Jan 26, 2026 SPECIAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

[ CALL TO ORDER]

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9 A.M. WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION DONE BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY AND THE PLEDGE DONE BY SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

GOOD MORNING. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO LOOK OVER THE COMMUNITY, TO LOOK OVER THE NEEDS THE PEOPLE ENTRUST US WITH THESE JOBS THAT WE HAVE.

THEY ENTRUST US WITH TO HAVE INTEGRITY AND TO DO THE RIGHT THING, LORD, AND SO GUIDE US THROUGH THESE PROCESSES.

THERE ARE MANY NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS COUNTY, AND NONE OF THEM CAN BE DISCARDED.

THEY ALL NEED TO HAVE ATTENTION, FINANCIAL SITUATIONS, THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH EMPLOYEES.

EVERYTHING MATTERS. THERE'S A BALANCE HERE, LORD, AND HELP US CREATE AND FIND THE BALANCE WE NEED FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. CLERK OF THE BOARD. CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. CHAIR COMPTON HERE. VICE CHAIR, CHECK HERE.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS HERE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO HERE.

BY WAY OF VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE AND SUPERVISOR MALLORY HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH UP THE ORDER OF THINGS HERE TODAY.

[4. Facility Capital Projects Update - Brandon Shoults, Facilities Director ]

CHUCK. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M BRANDON SCHULTZ, THE DIRECTOR OF YOUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

TODAY I'VE PREPARED A PRESENTATION TO GO OVER A VARIETY OF CAPITAL ITEMS. WITH THE THOUGHT OF FACILITATING FACILITATING A CONVERSATION AMONGST YOUR BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE HOPES OF PROVIDING DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.

SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO COVER WAS SOME OF THE PREVIOUS DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN THROUGH A VARIETY OF MECHANISMS BE THE BEING THE BUDGET HEARINGS OR OTHER MID-YEAR APPROVALS. BUT WE HAD SOME PREVIOUS DIRECTION THAT I THINK NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.

ONE OF THEM IS THE RURAL SERVICES STUDY THAT IS COMPLETED, AND WE NOW HAVE SOME BITS AND PIECES TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE NEW CSO ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

THAT RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD PENDING DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

WE WERE FUNDED IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR TO DO THE DESIGN WORK.

SO WE WERE ALLOCATED $1.9 MILLION TO DO THE DESIGN WORK FOR THAT BUILDING.

SO I'D LIKE SOME DIRECTION ON THAT ONE. THE THIRD ONE HERE IS THE CONGRESS MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING.

THAT ONE AGAIN WAS FUNDED, I BELIEVE, PRIOR TO THE BUDGET YEAR.

BUT THAT ONE HAS BEEN ON HOLD PENDING DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THAT ONE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED A $500,000, AGAIN, FOR DESIGN WORK.

WE DO HAVE AN ARCHITECT THAT WAS SELECTED, BUT NO DESIGN WORK HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DONE ON THAT PROJECT.

NUMBER FOUR ON OUR LIST HERE IS THE GURLEY STREET REMODEL.

THAT ONE HAS BEEN FUNDED AND THEN PUT ON HOLD AND THEN REDESIGNED AND THEN PUT ON HOLD, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ON HOLD.

WAITING AGAIN. MORE DIRECTION. WE HAD INCURRED SOME DELAYS DUE TO EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS.

JUST A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT IT'S KIND OF SLOWED THAT PROJECT DOWN. AND THEN NUMBER FIVE HERE FOR OUR EXISTING DIRECTION WOULD BE THE COMMERCE ANNEX B AND FAIR STREET REMODELS.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WORKING ON THE COMMERCE ANNEX B BUILDING, ALTHOUGH NO MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FOR THAT BUILDING.

AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WE'D BE WORKING ON THE FAIR STREET REMODEL.

ONCE THE SPACE, THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT HAD MOVED OUT AND INTO THE COMMERCE ANNEX.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATIONS ON THE PREVIOUS DIRECTION BOARD? WELL, I HAVE A LOT, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR YOU WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

NO NEED TO WAIT WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY, WELL, IN REFERENCE, I'LL JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE.

FOR RIGHT NOW, IN REFERENCE TO THE $1.9 MILLION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED.

JUST AS A BLANKET STATEMENT LOOKING AT MOVING THE 1.9 MILLION OVER TO THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING TO START REMODELING OF THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADED TO TRY AND GET THAT GOING FIRST, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THE THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, DETERIORATE ANYMORE. AND OBVIOUSLY, THE SHERIFF AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY NEEDS TO BE DOING SOMETHING THERE.

AND WE CAN HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON HOW TO MANAGE THAT IN A BIT HERE.

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SOME CONTROLS FOR THE BOILERS SOME WALL WORK AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN GET INTO DETAILS LATER.

MOVING ON. I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALIGNING OUR CAPITAL WORK WITH YOUR GUYS'S STRATEGIC GOALS. THIS WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY OUT OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WERE APPROVED BY YOU GUYS.

I WON'T READ THEM IN THEIR ENTIRETY, BUT ESSENTIALLY, NUMBER A HERE IS SO THAT RURAL RESIDENTS CAN EFFECTIVELY ACCESS QUALITY COUNTY SERVICES BY JULY 1ST, ONE, 2027. ITEM NUMBER B HERE IS THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BY JULY 1ST, 2027. AGAIN, ITEM NUMBER C HERE IS A COMMERCE DRIVE ANNEX BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE THE BUILDING B I NOTED JULY 1ST, 2028. ITEM NUMBER D HERE IS A GURLEY STREET REMODEL, WHICH WOULD BE JULY 1ST, 2029.

AND THE LAST ONE ON HERE WOULD BE THE FAIR STREET BUILDING REMODEL, WHICH OF COURSE WOULD COME AFTER THE COMMERCE DRIVE BUILDING TO BE DONE BY JULY 1ST, 2030. I PROVIDED A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ON SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE.

THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH GURLEY STREET.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT COUPLING THIS WITH THE CSO ADMIN BUILDING AND THE GURLEY STREET REMODEL.

WE HAD LOOKED AT A $30 MILLION BUILDING FOR CSO ADMIN.

AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WE'D BE DOING AN $18 MILLION REMODEL OF THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING ONCE THE NEW ADMIN BUILDING HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

THIS DID PROVIDE A LOT OF GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE IN THERE.

LEAVING A LITTLE EXTRA ROOM IN THAT BUILDING.

SHOULD WE WANT TO CREATE ANY MORE CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE OR LOOK AT OTHER SMALLER DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY FIT WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT? HERE. AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE IS FOR THE COMMERCE DRIVE ANNEX BUILDING B THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT'S OUT THERE ON COMMERCE DRIVE NEXT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 48,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT FOR THAT BUILDING.

IT'S ALREADY A VACANT LOT WITH UTILITIES TO THE PAD.

WE HAD ESTIMATED ABOUT A $30 MILLION BUDGET. ABOUT 30 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION THERE.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AT FAIR STREET.

BECAUSE WE HAD CONSIDERED MOVING THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT OUT.

ELECTIONS AND RECORDER INTO THIS BUILDING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO RENOVATE SOME OF THE AREAS HERE, BRING BACK SOME CONFERENCE ROOMS AND MAKE SOME BETTER SPACES FOR SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

THIS LAST SLIDE HERE IS JUST A SITE PLAN OF WHERE THAT BUILDING WOULD BE LOCATED.

OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE IS ON THE CONGRESS RURAL SERVICES.

AGAIN, THIS BUILDING HAD BEEN ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING.

WE'VE GOT $500,000 CURRENTLY SITTING ON HOLD WAITING FOR DIRECTION, POSSIBLY RESCOPING OF THAT PROJECT.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE FROM THE RURAL SERVICES REPORT.

THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE A COMPILATION OF FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC.

A LITTLE BIT OF INTERACTION WITH YOU GUYS. SOME STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN GENSLER'S ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF THIS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S QUITE A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT COULD USE SOME SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY WHETHER THAT BE HIGH OR MEDIUM OR LOW PRIORITIES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WITH A LOT OF MIXED BUILDINGS AND A LOT OF VARIETY IN WHAT OUR SOLUTIONS CAN BE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.

MY HOPES WOULD BE THAT TODAY THAT WE COULD SELECT MAYBE FOUR COMMUNITIES FOR THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES AND WHETHER THEY ALIGN WITH THESE OR NOT.

TOTALLY AT YOUR GUYS'S DISCRETION. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE DIRECTION ON HOPEFULLY FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES.

AND THE THOUGHT WOULD BE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT I WOULD GO OUT WITH THE DIRECTION AND LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND THEN COME BACK WITH A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD TALKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES NOTING WHAT BUILDINGS WE DO HAVE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FOR EITHER BUYING OR LEASING IN THAT AREA. WHAT SORT OF VACANT LAND IS AVAILABLE? TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE LISTED IN THE RURAL SERVICES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM STAFF, AND ALSO YOUR GUYS'S INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK. BEING DISTRICT SUPERVISORS THERE, AND THEN COME BACK FOR A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH SOME MORE DETAILS AND GET SOME VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON HOW YOU GUYS WANT TO APPROACH EACH

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I THINK IT WARRANTS A CONVERSATION FOR EACH COMMUNITY SEPARATELY.

CHAIR. YES. SO WE'LL WE'LL DISCUSS THIS LATER BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ON THE SHEET.

SO WE WAIT FOR LATER TO TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT ON THIS LIST, IT'S ALPHABETICAL.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LISTED IN RANKING OF PRIORITIES.

SO NOTED. COMPLETELY AGREE. THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON ON HOW WE PUT TOGETHER OTHER THAN LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH PRIORITIES BASED UPON THE NEEDS WE SAW IN THERE.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE BOARD, IS A COLLECTIVE DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS.

AND THEN WRAPPING IT ALL UP. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY AND DIRECTION SLIDE REALLY SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE EXISTING DIRECTION OR POSSIBLY NEW DIRECTION ON THE CSO ADMIN BUILDING, THE CONGRESS MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING.

ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT DELIVERY AND APPROACH.

HOW HOW MANY BUILDINGS ARE WE WORKING ON? WHAT'S THE CADENCE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE? ARE WE GOING TO WORK ON OUR RURAL BUILDINGS WHERE WE WORK ON A RURAL BUILDING AND SOMETHING MAJOR IN TOWN AT THE SAME TIME? SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BIT OF AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN AGAIN, HITTING ON THE RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY HOPEFULLY GETTING TOP FOUR PRIORITIES.

AND THE REASON I SAY FOUR IS BECAUSE WE MAY FIND THAT SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE EASY IN THE SENSE, AT LEAST AS FAR AS A PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS. NOT EVERYONE NEEDS A BRAND NEW BUILDING TO SATISFY SOME OF THE NEEDS.

THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY OR LEASE, AND THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT QUICKER THAN BUILDING A NEW BUILDING.

AND SO AGAIN, BACK TO SCRUBBING EACH COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALLY.

WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT EACH COMMUNITY, AND WE MAY FIND THAT WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH SOME OF THESE.

OKAY. SUPERVISOR JENKINS, IS THERE ANYTHING PARTICULAR ON ONE PROJECT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIRST? THE MAYOR THE SUBSTATION AT MAYOR. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE US A LOW PRIORITY, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT IT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF EITHER RELOCATING OR FIXING THE PROBLEMS THERE.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY I WOULD DISAGREE THAT THAT'S A LOW PRIORITY, AND THE SHERIFF COULD SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING THAT KIND OF STOOD OUT TO ME THERE'S A STAR FOR A NEW LOCATION, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW LOCATION FOR THE CROWN KING PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT AS WELL.

WELL, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH SUPERVISOR MALLORY, CAN WE GO TO GURLEY STREET FIRST? YEAH, I'D LOVE THAT. OKAY, GREAT. SHERIFF IS THAT WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS FOR THE SHERIFF? UP FRONT THERE? MR. MCGRANE, IF YOU'D LIKE. IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, TOO, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GURLEY, THE YCSO ADMIN BUILDING. I THREW SOMETHING OUT THERE IN THE BEGINNING.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE I'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AND OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING, OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST.

AND I JUST I'M JUST OF THE OPINION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT AND ENHANCE WHAT WE HAVE.

AND SO I LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING THE $1.9 MILLION FROM THE ESO, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OVER TO THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING.

START THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED, WHETHER IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND THE SHERIFF'S INPUT AND MR. MCGRANE INPUT. SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE ON SPACE.

AND WHAT I SEE GIVING ON SPACE IS ADULT PROBATION AND MOVING THE ADULT PROBATION OVER TO WHERE THE JAIL IS, WHETHER IT'S LONG TERM RENTAL OF MODULARS OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.

BUT I THINK THAT THE SHERIFF AND MR., MAYBE MR., MCGRANE AND MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

SO, SHERIFF, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? MR. GREEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SHERIFF DAVID RHODES THANK YOU FOR FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA, I, I DO PLAN TO BE HERE THROUGH THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX DISCUSSION.

BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT THAT I'VE GOT TO GET TO LATER TODAY, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS HERE ABOUT SORT OF YOU KNOW, REALLOCATING MONEY, GETTING TO WORK ON GURLEY STREET RIGHT AWAY. AND SO IF I COULD JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO KIND OF, AT A HIGH LEVEL, GO OVER THE HISTORY OF THIS, WE HAVE BEEN IN THAT BUILDING FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER,

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THAT SPACE HAS BEEN SITTING EMPTY UP THERE SINCE THEN.

911, WHICH IS THE SORT OF THE LINCHPIN THAT'S HOLDING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, OR SORT OF HOLDING EVERYTHING UP, IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GURLEY STREET BUILDING, AND IT'S IN SOME RENOVATED OFFICE SPACE.

AND THE LAST TIME THAT IT HAD EXPANSION OR RENOVATION OR ANY ADDITIONS OF CAPITAL WAS 2006, WHEN IT MOVED FROM ONE OFFICE TO TWO OFFICES, WHERE WE TORE THE WALL DOWN IN BETWEEN TWO OFFICES AND PUT IT IN THERE.

IT'S NOT TENABLE FOR IT TO GO ON ANY LONGER LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE TO EXPAND. WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR 911 CAPACITY NOT OVER.

NOT ONLY FOR THE COUNTY, BUT BUT REGIONALLY. WE AND AND THE DIFFICULTY WITH REMODELING GURLEY STREET RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE RENOVATIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR. AND THERE'S BEEN SOUND TESTING THAT WAS DONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE OLD JAIL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JUST JACKHAMMERING AND HARDCORE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS TO BE DONE.

CREATES NOISE LEVELS THAT YOU JUST CANNOT HAVE 911 CALLS RINGING IN THERE AND DISPATCHERS TRYING TO DISPATCH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THAT LOCATION. AND IT'S A 24 HOUR A DAY OPERATION, OBVIOUSLY.

SO IT'S PREVENTED THE RENOVATION OF GREGORY STREET WHEN THE THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALL THE SPACE IS CURRENTLY ACCOUNTED FOR.

DURING THE SOUND TESTING OF CONSTRUCTION, THERE WERE AREAS OF THE BUILDING THAT YOU WERE WERE SOMEWHAT QUIET, MOSTLY QUIET, AND POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE YOUR 901 SYSTEMS IN THOSE AREA.

THE BUILDING IN THAT AREA OF THE BUILDING WHICH WAS SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR, AS I RECALL, BUT I WASN'T THERE FOR THE TESTING.

I WOULD LET MR. SHOUT SPEAK TO THAT WHERE IT COULD BE THERE.

AND SO WORK COULD GET GOING ON THAT BUILDING IF THE 911 SYSTEM WAS MOVED THERE.

NOW, THAT'S, AS WE DISCUSSED, REALLY NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE BOARD, THE PREVIOUS BOARD AND THIS BOARD FOR OVER TWO YEARS, WHICH WAS RELOCATING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH A REGIONAL 911 CENTER OUT TO PRESCOTT LAKES PARKWAY NEAR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER AND POTENTIALLY ADDING AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THERE.

THERE IS A REQUEST FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING TO ADD THAT EOC THERE WHICH HAS GOTTEN ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE PIPELINE, BUT WHO KNOWS? IT'S $4 MILLION. AND NOW THERE IS A REQUEST.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD ABOUT ALSO BUILDING A NEW TRAINING ACADEMY.

NADA. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE. THAT WOULD BE AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY, OTHER THAN THE USE OF THE COUNTY'S LAND AND MAKING THAT A MULTI-USE LOCATION OUT THERE. THERE'S AN APPROPRIATION THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD FUND THAT, AND THAT, IN FACT, THAT HEARING IS TODAY. ON ON WHETHER THAT MONEY WOULD COME.

AND SO A LONG TERM FIX TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, IN MY OPINION, AND THE ABILITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, IN MY OPINION, IS TO CONTINUE AT SOME POINT WITH THE BUILDING OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

BUT WE CAN'T WAIT ON 911. TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE TO START GETTING SOMETHING DONE.

AND YOU ALSO CAN'T WAIT ON GURLEY STREET. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ACTION.

TO THE BOARD AND STAFF BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET MOVING ON THIS.

WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ABANDONING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, AT THE OTHER LOCATION, BUT IT'S INTO THE FUTURE. MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS AT THE 911 SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING, AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

SO MR. MCGRANE, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE YOU WANT TO? WELL, I WOULD ECHO THE SHERIFF'S COMMENTS. THE THE 911 CENTER, I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE SOUND TESTING AND I DID WANDER THROUGH THE BUILDING.

IT IS TEETH SHATTERING TO BE IN THAT EAST TOWER, AS I CALL IT ON EITHER LEVEL.

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SO I, I DO BELIEVE WE COULD PLAN FOR SOMETHING WITH BRANDON TO, TO TO WORK AROUND IT.

I KNOW THE PRESIDING JUDGE IS RECEPTIVE TO MOVING ADULT PROBATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY ADEQUATE FACILITIES.

SO ALL THAT IS PART OF THE PLANNING THAT I'D LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN.

OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR.

CHECK. I GOT IT RIGHT THAT TIME. GOOD JOB. WELL.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR REALLY BEING CREATIVE AND CONTINUING TO THINK ABOUT POSSIBILITIES OF HOW TO FIND A SOLUTION IN THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION. I KNOW THAT IT'S ALWAYS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING THAT SUITS YOU PERFECTLY.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOARD, THE BOARD'S LIMITATIONS ARE GOING TO GUIDE US.

AND AND I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS THE WAY TO GO, AND IT PROVIDES MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO ACHIEVE ITS STRATEGIC GOALS IN A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE FASHION. SO I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT THE NUMBER ONE SOLUTION THAT EITHER OF YOU WOULD DESIRE AT THIS TIME, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S THE RIGHT ONE. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BRINGING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. WELL, I THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN.

FOR ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION AND THE IDEAS AND EVERYTHING, AND AND SHERIFF, AS YOU SAID, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

I CAME ON TO THE BOARD IN 2019. AND DENNIS, YOU, OF COURSE, KNOW THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN I CAME ON TO THE BOARD.

SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW PRIOR TO THAT. BUT WHAT I DO BELIEVE IN MY HEART FOR SURE, IS THAT GURLEY STREET IS LIKE THE PLUG.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT ONCE WE GET THIS BUILDING DONE, THAT THE FUTURE OF THE BOARD AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WILL REALLY START TO SEE ALL THE THE NEW STRATEGIC PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND AND EVEN THE FUTURE OF WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.

AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, CHAIRMAN. TRULY, I I'M REALLY EXCITED.

IT'LL BE A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF MAYBE IN MY TERM TO SEE THAT BUILDING FINISHED.

I DIDN'T CLOSE THINGS UP, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD OBJECT IF WE WENT TO GURLEY STREET FIRST.

SO. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. YES, I TOURED GURLEY STREET.

AND HONESTLY, I WAS QUITE SURPRISED AT THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FIRST MOVE IS 911 AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL ROLL INTO PLACE.

SO YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

AND HOW DO WE GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FIRST STEP IS MOVE 911 AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE CAN START TO TAKE PLACE.

SO THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THESE MAJOR PROJECTS, IT NOT ONLY TAKES A LOT OF MONEY, IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND A LOT OF FOCUS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE GETTING THESE RURAL AREAS TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE.

WE SEE THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE WAY OUTDATED, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR FOCUS GO AWAY FROM TAKING CARE OF THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RURAL AREAS FUNDED FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND A PLAN BEFORE WE CONCENTRATE ON ANY MAJOR PROJECTS. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO REWORK GURLEY OR GURLEY STREET, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I JUST WE JUST GOTTA TAKE CARE OF SELIGMAN.

WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF MAYOR. WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF CONGRESS.

THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN IGNORED TOO LONG. THANK YOU.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION, MR. BOURDON.

MY COMMENT WOULD BE, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE MORE.

ARE YOU? I HEAR THE PRIORITY BEING THE CURRENT GURLEY STREET BUILDING AND TO MOVE AROUND CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT, LIKE PROBATION AND 911 TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAN BE THE PRIORITY TO REMODEL AND PUT IT BACK INTO SERVICE.

THAT'S A YES FROM ME. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'LL HAVE TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT IS NOT TOUCHING ON THE RURAL SERVICES.

WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AS WE ALMOST CERTAINLY. YES.

I JUST WANT TO. SO MY PLAN ON THE MAJOR PROJECTS WOULD BE IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE MOVING THOSE OUT OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

WHAT WE WOULD DO IS A MANAGEMENT TEAM HERE IS COME BACK TO YOU WITH A REVISED STRATEGIC PLAN.

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WE CAN DO THAT. YES. WHAT? I AND CHAIR VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS. AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS, THE CADENCE AND SCHEDULE YOU PROVIDED FOR YOUR FOUR PROJECTS WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, AND I LIKE, I LIKE AGGRESSIVE PROJECTS.

I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING BACK AT HOW THE JAIL PROJECT WAS DONE, AND FROM THE TIME THAT A, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE UP TO THAT POINT IN TIME.

BUT ONCE THE ARCHITECT HAD BEEN BROUGHT ON, WE HAD TWO YEARS WITH A PRIOR TO THAT WITH AN OWNER'S REP.

BUT ONCE THE ARCHITECT HAD BEEN BROUGHT ON, I BELIEVE OPENING WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THAT.

SO, I MEAN, YOU CAN GET PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING AND YOU MOVE FORWARD IN A VERY A VERY STRATEGIC PACE, BUT I DO THINK THE WAY IT'S THERE RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE.

I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A, A SCHEDULE THAT I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET AND BRING BACK TO YOU.

SO YES, 30 DAYS, MAYBE 60. IS THAT OKAY? HALF OF 60.

I'LL NEGOTIATE 45. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BRANDON, DOES THAT DO IT FOR YOU? HOW ABOUT YOU, TYLER? AT LEAST ON THE MAJOR PROJECTS. THAT IS WONDERFUL FOR ME.

FOR THE MAJOR PROJECT. YES. THANK YOU. WE DO STILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT CONGRESS, WHICH HAS AN ALLOCATION IN PLACE AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE FUNDING ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN ROLLING INTO THE REST OF THE RURAL BUILDINGS WITH THAT. OKAY. WELL, SINCE THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MR. MCGRANE. YES, YES, SURE. IF YOU COULD STAY FOR THE CONGRESS BILL.

THE HALF $1 MILLION IS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED BEFORE I CAME ON THE BOARD FOR THE CONGRESS BUILDING, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SIMILAR BUILDING. BUT AS FORTUNE HAS BLESSED DISTRICT ONE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER. AND WE LOOKS LIKE WE CAN DO A LOT MORE.

SO IT WAS MY DECISION TO MOVE IT UP TO THE WEAVER MOUNTAIN AREA.

PEEPLES VALLEY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. THE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO GET TEN ACRES DONATED BY MON RANCH.

SELENA BLISS WAS ABLE TO GET US $1 MILLION FOR THIS FACILITY, AND THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS COME IN AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS COME IN AND BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. AND I JUST BELIEVE IT'S IT'S THE WAY TO GO.

WE CAN HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OUT THERE. WE CAN HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

WE CAN HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE CAN HAVE THE SUBSTATION.

IT'S A GOOD MODEL TO START WITH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE RURAL SERVICES MODEL WHERE WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT LIFELINE AMBULANCES COMING ON AND AS WELL AS WAS IT LIFE? WHAT'S THE HELICOPTER COMPANY? SHERIFF, I FORGET THAT ONE. NATIVE AIR.

AIR EVAC ARRIVAL. YEAH. AIR EVAC IS ALSO GRACIOUSLY COME IN.

AND THEY'RE WILLING TO BUILD NOT JUST A HELIPAD FOR THEMSELVES.

SO WE CAN HAVE AIR EVAC THERE, BUT ALSO BUILD ONE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.

SO IT'S A WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND SO MY GOAL WOULD BE TO MOVE THE $500,000 THAT WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS CONGRESS TO ASSIST TO ITS NEW LOCATION AND TO EXPAND ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE EVERYBODY HAS INPUT AND HOW IT COULD HELP THEIR AREAS IF WE COULD SECTION ON SMALLER PARTS OR NOT.

BUT SUPERVISOR JENKINS AND I AND WE ARE DOWN AT THE, THE CSA TALKING.

THIS IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN OUR MEDIUM CAUCUS ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THESE RURAL AREAS AND HOW TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND GET ACTUAL FIRE DISTRICTS IN THE AREA AND SHERIFF IN THE AREA. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON IT AND I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN TO SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

YOU'RE LOOKING. OH, YES. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU.

SO I YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF THE COUNTY, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.

COLLABORATION. WE WOULD BE PARTNERS. EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST STATED IN REGARDS TO NOT DOING THE CONGRESS, BUT MOVING IT ON OVER AS YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION, THEIR PERSONAL BUSINESS STATE, LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

THAT IS LIKE WHO WE ARE. THAT'S EVERYTHING WE ARE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY EVERYBODY AND GREAT JOB.

AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THE $500,000 IS GOING TO GO TO A REALLY GOOD USE OVER THERE, BECAUSE THIS THING SEEMS LIKE IT'S A PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO. SO THANK YOU. AND IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION, I'D JUST ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS THE BOARD THAT THE COMMUNITY ITSELF HAD A FUNDRAISER AND

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THERE ARE THE COMMUNITY ITSELF HAS SKIN IN THE GAME, WHICH IS AMAZING.

SO SHERIFF OF THIS FACILITY, THIS AREA, DOES IT WORK WITHIN YOUR PARAMETERS? I KNOW IT DOES FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS AND THOUGHTS ON IT? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, IT ABSOLUTELY WORKS FOR US.

WE'VE NEEDED AN UPGRADE AND AN UPDATE. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT THE NEED FOR CO-LOCATION OF OF SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, BEING THERE YOU KNOW, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH WHATEVER ELSE THAT WE PUT THERE.

THE HAYES RANCH ROAD, IT'S JUST NOT VERY FAR OFF OF 89 THERE.

AND SO WE CAN GET EVERYWHERE IN THE AREA FROM THERE.

WE'LL FREE UP SPACE FOR THE COURT AND YARNELL AND IT ABSOLUTELY WORKS.

WELL. NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, AIR EVAC DOESN'T HAVE TO BUILD US OUR OWN HELIPAD.

WE'LL JUST SHARE ONE WITH THEM. WELL, THEY OFFER TWO, SO I SAID YES.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO. WELL, THAT WOULD BE VICE CHAIR CHECK. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE.

I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON THIS ITEM WHEN YOU HAVE A VISION TO HOW TO SERVE A COMMUNITY.

IT CAN'T JUST BE ONE PERSON'S VISION. SO IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THIS HAS CHANGED AND EVOLVED AROUND THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY'S VISION.

SO I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL SHIFT. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.

AND IT MUCH OF OF THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD REALLY REMIND ME OF THE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK, AND THE COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO THE VISION OF HOW THE COUNTY MIGHT SERVE THEM THERE.

SO I'M ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD OTHER THAN THIS MAY SET THE STATUS QUO FOR FUTURE HOW WE RESPOND TO OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THE PLANS, AND THEN WE COULD JUST DROP IT IN.

SO I LIKE THIS IDEA, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL THESE SERVICE GROUPS ARE ON BOARD AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF AND PUBLIC WORKS.

THERE'S ALSO PUBLIC WATER STAND FOR PUBLIC WORKS OUT THERE AND THE FIRE DISTRICT.

SO, SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? JUST AS YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE COMMUNITY ROOMS. IT'S NOT JUST A BIG ROOM FOR FOR GOOD TIMES. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN TAKE SERVICES THAT ARE LOCATED IN PRESCOTT OR WHEREVER AND TAKE THEM OUT TO THE RULES.

I'M TALKING ABOUT HEALTH SERVICES. DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES COULD GO OUT THERE AND HAVE A ROOM TO WORK IN.

THE LIBRARY CAN HAVE A ROOM TO WORK IN. I JUST THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS AND BRING THESE GUYS UP TO DATE.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING? I GUESS THE MONEY.

MR. BOURDON. YES. YOU HAVE DIRECTION. YEAH. THAT WHAT I'M HEARING IN IN MR. BRENNAN POINTED OUT YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATION.

YES. FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY. AND AS A TEAM, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM MIGHT WANT TO BRING FORWARD KIND OF A PROPOSAL ON HOW WE WOULD EVENTUALLY STRUCTURE THIS AS A PROJECT OWNERSHIP OF LAND, OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS HEADED IN, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION THE BOARD'S HEADED.

BUT WE HAVE OUR DIRECTION ON THIS AS ONE PRIORITY.

CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT THE BOARD SAYING? YES, YES.

SO JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO DO WITH THE CONGRESS PROJECT? I HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SOLICITATION THAT WE'VE GOT A RESPONSE TO.

I'LL NEED TO EITHER COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO REJECT ALL BIDS SO THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE PROJECT, OR WE JUST PURELY GOING TO PUT IT ON HOLD. I WOULD JUST PUT IT ON HOLD AT THIS TIME.

MR. BOURDON, ANY THOUGHTS? ACTUALLY I DO. IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PURSUE THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND REJECTING THE BIDS OR ENDING THIS.

SORRY. EXCUSE ME. ENDING THE SOLICITATION FORMALLY SO THAT WE CAN RELEASE EVERYBODY FROM THE FACT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PUT IN TIME, ENERGY. IT'S BEST TO END THAT SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR WORK.

THESE OTHER PROFESSIONALS. SO THAT'S. YES. SURE.

THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WERE SOME POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS FORMING AROUND CONGRESS.

AND IF THOSE COME TO THE SURFACE AGAIN WITH STRONG DESIRE, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO REVISIT IT IN THE FUTURE, BUT TO JUST PLACE IT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF OUR PRIORITY LIST FOR NOW.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OKAY, I WILL BE COMING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S A BOARD ACTION TO REJECT ALL THE BIDS.

SO I'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS WITH THAT VERY PARTICULAR ACTION.

THANK YOU. COMMERCE DRIVE. THAT'S WHAT'S NEXT ON OUR LIST.

PARDON ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO. CERTAINLY. CHAIR.

WELL, I, I HAVE A PROJECT THAT I MENTIONED IN MY UPDATE LAST WEEK THAT IS REALLY COMING UP POSSIBLY WITH A TIME

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THE PROPERTY OF BIG PARK SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK.

AND HOW THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE AN AREA WHERE THE COUNTY COULD SERVE THOSE RESIDENTS.

IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF, I THINK, ABOUT 8000 PEOPLE.

NO POSSIBILITY REALLY, RIGHT NOW FOR ANNEXATION OR INCORPORATION.

SO THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REALLY BE AN UNINCORPORATED GROUP.

THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL IS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ENROLLMENT.

AND THE SEDONA, OAK CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL.

IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR SOME TIME NOW. THEY HAVE HIRED A FIRM.

AND AT THE END OF JANUARY BIDS ARE DUE ON THAT PROPERTY.

IT WAS ASSESSED AT 9.5 MILLION. I DON'T KNOW IF BIDS WILL COME IN.

YOU KNOW, SHY OF THAT OR ABOVE THAT. BUT EITHER WAY, I'VE SPOKEN TO THREE POTENTIAL BIDDERS, AND I HAVE ANOTHER PHONE CALL TO MAKE THIS AFTERNOON.

OF COURSE, I HAVE NO IDEA IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CONFIRM ONE OF THOSE BIDS, BUT I WOULD LIKE DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, TO COME FROM THE WHOLE BOARD THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WORTH PURSUING.

AND I JUST WANT TO FRAME QUICKLY SORT OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK.

THERE ARE NOT MANY PROPERTIES THAT YOU COULD REALLY DEVELOP COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THERE'S VERY LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE COMMUNITY IS SURROUNDED BY NATIONAL FORESTS, AND IT'S A HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL POPULATION. SO THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF PHYSICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDINGS.

THIS WAS TOO, TOO BIG OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR FOR THE COUNTY TO BITE OFF, IN MY OPINION, AS A WHOLE. YOU COULD BASICALLY MAKE A WHOLE NOTHER COTTONWOOD COMPLEX TYPE, YOU KNOW, AREA OUT OF WHAT'S THERE.

AND THAT'S JUST REALLY NOT SO MUCH WHAT WE NEED.

SO I THINK THERE'S TWO OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO EITHER RENOVATE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS AND I HAVE DIAGRAMS IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THEM OR BUILD A NEW BUILDING OFF OF VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL ROAD IN THE AREA WHERE THE BALL FIELD IS.

SO THAT'S WHAT MY MY HOPE IS THAT THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION SO THAT BRANDON CAN, YOU KNOW, INVEST SOME ENERGY IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT WHAT PHYSICALLY WOULD SUIT THE COUNTY THE BEST.

EITHER RENOVATION OR A NEW BUILD SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME BUDGET NUMBERS TO THAT AND ALSO START TO WORK WITH THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ON EITHER A, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, WOULD WE SECTION OFF A PARCEL AND AND PURCHASE IT OR LEASE A BUILDING, ETC.? SO I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT IT'S A SORT OF A LIMITED OPPORTUNITY.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO THE COUNTY FOR A ZONING CHANGE, WHICH OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP VERY SEPARATELY.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION SQUARED AWAY FIRST BEFORE THEY SUBMIT THEIR DESIGNS.

SO IT'S SORT OF A PRESCIENT TOPIC, AND I'M HOPING THAT MY FELLOW SUPERVISORS CAN AGREE THAT IT'S WORTH PURSUING, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT FROM YOU. ANY THOUGHTS? SUPERVISOR. MALLORY. WELL, I'M. SO ARE YOU. YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT BIDDERS? ARE YOU SAYING THAT ONCE THEY WOULD PURCHASE THE BUILDING, WE MAY THINK ABOUT LEASING.

SOME OF IT IS IS THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS, RIGHT.

THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR. I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHO WILL PUT THEIR BIDS IN? OKAY. AND THEY'RE ALL INTERESTED IN ENGAGING WITH THE COUNTY.

MUCH OF THEIR PLANS HAVE TO DO WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WOULD HAVE TO UNFOLD ONCE THE BIDDER IS SUCCESSFUL AND SELECTED.

OKAY. SO ONCE THEY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, THEN THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION WOULD START HAPPENING ON OUR SIDE.

CORRECT? OKAY. WELL, I'M. I'M ALWAYS OPEN MINDED TO ALL OF THIS.

THEY'RE GONNA BUY IT. YOU JUST. AFTER ALL, BRANDON DID SAY WE MAY LEASE.

WE MAY BUY, WE MAY BUILD. SO YEAH, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM LOOKING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS AND SEEING WHERE THAT I'M SUSPECTING IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THEY GET THE WHOLE THING CLOSED AND SOLD.

AND THAT TAKES A WHILE. YEAH. OH, AND ONE OTHER NOTE.

THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROPERTY TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE LIBRARY IS CURRENTLY THERE AND BEFORE BIG PARK SCHOOL CLOSED, THEY ACTUALLY THE COMMUNITY FUND RAISED $100,000 IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP IT OPEN. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH IN THE MINDS OF RESIDENTS THERE, AND THEY WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, ENTERED THIS CONVERSATION, I BELIEVE.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I JUST THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A YEAR AGO TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

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BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DIDN'T SEE COMING.

SO. GO. GO FOR IT AND INVESTIGATE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

I JUST SUPPORT THE SUPERVISORS THAT KNOW THEIR AREAS.

PERFECT. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOMETHING FOR A SECOND.

PREVIOUS EARLIER. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND THE PRIORITIES AND HOW WE WOULD FRAME THEM.

THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE VICE CHAIR TECH HAS BROUGHT UP AN OPPORTUNITY IN ANOTHER AREA FOR, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE FALL INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE RURAL SERVICES FOR A VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION.

CORRECT. SO IT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHAT WHAT SERVICES WOULD BE OFFERED THERE? THERE'S A FIRE DISTRICT VERY CLOSE. SO IT WOULDN'T LOOK, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE DIAGRAM THAT CHAIR JUST PASSED OUT.

BUT THERE IS A SHERIFF SUBSTATION THERE WE CURRENTLY LEASE.

THERE'S ONE PERSON THERE, AND YOU CAN GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT IF YOU'D LIKE.

BUT OTHER SERVICES THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY RELEVANT, I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE A CROSS TRAINED INDIVIDUAL WITH A GENERAL SORT OF COUNTY SERVICES APPROACH WHERE PEOPLE COULD GET FLOOD CONTROL PERMITS THAT DON'T NEED HIGH REVIEW OR YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS OR ANY NUMBER OF, OF OTHER SORT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT PERMITS.

AND THEN I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF DIRECTORS.

RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED AND AN INTEREST FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH TO HAVE A SPACE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAM ROOMS, MAYBE A TELEHEALTH ROOM WITH A PROBABLY WOULD REQUIRE A SEPARATE WINDOW.

BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS FROM DEPARTMENTS, AS I'VE HEARD.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IS THEY SEE A LOT OF SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS OFF OF BELL ROCK.

AND I THINK HAVING, YOU KNOW, A CONFERENCE ROOM AND A SPACE AND A STORAGE AREA FOR THEM, A PLACE TO CONVENE WOULD BE REALLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING IS WHAT I WAS HOPING TODAY WITH OUR TEAM TO GET FROM THE BOARD IS FROM A RURAL SERVICES STANDPOINT, 3 TO 4 PRIORITIES THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON IDENTIFIED.

AND AND THAT'S YOU'RE KIND OF IN YOU'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

IN OTHER WORDS, I HEARD WEAVER MOUNTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY AS ONE.

IF WE JUST CONTINUE DOWN THE LIST AND CAN GIVE US 3 TO 4 IF THE BOARD AGREES ON VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK BEING ONE OF THEM, WE'RE KIND OF DOING WHAT WE NEED TO TODAY. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY GOOD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS COME BACK.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK REGARDING THAT SCHOOL AND THE USE OF IT.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO TELL THE BOARD IS I THINK WE'RE HEADING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IF WE CAN GET DIRECTION ON 3 OR 4 PROJECTS FROM FROM YOUR RURAL SERVICES STUDY FOR BRANDON TO WORK ON, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCEPTS WE WOULD ASK IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE US SO WE COULD MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT YEAR WITH THOSE SUPERVISOR JENKINS YOU BROUGHT UP? I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE MAYOR THE SUBSTATION I DON'T THINK IS A LOW PRIORITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MOVE IT TO MEDIUM OR HIGH SO THAT IT'S PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.

AND I GUESS HELP ME WITH THE HEALTH SERVICES HAD TWO PRIORITIES, AND THAT WAS ASH FORK AND THE CAMP VERDE AREA.

DOES THAT FIT INTO HERE AT ALL? BECAUSE THEY'RE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON A CLINIC ON THAT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND ON THAT SIDE OF I-17, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN LISTED HERE. AND I KNOW THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE YEARS.

THE CLINIC THERE AND CROWN KING PUBLIC LIBRARY I'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR.

THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FROM THE FOREST SERVICE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE FIT IN, WHEN I KNOW THAT DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN HERE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, BRANDON, THAT I'VE GOTTEN QUOTES FROM YOU BEFORE, IS PAVING PART OF COURTICE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE OF ADA ISSUES WITH THE VOTING CENTER, AND THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE EITHER.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE THINGS FIT IN. I'M JUST LAYING THEM OUT AND GIVE ME SOME IDEAS HOW HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ON THOSE ITEMS. WELL, IF I MIGHT START THE RURAL SERVICES STUDY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON LIBRARIES AND USO SUBSTATIONS.

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WE DIDN'T DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE HEALTH SERVICES AS A WHOLE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP IN IN THIS REPORT SPECIFICALLY.

AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT MOVING THE PRIORITIES OF MAYOR I DON'T REALLY CARE WHERE THEY'RE AT ON THE LIST.

WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, I'M I'M HAPPY WITH THIS WAS REALLY JUST ABOUT BRINGING FORTH SOME INFORMATION.

THESE PRIORITIES WERE JUST BASED UPON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK, GENSLER'S AND STAFF'S INPUT IN THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

AND SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE ON THIS LIST OR NOT, WHATEVER YOUR GUYS'S PRIORITIES ARE, ARE WHAT MY PRIORITIES WILL BE. YES. I JUST WANT TO HELP ON THAT.

ALSO, MR. SCHULTZ HAS EXPRESSED IT QUITE ACCURATELY.

THE PRIORITIES ON HERE WERE FROM A REPORT, AND THE BOARD IS THE ONE WHO SETS ULTIMATELY THE PRIORITIES.

IF YOU FEEL YOUR PRIORITY IS THE MAYOR SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION, THEN THAT IS THE PRIORITY.

WE WILL SET TODAY'S DISCUSSION WAS MEANT FOR THAT ACTIVITY.

YOU IF YOU SAY THAT IS ONE OF THE 3 OR 4 YOU WANT US WORKING ON, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO.

AS FAR AS HEALTH FACILITIES, THE REASON THAT IS NOT ON HERE FROM MY OPINION YES.

IT WAS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE RURAL SERVICES STUDY.

YOU ALSO HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC ON THAT.

BECAUSE THE MONEY FLOWS THROUGH THAT FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.

SO I JUST THAT'S AN INTERACTION WITH THE BOARD AND THAT PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC AND THAT QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER.

SO THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THIS BECAUSE IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEIR FUNDING AND A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNTY.

SO IT COULD BE THAT THAT HAPPENS SEPARATELY. I'D RECOMMEND WE LOOK AT 3 TO 4 PRIORITIES HERE AND ALSO SEPARATELY DISCUSS IF THERE'S A FUTURE FOR A HEALTH FACILITY IN CAMP VERDE. OKAY.

SMILING AT MARTY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD ONGOING DISCUSSIONS.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT THAT THAT IS THAT IS ONE OF LESLIE.

I MEAN, THAT IS LESLIE'S PRIORITY FOR RURAL CLINICS.

IS THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT. AND TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE ANSWERED.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT HERE. THANK YOU. CORRECT.

AND AND AGAIN, I, I JUST ALWAYS POINT OUT AND I KNOW MR. BRENNAN CAN PROBABLY ELABORATE BETTER THAN ME, BUT WE HAVE AN INTERSECTING AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER ENTITY, THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC, AS PART OF THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND IT'S ACTUALLY HELPFUL THAT WAY BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY COMES THROUGH FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS AND FEES, THAT THAT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC BOARD.

SO, SUPERVISOR JENKINS, IS IT YOUR PRIORITY, THE SUBSTATION, OR ARE THERE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT IN, OR YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE PART OF THE GENERAL DISCUSSION, OR WHAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITY FOR YOU? MY PRIORITY. AND I'LL LET THE CHAIR SPEAK. BUT THE SUBSTATION AND FOR SURE, CROWN KING LIBRARY.

WE WANT TO WRAP THAT UP. HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.

YES. SHERIFF, WHERE ARE YOU? ON THE SUBSTATION.

THERE. YEAH, WELL, LIKE EVERYTHING, WE NEED IT.

THE MAYOR SUBSTATION IS IN THE OLD MAYOR SCHOOL, WAY BACK IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S.

IT'S OLD AND IT'S SMALL, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY SERVE THE NEEDS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR, THE SOUTHEAST AREA COMMAND, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE OFF HIGHWAY 69.

THAT SUBSTATION IS HIGH VOLUME. WE HAVE MANY EMPLOYEES WORKING OUT OF THERE, MANY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WORKING OUT OF THERE.

YOU'VE GOT THE CONSTABLE WORKING OUT OF THERE.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A NEED TO HAVE AN ACTUAL SUBSTATION FOR A WHILE.

WE WENT AND LOOKED AT SOME STOREFRONT PROPERTY THAT WAS ON A ON HIGHWAY 69.

ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE MARKET FOR SOMETHING. IT'S JUST NOT A LOT DOWN THERE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE AND I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR JENKINS, A MAYOR SUBSTATION IS DEFINITELY NOT A LOW PRIORITY.

I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE IT THERE. MAYBE I DIDN'T CATCH IT BEFORE, BUT IT IS YOU KNOW, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY.

BLACK CANYON SUBSTATION IS A LOW PRIORITY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT'S WORKING FINE.

IT COULD USE SOME UPDATES AND WHATNOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE MODEL OF SUBSTATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO BUILD AROUND THE COUNTY AND THAT THAT WAS BUILT 30 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S STILL DOING REALLY WELL. WELL, THEN I'M FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD AS SUPERVISOR JENKINS WITH HER PRIORITY IN REFERENCE TO THE SUBSTATION AND MAYOR AND THE LIBRARY AND TO VICE CHAIR CHECK.

ANY THOUGHTS? WELL, I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION LIKE, DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU?

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SO ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WAS OUR PROJECT DELIVERY AND APPROACH AND, AND REALLY I'M LOOKING AT PROBABLY BEING ABLE TO DO THREE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS PER YEAR, WHETHER THAT BE SOMETHING LIKE THE ADMIN BUILDING OR THE COMMERCE ANNEX BUILDING OR MAJOR REMODEL, AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO DO A COUPLE OF RURAL BUILDINGS.

I'M I'M THINKING ABOUT THREE PROJECTS, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER.

NOW IT GETS A LITTLE FUNNY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE CROWN KING LIBRARY. I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER THAT ONE BEING A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING A MAJOR RENOVATION. IT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT TIME IN IT BECAUSE OF THE TRAVEL AND THE LOCATION.

THAT WILL BE COMPLICATED, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO USE THAT ONE AS PART OF OF MY WORKLOAD ON OUR PROJECT DELIVERY.

I'M REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON THE ONES THAT REALLY TAKE A LOT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT STAFF AND A LOT OF TIMING IN THAT SENSE.

AND SO CROWN KING, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE LIST. I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH DIRECTOR CHRISTIANS ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF MY WORKLOAD WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, ARE WE WORKING ON WEAVER MOUNTAIN? ARE WE WORKING ON VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK? ARE WE WORKING ON THE GURLEY STREET REMODEL AND WORKING THROUGH THAT? AND SO WHAT I WOULD DO IS IF MAYOR IS ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES, I WOULD CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE THE ENTIRE AREA.

I'D BRING A LITTLE INFORMATION BACK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE LOCATION THAT SHERIFF IS OCCUPYING NOW, HOW MANY DESKS, HOW MANY, HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE? HOW FAR IS IT FROM THE ROAD SO THAT WE'VE GOT SOME DATA TO WORK WITH THERE AND THEN COME BACK WITH SOME OTHER INFORMATION, LIKE AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE COULD BUILD ON, AVAILABLE PROPERTIES TO LEASE OR POSSIBLY BUY.

AND LOOK AT JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO EACH COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

AND MAYBE THAT CONVERSATION EVEN INVOLVES THE LIBRARY.

I KNOW WE HAD A BUILDING DONATED THERE, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING AND AND SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME LIMITATIONS ON THAT ONE. AND SO I'LL BRING A WHOLE LIST OF CONVERSATION BACK FOR EACH COMMUNITY. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT EACH COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HOLISTICALLY AND NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL BUILDING, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT IT AS COUNTY SERVICES AS A WHOLE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. I'M GLAD THAT YOU CLARIFIED ABOUT THE CROWN KING LIBRARY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING IS PROBABLY ALREADY THERE, BUT I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ALL THESE THINGS FIT IN.

IF YOU WANT US TO CHOOSE THREE, I DIDN'T WANT THAT ONE TO DROP OFF.

AND WE KNOW THAT IT SHOULD HAPPEN. AND AND THE FUNDING IS THERE.

BUT AS FAR AS MAYOR SUBSTATION, I THINK WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THERE'S COUNTY LAND IN COURTICE.

YES, LIKE 60 OR 70 ACRES OVER THERE. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT CONSOLIDATING SOME OF THESE SERVICES OVER THERE.

SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE THE WHOLE IDEA WHEN YOU BRING BACK SOME DESIGN CONCEPTS ON MAYBE HOW WE CAN BRING SOME OF YOUR DESIGNS FORWARD AND MAYBE CAPTURE A LOT OF SERVICES.

WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY.

AND YET IT'S A VOTING CENTER, AND IT'S A DIRT PARKING LOT, AND IT'S A GRAVEL PARKING LOT, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. FOR ADA AND PEOPLE VOTE.

WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM VOTING BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO A BUILDING.

THAT COULD FACTOR IN TO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MAYOR SUBSTATION.

IF YOU DECIDE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT MIGHT INCORPORATE A MUCH LARGER FOOTPRINT AND NOT JUST BE THE SUBSTATION.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATION, YOU COME BACK WITH YOUR IDEAS AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IS THERE'S SUCH A BROADER CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK VERY NARROWLY AT ONE BUILDING.

AND HOW DO WE WE AFFECT ONE BUILDING. BUT I MEAN, IF WE CAN MOVE JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND HAVE BIGGER OPPORTUNITIES, WE CAN CERTAINLY CONSIDER THINGS LIKE THAT. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO YOUR THOUGHTS ON DISTRICT FOUR? YOU BETCHA. AND I THINK MY PRIORITY WOULD BE UP IN SELIGMAN TO AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE MOVING AWAY.

AT FIRST WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SIMPLE BUILDING THAT WE COULD MOVE ANYWHERE.

WE MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE SUBSTATIONS, BUT UP IN SELIGMAN, THE JUSTICE COURT IS WOEFULLY OUT OF DATE.

THE SUBSTATION UP THERE, THE CONSTABLES HAVE NO ROOM TO OPERATE.

AND THERE REALLY IS NO COMMUNITY ROOM WHERE WE COULD OFFER SERVICES.

SO SELIGMAN WOULD BE MY MY TOP PRIORITY. WE ALREADY HAVE LAND UP THERE.

IT ALREADY HAS THE UTILITIES TO IT. IT HAS SOME SOMEWHAT OF A PARKING LOT THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE RENEWED, BUT AND THEN LOOKING DOWN AT ASH FORK, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME LEASING SPACE FOR A SUBSTATION, BECAUSE WHAT THEY GOT UP THERE IS, IS REALLY NOT I DON'T I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT A FACILITY.

IT'S A MODULAR HOME WITH A COUPLE OF ROOMS IN IT THAT'S FALLING APART.

IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. SO THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE PLACES THAT WE COULD LEASE, PURCHASE AND RENEW.

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SO BUT RIGHT NOW SELIGMAN AND ASHWORTH, THEY, THEY ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF OF UPDATING AND SERVICES.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE SELIGMAN JUSTICE COURT, WHEN YOU SERVE ON A JURY AND YOU GOT TO GO TINKLE AND YOU GOTTA WALK ACROSS THE STREET, GO USE THE LIBRARY AND THEN COME BACK. THAT'S JUST NOT NOW.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST OUT OF DATE. THEY'VE BEEN IGNORED.

THEY NEED TO BE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD COMING WITH ALL THEIR RURAL PRIORITIES BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THE RURAL AREAS THEN ON TO COMMERCE.

OH, SORRY. NO, I LOOKED DOWN. I JUST WANT TO SAY I, I'M REALLY GLAD I DON'T HAVE A RURAL AREA THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

YEAH, IT HELPS OUR BUDGETARY DISCUSSIONS. FEEL FREE TO COME OVER AND HELP ME.

I'LL HELP ALL OF YOU. CHAIR, I JUST HAD THE SAME QUESTION FOR MR. SCHULTZ. AGAIN, WITH TWO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES BEING MENTIONED.

FROM SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. HOW DID THOSE TWO THINGS SOUND TO YOU? COULD THOSE BE ACHIEVED IN THE SCHEME? IT'S REALLY THE SAME CONVERSATION WE WERE JUST HAVING ABOUT MAYOR AND CORDIS, YOU KNOW LOOKING AT ONE COMMUNITY, THEY THEY ARE SEPARATED, BUT THERE'S STILL NOT THAT MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

AND THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HAVE MORE CONSOLIDATED SERVICES IN ONE COMMUNITY OR THE OTHER.

WE'LL DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YCSO ABOUT THEIR SUBSTATIONS, THEIR PATROL LOCATIONS AND THE LIBRARY IN THEIR LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT REDUCING ANY SERVICES TO ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

BUT THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T LOOK AT THOSE COMMUNITIES HOLISTICALLY AGAIN, MR. CHAIR. YES. I JUST WANT TO. WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR HEALTH SERVICES AND SUCH, YOU KNOW, ASH FORK JUST CAME ON BOARD AND THEY'RE ONLY OPEN ONE DAY A WEEK AND THEY'RE BANGING.

THEY ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED OUT TILL APRIL. NOW YOU CAN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT TILL APRIL.

THE NEEDS UP THERE ARE SO GREAT, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE WHEN ONE COMES UP AND HOW MUCH IT'S GETTING USED AND SO ON.

THE HEALTH SERVICES? ABSOLUTELY. MR. BRENNAN.

YES, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERVISOR JENKINS, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CAMP VERDE, AS YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

ASH FORK AND CAMP VERDE WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY LOCATIONS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH THE PRESCOTT FREE CLINIC.

THE ASHFORD CLINIC IS UP AND RUNNING, ALBEIT ONE DAY A WEEK.

BUT WE HAVE NOT. OR THE CLINIC HAS NOT YET BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING FUNDING TO OPEN UP IN CAMP VERDE.

WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO LOOK AT SOME ARPA DOLLARS THAT MAY BE FALLING OUT, TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY FUNDING SOURCE AVAILABLE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE REDIRECTED.

AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT DISCUSSION, I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT I HAVE A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH OUR CONSULTANT, ERNST AND YOUNG. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE DOLLARS AVAILABLE, IF THEY COULD BE REALLOCATED, AND IF THEY CAN BE. I WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

MR. BOURDON YOU WERE. I WAS JUST CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I WAS JUST GOING TO RECAP BEFORE WE LEAVE THE RURAL SERVICES DISCUSSION, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM ON THIS AREA OF THE TABLE HAS CLEAR DIRECTION. SO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO AND AND I'M GOING TO LIST A FEW PROJECTS IN NO PARTICULAR PRIORITY.

THEY ALL ARE THE SAME PRIORITY. IN OTHER WORDS, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT YOUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR AND EVERYBODY WOULD START WORKING ON.

BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS MAYOR MAYOR, WHICH COULD BE LOOKING AT WHEREVER IT IS IN THAT AREA, TO, TO APPROPRIATELY SERVE THAT AREA. VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK, WEAVER MOUNTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, AND CROWN KING PUBLIC LIBRARY JUST NORMALLY GOING TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S JUST MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE IT'S IT'S JUST GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THOSE PRIORITIES THAT I'M LISTING. AND THEN THE FOURTH THE CROWN, SORRY, THE MY APOLOGIES.

SELIGMAN ASH FORK AREA IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR FACILITIES IN THOSE RURAL AREAS.

SO THAT IS WHAT I HEAR. BRANDON, ANY COMMENT ON THAT OR KIND OF CLEAR DIRECTION? THOSE WERE THE PROJECTS I WAS TRACKING. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE SHERIFF.

I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT VACATING YARNELL.

IS THAT TRUE WITH WEAVER MOUNTAIN? IS THAT IS THAT WHAT I HEARD?

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YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY YES. IN REFERENCE TO BE MORE ROOM FOR THE YARNELL COURT.

OKAY, PERFECT. SO WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEAVER MOUNTAIN STUFF, I'LL INCLUDE YARNELL AS A PART OF THAT.

CERTAINLY, YES. BECAUSE THE THE NEED FOR OUR RURAL JUSTICE CENTERS AND OUR RURAL JUDGES IS AS PROFOUND.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MAINTAINED FOR CONSIDERABLE TIME AND EXPANDED IF NECESSARY.

THANK. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD IT CLEAR BEFORE WE MOVED ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO YOU HAVE DIRECTION. PERFECT.

CAN I GET THE COMMERCE NOW? YES, SIR. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE COMMERCE FOR A WHILE.

I KEEP MESSING IT UP. SHERIFF. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT THERE THE WHOLE TIME ON COMMERCE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO. WELL, I, I WATCHED THE CONVERSATION WEAVE INTO SUBSTATIONS WITH EACH, EACH THING.

SO I JUST KIND OF HANGING OUT AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE RURAL AREAS AND SHARED SERVICES AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUBSTATIONS.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. SUPERVISOR. MALLORY.

YES. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, SHERIFF AND DENNIS, VERY MUCH FOR HELPING OUT ON THIS GIRLY THING.

IT'LL BE WORTH IT. I KNOW THERE'S PAIN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH IT.

THE LABOR PAINS WILL BE GOOD AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE GOING FORWARD.

THANKS. WE'LL TALK LATER. OKAY. IN REFERENCE TO THE COMMERCE DRIVE ANNEX, BUILDING B, MR. SCHULTZ, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE BUILDING NOW AND WHAT THE PLANS ARE NOW FOR THE BOARD.

SO CURRENTLY, WHAT WE HAD LOOKED AT WAS ABOUT A 48,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WOULD BE TWO STORIES.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ELECTIONS AND THE RECORDER'S OFFICE ON WHAT THEIR SPACE NEEDS WOULD BE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD WOULD TAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT UPPER FLOOR.

WE HAD ALSO PLANNED ON SOME CONFERENCE ROOMS DOWN ON THE LOWER FLOOR, A LARGE ONE AND A COUPLE OF SMALLER ONES, JUST TO ADD TO THE COUNTY'S PORTFOLIO, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH LARGE CONFERENCE ROOMS. AND WE'D ALSO LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE THERE JUST FOR CONVENIENCE FOR MY DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF STORAGE AND WHATNOT.

SO MULTI-USE BUILDING. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF ROOM THERE, PLENTY OF ROOM TO DO THE PARKING UTILITIES IN PLACE.

SO NOT A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT'S GOT TO BE DONE.

JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A LOW HANGING FRUIT AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING WOULD BE.

AND IT CREATES SPACE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH IS SPACE HERE. AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE THE ELECTIONS RECORDER DEPARTMENT OUT OF THIS, THIS BUILDING HERE, AND THEN CREATE MORE SPACE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS HERE.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO YOUR THOUGHTS? NONE, NONE. OKAY.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS BRENNAN WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE THE UTILITIES ARE THERE, THE LAND IS THERE. IT'S. IS THE BUILDING DESIGNED? I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE ON WHEN WE DO IT. I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AT THE BOARD'S REQUEST.

THE THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNED.

THE ONLY THING THAT EXISTS IS THAT CUTE LITTLE SKETCH THAT I'VE DONE. AND THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF NAPKIN SKETCHES THAT I'VE DONE. I KNOW I DID UPDATE A LAYOUT AND GAVE THAT TO MISS BURCHILL TO SHARE BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO CHASE SOME.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE, CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED FUNDING OR WHAT THE SOURCE WAS, BUT THERE WAS SOMEBODY AT THE STATE WHO WAS GOING TO CHASE SOME FUNDING FOR HER TO POSSIBLY AUGMENT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT ONE'S AT. MR.. BOURDON.

OKAY. THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER YOUR, YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS INCLUDED FOR MAJOR PROJECTS, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE RE-ORDERED GURLEY STREET BUILDING REMODEL TO COME FIRST.

AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS BRING BACK TO YOU THE THREE PROJECTS SHERIFF, ADMIN, COMMERCE, DRIVE AND FAIR.

FAIR STREET REMODEL IN THAT SAME ORDER. I'M NOT SAYING AND AND GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF TIMELINE FOR THAT.

BUT THOSE THREE PROJECTS, SHERIFF ADMIN, COMMERCE DRIVE AND FAIR STREET, I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD REORDER THOSE.

UNLESS YOU WANTED TO. WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME LEVEL OF TIMELINE FOR THEM, FOR YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT THAT IS MORE REALISTIC WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TARGETING THAT FIRST FAIR STREET.

SORRY, GIRLY STREET REMODEL AS BEING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

SUPERVISOR VICE CHAIR. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD VERY CLEARLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REMODEL IS TOP PRIORITY FOR THOSE LARGER PROJECTS.

BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT THE PRESSING NEEDS OF, OF COMMERCE AND, AND WHAT FLEXIBILITY WE REALLY HAVE IN TIMELINES.

SO ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES ON COMMERCE ANNEX IS OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THEY'RE HERE AT FAIR STREET. THEY'RE ALSO AT OUR COMMERCE CENTER CIRCLE.

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IT CREATES SOME COMPLICATIONS IN MANAGING THEIR STAFF.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL AN ISSUE, BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE AT ONE POINT ABOUT BALLOTS AND SECURE TRANSPORT THAT HAD TO HAPPEN WITH SOME OF THE BALLOTS.

AND SO IT HAS COMPLICATED WHAT THEY DO, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THEM TOGETHER IN A SINGLE FACILITY.

SO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE SINGLE BIGGEST THING THAT THAT WOULD CREATE OR AT LEAST HELP IN THE COUNTY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER FRINGE THINGS, LIKE GOOD CONFERENCE ROOMS, HAVING GOOD CONFERENCE ROOMS THERE VARIETY OF SIZES.

AND THEN WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT AND OF COURSE, CHANGING PRIORITIES.

I'D WANT TO GO BACK WITH IT AND GO OVER THIS AGAIN.

BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAKING A TRUE DATA ROOM FOR THEM THERE THAT WOULD BE ON SITE WHERE THEY COULD LITERALLY WALK ACROSS A PARKING LOT, NOT HAVE TO DRIVE 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO COME INTO TOWN TO MANAGE THAT.

SO LOTS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WOULD WOULD IMPROVE EFFICIENCY FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS IS ONCE THE THOSE DEPARTMENTS MOVE OUT AND MAYBE WE VACATE THE SERVER ROOM THAT'S HERE ON THIS FLOOR OR IN THIS BUILDING, ALONG WITH THE ELECTION SPACE. WE FREE UP A LOT OF SPACE IN THIS BUILDING FOR OTHER USES, WHETHER THAT BE EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE UNDERSIZED RIGHT NOW.

OR BRINGING BACK SIMPLE FEATURES LIKE A COMMON BREAK ROOM.

JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. MR. BOURDON. I SAW YOU PRESS THE BUTTON.

CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? YES. MR. BRENNAN AND I WERE DISCUSSING ONE OF THE COMPLICATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR, AND AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS GOING ON, AND THIS WOULD SATISFY SOME OF YOUR ELECTIONS NEEDS.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SET THE PRIORITIES.

THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AT PLAY, FOR INSTANCE, ON THIS DISCUSSION WITH THIS BUILDING, THERE'S AN APPROPRIATION WHERE A BILL HAS BEEN DROPPED. DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT AS AS THEY MATERIALIZE OVER THE NEXT MONTHS, MAY REQUIRE US TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, WE'RE STILL WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE THE PRIORITY, THE GURLEY STREET REMODEL.

BUT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO BRING FORWARD NOW.

MR. SCHULTZ HAD BROUGHT UP STAFFING AND AND CAPACITY.

IF YOU HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, THE WAY WE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IS BRINGING ON OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO HELP YOU MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD. IF THEY HAD TO BE MOVED ON.

CONCURRENTLY WITH THE THE GURLEY STREET PROJECT.

SO JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT'S IT'S NEEDED.

WE'LL ORDER IT IN THE PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HANDLE IN-HOUSE.

BUT IF THERE'S FUNDING THAT COMES FORWARD FROM THE STATE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MOVING THAT FORWARD. SUPERVISOR. MALLORY. YES.

SO IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDING, POSSIBLY FROM THE STATE, WE DID SEND A LETTER IN REGARDS TO POSSIBLY $15 MILLION THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET FROM OUR LEGISLATORS IN REGARDS TO THIS BUILDING.

THE OTHER PART TO THAT IS JUST TO BE CLEAR OUT HERE WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, THIS ISN'T US WANTING TO JUST BUILD A NEW BUILDING FOR ELECTIONS. WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IS WE DO HAVE LEGISLATORS DOWN THERE THAT ARE DROPPING BILLS THAT ARE CREATING POSSIBLY SOME MANDATES. IN THE FUTURE, THERE WON'T BE AN OPTION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE HERE IN REGARDS TO WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT STATE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE OF THAT.

CERTAINLY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SUPERVISOR CHECK ANY QUESTION.

NO. THEN WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING ON COMMERCE VERY WELL.

OKAY, MR. SCHULZ, THAT'S IT FOR YOU TODAY, I THINK.

THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, TOO. I APPRECIATE IT, MR. BOURDON, CAN WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK AS WE KIND OF REPOSITION EVERYTHING? MR. BRENNAN, IS THAT MAYBE. YES. MAYBE NO.

CHAIR'S DISCRETION. YES, YES. OKAY. TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.

WE'LL COME BACK AT 1019. VERY WELL. MEETING'S BACK IN SESSION.

MOVING ON TO WHAT WAS NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE BUDGET.

[1. Fiscal Year (FY) 2026/2027 Budget - Kevin Forbes, Budget Manager, Lucy Frank, Senior Budget Analyst, and Phil Bourdon, County Manager]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, KEVIN FORBES BUDGET MANAGER MANAGER FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY.

I'M JORDAN, JOINED BY LUCY FRANK. SENIOR ANALYST.

AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET. SO SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE IN OCTOBER.

WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE SCRAPE THROUGH OF ALL THE DATA, 24,000 STRANDS OF DATA, TO BE EXACT.

SO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE'VE KEPT COUNT ON CHANGES OR UPDATES FOR RECORD KEEPING.

ALL OF THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU UPON REQUEST, BUT WE'LL SAVE YOU THE WHAT I CALL THE THE NERD SHEETS.

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SO FIRST UPDATE RIGHT NOW IS SHARED SALES TAX.

AND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, I HAVE A PROJECTION BASED ON A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS TO FACTOR IN THE SEASONALITY OF HOW CERTAIN FUNDS COME IN. GOOD NEWS IS THAT IS IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, RIGHT, THE BUDGETED AMOUNT HAS STARTED TO ENCROACH ON ACTUALS.

SO THAT SURPLUS THAT WE'VE GAINED THERE IS STARTING TO SHRINK.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.

SAME DATA SET BUT NOW ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS. RIGHT.

AND WE SEE THAT SPIKE RIGHT AROUND THE 2020. AND SINCE THEN IT'S THE GROWTH HAS BEEN THERE, BUT NOT AT THAT SAME LEVEL THAT WE SAW. HALF CENT EXCISE TAX FOR THE BUDGETED AMOUNT, WE HAD JUST UNDER 32 MILLION COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS, WE ARE UP 2.14%.

SO AGAIN ABOVE WHERE WE WERE NO CONCERNS ABOUT HITTING THE BUDGETED PROJECTIONS.

AND JUST OF NOTE HERE, YOU SEE THE THE PERCENTAGE ALLOCATIONS HERE.

THAT IS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WITHIN THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY TO SET THOSE PERCENTAGES.

JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIT MORE CONVERSATION ON THIS LATER THIS MORNING.

BUT WHERE WE ARE AT YEAR TO DATE, AGAIN, NO CONCERNS ABOUT HITTING THAT BUDGETED AMOUNT.

ONE THING I ALWAYS LIKE TO FOCUS ON, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN INTEREST ON THE BOARD ON THIS TOPIC TOO, IS YES, THE REVENUES COME IN, BUT WHERE WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? WHAT'S DRIVING THEM? YOU'LL SEE, THIS IS FROM THE STATE, SO THEIR DATA IS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHEN IT FALLS INTO OUR SYSTEM.

RIGHT. WE'RE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG FROM WHEN WE GET THOSE RECEIPTS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, RETAIL IS, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THE PERCENTAGE AMOUNT OF WHAT'S COMING IN.

TOURISM BASED ITEMS, AS I DESCRIBE THEM OR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IS STILL REMAINING STRONG.

YOU GOT RESTAURANTS AND BARS, YOU GOT LODGING.

SO GOOD DIVERSIFICATION IN TERMS OF WHAT IS DRIVING THESE TAXES HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS HERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VLT AGAIN, THIS ONE'S UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

5% CHANGE OVER PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS. IT ACCOUNTS FOR 8% OF THE TOTAL BUDGETED GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

AGAIN, NO CONCERNS AS FAR AS REVENUES COMING IN FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

HERF ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT HAVING A VLT? IS IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE BILL WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TAX THE ELECTRIC CARS. THERE'S A BILL RUNNING RIGHT NOW. I THINK NOT FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

AND I THINK IT'LL COME UNDER VLT, DOESN'T IT? CORRECT. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD AFFECT FUTURE YEARS.

SO TO YOUR POINT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT REVENUE PROJECTIONS, WE WOULD ADJUST THAT POSSIBLY WHAT BILLS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE IF THEY DO INCREASE THE REVENUE. SO VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SUPERVISOR. BUT THAT YES, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT IN FUTURE REVENUES IF IT IS DROPPED.

SORRY IF IT IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. HERF. AGAIN, GOOD POSITION HERE. 5.31% CHANGE OVER PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS.

SO ABOVE TARGET OF WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SOME BUDGET ADJACENT TYPE ITEMS HERE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, BUT REPORTING ON THE TAX LEVY. AND AGAIN, WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY. REAL AND PROPERTY.

PERSONAL PROPERTY. HISTORICAL CHART GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 2019.

AND THE GREEN LINE THERE JUST SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN WHAT WAS COLLECTED.

AND I KNOW LAST YEAR THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE BOARD TO KEEP THE TAX RATE FLAT.

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OKAY. EVERYTHING THAT'S ADMINISTERED ONTO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

HERE WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND TAKES UP 85% OF WHAT'S COLLECTED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE FLOOD CONTROL LIBRARY AND THE SMALLER SPECIAL DISTRICTS OUTLINED JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATES. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE DECISION LAST YEAR MADE BY THE BOARD WAS TO KEEP THE TAX RATE FLAT FOR PRIMARY YAVAPAI COUNTY COLLECTIONS. THE TAX RATE WAS ALSO FLAT FOR THE LIBRARY DISTRICT, BUT OVERALL BETWEEN PRIMARY LIBRARY AND FLOOD CONTROL, IT WENT DOWN JUST A TAD.

AND THAT'S DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE DECREASE IN FLOOD CONTROL.

JUST FOR REFERENCE HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO EXPAND TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE PROPERTY TAX FACTS AVAILABLE AGAIN.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS OF REVENUE COLLECTION.

YOU HAVE TRANSACTION CONSUMPTION TAXES. AND THEN ULTIMATELY AS THOSE REVENUES COME IN, THAT JUST INFORMS WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR PROPERTY TAX OWNERS. AND ALONG WITH THAT IN BUDGET, WE CAN SOMETIMES GET LOST IN THE WORLD OF, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE HOW IT AFFECTS THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.

SO ON AVERAGE FOR THE MEDIAN HOME, BASED ON THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET THE AVERAGE TAX BILL FOR PRIMARY WAS 430.

BUT WHEN YOU ADD IN LIBRARY AND FLOOD CONTROL, THAT IS AT 507.

AND GOING FORWARD, I'LL KEEP A RUNNING CHART HERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR TO YEAR DIFFERENCES.

AND LOOK, YOU KNOW, OVER THE SPAN OF 3 TO 5 YEARS.

AND CHAIR I JUST HAVE A ASK A QUESTION. CERTAINLY.

OKAY. KEVIN. YES. SO WHEN YOU BRING UP THESE AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS OUT HERE JUST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS SAKE.

SO THIS IS OUR TAXES THE COUNTY CORRECT? BECAUSE AS EVERYONE KNOWS OR MAY NOT KNOW, THAT TAX BILL HAS MANY OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES ON IT.

AND SO THIS IS JUST WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY.

CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. JUST ITEMIZING OUT THE ONES SPECIFIC TO YOU AS THE BOARD HERE.

RIGHT. YES. OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ONGOING A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK WE ARE THE ONLY PART OF THAT.

EVERYTHING IS US. GOTCHA. AND IT. YEAH. NOT ON NOTHING ON YOU.

WHAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. NO, NO, THE INFORMATION IS GOOD.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT THIS OUT THERE. THAT WAY YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE BACK ON IN THAT CONVERSATION.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AGAIN, JAIL DISTRICT WILL BE TALKED ON A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE COMING MINUTES.

BUT THEY ARE OUR LARGEST INTERFUND TRANSFER. SO THIS IS A HISTORICAL RECORD GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 2019.

THE GREEN IS THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. THE BLUE IS THE DEBT SERVICE.

GRAY IS ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS MADE. AND THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT WHICH I BELIEVE WAS DONE IN OCTOBER FOR THE MEDICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. SO IT ITEMIZES BASICALLY EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT TRANSFER.

AND THEN THE NUMBERS ABOVE THE BAR INDICATE THE TOTAL.

AND THEN AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE PRIMARY, I PRIMARY SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR THE COUNTY, THIS IS OUR BUDGET EXPENDITURES.

AND IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED TO DATE BY JANUARY 7TH.

SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK AND FORTH. AND THEN IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU GENERAL FUND HAS GONE OUT A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN THE OTHER FUN TYPES. BUT WITH THAT SAID, GENERAL FUND IS STILL ON TARGET FOR THEIR SPENDING.

I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT GOING OVER THE LIMIT OR WHAT WAS BUDGETED THERE.

ONE THING I SHOULD MAKE NOTE OF DEBT SERVICE RIGHT HERE.

IT'S REFLECTING ZERO. I WAS INFORMED A PAYMENT OF 1.3 MILLION WENT OUT.

IT WAS JUST IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE SYSTEM.

IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED IN OUR FINANCE SYSTEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT 1.3 MILLION HAS GONE OUT IN DEBT SERVICE.

CAPITAL RESERVE POLICY. SO OUTSIDE OF OUR OPERATING REVENUE AND EXPENSES, CAPITAL RESERVE AS IT IS TODAY,

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WE'RE TOWARDS THE HIGHER END OF 25%. IF WE WENT 25%, I THINK THAT WOULD PUT US AROUND 42 MILLION.

SO IT'S ALMOST FULLY FUNDED IN THAT REGARD. BIG NUMBER TO FOCUS ON IS THE UNDESIGNATED GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

SO THIS IS MONEY THAT IS NOT EARMARKED NOT RESERVED FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

IT IS SITTING AT JUST OVER $97 MILLION. THAT COULD GROW THAT COULD DECREASE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW REVENUES AND LIABILITIES COME AND GO.

GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY IS AT 4.43 MILLION. AND AFTER THE JANUARY CYCLE, THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN WHAT WAS PULLED THERE. BUT WE'RE STILL NORTH OF 4 MILLION, I THINK 4.2 TO BE EXACT.

SO IN FISCAL YEAR UPDATE I BELIEVE WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION.

THE REVENUES HAVE EXCEEDED BUDGETED AMOUNTS. EXPENSES ARE CONTAINED TO WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND GENERAL ECONOMIC ITEMS TO BORROWING RATES GO DOWN THAT CAN ALL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

SURE. THIS WAS CLEAR. IT WAS CONCISE. IT WAS VERY EASY TO READ.

I LIKE THAT YOU WENT BACK. SO WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS OF DATA.

FOR ME, WHO DIDN'T TUNE IN TO COUNTY BUDGET ISSUES FOR MANY YEARS.

KNOWING WHERE YOU'VE BEEN IS VERY HELPFUL IN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

SO THAT MANY YEARS AND UNDERSTANDING THE TRENDS ARE VERY, VERY USEFUL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DATA THAT YOU PROVIDED? YES. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND LUCY AND I, OUR BIGGEST THING IS TO MAKE THIS EXPLAINABLE TO YOU AS THE BOARD, BUT ALSO TO THE TAXPAYERS WHO MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, FULLY FINANCIALLY VERSED OR HAVE THAT BACKGROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE THEY ARE WHAT DRIVES OUR STRUCTURE. SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY, KEVIN, THAT THE FACT THAT YOU DID GO BACK THE EIGHT YEARS, EVEN THOUGH SUPERVISOR JENKINS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HERE, I WAS HERE, BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S REMINDING ME OF WHAT WE DID, WHICH HELPS ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE WILL DO GOING FORWARD. AND I DID HIGHLY NOTE THAT THAT SPIKE IN 2020. HOW WELL I REMEMBER THAT TIME. YEAH. SO YEAH, YEAH THE 2020 WAS EASY TO BLACK OUT.

SO I JUST BROUGHT IT BACK. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER BE ABLE TO BLACK IT OUT.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I. I AM GLAD THAT YOU PUT IT IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S GREAT TO SEE.

YEP. YOU KNOW IT OUT ON THE PAPER. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JUST TO VIEW THIS THE BUDGET CALENDAR, THIS WAS AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

WE ARE AHEAD ON A FEW ITEMS. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES HERE.

OPEN GOV IS AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENTS THERE IN IT.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS QUESTIONS FROM THEM. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

GREAT QUESTIONS I CAN SAY THE DEPARTMENT'S FOR THEIR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF ONE PIECE OF THE PIE, BUT THEY ARE EXPERTS IN WHAT THEY DO.

AND IT'S NOT JUST PROGRAMMATICALLY, IT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE AS WELL.

SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND THEN THAT HELPS US FACILITATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO GET AS THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS.

SO JUST ONE QUESTION. JUST WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH UNDESIGNATED.

UNDESIGNATED GENERAL FUND RESERVE. WHY IS THAT NUMBER SO HIGH? MR. BOURDON. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT IS A RESULT OF HISTORICALLY HIGH REVENUES.

BASED ON YOU JUST RECEIVED GREAT REVENUES OVER TIME, AND YOU'VE KEPT YOUR EXPENDITURES DOWN.

NOW, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT'S A FUND BALANCE.

SO THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING IS YOU DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT REVENUES ANNUALLY IN COMPARISON TO THE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES YOU'RE BUDGETING.

YOU DO HAVE A REVENUE GAP. AND SO THAT IS HEALTHY OVER THE NEXT YEARS AS YOU TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.

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YOU HAVE YOUR RESERVE, WHICH WE CALL A CAPITAL RESERVE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR FUND BALANCE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING UP OVER TIME AND CAN ADDRESS THINGS LIKE ONE TIME PURCHASES, SORRY, ONE TIME EXPENDITURES LIKE YOUR CAPITAL.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I ALWAYS KIND OF ADD A LOT TO IT.

ULTIMATELY, THE MOST PRESSING REASON YOU HAVE THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH TIMES LIKE 2020, WHERE WE WERE EXPECTING CHANGES IN REVENUES DUE TO COVID AND WE RATCHETED DOWN EXPENDITURES, THOSE REVENUES DID NOT DECREASE. AND SO OUR FUND BALANCE DID INCREASE, ENABLING YOU TO HAVE AND BE POSITIONED WELL FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO DO ONE TIME EXPENDITURES LIKE CAPITAL. THANK YOU. DID THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH GROWING IT AS WELL? WELL, YES. AND AGAIN I'VE BEEN I WAS GONE THREE YEARS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT PRIOR TO THAT. PRIOR TO THAT THE BOARD HEARD ME A LOT TALK ABOUT LIMITING EXPENDITURES, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD MONEY, BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS LATER. I WAS HAVING TO WORK WITH THE BOARD TO FUND THE JAIL USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, WHICH WERE NOT EXCLUDABLE FROM YOUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

AND SO YOU AS A BOARD, WHEN YOU WENT OUT IN THE LAST YEAR, COUPLE YEARS AND INCREASED YOUR EXPENDITURE LIMIT, YOU ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE. SO WE NO LONGER HAVE, IN MY OPINION, MY HUMBLE OPINION, AN EXPENDITURE LIMIT ISSUE.

BUT YES, IT WAS. I WAS COMING TO YOU GOING DON'T SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY EVERY YEAR.

LIMIT THE INCREASE IN ONGOING EXPENDITURES BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT.

SUPERVISOR. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO BUDGET PROCESS.

SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE END OF OCTOBER WITH LUCY, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH PREPARATION AGAIN, SCRUBBING DATA, GETTING EVERYTHING DATA ACCURACY COMPLETE FOR YOU.

THAT WAY YOU CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE NOW DEPARTMENTS ARE ENTERING THE REQUEST, BUT ALSO VALIDATING SOME OF THE DATA WE HAVE PUT FORWARD INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ONGOING.

AND SO NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE INTO THE ANALYZE AND DISCUSSION PHASE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH INVOLVES YOU. SO JUST SOMETHING I LIKE TO DO IS BUDGET AUTHORITY.

AGAIN, KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS BEFORE ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENT HEADS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. ESSENTIALLY, THEY ARE THEIR EXPERTS. WE WORK WITH THEM, THE COUNTY MANAGER AND THE BUDGET TEAM TO FACILITATE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND PUT FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REVIEW, ANALYZE, AND VOTE ON.

AND OF COURSE, YOU ARE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS INCLUDING GETTING THE BUDGET TO TENTATIVE AND FINAL ADOPTION STATUS.

JUST REAL QUICK. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK EXTENSIVELY WITH CSA.

THIS IS A LISTING OF THEIR PRIORITY ITEMS. ACTUALLY, IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET RIGHT HERE.

THEY DID PUT FORWARD 10.4 MILLION IN THAT PROPOSAL.

SO WE'LL MONITOR AND SEE IF THAT COMES THROUGH.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AT THE STATE LEVEL WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE WATCHFUL OF MR. CHAIR. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE IN CSA'S PRIORITIES THAT THERE'S A I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PRIORITY, A RESOLUTION. SO NOT ONE OF THEIR MAJOR FUNDING ASKS, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD SHIFT BUDGETS IF ASSESSORS ARE ALLOWED TO ASSESS SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL.

AND SO THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR BUDGET.

OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T IN THIS YEAR, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION IT.

THANK YOU. THANKS. AND FEEDING OFF OF THAT, THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE BUDGET.

ONE OTHER BIG ITEM I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WHEN IT COMES TO MANDATORY HEALTH PAYMENTS FROM THE COUNTY IN THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE BUDGET, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION COST TO YAVAPAI COUNTY.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON AND BUILD INTO THE BUDGET AS APPROPRIATE.

BUDGET GUIDELINES, JUST HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF BASICALLY THE PARAMETERS OR BOX IN WHICH WE SET OURSELVES IN.

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BUT I BELIEVE THIS OUTLINES THE GENERAL INTENT OF WHAT THE BOARD LOOKS TO ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR BUDGET.

FTE. SO I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LUCY. SHE DOES A TERRIFIC JOB IN MANAGING THIS.

I THINK PRIOR THERE WERE SOME MANUAL PROCESSES THAT WERE INSERTED.

WE HAVE RETURNED BACK TO AN AUTOMATED PROCESS WITH THIS SYSTEM.

SO NOT TO GET TOO INTO THE WEEDS, BUT EACH FTE IS NOW IN THE SYSTEM, AND THAT ROLLS UP TO THE HIGH LEVEL FTE COUNT. BUDGET COUNT. WE DON'T ACCOUNT FOR VACANCY SAVINGS.

EVERYTHING IS 1 TO 1, ONE FTE, ONE FULL SALARY, INCLUDING TAX BENEFITS.

ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED, EVEN UNIFORM ALLOWANCE.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT FTE, JUST KNOW THAT IT IS FULLY BACKED OR ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS.

THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANTED TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION IN LAST YEAR FOR ME, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT GETTING CLEANED UP.

THANK YOU. AND THE AUTOMATED PROCESS MAKES IT A LOT EASIER.

IT AVOIDS HEADACHE HEADACHES. SO AGAIN LUCY'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.

I WILL JUST SAY WE'VE PUT FORWARD THESE NUMBERS HERE.

DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL DOING SOME OF THEIR LAST MINUTE CHECKS, SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THAT FTE COUNT COULD SWING 1 OR 2.

BUT WE'RE IN FRACTIONAL DIFFERENCES AT THIS POINT.

SO YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS JUST THE GROWTH FROM FY WHY 25 ADAPTED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS COULD GO UP OR DOWN 1 OR 2 FTS.

I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT HISTORY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FTS DO COME WITH COST.

SO MOVING MORE INTO THE DRAFT BUDGET, OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS PRELIMINARY LIMITED PROPERTY VALUE IS AT 4.23 BILLION, RIGHT? YOU HAVE 90% AT REAL ESTATE, CENTRALLY VALUED PERSONAL PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHAT HELPS MAKE UP THAT 4.23 BILLION. AND YOU SEE THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES.

NOTHING STANDS OUT AS ABNORMAL. THE DECREASES AS I UNDERSTAND THEM ARE RELATIVELY IN LINE TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PRIOR YEARS. THERE CAN BE SOME FLUCTUATION.

PERHAPS. YES, ON THE PERSONAL PROPERTY. IS THAT MAINLY DUE TO DEPRECIATION? YES, YES. WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THAT WAS WHAT THEY SAID WAS THE DRIVING FORCE.

GOOD QUESTION. DRAFT BUDGET. SO LAST YEAR'S PROPERTY TAX LEVY WAS JUST OVER 63 MILLION HISTORICALLY UNDER FILL. THIS WAS A GREAT EXERCISE TO WORK WITH HIM ON.

HE'S BEEN AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO HIM. HIS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN MY TRANCE TRANSFER HERE.

THE ESTIMATED NEW CONSTRUCTION, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THAT, WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION, WHICH GETS YOU AT 67.7 MILLION. BUT IF WE WERE TO STAY WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE DID LAST YEAR AT A FLAT TAX RATE LEVY, YOU WOULD BE AT 69.6 MILLION, WHICH IS STILL WAY UNDER ABOUT 11 MILLION.

UNDER THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM FOR FY 27. AGAIN, THESE ARE ESTIMATES.

BUT JUST TRYING TO GET THE INFORMATION WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME TO YOU.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. JUST COMING OUT. AS AS KEVIN AND LUCY ARE GOING OVER THIS, WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE DIFFERENTIATING WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THE DRAFT BUDGET VERSUS MAYBE WHAT'S NOT YET PUT IN THERE.

THE INFORMATION AS PART OF THIS SLIDE, THIS IS PRELIMINARY BECAUSE THE FINAL NET ASSESSED VALUATION FROM THE ASSESSOR COMES BY FEBRUARY 10TH BASED ON STATUTE. SO WE WILL FINALIZE THESE NUMBERS AND BRING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION FOR INCLUSION IN THE BUDGET AS WE PROCEED IN THE MONTHS. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS AS KEVIN GOES THROUGH THE SLIDES, HE'S LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN YOUR IN YOUR DRAFT BUDGET. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALONG THOSE LINES NOW GETTING MORE INTO THE DRAFT BUDGET EXPENDITURE

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GETTING EVERYTHING BACK TO A BLANK SLATE. PERSONNEL COSTS.

WE HAVE WE'VE NARROWED DOWN THE STAFFING LEVELS.

WE HAVE INCLUDED A COLA AND MERIT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.

I WILL TOUCH BASE ON THAT IN A FUTURE SLIDE. HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE THAT ONE.

HAS NOT BEEN FULLY INCORPORATED YET. I KNOW THERE IS A DECISION MAKING PROCESS GOING ON, BUT THERE ARE PROJECTED RATE RATE INCREASES NORTH OF 10% FROM WHAT I LAST RECALL. CORRECT.

THE YAVAPAI COMBINED TRUST IS STILL GOING TO MEET, I BELIEVE, IN FEBRUARY TO ADOPT THAT RATE, WHICH WILL BE THEN PLACED INTO THE BUDGET. THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS INCORP PAYMENT. I KNOW THE BOARD JUST VOTED ON THIS LAST WEEK TO AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FY 26, FOR FY 27. WE ARE BUILDING THAT INTO THE BUDGET TO BEGIN WITH.

SO THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT GENERAL SERVICES BUDGET.

WE HAVE ROLLED FORWARD THE NUMBERS FROM FY 26.

AGAIN, THE MANDATORY MANDATORY HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS ARE RIGHT HERE.

THIS DOES NOT FACTOR THE LATEST $1 MILLION HIT FROM THE GOVERNOR AT THE AT THIS POINT, IF IT DOES COME THROUGH IN THAT EXECUTIVE BUDGET.

SO JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, IT IS ON OUR RADAR JUST NOT BUILT IN AT THIS POINT.

AND CHAIR KEVIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO ADD BACK TO THAT RS, JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT BACK IN 20.

IN 2020, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ADDITIONAL PAYMENT.

THIS WAS PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS. SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT DOES STAY IN THE BUDGET.

YES. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT OBLIGATION.

IT IS A DEBT THAT DOES NOT JUST GO AWAY REGARDLESS.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL THIS, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

AGAIN, THIS IS A DEBT THAT WE HAVE INCURRED OF REALLY NO DOING OF OUR OWN, BUT IT IS FOR A RETIREMENT FUND AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT RETIREMENT FUND FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY INVEST THE MONEY.

SOMETIMES THOSE REVENUES DON'T COME BACK AS STRONG AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO.

AND THAT SHORTENS DOWN THE BALANCE. BUT THE RETIREMENT NEEDS TO BE PAID TO THESE PEOPLE.

THEY'VE EARNED IT. THEY DESERVE IT. AND SO THE ADDITIONAL PAYMENT WE WILL CONTINUE.

AND I SO APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THAT IN THERE AND US MOVING FORWARD TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY SO WELL IN THE YEARS PAST. FULLY AGREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONTRIBUTIONS. WE ROLLED OVER THE AMOUNT FROM FY 26.

JUST FOR REFERENCE, THIS WHAT WAS IS WHAT WAS REQUESTED IN FY 26 AND DEMONSTRATES WHAT WAS ADOPTED.

LUCY HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THESE VARIOUS AGENCIES, SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET RESPONSES BACK ON WHAT THOSE REQUESTS MAY LOOK LIKE.

SO AT ANY POINT, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, INQUIRIES OF WHAT'S COMING THROUGH, JUST REACH OUT.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT. JUST A QUICK ARPA UPDATE AGAIN.

ALL FUNDS PROJECTS TIED TO THIS NEED TO BE EXPENDED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

THIS GIVES HISTORY ON WHEN THE ACTUALS WENT OUT.

ACTUALS FOR FY 26. AND WHAT THE BALANCE REMAINING IS.

COMPENSATION. OKAY. AGAIN, IN THE BUDGET, WE BUILT IN A COLA AND MERIT RECOMMENDATION FOR FY 27, THAT IS AT 3.3% FOR COLA. AND WE ARE STARTING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR MERIT AT 3%.

AND THAT COLA WAS CALCULATED USING A TEN YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF THE CPI.

THAT WAS A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD.

SO WE'VE STARTED AGAIN, A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT WE WERE TELLING THE BOARD WE WOULD DO EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE STARTED YOUR BUDGET AT IT IS YOUR BUDGET.

BUT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE PLACED YOUR DRAFT BUDGET AT.

THANK YOU. YES. AND CHAIR. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

YOU GET ME EVERY TIME I'M LOOKING DOWN AT MY BOOK.

THAT'S OKAY. I, I WANT TO ADDRESS YOU FIRST BEFORE I GO FORWARD.

BUT IN REGARDS TO THIS COLA AND MERIT. SO BACK IN THE TIME WHEN WE WENT DOWN THIS PATH, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PAYING THE EMPLOYEES WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID, AND IT WAS A BIG ADJUSTMENT, YOU KNOW, AS PHIL BOURDON REMEMBERS.

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AND OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ABSOLUTELY THE BASIS, THE THE FOUNDATION TO WHAT BUILDS YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AND SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE OF THE YEARS, THAT WE KEEP THIS GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FUN PROCESS TO DO CATCH UP CATCH UPS, NOT FUN AT ALL.

SO I JUST HAVE TO REITERATE THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS ALWAYS IN THERE AND THAT WE KNOW THAT WE GOT TO KEEP IT RIGHT. I CERTAINLY AGREE, MR. BOURDON. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE YES, A LITTLE CONFIRMATION.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MALLORY, FOR BRINGING BACK BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT TO BRING UP WHY THE BOARD GOT HERE.

FOR MANY YEARS THERE WOULD BE SPORADIC ADDRESSING.

THE COUNTY WOULD SPORADICALLY TRY TO ADDRESS SALARY ISSUES BASED ON THE DEPARTMENTS, OR MAYBE THE TYPE OF POSITIONS THAT WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH. HAVING INDIVIDUALS COME EITHER AT BUDGET OR SOMETIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TRYING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. AND THEN AGAIN, IN 2023, WE HAD CONCLUDED A SALARY STUDY, AND THE BOARD HAD MADE A VERY MONUMENTAL DECISION, AND THEY ADDRESSED WHOLLY THE SALARY ISSUES WITHIN THE COUNTY.

YOU MADE A VERY BIG COMMITMENT AND ADDRESSED, AS YOU CAN SEE, HOW THAT SPIKE IS 8.6.

IT ADDRESSED ACROSS THE BOARD. AND IF I CAN GO OVER IT, THERE WERE THAT THAT'S THE AVERAGE.

THERE WAS SOME SALARIES, ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR FRONT LINE POSITIONS THAT HAD MAJOR INCREASES THAT YEAR.

AND THEN WITH THAT, WHAT I ADVISE THE BOARD IS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE COLA OR THE COST OF LIVING ISSUE IN A IN A WAY, YOU COULD SHOW YOUR EMPLOYEES WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN TALKING ABOUT COMPARABLE PAY, THAT YOU WERE KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING AS A WAY TO TELL PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE, LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING SALARY ISSUES TO ME, THE BOARD HAS BEEN ADDRESSING THOSE.

YOU HAVE FUNNELED A LOT OF MONEY NOT ONLY TO THAT INITIAL STUDY, BUT YOU'VE FUNNELED MONEY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE COST OF LIVING THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THEN. SO IT WAS A WAY OF NOT ONLY KEEPING UP WITH SALARIES BUT A WAY OF ADDRESSING WHEN PEOPLE DO PIECEMEAL COME TO YOU SAYING, WE'RE NOT PAID ENOUGH. ACTUALLY, YOU ADDRESSED IT IN 2023, AND THEN YOU'VE KEPT UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN TRYING TO REWARD YOUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE WORK THEY DO.

MR. CHAIR, IF I MIGHT JUST I MEAN, THE REASON WHY WE DO THIS IS TO RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES.

AND I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.

YOUR YOUR RETENTION IS GOING MUCH BETTER. AND THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I, I POINTED OUT IS YOU YOU HAVE IT'S STARTING TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS. I'M SURE OUR VACANCY RATES HAVE GONE DOWN.

YOUR RETENTION IS MUCH BETTER. SO YES, THAT'S.

AND SO FROM A PRELIMINARY BUDGET STANDPOINT, AND I KNOW THIS IS THE BOARD'S DECISION.

WE'RE PUTTING IN THERE A DRAFT. I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE IT BASED ON SOME METHODOLOGY, NOT JUST TOSSING A NUMBER IN. WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE A NUMBER A TEN YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF A CPI.

AND THAT WAY IT FLATTENS IT OUT OVER TIME. FOR YOU AS THE COUNTY BOARD TO TRY TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEES COST OF LIVING INCREASES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME KIND OF EXPAND ON THAT.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES HERE WHICH COMPARES TOTAL COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT TO THE CPI DATA.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT CATCH UP. RIGHT. AND THAT PROCESS HAPPENED RIGHT HERE.

AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED RUNNING PARALLEL TO CPI.

SO WE'RE NOT LOSING THAT GROUND THAT WAS GAINED.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. COMPENSATION AND TURNOVER.

THIS IS BASED ON CALENDAR YEAR DATA. SO WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE.

OBVIOUSLY THINGS THAT CAN WORK AGAINST TURNOVER ARE STILL JUST AGE OF THE WORKFORCE, NATURAL RETIREMENTS, PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ATTRIT OUT FOR THEIR OWN REASONS, UNRELATED TO PAY.

YEAH. MR. CHAIR. YES. BECAUSE THAT THAT TURNOVER RATE IS STILL VERY HIGH.

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING LIKE 1 IN 5 EMPLOYEES EVERY YEAR.

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SO FISCAL YEAR FOR FY 2027 DRAFT BUDGET, NEW BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS, STAFF AND RECLASSIFICATIONS.

I KNOW THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE OCCURRED.

THE THE LATEST I HAVE FROM HR. THEY'RE PROCESSING ALL THOSE INITIAL REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN TO MAKE SURE THEIR SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS GOOD WITH THEM, BUT I BELIEVE THE LATEST ESTIMATE IS JUST NEW.

FTE. FTE ADDS ALONE IS AROUND 40 THAT ARE REQUESTED.

BUT WE THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH A MORE ITEMIZED BREAKDOWN.

SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ELEMENT? NO, NO. OKAY.

SO NOT AT THIS. NOT AT THIS TIME. SURE. OKAY.

THANK YOU THOUGH. GO AHEAD. SO OPTIONS WE ARE IN A REVENUE GAP WHICH I THINK THE BOARD HAS KNOWN BUT IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THAT GOING FORWARD THE FLAT TAX RATE LEVY THAT HAS HELPED BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE INCREASE IN THE JAILS, DISTRICT SALES TAX, WHICH I KNOW WILL BE A CONVERSATION SHORTLY, SO I WON'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON IT HERE.

AND THEN BIG THING IS, OUTSIDE OF FTS TO LIMIT ANNUAL INCREASES OF ONGOING BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE COMPOUNDING IMPACT OR COMPOUNDING INCREASE CONTINUES TO BUILD UP.

IF YOU THINK OF IT AS LIKE AN AVALANCHE. ANY OTHER BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE THE BUDGET TEAM OR COUNTY MANAGER TO HAVE AT THIS TIME? AND OF COURSE. YEAH. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

NOPE. NOTHING. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US. NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

ALL BUDGET REQUESTS AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION ARE DUE FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS ON MARCH 13TH.

WE'RE DIRECTING THEM TO IDEALLY MAINTAIN BOTTOM LINE.

TOTAL OF CURRENT YEAR. FISCAL. CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

OUTSIDE OF CHANGES IN PERSONNEL COSTS, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE EXHIBIT THREE BUDGET ENHANCEMENT PROCESS.

COUNTY MANAGER WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

OF COURSE, YOU WILL ALSO SEE WHAT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED.

THAT WAY, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT IT BACK IN YOU, YOU HAVE THE FULL AUTHORITY TO DO SO.

BUDGET BOOKS WILL BE TO THE BOARD ON APRIL 13TH, AND STUDY SESSIONS WILL BEGIN APRIL 27TH.

EVEN BEFORE THE 13TH LUCY AND I ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE NARRATIVE TEMPLATES IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST A TEMPLATE OR FORMAT OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.

THAT WAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDS OR CHANGES, YOU CAN LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.

VICE CHAIR. I DID HAVE A QUESTION, AND SO AND AND DIRECTION HOPEFULLY THAT LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO FREEZE THE LIBRARY DISTRICT TAX RATE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE BASICALLY FULFILLING SOME OF THE CUTS THAT WE HAD MADE PREVIOUSLY.

AND I'D HOPED THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET? WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET, BUT THIS IS A GOOD POINT IN DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICE CHAIR. CHECK. SO A PREVIOUS SLIDE, IF WE CAN JUST YOU DON'T NEED TO GO BACK, BUT PREVIOUS SLIDE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO ADDRESS THE REVENUE GAP.

AND, AND ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS TO HAVE A FLAT TAX RATE LEVY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS LAST YEAR, ALSO THE LIBRARY RATE WAS KEPT FLAT AS WE WORK WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND THE LIBRARY DISTRICT WILL PROBABLY BRING FORWARD THAT SAME MODEL UNLESS I HEAR DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH SOME ISSUES IN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

AND SO OUR THOUGHT WAS TO AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT GIVES US THAT KIND OF DIRECTION THAT YES, WE WOULD WORK WITH THAT DIRECTOR. AND OUR INITIAL STAB AT A BUDGET WOULD BE TO ALLOW THEM TO USE REVENUE BASED ON A FLAT RATE. AND I'LL JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WITHIN THAT BUDGETING PROCESS RECOUPING CUTS TO MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES IS MY INTENT THERE. SO OR AT LEAST PART OF MY INTENT.

YES. SUPERVISOR. YES. I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

AND IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES.

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SO IT IS A GOOD WAY TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD AND SOMEHOW GETTING MAYBE AHEAD A LITTLE BIT.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I KNOW THAT SHE DEALT WITH THE SAME THING IN REGARDS TO THE MUNICIPALITY.

SO WE ALL KIND OF HEARD ABOUT IT. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT ACTUALLY.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I HOPE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT NICELY FROM ME.

RIGHT. DIRECTOR YES, I, I, I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT.

IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL TO THESE MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES.

SO IF WE COULD, OVER TIME RESTORE IT TO WHERE IT WAS, IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL LIBRARIES.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

THEY'RE JUST NOT LIBRARIES THAT WE ARE USED TO 30, 40 YEARS AGO.

THESE ARE FOCAL POINTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S BEYOND JUST READING BOOKS.

SO I SUPPORT WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR ALL OF THE LIBRARIES.

YEAH, THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. ESPECIALLY IN YARNELL AND THE RURAL COMMUNITIES. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE FOCAL POINT THAT THEY ARE.

IT'S WHERE EVERYTHING OCCURS. SUPERVISOR MALLORY AND CHAIRMAN ALSO, THIS ISN'T EVERYBODY BENEFITS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RURAL AREAS.

THIS ALSO IS IS PART OF YOUR RURAL AREAS AND THEIR NEEDS, WHICH HELPS THEM AS WELL, NOT JUST THE MUNICIPALITIES.

SO ABSOLUTELY IN THE RURAL AREAS, DEFINITELY MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER AND VERY MUCH A NEED.

SO CHAIRMAN, CAN I JUST THANK YOU. THIS IS ALL VERY GOOD DIRECTION.

THIS IS EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE ALL KIND OF LOOKING FOR.

AND, AND MORE JUST TO FOCUS ON. CAN WE GO BACK TO A SLIDE? ONE MORE. THANK YOU. JUST TO FOCUS ON I WANT TO POINT OUT, RECLASSIFICATIONS, WE HAVE PUT THAT AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET PROCESS NOT TO BE DELEGATED TO THE COUNTY MANAGER. THIS IS BEING INCORPORATED.

SO ANY RECLASSIFICATIONS DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT THEM AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

THEY'LL COME THROUGH HR WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND BE PART OF THE BUDGET.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFIED THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FLAT RATE, FLAT TAX RATE LEVY WE WILL PRESENT INFORMATION TO YOU AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING ONCE THE NET ASSESSED VALUATION HAS FINALIZED, AND GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH INCREASING GEL DISTRICT SALES TAX.

WE'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT LATER. AND THEN THE LAST ONE WHICH WAS LIMIT ANNUAL INCREASES FOR ONGOING BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS.

THE PROCESS WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING FORWARD IS I HAVE PUT TOGETHER WHAT I HEARD THE TERM AT A BUDGET MEETING.

AT A BOARD MEETING? IT WAS THE BUDGET ENHANCEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

I WAS LIKE, I LIKE THAT. SO I CREATED ONE, AND IT'S THE FIVE OF US.

WE WILL REVIEW IT AS A TEAM AND PUT IT FORWARD TO THE BOARD.

AND MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS JUST SO DEPARTMENTS CAN HEAR THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THE BOARD NOT ONLY THE ENTIRE LIST THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR BY DEPARTMENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE WILL THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. BUT IT'S YOUR IT'S YOUR DECISION.

YOU ADD DELETE. BUT BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LIMIT THAT ANNUAL INCREASE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDRESSING A REVENUE GAP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON.

WE WANT TO WORK OVER, OVER TIME ON THIS REVENUE ISSUE TO MAKE SURE WE ALIGN IT WITH YOUR ONGOING GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

AND TO DO THAT, IF WE CAN LIMIT THOSE ANNUALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNTY.

YOU HAVE LIMITED MONEY, TRY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT AT THAT TIME IT'LL BE IN YOUR HANDS WHEN WE PLAN ON DOING THAT.

NOW I WANT TO GO OVER TO SCHEDULE. CAN YOU TOSS TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST A COUPLE ISSUES ON SCHEDULE BEFORE I GET TO THE LAST SLIDE YOU HAVE BUDGET HEARINGS FOR DAYS, FOR MORNINGS, AND I HAVE TALKED TO BOARD MEMBERS.

OUR GOAL IS TO DO MORNINGS FOR MORNINGS. THAT WAY YOU HAVE TIME IN THE AFTERNOONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE VERY BUSY SCHEDULES.

BUT THAT IS OUR CONCENTRATION IS EVERY, YOU KNOW, FOR FOUR MORNINGS HAVE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS, DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS COME IN TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR REQUESTED BUDGETS, GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO DEPARTMENT HEADS, ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THOSE REQUESTS.

WE ALSO HAVE ANY CONTRIBUTION REQUESTS SCHEDULED TO COME IN BECAUSE I FEEL THAT'S A HEALTHY EXERCISE.

IF YOU'RE GIVING MONEY TO A AGENCY OF SOME TYPE TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT PUBLIC MONEY.

AND MY MY REASON FOR BRINGING THAT UP IS THAT'S THE FOUR DAYS.

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SO MY ANTICIPATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ON TRACK IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT BUDGET ENHANCEMENT SCHEDULE TO YOU AND HAVE AN INITIAL DISCUSSION ON THE LAST DAY OF THOSE BUDGET HEARINGS, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GIVE IT TO YOU PRIOR TO THAT FOUR DAYS.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AS PART OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM US, INITIAL RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS.

SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, VICE CHAIR. MISTER CHAIR I WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REALLY ALLOWING THE BOARD TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'LL RECEIVE MATERIALS AND REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND ALL OF OUR OPTIONS. AND THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU, BUT AND THE HEAVY LIFTING IS BEING DONE BY NOT ME BY KEVIN AND AND AND MISS FRANK.

BUT YES. THANK YOU. WE WE'VE TRIED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH WE ENGAGE YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION OR ALTER IT AS NECESSARY.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR GOAL. THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO LATER IN MONTHS, IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO CHANGE BUDGET. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ACCURATE BUDGET, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT IT, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DONE EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, AND WE CAN BUILD THAT BUDGET. AND IT MAKES IT VERY EASY SO THAT WHEN WE'RE APPROACHING YOU IN JULY AND AUGUST, ARE THE MATERIALS ARE VERY ACCURATE, THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND FINALIZED, AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THEM. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SUMMARIZE THAT.

I CERTAINLY ECHO VICE CHAIR CHECKS COMMENTS. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I HADN'T NOTICED YOU WERE CRITICAL LAST YEAR, I DIDN'T REMEMBER. YEAH.

DIDN'T KNOW. PLEASE CONTINUE. AT THIS POINT, WE JUST HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR OPEN DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN THE DIRECTION WE'VE NEEDED AT THIS STAGE.

AND, OF COURSE ANY QUESTIONS, INQUIRIES THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND GETTING A PRODUCT TOGETHER FOR YOU THAT INFORMS YOU ON THE DECISIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE. SUPERVISOR ANY QUESTIONS? SUPERVISOR COOK. NO. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NOPE. GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO 555. VERY WELL.

FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WE'LL COME BACK AT 1113.

WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. MOVING ON TO THE JAIL DISTRICT AND SALES TAX OVERVIEW.

[2. Jail District and Sales Tax Overview - Phil Bourdon, County Manager ]

THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT UP, OR I'M BRINGING IT UP, PARTLY BECAUSE OF A STRATEGIC GOAL OF BASICALLY INCREASING THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX TO THE STATUTORY AMOUNT, WHICH IS ALLOWABLE, WHICH IS A HALF CENT FROM THE CURRENT AMOUNT, WHICH IS A QUARTER CENT.

WHEN I CAME ON BOARD THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS YOU HAD SET.

THERE'S SOME VERY GOOD REASONS WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE LATER, BUT THIS IS MEANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE JAIL DISTRICT, THE CURRENT SALES TAX, AND SOME OF THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH OVER THE LAST YEARS REGARDING ITS FUNDING OF A JAIL.

SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT. STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN AT THE END, WE CAN KIND OF GO OVER ANY DIRECTION YOU HAVE REGARDING THAT ACTIVITY.

SO JUST GOING TO HIT YOU WITH JAIL TAX HISTORY FIRST.

THEN I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE SAME THINGS KEVIN WENT OVER, WHICH WERE THE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

WE SOMETIMES JUST REFER TO IT AS THE MO, BUT IT IS YOUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING PROCESS TO INCREASE THE SALES TAX TO FULLY FUND JAIL OPERATIONS WHICH AGAIN IDENTIFIED IN YOUR COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN.

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IT'S GOVERNED BY STATUTE. I'VE TOSSED IT HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO GREAT, GREAT INFORMATION.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JAIL DISTRICT ALLOWED BY STATUTE AND THE TAXING AUTHORITY.

AND MOST NOTABLY, THE STATUTE DOES ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF 0.5% FOR A COUNTY OF OUR SIZE. THESE DISTRICTS ARE USED TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF JAILS.

I COULD GET INTO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FINANCING. IT'S THE DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION, THE OPERATION.

BUT GENERALLY THIS IS THE GENERAL TERM WE WOULD USE FOR IT IN 1999.

IN NOVEMBER 1999 VOTERS DID APPROVE THE FORMATION AND THE JAIL DISTRICT AND APPROVED THE QUARTER CENT SALES TAX THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE. THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, OF COURSE, TRYING TO KEEP TAXES LOW TO THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT THERE WAS A HALF CENT AVAILABLE, BUT FELT THAT THEY COULD ADDRESS THE JAIL'S NEEDS WITH THAT QUARTER CENT VERSUS THE HALF CENT.

SO THEY PUT IN FRONT OF THE BORDER IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS, ASKING FOR THE ABILITY TO TAX THAT SALES TAX TO PLACE IT UP TO 0.25. SO I WANT TO JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW IS USUALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS AND YOU DO AN UP TO BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT NEED ALL THAT MONEY, AND YOU AS A BOARD CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THAT THROUGH NOTIFYING THROUGH ACTION AND NOTIFYING THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE THAT YOU COULD SET IT LESS THAN THAT. 0.25. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT SET AT IT'S AT THE MAX ALLOWABLE BY THE VOTERS, WHICH IS AT 0.25. THAT WAS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2000 AND WAS SET TO SUNSET JUNE 30TH, 2020. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ORIGINAL DATE IS NOT NO LONGER THERE.

AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WHEN IT WAS EXTENDED.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE IS PRIOR TO THIS, CITIES AND TOWNS HAD TO PAY FOR THEIR INMATES AT YAVAPAI COUNTY JAIL AT THE JAIL, AND REIMBURSE THE COUNTY FOR THAT SERVICE. WHEN WE INSTITUTED AS A COUNTY THIS SALES TAX, THEY WERE RELIEVED OF THAT OBLIGATION. THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO FUND THAT THROUGH THEIR JAIL DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT SALES TAX IS COLLECTED THROUGH THE CITIZENS IN THOSE INCORPORATED AREAS. SO THIS THIS SALES TAX NOT ONLY IS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS, BUT IT IS IN INCORPORATED AREAS.

SO IN 2020, AGAIN JULY, WE BEGAN FUNDING JAIL OPERATIONS THROUGH THE JAIL DISTRICT AND CONTINUED FUNDING OUR GENERAL FUND OBLIGATION, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

SO LET'S JUST JUST FOR THE HISTORY OF WHAT THAT IS, IS WHEN WE THE COUNTY WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT TAX, YOU HAVE TO THEN MAKE SURE YOU ARE PAYING A MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

AND THAT IS ESTABLISHED AS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT YOU FUNDED THAT JAIL FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR.

SO IT ESSENTIALLY MAKES SURE THAT COUNTIES ARE NOT SUPPLANTING EXISTING FUNDING WITH WITH NEW FUNDING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THAT CONCEPT. SO WHAT IT MEANT IS YOU DIDN'T GET RELIEVED OF THE MONEY YOU WERE SPENDING AT THAT TIME.

YOU HAD TO CONTINUE PAYING WHATEVER YOU WERE PAYING.

AND THAT IS ADJUSTED ANNUALLY. THAT MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT ANNUALLY BY A COST OF LIVING, A CALCULATION OF CPI CHANGE.

IT'S A STATUTORY CALCULATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN THAT MONEY WAS, WHEN THAT SALES TAX WAS GIVEN TO YOU, IT WAS FOR NEW SERVICES. IT BASICALLY ENHANCED YOUR JAIL AND YOUR JAIL OPERATIONS.

IT DIDN'T REPLACE THE BOARD, DIDN'T WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE THAT GENERAL FUND MONEY AND MOVE IT ELSEWHERE.

THAT MONEY WAS ESTABLISHED AS YOUR MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AT ITS CURRENT AMOUNT.

BASED ON ALL THOSE YEARS OF CHANGES IN IN THE CPI.

SO JUST WANT TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, SOMETIMES THEY THINK YOU'RE SUPPLANTING MONEY.

THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX INCREASE PROPOSAL.

WE IN 2003, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE JAIL DISTRICT WAS OPERATING AT A DEFICIT AT THAT TIME.

IF YOU WENT BACK IN TIME, I'M SURE WE COULD SHOW YOU HOW WE WERE HAVING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ABOVE THE ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT

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SORRY, UP TO THE HALF CENT, THE HALF PERCENT.

AND THEN BECAUSE THAT FAILED IN 2008, THE COUNTY NEEDED TO DRAMATICALLY DECREASE THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS DONE IN 2009 WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE PRESCOTT JAIL.

THAT DID NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CONTINUED INMATE POPULATION.

BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR THE SHERIFF TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INCREASING COSTS.

AND I WOULD NOTE IF THE SHERIFF IF IF THERE'S ANY DISCREPANCY, PLEASE SPEAK UP, SIR.

BUT I KNOW YOU WILL. I AND I'M SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.

THE SHERIFF HAS A HISTORY WITH THIS DISTRICT.

HE WAS HERE DURING THE ENTIRE FORMATION AND SALES TAX AND OPERATION OF THIS JAIL.

SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I MISS ANYTHING. JUST COME SIT UP.

CAN YOU COME SIT UP AT THE MICROPHONE? I'M SURE.

YEAH. IN THIS CONVERSATION SOON. HE'S AN EXPERT.

I WORKED WITH THIS SHERIFF ON A COUPLE OF THESE ISSUES OVER THE YEARS, I BELIEVE, BUT I IF PLEASE, IF I MISS SOMETHING, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ENHANCE IT.

WELL, IF IT SOMEHOW BENEFITS ME, I WILL MENTION IT.

THANK YOU. I ALL SERIOUSNESS I WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF BECAUSE OVER TIME, HE HELPED ME UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE JAIL WHEN I WAS HAVING TO ADDRESS ISSUES WORKING WITH THE BOARD.

SO HERE WE ARE IN 2014. THIS IS THE POINT IN TIME WE WE AGAIN REALLY CAME TO UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO INCREASE THE JAIL CAPACITY BECAUSE OF POPULATION INCREASE IN INMATES AND BASICALLY THE DETERIORATION OF OUR EXISTING FACILITIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE HAD JUST THE CAMP VERDE FACILITY AND WE'RE TRANSPORTING CONSIDERABLY DAILY INMATES BACK AND FORTH FROM CAMP VERDE TO PRESCOTT.

I BELIEVE THE PRESCOTT JAIL WAS BEING USED JUST AS A HOLDING FACILITY DURING THE DAY.

AND THEN YOU WERE TRANSPORTING THEM DOWN INTO THE COURT FACILITY FOR JUST THAT PERIOD OF TIME? CORRECT. THANK YOU, MR. BORDEN, FOR THE COMPLIMENTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT THE IT WAS IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.

YES. WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS HOUSING ALL OF THE INMATES IN THE CAMP VERDE FACILITY AND DRIVING THEM BACK AND FORTH ON LARGE BUSSES EVERY DAY AND HOLDING THEM IN THE OLD PRESCOTT JAIL FOR JUST DURING THE DAYTIME AND TAKING THEM DOWN A FEW AT A TIME TO THE COURTHOUSE. AND THAT WAS A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE ENDEAVOR TO BE FACILITATING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND IT COST ABOUT TWO, $2.5 MILLION A YEAR TO DO THAT.

VERY HIGH RISK. CORRECT. IN OTHER WORDS, A VERY BIG LIABILITY TO THE COUNTY.

EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH RISK. AND HAD A FEW INCIDENTS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THERE WAS JUST NO, NO GOOD SECURITY AROUND THAT. SO WE WERE LUCKY NOTHING MAJOR EVER ACTUALLY OCCURRED.

THANK YOU SIR. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE ALL CONTEXT FOR THE BOARD DURING THIS ISSUE.

SO 2014, THE BOARD WAS WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF ASKED VOTERS TO APPROVE A SALES TAX INCREASE.

IT DID NOT PASS. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE THINGS DURING THAT TIME THE BOARD WAS LOOKING AT WAS PROPERTY TAXES. THEY THE BOARD WAS FACED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE, AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THIS SERVICE NEEDS TO PROVIDED THAT YOU PROVIDE IT.

AND, AND SO YOU WERE FACING AS A BOARD PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OR SALES TAX INCREASE TO FUND THE NEW JAIL.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE BOARD TOOK GREAT CARE TO CRAFT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, TO BE SPECIFIC, THAT THE NEED FOR THE SERVICE, A NEW FACILITY IN PRESCOTT EXISTED.

AND THE QUESTION WAS HOW TO PAY FOR IT. A DEFEAT OF THE MEASURE ENSURED THAT A PROPERTY TAX SOLUTION WOULD BE THE RESULT. CORRECT. IN FACT, 2014 PUBLICITY PAMPHLET.

JUST TO KIND OF HAMMER THAT HOME, SPECIFICALLY, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY THE

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SUPERVISOR. MALLORY. YEAH, YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY AT THAT TIME I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE PRESCOTT VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL, AND I DO REMEMBER THE COUNTY COMING, THE SHERIFF AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPERVISOR JACK SMITH THAT HAD COME TO THAT MEETING OF OURS.

ABSOLUTELY. GOING OUT TALKING ABOUT THIS NEED THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT.

AND VERY CLEARLY EXPLAINING THAT IF THE JAIL TAX WAS NOT VOTED FOR, THEN THE COUNTY WOULD BE LOOKING OR THE SUPERVISORS WOULD BE LOOKING AT HAVING TO RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN OPTION NOT TO DO THIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER. IT HAD TO BE DONE.

AND IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION BECAUSE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, THEY WERE JUST OUT THERE SAYING, SAY NO TO THE JAIL.

AND THAT WAS NEVER THE QUESTION. IT WAS NEVER SAY NO TO THE JAIL.

IT WAS TO SAY, HOW DO YOU PAY FOR THE JAIL? AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, THAT THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE WENT OUT, BECAUSE THIS COUNTY IS FACING THE SAME SCENARIO THAT IT WAS BACK IN 2014.

AND IT'S REALLY AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. PUSHING THINGS AWAY DOESN'T MAKE THEM GO AWAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THIS COUNTY HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I JUST HAD TO SAY ALL THAT BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THROUGH THIS WORLD AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE SAID.

AND THANK YOU. SO JUST SO BASICALLY AFTER THE ELECTION OF 2014 SEVERAL THINGS STARTED TO COME ABOUT THE COUNTY WE, WE TRIED TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT OR SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT ELECTION.

ONE WAS, WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF NONRESIDENTS TO OUR SALES TAX? THAT IS A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE ASK WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE.

AND SO FOLLOWING THAT ELECTION, WE ACTUALLY DID A STUDY WITH ASU.

THERE MAY BE U OF A FANS HERE. I'M SORRY, BUT ASU WAS THE FIRM THAT RESPONDED BACK.

AND WE DID HIRE THEIR BUSINESS SCHOOL TO PROVIDE US A STUDY ON WHAT YAVAPAI COUNTIES, BASICALLY TRANSIENT SALES TAX IS OUR NON RESIDENT. AND THEY DETERMINED THAT BACK IN 2015 IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 15%.

AND AGAIN THIS WAS JUST US TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE WERE WORKING TO PROVIDE THE BEST INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AS WE PROCEEDED FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT ISSUES LIKE THIS. JUST AND THEY LOOKED AT THE FUTURE BASELINE THROUGH THE NEXT 20 YEARS THAT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 16 AND 17%. AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT A CITY IN TOWN, YOU WOULD THINK, WELL, THAT'S MUCH HIGHER.

IT IS HIGHER IN A CITY OR TOWN. BUT OUR AGAIN, OUR SALES TAX IS BROAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT MAYBE A TRANSIENT COMMUNITY MIGHT PAY INTO OUR OVERALL SALES TAX.

THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT IF YOU DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

I'M SURE IF YOU'RE IN A, YOU KNOW, A PRESCOTT OR SEDONA COMMUNITY, THAT SALES TAX IS PROBABLY DRAMATICALLY HIGHER.

BUT FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

THE NEXT THING WE DID IN 2016 IS WE BEGAN A, A PLANNING STUDY.

ALTHOUGH IT IS CALLED A JAIL PLANNING STUDY, AND WE HIRED CHEN, PLANNING TO CONDUCT IT.

IT REALLY LOOKED AT OUR ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HOW YOU CAN REDUCE THE POPULATION OF THE JAIL AND STREAMLINE ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR. I WOULD HAVE TO BRING UP OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO PROBABLY GIVE YOU A FULL DEPTH READING OF WHAT TRANSPIRED AND ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT WAS A VERY UNDER THE HOOD REVIEW OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND IT HELPED IN TWO THINGS I THOUGHT IS SET US UP FOR TRYING TO REDUCE POPULATION RIGHT THEN, BUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE, AND SET UP MECHANISMS BY WHICH TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GETTING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM ARE REHABILITATED, DON'T COME BACK AND AREN'T REPEAT OFFENDERS. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, GIVE US THE RECOMMENDATION TO CONSTRUCT A A PRESCOTT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER AT THE PRESCOTT LAKE SITE. AND THAT IT WOULD BASICALLY HAVE CO-LOCATED CORE FUNCTIONS WITH THE JAIL TO

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BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT HIGH VOLUME COURT WOULD HELP BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST TRANSPORTING THE PRISONERS.

SORRY, THE INMATES WITHIN THE FACILITY. SO THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF THE JAIL PLANNING STUDY.

IT GAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR THE SIZE, THE AMOUNT OF BEDS AND BASICALLY THE STAFFING, IF I REMEMBER SOME OF THE ISSUES AT HAND. BUT IT WAS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE JAIL TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

YES. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, A NUMBER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CENTERED AROUND DIVERSION OPPORTUNITIES, REENTRY AND PLANNING. AND THAT WAS THE BIRTH OF REALLY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S DIVERSION PROGRAM.

AND REACH OUT, WHICH IS THE JAIL REENTRY MODEL THAT WE BUILT AND BEGAN FULLY FUNCTIONING IN 2018.

AND THOSE PROGRAMS, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY WIDE MOVEMENT AROUND THIS PARTICULAR AREA REVERSE THE TREND OF JAIL POPULATION INCREASES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRENDING UP IN THE SIX HUNDREDS, AND NOW WE'RE DOWN IN THE 400 SECONDS, WHICH HAS BEEN AND WE'RE DOING IT SAFELY TRACKING RECIDIVISM.

THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T COMING BACK. SO THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY AND THE OUTCOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE DURING THAT TIME WAS VERY BENEFICIAL, NOT ONLY FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY POPULATION HEALTH STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO A FISCAL STANDPOINT FOR THE COUNTY.

SO FOLLOWING THAT STUDY THIS IS WHERE I GET TO KIND OF TELL A LITTLE STORY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO HERE WE ARE IN 2018. AND AS I MENTIONED, THAT INITIAL SALES TAX WAS ABOUT TO SUNSET IN 2020.

AND I MENTIONED THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT ISSUE.

AND THE REAL KEY IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE, THE, THE JAIL DISTRICT DID NOT SUNSET AND GO AWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUIRED GENERAL FUND. HAD HAD STAYED DRAMATICALLY LESS THAN THE OVERALL COST OF THE JAIL CURRENTLY, SO DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT THAT RESET. I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVED THE SALES TAX THAT WE WERE RECEIVING CURRENTLY.

SO WE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD TO EXTEND ASK THE VOTERS TO EXTEND THE EXISTING 0.25% SALES TAX FOR 20 YEARS PAST THE THE EXPIRATION DATE. THE VOTERS DID PASS THAT EXTENSION IN 2018, I BELIEVE IT WAS A 3 TO 1 MARGIN THAT PASSED WHICH SHOWED PEOPLE WERE IN SUPPORT.

THEY JUST ARE TROUBLED BY TAX INCREASES. THAT THAT'S WHERE I FOUND THAT TO BE THE ISSUE.

2019 COUNTY WAS AGAIN SITTING HERE AFTER EXTENDING THE CURRENT SALES TAX AND WE WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR JAIL PROJECT. SLIDES ARE A LITTLE.

I'LL GO OVER THE PROJECT NEXT. BUT BY THIS TIME WE HAD STARTED MOVING FORWARD WITH CONTRACTING TO BUILD A JAIL.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE HAD STARTED THE INITIAL OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE. BUT IN 2019, WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET, I BROUGHT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO FUND YOUR JAIL $4 MILLION THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES. THAT WAS THE AMOUNT I ASKED THE BOARD. I ASKED THE BOARD TO INCREASE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE PROPERTY TAXES $8.5 MILLION.

AND I WANT TO GO OVER WHY ONE PORTION OF IT WAS TO ADDRESS THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION OF OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES WITH SPRS. OTHER COMMUNITIES HAD HAD ADDRESSED THAT THROUGH THE PRESCOTT MODEL, WHICH WAS A SALES TAX.

SEVERAL COUNTIES AT THIS TIME WERE ADDRESSING IT THROUGH WHOLESALE BONDS.

AT THAT TIME, I FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A BOND FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

BUT I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO THE BOARD WITH A BOND TO DEAL WITH THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

INSTEAD, I CAME AND I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX 4 MILLION FOR THE JAIL DEBT.

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I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT 4.5 MILLION THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IN THE BUDGET IS NOT PART OF YOUR JAIL, IT IS PART OF YOUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 4 MILLION OF IT GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH IS NOT JAIL RELATED.

A HALF MILLION GOES TO YOUR DETENTION. SO I WAS I WAS REALLY ASKING TO START ADDRESSING THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

WHILE WE WERE ALSO HAVING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC AND INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX, 4 MILLION FOR THE JAIL.

SO JUST A LITTLE HISTORY OF THAT. IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019.

YOU'VE KIND OF SEEN IN KEVIN AND LUCY'S PRESENTATION WHEN YOU SEE THAT PROPERTY TAX GO UP THAT WAS THAT YEAR AND THEN YOU SEE IT FLATTEN OUT. SO AS I MENTIONED, IN 2019, WE INCREASED THE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX, BUT JUST SKIPPING BACK A YEAR, WE HIRED IN 2018 AN OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, THAT OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, KITCHELL, PROVIDED PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THEY BASICALLY HELPED US MANAGE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT.

THAT PROJECT, WE EVENTUALLY, IN 2020, HIRED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, HENSEL PHELPS.

AND THEN IN 23, I BELIEVE, MAY OF 23, THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING FOR IT.

I KNOW THAT WAS A SOFT OPENING AND THAT THEY TRANSITIONED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

FROM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GOT THE FUNDING AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE AND AS YOU SAW EARLIER.

AND I'M GOING TO POP THAT SLIDE UP AGAIN, WHICH IS JAIL DISTRICT.

THE GENERAL ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT 4.3 MILLION IS THE DEBT SERVICES THAT FINALLY CAME INTO PLAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE STAFFED UP THAT JAIL. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN THAT JAIL CAME ONLINE, WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO THE PLANNING STUDY, I BELIEVE I MET WITH SHERIFF RHODES ON THIS, AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE PROPOSAL FOR STAFFING IT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MATCH IT UP TO THE PLANNING STUDY AND THE STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WE WE TRAVERSED THROUGH THE PLANNING STUDY AND USED IT ACTUALLY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STAFFING LEVELS.

CORRECT. AND. THIS IS A SIDE COMMENT. THE PART OF THE STAFFING MODEL REQUIRES A BASIS OF NET ANNUAL WORK HOURS. AND THE LOWER THE NET ANNUAL WORK HOURS, THE MORE STAFF YOU NEED.

THE BIGGEST DETRACTOR FROM NET ANNUAL WORK HOURS IS TIME TO REPLACE POSITIONS.

TURNOVER. SO WHEN TURNOVER DECREASES, WHICH IT HAS NET ANNUAL WORK HOURS INCREASES WHICH IT HAS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF DECREASES WHICH IT HAS. SO WE'RE NOW IN THIS POSITION COUPLED WITH THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET THROUGH THE JAIL DISTRICT OF THE STAFF. ADDITIONALLY WITH THE COMPENSATION INCREASES THAT HAVE IMPACTED TURNOVER, WHERE WE'RE STABLE IN OUR JAIL DISTRICT EXPENDITURES, AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL EVEN BE ABLE TO REDUCE STAFF A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR IN THE JAIL.

VERY GOOD. SO THEN JUST AND I THE REASON I WANTED TO GO WITH THAT IS SO HERE WE ARE, A STABILIZED JAIL BUDGET.

AND WE CURRENTLY ARE TRANSFERRING $12 MILLION THIS YEAR ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, 4 MILLION OF THAT 4.3. AGAIN, I HAD ASKED THE BOARD 4 MILLION OF PROPERTY TAXES INCREASED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE JAIL. WE HAVE THOSE AMOUNTS IN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT IS GOING TO BE ONGOING ANNUALLY.

AND THAT IS WHERE I BELIEVE IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

YOU WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOUR FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE RIGHT SOURCES.

YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED JAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS MEANT TO BE FUNDING YOUR JAIL THROUGH THE THROUGH A SALES TAX AND AND WHICH TRANSLATES INTO PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING THROUGH YOUR COUNTY, NON RESIDENTS PAYING A PORTION OF IT BECAUSE THEY ALSO

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IF YOU INCREASE IT FROM THE CURRENT QUARTER TO A HALF CENT AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO SAY THIS ALWAYS A HALF PERCENT, I ALWAYS USE CENTS, BUT IT'S HALF PERCENT. THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT TRANSFER.

EXCEPT YOU WOULD STILL MAKE YOUR REQUIRED MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 8.6, I BELIEVE. SO MY POINT IS, IS THAT'S THAT'S WHEN I CAME ON BOARD TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.

I SAW YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SAID YES. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

WE'VE LOOKED AT IT BEFORE. I THINK IT'S IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO TAKE BACK TO THE PUBLIC IF YOU WANT.

IT WOULD INCREASE OUR BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY 16.2 MILLION.

IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER AND FULLY FUND OPERATIONS FROM THE JAIL BY THE DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR THAT PURPOSE.

SO I'M JUST THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. SO I'LL QUIT TALKING AFTER IT AND WE'LL GO THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

MR. BRENNAN HAS CREATED A VERY GOOD CALENDAR SHOULD YOU WISH TO CALL AN ELECTION.

I BELIEVE IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. IT WAS DISCUSSED FOR A NOVEMBER 2026 ELECTION WHICH WOULD HAVE A CALL OF ELECTION ON APRIL 7TH. THAT'S THE RECOMMENDED DATE WE WOULD BRING TO YOU A QUESTION THAT WE COULD OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH YOU PRIOR TO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD WANT TO APPROVE IT.

AND AGAIN, SOME THESE ARE SOME GENERAL DATES, MR. BRENNAN PROVIDED A VERY GOOD SCHEDULE THAT WOULD WE WOULD TRACK AS WE GO ALONG TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON TRACK WITH EVERYTHING BUT PUBLISHING A CALL OF ELECTION IN MAY AND JUNE AND PUBLICITY PAMPHLET DISTRIBUTED IN OCTOBER.

THE REASON I KEPT THESE UP THERE IS JUST THERE THE GENERAL ISSUES THAT COME UP.

THERE'S MANY THINGS YOU DO DURING THIS ELECTION BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMPLIANT WITH STATUTE.

NEXT STEPS TODAY. AND AND IN THE FUTURE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST STUDY SESSION.

BUT IF IF DIRECTED TO PROCEED, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DEVELOP A, A QUESTION FOR THE BALLOT TO BRING TO THE BOARD AND WORK WITH YOU ON A PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO APPROVE THIS.

SO WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. VICE CHAIR CHECK.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ALSO BECAUSE I WAS MAYOR OF JEROME IN 2014 WHEN SHERIFF WAS MAKING THE ROUNDS.

YOU KNOW, PETITIONING FOR THE SALES TAX INCREASE, I JUST, I MEAN, AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME, I'M FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE GENERALLY, AND THAT'S, I THINK, VERY WELL REFLECTED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CONVERSATION.

BUT I AM A I REALLY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS GOING TO A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC ONCE MORE. AND I THINK IN RETROSPECT, IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT THAT INITIAL ASK SHOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE BEEN A QUARTER CENT, THAT IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THAT HALF CENT LEVEL INITIALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S TRULY WHAT'S REFLECTED IN THE COSTS.

BUT IT WAS HARD TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WILL OF THE PUBLIC WAS AT THAT TIME.

AND, AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK IN TIME AND MAKE THAT ASK DIFFERENTLY.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WOULD HAVE PREFERRED IT HAPPENED THAT WAY.

AND OUR JOB AS SUPERVISORS IS IN PART TO REALLY SHEPHERD TAX DOLLARS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGETS ARE TRANSPARENT.

AND SO I'M, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR JAILS COST IS, IS COVERED BY THE JAIL DISTRICT.

IT JUST MAKES SENSE FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE.

AND IT REALLY MAKES SENSE IN AN AREA THAT SEES HIGH TOURISM.

I MEAN, YOU'VE YOU'VE OUTLINED THAT NICELY, BUT NOBODY BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS MOVING FORWARD UNLESS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE THE SALES TAX. AND I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN EXPLAINING THAT A LITTLE FURTHER AND, AND EXPLORING IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO BOTH THIS QUARTER CENT INCREASE TO A FULL HALF CENT JAIL TAX.

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SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT EXPLORED. I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE THAT WE'LL GET WHERE WE WANT TO THAT WAY, BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY EQUITABLE WAY TO START WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YEAH. SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN WELL, BACK WHEN THEY ONLY DID THE QUARTER SENSE, I, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THE ONE THING I CAN REALLY TALK TO IS THE FACT WHEN IT CAME TO US TO DO IT IN 2014, TO RAISE IT TO WHAT IT WAS, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE.

AND SO AGAIN, THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE.

THESE ARE OUR THIS IS OUR JOB. WE ARE PAYERS OF THE COURT SYSTEM TAKING CARE OF YOU KNOW, SAFETY ROADS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY IS ALL ABOUT.

AND SO I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.

IT WILL GIVE THE TAXPAYERS ALSO IN MY HOPE THAT WHAT WE RAISED THE TAX BACK IN 2019, I SHOULDN'T FORGET THAT YEAR, IN 2019, WHAT WE RAISED THAT TAX THAT I WOULD ADVOCATE TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE THE PROPERTY TAX.

AND AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE WOULD BE THAT WE COULD GET THIS JAIL TAX TO GO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT IT IS, SHERIFF, THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, AND ALSO TO DECREASE IT FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

THANK YOU CHAIR. I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE, BECAUSE IF THIS GOES FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 AND GENERATES 16 MILLION, THAT'S 16 OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW, 11 MILLION THAT'S BEING TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TODAY.

SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION THERE.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S UNFAIR FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO BEAR 100% OF, OF THIS TRANSFER THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AND THAT VISITORS SHOULD BEAR A PORTION OF THIS. AND THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS THROUGH SALES TAX AND AND LESSEN THE BURDEN TO PROPERTY TAX OWNERS.

AND I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT. I THINK THE MESSAGE HAS TO BE, IF WE'RE GOING TO RAISE SALES TAX, WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF US IN ADDITION TO VISITORS, WE HAVE TO GIVE SOME RELIEF TO THE PROPERTY TAX OWNERS.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEAH. JUST A CLARITY ON SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT COST US 20.61 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN THE JAIL.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SALES TAX IT'S 16.

TWO. ARE WE JUST BACKING OUT THE DEBT SERVICE.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? THE JAIL COSTS MORE JUST GOING OVER THAT I THINK IN THE SLIDE MR. BOURDON, IT WAS WITHOUT MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO ADD MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT TO WHAT HE.

NO, THESE ARE JUST GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. THERE'S ALSO SPECIAL REVENUE THAT GOES THROUGH JAIL.

YOUR JAILS IN THE UPWARDS OF 32,000,033. 33 MILLION.

YEAH. THAT MY MEMORY. THANK YOU. MY MEMORY IS A LITTLE BETTER.

THE JAIL ANNUAL BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $33 MILLION.

GENERAL FUND IS APPROXIMATELY 20. THIS AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE.

THE 20 MILLION. SO IT'S IT'S 12 AND CHANGE PLUS THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

YES. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE JAIL TO FUND IT.

SO TO ANSWER SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, THE JAIL BUDGET IS CURRENTLY 33 MILLION AND FUNDED THROUGH NOT ONLY THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS GENERAL FUND, BUT THERE'S OTHER REVENUE THAT COMES IN TO FUND THAT ANNUAL EXPENDITURE.

VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT THE SHERIFF AND OTHERS BRING TO THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE RUNNING THAT JAIL? THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND PORTION THAT RUNS IT.

IT'S STILL GREATER THAN THE 20 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THE SHERIFF DOES A GREAT JOB AT BRINGING IN MONEY FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.

WE SEE IT EVERY TIME WE MEET. DOES THIS GET US TO ZERO? AND HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING INCREASES IN SALARIES AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE? ARE WE GOING TO ARE WE GOING TO BE HITTING THE GENERAL FUND IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS TO TRY AND COVER INCREASING COSTS?

[02:35:03]

THERE'S A FEW MOVING PIECES THERE. WE'VE HEARD DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE NEED TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES AT SOME LEVEL, $4 MILLION, WHICH WAS WHAT IT WAS INCREASED TO FUND THE JAIL IN 2019.

A CONCEPT THAT I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH. AND I BASE MY SUPPORT FOR THAT IDEA ON GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BALLOT LANGUAGE OF 2014, WHEN THE PUBLIC WAS GIVEN A CHOICE AND I OF PROPERTY TAXES OR AN INCREASE TO THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX TO FUND THE OPERATION.

AND ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER BALLOT INITIATIVE WOULD BE GIVING THAT GIVING THE PUBLIC THAT CHOICE AGAIN.

AND IF THEY IF THE CHOICE WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO INCREASE THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX, THEN THEY WOULD GET BACK THAT THAT CORRESPONDING AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX THAT WAS INCREASED.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND AND THAT'S WHAT I PERSONALLY SUPPORT.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE WAY TO, TO GET THIS DONE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SCENARIO, I, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATE AND I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK I AM IT WOULD ELIMINATE ANY TRANSFERS FROM OTHER THAN THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE JAIL DISTRICT IF IT WAS INCREASED AT THE HALF A CENT.

THE BOARD, HOWEVER, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS CAN SET THAT LEVY UP TO HALF A PERCENT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IF THEY FIND THAT IT'S UNNECESSARY FOR FUNDING THE OPERATIONS OF THE JAIL AT THAT TIME.

AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND ONE LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT THE THIS IS NOT BECAUSE THE SHERIFF NEEDS THIS.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS FULLY FUNDED THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX OR THE JAIL DISTRICT AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE JAIL.

THEY'VE JUST HAD TO DO IT USING PROPERTY TAXES.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE OR A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF REVENUE.

THIS IS NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SOURCE TO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE JAIL.

IT'S WHERE DO WE WANT TO PAY FOR IT FROM. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? SURE. IF I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

FOR ME, IT'S, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN ON OUR CITIZENS AND THEN SHIFTING IT TO MORE TOURIST CENTRIC FUNDING MODEL ALL AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY IS THE SAFEST COUNTY THERE IS IN ARIZONA.

AND IT JUST MAKES MAKES SENSE. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO THAT PEOPLE DESERVE THEIR MONEY BACK.

MR. CHAIR, I JUST MIGHT CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY I THINK NOW'S THE RIGHT TIME.

BECAUSE CLEARLY, THIS INITIATIVE HAS FAILED IN THE PAST, AND AND YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO SEEING THIS GET ON THE BALLOT. AND I KNOW WE SORT OF GLOSSED OVER IT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAX DOLLARS, ANY TAX DOLLARS OR TAX INCREASE AT ALL, THE CITIZENRY REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE DOLLARS. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A QUESTION MARK FOR THEM IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

BUT THANKS TO THE STUDY AND HONESTLY, THANKS TO NOT ONLY THE SHERIFF'S HARD WORK AT REDUCING RECIDIVISM, BUT ALSO PROBATION AND REALLY COMING AT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM FROM AN ALL ENCOMPASSING PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE MADE HUGE STRIDES. I MEAN, REALLY, I THINK IT'S VERY APPARENT IN THE STORY THAT WE HAVE TO TELL THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOT ONLY GOOD STEWARDS OF TAX DOLLARS, BUT REALLY MADE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK TO BENEFIT PEOPLE.

AND SO I JUST I THINK NOW IS THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR SEEING THOSE STUDIES THROUGH.

I'M NOT ALWAYS A HUGE FAN OF HIRING FIRMS TO DO STUDIES, BUT IT'S REALLY RELEVANT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO TELL THE STORY EFFECTIVELY.

MR. BOURDON. I CUT YOU OFF THERE. OH, NO, IT'S IT'S CHERRY.

CHAIRMAN. IT'S GOOD. THIS DISCUSSION IS EXACTLY WHERE WE WANTED TO GO FROM A STARTING POINT, JUST TO FOLLOW UP THE SHERIFF. NOT ONLY THE QUESTION BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, WHICH WAS A DIRECT QUESTION OF WOULD THIS REPLACE THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER? BUT THE SHERIFF PRETTY MUCH CONFIRMED THAT.

SEE, WE ALL LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS SUPERVISOR KUKNYO IF THE SALES TAX WAS INCREASED,

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WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. THAT'S A REQUIRED GENERAL FUND TRANSFER THAT WILL OCCUR FOREVER.

AS LONG AS THE JAIL DISTRICT IS IN PLACE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT AMOUNT ABOVE THAT.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO. AND AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE SUPERVISOR KUKNYO IS GOING, IS, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD AND THE SHERIFF COULD WORK TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE DISTRICT, THIS IS THE MONEY. JUST LIKE THE SPECIAL DISTRICT OF THE LIBRARY OR FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.

AND WE COULD TRY TO CONTAIN COSTS WITHIN WITHIN THAT FUNDING MODEL.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL THAT I'M SURE THE BOARD AND THE SHERIFF COULD WORK TOWARDS.

AND THEN AS YOU MENTIONED, SHERIFF, THE THE BOARD HAS THAT ABILITY.

IF THEY SAY, WELL, WE DON'T NEED THE FULL AMOUNT, WE FEEL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE SHERIFF AND WE THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 5 YEARS, WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS AMOUNT.

YOU CAN ALWAYS SET IT AT A LOWER AMOUNT. THAT IS THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND IT'S SOMETHING SOMETIMES WE GLOSS OVER, BUT THAT IS THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD.

IF THEY FELT THAT TAX HAD, LET'S SAY, STARTED A FUND BALANCE AND AND YOU WANTED TO BRING THAT DOWN, YOU COULD. BUT SAYING THAT THE PREMISE IS, IS YOU WOULD MAKE THE FUNDING OUT OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT AND CONTAIN THOSE THOSE EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, INFLATION.

SALES TAX KIND OF HAS AN INFLATION MULTIPLIER BUILT INTO IT.

SO AS WAGES WENT UP, YOU KNOW, SALES WOULD ACTUALLY GO UP.

IT WOULD MAYBE MATCH THAT. IT WOULD BE A BETTER FIT THAN HAVING IT ON PROPERTY TAX.

BUT IF WE COULD TAKE IT OFF OF THERE THAT'D BE JUST GREAT.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS. WELL, IF I MAY. YES. GO AHEAD.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? GO AHEAD. OKAY. JUST JUST.

IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY ABOVE THE MO IS LIKE $11 MILLION.

OKAY. IF WE RAISED IT TO THE FULL AMOUNT ALLOWED BY LAW, THAT'S 16 MILLION.

SO THAT'S A CUSHION THERE ALREADY. THAT'S BUILT IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT WOULD THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO DEAL WITH INFLATION BY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BY MANIPULATING OR APPROVING A FIGURE THAT MATCHES WHAT IS NEEDED. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE 0.50, BUT IF WE DID, THERE'S PLENTY OF CUSHION THERE OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE UP FOR INFLATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND AND JUST TO CLARIFY, NOT TO CORRECT, BUT YES, 12 MILLION IS CURRENTLY ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. AND WE WOULD HAVE AN ESTIMATED SALES TAX INCREASE OF 16.

SO AS YOU POINTED OUT, THERE'S THIS CUSHION AS YOU START MOVING FORWARD AND ASKING THE PUBLIC TO APPROVE IT, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT, THAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THERE SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE. SHERIFF. I'M GLAD SUPERVISOR JENKINS, YOU KNOW, MADE THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART, I THINK, OF PUBLIC OUTREACH, RIGHT, IS THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO TAKE AS MUCH AS NEEDED FOR THE DISTRICT. AND TO GET BACK TO SUPERVISOR KUKNYO QUESTION AND COMMENT ABOUT LIVING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.

YOU'RE SET UP NICELY WITH THE CURRENT COST STRUCTURE YOU KNOW, FUTURE FORECAST TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, A VERY LONG TIME TO BE WORKING ONLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT AND ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO COME OVER.

MR. BOURDON, WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU NEED FROM US? AS WE'RE AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY UNLESS THERE IS A CONCERN, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU FOR AN ELECTION.

AND SO OVER THE NEXT MONTHS, WE WOULD BRING TO YOU A QUESTION AND DO THAT KIND OF LEGWORK WITH THERE'S THERE'S MANY THINGS.

I MEAN, WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER GROUPS WORKING ON IT, BUT BASICALLY MY DIRECTION IS, IS THERE A CONCERN IF THERE ISN'T ANY? WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH WHAT YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN SAID, WHICH WHEN I READ INTO THE NOTES, IT HAD IDENTIFIED A NOVEMBER 2026 ELECTION DATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE JAIL DISTRICT SALES TAX.

A QUESTION OF THE VOTERS. SO UNLESS I HEAR ANY HEAR ANY CONCERN TODAY, WE'RE PROCEEDING IN THAT DIRECTION.

I'M A YES YES YES, YES. AND MANY OF THE OTHER DETAILS OF WHAT'S IN THAT QUESTION ARE GOING TO COME TO YOU IN THE FUTURE.

[02:45:06]

YES, BUT SUPERVISOR KUKNYO I SAW I SAW HIS HEAD NOD.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO ARE YOU OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LANGUAGE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.

YOU BETCHA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION.

LUNCH IS HERE. JUST. YOU KEEP ASKING ME FOR BREAKS.

NO, NO, NO, WE CAN GO THROUGH. AND THIS IS THE THIRD ONE.

TODAY WE CAN FINISH UP PUBLIC WORKS. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY NOW, YOU KNOW. MY RECOMMENDATION IS PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO BE SO SHORT.

OR WHATEVER TIME IT TAKES. YOU COULD CONCLUDE THAT AND THEN HAVE LUNCH AFTERWARDS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. OKAY. I'VE BEEN ORDERED.

IT IS LUNCH. THE MEETING IS RECESSED. WHEN'S THE RETURN TIME? 1247. THANK YOU. IT'S 1247. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. ROGER. FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. CHAIR COMPTON.

[3. Regional Roads Program Update - Roger McCormick, Public Works Director ]

WE HAVE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR REGIONAL ROADS PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT. SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION HERE.

SO IN AUGUST OF 1994, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED THE REGIONAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, TO BE FUNDED BY A PORTION OF THE HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE OF 1994.

THE PURPOSE OF THE REGIONAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IS TO COORDINATE PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COUNTY'S REGIONAL ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY IT'S IT'S DEFINED AS MAJOR AND MINOR ARTERIAL AND MAJOR COLLECTOR ROADS THAT HAVE A CLEAR REGIONAL BENEFIT TO YAVAPAI COUNTY. THESE ROADS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH WHAT'S CALLED A FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

THE FEDERAL SYSTEM AND THE STATE LOOK AT FEDERAL FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

AND THEN THE COUNTY ALSO HAS OUR ROADS THAT ARE PART OF THAT SYSTEM.

SO AS FAR AS JUST SOME NUMBERS HERE WE HAVE FIVE ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT YAVAPAI COUNTY THAT ARE CONSIDERED ARTERIAL ROADWAYS.

THOSE ARE THOSE PIONEER PARKWAY, IRON SPRINGS ROAD, STATE ROUTE 89, WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD, AND MINGUS AVENUE. SO THOSE ARE OUR ARTERIALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THOSE EQUATE TO ABOUT 16 MILES TOTAL MILES WE HAVE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF PAVED ROADS IS 812.

GOING ON TO THE SECOND PORTION OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT THERE.

SO THE FIRST WAS ARTERIALS. THE SECOND IS MAJOR COLLECTORS.

SO THESE ARE ROADS THAT ARE BIG, BUT THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS BIG AS THE ARTERIAL ROADS.

WE HAVE 183 MILES OF MAJOR COLLECTORS WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY.

THOSE ARE ROADS SUCH AS CORNVILLE ROAD, BEAVERHEAD FLAT, KIRKLAND VALLEY, KIRKLAND, HILLSIDE, SENATOR HIGHWAY, WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD. PORTIONS OF IT ARE ALSO CONSIDERED MAJOR COLLECTOR.

AND THEN WE GET DOWN TO MINOR COLLECTORS. WE HAVE ABOUT 166 MILES OF MINOR COLLECTORS, WHICH EQUATES TO 20% OF THAT 812 MILES.

AND THEN WE GET DOWN TO THE TO THE BOTTOM CLASSIFICATION OF LOCAL ROADS.

LOCAL ROADS CONSIST OF 55% OF OUR 812 MILES. WHICH IS 447 MILES.

SO THE REGIONAL ROAD BUDGET DOES NOT FOCUS ON THOSE LOCAL ROADS THAT 447 MILES.

IT FOCUSES ON THE MAJOR COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS AND ABOVE.

SO LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, IT IS FUNDED THROUGH A PORTION OF THE HALF CENT, THE EXCISE SALES TAX. SO IN 1994, WHEN IT WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED, THAT PERCENTAGE AS DICTATED BY THE BOARD WAS 80%. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.

IT VARIED OVER THE YEARS. WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE 2009, 2010 TIMEFRAME, THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE WERE IN THE RECESSION AND THERE WAS A NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THE GENERAL FUND AT HIGHER CAPACITIES.

AND SO THAT WENT DOWN TO 20% GOING TOWARDS REGIONAL ROAD PROGRAM BUMPED BACK UP IN 2011, 2012 TIMEFRAME TO 40% AND REMAINED AT

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WHAT THOSE ARE IS THE COUNTY HAS AN UNPAVED ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT ARE MAINTAINED.

WE HAVE 747 MILES OF UNPAVED ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND SO THOSE UNPAVED ROADS THEN BECOME CANDIDATES FOR THE DIRT TO BLACK PROGRAM.

AND SO FAR, WE'VE COMPLETED BAGHDAD AIRPORT ROAD BICE ROAD, OLD BLACK CANYON HIGHWAY, PINE DRIVE AND POLAND ROAD AS PART OF THAT DIRT TO BLACK 5% DEDICATION IN 2023.

CHAIRMAN, YOU OKAY WITH ME GIVING A LITTLE HISTORY HERE? JUST SO YOU KNOW SO QUICKLY, I WILL TRY TO BE VERY QUICK.

THIS HALF CENT SALES TAX ACTUALLY WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE COUNTIES WERE GETTING HIT WITH ANOTHER EXPENDITURE PUSHED ONTO THEM, I BELIEVE HEALTHCARE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACCESS.

AND SO THE STATE ALLOWED COUNTIES TO PUT IN PLACE A HALF CENT WITH THEIR DISCRETION.

YOU'RE ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTIES THAT I KNOW THAT DEDICATED A PORTION OF THIS TO ROADWAYS OR SOME OTHER.

MOST OF THEM JUST PUT IT IN THEIR GENERAL FUND.

SO THIS BOARD FINALLY PUT PUT IT IN PLACE FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD AND SAID A PORTION OF IT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR REGIONAL ROADS.

JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY. BUT IT WAS ALL IT WAS.

THE AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN BY THE STATE BECAUSE YOU WERE SEEING INCREASED COSTS ELSEWHERE IN YOUR COUNTY.

YOU'RE THE ONLY COUNTY THAT IS KIND OF DEDICATED THIS TO ROADS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THAT WAS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS ABOUT A YEAR A YEAR AGO.

BUT I THANK YOU FOR THE GO AHEAD, ROGER. OKAY.

LITTLE SNAPSHOT HERE. SO THIS IS FY 25 ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT AROUND THE 15.4 MILLION RANGE GOING INTO THE BUDGETED FY 26.

WE HAD BUDGETED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK THIS YEAR, 25 MILLION IN ROADWAY TYPE PROJECTS.

OUR REVENUE COMING IN THAT'S DEDICATED THROUGH THAT 45% IS RIGHT AROUND 14.3 MILLION.

AND THEN GOING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE SAME TYPE OF BUDGET, ABOUT A $25 MILLION BUDGET WITH REVENUE OF ABOUT 14.4.

I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN EXPENSES AND REVENUES THAT ARE PART OF THIS BUDGET.

WE DO HAVE BECAUSE OF THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT THAT THE COUNTY WAS LIMITED TO FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE IN A ROW A SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE WITHIN THE HALF CENT PROGRAM TO DO ROADWAY TYPE PROJECTS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER THEM BEING KIND OF LIKE ONE TIME GETTING US BACK INTO THE PATTERN OF KIND OF GETTING OUR REVENUES AND EXPENSES TO MATCH UP MORE CORRECTLY.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WORKING WITHIN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, TRYING TO CATCH UP, BUT IT IS KEEPING US REALLY BUSY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT SUSTAINABLY AND MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING THOSE DOLLARS ONTO THE ROADWAYS.

I WON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT THIS IS A GOOD GRAPHIC.

IT REALLY JUST GOES OVER WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN RELATION TO PERCENTAGES.

SO THE YELLOW LINE IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT'S BEEN DEDICATED TO HALF CENT REGIONAL ROADS PORTION.

THE GREEN IS THE TOTAL HALF CENT SALES TAX. AND THEN THE RED IS THE PORTION THAT'S GOING TOWARDS ROADWAYS.

SO IT'S A GOOD KIND OF HISTORICAL LOOK AT WHAT IT'S BEEN SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE HALF CENT PROGRAM.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS LOOKING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY PROGRAMING THE THE FIFTH YEAR RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL SAY THAT SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE REFLECTED HERE WILL MOST LIKELY CHANGE OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, AS WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND FINE TUNING THINGS AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING IN A PROJECTION LOOKING OUT TO FY 30.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE ENDING BALANCE HERE IS WHAT WOULD BE IN THE HALF CENT REGIONAL ROAD ACCOUNT AT THE END OF THE FY.

SO LIKE I HAD SAID EARLIER, WE BUDGETED 25 MILLION THIS YEAR.

WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO EXPEND ABOUT 20 MILLION OF THAT 25.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO ROLL OVER INTO NEXT YEAR, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN SOME UPCOMING SLIDES HERE.

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AND THEN THAT JUST KIND OF ROLLS FORWARD EACH YEAR BASED OFF OF CURRENTLY PROGRAMED PROJECTS IN OUR FOUR YEAR SLASH FIVE YEAR PLAN.

IT WILL BE A FIVE YEAR PLAN BY THE TIME WE SUBMIT EVERYTHING AT BUDGET TIME.

OKAY, SO SPEAKING ABOUT THE NOW. SO FISCAL YEAR 2026, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE COLOR CODED THIS AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IN WORKING WITH COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS UPDATES WITH THIS SPREADSHEET HERE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE YOUR PROJECTS ARE AT.

GREEN IS GOOD. THEY'RE HITTING THE FINISH LINE AND OR COMPLETE.

YELLOW IS KIND OF MID, MID PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

RED. WE'RE LOOKING AT EITHER SOME DELAYS OR SOME NEED TO MAYBE PUSH THOSE INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S THE OVERALL SNAPSHOT. SNAPSHOT. THAT'S EVERYTHING FOR REGIONAL ROADS FOR 2026 THAT YOU'RE SEEING ALL IN ONE SLIDE. THESE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES WILL BREAK THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM A LITTLE BETTER. SO THIS IS THE GREEN SECTION.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT. HERE WAS THE FIRST FIVE LINES.

SO CENTRAL AVENUE, MAIN STREET, STAGECOACH, CENTRAL AVENUE, MAIN STREET, THOSE WERE ALL ONE PROJECT THAT WE PUT OUT TO BID FOR AN OVERLAY AND RUBBERIZED CHIP SEAL PROJECT WITHIN THE MAYOR AND CURTIS LAKES AREA.

THAT IS COMPLETE. WE DID DO ABOUT A THREE MILE SECTION OF OLD HIGHWAY 66.

HIGHWAY 66 IS A LONG ROAD THAT WE MAINTAIN BETWEEN KIND OF SELIGMAN AND ASH FORK AREA UP THERE.

IT'S ABOUT 35 MILES AND 34 MILES, PLUS OR MINUS IN TOTAL.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO A THREE MILE SECTION OF THAT THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS DONE. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO DO ROAD FOUR NORTH, JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF CHINO VALLEY INCORPORATED LIMITS OUT THERE.

THAT ONE'S DONE. BIG BUG CREEK AND IS A IS A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BIG BUG CREEK BRIDGE ON CENTRAL AVENUE. THIS IS IN MAYOR ALSO. THAT ONE'S GOING TO BID SOON.

IT'S AN ADOT ADMINISTERED PROJECT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FUNDING THROUGH THEM FOR.

SENATOR HIGHWAY IS NEAR COMPLETION. JUST FINAL TOUCHES ON THAT ONE.

PRETTY MUCH DONE ON THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE CORNVILLE TO SAW ROUNDABOUT THAT IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.

HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE STATE. THEY'RE ALSO ADMINISTERING THAT ONE FOR THE COUNTY.

WE'VE WE'VE PAID OUR MATCH DOLLARS FOR THAT ONE, BUT THEY'LL BE ADMINISTERING IT AND THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON JANUARY 29TH WITH NOTICE TO PROCEED. ROGER. WAS THERE AN INCREASED COST IN REFERENCE TO THE THE PROJECT ITSELF BECAUSE ADOT WAS ADMINISTERING IT? YEAH, NOT TO US, BUT IN GENERAL, YEAH, IN GENERAL, IT DOES COST MORE FOR A PROJECT WHEN ADOT ADMINISTERS THE PROJECT IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHECK BOXES YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SO YEP, THAT IS A THING.

ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT SLIDE HERE. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO CHRIS STEEL.

HE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO GO OVER SOME OF THESE REAL QUICK. YEAH.

HI, CHAIR. VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CHRIS STEEL, YOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER A FEW PROJECTS HERE. THE THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER BRIDGE DESIGN MATCH, AND THE LITTLE PINE BRIDGE DESIGN MATCH. THOSE ARE OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING THROUGH INITIALLY, AND OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE FUNDING FOR SCOPING. WE GOT THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETED.

WE THEN USED THAT SCOPING THAT WAS COMPLETED THROUGH ADOT TO APPLY FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.

AND SO WE DID. WE'RE AWARDED THAT. WE SHOULD BE TAKING THAT THAT AGREEMENT TO THE BOARD SHORTLY.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT'S A DESIGN MATCH FOR THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S IN FY 26. AND WE ANTICIPATE BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS, THE REHABILITATION OF THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER BRIDGE AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LITTLE PINE BRIDGE WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION IN FY 28.

THE RAILROAD BRIDGE DECK REPLACEMENT PROJECT, THAT ONE IS ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THE OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE PROJECT OR OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE PROGRAM. WE WE GOT A GRANT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DECK FOR THAT PROJECT.

AS PART OF THAT, AND IN WORKING WITH ADOT AND BNSF WE NEEDED TO REMOVE AN ADJACENT ABANDONED BRIDGE THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROJECT.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE WORKED WITH ADOT THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

THEY REQUESTED JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE GRANT FUNDING WAS STILL IN PLACE. THEY CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD TO DO THE DECK REPLACEMENT THAT WE HANDLE THE ABANDONED BRIDGE PROJECT OURSELVES SEPARATELY. AND SO THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN PUSHED TO FY 27 FOR US TO HANDLE.

AND SO THEY THE DECK REPLACEMENT ACTUALLY IS OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW AND SHOULD BE SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE IN APRIL.

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CORNVILLE ROAD, WE'VE GOT A RUBBERIZED CHIP SEAL PROJECT THAT GOES FROM PAGE SPRINGS TO MILEPOST TEN.

WE'LL BE WORKING THAT ONE AROUND THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DELAYS OR ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPACT THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT WHEN WE WORK ON THAT PROJECT. THE PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING.

THIS IS HOW OUR CONSULTANT RAS, THEY CAN THEY FINISH THE CONDITION RATING FOR THE 812 MILES OF PAVED ROAD? THAT GIVES US KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND ALLOWS US TO PROGRAM OUR MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT PROJECTS BASED ON THAT DATA SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO THE RIGHT TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THE WILLIAMSON VALLEY MILL INFILL. THIS IS A PROJECT FROM THE CITY OF PRESCOTT LIMITS TO THE JUST NORTH OF PIONEER PARKWAY.

IT'S A MILL INFILL PROJECT THAT INCLUDES ALSO AN ACFC AND ALSO CONCRETE MEDIANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THERE AT THE INTERSECTION AND AROUND THE INTERSECTION.

WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD DESIGN. WE'VE GOT THE CORRIDOR STUDY FROM PIONEER PARKWAY TO OUTER LOOP.

THIS IS TO ASSESS FUTURE SAFETY PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS KIND OF GET A, A ULTIMATE DESIGN OF WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO OUT THERE GOING FORWARD.

NEXT PROJECT IS PRESCOTT EAST HIGHWAY. THAT IS A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE TOWN.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO GET PART OF THAT SIDEWALK FUNDED FROM THE TOWN.

THERE'S A PORTION OF IT THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED TO COMPLETE THE NETWORK WITHIN CASTLE CANYON MESA.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE. AND SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S IN DESIGN. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT OUT TO CONSTRUCTION THIS FY CARRYING INTO NEXT FY THE NEXT TWO PROJECTS, IRON SPRINGS ROAD, THAT IS CIP PROJECT HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING.

THAT'S ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO BID SHORTLY.

WE DO GET FINAL APPROVAL FROM ADOT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.

AND THAT SHOULD BE OUT TO BID SHORTLY AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE TIMELINE IS RIGHT AROUND MAY, AND THAT'LL CARRY THROUGH PROBABLY TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THE FINAL TWO PROJECTS HERE, WE'VE GOT WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD. THIS IS THE PHASE FOUR PROJECT FROM A PREVIOUS CORRIDOR STUDY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT FINISHING UP THAT DESIGN, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH UTILITIES RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET THOSE RELOCATED.

AND SO ROGER WILL TOUCH ON THAT ONE HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN CORNVILLE ROAD.

THIS IS A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT AMONTE AND VERDE SANTA FE TO INSTALL ACCELERATION LANES AND DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE WIDENING ROADWAY WIDENING, AND ALSO SOME LIGHTING THERE AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

AT THOSE AT THOSE LOCATIONS TO KIND OF SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF DOING WITH THE T-CELL ROUNDABOUT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO ROGER.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRIS. ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST PROJECT OR LINE ITEM ON THIS SLIDE HERE IS A PARTICIPANT PARTICIPATION BY YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRANSIT SYSTEMS. SO IN OUR PROJECTIONS UP HERE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $483,000 TO CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO TRANSIT AND PLANNING ENTITIES THIS YEAR OUT OF THE HALF-CENT PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT BEAVER CREEK ROAD THAT HAS A ABOUT A 3.1 MILE STRETCH OF SECTION.

THAT IS AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS PROJECT AS FAR AS THE COUNTY CAN COMPLETE THIS YEAR.

WE'VE DONE OUR PART. WE HAVE BUDGETED 1.6 MILLION IN THERE, BUT WE WON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO EXPEND THAT UNTIL WE GET NOTIFIED IF WE GOT THE GRANT OR NOT. SO WE PUT IN FOR WHAT'S CALLED A FEDERAL LANDS ACCESS PROGRAM GRANT, WHICH THE GRANT TOTAL WAS ABOUT $11 MILLION.

SO TRYING TO TO SEEK SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PAVE THE PORTION OF THE UNPAVED PORTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD GOING FROM MONTEZUMA WELL UP TO STATE ROUTE 179. SO IT WOULD MAKE A CONTINUOUS PAVED ROUTE FROM THAT SECTION.

SO THE MONEY IS STAGED THERE. THAT WAS OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TO THAT GRANT APPLICATION.

BUT WE WON'T KNOW FOR A COUPLE MONTHS UNTIL NOTIFICATIONS ARE SENT OUT IF WE GET THAT OR NOT.

SO WALNUT CREEK BRIDGE THIS IS A PROJECT ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR WALNUT CREEK BRIDGE ON AN UNPAVED PORTION OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD.

SO AS YOU GO OUT WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD PAST THE END OF PAVEMENT THERE'S A BRIDGE OUT THERE.

IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A FAIRLY OLD BRIDGE. I WOULD SAY ON OUR BRIDGE RATING SYSTEM AS FAR AS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OR

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IT IS ONE OF OUR LOWER BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS FAR AS ITS EFFICIENCY RATING.

NOT MEANING THAT IT'S MEANING IT'S STILL SAFE TO CROSS, BUT IT IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THAT BRIDGE.

SO THIS WOULD BE SCOPING TRYING TO GET SOME IDEAS AS TO HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT BRIDGE.

THE NEXT TWO I'LL LUMP TOGETHER. THOSE ARE DIRT TO BLACK PROJECTS.

COPPER BASIN ROAD IS FURTHER ALONG. BEING THAT WE'VE ALREADY SELECTED A DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THAT TO, TO DO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN ARM ROAD. WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT ONE PROCURED RIGHT NOW.

GETTING A CONSULTANT UNDER UNDERWAY. THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE A THREE YEAR PROJECT THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE PLANNING TO DO LIKE RIGHT OF WAY AND DESIGN.

SO THERE IS MONEY IN FY 27 FOR DESIGN. THIS MONEY HERE IS DEDICATED FOR LOOKING AT RIGHT OF WAY.

WE WILL NEED TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY FROM STATE ROUTE 169 GOING SOUTH TO THE FOREST SERVICE BOUNDARY.

SO PUTTING THOSE TWO TOGETHER, AND THEN IN YEAR THREE WE WOULD LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THAT.

THAT'S ABOUT A THREE MILE SECTION OF ROAD. THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, WILLIAMSON VALLEY.

WE'RE PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON THAT ROADWAY IN RELATION TO GETTING SOME OF THE UNPAVED PORTION, SOME MATERIAL ON IT WHERE WE CAN GRADE IT BETTER.

STAFF, IN-HOUSE STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.

CHISHOLM TRAIL AND PINION PLACE. SO IF YOU RECALL.

SUPERVISOR OR CHAIR COMPTON. THIS ONE'S IN YOUR DISTRICT.

WE WE PUT IT OUT TO BID LAST FALL, AND IT CAME IN PRETTY HIGH AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT THAT OUT TO BID AGAIN HERE IN APRIL.

SEE HOW THE CONTRACTING COMMUNITY LOOKS AT THE PROJECT NOW? WE DIDN'T HAVE A LARGE TURNOUT FROM THE CONTRACTORS AT THAT POINT.

THERE WAS ONLY TWO BIDDERS. SO WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET SOME MORE BIDDERS AND SEE WHERE IT COMES IN.

AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION AND WE'LL MOST LIKELY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WITH THAT THIS SPRING PENDING HOW THAT LOOKS.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU REJECTING THE BIDS.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF COST AND BEING FRUGAL.

SO. YEAH, APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE DO TRY TO FIND A A BEST VALUE.

AND WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S OUT OF LINE, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, SO, BUT WE DO WANT TO GET THOSE BUILT.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ACTIVELY AT THAT. STUCZYNSKI ROAD IS A PROJECT THAT ONE IS UNDER DESIGN.

IT STILL HAS A LITTLE WAY TO GO UNTIL DESIGN IS FINISHED.

ONCE DESIGN IS FINISHED, UTILITIES WILL RELOCATE.

AND SO THE THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED TO STASHYNSKY WILL NEED TO BE MOVED INTO FY 27 BECAUSE I DON'T FORESEE THE UTILITIES BEING RELOCATED BY JUNE FOR BOTH CIESINSKI AND THE WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD WIDENING PROJECT.

THAT'LL BE SOME WORK. THE UTILITIES COMPANIES NEED TO FINISH THERE, TOO.

SO THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF 2026 PROJECTS.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF 2027. I'M JUST GOING TO GET INTO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

THAT'S EVERYTHING ALL IN ONE SLIDE. BUT THIS IS KIND OF BLOWN UP TO GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

BEAVERHEAD FLAT ROAD THIS IS PROBABLY OUR LARGEST FUNDED PROJECT NEXT YEAR.

AT $5.2 MILLION. WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED TRANSVERSE CRACKING OCCURRING ON BEAVERHEAD FLAT ROAD, WHERE EVERY 40 50FT YOU HAVE A BIG CRACK THAT GOES ACROSS THE ROAD AND IT'S VERY REPETITIVE.

THOSE CRACKS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE MITIGATED.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PUT AN OVERLAY OVER THE TOP OF EVERYTHING THERE TO GET IT ALL BACK UP TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT.

COPPER BASIN ROAD. THIS IS THE PROJECT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS FY 26 SLIDE, HOW IT'S UNDER DESIGNED THIS YEAR.

AND THEN IN FY 27 WE HAVE MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO CURRENTLY IT IS IN DESIGN THIS YEAR. CORNVILLE ROAD 123 HERE.

I'LL TRY TO HIT THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO WE'VE GOT SCOPING PROJECT TO DETERMINE FUTURE NEEDS AT PAGE SPRINGS ROAD.

SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE FEE HERE TO LOOK AT THAT AS FAR AS DESIGN CONCEPTS ON WHAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR THAT INTERSECTION GOING FORWARD.

WE'VE GOT AN APPLICATION OF A OR THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PROJECT CHRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER THAT WOULD GO TO MILEPOST TEN.

SO THIS IS FROM MILEPOST TEN TO I-17 TO DO A TWO INCHES OF OVERLAY ON THAT.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE ACCELERATION LANES THERE BY VERDI, SANTA FE AND AMONTE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT DOING CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE THERE UNDER

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PEOPLE THINK THAT'S GOING TO DRAW EVEN MORE PEOPLE.

I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT, THAT THESE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT ENDING.

AND I KNOW YCSO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN GOING OUT THERE EVERY TIME WE GET A COMPLAINT.

BUT WHAT IS THE LONG TERM MAYBE SOLUTION IF THERE IS ANY TO THAT.

SO JUST YEAH, I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER TODAY. I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS VERY FREQUENT THAT WE GET SPEEDING COMPLAINTS OUT THERE.

AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT LONG TERM AS TRAFFIC INCREASES? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

AND ONE THAT IS A IT'S A IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE.

I DO APPRECIATE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEIR ATTEMPT TO, YOU KNOW, DO ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE.

THAT REALLY DOES HELP. AND EVERY LITTLE BIT THAT THEY THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE WE DO WORK WELL WITH THEM OUT THERE ON THAT.

I THINK THAT OUTSIDE OF ENFORCEMENT, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SIGNS ON ORDER RIGHT NOW THAT ARE KIND OF THE MORE ADVANCED, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, FOR THE MODERN AGE, WHERE THEY HAVE LIGHTS AND STUFF THAT FLASH WITH THEM AND, AND KIND OF BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SIGN A LITTLE MORE.

SO AS ENTERING THE COMMUNITY OF CORNVILLE PROPER, YOU COULD SAY ON BOTH ENDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN SOME OF THAT SIGNAGE TO BRING BETTER AWARENESS OF THE SPEED LIMIT AS YOU'RE ENTERING INTO TOWN THERE.

SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. I THINK THEY ARRIVED LAST FRIDAY, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN.

SO THOSE SHOULD BE INSTALLED HERE REAL SOON. SO KEEP GOING DOWN THE LIST HERE.

SO WE DO HAVE THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHEN CHRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DECK REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIDGE ON CROOKSTON ROAD.

THE COUNTY WILL BE DOING THE BECAUSE THOSE TWO PROJECTS WERE SEPARATED.

THE COUNTY WILL BE DOING THE REMOVAL OF THE ADJACENT BRIDGE.

AND SO THAT IS FUNDING THAT WILL BE NEEDED NEXT YEAR TO REMOVE THAT BRIDGE, DRAKE ROAD.

THIS IS A ROAD THAT DOES HAVE QUITE A BIT OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON IT OUT THERE DUE TO CEMENT ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON OUT THERE.

WE HAD DONE A PROJECT A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN RELATION TO REHAB OF DRAKE ROAD WHERE WE PUT DOWN I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST 2 OR 3IN OF, OF ASPHALT. WE ACTUALLY NEEDED AROUND FIVE INCHES FOR THE STRUCTURAL SECTION.

WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING AT THE TIME TO DO THE FULL DEPTH STRUCTURAL SECTION FOR IT.

SO THIS IS COMING BACK AND PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES ON TOP OF THE ASPHALT THAT'S OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE THE STRUCTURAL CAPACITY WE NEED FOR THAT ROAD.

CHAIRMAN. YES, SIR. SO THAT ROAD, I MEAN, THAT'S WITH DRAKE CEMENT OUT THERE.

CORRECT. ON THAT ROAD. SO THERE. SO THAT IS A VERY HEAVY PRODUCTION OUT THERE ON THAT ROAD.

AND I JUST WONDERED, IS THERE EVER ANY ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS OR ANYTHING THAT COME ABOUT WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT ROAD FOR US, OR IS IT JUST US? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF UP TO THIS POINT.

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY I MEAN, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM AND WE WORK WITH THEM.

WELL, ON CERTAIN THINGS IN RELATION TO WE REALIGNED THE ROADWAY, WHICH UTILIZED SOME OF THE DRAKE.

DRAKE SIMMONS PROPERTY AND MADE SOME OF THE CURVES A LITTLE MORE MANAGEABLE OUT THERE AS YOU'RE GETTING THROUGH.

AND THEY WERE VERY GOOD IN WORKING WITH US ON THAT.

BUT IN REGARDS TO THE MAINTENANCE IT IS A COUNTY ROAD, AND THE COUNTY DOES TRY TO PROGRAM DOLLARS IN RELATION TO THOSE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ROAD. I GUESS SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOME HEAVY COST TO IT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH HEAVY TRAFFIC GOING ON THAT.

YEAH, YEAH, THAT THE AXLE LOADING FOR A TRUCK IS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN A PASSENGER VEHICLE, SO SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON PRETTY CLOSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THE LAST TWO WE'RE DOWN TO HERE ON THIS SLIDE BIG CHINO ROAD.

AND ACTUALLY I THINK ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WE HAVE ONE THAT FITS INTO THIS CATEGORY AS WELL.

THESE ARE ALL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOLLARS THAT THE COUNTY HAS APPLIED FOR TO IMPROVE BIG CHINO ROAD, IRON SPRINGS ROAD AND THEN THE NEXT ONE HERE, WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD.

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WE WE WERE PRELIMINARILY SELECTED BY THE STATE.

THEY QUALIFIED BASED OFF OF THEIR BENEFIT TO COST RATIO TO GET FUNDED.

BUT THE STATE WENT THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL SCOPING PHASE OF THOSE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE BENEFIT TO COST RATIOS AND, AND THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECTS FIT WHERE THEY AGREED WITH HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED.

AND SO THAT SECOND STAGE OF ANALYSIS WAS COMPLETED BACK IN NOVEMBER, TIME FRAME OF LAST YEAR.

SO I IMAGINE WE'LL BE HEARING ANY TIME NOW AS TO IF THOSE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED.

THESE ARE THE MATCH DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BASED OFF OF THOSE INITIAL ESTIMATES.

SO WITH IRON SPRINGS ROAD, IT SEEMS LIKE PASSING LANE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PROJECTS WE'VE HAD ON IRON SPRINGS ROAD LATELY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE OTHER CIP DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE GOING TO THAT ROAD.

THESE THIS LOCATION THAT IS IDENTIFIED HERE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CIP PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING.

THESE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF OUR REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ROAD STUDY THAT WE COMPLETED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR ROAD. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE.

THIS IS THE DESIGN PHASE NEXT YEAR THAT'S GOING TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY.

PIONEER PARKWAY, JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'VE PUT THIS ONE AS FUTURE BECAUSE INITIALLY WE DID HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED FOR CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR IN FY 27.

BUT AS CHRIS NOTED EARLIER, WE HAD OUR CONSULTANT TO DO OUR ROADWAY ASSESSMENT WHERE THEY WENT OUT AND THEY DROVE ALL THE ROADS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND KIND OF GAVE A PAVEMENT RATING TO ALL THE ROADS WE'RE CURRENTLY PROCESSING THROUGH ALL THOSE RATINGS, AND WE DON'T HAVE IT FINALIZED QUITE YET.

BUT PIONEER PARKWAY IS ACTUALLY ON THAT RATING SYSTEM LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE PUSHING THIS ONE OUT A YEAR OR TWO AND SEEING HOW THAT LOOKS IN THE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO I DON'T EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS ONE NEXT YEAR.

THAT ONE WILL PUSH INTO FURTHER INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE CONTRIBUTION I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN RELATION TO TRANSIT AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES COMING FROM THE REGIONAL ROAD BUDGET.

SO WE'VE GOT THAT BUDGETED THERE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SUBSTANTIAL SIZE CHIPSEAL PROJECT COMING UP IN THE VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THIS WOULD BASICALLY BE ALL ROADS WITHIN VILLAGE OF OAK CREEK WOULD GET A CHIPSEAL.

WE LIKE TO KIND OF GET INTO AN AREA AND GET A LOT OF WORK DONE.

AND SO THIS, THIS MILLION DOLLARS IS DEDICATED TO WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HALF CENT OR REGIONAL ROAD, ELIGIBLE FUNDING ROAD THOSE MAJOR COLLECTORS AND ABOVE.

AND SO WE'VE GOT THAT PROGRAM TO MATCH UP WITH OUR HALF DOLLARS.

PRESCOTT EAST HIGHWAY TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE EARLIER.

THIS IS THE CONJUNCTION PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY FOR THE SIDEWALK.

SO THIS IS FUNDED OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS. SO IT'LL BE A A JOINT PROJECT WITH THEM OVER, YOU KNOW, STARTING HOPEFULLY IN MAY JUNE AND THEN EXTENDING INTO NEXT FY.

JUST A QUESTION. YES. SO I KNOW WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH PHIL ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT SIDEWALKS DOWN PRESCOTT EAST HIGHWAY AND HE WAS LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT? BECAUSE HE HAD JUST GOTTEN HERE. SO HE WASN'T, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP ON THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE I KNOW THE COUNTY DOESN'T REALLY DO THE SIDEWALK, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CITIES AND TOWNS DO, BUT MY ARGUMENT WITH THIS IS THAT I HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT PRESCOTT EAST HIGHWAY IS A NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT YET, PEOPLE, WE PUT A WE DID GREAT ROAD WORK DOWN ON PRESCOTT EAST HIGHWAY A FEW YEARS BACK.

AND WE HAVE THAT CEMENT DIVIDE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF PRESCOT EAST HIGHWAY.

AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE THINK THAT'S THE SIDEWALK AND THEY'RE OR ELSE THEY'RE JUST USING IT AND THEY WALK DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.

SO IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO JUST MAKE IT WHAT IT REALLY HAS BECOME.

AND IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MANY SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES, AND IT NEEDS SIDEWALKS.

SO THAT'S MY DEFENSE ON THIS. MARTY BRENNAN I HAVE A DEFENSE.

I WASN'T SPEAKING NEGATIVELY ABOUT THEM. I WAS JUST NO, I KNOW.

I'M JUST TEASING YOU. NO, I KNOW. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE, BUT IT IS.

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BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ROAD LIKE PRESCOTT HIGHWAY AND OTHERS, THAT THEN FALLS INTO OTHER CATEGORIES OF SERIES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.

BUT I, I RESPECT THAT THE CHAIR THAT SORRY, THE FORMER CHAIR AND I WERE HAVING A PRETTY GOOD CONVERSATION ON THAT ISSUE.

WE'VE TRIED TO STAY AWAY FROM MAJOR SIDE SIDEWALK PROJECTS WITHIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

IT THERE'S MANY OF THEM WITHIN YAVAPAI COUNTY TO DO, BUT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I'M SURE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS JUST GET NERVOUS WHEN THEY SEE THE ATTORNEYS SMILING. YEAH, WELL, IT IT WAS A CLOSED ROAD UNTIL THE TOWN OPENED UP GRANVILLE.

RIGHT. AND THEN THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED. THAT NIGHT WE WENT TO SLEEP AND THERE WAS NO OPENING.

AND WE WOKE UP AND THERE IT WAS. SO. YEAH. AND AND I WILL SAY TO THAT BEING THAT IT IS KIND OF ON THE FRINGES OF A INCORPORATED TOWN, THEY HAVE SIDEWALK THAT'S KIND OF CONNECTING INTO PRESCOTT EAST HIGHWAY WITH THE SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING IN THE AREA.

IT BECAME SOMETHING IN WHICH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BRING UP THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY REALLY LOOKS CLOSELY AT SIDEWALKS AND, AND WE WE TEND TO STEER AWAY, TEND TO STEER AWAY FROM THOSE WHEN WE CAN DUE TO THE REASONS, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. BUT IN THIS CASE BEING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PRESCOTT VALLEY, IT IT ENDED UP WORKING OUT FOR US.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END HERE. SO WE'VE GOT CIESZYNSKI ROAD, WHICH I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THAT ONE IS BEING DELAYED. IT'S OFF OF WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD IN DISTRICT FOUR.

SO THAT ONE IS UNDER UNDER DESIGN. WE'LL NEED UTILITY RELOCATION.

IT WAS FUNDED IN FY 26. BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ROLL THAT INTO FY 27.

AND THEN SAME THING WITH THE WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD PROJECT.

THAT ONE HAS SOME UTILITY STUFF THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN UNDER WAY.

WE WERE OUT THERE LAST WEEK. I THINK SUPERVISOR KUKNYO GOT A CALL ABOUT, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND MY HOUSE AT BRIDLE PATH? AND AND THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING ON, IS WE'RE DOING A UTILITY INVESTIGATION.

I'M OUT THERE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT.

AND AS WE DETERMINE THAT THE UTILITIES WILL RELOCATE AND THEN WE'LL GET TO CONSTRUCTION.

SO I FORESEE THAT MONEY NEEDING TO GO TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

AND I BELIEVE VICE CHAIR CHUCK. OKAY. NO, I REALLY LOVE THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE, YOU GUYS AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME WE SPEND EVERY MONTH.

AND AT THE SAME TIME I AM LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET.

I REALIZE IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO EQUALIZE FUNDS THROUGHOUT EACH DISTRICT, BUT I VERY MUCH SEE THAT DISTRICT THREE IS NOT WELL REPRESENTED IN THIS BUDGET, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HEAR THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED, LIKE, THIS IS THE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND UNTIL 2030, WHILE SUPERVISOR JENKINS AND I HAVE JUST INVESTED A WHOLE LOT OF TIME IN OUR VERDE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEETINGS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR VERDE VALLEY MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN SOMETIME IN A TIME FRAME, MAYBE WHILE WE'RE STILL ELECTED. SO I GUESS THAT'S IT'S THAT'S MY MY CRITICISM.

AND ALSO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW DO I GET OUR, OUR VERDE VALLEY REGION BETTER REPRESENTED IN THE TRAJECTORY HERE WITH THE PLANS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE THE SOLUTIONS COMING FROM EACH JURISDICTION BECAUSE THE NEEDS THAT ARE EXIST REALLY ARE OF A REGIONAL NATURE. I KNOW WE HAVE OUR ONE, OUR ARTERIAL ROAD IN MINGUS.

BUT I REALLY SEE A NEED TO MAKE THOSE SYSTEMS WORK BETTER.

AND, I MEAN, I JUST HAVE THE QUESTION I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT, LIKE HOW MANY FATALITIES ARE ON WILLIAMSON VALLEY ROAD? I KNOW THERE'S A REAL STRONG FOCUS THERE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT HOW MANY FATALITIES ARE ON STATE ROUTE TWO? 60 THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REGIONALLY PLAN BETTER TO NOT HAVE SO MUCH CONGESTION IN THAT AREA, NOT HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC. WE'VE GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF CONGESTION IN THE COTTONWOOD AREA AND SEDONA AREA.

AND ANYWAYS, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS. AND THE JOB THAT WE HAVE TO DO HERE DURING BUDGET IS REALLY TO BE REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICTS, MAKING SURE OUR, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS, TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING REINVESTED.

AND I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE THAT FOR DISTRICT THREE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD AND WORKING WITH YOU GUYS TO SEE THAT CHANGE.

YEAH. SO I'LL INITIALLY COMMENT ON THAT. AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO FILL IN WELCOME TO.

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TWO THIRDS OF THE DOLLARS WITHIN THE HALF CENT PROGRAM ARE DEDICATED TO WESTERN PROJECTS, AND ONE THIRD OF THE REGIONAL ROAD BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO EASTERN PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY BE VERDE VALLEY TYPE PROJECTS.

THAT'S THAT'S HISTORICALLY HOW THE BUDGET HAS BEEN SPLIT AND IT'S BEEN SET UP LIKE THAT.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, I BELIEVE IF PHIL IS THAT REFLECTIVE OF SALES TAX DOLLARS COMING IN FROM THE COUNTY.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS. HISTORICALLY, BACK IN THE ORIGINATION OF THIS PROGRAM, IT WAS SPLIT UP ACTUALLY, BY THE TWO DISTRICTS AND THE THIRD DISTRICT, THERE WERE THREE DISTRICTS.

AND IT WAS A IT WAS A DISCUSSION DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD, I THINK, AND JIM HOLST.

AND IT WAS A ONE THIRD, TWO THIRD SPLIT ON WHATEVER WAS TAKEN IN A THIRD WENT TO THE VERDE.

I SAY THE VERDE, BUT DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT ONE AND TWO GOT TWO THIRDS.

AND AND WHEN I SAY THAT AND I TALKED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ABOUT THAT, TO LET THEM KNOW THE HISTORY OF IT, WE AND THEY CAN SHOW YOU THAT OVER TIME WE LOOK AT PROJECTS SOMETIMES THERE'D BE MORE PROJECTS IN THE VERDE, FOR INSTANCE, BEAVERHEAD FLAT ROAD, MINGUS AVENUE AND OTHERS.

SOMETIMES THERE'D BE MORE PROJECTS IN HERE. 89, A FAN ROAD, OTHERS I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE LIFE.

BUT WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT WAS A TWO THIRD YEAR, A TWO THIRD, ONE YEAR, THIRD SPLIT ON REVENUE.

IT WAS NOT BASED ON POPULATION. IT WAS NOT BASED ON REVENUE GENERATED FROM AN AREA.

IT WAS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICS. JUST TELLING YOU THE HISTORY OF IT.

SO THAT HAS GONE ON THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. WE DID CHANGE IT, I BELIEVE MID 2000 TO WESTERN, EASTERN, OR AT LEAST IN THAT TIMEFRAME BECAUSE WE FELT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE, I THINK, COME DOWN TO I-17 CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT WAS REFLECTIVE OF HOW WE CHANGED.

I THINK HOW OUR ROADS DEPARTMENT ALSO INTERACTED.

AND SO WE WENT FROM WESTERN TO EASTERN, AND THEY HAVE STILL KEPT THAT TWO THIRDS, ONE THIRD SPLIT.

AND WHAT THAT WAS REALLY DOING WAS ENSURING THAT BOARD MEMBERS LIKE YOU, THAT ARE AT LEAST TRYING TO SHOW THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT BACK IN THEIR DISTRICTS WOULD SEE THAT IF THE BOARD WANTS TO TALK ABOUT DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THEY CAN DO THAT. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE HISTORY THEY'RE FOLLOWING, WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN THEM FROM HISTORY.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT AND YOU GO, WHAT IS WHAT HAS EASTERN PROJECTS BEEN GIVEN, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA, THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT IT'S APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD, I BELIEVE. SO IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU JUST BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS AM I GETTING SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY? SO THAT'S AND THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN DIVIDED. AND THEN THE ONE THIRD IS INCLUSIVE OF, OF SUPERVISOR CHECK YOUR DISTRICT AND SUPERVISOR JENKINS, YOUR DISTRICT YOURS IS KIND OF SPLIT BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN BECAUSE YOU GET DOWN TO CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THAT'S CONSIDERED WESTERN, TOO. SO YEAH. LIKE LIKE PHIL SAID, IF IF WE WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS IN RELATION TO HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. YEAH.

AND IT'S A BOARD DECISION. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TELL YOU IS I USED TO.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, I USED TO HAVE TO MEET WITH THE BOARD BACK WHEN I RAN THE PROGRAM IN PUBLIC WORKS.

AND EVERY BUDGET, I WOULD GO OVER IT AND I WOULD SHOW THEM, HERE'S THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MONEY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MONEY.

WELL, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW SO THAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT FORMULA.

WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF SALES TAX BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THAT BREAKDOWN, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH INEQUITY IS THAT CREATING OR IS IT CREATING ANY INEQUITY? IS A QUESTION I'D LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED. AND THEN AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS, AS OUR COMMUNITIES FIND SOLUTIONS, LIKE HOW, HOW CAN WE GET ON THIS LIST? THAT SEEMS TO BE SORT OF SOMEWHAT CEMENTED THROUGH 2030.

[03:30:08]

SO I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION AGAIN, I'M GOING BACK TO MEMORY.

SORRY TO HAVE TO GO INTO THIS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS IN THE PAST, COULD WE DETERMINE SALES TAX? IN, IN AN IN A GOOD FASHION, ACCURATE FASHION BY DISTRICT? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF HOW SOME ENTITIES, LIKE STORES REPORT KNOWING, FOR INSTANCE, YOU MAY HAVE A CERTAIN STORE THAT HAS PRESCOTT OFFICE AND ANOTHER OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WALMART.

THEY, THEY SUBMIT ONE. THEY DON'T TELL US, HEY, THIS SALES TAX IS FOR THIS AREA OR THIS AREA.

THEY SUBMIT. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES WE RAN INTO WHEN WE REALLY TRIED TO GO DOWN AND ANSWER, BECAUSE I ONLY WANT TO ANSWER THINGS I CAN ACCURATELY ANSWER.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE HURDLES WE RAN INTO. I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT WE RAN INTO THAT HURDLE BECAUSE OF HOW THE SALES TAXES ARE REPORTED TO THE STATE BY BY COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY THE LARGE ONES.

BUT YOU WOULD ALSO THINK THEY'RE REPORTING TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TEASE OUT THAT DATA, RIGHT? IF I MEAN COTTONWOOD'S COLLECTING SALES TAX FROM WALMART AS WELL, WE'D HAVE TO SEE.

RIGHT? YEAH, MIGHT HAVE TO SEE, BUT THEN WE'D HAVE TO GET IT. WE'D HAVE TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION.

AND IT'S RESTRICTED ACCESS. SEE, IT'S I CAN'T EVEN GET THE INFORMATION FROM A DOOR.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

SUPERVISOR. I MEAN, I'M I'M GLAD YOU'RE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

THESE ARE VALID THINGS THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE BOARD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A COMFORT LEVEL ON HOW DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IN THE REGIONAL ROAD PROGRAM, WAS. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE'VE ALWAYS WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT LIKE IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION. AND I THINK PUBLIC WORKS COULD COME TO YOU AND SAY BECAUSE YOU STARTED BRINGING IT UP AS A MODEL OF MAYBE, MAYBE THE MODEL SHOULD BE LANE MILES OF REGIONAL ROADS.

MAYBE IT SHOULD BE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS OR A COMBINATION.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO PROPOSE METHODS TO CHANGE THE DISTRIBUTION, I THINK THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO BRING FORWARD IDEAS.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU HOW WE DID IT IN THE PAST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS JUST LIKE THE ONE YOU BROUGHT UP WITH IN MY SEEING A DISTRIBUTION BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE, AND ONE OF THE THE BIGGEST WAYS WE DID WAS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A TWO THIRD, ONE THIRD SPLIT ON THE ON THE OUTWARD END OF THE EXPENDITURE.

SUPERVISOR JENKINS, I THOUGHT YOU PRESSED YOUR MIC.

I DID, OKAY. TRYING TO SAY THIS NICELY AND. WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH OTHER TOPICS ABOUT THE VERDE VALLEY GETTING A DIFFERENT RATIO.

SO I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE OVERBLOWN OR ANYTHING, BUT NIKKI AND I HAVE HAD THIS FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS IN VERDE VALLEY IN RELATION TO OTHER THINGS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF REVISIT IT OR BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROPORTION SO THAT I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ARE IN THE VERDE VALLEY GETTING THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS.

FOR ME, I THINK NIKKI IS MAYBE THE BIGGER ISSUE IS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, A VERY LENGTHY EXERCISE TO IDENTIFY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT THEN, IF WE DON'T FUNNEL IT TO THE COUNTY OR TO NIKKI CHECK TO HELP US GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE? THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT FOR US TO GO NOWHERE, SO THAT WE NEED TO SOMEHOW INCORPORATE THAT IN FUTURE PLANNING. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY.

THANK YOU. RESPOND TO THAT JUST BRIEFLY. SO I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE REGIONAL ROAD PROGRAM AND THE HALF-CENT PROGRAM IS AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL FROM WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH HERE AND HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE WE MENTIONED THE WORD GRANT AND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE ARE IN RELATION TO HELPING US GET WORK DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, IS THE THE REGIONAL ROAD PROGRAM REALLY OPENS UP THE ABILITY FOR US TO PUT IN FOR THOSE GRANTS AND TO BE COMPETITIVE.

AND SO IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE REGION. LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN GET TOGETHER.

AND WE CAN WE CAN FUND THIS. AND AND THE COUNTY CAN PUT, YOU KNOW, SOME MONEY IN INTO THE HALF CENT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SOME MATCHING DOLLARS.

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AND AND TOGETHER WE HAVE A GOOD CASE IN WHICH WE CAN PUT IN A GOOD GRANT APPLICATION TO BRING THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE COUNTY.

MR.. BOURDON, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I JUST YOU ASKED A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

IS THE REGIONAL ROAD PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY YOUR VEHICLE TO TAKE PROJECTS FROM YOUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY? THAT'S ACTUALLY I MEAN, I CAN GO BACK AND TELL YOU PAVING OF BEAVERHEAD FLAT ROAD.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BEAVERHEAD FLAT RIGHT NOW. ROAD RIGHT NOW.

BUT ACTUALLY THE REALIGNMENT AND FIRST PAVING OF OF BEAVERHEAD FLAT ROAD WAS DONE WITH THIS PROJECT.

MINGUS AVENUE, THE EXTENSION AND BRIDGE OVER THE VERDE RIVER WAS DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

MANY CORNVILLE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN CORNVILLE ROAD DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF Y WIDENING.

IT WAS LITERALLY A HORRIBLE ROAD WITH NO NO GUARDRAIL.

AND WE DID PHASED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT CORNVILLE ROAD ALL THE WAY FROM I-17 THROUGH TO HIGHWAY 89 A JUST FOR. SO I'M JUST SAYING WE WE TOOK IMPROVEMENTS OUT OF THOSE STUDIES AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO WIDEN CORNVILLE ROAD.

WE NEED TO DEAL WITH PAGE SPRINGS ROAD. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THOSE STUDIES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE VEHICLE TO BRING INTO THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS, AS ROGER MENTIONED, BE ABLE TO GET GRANTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED IN A STUDY.

SO I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND THEN FUNNEL IT THROUGH YOUR REGIONAL ROAD PROGRAM FOR FUNDING.

SO, MISTER CHAIR, WELL, THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOU KNOW, HEARING MY FERVOR HERE, BUT PLEASE TAKE IT AS AN INDICATION THAT I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF RHODES AND I LOVE THIS PROJECT LIST BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT RHODES ARE ONE OF THE VERY BEST WAYS TO GET, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYER DOLLARS REINVESTED FOR THE CITIZENRY.

SO I'M EXCITED TO TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AND, AND YOU KNOW, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN TOUCH OVER OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANS. AND THANK YOU, PHIL, FOR THAT BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I WAS SEEING IT AND BEING A NEW SUPERVISOR, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T WANT THE TRAIN TO LEAVE YOU BEHIND.

AND SO I HAD TO SORT OF ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.

YOU SHOULD BE CHECKING ON WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING, AND WE HOPEFULLY CAN ANSWER THAT.

AND, AND I'VE SHARED WITH PUBLIC WORKS OVER THE YEARS THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS A LOT OF VISIBILITY.

AND ROGER JUST EXPLAINED HE'S LIKE, HERE'S HOW WE DIVIDE THE FUNDING UP.

HE SHOWS THAT HE HAS EXPENDED OVER I MEAN, I'M TALKING WE USED TO WE'VE KEPT WE'VE KEPT EXPENDITURE RECORDS OF THIS GOING FROM DAY ONE FOR THIS REASON, BECAUSE WE HAD TO ANSWER TO BOARD MEMBERS LIKE YOU.

AND SO THIS IS YOU JUST SAID THAT EARLIER. WELL, THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO, LIKE, DECIDE ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE FUNDING DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, SHARE JUST ONE FINAL COMMENT IN THAT YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO SEE MORE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THIS HALF SALES OR HALF CENT SALES TAX GO TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD PROJECTS.

AND SO KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO SERVE MY DISTRICT IS REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SET ME UP TO SUPPORT THAT IN A GREATER FASHION.

AND GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS. I WON'T EVEN SAY CHALLENGES, BUT PROBLEMS THAT ADOT IS HAVING WITH THEIR FUNDING.

I THINK MORE AND MORE IT'S GOING TO BE THE MORE FUNCTIONAL WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRANSPORTATION IS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, I'M CERTAINLY IN SUPPORT OF IT ABOUT YOU THAT WHEN MR. BOURDON BROUGHT IT UP IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS YOU AND I THAT TALKED ABOUT THE 80% AND IT WAS DOWN TO 20% AND WHERE THE FUNDING WAS GOING.

THIS WAS THE DISCUSSION. THE SUPERVISOR YOU WEREN'T WEREN'T HERE AT THE TIME. SUPERVISOR CHECK AND I HAD AT, AT WELL, WE WERE NOT KIND TO THE FORMER COUNTY MANAGER ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC, SO.

OKAY. YES. SO WE'VE HAD THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHERE IN THE BEGINNING WHERE MY SAID, PHIL, MAKE IT SHORT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

SUPERVISOR MALLORY. GO AHEAD. SORRY, SORRY. IT'S OKAY.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS. SO BEING THAT I WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND I WATCHED WHAT THE NEW SUPERVISORS WENT THROUGH AND AND THEN KNOWING WHAT I KNOW BECAUSE I CAME UP IF YOU WOULD. I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, IN A DIFFERENT TIME IN 2019.

AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, TODAY IS SO REFRESHING FOR ME TO SEE WHAT THESE SUPERVISORS GET TO REALLY BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THAT. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A PART OF THAT.

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AND IT'S SO EXCITING. SO I REALLY WANT TO EXTEND MY GREATEST THANK YOU AND APPRECIATION FOR BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, SO THAT TODAY, GOING FORWARD, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAD AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T WANT.

AND I AM SO HAPPY FOR THEM. ME TOO, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THEM.

MAY I ADJOURN NOW? HE RAISES HIS HAND. SUPERVISOR.

USUALLY SUPERVISOR COOK. NO. ANYTHING? NO. NOT REALLY.

I JUST THINK ROGER AND HIS CREW DO A GREAT JOB AT ASSESSING WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.

AND I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF TAKING INTO ACCOUNT GROWTH.

AND AND THE WAY THINGS MOVE AROUND. I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE WHAT THEY GOT GOING FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE I THINK WORKING WITH SINPO AND WORKING WITH US, WORKING WITH THE STATE, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES THERE TO WE GOT TO GET BETTER AT MOVING PEOPLE AROUND, AND. AND THIS IS OUR WHOLE THING ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK 20 YEARS AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE TWO LANE ROADS WITH 11,500 CARS A DAY JUST AIN'T GOING TO CUT IT.

SO WE GOTTA GET GET IN FRONT OF IT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SUPERVISOR KUKNYO WITH NO FURTHER COMMENT. STUDY SESSIONS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.