THE NEXT ITEM IS THE

[b. Recognition of the Joseph City High School Softball team for winning the 1A Softball State Championship.]

UH, THIS IS THEIR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW OF WHICH THEY HAVE WON, UH, STATE.

SO WE INVITE THEM HERE TODAY.

I MONEY TO KIND OF SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE.

THIS TIME, TIME.

I'LL TURN THE TIME TO SUPERVISOR WHINING OR TO, TO PRESENT THIS TODAY.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TODAY, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR THREEPEAT.

UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST REAL QUICK, COACH, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND JUST KIND OF SPEAKING TO WHAT IT'S MEANT, THIS TEAM, TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WENT IN THREE TIMES AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

OKAY.

UM, FIRST OF ALL THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE AS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US A SAFE SCHOOL.

I KNOW THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COVERS OUR AREA IN JOSEPH CITY AND YOUR AND THEIR FREQUENTLY AT OUR EVENTS AND THINGS.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, UM, FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE SCHOOL WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATIONAL, UM, ATHLETICS WE'RE DIFFERENT THAN COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE, UH, YOU GOTTA WIN OR YOU GET FIRED, BASICALLY.

UM, SO WE REALLY WORK TO TEACH THINGS TO OUR ATHLETES THROUGH SPORTS.

UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE LEARNED THIS YEAR, AND AMBER KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN HER, UM, SPEECH.

SHE'S THE VALEDICTORIAN AT JOSEPH CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, BASICALLY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED THIS YEAR IS PERSEVERANCE.

WE, UM, DID NOT WIN AS MANY GAMES AS WE WON LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE.

UM, BUT THAT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER.

WE LEARNED FROM OUR, FROM OUR LOSSES.

WE HAVE SOME PRETTY LOPSIDED LOSSES.

WE GOTTA BEAT 10 TO ZERO.

WE GOT BEAT 11 TO ONE BY SOME OTHER TEAMS. BUT THE, THE TEAMS THAT WE LOST TO WERE A MUCH BIGGER SCHOOLS THAN WE WERE.

TWO A THREE A FOUR A SCHOOLS, UM, THAT WE WERE COMPETING AGAINST.

AND WE LEARNED FROM THOSE THINGS, UM, TO THREE-PEAT IS AMAZING IN ITSELF.

UM, A LOT OF THESE ATHLETES HAVE BEEN ON THE VARSITY TEAM FOR, THIS IS THEIR FOURTH YEAR.

SOME OF THEM, THIS IS JUST THEIR FIRST YEAR.

BUT THE CULTURE THAT THESE SENIORS HAVE CREATED AT JOSEPH CITY HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT ALLOWS FOR THIS.

UM, WE, WE MADE IT INTO THE TOURNAMENT AS A NUMBER TWO SEED.

UM, AND THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS, WE HANDLED THE TEAM PRETTY HANDILY, 15 TO ZERO.

BUT THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT, UM, WE PLAYED HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAD A REALLY GOOD PICTURE.

UM, AND THAT GAME, WE WERE, WE WERE LOSING, UM, SOME OF THAT GAME.

IT WAS, WE WERE LOSING ONE TO ZERO, THEN WE TIED AT ONE TO ONE, THEN WE WERE WINNING THREE TO ONE, AND THEN THEY TIED AT THREE TO THREE AND THEN IT WENT INTO EXTRA INNINGS.

AND WE WENT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING, LOSING FOUR TO THREE.

UM, I TOLD THE GIRLS AFTERWARDS, I DID NOT HAVE MY, WE LOST THE GAME TODAY, SPEECH READY.

AND SO, BUT WE BATTLED.

UM, WE HAD A FRESHMAN STEP UP TO THE PLATE.

SHE'S HERE, PAIGE WARNER.

AND SHE HIT A HIT A, UH, UH, BALL TO DEEP SHORT IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.

AND SHE HUSTLED HER TAIL DOWN THAT LINE AND SHE BEAT IT OUT.

AND NEXT BATTER CAME UP.

AMBER, SHE DID THE SAME THING.

SHE HUSTLED DOWN THERE AND BEAT IT OUT.

AND WE HAD RUNNERS AT FIRST AND THIRD WITH NOBODY OUT.

AND BROOKLYN, WHO'S HERE, CAME UP AND SHE HIT A BALL.

UM, THAT WAS JUST FAR ENOUGH OVER THE PITCHER'S GLOVE, ABOUT ONE INCH OVER HER GLOVE THAT SHE COULDN'T CATCH IT.

IT DROPPED BEHIND HER.

UM, FOR SOME REASON, AMBER DECIDED TO TAKE OFF ON THAT.

SHE MUST HAVE SEEN THE CRYSTAL BALL, THAT THE PITCHER WASN'T GONNA CATCH IT.

AND SHE RAN TO SECOND, I SCREAMED AT PAIGE TO RUN HOME AND SCORE.

SO NOW THE SCORE WAS TIRED.

HERE COMES AMBER RUNNING AT ME.

AND I LET OUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCREAMS I'VE EVER LET OUT, SCREAMED AT HER WITH YOU.

BETTER SCORE.

AND SO AMBER RAN HOME AND SHE, SHE LAID IT OUT AND SCORED.

AND WE WON FIVE TO FOUR.

UM, THE OTHER GAMES

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WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS HAD BEAT US DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

AND AS A RESULT, WE WERE THE SECOND TEAM IN OUR REGION.

UM, BUT WE WORKED WITH THESE GIRLS.

WE WORKED HARD AND WE WERE ABLE TO BEAT WILLIAMS 10 TO ZERO.

AND THEN WE WENT DOWN TO PHOENIX TO PLAY SUPERIOR IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

NOW, WE HAD BEAT SUPERIOR EARLIER IN THE SEASON, BUT THAT REALLY DON'T MATTER, JUST LIKE WILLIAMS HAD BEAT US.

IT REALLY DON'T MATTER.

UM, WHEN YOU GET THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, YOU GOTTA PLAY.

AND THESE GIRLS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WATCHED THE GAME, BUT UH, THIS GROUP RIGHT HERE PUT UP NINE RUNS ON SUPERIOR IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST INNING.

AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH OVER AFTER THAT.

WE WERE FLYING HIGH AND THEY WERE MENTALLY CRUSHED, UM, TO, TO, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

UM, WE SCORED 18 RUNS IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITHOUT HITTING A HOME RUN.

UM, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING.

WE WERE SINGLE, SINGLE AND DOUBLING BUNTING, UM, DOING ALL KIND OF THINGS TO, TO WIN.

IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT.

UM, 105 DEGREES WE WERE PLAYING DOWN THERE IN PHOENIX.

AND, UH, IT REALLY, I THINK, HOPE THESE GIRLS REALIZE THAT IT TOOK A TEAM EFFORT.

UM, WHEN OUR PITCHER AND CATCHER CAME OFF THE FIELD, LIKE I'M SAYING, IT WAS HOT OUT THERE.

THEY WOULD SIT DOWN AND THEIR OTHER TEAMMATES WOULD TAKE CARE OF 'EM.

BROOKLYN, OUR CATCHER, SHE HAD ONE OF OUR, OUR TRACK COACH WHO ALSO HELPED COACH BASKETBALL, WAS TAKING CARE OF HER WITH WATER AND COOLING HER DOWN AND EVERYTHING.

OUR PITCHER HAD SOME OF HER PLAYERS WORKING WITH HER.

WITHOUT THAT, WE DON'T WIN 'CAUSE IT WAS SCORCHING HOT DOWN THERE.

UM, SO I HOPE THE GIRLS HAVE LEARNED, UM, TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM, PLAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

WE DO A LITTLE CHAMP BEFORE WE, UM, PLAY A GAME.

AND ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE SAY IS, WE'LL FIGHT TO THE END AND EVERY GIVE IN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE NEVER GAVE IN.

THERE WERE TIMES WHERE WE COULD HAVE GIVEN UP IN SOME OF THE GAMES THAT WE PLAYED AND WE DIDN'T.

UM, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THERE'S A QUOTE THAT SAYS HARD.

WE HARD WORK BEATS TALENT.

WHEN TALENT DOESN'T WORK HARD.

WELL, WE GOT SOME TALENTED GIRLS AND WE WORK HARD.

UM, SOME WOULD SAY, WELL, COACH HUDGINS, YOU GOT A LOT.

YOU GOT A TALENTED TEAM.

WELL, WE DO, BUT WE PRACTICE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, LIKE AMBER SAID IN HER SPEECH, I PUSH THEM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD WIN A GAME 12 TO ZERO.

AND I WOULD LOOK AT 'EM IN THE POST GAME HUDDLE AND I'D GO, WE'RE STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WE ARE STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WE GOTTA KEEP WORKING.

WE GOTTA KEEP PUSHING.

UM, AND THEY DID THAT.

AND, UH, THEY CAME OUT ON TOP.

AND, UH, THESE GIRLS EXPECT TO WIN.

THAT'S ALL.

I'LL SAY.

THESE SENIORS, THEY EXPECT TO WIN.

THEY HAVE WON FIVE STATE TITLES BETWEEN SOFTBALL AND BASKETBALL, THIS GROUP OF SENIORS.

AND FOR ALL FOUR YEARS IN BASKETBALL AND ALL FOUR YEARS IN SOFTBALL, THEY'VE BEEN IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND COME AWAY THE VICTOR FIVE TIMES.

SO KUDOS TO THEM.

KUDOS TO OUR COACHING STAFF.

UM, I'M THE HEAD COACH, BUT I'VE GOT SOME GREAT HELPERS IN MARY AND, AND COACH NEIL AND COACH SANDER.

AND, AND WE DON'T GET WHERE WE'RE AT WITHOUT GREAT HELP AND GREAT PARENTS RAISING AMAZING KIDS THAT WHEN YOU TELL 'EM TO DO SOMETHING, THAT THEY DO IT, THEY DON DON'T BACK TALK, UM, TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND IT'S BEEN A JOY, UM, WORKING WITH THESE GUYS AND IT'S FUN.

AND TO WIN THREE IN A ROW IS JUST AMAZING.

BUT, UH, THEY DID IT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COACH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SUPERVISOR PEKA, I WANTED TO BE HERE.

I KNOW THAT HE WAS A BIG FAN AND HAS FOLLOWED KINDA ALL YOUR TEAMS THIS YEAR.

YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AT JOSEPH CITY, BUT REALLY EXCITED FOR EACH OF YOU.

UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU'RE ALL OUTTA SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, HUH? CORRECT.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL THAT, THAT YOU EVEN SHOWED UP TODAY.

BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

I ALSO COACH, I COACH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND TALENT WON'T WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS, CULTURE WILL.

AND YOU CAN SEE CULTURE AND CHARACTER ARE HAND IN HAND AS YOUR COACH TALKED ABOUT.

I HOPE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WILL TAKE INTO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW YOU SHOW UP MATTERS.

TALENT ISN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN AND COME TOGETHER.

BUT GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE WITH US TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU'RE, IF OKAY WITH THE CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT A PREGAME CHANT THAT YOU GUYS DO.

MAYBE DO THAT FOR.

YOU WANT TO HEAR IT? YEAH, I WANT TO HEAR IT.

WE WANT A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH IT.

YEAH, WE WANNA HEAR IT.

WE WANNA REALLY HEAR IT.

OKAY.

COME ON.

COME ON, AMBER.

IT'S ALL READY.

THIS IS WHAT WE SAY.

OKAY.

I CAN HIT, I CAN HIT, I CAN PLAY DEFENSE.

I CAN PLAY DEFENSE.

I CAN CATCH THE BALL AND MAKE A GOOD THROW.

I CAN CATCH THE BALL AND MAKE A GOOD THROW.

I WILL HIT, I I'LL HIT.

I'LL PLAY DEFENSE.

I'LL PLAY DEFENSE.

I'LL CATCH THE BALL AND MAKE A GOOD THROW.

I'LL CATCH THE BALL AND MAKE A GOOD THROW.

I WILL BE A GREAT TEAMMATE.

I'LL BE A GREAT TEAMMATE.

WE'LL FIGHT TO THE END, FIGHT TO THE END AND NEVER GIVE IN.

I'LL FIGHT TO THE END AND NEVER GIVE IN.

WE'LL WIN.

WE'LL WIN.

WE'LL FIND A WAY TO WIN.

WE'LL FIGHT A WAY TO WIN.

WILDCAT 1, 2, 3.

WILD.

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THEY WEREN'T AS EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT.

AS YOU CAN TELL.

IT'S A LOT MORE EXCITING WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S A GAME AND THERE'S NOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WATCHING THEM.

SO DO YOU MIND IF WE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU? WE HAVE SOME MEDALS SURE.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AND THEN ALSO SOME EXERCISES FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT GOOD.

BUT IF WE COME UP, DO YOU WANT 'EM? YEAH.

JUST COME UP, UP THERE.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE MIDDLE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK IT.

LIKE THESE, THOSE THE FLAGS.

TRYING TO FIT KIND OF INSIDE OF THAT.

SQUEEZE IT.

OKAY.

COME UP HERE.

COME ON.

I GONNA SQUEEZE IN BEHIND YOU THERE.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S I KIND OF HIGH RIGHT HERE.

YEAH.

LOOKS GOOD.

GIRLS.

COULD YOU WITH BROOKLYN IN THE MIDDLE KIND OF AND JUST ANGLE IN TOWARD HER.

STAND ON THE ANGLE.

YEAH, JUST LIKE GO.

YEAH, THERE WE GO.

AND THEN THERE WE GO.

YOU WANNA SWITCH DOWN THERE? WE, THERE WE GO.

SHE'S GONNA TAKE MY JOB.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S A GREAT PICTURE.

HOLD IT.

1, 2, 3.

ONE MORE.

1, 2, 3.

CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.

THANK YOU.

A SENIOR.

THANK YOU.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

YOU'RE A SENIOR.

YOU'RE SENIOR.

OKAY.

GREAT JOB.

KEEP IT WINNING.

OKAY.

WE

[a. Presentation to Monument Valley High School Rez Kidz Robotics Team and Baker Middle School Coltz-n-Boltz Robotics Team]

WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO ITEM, UH, FIVE A, UH, PRESENTATION OF MONUMENT VALLEY.

IF THOSE STUDENTS WOULD COME IN AT THIS TIME, GREAT.

WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE.

JUST GO AHEAD.

THOSE KEEP COMING IN.

I THINK WE'RE DOING IT.

TWO SEPARATE ONES.

ONE VALLEY AND THEN YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE TWO, TWO SEPARATE GROUPS AND WE HAVE BOTH THE GROUPS HERE TODAY.

WE'LL PRESENT EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY HERE.

I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC, UH, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

SOME OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVED SOME GREAT THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR ROBOTS TODAY TO DEMONSTRATE.

DID YOU ? NO, THAT'S GREAT.

I'M GONNA TURN THE TIME TO SUPERVISOR AL TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, IS THIS BOTH OF THEM? MON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL? YES.

OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UM, LONG TRAVEL.

I KNOW LONG DRIVE.

ESPECIALLY YOU GO TO HIGHWAY ROAD, I GO DIRT ROAD MANY TIMES.

SO, UM, GLAD YOU GOT HERE AND, UM, GOOD TO TO KNOW.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PAPER THAT I WAS SENT.

UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE COACH PERSON, UM, LISTED HERE.

UM, AND YOUNG TALKER.

UH, YES, I WAS.

UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER TWO COACHES.

UM, MAY YOU SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.

SORRY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, MY NAME IS ANTOINETTE YOUNG TALKER AND I'M ONE OF THE COACHES, BUT I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER TWO COACHES AND A MENTOR THAT'S NOT HERE.

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REALLY THANKFUL FOR HIM TO, UM, COACH THE BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM AND THE RES KIDS OF MONUMENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. JOHN SOMBRERO, WHO IS ALSO THE COACH FOR THE RES KIDS UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I'M A FLOATER BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE ALL THE COACHES STAND OVER HERE AND THEN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR TEAM.

I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND HAPPY TO PRESENT THEM.

UM, 'CAUSE THEY DID A GREAT JOB, UM, AT THE ROBOTICS, UM, PART OF THE ROBOTICS TEAM.

YOU CAN JUST SET IT UP THERE AND JUST GO AHEAD AND SPEAK AND, OKAY.

RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.

YEAH.

AND THEN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK INTO IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT SO CLOSE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, I'M THE STEM TEACHER AT BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, BEEN TEACHING THERE FOR FOUR YEARS AND WITH THE ROBOTICS CLUB.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE ROBOTICS CLUB FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AND I JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL MY STUDENTS RIGHT HERE.

THEY'RE ALSO FORMER STUDENTS OF MINE AND THEY'RE ROBOTICS.

UM, THEY'RE PART OF THE ROBOTICS TEAM.

THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR AND WE, SO FAR WE ACHIEVED SO MUCH AND WE HAVE NEW FACES AS WELL.

UM, THE FIRST ONE THERE, WE HAVE AUBREY JONES, AND NEXT UP WE HAVE KATANA BAYA.

THEN WE HAVE PEYTON ALI, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

SO PEYTON, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY.

ARABELLA P LA GUY, KELLY JAMES AND LOCA TONEY.

ERIC, DALTON AND ALAN PERSON AND GAEL BLACK HORSE.

YEAH.

UM, SO OUR TEAM RANGES FROM FIFTH GRADERS.

SO FIFTH GRADERS, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND ALSO SIXTH GRADE.

SIXTH GRADE, RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEVENTH GRADE AND TWO EIGHTH GRADERS.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE PROMOTING TOMORROW AS WELL.

SO THEIR PROMOTION'S GONNA BE TOMORROW IN THE MORNING.

SO, UM, ARBY JONES AND ALAN, THEY'RE GONNA BE WITH THESE, UM, THESE YOUNG, UH, LADIES AND JETS HERE.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE JOINING THEM HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IF THEY WANT TO JOIN ROBOTICS NEXT YEAR.

BUT, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO THE BOARD MEETING, NAAU COUNTY BOARD MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

.

ALSO, WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR WESTERN EDGE PREMIER.

UH, THAT'S GONNA BE THE LAST COMPETITION THAT WE WILL, UM, WE'LL BE ATTENDING FOR OUR SEASON AS WELL.

AND YEAH, THURSDAY, IF ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY OF YOU HAVE TIME OVER THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN SEE US ON YOUTUBE AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

WHAT IS YOUR ROBOT THAT THEY DO? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAVE THEY DEVELOPED OR WHAT HAVE THEY PUT TOGETHER? UM, WE HAVE A ROBOT THAT HAS A TOURETTE.

IT SHOOTS OUT SAMPLES.

THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE WIFFLE BALLS.

THE GAME, HOW IT'S PLAYED IS SIMILAR TO BASKETBALL.

YOU HAVE TO SCORE BASKETS AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE WITH ANOTHER TEAM FROM, IT CAN BE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

UM, BUT YOUR ALLIES WITH ONE OTHER TEAM.

SO IT'S TWO, TWO AGAINST TWO.

AND OUR ROBOT, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH OUR ROBOT HAS A TOURETTE MECHANISM WHERE IT CAN TURN 360 DEGREES AND IT CAN SHOOT SHOOT BASKETS AS WELL.

YEAH.

AND ALL THE CODING, ALL THE DESIGNING, EVERYTHING IS ALL DONE BY OUR STUDENTS.

YEAH.

WE JUST STARE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVES THEM SOME IDEAS AND SOME, SOME LITTLE TIPS AND TRICKS HERE AND THERE.

YEAH.

BUT I ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR, UM, OTHER MENTOR, CHRISTOPHER TALKER.

UM, HE'S NOT WITH US RIGHT NOW, BUT UM, HE'S PROBABLY ON ZOOM.

HE'S PROBABLY ON YOUTUBE OR HOPEFULLY HE'S, UM, HE'S, HE'S WITH US ONLINE, BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

MAY WE GET MR. SOMBRERO TO SAY SOMETHING? I DON'T, YOU ALL TRAVEL QUITE A WAYS, SO I DON'T THANK CHAIR, WON'T MIND.

SURE.

UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I AM, UH, MR. SOMBRERO, OR AT LEAST FOR MY STUDENTS, MATT SERGEANT JOHNSON BURRO.

UM, I'M THE, UH, JUNIOR ROTC, UH, UM, TEACHER FOR MONUMENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS A ROBOTICS, UH, COACH.

AND, UH, LET

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AND SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE SCHOOL YEAR, UM, FIRST TECH WILL GO OUT AND PROVIDE A GAMEPLAY AND ASK THAT YOU BUILD A ROBOT AND, AND TO DO A CERTAIN THING.

SO THIS GAME THAT, UH, UM, MR. FAT HAD DESCRIBED, IT WAS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

AND FOR ALL THAT TO HAPPEN, IT'S REALLY THESE KIDS AND THESE KIDS MADE IT ALL HAPPEN.

AND THESE KIDS JUST, UM, WITHOUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, HARDLY ANY OVERSIGHT.

AND, AND, AND IT'S REALLY ON THEM THAT PUT TOGETHER THESE ROBOTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRULY AMAZED ABOUT WAS, WAS WITH THESE KIDS WITH THEIR IMAGINATION AND THEIR INGENUITY AND THEIR SKILLS TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING.

UM, SO LEMME GO AHEAD AND, UM, INTRODUCE MY TEAM.

I KNOW MOST OF MY TEAM ARE NOT HERE BECAUSE, AGAIN, EIGHTH GRADE PROMOTION, SOME OF MY TEAM MEMBERS ARE DOING THE COLOR GUARD FOR THAT PROMOTION, SO THEY'RE HELPING WITH THE PRACTICE.

UH, LEMME GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE RA JAMES.

SHE'S OUR SENIOR, AND THEN WE GOT HER LITTLE SISTER, WEST STAR JAMES, AND THEN WE GOT ANI, UH, ENA SOCI.

UM, AND, UM, THAT'S THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

SO OH, YEAH, WE GOT TY HERE.

BLENDED IN WITH THE, OKAY.

SO, UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME, FIRST YEAR, A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, REALLY OPENED MY MIND AND, AND EYES WITH WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ROBOTICS.

AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS IS KIND OF A, UH, A WAY OF STEPPING BACK AND OBSERVING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE ROBOTICS WORLD.

AND, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I SHOUT OUT TO MR. UH, MR. TALKER FOR HELPING US OUT A LOT WITH, UM, MENTORING THESE YOUNG KIDS.

AND, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMING AND, UH, CODING FOR THESE, UH, ROBOTS IS WAY OUT OF, OUT WAY OUTTA MY LEG.

SO, UM, WE'RE AMAZED TO BE HERE AND AMAZED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOU GUYS BECAUSE, UH, YOU GUYS ARE SO FAR, UH, FROM US.

SO I'M, I'M GLAD THAT, UH, THE KIDS HERE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT TO WHERE YOU GUYS ARE, UM, HEARING SOME OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND ALSO, UH, RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE EARNED, UH, THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT WITH NAMING ONE.

I KNOW THE ONE THING THAT WE ALL BRAG ABOUT IS THE INSPIRE AWARD.

YEP.

YEAH, THE INSPIRE AWARD.

UH, WHAT, AND WE ALSO GOT THE, UH, CONNECT AWARD AND WE ALSO GOT THE REACH AWARD.

SO THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS AND, UH, IT'S GOOD TO, TO JUST SEE THAT ALL HAPPEN AND ALL THE TROPHIES CONNECT AWARD IS THE FIRST ONE.

THEN REACH AWARD HAS INSPIRE SECOND PLACE.

OKAY.

SO THE ONLY THING I WAS MISSING WAS THE INSPIRE SECOND PLACE.

SO, UM, I THINK ON THE RESERVATION, THIS TEAM, WE WERE AT LEAST IN THE TOP FIVE FOR THE, FOR ALL, UH, FOUR GAMES, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN THE, UH, HOUSTON TOURNAMENT ACTUALLY, WE WERE, UH, AMAZED WITH THE, UH, THE COMPETITORS THAT WE HAD THAT REPRESENTED THE WORLD.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT TO WORK ON AND, UH, A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO.

SO, THANK YOU.

WHEN DID YOU GET TO GO TO HOUSTON? UH, WE ALREADY DID, UH, WE WERE THERE LAST MONTH.

THE END OF, OH, LAST MONTH.

OKAY.

YEAH, LAST WEEK OF APRIL.

THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL.

OKAY.

SO IT WAS A GOOD LONG TRIP.

YEAH, THAT'S QUITE A TRIP.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A BUS.

AND A DRIVER.

.

YES.

SO THEY, THEY GOT TWO, UM, AWARDS AS WELL.

20 25, 26, 4 CORNERS CHAMPIONSHIP CONTROL AWARD, AND 20 25 4 CORNERS ALLIANCE FINALISTS, AS WELL AS INSPIRE AWARD FOR, FOR THE SAME YEAR.

AND A LOT OF, UM, INNOVATION, ROBOT DESIGN, ENGINEERING, DOCUMENTATION, PROGRAMMING, TEAMWORK, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE.

OUTREACH GRACE'S GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM AND COLLABORATION, TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE.

UM, EXCEPTIONAL PREPARATION, STRATEGIC THINKING, UM, MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL, UH, STEM COMMUNITY.

EFFECTIVE USE OF SENSORS, SOFTWARE AUTOMATION, UM, PROGRAMMING STRATEGY, RESILIENCE, CONSISTENCY,

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SO I GOT SENT A, A LETTER THAT WAS, UM, SENT BY ANNE, I BELIEVE, UM, TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

AND, UM, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, ANNE? UH, YES.

UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, UM, DR.

ADDISON FOR, UM, RECOGNIZING US, OUR PRINCIPALS, MONUMENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, MR. RYAN DOTSON, AND OUR BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. GLEN HAVEN.

WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE TRAVEL AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED US TO BUILD THE TIMES THAT WE NEEDED TO BUILD.

UM, A LOT OF THE INGENUITY, THE CREATIVITY, THE THINKING GOES ON AFTER SCHOOL DAYS AND DURING, UM, BREAKS WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT.

MANY OF OUR ATHLETE, MANY OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE ATHLETES TOO, AND THEY HAVE TO SOMETIMES CHOOSE BETWEEN ATHLETICS AND ROBOTICS.

BUT THIS DOES PROVIDE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

JUST LIKE WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, THERE'S PROGRAMMING, THERE'S OUR, CURRENTLY OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IS LEARNING JAVA, THEY'RE MOVING ON TO JAVA AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM, THEY'RE UTILIZING BLOCKS, BUT THEY'RE SLOWLY MOVING TOWARDS JAVA AND, AND THE PROGRAM, JUST TO, UM, RECITE, JUST TO RECITE THAT, THE PROGRAM IS AUTONOMOUS AND TELE AUTONOMOUS IS WHERE YOU PROGRAM THE ROBOT TO ACT ON ITS OWN, JUST BY, UM, COMPUTER LANGUAGE.

AUTONOMOUS IS BUILT INTO A CONTROLLER WHERE THE STUDENTS CONTROL THE ROBOT BY THE, THEY CAN USE A, UM, WHAT DO YOU GUYS USE? OH, UM, WELL, WE USE, UH, PROGRAM, NO, NOT YOUR PROGRAM.

A CONTROLLER.

WHAT'S THE PROGRAM? WHAT'S THE CONTROLLER? OH, THE, THE CONTROLLER.

THE CONTROLLER IS A GAME.

A GAME CONTROLLER.

YEAH.

YEAH.

IT'S, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CONTROLLER USE.

AND, UM, AND, UH, CONTROLLER'S LIKE CONTROLLER, IT'S A LOG LOGITECH CONTROLLER, JUST A BASIC, BASIC CONTROLLER THAT IS HOOKED UP TO A, UM, GAME PAD THAT THEY USE.

AND SO A LOT OF THE PROGRAM AND THE DESIGNING, THE IMPLEMENTATION COMES FROM THAT.

SO ALONG THE WAY THEY'RE UTILIZING A LOT OF THESE SCALES FOR THE WORKFORCE.

WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK INTECH NAVAJO TRADITION.

NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CORPORATION FOR, OR I, I GUESS SPONSORING THE ROBOTICS ON THE RESERVATION.

THIS, BY DOING THIS, ALLOWS OUR KIDS ON THE RESERVATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ROBOTICS AND TO LEARN THESE SKILLS ON THE RESERVATION.

SO O THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, SHARING WITH US AND I WANNA THANK, UM, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, RACHEL LEWIS FOR ARRANGING FOR THE STUDENTS TO COME OUT AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOU AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING.

UM, BUT MEANWHILE, UM, WE WILL, UH, GET READY TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF, ALL OF YOU AND I, WE HAVE SOME, UM, MEDALS THAT WE WANNA GIVE OUT TO YOU.

UM, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT ONE.

THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL COATS AND BOLTS ROBOTICS TEAM.

THE OTHER ONE SAYS, MON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL RES KIDS ROBOTICS TEAM.

SO IF YOU GET THE WRONG ONE, YOU CAN TRADE, UM, BACK OUT TO THE CORRECT ONE.

SO, UM, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST COME RIGHT ALONG UP TO HERE IF YOU GET THE METALS TO YOU, AND THEN WE'LL STAB EM ALL HERE AND WE STAND BEHIND FOR, YEAH.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE, AND YOU GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MIDDLE SCHOOL.

CATCH HIM THERE.

HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL.

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AND COACHES.

COACHES.

CAN WE HAVE YOU UP HERE, CHAIRMAN, BEFORE ALL OF THE STUDENTS LEAVE? COULD I MAKE THE MOVE HERE THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT.

YOU GUYS RIGHT HERE? COME DOWN TO HERE.

TURN AROUND, SLIDE DOWN.

YOU GUYS DOWN.

DID YOU GIVE ALL OF THE MM-HMM .

OKAY.

YEAH.

HAVE ARABELLA, WERE THERE ANY SPARE ONES? NO.

OKAY, GREAT.

A THAT'S FINE.

DID YOU COME UP? OKAY.

MAKE SURE YOU WENT ALL RIGHT.

IF WE CAN ALL JUST KIND OF SQUEEZING BETWEEN, YOU CAN STAND AT AN ANKLE.

DO YOU GUYS ALL WANT TO TURN KIND OF TO THE SIDE FACE TIGHTER? YOU CAN BE THE CENTER AND THEN ALL OF YOU GUYS KIND OF ANKLE SCOOCH.

SO YOU WANNA FIRE ONE? HOLD THESE THREE.

ALRIGHT.

1, 2, 3.

WE'LL BE THERE FOR ME FOR ONE SECOND.

1, 2, 3.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH, JUST STAY STANDING WHERE YOU ARE FOR A MINUTE.

WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU.

INGER WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT TO YOU.

HI.

HI.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE, BUT I, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM SO IMPRESSED BY THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN TO BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU, UM, TO ATTAIN YOUR GOALS AND TO TO WORK IN SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE COACHES AND EVERYONE WHO'S DEDICATED THEIR TIME, CERTAINLY FAMILIES.

I THINK, UM, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL AT NAVAJO COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COACHES.

UM, THE HARD WORK AND WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO ACHIEVING THOSE THINGS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STANDS OUT IS THAT I TOO AM AN EDUCATOR AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND I WORK, UM, AT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND CCU, AND HELPING STUDENTS WITHIN OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND TO ALSO NOT ONLY SHOW THAT WE CAN BE LEAD IN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT WE CAN ALSO LEAD IN MODERN INNOVATION.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND TAKING THE TRICK ALL THE WAY FROM MONUMENT VALLEY.

I'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, LISTEN TO THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO, UM, YOUR FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN COACHES.

THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

LET'S GIVE THESE YOUNG, UH, STUDENTS OF MOUNTVILLE DALLAS.

THANK SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OUR NEXT

[c. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Liquor License from Theodore Van Gaines III (Agent) for Love's Travel Stop #278 located at 4703 Main Street Joseph City, AZ 86032. The item was tabled until the June 9, 2026, Board of Supervisors Meeting.  ]

THEODORE VAN GAINES, A THIRD AGENT FOR LOVES TRAVEL STOP NUMBER 2 78, LOCATED AT 47 0 3 MAJO CITY.

THIS TIME WILL TURN OVER TO AMANDA SILVER HORN.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.

WE RECEIVED A 0 1 0 BEER AND WINE STORE LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION FROM THEODORE VAN GAINES, THE AGENT FOR LOVE'S TRAVEL STOP NUMBER 2 78.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TREASURER'S OFFICE, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALL RESPONDED WITH APPROVALS.

AND THE 21 DAY POSTING REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THANK

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ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM THE BOARD? THIS IS A PUBLIC STEERING.

I'LL TURN THE TIME TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, I SEE ONE PERSON WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AS CAROLYN BUSHMAN.

WE'LL ASK FOR YOU TO COME UP AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

I DO HAVE COPIES FOR EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M CAROLYN BUSHMAN, A 50 PLUS YEARS RESIDENT OF THE JOSEPH CITY.

I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY OF THE CITIZENS OF JOSEPH CITY.

THIS PETITION EXPRESSES THAT WE DO NOT WANT THIS LIQUOR LICENSE.

I WAS INFORMED OF THIS LICENSE AT 2:00 PM THIS LAST FRIDAY.

THE PETITION WAS FORMED THAT NIGHT AT 9:00 AM AND, UM, COMPLETED TILL WE CAME HERE.

YOU HAVE COPIES OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED IT.

UM, AT 8:00 AM THIS MORNING, OVER 200 SIGNATURES AND ABOUT 60 HOURS MOSTLY ON FACEBOOK.

RESPONDED ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH MANY, MANY OUT OF TOWN.

AND HOW ABOUT THE MANY WHO DO NOT HAVE FACEBOOK NOR A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

LIQUOR HAS BEEN, HAS NOT BEEN SOLD IN OUR COMMUNITY SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1876.

WE WISH IT TO STAY THAT WAY IN OUR UN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY TOWN.

TO MY RECOLLECTION, RECOLLEC RECOLLECTION, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE HAVE OPPOSED LOVES IN GETTING A LIQUOR LICENSE.

THE FIRST WAS AT ITS FOUNDING AND WON A FEW YEARS BACK.

I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO RESEARCH THE ACTUAL DATE.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LOVE'S HAS NOT PARTICIPATED OR CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DID NOT HAVE ANY, UH, UH, NO ONE HAS SPOKEN TO THEM FROM LOVE'S ABOUT THIS SITUATION.

SO NO COMMUNICATION.

THEREFORE, THOUGH THEY FOLLOWED THE REGULATIONS FOR A LICENSE, THEY MADE NO EFFORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY INPUT.

SIGNER TWO 11 ON YOUR PAPERWORK THERE, STATE STATED THIS, IN MY OPINION, SELLING ALCOHOL AT THE TRAVEL CENTER AT THE EDGE OF A SMALL TOWN RIGHT OFF INTERSTATE IS A BAD UH, IDEA.

DRINKING AND DRINKING IS ALREADY A PROBLEM.

SELLING ALCOHOL PACKAGED, OR AS PART OF A BAR TYPE BUSINESS DOES NOT HELP WITH THE PROBLEM.

IN FACT, IT HAS JUST THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE.

UH, ADDITIONAL CONCERN IS THE LACK OF EFFECTIVE NOTICE TO THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE APPLICATION.

THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN ADEQUATE NOTICE AND INFORMATION SO THAT ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD EXPRESS THEIR OPINION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITY IS UNCON UNINCORPORATED, BUT THE COMMUNITY DOES HAVE A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, A POST OFFICE, AND OTHER BUSINESSES WHERE INFORMATION COULD HAVE BEEN SHARED SO THAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE COULD BE IN BETTER INFORMED.

IN MY OPINION, POSTING A SMALL PAPER ON THE LOVES OR IN THE NEIGHBOR TOWN NEWSPAPER IS JUST AN ATTEMPT TO EXCLUDE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE FROM HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL FULL.

CONSIDER THE MATTER.

THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE TABLED UNTIL THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION.

THANK YOU.

WE ALLOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME MORE FEW MINUTES.

I, I'LL EXTEND YOU ANOTHER MINUTE HERE.

THANK YOU.

IF THIS LICENSE PASSES, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO KEEP US SAFE? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS? LOVES WE DO NOT HAVE 24 HOUR LAW, UH, ENFORCEMENT PROTECTION ON SITE.

NAVAJO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COMES AS SOON AS AVAILABLE AND CAN ARRIVE WHEN IT, WHENEVER POSSIBLE FROM WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO BE.

THIS MUST, THEY MUST RESPOND TO ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY BY PRIORITY NEEDS.

I PERSONALLY HAVE OBSERVED LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES WAITING TIME.

ONE OF THE EVENTS INVOLVED DRINKING AND DRUGS.

THIS PERSON BROKE INTO A HOME, DAMAGED THE HOME, AND A GARAGE DAMAGED THE VEHICLE, ASSAULTED THE HOMEOWNERS.

IT WAS 45 MINUTES BEFORE THEY RESPONDED.

CAN WE EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM YOU? MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT LATER.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, FOR ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I SHOULDN'T NEED THAT LONG.

I

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UM, MY GRANDCHILDREN NOW ATTEND SCHOOL IN JOSEPH CITY.

UH, IT'S BEEN A COMMUNITY, UH, FAMILY.

IT'S BEEN A DRY COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN A RELATIVELY SAFE COMMUNITY.

CRIME HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.

BUT WE PROMISED LOVES.

WHEN THEY FIRST CAME IN AND WANTED A LIQUOR LICENSE, WE, WELL, WE HAD A LOT OF NOTICE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND, UM, WE PROMISED THEM THAT EVERY TIME THEY ATTEMPTED TO GET A LIQUOR LICENSE, WE WOULD FIGHT IT BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO CHANGE.

IT'S BEEN 150 YEARS.

JACKRABBIT SELLS LIQUOR FIVE MILES AWAY.

THEY CAN COME TO HOLBROOKE AND GET IT.

WE DON'T WANT OUR STREET IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

THAT'S WHY WE LIVE IN JOSEPH CITY.

AND SO IT IS SHORT NOTICE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T HERE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET OFF WORK.

SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT IF YOU'RE NOT INCLINED TO STRAIGHT OUT DENY IT TODAY THAT YOU TABLE IT AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET PEOPLE GET OFF WORK AND COME AND, AND LET YOU KNOW AS A COMMUNITY HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS.