>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
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IT'S MONDAY, AUGUST 11.CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A STUDY SESSION.
[1. Board of Supervisors - Discussion regarding internships at Yavapai County.]
TODAY, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR ROLL CALL.>> THANK YOU. OUR DISCUSSION TODAY IS REGARDING INTERNSHIPS AT YAVAPAI COUNTY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK I WILL TAKE A GREETING TO MR. THOMPSON HERE AND LET HIM LEAD THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MAURIE THOMPSON, COUNTY MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHAIR MALLORY.
AS WE KNOW, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE THIS STUDY SESSION TO TALK ABOUT INTERNSHIPS HERE IN THE COUNTY.
AT THE TIME I MADE THE COMMITMENT THAT STAFF WOULD DO THEIR VERY BEST IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAD AND PROVIDE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY WENDY ROSS.
FEEL FREE TO COME UP HERE AND JOIN US AT THE TABLE IF YOU LIKE.
WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY BETWEEN.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY BETWEEN THE TWO OF US THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE ACCURATE.
WENDY DID THE WORK. I THEN REVIEWED IT.
WENDY DID AN INVENTORY, I WOULD SAY OF WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE IN TERMS OF INTERNSHIPS AND PERHAPS THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE MISS, BUT I THINK A PRETTY GOOD GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
YOU MAY NOTICE WITH YOUR MATERIAL FOR THIS STUDY SESSION.
WE INCLUDED A COPY OF OUR VOLUNTEER POLICY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION.
YOU MIGHT NOTICE THE REVISION DATE WAS ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.
I'VE RE-REVIEWED THAT THIS WEEKEND AND IN MY OPINION, IT'S IN GOOD ORDER.
I MIGHT MAKE ONE OR TWO MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO IT, BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT'S STILL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE AND ADEQUATE FOR OUR VOLUNTEER NEEDS.
WE HAVE A NO POLICY ON INTERNSHIPS.
AS WE KNOW, THERE IS SOME OVERLAP, BUT THERE'S CLEARLY A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO FUNCTIONS.
AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE VOLUNTEER POLICY IN YOUR INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S IN GOOD ORDER, NO INTERNSHIP POLICY.
WE HAVE BEEN TREATING INTERNSHIPS.
SOME REGARD AS VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IN A WAY IS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT VOLUNTEER POLICY IN MY OPINION IS VERY GOOD.
IT LAYS OUT THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ABOUT SECURITY, USE OF COUNTY ASSETS, EVERYTHING.
MY POINT IS YOU'RE RUNNING INTERNSHIPS THROUGH THAT POLICY.
AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THOSE APPROPRIATE SECURITY CHECKS, WE'RE SURE ARE BEING TAKEN, SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.
>> MAY I ASK YOU THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AN INTERNSHIP POLICY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS VOLUNTEER POLICY AS THAT GUIDE.
BUT WITH THAT NOTATION, SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS OVER THE YEARS, HAVE HAD INTERNS.
>> WHAT I WOULD SAY INTERN VOLUNTEER.
>> WE'VE ALL AND IT'S GONE THROUGH THE BOARD AND IT WAS APPROVED.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING.
>> MADAM CHAIR, JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY TO OUR END VOLUNTEER, TO THE STUDENTS END INTERNSHIP, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT GETS THEM PART OF THEIR COURSE OF STUDY.
WE REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT THEY'RE CALLED NECESSARILY.
WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY ON INTERNSHIPS BECAUSE REALLY WE USE THEM AS VOLUNTEERS.
THEY COULD HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS VOLUNTEERS, INTERNSHIPS.
IT'S THE STUDENTS THAT REQUIRE IT TO BE INTERNSHIP.
>> I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENT AND UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT I THINK IN OUR SITUATION HERE, AND YOU DID ALLUDE TO THE FACT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK THAT JUST TO GET IT RIGHT GOING FORWARD, THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING PEOPLE AS IN THE OFFICES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND YES, SOME ACTUALLY, AND I COULD BE WRONG HERE, WENDY, DIDN'T SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY BE PAID IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THESE, OR AM I INCORRECT ON THAT?
>> YOU'RE CORRECT. WE HAVE HAD, AND AS I MENTIONED AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, WE PROBABLY NEED TO COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD DEFINITION OF INTERN BECAUSE WE HAVE USED THAT VERY LOOSELY AND SOME ARE PAID AND SOME ARE NOT PAID, SOME ARE THROUGH FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PROGRAMS WHERE THERE ARE CRITERIA THAT MUST BE MET, SOME ARE NOT.
BUT YES, WE HAVE HAD BOTH PAID AND UNPAID INTERNS HERE AT THE COUNTY.
>> ALL OF THESE PAID OR UNPAID,
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DID THEY COME BEFORE THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW OR EVEN THE LAST TERM OR MORE THAT I'VE BEEN IN, BUT THROUGH THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS?>> I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE THOSE THAT CAME ON WHERE IT WAS NOT THROUGH A FORMAL AGREEMENT, THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED TO COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD PURSUANT TO OUR POLICIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, A DEPARTMENT MIGHT BRING ON A PAID INTERN AND THEY'LL BRING THEM ON AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR POLICY FOR TEMPS, TEMPS DON'T REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD, AS LONG AS THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS, A DEPARTMENT'S ABLE TO PLACE A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE, AND THAT MIGHT BE A PAID INTERN.
AS LONG AS THERE WASN'T A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL.
TO ME, WHAT IT COMES BACK TO IS ALL CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
IF THERE IS A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH SCHOOL, WE HAVE PI COLLEGE, NAU, WHICHEVER IT MIGHT BE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I MIGHT JUST SPEAK SINCE I ASK THIS MATTER TO BE TABLED UNTIL WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO JUST FRAME THAT MY MAIN CONCERN IS SPECIFICALLY INTERNS IN SERVICE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE THESE ARE PARTISAN OFFICES EXCUSE ME AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND WE ALL ARE ESSENTIALLY ALSO POLITICAL CANDIDATES.
NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE LAW, BUT ALSO THE LETTER OF THE LAW AS FAR AS PUBLIC RESOURCES AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL OF THAT, BUT ALSO APPEARANCES.
I JUST WANT TO FORM, MY CONCERN.
THAT WAS TRULY MY CONCERN AROUND THIS MATTER AND HAD THAT INTEREST.
THING THAT I THINK IS MOST COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DISCUSS HERE WOULD BE LIKE A POLICY INTERN WITH THE LEGISLATURE OR WITH A SENATOR.
THESE INTERNSHIPS DO EXIST WITHIN THE FORMAL OFFICES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
HOW DO THEY KEEP CAMPAIGNING OUT OF THAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY? THERE'S PROBABLY SOME GUIDELINES OUT THERE TO WALK THAT LINE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY IF IT IS A POLICY INTERNSHIP OR A SOCIAL MEDIA INTERNSHIP OR ANY TYPE OF SPECIFIC INTERNSHIP WITH AN EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME, THERE SHOULD BE SOME, STAFF THERE THAT GIVES THE THUMBS UP THAT THEY WANT TO FACILITATE THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
IN MY MIND, THAT MIGHT BE MARTY, IF IT'S A POLICY INTERN, OR IT MIGHT BE DAVID MCATEE, IF IT'S A SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN, THAT THERE'S SOME SYNERGY THERE WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE THING.
BUT THERE'S ALSO, HONESTLY, CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS.
EVERY ONE OF US IS COMPLETELY HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS, AND THEY WOULD WORK WITH YOU PERSONALLY OUTSIDE OF YOUR OFFICE, WITH YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER, NOT WITH YOUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
THAT'S THE CONVERSATION I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW DO WE KEEP THOSE SEPARATELY.
>> THAT WAS TO MY SAME CONCERNS, MAYBE A LITTLE BROADER, BUT FIRST, I'D ASK FOR A DEFINITION OF DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GETS INTO WHETHER IT'S POLITICAL OR ON THE THIRD FLOOR OR NOT ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY, NO MATTER HOW ETHICAL WE ARE, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE ARE POLITICAL ANIMALS, AND WE ARE ALL CAMPAIGNING ALL OF THE TIME. IT'S WHAT WE DO.
WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNSHIPS WITH THE COLLEGE OR ANY OTHER ENTITY, COMING IN, ESSENTIALLY SUBSIDIZING OUR CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS CAMPAIGNING, WHETHER WE ADMIT IT OR NOT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AS PART OF OUR JOB, ESPECIALLY AS CAMPAIGN SEASONS GET CLOSER AND THAT APPEARANCE A SUPERVISOR CHECK IS TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S THE LETTER OR THE LAW OR NOT, I'D JUST LIKE TO STEER CLEAR OF IT IN MY VIEW ON THE THIRD FLOOR, BUT WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY.
BUT IT'S EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE DEFINITION OF DEPARTMENT WOULD BE GREATLY I THINK WOULD HELP.
>> BROOKS, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN SO FAR THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CAMPAIGNING?
>> YOU MEAN A REFERENCE, I DON'T KNOW IF AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LAST MEETING'S AGENDA OR NOT? BECAUSE IT'S TABLE.
>> EXCUSE ME. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR.
WHAT'S AGENDIZED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY IS INTERNSHIPS AT YAVAPAI COUNTY TO THE SO I WOULD JUST
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ANSWER YOUR QUESTION GENERALLY THAT TO THE EXTENT IT RELATES TO INTERNSHIPS AT YAVAPAI COUNTY, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY AGENDIZED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.>> THAT'S VAGUE. BUT IF A SUPERVISOR SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO USE AN INTERN TO USE A MEDIA SKILL, WHICH WOULD THEN BE USED TO CAMPAIGN, THAT WOULD BE CAMPAIGNING.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS SAID AT THE LAST MEETING.
THAT'S MY CONCERN IS WE ARE POLITICAL ANIMALS.
ALL OF US, IT'S NOT ABOUT ANY ONE PARTICULAR SUPERVISOR, BUT THAT'S AN ISSUE, AND IT'S THE APPEARANCE OF IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF TO SPEAKING TO THAT VERY POINT, WE BROUGHT UP THAT IT WAS, TO TRY AND USE THE FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT MY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES THAT I RUN?
>> I'LL BE HONEST. I NEVER DO.
>> I HAVE THREE. ONE IS MY PERSONAL, AND THAT'S WHERE I PUT ALL THE GOOFY CRAP THAT I DO.
ONE, I USE FOR THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A GOOD CAMPAIGN TOOL.
THEN THERE'S ONE THAT WAS JUST BEEN RECENTLY DEVELOPED THAT IS SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 4 FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE OUR JUDGMENT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE THINGS IN THE WAY WE USE INTERNS.
BUT I INVITE EVERYBODY TO GO LOOK AT THOSE AND COMPARE THE THREE.
I KNOW SUPERVISOR CHECK USES THIS THE SAME WAY.
SHE HAS HER PERSONAL PAGE, AND THEN SHE HAS HER DISTRICT PAGE.
WHAT IT IS, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET OUT THE COUNTIES PROGRAMS FOR TAXES, THE COUNTIES PROGRAMS FOR FIRE, ADS FOR FIRE.
IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO COMMUNICATE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CAMPAIGNING, AND WE'RE ALWAYS CAMPAIGNING.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING.
I THINK IN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, SHOULD ANY OF US DECIDE TO RUN AGAIN, OUR WORK WILL BE OUR CAMPAIGN.
WE WILL SAY, LOOK WHAT WE HELPED GET ACCOMPLISHED FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.
TO SAY, I THINK IF I WAS TO HAVE, AND THE REASON I NEED HELP, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND PAGE, I'VE TRIED TO TAKE A LOGO THAT I USED ON THE CAMPAIGN AND GOT RID OF ELECT, GOT RID OF, PAID FOR BY.
BUT THERE'S ONE THAT I CAN'T GET IT OFF BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO THAT.
I SURE WOULD LIKE TO GET RID OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW AND ARE WE GETTING KNOWN? YES. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A FINE LINE ON WHAT WE CALL CAMPAIGNING AND HOW WE USE AN INTERN THAT WAY.
>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND I AGREE WITH IT.
I GET IT. BUT THAT FINE LINE IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO STAY AWAY FROM.
>> JUST PERSONALLY. IT'S JUST EASIER TO FOCUS THE ENERGIES OF THE INTERNS FROM THE COLLEGE OR OTHER AREAS IN VITAL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE COUNTY, SUCH IF IT'S COMMUNICATION FOR MR. MCATEE'S OFFICE BECAUSE IT'S A COUNTY MESSAGE.
THAT'S ALL. AND WHEN IT COMES TO WORK VERSUS CAMPAIGNING IN YOUR EXPLANATION, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THAT'S JUST SEMANTICS ON WORDS.
IS SOME OF THAT PUBLIC PERCEPTION.
THANKS, SUPERVISOR CHECK HAD BROUGHT THAT UP AT ONE TIME AND IT'S FINE.
WE CAN ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT I LIKE TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT LINE [OVERLAPPING] IF I COULD.
>> NICK. YOU DO PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THAT FINE LINE?
>> WELL, YOU'RE CORRECT. I DO HAVE THREE FACEBOOK PROFILES.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW LEVERAGE MY OFFICIAL SUPERVISOR FACEBOOK TO GET BROAD COUNTY MESSAGES OUT OR MESSAGES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO MY DISTRICT.
LIKE THE CHIP CEILING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, I THINK WAS THE LAST MESSAGE OR, POST THAT I MADE THROUGH THAT.
BUT I THINK TO THAT POINT, WE ALL COULD USE THAT SERVICE.
SHOULD THAT BE A TRUE NEED WITHIN THE BOARD, AND THERE'S ALSO AN INDIVIDUAL OUT THERE WHO HAS THAT DESIRE TO HAVE THAT INCORPORATED INTO THEIR EDUCATION FORMALLY, I STILL DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULDN'T BROADLY GO THROUGH DAVID'S OFFICE, DAVID MCATEE'S OFFICE JUST TO HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY.
I MEAN, IT'S RESOURCES, AND IT ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE MORE RESOURCES FOR DISTRICT 4 THAN THE REST OF THE DISTRICTS, THERE IS AN INEQUITY IN IT AS WELL.
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>> I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, YOU STATED SOCIAL MEDIA.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD ELECTED FROM THE BOARD WHO HAVE HAD VOLUNTEERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THEY DID A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.
IT WASN'T JUST ONE THING, DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT IS THAT THE ONLY THING THE PERSON'S GOING TO DO? >> NO.
>> BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T SEE THAT ONLY BEING THE THING.
I WOULD FIGURE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR OFFICE, THERE'S MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON THROUGHOUT THE TIME.
>> WELL, THE TIME IS ACTUALLY VERY SHORT.
I THINK THE HOURS WAS 135 HOURS, WHICH ISN'T MUCH TIME IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
WE TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT MY BIGGER SPHERE WAS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE CITIZEN MEMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.
HOW CAN I TIE THINGS IN? RIGHT NOW, I'VE DONE SOME THINGS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY'RE SCATTERED.
I WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM WHERE IT'S VERY METHODICAL, WHERE WHENEVER I DID WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I WOULDN'T JUST RUN AN AD IN THE PAPER, I WOULDN'T JUST HAVE AN AD ON THE RADIO.
I WOULD HAVE MEDIA SUPPORTING MEDIA, SAME MESSAGING COMING THROUGH.
HE CAN ANSWER TO THIS HIMSELF, BUT IF HE HAD FIVE OF US BOMBING HIM WITH CONTENT AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH THERE, I THINK IT'LL WRECK HIS OFFICE BECAUSE HE'S BUSY ALREADY, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN.
CAN WE BE CALLING IT? I'VE SEEN THIS USED IMPROPERLY BY PROBABLY INTERNS OR STAFF.
THERE WAS A LOCAL CONGRESSMAN THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN, I SEE A SOCIAL MEDIA POST WHERE A LADY IS HANGING IN A CAR AND THE GUY SAYS ANYTHING YOU WANT FOR 50 BUCKS.
THAT WAS THEIR WAY OF TRYING TO SAY, LOOK, THESE PEOPLE ARE SELLING OUT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S THE WRONG MESSAGING.
I WOULD THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT WOULD GO OUT TO PROTECT IT FROM THESE CONCERNS, I WOULD NOT HAVE ANYBODY POSTING FOR ME.
I WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT GOES OUT AHEAD OF TIME, BUT REALLY MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE 135 HOURS, GET ME ON A PROGRAM OF ENGAGEMENT.
>> YOU TRAVEL OUT AMONG YOUR AREA ALL THE TIME, YOU HAVE THE MOBILE UNIT.
>> I SUSPECT YOU'D BE OUT THERE WITH THEM.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED MARLENE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE INTERN.
>> MORE HER THAN ME. I HOPE THIS YOUNG PERSON TRAINS THESE OLD PEOPLE.
NOT THAT MARLENE IS OLD BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S WATCHING.
I'M OLD. BUT WE NEED TO GET A GRASP ON THESE.
THERE IS SUCH A HUGE RANGE OF THESE THAT WE DON'T EVEN TOUCH, THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THESE THINGS.
DIAL ME IN, DIAL MY ASSISTANT IN.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 135 HOURS, THAT'S ALMOST FOUR WEEKS OF A 40 HOUR JOB.
>> THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME. WE'VE BEEN ON THE JOB SEVEN MONTHS.
WE GOT 3.5 YEARS UNTIL OUR TERM ENDS, EXCEPT YOU.
ANYBODY IS WELCOME TO DO THIS.
THE WAY THIS WENT DOWN BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE GOT THE WRONG IDEA LIKE I WAS TRYING TO SET SOMETHING UP, BUT REALLY WHAT I SAID WAS, I TOLD MY ASSISTANT THAT I WANTED TO HAVE SOMEONE TO WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
I WROTE DOWN SOME TIMELINES AND THE STUDENT SENT HER RESUME IN JULY 2ND.
I HAD TOLD MARLENE TO GO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
SHE FOUND THERE WAS A PROGRAM AT YAVAPAI.
MARLENE AND HER MET ON JULY 15TH, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO SHE WAS, SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS, BUT IT TURNS OUT WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE'VE INTERACTED IN SOCIAL GATHERINGS OR WHATEVER BEFORE, AS A STUDENT TO A BOARD MEMBER.
IT JUST DEVELOPED, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A REALLY GOOD FIT.
I HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR THIS PERSON THAT'S APPLIED TO DO THIS.
I KNOW THEY REALLY GO HARD AT IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. SHE NEEDS TO LEARN FROM ME, I NEED TO LEARN FROM HER, BUT I DON'T WANT SOMEONE WHO I JUST HAVE TO SPEND ALL MY TIME WITH.
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I THINK YOU BROUGHT IT UP AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU REALLY SPEND MORE TIME.IT COSTS YOU TIME TO HAVE AN INTERN SOMETIMES.
>> CHAIR, THIS CONVERSATION IS VERY HELPFUL TO BEGIN TO FOCUS WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
I WOULD SAY THAT AS WE'VE LOOKED ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, WE'RE FINDING A VARIETY OF WAYS THINGS ARE BEING HANDLED.
AGAIN, IT'S MY INTENT TO PURSUE A POLICY, SO WE'VE GOT UNIFORMITY, SO WE KNOW HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS, AT LEAST FOR DEPARTMENTS, NOT THE ELECTED.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
THEN BACK TO THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO GO FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND INTERNSHIPS, I THINK IS THE DECISION WE NEED TO TRY TO COME TO TODAY.
>> WELL, I'LL START FIRST BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THIS WORLD, AND I ALREADY KNOW IT HAS EXISTED HERE IN DIFFERENT BOARDS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE DO NEED TO DO THE POLICY OF AN INTERNSHIP.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS AT ALL.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER THE ELECTED IS, ME, WHOEVER, WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PERSON.
I WOULD THINK THAT THE PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE THIS PERSON THERE IN THE OFFICE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE OFFICE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNSHIP PERSON THERE WORKING WITH YOU.
BUT I KNOW THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED HERE AND SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO GET THIS POLICY CLEARED UP AND EVERYTHING.
I DON'T SEE MYSELF WANTING TO DO AN INTERNSHIP.
WHAT I'M MORE ABOUT IS MORE LIKE A GOVERNANCE DAY OR EVEN A GOVERNANCE WEEK.
THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SUBJECT, WHICH WE DID A VERY SHORT OF IT THIS YEAR.
I THINK I'M STILL ON VACATION.
MAYBE I'M WISHING I WAS ON VACATION.
[LAUGHTER] BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S MY DEAL, HOW YOU BRING THEM IN.
THIS POLICY CAN BE PART OF THAT.
THAT CAN HELP WITH GETTING THAT HAPPENING, BUT MINE IS SUCH A BIGGER VIEW.
IT'S NOT JUST A PERSON IN MY OFFICE, IT'S A PERSON AMONG MANY AND US WORKING TOGETHER MAYBE FOR THAT WEEK.
THAT'S WHERE I'M AT AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS OR I'M SUPPORTIVE OF TELLING STAFF OR WHATEVER DIRECTION IT IS THAT YOU GUYS NEED.
>> CHAIR, WHEN WE HAD THAT GOVERNANCE DAY, THE GIRL WHO SHADOWED ME THAT DAY, HEARD ABOUT THIS INTERNSHIP, AND SHE WANTS TO COME BACK AND DO SOME MORE WORK BECAUSE SHE LIKED WHAT SHE SAW.
>> I EARNESTLY SEE A NEED FOR GREATER SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTION THAT'S OFFICIAL FOR THE BOARD.
MY PREFERRED DIRECTION WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL WORK WITHIN OUR INFORMATION OFFICE SO THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD CAN BENEFIT FROM HAVING SOME MORE SOCIAL MEDIA READY INFORMATION DIRECTED TO US, TO ALL OF OUR OFFICES SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET THOSE MESSAGES OUT IN SOME SUCCINCT FASHION.
THAT'S STILL WHERE I'M AT. I AM CURIOUS.
AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MY POINT OF HAVING SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OUT IN THE WORLD, IF WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE GUIDANCE THAT'S GIVEN AT THE LEGISLATURE FOR AN INTERNSHIP.
MY SISTER, I THINK, WAS AN INTERN IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
I, BY THE WAY, DID THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE.
I DID TWO INTERNSHIPS IN COSTA RICA.
BUT THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF GUIDANCE FROM THE COLLEGE TO ENSURE.
IT WAS VERY MUCH A SELF MOTIVATED THING.
I DO FEEL AN AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL THING.
TO MARY'S POINT, I'VE HEARD SINCE THIS CONVERSATION CAME UP SEVERAL INSTANCES OF PREVIOUS INTERNS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE STORIES SURROUNDING THEM INDICATE TO ME THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MESSIER AREAS OF PREVIOUS BOARDS AS FAR AS APPROPRIATENESS.
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MY CONCERNS ARE NOT YET ADDRESSED.>> I APPRECIATE THAT SUPERVISOR CHECK.
I CAN AGREE WITH YOU THAT I WOULD SAY THE WAY THAT THOSE WENT, I WOULDN'T REALLY SAY THAT THAT WAS HANDLED PROPERLY.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S WHY AS A BOARD TODAY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PAST WASN'T QUITE THE PATH THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN.
BUT WE'RE WILLING TO LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT A INTERNSHIP ALONG WITH THE VOLUNTEER AND ALSO HOW THIS WHOLE THING WORKS TO WHERE IT WOULD BE WORKABLE FOR ALL OF US AND THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THEN THE OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE BOARD IN 2019, I WAS TOLD THAT DAVID MCATEE WAS NOT A PERSON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
HIS JOB WAS TO BASICALLY SEND THE MESSAGES OF YAVAPAI COUNTY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND ALL OF THIS.
THEN AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HE'S DOING ALONG WITH THE STATE OF THE COUNTY, I'M JUST SAYING THIS, BUT I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE ANY WAY NUMBER 1 THAT DAVID COULD ENGAGE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THIS TIME.
HE IS WITH THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
THE INTERN MAY GO INTO THE OFFICE, BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO US? I DON'T KNOW.
YES, SOCIAL MEDIA IS PART OF THIS INTERNSHIP, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL OF IT, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BE JUST ONE TOPIC.
BUT I WILL AGREE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE RIGHT PATH HERE AND I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INPUT, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE WHAT THE STATE DOES, AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IN THE TIME FRAME AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, I JUST DON'T SEE ANY HARM TO COME TO THIS AND I THINK THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO BETTER THE SITUATION.
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, ONE FOR WENDY, AND THEN ONE FOR DAVID.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS INTERN REPORTING TO AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT SINCE OVERSEEING OTHER EMPLOYEES IS NOT WRITTEN IN THEIR OWN JOB DESCRIPTION?
>> I DON'T BECAUSE AGAIN, I SEE THIS MORE AS A VOLUNTEER, AND I DO THINK WE HAVE A VARIETY OF LEVELS OF POSITIONS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION THAT MAYBE DON'T SUPERVISE PEOPLE DIRECTLY, BUT OVERSEE VOLUNTEERS.
I DO THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION THERE.
I KNOW THAT WITH YAVAPAI COLLEGE IN PARTICULAR, THEY HAVE VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES.
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE INTERN? WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE INTERN SUPERVISOR? IT'S VERY STRUCTURED AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I THINK WITH PUTTING SOMEBODY IN DAVE'S OFFICE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, BUT DOES THAT TEACH US? SOMETIMES WITH THE THINGS I'M HOPING FOR IS ENGAGEMENT THAT IS ALMOST IMMEDIATE.
THIS SUNDAY, I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE THAT IN MY DISTRICT, A FIRE BROKE OUT.
DOES DAVE WANT ME TO CALL HIM ON A SUNDAY AND SAY, COME DOWN TO THE COUNTY AND KNOCK OUT A VIDEO SO I CAN GET IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT A WILDFIRE IS GOING ON? THE WEEKEND BEFORE, THERE WAS ANOTHER WILDFIRE ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN MY DISTRICT.
BECAUSE MALLORY KEPT ME UP TO DATE, I KNEW THEY WERE SMALL, I KNEW THEY GOT PUT OUT, IT WAS DONE.
BUT WHAT IF IN YOUR DISTRICT, IT STARTED GROWING LIKE CRAZY? YOU COULD TAKE THAT LITTLE CIRCLE, ZOOM IT OUT AND TELL ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT LITTLE CIRCLE, BE AWARE, COME TO THE COUNTY, GO TO EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THIS WEBSITE, AND YOU'LL SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRE IF YOU'RE CONCERNED.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HIM WAY TOO BUSY WITH THESE THINGS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIMELY STUFF THAT COMES UP.
I THINK HE DOES PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS THAT SOME OF US USE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE RECORDED DOCUMENT ALERT OR TO THE TAXATION PROGRAM HE IS PRODUCING THOSE.
WE GET THEM, SAME AS WE PUT THEM ON OUR WEBSITES.
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>> IS THERE A PROCESS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP WITH HIM TO WHERE IT DOES GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND IT'S NOT SPORADIC? BECAUSE FRANKLY, I REACH A TON OF PEOPLE, AND IT GOES OUT LIKE THAT.
>> WELL, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT IN MY DISTRICT AND WITH THE FIRE, I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE OFFICE.
I HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS WITH WE ARE RURAL WITH OVER 1,000 PEOPLE OUT IN THE AREA THAT WE ARE CONSTANT CONTACT TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE FOR ME.
I FEEL IT'S QUICKER AND BETTER THAN THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE'S A FIRE, THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
IT'S HAPPENING. I JUST DO IT IN A DIFFERENT AVENUE. THAT'S ALL.
THEN OBVIOUSLY, I REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF PRESCOTT, SO THAT HANDLES ITSELF IN A DIFFERENT FORM OR FASHION AS WELL.
THAT'S HOW I DO IT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I JUST DO IT IN A DIFFERENT FORM.
IN THE PAST CHAIR MALLORY HAS SPOKEN ABOUT.
THERE IS A RESISTANCE THERE BECAUSE IT WASN'T UTILIZED CORRECTLY IN THE PAST, AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE, AND IT WAS ISSUE IN CAMPAIGNS AS WELL.
MY VIEW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A POLICY, EVEN WITH ELECTED ON HOW TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH ELECTEDS, THERE NEEDS TO BE GUARDRAILS.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO TO WHERE THERE WOULD BE A POLICY FOR ALL OF US TO FOLLOW.
BECAUSE WHAT IF THERE'S THREE PEOPLE FROM THE COLLEGE, WHERE ARE WE GOING ALL FIGHT OVER THE THREE PEOPLE? THEN IF THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE, ONLY THREE DISTRICTS GET REPRESENTATION, THAT GOES BACK TO THAT CENTRAL FORM OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH MR. MACY'S OFFICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
WOULD HE BE OVERBURDENED IF A PERSON CAME ON RIGHT NOW THAT COULD HELP YOU WITH THE STATE OF THE COUNTY AND WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> BEFORE I HAND IT TO DAVID, I MIGHT JUST FRAME WHAT I WAS THINKING BECAUSE IN PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES, I'VE SEEN A DOCUMENT THAT HAS PRELOADED INFORMATION INTO IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO POST WHERE AND HOW.
THERE'S DIFFERENT MEDIA FORMATS FOR INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, AND DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE TO BE FORMATTED TO DIFFERENT SIZES OR SHAPES, INSTAGRAM SQUARE, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER THING.
WORK THAT I COULD SEE THAT WOULD BE VERY PERTINENT TO INTERN WOULD BE TAKING THE INFORMATION FROM DAVID'S OFFICE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND FORMATTING THEM, AND THEN PUTTING THEM IN A TABLE SO THAT WE CAN COPY AND PASTE THEM INTO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. IT WOULD SHORTEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
IT WOULDN'T BE 100% OF WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT OFFICE NECESSARILY, BUT IT JUST WOULD REALLY HELP MAKE A STRONGER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OUR OFFICES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF. >> [INAUDIBLE].
>> [LAUGHTER] DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS OR JUST TELL
ME MY THOUGHTS ON WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR? >> [INAUDIBLE].
>> ONE QUESTION, DOES THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, DOES THE PERSON THEY REQUIRED TO REPORT TO AN ELECTED OFFICIAL?
>> IT WOULD BE UNDER MY SUPERVISION.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
ACCORDING TO WENDY, I'M GETTING A NO.
THEN THE ONLY REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE BEFORE WE EVEN TALK ABOUT PUTTING THEM IN THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS FEASIBLE.
>> IN THIS CASE, SHE'D BE REPORTING TOMORROW.
>> THAT'S FINE. YES, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER TASK THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON.
I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE THAT BIG A BURDEN, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY COST US SOME TIME RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STAY OF THE COUNTY COMING UP AND THEN CITIZENS ACADEMY, AND THEN WE START WORKING ON THE MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. COULD IT WORK? YES. WE ARE CURRENTLY SHARING JAYLEN, WHO IS MY PIO FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S 35% BOARD, 65% PUBLIC HEALTH. IT DOES WORK.
SHE IS VERY YOUNG AND VERY UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ARE ALSO USING A SOFTWARE CALLED HOOTSUITE THAT WE PURCHASED IN JULY, THAT CAN DO A LOT OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULING A POST FOR FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, ALL THE SAME TIME, I FORMAT IT THE WAY THEY LIKE IT, THEY'LL REFORMAT THE PHOTOS, THE TEXT, ALL THAT STUFF.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME SYSTEMS THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE TO HELP YOU ALONG THOSE LINES.
HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT WITH YOUR NEW PERSON? I'M SURE WE COULD BRING THEM ON BOARD AND UP TO SPEED VERY QUICKLY.
>> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WORKING ON DEMAND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY?
>> THAT'S WHERE I'M AT CURRENTLY.
>> MAURY, CAN I GIVE HIM DIRECTION AND TELL HIM WHAT TO DO?
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WHICH IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.BUT I WILL SAY, I THINK JUST AS BOTH OF YOU WERE SUGGESTING, I THINK THERE ARE TOOLS YOU COULD PUT IN PLACE THAT ARE PRE-AGREED UPON.
THIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO ACCESS THIS, THIS IS HOW YOU DO THAT, THAT WOULD GET TO SOME OF, I THINK WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT QUESTION.
>. WHEN I HAVE A FIRE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, YOU WILL CREATE CONTENT AND GIVE IT TO ME TO PUT ON TO MY DISTRICT.
>> TWO THINGS, ONE OF WHICH I ALWAYS TEACH ALL OF MY PIOS, WHICH IS TO STAY IN YOUR LANE.
WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE CREATE CONTENT IN REGARDS TO A FIRE THAT IS ALREADY BEING PUBLISHED BY PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, THE EMERGENCY MANAGER, ALL THAT STUFF.
WHAT WE WOULD DO IS RE-SHARE THEIR CONTENT ALREADY.
THEN YOU COULD SEE IT AND DO THE SAME THING, RE-SHARE IT ON YOUR PERSONAL ONES, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
BUT IN THAT SPECIFIC CASE, WE WOULD REFER TO WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THE FIRE.
THEY'VE ALWAYS GOT CONTENT, THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT IT.
THEY COME IN AND THEY TAKE OVER AND THEY BASICALLY KICK US OUT AND SAY, WE'RE NOW IN CHARGE OF THIS FIRE.
THIS IS THE SPECIFIC FACEBOOK ACCOUNT THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS PARTICULAR FIRE, AND THEY'LL POST DAILY UPDATES, REGULAR UPDATES, AND WE JUST SHARE THEIR STUFF, WHICH IS JUST REPOSTING IT, TAKING IT AND SHARING IT ON OUR FEED SO THAT EVERYBODY SEES IT THERE AS WELL.
YOU COULD THEN TAKE IT FROM THE COUNTY FEED AND SHARE IT ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL ONE.
BUT OTHER CASES, NOT NECESSARILY A FIRE, MAYBE THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, MAYBE THERE'S A ROAD CLOSURE.
I WOULD REFER TO MAURY'S DIRECTION ON THAT.
>> DID WE CREATE CONTENT FOR THE TWO FIRES I SPOKE ABOUT? WAS THERE CONTENT CREATED FOR THOSE TWO FIRES?
>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR WHOEVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS IN CHARGE OF IT.
>> THEY HAD SOMETHING MADE UP THAT WE COULD POST SOMEWHERE.
>> HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW THAT?
>> [LAUGHTER] ABSOLUTELY, IF WE HAD AN INTERN, WE WOULD USE THEM TO DO JUST THAT.
ONE OF YOU SAID, THERE ARE A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIAS OUT THERE, TRUTH SOCIAL, TIKTOK, A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE THAT'S CONSTANTLY IMPROVING, CHANGING, AND WE COULD USE THAT PERSON TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND TO MULTIPLY OUR EFFORTS.
THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HOOTSUITE ALREADY.
BUT HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE OFFICE THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT, ABSOLUTELY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF THEY HAD THE SKILLS TO DO THAT OR LEARN THEM FROM US.
>> HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO GO THROUGH THESE? BECAUSE ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THIS WHOLE TELEPHONE THING WHERE IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
WHEREAS IT COULD BE IMMEDIATE.
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR ME TO SAY, I SEE THERE'S A FIRE, CREATE ME SOME CONTENT AND GO SKATE IT ON THE WEB.
>> EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THAT CONTENT, FIRST OF ALL, GET IT VERIFIED, AND THAT AGAIN IS GOING TO COME FROM WHICHEVER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IN CHARGE OF IT.
TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A MATTER OF RE-SHARING THEIR CONTENT.
BUT LET'S SAY THE FIRE IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE.
LET'S SAY THERE'S A CAR ACCIDENT THAT'S CLOSED DOWN A ROAD OR A FLOOD, WHATEVER.
WE JUST HAVE TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION.
ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION VERIFIED, WHICH IS, AGAIN, WHAT WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IS, GO TO THE SOURCE, GO TO THE OFFICIAL AUTHENTIC SOURCE.
ONCE THEY POST THAT INFORMATION OR PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US, WE CAN TURN IT AROUND IN A COUPLE HOURS.
BUT AGAIN, WE NEED THAT INFORMATION FROM THE ACTUAL SOURCE, WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T GIVE YOU A TWO HOUR NUMBER BECAUSE IT MAY BE A DAY BEFORE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST COMES OUT AND SAYS, WE'RE AT 20% CONTAINMENT OR THE FIRE WAS STARTED BY OR WHATEVER.
>> SUPERVISOR JENKINS, YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
>> THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S NOT THIS CONVERSATION.
PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE AS TO WHAT LEVEL YOUR DEPARTMENT WANTS TO SUPPORT THE SUPERVISORS.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT A SPECIFIC INTERN AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS HIS SUPERVISOR REQUEST.
I FEEL WE'RE ALL WE'RE ADULTS, WE'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES ON HOW WE BEHAVE AND HOW WE USE OUR OFFICE AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE.
I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW AND THAT WE THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY, NOT CROSSING THAT LINE THAT NIKKI WAS REFERRING TO. WE HAVE TO TRUST.
IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE PAST AND THINGS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK THESE INTERNS ARE A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK THEIR SCOPE OF WORK AND WHAT WE EXPECT OUT OF THEM NEEDS TO BE DEFINED VERY CLEARLY WHEN WE BRING THEM ON.
I THINK SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MAY GO AWAY IF WE DEFINE WHAT THEIR ACTUAL EXPECTATION IS.
A HUNDRED AND SOME HOURS IS NOTHING.
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IF YOU BRING THIS INTERN ON, THAT INTERN IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR ALL OF US.THERE'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH HOURS.
SHE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OR NOT WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
I JUST FEEL FROM YAVAPAI COLLEGE END, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY TIGHT CONTRACT FOR THIS PERSON.
FROM OUR END, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WHAT YOU EXPECT THAT PERSON TO DO IS VERY CLEARLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT CROSSING THE LINE INTO ELECTION OR WHATEVER.
FOR ME, THAT'S NEVER ON MY MIND.
MY MIND IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, AND MY WORK STANDS ON ITS OWN IF THEY WANT ME BACK OR NOT.
THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THE REST OF US FEEL THE SAME WAY.
BUT ANYWAY, I DID SAY MY TWO CENTS.
>> I PROBABLY I'M AN ACCOUNTANT, SO I LIKE MONEY.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT COULD SUPPORT US IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE.
WE DON'T WRITE LETTERS ANYMORE.
WE RARELY SEND EMAILS UNLESS WE GET ONE.
THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEED THESE BRILLIANT YOUNG KIDS WHO I CAN'T EVEN PROGRAM MY VCR.
HONEST TO GOD. THERE'S NO WAY I CAN [OVERLAPPING].
BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
THERE IS SUCH A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT KIDS COULD BE EXPOSED TO WHAT WE DO, AND HOPEFULLY, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS SERVE THE PUBLIC AS THEY GET OLDER LIKE WE DO.
I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN LEARNING SITUATION.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PERCEPTION AND ABOUT CROSSING THE LINE.
BUT PEOPLE ELECTED US TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU.
>> BY THE WAY, I SEND OUT HANDWRITTEN LETTERS EVERY SINGLE WEEK BETWEEN 5-10.
>> IN MY NOTE CARD FROM THE OFFICE TO MY CONSTITUENTS.
I JUST WANT TO BE I HAVE AN ELDERLY POPULATION THAT APPRECIATES.
>> IS THAT WHEN YOU GET DONE PROGRAMMING YOUR BETAMAX?
BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS, I WASN'T FOLLOWING THOSE CLEARLY, WHETHER YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF DEVELOPING A POLICY THAT WOULD INCLUDE ELECTEDS.
>> WELL, IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, IT WAS SAYING THAT WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEER POLICY AND YOU SAID WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERN SHIP POLICY.
WE NEED TO DO THAT. AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THIS PARTICULAR INTERNSHIP.
I FEEL THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOOD.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE, AND I THINK IT CONTINUES AND WORKING WITH DAVID.
AS LONG AS HE FEELS COMFORTABLE IN THE SENSE OF BEING A PART OF IT, MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT, TOO.
BUT AGAIN, REMINDING DAVID DOES NOT TAKE DIRECTION FROM THIS BOARD.
HE IS AN EMPLOYEE AND I DON'T THINK WORKING 24/7 IS FAIR AT ALL TO THESE EMPLOYEES.
I KNOW THEY WORK A LOT AND I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IT'S SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND IT'S TWO O'CLOCK AND MY EMERGENCY MAY NOT BE DAVID'S EMERGENCY.
OUR EMPLOYEES NEED TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO HAVE THE BRAKES ON SOMETIMES TO BE WITH OUR FAMILIES OR MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE OUR FAMILIES.
THAT'S A LINE I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE MORE TO SAY THAT THE ELECTED JUST CALL DAVID UP AND OH, WE GOT THIS GOING ON AND I WANT YOU ON IT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A VIDEO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THAT CONVERSATION MEANS.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO BE FAIR TO DAVID, TOO.
I WENT TO MAURY AND DAVID AND SAID, I WANT TO DO DISTRICT 4 DATES.
HE COMES IN. WE BANG IT OUT REALLY FAST.
HE GOES AND MAKES IT LOOK PRETTY, SENDS IT BACK TO ME AND I GET IT OUT.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN IT TOO.
ANYTHING THAT I LEARN OR TRY, I'M WILLING TO SHARE EVERY DETAIL ABOUT IT, AND I HAVE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S BEEN KEPT SECRET.
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>> I KNOW THAT. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT YOU OR YOUR CHARACTER, OR ANY OF US RIGHT NOW.
I'M TALKING FROM A PAST THAT I LIVED IN THAT THIS BOARD HAS NOT AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF SELFISHNESS AMONG THAT, AND I JUST DON'T WANT.
AGAIN, I'M TALKING ABOUT AN EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE HAD WITH MULTIPLE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I AGREE. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND ALL OF THAT.
I JUST AGAIN, IMPORTANT FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THEIR FAMILIES HAVE THEM TOO.
>> CHAIR, NO TO CUT OFF DISCUSSION HERE, BUT I'M SENSING.
THERE'S A WILL OF THE BOARD, THE STAFF DEVELOP A POLICY AND BRING THAT BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT AS TO A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM THAT HAS BEEN TABLE, THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK AT ANY TIME OBVIOUSLY FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT DECISION ON THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> YEAH, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT EXCEPT THAT SOMEONE HELPED ME ON THE TIMEFRAME OF THIS SITUATION.
WHEN WENDY SPOKE AT THE MEETING, THERE'S CREDITS THAT ARE WEIGHING IN AND ALL OF THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT A VOTE HERE.
MAYBE I NEED TO REACH TO LEGAL, BUT RIGHT NOW, WENDY, COULD YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THE SITUATION WITH THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT?
>> YES. I BELIEVE CLASSES START ON THE 18TH AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE, SO THAT STUDENTS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN PURSUING AN INTERNSHIP FOR CREDIT WERE TASKED WITH FINDING AN EMPLOYER WHO WOULD TAKE THEM ON AS AN INTERN, AND THAT'S WHY SHE STARTED THIS OVER THE SUMMERTIME TO HAVE SOMETHING LINED UP.
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE SOMEONE LINED UP BY THE 18TH, THERE MAY BE SOME WIGGLE ROOM WHERE IF SHE WERE ABLE TO SECURE SOMETHING AFTER THAT DATE, SHE COULD STILL START AND RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION BACK TO YAVAPAI COLLEGE AND THEIR PROGRAM.
THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THIS INTERN AS WELL AS SHE WAS AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
SHE WAS INTERVIEWING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
COMMUNICATION IS NOT HER MAJOR.
SHE'S NOT LOOKING FOR COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
SHE IS PLANNING WHEN SHE'S DONE WITH HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO PURSUE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
HER DESIRE WAS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COUNTY, STRUCTURE, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
I DO THINK AS SHE TALKED WITH MARLENE AND SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, HER ASSISTING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD GET HER THERE AS SHE LEARNS THE CONTENT THAT'S BEING PLACED.
BUT SHE MAY, IF WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO PLACE YOU ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE INSTEAD, SHE MAY SAY, NEVER MIND, I'M GOING TO KEEP LOOKING FOR AN EMPLOYER THAT HAS THE CAREER PATH THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE ARE INTERESTED IN BRINGING ON INTERNS THAT WE ARE MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND LISTENING TO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEN SUPPORTING THEIR CAREER OBJECTIVES AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
BUT AUGUST 18TH IS THE START DATE FOR CLASSES.
>> WENDY, COULD SHE BE CONSIDERED AN INTERN BY YAVAPAI COLLEGE FOR HER PROGRAM AND A VOLUNTEER BY YAVAPAI COUNTY?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE SO BECAUSE THERE'S AN INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT THAT MUST BE SIGNED BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER AND THE SCHOOL.
>> MADAM, SURE I HAVE THAT INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT, AND IT DOES BROADLY JUST STATE YAVAPAI COUNTY.
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OF THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF THIS INTERN, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S MOSTLY ON THE COLLEGES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO THIS.
BUT THE WAY THAT THE INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT IS SAID, YAVAPAI COUNTY IS BROADLY THE AGENCY THAT THIS INTERNSHIP AGREEMENT IS UNDER.
>> THAT WAS MY POINT WHEN IT CAME BEFORE US AS WELL IS THAT THERE WASN'T ANY SCOPE OF WHAT THIS WAS.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA AND TO SUPERVISOR CHECK'S POINT.
WHAT WERE THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS? WHAT IS SHE DOING? THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO GRASP AHOLD OF AND HOW IT WAS WRITTEN.
I WOULD JUST SAY IN ARTFULLY WRITTEN FROM A PUBLIC PERCEPTION POINT OF VIEW.
IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT SHE'D FIT BETTER IN.
I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS WERE.
>> TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON IS A MASTER AGREEMENT,
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AND MOU BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND THE COUNTY, SUCH THAT THAT MASTER AGREEMENT WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND THEN SUBSEQUENT SPECIFIC INTERNSHIP AGREEMENTS COULD RUN THROUGH ME AS A HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR SO I COULD VET ALL OF THAT OUT AND ASSIST STUDENTS IN PLACING THEM IN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE BASED ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH.>> I WILL ALSO NOTE SINCE YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU, IT DOESN'T SEEM.
THE STUDENT SCHEDULE SAYS EIGHT HOURS PER WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO SATURDAYS A MONTH, WHICH I JUST WANT TO INDICATE GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE BECAUSE TO ME THAT SAID, THIS MIGHT BE CAMPAIGN RELATED IF IT'S WEEKEND EVENTS OR IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
CHAIR MALLORY SAID, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IT'S EASY TO TAKE THE WORK THAT WE DO AND FORMAT IT IN A WAY THAT'S VERY SELF-AGGRANDIZING AND SHOULD THAT OCCUR, THAT CONCERN IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE MET BY A POLICY SO MUCH.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT, AND I'M GLAD WE HAD THIS TIME TOGETHER TODAY TO JUST NOTE THAT ANY USE OF AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE LIKE AN INTERN NEEDS TO BE OFFICIAL, NEEDS TO BE EDUCATIONAL AND NOT REALLY JUST TO OUR OWN END.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN OUR BOARD MEETING.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SATURDAYS, JUST THE OTHER SATURDAY, THERE WAS SOME OF US DOWN AT THE FARM BUREAU MEETING.
WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT AN INTERN WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BECAUSE THEN YOU INTERACT WITH LOBBYISTS, STAKEHOLDERS? IT'S WHAT WE DO.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLITICAL SCIENCE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THAT LITTLE FARM BUREAU MEETING, TALKING WITH EACH OTHER AND SEEING WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND SEEING HOW PEOPLE WORK EACH OTHER TO GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE SATURDAY, IT'S NOT GOING OUT AND SAYING, HARRY FOR CANDIDATE A.
THESE EVENTS THAT WE DO AND MANY OF THEM ARE ON THE WEEKENDS AND SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD VERY QUICKLY TO SPECIFIC TO THIS INTERN, BUT ALSO IN GENERAL.
MANY OF THE STUDENTS AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE ARE NOT TRADITIONAL STUDENTS.
MANY OF THEM ALSO HAVE FULL TIME JOBS. THEY HAVE FAMILIES.
THIS PARTICULAR INTERN HAS A FULL TIME JOB, IS A SINGLE MOM AND IS A STUDENT.
THAT WAS PART OF HER DISCUSSION WHEN I INTERVIEWED HER AND SHE INTERVIEWED ME TO SEE IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT WAS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE HOURS BECAUSE SHE'S GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SQUEEZE THIS IN ALONG WITH ALL OF HER OTHER COMMITMENTS AND SHE CAN'T CUT BACK ON HER WORK HOURS BECAUSE SHE NEEDS THE MONEY TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT.
WHEN SHE MENTIONED TO ME THAT SHE HAD MET WITH SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT MIGHT BE GOOD BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, SUPERVISORS HAVE EVENING EVENTS AND OR WEEKEND EVENTS THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COUNTY STRUCTURE.
BUT FIT WITHIN HER UNIQUE SCHEDULE.
>> BECAUSE REALLY, WE WORK 80 HOURS A WEEK.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT MY 17-YEAR-OLD SON WOULD ALWAYS WANT ME TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS SINGLE PARENT.
THERE ARE SINGLE FATHERS IN THIS WORLD LIKE MYSELF THAT RAISE CHILDREN NOT SINGLE MOTHERS, THEY ARE SINGLE PARENTS, AND I'M PROUD OF IT.
>> I THINK MAY I ASK ON THIS NOTE, IS THAT SINCE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE INTERNSHIP? SUPERVISOR CHECK, I REALLY WOULD ASK THIS OF YOU, IS THAT WE WOULD BE VERY SPECIFIC IN THE POLICY THAT SAYS, THIS INTERNSHIP CANNOT DO ANY TYPE OF ELECTED CAMPAIGNING, WHATEVER THAT VERBIAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE, THAT THAT WOULD BE A SOLID LINE? JUST LIKE DAVID HAD SAID, I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE MY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY IN OUR OWN LANE.
WITH THAT BEING IN THERE LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE FARM BUREAU, THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOPIC.
WE AREN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THAT SUPERVISOR MAY BE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THERE AND SAY, WHAT A GREAT JOB SUPERVISOR WHATEVER DID.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A GREAT JOB MAYBE THE FARM BUREAU DID OR THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC WAS A VERY GOOD THING.
TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, CAMPAIGNING IS NOT ALLOWED IN USING INTERNS.
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>> CHAIRMAN, IT'S A GREAT POINT.
I FULLY AGREE WITH HER ON THAT.
I MIGHT INCLUDE THE WORD PARTISAN ACTIVITIES IN THAT AS WELL.
>> TO BE HONEST, THAT'S A WHOLE THING ALREADY WITH OUR ASSISTANCE.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT UP TO CHAIR, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER SUBJECT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO GET OFF OF COURSE.
WOW, THERE'S A CHANGE. [LAUGHTER].
>> NO, I JUST LOOKED AT THE ATTORNEY AND HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEAK TO ME THIS MEETING YET.
BUT BACK TO THE ISSUE AT HAND, WE GOT GREAT POLICIES.
WE'VE GOT VOLUNTEERS, AND WE GOT TO GET AN INTERNSHIP.
WHAT ABOUT RIGHT NOW WITH SOMEONE WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON THE 20TH? SHE HAS TO BE IN ON THE 18TH, IS THAT CORRECT, OR THAT'S WHEN THE COLLEGE STARTS?
>> THAT IS WHEN CLASSES START.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER IF THEY'RE ABLE TO START LATE AND CATCH UP.
THEY PROBABLY ARE BECAUSE THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS THEY HAVE TO DO WITHIN, IS IT A 16-WEEK SEMESTER, I THINK? I CAN CERTAINLY CALL AND MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> HAVING BEEN A PROFESSOR AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT FLEXIBILITY EXISTS.
MANY CLASSES ACTUALLY START ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, AND THEY NEED TO GET THEIR FULL TIME ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IN, I THINK BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT THERE'S TIME.
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, WOULD I HAVE POSSIBLY A CONSENSUS TO DIRECT STAFF TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR AUGUST 20TH AT THE COTTONWOOD MEETING TO MOVE FORWARD? WOULD WE HAVE POLICY IN PLACE BY THEN? I'M ASKING.
>> I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE POLICY IN PLACE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I'VE HEARD EVERYONE'S CONCERNS.
I THINK PEOPLE NOW HAVE CLARITY OF WHAT I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS PROGRAM.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET THE GO AHEAD TO AT LEAST DO THIS AS WE GO THROUGH AND PUT TOGETHER WHATEVER POLICY IS COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
IF ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SEES ME DOING SOMETHING THAT IS OF CONCERN, I WELCOME THAT.
I GET THE PHONE CALL, I'LL MAKE THE CORRECTION, AND IF I HAVE TO STOP, I'LL STOP, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE.
JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WORK THIS OUT.
>> IS THIS MATTER EVEN ON THE AGENDA TO PUT ON THE AGENDA? THE MATTERS TABLE? ARE WE EVEN ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THAT AT THIS POINT AT THIS MEETING? THAT'D BE MY QUESTION FOR MR. BRENDAN.
AGAIN, WHAT'S AGENDIZED TODAY IS A STUDY SESSION ON INTERNSHIPS AT YAVAPAI COUNTY, WHICH IS VERY BROAD, AND I THINK ALLOWS FOR DISCUSSION GENERALLY AND AS TO SPECIFIC INTERNS.
HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY, THE ITEM ITSELF IS NOT AGENDIZED FOR ACTION TODAY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ITEM WAS TABLED UNTIL AFTER THE BOARD COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ON INTERNS GENERALLY.
I BELIEVE THAT DISCUSSION HAS TAKEN PLACE THIS MORNING, WHICH SATISFIES THAT CONDITION AND THEN WOULD RESULT IN THE MATTER COMING BACK ON A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD, NOT THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED, BUT WOULD APPEAR ON A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA, AND THEN THE BOARD COULD VOTE ON THE ITEM AT THAT TIME.
IT WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION THAT THAT WOULD BE ON THE NEXT ISSUE.
>> I UNDERSTAND. I AGREE IT'S JUST SUPERVISOR KUKNYO WAS SPEAKING TO MERITS.
>> THANK YOU. CHAIR, IF I MAY. I'LL YIELD.
>> I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAD DOWN THE SAME ROAD.
YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP AN INTERNSHIP POLICY.
>> WITHIN THAT POLICY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECTION THAT RELATES TO SUPERVISORS BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT THAN EMPLOYEES REGARDING THE PARTISAN DISCUSSION.
WOULD YOU ALSO INCLUDE THAT AND REVISE THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE VOLUNTEERS OR INTERNS SO THAT THEY ARE SIMILAR DIRECTION, WHETHER WE HAVE AN INTERN OR A VOLUNTEER TO MAKE THEM READ THE SAME IF THEY ARE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW?
>> GREAT POINT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
YES. WHAT I'M HEARING A DESIRE TO PURSUE AN INTERNSHIP POLICY.
WITHIN THAT, I'LL CALL A SECTION THAT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO ELECTED OFFICIALS WITHIN THAT POLICY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.