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1.   CALL TO ORDER - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - INVOCATION     PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve the Gila County Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws. (Randy Pluimer)
B.   Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-06-01, which approves Gila County Community Development Case No. CUPP2503-001, a request by Pinnacle Consulting, Inc. on behalf of Sunstate Towers-Verizon Wireless (Applicant)/Michael Runzo (Owner) for a Conditional Use Permit upon Gila County Assessor's tax parcel2-29-003M at5 W. Liberty Lane, Payson, Arizona. (Randy Pluimer)       REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:
M.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve a Ground Lease and Use Agreement between Gila County and the Town of Winkelman for a period of years for the total amount of $20 being due on or before the first date the lease is effective and $1 per year due on or before the first day of each successive lease period. (Woody Cline)
N.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Agreement No.072025 between Gila County and Tonto Rim Search & Rescue Squad, Inc. in the amount of $8,567.39 to assist with the purchase of eight0 MHz radios, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Stephen Christensen)
O.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Agreement No.062025 between Gila County and Payson Arts League dba Rim Country Artists in the amount of $1,500 to assist with the expenses of thed Annual Western Heritage and Film Festival, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Stephen Christensen)
A.   Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Proclamation No.25-05       proclaiming the second week of June25 as National Recreation Highline    Trail Week in Gila County. (Steve Christensen)
B.   Information/Discussion/Action to receive an update on the activities of the     Pinal-Gila Council for Senior Citizens dba Central Arizona Aging (CAA) and approve Intergovernmental Agreement No.202025 with CAA whereby the County will disburse $165,000; and further, the Board finds and determines that this is for the public benefit to provide services to persons with disabilities and aged persons within Gila County. (Ana Medina)
C.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve or deny a Petition for Redemption of Exemption Waiver from Ronnie J. McLearen petitioning to have his property tax exemption that is deemed waived by A.R.S. §-11153(A) redeemed for tax year25. (Sherra Kissee)
D.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve or deny a Petition for Redemption of Exemption Waiver from Michael R. Dozier petitioning to have his property tax exemption that is deemed waived by A.R.S. §-11153(A) redeemed for tax year25. (Sherra Kissee)
E.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve or deny a Petition for Redemption of Exemption Waiver from Lisa M. Dibble petitioning to have her property tax exemption that is deemed waived by A.R.S. §-11153(A) redeemed for tax year25. (Sherra Kissee)
F.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve or deny a Petition for Redemption of Exemption Waiver from Rim View Community Church petitioning to have their property tax exemption that is deemed waived by A.R.S. §-11153(A) redeemed for tax year25. (Sherra Kissee)
G.   Information/Discussion/Action to renew an Inspection Services Agreement between Gila County and the Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing (OMH) for the purpose of enforcing the installation standards of OMH for manufactured homes, mobile homes, and factory-built buildings for the period of June25, to June28. (Randall Pluimer)
H.   Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the advertisement of Invitation for Bids No.102025 - Annual Contract for Advertising, Publications, and Printing to solicit bids from qualified newspapers for an annual contract for all advertising, publications, and printing required to be done or made by all departments and elected offices of Gila County government for the period July25, through June,26. (Maryn Belling)
I.       Information/Discussion/Action to approve the final renewal of Purchase Agreement Transaction No.58441 for one0M2 all-wheel drive motor grader and to authorize the eighth annual and final payment in the amount of $96,195.84. (Troy White)
J.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.to Contract No.1924 - Campaign Creek Post-Fire Project-Demolition of Homes with Breinholt Contracting Co., Inc. to increase the contract total by $16,724.74 for a new not to exceed contract amount of $106,403.74. (Alex Kendrick)
K.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Modification1 to Road Project Agreement No.-RO-11031200-276 between the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Tonto National Forest and Gila County to revise the Scope of Work, update administrative contacts, extend the performance period from September,25, to September,26, and add a Paid Sick Leave Requirements clause. (Alex Kendrick)
L.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Intergovernmental Agreement No.1252 with the Town of Winkelman for Justice Court case management of the Town’s criminal misdemeanor and criminal traffic case filings and terminations for the period of January25, to December,28. (Joe Albo)     M. Information/Discussion/Action to approve a Ground Lease and Use Agreement between Gila County and the Town of Winkelman for a period of years for the total amount of $20 being due on or before the first date the lease is effective and $1 per year due on or before the first day of each successive lease period. (Woody Cline)     N.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Agreement No.072025 between Gila County and Tonto Rim Search & Rescue Squad, Inc. in the amount of $8,567.39 to assist with the purchase of eight0 MHz radios, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Stephen Christensen)     O.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Agreement No.062025 between Gila County and Payson Arts League dba Rim Country Artists in the amount of $1,500 to assist with the expenses of thed Annual Western Heritage and Film Festival, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Stephen Christensen)
P.   (Recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convene as the Gila County Library District Board of Directors.)  Information/Discussion/Action to approve the Agreement for E-Rate Services between the Gila County Library District and Yavapai County through the Yavapai County School Superintendent for a term of three years, effective July25, to June,28, at a rate of $4,000 per year; adopt the related Resolution; and authorize the Gila County Librarian to sign the Letter of Agency. (Elaine Votruba) (Adjourn as the Gila County Library District Board of Directors and reconvene as the Gila County Board of Supervisors.)
4.   CONSENT AGENDA ACTION ITEMS: (Any matter on the Consent Agenda will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed and voted upon as a regular agenda item upon the request of any member of the Board of Supervisors.)   A.   Approval of Amendment No.to Contract No. RFGA2022-002-02 with the Arizona Department of Health Services' Bureau of Women's and Children's Health in the amount of $50,000.01 to continue the youth councils in Gila County until January,27.     B.   Approval of Amendment No.to Contract No.1422 with Community Bridges, Inc. for pre-petition screening and court-ordered evaluation services, increasing the contract total by $70,000 to a new contract total not to exceed $140,000 during the August24, to August25, term.     C.   Approval of Amendment No.to Intergovernmental Agreement No. YH16-0028-03 between Gila County and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System extending the term of the agreement with no end date unless terminated by either party pursuant to the terms set forth in the Agreement.     D.   Authorization to advertise revised Notice of Invitation for Bids No.182025 - Purchase of Two (2) New Class10-Wheeler Water Trucks reflecting the new dates advertised in the Payson Roundup newspaper of June,25, and June,25.     E.   Approval of Amendment No.to Contract No.2023 with D2 Surveying LLC for professional on-call land surveyor services, extending the term of the contract through April,26.     F.   Approval of finance reports/demands/transfers for the reporting period of April25, to April,25.     G.   Approval of the Board of Supervisors' May,25, meeting minutes.     H.   Acknowledgment of the April25 monthly report submitted by the Recorder's Office.    I.       Acknowledgment of the April25 monthly report submitted by the Clerk of the Superior Court's Office.   J.   Acknowledgment of the February25 monthly report submitted by the Globe Regional Constable’s Office.   K.   Acknowledgment of the April25 monthly report submitted by the Payson Regional Constable’s Office.   L.   Acknowledgment of the April25 monthly report submitted by the Globe Regional Justice of the Peace's Office.   M.  Acknowledgment of the report for the County Manager approved contracts under $50,000 for the month of April25.
5.   CALL TO THE PUBLIC:   A call to the public is held for public benefit to allow individuals to address the Board of Supervisors on any issue within the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors. Board members may not discuss items that are not specifically identified on the agenda. Therefore, pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute §-431.01(I), at the conclusion of an open call to the public, individual members of the Board of Supervisors may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Board, may ask staff to review a matter or may ask that a matter be put on a future agenda for further discussion and decision at a future date.
6.   At any time during this meeting pursuant to A.R.S. §-431.02(K), members of the Board of Supervisors and the County Manager may present a brief summary of current events.  No action may be taken on the information presented.               IF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECEPTIONIST AT (928)5-3231 AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE THE ACCOMMODATIONS. FOR TTY, PLEASE DIAL1-1 TO REACH THE ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE AND ASK THE OPERATOR TO CONNECT YOU TO (928)5-3231. THE BOARD MAY VOTE TO HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE BOARD’S ATTORNEY ON ANY MATTER LISTED ON THE AGENDA PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3). THE ORDER OR DELETION OF ANY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION AT THE MEETING.
Transcript
Testing, testing, testing. 00:00:06
We are ready, OK. 00:00:23
Good morning, everyone. 00:00:25
June 3rd meeting. 00:00:27
10 AM and I'd like to call this meeting to order. We have a full house. It looks like we have a lot on the agenda, so we'll get 00:00:30
started. I've asked Randy to lead us. 00:00:34
In our Pledge of Allegiance, if you'd all stand, and then after that, Ryan Reading from the Church of Christ and Payson will lead 00:00:38
us in our invocation. 00:00:43
Pleasure to the flag of the United States of America. 00:00:49
And to the Republic for which it stands. 00:00:53
Motivation under God indivisible with the liberty and justice for all. 00:00:57
Good morning. 00:01:09
With me, please, dear God, we are grateful and humble to be in your presence this morning to come here in this beautiful town 00:01:10
where we live. 00:01:14
In this this wonderful state that this country remember. 00:01:19
And God, we're blessed by you to all of the things that you have given us here where we live and. 00:01:22
People that you have beta sent you. 00:01:27
And the society that we're. 00:01:29
We know that we are in a troubled times, times of troubled economically, times of trouble with war. 00:01:32
Times of political. 00:01:39
And we just pray that you review of the Board of Supervisors and elected officials that we have. 00:01:40
And those who are deputizing the work for us in terms of maintaining law and order and. 00:01:45
Fire safety and all these different things, we just have to chew and bless them. 00:01:51
Give them wisdom and how. 00:01:56
They lead us and have a service. 00:01:57
In the decisions that they make. 00:01:59
It should also give us the city. 00:02:02
Humility that we would recognize that there is important roles that are played by those who are elected. 00:02:04
By those who serve. 00:02:10
And then? 00:02:12
Recognizing the challenges that they face. 00:02:13
Most of all, God, we ask that you show all of us. 00:02:16
Increase because we are flawed. 00:02:19
And we do fail. 00:02:22
We make some anomalies, stupid decisions. 00:02:23
Sometimes, but God, you know that your grace is sufficient to cover that. 00:02:25
And we pray that you would be with us. 00:02:30
People in the county as Arizona. 00:02:33
United States citizens and just the people of the world. 00:02:36
That she would strengthen our character and strengthen our wisdom. That we might continue to be. 00:02:39
Great nation before you. 00:02:44
The greatest things in Jesus name. Thank you. 00:02:46
OK. 00:02:56
Item number 2 is our public hearing section. 00:03:00
Item A is information discussion action. To approve the Heatonic Planning and Zoning Commission bylaws. We have Randy Plummer. 00:03:05
Morning Supervisor, Chairman. 00:03:12
So what this is is under Arkansas statue. It says that the planning zoning Commission is to. 00:03:15
Have rules. 00:03:23
And bylaws set up. 00:03:25
And we've had them in the past. 00:03:26
We had them in two separate. 00:03:29
Sections we had. 00:03:32
Planning, zoning Commission, Commission rules and orientations and bylaws. 00:03:34
And we got with our County Attorney, Jessica. 00:03:39
Who did a fantastic job and combined the 2. 00:03:43
Into one document and she rewrote it. 00:03:47
Put the showers where they should have been and where. 00:03:53
Mays should have been and the Commission voted on this and approved it. 00:03:56
And we're just bringing this before you for your consideration. 00:04:02
That these are how that the meetings will be ran and who will run them where they ran out. 00:04:06
All that kind of information. 00:04:12
And we've had meetings with them, with County Attorney. 00:04:15
And everyone. 00:04:19
Went through all the items and we're here before you today to answer any questions you may have on this. 00:04:21
Thank you, Randy. Supervisor Humphrey, do you have anything? 00:04:27
I don't other than I I appreciate you. 00:04:31
Doing the work and Jessica as well and getting this. 00:04:34
To perform better. 00:04:38
And I also thank the people that are on the. 00:04:39
Commission. 00:04:43
Fine, Randy. Thank you. I'm good. 00:04:45
Yeah, Thank you, Randy. Always tweaking for the better. 00:04:49
Yes. 00:04:53
Open close this discussion and open it up. 00:04:55
To the public hearing portion on item 2A, is there anyone in Globe that wishes to speak? 00:04:59
About this item. 00:05:04
Anyone to Payson about this item? 00:05:06
And on the Internet, there's no comments. 00:05:10
On the Internet. 00:05:13
OK. I'll close the public hearing portion and call for a motion for Item 2A. 00:05:16
As chair, I move to approve the Hebrew County Planning and Zoning Commission bylaw. 00:05:21
I'll secure them. Mr. Chair, we have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 00:05:26
Aye, thank you, Randy. Item 2B. Information, discussion action to adopt resolution #25-06-01. 00:05:30
Which approves Gila County community development case number. 00:05:39
See you PP2503-001. 00:05:42
A request by Pinnacle Consulting, Incorporated. 00:05:46
On behalf of South State Towers Horizon Wireless, the applicant. 00:05:50
And Michael Runzo, the owner. 00:05:54
Of the property for a conditional use permit upon here County's assessors tax parcel number 302. 00:05:57
29003 M. 00:06:03
Which is located at 265 W. 00:06:06
Liberty Lane. 00:06:09
Which is in Freedom Acres just north of Payson. 00:06:11
Thank you, Randy. 00:06:16
Morning again. So I want to make sure we understand. 00:06:18
That this is a requires A unanimous vote. 00:06:22
There's enough people against this. 00:06:26
That are fixed in our bylaws and our rules and ordinances says it needs to be unanimous decision. 00:06:29
As of today we have 10 emails. 00:06:35
In support of the tower. 00:06:39
And four emails opposed to the tower. 00:06:42
And over 20% of the people within 300 feet of the tower are opposed. 00:06:45
That's why it takes in the unanimous requirement. And how many property owners is that? 00:06:52
There's 8. 00:06:57
Property owners within the 20 feet are within the 300 feet, OK. 00:06:58
And I will tell you their concerns are they would they would like to place it on the Forest Service land. 00:07:02
There are private roads and they are concerned about the wear and tear. 00:07:10
911 calls can be made via satellite. 00:07:15
There's health concerns of increased exposure to radio frequencies. 00:07:19
Property values and. 00:07:23
Negatively impacted the neighborhood. 00:07:26
Safety concerns risk for damage to well houses. 00:07:29
And water tanks due to the tower collapse. 00:07:33
Negative impact of wildlife. 00:07:36
If CU P is granted, would additional businesses be permitted? 00:07:39
Aspects of world living would be affected. 00:07:44
People on support. 00:07:48
The tower is needed due to the limited no service in the area. 00:07:50
Tyra would be vital vital safety link for emergencies. 00:07:54
So again, we're here today for a tower in Freedom Makers. This is at the end of Freedom Makers, at the end of their Rd. 00:08:01
I will tell you it is approximately. 00:08:08
40 to 50 feet away from Forest Service land. 00:08:11
It is on private property. 00:08:14
The skin is for a partial 30229003 M. 00:08:17
They want to. 00:08:24
Construct 110 foot monopole wireless communication tower. 00:08:26
Provided for coverage for the surrounding area, the monopole will be painted in a rustic bronze color to blend in with the natural 00:08:31
environment. 00:08:35
Per the applicant, the proposed tower will be engineered designed. 00:08:39
Within a fall zone. 00:08:43
That will not encroach on any adjacent properties public right away. 00:08:45
Or unrelated structures. 00:08:49
The compound will be a 40 by 40 compound will be established to house the ground equipment. 00:08:51
Which will be screened by a six foot tall. 00:08:57
Rustic metal panel screen wall. 00:09:00
An antenna configuration. The monopole will include panels. 00:09:04
Antenna is located at the center line elevation of 105 feet. 00:09:08
Grouped into 3 sectors to provide full spectrum coverage. 00:09:13
The tower will be designed to accommodate up to two additional wireless carriers in the future. 00:09:16
The tower is proposed to be located on APN 30229003 M. 00:09:22
In the northwest corner of. 00:09:28
The 2.49 acre property. 00:09:31
The tower compound will be accessed through Liberty Lane onto the private lot. 00:09:33
Power and telecommunications are the only utilities required by this facility. Power, post and telecom communication hubs are near 00:09:39
the site area. 00:09:45
All accessory cabling and conduit will be routed underground. 00:09:50
In the approved utility easement, the site will include all. 00:09:54
Required lease space access utility easements. 00:09:58
As shown in the plans, see Exhibit A. 00:10:01
A backup generator will be installed and ran for 15 minutes a week. 00:10:05
We have umm. 00:10:10
Done all of the postings and all of the. 00:10:13
Public communications in the newspapers as required by statute. 00:10:17
And if you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them at this time. 00:10:21
Thank you, Randy. Supervisor Humphrey. 00:10:24
I have no questions. 00:10:27
By the climb. 00:10:28
Randy and I don't know if you can answer these or not, but. 00:10:31
To start with. 00:10:34
Is freedom makers? Is it under nature way? 00:10:36
It has a land group. 00:10:39
They do have CC and ours. I do not know if it's an official. 00:10:42
HOA but they have been notified and there they've been notified within the 300 feet. 00:10:47
And they are private roads and the road maintenance is paid for by the. 00:10:53
Owners of the properties inside of Freedom Makers. So I read letter on the road and there seems to be a concern on that as well. 00:11:01
You know, because everybody I would assume coming into that the road coming into that property, everybody owns to the center of 00:11:08
the property. 00:11:11
Earth to the center of the road. 00:11:15
So how does that work in a circumstance like this? Because. 00:11:17
Because it is going to be a commercial type set up as well. Did the is the tower. 00:11:23
Group going to pitch in here. 00:11:28
And help anything with the roads or are they just going to leave it like it is and rely on the? 00:11:31
On the homeowners to continue to maintain what's what's the story there? I do not know and I believe the. 00:11:37
Tower Company is represented today. OK, that's going here from I don't know if they have anything like that. 00:11:44
But I believe it would be like anything else. If you bring, you know, Amazon comes in. 00:11:50
Are any of the delivery companies? They just use the roads. They are not. 00:11:54
Chipping in to help with the maintenance of those roads. 00:11:59
But I I don't know if they have any special agreement with the. 00:12:04
HOA. 00:12:09
To chip in. 00:12:11
OK, so you mentioned the fact that the towers within about 40 feet of. 00:12:12
Boundary with force correct? Has the force been contacted or has it been pursued for a permit on the force side? 00:12:17
Forest Service is always. 00:12:24
Around, I mean, it's around everything. 00:12:27
But they require that the. 00:12:30
Telecommunications company and the tower company exhaust all other aspects. 00:12:32
So they if there's any place they can go. 00:12:38
Then I believe the Forest Service is required. 00:12:42
Fires them to exhaust those requirements. 00:12:45
Again, the representatives for the tower company, we can make sure that they have stated that they are. This is exhausting. 00:12:48
They're they're trying all the places they can. 00:12:52
OK. I think that's it for right now. Sure. 00:12:59
Marion is a. 00:13:05
OK, if we have the representatives from. 00:13:07
The tower company and the design. 00:13:11
People to speak now before we open it up to the public hearing. 00:13:15
Yeah, I can check. 00:13:22
OK, so with this point now. 00:13:24
Before we go to them, I'd like to ask a question. Sure, absolutely. Umm. 00:13:25
Randy, you said that Forest Service likes to. 00:13:32
Have all other. 00:13:35
Options exhausted. 00:13:37
But that doesn't guarantee the poor service will give them a permit that. 00:13:39
Before all is exhausted. Then they will. 00:13:43
Maybe attempt to look at a permit? 00:13:46
But there's no guarantee that the Forest Service. 00:13:48
Will issue a permit. 00:13:52
Even if all other options are exhausted. Is that correct? I believe that is correct. 00:13:54
I mean they you could fill out an application for the Forest Service and one of the questions in that application is have you 00:13:59
exhausted all other options? 00:14:03
But there I don't believe there's any guarantee that they would get them. 00:14:08
Thank you. Thank you. Very welcome, Mr. Chair, can I ask one moment, please? Yes, Sir. 00:14:11
OK, So let's just put a scenario in here, Randy, that. 00:14:17
Let's just say for example, the Forest Service did let them put it 40 feet on the forest. 00:14:22
How does that work? 00:14:28
Through the Cup. 00:14:30
There is no longer a cup and no longer does Gila County. 00:14:33
Planning and zoning have anything to say about it? 00:14:37
It is on Forest Service federal land. 00:14:40
We may permit it still for to help the Forest Service to ensure it's constructed correctly, but no citizens would that I'm. 00:14:43
Through the planning zoning would have any comments to be able to give to that? 00:14:51
OK. I just wanted to hear you say that so everybody knew that. 00:14:57
Thank you. 00:15:00
I've been there. I've seen the. 00:15:02
Property. They moved it 100 feet. 00:15:04
And beyond the Forest Service and still be there. 00:15:06
Umm, we have Michelle with us this morning from Clinical Consulting. 00:15:09
And why don't you come on up? 00:15:14
And then after. 00:15:16
You answer some questions, whatever we can. 00:15:18
Have Steve is also with us with SO State Tower. 00:15:20
So, Michelle, tell us what we're looking at. 00:15:24
Good morning. How are you today? I'm great, Thanks. 00:15:27
So I won't go over everything again. So I'll just quickly run through these slides so that you've already heard what we're doing 00:15:30
here. I just want to point out I understand on my slide I have L and it's M. 00:15:37
They subdivided the parcel and I'd already done the slide. So it was an issue at the planning zoning. So I just wanted to point it 00:15:45
out here. I understand that's. 00:15:50
So we are proposing 110 foot monopole here with the six foot tall rustic metal fencing. 00:15:56
We had gone back and forth with the planning, zoning as well as the property owner to come up with a design. 00:16:04
That not only. 00:16:11
I mean, we're not going to hide it, right? You're not kissing anybody like it's going to be out there. So you know, I in 110 foot 00:16:14
tree isn't going to look any better than 110 foot. 00:16:20
Monopole so. 00:16:26
You know I. 00:16:29
I would say. 00:16:31
Keep in mind that you know when telephone poles came up, people didn't want those either. But now when you drive down the street? 00:16:32
You don't even, it's not like you're going. There's a telephone call, there's telephone pole, there's telephone pole. 00:16:39
So I do understand nobody wants it. 00:16:43
In their backyard, unfortunately. 00:16:48
The majority of people have a cell phone and they want their cell phones to work and more importantly, they want their cell phones 00:16:51
to work in a catastrophic. 00:16:55
Event, so there's. 00:16:59
Nothing worse than. 00:17:02
You being in an emergency situation and you can't get help. 00:17:04
So I even noticed on my drive up here today that there was quite a few areas that, you know, I thought. 00:17:08
Wow, what would I? What would I do if I broke down here? I'm like I would really have to figure something out myself or I was 00:17:15
walking in my cute shoes. Sorry. 00:17:20
Anyways, so we have worked with the jurisdiction to ensure that we follow all of the local requirements. 00:17:27
You know, just keep in mind telecom sites are regulated not only locally by the local jurisdiction, but we're also federally 00:17:34
regulated. So I know some of the concerns were for the wildlife. 00:17:41
You know, and environmentally, so we have to file, you know a NEPA, a Phase 1. So all of those things we have to do federally and 00:17:48
those things have to be passed federally as well. And that whole process takes about six months to get through all of those 00:17:55
environmental concerns. So if for instance, you know, this was. 00:18:02
Something came up that there was an endangered species here, or if there was anything. 00:18:09
You know that if a tribe has something that could potentially was buried here. 00:18:17
All of those things would be taken into consideration. There would be monitoring, there would be. 00:18:21
Things that would have to be done. So these are taken very seriously and but if somebody went and build their house there none of 00:18:27
those things. 00:18:32
Would be taken into consideration. So just kind of food for thought. 00:18:37
So we are. 00:18:43
Structurally engineering the plans. 00:18:45
It's a structural engineer that does. It's a licensed engineer. We do it here. It's all local and federal guidelines required by 00:18:48
the Gila County, by FAA and FCC, respectively. 00:18:53
If you remember Hurricane Katrina and if you watched any of the footage. 00:18:59
From Hurricane Katrina, obviously mass destruction and devastation to homes and buildings. 00:19:05
I will tell you that the one thing that was left standing were these towers. So once power was restored, we could. 00:19:12
Get up and operating to help. 00:19:20
The fire and police and rescuers get out there because our towers are still standing after Hurricane Katrina. 00:19:23
So if this tower were to fall. 00:19:31
To be quite blunt, you have bigger issues. 00:19:35
I know people have a lot of concerns about tower spawning. 00:19:39
But these are built to withstand a lot more than any of the buildings around it. 00:19:43
So we are asking for consideration of the guideline regarding the fall zone separation distance from the north and West property 00:19:50
line. 00:19:54
But we have engineered the tower so that it would fall within our compound, so it wouldn't even fall on the property owner. 00:19:59
Umm, so. 00:20:10
In conclusion, we have looked at several other locations in this area. 00:20:14
We looked. We actually started up in Beaver Valley Estates. 00:20:20
We came to find out that that development unfortunately has a lot of entitlement, entitlement issues and so. 00:20:25
They through this process, they unfortunately found out that when it was originally planted in 1958, it was done incorrectly. So a 00:20:35
lot of what the association thought that they owned as far as roads and access is incorrect and they do not. 00:20:43
So they in order to fix all of that, they're gonna have to go back. 00:20:53
Through the county replat. 00:20:59
Rezone. 00:21:02
And probably. 00:21:04
They're going to need a lot of repairs to have happened and they just felt like at that time. 00:21:06
It was going to be extremely expensive and costly and they just didn't want to do it at that point. 00:21:11
And as far as the US Forest Service? 00:21:18
So what? the US Forest Service? 00:21:21
Ask us always. If it is not a designated telecommunications site, they ask us to exhaust all private parcels. 00:21:24
Prior to coming to them and submitting. 00:21:32
A. An application. 00:21:35
So if there are any private parcels that we can potentially go on. 00:21:39
In the area. Then we have to exhaust all of those prior to us submitting an application with. 00:21:43
The Forest Service and then we go through the application service with them and it's not. 00:21:50
That they're necessarily going to say yes or no or you know, it's it's just their process is very lengthy they. 00:21:55
They have had a lot of cutbacks, So what used to be potentially a three to five. 00:22:03
Year process, they've now told us, looking at five to seven years. 00:22:09
So. 00:22:14
At that point for us that that makes that not a feasible option. 00:22:15
To build something in five to seven years, especially in this area. 00:22:22
The need is great in this area. It's an area that has by. 00:22:26
Fires, flash floods, you know, there's unfortunate events that happen all the time. 00:22:31
So with that, I'll answer any questions. I'm not going to go through the rest of this. Like I said, you guys have heard it before. 00:22:38
Umm, and I will say that. 00:22:46
Verizon does take its compliance obligations very seriously. 00:22:49
They have implemented A comprehensive RF safety compliance program as part of their continued efforts to comply with FCC 00:22:53
standards. So I know that there are concerns about RF emission. I'll let Steve get into that a little bit more with his 00:23:00
presentation, but. 00:23:06
If Verizon doesn't follow the rules. 00:23:15
It's not like they're getting it slapped on the rest. They're getting fined millions of dollars for this. So it's not only in 00:23:17
their best interest, but their business. And nobody wants to get fined millions of dollars so. 00:23:24
Umm, And then I'm just going to conclude with one thing here, and that's just so that. 00:23:32
You know, I understand that. 00:23:38
Maybe you guys don't see, you know, you'll see buildings or you'll have other considerations, but you probably don't see wireless 00:23:41
communication powers all the time, so. 00:23:46
Federally, we are governed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. So, and I know that you guys have probably discussed this with 00:23:52
your attorney, but I just want to point out because obviously people who are concerned about this may not realize that you guys 00:23:57
also. 00:24:03
Have to follow federal law and not only your codes, but federal law as well. 00:24:09
So I just wanted to throw that out there so that everybody does understand. 00:24:15
What you guys are up against as well? 00:24:21
So with that, I'll let if you have any questions. Thank you, Michelle. 00:24:23
Not at this time. Thank you. 00:24:29
Hypothetically, Michelle, so you guys have to go through the NEPA process, whether it's on feds or private? 00:24:31
Every single site. So I assume you've already done that then for this site we have started it, yes. 00:24:37
OK. And how far out are you on it? 00:24:44
So wouldn't that carry over to the federal side of it if you shorten that time frame? Because I know that's a big hang up on the 00:24:47
forest. 00:24:50
Yeah, that they won't. So you have to for every single site. So if I move this tower 50 feet, I have to run a new one? 00:24:54
OK. And and you heard the other concern about the access into the site? 00:25:03
Oh yes, I'm sorry, I meant to address that. 00:25:08
So. 00:25:11
We, I mean, once we get onto the. 00:25:12
Property, you know, we'll drive onto the property, they'll build it and then they leave. 00:25:16
There's not. There's a tech that visits the site every 60 days just to make sure that there's no trash everything's. 00:25:22
Running fine, but once it's built, it's there's no, there's not going to be like heavy machinery or anything like coming and 00:25:30
going. 00:25:34
Umm, you know, in the in the past we've done bonds like if. 00:25:38
If we could do bonds, that is the road. 00:25:43
You know it sustains any damage or you know. 00:25:46
We always state that. 00:25:49
Whenever we build something, if something is damaged, we'll repair it to the way that it was when we found it. 00:25:51
You know if. 00:25:59
If you want to make that a stipulation of approval, that is something you know occurs and the road is damaged, that we would 00:26:00
repair it. 00:26:04
I would be willing to agree to that. 00:26:08
Umm, absolutely. So you mentioned the. 00:26:10
Federal part of it and how we have to. 00:26:14
And all that we do, we absolutely do. 00:26:17
And just so everybody knows that our hands aren't totally tied, but they're 99% tied when it comes. 00:26:19
Cell phone tower. Do you know that as well as I do, correct? 00:26:24
But the general public might not know that. So that's that's why I like to bring it up so 100% and that's where. 00:26:28
There are some reasons to deny the cell phone tower. 00:26:35
Very, very few reasons. 00:26:43
I and I've been down the road before and I'm not going to go down again other than real briefly just to say. 00:26:46
That our hands aren't totally tied, but we are pretty much. 00:26:52
Back in the corner on cell phone towers to the point where. 00:26:59
I don't even want to see a cell phone car in front of me. 00:27:02
And I can relate to these people as well. You know, I would not want a cell phone tower in my back. 00:27:05
Yard, I would not want that. 00:27:10
But I do like the coverage. 00:27:13
You know, so that's, that's a hard balance and I, I know this area very well and I know that there's issues there. I know there's 00:27:16
a lot of weekend. 00:27:20
Visitors underneath that rim right there and. 00:27:24
Whatever, uh. 00:27:27
But umm. 00:27:28
But there's people that end up within their backyard that is going to be given up a lot. 00:27:30
Into that cell phone. 00:27:35
So thank you. 00:27:37
Thank you, Michelle. 00:27:40
Steve, is there anything you can add to the conversation and? 00:27:42
I'd ask you to be brief. 00:27:46
Before we turn it over to the public hearing party. 00:27:48
I can go over the RF characteristics, radio frequency, what why the sites being built. 00:27:51
Coverage about and talk about our safety or emissions, things of that nature. 00:27:56
The board would wish me to talk. 00:28:01
So. 00:28:04
Can you wrap that up in about two to three minutes? 00:28:06
OK. All right. Yeah. 00:28:10
So my name is Steve Kennedy. I'm the radio frequency engineer. I've got 35 years of design experience within the wireless 00:28:16
industry. I've designed thousands of sites across the United States and in other parts of the world. 00:28:21
There should be an RF year. 00:28:27
OK so I geek out on this stuff so I will try to go quickly and not make eyes glaze over. 00:28:30
So 2 reasons why wireless carriers build site coverage. Capacity coverage is the ability for the transceiver and the phone to talk 00:28:38
to the transceiver at the site. 00:28:42
That's why this site's being built. There is no coverage out there for Verizon, ATT or T-Mobile. 00:28:46
I'm not doing something right. 00:28:51
Yeah. 00:28:58
OK, that's the two reasons decide to go. Can you just put for me please? 00:29:04
So the objective is just to cover Beaver States northeast of Payson. There's no coverage. It's pretty standard. 00:29:09
There was a lot of lives lost from a flood that came up that the people didn't receive the text. There's there's issues with no 00:29:16
coverage out there. We go next slide. 00:29:19
Once again, lack of service. Next slide. 00:29:24
These are the existing Verizon sites within the area. Notice that the closest side is about 3 1/2 miles away, down and down in 00:29:28
Payson, and none of the sites that surround it provide any level of service. And this is not only Verizon. AT&T and T-Mobile have 00:29:33
the same issue. Next Slide. 00:29:38
There's a zoom of the site next slide. 00:29:44
We'll just go through some crowd source data showing that there's no service mobiles reporting it. That's where the pointer is 00:29:48
next slide. 00:29:52
Take on through that, I'll go to the RF safety. Keep going. 00:29:56
Next slide. 00:30:00
All right, so this is the propagation modeling. So modeling is currently showing. 00:30:02
A lot of outdoor. 00:30:07
Some no service and some in vehicle service but lacking you go the next slide that shows what the new site is going to be able to 00:30:09
provide for the area. So a lot more indoor services and vehicle. 00:30:14
Outdoor services as well. Next two slides pass on. 00:30:20
OK, 22 side RF safety, RF emissions, two types of emissions out there, there's ionizing and non ionizing. 00:30:25
Non ionizing are things that do not affect the human DNA. 00:30:31
Side effects. He ever been on your phone for a long time? It gets warm. Why? That's because the amplifier is generating heat and 00:30:35
generating our signal. 00:30:39
Ionizing. That's things that can mess with us. That's where photons pass through our body and can affect DNA. 00:30:42
Ionizing gamma rays, X-rays. You have to go to the dentist. You've got to get X-rays. 00:30:49
Put the lead overcoat on you to jam that thing in your mouth so they can get a good X-ray. They're trying to limit the amount of. 00:30:53
Emissions that's going in you and that's something that can affect your DNA. So non ionizing is wireless phones. The only side 00:30:59
effect is heat. 00:31:03
Next slide. 00:31:07
Two types of services, general public and occupational. Occupational coverage levels. 00:31:09
Are 10 times less than what the specific absorption rate is. 00:31:13
That's like you're going up on the rooftop and there's an antennas on rooftop. There's some special things because people are 00:31:17
around the rooftop and they may not be trained air conditioning guys or whatever general public is. I'm walking down the street. I 00:31:21
don't know why walk by a site. 00:31:26
That level is much lower, that's 50 times lower, so its proximity based next slide. 00:31:30
Power levels at the antenna if I have my ear up next to the antenna on the tower. 00:31:38
Compared to what's on the ground outside the compound, it's 11000. The amount of power very, very small. Next slide. 00:31:42
This is just crowdsourced data showing ATT has the same core service as T-Mobile. 00:31:48
So I stand for questions. 00:31:54
Thank you. 00:31:58
You said, you said go fast. I went fast. Yeah. Thank you. 00:32:01
Faster the phone signal. 00:32:05
Yeah, anyway, I. 00:32:09
I I have a hard time voting against. 00:32:13
Cell towers. I live at Roosevelt Lake. 00:32:16
Which is a recreational area. 00:32:20
And service has been horrible. 00:32:22
I was chairman of the board, and when you're chairman of the board. 00:32:25
You can make decisions for the board in emergency situations. 00:32:28
While I was chairman, we happened to get about 600,000 acres of my district burnt. 00:32:33
And then we had floods afterwards. 00:32:39
And I was asked many times to make decisions. 00:32:41
That I didn't have service to make those decisions. 00:32:46
Until the next day when I got in service. 00:32:49
I've also seen accidents and things where. 00:32:52
You're sitting there. 00:32:56
With someone you love that's injured. 00:32:57
With no phone service. 00:33:00
I understand I. 00:33:03
And after being through this, I would have one in my backyard. 00:33:04
If it helps situations like this. 00:33:08
And so and also too, you know, I mean in my district. 00:33:11
This board. 00:33:17
Voted against a cell tower. 00:33:19
In my district what frustrated me very much. 00:33:21
Because of the situations that. 00:33:25
I was unable to receive calls. 00:33:27
And so anyway. 00:33:30
I'm for infrastructure and new development and. 00:33:35
I know, maybe. 00:33:38
They they're hard to get used to if you've never seen one and all of a sudden you do, but pretty soon you don't pay any attention. 00:33:40
How many stop signs are in your neighborhood? 00:33:45
Well, you probably don't know because they've been there so long. Maybe you don't even stop at them anymore. So. 00:33:50
I have a hard time voting against. 00:33:56
Cell tellers. 00:33:59
For the reasons of. 00:34:01
Human safety and able to be able to. 00:34:03
Umm, reach out for help when it's needed. 00:34:08
And that's all. Thank you, supervisor Clock. 00:34:13
I had a question for you on these cell towers like this one that you're putting putting together. 00:34:16
So it's got its area of coverage. 00:34:22
So all that comes through your tower. 00:34:25
Then does it go into a ground cable from there? 00:34:27
So each tower is an independent site radio transmitter. So if you go back a few slides to the RSRP slide. 00:34:31
Each site provides its own coverage, but all of the sites have to be connected back to the main control switching center, and 00:34:38
there's two ways to do that. 00:34:42
One is fiber, so those are fiber in the ground. 00:34:46
The other way is point point microwave. 00:34:49
Going from a 20 or 30 mile path to another site connects in and that one has connection back to the Control Center. 00:34:51
So all these sites talk to each other and talk to the Control Center so as mobiles move through the network. 00:34:58
Able to hand off from site to site to site. 00:35:03
So what does this one do? 00:35:05
So what does this site do? 00:35:07
I don't know if it's going to be a microwave or a. 00:35:09
Fiber. I think there's fiber that's relatively close and would be trenched in. 00:35:11
But I'm not totally sure that's. 00:35:16
A different engineer that works on that. I'm just I'm the radio frequency guy. 00:35:17
OK, so. 00:35:21
Sorry, Mr. Chairman, as asked for your friends, but. 00:35:24
So when I look at electronics today and I don't understand OPEC, I have a hard time turning on my cell phone most. 00:35:27
But when I look at things that's going on today, satellite versus on the ground equipment and things like that. 00:35:33
What would you say about the fact that maybe these cell phone towers might be on their way out? 00:35:43
Availability of satellites and things like that. 00:35:49
That's coming on. 00:35:52
I would say there's there's two things that come into play with satellite. I worked in satellite first, put up the first voice 00:35:53
over IP satellite network in in the United States. 00:35:57
And the one thing is satellites, they're limited by spectrum as well as we are, and they're limited by distance. 00:36:02
So you have two things that come into satellite, you know, whenever we, you know, 35 years ago when all you could do was talk on 00:36:08
the cell phone. 00:36:12
We used very little bandwidth per conversation, especially in the Southeast. We talked slowly. 00:36:16
We used a whole lot less bandwidth. Now you've got streaming video, you've got all these big high demands. 00:36:21
That requires spectral capacity and, in order to reach the population, provide the level of service that we have now. 00:36:26
The satellite networks are not capable and it's a physics thing because of the distance that the satellites are, whether they're 00:36:33
low earth orbit, medium earth, or geosynchronous. 00:36:38
And then the amount of spectrum they have per satellite, there's just not enough capacity to be able to provide the level of 00:36:43
services that we. 00:36:46
Come into so satellites. I don't see terrestrial wireless ever going away. 00:36:50
I I see terrestrial wireless getting. 00:36:55
More and more prevalent just because there's more and more users. 00:36:58
OK. One more question for you, Sir. 00:37:01
You build this tower, Verizon is the sole. 00:37:04
Company that's going to be on this tower, are they looking to lease it out to other carriers? No, Sir. The tower designs, if you 00:37:07
look at the zoning drawings, it's, it's designed to hold 3 carriers. So AT&T and T-Mobile or Dish or whoever else wanted to come 00:37:12
out here and attach to that. 00:37:17
Sun State Tower would leave space on that to those intense systems as well for those other carriers. 00:37:22
Yeah, that's the, that's the part that I I always that I've heard in the in our cell phone tower discussions. 00:37:28
And I wasn't swift enough to begin with to bring that out. We're dealing with Verizon. We've dealt with Verizon. 00:37:35
No options before. 00:37:41
But the fact of the matter is if you can build these towers and lease that space. 00:37:44
Once that power is up. 00:37:49
Yes. So there's a lot of I, I work all over the United States and zoning. 00:37:50
And most zoning code written is that the tower has to be built to allow multiple tenants to locate on it. It's part of the upfront 00:37:55
design and has to be that way. 00:38:00
It's pretty standard operating procedure. 00:38:06
Especially for tower companies. 00:38:08
Thank you. Yes, Sir. 00:38:13
OK. Thank you, Steve. 00:38:15
All right, I'm going to close this discussion. 00:38:19
And we're going to open up the public hearing portions. 00:38:23
As Randy pointed out, we had 10 emails in favor support. 00:38:27
4 opposing. 00:38:32
And I've received, I think, most of those. 00:38:36
And I have also received. 00:38:40
Request for participation from Michael. 00:38:45
Runs is that. 00:38:48
Am I saying that correctly? Is are you in Payson? 00:38:50
Is there a Michael runs? 00:38:56
OK. 00:39:01
No, no. OK. Well, he's in favor of it. 00:39:04
He is here. 00:39:07
Oh yeah. 00:39:12
Please, uh. 00:39:14
Couple minutes. 00:39:15
OK, you're in favor. 00:39:18
Yes, OK. 00:39:21
Owner of the proposal of aging is that. 00:39:23
Thank you, Sir. Mark Kirch did not request to speak. 00:39:26
He's in favor. 00:39:30
Also send a letter. 00:39:32
We also have Richard Lovedahl. 00:39:34
In favor. 00:39:37
And he lives in Beaver Valley. 00:39:40
Now I know we have several that have opposed it like. 00:39:43
Randy said four. I don't have any requests to speak from any of those. 00:39:47
So I'll ask if anyone is in Globe today that wishes to speak on this item. 00:39:52
From the public. 00:39:57
No and. 00:39:59
Yeah. Do you have anybody on the Internet? Hang on, Lisa. 00:40:02
We have not a question, but a comment from William Campbell on the matter. 00:40:06
He says he's a resident up in Beaver Valley and having self-service should be a priority up there. 00:40:11
OK, so he's in favor. 00:40:15
And Elisa, what do we have in Payson? 00:40:17
Richard love that I would like to speak. 00:40:21
OK. 00:40:25
Oh, right, I see that now. Thank you. So. 00:40:27
Richard, go ahead. 00:40:30
I'll give you 2-3 minutes. 00:40:33
Who's involved? 00:40:41
Working with political. 00:40:43
In some states. 00:40:45
Howard, we've allowed which we used to taking too long. 00:40:48
One other reasons I'm also a. 00:40:53
And work with county. 00:40:56
And I've also worked nicely. 00:41:01
Emergency Radio. 00:41:02
Patients that thought they were ready to watch. 00:41:05
Without all these. 00:41:08
I think that is primary. 00:41:12
That I and many, many of my. 00:41:15
Support somehow. 00:41:18
Everyone wants the ability. 00:41:20
Number one, all 911. 00:41:27
Another one thing that happens. 00:42:05
Power Local. 00:42:07
Politics. 00:42:09
To make calls. 00:42:12
That's our lifeline. 00:42:15
And the other thing is. 00:42:24
Has failed to maintain backup. 00:42:28
Landlines I've experienced. 00:42:32
Wow. Oh, OK. 00:42:37
That's possible, yeah. So for all those reasons. 00:42:39
This work that we have some service. 00:42:43
In the area to provide one more. 00:42:46
One way we can either pass information. 00:42:50
Or first responder and. 00:42:54
Send information about politicians. 00:42:57
Came into the emergency. 00:43:00
Anyway, thank you. 00:43:02
Think Mr. Don't Lisa. Anyone else? 00:43:04
I. 00:43:14
Hotel star type site. 00:43:16
Somebody mentioned in there, hey, are you excited about having cell power in your backyard? Probably not like I really don't want 00:43:20
cell tower in the backyard. 00:43:24
I own. 00:43:29
12 acres of the. 00:43:31
About our community. 00:43:35
I feel my Tory compartment. 00:43:38
Where the power goes? 00:43:40
A lot. 00:43:43
We have a beautiful view out there. 00:43:50
And he's sitting in front of them. 00:43:55
Rethink this maybe? 00:43:58
If I can work with Pinnacle. 00:43:59
Put it somewhere where it's probably gonna be. 00:44:01
On at least invasive to our communities. 00:44:04
Location with that thing. 00:44:10
Very few more. 00:44:12
You'd be able to see it. 00:44:14
I also need a living. 00:44:17
I had an incident on Houston Mason Rd. which is. 00:44:18
Directly east of our property came on a very serious accident. 00:44:21
Right. Call 911. Do not call 911. I think one of the worst supervisors, there's nothing. 00:44:27
More helpless than trying to download when you can't get somebody and somebody is either let that personally happen to me. 00:44:32
One of my first responders friends that they had an active shooter up north. 00:44:39
Nobody can get ahold of cells either. 00:44:44
I have gone between. 00:44:49
Open Brighton for a year. 00:44:51
Thinking going back and forth to give you their better coming wife on myself over terrible where I have my home location. 00:44:53
I'm getting older. 00:45:00
I have done the building. 00:45:09
On every lane for the four years that I've lived there. 00:45:11
Agreement basically that they will give you pride, you take care of it. 00:45:15
Yeah, Waste Management. PPS. 00:45:18
Everybody else not see that road? 00:45:21
Maintenance agreement being issued or issue being? I don't think it is. 00:45:25
Tractor. 00:45:29
Umm, there is. 00:45:31
Staff and how many people are affected. 00:45:39
I own 3 rhetorical teeth apartments and actually dress the joints that work with this piece. 00:45:42
And uh. 00:45:49
Yeah, I think there's one. 00:45:50
Neighbor I've talked and said they wanted they were but I'm not sure if those other numbers correct. 00:45:52
Thank you, Mr. Rondo. 00:46:00
The other one thing I want to add in my past life. 00:46:02
Something for government agency. 00:46:07
When we first started working. 00:46:09
For Monster, they have engineered scientists. 00:46:11
Look at the data, our exposure. 00:46:15
Employees could be exposed. 00:46:19
I got monitored for here. 00:46:22
I'm very comfortable. 00:46:24
Opinion of safety issues people brought them just. 00:46:28
Ring. 00:46:36
No questions. Thank you, Mr. Runzo. 00:46:38
Lisa, anyone else? 00:46:42
OK. I'm going to close the public hearing portion. 00:46:45
And call for a motion. 00:46:48
On item 3B. 00:46:50
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to sorry 2. 00:46:52
Be item 2B. 00:46:55
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve resolution #25. 00:46:58
06/01. 00:47:04
Mr. Chair, I'll 2nd that I have a motion and a second to approve. All those in favor say aye aye. 00:47:06
Aye, aye. 00:47:12
Unanimous. 00:47:14
Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you everyone. 00:47:16
Going to change a couple of items on. 00:47:19
The order of the. 00:47:22
Agenda just for convenience, because we have people. 00:47:25
That don't need to wait through the entire meeting. 00:47:30
We're going to skip to item 3M. 00:47:33
Then N and then O3M is the information discussion action to approve the ground lease and use agreement between Gila County and the 00:47:37
Town of Winkleman for a period of 20 years for the total amount of. 00:47:43
$20 being due on or before the first day of the lease. 00:47:50
Effective and $1.00 per year due on or before the first day of each successive lease period. Woody, this is your item. 00:47:54
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, we've been working on this one for a while. And just a little bit of background history in the years 00:48:03
past. 00:48:06
There's properties acquired in Lincoln and Hayden down there. 00:48:10
Back in the day and I I don't know why they were required to begin with, but this particular piece of property. 00:48:14
Is situated right next to the town of Winkleman Public Works. 00:48:21
And so. 00:48:25
We've been working on that one, like I said, for a long time. Public Works down there in Lincoln could use it. 00:48:27
For space storage. 00:48:33
And whatever they need to do with it right there, so. 00:48:35
I've really been wanting to get this over to the town and. 00:48:39
Put it back to use. 00:48:43
Are doing answering questions. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:48:45
Yeah, I think, I think it's a good deal. We have a lot of property that we need. 00:48:50
Work with down in that area, so I'm glad to see that some of. 00:48:54
Being able to get used. 00:48:57
If you're good, I don't have any questions. 00:49:00
Yeah. Just so you guys know, I think there was a total like 7 or 8 different properties just being one of them. So it's good to 00:49:02
see. 00:49:06
See it being put back together. 00:49:10
Yeah, and. 00:49:13
Winkelman Mayor is here today and we'll have a presentation once we vote on this. See where we're going. 00:49:15
Do you want to say anything, Mayor Brock? Money. 00:49:20
Well, I just appreciate. 00:49:25
Outlook. 00:49:29
Mr. Kinders. 00:49:31
Has given us. 00:49:32
Uh, possibly obtaining. 00:49:35
On using the. 00:49:36
The property because. 00:49:38
I think as it is, we're kind of landlocked. 00:49:40
With equipment that we have. 00:49:44
Even though we're small, we've been. 00:49:47
A fire department has been accumulating the last two years. 00:49:50
Two big fire trucks and we need. 00:49:54
Apple space to to storm not give them Northside so. 00:49:57
This would be greatly appreciated by the town. 00:50:02
I thank you. 00:50:06
For your time. 00:50:07
Thank you, Mayor. 00:50:08
All right. Well, thank you. With that, I'll call for a motion. 00:50:09
Mr. Chair, I move to approve a ground lease and use agreement with the Town of Winkleman as President. 00:50:13
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion and a second to approve Those in favor say aye, aye, aye, aye. Thank you. Item 3 N. 00:50:19
Information Discussion. Action to improve economic development. Agreement number 05072025 between Healer County and the Tunnel Rim 00:50:28
Searching Rescue Squad incorporated in the amount of $8567. 00:50:35
$0.39 to assist with the purchase of eight 800 megahertz radios. 00:50:42
The board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 00:50:48
This is an item. 00:50:52
Of support. 00:50:54
For the total room search and rescue. 00:50:56
And we have an orange shirt. Who do we have? 00:50:59
Bill. Oh, hi, Bill. 00:51:07
I'm going to give you 30 seconds. 00:51:11
Urgency of urgency assistance. I appreciate it. 00:51:17
Yeah, Thank you. So. 00:51:25
Just keeping up with technology, it's expensive. 00:51:27
And. 00:51:31
They don't have the money to buy this stuff and they are vital for safety, public safety. 00:51:33
So. 00:51:38
You have any questions? 00:51:40
Weather Yeah, well, these radios help you in communicating with the different departments, different law departments. 00:51:41
And in other fire departments. 00:51:49
They basically the same channel set up that the Sheriff's Office. 00:51:55
Amazon. 00:52:00
Sheriff's Office. 00:52:02
South of North County. 00:52:03
Don't know fire apartments on there. 00:52:06
We have radios and we use for communication with the strawberry rooms a lot of times. 00:52:10
No further questions. Thank you, Supervisor Klein, I'm good. 00:52:19
I'm good to go for a motion item 3. And Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve Economic Development Agreement number 05072025. 00:52:23
But the tunnel rim searching HG Squad Incorporated as presented and which the board has has determined to be for the benefit of 00:52:34
the public. 00:52:38
Mr. I'll second motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 00:52:43
Aye, aye. Thank you, Bill. 00:52:48
Item 3. O information discussion action. 00:52:51
To approve economic development agreement numbers 05062025. 00:52:55
Between Here County and the Pace and Art League. 00:53:00
Doing businesses, The Room, Country artists. 00:53:03
In the amount of $1500. 00:53:05
To assist with the expenses of the second annual Western Heritage and Film Festival. 00:53:07
Which the board has determined to be for the. 00:53:12
Benefit of the public. 00:53:15
And this is another item that I'm. 00:53:17
Helping support through sponsorship. 00:53:20
Payson Art League. 00:53:23
Will have their second annual Western Heritage during the August. 00:53:24
Rodeo. 00:53:28
And we have with us Elizabeth Bauer. Good morning. Can you just give us a very? 00:53:30
Yeah, brief description of what you guys do. 00:53:37
What we do is we have a. 00:53:42
To have fun and have. Let's hear it and. 00:53:44
What better way than celebrate our common Western heritage and where we live? 00:53:47
We have here and the representative. 00:53:53
The fire service. 00:53:55
Will be primary student and. 00:53:57
We are. 00:54:01
Hard to do so, and lots of celebration. 00:54:08
Cowboy poetry. 00:54:11
Those cigars? 00:54:13
It's actually practicing filming. 00:54:16
And. 00:54:20
A Sunday journal. 00:54:21
Joyous. 00:54:25
Next, we're very grateful that we have Board of Supervisors. 00:54:27
I move first in the amount of 1500. 00:54:33
Almost exactly that. 00:54:36
This is encouraging farms up here for kids who have never. 00:54:38
Thank you. 00:54:52
OK. Thank you very much, Supervisor Humphrey. No question, Supervisor Klein, I'm good. 00:54:53
OK. With that, I'll call for motion. Mr. Chair, move to approve Economic Development Agreement number 05062025 with the Hemi 00:54:58
County and Basin. Art. 00:55:03
Doing business as. 00:55:08
Country artists as presented. 00:55:11
And which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 00:55:13
And I'll second that Mr. Chair motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:55:17
Thank you very much, gentlemen. 00:55:23
Thank you, Elizabeth. 00:55:25
Let's move on to item 3. 00:55:28
Information discussion actions with adoptive proclamation number 202505. 00:55:32
Proclaiming the second week of June. 00:55:38
2025 is National Recreation Highline Trail Week. 00:55:41
In helicopter this was a request brought to me. 00:55:44
To make a proclamation about the Highline Trail. 00:55:48
Highline Trail goes through our county. It's a. 00:55:52
Basically pretty significant trail. 00:55:56
And they've been doing a lot of improvements on it. So proclamation. 00:55:59
Is uh. 00:56:03
Pretty straightforward. 00:56:05
It goes whereas the communities that make up Rd. Country, Arizona have long value to the natural beauty, cultural heritage and 00:56:08
outdoor recreational opportunities. 00:56:12
That define our region and through a collaborative effort involved public agencies, nonprofit. 00:56:17
Organizations, dedicated volunteers, significant investments have been made to restore, protect and enhance the iconic Highline 00:56:23
National Recreation Trail for future generations, and the Highline Trail spans 68 miles across Rim Country. 00:56:30
Offering unparalleled east to West. 00:56:38
Access to our forest landscapes. 00:56:40
And diverse ecosystems providing opportunities for hiking, biking, exploration, and a. 00:56:43
Appreciation of Arizona outdoor treasures. 00:56:50
And National Trails Day the first Saturday in June. 00:56:53
And National Get Outdoors Day, the second Saturday in June, encourage Americans to explore public lands and connect with the 00:56:56
natural world, aligning with the spirit of stewardship. 00:57:02
And celebration embodied by the Highland Trail and Gila County. 00:57:08
Encourages residents and visitors alike to get outdoors. Experience Rim Country beauty. 00:57:12
And. 00:57:18
And cultivate a life long commitment to the care and preservation. 00:57:20
Of our public lands, and now therefore, we, the members of the Hewitt County Board of Supervisors. 00:57:24
DO hereby proclaim the second week of June 2025. 00:57:30
As national recreation highline trail week in gila county and urge all citizens to. 00:57:33
To celebrate, explore and protect the remarkable natural resources that define our community and we have a few representatives 00:57:38
from. 00:57:42
The trail system. Does anyone want to make a comment or two? 00:57:47
Thank you supermarket person to ask perpetrating that president of the country association of heads up. 00:57:52
I've been blessed to be able to work with the. 00:57:58
National Horse. 00:58:01
Going to restore the highlight to. 00:58:09
It's the current beauty right now in 68 miles along the base of the Bogey brand. 00:58:13
It's accessible. 00:58:20
Blue trail, so I think my grandkids up there ride bikes. 00:58:22
License is a new rider. We ride bikes up there. 00:58:27
And we're starting to see a real. 00:58:29
I watched the trucks go through town and usually they're heading out of the Flagstaff, which goes someplace else to go ride. 00:58:32
And now they're trying to stay here with their bikes. 00:58:40
You know a recent report, National Trust. 00:58:43
Stated that the average visit by mountain bikers and community richer trails is $416.00 per day. 00:58:48
Just kind of we can go out. 00:58:56
That's about right, especially if you bike breaks. 00:58:59
Prepare yourself. 00:59:01
That thing is the continued economic benefits. 00:59:03
This amazing, amazing piece of trail so. 00:59:06
And we have some slag here, supervisors who have to highlight. 00:59:10
Church as well. Thank you so much for your support. 00:59:15
Excuse me. Thank you, Trevor. And who do you have with you? 00:59:18
Coordinator up here. 00:59:27
And then? 00:59:30
Very. 00:59:33
She's not a biker, she's a runner and she runs the entire thing one day quite often so. 00:59:37
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:59:47
I have no questions, Supervisor Klein. Oh, I'm good. 00:59:49
OK. I'll call for motion item 3A. 00:59:53
Go ahead, Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to adopt Proclamation number 202505. 00:59:57
I'll second that. 01:00:03
Motion a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:00:05
Thank you very much people. 01:00:09
Good to see you guys. 01:00:11
Item 3B. Information, discussion action. 01:00:17
To receive an update on the activities of the finale Council for Senior Citizens doing business AS. 01:00:20
Central Arizona Aging and approved intergovernmental agreement number 04202025 with. 01:00:27
CAA whereby the county will disperse $165,000. 01:00:35
And further, the board finds determines this. 01:00:39
Is for the public benefit to provide services to persons with disabilities. 01:00:42
And aged persons within Gila County. 01:00:47
Good morning, Anna. 01:00:51
Good to see you. 01:00:53
Get to see everyone, thanks for having me again. 01:00:54
So you can. 01:00:58
Oh, for the photo op. OK, got it. OK. 01:01:00
Good morning. I'm happy to be before you again to present our annual. 01:01:03
For funding for our organization, I want to point out umm. 01:01:07
That we did complete every branding and name change last year. So we are still now here with Council for Senior Citizens, but we 01:01:12
branded to Central Arizona Aging. So you're going to see some of that as we move forward. But we're still the same organization 01:01:17
providing the same services. 01:01:23
Cam Hill County. 01:01:28
Let's see here so. 01:01:30
We'll do the presentation. 01:01:35
And I'll try to be as brief as possible. 01:01:39
Do it quickly. 01:01:42
OK. 01:01:43
I usually has a separate PowerPoint metaphor. 01:01:47
OK, sorry. 01:01:52
She just want to let Jonathan know when. Yeah. 01:01:56
Sure. So we'll move on to the next. 01:02:00
Next slide. 01:02:02
So just some details on the funding. We've had this partnership now for many years, I think probably about 20 years or so. We 01:02:05
received $165,000 annually. We are the fiscal agents as. 01:02:11
The Area Agency on AG for these funds to be distributed to the Senior Centers for Nutrition. 01:02:18
Services. Umm. 01:02:24
And the period that I'm going to be reporting for is from last fiscal year ending June 30 to 24. The programs are home delivery 01:02:25
deals, congregate meals and also case management services for those individuals that are case managed in the community. 01:02:31
Next slide, this is a breakdown of distribution of funds and I believe I know that the county makes a decision on the 01:02:39
distribution, but it is my understanding based on population numbers. So you see there the breakdown by Senior Center Payson 01:02:45
receiving the larger. 01:02:51
Allocation of those funds and then the senior centers that follow that receiving those portions. 01:02:58
That are made to them. Our agency also receives about $11,000 for case management services that are provided here in Huea County. 01:03:05
And then we have a small amount for mom's meals, which is. 01:03:14
Service that we use for individuals that do not live. 01:03:17
Close to a Senior Center, so they live in those outlying areas. We use a. 01:03:21
A meal service which provides chilled meals directly to their home. 01:03:26
And so we have some funding going to that and of course an admin cost for a total of 165 distributed, less distributed last year. 01:03:31
In 2024, the program outcomes are that we served 1300 almost 1400 individuals in Gila County. 01:03:40
Serving over 100,170. 01:03:49
728. 01:03:52
Meals provided in both concrete and home delivered meal service. 01:03:55
And in case managed 550 individuals. 01:03:59
Next slide, some of the victories reported to us from the Payson Senior Center. This is actually not just the Payson Senior 01:04:04
Center, it should be all senior centers. 01:04:09
I'll just go over a few of these. It has saved our lives. 01:04:15
Speaking about the the meal itself. 01:04:20
Some days we don't have anything to eat. 01:04:22
At least I get one meal a day. We know that many of our seniors are. 01:04:25
Eating half of the meal and saving the rest for dinner. 01:04:29
And some of that and we're hearing back. 01:04:32
Victories Our seniors are able our center is able to serve a number of seniors experiencing chronic health conditions and mobility 01:04:34
issues. 01:04:38
And those struggling with food insecurity, that's out of Hayden. 01:04:42
And food insecurity and malnutrition. 01:04:46
Out of Pine, we've seen an increase in participation as more people hear about our good, how good our meals are. 01:04:48
And our program has experienced significant growth in response to growing demand. 01:04:56
Another victory out of Globe. Our clients continuously express their appreciation. I want to put a quality of meals for the 01:05:02
consistency of the service and the well checks. 01:05:06
And then in Miami. 01:05:11
Daily meal delivery has allowed our center staff to build strong bonds with our homebound clients as many are frail. 01:05:14
Lonely and isolated. 01:05:21
And then you know with every service there are some challenges and you experience this year to year. 01:05:23
Not a lot of changes but for this past year the impact of staff increasing staff wages. 01:05:29
The cost of increasing cost of food and we're all feeling that, so our senior centers as well. 01:05:36
Fuel cost. Delivery vehicles needing repair. 01:05:43
UMM and the recruitment of consistent volunteers. 01:05:47
Also, the lack of increased funding on the federal and state level. 01:05:51
More so in the state from the federal law, it's been stagnant and and then we are going into this year unfortunately. 01:05:56
Possibly looking at some additional cuts. 01:06:03
Umm to OA funds. 01:06:05
The impact of the Gila County funding and your support means that it significantly improves the diet and quality and nutrient 01:06:07
intakes for the seniors in your communities. Reduce food insecurity and malnutrition among seniors. 01:06:15
Provides daily well checks. 01:06:23
For most most, the most vulnerable in our community, increasing their health and safety. 01:06:24
And also provides access to community resources when seniors go to our senior centers there is. 01:06:32
And so they're able to socialize and increase their ability to access other resources aside from just the congregate meal 01:06:39
transportation services as well. 01:06:45
And also the program aligns with federal and state policies which aim to rebalance long term care away from nursing homes. 01:06:51
And God. 01:06:59
Supports individuals staying in their home where we know they aged back. 01:07:00
And it's less expensive. 01:07:05
So with that, I just want to thank you for your continued support consistently with our organization and mostly with our senior 01:07:07
centers. A heartfelt gratitude to you on behalf of our Board and our staff and our senior centers participants and clients. 01:07:14
In your investment helps combat hunger, malnutrition. 01:07:22
And empowers. 01:07:27
To our powers, our seniors, to age and dignity, health and independence. 01:07:29
In here account. 01:07:33
There any questions I'm happy to answer. Thank you so much. You're welcome. 01:07:34
Yeah, other funding agencies to you to the. 01:07:39
Federal. State. 01:07:42
And how are their fundings holding up for you? 01:07:44
So for the current fiscal year, we're in 2025 now, funding has been consistent. We haven't seen any increases. 01:07:48
But as we approach 2026, we just updated the state, just updated the funding formula for the state. 01:07:55
And so that impacts our nutrition services. And so we are seeing a slight decrease on federal funding. 01:08:03
For leaning into 2026. 01:08:09
Umm, we still don't know the full impact, however, because if you've been following what's going on with the federal government 01:08:12
and the budget. 01:08:16
Process. We have not received clear information. It's been a very confusing few months in terms of. 01:08:21
You know, our funds being frozen and then there was some conversation about elimination of some services. 01:08:29
And so now, as of Friday. 01:08:35
We're hearing that there is possibly. 01:08:39
Consistent funding, but we also have to brace ourselves from some. 01:08:43
Possible. 01:08:47
Anywhere from the 10 to 15%. 01:08:48
Across all programs. 01:08:50
So I know that sounds very confusing, but that we're not getting clear information from the federal government. 01:08:52
And the state. 01:08:58
The state dollars are a match for the federal funds. 01:09:01
And as long as the federal funds are being received. 01:09:04
We feel confident that the state funding will be there. 01:09:07
Yeah. The reason for that question was it seems like it's been $165,000 for a long time. 01:09:12
And every day I sit up here, somebody's asking for another 1020%. 01:09:18
I think today we'll go over a deal that they're asking for 100%. 01:09:23
And so it's like, well, you know. 01:09:27
You provide such a. 01:09:30
Important service. 01:09:33
To our community, for the elders, for the, for the communication and being there and. 01:09:35
And providing meals. 01:09:40
Because even people with families. 01:09:42
Of have loved ones signed up for this? 01:09:45
And it's very important that they. 01:09:48
That they get that interaction and that funding and so. 01:09:50
I have no other questions other than. 01:09:55
You know, I would like to. 01:09:58
Maybe look at it and see if if you're in need if there's not. 01:10:00
Room for a little increase. 01:10:05
Because food prices aren't. 01:10:08
Going down Gas prices aren't going down. 01:10:10
And like I said to me, you provide a. 01:10:13
A very important service. 01:10:16
To our seniors, so. 01:10:18
Thank you, supervisor. We appreciate. Thank you for what you do. 01:10:20
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Anna, good to see you. As always, thank you for everything you do too. 01:10:24
Your heart is definitely in the right place and so they are faced with some cuts and that's one thing we're looking at. 01:10:31
I had a brief conversation with Anna this morning. 01:10:38
Hayden is looking at some significant cuts. 01:10:41
With the possibility of losing that Senior Center. 01:10:44
And So what I would like to suggest is that. 01:10:48
James, if you would take this and look into it. 01:10:54
And. 01:10:57
We've done. 01:11:01
Quite a bit since we've taken office for the scene and we've upped our part of the country in every so often. 01:11:02
We went to that 165,000 mark just in the last couple of years. 01:11:09
And so. 01:11:14
It's never enough, I understand that. 01:11:15
And I understand that we can't cover everything. 01:11:19
I do know that as well. 01:11:23
But this is more than than just food too. This is a lot of contact. 01:11:25
You know that these residents rely on seeing somebody once every so often or as they have nobody to. 01:11:29
To contact or communicate with and so. 01:11:36
I really think from my standpoint, I would like to see us try and do what we can, especially when we have a Senior Center like 01:11:40
Hayden that's. 01:11:44
As looking at possibly closer. 01:11:50
Hayden covers a lot of country in that corner. 01:11:53
That isn't. 01:11:56
Isn't. 01:11:58
Really available to anything else it's authored by themselves. 01:11:59
They're really good. They've worked hard over all these years and worked really, really hard at that Senior Center. 01:12:04
And. 01:12:10
James I I'd like to see us try and check into this and dig a little deeper and. 01:12:13
And see what we can do with Hayden to. 01:12:19
To not close that center. 01:12:22
And it wouldn't only be Hayden, in my opinion, any of them that's looking at closing, we need to help. 01:12:24
But that's the one that's coming up that has came up this morning, so. 01:12:31
Go ahead if you have some comments, sure, go. 01:12:38
OK. 01:12:41
Coming from two of our supervisors. 01:12:44
I would assume that you had the same thoughts that. 01:12:47
I might recommend. 01:12:50
Now This is Money for our fiscal year. 01:12:53
2526 Budget. 01:12:56
Today's check is verse 25. 01:12:59
For fiscal year 2425. 01:13:02
Any future research I presume would be for 26. 01:13:04
Well, because they're, they're cuts, any they're looking at look for next year, right, They'd have to shut down next year or 01:13:10
sooner than that. 01:13:13
Yes, it would be July 1st of 25 this coming July, coming fiscal year. And I will say I should, I should probably give you some 01:13:17
information around that is that. 01:13:22
The reason that they're getting the cut is that we had. 01:13:27
To implement a new funding formula, the state, as I mentioned earlier, creates A funding formula for the state and we do the same 01:13:30
for our funds. And So what has occurred is that. 01:13:36
There have been some shifts in population in our region. Canal is growing, landing some Downsila County small growth. 01:13:42
And so there's been some shifts. 01:13:49
And so there is one Senior Center in this area that is getting an increase, while the smaller senior centers because we don't see 01:13:51
a lot of population growth. 01:13:55
Are getting unfortunately reductions in funding so, so that's the the issue there in Hayden. 01:13:59
We have been in talks with the mayor and with their staff. 01:14:07
About ensuring that the seniors continue to get meals. And so we're looking at a couple of options. That Senior Center is 01:14:11
critical, as you state within that area because it provides many resources. 01:14:17
And So what we're thinking about doing is as long as they're open to this option is that we would continue to serve the home 01:14:23
delivered meal clients through Mom's meals. 01:14:29
Because that is an option. 01:14:35
And then? 01:14:37
Provide congregate meals out of our kitchen and Casa Grande. We have a central kitchen and Casa Grande. We'll be bringing those up 01:14:38
weekly and providing 5 meal packs. 01:14:43
To all of the. 01:14:48
Congregate meal participants. 01:14:50
The last thing we want is for our seniors to go without food. 01:14:52
And so that is, you know, the least we can do. 01:14:55
But in terms of the Senior Center and programming and staff, they just don't have the funding to. 01:14:59
To be able to staff the center and, and so that's what we're still working towards. 01:15:05
Thank you, Annie. And and you know too, the Sinner is is pretty important for for folks to go. That's a place where they can 01:15:11
socialize, they can get out of their house, have the different little events or functions going on there. 01:15:17
It's been a really good thing in that corner. 01:15:24
Mr. Mr. Chairman, so I'll decline if I could ask one question. 01:15:28
And I hope I'm not stepping on any toes, but there's. 01:15:32
El County. 01:15:37
Participating in that South. 01:15:38
Southern corner of. 01:15:41
The helipinal area. 01:15:42
They do we. 01:15:44
Apply for funding to them directly and they do provide some funding for that. So it's a combination of funds both heal and canal 01:15:47
and then our federal funding. I'm just wondering if I need to go to my counterpart now county and say, hey, well. 01:15:52
And I wouldn't mind you asking them for more money. That will definitely help. But yeah, they do participate, not to the degree 01:15:59
that Gila County, but we're working on that. 01:16:04
I think I will. 01:16:09
The county manager profound Mr. Lou is a good friend of mine, so I I don't mind going and. 01:16:12
Talking to him, that would be great. 01:16:18
Mr. Chairman, there's a Board, if I might recommend that these money being asked to approve today is for the current fiscal year, 01:16:21
which ends in 27 days. 01:16:26
And we go ahead with 165,000. 01:16:31
That we we have. 01:16:34
Appropriate. It's included in the budget. 01:16:36
But that perhaps we. 01:16:38
If I can persuade our finance department to look at maybe about 175,000, something like that, we can, certainly. 01:16:40
Meet with you and see if. 01:16:47
If that helps and what exactly that can potentially do. 01:16:49
Bring that forward as part of our budget for. 01:16:52
This year, 2526, it starts again in 28 days. 01:16:55
So. 01:16:59
Or any thoughts of doing anything other than that I would appreciate. 01:17:01
Your input. 01:17:05
Thank you. And so, yeah, I, I agree that we need to keep up with. 01:17:07
Costs and things like that and after all, merit. It's just. 01:17:11
Numbers. 01:17:15
So what is this general fund money? 01:17:22
This is general OK, all right. 01:17:25
So thank you so much. I think society is judged on how well we take care of those who can't help themselves. 01:17:28
And it's very important that we have these. 01:17:36
For for our elderly and all those that need it. 01:17:39
OK. So if there's nothing else, I'll call for motion. 01:17:43
Mr. Chair, I move to approve intergovernment. 01:17:46
Agreement number 04202025. 01:17:50
With the panel Gila Council for Senior Citizens. 01:17:54
Doing business as Central Arizona Aging as presented. 01:17:58
And further, the board finding finds. 01:18:03
And determine that this is for the benefit. 01:18:07
To provide services to persons with disabilities and aged persons within Healy County. 01:18:10
And Mr. Chair, I'll second that. 01:18:18
Mostly in a second, she approved. Those in favor say aye. 01:18:19
Aye, aye. Thank you, Anna. Do you mind a picture real quick? 01:18:22
Let's do it. 01:18:26
Usually we just put on the. 01:18:31
They're not understanding it. 01:18:56
One more. 01:19:09
Thank you. 01:19:14
So Charlotte, we're comfortable going forward, OK? 01:19:42
Item 3C. Information discussion. Action to approve or deny a petition. 01:19:46
For redemption of exemption waiver from Ronnie J McLaren. 01:19:51
That just seemed to have his property tax exemption that is deemed waived by. 01:19:55
We're going to revise statute so redeemed. 01:20:01
Tax year 2025 share. 01:20:04
Four of these. Good to see you. 01:20:08
They're all. 01:20:11
The same language. So we're going to try and run through because we can. 01:20:13
And I tried to create a shortcut this morning and we can't do that. We're just going to have to go through them one at a time. 01:20:17
And. 01:20:24
So could you explain what we're doing and? 01:20:25
Why this person didn't get? 01:20:29
Their information in a timely fashion, certainly. Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the Board. 01:20:30
Ronnie J McLaren has petitioned the board to redeem his property tax exemption for 2025 as a veteran with a 100% disability. 01:20:38
Under Arizona Revised Statute 42 Dash 11153 A. 01:20:47
Qualifying taxpayer, otherwise entitled. 01:20:52
To A property tax exemption waives the exemption if the taxpayer fails to file a required affidavit. 01:20:55
Or furnish other required evidence between the first Monday in January and March 1st of the year. 01:21:02
This is the case with Mr. McLaren, who received his disability approval letter from Veterans Affairs on April 16th. 01:21:07
Which is after the March 1st application window closure. 01:21:15
However, excuse me. 01:21:19
Under Arizona Revised Statute 42-1115 three, Section B. 01:21:21
The qualifying taxpayer may petition the Board of Supervisors to redeem the waiver of the tax exemption. 01:21:27
This petition must be presented before the board in a regular meeting, which is why I'm here today on Mr. McLaren's behalf. 01:21:34
Mr. McLaren qualifies for the individual tax exemption and has been approved for the exemption by the assessor's office. 01:21:41
He has now petitioned the board for approval for his exemption to take effect for 2025. 01:21:49
An approval of Mr. McLaren's petition will allow for his approved exemption to take effect now and this upcoming tax season. 01:21:56
A denial would push his exemption to 2026 in the next half season. 01:22:04
The Assessors office does not advocate for or against the boards approval, though we will state that Mister McLaren has proven 01:22:10
qualified to receive the exemption and certainly deserves it. 01:22:16
Any questions? Hey, thank you, Sarah. 01:22:22
Supervisor hopefully. 01:22:25
Question on this if. 01:22:26
If this is voted on. 01:22:30
And they and they don't pay the taxes. 01:22:33
You don't pay taxes, it's just it's a discounted. 01:22:37
OK, it's a discounted amount, not not just. 01:22:41
No, tech doesn't. 01:22:45
We haven't got that passed yet in law for it to be no tax. 01:22:46
OK. 01:22:51
OK, that's fine. No further questions. OK. Thank you, Brother Klein. 01:22:53
I'm good. 01:22:58
I wish there was no. But maybe you'll come in time. Maybe. Yeah. 01:22:59
OK, so I have no questions. 01:23:05
So with that, I'll call for motion item 3C. 01:23:07
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve. 01:23:11
A petition for redemption of exemption waiver from Ronnie J McLaren. 01:23:15
Petitioning to have his property tax exemption that is deemed waived by ARS. 01:23:21
42-1115 Three. 01:23:27
Redeemed for tax year 2025. 01:23:31
Mr. Chair, I'll second motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 01:23:36
Aye, aye, thank you. Sure. We have item 3D information, discussion, action to approve or deny. 01:23:41
Petition for redemption of exemption waiver from Michael. 01:23:48
Dozier, Patricia may have his property tax exemption as deemed weighed by Arkansas. 01:23:51
Redeemed for tax year 2025. 01:23:57
Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the Board, would you care for me to restate the statutes or just give you the particulars of 01:24:01
this? I think we. 01:24:05
They're all identical as far as the purpose of them. 01:24:09
We just need specifics on Mr. Michael Dozier. 01:24:12
Will do. 01:24:16
Mr. Dozier was undergoing hip surgery and radiation treatment in Tempe, AZ during the application time frame, which is why he did 01:24:18
not get there during that time frame. 01:24:23
He does qualify. Again, any of these petitions that we bring before the board will all be qualified for the exemption and then 01:24:29
it's just your decision whether they get it now or later. 01:24:34
OK. So he does qualify? 01:24:39
And. 01:24:42
Again, we don't advocate for or against, but we'll state that Mister Dozier has proven qualified to receive the exemption and 01:24:45
would have applied if it not for his medical issues. 01:24:49
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:24:54
OK, you stay reduced rate of taxes. 01:24:56
How much reduced is that? 01:25:00
I mean, is it 10%, is it 50%? Is it the exemption is a dollar amount which changes each year? 01:25:02
According to whatever, whoever the powers that be. 01:25:09
Decide for the increase. Right now it's $4748. 01:25:13
That amount is deducted from their limited assessed property value, so it brings that number down. 01:25:17
Then the tax rate is calculated from the lower number to get them what they pay in taxes. 01:25:24
Okay. 01:25:32
I guess, yeah. Then then could it could it be close to 0 taxes? It could be, yes. OK 'cause see what I'm getting at is I fight. 01:25:34
And a tax property that has no taxes assessed to it. 01:25:43
Can never go up for tax lien sale. 01:25:49
For not paying taxes. 01:25:52
And so with me trying to clean up properties. 01:25:55
And this property is. 01:25:58
Is has no taxes. 01:26:00
Earlier you said there's no zero. Well. 01:26:02
I think there is some at once. That's all calculated. 01:26:04
Because I'm fighting properties. 01:26:08
That will never go up for a tax lien sale because there's no taxes owed. 01:26:10
And so therefore I have. 01:26:15
I have. 01:26:17
No way to. 01:26:18
To clean up some of the blighted properties. 01:26:20
And that's. 01:26:23
I guess something that we're going to have to. 01:26:25
Workout somehow on calculations so there's at least. 01:26:28
$0.10 owed. 01:26:32
Because then if it's not paid. 01:26:34
Then it can go up for a tax lien sale because taxes. 01:26:36
Oh, so as we go forward with this. 01:26:40
And the formula gets presented after the deduction for the final ODE. 01:26:43
I would like to know. 01:26:49
If there are. 01:26:51
Zeros because. 01:26:53
The end result after that person passes on or. 01:26:56
Something. 01:26:59
Creates difficulties. 01:27:01
In the future. 01:27:03
I hear you. So after calculations if there's zeros out? 01:27:05
I would like to be able to work on. 01:27:10
On those zeros, even if it's $0.10. 01:27:13
Just just no 0. 01:27:16
OK, yes. 01:27:18
One one side note to that is when an individual is there the exemption amount that they have. 01:27:21
If their value is of such. 01:27:26
That only a portion of this wipes out. 01:27:29
Their taxes and it goes to 0. 01:27:33
And they still haven't like a credit balance from this exemption, if that makes sense. It goes towards their personal property 01:27:35
taxes, so their vehicle. 01:27:39
It can go towards the taxes that they would have to owe on their fee. 01:27:43
OK. 01:27:49
Yeah, I would. 01:27:50
I would, yeah, I would just. 01:27:51
Getting to the reason or or to the point that I have. 01:27:53
Dealt with issues from past. 01:27:57
Deals that I have no way to deal with them now. 01:28:00
The future. 01:28:08
Understood. 01:28:11
Thank you. 01:28:12
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. 01:28:14
Sure. Are these all veterans? 01:28:15
No. OK, so Mr. Dozier is now veteran. 01:28:18
No, he's just 100% permanent total disabled. OK. 01:28:21
OK. 01:28:27
So I have a little bit different outlook on a lot of this than than TM is looking at it. I understand what he's saying, but still. 01:28:30
But you know, with 100% of disability. 01:28:39
Veterans, however that shakes out, I think. 01:28:43
I think it needs to. 01:28:47
Have some weight to it. 01:28:49
I also know that nothing can happen unless the state changes it through the Rs codes. 01:28:50
And so that's nothing we can do in house here. 01:28:56
That has to be petitioned and lobbied through the state. 01:28:59
But anyway, thank you for that. 01:29:03
Sure. Just to clarify, is this exemption is given to a person? 01:29:06
Yes, it's not a permanent change to the property. 01:29:11
Correct. So when that person leaves cells, dies or anything. 01:29:14
The property reverse back to normalcy. 01:29:18
OK. All right. Thank you. So. 01:29:21
Is there anything else good? 01:29:24
How do you keep record on? 01:29:28
The the person not owning the property. 01:29:31
Anymore. 01:29:35
Through the deeds, the titles that come into our office, we would know when the property's been transferred out of their name and 01:29:36
such the the exemption would automatically follow. 01:29:41
OK, yeah, I'm not gonna. 01:29:47
Go further, because yeah, finish. 01:29:49
If one of the family people, well, I said I'm not going there. 01:29:52
OK, I'm done. 01:29:56
OK, manage your memo. 01:29:58
Essentially kissing. 01:30:00
I had a question in your description of what it does so if. 01:30:02
Net assessed value is $100,000. 01:30:06
You described that there's in this case, particular case. 01:30:09
4000 or something. So essentially the net assessed value. 01:30:13
Is reduced from 100,000 to 95,000. 01:30:17
Something so. 01:30:21
It's not a $4000 credit on their taxes, rejection and net assessed by you. 01:30:22
By the $4000 or whatever it is. 01:30:29
4000 is the maximum. 01:30:31
I start you right now. 01:30:33
Correct. What is it B? 01:30:34
That dollar amount, the exemption amount, is the same number. Everybody gets that number. 01:30:36
OK. 01:30:40
Thank you. 01:30:42
OK. This is kind of new to all of us, I think. 01:30:44
Been doing all along yes I appreciate everything that you're doing so let's. 01:30:48
I have one other question which was then. 01:30:53
Do they have to apply for this every year? 01:30:59
Once they get the exemption, it is perpetual. 01:31:02
On the perpetual until the situation changes, correct. Yeah, OK. 01:31:05
With that, I'll call for motion. 01:31:10
Mr. Chair, I move to approve a petition. 01:31:12
For redemption. 01:31:16
Of exemption waiver for Michael. 01:31:18
Or those are petitioning to have his property tax exemption. 01:31:21
That is deemed waived by. 01:31:26
ARS 421153. 01:31:31
A. 01:31:35
For tax year 2025. 01:31:37
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye. 01:31:40
Aye aye item 3 E is information, discussion, action to approve or deny A petition for redemption of exemption, waiver from. 01:31:45
Lisa M Dibble. 01:31:53
Petitioning to have her property tax exempted. 01:31:55
Exemption that is deemed waived by the ARS redeemed. 01:31:59
Or state year or tax year 2025? 01:32:03
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the Board. Lisa Dibble is the partner of Mr. Dozier. 01:32:07
Her reason for not applying during the time frame is because she was with him. 01:32:13
And Tempe? She is also 100% permanent and total disabled. 01:32:17
But because of Mr. Dozier's condition and her being with him, she was unable to apply. 01:32:21
She she's qualified, we have accepted her everything. 01:32:26
Passive muster. 01:32:31
And as you will go into being exempted for next year if not approved position. 01:32:33
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:32:37
Opportunity. 01:32:42
Umm, if. If the property never changes hands then. 01:32:43
You don't know. 01:32:48
I mean if the person passes away. 01:32:50
Mm-hmm. And a family member. 01:32:52
And never goes to probate. 01:32:55
Family member doesn't sell it. 01:32:57
Then you don't know. 01:33:00
Person has disease. 01:33:02
If a person diseases and they do not file a death certificate or there's not some other way that we are informed you are correct, 01:33:05
it may take a law for us to it. OK and and I apologize for beating this up, but but I'm dealing with the other end of some of 01:33:11
these and I can show you pictures that would make you. 01:33:16
Really wish that you didn't live next to this person. 01:33:22
And so that's why I'm kind of milking this. 01:33:25
To get. 01:33:28
Reasons why I'm dealing with some of these things now. 01:33:29
And hopefully can build a prevention for it so. 01:33:34
Thank you very much for the for answering the questions. 01:33:38
That's all OK. Thank you. Supervisor cloning, I'm good. 01:33:41
I'll call for a motion. 01:33:45
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve. 01:33:46
A petition for redemption of exemption labor. 01:33:50
From Lisa M Dibble. 01:33:53
Petitioning to have her property tax exemption. 01:33:56
That is deemed way by ARS. 01:33:59
421-1153. 01:34:02
Redeem for tax year 2025. 01:34:05
Mr. Chair, I'll second it. Motion to 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:34:09
Aye aye. And to item 3F Information, discussion, action to approve or deny. 01:34:14
Petition for redemption of exemption waiver from Rimview Community Church. 01:34:19
Petitioning to have their property tax exemption that is deemed waived by Arizona Revised Statute redeemed for tax year. 01:34:24
2025 Share. 01:34:32
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the Board, this was a little different because it is a nonprofit organization and not an 01:34:34
individual that they have the same filing timelines as an individual does. 01:34:39
They have been a nonexistent. 01:34:44
Church or? 01:34:47
A very long time. 01:34:48
Am I saying that right now? Exempt. Exempt any way you understand? 01:34:50
For a very long time with their property they recently acquired. 01:34:54
A parking lot next to where the church is, or additional parking. 01:34:58
They did not make the filing deadline because they did not. 01:35:03
The clothes on that parking lot until April. 01:35:07
April 11. 01:35:14
So that is why we're here today for them. 01:35:15
OK. Thank you, Professor Humphrey. 01:35:20
No questions. 01:35:25
Supervisor Klein. 01:35:26
So this is just a different parcel when they fired it than what they had. 01:35:28
Or have previously, Huh. 01:35:31
Yes, OK. Thanks. 01:35:33
This didn't start out. 01:35:36
Yes, yes, OK. 01:35:37
All right. With that, I'll call for a motion. 01:35:39
Mr. I move. 01:35:41
To approve. 01:35:43
A petition. 01:35:45
For redemption of. 01:35:46
Exemption waiver for. 01:35:49
Rimview Community Church. 01:35:52
Petitioning to have. 01:35:55
Their property tax exemption that is deemed waived by. 01:35:56
ARS 42111. 01:36:01
538. 01:36:04
Redeemed as tax year. 01:36:06
2025. 01:36:08
And I will second that, OK, we have a motion in a second to approve Those in favor say aye. 01:36:10
Aye, aye. Thanks very much. 01:36:16
All right, moving on to 3G information discussion action to renew an inspection services agreement between. 01:36:20
The county and the Arizona Department of Housing. 01:36:27
Office of Manufactured Housing for the purpose of enforcing the installation standards. 01:36:30
Of manufactured housing for manufactured homes, mobile homes. 01:36:36
Actually built buildings for the period of June 3rd. 01:36:40
2025 to June 2nd, 2028. 01:36:43
Andy, morning again. So basically, this is the renewal. We've had this contract for many years before. 01:36:46
Basically that we have an IGA state that allows Hilo County do the inspections. 01:36:53
Of studying in the manufactured homes. 01:36:59
On parcels in our county. 01:37:01
I talked with a couple of the installers. 01:37:04
It takes up to six weeks to get the state. 01:37:08
To come out to do 1 inspection. 01:37:12
We can do it the next day. 01:37:14
So. 01:37:16
Everyone really kind of wanted us renew us, including state. 01:37:18
So again, this is just a renewal the contract to allow us to do the inspections we have to follow their pricelines, their. 01:37:21
Their requirements and fill out forms and all that good stuff, but it helps these. 01:37:29
Customers and clients and. 01:37:35
Fence of Hill County. 01:37:38
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:37:41
You weren't just advertising next day service, were you? No, Sir. OK. I just wanted, I just wanted to make that clear. 01:37:44
No further questions. 01:37:52
But you did make the commitment. 01:37:54
A lot of people heard we, we do. If they call in today, they we will be out there tomorrow one way or another. 01:37:59
Not over the weekends obviously, but during the week we will do next day inspections if you get it called in before we leave. 01:38:06
That's called Randy Dewey. 01:38:14
Do we get enough off of it to help pay for our inspectors? It does. 01:38:15
In the problem we've done in the past, we didn't always follow. 01:38:22
Their requirements, they have different issues. So in other words, you want an extension, It's 100 bucks. 01:38:25
We're free for the first one. 01:38:31
They're 100 bucks, so we weren't doing that. 01:38:32
We weren't following the requirements but when I went through this it says we have to. 01:38:35
So yes, we, I think we do recover our cost. 01:38:39
We're not going to make any big dollars off it, but we will recover our cost on. 01:38:42
OK. Thank you. 01:38:47
Yeah. Thanks Randy, for all you guys do. 01:38:49
With that, I'll call for a motion. Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to renew an inspection services agreement between Gila County 01:38:52
and the Arizona Department of Housing. 01:38:56
Office of Manufactured Housing as presented. 01:39:01
Mr. Chair, I'll second that. OK, motion in the second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye. 01:39:05
Really. 01:39:13
Three H is information discussion action to authorize the advertisement of invitation. 01:39:14
Forbids number of 05102025. 01:39:20
Annual contract for advertising, publications and printing to solicit bids from qualified newspapers for an annual contract. 01:39:25
For all advertising, publications and printing required to be done or made by all departments in elected or. 01:39:33
Offices. 01:39:41
Of Healer County Government for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30. 01:39:42
2026. 01:39:47
Good morning, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Supervisor Humphrey. Supervisor Klein. Arizona Revised Statute 11255 requires that the 01:39:49
Board of Supervisors. 01:39:54
Award an annual contract for advertising, publication and printing in the newspaper of record. 01:39:59
The statute further stipulates what constitutes a newspaper of record. 01:40:06
Where it has to be located, how often it has to publish its actual. 01:40:12
Reach and things of that nature so that we can determine who. 01:40:17
Who are qualified bidders are. 01:40:23
And we are supposed to go out for this annually, so we are looking for your permission to advertise this invitation for bid. 01:40:25
Thank you, Baron Supervisor Humphrey. 01:40:33
Yeah, unless advertisement forbid. 01:40:38
We do have. 01:40:41
Things that need to go out to a newspaper, but they need to be published in accounting. 01:40:44
That not correct. 01:40:49
There are some things that fall outside of this particular. 01:40:52
Statutory requirement. 01:40:58
OK, so. 01:41:00
Say a paper out of the county seat wins the bid. 01:41:01
Then we still have to pay. 01:41:06
Accounting seat paper if they didn't receive the bid. 01:41:09
To do certain advertisements for us. 01:41:12
OK, I think that should be. 01:41:17
Somehow calculated in a bit. 01:41:22
Because it ends up sometimes costing us more. 01:41:26
If the county if if a paper within the county seat. 01:41:29
Does not get awarded the bid. 01:41:34
Then they still get the. They still get. 01:41:36
To do certain advertisements. 01:41:42
No matter who gets the bid. 01:41:45
So I understand that it goes out forbid. 01:41:46
But that's never been mentioned to. 01:41:51
Or I seem to have passed that in the past and then it comes back to find out. 01:41:55
That certain things. 01:42:00
Have to be paid. 01:42:02
To the people that were awarded the bid and. 01:42:04
And people that were not awarded the bid. 01:42:06
Because of rules that had to be in the county seat, so I would just somehow like to. 01:42:09
Be able to know when it goes out. Forbid that. 01:42:14
That everybody knows that. 01:42:17
We can work with the county attorneys office to determine whether we can include that in this. 01:42:25
Because this is specific. 01:42:30
To our compliance with 11255, it may have to be a separate discussion. 01:42:33
And I don't know that we can take that into consideration when evaluating these bids. 01:42:40
I don't know that our. 01:42:45
Existing procurement policy allows us to. 01:42:47
Calculate that. 01:42:54
In in a way that would be useful, especially when we have things like the tax lien sale that's like. 01:42:55
$9700 to print the list. 01:43:04
But you don't know how long that how much that's going to be and so you know, how many square inches or whatever. 01:43:07
I understand and I didn't mean to put you on the spot. It's just another thing that's come back. 01:43:15
To bite us in the future. 01:43:21
Because we have obligations. 01:43:22
To the state. 01:43:25
Which create problems for us in the future. 01:43:26
And we didn't. 01:43:29
I wasn't aware of it until it come back. 01:43:31
And realize that. 01:43:33
And then it just created. 01:43:35
More money. 01:43:38
For the bitter and the non. 01:43:39
Winner of the bid. 01:43:44
Because of the content. And so I'm not going to keep fighting that. But anyway, Jessica, go ahead. 01:43:46
I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. 01:43:53
We got the attorney. 01:43:56
Member. Supervisor. 01:43:58
This is something that we can certainly look into. I think Marion is correct. I think with the procurement rules, it's not 01:44:00
something we can account for. 01:44:04
However, I think the situation is very unique. Tequila County. 01:44:09
Umm, in that we only have. 01:44:13
Only we wait. We only have one. 01:44:16
On newspapers, in the county chair. So again, I think it's very unique. He would tell me. 01:44:18
And it might be a legislative issue, not something that we can address. 01:44:25
Here with the invitation for bids and. 01:44:30
Approving them, but we will certainly look into it. 01:44:34
Thank you. 01:44:38
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. I'm good. 01:44:40
I do know that there's rumblings at the legislature to try and ease up on some of the printing. 01:44:44
Demands and go digital. 01:44:50
I don't think that's been accomplished yet. 01:44:52
Thank you, Marin. With that, I'll call for a motion. 01:44:56
Mr. Chair, I move to authorize the advertisement for invitation for bids number 05102025, as presented. I'll second that motion 01:45:00
and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 01:45:06
Aye, thank you. 01:45:14
All right, moving on to. 01:45:15
Three information discussion Action to approve the final renewal of purchase Agreement Transaction number. 01:45:18
355844141. 01:45:24
120M2 all-wheel drive motor grater. 01:45:28
And to authorize the 8th annual and final payment in the amount of. 01:45:32
$96,195.84 Mr. White. 01:45:38
Chairman, Board of Supervisors, thank you. I think you pretty much said my whole presentation right there just in the motion, but 01:45:43
this is for 2018. 01:45:48
All-wheel drive motor greater that we've leased, this is our final payment of. 01:45:53
96 a little over $96,000 would bring The total price that we'd be paying for this is just a little over 266. 01:45:58
$1000 So this is our last and final payment and then we're out of the leasing we own. 01:46:08
OK, so glad I'd be happy to answer any questions. 01:46:14
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. No questions. 01:46:17
By the client, does that workout comparable to just buying one outright, Troy or did we end up paying a little bit more? 01:46:20
You end up paying a little more because you're leasing, so you're paying interest on it. So it's about $56,000 more over the eight 01:46:25
years for interest. 01:46:29
So we use their money for 50 some odd 1000. 01:46:34
Basically, yes. OK. 01:46:38
Thank you. You're welcome. 01:46:41
Thank you. And without call for motion, Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve the final renewal of purchase agreement 01:46:43
transaction number 355. 01:46:48
8441 as presented. 01:46:52
Miss Gerald, second motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye. 01:46:55
I don't appreciate your information. Discussion Actions approved. Amendment #1 The contract number is 071924. The Campaign Creek 01:47:02
Post Fire project Demolition of 10 homes. 01:47:07
With Brian Holt contracting. 01:47:13
Company Incorporated to increase the contract home by $16,724.74. 01:47:16
Or he knew not to exceed contract amount of 106,000. 01:47:23
$403. 01:47:27
And $0.74. 01:47:29
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Board of Supervisors. 01:47:31
So this is the one and only amendment to the contract. 01:47:33
We have for rental contracting. 01:47:37
For the demolition of the 10 homes. 01:47:40
What happened was early on in the process before we went out forbid. 01:47:42
Former Director Bell and I agreed that if we. 01:47:46
Convince the contractors to use our Buckhead Mesa landfill. We would pay the tipping fees. 01:47:50
Instead of filling up our Russell Gulch landfill, which is already. 01:47:55
As you know, filling up. 01:47:59
So the contractor had the option to do that and then turn in their slips. 01:48:01
And then we would reverse them. 01:48:06
What we didn't realize is that would actually put them over the original contract amounts. 01:48:08
So this is reimbursing Brian Holt Contracting for the amounts that they paid in the tipping fees? 01:48:11
Oh, Taith. Supervisor Humphrey, no questions. Supervisor Klein, I'm good with that. Thank you. Thank you, Alex. With that, I'll 01:48:18
call promotion. 01:48:22
As Chair, move to approve amendment #1 contract number 071924 as presented. And I'll second that motion and a second to approve 01:48:27
those in favor say aye. 01:48:32
Aye, aye. 01:48:37
Item 3K Information Discussion action to approve Modification 001. 01:48:39
Yes, Jessica. 01:48:44
No. 01:48:48
Member Supervisors. 01:48:51
I'm here. 01:48:53
OK. All right. Thank you. 01:48:54
Item 3K Information discussion action. 01:48:56
To approve modification 0012 road project agreement #23 are. 01:48:59
O-1103 One 200-276. 01:49:05
Between the United States Department of agriculture, Forest Service national. 01:49:10
Our National Forest in Gila County to revise the scope of work. 01:49:14
Update Administrative Contacts extend the performance period from September 30th, 2025. 01:49:19
To September 29, 2026 and add a page sick leave requirement clause. 01:49:26
Thank you, Mr. Supervisor, Chairman and Board. 01:49:33
So this is the third of the three. 01:49:38
Intergovernmental agreement modification that we have with the Tongue National Forest. 01:49:41
This one is for the original 500,000 that they gave us to work on. 01:49:45
Urgently that they allocated to us to work on Control Rd. 01:49:50
As a payment reimbursement program. 01:49:53
This contract got put on hold. 01:49:56
For service when everything got shut down for. 01:49:59
Brief stint and now the contract is open again. They'd like us to extend this contract for a year to make sure that we get the 01:50:02
work done. This will be. 01:50:06
Repairing 3 sections of Control Rd. 01:50:11
For a Forest Service request. 01:50:13
Super Humphrey. 01:50:16
I have no questions, Mr. Chair. OK, surprise your client. I'm good. Thank you, Alex and thank you, Alex. With that, I'll call 01:50:18
promotion. 01:50:21
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve modification number 001. 01:50:25
To Rd. Project Agreement number 23, R 011031200, Dash 276. 01:50:29
With the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Tunnel National Forest as presented. 01:50:38
I'll second that motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:50:45
Aye, aye, aye. Thank you, Howard. Thank you. 01:50:50
And three L information discussion action to approve. 01:50:52
Intergovernmental Agreement number 311252 with the Town of Winkleman for Justice Court case Management. 01:50:56
Of the town's criminal misdemeanor and criminal traffic case filings and terminations. 01:51:04
For the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028. 01:51:09
Jessica. 01:51:15
Yes, Chairman. Supervisors, The IGA's for Gila County Justice Court. 01:51:18
Have already came before you for all of the mythical these. 01:51:24
Except for the town of Winkelman. I'm not sure why this one was missed. It does look like it. Did this go before the town of 01:51:28
Winkelmann back in March? 01:51:32
So this is now just coming before you again because it was missed. 01:51:38
This is for the ability for the Justice court to handle the criminal misdemeanors and the criminal traffic case filing. 01:51:43
Pursuant to ARS 11952. 01:51:51
If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you, Jessica. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no questions. Great. 01:51:55
Supervisor Klein, I'm good. 01:51:59
I'm good as well. 01:52:04
With that, I'll call for motion. 01:52:05
Mr. Chair, I move to approve intergovernmental Agreement number 311252. 01:52:07
With the tone of Winkelmann as presented, I'll second that. 01:52:14
Have a motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:52:18
I think you our next item is item 3P. I'm going to ask for a motion to recess. 01:52:22
At the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convened as the Healer County Library District Board of Directors. 01:52:27
So move, Mr. Chair. 01:52:33
I'll second it. 01:52:35
OK, we have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:52:37
Aye, aye. 01:52:41
Information discussion, action to approve. 01:52:42
The agreement for E rate services between New York County Library district. 01:52:45
And you have a fraternity through the Yavapai County School Superintendent. 01:52:49
OR term of three years, effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. 01:52:53
At a rate of $4000 per year, a doctor related resolution. 01:52:58
And authorized the Heulah County Librarian to sign the letter of agency. 01:53:02
Good morning. 01:53:08
I had to look myself. Good morning, Chairman Supervisors. 01:53:09
I'm here to present our three-year renewal with yappa Π County and yappa Π County Education Service Agency for E rate consulting 01:53:14
services. 01:53:18
The library just continues to apply for E rates funding for the connectivity for all eight of our libraries. 01:53:22
We also apply separately for Category 2 funding for equipment and cabling for those libraries. 01:53:27
This agency, along with Frank Vanderhorst, has been invaluable not only for the help in applying for this funding, but a great 01:53:33
resource. 01:53:37
To answer questions for those of us who aren't quite as expert and have a great knowledge base. 01:53:40
They also keep track of projects and ensure that all federal deadlines and reporting requirements are met. 01:53:46
The Library District asks that you approve the agreement for the next 3 fiscal years at the rate of $4000 per year. 01:53:52
Adopt the attached resolution and authorize the healer County Librarian to sign the letter of agency and I'll answer any 01:53:59
questions. Thank you. Supervisor Humphrey. I have no questions. 01:54:04
Supervisor Klein, thank you, Elaine. Yeah, thank you, Elaine. I have no questions. With that, I'll call for motion. 01:54:09
Mr. I move to approve the agreement. 01:54:15
For E rate services between Heela County Library District and Yavapai County. 01:54:17
Through the Yavapai. 01:54:23
County School Superintendent adopt the related resolution. 01:54:24
And authorized the Gila County Librarian. 01:54:29
To sign the letter of. 01:54:32
Agency as presented. 01:54:34
I'll second that motion, then second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:54:37
Aye, aye. Thank you, Elaine. 01:54:41
We'll call for a motion to adjourn at the Gila County Library District Board of Directors and. 01:54:43
And reconvene in the Heathen County Board of Supervisors. So move, Mr. Chair. I'll second it. 01:54:48
Hey, we have a motion and a second. Those in favor say aye. 01:54:53
Aye aye aye. We have consent agenda items or A through M. 01:54:57
Advisor Humphrey. 01:55:03
I'm good. 01:55:04
Supervisor. 01:55:06
I'm good as well. 01:55:07
Anticipating my question, are we? 01:55:08
Very good. Then I will call for a motion to approve. 01:55:12
The consent agenda items A through M. 01:55:16
So move, Mr. Chair. 01:55:19
I'll second it mostly in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:55:20
Aye, thank you. 01:55:25
Call to the public here in Globe. 01:55:27
Oh, how about the Internet? 01:55:30
How many we have today? 01:55:32
For reviewers. 01:55:34
16 concurrently worse. OK, Lisa, you look pretty lonely over there. 01:55:37
Good luck. 01:55:43
OK. Thank you. 01:55:45
Moving on to Item 6, our reports, we'll start with the manager. 01:55:46
This chair remembers the board yesterday had a meeting with. 01:55:51
Of the Gila County Community College District president and. 01:55:54
Acting Acting president. 01:56:00
And follow up to our work session that we had a couple months ago. 01:56:03
This was a discussion regarding making sure all the paperwork and everything we have that. 01:56:06
Our partnerships with them goes forward and that we have. 01:56:11
All the T's cross now. 01:56:14
Went very well, but I did want to take the moment to. 01:56:16
Again, congratulate the Hewitt County College District with your support and Board of Supervisors. 01:56:20
In our discussion yesterday, they expressed appreciation to you several times. 01:56:26
That it would not have been possible for them to get to this point. 01:56:31
Without your help and your level of commitment. Thank you. 01:56:34
From them and from Healey County. 01:56:38
They they will be a. 01:56:41
The Gila County Community College District in 28 days. 01:56:43
And that is exciting. So and I believe that that's what the intent and purpose. 01:56:47
And your support has been all along, so congratulations to them. 01:56:52
Wanted to give a moment by Mr. Chairman of the Board to Michael. There's a couple of projects that we've got going on and there's 01:56:56
going to be some impact to the public. 01:57:00
So asking Michael to give us an update 1 on the Payson Courthouse. 01:57:04
And that transitioned back to the remodeled courthouse building. 01:57:10
They're impatient and then also there's been some work on the Michelson building here. 01:57:14
That if he could just take. 01:57:18
A minute each. 01:57:20
And update us from those. I would appreciate that, Mister. 01:57:22
Hello, Michael. 01:57:26
Good morning, Chair. Members of the board. So the two projects are the Payson Courthouse remodel? 01:57:28
And the Michelson building, but the facing courthouse remodel, if you remember, it's $1.8 million of a remodel and it was paid 01:57:32
from from ARPA funding. 01:57:37
So we are moving extremely fast with this project and I'm excited that it's on. 01:57:42
On track. It's on schedule. 01:57:47
Umm, we've put a new roof on there. 01:57:50
The the entire lobby storefronts 100% completed our fire suppression system which we had to add to this entire. 01:57:52
1st and 2nd floor that is been installed and they are testing that system now. 01:58:00
The the completion date is July. 01:58:06
Actually, June 30th is the date we're heading for. 01:58:11
July 18th we have scheduled with a contractor to move the court system out of the Longhorn Building, which is owned by the Payson 01:58:15
Senior Center. 01:58:19
And back into the courthouse. 01:58:23
By July. 01:58:26
Hopefully at the end of that weekend, everyone will be relocated back into the courthouse. 01:58:28
And then open on that following Monday. 01:58:33
So I'm extremely excited about this project moving forward and we are a little bit ahead of schedule, but. 01:58:35
I don't want to jinx it. 01:58:41
Do you have any questions about that? 01:58:43
No, not right now, Thanks. 01:58:50
I'm good. Thank you, Michael. Yeah, I appreciate this. Moving right along on schedule, maybe ahead. 01:58:52
Well, that's good because the Senior Center does not want us in their building past the date we. 01:58:57
Total, we were going to be out, correct. The Senior Center is doing a complete remodel of that building we're occupying right now. 01:59:02
Starting at the very beginning of August. So we need to be out of there by the end of July. So we almost didn't get that building 01:59:10
because of. 01:59:15
That correct? They were worried that we would not. 01:59:20
Be able. 01:59:23
Do it in the time frame. 01:59:24
Correct. 01:59:26
So yeah, they've been extremely. 01:59:27
Helpful and. 01:59:31
And. 01:59:32
They've just been great to work with. OK, Thank you. 01:59:34
And then the second project that Mister Menlo mentioned was the Michelson Building downtown Globe. 01:59:37
That project is planned to go through a complete remodel on the inside. 01:59:43
We have completed on the county side. This is a joint project. 01:59:48
This project involved the City of Globe. They've received $750,000 earmarked money. 01:59:53
And they're responsible for hiring an architect and doing the. 01:59:59
Doing the remodel on the inside of the building, our facilities team is working with them to actually manage the product. 02:00:04
So it's this joint project which is working very well. 02:00:12
We have completed our entire demo of. 02:00:16
1st and 2nd floor of this building. We are one one week ahead of schedule. 02:00:19
And some of the changes, it's an incredible change. We knock down all the non mode bearing walls. 02:00:23
Took off all the drywall down to the brick. 02:00:30
It looks much different than it did, but that process is complete. 02:00:32
Start tomorrow. They're doing a kickoff meeting with GH2 in the city of Globe in our facilities team. 02:00:37
Which is the architect that they have hired to go ahead and start the design process for the remodel of this building. 02:00:44
So it is moving very quickly as well. 02:00:51
And I'd be happy to answer any questions about that. 02:00:54
OK, Supervisor Humphrey. 02:00:56
I have no no questions, just me. 02:00:58
Go ahead. Excuse me. 02:01:01
Yeah. 02:01:05
I'm sorry, the statute that allows for return of an update. 02:01:08
Very, very narrow and it does not allow for any sort of discretion on the matter. 02:01:13
OK. Thank you, Jessica. I didn't really have any questions and. 02:01:19
OK. All right, then we will. 02:01:25
Accept your presentation. 02:01:28
Thank you very much, Chairman Members. Right, Lord. 02:01:30
Anything else? Management. OK Supervisor. 02:01:32
Humphrey. 02:01:35
Yeah, I met with the. 02:01:38
Public Works Director. 02:01:40
Troy and the team on a monthly deal so we can go over projects that we're working with. 02:01:43
In District 2 and projects we want to. 02:01:50
Work on in District 2 and kind of things of that nature. So that was. 02:01:52
Good meeting. I'll hold a Tunnel Basin community meeting. 02:01:56
Tonight at 5:00. 02:02:01
No agenda, just public comment. Let us know. 02:02:04
And and we inform with what we can. 02:02:08
And then tomorrow at. 02:02:12
I will speak at the. 02:02:14
That's about all I've got going right now. 02:02:18
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Klein. 02:02:20
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a meeting coming up June 13th at 10:00 AM. 02:02:23
201 N Mud Sprint Rd. 02:02:29
This is with the ad hoc committee that Representative Marshall has asked me to be on. 02:02:32
It's all designed around the public to address issues with fire preparedness. 02:02:37
Cleanups. Insurance. 02:02:44
And all of that. And so we will be there. 02:02:47
To hopefully be able to address anybody's concerns or questions. 02:02:51
At summer work is kicked off and Kathy Mellon. 02:02:55
Asked her to give us a little bit of a rundown on the. 02:03:02
Interviews. 02:03:05
A good batch of kids and there's always some cool little stories that these ladies have for us on these kids so. 02:03:07
Chairman. Members of the board. 02:03:16
Summer work started Monday yesterday. 02:03:18
And this was the year where we had. 02:03:21
A lot more kids. I don't know if that has to do with the economy or what, but typically around 80, somewhere between 75 to 85 02:03:24
applications countrywide. 02:03:29
And this year we had 110 county wide. 02:03:33
We had areas where even more. 02:03:36
Participation than in the past over Hayden Wiggleman area, we had 19 positions available on behalf, I believe 42. 02:03:40
Applications over there. 02:03:47
Umm, Payson for the first time ever. 02:03:49
We had ten applicants up in pace and so typically we have a hard time. Payson usually wants about four or five. 02:03:52
Typically we get maybe 3 or 4, so we were able to fill not only the Town of Payson's request, but also the county requests up 02:03:59
there. 02:04:03
And as usual, we get a couple of the little funny ones. We had a boy that was. 02:04:07
15. 02:04:11
And he wanted a mechanic's vision. A lot of mechanics this year, for whatever reason, kids wanted to work, always wanted to work 02:04:13
in the shop. 02:04:16
So we that was not only. 02:04:20
Well, that was Tony Wide. 02:04:23
One of the things that we're doing is because. 02:04:25
We started off. 02:04:28
Our process is we interview every single kid. 02:04:30
So we interviewed 105 applicants county wide. 02:04:33
I'd like to figure out a method to. 02:04:38
Reduce that a little bit, or make it move a little bit faster and get other people to participate. 02:04:40
Because Larissa and I went over to the Hayden Winkelman area. 02:04:44
And we did 40 interviews between the hours of 9:15 and 2:45. 02:04:48
She didn't let us have a break for lunch. 02:04:53
So we do those. I mean, they're just one after the other. And I have to say, once again, these kids are phenomenal. I mean, they 02:04:56
give the best interviews they have. I mean, they're all on time. I don't think we had anybody that was not on time. 02:05:02
You know, because we kind of try to, you know, maybe weed them out that way. They just don't bother to show up. But they all show 02:05:09
up, every single one of them. 02:05:12
And one of the things that they told us throughout. 02:05:16
Was that this? 02:05:18
Program has gotten a lot of interest. 02:05:20
Everybody talks about it, you know, I agree about this from my cousin who did it last year. 02:05:22
Here before and they all really look forward to it. They were waiting. We didn't have any issues anywhere. 02:05:26
With like saying like an area like sometimes they'll be patient. 02:05:31
That we don't get enough applicants. In the last weekend before it closed, we got 5 applications from Pace and we had five 02:05:35
applications in Young. 02:05:39
Which is also a tough area too, because they just don't have. 02:05:43
The age group necessarily, that we need. 02:05:46
But like I said, we got them all. We filled every single position. 02:05:49
Didn't have a problem anywhere. 02:05:52
And I've been talking to Sherry. We want to do like a. 02:05:54
Kind of like a recap and start right now for next year about how we can make it work. 02:05:58
Better next year and not be so hectic towards the end. 02:06:02
I'd also like to find. 02:06:05
Because we're only able to place out of the 109 that we got, we were only able to place say 8070 to 80 of those. 02:06:07
I can find some outside money. 02:06:15
So we could put kids in the private sector. 02:06:17
Because I think that would really help a lot. You could put them in doctor's offices. We could put them with nonprofits, the 02:06:19
hospital. We've talked to Neil about that before. 02:06:24
And to see where else we could place them, but we just need to look for some other money because our government money obviously 02:06:28
can't be spent in the private sector. 02:06:31
So if anybody has any thoughts, we'll be asking a couple different county departments to sit on us now so that we can be ready for 02:06:35
next year about how we can make it work better. 02:06:40
But thank you guys. 02:06:45
Thank you, Captain. 02:06:47
Larissa is being involved. 02:06:50
With that, I think we spoke a little bit last time about Lion Springs Rd. 02:06:53
There was a push from the state to take that money and put it towards another. 02:06:58
Road project and Troy, do you or Alex have anything update on that? 02:07:03
Yeah. Thank you, supervisor, Board Supervisor Yeti. 02:07:15
The state's going to be Is it just the work study this Thursday? 02:07:21
So this this Thursday, they have a work study session that they're going to be doing where they'll be talking about it, but they 02:07:25
won't be taking any action and I believe. 02:07:29
20th. 02:07:33
The 20th in Payson they're actually going to vote on. 02:07:35
Whether or not they're going to reallocate the funding from Lion Springs project to. 02:07:38
347 in Maricopa to get that project up and going. So they get the work study this Thursday and then the voting on it. 02:07:45
In patient on the 20th. 02:07:54
OK. Thank you And. 02:07:57
That's something. 02:08:00
I'm really interested in staying on top of we've we've been a long time working on this and we need to. 02:08:02
To keep it going so. 02:08:08
And Troy, one more thing where you're standing there that I have is. 02:08:10
I wanted to thank you guys and everybody involved with getting that oil. 02:08:15
Contract done. 02:08:19
That's going to work out very well. I know you guys really scrambled and a lot of hard work on that. 02:08:21
Yeah, I appreciate that. I have to. I have to think Carrie and Olivia and Christy, those were the three champions of that. Make it 02:08:27
getting that going and getting that before you guys on the next council board meeting here. 02:08:33
On the 17th, so without them it wouldn't happen. 02:08:41
So so thank you ladies for everything and, and. 02:08:44
Yeah, that, that was a huge help right there. 02:08:49
For our projects. Thank you, appreciate it. My last thing is on the Mexican walls. 02:08:53
And Representative Gosar is trying to float a bill through to delist the wolf. 02:08:59
It's been tried before, it's been shot down. It didn't go through. 02:09:05
There's well, there's no doubt there would be a big fight. 02:09:10
Over that one I'm not sure what would really. 02:09:14
Take place there. They are gathering up resolutions from counties to support that. I'm just throwing that out there. 02:09:18
And Mr. James, I'll talk to you more about that later. 02:09:26
I did sign a letter with ECO. 02:09:30
On some solutions that we put into Game and Fish. 02:09:33
And US Fish and Wildlife Service problems, especially in the Southeast. 02:09:38
And they did implement. 02:09:44
A couple of those items that we pointed out and it did make a big impact. 02:09:46
And so there's really, there's a lot of movement there on this issue and it's going to be a big fight. 02:09:51
The NGO's, they're gonna end up filing lawsuits and everything else, I'm sure. 02:09:57
As things come up, but it's expected and. 02:10:02
And hopefully we can. 02:10:05
Keep pushing forward on things and. 02:10:08
And help the problems there so. 02:10:11
Mr. Chair, with that, I think that's all I have at this time. 02:10:14
Thank you. It's good to hear about the youth program, in fact. 02:10:17
The young man, he just had to leave the room, but. 02:10:22
He's with Eric's office and so he's one of the. 02:10:24
Youth involved. So it's really good to see that. 02:10:29
And I was also going to mention. 02:10:32
The oil. 02:10:34
And all that, we're back on track with all of our projects. 02:10:36
That's great. 02:10:40
I got to. 02:10:42
Credit to the road. 02:10:45
Department up there we. 02:10:47
I got people in the East Ferry. 02:10:49
Estates that. 02:10:52
Having trouble with drainage? 02:10:54
It's just it's all the same kind of a story, you know, things have changed or the. 02:10:56
Colbert's clog or the. 02:11:02
Neighbor did something. 02:11:04
And people were so happy to get that fixed. And it was kind of pretty simple, I think, but man. 02:11:07
I guess it's like. 02:11:13
They really appreciate that stuff, so I really appreciate our department doing that. 02:11:15
And we did get rain a couple nights ago, so. 02:11:20
That was nice. 02:11:24
And I presume the cleaned out culvert worked fine. So anyway. 02:11:25
That's all I have so. 02:11:30
Unless there's anything else. 02:11:32
Yes, Sir. 02:11:34
This is appreciation day. I appreciate the oil getting done. I thought that was a difficult deal. 02:11:35
For this time of year. So that's that's a great deal. 02:11:41
But also my head off the facilities because. 02:11:45
Some of these major projects that they're taking on and doing it overtime and they put a couple of them in facilities. 02:11:49
I have dogs to go to school. There's a lot of those things we don't see. 02:11:56
And, you know, these are some major projects that they're overseeing. 02:12:00
Made your list up until. 02:12:04
Then we're Hacked Off my head off to the facility today. So very good. Thank you gentlemen. And. 02:12:06
We are adjourned. 02:12:14
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Testing, testing, testing. 00:00:06
We are ready, OK. 00:00:23
Good morning, everyone. 00:00:25
June 3rd meeting. 00:00:27
10 AM and I'd like to call this meeting to order. We have a full house. It looks like we have a lot on the agenda, so we'll get 00:00:30
started. I've asked Randy to lead us. 00:00:34
In our Pledge of Allegiance, if you'd all stand, and then after that, Ryan Reading from the Church of Christ and Payson will lead 00:00:38
us in our invocation. 00:00:43
Pleasure to the flag of the United States of America. 00:00:49
And to the Republic for which it stands. 00:00:53
Motivation under God indivisible with the liberty and justice for all. 00:00:57
Good morning. 00:01:09
With me, please, dear God, we are grateful and humble to be in your presence this morning to come here in this beautiful town 00:01:10
where we live. 00:01:14
In this this wonderful state that this country remember. 00:01:19
And God, we're blessed by you to all of the things that you have given us here where we live and. 00:01:22
People that you have beta sent you. 00:01:27
And the society that we're. 00:01:29
We know that we are in a troubled times, times of troubled economically, times of trouble with war. 00:01:32
Times of political. 00:01:39
And we just pray that you review of the Board of Supervisors and elected officials that we have. 00:01:40
And those who are deputizing the work for us in terms of maintaining law and order and. 00:01:45
Fire safety and all these different things, we just have to chew and bless them. 00:01:51
Give them wisdom and how. 00:01:56
They lead us and have a service. 00:01:57
In the decisions that they make. 00:01:59
It should also give us the city. 00:02:02
Humility that we would recognize that there is important roles that are played by those who are elected. 00:02:04
By those who serve. 00:02:10
And then? 00:02:12
Recognizing the challenges that they face. 00:02:13
Most of all, God, we ask that you show all of us. 00:02:16
Increase because we are flawed. 00:02:19
And we do fail. 00:02:22
We make some anomalies, stupid decisions. 00:02:23
Sometimes, but God, you know that your grace is sufficient to cover that. 00:02:25
And we pray that you would be with us. 00:02:30
People in the county as Arizona. 00:02:33
United States citizens and just the people of the world. 00:02:36
That she would strengthen our character and strengthen our wisdom. That we might continue to be. 00:02:39
Great nation before you. 00:02:44
The greatest things in Jesus name. Thank you. 00:02:46
OK. 00:02:56
Item number 2 is our public hearing section. 00:03:00
Item A is information discussion action. To approve the Heatonic Planning and Zoning Commission bylaws. We have Randy Plummer. 00:03:05
Morning Supervisor, Chairman. 00:03:12
So what this is is under Arkansas statue. It says that the planning zoning Commission is to. 00:03:15
Have rules. 00:03:23
And bylaws set up. 00:03:25
And we've had them in the past. 00:03:26
We had them in two separate. 00:03:29
Sections we had. 00:03:32
Planning, zoning Commission, Commission rules and orientations and bylaws. 00:03:34
And we got with our County Attorney, Jessica. 00:03:39
Who did a fantastic job and combined the 2. 00:03:43
Into one document and she rewrote it. 00:03:47
Put the showers where they should have been and where. 00:03:53
Mays should have been and the Commission voted on this and approved it. 00:03:56
And we're just bringing this before you for your consideration. 00:04:02
That these are how that the meetings will be ran and who will run them where they ran out. 00:04:06
All that kind of information. 00:04:12
And we've had meetings with them, with County Attorney. 00:04:15
And everyone. 00:04:19
Went through all the items and we're here before you today to answer any questions you may have on this. 00:04:21
Thank you, Randy. Supervisor Humphrey, do you have anything? 00:04:27
I don't other than I I appreciate you. 00:04:31
Doing the work and Jessica as well and getting this. 00:04:34
To perform better. 00:04:38
And I also thank the people that are on the. 00:04:39
Commission. 00:04:43
Fine, Randy. Thank you. I'm good. 00:04:45
Yeah, Thank you, Randy. Always tweaking for the better. 00:04:49
Yes. 00:04:53
Open close this discussion and open it up. 00:04:55
To the public hearing portion on item 2A, is there anyone in Globe that wishes to speak? 00:04:59
About this item. 00:05:04
Anyone to Payson about this item? 00:05:06
And on the Internet, there's no comments. 00:05:10
On the Internet. 00:05:13
OK. I'll close the public hearing portion and call for a motion for Item 2A. 00:05:16
As chair, I move to approve the Hebrew County Planning and Zoning Commission bylaw. 00:05:21
I'll secure them. Mr. Chair, we have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 00:05:26
Aye, thank you, Randy. Item 2B. Information, discussion action to adopt resolution #25-06-01. 00:05:30
Which approves Gila County community development case number. 00:05:39
See you PP2503-001. 00:05:42
A request by Pinnacle Consulting, Incorporated. 00:05:46
On behalf of South State Towers Horizon Wireless, the applicant. 00:05:50
And Michael Runzo, the owner. 00:05:54
Of the property for a conditional use permit upon here County's assessors tax parcel number 302. 00:05:57
29003 M. 00:06:03
Which is located at 265 W. 00:06:06
Liberty Lane. 00:06:09
Which is in Freedom Acres just north of Payson. 00:06:11
Thank you, Randy. 00:06:16
Morning again. So I want to make sure we understand. 00:06:18
That this is a requires A unanimous vote. 00:06:22
There's enough people against this. 00:06:26
That are fixed in our bylaws and our rules and ordinances says it needs to be unanimous decision. 00:06:29
As of today we have 10 emails. 00:06:35
In support of the tower. 00:06:39
And four emails opposed to the tower. 00:06:42
And over 20% of the people within 300 feet of the tower are opposed. 00:06:45
That's why it takes in the unanimous requirement. And how many property owners is that? 00:06:52
There's 8. 00:06:57
Property owners within the 20 feet are within the 300 feet, OK. 00:06:58
And I will tell you their concerns are they would they would like to place it on the Forest Service land. 00:07:02
There are private roads and they are concerned about the wear and tear. 00:07:10
911 calls can be made via satellite. 00:07:15
There's health concerns of increased exposure to radio frequencies. 00:07:19
Property values and. 00:07:23
Negatively impacted the neighborhood. 00:07:26
Safety concerns risk for damage to well houses. 00:07:29
And water tanks due to the tower collapse. 00:07:33
Negative impact of wildlife. 00:07:36
If CU P is granted, would additional businesses be permitted? 00:07:39
Aspects of world living would be affected. 00:07:44
People on support. 00:07:48
The tower is needed due to the limited no service in the area. 00:07:50
Tyra would be vital vital safety link for emergencies. 00:07:54
So again, we're here today for a tower in Freedom Makers. This is at the end of Freedom Makers, at the end of their Rd. 00:08:01
I will tell you it is approximately. 00:08:08
40 to 50 feet away from Forest Service land. 00:08:11
It is on private property. 00:08:14
The skin is for a partial 30229003 M. 00:08:17
They want to. 00:08:24
Construct 110 foot monopole wireless communication tower. 00:08:26
Provided for coverage for the surrounding area, the monopole will be painted in a rustic bronze color to blend in with the natural 00:08:31
environment. 00:08:35
Per the applicant, the proposed tower will be engineered designed. 00:08:39
Within a fall zone. 00:08:43
That will not encroach on any adjacent properties public right away. 00:08:45
Or unrelated structures. 00:08:49
The compound will be a 40 by 40 compound will be established to house the ground equipment. 00:08:51
Which will be screened by a six foot tall. 00:08:57
Rustic metal panel screen wall. 00:09:00
An antenna configuration. The monopole will include panels. 00:09:04
Antenna is located at the center line elevation of 105 feet. 00:09:08
Grouped into 3 sectors to provide full spectrum coverage. 00:09:13
The tower will be designed to accommodate up to two additional wireless carriers in the future. 00:09:16
The tower is proposed to be located on APN 30229003 M. 00:09:22
In the northwest corner of. 00:09:28
The 2.49 acre property. 00:09:31
The tower compound will be accessed through Liberty Lane onto the private lot. 00:09:33
Power and telecommunications are the only utilities required by this facility. Power, post and telecom communication hubs are near 00:09:39
the site area. 00:09:45
All accessory cabling and conduit will be routed underground. 00:09:50
In the approved utility easement, the site will include all. 00:09:54
Required lease space access utility easements. 00:09:58
As shown in the plans, see Exhibit A. 00:10:01
A backup generator will be installed and ran for 15 minutes a week. 00:10:05
We have umm. 00:10:10
Done all of the postings and all of the. 00:10:13
Public communications in the newspapers as required by statute. 00:10:17
And if you have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them at this time. 00:10:21
Thank you, Randy. Supervisor Humphrey. 00:10:24
I have no questions. 00:10:27
By the climb. 00:10:28
Randy and I don't know if you can answer these or not, but. 00:10:31
To start with. 00:10:34
Is freedom makers? Is it under nature way? 00:10:36
It has a land group. 00:10:39
They do have CC and ours. I do not know if it's an official. 00:10:42
HOA but they have been notified and there they've been notified within the 300 feet. 00:10:47
And they are private roads and the road maintenance is paid for by the. 00:10:53
Owners of the properties inside of Freedom Makers. So I read letter on the road and there seems to be a concern on that as well. 00:11:01
You know, because everybody I would assume coming into that the road coming into that property, everybody owns to the center of 00:11:08
the property. 00:11:11
Earth to the center of the road. 00:11:15
So how does that work in a circumstance like this? Because. 00:11:17
Because it is going to be a commercial type set up as well. Did the is the tower. 00:11:23
Group going to pitch in here. 00:11:28
And help anything with the roads or are they just going to leave it like it is and rely on the? 00:11:31
On the homeowners to continue to maintain what's what's the story there? I do not know and I believe the. 00:11:37
Tower Company is represented today. OK, that's going here from I don't know if they have anything like that. 00:11:44
But I believe it would be like anything else. If you bring, you know, Amazon comes in. 00:11:50
Are any of the delivery companies? They just use the roads. They are not. 00:11:54
Chipping in to help with the maintenance of those roads. 00:11:59
But I I don't know if they have any special agreement with the. 00:12:04
HOA. 00:12:09
To chip in. 00:12:11
OK, so you mentioned the fact that the towers within about 40 feet of. 00:12:12
Boundary with force correct? Has the force been contacted or has it been pursued for a permit on the force side? 00:12:17
Forest Service is always. 00:12:24
Around, I mean, it's around everything. 00:12:27
But they require that the. 00:12:30
Telecommunications company and the tower company exhaust all other aspects. 00:12:32
So they if there's any place they can go. 00:12:38
Then I believe the Forest Service is required. 00:12:42
Fires them to exhaust those requirements. 00:12:45
Again, the representatives for the tower company, we can make sure that they have stated that they are. This is exhausting. 00:12:48
They're they're trying all the places they can. 00:12:52
OK. I think that's it for right now. Sure. 00:12:59
Marion is a. 00:13:05
OK, if we have the representatives from. 00:13:07
The tower company and the design. 00:13:11
People to speak now before we open it up to the public hearing. 00:13:15
Yeah, I can check. 00:13:22
OK, so with this point now. 00:13:24
Before we go to them, I'd like to ask a question. Sure, absolutely. Umm. 00:13:25
Randy, you said that Forest Service likes to. 00:13:32
Have all other. 00:13:35
Options exhausted. 00:13:37
But that doesn't guarantee the poor service will give them a permit that. 00:13:39
Before all is exhausted. Then they will. 00:13:43
Maybe attempt to look at a permit? 00:13:46
But there's no guarantee that the Forest Service. 00:13:48
Will issue a permit. 00:13:52
Even if all other options are exhausted. Is that correct? I believe that is correct. 00:13:54
I mean they you could fill out an application for the Forest Service and one of the questions in that application is have you 00:13:59
exhausted all other options? 00:14:03
But there I don't believe there's any guarantee that they would get them. 00:14:08
Thank you. Thank you. Very welcome, Mr. Chair, can I ask one moment, please? Yes, Sir. 00:14:11
OK, So let's just put a scenario in here, Randy, that. 00:14:17
Let's just say for example, the Forest Service did let them put it 40 feet on the forest. 00:14:22
How does that work? 00:14:28
Through the Cup. 00:14:30
There is no longer a cup and no longer does Gila County. 00:14:33
Planning and zoning have anything to say about it? 00:14:37
It is on Forest Service federal land. 00:14:40
We may permit it still for to help the Forest Service to ensure it's constructed correctly, but no citizens would that I'm. 00:14:43
Through the planning zoning would have any comments to be able to give to that? 00:14:51
OK. I just wanted to hear you say that so everybody knew that. 00:14:57
Thank you. 00:15:00
I've been there. I've seen the. 00:15:02
Property. They moved it 100 feet. 00:15:04
And beyond the Forest Service and still be there. 00:15:06
Umm, we have Michelle with us this morning from Clinical Consulting. 00:15:09
And why don't you come on up? 00:15:14
And then after. 00:15:16
You answer some questions, whatever we can. 00:15:18
Have Steve is also with us with SO State Tower. 00:15:20
So, Michelle, tell us what we're looking at. 00:15:24
Good morning. How are you today? I'm great, Thanks. 00:15:27
So I won't go over everything again. So I'll just quickly run through these slides so that you've already heard what we're doing 00:15:30
here. I just want to point out I understand on my slide I have L and it's M. 00:15:37
They subdivided the parcel and I'd already done the slide. So it was an issue at the planning zoning. So I just wanted to point it 00:15:45
out here. I understand that's. 00:15:50
So we are proposing 110 foot monopole here with the six foot tall rustic metal fencing. 00:15:56
We had gone back and forth with the planning, zoning as well as the property owner to come up with a design. 00:16:04
That not only. 00:16:11
I mean, we're not going to hide it, right? You're not kissing anybody like it's going to be out there. So you know, I in 110 foot 00:16:14
tree isn't going to look any better than 110 foot. 00:16:20
Monopole so. 00:16:26
You know I. 00:16:29
I would say. 00:16:31
Keep in mind that you know when telephone poles came up, people didn't want those either. But now when you drive down the street? 00:16:32
You don't even, it's not like you're going. There's a telephone call, there's telephone pole, there's telephone pole. 00:16:39
So I do understand nobody wants it. 00:16:43
In their backyard, unfortunately. 00:16:48
The majority of people have a cell phone and they want their cell phones to work and more importantly, they want their cell phones 00:16:51
to work in a catastrophic. 00:16:55
Event, so there's. 00:16:59
Nothing worse than. 00:17:02
You being in an emergency situation and you can't get help. 00:17:04
So I even noticed on my drive up here today that there was quite a few areas that, you know, I thought. 00:17:08
Wow, what would I? What would I do if I broke down here? I'm like I would really have to figure something out myself or I was 00:17:15
walking in my cute shoes. Sorry. 00:17:20
Anyways, so we have worked with the jurisdiction to ensure that we follow all of the local requirements. 00:17:27
You know, just keep in mind telecom sites are regulated not only locally by the local jurisdiction, but we're also federally 00:17:34
regulated. So I know some of the concerns were for the wildlife. 00:17:41
You know, and environmentally, so we have to file, you know a NEPA, a Phase 1. So all of those things we have to do federally and 00:17:48
those things have to be passed federally as well. And that whole process takes about six months to get through all of those 00:17:55
environmental concerns. So if for instance, you know, this was. 00:18:02
Something came up that there was an endangered species here, or if there was anything. 00:18:09
You know that if a tribe has something that could potentially was buried here. 00:18:17
All of those things would be taken into consideration. There would be monitoring, there would be. 00:18:21
Things that would have to be done. So these are taken very seriously and but if somebody went and build their house there none of 00:18:27
those things. 00:18:32
Would be taken into consideration. So just kind of food for thought. 00:18:37
So we are. 00:18:43
Structurally engineering the plans. 00:18:45
It's a structural engineer that does. It's a licensed engineer. We do it here. It's all local and federal guidelines required by 00:18:48
the Gila County, by FAA and FCC, respectively. 00:18:53
If you remember Hurricane Katrina and if you watched any of the footage. 00:18:59
From Hurricane Katrina, obviously mass destruction and devastation to homes and buildings. 00:19:05
I will tell you that the one thing that was left standing were these towers. So once power was restored, we could. 00:19:12
Get up and operating to help. 00:19:20
The fire and police and rescuers get out there because our towers are still standing after Hurricane Katrina. 00:19:23
So if this tower were to fall. 00:19:31
To be quite blunt, you have bigger issues. 00:19:35
I know people have a lot of concerns about tower spawning. 00:19:39
But these are built to withstand a lot more than any of the buildings around it. 00:19:43
So we are asking for consideration of the guideline regarding the fall zone separation distance from the north and West property 00:19:50
line. 00:19:54
But we have engineered the tower so that it would fall within our compound, so it wouldn't even fall on the property owner. 00:19:59
Umm, so. 00:20:10
In conclusion, we have looked at several other locations in this area. 00:20:14
We looked. We actually started up in Beaver Valley Estates. 00:20:20
We came to find out that that development unfortunately has a lot of entitlement, entitlement issues and so. 00:20:25
They through this process, they unfortunately found out that when it was originally planted in 1958, it was done incorrectly. So a 00:20:35
lot of what the association thought that they owned as far as roads and access is incorrect and they do not. 00:20:43
So they in order to fix all of that, they're gonna have to go back. 00:20:53
Through the county replat. 00:20:59
Rezone. 00:21:02
And probably. 00:21:04
They're going to need a lot of repairs to have happened and they just felt like at that time. 00:21:06
It was going to be extremely expensive and costly and they just didn't want to do it at that point. 00:21:11
And as far as the US Forest Service? 00:21:18
So what? the US Forest Service? 00:21:21
Ask us always. If it is not a designated telecommunications site, they ask us to exhaust all private parcels. 00:21:24
Prior to coming to them and submitting. 00:21:32
A. An application. 00:21:35
So if there are any private parcels that we can potentially go on. 00:21:39
In the area. Then we have to exhaust all of those prior to us submitting an application with. 00:21:43
The Forest Service and then we go through the application service with them and it's not. 00:21:50
That they're necessarily going to say yes or no or you know, it's it's just their process is very lengthy they. 00:21:55
They have had a lot of cutbacks, So what used to be potentially a three to five. 00:22:03
Year process, they've now told us, looking at five to seven years. 00:22:09
So. 00:22:14
At that point for us that that makes that not a feasible option. 00:22:15
To build something in five to seven years, especially in this area. 00:22:22
The need is great in this area. It's an area that has by. 00:22:26
Fires, flash floods, you know, there's unfortunate events that happen all the time. 00:22:31
So with that, I'll answer any questions. I'm not going to go through the rest of this. Like I said, you guys have heard it before. 00:22:38
Umm, and I will say that. 00:22:46
Verizon does take its compliance obligations very seriously. 00:22:49
They have implemented A comprehensive RF safety compliance program as part of their continued efforts to comply with FCC 00:22:53
standards. So I know that there are concerns about RF emission. I'll let Steve get into that a little bit more with his 00:23:00
presentation, but. 00:23:06
If Verizon doesn't follow the rules. 00:23:15
It's not like they're getting it slapped on the rest. They're getting fined millions of dollars for this. So it's not only in 00:23:17
their best interest, but their business. And nobody wants to get fined millions of dollars so. 00:23:24
Umm, And then I'm just going to conclude with one thing here, and that's just so that. 00:23:32
You know, I understand that. 00:23:38
Maybe you guys don't see, you know, you'll see buildings or you'll have other considerations, but you probably don't see wireless 00:23:41
communication powers all the time, so. 00:23:46
Federally, we are governed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. So, and I know that you guys have probably discussed this with 00:23:52
your attorney, but I just want to point out because obviously people who are concerned about this may not realize that you guys 00:23:57
also. 00:24:03
Have to follow federal law and not only your codes, but federal law as well. 00:24:09
So I just wanted to throw that out there so that everybody does understand. 00:24:15
What you guys are up against as well? 00:24:21
So with that, I'll let if you have any questions. Thank you, Michelle. 00:24:23
Not at this time. Thank you. 00:24:29
Hypothetically, Michelle, so you guys have to go through the NEPA process, whether it's on feds or private? 00:24:31
Every single site. So I assume you've already done that then for this site we have started it, yes. 00:24:37
OK. And how far out are you on it? 00:24:44
So wouldn't that carry over to the federal side of it if you shorten that time frame? Because I know that's a big hang up on the 00:24:47
forest. 00:24:50
Yeah, that they won't. So you have to for every single site. So if I move this tower 50 feet, I have to run a new one? 00:24:54
OK. And and you heard the other concern about the access into the site? 00:25:03
Oh yes, I'm sorry, I meant to address that. 00:25:08
So. 00:25:11
We, I mean, once we get onto the. 00:25:12
Property, you know, we'll drive onto the property, they'll build it and then they leave. 00:25:16
There's not. There's a tech that visits the site every 60 days just to make sure that there's no trash everything's. 00:25:22
Running fine, but once it's built, it's there's no, there's not going to be like heavy machinery or anything like coming and 00:25:30
going. 00:25:34
Umm, you know, in the in the past we've done bonds like if. 00:25:38
If we could do bonds, that is the road. 00:25:43
You know it sustains any damage or you know. 00:25:46
We always state that. 00:25:49
Whenever we build something, if something is damaged, we'll repair it to the way that it was when we found it. 00:25:51
You know if. 00:25:59
If you want to make that a stipulation of approval, that is something you know occurs and the road is damaged, that we would 00:26:00
repair it. 00:26:04
I would be willing to agree to that. 00:26:08
Umm, absolutely. So you mentioned the. 00:26:10
Federal part of it and how we have to. 00:26:14
And all that we do, we absolutely do. 00:26:17
And just so everybody knows that our hands aren't totally tied, but they're 99% tied when it comes. 00:26:19
Cell phone tower. Do you know that as well as I do, correct? 00:26:24
But the general public might not know that. So that's that's why I like to bring it up so 100% and that's where. 00:26:28
There are some reasons to deny the cell phone tower. 00:26:35
Very, very few reasons. 00:26:43
I and I've been down the road before and I'm not going to go down again other than real briefly just to say. 00:26:46
That our hands aren't totally tied, but we are pretty much. 00:26:52
Back in the corner on cell phone towers to the point where. 00:26:59
I don't even want to see a cell phone car in front of me. 00:27:02
And I can relate to these people as well. You know, I would not want a cell phone tower in my back. 00:27:05
Yard, I would not want that. 00:27:10
But I do like the coverage. 00:27:13
You know, so that's, that's a hard balance and I, I know this area very well and I know that there's issues there. I know there's 00:27:16
a lot of weekend. 00:27:20
Visitors underneath that rim right there and. 00:27:24
Whatever, uh. 00:27:27
But umm. 00:27:28
But there's people that end up within their backyard that is going to be given up a lot. 00:27:30
Into that cell phone. 00:27:35
So thank you. 00:27:37
Thank you, Michelle. 00:27:40
Steve, is there anything you can add to the conversation and? 00:27:42
I'd ask you to be brief. 00:27:46
Before we turn it over to the public hearing party. 00:27:48
I can go over the RF characteristics, radio frequency, what why the sites being built. 00:27:51
Coverage about and talk about our safety or emissions, things of that nature. 00:27:56
The board would wish me to talk. 00:28:01
So. 00:28:04
Can you wrap that up in about two to three minutes? 00:28:06
OK. All right. Yeah. 00:28:10
So my name is Steve Kennedy. I'm the radio frequency engineer. I've got 35 years of design experience within the wireless 00:28:16
industry. I've designed thousands of sites across the United States and in other parts of the world. 00:28:21
There should be an RF year. 00:28:27
OK so I geek out on this stuff so I will try to go quickly and not make eyes glaze over. 00:28:30
So 2 reasons why wireless carriers build site coverage. Capacity coverage is the ability for the transceiver and the phone to talk 00:28:38
to the transceiver at the site. 00:28:42
That's why this site's being built. There is no coverage out there for Verizon, ATT or T-Mobile. 00:28:46
I'm not doing something right. 00:28:51
Yeah. 00:28:58
OK, that's the two reasons decide to go. Can you just put for me please? 00:29:04
So the objective is just to cover Beaver States northeast of Payson. There's no coverage. It's pretty standard. 00:29:09
There was a lot of lives lost from a flood that came up that the people didn't receive the text. There's there's issues with no 00:29:16
coverage out there. We go next slide. 00:29:19
Once again, lack of service. Next slide. 00:29:24
These are the existing Verizon sites within the area. Notice that the closest side is about 3 1/2 miles away, down and down in 00:29:28
Payson, and none of the sites that surround it provide any level of service. And this is not only Verizon. AT&T and T-Mobile have 00:29:33
the same issue. Next Slide. 00:29:38
There's a zoom of the site next slide. 00:29:44
We'll just go through some crowd source data showing that there's no service mobiles reporting it. That's where the pointer is 00:29:48
next slide. 00:29:52
Take on through that, I'll go to the RF safety. Keep going. 00:29:56
Next slide. 00:30:00
All right, so this is the propagation modeling. So modeling is currently showing. 00:30:02
A lot of outdoor. 00:30:07
Some no service and some in vehicle service but lacking you go the next slide that shows what the new site is going to be able to 00:30:09
provide for the area. So a lot more indoor services and vehicle. 00:30:14
Outdoor services as well. Next two slides pass on. 00:30:20
OK, 22 side RF safety, RF emissions, two types of emissions out there, there's ionizing and non ionizing. 00:30:25
Non ionizing are things that do not affect the human DNA. 00:30:31
Side effects. He ever been on your phone for a long time? It gets warm. Why? That's because the amplifier is generating heat and 00:30:35
generating our signal. 00:30:39
Ionizing. That's things that can mess with us. That's where photons pass through our body and can affect DNA. 00:30:42
Ionizing gamma rays, X-rays. You have to go to the dentist. You've got to get X-rays. 00:30:49
Put the lead overcoat on you to jam that thing in your mouth so they can get a good X-ray. They're trying to limit the amount of. 00:30:53
Emissions that's going in you and that's something that can affect your DNA. So non ionizing is wireless phones. The only side 00:30:59
effect is heat. 00:31:03
Next slide. 00:31:07
Two types of services, general public and occupational. Occupational coverage levels. 00:31:09
Are 10 times less than what the specific absorption rate is. 00:31:13
That's like you're going up on the rooftop and there's an antennas on rooftop. There's some special things because people are 00:31:17
around the rooftop and they may not be trained air conditioning guys or whatever general public is. I'm walking down the street. I 00:31:21
don't know why walk by a site. 00:31:26
That level is much lower, that's 50 times lower, so its proximity based next slide. 00:31:30
Power levels at the antenna if I have my ear up next to the antenna on the tower. 00:31:38
Compared to what's on the ground outside the compound, it's 11000. The amount of power very, very small. Next slide. 00:31:42
This is just crowdsourced data showing ATT has the same core service as T-Mobile. 00:31:48
So I stand for questions. 00:31:54
Thank you. 00:31:58
You said, you said go fast. I went fast. Yeah. Thank you. 00:32:01
Faster the phone signal. 00:32:05
Yeah, anyway, I. 00:32:09
I I have a hard time voting against. 00:32:13
Cell towers. I live at Roosevelt Lake. 00:32:16
Which is a recreational area. 00:32:20
And service has been horrible. 00:32:22
I was chairman of the board, and when you're chairman of the board. 00:32:25
You can make decisions for the board in emergency situations. 00:32:28
While I was chairman, we happened to get about 600,000 acres of my district burnt. 00:32:33
And then we had floods afterwards. 00:32:39
And I was asked many times to make decisions. 00:32:41
That I didn't have service to make those decisions. 00:32:46
Until the next day when I got in service. 00:32:49
I've also seen accidents and things where. 00:32:52
You're sitting there. 00:32:56
With someone you love that's injured. 00:32:57
With no phone service. 00:33:00
I understand I. 00:33:03
And after being through this, I would have one in my backyard. 00:33:04
If it helps situations like this. 00:33:08
And so and also too, you know, I mean in my district. 00:33:11
This board. 00:33:17
Voted against a cell tower. 00:33:19
In my district what frustrated me very much. 00:33:21
Because of the situations that. 00:33:25
I was unable to receive calls. 00:33:27
And so anyway. 00:33:30
I'm for infrastructure and new development and. 00:33:35
I know, maybe. 00:33:38
They they're hard to get used to if you've never seen one and all of a sudden you do, but pretty soon you don't pay any attention. 00:33:40
How many stop signs are in your neighborhood? 00:33:45
Well, you probably don't know because they've been there so long. Maybe you don't even stop at them anymore. So. 00:33:50
I have a hard time voting against. 00:33:56
Cell tellers. 00:33:59
For the reasons of. 00:34:01
Human safety and able to be able to. 00:34:03
Umm, reach out for help when it's needed. 00:34:08
And that's all. Thank you, supervisor Clock. 00:34:13
I had a question for you on these cell towers like this one that you're putting putting together. 00:34:16
So it's got its area of coverage. 00:34:22
So all that comes through your tower. 00:34:25
Then does it go into a ground cable from there? 00:34:27
So each tower is an independent site radio transmitter. So if you go back a few slides to the RSRP slide. 00:34:31
Each site provides its own coverage, but all of the sites have to be connected back to the main control switching center, and 00:34:38
there's two ways to do that. 00:34:42
One is fiber, so those are fiber in the ground. 00:34:46
The other way is point point microwave. 00:34:49
Going from a 20 or 30 mile path to another site connects in and that one has connection back to the Control Center. 00:34:51
So all these sites talk to each other and talk to the Control Center so as mobiles move through the network. 00:34:58
Able to hand off from site to site to site. 00:35:03
So what does this one do? 00:35:05
So what does this site do? 00:35:07
I don't know if it's going to be a microwave or a. 00:35:09
Fiber. I think there's fiber that's relatively close and would be trenched in. 00:35:11
But I'm not totally sure that's. 00:35:16
A different engineer that works on that. I'm just I'm the radio frequency guy. 00:35:17
OK, so. 00:35:21
Sorry, Mr. Chairman, as asked for your friends, but. 00:35:24
So when I look at electronics today and I don't understand OPEC, I have a hard time turning on my cell phone most. 00:35:27
But when I look at things that's going on today, satellite versus on the ground equipment and things like that. 00:35:33
What would you say about the fact that maybe these cell phone towers might be on their way out? 00:35:43
Availability of satellites and things like that. 00:35:49
That's coming on. 00:35:52
I would say there's there's two things that come into play with satellite. I worked in satellite first, put up the first voice 00:35:53
over IP satellite network in in the United States. 00:35:57
And the one thing is satellites, they're limited by spectrum as well as we are, and they're limited by distance. 00:36:02
So you have two things that come into satellite, you know, whenever we, you know, 35 years ago when all you could do was talk on 00:36:08
the cell phone. 00:36:12
We used very little bandwidth per conversation, especially in the Southeast. We talked slowly. 00:36:16
We used a whole lot less bandwidth. Now you've got streaming video, you've got all these big high demands. 00:36:21
That requires spectral capacity and, in order to reach the population, provide the level of service that we have now. 00:36:26
The satellite networks are not capable and it's a physics thing because of the distance that the satellites are, whether they're 00:36:33
low earth orbit, medium earth, or geosynchronous. 00:36:38
And then the amount of spectrum they have per satellite, there's just not enough capacity to be able to provide the level of 00:36:43
services that we. 00:36:46
Come into so satellites. I don't see terrestrial wireless ever going away. 00:36:50
I I see terrestrial wireless getting. 00:36:55
More and more prevalent just because there's more and more users. 00:36:58
OK. One more question for you, Sir. 00:37:01
You build this tower, Verizon is the sole. 00:37:04
Company that's going to be on this tower, are they looking to lease it out to other carriers? No, Sir. The tower designs, if you 00:37:07
look at the zoning drawings, it's, it's designed to hold 3 carriers. So AT&T and T-Mobile or Dish or whoever else wanted to come 00:37:12
out here and attach to that. 00:37:17
Sun State Tower would leave space on that to those intense systems as well for those other carriers. 00:37:22
Yeah, that's the, that's the part that I I always that I've heard in the in our cell phone tower discussions. 00:37:28
And I wasn't swift enough to begin with to bring that out. We're dealing with Verizon. We've dealt with Verizon. 00:37:35
No options before. 00:37:41
But the fact of the matter is if you can build these towers and lease that space. 00:37:44
Once that power is up. 00:37:49
Yes. So there's a lot of I, I work all over the United States and zoning. 00:37:50
And most zoning code written is that the tower has to be built to allow multiple tenants to locate on it. It's part of the upfront 00:37:55
design and has to be that way. 00:38:00
It's pretty standard operating procedure. 00:38:06
Especially for tower companies. 00:38:08
Thank you. Yes, Sir. 00:38:13
OK. Thank you, Steve. 00:38:15
All right, I'm going to close this discussion. 00:38:19
And we're going to open up the public hearing portions. 00:38:23
As Randy pointed out, we had 10 emails in favor support. 00:38:27
4 opposing. 00:38:32
And I've received, I think, most of those. 00:38:36
And I have also received. 00:38:40
Request for participation from Michael. 00:38:45
Runs is that. 00:38:48
Am I saying that correctly? Is are you in Payson? 00:38:50
Is there a Michael runs? 00:38:56
OK. 00:39:01
No, no. OK. Well, he's in favor of it. 00:39:04
He is here. 00:39:07
Oh yeah. 00:39:12
Please, uh. 00:39:14
Couple minutes. 00:39:15
OK, you're in favor. 00:39:18
Yes, OK. 00:39:21
Owner of the proposal of aging is that. 00:39:23
Thank you, Sir. Mark Kirch did not request to speak. 00:39:26
He's in favor. 00:39:30
Also send a letter. 00:39:32
We also have Richard Lovedahl. 00:39:34
In favor. 00:39:37
And he lives in Beaver Valley. 00:39:40
Now I know we have several that have opposed it like. 00:39:43
Randy said four. I don't have any requests to speak from any of those. 00:39:47
So I'll ask if anyone is in Globe today that wishes to speak on this item. 00:39:52
From the public. 00:39:57
No and. 00:39:59
Yeah. Do you have anybody on the Internet? Hang on, Lisa. 00:40:02
We have not a question, but a comment from William Campbell on the matter. 00:40:06
He says he's a resident up in Beaver Valley and having self-service should be a priority up there. 00:40:11
OK, so he's in favor. 00:40:15
And Elisa, what do we have in Payson? 00:40:17
Richard love that I would like to speak. 00:40:21
OK. 00:40:25
Oh, right, I see that now. Thank you. So. 00:40:27
Richard, go ahead. 00:40:30
I'll give you 2-3 minutes. 00:40:33
Who's involved? 00:40:41
Working with political. 00:40:43
In some states. 00:40:45
Howard, we've allowed which we used to taking too long. 00:40:48
One other reasons I'm also a. 00:40:53
And work with county. 00:40:56
And I've also worked nicely. 00:41:01
Emergency Radio. 00:41:02
Patients that thought they were ready to watch. 00:41:05
Without all these. 00:41:08
I think that is primary. 00:41:12
That I and many, many of my. 00:41:15
Support somehow. 00:41:18
Everyone wants the ability. 00:41:20
Number one, all 911. 00:41:27
Another one thing that happens. 00:42:05
Power Local. 00:42:07
Politics. 00:42:09
To make calls. 00:42:12
That's our lifeline. 00:42:15
And the other thing is. 00:42:24
Has failed to maintain backup. 00:42:28
Landlines I've experienced. 00:42:32
Wow. Oh, OK. 00:42:37
That's possible, yeah. So for all those reasons. 00:42:39
This work that we have some service. 00:42:43
In the area to provide one more. 00:42:46
One way we can either pass information. 00:42:50
Or first responder and. 00:42:54
Send information about politicians. 00:42:57
Came into the emergency. 00:43:00
Anyway, thank you. 00:43:02
Think Mr. Don't Lisa. Anyone else? 00:43:04
I. 00:43:14
Hotel star type site. 00:43:16
Somebody mentioned in there, hey, are you excited about having cell power in your backyard? Probably not like I really don't want 00:43:20
cell tower in the backyard. 00:43:24
I own. 00:43:29
12 acres of the. 00:43:31
About our community. 00:43:35
I feel my Tory compartment. 00:43:38
Where the power goes? 00:43:40
A lot. 00:43:43
We have a beautiful view out there. 00:43:50
And he's sitting in front of them. 00:43:55
Rethink this maybe? 00:43:58
If I can work with Pinnacle. 00:43:59
Put it somewhere where it's probably gonna be. 00:44:01
On at least invasive to our communities. 00:44:04
Location with that thing. 00:44:10
Very few more. 00:44:12
You'd be able to see it. 00:44:14
I also need a living. 00:44:17
I had an incident on Houston Mason Rd. which is. 00:44:18
Directly east of our property came on a very serious accident. 00:44:21
Right. Call 911. Do not call 911. I think one of the worst supervisors, there's nothing. 00:44:27
More helpless than trying to download when you can't get somebody and somebody is either let that personally happen to me. 00:44:32
One of my first responders friends that they had an active shooter up north. 00:44:39
Nobody can get ahold of cells either. 00:44:44
I have gone between. 00:44:49
Open Brighton for a year. 00:44:51
Thinking going back and forth to give you their better coming wife on myself over terrible where I have my home location. 00:44:53
I'm getting older. 00:45:00
I have done the building. 00:45:09
On every lane for the four years that I've lived there. 00:45:11
Agreement basically that they will give you pride, you take care of it. 00:45:15
Yeah, Waste Management. PPS. 00:45:18
Everybody else not see that road? 00:45:21
Maintenance agreement being issued or issue being? I don't think it is. 00:45:25
Tractor. 00:45:29
Umm, there is. 00:45:31
Staff and how many people are affected. 00:45:39
I own 3 rhetorical teeth apartments and actually dress the joints that work with this piece. 00:45:42
And uh. 00:45:49
Yeah, I think there's one. 00:45:50
Neighbor I've talked and said they wanted they were but I'm not sure if those other numbers correct. 00:45:52
Thank you, Mr. Rondo. 00:46:00
The other one thing I want to add in my past life. 00:46:02
Something for government agency. 00:46:07
When we first started working. 00:46:09
For Monster, they have engineered scientists. 00:46:11
Look at the data, our exposure. 00:46:15
Employees could be exposed. 00:46:19
I got monitored for here. 00:46:22
I'm very comfortable. 00:46:24
Opinion of safety issues people brought them just. 00:46:28
Ring. 00:46:36
No questions. Thank you, Mr. Runzo. 00:46:38
Lisa, anyone else? 00:46:42
OK. I'm going to close the public hearing portion. 00:46:45
And call for a motion. 00:46:48
On item 3B. 00:46:50
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to sorry 2. 00:46:52
Be item 2B. 00:46:55
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve resolution #25. 00:46:58
06/01. 00:47:04
Mr. Chair, I'll 2nd that I have a motion and a second to approve. All those in favor say aye aye. 00:47:06
Aye, aye. 00:47:12
Unanimous. 00:47:14
Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you everyone. 00:47:16
Going to change a couple of items on. 00:47:19
The order of the. 00:47:22
Agenda just for convenience, because we have people. 00:47:25
That don't need to wait through the entire meeting. 00:47:30
We're going to skip to item 3M. 00:47:33
Then N and then O3M is the information discussion action to approve the ground lease and use agreement between Gila County and the 00:47:37
Town of Winkleman for a period of 20 years for the total amount of. 00:47:43
$20 being due on or before the first day of the lease. 00:47:50
Effective and $1.00 per year due on or before the first day of each successive lease period. Woody, this is your item. 00:47:54
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, we've been working on this one for a while. And just a little bit of background history in the years 00:48:03
past. 00:48:06
There's properties acquired in Lincoln and Hayden down there. 00:48:10
Back in the day and I I don't know why they were required to begin with, but this particular piece of property. 00:48:14
Is situated right next to the town of Winkleman Public Works. 00:48:21
And so. 00:48:25
We've been working on that one, like I said, for a long time. Public Works down there in Lincoln could use it. 00:48:27
For space storage. 00:48:33
And whatever they need to do with it right there, so. 00:48:35
I've really been wanting to get this over to the town and. 00:48:39
Put it back to use. 00:48:43
Are doing answering questions. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:48:45
Yeah, I think, I think it's a good deal. We have a lot of property that we need. 00:48:50
Work with down in that area, so I'm glad to see that some of. 00:48:54
Being able to get used. 00:48:57
If you're good, I don't have any questions. 00:49:00
Yeah. Just so you guys know, I think there was a total like 7 or 8 different properties just being one of them. So it's good to 00:49:02
see. 00:49:06
See it being put back together. 00:49:10
Yeah, and. 00:49:13
Winkelman Mayor is here today and we'll have a presentation once we vote on this. See where we're going. 00:49:15
Do you want to say anything, Mayor Brock? Money. 00:49:20
Well, I just appreciate. 00:49:25
Outlook. 00:49:29
Mr. Kinders. 00:49:31
Has given us. 00:49:32
Uh, possibly obtaining. 00:49:35
On using the. 00:49:36
The property because. 00:49:38
I think as it is, we're kind of landlocked. 00:49:40
With equipment that we have. 00:49:44
Even though we're small, we've been. 00:49:47
A fire department has been accumulating the last two years. 00:49:50
Two big fire trucks and we need. 00:49:54
Apple space to to storm not give them Northside so. 00:49:57
This would be greatly appreciated by the town. 00:50:02
I thank you. 00:50:06
For your time. 00:50:07
Thank you, Mayor. 00:50:08
All right. Well, thank you. With that, I'll call for a motion. 00:50:09
Mr. Chair, I move to approve a ground lease and use agreement with the Town of Winkleman as President. 00:50:13
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion and a second to approve Those in favor say aye, aye, aye, aye. Thank you. Item 3 N. 00:50:19
Information Discussion. Action to improve economic development. Agreement number 05072025 between Healer County and the Tunnel Rim 00:50:28
Searching Rescue Squad incorporated in the amount of $8567. 00:50:35
$0.39 to assist with the purchase of eight 800 megahertz radios. 00:50:42
The board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 00:50:48
This is an item. 00:50:52
Of support. 00:50:54
For the total room search and rescue. 00:50:56
And we have an orange shirt. Who do we have? 00:50:59
Bill. Oh, hi, Bill. 00:51:07
I'm going to give you 30 seconds. 00:51:11
Urgency of urgency assistance. I appreciate it. 00:51:17
Yeah, Thank you. So. 00:51:25
Just keeping up with technology, it's expensive. 00:51:27
And. 00:51:31
They don't have the money to buy this stuff and they are vital for safety, public safety. 00:51:33
So. 00:51:38
You have any questions? 00:51:40
Weather Yeah, well, these radios help you in communicating with the different departments, different law departments. 00:51:41
And in other fire departments. 00:51:49
They basically the same channel set up that the Sheriff's Office. 00:51:55
Amazon. 00:52:00
Sheriff's Office. 00:52:02
South of North County. 00:52:03
Don't know fire apartments on there. 00:52:06
We have radios and we use for communication with the strawberry rooms a lot of times. 00:52:10
No further questions. Thank you, Supervisor Klein, I'm good. 00:52:19
I'm good to go for a motion item 3. And Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve Economic Development Agreement number 05072025. 00:52:23
But the tunnel rim searching HG Squad Incorporated as presented and which the board has has determined to be for the benefit of 00:52:34
the public. 00:52:38
Mr. I'll second motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 00:52:43
Aye, aye. Thank you, Bill. 00:52:48
Item 3. O information discussion action. 00:52:51
To approve economic development agreement numbers 05062025. 00:52:55
Between Here County and the Pace and Art League. 00:53:00
Doing businesses, The Room, Country artists. 00:53:03
In the amount of $1500. 00:53:05
To assist with the expenses of the second annual Western Heritage and Film Festival. 00:53:07
Which the board has determined to be for the. 00:53:12
Benefit of the public. 00:53:15
And this is another item that I'm. 00:53:17
Helping support through sponsorship. 00:53:20
Payson Art League. 00:53:23
Will have their second annual Western Heritage during the August. 00:53:24
Rodeo. 00:53:28
And we have with us Elizabeth Bauer. Good morning. Can you just give us a very? 00:53:30
Yeah, brief description of what you guys do. 00:53:37
What we do is we have a. 00:53:42
To have fun and have. Let's hear it and. 00:53:44
What better way than celebrate our common Western heritage and where we live? 00:53:47
We have here and the representative. 00:53:53
The fire service. 00:53:55
Will be primary student and. 00:53:57
We are. 00:54:01
Hard to do so, and lots of celebration. 00:54:08
Cowboy poetry. 00:54:11
Those cigars? 00:54:13
It's actually practicing filming. 00:54:16
And. 00:54:20
A Sunday journal. 00:54:21
Joyous. 00:54:25
Next, we're very grateful that we have Board of Supervisors. 00:54:27
I move first in the amount of 1500. 00:54:33
Almost exactly that. 00:54:36
This is encouraging farms up here for kids who have never. 00:54:38
Thank you. 00:54:52
OK. Thank you very much, Supervisor Humphrey. No question, Supervisor Klein, I'm good. 00:54:53
OK. With that, I'll call for motion. Mr. Chair, move to approve Economic Development Agreement number 05062025 with the Hemi 00:54:58
County and Basin. Art. 00:55:03
Doing business as. 00:55:08
Country artists as presented. 00:55:11
And which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 00:55:13
And I'll second that Mr. Chair motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:55:17
Thank you very much, gentlemen. 00:55:23
Thank you, Elizabeth. 00:55:25
Let's move on to item 3. 00:55:28
Information discussion actions with adoptive proclamation number 202505. 00:55:32
Proclaiming the second week of June. 00:55:38
2025 is National Recreation Highline Trail Week. 00:55:41
In helicopter this was a request brought to me. 00:55:44
To make a proclamation about the Highline Trail. 00:55:48
Highline Trail goes through our county. It's a. 00:55:52
Basically pretty significant trail. 00:55:56
And they've been doing a lot of improvements on it. So proclamation. 00:55:59
Is uh. 00:56:03
Pretty straightforward. 00:56:05
It goes whereas the communities that make up Rd. Country, Arizona have long value to the natural beauty, cultural heritage and 00:56:08
outdoor recreational opportunities. 00:56:12
That define our region and through a collaborative effort involved public agencies, nonprofit. 00:56:17
Organizations, dedicated volunteers, significant investments have been made to restore, protect and enhance the iconic Highline 00:56:23
National Recreation Trail for future generations, and the Highline Trail spans 68 miles across Rim Country. 00:56:30
Offering unparalleled east to West. 00:56:38
Access to our forest landscapes. 00:56:40
And diverse ecosystems providing opportunities for hiking, biking, exploration, and a. 00:56:43
Appreciation of Arizona outdoor treasures. 00:56:50
And National Trails Day the first Saturday in June. 00:56:53
And National Get Outdoors Day, the second Saturday in June, encourage Americans to explore public lands and connect with the 00:56:56
natural world, aligning with the spirit of stewardship. 00:57:02
And celebration embodied by the Highland Trail and Gila County. 00:57:08
Encourages residents and visitors alike to get outdoors. Experience Rim Country beauty. 00:57:12
And. 00:57:18
And cultivate a life long commitment to the care and preservation. 00:57:20
Of our public lands, and now therefore, we, the members of the Hewitt County Board of Supervisors. 00:57:24
DO hereby proclaim the second week of June 2025. 00:57:30
As national recreation highline trail week in gila county and urge all citizens to. 00:57:33
To celebrate, explore and protect the remarkable natural resources that define our community and we have a few representatives 00:57:38
from. 00:57:42
The trail system. Does anyone want to make a comment or two? 00:57:47
Thank you supermarket person to ask perpetrating that president of the country association of heads up. 00:57:52
I've been blessed to be able to work with the. 00:57:58
National Horse. 00:58:01
Going to restore the highlight to. 00:58:09
It's the current beauty right now in 68 miles along the base of the Bogey brand. 00:58:13
It's accessible. 00:58:20
Blue trail, so I think my grandkids up there ride bikes. 00:58:22
License is a new rider. We ride bikes up there. 00:58:27
And we're starting to see a real. 00:58:29
I watched the trucks go through town and usually they're heading out of the Flagstaff, which goes someplace else to go ride. 00:58:32
And now they're trying to stay here with their bikes. 00:58:40
You know a recent report, National Trust. 00:58:43
Stated that the average visit by mountain bikers and community richer trails is $416.00 per day. 00:58:48
Just kind of we can go out. 00:58:56
That's about right, especially if you bike breaks. 00:58:59
Prepare yourself. 00:59:01
That thing is the continued economic benefits. 00:59:03
This amazing, amazing piece of trail so. 00:59:06
And we have some slag here, supervisors who have to highlight. 00:59:10
Church as well. Thank you so much for your support. 00:59:15
Excuse me. Thank you, Trevor. And who do you have with you? 00:59:18
Coordinator up here. 00:59:27
And then? 00:59:30
Very. 00:59:33
She's not a biker, she's a runner and she runs the entire thing one day quite often so. 00:59:37
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:59:47
I have no questions, Supervisor Klein. Oh, I'm good. 00:59:49
OK. I'll call for motion item 3A. 00:59:53
Go ahead, Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to adopt Proclamation number 202505. 00:59:57
I'll second that. 01:00:03
Motion a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:00:05
Thank you very much people. 01:00:09
Good to see you guys. 01:00:11
Item 3B. Information, discussion action. 01:00:17
To receive an update on the activities of the finale Council for Senior Citizens doing business AS. 01:00:20
Central Arizona Aging and approved intergovernmental agreement number 04202025 with. 01:00:27
CAA whereby the county will disperse $165,000. 01:00:35
And further, the board finds determines this. 01:00:39
Is for the public benefit to provide services to persons with disabilities. 01:00:42
And aged persons within Gila County. 01:00:47
Good morning, Anna. 01:00:51
Good to see you. 01:00:53
Get to see everyone, thanks for having me again. 01:00:54
So you can. 01:00:58
Oh, for the photo op. OK, got it. OK. 01:01:00
Good morning. I'm happy to be before you again to present our annual. 01:01:03
For funding for our organization, I want to point out umm. 01:01:07
That we did complete every branding and name change last year. So we are still now here with Council for Senior Citizens, but we 01:01:12
branded to Central Arizona Aging. So you're going to see some of that as we move forward. But we're still the same organization 01:01:17
providing the same services. 01:01:23
Cam Hill County. 01:01:28
Let's see here so. 01:01:30
We'll do the presentation. 01:01:35
And I'll try to be as brief as possible. 01:01:39
Do it quickly. 01:01:42
OK. 01:01:43
I usually has a separate PowerPoint metaphor. 01:01:47
OK, sorry. 01:01:52
She just want to let Jonathan know when. Yeah. 01:01:56
Sure. So we'll move on to the next. 01:02:00
Next slide. 01:02:02
So just some details on the funding. We've had this partnership now for many years, I think probably about 20 years or so. We 01:02:05
received $165,000 annually. We are the fiscal agents as. 01:02:11
The Area Agency on AG for these funds to be distributed to the Senior Centers for Nutrition. 01:02:18
Services. Umm. 01:02:24
And the period that I'm going to be reporting for is from last fiscal year ending June 30 to 24. The programs are home delivery 01:02:25
deals, congregate meals and also case management services for those individuals that are case managed in the community. 01:02:31
Next slide, this is a breakdown of distribution of funds and I believe I know that the county makes a decision on the 01:02:39
distribution, but it is my understanding based on population numbers. So you see there the breakdown by Senior Center Payson 01:02:45
receiving the larger. 01:02:51
Allocation of those funds and then the senior centers that follow that receiving those portions. 01:02:58
That are made to them. Our agency also receives about $11,000 for case management services that are provided here in Huea County. 01:03:05
And then we have a small amount for mom's meals, which is. 01:03:14
Service that we use for individuals that do not live. 01:03:17
Close to a Senior Center, so they live in those outlying areas. We use a. 01:03:21
A meal service which provides chilled meals directly to their home. 01:03:26
And so we have some funding going to that and of course an admin cost for a total of 165 distributed, less distributed last year. 01:03:31
In 2024, the program outcomes are that we served 1300 almost 1400 individuals in Gila County. 01:03:40
Serving over 100,170. 01:03:49
728. 01:03:52
Meals provided in both concrete and home delivered meal service. 01:03:55
And in case managed 550 individuals. 01:03:59
Next slide, some of the victories reported to us from the Payson Senior Center. This is actually not just the Payson Senior 01:04:04
Center, it should be all senior centers. 01:04:09
I'll just go over a few of these. It has saved our lives. 01:04:15
Speaking about the the meal itself. 01:04:20
Some days we don't have anything to eat. 01:04:22
At least I get one meal a day. We know that many of our seniors are. 01:04:25
Eating half of the meal and saving the rest for dinner. 01:04:29
And some of that and we're hearing back. 01:04:32
Victories Our seniors are able our center is able to serve a number of seniors experiencing chronic health conditions and mobility 01:04:34
issues. 01:04:38
And those struggling with food insecurity, that's out of Hayden. 01:04:42
And food insecurity and malnutrition. 01:04:46
Out of Pine, we've seen an increase in participation as more people hear about our good, how good our meals are. 01:04:48
And our program has experienced significant growth in response to growing demand. 01:04:56
Another victory out of Globe. Our clients continuously express their appreciation. I want to put a quality of meals for the 01:05:02
consistency of the service and the well checks. 01:05:06
And then in Miami. 01:05:11
Daily meal delivery has allowed our center staff to build strong bonds with our homebound clients as many are frail. 01:05:14
Lonely and isolated. 01:05:21
And then you know with every service there are some challenges and you experience this year to year. 01:05:23
Not a lot of changes but for this past year the impact of staff increasing staff wages. 01:05:29
The cost of increasing cost of food and we're all feeling that, so our senior centers as well. 01:05:36
Fuel cost. Delivery vehicles needing repair. 01:05:43
UMM and the recruitment of consistent volunteers. 01:05:47
Also, the lack of increased funding on the federal and state level. 01:05:51
More so in the state from the federal law, it's been stagnant and and then we are going into this year unfortunately. 01:05:56
Possibly looking at some additional cuts. 01:06:03
Umm to OA funds. 01:06:05
The impact of the Gila County funding and your support means that it significantly improves the diet and quality and nutrient 01:06:07
intakes for the seniors in your communities. Reduce food insecurity and malnutrition among seniors. 01:06:15
Provides daily well checks. 01:06:23
For most most, the most vulnerable in our community, increasing their health and safety. 01:06:24
And also provides access to community resources when seniors go to our senior centers there is. 01:06:32
And so they're able to socialize and increase their ability to access other resources aside from just the congregate meal 01:06:39
transportation services as well. 01:06:45
And also the program aligns with federal and state policies which aim to rebalance long term care away from nursing homes. 01:06:51
And God. 01:06:59
Supports individuals staying in their home where we know they aged back. 01:07:00
And it's less expensive. 01:07:05
So with that, I just want to thank you for your continued support consistently with our organization and mostly with our senior 01:07:07
centers. A heartfelt gratitude to you on behalf of our Board and our staff and our senior centers participants and clients. 01:07:14
In your investment helps combat hunger, malnutrition. 01:07:22
And empowers. 01:07:27
To our powers, our seniors, to age and dignity, health and independence. 01:07:29
In here account. 01:07:33
There any questions I'm happy to answer. Thank you so much. You're welcome. 01:07:34
Yeah, other funding agencies to you to the. 01:07:39
Federal. State. 01:07:42
And how are their fundings holding up for you? 01:07:44
So for the current fiscal year, we're in 2025 now, funding has been consistent. We haven't seen any increases. 01:07:48
But as we approach 2026, we just updated the state, just updated the funding formula for the state. 01:07:55
And so that impacts our nutrition services. And so we are seeing a slight decrease on federal funding. 01:08:03
For leaning into 2026. 01:08:09
Umm, we still don't know the full impact, however, because if you've been following what's going on with the federal government 01:08:12
and the budget. 01:08:16
Process. We have not received clear information. It's been a very confusing few months in terms of. 01:08:21
You know, our funds being frozen and then there was some conversation about elimination of some services. 01:08:29
And so now, as of Friday. 01:08:35
We're hearing that there is possibly. 01:08:39
Consistent funding, but we also have to brace ourselves from some. 01:08:43
Possible. 01:08:47
Anywhere from the 10 to 15%. 01:08:48
Across all programs. 01:08:50
So I know that sounds very confusing, but that we're not getting clear information from the federal government. 01:08:52
And the state. 01:08:58
The state dollars are a match for the federal funds. 01:09:01
And as long as the federal funds are being received. 01:09:04
We feel confident that the state funding will be there. 01:09:07
Yeah. The reason for that question was it seems like it's been $165,000 for a long time. 01:09:12
And every day I sit up here, somebody's asking for another 1020%. 01:09:18
I think today we'll go over a deal that they're asking for 100%. 01:09:23
And so it's like, well, you know. 01:09:27
You provide such a. 01:09:30
Important service. 01:09:33
To our community, for the elders, for the, for the communication and being there and. 01:09:35
And providing meals. 01:09:40
Because even people with families. 01:09:42
Of have loved ones signed up for this? 01:09:45
And it's very important that they. 01:09:48
That they get that interaction and that funding and so. 01:09:50
I have no other questions other than. 01:09:55
You know, I would like to. 01:09:58
Maybe look at it and see if if you're in need if there's not. 01:10:00
Room for a little increase. 01:10:05
Because food prices aren't. 01:10:08
Going down Gas prices aren't going down. 01:10:10
And like I said to me, you provide a. 01:10:13
A very important service. 01:10:16
To our seniors, so. 01:10:18
Thank you, supervisor. We appreciate. Thank you for what you do. 01:10:20
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Anna, good to see you. As always, thank you for everything you do too. 01:10:24
Your heart is definitely in the right place and so they are faced with some cuts and that's one thing we're looking at. 01:10:31
I had a brief conversation with Anna this morning. 01:10:38
Hayden is looking at some significant cuts. 01:10:41
With the possibility of losing that Senior Center. 01:10:44
And So what I would like to suggest is that. 01:10:48
James, if you would take this and look into it. 01:10:54
And. 01:10:57
We've done. 01:11:01
Quite a bit since we've taken office for the scene and we've upped our part of the country in every so often. 01:11:02
We went to that 165,000 mark just in the last couple of years. 01:11:09
And so. 01:11:14
It's never enough, I understand that. 01:11:15
And I understand that we can't cover everything. 01:11:19
I do know that as well. 01:11:23
But this is more than than just food too. This is a lot of contact. 01:11:25
You know that these residents rely on seeing somebody once every so often or as they have nobody to. 01:11:29
To contact or communicate with and so. 01:11:36
I really think from my standpoint, I would like to see us try and do what we can, especially when we have a Senior Center like 01:11:40
Hayden that's. 01:11:44
As looking at possibly closer. 01:11:50
Hayden covers a lot of country in that corner. 01:11:53
That isn't. 01:11:56
Isn't. 01:11:58
Really available to anything else it's authored by themselves. 01:11:59
They're really good. They've worked hard over all these years and worked really, really hard at that Senior Center. 01:12:04
And. 01:12:10
James I I'd like to see us try and check into this and dig a little deeper and. 01:12:13
And see what we can do with Hayden to. 01:12:19
To not close that center. 01:12:22
And it wouldn't only be Hayden, in my opinion, any of them that's looking at closing, we need to help. 01:12:24
But that's the one that's coming up that has came up this morning, so. 01:12:31
Go ahead if you have some comments, sure, go. 01:12:38
OK. 01:12:41
Coming from two of our supervisors. 01:12:44
I would assume that you had the same thoughts that. 01:12:47
I might recommend. 01:12:50
Now This is Money for our fiscal year. 01:12:53
2526 Budget. 01:12:56
Today's check is verse 25. 01:12:59
For fiscal year 2425. 01:13:02
Any future research I presume would be for 26. 01:13:04
Well, because they're, they're cuts, any they're looking at look for next year, right, They'd have to shut down next year or 01:13:10
sooner than that. 01:13:13
Yes, it would be July 1st of 25 this coming July, coming fiscal year. And I will say I should, I should probably give you some 01:13:17
information around that is that. 01:13:22
The reason that they're getting the cut is that we had. 01:13:27
To implement a new funding formula, the state, as I mentioned earlier, creates A funding formula for the state and we do the same 01:13:30
for our funds. And So what has occurred is that. 01:13:36
There have been some shifts in population in our region. Canal is growing, landing some Downsila County small growth. 01:13:42
And so there's been some shifts. 01:13:49
And so there is one Senior Center in this area that is getting an increase, while the smaller senior centers because we don't see 01:13:51
a lot of population growth. 01:13:55
Are getting unfortunately reductions in funding so, so that's the the issue there in Hayden. 01:13:59
We have been in talks with the mayor and with their staff. 01:14:07
About ensuring that the seniors continue to get meals. And so we're looking at a couple of options. That Senior Center is 01:14:11
critical, as you state within that area because it provides many resources. 01:14:17
And So what we're thinking about doing is as long as they're open to this option is that we would continue to serve the home 01:14:23
delivered meal clients through Mom's meals. 01:14:29
Because that is an option. 01:14:35
And then? 01:14:37
Provide congregate meals out of our kitchen and Casa Grande. We have a central kitchen and Casa Grande. We'll be bringing those up 01:14:38
weekly and providing 5 meal packs. 01:14:43
To all of the. 01:14:48
Congregate meal participants. 01:14:50
The last thing we want is for our seniors to go without food. 01:14:52
And so that is, you know, the least we can do. 01:14:55
But in terms of the Senior Center and programming and staff, they just don't have the funding to. 01:14:59
To be able to staff the center and, and so that's what we're still working towards. 01:15:05
Thank you, Annie. And and you know too, the Sinner is is pretty important for for folks to go. That's a place where they can 01:15:11
socialize, they can get out of their house, have the different little events or functions going on there. 01:15:17
It's been a really good thing in that corner. 01:15:24
Mr. Mr. Chairman, so I'll decline if I could ask one question. 01:15:28
And I hope I'm not stepping on any toes, but there's. 01:15:32
El County. 01:15:37
Participating in that South. 01:15:38
Southern corner of. 01:15:41
The helipinal area. 01:15:42
They do we. 01:15:44
Apply for funding to them directly and they do provide some funding for that. So it's a combination of funds both heal and canal 01:15:47
and then our federal funding. I'm just wondering if I need to go to my counterpart now county and say, hey, well. 01:15:52
And I wouldn't mind you asking them for more money. That will definitely help. But yeah, they do participate, not to the degree 01:15:59
that Gila County, but we're working on that. 01:16:04
I think I will. 01:16:09
The county manager profound Mr. Lou is a good friend of mine, so I I don't mind going and. 01:16:12
Talking to him, that would be great. 01:16:18
Mr. Chairman, there's a Board, if I might recommend that these money being asked to approve today is for the current fiscal year, 01:16:21
which ends in 27 days. 01:16:26
And we go ahead with 165,000. 01:16:31
That we we have. 01:16:34
Appropriate. It's included in the budget. 01:16:36
But that perhaps we. 01:16:38
If I can persuade our finance department to look at maybe about 175,000, something like that, we can, certainly. 01:16:40
Meet with you and see if. 01:16:47
If that helps and what exactly that can potentially do. 01:16:49
Bring that forward as part of our budget for. 01:16:52
This year, 2526, it starts again in 28 days. 01:16:55
So. 01:16:59
Or any thoughts of doing anything other than that I would appreciate. 01:17:01
Your input. 01:17:05
Thank you. And so, yeah, I, I agree that we need to keep up with. 01:17:07
Costs and things like that and after all, merit. It's just. 01:17:11
Numbers. 01:17:15
So what is this general fund money? 01:17:22
This is general OK, all right. 01:17:25
So thank you so much. I think society is judged on how well we take care of those who can't help themselves. 01:17:28
And it's very important that we have these. 01:17:36
For for our elderly and all those that need it. 01:17:39
OK. So if there's nothing else, I'll call for motion. 01:17:43
Mr. Chair, I move to approve intergovernment. 01:17:46
Agreement number 04202025. 01:17:50
With the panel Gila Council for Senior Citizens. 01:17:54
Doing business as Central Arizona Aging as presented. 01:17:58
And further, the board finding finds. 01:18:03
And determine that this is for the benefit. 01:18:07
To provide services to persons with disabilities and aged persons within Healy County. 01:18:10
And Mr. Chair, I'll second that. 01:18:18
Mostly in a second, she approved. Those in favor say aye. 01:18:19
Aye, aye. Thank you, Anna. Do you mind a picture real quick? 01:18:22
Let's do it. 01:18:26
Usually we just put on the. 01:18:31
They're not understanding it. 01:18:56
One more. 01:19:09
Thank you. 01:19:14
So Charlotte, we're comfortable going forward, OK? 01:19:42
Item 3C. Information discussion. Action to approve or deny a petition. 01:19:46
For redemption of exemption waiver from Ronnie J McLaren. 01:19:51
That just seemed to have his property tax exemption that is deemed waived by. 01:19:55
We're going to revise statute so redeemed. 01:20:01
Tax year 2025 share. 01:20:04
Four of these. Good to see you. 01:20:08
They're all. 01:20:11
The same language. So we're going to try and run through because we can. 01:20:13
And I tried to create a shortcut this morning and we can't do that. We're just going to have to go through them one at a time. 01:20:17
And. 01:20:24
So could you explain what we're doing and? 01:20:25
Why this person didn't get? 01:20:29
Their information in a timely fashion, certainly. Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the Board. 01:20:30
Ronnie J McLaren has petitioned the board to redeem his property tax exemption for 2025 as a veteran with a 100% disability. 01:20:38
Under Arizona Revised Statute 42 Dash 11153 A. 01:20:47
Qualifying taxpayer, otherwise entitled. 01:20:52
To A property tax exemption waives the exemption if the taxpayer fails to file a required affidavit. 01:20:55
Or furnish other required evidence between the first Monday in January and March 1st of the year. 01:21:02
This is the case with Mr. McLaren, who received his disability approval letter from Veterans Affairs on April 16th. 01:21:07
Which is after the March 1st application window closure. 01:21:15
However, excuse me. 01:21:19
Under Arizona Revised Statute 42-1115 three, Section B. 01:21:21
The qualifying taxpayer may petition the Board of Supervisors to redeem the waiver of the tax exemption. 01:21:27
This petition must be presented before the board in a regular meeting, which is why I'm here today on Mr. McLaren's behalf. 01:21:34
Mr. McLaren qualifies for the individual tax exemption and has been approved for the exemption by the assessor's office. 01:21:41
He has now petitioned the board for approval for his exemption to take effect for 2025. 01:21:49
An approval of Mr. McLaren's petition will allow for his approved exemption to take effect now and this upcoming tax season. 01:21:56
A denial would push his exemption to 2026 in the next half season. 01:22:04
The Assessors office does not advocate for or against the boards approval, though we will state that Mister McLaren has proven 01:22:10
qualified to receive the exemption and certainly deserves it. 01:22:16
Any questions? Hey, thank you, Sarah. 01:22:22
Supervisor hopefully. 01:22:25
Question on this if. 01:22:26
If this is voted on. 01:22:30
And they and they don't pay the taxes. 01:22:33
You don't pay taxes, it's just it's a discounted. 01:22:37
OK, it's a discounted amount, not not just. 01:22:41
No, tech doesn't. 01:22:45
We haven't got that passed yet in law for it to be no tax. 01:22:46
OK. 01:22:51
OK, that's fine. No further questions. OK. Thank you, Brother Klein. 01:22:53
I'm good. 01:22:58
I wish there was no. But maybe you'll come in time. Maybe. Yeah. 01:22:59
OK, so I have no questions. 01:23:05
So with that, I'll call for motion item 3C. 01:23:07
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve. 01:23:11
A petition for redemption of exemption waiver from Ronnie J McLaren. 01:23:15
Petitioning to have his property tax exemption that is deemed waived by ARS. 01:23:21
42-1115 Three. 01:23:27
Redeemed for tax year 2025. 01:23:31
Mr. Chair, I'll second motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 01:23:36
Aye, aye, thank you. Sure. We have item 3D information, discussion, action to approve or deny. 01:23:41
Petition for redemption of exemption waiver from Michael. 01:23:48
Dozier, Patricia may have his property tax exemption as deemed weighed by Arkansas. 01:23:51
Redeemed for tax year 2025. 01:23:57
Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the Board, would you care for me to restate the statutes or just give you the particulars of 01:24:01
this? I think we. 01:24:05
They're all identical as far as the purpose of them. 01:24:09
We just need specifics on Mr. Michael Dozier. 01:24:12
Will do. 01:24:16
Mr. Dozier was undergoing hip surgery and radiation treatment in Tempe, AZ during the application time frame, which is why he did 01:24:18
not get there during that time frame. 01:24:23
He does qualify. Again, any of these petitions that we bring before the board will all be qualified for the exemption and then 01:24:29
it's just your decision whether they get it now or later. 01:24:34
OK. So he does qualify? 01:24:39
And. 01:24:42
Again, we don't advocate for or against, but we'll state that Mister Dozier has proven qualified to receive the exemption and 01:24:45
would have applied if it not for his medical issues. 01:24:49
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:24:54
OK, you stay reduced rate of taxes. 01:24:56
How much reduced is that? 01:25:00
I mean, is it 10%, is it 50%? Is it the exemption is a dollar amount which changes each year? 01:25:02
According to whatever, whoever the powers that be. 01:25:09
Decide for the increase. Right now it's $4748. 01:25:13
That amount is deducted from their limited assessed property value, so it brings that number down. 01:25:17
Then the tax rate is calculated from the lower number to get them what they pay in taxes. 01:25:24
Okay. 01:25:32
I guess, yeah. Then then could it could it be close to 0 taxes? It could be, yes. OK 'cause see what I'm getting at is I fight. 01:25:34
And a tax property that has no taxes assessed to it. 01:25:43
Can never go up for tax lien sale. 01:25:49
For not paying taxes. 01:25:52
And so with me trying to clean up properties. 01:25:55
And this property is. 01:25:58
Is has no taxes. 01:26:00
Earlier you said there's no zero. Well. 01:26:02
I think there is some at once. That's all calculated. 01:26:04
Because I'm fighting properties. 01:26:08
That will never go up for a tax lien sale because there's no taxes owed. 01:26:10
And so therefore I have. 01:26:15
I have. 01:26:17
No way to. 01:26:18
To clean up some of the blighted properties. 01:26:20
And that's. 01:26:23
I guess something that we're going to have to. 01:26:25
Workout somehow on calculations so there's at least. 01:26:28
$0.10 owed. 01:26:32
Because then if it's not paid. 01:26:34
Then it can go up for a tax lien sale because taxes. 01:26:36
Oh, so as we go forward with this. 01:26:40
And the formula gets presented after the deduction for the final ODE. 01:26:43
I would like to know. 01:26:49
If there are. 01:26:51
Zeros because. 01:26:53
The end result after that person passes on or. 01:26:56
Something. 01:26:59
Creates difficulties. 01:27:01
In the future. 01:27:03
I hear you. So after calculations if there's zeros out? 01:27:05
I would like to be able to work on. 01:27:10
On those zeros, even if it's $0.10. 01:27:13
Just just no 0. 01:27:16
OK, yes. 01:27:18
One one side note to that is when an individual is there the exemption amount that they have. 01:27:21
If their value is of such. 01:27:26
That only a portion of this wipes out. 01:27:29
Their taxes and it goes to 0. 01:27:33
And they still haven't like a credit balance from this exemption, if that makes sense. It goes towards their personal property 01:27:35
taxes, so their vehicle. 01:27:39
It can go towards the taxes that they would have to owe on their fee. 01:27:43
OK. 01:27:49
Yeah, I would. 01:27:50
I would, yeah, I would just. 01:27:51
Getting to the reason or or to the point that I have. 01:27:53
Dealt with issues from past. 01:27:57
Deals that I have no way to deal with them now. 01:28:00
The future. 01:28:08
Understood. 01:28:11
Thank you. 01:28:12
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. 01:28:14
Sure. Are these all veterans? 01:28:15
No. OK, so Mr. Dozier is now veteran. 01:28:18
No, he's just 100% permanent total disabled. OK. 01:28:21
OK. 01:28:27
So I have a little bit different outlook on a lot of this than than TM is looking at it. I understand what he's saying, but still. 01:28:30
But you know, with 100% of disability. 01:28:39
Veterans, however that shakes out, I think. 01:28:43
I think it needs to. 01:28:47
Have some weight to it. 01:28:49
I also know that nothing can happen unless the state changes it through the Rs codes. 01:28:50
And so that's nothing we can do in house here. 01:28:56
That has to be petitioned and lobbied through the state. 01:28:59
But anyway, thank you for that. 01:29:03
Sure. Just to clarify, is this exemption is given to a person? 01:29:06
Yes, it's not a permanent change to the property. 01:29:11
Correct. So when that person leaves cells, dies or anything. 01:29:14
The property reverse back to normalcy. 01:29:18
OK. All right. Thank you. So. 01:29:21
Is there anything else good? 01:29:24
How do you keep record on? 01:29:28
The the person not owning the property. 01:29:31
Anymore. 01:29:35
Through the deeds, the titles that come into our office, we would know when the property's been transferred out of their name and 01:29:36
such the the exemption would automatically follow. 01:29:41
OK, yeah, I'm not gonna. 01:29:47
Go further, because yeah, finish. 01:29:49
If one of the family people, well, I said I'm not going there. 01:29:52
OK, I'm done. 01:29:56
OK, manage your memo. 01:29:58
Essentially kissing. 01:30:00
I had a question in your description of what it does so if. 01:30:02
Net assessed value is $100,000. 01:30:06
You described that there's in this case, particular case. 01:30:09
4000 or something. So essentially the net assessed value. 01:30:13
Is reduced from 100,000 to 95,000. 01:30:17
Something so. 01:30:21
It's not a $4000 credit on their taxes, rejection and net assessed by you. 01:30:22
By the $4000 or whatever it is. 01:30:29
4000 is the maximum. 01:30:31
I start you right now. 01:30:33
Correct. What is it B? 01:30:34
That dollar amount, the exemption amount, is the same number. Everybody gets that number. 01:30:36
OK. 01:30:40
Thank you. 01:30:42
OK. This is kind of new to all of us, I think. 01:30:44
Been doing all along yes I appreciate everything that you're doing so let's. 01:30:48
I have one other question which was then. 01:30:53
Do they have to apply for this every year? 01:30:59
Once they get the exemption, it is perpetual. 01:31:02
On the perpetual until the situation changes, correct. Yeah, OK. 01:31:05
With that, I'll call for motion. 01:31:10
Mr. Chair, I move to approve a petition. 01:31:12
For redemption. 01:31:16
Of exemption waiver for Michael. 01:31:18
Or those are petitioning to have his property tax exemption. 01:31:21
That is deemed waived by. 01:31:26
ARS 421153. 01:31:31
A. 01:31:35
For tax year 2025. 01:31:37
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye. 01:31:40
Aye aye item 3 E is information, discussion, action to approve or deny A petition for redemption of exemption, waiver from. 01:31:45
Lisa M Dibble. 01:31:53
Petitioning to have her property tax exempted. 01:31:55
Exemption that is deemed waived by the ARS redeemed. 01:31:59
Or state year or tax year 2025? 01:32:03
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the Board. Lisa Dibble is the partner of Mr. Dozier. 01:32:07
Her reason for not applying during the time frame is because she was with him. 01:32:13
And Tempe? She is also 100% permanent and total disabled. 01:32:17
But because of Mr. Dozier's condition and her being with him, she was unable to apply. 01:32:21
She she's qualified, we have accepted her everything. 01:32:26
Passive muster. 01:32:31
And as you will go into being exempted for next year if not approved position. 01:32:33
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:32:37
Opportunity. 01:32:42
Umm, if. If the property never changes hands then. 01:32:43
You don't know. 01:32:48
I mean if the person passes away. 01:32:50
Mm-hmm. And a family member. 01:32:52
And never goes to probate. 01:32:55
Family member doesn't sell it. 01:32:57
Then you don't know. 01:33:00
Person has disease. 01:33:02
If a person diseases and they do not file a death certificate or there's not some other way that we are informed you are correct, 01:33:05
it may take a law for us to it. OK and and I apologize for beating this up, but but I'm dealing with the other end of some of 01:33:11
these and I can show you pictures that would make you. 01:33:16
Really wish that you didn't live next to this person. 01:33:22
And so that's why I'm kind of milking this. 01:33:25
To get. 01:33:28
Reasons why I'm dealing with some of these things now. 01:33:29
And hopefully can build a prevention for it so. 01:33:34
Thank you very much for the for answering the questions. 01:33:38
That's all OK. Thank you. Supervisor cloning, I'm good. 01:33:41
I'll call for a motion. 01:33:45
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve. 01:33:46
A petition for redemption of exemption labor. 01:33:50
From Lisa M Dibble. 01:33:53
Petitioning to have her property tax exemption. 01:33:56
That is deemed way by ARS. 01:33:59
421-1153. 01:34:02
Redeem for tax year 2025. 01:34:05
Mr. Chair, I'll second it. Motion to 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:34:09
Aye aye. And to item 3F Information, discussion, action to approve or deny. 01:34:14
Petition for redemption of exemption waiver from Rimview Community Church. 01:34:19
Petitioning to have their property tax exemption that is deemed waived by Arizona Revised Statute redeemed for tax year. 01:34:24
2025 Share. 01:34:32
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the Board, this was a little different because it is a nonprofit organization and not an 01:34:34
individual that they have the same filing timelines as an individual does. 01:34:39
They have been a nonexistent. 01:34:44
Church or? 01:34:47
A very long time. 01:34:48
Am I saying that right now? Exempt. Exempt any way you understand? 01:34:50
For a very long time with their property they recently acquired. 01:34:54
A parking lot next to where the church is, or additional parking. 01:34:58
They did not make the filing deadline because they did not. 01:35:03
The clothes on that parking lot until April. 01:35:07
April 11. 01:35:14
So that is why we're here today for them. 01:35:15
OK. Thank you, Professor Humphrey. 01:35:20
No questions. 01:35:25
Supervisor Klein. 01:35:26
So this is just a different parcel when they fired it than what they had. 01:35:28
Or have previously, Huh. 01:35:31
Yes, OK. Thanks. 01:35:33
This didn't start out. 01:35:36
Yes, yes, OK. 01:35:37
All right. With that, I'll call for a motion. 01:35:39
Mr. I move. 01:35:41
To approve. 01:35:43
A petition. 01:35:45
For redemption of. 01:35:46
Exemption waiver for. 01:35:49
Rimview Community Church. 01:35:52
Petitioning to have. 01:35:55
Their property tax exemption that is deemed waived by. 01:35:56
ARS 42111. 01:36:01
538. 01:36:04
Redeemed as tax year. 01:36:06
2025. 01:36:08
And I will second that, OK, we have a motion in a second to approve Those in favor say aye. 01:36:10
Aye, aye. Thanks very much. 01:36:16
All right, moving on to 3G information discussion action to renew an inspection services agreement between. 01:36:20
The county and the Arizona Department of Housing. 01:36:27
Office of Manufactured Housing for the purpose of enforcing the installation standards. 01:36:30
Of manufactured housing for manufactured homes, mobile homes. 01:36:36
Actually built buildings for the period of June 3rd. 01:36:40
2025 to June 2nd, 2028. 01:36:43
Andy, morning again. So basically, this is the renewal. We've had this contract for many years before. 01:36:46
Basically that we have an IGA state that allows Hilo County do the inspections. 01:36:53
Of studying in the manufactured homes. 01:36:59
On parcels in our county. 01:37:01
I talked with a couple of the installers. 01:37:04
It takes up to six weeks to get the state. 01:37:08
To come out to do 1 inspection. 01:37:12
We can do it the next day. 01:37:14
So. 01:37:16
Everyone really kind of wanted us renew us, including state. 01:37:18
So again, this is just a renewal the contract to allow us to do the inspections we have to follow their pricelines, their. 01:37:21
Their requirements and fill out forms and all that good stuff, but it helps these. 01:37:29
Customers and clients and. 01:37:35
Fence of Hill County. 01:37:38
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:37:41
You weren't just advertising next day service, were you? No, Sir. OK. I just wanted, I just wanted to make that clear. 01:37:44
No further questions. 01:37:52
But you did make the commitment. 01:37:54
A lot of people heard we, we do. If they call in today, they we will be out there tomorrow one way or another. 01:37:59
Not over the weekends obviously, but during the week we will do next day inspections if you get it called in before we leave. 01:38:06
That's called Randy Dewey. 01:38:14
Do we get enough off of it to help pay for our inspectors? It does. 01:38:15
In the problem we've done in the past, we didn't always follow. 01:38:22
Their requirements, they have different issues. So in other words, you want an extension, It's 100 bucks. 01:38:25
We're free for the first one. 01:38:31
They're 100 bucks, so we weren't doing that. 01:38:32
We weren't following the requirements but when I went through this it says we have to. 01:38:35
So yes, we, I think we do recover our cost. 01:38:39
We're not going to make any big dollars off it, but we will recover our cost on. 01:38:42
OK. Thank you. 01:38:47
Yeah. Thanks Randy, for all you guys do. 01:38:49
With that, I'll call for a motion. Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to renew an inspection services agreement between Gila County 01:38:52
and the Arizona Department of Housing. 01:38:56
Office of Manufactured Housing as presented. 01:39:01
Mr. Chair, I'll second that. OK, motion in the second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye. 01:39:05
Really. 01:39:13
Three H is information discussion action to authorize the advertisement of invitation. 01:39:14
Forbids number of 05102025. 01:39:20
Annual contract for advertising, publications and printing to solicit bids from qualified newspapers for an annual contract. 01:39:25
For all advertising, publications and printing required to be done or made by all departments in elected or. 01:39:33
Offices. 01:39:41
Of Healer County Government for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30. 01:39:42
2026. 01:39:47
Good morning, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Supervisor Humphrey. Supervisor Klein. Arizona Revised Statute 11255 requires that the 01:39:49
Board of Supervisors. 01:39:54
Award an annual contract for advertising, publication and printing in the newspaper of record. 01:39:59
The statute further stipulates what constitutes a newspaper of record. 01:40:06
Where it has to be located, how often it has to publish its actual. 01:40:12
Reach and things of that nature so that we can determine who. 01:40:17
Who are qualified bidders are. 01:40:23
And we are supposed to go out for this annually, so we are looking for your permission to advertise this invitation for bid. 01:40:25
Thank you, Baron Supervisor Humphrey. 01:40:33
Yeah, unless advertisement forbid. 01:40:38
We do have. 01:40:41
Things that need to go out to a newspaper, but they need to be published in accounting. 01:40:44
That not correct. 01:40:49
There are some things that fall outside of this particular. 01:40:52
Statutory requirement. 01:40:58
OK, so. 01:41:00
Say a paper out of the county seat wins the bid. 01:41:01
Then we still have to pay. 01:41:06
Accounting seat paper if they didn't receive the bid. 01:41:09
To do certain advertisements for us. 01:41:12
OK, I think that should be. 01:41:17
Somehow calculated in a bit. 01:41:22
Because it ends up sometimes costing us more. 01:41:26
If the county if if a paper within the county seat. 01:41:29
Does not get awarded the bid. 01:41:34
Then they still get the. They still get. 01:41:36
To do certain advertisements. 01:41:42
No matter who gets the bid. 01:41:45
So I understand that it goes out forbid. 01:41:46
But that's never been mentioned to. 01:41:51
Or I seem to have passed that in the past and then it comes back to find out. 01:41:55
That certain things. 01:42:00
Have to be paid. 01:42:02
To the people that were awarded the bid and. 01:42:04
And people that were not awarded the bid. 01:42:06
Because of rules that had to be in the county seat, so I would just somehow like to. 01:42:09
Be able to know when it goes out. Forbid that. 01:42:14
That everybody knows that. 01:42:17
We can work with the county attorneys office to determine whether we can include that in this. 01:42:25
Because this is specific. 01:42:30
To our compliance with 11255, it may have to be a separate discussion. 01:42:33
And I don't know that we can take that into consideration when evaluating these bids. 01:42:40
I don't know that our. 01:42:45
Existing procurement policy allows us to. 01:42:47
Calculate that. 01:42:54
In in a way that would be useful, especially when we have things like the tax lien sale that's like. 01:42:55
$9700 to print the list. 01:43:04
But you don't know how long that how much that's going to be and so you know, how many square inches or whatever. 01:43:07
I understand and I didn't mean to put you on the spot. It's just another thing that's come back. 01:43:15
To bite us in the future. 01:43:21
Because we have obligations. 01:43:22
To the state. 01:43:25
Which create problems for us in the future. 01:43:26
And we didn't. 01:43:29
I wasn't aware of it until it come back. 01:43:31
And realize that. 01:43:33
And then it just created. 01:43:35
More money. 01:43:38
For the bitter and the non. 01:43:39
Winner of the bid. 01:43:44
Because of the content. And so I'm not going to keep fighting that. But anyway, Jessica, go ahead. 01:43:46
I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. 01:43:53
We got the attorney. 01:43:56
Member. Supervisor. 01:43:58
This is something that we can certainly look into. I think Marion is correct. I think with the procurement rules, it's not 01:44:00
something we can account for. 01:44:04
However, I think the situation is very unique. Tequila County. 01:44:09
Umm, in that we only have. 01:44:13
Only we wait. We only have one. 01:44:16
On newspapers, in the county chair. So again, I think it's very unique. He would tell me. 01:44:18
And it might be a legislative issue, not something that we can address. 01:44:25
Here with the invitation for bids and. 01:44:30
Approving them, but we will certainly look into it. 01:44:34
Thank you. 01:44:38
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. I'm good. 01:44:40
I do know that there's rumblings at the legislature to try and ease up on some of the printing. 01:44:44
Demands and go digital. 01:44:50
I don't think that's been accomplished yet. 01:44:52
Thank you, Marin. With that, I'll call for a motion. 01:44:56
Mr. Chair, I move to authorize the advertisement for invitation for bids number 05102025, as presented. I'll second that motion 01:45:00
and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 01:45:06
Aye, thank you. 01:45:14
All right, moving on to. 01:45:15
Three information discussion Action to approve the final renewal of purchase Agreement Transaction number. 01:45:18
355844141. 01:45:24
120M2 all-wheel drive motor grater. 01:45:28
And to authorize the 8th annual and final payment in the amount of. 01:45:32
$96,195.84 Mr. White. 01:45:38
Chairman, Board of Supervisors, thank you. I think you pretty much said my whole presentation right there just in the motion, but 01:45:43
this is for 2018. 01:45:48
All-wheel drive motor greater that we've leased, this is our final payment of. 01:45:53
96 a little over $96,000 would bring The total price that we'd be paying for this is just a little over 266. 01:45:58
$1000 So this is our last and final payment and then we're out of the leasing we own. 01:46:08
OK, so glad I'd be happy to answer any questions. 01:46:14
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. No questions. 01:46:17
By the client, does that workout comparable to just buying one outright, Troy or did we end up paying a little bit more? 01:46:20
You end up paying a little more because you're leasing, so you're paying interest on it. So it's about $56,000 more over the eight 01:46:25
years for interest. 01:46:29
So we use their money for 50 some odd 1000. 01:46:34
Basically, yes. OK. 01:46:38
Thank you. You're welcome. 01:46:41
Thank you. And without call for motion, Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve the final renewal of purchase agreement 01:46:43
transaction number 355. 01:46:48
8441 as presented. 01:46:52
Miss Gerald, second motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye. 01:46:55
I don't appreciate your information. Discussion Actions approved. Amendment #1 The contract number is 071924. The Campaign Creek 01:47:02
Post Fire project Demolition of 10 homes. 01:47:07
With Brian Holt contracting. 01:47:13
Company Incorporated to increase the contract home by $16,724.74. 01:47:16
Or he knew not to exceed contract amount of 106,000. 01:47:23
$403. 01:47:27
And $0.74. 01:47:29
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Board of Supervisors. 01:47:31
So this is the one and only amendment to the contract. 01:47:33
We have for rental contracting. 01:47:37
For the demolition of the 10 homes. 01:47:40
What happened was early on in the process before we went out forbid. 01:47:42
Former Director Bell and I agreed that if we. 01:47:46
Convince the contractors to use our Buckhead Mesa landfill. We would pay the tipping fees. 01:47:50
Instead of filling up our Russell Gulch landfill, which is already. 01:47:55
As you know, filling up. 01:47:59
So the contractor had the option to do that and then turn in their slips. 01:48:01
And then we would reverse them. 01:48:06
What we didn't realize is that would actually put them over the original contract amounts. 01:48:08
So this is reimbursing Brian Holt Contracting for the amounts that they paid in the tipping fees? 01:48:11
Oh, Taith. Supervisor Humphrey, no questions. Supervisor Klein, I'm good with that. Thank you. Thank you, Alex. With that, I'll 01:48:18
call promotion. 01:48:22
As Chair, move to approve amendment #1 contract number 071924 as presented. And I'll second that motion and a second to approve 01:48:27
those in favor say aye. 01:48:32
Aye, aye. 01:48:37
Item 3K Information Discussion action to approve Modification 001. 01:48:39
Yes, Jessica. 01:48:44
No. 01:48:48
Member Supervisors. 01:48:51
I'm here. 01:48:53
OK. All right. Thank you. 01:48:54
Item 3K Information discussion action. 01:48:56
To approve modification 0012 road project agreement #23 are. 01:48:59
O-1103 One 200-276. 01:49:05
Between the United States Department of agriculture, Forest Service national. 01:49:10
Our National Forest in Gila County to revise the scope of work. 01:49:14
Update Administrative Contacts extend the performance period from September 30th, 2025. 01:49:19
To September 29, 2026 and add a page sick leave requirement clause. 01:49:26
Thank you, Mr. Supervisor, Chairman and Board. 01:49:33
So this is the third of the three. 01:49:38
Intergovernmental agreement modification that we have with the Tongue National Forest. 01:49:41
This one is for the original 500,000 that they gave us to work on. 01:49:45
Urgently that they allocated to us to work on Control Rd. 01:49:50
As a payment reimbursement program. 01:49:53
This contract got put on hold. 01:49:56
For service when everything got shut down for. 01:49:59
Brief stint and now the contract is open again. They'd like us to extend this contract for a year to make sure that we get the 01:50:02
work done. This will be. 01:50:06
Repairing 3 sections of Control Rd. 01:50:11
For a Forest Service request. 01:50:13
Super Humphrey. 01:50:16
I have no questions, Mr. Chair. OK, surprise your client. I'm good. Thank you, Alex and thank you, Alex. With that, I'll call 01:50:18
promotion. 01:50:21
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve modification number 001. 01:50:25
To Rd. Project Agreement number 23, R 011031200, Dash 276. 01:50:29
With the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Tunnel National Forest as presented. 01:50:38
I'll second that motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:50:45
Aye, aye, aye. Thank you, Howard. Thank you. 01:50:50
And three L information discussion action to approve. 01:50:52
Intergovernmental Agreement number 311252 with the Town of Winkleman for Justice Court case Management. 01:50:56
Of the town's criminal misdemeanor and criminal traffic case filings and terminations. 01:51:04
For the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028. 01:51:09
Jessica. 01:51:15
Yes, Chairman. Supervisors, The IGA's for Gila County Justice Court. 01:51:18
Have already came before you for all of the mythical these. 01:51:24
Except for the town of Winkelman. I'm not sure why this one was missed. It does look like it. Did this go before the town of 01:51:28
Winkelmann back in March? 01:51:32
So this is now just coming before you again because it was missed. 01:51:38
This is for the ability for the Justice court to handle the criminal misdemeanors and the criminal traffic case filing. 01:51:43
Pursuant to ARS 11952. 01:51:51
If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you, Jessica. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no questions. Great. 01:51:55
Supervisor Klein, I'm good. 01:51:59
I'm good as well. 01:52:04
With that, I'll call for motion. 01:52:05
Mr. Chair, I move to approve intergovernmental Agreement number 311252. 01:52:07
With the tone of Winkelmann as presented, I'll second that. 01:52:14
Have a motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:52:18
I think you our next item is item 3P. I'm going to ask for a motion to recess. 01:52:22
At the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convened as the Healer County Library District Board of Directors. 01:52:27
So move, Mr. Chair. 01:52:33
I'll second it. 01:52:35
OK, we have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:52:37
Aye, aye. 01:52:41
Information discussion, action to approve. 01:52:42
The agreement for E rate services between New York County Library district. 01:52:45
And you have a fraternity through the Yavapai County School Superintendent. 01:52:49
OR term of three years, effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. 01:52:53
At a rate of $4000 per year, a doctor related resolution. 01:52:58
And authorized the Heulah County Librarian to sign the letter of agency. 01:53:02
Good morning. 01:53:08
I had to look myself. Good morning, Chairman Supervisors. 01:53:09
I'm here to present our three-year renewal with yappa Π County and yappa Π County Education Service Agency for E rate consulting 01:53:14
services. 01:53:18
The library just continues to apply for E rates funding for the connectivity for all eight of our libraries. 01:53:22
We also apply separately for Category 2 funding for equipment and cabling for those libraries. 01:53:27
This agency, along with Frank Vanderhorst, has been invaluable not only for the help in applying for this funding, but a great 01:53:33
resource. 01:53:37
To answer questions for those of us who aren't quite as expert and have a great knowledge base. 01:53:40
They also keep track of projects and ensure that all federal deadlines and reporting requirements are met. 01:53:46
The Library District asks that you approve the agreement for the next 3 fiscal years at the rate of $4000 per year. 01:53:52
Adopt the attached resolution and authorize the healer County Librarian to sign the letter of agency and I'll answer any 01:53:59
questions. Thank you. Supervisor Humphrey. I have no questions. 01:54:04
Supervisor Klein, thank you, Elaine. Yeah, thank you, Elaine. I have no questions. With that, I'll call for motion. 01:54:09
Mr. I move to approve the agreement. 01:54:15
For E rate services between Heela County Library District and Yavapai County. 01:54:17
Through the Yavapai. 01:54:23
County School Superintendent adopt the related resolution. 01:54:24
And authorized the Gila County Librarian. 01:54:29
To sign the letter of. 01:54:32
Agency as presented. 01:54:34
I'll second that motion, then second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:54:37
Aye, aye. Thank you, Elaine. 01:54:41
We'll call for a motion to adjourn at the Gila County Library District Board of Directors and. 01:54:43
And reconvene in the Heathen County Board of Supervisors. So move, Mr. Chair. I'll second it. 01:54:48
Hey, we have a motion and a second. Those in favor say aye. 01:54:53
Aye aye aye. We have consent agenda items or A through M. 01:54:57
Advisor Humphrey. 01:55:03
I'm good. 01:55:04
Supervisor. 01:55:06
I'm good as well. 01:55:07
Anticipating my question, are we? 01:55:08
Very good. Then I will call for a motion to approve. 01:55:12
The consent agenda items A through M. 01:55:16
So move, Mr. Chair. 01:55:19
I'll second it mostly in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:55:20
Aye, thank you. 01:55:25
Call to the public here in Globe. 01:55:27
Oh, how about the Internet? 01:55:30
How many we have today? 01:55:32
For reviewers. 01:55:34
16 concurrently worse. OK, Lisa, you look pretty lonely over there. 01:55:37
Good luck. 01:55:43
OK. Thank you. 01:55:45
Moving on to Item 6, our reports, we'll start with the manager. 01:55:46
This chair remembers the board yesterday had a meeting with. 01:55:51
Of the Gila County Community College District president and. 01:55:54
Acting Acting president. 01:56:00
And follow up to our work session that we had a couple months ago. 01:56:03
This was a discussion regarding making sure all the paperwork and everything we have that. 01:56:06
Our partnerships with them goes forward and that we have. 01:56:11
All the T's cross now. 01:56:14
Went very well, but I did want to take the moment to. 01:56:16
Again, congratulate the Hewitt County College District with your support and Board of Supervisors. 01:56:20
In our discussion yesterday, they expressed appreciation to you several times. 01:56:26
That it would not have been possible for them to get to this point. 01:56:31
Without your help and your level of commitment. Thank you. 01:56:34
From them and from Healey County. 01:56:38
They they will be a. 01:56:41
The Gila County Community College District in 28 days. 01:56:43
And that is exciting. So and I believe that that's what the intent and purpose. 01:56:47
And your support has been all along, so congratulations to them. 01:56:52
Wanted to give a moment by Mr. Chairman of the Board to Michael. There's a couple of projects that we've got going on and there's 01:56:56
going to be some impact to the public. 01:57:00
So asking Michael to give us an update 1 on the Payson Courthouse. 01:57:04
And that transitioned back to the remodeled courthouse building. 01:57:10
They're impatient and then also there's been some work on the Michelson building here. 01:57:14
That if he could just take. 01:57:18
A minute each. 01:57:20
And update us from those. I would appreciate that, Mister. 01:57:22
Hello, Michael. 01:57:26
Good morning, Chair. Members of the board. So the two projects are the Payson Courthouse remodel? 01:57:28
And the Michelson building, but the facing courthouse remodel, if you remember, it's $1.8 million of a remodel and it was paid 01:57:32
from from ARPA funding. 01:57:37
So we are moving extremely fast with this project and I'm excited that it's on. 01:57:42
On track. It's on schedule. 01:57:47
Umm, we've put a new roof on there. 01:57:50
The the entire lobby storefronts 100% completed our fire suppression system which we had to add to this entire. 01:57:52
1st and 2nd floor that is been installed and they are testing that system now. 01:58:00
The the completion date is July. 01:58:06
Actually, June 30th is the date we're heading for. 01:58:11
July 18th we have scheduled with a contractor to move the court system out of the Longhorn Building, which is owned by the Payson 01:58:15
Senior Center. 01:58:19
And back into the courthouse. 01:58:23
By July. 01:58:26
Hopefully at the end of that weekend, everyone will be relocated back into the courthouse. 01:58:28
And then open on that following Monday. 01:58:33
So I'm extremely excited about this project moving forward and we are a little bit ahead of schedule, but. 01:58:35
I don't want to jinx it. 01:58:41
Do you have any questions about that? 01:58:43
No, not right now, Thanks. 01:58:50
I'm good. Thank you, Michael. Yeah, I appreciate this. Moving right along on schedule, maybe ahead. 01:58:52
Well, that's good because the Senior Center does not want us in their building past the date we. 01:58:57
Total, we were going to be out, correct. The Senior Center is doing a complete remodel of that building we're occupying right now. 01:59:02
Starting at the very beginning of August. So we need to be out of there by the end of July. So we almost didn't get that building 01:59:10
because of. 01:59:15
That correct? They were worried that we would not. 01:59:20
Be able. 01:59:23
Do it in the time frame. 01:59:24
Correct. 01:59:26
So yeah, they've been extremely. 01:59:27
Helpful and. 01:59:31
And. 01:59:32
They've just been great to work with. OK, Thank you. 01:59:34
And then the second project that Mister Menlo mentioned was the Michelson Building downtown Globe. 01:59:37
That project is planned to go through a complete remodel on the inside. 01:59:43
We have completed on the county side. This is a joint project. 01:59:48
This project involved the City of Globe. They've received $750,000 earmarked money. 01:59:53
And they're responsible for hiring an architect and doing the. 01:59:59
Doing the remodel on the inside of the building, our facilities team is working with them to actually manage the product. 02:00:04
So it's this joint project which is working very well. 02:00:12
We have completed our entire demo of. 02:00:16
1st and 2nd floor of this building. We are one one week ahead of schedule. 02:00:19
And some of the changes, it's an incredible change. We knock down all the non mode bearing walls. 02:00:23
Took off all the drywall down to the brick. 02:00:30
It looks much different than it did, but that process is complete. 02:00:32
Start tomorrow. They're doing a kickoff meeting with GH2 in the city of Globe in our facilities team. 02:00:37
Which is the architect that they have hired to go ahead and start the design process for the remodel of this building. 02:00:44
So it is moving very quickly as well. 02:00:51
And I'd be happy to answer any questions about that. 02:00:54
OK, Supervisor Humphrey. 02:00:56
I have no no questions, just me. 02:00:58
Go ahead. Excuse me. 02:01:01
Yeah. 02:01:05
I'm sorry, the statute that allows for return of an update. 02:01:08
Very, very narrow and it does not allow for any sort of discretion on the matter. 02:01:13
OK. Thank you, Jessica. I didn't really have any questions and. 02:01:19
OK. All right, then we will. 02:01:25
Accept your presentation. 02:01:28
Thank you very much, Chairman Members. Right, Lord. 02:01:30
Anything else? Management. OK Supervisor. 02:01:32
Humphrey. 02:01:35
Yeah, I met with the. 02:01:38
Public Works Director. 02:01:40
Troy and the team on a monthly deal so we can go over projects that we're working with. 02:01:43
In District 2 and projects we want to. 02:01:50
Work on in District 2 and kind of things of that nature. So that was. 02:01:52
Good meeting. I'll hold a Tunnel Basin community meeting. 02:01:56
Tonight at 5:00. 02:02:01
No agenda, just public comment. Let us know. 02:02:04
And and we inform with what we can. 02:02:08
And then tomorrow at. 02:02:12
I will speak at the. 02:02:14
That's about all I've got going right now. 02:02:18
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Klein. 02:02:20
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a meeting coming up June 13th at 10:00 AM. 02:02:23
201 N Mud Sprint Rd. 02:02:29
This is with the ad hoc committee that Representative Marshall has asked me to be on. 02:02:32
It's all designed around the public to address issues with fire preparedness. 02:02:37
Cleanups. Insurance. 02:02:44
And all of that. And so we will be there. 02:02:47
To hopefully be able to address anybody's concerns or questions. 02:02:51
At summer work is kicked off and Kathy Mellon. 02:02:55
Asked her to give us a little bit of a rundown on the. 02:03:02
Interviews. 02:03:05
A good batch of kids and there's always some cool little stories that these ladies have for us on these kids so. 02:03:07
Chairman. Members of the board. 02:03:16
Summer work started Monday yesterday. 02:03:18
And this was the year where we had. 02:03:21
A lot more kids. I don't know if that has to do with the economy or what, but typically around 80, somewhere between 75 to 85 02:03:24
applications countrywide. 02:03:29
And this year we had 110 county wide. 02:03:33
We had areas where even more. 02:03:36
Participation than in the past over Hayden Wiggleman area, we had 19 positions available on behalf, I believe 42. 02:03:40
Applications over there. 02:03:47
Umm, Payson for the first time ever. 02:03:49
We had ten applicants up in pace and so typically we have a hard time. Payson usually wants about four or five. 02:03:52
Typically we get maybe 3 or 4, so we were able to fill not only the Town of Payson's request, but also the county requests up 02:03:59
there. 02:04:03
And as usual, we get a couple of the little funny ones. We had a boy that was. 02:04:07
15. 02:04:11
And he wanted a mechanic's vision. A lot of mechanics this year, for whatever reason, kids wanted to work, always wanted to work 02:04:13
in the shop. 02:04:16
So we that was not only. 02:04:20
Well, that was Tony Wide. 02:04:23
One of the things that we're doing is because. 02:04:25
We started off. 02:04:28
Our process is we interview every single kid. 02:04:30
So we interviewed 105 applicants county wide. 02:04:33
I'd like to figure out a method to. 02:04:38
Reduce that a little bit, or make it move a little bit faster and get other people to participate. 02:04:40
Because Larissa and I went over to the Hayden Winkelman area. 02:04:44
And we did 40 interviews between the hours of 9:15 and 2:45. 02:04:48
She didn't let us have a break for lunch. 02:04:53
So we do those. I mean, they're just one after the other. And I have to say, once again, these kids are phenomenal. I mean, they 02:04:56
give the best interviews they have. I mean, they're all on time. I don't think we had anybody that was not on time. 02:05:02
You know, because we kind of try to, you know, maybe weed them out that way. They just don't bother to show up. But they all show 02:05:09
up, every single one of them. 02:05:12
And one of the things that they told us throughout. 02:05:16
Was that this? 02:05:18
Program has gotten a lot of interest. 02:05:20
Everybody talks about it, you know, I agree about this from my cousin who did it last year. 02:05:22
Here before and they all really look forward to it. They were waiting. We didn't have any issues anywhere. 02:05:26
With like saying like an area like sometimes they'll be patient. 02:05:31
That we don't get enough applicants. In the last weekend before it closed, we got 5 applications from Pace and we had five 02:05:35
applications in Young. 02:05:39
Which is also a tough area too, because they just don't have. 02:05:43
The age group necessarily, that we need. 02:05:46
But like I said, we got them all. We filled every single position. 02:05:49
Didn't have a problem anywhere. 02:05:52
And I've been talking to Sherry. We want to do like a. 02:05:54
Kind of like a recap and start right now for next year about how we can make it work. 02:05:58
Better next year and not be so hectic towards the end. 02:06:02
I'd also like to find. 02:06:05
Because we're only able to place out of the 109 that we got, we were only able to place say 8070 to 80 of those. 02:06:07
I can find some outside money. 02:06:15
So we could put kids in the private sector. 02:06:17
Because I think that would really help a lot. You could put them in doctor's offices. We could put them with nonprofits, the 02:06:19
hospital. We've talked to Neil about that before. 02:06:24
And to see where else we could place them, but we just need to look for some other money because our government money obviously 02:06:28
can't be spent in the private sector. 02:06:31
So if anybody has any thoughts, we'll be asking a couple different county departments to sit on us now so that we can be ready for 02:06:35
next year about how we can make it work better. 02:06:40
But thank you guys. 02:06:45
Thank you, Captain. 02:06:47
Larissa is being involved. 02:06:50
With that, I think we spoke a little bit last time about Lion Springs Rd. 02:06:53
There was a push from the state to take that money and put it towards another. 02:06:58
Road project and Troy, do you or Alex have anything update on that? 02:07:03
Yeah. Thank you, supervisor, Board Supervisor Yeti. 02:07:15
The state's going to be Is it just the work study this Thursday? 02:07:21
So this this Thursday, they have a work study session that they're going to be doing where they'll be talking about it, but they 02:07:25
won't be taking any action and I believe. 02:07:29
20th. 02:07:33
The 20th in Payson they're actually going to vote on. 02:07:35
Whether or not they're going to reallocate the funding from Lion Springs project to. 02:07:38
347 in Maricopa to get that project up and going. So they get the work study this Thursday and then the voting on it. 02:07:45
In patient on the 20th. 02:07:54
OK. Thank you And. 02:07:57
That's something. 02:08:00
I'm really interested in staying on top of we've we've been a long time working on this and we need to. 02:08:02
To keep it going so. 02:08:08
And Troy, one more thing where you're standing there that I have is. 02:08:10
I wanted to thank you guys and everybody involved with getting that oil. 02:08:15
Contract done. 02:08:19
That's going to work out very well. I know you guys really scrambled and a lot of hard work on that. 02:08:21
Yeah, I appreciate that. I have to. I have to think Carrie and Olivia and Christy, those were the three champions of that. Make it 02:08:27
getting that going and getting that before you guys on the next council board meeting here. 02:08:33
On the 17th, so without them it wouldn't happen. 02:08:41
So so thank you ladies for everything and, and. 02:08:44
Yeah, that, that was a huge help right there. 02:08:49
For our projects. Thank you, appreciate it. My last thing is on the Mexican walls. 02:08:53
And Representative Gosar is trying to float a bill through to delist the wolf. 02:08:59
It's been tried before, it's been shot down. It didn't go through. 02:09:05
There's well, there's no doubt there would be a big fight. 02:09:10
Over that one I'm not sure what would really. 02:09:14
Take place there. They are gathering up resolutions from counties to support that. I'm just throwing that out there. 02:09:18
And Mr. James, I'll talk to you more about that later. 02:09:26
I did sign a letter with ECO. 02:09:30
On some solutions that we put into Game and Fish. 02:09:33
And US Fish and Wildlife Service problems, especially in the Southeast. 02:09:38
And they did implement. 02:09:44
A couple of those items that we pointed out and it did make a big impact. 02:09:46
And so there's really, there's a lot of movement there on this issue and it's going to be a big fight. 02:09:51
The NGO's, they're gonna end up filing lawsuits and everything else, I'm sure. 02:09:57
As things come up, but it's expected and. 02:10:02
And hopefully we can. 02:10:05
Keep pushing forward on things and. 02:10:08
And help the problems there so. 02:10:11
Mr. Chair, with that, I think that's all I have at this time. 02:10:14
Thank you. It's good to hear about the youth program, in fact. 02:10:17
The young man, he just had to leave the room, but. 02:10:22
He's with Eric's office and so he's one of the. 02:10:24
Youth involved. So it's really good to see that. 02:10:29
And I was also going to mention. 02:10:32
The oil. 02:10:34
And all that, we're back on track with all of our projects. 02:10:36
That's great. 02:10:40
I got to. 02:10:42
Credit to the road. 02:10:45
Department up there we. 02:10:47
I got people in the East Ferry. 02:10:49
Estates that. 02:10:52
Having trouble with drainage? 02:10:54
It's just it's all the same kind of a story, you know, things have changed or the. 02:10:56
Colbert's clog or the. 02:11:02
Neighbor did something. 02:11:04
And people were so happy to get that fixed. And it was kind of pretty simple, I think, but man. 02:11:07
I guess it's like. 02:11:13
They really appreciate that stuff, so I really appreciate our department doing that. 02:11:15
And we did get rain a couple nights ago, so. 02:11:20
That was nice. 02:11:24
And I presume the cleaned out culvert worked fine. So anyway. 02:11:25
That's all I have so. 02:11:30
Unless there's anything else. 02:11:32
Yes, Sir. 02:11:34
This is appreciation day. I appreciate the oil getting done. I thought that was a difficult deal. 02:11:35
For this time of year. So that's that's a great deal. 02:11:41
But also my head off the facilities because. 02:11:45
Some of these major projects that they're taking on and doing it overtime and they put a couple of them in facilities. 02:11:49
I have dogs to go to school. There's a lot of those things we don't see. 02:11:56
And, you know, these are some major projects that they're overseeing. 02:12:00
Made your list up until. 02:12:04
Then we're Hacked Off my head off to the facility today. So very good. Thank you gentlemen. And. 02:12:06
We are adjourned. 02:12:14
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