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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS MORNING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HARRY, DO YOU MIND? PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK PRAYER, MARY, WHILE WE'RE UP? DEAR LORD, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN US TODAY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HELP US MAKE THOSE HARD DECISIONS TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE JOB THAT WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED FOR. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
AMEN. ALL RIGHT, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE YARNELL REGIONAL COMMUNITY
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CENTER. MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.YESTERDAY WE TALKED ABOUT SLIGHT ALTERATION TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PROPOSED BUDGET.
STILL STAYING AT THE SAME DOLLAR NUMBER, BUT MAKING THOSE SUBSTITUTIONS.
I'VE GOT A REPLACEMENT FOR YOU THERE THAT I'VE ADDED A COLUMN.
SOME HAVE ASKED FOR SOME THOUGHTS, SO I'VE ADDED THAT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
IT'S NOT CHANGING ANYTHING WE'RE ADDRESSING TODAY IS IT? NO, NO, THIS IS JUST CODIFYING WHAT WE MENTIONED YESTERDAY.
MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND FELLOW SUPERVISORS.
I THINK I REMEMBER ALL THE FACES.
I AM JIMMY MILLER AT THE YARNELL REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME BACK HERE TODAY TO RETELL OUR STORY.
MUCH OF THIS WILL SOUND FAMILIAR.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER I'M RETIRED AIR FORCE.
I DID 20 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE.
I SERVED AS A YOUNG ADULT PASTOR FOR 16 YEARS, AND I THINK I TEASED LAST YEAR AS WELL THAT THOSE TWO JOBS PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I'M DOING TODAY, WORKING WITH THE SENIORS AT OUR CENTER.
IT'S VERY EXCITING, AND I LOVE WHAT WE DO.
I WILL ADMIT, RIGHT OFF THE BAT OUR FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER WAS BORN LAST NIGHT.
SO IF I LOOK A LITTLE SLEEPY, FORGIVE ME.
I'M STILL WAKING UP, BUT THAT COFFEE WILL PROBABLY KICK IN ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THIS TALK.
ONLY THE BEGINNING. WELL, WE DO HAVE TWO GRANDSONS, SO I AT LEAST KNOW THAT HALF OF IT.
SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, I LOVE THIS.
VERY EXCITING, AND EVERY SINGLE MONTH THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK MOST OF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS.
ALTHOUGH OUR CENTER IS VERY SMALL, IN A TOWN OF 550 PEOPLE, OUR MISSION IS VERY BIG, AND WE COVER A 400 SQUARE MILE AREA FROM CONGRESS DOWN IN THE SOUTH TO WILHOIT AND SKULL VALLEY UP NORTH WITH YARNELL AND PEEPLES VALLEY IN BETWEEN.
SO WE DO COVER A LOT OF GROUND AND TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER A VERY BROAD AREA.
THESE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE, I JUST WANT TO START OFF RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
OUR PRIMARY MISSION IS MEALS ON WHEELS.
THEY REALLY ARE, BUT FOR WHAT WE DO IN THE AREA WE COVER, I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO.
SO THESE ARE THE MINIMUMS. SO A MINIMUM OF 55 MEALS A DAY FOR 275 MEALS A WEEK.
THAT PUTS US OVER 14,300 ANNUALLY.
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THIS LAST YEAR WE DID OVER 15,000 DELIVERED MEALS.THE AVERAGE COST OF THE MEALS IS AROUND $10 DELIVERED IS ACTUALLY GOING ON $12 TO GET THOSE MEALS IN OUR CLIENTS' HANDS. VERY PROUD OF THAT.
THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE REALLY TELLS OUR STORY.
SO OUR LITTLE DINING ROOM, WE FILL IT UP OFTEN.
THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR THAT ROOM IS 49.
SO I MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THEIR FOOT OUT THE DOOR A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK OUR CENTER REALLY DOES FIGHT THE ISOLATION THAT IS SO PREVALENT NOT ONLY IN OUR RURAL AREA, BUT IN OUR AREA THAT IS NOT VERY DENSE.
PEOPLE LIVE WAY OUT AWAY DOWN A DIRT ROAD.
I WILL ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD THAT WE DELIVER THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY FOLKS THAT THE DRIVER MAY BE THE ONLY CONTACT, THE ONLY CONVERSATION THAT THEY HAVE DURING A GIVEN WEEK, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ROUTES IN CONGRESS, AND WILHOIT, SO VERY PROUD OF OUR DRIVERS.
I THINK WE HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST DRIVERS AROUND.
BOTTOM LEFT THERE, I THREW THAT PICTURE IN THERE.
I WANTED THAT TO BE A REMINDER FOR ME TO SPEAK TO HOW WELL THAT'S DOING.
OUR LITTLE TINY THRIFT STORE THAT GETS DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY DID OVER $69,000 LAST YEAR.
COUPLE THAT WITH THE DINING ROOM THAT DID OVER $33,000 LAST YEAR, AND WE DID OVER $100,000, OVER $102,000, AND YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, WELL, IF THIS GUY IS HERE WITH HIS HAND OUT, WHY IS HE BRAGGING ON THE MONIES THAT ARE COMING IN? I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT'S IN OUR CONTROL, TO BRING IN FUNDS, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE MEALS TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE RECORDS FOR OUR LITTLE CENTER.
SO THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES WILL WILL COVER THESE AREAS RIGHT HERE.
GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR OVERVIEW.
I'M SURE YOU ALL DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
THE LAST TWO YEARS OR LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON.
SO LAST YEAR WE ENDED UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER $9,000.
YOU GUYS GAVE US $10,000 LAST YEAR.
SO I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE ENDED UP THERE.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE PUT IN FOR A GRANT FROM DEL WEBB THAT WE MISSED OUT ON.
THAT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,000.
WE THAT WAS A TOUGH HIT FOR US.
IT REALLY WAS. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THE WORLD THAT WE OPERATE IN.
I JUST TOLD YOU THAT I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER.
SO WE STARTED PRAYING OVER THAT, AND THREE MONTHS LATER, WE GOT A CHECK IN THE MAIL FOR $33,000.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, BUT THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHAT GOT US HEALTHY.
IN ADDITION TO HELP FROM YOU GUYS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
SO YOU KNOW HOW WE ENDED UP THERE THIS YEAR? IT'S NOT REALLY THE WAY I LIKE TO OPERATE, BUT WE ARE IN THE RED $3,600 WITH WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.
I WILL TELL YOU IF I UPDATED THAT TODAY BASED ON THIS LAST QUARTER, WE'RE ALREADY OPERATING IN THE BLACK BY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, AND I THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD IF EVERYTHING PLAYS OUT THE WAY I HOPE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO.
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THIS SLIDE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR LEFT, THOSE SMALL FONTS THERE, THIS SHOWS THAT THIS SLIDE IS IN PERCENTAGES.SO THIS IS THE PERCENTAGES OF THE INCOME THAT COMES IN.
THAT'S PART OF WHY I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT.
THE THRIFT STORE, WE CONTINUE TO DO BETTER YEAR OVER YEAR, AND WE'RE IMPROVING ON HOW WE'RE DOING.
THOSE BARS ARE THE SAME BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF WHAT OUR BUDGET IS.
OUR INCOME KEEPS GROWING AND SO DOES THE THRIFT STORE.
SO THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME.
THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS SO HIGH.
LOOKING AT GRANTS, LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE A TOUGH YEAR.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY THAT AGAIN LAST YEAR.
OUR TWO BIGGEST GRANTS THAT WE GO AFTER ARE THE GILA RIVER AND THE DEL WEBB.
WE DIDN'T GET EITHER OF THOSE LAST YEAR.
WE JUST SUBMITTED FOR THE GILA RIVER JUST A WEEK AGO.
AGAIN, I'M CONFIDENT THAT I THINK WE'LL GET THAT, AND DEL WEBB AS WELL.
OUR GRANT WRITER IS GETTING READY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AS WELL.
IF IF THOSE BOTH CAME THROUGH, WE WOULD BE SITTING PRETTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT'S HARD TO PUT A NUMBER TO THAT.
QUICK QUESTION. YES? DO YOU PUT IN FOR GRANTS WITH THE OTHER INDIAN TRIBES FOR THEIR 202 MONEY? WE DON'T, AND I'LL ACTUALLY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS EVEN OUT THERE.
I'LL TALK WITH OUR GRANT WRITER.
SOME OF YOU AROUND THIS TABLE PROBABLY KNOW OUR GRANT WRITER.
SHE IS FROM YARNELL USED TO HELP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AND TRY TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS.
SHE JUST SENT ME AN EMAIL THIS MORNING ON SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO SHE'S ALWAYS WORKING ON OUR BEHALF.
SO WE'RE WORKING HARD, BUT I KNOW LAST YEAR WAS A TOUGH YEAR.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE A LOT BETTER, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
OKAY, SO THIS I PREFER PIE CHARTS TO BAR GRAPHS.
THIS IS MORE VISUAL IN THIS WAY.
THE PROGRAM SECTION THERE, THE GREEN IS WHERE WE GET MOST OF OUR INCOME.
THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT IS NACOG.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH NACOG, AND YOU'LL HEAR ME BRAG A LITTLE BIT MORE AS I GO ALONG.
THE ORANGE PIECE OF THE PIE THERE.
I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE BLOW RIGHT BY THAT, AND IF WE DO, THEN YOU WON'T SEE ME FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS UNLESS YOU COME FOR A MEAL OR TO DO SOME SHOPPING IN OUR LITTLE THRIFT STORE. I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT'S THE CASE BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR HARD WORK AND DUE DILIGENCE AND THEN HOPE AND PRAY THAT EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE.
SO ON THE EXPENSE SIDE HALF OF WHAT WE SPEND IS PAYROLL.
YOURS TRULY, AND THEN TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE JUST KIND OF FILL IN BACKUPS.
THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF THE PIE THERE, FOOD AND SUPPLIES, THAT $92,000 IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LOW, JUST BASED ON PROJECTIONS FROM THIS FIRST QUARTER.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO FALL BETWEEN $95,000 AND $100,000.
SIMPLE ANSWER FOR THAT IS THE I WORD INFLATION.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL OF SPECIFICS THERE, BUT THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO OPERATE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO WELL. I THINK LIVING WITHIN OUR CONTEXT, WHAT'S THE PET CARE? THE PET CARE.
SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT IN A MINUTE.
IF I CAN HOLD OFF ON THAT, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE WHILE I'M SPEAKING TO THAT.
SO THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
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THIS YEAR, THEY HAD TEN PEOPLE COME TO OUR MARCH FOR MEALS.THAT SPEAKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP, THE COLLABORATION, THE RELATIONSHIP.
MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ARE DRIVING DOWN FROM PRESCOTT.
I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE THAT ACTUALLY DROVE DOWN FROM FLAGSTAFF TO PARTICIPATE.
I JUST THINK THAT IS SO NEAT, AND IT SPEAKS TO THE BUY IN AND HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK FOR 15 MINUTES ON EACH ONE OF THESE PICTURES.
I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TOP TWO ON THE LEFT, PETEY'S PLAYGROUND AND THE MULE SHOE.
WHEN I TOLD THE STORY TO MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA TO GET THIS GRANT, IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IN THEIR MIND, AND THEY ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO SEE IF I WAS MAKING STUFF UP. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT WE HAVE THESE THREE ORGANIZATIONS TO COME TOGETHER IN THIS WAY.
IN MY THREE YEARS IN MY POSITION, IT HAS BECOME SO CLEAR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THESE FOLKS WHO ARE VERY ISOLATED AND ON THEIR OWN MUCH OF THE TIME TO HAVE A COMPANION.
THEY WILL OFTENTIMES HAVE TO LET THEIR PET GO AS FAR AS VET CARE BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT.
THAT IN TURN HELPS TAKE CARE OF THEM.
I THINK IT'S SO EXCITING, AND I REALLY DO.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, I'M GOING TO BRAG ON SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
SO LAST MONTH, JUST LAST MONTH, MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA FLEW OUT A COUPLE PEOPLE AND BROUGHT PETSMART CHARITIES WITH THEM TO OUR LITTLE CENTER TO HEAR OUR STORY. WE ARE ACTUALLY THE POSTER CHILD FOR HOW THAT COLLABORATION WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING IN TO THAT GRANT SYSTEM IS WORKING IN A VERY SMALL TOWN IN A RURAL AREA, FIGHTING THAT ISOLATION AND HELPING PEOPLE WITH THEIR PETS.
IT WAS SO EXCITING TO GET TO TELL THAT STORY.
SO I HOPE MISTER CHAIRMAN, THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN TELL I GET EXCITED TALKING ABOUT THAT.
YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER JACKIE FROM LAST YEAR.
I'LL TELL YOU A DIFFERENT STORY TODAY SINCE YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT ONE.
SHE'S JUST SO CUTE WITH HER LITTLE TWO TEACUP CHIHUAHUAS.
SO ONE DAY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, MY WIFE, WHO DELIVERS MEALS ON WHEELS, PULLS UP, AND EVELYN TOLD MY WIFE THAT HER CAT HADN'T EATEN FOR FOUR DAYS.
SO, SANDY IMMEDIATELY PUT HER IN THE CAT IN OUR TRUCK, TOOK THEM OVER TO THE VET CLINIC, DROPPED THEM OFF WHILE SHE CONTINUED HER ROUTE, PICKED THEM UP ON THE WAY HOME, OR PICKED EVELYN UP ON THE WAY HOME, FOUND OUT THAT THE CAT HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A SPIDER AND HAD TO BE PUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS PET CARE GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT ON THE BILLS SIDE, BUT WE WERE ALSO ABLE AT FIRST SHE DIDN'T WANT A REPLACEMENT, AND YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT STORY, RIGHT? IT'S HARD WHEN YOU LOSE A PET THAT YOU'VE HAD FOR YEARS, YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT RIGHT AWAY.
I REALLY DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I WON'T SPEAK TO THIS TOO MUCH.
YOU'LL REMEMBER PICTURES LIKE THIS FROM LAST YEAR.
I WILL SAY THE BIG PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS OUR ANGEL TREE.
IT GETS ME EMOTIONAL THE WAY THEY LEAN IN TO HELP AND IT REALLY IS SPECIAL.
THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN DIFFERENT WAYS WE LOVE ON OUR FOLKS AT CHRISTMAS.
OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR BOARD IS SECOND TO NONE.
SUSTAINABILITY. SO IT'S EASY TO SPEAK TO THAT WHEN WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WHAT IS THE NEXT 50 YEARS LOOK LIKE? I'M EXCITED WHEN I DREAM ABOUT TEN YEARS FROM NOW, IN THE NEXT DECADE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE NEW PEOPLE LEADING THIS PROGRAM.
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YEAR. IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN.I WILL SAY A WEEK BEFORE THIS, THE WEATHER SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE ALMOST 70 DEGREES THAT MORNING.
TURNED OUT WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT WAS ABOUT 32 DEGREES OUT AND SO TO HAVE 70 PEOPLE SHOW OUT UP FOR THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE BUY IN IN OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I APPRECIATE SO MUCH YOU ALLOWING THIS CONVERSATION AND ME TO TELL THIS STORY.
BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. HARRY, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT? YES. IT'S A GREAT SERVICE IN THAT AREA, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
YOU GOT SOME GREAT VOLUNTEERS AND GREAT MEALS, TOO.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT SERVICE AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY AND SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU. OKAY, CHAIRMAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I WANT YOU TO KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION SO MUCH AND YOUR PASSION. YOU CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE IN A VERY UNINCORPORATED, VERY AREA THAT IS VERY RURAL, AND AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE PERSON THAT BRINGS A MEAL COULD BE THE ONLY CONTACT THAT THEY HAVE.
SO YOU'RE PROVIDING A GOOD SOCIAL MOMENT THERE THAT THEY CAN TALK.
SO I WILL TELL YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOU TELLING US ALL ABOUT THE GRANTS AND THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT AFTER YOU HAD BEEN HERE, AND SO I JUST I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I SO APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK THE LORD FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU NEED ANY SUPPORT LETTERS OR ANYTHING WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR GRANTS, I'M SURE HARRY OR I OR ANY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WOULD BE GLAD TO WRITE ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL BRAG ON SUPERVISOR OBERG.
I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT QUICKLY, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BY THE WAY, THE WEATHER SWUNG FROM, WHAT, 28 DOWN THERE TO IT'S GOING TO BE 73 TODAY.
YEAH. THAT'S NICE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING.
OKAY, YAVAPAI FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER.
I LOVE TRYING SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED THIS YEAR.
I WOULD LOVE [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THAT.
I ALWAYS TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME.
SO FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME TODAY.
SO YOU CAN SNEAK AND LOOK IF YOU WANT, BUT SO LAST YEAR, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023, WE GAVE SERVICES TO JUST UNDER 1,500 VICTIMS FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY TOTAL; IT WAS 1,489 TOTAL.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE ABOUT HALF OF THOSE CLIENTS COME IN TO US THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALL OVER THE COUNTY, AND AND WE ALSO SERVE CLIENTS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND FBI, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRIBAL AGENCIES, AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR CLIENTS THAT COME THROUGH THE CENTER ARE PEOPLE WHO COME TO US ON THEIR OWN, WHO EITHER, FOR WHATEVER REASON MAY NOT WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED OR HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD THEIR THEIR SITUATION INVESTIGATED AND PERHAPS IT COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
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PERHAPS THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE.SO BUT THEY STILL NEED THAT CARE AND SUPPORT AROUND THE TRAUMA THAT HAPPENED TO THEM, AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME TO US THAT TRAUMA HAPPENED TO THEM YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO.
I STILL LOVE TO TELL THE STORY.
I HAD A WOMAN WHO WAS IN HER 70S, AND THIS WAS A FEW ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I WENT AND SPOKE AT A CHURCH IN CORDES JUNCTION, AND THEY WANTED ME TO TALK FOR TEN MINUTES AT THEIR SERVICE BECAUSE THEY WERE DONATING MONEY TO OUR CENTER FOR THAT MONTH AND OTHER DONATIONS, AND SO ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER I WAS THERE AND I SPOKE, A WOMAN CAME TO OUR CENTER, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND ASKED FOR ME, RANG THE DOORBELL, AND I MET WITH HER AND SHE SAID, I KNOW YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME, BUT YOU SPOKE AT OUR CHURCH AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD HAVE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME, AND SO SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN AN ALMOST OR A LITTLE MORE THAN 40 YEAR MARRIAGE.
IT WAS VERY ABUSIVE AND CONTROLLING.
HE HAD PASSED AWAY ABOUT FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO HER HEARING ME SPEAK.
SHE HAD TWO ADULT SONS THAT HAD KIND OF LEFT HER AND GONE ON TO LIVE LIVES, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY MAY HAVE KIND OF GROWN UP IN THEIR FATHERS' FOOTSTEPS, AND SHE JUST BROKE DOWN AND SAID I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES.
SO I GO AT SIX IN THE MORNING WHEN IT OPENS.
I LIVE IN PRESCOTT, AND I DRIVE TO CHURCH IN CORDES JUNCTION BECAUSE IT'S THE SMALLEST CONGREGATION I FOUND WHERE I CAN FEEL SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE AND I WANT GOD TO HELP ME, BUT IT HASN'T WORKED SO FAR.
SO, WE GOT HER INVOLVED IN WE GOT HER ENROLLED WITH AN ADVOCATE, AND SHE SPENT ABOUT 16 MONTHS DOING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATION AND ATTENDING SUPPORT GROUPS AND WORKING WITH OUR THERAPISTS.
WE HAVE THREE THERAPISTS THAT WE PAY TO DO, SPECIFICALLY TRAUMA THERAPY AROUND THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS, AND SHE JUST CAME AND SAW ME A LITTLE AFTER CHRISTMAS AND BROUGHT BROUGHT COOKIES THAT SHE'D MADE FOR OUR CENTER.
SHE VOLUNTEERS AND RUNS, I BELIEVE IT'S BINGO OR SOMETHING OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON ROSSER.
I SAW HER THERE, AND SHE WAS SMILING AND WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK AT THE RODEO PARADE WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND THIS IS A WOMAN THAT WAS AFRAID TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH MORE THAN TEN PEOPLE.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE AS THE DIRECTOR THERE AND I BEFORE THIS COMING FROM THE WORLD OF CHILD SAFETY AND A PRIOR EDUCATOR, NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT TRAUMA DOES TO FAMILIES GENERATIONALLY, AND HOW INTERVENTION AT ANY POINT ALONG THE WAY IS REALLY JUST CRITICAL.
SO IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO LEAVE AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP OR PULL THEIR CHILDREN FROM AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, WE HAVE ATTORNEYS THAT WE CONTRACT WITH THAT WE WILL PAY THROUGH GRANT MONEY AND THEY WILL HELP THAT PERSON IN COURT OR JUST CONSULT WITH THEM AND REVIEW THEIR PAPERWORK WHEN THEY'RE FILING IT THEMSELVES, IF THEY CAN DO IT THEMSELVES. AS I SAID, WE HAVE THREE TRAUMA THERAPISTS THAT WE PAY FOR AND SUPPORT.
WE STILL PROVIDE ALL OF THE MEDICAL FORENSIC EXAMS. SO THAT'S THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMS FOR THE COUNTY.
WE PARTNER WITH HONORHEALTH FROM PHOENIX TO DO THAT SERVICE.
ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST YEAR IS THAT BY STATUTE, THOSE SEX ASSAULT EXAMS ARE PAID FOR THROUGH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED EVIDENCE COLLECTION.
THAT STATUTE DOES NOT COVER STRANGULATION EXAMS. ALL THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMS, AND THEY NEED TO BE DONE IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY, AND EVIDENCE NEEDS TO BE COLLECTED FROM THAT WHICH OUR HOSPITALS DON'T HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
SO WE DO THOSE EXAMS, AND HISTORICALLY, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID HAVE THAT FUNDING IN THEIR BUDGET TO PAY FOR THAT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT HAS CHANGED. SO NOW YFAC HAS BUILT THAT INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO WE PAY FOR THOSE EXAMS. WE DON'T EVER WANT SOMEBODY TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET AN EXAM, AND WE DON'T EVER WANT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BRING SOMEBODY FOR AN EXAM,
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BECAUSE THEIR MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT ON STAFF AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS.SO WE'VE BUILT THAT INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ANY PERSON THAT WANTS A MEDICAL EXAM IS RECEIVING IT.
WE ALSO PAY FOR MEDICAL EXAMS TO COLLECT THE EVIDENCE IN WHAT WE CALL [INAUDIBLE] EXAMS, VICTIM EXAMS WHERE THEY DO NOT AT THAT MOMENT WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED, BUT THEY WANT TO COLLECT THE EVIDENCE AND PRESERVE IT.
SO WE DO THAT. WE PARTNER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE THE EVIDENCE PRESERVED, AND THEN JUST THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD ONE OF THOSE CASES PULLED BECAUSE THAT SUSPECT HAD VIOLATED A NEW VICTIM.
THE PRIOR VICTIM KNOWS THE NEW VICTIM AND WANTED HER TO BE THERE AND HAVE HER EVIDENCE BROUGHT FORWARD AND SUPPORT AND BE PART OF THAT CASE.
WE PARTNER VERY WELL WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I CURRENTLY CO-CHAIR OUR HUMAN TRAFFICKING COUNTYWIDE TASK FORCE WITH TOM BOELTS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND WE STARTED THAT TOGETHER IN 2018, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW THROUGH A GRANT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED OF PLANNING OUR SECOND ARIZONA HUMAN TRAFFICKING SUMMIT THAT'S ATTENDED BY STATEWIDE ATTENDEES. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR US.
SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING IS THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
IT'S AN OLD HOUSE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE INSPECTIONS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET DONATIONS AND FUNDING TO GET THAT BUILDING RENOVATED AND HAVE AN ADVOCACY CENTER SITE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY.
WE CURRENTLY STILL TRANSPORT THEM OVER HERE.
IF WE NEED TO, WE'LL PICK THEM UP, WE'LL DO WHATEVER, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT IDEAL, AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SIT IN A CAR FOR AN HOUR, AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAD A VERY, VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH CHINO VALLEY PD.
WE WOULD NOT PARTNER WITH THEM AND HAVE A CENTER THERE, BUT THEY HAVE SOME SPACE IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING, AN OFFICE THAT I WOULD LIKE YFAC TO USE SOME OF OUR FUNDING AND FURNISH, AND THEN THAT CAN BE A SPACE WHERE WE CAN MEET PEOPLE OUT THERE, OR THEY CAN USE IT, AND IT'S NOT THAT GOVERNMENTAL KIND OF STERILE FEELING, WHICH WE KNOW IS KIND OF SOMETIMES INTIMIDATING.
I CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TRAININGS COUNTYWIDE FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PARTNER WITH THEM, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF USING SOME OF OUR FUNDING.
I DID THIS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND MY FUNDING ONLY ALLOWED ME TO DO IT FOR DETECTIVES ON THE VERDE SIDE OF THE HILL, BUT IN THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS, THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED A SINGLE PARTY CONSENT CALL TO KIND OF SEE IF YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO ADMIT, AND THOSE ARE VERY CRITICAL IN A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS, BUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN THAT LITTLE KIT COSTS ABOUT $200.
BECAUSE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.
OTHER THAN THAT, I INVITE ANY OF YOU TO PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE THE CENTER.
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE UPDATES, AND IT'S GROWING AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND OUR STAFF IS GROWING.
SO I LOVE GIVING TOURS AND WOULD LOVE TO SHOW ANY OF YOU AROUND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
JIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON? I JUST, I SUPPORT THIS.
YFAC DOES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR COUNTYWIDE BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN.
THEY'RE A GOOD PARTNER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I SUPPORT THIS, AND YOU HAVE BEEN OUT ALL THIS TIME MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AT A VERY CHALLENGING TIME, AND WHAT YOU DO AND THE HEALING YOU BRING TO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FEAR IS A REAL BLESSING.
THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MICHAELS.
I JUST LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR LOCATION IN CAMP VERDE; THAT IS SO NEEDED.
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LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY IN 1974--I HAVE TO PAUSE AND TELL YOU THIS STORY--I STARTED THE VERY FIRST CENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLIENTS OR VICTIMS IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA WITH LEAA MONIES.YOU REMEMBER THAT, LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANT ACT MONIES? THE SADNESS IS THAT IT WAS SO LONG AGO, AND WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO IT.
THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING VICTIMIZED AND THEN VICTIMIZED BY A SYSTEM THAT HAS NO TOOLS TO HELP YOU, AND SO IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY TO HAVE YOUR SERVICES.
I AND I DIDN'T MENTION, BUT I WILL THIS OCTOBER WILL BE THE ADVOCACY CENTER'S 24TH BIRTHDAY.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF QUESTION.
WHY IS YOUR REQUEST AN ODD AMOUNT OF $70,698.32 BECAUSE FOR THE COUNTY AND EACH OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE USE A FORMULA, WE'RE STILL ACTUALLY USING THE NUMBERS FROM THE 2018 CENSUS.
SO WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OUT TO.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'D LOVE MORE IF YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE.
[CHUCKLING]. WELL, IT'S A GREAT SERVICE, AND I SEE THAT YOU'VE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT IT DOESN'T GO UP, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU. JUST ADD MY THANKS FOR A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALL YOU DO.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEW BUILDING OVER THERE IN CAMP VERDE.
I KNOW THAT MR. GREGORY SAID HE HAS A LOT OF SPARE TIME SO YES, I'LL BE CALLING.
YEAH, MARSHALL ROWLEY, HE'S A CHAMPION FOR US AND THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAS JUST REALLY BEEN IN FRONT OF FOR SO LONG, AND HE AND I HAVE BRAINSTORMED A MILLION WAYS AND LOOKED AT A MILLION DIFFERENT BUILDINGS TO ASK PEOPLE IF THEY'LL DONATE, AND WE TRIED TO GET SOMEBODY THAT OWNS AN OLD FUNERAL HOME ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS DEPARTMENT, AND SO THIS JUST WORKED OUT PERFECT.
WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST INSPECTION TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO CHANGE IT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO A SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AND THAT'S QUITE A BIT AND NOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE ASBESTOS INSPECTION, AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL MAKE OUR PLANS AND MOVE FORWARD.
FOR THE RECORD--IF YOU DO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING, WE WOULD LOVE TO WE WILL AND YOU'LL BE THE FIRST INVITED.
FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE? OH MY GOODNESS, I'M SO SORRY.
I'M THE DIRECTOR AT THE YAVAPAI FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER.
NORMALLY, I'M HERE AND I TALK ABOUT BOTH ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS HELPED MAP FORCE FINANCIALLY SINCE I THINK 2010, AND THIS YEAR WE DECIDED NOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT REQUEST BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING LISTENING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE YARNELL COMMUNITY CENTER--I HOPE I SAID THAT CORRECTLY--REGIONAL COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, THE GRANT WORLD IS REALLY INTERESTING, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE CAME TO THE COUNTY FOR FUNDING FOR MAP FORCE, WE HAD ONE GRANT WE STARTED WITH THAT WAS ENDING. IT WAS A TERMED GRANT THAT YOU COULDN'T REAPPLY FOR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND IT WAS LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW? SO YOUR FUNDING AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE.
WE RAN ON ABOUT $100,000 FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND YOUR FUNDING WAS WHY MAP FORCE CONTINUED.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
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ANYWAY, MY HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT FROM MAP FORCE.WE ARE NOW DOING A LOT OF STATEWIDE WORK.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT WHERE WE'RE MONITORING COALITIONS AROUND THE STATE THROUGH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION LEADERS OF ARIZONA, WHICH WE FORMED, AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO ASK FOR FOR DOLLARS THAT YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ANOTHER WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATION.
SO I'LL GO TO COMMUNITY COUNTS.
COMMUNITY COUNTS STARTED IN 1997, AND IT WAS CALLED YOUTH COUNT AT THE TIME, AND THE FAMOUS BARBARA POLK, WHO I THINK STARTED ABOUT A LOT OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS COUNTY, WAS INVOLVED WITH THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL, AND THEY REALLY WANTED TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTED YOUTH SERVICES, AND SO THAT'S WHEN YOUTH COUNT WAS BORN.
IN 2010, MAP FORCE WAS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM UNDER COMMUNITY COUNTS.
THEY WERE THE FISCAL AGENT THAT--EXCUSE ME, BACK UP 2006--THAT WAS UNDER COMMUNITY COUNTS , AND IT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED, AND IN 2010, IT'S A VERY LONG, COMPLICATED STORY THAT I WON'T BORE YOU ALL WITH, BUT WE SEPARATED MAP FORCE BECAME ITS OWN SEPARATE 501(C)(3), AND THEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOMETHING REALLY STRANGE HAPPENED, AND IT CAME BACK TOGETHER AS TWO SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS, WITH ONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE SAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND SO SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF BOTH.
AT THE TIME, WE HAD STARTED THE YAVAPAI REENTRY PROJECT UNDER COMMUNITY COUNTS, AND IT REALLY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO BE CALLED YOUTH COUNT, AND SO THAT NAME HAS STUCK, AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU I'LL READ YOU THE MISSION STATEMENT OFFICIALLY, COMMUNITY COUNTS HELPS CREATE COLLECTIVE, COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES CHALLENGES FACING COMMUNITIES ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY.
WE ARE AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION WHICH ESTABLISHES AND MANAGES COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT SERVE YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS, AND FAMILIES, AND THAT'S THE OFFICIAL, BUT IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WHAT'S THE ELEVATOR SPEECH? WHAT I SAY ABOUT COMMUNITY COUNTS IS THAT IF THERE'S A GROUP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO SEE A PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTY AND THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ENTITY LIKE THAT 501(C)(3) THAT THEY CAN BE UNDER, THEY CAN APPROACH COMMUNITY COUNTS, AND AGAIN, WITH OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND YOU KNOW THAT STRUCTURE 501(C)(3) THEY CAN COME UNDER US, AND WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THE BOARD LOOKS OVER TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
I MENTIONED THE YAVAPAI REENTRY PROJECT THAT'S NOW UNDER MAP FORCE.
PRESCOTT AREA SHELTER SERVICES STARTED UNDER, AT THE TIME IT WAS YOUTH COUNT, BUT COMMUNITY COUNTS.
ARIZONA SERVE THAT HAS THE VISTA AND AMERICORPS PROJECT THAT STARTED UNDER THE ORGANIZATION.
PRICELESS PROM AND TEEN MAZE THAT ARE NOW UNDER CATHOLIC CHARITIES STARTED UNDER THAT ORGANIZATION, AND FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS WE MANAGED THE WELCOME HOME VIETNAM VETS PROJECT THAT JUST LAST YEAR THEY HAD THE ACTUALLY THE WALL.
I'M SURE SOME OF YOU WERE THERE IN CAMP VERDE, AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT PROJECT, BUT REALLY GREAT HISTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME TOGETHER, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME THEIR OWN 501(C)(3) WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO.
SO WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING, WE HAVE FOUR PROJECTS.
THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAY BACK.
I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE EXACT YEAR, BUT I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 2011.
IT WAS UNDER PRESCOTT AREA LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS A PROJECT THAT STARTED UNDER THAT, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STRUCTURE TO BE A 501(C)(3).
SO THEY CAME UNDER COMMUNITY COUNTS, AND THEY HAD THE IDEA THAT IN THREE YEARS THEY'D BE THEIR OWN NONPROFIT, BUT THAT'S JUST BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH FOR THE VOLUNTEER GROUP RUNNING THAT PROJECT.
THEY HAVE PLOTS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN RENT, AND IT DOES RUN AT A DEFICIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH FAIN FOR THE LAND.
JUST SUPPORT THE WORK OF THAT VOLUNTEER GROUP.
I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GIVE YOU.
WE JUST RECEIVED ALL OF THE STATISTICS FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FROM 2023, AND IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, WE HAD 88 SUICIDES IN 2023. THE AGE RANGE WAS FROM 15 TO 92 YEARS OF AGE.
A BREAKDOWN THERE, 66.6% WERE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE, PREDOMINANTLY MEN, 79 WERE MEN, AND ONLY NINE WERE WOMEN. GUNSHOT WOUND IS DEFINITELY THE MAIN CAUSE WITH 72 OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY SHOT THEMSELVES, BUT WHAT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION
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COALITION DOES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KELLY LEE IS THAT THERE'S ABOUT 25 ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY THAT WORK TOGETHER ON LOOKING AT WHAT OUR STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO PREVENT SUICIDE.SO THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT THEY DO AS A COALITION.
A LOT OF YOU HEARD OF THAT NEW PROJECT GOING ON.
IT WAS A PROJECT THAT THEY COMPLETED AN APPLICATION AND THE BOARD DECIDED TO TAKE IT UNDER COMMUNITY COUNTS, BUT THEY HAVE JUST GROWN IN AMAZING NUMBERS. THEY WORK WITH ABOUT 20 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY, AND THEY PROVIDED DIAPERS TO 300 BABIES AND 130 ADULTS THIS LAST YEAR, BUT HERE'S THE REALLY GREAT NEWS IS THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO BECOME THEIR OWN 501(C)(3), AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
SO THEY THINK THAT THIS NEXT YEAR POSSIBLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE OFF ON THEIR OWN, AND YOU KNOW WITH WITH HAVING AGAIN, THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY COUNTS, THEY COULD APPLY FOR SOME FUNDING.
GOT IN TOUCH WITH US A WHILE BACK, AND THEY HAD SOME STIMULUS DOLLARS THAT THEY WANTED TO AWARD TO FAMILIES THAT NEEDED HELP INDIGENT FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH CAR REPAIRS, WITH MEDICAL BILLS DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY NEEDED THAT, YOU KNOW, 501(C)(3) FOR THAT PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, AND SO THAT'S THE FOURTH PROJECT. THAT'S RIGHT NOW UNDER COMMUNITY COUNTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT THE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT'S COME IN AS INCOME, AND THIS IS WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE ENTITIES, THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS, OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS THAT THE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION DECIDES TO DO.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT OF TIMES WITH SUCCESSION PLANNING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH COMMUNITY COUNTS, BUT THE BOARD, REALLY BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF OF ORGANIZATIONS BEING ABLE TO FORM AND HAVE THAT STRUCTURE, AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO GIVE A DONATION, IT CAN BE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION BECAUSE OF THE 501(C)(3).
AGAIN, THAT STRUCTURE HAS JUST BEEN REALLY BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR COUNTY, AND WE DO DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP IT UP AND RUNNING, AND SO I JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT OF $22,000, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT FOR THIS ORGANIZATION IT IS A LOT, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO BE THERE FOR IF THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WANT TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND NEED THAT STRUCTURE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY COUNTS ALSO.
MARY? I JUST LOVE YOUR TITLE, COMMUNITY COUNTS.
YEAH, THAT JUST SAYS IT ALL THERE, AND I JUST SAY EVERY DAY THAT WE GATHER IN THE IN THE POSITIONS THAT WE HOLD, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE VALUABLE AND THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THEM.
I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT ALL THAT YOU DO.
JIM? JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MERILEE.
YOU DO A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPRECIATE KNOW THAT YOU APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO OR WHAT YOU DO.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YEAH.
YOU CAN'T FIND IT, AND FOR THAT REASON, A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS NEVER GET OFF THE GROUND.
SO I REALLY HAVING SOME BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A TRYING TO FIND MONEY OR SUPPORT OR LOCATION AND GETTING THE WORD OUT AS A NONPROFIT.
IT'S HARD, AND IT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
SO THAT IS A CORE BENEFIT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
I JUST, FOR PURPOSES OF LEARNING, WOULD ASK IF THE SUICIDE PREVENTION IS TIED IN ANY WAY TO ANY VETERANS PROGRAMS. YES. THE VA IS A MEMBER OF THE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, AND THEY DO TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK AROUND THAT, OF COURSE, BUT
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IT'S AGAIN, HOW CAN YOU KNOW ALL OF THE AGENCIES THAT ARE DOING WORK, WORK TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH OTHER IDEAS, YES, BUT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.WELL, YOU DO KNOW, OF COURSE THAT EQUINE THERAPY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BENEFIT TO OUR VETERANS, AND SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA TO GROW, AND I'M INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO MAYBE YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
CAN I JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT IN LINE WITH THE COMMENT YOU MADE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY COUNTS WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THAT HISTORY, YOU KNOW, GOOD FISCAL MANAGEMENT WHEN, WHEN THESE NEW ENTITIES COME IN AND THEY APPLY FOR FUNDING.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE APT TO GET IT UNDER OUR UMBRELLA, TOO, BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION.
SO I THINK THAT IS THE IMPORTANT POINT, AND MY GOAL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE REASON I TOOK ON THE, WHEN DCS WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED FOR MAP FORCE, AND I WAS LIKE, HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY COUNTS? BECAUSE MY GOAL IS THAT IT GETS UP TO A PLACE WHERE AGAIN, IT CAN GO OFF FROM MATT FORCE.
NOT THAT AGAIN, SEPARATE 501(C)(3).
YOU KNOW TELLING WHAT WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS AND IS AVAILABLE TO DO, I GET A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED BECAUSE MAP FORCE HAS TURNED INTO A MONSTER, AND SO I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, AND I AM COMMUNITY COUNTS ALSO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT WOULD BE GOOD DOWN THE ROAD.
YEAH. WELL THAT MONSTER HAS GROWN BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE PUT THEIR TIME, MONEY, ENERGY INTO THAT EFFORT. SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S A GOOD MONSTER.
YES. YEAH, GREAT SERVICE AND I APPRECIATE THE SYNERGY THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THESE OTHER GROUPS SO THAT THEY CAN OPERATE AND HAVE A BASIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE SUPPORT.
I'M GOING TO GO TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING IN COTTONWOOD.
YEAH. I GUESS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A BREAK.
OKAY. NEXT UP ON OUR LIST IS THE CHINO WINDS NATIONAL RESOURCE DISTRICT.
INFAMOUS OR JUST FAMOUS? GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME MY NAME IS GAIL STEIGER.
I THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINO WINDS NRCD.
I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE CHASE AND GO OFF SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO.
I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY JOHN CAVA AND MATT JONES FROM THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST.
DON SALCIDO FROM THE ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND THE TRIANGLE NRCD, AND CALEB MILLER, WHO'S A RESEARCH SPECIALIST WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
IN 2022, WE FOUND OURSELVES, THOSE OF US IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS FOUND OURSELVES REALLY AT LOGGERHEADS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE ABOUT MONITORING. THE FOREST, TENDED TO DISCOUNT THE MONITORING THAT WE HAD DONE PRIVATELY, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY AGREE WITH THE SYSTEM THAT THE FOREST WAS USING TO MONITOR, AND.
WE WERE JUST REALLY AT LOGGERHEADS NOW, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM INVOLVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HAS HAD A TREMENDOUSLY BENEFICIAL EFFECT, BECAUSE THE U OF A COMES IN THEIR OBJECTIVE, THEY DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT, AND IT'S REALLY HELPED TO KIND OF TRANSFORM OUR RELATIONSHIP FROM AN ADVERSARIAL ONE INTO ONE OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE BEST SCIENCE WE CAN ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE TRYING TO ALL GET TOGETHER AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND USE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TO BETTER MANAGE THE LANDS WITHIN OUR CONTROL, AND THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE YEAR INTO THE PROGRAM, AND IT REALLY DOES APPEAR TO BE WORKING AS INTENDED.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.
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WE'RE, AND WE WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY FURTHER SUPPORT WE CAN GET TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.WE YOU CAN SEE OUR STATISTICS, WHAT I THINK MAYBE IN THE INTERESTS OF SAVING YOUR TIME, I WILL LET YOU QUESTION ANY OF US.
LET ME START OFF WITH BEING YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAKE COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE CHINO WINS PROGRAM, AND THE WAY YOU GUYS HAVE COME TOGETHER SOLVES A LOT OF ISSUES THAT POP UP WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, RURAL COMMUNITIES IN REGARDS TO RELATIONSHIPS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
REMEMBER BACK THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY WAS FOUNDED ON TWO THINGS MINING AND CATTLE GROWING, AND ALSO WE'VE GROWN INTO AN AREA WHERE WE PRODUCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT DO COME OUT OF THIS AREA, WHICH INCLUDES CATTLE, BUT THE FOREST IS OVER 90% OF OUR GENERAL AREA IN THIS COUNTY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE ALL PROFITABLE AND WE'RE ALL MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT WHEN A NUMBER OF US ATTENDED THE CATTLE GROWERS.
MEETING THIS LAST WEEKEND, AND IT'S VERY OBVIOUS THAT ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GIVE TO OUR CATTLE GROWERS AND OUR OTHER FOLKS IN THE FOREST AND THINGS IS VERY NECESSARY. YES.
WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD, YES, NOT SO MUCH QUESTION, JUST CONVERSATION.
BEAT ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAY BACK WHEN, AND YOU GUYS COMING INTO MY OFFICE SAYING WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO, AND WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF ANDY GROSETA AND MANY OTHERS WE DID COME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME BACK IN LAST SEPTEMBER, I GUESS IT WAS TO REALLY PRESENT YOU KNOW, SEVERAL PRONGS OF CONCERN OHV, OF COURSE, AND GRAZING, PERMITTING ALLOTMENTS AND HOW THEY ARE MEASURED IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVENESS AND HOW IT TIES BACK TO HOW LARGE THE ALLOTMENT WILL BE AND WHERE EVEN AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT TIES IN AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF IT BUT WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AND HOW WE CAN BEGIN NOW AS I AM AND SOME OF, YOU KNOW MOVING TOWARD A REGENERATIVE AG REGENERATIVE PRACTICES DEMONSTRATION AND SO U OF A IS INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO THE TRICKLE EFFECT OF DEMONSTRATING THAT EVEN IN THE HARD TIME OF HAVING TO SIT DOWN AND OUTLINE THOSE 3 OR 4 METRICS THAT WE COULD RELY UPON AND MEASURE AND HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY TO HAS BEGUN A TREND, AND IT IS THAT WE CAN WORK ON EVEN MORE EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAYBE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY BEING AT LOGGERHEADS, TO USE YOUR WORD, AND SO IT'S LOVELY TO SEE THAT IT CAN HAPPEN.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY OF THE DELIVERABLES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS IS AN APPRECIATION FOR SCIENCE AND THE FACT THAT THE U OF A IS REALLY OBJECTIVE IN THAT AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW REALLY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, YOU KNOW.
TO DO THIS MONITORING, IT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GO OUT THERE AND WITH THESE KEY AREAS, YOU TAKE 100 DATA POINTS IN EACH KEY AREA AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED, BUT AS YOU DO IT, I THINK WE'RE ALL MORE CONFIDENT IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A TREND, REALLY BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING OVER LONG TERM, AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S JUST DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMPLICATED SITUATION, AND EACH RANCH IS DIFFERENT.
THAT'S RIGHT, AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO THIS NEXT STEP WITH THE REGEN PRACTICES AND EVEN MEASURING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT AND THE TEMPERATURE ALL MOVING TOWARD YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE SAME PAGE TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S RANCHING OR FARMING THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR SOIL AS WELL AS OUR GRASSLANDS, WHICH THEY'RE INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED AND THAT FEEDS OUR CATTLE BETTER PREVENTS THE
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WILDFIRE, AND WE CAN BE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS RATHER THAN PLAYING GOTCHA, AND I'M MOST IMPRESSED WITH THAT.THE GOTCHA IS GONE, AND NOW IT'S HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WITH THE NEXT STEPS OF TENDING OUR PLANET AND THE FOOD WE EAT AND THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EFFORT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS AT THE BOARD MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR DELIVERABLES IN THE METRICS SENSE OF THE WORD.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS ISSUE.
YOU REALLY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR US.
MR. OBERG. YES, I FULLY SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THIS EFFORT AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT TOOK A LONG TIME, BUT WE GOT THE MOU SIGNED AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE FOREST SERVICE RECOGNIZED DON'S WORK ON THAT.
SHE WAS A STRONG VOICE IN THAT, AND I CAN TELL YOU, SINCE THE MOU HAS BEEN PROMULGATED AND SIGNED OFF THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND CALLS I GET HAVE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. SO THAT'S TRUE.
GAIL, JUST ONE MORE THING, JOHN.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN? YEAH, THE OTHER SIDE.
I'M NOT GOING TO REFUTE EVERYTHING HE SAID.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WITH FOR US YOUR LAST NAME.
I'M THE ACTING DISTRICT RANGER FOR THE CHINO VALLEY AND BRADSHAW RANGER DISTRICTS ON THE PRESCOTT.
SO I DID THAT FOR NINE YEARS, AND IN THOSE NINE YEARS, WE HAD TWO PEOPLE TO DO COVER 960,000 ACRES OF DOING MONITORING, AND WE WERE PRETTY EFFECTIVE THE FIRST FEW YEARS WHEN WE HAD SEASONAL EMPLOYEES THAT WE COULD DEPLOY OUT AND DO THAT, BUT THE REALITY WAS WE WEREN'T.
WE WEREN'T DOING AN ADEQUATE JOB, AND WITH THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CATTLE GROWERS A SEED UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND ARIZONA CATTLE GROWERS, IT REALLY LAYS OUT WHAT WE AGREE TO DO, HOW WE AGREE TO DO IT AND PUTS EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE, AND THE DELIVERABLES FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING ARE ARE WELL RECEIVED BY THE RANCHERS.
DON SALCIDO, WE DID SUBMIT HER FOR AN AWARD FOR US NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE AWARD AS A PARTNER IN RANGELAND MANAGEMENT, AND SHE WAS NOMINATED AND SELECTED AS THE TOP PERSON FOR THAT.
SO WE PRESENTED THAT LAST MONTH AT THE NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT MEETING.
SHE'S BEEN PIVOTAL IN THIS ALONG WITH ANDY GOROSTIETA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND IT'S REALLY LAYING A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THAT.
THANK THE BOARD FOR SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE GOT OFF EASY.
JUST JUST CONGRATULATIONS, DON, ON THE AWARD.
OH, I DIDN'T SEE LIBBY IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
SHE TOLD ME THIS JUST COST US A LITTLE LOW AND I'M SORRY.
GOOD MORNING Y'ALL. GOOD MORNING.
I'M LIBBY REIMAN FROM THE ARIZONA WILDFIRE AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT ACADEMY.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL YEAR THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 1100 TOTAL REGISTRANTS, 910 STUDENTS THAT REPRESENTED 29 STATES.
71% OF OUR STUDENTS CAME FROM ARIZONA, AND YOU ALL
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WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 12% OF OUR STUDENTS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS REPRESENTING 20 AGENCIES AND YAVAPAI COUNTY.WE HAD VENDORS THAT CAME FROM WASHINGTON, OREGON, NEVADA, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO.
INSTRUCTORS THAT CAME AWAY CAME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON AND OREGON AND CALIFORNIA AND IDAHO AND ALL OF THOSE. LET'S SEE, I GAVE YOU THE FINAL REPORT AND SO WE TRY TO KEEP OUR, OUR RATIOS TOGETHER.
LIKE IF 70% OF OUR IT'S NOT 75, LIKE 25% OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR STATE EMPLOYEES, THEN WE TRY TO HAVE 25 OR IN THAT VICINITY OF STATE INSTRUCTORS AS WELL.
SO WE TRY TO BALANCE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'RE NOT OVERWHELMING ANY ONE AGENCY TOO MUCH.
WE HAD OUR TRIBUTE NIGHT THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FOLKS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES LAST YEAR IN WILDFIRE IN THE LINE OF DUTY, BUT WE WERE ALSO READY, WILLING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE.
SO LAST YEAR YOU WERE ABLE TO.
WELL, I'M ASKING FOR 19,000, WHICH IS OUR NORMAL AMOUNT THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FOR A WHILE.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO $19,000 SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH WAS AMAZING, AND WHY THE NUMBERS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER THIS YEAR FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. SO.
HOWEVER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THE BOARD DID MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GIVING AN ADDITIONAL 19,000, IN HONOR OF THE 19 THAT PASSED, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE 19,000 BEFORE.
WOW. I'M GOING TO PERSONALLY GOING TO LAY IT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT 19 GO ADDITIONAL 19 GO FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BOARD DECISION AND IT HAS TO BE DONE RENEWED EVERY YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS WERE GREAT THIS YEAR FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.
SO WELL, THE FIREFIGHTING AND THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE IN THIS COUNTY HAS TO CONTINUE, AND THAT STARTS WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THANK YOU, LOUIS, FOR ALL YOU DO ALSO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. K US GEOLOGICAL, ACTUALLY. EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISTAKE ON THE SCHEDULE HERE.
THE USGS DID NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THIS YEAR, AND I WILL SHARE THAT.
WE SENT THE USUAL CORRESPONDENCE, THE WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO THEM.
WE FOLLOWED UP WITH EMAIL COMMUNICATION AND TELEPHONE CALLS AND ALL TO NO AVAIL.
SO HOW MUCH HAVE WE? THEY WERE RECEIVING $4,817.
TIME TO WAKE UP. WELL LET'S DEAL.
LET'S FINISH DEALING WITH THAT, OKAY.
THEY HAVE NOT. IF THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED A REQUEST, THEN THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, I WAS PLANNING ON SPEAKING AGAINST IT ANYWAY BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING IN RETURN FROM THAT $4,800 THAT WE CURRENTLY GIVE THEM, BUT IT'S ARGUABLE, OBVIOUSLY.
DO YOU HAVE A BACK? I'M SORRY. WELL, IT'S A DIRTY FRONT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A BACK.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
WHY WE CALL THIS UP? I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS IS AN AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ARIZONA FORWARD.
DAVID GRESSLY. I'M THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER, AND WE RECEIVED THIS AWARD AT THE ARIZONA FORWARD CEREMONY IN SCOTTSDALE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, ONE OF 14.
WE WON ONE OF THE 14 CATEGORIES, BASICALLY ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPING, AND SPECIFICALLY, THIS WAS FOR THE MINGUS UNION HIGH SCHOOL STORM RECHARGE PROJECT, WHICH WAS RECOGNIZED BY BY THEM.
SO I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE FEW ACTUALLY IN FROM AN ORGANIZATION BASED IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO GOOD STUFF ON THE GROUND AS WELL.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION VERY QUICKLY.
SO. CAN I CONTROL THIS? RIGHT CLICK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING THIS TIME CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING.
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE VERDE FRONT.
NOW WE'RE WE DON'T ACTUALLY RUN THAT.
WE'RE JUST THE FISCAL FINANCIAL HOLDER OF THE, OF THE FUNDS.
SO $3,000 STRAIGHT LINING THAT FOR FY 25.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR THE VERDE RIVER WATERSHED REPORT CARD.
DON'T COME INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY SUPPORT FOR A NEW STRATEGY FOR A WATERSHED WIDE WATER QUALITY MONITORING PLAN.
SO THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY $20,000.
JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE VERDE FRONT ITSELF.
I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, SO I WON'T GO INTO INTO DETAIL, BUT AS I SAID, WE HOLD THE FUNDING FOR THAT, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT FUNDING CONTINUE.
THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS MADE ITS CONTRIBUTION OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, AND BASICALLY THIS IS WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO WHO THE FRONT SUPPORTS CORE PARTNERS AND SUPPORTS COORDINATION, FACILITATION AS A BROADER VERDE FRONT SUPPORT.
SO IT LOOKS TOWARDS SHARED BY IN AND RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU CAN READ ALL OF THESE ISSUES HERE, BUT BASICALLY IT'S BEEN SUPPORTING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH FOR FOR THE VERDE VALLEY OVER, OVER THE YEARS.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS FUND.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, COMING INTO THE OTHER ISSUES HERE, WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION BASED 2011.
COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP IS CENTRAL TO OUR WORK, INCLUDING THE BIRDING FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS MONTH, AND THEN FINALLY, THE KIND OF OUTREACH THAT WE'LL TALK MORE DETAIL ON, PARTICULARLY THE WATERSHED REPORT CARD, LISTENING TO THE VERDI'S OF RADIO SERIES COMMUNITY SCIENCE.
THIS IS A CHART, AND I AM SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE OF THE OVERALL DECLINE SINCE 1990 AND RIVER FLOW IN THE UPPER AND LOWER VERDE VALLEY'S THE REPORT CARD VERY QUICKLY.
I THINK THIS IS FAMILIAR TO EVERYONE.
IT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2020.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S VARIATION BY REGION WITHIN THE WATERSHED.
BY THE WAY, THE WATERSHED IS ALMOST THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT.
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OR COLORED REGIONS OF THE, OF THE WATERSHED, AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS YOU LOOK AT THE WHEEL, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE DEFICIENCIES ARE, AND THE NUMBER ONE DEFICIENCY WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THIS PRESENTATION IS WATER QUALITY CERTAINTY.WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE WATER QUALITY REALLY IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY MONITORED.
SO ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IS THAT WE ENHANCE THAT DURING THE COMING THREE FISCAL YEARS.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO POINT THAT ONE OUT.
WHERE WOULD YOU DO THE MEASURING AT ABOUT 80 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS? IT WILL BE EVERY REACH OF THE WATERSHED WILL BE MONITORED, AND I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WILL BE MONITORING.
WELL, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD AVAIL YOU TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO A PROBLEM.
WE CAN SEE WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE AND THEN WE CAN DEDICATE RESOURCES MORE APPROPRIATELY BY FOCUSING ON WHERE THE REAL PROBLEMS ARE, AND THERE MAY BE HIDDEN PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE UNAWARE OF THAT WE CAN WE CAN ALSO PINPOINT.
SO THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS IS ONE OF THE I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT OUTCOMES OF THIS REPORT CARD IS IT FOCUSES OUR ENERGY ON ON WHAT'S REALLY MISSING IN THE IN THE WATERSHED. DAVID, I DON'T THINK THAT CAN BE OVERSTATED.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH YOU HATE TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE SO OUTDATED AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT YET AND NO FORESEEABLE FUTURE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM SEWER TO OUR SEPTIC TO SEWER, AND THE PROXIMITY OF OUR PRECIOUS VERDE RIVER IS SIGNIFICANT AND DANGEROUS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL FOR THE LIFE IN THE VERDE, AND SO I'M REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT WITH YOU, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
YEAH, ARE GOING TO SHOW UP IN CERTAIN PLACES, BUT ALSO I THINK THE CONTAMINATION OF THE SURFACE WATER IS REALLY A BIG POSSIBILITY SINCE THIS COUNTY DOES HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS. ABSOLUTELY, AND WE'LL BE I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE WANT TO MEASURE IT SO THAT IT MEETS YOU KNOW, STANDARD ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, BOTH FOR ADK AS WELL AS THE EPA.
SO THIS IS DATA THAT CAN BE USED BY THEM AS WELL.
SO LET'S JUST START WITH THE WATERSHED CONFERENCE AND REPORT CARD.
THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE.
STAKEHOLDERS, I HAVE TO SAY THERE'S BEEN VERY GOOD COLLABORATION, VERY GOOD PARTICIPATION, AND I HAVE TO SAY SOME VERY GOOD AND CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON THE KINDS OF INDICATORS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THE FOR THE WATERSHED.
SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE A IN THE FALL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT AT BASICALLY A GOLD LEVEL SPONSORSHIP FROM FROM THE COUNTY FOR THE CONFERENCE, AND THIS CONFERENCE I THINK IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY.
IT HELPS PUT THE COUNTY ON THE MAP.
IN TERMS OF HAVING A VERY SCIENTIFIC ORIENTED DISCUSSION ON THE STATE OF THE WATERSHED, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING IN SOME SIGNIFICANT SPEAKERS FOR THIS THAT WILL HELP HIGHLIGHT THE WAY FORWARD.
WE DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS, SO WE DO IT IN THE EVEN YEARS, LIKE 20, 24.
SO YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
ANYWAY I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS ASPECT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME ON THAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE MONITORING PLAN WILL DO.
BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 81 SITES.
IT WILL TAKE US A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET UP TO THE 81 SITES.
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BUT WE EXPECT TO GET INTO AN ADDITIONAL 35 LOCATIONS IN THE FISCAL YEAR, FY 25 IN ADDITION TO THE 25 OR SO THAT WE'RE MONITORING RIGHT NOW.SO WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SCALE UP THERE.
WE WILL NEED TO BUY THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THIS.
WE WILL DO A LOT OF IT WITH VOLUNTEER SUPPORT, BUT ALSO SUPPORT FROM PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO, TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE DATA COLLECTION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN, THE PH LEVEL, AIR AND WATER TEMPERATURES, CONDUCTIVITY, ETCETERA.
WHAT TYPE OF METALS? DAVID? I THINK WE HAVE A LIST OF THAT.
SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT, AND OF COURSE, THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING.
YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT SLAG PILE SITES, AND I KNOW THAT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS ALREADY ON IT IN CLARKDALE AND AND COTTONWOOD, BUT THE WATER PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT SOILS, ONE THING TO MEASURE, AND THEN WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK CLOSELY AT THE WATER.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP IF WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TO THE EXTENT THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS ABLE TO DO THAT THE, THE BROADEST NET CAST, IF YOU WILL, ON METALS.
I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE'LL REPORT THIS TO BOTH ADQ AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND THEN OVER TIME, WE MAY DETERMINE THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL SAMPLING OR MANAGEMENT ACTION REQUIRED BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT.
I'M ACTUALLY VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT THIS IS BEING DONE.
WE NEED ABOUT $125,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
SO LARGELY FOR EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT AS WELL AS THE TESTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE, AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME SUPPORT IN THAT REGARD, IN THIS CASE, ABOUT $10,000 FOR SUPPORTING THIS OBJECTIVE.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR OVERALL REQUEST AND I THINK THAT'S IT.
DON'T WANT TO BADGER YOU ANYMORE.
SO WE'LL CALL IT CALL IT QUITS.
I'LL TAKE A QUICK LOOK, BECAUSE I THINK I CAN FIND THE METALS LIST HERE VERY QUICKLY.
YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE WORK YOU DO DOWN IN THE VERDE VALLEY IS IS CRUCIAL.
THAT RIVER IS A GEM, AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF THAT RIVER.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT'S GIVING A REPORT CARD ON THE HEALTH OF OUR VERDE RIVER, AND THAT'S JUST FUNDAMENTAL, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WISH FRANKLY, WE HAD MORE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT SHOULD BE BELLYING UP IF YOU WOULD, BECAUSE IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER IS, AND PARTICULARLY AS WE GROW, AND I KNOW WITH THE THOUGH SOME WOULD DISPUTE IT, I CAN THINK OF SOME LEADERSHIP IN COTTONWOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT WE'RE AT THE SAME WATER LEVEL, AND IN FACT, WE MAY EVEN HAVE MORE IN OUR AQUIFERS, BUT WE KNOW BY SCIENCE THAT WE'RE SINCE 1990 41% IN THE LOWER VERDE FROM 1990 DOWN. SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DROP THAT, THAT WE REALLY CAN EXPECT THE QUALITY TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MITIGATE IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD REPORT CARD.
THE METALS I SEE HERE ARE CADMIUM, ZINC, COPPER WATER HARDNESS.
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I'M NOT EVEN FAMILIAR WITH THIS TERM, BUT KEGEL NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS.THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF MINING.
YEAH, AND WHAT'S YOUR TOTAL REQUEST? 20,000 FOR THE COUNTY'S 10,000 FOR THIS PLUS FOR FOR THE WATER MONITORING 5000 EACH FOR THE REPORT CARD AND THE CONFERENCE AND AND THEN I THINK $3,000 FOR THE VERY FRONT.
I THINK I SAID THAT WRONG. IT'S 3000 FOR THE VERY FRONT AND A TOTAL OF 27,000 FOR THE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN, 5000 FOR THE WATERSHED AND 5000 FOR THE REPORT CARD.
SO 400 FOR ITEMS, THREE OF WHICH ARE DIRECTLY FOR OUR USE.
ONE IS FOR REGION WIDE, BASICALLY.
OKAY. DID WE HAVE A FORMAL REQUEST FROM THESE FOLKS? WE DID. IT'S IN YOUR BOOK UNDER THE CONTRIBUTION SECTION.
OKAY. WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THE GENERAL SERVICES CONTRACT THING RIGHT HERE.
WHICH ONE IS THIS? THIS IS FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER.
YES. OKAY. BECAUSE DOWN HERE WE HAVE IT AS VERDE FRONT ON THE SCHEDULE.
WELL, THAT'S SORT OF THE FIDUCIARY IF YOU WILL, FOR THE VERDE FRAUD.
SO IT'S NOT ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC THAT'S BEING USED HERE.
UNDERSTOOD. MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WOULD ADD ONE MORE COMMENT IF I MAY.
AND THAT IS OF AND THEY'RE ALL, OF COURSE, IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS BUT RANCHING AND WATER WHAT WHAT BEATS THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT A COUNTY COUNTYWIDE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING AN 862 MILLION INDUSTRY TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
THE LAST DATA I GOT FOR RANCHING TO THE STATE AND THEN UNTOLD DOLLARS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT ONLY THROUGH THAT LENS WITH THE ENSURING THAT OUR VERDE RIVER IS ALIVE AND HEALTHY.
YEAH. WITH THAT, I WOULD SUPPORT THE WHOLE $20,000.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IT HAPPENED WORK DONE LAST YEAR.
SO I GIVE FULL CREDIT TO MY PREDECESSORS FOR THIS, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE HAVE ONE LAST PRESENTATION THIS MORNING AND THIS IS A NEW REQUEST, AS YOU WILL SEE THIS YEAR FROM THE GREATER CHINO VALLEY COLLABORATIVE, AND I BELIEVE OUR FRIEND JOHN IS GOING TO COVER THIS ONE AS WELL.
I DO APPRECIATE JOHN BEING HERE TOO, TO COVER IT SO I DON'T HAVE TO.
YEAH. CARRIE EBERLE FROM SOUTHWEST DECISION RESOURCES WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO SHE WAS GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MORNING, BUT CHAIRMAN BROWN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M JOHN CALVERT, I'M THE DISTRICT RANGER ACTING FOR THE CHINO VALLEY AND BRADSHAW RANGER DISTRICT.
SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THE FOREST SERVICE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH DEVELOPED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHINO VALLEY AREA AND CHINO VALLEY ON THE FOREST.
SO WE CONTRACTED WITH SOUTHWEST DECISION RESOURCES TO BRING TOGETHER THIS COLLABORATIVE TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES, DEVELOP ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY OF CHINO, AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE'VE WE'VE DEVELOPED QUITE A LIST OF, OF MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY HAS BEEN A BIG PART.
SUPERVISOR BROWN IS TENDS FOR THE COUNTY.
WE'VE GOT ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF CENTRAL ARIZONA.
YAVAPAI TRAILS ASSOCIATION, TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS, TO NAME A FEW OF THE MEMBERS ON THAT, DID I SAY.
I MISSED ONE. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.
SORRY, I'M NOT WELL PREPARED FOR THIS.
SO I GUESS I WAS ASKED TO SHARE SOME OF THE DELIVERABLES.
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JUST HAVING THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, WHEN THAT IDEA STARTED COMING TOGETHER AND AND GETTING THE MOMENTUM AND WATCHING THAT HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS WAS WAS VERY INTERESTING.I MEAN, IT HAPPENED PRETTY FAST, REALLY.
WITH TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND JUST THE MOMENTUM WE HAD THERE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GETTING READY, IN FACT, THURSDAY THE FOREST SERVICE IS GOING TO PRESENT EAST CHINO RECREATION MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THAT PART OF THE FOREST.
TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT BY ONE OF THE COMMITTEES ON WHAT RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES THE COMMUNITY WANT TO SEE OUT THERE.
SO THEY'VE DEVELOPED A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION MAP, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE DOTS AND WHAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS RECREATION TRAILS ACCESS POINTS TO THE RIVER TALK OF A OF TRAILS COMING FROM DEL RIO STATE PARK ALL THE WAY TO PERKINSVILLE IN THE VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY PLANNING STAGES.
SO PART OF THAT IS WHAT WILL BE BEING DELIVERED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO ABOUT MOTORIZED VEHICLES THERE'S ALREADY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
SO. THE FOREST IS CLASSIFIED THAT PART OF THE DISTRICT AS AS.
MORE AVAILABLE AND BETTER CLEARLY DEFINED AND MARKED IS PART OF THAT ATTEMPT.
SO HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE ACCESS POINTS THAT THE LOCAL PEOPLE KNOW THAT ARE THERE, PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THOSE VISITORS OUT OF TOWN.
OHVS BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT? YES. YES.
RIGHT AS YOU ENTER THE FOREST OFF OF THE PERKINSVILLE ROAD.
LET ME ADDRESS THE OHV ISSUE BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES.
THIS IS NOT TO EXTEND, YOU KNOW, NEW TRAILS AND OR PATHS FOR ATVS TO TAKE WITHIN THIS, RIGHT? WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE AVAILABILITY OF CAMPING LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE ADJACENT TO ROADS THAT ARE CURRENTLY USED AND OR MAINTAINED BY THE FOREST SERVICE OR OURSELVES.
SO THIS WOULD BASICALLY BE A WAY TO GET TO PLACES, BUT NOT OUT IN THE RANGELANDS, WHICH I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, AND FOREST IS AS WELL, AND CHINO VALLEY DOES NOT WANT THEY WANT TO WORK AS A PARTNER.
SO WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, RIGHT? AND THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
SO WE HAVE A VERY BIG MEETING TOMORROW AND.
THIS IS REALLY MUSHROOMED INTO A GREAT COLLABORATIVE.
SO I WOULD URGE THAT WE WOULD ALL CONSIDER CONTINUING OUR PARTICIPATION, AND I HAVE MADE SOME.
SO. WE'RE GOING TO ALSO PROBABLY BRING IN NEW PARTNERS.
THAT MAY BE A DOT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
SO. RIGHT, AND SO THE FOREST SERVICE CONTRACT EXPIRED LAST YEAR.
SO THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST.
DECISION RESOURCES WAS AWARDED THAT CONTRACT PENDING PARTNER FUNDING AND PARTICIPATION.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CONTRACT SITS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE MORE OF A FACILITATOR THAN ANYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? RIGHT, AND THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB FOR US AND TAKE THAT WORKLOAD OFF OF US TO DO THAT.
VERY KEY, AND YES, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT WHAT CHAIRMAN BROWN SAID, WE'RE NOT CREATING NEW TRAILS.
WE'RE WE'RE HELPING DEFINE THE EXISTING TRAILS FOR ACCESS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR FOR APPROPRIATE RECREATION IN THAT AREA, AND SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW BIG AN AREA THIS ACTUALLY COVERS.
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THAT'S ABOUT 50 MILES.THAT'S A LONG WAYS, AND THEN COMES DOWN.
FROM THE VERDE RIVER, BASICALLY SOUTH.
WELL, SO FROM FROM THE KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST AS YOU GO NORTH ON 89 HILL CANYON.
WHEN YOU CROSS THAT BIG BRIDGE SOUTH TO.
SO THIS INITIAL THE BRIEFING TOMORROW AFTERNOON IS FOR THE EAST CHINO REC MANAGEMENT PLAN PROPOSAL.
SO THAT'LL TAKE THE WHOLE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DISTRICT.
SO BLACK MESA, WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF 89 AND ALL THE WAY OVER, WHICH INCLUDES THAT UPPER VERDE RIVER, WHICH HAS BEEN WE ANALYZED FOR WILD AND SCENIC SUITABILITY.
SO IT MEETS THE WILD AND SCENIC SUITABILITY, AND NOW LEGISLATION OR, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROMOTING TO GET IT PASSED IN, IN THE CONGRESS AS A WILD AND SCENIC STRETCH OF RIVER.
THEY HOPE THEY MAY GET SOMETHING A BILL IN THIS FALL.
SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY PURSUING THAT AS IN FOREST SERVICE'S ROLE.
WE JUST DO THE ANALYSIS, BUT THERE'S SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THAT, BUT AS WE PARTNER WITH STATE PARKS, WHO IS GOING TO PROBABLY BE THE LEAD IN REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, WE VERY MUCH HAVE TO HAVE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO YOUR AND JOHN'S COMMENTS TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE'VE GOT THAT DOCUMENTATION AND THE DRAFT MASTER PLAN THAT KIND OF LAYS OUT USES OF THAT LAND.
SO IF ANYONE NEEDS COPIES OF THAT, REMIND ME THAT THE ISSUE AROUND CAMPING CAME UP.
I MEAN, THAT'S CLEARLY LAID OUT WHERE THAT WOULD OCCUR ON THE PARCEL AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN BROWN AND MEMBERS.
YEAH. SO A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS HERE, CHAIRMAN.
WELL, LET'S DO A LITTLE STRAW POLL KIND OF WALKING DOWN THIS.
IS THAT OKAY WITH MARTY? IT'S ALWAYS OKAY WITH MARTIN.
CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS.
AS LONG AS STRAW POLL, I'M NOT SURE.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT A VOTING SESSION, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION, SO I THINK THERE.
HAS TO BE SOME FORM OF CONSENSUS EXPRESSED IN ORDER FOR EFFECTIVE DIRECTION TO BE PROVIDED TO STAFF.
AGREE. YEAH. ABOUT WHERE WHERE THE BOARD'S AT.
IF WE TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME AND START, LET'S START WITH WILDFIRE ACADEMY.
I ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR THAT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD CONTINUE THE ADDITIONAL 19,000.
AS I RECALL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A ONE TIME THING.
NOW FOR THE LARGER AMOUNT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE PERSON THAT PRESENTED WAS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTSIDE PARTICIPATION FROM OTHER STATES, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS DOES THIS MONEY GO TO SUPPORT THEM, OR DO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MONEY THAT COMING INTO THIS?
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AND AND THIS MONEY IS PRIMARILY JUST FOR BASICALLY ARIZONA OR YAVAPAI ATTENDEES, ACTUALLY, THE WAY IT WAS SET UP WAS INITIALLY AND MOVING FORWARD, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING CHANGED IS THAT THIS MONEY IS TO GO TO THOSE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN TUITION SO THEY CAN ATTEND, AND IT GOES MOSTLY TO VOLUNTEER FIREMEN.SO, AND THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET CREDENTIALED BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BASIC FIREFIGHTER.
IS THAT DOCUMENTED? WELL, THAT'S WHY I JUST GLANCING AT THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT LIBBY BROUGHT IN THIS MORNING.
THE CLOSEST I FOUND AGAIN, JUST GLANCING 71% OF STUDENTS WERE FROM ARIZONA.
THAT'S AS CLOSE AS I SEE HERE.
EXCUSE ME. I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE GIFT CLAUSE THIS ORGANIZATION, LIKE EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVES A CONTRIBUTION, IS REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD AND THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT I'VE DRAFTED AND WE UTILIZE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION, COMMITS THEM TO USE WHATEVER FUNDS ARE CONTRIBUTED BY YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR RESIDENTS, PRINCIPALLY OF THE COUNTY, BUT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
SO THOSE FUNDS ARE UTILIZED BY ATTENDEES FROM THE STATE.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE ADDITIONAL MONIES THEN WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THAT AS WELL.
YEAH. IT WOULD STILL BE EARMARKED.
JUST. WELL, I GUESS MY ONE QUESTION IS, DID THEY EXPAND ALL THE 38,000 LAST YEAR? CAUSE I KNOW WE CHECKED SOME TIME BACK, I THINK A MONTH OR TWO AGO, AND THERE WAS STILL ABOUT $4,000 THAT HADN'T BEEN ALLOCATED.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD UP A RESERVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO GO OR WANT TO GO TO THIS KIND OF TRAINING SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER FIRE PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO THEY WHEN THEY SPOKE, THEY DID SAY THEY WERE ONLY REQUESTING THE 19,000.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION, CHAIRMAN.
I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDED FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE RECOMMENDED IS 10,000, BUT WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TOWARD THE 20,000.
SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT AND OUR BUDGET AND OUR MONEY LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE DID THE 19,000 FOR THEM, THE FIRE THE WILD FIRE ACADEMY, AND THEN DID THE 20,000, WE WOULD STILL BE WITHIN OUR BUDGETARY LINES IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I DID PLAN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE REQUEST.
AGAIN REFERRING BACK TO THE GIFT CLAUSE.
OKAY. IS THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WILDFIRE ACADEMY? WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY.
NO, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDICT, AND THAT'S.
THEN WE'RE DONE WITH WILDFIRE ACADEMY.
EVERYBODY'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHERE WE'RE AT, CORRECT? SO IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE 19,000 SINGULAR.
I WOULD AGREE. THAT'S MY ASSESSMENT.
OKAY. CHINO WINS NATIONAL RESOURCES.
THEIR CENSUS CUT DOWN ON ALL MY PHONE CALLS AND MEETINGS.
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE FOREST SERVICE WOULD LOVE THAT IDEA OR NOT, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST EXTRAORDINARY, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO PUT THE KIBOSH BASICALLY ON A COLLABORATIVE.
TO CREATE. THAT'S EXACTLY, AND I HAVE THE SCARS JUST IN MY TENURE TO PROVE THAT.
RIGHT. SO YEAH, I CONCUR ON THAT.
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BE AT NACO REPLICATING IT, ETC., IN MY OPINION.THANK YOU. IT MOVES ON TOWARDS BE AN EXAMPLE AND YAVAPAI COUNTY LEADS.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
YES, WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS AND MOVE FORWARD.
MARY. YOU COULD HAVE A SCAR, TOO.
I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY REMAIN AT 22,000.
I THINK THEY'RE A VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE, AND I THINK THIS IS A NO BRAINER IN MY MIND, AND MUCH LIKE THE FRIENDS, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ACTING AS A FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR OTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVES.
SO I THINK WE MUST AS A COUNTY AND THIS THIS ORGANIZATION IS NOT JUST ONE SOLID ORGANIZATION.
IT HAS FINGERS GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT INFLUENCES AND SUPPORTS.
THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I ACTUALLY MADE THAT NOTE TO MYSELF WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS ONGOING FUNDING FOR SOME, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK FOR SOME IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT'S ONGOING.
IT'S A CORE SERVICE, OTHERS IT IS SEED MONEY.
THINKING BACK TO THIS CONTRIBUTION, THIS REALLY HELPS THAT SEED MONEY CONCEPT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
LIKE LIKE SHE SAID, FIND THOSE GOOD IDEAS, GET THEM UP ON THEIR FEET AND GET THEM SELF-SUSTAINING.
SO AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE FOR ALL OF THEM.
SO I'M STILL COMFORTABLE WITH SEED, BUT IN SOME CASES THAT'S AN ONGOING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, MUCH LIKE COMMUNITY ACCOUNTS, SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO SPROUT. YES.
JIM, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO? I'M GOOD WITH IT. OKAY, I AM TOO.
GREATER CHINO VALLEY COLLABORATIVE.
OKAY. THAT ONE'S JUST MONEY WELL SPENT.
I THINK JUST WE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED.
DO WE KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE MULTI YEAR? PROBABLY FOR A WHILE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, MARTY, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT ONE, OR IS IT ALL IN THE WAY THAT WE SCOPE THAT? POTENTIAL CONTRACT.
OKAY, I THOUGHT I WAS READING SOME BODY LANGUAGE.
WHEN WE'RE I'M GOING TO ASSUME THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS THE REQUEST FROM LAST YEAR, CORRECT? I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES IN IT.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS A NEW ONE. ONE YEAR.
THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE. YEAH.
DID FULFILL THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDED TO BE IN THERE.
I WOULD AND I DON'T MEAN TO DODGE YOUR QUESTION.
THE REALITY IS THEY HAVE TO SATISFY THE GIFT CLAUSE.
IF YOU WOULD SAVE THAT COMMENT UNTIL AFTER WE DISCUSS FRIENDS OF THE VERDE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I STILL APPRECIATE YOU.
WE ALL DO. SO YES, YOU KEEP US ON A STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
THAT'S A GOOD THING. THANK YOU.
AS YOU SAW, WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A 5% INCREASE IN THAT CONTRIBUTION THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GROWING THE RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN NOT BE A MEANINGFUL PARTNER WITH THEM.
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YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING UP ON THE 22ND OF THIS MONTH.THE ENTIRE SOUNDS LIKE STAFF OF THE AG DEPARTMENT, AND SO I THINK IT'S.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE I THINK THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
AGREED, AND WE'RE JUST DOING LITTLE BITES, REMEMBER? YEAH. JUST LITTLE BITES. YES.
STEP UP AND HELP WHENEVER THEY NEED TO BE.
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE LARGER COUNTY.
THERE WAS A MENTION OF THAT OFF.
NO. WELL, SHE SAID THAT, SO I'M JUST REPEATING WHAT I HEARD.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IS THEY HAD PARTED WAYS IN SOME DEGREE BECAUSE THEY YOU OF A USED TO BE THE SUPPORT AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, AND ALSO WHAT? BUT THE FAIR DOES NOT ACTUALLY CATER TO THE FFA ONLY, BUT TO EVERYBODY THAT'S PRIVATE RANCHES, THOSE IN FFA AS WELL AS THOSE IN.
FOR EACH. YEAH, BUT DID THE VERDE.
THE VERDE VALLEY FAIR ABSOLUTELY HAS A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U OF A AND IS LOOKING TO GROW THAT AND EVEN HAVE A POTENTIAL PRESENCE WITH THE AG EXTENSION IN SOME CAPACITY.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, AND THEY ARE EAGER AND HAVE A VERY SOLID RELATIONSHIP.
SO MAYBE THAT'LL HELP A LITTLE BIT COMPENSATE FOR THAT.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A VERY BIG YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIT OF CULTURE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS STARTING TO BE AN ECONOMIC FORCE WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND THEY ARE RIGHT THERE AT THE GROUND LEVEL, LITERALLY.
THANK YOU. HARRY. ANYTHING? NO. I'M GOOD.
USGS DIDN'T SHOW AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY RESULTS FROM THE LAST YEARS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING COME FROM.
THERE'S NOTHING TO EVEN ACT ON.
I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TO MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT THAT DOES THE MONITORING OF FLOWS ON THE I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY PRIMARILY. SO MAYBE.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE GETTING.
THEY DON'T NEED IT OR SOMETHING.
SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MOVE ON AGAIN.
STAFF MADE MORE THAN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CONTACT.
THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER.
NOW THEIR THEIR REQUEST IS $20,000, AS I RECALL.
CORRECT, AND IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF INCREASE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, BUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, HOWEVER, THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PRODUCE IN THE FUTURE HERE IS CONSIDERABLE, AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT INFORMATION, I THINK, IS VERY NEEDED AND VERY VIABLE TO US AS A COUNTY.
IT SCARES ME TO THINK WE HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY DOING IT.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT IN A SMALL WAY.
NOW THIS IS IN A MUCH LARGER SCOPE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PERMISSIBLE.
SO OUR COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO GUIDE US, BUT I, I WOULD SEE IF IT'S PERMISSIBLE SHIFTING SOME MONEY WHERE PERHAPS AN APPLICANT DIDN'T COME FORWARD OR THERE'S NOT THE SAME NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER ADEQUATELY TO GET US THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR WATER.
NOW HERE HE COMES, THE GRIM REAPER.
I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE HE GETS ON THERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I THOUGHT I HEARD THEM SAY THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH ADEQ.
YES. IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
THEY ARE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US AS A BOARD, IT'S VERIFIABLE DATA, AND THEY'RE ALSO EPA, AND WE'VE GOT STUFF COMING OUR WAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
YEAH. DO WE HAVE TO GO TO MARTY? I DON'T SEE MARTY.
I CAN SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I WENT TO THE CONFERENCE LAST YEAR, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WORTHWHILE.
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WE BROUGHT IN A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COVERED A LOT OF ISSUES, MADE THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WATER, AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE REPORT CARD.YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE IN SCHOOL, YOU YOU DIDN'T GET ONE REPORT CARD FOR THE YEAR.
YOU GOT IT EVERY QUARTER, AS I RECALL, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY ELSE IS REALLY TACKLING THAT.
SO I THINK THEIR EFFORTS TO TRY AND DO THIS IS IMPORTANT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE DO FIND OUT IN THE FUTURE WHERE WATER QUALITY ISSUES ARE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS DATA SO THAT YOU CAN START LOOKING AT THE FUNDING OR THE GRANTS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO, OR GO INTO CERTAIN AGENCIES SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THIS DATA AND START COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS TO TRY AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE? I MEAN, IT WAS THAT CONFERENCE ROOM WAS FULL.
YEAH. THE PHOTO THEY SHOWED LOOKED LIKE, OH, PACKED HOUSE, AND SO PEOPLE DO CARE AND THEY DO COME, AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD RETURN ON ON INVESTMENT TO EDUCATE AS WELL, AND IF IT COVERS THE THREE TOPICS MONITORING THE REPORT CARD, ALSO THE CONFERENCE SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
YES, AND THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THE MONITORING.
IT'S LIKE A COURTROOM WE'RE HAVING.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS SOMETHING TO SAY? CHAIRMAN? THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME.
HE DID. I JUST JUST ONE THOUGHT OR RECOMMENDATION.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS WORTHWHILE WORK.
A COUPLE OF THE REQUESTS, THEY PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN.
DON'T APPEAR TO BE CRITERIA IN GENERAL.
ALTHOUGH A CONFERENCE MAY BE VERY WORTHWHILE, PROVIDING A SPONSORSHIP MAY NOT QUALIFY.
GIFT CLAUSE CRITERIA AND SIMPLY MAKING A $3,000 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION DOES NOT SATISFY.
GIFT CLAUSE CRITERIA, SO THAT WOULD LEAVE A CONTRIBUTION OF $12,000, WHICH IS THREE TIMES WHAT THIS BOARD PROVIDED TO THEM LAST YEAR AND 2000.
IN EXCESS OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEING MADE BY THE COUNTY MANAGER.
YEAH. WHAT ABOUT TAKING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS 83? MEASURING DEVICES, WHAT I THINK WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA.
BASICALLY, IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THEM THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE US THIS INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GARNER OFF OF THIS MONITORING, AND THEREFORE WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AT THAT CERTAIN LEVEL.
SO. WHAT CAN WE DO THAT AT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? NO 20,000. THERE'S GOING TO BE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT THAT SAYS THEY MUST.
SO. SO IF I MAY, IN FAIRNESS, WHEN I SAW THE SPONSORSHIP PIECE, THAT GAVE ME PAUSE, BUT I ASSUME THAT WE COULD STRUCTURE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF THE BOARD DESIRES TO CONTRIBUTE 20, WE KNOW ALL OF THESE REQUESTS HAVE TO BE REWORKED, IF YOU WILL, INTO A VIABLE CONTRACT.
SO WE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH DAVE AND AND RESTRUCTURE THAT.
SO IT CLEARLY MET THE INTENT OF THE OF THE GIFT CLAUSE THEN AS A BYPRODUCT OF THAT CONTRIBUTION, IF THAT JUST SO HAPPENED TO GENERATE WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A SPONSORSHIP LEVEL, THAT WOULD BE IRRESPECTIVE OF MEETING THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION.
FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU, AND THEN.
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I, I'M SENSING THAT THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH 20 AND LIKE, AS MARTY HAS INSTRUCTED, LIKE ALL OF THESE, THESE ARE TENTATIVE, PENDING THE ABILITY TO FORM THAT INTO A VIABLE AND LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE CONTRACT.IT'S KIND OF WHAT I DO, MARTY.
IS THERE MORE NEEDED? AND IS THERE FOR THIS REPORT CARD MOVING THE NUMBERS AROUND? I'M NOT I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL, RATHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF. THEY ONLY CAN ASK SO MUCH, AND SO I WOULD ASK OUR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO, BUT I WOULD REMIND US ALL THAT THERE ARE THIS REQUEST IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
WE'RE ASKING TO GO TO 20 HERE, AND I HEAR THAT, AND THAT'S FOR HOW LONG? HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY BEEN ASKING FOR LIKE 2400.
AND WHAT IS THE DATA RETURN ON THAT AND WHAT WILL IT BE NOW? I DON'T KNOW, AND I THINK THE MONITORING, WHAT PUSHES IT OVER TO THE LEVEL WITH FINDING OUT WHAT'S IN THE WATER, WATER LEVELS, 81 LOCATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR US.
AFTER WE SEE THE PERFORMANCE BEHIND THIS DONATION, THEN WE MIGHT CHANGE OR MAKE A DIFFERENT.
DECISION ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
THAT'S TRUE. OKAY, LET ME JUST SAY THAT I THINK THE CONFERENCE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE FROM THE PUBLIC, AND IT WAS INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
I DON'T QUESTION THE VALUE OF IT AT ALL, I REALLY DON'T.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY WORTHWHILE. SPONSORSHIP IS A IS A PROBLEM.
ECONOMIC. I'M GOING TO START THIS OFF AND DISCUSSION HERE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN MARY FIRST CAME TO US TEN YEARS AGO WITH THIS STARTING UP, THE IDEA WAS, IS TO HELP HER HAVE SEED MONEY MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE COULD DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, EACH YEAR THE AMOUNT HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT NOW WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
FROM WHAT WE HAD ACTUALLY STARTED AT, AND WE STARTED IT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BACK AT 5000.
20, 25, 25, AND NOW WE'VE GOT RIGHT.
SHE'S JUST A PART OF IT, AND THIS GENTLEMAN THAT CAME IN AND PRESENTED TO US SOUNDED LIKE A LOAN COMPANY, AND IF THEY'RE A LOAN COMPANY, OBVIOUSLY THEY MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF PROFIT, AND THEREFORE, WHERE IS THAT PROFIT GOING? AND SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO BE THE, QUOTE, SEED MONEY UNQUOTE, FOR A PROFIT MAKING ORGANIZATION? AND I DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S COMING BACK TO HELP THE COUNTY, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT.
YOU KNOW. CAN BE WITHIN THE GIFT ONE, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. TO THAT POINT, YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS THE ONE OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTION THAT WE QUITE FRANKLY STRUGGLED WITH LAST YEAR, AND WORKING WITH THEM TO RESHAPE SO THAT WE WERE COMFORTABLE THAT IT DID MEET THEM.
I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH DOES IT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, MARTY? WE DID, YET WE WERE ULTIMATELY ABLE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, A LEGAL AGREEMENT TO MAKE THE CONTRIBUTION LAST YEAR.
MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT IT, AND, YOU KNOW, PAINS ME TO HAVE TO SAY THAT IS AND BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR DISTRICT, IT SERVES OUR VERDE VALLEY IS THAT THEY REALLY DO SOUND LIKE THEY ARE A AN ONGOING BUSINESS NOW.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS OF IT.
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NOT OUR ROLE AND THAT, THAT THEY CAN DO THE FUNDRAISING PARTICULARLY WITH BANKS AND OTHER BUSINESSES WHO SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UNDERGIRDING THE EFFORT TO GET SMALL ENTERPRISES FINANCING.IT'S REAL ROBUST OVER HERE WITH PRESCOTT VALLEY AND PRESCOTT.
THEY HAVE A MACHINE OVER HERE THAT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB, AND THE VERDE VALLEY IS JUST A MUCH SMALLER REGION THAT IF WE HAVE AND I THINK IT'S A SMALL PORTION FOR THE COUNTY TO GIVE $25,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, AND.
YEAH, YEAH. AGAIN, I'M NOT I'M CONFLICTED ON IT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT REAL CLEAR ON THEIR DELIVERABLES AND HOW WE MEASURE THAT.
I'VE LOOKED AT IT, BUT I'M YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT HOW MANY BUSINESSES.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RECORD OF THAT, AND HOW SUSTAINABLE WERE THEY? YOU KNOW, ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS IN MY WHEELHOUSE.
WELL, AGAIN, I THINK HE WAS MAKING THE INDICATION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START LOOKING AT SPONSORSHIPS BY GOING TO BANKS POSSIBLY CAR DEALERSHIPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE LOAN PROGRAM.
THEY'RE PLOWING ALL THEIR INTEREST BACK INTO FUTURE LOANS.
SO I AGREE, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A THRIVING, ONGOING EFFORT, AND I THINK OUR SEED MONEY WAS TO HELP THAT GET THAT STARTED, BUT I THINK HE NEEDS TO PURSUE, AND HE SAID HE WOULD PURSUE SPONSORSHIPS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE OUGHT TO LET THAT PERCOLATE FOR A WHILE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY FUTURE NEEDS, AND MAYBE THERE'S A BRIDGE, MAYBE THERE'S IT'S NOT A ON OFF KIND OF THING HERE.
MAYBE THERE'S A BRIDGE TO SUPPORT HERE WITH THEIR THEIR RAMP AND LAUNCH.
THE VERDE VALLEY, THAT'S TOO IMPORTANT, BUT YOU'RE TALKING 25% OF THEIR.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE REPORTED EARLIER, AND HE DID MENTION THAT HE IS A NEW DIRECTOR AND HE'S LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL RIGHT WAYS TO FUND THE RIO.
SO I THINK CUTTING THAT MONEY OFF NOW BEFORE HE GETS THAT SUPPORT.
RIGHT, AND MAYBE WE LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR AND.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR COMPROMISE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING.
IS THIS AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR? WELL, THEY'RE REQUESTING AN INCREASE, BUT WE'RE FLATTING A 25,000.
YEAH, THEY'RE ASKING 30 BUT WE'RE GIVING THEM 25.
YEAH. WE COULD GIVE THEM A REDUCED AMOUNT FROM THE REQUEST.
SO THAT'S STILL OPEN, AND THAT'S I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING.
DO WE THINK THERE COULD BE MAYBE A REDUCED REQUEST OR LEAVE IT AT THE.
WELL THE REQUEST FOR 30, AND I SAY WE GIVE 25.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, AND WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE CONSENSUS.
YEAH. YEAH, BUT TO THAT POINT I APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE CAN YEAH, TRANSMIT THAT MESSAGE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO WELL.
WE WANT BUSINESSES TO DO WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE VERY VALLEY.
YEAH. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REAL CLEAR AND, AND FAIR, MAURY, THAT WE ABSOLUTELY LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING IT THIS YEAR, BUT MOVING ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE CHANGING.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF UNINCORPORATED AREAS, WHICH IS OUR GOVERNANCE THAT WE HAVE TO START REALLY LOOKING AT, AND WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THAT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION AND MANY OTHER THINGS LIKE SHELTERS AND CAMP VERDE.
YARNELL REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER, AND I'LL JUST SAY I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM.
I THINK THEY DO GREAT WORK AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE GOT IT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT MODEL GO COUNTY WIDE.
I THINK THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A DUAL THERE.
YEAH, YEAH, HE COULD DO THAT IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
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WELL, I GUESS MY CONCERN HERE IS I GUESS THEY WERE GETTING 170,000 IN THE PAST FROM THE LEGISLATURE OR THE GOVERNOR.MISS DARBY INDICATED THAT SHE FELT THAT FUNDING WAS GOING TO GO AWAY THIS YEAR AND THAT THE MONEY THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY GET IN AUGUST TO PROMOTE THE FAIR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THE FAIR IS A VERY IMPORTANT ACTIVITY FOR THE COUNTY AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT LOSS OF MONEY FROM THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO ACTUALLY OCCUR.
SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DRILL DOWN EITHER WITH OUR LEGISLATORS OR SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT IF THAT MONEY'S GOING TO GO AWAY.
IF IT IS, THEN I THINK THAT LEADS US TO MAYBE START LOOKING AT THIS IN A MORE SERIOUS WAY.
I AGREE WITH HARRY 100% THE RIGHT NOW FOR THEM TO ASK FOR $100,000.
REALLY. QUESTIONABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE TWO SIDES.
I HAVE TO GO BACK TO HISTORY BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR BOARD THAT SAT WITH THEM AND ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD BRING THE RODEO OR NOT, THE BACK TO THE RODEO GROUNDS SO THAT IT BECAME A, QUOTE, COUNTY FAIR AGAIN, AND WE SAID WE WOULD SUPPORT THEM AT THAT TIME BEFORE THIS CONTRIBUTION SITUATION CAME UP, AND AND WE DID PROVIDE THEM WITH.
I WOULD CALL IT MORE THAN NOT CASH.
HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? CHAIRMAN? WHEN DID THAT START? 2014. OKAY.
SO ANYWAY, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY PRODUCING IN KIND IS FACILITIES WAS SUPPLYING THEM WITH FENCING THAT WAS PUT IN IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING LOT.
THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS ALL WE PROVIDED.
SO. CHAIRMAN, DO YOU REMEMBER? I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN 2019, MAYBE 2020, WHEN YOU HELPED THEM OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHEN WE STILL HAD THE PROPERTY, THE CORE BUILDING AND ALL THAT, AND YOU HELPED WITH THAT? THE WHOLE FOUR H THING.
THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT WE DID.
OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE GO AWAY, BUT IF IN FACT, SEE, THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE'VE ALWAYS RUN WITH THIS IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE'S BUDGET IS GOING TO DO.
IT MAY GIVE THEM THE SAME MONEY, LESS MONEY, MORE MONEY.
SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING AND ASKING FOR 100,000 THIS YEAR IS CERTAINLY GOT MY ATTENTION.
THAT'S A HECK OF A LOT OF MONEY.
SO. UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WELL, ESPECIALLY IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. NOW THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THE MOUNTAIN HERE, AND VERDE VALLEY FAIR IS POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A SHORTFALL AS A RESULT OF WHAT IS PREDICTED OR PROJECTED TO NOT BE FORTHCOMING FROM THE STATE OR THE GOVERNOR OR WHEREVER IT'S COMING FROM, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U OF A THERE, AND BUT THE STATE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL SUPPLY FUNDS TO THE COUNTY FAIR, BUT NOT AS MUCH OF EACH COUNTY.
HOW MUCH IS IT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THIS YEAR? YOU KNOW. WELL, YEAH, IT WAS PLANNED LAST YEAR.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING IS THE MONEY FOR THE TEMPORARY FENCING.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY WAS WHEN THAT DECISION WAS MADE, IT WAS $5,000 OR ABOUT WAS THE COST OF THAT. AT ONE POINT, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HANDLE THIS.
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ASSOCIATION EVERY YEAR, AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS IS WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAND THEM A CHECK.WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE WAS SOME CONTROL OVER WHAT WAS BEING.
SO PART OF PART OF THE ISSUE WAS THE $5,000.
OF COURSE THAT COST WENT UP YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO I THINK WE'RE NOW UP TO A ROUGHLY $8,000 IS NOW THE COST OF THAT.
THAT'S BEEN HITTING THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND NOT BEING CONSIDERED A CONTRIBUTION.
I MADE THE DECISION TO SAY, WHY ARE WE TREATING THIS ONE ORGANIZATION DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYBODY ELSE? THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
THEY ARE AN OUTSIDE ENTITY RECEIVING A COUNTY CONTRIBUTION.
MAYBE INITIALLY WE STARTED OUT THEY WOULD SUBMIT THE INVOICE, WE WOULD PAY IT DIRECTLY, BUT I THINK OVER TIME THERE MAY HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE WE REIMBURSED THEM THE FAIR DIRECTLY FOR THEIR EXPENSES FOR THE TEMPORARY FENCING.
SO IT'S HAPPENED BOTH WAYS, IT APPEARS.
THAT COULD BE, AND I THOUGHT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS NOW 14,000.
IS IT DOUBLED FOR THE FENCING? AND COME UP NOW.
MY. MY LAST FIGURE WAS ABOUT EIGHT, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO CLARIFY.
YOU MAY RECALL MISS DARBY MADE SOME COMMENT ABOUT NOT GETTING FUNDS LAST YEAR FOR THE FENCE.
I DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO GO INTO THAT.
DIDN'T EVEN ASK FOR IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NEED OUR PARTICIPATION, AND SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE SHOWING PROFIT FOR THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS.
I AGREE ON THAT ONE. WELL, THE, THE OTHER PIECE AND MAYBE SOME OF THE, THE OTHER PIECE IS THEY HAVEN'T COME TO US AND GIVEN US A PRESENTATION OR A BASICALLY ANY KIND OF A WRITE UP IN REGARDS TO HOW THEY'RE DOING, SHALL WE SAY.
SO WE DIDN'T THERE WASN'T AN OPPORTUNITY, A REQUEST FOR THEM TO COME FORWARD, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE ALSO DO THIS FOR YAVAPAI REGIONAL TRANSIT AND FOR CAT OVER IN COTTONWOOD.
FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS COMES OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.
I DON'T, AND WE I MEAN, WE COULD WE COULD FIND THAT OUT, OF COURSE, BUT NO, I DON'T SEE BEFORE WHEN WE STARTED IT WAS 50,000 CAME FROM.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND IT CAME THROUGH US FROM THE GOVERNOR TO THE COUNTY TO THE FAIR.
SO BUT TO YOUR COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT I WONDER WHY, $100,000? I SURMISE THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO STATE STATUTE, A COUNTY OF OUR SIZE IS ALLOWED TO CONTRIBUTE UP TO $100,000.
UP TO. WELL, I STAND BY MY STATEMENTS ABOUT THE VERDE VALLEY FAIR AND WHAT IT DOES FOR.
PART OF THE COUNTY, AND IF EVERY YEAR WE'RE PAYING, THE FENCING MAY BE CONTINUED.
I THINK WE COULD DO SOME HOMEWORK ON THIS ONE AND COME BACK.
I GUESS. REALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BRANDON SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.
BE WISE NOT TO HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO SAY.
I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO SAY THE CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE.
YES. WE WERE ORIGINALLY PAYING 5000.
WE WERE PAYING THE INVOICE DIRECTLY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A BOARD MEETING.
IT MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN A BUDGET PRESENTATION 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO.
AND YOU MADE THE STATEMENT I ACTUALLY HAD TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE AUDIO BECAUSE OF THIS CONVERSATION, AND YOU WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT YOU WANTED THEM TO COME BACK EVERY YEAR AND ASK FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT'S CREATED SOME OF THE MUDDINESS HERE AND WHY THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T GET PAID LAST YEAR, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO PAY THE INVOICE AND REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE INVOICE THEY HAD SUBMITTED FINANCE WOULDN'T LET ME DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE VERY SPECIFIC NATURE OF HOW THE APPROVAL WAS CRAFTED AND STATED BY YOU DURING THAT MEETING, AND SO I HAD REACHED OUT TO ROSIE AND SIMPLY SAID, HEY, I'M TRYING TO PAY THESE INVOICES, BUT I NEED YOU TO ASK THE BOARD.
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THE BOARD TOLD YOU YOU NEED TO COME.SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT ONE DIDN'T GET PAID.
THEY WERE ALSO SUPPOSED TO BY THE BY OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR, SUPPLY US WITH THE INFORMATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FAIR, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS.
WELL, I THINK IF WE GIVE ANY KIND OF FUTURE CONTRIBUTION TO THEM WHATEVER THAT IS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME BACK AND GIVE US A RUNDOWN ON EXACTLY HOW HOW THE FAIR WORKED OUT AS FAR AS PROFIT AND LOSS.
I AGREE, AND AGAIN, THAT WAS MY INTENT TO MOVE THEM TO THE CONTRIBUTION FORMAT.
SO WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY CLEARLY.
DO YOU WANT US TO SET ASIDE $100,000 OR SOME AMOUNT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A CLEAR AND CONVINCING ARGUMENT FOR FUNDING THAT MEETS ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER LATER? I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES.
YEAH, AND AGAIN ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SET IT ASIDE.
SO THERE'S THAT DESIGNATED FUNDS IF, IF IN FACT YOU WANT TO MAKE A DECISION DIFFERENTLY, BUT DO WE WANT TO SET IT AT $100,000 AGAIN, THAT'S I WOULD PREFER THAT WE SET IT AT SOMETHING MORE LIKE.
25. THAT WAY WE CAN SEE IF WE'VE BEEN DOING FENCE ALL ALONG AND NOTHING MORE, AND THEN IF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, CHANGES THEIR ATTITUDE AND DOESN'T DO IT, WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY CAN BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A STATUTE THAT COVERS IT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS ONLY ONE YAVAPAI COUNTY FAIR, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN SOME MANNER, SHAPE, FASHION OR FORM ADDRESS, BECAUSE THAT VERDE VALLEY FAIR IS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DRIVER, EDUCATIONAL DRIVER, COMMUNITY JUST LIKE EVENT, JUST LIKE IT IS OVER HERE.
ONLY DOESN'T HAVE THE NAME, AND PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO VISIT.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY EXCHANGE OF FUNDS OR SUPPORT WITH FUNDS, BUT THERE'S NOT.
SO THERE IS SOME COLLABORATION AND WORKING TOGETHER.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MONEY.
WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE OTHER SIDE TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK $25,000 IS A FAIR NUMBER.
UNLESS WE FIND SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE THAT'S JUST A BOWL.
WE'RE STILL NOT DOING THE FENCING.
OR ARE WE STILL DOING THAT? OR WE'RE JUST DOING THIS? JUST TRYING THAT $25,000 WOULD JUST BE A PLACEHOLDER IN THE EVENT THE FAIR ASSOCIATION CAN MEET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND COME BACK TO US WITH A COGENT AGAIN, LEGAL REQUEST FOR FUNDS, THAT WE WOULD THEN BRING IT BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING, AND WE HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM THE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? YEP. NOW WE GOT. OH.
YEAH, YEAH, I THINK I SENSED A I THINK THEY DO WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OUR COUNTY, AND I WOULD MENTION JUST CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
SHE MENTIONED DURING HER PRESENTATION ABOUT PUTTING A FACILITY IN THE VERDE VALLEY WITH THE TOWN OF CAMP VERDE, AND MAYBE US CONSIDER HELPING OUT WITH FUNDING FOR THAT, TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNTYWIDE, AND JUST LIKE SHE MENTIONED, THEY'RE DRIVING 3 TO 4 HOURS WITH THE VICTIMS TO THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
OR IF THE VICTIMS ARE COMING TO GET SERVICES, THEY GOT A THREE HOUR DRIVE BACK AND FORTH.
IF THEY'RE COMING FROM COTTONWOOD, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
IF THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF.
THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN HELP THEM WITH.
I DO THINK WE COULD FIND A WAY, AND THEN THAT AND NOT DO IT IN THIS.
WELL, MAYBE COME BACK LATER ON IF THEY NEED IT.
JUST FOR. SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS EARLIER.
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THEIR FACILITY ON THIS SIDE.IS THAT A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY? NO. SO IT'S PRIVATE.
SO THIS NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HOUSE OVER THERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REMODEL AND REDO, IS THAT GOVERNMENT OWNED PROPERTY OR IS THIS PRIVATE? I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, I WAS JUST MAKING SOME ASSUMPTION.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON HERE.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT ONE. I'M SORRY.
WELL, THIS IS THE NEW ONE ANYWAY.
WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? YAVAPAI AND BOB. OKAY.
SO THAT AREA IS A LOT OF GOVERNMENT COMPLEXES OVER THERE.
THEY WOULD NOT OWN THAT. THEN THEY LEASE THAT SPACE.
THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY HAD TO TURN UP THE HEAT IN HERE.
OKAY. WE'RE ADJOURNING, AM I CORRECT? RECESS. RECESS.
I GOTTA BE AT THE AIRPORT TO DEDICATE US.
HERE WE GO. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
[ Discussion and possible action regarding the FY2024/2025 budget.]
CHAIRMAN. WELL, WE'RE COMING TO THE HOME STRETCH, AS THEY SAY HERE WITH OUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS, THE LAST THING WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS BUDGET QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND WRAP UP.SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD DEFER TO THE BOARD AT THIS POINT WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS REGARDING THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET OR ANYTHING. YOU'VE HEARD THIS THE LAST FEW DAYS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS.
IF THERE ARE NONE, I CAN GO INTO WALKING YOU THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS.
A REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
I DON'T HAVE ANY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? I THINK WE HAD SOME RECOMMENDED ALLOCATIONS FOR ARPA FUNDING.
I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO JUST GO THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR OBERG.
SO I REFER BACK TO WHERE I STARTED MONDAY MORNING WITH THE OVERVIEW.
IT INCLUDES A MERIT POOL OF 3%.
IT ALSO INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN A CATEGORY OF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDY TO BRINGING IT TO 35%, CONSISTENT WITH OUR OTHER THREE YAVAPAI COMBINED TRUST PARTNERS.
PRICE TAG FOR THAT IS $250,000.
I THEN MOVED INTO OTHER PERSONNEL CHANGES, WHICH AS WE KNOW, WE HAD SOME STATUTORY CHANGES.
I'LL PAUSE THERE BECAUSE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, I MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR TWO SMALLER JUSTICE PRECINCTS TO ADOPT REALLY A GRADUATED SCALE FOR THEM AND AS WELL AS FOR THE LARGER PRECINCTS, A GRADUATED SCALE FOR THEM, AGAIN, WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF STATUTE, BUT ESTABLISHING THREE DIFFERENT PAY RANGES WITHIN THE STATUTORY FRAMEWORK BASED ON YOUR NUMBERS OF TERMS OF AN ELECTED OFFICE, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND ALL SUBSEQUENT.
SO YOU'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THEN TURNING TO ADDITIONAL NEW SPENDING, I.E.
OUR EXHIBIT THREE RECAP THERE, THERE WERE 167 SUBMITTED.
MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A 125 OF THE 167.
THAT BREAKS DOWN TO $2.44 MILLION IN INFLATIONARY, REALLY ALREADY COMMITTED CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENTS.
SO 2.4 FOR NEW OPERATING A 5.61 AND NEW PERSONNEL OF $1.7 MILLION.
SO THOSE ARE WHAT ARE INCLUDED IN IN THE BUDGET.
THEN OUR CONTRIBUTION PARDON AGAINST LAST YEAR.
YES. THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE NEW SPENDING PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET THEN CONTRIBUTIONS.
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WE KNOW WE JUST ADDRESSED THAT THEN SUPERVISOR OBERG, TO YOUR QUESTION REGARDING ARPA, REFER YOU BACK TO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE, AND CAN WE PULL THAT UP? HERE. THAT SLIDE.THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS TITLED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ARPA NEW PROPOSED PROJECTS IN THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE, AND AGAIN, REMINDER THAT THIS IS JUST ADDRESSING THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE, AND IT LAID OUT A PROPOSED USES OF THOSE FUNDS TOTALING $10,051,986 AND PROPOSED THE BUDGET WAS 8.251007. SO OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENCE.
YOU MAY RECALL I TALKED ABOUT WE WILL MORE THAN COVER THAT DIFFERENCE IN THE ACCRUED INTEREST.
SO I WAS COMFORTABLE PROCEEDING WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE THERE WE GO.
THANK YOU. LUCY, THERE'S THE LIST.
I WON'T READ THOSE TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. OKAY. NEXT, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS BUDGET, AS HAS BEEN PAST PRACTICE, ALSO INCLUDES $4 MILLION SET ASIDE IN CONTINGENCY FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND THEN MY FINAL NOTE HERE IS IS A CORRECTION TO SOMETHING I SAID INCORRECTLY.
I BELIEVE MAYBE ON MONDAY, WHEN WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY AGAINST OUR EXPENDITURE LIMITATION, I HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEAVE UNEXPENDED THE $11 MILLION IN LA T.C.F, AND I SAID THAT THOSE WERE SUBJECT TO THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.
THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION.
SO WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THOSE ARE THE POLICY PIECES OF THE PROPOSED AGENDA AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT OR OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT ANYTHING.
AGAIN, THAT I'M PROPOSING OR YOU HEARD DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS.
WELL, I THINK ALL THOSE ARE REQUESTS.
I THINK I COULD SUPPORT THOSE.
OKAY, AND AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED I KNOW WE'RE NOT NOT MAKING DECISIONS.
YOU'RE GIVING DIRECTION TODAY, BUT WITH SOME GENERAL AGREEMENTS AROUND THE USE OF THESE FUNDS, WE WOULD LIKE TO START IN PARTICULAR, THOSE TOP TWO QUICKLY, IN ORDER TO, TO GET THAT WORK UNDERWAY AND GET THAT REALIZED WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND STAY WITHIN OUR TIME FRAMES.
WHERE ARE WE AGAINST THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT? THE HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THIS WERE TO BE A GOAL.
WELL, THAT'S ALWAYS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES, BUT AGAIN, WE BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER PROVIDES US ADEQUATE CUSHION.
HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO GO BEYOND THE SPENDING LIMIT FROM NOW? PROJECTION. WELL, THIS BUDGET PROPOSES THAT WE WOULDN'T EXCEED THAT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION IN THE PAST, THOUGH WE HAVE EXPENDED IT.
HOW CLOSE DOES IT COME? IT'S PROBABLY WITHIN ABOUT $100,000.
THAT'S. THAT'S ALMOST TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
SO IF IF WE GO TO THE PUBLIC AND WE ASK FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE LIMITATION.
HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING? DO WE? WE HAVE TO ASK FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
AS I RECALL, YOU'RE CORRECT AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT CALCULATION YET.
COCONINO YOU KNOW, IS ALSO GOING TO THE VOTERS.
THE INCREASE THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS $7.7 MILLION.
COINCIDENTALLY, I TALKED TO ANOTHER MAN.
IS THAT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR BUDGET? I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET, BUT AS A REMINDER, YOUR FIGURE IS SET ON THE 1979 1980 BUDGET YEAR.
SO YOU'RE GOING BACK AND YOU'RE ADJUSTING THAT BASE NUMBER.
THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, $7.7 MILLION.
AT FIRST BLUSH, YOU THINK THAT'S ALL YOUR THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE THAN THE WHOLE BUDGET.
[02:35:04]
THEY DID THEIRS I DON'T KNOW 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO IT WAS $7 MILLION.SO I'M BEGINNING TO THINK IS THERE SOME MAGIC ABOUT IT'S ABOUT A $7 MILLION ADJUSTMENT.
SO BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS FOR US YET.
SPECULATING. THAT DOESN'T SEEM.
YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK IT TO 1980.
WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR WORTH IN 1980 COMPARED TO? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
HE SAID WE NEED TO ADJUST OURS BY $7 MILLION, AND HE SAID, WE'LL BE GOOD FOR AS LONG AS I'M HERE, AND MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE WITH JUST THAT AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR BASE. YEAH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ADDS ANYTHING, BUT JUST TO TRY TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE ADJUSTING THE BASE AS OF 1980.
SO IF YOU ADD 7,000,000 IN 1980, THEN EVERY YEAR THE ECONOMIC ESTIMATES COMMISSION INFORMS YOU NEXT YEAR YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT BY 5%.
SO FROM 1980, EACH YEAR YOU WOULD TAKE THAT $7 MILLION AND YOU'D ADD 5%, 5%, 5%, 5% COMPOUNDING INTEREST FOR 45 YEARS, AND THAT'S A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT THAN IT APPEARS TO BE.
OKAY, HOW DOES THIS HOW DOES THIS I GUESS, GO GET MARKETED OR HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION? YEAH, IT IS ON HIS TERM.
BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A TAX AND AND WHO HOW ARE WE GOING TO MARKET THIS AND WHAT ARE THE WORDING, AND I'M WORRIED THAT PART IS WHAT GETS ME CONCERNED.
STAFF HAVE STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF COURSE, AND CSA HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
THEY'VE PREPARED LOTS OF MATERIAL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE FAR FROM ALONE IN THIS ISSUE.
AGAIN, KNOW AT LEAST COCONINO AND MAYBE OTHERS THIS YEAR AND OTHERS HAVE IN THE RECENT PAST.
SO THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO DRAW UPON AND EXPERTISE.
SO MY PLAN WAS, AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND GET SOME DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE HEADED, WE NEED TO QUICKLY PIVOT TO THEN LAST CALCULATION, I BELIEVE THE BOARD NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION ON PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT SOMETIME, PROBABLY BY LATE MAY AT THE LATEST.
SO WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE.
YEAH. NOW WE ALL REALIZE THAT WILL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION, RIGHT? NO, NO, THIS WOULD BE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION WHICH IS REQUIRED.
OH OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU SAID MAY.
NO. TO MAKE A DECISION BY THE COST.
THE COST FOR AN ELECTION IS NOT CHEAP.
LUCY WAS TALKING ABOUT IS GONE WITH THAT ELECTION.
THE TWO POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER REAL QUICK IS THE MARLOW CREEK SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT WHICH THEY LOSE AT THE END OF JUNE.
SO I THINK THEY GOT, WHAT, 30, 35,000? TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
SO THAT'S ONE WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE ON PRETTY QUICK SO THAT THEY CAN NOT LOSE THAT MONEY.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, AND THE OTHER THING IS WHERE DO WE STAND RIGHT NOW.
PS YEAH, AND SO ARE WE GOING TO HOLD APPROXIMATELY THAT AMOUNT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PAY IT BASED ON OUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT NUMBER IS A $4.5 MILLION, AND JUST A CLARIFICATION.
I MEAN, WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE OUR MANDATORY PAYMENT, WHICH OF COURSE WE DO.
THEN THE DIRECTION FROM THIS BOARD IS I'M REALLY NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT, THAT WE JUST WAIT TILL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND MAKE SURE WE'RE IN A POSITION BASED ON EXPENDITURE LIMITATION AND OTHER BUDGETARY FACTORS TO MAKE IT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM.
IF WE GET THEM MONEY, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FOUR AND A HALF.
IF WE DON'T GET IT NOW, WE'VE GOT TO RETHINK THINGS.
I GOT A QUESTION ON THE MODAL CREEK PLAYGROUND.
WHERE IS THAT? THAT'S. I KNOW IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YEAH, THAT'S DOWN IN PEEPLES VALLEY.
TO THE WEST IS MORE TO THE CENTER.
YEAH. IS THERE ANY PEOPLE THERE? PEOPLES OF MYRTLE CREEK RUNS RUNS EAST WEST BASICALLY.
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SO. YEAH, BUT IF I'M THINKING IS THAT WE'RE THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.USED TO BE. NO, IT'S OVER WHERE THE NEW SCHOOL IS.
YEAH, YEAH. PEOPLE'S VALLEY, BUT THE BIG PROBLEM IS THEIR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED TO BE UNSAFE, AND THEY HAD TO HAVE IT DISMANTLED AND TAKEN AWAY, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET.
WE RAN INTO THAT PROBLEM IN ASHEVILLE.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT REESTABLISHED.
SO THEY'VE GOT, I THINK 35,000 FOR THAT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO AT ALL.
SO, AND THEY LOSE THAT FUNDING AT THE END OF JUNE.
SO AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WOULD ASK IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND IF SO, GIVING STAFF DIRECTION TO BEGIN PREPARING THAT AS THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO WAIT FOR A WEEK OR TWO OR.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
YOU'RE WELCOME, AND AND VERY SMOOTH.
THANK YOU, AND OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THIS TEAM HERE, BUT IN PARTICULAR MARTY, THESE TWO, CONNIE AND LUCY AND CONNIE. WELL, WE DIDN'T THINK YOU DID IT, SO.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THESE LAST THREE DAYS AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK TO SUPPORT THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTIES THAT MAKE THE WORK HAPPEN, THE COUNTIES, THE EMPLOYEES THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN EVERY DAY.
THANKS. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.