May 01, 2024 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

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IT'S 9 A.M., AND ALL ITEMS LISTED ARE POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, THE ORDER OF ITEMS MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MEETING.

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WRITTEN COMMENTS OR CURRENT AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE CLERK OF THE BOARD'S OFFICE AT CLERK OF THE CLERKOFTHEBOARD.WEB@YAVAPAIAZ.GOV 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING.

ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO TALK DURING CALL THE PUBLIC, MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A GREEN SHEET.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT INVOCATION.

MRS. MALLORY AND I'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE STAND.

GOOD MORNING LORD.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE TODAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND OUR SAFETY.

BLESS ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND BLESS OUR MILITARY LORD.

WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PEACE.

IN THE WORLD.

WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE GIFTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US, AND WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE, AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THE BEST THING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STATE, AND OUR COUNTRY.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN AND JUST A WORD.

TOMORROW IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

JUST SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY A PRAYER TOMORROW, THE NATION COULD USE YOUR GOOD WISHES.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

A QUORUM. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WORDS AND PROCLAMATIONS GOT A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY.

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WHEREAS IN 1962, JOHN F KENNEDY SIGNED THE FIRST PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH IT FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL ARIZONANS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PROSPERITY OF ARIZONA'S FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND SERVING NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES AND WHEREAS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY AND EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, ENFORCE THE LAWS OF THE LAND.

AND WHEREAS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO HONOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THE FAMILIES OF THOSE OFFICERS AND THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.

NOW, BE IT RESOLVED, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

WITNESS THEREOF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SET MY HAND AND CAUSED SEAL OF THE COUNTY TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY 2024, AND DID YOU WANT TO COME SAY, CHIEF DEPUTY? I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING.

YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS A BAD DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WE LOST A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO SERVE WARRANTS AND EVERY DAY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS OUT THERE WEARING THEIR UNIFORMS, BEING BASICALLY TARGETS FOR A LOT OF REALLY SICK PEOPLE.

THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

JEFF NEWNUM CHIEF DEPUTY, YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

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JAMIE'S GIVING ME THE SIGNAL OVER HERE KEEPING ME IN CHECK.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY.

ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES ALL OF OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE COUNTY AND THIS IS A SPECIAL MONTH COMING UP FOR US, NOT ONLY FOR THE PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL WEEK, BUT FOR THE CORRECTIONS OFFICER MEMORIAL WEEK.

THAT'S COMING NEXT WEEK AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO READ THAT PROCLAMATION AS WELL.

BUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE CORRECT.

EACH AND EVERY DAY WE LOSE OFFICERS AROUND OUR NATION.

OFFICERS THAT HAVE COME TO THIS WORK, THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THIS WORK THAT SELFLESSLY SACRIFICE THEMSELVES AND DO A JOB THAT MANY REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME COMPREHENDING.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT GOING THERE.

WE SEE THEM ON TRAFFIC STOPS.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T SEE WHAT THEY GO THROUGH IN BETWEEN THOSE CALLS, THE VIOLENT NATURE THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND TO PROTECT US AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS REALLY ENJOYED A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A COMMUNITY HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY THAT OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTS US.

WE FEEL THAT. WE FEEL THE LOVE.

WE FEEL THE CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK UP FOR US.

SO WE APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE LOST A COUPLE OF OFFICERS.

ONE WAS MURDERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SERGEANT RICK LOPEZ AND THEN LAST YEAR, WE LOST SERGEANT TOMMY TIEMAN TO HEALTH CONCERNS, WHO WAS A HUGE LOSS FOR US AND SO THIS JOB DOES TAKE ITS TOLL AND SO WE DO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT COMES FORWARD AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF HAS SHERIFFS HERE.

SO, SHERIFF RHODES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SO ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF RHODES AND THE AGENCY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY.

OUR YAVAPAI COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S REAL NICE TO SEE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

CHAIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

I'LL SECOND IT AND IF I MAY ALSO SAY IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND LEADERSHIP THAT I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO WORK WITH.

THEY ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY REPRESENTING WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTY, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PUBLIC APPRECIATES IT AND PLEASE DO KNOW FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS THIS BOARD APPRECIATES IT.

THIS IS A RECOGNITION AND A PROCLAMATION.

YOU'VE EARNED WELL IN ADVANCE.

YOU'VE PAID IT FORWARD. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

YEAH, WELL, JUST KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, BUT ALSO YOUR FAMILIES THAT ARE AT HOME AND SUPPORTING YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THEM AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.

SO GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO GET A PICTURE TAKEN OKAY.

[INAUDIBLE].

GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF MAY AS WILDFIRE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, WITHOUT READING THE PROCLAMATION, YET THAT ALMOST EVERY DAY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IS PREPARATION DAY.

SO TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

GET OUT AND CUT YOUR WEEDS.

WE'VE MADE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU TO TAKE ALL YOUR SLASH FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

LET'S GET IT CLEANED UP SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

SO IN READING THAT WILDFIRE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS MONTH, WHEREAS MUCH OF YAVAPAI COUNTY IS COMPOSED OF WOODLANDS AND GRASSLANDS THAT ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES, EVEN WITH THE SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE MAKING WILDFIRES A PREVALENT THREAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. WHEREAS DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY ROUTINELY CAUSE PROPERTY DESTRUCTION, INJURIES, AND DEATH, AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF NATURAL HABITAT AND WILDLIFE.

AND WHEREAS YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN REDUCE THE RISK AND SEVERITY OF WILDFIRES AS WELL AS REDUCE DEATHS, INJURIES, PROPERTY LOSSES CAUSED BY WILDFIRES THROUGH PROACTIVE WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND WHEREAS, A MONTH DEDICATED TO CREATING AWARENESS OF WILDFIRE DANGER, TEACHING YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS HOW TO PREVENT AND REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF WILDFIRES, AND ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT WILDFIRES AND LESSEN THEIR SEVERITY, WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE RISK AND DISCRETION WILDFIRES WHEN THEY OCCUR.

WHEREAS PROACTIVE WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, WHETHER PERFORMED BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, A NEIGHBORHOOD, OR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY, ARE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING AND LESSENING THE SEVERITY OF WILDFIRES.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS WILDFIRE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND YAVAPAI COUNTY WITNESS THEREOF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MISS MALLORY AND DO WE HAVE ANY MAKE A MOTION TO.

WE HAVE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO ALL IN FAVOR?.

AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? NO. OKAY.

TODD, DO YOU WANT TO GET UP AND SAY SOMETHING FROM THE FOREST SERVICE? TOM. YOU'RE NEXT.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BROWN, [INAUDIBLE] OH.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BROWN, FOR BRINGING THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD.

IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST.

I JUST I REALLY NEED TO SHARE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THIS COUNTY ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND IT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE BEFORE I WAS ON THIS FOREST IN 2015 AND IT'S A MODEL OTHERS STRIVE FOR AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE GO ON FIRES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. OUR FOLKS ARE EVERYWHERE TODAY.

WE HAVE FOLKS OUT ON FIRES, AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD REFERENCE TO JUDGE THIS BY AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS PARTNERSHIP IS IT'S TRULY WORKS.

AND THIS IS EVIDENCED BY THIS PROCLAMATION.

SO IT TAKES ALL OF US TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND THIS PREPAREDNESS ISSUE IS SIGNIFICANT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. SO FIRE WISE WORKS.

WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO CARRY THAT FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TODD.

TOM, YOU WANT TO COME AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT FIRE WISE? INTRODUCE YOURSELF TOO.

OKAY. MY PLEASURE, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TOM DAVIS, CHAIRMAN OF YAVAPAI FIRE WISE.

ALSO PRESCOTT AREA WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE COMMISSION AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS ALIGNED WITH OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF WHAT WE DO AND YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND, YOU KNOW, 90% OF OUR WORK AND 95% OF OUR WORK IS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH AND BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.

WE RESPECT THAT.

WE'VE BEEN GROWING THE ORGANIZATION TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY, AND WE NOW REALLY HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PARTICIPANTS AND FIRE WISE

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CONTINUE TO GROW THAT, AND I WANT TO JUST SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE HAD THIS LAST YEAR.

IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND AND PASS THROUGH MITIGATION FUNDING FOR OVER $1 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING AND DONATIONS.

LAST YEAR ALONE, $400,000 WAS PASSED THROUGH AND AND THAT INCLUDES YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO US AND ALSO THROUGH TITLE THREE AND COMMUNITY DONATIONS AND SO FORTH.

ALSO, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE YAVAPAI FIREWISE NAME AND FROM A TRADEMARK OR REGISTERED TRADEMARK TO AN ACTUAL CORPORATE ENTITY AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN WRITE A CHECK TO [INAUDIBLE] OR YOU CAN WRITE A CHECK TO YAVAPAI FIREWISE TO STILL GET THE WRITE OFF.

OKAY, SO TO DATE, WE'VE SECURED THIS QUARTER.

TO DATE, WE'VE SECURED OVER $200,000 IN FUNDING, INCLUDING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TITLE THREE FUNDING THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO HAVE AND I'M MOST PROUD OF THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF NONPROFITS, AND WE OPERATED AROUND A 10% OVERHEAD.

THE GOAL OF NATIONWIDE FOR A NONPROFIT IS AROUND 30% WHEN YOU CONSIDER GRANT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION AND SO THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE VOLUNTEERS WE HAVE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE AND I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO ASHLEY AND HER CREW FOR HER SUPPORT FOR US AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

SUPER. CHAIRMAN BROWN AND OUR LIAISON HERE SUPERVISOR OBERG AND MANY THANKS TO THE COUNTY STAFF AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE FIRE ADAPTIVE COMMITTEE THAT IS YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TOM. RAY, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DAISY MOUNTAIN A LITTLE BIT? SEE OUT HERE. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DAISY MOUNTAIN'S EFFORTS? THESE ARE SOME OF THE NEWER EFFORTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE OUT IN THE AREAS TOWARDS WHERE WE LOST THE 19, 11 YEARS AGO.

GOOD MORNING. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

CHAIRMAN BROWN. A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE.

I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SPEAK.

RAY PRICE, WEAVER MOUNTAINS, FIRE WISE.

IT JUST CAME TO ME. YEAH.

THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK.

I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE.

FIRST OF ALL REGARDS YOUR PREVIOUS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

WHAT A TREMENDOUS JOB THEY DO.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR WORK HERE AND RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THEIR FRIENDSHIP FROM R2 AND WITH THE FIRE SERVICE COMMUNITY, FIRE PREVENTION COMMUNITY.

BUT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM AND THIS COUNTY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB DEVELOPING THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITIES.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT VERY BRIEFLY REGARDING THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR OUR GRANT FUNDING, OUR DEVELOPMENT OF FIREWISE COMMUNITIES HERE, WORKING WITH TOM AND POWICKE AND YAVAPAI FIREWISE.

I'VE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF WATCHING THIS ORGANIZATION GROW VERY RAPIDLY, AND WE'RE A BIG PART OF THAT.

THE WEAVER MOUNTAINS FIREWISE, COMMUNITIES FROM CONGRESS, YARNELL, SKULL VALLEY, PEEPLES VALLEY, RUGER RANCH, AND WILHOIT.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER INTO ONE REGIONAL CONCEPT THERE.

AND IT'S THROUGH THE SUPPORT AND EFFORT OF OUR SUPERVISORS AND OUR LOCAL LEADERS THERE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT.

WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME VERY GOOD PROGRAMS OUT THERE WITH AGAIN, THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNTY AND YAVAPAI FIREWISE, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RESOLUTION.

SUPERVISORS. WELCOME, RAY.

ASHLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE ALERT AVAILABILITY THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONES? I GAVE THESE FOLKS NO WARNING.

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS, ASHLEY AHLQUIST, YAVAPAI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

AS WE OBSERVE WILDFIRE AWARENESS MONTH, IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, TO EMPHASIZE OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SAFETY AND OUR PREPAREDNESS AGAINST WILDFIRES.

ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THREATS HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, ONE THAT WE KNOW VERY WELL HERE AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN FIREWISE.

AS TOM MENTIONED WE RECENTLY MOVED ALL OF THEIR MEETINGS OVER TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HOST THEM.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOY SEEING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND SEEING THOSE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY.

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WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TITLE THREE FUNDS, AS YOU GUYS ARE ALSO WELL AWARE AND GOING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR AWARDING THOSE FUNDS THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE ALSO SUPPORT RESPONSE.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF WE GET A WILDFIRE, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN AND SO WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE MANAGE THE EVACUATIONS, WE SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IS DEDICATED TO ALSO EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY.

WE PROVIDE OUTREACH.

WE ATTEND MANY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. MOST RECENTLY THERE WAS THE WILDFIRE EXPO DOWNTOWN ON CORTEZ.

WE ARE ABLE TO HEAD OUT THERE AND PROVIDE A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL TO THE CITIZENS.

MY TEAM TOLD ME THEY ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH CLEANED US OUT, SO THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

AND SO ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A PLUG FOR IS ONE THERE IS A OUR ANNUAL SLASH PROGRAM THAT FOLKS CAN PROVIDE THEIR SLASH TO ANY OF THE COUNTY TRANSFER STATIONS THROUGH JUNE 1ST.

SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS DO THAT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

THEN ALSO, AS CHAIRMAN ALLUDED TO, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY, SIGN UP FOR ALERT YAVAPAI, THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

SO THAT WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO BE AWARE OF ANY EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OCCURRING IN YOUR AREA TO KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A SET NOTICE OR GO THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BY GOING TO YAVAPAI OR YAVAPAI US DOT GOV.

CORRECT. SO INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY THROUGH YCSO AZ.GOV.

SINCE IT'S THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

BUT ON THAT NOTE EM JUST LAUNCHED OUR NEW WEBSITE.

SO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO YAVAPAI READY.GOV AND GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE IS VERY REAL HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, LET'S COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. NUMBER THREE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH AND YAVAPAI COUNTY BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, WHEREAS YAVAPAI COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GROWTH AND STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT OUR HOMES, BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY IN EVERYDAY LIFE WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE AND WHEREAS CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEVOTION OF VIGILANT GUARDIANS, BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, TRADESPEOPLE, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, LABORERS, PLUMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WORK YEAR ROUND TO ENSURE THE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND WHEREAS, MODERN BUILDING CODES INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDS SUCH AS HURRICANES, SNOWSTORMS, TORNADOES, WILDFIRES, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES AND WHEREAS, BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT

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AND WHEREAS MISSION POSSIBLE.

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ENCOURAGES US ALL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING AND SAFETY ON PERSONAL, LOCAL AND GLOBAL SCALE.

WHEREAS EACH YEAR, IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY, RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL AND STATE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE PREVENTION BUREAUS, FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YAVAPAI COUNTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THE MONTH OF MAY AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND HEREBY URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT BY JOINING US IN PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ACTIVITIES AND WITNESS THEREON.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY.

SO MOVE.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I, JEREMY DYE.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, MISTER CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JEREMY DYE. I'M YOUR DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT PROCLAMATION FORWARD AS WELL.

I'VE GOT JUST A FEW NOTES THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH AND WHAT IT DOES FOR US IN THE COUNTY HERE.

BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN CELEBRATED IN MAY TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR BUILDING BUILDING SAFETY AND SO FOR MORE THAN 43 YEARS, THE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH HAS REINFORCED THE NEED FOR THE ADOPTION OF OF MODERN, REGULARLY UPDATED BUILDING CODES AND THAT HELPS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES IN THE COUNTY.

SO ADOPTION ADOPTED BUILDING CODES ENSURE SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

THEY ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY VALUES AND EVEN ENSURE INSURABILITY OF HOMES.

WE'VE ADOPTED THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, AND THAT PROVIDES THAT THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE OCCUPANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY HAD ADOPTED BUILDING CODES SINCE 1987 AND SO THIS MEANT THIS MONTH'S BUILDING SAFETY MONTH THEME IS MISSION POSSIBLE.

SO A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS MONTH TO TO RECOGNIZE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL BE PROMOTING BUILDING SAFETY MONTH AT THE COTTONWOOD HOME DEPOT ON MAY 8TH AND MAY 22ND FROM 9 A.M.

TO 2 P.M., AND ALSO THE PRESCOTT LOWE'S AT MAY ON MAY 9TH AND MAY 23RD FROM 9 TO 2 P.M.

AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE A BOOTH AT BOTH OF THOSE LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE OUTREACH INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, SO THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED.

YOU'RE, OF COURSE, ALL INVITED AS WELL AND ENCOURAGED TO STOP BY OUR BOOTHS AT LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT.

AND JUST TO KIND OF SHARE TO OUR YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS A WELL TRAINED AND WELL QUALIFIED BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION OF ABOUT OF ACTUALLY 25 PLANS EXAMINERS AND FIELD INSPECTORS, THEY REVIEW ABOUT 5000 CONSTRUCTION PLANS EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND THEN THEY TRAVEL TO EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE COUNTY TO INSPECT THOSE BUILDINGS FOR THAT SAFE MINIMUM STANDARD AND THEN FINALLY.

LATER THIS MONTH, WE'LL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT OUR HOME OF MY OWN EXPANDED PLANS, OUR NEXT THREE FLOOR PLANS AT THE YCCA HOME SHOW LATER THIS MONTH.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THOSE NEW PLANS WITH WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A BOOTH THERE, WON'T YOU? WE WILL. YES, SIR.

EVERY YEAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF WE ARE GOING TO DO A PHOTO, I'D ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, WARREN COLVIN.

HE'S OVER THERE IN THE BACK AS WELL.

HE'S BEEN THE BUILDING OFFICIAL NOW FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT ONE.

YEAH SURE.

I'LL COME DOWN AND GET A PICTURE.

THANK YOU.

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FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 4.

THE SHERIFF APPROVED A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 5TH THROUGH 11, 2024, AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK AND YAVAPAI COUNTY AND SHERIFF RHOADES IS HERE WITH US.

I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK.

WHEREAS ON MAY 5TH, 1984, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SIGNED PROCLAMATION 5187, CREATING NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK, DECLARING THE PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION AND COURAGE EXHIBITED BY THESE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT.

THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE DEMANDING AND OFTEN CONFLICTING ROLES DESERVE OUR MOST RESPECT AND WHEREAS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS DEDICATED TO ENSURING SAFETY, MAINTAINING ORDER, MANAGING THE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT OF OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND WHEREAS, THE DUTIES OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS INCLUDE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, REHABILITATING OFFENDERS, KEEPING ORDER WITHIN OUR FACILITIES.

AND WHEREAS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THEIR PROFESSION WITH HARD WORK, DEDICATION, COURAGE AND PROFESSIONALISM, THE CHALLENGE WHICH CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY INCLUDE SAFETY RISKS, CONTRABAND CONTROL, EMOTIONAL STRAIN AND STAFF SHORTAGES.

YET, KNOWING THESE POTENTIAL RISKS, THEY CONTINUE TO MEET THE HIGH STANDARDS SET BY THEIR PROFESSION AND WHEREAS CORRECTIONS STAFF WORK TIRELESSLY TO BRING MEASURES OF HOPE TO OFFENDERS THROUGH EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, COUNSELING AND TREATMENT.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK AND WITNESS THEREOF. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT.

SECOND. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR MICHAELS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WELCOME SHERIFF.

GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND THIS RECOGNITION.

I WILL JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WE CALL THEM CORRECTIONAL DEPUTIES.

WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS PERFORMING A CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTION OF THE SHERIFF IS ACTUALLY A DEPUTY OF THE SHERIFF.

OUR CORRECTIONS DEPUTIES ARE SOME OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL HARDWORKING BUT IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS BEHIND THE WALLS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY AND ISN'T REALLY NOTICED BY THE PUBLIC, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS.

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM REQUIRES TO BE EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT ACCOUNTABILITY OFTENTIMES IS INCARCERATION.

BUT INCARCERATION STILL REQUIRES TO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE JAILS ARE TREATED HUMANELY, THAT CLEAN, CONSTITUTIONAL, PROFESSIONALLY RUN FACILITIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A CAREER OUT OF WORKING IN OUR FACILITIES REALLY PROVIDE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IN MY OPINION.

YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM PUBLICLY AS MUCH AS YOU SEE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, BUT THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS. THEY FEEDING ALL THE INMATES.

THEY RENTED LITTLE CITIES IN THEIR MAIL PROVIDING VISITATION ACCESS, GETTING PEOPLE TO AND FROM DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, GETTING PEOPLE TO AND FROM COURT,

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WE HAVE A VERY GOOD AGENCY, VERY GOOD LEADERSHIP, COMMAND STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY EXCITED, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM THERE. WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT.

AS CHIEF DEPUTY NEWNAM POINTED OUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

WE HAVE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR OUR CORRECTIONS DEPUTIES, OUR DETENTION DEPUTIES AND ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO WE APPRECIATE THIS TIME THIS PROCLAMATION, THIS RECOGNITION, AND JUST ASK THE PUBLIC TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT ARE WEARING THEY WEAR A BADGE AND A UNIFORM EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE THAT I HAVE ON RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE JUST WORKING INSIDE THOSE FACILITIES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY? I DON'T THINK SO. SO WE'LL COME DOWN AND GET ANOTHER PICTURE.

YOU BET AND BY THE WAY, FOR US, ALL FIVE OF US, TELL THEM THANK YOU.

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PRESENTATIONS.

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I'LL KILL PRESENTATION.

BOARD OF SUPERVISOR PRESENTATION REGARDING ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE'S FIRE MITIGATION AND SUMMER PREPAREDNESS BY FRANK SANDERSON, APS DIVISION DIRECTOR.

WELCOME, FRANK.

THANK YOU, HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THIS WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES.

I WANT TO START OUT BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT WITH MAY BEING A WILDFIRE PREVENTION MONTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPLAIN THE EFFORTS THAT WE ARE TAKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE EFFORT AS WELL.

AS I HAVE BEEN WEARING OUT CHAINSAW CHAINS TWINE IN MY WEED EATER AND BLADES ON MY LAWNMOWER.

I HOPE THAT I CAN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY THE LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE TEAMS AT YOUR APS HAVE BEEN DOING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT A SAFE PLACE, AS YOU KNOW FOR UTILITY RELIABILITY IS VERY HIGH ON THE LIST AS FAR AS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

THERE'S ONE THING THAT'S HIGHER THAN THAT, THOUGH, AND THAT'S THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR CUSTOMERS, AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO THAT.

OUR APS PROMISES TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE PROSPERITY OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.

IN 2023, I'M GOING TO READ A FEW STATISTICS HERE.

THERE WERE 1557 FIRES THAT BURNED OVER 204,000 ACRES LAST YEAR IN 2023, 1 IN 3 OF THOSE FIRES CAME NEAR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT, AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THOSE TYPES OF THINGS

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I APOLOGIZE APPOINTED ITS FIRST OFFICER OVER HEAT AWARENESS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE HAVE A BIG EFFECT ON THE SUCCESS OF THOSE PLANS AND SO WE'RE READY TO SUPPORT THERE AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WILDFIRE, THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GONE ON SO FAR IN THE PROCEEDINGS, THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TIE IN NICELY TO WHAT WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT.

AND FROM A FIRE MITIGATION STANDPOINT, WE APPROACH THIS IN THREE WAYS.

FIRST, PREVENTION, MITIGATION AND THEN RESPONSE.

FROM A PREVENTION STANDPOINT, WE HAVE A WHOLE FORESTRY AND FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY OUR FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED GREATLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, KNOWING THE RISK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT OUR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THEY MAKE SURE OUR RIGHT OF WAYS ARE MAINTAINED.

WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY, BUT WE DO CLEARING.

WE EVEN GO ARE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR RIGHT OF WAYS AND IDENTIFY HAZARD TREES AND WORKING WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, REMOVE THOSE THAT MIGHT EVEN ENCROACH ON OUR LINES AND CAUSE ISSUES.

WE DO DETAILED LINE PATROLS, AND AS OF LATE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE STARTED UTILIZING DRONES, HELICOPTERS SIDE BY SIDES YOU KNOW, WALKING THE LINE AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING HOW, YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FROM THE AIR AND FROM THE GROUND WERE ABLE TO FIND THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR OUR SUMMER AND OUR WILDFIRE SEASON.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEW STATISTICS IN OUR NORTHWEST DIVISION SPECIFICALLY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, WE PATROLLED OVER 1900 OVERHEAD FEEDER MILES.

AND ALSO WE INSPECTED OVER 38,000 MILES OF POWER LINE TO CLEAR OVERGROWN VEGETATION.

WE'VE ALSO INSTIGATED NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF OUTAGES AND THE TIME OF THE OUTAGES.

I THINK MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR LINES LIGHT UP LIKE CHRISTMAS TREES AT TIMES.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND I'LL SPEAK MORE TO THAT HERE GOING FORWARD.

MOVING TO MITIGATION.

DURING FIRE SEASON THROUGH OUR FIRE MITIGATION TEAM, WE'VE ENACTED PROTOCOLS THAT WHEN THERE IS A FAULT ON THE SYSTEM WE PATROL THAT WHOLE LINE BEFORE WE RE-ENERGIZE IT AND WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CURRENT WAY OF LIVING THOSE OUTAGES CAN BE VERY INCONVENIENT AND WE'VE REALLY, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO BE AS INNOVATIVE AS POSSIBLE TO SEE HOW WE COULD PATROL THOSE LINES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE, GET THEM RE-ENERGIZED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON A HOT DAY, WE CAN GET THOSE CUSTOMERS RE-ENERGIZED AND BACK TO NORMAL LIFE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE DEPLOYED OVER $2500 FAULT INDICATORS AND WHAT THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE CHRISTMAS TREE TYPE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE THESE GET INSTALLED ON OUR LINES, AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY TELL WHICH WAY THE CURRENTS FLOWING DURING A FAULT.

SO THAT WHEN OUR TROUBLE MEN GET THE CALL TO GO SEE WHAT'S WRONG, IT LIGHTS THE WAY FOR THEM AND IN THIS WAY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, INVEST A LOT IN THAT AND IT HAS REALLY PAID BENEFITS TO GETTING THE LIGHTS BACK ON AND FINDING THE PROBLEM QUICKER.

WE ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR CUSTOMERS AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING THESE THINGS AS WELL.

IF THEY DO SEE THESE, PLEASE CALL IT IN.

THIS WILL HELP US TO GET YOU KNOW, TO THOSE AREAS MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, YAVAPAI COUNTY, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SET UP ON A GRID SYSTEM OF STREETS.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING BYWAYS AND PATHWAYS AND DIRT ROADS, AND IT'S YOU KNOW, ANY HELP WE CAN GET THERE? WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT.

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SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING COMMUNICATIONS AROUND HAVING SOME EXTRA WATER, FOOD, FLASHLIGHTS, CANDLES, THINGS THAT THEY CAN SUSTAIN WHILE THE OUTAGE IS OCCURRING AND WHILE OUR CREWS ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THEIR POWER BACK ON IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEIR REFRIGERATOR CLOSED, KNOW HOW TO MANUALLY OPEN THEIR GARAGE DOORS AND WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AROUND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

ALSO, WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR NEW WEBSITE AND OUTAGE MAP.

IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE OUTAGE MAP LATELY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT HAS A NEW FLARE TO IT HAS A NEW CHANGE A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT'S MORE EASILY CONSUMED AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT AND WHERE THAT'S GOING.

FROM A RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE MR. WADE WARD. HE IS OUR MANAGER OF FIRE MITIGATION.

HE'S REALLY BEEN TIED IN AND THE CREATOR OF OUR FIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM.

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE HIM COME UP.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO RESPONDING TO OUR WILDFIRE RISK.

OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR.

SUPERVISORS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

I WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF OVER 20 SOME YEARS AGO, MAYBE 25.

I ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING FOR PRESCOTT FIRE AS ONE OF THE FUEL SPECIALISTS THERE.

BECAME PART OF CREW SEVEN, AND I RETIRED FROM PRESCOTT FIRE.

BUT THE REASON THAT I MENTIONED IT IS A SHOUT OUT TO [INAUDIBLE].

[INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY PAID FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF MY SALARY WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT PRESCOTT FIRE.

SO CERTAINLY SOME GOOD THINGS THAT COME OUT OF IT.

I HOPE SO I'D LIKE TO BE ONE OF THOSE.

SO THANKS FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WERE AT THE ACC MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO.

ALMOST A MONTH AGO NOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PSPS.

SO PSPS, PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTDOWN IS A NEW TOOL THAT'S IN OUR TOOLBOX TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME INTO INTERFERENCE WITH OUR CIRCUITS, OUR LINES IN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AND WE REALIZE THAT PSPS IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO ALL OF US.

ANY OUTAGE TO OUR CUSTOMERS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT WE FEEL THAT HAVING THIS TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX AND THE ABILITY TO USE IT, IF THE RISK IS SO HIGH AND THE THING THAT I WANT TO COVER MOSTLY IS THIS IS NOT NEW FOR US IN DISCUSSION.

WE'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THIS FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AND DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A RIGHT TOOL FOR US TO PUT IN OUR TOOLBOX, AND WE REALLY DO FEEL LIKE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IT AND BE PREPARED.

WE WOULD LIKE TO NEVER USE IT, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO NEVER EXPERIENCE IT, BUT WE FEEL IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO THIS IS AN VERY EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IT'S A FORECASTABLE EVENT.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SEE HAPPENING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 7 DAYS OUT.

CERTAINLY THAT COMMUNICATION AND NOTIFICATION HAPPENS ABOUT FOUR DAYS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE M'S ACROSS THE COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE INTEND ON USING FREQUENTLY.

BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN THE EVENT THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE MET.

SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXTREME CONDITIONS, NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE WE MIGHT SEE THIS WEEKEND.

OUR METEOROLOGISTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FIGURING OUT THE PARAMETERS, LOOKING AT WHAT THE 200 WORST WEATHER DAYS ARE IN ARIZONA, CORRELATING THAT WITH FIRES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THIS BIG PART OF IT IS OUR PARTNERS TODD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HERE, COCONINO COUNTY IN THE VERDE VALLEY AND OVER IN PAYSON, THOSE ARE THE AFFECTED AREAS.

AND FEEL LIKE THE BIG THING IS COMMUNICATING AND WORKING ON THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AND HOW CAN WE MITIGATE ANY OTHER RISKS THAT ARE DOWNSTREAM FROM TURNING THE POWER OFF, LIKE GENERATORS FOR PUMPS, COMMUNICATION TOWERS, THINGS LIKE THAT? AND REALLY DO OH, IT A LOT TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND SAID, YES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS

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BUT IF THE CONDITIONS ARE THERE AND MEET THOSE CONDITIONS, THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

ALL THE STUFF THAT FRANK TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF THE CUSTOMERS, TALKING ABOUT THE BLINKY LIGHTS, TALKING ABOUT THE SECTIONALIZERS ALL OF THAT STUFF IS REALLY TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL TIME THAT THIS OUTAGE HAPPENS.

SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.

YOU CAN NEVER BE ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING.

BUT I THINK APS HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LEARNING FROM OUR PEER AND PARTNER UTILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY LEARNING FROM MISTAKES AS WELL AS SUCCESSES AND FEEL LIKE WE'RE AS AS READY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN.

ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT DOES THE ACRONYM STAND FOR? PSPS PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT DOWN.

OKAY, ONE MORE TIME.

I'M DOING AN AD FOR YOU.

WELL, PSPS IS PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTDOWN.

AND THAT'S WHAT BASICALLY IS GRID SYSTEM.

SO WE CAN ALERT PEOPLE IN ADVANCE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT'LL SAVE US FROM POSSIBLY SUFFERING FIRE.

CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT FLY INTO OUR LINE AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME CONDITIONS TO BE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT OUR LINES IN TERMS OF POWER POLES, LINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT.

SO IF I'M IN THE PUBLIC AND I WANTED TO GO LOOK AT THIS, WHERE WOULD I FIND IT ON YOUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SO APS.COM/PSPS.

AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE AT RISK.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED.

IF THIS DOES HAPPEN WELL, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE MADE SURE BY GOING THROUGH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, THAT NEED TO HAVE CONSTANT, YOU KNOW, POWER SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, USE THE DEVICES THEY HAVE TO FOR MEDICAL REASONS AT HOME.

SO I THINK COORDINATION HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR METEOROLOGIST.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN MET SERVICE OR DO YOU USE AN OUTSIDE SERVICE? YES. SO WE DO HAVE OUR OWN.

SO THANK YOU. AN EXTREME SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

REALLY BACK FORECASTING ALL OF THIS.

SO, YES, WE HAVE METEOROLOGISTS ON STAFF THAT WORK FOR ME IN DEER VALLEY IN PHOENIX.

AS WELL AS SOME DATA SCIENTISTS AND FIRE SCIENTISTS AS WELL.

AND YOU TRUST THEM MORE THAN A NATIONAL? TRUST THEM MORE THAN WHAT? THE NATIONAL MET SERVICE.

WHY YOU WANT TO MAKE ME SAY THAT? I'LL SAY THIS. WHAT WE DO TRUST IS THE FACT THAT APS HAS INVESTED IN THEIR OWN WEATHER SERVICE.

SO WE.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ODD THINGS OUT THERE ON THE POLES THAT LOOK A LITTLE WEIRD.

THAT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE TYPICAL ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE WEATHER STATIONS AND CAMERAS ON THOSE POLES.

ON ALL OF THESE CIRCUITS, THERE'S AT LEAST 1 OR 2 ON EVERY CIRCUIT.

BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND OUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THIS DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS BASED ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

WE ONLY HAD A RAW STATION, A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEATHER WEATHER STATION WITHIN ONE MILE ON ONE OF THOSE CIRCUITS.

WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO WE'VE INVESTED IN THOSE CAMERAS AND WEATHER STATIONS SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT CIRCUIT.

IT'S NOT A TOWER UP ON MOUNT UNION OR HIDE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON OUR CIRCUIT SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE WIND SPEED, WIND DIRECTION, AND ABOUT 25 OTHER THINGS THAT THE METEOROLOGISTS LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THAT PARTICULAR CIRCUIT.

THAT'S HOW SURGICAL IT IS.

WELL, THAT'S REAL GOOD.

REAL TIME DATA.

I AGREE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO GO.

ALSO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A MAJOR WEATHER EVENT, BUT WE DO HAVE FIRES IN THE PROXIMITY OF POWER LINES.

I THINK YOU DO SHUT DOWN THE POWER LINES FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FIREFIGHTERS, DON'T YOU? ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER TOOL THAT'S IN OUR TOOLBOX.

SO OUR FIRE MITIGATION SPECIALISTS ARE DEEPLY EMBEDDED WITH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOLKS MAKING SURE THAT THEY RESPOND WITH THEM AND IF THERE IS A NEED TO SHUT IT DOWN, AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT ON AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND WE CAN GET DOWN TO THE WHATEVER THE TRIGGER IS

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YEAH. I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE A FAULT, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS, CORRECT? YEAH. ALSO, OUR NON RECLOSE STRATEGY, EVEN IF YOUR LIGHTS BLINK AND THEY END UP GOING OUT OUTSIDE OF SPS, OUTSIDE OF A FIRE.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT FRANK WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE WE DO A FULL LINE PATROL BEFORE WE RE-ENERGIZE, WHEN WE'RE IN ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS, AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY BEFORE WE DO RE-ENERGIZE AND HAD A FALSE POSITIVE OR SOMETHING.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS.

ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, NO QUESTION, BUT HATS OFF TO YOU.

IT'S HARD WORK AND A LOT OF LIVES AND LIVESTOCK AND VEGETATION IS AT RISK, WHETHER IT'S A WILDFIRE OR IN MY PERSONAL STORY IS A MONSOON AND HAVING A MAJOR POWER LINE COME DOWN AND I WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE FRONT GATE OF MY RANCH AND I WAS WORRIED THAT SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO TRY TO COME IN AND IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND I'M SURE NEIGHBORS AND DELIVERY PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL, TOO.

SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU ACT IMMEDIATELY, I CAN TELL YOU FROM A PERSONAL STORY THAT IT'S IMMEDIATE AND YOU SAVE LIVES EVERY DAY DOING THAT.

THANK YOU.

MISS MALLORY.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THIS, AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAID ALREADY, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE POWER ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S ON AND IT'S OFF.

WE GET A LITTLE BIT. THERE'S WARNINGS, THERE'S CONSTANT UPDATES, AND YOU LET US KNOW WAY AHEAD OF TIME.

IT'S A VERY PROACTIVE PROCESS.

AND ALL OF THIS HAS COME ABOUT FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF THE PAST, WHICH HAS BROUGHT US UP TO WHERE WE ARE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND PROACTIVE AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN AND WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SAFE. BUT WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION GOING ON THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND I THANK ALL OF APS.

YOU ARE GREAT PARTNERS.

THERE ISN'T ONE PLACE THAT I DON'T GO ONE MEETING, WHETHER IT'S IN FLAGSTAFF, PHOENIX, I DON'T CARE WHERE IT IS.

YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THERE REPRESENTING APS AND TALKING TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING WITH YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MALLORY AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WE EXTREMELY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE AMAZING FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE COUNTY.

THEY, AS DARLA SAYS, NORTHWEST IS THE BEST.

AND THAT SHOWS EVERY DAY AND WORKING THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES.

THANK YOU FRANK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU APS ALSO.

RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LITTLE BREAK FOR ABOUT ABOUT FIVE, TEN MINUTES.

TEN MINUTES. OKAY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE AUDIT AND FINDINGS OF THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL AND WALKER CHAIRMAN ARMSTRONG.

MR. CHAIRMAN. OH I FORGOT.

I FORGOT.

[INAUDIBLE]. CENTRAL.

YAVAPAI. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

UNLESS VINNY WANTS TO GIVE THE AUDIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS ON THAT ONE AND I KNOW I'M EASY TO MISS, MR. CHAIRMAN, SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND.

BUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.

VINNY GALLEGOS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL YAVAPAI METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

I'M HERE TO GIVE THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

REMINDER TO NOT ONLY YOU, BUT EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING S'IMPOSE VISION IS TO PROMOTE A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR A SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS, AND SERVICES.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND JUST FOCUS ON OUR KEY FOUR WORDS AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS WE ARE REGIONAL.

WE'RE 20 YEARS STRONG.

WE'VE BROUGHT YAVAPAI COUNTY AND OUR FOUR LOCAL CITIES TOWNS TOGETHER ALONG WITH ADOT, AND WE'VE EXERCISED LEADERSHIP IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

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WE FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION BEING MULTIMODAL HIGHWAY, ROADWAY, PUBLIC TRANSIT, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND TRAILS.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS MAP? WE'VE SHOWN IT BEFORE. SORRY IF IT'S A LITTLE FUZZY ON THE SCREEN, BUT YOU SEE CHINO VALLEY UP ON THE TOP, AND THEN PRESCOTT, PRESCOTT VALLEY, DEWEY-HUMBOLDT, AND YOU HAVE THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS PAST YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF CYMPO COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE PLANNING AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS MAP, THE BASE IS FROM THAT LAST MAP.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT PLANNING BOUNDARY.

IT'S ABOUT 400MI².

WHAT WE EVALUATED IN THAT STUDY IS SCENARIOS A, B, AND C.

LONG STORY SHORT, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED EXPANDING THE PLANNING AREA TO INCLUDE SCENARIOS A AND B, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ALL OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, EXCLUDING THE THE VERDE VALLEY.

BUT WITH SUPERVISOR MICHAELS AND GREGORY.

WE'LL KEEP THAT CONVERSATION OPEN IN YEARS TO COME.

THIS DOES INCLUDE A GREAT DEAL OF GEOGRAPHY, AND ONE OF THE KEY PARTS IS A TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION IS PART OF THE DECISION MAKING IS WE LOOK AT THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GREATER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY ACCESS SO MANY OF THE SERVICES IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

SO FOR OUR PURPOSES, THIS IS VALUE ADDED TO HOW WE DO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

A REMINDER TO THE REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CYMPO BOARD.

CHAIRMAN BROWN IS ALSO SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF CYMPO.

VICE CHAIR IS MAIER HUGHES FROM DEWEY-HUMBOLDT OUR SECRETARY TREASURER AS MAYOR GOODE FROM PRESCOTT.

WE HAVE MEMBERS OF VICE MAYOR ARMSTRONG FROM THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY AND MAYOR PALGUTA FROM THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY.

EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER JOINING US, CYMPO, REPRESENTING THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

HE IS REPLACING A MEMBER THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST SIX YEARS WHO RECENTLY UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY.

SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE GARY KNIGHT, WHO IS ALSO A YUMA COUNCIL MEMBER.

HE REPRESENTED THE FOUR COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARIZONA AND DID GREAT SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, ON BEHALF OF CYMPO, ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY HE IS BEING REPLACED BY SAM WALTERS.

HE'S A COUNTY MANAGER FOR MOJAVE COUNTY, AND HE WILL BRING A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS PAST YEAR WITH SENATOR BENNETT, REPRESENTATIVE BLISS, AND WIN ON A ONE TIME TRANSPORTATION BILL THAT WOULD BRING $400 MILLION TO GREATER ARIZONA, OF WHICH $33 MILLION WOULD COME TO THE CYMPO REGION.

THE PROJECT THAT I HIGHLIGHTED HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION OF YOU AS A BOARD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THROUGH CHAIRMAN BROWN'S LEADERSHIP WITH CYMPO, WE HAVE MADE THIS A PRIORITY FOR CYMPO OF THAT $33 MILLION, $13 MILLION WOULD GO TO THE EXPANSION OF HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN ROADS THREE AND FIVE NORTH IN THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY.

I KNOW COUNTY MANAGER THOMPSON HAS GIVEN REPORTS ON THE LEGISLATURE.

THIS BILL HAS NOT PROGRESSED.

THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS SUPPORTED IT AT THE HOUSE.

BUT DUE TO THE OVERALL BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND FORECAST, THIS HASN'T MADE PROGRESS.

BUT MANY OF OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE CONTINUE TO KEEP SUPPORT OF THIS.

SO MOST LIKELY WE'LL BE BRINGING THE SAME BILL TO THE LEGISLATURE NEXT YEAR.

AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ON THERE.

I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WITH YOUR HELP, WE'RE GOING TO BE KICKING OFF OUR 25 YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YOUR STAFF.

RIGHT? THE PUBLIC CONTRIBUTES TO IT.

BUT THIS IS THE 25 YEAR FORECAST INTO THE FUTURE.

WE UPDATE THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THIS LOOKS AT SAFETY AND CAPACITY OF ALL ROADWAYS.

IT LOOKS AT PAVEMENT CONDITION.

IT LOOKS AT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

THE WORK THAT WE DO.

IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT YOUR COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LOCAL GENERAL PLANS.

SO THIS IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

SO REALLY STAY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS WITH US.

A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY SOME PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE JUST WRAPPED UP AND SOME WERE IN THE PROCESS OF YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN FOLLOWING SOME OF THE HEADLINES.

SUNDOG CONNECTOR DESIGN CONCEPT REPORT.

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SO EVERYONE GETS THEIR BEARINGS HERE.

ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE JUSTICE CENTER, THE ROUNDABOUT ON PRESCOTT LAKES PARKWAY GOING EAST.

IT'S A THREE AND A HALF MILE CORRIDOR TO THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY.

AS YOU COME INTO PRESCOTT VALLEY, WHERE HOME DEPOT IS THIS THREE AND A HALF MILE CORRIDOR, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF A VARIETY OF THINGS OF STATE LAND DEVELOPMENT AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF PRESCOTT AND THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY.

WHAT WAS EVALUATED IN THIS STUDY WAS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

SAFETY AND CAPACITY OF THE HIGHWAY.

THAT ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 69 IS CARRYING UP TO 45,000 VEHICLES A DAY.

OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN 110 CRASHES, TWO FATALITIES ON HIGHWAY 69 AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS BY THE CITY OF PRESCOTT WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR.

AGAIN, AS YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU'LL SEE STORM RANCH IS OVER 200 ACRES, AND YAVAPAI HILLS UNIT NINE IS OVER 500 ACRES OF APPROVED DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP IS THE ALTERNATIVE THAT AFTER TWO YEARS WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE ROADWAY BUILD OPTION.

THE STUDY ALSO LOOKED AT THE CONSEQUENCES IF THE ROAD IS NOT BUILT.

THE BOARD THE EXECUTIVE BOARD RECEIVED THIS REPORT AND WE TURN IT OVER TO OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE LOCAL MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WISH TO PROCEED WITH THIS.

BUT WE'VE DONE OUR NEXT PHASE OF PLANNING TO IT.

ONE OF THE RESPONSES WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE SUNDOG CONNECTOR IS IMPROVE 69 WORK ON 69.

MANY OF YOU, LIKE SUPERVISOR BROWN AND MALLORY HAVE WORKED ON THIS THROUGH CYMPO TO IMPROVE 69.

WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT'S A STATE FACILITY THAT'S ON ADOT, BUT THAT'S NEVER HAD YOU REST AND WAIT FOR THEM TO RESPOND.

YOU'VE TAKEN THE BOLD LEADERSHIP TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO CYMPO HAS TAKEN ON THE EVALUATION OF HIGHWAY 69 FROM DEWEY-HUMBOLDT TO PRESCOTT.

WE'VE BROKEN DOWN THAT 17 MILES INTO NINE SEGMENTS, TRYING TO LOOK AT WHERE IS THE GREATEST NEED FOR SAFETY AND CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT STUDY WILL GIVE YOU AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHERE YOU WANT TO WORK WITH ADOT TO FOCUS ON THOSE PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENTS.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF AND THE LOCAL CITIES MUNICIPALITIES ON AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS IN 20 YEARS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AGAIN, THAT MULTIMODAL PART OF CYMPO WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM THE DOWNTOWN PRESCOTT AREA TO THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF CHINO VALLEY AND DEWEY-HUMBOLDT AND WE KNOW THIS IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL COUNTY.

SO WE'RE TAKING INVENTORY ON WHAT EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

WHERE ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING? AGAIN, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN TRAILS.

IN THE END, ANY STUDY THAT CYMPO DOES, WE WANT TO PUT YOU IN THE BEST POSITION FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

WE KNOW THAT YOUR BUDGET, YOUR RESOURCES ARE TAPPED AS BEST THEY CAN.

SO WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN'T PRIORITIZE THROUGH OUR PLANS TO BRING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

WE JUST FINISHED A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PLAN.

THIS SAFETY PLAN LOOKED AT THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF SAFETY CRASH REPORTING THAT REPORT IS ABOUT 300 PAGES.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE TABLE FROM THAT REPORT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS TABLE IS ALL OF THESE CRASHES AND FATALITIES IS WHAT THE REPORT EVALUATES.

IT LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE CYMPO REGION, HOW IT'S OPERATING REGIONALLY AND THEN LOCALLY.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE BOTTOM LINE NUMBERS, YOU SEE THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN 8256 CRASHES AND 56 FATALITIES.

WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT 56 FATALITIES IS 56 TOO MANY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR SAFETY PLAN WORKS WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO SEE A REMEDIES SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT NUMBER GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY AND THIS REPORT, LIKE I SAID, IS AROUND 300 PAGES AND IT NOT ONLY IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEMS BUT OFFERS SOLUTIONS AND WAYS TO AGAIN, SEEKING FUNDING. CYMPO CONTINUES TO WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AGAIN WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

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WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WORKING WITH GAME AND FISH TO DO REGIONAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR STUDIES.

WE REALIZE THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] GROUP THAT WE WORK WITH THAT ADVISES US ON MANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS EAGER TO SEE US DO MORE.

SO HOPEFULLY TAKING ON SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES, WE CAN WORK IN AREAS LIKE DEL RIO SPRINGS AND GLASFORD DELLS PARK AND OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, SO STAY TUNED ON THAT.

I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT PUBLIC OR REGIONAL TRANSIT.

I SAW MOST OF YOU.

I THINK I SAW ALL OF YOU ACTUALLY AT THE YAVAPAI APACHE RIBBON CUTTING.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO ALL OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, BUT ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.

WE KNOW THAT OUT OF THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY AND AGAIN, SUPERVISOR BROWN, YOU'VE SUPPORTED YAVAPAI REGIONAL TRANSIT.

THEY'VE EXISTED FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS AND THEN I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AND THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF YAVALINE AND I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE.

SO YOU HAVE A YAVALINE BEGAN BY THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY IN SORRY SEPTEMBER OF 2022 AND THEN THE SIMPLE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY HAS TAKEN OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE YAVALINE REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE RECOGNIZE PRESCOTT VALLEY FOR STARTING THAT SYSTEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO MANAGE A REGIONAL SYSTEM. SO IN CONVERSATIONS, CYMPO IS IN THAT POSITION TO OPERATE A REGIONAL PROGRAM LIKE YAVALINE.

SO WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT THROUGH YAVALINE STARTED IN MARCH OF 24 AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF.

SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN PRESCOTT VALLEY, WE NOW SIT AT 40,311 RIDES.

WHAT'S MORE IMPRESSIVE IS ONE THIRD OF THOSE RIDES ARE USING TO GET TO JOBS FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.

ONE FOURTH OF THE RIDES ARE PEOPLE TO GO SHOPPING AND ADD TAX DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE TOP DESTINATION SO FAR IN THE CITY OF PRESCOTT IS GETTING VETERANS TO THE VA.

THIS IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE CITY OF PRESCOTT RIGHT NOW IS TO SERVE OUR VETERAN POPULATION.

THIS PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM.

I THINK WE'RE AT THE 20 MONTH MARK ABOUT THE THREE YEAR MARK WILL ADD $3.6 MILLION TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

THIS IS THERE'S RIGHT NOW IN YAVALINE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 20 EMPLOYEES THAT INCLUDE TRANSIT DRIVERS, TRANSIT DISPATCHERS, TRANSIT MANAGERS.

SO A STAFF OF ABOUT 20 HAVE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVING OUR PEOPLE TO GET TO SHOPPING, TO GET TO THE VA AND OTHER THINGS.

THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED ARE BEING MAINTAINED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO PAINT THAT PICTURE TODAY.

HOW INCREDIBLY VALUABLE IN SO MANY WAYS THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT IS.

TRANSIT IS GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK, SHOPPING, HEALTH CARE, AND SO MUCH MORE.

HERE IS A LIST, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF THAT'S HERE WITH US TODAY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING I'M REPORTING ON IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A DYNAMIC STAFF.

SO TODAY I'M JOINED IN THE ROOM WITH BRYNN STOTLER, LESLIE CONTRERAS, OUR PLANNERS, PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, OUR TRANSIT MANAGER, AND MICHAEL LAMAR, OUR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

AND I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

IF THEY WOULD STOOD UP FOR STAND UP FOR A MINUTE.

WELL, WHY DON'T WE GET THEM ALL TO STAND UP? YOU BET. SO I WANT TO SEND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MICHAEL LAMAR FOR JOINING OUR TEAM.

THIS LIST IS POSSIBLE WITH HIS RELATIONSHIPS AND HIS LEADERSHIP.

WE HAVE MET OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

I THINK I'VE JOINED HIM IN MOST OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT HE'S BEEN MEETING AND DEVELOPING THESE PARTNERS AND LOOK AT THIS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW LESLIE HORTON'S IN THE ROOM.

YAVAPAI COLLEGE.

I KNOW RICHARD'S IN THE ROOM.

US VETS, PRESCOTT COLLEGE, DIGNITY HEALTH, PRESCOTT DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, PRESCOTT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRESCOTT VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THESE ARE ONLY A LIST OF A COUPLE KEY ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE MET WITH.

THERE'S MANY MORE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT INCREDIBLE SUPPORT, INCREDIBLE VALUE.

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PHASE TWO IS IN PRESCOTT.

PHASE THREE WILL EXPAND SOME OF PRESCOTT AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AGAIN CONNECTING PRESCOTT WITH PRESCOTT VALLEY.

IN CLOSING, WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL AS THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PLAY HOST WITH CYMPO TO HOST THE 25TH ARIZONA RURAL TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT.

EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER, THIS IS HELD IN SOME RURAL PART OF YAVAPAI OR ARIZONA.

IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY.

THE LAST TIME WE HOSTED IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO.

WE WOULD EXPECT ABOUT 400 ATTENDEES OF OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, OUR LOCAL RURAL LEGISLATORS, AND KEY STAFF MEMBERS TO REALLY SET THE TRANSPORTATION AGENDA FOR RURAL ARIZONA.

SO PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR, WORK WITH US, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TO HOST THAT.

WITH THAT SAID, MISTER CHAIRMAN, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SAY.

I WAS AT A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO NOW VICTORIAN ESTATES AND YOU DID HAVE A COUPLE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS THERE.

DID A GREAT PRESENTATION TO THAT COMMUNITY AND THEY REALLY EMBRACED ALL OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE IS REALLY IS REALLY A GOOD THING.

SO THANK YOU, VINNIE, AND THANK ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR BEING AROUND THE COMMUNITY AT THESE EVENTS.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MILLER.

YOU KNOW, VINNIE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT VOICE THEIR OPINION IN REGARDS TO NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SURVEY OUT THERE IN REGARDS TO HIGHWAY 69.

I WOULD URGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THAT SURVEY AND AT LEAST ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MAY PERTAIN TO THE AREA THEY LIVE IN.

SO WHAT'S THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.

SO THROUGH THE END OF MAY THE GREATER PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAVE TWO SURVEYS OUT RIGHT NOW.

ONE IS ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH IS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN.

THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE HIGHWAY 69 PLAN AND MY STAFF'S GOING TO WHISPER IN MY EAR, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S CYMPOSIMPLE.ORG/SR69, CYMPO.ORG/ACTUP.

EITHER OF THOSE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SURVEY AND TO YOUR POINT IT'LL ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES.

BUT THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION, MR. CHAIRMAN, WILL HELP SHAPE WHAT THAT PLAN IS.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT HIGHWAY 69.

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER TO THE GROUP PLEASE, EVERYONE, TAKE THE SURVEY.

WE WERE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET THIS MONDAY OR LAST SATURDAY, WILL BE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET THIS SATURDAY GETTING MORE SURVEYS, BUT THEY CAN LINK ONTO IT BY JUST GOING TO SIMPLE. YES, SIR.

OKAY, GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING.

IF ANYTHING, FOR YOUR WORK ON THE EXPANSION PORTION OF IT, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK ON YOUR STAFF'S PART, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE OPTION C STILL OPEN FOR THE FUTURE.

I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE VERDE VALLEY, AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT IN THE FUTURE AND THEN ALSO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE EXPANSION IN THE AREA, I KNOW 169 HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT ON YOUR RADAR, TOO.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND IF I MAY ALSO JUST TO FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, ALL OF YAVAPAI COUNTY IS EITHER COVERED BY CYMPO OR NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS NACO.

THEY'VE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORTING OF THIS EXPANSION TO SUPERVISOR GREGORY'S PART, WHAT'S GOING TO BE MOST BENEFICIAL ABOUT THIS EXPANSION IS CYMPO WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR AS A WHOLE, RATHER THAN LOOK AT PART AND SIMPLY LOOK AT A PART.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT 69 ALL THE WAY TO 17 169 ALL THE WAY TO 17.

AND WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN SAFETY ISSUES.

WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

MR. OBERG. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO. MR. CHAIRMAN. THANKS.

THANK YOU. MICHAEL. OKAY.

THANK YOU VINNIE. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET OUT AND FILL OUT THAT SURVEY.

YES. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

SO OKAY, MOVING ON NOW TO NUMBER THREE.

THE EXCITING PART FINANCE.

SO PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE AUDIT RESULTS AND THE FINDING OF THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL, WALKER AND ARMSTRONG LLP, PURSUANT TO ARS 11-661.

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SO THOSE OF YOU WHO WISH TO GO ONLINE.

SO WHO DO WE HAVE PRESENTING FIRST? OUR FINANCE. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. THIS IS CARLA WALL.

I'M WITH THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE.

AS I MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO KICK THINGS OFF AND THEN I'LL BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MY MY OFFICE'S ROLE BASICALLY IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER.

TO MR. JAY PARK, WHO'S WITH WALKER AND ARMSTRONG.

WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU TODAY.

AND AS I MENTIONED, TO HAVE OUR CONTRACT AUDITORS, WALKER AND ARMSTRONG, TO PRESENT THE 2023 AUDIT RESULTS TO YOU.

BUT BEFORE JAY JUMPS IN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU BASICALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF OUR ROLE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE AUDIT PROCESS.

THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL AUDITS OF ALL ARIZONA COUNTIES, OR FOR CAUSING THOSE AUDITS TO BE CONDUCTED.

WE SOMETIMES CONTRACT AUDITS DUE TO OUR STAFFING LEVELS OR OTHER AUDIT DEMANDS.

WHEN WE CONTRACT COUNTY AUDITS, WE ENSURE THAT WE SELECT QUALIFIED CPA FIRMS WITH EXPERIENCE IN AUDITING COUNTIES AND AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE COUNTIES OPERATE WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH WALKER AND ARMSTRONG FOR THE COUNTY'S AUDITS THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2024, AND AS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE COUNTIES AUDIT, WE WORK WITH AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO JAY AND HIS TEAM AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT.

ONCE THE AUDIT IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES, WE REVIEW THE COUNTY'S DRAFT AUDIT REPORTS THAT ARE PREPARED BY WALKER AND ARMSTRONG TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE AUDIT REPORTS MEET APPLICABLE STANDARDS, AND THAT THE AUDITOR OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE REPORTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE REPORTED FINDINGS.

SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO JAY, AND HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS THE DETAILED 2023 AUDIT RESULTS WITH YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

MY NAME IS JAY PARK.

I AM AN AUDIT PARTNER WITH THE CPA FIRM OF WALKER AND ARMSTRONG, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE 2023 AUDITS. IT HAS BEEN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT AMONGST MANY PEOPLE.

CERTAINLY. MISS DEKEMPER.

AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO WORK WITH US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PREPARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH WE AUDIT. MR. GALASSI WHO WORKS OF COURSE ITS AND HE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP AS WELL AND REALLY THE ENTIRE TEAM FROM THE COUNTY.

AS PART OF THE 2023 AUDITS YOU HAVE 4 DELIVERABLES.

THERE ARE OVER 200 PAGES IN TOTAL FOR THOSE FOUR DELIVERABLES AND SO WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT.

OKAY AND TO HELP FACILITATE THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

AND I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A SUMMARY OF THREE DIFFERENT DELIVERABLES.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

IT IS THE 173 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

IT HAS A NICE PICTURE IN FRONT OF IT.

THE SECOND DOCUMENT IS THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTING PACKAGE, MUCH SMALLER AND THEN THE THIRD DOCUMENT IS A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

ALL THREE DOCUMENTS ARE GOING TO BE COVERED IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TODAY.

WE ACTUALLY PERFORMED TWO AUDITS.

WE AUDIT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEN WE PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT WHICH IS FOCUSED ON FEDERAL AWARDS AND FOR 2023, WE AUDITED EIGHT FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND SO I'M GOING TO COVER THE RESULTS OF THAT AS WELL.

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LET'S GO IN HERE.

YOU OKAY? ALRIGHT.

FIRST SLIDE. HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE AUDIT RESULTS.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE EXPRESSED AN UNMODIFIED OR A CLEAN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

AND SO IN THE AUTO REPORTING PACKAGE THAT YOU HAVE, OUR AUDIT REPORT BEGINS ON PAGE SEVEN AND IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IS OUR OPINION AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THIS DOCUMENT IS FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING RULES.

WE REFER TO THOSE ACCOUNTING RULES AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

OKAY. SO IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WAS NOT RESOLVED BY THE TIME WE ISSUED THE REPORT, THEN WE WOULD CHANGE OUR OPINION AND WE WOULD HAVE A MODIFIED OR A DISCLAIMER OF AN OPINION IN THAT CASE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, PLEASE REPORT THAT IT'S UNMODIFIED.

I DO WANT TO ADD THAT OUR OPINION ON THE EIGHT FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED WAS ALSO UNMODIFIED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. SO JUST IN GENERAL, CLEAN OPINION ON BOTH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON AND ON THE FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S BULLET POINT NUMBER ONE.

IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2023 COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS, WE DID HAVE ONE CHANGE SAY WELL, I WILL SAY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DO NOT GET ANY SMALLER AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEARS.

SO WE DID HAVE SOME NEW DISCLOSURES AND A NEW RESULTING FROM A NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT.

OKAY. BIG PICTURE WISE, IT RESULTED IN AN INCREASE OF YOUR ASSETS OF JUST UNDER $3 MILLION.

SO IN TERMS OF YOUR BALANCES, IT WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT.

IT'S REAL SIGNIFICANT.

BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE A NEW ACCOUNTING RULE THAT CAME INTO EFFECT IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BALANCES IN MORE DETAIL IN LATER SLIDES.

BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MENTION, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A LARGE DOCUMENT.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY PAGES IN THIS DOCUMENT.

ONE OF THEM IS ON PAGE 11, AND IT'S A SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.

AND WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW THINGS.

ONE IS RELATED TO CASH AND I DO WANT TO STATE ON THE FRONT END THAT WHEN YOU SEE ANY NUMBERS THESE ARE EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OKAY.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT MORE CASH THAN 211,000.

THAT'S $211 MILLION.

ALL RIGHT. SO A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE FROM PRIOR YEAR AND THAT CASH INCLUDES AMOUNTS HELD BY TRUSTEE AND FIDUCIARY FUNDS.

YOU'LL SEE A PERCENTAGE THERE 83.5% AND THAT IS A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR EXPENSES.

THE REASON THAT WE EXPRESS YOUR CASH AS A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR EXPENSES IS BECAUSE IT'S A PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

GENERAL RULE OF THUMB IF YOUR CASH IS 10% OR LESS OF YOUR EXPENSES, THEN YOU'RE ENTERING WHAT I CALL A DANGER ZONE, THE RED ZONE.

OKAY, SO AT 83.5%, YOUR YOUR LIQUIDITY IS STRONG AS A COUNTY.

OKAY. I'M SORRY.

WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? AT 83.5, MR. CHAIRMAN. 83.5% IS YOUR CASH BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF EXPENSES AND SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THE DANGER ZONE IS 10% OR LESS.

SO YOU'RE AT 83.5, WHICH IS STRONG.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVING OUT OF THE THE THE BALANCES THEMSELVES, THE NUMBER SIDE OF IT.

SO WE DO HAVE A FEW INTERNAL CONTROL MATTERS THAT I'M GOING TO COVER.

THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR THE MOST SEVERE TYPES OF FINDINGS.

SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES ARE IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO REPORT TO YOU.

SO WE'RE GOING TO COVER THOSE AND THEN WE HAD TWO FINDINGS THAT ACTUALLY WENT AWAY FROM LAST YEAR AND SO YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

ONE THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT YOUR AUDIT WAS COMPLETED ON TIME IN TERMS OF MEETING THE FEDERAL DEADLINE OF MARCH 31ST, 2024.

SO THAT DEADLINE WAS MET AND THAT'S ONE WHY ONE OF THE FINDINGS WENT AWAY FOR 2023.

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IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING ALONG IN THIS DOCUMENT, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF PAGE 20 AND WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S COMPARING YOUR FINANCIAL POSITION AT THE END OF 2023 COMPARED TO 2022 AND JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS, IS YOUR CASH.

I MENTIONED THAT AT $211 MILLION, THAT INCREASED BY JUST UNDER $13 MILLION FROM 2022. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR LIABILITIES.

I HAVE A SEPARATE SLIDE ON THAT.

YOUR NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES INCREASE BY $25.5 MILLION FROM PRIOR YEAR AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE ON THE SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A SLIDE OF LONG TERM DEBT.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF PAGE 39 OF THE AUDIT REPORT AND WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

BUT AS IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF COUNTIES, THE THE LARGER SLICE OF THE PIE THERE.

THAT'S $174 MILLION.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT REPRESENTS YOUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS FOR ALL YOUR PLANS.

SO THAT'S PZARS ACERS CORP AND URP.

OKAY AND SO THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF THAT IS ASRS AT $84 MILLION AND THEN PZPR'S IS COMING IN AT $30 MILLION.

AND THEN THE REST OF IT'S THE OTHER PLANS.

YOU HAVE BONDS PAYABLE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE AT $61.3 MILLION.

SO THAT'S YOUR LONG TERM DEBT AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME OTHER DEBT AS WELL THAT'S NOT AS SIGNIFICANT.

SO CERTAINLY THE LARGEST LIABILITY THAT THE COUNTY HAS ARE RELATED TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF REVENUES AND IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS IS A SUMMARY OF PAGE 21.

AND THIS SHOWS YOUR REVENUES DURING THE YEAR COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS.

YOUR REVENUES INCREASED BY JUST UNDER $31 MILLION AND THAT WAS SPLIT OUT BETWEEN CHARGES FOR SERVICES OPERATING GRANTS, CAPITAL GRANTS AND TAXES.

SO AN INCREASE OF 11% FROM PRIOR YEAR.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS TAKING THAT SAME INFORMATION AND SHOWING IT IN A GRAPH AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE JUST WHERE YOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF REVENUES ARE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE YOUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES GRANTS CAPITAL GRANTS TAXES AND OTHER REVENUES.

SO SLIGHT INCREASE THERE IN GENERAL ACROSS THE BOARD.

ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.

THIS IS A SUMMARY. PAGE 21 OF THE AUDIT.

THIS IS LOOKING HOW YOU SPEND THE SPEND YOUR MONEY OKAY.

AND THIS IS COMING RIGHT FROM THE AUDIT.

SO YOUR TOTAL EXPENSES FOR 2023 WERE JUST UNDER $254 MILLION.

THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $28 MILLION FROM 2022.

THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF THAT INCREASE IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES AND AND PENSION AND THEN THERE'S SOME OUTSIDE SERVICES AS WELL AND THEN JUST OVER $900,000 OF SOME EQUIPMENT.

IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT A FIVE YEAR TREND.

THESE CHARTS ARE NOT IN YOUR AUDIT.

I WANT TO SPECIFY THAT.

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO BACK SEVERAL YEARS AND WE PULL THE BALANCES FROM PRIOR YEAR AUDITS AND WE SUMMARIZE THEM HERE.

SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF YOUR EXPENSES LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR TREND.

SO YOUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSES REALLY PRETTY CONSISTENT.

YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY DID INCREASE YOUR HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.

SLIGHT INCREASE SANITATION.

PRETTY CONSTANT YOUR HEALTH EXPENSES HAS INCREASED.

YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF THAT'S COVID RELATED.

OKAY AND SO EDUCATION, LITTLE INCREASE.

SO BIGGEST CHANGE IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING RELATED TO COVID YOU HAVE $49 MILLION OF UNSPENT ARPA MONEY AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE AUDIT.

ALL RIGHT, PAGE, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE BALANCES ON PAGE 21 OF THE AUDIT.

THIS IS LOOKING AT REVENUES AND EXPENSES ON A MULTI YEAR BASIS.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE YOUR REVENUE STANDS WHICH IS THE THE BLUE BAR AND THE EXPENSES.

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NET INCOME. OKAY, I'M ABOUT READY TO SWITCH GEARS.

AND BEFORE I DO WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THUS FAR ON ANYTHING I'VE COVERED.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE. MAYBE THIS IS GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, BUT YOU HAVE ON NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES.

LANDFILL POST-CLOSURE OF $1 MILLION.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT? YES. SUPERVISOR, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND WHAT THAT IS THAT RELATES TO AN ESTIMATE OF CLOSURE AND POST CLOSURE CARE COSTS AND AS A LANDFILL GETS FILLED, IT HAS DIFFERENT CELLS AND WHAT WE DO IS WE RECOGNIZE AN OBLIGATION AS THOSE CELLS GET FILLED UP FOR THE FUTURE COST OF ESSENTIALLY CARING FOR THE FUTURE CLOSURE OF THE LANDFILL. SO IT'S AN ESTIMATE.

IT ACTUALLY COMES FROM ENGINEERS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER.

SO IS THAT A CUMULATIVE COST OR IS THAT AN ANNUAL COST? WELL, WHAT WE DO IS WE WE DO EVALUATE IT ANNUALLY, AND IT IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST OVER FUTURE YEARS TO TAKE CARE OF THE POST CLOSURE CARE COST.

YEAH. I SEE THE BONDS PAYABLE IS 61 A NET PREMIUM ON BONDS OBLIGATION OF 7 MILLION.

WHAT IS THAT? SO WHAT THAT IS THAT'S YOUR OUTSTANDING BONDS PAYABLE AND THERE'S A SUMMARY OF THAT IN THE NOTE DISCLOSURES.

THE PREMIUM AND I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THAT PAGE HERE.

SO YOUR LONG TERM DEBT IS SUMMARIZED OVER ON ONE SECOND HERE.

PAGE 39 OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ITS NOTE SEVEN.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT LANDFILL CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE CARE COSTS AND THEN YOUR BONDS PAYABLE IS INCLUDED AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF ACTUALLY DIFFERENT ISSUANCES.

SO YOU HAVE A REVENUE REFUNDING OBLIGATION OF $9 MILLION AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER WHAT WE CALL PLEDGE REVENUE OBLIGATION OF $51.6 MILLION AND THOSE ARE EXPLAINED IN MORE DETAIL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE OVER ON PAGE 39 AS TO WHEN THAT DEBT WAS ISSUED AND THAT CARRIES OVER TO PAGE 40 AS WELL.

SO THOSE DEBT ISSUANCES.

OKAY. I'LL CHECK THAT WHEN I GET A COPY OF THAT.

THANKS. OKAY.

HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ACCOUNT BALANCES, I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS HERE, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AND IT'S A LETTER THAT'S TITLED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT IF WE WERE TO HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLETING THE AUDITS, IF WE WERE TO HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT ABOUT ACCOUNTING RELATED ISSUES, CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD COVER IN THIS LETTER.

OKAY. SO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES, WHICH IS WHY I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE LETTER.

BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY TO YOU AS GOVERNANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT IT WOULD BE IN AS THIS LETTER.

WE ARE SWITCHING GEARS TO OUR LAST AND FINAL DELIVERABLE, WHICH IS THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTING PACKAGE.

I COVERED A LOT OF THIS ALREADY, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP IT FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION ON THIS DOCUMENT IS THAT THERE IS A PAGE.

IT'S CALLED PAGE SIX.

IT IS PAGE SIX AND IT IS A SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

SO OUR AUDIT OPINIONS ARE INCLUDED IN HERE AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINDINGS THAT WE HAD DURING OUR AUDIT ARE ALL LISTED OUT HERE, AS WELL AS THOSE FEDERAL

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WHEN WE MOVE PAST PAGE SIX INTO PAGE EIGHT, WE GET INTO WHAT WE CALL THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS.

SO ALL OF OUR FINDINGS ARE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY FINDINGS ON THE FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED OUR FINDINGS.

A LOT OF THESE FINDINGS ARE CARRY OVERS FROM PRIOR YEAR.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE FOUND AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT THAT WERE MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN 2023 THAN PRIOR YEAR, BUT IN GENERAL, THE FINDINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR. SO WE START OFF WITH CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED TO THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CYCLE AND A LOT OF THIS IS PROCESS AND PROCEDURE RELATED. AND AGAIN THOSE START ON THE FINDINGS.

START ON PAGE EIGHT.

ON PAGE NINE, WE HAVE THE SECOND FINDING, WHICH IS SPECIFIC TO CASH RECONCILIATIONS.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF BANK ACCOUNTS, OKAY.

COURTS HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS.

DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS.

SO OUR FOCUS HERE RELATES TO INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER CASH AND BANK ACCOUNTS AND CERTAIN WAYS TO IMPROVE THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THOSE ACCOUNTS.

THE NEXT TWO FINDINGS, STARTING ON PAGE TEN, ARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RELATED.

TWO THINGS TO NOTE HERE.

THE FIRST FINDING ON PAGE TEN, WHICH IS THIS FINDING NUMBER THREE IS SPECIFIC TO PERFORMING A RISK ASSESSMENT AND CREATING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN RESPONSE TO THE RISK.

THE SECOND FINDING IS MORE DETAILED IN NATURE AND WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROCESSES FOR CONSIDERATION TO IN TERMS OF IMPROVING INTERNAL CONTROLS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHO HAS ACCESS TO CERTAIN PROGRAMS, WHAT WE CALL ACCESS CONTROLS AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT LISTED OUT HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH YOUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TEAM GOING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THESE FINDINGS AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO OUR NOT ONLY OUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT THERE.

CYBERSECURITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

NOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NEWS ON ALMOST A DAILY BASIS TO TO SEE THE LEVEL OF BREACHES.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S SUCH AN INCREASED FOCUS ON OUR PART ON ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY.

THE NEXT FINDING IS SIMILAR TO PRIOR YEAR.

EXCUSE ME, I ACTUALLY [INAUDIBLE].

NUMBER FIVE IS SIMILAR TO PRIOR YEAR.

THIS IS A REGULAR REPORTING TO THE BOARD.

SO THAT'S A CARRYOVER.

NUMBER SIX IS RELATED TO WHAT WE CALL CAPITAL ASSETS.

SO WHAT ARE CAPITAL ASSETS BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT WE FOUND IS A LARGE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED AND NOT REMOVED FROM THE BOOKS AND SO THERE WAS AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THERE.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST TO TRACK YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS CLOSELY AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT IS PROPERLY RECORDED, WHEN YOU DISPOSE OF SOMETHING, IT'S ALSO PROPERLY RECORDED.

ALL RIGHT. FINDING NUMBER SEVEN RELATES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT PREPARATION.

SO WE HAD A FEW CLASSIFICATION ISSUES THERE AND AN ACCOUNTS A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT THAT WAS NOT ON THE BOOKS WHEN WE STARTED THE AUDIT.

AND THEN OUR LAST FINDING RELATES TO HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDS.

AND THIS IS A NEW FINDING FOR 2023 AND WHAT THIS IS, IS WE DID FIND THAT THERE WERE PUBLIC WORK EXPENDITURES THAT WERE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUNDING.

AND SO WHEN WE CAME ACROSS THIS, WE RAISED IT TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION.

THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE REMOVED FROM FROM HERFF.

BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS AN INSTANCE OF NONCOMPLIANCE, WE HAD TO REPORT ON IT.

MR. CHAIRMAN. ANY QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THE SHORTENED PRESENTATION.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT LONGER.

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I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY CORRECTED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD DETECTED, AND THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN STRAIGHTENED OUT, BUT IN OVERALL, IT'S STILL I'M VERY PROUD OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE FACT WE'VE DONE SO WELL TO BE IN THAT 83 PLUS PERCENTILE.

SO. CONGRATULATIONS, CONNIE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

I GUESS WE'RE GOING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU GOT AFTER YOU GOT IT OFF EASY, I DID.

MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.

LET ME GET IT IN FRONT OF ME.

MAKE SURE NEXT TIME COME AROUND.

GOT THE CORRECT VERBIAGE HERE.

[INAUDIBLE]. THERE WE GO.

SO AT THIS TIME, MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO NOTE TO THE BOARD AND PUT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT THE COUNTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARS 41-1494. WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH IS CONFIRMING THAT WE DO NOT REQUIRE OR OTHERWISE OFFER OR PROVIDE TRAINING, ORIENTATION OR THERAPY TO EMPLOYEES THAT PRESENTS ANY FORM OF BLAME OR JUDGMENT ON THE BASIS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, OR SEX.

DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I'M LOOKING AT COUNCIL HERE.

HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD. NO, I JUST NEED TO HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD FOR COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR CONNIE OR ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THIS REPORT? I BELIEVE MARTY MAY HAVE A COMMENT HERE.

CHAIRMAN MARTIN.

YES, CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ACTUALLY, I WAS JUST NOTING THAT THE COUNTY MANAGER IS CORRECT.

NO MOTION IS REQUIRED.

BUT THE STATUTE DOES REQUIRE THAT A DEMONSTRATION BE MADE THAT THE COUNTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REFERENCE STATUTE AND THE INFORMATION. MR. THOMPSON PROVIDED BRINGS US INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT STATUTE.

THANK YOU AND WHO NEEDS TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT, MARTIN? IS THAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OR MR. THOMPSON OR WHO? THE STATUTE DOESN'T INDICATE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, IT SIMPLY REQUIRES THAT IT BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE COUNTY IS IN COMPLIANCE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE.

COUNTY MANAGER AND I CONSULTED WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR WHO PROVIDED THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND BY SIMPLY MAKING THAT PART OF THE RECORD TODAY, AS MR. THOMPSON HAS DONE, THAT SATISFIES THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.

SO IT'S JUST A FINDING THEN? RIGHT. WELL, THEN I'LL MAKE THE COMMENT THAT I'M FINDING THAT THE COUNTY IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.

IT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

HOW'S THAT? IS THAT OKAY? YOU'RE MY LAWYER. COME ON.

NO. THAT'S PERFECT.

YES. WE'VE SATISFIED THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT. OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, I BELIEVE.

[ CONSENT AGENDA (Routine items that may all be approved by one motion.) ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 5, 12, AND 15.]

THAT'S NUMBER FIVE, 12 AND 15.

AM I CORRECT? ANY OTHERS? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I'D MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL THE CONSENT ITEMS EXCLUDING FIVE, 12 AND 15.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NUMBER 5.

[5. Community Health Services - Approve agreement (RFGA No. 2024-011) with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) to accept federal grant funding in the amount of $50,000.00 annually for the Remote Patient Monitoring Program, creation of a .625 FTE Care Coordinator position, request establishment of a new fund, and authorize the Community Health Services Director to sign all related documents. YC Contract No. 2024-165]

MR. OBERG.

YEAH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO BE SPEAKING UP HERE, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ME.

NUMBER FIVE, I THINK, INVOLVES MISS HORTON, YES, I WAS GOING TO ALLOW HORTON TO ANSWER FOR ME.

LESLIE HORTON, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SUPERVISOR OBERG, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

YES. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT? IT SAYS IT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT FUNDING, I GUESS.

HAVE WE HAD THIS BEFORE, OR IS THIS A NEW GRANT FOR US? IT IS A BRAND NEW GRANT FOR US.

OKAY. AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

THIS FUNDING IS FOR $50,000 TO ALLOW US TRULY THE CARE COORDINATOR POSITION AND THE ABILITY TO DO REMOTE PATIENT

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IT'S TO MONITOR THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE AND SO WE SEE PEOPLE THAT OFTEN END UP IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR COMING INTO OUR OFFICES, OFTEN WITH BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOW US A PART TIME COORDINATOR THAT HELPS TO MANAGE THE CARE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS REMOTELY.

THEY CAN MONITOR THEIR OWN BLOOD PRESSURE.

IT SENDS US A READING, AND WE'RE ABLE TO READ THAT FROM OUR OFFICES, KEEPING COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE FOLKS, TALK THEM THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, HELP THEM, GIVE THEM COUNSEL ON WHAT A PROVIDER WANTS THEM TO KNOW, AND THEY WORK RIGHT BETWEEN THAT PATIENT AND THE PROVIDER, AND MAKE SURE THAT CARE IS CONTINUOUS AND COORDINATED IN A WAY THAT HOPEFULLY KEEPS THEM OUT OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OR FROM HAVING TO COME TO OUR OFFICES AS OFTEN FOR ISSUES THAT COME UP OFTEN.

OKAY. YOU ALSO INDICATE THAT YOU NEED AN INDIVIDUAL, I GUESS TWO THIRDS OF A PERSON.

CAN YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THIS PERSON DOES? YEAH, AND I'M SORRY I HAD TO DO THE MATH ON THE FTES BECAUSE IT'S A 50 HOUR PER PAY PERIOD, WHICH COMES OUT TO 0.625 FTE AND THAT PERSON IS THAT MANAGER OF CARE.

THEY WILL WORK FOR US AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, AND THEY'LL WORK WITHIN OUR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMING.

BUT THEY'LL WORK AS A PERSON WHO NOT ONLY HELPS TO MONITOR THE CARE, HELPS TO PROVIDE COUNSEL TO THE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE AS WELL, KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THEM.

SO A PROVIDER WOULD REFER A PATIENT INTO THIS PROGRAM.

THEN WE WOULD CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINING THEIR MEDICATION.

SO IF THEY DIDN'T PICK UP THEIR PRESCRIPTION, WE MIGHT CALL THEM ABOUT THAT OR TALK TO THEM ABOUT NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR CONDITIONS.

BUT REALLY, TRULY, TO HELP MANAGE THE CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE VERY LOW INCOME, VERY VULNERABLE SOMETIMES LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS AS WELL.

SO IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO GET TO OUR OFFICES AND ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE SOMEONE TO GO TO VERSUS FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TO COME INTO THE CLINICS EVERY TIME THEY HAVE AN ISSUE SO THEY CAN CALL THEM UP AND THAT PERSON REALLY ACTS AS THAT INTERMEDIARY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OR FOR OUR CLINICS AND OUR PROVIDERS TO HELP GET INFORMATION TO THE PATIENT AND VICE VERSA. OKAY. SO IS THIS GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL DUTIES FOR SOMEBODY THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE HIRING ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL? WE WILL BE POSTING THE POSITION AND HIRING A NEW PERSON FOR THIS POSITION.

OKAY AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A APPROVED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THAT POSITION.

YES WE DO. YES. OKAY.

SO THE PERSON HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO DO THIS? ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE CLINIC, AND THE PROVIDER DETERMINES THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO THEY'RE ISSUED THE EQUIPMENT THAT DOES THE REMOTE MONITORING.

SO AT HOME, WHEN THEY YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE IS AND IT'S SENT ELECTRONICALLY OR WI-FI OR SOMETHING GETS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO HOW DOES THAT GET INTO THE PATIENT'S RECORD AND WHO MONITORS THAT AND ENSURES THE PROVIDER IS AWARE OF THIS AND TAKING SOME KIND OF A CORRECTIVE ACTION. YES.

SO THEY'LL BE IDENTIFIED AS FOLKS THAT HAVE GENERALLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MAINTAINING BLOOD PRESSURE GENERALLY OVER 130 OVER 80 ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.

SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR HEART ATTACKS, STROKE KIDNEY DISEASE, EVEN.

THERE'S OTHER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE MAINTAINING MEDICATION, MAINTAINING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS THAT WILL HELP LOWER THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.

BUT ALSO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THESE ARE OFTEN PEOPLE WHO STOP INTO OUR OUR OFFICES MORE OFTEN OR END UP IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE HAS GONE REALLY HIGH AND THIS WAY THEY HAVE SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO WHEN THEY'RE HAVING TIMES WHERE THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, AND VICE VERSA, WHERE THE CARE COORDINATOR CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.

BUT TRULY IS TAKING WHAT A PROVIDER IS SAYING BASED ON THE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING PROGRAM THAT FEEDS INTO OUR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS, MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION IN PLACE SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT THEIR CARE IS BEING TAKEN OR THEIR HEALTH IS BEING MANAGED, THAT THEY'RE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT, LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY IT DOES AVOID EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR TIMES WHEN IT ADDS STRESS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOTICING THAT THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE IS DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR THEY'RE FEELING DIFFERENT THAN THEY GENERALLY DO.

SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY COME INTO OUR CLINIC.

YES, THEY ARE PATIENTS OF THE CLINIC, AND OUR PROVIDERS DO REFER THEM INTO THIS PROGRAM.

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BUT ALSO GENERALLY OUR NURSE PRACTITIONERS ARE PHYSICIANS AND PA'S ARE SEEING PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTINUOUSLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THAT CAN BE REFERRED INTO THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'D BE A GOOD A GOOD CANDIDATE.

SO HOW DO YOU PLAN TO PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES? ANYONE CAN QUALIFY AS LONG AS THEY'RE A PATIENT OF THE CLINIC AND THEY COME INTO THE, YOU KNOW, QUALIFICATIONS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR HIGH RISK AND SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM AND FEELS LIKE THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM, THEY CAN CALL US UP, TALK TO THEIR PROVIDER LET US KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED. OTHERWISE OUR PROVIDERS WILL TALK TO EACH PATIENT, DOESN'T MATTER HOW REMOTE THEY ARE, AS LONG AS I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME CONNECTIVITY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE. BUT MOST OF OUR INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF SOME SORT OF SERVICE RANGE AT TIMES INTERMITTENTLY AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE BLOOD PRESSURE CAN RELAY THE INFORMATION OR THE MONITOR CAN RELAY THE INFORMATION RIGHT INTO OUR EHR.

SO IT REALLY SHOULD NOT MATTER HOW REMOTE THEY ARE.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE IN ALL COMMUNITIES AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.

WELL, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR RURAL CITIZENS REPORT TO ME THAT THEY FEEL IGNORED BY OUR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NOT, YOU KNOW, BEING AWARE OF ANYTHING.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING SERVICES OUT IN THEIR AREA.

SO HOW WOULD ANYBODY DOWN IN OR CONGRESS RIGHT NOW KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND COULD BE A PART OF IT? WELL, IF THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS MEETING NOW, THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO WE WILL NOT.

YES. WELL ACTUALLY, WE DO INCORPORATE EVEN THE WEAVER MOUNTAIN WELLNESS.

WE ARE A PART OF THE WEAVER.

WELL, SORRY, I CAN'T SAY IT.

VERY WELL. WEAVER MOUNTAIN WELLNESS COALITION.

BUT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT, LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR SERVICES.

WE ARE DOING OUR BEST AND SOON WE'LL HAVE MOBILE VEHICLES TO GO SERVE BETTER IN OUR RURAL AREAS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE TELEHEALTH, AND WE HAVE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO PEOPLE IN OUR MOST RURAL AREAS, AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT WORD OUT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T ADVERTISED AS WELL AS WE'VE LIKED TO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY A TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IS TO NOT ONLY ADVERTISE, BUT REALLY ADVERTISE TO OUR MOST RURAL AREAS, AS WELL AS SEE AREAS THAT WE COULD EXPAND IN IN THE FUTURE, MORE RURAL AREAS THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO AND SET UP SATELLITE CLINICS. WELL I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY TELEHEALTH OUT IN MY DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SOME OUT THERE AND I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.

DO WE HAVE ANY? YEAH. INDIVIDUALS CAN USE TELEHEALTH SERVICES AS LONG AS THEY'RE AN ENROLLED PATIENT.

SO WE GET THEM ENROLLED IN OUR CARE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ROUTINE BLOOD WORK, LAB WORK ROUTINE APPOINTMENTS.

THEY CAN DEFINITELY USE TELEHEALTH TO SEE THAT PROVIDER AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SMARTPHONE OR A COMPUTER.

IT MAY NOT BE FOR THEM, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SET UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO USE TELEHEALTH AS WELL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BUT IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE.

SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO SEE THEIR PROVIDER IN PERSON.

SOME PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH TELEHEALTH, AND THAT'S A PRETTY NEW TECHNOLOGY.

WELL, AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING FROM YOUR OFFICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR RURAL CITIZENS SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THESE PROGRAMS. BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT TELEMEDICINE BEING AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PARTICULARLY THE MORE RURAL AREAS GET SOME KIND OF INFORMATION FROM YOUR OFFICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUT IN OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.

AND I'M CERTAIN MANY OF THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY KNEW THESE PROGRAMS, WOULD SIGN UP FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THEM, SO.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AND I WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO OF YOU AS SUPERVISORS, IF YOU'RE HEARING OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM, LET ME GET YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN HAND OUT, BUT ALSO SEND THEM MY WAY.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, TOO, AND TELL THEM ALL ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER FOR THEM.

WELL, ONCE YOU GET THE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND GET THEM OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS, PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES, HOPEFULLY THESE PROGRAMS WILL BECOME A LOT MORE THEY'LL BE MORE AWARE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND CAN BE ASKING FOR THEM.

SO MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT NUMBER FIVE.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE ONE MORE COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND I HAVE A QUESTION, TOO.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT A QUESTION.

IT'S A STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT RURAL AND IT MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

[02:00:02]

WE DON'T HAVE A BLOOD DRAWS.

WE DON'T HAVE URGENT CARES.

WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT A METROPOLITAN AREA WOULD HAVE AND SO THOSE VANS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE AND I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THEM AND I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT SO THAT'S THE COMMENT THAT I HAVE, ALONG WITH MY SECOND TO YOUR MOTION AND THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR MICHAELS AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU TO FIND OUT THOSE AREAS, EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE OURSELVES INTO, NOT ONLY TO HELP ADVERTISE, BUT TO HELP START PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING TO OUR CLINICS.

WE WANT TO GET TO THEM AND THAT IS ONE OF MY PRIORITIES FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS MOVING FORWARD, IS REALLY TO GET OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INTO THOSE RURAL AREAS, IF NOT SET UP CLINICAL LOCATIONS AT SOME POINT.

OKAY. GOT A SECOND ALREADY? BUT GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

HOW LONG IS THIS GRANT FOR? THIS GRANT, I BELIEVE, IS A TWO YEAR GRANT AND WE ALWAYS HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE THEM BEYOND THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO WE'VE APPLIED FOR IT.

GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK THIS ONE GOES THROUGH 2027.

SO IT GOES FROM MARCH 25TH OF 24.

IT BEGINS AND IT WILL END IN MARCH 24TH OF 2027.

IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

SO THE QUESTION THEN COMES UP, HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS AT ANY ONE GIVEN TIME CAN BE INVOLVED OR ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM? AS MANY AS WE HAVE EQUIPMENT TO SERVE AND SO WHAT WE DO, AND WE SOMETIMES TAKE DONATIONS AS WELL TO HELP PURCHASE THESE MONITORING DEVICES.

SO IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO COME OUT OF THIS GRANT.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING THIS THROUGH A $10,000 DONATION WE GOT FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS.

BUT WE DID NOT HAVE A COORDINATOR IN PLACE TO REALLY HELP US TO COORDINATE THAT CARE.

SO THE COORDINATOR THEMSELVES IF WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING, WE HAD HOPED TO HIRE A FULL TIME PERSON, BUT THIS $50,000 REALLY ONLY ALLOWS US A PART TIME PERSON. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS SEE HOW WELL RECEIVED THIS PROGRAM IS AS WE EXPAND IT, AND THAT CARE IS COORDINATED, AND MAYBE WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND IT THROUGH OTHER FUNDING MEANS OR BILLING FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THROUGH THAT COORDINATOR AS WELL.

WELL, HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS ARE YOU ANTICIPATING? POSSIBLY. WELL, LET ME SEE.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON MY PREPARATION LIST.

I SAW A 25, UP TO 25% OF OUR PATIENT POPULATION.

LAST YEAR. WE SAW JUST UNDER 12,000 INDIVIDUALS.

SO 25% OF THAT 4000, 3000 AND I THINK IT'LL GROW WITH.

WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALREADY FUND.

PARTIALLY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAM.

THAT INCLUDES TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ABSOLUTELY QUALIFY.

THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

TO SPEAK TO SUPERVISOR OBERG'S POINT.

BUT THEY CAN KNOW ABOUT IT AND WILL KNOW ABOUT IT AND I THINK THE VANS WILL HELP A LOT.

I EXPECT TO SEE THAT NUMBER INCREASE.

I REALLY THINK IT WILL BE MORE THAN 3 OR 4000.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS A BEGINNING TO EXPANDING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS AREA, AND IT IS A BIG MEASURE IN OUR PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME MEASURES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO ESPECIALLY OUR QUALITY MEASURES AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER ARE HOW DO WE CLOSE THE LOOP ON CARE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO SOMETIMES FALL OFF THE GRID OR AREN'T REALLY SUSTAINING THEIR OWN CARE OR SHOWING UP AT APPOINTMENTS? WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS A CLINIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.

AND THIS, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GOING TO COVER THE DEVICES THEMSELVES.

YES IT DOES. AS I SAID, WE'VE HAD OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HELP US TO BUY OTHER MONITORING DEVICES.

THIS PART OF THIS BUDGET DOES GO TO EXPANDING THAT AND IN PURCHASING MORE EQUIPMENT AS WELL.

AND WE'LL PURCHASE IT AS NEEDED AS THE PROGRAM EXPANDS.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. NUMBER 12 FINANCE APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF THE E-GOV

[12. Finance - Approve renewal of the EGov Strategies, LLC Electronic Payment Services Agreement for one (1) year beginning July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and authorize the Finance Director to sign all related documents. YC Contract No. 2020-249A2]

[02:05:02]

MY QUESTION IS THIS.

PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 2014, AND WE WERE TRYING TO PUT E-GOV AS BEING THE SOLE.

BASICALLY CREDIT CARD TYPE OF POSITION, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHERS.

YES. FINANCE DIRECTOR LEFT.

YEAH, I BELIEVE I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ONE.

CHAIRMAN. SO GOOD MORNING.

CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I BELIEVE YOU HAD ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IN ORDER TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION AND SHARE THE CONVERSATION YOU AND I HAD ABOUT MY THOUGHTS WITH THIS ITEM WITH THE BOARD AND YOU STATED THAT CORRECTLY.

MY ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENDORS PROVIDING THE SERVICE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

THAT GAVE ME SOME PAUSE.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO INVENTORY OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS. LOOK AT CONSOLIDATING THOSE WITH THE HOPE WITH AN EYE TOWARDS SOME BETTER PRICING, QUITE FRANKLY.

AND AGAIN, JUST THE CONCEPT OF STANDARDIZING.

SO WE HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF VENDORS.

AND THEN THIRDLY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS WHO MAY NOT CURRENTLY OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS.

SO WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT ADVANCING THAT AS WELL OR EXPANDING THAT.

SO I INTEND TO WORK WITH THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO, AGAIN, DO AN INVENTORY OF OUR CURRENT NUMBER OF PROVIDERS, LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSOLIDATE AND POTENTIALLY EXPAND THE SERVICE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO IS LESSEN THE COST TO OUR CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE COMING IN AND USING CREDIT CARDS TO PAY FOR CERTAIN THINGS. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GOAL.

YES. OKAY, GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

SECOND, SECONDED BY MISS MICHAELS.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OKAY, PAQUITO. VALLEY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

[15. Poquito Valley Road Improvement District - The Board of Supervisors will resolve into the Board of Directors of Poquito Valley Road Improvement District and following consideration of this item, will reconvene as the Board of Supervisors - Approve Resolution No. 2027 to authorize and provide for the transfer of available District funds to defease and redeem all outstanding Poquito Valley Road Improvement District of Yavapai County, Arizona, Improvement Bonds, Series 2009.]

THE REASON I PULLED THIS IS, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PAYING OFF TWO BASIC LOANS, AND THOSE LOANS WERE FOR THE CREATION OF TWO ROAD DISTRICTS, ONE OF WHICH, AND BOTH HAPPENED TO BE IN MY DISTRICT, AND I DID SO ANYWAY.

BUT COYOTE SPRINGS AND NOW PAQUITO.

AND THESE HAVE BEEN 20 YEARS IN COMING, BECAUSE THEY WERE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AND THEREFORE THEY'LL BE CLOSED OUT AND THERE WILL BE NO TAX BILL GOING TO THOSE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE APPORTIONED TO THAT.

AND I THINK THEY ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT IN ADVANCE.

SO. TELL ME HOW YOU DID THIS.

SO GOOD MORNING.

CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M DAN CHERRY, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WITH THE COUNTY.

I YOU'RE RIGHT ON EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO CLOSE OUT THE PAQUITO VALLEY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE THE BOND OR BONDS ARE CAN BE COVERED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN IN ON THIS AS WELL AS AVAILABLE FUNDING THAT REMAINS.

FOR QUESTIONS ON THAT, I PROBABLY WOULD ASK YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO COME UP, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN MAINTAINING IT FOR ABOUT 19 YEARS NOW.

IT IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND WE HAVE APPLIED NUMEROUS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TREATMENTS ON THE ROAD AND CONTINUE TO KEEP IT IN GOOD SHAPE. SO THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, AS IS COYOTE SPRINGS OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PROCESS, WHICH IS GOVERNED UNDER STATUTE. THE COUNTY WAS A PARTICIPANT IN BOTH OF THESE AND HAS RESULTED IN A HIGH QUALITY ROAD THAT THE RESIDENTS USE OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO WITH THAT I'M VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THIS IS CLOSED OUT AT ITS AN ANNUAL PROCESS FOR US TO CHASE DOWN PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T PAID THEIR ASSESSMENTS ON IT.

AND WITH THIS, IT MAY BE A BENEFIT FOR NOT ONLY MY OWN STAFF AND THE TIME THEY SPEND ON IT, BUT YOU ALL AS THE BOARD FOR THIS ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO GREAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING LEGALLY WE HAVE TO DO, MARTIN, IN ORDER TO RESOLVE BASICALLY THESE TWO BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THESE TWO IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, OR DO WE JUST

[02:10:03]

JUST TO CLARIFY, THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS SIMPLY TO RETIRE THE BONDS AND YOU ARE CORRECT THAT A GREAT JOB HAS BEEN DONE IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING RETIRED.

WELL, IN ADVANCE OF THE MATURITY DATES.

SO THAT IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.

THERE WILL NEED TO BE A SUBSEQUENT ITEM TO ACTUALLY DISSOLVE THE DISTRICT AND THAT WILL BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA. THERE ARE STILL SOME MINOR OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE THAT TAKES PLACE, BUT I DO FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.

BUT THIS RETIRE OFFICIALLY GIVES AUTHORITY TO RETIRE THE BONDS AND ALSO ALLEVIATES THE COUNTY OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRACTING FOR THE COLLECTION SERVICES.

I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON RESOLVING THE REMAINING ISSUES, AND THEN BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD FOR FORMAL DISSOLUTION OF THE DISTRICT AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING FOR COYOTE SPRINGS, I ASSUME.

ACTUALLY COYOTE IS BOND.

THAT WAS THE BOARD TOOK ACTION AND THAT WAS FORMALLY DISSOLVED AND THAT DISTRICT NO LONGER EXISTS, AND THE COUNTY AND TOWN HAVE TAKEN OVER MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARTICULAR ROAD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER 15.

SECOND. SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK OR.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

TEN MINUTES [INAUDIBLE].

WE'RE BACK IN SESSION AND MOVING ON TO MR.

[1. Board of Supervisors - Discussion and possible action regarding legislative updates. ]

ACTION ITEM.

DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

CHAIRMAN. VICE.

CHAIRMAN. THERE WE GO.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MAURY THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER I WILL BE VERY BRIEF WITH THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THIS WEEK BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE IS JUST MEETING ONE DAY A WEEK AT THIS POINT FOR THE LAST, I THINK THREE WEEKS NOW.

SO THEY ARE IN SESSION ON WEDNESDAYS ONLY.

SO TODAY BEING WEDNESDAY, THEY HAVE CONVENED AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY DO BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY.

SO I ONLY HAVE ONE BILL TO REPORT ON TODAY AND THIS WAS ONE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AT THEIR LAST MEETING LAST FRIDAY. THAT WAS SENATE BILL 1370.

EXCUSE ME. THIS WAS A BILL THAT WOULD EXEMPT YOUTH BUSINESSES OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATED BY A PERSON UNDER 19 YEARS OLD AND OPERATED ONLY OCCASIONALLY FROM ANY TYPE OF LICENSE OR PERMIT THAT A MUNICIPALITY OR A COUNTY COULD REQUIRE.

ADDITIONALLY, IT WOULD EXEMPT BUSINESSES OF THIS NATURE FROM TPT AND EXCISE TAX IF THEY MADE LESS THAN $10,000 IN A CALENDAR YEAR.

CSA STAFF AND LPC HAD CONCERNS WITH THE BILL, AND THEY VOTED TO OPPOSE THIS BILL LAST FRIDAY THE CONCERN WAS WITH A POTENTIAL LOOPHOLE IN THE BILL, AS IT WAS WRITTEN, THAT WOULD ALLOW A PARENT OPERATING A SO-CALLED YOUTH BUSINESS CREATED NORMALLY BY THEIR CHILD FOR PERMITTING BENEFITS, AND THEN THE EXEMPTION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FROM TAXES.

SO, EXACTLY, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED IN MIND.

YEAH. SO AGAIN, THEY VOTED TO OPPOSE THAT BILL AND THAT WAS THE ONLY BILL AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN LPC ACTUALLY WON'T EVEN BE MEETING THIS WEEK. THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT AND UNTIL THIS POINT, UNTIL WE SEE WHERE THE LEGISLATURE HEADS WITH A BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GUESS NOT. ALRIGHT.

[1. Development Services - Approve a new Class A Bingo License for American Legion Post 123 located at 22255 Picacho Ave., Seligman, AZ 86337 (District 4 - Chairman Brown)]

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. DONE.

THANK YOU. MARK. GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO NUMBER TWO.

[2. Development Services - Approve a Rezoning from the RCU-2A (Residential; Single Family; Rural; minimum 2-acre parcel size) zoning district to the C2-1(Commercial; General Sales) zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: Schwenk Zoning Map Change; Owner(s): Capital GC Inc. James Schwenk; Applicant/Agent: James Schwenk; APN: 500-05-067; PLA23-000020. The property is approximately 5-acres and located east of the intersection of Arcosanti Road and Cross L Road/ Stagecoach Trail on the east side of Interstate-17, in the community of Cordes Junction. Section 14, Township 11N, Range 02E. G&SRB&M. Staff: Timothy Olson (District 2 - Supervisor Gregory)]

[02:15:06]

PROJECT NAME IS A SCHWENK ZONING MAP CHANGE OWNERS OR CAPITAL GC INCORPORATED JAMES SCHWENK APPLICANT IS JAMES SCHWENK.

APN NUMBER IS 500-005-067 AND PLA 23-000020. THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES, LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ARCOSANTI ROAD AND CROSS ROAD STAGECOACH TRAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF INTERSTATE 17, IN THE COMMUNITY OF CORTEZ.

JUNCTION SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 02E, G AND ESSER B AND M STAFF TIMOTHY OLSON.

TIMOTHY, DID YOU WRITE THIS? I DID, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D WANT TO ADMIT THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO REPEAT IT, BUT I'M NOT.

MR. GREGORY.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BROWN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS TIMOTHY OLSON, PLANNER WITH THE YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND INDEED, I DID WRITE THAT.

SO THIS IS THE ZONING MAP CHANGE AND AGAIN, IT'S LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY OF CORTEZ JUNCTION, WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED IN SUPERVISOR GREGORY'S DISTRICT. THAT'S DISTRICT TWO.

THE PARCEL IS LOCATED ON THE EAST INTERSECTION.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT SOME PHOTOS HERE.

THERE YOU GO. THE STARS INDICATING WHERE THE LOCATION IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO.

THIS IS AN AREA MAP SHOWING THE APPROXIMATION OF WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS IN CORDIS JUNCTION.

THIS IS A ZONING MAP LOCATING THE PROPERTY, SHOWING THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, WHICH RIGHT NOW THE ORIGINAL ZONING OF THIS WAS RC2A AND THAT WAS ZONED. THAT WAY EARLY 1968 TO THROUGHOUT THE 70S, 80S, 90S AND 2000 AS WELL.

THE APPLICANT AND PURCHASED THE PURCHASE THIS FIVE ACRE PARCEL APRIL 2023.

THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CREATED IN 1958 AND IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONING MAP CHANGE TO MATCH THE ZONING DISTRICT TO THE WEST AND SOUTH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED.

THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO SHOWING ACTUALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AERIAL AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A APS SUBSTATION NEXT TO IT.

MR. SCHWENK, I BELIEVE, OWNS THIS PROPERTY AS WELL, WHICH IS ALSO BEEN REZONED TO C2.

THIS IS THE LOVES PROPERTY, TRAVEL STOP AND THIS IS ARKANSAS ROAD AND CROSS L ROAD AND THEN I BELIEVE THIS IS STAGECOACH RIGHT HERE.

AND TIM THE TO IS GOING TO GO RIGHT NEXT TO THAT.

RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT OKAY.

WHAT AGAIN I'M SORRY THAT TO TRUCK STOP TRAVEL STOP OF AMERICA AND THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THIS ROAD EASEMENT RIGHT HERE.

SO TO IS RIGHT HERE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT ANOTHER PHOTO OF IT.

AGAIN THIS IS A SUBJECT PROPERTY.

I DID OUTLINE IT.

IT'S A ROUGH OUTLINE TO WILL BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS RED LINE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF IT IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.

AND YOU ARE LOOKING SOUTH AND TIM ON THIS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? THERE HAVE BEEN NO OPPOSITION FOR THIS PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD.

THE BOARD DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM.

OKAY. THE ZONING AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THE ZONING AND THIS MAKES SENSE TO GO TO COMMERCIAL.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. SECONDED BY MISS MICHAEL.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

[3. Development Services - Approve a Use Permit to allow for an existing 30’ x 48’ storage barn to be continued to be used for personal storage, before a primary use is established on an approximate 40-acre parcel in an RCU-10A (Residential, Single Family, Rural, 10-acre minimum lot size) zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Project Name: Thompson Storage Barn Use Permit; Owner(s): David N. Thompson; Applicant/Agent: David N. Thompson; APN: 302-18-214E; PLA24-000005. The property is approximately six (6) miles south of Interstate-40 at the end of Outback Road in the Juniperwood Ranch Unit 11 area (Lot 1) southwest of the community of Ash Fork. Section 34, Township 21N, Range 04W, G&SRB&M. Staff: Timothy Olson (District 4 - Chairman Brown)]

TO BE CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR PERSONAL STORAGE BEFORE A PRIMARY USE IS ESTABLISHED ON AN APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRE PARCEL.

RCU TEN, A RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL, TEN ACRE, MINIMUM LOT SIZE ZONING DISTRICT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

PROJECT NAME IS THOMPSON STORAGE BARN USE PERMIT.

DAVID N THOMPSON APPLICANT AND AGENT DAVID N THOMPSON APN 302-18 214E PLA

[02:20:01]

EXCUSE ME, OUTBACK ROAD IN THE JUNIPER WOOD SUBDIVISION.

UNIT 11, LOT ONE, SOUTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF ASH FORK.

SECTION 34.

BETTER THAN ME.

GOD. OKAY.

TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH.

RANGE 04W, G AND S, R, B AND M STAFF TIMOTHY OLSON.

MR. OLSON, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.

YES. WAS THIS PERSON IN VIOLATION PRIOR TO THIS REQUEST? THIS PERSON WAS NOT IN VIOLATION PRIOR TO THIS REQUEST.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THIS USE PERMIT.

THIS IS A RENEWAL OF A USE PERMIT THAT WAS FIRST APPROVED 2000, 2017 BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

AGAIN GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN BROWN.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS TIMOTHY OLSON, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RENEWAL OF THE THOMPSON STORAGE BARN USE PERMIT.

PLA 24-000005.

AGAIN IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR.

THAT'S SUPERVISOR BROWN'S DISTRICT.

IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS YOU KNOW? THERE HAVE BEEN NO OPPOSITION TO THIS.

ANYTHING FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD? NO, SIR. THEN I THEN I'D MOVE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS HERE.

SECOND. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.

SAVE US SOME TIME. COUNTY MANAGERS REPORT.

[ COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(K), the County Manager may present brief summaries of current events but no discussion may occur, and no action may be taken regarding anything that is presented.]

I KNOW IT'S REALLY EASY.

YEAH. OKAY.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY IN MY MANAGER'S REPORT, AND THAT IS TO PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S MONTHLY FISCAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR APRIL.

A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WOULD MAKE REGARDING THAT REPORT, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU AT THE DAIS THIS MORNING.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINUED GOOD NEWS FROM THE STATE'S FINANCES.

THE MARCH GENERAL FUND REVENUES TOTALED $1.08 BILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 19.2% ABOVE MARCH OF 2023.

SO ANOTHER POSITIVE TRENDING MONTH FOR STATE FINANCES LIKE LAST MONTH, INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF THAT.

GOOD NEWS FOR US, ACTUALLY, DUE TO A DECLINE IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF REFUNDS BEING ISSUED AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR THE REPORT THAT I POINTED OUT IN MY REPORT TO YOU, IS THAT AT THE END OF THE REPORT, THERE'S A SECTION ON THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THAT THOSE INCLUDE AWARDS OF $626,000 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND $1 MILLION FOR FY 24 FOR THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO GOOD NEWS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL OF WHERE THOSE AWARDS WERE MADE AND THEN FINALLY, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT REPORT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. BACK TO THE LESS THAN GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE STATE'S FINANCIAL POSITION.

GOVERNOR HOBBS HAS CALLED ON AGENCY DIRECTORS TO PREPARE FOR SOME COLLECTIVE FINANCIAL BELT TIGHTENING.

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, SHE HAS ISSUED A LETTER TO STATE AGENCY DIRECTORS, CAME OUT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS LAYING OUT PLANS FOR AGENCIES TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A HEADCOUNT CAP SIMILAR TO A HIRING FREEZE FOR STATE GOVERNMENT.

AGENCIES ARE ALSO REQUESTED TO CONDUCT BUDGETARY SAVINGS EXERCISES AND DEVELOP PLANS FOR POTENTIAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS OF UP TO 4%. WITH THESE PROPOSALS, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS AIMING FOR $1.2 BILLION IN SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SO WE MAY BE HEARING MORE ABOUT CUTS FROM THE STATE.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

CHAIRMAN. HOW WOULD THIS BE AFFECTED? AS FAR AS OUR BUDGETING FOR THIS YEAR? WELL, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, OBVIOUSLY, RECEIVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY COME BACK FROM THE STATE REVENUE.

YEAH AND THIS WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THAT.

I'M ASSUMING I WOULD ASSUME IT SHOULD HAVE A RELATIVELY MINOR IMPACT ON US AGAIN, 4%.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DEDUCTIONS WOULD END.

OKAY. MARTY TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION.

OKAY. I'LL YIELD TO COUNCIL.

[02:25:02]

CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M ACTUALLY BASED UPON THE WAY THIS MATTER HAS BEEN AGENDIZED.

IT'S NOT SET UP FOR DISCUSSION AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST A REPORT, AND THAT SHOULD BE THE END OF THE ITEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, I DID IT AGAIN.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM YOU AT A LATER DATE.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIX THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MOVING TO CALL OF THE PUBLIC.

ANYBODY. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY RELEVANT ISSUE WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION AND PURSUANT TO ARS 38-4 31.018 BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON THE MATTERS RAISED DURING THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

BOARD MAY DIRECT STAFF TO STUDY THE MATTER OR DIRECT THAT MATTER TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE.

DO WE HAVE ANY GREEN SHEETS? NO, SIR. WE HAVE NO REQUEST TO SPEAK.

OKAY. WE HAVE ANY INDICATION FROM THE PUBLIC OUT THERE THEY'D LIKE TO TALK TO US.

NO INDICATION.

THEREFORE, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.