Apr 08, 2024 SPECIAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

[ Monday, April 8, 2024 - 9:00 A.M. Budget Overview, Revenue and Expenditure Limitation Board of Supervisors Human Resources Finance Information Technology Services Geographic Information Systems Facilities Capital Improvement Projects Development Services Public Works Community Health Services Library District University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Daily Wrap-Up The Board will recess and reconvene at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.]

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SUPERVISORS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT, AND JAIL DISTRICT.

APRIL 8TH, 9 A.M..

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THE BOARD WILL DISSOLVE INTO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS A SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

AS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT SPECIAL DISTRICT BUSINESS AND FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION, WILL RECONVENE AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL NOT OCCUR DURING THIS STUDY SESSION.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL.

CLERK OF THE BOARD.

CHAIRMAN BROWN HERE.

VICE CHAIR MICHAELS HERE.

SUPERVISOR OBERG HERE.

SUPERVISOR GREGORY HERE.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU. AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE DAY AND WE WILL CALL RECESS IN BETWEEN THE SESSIONS THAT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MONDAY AND.

AND WEDNESDAY.

SO. WE WILL NOT ACTUALLY ADJOURN, BUT WE WILL RECESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY WITH THAT? MR. THOMPSON, YOU WANT TO START US OUT ON THIS? GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET ME PICK UP ON A COMMENT YOU MADE REGARDING SCHEDULE THEIR CHAIRMAN.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THIS YEAR WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE POSTED START TIMES FOR THE THREE DAYS AT 9 A.M., BUT REMOVED TIMES AS WE KNOW WE WEREN'T GOOD AT ADHERING TO THOSE POSTED TIMES.

SO WE'VE GOT THE ORDER, SO HOPEFULLY GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.

BEFORE I START WITH MY PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, I WANT TO PAUSE AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE.

AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS BUDGET SEASON TO DATE WITHOUT A BUDGET MANAGER, AND IT HAS TAXED OUR STAFF TO BE HERE.

SO IN THAT REGARD, A BIT OF AN APOLOGY.

THAT INFORMATION WASN'T DELIVERED AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, BUT MY EXCUSE IS WE WERE DOING THE BEST WE COULD TRYING TO PIECE IT TOGETHER WITHOUT A BUDGET MANAGER, SO I ASKED FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS ON THAT.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO CALL OUT TWO PEOPLE SITTING HERE AT THE TABLE WITH ME.

CONNIE DEKEMPER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE SLASH INTERIM BUDGET MANAGER, AND LUCIE FRANK, BUDGET ANALYST.

THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE PUT IN COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF HOURS OVER THE LAST, I'LL SAY, TWO MONTHS, BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST TWO MONTHS THEY WERE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

SO MY SINCERE THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.

WE WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE TODAY WITHOUT THE HOURS AND HOURS OF WORK THAT THEY BOTH PUT INTO THIS PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THAT, LET ME WALK THROUGH MY PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.

SO LET'S START WITH SOME BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET.

FISCAL YEAR 2025.

THIS IS KIND OF YOUR GLOSSARY FOR THE MORNING.

WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THESE THINGS, WE'LL START WITH THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE USED IN BUILDING THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

WE'LL LOOK AT OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE COMING YEAR.

AND I'VE GOT A SECTION INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES CONSISTENT WITH ONE OF THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BUDGET REQUEST, WHICH WE CALL EXHIBIT THREES, THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES.

THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR GENERAL SERVICES CONTRIBUTIONS REQUEST.

AND FOR ANYONE WHO MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THAT TERM, THAT'S THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT WE FUND.

WE'LL LOOK AT THEIR THEIR REQUEST FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO ARPA, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT UPDATE.

SPECIFICALLY, WE'LL REVIEW WHERE WE HAVE MADE THOSE INVESTMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL TURN TO OUR STANDARD ALLOWANCE, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL AWARE. WE'VE GOT SOME FUNDS THERE TO REALLOCATE.

SO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL THERE WILL THEN TURN TO EXPENDITURE LIMIT OR THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.

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SO JUMPING IN BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT I USED IN BUILDING THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD'S STRATEGIC PRIORITY.

NUMBER THREE, LOOKING AT A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WE KNOW THAT OCCURS IN JULY EACH YEAR.

AND THE COLA I'M PROPOSING IS 3.24%.

I'LL PAUSE THERE TO SAY THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN POLICY, WHICH LOOKS AT THE WESTERN REGION.

COLA AND WE LOOK AT A TEN YEAR LOOK BACK PERIOD.

AGAIN, THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO FLATTEN OUT THE PEAKS AND THE DIPS IN THAT 3.24 IS AGAIN WHAT I'M PROPOSING THIS YEAR BASED ON A SIMPLE AVERAGE OF THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THE PREVIOUS BUDGET MANAGER WAS USING A LITTLE DIFFERENT CALCULATION, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH POLICY, BUT LOOKING AT A TEN YEAR LOOK BACK AND THEN DOING SOME PROJECTIONS, THIS FIGURE IS THE TRUE SIMPLE AVERAGE OF THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO 3.24 PROPOSING A MERIT POOL, WHICH WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE IN OCTOBER OF 3%, MAKING A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY BY $250,000.

AND I'LL GET A LITTLE MORE INTO THAT.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL THEN LOOK AT PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND SPECIAL REVENUE AND OUR GENERAL FUND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

I'VE CONTINUED TO BUILD IN WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY, A GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY OF $4 MILLION AND THEN THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CONSISTENCY FUND, OR LA T.C.F THAT $11 MILLION.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL KNOW OUR INTENT.

THERE HAS BEEN TO HOLD THAT AS A CUSHION IN REGARDS TO OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION AND PROPOSING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO LET'S START LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND I DON'T HAVE LAST YEAR'S BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

YOU CAN SEE PROPERTY TAXES STILL THE LARGEST PERCENT OF OUR REVENUE AT 35.

AND THEN STATE SHARE SHARED SALES TAX AT 28%.

HALF CENT SALES TAX IS 18% OF OUR REVENUE.

THANKS. EXPENDITURES WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

YOU CAN SEE, CONTINUES TO BE THE LARGEST PERCENT OF THE PIE, AT 52%.

GENERAL FUND SPENDING AT 37, OUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS 11 AND DEBT SERVICE FUND, ACTUALLY 0%, $1.9 MILLION.

SO A VERY, VERY SMALL SLIVER.

THEN THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOUR EXPENDITURES.

PROPOSED EXPENDITURES? FOR 25 BY SERVICE, COURTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT STOLE THE LARGEST PERCENT OF THE PIE, AT 51%.

ARE INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AT 21 OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS 18.

AND THEN OUR GENERAL SERVICES SPENDING IS TEN.

AND THAT GENERAL SERVICES SPENDING, AS A REMINDER, THAT'S THOSE OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS PLUS OUR HEALTH CARE FUND.

SO THE BOARD'S SECOND PRIORITY WAS EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY BASED ON LOCAL CONDITIONS.

SO WITH THIS BUDGET, I'M PROPOSING A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AGAIN OF 3.24%.

I'M SHOWING YOU THE BREAKDOWN ON THE TOTAL TO THE GENERAL FUND IS 3.76 OF THAT AND ALL OTHER FUNDS 2.73.

AND THERE I DO CALL OUT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR LAST YEAR.

IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE ONE YEAR IN ISOLATION, IT WAS 4.12% MERIT, 3% PROPOSED POOL THAT BREAKS DOWN TO THE GENERAL FUND 1.53 AND ALL OTHER FUNDS 1.11.

HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY, AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIORITY NUMBER TWO AROUND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO STANDARDIZE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY AT 35%.

AND I'M POINTING OUT THAT JUST BRINGS US INTO ALIGNMENT WITH OUR OTHER THREE PARTNERS, THE CITY OF PRESCOTT YAVAPAI COLLEGE AND TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY. IT WOULD REDUCE, OF COURSE, OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR EMPLOYEES AND HELP US REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE JOB MARKET AND ATTRACT QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES.

AND WE ARE SEEING A COMPETITION IN THE LOCAL MARKET, IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE HIGHLY TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.

JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE SALARIES YESTERDAY, IN FACT, AND OUR PEERS ARE CONTINUING TO, TO BUMP THOSE.

SO WE'RE STRUGGLING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA TO STAY COMPETITIVE.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MY BELIEF IS THAT WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.

I THINK YOU'VE YOU HEARD THE SHERIFF TALK RECENTLY ABOUT BEING DOWN TO FIVE VACANCIES.

SO LAST YEAR THAT WAS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR US, FILLING A RECRUITING AND RETAINING PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES.

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I THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE.

AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THOSE HIGHLY TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE POSITIONS WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFT FROM LAST YEAR.

SO THE PERSONNEL CHANGES THAT I'VE RECOMMENDED A TOTAL OF 17.75 NEW POSITIONS COUNTYWIDE.

ONLY 5.75 OF THOSE ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

TOTAL OF $1.39 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND LIFT IS ABOUT $595,000 OF THAT.

SO. JUST A VARIETY, AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE ORGANIZATION.

THEN RECLASSIFICATIONS.

I'LL PAUSE THERE TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR AND ALL PREVIOUS YEARS WE REALLY HAD A BIFURCATED RECLASSIFICATION PROCESS.

SOME WENT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SOME DIDN'T, QUITE FRANKLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE SIMPLIFIED THAT PROCESS WHERE ALL RECLASSIFICATIONS HAD TO BE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THEY FULLY VETTED THOSE AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ONES THEY COULD SUPPORT OR NOT.

OUT OF THAT PROCESS, WE YIELDED 32 APPROVED RECLASSIFICATIONS.

FIVE OF THESE, HOWEVER, WERE DUE TO REALLY LOOKING BACK AT OUR SALARY SURVEY.

WE'D MISSED ABOUT, WELL, NOT ABOUT FIVE POSITIONS THAT WEREN'T PLACED APPROPRIATELY.

SO THIS INCLUDES THOSE CORRECTIONS.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT 32 TOTAL.

16 OF THEM ARE ONE HALF ARE DUE TO OUR JUSTICE COURTS.

AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE AND SAY AND GIVE SOME THANKS TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND THE COURTS FOR DOING A THOROUGH VETTING AND STANDARDIZATION OF OUR JUSTICE COURTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE ADEQUATELY STAFFED AND THAT PEOPLE WERE GRADED.

AND WE STANDARDIZE THAT ACROSS ALL JUSTICE COURTS.

SO WE WERE TREATING THEM EQUALLY AND EQUITABLY.

SO 16 OF THOSE TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE, ABOUT $323,000, THE GENERAL FUND MOST OF THAT IS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO $303,000.

SO THERE YOU HAVE THE THE TOTALS AT THE BOTTOM, THE GENERAL FUND, ABOUT 898,000.

AND OUR OTHER FUNDS 813 SO FAIRLY WELL SPLIT.

SO LOOKING UP PERSONNEL, WE ALSO KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SALARY ADJUSTMENT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.

WHAT I'VE SHOWN YOU HERE IS THE ELECTED POSITIONS IN THE COUNTY STRUCTURE, THE CALENDAR YEAR, BECAUSE THOSE FIGURES ARE BASED ON THE STATE ON A CALENDAR YEAR.

SO FOR 24 YOU SEE THE FIGURES AND THE ADJUSTMENTS.

THEN FOR 25.

AND THEN I'M SHOWING YOU THE ANNUALIZED.

OF COURSE, HALF OF THAT HITS OUR COMING FISCAL YEAR, AND THE OTHER HALF WILL HIT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

CONSTABLES. WE ALSO HAD SOME.

IT COMES UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SOME ADJUSTMENT BASED ON STATE STATUTE OR CONSTABLE SALARY STRUCTURE.

WORKING WITH OUR CONSTABLES THIS YEAR, THEY AND I ARE PROPOSING A NEW YAVAPAI COUNTY SPECIFIC SALARY STRUCTURE FOR OUR CONSTABLES.

SO IT WOULD BE A THREE TIER SALARY STRUCTURE WITHIN WITHIN THE STATUTORY PROVIDED PROVISIONS.

SO FOR PRECINCTS OF 16,000 OR MORE, IF YOU'RE ELECTED TO YOUR FIRST TERM OR PROPOSING, YOU START AT THE BASE 55.

IF YOU'RE ELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM, YOU'D BUMP TO THE 65 AND THEN THIRD TERM IN EVERY TERM SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, YOU'D BE AT $75,000.

THIS IS A STRUCTURE THAT OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE ARE USING.

WE BELIEVE IT MAKES SENSE.

AND THEN FOR THE SMALLER ONES AGAIN, A THREE TIER SALARY STRUCTURE FOR THOSE SMALL PRECINCTS SERVING 100 OR FEWER FIRST TERM, 10,000, SECOND 15 AND THIRD, 23RD, AND EVERY SUBSEQUENT ONE.

IS THERE A TERMS FOR YEARS.

PARDON. ARE THERE TERMS FOR YEARS.

YES. YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN HERE HERE'S THE REFERENCE BACK TO THE STATUTE CHANGE FOR OUR CONSTABLE SALARY STRUCTURE SHOWING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2425.

AND THEN THE ANNUALIZED FIGURES FOR THEM.

AND I SHOULD PAUSE HERE TO SAY AND ISSUE MY THANKS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IN THE ROOM, BUT WORKING WITH THE CONSTABLES THIS YEAR WAS A TRUE PLEASURE.

IT HAS BEEN A PARTNERSHIP OVER THIS LAST YEAR.

THEY HAVE STAYED IN AND CONTINUAL AND CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ME, AND THEY WORK JOINTLY WITH ME ON THIS PROPOSAL.

SO QUITE A DIFFERENCE FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN HISTORICALLY.

SO I THANK THEM FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP.

IS THIS BASED ALSO ON.

IT'S BASED ON HOW MUCH WORK THEY WERE DOING.

AS TO PERFORMANCE, I DON'T KNOW.

CORRECT. YEAH.

YES. VOLUME. VOLUME OF WORK.

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CORRECT. OKAY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN OUR JUDGES AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

AGAIN SOME STATUTORY ADJUSTMENT HERE FOR THEM AS WELL.

YOU WILL NOTE THAT THE BUDGETED AMOUNT IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THESE POSITIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT.

THAT SALARY IS SPLIT.

WE PICK UP HALF IN THE STATE PICKS UP HALF.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES.

NOW THIS IS JUST THE SALARY NUMBER FOR THE JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

AND THEN LAST WEEK I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR OBERG ASKED ME THIS QUESTION DURING THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE STILL ANTICIPATING A POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING FROM AOC FOR OUR PROBATION OFFICERS.

HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU THEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BOTH OUR JUVENILE AND ADULT PROBATION DIRECTORS, AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE CAN ABSORB THIS WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND, I.E.

PRIMARILY HOLDING VACANCIES.

OKAY, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS OUT THERE.

YEAH. SO THEN LET'S TURN TO WHAT WAS REQUESTED FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES IN TERMS OF NEW SPENDING.

EXHIBIT THREE.

WE HAD 167 REQUEST.

I'M RECOMMENDING 125 OF THOSE $2.44 MILLION OF THAT OF CHARACTERIZED AS INFLATIONARY AND CONTRACTUAL INCREASES.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPROVE, A CONTRACT OFTENTIMES WILL HAVE A 2 OR 3% ESCALATOR BUILT INTO IT THAT WE HAVE NO DISCRETION.

ONCE WE'VE APPROVED THE CONTRACT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO ABSORB SOME GENERAL INFLATIONARY INCREASES FOR CONTRACTUAL AND COMMODITIES AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LIKELY HAVE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHOICE, QUITE FRANKLY, IN DOING 2.44 FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.

AND THEN NEW OPERATING EXPENDITURES, 5.6 1,000,001.71 MILLION IN PERSONNEL.

YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE HAD 9.7.

ALL FUNDS RECOMMENDED OUT OF 14.8, WHICH WAS REQUESTED.

HERE ARE OUR GENERAL FUND.

NOT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT CONTRIBUTION REQUEST.

YOU CAN SEE. GO TO THE LAST TWO COLUMNS THERE WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR AND WHAT IS REQUESTED NEXT YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THESE ENTITIES COMING UP TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS THE NEXT TWO DAYS, I BELIEVE.

THE LARGEST ONE WILL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE COUNTY FAIR REQUESTING $100,000 THIS YEAR.

AND INTERESTING. WE MAY WANT TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE FAIR AND WHAT ARE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

MORE. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE OTHER SIDE THE VERDE VALLEY FAIR, WHICH IS A LANDMARK HISTORICALLY FOR THE AG SECTOR, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE PRIMARY DRIVER IN, IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS.

AND I AM PROPOSING THAT WE LOOK SERIOUSLY AT THAT ALLOTMENT AND DECIDE HOW IT CAN BE USED BY BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN. THANK YOU.

MARK. YES, JUST A QUESTION.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OF THIS REQUEST.

NOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I SHOULD HAVE POINTED THAT OUT.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY AT ONE TIME IN THE GENERAL SERVICES CONTRIBUTIONS, THE BOARD BUDGETED SOME DOLLARS FOR THE FAIR NEXT DOOR HERE IT WAS USED PRIMARILY, IF NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE TEMPORARY FENCING.

AT SOME POINT, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE TO MOVE THOSE FUNDS INTO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

OUR RECOLLECTION, ACCORDING TO BRANDON, WAS WE MOVED $5,000 AT THE TIME SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THOUGH, THAT IN THE AMOUNT FOR THAT TEMPORARY FENCING HAS INCREASED. SO THAT BURDEN HAS BEEN HITTING THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

I HAD MADE THE DECISION THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE TREATED, IF YOU WILL, LIKE EVERY OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCY, AND NEEDED TO BE PART OF THIS CONSIDERATION HERE WITH THE OTHER OUTSIDE ENTITIES. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT HERE.

YOU'RE SEEING IT AS WE DIDN'T BUDGET OR CONTRIBUTE FUNDS LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN A SMALL AMOUNT, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 AND $10,000 ANNUALLY FOR THE TEMPORARY FENCING.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WHY IS IT 100,000? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

OH, SO THESE ARE ONLY THROUGH THE REQUEST, RIGHT? CORRECT. DREAM ON.

AND MAUREEN.

YES, ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE 19,000 FOR THE.

FIREFIGHTERS? ACADEMY.

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THAT'S ALL.

THE REQUEST, I BELIEVE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM WAS THE 19.

WELL, WE DIDN'T REQUEST IT BEFORE WE ESTABLISHED IT BY BOARD VOTE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO REQUEST IT.

AND OF COURSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT NOW OR LATER WHEN THEY COME BACK UP.

YEAH. OKAY.

NOW IT'S FINE. OKAY.

SO YEAH, IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN CHANGE THAT AMOUNT.

MARTY. YES, CHAIRMAN.

VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART, HISTORICALLY IT HAD BEEN A $19,000 CONTRIBUTION.

I THINK MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT LAST YEAR IN RECOGNITION OF THE ANNIVERSARY THAT.

THE BOARD DECIDED TO DOUBLE THE ALLOCATION LAST YEAR TO SEPARATE ALLOCATIONS OF $19,000 PER YEAR.

THAT WOULD MEAN PER YEAR, THAT MEAN GOING FORWARD.

YES. SO I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THIS YEAR.

YEAH PER YEAR.

SO SO IT HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN 19.

THAT IS WHAT IT HAD BEEN.

AND I RECALL, CHAIRMAN, THAT YOU MADE A THE SECOND AMOUNT OF 19,000 TO COMMEMORATE THE LOSS OF THOSE 19 FIREMEN.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE HAVE THE SAME THAT SHOULD BE INDICATING 38.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU BELIEVE THE SECOND $19,000 WAS MEANT TO BE ONGOING? YES. OKAY.

FAIR ENOUGH. AM I AM I WRONG? I THOUGHT I WAS ONE YEAR, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE YEAR TOO.

I DID TOO.

WHEN WE REFER TO THE HISTORICAL TO THE ON THAT GO BACK INTO THE TAPE AS THEY SAY, JAMIE, GET BUSY.

SEE WHAT WE DID.

YEAH, SURE. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE IS WHERE IS OUR DONATIONS TO OUR TO TRANSIT ONE AT COTTONWOOD AND TO ONE HERE.

THOSE ARE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.

SO THEY'RE BOTH COMING OUT OF THERE OKAY.

SO JUST TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION SO WE HAVE BEEN HELPING THE COUNTY FAIR.

IN THE YEARS PAST, CORRECT? OKAY. IT'S JUST BEEN BUDGETED IN FACILITIES.

CORRECT? OKAY. IT WAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE COUNTY FAIR WHEN THEY CAME BACK AND STARTED USING THE NAME COUNTY FAIR, THAT THEY WE WOULD HELP THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR REQUESTS.

AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IS THAT FACILITIES WHEN.

BASIC. WE SAID WE WOULD HELP THEM WITH COSTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FENCING THAT WAS BEING USED TO SEPARATE THE PARKING BETWEEN OUT THERE IN THIS BUILDING. AND SO EVERY YEAR IT'S BEEN ABOUT $8,000.

IT'S THE ACTUAL COST.

YEAH, AND NOT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE CAN DO THAT AS WE COME BACK TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS.

BUT I APPRECIATE, CHAIRMAN, YOUR YOUR PHRASE THERE MAYBE UNINTENTIONALLY, BUT WHEN THEY BEGAN TO REFER TO THEMSELVES AS THE COUNTY FAIR, I THINK LOOKING AT STATE STATUTE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHO IS OR WHERE IS THE COUNTY FAIR.

WELL, THAT REALLY, REALLY ENCOMPASSES THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY FAIR IS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

USUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE THIS YEAR OR NOT, BUT.

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE USUALLY PUTS DOWN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF THE BUDGET TO FUND COUNTY FAIRS IN ALL 15 COUNTIES.

SO. ONE POINT IT WAS $50,000 FOR OUR COUNTY FAIR.

BUT FOR FOR THEM TO MOVE AND BRING IT TO THE RODEO AND EVERYTHING, WE WERE GOING TO HELP THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR EXPENSES.

YEAH. THEN THIS SLIDE IS JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE WE'VE ALLOCATED ARPA.

YOU CAN SEE BY PERCENTAGE BROADBAND WAS THE LARGEST.

THEN WE HAD OUR STANDARD ALLOWANCE PROJECTS, WHICH WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HERE IN A MOMENT.

OUR WATER AND SEWER, 9 MILLION OTHER PROJECTS FIVE, UNASSIGNED THREE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ABOUT $697,000.

NEXT SLIDE IS THE ONE THAT I BELIEVE YOU MAY BE MORE INTERESTED IN AT THIS POINT.

LOOKING AT. SO LOOKING AT FROM THE LAST SLIDE, THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE THAT $10 MILLION THAT WE HAD TO SPEND, I'LL SAY A LITTLE MORE FREELY THAN THE REGULAR ARPA DOLLARS.

THIS IS WHAT HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO SPEND THOSE REMAINING DOLLARS.

YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PROPOSING ABOUT $10 MILLION, AND THE BUDGET IS 8.2.

YOU'LL SEE THE ASTERISK THERE.

OVERAGES WILL BE FUNDED WITH INTEREST INCOME.

SO THAT'S NOT BEEN FUNDED IN.

SO WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THE INTEREST INCOME WILL ABSORB THAT IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO I KNOW INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS HAVE HAD PARTICULAR INTEREST IN SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

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AND I SHOULD PAUSE HERE TO SAY THAT ONE AND A FEW OTHERS, AND I'LL CALL THEM OUT AS WE WALK THROUGH THEM.

THIS IS A WAY TO PREVENT THESE EXPENSES FROM HITTING OUR GENERAL FUND.

SO WE'RE THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE USE OF THESE DOLLARS.

SO COURT CLERK DIGITAL EVIDENCE 208,000.

IT'S THE POWER UPDATE OR REPLACEMENT.

EXCUSE ME. 215 IT'S HIGH AVAILABILITY.

INTERNET CONNECTION IS REALLY OUR SECONDARY CONNECTION.

SO WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON A SINGLE ONE, 235 ONE.

THEN WE GET INTO MODEL CREEK PLAYGROUND IN SUPERVISOR OBERG DISTRICT.

WE'RE PROPOSING 74 FIVE THERE.

IT'S IT'S LABELED AS IT'S IT'S REALLY PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR MOBILE DATA COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS C $395,000 THERE.

AND WE HAVE THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC PEOPLE'S VALLEY SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER AND DISTRICT ONE 103 250 CASTLE COURT PARK AND SUPERVISOR, MALLORY DISTRICT 220,000 BLACK CANYON CITY TRAIL HEAD AND SUPERVISOR, GREGORY DISTRICT 71.

THIS BOARD ROOM HERE AT FAIR STREET.

SOME REMODEL, 70,000.

AND THEN ARPA AGAIN.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS.

THE BOARD HAD MADE A DECISION TWO YEARS AGO NOW, TO FUND THREE ADDITIONAL ATTORNEYS IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND A LITIGATION SPECIALIST WITH ARPA DOLLARS. THOSE FUNDS WERE COMING TO AN END THIS YEAR, MEANING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO FIND A FUNDING SOURCE OR ELIMINATE THOSE POSITIONS.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND MONEY OUT OF THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR ONE YEAR.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE TIME MONEY, SO THIS WOULD BE JUST EXTENDING THAT FOR ONE YEAR.

WELL THEN HAVE A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND THEN FINALLY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE UPGRADE COMPUTERS IN THE VERDE TWIN TOWER 118.

SO 8.2 PROPOSED THERE.

OKAY. THEN WE GET TO EXPENDITURE LIMIT STRATEGIES, AND I'M CONFIDENT THIS WILL COME UP PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO FUND THINGS, NOT FUND THINGS TO FUND THINGS MORE LIBERALLY.

THIS IS REALLY THE THE THE WEIGHT HANGING OVER OUR HEADS, MAKING SURE THAT WE MONITOR AND WATCH OUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

BUT THEN THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE HERE.

AMARI, REALLY, EVERYTHING ABOVE IS BEING DRIVEN OR THROUGH THE LENS OF, IF YOU WILL, THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

OH ABSOLUTELY.

THE WHOLE BUDGET WAS WAS CLEARLY DRIVEN THROUGH THAT LENS.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AGAIN NOT TO GET TOO FAR OFF DECISIONS RIGHT.

RIGHT. THAT WE'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION, STRONG CASH POSITION.

WE CAN'T USE WHAT WE HAVE.

SO WE'RE FORCED TO THIS ARTIFICIAL LIMIT.

SO OUR STRATEGIES IN TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THAT LIMIT YOUR EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE LIMIT IS TO AGE SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY THAT MEANS TO DEFER AND HOLD OFF ON MAKING DECISIONS.

I DON'T THINK THAT ONE'S NECESSARILY BAD NEWS.

AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'RE WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF OUR SPACE STUDY.

WE THEN NEED TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

YOU ALL DO AS A BOARD ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR CAPITAL NEEDS? WHERE DO YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE BASED ON THAT DATA, AND START PLANNING OUT A TRUE STRATEGIC FACILITIES MASTER PLAN MATCHED UP WITH SOURCES AND USES OF REVENUE TO TO FULLY INAPPROPRIATELY FUND THAT.

SO AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT ONE'S NECESSARILY DIRE NEWS.

WE'LL CONTINUE.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE DID THAT THIS YEAR WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF'S ASSISTANCE TO TIME SOME OF OUR REGIONAL ROADS, ROAD PROJECTS, MEANING THAT SCHEDULE KIND OF SLIDES. AND OFTENTIMES WE HAVE MORE BUDGETED AND APPROVED THAN WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TO.

SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS TAKE LONGER.

SO THEY START MOVING OUT.

SO WE'D CONTINUE THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS, TO UTILIZE THAT STRATEGY, WE WOULD TALK ABOUT DELAYING OUR EXTRA.

AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS $4.5 MILLION.

THIS IS OUR EXTRA PAYMENT ON TOP OF WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.

AND I WOULD ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS STRATEGY IS REALLY NOT NEW.

WE HAVE SAID THIS EVERY YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE YEAR TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OUR FINANCIAL POSITION WHERE WE'RE AT AGAINST THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

IF WE CAN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS EXTRA PAYMENT.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR.

BUT JUST PUTTING THAT ON THE LIST, IF THAT'S ANOTHER STRATEGY, WE CAN LOOK TO, TO STAYING WITH IT IN WITHIN OUR LIMIT.

AND THEN FINALLY USING THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CONSISTENCY FUND.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITIES.

I'VE ASKED OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT WE NOT TOUCH THAT, THAT WE NEED TO HOLD THAT AGAIN AS A CUSHION AGAINST OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.

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AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S MY HOPE THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BUDGET WE WRAP UP CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEED TO PURSUE AN INCREASE TO OUR BASE YEAR OF 1979 80 TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THAT, TO GO TO THE VOTERS THIS COMING NOVEMBER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US THEN PUT US IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME MORE OF WHAT WE'D ALL LIKE TO DO.

AND I THINK, QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR FROM US.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE LATKE F IS DOES THAT HAVE THE SAME STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS OF ARPA NUMBER ONE? AND NUMBER TWO DOES THAT GO AGAINST OUR EXPANSION LIMIT? IT GOES AGAINST THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT, AND IT IS MORE FLEXIBLE THAN THE GENERAL ARPA DOLLARS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I BELIEVE MAYBE THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE HERE.

JUST A REMINDER OF OUR SCHEDULE ON JUNE 5TH, WE HAVE TENTATIVE BUDGET APPROVAL HERE IN PRESCOTT, JUNE 19TH, THE COURTESY TNT HEARING IN COTTONWOOD.

AND I'LL JUST SAY RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT ANTICIPATING WE WILL NEED THAT.

AND THEN JULY 3RD ON A WEDNESDAY, WE HAVE THE HEARING OF EXPENDITURES TAX LEVY AND THE FINAL BUDGET APPROVAL.

AND THEN MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH, HAVE THE TAX RATE APPROVAL HERE IN PRESCOTT.

THOUGHT MY LAST SLIDE. SO BEFORE WE BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT BOARD? I HAVE ONE QUESTION I NOTICED ON THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

IT SEEMS LIKE OUR COURTS HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN IN THE PERCENT THAT THEY TAKE AGAINST THE GENERAL FUND.

I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WERE 55 LAST OR THIS YEAR I THINK THERE WERE 54.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR YOU'RE ANTICIPATING 51.

WHY IS THAT GOING DOWN? SOMEONE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME, BUT PART OF MY SPECULATION HERE IS LOOKING AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN PARTICULAR THE RELIANCE ON MORE STATE AND GRANT FUNDS.

OKAY. I MEAN, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE LIFT TO THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR, MY WORDS, IT WAS PRETTY MINIMAL BECAUSE OF THAT ABILITY TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE, AGAIN, AS WE KNOW. AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE ACCEPTING ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S GREAT.

ALTHOUGH WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE ONE TIME DOLLARS.

AGAIN, THE INSTANCE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE BORDER SECURITY FUNDS.

I AGREE WITH THE SHERIFF.

I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE GOING AWAY ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE IS SLIM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

SO THE MORE WE RELY ON THOSE GRANT FUNDS AND ITS IMMEDIATE GREAT RELIEF FOR US NOW, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT TOO.

SO I GUESS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, I'M SURE IT WILL, PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE WISE, AS FAR AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WHAT WE GIVE TO GOVERNMENT AND COURTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND 50%, GIVE OR TAKE 2% OR SO.

LIKE HARRY SAID, I THINK IT WAS 54 AT ONE POINT, BUT I THINK LAST YEAR WAS 53, AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT I THINK WAS 51.

SO BUT IT'S ALWAYS A RIGHT IN THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY PERCENTAGE, WHICH I'D SAY IS PRETTY TYPICAL, TYPICAL FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

YEAH. SO JUST A COMMENT ON THE FUNDING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THAT IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE LEGISLATION SUCCESSFULLY, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE GOAL TO BRING MORE MONEY SO THAT IT IS NOT A BURDEN ON OUR BUDGET AND THAT THAT GRANT MONIES OF $1 MILLION CAN BE REPLACED AS A RESULT OF NEW LEGISLATION.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK AND ALSO WHEN WE SAY THIS, WE ALWAYS SAY BEGIN WITH THE SHERIFF.

AND I DID TOO.

HOWEVER, WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE COURTS.

THE COURTS HAVE GOT TO HAVE THEIR FAIR SHARE OF BEING PAID FOR BY THE AOC.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE MORE PRESSING ISSUE, I THINK, IN THE LEGISLATIVE.

ONE. YES.

AGREE COMPLETELY. AND AGAIN GOING BACK TO PROBATION.

WE KNOW THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP NOW.

SO AGAIN REALLY APPRECIATE OUR DIRECTOR STEPPING UP TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THAT FROM HITTING THE GENERAL FUND AND SHIFTING THAT EXPENDITURE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO BOTH OF THEM.

OKAY. BEFORE WE START MOVING INTO THE PRESENTATIONS, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO TAKE JUST A SECOND HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET BOOK ITSELF.

WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT INFORMATION YOU'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THE FIRST SAY FIRST, MAYBE THE SECOND FIRST TAB IS THE BUDGET MESSAGE.

THANK YOU. AND YOU'VE GOT THE SCHEDULE.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR SUMMARIES, THE NEXT TAB.

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AND THEN THE PAY TABLE IS THE LAST PROPOSED NEW PAY TABLE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDED INCREASES IS IN THAT SECTION.

THEN I'VE GOT A SECTION ON BUDGET CHANGES.

THIS SECTION.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S SEVERAL PAGES HERE.

THESE ARE COPIES OF.

WELL I START WITH A SUMMARY DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE EXHIBIT THREES THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHICH ONES IN THE FAR COLUMN, WHICH ONES I AM RECOMMENDING WE FUND FOR THOSE THAT I AM RECOMMENDING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

THOSE EXHIBIT THREE DETAIL SHEETS ARE WHAT YOU'VE GOT BEHIND THAT.

SO THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT I'VE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

THEN YOU GET INTO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT.

BUDGET SECTIONS, AND YOU'VE GOT AN APPENDIX AT THE VERY BACK, WHICH IS THOSE EXHIBIT THREES THAT WERE SUBMITTED, WHICH I DID NOT INCLUDE IN MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET. SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT.

UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS GO INTO.

I WOULD JUST COMMENT MORE THAT IT'S AMAZING WHEN LOOKING BACK.

OH, NOT SO LONG AGO.

IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS AGAIN.

AND I SO APPRECIATE THE LEANNESS AND DIRECT FOCI ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

I REMEMBER WHEN IT TOOK ME A TWO VOLUNTEERS TO CARRY THE BUDGET BOOK.

IT WAS SO BIG AND SO HEAVY AND MOREOVER THE THE CLARITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED.

AND I HATS OFF TO YOU.

YEAH. THANK THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT.

NOT ONLY THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS SETTING HERE, BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT AND OFFICE TO USING THIS NEW TEMPLATE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REPORTING CONSISTENT INFORMATION IN THE STANDARDIZED FORMAT. SO AND EVERYONE DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB WITH THAT.

SO YEAH, HOPEFULLY IT'S MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY.

OKAY. OKAY.

WHAT? WE NEED TO DO OUR BUDGET. RIGHT.

YEAH. SO FIRST UP IS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEPARTMENT OURSELVES.

AND. IT'S MY TIME.

RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EXHIBITS.

YEAH. SO THE ONLY THING I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE BOARD IS SUPERVISORS DEPARTMENT IS THERE ARE, I BELIEVE.

YES, TWO NEW REQUESTS THAT I HAVE RECOMMENDED INCLUSION, AND THAT ONE IS THE CIVICS REQUEST PUBLIC RECORDS SOFTWARE FOR $4,800.

MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF MY DESIRE TO CONTINUE.

LOOKING AT THE EXHIBIT THREES UNDER CHAIRMAN.

BUDGET CHANGES.

SUMMARY. EXHIBIT THREE.

YEAH. AND WHEN YOU GO THERE.

PAGE 13.

13. YEAH, IT'S THE VERY FIRST BUDGET EXHIBIT THREE IN THAT SECTION.

SO IT'S NOT IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SECTION REQUEST.

NO, THIS IS AN EXHIBIT THREE.

SO IT'S UNDER THAT.

SO AGAIN THE TAB IS BUDGET CHANGES.

SUMMARY. EXHIBIT THREE.

FIRST TWO PAGES IS THE SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUESTED AND WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED.

AND THEN FOLLOWING IS THE ONES THAT I'VE RECOMMENDED THIS THE NARRATIVES ON THOSE.

SO AGAIN, THE FIRST ONE WAS WELL DOING AN ORDER.

I'LL FOLLOW THE PAGE.

THE COMPUTER COMMUNICATION REPAIR ANNUALLY AN INCREASE OF $4,800.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE CLERK'S FUNCTION TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CENTRALIZE OUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A PRETTY DECENTRALIZED APPROACH.

THEY COME IN, HOPEFULLY THEY COME IN TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE, BUT THEY MAY NOT.

THEY MAY GO TO AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN OUR ABILITY TO AGGREGATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ONE POINT OF CONTACT WHO CAN TELL US WHAT REQUESTS WE HAVE RECEIVED, WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF STATUS BEING RESPONDED TO, HOW QUICKLY WE'RE LACKING THERE.

SO TRYING TO CENTRALIZE THAT APPROACH TO THE CLERK'S FUNCTION.

SO WE'VE GOT A BETTER HANDLE, IF YOU WILL, ON THAT.

SO SOME UPGRADE TO OUR SYSTEMS TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT CHANGE.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS ON THE BACK OF THAT.

SO PAGE 14 IS AN INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT $7,000 FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION TO REPLACE SOME EQUIPMENT AND OBTAIN NEW

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SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE ASKING TO PURCHASE A BATTERY BACKUP FOR OUR SOUND EQUIPMENT USED AT THE MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE AND OTHER EVENTS SUCH AS THAT.

SO AGAIN, $7,000 AND SOME ADDITIONAL PRINTING DOLLARS.

SO MINOR INCREASES THAT SALIMAN 11 EIGHT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS? WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS COME IN, HOW HOW FAST WE CAN PROCESS THEM.

I THINK IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE'S BEEN LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO MEMORIALIZE THE THE SPEED IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND IT'S GETTING PRETTY SHORT TIME FRAME.

DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT LEGISLATION WILL PASS IN THE FUTURE HERE, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT TO TO TRY AND GET, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, I THINK OUT LIKE IN FIVE DAYS.

SO WE GOT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING, OF COURSE AS WE WENT THROUGH THE COUNTY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT I KNOW THAT'S PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOUR DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.

AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I KNOW WE'VE ADDED A FEW PEOPLE.

YOU'RE TRYING TO LIMIT THE, THE GROWTH OF, OF PERSONNEL IN OUR DIVISION, BUT ARE YOU SEEING ANY NEED TO TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, OR IS THAT SOME OTHER PLACE IN THE. THE BUDGET HERE IN WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR OBERG, FOR ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS.

TO TO YOUR LAST ONE, IF YOU WOULD THEN TURN TO YOUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TAB IN YOUR BOOK.

AND GO TO PAGE 155.

IT SHOWS A LIST OF THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU WILL NOTICE I'M PROPOSING FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

2425 IS THE ADDITION OF ONE.

PERSON WHEN ADDITIONAL FTE.

HOWEVER, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A NEW REQUEST BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST THERE ON YOUR LEFT, YOU WILL SEE WHERE IS IT? THE VERY BOTTOM ONE FINANCE MANAGER.

YOU'LL SEE THAT'S BEEN A ZERO UNTIL THIS YEAR.

ONE, THE SHERIFF DID AN INTERNAL REORGANIZATION OF HIS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION AND WAS ABLE TO FREE UP ONE POSITION, A FINANCE MANAGER POSITION.

AND HE HAS SHIFTED IT TO OUR DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THAT NEED.

SO. OKAY. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE THE SHERIFF HIS WILLINGNESS TO IDENTIFY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A NEED IN OUR OFFICE FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERSON AND FREE UP THAT THAT ASSET TO GET IT ACCOMPLISHED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO THAT PERSON WILL BE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT YOUR COUNTY MANAGER FUNCTION.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S SORELY NEEDED TO THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DEPARTMENT? OKAY. NOT.

NEXT UP IS HUMAN RESOURCES, I BELIEVE.

HERE SHE COMES.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BROWN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND WENDY ROSS, YOUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.

PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT MY PROPOSED BUDGET.

STARTING OFF, WE HAVE A LITTLE SLIDE INTRODUCING OUR DEPARTMENT, KIND OF DEFINING WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT.

AS YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROTECTS AND SUPPORTS THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, TO FOSTER A MOTIVATED AND PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE WHILE SAFEGUARDING THE COUNTY'S INTERESTS.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT PROVIDES CENTRALIZED SERVICES TO INCLUDE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION, RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, RISK MANAGEMENT,

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OUR DEPARTMENT ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT LAWS, AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT.

SO DURING THIS BUDGET YEAR THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.

AS YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, OUR TRAINING PROGRAM BASICALLY STOPPED WITH THE INABILITY TO MEET IN PERSON AND GATHER IN GROUPS. AND SO TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THAT UP AND GOING AGAIN.

AND WE REALLY REVAMPED OUR IN-PERSON TRAINING.

AND SO REALLY TOOK A LOOK AT OUR TRAINING CALENDAR, OUR TRAINING CATALOG.

AND TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THAT BACK TOGETHER.

BUT WE DID GET STARTED AGAIN.

IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD PARTICIPATION IN THE TRAININGS THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING.

WE PUT TOGETHER A FULL TRAINING YEAR CALENDAR THAT'S POSTED OUT THERE ON THE COUNTY NET, SO THAT DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES CAN SEE WHAT'S COMING, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, AND PLAN THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY.

NEXT. THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF REMODELING THE HUMAN RESOURCES CONFERENCE ROOM AND REALLY TURNING IT INTO A COUNTY WIDE TRAINING ROOM THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL DEPARTMENTS.

SO IT'S STILL IN PROGRESS.

IT'S GETTING REALLY, REALLY CLOSE.

WE'RE REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE ROOM.

I THINK IT WILL BE A REALLY GOOD MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROOM.

IT'S GOING TO HELP US A LOT WITH TRAINING, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A ROOM AVAILABLE TO DO THE TRAINING WHEN WE NEED TO DO THE TRAINING, A ROOM THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD THE CLASS SIZE THAT WE WOULD LIKE.

BUT WE'LL ALSO BE A ROOM AVAILABLE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO USE FOR MEETINGS AND TRAININGS AND TEAMS MEETINGS AND INTERVIEWS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO THAT'S EXCITING.

AND I NEED TO SHOUT OUT AND THANK FACILITIES AND IT FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THAT ROOM.

IF THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND IT'S LOOKING REALLY GREAT.

LASTLY, THIS YEAR DURING THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, YOU APPROVED SOME FUNDING TOWARDS LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CULTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT ON THAT MONTHLY.

THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETS AND DISCUSSES CULTURE.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT TEAM BUILDING EFFORT AS WELL, AND REALLY SOME GREAT IDEAS COMING OUT OF IT THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO ROLL OUT. I THINK IT DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ROLLING IT OUT IN BITS AND PIECES.

AND WE'VE GOT WHAT IS THIS, APRIL? SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS LEFT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS ON THE CULTURE DEVELOPMENT.

GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.

ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES IS TO CONTINUE THE UPGRADE OF OUR ERP SYSTEM.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'LL BE DOING AN UPGRADE TO OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND REALLY REVIEWING THE THE BUSINESS PROCESSES THAT WE USE TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY.

THIS WILL BE A REALLY BIG PROJECT FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW AS WELL AS FINANCE.

AND IT AS WE REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE DO THINGS AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT.

ONE OF OUR TOP DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW IS RUNNING REPORTS ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS UPGRADE WILL ALLOW US TO EXTRACT DATA MORE EFFECTIVELY AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT INFORMATION IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

ANOTHER GOAL FOR US THIS.

YES, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ERP.

I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

I THINK WE SET ASIDE ARPA FUNDING ABOUT 4.3 OR SOMETHING TO TO HANDLE THAT.

HAS THAT GONE DOWN CONSIDERABLY? AND WHAT DO WE SEE THE COST GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN DEALING ON THIS FOR FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.

TOO LONG. YEAH.

YES. YEAH.

AROUND FIGURES. AND CONNIE OR MARTY, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME THAT WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND $5 MILLION FOR THE ERP, I BELIEVE MOST RECENT PROJECTION.

AND I'M PULLING THESE OUT OF MY HEAD FOR 130,000.

BUT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO.

THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS I THINK.

SO I'D SAY A MILLION $1 MILLION PROBABLY WILL GET US WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THIS UPGRADE.

SO SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS THERE.

SO WHEN DO WE THINK WE'LL HAVE THIS THING OPERATIONAL?

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WHAT'S WHAT'S OUR BEST GUESS NOW? 12 TO 18 MONTHS, HE SAID.

SO YEAH, EVEN THIS, WE CALL THIS AN UPGRADE.

THIS IS REALLY A NEW, NEW SYSTEM.

I MEAN, WE'RE MOVING LIGHT YEARS AHEAD IN TERMS OF FUNCTIONALITY.

SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT JUST TO UPDATE.

OKAY. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY IMPORTANT SYSTEM AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS THING GOING.

AND I'M JUST SURPRISED IT TOOK US THIS LONG AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

SO YEAH, JUST A JUST A THOUGHT.

ANYWAY, SO IF I COULD PAUSE A MINUTE ON THAT, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, JUST OUR ABILITY TO RUN A VACANCY REPORT RIGHT NOW OUT OF OUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MANUAL PROCESS AND WE'VE.

YES. YEAH.

IT IS. WELL, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO GET INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND I FULLY SUPPORT IT.

AND I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE GOING AT GLACIAL SPEED, BUT I KNOW IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

AND I EXPECT THAT ONE QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY, WENDY, ABOUT THE CULTURE EXPENDITURE AND HOW YOU MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS.

AND OF COURSE, ONE WAY ONE OF YOUR MEASURING TOOLS IS A TURNOVER.

SO DO YOU SEE ANY CHANGES THAT YOU COULD ATTRIBUTE AS A RESULT OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO YOUR CULTURE EFFORTS? I FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY YET TO SEE THAT.

I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL BE MEASURING IT.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE STARTED THE PROCESS WITH A COUNTY WIDE SURVEY, KIND OF AN ASSESSMENT SURVEY TO ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO ASK FOR THEIR OPINIONS ON HOW THEY VIEW THINGS IN THEIR WORKPLACE.

AND WE'LL END THIS FIRST YEAR WITH ANOTHER SURVEY AND COMPARE THOSE RESULTS TO EACH OTHER TO LOOK FOR SOME OF THAT.

BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY.

I DO AGREE THAT WE ARE HAVING AN EASIER TIME FILLING OUR POSITIONS.

I NOT SURE THAT OUR TURNOVER HAS GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING STILL.

BUT I DO BELIEVE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT CULTURE, THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO REALLY DEVELOP OURSELVES AS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, WHERE WE WILL SEE EMPLOYEES STAYING AND TURNOVER GOING DOWN.

WELL, I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR IT, BECAUSE FOLKS DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT WE MEAN BY CULTURE DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S A POWERFUL TOOL AND IT MAKES US PARTNERS RATHER THAN ADVERSARIES RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING AND COLLABORATIVE RATHER THAN IN SILOS.

AND THE WAY TO MEASURE ANY ORGANIZATION OR SYSTEM, OF COURSE, IS IS IT IN ITS EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS? AND YOU CAN'T BE EITHER WITHOUT A POSITIVE CULTURE.

SO IT'S A POWERFUL TOOL.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

SO ANOTHER GOAL FOR US THIS YEAR IS, IS TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES.

WE'VE NOTICED, OF COURSE, I THINK EVERYONE HAS NOTICED THAT RECRUITMENT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT THESE DAYS.

THE THE WORLD OF EMPLOYMENT HAS CHANGED.

INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIFFERENT IDEA ABOUT WHAT THEIR WORKPLACE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS IN THAT AREA, HAVE BE MORE PROACTIVE IN OUR ADVERTISING, HAVE MORE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERING WITH BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FINDING THOSE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT WE WANT TO BRING ON BOARD.

AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HARD TO FILL.

ARE YOU ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT? AND DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT THAT? YES. IN FACT, THIS YEAR WE HAVE USED SEVERAL DIFFERENT OUTSIDE RECRUITERS TO FILL SOME OF OUR HARDER TO FILL POSITIONS.

WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES BUDGET FOR OUTSIDE SERVICES THAT CAN COVER SOME OF THAT.

I KNOW THERE'S ALSO MONEY IN AN ADVERTISING BUDGET THAT SITS IN THE GENERAL SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE UTILIZED FOR SEVERAL OF OUR POSITIONS AND IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO FILL SOME OF THOSE HARDER TO FILL POSITIONS.

SO WE'LL UTILIZE THAT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THAT AS A STRATEGY AS WELL.

WE'D LIKE TO, TO BEEF UP AN AIR A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT INTERNALLY.

AND IF I MAY, WENDY, JUST TO EMPHASIZE THAT POINT, WE ARE TRULY SEEING A SHIFT IN HOW YOU RECRUIT FOR.

AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THOSE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL AND EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.

FOR INSTANCE, THE BUDGET MANAGER, THE TWO FINALISTS THAT WE HAD ARE OUTSIDE.

RECRUITER DIDN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THEM.

THEY WENT OUT AND LOOKED AND FOUND PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T NECESSARILY EVEN LOOKING AND TARGETED AT THEM.

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SO IT'S NOT SITTING BACK AND WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AT THE DOOR.

YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO MAYBE AREN'T EVEN IN THE MARKET LOOKING AND TRY TO ENTICE THEM, THAT YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND LASTLY, ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS HERE AT THE COUNTY.

THIS WAS A DISCUSSION THAT CAME UP DURING OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FORM AND MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT SO THAT IT IT WORKS WELL AS A TOOL FOR EVERYONE.

WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE COUNTY WITH VERY DIVERSE DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TOOL THAT CAN WORK FOR ALL.

AND SO OUT OF THAT EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE WAS FORMED.

AND THAT COMMITTEE HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FORM, BUT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL FROM A YEAR ROUND PERSPECTIVE.

SO THAT'S OUR GOAL THIS YEAR, IS TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY USING, WHAT COULD WE USING THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER TO REALLY IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.

SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT MAY BE FACING THIS COMING YEAR.

AS WITH EVERYONE, JUST AN EVER INCREASING WORKLOAD NEW POLICIES GET IMPLEMENTED THAT PUT SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ONTO HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF, NEW LAWS GET PASSED THAT WE HAVE TO RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENT.

AND JUST THE EVER AS THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO GROW, THAT JUST ADDS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THAT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED BY OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT JUST CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE.

CONTINUED DIFFICULTIES RECRUITING AND RETAINING A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE AS AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, I REALLY THINK I SEE THAT AS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE AS WE NAVIGATE THE NEW WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING RECRUITED AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AS FAR AS THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE.

AND THEN THE UPGRADE OF OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS SORELY, SORELY NEEDED.

BUT IT WILL PLACE AN ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD BURDEN ON OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR NORMAL WORKLOAD DAY TO TEST AND EVALUATE THE NEW SYSTEM AS IT GETS IMPLEMENTED.

SO THAT WILL PUT AN EXTRA BURDEN.

BUT I NEVER WIN IN MY DEPARTMENT IS SO READY FOR THE UPGRADE THAT WE ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

NOW, I ASSUME, WENDY, THAT EVER INCREASING WORKLOAD THAT WAS PROBABLY A REFLECTION OF ME.

YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH THAT.

YES. AND AGAIN, SERIOUSLY, MY DESIRE TO CENTRALIZE MORE OF OUR HR PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES IN THE PAST, I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THAT.

SO I'VE CONTINUED TO TO STEER MORE OF THAT TOWARDS THEM, WHICH I REALIZE HAS PUT AN ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD ON YOUR STAFF.

SO THANK YOU. BUT I WOULD JUST UNDERSCORE THAT YOU'VE BEEN UP TO NOW WRITING THE CHECKS, YOU KNOW HAVING TO MATCH EXPENDITURES MANUALLY RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A SYSTEM.

AND THIS IS GOING TO ONCE YOU GET IT UP AND RUNNING AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT, ALTHOUGH YOUR ACCURACY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HIGH, EVEN EVEN WITH SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW 18TH CENTURY TOOLS THAT YOU PRESENTLY ARE USING.

SO STAY THE COURSE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH IT.

THANK YOU. YES, THERE'S A LOT OF MANUAL PROCESSES, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS UPGRADE TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THOSE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AREA.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T MEASURE IT, YOU CAN'T MANAGE IT.

AND SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE BUILD MEASUREMENTS INTO THE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AGREED. OPPORTUNITIES.

SO AS YOU SEE, SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALSO OUR CHALLENGES.

BUT WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE THIS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO OUR EXHIBIT THREE REQUESTS.

BUT ONE OF OUR EXHIBIT THREE REQUESTS IS THE ADDITION OF THE NEOGOV PERFORM MODULE NEOGOV WE CURRENTLY USE FOR OUR ONLINE APPLICATION TOOL.

THEY ALSO HAVE A MODULE FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.

AND SO WE'VE REQUESTED THAT AND BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL REALLY HELP US STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.

AS EVERYTHING IS ONLINE, THINGS CAN BE ROUTED ELECTRONICALLY.

AND IT BUILDS IN SOME POINT SYSTEMS TO HELP WITH RATING SYSTEMS. OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IS TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN.

AGAIN, WE REALLY RIGHT NOW DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND WE'D LIKE TO START UTILIZING LINKEDIN MORE THAN WE ARE.

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AS WELL AS THE INCREASED ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE ENVISION BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH EMBRY-RIDDLE AND YAVAPAI COLLEGE AND SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO REALLY BE ABLE TO START TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE ABOUT OUR JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW CAN WE DEVELOP PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE AND BUILD THOSE SKILLS UP SO THAT WE CAN BRING THEM INTO OUR WORKFORCE, AS LONG AS WE DON'T USE TIKTOK? CORRECT. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPAND OUR TRAINING CATALOG AND THE FREQUENCY OF OUR TRAINING COURSES, WHICH WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE NEW TRAINING SPACE HERE AT FAIR STREET.

WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP US OUT QUITE A BIT IN BEING ABLE TO GET MORE OF THOSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

AND LASTLY, WE BELIEVE IN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE NOT YET REALIZED IS HELPING DEVELOP A COUNTY WIDE SUCCESSION PLANNING PROGRAM TO ASSIST OUR COUNTY LEADERSHIP WITH DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS.

AND THAT ALL KIND OF TIES INTO THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING, SETTING GOALS AND IDENTIFYING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN INCREASING OUR TRAINING COURSES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED BUT REALLY ASSISTING DEPARTMENTS WITH HOW DO WE GROW OUR OWN WITHIN AND START TO DEVELOP THOSE FUTURE LEADERS.

HEY, WENDY, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I WANT TO GO BACK AND FOLLOW UP ON SUPERVISOR OBERG'S COMMENT SPECIFIC TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN OUR PERSONNEL SYSTEM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB OF THAT IN OUR BUDGETING.

TO THAT REGARD, I SHOULD HAVE POINTED OUT IN EACH DEPARTMENT SUMMARY THERE'S A SECTION ON KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO AGAIN, TAKING A STEP FORWARD THIS YEAR AND GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING AT THEM, WE'RE STILL RELYING TOO HEAVILY ON JUST OUTPUT MEASURES RATHER THAN OUTCOME MEASURES.

BUT AGAIN, STARTING DOWN THAT PATH, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR RECRUITMENT OF A BUDGET MANAGER, I'VE SOUGHT OUT SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT EXPERIENCE, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND HOW YOU TIE THAT TO YOUR BUDGET AS WELL.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN THAT AREA.

OKAY, SO OUR TOTAL EXPENSES THIS YEAR WERE ABOUT 1.6 MILLION, ALMOST 1.7.

I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED WHEN I DID THE MATH COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S EXPENSES OF A 19.75% INCREASE, SO I WENT BACK AND LOOKED TO SEE WHAT IS WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? AND WHAT THAT IS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE EXHIBIT THREES NEXT.

BUT WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT THREE REQUEST IN THERE TO CONTINUE THE CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING INTO YEAR TWO.

AND THAT'S AROUND 114,000.

WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT THREE REQUEST FOR THE PERFORM MODULE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SOME OF THAT'S A ONE TIME COST AND SOME OF IT IS RECURRING, BUT THAT'S AROUND 86,000.

WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE TO THE BACKGROUND CHECK COSTS DUE TO AN INCREASE FROM OUR VENDOR ON THE COSTS OF DOING BACKGROUNDS.

ALSO, I THINK THAT THAT NUMBER THAT WE DO EACH YEAR CONTINUES TO GO UP AS WE ARE RECRUITING CONTINUOUSLY AND HIRING PEOPLE ON CONTINUOUSLY.

WE ACTUALLY DO PLAN TO SHOP AROUND THIS YEAR.

MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WE'RE USING THE THE BEST, MOST COST EFFICIENT BACKGROUND CHECK VENDOR WHO IS ALSO PROVIDING GOOD SERVICES.

BUT WE DID ASK FOR AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $24,000 PER YEAR FOR BACKGROUND CHECK COSTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD AN INCREASE IN COST TO OUR SERVICE AWARDS.

WE'RE FORECASTING WE MIGHT NEED AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 THIS YEAR.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY CHANGED OUR PROGRAM AND WHICH HAS BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

BUT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED.

WENDY, DID YOU ALSO MENTION THE ADDITIONAL POSITION AS WELL? RIGHT? CORRECT.

I THINK THAT WAS BUILT IN THERE AS WELL.

AND AS WE GET TO THE EXHIBIT THREES, WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL POSITION TO ASSIST WITH THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

SO HERE THEY ARE.

LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING OR LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CULTURE DEVELOPMENT.

PHASE TWO OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IT'S IT'S ABOUT A YEAR LONG PROGRAM.

IT'S BEEN INCLUDING THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE APPOINTED DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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PHASE TWO INVOLVES THE NEXT TIER LEADERSHIP.

SO WHEN THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IS DONE AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR, THE SECOND YEAR WILL BRING IN ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, CHIEF DEPUTIES, TOP LEVEL MANAGEMENT WITHIN DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE THE PLAN THAT THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM PUT TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENT IT COUNTYWIDE.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR CONSULTANT TO DO THAT FOR YEAR TWO.

ALSO BUILT IN.

THERE IS SOME ONGOING LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO THERE'S SOME MONEY BUILT IN THERE FOR, I THINK FOR HALF DAY SEMINARS QUARTERLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO GET TOGETHER AND CONTINUE THAT LEADERSHIP TRAINING.

THE NEOGOV PERFORM MODULE.

AGAIN, THIS ACTUALLY IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED.

AGAIN, THERE'S THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME TOGETHER.

WE WATCHED A DEMO OF THIS MODULE, AND EVERYONE AGREED AND BELIEVED THAT THIS WOULD BE A FANTASTIC TOOL FOR US TO USE TO REALLY STREAMLINE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS NOT ONLY FOR THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, BUT ONGOING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT YEAR ROUND.

IT REALLY HELPS PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS TO USE TO PROVIDE THAT CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST SENIOR TO ADD TO OUR TEAM.

AGAIN, WE HAVE JUST SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR THE USE OF THIS PERSON DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR WORKFORCE.

AND THAT'S IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK IN PREVIOUS YEARS YOU HAD A FTE OF TEN FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

I THINK WE ADDED ONE LAST YEAR.

AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR ONE THIS YEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE AT WE'RE AT 12 RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE.

SO I THINK THAT THE ADDITION OF THIS WOULD ADD TO 13.

BUT THERE WERE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS I THINK WE WERE WE WERE AT 11 AND THEN WE WERE AT TEN, AND THEN WE WERE AT 11 AND THEN WE WERE AT 12.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN, I THINK, A SLOW GROWTH.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEAN AND MEAN, BUT WE CAN USE ONE MORE TO REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON THIS.

I DON'T THINK THIS NEW WORLD OF RECRUITMENT IS GOING TO GO AWAY ANYTIME SOON.

I THINK THIS IS KIND OF OUR NEW REALITY.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO JUMP IN THERE AND GET SOME PROCESSES IN PLACE SO WE CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHEN PEOPLE BRING IN REQUESTS FOR RE CLASSES I KNOW.

IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN PLACES I'VE BEEN IN THE PAST, THAT YOU HAVE A CLASS SECTION THAT GOES IN, THAT TAKES A LOOK AND SEE WHETHER THAT CLASS IS NEEDED.

IF IT'S PROPERLY BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE RIGHT PAY SCALE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WITH THESE ADDITIONAL PERSON, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THAT TOO.

WELL, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WITH THE THE CHANGE TO THE PROCESS THIS YEAR, WE DID EVALUATE EVERY PERSONNEL REQUEST.

WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.

IT WAS VERY TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT WAS IT WAS I THINK IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

I THINK FOR US, IT HELPED US REALLY DIVE IN AND UNDERSTAND STAFFING LEVELS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS, BE ABLE TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

BUT WE REALLY I FEEL LIKE WE DID REALLY EVALUATE THOSE RECLASSIFICATION REQUESTS VERY CAREFULLY.

AND AS DEPARTMENTS WILL TELL YOU, THERE WAS SOME THAT WE DID WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE ALSO HELPED FIND ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS TO WHAT THEY NEEDED.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FAIRNESS ACROSS THE, THE SPECTRUM.

SO OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

AGREED. AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT REAL QUICKLY.

GOING BACK TO THE SUMMARY SLIDE OUTSIDE OF THE JUSTICE COURT STANDARDIZATION AND THE FIVE FOR ADJUSTMENTS COUNTYWIDE, THERE ARE ONLY 11 RECOMMENDED RECLASSIFICATION. SO I THINK TREMENDOUS PROGRESS THIS YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. AND CHAIRMAN.

AND WENDY, I MIGHT END THIS PRESENTATION BY SAYING THE THREE REQUESTS THAT WENDY HAS MADE FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

I AM RECOMMENDING AND HAVEN'T INCLUDED THOSE THREE IN MY PROPOSED BUDGET.

OKAY, WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.

THANK YOU. BACK HERE AT 1020.

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A START OUT WITH A SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM BECAUSE AS I'M WORKING ON BUDGET, MY TEAM IS PICKING UP A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I DID AND HANDLING WHAT NEEDED TO GET DONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ALLOW ME TO FREE UP TO TAKE THIS ON.

CONNIE, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN MY THANKS TO BEGIN WITH.

ABSOLUTELY. THANKS TO TO YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY TOOK ON EXTRA WORK AS WELL.

SO THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT.

SO WE'RE PRETTY A PLAIN AND SIMPLE DEPARTMENT.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PAYMENT PROCESSING IN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND PAYROLL.

WE DO PROCUREMENT FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THEN ASSET MANAGEMENT.

SO THIS YEAR'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR.

WE HAD A COUPLE POSITIONS OPEN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR AND WERE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN HAD TWO MORE POSITIONS VACATED.

SO WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF THE YEAR DOUBLING UP OUR STAFF TRYING TO MAINTAIN A STATUS QUO.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME GREAT STRIDES IN THE IN THE DEPARTMENT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THAT.

THE STAFFING IS WAS A BIG DEAL FOR US WORKING ON IN CONTROL INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

SO AS WE HAVE ALL THESE VACANCIES, HAVING THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THOSE PROCEDURES IN PLACE HAVE REALLY BEEN A BENEFIT FOR US.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO FINE TUNE THAT AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE UPGRADE OF THE ERP SYSTEM.

WE HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES, BUT ALSO TO ATTUNE THE SYSTEM TO ARIZONA STATE LAW.

IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PLACES THAT I'VE WORKED AT.

SO THE DEPARTMENT GOALS FOR 2025 ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF CENTRALIZING PROCUREMENT.

I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK HERE.

ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAD OPEN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR WAS A PROCUREMENT OFFICER.

I REALLY WANTED TO SEE A HIGH LEVEL PROCUREMENT OFFICER COME INTO THE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I WANTED A TEAM THAT COULD TAKE ON THE CENTRALIZATION OF PROCUREMENT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND PROCUREMENT OFFICERS IN THIS AREA, AND WITH TWO HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS WHERE THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED, WE CAN TAKE ON THE PROCESS OF TRAINING AFTER THAT, AND WE CAN GROW OUR OWN AT THAT POINT.

AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

AND SO YOU'LL START SEEING PROCUREMENT TAKING OFF IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THERE.

I'M ACTUALLY THE ONE HOLDING IT UP RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE ADMINISTRATION IS AWARE THAT THIS IS GOING TO START IN THE NEXT WEEK.

AND SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS WILL PROCEED.

BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR ONE OF OUR PROCUREMENT PEOPLE, SHE WAS HIRED IN AS A PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR, AND SHE HAS TAKEN ON THE PROCUREMENT FOR ALL OF THE IT DEPARTMENT.

AND WE REALLY FEEL THAT SHE SHOULD BE AT A PROCUREMENT OFFICER LEVEL.

SO ONE OF OUR REQUESTS IS TO A RECLASS THAT POSITION.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THE CROSS TRAINING AND THE TRAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE I.

THE ERP SYSTEM IS GOING TO START IN THIRD QUARTER OF 2024.

AND SO THAT WILL BE A YEAR LONG PROCESS FOR US.

FOR US. SO AGAIN OUR CHALLENGES WERE STAFFING.

WE CURRENTLY ARE DOWN TWO POSITIONS.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AN OFFER TO A PERSON FOR OUR PAYROLL SPECIALIST.

SHE'LL START AT THE END OF APRIL AND WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT PERSON.

THAT. SO A LOT OF OUR STAFF ARE DOUBLING UP.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT, THAT THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT CROSS TRAINING.

SO THE TWO EXHIBIT THREES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY ARE RECLASS OF OUR PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR TO A PROCUREMENT OFFICER.

WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING A HALF TIME POSITION IN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.

WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THE VOLUME HAS INCREASED SUCH THAT WE FEEL IT'S JUSTIFIED TO HIRE A HALF TIME POSITION IN ACCOUNTS

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AND FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE DID THAT BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS NOW TAKING ON OUR PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT WHILE THAT POSITION IS VACANT.

SO BUT WE DO REALLY NEED THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE POSITION TO CONTINUE TO HAVE EFFICIENT AND TIME SENSITIVE PROCESS COMPLETED.

LET ME JUST MAKE A WILD GUESS.

MR. THOMPSON YOU'RE SUPPORTING THESE REQUESTS, I ASSUME IN YOUR BUDGETS.

ABSOLUTELY. I JUST HOPE THE BUDGET MANAGER WILL AS WELL.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, WE OUR TOTAL EXPENSES ARE ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.

OUR BUDGET IS UP ABOUT 7.4% FROM 24 TO 25.

WE'RE REQUESTING THE RECLASS OF THE ONE POSITION AND A HALF TIME POSITION.

THE RECLASS IS APPROXIMATELY TEN $10,500, AND THE HALF TIME ACCOUNTS PAYABLE POSITION IS APPROXIMATELY $33,000. AND THAT'S THE REQUEST WE'RE MAKING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

LET'S GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF WHERE OUR BUDGET'S AT.

94% OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL.

THE BALANCE IS OFFICE SUPPLIES AND SOME COMPUTER SOFTWARE.

THAT JUST GOES OVER WHAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

SO IF I MAY, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, ABOUT SUPPORTING THE HALF TIME MY MY CONVERSATION WITH CONNIE HAS CONTINUED TO BE IS THAT ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IS STAFFED APPROPRIATELY TO DO ALL THE THAT WE'RE ASKING OF THEM AND ALL THAT, I PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM, I.E.

CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT AND OTHER INITIATIVES.

SO SHE'S ASSURED ME THAT THAT THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THIS YEAR.

WELL, THE PROCUREMENT IS IS HUGE FOR THIS COUNTY.

HOW IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST IS JUST, YOU KNOW, MAGICAL.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT FOLKS CAN GET CROSS TRAINED.

SO WE'RE NEVER IN THE POSITION AGAIN OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH FOLKS WITH ADEQUATE ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE TO DO JOBS THAT WE, WE MUST DO ON A DAILY, DAILY BASIS.

SO I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT YOUR VERY CONSERVATIVE REQUEST OF A HALF TIME GIVE A LOT OF THOUGHT TO THAT.

I'M NOT WILLING TO THROW MONEY AROUND, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

BUT IT IS CORE TO OUR SUCCESS AS A COUNTY THAT WE HANDLE THESE AREAS AT A HIGH KNOW, AN EXCELLENT LEVEL.

AND SO I WILL TAKE YOUR LEAD ON THAT.

MANAGER. THOMPSON.

BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU HALF TIME, GIVEN WHERE WE'RE GOING I THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT, WHETHER THAT'S A.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AT IMPROVING INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S REVIEWED BY THE STATE AUDITOR? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS PURELY IN YOUR AREA TO TO REVIEW? SO THE AUDITORS DO REQUEST OUR INTERNAL CONTROL PROCEDURES AT A HIGH LEVEL.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, MOST OF THE STATE, MOST OF THE COUNTY IS FOLLOWING THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S MANUAL.

BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET.

BUT ONE OF THOSE CHANGES WE WANT TO DEVIATE FROM THAT MANUAL IS TO INCREASE OUR ASSET LEVELS WHERE WE CAPITALIZE THOSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE CAPITALIZING VERY SMALL ITEMS THAT BASICALLY CREATES WORK THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO.

AND IN FACT, OUR, OUR CURRENT AUDITORS ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A POLICY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE POLICIES BECAUSE WE USE THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S MANUAL.

SO THAT IS PART OF THE GOAL FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS TO START LOOKING AT THOSE PLACES WHERE WE CAN CREATE EFFICIENCIES, BUT IT MAY REQUIRE A POLICY OUTSIDE THE MANUAL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

MRS THOMPSON I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THANK YOU FOR BOTH SUPERVISORS FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

YES, I WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

CONNIE HAS CONVINCED ME THAT WITH SOME RECENT HIRES AND GETTING ALL POSITIONS FILLED, SHE AGAIN BELIEVES THIS IS ADEQUATE, AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR.

SO I AM SUPPORTING THAT.

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THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC MISSIONS.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE EXPERTS IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT.

THAT'S THE ROLE OF A PROFESSIONAL FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

CONNIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN A LOT OF HOURS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH.

HERE, HERE. I AGREE WITH THAT.

YOU ARE AN AMAZING TALENT.

FOR OUR COUNTY.

AND IT'S ALSO, BY THE WAY, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. PREVIOUS BOARDS.

OF SUPERVISORS FOR THIS COUNTY HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS PROCUREMENT ISSUE IS RATHER WIDESPREAD.

IT WAS NOT SO MUCH.

NOBODY REALIZED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AS WE REALIZED THE PROBLEM, BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FIX IT.

NOW WE DO. THANK YOU.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

PAT. I JUST ONE THING.

MR. OBERG HAS TO LEAVE.

SO YOU NOTE THAT IN THE MINUTES.

PLEASE, JAMIE.

SO GOOD MORNING.

CHAIRMAN BROWN. VICE CHAIR MICHAELS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M PAT GALASSI, YOUR ITS DIRECTOR, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE FY 25 BUDGET PROPOSAL.

AND BEFORE I START, I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE FEEDBACK ON HOW WELL PROCUREMENT IS WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PILOT DEPARTMENT USING IT.

AND IT IS TRULY RELIEVED A BURDEN IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND WE WORK SEAMLESS TOGETHER.

SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO FINANCE AND AND HOW THAT PROCESS IS WORKING OUT.

SO JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SIX MAJOR SERVICES MY DEPARTMENT OFFERS.

WE HAVE A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TEAM, OUR BUSINESS SYSTEMS TEAM RECORDS MANAGEMENT OF COURSE.

AND THEN OUR SUPPORT MODEL IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE TIERS OF SUPPORT, STARTING WITH OUR SERVICE DESK, FOLLOWED UP BY OUR CLIENT SERVICES TEAM, WHICH A LOT OF YOU SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THEY ARE THE DESK SIDE SUPPORT FOLKS, AND OF COURSE, THE BACK END INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAINTAINS ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. SO. COVERING SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED AN ADVANCED ENDPOINT PROTECTION SOLUTION, A COMPREHENSIVE BACKUP AND RECOVERY SOLUTION, AS WELL AS AN ADVANCED EMAIL SECURITY TOOL THAT NOW USES MACHINE LEARNING TO SECURE THE COUNTY'S EMAIL SYSTEMS. IN REGARD TO IN REGARD TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE THIS YEAR A VERY SUCCESSFUL THE ITC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COORDINATORS GROUP.

WE STOOD UP A FULLY STAFFED PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION.

WE HAVE TWO PROJECT MANAGERS LED BY OUR BUSINESS ADMIN MANAGER AND MOST OF OUR PROJECTS, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WILL BE MANAGED BY A FORMAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

WE HAVE MET QUARTERLY ON REGULARLY WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND ADDITIONALLY YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE 18 NEW COUNTYWIDE IT POLICIES THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

LASTLY, WE HAVE SET UP A REGULAR QUARTERLY COUNTYWIDE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND WE'RE IN THE THIRD CYCLE OF THAT.

SO THAT'S BEEN STATISTICALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR US.

WE HAVE THREE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION.

OUR DEVICES OF SERVICE, WHICH IS REPLACING A FOURTH OF OUR ENDPOINT DEVICES, APPROXIMATELY 400 DEVICES WILL BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF.

OUR WEBSITE, CLOUD MIGRATION.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT WE ARE NEARING THE FINAL PHASE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE COUNTY INTRANET SITE, MOVING IT TO THE CLOUD, AS WELL AS

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AND, AND LASTLY OUR PHONE MIGRATION TO CLOUD CALLING PROJECT.

WE EXPECT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT FOR US, DEALING WITH A VENDOR THAT HASN'T BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE.

AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO GET THIS COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO HERE ARE THE MAJOR IT'S DEPARTMENTAL GOALS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR FY 25.

THEY DO ALIGN WITH THE ITS STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND OF COURSE, THEY ALIGN WITH THE COUNTY'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

WE INTEND TO STRENGTHEN CYBERSECURITY.

IT'S ALWAYS A PRIORITY FOR US.

AND IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE PROTECT AND DEFEND CRITICAL COUNTY SYSTEMS FROM EMERGING AND PERSISTENT THREATS.

WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON OUR ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE ROBUST ROBUST AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AS A CENTRAL ESSENTIAL TO WITHSTAND UNPLANNED OUTAGES AND MAINTAIN COUNT, COUNT, EXCUSE ME, MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AS WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL ADDRESSES A SIGNIFICANT GAP AND GAP AND STAFFING NEEDED TO SUPPORT A CRITICAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE CONTENDING WITH IN THE UPCOMING COMING FISCAL YEAR WE'RE SEEING TREMENDOUS INCREASES IN OUR VENDOR COSTS.

THIS IS INCLUDING ANNUAL INCREASES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UPON US, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL LICENSING NEEDS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. POLICY ADHERENCE WITH THE NEW POLICIES BEING PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY WE WILL THERE'LL BE A NEED FOR A SOLID IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL ENSURE ADHERENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND MEET OUR ACIP AND STATE AUDITOR REQUIREMENTS.

STAFFING. YOU'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF FOLKS ALREADY MENTIONED STAFFING REMAINS A DAUNTING CHALLENGE, A CHALLENGE FOR US RECRUITING IT PROFESSIONALS TO COME UP TO YAVAPAI COUNTY IS IS VERY DIFFICULT.

AND LASTLY, OUR CYBER SECURITY THREATS.

EACH DAY WE ARE EXPERIENCING A HIGH VOLUME OF CYBER SECURITY ATTACKS THAT ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE FREQUENT AND SOPHISTICATED.

BUT WITH EVERY CHALLENGE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR ARE TO MAXIMIZE OUR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.

WE NEED TO BE MORE CONSISTENT AND HAVE MORE PREDICTABLE COSTS THROUGH COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT AND LONGER TERM AGREEMENTS.

AND WE WANT TO SEE AN IMPROVED LIFE CYCLE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED, LEVERAGED LEASING VERSUS PURCHASING, WHERE APPROPRIATE.

AND LASTLY, MODERNIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BY MIGRATING SYSTEMS TO THE CLOUD.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN OVERLOOK, BUT FULLY UTILIZE THE INVESTMENTS WE'VE ALREADY MADE IN EXISTING SYSTEMS, NOT SIMPLY GET SOMETHING NEW AND SHINY.

REGARDING RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND RETENTION.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO RECRUIT THE BEST PERSONNEL WITH THE RIGHT SKILLS.

IT WILL PROVIDE THESE PERSONNEL WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND TRAINING.

WE WILL ALSO SEEK TO RETAIN STAFF BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.

PATRICK. YES, SIR.

QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAINING AND I'VE NOTICED THIS A LOT LATELY.

IT SEEMS WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY'RE EXPERTS AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS AND OR PROCESSES INVOLVING IT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE NOT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE.

ONE OF THESE THINGS IS WHEN WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM BROUGHT IN, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME EXTENSIVE TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO USE THIS, USE IT CORRECTLY SO THEY DON'T CAUSE ADDITIONAL ERRORS OR ISSUES WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OR FUNCTIONS.

AND I NOTICED EVEN THE EASY THINGS WE DON'T GET WILL GET TRAINING.

WE'LL GET A BLEEP ON THE SCREEN, MAYBE.

BUT WE DON'T GET QUOTE TRAINING.

NOBODY COMES IN AND WALKS YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT'S ALL PEOPLE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME? YES. I'LL COUNT MYSELF IN THAT TRAINING.

YOU KNOW, BOTH END USER TRAINING DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING ON NEW SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT, AS WELL AS INTERNAL TRAINING TO KEEP STAFF UP

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IT TRULY IS. AND AND MANY OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA FUNCTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS.

INSTAGRAM. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. INSTAGRAM AND ALL THESE OTHER ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO GO THROUGH THEM OR LOOK AT THEM OR USE THEM EFFICIENTLY.

SO. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF TRAINING.

JUST OFFER IT UP AND LET PEOPLE SIGN UP AND TAKE IT, BUT HAVE SOMEBODY THAT REALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WE STRIVE TO DO A LOT OF AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB AT IT BEING FULLY STAFFED ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SIDE TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, CHANGES AND YOU KNOW, END USER TRAINING AS WE CAN.

THE CHALLENGE FOR US IS REALLY STAFFING AND, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY TO TAKE ON ALL THE NECESSARY TRAINING THAT. NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT EVEN, LIKE CHANGING OVER TELEPHONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND CHANGING THE PROCESS FOR JUST CALLING OUT OR HAVING, YES, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER IS AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY PASSWORDS AND SOONER OR LATER YOU'RE GOING TO FORGET THEM ALL OR THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GET INTERTWINED.

SO OR THEY'RE THE SAME.

NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND YOU KNOW, AND SPEAKING OF THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM I HAVE ASSIGNED ONE OF MY NEW PROJECT MANAGERS WHO ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE TELECOM INDUSTRY, LUMEN, TO TAKE THAT ON.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE UNDERSCORING WITH MY STAFF AND MY PROJECT MANAGERS IS THE COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING PIECE AS BEST THEY CAN. WE CAN SEND OUT GUIDES.

WE CAN. BUT IT'S REALLY WHEN'S THE CHANGE HAPPENING AND WHAT TO EXPECT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB AT THAT THIS YEAR.

HEY PAT, IF I COULD ADD ADD TO THAT TO THE CHAIRMAN'S QUESTION SOCIAL MEDIA USE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A BIT TODAY.

AND YOU NEED TO INCREASE OUR, OUR PRESENCE THERE AND IN PARTICULAR IN RECRUITING AND EMPLOYEES USING SOCIAL MEDIA.

OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF, DAVID MCCARTY AND STAFF COULD BE A RESOURCE THERE TO HELP WITH ANY OF THOSE ISSUES.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, THAT ANYBODY'S USING SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE SECURITY, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE GOING OFF ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

UNDER JOE SCHMO'S NAME AND CAUSING US ISSUES.

ABSOLUTELY. JUST NO TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK.

I JUST, I JUST ALWAYS USE YOUR PASSWORD, MR. CHAIRMAN. SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT.

JUST KIDDING.

JUST KIDDING.

IS, IS THAT WHILE YOU HAVE THESE CHALLENGES, I HAVE TO SAY ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S FRUSTRATING.

AND I SHARE THE CHAIRMAN'S QUEST TO STAY CURRENT ON ALL THE DEVICES AND ALL OF THE THE NEW SOCIAL MEDIA CAPABILITIES.

ONE OF THEM, HOWEVER, IS OUR OWN EACH SUPERVISOR'S WEBSITE.

AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THE TIME TO GET THE INFORMATION UPDATED ABOUT WHAT EACH SUPERVISOR IS DOING ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR COUNTY WEBSITE, RATHER THAN JUST A PAGE THAT HAS A PHOTOGRAPH AND A DATE, YOU KNOW, OF SOMETHING.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT OUTREACH, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SUPERVISOR. TO THE INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR DISTRICT WEBSITES.

DAVID AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT RECENTLY, ABOUT HIM PACKAGING SOME INFORMATION THAT'S PERTINENT TO EACH OF YOU THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE.

SO AT LEAST YOU'VE GOT A BASIS OF UPDATED CURRENT INFORMATION YOU CAN USE.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT I'M SORRY DAVID MCCARTY.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE, THAT THAT BE HIS TASK OR SHOULD THAT REMAIN WITH IT? AS TO THE CONTENT, I THINK THAT IS RELEVANT TO HIS ROLE, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE STRUCTURE.

THAT'S IT. BUT HE CAN HELP WITH THAT CONTENT.

WELL, BUILDING WEBSITES IS ONE THING.

YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT MANAGING THEM DOWN THE LINE.

AND ESPECIALLY SOCIAL MEDIA IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

RIGHT. SO KNOW WHAT YOUR WEBSITE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE WEBSITE FOR THE COUNTY AND DON'T WANT THEM INTERTWINED TO WHERE ONE CAN BE CORRUPTED. I AGREE COMPLETELY, YEAH, NO, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT CONTENT.

IF THE DESIRE IS TO HAVE MORE CONTENT THAT YOU CAN USE, I THINK WE CAN HELP WITH THAT.

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SO NOTE I'M AS YOU WILL IN THE BUDGET THAT EACH SUPERVISOR HAS BUT ONE AND THERE ARE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY DISTRICT AND SUPERVISOR GREGORY DISTRICT AND AS WELL AS THE OTHERS.

AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY WITH THE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE IT'S SECURE AND APPROPRIATE. AND SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO DRILL DOWN ON THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE OR AN IMPORTANT TOPIC IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS, WE CAN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT AT LEAST IN COTTONWOOD, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS BOY, YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH, AND THEY'VE FIXED THE PROBLEM QUICKLY AND THEY STAY BY OUR SIDES JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO GO WELL.

AND I, I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I DO A LOT OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS ALSO.

AND IT'S KEY FOR THE EVERYTHING TO WORK AND WHEN IT DOESN'T, WHICH SOMETIMES DOES HAPPEN.

RIGHT. YOU'VE YOU'VE BEEN IN MY OFFICE SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT SOMETIMES DOES HAPPEN, BUT THERE'S SOMEONE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND I'M PERSONALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW VERONICA IS TOO.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.

I KNOW MY TEAM IS VERY COMMITTED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE NOT ALWAYS PERFECT, BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE PERFECT AND AND DO OUR BEST.

SO THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS SO FAR? SO MY LAST ITEM HERE IS CYBER SECURITY DEFENSE.

WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO LEVERAGE ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP OUR COUNTY SYSTEM SAFE AND SECURE.

SO JUST A BRIEF BUDGET.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THIS IS REALLY FOR THE PUBLIC VERY QUICK.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY SYSTEMS THAT WE USE THAT ARE OR THAT WE MAINTAIN OR EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THAT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO ANY OUTSIDE GOVERNMENTS, DO WE? NO, NO, WE WE WE.

I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT.

BUT I GOT TO THINK THROUGH THAT FLAT FAST.

YES OR NO? WELL, LET'S GO WITH. NO.

LET'S GO WITH ANY.

SO WITH THE STATE.

NO, WE DON'T WITH ANY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.

WE DON'T WE DO HAVE VENDORS WHO COME IN AND HELP AND SUPPORT US, YOU KNOW, REMOTELY.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE EXTENT OF OUR OUTSIDE CONNECTIVITY, IF YOU WILL.

BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, NOT WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, CORRECT? DEFINITELY NO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

THANK YOU. WELL, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

THAT HE KNOWS UP HIS NORTH KOREA.

OKAY. OH.

ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS WHEN PAT, WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE VENDORS OR MORE THAN ONE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE.

WE'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO GUIDE THAT THROUGH BECAUSE I HAVE OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PAT AND SOME OF THESE VENDORS AREN'T VERY YOU KNOW, RESPONSIVE OR VERY RESPECTFUL AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE PAYING THEM AND I BELIEVE WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WE DESERVE A SERVICE AND A GOOD ONE.

JUST MAKING THAT A NOTE.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I BELIEVE WE JUST RECENTLY OR MAYBE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DISENGAGING WITH ONE RIGHT NOW FOR LACK OF WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DISCUSS THAT? SURE. SO ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THIS YEAR WAS TO WORK WITH A SINGLE SIGN ON VENDOR AND THAT SINGLE SIGN ON VENDOR. ONCE WE STARTED TO ENGAGE IN THE PROJECT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DELIVER WHAT WOULD MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS.

AND, AND MAYBE IT WAS THE NUANCE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY THINKING ON WHAT SINGLE SIGN ON MEANT, WHICH IS ONE SIGN ON AND THEIRS, WHICH MEANT TWO OR MORE.

SO WE REALIZED THAT THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE A LONG TERM VIABLE SOLUTION FOR US.

WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PROMISED THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON.

AND SO NOW WE'RE PIVOTING AWAY FROM THAT, AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING AN ITEM TO THE BOARD TO REQUEST GETTING OUT OF THAT AGREEMENT PER LEGAL AND

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SO GOING FORWARD WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROBUST SINGLE SIGN ON SOLUTION THAT WILL ASSIST WITH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT AND MAKE IT EASIER TO USE ALL THESE SYSTEMS. CHAIRMAN BROWN MENTIONED YOU KNOW, TRYING TO REMEMBER PASSWORDS.

I STRUGGLE THE SAME, JUST LIKE YOU ALL.

IT'S FRUSTRATING.

WE WILL GET THERE.

WE JUST ARE WAITING ON THE STATE TO MOVE SO THAT WE CAN ELEVATE THAT PROJECT BACK UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

WELL, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE DO PAY AND WE PAY.

WELL, AND AND I WANT TO US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE SERVICES THAT OUR STAFF IS SO, YOU KNOW, DESPERATELY TRYING HARD TO GET DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO JUST A BRIEF BUDGET.

IT'S BUDGET SNAPSHOT.

THIS YEAR'S TOTAL EXPENSES INCLUDES ITEMS AND RECORDS.

MANAGEMENT BASED BUDGETS ARE PROPOSED EXHIBIT THREES AND ONE.

IT'S PROPOSED. EXHIBIT £0.03 PERSONNEL REQUEST.

ADDITIONALLY, TECHNOLOGY FUNDING FOR NEW POSITIONS PROPOSED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S EXPENSES.

THIS THIS YEAR'S BUDGET REFLECTS A PROPOSED INCREASE OF 4.2% DUE TO, AGAIN, VENDOR COSTS AND NEW EXHIBIT THREE PROPOSALS.

THE TOTAL FTE NUMBER INCLUDES THE ONE NEW IT'S POSITION, WHICH IS A BUSINESS SYSTEMS POSITION.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 39.

THIS WOULD MAKE IT 40.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU.

MR.. THOMPSON.

ONCE AGAIN WHERE ARE YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS? I BELIEVE WHAT PAT'S WALKING YOU THROUGH IS MY RECOMMENDATION.

YES. YEAH. HE'S NOT GOING THROUGH WHAT WASN'T INCLUDED.

YEAH. THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR CONNIE AND YOU, PAT.

NOW SHE'S GOING TO BRING ON A NEW PROCUREMENT PERSON.

DO WE ALREADY HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE EFFICIENTLY FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR REQUESTS AND OR EXPENDITURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU OR.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THE MODULES OF THE NEW ERP SYSTEM IS PROCUREMENT, AND WITH THE STRENGTH IN OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, WE ARE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT A REALLY STRONG SYSTEM AND PARTS DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT. YEP.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

YEAH. AND I AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TAKING ADVANTAGE.

I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT.

I'LL BE BETTER, SIR.

WELL, I THINK THERE'S MORE THAN JUST A SYSTEM.

IT'S IT'S FORMALIZING OUR PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AND POLICIES BEHIND IT AS WELL.

SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S MY ONLY ASTERISK ON THAT ONE.

AS LONG AS WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND THAT WE ARE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE MAKE THOSE PAUSES, IT'S JUST TRYING TO THINK WHAT WOULD BE THE CORRECT WORD, THAT'S ALL.

JUST JUST THE FACTS.

MARLENE, GO GET MY COP GLASSES.

OH, GOD. THIS ISN'T GOING WELL.

DON'T WORRY. SO WE.

WE DID. COVER THAT.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF RIGHT NOW WITHIN RECORDS MANAGEMENT SLASH SERVICE DESK, WE HAVE FIVE FTES.

AND. CURRENTLY.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 34 IN ITS PROPER AND YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED ITEM THERE IS THE ONE ADDITIONAL.

SYSTEM ENGINEER THREE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF ASKS HERE, BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF THEM, WHICH I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY.

THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME THE FIRST OFF IS OUR SECURITY INFORMATION AND EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM.

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SO THIS IS A TOOL THAT WILL A VERY ADVANCED TOOL THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WILL HELP OUR CYBER SECURITY TEAM BE MORE EFFECTIVE WITH THE SMALL STAFF THAT WE HAVE. THE THE OTHER ITEM THAT I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE HIGH AVAILABILITY INTERNET CONNECTION.

THE COUNTY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT IN HIS OPENING REMARKS.

AND THIS THIS EXHIBIT THREE WOULD ACCOMPLISH TWO THINGS.

IT WOULD ADD A SECONDARY CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET THAT WOULD UTILIZE AN ALTERNATE PATH TO PHOENIX.

IT WOULD ALSO REPLACE SOME OF OUR MOST CRITICAL SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE WHERE THOSE CONNECTIONS TRANSITION TO COUNTY EQUIPMENT.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT AS WE MOVE MORE SYSTEMS TO THE CLOUD, REDUNDANCY IS CRITICAL.

OUR PHONE SYSTEM BEING IN THE CLOUD, WE NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE PATHS.

SO THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL ITEM.

AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS SUPPORTED AND RECOMMENDED FOR ARPA FUNDING AS WELL.

SO. ANY QUESTIONS? AND BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS, I TRULY WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO MY MANAGEMENT TEAM, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JARED FALLON, AND SOMEBODY WHO THIS BUDGET YEAR PRESENTATION AND PREPARATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IF IT WASN'T FOR MY ACCOUNTING SPECIAL SPECIALIST, BRITTANY SMITH, WHO IS HERE TODAY WHO IS AMAZING REALLY HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.

SO AND WITH THAT, I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

SORRY. SO ARE YOU UP TO DATE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE? IS EVERYTHING UP TO DATE? AND WE'RE WE'RE WANTING TO BE.

YEAH. LIKE I MENTIONED MY EARLIER REMARKS WE ARE KIND OF ROUNDING THE CORNER TOWARDS THE LAST COUPLE OF SITES MOVING, WHICH IS OUR COUNTY INTERNET SITE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT MOST EMPLOYEES ACCESS AND THEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SO THAT SHOULD BE DONE.

WITHIN THE NEXT BY THE END OF APRIL, FOR THAT MATTER.

THANK YOU. PAT. AND THIS IS WORKED OUT ALL RIGHT WITH THE PIO THAT YOU BOTH SHARING INFORMATION FOR THIS WEBSITE.

OH YEAH. AND PARTICULARLY ON OUR YOU KNOW YAVAPAI IS.GOV SITE.

WE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE PIO DAVID MCCARTY AND HIS TEAM TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

AND FOLLOWING UP ON YOUR THANKS TO TO BRITTANY, I JUST LEANED OVER AND SAID, OH, WE NEED TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

I LIKE HOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE CHANGE ON THAT FTE SLIDE.

YOUR EYE GOES RIGHT TO IT.

I'M HAVING TO SORT.

SO NICE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS FUN.

HE ALMOST SEEMS TOO BIG OF A HURRY TO GET OUT OF HERE.

I KNOW WE'RE EXPECTING WORSE.

AND IF I MAY ONE LAST THING.

THIS YEAR'S PROCESS WAS SO MUCH BETTER FROM THE BOARD OFFICE POINT OF VIEW.

I MEAN, THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH LUCY.

I MEAN, THIS YEAR IS NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

OKAY, CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE.

NEXT UP IS GIZ.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BROWN, VICE CHAIR, MICHAELS AND THE REST OF THE SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.

FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF.

THEY REALLY HELPED ME OUT THROUGH EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THEY'RE JUST AMAZING AND I CAN'T I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM.

THEN OUR MAJOR SERVICES.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE KIND OF DO.

JUST WE REALLY ARE CAN DO DEPARTMENT.

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AND WE ALSO WANT TO GO OUT TO THE YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THE ENTITIES OUT THERE, ALL THE CITIES AND TOWNS AND EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE STATE WE WORK WITH.

SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF INTEGRATE WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND MAKE OUR SELL OUR SERVICES OUT THERE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO GO FAST SO PEOPLE CAN GO SEE THE.

ECLIPSE AT 1120.

THIS IS A COMPLIMENT.

IMAGERY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG ONE.

I MEAN, SO MANY DEPARTMENTS IN OUR IN THE COUNTY USES IT ALL EVERY DAY, AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO HAVE AND WE WANT.

AND WORKING WITH PRESCOTT VALLEY AND COTTONWOOD, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.

THEY'VE ALWAYS WANT TO HAND IN HAND WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE PROCESS OF SOME OF THE OTHER ONES HOPEFULLY GET GET GOING WITH IT BETTER.

I'VE WORKED WITH AMARI A LITTLE BIT WITH THE CITY OF PRESCOTT, SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL HELP.

AND THE BIG ONE HERE IS THE NEXT ONE IS 911 SYSTEM.

WE WORK WITH ALL THE CITIES AND TOWNS, THE STATE AND EVERYTHING TO GET OUR SYSTEM FOR DISPATCH AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OVER 98%.

IF WE DON'T GET OVER 90%, WE HAVE SOME ISSUES GETTING FUNDING.

SO ONE OF MY STAFF, HE'S AHEAD OF THE GIS 911 COMMITTEE FOR THE STATE.

AND HE HELPS GET THIS ALL READY.

AND AND A LOT OF MY STAFF HAVE WORKED ON THIS EVERY DAY.

AND ALSO HELPING IS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH THE ADDRESSING DEPARTMENT THAT HELPS US GET THIS MORE EFFICIENT AS WELL AND THEN UPGRADE OUR SOFTWARE.

WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A BIG MIGRATION CURRENTLY, AND IT'S REALLY PAINSTAKINGLY GETTING THERE, JUST GETTING THE NEW STUFF UP AND RUNNING.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET TO THIS NEW SOFTWARE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE GET FALL BEHIND AND WE WON'T BE EVEN HARDER TO GET GOING FORWARD.

GOALS JUST KIND OF GENERIC BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE DO BECAUSE I SAID WE'RE KIND OF CAN DO JUST KEEP UP THE DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

IF WE DON'T KEEP UP WITH THEM WITH THEIR DATA, BRING IT IN TO OUR SYSTEM.

WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD COOPERATION AND OUR DATA IS GOING TO GOING TO BE SOMEONE TOLD ME THIS CRAPULOUS DATA IN AND OUT, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO WORK WITH HIM HAND IN HAND.

SO WE HAVE GOOD DATA AND HELPS EACH DEPARTMENT OUT ON A DAILY DAILY FUNCTION.

AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ELEVATE THE EXPERTISE OF THE GIS COMMUNITY.

AND THE SUPPORT STAFF IS NOT JUST THE COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE A BIG THING.

SO HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND HOW THEY USE THE SYSTEM AND GET THE DATA THEY NEED AND INFORMATION IS ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL.

AND THIS IS SUCCESS.

WE WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST WE WANT TO CONSIDER.

WE'RE ALREADY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST IN ARIZONA, BUT WE WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

SO BEING PROMOTE THAT.

AND I JUST WANT SOMEONE LIKE ILLINOIS SAYING, YEAH, LOOK AT YAVAPAI COUNTY.

I CHALLENGES. THIS IS KIND OF POSSIBLE STAFFING.

WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE MORE WORKFLOW.

YOU KNOW, WORKLOAD IS GETTING HEAVIER.

SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT NEED ANOTHER STAFF.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOOD. BUT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

I DON'T WANT TO OVERWORK MY STAFF.

THAT IS SO GREAT.

THEY'RE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING OVERLOADED AND THEN WORKING WITH IT RIGHT NOW TO GET OUR BECAUSE THAT UPGRADE OF THE SERVER, OUR SOFTWARE AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE SEEING SOME RESOURCES, ISSUES AND STUFF.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE STUFF TO THE CLOUD DATA RESOURCES SO IT SUFFERS WORKING MORE EFFICIENTLY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING SOME LITTLE PERFORMANCE ISSUES LIKE SOMETIME IN THE MID AFTERNOON.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT WORKED OUT.

AND THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE TO GET THAT DONE.

WE DON'T HAVE BIG REVENUE, BUT WE IT'S MOSTLY OUR MAPPING.

IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH THAT OR DATA THEY WANT REQUESTING DATA FROM US OR ANYTHING.

AND ALSO THE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PRESCOTT VALLEY AND COTTONWOOD, GETTING THE COLLABORATION ON THE IMAGERY.

SO HELP THEM GET SOME OF THAT FUNDING IN.

AND THEN AS OUR EXPENSES AND WE TOTAL FTE ONE IS A BASIC INTERN, WHICH HAS HELPED US GREATLY.

WE DO RIGHT NOW IT'S VACANT, BUT BECAUSE USUALLY MORE IN THE SUMMER WE GET IT.

BUT IT'S MY LAST TWO GS SPECIALISTS I'VE HIRED WERE INTERNS FOR ME AND THEY REALLY STEPPED UP AND THEY'RE I COULDN'T BEST TWO I'VE EVER SEEN.

JUST SOME OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, SAME THING AS BEFORE.

JUST INCREASE OUR SERVICES FOR NEWER GI SOFTWARE, MAKE WEB APPLICATION MORE MOBILE FRIENDLY.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS WE WANT TO TRY TO DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE EFFICIENT, MORE HYBRID GIS DATA STORAGE ONLINE.

LIKE I TOLD YOU, GET MORE ONLINE DATA OUT THERE SO OUR RESOURCES ARE NOT SO TAXED.

AND MORE SPATIAL TOOLS OUT THERE.

SO YOU'RE NOT JUST USING TABULAR DATA.

THIS JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT WE'D FIND TO DO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF PUTTING MORE STUFF IN THE CLOUD, MORE DATA STORAGE.

ARCGIS ONLINE IS OUR STORAGE SO WE CAN START AND PUT MORE AND MORE LAYERS.

WE HAVE MET, WE MANAGE AND STORES OF.

I'M GETTING CLOSE TO LIKE A THOUSAND LAYERS OUT THERE.

SO WE HAVE SO MANY LAYERS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND EVERYTHING.

I MEAN, MOST OF THEM, IT'S LIKE ONCE A YEAR WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS, LIKE PARCELS IS A BIG ONE.

THERE'S MY REQUEST.

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SO WE WANT TO KEEP THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE UP TO DATE IMAGERY.

AND THE ASSESSORS ARE REALLY WANTING AND DOING A BLEAK.

SO BLEAK IS THE SIDE VIEW OF THE, THE PARCELS AND STUFF SEEING THE SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS EASIER, NOT JUST THE OVERHEAD.

SO THAT'S A BIG THING WE WANT TO WORK ON AND REASON.

FLOOD CONTROL HAS BEEN ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL ON THIS.

WE USE THESE 5050, BUT THE 5000 MORE FOR GIS IS BECAUSE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO STORE THE IMAGERY IN-HOUSE EVERY YEAR.

IT'S A SERVICE THROUGH A VENDOR FOR ABOUT 5000 A YEAR THAT WE CAN.

THEY STORE IT FOR US, AND WE CAN JUST USE A SERVICE AND BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON ALL APPLICATIONS AND EVERYTHING.

SO IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE I TALKED TO MORE ABOUT THIS WHERE AND THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THIS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE FOLLOWING ONE, SO WE CAN POSTPONE IT JUST SO IT MIGHT HELP FOR US GETTING OUR RESOURCES IN LINE, GET IT BETTER AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THIS MIGHT WORK BETTER TO WAIT FOR A YEAR ON THAT ONE.

SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND THAT'S IT.

SO THOSE ARE THE PICTURES OF OLD STUFF THAT WE ARE OUR APPLICATIONS OF.

THE MAIN ONE IS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS AS THE YOU KNOW THIS GOES BACK AND FORTH HOW IT GOT STARTED.

SO MANY VERSIONS MARY.

YEAH. AND JUST LOOKING OVER HERE AT THE APPROVAL.

SO I SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE.

IS THAT CORRECT FOR HIS DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE APPROVING OR AM I WRONG? SHOULD BE JUST THE ONE, THE 55,000.

THE FIRST BULLET THAT KEVIN HAD ON THE SLIDE.

OKAY. YEAH YEAH YEAH OKAY.

IN FLOODS HELPING WITH THAT.

RIGHT. 60. THEN WE'RE 60 AND FLOOD IS 55.

YEAH, I GOT THE 60.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

AND YOU ARE QUITE A TEAM PLAYER.

YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR SURE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU CONSTANTLY GO OUT THERE TO TRY TO BRING IN PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP US WITH OUR EXPENSES.

SO YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

AND THANK YOU, KEVIN.

THANK YOU. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WITH THE GIS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO GIS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE IT.

WITH THE 911 RESPONSE, WE HAVE FLOOD CONTROL ISSUES WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CERTAIN AREAS.

OUR GIS IS ALWAYS THERE AND THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I'D ADD TO THAT, AS KEVIN AND I CONTINUE TO TALK OUR BEST KEPT SECRET, PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE ALL THE POWER IN GIS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.

ABSOLUTELY. KEVIN.

JUST IN RE-EMPHASIZING THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICES FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES, HAVE YOU DONE ANY PREPARATION FOR THIS COMING YEAR'S FIRE SEASON? WE WORK WITH ASHLEY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS TO GET WHAT THEY NEED AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE'VE BEEN HAND IN HAND LATELY WITH THE NEW WHAT'S THE NEW EVACUATION ZONES? RIGHT. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM HAND IN HAND, GOING TO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND HELPING THEM OUT, SEEING WHERE THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON AND MAKING SURE THESE BOUNDARIES ARE CORRECT. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAND IN HAND.

AND DID YOU NOT WORK DIRECTLY WITH APS? ONLY IF WE FIRE DOES HAPPEN.

WE HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY. WE HAVEN'T WORKED WITH APS BEFORE THAT ONLY WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE GET AHOLD OF APS AND CHECK WITH THE ASHLEY AND SEE IF THAT MIGHT BE PRODUCTIVE.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY.

WELL, FIRSTLY, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR TELEPHONE POLES TO, TO AT LEAST HAVE AN IDEA STRATEGICALLY OF WHAT IMPACTS COULD RESULT WITHOUT KNOWING FOR THE MAJOR ONES HOW THEY MIGHT INTERFERE WITH EVACUATION.

THE OTHER ONE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, WITH KEVIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS SOME SORT OF OVERLAY OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AGAINST DRIED GRASSES, MANUFACTURED HOME RESIDENTS FOR WATER, TYPICALLY OLDER, AND MANY OF THEM NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TO GET OUT.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY A GREAT ASSET WITH GIS TO KNOW WHERE ARE THESE COMMUNITIES AND HOW DO THEY IMPACT EVACUATION.

YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT.

WE DO WORK WITH POWELL WORK THE PRESCOTT AREA WILDLIFE.

THERE IS NO MORE POWER.

NO OKAY I DIDN'T HEAR THAT ONE FIRE WISE.

AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT FIRE WISE, WE'RE JUST WE WORK WITH FIRE WISE A LOT TOO.

SO WE GET THAT INFORMATION.

I'M ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO NEXT UP IS FACILITIES.

YEAH.

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M BRANDON SCHULZ, DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

IN THE FIRST SECTION HERE, WE'RE GOING TO CALL COVER THE FACILITIES AND MAIL ROOM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT.

WE DO BUSINESS OPERATIONS, PROJECT ADMINISTRATION, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT.

WE ALSO DO ALL OF THE PRIMARY PHONE ANSWERING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE DIVISION COVERING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE, STANDARD MAINTENANCE, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, DRYWALL, WATER, SEWER, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

INCLUDING ALL THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THE REPAIRS THAT WE MAY DO ALONG WITH THAT.

GROUNDS DIVISION CARING FOR ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS OUR PARKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THEY ALSO TAKE CARE OF A COUPLE OF CEMETERIES.

THEY HANDLE THE INTERMENTS FOR THE CITIZEN CEMETERY.

AND THE SNOW REMOVALS AND THE MOVES.

WE ALSO RUN A CUSTODIAL DIVISION.

PRIMARILY THEY WORK AT NIGHT.

WE DO A LOT OF VEHICLE SHARING WITH THAT DIVISION AMONGST THE REST OF THE CREWS.

SPECIFICALLY, THEY COVER CUSTODIAL SERVICES, FLOOR CARE, CARPET, VINYL INSTALLATION, REPAIRS AND OTHER SUPPLIES.

AND THEN LASTLY, OF COURSE, IS THE MAIL ROOM, WHICH HANDLES ALL OF THE PROCESSING, THE INCOMING AND OUTGOING MAIL FOR ALL OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING INTER DEPARTMENT MAILS.

SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT REMODEL.

I THINK THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL REMODEL FOR BRINGING MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THE DEPARTMENT.

WE JUST COMPLETED THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S REMODEL AND ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES REMODEL.

SAVE ONE ROOM THAT WE NEED TO WAIT FOR LUMEN AND SPARKLIGHT TO VACATE, AND WILL BE COMING BACK TO THAT ONE.

WE ARE WORKING.

EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, HVAC AND ROOF REPLACEMENT.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE THAT CAME ALONG.

WE GOT SOME INSURANCE MONEY.

WE COUPLED THAT WITH SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND MONEY AND HAVE COMPLETELY REFRESHED THE ROOF AND THE HVAC FOR THAT BUILDING.

AND THEN LASTLY MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTRY CLUB PARK.

DOWN IN DISTRICT TWO.

WAS A LITTLE CONTENTIOUS TO GET STARTED WITH, BUT ACTUALLY VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY DOWN THERE.

IT'S TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY NICE PARK.

A FEW GOALS THAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP THIS YEAR.

CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TO REDUCE CORRECTIVE REPAIR WORK.

VERY KEY IN STAYING AHEAD OF EMERGENCY CALLS AFTER HOURS FAILURES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

JUST ENSURES THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE UP AND RUNNING CONSISTENTLY.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCIES, BOTH WITH OUR BUILDING EQUIPMENT AND OUR STAFF.

CONSTANT EVOLUTION IN EQUIPMENT AND EFFICIENCIES.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST HVAC.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF UPGRADED LED LIGHTING TO REDUCE OUR ELECTRICAL LOADS.

AND THEN ALSO LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES TO OUR STAFF AND OUR STAFFING AND HOW WE HANDLE OUR BUSINESS.

AND ANOTHER GOAL AND REALLY REALLY AN ONGOING EFFORT HERE IS TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND OUR COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION, AND THAT IS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

ESPECIALLY WITH ITS WHEN WE GO TO IMPLEMENT NEW PROJECTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WELL WITH THEM TO DELIVER A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ANY REMODELS THAT WE MAY BE WORKING ON. CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE COMING IN THE FUTURE HERE.

ONGOING COMPLICATIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

WE'VE HEARD FROM A FEW OTHER PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT VENDORS IN THAT SENSE.

WE'RE SUFFERING IT IN THE SAME CHANGING DYNAMICS AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

REALLY, IT DOVETAILS INTO THE COMPLICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE.

JUST THE DELAYS THAT SEEM TO BE COMING ALONG WITH A LOT OF SUPPLIES AND A LOT OF VENDORS AND THE RESPONSES AND HOW QUICKLY THEY RESPOND OR DON'T RESPOND.

WE USED TO SEE A LOT OF RESPONSES COME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING A COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST TO GET A QUOTE.

SOMETHING THAT USED TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.

IT'S JUST KIND OF CHANGING THINGS.

OTHER CHALLENGES ARE BALANCING APPROVED PROJECTS THAT WOULD COME THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND THE EXHIBIT THREE AND OUR MID-YEAR REQUESTS.

WE GOT A NUMBER OF MID-YEAR REQUESTS THIS YEAR, AND IT BECOMES INTERESTING WHEN WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH OUR DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE.

AND WE'VE TAKEN ON PROJECTS AND THEN WE GET MID-YEAR REQUESTS.

WE'VE STRUGGLED IN MAINTAINING A REASONABLE TIMELINE ON A LOT OF THESE.

KUDOS TO THE GUYS.

MY ENTIRE MAINTENANCE AND TRADES CREW WHO HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP TO MAKE A LOT OF THIS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE'VE REALLY STRUGGLED.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

AND WITH CONNIE'S HELP, MAURY'S HELP, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO APPLY SOME WORKFORCE NUMBERS TO COMING EXHIBIT THREES AND FUTURE YEARS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER

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BACK TO THE VENDORS AND THE SUPPLIERS.

UTILITY PROVIDERS POSTAGE AND SHIPPING.

THERE ISN'T A SINGLE THING WE'VE SEEN GO DOWN IN COSTS REALLY IN THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS.

AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE AT ALL.

OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD REDUCE DUPLICATION OF WORK BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES, AND I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR THAT WITHIN MY OWN DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN ALSO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

IN A MEETING WITH HR, WE DISCOVERED WE ARE ACTUALLY TRACKING THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION IN TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE BOTH HAVE TO.

WE'RE BOTH REQUIRED TO.

WE BOTH NEED IT, BUT WE HAVE NO CENTRALIZED SOFTWARE.

SO WE CAN'T HAVE ONE ENTITY, ONE PERSON DOING IT.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS FOR IT.

BUT THIS IS AS MUCH OF A SUPPORT OF SOME OF THE SOFTWARE REQUESTS THAT I THINK WE'VE SEEN FROM HR AND OTHER ENTITIES, OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

JUST TO HELP REDUCE SOME OF THAT AND IT WILL IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCIES STAFFING WISE BECAUSE I'VE GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESOURCES DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING A SPREADSHEET, TRACKING FMLA, WENDY'S GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO THE EXACT SAME SPREADSHEET.

AND IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO OVERCOME THAT, WE CAN REDUCE THE COUNTY'S WORKLOAD AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

AND I'M SURE MAURY AND CONNIE ARE SICK OF HEARING ME SUGGEST THIS, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE AN INCREASE TO THE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLDS TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY.

AND THAT JUST COMES COMES DOWN TO THE PAPERWORK THAT WE HAVE TO PROCESS AND WE'VE GOT TO SEND TO FINANCE TO GET A PURCHASE ORDER.

AND AGAIN, BACK TO THE EVER INCREASING COSTS.

WE'VE SEEN SUCH A HUGE SHIFT IN EVERYDAY COSTS THAT WE'RE HITTING THIS PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD AND WE'RE HAVING TO DO A LOT MORE PAPERWORK TO DO STANDARD PROCUREMENT, THINGS THAT DIDN'T FALL UNDER THAT THRESHOLD.

WE'RE HAVING TO DO MORE AND MORE OF NOW.

AND BRENNAN AND I WERE DEAD AT THAT TIME.

I MEAN, WE KNOW OUR BOARD MEETS TWICE, TWICE A MONTH.

SO SOMETIMES YOU'RE WAITING ON DELAYING TO GET APPROVALS.

CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH.

AND NOT JUST MY DEPARTMENT FINANCE AND THE APPROVALS THAT COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND LEGAL REVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOT TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD.

AND SO IT COMPOUNDS IN THERE.

SO A SIMPLE LITTLE ADJUSTMENT JUST IN THE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD MIGHT YIELD A LOT OF SAVINGS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR US.

WOULD THOSE SAVINGS INCLUDE THE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF OR HAVING LESS STAFF.

I THINK IT HAS FRINGE IMPACT IN THAT.

AND SO THE LESS PAPERWORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO, THE LESS AGENDA ITEMS HIT YOUR DESK, THE LESS WORK THE CLERK HAS TO DO, THE LESS LEGAL HAS TO REVIEW IT.

AND AND SO IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE ONE FOR ONE IN THAT, BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OFF OF EVERYBODY'S PLATE AND ALLOWS US TO GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD THE STAFF.

OVERALL TOTAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER $12 MILLION.

THIS DOES INCLUDE THE MAIL ROOM AND DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED EXHIBIT THREE APPROVALS.

A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.

WE DO VARY A LOT BASED UPON ELECTRICAL NEEDS AND EXHIBIT THREE.

THAT DOES VARY QUITE A BIT FOR US YEAR TO YEAR.

WE HAVE A TOTAL FTE OF ALMOST 103.

AGAIN INCLUDING THE MAIL ROOM.

THESE WERE OUR TOP FOUR REQUESTS THAT WE HAD.

THE FIRST ONE BEING A LITTLE OVER $400,000 FOR ROOFING ON THE DETENTION TOWERS OVER IN CAMP VERDE.

WE'VE TOUCHED MOST OF THAT BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE THE THE ROOF FOR THE TOWERS.

AND I THINK THERE'S ONE LITTLE SECTION DOWN OVER THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL.

WE ASKED FOR $120,000 TO DO A COUNTYWIDE ENERGY AUDIT.

REALISTICALLY, IF WE GO WITH ONE OF THESE AUDIT COMPANIES ENERGY AUDIT COMPANIES, AND THEY FIND POTENTIAL SAVINGS, WE CAN PARTNER WITH THOSE COMPANIES AND THEY WILL DO US A PROJECT, BASICALLY PAYING WHAT OUR SAVINGS ARE TO THEM OVER TIME TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND WE WOULDN'T NEED THAT $120,000.

SO IF WE FIND PROJECTS THAT ARE WORTHWHILE IN THIS REQUEST AND WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE TO GO WITH THEM, WE WON'T BE PAYING THAT DIRECTLY.

IT'LL BE WRAPPED UP IN THE OVERALL PROJECT COST ITSELF AND THOSE COST.

THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM SAVINGS.

SO IF THEY CAN FIND YOU KNOW, $300,000 IN SAVINGS OVER 20 YEARS, IT BASICALLY GETS AMORTIZED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT AND WE PAY THEM FOR THAT.

IT SAVES SOME OF THE UPFRONT COSTS.

IT'S CREATIVE FINANCING IN SOME SENSES.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR $175,000 TO CONVERT TO CARTEGRAPH.

WE HAVE BEEN USING MICROMAIN FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE TO THEIR CLOUD BASED SYSTEM THIS LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE FLAMED OUT AS A VENDOR AND WE ARE NO LONGER HAPPY WITH THEIR SERVICE, THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE THEIR TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ON THE HUNT FOR THE LAST YEAR TRYING TO FIND A GOOD QUALITY PROGRAM.

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THEY ACTUALLY USE CARTEGRAPH AND HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

WE LOVE THE THOUGHT OF GOING TO A PROGRAM THAT SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY USES, BECAUSE IT JUST HELPS WITH OUR CONTRACTING.

IT HELPS WITH ANY INTEGRATION THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO WITH A FANCY NEW ERP PROGRAM.

THIS WOULD ALSO START TO AUTOMATE SOME OF OUR WORK ORDERS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS DONE BY PAPER.

I'VE GOT FRONT OFFICE STAFF THAT PRINTS A WORK ORDER, HANDS IT TO A TECHNICIAN.

THEY CARRY IT AROUND WITH THEM, JOT DOWN ALL THEIR NOTES FOR COSTS INCURRED, TIME INVOLVED, AND THEN SUBMIT THAT BACK WHEN DONE.

SOME OF THIS COST RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY INCLUDES TABLETS.

SO MY GUYS WILL NOW CARRY A TABLET.

AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BRING UP A WORK ORDER DIGITALLY.

WE WON'T BE PRINTING NEARLY AS MUCH.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IN NOTES AND RECEIPTS A LOT FASTER.

AND SO IT SHOULD HELP BRING US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

WHAT KIND OF SOFTWARE IS THAT GOING TO USE? THIS IS IT'S JUST A WORK ORDER MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE PACKAGE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME VENDOR.

AS I SAID, THE PUBLIC WORKS USES, BUT THEY'VE GOT DIFFERENT MODULES, KIND OF DEPENDING UPON WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO IN A LOT OF WAYS IT WILL LOOK A LOT LIKE WHAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES, BUT IT'S VERY TAILORED TO WHAT WE DO.

WILL THIS CORRESPOND AND OR SHAKE HANDS WITH THE IT SYSTEMS WE ALREADY HAVE SO OTHER PEOPLE COULD ACCESS IF NECESSARY LONG TERM? YES. SO IT IS THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE REALLY LIKE THE CARTEGRAPH.

WE WERE LOOKING FOR A SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT WOULD BE INTEGRAL WITH FUTURE ERP PACKAGES, AND WE HAD REALLY BEAT UP THE CONVERSATION WITH CARTEGRAPH QUITE A BIT BECAUSE OF PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVEMENT AND BECAUSE WE WERE CHASING AN ERP PROGRAM, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WE REALLY LIKED WITH IT.

MICROMAIN. YEAH, YOU COULD DO IT THROUGH AN EXPORT AND A CONVERSION AND COME BACK AROUND AND GET IT.

BUT CARTEGRAPH INTEGRATES A LOT BETTER WITH MOST ERP PACKAGES.

AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LIKED.

DAN'S GOT SOME INPUT HERE FOR US THAT WOULD WORK FOR GIS AS WELL.

IS IT GETTING DARKER? YEAH.

CHAIRMAN, SOMEBODY'S THROWING SOME SHADE ON ME.

WE GOT A REQUEST TO TAKE A QUICK ECLIPSE BREAK, IF I MAY.

VERY BRIEFLY, IF I MAY KNOW VERY BRIEFLY, JUST POINT OUT THAT CARTEGRAPH IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF OPENGOV AS WELL NOW.

SO EVENTUALLY WE ANTICIPATE THERE MAY BE A LARGER CONTRACT TO COVER BOTH CARTEGRAPH USES IN FACILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS, BUT ALSO INCLUDING THE WHOLE BUDGET OFFICE AND WHAT'S UTILIZED WITH THAT.

IT'S IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN USING FOR SOME TIME.

SO AND MORE SO THAN SAVING MONEY.

I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT IMPROVING THE FLOW OF INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE STUPID SPREADSHEETS THAT WE'VE ALL HAD TO TRACK INDEPENDENTLY.

AND THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PACKAGES THAT WE USE CURRENTLY.

AND, AND THIS IS REALLY THE SAME THING.

SO BY GOING TO CARTEGRAPH AND HAVING IT SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE WITH ANY SOPHISTICATED ERP PROGRAM, WE CAN THEN TAKE A LOT OF BUDGETING INFORMATION AND PASS IT BACK AND FORTH AMONGST THEM. THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY WITH THAT? WHY DON'T WE TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK? YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. IF EVERYBODY'S READY, I WILL CONTINUE ON.

I BELIEVE WE WERE IN THE LAST HERE OF SOME OF THE BUDGET REQUESTS.

AND MIND YOU, THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE BUDGET REQUESTS.

THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT REQUESTS THAT WE HAD IS A PART OF THE LIST.

SO THE LAST ONE ON HERE IS A NEW POSTAGE POSTAGE METER FOR THE MAIL ROOM DEPARTMENT.

POSTAGE METER GETS USED EXTENSIVELY.

WE USE IT TO METER A LOT OF THE OUTGOING MAIL THAT WE WILL HANDLE THE POSTAGE FOR.

AND SO WE HAVE ONE I BELIEVE THAT WAS PURCHASED.

IT'S GETTING TO THE END OF ITS LIFE.

THEY'VE BEEN MAINTAINING IT.

IT'S GETTING HARDER TO MAINTAIN.

IT'S TIME TO GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THAT ONE.

DOES THIS INCLUDE ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SOLAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS BUILDING AND OTHER PARKING LOTS.

SO, NO WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS THAT APS HAD OPENED THAT PROGRAM BACK UP AND HAD APPROVED TWO OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD SUBMITTED.

OF THE FIVE, I THINK, THAT WE HAD SUBMITTED TO APS, THEY HAD APPROVED TWO.

THEY SAID THAT IT QUALIFIED.

AND WHILE WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY KILLED THE PROGRAM.

AND SINCE WE HAD NOT FINALIZED OUR APPLICATION, WE HAD ONLY JUST STARTED IT.

WE HADN'T FINALIZED AND OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED IT TO THEM.

THEY PULLED THE RUG OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US.

AND SO I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER BECKY OR DARLA WHO TOLD ME AT OUR MEETING LAST WEEK THAT THEY HAD COMPLETELY SQUASHED THAT PROGRAM.

SO THAT HAS NOW GONE AWAY.

WE COULD LOOK AT IT IN OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE ENERGY AUDIT.

THAT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF THOSE COMPANIES WILL LOOK AT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING SOLAR, WHETHER IT BE ON BUILDINGS, ON THE ROOFS OR CANOPIES.

WE PREFER CANOPIES FOR THE PARKING.

IT BECOMES A TWO PART BENEFIT THERE.

NOT ONLY DO WE GET THE SOLAR ENERGY, BUT WE ALSO GET COVERED PARKING.

[02:15:01]

DID YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE EXHIBIT REQUESTS THAT WERE IN THERE? THANK YOU. BRENNAN. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT.

LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD.

BUT AS A REMINDER, THIS SLIDE JUST HIGHLIGHTS FOUR OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST.

ALL OF THESE I HAVEN'T INCLUDED IN MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET, BUT IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO THE EXHIBIT THREE AND £0.03 REQUESTS, THOSE TWO SUMMARY PAGES, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE REQUESTS FROM FACILITIES AND WHICH ONES THAT I AM RECOMMENDING.

SO IF YOU BE THE BOARD'S PLEASURE, DO YOU WANT US TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO REVIEW THAT LIST AT YOUR LEISURE? WAIT. I THINK WE'RE FINE.

OKAY? AND OF COURSE, YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND ADDRESS THEM, OKAY.

THANK YOU. IT IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE LIST.

I BELIEVE, BETWEEN REQUESTS OF MY DEPARTMENT MADE AND REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE THROUGH US FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE HAD 29 OR 30 TOTAL REQUESTS.

AND SO, AS I SAID, THIS IS ONLY FOUR OF THOSE 30, AND I WASN'T TAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S TWO.

THIS WAS ONLY FOCUSED ON MY DEPARTMENT'S SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

I'M LEAVING IT UP TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR OWN REQUESTS, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER THAT DID COME THROUGH US.

AND JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE LIST, IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE RECOMMENDED INCLUSION OF 18 OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I'VE ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

OKAY. AND SOME OF THOSE I BELIEVE WERE CREATIVELY APPROVED.

I HAD WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S HOW MANY IN HERE? 20. HOW MANY? 18 THAT WERE APPROVED THAT ARE ON YOUR LIST, AND HOW MANY DID YOU GO ALONG WITH? 18 I WENT ALONG WITH AND THE TOTAL NUMBER SUBMITTED WAS 38.

29 OR 30.

I'M HEARING SO.

OKAY. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE OTHER 12? RECONSIDER FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

SOME, SOME OF WHICH, AND I GUESS IT DEPENDS UPON WE COULD GO CASE BY CASE, BUT SOME OF THEM, I DON'T THINK DEFERRING FOR A YEAR IS A BIG DEAL.

AT LEAST FOR SOME OF MINE.

BUT FOR SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM, AND WE COULD BRING THEM UP IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY.

OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THESE OURSELVES AND LOOK AT THEM SO WE MAY REVISIT IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THAT CONCLUDES FACILITIES AND MAILROOM.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

I DIDN'T DO A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY.

REALLY, A MAJOR SERVICES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS BUDGET PLANNING, PROJECT ADMINISTRATION, OVERSIGHT, CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES.

WE DO A ISSUANCE OF SOLICITATIONS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES BID MANAGEMENT, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND WARRANTY FOLLOW UP.

AND ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE HANDLED BY FACILITY STAFF.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR US ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS PAST YEAR.

CAN YOU SAY JUSTICE CENTER? AND ALSO SPACE PLANNING? JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP ON THAT ONE.

WE GOT SOME FINAL COMMENTS BACK OVER TO THEM JUST THIS PAST WEEK, AND WE'RE EXPECTING A TURNAROUND OF THE DRAFT HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND IT WILL BE A DRAFT THAT COMES BACK TO US.

WE'LL HAVE 30 DAYS, REALLY, AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS WE WANT TO REVIEW IT.

AND WE CAN PASS IT AROUND TO EVERYBODY, GET EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK AND INPUT.

AND THEN MAKE FINAL EDITS FOR OUR FINAL REPORT THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO US.

WHEN YOU'RE YOU ANTICIPATING THIS FIRST PART OF JUNE OR THE END OF MAY, RECEIVING THE REPORT OR IMPLEMENTATION, OVERALL CONCLUSION OVERALL CONCLUSION WOULD BE ABOUT SIX WEEKS FROM TODAY.

SO THE END OF MAY. END OF MAY.

1ST OF JUNE. YEAH.

OKAY. AND THAT INCLUDES A COMMENT PERIOD BY US.

WELL, WE ACTUALLY SHOULD BE SITTING ON A DRAFT HERE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO HAVE THAT AS A PRESENTATION.

THEN ON THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY, THAT'LL WORK FOR YOU.

UNLESS SOMETHING HELD YOU UP.

YEAH. FIRST IN JUNE.

YEAH. FIRST IN JUNE.

YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH. WE CAN DO THAT.

GO. ARE GOALS FOR THE COMING YEAR.

CREATE STANDARD SPACE ALLOCATION BASED ON THE SPACE PLANNING STUDY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO SO THAT WE HAVE STANDARD CUBICLE SIZES, STANDARD OFFICE SIZES FOR EVERY POSITION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO WITH A NEW HIRE, WE KNOW WHAT SPACE THEY NEED.

WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF CUBICLES THEY NEED.

WE KNOW THAT GOES INTO THAT.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE SOME SORT OF STANDARDIZATION THAT WE CAN RELY ON.

ALONG WITH THE LINES OF STANDARDIZATION, I WOULD LOVE TO CREATE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

I KNOW MAURY AND CONNIE ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD.

WE'VE GONE REALLY ONE PROJECT AT A TIME.

AND AND WHAT I'D LOVE TO DO WITH THIS ONE IS DEVELOP A ROADMAP FOR THE LONG TERM.

REALLY? WE'RE GOING TO GET A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST OF NEEDS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM THIS SPACE PLANNING STUDY.

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WE MAY OR MAY NOT CHOOSE TO DO ALL THE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS IN THEIR ORDER, BUT HAVING A CAPITAL PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO DEFINE OUR OWN PROJECTS AND OUR OWN ORDER, AND HOW WE PROCURE THEM AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT.

I WOULD LOVE TO ALSO INCLUDE SOME SMALLER THINGS, LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT BALANCING MID-YEAR PROJECTS.

WHAT DETERMINES A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE AN EXHIBIT THREE? WHEN DOES IT HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL? WHEN DOES IT BECOME A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT VERSUS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FACILITIES MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT? AND I'M HOPING ALL THE CAPITAL PLAN WILL HELP US DEFINE ALL OF THAT SO WE CAN GIVE EVERYBODY SOME GOOD DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.

WELL, I, FOR ONE, HAVEN'T LOOKED OVER WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TEN YEARS.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOT OF NEEDS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND OR JUST MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL.

WE FIXED PROSSER STREET.

YOU FIXED THE COURTHOUSE.

YOU FIXED PART OF GURLEY STREET.

WE'VE DONE THE JAIL.

WE'VE DONE THE JAIL AND CAMP VERDE AREA.

YOU KNOW AS WELL A LOT OF REPAIRS AND THINGS THAT HAD TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE TIME HAD PASSED BY.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY.

MODIFIED AND MOVED AS FAR AS CAPITAL AND DONE A VERY GOOD JOB.

AND IT MIGHT BE, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S TIME TO CHANGE FOCUS, BUT GET A SCHEDULE GOING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM, SORT OF LIKE WHICH PUBLIC WORKS DOES WITH THEIR ROADS. EXACTLY.

EXACTLY. SYSTEM.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THEIR, THEIR PLAN FOR THE REGIONAL ROADS AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT EXACT SAME THING FOR US WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WE OF COURSE WON'T HAVE NEARLY AS MANY.

THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF SMALLER PROJECTS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT SAME FORECAST FOR US KNOW.

BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, LARGE BUILDINGS AND THAT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO HAVE ROOF REPAIRS, THE HVAC SYSTEMS, THE LIGHTING SYSTEMS, THE THIS, THE THAT. SO, YEAH.

YOU JUST WENT WHERE I WAS GOING TO GO, CHAIRMAN.

NOT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THE HEAD OF OURSELVES HERE.

WE NEED TO DEVELOP A CIP.

BUT I'D ALSO LIKE US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A CRP, A CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PLAN TOO, THAT LAYS OUT SO NOT ONLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD, BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING TO MAINTAIN YOUR ASSETS.

SURE. YEAH.

AND VERY GOOD POINT. WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH OUR FORECASTING AND CONNIE PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT.

I'VE STARTED ADDING SOME OF THOSE FEATURES SO THAT WE COULD START FORECASTING THAT REPLACEMENT PORTION OF IT.

BUT YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THAT SO WE CAN HAVE BETTER PLANNING AND BETTER TRANSPARENCY WITH WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING.

CHALLENGES IN THE COMING YEAR FOR OUR CAPITAL.

AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY.

COSTS ARE UP SUBSTANTIALLY.

LABOR, LABOR SHORTAGES FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

AND THIS THIS IS HUGE FOR MY VENDORS.

WE STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE JUSTICE CENTER BEING ABLE TO GET AND RETAIN ENOUGH EMPLOYEES, ENOUGH STAFF TO KEEP THAT PROJECT ON TRACK.

IT WAS IT WAS A CONSTANT BATTLE.

AND IT'S NOT GOTTEN ANY BETTER.

IT'S THEY'RE ALSO SKILLED EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MANUAL LABOR, RIGHT? CRAFTSMEN. TRULY SOMEBODY YOU KNOW WHO HAS THE SKILLS TO TRULY BE AN ELECTRICIAN, NOT TO JUST CARRY THEIR BUCKETS, BUT TO ACTUALLY DO THE ELECTRICAL WORK.

CORRECT? AND THEN THE OTHER PROBLEM WE FACE HERE LOCALLY IS THE LOCAL BIDDER.

POOL IS SMALL.

AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM SOME OF OUR LOCAL BIDDERS IS THEY DON'T LIKE OUR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I HAVE THINNED OUT A FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THAT, WHICH IS OKAY.

I KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH WITH RISK MANAGEMENT, LOOKING AT THE PARTICULAR SERVICE WE'RE PROCURING AND WHAT ARE OUR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL WORKING THROUGH THAT.

BUT I HAVE LOCKED OUT A FEW LOCAL BIDDERS BECAUSE OF THAT, WHICH MAYBE IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, BUT JUST KNOW THAT IT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOW SHOPPING OUT OF PHOENIX, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE SUPER BUSY DOWN THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHIP PLANT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE HIT IS THE FORMAL PROCESS.

WE RAN INTO A LOCAL SUPPLIER WHO WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE US QUOTES, BUT WHEN WE WENT OUT WITH A FORMAL SOLICITATION, NOBODY RESPONDED.

I LITERALLY GOT NO BIDS, EVEN THOUGH I HAD THREE BIDS IN HAND FROM PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE INFORMAL PROCESS.

THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO THE FORMAL PROCESS.

AND SO WHEN WE WENT BACK OUT FOR SOLICITATION, WE GOT NO BIDS IN THE FORMAL SOLICITATION.

I WENT BACK TO FINANCE AND SAID, HEY, WHAT DO WE DO HERE? WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL BIDS, JUST THE FACT THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT WE HAD GOOD BIDS ALLOWED US TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD, BUT THAT WOULD FALL INTO THE UPPING, THE CHANGING OF THE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLDS.

IT WOULD HAVE SOLVED ANY OF THAT PAPERWORK.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, WE WASTED A LOT OF TIME DOING A FORMAL SOLICITATION, BOTH LEGAL REVIEW.

MY DEPARTMENT'S TIME FINANCE'S TIME WENT INTO THAT TO GET NO BIDS.

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING YEAR.

WORKING TOWARDS A LONG TERM PLANNING AGAIN, BACK TO THE SPACE PLANNING AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE WANT TO WORK STANDARDIZING THOSE SPACE ALLOCATIONS.

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NOT ONLY GETTING GOOD SPACES FOR THEM, BUT ALSO BRINGING BACK SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN THROUGH THE YEARS, WHETHER THAT BE CONFERENCE ROOMS AND BREAK ROOMS AND WHATNOT THAT GET REPURPOSED FOR OFFICES WHEN WE'RE IN SHORT, ON SPACE.

TOTAL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR IS $3 MILLION.

DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY COSTS OF THE JUSTICE CENTER.

THAT WAS A NOTE BECAUSE WE HAD A HUGE CHANGE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE WHERE WE HAD A BUNCH OF JUSTICE CENTER COSTS IN THERE.

THOSE ARE NOT LONG NO LONGER IN THERE.

NO PHDS BECAUSE THEY ALL OPERATE UNDER THE FACILITY'S BUDGET.

THE THREE OF THE LARGER EXHIBIT THREE REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH CAPITAL ONE OF THEM BEING THE CAMP VERDE DETENTION DOOR MECHANISMS. QUITE A HEAVY LIFT ON THIS ONE.

THIS WOULD BRING IT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE JUST DID FOR THE JUVENILE CENTER.

IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.

WE HAVE DECIDED TO SHARE THAT ACROSS FISCAL YEARS WHICH REALLY JUST BECOMES A TIMING THING ON US.

SO WE'LL PLAN ON EXPANDING ABOUT $1 MILLION IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR AND $1 MILLION IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.

AND THAT SHOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF TIMING THE WORK.

AND I THINK I'VE GOT A GOOD VENDOR WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THAT.

THE NEXT ONE HERE IS $580,000 FOR PARKING LOT REPLACEMENTS.

AGAIN WORKING WITH MAURY AND CONNIE.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER TWO OF THOSE.

THE PRESCOTT PUBLIC DEFENDER AND THE CAMP VERDE DETENTION.

SMALL LOT. THAT'S THE LOT BETWEEN THE DETENTION CENTER AND THE SUPERIOR COURT THAT'S UP THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THOSE ONE YEAR, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PRESCOTT HEALTH.

SO THE REQUEST THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE APPROVED, I BELIEVE AT 375 IS A RECOMMENDATION.

AND THE LAST ONE ON HERE ACTUALLY USED TO BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

THIS ELEVATOR UPGRADE FOR 138 AND CHANGE IS BACK UP FOR A SECOND.

375 FOR THE PRESCOTT HEALTH.

CORRECT. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARPA MONEY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USING TO DEVELOP THAT HEALTH BUILDING? SO WE ARE NOW WE'VE GOT COMBINED SERVICES THERE.

CORRECT. DO WE STILL NEED THAT THAT SPACE THAT WAS BEING ALLOCATED FOR THAT NEW PROGRAM? SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL RESULTS OF THE SPACE PLANNING STUDY.

BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AFTER THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE COMBINATION EVERY YEAR FOR MORE SPACE.

THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT.

WHAT IS IT WE ACTUALLY NEED NOW? I'M NOT SURE THE SPACE PLANNING IS GOING TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A SINGLE DEPARTMENT THEN.

SO WITHOUT HAVING THE FINAL SPACE STUDY, ASK HEALTH.

RIGHT? YES. OKAY.

WELL BUT BUT FIRST THIS AMOUNT IS FOR THE PARKING LOT.

THIS. YEAH. SO PLACEMENT I GUESS TO GO BACK WHICH WASN'T INCLUDED IN ARPA.

THAT WAS THE A NEW BUILDING, POTENTIALLY NOT THE PARKING LOT.

YES, BUT IT TOOK AWAY PART OF THE PARKING LOT.

THAT WAS PART OF THE ISSUE.

THIS IS GOING BACK 2 OR 3 YEARS.

SO OKAY, SO ON THIS REQUEST, THIS IS REALLY WE PERCEIVE THIS AS A MAINTENANCE REQUEST.

THAT PARKING LOT IS DETERIORATING.

IT'S FAILING. WE'RE SUFFERING GAPS.

WE'VE KIND OF BEEN EYEBALLING THAT ONE FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS.

THAT NEEDS SOME SIGNIFICANT WORK.

SO WE SEE THIS ONE AS MAINTENANCE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY TRACKING THE ARPA MONEY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR A BUILDING EXPANSION.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS STILL LOOKING FOR AN EXPANSION.

AND WE ARE LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT TO EXPAND THAT MONEY AND GET IT ALL ENCUMBERED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO SPEND THAT.

I BELIEVE IT'S A $2.5 MILLION ALLOCATION THAT THEY'RE STILL CARRYING, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO USE THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.

WHETHER THAT BE OFFICE SPACE, CONFERENCE ROOMS, TRAINING ROOMS OR WHATEVER THEY NEED THERE TO SUPPORT THEIR CLINIC SERVICES AND HEALTH SERVICES.

MOVING INTO THE ELEVATOR UPGRADE.

WE ORIGINALLY PUT THIS REQUEST FORWARD AS DOING BOTH THE ELEVATOR AT FAIR STREET AND IN COTTONWOOD.

BUT WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED WHEN WE GOT THE REPORT BACK FROM THE COTTONWOOD.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE SO MUCH WORK HERE IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS THAT THE SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS IN COTTONWOOD WERE ACTUALLY VERY MINIMAL.

SO THAT WAS ABOUT A $10,000 RECOMMENDED UPGRADE.

WE'RE PULLING THAT $10,000 OUT OF THIS REQUEST, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO MANAGE IT THROUGH OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW.

SO THE FINAL EXHIBIT THREE REQUEST FOR THE ELEVATORS IS GOING TO BE JUST SHY OF 130 AND IS ONLY GOING TO BE FOR FAIR STREET.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF COTTONWOOD RIGHT NOW.

SO BRANDON, IF I COULD.

SO FOR SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR MICHAELS BENEFIT.

I PUSHED BACK MULTIPLE TIMES ON ON THIS ONE.

I BECAME CONVINCED THAT OUR VENDOR WAS TELLING US WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, THAT THAT'S ALL THEY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY, OVER THE LAST YEAR, REPLACED EVERYTHING IN

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AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT STRUCK THE HOTTEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR AND CLIMBING UP THOSE STAIRS, AND I HAD THE FIRST ANNUAL VETERANS AFFAIR SERVE SERVICES AFFAIR, THEY HAD TO BRING ALL THE TABLES DOWNSTAIRS AND RESET IN THE BOARDROOM BECAUSE NO ONE COULD GET UPSTAIRS.

SO, SO GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND I DID HAVE A BASKET DESIGNED THAT WAS READY TO DROP OUT THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW TO START BRINGING PEOPLE UP.

SO I'M MUCH RELIEVED THAT YOU HAVE FOUND A WAY TO RESOLVE THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THIS IS ONE ITEM BRANDON AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT.

IF AND WHEN WE DO ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THAT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS ONE ELEVATOR AND IT GOES OUT, YOU'RE OUT, YOU'RE OUT.

YEAH. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO ALL THE WORK I GUESS THEY'VE DONE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH UP.

WE DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A WARRANTY OF SOME SORT OVER THEIR WORK.

YES. SO EVEN BIGGER THAN A WARRANTY.

WE HAVE AN ELEVATOR SERVICE CONTRACT, AND SO WE PAY A MONTHLY FEE THROUGH A STATE PROCURED CONTRACT.

AND ODDLY ENOUGH, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE IN IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, I WOULD SAY THEY PUT 20 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF COST INTO THAT ELEVATOR THAN WE HAVE PAID IN OUR MONTHLY SERVICE AGREEMENT.

AND SO REALLY, WITH OUR MONTHLY SERVICE AGREEMENT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE PREPAYING OF A WARRANTY.

YOU'RE JUST PAYING FOR SERVICE.

AND THEY HAVE DONE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK, AND WE ONLY PAY ABOUT $250 A MONTH FOR THAT SERVICE.

SO WE GOT OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THAT ONE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT.

YES. AND AND SINGLE ELEVATORS IN A BUILDING ARE VERY TOUGH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO THIS MODERNIZATION PROJECT.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE'RE OUT OF AN ELEVATOR.

AND SO WE WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OVERCOME THAT.

EVEN IN A PLANNED SCENARIO, I THINK BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.

AND IT WAS HARD AT THE COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN PRESCOTT, WHERE WE DID THAT A FEW YEARS AGO.

THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN HERE.

SO YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE, HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE CORRESPONDENCE GOING OUT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR POTENTIAL PROJECTS.

AND IT'LL LOOK LIKE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ELEVATOR TIME.

I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING LOT REPLACEMENT.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL START FISHING FOR SOME TIMES WHEN THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE DOWN.

I'M SURE NOBODY EVER WANTS IT TO BE DOWN, BUT.

BETTER? YES.

THIS WAS THE FIVE YEAR ANTICIPATED CAPITAL NEEDS MOSTLY COMPILED WITH CONNIE AND MYSELF.

JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAD WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN OUR FUTURE LOOK FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS BEYOND THAT.

AND AGAIN YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE ITEMS DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.

JUST NECESSARY MAINTENANCE REPLACEMENT OF PARKING LOT.

JUST KIND OF FOR FUTURE CASTING SOME OF THOSE ON ONGOING MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

BRANDON, IF I COULD JUST EMPHASIZE THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE OUT YEARS, PARTICULARLY NEXT YEAR, YOU SEE THAT GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY. AGAIN, REFERRING BACK TO MY PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THIS YEAR, MANAGING TO OUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT IN HOPES THAT NEXT YEAR WE HAVE A RAISED LIMIT SO WE CAN START TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS.

AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE THAT NONE OF THIS INCLUDES ANY BUILDINGS, NO PROJECTS.

THERE'S NOTHING BIG IN HERE OTHER THAN THE GURLEY STREET, ONE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OFF FOR ANOTHER YEAR JUST TO MANAGE THAT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.

AGAIN DOESN'T GET INTO ANY OF THE REST OF THE PROJECT NEEDS THAT WILL COME WITH THE SPACE PLANNING STUDY.

I EXPECT THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE CARRYING OUT BEYOND HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? CAPITAL FACILITIES.

MAIL ROOM. SOLAR ECLIPSE.

NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF BUSY TWO YEARS WITH THE JUSTICE FACILITY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERNAL TALENT WITHIN OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT GETTING THINGS ACCOMPLISHED AND PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY COME OUT, AND THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR US AND SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU, BRENNAN. THANK YOU.

AND REALLY, KUDOS GO TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND CREW MEMBERS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.

WE ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF INTERNAL SERVICE, SELF SERVING, SELF PERFORMING ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITIES AND COUNTIES DO NOT WE LOVE IT.

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NOBODY WILL DO IT THE SAME WAY THAT WE WILL DO IT FOR OURSELVES.

WE ALSO FIND A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES THERE.

AND SO WE TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE ALLOTMENT ALLOTMENT OF PROJECT THRESHOLD AND WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PERFORM.

I BELIEVE IT'S 22 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SO, 24 MAYBE NOW WITH THE WRITER.

AND SO WE ALWAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

AND YEAH, KUDOS GO OUT TO MY ENTIRE STAFF, MY ENTIRE TRAITS CREW, THE THE FLOOR CARE CREW, THE GROUNDS CREW THEY MAKE THE PARKS POSSIBLE.

THEY MAKE THE REMODELS POSSIBLE.

THEY THEY DO PHENOMENAL WORK.

THANK YOU GUYS. YEAH.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR GREGORY FOR MENTIONING THAT.

I'VE COMMENTED TO BRANDON AND TRIED TO TO CATCH FOLKS WORKING ON THE AIR ROOM REMODEL UP THERE.

THE WORKMANSHIP ON THAT WORK IS JUST TOP NOTCH.

REALLY NICE AND RESPONSIVE TOO.

I FIND THE GUYS ARE EVEN MORE RESPONSIVE.

I TRY TO SET EXPECTATIONS REALISTICALLY AND THEN THEY COME THROUGH AND ALWAYS BEAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

SO, CHAIRMAN, IT IS 1155.

WHAT IS THE BOARD'S PLEASURE? DO YOU WANT TO BREAK FOR LUNCH NOW OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? IS THE NEXT DEPARTMENT UP? THEY'RE GOING TO BE A WHILE, SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP SOME CONTINUITY TO IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR.

OKAY. YOU WANT TO BREAK FOR LUNCH? BE BACK AT 1230.

THAT'S GOOD. OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

DONNA WILL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.

THE ONLY THING YOU KNOW BRENNAN DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO CLARIFY IS WHERE ARE WE ON GURLEY STREET? THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DEFER UNTIL NEXT YEAR, UNTIL WE GET THE SPACE STUDY BACK.

WELL, SPACE STUDY, AND YOU MAY RECALL, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN 30 DAYS AGO.

WE CAME TO THE BOARD AND YOU APPROVED A $17,000 CONTRACT TO DO SOME SPECIFIC INQUIRY INTO THE SECOND FLOOR, THE ACTUAL OLD JAIL.

HOW MUCH OF THAT PROJECTED COST WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO REMOVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT JAIL, PULLING OUT THE THE BARS, THE IRON AND EVERYTHING ELSE? THE SHERIFF AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION THAT HE'S CONCERNED AND I SHARE IT THAT MAYBE THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT REMODEL. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE MAYBE LESS COSTLY AND JUST LEAVE THAT OR DO MINIMAL? THERE IS MINIMAL REVISIONS TO IT AND USE IT AS STORAGE RATHER THAN OFFICE SPACE.

AND HOW BAD DID I MESS THAT UP? NO, I THINK YOU WERE PERFECT ON THAT ONE.

SORRY. I WAS STANDING JUST SHADOWING BEHIND YOU WAITING FOR MY POINT, BUT NO, NOT QUITE THAT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK WITH THE ARCHITECT WHO IS DOING THAT ANALYSIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HALEY CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE SPECIFIC COSTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT 22,000FT² THAT WE'RE REMODELING.

AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO BUILDING OR BUYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT OF AN EQUIVALENT SQUARE FOOTAGE? SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE FACTORS THAT'S A PART OF THAT JUST ANALYZING THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN, YEAH, WHEN WE GET THE SPACE PLANNING STUDY BACK.

AND WE CONSIDERED TURNING IT INTO A BAR OR RESTAURANT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE MANY REQUESTS FOR A SPA AND A SMOKING LOUNGE, AND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED, AND WE'VE GOT YOU ON THE SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY NIGHTS, BY THE WAY.

YEAH. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I'M SORRY. WELL, THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M JEREMY DYE, YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

2425 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

AND JUST MOVING FORWARD HERE IN TERMS OF OUR MAJOR SERVICES WE OVERSEE REALLY ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN, IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND TRY TO ENSURE SAFE AND HEALTHY CONSTRUCTION AND SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IN WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MAJOR SERVICES.

WE HAVE SIX SIX WORK DIVISIONS OUR PLANNING UNIT, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT, OUR ADDRESSING BUILDING SAFETY PERMITTING, I THINK I MENTIONED ENVIRONMENTAL.

SO WE WE COVER WE WEAR A LOT OF HATS IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AND OF COURSE PRIMARILY WE REVIEW THE, THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS THAT COME IN FOR CONFORMANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODE AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

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WE'RE ALSO THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEMS DELEGATED THROUGH THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

ADEQ. AND WE, OF COURSE, PROCESS AND FACILITATE PLANNING APPLICATIONS.

AND ALONG WITH THOSE THINGS, TOO, WE ASSIGN ALL OF THE ADDRESSES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO IN THE LAST YEAR HISTORICALLY HERE, WE'VE ISSUED 5000 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS.

WE HAVE EXAMINED 4500 PLANS.

WE'VE CONDUCTED 39,000 BUILDING INSPECTIONS.

AND SO SINCE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE MOON THIS MORNING, YOU'VE YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME MENTION THAT THE THE AMOUNT OF MILEAGE THAT WE'VE COVERED CONDUCTING THOSE BUILDING INSPECTIONS THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY TOTALED A TRIP FROM HERE TO WELL PAST THE MOON, ACTUALLY.

SO WE PUT A LOT OF MILEAGE ON OUR VEHICLES, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

WE'VE CONDUCTED 1921 SEPTIC PERMITS, ARE ISSUED SEPTIC PERMITS AND CONDUCTED 1545 SEPTIC INSPECTIONS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IN THIS LAST YEAR.

JUST TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AGAIN, AS WE'VE CONTINUED THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS NOW AT EVALUATING OUR, OUR PROCESSES AND LOOKING FOR AREAS TO TO SIMPLIFY, TO MAKE THINGS EASIER ON THE PUBLIC, TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESS PROCESSES.

WE'VE CONTINUED TO REDUCE OUR PERMIT REVIEW TIMES, WHICH IS REALLY OUR KEY PERFORMANCE METRIC IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

AND WE'VE WE'VE MANAGED TO REDUCE IT AGAIN, AN ADDITIONAL 31.9% IN THE LAST YEAR.

JUST FINDING FINDING THOSE WORK EFFICIENCIES AND AND IMPLEMENTING SOME MORE STREAMLINED PROCESSES.

AND SOME OF THAT IS JUST DUE TO LOOKING WE'VE BEEN REEVALUATING OUR CITIZEN SERVE PROCESSES AND SIMPLIFYING THOSE AS AS THEY COME UP.

AND SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 31, 31.9% OVER OVER THIS LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION, AS YOU RECALL, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, WE WERE AT ABOUT AN EIGHT WEEK PERMIT REVIEW TIME, AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT A TWO WEEK PERMIT REVIEW TIME.

WE'VE EXPANDED OUR OUR HOME OF MY OWN PROGRAM.

AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE BOARD APPROVED AN EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM TO TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL THREE FLOOR PLANS MADE AVAILABLE.

WE'VE HAD THOSE FLOOR PLANS DRAWN UP.

WE'VE DONE OUR INITIAL REVIEW OF THEM.

THEY LOOK REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC HERE BY BY THE END OF SPRING.

ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOME KIND OF PUBLICITY AND OR INFORMATIONAL? OUTPUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE COUNTY.

YEAH. CHAIRMAN BROWN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE WE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT MORE PUBLICITY SURROUNDING THAT HOME OF MY OWN PROGRAM.

AND WE WILL WORK WITH DAVID MCCARTY AND HIS GROUP ON THAT ONE WHEN WE GET READY TO ROLL THESE ADDITIONAL PLANS OUT.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK WITH THE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, SANDY GRIFFITH AND HER COMPANY AND SOMETHING ELSE IN REGARDS TO GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE PAID OFF BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER THIS YEAR.

AND LAST YEAR WE WE'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF STARTS WITH THOSE PLANS THAT WE PRODUCED.

AND IT MAY BE THE ANSWER TO GETTING THE COST OF HOUSING DOWN HERE.

AND YOU HAVE. WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME ANECDOTAL RESEARCH OF THE COST TO CONSTRUCT THESE THESE HOMES.

AND THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED FROM FROM THE COST TO, TO BUILD A CONVENTIONAL HOME.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN QUITE A BIT OF A REDUCTION THERE.

THEY ARE MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE TO, TO BUILD THAN THAN TO HAVE A I'M LACKING THE WORD HERE, BUT A CONVENTIONAL HOME BUILT IN FACT, I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE HERE AS WELL.

SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED, WE'VE WE HAVE SINCE ISSUED 63 PERMITS FOR THESE, AND THEY'RE REALLY COUNTYWIDE.

WE ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

WE CAN'T REALLY PINPOINT ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE THOSE PLANS ARE BEING USED.

WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OTHER OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THE TOWN OF CLARKDALE AND THEN SEVERAL OTHER SEVERAL OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PARTNERING WITH US TO MAKE THOSE PLANS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

JUST WANT TO THROW IN A CONSIDERATION, IF I MAY.

JEREMY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES, SPACES WITH A BUILDING OR A HOUSE ON IT THAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED.

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AND I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SOME SENSE TO PUT THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND DISCUSS HOW WE CAN UTILIZE WITH HOME ON YOUR OWN, OF YOUR OWN, ON PROPERTY THAT IS UNDERUTILIZED OR NOT UTILIZED AND NEEDS TO BE.

AND IT'S SITTING AS A WASTE LAND HELD BY A CITY OR A MUNICIPALITY.

AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND AT LEAST EXPLORE IT.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, VICE CHAIR.

MICHAELS. THAT'S THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT.

THESE ARE, THESE HOMES ARE DESIGNED FOR REALLY TO BE BUILT ON ANY LOT IN THE COUNTY, AND AND THEY ARE THEY DO MAKE PERFECT SENSE TO, TO FILL IN, IN SOME OF THOSE INFILL LOTS AS WELL.

YEAH. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING WITH OUR OUR LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAMS, OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. ONE OF OUR OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS WE'VE WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE BLUE BEAM PLAN PLAN REVIEW SOFTWARE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED FOR US WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FIELD INSPECTIONS.

AND AS YOU'LL RECALL THE BOARD APPROVED FOR US LAST YEAR TO PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENT A SOFTWARE CALLED VIEW SPECS, AND THAT IS OUR REMOTE VIDEO INSPECTION SOFTWARE.

AND WE'VE JUST NOW ROLLED THIS OUT AND WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS ALREADY.

WE'VE ONLY CONDUCTED EIGHT INSPECTIONS SINCE SINCE WE'VE ROLLED OUT.

BUT IN THOSE EIGHT, IN THOSE EIGHT REMOTE INSPECTIONS, WE'VE ACTUALLY SAVED 13.66 HOURS OF DRIVE TIME.

SO THOSE SO THOSE VIDEO INSPECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY TAKING THE PLACE OF SOMEONE DRIVING UP TO SALIMAN OR SOMEONE DRIVING DOWN TO BLACK CANYON CITY AND PUTTING THAT ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE VEHICLE AND THAT ADDITIONAL WINDSHIELD TIME.

AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY SAVED 638 MILES UP TO THIS POINT.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION, IF I MAY, JEREMY.

THIS IS ALL VERY FASCINATING, THIS AI APPROACH TO THE WORLD.

WHAT ABOUT PLAN APPROVAL UTILIZING THE SAME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.

IS THAT AVAILABLE? WELL, VICE CHAIR MICHAELS.

THE THE PLAN REVIEW SOFTWARE THAT WE HAD JUST IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR IS BLUEBEAM, AND IT'S IT IS IT'S COMPLETELY ONLINE AND IT IS IT'S BEEN SHOWN TO SAVE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

WE'RE ABLE TO IT REPLACES THE PAPER PLANS ALTOGETHER.

THEY'RE ALL SUBMITTED ONLINE.

WE REVIEW THEM ONLINE, MAKE OUR COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS, AND THEN SEND THOSE BACK OUT.

SO IT DOES ACTUALLY SAVE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

SO JUST TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, CAN I ACTUALLY DO THE REVIEW OF THE PLAN ITSELF TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, FREEING UP YOUR STAFF? WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING TO THAT LEVEL JUST YET.

IT'S COMING. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE ACTUALLY WATCHING.

AND MARK AND I, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF DIPPING OUR TOES INTO I A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO WE ARE EXPLORING SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD JUMP ON AS SOON AS IT BECAME AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. I ENCOURAGE THAT EXPLORATION.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

YEAH. AGREED.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. JUST LOOKING AHEAD AS WELL HERE TO SOME GOALS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR OURSELF.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF A FULL UPDATE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ASKED AS ONE OF OUR EXHIBIT THREES.

AND IT'S A IT'S A MULTI YEAR PROJECT.

BUT AS YOU'LL, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT IN THE PAST, THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN 1968.

IT'S 56 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.

WE'VE IT'S GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF MINOR UPDATES AND REVISIONS OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S KIND OF A PATCHWORK AT THIS POINT.

AND IT'S REACHED A POINT WHERE WITH RECENT COURT CASES AND OTHER AND OTHER THINGS, IT'S REACHED A POINT WHERE IT'S TIME FOR A FULL UPDATE.

SOME AREAS OF IT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT STATE LAW OR, OR EVEN FEDERAL LAW AT THIS POINT.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO START THAT PROCESS OF UPDATING THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BEGINNING THE PROCESS TO ADOPT THE 2024 BUILDING CODES.

AND AS YOU RECALL, IN 2019, WE ADOPTED THE 2018 BUILDING CODES.

AND HISTORICALLY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS ADOPTED CURRENT BUILDING CODES ON ABOUT A SIX YEAR CYCLE.

AND SO THAT HELPS US TO TO MAINTAIN ENSURE THAT BUILDINGS, ALL CONSTRUCTION IS BUILT TO THAT SAFE MINIMUM STANDARD AND THAT INCORPORATES THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND BUILDING BUILDING TECHNIQUES.

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AND THAT WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR.

WE WOULD LOOK TO ADOPT THAT BY JULY 1ST OF 2025.

ALONG WITH THAT IS OUR GOAL TO COMPLETE THE ISO BUILDING DEPARTMENT EVALUATION, WHICH WE ARE COMING TO THE END OF THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, THE ISO GOES THROUGH AND EVALUATES ALL BUILDING DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THOSE ARE THAT I'M LOOKING FOR MY NOTES HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE THE ISO IS HAS A THEY ESTABLISH A RATING SYSTEM AND THEY RATE EACH BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S TYPICALLY ON A EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS, BUT THAT HAS A BEARING ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS. SO HAVING CURRENT BUILDING CODES AND IN THE IN THAT JURISDICTION ENSURES THAT THAT PROPERTY OWNERS DON'T HAVE TO PAY TOO MUCH FOR THEIR PROPERTY INSURANCE.

AND FINALLY HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETING A PERMITTING FEE ANALYSIS AND ADJUSTMENT.

AND IT'S BEEN AT LEAST SIX YEARS NOW SINCE WE'VE DONE AN ADJUSTMENT OF OUR BUILDING SAFETY FEES.

OUR FEES WE ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR THE COST OF OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT PROCESSES OR OUR DEPARTMENT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THAT PLAN, REVIEW THOSE INSPECTIONS THE PERMITTING PERMITTING COSTS, THINGS THAT WE CHARGE PERMIT FEES.

AND THOSE ESSENTIALLY ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE WANTING TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTIES.

THEY PAY FOR THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE THOSE FEES CHARGED ARE RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO WE ESSENTIALLY THE IDEA IS TO PAY FOR PAY FOR OUR SERVICES.

SO WHEN THOSE FEE REVENUES DON'T FULLY OFFSET THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES, THEN THE COUNTY THE TAXPAYERS AT LARGE, THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THOSE COSTS.

SO WE'RE NOW COVERING WITH OUR, OUR SERVICES HAVE THE COST OF OUR SERVICES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND SO WE'RE NOT FULLY COVERING THOSE THOSE COSTS THROUGH OUR FEES.

AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ONLY OFFSETTING.

WE'RE ONLY COVERING ABOUT 60% OF OUR OPERATING COSTS WITH WITH OUR ANTICIPATED REVENUE FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT EVALUATION RIGHT NOW.

AND WE WILL WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD AT SOME POINT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO, JEREMY, I JUST WANT TO THROW IN SOMETHING THAT'S CONFOUNDING FOR ALL OF US.

BUT THAT, I THINK, RELATES TO ORDINANCES AND CODES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND MAY BE A REVENUE GENERATOR.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR INSURANCE BECAUSE OF WILDFIRE POTENTIAL.

AND I KNOW MY COSTS HAVE GONE UP EXORBITANTLY WHERE I'M AT.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE TIE IT IN, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO AS A COUNTY ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT IS WILDFIRE RELATED, WHICH MEANS THERE MAY BE A CODE OR AN ORDINANCE CONNECTION AND SOME SORT OF EVALUATION AND FEE ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TO GIVE SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE OR INDEMNIFICATION OR SOME WAY FOR FOLKS, EVEN IF THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY A HIGHER LEVEL OF INSURANCE AGAINST WILDFIRE THEY AT LEAST HAVE AN AVENUE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A ASSURANCE FROM THE COUNTY THAT THEY ARE FIRE WISE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASINGLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT AND YET BY COUNTY.

YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, VICE CHAIR.

MICHAELS. AND THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF ADOPTING BUILDING CODES HISTORICALLY AND, AND TYPICALLY THE, THE JURISDICTION, THE LOCAL FIRE JURISDICTION HAS THE ADOPTED FIRE CODES.

AND, AND WE DO HAVE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, SEDONA FIRE SEDONA FIRE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED FIRE CODES, WHEREAS THE COUNTY NEVER HAS ADOPTED ANY FIRE CODES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY HAS SOME SORT OF FALLS UNDER SOME SORT OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY THERE.

AND I ABSOLUTELY COULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

DEFINITELY, CONSIDERING I AM ALWAYS SAYING THAT NOW MY COUNTY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WIDE OPEN SPACE IS NOW BACKED UP RIGHT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, OR EVEN WITH THE CITY OF PRESCOTT.

SO YES, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT TOO.

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SO RURAL INTERFACE IS GOING TO IMPACT SOME OF THESE.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, WHICH IS PROBABLY A LARGER CONVERSATION THAT THIS BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

YES. YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AGAIN, OUR PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.

IT'S IT'S STABILIZED.

IT'S REALLY KIND OF PLATEAUED AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE STILL STAYING AT A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY WITHIN WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

I THINK BRANDON MENTIONED THAT IN HIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.

CONSTRUCTION IS IS EXTREMELY BUSY AT THIS POINT AND AND IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN HIGH.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SPIKE THAT WE SAW IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID, BUT BUT WE'VE REALLY KIND OF PLATEAUED AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT'S PUTTING A STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES.

YEAH. JEREMY, IF I MAY SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT NOT TO CONTINUE TO BEAT THAT THAT SAME POINT THAT I JUST MADE.

BUT IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME RECENTLY, WE HAVE MORE HOUSING PERMITS NOW BEING ISSUED IN THE COUNTY THAN WE DO IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES.

YEAH. IS THAT RIGHT? AND AGAIN, FOR ME, THAT THAT BECOMES A REAL POLICY QUESTION THAT THIS BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE ITS POINT.

AGREED. YEAH.

AND SO THAT AND JUST IN THE LOOKING AT THE ACTIVITY ALONE THAT KEEPS OUR STAFF VERY BUSY.

THAT IS PUTTING A STRAIN ON OUR RESOURCES.

THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW POSITIONS WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE EVALUATE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

BUT WE'VE DETERMINED THAT WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THIS POINT.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE HERE THAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALSO IS JUST THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE REQUIRING THAT WHEATON TRASH ABATEMENT.

WE'VE BEEN DOING 2 OR 3 OF THEM A YEAR.

AND WE'VE JUST BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND IN SOME OF THE RURAL AREAS WHERE THESE PROPERTIES JUST HAVE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF JUST REALLY JUNK TRASH ON THE PROPERTIES OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT STATE STATUTE ALLOWS US AS THE DEPARTMENT OR AS THE COUNTY, TO GO ON TO THE PROPERTY, CLEAN IT UP AT OUR EXPENSE, AND THEN AND THEN ESSENTIALLY BILL THE PROPERTY OWNER AFTER THAT.

AND THAT'S THAT COMES AT A COST, OF COURSE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE WE'RE BALANCING THAT COST WITH THE SAFETY OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THESE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING MORE AND MORE OF THESE TO YOU AS THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING IN TERMS OF OUR RESOURCE RESOURCES AS WELL.

JUST AS A NOTE THOUGH, GOT THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE TOWNS AND CITIES YOU GOT.

CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE SEEM TO BE HOBOING INTO PROPERTIES.

YES. AND WE'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF OUR COUNTERPARTS IN, IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS AND EVEN OTHER COUNTIES.

AND IT'S A, IT'S A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM AT THIS POINT.

IT'S REALLY ALL OVER, ALL OVER ARIZONA AT LEAST, YOU KNOW.

AND WHAT'S THE AVERAGE COST OF A CLEANUP? IS IT IN THE, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE ONES THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 25 AND $35,000.

SO IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT.

YEAH. AND IT GIVES US ANOTHER TOOL TO GO AND ADDRESS THESE PROPERTIES, TOO, BECAUSE ONCE THEY GET IN VIOLATION, THEY JUST IGNORE US UNTIL THEY SELL THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S NO IMPACTS ON THEM.

AND THIS GIVES US A TOOL TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

AND WE COLLECT IT ON ANY.

NOT IN RECENT HISTORY.

NO. JUST LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE CONTINUING TO JUST LOOK AT OUR LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES, LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES, LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR IS DIRECT CUSTOMER CONTACT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'VE HAD PROCESSES IN PLACE PREVIOUSLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WILL CALL IN FROM THE PUBLIC.

THEY HAVE A QUESTION FOR SOMEONE.

FOR INSTANCE, IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT, THEY GET SENT TO A GROUP GROUP INBOX AND THAT GETS DISTRIBUTED OUT.

WE'RE, WE'RE REMOVING THAT THAT CENTRALIZED VOICEMAIL AND KIND OF TESTING THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET MORE DIRECT PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT. SO WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN, FOR EXAMPLE, INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT, I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT MY SEPTIC SYSTEM.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET TRANSFERRED TO SOMEBODY'S DESK PHONE, AND THAT PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CALLING THEM BACK.

SO WE'RE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT DIRECT CUSTOMER INTERACTION AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO CALL GET THOSE PHONE CALLS BACK OR THEY GET TO TALK TO A LIVE HUMAN BEING.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON IN THIS COMING YEAR HERE.

WE'RE STARTING THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AS A MATTER OF FACT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUTOMATED PERMITTING, JUST AT LEAST OF SIMPLE PERMITS.

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THEY CAN THEY CAN SUBMIT.

IDEALLY, THEY WOULD SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR FENCE PERMIT APPLICATION THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE, THROUGH OUR PORTAL.

AND THEN THAT COULD BE PROCESSED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, SOME WAYS OF DOING THAT.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH OUR CITIZENS, SERVE SOFTWARE FOLKS AND TO SEE WHAT CAPABILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.

BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT TAKES UP, YOU KNOW, THAT TAKES UP STAFF TIME.

THAT REALLY ISN'T ALMOST ALMOST A SIMPLE PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY NO TO, TO, TO BEGIN WITH.

WHY NOT JUST DO THAT AUTOMATICALLY IF WE CAN.

SO. ALONG WITH ALONG WITH OUR FOCUS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE SOME FORMALIZED CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THIS COMING YEAR.

SO WE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE FOR IMPROVING OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

DOES THAT INCLUDE A CROSS TRAINING? CROSS TRAINING? YES.

VICE CHAIR MICHAELS APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

WE DO LIKE TO HAVE THAT THAT CROSS TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STAFF.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILD INTO OUR, OUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS ANNUALLY IS THAT EACH STAFF MEMBER IS SUPPOSED TO DO A RIDE ALONG OR SPEND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHADOW THAT SHADOW ANOTHER UNIT FOR AT LEAST A DAY.

SO WE DO LIKE TO HAVE THAT, THAT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

JUST LOOKING AT OUR REVENUE AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT WE TALKED ABOUT OUR REVENUE.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF PERMITTING FEES, PERMITTING FEE REVENUE, $3.7 MILLION.

OUR TOTAL EXPENSES OUT OF A $6.5 MILLION BUDGET, IS ABOUT 6.4 MILLION.

SO IN OUR IN OUR EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED AGAIN, THIS 10.6% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS WELL.

SO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE RECOVERING THROUGH FEE REVENUES VERSUS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT IS ABOUT 60%.

AND OF COURSE WE HAVE 72 AND A THIRD FTE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY ARE WE ACTUALLY SHARE THAT THAT .33 IS A, A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WE SHARE BETWEEN FLOOD THE FLOOD DISTRICT AND IT'S AND I SHOULD POINT OUT AS WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES FROM SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND OF COURSE, STAFFING REMAINS A CHALLENGE.

AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WENDY AND HER FOLKS IN HR HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL, ACTUALLY, IN, IN FILLING SOME OF THOSE KEY POSITIONS.

WE DID HAVE A CONSULTANT COME IN FOR OUR TO HELP RECRUIT FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER.

AND THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

OUR VACANCY LEVEL REMAINS PRETTY LOW.

WE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY HAVE THREE VACANCIES IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND IT'S REMAINED THAT.

SO IN TERMS OF TURNOVER IN OUR DEPARTMENT WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT THE SAME TURNOVER WE HAVEN'T LOST.

WE'VE LOST MAYBE 1 OR 2 TO TO THE OUTSIDE, TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN WE HAVE TURNOVER IN THE DEPARTMENT THESE DAYS, IT'S, IT'S INTERNAL PROMOTION PEOPLE PROMOTING UP WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT OR PROMOTING OUT TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

YES. AND SO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET REQUESTS, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING TO PERFORM THAT FULL UPDATE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS A SEVERAL YEAR PROCESS.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE THAT.

AND AGAIN, ONGOING FUNDING FOR THOSE PROPERTY ABATEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IF WE'RE ASKING FOR $100,000 ANNUALLY SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE, THOSE PROPERTY ABATEMENTS, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GET MAYBE THOSE 3 OR 4 ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES CLEANED UP EACH YEAR, AND THAT WOULD THAT WOULD MAKE A SIZABLE IMPACT ON ON THE CONDITION OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

SOME FUNDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE BUILDING CODES IN GERMANY.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO JUST GO OUT BACK TO THAT ABATEMENT THING, AND WE KNOW IT'S GROWING.

IT'S AN ISSUE.

AND THE CLEAN UP COSTS ARE INCREASING FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.

AND SOMEWHERE IN THERE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE REVENUE STREAM THEN TOO.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOUR CHALLENGE, BUT A CHALLENGE FOR THE BOARD AND POLICY TO TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND MORE PROPERTIES WHERE WE'RE HAVING PROPERTY ABATEMENTS AND THAT LOOKS LIKE MONEY GOING OUT THE DOOR.

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AND IT IS A VERY TRYING SITUATION FOR ALL OF US.

AND SO VICE CHAIR MICHAELS AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY, I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THERE ARE I AM EXPLORING SOME MECHANISMS FOR RECAPTURING THOSE COSTS OR MAKING OR PROVIDING THAT FUNDING SOURCE. I'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF MY COUNTERPARTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES, AND THERE ARE THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT I'LL BRING BACK TO THE BOARD AT, AT A FUTURE TIME TO, TO DISCUSS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH. JUST CONTINUING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 BUILDING CODES.

THAT IS FAIRLY NOMINAL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

I THINK WE'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT $28,000 FOR THAT.

AND THAT IS JUST TO COVER THE COST FOR THE NEW THE NEW BOOKS THAT HAVE TO BE SUPPLIED, THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT HAS TO BE SUPPLIED, AND THEN OUTREACH MATERIALS.

AND THEN FINALLY JUST A REPLACEMENT PLOTTER IN THE PRESCOTT OFFICE, WHICH IS OUTLIVED ITS ITS USEFULNESS AT THIS POINT.

I ALSO HAVE TWO TWO PERSONNEL RECLASSIFICATIONS A RECLASSIFICATION REQUEST TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, TWO POSITION TO AN OFFICE MANAGER AND THE PRESCOTT OFFICE, AND ALSO A PAY GRADE ADJUSTMENT FROM A GRADE NINE TO A TEN.

AND THOSE THOSE HAVE A TOTAL IMPACT OF $10,542.

AND SO I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT FOR QUESTIONS.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY. THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF IS RELEVANT TO THIS IS JUST TO EDUCATE ME ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OFFICE MANAGER AND WHAT YOU PRESENTLY HAVE.

THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TWO POSITION IS IS IS LARGELY ADMINISTRATIVE, WHEREAS THE OFFICE MANAGER POSITION IS IS GOING TO BE OR IS ALREADY OVERSEEING A PROGRAM.

AND IN THIS CASE IT IS THE, THE, THE NEKOG TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF IT NOW THE WORKFORCE.

CDBG THANK YOU.

I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE ALPHABET SOUP THERE.

YES, SURE. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. AND IF I MAY ADD, ALL OF JEREMY'S REQUEST ARE INCLUDED IN MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I HEARD A WOW.

YEAH. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? EVERY. ALL OF YOURS.

I BETTER GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.

WELL, VERY GOOD, IF I MAY, JUST AS A AS A CLOSING COMMENT YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE, THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THEY'RE A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I HOPE YOU'RE AS PROUD OF THEM AS AS I AM.

THEY'RE THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL.

THEY'RE INNOVATIVE. THEY'RE FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY'RE VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS? OH, GOOD.

THANKS, JEREMY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PUBLIC WORKS.

WELCOME BACK, SUPERVISOR OBERG.

THANK YOU. GLAD TO BE BACK.

YOU JUST GOT HERE FOR THE BEST PART.

OH, BOY. I REALIZE THAT IT'S NAP TIME.

AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, THE FLEET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THE LIBRARY DISTRICT ALL GAVE ME THEIR TIME.

SO THIS COULD GO A WHILE.

THAT'S APPROPRIATE. YES IT IS.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

ALL RIGHT. I AM DAN CHERRY.

I'M YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE DO HAVE A SIZABLE DEPARTMENT, AND AND SO I DO HAVE A FEW EXTRA SLIDES, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT IN ADVANCE.

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I THINK ALL OF YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT WE DO.

YOU HEAR ABOUT IT AT OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AND.

AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT FROM ME AT BOARD MEETINGS AND WHATNOT.

BUT WE ARE A FAIRLY WIDE RANGING DEPARTMENT.

AND WHAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

AND, AND OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PIECES WITHIN THAT, OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL.

JUST TO TOUCH ON SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.

THE FIRST ONE THERE IS KIND OF A DEFAULT ONE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, BUT IT'S ALSO A BIG PART OF OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT YOU FUND WITH APPROVAL OF OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR.

A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH BETWEEN HERFF AND REGIONAL ROADS IS, IS WELL INTO THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE US FOR THAT.

I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE UTILIZE THAT FUNDING IN AN APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

THAT IS HELPFUL. AND AND CERTAINLY EACH OF YOU WE TAKE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS AS FAR AS WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW THEY MAY CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ONE OF OUR OTHER BIGGIES THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN ADVANCING OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF CARTEGRAPH.

AND CARTEGRAPH ASSET MANAGEMENT WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER BY BY YOUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR BRANDON.

WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN HOUSING OUR KIND OF OUR DATABASE OF ROAD INVENTORY AND CONDITION.

WE HAVE SLOWLY BEEN EXPANDING THAT AS OF LATE TO INCLUDE OUR ENTIRE SIGN INVENTORY NOW.

AND LAST YEAR, THE BOARD APPROVED A NEW POSITION THAT WE CALL OUR ASSET MANAGER.

I SHOULD SAY IT WAS MORE OF A REVAMPING OF AN EXISTING POSITION TO CREATE AN ASSET MANAGER POSITION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT IS REALLY KIND OF DOVE IN HEAD FIRST INTO UTILIZING OUR THIS SOFTWARE TO OUR BEST ADVANTAGES IN MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING, WHICH I'LL TOUCH BASE TOUCH ON HERE IN OUR NEXT SLIDE AS FAR AS OUR GOALS IS TO KIND OF MAKE THAT MORE BROAD SCOPE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE CAN USE THAT SAME SOFTWARE FOR OTHER ADVANTAGES.

WE DID WITH UNDER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE COMPLETED THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE.

THAT'S A REQUIRED UPDATE THAT'S DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND THE BOARD APPROVED THAT THIS PAST FALL.

IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.

AND AND I BELIEVE ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AT THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALSO JUMPED ON BOARD WITH THAT, TOO.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD PLAN ADVANCEMENT.

AND AND THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT UTILIZES THAT IN CHASING FEDERAL DOLLARS AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY A VALUE FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE.

WE ALSO ARE JUST ON THE CUSP OF COMPLETION OF OUR REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ROAD SAFETY STUDY THAT INCLUDED A DETAILED STUDY OF FOUR OF OUR MAJOR ROADS, INCLUDING IRON SPRINGS PORTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, CORNVILLE ROAD, AND PIONEER PARKWAY.

I WE ARE CONCLUDING OUR INTERNAL REVIEW OF THAT.

THE CONSULTANT WILL GET US A FINAL VERSION SHORTLY, WHICH I WILL SHARE WITH EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR YOUR OWN EDIFICATION.

BUT ULTIMATELY, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD FOR KIND OF A FINAL ACCEPTANCE TO TO KIND OF PUT A BOW ON IT, IF YOU WILL, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THAT STUDY.

WE HAD THREE SUCCESSFUL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT AWARDS HERE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

PLUS THAT INCLUDES TWO SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS ON IRON SPRINGS ROAD FOR SOME AUXILIARY PASSING LANES.

THAT SIMPLY HELPED.

I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.

SIMPLY HELPED WITH THE THIRD ONE, WHICH WAS A TURN LANE ON AT STRACZYNSKI ROAD IN WILLIAMSON VALLEY.

AND THEN WE PURSUED THESE OTHER TWO ON IRON SPRINGS ROAD OUTSIDE OF SEMPO.

AND EACH ONE OF THOSE IS 4 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE ABOUT A 6% RESPONSIBILITY ON FOR THE TOTAL COST ON THEM.

SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

IT IS COMING. WE'VE STARTED THE DESIGN PROCESS ON ON THOSE AND THEY WILL BE HERE IN DUE TIME.

WE HAVE TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT THEY'RE ALL ON THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR BOTH SIMPLE AND MAYCOG.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ALL SUPPORT ON THAT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR OUR CLEANUP EVENTS.

I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT TOUCH ON OUR SOLID WASTE DIVISION HERE.

THAT CONTINUES TO BE A VERY POPULAR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS COUNTY TO NOT ONLY HELP CLEAN UP THEIR OWN PROPERTIES,

[03:15:06]

IT'S A BIG EXPENSE FOR YOU.

AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE HIGH POINTS.

BUT I TOUCHED ON OUR CARTEGRAPH ASSET MANAGEMENT.

OUR BIGGIE FOR THIS YEAR IS WE'RE GOING TO START UTILIZING IT FOR OUR ROAD WORK ORDERS.

AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE A VERY OLD SYSTEM CALLED ROAD MASTER.

AND ROAD MASTER IS LIMPING ALONG WITH THE HELP OF ONE INDIVIDUAL HERE AT THE COUNTY WHO WORKS UNDER KEVIN BLAKE AND GIS THAT'S BRIAN BOND.

BRIAN IS OUR RESIDENT EXPERT ON ROAD MASTER.

AND WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO HIM.

BUT ON THE OFFHAND CHANCE THAT BRIAN WERE TO MOVE ON I THINK WE WOULD BE DEAD IN THE WATER WITH IT.

AND WE FEEL IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT IS MODERN AND NOT 20 TO 30 YEARS OLD.

AND AND ALSO TRY TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF LOAD OFF BRIAN BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY BENDS OVER BACKWARDS TO TAKE CARE OF US IN, IN ADDITION TO MANY OF HIS OTHER DUTIES.

SO SO THAT REALLY IS OUR BIGGIE.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH OUR MANAGEMENT STAFF WITHIN THE ROADS DIVISION TO KIND OF GET THEM ON BOARD AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WILL CHANGE THINGS GOING FORWARD. BUT THE GOAL EVENTUALLY IS TO HAVE THIS MUCH MORE OF A OF AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS WITH OUR OUR ROAD STAFF, OUR CREWS OUT IN THE FIELD WHERE THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, ELECTRONIC ORDERS AND WHATNOT.

THERE WILL BE IPADS AND TABLETS THAT THEY WILL TAKE THEIR ORDERS ON.

AND WE SEE THIS DEVELOPING INTO A NICE PAPERLESS SYSTEM.

THAT ALSO GETS GIVES US A VERY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN DATA ENTRY AND WHATNOT, IF YOU WILL.

SO. A CONTINUED PROGRESS ON OUR ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

BUT ALSO MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR DIRT TO BLACK PROGRAM THAT IS PROGRESSING WELL.

WE ACTUALLY ARE BIDDING A COUPLE OF THOSE BIG PROJECTS OUT THIS WEEK.

THE BID OPENING IS ON THURSDAY, AND WE HOPE TO GET THOSE CONSTRUCTED AND COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE HAVE OTHERS IN THE HOPPER PINE DRIVE OVER IN IN DISTRICT ONE IS ANOTHER BIGGIE THAT HAS BEEN SLOWED BY SOME PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS, BUT PLANS ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. AND WE HAVE OTHERS INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING AS WELL.

OUR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE NEW APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THAT.

THIS IS ALL BASED ON CRASH HISTORY AND ACCIDENT DATA, PARTICULARLY SEVERE CRASHES THAT MANY TIMES END UP IN FATALITIES.

IT OPENS SOME AVENUES FOR US TO SEEK THESE DOLLARS AND AND COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS THAT HELP TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER MUCH OF WHICH IS ON THE FEDERAL DOLLAR WITH JUST A SMALL LOCAL MATCH.

AND THEN THERE ARE TWO BIG PLANNING UPDATES COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.

THE FIRST ONE IS IS A VERDE VALLEY MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE THAT IS BEING SPEARHEADED BY BY MAYCOG.

AND TPO IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THAT, AND WE CERTAINLY WILL BE ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THAT.

AND THEN SIMILARLY SIMPO IS HAS THEIR REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AN UPDATE TO THEIR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THIS ONE BEING THE 2050 PLAN FOR THE 25 YEAR HORIZON.

AND AND AS I SAID, ON THE TAC FOR THAT WE WILL BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT PLAN UPDATE GOING FORWARD.

CHALLENGES. WE HAVE NO LACK OF CHALLENGES.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

IT'S BEEN TOUCHED ON BY OTHERS OF OF NOT SO MUCH OUR OWN LABOR SHORTAGES, BUT THOSE OF CONTRACTORS, THOSE THAT ARE PROJECTS THAT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO OUT FOR BIDS TO THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE LABOR SHORTAGES.

IT LIMITS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT THEY CAN BID OUT AT ANY ONE TIME.

SO IT SPREADS THE THE NUMBER OF VENDORS OUT THINNER.

AND SO WE MAY GET PROJECTS THAT WE BID OUT THAT ONLY GET ONE BID OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THEM.

AND THAT TENDS TO LEAD TO HIGHER COSTS, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, WHERE THERE'S LESS COMPETITION.

INFLATION CERTAINLY HAS DRIVEN THINGS UP, AND THERE'S BEEN NO SIGN OF IT COMING BACK TO EARTH.

IT JUST WENT UP AND IT HAS STAYED UP.

AND THEN TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF OUR REQUESTS OR OUR HAULING AND DISPOSAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR SOLID WASTE TRANSFER UNIT OR TRANSFER STATIONS.

WE BID THOSE OUT MID-YEAR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IN SOME CASES, THE THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTS WERE DOUBLED OR EVEN TRIPLED AS FAR

[03:20:10]

AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN A REQUEST TO TRY TO KIND OF NORMALIZE OUR OUR OPERATING BUDGET WITHIN SOLID WASTE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE LINE ITEMS. WE ARE DEFERRING PROJECTS.

THIS WAS TOUCHED ON BY THE COUNTY MANAGERS.

UPDATE EARLY ON WITH THIS MEETING TODAY.

THIS IS PARTLY DUE DUE TO TRYING TO HELP OUT AND MAKE THINGS WORK WITH OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.

HOWEVER, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT TENDS TO BUNCH UP OUR PROJECTS.

WE ARE PUSHING SEVERAL THINGS INTO NEXT YEAR.

NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WE CURRENTLY ARE PROJECTING, IT IS QUITE INFLATED.

AND BY NEXT YEAR, I MEAN 25, 26.

HERE IN ON THE CUSP OF THIS CURRENT ONE.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE DO THIS AGAIN THE YEAR AFTER IF IT'S OVERWHELMING FOR US.

BUT BUT MY HOPE IS THAT POTENTIALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE BALLOT THIS FALL AND GET A MODIFICATION TO OUR, OUR BASE FROM 1980 COULD COULD PAY OFF AND, AND WE COULD SEE SOME BENEFIT THERE AND MAYBE TRY TO LOAD UP A LITTLE BIT TO IN THE, IN THE YEAR AFTER THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR. AND THEN OUR HURF REVENUES I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.

WE ARE STILL OPERATING ON ON FUEL TAX.

THAT GOES BACK TO 1990 ISH.

THAT IS BEING TESTED BY OUR OUR CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC AND THE WAY OUR VEHICLES ARE BEING DRIVEN THESE DAYS, PRIMARILY WITH, YOU KNOW, HYBRIDS AND, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND, AND SO THERE ARE VEHICLES AND USERS OF THOSE ROADS THAT ARE NOT PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT. SO THAT HAS AFFECTED THINGS.

AND I HAVE A SLIDE COMING UP HERE THAT WILL KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A GRAPHICAL IDEA OF HOW THAT'S AFFECTING THINGS.

THIS WAS A A GRAPHIC THAT WE STOLE FROM ADOT.

I'M GOING TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS SHARED AT OUR RURAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT LAST FALL.

BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA GOING BACK TO 1990, WHEN OUR $0.18 PER GALLON FUEL TAX WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED, AS TO WHAT THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE DOLLAR HAS DONE SINCE THAT TIME.

AND SO NOWADAYS IT'S IT'S THE PURCHASING POWER HAS DIMINISHED OVER BY OVER HALF.

WE'RE AT $0.43.

IN EQUIVALENCY, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A A DAMNING EXHIBIT, IF YOU WILL.

AND I CAN ONLY SAY THAT.

THE BENEFIT THAT WE'VE SEEN BY OUR POPULATION GROWTH HAS KIND OF OFFSET THIS SOMEWHAT IN KEEPING OUR BUDGETS NOT ONLY YOU KNOW, PLATEAUED OR EVEN GONE UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT STILL MAKES IT HARD FOR US TO DO THE SAME WITH LESS.

AND I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAS, YOU KNOW, HAD TO SHIFT GEARS A LOT SINCE THE 1990S AS FAR AS HOW WE DO OUR PROJECTS AND WHAT SORT OF PROJECTS WE DO.

WE'VE SHIFTED MORE TO A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT TYPE OF, OF OF OUTLOOK RATHER THAN BUILDING NEW ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE, WE, WE USE THE DOLLARS AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE YOUR ASSETS ARE, ARE WELL PROTECTED AND AND AND GOING TO LAST LONGER.

THIS IS AN EXHIBIT.

THAT REALLY KIND OF SHOWS THE CHANGING NATURE OF HOW OUR HALF DOLLARS ARE BROKEN OUT SINCE 1991.

THE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ, I KNOW, BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE KIND OF THE THE THE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES OF EACH BAR VERTICAL BAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BLUE, WHICH IS THE GAS TAX HAS BEEN DECLINING AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OUT OF THE WHOLE BUDGET SINCE 1991. IT STARTED OFF AT ABOUT 44% OF THE OVERALL HALF DOLLAR AMOUNTS, AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO ONLY 31%.

CONVERSELY, THE YELLOW AT THE TOP, WHICH IS THE VEHICLE LICENSE TAX IS, IS EXPANDING.

AND THAT'S REALLY DUE TO THE, YOU KNOW, COST OF VEHICLES GOING UP.

THEY THEIR VEHICLE LICENSE TAX IS BASED ON WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT IS WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REGISTER IT ANNUALLY.

A PORTION OF THAT ENDS UP IN HERFF.

I THINK A PORTION OF IT GOES TO GENERAL FUND HERE AS WELL.

BUT IT'S A NICE KIND OF GRAPHIC JUST TO KIND OF SHOW HOW THINGS ARE FUNCTIONING OUT THERE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. DAN, THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE.

THE VEHICLE LICENSE TAX.

I ASSUME THAT'S A FACTOR OF POPULATION GROWTH AS WELL.

[03:25:04]

WITH MORE PEOPLE IN THE STATE, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

YES. RIGHT.

OPPORTUNITIES. SO NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT OUR CARTEGRAPH IS OUR BIGGIE.

WE SEE THIS AS A BIG PUSH FOR US TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE OUR DEPARTMENT MORE EFFICIENT AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OF SOMETHING THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEEN A FAILING SYSTEM WITH OUR ROAD MASTER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO IT IS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUSH FORWARD.

THE, THE INTEREST IN THE FACILITY BY THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IN A SIMILAR PRODUCT IS FULLY SUPPORTED BY US.

AND AS I MENTIONED, AS WHEN I INTERRUPTED EARLIER THIS IS ALL CARTEGRAPH HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY BY OPENGOV, WHICH IS OUR BUDGET SOFTWARE.

AND MY GUESS IS EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE SOME COMBINATION OF, OF ALL THESE PRODUCTS INTO ONE OVERALL MASTER CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY.

SO WE CERTAINLY WILL BE INTERESTED IN THAT IF AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES.

AND THEN ANOTHER WHICH IS IN EXHIBIT THREE THAT WE PUT FORTH THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY THERE AT OUR COMMERCE DRIVE LOCATION HERE IN PRESCOTT. WE HAVE A VERY OLD I GUESS I'D CALL IT A SHED, BUT IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, THE WALLS ARE LEANING THE ELECTRICITY IS PROVIDED TO THE BUILDING THROUGH EXTENSION CORDS.

IT HAS, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF CRITTERS LIVING IN IT.

AND AND IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT MAYBE IT WAS TIME TO CONSIDER AN UPGRADE TO THIS.

AND AND SO WE PUT FORTH AN EXHIBIT THREE FOR THAT WITH THE HELP OF YOUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT THAT'S IN YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDES SUPPORTING THIS, WHICH WOULD BE PAID FOR OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

SO IT'S NOT AFFECTING YOUR GENERAL FUND BOTTOM LINE.

SO. ONE LAST GRAPH HERE.

WHICH IS ONE OF MY THIS IS NOT REALLY MEANT TO HIT HOME ANY POINTS, BUT BUT IT SHOWS OUR REGIONAL ROADS OVERALL BUDGET AND HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

THE, THE THE BAR CHART AT THE BOTTOM KIND OF SHOWS YOUR OVERALL TOTAL SALES TAX VERSUS ON THE IN THE KIND OF YELLOWISH COLOR VERSUS THE RED THAT WENT TO THE REGIONAL ROADS FUND.

IT STARTED OFF AS 80% FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEN IT HAS SLOWLY DROPPED DOWN.

AND THEN IN AROUND THE, THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY IN OH NINE, OH TEN TIME FRAME, YOU SEE, IT DROPPED DOWN TO AS LOW AS 20% OF THAT REGIONAL TOTAL SALES TAX AND THEN HAD BOUNCED BACK UP TO 40%.

AND, AND THEN THE BOARD ADDED ANOTHER 5% TO IT IN FOR FY 23, JUST TO KIND OF HELP FUND OUR DIRT BIKE PROGRAM.

AND, AND THAT IS APPRECIATED.

AND WE HOPEFULLY HAVE BEEN GIVING BACK SOME OF THAT IN, IN SOME ROADS THAT HAVE HAVE SHOWN TO BE BENEFIT POLITICALLY.

SO. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INCREASE THIS YEAR TO 50% IF WE CAN DO IT IN OUR BUDGET.

IT STARTED OUT, IT WAS SOLD TO THE VOTERS FOR 80% GOING TOWARD ROADS AND 20% ON OTHER THINGS.

AND I THINK WE WE RECOVERED AND WE NEED TO START INVESTING BACK INTO OUR ROADS PROGRAM AND THE REGIONAL ROADS.

I AGREE WITH THAT. IF I MAY, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, MARIE, WHICH IS YOU CAN CHANGE IT ALL YOU WANT, BUT WE CAN'T SPEND THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT IF YOU IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD, WE CERTAINLY CAN AND CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO TURN DOWN MORE MONEY, BUT RIGHT NOW, UNTIL WE FIX THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION ISSUE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU DIRECT IT.

IF YOU CAN'T SPEND IT, IT DOESN'T HELP ANY SO WELL, WELL, SAID DAN, AND BUT BACK TO THE POINT.

I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY, AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SHARED OBJECTIVE TO GET THAT BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

SO AGAIN, NOT TO HEARING A REPEATED THEME, BUT DEFER, DEFER, DEFER UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO HOPEFULLY WE'RE IN A BETTER SHAPE TO START ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE NEEDS.

WE'LL GET THAT EXPENDITURE LIMIT ADJUSTED.

AND I AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CHANGING HERE HAS HAS RESULTED IN US CHANGING THE WAY WE'RE DOING OUR WORK.

IN REGARDS TO YOUR REGIONAL ROADS, IT IS YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS FIRST GOT STARTED IN THE 90S AND EVEN IN THE EARLY 2000S, THE COUNTY WAS BUILDING NEW ROADS.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE PIONEERING NEW ROADS.

WE DID PIONEER PARKWAY, WE DID, YOU KNOW, THE THE FAIN ROAD IS WAS A COUNTY PROJECT AND WE FUNDED SOME LARGE SCALE ROADS TO DO AT THAT TIME, AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

[03:30:02]

BUT IF YOU'RE FUNNELING MONEY INTO REGIONAL ROADS JUST TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR ROADS, I WOULD PUT OUR ROADS UP AGAINST ANYBODY'S ROADS AROUND HERE.

AS FAR AS THE CONDITION OF THEM RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB TAKING CARE OF OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR REGIONAL ROADS SYSTEM AT THIS POINT.

BUT IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO DO EXPANSION OR CREATE NEW ROUTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I GUARANTEE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE MONEY TO DO SO.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHILE YOU'RE CONSIDERING THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

AND AND WE CERTAINLY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT'S POPPED UP.

ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CITIZENRY, IS THEY WANT NEW ROADS, BUT THEY CAN'T AGREE TO WHERE THEY WANT THEM, AND THEY CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THEM IN THEIR BACKYARD AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THEM. SO KIND OF A CATCH 22 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE FACTS TO WORK WITH.

WE YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN DAN WAS TALKING ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WE WERE LOOKING AT ROADS THAT WERE GOING WE HAD ROADS THAT WERE GOING NORTH AND WEST AND EAST AND IN BOTH SIDES OF THE HILL.

AND. THEY ARE NOT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

CORNVILLE LOOK AT IT'S AN EXISTING ROAD.

IT HASN'T BEEN IMPROVED LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE IT.

AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR, YOU KNOW, US HAVING A NORTH SOUTH ROAD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES ACROSS SOMEWHERE THROUGH THIS PART OF THE COUNTY AND YOU CAN'T EVEN ADOT GETTING NOTHING, ADOT'S GETTING NOTHING RIGHT.

DO WHAT THEIR JOB IS.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 169 BE FOUR LANES.

WOULDN'T THAT MAKE SENSE? AND ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY TO DO IT.

SO IF WE DID INCREASE IT 50%.

WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT THAT MONEY BACK INSTEAD OF SPENDING THAT MONEY? AND THEN WHEN WE CAN, WE SPEND THAT MONEY ON MAJOR PROJECTS.

BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN WITH ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, GETTING THINGS READY FOR PLANNING, ENGINEERING.

WE'RE DOING THE VERDE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE TRANSPORTATION AND LONG TERM PROJECTS.

WHY NOT HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK INSTEAD OF BONDING THOSE PROJECTS OUT AND START SAVING UP FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND IT.

BUT IF WE SET THAT MONEY ASIDE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT WILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO START DOING.

THE ANSWER I HAVE IN REGARDS TO THAT, JIM, IS, IS THAT IT'S LIKE TRYING TO SAVE FOR A HOUSE.

OKAY, YOU WANT TO BUY A HOUSE, IT'S A CERTAIN PRICE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING UP 10% A YEAR, BUT YOU'RE ONLY ABLE TO SAVE 5% OF THAT PRICE.

SO BY THE TIME YOU GO TO BUY IT, IT'S ALREADY GONE UP BEYOND AND OUT OF YOUR REACH.

SO SAME THING'S GOING ON WITH ROADS.

EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND, WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROAD.

THE ESTIMATE COMES IN FROM THE ENGINEER, LET'S SAY $1 MILLION.

AND NEXT THING WE KNOW, BY THE TIME WE GET IT FUNDED, WE TURN AROUND AND THEY GO, NO, IT'S NOW $3 MILLION.

THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE, THOUGH, AND IT SEEMS TO ME SOMETHING'S BETTER THAN NOTHING AND AT LEAST PUTS YOU IN A NEGOTIATING POSITION, AS WE'VE JUST REALIZED WITH ADOT AND THE TASSEL.

THANKS TO DAN ROUNDABOUT, WE DIVIDED THE COST.

BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR COFFERS, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT.

PART OF THE OPTIONS WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS IS THEY ACTUALLY THEY COST A LOT INITIALLY, BUT THEN IN THE LONG TERM, THEY COST LESS MONEY.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SAVING ASPECT.

SURE. SO.

SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS, AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

JUST CURIOUS. YOU AREN'T TALKING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS NOVEMBER? OKAY. WELL THAT'S FINE.

NO I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

SOONER THE BETTER I'M SURE.

AND SUPERVISOR GREGORY, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS HERE BEFORE WE WRAP UP WITH THIS PART OF IT.

SO LET'S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SEE IF WE'VE GOT ANY FLEXIBILITY.

WE COULD START TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

YEAH. WELL AGAIN, THAT 5% PROBABLY IS NEEDED JUST TO COVER THE INCREASED COST.

RIGHT. IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO ADD THE MORE ROADS.

ALL IT'S GOING TO DO IS COVER THE THE COST THAT WE MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED.

SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW.

SO WELL, AND IF I MAY, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I, I RECOGNIZE FOR ALL OF YOU THAT IN AN ELECTION YEAR THERE'S INTEREST IN ROADS, THERE'S INTEREST IN, IN THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

AND THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, UTILIZES YOUR ROAD SYSTEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN CHANGE THE THE PERCENTAGE ALL YOU WANT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THINGS MUCH FOR YOU FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND I HATE TO BE THE BEARER OF THAT NEWS, BUT BUT IS IT GOING TO PUT MONEY IN THE BANK SO WE CAN AFFORD IT NEXT FISCAL OR TWO FISCAL YEARS FROM NOW? I THINK SO, BUT IT ALSO YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION LATER.

IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE AT THIS POINT.

SO. WELL THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE REALLOCATION OF THE CURRENT TAX, NOT THE ADDITIONAL TAX.

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YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THESE.

BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT SINCE I'VE KIND OF OUTLINED SOME OF THESE THAT MAURY HAS, HAS ISSUED HIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND SOME OF THESE ARE ON THERE AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.

AND BUT WE DID IN OUR HERF BUDGET.

I'VE GOT A FEW HIGH POINTS HERE LISTED.

WE DID ASK FOR A COUPLE OF EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITIONS AT ONE LEVEL AND A TWO LEVEL.

AND THIS IS REALLY TO KIND OF BEEF UP OUR DIRT ROAD OPERATIONS.

I KNOW OVER THE PAST YEAR, PLUS THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT OUR RESPONSIVENESS IN REGARDS TO SOME THINGS RELATED TO DIRT ROADS.

THIS WOULD HELP YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUSH THAT UPWARD AS FAR AS PRIORITY.

AND SO I BELIEVE THESE WERE RECOMMENDED BY BY YOUR COUNTY MANAGER, AND WE WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

I, I THINK THERE'S A NEED.

OUR DIRT ROADS ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE WEATHER AS TO HOW GOOD THEY ARE.

IF WE GET A WEATHER EVENT, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SCRAMBLE TO TRY TO DEAL WITH PROBLEM AREAS AND WHATNOT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

AND AND I KNOW THAT RESULTS IN SOME PHONE CALLS AND SOME COMPLAINTS AND WHATNOT, AND WE TRY TO ADJUST QUICKLY TO THAT.

BUT THIS WOULD HELP THAT AS WELL.

SO DAN, I CONCUR WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, I LIVE OUT OUT IN THOSE LANDS.

YEAH. AND WITH OUR INCREASING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS IT'S PROBLEMATIC.

WE CAN'T GET IN, WE CAN'T GET OUT.

AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, IT CAN POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A REAL CHANGE IN THE WEATHER EVENTS SUCH THAT WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THESE DIRTS AND CLEAN OUT CULVERTS QUICKLY TO GET PEOPLE BACK ON THE ROAD.

VERY GOOD. APPRECIATE THAT, VICE CHAIR.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE LAST YEAR, THE BOARD APPROVED A NEW SIGN PLOTTER TO REPLACE AN AGING ONE.

AND WE HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT IS REALLY IMPROVED OUR ABILITIES TO CREATE A WHOLE WAY OF A WHOLE NUMBER OF SIGNS THAT WE USED TO HAVE TO ORDER DIRECTLY THROUGH A VENDOR THAT'S REDUCING HER COSTS.

BUT AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT PUT IN WHAT'S CALLED A LAMINATOR.

AND A LAMINATOR PUTS A PROTECTIVE UV SHEET OVER THE TOP OF ALL OF OUR SIGNAGE.

THAT HELPS IT TO LAST EVEN LONGER.

AND SO WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT THAT ON BY HAND.

YOU KIND OF ROLL OUT A SHEET AND YOU, YOU KNOW, CAREFULLY STICK IT ON, AND HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T GET WRINKLES AND BUBBLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THERE IS A NICE LITTLE UNIT THAT THAT MAKES IT MORE AUTOMATED.

AND, AND OUR SIGN SHOP HAS REQUESTED US TO CONSIDER THAT, AND I FELT IT WAS A REASONABLE REQUEST.

IT'S ABOUT $15,000, AND IT SHOULD LAST US AT LEAST A DECADE, IN MY OPINION.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BEEF UP OUR SIGN SHOP AND, AND MAKE SURE THERE IS RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE.

SO SO THAT WAS I BELIEVE IN MORES RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.

AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE FACILITIES LISTINGS.

ONE IS JUST SOME PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE WITHIN OUR PARKING LOT HERE AT THE COMMERCE DRIVE FACILITY.

WE WORKED WITH FACILITIES AND COMING UP WITH A COST ESTIMATE THAT WE FEEL IS QUITE REASONABLE AND HOPEFULLY WON'T CHANGE MUCH BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY OCCURS.

AND THEN SECONDLY, I TOUCHED ON OUR SIGN SHOP STORAGE BUILDING.

IT IS REALLY QUITE BAD.

AND AND PROBABLY AN OSHA ISSUE IF NOT IF NOT A MAJOR CODE VIOLATION ISSUE.

SO WE THINK THAT THAT WILL BE A NICE ADDITION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH FACILITIES ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

AND THEN ON ON OUR OTHER PORTIONS OF OUR BUDGET OUTSIDE OF HERF WE HAVE A SMALL REQUEST FOR OUR AIRPORT.

WE DO A TRIENNIAL UPDATE ON OUR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS, I THINK, THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, THREE YEARS AGO, IT WAS AROUND 10 TO $15,000.

WE PUT IN A $18,000 ESTIMATE THIS YEAR.

IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COVERED BY GRANTS.

BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT KEEPS OUR ELIGIBILITY OPEN FOR GRANTS THAT COME FROM THE FAA AND ADOT.

AND SO WE FEEL IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO GET POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FLOWING IN FOR AIRPORT WORK, NOT ONLY MAINTENANCE, BUT UPGRADES AND NEEDS FOR OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLANS.

SO THAT IS WE KIND OF PUT THAT UP THERE TOWARDS THE TOP BECAUSE WE FELT IT'S A CRITICAL NEED FOR US.

WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT REDO THAT.

I DID REQUEST A NEW POSITION WITHIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS NOT SUPPORTED.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

IT IS GENERAL FUND REQUEST.

SO BUT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE HAS BEEN RATHER OVERWHELMED LATELY AND SPREAD THIN.

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AND IF THERE'S INTEREST IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, I CERTAINLY AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

YOUR YOUR BUDGETS HAVE THE YOUR BUDGET BOOKS HAVE THAT EXHIBIT THREE IN THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ OUR JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.

BUT I ALSO FULLY RESPECT THE COUNTY MANAGER AND HIS RECOMMENDATION TO NOT INCLUDE IT.

AND PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER A YEAR FROM NOW.

SO WE DID ASK FOR A RECLASSIFICATION THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR UPGRADING THE SOLID WASTE MANAGER POSITION THAT WE FELT WASN'T APPROPRIATELY PLACED IN THE THE RECLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDIES THAT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY THAT IS SUPPORTED BY HR, AND IT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE THE COUNTY MANAGER.

AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THIS NEXT ONE IS A BIGGIE.

WE HAD A REQUEST OF ABOUT $387,000 INCREASE IN OPERATING COST TO SOLID WASTE.

AND THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THESE NEW CONTRACTS FOR HAUL AND DISPOSAL OF MATERIAL THAT WE TAKE IN NOT ONLY AT OUR TRANSFER STATIONS, BUT ALL OF OUR CLEANUP EVENTS.

AS WE BID THESE OUT, WE TYPICALLY ARE ONLY GETTING ONE BID FOR EACH OF OUR LOCATIONS FOR HAUL AND DISPOSAL OF, OF MATERIALS.

AND THOSE COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WE BID THOSE OUT LAST FALL.

I THINK THEY WERE AWARDED IN AROUND DECEMBER, I THINK, BY THE BOARD.

AND IN SOME CASES THEY WERE TRIPLE WHAT THEY WERE PRIOR.

SO WE'VE YOU ALL HAD PUT A CONTINGENCY LIGHT ITEM IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO KIND OF PLAN AHEAD FOR THIS.

AND WE ARE UTILIZING THAT RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THINGS COME OUT OKAY IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE ARE FULLY ANTICIPATING IT TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NEXT YEAR WITH A FULL YEAR UNDER THESE CONTRACTS.

AND AND SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER ON THAT FOR WORKING WITH US ON IT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

AND I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY.

IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION ON IT IF ANYBODY ISN'T BUYING OFF ON WHAT I'M SAYING HERE.

SO TIRE FUND, WE HAVE WE USUALLY USE THE TIRE FUND TO GET SOME NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THE FOR THE WASTE TIRE YARDS AND SUPPORTING FOR OUR CLEANUP EVENTS EVERY YEAR.

WE'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF 1 MILLION TO $1 MILLION BUILT UP IN THERE, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO PROPOSE ACQUIRING A NEW LOADER.

FROM THAT TIRE FUND.

IT IS NOT A REPLACEMENT.

IT'S A BRAND NEW UNIT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

IT'S NOT REALLY ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER USES, SO WE THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT IS SUPPORTED, I BELIEVE.

BUT IT'S IT'S COMING FROM A DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING.

AND THEN WE HAD SOME AIRPORT GRANT MATCHES.

THESE ARE ABOUT 5 TO 6% OF COUNTY FUNDS.

IS THE REQUEST COVER THE MATCH? AND AND I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT IF WE FUND THIS MATCH MONEY THAT THE GRANTS WILL COME, BUT WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FAA ANNUALLY TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET AHEAD OF THESE SO WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING WITH REGARDS TO GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR, OUR AIRPORTS.

AND AND SO ARE ALL FEDERAL GRANTS.

TYPICALLY THESE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS.

YES. OCCASIONALLY WE GET ADOT GRANTS.

AND OFTEN THOSE ARE AT 10%.

BUT THESE FOUR, I BELIEVE, ARE ARE FAA, BUT THEY MAY BE A DOT AS WELL, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GET AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

APOLOGIZE FOR MY LENGTHINESS, BUT I APPRECIATE IT AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS.

SO WHERE IS THAT? THAT IS THAT IS THE LOVELY NEW ROUNDABOUT AT PIONEER PARKWAY IN COMMERCE DRIVE.

I GOT ON A REALLY TALL LADDER TO GET THAT PHOTO.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT. YEAH.

WHO PUSHED THAT? YEAH, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THAT ANGLE.

YES. WELL, I LIKE THAT IT HAD GRANITE MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND THERE, SO.

IT'S LIKE A ROAD TO NOWHERE OR SOMETHING.

SO THAT THAT, THAT THAT LEG THAT'S ALREADY HAD ONE OF THOSE, THAT LEG THAT IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER IS I'D LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT.

THAT IS IN THE CITY OF PRESCOTT, AS THAT'S THEIR HIDDEN HILLS SUBDIVISION, AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THIS ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE OF THEIR, I'D SAY, ONE QUARTER INFLUENCE ON THIS INTERSECTION AND, AND THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT CAME OUT FOR THAT SUBDIVISION RECOMMENDED AT THE VERY MINIMUM, A SIGNAL HERE.

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AND IT HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT MOVE, IN MY OPINION.

IT'S MADE THAT INTERSECTION FAR, FAR SAFER.

AND AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A ROUNDABOUT OVER THERE AND ON CORNVILLE ROAD AT VERDE SANTA FE, DESIGNED BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT DESIGNED THIS ONE.

IT'S IT'S I'D SAY A LOT OF COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PUBLIC THAT ARE SAYING POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT A ROUNDABOUT, WHICH IS UNUSUAL TO BEGIN WITH.

RIGHT. BUT THEY HAPPEN TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT PIONEER PARKWAY AND COMMERCE.

THEY REALIZE IT SLOWS DOWN TRAFFIC AND IT'S VERY EASY TO MANEUVER THROUGH AND.

THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH IT, CONTRARY TO USUALLY WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

YEAH, THERE'S SOME ENTERTAINING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS, AND I TRY NOT TO TAKE IT PERSONALLY, BUT I, I FULLY ADMIT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS FANS OF IT, SO.

WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION TO DRIVERS ABOUT HOW TO USE A ROUNDABOUT.

I HAD A STANDOFF A COUPLE DAYS AGO AT A ROUNDABOUT, SOME PERSON STOPPED IN THE ROUNDABOUT AND KEPT TRYING TO WAVE ME IN WHEN I WAS.

YEAH, I SAT THERE AND SAID, NOPE, NOPE, YOU HAVE TO YIELD.

NOT ME. YEAH, EXACTLY.

YEAH. YEAH.

IT WAS. YEAH, YEAH.

IT STOPPED. WELL, SINPO HAS SOME WONDERFUL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO USE A ROUNDABOUT, BUT YOU CAN'T GET PEOPLE TO READ IT OR WATCH IT, SO I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.

SO YOU COULD BE OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

NO, NO, NO, I THINK THAT WOULD CONFUSE THE ISSUE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

HEY, BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY, DAN, YOU DID A NICE JOB OF MENTIONING WHICH OF YOUR REQUESTS WERE INCLUDED IN IN MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

YOU CALLED OUT THE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.

IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THAT, AS WE KNOW, DIFFICULT DECISIONS EVERY YEAR MAKING THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER FULLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE NEXT YEAR.

AND THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I SHOW THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE WAS THE PICKUP.

YEAH. SO WE HAD A PICKUP TRUCK IN THE REQUEST FOR SOLID WASTE.

SO IT WAS GENERAL FUND REQUEST TO BASICALLY ADD A POTENTIAL FOR A SECONDARY CREW TO RUN BOTH OF OUR GREEN WASTE GRINDERS AND, AND THAT WAS NOT SUPPORTED, BUT BUT YOUR FLEET MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR AND I ALREADY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, AND PERHAPS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TAKING AN OLDER VEHICLE AND AND AND PRIORITIZING IT FOR THAT IF, IF NOTHING ELSE.

SO WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE THERE'S MAINTENANCE OR VEHICLE USE FEES THAT CAN COVER IT.

SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DAMAGING THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET ON THE WHOLE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN.

SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COME BACK TO.

WE NEED IT. ALL RIGHT.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

GOOD EVENING. AFTERNOON.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

I THINK WE'RE BORDERLINE RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU'RE ECLIPSING THE PROGRAM NOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WELL I GUESS I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF.

LESLIE HORTON, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES BUDGET.

I HAVE TO ALSO INTRODUCE KATHY YANCEY.

SHE'S OUR FINANCE AND OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AND LARGE, IN PART, HAS PUT TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY.

BUT JUST BEFORE THIS, WE DID GO TO LUNCH AND WE WENT TO ASIAN FOOD.

AND I HAVE TO SHARE THAT I GOT A FORTUNE THAT SAYS, GET TO THE POINT AND KEEP IT CLEAR AND SIMPLE.

AMEN. OKAY. WE'RE DONE.

SO IS MARTY STUFFING THE FORTUNE COOKIE? THAT WAS GOOD. I WENT OVER THERE AND PAID THAT GUY AT LUNCH TIME TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT GOING TO TEST MY LUCK BY NOT DOING THAT.

SO IT WAS RATHER FITTING.

SO ANYWAYS, LET'S GET STARTED.

AS I KNOW WE ALL PROBABLY WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE PRETTY SOON.

SO OUR MAJOR SERVICES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE MERGED OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF YAVAPAI. AND SO ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE DEPARTMENT MADE UP OF ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

OUR FQHC IS PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FULL SERVICE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AS WELL.

SO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE BIGGEST, PROBABLY BIGGEST ONE WAS IN AUGUST OF THE BOARD AGREED.

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I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD MOVE.

IT'S GIVEN US A TON OF WORK THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE ARE STILL, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS IN, LEARNED A LOT, BUT STILL LEARNING EVERY DAY.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE TURN OVER A ROCK, THERE'S LOTS OF LITTLE ROCKS UNDERNEATH THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

EXACTLY. BUT SO FAR, SO GOOD.

AND WE'RE KEEPING IT POSITIVE AND MOVING THINGS ALONG.

WE ALSO HAD THE CREATION OF A NEW SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR MENTAL HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION MOSTLY UTILIZING OPIOID FUNDS, BUT ALSO THOSE 207 MARIJUANA REDEMPTION FUNDS AND A FEW OTHER GRANTS THAT WE GET FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE THROUGH THROUGH THE CDC.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT NEW ADDITION THAT'S HELPED US WITH THAT WORK AT THE CONNECTION CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME NEW WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.

WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES FOR BOTH PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLINIC STAFF.

AND THAT WAS A GOOD TIMING THAT WE GOT A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANT RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE MERGING THE DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY TRYING TO DEVELOP OURSELVES AS A TEAM AND A COHESIVE TEAM. AND SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE ALLOWED US TO BRING IN TRAINING AND OTHER WORKFORCE BUILDING AND TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING.

THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO THE STAFF.

SO IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLINICAL SERVICES IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY.

SO UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF OUR MAIN SITES ARE IN OUR MOST POPULATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, WE ARE REALLY GOING TO DO SOME NEW AND INNOVATIVE THINGS TO GET OUT INTO OUR MOST RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND TRY TO SERVE YOUR POPULATIONS THAT DON'T SEE SERVICES DIRECTLY VERY OFTEN.

AND SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING OF OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

SOME OF OUR BUDGETARY WOES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ARE THE FACT THAT OUR WE'RE WAY UNDERSTAFFED IN TERMS OF PROVIDERS.

AND WE'VE DONE THE MATH. AND FOR EVERY NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN WE CAN BRING IN TO THE CLINIC THEY CAN MAKE ABOUT $600,000 IN REVENUE, EACH ONE OF THEM THAT PAYS FOR THEIR SALARY, THEIR STAFF THAT SUPPORT THEM, AS WELL AS HELP OUR UNDER OUR BOTTOM LINE OF OUR BUDGET.

AND SO. AND THEN HOPEFULLY KNOCK ON WOOD.

BUT AS OF THIS WEEK, I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL EXTEND AND ACCEPT AN OFFER AND AN ACCEPTANCE TO A BRAND NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER. SO STAY TUNED.

THIS IS BIG NEWS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO JINX US EITHER, SO I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.

BUT I'LL HAVE MORE TO COME ON THAT, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON.

SO OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR IS BUILDING OUR FIRST EVER PHARMACY.

WE HAVE A HRSA GRANT, AND WE'RE HAVING TO DEVELOP OUR 340 B PROGRAM STRATEGIES, WHICH IS 340 B IS A REVENUE STREAM OFF OF PHARMACEUTICALS. AND WITH BUILDING A PHARMACY ALONG WITH THAT IS GOING TO BE THE OPERATIONAL AND STAFFING ISSUES, BUT ALSO DEVELOPING A REALLY STRONG 340 B PROGRAM, WHICH WE HOPE IN THE LONG RUN WILL PAY FOR ITSELF PAY FOR THOSE PHARMACY STAFF AND ALL THE A LOT OF THE OPERATING OF THAT.

BUT WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT 340 B TWO AND CATHY'S BEEN GOING TO TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM, IT HAS LOTS OF STRINGS ATTACHED.

SO CONTINUING TO FOSTER AND BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT WHEN WE WERE MERGING THE DEPARTMENTS MOST OF PUBLIC HEALTH WAS RATHER POSITIVE AND SEEMED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING REALLY WELL.

THE CLINIC HAD ITS AREAS OF WHERE THE CULTURE WAS DIFFERENT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A LOT OF CONTINUITY, BUT THAT POSITIVE CULTURE THAT HELPS PEOPLE WANT TO STAY IN THE DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAD A THE CLINIC HAD A 60% TURNOVER THE LAST TWO YEARS PREVIOUS TO THIS ONE.

AND AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS PEOPLE COME ON BOARD, THEY WANT TO STAY ON BOARD.

AND THOSE THAT HAVE WORKED WITH US FOR A WHILE NOW THAT THEY APPRECIATE WHERE THEY WORK AND UNDERSTAND THE MISSION, THE GOALS AND FEEL LIKE IT'S A POSITIVE PLACE TO BE AND THAT WE ALL ARE IN IT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BETTER AND PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES.

SO WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE EVALUATING, EXAMINING, EXAMINING ALL PROGRAMS AND EXPENSES WITHIN THE CLINIC FOR OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY, LOOKING AT BILLING, LOOKING AT COLLECTIONS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY PIECE OF THAT IS WORKING.

WE'RE ALSO REVIEWING ALL CONTRACTS.

WE FOUND OUT ALL THE INSURANCE PAYERS THAT WE BILL TO.

NONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS HAD BEEN NEGOTIATED SINCE 2015.

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BUT AGAIN YOU KNOW, KATHY HAS REALLY DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF DIGGING INTO THIS, AND THERE'S AREAS THAT WE'RE STILL REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND MAY LOOK FOR HELP IN THE COMING YEAR JUST TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE BILLING ISSUES OR, OR COLLECTING ISSUES.

YES. THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK AT 2015 PRICES.

WHY ARE WE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM? WELL, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE WORKING AT 2015 PRICES.

THEY'RE PAYING US WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IN 2015, 2015.

SO IT'S THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THOSE.

SO ACTUALLY WE NEED THEM TO COME UP TO SPEED AND TO MARKET VALUE TO WHAT MEDICAL SERVICES COST NOW.

SO WE WERE STILL BILLING THEM AT A RATE THAT WAS.

PRIOR TO ALL THIS HIGH INFLATION.

WE'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. SHAME ON US OR SHAME ON THEM.

YEAH. WELL, THEY DON'T EVER THEY DON'T EVER COME FORWARD AND ASK US TO RENEGOTIATE.

YEAH, YEAH. SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

BUT WE ARE WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST ABOUT TO CLOSE THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CONTRACT, WHICH HAS BEEN CHALLENGING, BUT SUCCESSFULLY BRINGING UP OUR RATES TO A MARKET VALUE OR NEAR MARKET VALUE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP US A LOT.

AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH Y-R-M-C AND OR DIGNITY.

CORRECT? NO, IT'S IT'S TRUE NEGOTIATIONS.

ALL OF THE CONTRACTS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE DIFFICULT.

IT'S DEFINITELY WAS NOT MY FORTE WALKING INTO THIS.

I LOOKED AT IT AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE TOUGH NEGOTIATIONS.

BUT WE WERE FIGURING IT OUT, AND WE'RE WE'VE HAD SOME HELP FROM FOLKS THAT WE KNEW AT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND FOLKS AROUND HERE THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP US, AND IT'S WORKING OUT WELL.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF OUR CONTRACTS, TOO, AFTER WE'VE LEARNED WHAT WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE FOR WITH THIS FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. SO OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE UTILIZING AND IMPLEMENTING THE USE OF THESE MOBILE VEHICLES.

AS CATHY AND I WERE JUST DISCUSSING, THEY'RE BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT THEY WERE.

SO WE WILL SHARE WITH GILL SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT WE JUST RECEIVED, BUT I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.

OUR STAFF ARE GOING TO NEED SOME TRAINING ON HOW TO DRIVE THESE BEASTS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

THEY ARE. THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL SIZED CLINIC IN THE BACK.

AND THEY ARE. THE PURPOSE MAINLY IS BECAUSE THEY WERE USED THROUGH THE VACCINATION ARPA RECOVERY DOLLARS.

BUT WE HOPE TO OPEN THOSE UP FOR USE IN SCHOOL HEALTH, IN RURAL HEALTH CARE AND PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF SERVICES OUT OF THOSE.

SO THOSE SHOULD BE HERE BY JUNE.

THEY'RE IN PROCESS NOW.

JUST CHECKING. YES.

SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU AND I HAVE TALKED FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THESE MOBILE UNITS AND TRYING TO ROPE THEM IN FROM SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE.

AND SO WHERE DO WE GET.

WHERE ARE WE GETTING THEM? ONE AND TWO.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO SPECIFICALLY MAP A PLAN FOR OUR RURAL AREAS.

AND I KNOW SUPERVISOR OBERG SHARES THAT IN THAT WITH ME.

THERE'S SUCH GREAT NEED, WHETHER THEY'RE SENIORS OR JUST PLACE BOUND FOLK.

WE NEED TO GET THIS THESE VANS ON THE ROAD.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S OUR POINT IN GETTING THESE IS REALLY, AGAIN, TO SERVE THOSE MOST RURAL AREAS OF OUR OF OUR COUNTY.

WELL, LAST TIME WE TALKED, THERE WAS YOU WERE GETTING ONE IN JUNE, TWO IN JUNE.

TWO. SO ONE FOR THE VERDE VALLEY AND ONE FOR THE QUAD CITY AREA.

OR THE RURAL AREA AROUND THE QUAD CITIES, SO WESTERN AND EASTERN COUNTY.

WE DID PUT IN FOR TWO OF THESE AND TWO URBAN TYPE CAPABILITIES OR NOT, IF WE PUT INTERNET ACCESS, WHICH WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, WE HAVE THAT OPTION.

SO WHETHER THEY'RE OUT DOING, YOU KNOW, IMMUNIZATION SERVICES, WE COULD OFFER WHIC OUT OF THEM, WE CAN OFFER ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT WE COULD HAVE A SET UP FOR TELEHEALTH AS WELL.

SO IF A PROVIDER IS ON THE VEHICLE, YOU'RE GOING TO BASICALLY HAVE ONE DRIVER AND THEN SOME KIND OF A TECHNICIAN NURSE.

YES. SO WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF THAT ARE UTILIZING THESE VEHICLES HAVE TRAINING ON THE DRIVING OF THEM.

BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE A NURSE AND AN ASSISTANT OR AN MA OR A TYPE OF PERSON, EVEN A FRONT DESK, SOMETIMES CLERK TO GO OUT WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MANAGE, YOU KNOW, INFLUX OF PEOPLE AND GET OUT TO THE RIGHT SPACES AND HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP RIGHT, SO THAT WE CAN SERVE PEOPLE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE WHILE WE'RE THERE.

SO AND WE'RE GOING TO TEACH THEM HOW TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE EFFICIENTLY, WHERE THEY CAN GO UP TO CROWN KING AND GET BACK IN ONE PIECE.

CROWN KING. I.

THERE YOU GO AGAIN.

I WILL CERTAINLY HOPE SO.

I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE YET, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BOGGED DOWN IN QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE.

WE WILL WORK ON PLANNING THESE OUT, GETTING THEM SCHEDULED OUT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PRIORITIZED TO CERTAIN AREAS, REGIONS AS WELL AS HEALTH

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NO, THEY DO NOT.

SO JUST ONE MORE THING.

SUPERVISOR GREGORY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE WOULD LIKE OUR BUSSES PAINTED CAMEL.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE TREASURER FOUND $3 MILLION FOR A CLINIC UP IN CROWN KING, DIDN'T HE? RIGHT. YEAH.

SO THAT'S THAT'S COVERED.

WE DON'T NEED TO GO. WE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE IT.

RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE REQUESTS IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE PAINT COLOR.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

ALL I ASK IS IF YOU DO AND KIM, THAT'S OKAY.

BUT THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE THE COUNTY LOGO ON THEM.

THEY WILL HAVE THE NEW COUNTY LOGO.

SO YES, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST LARGE PRODUCTS TO TO USE THAT NEW COUNTY LOGO.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'LL BE GREAT.

SO ANOTHER PIECE AGAIN, WE MENTIONED IT, BUT THE PHARMACY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE PHARMACY IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED FAR BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT STAFFING, FIGURE OUT PROGRAMING.

THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.

JUST EVEN THE CHANGING OUT OF MEDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

IN A PHARMACY, IT'S ALL NEW, VERY DIFFERENT OPERATION THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO, BUT SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR SERVICES.

AND THEN IMPLEMENTING A NEW CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THE MEDICAL BILLING PROCESS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING KATHY AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD IN OUR RESEARCH INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CLINIC IS THAT THE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT BETTER WAYS TO DO THE BILLING SYSTEMS AND TRYING TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN NOT ONLY OUR BILLING, BUT MAKING SURE OUR COLLECTIONS POLICIES ARE IN PLACE AND THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON COLLECTING MONEY WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BILLING AT THE THE ULTIMATE POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

I'M SURE THIS WORK IS GOING TO GO INTO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE HOPE TO SEE SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRESS.

SO OUR TOTAL REVENUE IN OUR DEPARTMENTS COMBINED, IS 23,000,597 AND $80.

OUR TOTAL EXPENSES GOING INTO THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR ARE PROJECTED TO BE $26,504,905, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S EXPENSES WERE AT A -3%.

BUT OUR WE'RE WORKING ON.

BRINGING THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER.

ALSO, AS WE PROGRESS INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, AND WE WORK WITH A TOTAL FTES IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF 161.2.

SO WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE DEPARTMENT.

ALL COMBINED.

SO WE PLUGGED IN OUR NUMBERS HERE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE ENTERING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR WITH A PROJECTION OF A SHORTFALL.

BUT IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE PREDICTION OF WHAT OUR REVENUES WILL BE.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON, LIKE STAFFING UP IN THE AREA OF PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS, WILL HELP NARROW THIS GAP, HELPING TO MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY COLLECT MONEY AND BILL AND BRING IN THAT REVENUE OFF OF OUR CLINICAL SERVICES WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND WE'RE MAXIMIZING ON GRANTS.

I JUST LEARNED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE TODAY, WE GOT ANOTHER $50,000 GRANT.

AND THOSE, YOU KNOW, THESE GRANTS REALLY HELP.

I THINK THE CLINIC HAD REALLY NARROWED THEIR SCOPE OF LOOKING FOR VERY FEW GRANTS.

AND WE'VE REALLY OPENED UP THOSE DOORS AND ARE GOING AFTER GRANTS THAT CAN HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR BUDGET HERE.

AND SO WE WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY BILL OUT THAT TELEHEALTH GRANT THAT WAS GOING INTO THIS YEAR.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY EITHER CLOSE OUT AND MAXIMIZE ON HOW MUCH WE COULD BRING IN FOR THAT AND GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, REALLY LOOKING AT AREAS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES BETTER AND SEEKING OUT THOSE GRANTS THAT WILL HELP US DO THOSE THINGS AND CLOSE SOME OF THESE FINANCIAL GAPS.

LESLIE. YEAH.

IF WE POSSIBLY DO HIRE A MEDICAL EXAMINER, THAT WOULD BE A SAVINGS OF SOME SORT, I THINK, BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW FOR THAT SERVICE.

THAT IS VERY TRUE. WE WERE PAYING OUR COVERAGE DOCTORS AT A VERY HIGH RATE COMES OUT TO ABOUT $6,000 A WEEK RIGHT NOW.

PLUS PLUS, THEY BRING TWO AUTOPSY TECHS WITH THEM.

SO WE HOPE TO OPEN UP OUR ALREADY APPROVED AUTOPSY TECH POSITION.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FILL WHILE WE'VE HAD COVERAGE DOCTORS.

AND THEN BY OFFERING AND HIRING A FULL TIME MEDICAL EXAMINER, IT AFTER BENEFITS, AFTER EVERYTHING.

IT'S NOT A HUGE COST SAVINGS OVER OUR OUR BOTTOM LINE FIGURES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND THE CONTINUITY CONTINUITY OF THAT

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AND RIGHT NOW I'M STARTING, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SLIPPING BACK INTO THE DAYS WHERE WE USED TO GET A LOT OF FUNERAL HOME ISSUES AND ISSUES WITH THE PARTNER AGENCIES RECENTLY THAT HAVE NOT COME UP FOR YEARS, THAT IT STARTED MAKING ME FEEL LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE REALLY NEED THAT FULL TIME DOCTOR. WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THE DOCTOR THAT WE'VE OFFERED A POSITION TO START IN JULY, WHICH IS RIGHT WHEN THE OUR COVERAGE DOCTORS WERE GOING TO INCREASE THEIR COSTS AS WELL.

SO WE DO WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH.

THEY'VE GOTTEN US THROUGH ALMOST TWO YEARS OF A VACANCY.

AND WE'VE NEEDED THEIR HELP.

BUT WE ALSO AT THIS POINT REALLY NEED A FULL TIME DOCTOR.

WE NEED TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICES.

AND I WANT TO SEE THAT OFFICE THRIVE AGAIN.

SO. WELL, PEOPLE ARE DYING TO GET HERE, SO I JUST BEAT ME TO IT.

CHOOSE MY WORDS WISELY WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS OFFICE.

BUT SO WHAT ABOUT THAT MICROSCOPE? THE MICROSCOPE IS IMPORTANT.

SO BACK TO THE DAYS OF DOCTOR VISION.

HE BROUGHT HIS OWN WITH HIM.

DOCTORS THAT HAVE COME AND SERVED FOR US HAVE BROUGHT THEIR OWN MICROSCOPES OF VARYING QUALITY WITH THEM.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.

AND AS WE AS WE LOOK TO BRING ON THIS FULL TIME DOCTOR IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN PROVIDE THAT MICROSCOPE SO THAT THE THE PERSON IS NOT HAVING TO BRING THEIR OWN OR PICK ONE UP.

SO I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

WE DID I AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WITH THE MICROSCOPE, WE DID ASK U OF A ASU AND THERE WAS ANOTHER AGENCY THAT WE SOUGHT OUT.

WE EVEN ASKED ACF FOR A GRANT FOR IT.

WE'VE SOUGHT OUT ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THAT MICROSCOPE PAID FOR, AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.

SO I ASK NIH AS WELL.

IS THERE JUST NOT OUT THERE? THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.

THEY'RE NOT. SO SO IT'S TIME.

I THINK THAT MICROSCOPE IS SOMETHING WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR DIDN'T GET, BUT IT'S BEEN OKAY.

THE THE COVERAGE DOCS HAVE BROUGHT THEIRS WITH THEM.

AT THIS POINT, I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A REALLY SMART EXPENDITURE FOR THE COUNTY.

HAVE WE CHECKED WITH THE EITHER ONE OF OUR STATE, OUR SENATORS, TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF FUNDING? BECAUSE THIS IS SPECIALIZED? I WOULD THINK THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S OFFERED.

I BELIEVE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO EVERY SPECIALIZED SOURCE THAT IS OUT THERE THAT WE KNOW OF.

AND SO I HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO SENATORS OR ANYONE AT A, AT A HIGHER LEVEL THERE.

BUT IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANYONE THAT WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO, I.

I'D BE HAPPY TO.

I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER GETTING IN PLACE BY JULY IF OR AROUND THAT TIME, IF POSSIBLE.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF IF.

THEY COME THROUGH AND WANT TO HELP SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE WHAT WE NEED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT THAT POINT.

WELL, LET US KNOW TECHNICALLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR.

MAKE A FEW PHONE CALLS. OKAY.

YEAH. WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL THAT TOGETHER.

AND SO ONE THING I WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO.

AND JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, AS WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGETARY SHORTFALL GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S PROJECTED VERY CONSERVATIVELY TO BE 2.2 MILLION.

WE'RE HOPING TO CLOSE THAT DOWN A LOT FROM THERE.

IT'S JUST HARD TO PREDICT AT THIS POINT WHAT OUR REVENUE WILL BE AND HOW MUCH WE CAN INCREASE THAT WE HOPE TO ADVERTISE A LOT BETTER, GET MORE PATIENTS IN THE DOOR, BILL BETTER, COLLECT BETTER.

ALL THESE AREAS I'VE TALKED ABOUT.

BUT WHEN KATHY AND I STARTED WITH THE CLINIC WE WERE PROJECTING.

AND WHEN WE DUG INTO THE INFORMATION, WE WERE PROJECTING ABOUT A $2.5 MILLION DEFICIT FOR THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, THROUGH UTILIZING ATTRITION TO NOT FILL POSITIONS AND TO KEEP VACANCIES WHERE WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE.

WE'VE ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME HAD TO STAFF UP OTHER AREAS LIKE BRING IN THE NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND OTHERS TO HELP US IMPROVE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.

DENTISTS. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WHITTLE THAT DEFICIT DOWN TO 1.6 IN THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS.

SO THAT'S BEEN GREAT PROGRESS, I BELIEVE IN THOSE NUMBERS AND REALLY TRYING TO CHIP AWAY AT THIS.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WE GET TO POINTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, WE DON'T WANT TO PROJECT THAT.

THERE WON'T BE ANY DEFICIT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.

AND WE THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE CAN SOLVE OVERNIGHT, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS IT.

AND THEN OUR BUDGET REQUESTS.

SO THOSE EXHIBIT THREES ARE WE'RE ASKING FOR A COUNTY CONTRIBUTION IN TOTAL OF 911,204.

AND THAT BREAKS DOWN TO 411,204 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, 500,000 FOR THE CLINIC.

AND THIS MAKES UP YOUR COUNTY CONTRIBUTION MAKES UP 4% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET.

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23 FIVE.

96% OF THAT IS GRANTS, FEES AND REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A 4% CONTRIBUTION GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR.

THE MICROSCOPE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO SPEND 21,789 ON THIS MICROSCOPE THAT WE HAVE NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME.

AND WE DO NEED A HIGH QUALITY MICROSCOPE SO THAT OUR DOCTORS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THE MEDICAL TO ME IS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT COVERAGE, ME COST WAS GOING TO BE INCREASING A LOT.

BUT AS WE LOOK INTO THIS NEXT YEAR WHEN WE PUT IN THIS BUDGET, WE HAD AN EXTENDED AN OFFER.

WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAT WE FELT LIKE WE WERE GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON COVERAGE.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, IF WE HIRE A FULL TIME DOCTOR, REIN BACK THE COVERAGE BUDGET TO ABOUT THREE WEEKS, WHICH IS WHAT WE OFFER IN FIRST YEARS VACATION TIME.

WE WE BUDGET IT DOWN SO THAT IT'S TO COVER THEIR VACATION TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BUDGETED.

BUT OTHERWISE WE WILL SEE.

THIS COULD BE ADJUSTABLE, BUT WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING CHANGES AND IF IF, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY IT, BUT IF, IF THINGS ARE LEFT WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH COVERAGE WE ARE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL $28,030.

HOPING NOT TO NEED IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS WE SAID, WE WANTED TO KEEP IT BRIEF, WANTED TO COVER OUR BASES.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A LOT MORE THAN WE ASKED IN THE PAST.

THERE WAS AN ADDITION IN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER THAT WAS NOT IN EXHIBIT THREE, BUT IT WAS JUST A LINE ITEM DIFFERENCE OF $4,000 FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

AND THAT IS KIND OF AN ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT WITHIN THAT BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF ARE TRAINED UP.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW STAFF, AND THERE'S SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCED TRAINING FOR THEM.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF OUR BASES.

KATHY, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S TRUE. SO WE HAD THE EXHIBITS OF ADDING WHICH WAS AN AIR ADDITION TO IS THE EXHIBITS.

WE HAD ONE STAFFING.

LET'S SEE HERE.

THE RECLASS WAS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO THAT'S ONLY THAT RECLASS WHICH IS DEFINITELY A NEED WITHIN THAT OFFICE WILL COST US ABOUT $6,339.

IN ADDITION, IT'S COVERED BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FEES.

AND THEN ALSO THAT PHARMACY STAFF.

SO WE HOPE TO STAFF THAT UP AROUND THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO IT WON'T HAVE A HUGE BUDGETARY IMPACT THIS YEAR OR GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR.

BUT THEN THEY WILL BE IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST ADD, IF YOU REFER TO YOUR EXHIBIT THREE AND £0.03 REQUEST, YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THESE REQUESTS ARE INCLUDED IN MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

YES, I MEANT TO MENTION THAT TOO.

SO THANK YOU MARIE.

THEY ARE ALL IN HIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? GOOD JOB. WE'LL SHOW YOU THOSE VEHICLES AS SOON AS THEY COME IN.

OH I LOVE. THE LOGO HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CAMEL LOOK TO IT.

YEAH. IT DOES. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WE'RE MERGING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER.

IT'S BEEN GOING WELL, AND I JUST I APPRECIATE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WE HAVE CHALLENGES, BUT ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT US.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

AND, KATHY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK THIS PAST YEAR ON THE MERGER AS WELL.

AND CAROL AS WELL. I KNOW YOU'VE ALL SPENT MANY HOURS TRYING TO BRING IT TOGETHER.

IT'S APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOULD BE READY. JUST REMIND ME, JUNE.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN, MADAM VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M COREY CHRISTIAN, YOUR LIBRARY DISTRICT DIRECTOR.

AND I DID JUST HAVE A CHAT WITH YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

AND SINCE I DON'T HAVE AN EXPENDITURE LIMIT, I'M GOING TO START BUILDING ROADS FOR YOU.

THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO ACHIEVE.

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT.

HERE'S YOUR SHOVEL.

I DID DO CONCRETE LABOR WORK BACK IN COLLEGE, SO I'M TOTALLY EXPERIENCED AND READY FOR THIS.

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WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB THIS LAST YEAR SUPPORTING OUR MISSION.

THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THEIR EFFORTS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY DISTRICT THIS LAST YEAR.

AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, BEFORE THIS YEAR WE HAD SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES, AND IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SLEEP WITHOUT WONDERING IF I COULD HIRE POSITIONS THAT WERE ESSENTIAL TO OUR OPERATION.

SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT.

AND WE ARE OPERATING AT FULL OPERATIONAL LEVEL NOW.

SOME OF OUR MAJOR SERVICES.

YEAH, AND I GOT TO DO STUFF, DON'T I? YEAH. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT, WHERE AM I? SO BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, COREY, CAN I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION? I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A RUMOR RUNNING AROUND OUT THERE THAT'S BEING VOICED CONSIDERABLY THAT APPARENTLY WE'RE PROVIDING PORNOGRAPHY TO CHILDREN IN OUR LIBRARIES AND ALSO IN THE SCHOOLS.

YES, I, I THINK.

THERE'S SOME REAL CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATE, AND WHAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING IS.

THEY'RE REPLACING THE TERM INAPPROPRIATE WITH PORNOGRAPHY.

AND IT'S LIKE, I NEED TO MAKE EVERYBODY COMPLETELY CLEAR ON THIS ISSUE.

WE HAVE ZERO PORNOGRAPHY IN ANY OF OUR LIBRARIES.

THAT IS JUST I MEAN, EVEN LOOKING AT THAT STUFF IN A PUBLIC AREA IS A VIOLATION OF STATUTE.

I MEAN, PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT ALLOWED ANYWHERE IN ANY OF OUR LIBRARIES AND CERTAINLY NOT IN ANY OF OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

OUR MAJOR SERVICES ARE WE AT WE OPERATE 15 BRANCHES THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY.

SO TO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, WE COVER 7817MI².

WE ALSO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE COUNTY AT $29 PER PER RESIDENT WITHIN USING OUR OUR BUDGET.

WE ALSO SERVE 55,912 RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA.

THAT'S DIRECTLY SERVED WITH OUR LIBRARY BRANCHES.

AND WE DO COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO.

15 LIBRARY BRANCHES THAT WE DIRECTLY OPERATE FROM NORTHERN TO SOUTHERN TO WESTERN TO EASTERN, ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

SO JUST AS A ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING WHAT YOU SAID YOU OPERATE ALL 15 LIBRARIES AT THE SAME COST OF ONE LIBRARY IN SEDONA.

LESS THAN LESS.

YES. FORGIVE ME.

LESS THAN ONE IS 59.

ONE IS 159 ONES.

YEAH. BUT WITH.

YEAH. LESS THAN.

YEAH. IT'S A STUNNING DATA POINT FOR US TO REMEMBER.

JUST MAKING THAT NOTE.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND I AND I REALLY PRIDE MYSELF IN OPERATING AS EFFICIENTLY AS I CAN POSSIBLY OPERATE ON ON THAT FRONT.

WE ALSO ADMINISTRATE AND OPERATE THE YAVAPAI LIBRARY NETWORK, WHICH IS A CONSORTIUM OF 59 LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES 26 GOVERNING AUTHORITIES IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.

SO IT IS A VERY LARGE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE MANAGE.

PART OF THIS IS OPERATING IS OPERATING UP, ARE OFFERING AN INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM SERVICE THAT ALL 59 OF THESE LIBRARIES UTILIZE.

THAT'S CHECKING IN AND OUT BOOKS.

THAT'S CATALOGING BOOKS.

THAT'S THE ONLINE CATALOG ALL THAT SERVICE.

WE ALSO HAVE TECH SUPPORT FOR THAT SYSTEM.

WE ALSO HAVE A COURIER SYSTEM THAT WE OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WE ALSO DO CENTRAL SORTING OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, IN WHICH 275,000 ITEMS GO THROUGH THAT ANNUALLY.

WE ALSO HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OFFER CATALOGING SERVICES, AND THE LIBRARY NETWORK HAS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF $6.43 FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON THAT SERVICE. SO IT REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE VALUE.

AND WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTY IN ARIZONA TO OFFER THIS SERVICE.

WE ALSO SUPPORT SEVEN MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES THROUGH FUNDING AND SERVICES, MAINLY THROUGH A CONTRIBUTION AND THROUGH SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES, ALONG WITH THE OTHER SERVICES I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.

SO DEPARTMENT ACCOMPLISHES ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FY 24.

WE HAVE THE INITIATION OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES IN SELIGMAN.

WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED NEARLY $100,000 TO TO SUPPORT SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS.

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AND THIS IS 59 LIBRARIES THAT WERE MIGRATING ALL OF THEIR RECORDS TO AND ALSO WE'RE SAVING $30,000 A YEAR WITH THAT.

AND WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS IN SIX MONTHS.

SO IT'S A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KERRY STRAUB, WHO'S BEEN LEADING THAT EFFORT ALONG WITH OUR TELEHEALTH EFFORT.

AND SHE HAS JUST BEEN DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.

DEPARTMENTAL GOALS FOR FY 25.

WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND LIBRARY SERVICES TO PATRONS IN RURAL YAVAPAI COUNTY? WE HAVE SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE ARE IS DIGITAL NAVIGATION.

SO WITH WITH THE BEAD FUNDING RAMPING UP AND WITH THE ARPA DOLLARS ALREADY SPENT, WE'VE, IN ESSENCE, BUILT AN INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY.

NOW WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DRIVE THEIR CARS ON THAT HIGHWAY.

SO LIBRARY STAFF HAVE ALWAYS DONE THIS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR DECADES, ACTUALLY.

HAVE SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW IN BLACK CANYON CITY WHO RECEIVED A GRANT AND IS ALREADY WORKING ON THIS KIND OF WORK RIGHT NOW, DIGITAL LITERACY AND OTHER EFFORTS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE ABLE TO, TO USE ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND THE WAY THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE STATE WITH ANOTHER $17 MILLION IN BE DIGITAL EQUITY EQUITY FUNDING THAT WAS JUST AWARDED TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED.

ALSO WITH TELEHEALTH POSSIBLE PASSPORT SERVICE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO PATENT AND TRADEMARK AS WELL.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO IMPROVE LIBRARY FACILITIES TO CREATE MORE INVITING SPACES TO THE PUBLIC.

AND ALL THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

RIGHT NOW, THAT PART OF OUR WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT THREE FOR BOOK DROPS.

THERE ARE THREE OF THEM THAT ARE IN BAD, BADLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT REORGANIZING SOME SPACES, AND WE DID SUBMIT SOME EXHIBIT THREES FOR REMODELS, BUT I'LL GET TO THOSE IN A BIT.

AND WE ALSO WANTED TO IMPROVE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT OUR COUNTY SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, SUSIE ROTH, HAS PUT TOGETHER, AND THE STATE LIBRARY WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE MODEL THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY THROWING FUNDING AT IT THIS YEAR TO EXPAND IT AND PUT IT OVER TWO DAYS.

AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR, THEY MAY ASK US TO DO SOMETHING STATEWIDE SO THAT WE CAN INVITE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE FOR THOSE SAME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO IMPROVE CATALOGING SERVICES FOR THE YAVAPAI COUNTY LIBRARY NETWORK.

WE CURRENTLY, AS THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT, CATALOGED MORE ITEMS THAN ALL THE OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTY COMBINED.

SO THIS IS A IT'S IT'S A PRETTY BIG BENCHMARK WE'VE HIT AND IT'S STARTING TO STRAIN OUR CAPACITY.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO KEEP UP ON, IF NOT IMPROVE ON.

AND WE ALSO ARE SEEING THAT SPACE IS BECOMING A CHALLENGE FOR US WHERE WE'RE LOCATED AT.

IF YOU POP BY SUITES A AND C, IT TRIPLE C COMMERCE CENTER CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE CARTS EVERYWHERE AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO WALK.

IN PART, THAT'S BECAUSE OF CAPACITY ISSUES IN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.

ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AS WELL.

SO CHALLENGES IN FY 25 INCREASING CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE MAKING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROBLEMATIC.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A THEME OF THE DAY.

I SWEAR WE DIDN'T PLAN THAT.

IT JUST SEEMS TO BE THE WAY IT'S WORKING OUT.

SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA, I ASKED FOR A QUOTE FROM FACILITIES TO DO A REMODEL.

NOT NOT AN EXPANSION, JUST A REMODEL OF THE BLACK CANYON CITY LIBRARY.

THAT, QUOTE, CAME BACK AT THREE QUARTERS OF $1 MILLION.

NOW, ME IN MY MY VAST EXPERIENCE AS A LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND CONSTRUCTION THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD COME BACK AT AROUND $200,000.

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS I WAS VERY SURPRISED BY THAT QUOTE.

I THOUGHT HE WAS MESSING WITH ME AT FIRST, AND I THINK HE HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME.

BRANDON HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE THREE TIMES, BUT IT REALLY IS BECOMING A CHALLENGE WHERE EVEN JUST DOING REFURBISHMENT, REMODELING, NOT EVEN EXPANSION, IS JUST MAKING IT IS STRAINING BUDGETS AND MAKING IT CHALLENGING.

SO OBVIOUSLY IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.

AT $750,000, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THE EXHIBIT THREE JUST AS A TALKING POINT, SO YOU COULD ALL SEE HOW EXPENSIVE THAT PARTICULAR REMODEL IS, IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT THIS POINT.

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ALL OF OUR METRICS ARE UP ACROSS THE BOARD, AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO USE LIBRARIES.

SO EVEN WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY, ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO TAXPAYING VOTERS USES THE LIBRARY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO AS WE BRING IN MORE PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE STRAIN ON SERVICES, OBVIOUSLY, AS THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO GROW.

THE WE ALSO HAVE INFLATIONARY AND OTHER INCREASES STRAINING FUNDING COMMITMENTS AND OPERATIONAL CAPACITY.

WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SALARY INCREASES TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE ERA INCREASES.

STUFF LIKE THE COST OF BOOKS CONTINUES TO TO GO UP AT A AT AN ALARMING RATE.

TONER. EYE TONER IS CRAZY.

AND IT'S NOT JUST HOW MUCH IT'S GOING UP, IT'S THE SHRINKFLATION THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO THEY'RE GIVING YOU SMALLER CARTRIDGES AND THEY'RE CHARGING YOU MORE FOR IT.

SO PRINTING IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO.

AND WE DO GET SOME COST RECOVERY FOR THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY UP FRONT TO BE ABLE TO BUY ALL THE CARTRIDGES.

SO THIS OFFICE SUPPLIES, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE ARE GOING UP QUITE A BIT.

OPPORTUNITIES IN 25, PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE ONE I DESCRIBED WITH THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE LIBRARY ON.

ALSO IMPROVING LIBRARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE DEGREE WE CAN.

AND IT'S COST EFFECTIVE.

THIS IS PROVING CHALLENGING.

EXPANDING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, SUCH AS DIGITAL NAVIGATION WHICH WE ALREADY PROVIDE.

BUT WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT, INCREASING PROGRAMING AND CATALOGING CAPACITY.

EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS WITH WE'RE ALREADY PART OF THE THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ECONOMIC RESOURCE ALLIANCE.

WE'RE LEADING THE WAY ON A STATEWIDE CONSORTIUM OF LIBRARIES CALLED COPPER, WHICH HAS LIBRARIES OF ALL TYPES AND THAT INCLUDING ASU AND ALMOST ALL THE COMMUNITY LIBRARIES.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY DISTRICTS, ALSO SEVERAL MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES.

AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH PARTNERSHIPS.

JUST EVEN WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE.

ALSO, WE'D LIKE TO ESTABLISH A RESERVE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

WE DO HAVE ABOUT 430,000 IN YEAR END FUNDS THAT WE HAD AT THE END OF FY 23.

AND WE ANTICIPATE HAVING AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO STARTING TO GET A HEALTHY RESERVE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD IN A LONG TIME WOULD REALLY START TO HELP LONG TERM EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN REMAIN SOLVENT GOING FORWARD. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A DEPARTMENT BUDGET SNAPSHOT.

TOTAL REVENUE 5.3 MILLION, WITH ABOUT 5 MILLION OF THAT BEING THE LEVY, WITH 5.1 BEING THE LEVY.

TOTAL EXPENSES OF ALMOST 5.1 MILLION.

COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S EXPENSES AND INCREASE OF 1.96%.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, INFLATION IS GREATER THAN 1.96%.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE PULLING MONEY FROM OTHER AREAS TO HELP MEET THAT NEED.

WITH THE TOTAL FTE OF 33.07 AND A TOTAL PROPOSED FTE OF 35.07.

SO EXHIBIT THREES THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

THE BLACK CANYON CITY REMODEL A 750,000.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

THE YARNELL PUBLIC LIBRARY REMODEL.

I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE COMMUNITY OF YARNELL ON THEIR POSITION ON THAT.

ARE IF THEY WERE IF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY WERE GOING TO DONATE THE LIBRARY TO THE COUNTY, WE'D BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING A $400,000 REMODEL.

I DID NOT GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING, SINCE WE WOULDN'T OWN THE BUILDING, DOING MORE OF A $50,000 REFURBISHMENT REPAINTING, SWAPPING OUT THE CARPET, MAYBE REPLACING A FEW SHELVES, SOME FURNITURE, THAT SORT OF THING, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT ENDED UP.

SO AGAIN, I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ON THAT.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY PART OF THE BUDGET.

AND IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S A DESIRE OF THE BOARD, WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THAT JUST OUT OF RESERVE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND THE LAST OR LAST TWO THINGS.

THE PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WITH PROGRAMING AND WITH WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WITH DIGITAL NAVIGATION AND OTHER EFFORTS.

WE'RE REALLY NEEDING TO EXPAND CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THESE EFFORTS.

AND ODDLY ENOUGH, BEING THAT WE'RE A LIBRARY DISTRICT OF ABOUT 55 EMPLOYEES, WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN.

AND PRESCOTT PUBLIC, FOR INSTANCE, PROBABLY HAS 3 OR 4 OF THOSE.

SO IT IS UNUSUAL FOR US NOT TO HAVE THAT POSITION.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A LIBRARY SPECIALIST TO HELP WITH THE CATALOGING INFLUX.

AND BOTH THOSE POSITIONS TOGETHER ARE ABOUT $160,000.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE INCLUDED IN MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET THE TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

THE QUARRY HAS ASKED FOR.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

I THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR TIME.

THANK YOU COREY. GOOD JOB.

YOU HAVE A.

SO NICE EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO.

SHOULD. I MIGHT GO ON. YEAH.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO.

TO COME EARLY TODAY.

I HAVE LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR PRESENTING FOR Y'ALL, AND I SHOWED UP AND PRESENTED IMMEDIATELY, AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT OTHER PEOPLE ALSO PRESENTED TODAY.

SO IT'S IT WAS REALLY NICE TO TO TO TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY MY POWERPOINT, IT IS SOME THINGS ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.

AND THAT'S I DON'T HAVE A NEW YAVAPAI COUNTY TEMPLATE HERE, SO WE'LL FIX THAT.

YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO.

I WOULD LOVE TO YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, BUT WHEN I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT US, I SAY THAT WE ARE YAVAPAI COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.

BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE DELIVER OUR PROGRAMING IS VERY SPECIFIC TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

RIGHT? I DON'T JUST SAY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING DOWN IN MARICOPA COUNTY AND REPEAT THAT 100 MILES NORTH.

SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T I KNOW THAT I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU FOLKS WHAT COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IS, BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF YOU SITTING AT THIS TABLE KNOW, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER FOLKS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE ARE THE OUTREACH ARM OF THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HERE IN ARIZONA.

AND THAT MEANS THAT WE TAKE INFORMATION SCIENCE BASED, OBJECTIVE INFORMATION FROM THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, AND WE DELIVER IT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND EVERY STATE HAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN EVERY COUNTY IN ARIZONA, HAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, AT LEAST ONE OFFICE.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY TO HAVE TWO OFFICES.

WE HAVE ONE HERE AND ONE IN CAMP VERDE.

SO YOU KNOW, WE DO PARTNER WITH WITH VARIOUS OTHER ENTITIES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND CAMP VERDE AND PRESCOTT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT POSITION TO BE A PART OF.

SO THIS IS THIS IS HOUSE MOUNTAIN, RIGHT? LOOKING RIGHT OUT THERE. IT'S KIND OF IT'S UP IN VICE CHAIR MICHAELS NECK OF THE WOODS UP THERE, RIGHT BETWEEN 89 A WHAT'S THAT RIGHT THERE? YEAH. BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS OUR OUR RANGE TECHNICIAN, CALEB MILLER, TOOK THIS PICTURE, AND HE'S PART OF THAT THREE FOREST PARTNERSHIP THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF.

AND THAT'S WHERE HE GETS TO SPEND HIS TIME.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK USUALLY I GET TO TALK WITH MOST OF YOU FAIRLY REGULARLY, AND IT'S A PLEASURE.

SOMETIMES MY MANAGER OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, KAREN PEZZUTO, WILL JOIN ME.

AND SO I THINK SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN TO TO MEET HER, BUT I DON'T OFTEN YOU DON'T GET A TASTE OF ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, MANY OF THEM BEHIND THE SCENES.

RIGHT? SO WE HAVE FOUR ACTUALLY THREE FACULTY MEMBERS RIGHT NOW WITH UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND THE THREE PRIMARY PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE HAVE ARE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES FAMILY CONSUMER HEALTH SCIENCES MAYBE FORMERLY KNOWN AS AS HOME ECONOMICS, MAYBE 50 YEARS AGO, YOU MIGHT HAVE CALLED IT THAT AND AND FOUR-H.

AND IF YOU LOOK THERE, THE FELLA IN THE, IN THE COWBOY HAT THERE AND THE BIG MUSTACHE, THAT'S ANDREW BRISKI, AND HE IS MY COUNTERPART IN MOJAVE COUNTY.

BUT BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT RANCH AND LIVESTOCK IS SUCH A BIG PART OF AGRICULTURE HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

ANDREW DOES A LOT OF WORK DOWN HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AS WELL.

I'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE, BUT WE STILL HAVE VERY, VERY STRONG PLANS TO BRING ON OUR OWN ANDREW BRISKI TO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THAT WILL BE A RANGE MANAGEMENT AGENT THAT WILL WORK SOLELY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IF YOU WERE NOT AWARE, WE HAVE.

RECENTLY, HE WAS AT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY CATTLE GROWERS DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT.

HIS NAME IS JAKE HENNING, AND HE IS A RANGE SPECIALIST FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

BUT HE IS HOUSED IN CAMP VERDE, SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BEEF SPECIALIST TO COME ON TO REPLACE JOCELYN BEARD, WHO WE LOST LAST YEAR.

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SO LOTS OF INTERESTING RESOURCES, STRONG RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE THOSE ARE ALL OUR STAFF MEMBERS THERE.

THEY'RE ALL LEADERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I CAME ON AND I THOUGHT MY, MY LEADERSHIP STYLE WOULD BE FIRST IN THE DOOR AND LAST OUT.

AND THAT IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TASK WITH FOLKS LIKE THESE THAT I TOLD YOU LAST YEAR DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF A 40 HOUR WORKWEEK.

BELOW THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR ADVISORY BOARD.

THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH EXTENSION GENERALLY DIRECTLY FROM MASTER GARDENERS TO FOUR-H LEADERS.

THEY MIGHT BE YAVAPAI COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS, SMALL FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

THEY ARE LARGELY ALL REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY MISSING DISTRICT FIVE IN THIS PICTURE, BUT WE'VE REMEDIED THAT AND WE'VE BROUGHT ON LAURA LOPEZ, WHO IS A SHE WORKS WITH YOUTH YOUTH HEALTH SERVICES IN PRESCOTT VALLEY.

SO SHE'LL START WORKING WITH US VERY, VERY SOON, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY REPRESENTED.

YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE'VE GOT A REALLY AMAZING BOARD THAT HAVE HELPED GUIDE WHAT WE DO GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT THE WAY THAT COOPERATIVE EXTENSION DOES OUR BUSINESS IS NOT BY SAYING, MATT HALDERSON BELIEVES THAT THE BEST THING FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY IS X, Y, OR Z, RIGHT? WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND VERY CLOSELY WITH WHAT WE CALL NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, WHICH ARE FANCY SURVEYS.

AND WE DID ONE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA LAST YEAR.

WE DID ONE FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY IN PARTICULAR.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WATER WAS AT THE TOP OF OF THEIR CONCERNS.

I KNOW AND RECENTLY WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD SHARON MEGDAL COME UP TO PRESCOTT TO AND WE HOSTED A SYMPOSIUM UP HERE WHERE WE HAD SOME, SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAJOR MUNICIPALITIES. MY APOLOGIES TO TO TO THE VERDE VALLEY, BUT MOSTLY FROM MOSTLY FROM THIS SIDE OF THE BLACK HILLS.

BUT WE ALSO HAD THEM FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY PROPER.

SO THE FIRST EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH WITH FOUR H.

IT'S IT'S IT'S SYNONYMOUS WITH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.

IT'S ACTUALLY EXISTED LONGER THAN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FOUR.

H IS IS IS AN ARTIFACT OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IS START UP TILL 1914.

SO ABOUT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

BUT I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH FOUR H IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO FOR WHICH IS TOUGH.

IF IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT WORKS IN FOUR H, THANK THEM BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT EASY.

IT'S IT'S VERY REWARDING, BUT IT'S NOT EASY.

AND WE HAVE OVER MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR ENROLLMENT SINCE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT NUMBER IS NOT EVEN 293 IS NOT EVEN NIGHT.

WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT UP TO 300 CLUB MEMBERS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

FOUR H THAT'S DOUBLING IT.

FROM 143, I BELIEVE, THE YEAR BEFORE.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

AND THAT'S JUST IN ONE YEAR.

WE VISITED 1600 LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE 50, 50 VISITS BY OUR STEM EDUCATION.

SO THAT IS SUPPLEMENTING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.

THAT OUR THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE ASKED US TO COME IN AND AND DELIVER WE HAVE OUR I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WE HAVE OUR JAMES FOUR H CAMP ON MINGUS MOUNTAIN.

IF ANY OF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT THAT IS A A CAMP OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

AND IT WAS FUNDED LARGELY BY THE THE JAMES FOUNDATION IN ORDER TO IN ORDER TO BRING MINGUS MOUNTAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL SORTS OF FOLKS.

RIGHT. SO WE BRING OUR OWN FOUR H KIDS UP THERE AS WELL.

BUT WE ALSO BRING I THINK THAT LET'S SEE WHY IS UP THERE.

THE LAUNCH PAD GOES UP THERE ALSO AT GAME AND FISH GOES UP THERE.

ALL SORTS OF FOLKS USE THIS CAMP IN ORDER TO, TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF MINGUS MOUNTAIN.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES ON AS WELL.

AND THEN THIS YEAR, WE DELIVERED WYCA EDUCATION TO 35 MEMBERS AND THOSE.

THAT'S FOR SMALL STOCK AND LARGE STOCK EDUCATION, RIGHT.

THERE'S OUR, OUR OUR FOUR H.

MEMBERS AT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FAIR.

AND AND WE RECENTLY BROUGHT ON THIS WE GOT A GRANT TO FUND THIS FOUR H SCIENCE VAN.

SO WE ARE PLANNING ON EXPANDING OUR DELIVERY OF OF STEM EDUCATION TO YAVAPAI COUNTY SCHOOLS WITH THIS SCIENCE VAN TO, TO BRING A MOBILE

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THERE WAS A POLLINATOR GRANT THAT KIDS THAT THAT WE RECEIVED HERE AND THOSE ARE KIDS THAT ARE WORKING.

I THINK THEY WERE ON THE BENT RIVER RANCH DOWN THERE FOR KIDS.

AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO WASHINGTON, DC AND EDUCATED THEIR, THEIR PEERS THERE.

AND THEN THAT TOP PICTURE IS AT THE THE JAMES CAMP.

FAMILY AND CONSUMER HEALTH SCIENCES.

I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE, IS ONE OF THE LEAST WELL KNOWN AND APPRECIATED PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND AS THE COUNTY BECOMES MORE AND MORE URBAN PROBABLY MORE AND MORE NECESSARY.

RIGHT. SO AND A LOT OF THESE ARE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

RIGHT. SO THE FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH HEALTH SERVICES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PROGRAM.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.

BUT BUT WE ARE THE ENTITY THAT TEACHES OUR FOOD MANAGERS HOW TO SAFELY PREPARE AND STORE OUR FOOD SO THAT WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT, YOU DON'T DIE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CRUCIAL TO ENJOYING IT.

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ARIZONA HEALTH ZONE HERE IN ARIZONA.

UNBELIEVABLY NECESSARY.

YOU KNOW, I'M VERY PROUD THAT HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, WE WE SERVE SUCH A GAMUT OF FOLKS, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME VERY AFFLUENT USERS OF OUR SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES TO THE FAIRLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.

AND SNAP-ED IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT NATIONAL DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT WE WILL WE WE TAKE A COHORT EVERY YEAR, AND WE WORK WITH THEM FOR 26 WEEKS AND HELP THEM MAKE BETTER, HEALTHIER LIVING DECISIONS.

THE FIRST THINGS FIRST.

CCHC. SO WE HAVE CHILD CARE HEALTH CONSULTANTS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO ME, LIKE THE FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER PROGRAM.

INSTEAD OF PROTECTING OUR FOOD, THOUGH.

RIGHT? WE ARE EDUCATING OUR OUR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

RIGHT. SO WE THIS YEAR, IN 2023, WE BROUGHT ON TWO BRAND NEW SACHSE CHILD CARE HEALTH CONSULTANTS.

WE SERVE 38, I THINK IT WAS 40 SCHOOLS ACTUALLY HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND WE MAKE VISITS TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND THESE THESE SCHOOLS VOLUNTEER.

WE DON'T WE DON'T SAY WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP. THEY'VE ASKED US TO COME AND VISIT THEM AND THEY WILL MAKE AN ASSESSMENT.

THESE THESE CONSULTANTS, AND THEY WILL SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'D LIKE YOU TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, AND THEN WE THEN PROVIDE THE TRAINING NECESSARY TO HELP THEM MAKE THOSE CHANGES, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE PLACES.

AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE GENERALLY FOR AGES 0 TO 5.

RIGHT. SO WE I THINK MAYBE WE, WE CUT OFF AT KINDERGARTEN.

I THINK THAT THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TAKES THINGS OVER FROM THERE.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THE PARTNERSHIP WORKS.

BRAND NEW PROGRAM WE BROUGHT ON THIS YEAR WAS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND WE JUST ROLLED THAT OUT.

AND WE OFFER THAT AT LIBRARIES AND THROUGH OUR OFFICE.

THIS IS MY REALM.

THIS IS AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

I CAME FROM A FARMING BACKGROUND BEFORE I CAME HERE TO TO COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.

AND SO I HERE HOLD IT NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

I KNOW THAT AGRICULTURE PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY OUR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CONSIDER IT AGRICULTURE PER SE.

IT'S A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HORTICULTURE IS WHAT THEY DO, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS.

I MEAN, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS.

13,000 HOURS ALONE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS.

WE HAVE TWO HELP DESK, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY MASTER GARDENERS ALONE.

THERE'S ONE IN CAMP VERDE AND THERE'S ONE IN PRESCOTT.

RIGHT. AND PEOPLE CAN COME IN WITH ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS, AND THEY DON'T JUST HAVE TO BE MASTER GARDENER TYPE QUESTIONS.

IF IF THE COUNTY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE COURTHOUSE, WITH THE TREES, THE ELM TREES ON THE COURTHOUSE, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

RIGHT. SO WE ARE WE ARE HORTICULTURAL ADVICE.

WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF IRRIGATED PASTURE CALLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANT DATABASE, WHICH I THINK IS UNIQUE AS THE ONLY TYPE IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

RIGHT. AND PEOPLE CONTACT ME FROM MOJAVE COUNTY AND THEY SAY, HOW CAN WE GET ONE OF THESE? AND THAT IF YOU'RE NOT A BOTANIST OR A RANGE MANAGER, THAT MAY NOT BE TERRIBLY OBVIOUS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PLANTS ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE PLANT REPRESENTED BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AMAZING MASTER GARDENER BOTANIST.

WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE PLANT REPRESENTED IN THAT HELPS PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS LIKE, SHOULD MY HORSE EAT THIS? OR HOW DO I NEED TO MANAGE THIS PLANT?

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AND IT GETS ACTUALLY THOUSANDS OF HITS EVERY YEAR.

I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON OUR, OUR RANGELANDS, THE WORK THAT MR. BRISKY IS DOING. AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE THREE FOURTHS MONITORING AGREEMENT THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE.

THERE'S UP IN THE TOP LEFT.

THAT WAS A SPECIAL DAY THAT WE HAD DOWN IN COTTONWOOD, RIGHT WHERE THE THE CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE CAME ALL THE WAY TO COTTONWOOD TO DISCUSS WITH US THE ISSUES WITH OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND AND THE MOU THAT WAS SIGNED WITH THE FOREST SERVICE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AS WELL AS THE THE STATE AND AND AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES.

AND WE DID EXACTLY WHAT I THINK IS THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, WHICH IS TO PLAY MODERATOR BETWEEN TWO GROUPS THAT WERE HAVING TO GO THROUGH SOME SOME DIFFICULT ISSUES.

AND I THINK WE CAME TO A VERY IMPRESSIVE FIND.

NOT ONLY YOU CAN SEE OUR RANGE TECHNICIAN IN THIS LOWER MIDDLE PICTURE.

THAT'S CALEB MILLER, AND HE WAS HIRED ON BY THE GRANT THAT MR. BRISKY WROTE, IN ORDER TO GO OUT TO THESE PUBLIC LANDS AND STAND THERE WITH THE LAND MANAGER AND A PERMITTEE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME THING. RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT QUANTIFIABLE, BUT THE GOODWILL AND THE REBUILDING OF TRUST THAT OCCURS WHEN ALL THESE PEOPLE STAND IN A FIELD TOGETHER IS, IS IS REALLY CRUCIAL TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO I, I THANK THOSE FOLKS FOR THAT.

THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, WE MADE AN EXCITING NEW HIRE THIS YEAR.

THAT IS THAT IS KATIE HAZELWOOD.

SHE IS OUR NEW LIVESTOCK AGENT, AND SHE WILL BE SERVING YAVAPAI COUNTY EXCLUSIVELY.

SHE IS SHE IS IN PRESCOTT.

I DECIDED THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR HER TO BE HOUSED, BECAUSE I'M VERY EXCITED FOR HER TO NOT ONLY WORK WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, BUT ALSO WITH THE COUNTY FAIR AND ALSO WITH THE RODEO GOING FORWARD.

WE ARE. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE NEW HIRES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE.

I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE STATEWIDE SPECIALISTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE, BUT I, I WOULD BE REMISS TO ADD THAT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF HIRING A SMALL FARM AGENT THAT I'M HOPING WILL WILL WORK WITH VICE CHAIR MICHAELS IN HER REGENERATIVE AG PROJECTS THAT THAT SHE'S, SHE'S PUSHING FOR.

I VERY I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF REGENERATIVE AG.

IT IS CERTAINLY THE WAY GOING FORWARD.

AND WE'LL ALSO HIRE A RANGE AGENT THAT WILL EXCLUSIVELY SERVE YAVAPAI COUNTY.

SO A VERY EXCITING TIME TO BE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND IN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.

AS YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL AWARE, MY BACKGROUND WAS IN GROWING GRAPEVINES.

AND SO I SERVED THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARIZONA, NOT JUST YAVAPAI COUNTY, ALTHOUGH I CERTAINLY DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YAVAPAI COLLEGE AND THEIR VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGY PROGRAM THEY HAVE DOWN THERE.

BUT I I CREATED A PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.

I DID MY OWN NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WAS WATER.

SO I WORKED VERY HARD TO TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY OF GRAPEVINES AND ABOUT VINEYARDS.

IS THERE A VERY GOOD.

FIT FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND YAVAPAI COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'RE EXTREMELY LOW WATER USE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT, BUT THEY USE 1.5 ACRE FEET AS WELL.

I MEAN, REALLY, I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY THAT GOING FORWARD, IT'S IT'S NOT SO MUCH HOW MUCH WATER THEY NEED.

IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER VINES NEED TO BE WATERED DIFFERENTLY.

BUT YOU CAN COMPARE THAT TO ALFALFA OR PECANS OR COTTON OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND IT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN HALF OF ANY OF THOSE, MAYBE A THIRD.

IT ALSO TIES IN VERY WELL TO TO ARIZONA'S NATURAL FIT AS A, AS A TOURIST DESTINATION.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK WE DO AND THE COLLABORATIONS.

AND I THINK YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS BECOME THE SEAT FOR FOR THE WINE INDUSTRY EDUCATION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND YAVAPAI COLLEGE.

THE GRANT SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YAVAPAI COUNTY, THESE ARE STATEWIDE INITIATIVES, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN THEY HAVE TOUCHED YAVAPAI COUNTY AS WELL.

ONE OF THEM IS THE WATER EFFICIENCY GRANT.

I BELIEVE $45 MILLION HAVE BEEN DIVVIED OUT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TO THEN MODERATE HOW THOSE WOULD BE GIVEN OUT, BUT THAT IS TO IMPROVE WATER EFFICIENCY FOR PEOPLE TO GO FROM FLOOD IRRIGATION TO SOMETHING MORE EFFICIENT, OR IF THEY HAVE AN OLD SYSTEM THAT IS HARD TO CONTROL, THAT THEY CAN THEN MAKE MODIFICATIONS.

IF THEY CAN SHOW ON PAPER THAT THEY CAN MAKE A 20% IMPROVEMENT IN EFFICIENCY, THEY CAN RECEIVE UP TO $1 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING.

OUR FARMER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

I'M VERY PROUD OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY, LAST I LOOKED WAS THE NUMBER ONE PARTICIPANT IN OUR FARM APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL GIVE $10,000 PER APPRENTICE TO SMALL FARMERS IN THE AREA SO THAT THAT APPRENTICE CAN LEARN HOW TO FARM, AND SO THAT THAT SMALL FARMER CAN HAVE A SUBSIDY TO TO PAY THOSE APPRENTICES, BECAUSE IT'S

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SO AS I AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE WE HAVE MORE AGENTS TO COME AS WELL.

SO HERE'S KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE DID.

WE DIRECTLY SERVED OVER 18,000 RESIDENTS.

THAT'S DIRECT. THAT'S NOT JUST FOLKS THAT THAT USE THE WEBSITE OR THE DATABASE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE ACTUALLY INTERACTED WITH.

203 VOLUNTEERS THAT THAT CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 18,000 HOURS OF SERVICE.

IF YOU LOOK ON PRIVATE INDUSTRY WEBSITES OF HOW MUCH THAT'S WORTH, THEY VALUE THAT AT $569,000.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BRING THAT TO YAVAPAI COUNTY, 293 MEMBERS IN OUR FOUR H CLUBS, 11 CLUBS AND AND 65 VOLUNTEERS, 52 OUTREACH VISITS, LIKE I MENTIONED, WHERE WE REACHED 1600 STUDENTS, 117 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT MANAGERS WERE TRAINED BY OUR FOOD SAFETY INDUSTRY COUNCIL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THERE.

AND THEN OVER 2000 PEOPLE WERE CONTACTED THROUGH SNAP EDUCATION.

HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR BUDGET.

LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS 100 FROM THE COUNTY.

PARDON ME, WAS $179,680.

A VERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION.

I DO, THANK YOU.

I REALIZE THAT NOT EVERY COUNTY IS SO GENEROUS WITH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, AND I TRULY DO APPRECIATE IT.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP 1.3 MILLION IS IS THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

IF YOU IF YOU THROW IN OUR IN-KIND VOLUNTEER SERVICE.

IF NOT, IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST A TICK UNDER 800,000 THAT COME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.

SO THAT WAY YOU WOULD SAY TO SUM THAT UP, ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES US.

IF YOU GO IF YOU TALK ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICE AS WELL, ABOUT 750.

THIS YEAR, I AM ASKING FOR A 5% INCREASE ON OUR BUDGET.

THAT'S DUE TO INFLATION COST OF LIVING INCREASES.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST CHALLENGES, I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN I'M TRYING TO HIRE ON THIS, THIS NEW FACULTY IS THE COST OF LIVING IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND IT'S OFTEN THE EASIEST WAY IS TO FIND SOMEONE WHO ALREADY LIVES AND YAVAPAI COUNTY TO HIRE BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO BRING FOLKS IN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LOWER OUR STANDARDS BECAUSE OF THAT, RIGHT? WE WANT TO BRING THE BEST FACULTY THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAN OFFER TO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND SO SOME OF THESE HIRES ARE TOUGH TO MAKE.

SO IN IN MY CAMP, I HAVE PUT SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ON THE STATE BUDGET.

I HAVE HIRED BACK OTHER FOLKS AT 0.5 FTE TO TRY AND BRING MY BUDGET DOWN, AND I AM REQUESTING A 5% INCREASE THIS YEAR.

I'LL BRACE EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A 5% INCREASE ALSO FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT.

SO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MY TOTAL ASK WILL BE 25%.

BUT I FIGURED WITH WITH THE ABILITY TO ONLY SPEND SO MUCH MONEY PER YEAR, I KNOW THAT'S A FACTOR.

I THOUGHT THAT WE COULD EAT THIS ELEPHANT THE BEST WAY WE KNOW, WHICH IS ONE PIECE AT A TIME.

SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING SMALL BITES.

YEAH. WHAT WOULD A NIBBLE COST US? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION.

DOESN'T APPEAR ANYBODY ELSE DOES.

THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING I WOULD WOULD SAY, MATT, IS THAT, YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN AS AVAILABLE ON THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THAT OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND WHAT YOU BRING TO IT NOW IN LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND GREATLY NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, OUR VERDE VALLEY FAIR, THE OTHER COUNTY FAIR.

IS STRUGGLING AS ALL ARE.

ALL FARES ARE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE CUTS THAT WE'VE ALL REALIZED.

BUT I SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT MAKES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, IN THE SCHOOLS, IN THE HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE PIPELINE TO THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S REGION, EG, OR RANCHING.

AND WE SHOULD NONE OF US FORGET THAT.

THAT'S A CORNERSTONE OF A RURAL COMMUNITY, AND YOUR WORK IS CRITICAL TO IT AND ITS SUCCESS.

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ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY IS BECOMING MORE URBAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT AND THAT SOMETIMES FOR KIDS DO ROBOTICS AND STEM WORK, I LIVESTOCK TO ME IS STILL THE FLAGSHIP FOCUS OF FOUR-H AND WE ARE NOT FORGETTING THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE COUNTY FAIRS.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED, IN THIS CASE FOR OUR LIVESTOCK AGENT TO WORK WITH THE YAVAPAI COUNTY FAIR SO CLOSELY.

BUT BUT KNOW THAT SHE IS AVAILABLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BLACK HILLS.

THERE'S THERE IS NO THAT'S ONLY AN IMAGINARY LINE.

IT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST.

AND AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF REGENERATIVE AG AND RANCHING IN THE COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MICHAELS FOR THAT COMMENT AND I WOULD AGREE.

I RUN INTO AND SEE MATT AS MUCH ON THE VERDE SIDE AS I DO ON THIS SIDE.

SO I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS AND BEING PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN.

SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE? THANK YOU. THERE SHE GOES.

MY APOLOGIES. MY NAME IS MATT HALDERSON AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF YAVAPAI COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND AN AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES AGENT.

DID YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR NEWS? SURE. JUST ONE BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT.

ONLY IF THE CHAIRMAN WILL ALLOW.

I JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM LESLIE THAT DOCTOR CROSS HAS, IN FACT, ACCEPTED OUR OFFER.

AND WE HAVE A NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER.

DOCTOR? YES, DOCTOR.

CROSS IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT MEDICAL EXAMINER WITH MARICOPA COUNTY.

SHE INTERVIEWED WITH A PANEL OF PEOPLE HERE IN YAVAPAI FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND EVERYONE THOUGHT SHE WAS FANTASTIC.

SO SHE LOOKS TO BE A GREAT HIRE.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

SHE DIDN'T FORMERLY WORK IN ELECTIONS, DID YOU KNOW? YEAH. I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO END UP IN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE BEFORE I WANTED TO DO IT AT ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.