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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
TODAY'S DATE IS NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023 AT 10 A.M..
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLERK OF THE BOARD IF YOU CAN HANDLE ROLL CALL.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE INVOCATION BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO GATHER HERE TODAY FREELY AND SAFELY.
HELP US TO GO THROUGH AND DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT DEPENDS ON US TO BE SOLID AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.
WE ALWAYS LOOK TO YOU FOR GUIDANCE, LORD IN EVERYTHING THAT MOVES IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT YOU ARE OUR FIRST SOURCE THAT WE LOOK AT, AND YOU ARE OUR STRENGTH.
AND WE CONTINUE TO KEEP SUPERVISOR BROWN AND HIS FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS.
PLEASE FOLLOW ME WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR COUNTY MANAGER, MAURY THOMPSON.GOOD MORNING MUARY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING THIS TIME TO KICKING OFF OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A SLIDE THAT ILLUSTRATES THAT THE CYCLE REALLY NEVER DOES END.
AS YOU'VE HEARD OFTENTIMES THE BUDGET IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICY DOCUMENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
SO I THINK FITTING THAT WE DEVOTE SIGNIFICANT TIME EACH YEAR TO THE PROCESS.
SO THIS IS ALSO HAS BEEN PLACED BEFORE YOU AS A STUDY SESSION OR WORK SESSION.
SO OUR HOPE TODAY IS TO HAVE CONVERSATION DISCUSSION WITH YOU THAT WE AS YOU AS A BODY, CAN START TO COALESCE AROUND SOME DECISIONS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE AS WE BEGIN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET, BUT AGAIN, RELATING TO ALL THINGS FISCAL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO SOME AGREEMENTS ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THOSE SO STAFF CAN START WORKING ON THAT PRIOR TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH IS COMING UP HERE VERY QUICKLY.
SO AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND START HEADING IN SOME DIRECTIONS THERE.
SO AGAIN, FAIRLY LENGTHY AGENDA TODAY, BUT AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY COALESCING AROUND SOME OBJECTIVES TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S GET STARTED.
AS WE KNOW, OUR FISCAL YEAR HERE BEGINS JULY 1ST, BUT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST.
WE DON'T ALWAYS ADOPT FULLY ADOPT THE BUDGET PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE MOVING IT UP THE PROCESS UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
SECONDLY, LAST YEAR, YOU MAY RECALL WE STARTED THE CHANGING THE BUDGET PROCESS TO MOVE TO MORE OF A BEGINNING POINT OF THE COUNTY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. INTEND TO TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER, IF YOU WILL, THIS YEAR.
AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I'M USING TO DO THAT.
I'LL BE REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE.
AND YOU'LL NOTE ON THE SLIDE THERE, WE'RE MOVING TO AN ELECTRONIC PROCESS, HOPING TO SIMPLIFY AND STREAMLINE THAT USING OPENGOV, WHICH IS OUR BUDGETING SOFTWARE.
ALL OF THOSE WILL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY.
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SO HOPEFULLY AGAIN, STREAMLINING THAT PROCESS NOT ONLY FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS BUT FOR OUR BUDGET MANAGER AS WELL.I WILL REVIEW THOSE AND THEN THOSE THAT I BELIEVE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND THAT I SUPPORT AND THAT ARE WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL MEANS WILL BE INCLUDED IN WHAT I RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL AS A STARTING POINT.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN A MOMENT.
I'D LIKE TO MORE FULLY INTEGRATE THAT AND REALLY START TO DEVELOP WHAT I'D CALL A TRUE CIP.
SO HERE'S HERE'S THE SLIDE THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, THAT BUDGET PROCESS THAT REALLY NEVER STOPS.
SO WE START WITH BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.
AND OUR STRATEGIC GOALS ARE DETERMINED THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING TODAY.
BUDGETS ARE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED.
AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS SHORTLY.
AND I WILL PAUSE HERE TO SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT INTEGRATING AND CONSOLIDATING THAT PROCESS, IN THE PAST, AND I'M SURE I'LL MISS SOME HERE, BUT HUMAN RESOURCES FACILITIES AND I BELIEVE FLEET HAVE ALL SENT OUT SEPARATE NOTICES TO THE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT REQUEST AGAIN, PROBABLY DOING SOME VERSION OF THAT, BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO PULL THAT INTO MORE CENTRALIZED COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE AS WE SEND OUT THAT COMMUNICATION.
NEXT, THOSE REVIEWS ARE ALL RECEIVED, REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED.
LAST YEAR, I MET WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO HAD SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
WE TALKED THROUGH THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTENT OF THOSE THAT WILL THAT WILL CONTINUE THIS YEAR, GOING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANAGER'S BUDGET. NEXT, WE HAVE PRELIMINARY ADOPTION AND THEN, OF COURSE, FINAL ADOPTION AND SETTING OF THE TAX RATES.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE BUDGET PROCESS.
CORRECT. BUT THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE WE HAVE THE BUDGET ADOPTED AND WE START TO EXECUTE IT, IS THERE A PROCESS TO DO INTERIM REVIEWS TO SEE HOW EACH DEPARTMENT IS DOING ON REACHING GOALS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? YEAH. AND IF YOU'RE TALKING THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, FOR THE QUESTION.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY MONITORING THE BUDGET PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PART OF MY PLAN WITH CENTRALIZING BUDGET IS OUR BUDGET MANAGER BEING MORE INVOLVED IN THAT. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT, AND I'VE TALKED WITH YOU ALL ABOUT PLANS TO MODIFY OUR AGENDA PROCESS.
SO THE ROUTING FOR ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE GOING THROUGH BUDGET.
SO OUR BUDGET MANAGER IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE.
RIGHT NOW, QUITE FRANKLY HER JOB IS PRETTY DIFFICULT, CATHERINE'S.
MY OPINION THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND NEEDS TO BE AGAIN, MORE CENTRALIZED.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL VERY APPROPRIATE AND NEEDED.
I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT TOO IS THAT'S A STAFF PROCESS.
BUT WHEN DO WHEN DOES THE BOARD KIND OF GIVEN SOME PERIODIC UPDATES ON HOW EVERYBODY IS EXECUTING THEIR BUDGET AND MEETING THE GOALS WE SET? SO I BELIEVE I'VE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE FOR YOU ON THAT ONE TOO.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THAT STAFF WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT.
AND THEN COINCIDENTALLY, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AUDITOR POINTED OUT THAT VERY FINDING THAT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE THAT REPORTING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S STARTING AS WELL.
SO BUDGET AUTHORITY CAN ADHERE OUTLINING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIFFERENT PARTIES.
SO YOUR JOB IS, OF COURSE, ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUDGET REVIEW, TENTATIVE ADOPTION AND THE FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION FOR THE COUNTY, INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. MY RESPONSIBILITY IS DEVELOPING THAT BUDGET AND PROVIDING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND ULTIMATE APPROVAL.
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FUNDS. AND THEN FINALLY, FUNDING FOR GRANTS IS APPROVED UPON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, INCLUDING MIDYEAR AWARDS, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PAUSE AND SHARE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT GRANT.ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS WE DO NOT CURRENTLY TRACK OUR GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS IN THE SAME WAY WE DO OUR COUNTY TAX FUNDED POSITIONS, WORKING WITH STAFF TO CHANGE THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF ALL POSITIONS THAT ARE APPROVED AND PART OF THE COUNTY SYSTEM.
SO LET'S TALK A MINUTE ABOUT CAPITAL PLANNING.
YOUR CUE. GO AHEAD AND HIT THE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M BRANDON SHOULTS, DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A MUCH MORE SLIMMED DOWN VERSION OF THE CAPITAL PLANNING REPORT THAT WE HAVE DONE IN YEARS GONE BY, MOSTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A SPACE PLANNING AND A KIND OF WHAT YOU SAY HAS PUT A LOT OF THE PLANNING ON HOLD.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR THAT PROCESS TO WORK OUT.
WE HAVE THE JUSTICE CENTER, WHICH IS ALL BUT COMPLETE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN OTHERWISE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE WARRANTY PHASE OF THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMERCE HEALTH SERVICES BUILDING, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT, A PHARMACY ADDITION THAT WAS A GRANT FUNDED EXPANSION TO ADD A PHARMACY TO THAT. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PROCURING A ARCHITECT TO DESIGN SERVICES, AND THEN WE'LL ROLL INTO CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT ONE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF ARPA FUNDED PROJECTS THE COMMERCE, HEALTH SERVICES, HVAC.
THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND $600,000.
I'M ALSO GOING TO BRING ANOTHER ONE TO THE BOARD FOR CAMP VERDE TO START THE DESIGN SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD DESIGN FOR THOSE AND GET A MUCH BETTER BUDGET, AND ESSENTIALLY HAVE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING THAT ARPA FUNDING BEFORE IT EXPIRES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE HAVE LISTED HERE IS THE ELECTIONS REMODEL.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE ABOUT TO START PAINTING IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY STARTED.
THAT ONE CONTRACT TAKES US THROUGH INTO JANUARY, BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTUALLY TARGETING, I THINK, DECEMBER 20TH AS A COMPLETION DATE. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO GET WELL AHEAD OF THAT ONE.
YES. I JUST REALLY WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO YOU AND TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY THAT IS TAKEN ON THE ELECTION AND GETTING THAT DONE IN SUCH A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
AND IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY TOO, AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO DIFFERENT TIMES.
THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MALLORY.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENCY.
I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING SUPERVISOR OBERG WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THERE AND WORKING WITH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND OUR ARCHITECT, I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A VERY GOOD SOLUTION TO PROVIDE MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE OPENNESS FOR THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, ALSO GIVING A MORE SPACE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE PHARMACY WAS THERE A PARTICULAR TIME IN WHICH WE HAD TO EXECUTE THAT GRANT? YES, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY REQUESTED AN EXTENSION ONCE BEFORE, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE ON THE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW WITH HRSA REQUESTING BOTH A MODIFICATION, BECAUSE WE HAD ORIGINALLY SCOPED OUT, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 800FT² OF PHARMACY, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER 700FT² OF OFFICE ADDITION THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. ALONG WITH THAT, ONCE WE GOT INVOLVED WITH AN ARCHITECT, HE REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT OVERALL PLAN WAS FEASIBLE.
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SEVERE INFLATION AT THE TIME.THAT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A VERY FUNCTIONAL PHARMACY FOR THEM.
AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SPACE PLANNING, WE MAY NOT NEED AS MUCH ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE, DEPENDING UPON HOW WE CAN REORGANIZE WITHIN THAT BUILDING.
NOW THAT WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS, I THINK IT ALLOWS US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
WHEN DOES THAT GRANT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED/EXECUTED? ELECTIONS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A BETTER ON THAT ONE, BUT WE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION TO COVER WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE THE ENTIRE DURATION.
WE GAVE HIM, I BELIEVE, FOUR MONTHS OF THAT, ADDED 20 WEEKS, AND THEN WE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION TO SUPERSEDE THAT, GO FAR BEYOND THAT SO THAT WE WEREN'T HAVING OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. OKAY. THANK YOU.
BUT THERE IS A LITTLE MORE TO THAT AS WELL.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE PLAYERS IF YOU WILL CHANGE.
AND ONCE WE'VE SINCE WE'VE ENTERED INTO THAT PROJECT, MARTY AND I, NEITHER ONE HAD A FULL AND COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF REALLY WHAT WERE THE OBJECTIVES WE WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE.
WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE SHERIFF WHO SUGGESTED, YEAH, I THINK MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE SOME SENSE TO GO BACK AND REALLY REVISIT THAT PLAN, IN PARTICULAR FOR HIS SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. SO A COUPLE OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THERE.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED, I THINK, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO GET THE TEAM BACK TOGETHER TO BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION AND DETERMINE WHETHER WE THINK CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE EVEN PRIOR TO GETTING THE RESULTS FROM OUR SPACE PLANNING BACK.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS [INAUDIBLE].
UM, SO THE OTHER LARGE PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED, WE ARE IN THE THROES OF IS OUR SPACE PLANNING AND FACILITY PLANNING MASTER PLAN FOR THE COUNTY. WE HAVE COMPLETED DEPARTMENT QUESTIONNAIRES.
WE'VE COMPLETED DEPARTMENT INTERVIEWS.
THEY ARE COMPILING, I BELIEVE THEY CALL IT A DEPARTMENT PROFILE.
ONCE THAT HAS BEEN VETTED OUT, AND I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE BY THE END OF DECEMBER, I'LL BE RETURNING BACK THESE DEPARTMENT PROFILES TO THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS FOR THEM TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED ALL OF THE CONTENT AND THE COMMENTARY THAT HAPPENED ALONG IN THAT PROCESS.
THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW ARE BUILDING ASSESSMENTS.
I BELIEVE WE ARE 85 TO 90% DONE WITH THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS.
AND I BELIEVE IN A COUPLE OF LEASED BUILDINGS MIXED IN THERE AS WELL.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS OUT RIGHT NOW IS SIMILAR TO THE DEPARTMENT QUESTIONNAIRE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT'S GOING OUT.
AND AGAIN JUST ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT THE SPACE.
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THE SPACE.
BRANDON I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK, HOW HAS THAT BEEN GOING AS FAR AS GETTING FEEDBACK? AND BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE RESPONSES SO WE CAN DO THIS CORRECTLY.
SO HOW IS THAT FEEDBACK COMING? EXCELLENT QUESTION. I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT UP.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOT BEEN GOING WELL.
SO BY THE MIDDLE LATER PART OF LAST WEEK WE HAD ALL OF ABOUT A 15% RETURN RESPONSE, WHICH IS PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ONE THAT H.R HAD PUT OUT, WHERE WE GOT A LITTLE OVER A 50% RESPONSE.
ANYTHING BEYOND 40 IS CONSIDERED GOOD.
SO WE GOT A GOOD RESPONSE WITH THE H.R.
SO I'M NOT SURPRISED THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
AND WHO DID THOSE GO OUT TO THE DIRECTORS OR? THE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS WENT OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO'S GOT AN EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE COUNTY.
SO I HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
STARTING OFF THE PROCESS, I SENT OUT ANOTHER EMAIL.
I THINK WE SENT IT OUT ON MONDAY, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE WERE EXTENDING IT ANOTHER WEEK.
AGAIN, IT WAS BECAUSE OF A KIND OF A POOR REPORTING THAT WE WERE GETTING THERE.
WELL, I DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY HERE AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE LIVING TOGETHER, SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE AN INPUT ON THIS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONNAIRES SO THAT WITH THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING FOR THIS CONSULTANT ON THE SPACE, THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION SO BRANDON CAN GET THE RIGHT THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I CAN'T AGREE MORE.IT'S VERY IMPERATIVE THAT EVERYBODY PROVIDES THEIR INPUT.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THESE ARE ANONYMOUS.
JUST LIKE THE HR SURVEY THAT WENT OUT.
WE WON'T HAVE NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE HONEST AND OPEN AND SHARE WHAT THEY WANT.
IT GIVES US A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPACE AND HOW IT'S PERCEIVED FROM OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH PLAYS A PART INTO THE CULTURE THAT MAURY AND WENDY ARE WORKING ON WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM RIGHT NOW. AND HOW ARE YOU ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON THEIR INPUT? EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE NEXT BULLET POINT THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
GO AHEAD. IF I MAY PAUSE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT ONE ON THE EMPLOYEE QUESTIONNAIRE.
JUST A THOUGHT AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES COMPLETING THAT.
BUT SOME EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE FELT LIKE THEY PROVIDED THEIR INPUT IN THE DEPARTMENT ONCE.
I'M JUST THINKING BACK TO MY EXPERIENCE IN OUR OFFICE.
SO WE MAY BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EMPLOYEE SAYING, WELL, I'VE ALREADY PROVIDED INPUT.
AND ANYBODY ELSE HERE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN.
I'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH GENSLER ABOUT HOW DO WE APPROACH THIS.
WE HAD KICKED AROUND, YOU KNOW, DO WE DO TOWN HALL MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, ANY FORUMS LIKE THAT? AND I THINK I BELIEVE THAT THE CROSS SECTION OF PEOPLE WE'RE LOOKING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM IS MUCH BROADER THAN WHAT WE COULD CAPTURE IN A SINGLE COMMUNITY MEETING OR EVEN A COUPLE FEW SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND SO WHAT MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS IS, WHY DON'T WE CREATE A SURVEY FOR THEM, AND THEN WE CAN FORWARD THE LINK TO BOARD MEMBERS THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER ENTITIES, WHETHER THAT BE OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, CITY OF PRESCOTT, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, FIRE DISTRICTS.
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GREAT WAY TO REALLY GARNER A BUNCH OF INPUT FROM A VERY BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH IN A VARIETY OF LEVELS, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOUR GUYS THOUGHTS ARE ON HOW WE ACTUALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THERE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THEM.
SO AND WHAT YOU MENTIONED I THINK IS A PRETTY A GOOD START.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? ANYBODY PREFER TOWN HALL OR DO WE THINK A SURVEY, A SIMILAR SURVEY THAT ALLOWED THEM TO REALLY COMPLETE AND FILL OUT THE INFORMATION AS IT BEST SUITED THEM AND. RIGHT.
WHY NOT GET THAT SURVEY OUT TO THE KNOWN ENTITIES THAT WE CAN SEND IT TO, AND THEN WHY NOT HAVE THOSE SURVEYS AVAILABLE AT OUR TOWN HALLS AS WELL.
AND BE ABLE TO GET THE BROADEST POSSIBLE INPUT WE CAN GET.
AND THIS IS A RICH OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KNOW WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT SHOULD BE DRIVING OUR DECISIONS ANYWAY.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT DIRECTION.
WE MAY ISSUE THAT SURVEY, AND YOUR GUYS PHONES MAY BLOW UP WITH QUESTIONS.
AND THEN MAYBE WE DETERMINE WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE SIT DOWN MEETING WITH THEM.
WE DO HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WE CAN HOST WITH OUR CONSULTANT, SHORT OF DOING A CHANGE ORDER, SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIT EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE DO TO GARNER THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE CAN FROM THAT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY OUR PHONES ARE ALWAYS BLOWING UP, SO IT'S OKAY.
I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ, AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE THAT IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST SCHEDULE, BUT WE WERE RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, PROVIDED A SCHEDULE UPDATE, CONTINUING TO TRUCK THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE WORK TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE THING FROM THE DATA GATHERING.
OF COURSE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND SO THAT SHOULD BE VERY, VERY END OF FEBRUARY, POSSIBLY FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
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AND THEN WE'LL FINALIZE IT BY THE END OF MARCH, MAYBE THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL.[INAUDIBLE] IT'S DONNA AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THAT FINAL REPORT IS EVERYTHING.
BUT I WANT US ALL TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT WHAT GOES INTO THE SURVEY AS QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WE MIGHT BE LEAVING BEHIND FOR PEOPLE TO FILL THE ONLINE COLLECTION OF THE DATA, IS THE VITAL REPORTS ONLY GOING TO BE AS GOOD AND ACCURATE AND DEEP AS THE SURVEY THAT IS CONSTRUCTED AND USED? SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE WAY SOME FEEDBACK SO THAT WE KNOW WE'RE USING THE RIGHT TOOLS TO TO COLLECT THE DATA THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE FOR AN EXCELLENT REPORT FINAL.
OUR REPORTS AND OUR ANALYSIS ARE REALLY ONLY AS GOOD AS THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO IT, BOTH FROM OUR PART AND FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE GARNER FROM THE EMPLOYEES AND THE DEPARTMENTS. AS SUPERVISOR MALLORY HAD MENTIONED.
IT'S KEY FOR US AS INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE AS MUCH AS WE HAVE.
IF WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT IN THE DEPARTMENT INTERVIEW, I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
AND AND BROAD CROSS SECTION OF INFORMATION.
AGAIN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL.
SO YES, AS MUCH AS WE CAN PUT INTO IT, REVIEWING THE DEPARTMENT PROFILES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, GIVING AS MUCH INFORMATION IN THOSE SURVEYS CERTAINLY HELPS THE REPORTING PROCESS.
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME SOME ITEMS THAT WE'VE REALLY ADDRESSED AND DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING KIND OF OUR OWN PLAN, THE SPACE PLAN, I FEEL LIKE IN A LOT OF WAYS HAS TRUMPED SOME OF THIS, BUT I WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THIS UP, AND THIS ISN'T A FULL REPRESENTATION OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE SURPRISED WHEN WE START SEEING NEEDS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND THINK THAT IT'S A BIG SURPRISE.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF NEEDS AND A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RUN THIS IN FRONT OF THE GROUP AGAIN AND JUST BRIEFLY MENTION THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDING SPACE.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM THE HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH IS PART OF THE PHARMACY ADDITION.
AND THE MERGER, I THINK WILL CHANGE SOME OF THAT.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP, THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND SO MANY MORE.
ANOTHER SLIDE REALLY CONTINUING ON THE SAME THOUGHTS.
YOU KNOW AGAIN IT'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HUMAN RESOURCE LIBRARY DISTRICT.
EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT HAS EXPRESSED A NEED FOR SOME SPACE TO SOME CAPACITY.
AND SO DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN WE SEE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT COME OUT IN THIS REPORT.
AND I WOULD INTERRUPT YOU HERE, IF I MAY.
I WANT TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR MORE RURAL AREAS AS WELL, AND I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF LANGUAGE HERE THAT REFLECTS BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN.
AND I KNOW ALSO THAT DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, OF COURSE, BUT I KNOW SUPERVISOR OBERG ALSO HAS SOME SIMILAR CHALLENGES WITH HEALTH CARE, AND AND PROVIDING SPACE FOR SERVICES RELATED TO HEALTH CARE IS IMPORTANT TO BOTH OF US, I KNOW AS SUPERVISORS, AND CERTAINLY THE CASE WITH SUPERVISOR GREGORY AS WELL ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT SOON WILL BEGIN TO SEE SOME LANGUAGE EMERGE THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT'S NOT HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, BUT BUT NEEDS TO BE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS I SEE A LOT OF NEEDS FOR SPACE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME, I THINK.
SO HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT? ARE WE GETTING SOME KIND OF A REPORT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND FINDING OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME, AND DO THEY REALLY NEED ALL THIS SPACE? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE HAVING, YOU KNOW, A SEAT FOR EVERYBODY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT THERE, SO THAT WHEN THEY DO COME IN, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL DESK.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HOT DESK, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, THEY CAN BRING THEIR FAMILY PICTURE, PUT IT ON A DESK, YOU KNOW, SPEND THEIR HALF A DAY THERE, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT BACK IN BRIEF AND GO HOME, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME, I THINK WE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON THIS NEEDS ADDITIONAL SPACE.
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SO ODDLY ENOUGH, I THINK IT'S I'VE HEARD COMMENTS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT, SUPERVISOR MICHAELS, THAT WE WE ARE GEARING AND PUSHING PEOPLE TOWARDS THAT, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AS PART OF THE SPACE PLANNING.IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SUGGESTING SOMEBODY SHOULD BE DOING ONE THING OR ANOTHER, BUT IT'S, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY? WHAT'S WORKING FOR YOU? ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES AND GET THEM THINKING ABOUT ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES NOT NECESSARILY PUSHING, BUT JUST ENGAGING THE CONVERSATION, GETTING THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO THINK ABOUT THAT? WE DO HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE DOING IT MORE THAN OTHERS, AND THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING VERY WELL FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW SOME OF THAT FINAL REPORTING COMES OUT.
WE DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO EXPANSIONS OR WHERE OUR SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, COMING BACK TO THE KIND OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ARE WE PROVIDING THE RIGHT SERVICES IN THE RIGHT AREAS? AND THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE THAT THAT COMES OUT FROM SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS, MAYBE IN THE COMMUNITIES, MAYBE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE, MAYBE THEY SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. AND THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS OF SERVICES WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING OR NOT PROVIDING IN SOME AREAS.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT WILL COME OUT MORE IN THE REPORTING.
THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING WE SPECIFICALLY HAD COVERED IN THE PAST.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT HERE TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW'S IT GOING TO COME OUT IN THE RECORDING? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE NEED ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ADDRESS SOME OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS OF PARTICULAR TYPES OF POPULATION.
WE HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH INCIDENCE OF DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S, AND THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO AND BE CARED FOR. AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE BECOME A RESIDENTIAL SETTING.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS PART OF COUNTY SERVICES CONNECTED WITH SOME OF OUR HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS, IS THERE A PLACE FOR US TO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO AND WE WOULD FILL IN THE BLANK, OF COURSE, AFTER THE RIGHT DATA OR DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED TO DIRECT US.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THEY ARE GOING TO KNOW, COLLECTING DATA, THE POPULATIONS THEY NEED TO GO TO TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WILL ACCURATELY REFLECT NEED IN A COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT COMES BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
SO REALLY THAT CONVERSATION STARTED WITH OUR INTERVIEWS WITH YOU AS INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS.
YOU GUYS GAVE US GREAT FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING WE HAD REALLY CAPTURED IN THESE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THAT KENNY AND I HAD WORKED ON LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE THIS WAS REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THE OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF THE COUNTY.
BUT NOW WITH THE SPACE PLANNING, WE ENGAGED YOU GUYS ALL INDIVIDUALLY.
WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WAY.
SO IT'LL START COMING OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LEAN ON YOU FOR THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE QUESTION WITH THE SURVEY.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE MORE IN TUNE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD HAVE GREAT RESOURCES AND THE ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE THESE SURVEYS TO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK, WHETHER THAT BE SOME INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS, THAT NEED TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT.
SO I'M GOING TO LEAN HEAVILY ON YOU GUYS ON HOW DO WE BEST DISTRIBUTE THIS.
WHO DO WE GET TO? I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT, BUT I WILL NEED SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS ON WHO AND WHERE AND WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE.
THOSE FUTURE AND CURRENT NEEDS SHOULD BE COMING THROUGH IN THE INFORMATION WE'RE RECEIVING FROM DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AS WELL AS THEY IDENTIFY THAT, AGAIN THIS IS HISTORICAL. SO THAT'S NOT CAPTURED HERE.
YOU KNOW, HOW HAS THAT CHANGED OUR NEEDS THERE.
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BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT TERM UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE OPERATING TODAY.SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT MORE AT THE STAFF LEVEL HERE RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE CONSULTANT.
IT'S MOVING ALL THE TIME AND GO BACK OUT AND IT'S CHANGED AGAIN.
GO BACK OUT AND ASK AGAIN WHO'S WORKING FROM HOME HAS CHANGED AGAIN.
I THINK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT [INAUDIBLE] PROBABLY WANT TO ADD TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT CAME FORWARD, I THINK, HERE RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO DRIVE THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT IS THAT MODEL.
AND SO IT REALLY IT'S DEPENDENT ON HOW COUNTY ATTORNEY FEELS LIKE THEY CAN RUN THEIR OPERATION.
IF THAT'S A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION, THEN POLICY DICTATES THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE THAT.
OKAY. AND I'LL JUST SAY ONE LAST THING AS FAR AS YOUR SURVEY GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK MOST OF US HAVE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE INPUT, BUT ALSO GO OUT AND ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S NEEDED.
OH, I WAS GOING TO ADD TO THAT LAST COMMENT YOUR DESIRE TO LOOK OUT A FEW YEARS.
THAT'S ALSO BEING CAPTURED IN THE SURVEY BY FROM EACH DEPARTMENTS.
THEY'RE ASKED TO PROJECT THE NUMBER OF STAFF A NUMBER OF YEARS OUT.
AGAIN, MORE HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT CAPTURE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND DOESN'T REALLY HIT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DEAL WITH, WHATEVER COMES FROM THE REPORT. BUT I JUST AGAIN, WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT A COUPLE OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
GREAT PROJECT, GREAT BUILDING CAN PROBABLY BE MASSAGED TO BETTER SUIT DIFFERENT NEEDS DEPENDING UPON WHAT COMES OUT OF THE FINAL REPORT, BUT JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
THE OTHER PROJECT WAS THE PRESCOTT VALLEY CIVIC CENTER, WHICH WE OWN A FOUR ACRE LOT OUT THERE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING MAYBE 29,000FT² OF IMPROVEMENTS.
DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO BE TIED TO A SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, JUST HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
WE'VE LOOKED AT SITES, WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME LAYOUTS.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME DEPARTMENT NAMES AND SOME OF THESE, BUT THEY REALLY COULD BE ALL SHIFTED AROUND.
THE SPACES COULD BE SHIFTED AROUND.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CONCEPT, WE HAVE SOME LAND, IT REALLY JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF FINE DIRECTION AND A FUNDING SOURCE, AND WE COULD CERTAINLY TAKE ACTION ON SOME OF THESE. AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS IS WE JUST HIT ON SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE HELD.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAD.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY SOLD THE MARINA BUILDING.
THIS WAS KIND OF A GOOD MARK FOR US, BECAUSE THE BOARD HAD GIVEN US SOME DIRECTION TO OFF SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THIS THAT THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT WE DID SELL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE HAVE BROUGHT SOME MONEY BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND COFFERS BECAUSE OF THAT.
THERE IS OVER 50 ACRES OUT THERE OF BUILDABLE LAND.
WE'D HAVE TO DO SOME GRADING, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE GOT A FOUR ACRE PAD OUT THERE THAT IS NEARLY READY TO BUILD ON.
WE'D HAVE TO BRING SOME UTILITIES INTO, BUT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
AND THEN JUST A RANDOM QUESTION THAT SEEMS TO BE LURKING OUT THERE ABOUT A REGIONAL DISPATCH.
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I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOUR ACRES OUT THERE, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO BRING THIS SLIDE UP IS THERE'S SOME VARYING TOPOGRAPHY ON THAT LAND.THERE'S ACTUALLY A HILL ACROSS THE ROAD.
SO IF WE REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS THE RIGHT SITE FOR A REGIONAL DISPATCH, WE CAN GO HIGHER IN ELEVATION, WHICH IMPROVES COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE THAT LOCATION DOWN IN THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEAD HOLE FOR COMMUNICATION.
AND SO I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT DISPATCH IN THAT AREA.
BUT I DO WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT TEAM IS THINKING ABOUT THINGS IN A COMPLEX WAY, AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT WHENEVER WE'RE ASKED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. LAST PART OF MY PRESENTATION IS MORE CAPITAL PLANNING AND POTENTIALLY CAPITAL SAVINGS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF COMPANIES THROUGH THE YEARS TO DO PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING.
IT'S BEEN CALLED, BUT REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ENERGY UTILITY TELECOM SAVINGS.
I WAS APPROACHED BY ANOTHER COMPANY HERE RECENTLY AND WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW THINGS, AND THEY'VE GOT A SMORGASBORD OF THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO FOR US. AND I THINK SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
AND I WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ENGAGING THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE ENERGY UTILITY TELECOM SAVINGS THAT WE'VE GOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN UPFRONT COST THAT GOES INTO THAT BOTH IN DISCOVERY AND REPLACEMENT.
BUT THE LONG TERM SAVINGS WOULD BENEFIT THE GENERAL FUND OVER THE LONG TERM.
SOME BULLET POINTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMPANY IS AGAIN LIGHTING, HVAC BUILDING ENVELOPE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE BUILDING THAT I THINK COULD BE SEALED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A DESIGN PROCESS TO DO THAT.
THEY DID MAKE COMMENTS ON UTILITY RATE REVIEWS.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE TELECOM SAVINGS.
THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THEY COULD GET US A MUCH BETTER RATE IN WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR OUR PHONES AND OUR INTERNET CONNECTIONS, IF WE WERE TO BUNDLE WITH THEM AND AGAIN, ECONOMY OF SCALE ON THAT, THEY HAD SOME NICE THINGS IN THERE TO MINIMIZE STAFF TIME, WHETHER THAT BE AUTOMATED LIGHTING AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE TOO.
YES, SIR. I SEEM TO RECALL APS CAME TO US SOMETIME BACK AND THEY WERE WILLING TO, I THINK, DO SOME OVERHEAD, C ARPORT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH SOLAR.
ARE WE LOOKING AT DEALING WITH THEM AT ALL AND TRYING TO WORK OUT SOME? YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE INDEPENDENT OF THIS.
SO I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH APS THROUGH THE YEARS.
APS MOVED TO A NEW MODEL A THREE YEARS AGO WHERE RATHER THAN WE BUY THE ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM THE SOLAR PANELS THAT WERE THERE IS WE ESSENTIALLY LEASE THEM LAND IN ORDER TO PUT UP A SOLAR FIELD.
THAT SOLAR ENERGY IS JUST GENERALLY PUT BACK INTO THE GRID FOR APS CONSUMPTION.
AND IT COMES BACK AS A CREDIT ON OUR UTILITY BILL.
SO GOING BACK THREE YEARS WE HAD SUBMITTED A REQUEST WITH THEM.
THEY DIDN'T DO IT THE SECOND YEAR OR DIDN'T TELL US THAT THEY WERE DOING IT THE SECOND YEAR.
WE ARE IN PROCESS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD BE ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF THIS AND JUST KIND OF AN ADDED BENEFIT THERE.
UM, JUST A FEW SLIDES ON SOME OF THE DETAILS AGAIN, THAT I HAD TALKED TO THIS SALESMAN ABOUT POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, A VARIETY OF BUILDINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN HERE FROM THE JUVENILE CENTER, FLEET MANAGEMENT, SUPERIOR COURT, DIFFERENT ISSUES AND DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
AND THAT'S GENERALLY THIS MATRIX THAT HE HAD PUT TOGETHER ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT A 20 YEAR LIFE CYCLE SAVINGS OVER ALL OF THAT.
BUT A LITTLE BIT OF UPFRONT COST.
WE WOULD FINE TUNE THESE NUMBERS AND BRING A GENUINE PROPOSAL BACK.
I THINK THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE ENGAGING WITH THEM AS A CONSULTANT TO DIVE DEEPER INTO SPECIFICALLY, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT WOULD BE OUR RETURN, AND GIVE US SOME VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT.
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WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE.SO THIS ONE'S A GOOD OVERALL CHART.
THE NEXT SLIDE HAS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON SOME LED LIGHTING AND CONTROL.
WE ACTUALLY DID A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT GOING BACK ABOUT SIX YEARS.
WE STARTED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
THE BOARD HAD APPROVED $100,000 A YEAR FOR LED LIGHTING.
WE TOOK THAT AND IMPLEMENTED THAT, LIKE I SAID, $100,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SAVED THAT MONEY BACK THREE TIMES OVER BETWEEN THE REBATES THAT WE GOT FROM THE SWITCH OUT, BECAUSE APS WILL GIVE YOU CERTAIN REBATES BACK ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU BUY. AND THEN WE STARTED REALIZING THE SAVINGS FROM GOING TO THE LED LIGHTING.
AND SO I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST YEAR IT ACTUALLY PAID FOR ITSELF.
AND WE ARE A LITTLE BEYOND THREE YEARS FROM COMPLETING THE WORK THAT WE HAD BEEN APPROVED TO DO.
AND WE CONTINUE TO REALIZE THE SAVINGS SO MUCH THAT WHEN WE ADDED THE JUSTICE CENTER OVER THERE, I BELIEVE THE TOTAL ADD FOR THAT BUILDING WAS A LITTLE OVER $200,000 FOR ELECTRICITY, BUT OUR ELECTRIC LINE ITEM ONLY WENT UP ABOUT $120.
SO WE REALIZED QUITE A BIT OF SAVINGS JUST ON THAT ONE THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS, WE'VE DONE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, CONTINUING THE SAME THING THIS TIME ON MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND AUTOMATION.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE UPDATING SOME OF THAT AND MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THEN WE WOULD START REALIZING THE SAVINGS.
AND THEN WE DO ALSO TALK ABOUT AUTOMATION.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU'VE APPROVED SOME AUTOMATION BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW US TO REMOTELY CONTROL AND MONITOR SOME OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS. IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO MY GUYS.
IT ALLOWS ME TO KEEP MY HVAC TECHS.
I'VE ONLY GOT TWO THAT COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
THEY CAN DO A LOT OF WORK REMOTELY TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE I'VE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS FOR THE HVAC.
HEY, HVAC IS DOWN IN THIS BUILDING.
MY GUYS ARE ALREADY ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY SAW IT.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DISPATCHED BEFORE THE CALL EVER CAME IN TO US.
AND SO THERE'S I THINK A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT.
SOME OF THAT IS SAVINGS IN MANPOWER AND TIMING, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPROVES OUR RESPONSE TIME.
BRANDON I DO HOPE WE COULD ADD ELEVATORS TO THAT, WITH THE TRACKING OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR ELEVATORS OVER HERE IN COTTONWOOD IS NON-EXISTENT IN OUR ELEVATORS DO NOT WORK.
AND AGAIN TODAY THEY ARE NOT WORKING.
I WAS NOT AWARE IT WAS DOWN AGAIN TODAY.
THAT ELEVATOR IS KIND OF OLD, IT'S SUSTAINABLE.
COTTONWOOD WILL PROBABLY LAND ON THE THE AGENDA MAYBE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT JUST LIKE AN OLDER CAR, OVER TIME, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO MAINTAIN IT AND YOU DO REPLACE PARTS, THINGS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FAIL.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S HAD TO TAKE THE STAIRS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT I LOVE STAIRS.
THEY'RE GOOD FOR US. ANYWAY, I SAY THIS ABOUT THAT, BRANDON, FOR SURE.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING GOOD EXERCISE, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR ELEVATORS WORK, P ERIOD.
SO AGAIN, BACK TO THE MODERNIZATION.
THAT ELEVATOR, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IS PUSHING 20 YEARS OLD.
I KNOW IN THIS BUILDING WE ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD FOR THIS ELEVATOR.
AND THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS A MAJOR MODERNIZATION, WHICH LAST ONE WE DID RAN US ABOUT $200,000.
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BRANDON JUST A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO WHEN YOU WORK ON THE SYSTEM HERE FOR AIR CONDITIONING HEATING IN THIS BUILDING.SO RIGHT NOW CHAIRMAN GREGORY HAS CONTROL OF MY OFFICE AT LEAST.
OH WELL THE HEAT'S ON AND THEN, YOU KNOW.
SO WE, WE DID A HVAC UPGRADE AT THE COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE HERE IN PRESCOTT.
AND IT ACTUALLY HAS WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
IT'S A WHAT THEY CALL A VRF, A VARIABLE REFRIGERANT SYSTEM AND VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW SYSTEM.
AND IT ALLOWS ESSENTIALLY CASSETTES TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL ROOMS. AND EVERYBODY GETS THEIR OWN THERMOSTAT, THEIR OWN CONTROL.
THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HEATING AND COOLING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THOSE SYSTEMS. GREGORY COULD HAVE AC, YOU COULD HAVE HEAT, AND THEY SHOULD BOTH FUNCTION AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THAT IS THE TYPE OF SYSTEM WE'RE TARGETING FOR THIS BUILDING.
IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND INTRUSIVE IN THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND I'M ACTUALLY HOPING TO START THE DESIGN PROCESS ON THAT.
I WANT TO ACTUALLY DO THE DESIGN ALONG WITH CAMP VERDE.
SO ANYWAY. BUT THANK YOU, BRANDON.
YEAH, REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO HAVE AS MUCH INDIVIDUAL CONTROL IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, THERE'S ALWAYS KIND OF THIS THERMOSTAT WAR THAT GOES ON.
AND WITH THAT, THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M OPEN FOR ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
IF NOT, I'LL LET MAURY RUN THE SHOW.
SO JUST TO RECAP, BRANDON, WE'RE LOOKING AT MARCH OF 24 WHEN WE'LL HAVE THAT THE STUDY DONE AND WHERE WE CAN EVALUATE IT AND START MAKING DECISIONS ON. YES. YEAH, YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE A DRAFT REPORT FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, PROBABLY THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REVIEW PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FINALIZED BY THE END OF MONTH. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRANDON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BRANDON AND HIS TEAM FOR LOOKING AT THIS.
SO I ANTICIPATE YOU WILL SEE SOME ACTION BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE JUST DONE SOME INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERY, BUT WE THINK THIS PROBABLY MAKES SENSE FOR US IN SOME REGARD.
BEFORE WE GO. ARE WE LOOKING AT PROSSER AT ALL? WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT, WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE SOME OF THE FILES OUT THERE ARE STORED, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE P UT ONLINE OR DONE SOMETHING BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THAT ONE CHART UP THERE ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AT COMMERCE, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT RECORDS HOLDING.
I THINK IT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE, AND I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR AREA.
NO, ACTUALLY IT HANDLES RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT DIGITIZING SOME OF THAT.
FORTUNATELY, I DON'T DO ANY OF THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
WE DO MANAGE THE MAIL ROOM, BUT I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH THE STATE ARCHIVE OFFICE, WHICH I BELIEVE IRON MOUNTAIN HANDLES SOME OF THAT. AND I BELIEVE ELECTIONS WORK WITH IRON MOUNTAIN.
SOMEBODY WORKS WITH IRON MOUNTAIN HERE.
BUT NO, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING UNDER MY PURVIEW.
YES, SIR. YEAH. SO IF WE MANAGED TO GET A LOT OF THAT PUT ONLINE, DO WE SEE A NEED TO KEEP PROSSER? COULD CERTAINLY BE UP FOR DISCUSSION, WHETHER THAT'S A BUILDING THAT WE DECIDE TO REPURPOSE.
IT COULD BE A BIT OF WHAT I CALL THE SHELL GAME.
IF WE WANT TO MOVE A DEPARTMENT THAT COULD FUNCTION IN THAT BUILDING BY ITSELF, INTO THAT BUILDING, TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE AND FREE UP SPACE IN ANOTHER LOCATION, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO WITH THAT, TO REPURPOSE IT.
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EXPANSION ON AN EXISTING BUILDING OR DEVELOPING A NEW SITE.BUT IF WE DID BUILD SOMETHING OVER ON COMMERCE, AND WE COULD POSSIBLY MOVE SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY OVER THERE TO INCLUDE ALSO TRIPLE C, RIGHT? TOTALLY OPEN THAT ONE SKETCH THAT YOU SAW FOR THE COMMERCE BUILDING.
I'VE PROBABLY REVISED A HALF A DOZEN TIMES, CHANGED THE NAMES AROUND, CHANGED THE SHAPES.
SO IT'S VERY MALLEABLE AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE DEPARTMENTS WE'VE LISTED THERE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO TO GET A LITTLE MORE INPUT COMING FROM THE REPORT ABOUT WHERE DO OUR SERVICES NEED TO BE HERE IN TOWN, IN OUR MUNICIPAL AREAS AND IN OUR RURAL AREAS.
AND TO SUPERVISOR MICHAELS POINTS, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER SERVICES OUT THERE? AND AND I THINK THAT ALL KIND OF PLAYS INTO THAT SAME CONVERSATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, BRANDON, JUST REAL QUICK, I KNOW THAT OVER SEVERAL PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE HEARD SUPERVISOR BROWN TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAD SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, I THINK, TO KIND OF REVAMP REMODEL THAT BUILDING OVER THERE AND MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE DOCUMENTS AND CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE THE ORIGINAL EXPENSE, I GUESS, ON WHERE THAT WAS IN THE BEGINNING. I'D HAVE TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH, BUT I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION ON THAT BUILDING.
WE REROOFED IT, WE REPLACED HVAC, REPAINTED, SEALED SOME WINDOWS.
IF WE CONTINUE TO KEEP IT, THEN WE JUST REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE WORK THAT WE PUT INTO IT.
WAS A LOT OF THAT WORK DONE JUST BECAUSE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE IN THERE, OR DID THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, WHETHER IT BE THE DOCUMENTS OR OCCUPANTS IN THERE? IT WAS REALLY IT WAS AT A POINT IN LIFE WHERE THE ROOF WAS AGING OUT, THE EQUIPMENT WAS AGING OUT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF PROTECTING OUR ASSETS, PROTECTING OUR BUILDINGS.
YOU GOT TO START WITH THE ROOF. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY ROOF LEAKS, THAT CAUSES DAMAGES DOWN BELOW.
SO WE WE JUST DID A SIMPLE REFRESH.
SOME OF IT WAS REAL STRAIGHTFORWARD, JUST PAINTING AND CLEANING UP OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
WE DID REPAVE BECAUSE THE PAVING HAD FAILED IN THERE.
IT WAS 40 YEARS OLD OR WHATEVER.
IT HAD SEEN ITS LIFE CYCLE, SO IT WAS MORE OF A LIFE CYCLING THING ON THAT BUILDING.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO BREAK BEFORE WE START ON THE NEXT, TEN MINUTES.
EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN.
CATHERINE'S GOT OUR PULLED UP ON THE SCREEN.
WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA.
AND THEN WE WANT TO COME BACK AFTER WE REVIEW BOTH OF THOSE AND TALK ABOUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPEND SOME FUNDS THAT ARE FALLING TO THE THE BOTTOM LINE HERE AND SEE WHERE THAT CONVERSATION TAKES US.
VERY GOOD. I'M GOING TO UPDATE US ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ARPA FUNDS CURRENTLY.
SO IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE SPENT ABOUT $732,000.
FISCAL YEAR 23 WE SPENT ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.
SO OUT OF $45.6 MILLION, THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT FOR FISCAL YEAR.
24 BUDGET IS SITTING AT $26.6.
I ANTICIPATE US DOING MUCH BETTER DURING THIS CURRENT YEAR TO GET THAT A BUNCH OF THAT MONEY SPENT, BUT I DO ANTICIPATE SOME OF THAT STILL ROLLING OVER INTO THE NEXT YEAR, SO THAT $16 WILL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THERE IN YOUR PACKETS.
ALSO, I HAVE DETAIL OF WHAT ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE THAT MAKE UP ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS.
SO. [INAUDIBLE] SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE.
SO MOVING ON TO WHERE ARE THERE ANY FUNDS LEFT ON THE BOTTOM LINE.
WE HAVE REASSIGNED PORTIONS OF THOSE DOLLARS TO CREATE THE ARPA STANDARD ALLOWANCE.
SO THAT $10 MILLION, IF YOU RECALL, IS CAN BE SPENT AND NOT UNDER THE STRINGENT ARPA GUIDELINES AND CAN BE USED FOR MORE VARIETY OF PROJECTS. THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED AND LISTED ON THAT DETAIL ARE IN THAT THIRD LINE THERE.
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AND I WANT TO POINT OUT TOO, UNDER THE ARPA STANDARD ALLOWANCE, I DID SPLIT OUT THE ERP DOLLARS AND CREATE FUNDING IN THERE FOR THE WINDMILL PARK. SO THAT'S IN THAT IN THAT CATEGORY.SO THEN THERE'S YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE CATEGORIES.
SO WATER AND SEWER $9.2 MILLION.
BROADBAND $17 POINT ALMOST FIVE.
OTHER PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE AIR AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS $5.1 PLUS THERE'S $2.7 THAT'S UNASSIGNED.
AND THEN THE ARPA STANDARD ALLOWANCE OF $9.4.
AND THERE'S ABOUT $569,000 THAT I DO NOT HAVE ASSIGNED TO ANY CURRENT PROJECTS.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW UNASSIGNED IS $3.3 MILLION.
AND I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE OTHER PIECE OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CONSISTENCY FUNDS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO IN THE ACRONYM LATCF.
THESE ARE GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS, AND THEY REALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY EXCLUSIONS OTHER THAN LOBBYING.
THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT ON SPENDING THESE FUNDS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL $12 MILLION.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS WOULD BE ONE TIME TYPE EXPENDITURES.
SO THAT WOULD TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OF THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE EARMARKED UNDER THE LATCF GLASSFORD HILL COMMITMENT IS $1,837,000.
THERE'S ALSO THE CSA INITIATIVE FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC LANDS OF $120,000.
THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER IDEAS.
THE ONE TIME THE BUFFER DEL RIO SPRINGS IS STILL A POTENTIAL PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL ABILITY TO SPEND THAT THROUGH ARPA.
BEING AN OUTDOOR PARK THAT MAYBE IT FITS THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR ARPA AND WE CAN SPEND IT THERE.
SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO THIS SLIDE.
YEAH. BEFORE YOU DO, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE FOR A MOMENT CATHERINE? SO IF I RECALL, IN DOING THE MATH, WHERE DO WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITH THE LATCF BEFORE YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE DEL RIO SPRINGS? ABOUT NINE AND ONE HALF? ALL $12 MILLION, MINUS ALMOST $2 MILLION, SO CLOSE TO $10 MILLION.
OKAY. SO YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE GREEN BOX BEING PRETTY CRITICAL HERE FOR US.
THIS BUFFER FOR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION PRESSURES.
SO I BELIEVE OUR RECOMMENDATION I KNOW OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS TO THE BOARD.
WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO KIND OF STAND DOWN ON THE USE OF LATCF AT THIS POINT AND MAINTAIN WHERE WE'RE AT THE NINE AND A HALF TO $10 MILLION AS OUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT BUFFER LIMITATION BUFFER.
WE CAN CARRY THAT FORWARD AS WE NEED TO.
I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAVE ON GLASSFORD HILL, HOW MUCH DID WE AGREE TO PAY ON THAT ALTOGETHER? THE COMMITMENT WAS $1.8.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE NOT PAID ANYTHING ON? WE'VE PAID SOME INITIAL, ON LAND SURVEYS AND SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
BUT THIS IS THE MAIN PORTION OF THE PAYMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAND.
OKAY. YEAH. THIS IS THE TOTAL CORRECT.
YEAH. SO THOSE EVEN THOSE FEES ARE INCLUDED IN THE $1.8.
OKAY, SO ALL THE $12 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FOR LATCF YOU'RE RECOMMENDING KEEPING $9 MILLION FOR EXPENDITURE LIMIT? AS OF THAT BUFFER.
OKAY. THEN, CATHERINE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SECOND SLIDE THERE.
SO SHE INDICATED DOWN BELOW, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST MADE SOME NOTE OF SOME THINGS SO THAT WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND HERE AS WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL USES OF THIS REMAINING $3.3, YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE TO OUR INDOOR AIR QUALITY, THE HVAC SYSTEMS FOR THIS BUILDING.
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WE'RE ANTICIPATING HIGHER EXPENSES THAN ORIGINALLY BUDGETED HERE.THEN YOU'LL SEE THE CAMP VERDE COURTHOUSE, SAME ISSUE HVAC OVER THERE.
WE'RE THINKING THAT'S GOING TO LIKELY COME IN HIGHER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
SO RECOMMENDING $1.7 THERE IS A CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE AWARE OF A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED.
AND WE THROW IN ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE'VE GOT A PLAYGROUND DOWN AT MODEL CREEK SCHOOL.
THEY'VE MADE A REQUEST FOR $126,500.
WE THINK THAT THAT IS A QUALIFYING USE.
SO WE'VE PUT THAT UP THERE AND THEN WE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT.
SO THAT'S I THINK IT'S $126,000 ALTOGETHER COUNTING THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN DEL RIO SPRINGS RANCH STATE PARK YOU KNOW WE HAD THAT.
WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND I BELIEVE AS I SHARED, THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY DURING THAT PRESENTATION THAT IN LOOKING AT THAT, WE THINK THAT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ARPA FUNDS.
SO THAT'S A WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF THESE DOLLARS.
IT'S A PROJECT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
THERE APPEARS TO BE BOARD SUPPORT.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE REALLY WANT TO OPEN UP THIS TO CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD TO GET YOUR IDEAS ON THESE CHANGES THAT WE'VE LISTED HERE AND OTHER ONES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US CONSIDER AS WE NEED TO GET THIS $3.3 SPOKEN FOR.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT $3.3 SO ALL THOSE TOGETHER EQUAL OUT TO ABOUT $3 OR $4 MILLION.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS ON THE CAMP VERDE COURTHOUSE.
IS THAT A FAIRLY NEW BUILDING? I JUST WONDER IF THAT BUILDING HVAC IS NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
I KNOW WE'RE STILL PAYING OFF ON THAT BUILDING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE PAYING OFF ON THAT BUILDING.
I BELIEVE YOU, THOUGH. SO WHAT WE RAN INTO.
YEAH, WE STILL HAVE SOME LEFT TO PAY OFF ON THAT BUILDING I HATE TO THINK THAT WE'VE ALREADY REACHED THE END OF LIFE.
SO THERE'S TWO KIND OF COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THAT SYSTEM.
ONE OF THEM WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE BUILDING, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW THE SYSTEM MEASURES THE VOLUME OF AIRFLOW MOVING THROUGH THE BUILDING AND THE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT WAS PUT IN THERE.
AND SO IT KIND OF BAKES THE DUST ON THERE.
AND SO WHAT WE GET IS TOO MUCH AIR IN THE COURTROOMS. AND SO OUR COURT FOLKS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE THAT'S IN THERE AND NOT ENOUGH AIRFLOW AT THE OFFICES DOWNSTREAM.
AND SO THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT BEING HOT OR COLD OR WHATEVER.
AND SO IT CAN CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF AIRFLOW TO DIFFERENT AREAS IF IT KNEW WHAT IT WAS DOING.
SO WE'VE KIND OF GOT THIS LITTLE PROBLEM KIND OF BAKED INTO THE THE BUILDING THAT WE CAN'T SEEM TO RECTIFY SHORT OF REPLACING A LOT OF THESE DEVICES ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE VFD SO THAT THE SYSTEM UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH AIR IT'S MOVING.
SO WE'VE GOT THAT ISSUE GOING ON WITH IT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAD TO DO WITH TIMING OR IF THE EPA'S REGULATIONS ON FREON, BUT THAT SYSTEM, AND I'M PROBABLY USING THE WRONG TERMS, USES AN OLD R POSSIBLY 22 THAT WAS RECENTLY OUTDATED AND IT IS CAUSING US AN ARM AND A LEG EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE TO CHARGE THAT SYSTEM.
AND WHAT WE'VE HAD HAPPEN IS WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMPRESSORS FAIL OVER THERE OVER TIME.
AND SO WE JUST EXPECT THAT COST TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MITIGATE TWO PROBLEMS CHANGING THE SYSTEM OVER TO A NEWER STYLE FREON SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER DEAL, SOMETHING MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, AND THEN ALSO ADDRESS THE AIRFLOW ISSUES SO THAT THE SYSTEM UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT'S DOING THERE SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY, WE CAN IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SYSTEM,
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AND THEN ALSO UPDATE THE FREON PORTION OF THAT PROJECT OF THAT BUILDING.AND WHEN YOU TRY AND PUT IN A NEW REFRIGERANT, IT DOESN'T DO WELL.
IT DOESN'T OPERATE THE WAY IT SHOULD.
WE GOT TO CHANGE THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE EQUIPMENT.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO RE PIPE EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE VFDS WHERE IT'S JUST ABOUT THE AIRFLOW MONITORS ON THE VFDS.
OKAY, THANKS. THANKS, BRANDON.
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I THINK WE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE STILL IN SOME OF THE ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH.
SO I ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE SOME MONEY FALLING TO THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE AS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE FULLY EXPEND THESE DOLLARS.
WHAT AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM QUALIFY FOR OUR COTTONWOOD BUILDING IN ANY WAY AT ALL? I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.
BUT NOW THAT YOU ASK, I DO HAVE SOME CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO YES, VICE CHAIR PEEPLES VALLEY, WE HAVE THE OLD SCHOOL DOWN THERE.
I THINK IT'LL BE HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] BIRTHDAY AND ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO.
BASICALLY, RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN PEEPLES VALLEY, AND IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING DOESN'T FALL DOWN LIKE WE HAD THE ONE IN CONGRESS, WHICH I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN THERE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF FACILITIES WOULD'VE MAINTAINED THAT THING, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BECOME SO DILAPIDATED THAT THEY HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN.
AND I THINK SOMEBODY HERE SIGNED A DOCUMENT TO DESTROY THAT BUILDING.
SO ANYWAY, WE GOT THIS ONE IN PEEPLES VALLEY, AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT $103,000 TO BRING THAT BACK UP TO SERVICEABLE CONDITION.
IT'S USED BY A LOT OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THAT'S $100,000.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER WHETHER THAT COULD BE UNDER.
MOST LIKELY THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE ON THAT ONE.
AND ONE OTHER THING I HAVE IS WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO IMPROVE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE IN MY AREA, IN MY DISTRICT. AND RIGHT NOW, PEEPLES VALLEY HAS TO GO QUITE A DISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE FIRE SERVICE.
SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO DONATE LAND DOWN AT KIRKLAND.
IF WE COULD FIND SOME FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PUT UP A TWO BAY FIRE STATION.
AND I THINK THAT TWO BAY FIRE STATION IS ABOUT $280 K.
UM, THIS LOCATION WOULD BE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE HILLSIDE, OBVIOUSLY KIRKLAND, SKULL VALLEY, AND ALSO WILHOIT AND WAGNER AND PLACES LIKE THAT.
I'M SURE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY HERE EXCEPT FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR MALLORY, PROBABLY HAS VERY RURAL AREAS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND CONCERNED ABOUT TRYING TO GET EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE SUPPORT OUT THERE.
SO I DO HAVE TO SAY I DO HAVE WALKER AND THEY ARE A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT UP IN THERE.
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AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTERS, WHERE WE HOLD OUR TOWN HALLS AND DIFFERENT PLACES LIKE THAT.WE NEED TO LOOK AT INVESTING IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE ONE DOWN IN COURTICE THAT'S A VOTING CENTER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THE PARKING LOT PAVED, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
SO IF WE CAN JUST LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY AND BRING THOSE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TO LOOK AT FUNDING THOSE PROJECTS, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO TOUCH THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S A GOOD ASSET FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY BREAKFASTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE THEY MEET AND WE MEET.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CAUSE TO SPEND SOME MONEY WITH ESSER.
GREGORY ON THAT THERE'S A AND A LOT OF OUR MORE RURAL AREAS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT APPEAR TO BE THAT RURAL BECAUSE YOU DRIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, 179 INTO, YOU KNOW, THE PATCH SEDONA TOURIST CENTER THAT SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO GET A LAB DRAW THAT YOUR DOCTOR MIGHT ORDER.
AND IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, FOREVER.
AND DEPENDING ON THE TRAFFIC AND THE DAY OF THE WEEK TO GET INTO SEDONA.
SO SOME OF THESE REALLY BASIC FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES RELATED TO HEALTH CARE ARE JUST NOT IN OUR AREA AND THINK WE COULD DO THE SERVICE, NOT ONLY THE 8,000 PLUS FOLKS IN THE VFC AREA, BUT I'LL BET GOOD MONEY THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO JUST DIDN'T COME INTO THE VFC THAT FIGHT THE TRAFFIC TO GET INTO SEDONA, AND SOME OF THE FOLKS FROM SEDONA WOULD COME TO THE VFC TO HAVE A MORE TIMELY SERVICE RENDERED TO THEM.
SO SOME OF THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HAVE A LOCATION AND, YOU KNOW, MAURY, YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT, MARTY'S LOOKED AT IT. IT'S PART OF A ESSENTIALLY FALLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR FIVE, SIX YEARS WITH THE INTERMITTENT FOLKS WHO HAVE UTILIZED IT AND SOME THAT ARE THERE NOW IN SOME SMALL FOOTPRINT.
BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT PART OF IT, OR ALL OF IT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO BEGIN BRINGING OUR COUNTY SERVICES THERE AS A WAY TO MITIGATE THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO MAKE IT INTO COTTONWOOD.
AND CERTAINLY IF THERE'S ANY MONEY LEFT OVER, [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL NEEDS SOME REPAIR IN ORDER TO IN SOME CASES BE HABITABLE.
NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW IT'S FALLING DOWN AROUND THEM, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE SOME OF THE ROOF REPAIR THAT WERE LEAKING HAS OCCURRED. AND IF WE WERE TO GET THAT FIXED, YOU'D HAVE PRETTY GOOD FACILITY TO USE IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS, INCLUDING LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP WE COULD CREATE WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE ENTITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS WELL.
BUT A GATHERING PLACE, AS A SUPERVISOR GREGORY SAY SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO READ.
WE NEED TO PUT DESPERATE FOR A COMMUNITY SETTING IN THE VILLAGE AS WELL [INAUDIBLE] SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER LOOK AT HOW WE CAN REPURPOSE, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HEARING IN BOTH CASES WITH THE SUPERVISOR OBERG AS WELL. UH, WHAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO A BETTER OR CONTINUED USE OR MORE APPROPRIATE USE IN THE TIME THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WITHOUT A STUDENT POPULATION THERE, WHAT IS IT WE CAN DO WITH THAT FACILITY, THEN THAT WOULD BRING SERVICES TO A COMMUNITY AND WANT THAT TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR THINKING NOW, IT'S NOT JUST BUILDING A NEW FACILITY, IT'S REPURPOSING BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A DESIRE FOR IT, JUST AS SURELY AS A SUPERVISOR.
GREGORY AND OBERG HAVE HEARD FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
SO WELL, I GOT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO OFFER IF I CAN.
OKAY, BUT AGAIN I THINK WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET THIS 45.6 MILLION AND THE 12 MILLION.
I'M NOT CERTAIN WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE FUTURE LIKE THIS.
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SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY AND TAKE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING OUT IN THE IN THE COUNTY.WE DID THAT WITH THE WATER, BUT I THINK SOME OF THIS OTHER FUNDING THAT IF WE CAN IF WE CAN SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES IN ANY WAY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SCHOOL SITUATION WITH THE PLAYGROUND.
SO SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE THERE IS JUST BEEN DETERMINED TO BE UNSAFE FOR KIDS TO USE.
IT CAN'T BE USED, AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE NEED TO TRY AND REPLACE IT AND HELP THEM OUT, AND SO I THINK SINCE THEY'RE PROVIDING A PORTION OF THE FUNDING, THIS THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
SAME THING WITH THE FIRE STATION.
WE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUARTER OR A HALF AN ACRE TO PUT THE BUILDING ON AND THAT JUST THEY'RE ALREADY COMING OUT WITH HELP AND THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL HELP FROM US.
SO I THINK THEY THEY'RE STRONG CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO LET ME TRY TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I'VE HEARD HERE, AND LET ME START BY SAYING I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD, AND I THINK THAT'S ALIGNING WITH STAFF'S PROPOSAL AND DIRECTION.
SO TO RECAP, WE'RE SAYING WE'VE GOT ABOUT 3.3 LEFT TO SPEND.
WE THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OVERAGES.
SO THAT'S GOING TO DECREASE THAT SOMEWHAT.
SO WE KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY HERE, BUT A FEW MILLION DOLLARS.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ALLOCATE.
I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
SO WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT YOU ALL, IF YOU HAVEN'T SUBMIT THOSE THOUGHTS AND ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT IN TERMS OF PROPOSED COST TO MYSELF AND MARTY AND CATHERINE AND I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE, AND PERHAPS AS WE GET CLOSER TO A DEFINED NUMBER OF WHAT WE'VE GOT LEFT, WE LOOK AT SOME ALLOCATION BASED ON AND I HESITATE HERE, I'M GOING TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE MODEL LAST YEAR.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, FOLKS? SO AGAIN, IF YOU SUBMIT THOSE, WHETHER THEY'RE SIDEWALK PLANS OR OR COMMUNITY CENTERS OR COUNTY PARKS, THOSE SORT OF NEEDS AGAIN, I THINK IS A GREAT PLACE TO LOOK AT SPENDING THE EXISTING FUNDS.
SO AGAIN, GATHER THAT INFORMATION, SEND IT TO US.
OH I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT I DON'T KNOW THREE MONTHS.
ANYWAY IT'D BE NICE TO MAKE SENSE TWO MONTHS.
CATHERINE'S ONLY GIVING YOU TWO.
I KNOW. OKAY, AND IT'S NOT FIRST IN FIRST SERVE, BY THE WAY.
ANYTHING ELSE, CATHERINE, ON THAT TOPIC? NO. OKAY.
OKAY, SO I JUST REFERENCED THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
I HAVE ALSO HEARD SOME DESIRE FROM A NUMBER OF YOU THAT WE NEED TO BE ACTIVELY AND PROBABLY QUICKLY LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS COMING UP HERE SOON, IDENTIFYING ANY FINANCIAL FUNDING REQUESTS WE WANT TO MAKE OF OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION BEFORE THIS SESSION COMES ABOUT.
SO THIS PART OF THE SESSION HERE TODAY IS TRULY MEANT TO BE A DISCUSSION AND HOPING THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE ARE AND PRIORITIZE THEM AND DETERMINE WHAT ARE OUR TOP, MAYBE THREE PRIORITIES THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION WANT TO SUBMIT TO OUR DELEGATION FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING.
ON THAT I KNOW THERE'S A BIG DEFICIT THIS YEAR.
LOOKING AT ANOTHER ABOUT FOUR FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE NOT WASTING OUR LEGISLATORS TIMES OR OUR TIMES BY COMMITTING THOSE REQUESTS.
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PRIORITY, AND I'M THINKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN THE COUNTY, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT PRETTY HARD CORE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REQUEST FROM THE LEGISLATORS, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MUCH.SO WE REALLY NEED TO PUSH AS A TEAM ON WHAT WE NEED TO GET ACCOMPLISHED, AND WE NEED TO PUT OUR COUNTY'S HATS ON, NOT OUR DISTRICT HATS, TO MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR SUPERVISOR BROWN LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS ONE ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES LAST YEAR TO ACCOMPLISH.
YEAH I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, CHAIRMAN.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON 89 FOR AS LONG AS HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE, AND RIGHT AFTER THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FROM THE STATE, WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO MORE FATALITIES OUT THERE.
SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO GET MOVING FORWARD, AND THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET BEHIND AND MAKE SURE THE STATE UNDERSTANDS THAT IS A VERY URGENT MATTER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC WORKS.
COME ON UP HERE FOR A MOMENT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME STUDIES DONE TO DETERMINE [INAUDIBLE] WE'VE HAD SOME STUDIES DONE TO DETERMINE WHERE WE HAD UNSAFE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AS FAR AS PASSING TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE IN CHINO VALLEY.
I THINK IT'S A ROUNDABOUT THAT SUPERVISOR BROWN WAS, WAS TRYING TO GET.
WAS THAT IN THAT ORIGINAL STUDY THAT WE HAD FOR STATE FUNDING SAFETY FUNDING.
DAN CHERRY, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
IT WAS LAST YEAR THERE WAS SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S THE SECTION OF 89 BETWEEN ROAD THREE NORTH AND ROAD FIVE NORTH, WHICH CURRENTLY AT NEXT DOWN FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY, AND FOR THOSE FAMILIAR, THERE'S ALREADY A ROUNDABOUT AT 89 AND ROAD FOUR NORTH, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE AT ROAD FIVE NORTH, AND LAST YEAR THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT INCLUDING THAT ROUNDABOUT IN THE WIDENING PLANS.
OVERALL, IT WAS PUSHING THE BUDGET CONSIDERABLY HIGHER, UPWARDS OF LIKE 18-$19M, IF I RECALL FOR ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN REVISITING THAT THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF GNASHING OF TEETH AND WHATNOT WITH IT NOT GETTING FUNDED IN THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND SO I DO BELIEVE OUR OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO PULL THAT ROUNDABOUT OUT OF THE ASK THIS YEAR AND JUST FOCUS MONEY ON THE WIDENING FROM THREE NORTH TO FIVE NORTH, AND PROBABLY CONSIDER THE ROUNDABOUT AT THAT INTERSECTION IN THE FUTURE DIFFERENT YEAR.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH SO IS THAT GOING TO BE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.
SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS ACTUALLY DIRECT ALLOCATION THROUGH THE STATE BUDGET FOR THAT NOT HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOLLARS OKAY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOLLARS.
THE STUDY WAS GOING TO BE ON IRON SPRINGS.
CORRECT. [INAUDIBLE] VALLEY AND CORRECT.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY NEARING THE COMPLETION OF A COUNTY ROAD SAFETY STUDY THAT INCLUDES IRON SPRINGS ROAD, A PORTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRESCOTT AND PIONEER PARKWAY, PIONEER PARKWAY ITSELF, AND THEN WE ADDED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF CORNVILLE ROAD AS WELL FOR THAT, AND THAT IS FUNDED FULLY BY COUNTY REGIONAL ROADS PROGRAM FUNDING, AND WE ANTICIPATE BUDGETING DOLLARS FOR THAT FOR IMPROVEMENTS OUT OF THAT REGIONAL ROADS PROGRAM, BUT WE'LL ALWAYS BE WATCHING OUT FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET FUNDING, EITHER THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOLLARS OR POTENTIALLY THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] OR THE VVTPO TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAY.
SO THE ONES THAT ARE PART OF THE STUDY, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THAT AS A PRIORITY IN THIS.
LISTING OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO THE I WOULD SUGGEST NOT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION JUST BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THERE IS SOME CONSENSUS ABOUT TRYING TO PRIORITIZE 89 AT THIS TIME, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TWO IMPROVEMENT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON IRON SPRINGS ROAD FOR AUXILIARY LANES FOR PASSING TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ILLEGAL PASSING AND WHATNOT.
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ON THAT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING THOSE FORWARD WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF, I WOULD SAY.SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE WIDENING, NOT THE ROUNDABOUT THAT WOULD THAT.
SO AS PART OF WHAT [INAUDIBLE] HAS LOOKED AT TO TRY TO LOBBY THE STATE LEGISLATURE THROUGH THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL, AS DISCUSSED HERE ALREADY, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] REGION HAS BEEN 89 PROJECT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHINO, BUT THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT KIND OF SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF THE DOLLAR GETS STRETCHED FAR ENOUGH AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS HERE ABOUT WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY MONEY FOR THEM TO SHARE AROUND, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF KIND OF SOME REGIONAL PAVEMENT PRESERVATION DOLLARS AS WELL, AND WE HAD IDENTIFIED ROUGHLY ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR ALREADY PLANNED PROJECT OR SENATOR HIGHWAY, AND THAT IF SOMETHING CAME THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT, WE WOULD HAVE SOME MONEY EARMARKED FOR SENATOR HIGHWAY.
IT WOULD FREE UP SOME OF OUR OWN REGIONAL ROAD DOLLARS.
IF THAT COMES TO PASS, THAT COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, AND THEN I BELIEVE NACOG IS DOING A STUDY WITH SIMPLE.
CORRECT, AND I CAN I CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO RECENTLY, NACOG WAS AWARDED A GRANT FOR A SAFETY STUDY ON THEIR VERDE VALLEY AS A WHOLE.
THAT GRANT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT WILL BE FUNNELED THROUGH THE STATE.
NACOG UTILIZED THE ARIZONA SMART FUND, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MPOS AND COGS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO THEY WILL BE PROCEEDING ON THAT AND SEEKING OUT A CONSULTANT TO COMPLETE THAT STUDY, AND THE HOPE IS THAT STUDY WILL RESULT IN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE VERDE VALLEY AND GET THE COMMUNITIES AND THE VERDE VALLEY ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON ON CHASING THOSE DOLLARS BUT IT DON'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE CUT OFF FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE BUDGET.
NO, THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE YEAR.
THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MICHAELS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OTHER THAN THE VERDE VALLEY INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT WE'RE GETTING INCREASED POPULATION AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AND YOU KNOW DAN AS WELL 179 AND 17 THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF LIFE NOW, AND LINE OF SIGHT IS A REAL CONCERN, AND HOW WE NEGOTIATE WITH ADOT TO RESOLVE THAT MATTER IS THE QUESTION, AND DAN I KNOW IS WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. SO IT IS REALLY DOWN TO SAFETY ISSUES WITH OUR INGRESS EGRESS TO OUR COMMUNITIES NOW.
CERTAINLY SO, AND I BELIEVE WE RECENTLY PROVIDED THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH A TEMPLATE TO BE SENT DOWN TO ADOT, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY AT THAT INTERCHANGE AT 179 AND I-17 IN PREPARATION FOR A OVERPASS BRIDGE REPLACEMENT THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP IN FY 26.
I WILL ALSO SAY WE HAVE ON TAP MORE IMPROVEMENTS COMING ON CORNVILLE ROAD.
I KNOW THE EXISTING ONES THAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE, SAFETY RELATED RIGHT NOW ARE CERTAINLY CAUSING HEARTACHE AND FRUSTRATION AS THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON BUT WE'VE GOT CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING THAT'S COMING THROUGH HERE.
AS SOON AS THAT PROJECT'S DONE, WE HOPE TO FINISH UP THE DESIGN ON A ROUNDABOUT AT TISSAW ROAD, WHICH WILL HAVE DIRECT SAFETY IMPLICATIONS ON THE VERDE SANTA FE AREA AT TISSAW, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ADOT WILL MANAGE THAT CONTRACT, BUT THE COUNTY WILL BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THAT, AND ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHICH WILL NOT BE EASY, WE SEE THERE BEING DRAMATIC BENEFIT IN SAFETY ON THAT SEGMENT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION OF THAT, AND THERE'S BEEN A REAL OUTCRY, IF YOU WILL, OF THE COMMUNITY.
VERDE SANTA FE, BUT ALSO FROM CORNVILLE PEOPLE TAKE THAT CORNVILLE ROAD, MINGUS TO CONNECT 89
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AND INTO COTTONWOOD OR PARTS UNKNOWN, AND IT'S BECOMING A REAL RISK NOW.DAN, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME RESULTS WITH THAT PRETTY SOON? YES, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE TWO PROJECTS GOING AT THE SAME TIME? SO I'M HOPING FOR A LITTLE BREAK BETWEEN THE TWO.
THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE AT ABOUT 90%, AND WE HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE 90% LEVEL WAITING FOR ADOT TO CATCH UP, AS THEY DO NEED TO ADMINISTER THAT, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE PLANS IN THEIR HANDS RIGHT NOW ARE REVIEWING THEM.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMMENTS COMING BACK SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THOSE PLANS AND GET THEM TO 100%, AND THEN WE EXPECT ADOT TO WORK TOWARDS PUTTING TOGETHER BID DOCUMENTS AND GETTING IT ADVERTISED FOR BIDS, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 MONTHS, IF I HAD TO GUESS.
SO YOU'RE COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR, THEN THAT ROUNDABOUT, SUCH A PROJECTION, IF WE'RE ALL LUCKY AND GETTING ADOT FOCUSED ON IT? SO DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER, BUT THEY'RE TELLING ME AN 18-MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME ON THAT.
SO 89 FOR THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE CYCLE, OTHER THAN 89 IS THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS COUNTYWIDE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO ASK FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE? I AM ALWAYS OPEN TO IDEAS, BUT I THINK WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE VERDE VALLEY, WHICH IS CORNVILLE ROAD.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THAT THING PRIORITIZED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT.
I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THAT, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT AT THIS POINT, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT SAFETY STUDY THAT IS GOING TO COMMISSION AND HAVE DONE, AND THEN WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HOW THE STATE'S DOING ON ITS REVENUES AND WHATNOT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND SEE WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS IT.
ALSO, I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES IN BOUNDARIES.
IF SOMETHING CHANGES ON THAT SIMPLE CAN BE A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE VERDE VALLEY AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO DO MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT ONE TIME, BECAUSE IF AND I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS DRIVEN AROUND PRESCOTT VALLEY AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOT EASY, AND THERE ARE EVERY ROAD YOU GO DOWN IS ALMOST CLOSED OFF AND YOU GO AROUND.
SO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE KIND OF DOING ONE AT A TIME, BECAUSE OVER WHERE PRESCOTT VALLEY IS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ALL BEING DONE AT ONE TIME, AND I WOULD IMAGINE OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE FEELS THE SAME WAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMITMENTS ON 97? AS FAR AS COUNTY DOLLARS GO, WE DO NOT.
WE HAVE AT THE REQUEST OF OF ADOT, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR TWO LARGE SCALE FEDERAL GRANTS.
ONE WAS A RAISED GRANT AND THE OTHER WAS A I APOLOGIZE, THE ACRONYM IS ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW, BUT SIMILARLY, A $25 MILLION GRANT APPLICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTING BOTH $10 MILLION STATE SPENT, STATE BUDGETED FUNDS FOR IMPROVING STATE ROUTE 97, AS WELL AS WHAT FREEPORT-MCMORAN HAS PUT TOGETHER AND PUT TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT ROAD, WHICH IS IN THE 25 TO $30 MILLION RANGE, IF I RECALL.
SO FAR, ALL THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DONE ASKED TO DO IS TO, TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS, WHICH WE HAVE DONE AND SO SINCE THE STATE'S ALREADY GIVEN TEN, THEY PROBABLY WE DON'T WANT TO UPSET THE APPLE CART AND ASK FOR MORE.
TRY AND GO WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
IF YOU'RE ASKING IF I THINK THE COUNTY SHOULD THROW MONEY IN THE POT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD.
MAKE IT A PART OF OUR REQUEST.
YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
[INAUDIBLE] UP THE 10 MILLION WITH ANOTHER 10 OR 15.
I DO THINK BETWEEN THE FREEPORT-MCMORAN DOLLARS AND THE STATE DOLLARS WE'RE UPWARDS OF 35 TO $40 MILLION ON THAT OF NON-FEDERAL DOLLARS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING IT MEETING THE PRIORITIES I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO PUT SOME POLITICAL PRESSURE SOMEWHERE, IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOCUSED ON THE FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE AREA RATHER THAN THE STATE, BUT YEAH, I THINK I THINK JUST MY OPINION.
SUPERVISOR OBERG, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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I KNOW WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT THE REGIONALIZATION OF THE DISPATCH CENTER.WE HAVE THE ACTIVE CONSULTANT COME IN NOW AND LOOKING AT THE DOING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WHAT ABOUT TRYING TO INVEST AND ASK FOR A DISPATCH CENTER? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST? WHERE DO WE PUT IT? NOT YET.
THE STATE, I UNDERSTAND, IS WILLING TO COVER THE COST OF THE CONSULTANT.
I UNDERSTAND, SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN, YEAH, THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO PROVIDE SOME DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THE SHERIFF'S NOT HERE.
BACK UP HERE. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD COST FOR A SEPARATE BUILDING FOR DISPATCH? YEAH, WELL, I ALWAYS LIKED THE IDEA OF ASKING FOR SEED MONEY.
ONCE YOU GET SOME SEED MONEY, THEN IT SEEMS TO BRING OTHER FUNDING.
SO I THINK IF WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND THAT ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING TO BE IN AGREEMENT, THEN I WOULD SAY LET'S DO AN ASK FOR TWO MILL.
THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH AND IT MIGHT NOT BE, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO DO.
I'VE TALKED TO ALL MY RURAL FIRE DISTRICTS.
THEY SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMMENSE IMPROVEMENT IN RESPONSE TIMES.
SO TO ME IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO.
IT'S TIME TO HAVE DISPATCH TAKE CARE OF COST OF IT, AND WHETHER IT'S 2 MILLION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT FIGURE SHOULD BE, SUPERVISOR, BUT I SUPPORT IT AND WE SHOULD GO FORWARD.
SO 2 MILLION SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LOW.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A FACILITY FOR DISPATCH FOR.
ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT GOES INTO IT, THE BUILDING YOU'RE TALKING.
PROBABLY. HOW MUCH? 10 DEPENDING UPON THE SIZE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S BARELY SEED MONEY [CHUCKLING].
MAYBE JUST KIND OF A GENERAL FIVE AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD VERY MUCH SUPPORTS IN MOVING FORWARD AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EVEN IF WE DON'T GET TRACTION WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES, WE STILL NEED TO DO A DISPATCH CENTER, AND WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION AT THE NEW JAIL SITE, WITH OTHER AGENCIES WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE GOOD ASK FOR THAT.
OKAY, SO I'M HEARING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD PROCEED.
SO DO I UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT AGREEMENT THAT THE WIDENING OF 89 IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.
OKAY, I'M SEEING SOME NODS AND THEN REGIONAL DISPATCH OKAY.
NUMBER TWO. SO THOSE WOULD BE OUR TWO ASKS.
OKAY, AND IN TERMS OF PARTICULAR DOLLARS, YOU WANT STAFF TO KICK THAT AROUND A LITTLE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT ASK WOULD BE AND FRAME THAT FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES HERE BEFORE LUNCH IS HERE.
SO PERHAPS EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE IT LISTED, SOMEONE MENTIONED FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ASKS.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERING FOR PROMOTING WITH OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION RIGHT NOW AS WELL? I'VE ALREADY ASKED SENATOR SINEMA'S OFFICE FOR $6 MILLION FOR THE.
REPLACEMENT. OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN CONGRESS.
WE HAVE A LETTER FROM THE WICKENBURG HOSPITAL.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A CLINIC THERE.
THE CLINIC IS INADEQUATE, REALLY, FOR THE NEEDS OF SERVICING THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR A LARGER BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE OUT OF.
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THEY'RE VERY FUNCTIONAL, JUST INADEQUATE FOR FOR CONGRESS, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.SO I DO KNOW, IN TALKING TO SENATOR SINEMA'S OFFICE THAT SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR RURAL FIRE AND MEDICAL SERVICE, AND SO.
IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT HAS A POSSIBILITY OF OF GETTING FUNDED, AND ASK IN FOR SERVICES.
THE FUNDING FOR SERVICES IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK.
CERTAINLY A PRESENCE FOR AT LEAST ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WOULD BE IN ORDER FOR OUR SHERIFF AS WELL. WE'VE REVIEWED SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE SAME LOCATION THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER AND CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE THAT, AND SO THE MEDICAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE, I THINK, IS A CRITICAL FOR OUR SMALLER COMMUNITIES, OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND CERTAINLY SUPPORT GOING FOR SOME MORE MONEY FOR THAT, AND I'VE ALSO ASKED BOTH SINEMA AND KELLY THINK A FEW MILLION FROM EACH OF THEM, AND FOR THIS LOCATION THAT I REFERENCED, THAT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE PRESENCE OF SUBSTATION AREA FOR THE SHERIFF, AS WELL AS SEARCH AND RESCUE AND SOME OF THE OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO THINK THAT MEETS THEIR MARK? THEY CERTAINLY SAID IT DID.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT MORE OR MORE FEDERAL PRESENCE AND ATTENTION.
SO WE HAVE AN OPEN SPACE STUDY GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR NEEDS AS A COUNTY AS A WHOLE, NOT FOR THE DISTRICTS, AND IF WE'RE PUTTING IN AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF STAFF TIME LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS ON HOW WE WANT TO FUND IT AND HOW IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE START PUTTING IN FOR THIS IS MY OPINION.
BEFORE WE START PUTTING IN FOR THESE FEDERAL ASK OR STATE LEGISLATOR ASK, IT SHOULD BE VETTED THROUGH THE BOARD THAT SO WE KNOW THERE'S BOARD SUPPORT AS A WHOLE ON THESE PROJECTS VERSUS YOU CAUSE ALL THESE FEDERAL AGENCIES, THE STATE AGENCIES TO DO ALL THIS FOOTWORK ON THESE PROJECTS AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE BOARD SUPPORT BEHIND THEM AND WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO BE MORE ORGANIZED ON IDENTIFYING PROJECTS.
I AGREE WITH THE BOARD THAT WE WANT TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE AN OPEN SPACE STUDY NOW AND BIG PARTS PART OF IT.
GREAT IF THE CONGRESS IS PART OF IT, THAT'S GREAT TOO, BUT I JUST THINK WE'RE KIND OF DOING ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL ASK AND WE DON'T GOT FULL BOARD SUPPORT ON IT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE ASK, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE MERIT IF WE HAD BOARD SUPPORT ON IT MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I THINK THAT MAKES A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE I'D REMIND US ALL THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPACE STUDY GOING ON OR EVEN A CONSIDERATION IN SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN IN THE PIPELINE.
YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, AND SO GOING FORWARD, IT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE IF A COMMUNITY BRINGS TO US AS A SUPERVISOR INTEREST OR A CERTAIN NEED, THAT WE BEGIN TO DO THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE SPACE STUDY LENS.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE AND CERTAINLY IDENTIFIED AS A NEED, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHOSE DISTRICT REALLY GETS IN.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE NEED THAT I HEAR FOR FUNDING WITH SUPERVISOR OBERG AND SUPERVISOR BROWN AND THOSE THINGS WERE PREDATED IN THE SPACE STUDY.
WELL, AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAY OPEN SPACE STUDY, YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT SPACE STUDY, RIGHT? OPEN SPACE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL LAND.
OKAY. SO AND THEN US GETTING TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND DECIDING THIS IS WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO WITH IT AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT CONVOLUTES IT BY ALL THESE SUPERVISORS MAKING INDIVIDUAL ASK ON THEIR PROJECTS WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE A MORE ORGANIZED APPROACH TO IT.
WELL, AGAIN I'M NOT RUNNING AGAIN.
I DON'T THINK SUPERVISOR BROWN'S RUNNING AGAIN.
SO IN 25 IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT BOARD HERE AND DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
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WE ALSO KNOW THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO ASK FOR SOMETHING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN THE FIRST YEAR, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN GET IT IN 4 OR 5 YEARS.SO THE SOONER THAT YOU GET SOMETHING IN THE PIPELINE, THE BETTER IT IS.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, WE NEED TO MAKE THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY AND MAKE MAYBE WE MAKE WELL, IT'S BEST TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE CAPITAL STUDY, I'LL CALL IT, AND THEN WE START MAKING THESE DECISIONS, WHAT WE WANT, HOW WE WANT TO FUND IT AND GET A ROADMAP ON HOW WE NEED TO GET THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED.
I JUST HATE FOR US TO GET A MILLION, $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND THEN THE BOARD DON'T SUPPORT THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S A WASTE OF THE FEDERAL STAFF TIME, OUR STAFF TIME AND MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN, YEAH, AND NEXT YEAR THERE'LL BE A DIFFERENT BOARD IN PLACE THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT WE STILL THIS CONSULTANT'S COME IN DOING AN AERIAL VIEW NEUTRAL AND FIGURING OUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO IN THE FUTURE WITH THE WITH THE COUNTY AND WHERE OUR NEEDS ARE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC, OUR DIRECTORS.
OUR SUPERVISORS ARE THERE IN PLACE NOW, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION TO MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNTY, AND I JUST THINK IT'S WE GOT SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD AND IT'S KIND OF THING WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PRETTY STEEP COST WHEN IT COMES BACK WITH THE RESULTS OF THE CONSULTANT, AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT AND WE'RE SPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS, WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT.
WELL, THE OTHER THING WE MAY WANT TO DO IS START LOOKING AT PUTTING A FUND OUT THERE THAT WOULD START THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW I MEAN, I'M GOING WITH $6 MILLION IN CONGRESS BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH FACILITIES, BUT IS THAT A GOOD NUMBER? IT COULD BE HIGHER.
IT COULD BE LOWER. I MEAN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DISPATCH CENTER MAYBE WE NEED TO START LOOKING NOW AT SETTING SOME AMOUNT OF FUNDING ASIDE, MAYBE A HALF $1 MILLION SO THAT ONCE THE SPACE STUDY GETS DONE AND WE START SAYING, OKAY, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE INVOLVING BUILDINGS.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVING BUILDINGS, THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT DESIGNS OR SOMETHING DONE ON ALL THOSE BUILDINGS TO COME UP WITH A COST THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DETERMINE.
IS IT FEASIBLE? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MONEY? OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO STATE OR FEDERAL, IF YOU'VE GOT A VERY CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT THE COST IS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE WILLING TO SUPPORT YOU RATHER THAN JUST PICKING A NUMBER OUT OF THE AIR, AND THEN THEY FIND OUT THAT IT'S WAY LOW ON WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE, LIKE I SAY, A HALF A MILLION JUST TO START THAT PROCESS.
SUPERVISOR WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT IN SOME CASES WE'VE HAD TO BACKFILL BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ORGANIZED WAY TO APPROACH MEETING A NEED OF A COMMUNITY AND, OR OF A DISTRICT I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A SPACE STUDY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH WINDMILL PARK OR RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S HEALTH CARE NEEDS OR COMMUNITY CENTER NEED, AND IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT, NOT LOOKING AT THIS WITH A DISTRICT LENS ON, BUT RATHER WHAT IS OUT THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WE'RE HEARING OUR CONSTITUENTS VOICE OF NEED FOR AND HAVING A BUCKET OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE CERTAINLY TO THIS DATE HAD TO DO IT THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MECHANISM OTHERWISE, AND SO ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE IT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO BEGIN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP AND GET THE INTEREST AND, AND DESCRIBE WHAT THE NEED IS BEFORE YOU, EVEN IN SOME CASES, BRING IT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO THE HOMEWORK FIRST.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A SPACE STUDY SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO GIVE US THIS GOOD INFORMATION, I THINK THAT'S A PATHWAY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND COUPLE IT WITH THE FUNDS THAT SUPERVISOR OBERG IS REFERRING TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST, AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO TO GET THE MONEY FOR IT.
THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A PROCESS TO REALLY TALK THIS THROUGH AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND QUITE FRANKLY, WHY WE'RE IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN TODAY.
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SO THE TWO PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN REFERENCED, THE CONGRESS COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE PROPERTY IN THE BOC, THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.SO THOSE ARE SUBMITTED TO SENATORS SINEMA AND KELLY'S OFFICE.
NOW, THOSE ARE IN THE PIPELINE.
I'M ALSO HEARING THAT EVERYONE SAYING THAT IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE BEST TO HAVE A UNIFIED POSITION ON ALL OF THESE, IT STRENGTHENS THOSE REQUESTS AS THEY ARE SUBMITTED. THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO GO IN.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING A TRUE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT THE BOARD AGREES TO THESE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT'S LAID OUT, AND YOU IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.
SO I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
SO MAYBE THE BEST WE CAN DO TODAY IS TO SAY THESE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
LET'S HOLD NOW, AND ON SUBMITTING ANY MORE UNTIL WE HAVE RESULTS OF THE STUDY BACK, WE CAN START TO MESH THAT THEN INTO WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THIS BOARD AND DEVELOP THAT TRUE CIP.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR EVERYONE? IT DOES, AND THEN ON THE CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED FUNDS, WHAT'S THE CUT OFF? I MEAN IS THERE ANY WHEN AN OPEN PERIOD WHERE THEY'RE TAKING REQUESTS OR IS IT OPEN ALL THE TIME? WELL, WHEN I TALKED TO SINEMA'S OFFICE, I THINK BACK IN JULY, THEIR FISCAL YEAR'S END OF SEPTEMBER, AND THE OFFICE INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ALL THEIR FUNDING ALREADY DETERMINED FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, I THINK THEY WOULD BE TAKING ASKS, BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE YAVAPAI COUNTY BUBBLES UP TO WHERE IT HAS ANY KIND OF PRIORITY, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE WHAT BENEFIT THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT, TOO.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE TALKED TO THE FEDERAL PARTNERS TOO, AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF OTHER COUNTIES HAVE DONE THE DISPATCH CENTERS TOO.
LET'S DO IT ON THE FEDERAL CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED FUNDS REQUEST TOO.
WELL WHY NOT? YEAH I WOULD ALSO SAY ON THE TIMING SUPERVISOR GREGORY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS REALLY THAT MAKES SENSE WHAT SUPERVISOR OBERG SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR OFFICES CALL US, AS WAS THE CASE WITH MINE JUDY SALTER CALLED ME AND SAID, BOY, YOU'VE GOT TO WRITE THIS APPLICATION, AND IT WAS A 24 HOUR DEADLINE, AND CERTAINLY WE WERE GOING TO DO IT IN ORDER TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME SERVICES TO OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES.
SO SOMETIMES THEY DRIVE THE ASK SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT TOO.
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT I BELIEVE FOR THE CURRENT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR RIGHT NOW, THAT PROCESS IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL REQUESTS THAT THE COUNTY PUT IN YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DID DID SOME ITSELF.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF OUR PROJECTS HAD BEEN CUT FROM THE LIST, AND SO I THINK AS FAR AS TIMING GOES, USUALLY THE REQUEST COMES IN.
SO I WOULD SAY THE DISCUSSIONS ARE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME, BUT BE PREPARED FOR MAYBE GIVING SOME DIRECTION TO DEPARTMENTS, PROBABLY LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER WOULD BE MY GUESS SINCE THE QUESTION CAME UP.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. OKAY, THANKS.
WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
THAT'S HELPFUL. GIVING US SOME DIRECTION.
SO IT'S 12:10 AND LUNCH IS HERE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BREAK NOW FOR LUNCH AND HOW LONG YOU'D LIKE TO BREAK CHAIRMAN.
MAURY, DO YOU WANT TO GET STARTED? THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. DO WE HAVE SUPERVISOR MICHAELS? BACK. OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD, AND YOU DO.
SUPERVISOR. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS JUST A LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR COMPENSATION STRATEGY, AND I'LL BE REAL BRIEF HERE.
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AGAIN, I WON'T DWELL ON IT, BUT DO APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO THAT OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS, AND I WOULD SAY WITHOUT DATA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT LOOKING BACK THROUGH OUR VACANCY, IT'S MAKING AN IMPACT.OUR NUMBERS ARE WE STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO, BUT YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB.
WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WE WERE.
SO IT'S MAKING AN IMPACT AND ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS THAT WE SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH.
AS WE KNOW, THE BOARD HAS A POLICY IN PLACE TO LOOK AT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
WE'RE USING A TEN YEAR LOOK BACK PERIOD.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO LEVEL OUT THE HIGHS AND LOWS BASED ON ANY ONE PARTICULAR YEAR.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY AND IT'S WORKING WELL.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW BASED ON THE DATA TO DATE.
IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT A 4% COLA WILL BE THE NUMBER IS OUR BEST GUESS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. PAY FOR PERFORMANCE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SLIDE.
I WILL SHARE THAT BACK TO MY INTENT TO PROVIDE A COUNTY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND WHAT I'M CALLING THE SOME OF THE PIECES BUILT INTO THAT, INTO THE BASE BUDGET, WILL BE WHATEVER THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT SHOWS IT IS INTO 3% MERIT WILL BE BUILT INTO THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU FINALLY, RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT AGAIN.
AS YOU ALL I BELIEVE ARE AWARE, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE'RE WORKING WITH, DR.
MARIA CHURCH AND GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS OVER THE NEXT YEAR, HAVE STARTED THAT WORK IN TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A CULTURE THAT REALLY SUPPORTS OUR EFFORTS AROUND HAVING A TOP NOTCH WORKFORCE THAT PROVIDES EXEMPLARY SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.
SECONDLY, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNCTIONAL WORKSPACES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
AS WE'VE TALKED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY ALREADY THIS MORNING, WE KNOW THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY AND QUERYING OUR WORKFORCE ABOUT THEIR THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR NEEDS, AND THEIR OPINIONS ON HOW WE'RE DOING IN PROVIDING THEM FUNCTIONAL WORKSPACES TO CONDUCT THEIR JOBS, AND FINALLY, IMPROVING WORKPLACE CULTURE, WHICH RELATES BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM'S WORK WITH DR.
CHURCH AND HER ORGANIZATION TO CREATE A CULTURE THAT WE ALL WANT HERE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND BUY INTO AND SUPPORT SO THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE.
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, EXPENDITURE LIMIT DISCUSSION.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS PART OVER PRIMARILY TO CATHERINE TO LEAD US THROUGH, AS SHE AND I HAVE TALKED IN PREPARATION FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT VERSUS BUDGET AUTHORITY.
SO WE WANT TO TRY TO CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THOSE TWO TOPICS, BUT THEN BEGIN TO DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT, WHAT THAT IS, AND OUR NEEDS TO BEGIN TO PUT IN PLACE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT LIMITATION.
OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE IS STRONG.
OUR ISSUE HERE IS THIS EXPENDITURE LIMITATION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO EXPEND WHAT WE NEED TO EXPEND.
THUS, BACK TO THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM CATHERINE AND I THAT WE NEED TO SIT ON THAT 9.5 TO $10 MILLION AS A CUSHION TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS UNTIL WE THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO TO THE VOTERS AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
SO WITH THAT, CATHERINE, DO YOU WANT TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE KIND OF A PRIMER ON THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.
SO HE MENTIONED THE CONFUSION.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE WITH EXPENDITURE LIMITATION, WHICH IS REALLY THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE SPENT FROM LOCALLY DERIVED REVENUES LIKE SHARED SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO TYPICALLY YOUR GENERAL FUND AND THEN SOME OF THOSE OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM THOSE LOCAL DOLLARS BUDGET CAPACITY IS THE OTHER ONE WHERE WE KIND OF GET THE CONFUSION WHEN WE BUDGET FOR EVERYTHING SPECIAL REVENUE, GENERAL FUND, THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS GO TOWARD
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WHAT WE CALL THE TOTAL BUDGET CAPACITY OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE IN THAT.SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET CAPACITY.
SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IS THE TOTAL EXPENSES, ALL FUNDS.
THE OTHER ONE IS THE EXPENSES AS THEY RELATE TO LOCAL REVENUES.
WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE THIS EXPENDITURE LIMIT? SO BACK IN THE 1960S AND 70S, I WENT BACK AND RESEARCHED A LITTLE BIT OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL, AND THE PROPERTY VALUES WERE INCREASING QUITE A BIT IN THOSE IN THOSE 60, 70 YEARS, AND SO THEY BASICALLY THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS.
SALARIES WERE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THAT.
SO THEY WERE JUST INCREASING TOO MUCH.
SO THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE RESPONDED TO THAT BY PUTTING SOME LIMITATIONS ON THAT, AND ARTICLE 17, ARTICLE NINE, SECTION 17, THAT WOULD CAP THAT AT 7%.
SO IN 1979-80, THEY RESET THE BASE EXPENDITURES OF THAT YEAR AND THEN LIMITED COUNTY ALL THESE THE COUNTY, CITIES, TOWNS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES FROM RAISING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THEY BASICALLY THEY INCREASE EVERY YEAR BASED ON POPULATION AND INFLATION FACTORS.
SO THOSE WILL INCREASE AUTOMATICALLY BY THOSE AMOUNTS.
THE ECONOMIC ESTIMATES COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THOSE CALCULATIONS.
SO IN JANUARY THEY COME OUT WITH THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WILL BE FOR THAT FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THEN IN MARCH IT'S DUE APRIL 1ST, BUT IN MARCH, TYPICALLY WE'LL RECEIVE THE FINAL ESTIMATES ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS.
SO IF WE WERE TO GO FOR AN EXPENDITURE LIMIT INCREASE, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES.
SO WE'VE HEARD OF A ONE TIME OVERRIDE.
THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING CALLED AN ALTERNATIVE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION, WHICH YOU HEAR ABOUT.
SO WHAT WE WOULD BE REALLY LOOKING AT WOULD BE A PERMANENT BASE.
ADJUSTMENT ALSO NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS.
SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A GENERAL ELECTION COMING UP IN FISCAL YEAR 24.
IN FALL OF 2024, THAT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR US FISCAL YEAR 25-26.
SO IF WE DIDN'T PUT IT ON THOSE BALLOTS IN 24, WE WOULD HAVE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON UNTIL FALL OF 26, WHICH WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REALIZE THAT INCREASE UNTIL THE FISCAL YEAR OF 27-28.
IT MUST BE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED GENERAL ELECTION OR A NONPARTISAN ELECTION FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION OF GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED AND ON TO BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BY MARCH 20TH.
SO I'LL BE BRINGING MORE INFORMATION IN JANUARY.
WE'RE GOING TO RUN A MULTI YEAR ANALYSIS OF THE REVENUE, THE EXPENDITURES, SALARY, BENEFITS, ALL THAT INFORMATION AND ALSO START WORKING ON THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE ANALYSIS THAT WOULD GO TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL.
SO YOU CAN START SEEING THAT COMING UP IN JANUARY, AND IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY THE ARIZONA LEAGUE OF ARIZONA.
IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS WOULD GO ABOUT.
THERE'S ALSO THE CSA HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE ALSO EXAMPLES FROM OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THIS AND SUCCEEDED WITH THEIR SUBMITTALS AND GETTING IT THROUGH THE VOTERS, SO THAT'S A GOOD RESOURCE. CATHERINE, IF I COULD INTERJECT THERE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR THAT CSA HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND HAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, QUITE FRANKLY, OUT ON THEIR
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WEBSITE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS ISSUE.WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PEER COUNTIES RIGHT NOW IN THIS SAME POSITION.
SO IT'S AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR CSA TO BE LOOKING AT.
SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 WE OBVIOUSLY AREN'T GOING TO HAVE THIS.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE LATC FUNDS COME INTO PLAY AS CREATING AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER.
WE CAN MANAGE THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT WITH SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS.
WE CAN ALSO DELAY UNFUNDED LIABILITY PAYMENTS, THINGS THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED PREVIOUSLY.
ALSO, ANOTHER STRATEGY WOULD BE TO REALLY PRIORITIZE THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS AND ARPA FUNDS, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE GENERAL FUNDS FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND USE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THOSE PROJECTS INSTEAD OF OTHER PROJECTS THERE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PRESSURE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT WORKFORCE PRESSURES THAT WILL BE PUSHING AGAINST THIS EXPENDITURE LIMIT.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS WILL BE PLAYING INTO IT.
THE ANY ADDITIONAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE JAIL DISTRICT ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMIT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE BUFFERS IN PLACE.
THIS IS GENERAL FUND REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES.
SO THE REVENUES EXCUSE ME ARE IN GREEN.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE BEEN CREATING ADDITIONAL FUND DOLLARS GOING TO THE FUND BALANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AT FISCAL YEAR END OF 23 WAS AROUND 80 MILLION, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 30 MILLION SET ASIDE IN THE RESERVE, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TRANSFERRING THE 5 MILLION THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET TO THE RESERVE ALSO, AND THAT'LL PUT US AROUND 25% FUNDED, AND HERE WE MIGHT NOTE, CATHERINE, THAT THE BOARD, YOU WILL RECALL, RECENTLY ADOPTED A RESERVE POLICY THAT SET A RESERVE RANGE.
JUST TO HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO CHANGE THAT RESERVE AMOUNT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE AMENDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IS THAT A ONE TIME LOOK AT THE AMOUNT THAT THE BOARD SETS? YES, THAT WAS A BOARD ADOPTED POLICY.
SO THE BOARD AT ANY MEETING COULD ADJUST THAT POLICY TO INCREASE OR LOWER THAT RANGE OR SET A PARTICULAR TARGET, AND THEN THE POLICY IS REALLY DESIGNED TO GUIDE THAT.
SO WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, WE'LL ACTUALLY CALCULATE WHAT THAT RESERVE NEEDS TO BE AND DETERMINE WHETHER WHAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NEEDS TO GO TO THE RESERVE, AND THEN THE BOARD CAN DECIDE TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THOSE AMOUNTS.
JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE OUR REVENUE COMES FROM FOR LOCAL SOURCING.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 47% OF THE REVENUE IS THE COMBINATION OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE SHARED SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, ABOUT 37%, WITH OTHER REVENUES MAKING UP ABOUT 16% OF THAT.
ALSO HAD SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT THE AMOUNTS OF SALES TAX THAT THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES ARE PAYING.
SO OBVIOUSLY STATE 5.6 AND THE COUNTY 0.75, AND WHEN YOU ADD THOSE TO THE LOCAL SALES TAXES, PRESCOTT 8.35 YOU GET INTO PRESCOTT VALLEY, 9.18 AND SOME OF THE HIGHER ONES, CHINO AT 10.35 AND SEDONA 10.4.
SO WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO GET INTO SOME TAX POLICY CONSIDERATIONS HERE.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE SALES TAX AUTHORITY.
SO SHOULD WE SHOULD WE USE THAT, AND CONVERSELY COULD YOU LOWER THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN HERE? I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH THIS CAREFULLY, AND THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO WHICHEVER DIRECTION YOU GO, BUT WHEN I GOT TO LOOKING AT OUR SALES TAX BURDEN ALREADY THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE, WELL WE'VE GOT ONE IN EXCESS OF TWO IN EXCESS OF 10%.
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POPULATION WOULD STAY, AND SO AGAIN, AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF ALREADY WHERE OUR SALES TAX RATES ARE IN THIS COUNTY.SO SOME ARE GETTING PRETTY HIGH.
THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND TOO, IS THAT SALES TAXES DURING ECONOMIC VOLATILITY CAN BE MORE VOLATILE BASICALLY THAN SOME OF THE PROPERTY TAXES. THOSE WILL HAVE MORE OF A DELAYED EFFECT.
SO A LOT OF WHEN I GO TO A LOT OF CONFERENCES, A LOT OF THESE CITIES AND TOWNS, WHEN THERE IS A DOWNTURN IN SALES REVENUE, THEY REALLY STRUGGLE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT LESS OF A MIX OF SOURCE OF REVENUES TO COVER THOSE AREAS THAT ARE DOWN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. CORNVILLE IS AN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE].
.75. [INAUDIBLE] WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY THE STATE AND THE YAVAPAI COUNTY. YEAH, THAT LOOKS RIGHT.
YEAH. JUST ADD IN THE STATE AND THE COUNTY TAX, AND I'VE SHOWN THIS BEFORE.
SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE, THE VARIANCE THERE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. [INAUDIBLE].
I DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SO I PUT JUST A COUPLE OF PAGES, SIMPLIFIED INFORMATION FROM THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THE PERMANENT BASE ADJUSTMENT AND THE PUBLICITY PAMPHLET.
WHAT WOULD GO INTO THAT? THE TIMING OF THINGS.
THERE'S ALSO A CHRONOLOGY OF THE EVENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN, AND WE ARE WE'LL NEED WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ELECTIONS OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE DATES IN PLACE, AND THEN WE'LL PUT A MORE DETAILED CALENDAR TOGETHER WHEN WE BRING ALL THE INFORMATION BACK IN JANUARY.
THAT WOULD GO INTO THE ACTUAL CALCULATION, THAT WOULD GO TO THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL, AND YOU CAN SEE IF YOU ADDED $1 MILLION TO THE 1979-80 BASE, THAT WOULD CALCULATE OUT TO ABOUT $15 MILLION IN THE NEXT IN THAT FISCAL YEAR, 25-26.
SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THEM ANALYZES OF WHAT EXPENDITURES YOU WOULD PLAN TO PAY WITH THAT, AND ALSO THE SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT YOU WOULD USE TO COVER THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES. SO THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT WOULD GO INTO THE PACKET ALONG WITH THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION.
SO DO I UNDERSTAND THEN? IF THE JAIL TAX A QUARTER CENT RIGHT NOW.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST OUR EXPANSION LIMIT.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, BECAUSE THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE JAIL DISTRICT.
SO IF WE HAD ANOTHER QUARTER CENT FOR THE JAIL, THEN THE MONEY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND WOULD NOT BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY HELP TO SOME EXTENT, OUR EXPANSION.
YOU STILL HAVE TO TRANSFER THE MOE, BUT YOU COULD TRANSFER LESS.
OKAY. I GUESS MAYBE THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS, I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE ALWAYS HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THEY HAVE BUDGET CAPACITY, AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE PAID FOR, THAT THEY HAVE ON HAND.
IF WE LIMITED THE MONEY FOR PAYING ALLOWANCES PURELY FOR THAT.
DID NOT ALLOW THAT TO BE FUNGIBLE TO ANY OTHER THING THAT COULD COME UP.
WOULD THAT HELP OUR EXPANSION? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T SPEND IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY HIRED.
VACANCY SAVINGS IS ANOTHER TERM WE USE TO DESCRIBE THAT.
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YEAH, CORRECT.SO I DON'T KNOW I THINK IT'S AN IDEA FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IF YOU KNOW.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A VACANCY.
THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS BEEN, YES.
SO VICE CHAIRMAN AND I HAVE HAD I KNOW IN THE PAST THIS CONVERSATION AND I HAVE WITH, WITH STAFF AS WELL, SYSTEMS THAT I'M USED TO WAS DRAWING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A DEPARTMENT BUDGET, BETWEEN WHAT I'D CALL THE TOP HALF AND THE BOTTOM HALF.
TOP HALF BEING PERSONNEL COST AND BOTTOM HALF BEING CONTRACTUAL AND COMMODITIES.
SO THAT THERE WAS A CHECK ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE BOTTOM LINE HAS BEEN THE ONLY NUMBER MANAGED TO HERE.
SO YES, WE COULD DO THAT AND I'M LOOKING AT THAT, BUT WOULD THAT HELP? THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR US TO HAVE AS A MATTER OF FACT, MAURY, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT'S AVAILABLE TO US.
I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IT'S NOT ALREADY IN PLACE.
WOULD ATTRITION ALSO THEN GO TO THAT BOTTOM LINE AS WELL? AND WOULD IT STAY ABOVE OR BELOW BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? THAT WOULD BE ABOVE AGAIN ABOVE THE LINES ALL PERSONNEL COST.
ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO ESTABLISH A POLICY, OR YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE COULD LOOK AT THAT OR WHAT? YEAH, LET ME CONSIDER WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DO THAT, WHETHER WE NEED POLICY OR CAN JUST DO IT.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO YOU'RE SAYING JUST MANAGE IT FROM YOUR LEVEL? CORRECT. OKAY.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY. THANK YOU.
SO THE NEXT SECTION AGAIN IS MEANT TO BE A REAL DISCUSSION.
YOU MAY RECALL AS WE CONCLUDED BUDGET DELIBERATIONS LAST YEAR, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
ONE WAS THAT THESE SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE BOARDS DEEM WORTHY OF COUNTY TAXPAYER SUPPORT, BUT USED AS STARTUP OR SEED FUNDING, I'LL CALL IT, MEANT TO ALLOW A NEW ORGANIZATION OR NEW PROGRAM TO HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF TAXPAYER FUNDED SUPPORT TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AND BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT, AND THEN WE WOULD CEASE FUNDING.
OR CONVERSELY, ARE THERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE LIKELY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FOR THE MOST PART IN THE COUNTY, IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE PROVIDING WHAT I'LL CALL BASE CORE COMMUNITY NEEDS? THAT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT THEY DO, THEY'RE LIKELY ALWAYS GOING TO NEED SOME COUNTY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO DO THEIR WORK.
OR THIRDLY, THE THIRD OPTION IS SOME HYBRID OF THAT YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE AND YOU MAKE A DETERMINATION WHEN YOU BEGIN TO FUND THEM OR LOOK AT CONTINUING TO FUND THEM, SHOULD THEY BE ONGOING FUNDING, AND WHEN I SAY ONGOING, OF COURSE, STILL SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL AS PART OF THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, BUT WITH THIS NOTION OF THIS IS A CORE COMMUNITY NEED THAT WE NEED TO LIKELY CONTINUE TO FUND INTO THE FUTURE.
OR DO WE MEAN THESE AS SEED DOLLARS AND WE'RE GIVING YOU MONEY FOR ONE TWO YEARS? MAYBE, BUT THEN YOU NEED TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT.
SO I PROMISED THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND STAFF NEEDS THAT DIRECTION.
BECAUSE AS WE START TO WORK ON THE BUDGET, WE NEED TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH THESE ENTITIES ABOUT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION SO THAT THEY HAVE AMPLE TIME TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR THEIR FUTURE NEEDS.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY A HIGH BIRD SOUNDS PROBABLY THE BEST ALTERNATIVE, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THAT NEED THE ONGOING FUNDING, AND THEN THERE'S SOME THAT NEED TO BE SEATED AND THEN ONLY DO IT ONCE A YEAR BUT I THINK BY JUST STICKING TO SEED MONEY.
SO I THINK I'D BE FOR THE HYBRID METHOD.
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OKAY, LIKE THE HYBRID METHOD AS WELL, BUT I HOPE IT WILL BE THROUGH THE LENS OF HAVING A DIFFERENT POSTURE ABOUT SEED MONEY AND REALLY SEEING IT AS THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR US.THERE ABSOLUTELY ARE GOING TO BE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRING ONGOING FUNDING, BUT I HOPE AS A BOARD THAT WE HAVE SORT OF A DIFFERENT MENTALITY MAYBE THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST AND REALLY LOOK TO SEEING OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY'LL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT YEAR ONE, 2 OR 3, WHATEVER IS DETERMINED AT THE TIME.
THANK YOU. I THINK YOU LAID IT OUT PRETTY CLEARLY.
I THINK ANYBODY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEEDS TO COME IN AND VALIDATE WHERE THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY NEED THE FUNDS, WHAT OTHER FUNDS THEY'VE RECEIVED IT APPEARS SOME IN THE PAST HAVE RECEIVED SOME PRETTY GOOD OUTSIDE FUNDING, BUT THEY'RE STILL COMING TO US YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR WHATEVER OUR CONTRIBUTION WAS.
IN SOME CASES EVEN ASKING FOR MORE, AND I AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT THE PREMISE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AS SEEDING NEW IDEAS, NEW PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE BENEFIT TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOME THAT HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE SHOULDN'T BE FUNDING ANY MORE, PARTICULARLY IF THE COUNTY IS TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE USING OUR MONEY FOR.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE WILDFIRE ACADEMY.
COULD THAT BE HANDLED OUT OF TITLE THREE FUNDS? YEAH. INSTEAD OF COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, I MEAN, YOU GET ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF THERE, I THINK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND SO YOU GO AHEAD AND ASKING NOW I THINK FOR ALMOST DOUBLE THAT THIS COMING YEAR.
SO SHOULD THAT COME OUT OF TITLE THREE, IT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO LOOK.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT MATT FORCE RIGHT NOW WITH THE FENTANYL, OPIOIDS.
OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS COMING IN.
ARE THEY GETTING SUFFICIENT FUNDING? FROM THAT, THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT IN 20 YEARS THAT GOES AWAY, AND MAYBE AT THAT POINT WE'D HAVE TO PICK THEM BACK UP AND CONTINUE TO FUND THEM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT ACTIVITY.
SO I GUESS I'M SAYING I AGREE WITH THE HYBRID, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY MANAGED EVERY YEAR, AND IF THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUNDS BESIDES THE GENERAL FUND, THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FIRST.
THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE VICE CHAIRMAN YOU BRINGING UP THAT.
I RECALL THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THE BOARD HAD LAST YEAR.
OUR CONTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO YOUR TOTAL BUDGET IS SO SMALL.
IS THAT REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT, THAT ARGUMENT AS WELL.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE WANT AN ANALYSIS OF EACH ONE OF THESE AS PART OF THE BUDGET, AND I THINK STAFF CAN PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE BUDGET ON EACH OF THESE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MAURY, I WOULD ADD ON THAT THINKING, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH, THAT WE CONSIDER TO OUR CANDIDATES HAVING A STRONG LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT OR SUPPORT IN SOME CASES, SPEAKING TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO A POTENTIAL FUNDER TO SEE THAT THE COUNTY ENDORSES AND SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF A PARTICULAR AGENCY OR PROGRAM.
WE'LL DO THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
THEN BRING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION ON THESE AS WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE FUNDED AND AT WHAT AMOUNT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THE PROCESS OF BEING NOTIFIED OF NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR DONATIONS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME ON THE SPOT HERE.
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SO I GUESS WHAT I'M WOULD BE A LETTER FROM AN ORGANIZATION SAYING WE WOULD LIKE TO.YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT MAYBE THE FRONT END OF THE PROCESS CHANGES.
THEY STILL NEED TO SUBMIT LIKE THEY DO NOW, BUT THEN WE WILL BE PUTTING THEM THROUGH THE FILTERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE AS TO A RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER THEY GET IT FUNDED AND IF SO, AT WHAT LEVEL.
OKAY, SO GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE ON CLOSE HEADING TO THE CLOSING ITEM, AND THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR.
I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF PROPOSING THREE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION JUST TO GET CONVERSATION STARTED.
THIS RELATES BACK TO THE SPACE PLANNING AND SERVICE ASSESSMENT.
I'M SUGGESTING THAT'S ONE, AND AS WE'VE TALKED, THERE'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT BACK TO US THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE TRANSLATED INTO AGREEMENT BY THIS BODY.
ABOUT WHAT WHICH ONE OF THOSE DO WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH AND DEVELOP THAT INTO A TRUE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IDENTIFYING WHAT THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES ARE AROUND OUR CAPITAL NEEDS AND IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES.
SECOND ONE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE OUR EMPHASIS ON EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
AGAIN YOU'VE SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.
SO MAINLY THE SAME WORDS YOU'VE SEEN FROM LAST YEAR ON THAT ONE, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU HEARD EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY THE NEED AND STAFF'S CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THIS ARPA FUNDING, THAT WE HAVE A SOLID PLAN FOR GETTING IT EXPENDED BY THE DEADLINES, AND WE LOOK TO IT FIRST. WE JUST REFERENCED VICE CHAIRMAN, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS FIRST BEFORE WE DO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR ANYTHING THAT'S THAT CAN BE USED FOR.
SO AGAIN, A REAL EMPHASIS AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK ON THE USE OF THESE ARPA FUNDS.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THOSE FUNDS APPROPRIATED, OBLIGATED OR WHATEVER WORD YOU WANT TO USE BY THE END OF THE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? AND THEN EXPANDED BY THE END OF 26.
CORRECT. NOW, LET'S SAY WE'VE GOT WATER PROJECTS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PRETTY INTENSELY MANAGED THEN, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITIES THAT CAME IN WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS PRIORITIES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS, AND I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE LATER WE GET INTO NEXT YEAR, IF WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD IDEA THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPEND THE MONEY TO WHERE WE CAN TURN IT AROUND AND MEET THAT 24 DECEMBER 24TH DEADLINE TO RE-APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY SOMEPLACE ELSE, WE CAN LOSE IT.
SO, AND MY INTENT IS TO SPEND 25 OR $45.6 MILLION.
THANK YOU, AND STAFF AGREE AGAIN.
THAT'S WHY I'M PROPOSING THIS IS ONE OF OUR FOCUSES FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THIS CLOSELY AND BE MONITORING ALL OF THOSE OUTSTANDING GRANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HIT THE DEADLINES, OR WE NEED TO MAKE OTHER DECISIONS AND PRETTY QUICKLY, OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THOSE THREE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR OUR BUDGET YEAR FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
WE WILL PROCEED WITH BUILDING THOSE INTO YOUR PROCESS THEN, AND WITH THAT, CATHERINE, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. I'M GOOD.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT STEPS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS, IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE.
APPARENTLY YOU GOT 60 DAYS YOU WANT ANY OTHER CLAIMS AGAINST ARPA FUNDING? YES, THAT'S ONE THING.
WHAT'S THE NEXT THING AFTER THAT? WHAT'S OUR NEXT MEETING ON THIS? SO YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET UNDER THE INTRODUCTION I DID INCLUDE A PREPARATION SCHEDULE FOR YOU.
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JANUARY 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 29TH.FEBRUARY 29TH THE BUDGET SUBMITTALS FOR DEPARTMENTS ARE DUE TO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
APRIL 3RD ARE THE BOS STUDY SESSIONS IN PRESCOTT AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET APRIL 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH ARE THE DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APRIL 17TH ALSO CONTINUED STUDY SESSIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW BOARD MEETINGS, WITH A TENTATIVE BUDGET APPROVAL JUNE 5TH AND THEN SHOOTING FOR A FINAL APPROVAL ON JULY 3RD AND THE TAX RATE APPROVALS ON AUGUST 12TH.
SO FOR THESE ARPA PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND ACTUALLY DECIDE ON THOSE AND PRIORITIZE THEM AND BUILD THEM INTO THE BUDGET? AND SOME OF THESE ARE ARPA.
SO I ASSUME WE COULD START FUNDING THESE NOW.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE SUBMITTALS FROM YOU AND THANK YOU ON YOUR IDEAS FOR CONTRIBUTION, STAFF WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO COMPILE THOSE TOGETHER, CHECK FOR ELIGIBILITY, AND GET THOSE BACK TO YOU PRETTY QUICKLY.
AGAIN, IT'S A FOCUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO GET THESE DOLLARS EXPENDED.
SO PROBABLY EARLY JANUARY WOULD BE A TIME.
I THINK THAT'S FAIR AT THE LATEST THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A DECISION ON THESE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FAIR, AND YEAH, I WAS JUST SEEING IF WE HAD ANY OTHER DATES THAT LOGICALLY, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY.
SO YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK FINE.
OKAY. SO THAT'D PROBABLY BE JUST REGULAR BOARD MEETING OR WOULD THAT BE A SEPARATE.
YEAH, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT AT A BOARD MEETING.
IF IT APPEARS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, I THINK WE CAN JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
IF I THINK IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, I'LL DEVELOP A STUDY SESSION FOR IT.
I DON'T HEAR ANY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT, YOU AND CATHERINE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I GUESS WE'RE ADJOURNED.
OKAY. THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.