[1. Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization - Presentation regarding current projects and priorities of the Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization (CYMPO) by Vinny Gallegos, Executive Director.]

GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ALSO, WELCOME TO SUPERVISOR JENKINS. LOOKING FORWARD TO TO MEETING WITH YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE HERE.

I'M HERE. MY NAME IS VINNY GALLEGOS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL YAVAPAI METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF ANNUAL UPDATE.

WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU AS A BOARD.

AS I START, THOUGH, BY ALL MEANS, I'M MORE THAN AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO NEVER HESITATE TO PICK UP THE PHONE OR LET'S HAVE A MEETING AND CHAT.

JUST BRIEFLY AGAIN, TO PUT US ALL IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT CENTRAL YAVAPAI MPO OR IS ARIZONA GOVERNOR ESTABLISHED US IN 2003.

SO WE'RE ABOUT 22 YEARS OLD, GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION.

AND WE FOCUS ON THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, WHAT DOES IN GREATER CENTRAL YAVAPAI, IF YOU INCLUDE WESTERN YAVAPAI, WE HAVE A POPULATION OF AROUND 175,000 FOLKS.

SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR, AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES.

OUR MISSION IS FOCUSED IN REGIONAL LEADERSHIP, PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION.

SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY. YOU ALL ARE SIMPLE.

YOU ALL HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE SIMPLE.

AND THE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TODAY IS HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AS A REGION.

AND WE EXERCISE THAT LEADERSHIP TO PLAN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

JUST A LITTLE BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT. IN THIS PAST YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD DID DECIDE TO REVIEW OUR EXISTING BOUNDARY THAT WE HAD FOR ABOUT 21

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YEARS. AND AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, WITH GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL YAVAPAI, IT WAS TIME TO REEVALUATE THAT.

BUT AS WE LOOKED AT THAT, IF WE WEREN'T COVERING TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, THEN NACOG WAS.

AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH NORTHERN ARIZONA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THEY COVER A PRETTY BIG AREA.

THEY COVER FOUR COUNTIES. SO YOU KIND OF HAD THIS ISLAND IN WESTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PART OF NACO, WAS VERY OFTEN CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF NACOG.

SO IN WORKING WITH NACOG AND ULTIMATELY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY FROM THAT INITIAL 400 SQUARE MILES OR THAT QUAD CITIES AREA TO GREATER YAVAPAI COUNTY. SO AGAIN, NOW WE COVER ABOUT 6000 SQUARE MILES.

THE POPULATION INCREASE WAS ABOUT 25,000. SO WE WENT FROM ABOUT 150 TO ABOUT 175.

JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE HAD A ANNUAL RETREAT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIT A COUPLE POINTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT RETREAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THINGS TO CELEBRATE, BUT IT'S ALSO THINGS FOR US TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AS WE LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AS A REGION.

CYMPO. YOU OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO DELIVER ABOUT $77 MILLION WORTH OF REGIONAL RELATED PROJECTS.

THE COUNTY WAS IN ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

CYMPO PROVIDED EITHER DIRECT FUNDING OR LEADERSHIP OR GRANTS OR SOMETHING.

AND I JUST WANT TO HIT ON A COUPLE OF THOSE TODAY.

SO AS WE AS WE LOOK AT THIS, ONE OF THE SAFETY PLANS THAT WE DID, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW THIS WORKS.

SO WE CAME TOGETHER WITH NACOG. WE SPENT ABOUT $900,000 TO DO A SAFETY PLAN.

THAT SAFETY PLAN TRANSLATED INTO $9 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.

SO THINK OF THIS CYMPO. PARDON? THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND $350,000.

WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE DOLLARS AND LEVERAGE THEM INTO $9.1 MILLION.

NOW LET'S FOLLOW THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROJECTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO YAVAPAI COUNTY, ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS ON IRON SPRINGS ROAD.

SO ABOUT $7 MILLION WORTH OF WORK. THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO.

THAT'S AROUND 5%. SO OUT OF YOUR BUDGET, IN ORDER TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT OF A OF A $7 MILLION PROJECT, YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ABOUT 5%, WHEREAS 95% IS ON FEDERAL FUNDING.

AGAIN, ALL OUR TAX DOLLARS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, EXCUSE ME, $1 MILLION PROJECT, SAME THING.

STRACZYNSKI ROAD, WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, $900,000 PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THESE SAFETY PLANS.

ANOTHER PROJECT IS ON HIGHWAY 69 JUST OUTSIDE OF COSTCO.

AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 69 IN A MOMENT.

ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND OUR PLANNING AND WORK WITH YOU IS DONE THROUGH OUR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE UPDATE THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND WE LOOK OUT TO THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS.

SO WE LOOK AT WHERE GROWTH IS HAPPENING, WHERE IT'S PROJECTED.

WE IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND WE IDENTIFY THINGS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS, BUT I DO WANT TO HIT ON THE TWO THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

I THINK THESE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF WHAT CYMPO HAS DONE WITH CHAMPIONS, WITH LEADERSHIP.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR WITH IS HIGHWAY 69, BETWEEN PRESCOTT LAKES PARKWAY AND HEATHER HEIGHTS, OR WHERE THE PRESCOTT RESORT IS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHO I WORK DIRECTLY FOR.

I WORK DIRECTLY FOR AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MADE UP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO ARE THE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD.

BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE START OF THIS PROJECT.

THEY WERE ALSO ON THE BOARD WHEN THEY SERVED THE CITY OF PRESCOTT AND THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, AND IT WAS THROUGH THAT CHAMPION AND THEM AND OTHERS THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN AND WHY THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO PROJECTS LIKE HIGHWAY 69.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU AS CHAMPIONS TO BE SIDE BY SIDE IN THIS PROJECT.

SO THINK OF THIS PROJECT A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS.

WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL LANE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

IT'S ABOUT A ONE MILE PROJECT AND WE HAVE MONEY IN THERE FROM CYMPO.

WE HAVE MONEY IN THERE FROM YAVAPAI COUNTY, AND WE HAVE MONEY FROM THE CITY OF PRESCOTT.

WHAT SUPERVISOR MALLORY AND KUKNYO DID AND OTHERS IS THEY WENT TO THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND THEY SAID, LOOK, WE HAVE TEN WE HAVE $2 MILLION.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AS THE STATE. WE NEED THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE HAVING SAFETY ISSUES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS.

WELL, IT'S HAPPENING TODAY, TEN YEARS LATER IN THE PROJECTS HAPPENING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. AND THEN THIS WEEK, THERE'S GOING TO BE A RIBBON CUTTING AT PIONEER PARKWAY TRAILHEAD.

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THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER PROJECT, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE TWO PROJECTS AS BOOKENDS.

IT'S ABOUT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AND THE BIGGER PROJECTS.

SO AGAIN, SIMPLE CAME TOGETHER WITH PRESCOTT AND YAVAPAI COUNTY TO DO A TRAILHEAD IMPROVEMENT ON PRESCOTT, ON PRESCOTT LAKE OR PIONEER PARKWAY OUT BY WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD.

SO THAT JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF A FLAVOR.

THIS PAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE LOOKED AT NEW REGIONAL ROADWAYS.

YOU KNOW, THIS MADE A LOT OF NEWS AND CONVERSATION, AN ADDITIONAL REGIONAL ROAD TO CONNECT PRESCOTT AND PRESCOTT VALLEY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOME OF THE MAIN FEEDBACK THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS DON'T BUILD THIS ROAD, FIX HIGHWAY 69. OKAY. I JUST TOLD YOU HOW WE CAME TOGETHER.

WE'RE FIXING 69. BUT WHAT I HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS IN ADDITION TO THE SUNDOG CONNECTOR, WE LED A STUDY TO LOOK AT 18 MILES OF HIGHWAY 69 FROM PRESCOTT THROUGH DEWEY-HUMBOLDT.

WE'RE JUST FINISHING THAT STUDY. WE SPENT ABOUT A HALF $1 MILLION TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, YOU WANT US TO FIX HIGHWAY 69, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FIX IT? AT THE RETREAT, IF YOU WANT THE ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT PLAN, IT'S $147 MILLION.

SO GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID A FEW MOMENTS AGO. IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO OVER TEN YEARS, $10 MILLION COMING TOGETHER, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR 170, $147 MILLION? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION AT THE TABLE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE RETREAT. AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR, SUPERVISOR MALLORY LEADING THAT CONVERSATION IN MANY WAYS OF SAYING, YES, LET'S MAKE IT A PRIORITY. BUT HOW DO WE DO IT? HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? AND WE GOT INTO SOME GRANT CONVERSATION, WHICH WE'LL DO THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP WORKING WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATURE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

AND AGAIN, EXCUSE THAT FISCAL YEAR 25. THAT IS A TYPO.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEARS 22 AND 23, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE THROUGH SIMPLE LEADERSHIP TO GAIN ABOUT $25 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, AND I WANT TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIVE WYNN'S REPRESENTATIVE BLISS IN PARTICULAR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE YEARS AND AT THE TIME, SENATOR FAN, ALSO, YOU LOOK AT THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH US AND GET 69 REPAVED IN PRESCOTT VALLEY. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALMOST $10 MILLION FOR A GLASSFORD HILL WIDENING, AND $8 MILLION FOR A ROUNDABOUT AT 69.

AGAIN, THAT 25 MILLION IS PART OF THAT 77 MILLION THAT CYMPO HAS DONE.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S NEXT? SO THIS CONVERSATION WE HAD AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IT WITH YOU TODAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IT WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DELIVER 77 MILLION? I'M A PRETTY COMPETITIVE PERSON, SO I LIKE THE NUMBER.

I WANT TO CELEBRATE THE NUMBER. BUT IN THE WORDS OF A SUPERVISOR THAT WAS THERE, LET'S DOUBLE IT.

SOMEBODY ELSE SAID LET'S TRIPLE IT. I'M COMPETITIVE.

I SAY LET'S GO FOR IT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO THAT? I WOULD SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED CHAMPIONS.

WE NEED YOU AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

WHAT DO WE NEED FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM? TO HELP TO SUPPORT THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES? WHAT IS OUR ROADWAY? OUR HIGHWAYS? OUR REGIONAL ROADWAYS LOOK LIKE? BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES? FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED CHAMPIONS. JUST RECENTLY, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO WENT TO THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEETING IN BULLHEAD.

HE JUST INFORMED ME HE'S GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THAT'S BEING A CHAMPION. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.

IT'S ABOUT US REALLY ASSESSING WHAT IS THE POLITICAL WILL, WHERE'S THE PUBLIC SUPPORT IN ALL OF THESE PROJECTS? AND AGAIN, BACK TO THE THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION.

HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? SO WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES, BUT I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR PLANNING MANAGER, BRANT STOTLER, JUST TO GIVE YOU A TASTE, A LITTLE BIT OF A FEW OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

SO LET ME INVITE UP BRANT STOTLER, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VINNY. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING.

WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE'S BEEN UP TO.

VINNY JUST GAVE YOU A PRETTY HEFTY RETROSPECTIVE OF HOW WE HAVE WORKED TO LEVERAGE FUNDING AND DELIVER PROJECTS, WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW, AND HE MENTIONED THE 2045 RTP, WHICH IS OUR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

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THAT IS A REQUIRED DOCUMENT PER OUR FEDERAL GUIDELINES, SIMILAR TO HOW THE COUNTY HAS TO UPDATE ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACCORDING TO STATUTE EVERY TEN YEARS. MPOS AND COGS OR MPOS RATHER HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE THEIR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THIS DOCUMENT IS COMPREHENSIVE. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALREADY APPROVED AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED AND OR IN THE PIPELINE. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES DELIVERING TRANSPORTATION CHOICES TO THE REGION.

WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT INFLUX IN FOLKS WHO WANT TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES THAT GO BEYOND A PERSONAL OWNED VEHICLE, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

BUT MOVE 2050 IS OUR NEW RTP. WE ARE IN THE FINAL MONTH OF CLOSING OUT THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR OVER A YEAR. MOVE 2050.

WE BRANDED THE PLAN SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AND HAVE PEOPLE IDENTIFY WITH THE TITLE OF IT.

IT IS NOW A GREATER YAVAPAI REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MEANING THAT IT INCORPORATES THE ENTIRE SIMCOE BOUNDARY, ALL 6000 PLUS SQUARE MILES OF THE NEW BOUNDARY.

TRAFFIC MODELING IS ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND OF THESE PLANS, AND A COMPLEX ENGINEERING ANALYSIS HAPPENS TO ADDRESS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL OF OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. AND ALSO LOOK AT HOW THESE ROADWAYS ARE PERFORMING.

AND THROUGH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND MODELING PRACTICES, WE IDENTIFY WHAT GRADE OUR PRIMARY ROADWAYS ARE OPERATING AT.

THIS DOCUMENT HELPS US TO PRIORITIZE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THOSE GRADES DON'T FALL BELOW FUNCTIONALITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE MOVING GOODS AND SERVICES ARE ABLE TO MOVE ABOUT THE REGION.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MONTH.

WE ARE IN THE FINAL PHASE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME TO CYMPO'S WEBSITE.

ORG. THERE'S A TAB AT THE TOP FOR MOVE 2050. OR YOU CAN TYPE IT IN JUST LIKE THAT.

AND PLEASE GO TO THAT PAGE. THERE'S A BOOKLET FORMAT TO REVIEW THE DRAFT PLAN.

AND THEN THERE'S A COMMENT FORM FOR COMMENTS TO BE PROVIDED.

SO I INVITE ALL OF THE SUPERVISORS TO SHARE THAT WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND INVITE THE PUBLIC IN THE ROOM TODAY TO GO CHECK OUT THE DRAFT PLAN AND PROVIDE COMMENTS.

THIS IS OUR DOCUMENT. THIS IS OUR GUIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? ACT UP IS THE FIRST BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PLAN OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION.

THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF THE 2045 RTP.

THE LAST ITERATION OF THE RTP BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A COUNTY CONCERN, BUT WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE CYCLING COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE PREFERRING PEDESTRIAN, SAFE, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL SPACES AND THEY NEED SAFE ACCESS.

SO ACT-UP LOOKS AT EVERYTHING IN THE REGION IN TERMS OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.

ALSO ACCESS TO TRAILS AND RECREATION AND LOOKS FOR GAPS IN THAT SYSTEM, THAT NETWORK, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE MORE CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE OTHER TRANSPORTATION CHOICES. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT BIKE LANES, AND WE REALIZE THAT IN A RURAL CONTEXT, BIKE LANES ARE NOT REALLY A REALITY THAT'S POSSIBLE OR EVEN DESIRED.

BUT IN CERTAIN AREAS, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MARRY THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE A SAFER PASSAGE FOR ALL.

AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS PLAN COULD MANIFEST IN THE COUNTY MIGHT BE LIKE A TECHNOLOGICAL MID-BLOCK CROSSING IN A PLACE LIKE GRINNELL, WHERE YOU HAVE A STATE ROUTE GOING THROUGH A RURAL COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY HAS COMMERCIAL ON BOTH SIDES, AND PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO BOTH SIDES. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE ACT-UP MIGHT DEEM A PROJECT IN THE COUNTY.

IF YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND AT ALL, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE WHITE, YELLOW, AND BLUE VANS.

JAVELIN IS THE MICROTRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE REGION.

CYMPO IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION THAT WE ARE ASSUMING OWNERSHIP OF THE SYSTEM.

AS OF JULY 1ST, THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING SOME OF OUR TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST, SO THAT WE CAN MATCH THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO THE DEMAND THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE STREET.

THE SYSTEM HAS DELIVERED ALMOST 60,000 RIDES SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.

WE HAD 80,000 RIDES REQUESTED. WE HAD A GAP OF 20,000 RIDES THAT WERE DESIRED BUT COULD NOT BE DELIVERED.

THE DEMAND IN THE COMMUNITY IS REAL. WE ARE CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE US VET US VETS POLAR HEALTH SINCE MARCH

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2025, WHEN OUR PILOT WITH US VETS STARTED, WE HAVE DELIVERED OVER 300 RIDES FOR VETS TO GET TO THE VA AND OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES AND SHOPPING.

WE'RE PROUD OF THAT CONNECTION. WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THE VISUAL UP THERE SHOWS THE SERVICE AREAS FOR THE JAVELIN.

PRESCOTT VALLEY WAS THE INITIAL SERVICE AREA AND IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS FORECASTED WERE 9000 RIDES, 18,000 RIDES DELIVERED, 40% OF RIDES. ALMOST 40% OF RIDES WERE TO AND FROM EMPLOYMENT.

THIS IS A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE REGION.

WE'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE GOING TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS, GETTING TO SHOPPING.

EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES INTO TRANSIT GENERATES 3 TO $4 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE SYSTEM AND ADDRESS THAT DEMAND THAT GAP BETWEEN REQUESTED RIDES AND DELIVERED RIDES.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT NATIONAL LEVEL FUNDING.

WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH THE US CONGRESS AND SENATORS KELLY AND GALLEGO.

GALLEGO OFFICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PROCESS FOR EARMARKED FUNDING.

IN FY 25, WE MADE A REQUEST TO SENATOR KELLY'S OFFICE FOR A DESIGN CONCEPT REPORT FOR SR 89.

THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FACILITY IN THE REGION THAT CONNECTS TO OUR OTHER STATE ROUTES.

IT WILL HAVE SOME FUNCTIONALITY ISSUES IF WE DON'T TAKE A MORE DETAILED STUDY AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE STRESS ON THAT ROADWAY WILL BE AND HOW TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT FUNDING TO COMPLETE TO GET THAT DESIGN CONCEPT REPORT GOING.

WE ALSO MADE A REQUEST, A CURRENT YEAR REQUEST TO BOTH OF THE SENATOR'S OFFICES FOR A HALF $1 MILLION.

IN ANOTHER DESIGN CONCEPT REPORT FOR SR 89 THROUGH CHINO VALLEY ROADS 3 TO 5 NORTH.

THAT'S A WIDENING PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT LIST FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL FUNDING SOURCES, AND WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH SENATORS.

FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE LANDSCAPE OF FEDERAL FUNDING IS A LITTLE TRICKY RIGHT NOW.

HOWEVER, THAT SAID, WE ARE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF A FIVE YEAR TRANSPORTATION BILL, THE IIJA, AND AS A PART OF THAT, SAFETY WAS VERY MUCH PRIORITIZED.

SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT REALLY ADDRESSES THOSE SAFETY MITIGATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE OUR ROADWAYS SAFER.

WE ARE PREPARING AN APPLICATION CURRENTLY FOR A MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR CHINO VALLEY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN CHINO BEFORE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH STAFF FRANK MARBERRY, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE TOWN MANAGER ON SCOPING THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEEK THOSE FUNDS. HOW DID YOU END UP IN A CONSERVATION CONVERSATION? WELL, BENNY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE SUNDOG CONNECTOR REPORT, AND THAT WAS AN ARDUOUS PLANNING PROCESS, AND IT WASN'T VERY POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC. AND WE LISTENED.

AND WHAT WAS THE OUTPUT FROM THAT FIX 69 AND PLEASE DON'T DISTURB OUR ENVIRONMENT.

IN THE IIJA THERE IS A TON OF FUNDING THAT IS HAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL NEXUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS ARE REQUIRED.

SO WE PIVOTED AND DECIDED TO OPEN THE CONVERSATION TO THE COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT THOSE COMMENTS TO OUR SUNDOG CONNECTOR PROCESS AND UTILIZED SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE UNIQUELY TO AN MPO TO FURTHER THE CONSERVATION CONVERSATION IN THE REGION.

SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WE AREN'T ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS, BUT WE ARE PLANNERS AND WE ARE EXPERT FACILITATORS.

SO WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT.

AND WE INVITE THE EXPERTS INTO THE ROOM, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.

WE'VE HAD A YEAR OF A SERIES OF CONSERVATION MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY WELL ATTENDED.

SUPERVISOR CHECK HAS BEEN THERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAILS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPEN SPACE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER RESOURCES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE LOWER HANGING FRUIT.

AND I'LL GO RIGHT INTO THAT. WE ARE LAUNCHING A REGIONAL TRAILS PLAN.

WE'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF YOUR STAFF, WE'VE WORKED WITH YOUR MANAGERS, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DELEGATES TO THE BOARD, WHO WE HOPE ARE BRINGING THIS INFORMATION BACK TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.

BUT REGIONAL TRAILS IS IMPORTANT FOR ECOTOURISM.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL PRIORITIZE.

AND WHEN WE GO OUT TO GET ON A TRAIL, WE'RE NOT LIKE, ARE WE ON A CITY OF PRESCOTT TRAIL, OR ARE WE ON A TRAIL? NO, WE'RE ON A REGIONAL TRAIL, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEARHEAD A PLANNING EFFORT THAT IDENTIFIES OUR REGIONAL TRAILS NETWORK AND ADDS VALUE TO EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE DESIRE TO DO IN OUR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.

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SO THAT IS KICKING OFF THIS SUMMER, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE WATCHING FOR THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THAT YOU'LL COME AND JOIN US WITH THAT.

WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? JUST A COMMENT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT DISTRICT THREE AND PART OF DISTRICT TWO.

SO THE VERDE VALLEY IS NOT INCLUDED IN CYMPO'S BOUNDARY.

BUT I WANTED TO THANK BOTH BRYN AND VINNY FOR REALLY BEING COLLABORATIVE WITH OUR EFFORTS IN THE VERDE VALLEY.

SO THAT FALLS UNDER THE NAGDCA REGION. AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE VERDE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

I WORK ALONGSIDE SUPERVISOR JENKINS ON THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS AND REALLY FACILITATING YOU KNOW, COLLABORATIVE AND IDEA EXCHANGE APPROACH.

SO THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK SIMPLE IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF REGIONAL COOPERATION THAT WE EVER HAVE.

I THINK EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER WELL, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE REVERBERATE WELL BEYOND OUR BORDERS, AND THAT THE I-17 PROJECT THAT YOU SEE GOING ON RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY STARTED IN THIS VERY ROOM WITH THE DESIRE FROM CHAIR MALLORY WHEN SHE WAS ON COUNCIL AND MYSELF, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL AND STAFF PICKED UP THE BALL, WROTE A LETTER, GOT ALL THE OTHER MPOS ON BOARD AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO FIX THAT HILL ON I-17 AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT GET DONE NOW.

SO YOU KNOW, I LIKE BEING AMBITIOUS. I LIKE BEING BIG.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH 89. I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH 69 RIGHT AWAY.

AND I LIKE THINKING BIG AND GOING FOR THE BIG MONEY.

SO THANK YOU. WHAT I'D LIKE TO AND I KNOW VINNIE, I'VE TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, AND I HAD CALLED YOU AND I SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA SHOWING ROADS THAT ARE ON A START? BUT YET THEY DEAD END AND IT'S JUST DIRT. I HAD A CONSTITUENT ONCE SAY TO ME, ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD ROADS TO NOWHERE TOO? I WOULD CHALLENGE THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH ESPECIALLY, YOU'LL FIND THEM IN A ROUNDABOUT.

YOU WILL SEE ON THAT ROUNDABOUT THERE IS PAVEMENT AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THERE IS DIRT, BECAUSE THERE'S A VISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THERE WERE THOSE THAT HAVE PAVED THE WAY.

THEY HAVE MADE GENERAL PLANS. THEY DID VISIONS AND WE ARE THE BENEFICIARY OF THEIR HARD WORK.

AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY NO TO NEW ROADS.

WELL, I CAN ACCEPT THE NO. BUT WHAT WE CAN'T ACCEPT IS NO COMPLETELY, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THE SURVEY WOULD SAY THE ROADS WE HAVE TODAY ARE INSUFFICIENT AT GETTING US AROUND TOWN.

THAT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S FAULT. THE WE ARE THE LEADERS.

THE POLITICAL WILL NEEDS TO BE THERE. WHEN VINNY TALKS ABOUT CHAMPIONS.

YOUR POLITICAL LEADERS, THE ONES YOU ELECT, WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO DO WHAT'S BEST WITH YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BUILD THE FUTURE.

TODAY WE BUILD A FUTURE FOR TOMORROW. SO WE HOPE TODAY THAT THOSE THAT COME BEHIND US WILL SAY, WE ARE SO GLAD FOR THOSE THAT CAME EARLIER, BECAUSE WE ARE THE BENEFICIARIES.

SO I CHALLENGE THE COMMUNITIES TODAY. AS YOU DRIVE AROUND, LOOK AT THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE'S A VISION, A ROAD THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF BLACKTOP, BUT THEN YOU HIT THE DIRT.

THAT'S A VISION. THAT'S A DESIRE. THAT'S A PLAN FOR A ROAD FOR TODAY.

AND WE WILL ALWAYS SEEM TO BE BEHIND THE CURVE BECAUSE MONEY IS A DEAL.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE SPIRIT. WE HAVE CHALLENGES, BUT WE HAVE DRIVE.

AND WE WILL MOVE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO BUILD THE BETTER FUTURE THAT WE NEED FOR ALL THE GENERATIONS COMING IN.

SO THAT THAT IS WHERE I'M AT HERE TODAY. POLITICAL WILL.

THE DRIVE, THE DESIRE, THE VISION. THAT'S ALL OF US.

IT'S NOT JUST THE FIVE UP HERE OR THE CITY OF PRESCOTT, OR THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY, OR THE TOWN OF CHINO.

IT IS ALL OF US. SO WE HAVE TO START COMING TOGETHER AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S SAY YES. AND WHAT WORKS. WE GOT TO FIND SOLUTIONS.

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WE CAN'T JUST PUT OUR FEET IN THE SAND AND SAY, NOPE, I'M STICKING TO THIS AND I'M NOT MOVING BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO BUILD THE FUTURE. WE CAN MANAGE OUR FUTURE. WE HAVE TO, BUT WE CAN'T LET IT DIE.

THAT'S MY SPIEL ON THERE, BECAUSE I REALLY CANNOT FORGET THAT MAN WHO SAID, ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD ROADS TO NOWHERE? I'M NOT A PERSON THAT WANTS TO BUILD ROADS TO NOWHERE.

I'M A PERSON THAT WANTS TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY IN A MANAGEABLE AND PRODUCTIVE AND FINANCIAL GOOD WAY, ONE. AND WE ALL NEED TO GET ON THAT. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN JUST BRIEFLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, JUST FOR A MOMENT.

MPOS WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE MID 60S AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE THREE CS.

IT'S CONTINUING COOPERATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU ALL. THE CONTINUING IS HUGE.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY THAT YOU TALK ABOUT VERY OFTEN WILL MAKE THE NEWSPAPER BECAUSE WE GET HIT ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE THEY THINK SIMPLE IS THE SEPARATE ENTITY THAT JUST KIND OF PUT THEIR FINGER IN THE WIND AND CAME UP WITH A RANDOM IDEA.

AND IT'S NOT THAT IT'S CONTINUING. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE SUNDOG CONNECTOR, THAT'S 27 YEAR CONVERSATION CONTINUING. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, WE LOOK AT HOW DOES THE ROADWAY NETWORK WORK FOR WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, WILLOW CREEK ROAD, GLASSFORD HILL ROAD, STATE ROUTE 169, HOW DOES IT ALL FUNCTION TOGETHER? AS I OPENED UP TALKING, THIS IS THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES.

THANK YOU FOR SAYING I-17. IN MY OPINION, I-17 WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TODAY WITHOUT CYMPO'S LEADERSHIP.

GOT THE BALL ROLLING. SO INTO THE FUTURE. DO YOU WANT TO DO I-40? DO YOU WANT TO DO MORE I-17? DO YOU WANT TO DO THESE BIG PROJECTS? THAT'S THE QUESTION. WE ARE A STAFF HERE TO SERVE YOU.

YOUR FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE REGION. WE HAVE 33 ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR CENTRAL YAVAPAI AREA.

THE BOARD IS REPRESENTED BY ONE FROM EACH OF THOSE AREAS.

THAT'S THE CONVERSATION TO HAVE MOVING FORWARD.

STAFF IS HERE TO SERVE YOU, BUT WE ARE ONLY GOING TO SERVE THE CHAMPIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR REGION AND OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THAT.

AND WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE COOPERATIVE. WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE CONTINUING AND COMPREHENSIVE IN THE PLANNING THAT WE DO.

SO DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. I THANK YOU FOR BEING UP HERE AND VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

DO YOU HAVE ANY? NO. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ONE LAST THING I DON'T WANT TO FORGET.

WE ALWAYS HAVE AN ADVOCATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRAGUE HORN AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE NATURE OUT THERE.

WE ALWAYS HAVE ONE WONDERFUL CITIZEN THAT IS ALWAYS AT THE TABLE FIGHTING.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW, FOR ALL OF THAT NATURE WHICH YOU BROUGHT UP IN REGARD TO THE OTHER LANDS, THE OPEN SPACE AND ALL OF THAT WE CARE ABOUT ALL OF IT.

WE CARE ABOUT OUR LANDSCAPE. WE CARE ABOUT OUR ANIMALS.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD AND RESPONSIBLE AS WE BUILD THESE FUTURE ROADWAYS.

BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, FINANCE PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

[2. Finance - Presentation of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), audit results, and findings of the Arizona Auditor General and Walker & Armstrong LLP, pursuant to A.R.S. §11-661. ]

CONNIE DEKEMPER, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND SUPERVISORS.

I MEAN, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 AUDIT TO.

WITH US TODAY WE HAVE CARLA WALL WITH THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE REMOTELY AND WE HAVE JAY PARK WITH WALKER AND ARMSTRONG, WHO'S THE ACTUAL AUDIT FIRM FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

I BELIEVE CARLA STARTING. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS CARLA WALL, AND I'M A TECHNICAL MANAGER WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL.

ON BEHALF OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU TODAY AND TO HAVE OUR CONTRACT AUDITOR, MR. JAY PARK, WITH WALKER AND ARMSTRONG, JOIN US IN PRESENTING THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT RESULTS TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. BEFORE. WALKER AND ARMSTRONG PRESENT THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT RESULTS TO YOU.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN OUR ROLE AS IT RELATES TO THE AUDIT.

THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING ANNUAL AUDITS OF ALL ARIZONA COUNTIES, OR FOR CAUSING THOSE AUDITS TO BE CONDUCTED. WE SOMETIMES CONTRACT AUDITS DUE TO OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND OTHER AUDIT DEMANDS.

AND WHEN WE CONTRACT COUNTY AUDITS, WE ENSURE THAT WE'VE SELECTED QUALIFIED CPA FIRMS WITH EXPERIENCE IN AUDITING ARIZONA COUNTIES AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THOSE COUNTIES

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OPERATE WITHIN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. WE CONTRACTED WITH WALKER AND ARMSTRONG FOR THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDITS AS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE COUNTY'S AUDIT. WE WORK WITH AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO WALKER AND ARMSTRONG AND THEIR TEAM AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT.

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

SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO JAY, WHO WILL DISCUSS THE COUNTY'S 2024 AUDIT RESULTS WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING. WE DO. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS JAY. LAST NAME IS PARK. AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE.

PARDON ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO. LET'S SEE HERE.

THE 2024 AUDIT. DID YOU GET IT? I THINK WE'RE ALL SET.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY DELIVERABLES AS A RESULT OF OUR 2024 AUDIT.

WE HAVE THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS A LARGER DOCUMENT 137 PAGES.

I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY PAGE OF THAT DOCUMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER DOCUMENT WHICH IS THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTING PACKAGE.

SO WHEN WE PERFORM AN AUDIT, WE'RE ACTUALLY PERFORMING TWO AUDITS.

WE'RE AUDITING THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT BECOMES THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.

AND THEN WE ARE ALSO AUDITING MAJOR WHAT WE CALL MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 WE AUDITED FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WELL, YOU HAVE ON THE SCREEN IS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A SUMMARY PRIMARILY OF THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL AS A SINGLE AUDIT REPORTING PACKAGE. AND THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO COVER SOMETHING CALLED THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OKAY. THAT'S GOING TO COME A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO START BY ALSO THANKING THE TEAM, YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE LEADERSHIP HERE, MR. THOMPSON AND MISS DEKEMPER. THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO PREPARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO COVER TODAY.

AND SO I'M HERE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AUDIT BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE.

WE ISSUED THIS AUDIT IN LATE MARCH OF 2025. AND SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT RELATES TO THE SINGLE AUDIT DEADLINE AS WELL AS THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S DEADLINE.

AND SO YOUR AUDIT IS DUE NINE MONTHS AFTER YEAR END.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MISS WALL AND HER TEAM FROM THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE.

THEY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN TERMS OF THIS PROCESS.

WHAT WE DO IS WE DO A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE TESTING, REVIEWING OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER REPORTS.

AND THEN THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE DOING A SECOND SECONDARY REVIEW.

WE ALSO CALL THAT A QUALITY CONTROL REVIEW. SO BY THE TIME THAT WE GET TO THIS POINT, THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF REVIEW, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR FIRM, BUT ALSO WITH THEIR OFFICE AS WELL.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH THE FIRST SLIDE HERE.

THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF AUDIT RESULTS. AND I'M GOING TO COVER A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS ONE SLIDE.

THE FIRST ONE RELATES TO OUR OPINION. AND THAT OPINION IS INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL PACKAGE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO. OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT IS ON PAGES EIGHT THROUGH 11 OF THIS DOCUMENT.

SO A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE. WE TALK ABOUT THE AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY.

WE TALK ABOUT MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.

ONE OF OUR PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO AN AUDIT IS TO PERFORM OUR TEST WORK SO THAT WE CAN RENDER AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL

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INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE ISSUED SOMETHING CALLED AN UNMODIFIED OR A CLEAN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IN OUR OPINION, BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE PERFORMED, ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING RULES.

THOSE ACCOUNTING RULES ARE CALLED GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PRIMARY ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF OUR AUDITS.

SO IT'S AN UNMODIFIED OR A CLEAN OPINION. IF THERE WERE ERRORS IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT THAT WERE NOT CORRECTED BY THE TIME WE WENT TO ISSUE OUR REPORT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A MODIFICATION TO THE OPINION.

AND IN SOME CASES WE'VE HAD TO ISSUE AN ADVERSE OR DISCLAIMER OF AN OPINION.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S AN UNMODIFIED OR A CLEAN OPINION.

SO THAT'S WHAT BULLET POINT NUMBER ONE IS SAYING.

IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE 2023 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTE THAT THEY ARE VERY COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION AND THE OVERALL FORMAT.

WE DID HAVE ONE NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT THAT IS CALLED [INAUDIBLE] NUMBER 100.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES IN CERTAIN VERBIAGE AND PRESENTATION.

BIG PICTURE. IT DIDN'T HAVE A VERY BIG EFFECT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON 100 FOR THAT REASON.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF NUMBERS.

I'M MOVING INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES.

AND LIKE I SAID, YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEY'RE LARGE.

OKAY. 137 PAGES. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON THE HIGHLIGHTS. AND I'M GOING TO START WITH CASH.

SO YOUR TOTAL CASH AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2024 WAS $231 MILLION.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THAT AS A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR EXPENSES, IT REPRESENTS 84.4% 4% OF YOUR TOTAL EXPENSES. NOT ON THE SLIDE, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT IT OUT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS YOUR PRIMARY OPERATING FUND, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT BEGINS OVER ON PAGE 22, YOU HAVE TOTAL CASH IN THAT FUND OF $80,972,000.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT CASH BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, IT'S 56%.

THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT'S A STRONG PERCENTAGE.

GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, PARTICULARLY FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, IS THAT IF THAT PERCENTAGE DROPS TO 10% OR LESS, THEN THERE'S OFTENTIMES DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LIQUIDITY.

SO YOU'RE AT 56% IN YOUR GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S A STRONG LIQUIDITY MEASURE.

OKAY. I ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A SECOND DELIVERABLE AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT.

IT IS CALLED THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTING PACKAGE. I'M GOING TO COVER THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

YOU'LL SEE HERE UNDER BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR THAT WE IDENTIFIED ONE MATERIAL, WHAT WE CALL MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THREE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

SO WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THIS A MATERIAL WEAKNESS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

IT'S VERY SEVERE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY ADDRESS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL RISK IN TERMS OF ACCURATE FINANCIAL REPORTING. THE THREE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES ARE THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO COMMUNICATE THEM TO YOU. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

BUT ONE IS MATERIAL WEAKNESS. AND THEN WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES WHICH ARE LOWER LEVEL IN TERMS OF CONCERN FROM OUR STANDPOINT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD ONE FINDING AS IT RELATES TO THE SINGLE LOT.

AND I'M GOING TO COVER ALL THOSE FINDINGS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAD FOUR FINDINGS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR THAT WERE CORRECTED IN 2024.

SO WHILE WE HAVE FINDINGS FOR THIS YEAR, THERE WAS WORK DONE IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING FOR THE FINDINGS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

WHAT THIS SLIDE DOES IS PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

OF CERTAIN CHANGES BETWEEN 2024 AND 2023. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE HIGHLIGHTS, WHICH ARE YOUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS INCREASED BY $19.3 MILLION.

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YOU HAVE OTHER ASSETS. A LOT OF THE OTHER ASSETS ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES, THINGS LIKE RECEIVABLES AMOUNTS OWED TO YOU, THOSE INCREASED BY 4.6 MILLION. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER ON THIS PRESENTATION.

THESE NUMBERS ARE IN THOUSANDS. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE A LOT MORE THAN $231,000.

THAT'S $231 MILLION. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY IT'S IN THOUSANDS THERE.

SO YOU HAVE TOTAL ASSETS OF 622 MILLION. AND THEN DOWN BELOW WE HAVE LIABILITIES BROKEN OUT BETWEEN CURRENT AND LONG, WHAT WE CALL LONG TERM OR NON-CURRENT. AND SO WE HAVE TOTAL LIABILITIES OF $312 MILLION.

SO WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT. I'M GOING TO COVER THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE.

BUT THAT IS COMPRISED OF THINGS LIKE YOUR YOUR REVENUE BONDS AND YOUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS AS WELL.

SO I HAVE A SLIDE THAT'S GOING TO COVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL.

THEN WE GET INTO SOMETHING CALLED NET POSITION, WHICH IS THAT LAST LINE ON THE TABLE.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR TOTAL ASSETS, WHAT YOU OWN OR WHAT'S OWED TO YOU, AND TOTAL LIABILITIES, WHICH ARE YOUR OBLIGATIONS WHICH YOU OWE OTHERS.

AND WE GET TO THIS NET POSITION NUMBER OF $335 MILLION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES BIT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS PIE GRAPH IS SHOWING. YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THE BIGGEST COMPONENT IN TERMS OF LIABILITIES IS COMPRISED OF YOUR NET PENSIONS LIABILITIES, WHICH IS $165 MILLION. THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE OKAY, WHICH IS OVER $80 MILLION.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE OTHER PENSION LIABILITIES AS WELL, SUCH AS PSP, IRB, ET CETERA.

SO IF WE ADD ALL THOSE UP TOGETHER THOUGH, WE COME UP WITH $165 MILLION.

AND THEN OTHER LARGER COMPONENTS WE HAVE YOUR BONDS PAYABLE OF 56.8 MILLION.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER LIABILITIES THAT ARE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT.

SOMETHING CALLED SUBSCRIPTIONS LIABILITIES. WE HAVE ALSO SOME LEASES PAYABLE.

BUT IF I WAS TO SUMMARIZE, SUMMARIZE YOUR LARGEST OBLIGATIONS IS TWO THINGS.

IT'S BONDS AND IT'S PENSIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING HERE.

THE INFORMATION IN THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY FIND THAT GRAPH.

BUT THE INFORMATION IS COMING FROM THE AUDITED INFORMATION IN THE REPORT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT THE NEXT SLIDE HERE AGAIN COMING FROM THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS IS REVENUES.

SO THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE EARNED IN TERMS OF REVENUES.

WE HAVE A COMBINATION THERE CHARGES FOR SERVICES OPERATING GRANTS CAPITAL GRANTS AND THEN OTHER REVENUES.

THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS REALLY YOUR OPERATING GRANTS AND YOUR AND YOUR CAPITAL GRANTS.

AND SO IN 2023, WE HAD THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND SO WE HAD A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR 2024.

IN TERMS OF OPERATING GRANTS, YOU CONTINUE TO SPEND DOWN YOUR ARPA MONEY.

AND SO THAT'S BEING REFLECTED IN TERMS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

OKAY. ONE THING I'M GOING TO POINT OUT IN TERMS OF ARPA IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF UNEARNED REVENUE AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2024 IS $47,555,000. SO STILL A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF UNSPENT ARPA FUNDING. OKAY, I LIKE CHARTS, I LIKE GRAPHS.

SO THIS IS TAKING SOME OF THAT SAME INFORMATION AND SHOWING IT IN TERMS OF A FIVE YEAR TREND GOING BACK TO 2020.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THERE.

TAX REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT BETWEEN 2024 AND 2023.

AND SO WHAT REALLY CHANGED BETWEEN THE YEARS IS PRIMARILY, AS I MENTIONED, THAT YOUR CAPITAL GRANTS AND YOUR OPERATING GRANTS, WHICH IS JUST A FUNCTION OF NOT ONLY THE GRANT AWARDS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, BUT ALSO YOUR EXPENDITURES OF THOSE AWARDS.

OKAY. SO HOW ARE WE SPENDING THE MONEY? THIS IS COMPARING 2023 TO 2024, LOOKING AT THE TWO YEARS LINED UP.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE WE HAD A TOTAL INCREASE IN EXPENSES OF 20,497,000.

AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT IS BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN WHAT WE CALL THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS.

AND THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

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OKAY. AND A LOT OF THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN INVESTMENTS IN SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES.

SO PUBLIC SAFETY BEING PRIMARILY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND IF WE BREAK THAT DOWN IN TERMS OF THE FIVE YEAR TRENDS, YOU CAN SEE HERE, GOING BACK TO 2020, WE HAVE YOUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES. THAT'S ONE OF THE INCREASES.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE LARGEST AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY PRETTY CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THERE.

OKAY. AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE IS WHAT WE CALL CHANGE IN.

NET POSITION. AND THIS IS SHOWING ALSO IN A FIVE YEAR COMPARATIVE BASIS YOUR TOTAL REVENUES AND YOUR TOTAL COMPARED TO YOUR TOTAL EXPENSES OKAY.

THE BLUE BAR IS REVENUES. THE RED BAR IS EXPENSES.

BLUE BAR BEING THE LARGER NUMBER, WHICH IS GOOD.

SO, IT MEANS YOU'RE BRINGING IN MORE MONEY THAN YOU'RE SPENDING.

AND THEN THAT'S ALSO WHY YOUR NET POSITION IS INCREASING.

SO THAT GREEN LINE THERE IS NET POSITION. AND IT'S INCREASING BECAUSE OF THAT GAP BETWEEN THE BLUE BAR AND THE RED BAR.

REVENUES AND EXPENSES. OKAY. THAT IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THIS 137 PAGE DOCUMENT.

THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS.

WE HAVE THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, WHICH BEGINS OVER ON PAGE 12, WHICH PROVIDES A NICE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE HAVE THE NOTE DISCLOSURES, WHICH GOES INTO A LOT OF INFORMATION ON YOUR CASH INVESTMENTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER BALANCES THAT WE COVERED.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION.

AND I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AT THIS POINT, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION, IS OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW SUPERVISOR KUKNYO HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAD ONE ACT WHEN YOU HAD THE PENSION LIABILITIES UP THERE.

IS THAT ONE. I THINK IT WAS 165 MILLION. LET ME SEE HERE.

IS THAT COVERED BY THE ARC OR IS THAT ALL UNFUNDED ADDITIONAL LIABILITY? BECAUSE I THINK WITH THE PUBLIC IN PSP, I THINK WE'RE BACKWARDS.

ABOUT 45 MILLION IS MAKING UP THE REST OF THAT.

OR HOW IS THAT NUMBER FIGURED? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SUPERVISOR. SO, I WANT TO GET THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT THAT IS THE UNFUNDED PORTION OF, OF THE PENSION OBLIGATIONS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NO DISCLOSURES ON THE PENSIONS.

AND SO THOSE ARE GOING TO START OVER ON PAGE 48 OF THIS REPORT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NO DISCLOSURES, WHICH GO ON FOR ABOUT 20 PAGES, THEY DO PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OVER ON PAGE 50 IS SPECIFIC TO ASR. AND SO THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY FOR JUST ASRS IS $83,000,418 MILLION.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THAT TOTAL.

BUT THAT TOTAL THAT I MENTIONED THAT IS EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S ASR. AND THEN ALSO THE PENSION THE PSP AS WELL.

AND SO THE PSP PENSION LIABILITY IS OVER ON PAGE 53.

AND THAT'S COMING IN AT $29,220,000. ALSO ON THAT PAGE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE CORRECTION OFFICERS DETENTION PLAN. THAT'S 15.9 MILLION. AND THEN AOC AS WELL, WHICH IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AT $25.9 MILLION. AND THEN ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE IS ERP.

AND SO YEAH, IF WE ADD ALL THOSE TOGETHER, THAT BECOMES THAT ONE NUMBER THAT I PRESENTED.

SO THAT'S ALL UNFUNDED. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE IDEA IS THAT THAT GETS FUNDED THROUGH FUTURE CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION RATE IS PER PLAN, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S ULTIMATELY HOW IT'S GOING TO GET FUNDED IS WHATEVER THAT IT GETS BUILT INTO YOUR RATES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THEN IT GETS BUILT INTO YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

SO, IT IS INCLUDED IN THE ARK IN THE ANNUAL REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION.

YES. OVER TIME THOUGH. SO, IT'S ACTUALLY SPREAD OUT OVER TIME.

IT'S THE IDEA. YES. I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS AT THE CITY OF PRESCOTT, AND IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING UGLY.

SO OKAY, WE HAD TO MAKE IT ALL UP. SO WE ARE STAYING UP WITH IT.

WITH WHAT? THE PENSION FUNDS ARE CHARGING US? YES. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IS YOU'RE MEETING YOUR REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN.

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THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. I THINK YOU HAVE A REMARK.

I DO; I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE. YES, JUNE 18TH, IN COTTONWOOD, WE WILL HAVE A STUDY SESSION WITH SPRS REPS TO HAVE AN IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ON THIS TOPIC. AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO HAVE ACES AS WELL ONE OF THESE DAYS, IF THAT IS IF 83 MILLION IS A NUMBER.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU DID. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP UP MY PRESENTATION.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO COVER HERE.

I I'M SORRY. I THINK WE DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

JUST ONE. JUST ONE QUESTION. DOES THIS MEAN MR. THOMPSON IS DOING A GOOD JOB OR A BAD JOB? BOY, THAT THAT THAT.

THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. WELL, NOW YOU'RE ON THE SPOT.

WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT COME THE END OF THE YEAR. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY IT IS OKAY.

SO IN TERMS OF THE OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IT'S DEFINITELY POSITIVE.

SO, YOU HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

NOW, THE THING ABOUT AUDITORS IS WE TYPICALLY NEVER GIVE GOOD NEWS RIGHT.

AND SO WE POINT OUT THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE ON.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS UNMODIFIED OPINION IS IMPORTANT.

SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO MENTION TOO, IS EVEN AFTER ALL THESE EYES LOOK AT THESE FINANCIAL REPORTS.

THERE'S ONE OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT THAT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS GO TO AND THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS SO LARGE IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN SOMETHING CALLED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT.

AND YOU DID OBTAIN THAT CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR 2023.

AND SO THAT'S IN THIS PACKAGE. AND WE CERTAINLY STRIVE TO OBTAIN THAT EVERY YEAR.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTIES. I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH THE COUNTY IN 2006.

AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT CERTIFICATE.

AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG FOCUS. OKAY. I'M GOING TO COVER THIS REAL BRIEF.

THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS TO YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO HAVE DIRECT CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME, MOST OF OUR TIME WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCE TEAM WHEN WE DO AUDITS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THESE DELIVERABLES.

BUT THIS REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS, THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM US TO YOU.

AND SO, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO OVER EVERY YEAR.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS ACCOUNTING POLICIES. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT UNDER THE FIRST BULLET POINT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT.

IT'S NOTE ONE IN THIS 137 PAGE DOCUMENT. THE POINT IS THIS MANAGEMENT MAKES DECISIONS IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES.

AND THOSE ACCOUNTING POLICIES NEED TO CONFORM WITH THE ACCOUNTING RULES.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT ARE PART OF THESE DECISIONS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE REALLY LAID OUT IN THE IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

NUMBER TWO IS DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN PERFORMING THE AUDIT.

SO SOMETIMES WHAT I WILL HAVE NOT FOR YOU NOT FOR THE COUNTY.

BUT BUT IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO TO HAVE SOME FORM OF DIFFICULTY IN PERFORMING THE AUDIT.

SO THIS IS WHERE I WOULD HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION TO YOU TO SAY WE REALLY STRUGGLED GETTING INFORMATION.

WE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH ACCOUNT RECONCILIATIONS.

USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A DIFFICULTY THERE'S A DELAY IN THE AUDIT.

SO I'D BE PRESENTING THIS MAYBE THIS AUDIT, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW.

THERE WAS PROBABLY A DIFFICULTY IN PERFORMING THE AUDIT.

SO I WOULD DISCLOSE SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE WERE.

BULLET POINT NUMBER THREE CORRECTED AND UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS.

WE START WITH YOUR INFORMATION FROM YOUR ACCOUNTING RECORDS.

AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR US AS AUDITORS TO HAVE CORRECTIONS OR MAYBE A LOT OF CORRECTIONS TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE THIS REPORT.

BUT I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE DID NOT NOTE ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS TO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

WE DID HAVE THREE WHAT WE CALL PASS ADJUSTMENTS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NOTED THINGS THAT WERE INCORRECT, BUT THEY WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO PROCESS THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE DO OBTAIN AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, SOMETHING CALLED I'M ON BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIONS.

THIS IS IN THE FORM OF A LETTER. IT'S SEVERAL PAGES.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT LETTER TO ISSUE THE AUDIT.

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IT'S PART OF OUR STANDARDS. AND AND WE DID OBTAIN THAT LETTER.

BULLET POINT NUMBER FIVE IS MANAGEMENT'S CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS.

THIS IS ANOTHER TERM FOR THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING CALLED OPINION SHOPPING, WHICH IS WHERE MANAGEMENT MAY NOT LIKE OUR STANDPOINT ON SOMETHING.

AND SO THEY GET THE THE VIEWPOINT OF ANOTHER ACCOUNTING FIRM TO SEE IF THAT ACCOUNTING FIRM AGREES WITH THEM.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH CONSULTATIONS. OKAY.

SO LET'S MOVE INTO THE FINDINGS HERE. I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD FOUR FINDINGS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS YEAR.

MOST OF OUR FINDINGS FOR THIS YEAR ARE REPEAT FINDINGS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, OR EVEN IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, TWO YEARS AUDITS. I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH THE MATERIAL WEAKNESS.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS FINDING NUMBER 2024 ONE.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. YOU HAVE OVER $450 MILLION IN CASH INVESTMENTS.

AND THAT'S SPLIT OUT BETWEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL EXTERNAL BANK ACCOUNTS.

YOU HAVE ACCOUNTS THAT THE TREASURER IS HOLDING AND MANAGING.

AND AS PART OF THE AUDIT, A BIG PART OF THE AUDIT, ALL THAT INFORMATION HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND PULLED TOGETHER AND PROPERLY REPORTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. DURING THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING THE AUDITS, WE FOUND SOME ISSUES IN TERMS OF YOUR CASH AND YOUR INVESTMENTS. AND SO THIS IS A COMBINATION OF ISSUES WITH YOUR EXTERNAL BANK ACCOUNTS AS WELL AS CERTAIN ISSUES IN TERMS OF THE TREASURER FUNCTION. SO TWO BANK ACCOUNTS WE TESTED DID NOT HAVE DOCUMENTATION SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BANK RECONCILIATIONS.

AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT A SECOND SET OF EYES IS REVIEWING BANK RECONCILIATIONS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE, THAT THERE'S THAT THERE'S A PROPER EXPLANATION FOR WHAT THE BANK SAYS VERSUS WHAT'S BEING REPORTED ON YOUR BOOKS.

OKAY. THE SECOND BULLET POINT RELATES TO THE RECONCILIATION OF CASH AND INVESTMENT BALANCES.

WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT TREASURERS, THEY RECONCILE THEIR BALANCES ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MORE OF A TIMELINESS ISSUE. IN ADDITION, WE DID FIND SOME POSTING ERRORS RELATED TO BANK ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDED A WARRANT THAT WAS POSTED INCORRECTLY AND THEN TWO INCORRECT DEPOSIT AMOUNTS.

AND THEN WE ALSO NOTED THAT INTEREST WAS NOT REPORTED.

SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY SAYING HERE IS THAT THERE ARE SOME ERRORS IN THE TREASURER SYSTEM.

TO GET TO THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THOSE ERRORS HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN. SO WE SAW THOSE ON THE RECONCILIATIONS.

BUT OUR POINT IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE TIMELY RECONCILIATIONS AND HAVE SYSTEMS GENERATED FROM YOUR TREASURER SYSTEM THAT ARE ACCURATE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THESE VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS TO GET THEM RIGHT AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT LEVEL.

AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE. AND THIS IS A STATUTE ISSUE.

YOUR COST AND FAIR VALUE INFORMATION ON INVESTMENTS IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED TO ALL PARTICIPANTS.

AND WE NOTED THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING UNLESS IT'S SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED.

SO THAT INFORMATION IS JUST SUPPOSED TO GO OUT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION PLEASE? IN REGARDS TO THESE FINDINGS, WERE THESE PROCEDURES NOT FOLLOWED, OR IS THIS A SUGGESTION TO INCLUDE THIS AS PART OF A NEW PROCEDURE? GREAT QUESTION SUPERVISOR JENKINS. I WOULD SAY THAT THESE ARE PROCEDURES NOT FOLLOWED.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE LAID OUT AND JUST THEY JUST NEED TO BE FOLLOWED.

AND THEN ONE OF THEM IS STATUTORY. SO PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO PULL PARTICIPANTS, THAT'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.

OKAY. SO CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR YEAR, WE HAVE TWO FINDINGS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

AND THE REASON THAT THIS HAS BECOME SUCH A FOCUS FOR PURPOSES OF THE AUDIT IS THE INFORMATION THAT IS FLOWING INTO THESE FINANCIAL REPORTS IS ALL COMING FROM INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AND I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH CYBERSECURITY AND IT CONTINUES TO RAMP UP.

THE RISK CONTINUED TO RAMP UP AND SOME OF THE ISSUES WHERE THERE'S CYBER BREACHES, CYBERSECURITY BREACHES, WE'RE JUST SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THOSE. AND SO AS PART OF OUR AUDITS, WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON THE NUMBERS.

WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CALL INTERNAL CONTROL OVER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT FINDINGS RELATED TO THAT.

SO THE FIRST ONE HERE IS PERFORMING A COMPREHENSIVE RISK ASSESSMENT OVER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

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AND THEN BASED ON THAT RISK ASSESSMENT HAVING THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO RESPOND TO THOSE RISKS.

THE SECOND ONE GOES INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE GRANTING AND MANAGING ACCESS TO YOUR SYSTEMS AND DATA AND THE CONTROLS OVER THIS. AND THEN ALSO CONTROLS OVER CHANGE AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SECURITY AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE MEET WITH YOUR IT MANAGEMENT TEAM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE AUDIT, THEY PROVIDE A CORRECTION ACTION PLAN.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT IN TERMS OF THEIR RESPONSES TO THESE ITEMS, FUNDING NUMBER FOUR IS A REPEAT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING RELATED TO COMMUNICATION TO YOU AS GOVERNANCE.

WE DO THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AT LEAST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, YOU'RE GETTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TO MAKE TIMELY DECISIONS. AND SO PART OF THIS IS CERTAINLY HAVING THOSE ACCOUNTS CAUGHT UP, PARTICULARLY ON THE TREASURER'S SIDE, AND THEN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OVER TO YOU AS GOVERNANCE.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST FINDING HERE RELATES TO ONE OF OUR FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAMS. WE TESTED THIS PROGRAM AS A MAJOR PROGRAM. AND DURING OUR AUDIT, BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR PROGRAM AND AN EXCEPTION, WE HAVE TO REPORT ON IT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

AND WHAT IT WAS EACH FEDERAL PROGRAM HAS A SPECIFIC IDENTIFIER SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED AN FAL WHICH IS A ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER. AND SO IF THAT NUMBER IS ASSIGNED INCORRECTLY TO EXPENDITURES, THEN IT COULD CREATE AN INCORRECT SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS. SO WE CAUGHT AN ERROR. WE SPOKE ABOUT IT.

IT GOT CORRECTED IN TERMS OF THE FINAL REPORT.

THANK YOU AGAIN. AND QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COMMENT.

MR. PARKER, I REMEMBER YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS IN THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION ORIENTATION.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRACT WITH YOU ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ENCOURAGING THE NEW SUPERVISORS TO BE DILIGENT, PAY ATTENTION AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT OF OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OVERSIGHT ON THESE MATTERS.

SO I'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN THAT TO HEART IN MY TENURE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND SYNTHESIZING THIS INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT'S VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. SO THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. MUCH APPRECIATED. SUPERVISOR. ANY OTHER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

AS JAY POINTED OUT, THE ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

I ALSO SENT THAT TO YOU RECENTLY, AGAIN AS A REFRESHER.

SO YOU HAVE THAT. I DID SEE A LOOK WHEN JAY TALKED ABOUT THE QUARTERLY AT LEAST REPORTING TO THE BOARD BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEGUN. FINALLY, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE SHOULDN'T WAIT A YEAR.

AND SUPERVISOR JENKINS AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

YOU SHOULDN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR TO SEE. SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE UPDATES ON OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT ACTION PLAN AS PART OF THAT QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTING TO THE BOARD. SO CONNIE AND ZACH AND I WILL WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

HE HAS GIVEN US SOME AREAS THAT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT AND GET BROUGHT UP TO THE STANDARDS.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. I THINK WE ARE WE ARE GOOD AT THIS POINT.

ANY CONNIE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY OR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT. IT IS VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU.

AND I DO REMEMBER YOU BEING AT THE CSA, AND I DO REMEMBER THE STORY YOU TOLD.

AND I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT, AND I NEVER WILL.

SO IT HAS DEFINITELY MADE AN IMPACT ON WHAT I LOOK AT AND HOW I DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE.

AND THEN AFTER NUMBER THREE I'D LIKE TO DO THE CONSENT, AND THEN WE COULD TAKE A BREAK.

[3. Human Resources - Presentation in recognition of Yavapai County employees with a 25-year or more work anniversary between April 2025 and June 2025.]

ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY, GREAT. OKAY, SO LET'S DO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

HUMAN RESOURCES PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF YAVAPAI COUNTY EMPLOYEES WITH A 25 YEAR OR MORE WORK ANNIVERSARY BETWEEN APRIL 2025 AND JUNE 2025. AND WE HAVE MISS WENDY ROSS HERE TODAY AND FLOWERS AND WONDERFUL APPRECIATIONS FOR THOSE

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THAT ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE MAKING THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNTY LOOK FABULOUS.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MALLORY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND WENDY ROSS, YOUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO ASSIST YOU IN RECOGNIZING COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE REACHED A MILESTONE WORK ANNIVERSARY OF 25 YEARS OR MORE. DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS, DURING APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.

SO WE HAVE FOUR EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE TODAY.

THEY ARE ALL HERE VERY PATIENTLY WAITING THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING.

AND THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES ARE REPRESENTED BY TWO DEPARTMENTS.

SO I'M GOING TO BREAK THEM OUT INTO DEPARTMENTS.

TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT.

AND WE DO HAVE CHIEF PRIETO HERE TO ASSIST IN SAYING A FEW WORDS ABOUT THESE EMPLOYEES.

WHO WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS ERIC GULLICKSON. HE'S AN ADULT PROBATION OFFICER, SENIOR WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

AND WE HAVE PATRICIA SHELTON, LEGAL SECRETARY LEAD ALSO WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

SO I'LL HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO CHIEF PRIETO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THOSE EMPLOYEES COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED.

GOOD MORNING CHIEF. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANT TO FIRST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DIRECTOR ROSS, AS WELL AS THE BOARD, FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWO VERY ESSENTIAL AND IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS THAT SUPPORT YOUR ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. I'LL FIRST START WITH PATRICIA SHELTON.

SO AS I WAS TRYING TO CONSIDER WHAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE THIS MORNING, I REMEMBERED A LOT OF THE WORDS FROM CHAIR MALLORY WHERE YOU SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THOSE PEOPLE, THE UNSUNG HEROES THAT HELP TO MAKE THIS COUNTY THE GOVERNMENT RUN EFFICIENTLY. WELL. PATRICIA IS ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SHE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PROBATION OPERATIONS, AND SHE'S BEEN A STEADFAST AND CONSISTENT SUPPORTER OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CREDIT AND SAY IT WAS ACTUALLY ADULT PROBATION THAT ENCOURAGED PATRICIA TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT AS A GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT I CAN'T, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, IT WAS IN 1997 WHEN PATRICIA SHELTON ACTUALLY JOINED YAVAPAI COUNTY AS A RECORDS CLERK, NOT WITH ADULT PROBATION, BUT WITH A COUNTY ATTORNEY.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN SHE JOINED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, SHE LEARNED THE INS AND OUTS OF THE JOB, AND SHE SUPPORTED HER DEPARTMENT THERE AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY.

IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT UNTIL JUNE OF 2000 THAT PATRICIA JUMPED SHIP WHEREVER HE IS.

SORRY, DENNIS. AND SHE ACTUALLY JOINED ADULT PROBATION AS A RECORDS CLERK.

AND SHE WORKED THROUGHOUT HER CAREER WITH US, ASCENDED AND ELEVATED THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS TO HER CURRENT POSITION AS DIRECTOR. ROSS HAD MENTIONED AS LEGAL SECRETARY LEAD.

SO IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING A NUMBER OF PROBATION DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND UNITS, HER CURRENT POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ASSIST ADULT PROBATION WITH THE TRANSITION TO OUR NEW CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AS SOME OF THE BOARD KNOWS, WE'VE SHIFTED FROM OUR APEX SYSTEM TO OUR NEW AC SYSTEM, AND PATRICIA IS INTEGRAL IN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURT, TO ENSURE OUR DATA IS APPROPRIATE.

ANY TRAINING AND SYSTEM RELATED ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED AND THAT EVERYONE WITHIN ADULT OPERATIONS, ADULT PROBATION OPERATIONS HAS DATA TO MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS, INCLUDING ME.

AND SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD, THANK DIRECTOR ROSS IN RECOGNIZING AND ACKNOWLEDGING PATRICIA SHELTON ON HER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, NOT JUST TO THE SUPERIOR COURT, BUT TO OUR COUNTY HERE IN YAVAPAI AND CERTAINLY TO HER DEPARTMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS, PATRICIA. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING.

I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ERIC GULLICKSON.

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IF I HAD TO SUM UP THIS GENTLEMAN WHO IS TO MY RIGHT, I COULD JUST SIMPLY SAY THIS YOUR BOARD. WE ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMEONE WHO IS TRULY EXEMPLARY.

HE, WITH HIS UNASSUMING AND VERY CALM DEMEANOR HE MANAGES A GROUP OF CLIENTS AS A SENIOR PROBATION OFFICER WHO ARE READY TO TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AFTER THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR TERM OF PROBATION.

THIS IS THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT AS YOUR PROBATION OFFICER.

HE FOLLOWS, IN ESSENCE, THE MODEL OF THE FATHER OF PROBATION, JOHN AUGUSTUS.

HE IS THE ONE THAT ASSESSES THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, TAKES THE PERSON AS A WHOLE PERSON, AND DOES EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN IN HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ENSURE A TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WITH THE BOARD'S INDULGENCE, I'LL JUST QUICKLY SHARE HOW ERIC GOT TO US.

SO AFTER GRADUATING FROM NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY, HE COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP WITH A WITH AN ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN ACCOUNTING NOT TOO FAR NORTH OF US, BUT HE DECIDED TO COME AND TRAVEL A LITTLE BIT SOUTH AND JOIN OUR ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CASELOADS, INCLUDING A STANDARD CASELOAD AND AN INTENSIVE CASELOAD, HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO HIS CURRENT STATION AS SENIOR, AND HE IS THE ONE THAT HIS CLIENTS RELY ON TO ENSURE NOT ONLY THAT, HE HOLDS THE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE CLIENT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE ORDERS OF PROBATION AND ORDERS OF THE COURT.

BUT HE'S THE ONE THAT HELPS SHEPHERD THE PEOPLE BACK INTO LIFE AND GIVES THEM THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE ON THE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT JUST COME WITH LIFE AS IT IS. BUT HE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ADULT PROBATION OPERATIONS.

AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND DIRECTOR ROSS, FOR ALLOWING ME TIME TO RECOGNIZE, CONGRATULATE AND THANK ERIC GULLICKSON FOR THE 25 YEARS OF SERVICE HE PROVIDED TO THE SUPERIOR COURT, OUR COUNTY HERE IN YAVAPAI, AND CERTAINLY HIS DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU ERIC. IT'S BEEN A GREAT 25 YEARS.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, I HAD A FULL HEAD OF HAIR. BUT NO, I JUST WANT TO I MY ORDER OF THANKS IS PRETTY EASY.

GOD FIRST, THEN MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, MICHELLE, MY DAUGHTER PAIGE ARE HERE.

I HAVE TWO SONS. I HAD NO KIDS WHEN I STARTED AT THE COUNTY.

I HAVE THREE WONDERFUL KIDS. AND THEN I'M SO THANKFUL TO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT 25 YEARS. COUNTY'S BEEN GOOD TO ME.

PROBATION DEPARTMENT'S BEEN GOOD TO ME. AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

DENNIS DIDN'T SNEAK IN. I WAS HOPING DENNIS WOULD SNEAK IN.

WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES BEING RECOGNIZED FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TODAY.

FIRST, WE HAVE DANA OWENS. SHE IS AN ATTORNEY FOR.

AND SHE'S HEADING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE THIS MONTH IN JUNE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A WORD ABOUT DANA, BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN HER FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS 23 ISH YEARS. WHEN I MET DANA, SHE WAS WORKING.

WE USED TO HAVE A DEPARTMENT CALLED LONG TERM CARE, AND DANA WAS WORKING IN THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME, SHE BECAME THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT.

SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER IN THAT CAPACITY, AND I WAS SO HOPING SHE WOULD STAY IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST SUCH A FABULOUS DEPARTMENT LEADER. BUT SHE DECIDED TO BE AN ATTORNEY AND THAT'S WHERE SHE IS TODAY.

SO COME ON UP, DANA, AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU, WENDY.

DENNIS MCGRANE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. AND BILL HUGHES, THE CHIEF DEPUTY, IS ON VACATION.

SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME.

I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS GOING ON BACK IN

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2000 FOR THE COUNTIES HAD THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO OPERATE A LONG TERM CARE PROGRAM THROUGH ACCESS.

AND SO YAVAPAI COUNTY HAD A VERY, VERY STRONG, ROBUST PROGRAM AT THE TIME.

I LEFT TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR, WHICH IS MY PASSION.

BUT THEN AT ONE POINT, THE DIRECTOR LEFT THE LONG TERM CARE PROGRAM, YAVAPAI COUNTY LONG TERM CARE.

AND I WAS ASKED TO STEP IN AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.

WE WERE WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH ACCESS TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM.

I STAYED WHILE WE DID THAT, SO WE OBTAINED A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH ACCESS.

BUT I DID WANT TO GO BACK AND BE A PROSECUTOR AGAIN FULL TIME.

SO I WENT BACK TO DO THAT. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE STATE RESCINDED THAT RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

SO COUNTIES DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THAT CONTRACT AGAIN.

AND SO PRIVATE COMPANIES NOW HAVE THOSE CONTRACTS.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I LOVED IT.

BUT I LOVE BEING A PROSECUTOR EVEN MORE AND I HAVE WORKED WITH WENDY QUITE EXTENSIVELY SINCE THEN.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING. IF YOU'D HAVE ASKED ME 25 YEARS AGO IF I WOULD STILL BE PROSECUTING I.

BECAUSE I WAS. I'LL SAY IT. I WAS OLD WHEN I CAME TO THE COUNTY.

I'D ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF CAREERS, SO THE FACT THAT I AM STILL WORKING HERE AND LOVE MY JOB IS WONDERFUL AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO FOR THE COUNTY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE EMPLOYEES.

WHEN I HEARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THIS, I WAS KIND OF BLOWN AWAY.

I WAS LIKE, DO WE GET A COOLER? DO WE GET A KOOZIE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO GET.

SO THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WENDY, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT BRENDA? SURE. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO BE THE PERSON.

TO SPEAK ABOUT BRENDA CROWTHER, WHO'S THE SECOND PERSON FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

MAY I ASK HER TO COME UP? YES, I WOULD LIKE. SHE'S OUR ONLY 30 YEAR, AND SHE IS OUR ONLY 30 YEAR RECIPIENT.

ALL RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, IF I'VE BEEN HERE 25 YEARS AND BRENDA'S BEEN HERE 30. I HAVE WORKED WITH HER FOR, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND I KNOW MARTY BRENNAN BOARD COUNCIL HAS ALSO WORKED WITH HER, AND HE'S NODDING FAVORABLY.

SO HE SHE IS AMAZING. I WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT BRENDA IS THAT AS I ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS IN THE OFFICE. I'M NOW A SUPERVISOR OF OTHER ATTORNEYS AND RUN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. BRENDA IS THE PERSON THAT SHE'S IN OUR VERDE OFFICE, FIRST OF ALL, WHICH IS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START, WHEN I STARTED, WE WERE IN A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER, YOU KNOW, HANGING OUT THERE BY THE JAIL IN THE VERDE.

AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU'D BE THERE IN THE TRAILER AND SOMEBODY WOULD SAY, WE GOT A RUNNER, AND YOU'D SEE SOMEBODY FROM THE JAIL KIND OF RUNNING OUT, AND WE'D SHUT THE DOORS OR WE'D WATCH.

SO SOME OF MY MEMORIES. OKAY, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED. BUT, BRENDA, BRENDA HAS BEEN THERE FOR EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

AS OUR OFFICE HAS GROWN. AND THE ONE THING I WILL SAY ABOUT BRENDA'S WORK.

BRENDA'S POSITION IS AS A LITIGATION SPECIALIST.

AND WE DELIBERATELY CHOSE THAT NAME FOR PEOPLE THAT OTHERS MIGHT CALL A SUPERVISOR OR A PARALEGAL BECAUSE IT IS SO TECHNICAL.

THE WORK THAT WE DO NOW, THE LAW HAS CHANGED.

THE PRACTICE OF LAW HAS CHANGED. OUR OFFICE IS PRETTY MUCH PAPERLESS, AND WE'VE HAD TO MAKE HUGE ADJUSTMENTS TO HOW WE DO BUSINESS.

IF AN ATTORNEY IS GETTING READY FOR TRIAL, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY USE WHEN THEY GO TO GO TO TRIAL ARE UPLOADED TO A NEW PROGRAM CALLED CASE LINES. AGAIN, I WILL IMPLICATE MY AGE AND SAY, I HAD A HARD TIME ADJUSTING TO A LOT OF THIS, BUT PEOPLE LIKE BRENDA, WHO DID NOT MAKE IT VERY EASY.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT BRENDA, WHO WAS MY MY ASSISTANT BACK IN 2005, I THINK GOT ME THROUGH MY VERY FIRST FELONY JURY TRIAL WHERE I CRIED BEFORE I WENT TO TRIAL BECAUSE I WAS SO AFRAID.

HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, BUT BRENDA GOT ME THROUGH IT.

BRENDA HAS BEEN THE MENTOR FOR NUMEROUS PROSECUTORS IN OUR OFFICE.

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WHEN I SAY THAT SHE IS WHAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WE DO WITHOUT SOMEONE LIKE BRENDA.

AND BRENDA IS A STANDOUT EMPLOYEE AMONG ALL OF OUR STAFF.

I WILL SAY THAT 30 YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY.

AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT BRENDA HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO DO.

SHE IS A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF OUR VERDE VALLEY OFFICE, AND I, I WOULD NOT BE THE PROSECUTOR I AM TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER. AND I'M HONESTLY SAYING THAT NOT JUST BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS TODAY, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, SHE HELD MY HAND WHEN I WAS CRYING AND SHE'S LIKE, GET OUT THERE.

YOU GOT TO DO THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO YAVAPAI COUNTY WITH BRENDA CROWTHER.

AND WOULD YOU MIND HEARING A FEW WORDS FROM HER? NO. GO RIGHT AHEAD. WE WANT TO. THIS IS YOUR TIME.

THIS IS OUR TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOU. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS.

I'LL MAKE IT SHORT. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND WHEN I STARTED, I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MY CAREER, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIDS WHEN I STARTED. AND NOW I HAVE TWO, AND I HAVE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN WITH ONE MORE ON THE WAY, SO.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A NICE, STEADY CAREER THAT I CAN SAY I'VE ENJOYED SERVING ALL THESE ATTORNEYS AS SECRETARY I WOULD SAY HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.

SOME ATTORNEYS ARE HARD TO GET ALONG WITH. YOU HAVE TO, YEAH, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY, BUT YOU GET THROUGH IT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ALAN'S FLOWERS FOR DONATING THE FLOWERS FOR OUR RECIPIENTS TODAY.

AND DID YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY? ALL I'M UNDERSTANDING IS A PICTURE. YES. PICTURE.

YES. I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IF YOU'RE READY, COME ON DOWN AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE.

THANK YOU.

SO YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE HAD A GREAT MORNING, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[ CONSENT AGENDA (Routine items that may all be approved by one motion.) ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NO. 3.]

I HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE BEING PULLED BY SUPERVISOR CHECK.

SO WITH THAT, TAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 30, EXCLUDING THREE.

AND I'LL SECOND. CLERK, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? CONSENT ITEMS ONE THROUGH 30 HAVE BEEN APPROVED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SUPERVISOR CHECK. SO I PULLED ITEM NUMBER THREE REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO INDIVIDUALS TO THE MERIT

[3. Board of Supervisors - Approve the appointment of Abby Areinoff Harbicht and Greg Valenti to a four-year term set to expire June 30, 2029, as members of the Merit Commission.]

COMMISSION. ABBY ARONOFF AND GREG VALENTI. SO I'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH OUR

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APPOINTMENT PROCESS SINCE TAKING THE SEAT. AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF MY CONCERNS AND, AND KIND OF LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I REALLY WANT US TO WORK ON THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE BEHIND THESE BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

I GUESS ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, DOES ANYONE ON THIS BOARD KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY? NO. SO THAT'S THAT POSES A PROBLEM FOR ME. I'M SURE THEY'RE WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS.

HOWEVER, I TAKE BOARD APPOINTMENTS VERY SERIOUSLY.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE FIRST ACTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT WHEN THEY'RE ELECTED OR THE GOVERNOR WHEN THEY'RE ELECTED BUILDING THEIR TEAM TO DO BUSINESS ON THEIR BEHALF IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STEPS IN CREATING A COHESIVE, CREATING A COHESIVE VISION AND ACTION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND SO WE HAVE MANY, MANY BOARDS DOING WORK ON OUR BEHALF.

SOME ARE DISTRICT SPECIFIC. THIS ONE IS NOT DISTRICT SPECIFIC.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO WORK TO CHANGE OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE TO REFLECT YOU KNOW, BOARD INVOLVEMENT.

AND SO HAVING THE BOARD BE A PART OF CULTIVATING THOSE APPOINTEES AND BEING IN TOUCH WITH THE BOARD, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BOARD DOES, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN AN INDIVIDUAL AND HAVE IT BE A MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.

SO, YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT SUPERVISOR CHECK IN THESE ENDEAVORS.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE APPOINTING AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANGE IN POLICY AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ROSS, FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU COULD JUST FILL US IN A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THE MERIT BOARD DOES AND HOW THESE INDIVIDUALS WORK ON THAT BOARD.

SURE, SO THE MERIT COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HEARING EMPLOYEE APPEALS RELATED TO EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE.

SO A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE COUNTY ARE WHAT WE CALL CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, WHERE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS FOR ANY ADVERSE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THEM SUCH AS TIME OFF WITHOUT PAY, DEMOTION OR TERMINATION, INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION.

AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, A LARGE GROUP OF THOSE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER IT'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR ADULT PROBATION OR JUVENILE PROBATION, WHO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL STATUTORY PROTECTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE.

SO IT'S A VERY IT CAN BE A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOTTING ALL THE I'S AND CROSSING ALL THE T'S TO MEET THAT RIGOROUS THRESHOLD OF DUE PROCESS WHEN TAKING THESE TYPES OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IF DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES ON DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PURSUANT TO OUR POLICY AND PURSUANT TO STATUTE, IF THERE IS THE ACTION OF TIME OFF WITHOUT PAY OR DEMOTION OR TERMINATION THEN THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH THE EMPLOYEE CAN APPEAL THAT.

AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, THAT APPEAL GOES BEFORE THIS MERIT COMMISSION TO HEAR THE APPEAL.

IT REALLY LOOKS A LOT LIKE A LITTLE MINI TRIAL WHERE THE DEPARTMENT THAT TOOK THE ACTION HAS AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THEM. AND VERY OFTEN THE EMPLOYEE WHO RECEIVED THE ACTION HAS AN EMPLOYEE REPRESENTING THEM.

AND SO I'VE WATCHED IT OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE BECOME MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED AS STATUTES RELATED TO DISCIPLINE HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. SO THE MERIT COMMISSION THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THE MEMBERS NEED TO BE SOMEWHAT VERSED OR AT LEAST HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE COMPLEX DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND THE STATUTES THAT GO BEHIND THEM TO LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES AND THEIR WITNESSES ARE CALLED, AND THERE'S REDIRECT AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF TO THEN CONFER TOGETHER TO COME OUT AND MAKE A DECISION ON. ARE THEY UPHOLDING THE DISCIPLINE OR ARE THEY OVERTURNING THE DISCIPLINE BASED ON THE FACTS THAT THEY'VE HEARD? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FACED OVER THE YEARS IS IN MOST CASES, ONE PERSON ON THE COMMISSION HAS TO SERVE AS CHAIR.

THEY RUN THE MEETING. SO AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WERE VERY LUCKY.

WE HAD A RETIRED JUDGE WHO SERVED AS OUR CHAIR, AND SHE WAS SO WELL VERSED IN COURT HEARINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN ATTORNEYS ARE OBJECTING OR, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING ON HOW TO KIND OF CONTROL THE HEARING.

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AND BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD IN RECENT YEARS IS WE'VE ONLY REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND ONE PERSON AT A TIME THAT COULD SERVE IN THAT CHAIR ROLE.

BECAUSE MANY IT'S A VOLUNTEER GIG. AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP SAY I'M WILLING TO BE ON IT, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE THAT CHAIR. I JUST DON'T WANT THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AND SO WHEN WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON WHO CAN CHAIR THE HEARING IT MAKES SCHEDULING VERY DIFFICULT.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE FIVE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A ROOM AVAILABILITY. WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF ATTORNEYS PLUS DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES PLUS THE EMPLOYEE, AND SCHEDULING THEM CAN BE HARD. AND WHAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY IS A CHAIR WHO IS FABULOUS, WHO'S STEPPING DOWN? SHE DIDN'T WANT TO RENEW. BUT IF SHE WASN'T AVAILABLE, WE COULDN'T SCHEDULE.

AND WE'VE EVEN SCHEDULED IT, AND EVERYBODY WAS SET TO GO.

AND THEN SHE HAD A CONFLICT AND WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A CHAIR.

SO WHAT I'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO IN THIS CASE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES AT THE SAME TIME.

OUR CHAIR IS STEPPING DOWN AND ANOTHER LONG TERM MERIT COMMISSION MEMBER IS STEPPING DOWN WAS TO REALLY CULTIVATE.

AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING WE KNEW THAT THE CHAIR WAS GOING TO BE LEAVING TRY TO BUILD OUR COMMISSION UP WITH SKILLED PEOPLE WHO CAN STEP IN AND BE THE CHAIR FOR THIS COMMISSION. AND BOTH ABBY AND GREG, THEY'RE HERE TODAY AS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AT ALL.

BUT HAVE JUST INCREDIBLE BACKGROUNDS. YOU'VE SEEN THEIR THEIR RESUMES MAYBE.

I DON'T THINK WE DID GET TO SEE THE RESUMES, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

I MISSED SOME EMAILS ON OCCASION. OKAY. HAVE A BACKGROUND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND EITHER ONE OF THEM CAN SERVE AS CHAIR. SO WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A DEEPER BENCH, IF YOU WILL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT.

SO I, I WOULDN'T DISAGREE AT ALL WITH CHANGING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

I WOULD HOPE THAT WHETHER IT'S ME OR, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE DIRECTOR COULD WEIGH IN ON THAT.

AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN HELPING YOU FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO APPOINT TO THIS COMMISSION, BECAUSE WHO'S ON THIS COMMISSION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTY AND THIS DISCIPLINARY PROCESS.

YES. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. CHAIR. OH, NO, THAT'S FINE.

I ALL I WAS GOING TO DO IS JUST MAKE A COMMENT HERE IN THE SENSE THAT THESE TWO PEOPLE DO WORK WITH THE LASER.

CORRECT. YOU KNOW, THEY BOTH HAPPEN TO WORK WITH THE LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP AS WELL.

YEAH. SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR NAMES AND, AND THEN WHEN WE GET THE FACES TO IT, IT BRINGS THAT FAMILIARITY TO IT.

AND THEN WE, WE RECOGNIZE. OH, OKAY. YOU KNOW SO THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND SERVED HERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND WE JUST WENT I JUST WENT OUT TO LASER THIS PAST WEEKEND TOO.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BACKGROUND.

SO AS WE ALL KNOW, LASER IS ABOUT THE LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE WHEN WE HAVE FIRES AND A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS AND ALL OF THAT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. I WON'T GO DOWN THAT.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT TO THAT BACKGROUND ON THAT.

MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK WHICH DISTRICT DO THESE INDIVIDUALS LIVE IN? THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS BOTH LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

YES. YES. THANK YOU. I DON'T DOUBT THAT AT ALL.

WELL, I MEAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RESPONDING TO MY CONCERNS HERE.

AND ABSOLUTELY, I REALIZE THAT WE DO NEED HELP IN UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE SKILL SET NECESSARY.

AND I FULLY PLAN TO YOU KNOW, INCREASE THAT ENGAGEMENT SO THAT BOTH THE BOARD AND, AND THE COMMISSIONER BOARD AT HAND REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR TIME AND AND ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS OUT.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. AND YOUR POINT IS MADE AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR SURE.

AND THAT'S ONE THING WE DO HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HOLD MANY DIFFERENT HATS, AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE TODAY, MANY OF THEM DOING MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OH, MR. THOMPSON. GO RIGHT AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHAIR, I JUST LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT. APPRECIATE WENDY'S COMMENTS HERE.

AND COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSIONER SUPERVISOR, SLIP THERE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. CHECK'S COMMENTS HERE. I FULLY AGREE THAT THE POLICY I BELIEVE IS FAIRLY DATED.

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I HAVE CONCERNS AS WELL, SO STAND READY TO ASSIST IN REVIEWING THAT.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE'VE MADE SOME INTERNAL PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND NOTIFICATION TO PARTICULAR SUPERVISORS WHEN A SPECIFIC TO THEIR BOARD, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT FULL PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU ALL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE MERIT COMMISSION.

SECOND, MAY I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE VOTE, PLEASE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. GO AHEAD. AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, TOO.

I DON'T RECALL GETTING RESUMES OR ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

AND TYPICALLY WE DO. SO I'M LOOKING TO TOMORROW.

DID I DID I MISS THAT AS WELL? COULD YOU. WE ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT NOW SUPERVISOR.

SO IF IN FACT THEY THEY WERE MISSED. APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

AND WE WILL WORK TO CORRECT THAT AND GET THEM TO YOU QUICKLY.

THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE WE IN THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY US ON SOME BOARDS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS PROCESS TOO. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO HERE AT THE BOARD.

HOW WE GET PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. SO WE'LL GET IT ALL TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO WITH THAT CLERK OF THE BOARD, I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AND NOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT BREAK IN WITH US.

WE APPRECIATE IT. ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY'S PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025

[1. Board of Supervisors - Tentative approval of the County's primary and secondary budgets for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. (All Districts)]

2026. THIS INCLUDES ALL DISTRICTS, ALL THE COUNTY.

WE'RE HERE. WE'RE READY TO HEAR ALL THE GOOD NEWS YOU HAVE FOR US.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. ZACH. YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ZACH WOLF, BUDGET MANAGER FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

WITH THE DISCUSSION OF THE OR THE TENOR TODAY, IT REMINDS ME OF A QUOTE FOR BUDGETS THAT BUDGETS ARE MORE ABOUT WORDS THAN THEY ARE ABOUT NUMBERS. AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION OF THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY AND, AND ALSO THE APPRECIATION OF STAFF IN THAT IF YOU CAN REPLACE THEIR MORE ABOUT WORDS, THEY'RE REALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DISAGGREGATE OR DISCUSS TODAY IN DETAIL ADULT PROBATION COUNTY ATTORNEY EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SIMPLE ARM AND INTERACTION POINTS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

SO TODAY'S BUDGET IS THE TENTATIVE BUDGET THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD CONVERSATION REALLY STARTING BACK FROM DEPARTMENTS, JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW DEPARTMENTS STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR BUDGETS BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD SIX MONTHS IN WHICH IT STARTS WITH DEPARTMENTS.

THEY PUT IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK INTO WHAT'S PRESENTED.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN AFTERWARDS, I'M SURE THE BOARD IS VERY AWARE OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WE HAD FOR ABOUT FOUR DAYS.

OVER THIS LAST OR THIS LAST MONTH. AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, IS THE ITERATION OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET, WHICH REQUIRES A SET OF SCHEDULES. SO THESE SCHEDULES WE HEARD FROM THE AUDITOR GENERAL TODAY, THESE ARE PUT TOGETHER BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL, WHICH REQUIRE US TO PUT THEM TOGETHER IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY, CAN BE LOOKED AT ACROSS ALL COUNTIES. AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE FORMAT HAS CHANGED A BIT.

WE DO IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND SET UP.

AND SO THE SCHEDULES BEFORE YOU ARE PRESENTED AS SUCH.

I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER SOME VERY HIGH LEVELS.

SO THE TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET NETTING OUT TRANSFERS WOULD BE FOR $424,356,056 THE TOTAL COUNTY CONTROLLED TAX RATE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE LIBRARY DISTRICT WOULD BE A DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE FROM LAST YEAR OF 1.9463 TO 9388. AS WELL, I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL CHANGES THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE VERY LAST RECOMMENDED BOARD MEETING OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE BOARD ASKED FOR THAT TO BE PLACED INTO THIS BUDGET.

SO IN THIS IN THE TENTATIVE BUDGET, WE DO HAVE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER MODULAR SETUP THAT WAS ADDED, THE MEALS ON WHEELS ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL $40,000 TO THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS, THE UPPER SULLIVAN'S CANYON PROJECT AT $150,000 THAT WAS REQUESTED. THE STRUCTURED LIBRARY COORDINATOR JUST UNDER 100,000.

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SO $99,924. AS WELL AS THE MODELING POSITION ANALYST POSITION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, WHICH WAS A NET NEUTRAL CHANGE, $0 OVERALL BECAUSE IT WAS A IT WAS A CHANGE OR CLOSING OUT ANOTHER POSITION IN THERE.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET.

ACTUALLY, BEFORE I DO JUST ONE LAST PIECE, JUST TO MENTION, THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE A BUDGET HEARING THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR A SPECIAL SESSION WITH THE BOARD ON JUNE 25TH. AND DURING THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AS WELL AS AS TO TNT HEARINGS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ZACH.

SUPERVISOR CHECK DID YOU? YEAH. I HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS.

JUST UNSURE WHERE WE LANDED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER AND THE U OF A COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.

AND THEN I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION AFTER THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MADAM CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. SUPERVISOR CHECK. THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER.

THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THEM IS $28,500. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION ON THE AMOUNT FOR THE U OF COOPERATIVE OPERATIVE EXTENSION IS IN THERE AT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF $263,885.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD TO SEE THOSE IN THERE.

AND JUST TO BE SURE MAUREEN, I NOTED THAT 3000 OF THAT 28,000 FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE VERDE RIVER IS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE VERDE FRONT. SO IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTION THERE AND THEN YOU KNOW, SECOND, I JUST WANTED TO REMARK THAT I'VE MADE PEACE WITH A LOT OF MY CONCERNS THAT I BROUGHT UP DURING THE BUDGET SESSION.

BUT THERE'S ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE FOLLOW UP ON.

AND THAT IS OUR KIND OF OUR TRAJECTORY ON FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT OR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS.

I'D REALLY PREFER TO SEE THE LAST TEN YEARS, HOW MANY FTES THE COUNTY HAS ADDED OVERALL, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THOSE TRENDS IN HIRING AND CAN SUBSTANTIATE THAT.

THAT WAS JUST THE ONE AREA THAT I STILL HAD QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND WANTED BETTER DATA ON, SO THAT'S MY REQUEST. OKAY. NO. GREAT QUESTION.

WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WORK TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.

WELL, IN ADVANCE. I LOOK TO WORK ON THAT STARTING THIS WEEK.

SO I EXPECT NEXT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO GET AN EMAIL OUT TO THE BOARD WITH THAT INFORMATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. YEAH. THANK YOU ZACH.

YEAH I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT. MAY I ASK A QUESTION PLEASE? YES. GO AHEAD. YOU ANSWERED A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

BUT I HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT THESE ACTUALS ARE PROJECTED ACTUALS FOR 2025.

CORRECT. DO YOU AT ANY TIME RESTATE THIS WHEN YOU GET ACTUALS OR WHAT'S THE PROCESS? YEAH. GREAT. GREAT QUESTION, SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

SO THE WAY THE AUDITOR GENERAL FORMS WORK IS THIS IS PART OF OUR TENTATIVE PROCESS, BUDGET PROCESS.

SOME, AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED A BUDGET LATER IN THE PROCESS.

SO DEPENDING WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE CYCLE, IF WE WERE TO SAY PUSH THE ADOPTION OUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AS WE COULD, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE AT A MUCH CLOSER POSITION TO ACTUALS.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE LANGUAGE THEY HAVE IN THERE IS THE AUDITOR GENERAL ASKED FOR THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGES, WHAT ARE YOUR ACTUALS, YEAR TO DATE, AND ANY OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THE ACTUALS? THEN PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE OUTLINE, THE OUTLINE MONTHS ARE. AND SO WITH THAT, WHEN THIS IS PUT TOGETHER IT'S USUALLY PUT TOGETHER ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH BEFOREHAND.

SO WITH OUR SYSTEMS AT THE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE BUILDING THE BUDGET, WE TAKE OUR ACTUAL INFORMATION.

AND THEN THE OPEN MONTHS WOULD BE THE DIFFERENTIAL THERE ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION. ARE YOU REQUIRED TO ADOPT A FINAL BUDGET BEFORE JUNE 30TH OR ONLY A TENTATIVE BUDGET BEFORE JUNE 30TH. WHAT'S THE STATUTE? A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE TENANT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET, AND THE TENTATIVE BUDGET HAS TO BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE OR HAS HAS TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL BUDGET.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE EXACT DATE I'M LOOKING OVER TO A LAWYER THAT I REALLY LIKE.

I SAY THERE'S SOME REALLY EASY TO GET TOGETHER WITH LAWYERS, BUT I MAY HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE EXACT DATE IF WE WERE TO PUSH IT OUT LATER, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE, PER STATUTE, I THINK WE GET TILL I WANT TO SAY AUGUST IF WE WANT TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.

AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING THAT, BUT I AM AWARE THAT THE DROP DEAD DATE IS FURTHER, BUT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE GREAT.

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IT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN MY ELECTED CAREER TO HAVE A BUDGET PASSED BEFORE WE START THE FISCAL YEAR, JULY 1ST. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. MARTY, I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU. CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR. SUPERVISORS? I DON'T KNOW, TO THE EXTENT YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION.

YOU ARE CORRECT. THIS IS EARLY. ACCORDING TO STATE STATUTE, TENTATIVE BUDGET IS THE THIRD MONDAY IN JULY.

FINAL BUDGET IS TWO WEEKS BEFORE LEVY. AND LEVY IS THE THIRD MONDAY IN AUGUST.

THE PROBLEM WITH PROCEEDING ACCORDING TO THOSE DATES IS YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR MAKING EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD, AND THAT'S WHY THE PROCESS HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO THE CURRENT DATES.

THANK YOU, MR. THOMPSON. THANK YOU. CHAIR THREE TWO COMMENTS AND ONE QUESTION, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I, THAT I NEED TO ASK A QUESTION HERE. BUT FIRST, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHECK, FOR THE FTE QUESTION.

EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND WE NEED TO RECONCILE OUR SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A QUICK AND ACCURATE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. SECOND, ON THE BUDGET ADOPTION AND SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WAS NODDING VIGOROUSLY MY THIRD YEAR NOW PUTTING TOGETHER A BUDGET.

I REMEMBER FIRST YEAR COMING AND LEARNED THAT, OH, YOU COULD ADOPT THE FINAL BUDGET IN AUGUST.

AND I'M LIKE, WELL, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? THE FISCAL YEAR IN JULY AFTER THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR? SO WE HAVE BEEN MOVING IT UP AND PLAN TO MOVE IT UP EVEN A LITTLE FURTHER THIS COMING YEAR TO GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. FINAL QUESTION. WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE ADDITIONS HERE, ZACH, THE STRUCTURED LIBRARY COORDINATOR, THAT IS THE POSITION FOR THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. I JUST DIDN'T RECALL IT BEING TITLED A LIBRARY COORDINATOR POSITION.

I WANTED TO VERIFY THAT THAT WAS INDEED THAT POSITION.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT? NO, THAT IS A SORRY, LIBRARY HAS BEEN ON MY MIND FOR OTHER THINGS.

THAT IS A STRUCTURED READ. THAT IS A LITERACY, WASN'T IT? YES, I HAVE IT ON MY OTHER SHEET TOO. VERY GOOD.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY CLARIFICATION FOR THAT. YES, THAT WAS THE STRUCTURED LITERARY COORDINATOR.

SO THAT'S A YES. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MADAM CHAIR.

YES. OH I'M SORRY. SORRY, SUPERVISOR. YOU NEVER HAVE TO SAY SORRY.

WELL, I SAID IT TWICE. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I GOING ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR CHECK'S CONCERNS.

IT'S BE NICE TO SEE THAT IN EVERY BUDGET. WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GROW BECAUSE THE POPULATION GROWS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A RUNNING TOTAL OF MAYBE THE LAST TEN YEARS AND SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MATCHING WHERE OUR POPULATION GROWTH IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GROWING PEOPLE IS GROWING GOVERNMENT.

SO AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT JUST HAS TO MATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR PEOPLE AND OUR POPULATION.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO OKAY. SO I THINK WE ARE GOOD.

AND I MOTION AND A SECOND CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES.

ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. IT'S A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL RESOLVE INTO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION OF THESE

[2. Board of Supervisors - The Board of Supervisors will resolve into the Board of Directors of the special improvement districts and following consideration of this item, will reconvene as the Board of Supervisors - Approve the tentative budgets for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 for the following special and improvement districts: a. Yavapai County Flood Control District b. Yavapai County Free Library District c. Yavapai County Jail District d. Ash Fork Street Lighting Improvement District e. Seligman Street Lighting Improvement District f. Yarnell Street Lighting Improvement District g. Seligman Sanitary District ]

ITEMS WILL RECONVENE AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVE THE TENTATIVE BUDGETS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026.

FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, WE HAVE YAVAPAI COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY JAIL DISTRICT, ASH FORK STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SELIGMAN STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, YARNELL STREETLIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND SELIGMAN SANITARY DISTRICT. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER TWO.

IS THAT CORRECT? WITH THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AND OVERVIEW, THE SCHEDULES ARE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

BUT GIVEN THAT THEY ARE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A SEPARATION IN THE AGENDA ITEM.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN THOSE. IF NOT, THE INFORMATION IS INCLUSIVE OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT WAS PRESENTED.

AND MIGHT I JUST NOTE THAT SPECIFICALLY THE YAVAPAI LIBRARY DISTRICT INCLUDES THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE THAT WE GAVE STAFF EARLIER IN THE YEAR. CORRECT? YES. I MOVED TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO.

A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CLERK, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ZACH.

NUMBER THREE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVE WEED AND TRASH ABATEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY OF 2659 SOUTH HORTON DRIVE,

[3. Development Services - Approve weed and trash abatement for the property at 2659 S. Horton Drive, Cornville, Arizona, pursuant to Yavapai County Ordinance 1997-2 and authorize the Development Services Director to sign all necessary documents. (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins)]

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CORNVILLE. AND THIS IS IN SUPERVISOR JENKINS DISTRICT TWO.

GOOD MORNING MARK. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR.

MY NAME IS MARK WILSON. I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. BEFORE HE IS A WEED AND TRASH ABATEMENT ITEM, AS YOU MENTIONED. CHAIR, THE PROPERTY IS AT 2659 SOUTH HORTON DRIVE IN CORNVILLE.

THIS HAS BEEN THE SITE OF SEVERE TRASH AND DEBRIS ACCUMULATION FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THE PROPERTY HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE STRUCTURE FIRES, WITH THE LAST ONE BEING IN JULY OF 2024, WHICH BASICALLY DESTROYED THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.

THIS HAS LED TO ISSUES WITH ODORS, PESTS, AND ILLEGAL DUMPINGS FOLLOWING THAT FINAL FIRE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS COLLABORATED TO CLEAR THE DEBRIS IN SEPTEMBER OF 24. HOWEVER, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS PASSING, THERE IS NO ONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT CLEANUP.

WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO PROCEED WITH THE ABATEMENT PROCESS USING THE WEED AND TRASH IN 1997.

TWO ORDINANCE. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY TO REMOVE THE TRASH AND DEBRIS.

WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT COST TO BE ABOUT $25,000 FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND IT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET YEAR.

ONCE COMPLETED, THE CLEANUP COSTS WILL BE RECORDED AND WILL BE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

THIS PROPERTY HAS BECOME AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE, DRAWING TRANSIENTS, SQUATTERS AND DRUG USERS POSING A NUISANCE TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK, I WILL TURN TO SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT. I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THINGS LIKE THIS.

IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S ALWAYS SAD THAT PROPERTIES GET TO THESE KINDS OF CONDITIONS.

AND ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE WAS STILL LIVING ON THE PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A SAFETY AND A SAD SITUATION.

BUT I'M SURE THE NEIGHBORS WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS GETTING TO.

COMPLETION. BASED ON THE THINGS THAT YOU DESCRIBED ARE HAPPENING THERE.

SO. THANK YOU. AND IT IS SAD WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT, BUT IT IS A POINT THAT IS NECESSARY.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEAH. I SUPPORT SUPERVISOR JENKINS IN THIS.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION. SO IT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT 25 GRAND.

WHAT IS THE LOT WORTH THERE? DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT GO FOR ON THE MARKET? I ACTUALLY I'M HITTING YOU COLD ON THIS. I'M SORRY, BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY EVEN A BALLPARK GUESS AS TO WHAT THE LOT WOULD BE WORTH.

OKAY, I WAS JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT. I MEAN, I THINK OUR GOALS IS TO GET SOMEBODY ON THERE WITH A PROPER STRUCTURE THAT WE CAN PUT BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS AND MAKE A VIBRANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WONDER IF SOMETIMES OUR ABATEMENTS, ARE THEY GOING TO PUSH THAT OUT OF REACH? AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE AS A BOARD IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SO THAT PROPERTY NOT ONLY GETS CLEANED UP, BUT GETS REVITALIZED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. OKAY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, I MOTION.

SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN WE 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. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Development Services - Approve weed and trash abatement for the property at 34585 S. Phyllis Street, Black Canyon City, Arizona, pursuant to Yavapai County Ordinance 1997-2 and authorize the Development Services Director to sign all necessary documents. (District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins)]

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGAIN. APPROVE ANOTHER WEED AND TRASH ABATEMENT.

AND THIS IS IN BLACK CANYON CITY, AND THIS IS ALSO IN SUPERVISOR JENKINS DISTRICT DISTRICT TWO.

THANK YOU. MARK. HELLO AGAIN. CHAIR. VICE CHAIR MARK LAWSON, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SITUATION FOLLOWING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME NARRATIVE.

THIS PROPERTY IS AT 34585 SOUTH PHILIP STREET IN BLACK CANYON CITY, AND AGAIN HAS BEEN THE SITE OF SEVERE TRASH AND DEBRIS ACCUMULATION OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROPERTY AS WELL IN THAT TIME FRAME.

THIS DWELLING UNIT DID CATCH ON FIRE IN MAY OF 2021, LEAVING IT UNINHABITABLE AND THE PROPERTY UNSAFE TO ENTER.

THIS HAS LED TO ISSUES SIMILAR WITH ODORS, PETS, AND ILLEGAL DUMPING HAS ALSO BEEN A HARBOR FOR TRANSIENTS AND SQUATTERS TO BE IN THE HOUSE. FOLLOWING THAT FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN COLLABORATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND CLEAR THE DEBRIS WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE. AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS PASSED AND IS NO LONGER WITH US, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT CLEANUP.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE REQUESTING THE BOARD TO PROCEED WITH THE ABATEMENT PROCESS USING THE WEED AND TRASH 1990 7-2 ORDINANCE.

THIS WILL ENABLE US TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY TO REMOVE THAT TRASH AND DEBRIS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ESTIMATED TO BE $25,000. ONCE COMPLETED, THE CLEANUP COSTS WILL BE RECORDED AND THE LIEN WILL BE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

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AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY HAS BECOME AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE, DRAWING TRANSIENT SQUATTERS AND DRUG USERS AND POSING A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. MARK. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING I SAID AT THE PRIOR AGENDA ITEM.

BUT THANKS TO STAFF FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.

A GREAT EXPLANATION ON HOW WE GOT HERE AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU MADE PRIOR TO THIS.

SO THANK YOU. AND JUST ON A NOTE, WE ALL HAVE THESE PROBLEMS IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS.

IT DOESN'T JUST SIT IN ONE DISTRICT. AND IT IS VERY COSTLY.

AND IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THIS HAPPENS TO.

SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD AND THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. SO WITH THAT THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS.

I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SECOND. OKAY. CLERK OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. MARK. OKAY. GO ON. NUMBER FIVE. PUBLIC WORKS APPROVE A RESOLUTION 2155, IMPOSING AN INTERIM FIRE PROHIBITION ORDER

[5. Public Works - Approve Resolution No. 2155 imposing an Interim Fire Prohibition Order enacted on May 23, 2025, across Yavapai County's fire zones 3, 4, and 5, in accordance with Yavapai County Ordinance 2025-2, Section X and A.R.S.§11-251(63). (District 1 - Supervisor Compton; District 2 - Supervisor Jenkins; District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

ENACTED ON MAY 23RD, 2025, ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTIES.

FIRE ZONES THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE. GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE YOU, ASHLEY? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S THE THERE'S THE LIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. SUPERVISORS. I'M ASHLEY ALQUIST, YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU ADOPTED AND APPROVED THE ORDINANCE 2020 5-2 TO UPDATE THE FIRE BAN, WE GOT TO ENACT IT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. YAVAPAI COUNTY IS PART OF THE CENTRAL WEST ZONE FOR FIRE RESTRICTION COORDINATION.

AND SO YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE CENTRAL WEST ZONE.

IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES MOJAVE COUNTY, MARICOPA COUNTY PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, AND OTHER GAME AND FISH OTHER PARTNERS THAT I AM UNDOUBTEDLY FORGETTING BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A LIST.

SO WE MEET ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO DISCUSS FIRE RESTRICTIONS AND WHAT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE THROUGHOUT THOSE AREAS.

SO IN RECOGNIZING THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY IS 8127MI², WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TERRAIN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUEL TYPES AND FUEL CONDITIONS THAT SPREAD THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY, AS WELL AS PARTS THAT EXPERIENCE WHETHER AND MAYBE EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT WHETHER IN A DIFFERENT SPOT.

SO THESE COORDINATION CONVERSATIONS, WE DO TRY TO ALIGN AS BEST AS WE CAN.

BUT IN RECOGNIZING ACROSS THOSE THREE COUNTIES AND EVEN JUST WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTY, WE DO HAVE VAST DIFFERENCES.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THAT IS WHY WE PROPOSE THE ZONE CHANGES WITHIN THE LAST ORDINANCE.

AND IT WAS AT THE END OF MAY THAT TONTO NATIONAL FOREST HAD ALREADY BEEN IN RESTRICTIONS AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WAS GOING INTO RESTRICTION, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.

AND SO TO ALIGN WITH OUR PARTNERS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE CONDITIONS WARRANTED IT, WE REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A FIRE BAN FOR STAGE TWO AND ZONES THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH COVERS THE I-40 CORRIDOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU, ASHLEY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

I APPRECIATE IT, EVEN THOUGH I'M A SHOOTER AND I CAN'T SHOOT NOW.

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. I HAD THE MOBILE OFFICE YESTERDAY IN WILLIAMSON VALLEY, AND THREE PEOPLE CAME IN AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS VERY SPECIFIC THING, AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, WHY IS THE FIRE RESTRICTION DIFFERENT? THE LINES OF THESE NEW DISTRICTS, WHY ARE THERE MORE DISTRICTS THERE? IT'S FUZZY TO UNDERSTAND IT AND IT'S CONFUSING.

SO I THINK THE PUBLIC I KNOW WE'RE GETTING MORE PRECISE, BUT WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL.

I THINK WHEN THE PUBLIC AND THEY GO TO LOOK AT IT.

SO BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK NEXT ABOUT ZONES ONE AND TWO.

SO WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT IS WHAT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT LESS CONFUSING? AND ONE GENTLEMAN EVEN CAME IN AND SHARED ONE OF MY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PLACES TO GET INFORMATION.

HOW COME THERE'S NOT ONE? LIKE, HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE A PREMIER THAT WE SAY, OKAY, LOAD THIS UP.

SO WE DO AND WE ARE WORKING ON CAMPAIGNS TO GET IT OUT THERE.

WE PUT IT IN THE PRESS RELEASE THAT DAVID MCCARTY PUT OUT FOR US SOCIAL MEDIA CONSTANTLY.

BUT IF THEY GO TO YAVAPAI OR READY.GOV AND WE TRY TO KEEP THAT UP TO DATE AS POSSIBLE WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESTRICTION INFORMATION,

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AND GIS ACTUALLY CREATED A FABULOUS MAP THAT CAN BE CONNECTED TO FROM THAT WEB PAGE AS WELL.

THE VERY FIRST BUTTON THAT SAYS FIRE BAN INFORMATION.

THEY CAN GO ON THERE, THEY CAN SEARCH THEIR ADDRESS AND THEY CAN FIND WHAT RESTRICTIONS THEY'RE UNDER.

AND FIRE RESTRICTIONS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TRICKY CONVERSATION.

HISTORICALLY, YAVAPAI COUNTY HAS ALWAYS GONE INTO ONE STAGE UNIFIED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT WE WOULD STILL EXPERIENCE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY COULD GO INTO COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST OR TONTO AND BE IN A DIFFERENT FIRE RESTRICTION THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTY, JUST DUE TO ALL THE DIFFERENCES IN FUEL TYPES AND WEATHER AND ALL OF THAT.

SO IT STINKS. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. BUT WE DO TRY TO PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AS BEST WE CAN.

AND AGAIN, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GO TO THAT THAT WEBSITE.

IT'S VERY EASY FOR THEM TO TO SEARCH. AND GIS DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH IT.

AND IT WAS I LIVE HERE, BUT I'M GOING CAMPING HERE.

YEAH. YEAH. THAT MAP DOES EXPAND BEYOND YAVAPAI COUNTY.

FOR SOME OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS AND SUCH. SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE RESTRICTIONS ARE.

OKAY. SO THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE. I'LL SECOND.

CLERK OF THE BOARD. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. AYE. CHAIR MALLORY. YES.

ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ASHLEY. OH, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING ITEM PUBLIC WORKS, APPROVE RESOLUTION 2156, IMPOSING THE INTERIM FIRE PROHIBITION ORDER ENACTED

[6. Public Works - Approve Resolution No. 2156 imposing an Interim Fire Prohibition Order enacted on May 30, 2025, across Yavapai County's fire zones 1 and 2, in accordance with Yavapai County Ordinance 2025-2, Section X and A.R.S.§11-251(63). (All Districts)]

ON MAY 30TH, 2025. CROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY. ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, I'M ASHLEY OK. WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGER? AND SO A WEEK AFTER WE HAD ENACTED FOR FIRE RESTRICTIONS ON STAGE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE THE CONSENSUS WAS MADE WITH THIS CENTRAL WEST ZONE FOR COCONINO AND PRESCOTT NATIONAL FORESTS.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GO INTO RESTRICTION, BUT FOR STAGE ONE.

SO IN RECOGNIZING THE FUEL CONDITIONS AND WANTING TO ALIGN WITH OUR AREA PARTNERS, WE ALSO REQUESTED THAT STAGE ONE RESTRICTIONS BE ENACTED FOR THOSE AREAS.

I WILL JUST MAKE A SMALL NOTE. SO AT THIS POINT, ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IS UNDER RESTRICTION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST.

THEY HAVE NOT ENACTED AT THIS TIME. SO THAT JUST FURTHER DEMONSTRATES THE COMPLICATION WITH THE DIFFERENT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.

BUT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WILL SAY THOUGH, IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL THE RAIN WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE DAYS ARE VERY NICE.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CLOUDY, BUT YET IT IS VERY REFRESHING.

SO THANKFUL TO THE LORD FOR THAT RAIN. ANYWAY, I WOULD.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SO MOVED. 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.

YAY! CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Public Works - Award a Contract to Asphalt Paving & Supply, Inc. in the amount of $4,399,540.90 for the Senator Highway Improvement Project No. 2122710. YC Contract No. 2025-158 (District 1 - Supervisor Compton; District 5 - Supervisor Mallory)]

PUBLIC WORKS AWARD CONTRACT TO ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY, INC..

AND THIS IS IN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FIVE.

GOOD MORNING. ROGER. IT'S STILL MORNING. YEP.

GOOD MORNING. WE'RE PAVING ROADS. IT'S A GOOD THING WE ARE.

CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ROGER MCCORMICK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE HAVE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY.

THEY WERE THE LOW BIDDER ON THIS PROJECT. WE DID HAVE TWO BIDS, ONE BY FAN CONTRACTING AND ONE BY ASPHALT PAVING AND SUPPLY.

BOTH OF THE BIDS DID COME IN UNDER OUR ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

WE HAD WE HAD ESTIMATED THE PROJECT TO BE ABOUT 4.8 MILLION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LOW BID HERE IS YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 4.4 MILLION.

SO WE FULLY AGREE THAT WE ARE GETTING A GOOD VALUE ON THIS.

IT WILL PAVE APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILES OF THE SENATOR HIGHWAY GOING SOUTH OUT OF THE CITY OF PRESCOTT, WHERE THE CITY BOUNDARY STARTS. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL PICK UP, AND WE'LL GO SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE PAVEMENT FOR SENATOR HIGHWAY.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED A COUPLE YEARS, AND IT'S PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS FURTHER THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN WITH IT.

BUT THAT'S HOW THE CARDS FELL. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR RECREATIONAL ROUTE FOR PEOPLE AS THEY'RE GOING TO VISIT THE FOREST AND IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE IT IN GOOD CONDITION. THANK YOU.

ROGER, I APPRECIATE THAT. IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION QUESTIONS?

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ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. FINALLY.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. FINALLY.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES.

CHAIR MALLORY. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. SHERIFF, APPROVE OF ACCEPTANCE OF A TWO YEAR ARIZONA STATE PARKS OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE.

[8. Sheriff - Approve acceptance of a two-year (2) Arizona State Parks Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Law Enforcement Assistance and Equipment grant award in the amount of $557,370.00, one (1) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) for an additional certified deputy (utilizing special funding), and the establishment of a new fund number. YC Contract No. 2025-148]

LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANT AND EQUIPMENT GRANT.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR MALLORY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS JEFF NEWNHAM. I'M THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THE SHERIFF WAS AWARDED A FUNDING THROUGH THE ARIZONA STATE PARK BOARD OHV LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR A PROJECT THAT WILL HELP OHV ENFORCEMENT IN OUR RURAL AREAS. THE GRANT WILL IT WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR CONTINUED DEDICATED ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE AREAS. AND WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY JUST TO APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT TWO YEAR FUNDING THAT CAME FROM THE ARIZONA PARKS HIGHWAY AND THE AMOUNT OF 557,000, WHICH WILL GIVE US ONE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT DEPUTY TO BE OUT THERE, AS WELL AS FUNDING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, INCLUDING A SIDE BY SIDE THAT WILL BE FULLY EQUIPPED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

QUESTIONS? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THE PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING FOR THIS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING TORE UP OUT THERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RENTING THESE THINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO HOLD THE RENTERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR, LIKE FOR SOME OF THE ACTIONS OF WHO THEY WENT TO.

BUT I KNOW SEDONAS BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS.

MY NORTH SIDE'S BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS, SO I REALLY WELCOME IT.

AND WISH WE HAD A COUPLE MORE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THIS WILL THIS WILL ADD TO OUR EFFORTS. SO WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL SIDE BY SIDES THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS PURPOSE.

SO THIS WILL GO INTO OUR FOREST PATROL SQUAD.

SO THIS JUST ADDS ANOTHER SIDE BY SIDE AND ANOTHER FTE.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 3 OR 4 IN THAT SQUAD THAT BUT THEY ALSO HANDLE SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS.

BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE QUITE A BIT ENFORCING THESE LAWS.

AND I JUST HAD TO RE-UP MY TAGS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I HAD TO WATCH A VIDEO ON HOW NOT TO TEAR UP THE LANDSCAPE.

RIGHT. DO WE KNOW DO RENTERS HAVE TO WATCH THAT AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO, BUT THE ONES THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE ESPECIALLY IN THE SEDONA AREA, THEY DO PLAY THAT VIDEO BEFORE THEY RENT THOSE SIDE BY SIDES OUT.

YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. YEAH.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD. IT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL FOR ADDRESSING OHV IMPACTS, BUT IT'S A GREAT START. I'M OFTEN HESITANT TO FUND POSITIONS WITH SOFT DOLLARS SUCH AS THIS, BUT IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE NEED, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE DEDICATED IN FINDING PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN AS A COUNTY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BROAD AND TOUCHES UPON, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF AGENCIES.

SUPERVISOR CHECK, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WILL ADD THAT SHERIFF RHODES, IN OUR ADMINISTRATION, WE ALSO INCLUDE RESOURCES SUCH AS OUR VOLUNTEER AIR GROUP THAT HAS BEEN GOING OUT THERE TO PROVIDE OVERWATCH.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMMITTING CRIMES AND OFFENSES.

WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND ENJOY OUR PUBLIC LANDS, BUT YOU HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT ARE ABUSING THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK FOR ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

SO OUR AIR GROUP IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE USING THEIR OWN PLANES, THEIR OWN FUEL, AND THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE AND THEY'RE KIND OF GUIDING OUR EFFORTS ON WHERE PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY ABUSING THE LAND.

SO IT IS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE SEDONA AREA. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT OUR ENFORCEMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO THIS JUST HELPS IN THAT EFFORT. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THAT VOLUNTEER GROUP? OH, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. JUST CURIOUS. SO THE LAST I, I USED TO GO TO THEIR MEETINGS AS A PILOT AND I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AND THIS IS JUST A MAYBE A DOZEN OR SO THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THERE, SOME THAT ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC TO COME OUT AND HELP ANYTIME THEY CAN.

THEY AND THEY HELP ON SEARCH AND RESCUE. THEY HELP EVERY FIRE SEASON EVERY WEEK THEY'RE UP DOING FIRE PATROLS FOR US.

SO THEY'RE JUST FLYING OUR THE COMMUNITIES AND THE RURAL AREAS JUST LOOKING FOR SMOKE AND REPORTING THE SMOKE.

PLEASE TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR ME, I APPRECIATE THAT I WILL DO THAT EFFORT AND THAT VOLUNTEER EFFORT.

IT'S ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FIRE. YES, BUT THANK YOU.

[02:30:03]

WELL, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS TODAY, AND THERE IS SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THOSE UNSUNG HEROES THAT ARE OUT THERE JOINING AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE EVERYWHERE.

AND IT REALLY DOES HELP US TO BE PROACTIVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE PROACTIVE. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR NUMBER EIGHT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE VOTE.

SORRY, I WAS GOING BACK IN TIME. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE PAST COMES BACK.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I SUPERVISOR KUKNYO A CHAIR MALLORY I ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO HEARINGS.

[1. Development Services - Approve a permanent and transferable Use Permit for APN 106-08-002C to allow for extension of the existing electrical substation on a 5.3-acre parcel in the R1L-35 zoning district, subject to the conditions of approval. Owner: Arizona Public Service Company. Agent/Applicant: Coe & Van Loo Consultants. Application No. PLA24-000146. (District 4 - Supervisor Kuknyo)]

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. THANK YOU. HEARING NUMBER ONE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES APPROVE A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT FOR APN 10608002C TO ALLOW FOR THE EXTENSION OF ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION, 5.3 ACRE PARCEL R1 L 35 ZONED DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. GOOD MORNING.

SUSAN. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. GOT IT. GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR COMPTON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M SUSAN HEBERT, PLANNER WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION.

THE PROPERTY IS IN DISTRICT FOUR, IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PRESCOTT, OFF WILLOW CREEK ROAD, AND IT'S NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COMMERCE DRIVE. UNINCORPORATED ZONING IN THIS AREA IS R-1 L35 RESIDENTIAL, AND THE CITY OF PRESCOTT'S ZONING INCLUDES MOSTLY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL.

IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE PARCEL WAS LEFT WITH A RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION, BUT MOST OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE DESIGNATED FOR LARGE PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC FACILITIES THINGS LIKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS, LANDFILLS, AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES.

OKAY. THIS SITE PLAN SHOWS THE PROPOSED EXPANSION AREA AND THE EXISTING SUBSTATION, OR VICE VERSA.

AND A NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN. SO THIS NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN, THIS IS THE OLD ONE.

A NEW ONE WAS SUBMITTED AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

THE COMMISSION SUGGESTED SOME ALTERNATE TREE SPECIES.

ORIGINALLY WE HAD SOME ALLIGATOR JUNIPER TREES SHOWN HERE.

AND NOW THE NEW PLAN IS FOR DEODAR CEDARS. OKAY.

THEY ALSO WANTED TO SEE AN IRRIGATION PLAN SYSTEM, AND ADDED THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR BOARD DIRECTION.

IF YOU AGREE WITH THE APPLICANT SUBMISSION OR IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO MAKE.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME AERIAL VIEWS. THE EXPANSION AREA IS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT SUBSTATION.

OKAY. THIS IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BALL FIELD NEXT DOOR.

AND THE DOG PARK IN WILLOW LAKE LOOP TRAIL. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME DRONE PHOTOS THAT GIVE A CLEARER VIEW WHERE YOU CAN SEE THOSE EXISTING TREES. NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE APPLICANT WHEN THEY NOTIFIED THE NEIGHBORS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HASN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS EITHER.

AND WE HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THIS APPLICATION.

SO IN SUMMARY, THE REQUEST IS FOR A PERMANENT AND TRANSFERABLE USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION ONTO THE ADJACENT 5.3 ACRE PARCEL. AND AGAIN, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUS.

SO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE ON SCREEN WITH THAT ADDITIONAL NUMBER THREE THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT AMEND.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND RYAN WEED IS ALSO AVAILABLE HERE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO IT'S YOUR DISTRICT. YEAH, WE JUST HAD THE ONLY THING.

THIS IS FINE WHERE IT'S AT. IT'S ALREADY KIND OF GOING ON NEXT DOOR.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT WHATEVER TREE SPECIE WE'RE USING, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THEM TO GRAB THE WATER UNDER THERE BECAUSE OF WILLOW LAKE BEING THERE. AND AS SOON AS THOSE TREES CATCH THAT WATER, LET'S TURN THAT IRRIGATION OFF, BECAUSE I THINK WE WASTE A LOT OF OUR FRESH WATER ON FOLIAGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS THE BOARD.

ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND.

[02:35:01]

MOTION AND SECOND. CLERK OF THE BOARD. SUPERVISOR CHECK.

YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YAY! CHAIR MALLORY. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

ITEM IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. HEARING NUMBER TWO.

[2. Development Services - Recommend approval to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control of series 006 Bar Liquor License Application #343694 without protest, submitted by Amy S. Nations for the Kirkland Outpost located at 8995 S. Iron Springs Road, Kirkland, AZ 86332. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

THREE. 43. SIX. 94. IN MY DISTRICT. GOOD MORNING.

MARK. GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ARIZONA STATE LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE KIRKLAND OUTPOST, LOCATED AT 8995 SOUTH IRON SPRINGS ROAD.

AND SUPERVISOR, VICE CHAIR, COMPTON'S DISTRICT.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR THIS.

SO I'M READY. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK GOODNESS SOMEBODY BOUGHT THE KIRKLAND BAR AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY REDOING IT.

AND IT WILL BE FANTASTIC AND NEW AGAIN AND A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY THERE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT. BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD? THEN I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. CLERK OF THE BOARD.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR. JENKINS. AYE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON.

YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. HEARING'S NUMBER THREE.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT.

[3. Development Services - Recommend approval to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control of series 007 Beer and Wine Bar Liquor License Application #345524 without protest, submitted by Andrea Dahlman Lewkowitz for Messina’s on the Green (Bar) located at 645 S. Verde Santa Fe Parkway, Cornville, AZ 86325. (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]

LIQUOR LICENSE CONTROL SERIES 007. BAR AND WINE APPLICATION 345524 WITHOUT PROTEST.

I THANK YOU AGAIN. SUPERVISOR CHECK YOUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU AGAIN.

CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND BOARD. AGAIN. MARK LUSSON, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

BEFORE YOU IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF LIQUOR LICENSE FOR MESSINA'S ON THE GREEN BAR LOCATED AT 645 SOUTH VERDE SANTA FE PARKWAY IN CORNVILLE.

THIS IS IN SUPERVISOR CHECK AREA, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS RECEIVED NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR THIS.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

SUPERVISOR CHECK I DO HAVE A QUESTION? I'M WONDERING IF THIS IF THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS WITHOUT THESE LICENSES FOR A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, AN AMOUNT OF TIME. IF IT'S A NEW ESTABLISHMENT ALTOGETHER.

NOT GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHECK, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED PREVIOUSLY UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME.

SO THIS IS A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. SO WITH THE CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE LIQUOR LICENSING HEARING PROCESS.

MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN RESTAURANTS OR ESTABLISHMENTS ADD LIQUOR LICENSES, IT REALLY IMPROVES THEIR CHANCES OF MAKING IT.

AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM OR SORRY, HEARING ITEM NUMBER THREE. SECOND WE HAVE NO CALL TO THE NO SHEETS.

ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? NO. CLERK OF THE BOARD.

MOTION. A SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR.

JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. AYE. CHAIR MALLORY.

YES. VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

MARK YOU AGAIN. HEARING NUMBER FOUR. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF LIQUOR LICENSES.

[4. Development Services - Recommend approval to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control of series 12 Restaurant Liquor License Application #343780 without protest, submitted by Andrea Dahlman Lewkowitz for Messina’s on the Green (Restaurant) located at 645 S. Verde Santa Fe Parkway, Cornville, AZ 86325. (District 3 - Supervisor Check)]

CONTROL SERIES 12. RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION 343780.

SUPERVISOR CHECK. AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN.

VICE CHAIR. AGAIN. MARK LUSSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE RESTAURANT AT MESSINA'S ON THE GREEN, LOCATED AT 645 SOUTH VERDE SANTA FE PARKWAY.

AGAIN, WE RECEIVED NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT FOR THIS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SUPERVISOR CHECK I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SECOND. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? NO. CLERK OF THE BOARD. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES, SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YAY! CHAIR MALLORY. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. HEARING ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC WORKS APPROVED.

[5. Public Works - Approve a Water Service Franchise Agreement with Cactus State Utility Operating Company, LLC for Peeples Valley Water Company. YC Contract No. 2025-150 (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)]

WATER SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH CACTUS STATE UTILITY OPERATING LLC FOR PEOPLE'S VALLEY WATER COMPANY.

CONTRACT 2020 5-1 50. THIS IS MY DISTRICT. IS THIS JUST THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR IS THIS WHAT THIS IS? THIS IS JUST TO YOU GUYS ALREADY ACCEPTED THE APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY.

SO THIS IS JUST THE HEARING FOR YOU GUYS TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH CACTUS STATE UTILITIES.

SO INTRODUCE MYSELF HERE REAL QUICK. SO, VICE CHAIR, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ROGER MCCORMICK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. SO BEFORE YOU TODAY WE DO HAVE THIS.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS LITTLE CLICKER TO WORK.

HERE WE GO. SO, APPROVING A WATER SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH CACTUS STATE UTILITY OPERATING COMPANY.

[02:40:01]

THIS IS A COMPANY PREVIOUSLY WAS KNOWN AS PEOPLE'S VALLEY WATER COMPANY.

SO THIS NEW COMPANY COMING IN TO RUN IT AND AS SUCH THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION IS REQUIRING THEM TO RE-UP OR GET A NEW FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

SO THE HEARING IS TO APPROVE A WATER SERVICE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE CACTUS STATE UTILITY OPERATING COMPANY FOR PEOPLE'S VALLEY WATER COMPANY. THIS APPROVAL IS FOR USE OF THE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY ONLY. ALL THE REGULATIONS FOR UTILITY ARE GOVERNED BY THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.

THE FRANCHISE APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WAS APPROVED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON MAY 7TH.

THE APPLICATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT THROUGH A NOTICE OF HEARING PUBLISHED IN THE DAILY COURIER AND THE VERDE INDEPENDENT.

CACTUS STATE UTILITY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2020.

PEEPLES VALLEY WATER COMPANY PROVIDES WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR SERVICE TO 236 CUSTOMERS.

THIS IS A LITTLE MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE IT'S AT AND KIND OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE WATER COMPANY.

AND SO THIS IS THE REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FRANCHISE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND TO SERVE THOSE CUSTOMERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD? CHAIR MALLORY. [INAUDIBLE] ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK? NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL. OR DO YOU MAKE A MOTION? I'LL LET YOU DO IT, MARY. OH. THANK YOU. PRESSED YOUR BUTTON, SO I THOUGHT I WAS QUICK ON.

I WAS QUICK ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS ITEM.

I'LL SECOND. SUPERVISOR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

I SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. CHAIR MALLORY. YES.

VICE CHAIR COMPTON. YES. ITEM IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, ROGER. ON TO A CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

[ CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board for up to three (3) minutes on any relevant issue within the Board's jurisdiction. Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(H), Board members shall not discuss or take action on matters raised during the call to the public. The Board may direct staff to study the matter or direct that the matter be rescheduled for consideration at a later date.]

INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD OF UP TO THREE MINUTES ON ANY RELEVANT ISSUE WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO ARS 38 430 101 EACH BOARD MEMBER SHALL NOT TAKE ACTION, OR SHALL NOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON MATTERS RAISED DURING THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

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

AND I HAVE MULTIPLE GREEN SHEETS, SO DAN LEVY.

GOOD MORNING DAN. PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

PLEASE PRESS THE GREEN BUTTON. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MR. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DAN LEVY.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARIZONA CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS LAW GROUP.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT CONSENT ITEM EIGHT, NINE AND TEN, WHICH I KNOW ALREADY PASSED.

WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO CRIME VICTIMS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA AT NO COST.

WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF A CAPITAL MURDER CASE THAT HAPPENED IN CHINO VALLEY.

THE FAMILY STRONGLY OPPOSES GOING FORWARD WITH THE DEATH PENALTY.

NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.