[00:00:03] THANK YOU. [ CALL TO ORDER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS OUR SECOND MEETING OF THE DAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 9 A.M., A REGULAR MEETING. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. TODAY, THE INVOCATION WILL BE DONE BY SUPERVISOR MALLORY AND THE PLEDGE BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. DEAR LORD, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER FREELY AND SAFELY. THESE GIFTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US BY MANY WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LAST BREATH, THESE ARE NOT THINGS TO TAKE FOR GRANTED. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THEY'LL BE HERE EVERY DAY. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT AS OUR TROOPS COME HOME AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT TAKE THEIR PLACE, THAT YOU WILL BE WITH ALL OF THEM IN THIS WORLD. THEY ARE BEING DISPERSED EVERYWHERE. PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY. WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES, THE STRENGTH THAT THE FAMILIES NEED, LORD. WE ALSO, LORD, ASK YOU TO GUIDE OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. LET US SEEK YOU OUT TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE DECISIONS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. FOREVER GRATEFUL, LORD, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. CLERK, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? CHAIR COMPTON? HERE. VICE CHAIR CHECK? HERE. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? HERE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? HERE. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? HERE. [ AWARDS AND PROCLAMATIONS ] YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST ITEM UP TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS. GOOD MORNING, JAMIE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JAMIE RUSH, CLERK OF THE BOARD. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A PROCLAMATION FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH, WHEREAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT, AND THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1988 PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN THE SALE, RENTAL, LEASING, AND FINANCING OF HOUSING OR LAND TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR HOUSING OR THE PROVISION OF BROKERAGE SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. AND WHEREAS THE FEDERAL HOUSING ACT DECLARES THAT IT IS NATIONAL POLICY TO ENSURE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN HOUSING AND WHEREAS APRIL HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN DESIGNATED AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE UNITED STATES. NOW THEREFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN YAVAPAI COUNTY AND HEREBY URGES ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO COMPLY WITH AND SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE FAIR HOUSING LAW. IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HIS HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI TO BE AFFIXED, FIRST DAY OF APRIL, 2026. WE DO HAVE MARK LUSSON PRESENT TO SPEAK TO THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MARK. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS MARK LUSSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK REAL QUICKLY ON THE FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM AND THE GOOD THAT IT BRINGS TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNTY. AS YOU KNOW, YAVAPAI COUNTY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE REGIONAL FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM, A KEY COMPONENT WHICH INVOLVES SECURING AND UTILIZING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, OR CDBG FUNDS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, YAVAPAI COUNTY RECEIVES THESE CDB FUNDING THROUGH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ON A FOUR-YEAR CYCLE. WE JUST STARTED A NEW CYCLE. I HAVE A FEW ITEMS AS DEMONSTRATION FOR OUR LAST CYCLE OF WHY THESE ARE GOOD FUNDS FOR US. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING HOME REPAIR AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES WITHIN OUR COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS, YIELDING SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS, A FEW OF THE EXAMPLES FROM OUR LAST FUNDING CYCLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. CRITICAL HOME REPAIRS. A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CDBG HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. COUNTY AND VERDE VALLEY [00:05:01] HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ENABLED 17 HOUSEHOLDS TO RECEIVE CRUCIAL HOME REPAIRS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THIS INCLUDES EIGHT HOMES ON THE VERDE VALLEY AREA AND NINE HOMES ON THE PRESCOTT SIDE OF THE COUNTY. FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THIS PROGRAM ALSO FUNDED THE STARLIGHT DRIVE PEDESTRIAN AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS PARTNERING WITH THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY. ADDITIONALLY THE ASH FORK WELL NUMBER ONE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN ASH FORK. LOOKING AHEAD THIS PAST YEAR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECEIVED A NEW ROUND OF ENTITLEMENT FUNDS TOTALING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. THIS BOARD SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THE MOST IMPACTFUL ALLOCATION OF THESE FUNDS AND PROJECTS WERE SELECTED TO SUPPORT THOSE. MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE WE ARE CONTINUING FUNDING FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VERDE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ADDRESSING ESSENTIAL HOME REPAIR NEEDS AGAIN. WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE YAVAPAI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO REPLACE FAILING CESSPOOLS WITH PERMITTED SEPTIC SYSTEMS FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING IN ASH FORK AND SELIGMAN AREAS, A CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE FOR THAT AREA. WE ANTICIPATE WITH THESE PROJECTS MANY MORE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM THIS PROGRAM, WHICH CONSTANTLY DELIVERS SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THESE INITIATIVES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH MARK, I APPRECIATE IT. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. I'LL SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. DUAL ROLLS THIS MORNING. VICE CHAIR CHECK? YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? YES. CHAIR COMPTON? YES. PROCLAMATION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. PROCLAMATION NUMBER TWO. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ALSO KNOWN AS CASA VOLUNTEER WEEK. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THOUSANDS OF ARIZONA CHILDREN ENTER CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM DUE TO REPORTS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT, EXPERIENCING UNCERTAINTY, INSTABILITY AND A LACK OF CONSISTENT SUPPORT DURING CHALLENGING TIME IN THEIR YOUNG LIVES. WHEREAS THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF YAVAPAI COUNTY'S CHILDREN ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE PROSPERITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE, AND WHEREAS A COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE IS A TRAINED VOLUNTEER APPOINTED BY A JUDGE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE, ENSURING THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THEIR NEEDS ARE REPRESENTED IN COURT PROCEEDINGS, PLACEMENT DECISIONS, AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS. WHEREAS CASA VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE INVALUABLE SERVICE BY BUILDING TRUST, TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHILDREN THEY SERVE, ADVOCATING FOR TIMELY PERMANENCY AND STABILITY, PROMOTING POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND HELPING CHILDREN PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND LEAD SELF-DETERMINED LIVES. WHEREAS YAVAPAI COUNTY, THERE ARE 71 CASA VOLUNTEERS SERVING 87 CHILDREN INVOLVED IN DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS. WHEREAS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, YAVACASA VOLUNTEERS WORK DILIGENTLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THESE CHILDREN HAVE THE SUPPORT, RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. AND WHEREAS THE WORK OF CASA VOLUNTEERS HAS A PROFOUND AND LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN, PROVIDING CONSISTENT AND COMPASSIONATE PRESENCE THAT HELPS RESTORE HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. AND WHEREAS CASA VOLUNTEER WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE DEDICATION OF CASA VOLUNTEERS, RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE URGENT NEED FOR MORE INDIVIDUALS TO STEP FORWARD AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. NOW THEREFORE, THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY RECOGNIZES APRIL 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH, 2026 AS CASA VOLUNTEER WEEK IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. AND ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CASA PROGRAM AND SUPPORT THE VITAL WORK OF ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF YAVAPAI COUNTY SETS HIS HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED THIS FIRST DAY OF APRIL 2026. AND WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE TARA NEWMAN, THE DIRECTOR OF JUVENILE COURT SERVICES, AND AMBER MARTIN, THE DEPENDENCY COURT MANAGER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, TARA. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TARA NEWMAN, DIRECTOR OF JUVENILE COURT. ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND JUDGE YOUNG, WHO HAS A COURT CALENDAR IN THE VERDE BUT WHO IS WATCHING ONLINE RIGHT NOW, HI JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CASA VOLUNTEER WEEK. [00:10:01] WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE OVER 70 CASA VOLUNTEERS WHO ADVOCATE FOR OUR FOSTER YOUTH SELFLESSLY. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM THAT HAVE JOINED US HERE TODAY AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE AMBER MARTIN. SHE IS OUR DEPENDENCY COURT MANAGER. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN COMPTON. VICE CHAIR CECH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, MY NAME IS AMBER MARTIN. I'M THE DEPENDENCY COURT MANAGER HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. ON BEHALF OF THE COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING CASA VOLUNTEER WEEK. YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS MORE THAN A CEREMONIAL GESTURE. IT IS A PUBLIC AFFIRMATION THAT THE WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR FOSTER CARE SYSTEM ARE A PRIORITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT THE VOLUNTEERS WHO STAND BESIDE THEM AS ADVOCATES ARE SEEN, VALUED, AND APPRECIATED. CASA VOLUNTEERS STEP INTO A CHILD'S LIFE AT A MOMENT OF PROFOUND UNCERTAINTY. CASA VOLUNTEERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE TO BE A VOICE FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. THEY ARE OFTEN THE ONE STEADY ADULT PRESENCE DURING A TIME WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FEELS UNSTABLE. THEY SPEND TIME WITH THE CHILDREN, THEY LISTEN CAREFULLY, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE COURT TEAM, AND THEY ADVOCATE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH WRITTEN REPORTS TO THE JUDGE ENSURING THAT A CHILD'S BEST INTERESTS ARE FRONT AND CENTER IN EVERY DECISION. THE COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM STARTED IN WASHINGTON STATE IN 1977. IT CAME TO ARIZONA IN 1985. AND CASA OF YAVAPAI COUNTY WAS FOUNDED IN JANUARY OF 1989. IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THERE WERE MORE THAN 260 CHILDREN IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM IN YAVAPAI COUNTY ALONE. IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, 86 CASA VOLUNTEERS ADVOCATED FOR 111 CHILDREN. CASA VOLUNTEERS COLLECTIVELY DONATED OVER 1,775 HOURS OF THEIR TIME. AND DROVE 80,331 MILES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHILDREN THEY WERE APPOINTED TO. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF STORY ABOUT LESLIE, ONE OF OUR AMAZING CASA VOLUNTEERS. A SIBLING GROUP OF FOUR CHILDREN WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR FAMILY DUE TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT. THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED INTO SEPARATE FOSTER HOMES AND TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED IN SEPARATE GROUP HOMES IN MARICOPA COUNTY. THE CASA, LESLIE, MADE MANY TRIPS TO THE GROUP HOMES AND THE FOSTER PLACEMENTS AND TO THEIR FAVORITE SPOT, MCDONALD'S. SHE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME LEARNING ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND CONCERNS AND ADVOCATED IN THE COURT FOR THEIR BEST INTERESTS. SHE WAS THE HISTORIAN FOR THE CHILDREN'S FOSTER CARE STORY AND THE ONE CONSTANT PERSON ON THE TEAM. LESLIE KEPT THE SIBLINGS IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS CASA VOLUNTEER SHOWED UP. LESLIE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FAMILY FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AND SHE VOLUNTEERED OVER 500 HOURS ADVOCATING FOR THEM. WITH THIS CASA VOLUNTEER'S SUPPORT, THE OLDEST CHILD GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS FOUND A GOOD JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE SECOND OLDEST CHILD IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING COLLEGE HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. THE TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED AND YOU INTO SAFE AND LOVING AND PERMANENT HOMES. WHEN ASKED, THE SECOND CHILD, SECOND OLDEST CHILD, SAID, LESLIE IS A WONDERFUL ADVOCATE. SHE WAS ALWAYS CONSISTENT. SHE HAD LOTS OF THINGS TO OFFER, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS SHE CARED. SHE CAME TO VISIT ME, SHE CHECKED ON ME MENTALLY, AND I WOULD TELL OTHER FOSTER KIDS, LISTEN TO YOUR CASA. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY POSITIVE STORIES I COULD SHARE. ABOUT CASA VOLUNTEERS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A CASA VOLUNTEER, GREG BYRAM, SO HE CAN TELL YOU WHAT BEING A CASA MEANS TO HIM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, GREG. GOOD MORNING. I DON'T DO THIS FOR A LIVING, SO I'LL APOLOGIZE. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, CHEC, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS GREG BYRAM. I AM A CASA VOLUNTEER. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE CASA PROGRAM STARTED IN 1995 IN SAN DIEGO, YES I'M A TRANSPLANT, WITH VOICES FOR CHILDREN, THEIR VERSION OF THE CASA PROGRAM. [00:15:01] WHILE I WAS ON A CASA DUE TO CAREER CONSTRAINTS, I SPENT THE NEXT 25 PLUS YEARS VOLUNTEERING IN OTHER AREAS INCLUDING PHILANTHROPY EFFORTS. THIS ALLOWED ME TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW DESPERATELY NEEDED CASAS ARE AND THE VALUABLE SERVICES THEY CAN AND DO PROVIDE TO FOSTER CHILDREN. FAST FORWARD TO 2023, I RELOCATED TO YAVAPAI COUNTY IN LATE 2022. AND I DECIDED IT WAS NO MORE EXCUSES, IT WAS TIME TO BECOME A CASA. I WAS ASSIGNED MY FIRST CASE IN APRIL OF 23, AND I WAS WITH THE YOUNG MAN UNTIL HE AGED OUT AT 18 IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. AND I HAVE JUST RECENTLY STARTED ON MY THIRD CASE. THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY RIGHT NOW? YEAH, JUST NOW. SO IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS. MY FIRST CASE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. I LEARNED HOW TO BE A BETTER LISTENER, HOW TO BE MORE EMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, AND HOW TO DIG DEEP TO DO THE VERY BEST I COULD FOR MY TEENAGER. WE FACED MANY CHALLENGES TOGETHER, AND MY CONSTANT MESSAGE WAS, YOU CAN DO THIS, WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS ISSUE. MY GOAL WAS TO LET HIM KNOW I WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE, AND THAT HE COULD TRUST ME. TRUST WAS EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHED, AND WE ALWAYS SEEMED TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. IN ONE PIECE. HE SAID THE FOLLOWING TO MY SUPERVISOR AT HIS LAST COURT APPEARANCE LAST NOVEMBER. I WOULD CHOOSE GREG AS MY CASA AGAIN AND AGAIN. HE IS THE BEST SUPPORT I EVER HAD, AND EVEN WHEN HE WOULD GET FRUSTRATED, HE WAS STILL THERE. HE STILL CHECKS IN WITH ME EVERY FEW WEEKS, SPOKE TO HIM OVER THE WEEKEND, TO LET ME KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING AT SCHOOL AND HOW HE'S DOING IN HIS INDEPENDENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT IN MARICOPA COUNTY. AS A CASA, YOU SOMETIMES WONDER IF YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE. THE COMMENT ABOVE CERTAINLY CONVINCED ME THAT I DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND THAT EVERY FOSTER CHILD DESERVES THE CHANCE TO HAVE A CASA IN THEIR LIFE, ADVOCATING FOR THEIR BEST INTEREST. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YEAH, I'LL GO, CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A GLAMOROUS THING TO VOLUNTEER FOR, AND YOU GUYS GET TO SEE THE AFTERMATH. OF WHAT PEOPLE DO TO CHILDREN AND YOU KNOW LIKE MY DAUGHTER DOES DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY AND SHE TALKS HIGHLY OF YOU GUYS AND WHAT YOU TAKE CARE OF AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE THE EFFORTS THAT GO IN. VICE CHAIR CHET? YEAH I HAVE MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH AT-RISK YOUTH AND THOSE IN INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS AND I JUST KNOW THAT THAT THESE ADVOCATES AND THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT JUST POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE DIFFICULT TIME THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH, BUT REALLY POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE ENTIRE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. AGAIN, WHAT YOU'RE DOING ABSOLUTELY REBUILDS THEM, AND IT GIVES THEM THE HOPE AND THE BELIEF, AGAIN, THAT PEOPLE DO CARE AND THAT YOU'RE STILL THERE AFTER THEY'VE GONE AHEAD AND MOVED ON IN THEIR LIFE. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A FRIEND AND THAT'S PROBABLY JUST SO PRICELESS. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? TRYING TO THINK OF THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY. THERE REALLY ARE, I CAN'T COME UP WITH THE RIGHT WORDS TO THANK YOU AND HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. IF IT'S OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE WHOSE COMMITMENT HAS SHAPED THE VERY HEART OF CHILD WELFARE HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, JUDGE ANA YOUNG. FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS, JUDGE YOUNG HAS SERVED AS THE SOLE DEPENDENCY JUDGE FOR OUR COUNTY'S CHILDREN. SHE SHOWS UP WEEK AFTER WEEK WITH COMPASSION AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITIES THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FACE. HER PARTNERSHIP WITH CASA HAS BEEN INVALUABLE. SHE HAS CHAMPIONED THE ROLE OF THE ADVOCATE, ENCOURAGED VOLUNTEERS, AND ENSURED THAT THE VOICE OF THE CHILD IS NOT OVERSHADOWED BY THE SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN. JUDGE YOUNG'S DEDICATION HAS CREATED A CULTURE WHERE CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED, WHERE FAMILIES RECEIVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO ESTABLISH PERMANENCY IN A SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT. AS WE CELEBRATE CASA VOLUNTEER WEEK, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THIS BOARD FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAM. YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS HELPED CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED, FAMILIES ARE STRENGTHENED, AND VOLUNTEERS ARE EMPOWERED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. TO JUDGE YOUNG, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP. [00:20:01] AND FOR THE COMPASSION AND THOUGHTFULNESS YOU BRING TO EVERY CASE, EVERY CHILD, AND EVERY DECISION. TO OUR CASA VOLUNTEERS, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, THANK YOU. IT IS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU. YOUR COMMITMENT TRANSFORMS LIVES. YOU STEP INTO MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY AND BRING LIGHT, STABILITY, AND HOPE. WE ALWAYS HAVE NEED FOR MORE CASA VOLUNTEERS, SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. I'LL SECOND. CLERK, CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. VICE CHAIR CHECK? YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? YES. CHAIR COMPTON? YES. I SHOULD STATE, AFTER THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION, WE'LL COME DOWN FOR PICTURES. WE JUST WANTED TO DO THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. SO, PROCLAMATION NUMBER THREE. PROCLAMATION NUMBER THREE IS STAND WITH ME, BE DRUG FREE. WHEREAS, MATFORCE HAS PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF APRIL 20TH, 2026 TO BE STAND WITH ME, BE DRUG-FREE WEEK. AND WHEREAS, YAVAPAI COUNTY EMBRACES A VISION OF A HEALTHY, VIBRANT, AND STRONG COMMUNITY FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, AND CELEBRATES THE FACT THAT A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DO NOT ABUSE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. WHEREAS, YAVAPAI COUNTY RECOGNIZES THAT DRUG USE PREVENTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR YOUTH BASED ON THE FACT THAT 9 OF 10 PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS BEGAN USING SUBSTANCES AS A TEENAGER. AND WHEREAS, KNOWING THAT FAMILIES ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY ILLEGAL DRUG USE, YAVAPAI COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND AND PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL ITS CITIZENS WHO CHOOSE TO BE FREE OF ILLICIT DRUG USE. NOW THEREFORE, YAVAPAI COUNTY PROCLAIMS THE WEEK OF APRIL 20TH, 2026 TO BE STAND WITH ME, BE DRUG-FREE WEEK AND ENCOURAGES ITS CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE A DRUG-FREE, HEALTHY COMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING IN PLANNED EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND DISPLAYS. IN WITNESS THEREOF, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SETS HIS HAND AND CAUSES THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF ARIZONA TO BE AFFIXED. ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL 2026, WE DO HAVE KELLY LEE WITH MATT FORCE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON AND VICE CHAIR CHECK AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DIANA ROMERO AND I'M A CURRENT BASIS PRESCOTT SENIOR AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF MATT FORCE'S YAVAPAI COUNTY YOUTH COUNCIL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND I'M THE CURRENT VICE CHAIR. MATT FORCE IS YAVAPAI COUNTY'S PREVENTION COALITION DEDICATED TO PREVENTING SUBSTANCE MISUSE BEFORE IT BEGINS. OUR COALITION CONSISTS OF OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS AND A BROAD RANGE OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. WE PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS. IN GRADES K-12, FOCUSING ON BUILDING RESILIENCE, LIFE SKILLS, AND SELF-ESTEEM. THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION, WE EMPOWER YOUTH WITH THE CONFIDENCE TO MAKE HEALTHY DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FUTURES. IN ADDITION, WE SUPPORT PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BY OFFERING FREE PARENTING CLASSES, COMMUNITY TRAININGS, WEBINARS, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. EACH YEAR, WE ASK OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND CITY AND TOWN COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE A WEEK IN APRIL AS STAND WITH ME, BE DRUG FREE WEEK TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE HEALTHY CHOICES WITHIN OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT APPROXIMATELY 84% OF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO NOT USE ILLEGAL DRUGS AND TODAY WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THOSE POSITIVE CHOICES WHILE SUPPORTING THOSE WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE. THROUGH STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE. STAND WITH ME. BE DRUG FREE WEEK, APRIL 20TH THROUGH 25TH, IN HONOR OF THE HEALTH AND FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR HELPING US PROMOTE HEALTHY, RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ELOQUENCE. ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE DUELING SECONDS. I'LL GO HERE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR COMPTON. YES. PROCLAMATION HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE. WE'LL COME DOWN FOR PICTURES. [ NOTES FOR THE RECORD] [00:28:16] OKAY, WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. JUST NOTES FOR THE RECORD, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGED THE EXECUTION OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING PROPOSITION 202 FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING INDIAN TRIBES AND COMMUNITIES. [ CONSENT AGENDA (Routine items that may all be approved by one motion.)] MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, SUPERVISOR CHECK, NO, YOU'RE PULLING 10, CORRECT? OKAY, AND I'M PULLING 20, AND I'M ALSO GOING TO TABLE 15 UNTIL THE APRIL 15TH MEETING, SO I MOVE TO APPROVE 1 THROUGH 21, EXCLUDING 10, 15, AND 20. I'LL SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. CLERK? VICE CHAIR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? YES. CHAIR COMPTON? YES. CONSENT ITEMS 1 THROUGH 21 HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM [10. Elections - Approve amendment to Resolution No. 2170 establishing Voter Centers for 2026 Elections. ] 10, 15, AND 20. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO, YOU PULLED 10? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AND RAISE AWARENESS. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED REALLY COME UP BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE SPACE AVAILABLE, THERE IS NO VOTING CENTERS IN WILLIAMSON VALLEY, AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE HAVING TO GO INTO CHINO OR PRESCOTT IN ORDER TO DO THEIR VOTES. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, AS THIS AREA GROWS AND IT GROWS RAPIDLY, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTING CENTER CLOSE TO THAT, AND I HOPE THE BOARD WILL HELP ME IN THE FUTURE TO WORK ON REMEDYING THAT SITUATION. THAT'S ALL. WITH THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10. SECOND. CLERK, CAN YOU ROLL CALL? I'LL VOTE. VICE CHAIR CHECK? YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? YES. CHAIR COMPTON? [20. School Superintendent - Approve a contract with Dan Mulligan of Flexible Creativity, Inc. to provide a literacy professional development workshop for Yavapai County educators on June 9-10, 2026, and authorize the School Superintendent to execute all documents. ] YES. CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 10 HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 20, WHENEVER I SEE SUPERINTENDENT KING, I PULL IT AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BECAUSE [00:30:01] IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT... PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LITERACY, WHICH I'M HIGHLY INVOLVED IN. SIR, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. PRESS YOUR BUTTON. IS THIS ON NOW? YES, SIR. SOMEHOW I KNEW YOU'D PULL IT, CHAIRMAN, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, JUNE 9TH AND 10TH, AS YOU SEE, IS OUR CULMINATION PROJECT FOR THE LITERACY PROJECT, AND I HAVE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD FOR THIS. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF TRAINING GOING ON, MORE REMOTE AREAS FOR OUR LITERACY ENDORSEMENTS. WE'VE HAD A CONSORTIUM OVER IN THE VERDE VALLEY THAT IS NOW STARTING TO SPREAD OVER INTO THE PRESCOTT SIDE ON THE TRAINING ON ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES TO FIND THOSE ALIGNMENTS WHEREVER WE CAN AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE AND HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN ACTION. I'M VERY VERY GRATEFUL AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR GIFT OF THE BERLIN WALL THERE, MS. MALLORY, IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. BUT JUNE 9TH AND 10TH, DAN MULLIGAN IS A NATIONALLY RENOWNED TRAINER ON ALIGNMENT OF LITERACY STANDARDS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM FROM K THROUGH 8. AND HE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE LOCATION. IT'S GOING TO BE IN PRESCOTT SOMEWHERE. BUT EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT CHARTER IS INVITED TO THIS. WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT, WE CAN HANDLE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE AT THIS. AND THAT'S, AGAIN, TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY AT LEAST ON A SIMILAR PAGE AS FAR AS OUR LITERACY PRACTICES GO, WITH LINE OF SCIENCE AND READING PHONICS INSTRUCTION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND WE ALSO RECENTLY HAD AN ARTICLE IN THE, AN OP-ED IN THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC ABOUT WHAT YAVAPAI, WHICH YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR LITERACY. SO I'LL BE FORWARDING THAT TO YOU AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE, JUNE 9TH AND 10TH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND THE LAST OF THE MONEY THAT YOU GUYS ALLOCATED TO US FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE JUST MAKING LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH THE KIDS, AND IT'S FANTASTIC. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT IT WAS ME, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY COMPADRE BACK HERE, SHERRY STERLING, WHO IS HELPING ME AND US TO NAVIGATE THE COUNTY, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THAT, BUT JUST MOVING OUR WAY THROUGH IT. BUT SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER AND MAKING THOSE THINGS MOVE. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT SHE'LL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF AUGUST, SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT ALREADY. AND SHE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED, WONDERFUL PUBLIC SERVANT TO THIS COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF 30 YEARS, MAYBE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 30 YEARS. SO IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HER AND ALSO OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YEAH, LET'S MAKE A MOTION TO GET HER ANOTHER 30 YEARS. WOULD THAT WORK? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO A TON OF MEETINGS, AND YOUR EFFORTS ARE BEING NOTICED. TWICE PEOPLE HAVE PULLED ME ASIDE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAPS AND BOUNDS YOU'RE MAKING ON LITERACY, AND THEY FEEL A NEW ENERGY COMING FROM YOUR OFFICE. SO SOMETIMES FRESH IS GOOD. ANYTHING SUPERVISOR JENKINS? OKAY, I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 20. I'LL SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. CLERK, CALL FOR THE VOTE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR COMPTON. [1. Public Works - Approve purchase of four (4) Caterpillar Motor Graders and one (1) Caterpillar Backhoe Loader, with the trade-in of four (4) older motor graders, in the amount of $1,776,820.87 from Empire Southwest LLC, through City of Tucson OMNIA Partners Contract No. 212816-01. YC Contract No. 2026-087 ] YES. THANK YOU MUCH, AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER THIS MONTH, I THINK. YES, CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD MORNING, ROGER. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ROGER MCCORMICK. DIRECTOR FOR YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. SO THE FIRST ACTION ITEM WE HAVE TODAY IS IN RELATION TO SOME PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF FOUR CATERPILLAR MOTOR GRADERS AND ONE CATERPILLAR BACKHOE LOADER. WITH THE TRADE-IN OF FOUR OF OUR OLDER MOTOR GRADERS, THIS BRINGS THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY FOR APPROVAL OF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO $1,776,820.87 TO BE PURCHASED FROM EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC THROUGH THE CITY OF TUCSON OMNIA PARTNERS CONTRACT. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN GET THE BEST PRICE FOR THESE MOTOR GRADERS AND BACKHOE LOADER. LOOKING AT RETAIL PRICING FOR THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IT WOULD COST AROUND 3.3 MILLION DOLLARS TO PURCHASE THESE RETAIL. WITH THE CONTRACT SAVINGS THAT WE GET THROUGH THE OMNIA PARTNERS CONTRACT AS WELL AS YOU KNOW ADDITIONAL TAX SAVINGS AND THE REDUCTION OF THE RETAIL FROM THE TRADE-IN MACHINES. WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ONE, 1.7 MILLION, WHICH I SAID BEFORE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OVER RETAIL. WE HAVE BUDGETED $1,889,000 FOR THIS WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. [00:35:01] THAT'S PART OF YOUR APPROVED. BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. SO WHAT THAT RESULTS IN IS A SAVINGS OF ABOUT A HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, PLUS OR MINUS A FEW DOLLARS THERE, TO HELP WITH SAVINGS IN THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE HEERF BUDGET. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I NEED TO GIVE YOU SO WITH THAT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST APPROVAL SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS THESE EQUIPMENT. PROFESSOR MALLORY? I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE THE SAVINGS ABSOLUTELY CHAIR I COULD MAKE A MOTION IF YOU FEEL FREE OKAY I WILL MAKE A MOTION SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND CLERK CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE VICE CHAIR CHECK YES SUPERVISOR JENKINS AYE SUPERVISOR KUKNYO NEW YES SUPERVISOR MALLORY YEAH CHAIR COMPTON YES ACTION ITEM NUMBER [2. Public Works - Approve purchase of one (1) John Deere Tractor with Diamond Mowers brand attachment, in the amount of $241,513.91 from RDO Equipment Co., through Sourcewell Contract Nos. 082923-DAC and 032525-DMM. YC Contract Nos. 2026-090 and 2026-091 ] ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU ON TO NUMBER TWO ALL RIGHT ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO. THIS IS ALSO DEALING WITH PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. IN THIS INSTANCE, THIS IS FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE JOHN DEERE TRACTOR WITH A DIAMOND MOWERS BRAND ATTACHMENT. THE COST FOR THIS WOULD BE $241,513.91. THIS IS THROUGH THE SOURCE WELL CONTRACT. AND IN LOOKING AT THIS COST... THE COUNTY HAD BUDGETED AS PART OF YOUR APPROVED BUDGET THIS YEAR $180,000 FOR THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THIS ONE IS COMING IN OVER WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED AT THAT $241,000. WE ARE STILL SEEING SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FROM WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN RETAIL. IT'S ABOUT $309,000 WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE FOR THIS AND THE COUNTY IS BEING OFFERED THIS PRICE OF $241,000 THROUGH CONTRACT DISCOUNTS AND TAX SAVINGS. WE'RE OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT $61,000 ON THIS AND THAT'S RELATION TO THE BOOM MOUNT FOR THIS TYPE OF MOWING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO GET REALLY BEHIND THE GUARDRAILS AND DO GOOD WORK FROM THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TILT MORE IT'LL HAVE THE BOOM MOUNT AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN MOWING AROUND GUARDRAILS AND STUFF. SO I THINK THE SAVINGS THAT WE SEE FROM THE MOTOR GRAYERS FROM THE PREVIOUS ITEM CAN KIND OF OFFSET WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE OVERAGE HERE. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS MOWER SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOW AND MAINTAIN OUR RIDEWAYS. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. DOES THIS HAVE AN ENCLOSED CAB? IT DOES. AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD. WHEN I SEE A LOT OF THE OLDER EQUIPMENT WITH THE OPEN CABS AND THESE MOWERS, CREATES SUCH DUST AND STUFF. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S DOING TO THE LUNGS OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE, THE OPERATORS. SO GLAD TO SEE THAT AND WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR COMPTON. [3. Recorder - Approve a Master Agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corporation to utilize NASPO Contract AR2472, and quote in the amount of $66,153.83, for (1) year use of the Polimorphic Digital Help Desk and Chat Solution. YC Contract Nos. 2026-086 and 2026-086A1] YES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, ROGER. GREAT. THANK YOU. ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE. GOOD MORNING, MICHELLE. GOT YOUR MIC? WHY DO THEY TURN IT OFF WHEN WE'RE WALKING RIGHT BACK UP? GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COMPTON, SUPERVISORS, MICHELLE BIRCHALL, YAVAPAI COUNTY RECORDER. SO I AM ASKING YOU GUYS FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE HESITATION ON JUST BECAUSE OF THE TERMINOLOGY AND WHAT IT IS I'M ASKING FOR. SO I AM ASKING FOR A VIRTUAL GOVERNMENT HELP DESK. WHAT HAPPENED IN 2024, REALLY 2022 AND 2020 TO BE EXACT, WAS WE ARE OBVIOUSLY GROWING. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I COMPLAIN ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THOUGH, IS WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A SMALL OFFICE WITH A SMALL STAFF. I HAVE SEVEN FULL-TIME PEOPLE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, AND I BELIEVE LAUREN HAS THE SAME. WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IS 170... 08,000-ISH VOTERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS. AND EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT. YOU GUYS WILL SEE AND HEAR ME ON THE RADIO. YOU'LL SEE ME OUT IN THE PUBLIC TRYING TO EDUCATE OUR VOTERS ON EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON TALKING WITH THE COURIER AND TALKING GLASS MEDIA TO REALLY GET OUR VOTERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES ARE WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS HERE IN OUR COUNTY. WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THAT THOUGH BECAUSE IT SEEMS EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND SOMEBODY IS ASKING THE VERY COMMON QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO THEM. SO WHAT HAPPENED IN 2024 WAS UNFORTUNATE. THE THIRD FLOOR WHICH MOST OF YOU WEREN'T ON AT THAT [00:40:02] TIME,WE'RE GETTING A LOT AND LOT, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CALLS FROM VOTERS THAT HAD BEEN WAITING ON THE PHONE FOR MY OFFICE TO ANSWER THE PHONE. BUT WHEN I ONLY HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE, ONE OF THEM IS IN THE PROCESSING ROOM, ONE OF THEM IS CURING BALLOTS, ONE OF THEM IS SUPERVISING THREE VOTING LOCATIONS. I HAVE A FEW SEASONALS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY PUT PEOPLE IN CHAIRS WITH PHONES. WE WERE JUST OVERWHELMED. AT ONE POINT, WE LOOKED AT ONE... ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS PHONES AND THEY RECEIVED OVER 685 CALLS TO HER PHONE ALONE IN ONE DAY. IT'S PHYSICALLY, HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE CALLS. AND I LIKE TO SAY, CALL US IN YAVAPAI BECAUSE WE WILL ACTUALLY ANSWER THE PHONE. WE WILL TALK TO YOU. WE WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS, WHILE WE'RE... PEOPLE ARE WAITING IN THE PHONE TREE AND WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO ANSWER, WE WERE STARTING TO GET, WE WERE ON THE LINE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR. THEY WOULD HANG UP. THEY WERE CALLING OTHER DEPARTMENT LINES TRYING TO GET THROUGH BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT SEEMS SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE PHONES, RIGHT? AND WE WOULD HAVE A SMALL RECORDING SIMILAR TO LIKE A VOICEMAIL OR ANSWERING MACHINE THAT WE WOULD CONTINUOUSLY EVERY DAY BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. WHAT ARE WE GETTING CALLS ABOUT TODAY RIGHT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED MY BALLOT YET THE DAY THAT WE SEND THEM OUT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEM FOR PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR DAYS WITH THE MAIL. SO WE WOULD ADJUST EVERY DAY A SMALL LITTLE MESSAGE, HOPING WE WOULD AT LEAST CAPTURE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS COMING THROUGH. BUT MOST OF THEM ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE IF OUR VOTERS HAD CHOSE TO, OBVIOUSLY, LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR REALLY THE LAST YEAR. SINCE DECEMBER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS COMPANY AND REALLY VETTING IT, REALLY MAKING SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN STAND BY AND SAY THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR OUR VOTERS, THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR WORKERS, AND THIS WOULD BE GOOD POTENTIALLY FOR THE COUNTY OVERALL. AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LAUREN CUSTIS, OUR ELECTIONS DIRECTOR, BECAUSE SHE OBVIOUSLY IS IMPACTED BY THIS ALSO, AND WITH JARED FROM ITS, WE'VE BEEN REALLY DOING A LOT OF VETTING IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS. SO TO GET TO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, OUR CURRENT STATE, WE GOT SOME CRITICAL NEEDS. WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO EXPAND RIGHT NOW, SO THE SOLUTION ISN'T AS EASY AS SAYING, WELL, LET'S JUST HIRE SOME MORE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIMES OF VOTING, BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY HIRING MORE PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAVE SO MANY OTHER JOBS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE, PHONES, DESKS TO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP UP WITH THE VOLUME. SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS ACTUALLY LOOK FOR MORE OF A 24 HOUR SOLUTION. WE ONLY HAVE, THE VOTERS ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO US BY PHONE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. AFTER HOURS, IT'S GOING TO OUR WEBSITES OR CALLING BACK THE NEXT DAY. AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LACKING HERE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY IN THAT WAY. BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO CALL AND LOOK FOR THESE SERVICES. DURING THEIR WORK TIME ALSO. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY EXTREME CALL VOLUMES DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. WE HAVE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. 90 DAY NOTICES GO OUT. APRIL 22ND WE ARE GOING TO BE SWAMPED WITH CALLS. WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IN JUNE WE'RE GOING TO BE SWAMPED. AND THEN IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THE CANVAS AND THEN BEYOND. WE GET HUNDREDS OF CALLS A DAY. WE ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH RAPID RESPONSE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY GROUP, A VOTER REGISTRATION GROUP, THAT IS GOING TO BE SENDING OUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MAILERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA. EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, WE START GETTING CALLS, ALL COUNTIES DO, SAYING, WHY AM I RECEIVING THESE VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS TELLING ME I'M NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE WHEN I AM? THAT IS BECAUSE THESE THIRD PARTIES HAVE OUTDATED INFORMATION AND IT APPEARS OR LOOKS AS IF IT'S COMING FROM OUR OFFICE THAT BECOMES A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW VOTER TRUST REALLY BECOMES AN ISSUE WE ACTUALLY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MASS RESPOND TO THAT BY TEACHING THIS VIRTUAL GOVERNMENT DESK AGENT TO ACTUALLY RESPOND WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS I JUST RECEIVED A NOTICE SAYING THAT THAT I NEED TO RE-REGISTER TO VOTE. WE CAN ACTUALLY TAILOR THIS. TO ADJUST TO THAT ACTUAL MAILING AND SAY IF YOU'RE ALREADY REGISTERED TO VOTE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REPLY TO THIS THIS IS WHAT WAS FROM A THIRD PARTY AND WE CAN ACTUALLY TAILOR IN REAL TIME AS AN EMERGENCY OR A CIRCUMSTANCE HAPPENS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY VISIBILITY TO THE CONSTITUENTS WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHAT ARE THEY CALLING FOR WHAT ARE THEY ASKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THEIR INQUIRIES THIS [00:45:02] SYSTEM WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU'RE EVER WONDERING, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS GOING ON IN YAVAPAI COUNTY? WHERE SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING THE FUTURE? WHERE ARE WE LACKING? THIS PROGRAM, THE WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY TAILOR IT TO BE USED, I CAN LITERALLY SAY, WHAT ARE MY VOTERS CALLING ABOUT? WHAT ARE THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT? WHAT ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT? AND TAILOR MY MESSAGING MOVING FORWARD ON WHAT THE VOTERS WANT. AND IF THIS WORKS OUT. GREAT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, THIS POTENTIALLY COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY USEFUL TO THE BOARD AND TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS MOVING FORWARD. SO OUR CHALLENGES, OBVIOUSLY, THE PHONE SYSTEMS COLLAPSE WHEN THEY GET OVERBOGGED. IT'S A REAL ISSUE. REPETITIVE, LOW COMPLEXITY CALLS. WHERE IS MY VOTING LOCATION? WHAT ARE THE HOURS? WHEN ARE BALLOTS BEING MAILED? VERY, VERY REPETITIVE INFORMATION. DEMOGRAPHIC, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT EITHER CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO OR HAVE NO ABILITY TO USE OR HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. THEY PREFER TO CALL, THEY PREFER TO GET THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT AND STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE EVEN WHEN WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY GET ON THE PHONE SOMETIMES. THE STAFF BURNOUT, IT'S A THING. WHEN I STARTED HERE IN 2020, THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT I NEVER STOPPED TO TAKE A DRINK. LIKE I LITERALLY COULD NOT HANG UP THE PHONE WITHOUT IT RINGING AGAIN. AND IT WAS JUST UP AND DOWN ALL DAY. AND IT TAKES A TOLL ON YOU, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT THE NICEST CALLS. AND NO ABILITY TO GET AHEAD OF IT. WE LITERALLY CAN'T GET AHEAD OF THE CALL VOLUME. AS SOON AS THE PHONES TURN ON IN THE MORNING TO AS SOON AS THEY END, THERE'S NO STOPPING IN BETWEEN. WHAT OUR WISH LIST IS, IS TO PRETTY MUCH HANDLE THE CALL VOLUME. THAT'S OUR BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW. LIKE, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THE VOTERS ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO DO THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE? PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE'RE NOT SITTING AT OUR DESK WHEN IT'S AN ELECTION. WE ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE'RE PUTTING OUT FIRES EVERY DAY. WE ARE DEALING WITH THE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. ANY TIME A VOTER WALKS IN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AT THAT TIME. WE WANT TO... OBVIOUSLY GIVE THE PHONE FIRST OPTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE PREFER TO DO IS USE THE PHONE AS I STATED BEFORE. WE WANT A SOLUTION THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON, WHICH WE THINK THIS SOLUTION WILL BE. SO I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNS. SO THIS IS NOT AUTOMATED INTELLIGENCE AI THE WAY YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO BE OUT THERE USING THE WEB AND SAYING, OH. SO-AND-SO PUT SOMETHING UP OVER HERE OR THERE'S A WEBSITE OVER HERE THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAN US. THIS WOULD BE AGGREGATED INTELLIGENCE. THIS VIRTUAL HELP DESK IS ONLY GOING TO USE OUR WEBSITES. SO MY VOTE, YAVAPYVOTES.GOV, IF WE CHOOSE TO INCLUDE YAVAPYAZ.GOV, IF WE CHOOSE TO USE JUST THE RECORDER'S OFFICE, IT'S ONLY GOING TO USE WHAT WE ALLOW IT TO USE. SO WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, WHEN IS THE DATE FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION? IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THE SOS WEBSITE OR OUT THERE IN THE WEB. IT'S ONLY GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION WE ARE PUTTING INTO IT. AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE OPTION TO PUT THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE INTERNET OR ON OUR WEBSITE, SUCH AS, HEY, A THIRD-PARTY MAILER OR WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING ON AT THAT SPECIFIC TIME, BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT IN REAL TIME AND TELL IT, YOU KNOW, IF A VOTER OR A CONSTITUENT CALLS FOR THIS OR THAT. VOTERS MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO A REAL PERSON. I HAVE ISSUES WITH MY INTERNET AND I USE CENTURYLINK. AND EVERY TIME I CALL WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG, I GET THAT AUTOMATED THING AND I SCREAM AT THE PHONE AND I GO, SPEAK TO A LIVE PERSON, CUSTOMER SERVICE, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND IT MAKES ME CRAZY. WHEN THIS COMPANY ACTUALLY, WHEN I MET THEM IN DECEMBER, THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF MY CONFERENCE, THEY KEPT COMING UP TO ME SAYING, WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE SMALL, WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST JURISDICTION, BUT WE'RE A SMALL STAFF. WE'RE NUMBER 14 OUT OF 15 IN THE STATE FOR HOW MANY ACTUAL FULL-TIME PEOPLE WE HAVE COMPARED TO HOW MANY VOTERS WE HAVE. AND THIS PERSON KEPT COMING UP TO ME SAYING, MICHELLE, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE. AND I REFUSED. I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT ABOUT IT. I TELL PEOPLE WE ANSWER THE PHONE. I'M NOT GETTING INTO THE AI STUFF YET. I WAS A HARD SELL. I FINALLY WENT UP AND SHE ACTUALLY SHOWED ME A DEMO. WE ACTUALLY CALLED ANOTHER STATE, COLORADO, AND SHE LET ME TALK TO THEIR VIRTUAL AGENT, AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN [00:50:01] AWAY. SOUNDED LIKE A REAL PERSON. INTRODUCED, HI, THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT VIRTUAL HELP DESK FOR SO AND SO COLORADO. I'M GOING TO TRY TO HELP YOU THE BEST I CAN. IF AT ANY TIME YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO A LIVE PERSON, JUST SAY LIVE PERSON. AND THEY TAILORED IT JUST TO GET THAT RIGHT OUT INTO THE FRONT. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TRY SEVERAL WAYS. LIVE PERSON, SPEAK TO A REPRESENTATIVE, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I WOULD IMAGINE SOMEBODY SAYING IT, I WAS MAKING SURE IT WOULD GO THROUGH. FROM THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE CAN REALLY TAILOR THIS DOWN TO EVEN THE VOTER. SO DURING OUR DEMO, THEY PULLED YAVAPAI AZ INFORMATION. THEY ACTUALLY PULLED YOUR INFORMATION AS SUPERVISORS. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS DURING THE DEMO WAS, WHO IS THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE YAVAPAI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? AND IT PULLED EVERYTHING SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU, SUPERVISOR COMPTON. PLEASE CANCEL THAT. NO, IT WAS REALLY GREAT. IT WAS FROM YOUR, YEAH, FROM PAZ. AND IT SAID SUPERVISOR BROOKS-COMPTON WAS DULY ELECTED IN 2024 AND SITS AS THE CHAIR AND DA-DA-DA-DA-DA. AND IT PULLED ALL THE VERBIAGE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL'S INFORMATION. AND THEN IT ALSO HAD THE OPTION OF WHO IS MY SUPERVISOR. SO WE CAN GET IT DOWN WITH OUR GIS AND WITH, WE CAN MAKE THIS AS SMART AS WE WANT AND WE CAN SAY, WHO IS MY SUPERVISOR? AND THE DESK AGENT WILL ACTUALLY SAY, WELL, WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS? 1015 FAIR STREET. YOUR SUPERVISOR IS SO-AND-SO. WOULD YOU LIKE THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT THEM? AND IT WILL ACTUALLY CAN EVEN GIVE THE OPTION OF, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TEXT YOU THE INFORMATION ON YOUR VOTING LOCATION OR AT THE NEAREST DROPBOX? TO YOUR LOCATION. SO IT'S REALLY, I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE. THAT ACTUALLY IS QUITE FANTASTIC BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU OVER THE PAST, WHAT IS IT, THREE MONTHS, MARY, HOW MANY LETTERS MARY HAS SENT TO ME IN REFERENCE TO SHE'S THE CHAIR? RIGHT. YES. AND IT'S REAL TIME. SO AS LONG AS WE ARE, WELL, WAIT, I'M NOT SENDING LETTERS SAYING I'M THE CHAIR. I WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP. I'M GETTING, SHE JUST CAN'T LET IT GO. I KNEW THAT I WAS COMING. I'M GETTING THEM. AND I FORWARDED THEM, AND I'M LIKE, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NO LONGER THERE. IT EVEN CAUSED YOU TO SIT IN MY SEAT. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. SORRY. SORRY. GO AHEAD. WHERE ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR MISINFORMATION, AND WHERE DOES THAT LIABILITY SIT IF MISINFORMATION IS GIVEN OUT? IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO LIE WITH US BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PUTTING THE INFORMATION IN. SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, I FORESEE US REALLY HAVING TO GO THROUGH. AND THAT'S WHY WORKING WITH JARED WITH ITS, THEY WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, IS IT SAFE? WHAT ARE THE SECURITY FEATURES AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF, RIGHT? I LEFT THAT SIDE TO THEM. BUT AS FAR AS THE CONTENT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, WE'VE SLOWLY STARTED TO DO IT EVEN DURING THIS LAST FOUR MONTHS OF WORKING WITH THIS COMPANY AND FIGURING ALL THIS OUT AND GOING THROUGH THE DEMOS. WE NOTICED ONE THING, SOMEBODY WOULD CALL AND SAY, WHEN IS THE PRIMARY ELECTION? AND THE DESK AGENT COULDN'T ANSWER IT BECAUSE OUR VERBIAGE IN THERE WAS THE AUGUST 4TH ELECTION. WE DIDN'T USE THE WORD PRIMARY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT MOST OF OUR VOTERS WOULD USE. OBVIOUSLY, KEEP IN MIND THAT DATE HAS CHANGED. BUT DURING THIS TIME, WE REALIZED, WAIT, OUR TERMINOLOGY MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS WHAT OUR VOTERS' TERMINOLOGY IS. SO WE ACTUALLY, IN THIS PROCESS, WENT AND CHANGED. OUR VERBIAGE ON OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT THE VOTERS WOULD ASK THAT WAY, RIGHT? WITH THE DATA ANALYTICS THAT WOULD COME ALONG WITH IT, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WE KIND OF FIGURED SINCE WE'RE KIND OF IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF CREATING THIS, WE WOULD EVERY DAY HAVE SOMEBODY LOOKING AT WHAT WERE THE CALLS, WHAT WERE THE QUESTIONS, WAS THE GOVERNMENT HELP DESK ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? AND WE CAN SEE THEY ASKED A QUESTION IN THIS WAY, BUT YOU THE WAY WE HAVE IT PRESENTED IS IN THIS WAY AND WE CAN ACTUALLY CORRECT IT REALLY DAY BY DAY AND IN REAL TIME TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE VOTERS. SO IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK WE CAN REALLY, REALLY MAKE SOMETHING GREAT. THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER COUNTIES THAT USE THIS, VERY LARGE COUNTIES, VERY SMALL COUNTIES. WE CALLED AND TESTED. I CALLED AND TALKED. TO THE VIRTUAL AGENT. I CALLED AND TALKED TO OTHER RECORDERS. WE CALLED AND TALKED TO OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AND USERS. WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT GREAT FEEDBACK. A LOT OF PLACES ACTUALLY SINCE DOING IT SPECIFICALLY FOR SAY THE CHAT SOLUTION AND THE [00:55:03] THE VIRTUAL, THEY HAVE NOW ACTUALLY USED IT EVEN FOR JOT FORMS AND OTHER FORMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY STARTED TO LEARN. OUR VOTERS, OUR CONSTITUENTS WERE ASKING FOR ALL THESE OTHER THINGS AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO CREATE NEW PROCESSES TO MAKE DIFFERENCES THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY NEEDED BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD A SOLUTION TO TELL THEM WHAT IS OUR POPULATION LOOKING FOR AND ASKING FOR. SO THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOT WAS FANTASTIC. AGAIN, I ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO A LIVE PERSON, WE WILL MAKE SURE IMMEDIATELY OUT THE JUMP THEY CAN DO THAT. THEY CAN SAY LIVE PERSON, THEY CAN SAY REPRESENTATIVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL OF THAT INTO IT TO WHERE THEY CAN DEMAND TO DO THAT IF THEY WANT TO. AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO. BUT FOR THE BASIC INFORMATION, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CALLER WILL ASK THE QUESTION IMMEDIATELY, HOPEFULLY GET THE ANSWER, AND MOVE ON. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES I SPOKE TO SAID THAT THEIR CALL VOLUME DROPPED 60 TO 70 PERCENT. AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ANSWERS TO WHAT THE QUESTIONS WERE AND ENSURE IT DIDN'T DROP BECAUSE SOMEBODY HUNG UP OR GOT FRUSTRATED WITH IT. IT DROPPED BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE ANSWER. AND ONE PERSON ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GREAT POINT WHERE A CALLER HAD SAID, THEY GAVE ME WRONG INFORMATION AND ENDED UP BEING QUITE A CONTENTIOUS. CONSIST OR CONCERN AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY SEE THIS IS WHAT THE CALLER WAS ASKING FOR THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE TOLD AND ACTUALLY SAY NO YOU DID GET THE ACCURATE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOG TO VERIFY IT WHICH COULD BE VERY HELPFUL SOMETIMES WHEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE HEAR THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN HOW WE'RE EXPLAINING THEM EVEN ACCURATE CAN GET US INTO TROUBLE THOUGH I MEAN WHAT IF THE CALLER SAYS WHO IS THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN SELIGMAN? IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE... HOW DO YOU PUT THOSE CHECKS IN PLACE? WELL, IF THEY SAID WHO IS THE MOST QUALIFIED PERSON FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, OR LET'S SAY WHO IS THE BEST COUNTY RECORDER IN ARIZONA, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT, RIGHT? A CANDIDATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE DO WE WANT IT TO SAY THINGS SUCH AS THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE. RIGHT NOW OUR PURPOSE IS REALLY GOING TO BE GETTING DOWN TO THE SPECIFICS. IF THEY WANT CANDIDATE INFORMATION, WE COULD EASILY SAY IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHO IS A CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, YOU CAN GO TO THE CANDIDATE PORTAL AT YAVAPAIAZ.GOV AND SEE A LIST OF THOSE CANDIDATES. WE CAN CHOOSE, DO WE WANT TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO LIST THE CANDIDATES? BECAUSE WE PERSONALLY, IF YOU'RE CALLING US ON THE PHONE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DIRECT YOU THERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE HOOPS AND THEN NAME OFF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND HAVE A VOTER ASK, WELL, WHO ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEIR PARTIES? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY GIVE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE TO ADMINISTER THE ELECTION, NOT GIVE INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO CANDIDATES AND WHAT THEIR POSITIONS ARE. SO WE CAN WE CAN LIMIT IT TO ACCESS OUR WEBSITES ONLY AND NOT GO OUT INTO THE WEB? YES, IT WILL ONLY IT WILL ONLY GO TO WEBSITES THAT WE APPROVE. OKAY. VICE CHAIR CHECK, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT. I REALLY LIKE THE PIKE COUNTY AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO STATE THAT PEOPLE IN OVER AND WHEN IT'S HUMANLY YES I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU I SEE THAT IS NOT HUMANLY POSSIBLE AND AND BE AS RISK AS WE CAN BE IN SITUATIONS WHICH COME ON QUICKLY WHERE THERE'S A HUGE CALL YOU SO I'M THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MALLORY YEAH SO MICHELLE I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING RIGHT THERE AT THE TABLE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SO WITH YOU STANDING UP HERE AND YOU AND I UNDERSTAND I HAVE SENTRY LINK TO AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING YELLING AT A COMPUTER DOES IT JUST MAKES ME MORE ANGRY AND I'M YELLING LOUDER BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE VERY CALM HOW CAN I HELP YOU OH MY GOSH SO ANYWAY I I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT I'M GLAD YOU VETTED THIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND UM I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE VERY WORTHWHILE TO GIVE IT A GO AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALONG WITH LAUREN WILL ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THAT THIS FITS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEY DO GET THE SERVICE THAT THEY NEED. I HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD IN THAT. CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT REAL QUICK? SURE. [01:00:01] JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS NOW BECAUSE THERE'S 90... DAY NOTICES ARE COMING UP AND BEFORE THIS ELECTION SO WE HAVE TIME TO GET IT IN PLACE AND LAUREN HAS GENEROUSLY OFFERED SHE HAS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT IN HER CURRENT BUDGET FOR COMMUNICATION AND WE TAKE THIS AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL AND JARED FROM ITS IS GOING TO SUPPLEMENT THE REST FOR US TO DO THIS FOR A YEAR SO THEY'RE GENEROUSLY ALLOWING THIS FOR ME BECAUSE WE ALL BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL END UP BEING GOOD FOR THE COUNTY AND IF AFTER A YEAR WE REALIZE THIS JUST DIDN'T WORK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH THE DATA AND SAY, OUR VOTERS WERE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS OR NOT. WE MAY CONTINUE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE WILL LISTEN TO OUR VOTERS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. BUT IF WE COME BACK AND SEE THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS, YOU KNOW, PLUS TO OUR DEPARTMENT, WE MAY BE COMING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, WE REALLY THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD FOR. OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR EVEN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AS IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DONE IN MOST OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE WENT DOWN THIS ROUTE. OH I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE I'VE ASKED ALL YOU KNOW I SAY ALL THE TIME DEFINE AI. YOU HEAR THE TERM ALL THE TIME BUT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THE SITUATION, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THE CONCERNS, YOU HAVE DEALT WITH THE POTENTIAL RISKS AND BROUGHT EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND IT'S ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOU YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING WHAT AI IS TO THE COUNTY IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT. SO I COMMEND YOU ON THAT. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE. I'LL SECOND. CHAIR, I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY, DISCUSSION. GO RIGHT AHEAD. IS THERE ANY RECORD OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED AND THE RESPONSES GIVEN? YES, WE WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL RECORD LIKE A TRANSCRIPT OF ALL OF THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE PRICELESS. AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING AT THE DATA, USING IT FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE TRENDS, WHAT VOTERS NEED, WHAT THEY WANTED, WHAT THE ANSWERS WERE. AND WE THINK THAT'LL BE VERY USEFUL MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, TAILORING AGAIN HOW OUR MESSAGING IS, HOW OUR EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS ARE, AND REALLY HOW TO REDESIGN. OUR COMMUNICATION AND EVEN OUR VERBIAGE, LIKE THE EXAMPLE I GAVE, WE USE PRIMARY ELECTION, BUT IN OUR DATA, IN OUR WEBSITE, WE WERE ACTUALLY USING THE DATE OF THE ELECTION. SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE REALLY A LEARNING TOOL FOR US AT THE SAME TIME. WELL, ONE OF YOUR BEST QUALITIES IS YOU'RE ABLE TO DEFEND ANYTHING YOU DO REALLY WELL. AND YOU KNOW WITH THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE, ANY KIND OF WRONG INFORMATION, MISINFORMATION, WILL START A STORM. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING CAREFUL IN ALL THIS AND HOPEFULLY THIS TOOL HELPS AND IT IS BETTER COMMUNICATION FOR THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. GUS, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. HI, NICE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON. GUS, I CAN'T ALLOW YOU TO ASK THE QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR, BUT I CAN AFTER. THAT'D BE FINE. I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I HAVE TO DO. CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YEP. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR COMPTON. YES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MICHELLE. [1. Development Services - Consideration of a Series 10 Beer and Wine Store Liquor License Application #381671, submitted by Jesus Manuel Altamirano for Delgado’s Hardware & Convenience Store, located at 26645 South State Route 89, Congress, AZ 85332. (District 1 - Supervisor Compton)] THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. I'M TURNING THE BUTTON OFF. THANK YOU. HEARINGS. GOOD MORNING, MARK. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CHAIRMAN COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION FOR A SERIES 10 BEER AND WINE LIQUOR STORE APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR DELGADO'S HARDWARE AND CONVENIENCE STORE LOCATED AT 26645 SOUTH STATE ROUTE 89 IN CONGRESS. THIS IS CHAIRMAN COMPTON'S AREA. TO DATE, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT REGARDING THIS APPLICATION. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I MOVE TO APPROVE HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR COMPTON. YES. HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AND FOR THE RECORD NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE BOARD. THANK YOU. [ SUPERVISOR REPORTS Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02(K), individual Supervisors may present brief summaries of current events but no discussion may occur, and no action may be taken regarding anything that is presented.] I APOLOGIZE SHOULD I ASK. VICE CHAIR CHECK. YOU'RE UP. SUPERVISOR REPORT. YEAH, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE WATER RESOURCES AND OPEN SPACE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE THAT WE ESTABLISHED. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO AND I NOW [01:05:01] HAVE HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS, ONE YESTERDAY. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TOPICS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COVER, AND SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SORT OF BE ENGAGED AND THINK OF, YOU KNOW. IDEAS OR APPROACHES ON THESE TOPICS THEY INCLUDE STORMWATER INFILTRATION AND RECHARGE WHICH WE COVERED YESTERDAY LOCAL POLICY SOLUTIONS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STATEWIDE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS BROADLY CONSERVATION SO THAT IS SORT OF SET THE TASK FOR THE YEAR AHEAD AND WE HOPE TO HAVE REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS AND AND ACTIONABLES COMING OUT OF THAT GROUP WITHIN THE YEAR [ CALL TO THE PUBLIC: Individuals may address the Board for up to three (3) minutes on any relevant issue within the Board's jurisdiction. Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(I), Board members shall not discuss or take action on matters raised during the call to the public. At the conclusion of an open call to the public, individual members of the public body may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the public body, may ask staff to review a matter or may ask that a matter be put on a future agenda.] THANK YOU THANK YOU MOVING ON TO CALL TO THE PUBLIC WHICH AGAIN IS YOU VICE-CHAIR CHECK ALL RIGHT WE HAVE POSEY MOORE NASH FROM PRESCOTT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF OPEN SPACE ON BADGER MOUNTAIN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OH, AND GET YOUR MIC ON. PUSH. OKAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND AS THIS BOARD OH, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO SAY? MY NAME? JUST YOUR NAME. AS THIS BOARD HAS SAID RELATED TO ZONING AND USE PERMITS IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY THANK YOU. IN REGARDS TO THE RECENT, NOW RESCINDED, ARIZONA STATE LAND TRUST AUCTION OF BADGER P.E. MOUNTAIN, I ASK WHATEVER ACTION YOU AS A BOARD CAN TAKE TO PRESERVE IT AS OPEN SPACE IN PERPETUITY BE TAKEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE HAVE LARRY GRAHAM. IS LARRY HERE? WISHES TO SPEAK ON BIG BUG MESA ROAD. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS LARRY GRAHAM. THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS TO EXPRESS CONCERNS ON BIG BUG MESA ROAD. IT IS, AND THE CROSS STREET IS WALKER. REGARDING THE DETERIORATION OF THE ROAD CAUSING MULTIPLE ISSUES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CURRENT COUNTY IS NOT PROVIDING ANY ROAD MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD BE UNDER SCHEDULE A, THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE FORESTRY SERVICE. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE PORTION OF THE ROAD HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THERE HAS BEEN NO MAINTENANCE AND INCREASED USE OF COMMERCIAL LOGGING TRUCKS, FORESTRY SERVICE, THINNING PURPOSES. NON-RESIDENTIAL VEHICLES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, AND THE COUNTY'S OWN GRADERS AND SNOWPLOWS USE THE ROAD TO GET TO THE END OF BIG BUG, WHICH IS MAINTAINED. THE INHABITANT... 4.1 MILE PORTION OF BIG BUG THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO FIVE POINTS AND BREEZY PINES AREA TO CONDUCT THEIR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS THAT THE UNINHABITED PORTION BEING MAINTAINED AND THE INHABITED PORTION OF BIG BUG MESA ROAD IS NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LARRY. ALL RIGHT, SEAN MURPHY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC. GOOD MORNING CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHEK, SUPERVISORS, MANAGERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SEAN MURPHY AND I HAVE BEEN AN OWNER AND A RESIDENT IN THE WALKER BIG BUG AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT THE BIG BUG COMMUNITY. WE ARE MOSTLY RETIRED. WE ARE RETIRED MILITARY. WE ARE RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS, RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE. AND WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE HELP US. ACCORDING TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY GIS DATABASE, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 125 TAX PAYING PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE FOUR MILES OF BIG BUG MESA ROAD. [01:10:01] OF THESE PROPERTIES IN THE YEAR 2025, THE COUNTY COLLECTED NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES. AND PER THE WEBSITE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USED TOWARDS EDUCATION SAFETY ROAD MAINTENANCE. AND WE'RE WONDERING, SINCE THERE'S NO POLICE PATROLS THAT EVER COME UP THERE. AND THERE CERTAINLY ISN'T ANY ROAD MAINTENANCE. WHERE IS THE TAX MONEY GOING? I HAVE PULLED UP SEVERAL MAPS FROM THE GIS SITE AND IT SHOWS THAT SIMILAR TYPE OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE PART FOREST SERVICE, PART COUNTY ARE ALSO BEING MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY IN MANY AREAS. THERE'S OVER A DOZEN OF THEM THAT WE DOCUMENT. LOCAL REALTORS IN THE AREA HAVE REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY DRIVE SOMEONE UP THE ROAD TO LOOK AT A POTENTIAL PROPERTY, THEY GET PARTWAY UP THE ROAD AND THE PEOPLE SAY, TURN AROUND, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED, THE ROAD'S TOO BUMPY. DID THAT YELLOW LIGHT MEAN ANYTHING? IS IT DOWN TO A MINUTE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THE BOTTOM LINE IS... WE WELCOME YOU TO PLEASE TAKE A RIDE UP BIG BUG MESA ROAD FOR YOURSELF. WE ARE POLITELY ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE HELP US. WE ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE IN THE AREA, AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SEAN. AUDREY SAMUELSON, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU CAN ADJUST THE MICROPHONE. HOW'S THAT? OH, MY GOODNESS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AUDREY SAMUELSON, AND I'VE BEEN A FULL-TIME RESIDENT OF THE WALKER BIG BUG COMMUNITY FOR 13 YEARS, AND I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. WE DO HAVE SOME SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING AND THE ABILITY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND VEHICLES TO ARRIVE TO CARE FOR VISITORS AND THE RESIDENTS PROMPTLY AND MOST OF THIS CONCERN IS BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE ROAD BIG BUG MESA WE HAD OUR SITUATION THAT REQUIRED ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE FIRE STATION AND TO BE AIRLIFTED TO PHOENIX FOR MEDICAL SERVICES BUT AS OF NOW, AIRVAC IS NO LONGER GOING TO LAND AT THE FIRE STATION BECAUSE THEY DEEM THAT IT IS NOT SAFE. THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. AND THIS RAISES ADDITIONAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE DELAYS UP AND DOWN FOR AMBULANCES, SERVICES DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS. ANOTHER SITUATION, A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ME, RECENTLY HAD A FULL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT SURGERY IN OCTOBER. AND THIS SURGERY IS A NORMAL SURGERY, BUT IT IS SERIOUS AND DELICATE. BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONDITION, MY SURGEON TOLD ME THAT I COULD NOT RETURN HOME. FOR TWO WEEKS. THAT TWO WEEKS IS IMPORTANT AFTER THE SURGERY BECAUSE I MUST REMAIN I WOULD REMAIN IN AN ARM SLING WITHOUT MOVEMENT 24-7, REGARDLESS. AND IF I HAD GONE ON THIS ROAD TO TRY TO GO HOME, I WOULD NOT BE IN CONTROL OF STAYING IMMOBILE BECAUSE OF THE ROAD. SO I HAD A NECESSARY TWO WEEKS TO STAY IN A MEDICAL FACILITY. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE THERE AND WE NEED HELP WITH THIS ROAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHN GERSHART, HOPEFULLY I PRONOUNCED THAT ALL RIGHT. GERSHART, YES FINE, IT'S GERMAN. OH. GOOD MORNING CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK, SUPERVISORS AND ESPECIALLY JAMIE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FUN YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY AND A BIRTHDAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN GERHARDT. MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED ABOVE THE WALKER UPPER BIG BUG MESA COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. WE BUILT OUR HOME HERE IN [01:15:01] 1996, AND THIS HAS BEEN OUR HOME EVER SINCE, AND WE LOVE THE AREA. BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF BIG BUG MESA ROAD, IT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RECEIVE BASIC AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING PROPANE, WATER, AND SEPTIC. DELIVERY COMPANIES ARE INCREASINGLY UNWILLING. TO COME UP HERE AND ARE LIMITING THEIR SERVICES. LOCAL CONTRACTORS ALSO ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ROAD CONDITIONS AND EITHER REFUSE TO WORK IN THIS AREA OR CHANGE CHARGE EXORBITANT RATES TO BRING MATERIAL UP TO OUR HOMES. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS CURRENTLY BUILDING A NEW HOME. THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE CONTRACTOR REFUSED TO DELIVER ONCE THEY SAW HOW MUCH THE ROAD HAD DETERIORATED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. IT THEN TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO FIND ANOTHER CONCRETE COMPANY WILLING TO DRIVE UP THIS BUMPY ROAD, AND WHEN THEY DID, THE COST WAS FOUR TIMES THE NORMAL PRICE. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN ADDRESSING THE CONDITIONS OF BIG BUG MESA ROAD. WE ARE A GOOD, LONG-TERM COMMUNITY, AS SEAN SAID. MEMBERS LIVING IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING, WE SIMPLY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, MAINTAIN SAFE ACCESS TO OUR HOMES, AND PRESERVE LIVABLE... FUNCTIONING COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. PIPER BATTEN WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC. GOOD MORNING CHAIR COMPTON, VICE CHAIR CHECK AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS PIPER BATTEN. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF ARIZONA FOR 27 YEARS AND ARE NOW FULL-TIME RESIDENTS UP ON WALKER BIG BUG COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE GROWING CONCERNS AS WELL OF THE NON-COUNTY MAINTAINED 4.1 MILES OF THE INHABITED UNPAVED ROADS STARTING AT WALKER ROAD EXTENDING PAST THE SECOND GREEN GATE TO THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE SIGN. WE LOVE LIVING IN PRESCOTT. WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS UP ON THE MOUNTAIN. SINCE PURCHASING OUR HOME OVER TWO YEARS AGO THIS FIRST 4.1 MILE STRETCH OF BIG BUG MESA ROAD HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY. I BELIEVE THIS PORTION OF THE ROAD IS IN DISTRICT 5 WHICH I THINK IS OURS. YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM OTHER NEIGHBORS WITH THE SAME CONCERNS. THE ITEMS PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SERVICES UP THERE TO EMPTY SEPTIC TANKS TO RE-ROOF OUR HOUSES TO FIX PLUMBING ISSUES. WE LITERALLY HAD A HOT WATER HEATER GO OUT THE OTHER DAY. IT'S STARTING TO BECOME INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET SERVICES UP THERE AND MAINTAIN EVEN THE VALUES OF OUR HOMES. THIS FIRST 4.1 MILES OF BIG BAG MESA ROAD ARE THE STARTER ACCESS FOR THE REST OF THE UNPAVED ROADS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GIS MAPS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY. OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, I'M SORRY, PAST 20 PLUS YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS BENEFITED FROM THE ORIGINAL BUILDER'S AGREEMENT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE ROAD TO MAINTAIN BIG BUG MESA ROAD WHILE HE WAS BUILDING HOMES. NOW THAT HE HAS RETIRED, THE COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING. WE HAVE REALLY NOBODY TO MOVE SNOW, MAINTAIN THE ROAD, ANYBODY. AND THE COUNTY HAS COLLECTED TAX DOLLARS FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND NONE OF IT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THIS SMALL PORTION OF ROAD. AS A COMMUNITY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, WE'RE REQUESTING SOME HELP. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YAVAPAI COUNTY HOLDS. A COOPERATIVE FOREST ROAD AGREEMENT CALLED SCHEDULE A THAT IS UP FOR RENEWAL THIS YEAR. WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT IT BE ADDED TO AN AGENDA OR AT LEAST OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO MAYBE WE CAN COME TOGETHER BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH A VIABLE SOLUTION AND NOT PUT 100% OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON OUR 125 RESIDENTS FOR A PUBLIC ROAD. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND HOPE YOU GUYS WILL TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO STAFF. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS CONSIDERABLY FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY. AND ALSO, I DO KNOW THAT IT IS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, BUT IT IS A FOREST ROAD, AND IT DOES BELONG TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THAT IS WHERE A LOT [01:20:01] OF THE PROBLEM DOES LIE. BUT IF WE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE THINGS, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. CHAIR, JUST FOR CLARITY, DO WE KNOW WHAT FIRE STATION DOES NOT [ EXECUTIVE SESSION] HAVE HELICOPTER ASSETS? I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME. MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. CALL FOR THE VOTE. VICE CHAIR CHECK? YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS? AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO? YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY? YES. CHAIR COMPTON? YES. YOU ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. NOPE, DON'T NEED THEM. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. THERE'S NO ACTION AT THIS TIME. THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.