[00:00:01] YOU KNEW WHAT TIME IT WAS. I TOLD YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. [ CALL TO ORDER] GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. IT'S FANTASTIC WITH THE RAIN, FOR SURE. I KNOW WE'RE ALL HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO WE ARE HERE FOR THE WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. IT IS NOW 9:00 AND I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION DONE BY VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND THE PLEDGE DONE BY SUPERVISOR JENKINS. YOU PLEASE ALL STAND. LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED RAINY DAY IN MAY. THANK YOU FOR OUR HEALTH AND OUR CONTINUED HEALTH. PLEASE GUIDE THIS BOARD IN MAKING WISE DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. AND LORD, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF FAMILY. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR COMPTON. AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JENKINS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE OUR NEWEST SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR JENKINS, WHO WILL BE REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO. WELCOME. WE ARE VERY HONORED. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL GO AHEAD AND REACH TO THE CLERK, AND WE COULD DO ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. CHAIR MALLORY HERE. VICE CHAIR COMPTON HERE. SUPERVISOR CHECK HERE. SUPERVISOR JENKINS HERE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS. [ AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS ] WE DO HAVE TYLER UP HERE. WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THE AWARDS. I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF ALL OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HERE, OUR DEPUTIES, OUR CONSTABLES. SO MUCH THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND YOUR SERVICE AND FOR THE SAFETY THAT WE ENJOY DAILY. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. WHEREAS THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT OUR HOMES, BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY IN BOTH EVERYDAY LIFE AND WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE. AND WHEREAS CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEVOTION OF VIGILANT 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 SAFETY OR THE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. AND WHEREAS, MODERN BUILDING CODES INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDS SUCH AS HURRICANES, SNOWSTORMS, TORNADOES, WILDLAND FIRES, FLOODS, AND EARTHQUAKES. AND WHEREAS, BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OUR LOCAL BUILDING DEPARTMENTS WHO ASSURE US OF SAFE, SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY. AND WHEREAS. GAME ON, THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ENCOURAGES US TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY ON A PERSONAL, LOCAL AND GLOBAL SCALE. AND 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, LOCAL AND STATE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, FIRE PREVENTION BUREAUS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF 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 AS WE PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ACTIVITIES IN WITNESS THEREOF. THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HER HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 2025. AND CHAIR, HERE WE HAVE JEREMY DYER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY AND VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR. MY NAME IS JEREMY DIME, THE DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND IN THE COUNTY, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. AND AS AS MISTER GOODMAN MENTIONED IT NATIONAL BUILDING SAFETY MONTH HIGHLIGHTS THE VITAL ROLE THAT BUILDING SAFETY PLAYS IN PROTECTING LIVES, [00:05:09] PROPERTY AND COMMUNITIES. IT ALSO HELPS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO BUILDING CODES INVESTING IN RESILIENT STRUCTURES AND FOSTERING SAFE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES. SO BY PRIORITIZING SAFETY, WE CREATE ENVIRONMENTS THAT WITHSTAND NATURAL DISASTERS, WILDFIRES, AND ENSURES THE WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE THAT THAT LIVES WITHIN OUR COUNTY. AND SO, FOR NEARLY 45 YEARS, BUILDING SAFETY MONTH HAS REINFORCED THAT NEED FOR ADOPTION OF MODERN AND REGULARLY UPDATED BUILDING CODES. AND THAT HELPS TO OF COURSE, UPDATED BUILDING CODES ALSO HELPS TO PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES AND MAINTENANCE OF MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY VALUES AND INSURABILITY OF HOMES AS WELL. YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS HAD ADOPTED BUILDING CODES SINCE 1987, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF MOVING TO TOWARD THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024. THE MOST MODERN BUILDING CODES EARLY NEXT YEAR. AND AS WAS MENTIONED, THE 2025 BUILDING SAFETY MONTH THEME IS GAME ON. AND EACH EACH WEEK OF THIS MONTH ACTUALLY FOCUSES ON A SPECIFIC THEME, SUCH AS DISCOVERING HOW BUILDING SAFETY IMPACTS OUR DAILY LIVES. STAYING PREPARED FOR NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS WILDFIRES AND SEVERE WEATHER, AND IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN BUILDING SAFETY IN THE BUILDING SAFETY INDUSTRY. AND WE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ARE PROMOTING BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ALSO JUST BY BEING OUT OUT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. WE HAVE STAFF AT THE COTTONWOOD ACE HARDWARE FROM 9 TO 2 TODAY ANSWERING QUESTIONS, PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT PERMITTING AND BUILDING SAFETY. AND WE ALSO HAD A GOOD PRESENCE AT THE YCA HOME SHOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AS WELL. SO YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING SAFETY UNIT HAS A A WELL TRAINED AND WELL QUALIFIED BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION OF 25 PLANS EXAMINERS AND FIELD INSPECTORS. AND THEY ROUTINELY REVIEW NEARLY 5000 PLANS PER YEAR. AND THEY DRIVE TO EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE COUNTY TO INSPECT THOSE PROPERTIES, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING BUILT TO THAT SAFE, SAFE STANDARD. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE TO YOU A A FEW OF OUR BUILDING SAFETY FOLKS BACK BEHIND ME TO MY LEFT HERE, WE HAVE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, WARREN COLVIN, AND OUR SENIOR PLANS EXAMINER, LESLIE WAGNER, AND SENIOR PLANS EXAMINER LOUIS TAMAYO, AND ALSO OUR SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR, JOHN BAUDER. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE THE WORK THAT WE DO IN, IN BUILDING SAFETY. AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITH US HERE AS WELL. SO IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE FOR A PHOTO, THEN PERHAPS THEY COULD BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. WELL THANK YOU JEREMY. AND ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL BE DOING A PHOTO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR SURE. BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND AND THE DEDICATION. AND OF COURSE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, THE COUNTY IS CHANGING, THE POPULATION IS GROWING. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF ORDINANCES WE'RE LOOKING AT TO CHANGE FOR THE FUTURE AS WE DEAL WITH MORE DIFFERENT POPULATION GROWTH IN LOCATIONS AND WHAT DOES ALL THAT LOOK LIKE? SO I WILL OFFER IF ANY OF THE BOARD HAS ANY COMMENTS AT ALL. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS PROCLAMATION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION. ACCLAMATION. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO DON'T RUN OFF. DON'T ANYBODY RUN OFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK. WHEREAS ON MAY 5TH, 1984, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SIGNED PROCLAMATION FIVE 187 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 UTMOST RESPECT. AND WHEREAS CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND DETENTION STAFF ARE INTEGRAL TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, AND WHEREAS THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WORK DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT THE WELL-BEING OF INMATES AND THE PUBLIC. AND WHEREAS THEIR COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE LAW AND PROVIDING REHABILITATION OPPORTUNITIES IS COMMENDABLE. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF MAY 4TH, [00:10:01] 2025 AS NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WEEK. THEY WITNESSED THEREOF THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HER HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 2025. AND CHAIR, WE HAVE SHERIFF RHODES HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. ABSOLUTELY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM HIM. AND HE BRING UP HIS DEPUTIES THAT HE BROUGHT HERE. AND WE WILL BE HAVING PICTURES ALSO WITH WITH THEM. AND VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, SHERIFF, AND BRINGING YOUR STAFF. GOOD MORNING. YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID RHODES. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND THIS PROCLAMATION. I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER LIKED THE TERM CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. IF YOU READ THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION, THE RESPONSIBILITY IS DELEGATED TO THE SHERIFF OF KEEPING AND MAINTAINING THE JAIL. AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WORKS IN THE SHERIFF'S ORGANIZATION, THAT HELPS FURTHER THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE A VOLUNTEER OR THE NUMBER TWO PERSON, IS A DEPUTY OF THE SHERIFF. AND I HAVE BELIEVED THAT THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS SHOULD BE CALLED CORRECTIONAL DEPUTIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. THEY ARE PERFORMING A CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE ON BEHALF OF SOCIETY, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB, VERY HARD. NOBODY WANTS TO BE AT THE JAIL OR IN JAIL. YOU'RE DEALING WITH A DIFFICULT PROCESS. THERE ARE HEALTH CARE CONSIDERATIONS AND AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE TO GUARD AND THE SAFETY AND THE SECURITY. AND WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE FACILITIES THAT ARE WORKING IN THE DETENTION SYSTEM. AND WE'VE HAD AN AMAZING WE HAVE AN AMAZING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT HAS FOUGHT TO FUND AND PROPERLY, PROPERLY STAFF AND PROPERLY BUILD FACILITIES THAT THAT ARE NEEDED TO HAVE IN THE JAIL REALLY IS A SYMBOL OF SECURITY IN THE COMMUNITIES. WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THOSE FACILITIES AND YOU SEE THEM AND YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU BREAK THE LAW, THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO END UP. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TWO FACILITIES CAPTAINS. CAPTAIN ERIC STUMP OF THE PRESCOTT DETENTION FACILITY. AND CAPTAIN RICH MARTIN OF THE CAMP VERDE DETENTION FACILITY. NOW, RICH. HE'S RETIRING THIS SUMMER. I'VE TRIED TO GET HIM TO STAY. HE SAYS NO. BUT THAT'S OKAY. I WOULD LIKE EACH ONE OF THEM TO TALK FOR JUST A MOMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THEM IN THOSE FACILITIES. WE'LL START WITH RICH. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. YEAH. THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT WE WITNESS ON A DAILY BASIS IS IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE. THE THE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT YOU HAVE WORKING IN THERE, THEY RESPECT THE INMATES AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TREAT THEM WITH THE DIGNITY THAT THEY DESERVE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY KEEP YOU SAFE. THEY KEEP US SAFE FROM THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL MOST OF THEM ARE IN THE PRE ADJUDICATION STATUS. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FOUND GUILTY YET. SO THEY'RE WAITING TO GO TO TRIAL. BUT YET A JUDGE HAS FOUND THAT THEY NEED TO BE DETAINED. THEY'RE NOT SAFE TO BE OUT ON THE STREET FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT IS. AND SO THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE WORKING IN THERE ARE JUST IT'S IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE WORK THAT GETS DONE EVERY DAY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY FACE WITH THE WITH THE INMATE POPULATION AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE. IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK THE BOARD FOR OR I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR RECOGNITION AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. AND WHAT CAPTAIN MARTIN SAID. I ECHO THAT A LOT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE EMPLOY ARE YOUNG. AND TO SEE THEM COME INTO WORK. AND THE WORK ETHIC THAT THEY BRING GIVES HOPE FOR OUR FUTURE. AND THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IN GENERAL. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WHEN I FIRST BECAME A SUPERVISOR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT THE CAMP VERDE. ACTUALLY JEFF NEWNAM TOOK US THERE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE WERE IN THERE FOR PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 6 OR 6 HOURS. I THINK IT WAS IT WAS A LONG TIME. [00:15:04] BUT WHEN I LEFT AND WALKED OUTSIDE, IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE I WAS IN THIS PLACE. AND THEN I CAME OUT TO DAYLIGHT. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. I WAS ONLY THERE SIX HOURS, AND I JUST COULDN'T. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WORDS. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR WHAT YOU GIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. SO I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT I OFFERED THAT UP TO ANY, ANY SUPERVISOR THAT HASN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, TO GO IN THERE AND ACTUALLY SEE THIS PRODUCTION IS AMAZING. MADAM CHAIR, I'D ALSO JUST SINCE WE'VE JUST COME OUT OF A LOT OF BUDGET SEASON, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN INEQUITY AS FAR AS NEW HIRES GO AND THEIR RETIREMENT PLANS. AND I KNOW IT ALSO CREATES A BUDGET ISSUE FOR US. BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INEQUITY. IT'S COME INTO MY AWARENESS, AND I DO SINCERELY HOPE THAT THAT CAN THAT NEEDLE CAN MOVE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE RETIRING. CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOKING TO HIRE YOU KNOW, TALENT THAT THAT CAN REALLY FILL YOUR SHOES. SO, MADAM CHAIR SUPERVISOR CHECK, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE CHAIR, IF I MAY. YES. I'M SO SORRY, MR. JOHNSON. THAT'S FINE. THANK. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IF I COULD ADD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE. SUPERVISOR CHECK JUST REFERENCED OUR BUDGET HEARINGS. YOU MAY ALSO RECALL WHEN THE SHERIFF MADE HIS PRESENTATION, HE NOTED INVOLVEMENT IN OUR NEWLY INVIGORATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATED. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL OUT HIS SUPPORT FOR FOR THOSE EFFORTS, AND PARTICULARLY CAPTAIN STUMP FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THERE. AS WE LOOK AT OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE JAIL IS A IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT. WHO'S IN THERE, HOW LONG THEY'RE STAYING. AND I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH CAPTAIN STUMP'S INSIGHTS, REALLY HELPING DIRECT US TO SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SO THANK YOU BOTH, GENTLEMEN. MADAM CHAIR. YES. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FORTUNATELY, BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I NEVER VISITED EITHER ONE OF YOUR FACILITIES, BUT DID GET TO TAKE A TOUR. IT'S REALLY NICE. NICE IN THERE? IT'S. IT JUST LOOKS VERY, VERY FUNCTIONAL. AND TO THE SHERIFF'S COMMENTS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM HAVING AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE IT CHANGES ALL OUR CORRESPONDENCE, DOCUMENTATION, AND CONVERSATION REFER TO THEM AS CORRECTIONAL DEPUTIES. I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AND I DO NOT EITHER. SO WE WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YOU BET. NOW OF COURSE WE HAVE MORE, BUT DON'T LEAVE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING PICTURES AND WE HAVE CERTIFICATES. ALL RIGHT. AND, SHERIFF, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. I WOULD JUST SAY, WHY DON'T WE DO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL DO ALL THE PICTURES THAT AT ONE TIME. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD, WILL YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION IS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. WHEREAS IN 1962, PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY SIGNED THE FIRST PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING 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 IMPORTANT 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 AND EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AND 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, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 15TH, 2025 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HER HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 2025. THANK YOU. TYLER. AND DID ANYONE WANTED TO COME BACK, THE SHERIFF OR ANYONE WANTED TO COME BACK UP TO SPEAK TO THIS ALSO? [00:20:01] ONCE AGAIN MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND RECOGNITION. YOUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE THE THE LARGEST PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY THAT ARE THAT IS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY BY ABOUT DOUBLE SERVE ABOUT MAYBE 100, 125,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY, SUPPORT THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WORK IN THE NARCOTICS TASK FORCES, DO ALL THE SEARCH AND RESCUE ALONG WITH THE VOLUNTEERS. AND ANSWER EVERY NINE ONE, ONE CALL. AND THERE'S EVERY DAY I READ THE SHIFT BRIEFINGS AND YOU KNOW, I STILL GET SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO AND SOME OF THE CALLS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO TO. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN 31 YEARS, WE HAVE EVOLVED TREMENDOUSLY AS AN INSTITUTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS, WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE NEW LAWS AND ALL THE NEW RULES. THE TRAINING I WENT TO IN 1994 WAS 13 WEEKS. TODAY IT'S 22 WEEKS. SO IT'S ALMOST DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO LEARN. BUT THE ONE THING THAT HAS NOT CHANGED IS THE NATURE OF PEOPLE. AND I'M VERY PROUD IN THE WAY THAT THEY TREAT THE PUBLIC. THEY HANDLE THE CALLS PROFESSIONALLY, THEY TALK TO PEOPLE PROFESSIONALLY. AND I, I HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. BUT THE DANGERS OF THE JOB HAVE NEVER CHANGED IN THE 31 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY EVER WILL CHANGE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SAFER FOR THEM, AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM IN DOING WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE CAPTAIN TOM BOLTZ HERE TODAY. HE IS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMANDER. I HAVE CHIEF DEPUTY JEFF NEWNAM, WHO IS HERE TODAY. CAPTAIN. SORRY, COMMANDER TOM BOLTZ, CAPTAIN JOHN JOHNSON AND I HAVE DEPUTY PALMER HERE, WHO I AM GOING TO ASK DEPUTY PALMER TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, IF THAT'S OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. I FIRST WANTED TO JUST SAY MY APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN TO ASSIST AND HELP US WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. IN REGARDS TO THE EARLIER WITH CORRECTIONS, I STARTED THROUGH THE JAIL AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW, TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT TO THE ROAD AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT SPECTRUM OF IT. I WORK ON THE ASH FORK AND SELIGMAN AREA. SO A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY FROM HERE. BUT THE CALLS ARE THE SAME. IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT NATURE OF THE AREA. BUT SERVING THE PUBLIC IS THE TOP PRIORITY. AND PROTECTING OTHERS IS NOT ONLY JUST WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO, BUT I PERSONALLY STRIVE TO DO DAILY. AND IN REGARDS TO THIS MOTION, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE DOING OUT THERE. THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WE PUT IN, BUT ALSO THE ENJOYMENT OF BEING ABLE TO WORK FOR THIS COUNTY IS SOMETHING I'VE TRULY LEARNED TO ENJOY. I USED TO WORK FOR COCONINO COUNTY, AND I CAN SAY THAT I ENJOY WORKING FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY EVEN MORE. THANK YOU. WELL, WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD HAS ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING. WE'LL LET COCONINO COUNTY KNOW. YEAH, I'M SURE THEY'LL LOVE THAT. NO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND ALL YOU DO EVERY DAY YOUR LIVES GET PUT ON THE LINE. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT'S SEEN BY US AS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO IMPACT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN VARIOUS WAYS. SO THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT AND COMMEND THE SHERIFF. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, PRIOR BOARD HAD MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING TO BE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THE VARIETY THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, SHERIFF, OF THOSE CALLS, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE THE STRANGENESS OF SOME OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAY IN AND DAY OUT. YOU STARTED THAT REPORT TO THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I FOR ONE, I READ THAT EVERY WEEK AND AM STRUCK BY WHAT THE DEPUTIES OUT IN THE FIELD ARE ENCOUNTERING EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE BOARD. IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND USEFUL. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. JUST THANKS FOR SERVING UP THERE IN MY DISTRICT ON THE NORTHERN STRETCH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE BUDGET HEARINGS, BUT I HOPE TO GET YOU OUT OF THE DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER PRETTY SOON AND INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL. AND I THINK THIS ENTIRE BOARD IS STARTING TO REALLY LOOK AT THE OUTLYING AREAS THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH ATTENTION IN THE PAST, BUT NOW I THINK THERE IS A FOCUS ON THAT. SO HANG IN THERE. [00:25:04] I APPRECIATE IT, AND I HAVE SEEN THE DIFFERENCE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SHERIFF. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST ASK CHIEF DEPUTY NEWNAM TO COME UP AND MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AS WELL. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT HE'S DOING WHAT I DO. HE'S HANGING IN THE BACK THERE. WE'RE BRINGING YOU UP TO THE FRONT. CHAIR MALLORY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THESE IMPORTANT MILESTONES FOR US. EACH YEAR WITH CORRECTIONS OFFICER WEEK AND LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK. MAY 15TH IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL DAY FOR US AS WE LOOK AT THOSE OFFICERS THAT HAVE FALLEN AND AND REMEMBER THEM. AND I'M ALWAYS STRUCK BY SOME OF THESE CEREMONIES THAT WE GO TO THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT, WE WENT TO THE CEREMONY DOWN AT THE CAPITOL, WHERE WE ADDED FOUR NAMES TO THE WALL AS A STATE FOR, FOR OFFICERS THAT WERE MURDERED LAST YEAR. AND I ALWAYS THINK TO MYSELF, AFTER BEING IN THIS PROFESSION FOR 30 YEARS, I ACTUALLY HIT MY 31 YEARS LAST MONTH. AND I THINK TO MYSELF, WHAT? WHEN I LOOK AT COMMANDER BOLTS OR OR CAPTAIN JOHNSON AND THE YOU HAVE RICH MARTIN AND AND ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING FOR OVER TWO DECADES AND SOME OF US FOR FOR LONGER. AND THEN YOU SEE OUR YOUNG GUYS THAT ARE COMING INTO THIS PROFESSION. AND I ALWAYS THINK TO MYSELF, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE HEARTS, THE SERVANT'S HEARTS THAT WE LOOK FOR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ALWAYS REMINDED ABOUT IN MY FAITH AND IN MY STUDIES IS, IS IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT ISAIAH, TALKS ABOUT WHOM SHALL WE SEND TO GO OUT FOR US, WHO WILL GO FOR US? AND THAT'S REALLY A STATEMENT THAT WE MAKE AS A, AS PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, OUR THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ENJOY HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY THAT MAKES IT SO GREAT, THAT MAKES US WANT TO SERVE IS BECAUSE OF THE THE PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT COME AND DO THE JOB. AND SO WHEN YOU ASK THESE, THESE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE COMING INTO THIS PROFESSION THAT GO INTO THE ACADEMY AND IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FOR THEM TO GET READY TO ACTUALLY BE ON THE STREET ON THEIR OWN. AND YOU ASK, WHO SHALL WE SEND? WHO WILL GO FOR US AND SERVE? AND THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, THEY STAND UP AND SAY, SEND ME, I'LL GO. I'LL GO AND SERVE. I'LL GO AND PUT MYSELF IN FRONT OF WHATEVER DANGER MIGHT COME OUR WAY. THAT TAKES A VERY, VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL NOT ONLY TO BE OUT THERE ON PATROL, BUT TO BE IN OUR JAILS AND TO BE PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES GREAT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD. THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. AND THE FIRST THE FIRST PART OF THAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR BOARD AS AN AGENCY. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU SHOW US. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF. AND IT IS A CALLING. I PERSONALLY ALWAYS FEEL THAT WHAT YOU DO IS A CALLING. AND I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. IN MY WORLD FOR WHAT YOU DO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY THEN. SHERIFF, DID YOU HAVE ONE LAST? I DON'T. I AM JUST PROUD WHEN WE GET TO SHOW OFF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING, AND YOU GUYS GET TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR. I AM ALWAYS PROUD. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. CLERK. CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR. MALLORY. I'M SORRY. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. FANTASTIC. OKAY. NOW, IF I'M CORRECT, WE WILL MOVE OVER FOR PICTURE. PHOTO. PHOTO. MOMENT. KODAK. MOMENT. KODAK. OH, WE ALL HAVE TO DO THIS. NOT JUST YOU. OH, NO. WE'RE A TEAM. WE'RE ALL DOING THIS. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE. CENTER. BACK. CENTER. I'M GOING TO PUT THE BOARD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT OR NOT? YEAH. SO JUST COME ON UP FRONT. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S PERFECT. RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT, LADIES, LET'S JUST STAND IN FRONT OF THE GUYS THERE. YEAH. THAT'LL WORK. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I THINK WE CAN GET YOU ALL. I KNOW YOU DON'T NEED THIS. YEAH. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. THERE YOU GO. OH, YEAH. [00:30:08] OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. ONE MORE. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. ONE MORE. RIGHT? YEAH. ONE MORE. YEAH. THANK YOU. OH, YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. YEAH. I'M GRABBING THE MIC FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO TAKE A NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE ONE OF OUR CONSTABLES HERE. AND ALL OF WHAT WE DO IN THIS COMMUNITY TO KEEP IT SAFE. EVERYBODY HAS A CALLING, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. RON. SO YEAH. SO LET'S PUT THE BOARD IN FRONT AGAIN. SO SLIDE OVER. IT'S A LOT BETTER. RIGHT. COME ON. FORWARD A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM. SLIDE TWO. STAND IN FRONT HERE. PLEASE. GET OFF TO A GOOD START. THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN TONIGHT. THERE YOU GO. THAT'LL WORK. I THINK THAT'S. YEAH. YEAH. THAT WAY. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. SO. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES I DID. BUT I THINK SHE TOOK ANOTHER ONE, SO MAYBE THAT WON'T WORK. BUT I DID FEEL A BLINK. I'M SORRY. OKAY, WELL, THAT WAS FANTASTIC. SO I ALWAYS LOVE THOSE PROCLAMATIONS, THE RECOGNITION OF ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE COUNTY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PRESENTATIONS AND IT WILL BE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CAREER [1. Board of Supervisors - Presentation regarding the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) at Yavapai College.] AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE. AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE MY VICE CHAIR TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS VICE CHAIR. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD REAL QUICK? I'M ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION. PUSH THE BUTTON. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. WELL, WELCOME, MR. MORGAN. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE TODAY AND EXPLAINING. GIVE US A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT CTEC DOES. I WANTED YOU HERE TODAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD AND THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO ALL OF US. HAVE A NICE OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON. I KNOW SUPERVISOR KUKNYO AND I HAVE GONE AND TOURED TOGETHER AND IT'S AMAZING. AND SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. AGAIN, I'M JOHN MORGAN. I'M IN MY 27TH YEAR AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE. I'VE LIVED UP HERE 37 YEARS. I STARTED MY CAREER AS AN AG TEACHER AT CHINO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAVE PROGRESSED UP. ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A SUPERVISOR CHECK MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I WAS ACTUALLY HER INSTRUCTOR OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WATER SHE'S DRINKING, BUT SHE HAS NOT AGED A DAY SINCE I HAD HER 20 YEARS AGO. BUT REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CTEC. I GOOD WITH THIS. OKAY. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE CTEC IS, WE ARE OUT AT THE AIRPORT. WE'RE VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED THERE, AND WE HAVE BEEN THERE NOW FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS. THIS WAS THE OLD RUGER BUILDING. WHEN THEY TRIED TO DIVERSIFY A LITTLE BIT AND GET INTO SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THE CALLAWAY BIG BERTHA GOLF CLUBS AND THINGS. AND, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS BUILDING ON A SONG THEY HAD HAD NOT WORKED IN IT FOR A FEW YEARS. AND WE WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. IT'S A TREMENDOUS CENTER. IT'S ONE OF SIX THAT THE COLLEGE HAS ALL OVER THIS COUNTY HERE, AND WE PRETTY MUCH FOCUS ON KIND OF THE HIGH TECH AND THE HEAVY TRADES THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. ALL RIGHT. [00:35:06] SO WHAT DO WE DO? WELL, WE REALLY ARE ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR WORK. AS DIVERSE AS IT IS IN THE WORKFORCE NOW, THAT IS BECOMING MORE COMPLEX EVERY DAY, IT HAS BECOME A CHALLENGE FOR US TO FIND THE KIND OF FACULTY THAT WE NEED TO DANCE IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL REALMS ANYMORE. BUT WE'RE HANGING IN THERE. I'VE GOT SOME NEW HIRES THAT ARE DOING VERY WELL FOR US. ONE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS USA TODAY STUDIED A TECHNICAL WORKFORCE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY FOUND THAT, ON AVERAGE, A TWO YEAR TECHNICAL DEGREE PAYS ABOUT 14,000 MORE THAN A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT. AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND AT WHAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE IN THE TRADES, THEY CAN MAKE A VERY COMFORTABLE LIVING. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN A WAGE WAR. I JUST MET WITH MAC MORAN. THEY'RE HAVING TO RAISE THEIR WAGES SUBSTANTIALLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE GROWTH AND THE COMPETITIVENESS COMING OUT OF PHOENIX RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU READ, 62 TO 72% OF THE WORKFORCE IN THE UNITED STATES IS TECHNICAL BASED, BUT IT'S NOT A WORKFORCE THAT'S JUST GOING TO COME RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL ANYMORE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL EDUCATION, WHETHER IT BE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS OR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND THEN IN SOME CASES, ON TO THE BACCALAUREATE LEVEL. SO WHAT WE FOUND IS STUDENTS NEED, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HEAR THEY NEED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF TECHNICAL SKILLS. THEY NEED SOFT SKILLS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND WE TRY TO DELIVER THAT THERE AT THE C TECH CAMPUS TO PREPARE THEM. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR US IS THIS IS ABOUT JOBS. AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE DO. OUR MISSION AND STATUTE IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WHEREAS UNIVERSITIES IN STATUTE ARE RESEARCH AND SUPPORTIVE WORKFORCE GO THE OTHER WAY HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS THERE. WE HAVE THREE PARTS TO OUR AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM. WE HAVE DIESEL TECHNICIANS. THAT PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY STARTED FOR FREEPORT-MCMORAN YEARS AGO. THEY FUNDED IT INITIALLY AND THAT IS GOING VERY WELL. THAT'S A THAT'S A HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CAREER. AND IF YOU THINK DIESEL IS GOING ANYWHERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED BY ELECTRIC, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT ABSOLUTELY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IF YOU'VE BEEN NOTICING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ELECTRICAL VEHICLES LATELY, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S NOT GOING SO WELL. SO WE'RE WE'RE PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM. WE DO VERY WELL. WE ALSO DO AUTO BODY AND PAINT. THAT MORPHED INTO SOMETHING ON ITS OWN. WE DID IT FOR THE BODY SHOPS. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAD SUCH HIGH INTEREST IN THE COUNTY ON RESTORATION. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN CLASSIC RESTORATION. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE THAT ARE RETIRED THAT WANT TO DO IT, BUT OUR YOUNGER MARKET, TOO. SO THAT PROGRAM'S MORPHED INTO SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. AND WE CAN TEACH GROUND UP RESTORATIONS ON VEHICLES. IT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ENROLLS VERY QUICKLY AS SOON AS WE OPEN IT FOR EACH SEMESTER. AND THEN OUR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN PROGRAM, AND WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN THAT PROGRAM TO PREPARE TECHS FOR EITHER INDEPENDENT OWNERSHIPS OR DEALERSHIPS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND THAT THAT MARKET'S GONE VERY WELL FOR US AS WELL. YOU'LL YOU'LL ALWAYS NEED SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR. AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE NEW ONES ARE MAKING IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. IT'S VERY HARD FOR YOU TO WORK ON YOUR OWN CAR ANYMORE WITH WHAT'S GOING INTO THESE THINGS. THIS PROGRAM RIGHT HERE, I CALL THIS THE MONEY PROGRAM. IT'S OUR ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. COMPANIES FROM EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW ARE COMING TO US FOR THESE GRADS. WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST GRAD HIRED BY TSMC. WAS A GRAD LAST MAY WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKFORCE IN THIS. AND THEY TOOK HIM AT $60 AN HOUR. THAT IS THE HIGHEST PAYING SALARY I'VE EVER HAD COME OUT OF OUR PROGRAMS. TO QUANTIFY THAT A LITTLE MORE, THAT'S 120,000 A YEAR FOR A TWO YEAR DEGREE. THIS ONE IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PROGRAM BY VIRTUALLY EVERY COMPANY THAT'S MOVING INTO ARIZONA RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL AI, AUTOMATION, THE REPAIR OF THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. AND IT'S LED BY THE THE YOUNG LADIES THAT ARE IN THE PICTURE THERE. THEY ARE MY INSTRUCTORS. THEY WERE YC GRADS WHO WENT OUT IN INDUSTRY, THE ONE ON THE LOWER LEFT FOR 15 YEARS AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. SHE WAS OUT IN INDUSTRY FOR FOUR YEARS AND THEN CAME BACK AND TRULY LOVED TO TEACH. THEY'RE EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUCTORS IN WHAT I CONSIDER OUR MOST RIGOROUS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. 3D PRINTING THAT'S GAINING IN POPULARITY. IF YOU'VE PAID ATTENTION TO THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR, BOEING NOW IS BEGINNING TO 3D PRINT THEIR WINGS. SO THESE ARE VERY LARGE 3D PRINTING PLATFORMS. THEY HAVE MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS ROOM, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING THAT'S IN KIND OF THE MICRO SCALE AS WELL. THIS IS A POPULAR PROGRAM, AND NEXT YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE COMING INTO THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM. OUR COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL THAT IS MACHINING. SO VIRTUALLY ANY PART THAT'S METAL PRETTY MUCH IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IF YOU GO RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US YOU'LL FIND RUGER FIREARMS. AND THEY'LL HAVE 400 OF THOSE MACHINES THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE NEXT DOOR. WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE COMING IN TO DO SOME CUSTOM TRAINING WITH US THIS SUMMER. ON IT. RUGER IS. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING OUR FIRST ROBOTIC ARM ONTO ONE OF THESE MACHINES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING AND REQUIRE A DIFFERENT KIND OF TECH ONCE WE BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THIS YOUNG LADY HERE WENT ON TO AN ENGINEERING CAREER A FEW YEARS AGO FROM THE SEATED. SHE STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH US AND THEN WENT ON AND IS NOW AN ENGINEER IN THE PHOENIX AREA. [00:40:01] PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAM WE HAVE HERE. IT'S A IT'S A TWO YEAR, PRETTY RIGOROUS PRE-ENGINEERING THAT WE GRADUATE OUR STUDENTS, AND THEN THEY GO ON AND FINISH THEIR DEGREES AT THE UNIVERSITIES. THE NICE THING ABOUT THE FACULTY THAT I HAVE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT THERE WE CAN EITHER GO OUT AND BUY A LOT OF CUSTOM EQUIPMENT, AND SOMETIMES WE DO. BUT A LOT OF MY FACULTY ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH TO BUILD OUR OWN TRAINERS. SO THAT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY FACULTY BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IN LOCAL COMPANIES HERE, SO THAT THEY GET REAL WORLD, HANDS ON EXPERIENCE. AND ONE OF OUR GOALS IN THE LABS AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME AT ANY TIME, AUDIENCE MEMBERS, ANYBODY TO COME TO KTEC. WE DO OVER 200 TOURS A YEAR. BUT I THINK YOU'LL NOTICE RIGHT AWAY THE JOY IN THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE. THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON. AND THEY THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. AND IT'S KIND OF FUN TO HAVE THEM THERE. AND WE HAVE STUDENTS IN THAT BUILDING FROM 15 TO 80 IN AGE. SO IT'S A VERY INTERESTING DYNAMIC THAT GOES ON THERE. OUR GUNSMITHING PROGRAM IS WORLD RENOWNED. IT'S BEEN RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW, WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR RUGER AND A LOT OF MANUAL MACHINING. AND NOW RUGER IS ALL AUTOMATED. BUT WE KEPT IT ON THE MANUAL SIDE BECAUSE WE GET STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEY WANT TO BE CUSTOM FIREARMS MAKERS. SO IN THE SECOND YEAR THEY HAVE TO BUILD A FIREARM. ITS NET VALUE HAS TO BE $15,000 OR HIGHER. SO PEOPLE SAY, IS THERE A MARKET FOR THAT OUT THERE? I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE ABSOLUTELY IS. AND IT'S GLOBAL. AND THAT'S A COUPLE THERE ON THE LEFT THAT BOTH WENT THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. SHE WAS A TREMENDOUS ARTIST AND ENGRAVING AND HE WAS A MACHINIST. SO TOGETHER THEY FORMED A COMPANY NOW IN FLORIDA. AND THEY'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL. INTERESTING PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, WE TRY TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR. I HAD THE FRENCH PRESS SHOW UP ONE DAY AT C-TECH WANTING TO INTERVIEW US ABOUT IT, WHICH WE POLITELY DECLINED. BUT, I MEAN, IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS POPULAR AND IT'S ALWAYS FULL. AND WE DO A DAY SHIFT AND A NIGHT SHIFT IN THIS, OUR AEROSPACE SCIENCES THERE. WE'RE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO MOVE A FEW THINGS AROUND. BUT WE WE HAVE A FLIGHT PROGRAM IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PROGRAM AND A DRONE PROGRAM. WE'RE MOVING OUR DRONE PROGRAM TO THE CHINO CENTER, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FLYING SPACE OUT THERE AND SOME OF OUR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS MOVING INTO PRESCOTT. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT, AND THAT IS WE HAVE TO EXPAND THAT ELECTRONICS AND AUTOMATION PROGRAM THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER. WE'RE SORT OF LANDLOCKED AT KTEC RIGHT NOW, SO WE'VE GOT TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND. BUT NONETHELESS POPULAR PROGRAM AND WE CAN KIND OF TEACH IT, TEACH IT ALL IN THERE. WE HAVE A NEW PARTNER IN LENOIR. NORTH AIR WAS OUR LONGTIME FLIGHT PARTNER, BUT THEY SOLD THEIR AIRCRAFT AND COMPANY. SO LENOIR IS OUR NEW PARTNER AT THE AIRPORT. OUR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WE'RE GETTING HIGH DEMAND. I GET CALLS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, NORTH DAKOTA, WASHINGTON. IT DOESN'T MATTER. THESE ARE KIND OF JACK AND JANE OF ALL TRADES PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THEY DO MACHINING AND VALVES AND PUMPS AND PNEUMATICS AND HYDRAULICS. SO THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THESE BIG COMPANIES AND REPAIR THEIR THEIR ITEMS AND LEARN HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT AND DO IT QUICKLY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN FREEPORT, THAT'S ANOTHER PARTNER IN THIS ONE WITH US. IF ONE OF THEIR GRIND LINES GOES DOWN AND THEY HAVE FIVE IN BAGHDAD, THEY LOSE A HALF $1 MILLION A DAY IN PRODUCTION. SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS. AND OUR PROGRAM WITH FREEPORT IS THEY PAY FOR NEXT YEAR. THEY HAVE 53 STUDENTS THAT ARE PAYING FOR TO COME TO US. THAT'S HOW MUCH DEMAND THEY HAVE DOWN THERE. THEY PAY FOR THEIR ENTIRE EDUCATION, TRANSPORT THEM DOWN, AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, THEY GET JOBS WITH FREEPORT. BOTH MY SONS STARTED WITH THEM AND THEY'VE SINCE MOVED ON TO TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. BUT PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME ABOUT MY KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPECTING ME TO SAY, OH YEAH, THEY HAVE BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S, PHD, AND THEY DON'T. THEY WENT THROUGH THAT AUTOMATION PROGRAM YOU SAW, AND THEY BOTH MAKE A HECK OF A LOT MORE MONEY THAN I DO, AND WITH PROBABLY ONE TENTH THE EDUCATION LEVEL. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEY POSITIONED THEMSELVES RIGHT FOR THE ECONOMY THAT WE'RE IN. THIS IS A NEW ONE, AUTOMATED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE ADDING. ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE MOVING THE DRONES OUT OF THERE IS WE NEED TO BUILD A MUCH MORE ROBUST ROBOTIC LAB. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT YOU HAVE SEVERAL COMPANIES IN THE COUNTY NOW THAT HAVE ADDED ROBOTIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN CAMP VERDE WITH FRAME TECH. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE EVERYWHERE NOW. AND THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF SKILL LEVEL THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO HAVE. THEY NEED TO PROGRAM THESE THINGS. THEY NEED TO REPAIR THEM. AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY NEED TO TROUBLESHOOT QUICKLY IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY IN THIS WELDING IS ALWAYS POPULAR THERE THAT'S EVER POPULAR. WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BUSIEST. WE WE OPEN AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING AND WE TEACH WELDING UNTIL TEN AT NIGHT, THREE DIFFERENT SHIFTS, INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOLERS WHO WE GET ABOUT 60 OF THEM A YEAR. WE'RE ALSO CERTIFIED TESTING CENTER THERE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THEIR AWS LICENSING WHEN THEY'RE DONE. OUR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IS THERE. WE'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN. WE'VE DONE SOME 3D PRINTING OVER THE YEARS. THAT'S PROVEN TO BE VERY INTERESTING. WE'VE WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF FAILURES, BUT WE REALIZE NOW THAT FOR THAT TO WORK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MACHINES THAT CAN, CAN, CAN DO A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND EUROPE IS VERY FAR AHEAD OF THE UNITED STATES IN THIS. AND THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THOSE MACHINES NOW, AND THEY'RE ABOUT 40% LESS COST IN PRODUCTION IN CONSTRUCTION WHEN YOU USE THEM. [00:45:05] BUT IF YOU'RE JUST A SINGLE HOME BUILDER AND GET A MACHINE, IT DOESN'T PAY OFF. YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, SET THE MACHINE UP ONCE ON A TRACKING SYSTEM. IN A WAY, IT GOES. WE'RE ALSO TEACHING TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION. OUR PROGRAMS ARE VERY FULL IN THE BOURDON HERE RIGHT NOW, TYPICALLY 3 TO 400 JOBS ALL THE TIME UP IN THIS AREA IN CONSTRUCTION AND THEN EVEN MORE IN PHOENIX. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO RECOGNIZE TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS AS WELL AS HIGH TECH. MAY I? MAY I INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR A SECOND? YES. YOU RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AS WELL, OR. NO. WE HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINLY THE DEMAND ISN'T THERE, AND A LOT OF STUDENTS START IN, IN RESIDENTIAL ANYWAY, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WORK THEIR WAY TO COMMERCIAL. BUT OUR GREATEST NEED HAS BEEN RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE HAVE OVER 40 HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE COMING FOR CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, TOO. SO THAT'S BEEN NICE. VERY NICE. THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO COME BY ANYTIME YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE PLACE. I KNOW VICE CHAIR COMPTON HAS BEEN THERE AND OF COURSE CHRIS AND OTHER PEOPLE. BUT YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME SEE IT. AND ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU IS IN ENDING HERE IS I'M SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN PHOENIX RIGHT NOW. THERE'S TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON US BECAUSE OF TSMC, AND IT'S GOING TO PUSH RIGHT UP INTO OUR COUNTY. AND THE THING THAT THIS COUNTY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF IS 85% OF ALL THE COMPANIES COMING INTO ARIZONA RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO PHOENIX, 10% TUCSON, AND ONLY 5% RURAL COMBINED FOR THE STATE. SO WE LOSE A LOT OF OUR GRADS TO PHOENIX. BUT I THINK WE CAN DANCE WITH ALL THE JOBS THAT ARE COMING WITH THE CHIP REALM. IF WE GET SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES UP HERE, I THINK THAT WE'RE VERY WELL POSITIONED TO DO THAT IN THE COUNTY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THE DIVERSITY THAT IS AT KTEC IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE TOUR AND WHAT YOU PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CHILDREN COMING OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS HERE, IT'S JUST TRULY ADMIRABLE. AND I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE TOUR AND WHAT YOU DO. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY JUST A FEW THINGS, AS MR. JOHN MORGAN STARTED ME ON MY CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION JOURNEY AS A STUDENT IN THE AG PROGRAM, I GRADUATED WITH. MY AA DID GET THE BACHELOR'S, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE WAS VERY VALUABLE. AND AND SO, YEAH, BEING BOTH A STUDENT INSTRUCTOR AND DIRECTOR IN THE CTEC PROGRAM. WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT JOHN MORGAN STILL HAS THE SAME ENERGY FOR THIS, THAT HE DID SO MANY YEARS AGO AND HAS INSPIRED SO MANY AND CONTINUED TO REALLY YOU KNOW, TELL THE STORY THE, THE WAY THAT IT IS AND, AND SHARE HOW IMPACTFUL CTEC IS NOT JUST FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS, BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TENURE AND YOUR CONTINUED ENTHUSIASM. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH GOES ON IN THIS BUILDING. AND EVEN WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU TOLD US, YOU JUST TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THAT BUILDING. AND GROWING UP HERE, I, I DID THE GAME OF TRYING TO FIND A JOB THAT ACTUALLY I COULD LIVE ON. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. AND I LIKE YAVAPAI IS APPROACH. I MEAN, JUST JUST FIVE MONTHS AGO, I WAS ON YOUR BOARD AT YAVAPAI HAD TO QUIT THAT GIG TO TAKE THIS GIG. BUT THERE'S A FOCUS ON ONLY TEACHING JOBS THAT PRODUCE A LIVING WAGE. AND I THINK DOCTOR RYAN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT TURNING THAT SHIP AROUND. AND THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THIS. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE THAT ROBOTICS PROGRAM AND THE REPAIR OF IT, AND THEN YOU, YOU FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE GETTING 11 OFFERS, ALL FOR OVER 100 GRAND EACH, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF THE BOX, BUT IT ALSO PUSHES SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, WHICH IS TRYING TO GET THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BRING THESE INDUSTRIES HERE. SO WHEN OUR KIDS GRADUATE FROM THESE SCHOOLS, THEY ACTUALLY CAN STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP OUT THEIR OLD MAN BECAUSE HIS BACK HURTS AND HE HAS TO MOVE A BED OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? SO JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, FULLY SUPPORTING THAT. AND ON THIS END, I THINK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PUSH IS COMING. THANK YOU. CHRIS, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE TRADES FOR FOR MANY YEARS, THE PUSH COMING OUT OF SCHOOL WAS TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE. I'VE ALWAYS PLACED A LOT OF VALUE IN THE TRADES. MY HUSBAND IS A CARPENTER, WENT THROUGH THE UNION TRAINING PROGRAM, BECAME A BUSINESS OWNER. THE VALUE OF THAT TO THE COMMUNITY IS IMMEASURABLE. I KNOW WHEN I GO TO TRY AND FIND A TRADESMAN TO COME TO MY HOUSE, THE WAIT LIST IS MUCH LONGER THAN GETTING A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. SO THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE VALUE THAT YOU PUT IN AND GRADUATING THESE STUDENTS TO ME IS INVALUABLE. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AND AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRADES AND WHAT IT IS AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE COMMUNITY. [00:50:02] I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER HAT THAT I PUT ON, AND THAT IS PRIVATE BUSINESS. AND OUR STRUGGLE IN PRIVATE BUSINESS TO HIRE SKILLED TRADE LABOR FOR OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND OUR INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. AND YOU'RE PROVIDING US WITH THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE CAN LATER HIRE AND CONTINUE OUR BUSINESSES. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. AND, YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR JENKINS TOUCHES ON SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU COULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YAVAPAI COLLEGE HAS FOUR YEAR BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS NOW. CAN YOU JUST TELL EVERYBODY WHAT IS OFFERED? SURE. YEAH. SO WE WERE GRANTED BY A STATE OF ARIZONA. COMMUNITY COLLEGES WERE GRANTED THE ABILITY TO DELIVER BACCALAUREATE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND WE STARTED WITH THE BUSINESS ONE, AND IT HAS THREE OPTIONS IN IT. AND WE ANTICIPATED 150 STUDENTS. WE'RE AT 800 PLUS NOW AND COUNTING AT THE END OF YEAR TWO. AND WE JUST GRADUATED OUR FIRST GROUP AT OUR GRADUATION HERE. I THINK THERE WAS 60 OF THEM. AND WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED THE BACHELOR OF NURSING. THAT PROGRAM FILLED UP, AND THIS FALL WE HAVE OUR FIRST BACHELOR'S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. WE HAVE A LOT MORE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION WITH. BUT THERE'S A REALITY TO THIS. YOU CAN GET A BACHELOR'S START TO FINISH WITH US FOR LESS THAN 25,000. SO I KNOW UNIVERSITIES ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS. I KNOW THEY'RE BEGINNING TO KIND OF PUSH INTO WHAT WE'VE NORMALLY DONE WITH TRYING TO DO WORKFORCE CERTIFICATES AND STUFF. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T LIKE TO SEE IS STUDENTS THAT COME TO ME AFTER THEY HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND THEY OWE 100 GRAND, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A SKILL. AND SO THEY HAVE TO UPSKILL AT THAT POINT. AND THAT'S BEEN MY WHOLE CAREER THAT I'VE SEEN THIS. AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO MY BOYS. I MEAN THEY HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS. AND WHEN THEY WERE SENIORS, I HAVE IDENTICAL TWINS. THEY CAME TO ME AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO GO TO U OF A. AND THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED IS WHY? AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE YOU WENT. AND I SAID, OKAY, BUT NEITHER ONE OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. SO HOW ABOUT YOU STAY HERE AND YOU SURF A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHEAP, AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO UNIVERSITY AND CAREER SURFING, WHICH HAPPENS TO A LOT. AND I WAS GLAD I DID BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND PIVOTED A FEW TIMES. AND NOW THEY'VE GONE INTO CAREERS THAT HAVE MADE THEM VERY WELL OFF THEIR THEIR WIVES DON'T HAVE TO WORK. I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE WELL. AND IT ALL STARTED HERE WITH TECHNICAL AND THEY WORK IN PHOENIX. ONE WORKS ACTUALLY JUST GOT HIRED AT LG AND HE'S A SUPERVISOR THERE. MY OTHER SON'S A SUPERINTENDENT DOWN AT CMC. THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO STAY UP HERE. THEY LOVED THIS AREA. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE JOB MARKET'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING HERE. AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ATTRACT THE RIGHT KIND OF JOBS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO EXPORT, AT LEAST IN OUR AREA IS PROBABLY 80% OF OUR GRADS RIGHT DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN. AND WE CAN'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT. WE WON'T. I MEAN, THERE'S A REALITY TO THIS. IT'S COMING OUR WAY. IT'S GOING TO COME UP THAT MOUNTAIN AND WE KNOW IT, AND WE'RE WELL POSITIONED FOR THAT. BUT THESE THINGS ARE VERY HIGH SKILLED, HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND. AND, MADAM CHAIR, ANOTHER MISCONCEPTION ABOUT YAVAPAI COLLEGE IS THAT THESE ARE KIDS COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL GOING TO COLLEGE. THE AVERAGE AGE AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE IS 33 YEARS OLD. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE STOPPED GETTING CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY MART. WE SELF CHECK AND TECHNOLOGY IS WIPING OUT THESE JOBS. PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CAREER OR A JOB PATH ARE NEEDING RETRAINING. SO YAVAPAI COLLEGE IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO CTEC SETEK IS A BIG PART OF THAT. AND GETTING THEM JOBS. EVEN THE FREEPORT-MCMORAN TRUCKS ARE GOING AUTOMATED. THESE GUYS THAT WOULD HAVE DROVE A TRUCK FOR THEIR ENTIRE CAREER. NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO GET TRAINED AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE 53 STUDENTS FROM THEM THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE DRIVING TRUCKS THERE FULLY AUTOMATED NOW. AND THEY ARE PUTTING THEM IN OUR TECHNICAL PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN STAY WITH FREEPORT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT ALSO ON THE ACCELERATED FOUR YEAR DEGREE THAT 92 CREDIT ONE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AS I HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD RIGHT NOW THAT'S GETTING COLLEGE CREDITS WITH YOU. AND JUST FIND IT JUST IT'S JUST AMAZING WITH THAT. JUST DIDN'T THAT JUST COME ONLINE? YEAH, IT DID. AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT LIFT FOR THE COLLEGE BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST TO ACTUALLY EXPLORE THOSE WATERS. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE UNITED STATES IS ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT HAS A FOUR YEAR BACCALAUREATE. MOST ALL COUNTRIES HAVE THREE YEAR. YEAH. AND SO WE'RE ELIMINATING SOME OF THE FLUFF AND LET'S GET TO IT AND GET THEM DONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT I APPRECIATE IT AS A PARENT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ALL OF THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT INFORMATION, NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO THE AUDIENCE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. AND THEN WHEN OTHER PEOPLE GO ON TO WATCH OUR BOARD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO ARE ABLE TO GRAB AHOLD OF A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. SO THIS WAS FANTASTIC FOR YOU TO COME TODAY AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE COLLEGE DOES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS, JOHN. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION NUMBER TWO. [2. Board of Supervisors - Presentation regarding the Yavapai County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) by Chairperson Nate Bailey.] PRESENTATION REGARDING THE YAVAPAI COUNTY LOCAL MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE. WE HAVE CHAIRPERSON NATE BAILEY HERE. I ACTUALLY AND HE DOES HE DID BRING AND WE HAVE ASHLEY HERE, [00:55:07] AND HE WE HAVE THE PART OF A LOT OF THE WHOLE GROUP. AND I ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS THIS GROUP, I WAS PUT ON THE BOARD BY MAURY THOMPSON. I HAVE CHALK IT UP FOR YOU, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS COMMITTEE. I AM AWARE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BUT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. SO I DID GO TO MY FIRST BOARD MEETING. AND I WAS SO AMAZED AND IMPRESSED. AND I FELT LIKE THEY REALLY NEEDED TO COME IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD BECAUSE ALL OF YOU REPRESENT DISTRICTS AND, AND ACTUALLY NATE BAILEY SUPERVISOR JENKINS, IF I'M CORRECT, IS IN DISTRICT TWO. OKAY. SO I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR ABOUT THIS GROUP, TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THEY HANDLE, AND IT WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. SO ASHLEY IS VERY NICE TO SEE YOU. LIKEWISE. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. VICE CHAIR SUPERVISORS. I'M ASHLEY ALQUIST, YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER. AND IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR TODAY THAT I'M ABLE TO INTRODUCE AND PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE. THE LEPC PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN COMMUNITY SAFETY BY BRINGING TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC TO ENHANCE PREPAREDNESS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT. YOU WILL BE GETTING A PRESENTATION FROM OUR CHAIRPERSON, NATE BAILEY, WHO IS ALSO THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR COPPER CANYON AND ET AL. I GOT A FEW THINGS GOING ON. WE ALSO HAVE HEATHER VINSON, WHO REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AS SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER OUR CODE AND A MANZANITA OUTREACH. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE FRED HEGGESTAD, WHO IS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AS WELL AS OUR LEPC COORDINATOR. HE IS MY GO TO FOR ALL THINGS HAZMAT. HE IS RETIRED DPS TROOPER AND WAS A MEMBER OF THEIR THEIR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM. SO WITH THAT, MR. BAILEY, I WILL LET YOU KICK IT OFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON. I'M ALSO THE SHERIFF FIRE MARSHAL WITH VERDE VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT. SO NIKKI CHECK AREA UP IN CLARKDALE, CORNVILLE AND SOME OF THOSE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO, YEAH, COVER A BIG AREA. YES. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. LET US PRESENT TO YOU WHAT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY LEPC IS ABOUT. SO RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, AS ASHLEY SAID WE DO SERVE AS THE CRITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE INDUSTRY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT DURING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT THE LEPC WAS ESTABLISHED. AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE MORE UNDER FEDERAL LEGISLATION. AND THE COMMUNITY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY. THE LEPC IS COMPROMISED. OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS REPRESENTING DIVERSE SECTORS SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, ECONOMIC INTERESTS. AND ALL OTHER THINGS ACROSS THE BOARD. THE LEPC IS CURRENTLY WORKING PROACTIVELY TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS, COLLABORATE WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK IN INDUSTRY TO MAINTAIN THAT TRANSPARENCY THROUGH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MITIGATION. AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES. SO LET'S START OUT WITH THE PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE. SO UNDER THE FEDERAL MANDATE, WHICH IS HOW ALL THIS BECAME IN 1984, BHOPAL, INDIA HAD A MAJOR TOXIC RELEASE KILLED OVER 2000 INDIVIDUALS. INITIALLY THAT WAS JUST THE SHORT TERM. OVER THE LONG TERM, THEY PROJECTED 300,000 PEOPLE PASSED AWAY DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. IN 1986, CONGRESS PASSED. SARA. TITLE THREE. SO THE SUPERFUND AND RECLAMATION SUPERFUND AMENDMENT. RECLAMATION ACT. UNDER UNDER TITLE THREE THAT WAS ENACTED. SO EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO. KNOW CAME OUT OF THAT AS WELL. IN 1996 THE STATE OF ARIZONA UNDER THE ARES STATUTE. AND THE DEQ PUSHED OUT TO ALL THE COUNTIES AS DISTRICTS, SAYING, PLEASE START UP IN LEPC. WE NEED TO BE AHEAD OF THIS. AND THAT'S HOW THE LEPC BECAME FORMED HERE IN THIS IN. THE STATE OF ARIZONA. SO EVERY COUNTY WITHIN ARIZONA HAS AN LEPC. SO AGAIN, IT WAS UNDER UNDER FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MANDATE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL REPORTING AND PREPAREDNESS. SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO BRING OUT RIGHT NOW, THE LAPD IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT TOOL. [01:00:01] THE LAPD DOES NOT DO ENFORCEMENT WHATSOEVER. THAT IS THE FUNCTIONS OF US, LIKE FIRE MARSHALS WHO GO IN AND DO FIRE INSPECTIONS, WHO HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE QUANTITIES INSIDE THESE STRUCTURES, AS WELL AS BUILDING SAFETY WHEN THEY COME TO THE TABLE TO BUILD NEW COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES BASED ON WHAT THEIR PROJECT IS GOING TO BE. SO I JUST WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE. THAT IS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE LAPD. THE ENFORCEMENT THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT IS NOT PART OF THAT. WE ARE THE COMMUNITY LINK. SO WE ARE THE CRITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT BEFORE AND DURING HAZMAT INCIDENCES. WE WORK ON THE PREVENTATIVE ROLE. RIGHT. WE REVIEWED THE PLANS FOR FACILITIES THAT ARE COMING INTO YAVAPAI COUNTY THAT ARE HANDLING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. AND WE PRETTY MUCH ARE PROMOTING THE TIER TWO PROGRAM, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMPANIES DOING. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S PART OF THE IPCC'S RESPONSIBILITIES, IS TO GO TO THOSE COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS AND SAY, LOOK, WE NEED YOU TO DO TIER TWO REPORTING. YOU'RE OVER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE QUANTITY OF 500 GALLONS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. CAN YOU PLEASE REPORT THAT? AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS USED FOR US IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AS WELL. ANYBODY ASKING FOR INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN LOCAL REPRESENTATION WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR LEPC. AND I'LL GET INTO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO FROM THERE WE WILL SWITCH. SO THESE ARE THE FIVE KEY MEMBERSHIP GROUPS. NUMBER ONE IS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. CHAIR MALLORY IS ON THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES, MEDIA PARTNERS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND THEN FACILITY OPERATORS. ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN ANY ONE OF THESE SECTORS ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEPC, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR FUTURE GOALS, IS TO EXPAND AND GROW THIS LEPC THE WAY WE NEED TO DO IT. SO OUR CURRENT COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, SUPERVISOR MALLORY IS ON OUR LEPC AS DISTRICT FIVE. AND THEN FROM SUPPORT WITH CYNTHIA GENERAL AND THEN FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, I'M THE CHAIR OF COPPER CANYON VERDE VALLEY FIRE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. AND THEN WE HAVE DAISY MOUNTAIN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY ARE IN PART OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. AND THEN PRESCOTT AND CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL. SO A LOT OF US ARE INVOLVED ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES SIDE, ON THE MEDIA AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION. WE HAVE THE PRESCOTT NEWS NETWORK, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO INCIDENTS PAST INCIDENTS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WE CAN GET OUT TO THEM THAT MAY BE PERTINENT. AND THEN HEATHER VINSON, AGAIN, WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVE A DISASTER. MEGAN TAYLOR WITH NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, AND WE'VE HAD SOME OTHERS STOP IN WITH ARIZONA DPS. KINDER MORGAN PLAYS A BIG PART. THEY'RE A BIG PROVIDER OF NATURAL GAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA, SO THEY PARTICIPATE AS WELL. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT COORDINATION WITH ADEQ. SO ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. WE LOOK AT FACILITY REVIEWS. SO WE LOOK AT AGAIN THE TIER TWO STUFF. IT'S AN INFORMATION SHARING. SO CRITICAL INFORMATION BETWEEN FACILITIES, AGENCIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AND THEN WE LOOK AT COMPLIANCE. SO THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THAT. THIS IS THE COMPLIANCE COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE REPORTING WHICH IS A SUPER IMPORTANT PIECE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T KNOW AND WE RESPOND TO THAT EMERGENCY, WE CAN GET FIREFIGHTERS KILLED OR INJURED. RIGHT. SO WE ARE WORKING AS A COMPONENT TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT. AND THEN THE PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING. SO WE DEVELOP COORDINATED STRATEGIES FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENCES INCIDENT RESPONSE. I THINK THAT COVERS THAT ONE. SO JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING INFORMATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE DO HOLD A REGULAR MEETING. WE DO HAVE ONE GOING ON THIS MONTH ON THE 21ST. AND THEY'RE AT THE YAVAPAI COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THAT WANTS TO COME SEE WHAT THE LEPC IS ABOUT, OR IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BECOME PART OF THE LEPC AS WELL. AND THEN WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMITMENT. THE AGENDAS MINUTES ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE YAVAPAI READY WEBSITE. ENSURING COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN STAY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING. AND THEN OUR ACTIONS YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION FORMATION AND GOING FORWARD AND LOOKING AT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DOWN THE ROAD. AND THEN AGAIN, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. SOME OF THE KEY RESOURCES AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH, [01:05:01] US CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD, THEY'RE THE FEDERAL AGENCY AND THEY'RE STILL CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE THAT INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS. THEY PROVIDE ALL THE WHITE PAPER SAFETY INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT OF THOSE INCIDENCES, AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT AND AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE INCIDENCES IN OUR AREA. ARIZONA STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION A LOT OF THAT'S THROUGH FEMA, THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR MILITARY AFFAIRS, AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM. AND AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO GO OVER THAT INFORMATION WITH THE LEPKE'S TIER TWO DASHBOARD. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS AN ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM THAT FIRE MARSHALS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CAN GET INTO TO TO GET THAT CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR FACILITIES. THAT'S SOMETHING I UTILIZE IN COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION AS A FIRE MARSHAL TO MITIGATE ANY FUTURE INCIDENCES AND THEN JUST GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE MASSES, TO OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. SO THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT RIGHT THERE IN ITSELF. AND THEN ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS DURING AN INCIDENT, WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE EMERGENCY RELEASE REPORTING THAT SYSTEMS FOR RELEASES AND INCIDENTS ENSURES PROMPT NOTIFICATION. AND THAT'S PART OF THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW. RIGHT. SO IF YOU LIVE NEAR A CHEMICAL FACILITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S SOME OF THE PERTINENT INFORMATION YOU COULD GET KNOWING WHERE WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHERE YOU'RE AT, WHERE YOU'RE AT. SO FROM THERE. AND JUST REAL QUICK, HERE'S SOME OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION. NEXT STEPS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE GET AHOLD OF ASHLEY OR FRED IN OEM. ATTEND A MEETING. LIKE I SAID ON THE 21ST, WE DO HAVE A MEETING COMING UP THIS MONTH AT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE LIKE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. AND THEN YEAH. THAT'S IT. THAT'S I HOPE I ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU'RE ALL ARE FAIRLY NEW. OUR LEPC IS FAIRLY NEW. SO WE'RE AS MEMBERS, NOT NECESSARILY LEPC IN ITSELF, BUT. WELL, NATE, I SO APPRECIATE. AND I KNOW YOU HAD BROUGHT I KNOW ASHLEY WAS UP HERE. FRED'S RIGHT THERE. COME ON UP. INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. YEAH, COME ON UP. BECAUSE I DON'T BEING WE'RE WE'RE A NEW BOARD. I SAY WE AS A NEW BOARD. WE ARE. AND SO WE SERVE OUR DISTRICTS. PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS. THIS INFORMATION IS MAYBE WE'RE UP HERE GOING. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO NEED THIS, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WE COME ALONG WITH LOTS OF CITIZENS REQUESTS, INFORMATION SOME OF US ARE DEALING WITH A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP. EVEN ONE OF THE COMPANIES YOU MENTIONED, I RANG A BELL. SO ANYWAY, FRED, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. APPRECIATE YOU WORKING HERE. SURE. MY NAME IS FRED HAGESTAD. I AM THE THE COORDINATOR WORKING UNDER ASHLEY AND THE LEPC COORDINATOR. THE LAPD IS A IS A REAL IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION PIECE. WITH SO MANY PEOPLE, WITH THE MEDIA INVOLVED AND THE PUBLIC INVOLVED, THE THE PRIVATE FACILITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. IT'S JUST A WAY TO TO MAKE SURE COMMUNICATION GOES AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE IF AND WHEN A SITUATION DOES OCCUR. THE TIER TWO PROGRAM THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY RUN BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA, BY DICK. AND IN YAVAPAI COUNTY ALONE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER 160 COMPANIES THAT DO STORE OR HANDLE CHEMICALS, SO THEY ARE REGISTERED WITH THE TIER TWO PROGRAM. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE OUT THERE. AND WE DO TRY TO LOOK AT ALL THEIR AT ALL THEIR PLANS AND TRY TO INVOLVE THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. THERE IS A SYSTEM WHERE FIRE DEPARTMENTS CAN LOOK UP THE TIER TWO, THE TIER TWO SYSTEM ONLINE AND KNOW BEFORE THEY GET TO A FACILITY WHAT TYPE OF MATERIALS ARE THERE AND HOW MUCH IS THERE. AND SO WE HELP WITH THAT TOO. BUT. WELL, GREAT. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE SUPERVISORS DO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON THIS SIDE AND THEN ALSO OVER IN THE VERDE AND IN THOSE AREAS IN THE COTTONWOOD AREAS. SUPERVISOR CHECK JUST RECENTLY HAD A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MEETING, AND I JUST WANTED MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY IF THEY EVER WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEM ON, TO SPEAK TO THEIR MEETING THAT THEY MAY BE HAVING. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE THAT I. AND SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH, FRED. SURE. YEAH. THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THIS THIS COMMITTEE HAS NEEDED THIS ENERGY. [01:10:02] SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME. HI, I'M HEATHER VINSON, MADAM CHAIR, SUPERVISORS. NICE TO BE HERE. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR US TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. SO A PERFECT DAY TO DO IT WITH ALL THESE OTHER PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. SO I MEAN, IT JUST WORKED OUT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO, WHICH IS USUALLY A VERY GOOD THING. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THE SLIDES, WHICH, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ANYTHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE GREAT RESOURCES IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES. AS NATE WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO SHOW UP TO THIS TABLE AND WHO ARE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS MOMENTUM GOING AS WELL. SO PLEASE REACH OUT. ATTEND THE MEETINGS. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT INVOLVEMENT. AND IT ONLY MAKES US BETTER AT COMMUNICATIONS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. THE MAIN FOCUS BEING, OF COURSE, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR RESPONDERS AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BUT ALSO THERE ARE THINGS THAT LIKE DIFFERENT FOLKS BRING TO THE TABLE. THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION, BUT THEY CAN ALSO HELP WITH SOME OF THE PREPAREDNESS GOALS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND KIND OF A FIT FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT. SO WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SOME OF THE MEETINGS AS WELL. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD JUST SAY WITH NATE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AT ALL? NO. JUST A QUICK PIECE OF INFORMATION. SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE TWO HAZMAT TEAMS WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY? SO PRESCOTT AND CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL HAVE A HAZMAT TEAM. THEY WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO HAVE A TRUCK. HAZMAT TECHS ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, COPPER CANYON FIRE AND MEDICAL HAS A HAZMAT TEAM AS WELL. AND THEN EACH DEPARTMENT HAS HAZMAT TECHS TO SUPPORT THAT UNIT. SO AS A COUNTY WE DO HAVE TWO. TWO HAZMAT TEAMS ON BOTH SIDES. THE THE CONUNDRUM WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING INTO CURRENTLY AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. IT'S THE FUNDING MECHANISM TO THAT RIGHT. SO WITH GRANTS BECOMING SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER EQUIPMENT GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, JUST ONE OF THE SUITS THAT THEY HAVE TO WEAR IN THAT FULLY ENCAPSULATED SUIT IS $8,000 AND IT EXPIRES AFTER FIVE YEARS. YOU HAVE TO JUST THROW IT AWAY EVEN IF YOU DON'T USE IT. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE RUNNING INTO WITH FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DISTRICTS IS WE WANT TO PREPARE. THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL LOW ACUITY, HIGH RISK. WE DON'T RUN ON THESE INCIDENTS ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE DO, IT'S A MAJOR EVENT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. IT'S A CHEMICAL COMPOUND. IT'S A NATURAL GAS LEAK, NO MATTER WHAT THAT INCIDENT IS. SO JUST AS YOU AS SUPERVISORS. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING YOU ABOUT THIS STUFF, YOU KIND OF HAVE SOME OF THAT BACKGROUND FOR THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND I'M SURE YOU SAID THEY'RE GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS. THEY HAVE TO BE TESTED ANNUALLY, WHICH IS ANOTHER COST, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO KEEP THAT MATERIAL AND THAT EQUIPMENT UP TO PAR SO NOBODY GETS INJURED. THAT'S JUST ONE COMPONENT. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GAS SPECTROMETERS, WHICH BREEDS CHEMICALS, THOSE ARE UPWARDS OF $25,000. THOSE DON'T EXPIRE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY MAINTAIN. SO THERE IS A HUGE, SUBSTANTIAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING THESE HAZMAT TEAMS IN OUR AREA. JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, RIGHT. AND I AGREE. AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS LIKE OF COURSE, AS BEEN MENTIONED, WE JUST WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND DEALING WITH EXPENSES AND OF COURSE, MORE POSITIONS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND AND THE COST OF EVERYTHING GOING UP. SO AND I KNOW CLEANING THOSE ALONE, YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THOSE ALSO. YES. SO YEAH. SO IT'S GOOD KNOWLEDGE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE. I'M I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT MAURY DID GET ME ON THIS BOARD. AND AND I REALLY AM EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE. I KNOWN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ASHLEY AND AND ROGER OVER THERE WORKING. THEY WORK TOGETHER. BUT THIS WAS A COMPONENT OF A PROCESS THAT I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH AND I FELT WAS IMPORTANT, AS WE ARE THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THAT THE MORE WE KNOW, THE BETTER WE WILL SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO I DON'T SUPERVISOR KUKNYO DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY YOU GOT YOUR GREEN LIGHT ON? NOT TO THIS SUBJECT NECESSARILY, MADAM CHAIR, BUT JUST TO TAG ON TO WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO. I MEAN, LAST NIGHT I HAD A MEETING IN PAULDEN AND MATT WAS THERE, ASHLEY WAS THERE, LYNN FROM FLOOD CONTROL WAS THERE. AND THESE GUYS ARE TAKING TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES TO SHOW UP ON A RAINY NIGHT IN PAULDEN TO INFORM OUR CITIZENS OF WHAT THEY DO. AND IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. AND WHEN THEY COME OUT AND DO THAT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHOWING UP AT THAT STUFF. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THIS PRESENTATION. I DEFINITELY LEARNED A LITTLE BIT. AND YOU'RE CORRECT. THE ISSUES THAT YOU SPOKE ON WERE ARE VERY RELEVANT. [01:15:03] AND AND OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO KNOW MORE. SO I WILL BE IN TOUCH ABOUT FUTURE TOWN HALLS. AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. YEAH, I THINK THE NEXT HAZMAT DRILL EXERCISE WE HAVE WILL INVITE ALL THE SUPERVISORS OUT SO YOU BECOME MORE AWARE OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. OKAY, CHAIR. OH, YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. AND I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT HEATHER VINCENT IS STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AS A RECENT GRADUATE OF OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PARTICIPATION. FANTASTIC. WELL THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU WENT TO THE ACADEMY BECAUSE I ALWAYS FEEL THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IT REALLY BRINGS THE COUNTY INTO EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN IT. AND OF COURSE, THAT AND THEN HAVING THIS PART OF IT, WE'RE ALL LINKED TOGETHER. AND I ALWAYS SAY THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WE ARE ALL CONNECTED. AND AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY FAMILY AND AND WE ALL SEARCH AND LOOK FOR HELP. AND SO, ANYWAY, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. AND I, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN OPENING DOOR FOR YOU AND THAT OTHERS WILL ALSO REACH OUT TO YOU AND, AND THE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE WE ARE, WHETHER WE'RE CITIZENS, ELECTED OFFICIALS HOWEVER IT IS, THE MORE KNOWLEDGE, THE BETTER WE ARE TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. [3. Finance - Presentation of the County budget to actual revenue, expenditures, and financial information for the period ending on March 31, 2025.] WE HAVE A FINANCE PRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY BUDGET TO ACTUAL REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING ON MARCH 31ST, 2025. CONNIE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS SHORT IS A REPEAT OF THE LAST PRESENTATION. JUST GOING OVER WHAT WAS CHANGED FROM THE SECOND QUARTER TO THE THIRD QUARTER. DO I DO THAT? AND WE'LL JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND PERFORMANCE AND ANY OF THE PERFORMANCE THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP ABOUT OTHER FUNDS. SO THIS IS A QUICK GRAPH THAT SHOWS IN THE GENERAL FUND THE FOUR MAJOR REVENUE STREAMS AND THE YEAR OVER YEAR DIFFERENCE. PROPERTY TAXES, YOU'LL SEE, WILL GO UP JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE TAX AND THE ASSET. THE BASE THAT IT IS CALCULATED ON. STATE SALES TAXES ARE GOING UP. YOU'LL SEE THE COUNTY EXCISE TAX IS DOWN ABOUT 44,000. THAT'S THE PORTION THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT VEHICLE LICENSE TAXES ARE INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR. THIS IS JUST A QUICK SLIDE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS YEAR OVER YEAR. ANOTHER VISUAL JUST TO SHOW YOU MONTH BY MONTH WHERE THE COLLECTIONS OCCURRED. THE CURRENT YEAR IS THE BLUE COLUMN AND THE PRIOR YEAR IS THE GREEN LINE. THESE ARE STATE SALES TAXES. AND IN FEBRUARY, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S BECAUSE OUR COLLECTIONS ARE DELAYED, BECAUSE WE COLLECT THE STATE COLLECTS AND THEN DISTRIBUTES. HERE'S THE COUNTY EXCISE TAX. THE GENERAL FUND PORTION. HERE'S THE VEHICLE LICENSE TAX. I ADDED A COUPLE SLIDES BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS LAST YEAR ABOUT THE COUNTY EXCISE TAX AND THE THE DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION OR COLLECTION CATEGORIES. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE RETAIL 48, ALMOST 49% OF RETAIL OF OUR COUNTY EXCISE TAX IS DUE TO RETAIL SALES, 14% IS DUE TO CONTRACTING AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THOSE THAT BREAKDOWN. SO THEN I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU ON THE TOP THREE CATEGORIES. THE LAST THREE YEARS IN THE BLUE LINE IS THE, THE 23. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE GREEN LINE IS 24, AND THEN THE RED OR MAROON LINE IS 25. BUT WHAT THIS PROVIDES FOR YOU IS A VISUAL THAT SHOWS THE SEASONALITY OF THE TAXES. IT ALSO SHOWS YOU THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR TWO YEARS, THAT WE'RE RUNNING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME AMOUNT. [01:20:01] WHY IS WHY IS JANUARY SO MUCH HIGHER THAN DECEMBER? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A DELAY IN COLLECTIONS. THE SALES ACTUALLY OCCUR IN DECEMBER, BUT THEY'RE COLLECTED IN JANUARY. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE SEEING THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN YEAR OVER YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 24, THE THE GREEN LINE THAT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS CONTRACTING WAS WAY ABOVE THE NORMAL RATE. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE CURRENT YEAR THE COLLECTIONS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO 23. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WHEN WE LOOK AT YEAR OVER YEAR FROM 24 TO 25, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COMPARING TO A YEAR THAT WAS EXCEPTIONALLY INCREASED. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE COMPARISONS NOT LOOKING LIKE THE TAXES ARE ACTUALLY LOWER, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE PICTURE OF THE SEASONALITY OF THE CONTRACTOR IN PRIME. AND THEN THE FOURTH IS RESTAURANTS AND BARS. AND AGAIN THEY'RE FAIRLY CLOSE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE SEASONALITY OF THAT IS FAIRLY SIMILAR. SO ON THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE EXCEED THE 75% OF YEAR OVER YEAR OR I MEAN OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND RECORDER BEING THAT THE ALL OF THE ELECTIONS ARE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, SO THE LARGE PORTION OF THEIR EXPENDITURES OCCUR THEN. FACILITIES IS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT IS ARPA FUNDED. THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. AND THAT WILL BE CORRECTED AT THE YEAR END. AND THEN LAWN CARE HEALTH IS JUST SLIGHTLY OVER THE 75%, AND THE PUBLIC FIDUCIARY IS AT 77. I BELIEVE THAT'S PRIMARILY CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN THE CHARGES FOR INDIGENT BURIALS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. ON THE OTHER FUND FUN PERFORMANCES. EVERYTHING IS WITHIN THEIR 75% EXPENDITURE RATE. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT IS ELECTIONS, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT GRANT AND THAT THOSE EXPENDITURES WEREN'T IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. AND BUT IT IS FULLY GRANT FUNDED. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CONNIE. THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BUDGET QUESTION RIGHT AHEAD. SUPERVISOR CHECK. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK I DID ASK IN OUR BUDGET MEETING WAS IF THE THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR OUR PUBLIC LANDS WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT FUNDING THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. I JUST REALIZED I DIDN'T GET IT, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW EVENTUALLY. SO PILT IS NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. AND I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. THE CSA DID A LOVELY PRESENTATION ON HOW THEY ARE RELATED, BUT IT APPEARS THAT ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT WOULD OCCUR BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP OF PILT AND SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS WILL NOT AFFECT US UNTIL TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF HOW THAT OCCURS. BUT WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION PRIOR TO THAT TWO YEARS, SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW THAT REACTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND CHAIR, IF I MAY ADD, CONNON'S EXACTLY CORRECT. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST MONDAY. I WILL PULL IT UP AND I RESEND TO THE BOARD, THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, AGAIN, AS CONNIE INDICATED, I THOUGHT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB LAYING OUT THE STATUS OF ALL COUNTY FUNDING STREAMS. AND IT GOES INTO PILT. I HAD TO REFER TO IT AGAIN YESTERDAY BECAUSE AFTER WE CONCLUDED BUDGET, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS. THE STATUS OF THAT, IF I REMEMBER THE ALL OF THE INFORMATION CORRECTLY, PILT PAYMENTS ARE ACTUALLY LIKELY TO RISE A LITTLE, BUT SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS STILL WAS NOT FUNDED, SO THAT REVERTS TO A 1908 PIECE OF LAW THAT FUNDS IT AT ABOUT 25%. BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION, IT ONLY ALLOWS IT TO BE USED FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS. SO AGAIN, WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT DURING BUDGET. ABOUT FIRE WISE, THAT IS STILL A CONCERN. SO THAT THE SRS FUNDS THAT WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET IT DOES NOT APPEAR WILL BE QUALIFIED TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO WE'LL NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT AGAIN, I'LL RESCIND THAT NOTE BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY WELL DONE AND COMPREHENSIVE FROM CSA. THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WELL, CONNIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF NUMBERS FLOATING IN OUR HEAD THIS PAST WEEK, AND YOU JUST NEEDED MORE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY MORE SPACE LEFT, SO I'M GOOD. [01:25:03] NO CHAIR. THANK YOU. IF I COULD MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. REFERRING TO TO BUDGET. YOU DIDN'T SEE CONNIE SITTING AT THE TABLE. IT WAS OUR BUDGET MANAGER. BUT REST ASSURED, CONNIE WAS VERY ACTIVE, ACTIVELY WORKING WITH ZACK ON BUDGET THIS YEAR AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS ON BUDGET AS WELL AS FINANCE. CONNIE AND I AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT AS WE MAY ALWAYS SEE OUR OUR IMMEDIATE STAFF, OUR MANAGERS HERE AT OUR OUR DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS, I KNOW AND I KNOW THE BOARD KNOWS THERE ARE SO MANY BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE ARE WELL AWARE OF ALL THE WORK AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US AS WE AS A BOARD DEPEND ON THAT GUIDANCE. SO FOREVER GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. [ CONSENT AGENDA (Routine items that may all be approved by one motion.)] THESE ITEMS, WILL BE APPROVED BY ONE MOTION. AND I DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE PULLED. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 13 BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. AND I WILL ASK THE OTHER SUPERVISORS, IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? NO. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 20, EXCLUDING ITEM 13. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEMS ONE THROUGH 20 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 13, HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, I WILL EXTEND THIS INVITATION TO YOU AND CONTINUE ON WITH CONVERSATION. [13. Facilities - Approve a Service Agreement with First Class Sanitation in the amount of $12,774.24, for Yearly Rental and Maintenance for Portable Toilets at Windmill Park and Sycamore Park, and allow the Facilities Director to authorize changes not to exceed $1,000.00 to monthly and as-needed services. YC Contract No. 2025-100 (All Districts)] I KNOW WE HAVE BRANDON HERE AND ALSO TYLER TOO, IN CASE TYLER WANTS TO CHIME IN ON ANYTHING. WELL, WE START TALKING ABOUT PORTA JOHNS AND I GET ALL EXCITED, YOU KNOW? WELL, JUST BE CAREFUL. I JUST ALL I'M SAYING, LOOKING AT THE PARK THAT WE OR THE PARKING LOT THAT WE JOINED IN WITH PRESCOTT ON PIONEER PARKWAY, AND THEY PUT IN A RESTROOM IN THERE AND SEEING THAT THESE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $12,000 A YEAR TO RENT PORTABLE TOILETS AT TWO OTHER PARKS. AND I REALIZED JUST US, IF WE HAD SOMETHING PERMANENT, JUST CLEANING THOSE WOULD PROBABLY COST MORE THAN THAT FOR US. BUT IS IT A TIME WHERE, BECAUSE I KNOW HAVING BEEN IN THE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN HATE PORTA JOHNS, THEY HATE USING THEM. THERE IS NO WAY TO WASH YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU'RE DONE IN A PORTA. JOHN IS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE START LOOKING AT PARKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD ONE OF THOSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO MAINTAIN ONE OF THOSE, BUT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD, BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO WHAT IT WOULD COST TO ACTUALLY PUT PERMANENT RESTROOMS IN THESE DIFFERENT PARKS FOR FACILITIES. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. I'M BRANDON SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF YOUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY PONDERED IN THE PAST. WE'VE CHATTED WITH CHAIR MALLORY A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING PERMANENT FACILITIES TO HER PARK. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE COUNTRY CLUB PARK AS WELL. KIND OF A TWO PART RESPONSE TO YOU. THE FIRST PART WOULD BE KIND OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT GOES FOR CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING ITSELF IS NOT TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN A LOT OF THESE PARKS, WE DON'T HAVE UTILITY SERVICES ESTABLISHED. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S IMPACT FEES THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT IN ORDER TO BRING WATER SERVICE, SEWER SERVICE TO THE BUILDING ELECTRIC SERVICE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FREEZE PROTECTION IF WE'VE GOT WATER IN THESE BUILDINGS. SO WE'VE GOT SOMEWHAT OF A I WOULDN'T CALL IT SUBSTANTIAL, BUT IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR A SMALL BUILDING. IF I HAD TO GUESS, DEPENDING UPON THE UTILITY COST, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO $50,000 FOR THE COST OF THE BUILDING, THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING TO COME IN. RATE OF RETURN ON THAT IS NOT THAT BAD. BUT I THINK YOU HIT ON THE EXACT POINT. AFTER THAT, THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE SERVICING OF THE RESTROOMS. REGULAR CLEANING ON A DAILY BASIS. SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE SOMEWHAT REMOTE, SO WE HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF TRAVEL TIME. SO WHAT? SEEMS LIKE IT'S A QUICK ONE HOUR CLEANING BECOMES A TWO HOUR SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE TRAVEL TIME COMING AND GOING. SAME THING WITH THE MAINTENANCE. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY IS THE HARDEST THING FOR US TO MANAGE IS THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THESE RESTROOMS. SO IF WE LEAVE THE RESTROOM OPEN 24 SEVEN, WHAT WE FIND IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TEND TO CAMP AND SLEEP IN THEM OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE A NICE, WARM PLACE TO BE. SO WE TRY TO LOCK THESE RESTROOMS DUSK TO DAWN SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. AND A LOT OF TIMES, IF WE CAN, WE'LL PIGGYBACK THAT ON WITH CLEANING. [01:30:03] IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE END UP HAVING TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE SPECIFICALLY TO UNLOCK AND LOCK THESE RESTROOMS UP. SO WHAT WE FOUND OVER TIME IS THAT, YES, IT DOES ADD COST $6,000 A SITE LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT THE RATE OF RETURN IS VERY LONG OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE CONSIDER THE ADDED RESOURCES ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR US. BUT IF THE BOARD WOULD BE INTERESTING INTERESTED IN IT, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN PENCIL UP AND PROVIDE SOME MORE SPECIFIC COSTS FOR EACH SITE AND SEE HOW THAT FITS INTO OUR OVERALL CAPITAL PLAN. I WOULD RECOMMEND, JUST DUE TO TIMING AND WHATNOT, THAT WE DO APPROVE THIS AND WE CAN MAKE THAT A BIGGER PART OF THE CONVERSATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S. AND THAT'S ALL I WOULD BE ASKING FOR. MAYBE SOME ANSWERS IF YOU GOT THAT. AND I MEAN, SO YOU RATHER HAVE THE PORTA JOHNS. I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I LOVE A PERMANENT RESTROOM. IT'S A MUCH BETTER FACILITY. IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WASH THEIR HANDS. IT'S JUST BETTER IN SO MANY DIFFERENT REALMS. IT'S A BALANCE OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THIS YEAR, MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER ON SOMETHING OF THIS SCALE. BUT THE ONE THING WE ALWAYS HOLD BACK ON IS OUR ONGOING RESOURCES. I DON'T WANT TO BE UP HERE CONSTANTLY ADDING PEOPLE, BECAUSE NOW I'VE GOT CUSTODIANS WHO ARE HAVING TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, TO ALL CORNERS, WHICH WE DO IN A LOT OF WAYS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUILDINGS IN THE CORNVILLE AREA OR IN THE RIMROCK AREA. SO THAT IS A VERY DEDICATED TRIP JUST TO GO TAKE CARE OF THAT FACILITY. BAD IDEA. OKAY. FORGET I TALKED ABOUT IT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER 13 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION, JUST SO WE KNOW. GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR CHECK. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON BEHALF OF WOMANKIND. THAT ALTHOUGH I DO BROADLY SUPPORT INDOOR PLUMBING, I USED A PORTA-JOHN DURING MY CAREER, 13 YEARS IN THE VINEYARD INDUSTRY AND WITHOUT COMPLAINT. AND SO I THINK I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT BASED ON YOUR YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION TODAY. YOU KNOW, THE THING TO THE LEFT IS NOT A SINK. JUST SAYING NO COMMENT. NO COMMENT. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW TYLER I'D LIKE TO OFFER IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS AT ALL IN REGARDS TO THIS. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. AND SO BEING A WOMAN, I JUST MAKE SURE I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE RESTROOM WHEREVER I GO THAT HAS PORTA JOHNS. NOT MY THING. YOU'RE RIGHT. I DON'T LIKE THEM. SO. BUT ANYWAY, THAT BEING SAID. AND. AND, MADAM CHAIR, THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT UP THE SINK COMMENT IS BECAUSE IN THE BUSINESS, WE HAD A COMPLAINT FROM A LADY THAT SAID SOMEONE KEEPS CLOGGING UP MY SINK. AND WE SAID, MA'AM, THAT'S NOT A SINK. SO, OKAY, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE. I GOT I GOT TONS OF THEM. I BELIEVE IT. OKAY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CENSOR YOU OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY, NO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM 13 IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK. TEN MINUTES. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ACTIONS AND HEARINGS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. OKAY. WE ARE WE'RE READY TO GO. WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM. NUMBER ONE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, APPROVE THE CONNECT YAVAPAI PLAN FOR DIGITAL LITERACY AND [1. Board of Supervisors - Approve the Connect Yavapai Plan for Digital Literacy and Access. (All Districts) ] ACCESS. COREY, IT'S STILL MORNING. YES. YES. CHAIR. MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY AND YAVAPAI COUNTY. I'M CORY CHRISTIANS, YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND THE PERSON MANAGING OUR BROADBAND PROJECTS AND IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN HERE. SEEING THROUGH THE MICROPHONE IS A CHALLENGE. AND I FORGOT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT IN PAULDEN LAST NIGHT, CORY. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AS WELL. OH, MY PLEASURE, MY PLEASURE. I REALLY LIKE IT. NOW TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE OUR SERVICES. I APPRECIATE IT WHEN I GET INVITED TO THOSE. THANK YOU. SO A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE WE GET STARTED WITH THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT THE WORLD IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY INTERCONNECTED ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE USING SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE PAYING BILLS ONLINE, USING WEBSITES. ALL SORTS OF COMMUNICATION, EVEN JUST CABLES BEING ELIMINATED BY NETFLIX AND AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE ALL AVAILABLE OVER THE INTERNET. BUT AS A RESULT OF THIS, MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND INDEED THE WORLD HAVE COME TO EXPECT HIGHLY AVAILABLE HIGH SPEED INTERNET. [01:35:07] THIS, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES, INCLUDING OURS. SO AS SOME ARE LEARNING, THESE SERVICES ARE SERVICES ARE INCREASINGLY ONLY BEING OFFERED IN ONLINE FORM, INCLUDING FILING TAXES. YOU CAN STILL GET PAPER, BUT IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT. EVEN SOME LIBRARIES HAVE STOPPED CARRYING THE THE PAPER FORMS, WHICH THEY ALWAYS USED TO HAVE SHOPPING TO MANAGING DINNER RESERVATIONS. ALL THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING ON TIME. AND AS A RESULT, SERVICES NEED TO SHIFT TO MEET THIS INCREASING DEMAND. SO YAVAPAI COUNTY SAW THIS NEED AND COMMITTED $16,883,047 IN ARPA FUNDS TO BUILD OUT TO 13,794 RESIDENTS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE BROADBAND EXPANSION. HOWEVER, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THE ROAD DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DRIVE, AND IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE HAVE A CAR. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE WITH DIGITAL LITERACY. AS THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GETS BUILT OUT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS, THEY DON'T HAVE DEVICES, AND THEY ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THOSE. IN THIS ONLINE WORLD, ESPECIALLY USE THOSE SAFELY. SO THIS PROPOSED DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS PLAN WILL TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE INTERNET ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM AND OFFER OPTIONS THAT WILL HELP WITH CONNECTIVITY. SO THE PURPOSE OF A DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS PLAN IS TO SET THE VISION FOR DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS IN THE COUNTY. SET MEASURABLE GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND TIMELINES, AND STREAMLINE COORDINATE DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, PLUS FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON FOCUS OUR EFFORTS FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. AND I, I DO APOLOGIZE, CHRISTIE KING HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ENTIRE EFFORT. SHE'S MY PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN, AND SHE'S JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB. WE DID ACTUALLY RECEIVE LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ACT FUNDING TO HELP OFFSET HER HER SALARY FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY DUE TO UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES. SO YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME. WHO KNOWS? ONLY HALF OF WHAT SHE KNOWS ABOUT THIS. THIS STUFF. BUT BY HAVING THIS PLAN IN PLACE, WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL ALLOW US TO COMBINE EFFORTS ACROSS COMMUNITIES, ACROSS DIFFERENT ENTITIES, ACROSS GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE HAVE THE SAME EFFORT GOING ON IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. SO PART OF HOW WE DID THIS IS WE PUT TOGETHER AN ACTUAL GROUP OF PEOPLE. WE HAD A SUMMIT ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHERE WE HAD EXPERTS FROM THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD THE ACA, THE ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY, AND WE HAD STATE LIBRARY ALL HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE BEAD FUNDING IS BEING USED AND HOW DIGITAL EQUITY FUNDING IS BEING USED, AND TALKING ABOUT DIGITAL LITERACY EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO PIMA COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS A PLAN IN PLACE THAT'S CALLED CONNECT PIMA. THE STATE APPROVED THEIR PLAN, WHICH IS CALLED CONNECT ARIZONA. SO SHOULD THIS PLAN BE APPROVED? WE'LL ACTUALLY BE THE SECOND COUNTY IN THE STATE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL DIGITAL LITERACY PLAN. SO THERE'S REALLY THREE PARTS TO DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS. ONE IS INTERNET ACCESS. AND THAT'S JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IF THE IF IT'S NOT IN PLACE, EVEN EVEN A DECENT CELL PHONE CONNECTION COULD GET YOU AT LEAST SOMEWHAT OF AN INTERNET CONNECTION. BUT WHAT WE REALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR IN THIS COUNTY IS HIGH SPEED INTERNET. THAT'S FIBER CONNECTIVITY TO YOUR HOME. SO THAT'S ONE GIG SPEEDS. IN SOME AREAS OF OUR COUNTY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIVITY, OR THEY MAY HAVE 5 OR 6 MEG OR SEVEN MEG, AND IT COULD GO DOWN ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT EVEN CONSISTENT. WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN YARNELL WHERE IF YOU HAVE A CENTURYLINK CONNECTION THERE, IT RAINS. YOU DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION FOR THREE DAYS. WE HAVE THAT PROBLEM WITH OUR PHONES DOWN THERE AT THE LIBRARY. WE I MEAN, YOU NEED TO CALL NINE ONE. SORRY, PHONE DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT RAINED. SO WE'RE WORKING ON CHALLENGES WITH THAT. BUT THIS IS A REALLY WHY THE ACCESS IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE LARGER. WE HAVE THE SECOND LARGEST ACCESS PROBLEM OF ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THIS STATE. SO IT IS A BIG ISSUE FOR US. AND WE'RE HOPING NOT ONLY THROUGH ARPA EFFORTS, BUT ALSO THROUGH BEAD EFFORTS WHICH ARE UPCOMING TO HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. THE SECOND PART IS TECHNOLOGY. ONCE WE HAVE THE CONNECTION TO ALL THE AREAS IN THE COUNTY, HOW DO PEOPLE CONNECT TO IT? SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE THEIR SMARTPHONE IS A DEVICE. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A SMARTPHONE. THEY MAY STILL BE USING THE OLD ANALOG PHONE. THEY DON'T HAVE A THEY MAY NOT HAVE A LAPTOP. [01:40:01] THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF DEVICE TO ACTUALLY CONNECT. SO THIS PLAN WILL HELP ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES. PLUS, ONCE THEY HAVE A DEVICE AND THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS AND THEY USE IT, HOW DO THEY NAVIGATE SAFELY ONLINE? I MEAN, DOES THE PRINCE OF NAMIBIA REALLY NEED $50,000 TO GET TO THE UNITED STATES? I MEAN, DO THESE FOLKS ACTUALLY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE BEING SCAMMED OR WHEN IT'S A REAL THING AND IT'S GETTING EVEN MORE SERIOUS WITH AI, THEY CAN ACTUALLY COPY VOICES SAYS, AND MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEIR ACTUAL FAMILY MEMBERS TALKING TO YOU, TRYING TO GET GET NEED MONEY FROM FROM SOMEBODY. SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. WITH ME AND KIRK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HE DIDN'T LISTENED TO THE VOICEMAIL. BUT I ACTUALLY GOT AHOLD OF HIS PHONE, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, AND I SAW SOME OF THESE VOICEMAILS, AND I LISTENED TO THIS, AND IT'S. IT SAID IT WAS MARY. IT SOUNDED LIKE ME. I WAS LIKE, OH, I SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE. THEY USING MY NAME NOW AND THEY SOUND LIKE ME. I WAS, LIKE, VERY UPSET. YOU KNOW WHAT? HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED? AND YOU STAND HERE AND TELL ME THAT I'D BE LIKE, NO, BUT I'M TELLING YOU. AND KIRK WAS LIKE, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU. I GO, WELL, IT'S NOT ME. SO FROM NOW ON, NO MATTER WHO SAYS THEY THAT THEY ARE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRUST. YEAH, IT'S IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. AND THANKFULLY, YOU WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU AND KIRK COULD TALK ABOUT IT AND BUT BUT SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE, YOU NEED TO POST BAIL RIGHT NOW OR I'M STUCK IN JAIL. AND I MEAN, THESE KINDS OF SCAMS ARE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S NEVER USED A COMPUTER, WHO'S NEVER HAD AN EMAIL ACCOUNT, WHO'S NEVER USED A MOUSE, AND THEN THEY'RE SETTING UP AN EMAIL ACCOUNT. HOW DO THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT'S LEGITIMATE AND WHAT ISN'T LEGITIMATE? HOW DO THEY EVEN KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE A WEBSITE OR FILL OUT A FORM ONLINE? AND OF COURSE, LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN DEALING OR BEEN ASSISTING WITH THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS. BUT AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GET CONNECTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, IT'S GOING TO BECOME AN INCREASINGLY PREVALENT ISSUE. SO ACCORDING TO THE ARIZONA CONNECT PLAN, THESE ARE THE POPULATIONS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY THAT ARE LARGE, THAT ARE IMPACTED THE MOST BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTY. AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T. PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO USE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY. PEOPLE WHO DON'T. PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEVICES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T. SO THESE FOLKS WITHIN OUR COUNTY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GREATEST IMPACT. AND YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY THEY'RE 32% RURAL INHABITANTS, 11% VETERANS, 20% PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. SO I MEAN, IT'S OVERALL IT'S ABOUT 80% OF OUR POPULATION BASE HAS REAL CHALLENGES TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, EITHER GETTING ACCESS OR NAVIGATING THE ONLINE WORLD SO BAD FOR THE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. SO WHY ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT THEM? WELL, AND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, IT'S COULD BE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT OR I'M NOT SURE WHY THE 3%, BUT IT HAS BEEN A COMPONENT OF THE THE DIGITAL EQUITY EFFORTS ACROSS THE NATION TO ADDRESS INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS TO WITH ACCESS TO THE. BUT IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, I APOLOGIZE. SO HERE'S ARE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS ONE ACCESS TO DEVICE AND SERVICES. THEY MAY NOT HAVE AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER IN THEIR AREA. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A DEVICE TO USE ONCE THEY DO HAVE ACCESS. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A GROUP WE'RE WORKING WITH AS A RESULT OF THIS, THIS PLAN, THIS DIGITAL LITERACY PLAN CALLED AZ STRUT. AND THEY'RE A PRETTY COOL GROUP. THEY WERE STARTED BY MOTOROLA AND INTEL, I BELIEVE, IN 1997 OR 95, AND THEY BASICALLY HAD A BUNCH OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THAT WAS STILL GOOD, BUT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HAD EXPIRED WARRANTY. SO THEY STARTED THIS GROUP. THEY GAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO THAT. THEY THEN BROUGHT THAT TO HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY REFURBISHED THE EQUIPMENT AND LEARNED HOW TO DO PC REPAIR AND WHATNOT IN THE PROCESS. AND THEN THEY GIVE THESE DEVICES OUT TO FOLKS WHO NEED THEM, WHETHER IT'S ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER PEOPLE. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THEM TO PUT AN E CYCLING PROGRAM TOGETHER IN THE COUNTY, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE DEVICES AND WORK WITH SO WE CAN ACCEPT DEVICES AND THEN WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM REFURBISHED TO PEOPLE WHO WHO NEED THOSE DEVICES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET. AFFORDABILITY IS A HUGE ISSUE TO SOME OF THESE PLANS ARE, YOU KNOW, 110 I, I PAY $110 A MONTH FOR MY INTERNET. SOME OF THE PLANS WERE GETTING WITH THE ARPA FUNDS ARE MORE LIKE $70, AND THEY DO SOMETIMES HAVE SOME LOW COST OPTIONS, [01:45:07] BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THESE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BUILD OUT TO SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS. IT'S ABOUT 4 OR $5000 A DROP ON AVERAGE, SO YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE THE SERVICE AWAY. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT COST. SO IT DOES BECOME A CHALLENGE. AFFORDABILITY IS IS AN ISSUE AS WELL. AND THIS PLAN DOES HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, BOTH WITH WORKING WITH INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS. AWARENESS. SO THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S BENEFITS TO ACTUALLY HAVING AN ONLINE THING. I REMEMBER WATCHING MY PARENTS PAY BILLS AND THEIR CHECKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THEY WOULD SPEND PROBABLY EIGHT HOURS, SIX HOURS A MONTH PAYING ALL THESE BILLS AND THEY'D BE GOING TO BUILDINGS, DROPPING OFF CHECKS. I DO ALL THAT IN 15 MINUTES. I MEAN, YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND ALL THESE THINGS, HOW MUCH SIMPLER THINGS ARE TODAY? OR THE BENEFITS SUCH AS ONLINE LEARNING, SUCH AS PLACING HOLDS ON BOOKS FROM HOME FOR YOUR LIBRARY AND THEN DIGITAL LITERACY. DIGITAL SKILLS. WE HAVE PEOPLE COME INTO THE LIBRARY. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO. THEY'VE NEVER HAD AN EMAIL ACCOUNT, BUT THEIR THEIR GRANDKID WANTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM FROM COLLEGE. SO LIKE I FINALLY HAVE TO GET THIS EMAIL ACCOUNT, HELP ME OUT WITH THIS. SO IT IS VERY REAL THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE THE DIGITAL WORLD. DIGITAL TRANSITION WE'RE TALKING. ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY IS INNOVATION AND ANY PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE USING SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN OFFER SERVICES FASTER AND CHEAPER AND BETTER TO THE PUBLIC. BUT OFTENTIMES THERE COMES WITH A SHIFT THAT MAYBE NOW THERE'S A CERTAIN FORM THAT'S ONLINE THAT USED TO BE DONE IN PAPER FORM BEFORE, AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE PUBLIC TRANSITION TO THOSE NEW TYPES OF SERVICES AS THEY'RE OFFERED, AND EMOTIONAL AND TRUST BARRIERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT THEY JUST HAVE A GENERAL DISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT. I MEAN, COME ON, WE'RE ASKING FOR THEIR TAX DOLLARS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WITH THAT. AND WE NEED TO HELP UNDERSTAND THAT. PROGRAMS SUCH AS THIS REALLY CAN BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM. AND THERE'S EMBARRASSMENT OVER. WELL, I DON'T I'VE NEVER USED A MOUSE. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO SOMEBODY IN A LIBRARY OR ANYWHERE AND SAY, I'VE NEVER USED A MOUSE. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS? SO OVERCOMING A LOT OF THOSE BARRIERS IS PART OF THIS PLAN AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, AS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THOSE COME FROM THE THE STATE'S PLAN. SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN OUR DIGITAL LITERACY PLAN FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. ONE INCREASE AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF RELIABLE HIGH SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET. ENSURE YAVAPAI COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE AFFORDABLE DEVICES TO MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. PROVIDE RELEVANT DIGITAL LITERACY AND SKILLS TRAINING TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF COVERED POPULATIONS, AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF ONLINE PUBLIC RESOURCES AND SERVICES, AND ENHANCE THE PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF BUSINESS AND COUNTY WEBSITES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. HELPING TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. SO PART OF THIS WILL BE, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A VEHICLE TO GET ON THE ROAD AND GO AROUND AND TALK TO PEOPLE. AND IF WE CAN'T GET THAT THROUGH ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT'S AVAILABLE, THESE GRANTS ARE ABOUT $250,000 APIECE. SO IF WE CAN'T GET THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE GROUP IN THE VALLEY CALLED IDEA, WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE THESE HIVE VEHICLES, AND MAYBE THEY CAN COME UP AND HELP ASSIST US WITH THAT AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY GETTING SOME DIGITAL NAVIGATORS WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, SUCH AS OUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. THEY'VE BEEN A KEY PART OF DEVELOPING THIS DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN. THAT'S COX, THAT'S SPARKLIGHT, T-MOBILE, VERIZON. THEY'VE ALL BEEN GREAT PARTICIPANTS IN WYCOMBE IN THIS PROCESS. SO THAT THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE BIG OVERVIEW OF WHY IT'S NEEDED AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO. AND ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR TWO GRANTS, ONE $250,000 TO TRY TO GET THAT VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY SOME DIGITAL NAVIGATORS TO HELP. AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH PIMA COUNTY TO PUT IN A GRANT TO POSSIBLY GET SOME DEVICES THAT WE WOULD DO AN EARN. LEARN TO EARN PROGRAM WHERE WE GO THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES TO HELP INCREASE DIGITAL LITERACY. AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, THEY CAN GET A DEVICE, BECAUSE NOW THEY SHOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO NAVIGATE IT ON THE WITH THAT DEVICE ON THE INTERNET. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH COREY. ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR. THE BEAD GRANT. YES, MA'AM. I SAW I GUESS, A DOCUMENTARY ON TELEVISION ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS NATIONWIDE TO REALLY APPLY AND GET AHOLD OF THE MONEY IN THE BEAD GRANT AND I. AND I'M AWARE WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. [01:50:02] THE BILLION DOLLARS. YES. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE? IS ANYTHING CHANGED OR IS IT STILL LIKE A HOLDING PATTERN? ABSOLUTELY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. AND EVERY TIME I WANT TO CALL YOU MAYOR JENKINS. SO I GOT TO GET USED TO SUPERVISOR JENKINS. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE THE QUESTION. AND I DO APPRECIATE CAMP VERDE, ALL THE EFFORTS WITH THIS WHILE YOU WERE MAYOR, AS WELL. CAMP VERDE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN OUR YAVAPAI COUNTY BROADBAND INITIATIVE. BUT TO GET TO BEAD. YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT BEAD. AND I WILL SAY THAT ON ON THE FRONT END BEAD PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE MOST BUREAUCRATIC PROGRAMS WE'VE SEEN FOR BROADBAND. BUT I WILL SAY IT IS THE FIRST PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PROCESS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S ANOTHER PROGRAM OUT RIGHT NOW CALLED THE RURAL DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED UNTIL WE STARTED LOOKING INTO WHAT PLACES WERE ELIGIBLE FOR BEAD. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE TOWERS PUT UP IN THE COUNTY. PEOPLE AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO THAT HAS BEEN THE M.O. OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH BROADBAND IS THEY JUST DID ALL THIS STUFF AT A FEDERAL LEVEL AND DIDN'T INCLUDE ANYBODY WHERE WE WOULD BE ACTUALLY RECEIVING THE SERVICE. SO BEDE WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE IN ENSURING LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD CHALLENGE WHETHER OR NOT AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, FOR INSTANCE, PROVIDED ADEQUATE SERVICE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO SEDONA, FOR INSTANCE, BEEN NOTORIOUSLY BAD SERVICE. CAMP VERDE IS KIND OF UP IN THERE AS WELL. AND WHENEVER YOU TALK TO THE ISP THAT SERVES THAT AREA, THEY SAY IT'S ADEQUATE. WE PROVIDE HIGH SPEEDS. EVERYTHING IS GREAT. OUR SERVICE IS WONDERFUL. SO THIS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY CHALLENGE THAT AND SAY NO. ACCORDING TO THE TEST WE'VE RUN, THAT ISN'T THE CASE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP, I BELIEVE, ABOUT 8000 RESIDENCES IN THAT AREA THAT UNDER A NORMAL FEDERAL PROGRAM NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNDED. SO IT IT HAS BEEN BUREAUCRATIC, BUT THEY DID INCLUDE US AND THEY INCLUDED THE STATE. SO I'M HOPING OVERALL IT DOES PROVIDE A BETTER OUTCOME THAN OTHER PROGRAMS WE'VE SEEN. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'VE JUST DONE THEIR FIRST PHASE OF REVIEW FOR PEOPLE SUBMITTING ISP, SUBMITTING BROADBAND PROPOSALS. SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE HIGH SPEED FIBER TO THE HOME WAS ROUND ONE. NOW THAT'S COMPLETE. SO NOW THEY'RE GOING INTO ROUND TWO SAYING OKAY, ALL THE AREAS THAT WERE TOO EXPENSIVE BEFORE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM I SUPPOSE A SATELLITE CONNECTION OR A TOWER OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD GET HIGH SPEED WIRELESS FROM A TOWER, SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE MORE IMPORTANT PART OF INTERNET CONNECTIVITY. AND THAT'S DURING A CRISIS SITUATION. WE FOUND THAT THOSE HIGH RISK AREAS THAT EITHER HAVE NO INTERNET SERVICE OR VERY POOR INTERNET SERVICE, THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO REACH THEM IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY. AND OUR EMERGENCY WORKERS HAVE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR. SO THIS IS FAR REACHING. IF WE COULD GET ADEQUATE SERVICE TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YEAH, DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. MAURY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I DID AGAIN, THANK YOU. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK CORY FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON ON THIS EFFORT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BEAD WORK IN TOTALITY ACROSS THE COUNTY, I HOPE YOU ARE PROUD AS I AM, THAT WE WILL BE ONLY THE SECOND COUNTY IN THE STATE TO ADVANCE TO THIS, TO THIS PARTICULAR POSITION AND TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. AND THEN THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JENKINS, FOR YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING CAMP VERDE. I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE HERE THAT THIS GOES BEYOND JUST YAVAPAI COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT COREY HAS BROUGHT ALL OF OUR TOWNS AND CITIES TOGETHER TO WORK ON THIS, AND IT HAS BEEN NOTED TO ME NUMEROUS TIMES BY FELLOW MANAGERS THAT THEY REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THE COUNTY STEPPING IN TO HELP COORDINATE AND FACILITATE, WHICH I THINK IS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE ROLE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL VALUE TO OUR CITIES AND TOWNS AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, COREY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE THAT. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONNECT YAVAPAI PLAN FOR THE DIGITAL DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WILL GLADLY SECOND THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CLERK. CAN YOU CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE? [01:55:03] SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. I SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS. A ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT, COREY. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SO MUCH AND WE'RE STILL AT IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER TWO. FACILITIES APPROVE A COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT WITH CML SECURITY. [2. Facilities - Approve a Cooperative Procurement Agreement with CML Security, LLC. in the total amount of $1,977,097.17 for Security Electronics at the Camp Verde Jail. YC Contract No. 2025-116 (All Districts)] I AM FAMILIAR WITH THOSE ACRONYMS SINCE THE DAY I HAVE ARRIVED. SEE EM. GOT IT. WE'RE STILL HERE WITH IT. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. BRANDON SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. YES. TODAY WE HAVE BEFORE YOU AN AGREEMENT WITH CML SECURITY TO UPDATE THE SECURITY ELECTRONICS FOR THE EXISTING CAMP VERDE DETENTION CENTER. WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND BUDGET, SO I WON'T BELABOR THE ISSUE TOO MUCH, BUT JUST HIGH LEVEL. THIS CONTRACT FOR NEARLY $2 MILLION WILL UPDATE ALL OF THE DOOR CONTROL SYSTEMS, THE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND THE INTERCOM SYSTEMS AT THE CAMP VERDE DETENTION CENTER. THEY ARE SORELY NEEDED UPDATES. SOME OF THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S CHANGING THE FASTEST IS THE CAMERA SYSTEMS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO QUALITY AND THE ABILITY TO STORE AND RETRIEVE THAT DATA. VERY CRITICAL FOR THE FACILITY. SO IN MY EYES. AND YOU'RE HAPPY TO CALL UP CHIEF DEPUTY NEWNAM TO CONFIRM THAT A VERY NEEDED UPDATE FOR THAT FACILITY. BOTH FOR THE SAFETY OF THE WORKERS, THE OFFICERS THAT YOU GUYS WERE HONORING THIS MORNING. AND THE INMATES AND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AS YCSO HAS ADDRESSED THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF THIS ONE IS THAT IT WILL BRING THIS FACILITY IN LINE WITH ALL THE SAME EQUIPMENT, ALL OF THE SAME FEATURES AS ARE OTHER DETENTION FACILITIES, WHICH WILL IMPROVE EFFICIENCY NOT ONLY WITH TRAINING OF STAFF, MAINTENANCE FOR MY STAFF TO COME AND SUPPLEMENT, AND THEN THE LONG TERM GOAL IS TO HAVE AN UMBRELLA CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY, PROBABLY WITH CML, TO PROVIDE THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRAMING THAT GOES ON IN THESE SYSTEMS THAT'S BEYOND MY STAFF'S CAPABILITY, AND SO WE HAVE ALWAYS GOT TO LEAN ON VENDOR TO DO THAT. WELL, THANK YOU. AND I AND I WILL TELL YOU, AS I HAD SAID EARLIER IN THE MEETING WHEN I HAD THE VISIT OVER AT THE CAMP VERDE JAIL. SO THERE IS A CONTROL TOWER AND THERE IS A PERSON THERE, AND YOU DON'T GET TO GO THROUGH A DOOR UNTIL THEY UNLOCK THAT DOOR. THEY ALSO SEE ALL OF THE DOORS AND THEY MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS. NO ONE MOVES THROUGH THAT AREA WITHOUT THESE DOORS BEING OPENED OR NOT. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT SAFETY AND AND OF COURSE, JEFF, YOU ARE HERE. AND IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME. CHAIR MALLORY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JEFF NEWNAM. I'M THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT FACILITIES DIRECTOR SCHULTZ HAS TO SAY THESE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OPERATES THE DOORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAMERAS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE OFFICERS, BUT FOR THE INMATES THEMSELVES. THE INMATES MUST HAVE ACCESS TO FUNCTIONING INTERCOMS AND THOSE INTERCOMS, THEY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAMERAS AND THE DOORS AS WELL. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR 911 SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL. AND SO THAT HAS TO BE FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW WITH THE AGING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN CAMP VERDE. WE WE HAVE SOME ISSUES. WE DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID IF WE MESS WITH IT, IT MIGHT BREAK FURTHER. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FEW CAMERAS THAT ARE NOT CORRESPONDING TO THE INTERCOM SYSTEM. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRESS AN INTERCOM, THE CAMERAS WILL MOVE TO THE APPROPRIATE DOOR THAT'S BEING PRESSED. AND SO WE HAVE TO THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S NEEDING ASSISTANCE WHEN AND WHERE. AND SO WE WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH BRANDON AND HIS FOLKS, AND THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP THIS GOING. BUT LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF THESE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT. AND SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE AT YOUR HOUSE HAVING A COMPUTER THAT'S 20 YEARS OLD AND TRYING TO FUNCTION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND KEEP IT RUNNING. SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT UPGRADE FOR US AND FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COUNTY. [02:00:06] THANK YOU. JEFF. ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FROM THE BOARD? NO, I'D OFFER UP A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN THE CLERK CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [3. Facilities - Approve Cooperative Procurement Agreement with Progressive Services Inc., dba Progressive Roofing, in the amount of $414,763.84 for roof replacement at the Camp Verde Jail and authorize the Facilities Director to approve line-item adjustments not exceeding the total contracted amount. YC Contract No. 2025-106 (All Districts)] MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. GLAD YOU DIDN'T MOVE AWAY THERE, BRANDON. APPROVE COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT WITH PROGRESSIVE SERVICES. YES. AGAIN. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON. I'M BRANDON SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF CRITICAL NATURE MORE OF PROTECTING ASSETS. NOT SO MUCH LIFE SAFETY AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT BEFORE JUST KIND OF A NORMAL ROOF REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR US. THE DOLLAR THRESHOLD HAS PUT IT AT A POINT THAT WE'VE GOT TO PUT IT AS ACTION SO WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. WE HAVE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS ITEM HERE. IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WE WERE ALLOCATED I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $400,000 TO REPLACE THE ROOFING. THE INTENT AT THAT TIME WAS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING TPO ROOFING WITH THE SAME MATERIAL, ANOTHER TPO ROOFING. WHAT WE WERE FINDING IS WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE WARRANTY TO MATCH THE DESIGN SPEED. AND THERE WAS SOME STRUGGLES WORKING THROUGH THE VENDORS DESIGN PROCESS ON HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT. AND IT WAS DRIVING UP THE COST THERE. THE INSTALLER PITCHED A DIFFERENT IDEA, WHICH WE HAVE NEVER ENTERTAINED BEFORE. IT'S AN EMULSION COATING PRODUCT, WHICH IS A TWO PART MIXTURE OF MATERIALS TO PROVIDE THE COATING OVER THAT. WE'VE USED SOME OTHER COATINGS IN THE PAST THAT ONLY HAD A TWO YEAR WARRANTY, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPY WITH THOSE. THIS PRODUCT HERE ACTUALLY COMES WITH A 20 YEAR WARRANTY, AND I SAT DOWN WITH MY STAFF AND WE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT IT AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND KICKED IT AROUND, AND WE SAID, WELL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? AND WE REALLY CAME DOWN TO ONE THING 20 YEAR WARRANTY. IT'S THE EXACT SAME WARRANTY THAT THE TPO OFFERS. WE SHOULD HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROTECTION. WE'LL HAVE THE EXACT SAME COVERAGE. AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF THE ROOFS THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO EXTEND THOSE SAVINGS TO A ROOF THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO BUDGET FOR IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE UP THE FUNDING REQUEST BECAUSE WE'RE COVERING UNDER THIS ONE THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT IS SLIGHTLY OVER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. WE'LL COVER ALL OF THAT IN THE EXISTING FACILITIES BUDGET WITH NO ASK FOR THIS YEAR. BUT WITH THAT I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BRENNAN ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO, JUST A COMMENT AND A THANK YOU FOR SEARCHING OUT EFFICIENCIES AND TAKING GOOD CARE OF THE PUBLIC'S DOLLARS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES, SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. BRENNAN. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED. [4. Public Works - Approve adoption of the Yavapai County Emergency Operations Plan. (All Districts)] ADOPTION OF YAVAPAI COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN. GOOD MORNING. ASHLEY. IT'S STILL MORNING. YES. HELLO AGAIN. MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. SUPERVISORS. I'M ASHLEY ALQUIST, YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. LET'S BRING THIS UP. YEP. ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING THE UPDATED 2025 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. THIS IS A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES HOW WE PREPARE FOR, RESPOND TO AND RECOVER FROM ALL TYPES OF EMERGENCIES. THE EOP SERVES AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES DURING A DISASTER. IT OUTLINES ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND COORDINATION STRATEGIES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER. THIS PLAN IS REQUIRED BY ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE 26 308, WHICH OUTLINES THAT ALL COUNTIES, INCORPORATED CITIES, AND TOWNS WILL ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE PLANS AND PROGRAMS. AND SO WE HAVE DONE THAT, MADE SURE THAT THE PLAN ALIGNED WITH THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN. THIS IS ALSO REQUIRED AS PART OF US BEING RECIPIENTS FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT. THAT HELPS SUPPORT LOCAL PREPAREDNESS, PLANNING AND STAFFING. NOW WITH THE EMPG GRANT, IT DOES REQUIRE THAT IT IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS. AND IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PREVIOUS EOP, YOU WOULD SAY, WELL, THAT WAS IN 2020 AND THE MATH DOES NOT MATH. ACTUALLY, YOU WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN 2022. IN THE SPRING, I BECAME EMERGENCY MANAGER AS WELL AS OUR COORDINATOR AND DEPUTY WERE PUT INTO POSITIONS IN 2022, [02:05:02] WHICH WOULD BE AT THAT TWO YEAR TIME MARK. AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE EOP, REALLY SEEING IT IN ACTION TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES. SO WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2023 TO IDENTIFY THAT EOP WAS STILL VALID. AND FROM THERE WE STARTED IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL MEASURES. SO THAT PUTS US IN LINE FOR THIS 2025 UPDATE. AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THE TIME, JUST DUE TO STAFFING LIMITATIONS, WE WERE WORKING ON THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR MITIGATION DOLLARS, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS OUR SOUTH FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. SHOULD THERE BE A DECLARATION AND A NEED FOR RECOVERY DOLLARS FROM THE STATE. AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN WAS BEING REVISED AT THAT TIME, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ORGANIZATIONS HERE LOCALLY TO APPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE DEFENSE GRANT. SO THE EOP ENSURES THAT WE'RE NOT REACTING FROM SCRATCH DURING A CRISIS. WE HAVE COORDINATED WE HAVE THIS STRUCTURE TO WORK FROM. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS PLAN IS NOT MEANT TO GET INTO THE TACTICS. EACH DEPARTMENT HAS POLICIES, PROCEDURES, SOPS. THEY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW THEY ARE GOING TO RESPOND. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY'VE GOT EVACUATIONS DOWN TO A WELL OILED MACHINE. IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DOCUMENT TO TO GET INTO THEIR THEIR BUSINESS AND HOW THEY DO THAT. THEY HAVE THAT INTERNALLY. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S ALREADY A LENGTHY DOCUMENT. WE DON'T WANT THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THIS WAS NOT A DOCUMENT BUILT IN ISOLATION. IT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A COORDINATED PLANNING PROCESS WITH INPUT FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, WHETHER IT BE THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, PUBLIC SAFETY, ETC. AND WE ALSO CONSULTED WITH NONPROFITS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO WORK ON WITH THIS IS FOCUSING ON CAPTURING THE LESSONS LEARNED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO FEDERAL GUIDANCE AND ACCOUNTING FOR THE LOCAL REALITIES DURING THIS PROCESS. WE DID MAKE THE PLAN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MARCH 1ST TO MARCH 14TH. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY MYSELF OR STAFF AT FIREWISE MEETINGS IN BOTH FEBRUARY AND MARCH, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER MEETINGS. WE PUBLISHED A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE DAILY COURIER AND VERDE INDEPENDENT. WE ALSO HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WITH FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, NEXTDOOR, AND LINKEDIN, AND I DID A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH KICA ON MARCH 10TH REGARDING THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS READILY AVAILABLE AND WE COULD SOLICIT THAT INPUT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID GET DURING THAT TIME WAS FEEDBACK, ACTUALLY, REGARDING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CAMPS. NOW, INITIALLY WHEN WE GOT THAT FEEDBACK. THAT'S NOT REALLY AGAIN, THE TIME OR THE PLACE OR THE DOCUMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT. BUT IT DID MAKE US LOOK AT THE PLAN AND LOOK AT HOW WE COULD BETTER IDENTIFY THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. PREPAREDNESS IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT. SO WE WORKED WITH OUR COUNTY DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFY PER STATUTE, WHAT DO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES NEED TO BE REQUIRED TO DO OR PER ARIZONA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. WE ALSO DID THAT FOR SCHOOLS AND EVEN DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP BE PREPARED BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. OKAY. SO THIS PLAN IS BUILT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATEST GUIDANCE FROM FEMA. THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GUIDE 101 VERSION THREE. IT IS ALSO COMPLIANT WITH THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE ALSO LOOKED AT RECENT DISASTERS. AND SO OF COURSE, RIGHT WHEN WE SAID THAT THE PLAN WAS GOOD, WE EXPERIENCED THE 2023 SPRING FLOODING. RIGHT AFTER THAT FLOODING EVENT, WE ACTUALLY HOSTED A CLASS ON EVACUATION AND REENTRY THAT WAS TAUGHT BY ONE OF YCSO SERGEANTS AND PROVIDED US REALLY GREAT INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN BETTER THE NEXT EOP. IN ADDITION, WE NOW SEE THERE'S PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFFS. WE'RE IN A WORLD WHERE CYBERSECURITY IS A VERY REAL AND CONSISTENT THREAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME. AND OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN. WE OUR VULNERABILITIES HAVE GROWN. WE HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF OLDER ADULTS, LIKE 17,000 MOBILE HOMES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND APPROXIMATELY 5000 THAT DOES NOT HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING THAT AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ALIGNED WITH OUR ADVOCACY MEMBERS AND FOLKS THAT HAVE DISABILITIES OR ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE ONE COUNTY APPROACH. THAT HAS OFTEN BEEN THE SENTIMENT IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THE EOP WHERE IT SAYS WE DO. THE ONE COMMUNITY APPROACH. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? SO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE THE ADDITION OF SEVERAL ANNEXES. WE HAVE THE ALERT, WARNING, EVACUATION, REENTRY, JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM, MASS CARE AND SHELTERING RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION THAT IS REQUIRED PER FEMA GRANT GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS THE VOLUNTEER AND DONATIONS MANAGEMENT. LIKE I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EVACUATION REENTRY IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE 2023 SPRING FLOODING AND EVACUATION AND REENTRY COURSE THAT WAS HOSTED. [02:10:06] WHEN IT COMES TO VOLUNTEER AND DONATIONS, MANAGEMENT, THAT IS OFTEN SEEN AS THE DISASTER WITHIN A DISASTER, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT NATIONAL EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF MISSED DIS AND MAL INFORMATION. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THOSE FRAMEWORKS IN PLACE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH THE OTHERS WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EITHER UPDATED OR NEWLY ADDED TO MEET THE OPERATIONAL REALITIES. OKAY. ONE OF THE ADDITIONS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IS THE COMMUNITY LIFELINES. THE COMMUNITY LIFELINES. IDENTIFY WHAT ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE DOWN. ALLOWS US TO BETTER PRIORITIZE RESTORATION AND ALLOW FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, AND PRIVATE PARTNERS AND PROVIDE THAT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. SO IF YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT'S A LITTLE GRAINY, BUT THERE'S COLORS ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE. AND SO IF THERE'S AN IMPACT, MAYBE ONE ROAD SHUT DOWN. IT MIGHT BE MINIMAL IMPACT. WHEREAS LET'S, YOU KNOW, GO BACK A MONTH OR TWO AGO NOW WHEN WE HAD THE WINTER STORMS AND WE SAW MULTIPLE INTERSTATE AND HIGHWAY CLOSURES, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A RED FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY, WHICH THEN FOR THE STATE WOULD REFLECT YELLOW FOR MODERATE IMPACT. SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE. WITH THE CHANGES THAT FEMA HAD SENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE WANTED TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PRIORITIZED THROUGHOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO THAT'S INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR RESIDENTS, AGAIN, THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NGOS. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER. THOSE ARE UNDERSERVED OR VULNERABLE HEALTHCARE, TRANSPORTATION, SUMMER CAMPS, ETC. PERHAPS TOO FAR. ALL RIGHT. PERHAPS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WE WILL BE SEEING WITH THIS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN IS THE TRANSITION FOR OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER MODEL FROM THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM TO THE INCIDENT SUPPORT MODEL. SO I HAVE BOTH MODELS UP THERE, AND ONE OF THE ITEMS WITH THE ICS MODEL IS THAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO SEMANTICS. AND IF PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ICS, THEN IT CAN BE SLIGHTLY CONFUSING WHEN YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM OR THE FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD WORKING ON THE INCIDENT, AND THEY HAVE OPERATIONS PLANNING, LOGISTICS, THEY HAVE ALL THOSE SECTION CHIEFS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE EOC, WHICH SERVES AS A SUPPORT, ALSO HAVING THOSE SAME POSITIONS. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A MODEL THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS RECENTLY SWITCHED TO. THEY'VE BEEN HAVING GOOD SUCCESS AND THEY LIKE IT. AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN OPERATIONS SECTION CHIEF, WE HAVE A RESOURCE SUPPORT SECTION. ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DECIDED TO CHANGE THIS MODEL IS DUE TO STAFFING. AS YOU SEE UP THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSITIONS, AND WITH A STAFF OF FOUR, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR US. WELL, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THERE'S FOUR OF US TO STAFF THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WITHOUT RELYING ON OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR LOCAL PARTNERS. WITH THAT, LET ME ACTUALLY SWITCH TO THIS ONE. SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW AND THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED. SO I COLOR CODED IT. THE POSITIONS IN BLUE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WE CAN STAFF. AND THEN THE POSITIONS IN PURPLE ARE THOSE THAT WE WILL ASK OTHERS TO, TO STAFF FOR US. AND THEN THE BROWN ARE THOSE THAT WE WILL STAFF AS NEEDED. BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREAT THING WITH NIMS IS THAT EVERYTHING IS SCALABLE TO THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE INCIDENT. BUT ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS WITH THIS IS ALSO UTILIZING EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FOCUS ON OKAY, WHO CAN GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE PLANNING P IS? WHO CAN WRITE AN INCIDENT SUPPORT PLAN? WE'RE IDENTIFYING LIAISONS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THE EOC AND DO THEIR JOB AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD. FOR EXAMPLE, ESF THREE IS PUBLIC WORKS, AND SO WE CAN HAVE FOLKS FROM PUBLIC WORKS COME TO THE EOC AND DO WHAT THEY ALREADY DO. SO TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS ARE, IT'S ONE THROUGH 15. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER STAFF THE EOC BY NOT HAVING TO GET SO CAUGHT UP ON WHO'S TRAINED LIKE RIGHT NOW THAT THE STATE IS, IS REALLY PUSHING AND ENCOURAGING THE ARIZONA QUALIFICATION SYSTEM. AND JOHN AND I, MY MY DEPUTY AND I ARE BOTH CREDENTIALED THROUGH THAT. BUT TO SEND SOMEONE THROUGH THAT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER 100 HOURS OF TRAINING, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND SHOWING THAT THEY'VE DONE AND DEMONSTRATED THE SKILLS. SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT WORKING IN THIS WORLD ALL THE TIME, THAT CAN BE EXTREMELY TAXING FOR US TO ASK OTHER PEOPLE TO DO AND EVEN SOME OF THESE CLASSES JUST FOR THE FOUNDATIONAL STUFF IS THREE DAYS A FULL WEEK. SO WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL HELP. SO THE NEXT STEPS WE HAVE TO MONITOR THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT. THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTUALLY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CHANGE ALL HAZARDS TO RISK INFORMED. AND THIS IS AN ALL HAZARDS PLAN. SO TO ME, IT'S MORE OF THE SEMANTICS OF IT. ALL HAZARDS IS THAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR A WIDE RANGE OF POTENTIAL EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS, [02:15:03] BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF EACH ONE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT OVERLAP. AND THEN FOR THE THE RISK INFORMED, IT'S MORE ABOUT DEDICATING RESOURCES AND PLANNING BASED ON THE LIKELIHOOD AND CONSEQUENCE OF SPECIFIC THREATS AND HAZARDS AND USING THE DIFFERENT RISK ASSESSMENTS. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF GUIDANCE SURROUNDING THAT. AND SO ONCE THAT COMES OUT, WE'LL LOOK TO UPDATE AND MODIFY THE PLAN AS NECESSARY. ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THAT IS THE CONVERSATIONS, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORLD, IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS, WE SEE TYPICALLY WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS AND LIKE HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS PER PERSON OR DISPATCHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, THE LIKES, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? ESPECIALLY WITH GEOGRAPHY, RISKS, HAZARDS, POPULATION, ETC.. AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THAT IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE EOC GUIDE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ALIGNS AND IS IN PLACE FOR EOC OPERATIONS. WE DO HAVE ON THE HORIZON UPDATING A RECOVERY PLAN HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. SO THAT IS SOMETHING OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE FOR US TO UPDATE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE FAMILY ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTERS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTERS, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING REUNIFICATION. IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A FOCUS ON MASS VIOLENCE, AND THE NEEDS FOR THOSE EVENTS DIFFER FROM NATURAL DISASTERS. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION ON PREPAREDNESS. THAT IS FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE DURING THIS PROCESS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE US MORE GET OUT THERE. AND WE DO TRY AS BEST WE CAN. BUT CONTINUING THROUGH THAT GETTING OUT THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PREPAREDNESS AS WE ARE AVAILABLE, OF COURSE, TRAINING AND EXERCISES WITH LOCAL PARTNERS THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF PLANNING DOCUMENTS, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT STAGNANT. WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS LENGTHY PROCESS, TIME AND EFFORT FOR THESE DOCUMENTS TO BE PUT ON A SHELF. WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE UTILIZED, AND WE WANT THEM TO BE LIVING DOCUMENTS SO WE CAN UPDATE THEM AS NECESSARY. AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE SEE IN TRAINING AND EXERCISES, WE'D MUCH RATHER LEARN ABOUT IT THERE THAN DURING A DISASTER. AS I MENTIONED, MAKING SURE THIS IS THE LIVING DOCUMENT WITH THE UPDATES AS NEEDED WITH THE MINIMUM OF EVERY TWO YEARS. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK TOWARDS NEXT. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ASHLEY, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE SUPERVISORS? NO, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. OR MAYBE IT COULD TURN INTO A QUESTION. LAST NIGHT, I DID RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM PRESCOTT VALLEY. BECAUSE I'M ON THEIR EMERGENCY TYPE OF ALERT, AND THEY'VE GONE TO SOMETHING CALLED SMART 911. SO YEAH. SO YOU GET ON THAT AND THEN YOU FILL OUT YOUR INFORMATION, RIGHT? YEAH. SO I GUESS REALLY, BY ME ASKING YOU THIS, I'M JUST VERIFYING IT'S ALL ON THE UP AND UP. YEAH. SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS HAVE TRANSITIONED TO THE SMART 911 RAVE COMMUNICATION PLATFORM. AND THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE USING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN INFORM THEIR RESIDENTS OF INCIDENTS TAKING PLACE. OKAY, GREAT. I SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEAH. I JUST GOT ONE LETTER ASKING IF IT WAS A NONPROFIT GROUP, AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. WHAT? HOW DID YOU REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND DID EVERYONE RESPOND? SO WE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF FOLKS. AGAIN, WE HAD THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WHERE WE OPENED IT UP TO EVERYONE WITH THE PUBLIC NOTICES, THE NEWSPAPER, THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TALKING ABOUT THIS AT FIREWISE AND THE CODE MEETINGS AND THE LIKE. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO, TO PUT IT OUT THERE. WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS. WE HAD A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE, SUCH AS LASER, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, ANIMAL DISASTER SERVICES AREAS, RACES, WHICH IS OUR HAM RADIO OPERATORS. MEALS ON WHEELS CONTRIBUTED. WE ALSO HAD SALVATION ARMY, A MANZANITA OUTREACH, AND EVEN VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CITY OF SEDONA HAD PARTICIPATED, WITH ONE OF THEM BEING A JEEP POSSE MEMBER. SO WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WE HAD ALSO, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WE MAYBE ONLY RECEIVED 1 OR 2. BUT THE OPPORTUNITY WAS AVAILABLE AND WE DID COORDINATE WITH QUITE A FEW. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS. SO. MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. I. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. PUBLIC WORKS AWARD OF CONTRACT TO PAP. [5. Public Works - Award contract to PAP, LLC in the amount of $468,387.50 for Overlay Project #2502380. YC Contract No. 2025-115 (District 1 - Supervisor Compton; District 5 - Supervisor Mallory)] ON AN OVERLAY PROJECT THAT IS IN VICE CHAIR COMPTON DISTRICT AND ALSO MINE. [02:20:01] GOOD MORNING. ROGER. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M. I'M ROGER MCCORMICK, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ROADS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE, BECAUSE THE ASPHALT HAS GOTTEN TO A CONDITION WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE OVERLAID. IF YOU WOULD RECALL, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE ADDED THESE OVERLAYS TO THE UPGRADE LIST FOR THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS THE AWARDING OF THAT CONTRACT TO THOSE FOUR ROADS TO WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE AND TO WITHIN DISTRICT ONE. SO WE TOOK IN BIDS ON APRIL 10TH AND WE RECEIVED BIDS FROM ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY AT 490 CACTUS ASPHALT AT 767 K AND PAP, LLC AT 468 K. AND WITH PAP BEING THE LOW BIDDER, WE WERE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN COMMENCE IN DOING THESE OVERLAY PROJECTS. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. AND ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT PRICES IN GENERAL GOING UP. WERE THESE THE WAS THIS KIND OF IN THE PRICE RANGE YOU WERE EXPECTING? YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. SUPERVISOR CHECK. SO THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS RIGHT ALONG IN LINE WITH WHAT WE GOT HERE. WHICH IS GOOD. NOT TO SAY THAT THE COSTS ARE WHAT WE REALLY LIKE, BECAUSE COSTS HAVE GONE UP SO HIGH, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADJUST OUR ESTIMATES FOR THAT. AND THIS DID COME IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. THANK YOU. YEAH, I MOVED TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AND I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND CLERK OF THE BOARD, CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOING ON TO HEARINGS, ITEM NUMBER ONE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVE A PERMANENT TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT. [1. Development Services - Approve a permanent and transferable Use Permit for APN 205-16-144 to authorize the placement of a 1,750 sq. ft. steel building as an accessory structure before a primary single-family residence is established, on an approximately 1.37-acre parcel located in the Thunderbird Meadows subdivision in Wilhoit, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner/Applicant: John Easton. Application No. PLA25-000007 (Supervisor Compton - District 1)] GOOD MORNING MATT. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. THIS ITEM IS IN DISTRICT ONE. IT IS VICE CHAIR COMPTON DISTRICT. THERE WE GO. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MATT BLAKE, PLANNING MANAGER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING THE APPLICATION FOR THE EAST AND STEEL BUILDING. THE SUBJECT REQUEST IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED 1700 AND 50 SQUARE FOOT STEEL BUILDING TO BE USED AS A WORKSHOP AND STORAGE SPACE. PRIOR TO A PRIMARY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE BEING ESTABLISHED ON APPROXIMATELY 1.37 ACRES IN THE RCU ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE THUNDERBIRD MEADOWS SUBDIVISION IN THE COMMUNITY OF WILHOIT. THAT IS VERY STRANGE. THE SLIDES SEEM APPEAR TO BE SOMEWHAT OUT OF ORDER. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO BACK. NORMALLY THE NEXT SLIDE IS IS ACTION BY THE P AND Z MEMBERS. NO MATTER. WE DON'T NEED IT. YOU COULD JUST TELL US, I GUESS. LET ME JUST GO BACK TO WHERE WHERE I WAS AT LEAST. OKAY. SO THIS APPLICATION WAS PREVIOUSLY HEARD BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, WHERE MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON A RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE REQUESTED USE PERMIT. THEIR REASONING WAS BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAD STATED, UPON QUESTIONING THAT HE INTENDED TO PARK AND UTILIZE AN RV IN THE STEEL BUILDING FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS DURING SEASONAL VISITS, IN ADDITION TO HIS USE PERMIT REQUEST. THIS DETAIL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE APPLICANT'S ORIGINAL LETTER OF INTENT OR THE USE PERMIT APPLICATION HE APPLIED FOR, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OVERNIGHT STAYS. OVERNIGHT OCCUPANCY IS NOT A PERMIT IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN ACCESSORY STORAGE STRUCTURES ON EITHER A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY BASIS. SO I WILL JUST NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER OSTERMAN IS PRESENT TODAY AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE REGARDING THE COMMISSION'S VOTE, OR THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THEIR VOTE. LIKEWISE, MR. EASTON IS IS ALSO PRESENT AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE CLARIFICATION. [02:25:01] I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO THIS AS, AS A, AS AN APPLICANT. FOLKS ARE NOT ALWAYS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE ASKING FOR ONE THING, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT OUR REGULATIONS ARE, WHAT'S ACTUALLY ALLOWED AND PROHIBITED. AND SO THIS APPLICATION WAS REALLY LIMITED TO A USE PERMIT FOR A USE THAT'S NOT OTHERWISE ALLOWED, WHICH IS TO TO LOCATE, TO BUILD AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRIMARY RESIDENCE, NOT CONSIDERING A FUTURE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRIMARY RESIDENCE AT THIS TIME, AS, AS FAR AS WE KNOW. BUT THIS OTHER NUANCE CAME UP. AND SO I THINK IT FAIR. AND IT'S IT'S GREAT THAT MR. EASTON IS HERE TODAY BECAUSE KNOWING WHAT HE KNOWS NOW HE'S PROBABLY BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND PERHAPS CORRECT A RECORD AS FAR AS HIS INTENTIONS, NOW THAT HE HAS A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO OUR ORDINANCE. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT, MATT. AND SINCE THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE, OH, YOU STILL HAVE MORE TO DO. BUT I WAS GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND REFER TO SUPERVISOR VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MR. EASTON, COULD YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND JUST CLARIFY FOR US WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE ON THE PROPERTY IN REFERENCE TO USING OR NOT USING IT AS AN OVERNIGHT STAY? MY INTENTIONS ARE TO NOT USE IT AS AN OVERNIGHT STAY. I HAVE FRIENDS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE EXTENDED RESIDENTIAL STAYS SO THAT I WON'T NEED TO. AND IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MATT, BUT I WILL IF YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE MORE. CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? YES, PLEASE. SORRY FOR THE PROCEDURE, BUT YEAH, JOHN EASTON. THANK YOU, MR. EASTMAN. OKAY, SO MOVING ON. SO THIS THIS APPLICATION IS LOCATED IN SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT SUPERVISOR DISTRICT ONE, THAT SUPERVISOR COMPTON'S DISTRICT. AND THE SUBJECT PARCEL MENTIONED LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY OF WILHOITE AT 7320 WEST VEDA LANE. SO YOU CAN SEE AN AREA MAP THAT DEPICTS THE THE SUBDIVISION, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 89. THEIR SURROUNDING PARCELS BEING THAT THIS IS WITHIN A SUBDIVISION. IT IS SURROUNDED ENTIRELY BY PARCELS WITHIN THE RCU TO A ZONE. SO THAT'S ONE UNIT PER TWO ACRES. THIS IS A HAND DRAWN SITE PLAN. IF APPROVED. TODAY, THE APPLICANT WILL BE ULTIMATELY REQUIRED TO FURNISH A MORE PROFESSIONAL SITE PLAN AS PART OF HIS APPLICATION THROUGH BUILDING SAFETY. SO THIS ESSENTIALLY JUST SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, DEPICTING SETBACKS TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED IN BLUE LOOKING TO TO THE SOUTH. AND THIS IS LOOKING TO, TO THE NORTH. AND SO IF YOU WERE TO JUST LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUTSIDE OF YOU, YOU'D SEE THE HIGHWAY 89 SEPARATED BY ANOTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT APPEARS TO BE VACANT AND VEGETATED. ONE THING THAT'S HELPFUL HERE WITH THESE AERIAL SHOTS IS YOU CAN KIND OF GET A FLAVOR FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO GENERALLY THE, THE LOT SIZES ARE TWO ACRES, A LITTLE BIT LESS OR MORE, DEPENDING THIS. THIS PARCEL IS IS ACTUALLY UNDER TWO ACRES, BUT YOU GET THE RURAL FLAVOR OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE AREA. AND THIS IS LOOKING TO THE WEST. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND LOOKING TO THE TO THE EAST, SAME IDEA. VERY RURAL. OKAY. LET'S GET INTO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. MATT, COULD I GO BACK JUST TO THAT PICTURE? I JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION WHILE IT'S FRESH IN MY MIND, THE ONE YOU JUST HAD. SO THE PROPERTY IS THE ONE IN THE SQUARE WITH THE BLUE AROUND IT. CORRECT. AND THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY I'D LIKE TO KNOW. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT IS, A STRUCTURE I, I SEE SOMETHING, RIGHT. SO THAT APPEARS TO BE A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THERE WAS ANOTHER PLANNER INVOLVED, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK THE THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND MAYBE SPEAK TO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS EXISTING ON THE [02:30:01] PROPERTY TODAY. OKAY. IF I MAY. ALL RIGHT. I'D APPRECIATE THAT. AGAIN JOHN EASTON, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU. MR.. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IS A WHAT THEY REFER TO AS A TOY BOX TRAILER, SOMETHING THAT HAS A LIVING COMPONENT AND ALSO A STORAGE COMPONENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAULING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. OKAY. AND SO ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, SIR. IS THERE IS THERE SEPTIC INSTALLED ON THIS PROPERTY ALREADY? YES, THERE IS SEPTIC AND WATER ON THE PROPERTY AT PRESENT TIME. SO THE TOY HAULERS HOOKED UP TO THE SEPTIC? YES IT IS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. THAT WAS PERMITTED. YES. IN FACT, I THINK, MR. EASTMAN, IF YOU MAY, YOU MAY WANT TO JUST COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT A BATHROOM, TOILET FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE IN THE STEELE BUILDING IF APPROVED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION. THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. AND AND MOST DEFINITELY, THERE WILL BE A RESTROOM FACILITY WITHIN THE STEELE BUILDING AND WELL, AND WASHROOM AND ALL. YEAH. SO WITH THIS HOLLER THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE IS, IS THERE SOMEONE LIVING ON THAT OR. WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S HOOKED UP AND ALL. IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE COULD. I LIKE TO KNOW. YES. WHEN I COME INTO THE AREA TO DO MY MOTORCYCLING AND STUFF, I DO STAY THERE. AND DURING THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THE BUILDING APPROVED AND PUT UP. I STAYED THERE SO I CAN ATTEND MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS AND AND GO FOR OTHER THINGS. SO MADAM CHAIR, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS HE WAS BUILDING A BUILDING TO PUT HIS MOTORCYCLES IN BECAUSE HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY TO GO OUT AND RIDE HIS MOTORCYCLES. THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY IS FOR. THIS IS AN ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT CONSISTENTLY, BECAUSE WHERE WE LIVE OUT THERE, THEY EXPECT RURAL. THEY WANT RURAL. A LOT OF MEN WANT TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND PUT UP A STRUCTURE AND PUT THEIR TOYS IN IT, AND THEN GO OUT AND ENJOY THE AREA. BUT BEFORE THEY OR STORE THINGS, BEFORE THEY BUILD THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS WAS. I THINK THAT MR. EASTON JUST HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHERE HE COULD, WHAT EXACTLY WHAT HE COULD DO DURING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND THAT'S WHY I HAD MR. OSTERMAN, MY MY PNC REPRESENTATIVE HERE, IF THE BOARD HAD ANY QUESTIONS OF THE FLAVOR OR ATTITUDE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAD TO WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THERE HADN'T BEEN THAT MISUNDERSTANDING, WHICH I BELIEVE INEVITABLY, PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPROVED BY PLANNING AND ZONING. OKAY. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. AND WE WILL MOVE ON WITH THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO AS PART OF THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION REPORT, WHICH IS REQUIRED A PER USE PERMIT, THE APPLICANT SENT NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 1000FT OF THE PARCEL ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2024. THE APPLICANT RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION THEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE HAVE OUR PART AS PART OF THE PROCESS, AND WE POSTED A SURVEY FOR THE APPLICATION ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND ON THE AND THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON MARCH 17TH, 2025. AS OF TODAY, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. STAFF ALSO POSTED AND TOOK PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON MARCH 19TH, AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT OF THIS USE PERMIT REQUEST. THEN WE GET INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE YAVAPAI COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THIS INSTANCE, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE SUBJECT APPLICATION FOR A USE PERMIT IS ALIGNED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL SIX. IN THAT STAFF IS FACILITATING PROCESS BY WHICH A PROPERTY OWNER CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROPOSE LAND USE DECISIONS THROUGH THE PROPER PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. SO ANY RESIDENT HAS A RIGHT TO TO ASK FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF A USE THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND SO JUST IN SUMMARY, THIS IS FOR THIS APPLICATION IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED 750 SQUARE FOOT STEEL BUILDING TO BE USED AS A WORKSHOP AND STORAGE SPACE ONLY ON APPROXIMATELY 1.37 SEVEN ACRES IN THE RCU ZONING DISTRICT. REGARDING STAFF CONCERNS, STAFF TAKES A NEUTRAL POSITION IN THESE TYPES OF INSTANCES IN THAT PER SECTION 410 G OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE. [02:35:03] THAT SECTION SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS ACCESSORY USES PRIOR TO PERMITTING A PRIMARY USE. AND BECAUSE THERE WAS THE QUESTION OF OVERNIGHT STAY, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE THE BOARD JUST NOW. SO STAFF TAKES A NEUTRAL POSITION. WE HAVE CONSISTENT SUGGESTED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. NUMBER ONE, AGAIN PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR 750 SQUARE FOOT STEEL BUILDING. NUMBER TWO THE SUBJECT 17,750 SQUARE FOOT STEEL BUILDING TO BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE CODES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. SO YOU'RE GRANTING RELIEF REGARDING THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD APPLY. SO ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT A REVISED SITE PLAN WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION THAT ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL UNIT AND TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMENTS. SO THAT GETS TO SUCH ISSUES AS ELECTRICITY THE BATHROOM, ETC.. ITEM THREE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE TO BE ISSUED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF BOARD SUPERVISOR'S APPROVAL, CONFIRMING THAT ALL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND IN CONFORMANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS OR THE USE PERMIT WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID. LAST ITEM FOUR. IN THE EVENT THE OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FILES A CLAIM UNDER AHS SECTION 12 1134 REGARDING THE USE PERMIT, THIS USE PERMIT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. AND WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. EASTON. IF HE WOULDN'T MIND TAKING IT. MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU INTEND TO TO BUILD A PRIMARY RESIDENCE ON THIS PARCEL AT THIS POINT IN TIME? I'M NOT SURE. I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, BUT THERE ARE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY NOT ALLOW ME TO. I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A MORE DEFINITE ANSWER, BUT AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO. BUT OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD REFER TO VICE CHAIR COMPTON COMMENTS OR ANY OR MAYBE YOU WANTED TO BRING UP. I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A COUNTY AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN REFERENCE TO OUR CHANGING OUR ZONING AND DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES IN THESE AREAS. AND GIVEN THAT HE'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERY OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR MYSELF, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ALONG WITH THE SUGGESTION. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, BUT WE STILL HAVE DISCUSSION. YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD, SUPERVISOR. SO I'M I ONLY PULL A NEW CARD FOR ANOTHER ONE MORE MEETING. OKAY. I PROMISE. SO. AND I HAD THIS DISCUSSION EARLIER THIS WEEK. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM NEUTRAL POSITION, COMING FROM WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE EXPERTS IN LAND USE AND ZONING REGULATIONS. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YOU BROUGHT FORWARD THAT FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING. THEIR CONCERN WAS HIS TALKING ABOUT LIVING IN THE UNIT, AND I KNOW THAT PLANNING AND ZONING. AND I MIGHT CALL ON HIM TO COME UP, KNOWING THAT HE IS NOW SAYING HE WOULD NOT LIVE WITHIN THIS BUILDING. YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT. WOULD THAT OPINION HAVE CHANGED HAD THEY KNOWN THAT? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. AND CLEARLY, FROM WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, THIS IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT ZONING CODES. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S COME FOR US TODAY, WOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR POSITION FROM NEUTRAL TO AGREEING OR NOT AGREEING OF RECOMMENDING OR NOT RECOMMENDING? I'M TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT OF WHO I CONSIDER TO BE THE EXPERTS IN INTERPRETING THE CODE. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR JENKINS, AND NICE TO MEET YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO TYPICALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS A USE PERMIT AND ULTIMATELY IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OF THE BOARD TO TO RENDER A DECISION. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. MAYBE I CAN SAVE YOU SOME TROUBLE THERE, MATT. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERJECTING. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS ITEM IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S A HEARING ITEM. THE BOARD SITS AS A QUASI JUDICIAL BODY IN RELATION TO HEARING ITEMS. AND SO THEY'RE REALLY ADVERSARIAL PARTIES WHO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD AND PRESENT INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THEIR [02:40:06] POSITIONS. SO YOU HAVE THE APPLICANT AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC. THE PNC COMMISSION SERVES AS AN ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTED BY THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE BOARD MAY NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE A DECISION. BUT AS MATT BLAKE WAS POINTING OUT TO THE BOARD, THESE ARE ISSUED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ROLE IS REALLY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND TYPICALLY IN RELATION TO A HEARING ITEM, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO TO BE NEUTRAL ON THE ITEM AND BE THERE TO FACILITATE THE BOARD IN MAKING A DECISION, BUT NOT IN ANY WAY TO SUBSTITUTE THEIR JUDGMENT OR EVEN OFFER THEIR JUDGMENT. THEN I WOULD THEN MY QUESTION THEN TO WOULD BE WOULD IT STILL BE AGAINST CODE IF THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD NOT? CAN I ASK THIS QUESTION? IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS AGREED NOT TO LIVE IN THE STRUCTURE WOULD THAT MAKE HIM IN CODE OR STILL OUTSIDE OF CODE? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO SO THE APPLICANT HAS STATED TODAY IN HIS TESTIMONY THAT HE HAS NO INTENTION TO TO TO RESIDE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENT IN THE ACCESSORY BUILDING. SO THAT ISSUE ASIDE, WHAT'S REALLY BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS WITH RESPECT TO ASKING FOR RELIEF FROM SECTION 410 G OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR BUILDING ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE RCU RCU TWO ZONE, AN APPLICANT A PROPERTY MUST FIRST HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED A RESIDENCE AS A PRIMARY USE. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE THAT'S THAT YOU'RE LIMITED TO, TO ASKING AND ANSWERING HERE TODAY IS WITH RESPECT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THIS APPLICATION IS FOR. AND SO THE APPLICANT IS ESSENTIALLY ASKING RELIEF FROM THAT STANDARD AND THAT STANDARD ONLY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND IS A CONUNDRUM FOR ME, IF THAT'S THE PROPER WORD, BECAUSE I, I ABSOLUTELY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'S PROBABLY A SECONDARY PROPERTY TO YOUR PRIMARY LIVING AND MAYBE SOME PLACE ELSE, AND WANTING TO ENJOY THE PROPERTY THROUGH RECREATIONAL USE. SO IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT. AND YOU AND THE VICE CHAIR BRINGS UP THE POINT THAT THE COUNTY IS IN THE MIDST OF TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODES. AND IN THE FUTURE, THAT MAY CHANGE. SO IT'S IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION IN, IN AS MUCH AS IT MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. AND HERE WE FACE WITH THIS SITUATION TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY'S PROCESS IN DEALING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING CODE ISSUES AND WHAT, AS A SUPERVISOR, MY BOUNDARY IS IN ASKING YOU QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. BECAUSE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO DENY. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMISSIONER HERE TODAY. AND I DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION IN THAT SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN AN HOA, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CSNS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT SAME LANGUAGE IS IS FOLDED WITHIN THOSE. GOOD MORNING. WELL GOOD MORNING. STILL MORNING. YEAH. KEVIN EASTMAN, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, DISTRICT ONE. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON SUPERVISORS. THIS WAS YOU MENTIONED THE WORD CONUNDRUM, AND IT REALLY WAS WHEN THIS WHEN THIS WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US, IT WAS ALMOST A NO BRAINER. I MEAN, REALLY, BECAUSE AS VICE CHAIR COMPTON MENTIONED PEOPLE BUY PROPERTY THEY WANT TO RECREATE ON IT. THEY WANT TO ENJOY IT AND HAVE FUN ON IT. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GOOD. AND AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. WE HAVE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A USE PERMIT PROCESS ALSO BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEBODY TO COME BEFORE US AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE LATER. THE THE TWIST WAS WHEN THE THE APPLICANT PRETTY MUCH INSISTED THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY. HE, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME, HE SAID FINANCIALLY, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO THE, THE COMMISSION WAS IN A POSITION WHERE WE SIMPLY HAD TO VOTE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WE, WE OUR OUR HANDS WERE REALLY TIED ON IT. WE COULDN'T SAY YES TO IT. WE COULDN'T RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT YOU DO THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SO FAR OUT OF COMPLIANCE. IT SEEMS NOW THAT THE APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS BETTER HOW THE ZONING ORDINANCE WORKS AND HAS FOUND ALTERNATIVE RESIDENCE, [02:45:06] YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO HE JUST WANTS TO BUILD THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND PLAY ON IT, WHICH IF IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT AT THE TIME, THE VOTE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. IT WOULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN SPLIT, AND MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. WE GET WE GET USE PERMIT REQUESTS OF THIS NATURE. I WON'T SAY FREQUENTLY, BUT. BUT FAIRLY OFTEN. THANK YOU. DOES THAT ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE FOR YOU. GO FOR IT. SO COULD HE KICK THE TIRES OFF THAT TOY HAULER, FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OF A FIXTURE, AND BYPASS ALL THIS STUFF? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK MATT BLAKE WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER PLACED TO. BUT MY MY GUESS WOULD BE. YEAH, SURE. IF HE DID THAT, IF HE, IF HE WANTED TO ACTUALLY, IN FACT, IF HE HAD, IF HE HAD INITIALLY PROPOSED TO INCLUDE A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN THIS, IN THIS STRUCTURE THAT HE WAS GOING TO PUT ON THERE, THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVABLE IN THAT HE'S ALREADY HE'S ALREADY GOT SEPTIC HOOKED TO IT. PRECISELY. YOU KNOW, IT'S IN OUR Q2A, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST LENIENT ZONINGS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. BUT BUT ONCE AGAIN, ON THE FACE OF IT, AS HE PRESENTED ALL OF ALL THE FACTS, ALL THE INFORMATION. WE REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS IT STOOD AT THAT TIME. SOUNDS LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODIFICATIONS IN HIS REQUEST. THAT'S GOOD. I'M GLAD TO. I'M GLAD TO SEE HIM DOING THAT BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BIG ISSUE WITH A 1750 FOOT SQUARE STRUCTURE LIKE THIS THAT INCLUDED A BATHROOM FACILITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT LOOKED LIKE A FAIRLY NICE BUILDING. AND THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL QUONSET HUT RIGHT NEXT DOOR. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. ANYWAYS, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT. SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OH THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. IF WE DON'T THEN I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THERE IS A STATEMENT ON THERE. DOES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? DID YOU SAY HE WASN'T? THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IT WAS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WHICH WAS MINE, WHICH WAS MY MOTION. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY, THEN. GOOD TO GO. JUST CHECKING ALL THE BOXES. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS I SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. HEARING ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND AND WISH YOU LOTS OF FUN MOTORCYCLING OUT THERE. I'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE. WE'LL DO OUR BEST. RIDE FREE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. [2. Public Works - Approve Resolution No. 2151 regarding the Abandonment of a portion of the Dedicated public right-of-way in the Dickerson Addition subdivision in Ash Fork. (District 4 - Supervisor Kukyno)] GOING ON TO PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2151 REGARDING THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF A DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. GOOD MORNING. TWO MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AGAIN. ROGER MCCORMICK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE HAVE A HEARING ITEM IN RELATION TO ABANDONMENT OF DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY UP IN THE ASH FORK AREA. THIS IS IN DISTRICT FOUR FOR SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. SO LET'S GET GOING HERE. SO THE THE APPROACH AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THESE ABANDONMENTS IS WE APPROVE YOU WOULD BE APPROVING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ABANDON THESE STREETS, ALLEYWAYS THAT WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL DICKERSON EDITION SUBDIVISION THAT WAS PLATTED, I BELIEVE, BACK IN THE 1930S. SO WE'LL GO INTO DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS IN WHICH THE COUNTY CAN DISPOSE OF RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC. THERE'S A WORD THAT'S REFERRED TO AS ABANDONMENT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO EXTINGUISHMENT. ABANDONMENT IS FOR RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS ACQUIRED THROUGH A TRANSFER OF TITLE OR THROUGH DEDICATION OF A PLAT, WHICH THIS WAS TO THE COUNTY THROUGH THIS ORIGINAL DICKERSON ADDITION SUBDIVISION. SO THE EXTINGUISHMENT CASE IS NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION FOR THE COUNTY WHEN WE ARE GIVEN A RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH EASEMENT. SO THE PETITION THAT WAS IN AND BY BY THE WAY, I SHOULD STATE THAT I BELIEVE MR. [02:50:07] IANNONE IS IS HERE TODAY. WHO IS THE APPLICANT THAT PROVIDED THE PETITION TO OUR DEPARTMENT. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION 246 AND THE STATE STATUTE 28 6701, PETER I, KNOWN JUNIOR, HAS SUBMITTED A PETITION FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF THE UNNAMED ALLEYS OF BLOCK THREE OF THE DICKERSON ADDITION SUBDIVISION. THE REASON FOR THE PETITION IS TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE ABUTTING PARCELS, AND THE ABUTTING PARCELS ARE LISTED UP THERE. THERE'S SIX OF THEM IN, AND HE'S DOING THIS IN CONJUNCTION TO PLAN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PROPERTY AND DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. WE GO THROUGH EVALUATION PROCESS AND THE EVALUATION THAT WE GO THROUGH IS RECOMMENDED BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. OKAY. SO AS PART OF THE PETITION PETER MR. EINHORN HAS REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A DISCOUNT OF WHAT HE VALUED THE PROPERTY TO BE. HE DID A COMPARABLE SALES TO OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA, AND WOULD LIKE THAT THE AMOUNT BEING OFFERED TO THE COUNTY BE REDUCED TO $10,000. AND THE APPLICANT MAY WISH TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT. HOWEVER, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES TEND TO RECOMMEND THAT WE GO WITH WHAT THE ASSESSOR VALUATION IS OF THE PROPERTY. WHEN WE DO DISPOSE OF IT, WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS $1.56 PER SQUARE FOOT, WHICH TOTALED UP TO ABOUT $15,500. THIS IS A VICINITY MAP OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED THERE ON THE THE STAR JUST NORTH OF I-40. AND THIS IS A ZOOMED IN LOOK AT THE MAP. AND SO LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THE YEAH, THE LASER HERE. SO THE PROPERTIES THAT MR. IANNONE OWNS ARE THE LARGER PARCEL UP HERE, THIS PARCEL HERE, AND THEN THESE ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM. SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO ABANDON THIS ALLEYWAY THAT GOES BETWEEN THESE PROPERTIES THAT HE OWNS ON BOTH SIDES THIS ALLEYWAY HERE THAT HE OWNS ON BOTH SIDES, AND THEN HALF OF THIS ALLEY HERE THAT THERE ARE SEPARATE OWNERS ON THIS SIDE OF THE ALLEYWAY. HE OWNS THE PARCELS ON THIS SIDE. SO IT WOULD ONLY ABANDON HALF OF WHAT IS EXISTING THERE AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. WHAT IS THAT? MADAM CHAIR? WHAT IS THAT? ROAD TO THE. TO THE RIGHT. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT STREET? THIS ONE HERE? YES, THAT'S SECOND STREET. AND THEN UP HERE, PARK AVENUE. DOWN HERE IS MAPLE AVENUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SITE. EAST. WEST. LOCATION. THIS IS, IF I GO BACK A SLIDE. THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN RIGHT HERE. LOOKING THIS WAY, THE FOLLOWING PHOTO I WILL SHOW YOU WILL BE A PICTURE THAT'S FROM RIGHT HERE. LOOKING THIS WAY. AND THEN THE FINAL PHOTO IS GOING TO BE FROM MAPLE AVENUE. LOOKING UP THIS WAY OVER THE COURSE OF THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES. SO YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST ONE THERE. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME EXISTING UTILITIES THAT GO DOWN THE CORRIDOR. POWER. THIS IS THE SECOND LOCATION. REALLY? NOTHING THERE. NO INDICATION OF AN ALLEYWAY OR ANYTHING. IT JUST KIND OF LOOKS LIKE BARE LAND. AND THE SAME THING FOR THE NORTH SOUTH LOCATION. NOT REALLY. ANY EVIDENCE OF AN ALLEYWAY EVEN LOOKING TO EXIST THERE. ON YOUR FIRST PHOTO, WHEN THE WHEN THE LINES WERE GOING DOWN. IS THAT PART OF THE EASEMENT THAT WE'RE ABANDONING WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE? CORRECT. SO ARE THERE UTILITY EASEMENTS ACROSS THAT PART RIGHT NOW? YES. SO AS AS A FUNCTION OF THIS BEING A PUBLIC ROADWAY DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC, OFTENTIMES UTILITIES WILL PLACE THEIR UTILITIES WITHIN OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR FOR THEIR USE. AND MY NEXT PERFECT TIMING SUPERVISOR KUKNYO MY NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE EXISTING UTILITIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I READ YOUR MIND. SO PER THIS AREA S 2872 TEN RESERVATION OF EASEMENTS, RIGHTS OF WAY OR EASEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING CONTINUE AS THEY EXISTED BEFORE THE DISPOSAL OR ABANDONMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF WAY OR EASEMENTS. AND SO THESE UTILITIES AS LISTED HERE ELECTRIC BEING ONE OF THEM. IN THIS CASE IT'S ELECTRIC THAT EXISTS THERE. THOSE EASEMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST BEYOND THE ABANDONMENT OF THIS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR US AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT USING IT FOR ROADWAY OR ALLEYWAY. [02:55:12] SO THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, WE LOOK AT BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT THINGS IN RELATION TO PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR FUTURE USE OF THEM. ONE WILL OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL ALLOW THE PETITIONER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS GOAL. RIGHT? THAT'S WHY HE'S PETITIONING TO INCREASE HIS LOT SIZE IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS PLAN TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY TO IT'S NOT GOING TO DENY ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA LEGAL ACCESS TO HIS OR HER PROPERTY. AND THEN FINALLY IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE PLANS IN THE AREA. AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PETITION BY APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, 151. AND FINALLY, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE IN ORDER FOR THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT. AND ACTUALLY, BEFORE I GO INTO THIS WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC FROM A RESIDENT UP IN THE ASH FORK AREA. THE COMMENT THAT THEY SAID WHAT? THEY DISAGREED WITH IT DUE TO THE NATURE OF POSSIBLY POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS ALLEYWAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SANITARY SEWER FOR THE DISTRICT UP IN THAT AREA, OR WATERLINES. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THOSE DON'T EXIST RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PLAN THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS USE OF THAT. I'M UNAWARE OF A PLAN THAT WOULD SHOW THE USE OF THAT, BUT BASED OFF OF A FUTURE POSSIBLE POTENTIAL USE FOR THIS AREA. I THINK THAT THE, THE LOTS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA WOULD STILL HAVE ACCESS TO CONNECTION TO A FUTURE SEWER SYSTEM AND OR WATER LINES THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE AREA, THROUGH THE EXISTING COUNTY MAINTAINED ROAD NETWORK THAT'S UP THERE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THAT THAT DID COME BEFORE US AS A AGAINST. WE DID RECEIVE THAT ONE. SO THE LAST CONDITION IS THAT IF APPROVED TODAY, MR. EINHORN WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE THE PLANNING PROCESS TO FINALIZE THE ABANDONMENT OF THOSE. AND HE HAS 120 DAYS TO DO THAT, AND WE'D TAKE IT TO THE RECORDER'S OFFICE AND GET IT RECORDED, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ROGER, I'D JUST LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. SINCE THIS IS A HEARING, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ONE ITEM THAT I AM AWARE OF? NO, MA'AM. JUST THE ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION. OKAY. AND THEN I WOULD LOOK INTO THE AUDIENCE JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC AT ALL. OKAY. DO YOU DID WHEN AND THAT'S FINE. WE'LL AFTER WE'RE DONE, WE'LL GET A GREEN SHEET FROM YOU. SO YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY COME ON UP AND HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN. YEAH, YEAH THAT'S FINE SIR. JUST STATE WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU LIVE. AND THEN A GREEN SHEET. WE'LL NEED TO GET HIM ONE. WELL, I'M ROBIN OTTO SCHWARZ AND I LIVE IN ASH FORK AND I REPRESENT ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. I HAVE A THERE IS A SEWER SYSTEM THAT. IS THAT THE TOWN'S GOING TO HAVE TO GET DONE JUST FEDERALLY, YOU KNOW BECAUSE EVERYBODY UP THERE PRETTY MUCH IS ON THEY EITHER HAS CESSPOOLS OR SEPTIC SYSTEMS ON THEIR PROPERTY AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PROPERTY UP THERE. THEY CAN'T DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR A LEACH FIELD FOR A SEPTIC SYSTEM BECAUSE THE LOTS ARE FAIRLY SMALL. SO IT JUST IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE AREA IS GOING TO. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A PLAN THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON FOR A, A SEWAGE TREATMENT AREA AND DOING A SEWER SYSTEM IN TOWN. SO SO IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT THEY'LL BE FORCED TO DO IT. BUT SO AS FAR AS HAVING THAT AN EASEMENT TO BE ABLE TO PLUMB THE PERSON'S HOUSE THAT I'M REPRESENTING YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT ALL THE SEWAGE GOES DOWNHILL. SO FROM HER PLACE. IT GOES DOWNHILL TO SECOND STREET, WHICH IS WHAT HE'S APPLYING TO ABANDON. SO I OUR ONLY HER ONLY CONCERN IS BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AN EASEMENT. [03:00:10] YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS, IS ONE THERE TO BE ABLE TO HOOK UP TO A FUTURE SEWER SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS SHE HAS AND I HAVE IS IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE ALLEY THAT HER PROPERTY IS UP AGAINST THAT? THIS GENTLEMAN IS IS NOT APPLYING TO GET I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY TO BUY? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HALF THE ALLEY HE'S GETTING YOU KNOW, THE THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY USE FOR HALF OF IT. YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT HER, HER PURSUING, PURCHASING THAT HALF THAT IS HER PROPERTY ABUTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. AND I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO MARTY AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FIND OUT HOW WE ANSWER THIS GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION. OR WHAT? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YES, CHAIR. AND SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE REMAINING STRIP THAT ABUTS THIS PERSON'S PROPERTY WOULD REMAIN PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY, BUT THEY WOULD BE FREE TO APPLY TO HAVE THAT PORTION OF THE ROADWAY ABANDONED. AND IF IT WAS ABANDONED, THEN YES, IT WOULD TRANSFER TO THE EXISTING PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN BACK THERE WHO WILL GET YOU THAT GREEN SHEET. I JUST NEED THAT TO BE FILLED OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND TALKING. YEAH. THANKS FOR COMING DOWN. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT? YEAH. ROGER, COULD YOU PUT UP THE MAP WITH THE THE GREEN LINES? SURE. YOUR BLUE LINES. EXCUSE ME. WHERE ARE THE POWER LINES RIGHT NOW? WHAT? WHAT PART OF THAT. THAT'S RIGHT HERE, DOWN THIS ONE AND THAT HAS THAT EXISTING KIND OF DIRT ROAD KIND OF GOING THROUGH IT. YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. AND WHERE IS THE THE LADY THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, DO WE KNOW WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PROPERTY SHE IS? I ASSUME IT MAY BE ONE OF THESE TWO. HE WAS SAYING IT ABUTTED THE AREA THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE ABANDONING HALF. SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT IT WOULD BE ONE OF THESE TWO PIECES. I THINK HE'S TRYING TO, SIR. IS IT THIS ONE? THE ONE WHERE THE RED DOT IS? OKAY. I'M. I'VE BEEN TO ALL THE ASH FORK DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS. I GO EVERY MONTH THAT THEY GET UP THERE. AND THERE IS A BIG PUSH FOR PUTTING IN A MAJOR SEWER PROJECT UP HERE. YOU PROBABLY. WELL, YOU WORK ON IT AS WELL. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE APPLICANT'S INTENTION WITH, WITH COMBINING THESE PARCELS AND NOT HAVING THAT SPLIT UP? YEAH, I WOULD DEFER TO THE APPLICANT. YOU BET. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK WE FINALLY HIT IT. YES WE DID. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HEARING THIS PETITION TODAY. I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE SEWER PLAN. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SENT TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE GENERAL ASHFAQ AREA WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN. THE GREEN LINES REPRESENT THE FUTURE SEWER LINES THAT AGAIN, IT'S NOT OFFICIAL YET, BUT THAT THEY'RE PROJECTING. THE. IS IT THIS ONE? OKAY. SO THERE'S SEWER LINES COMING ACROSS PARK AVENUE, SEWER LINES GOING DOWN, I BELIEVE THAT'S THIRD STREET AND THEN SEWER LINES GOING DOWN SECOND STREET. SO BY ELIMINATING THESE ALLEYWAYS, IT'S NOT THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE IS GOING TO BE ON THE PAVED ROAD THAT THOSE TWO PARCELS ARE ALREADY UP AGAINST. AND WITH REGARD TO THE ELECTRIC, I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO HONOR WHATEVER ELECTRIC UTILITY EASEMENTS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. TO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VISION THAT I HAVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. I DON'T HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN TO PRESENT TODAY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTING FOOTPRINT IS REALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOTTOM TWO GROUPINGS OF PROPERTIES ARE ZONED R1 TEN, WHICH THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE I BELIEVE IS 10,000FT². THOSE FOUR PARCELS ON THE BOTTOM ARE ACTUALLY SMALLER, ABOUT 7500FT². SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL MANEUVERING POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, REZONING REQUESTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO ACTUALLY MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN ON THE [03:05:04] PROPERTY. SO ANY EXTRA SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT I CAN HAVE AVAILABLE TO ME IS GOING TO HELP THAT BECOME A REALITY. AND THEN THE PARCEL ON THE NORTH SIDE, CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT IS PUTTING A SMALL BUSINESS THAT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SECRET THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVERYWHERE. AND THAT WAS KIND OF MY ORIGINAL PLAN. I'M CURRENTLY BUILDING ONE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY'S, A HOME OF MY OWN PLANS ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY. IN FACT, TODAY I THINK I GET MY SERVICE PANEL OFFICIALLY MOUNTED SO APPS CAN HOOK ME UP. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE SMALLER FLOOR PLANS THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO VERY SPECIFICS YET, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT I STILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. SO. SO NO DESIRE TO MAKE THAT ONE PARCEL. YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE PARCELS. I WANT TO DO WHAT'S THE HIGHEST, BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY AND WHAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY NEGATIVELY THE LEAST AND POSITIVELY THE MOST. AND IF THAT MEANS A CONSOLIDATION, FANTASTIC. IF THAT MEANS DOING SMALLER RESIDENTIAL PLOTS, THEN THAT'LL BE THE ROUTE TO GO. SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT RENTALS EVENTUALLY? POSSIBLY. WELL, I WAS THINKING MORE OF SALES RESALES, BUT I MEAN, IF IT TURNS INTO RENTALS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE AREA NEEDS. I KNOW THERE'S A BRAND NEW TRAVEL STATION DOWN THE ROAD IF THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, RENTALS FOR WORKERS IN THAT AREA. I MEAN, WHATEVER THE AREA NEEDS, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE. AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO MY BUDGET AND TIMELINE AND WHAT WORKS WITH ME, AS WELL AS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. IS THIS DOWNHILL THAT WAY? DOWNHILL TO THE NORTH? AM I AM I LOOKING NORTH? YEAH. SO? THIS THIS WOULD BE THE HIGH GROUND. THIS WOULD BE THE LOW GROUND. SO IF THEY PUT IN SEWER FOR THESE PARCELS HERE, HOW WOULD IT FLOW TO THIS STREET? I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT. I'M SURE IT WOULD CONNECT SOMEHOW TO THE SECOND STREET AND THEN FLOW DOWN TO THE PARK AVENUE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT CALLED ME FROM ASH FORK DEVELOPMENT HAD NO PROBLEM WITH YOU, LIKE GETTING RID OF ALL THIS RIGHT HERE. RIGHT. I THINK HE WAS CONCERNED WITH THIS. AND I NOTICED, ROGER, YOU SAID THAT EXISTING SEWER. SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT SEWER COULD EVER BE LAID IN BACK HERE IF WE DO THIS. SO, YES, I MEAN, THERE'S STILL 12.5FT AVAILABLE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S A 20 FOOT. BUT NOT IF THIS LADY BUYS THAT. THEN WE'RE. THEN WE'RE OUT OF THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S A THAT'S A FUTURE DISCUSSION. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, WITH WITH THE GRAVITY SEWER, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO FLOW. OBVIOUSLY, YOU GOT TO FLOW DOWNHILL. AND SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE, TO THE PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK THAT THEY HAVE ON, ON THEIR SANITARY DISTRICT STUFF THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A LINE HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WOULD BE ONE IN MAPLE. HE HE DID SAY THERE WAS A PROPOSED ONE HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SERVICES COME OFF OF THESE ONTO MAPLE, INTO SECOND STREET, AND THEN IT WOULD FLOW DOWN TO PARK. SO, YEAH. SO YOU THINK A SEWER WOULD WORK GOING LIKE THAT ON THE FRONT AND DOWN? YEAH, IT'S ALL DOWNHILL. GOING THAT WAY. YEP. YEAH. AND CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION. SO THE 12FT, IS THAT ENOUGH TO DO A SEWER LINE IN THE OTHER HALF OF THAT EASEMENT IF THAT'S NECESSARY? YEAH. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR, FOR UTILITY EASEMENTS TO BE LIKE TEN FEET WIDE. THE BIGGEST THING IS YOU JUST GOT TO HAVE ROOM TO GET THE, PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN. AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS OR THINGS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THE, THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT TO GET IN AND OUT WHILE THE LINE IS BEING INSTALLED. BUT YEAH, YOU COULD MOST DEFINITELY PUT A SEWER LINE IN A 12.5FT EASEMENT. YEAH. WHICH WOULD MESS UP THIS GENTLEMAN'S IDEA FOR HIS FRIEND TO ACQUIRE THIS, BECAUSE THEN THAT CUTS THAT OFF. BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT SEWER COULD GO THIS WAY. AND THEN FOR THESE PROPERTIES, OF COURSE, IT WOULD GO THIS WAY AS WELL. YEAH. CORRECT. WELL, THAT GIVES ME THE QUESTION OF THE THE CROSS STREET THAT'S CLOSEST TO PARK THERE. IS THAT A FULL LANE? IS THAT A IS THAT A FULL EASEMENT THAT WE WOULD BE YIELDING THERE? RIGHT HERE. YES. SO THAT THAT IS ABANDONING BOTH SIDES. SO USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS HALF OF THE HALF OF THE EASEMENT GOES TO ONE PROPERTY OWNER, HALF OF IT GOES TO THE OTHER. IF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNER IS INTERESTED AND THEY'VE APPLIED FOR THE SAME THING IN THIS CASE, THESE ONES AT THIS POINT ARE HAVE NOT EXPRESSED INTEREST BECAUSE SO ONLY HALF OF IT WILL GO HE'S THE PROPERTY OWNER ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS. AND SO THE EASEMENT WILL GO ENTIRELY TO HIM BECAUSE HE OWNS THE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES. [03:10:03] AND THAT SECTION OF ENTIRE ABANDONMENT WOULDN'T BE WORTHY ENGINEERING FOR THAT. THE THE PARCEL THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS REPRESENTING. I MEAN, POTENTIALLY YOU CAN LOOK AT ANYTHING IN RELATION TO WHERE YOU WANT TO PLACE IT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE A PLAN HERE THAT IS UTILIZING THE EXISTING STREETS THAT ARE OUT THERE ALREADY VERSUS GOING DOWN THESE. BUT I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PLAN IS. AND I WOULD GUESS THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SEWER COMING THROUGH, JUST BECAUSE THESE LOTS WILL BE TOO SMALL TO ACTUALLY PUT A HOUSE AND A SEPTIC ON. YES. AND IF I COULD JUST SPEAK TO THE SEPTIC AND MAYBE I MISREPRESENTED OR DIDN'T ARTICULATE IT CORRECTLY, BUT AND I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE THIS WITH ALL OF YOU. I'VE GOT TWO COPIES, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE SEWER PERSPECTIVE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL, IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE UP ON THIS MAIN STREET HERE. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL LINE AS WELL. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS ANYBODY ON THIS HALF OF THE BLOCK, AGAIN, THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE SEWER WISE WOULD BE TO CONNECT RIGHT THERE AND NOT HAVE TO GO EAST ONTO ANY OF MY PROPERTY. AND THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY STRATEGIC VALUE TO THESE ALLEYWAYS. SO. AND ALSO. YES, SIR. I MEAN, MADAM CHAIR, IT SEEMS LIKE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING TOO. IS IT? WELL, WE WE DID THE PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY, SO WE WE'VE GOT THAT. OKAY. SO HIS FRIEND COULD ACTUALLY APPLY FOR HALF OF THIS AND HALF OF THAT AS WELL THEN OR. NO. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU GOT SOMETHING TO GO HOME AND AND TELL HER. WELL I JUST WANT TO SAY HER PLUMBING GOES OUT. OKAY. EXCUSE ME, BUT SO WE DID PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE ALREADY DID THAT. SO WE CAN'T GO BACK ON CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS OKAY. SO WE KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN OUR INFORMATION. IF WE IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO DIRECT ANYTHING TO ROGER, WE SURELY COULD OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO GO, BUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT I AM, I AM FINISHED WITH WE ARE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I REALLY GOT NO PROBLEM WITH WITH CONNECTING ALL THESE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPLICANT BE OPEN TO LEAVING LIKE UNDER THESE POWER LINES, LEAVING AN EASEMENT FOR POTENTIAL SEWER, BECAUSE IF IT TRULY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE, THEN IT WILL NEVER OCCUR. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE'S THERE'S NO POWER LINES HERE. THEY'RE JUST. OH THEY'RE THERE. YEAH. YEAH. SAME THING. IF IT'S ALREADY THERE, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT EASEMENT FOR SEWER GOING THROUGH THERE? YES. I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH IT. THEN. CAN I SPEAK TO THE REQUEST FOR A DISCOUNT? A DISCOUNTED RATE? I, I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING. AND WE HAVE OUR BOARD COUNSEL HERE. IS THAT THAT PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S LANDS OWNED BY THE COUNTY OR OR HAVING AN EASEMENT THERE, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC GOOD, AND WE CAN'T GIVE THAT AWAY. IS THAT IS THAT CONSISTENT? IS MY UNDERSTANDING CONSISTENT INCONSISTENT WITH THE LEGAL REALITY THERE. I KNOW THAT GOVERNMENTS CAN PROVIDE A DISCOUNT OF MAYBE UP TO 10% IN LAND DEALS, GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNCIL. WOULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT REQUEST? YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND SUPERVISOR. SO YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE THE INTEREST AND PROPERTY. SO THE STATUTE SAYS THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID IS AN AMOUNT AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. SO IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR DISCOUNT. I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT HAS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. I WOULD STATE THAT THE BOARD TODAY HAS A RESOLUTION BEFORE IT TO APPROVE THE ABANDONMENT OF THE PROPERTY FOR $15,501. THAT IS BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, AND THAT IS THE INFORMATION TYPICALLY RELIED UPON THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE EITHER THE BOARD COULD PROCEED BASED UPON THE INFORMATION CURRENTLY BEFORE IT, OR IF IT WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THE VALUE, IT COULD CONTINUE THE MATTER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HAVE THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE CONSIDER THE INFORMATION PUT TOGETHER BY THE APPLICANT, AND COME BACK AND EITHER AFFIRM OR REVISE THE VALUE THAT IT'S PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED. THANK YOU. I THINK A POTENTIAL EASEMENT WOULD DEVALUE THAT PROPERTY TO SOME DEGREE. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY COME BACK, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. [03:15:02] I THINK WE'D HAVE TO GO WITH THE ASSESSOR IF WE JUST ABANDON THIS. BUT IF WE CAN KEEP SOME TYPE OF EASEMENT ON THAT ONE PARCEL WHERE THE POWER LINES ARE AT NOW, THAT WOULD DEVALUE THE ABANDONMENT TO SOME DEGREE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. EXCUSE ME, CHAIR AND SUPERVISOR KUKNYO AND SUPERVISORS. THAT MAY WELL BE CORRECT. THERE IS NOT AN EASEMENT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY. THERE WILL BE NO EASEMENT CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION THAT'S MADE TODAY. IF THAT'S TO BE INCORPORATED SOMEHOW IN THIS PROCESS, THEN I THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO NOT ONLY ENGAGE THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, BUT OTHER STAFF AS WELL TO SEE HOW THAT MIGHT BE STRUCTURED, IF THAT, IN FACT, IS THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD AND A WILLING APPLICANT TO HAVE AN EASEMENT RESULT FROM THIS ABANDONMENT PROCESS, THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK AND AND CAN'T HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE ITEM AS IT'S CURRENTLY AGENDIZED. THEN, DEPENDING ON THE DESIRE OF THE APPLICANT, I WOULD APPROVE THE ABANDONMENT OF THE EAT THE PROPERTY WE HAVE NOW AT THE ASSESSOR'S PRICE OF $15,501. WHAT? OKAY, SO THAT'S YOUR THAT'S YOUR MOTION? YES. OKAY. AND I'LL MAKE A SECOND. OH, YOU GOT THAT VICE CHAIR I GOT SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND SO WE CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. SUPERVISOR. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL THE CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO DO A CALL TO THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY RELEVANT ISSUE WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION. PURSUIT TO ARS 30 431-01. BOARD MEMBERS SHALL NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON MATTERS RAISED DURING THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC, AND THE BOARD MAY DIRECT STAFF TO STUDY THE MATTER OR DIRECT THAT THE MATTER BE RESCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER CALL TO THE PUBLIC'S? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. WELL, WITH THAT, I WILL MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. [ EXECUTIVE SESSION] SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. YOU ARE NOW CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, MARTY. [ EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOW-UP ACTION] WE'RE READY. IF IT'S NOT. OKAY. CHAIR. SUPERVISORS MARTIN BRENNAN, DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER. WE'RE HERE FOR AN ACTION ITEM RELATED TO WEST YAVAPAI GUIDANCE CLINIC DOING BUSINESS AS POLARA HEALTH. AS THIS BOARD KNOWS, POLARA HEALTH IS THE TITLE 36 PROVIDER FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY, WHICH MEANS THEY PROVIDE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISORDERS WHO POSE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS THE COUNTY STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. WE DO IT BY CONTRACTING WITH POLARA, AND WE'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THEM SINCE 2022. THE CONTRACT THAT WE ENTERED CONTEMPLATED THAT THE COUNTY WOULD CONSTRUCT A FACILITY, AND THAT POLARA WOULD OPERATE OUT OF THAT FACILITY. WE HAVE SINCE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED THAT FACILITY, BUT IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. AS A RESULT, POLARA WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE TITLE 36 SERVICES AT OTHER LOCATIONS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. THEY INCURRED A GREAT DEAL OF EXPENSE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE SERVICES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY'S FACILITY, AND SO THEY'VE COME FORWARD AND REQUESTED THAT THEY BE REIMBURSED FOR THE EXPENSES THAT THEY INCURRED IN PROVIDING TITLE 36 SERVICES DURING THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR. I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD, AND THAT AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE FOR THEIR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND IF THE BOARD IS SO INCLINED I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE BOARD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT SO THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND [03:20:07] COMPENSATE POLARA FOR THE TITLE 36 SERVICES AS PROVIDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, I WILL. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT NUMBER 2021 DASH FOR SEVEN FIVE WITH POLARA HEALTH FOR TITLE 36 SERVICES. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND. CLERK. CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. I. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. OKAY. THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF. SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. OKAY. THE WHOLE CREW ON THAT SECOND. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND THEN I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THAT. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. YOUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.