Aug 17, 2026 SPECIAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING.

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I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. AND THIS MORNING, THE INVOCATION WILL BE DONE BY VICE CHAIR CHECK AND THE PLEDGE BY SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

GOOD MORNING LORD. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC.

LET'S PRAY THAT ALL OF OUR DECISIONS HERE TODAY WILL DO THE MOST GOOD FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT THESE DECISIONS MIGHT BRING ABUNDANCE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF YAVAPAI COUNTY.

AMEN. 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.

CLERK, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? CHAIR COMPTON.

HERE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. HERE. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

HERE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. HERE. SUPERVISOR MALLORY HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON TO ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[1. Board of Supervisors - Set primary and secondary property tax rates for 2026 for the following jurisdictions: Yavapai County, Fire District Assistance, Yavapai County Free Library District, Yavapai County Flood Control District, Ash Fork Street Lighting Improvement District, Seligman Street Lighting Improvement District, Yarnell Street Lighting Improvement District, and Seligman Sanitary District and convey tax rates for these and all jurisdictions to the County Treasurer.  Adopt Resolution No. 2185 providing for the collection of taxes for all jurisdictions by the County Treasurer for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.]

VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OH I HEAR WELL TODAY.

YOU HERE TODAY. YEAH. GOOD. THE ECHO'S NOT THERE.

GOOD. KEVIN FORBES COUNTY BUDGET MANAGER. TODAY WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM.

AND IN THIS ACTION ITEM IT WILL SET THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR 2026 FOR THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS.

YAVAPAI COUNTY PRIMARY FIRE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION, YAVAPAI COUNTY FREE LIBRARY DISTRICT, YAVAPAI COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. ASH FORK STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

SELIGMAN STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

YARNELL STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND SELIGMAN SANITARY DISTRICT, AND, UPON APPROVAL, WILL CONVEY THOSE TAX RATES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER.

ADDITIONALLY, IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE APPROVAL OF THIS ACTION ITEM WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THE TAX RATES OF ALL OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO BE CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY TREASURER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. DO WE HAVE ANY SAY ON THE OTHER THREE? WE HAVE THE COUNTY. WE HAVE THE LIBRARY DISTRICT.

WE HAVE FLOOD CONTROL. DO WE HAVE ANY SAY ON ANY OF THESE OTHERS TO SAY WHETHER THEIR TAX RATE IS OKAY OR NOT? OKAY FOR THE. JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR THE LIGHTING DISTRICT, THE OTHER ONES THAT YOU'RE SETTING.

FIRE DISTRICTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE COLLEGE DISTRICTS.

FOR THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS OUTSIDE, THERE ARE CERTAIN SECONDARY TAX RATES THAT YOU DO SET, BUT THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SCHOOL DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY APPROVAL IS JUST TO CONVEY THAT TO THE TREASURER.

THERE IS NO BOARD OVERSIGHT TO APPROVE OR SET THOSE TAX RATES.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AND ALL THESE BOARDS THAT SUPERVISOR KUKNYO BROUGHT UP, THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WORK ON THESE BOARDS, CORRECT? CORRECT. EITHER ELECTED OR I BELIEVE SOME MIGHT HAVE APPOINTED BY ELECTED.

THEY'RE ALL ELECTED. OKAY, OKAY. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO PUT THIS OUT ON PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT WHEN WE ARE ELECTED, WE ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE WE GOT HERE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE VOTED US IN.

AND SO ALL THESE BOARDS, THE COLLEGES, ALL OF THEM, THEY DO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE, BUT THEY DON'T ANSWER TO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.

CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS.

MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION. ITEM NUMBER ONE. SECOND.

CLERK. IF YOU CAN CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. VICE CHAIR CHECK.

YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

NO. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR COMPTON. YES.

ITEM IS APPROVED, 4 TO 1. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEVIN.

APPRECIATE IT. I NOW MOVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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YES. SUPERVISOR JENKINS. AYE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO.

YES. SUPERVISOR MALLORY. YES. CHAIR. COMPTON.

YES. YOU ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU.

WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.