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| OK, Now let's test. Lisa, go ahead and say something. | 00:00:00 | |
| Test 1-2. Test test, Test 1-2. OK, I'm gonna my microphone now. | 00:00:05 | |
| Testing. Testing. | 00:00:11 | |
| Can you hear me alright? Perfect. | 00:00:13 | |
| Yeah. | 00:00:19 | |
| One, we'll go ahead and gather up and we'll get this show on the road and pace and you guys get to get up there. | 00:00:21 | |
| Lisa. | 00:00:27 | |
| We're all good here, Sir. We're ready to go. OK And Joseph, how are we on YouTube? We're good. | 00:00:29 | |
| We got audio and all that good stuff today right on, and so we're good here. | 00:00:34 | |
| We'll start with the pledge, of course, and the invocation will be led by Nick Nickel invocation when we get there. Micah, you | 00:00:38 | |
| want to lead us in the pledge this morning? | 00:00:42 | |
| Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. | 00:00:50 | |
| And to the Republic for which it stands. | 00:00:54 | |
| Nation under God. | 00:00:58 | |
| Invisible with liberty and justice for all. | 00:01:00 | |
| Do you hear me, Father? We're thankful for this day and. | 00:01:12 | |
| We're thankful for the Board of Supervisors be able to convene, and we asked them to. | 00:01:15 | |
| Give them your spirit. They're able to replace decisions and discern what is best for the county. | 00:01:20 | |
| And say these things and then Jesus Christ in. | 00:01:25 | |
| Thank you, Nick. | 00:01:29 | |
| OK. We'll start with two, a presentation. We have a presentation this morning of the. | 00:01:36 | |
| 2022 Annual report for the Healing County Sheriff's Office and we have this the sheriff. | 00:01:42 | |
| I don't see her. And Sarah. Sarah's gonna start. I'll start off. OK. Good morning. | 00:01:47 | |
| As Chairman, members of the board, and I'll be quick, I'll skim through this. That's always If you guys ever want to meet with us | 00:01:52 | |
| or discuss anything more in depth, please feel free. | 00:01:56 | |
| And we'll start, you know, our mission statement and our values and the letter to the citizens from the sheriff that's on the | 00:02:04 | |
| next. | 00:02:07 | |
| That's right. | 00:02:11 | |
| And then we go into the crime statistics, which is what everyone is most. | 00:02:12 | |
| You know the the information that they like to see. | 00:02:17 | |
| And so we have arrests on there, broken down by felony and misdemeanors. We have the DUI arrests on there, collisions and | 00:02:20 | |
| citations all broken down in their individual categories. | 00:02:25 | |
| The Administration Bureau. | 00:02:32 | |
| Is next. It kind of talks about everything that's under that and. | 00:02:36 | |
| Looks like we have the budget summary for the entire department and the budgeted positions for the entire Sheriff's Office. | 00:02:40 | |
| Next you'll see at the bottom is the total. | 00:02:48 | |
| Processed records. So this comes out of the administration Bureau. So things like mug shots, background checks. | 00:02:54 | |
| And the deputies report to process that are sent over to the county attorney's office, public records requests, warrants and civil | 00:03:01 | |
| papers served. | 00:03:04 | |
| And next you have the patrol Bureau down at the bottom. Those are the community interest crimes, so our agency assists burglaries. | 00:03:10 | |
| I thought the death investigations, domestic disturbance, your DUI again. Fraud. Search and rescue missions. Sexual assault and | 00:03:18 | |
| misconduct, Theft. Traffic collisions. | 00:03:23 | |
| And violation of court order. | 00:03:27 | |
| Next you have the detention Bureau, their budget up at the top for health and detention, and then the services that they provide | 00:03:31 | |
| at the bottom. | 00:03:36 | |
| The next is the task force. All of the drug seized for 2022 were the street value was right over $35 million and down at the | 00:03:42 | |
| bottom is our canines and service. So for last year we had four canines. | 00:03:50 | |
| And the communications unit, you have their total calls answered. | 00:03:59 | |
| And there are total calls dispatched and then broken down for law, fire and medical. | 00:04:03 | |
| And next, we always put this in here because we're proud to have. | 00:04:11 | |
| A number of veterans that serve in the Sheriff's Office as well. So they they went and served our country and then they came back | 00:04:14 | |
| and continued to serve our community. | 00:04:18 | |
| A dive team and lake patrol Staffs are there. | 00:04:25 | |
| And then our 22 volunteer programs, again this is something that's super important for us to highlight for you guys. We have | 00:04:30 | |
| strong volunteer programs in the Sheriff's Office down at the bottom. They worked over 17,000 hours for us, which was a total | 00:04:36 | |
| savings of. | 00:04:42 | |
| 454,000 and 371 dollars if we were to put them at what a starting starting wage for a deputy is. | 00:04:48 | |
| Thank you for that. | 00:04:56 | |
| Our community involvement, we've really had a couple of deputies who have really taken this. We've got SRO's in the schools and we | 00:04:57 | |
| have coffee with the cop. We had bike giveaways. | 00:05:03 | |
| And one of our biggest programs is the Shop with a Hero in December, which you guys as a board contribute to and we're extremely | 00:05:09 | |
| grateful for that. | 00:05:14 | |
| Next is all of our social media and outreach that we have for the community to get information. | 00:05:20 | |
| And next is all of our contact information for each substation we have. | 00:05:27 | |
| And then to get records, gel and the civil unit, our sex offender information in the past in jail. | 00:05:32 | |
| And so with that, I'll take any questions that you guys have. | 00:05:40 | |
| Thank you, Sarah. Supervisor Hoovering. I have no questions. Supervisor Christensen, thank you. Thank you, Sir, for the report. I | 00:05:45 | |
| I noticed in the paper today is the new canine is whiskey. Yeah. So he'll be in 2023. He's becoming quite the celebrity in our | 00:05:52 | |
| office. So he's making quite a few drug busts. He just got a $4 million drug bust. Yeah. | 00:05:59 | |
| Yeah, So. So I'm Deputy Montijo is his handler. Yeah. So, yeah, great. Thanks. | 00:06:07 | |
| Sir, how many positions do we actually have on the task force now? So we have one commander and one deputy budgeted out of the | 00:06:13 | |
| Sheriff's Office and we're also able to provide some reimbursement for Glow PD to put someone on and they promoted that | 00:06:21 | |
| individual. So he's no longer part of the task force right now. So currently, right now, as we said, we have two positions. | 00:06:29 | |
| So. | 00:06:40 | |
| Yes. We are always saying if we had more money, the amount of people we could put on there and the amount of work that we could | 00:06:42 | |
| get accomplished would be substantial. I'm always amazed at the buses that are going on in the mountains, taken off the streets | 00:06:48 | |
| with just a handful of people basically, and then to think what we could do with even twice that much. | 00:06:55 | |
| Till with his canine. He is actually part of the patrol. | 00:07:03 | |
| So he is getting these drug busts, like while he's out doing traffic stops and just doing regular calls for the Sheriff's Office. | 00:07:07 | |
| And of course money is the issue, right? Absolutely. Yeah. The task force grant only gives us the amount that you guys match, the | 00:07:14 | |
| 25%. So with the amount that AC JC gives us and the match we're only allowed, we're only. | 00:07:21 | |
| It only allows for us to fund those two positions and one for an outside agency. | 00:07:28 | |
| OK. I'm not gonna give up on that one. So we'll we'll see what happens. Yeah. And just a quick note before I end. I'd like, you | 00:07:34 | |
| know, my staff, I always say I get to stand up here and present it to you. There's hours and hours of staff work that goes into | 00:07:40 | |
| pulling these Staffs and putting this together. I'm Deborah Williams. Our 911 coordinator puts this all together. So. | 00:07:47 | |
| Well, she did a good job. Yep. So thank you very much, Sheriff. Thank you, Mr. President, for yes. Yeah, that rose the question. | 00:07:53 | |
| You said with more money you could do more. | 00:07:58 | |
| How are you doing with applicants wanting to be sheriffs? | 00:08:04 | |
| So to be part of your crew, yeah. So actually the steps program really helped us and I I hope that we, you know, voice that a lot | 00:08:08 | |
| to you guys. | 00:08:13 | |
| And when we implemented that, I think it was two years ago. | 00:08:18 | |
| And. | 00:08:22 | |
| That really helped us. We currently, as we said today, have 4 vacancies on the patrol side. | 00:08:23 | |
| So you know, that's a really good number to have. We love to be fully staffed, but four is minimal. | 00:08:29 | |
| Um. | 00:08:37 | |
| The problem is, is that we have to keep up with it, right? Like the word is getting out that the Sheriff's Office outside of DPS. | 00:08:38 | |
| Is the best paid agency in Healey County. | 00:08:46 | |
| Well then that's gonna kick in other agencies to increase theirs and then we'll slide to the bottom again. And so we just have to | 00:08:49 | |
| stay on top of it. But the work that you guys have done so far and with the STEPS program and the cost of living increases has | 00:08:55 | |
| really helped us to recruit on the patrol side. | 00:09:00 | |
| That law enforcement as a whole is struggling. | 00:09:07 | |
| So. | 00:09:11 | |
| Thank you. Thank you. | 00:09:12 | |
| Will keep us up on it. I mean, you guys worked hard to putting that together and I'm glad we were able to put the final touches to | 00:09:14 | |
| it, but. | 00:09:17 | |
| Hopefully it's slowed down that evolving door. So anyway, yeah, thank you, Sir. Appreciate it. Thank you, Sir. | 00:09:21 | |
| No. | 00:09:32 | |
| You're on top. | 00:09:33 | |
| Enjoy it while you can, I'm sure. Thank you guys. | 00:09:37 | |
| Good. | 00:10:03 | |
| OK, we're back up and running, so we'll jump into public hearings #3A. | 00:10:04 | |
| Information Discussion Action to adopt Resolution #23-09-02. | 00:10:09 | |
| Which approves Heela County community development case number CU P2306-002. | 00:10:16 | |
| A request by OBAC Ranch LLC owners in Arizona Telephone Company. | 00:10:24 | |
| Doing business as TDS Telecom applicants for a conditional use permit. | 00:10:30 | |
| Upon Hiller County Assessors parcel #201-06-060H. | 00:10:36 | |
| Located at 1390 W Ewing Trail Tunnel Basin, Arizona and Randy. Good morning Sir. | 00:10:44 | |
| Morning Chairman. Supervisors. So. | 00:10:50 | |
| This is located out in Toronto. This is a 99.42. | 00:10:53 | |
| Acre parcel. | 00:10:58 | |
| And where they're wanting to put the tower, as are roughly 1/3 of an acre. | 00:10:59 | |
| And this is TDS Telecom is requesting this conditional use permit. | 00:11:04 | |
| To put a 90 foot tower. | 00:11:09 | |
| With a 4 foot lightning rod on top. | 00:11:11 | |
| As you know, that would make it 94 feet and so per our zoning ordinance it is required. | 00:11:15 | |
| That all telecommunications. | 00:11:21 | |
| Come through as UP process. They are allowed in all of our districts. | 00:11:23 | |
| But that is required to go through the UP process. | 00:11:28 | |
| To date, we have had no. | 00:11:32 | |
| Support and no opposition. | 00:11:35 | |
| To this. | 00:11:37 | |
| Tower. | 00:11:39 | |
| Umm. | 00:11:40 | |
| We have went through the public. | 00:11:41 | |
| Other meeting with the. | 00:11:46 | |
| PNC commissioners. | 00:11:47 | |
| They voted unanimously to approve. | 00:11:49 | |
| They have 11 conditions that they have that I'll read. | 00:11:52 | |
| That the development, operation and maintenance shall be in conformance with the applications received on June 29th. | 00:11:56 | |
| And amended project description to site plan specifications received on Office, Office, office. | 00:12:02 | |
| August 2nd. | 00:12:09 | |
| And the conditions of approval the maximum height of the monopole with the lightning rod included, including base platform | 00:12:11 | |
| antenna. | 00:12:15 | |
| Are not to exceed 94 feet above natural grade on parcel 201060608. | 00:12:20 | |
| The 90 foot communication tower monopole. | 00:12:28 | |
| And the four foot lightning rod shall be structurally engineered. | 00:12:32 | |
| The 90 foot. | 00:12:35 | |
| Tower with the four foot lightning rod. So I'll also be engineered that it does not pass the right away our property line that the | 00:12:37 | |
| fall zone will be engineered out of it. | 00:12:42 | |
| The requirement. | 00:12:48 | |
| Building permits must be obtained within one year. | 00:12:50 | |
| From the date of the approval of the Porter supervised value to such. | 00:12:53 | |
| With Floyd conditional use permit. | 00:12:57 | |
| The 90 foot. | 00:13:00 | |
| Communication police 4 foot lightning rod. | 00:13:01 | |
| And power cabinet. | 00:13:04 | |
| Shall be removed from the property at the owners expense immediately. | 00:13:05 | |
| If the monopole becomes unusable or obsolete. | 00:13:10 | |
| All lighting shall comply with Hello County outdoor lighting ordinance. | 00:13:13 | |
| The equipment area shall be secured in vandal proof. | 00:13:18 | |
| The fencing enclosed this compound shall be not to exceed a height of 6 feet. | 00:13:21 | |
| The fence must be opaque. | 00:13:27 | |
| And uh, should shall not have any barbed wire. | 00:13:29 | |
| Is certificate. Certificate of completion will be issued upon the construction completion. | 00:13:32 | |
| From. | 00:13:38 | |
| Community development Building Department. | 00:13:39 | |
| Is responsibility of the owner and of the subject property 20106060 H. | 00:13:40 | |
| To obtain all necessary federal, state, county, and local permits. | 00:13:47 | |
| That may be required. The issuance of a conditional use permit does not relieve the owner of the liability of failing to obtain | 00:13:51 | |
| all the permits. | 00:13:55 | |
| Umm. | 00:14:00 | |
| There is couple you know, power pedestals and stuff to go with this. | 00:14:02 | |
| It's all with inside that compound. | 00:14:06 | |
| And we have posted it and. | 00:14:09 | |
| Had our. | 00:14:13 | |
| Citizens participation meeting in there. | 00:14:14 | |
| And again, we've had no opposition to this project our. | 00:14:17 | |
| Support either so. | 00:14:20 | |
| That I'll answer any questions you may have. | 00:14:23 | |
| Thank you Andy Supervisor Humphrey. | 00:14:25 | |
| I I have no questions. Supervisor efficiency, thank you. I don't either thank you and neither do I. So I'll open it up for public | 00:14:28 | |
| hearing. Lisa, do we have anyone in Payson? | 00:14:33 | |
| No, Sir, we do not. | 00:14:40 | |
| Is there anything on YouTube, Joseph? | 00:14:41 | |
| And I don't believe we have anyone here. | 00:14:43 | |
| So I will close the public hearing and entertain a motion. | 00:14:46 | |
| Mr. Chair, we'll move to adopt resolution #23-09-02. | 00:14:50 | |
| Mr. Chair, I'll second that having a motion in a second. All in favor, do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. Thank | 00:14:55 | |
| you, Randy. | 00:14:58 | |
| OK, #4 regular agenda items 4A. | 00:15:04 | |
| I'll need a motion to recess as HeLa County Board of Supervisors and convene as the HeLa County Library District Board of | 00:15:08 | |
| Directors. | 00:15:11 | |
| So move, Mr. Chair, I will second that all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. | 00:15:15 | |
| Information, discussion, Action to authorize the submission and subsequent acceptance of an AZ librarians. | 00:15:22 | |
| Fostering Resilient Rural Communities Ahead, AZ. | 00:15:30 | |
| Mini Grant by the Hiller County Library Districts. | 00:15:35 | |
| To the Arizona Library Association. | 00:15:38 | |
| For fiscal year 2024 in the amount of $4000. | 00:15:40 | |
| Designated to Heela County for the Hayden Library for the period of September 1st, 23. | 00:15:45 | |
| To April 30th, 24. Good morning, Elaine. | 00:15:51 | |
| Good morning. I'm so sorry that's a long title. It's a long one. | 00:15:54 | |
| Good morning, German Klein supervisors, Christiansen said. You guys are Humphrey. This is the second time that we have received | 00:15:58 | |
| this mini grant. We did one in January and it was for $5000 and this grant is for 4000. | 00:16:04 | |
| I will continue with the programming that started in January down in Hayden. One of the programs that we do is a healthy eating | 00:16:11 | |
| program, which includes showing our participants how salads and smoothies can be fun, healthy and tasteful young Raspberry and | 00:16:16 | |
| spinach. | 00:16:21 | |
| Programming like gardening, teaching how to choose what plants, how and where to plant them, and how to use them after you've | 00:16:28 | |
| harvested them. And we've also included composting in the program. We have programs on healthy exercise, including yoga, chair | 00:16:34 | |
| yoga with weights. | 00:16:39 | |
| And Zumba for both adults and kids. | 00:16:44 | |
| We've been able to purchase football, soccer balls, Cornville games, sidewalk chalk and other outdoor activities for everyone to | 00:16:47 | |
| enjoy on the library lawns. | 00:16:51 | |
| And if you're not aware of, the Hayden Library actually has this beautiful lawn out in front. So the kids come in and get. | 00:16:55 | |
| These activities that they want to do and they go out and they play and they bring them back into the library. So our hope is to | 00:17:01 | |
| add to that collection of activities for those kiddos for this fall. | 00:17:05 | |
| As a result of the grant, we have and will continue to add to our collection. | 00:17:10 | |
| Um, for books of all ages and DVD's to continue this healthy living and good living information. | 00:17:14 | |
| The Library District recommends that the Directors approve the application and acceptance of this vital grant to be used for the | 00:17:20 | |
| Hayden Lane Group. | 00:17:23 | |
| And I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Elaine. Supervisor Humphrey. | 00:17:27 | |
| I have no questions. Supervisor Christiansen. | 00:17:31 | |
| Thank you, Elaine. No questions. | 00:17:34 | |
| Good job that I'd entertain a motion. Ohh yeah, I'll entertain a motion. | 00:17:35 | |
| OK. | 00:17:41 | |
| Mr. Chairman, I'll move to authorize the submission and subsequent acceptance of the Arizona librarians fostering resilient rule | 00:17:42 | |
| community. | 00:17:46 | |
| Community is also known as Ahead AZ Mini Grant in the amount of 4000 as presented Mr. Chair, I'll second. | 00:17:51 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. Thank you, Elaine. Good job. | 00:17:57 | |
| Now, I didn't take a motion to adjourn as HeLa County Library District Board of Directors and reconvene as a Healer County Board | 00:18:05 | |
| of Supervisors. So Mr. Second. | 00:18:09 | |
| Any motion and second all in favor do so by saying aye, aye, aye, motion carries. | 00:18:14 | |
| On to 4B Information Discussion Action to adopt resolution number. | 00:18:19 | |
| 23-09-05IN Support of a grant application submitted to the Healer River Indian Community. | 00:18:24 | |
| By the Pine Strawberry Fire District authorizing Heela County to act as the fiscal agent. | 00:18:33 | |
| For the Pine Strawberry Fire District and accept a grant Gaming Grant award on behalf of the Pine Strawberry Fire District in the | 00:18:39 | |
| amount of. | 00:18:44 | |
| $39,149 for the Critical automated. | 00:18:48 | |
| Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Project and Joel Brandt I think was was gonna present along with me. | 00:18:53 | |
| But I don't see him. | 00:19:02 | |
| So. | 00:19:04 | |
| I meant that you want to talk about it, Steve? | 00:19:05 | |
| In your district. Ohh, I I don't want to talk about it. | 00:19:08 | |
| OK, go ahead. | 00:19:13 | |
| So anyway, they're on the update, their equipment, and finally strawberry for this. | 00:19:14 | |
| Particular machine and. | 00:19:19 | |
| This grant, of course, as we've seen many times, is coming through. | 00:19:20 | |
| The gaming process to to get those dollars. | 00:19:23 | |
| They're either one of you. Have any other questions? I have no questions, no questions. Jessica does not hope it's not tough one | 00:19:27 | |
| chairman for supervisors, so just a quick modification. | 00:19:32 | |
| That amount is 37,109 dollars 37,149. | 00:19:37 | |
| OK, so we have that correction. | 00:19:47 | |
| And if there's no other comments or questions? | 00:19:50 | |
| I didn't take a motion. | 00:19:55 | |
| Mr. Chairman, I'll move to adopt resolution #23-09. | 00:19:57 | |
| Dash 05 in the amount of $37,149. | 00:20:02 | |
| I'll second that. | 00:20:07 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye aye, aye aye. Motion carries on to see information, discussion, | 00:20:09 | |
| action to adopt resolution #23-09. | 00:20:14 | |
| Dash 04 in support of a grant application. | 00:20:21 | |
| Submitted to the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community by the Hillsgate Fire District. | 00:20:25 | |
| Authorizing HeLa County to act as a fiscal agent for the Hillsgate Fire District. | 00:20:32 | |
| And accept the gaming grant award on behalf of Hellsgate Fire District amount of 158,000. | 00:20:37 | |
| $138.05. | 00:20:45 | |
| Which will be used for fire operations support, including repairs and maintenance and Mori. | 00:20:48 | |
| Morris was supposed to be with this policy him either. So you're it. Good morning, Amy. Good morning, Chair and Surprises. Thank | 00:20:54 | |
| you for this opportunity. | 00:20:58 | |
| I don't think there's much more to be said about that except for I do have a little list of what that is going to cover. | 00:21:03 | |
| And it is going to cover a fire station 21 repairs. | 00:21:08 | |
| Radio Alerting, System Connectivity Repairs and Upgrade our U TV21. | 00:21:13 | |
| Repairs an upgrade of. | 00:21:19 | |
| Fire station 22 repairs and fire apparatus nozzle replacement so. | 00:21:21 | |
| It's going to be a good, nice chunk of money to cover. Nice. | 00:21:26 | |
| And mount things that they need to do. Thank you, Amy. | 00:21:29 | |
| And questions to present, I have no question. Supervisor Christensen, Thank you, Amy. No questions. Thank you and I'm good as | 00:21:33 | |
| well. Thank you, Amy. With that, I'd entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I move to adopt Resolution #2. | 00:21:39 | |
| 30904. | 00:21:45 | |
| I will second that having a motion in a second all in favor do so by saying aye aye aye aye Motion carries on to D. | 00:21:47 | |
| Information, Discussion Action to approve the distribution of Secure Rural schools. | 00:21:54 | |
| And communities funds forced fees. | 00:22:01 | |
| Of Heela County share the federal Year 23 secure. | 00:22:04 | |
| Rural Schools Act funds as authorizes through section 24. | 00:22:09 | |
| Of P dot L dot 114-10 for fiscal year 22 to 23. | 00:22:13 | |
| Using the same percentage splits as last year. | 00:22:21 | |
| Roads 2.15%, School 77.93% and Heela County Education Service Agency. | 00:22:25 | |
| 19.92% and we have Roy and Nick Nicks 9/1. | 00:22:33 | |
| Good morning. | 00:22:37 | |
| Morning Chairman. Clients represent Christensen and Humphrey. Yeah, we're just presenting the actual dollar amounts we came | 00:22:40 | |
| before. | 00:22:43 | |
| To give you the percentage so we can get it approved quickly. | 00:22:47 | |
| So here is the dollar amount for the distribution for your approval. | 00:22:50 | |
| Thank you, Nick. | 00:22:55 | |
| Questions to provide Humphrey. I have no questions. Supervisor Christensen I. | 00:22:56 | |
| Have one question. So the total amount is 1,160,000 ish. | 00:23:01 | |
| Is under total SRS for the year. | 00:23:06 | |
| Hmm, yeah, yeah. OK. | 00:23:09 | |
| OK. Thanks. That's all I have. | 00:23:12 | |
| One part of this Nick that I don't know how many people understand, but this also helps support your adult education programs, | 00:23:14 | |
| correct. Correct. And that is in pacing, pacing, Anglo, Anglo, OK, both places. | 00:23:20 | |
| Education program and what I see there, that's the 19.92% right? That is correct. | 00:23:28 | |
| OK. So that's a very good program that you guys provide through the schools. | 00:23:33 | |
| So just so everyone knows that out there. | 00:23:40 | |
| Thank you Nick, that in I'd entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I will move to approve the distribution of the SRS and Communities | 00:23:43 | |
| funds of HeLa County. | 00:23:47 | |
| Share of the Federal year 2023 Secure Rural Schools Act Fund. | 00:23:52 | |
| 2023 using the same percentage splits. | 00:23:57 | |
| As presented. | 00:24:00 | |
| Mr. Chair, I'll second that. | 00:24:02 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favour. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. Thank you, Nick. | 00:24:04 | |
| Onto E Information Discussion action to approve Amendment #3. | 00:24:11 | |
| To an intergovernmental agreement contract number Ctr. 055209, with the Arizona Department of Health Services. | 00:24:16 | |
| In amount of $204,367. | 00:24:24 | |
| To enhance current public health emergency preparedness activities July 1st, 23 through June 30th, 24th. Good morning, Carl. | 00:24:29 | |
| Morning, Chairman and members of the board. Pretty straightforward one for you today. This is an amendment to the third amendment | 00:24:38 | |
| to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant IGA. | 00:24:42 | |
| That's the program that funds our public health emergency preparedness program. It's a grant for $204,000. | 00:24:47 | |
| That has a 10% cost match, which we're able to meet with in kind services with the money that we pay for our notification system. | 00:24:55 | |
| So no money out of pocket for the county. | 00:25:00 | |
| This program is recently placed under my purview. I've looked over this amendment as soon as there's a few terminology changes. | 00:25:07 | |
| Nothing significant. | 00:25:10 | |
| Thank you, Carl. Question Supervisor Humphrey, no question, no Supervisor Christensen. Thank you and no questions. Thank you all. | 00:25:15 | |
| Question for you, Carl. We can't let you get off that C so you're talking about enhancing your your preparedness activities and | 00:25:20 | |
| stuff. What, what kind of ideas do you have for that? So my first couple of ideas, one of the focuses of both Emergency Management | 00:25:26 | |
| and public health emergency preparedness on the federal level since both of those programs are pretty parallel is addressing | 00:25:32 | |
| extreme climate. | 00:25:38 | |
| So I'm looking at addressing and mitigating some of the issues, especially with our at risk communities during the extreme cold | 00:25:44 | |
| and extreme heat. I'm looking into some options such as purchasing. | 00:25:49 | |
| Cooling towels or or blankets that we can give out to people that are in need. | 00:25:55 | |
| That public health emergency preparedness is very similar to Emergency Management with a focus on health more than safety. So that | 00:26:00 | |
| kind of opens some doors for us to to get a little more in depth with the services that we're providing. | 00:26:06 | |
| OK. Thank you, Carl. With that and entertain a motion. | 00:26:13 | |
| Mr. I moved to approve Amendment #3 to the Arizona Department of Health. | 00:26:16 | |
| Services Intergovernment Agreement Contract number C TR 055209. | 00:26:22 | |
| In the amount of $240,367. | 00:26:28 | |
| I will second that. | 00:26:34 | |
| Having a motion and a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. Thank you, Carl. Thank you. | 00:26:35 | |
| Now the next item F. | 00:26:42 | |
| I don't believe we need to address it. You're saying we won't go ahead and table this, correct, Michael. Correct, Chairman. | 00:26:46 | |
| If it pleases you, I'd I'd like to table this issue at this time until I get some further information from our finance team. | 00:26:53 | |
| OK. | 00:27:00 | |
| So I would need a motion to table item math. | 00:27:01 | |
| Mr. Chair I. | 00:27:04 | |
| Make a motion to table item. | 00:27:06 | |
| 4F at this time. | 00:27:08 | |
| Mr. Chair, I'll second that. | 00:27:11 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. Thank you, Michael. | 00:27:12 | |
| Auntie G Information Discussion Action to adopt Public Works Department Policy Number. | 00:27:19 | |
| PW-17 Dash Public Works Equipment Operator Requirements and progression. | 00:27:25 | |
| Homer, good morning, Sir. | 00:27:32 | |
| Good morning, Chairman and board members. | 00:27:34 | |
| This item is about trying to bring employees into public works, train them and allow them to progress from operator to senior | 00:27:37 | |
| operator. And that's what we're going to share with you via couple of slides in here. | 00:27:43 | |
| 1st next slide please. | 00:27:51 | |
| Umm. | 00:27:55 | |
| And if you would like I could. | 00:28:01 | |
| So currently as as you know the road crews and landfills are short or short staffed on. | 00:28:09 | |
| Equipment operators and we're not receiving. | 00:28:15 | |
| Uh, sufficient application for us to determine our qualified candidates. | 00:28:18 | |
| Today at Star Valley, for instance, we have 7 vacancies. | 00:28:23 | |
| Out of about 10 positions that are available. | 00:28:27 | |
| Uh. | 00:28:30 | |
| In the new and on top of that, the new federal commercial drivers license requirements have have changed. | 00:28:31 | |
| And they require some certification of both classroom training and behind the wheel training. | 00:28:37 | |
| And we'll talk about that a little bit more in the future Slight. | 00:28:46 | |
| So we have revised the job descriptions and we create. | 00:28:50 | |
| We've created the equipment operators, I actually we're using the same job description for. | 00:28:53 | |
| Our Rd. Yards and Landfill and. | 00:28:59 | |
| We also created a new job description for our training, or an apprenticeship apprentice if you want to call them that. This | 00:29:01 | |
| position has been created. We have received applications. | 00:29:06 | |
| And we currently have one applicant that I'm going to talk about how he has progressed. | 00:29:11 | |
| In in what he has done so far on a future slide. | 00:29:16 | |
| Again, Wayne Jones, the Regional Rd. Yard manager in Star Valley. | 00:29:20 | |
| Uh. | 00:29:24 | |
| Found out what's required to do in house training and he's not A and he's and he fulfilled all those requirements. He's now a | 00:29:26 | |
| certified CDL trainer for Heela County. | 00:29:30 | |
| So when we sent someone to get their permit for for. | 00:29:35 | |
| For a CDL license, he signs off that they have completed all the classroom training that's required. | 00:29:39 | |
| And then when they get ready to both take the driving test, he also signs off that they have. | 00:29:48 | |
| Met the hours required on behind the wheel training. | 00:29:54 | |
| So Wayne does that. He does that either personally or by supervising someone else to do that. | 00:29:59 | |
| The proposal, the proposed plan right now is being implemented with a few of our employees. We have an apprenticeship. | 00:30:05 | |
| The apprenticeship has been with us a number of months and today. | 00:30:11 | |
| Uh, this week he'll he'll be getting his CDL permit and so for instance. | 00:30:15 | |
| We also have another operator. | 00:30:20 | |
| That came in without a CDL. | 00:30:24 | |
| He had heavy equipment experience and one of the things that we did is change the job description to allow us to hire an operator | 00:30:27 | |
| with heavy equipment experience. You'll see a little bit more details. | 00:30:32 | |
| On a slide, so I'm just going to summarize it as it pertains to this particular employee. This employee also has met all the | 00:30:37 | |
| classroom training and would be will be getting his CDL permit this week. | 00:30:42 | |
| We have another employee that all of them in the Star Valley Rd. Yard at this time. | 00:30:49 | |
| That came in with a CDL, but only has a. | 00:30:54 | |
| Authorization to drive automatic transmissions. Most of our ten wheel trucks are standard, so we're training him so he can meet | 00:30:58 | |
| those requirements and get his full CDL license. | 00:31:04 | |
| That's a type of training and if it's taking place at this time. | 00:31:10 | |
| Next slide please. | 00:31:14 | |
| So the we can hire this flight has to do with the. | 00:31:16 | |
| Road maintenance and Mansfield Equipment operator which requires for us to for for a person to apply. | 00:31:21 | |
| And to come in as A at this position. | 00:31:27 | |
| Uh, they no longer need a CDL, even though the CDL is very important, but we are requiring that they. | 00:31:30 | |
| Within three months of employment that that they passed the written portion of the CDL testing. | 00:31:38 | |
| We're requiring for them to do that. Those that have come in have met this requirement and at the end of nine months of | 00:31:42 | |
| employment. | 00:31:46 | |
| That they obtain A valid Arizona Class A Commercial Drivers license. | 00:31:50 | |
| And that's what we're working on with the three individuals that I just mentioned earlier and we believe it's there, they will all | 00:31:54 | |
| be successful at at meeting that requirement. | 00:32:00 | |
| Next slide please. | 00:32:06 | |
| So a new policy has, so we have operators and we have senior operators and in the past we had one position that was a senior | 00:32:08 | |
| operator even though the operators here in Globe. | 00:32:14 | |
| May be doing the same work. | 00:32:19 | |
| At the same level as the senior operators and we wanted to provide a level playing field and encourage folks to to receive | 00:32:21 | |
| additional training and qualify for the senior operator position. | 00:32:27 | |
| And and that is part of the policy that if you agree, you would be approving later on today. | 00:32:33 | |
| Our next slide please. | 00:32:39 | |
| So what an external candidate to for the senior operator if somebody were to come to us and and I'm not talking about the operator | 00:32:41 | |
| position anymore, the operator position if you remember does not require a CDL, just have the equipment experience and then we | 00:32:47 | |
| train them. | 00:32:53 | |
| But the senior. But somebody could come and apply for a senior operator position. They would have to have a Class A. | 00:32:59 | |
| Class A CDL with tanker endorsement. 3 years of experience actually driving using that CDL. | 00:33:05 | |
| Um, and and meet some of the other requirements that are in the job description. | 00:33:12 | |
| If they if they don't have that, then we would hire them as an operator. | 00:33:16 | |
| However, our internal candidates will automatically be promoted from operator to senior operator when they meet the following | 00:33:21 | |
| qualifications and this is what the policy that we're presenting to you is about. | 00:33:27 | |
| Number one, that they'd be here at least a year, year employment with public Works as an equipment operator. That's one of the | 00:33:33 | |
| requirements to progress from operator to senior operator. We wanted to make sure that there was a time frame and and the minimum | 00:33:37 | |
| that we think is one year. | 00:33:42 | |
| They would also need to get a Class A commercial drivers license with the tanker endorsement. | 00:33:48 | |
| So it's a step higher than what we talked about at the apprenticeship. | 00:33:54 | |
| Our next slide please. | 00:33:58 | |
| Umm. | 00:34:00 | |
| They would have to demonstrate and when we hire someone from the outside, we have a A. | 00:34:01 | |
| A test that we give them when they say they can drive heavy equipment, we ask them what kind of heavy equipment and then we. | 00:34:07 | |
| During part of the interview process, we give them a test on the equipment itself. | 00:34:13 | |
| And so we would be using this type of skill test. | 00:34:19 | |
| To determine that this operator that wants to move from the operator position to the senior position would be qualified to at | 00:34:22 | |
| least operate two of the heavy equipments that you see on the list and that we that we utilize on a frequent basis. | 00:34:29 | |
| So they would need to be skilled on at least two of these pieces of equipment. Next slide please. | 00:34:37 | |
| They would also need to pass LTAP courses, and the policy does a better job of describing these courses. So instead of reading | 00:34:45 | |
| them off, I'm just going to tell you we have. | 00:34:50 | |
| A program that's called a Road Scholar. It's a it's a state program to help public works organizations train individuals and. | 00:34:55 | |
| The type of training that takes place, as you can see up here, is about safety. | 00:35:05 | |
| It's about materials, it's about processes. It goes into things like gravel, Rd. maintenance and introduction to survey and things | 00:35:09 | |
| like that. | 00:35:15 | |
| There are two levels, L tap one they call it and L tap 2. There's nine classes associated with each level. | 00:35:21 | |
| In order to get from operator to senior operator, you will have to pass eight out of nine. | 00:35:28 | |
| Horses for El Tap One. | 00:35:33 | |
| And eight out of nine courses for L tap tool. | 00:35:35 | |
| And I I don't want someone to get hung up on the math. There's like a math. One of the courses is math. | 00:35:38 | |
| If they're not able to fulfill the mad obligation, but they can fulfill all the others. | 00:35:45 | |
| Then I think they would be capable and competent to be a senior operator, and so instead of requiring all the courses, we're | 00:35:50 | |
| requiring 8 out of nine for each level. | 00:35:55 | |
| Is there a last slide here? | 00:36:01 | |
| So those are the that's how they would progress. It would be automatic if you meet those requirements, can operate the piece of | 00:36:03 | |
| equipment, get your Class A CDL with tanker endorsement, pass the old tap training. | 00:36:09 | |
| Uh, you would qualify to progress the senior operator in it and it it would be automatic. If not, let's look at whether I I | 00:36:15 | |
| believe that you're a good employer or whatever it just if you meet those requirements, you move forward. | 00:36:22 | |
| And there doesn't have to be a position open for that, you just you replace yourself as an operator to senior operator. | 00:36:30 | |
| Um, and so the suggested motion is for. | 00:36:38 | |
| The Board to to Consider and Approve Public Works Policy number PWS Zero 17. | 00:36:42 | |
| Public works equipment, operator requirements and progression and authorize the Chairman's signature on the policy. | 00:36:49 | |
| And with that, I will entertain questions. | 00:36:55 | |
| Homer, thank you Supervisor Humphrey. | 00:36:58 | |
| Yeah, I've won. I thank you for all the work that you guys put into this and for doing the training program to help us. | 00:37:01 | |
| Increase our workload, and I mean our workers, to keep up with the workload that we have. | 00:37:08 | |
| And and and that I I didn't hear anything about part time employees. | 00:37:15 | |
| And I was wondering, can a part time employee be? | 00:37:21 | |
| Of a senior operator or or how is that working with the part time or does that that's not even in any of this? | 00:37:24 | |
| We're not, We're not changing the part time employment. | 00:37:33 | |
| We we do have an opportunity to bring our folks in at. | 00:37:37 | |
| Part time at various levels. | 00:37:41 | |
| And we'll continue to do that. | 00:37:44 | |
| And that that's why it's not mentioned here. We're not changing that, OK, part time employee. | 00:37:46 | |
| OK. | 00:37:50 | |
| Thank you. | 00:37:51 | |
| Very much Supervisor Christian picture and thank you for mayoral so great and we need to. | 00:37:52 | |
| Open up more opportunities for people. | 00:37:59 | |
| And I'm very impressed with Wayne Jones. Very self motivated man. | 00:38:02 | |
| Um. | 00:38:07 | |
| And he kind of went after the CDL training. | 00:38:08 | |
| Teacher program himself, I mean. | 00:38:11 | |
| Desired to become that he desired to take on that. Do you know if he incurred any personal expense doing that? | 00:38:14 | |
| I'm sorry, I missed the last part of that question, so. | 00:38:23 | |
| The wing. | 00:38:26 | |
| When he became an instructor for the CDL that he and currently a personal expense. | 00:38:29 | |
| He did that on his own, didn't he? He did that on his own. He currently is receiving special duty paid for that. | 00:38:34 | |
| For, for, for that responsibility. | 00:38:43 | |
| And we're offering the same for the other regional manager if he would care to. | 00:38:46 | |
| Receive that type of accreditation. | 00:38:52 | |
| Great. Yeah, I'd like to see people rewarded for. | 00:38:56 | |
| What they do so. | 00:38:59 | |
| He's a great employee. Thank you. | 00:39:02 | |
| Homer has that's a good deal. Has this has been an issue we've had for a long time and you know we'll still have it to to some | 00:39:05 | |
| extent, but this really gives our people a chance to move up. | 00:39:10 | |
| Their position. So I want to thank you for putting all that together. It's really good. The question I would have for you. | 00:39:15 | |
| Looking at these senior positions. | 00:39:21 | |
| The folks that are now currently in those senior positions prior to this policy change or we're going to be working with them to | 00:39:23 | |
| bring up some of this. | 00:39:28 | |
| Ohh qualifications. | 00:39:33 | |
| On for their behalf as well. | 00:39:35 | |
| We're going to. | 00:39:38 | |
| Be working with all of them to. | 00:39:39 | |
| Complete every single LTAP course possible. | 00:39:43 | |
| We are going to be pushing very hard for training. We've had a couple of mishaps in public works that. | 00:39:47 | |
| Have stimulated us, encouraged us, motivated us to. | 00:39:54 | |
| And provide additional training for employees. We're working with Caterpillar, so we would like for all senior operators to | 00:39:59 | |
| continue. | 00:40:03 | |
| With training. | 00:40:09 | |
| And as time goes on and everybody, let's say everybody worked to satisfy the LTAP requirements, we're going to have to look for | 00:40:10 | |
| other type of training. | 00:40:15 | |
| One of the things that the HR offered to us is there's there's like a public works rodeo that takes place and because of COVID it | 00:40:20 | |
| got postponed and. | 00:40:24 | |
| Our employees, we send employees to represent us and that's kind of like a a training opportunity for the employees that attend | 00:40:29 | |
| and as well as there's a little competition about how to operate the equipment. | 00:40:35 | |
| And hopefully the the folks that we send one from each Rd. yard will bring back what they've learned. But yes, there's. | 00:40:41 | |
| There's a lot to do, yeah. | 00:40:46 | |
| For training of our employees in in all aspects of. | 00:40:49 | |
| Of how best to write the maintenance for our roads and how to be safe while we do that. | 00:40:52 | |
| There's still a lot of work to do. | 00:41:00 | |
| So I know I have one more question and it has to do with public works. | 00:41:02 | |
| So bear with me. | 00:41:07 | |
| Are we looking at kind of the same protocols in your shots? | 00:41:09 | |
| I mean you know you have you have mechanics that are still carrying CDL's and and other qualifications as well are, are, are. | 00:41:13 | |
| Coming up in the future, are we going to be looking at something there as well? | 00:41:22 | |
| Yes, we're currently looking and we talked to HR a couple of times and with the county manager as well. | 00:41:25 | |
| On a similar program for our. | 00:41:32 | |
| Fleet mechanics. | 00:41:36 | |
| And it's a little different, and it's not quite the same. | 00:41:39 | |
| In the in the world mechanic, there is like training that's available. It's basically universal. Ford Motor Company offers | 00:41:44 | |
| training and automobiles. | 00:41:49 | |
| And I think it's Penske offers training on heavy equipment. | 00:41:55 | |
| And it's not something that, it's something that's utilized by many different organizations in the United States. | 00:41:58 | |
| So we're trying to understand what that is and what's fair and how, how we can, how we can use that. | 00:42:05 | |
| Not not, not just to. | 00:42:11 | |
| Uh, keep people once we get them to retain them by. | 00:42:13 | |
| A progression opportunity, but also how they can. | 00:42:17 | |
| How we can train our employees to be the best? | 00:42:22 | |
| The best mechanic possible? | 00:42:25 | |
| Homer, thank you. Thank you for putting all this together. It it's it's a good thing for for us it's accounting for sure. | 00:42:29 | |
| You know and I. | 00:42:34 | |
| And I hear what you say about the vacancies in Payson. I often wonder if it isn't because of the cost of living and housing issues | 00:42:35 | |
| in place and that that people just, it's just hard to be there right now so. | 00:42:41 | |
| But thank you for going through all this and putting it together. With that, I'd entertain a motion. | 00:42:48 | |
| Last year I moved to adopt Public Works Department policy number PWS DASH. | 00:42:52 | |
| 01 So I will second having a motion in a second. All in favor, do so by saying aye, Aye, aye, Motion carries. Thank you, Homer. | 00:42:58 | |
| Underage information, discussion, action to approve service agreement and now county contract number. | 00:43:06 | |
| 204926 R 0Q whereby Dibble Engineering will provide engineering design services to HeLa County for the Gibson Ranch Rd. | 00:43:13 | |
| Improvements Project. | 00:43:19 | |
| In an amount not to exceed $60,000 and Tom Point, Sir. | 00:43:26 | |
| Good morning, Mr. Chairman and board members. | 00:43:31 | |
| So this is for Gibson Ranch Rd. | 00:43:33 | |
| And this is a request request. | 00:43:35 | |
| For approval to use. | 00:43:38 | |
| Canal County Cooperative contract number. | 00:43:40 | |
| 204926 ROQ. | 00:43:44 | |
| With civil engineering to perform engineering design services. | 00:43:49 | |
| FEMA County Public Works is proposing to use this contract. | 00:43:53 | |
| With civil engineering. | 00:43:58 | |
| To perform engineering design services for the Gibson Ranch Rd. Improvement Project. | 00:44:00 | |
| Dibble will perform engineering design services. | 00:44:07 | |
| For the project. | 00:44:10 | |
| Again, this will be for Hill County. We've used Dibble Engineering in the past. | 00:44:11 | |
| And developed a good working relationship with them. | 00:44:17 | |
| And Dibble has expertise and knowledge on on these types of projects. | 00:44:21 | |
| So Dibble is going to prepare construction plans. | 00:44:27 | |
| For a double chip seal surface on Gibson Ranch Rd. it's approximately 2 1/2 miles. | 00:44:31 | |
| And Gibson Ranch is also known as Forest Service Road 412. | 00:44:37 | |
| So our public works director is recommending that the Board of Supervisors. | 00:44:44 | |
| Approved use of this. | 00:44:49 | |
| On call contract. | 00:44:51 | |
| With Debbie Engineering. | 00:44:52 | |
| In an amount not to exceed $60,000. | 00:44:54 | |
| And as I suggested, motion. | 00:44:58 | |
| We would like to. | 00:45:02 | |
| Make a recommend that Dibble Engineering provide engineering design services to HeLa County. | 00:45:05 | |
| For this project not to exceed $60,000 and I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you Tom Supervisor Humphrey. | 00:45:11 | |
| I have no questions, Mr. Supervisor Christensen. Thank you, Tom. I don't have any questions. | 00:45:19 | |
| Some things I know that road needs it really bad so so don't get done better but thank you for that that I would entertain a | 00:45:24 | |
| motion. | 00:45:28 | |
| Mr. Chair, I'll move to approve service agreement Pinal County contract number 204926 R. | 00:45:32 | |
| OQ with civil engineering with a not to exceed amount of $60,000. Mr. Chair, I'll second that. | 00:45:39 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favor, do so by saying aye aye, aye aye motion carries on to aye information, discussion, | 00:45:48 | |
| action to award. | 00:45:52 | |
| The contract in response to the invitation for bids number 071023. | 00:45:57 | |
| Dash Graciela Rd. Improvements Project. | 00:46:04 | |
| To Cactus Transport. | 00:46:07 | |
| Second LLC doing business as Cactus Asphalt in the amount of 422,000. | 00:46:09 | |
| $987.05 that includes a 20% owner contingency. | 00:46:16 | |
| In the amount of $84,594.41. | 00:46:22 | |
| For a total agreement amount of $507,584.46, yeah. | 00:46:27 | |
| Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Board Members. So this is a request. This is Guy Civil Rd. | 00:46:35 | |
| To award. | 00:46:40 | |
| Bid number 071023. | 00:46:41 | |
| Guys, see the road improvement project. | 00:46:45 | |
| To Cactus Transport. | 00:46:47 | |
| Also known as cactus asphalt. | 00:46:50 | |
| There we only had one bid on this project and it was in the amount of 422,000. | 00:46:53 | |
| $987.05. | 00:46:59 | |
| We have included a 20% owners contingency of 84,000. | 00:47:03 | |
| $597.41. | 00:47:09 | |
| That brings it to a total amount for this project. | 00:47:13 | |
| 507,000 dollars 584 and $0.46. | 00:47:17 | |
| The proposed work is on Garcia Rd. | 00:47:24 | |
| For a distance of 1.7 miles. | 00:47:28 | |
| And it's from the roadway high point. | 00:47:31 | |
| Down to the Tunnel Creek shores intersections. | 00:47:34 | |
| So what we're going to do is we're going to pulverize the existing ask Pavement. | 00:47:37 | |
| We're going to mix it with the existing aggregate base material. | 00:47:43 | |
| We compacted according to mag specs. | 00:47:46 | |
| And then we'll install a double chip seal and a fog seal on top of that. | 00:47:49 | |
| We're also widening 3 curves and then we're going to strike the entire project. | 00:47:54 | |
| Gazella is 2 lane roadway. It's got a. | 00:48:00 | |
| Average daily traffic of 596 vehicles. | 00:48:03 | |
| And it provides access to Gisela and the. | 00:48:08 | |
| Tonto National Forest. | 00:48:12 | |
| So the objective is to improve the driving surface and improve drivability of those 3 curves. | 00:48:15 | |
| As a recommendation, our Public Works Director recommends that we award this bid 071023. | 00:48:22 | |
| To Cactus Transport, also known as. | 00:48:30 | |
| Cactus asphalt. | 00:48:33 | |
| And I'll be happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Tom. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no questions, but thank you. That's been on | 00:48:35 | |
| the on the chart for a couple years now. So I'm I'm very, very happy to see this come back. | 00:48:41 | |
| And and I noticed too that on that on this downhill slope, it's a, it's a, it's a pretty good slope. | 00:48:48 | |
| And there's a lot of tight curves on it, and some of those curves now have concrete curves on them. Will there be any concrete | 00:48:55 | |
| curbs included in the engineering on this new road? | 00:49:01 | |
| Not unless we do it as a change order. It's uh you know once we get into the project if if we need to take a look at those we we | 00:49:07 | |
| could do a change order for those. Yeah, I I mean I'm not encouraging change orders but I know that due to the. | 00:49:13 | |
| Steepness of it and the runoff that actually hits the road. I was just wondering if that's why the concrete curves? | 00:49:19 | |
| Were there or or maybe they could be kept. I don't. I don't know. Yeah, we're going to try to keep the ones that are there. You | 00:49:26 | |
| know, we're aware of them and. | 00:49:30 | |
| I don't not sure why they were put in originally, but we'd like to keep them. | 00:49:34 | |
| Unknown further question, Mr. Chair. Tom, thank you very much. Supervisor Christian. Thank you, Tom. I think those curves were put | 00:49:39 | |
| in to prevent erosion, but I'm hoping that you're probably going to redirect. | 00:49:44 | |
| And make sure the flows are all correct. So we'll get the water off the roadway, down into the ditches. Yeah, it's time to get | 00:49:50 | |
| that robbery down. I remember when that was all dirt. | 00:49:55 | |
| So. | 00:50:00 | |
| Yeah. | 00:50:01 | |
| Thank you, Tom. | 00:50:01 | |
| Tom, I have any questions. Thank you so much. So for getting it done. I know. | 00:50:03 | |
| Like Supervisor Humphrey said, it's been on the books for quite a while, so we'll get that one behind us. Be great with that. I'd | 00:50:07 | |
| entertain a motion Mr. Chair I I moved to award a contract in response to Invitation Forbid number 0710. | 00:50:14 | |
| 2-3 to correct tactus transport. | 00:50:21 | |
| #2 LLC doing business as casting access asphalt. | 00:50:26 | |
| In the amount of. | 00:50:31 | |
| 422,980. | 00:50:32 | |
| $7.05 that includes the 20% owner contingency in the amount of 84,000. | 00:50:37 | |
| $597.41. | 00:50:46 | |
| And the total agreement amount of 507,000? | 00:50:49 | |
| $584.46. | 00:50:55 | |
| I will second that. | 00:51:00 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favour, do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye Motion carries. | 00:51:02 | |
| Should last one Tom Jay information discussion action to award a contract in response to invitation for bids number? | 00:51:08 | |
| 120422 | 00:51:16 | |
| Roosevelt Lake Resort Stagecoach Trail Improvement Project. | 00:51:19 | |
| To vicious Engineering Construction incorporated in the amount of $608,000. | 00:51:23 | |
| That includes a 10% owner's contingency. | 00:51:29 | |
| In the amount of $60,800. | 00:51:33 | |
| For a total agreement amount of $668,800 from. | 00:51:36 | |
| Again, thank you. | 00:51:42 | |
| So Stagecoach Trail project, we've been working on this for a long time also and so this is a request to award. | 00:51:44 | |
| The States Growth Trail Improvement Project to Vistas Engineering Construction. | 00:51:51 | |
| It's going to be in the amount, a total amount of $668,800. | 00:51:57 | |
| That includes. | 00:52:03 | |
| A contingency of 10% on this one. 10% owner's contingency of $60,800. | 00:52:06 | |
| The contract price. | 00:52:13 | |
| Was $608,000. We had two bids on this project. | 00:52:15 | |
| The umm. | 00:52:22 | |
| Real quickly, the proposed work is in the. | 00:52:23 | |
| Roosevelt Lake Resort community on Stagecoach Trail. | 00:52:25 | |
| From Spur Trail to Antelope Trail. | 00:52:29 | |
| The improvements consist of constructing new pavement. | 00:52:32 | |
| In a concrete valley gutter. | 00:52:36 | |
| For this two lane roadway with side street curb returns and the length of the project is about 1350 feet. | 00:52:39 | |
| The community lies at the Foothills. | 00:52:49 | |
| Of a nearby Mesa, and it's located on the east Bank of Pinole Creek. | 00:52:52 | |
| During storm advance, the community experiences inundation. | 00:52:57 | |
| Ranging from. | 00:53:01 | |
| Ranging in severity from nuisance ponding to St. and parcel inundation. | 00:53:04 | |
| The primary objective of this project is to improve drainage. | 00:53:10 | |
| And mitigate existing flood potential and road damage. | 00:53:14 | |
| And to reduce storm related maintenance for both residents and staff. | 00:53:18 | |
| Project is designed to collect and convey the 10 year six hour storm event. | 00:53:24 | |
| So in conclusion, it is in the best interest of Heela County to award this project to businesses. | 00:53:30 | |
| Engineering and construction in the amount of $608,000. | 00:53:37 | |
| We've added in 10% owners contingency. | 00:53:42 | |
| $60,800. | 00:53:45 | |
| And so the total. | 00:53:48 | |
| Contract will be $668,800. | 00:53:49 | |
| And I'll be happy to answer any questions, Tom. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. | 00:53:54 | |
| I have no questions, just another thank you. And it has been a long time, only 6 1/2 years. | 00:53:59 | |
| We've been working on this project. | 00:54:04 | |
| To drain a. | 00:54:06 | |
| Of. | 00:54:08 | |
| A residential area that when it rains, there's yards completely. | 00:54:08 | |
| Flooded. | 00:54:13 | |
| And all of them have septic tanks, so. | 00:54:14 | |
| You know, it's not only a drainage issue, but it could very, very easily be a health issue as well, so. | 00:54:17 | |
| I just want to thank staff very much because this has been a long hard one and. | 00:54:23 | |
| It's one we've got to keep hitting every, every day, every step of the way. | 00:54:27 | |
| And so nothing, but thank you very much. | 00:54:31 | |
| Supervisor, Assistant, thank you Chairman and Tom, I have no questions. | 00:54:36 | |
| Thanks, Tom. That that was a pretty difficult project with all the water lines and everything else. So yes, and I like Supervisor | 00:54:43 | |
| Humphrey said, it's been a long time in the making. I'm sure those folks will. | 00:54:48 | |
| Really appreciate it so that I entertain a motion. | 00:54:53 | |
| Mr. Chairman, I'll move to award a contract in response to invitation for bids number. | 00:54:56 | |
| 1204222 Vistas Engineering Construction Incorporated. | 00:55:01 | |
| In the amount of $608,000 that includes a 10% owners. | 00:55:07 | |
| Contingency in the amount of $60,800 for total agreement. | 00:55:11 | |
| Of $668,800. | 00:55:16 | |
| Mr. Chair, I will be happy to 2nd that. | 00:55:21 | |
| Having a motion in a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. Thank you, Tom. | 00:55:25 | |
| Chairman if you would allow. Yeah, absolutely. Keeps the podium for another minute or two in the audience with us is Alex Kendrick | 00:55:32 | |
| and and all of, you know, Alex, OK. But I just wanted to kind of like formally introduce him as our county engineer working for | 00:55:38 | |
| with tom-tom Goodman and his public works. | 00:55:43 | |
| And and the reason I do that is because he's going to play a very important role in what we do forward. Tom right now has a plate | 00:55:49 | |
| of about $47 million worth of projects that he's working on. | 00:55:54 | |
| Some of them have been engineered, some of them were under construction, some are soon to be construction, Some of them are grant | 00:56:00 | |
| money that we have available that we haven't spent yet. | 00:56:04 | |
| And so Alex is going to play a big role in that and and I want to thank our our Assistant County Manager for and his organization | 00:56:09 | |
| for being so cordial about allowing Alex their transfer into into public works and continue a breakthrough year with with HeLa | 00:56:18 | |
| County. Just wanted to introduce him and welcome him and we look forward to continued success from him. | 00:56:26 | |
| Alex, congratulations and we're we're glad to have you over there helping Tom and everybody out. That's gonna be good. And I'm | 00:56:35 | |
| sure that Michael being a team player, he is with all four sharing you with with with Public Works. So I know that's what he's | 00:56:40 | |
| going to say. | 00:56:45 | |
| Good. Absolutely correct, Chairman. | 00:56:51 | |
| Thank you, Alex. Good job. Yep. | 00:56:55 | |
| OK, moving on to K information discussion action. | 00:57:00 | |
| To approve Economic Development Agreement number 09012023. | 00:57:05 | |
| Between Hiller County and the Miami Genesis in the amount of $4500 for the production of the Miami Fiesta. | 00:57:11 | |
| 2023, which the board has determined to be for the benefit of the public, and that's mine, but I believe Supervisor Humphrey would | 00:57:19 | |
| like to speak on this and the benefits of it a little bit. | 00:57:24 | |
| Yeah, I it it benefits the community because it brings a lot of people in and and there's a lot of things going on there. There's | 00:57:30 | |
| a lot of history in that. | 00:57:34 | |
| As as well and and so it's something that they that they do every year. | 00:57:39 | |
| Umm, And and it. Like I said, it brings a lot of people and there's a lot of history over the area. | 00:57:44 | |
| In that as well. | 00:57:50 | |
| And I I do believe that that's something that we partnered on. | 00:57:51 | |
| We did and and so I wanted to bring that up as well. And so you know, I appreciate that we're able to help things in the community | 00:57:56 | |
| that help give back. | 00:58:01 | |
| To the community. | 00:58:07 | |
| So. | 00:58:08 | |
| Thank you very much. Do do we know how long this has been going on your wife, When did they start this? Does anybody know? | 00:58:09 | |
| Yeah, it's gonna. It's been a long, long time. | 00:58:18 | |
| Yeah. | 00:58:20 | |
| Cool. You won't be a part of this. | 00:58:21 | |
| Not this year, huh? Ohh, that's. | 00:58:29 | |
| I never did that, Steve. No, I I would, I would be happy to contribute so. | 00:58:34 | |
| Let's go ahead and split this three ways. | 00:58:40 | |
| And we can do that, You betcha. | 00:58:44 | |
| Thank you so much. You're going to see another split here. | 00:58:47 | |
| OK. Well with that I would unless you want anything more to say than. | 00:58:54 | |
| No, no, you're good. But so thank you for that deal. It is. It's a very good deal. | 00:58:58 | |
| And so that identity in a motion, Mr. Chairman, I'll move to approve Economic Development Agreement number 09012023 as presented. | 00:59:03 | |
| Respirator and. | 00:59:13 | |
| Wait, wait. I need to say something more, and the board has determined it to be for the benefit of the public. | 00:59:15 | |
| Mr. Chair, I'll I'll second that and I'll also thank Supervisor Christensen for helping us help this program. Thank you. Good, | 00:59:25 | |
| good job. | 00:59:30 | |
| With the motion and a second, I entertain or all in favor, say. | 00:59:35 | |
| Say aye, aye, aye, motion carries. | 00:59:40 | |
| OK. On to the L. | 00:59:43 | |
| Information, Discussion, Action to approve Economic Development Agreement number. | 00:59:46 | |
| 08302023 Between Heela County and the Copra Valley Center for the Arts in the amount of $1500 for the production of their | 00:59:51 | |
| programs. | 00:59:56 | |
| For the 2324 program year, which the board has. | 01:00:02 | |
| Has determined to be for the benefit of the public. This as well is also split between myself and the supervisor, Humphrey. | 01:00:06 | |
| And. | 01:00:13 | |
| They do a lot. They they they do a lot down there and so. | 01:00:14 | |
| Any questions, Supervisor Humphrey Or there's a comments or no, I have no question, but they do a lot of training with the, with | 01:00:19 | |
| the, with the kids, then yeah, as well as adults in the community. | 01:00:25 | |
| And and put on a lot of plays that that benefit the center of the arts and so. | 01:00:30 | |
| I I think it's great for the community and like I say I appreciate the help on it and. | 01:00:36 | |
| That's all I have. | 01:00:42 | |
| So, Supervisor Christianson, yes, I have a note here on some of the other stuff. It's not 1500, it's 3000. Is that correct? | 01:00:43 | |
| 4. | 01:00:51 | |
| For this one, no, I think it was 1500, yeah. | 01:00:53 | |
| Ohh. OK. So do you see a change or something? The question mark here. No. Yeah, no, don't. Don't you want to ask me for money? | 01:00:58 | |
| Sure, if you guys. Yeah, no, absolutely. I've got right on. We're on A roll weekend. | 01:01:04 | |
| I'd be happy to contribute to this one as well. OK. Thank you, Sir. We appreciate that. | 01:01:11 | |
| With that, I would entertain a motion. | 01:01:18 | |
| Uh. | 01:01:21 | |
| Which who's doing it? Me. Ohk. OK, you've done the last two or three. You want to do this? Yeah. Yeah. | 01:01:22 | |
| I moved to approve economic development. | 01:01:30 | |
| Of. | 01:01:33 | |
| Number 08. | 01:01:34 | |
| 302023 as presented. | 01:01:35 | |
| I'll second that with a motion and a second. Yeah, with for the, yeah, then if I'm by the board to be benefited the public and | 01:01:40 | |
| that will be that way for the rest of the agenda item. Yes, yes. And I trust that you guys review the documents and you see and | 01:01:46 | |
| there that there's other benefits, you know, like music lessons and what have you and for each of these items. | 01:01:52 | |
| You review those documents and you have determined that it is for the benefit of the public. Yes, Perfect. | 01:01:59 | |
| Thank you, Jessica. Thank you. I will second that motion then. So we have a motion and a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, | 01:02:04 | |
| Aye. | 01:02:08 | |
| Aye, motion carries. | 01:02:12 | |
| OK UMM Information Discussion Action to Approve Economic Development Agreement number 082923. | 01:02:14 | |
| Between Heller County and the Pleasant Valley Community Council and another $10,000 which board is determined to be for the | 01:02:23 | |
| benefit of public. | 01:02:27 | |
| That's me. Um, this constituent money coming from my account. | 01:02:31 | |
| And they have been doing fundraisers and putting together a lot for their Community Center up there, which does. | 01:02:36 | |
| Hold a lot of different events. | 01:02:42 | |
| Not just for the council, but it's rented out to other meetings as well. And that's the only community building in Pleasant | 01:02:44 | |
| Valley, so. | 01:02:48 | |
| With that, I'd entertain any questions. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no question. You're good. Surprise, Christianson. No | 01:02:53 | |
| questions. So I would entertain a motion. | 01:02:58 | |
| Mr. Chair, I move to approve Economic Development Agreement number 082923 as presented, and that the Board is determined to be for | 01:03:03 | |
| the benefit of the public. | 01:03:08 | |
| I'll second that having a motion in a second. All in favor, do so by saying aye, aye, aye, aye. Motion carries. | 01:03:13 | |
| And information discussion action to approve intergovernmental agreement number 08/3. | 01:03:21 | |
| 123 between HeLa County. | 01:03:27 | |
| And the Water Wheel, Fire and Medical District in the amount of $19,000, which board has determined to be for the benefit of the | 01:03:30 | |
| public. | 01:03:34 | |
| And if I'm not mistaken that's a three-way split with all three of us and what this is about is the little fire district there has | 01:03:38 | |
| needs to go through and. | 01:03:42 | |
| Replace a lot of their fire hose. | 01:03:47 | |
| And so that's what what the money's going for. | 01:03:50 | |
| Holes. Regardless of if you use it every day or you don't after it sets for so many years in in the weather and whatever else. | 01:03:55 | |
| It gets bad, it goes bad, it won't hold hold pressure, so. | 01:04:03 | |
| All three of us has agreed to split this, which is a really good thing and a really good purpose. Supervisor Humphrey, you have | 01:04:07 | |
| any questions or comments? I have no questions or comments and I'm glad to do it, but I would maybe they can reach out for some of | 01:04:12 | |
| the. | 01:04:17 | |
| Grants from the gaming districts in the future. But yeah, no, I I'm very happy to do this for them, to help them with that, didn't | 01:04:22 | |
| they? They didn't go through. | 01:04:26 | |
| Yeah. | 01:04:33 | |
| Yeah. | 01:04:35 | |
| Yeah, we've been trying to guide him along that way. Chief Morris at Hell's Gate is really good. It'd be like. | 01:04:36 | |
| It'd be good if those two could sit down around the table and and and get together on that. But you absolutely you're right | 01:04:42 | |
| because they they pay for a lot, yeah. | 01:04:46 | |
| Yeah, it's it's just people don't realize how strapped for cash the fire districts are. | 01:04:50 | |
| They are going to be able to do this. Devastating for them to face a bill like this. | 01:04:56 | |
| But it's for public safety. I'm happy to contribute, yeah, and everyone's about the same. So with that I'd entertain a motion. | 01:05:01 | |
| Mr. Chair, I move to approve Intergovernment Agreement number 083123 as presented in the board has counted to be beneficial to the | 01:05:09 | |
| public. I will second having a motion and a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, Aye, Aye. Carries on to all. | 01:05:18 | |
| Information, discussion, action to approve intergovernmental. | 01:05:27 | |
| Final agreement number 08192023. | 01:05:31 | |
| Between Hiller County and the town of Winkelman and about in the amount of $1500 to help. | 01:05:36 | |
| Produce the town's annual Haunted house event on October 28th. | 01:05:42 | |
| 23 Which the board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. This is me again. | 01:05:46 | |
| And that is out of my constituent dollars Every year they've got a little building right right across from Town Hall there they're | 01:05:51 | |
| trying to turn into. | 01:05:55 | |
| Like a Community Center of its own, and they hold these occasions there, they put on a pretty big, pretty good sized deal right | 01:06:00 | |
| there for the town. | 01:06:04 | |
| Supervisor Humphrey Any questions or comments? No questions or comments, Mr. Chair. So the question of the door. Thank you. Good | 01:06:08 | |
| with that. I'd entertain a motion. | 01:06:13 | |
| I I'll move Mr. Chairman to approve intergovernmental agreement number. | 01:06:18 | |
| 08 is it, Is this one nine? Yeah, OK 08192023 as presented. | 01:06:25 | |
| To be The board has determined it to be for the benefit of the public. | 01:06:31 | |
| Mr. Chair, I'll second that having a motion and a second all in favor. Do so by saying aye, aye, aye, Motion carries. | 01:06:36 | |
| You guys thanks for all of that going through there that's that that's really good to see all three of us working together between | 01:06:43 | |
| our different different districts to. | 01:06:48 | |
| For the good of the county. So it's good. I think it's really good, yeah. | 01:06:53 | |
| Alright, well on Pi believe we need to table that one. | 01:06:57 | |
| And that was a a request coming through. Some folks there are patient on the rally around the flag. | 01:07:03 | |
| I don't know. We have just a. | 01:07:10 | |
| Just a mix up with some agreements, right? There are some. | 01:07:12 | |
| Coordination we're gonna figure out, and they'll come back up again in the near future. So I need a motion to table P. | 01:07:16 | |
| Mr. Chair, I move to. | 01:07:24 | |
| Table item. | 01:07:26 | |
| Move that. | 01:07:29 | |
| 4/4. | 01:07:30 | |
| A. | 01:07:32 | |
| 4 Pi will second having a motion and second all in favor do so by saying aye, aye aye motion carries. | 01:07:34 | |
| Consent Agenda action items. | 01:07:41 | |
| Is there anything that other one of you would like to? | 01:07:44 | |
| Talk about or pull off. | 01:07:47 | |
| Um. | 01:07:52 | |
| Just one I I would like to. I would like to just. | 01:07:56 | |
| And it and not for discussion or pull off, just to welcome. | 01:08:00 | |
| Spencer Scott to the Healer County Planning and Zoning Commission. | 01:08:05 | |
| Ohh cool. | 01:08:09 | |
| Yeah, I said. I'm not gonna pull it just to comment, to welcome him. | 01:08:12 | |
| Is he, is he from Global Peace and where's he from? He's from Donald Basin. Ohh. OK, Right on. Yeah. And I figure with the bridge | 01:08:15 | |
| going on and stuff, that's kind of where we're looking. | 01:08:20 | |
| At more growth. | 01:08:25 | |
| You know they're coming in. So that's why I felt someone from a couple. I've got a couple people from Tunnel Basin. | 01:08:27 | |
| On a connection now. | 01:08:34 | |
| Ohh, cause I think that if once that bridge is finished, we're gonna get some infrastructure in that area. | 01:08:35 | |
| Well, with that, I'd entertain a motion to accept the consent agenda action items. | 01:08:43 | |
| Or approval. | 01:08:48 | |
| Mr. Chair, I move to approve consent and to. | 01:08:50 | |
| Consent Agenda, item 5A through 5E. | 01:08:53 | |
| I will second having a motion, and second all in favor do so by saying aye, aye. | 01:08:57 | |
| I motion carries number six call to the public. | 01:09:02 | |
| Lisa, do we have anyone impatient? | 01:09:06 | |
| No. | 01:09:09 | |
| OK. Do you have anybody comments on YouTube, Joseph? | 01:09:10 | |
| And none here in the room as well. | 01:09:15 | |
| So on to update #7. | 01:09:17 | |
| Michael, do you have updates on the manager side of things? | 01:09:22 | |
| I do not at this time, Sir. OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. | 01:09:25 | |
| Umm. | 01:09:31 | |
| No, just. | 01:09:33 | |
| Just saying stuff. Meetings. | 01:09:34 | |
| Been on the radio, attended the Cattle Growers. | 01:09:36 | |
| Association luncheon on Saturday. | 01:09:39 | |
| And it's it's good just to stay in front of the public and. | 01:09:43 | |
| And see what's going on in the community so. | 01:09:47 | |
| That's about it. | 01:09:50 | |
| Really bad. | 01:09:52 | |
| OK, good deal. | 01:09:53 | |
| Supervisor Christensen, I'll fill you in on a recent trip to Washington. You bet. Wednesday morning. The whole purpose was to go | 01:09:55 | |
| and visit with. | 01:10:00 | |
| Representative Senators and that and put my hat in my hand asking for help. Money. So the PILT money is payment in lieu of taxes. | 01:10:05 | |
| That's very important to Heela County. | 01:10:11 | |
| And we received just under $4 million approximately. | 01:10:18 | |
| This is not a continually funded thing, so we have to go back every year and beg for it, make sure they don't cut it out and be | 01:10:23 | |
| devastating to us. | 01:10:27 | |
| To do that. So they will meet with eight. | 01:10:32 | |
| Was it 9? And we went to nine different offices. | 01:10:36 | |
| Of representatives and senators met a lot of people. They were all. | 01:10:40 | |
| Really in favor of funding pills. So I don't think we're in danger of losing tilt at this point, even with the very conservative | 01:10:47 | |
| groups that are. | 01:10:51 | |
| Saying, you know, we're spending too much, we're going to have to make some cuts and we may have a government shutdown. Hilt | 01:10:56 | |
| doesn't seem to be one of those things that. | 01:11:00 | |
| Anyone's willing to cut. | 01:11:04 | |
| UH, alongside of that was also the SRS, which we talked about earlier. | 01:11:06 | |
| We get about $1.6 million for. | 01:11:11 | |
| Several schools, That's. | 01:11:15 | |
| Timber money in in lieu of not cutting timber money. And so that was also something we did. It was very organized. I was, I just, | 01:11:17 | |
| we just were able to walk right in and it all happened. | 01:11:24 | |
| Was a really great visit. I look forward to doing it again. The travel was kind of a bummer, but yeah, actually being there was | 01:11:30 | |
| great. | 01:11:35 | |
| I will make the comment the whole place is. | 01:11:40 | |
| Ornately. | 01:11:43 | |
| Magnificently gilded at every level. | 01:11:45 | |
| You cannot believe the size and magnitude of the buildings, the columns, the. | 01:11:49 | |
| Supreme Court the most Um. | 01:11:55 | |
| Elaborate of the mall with the. | 01:11:58 | |
| Library of Congress When you go inside of that, you cannot. | 01:12:01 | |
| Believe what that is. I mean, it's just you can't even swallow in there. It's. | 01:12:05 | |
| And I got my. | 01:12:10 | |
| I got my library card for the library of cars. | 01:12:12 | |
| Yeah. So I was able to actually go down and see the public actually go in there. | 01:12:15 | |
| You have to have a library card. So we've got a library card and we actually went down into the actual library. | 01:12:20 | |
| Was pretty cool. | 01:12:25 | |
| Um was on camogie yesterday. That went really well. That always goes well and. | 01:12:26 | |
| We are still on track for the hash knife monument. That's probably going to be a ceremony sometime toward the end of October. | 01:12:32 | |
| We're just starting to work on that now, so we'll have more to come on that. The the actual bronze is almost completed at this | 01:12:38 | |
| point. Just got a video on it yesterday. | 01:12:43 | |
| And they're doing the final welding, that kind of stuff. | 01:12:49 | |
| Umm. | 01:12:53 | |
| Patty Powers was amazing. She's uh. | 01:12:54 | |
| Are. | 01:12:58 | |
| Uh, lady in Washington. That is our lobbyist. And so she was very helpful. | 01:13:00 | |
| Really worked out great. | 01:13:05 | |
| So thank you. | 01:13:07 | |
| Good trip then. | 01:13:10 | |
| You had? | 01:13:12 | |
| I'm sorry. Good trip. I had a good trip. Productive and enlightening. | 01:13:13 | |
| And I'm willing to go back. Cool. | 01:13:19 | |
| Yeah. | 01:13:22 | |
| OK, so before I tie into this some things here I got I want to read a letter from one of our past. | 01:13:23 | |
| Deals we pushed through for the local VW. Here we we helped fix their roof on their building. | 01:13:31 | |
| To the tune of quite a bit of money. | 01:13:38 | |
| So I want to read this letter to you, and it's addressed to the Heela County Board of Supervisors. | 01:13:40 | |
| On behalf of VFW Post 1704, I think the Hilla County Board of Supervisors for your support of our association. | 01:13:45 | |
| Our new roof made it possible by your generous contribution was completed on August 4th, 2023. | 01:13:55 | |
| You allow us to continue our services and sponsorships to our veterans, their families and our communities. We are able once again | 01:14:03 | |
| to be a resource for the community as a rental hall for various private and community events. | 01:14:10 | |
| VFW Post is dedicated to honoring excellence, promoting patriotism, and investing in our future generations in the global Miami | 01:14:17 | |
| community. | 01:14:22 | |
| Who are grateful to you for helping ensure that the post buildings proud 75 year history. | 01:14:26 | |
| As home to our local, veterans from all branches of service will continue to be a beacon in our community. | 01:14:32 | |
| Thank you for joining us with this patriotic spirit to make this a House of Honor and to serve. | 01:14:39 | |
| Our veterans who have valiantly fought to protect our freedom and for our community which supports them. | 01:14:45 | |
| This was signed by John McBride, Junior Vice Commander. And so it's always good to see those those projects be done and us be able | 01:14:51 | |
| to be a part of them. I mean that was a lot of discussion to get to that point. | 01:14:57 | |
| Lot of discussion. So it worked out very well and it sounds like they're on their way. | 01:15:04 | |
| Way now to. | 01:15:08 | |
| To have had their building backs. | 01:15:10 | |
| So it just dishing to that on September 11th I I was in an RCD meeting. | 01:15:12 | |
| Uh, kind of basic things still. | 01:15:18 | |
| Still working on the big contract with the boundary fences on the forest. That's through a good neighbor authority between NRCD | 01:15:21 | |
| and. | 01:15:25 | |
| The total National Forest, there's 73 miles of fence. It's about a $5 million project and the NRCD is doing a contract. | 01:15:29 | |
| Our district is so. | 01:15:38 | |
| So working on that, um, we have some election stuff coming up on our next one. We're going to be working on that. | 01:15:40 | |
| And probably reseat officers on the board as well, but it was a very good meeting. | 01:15:47 | |
| On September 13th I meet myself and Kathy. We made it to Payson in time to. | 01:15:54 | |
| Set in on the Election Integrity Integrity meeting with Doctor Franks. | 01:16:01 | |
| Umm. | 01:16:06 | |
| We we we got hung up a little bit, so I only was in there for about an hour. | 01:16:07 | |
| Uh, whether I agree with anything or not. | 01:16:12 | |
| It was something to listen to. I will just put it that way. There's a lot of lot of people, a lot of emotions in this election. | 01:16:17 | |
| Integrity part of it. | 01:16:21 | |
| Lot of push on paper ballots, hand counting. | 01:16:26 | |
| Do away with the machines on and on and on and on. But it's good to listen to people and and I think from. | 01:16:30 | |
| My standpoint I I want to be able to listen to all sides of it before we actually are going to have to make a decision. | 01:16:37 | |
| And so. | 01:16:43 | |
| We we had some some information we brought back if either one of you want to read it or whatever, more than welcome to but. | 01:16:46 | |
| I don't know. It's just, you know, this, this Doctor Franks, he's. | 01:16:55 | |
| Guy that travels around the country and it puts on these different. | 01:17:01 | |
| Meetings and things like that on election integrity. | 01:17:04 | |
| What I've seen so far on a lot of the like election integrity, it always goes back to the national level, the the big one. | 01:17:07 | |
| I every meeting I'm in, I try to pull it back to Heela County, tell me what's wrong with Heela County and we don't get two | 01:17:15 | |
| sentences out and we're back to Wisconsin or someplace. | 01:17:20 | |
| And so. | 01:17:26 | |
| I just I've I there's a lot of good people that's in this group and I know a lot of them personally. And I know you do too. | 01:17:29 | |
| And. | 01:17:36 | |
| And I think it's it. | 01:17:37 | |
| I think it makes them feel better that at least we're listening and paying attention no matter where the outcome is going to be or | 01:17:39 | |
| whatever. | 01:17:42 | |
| What's going to happen? | 01:17:46 | |
| One of the big things coming up and you can shoot me down if I'm wrong, but our next next meeting is on the 26th. | 01:17:47 | |
| Is about our policies and procedures here. | 01:17:54 | |
| On elections. | 01:17:58 | |
| And Sadie and Eric are going to present on this. | 01:18:00 | |
| I've made it well known with these groups. | 01:18:04 | |
| We're not talking about hand counts. | 01:18:07 | |
| We're not talking about paper ballots. | 01:18:09 | |
| We're here to let Eric and Sadie go through our process. | 01:18:11 | |
| From one end to the other. | 01:18:15 | |
| And and and that and make sure people understand it. What I find still out there in these meetings and other places, there's | 01:18:17 | |
| people sitting there that still doesn't understand. | 01:18:22 | |
| The processes we go through in our election. | 01:18:27 | |
| They they don't know what we go through. So this is a way of getting it out there. I think it'll help a lot of people understand | 01:18:29 | |
| that. | 01:18:33 | |
| But I will say too that I'm not sure how that meeting's going to come out. As far as the group wise, I've made it well known that | 01:18:37 | |
| I'm not gonna. | 01:18:40 | |
| I'm not gonna entertain anything except what? | 01:18:44 | |
| Eric and and Sadie have to present our work session so. | 01:18:47 | |
| So I I we made it through that one. And then on September 14th we went back to a cell phone tower meeting in Whispering Pines. | 01:18:51 | |
| I don't know. | 01:19:00 | |
| How many of you are familiar with whispering Pines? But it's a real. | 01:19:01 | |
| Sits down in a Canyon. Um quite a few homes really in there for where it sets and the way it sets. | 01:19:04 | |
| I can't imagine there being very good self-service in there. I mean, I don't have anyone. I'm there. | 01:19:12 | |
| Umm. | 01:19:17 | |
| But the first meeting I was at was was with Supervisor Christensen. | 01:19:18 | |
| Right after we redo the lines. | 01:19:23 | |
| And. | 01:19:26 | |
| It was on the cell phone tower. | 01:19:28 | |
| And the proposal was is to put a cell phone tower in the middle of the community there. | 01:19:30 | |
| I went in there thinking, well, this is a slam dunk. These people are going to want a cell phone tower because I guarantee you | 01:19:35 | |
| can't call out. | 01:19:38 | |
| Anywhere in that Canyon, unless you're in your house and you have Wi-Fi. | 01:19:41 | |
| Ohh boy was I wrong. | 01:19:45 | |
| It was all, I wouldn't say all, but I'd say 80% opposition to the cell phone. | 01:19:47 | |
| Very vocal opposition. | 01:19:53 | |
| And so we went up back the other night and Kathy for another round and listened to him and. | 01:19:55 | |
| And it was the same thing. There was a a few people there that was for it, but the majority of them. | 01:20:01 | |
| Are dead set against it. | 01:20:06 | |
| And there, their main reason is it's five. It's a 5G tower and 5G, the rate, the waves off of it though, whatever they call it | 01:20:10 | |
| that comes off the tower is going to cause cancer and and health problems. | 01:20:16 | |
| Some people talked about the tower being there in the middle of their community and it's gonna it's gonna knock their property | 01:20:24 | |
| values down. | 01:20:28 | |
| Possibly, I don't know. | 01:20:33 | |
| So we listen to that. | 01:20:34 | |
| Obviously, you know, they've got a process they're going to go through and it's not over with yet, so we'll see. | 01:20:38 | |
| See where that goes, But very vocal against that cell phone. I told a few of them there. | 01:20:43 | |
| If you if you guys don't want it, we'll take it in Pleasant Valley because we don't have sales. But listen, it would be really | 01:20:48 | |
| nice to have it. | 01:20:50 | |
| You know, so anyway we we we attended that meeting and then on the 16th. | 01:20:54 | |
| I was at the Hilo County categories annual steak fry. Supervisor Humphrey was there. It was a pretty good turnout, good, good | 01:21:00 | |
| conversations, a lot of visiting going on with folks. | 01:21:05 | |
| Supervisor Humphrey helped me speak there. That and he spoke on behalf of the county and I spoke on behalf of NRCD. | 01:21:11 | |
| In the district. | 01:21:18 | |
| And I believe it's a good turnout, don't you, Tim? | 01:21:20 | |
| It was a good turnout. | 01:21:23 | |
| And so. | 01:21:24 | |
| One thing coming up? The Pleasant Valley Veterans Retreat fundraiser and it's Saturday, November 4th. Tickets will be $100 each. | 01:21:27 | |
| And can be purchased at the Majestic RIM Retirement Community in Payson. | 01:21:36 | |
| The BIOS has ticket says side. | 01:21:41 | |
| For them to each just let Kathy know if you will attend and how many tickets. | 01:21:44 | |
| This this event is is being held by that retirement community to help us raise money for the vet site. | 01:21:48 | |
| They're they're a huge help. These folks are going through everything as far as I know. They're putting it all together. They're | 01:21:56 | |
| cleaning. | 01:21:59 | |
| All of it. And very excited to do it. I'm very happy to be a part of it. So I think if I remember I read it, there's like 130 | 01:22:04 | |
| tickets gonna be sold as all there's gonna be sold. | 01:22:09 | |
| OK. | 01:22:16 | |
| OK. | 01:22:18 | |
| So I think based interested in going to the whatever, get ahold of Kathy and we'll go from there. | 01:22:20 | |
| And then? | 01:22:26 | |
| I think that is it. Tomorrow I will be at CSA. | 01:22:28 | |
| Small counties and the eco meeting is tomorrow, they'll be at that one. | 01:22:33 | |
| And then back to Young after that. | 01:22:39 | |
| Guys got anything you want to add or? | 01:22:41 | |
| You think I'm up? | 01:22:43 | |
| Yeah. | 01:22:45 | |
| I. | 01:22:46 | |
| You know I I. | 01:22:47 | |
| I was there Saturday was the services for a past supervisor, Shirley Dawson. | 01:22:49 | |
| And so I didn't make the services because I wanted to go to the. | 01:22:55 | |
| Can deal, but I I'd ask for a moment of silence before you close for past supervisor who has. | 01:23:00 | |
| Best by Shirley does Yeah. We we can do that and I don't that that was just like same time as the steak Fried was going on that | 01:23:06 | |
| day. It was yeah. I believe she was the first female chairman of the board. | 01:23:13 | |
| And probably, I believe, and yeah. And so anyway, probably, I think she served for two terms. | 01:23:20 | |
| Two times, yeah. I don't. I don't remember the years exactly, but. | 01:23:27 | |
| But I remember the two terms, so if we could, let's just have a moment of silence and then we'll go from there. | 01:23:31 | |
| OK. Thank you. And if there is nothing else? | 01:23:46 | |
| I think I got a lot of papers to sign. | 01:23:52 | |
| So during the meeting. Thanks. | 01:23:54 | |
| Last time. | 01:24:01 |