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  • 1.          CALL TO ORDER - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -INVOCATION
  • 2.          PRESENTATIONS:        A.  Presentation of the University of Arizona's Gila CountyCooperative Extension Office Annual Report and FY25-2026 Budget request to be considered for approval during Gila County's regular budget process. (Renee Carstens)
  • B.   Presentation of the24 Annual Report for the Gila County Sheriff's Office. (J. Adam Shepherd/Sarah White)
  • C.  Information and Discussion regarding a potential one-year agreement between Gila County and the Gila County Educational Service Agency for $110,000 to continue adult education programs in Gila County for FY25-26. (Roy Sandoval)
  • 3.          REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:     X. Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Grant Agreement No.162025 between GilaCounty and Northern Gila County Fair in the amount of $15,000 to educate adult and youth groups in Gila County regarding agriculture and livestock, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Stephen Christensen)
  • A.  (Recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convene as the Gila County Library District Board of Directors.)Information/Discussion/Action to adopt theFiscal Year25-2026 Tentative Budget in the amount of$2,894,904for the Gila County Library District. (ElaineVotruba) (Adjourn as the Gila County Library DistrictBoard of Directors and convene as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors.)
  • B.   Information/Discussion/Action to adopt the FY25-2026Tentative Budget in the amount of $737,503 for the Gila County Flood Control District. (Maryn Belling) (Adjourn as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors and convene as the Gila County Street Lighting Improvement Districts’ Board of Directors.)
  • C.   Information/Discussion/Action to adopt the FY25-2026Tentative Budgets for the Gila County Street LightingImprovement Districts as follows: Pine SLID$2,490, Apache Hills SLID $4,023, Upper Glendale/CentralHeights $1,744, East Verde Park SLID $5,250, Miami Gardens SLID $3,836, Midland/Central Heights SLID$19,859, and Claypool/Lower Miami SLID $29,815. (MarynBelling) (Adjourn as the Board of Directors for the Gila County Street Lighting Improvement Districts and reconvene as the Gila County Board of Supervisors.)
  • D.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt the FY25-2026 Gila County Tentative Budget in the amountof$158,297,158; authorize the publication of the summary budget; and set the public hearing for July,25, to adopt the final FY25-2026 Gila County Budget. (Maryn Belling)
  • E.   Information/Discussion/Action to approveIntergovernmental Agreement No.132025 between Gila County and the City of Globe for law enforcement dispatch services in the amount of $272,047.92 for the performance period of June,25, to June,26. (Sarah White)
  • F.   Information/Discussion/Action to approveArizona Department of Administration, Arizona1-1 Program, Grant Agreement No. ADOA-AZ911-26-09 between the Arizona Department of Administration and the Gila County Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $209,439 for the performance period of July25, through June30,26. (Debra Williams)
  • G.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve Service Contract No.2425 with BMS Cat LLC/Stratton Restoration for housing rehabilitation project CDBG0-24-06 for the term of June,25, to September,25, for a contract total not to exceed $64,515.74. (Paula Horn)
  • K. Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the advertisement of Request     for Proposals No.232025 – Property Clean-Up Services for contractor(s) to provide property clean-up services to Gila County. (Paula Horn) This item was moved up in the Agenda to group Paula Horn’s items.
  • H.  Information/Discussion/Action to approveIntergovernmental Agreement No.1251 with the Town of Hayden 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)
  • I.     Information/Discussion/Action to approveIntergovernmental Agreement No.112024 with the Town of Hayden for building review and inspection and zoning review and inspection services effective June,25, through June,26. (Randall Pluimer)
  • J.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Agreement No. EV25-0060 between Gila County and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality from July25, through September,26, in the amount of $500,000 for the replacement of cesspools along the impaired Pinal Creek waterway. (Jake Garrett)
  • K.      Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the advertisement of Request for Proposals No.232025 – Property Clean-Up Services for contractor(s) to provide property clean-up services to Gila County. (Paula Horn)
  • L. Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.to Contract No.1823A with Sanders Family Transport, and Amendment No.to Contract No.1823B with Lamont Mortuary of Globe, to extend the term of both contracts for one additional one-year term from July25, to June,26, for contract amounts not to exceed$75,000 each for autopsy transport services. (Maryn Belling)
  • M.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Agreement No.252025 with the TontoBasin Chamber of Commerce (TBCC) in the amount of $5,000 to assist with the operation and advertising campaigns of the TBCC, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Maryn Belling) (Christa Lombardo-Ploof)
  • N.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between Gila County and Pinal County whereby Pinal County will provide medical examiner services for the period beginning July25, through June,26, in the amount of $394,000. (Maryn Belling)
  • O.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-06-03 establishing Kings Drive as a primitive road and accepting it into the Gila County Maintained Roadway System as a primitive road. (Alex Kendrick)
  • P.   (Recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convene as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors.) Information/Discussion/Action to approve Forerunner Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work between Gila County and Forerunner Industries, Inc. for the purchase of Forerunner software for the initial term of June,25, through June,28, for a contract amount not to exceed $46,550. (Alex Kendrick) (Adjourn as the Gila County Flood ControlDistrict Board of Directors and reconvene as the Gila County Board of Supervisors.)
  • Q.  Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the advertisement of Invitation for Bids No.012025 – Globe Courthouse Parking Lot Pavement Project. (Troy White)
  • R.   Information/Discussion/Actionto adopt Resolution-06-02 accepting the drainage easement from John V. Yanez and Irene Yanez. (Troy White)
  • S.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Contract No.0328IFB-GC1 – CHS2P & MC-800 Chip Seal Oils withWestern Emulsions, Inc. based on Strategic Alliance for Volume Expenditures Contract No.0328IFB for the supply, delivery, and application of CRS-2P oil, for the term of June,25, to June,26, for a contract amount not to exceed $220,602.98. (Troy White)
  • T.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Contract No.060425 with SCS Engineers for Design and Planning for Construction of Russell Gulch Landfill Cell for the term of June,25, through June,26, for a contract amount not to exceed $26,420. (Troy White)
  • U. Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.3 to Contract No.T-KIMLEY-510 ENGINEERING SERVICES -Professional Services for EnvironmentalAssessment for Vacant Land Arizona State LandsDepartment Due Diligence to increase the contract amount by $6,482 to a new contract total of $94,844, and to extend the term of the contract to September,25. (Joseph Dickison)
  • V.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Service ContractNo.1725 - Janitorial Services for Northern and Southern Gila County (Short Term) with Jani-Serv, Inc. for the term of July25, to November,25, for a total contract amount of $111,946.78. (Joseph Dickison)
  • W.  Information/Discussion/Action to approveIntergovernmental Agreement No.052025, an economic development grant, between Gila County and the San Carlos Apache Tribe in the amount of $8,500, which theBoard has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Woody Cline)
  • X.   Information/Discussion/Action to approve Economic Development Grant Agreement No.162025 between GilaCounty and Northern Gila County Fair in the amount of $15,000 to educate adult and youth groups in Gila County regarding agriculture and livestock, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. (Stephen Christensen) This was the first Regular Agenda item.
  • Y.  Information/Discussion/Action to appoint Mr. Jesse Leetham to the Gila County Personnel Commission effectiveJune,25, through December,28. (Woody Cline)
  • 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 the appointment of Mr. Tait Elkie as Justice of the Peace Pro Tempore with the term of office expiring on December,25. B.   Approval of Modification No.to Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement No.-LE-11031200-038 between the Gila County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service to add funding in the amount of $74,800 for the performance period of last signature through December,25. C.   Approval of Amendment No.to Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) No.012020 with the Town of Payson for consolidated administration and operation of limited jurisdiction courts, renewing the term of the IGA for one additional one-year term from July25, to June,26.   D.  Approval of a Special Event Liquor License Application submitted by the Pleasant Valley Community Council, Inc. for special events to be held on July,25, through July,25, at the Pleasant Valley Community Center in Young. E.   Approval of finance reports/demands/transfers for the reporting period of May25, through May,25. F.   Approval of the monthly activity reports submitted by the Human Resources Department for May25.
  • 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 §38-431.01(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.
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OK. It looks like we're ready to go. So I would like to call this meeting to order. It's June 17th, 25. 00:00:17
Of 10/07 and I would like to ask Roy Sandoval. 00:00:25
If he would lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance after that. 00:00:31
Marin Bentley will lead us in invocation. 00:00:34
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 00:00:39
And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God. 00:00:43
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 00:00:48
Heavenly Father, we come before you today in gratitude for our colleagues and for the opportunity to serve Heulah County. 00:00:59
Because we are looking at our budgets. 00:01:06
I'll be using the prayer before our calculator. 00:01:08
Lord help us to remember that behind each number there is a face. 00:01:11
And precious life that is seeking our assistance. 00:01:16
As our fingers spread over these numbers and symbols, we pray. 00:01:19
May the burdens of poverty and illness be subtracted? May healing be added to health care? 00:01:23
Made the divisions among us be few. 00:01:28
And may the grace of God be multiplied in all our endeavors. 00:01:30
Amen. 00:01:34
Amen. Thank you. 00:01:35
OK. We're going to start off with Item 2, which is our presentations. We have 3 this spring. The first one is 2A presentation of. 00:01:40
University of Arizona's Gila County Cooperative Extension Office annual report. 00:01:48
And Fiscal Year 202526 budget request to be considered for approval during Heila County's regular budget. 00:01:53
Process. I don't think Renee is here today. 00:02:01
Correct. And but we do have Chris. 00:02:04
Good morning. 00:02:08
Thank you. Good morning so much. Yeah. 00:02:10
Set to go. 00:02:12
Good morning. It's my pleasure to be here before you today. 00:02:14
Honorable Chairman Steve Christensen, Honorable. 00:02:18
Supervisors Tim Humphrey and Woody Klein, thank you for this opportunity to be for you and wish you well today. 00:02:22
We are here. 00:02:29
Renee asked us to. 00:02:32
She was not able to come today, obviously got an appointment that if she missed it, she couldn't reschedule it for months and 00:02:34
months, so. 00:02:37
We're happy to do the end report and budget request here. 00:02:41
You know me. My name is Chris Jones. I'm the agent for natural resources and agriculture. 00:02:45
And since last October or so, I'm also the interim. 00:02:50
Extension director for Coconino County. 00:02:55
Right. And so I'm going to hand this over to my colleague. 00:02:58
Ashley Dixon Cleaver. 00:03:03
She's an associate agent for our family consumer science and health programs and. 00:03:05
And we'll start with. 00:03:09
The slides and then we'll just kind of share. 00:03:10
OK. Good morning. 00:03:13
Nice to meet you all. 00:03:14
So I'm just gonna go through a few different areas of programming that we have. First, I'm family consumer Health Science, so I'm 00:03:16
Chris's counterpart, but instead of adding natural resources, I'm family consumer science. And Renee is 4H. 00:03:25
I'll go over this and 1st I want to. 00:03:34
Of our staff that work on family consumer science. You guys want yourself? 00:03:37
Hi, I'm Kate Gore. 00:03:42
I am this person. 00:03:44
Specialist that leads in some of the education for our community with families consumer Health Sciences. 00:03:45
I converted to Lego building financial. 00:03:53
And family talks money addition. 00:03:55
A good day, she Melanie's comment concern also falter. 00:03:58
I tried and I worked closely with the tribe. 00:04:04
Under healthy lifestyles and go on early literacy go on means at home so I. 00:04:09
Try to link the language with early literacy and work with children, ages and. 00:04:16
Good job. Thanks. 00:04:21
OK, so Family Consumer Science employs 8 Gila County residents and those eight Gila County residents. 00:04:23
Served last year. 350 vision screenings, over 350 hearing screens for zero to five year olds. 00:04:32
We also educated 22 parents on. 00:04:40
More tools for parenting. 00:04:43
And like Kate said, she reached over 150 residents. 00:04:45
Teaching financial literacy. So our reach is pretty far and then we also utilize time to work with childcare providers. 00:04:51
And support them in health, health and Wellness as well as safety to make a better environment for our youngest citizens here. 00:05:02
And then let me go over the fur tech program 1. Adias is also our colleague that works in San Carlos. 00:05:11
And so last year they did a lot of. 00:05:20
Different kinds of programming. 00:05:24
For livestock, equine as well as the traditional food systems, which. 00:05:27
Kind of incorporates gardening and proper. 00:05:33
Distribution as well as harvesting and the whole food system and kind of equating that back to the traditions. 00:05:37
Umm and last year their 4H and youth development program kind of flourished and they reached a lot of kiddos through Junior Master 00:05:46
Gardener. 00:05:52
Welding, archery and so on So. 00:05:58
And then? 00:06:01
Melody said. We together, Juan and I. 00:06:03
Work on the Go Off program which is an early literacy program. 00:06:06
And we reached 110 families in San Carlos last year with that program. 00:06:10
OK, so. 00:06:16
Maybe the one that you're almost familiar with 4H. 00:06:19
Last year over 300, Actually this year we're reaching over 300. And so the number has already increased for youth enrolled. 00:06:22
We've expanded the reach for 4H for northern and central Gila, especially Young and Tonto Basin, getting a more robust program 00:06:34
going. 00:06:40
We would like to thank Supervisor Christensen who assisted in expanding the shooting and archery sports in Northern Gila. 00:06:47
Umm, and then I just want to say that 4H would not be as successful as it is. 00:06:54
Without all the volunteers that give their time and energy. 00:07:02
For the betterment of our youth. 00:07:06
OK. And then finally AG Days was a huge success this year. 00:07:09
As it has been in the past, but it's a great opportunity for all of us to work together in our office, but also. 00:07:15
To work together with our our amazing community partners. 00:07:22
And yeah, so that's I think it and. 00:07:26
I will pass it over to Chris for Aging Natural Resources. 00:07:32
All right, well, this is my program. I do programs like the Master Gardener program in the Forest Health. 00:07:37
Have an active Master Gardener program in Payson. 00:07:42
One thing I'd like to share that they're working on closely is taking care of the Pace and Heritage Apple 3 orchard. 00:07:46
And our group went out there, crafted all those apple trees with heritage trees from the community, from the old ranches and 00:07:53
homesteads. 00:07:57
And uh. 00:08:01
Now we're fighting the Gophers. Yeah. So the Gophers have taken out a few trees, replacing those great support from Plant Fair 00:08:02
Nursery to replace some of those trees and. 00:08:07
We're going to try to really think that the vision that they had one day is a parking. 00:08:11
It can offer some truth. 00:08:17
And a couple of things I'd like to share. 00:08:20
That and also OK. 00:08:26
One thing I want to share is I am leading the. 00:08:28
FFA forestry program for the Career Development day we do every every every year down in Tucson. 00:08:32
For the past two years, I've hosted training for those students and natural resources here in Globe at the Community Center. 00:08:39
I think this last January had over 100 kids show up. 00:08:46
So really helping out with that. Looking forward to one of our. 00:08:50
Gila County teams done. 00:08:52
Go to national something. 00:08:54
He he Prescott Valley. 00:08:56
And I'd less like to talk about. 00:08:58
Ashley Hall, She's our area agent for Animal and Race Sciences. 00:09:01
She's here in Canal County. 00:09:05
She did 90 sites on 20 allotments for the monetary program. 00:09:08
The reading arranged very similar with Jim Sprinkle used to do. 00:09:13
13 seminars dealing with all kinds of areas that help ranchers be better at winter ranching. 00:09:16
And two artificial insemination clinics. 00:09:23
And they say that when they hold those. 00:09:26
At capacity, very. 00:09:29
Save a waiting list. 00:09:31
And here is a breakdown on our budget here. 00:09:35
What I don't know if you've heard about some of the difficulties we're going at the University of Arizona as far as the budget 00:09:39
goes. 00:09:42
That's getting spread evenly plus public extension here. 00:09:45
We received a reduction of. 00:09:49
$340,000. 00:09:51
From the last year, which? 00:09:54
It's amazing. 00:09:56
We have had to, really. 00:09:57
Focus on what we're doing. We. 00:09:59
Lose some employees, we don't replace them. Cut back on travel and. 00:10:01
And professional development. 00:10:07
Ashley's Patches ship running around with some of the grants she's had. 00:10:09
The point I'm trying to make there, that's a lot of money. 00:10:12
Cannot sustain it. It's very hard for us. 00:10:14
And finally. 00:10:17
Our ask is please continue. 00:10:19
The financial support of $70,000 for Hulu County Corporate Extension. 00:10:22
It makes a great difference for us and we really. 00:10:26
We'll need 1/4. 00:10:30
And thank you. 00:10:34
All this is possible because of. 00:10:35
Your support and. 00:10:37
We love working with. 00:10:38
You look down here. 00:10:40
Any questions or thanks for the presentation, Supervisor Humphrey? 00:10:42
Yeah, a couple questions, 1. You know what what's caused the cut and two. 00:10:47
What is that going to do? 00:10:52
How is that going to affect our 4H? 00:10:55
Going forward, because that's huge. 00:10:57
Here in Hebrew County and so that. 00:11:00
You know, that's questions and concerns that I have. 00:11:03
Right. Well. 00:11:06
Year and a half ago have been two years now. 00:11:10
We discovered that the University of Arizona was in a hole at least 1/4. 00:11:13
$250 million. 00:11:18
To do with extension, nothing to do with Cooperative Extension. 00:11:21
I believe it had a lot to do with the online university that got that Ashford online university that had a lot of debt apparently 00:11:25
continue to have a lot of debt. 00:11:29
And other issues that just weren't being paid attention to. 00:11:34
And so the Board of Regents came over, started over. 00:11:38
And with our budgets and just started making cutbacks, we are. 00:11:41
University can start to. 00:11:45
Balance. It has been a really kind of. 00:11:47
Uncertain time for us, we get told. 00:11:50
By the day, what's happening with the budget from the campus? 00:11:53
Very difficult. 00:11:56
Appreciate your bring up for each program. 00:11:58
Renee was going to announce that she is retiring as well. 00:12:01
So if you've heard that she will be having an open house on August 1st. 00:12:05
And. 00:12:10
Right now, the university is largely. 00:12:11
Managing his budget through attrition. So when we lose people, we don't replace them. 00:12:15
Kind of helps me to put keep the budget going. 00:12:19
We can't afford not to have a four inch program here so. 00:12:21
We'll have the opportunity to talk with them and see what we can do. 00:12:26
Is to support that. I think we're all doing our best to. So I bring in quite a bit of grants and things like that for my programs. 00:12:28
And I know Renee has some for hers and Chris and so forth. But I think we're all using some of that money. And if we can keep 00:12:36
people, if we can't support them on state funds or otherwise, then shifting them over to specific grants and programs to be able 00:12:43
to keep their employment. 00:12:50
I have not lost any staff but like Chris said, it's more the issue is losing somebody or retiring or leaving and then us not being 00:12:59
able to rehire. Our goal has always been to maintain employment for those that want it. 00:13:06
And maintain benefits eligibility for those that want it so. 00:13:14
And then we have been like Chris said. 00:13:18
Tightening all of our, you know, travel funds and anything kind of above and beyond to just make sure we can keep the people and 00:13:21
continue to deliver all the programs. 00:13:27
But a lot of the issues really have nothing to do with us, but they're painting kind of every department with the same brush and 00:13:33
we're just kind of. 00:13:37
Caught in the crossfire of it so. 00:13:42
We're doing our very best to continue and I think we've kind of done some projections for next year. I think we look pretty good. 00:13:45
In terms of being able to keep everybody that's currently on staff. 00:13:53
I don't know about Renee's position. Not something we don't decide. That's a state. 00:13:57
Decision. If they fail, fill positions but. 00:14:03
Faculty positions, but. 00:14:06
Beyond that, I think, I think we feel. 00:14:09
Hopeful. 00:14:13
About at least the next year. 00:14:16
Yeah, who could I reach out at a higher level to let them know the interest in 4H and the concerns? 00:14:18
And you don't have to give that to me. 00:14:27
You know, because there's a lot of people online and stuff, but I would like an e-mail or some kind of identification to where I 00:14:29
can. 00:14:33
Reach out and and let them know how important that program is. We will do that our. 00:14:36
State Director at Martin with the person to speak to and I believe coordinating with our Advisory Board. 00:14:42
Clock regions in our chair for many years. 00:14:50
I know he's been on the K OK, Yeah, if I, if I can get that information from you, I'd appreciate. 00:14:52
Thank you. 00:14:57
Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Clark. 00:14:58
You know, just just thinking of that and then. 00:15:02
And I appreciate. 00:15:04
Supervisor Humphrey stepping up there and do that. 00:15:06
That honestly I think need to come from Healer county as a whole. 00:15:08
The 4H program that we have in Gila County. 00:15:13
It it, it has to stay in place. We need to keep it going. 00:15:17
You can see the participants and the numbers and everything that's there for these. 00:15:22
These folks and that's something that. 00:15:27
I know. 00:15:30
Is very near and dear to my heart. Is he? 00:15:31
That going so. 00:15:33
Maybe there's a way, Mr. Menlove, we can draft something from the county as a whole that the chairman could sign. 00:15:35
That we support keeping our 4H program. 00:15:41
And not just an individual district. I mean, it's good if we, the individual districts give our input, but. 00:15:45
As a whole or a lot more? 00:15:52
More stronger. 00:15:55
And, Mr. Chairman, see Larry Klein, certainly. 00:15:57
Do letters of support and request that? 00:16:00
But that continued as strong as it has been, so certainly we can do that. 00:16:04
The umm, the other thing and and. 00:16:10
James, I asked you to. We've been given them 70,000 now I think for about every year we've been on the board. 00:16:14
For the most part. 00:16:20
Is it really? 00:16:22
About time we look at something of an increase. 00:16:24
We can have that discussion. 00:16:29
OK. 00:16:31
All right, and. 00:16:32
You know and and. 00:16:34
Your extension offices all the way around is just really, really important to our county. 00:16:36
It really is every aspect of your extension office. 00:16:42
Is very, very important to this county. 00:16:46
And so. 00:16:49
You can just take Ashleys program that she continued on from. 00:16:50
Mr. Sprinkle, if it wasn't for that program, there's a lot of permittees that would not be in Business Today. 00:16:55
And so. 00:17:01
And, and, and I see everything that you're involved with, with the families and. 00:17:02
Other aspects of it so. 00:17:07
I think as a whole. 00:17:09
I think we ought to, we ought to be looking at this real seriously. 00:17:11
And seeing what we can do to help if we can do something. 00:17:15
Mr. Chair, thank you guys for doing everything. 00:17:20
Yes, thank you for the presentation and I do believe that. 00:17:24
You guys do a lot of work in the county. It's a tremendous benefit. 00:17:27
And I do agree with the supervisor when it comes to. 00:17:32
Reviewing. 00:17:37
Our support. 00:17:39
And Mr. Menlove, I know we're not a healthy county, but. 00:17:42
Perhaps we could show a gesture of more support as we draft this letter. 00:17:47
And show them that we're serious enough about it to increase. 00:17:54
Are giving as a result. I would like to see that. 00:17:58
OK. 00:18:05
Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Yeah, Reverend. 00:18:07
Yes, Sir, Ask a couple questions. 00:18:10
Yes, Sir. 00:18:13
Looks like the more majority of the funding comes from the stage. Federal funding is also. 00:18:17
Fairly uncertain to you, Are you aware of any? 00:18:22
Cuts or any impact from federal funding that is going to come your way. 00:18:25
Yes. 00:18:29
A few different things. So I I have so we have federal funding coming for agents is 1 Avenue, but for programming I have two 00:18:32
federal grants. 00:18:38
One we didn't get, we thought we weren't going to get renewal notification. We're in the going into the fourth year of a five year 00:18:45
grant. 00:18:50
And we ended up getting notification. 00:18:55
About two months later that we are indeed getting the money, but we've been told. 00:18:59
Kind of plan as if we're not for the 5th year. 00:19:04
So we're figuring that out. So for that one, we dodged that. 00:19:08
We also work under some funding that is funneled through the state that's federal. 00:19:14
For nutrition and physical activity. 00:19:19
In early childhood centers and so that funding we are very uncertain of as well. 00:19:23
Because the current. 00:19:30
Budget that is in the going through right now actually completely eliminates Snap Ed and so that was. 00:19:32
Also impacts a lot of our nutrition, physical activity programming here for youth as well as adults. 00:19:40
So that those are the two that I know of right now. 00:19:48
Most of my other grants are are. 00:19:52
State funded, like First things first and things like that. I know that Ashley Hall has a couple avenues of funding that has 00:19:56
either been paused but restarted or one of them looks like it's not going to be renewed and that's something they've been doing 00:20:02
for like 22 years. 00:20:09
But I don't know the details on that one. Chris, do you have any? 00:20:15
Yeah. So the situation of the grants. 00:20:19
We do have a a. 00:20:22
Formula funding for. 00:20:23
The federal portion of our Cooperative Extension. 00:20:25
Gosh, I'm thinking it's 4%, but that does help pay for part of our 80 salaries. 00:20:28
As far as the. 00:20:34
University goes we know they're going to cut us more this coming year. 00:20:35
And as far as the discussions with state legislature. 00:20:40
And then we can talk with our state directors to talk about it. They still haven't come up with a state budget, as you know. 00:20:45
And we're not expecting to get any additional money from the state legislature. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you guys very much. 00:20:51
Thank you. 00:20:55
Have a good day. All right, that moves us on to Item 2B, presentation of the 2024 Annual Report for the Gila County Sheriff's 00:20:59
Office. 00:21:03
And I see we do have the sheriff, Mr. 00:21:07
Shepherd and also Sarah White, Vinny with us. 00:21:11
Good morning. 00:21:14
First part is our. 00:21:37
Stop the next. 00:21:43
466. 00:21:52
As we move forward, we. 00:21:54
40 implemented that diversity reporting system through the FBI in 2024, so you're going to see those crime statistics. 00:22:00
Are going to be more accurately reflected based on. 00:22:11
The very serious stuff work right, the FBI. So hopefully breakfast you're moving further we're going to have. 00:22:16
Those numbers will be reflected based on that reporting system. 00:22:26
Then we have our. 00:22:31
Our life is not one title on another little bit. Sorry about that. He just told everyone this whole incident. We're not 700-7581, 00:22:34
so we'll get that corrected and get back out. 00:22:40
Slightly with that correction. 00:23:07
Of course there's a number there you can see our teachers for driving drug related. 00:23:10
The total street value. 00:23:18
There as well they did. 00:23:21
150° driver Max. 00:23:26
They did 126 non drug direct 55 search warrant. 00:23:28
To identify 45 K members and. 00:23:34
We currently have 4 of canines working and Whiskey are on patrol and Karma is in the jail. 00:23:43
For administration, the administration office process. 00:23:54
The tension. 00:24:00
2230 Bookings. 00:24:02
1184 transport miles. 00:24:12
In our communications unit. 00:24:15
May after 20, just over 21,009. 00:24:18
They have over 5, 100,000 radio transmissions as well. 00:24:21
Training. They patrol building. 00:24:31
1000 hours of training and. 00:24:35
Over 2000 hours. 00:24:37
They donated. 00:24:41
Over 17,000 volunteer hours. 00:24:44
We do that based on this day entry level, definitely salary. 00:24:47
So. 00:24:55
300 and 25 numbers are volunteer programs are extremely busy and valuable to us. 00:24:57
To end the report, we just have all of our information on our website, our Facebook. 00:25:09
Also, programs that we do and we're encouraging anybody who wants to apply for a ride along. 00:25:15
And our environment. 00:25:27
So. 00:25:31
Thank you, Sarah. 00:25:34
Supervisor Humphrey. 00:25:36
I have no questions. 00:25:38
Supervisor Klein. 00:25:40
Sarah and Sheriff, I'd thank you both for everything you do and all your deputies, everyone involved. It's a it's a huge task and. 00:25:42
And I know you guys are doing doing well with it. So thank you so much. 00:25:50
And I'll just comment that I saw. 00:25:56
A number on here that seems surprising to me, and that is that you. 00:25:59
You had the seizures of fentanyl of 145,000,000. 00:26:04
300,000 grams. 00:26:09
That's a lot. 00:26:11
Of drugs and. 00:26:13
I think we can attribute a lot of that to the canine patrols, right? 00:26:15
Yeah, our dogs and his team, everything. The local celebrity up here because he's been working a little bit longer. 00:26:22
Well, I appreciate everything you guys are doing, so stay safe. 00:26:36
Thanks for the report. 00:26:39
And I think that's all we're going to. 00:26:42
Need to talk about on that one. So thank you. Have a great day. 00:26:44
And our next item? 00:26:51
Is going to be item 2C information discussion regarding a potential one year agreement between Hemlock County and the Hill County 00:26:54
Educational Services. 00:26:59
Agency $410,000 to continue adult education programs. 00:27:03
In Gila County for fiscal year 2526. 00:27:08
Good morning, Mr. Chair. How are you, Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Coyne? 00:27:12
As you know, over the last 8 1/2 years, I take a lot of pride in being able to fund my office and not have to come to you for. 00:27:16
Help, you know, try it. We try we. 00:27:25
I would say lean ship and we're very conscious of. 00:27:28
Money and where it goes and have clean audits etc etc. 00:27:32
We did hit a snag. 00:27:36
In this. 00:27:38
As you know. 00:27:39
Our adult education program operates. 00:27:41
On both ends of the county, North and South. 00:27:43
It also operates. We expanded it so that it operates. 00:27:47
Online. 00:27:51
We have an online instructor and we also have. 00:27:52
Services in the Young Library. 00:27:56
And in the Miami Library and in the Hayden Winkelman Library. 00:27:58
So it is a pretty robust and formidable program. Along with that, we also have the testing and you're aware, I've told you before 00:28:02
there was no testing. 00:28:07
At all for a GED or high school equivalency in Globe prior to my taking office, we now have testing centers on both sides of the 00:28:12
county and we also at the San Carlos Detention Center. 00:28:19
You know, captive audience here so. 00:28:26
Keep them in there a test, but as well those testing says we expanded. 00:28:28
To test, to do Pearson testing, so when somebody needs a nursing. 00:28:32
Certificate. 00:28:38
Or a teaching certificate or a principal certificate. 00:28:39
They can come to our they do come to our office. 00:28:43
And they take. 00:28:46
They're testing through the Pearson testing, and during the COVID, we had people coming from all over the Western United States 00:28:47
because testing centers all over the country were closed. We kept ours open. So we do a service for adult education in terms of 00:28:52
high school diplomas. 00:28:58
Our equivalency. 00:29:03
GED and also for our testing services. 00:29:05
We also have instruction in DLL, so we provide services a. 00:29:09
I mean, I have a couple of individuals who come from. 00:29:13
Ukraine. 00:29:17
Vietnam. 00:29:19
Germany. 00:29:21
Japan. 00:29:22
One with a PhD. 00:29:24
And they come to us to get enough literacy in English. 00:29:25
To where they can function. 00:29:30
In the United States, we have engineers, all kinds of people. 00:29:32
Well. 00:29:37
So that's introduction to this. 00:29:39
I always tell, you know, I tell you every year I kind of beg while I'm still trying to keep this thing going on. Everybody will 00:29:43
fund K12. 00:29:46
And they fund the universities, but they don't fund adult education. 00:29:50
There's no mechanism of the kids show up where people show up and they're funded as as a. 00:29:54
As they are there. 00:30:01
In terms of. 00:30:02
Coming to learn. 00:30:05
We do it through a grant. 00:30:07
Through the Department of Education. 00:30:09
And it's on its first of four years. It recruits every four years. 00:30:12
And we use a little bit, some of the money comes from some other sources and part of the money comes from. 00:30:18
The secure rural schools. The SRS. 00:30:24
The SRS this year. 00:30:28
We had heard that it might. 00:30:30
Be not as much and we don't know how much we're going to get until May. 00:30:33
So about May 1st we got it in and it was cut by 75%. 00:30:38
So we quit, got together and we said how can we function? 00:30:43
What can we move to air? 00:30:48
To other places? How can we move money around? 00:30:50
So that we can function. So we moved a bunch of positions around. 00:30:53
Or funding for the positions around. 00:30:58
But we actually came up short, and this is where we came up short, $110,000 short. 00:31:00
So. 00:31:06
I understand my colleague from Navajo County is involved with the National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition. 00:31:10
Which keeps their eye is part of keeps track of the SRS. 00:31:19
Secure. 00:31:24
We know that it isn't the one big beautiful bill that the language to fund. 00:31:27
To go back and fund this year. 00:31:33
OK, backfill if you will. 00:31:36
And fun next year. 00:31:38
Is in the language in the bill. 00:31:40
We know that it's in the Senate, and I have, I have the language. I was reading it. 00:31:42
We know that the legislation has 45 Democratic sponsors and 25 Republican sponsors. 00:31:48
Has good support, but the bill has to pass. 00:31:55
So. 00:32:00
We are coming to you. As soon as we found out that we were not funded, I went to Mr. Menlo and I and I said. 00:32:01
I'm at a loss. We've already moved stuff around, we've done as much as we can. What do you think? 00:32:08
And he suggested that we come to you and arrange something for a year because we still have a year lease on our building. 00:32:13
Umm, it turns out that it could be. 00:32:20
Until the end of the fiscal year. 00:32:25
If it's funded, we would. 00:32:26
Journal it back to the county. We wouldn't keep it. 00:32:28
But it will. It is a deal breaker. 00:32:32
For the adult education program in Gila County. 00:32:34
We just. 00:32:37
We won't be able to function, but part of it is this planting issue. 00:32:38
Because we have in order to keep our grant for Ade, we have to. 00:32:44
Put in so much. 00:32:47
So that would affect that relationship as well, and maybe they could rearrange himself. 00:32:49
I don't know. 00:32:56
I haven't checked with Ade yet, to be honest with you because. 00:32:58
It's just not time. 00:33:04
I think I need to try some other avenues before I. 00:33:07
Start roving around with AD. 00:33:11
So that's where we stand. 00:33:14
And I would be happy to answer any questions. You've heard me talk before, you've asked questions, but I'll answer any others for 00:33:17
you. 00:33:20
OK. Thank you, Supervisor. Hungry. 00:33:24
Yeah, good morning and and and apologize, you know for you falling short. It's. 00:33:27
It's kind of the way the world's going anymore. Everybody seems to be falling short. 00:33:33
I guess a question that I have is for the adult education for Gila County. 00:33:38
On the percentage of people that you help. 00:33:44
What's the percentage of? 00:33:47
Of participants that are from Gila County. 00:33:49
Oh, in terms of the GED? 00:33:54
All of them. All of them, yeah. 00:33:57
Some people will come up and use the Pearson testing center. 00:34:00
And if they come up from the valley? 00:34:06
You know, we'll test them, but all of the recipients of. 00:34:08
Educational Services. 00:34:12
Are from Hula County. 00:34:15
OK. Yeah. That's the question I had because you mentioned a lot of people coming in. 00:34:17
You know, from other countries and things of that nature. 00:34:21
And not that I'm willing to help, you know, other people, but some of that's up to the federal. 00:34:25
And maybe even the state because we're having a hard time taking care of county that that that was the reason for my question. 00:34:30
So so Mr. Humphrey, for example. 00:34:39
A person who comes. 00:34:42
Like a lady that was an engineer. 00:34:44
And she was in our ell and she was from. 00:34:47
This is from Vietnam, right? 00:34:51
She moved here. Her husband lives in Gila County. She moved to Payson with her husband. 00:34:54
So she is. 00:34:59
In Gila County. 00:35:01
OK, that makes sense. Yeah, it does. It was just kind of the way it was presented. It was a little misleading. I'm sorry. 00:35:02
I think adult education is very important. 00:35:15
And, and, and like I say with it, with our budget, we, we want to help people. 00:35:19
From Hayley County, best we can absolutely with the funding that we do. And so thank you very much for straightening me out. 00:35:24
I appreciate it. 00:35:32
Roy and Nick, thank you guys. I know you scrambled on this one. 00:35:36
And uh. 00:35:40
Or everything at the federal level level right now is pretty dysfunctional? 00:35:42
And so to really put much faith in something passing right now. 00:35:47
I mean, it's just. 00:35:52
It's just a prayer that it will. 00:35:54
And so. 00:35:56
When it comes to your adult education program. 00:35:57
I'm a huge. 00:36:01
In favor of that one. 00:36:03
I am. You guys have done awesome all these years with it. 00:36:05
The SRS money has obviously helped you with that. 00:36:08
And so forth and so. 00:36:12
To really let that go by the wayside. I for one, and not for that. 00:36:14
I just we need to find the money and. 00:36:18
And help keep you going and hope that something passes at the federal level that we can. 00:36:21
Get back on track in the next year or so. A lot of people depend on that. 00:36:27
And, and we for Gila County, it's. 00:36:32
It's a huge deal. 00:36:35
So thank you both for scrambling and doing what you've been able to do so far. 00:36:36
Well, thank you, Mr. Klein, and I want you to know that it has. 00:36:42
I will say it. 00:36:46
Lit a fire under us because what we realized is. 00:36:48
You know, if you ask me something at the state level. 00:36:51
To go something, I need to lobby on something. 00:36:54
I know legislators, I know where they are. 00:36:58
I know the phone numbers. 00:37:01
Not a problem. 00:37:03
OK, I'll be right down there. 00:37:05
Something like this happens at the federal level. 00:37:07
I'm like, where do I go? Who do I contact on this? 00:37:11
Turns out. 00:37:15
My colleague. 00:37:17
Said Widen, an Oregon Democrat. 00:37:19
And. 00:37:22
Republican from. 00:37:25
Idaho are are two key people but. 00:37:28
I think it is important for all of us, and I know you guys do. 00:37:31
To really become familiar with. 00:37:36
With what the structure is and who the potential champions are. 00:37:39
In the West. 00:37:44
And I was a little disappointed that we didn't have a champion in Arizona. 00:37:45
None of the sponsors of the legislation. 00:37:51
I'm from Arizona. 00:37:55
So that made me think. 00:37:56
I think I could do better. 00:37:58
I got to do better. 00:38:01
Yeah, we all have to do. 00:38:02
We we do and and it gets really hard to to follow that. 00:38:04
Up with it. And I gotta say to Roy, there's. 00:38:09
There's time, you know. 00:38:13
Who would think you'd argue over something like SRS anyway? 00:38:15
But it's one of those deals, it's a, it's a leverage. 00:38:20
Yeah, thing that that. 00:38:25
They use and right, wrong or indifferent, you know, whether I agree with it or not, that's what happens and. 00:38:28
And we see it, you know, we see it in DC. And, you know, you talk to this when you talk to that one. 00:38:35
I hate to say it, but a lot of times they're going to tell you what you want to hear. 00:38:41
But that ain't necessarily the case when you walk out the door. 00:38:45
And and so. 00:38:47
It doesn't hit home. 00:38:49
For them that was just saying. 00:38:50
Get $30,000 or $40,000. It doesn't sound like very much to them. 00:38:53
But it's funding. 00:38:59
It's it's running partially 2 positions or whatever the case may be or patient or globe that they don't have the latitude to get 00:39:00
that money. All the other money is accounted for. 00:39:06
So I think it's very difficult to. 00:39:12
Get that through to them, it's just a tiny bit to them, no big deal. 00:39:16
Right. 00:39:20
Well, Mr. Christensen? 00:39:23
Yeah, thanks for the presentation and. 00:39:25
I agree with the other two supervisors that we're going through a lean time right now. 00:39:29
We need to have this. 00:39:34
Available and I always understood that the elected official. 00:39:36
Is the one that makes up any shortfall. 00:39:40
In the budget. 00:39:43
That's you. 00:39:45
That's a joke. 00:39:48
I'll write a check. 00:39:49
Mr. Member, isn't it? 00:39:52
Absolutely. You know what? My wife's going back to work. 00:39:53
No SO. 00:39:59
This is our budget time. This is when we're deciding how and what we're going to do. And it sounds like we we want to help. 00:40:02
So I think we'll we'll wait for. 00:40:09
What we're able to do for you. 00:40:14
Thank you and I will, I will finish with this is hey, I am a realist. I mean I've been. 00:40:17
A professional for many years now. 00:40:23
If the program. 00:40:25
Can't sustain. 00:40:28
Steam. 00:40:31
There's no one to be mad at. 00:40:32
In Gila County, because everybody. 00:40:34
Including our university friends, everybody's in the same boat. 00:40:37
So I totally understand. 00:40:41
After this year, if it's not funded and we can't go into the year. 00:40:44
We can't go another year. 00:40:49
Right, so. 00:40:50
Anyway, thank you so much. Well, let's hope that not help. 00:40:52
All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. 00:40:54
So we're good. So. 00:40:57
We're going to now go to our regular agenda items. And like I said before. 00:41:00
We're going to switch to item 3X. 00:41:06
For our first one, simply because we have present with us. 00:41:10
Faith Lowry, who is part of this discussion, so. 00:41:14
3 X-rays information discussion action to improve economic development. Grant agreement number 05162025. 00:41:18
Between Heala County and the Northern Heila County Fair. 00:41:26
In the amount of $15,000 to educate adult and youth groups in Heila County regarding agriculture and livestock, which the board 00:41:30
has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 00:41:35
Now I'm listed there as this is my item, but that's only because we're the ones that. 00:41:40
Presented it to become part of the agenda. This money comes from the general fund if that yes and so anyway with us today we have. 00:41:46
Faith Lowry a very dedicated and long serving. 00:41:54
Director for the Northern Heila County Fair. Good morning, Faith. You have a few words you could. 00:41:58
Enlighten us with. 00:42:03
Absolutely. I appreciate your time. 00:42:05
I just want to share as a, not just. 00:42:10
Or the northern tool time. Here it has a parent. 00:42:13
And how the fair and the educational value? 00:42:17
There for my children. 00:42:22
My oldest daughter is now an agricultural teacher and a rancher. 00:42:23
He has. 00:42:27
And she? 00:42:30
Participated in the fair. She was an officer with FFA and she learned a lot for business. 00:42:32
From the opportunity to raise livestock. 00:42:39
And to run my speak with people, shake peoples hands, run a business. 00:42:42
And my other daughter is now serving in the military, being ready to be employed. 00:42:49
A big part of her high school education was not so much in the school, but. 00:42:55
In the program for livestock, all of my kids, I have 5 of them have been very involved in the years. We are 100% volunteer run so 00:43:03
there is no money that goes anywhere but to. 00:43:10
Brazilian affair and this year is 71 years. 00:43:18
So I feel very proud to be a part of it. I love that the kids in this area and even a lot of our. 00:43:21
Participate. 00:43:31
Our Garden Club here at Mason is huge. 00:43:32
And they take time also to educate our children. For Kids Day, they have activities, hands on teaching them how to. 00:43:35
Regarding and how these work. 00:43:43
And I'm always so happy that our kids know whether their food comes from. 00:43:46
It's not very common anymore. 00:43:53
So I love that. So we have the opportunity to bring our community together in a program called Northern Hills County Fair. We are 00:43:55
nonprofit and we. 00:44:00
Rely on a lot of our community support to continue to put on. 00:44:05
We celebrate our background. 00:44:11
The Rodeo and button Mustang. 00:44:14
And of course, an implied activity, so. 00:44:17
There's really something for all you do but. 00:44:21
Take your time. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:44:42
I have no questions. 00:44:46
OK, Supervisor Klein. No, I'm good. Thank you, Faith. Yeah. Thank you for all that you do. And this is a. 00:44:48
This is the amount of money that we've given for many years for this progress. 00:44:55
For this purpose. So thank you, Faith. Thanks to all that you've done. And with that, I'll call for a motion on item 3X. 00:44:59
Mr. Chair, I move to approve economic Development grant number 05162025 between Higley County and Northern Halo County Fair as 00:45:08
presented. 00:45:13
And which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 00:45:18
I'll second that Mister motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:45:23
Aye, aye. Thank you very much. Moving on to Item 3A, I'd like to call for a motion recess. 00:45:27
As the Healing County Board of Supervisors and convened as the Healer County Library District Board of Directors, so move Mr. 00:45:33
Chair. 00:45:37
Motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:45:41
Aye, aye, thank you. Item 3A is information discussion action to adopt the fiscal year 202526 tentative budget in the amount of 00:45:44
$2,894,904.00 for the Hewlett County Library District and Marin Bellin is going to present. Yes, good morning, Mr. Chair. Elaine 00:45:53
sends her regrets. She is scheduled this morning to speak on Karim regarding the Payson Book Festival. 00:46:01
So we agreed to split the burden this way so that I would present. 00:46:11
And she's on the radio talking to constituents this morning. 00:46:15
Attached to this agenda item, as we bring annually, is a screen print of the. 00:46:19
Budgeted expenditures for the library. 00:46:26
Across its various funds and then we also have a screenshot of. 00:46:30
The proposed property tax levy for the library. 00:46:35
I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. 00:46:41
Thank you, Mayor and provider Humphrey. I have no questions and Supervisor Klein. 00:46:44
I I don't either. 00:46:51
I have no questions either. So with that I'll call promotion. 00:46:52
Mr. Chair, I move to adopt the physical year 2526 tentative budget in the amount. 00:46:58
Umm, 2894, no. 00:47:05
That's 2 million. 00:47:10
894,000. 00:47:12
904 dollars. 00:47:15
For the Hebrew County Library District. 00:47:18
And I'll second that Mr. Chair, very good motion, and 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:47:20
Aye, aye. Thank you, Marin. Thank you. 00:47:25
I will now call for a motion to adjourn as taking the County Library District Board of Directors and convene at the Healer County 00:47:28
Flood Control District Board of Directors. So move, Mr. Chair, I'll second it. Motion in a second. Those in favor say aye, aye. 00:47:35
All right, item two or three B information discussion action to adopt. 00:47:42
FY25 26 Tentative budget amount. 00:47:47
$737,503.00 for the Hewitt County Flood Control District again merit. 00:47:50
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. 00:47:56
The Board annually adopts this budget and also annually. 00:47:58
In the history of the time I've been with, Gila County has chosen not to levy attacks for this. 00:48:04
District, but does annually state that the board has the option to should they ever decide to? 00:48:10
Happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:48:19
No questions. 00:48:23
By the client. 00:48:24
I I really don't but. 00:48:27
Freshen our memory on this particular. 00:48:28
Line item here on this flood control that $700,000. 00:48:30
I remember right. Was that for some staff staffing's time, like engineer time and things like that? 00:48:35
Related to. 00:48:44
Getting new rain gauges and things like that. 00:48:46
This is separate from. 00:48:48
Any like post fire flood mitigation that we would encounter that that runs through a different fund? 00:48:51
And two years ago, Mr. Memo helped me restructure. 00:48:57
Our reporting system so that we could break this out for you as its own fund to make it clearer. 00:49:02
And so that when you or constituents or anyone on staff looks at the information, they can see exactly where this is. 00:49:09
Thank you for that, man. And that's really why I asked it. So the people out there, they're listening to us. 00:49:17
Have an idea what it what this is actually for? So yes, the post fire flood. 00:49:23
Line item over the past couple of years has been more in the neighborhood of $3,000,000. This is just for ongoing operations of 00:49:29
flood control. OK, thank you. 00:49:33
Yes, thank you. And with that, I'll call promotion item 3B. 00:49:38
Mr. Chair moved to adopt the fiscal year 2526 tentative budget in the amount of. 00:49:41
$737,503.00 for the Healey County Flood Control District. And I'll second that, Mr. Chair. Motion second to approve. Those in 00:49:48
favor say aye. 00:49:53
Thank you. 00:49:59
I now call for motion to adjourn as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors and convenience the Gila County St. 00:50:01
Lighting Improvement District Board of Directors. So moved, Mr. Chair. 00:50:06
Second OK motion and 2nd those in favor say aye aye. 00:50:12
Item 3C. Information discussion action. 00:50:17
To adopt. 00:50:20
Physically you're 2526 tentative budgets for the Hewitt County St. Lighting Improvement District as follows. 00:50:22
The pine slid is $24190.00. Apache Hill Slid is $4023 to the upper Glendale Central Heights 1744 dollars. E 30 Parks lid is $5250. 00:50:29
Miami Gardens sled would be $3836 Midland Central Heights slid 19,859. 00:50:44
Dollars and Claypool lower Miami's the $29,815.00 man. 00:50:53
Thank you, Mr. Chair. 00:51:00
So that we can refresh the public's memory as well as any of our staff. 00:51:02
This dollar amount is just to pay the APS bill for the streetlights in these lighting improvement districts. There is no 00:51:08
administrative cost passed along to the constituents, it is just. 00:51:14
The tax dollars come in, we use them to pay the APS bill. 00:51:21
Happy to answer any other questions you may have. Great supervisor Humphrey. 00:51:25
So if we add streetlights, these numbers could change. 00:51:29
I believe. 00:51:35
That it would depend on whether they were within these districts. 00:51:37
Right. Like it depends where you add the streetlight and if it increases the APS bill, OK. 00:51:40
OK, supervisor cleaner. 00:51:46
I'm good. Thank you, man. 00:51:48
Yes. So Marin how does this I mean are these? 00:51:49
These are taxed. 00:51:52
Revenues that come in and do they actually meet the APS? 00:51:54
No. Do they exceed it? 00:51:59
And what if APS increases their rate? That's a really good question, Mr. Chair. So each year we get from the assessor's office. 00:52:01
The assessed value of the properties in each of these out slids. 00:52:09
And each of these slids has its own tax authority. 00:52:14
When we're preparing the budget, we look at where we are year to date with the tax collection and the APS bill. 00:52:19
We project both of those are going to do. 00:52:27
If it looks like we're going to come up short, we add an additional amount to next year's tax to cover that shortfall and then. 00:52:30
To ensure that we don't have a shortfall in the following year. 00:52:38
If it looks like for some reason we're going to be over. 00:52:41
Or if the. 00:52:44
The taxable value of properties exceeds or increases faster than. 00:52:46
The APS bill increases when the rate would come down. 00:52:52
And uh. 00:52:55
Attached to this agenda item you can see the year to year comparison on those rates. 00:52:57
For each of the slid. 00:53:04
And. 00:53:07
For example, a pine slid is going up a little bit. 00:53:09
East birdie slid coming down a little bit. 00:53:13
Miami Gardens is going up a little bit. 00:53:16
Apache Hills is going up. 00:53:19
Upper Glendale is coming down a fractional cent. 00:53:22
Midland City Central Heights is going up. 00:53:27
And the Claypool slid is also going up. 00:53:31
That is primarily due to property values not keeping pace with the APS bills. 00:53:34
OK, very good that answers that and. 00:53:41
So with that, I'll call for motion. 00:53:44
Mr. Chair, I move to adopt the physical years 25. 00:53:47
26 Candidate budget for the Gila County St. Lighting Improvement District. 00:53:51
Fog Hindslid. 00:53:58
$2490.00 Apache Heel Slid 4000. 00:53:59
$23 Upper Glendale Central Heights, 1744. E Verde Park slid 5250. Miami Gardens slid 3836. 00:54:04
Midland City. 00:54:18
Our Midland Central Heights slid 19,800 and. 00:54:20
$59. 00:54:25
And Claypool or Miami slid 29,815 dollars. 00:54:27
And I will second that, Mister. OK, we have a motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 00:54:33
Thank you Mayor, we got one more for you. 3D information discussion, Action to adopt FY25 26 Yield County tentative Budget. 00:54:40
The amount of 158,293. 00:54:48
Oh no, that's million. 00:54:51
Yes, I'm sorry. Oh yeah, I 158,297,100. 00:54:53
$58 authorized the publication of the summary budget. 00:54:59
Summary Budget. 00:55:04
I think we've got to adjourn. 00:55:05
Yeah. 00:55:08
Thank you for that. And then. 00:55:10
It was doing so good. 00:55:13
I would like to call for a motion to adjourn as the Board of Directors. 00:55:17
County St. Lighting Improvement District and reconvene. 00:55:21
As Bahia County Board of Supervisors, so move, Mr. Chair. 00:55:24
I'll second it. 00:55:28
Thank you all, those in favor say aye. 00:55:31
Aye. 00:55:35
OK, now we're back to being the Board of Supervisors. 00:55:38
3D information discussion action to adopt the 2526 tentative budget for healer county in the amount of. 00:55:41
$58,297,158 authorized the publication of the summary budget and set the public hearing for July 22nd, 25 to adopt the final 00:55:50
fiscal year 20252026 year County Budget. 00:55:58
Thank you, Mr. Chair. 00:56:08
Good morning. 00:56:09
Chairman. 00:56:11
Christensen, Supervisor Humphrey, Supervisor Klein. I've taken my watch off so that I can keep track of how much of your time I am 00:56:13
taking up this morning. 00:56:18
And I just discovered that while the laser pointer works, it does not work on our screen. 00:56:22
So I will trust you to follow along. 00:56:29
As you know, there are numerous pressures on Gila County's budget this year. 00:56:34
It is. 00:56:39
Mystery that things are. 00:56:40
Tenuous at the state and federal level, we have done our absolute best to take every possible. 00:56:43
Contingency into consideration. 00:56:51
Which is why this year compared to last year. 00:56:53
We have. 00:56:57
An 11 and a half million dollar increase in our budgeted ask to you. 00:56:59
You can see that. 00:57:05
On Schedule A. 00:57:07
Before I get to that, I do want to remind both the board and staff and our constituents. 00:57:09
Who are listening or who may listen to this recording in the future? 00:57:16
That we took five guiding principles into account while preparing this budget. 00:57:19
The key. 00:57:27
Overriding principle that we always take into consideration is maintaining our property tax rate at 4:19. 00:57:29
We have done that this year. 00:57:37
It only gives us an additional $314,000 in revenue. 00:57:39
So when you hear, for example, from the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. 00:57:45
That their budget got cut by 340. 00:57:51
$1000. 00:57:53
Right, that's that's all. 00:57:55
All the extra we have in the general fund this whole year. 00:57:57
So that is a. 00:58:01
Painful number. 00:58:03
I'm usually it's much higher than that. 00:58:04
The second consideration we took into account was making sure we had a balanced budget. 00:58:07
That includes being. 00:58:12
Mindful of the. 00:58:14
Economic Estimates Commission. 00:58:16
Expenditure limit. 00:58:20
Which only went up $1,450,000 this year. 00:58:21
Our third key principle is infrastructure maintenance. 00:58:26
The fourth key principle is staffing. 00:58:30
And then your fifth key principle is. 00:58:33
Reserves. 00:58:36
As you know. 00:58:37
With the pressures that are on us from state and federal resources. 00:58:39
Having reserves is important. 00:58:43
Maintaining them for future economic stability is equally important. 00:58:45
Within the PowerPoint presentation. 00:58:52
We have Schedule A, which is the summary schedule of estimated revenues and expenditures or expenses. 00:58:54
For fiscal year 2026. 00:59:01
This shows how the various funds. 00:59:03
Roll up for financial statement presentation. 00:59:06
And this is a good place to point out. 00:59:10
For clarification purposes. 00:59:13
When we say something is general fund. 00:59:15
There are times that what we mean is it rolls up into the general fund for financial statement purposes. 00:59:18
So when we fund something out of. 00:59:25
The Countrywide. 00:59:28
Portion of constituent funds, not the district specific. 00:59:29
Constituent funds. 00:59:33
It's called General Fund for financial statement reporting purposes. 00:59:35
That's in case the auditor goes back and listens to this audio and wants clarification on what we meant by that. 00:59:39
And so we prepare this schedule every year. 00:59:46
And this is where we show. 00:59:49
In the bottom right hand corner there and where the laser pointer would really come in handy. 00:59:52
That that we have. 00:59:57
In this 158,297,158 dollars. 01:00:00
We have made sure. 01:00:05
That for 2026 you will be within the Economic Estimates Commission expenditure limitation. 01:00:07
Of $53,043,334. 01:00:15
On the next slide. 01:00:23
You've seen this before. It was attached to the slides, the libraries, and the flood control district. This is. 01:00:25
Our 2026 proposed tax levy and tax rate information. 01:00:32
This information will be in the Payson Roundup. 01:00:38
The clerk's office has been super, super supportive in making sure that we hit all of our deadlines and get things done timely. 01:00:41
So our truth and taxation. 01:00:48
Notices are ready to go. We sent them to the clerk's office, this time with all the correct information. 01:00:51
And they reflect this information. 01:00:58
Which includes, as stated before, $314,000. 01:01:01
More in primary property tax. 01:01:07
And then the increase in your library district tax which would remain. 01:01:10
The rate will remain flat. 01:01:15
They have. 01:01:18
Just over $18,000 in additional tax because of the way the. 01:01:20
Assessments worked out this year. 01:01:25
So going on to revenues. 01:01:33
What we've put together here because there's an awful lot of detail in Gila County's revenue streams. 01:01:36
We have put together for you so that you have a. 01:01:42
Something sort of pocket size. 01:01:47
How our property taxes. 01:01:49
Our excise tax, our licenses and permits, our intergovernmental agreements in France. 01:01:52
Charges for services and other fees. 01:01:58
All come together to get your general fund total revenue. 01:02:01
And as you can see there, 54% of the general fund revenue. 01:02:06
Comes from property taxes. 01:02:11
Beyond the General fund, this also includes General Fund. 01:02:14
So when we look at all revenues. 01:02:18
The General Fund makes up 50% of your overall revenue budget on the next slide. 01:02:20
Public Works makes up 9%. 01:02:27
Special revenue funds make up 32%. 01:02:29
Permanent funds make up 5% and then enterprise funds make up 4%. 01:02:33
Our primary expenditure areas are operations, capital and reserves. 01:02:41
Our 2026 expenditure limit is $53,043,334. 01:02:49
Which is an increase of. 01:02:56
One $1,450,039 from the previous year. 01:02:59
When we look at how operating costs affect the budget. 01:03:07
We have our general government in that large purple. 01:03:12
Section of 34%, facilities at 2%. 01:03:16
Health and Community Services at 10%. 01:03:20
Public safety and courts at 30% and then public works at 34%. 01:03:23
At the national and international discussion level for budgeting, there has been a trend called priority based budgeting. 01:03:31
It has a straw box. 01:03:40
But so that you have it for. 01:03:43
Conversations and so that we. 01:03:46
Can show that we are taking it into consideration. 01:03:48
We have developed this. 01:03:51
The slide for you. 01:03:53
In priority based budgeting, we have broken out. 01:03:56
Four major priorities. 01:03:59
The largest being public health, safety, economic security. 01:04:02
Access, equity and justice. 01:04:07
Large chunk of our services. 01:04:10
Which makes up 47% of our budget. 01:04:12
We have 5% that is workforce development and retention. 01:04:15
We've got just about 1/4. 01:04:21
For our infrastructure and another quarter for high performing government. 01:04:24
I feel like I'm interrupting somebody'd conversation. 01:04:30
That is all we have for you today. 01:04:36
I know that your time is valuable. 01:04:39
So is our constituents time, so we're happy to answer any questions you have. 01:04:41
We are happy to discuss this further. 01:04:45
We have not yet put together a salary plan for you. 01:04:48
Because there are. There are just too many unknowns at this point. 01:04:53
We will bring a salary plan to you separately. We have capacity for it in this budget. 01:04:57
Good morning, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:05:04
I have no questions. I just want to thank you very, very much for. 01:05:09
All the work that. 01:05:14
You guys put into our budget. 01:05:15
And keeping us above board because of our counties that do operate. 01:05:18
On on below board. 01:05:25
And so it's important. 01:05:27
To me that you. 01:05:31
That you're doing a great job of keeping us. 01:05:33
Within where we need to be, whether we like it or not. 01:05:36
And to it I thank you very much. 01:05:41
That was very diplomatically put. Thank you, supervisor. And I do have to say that all of your department has really had a huge 01:05:43
hand in this. 01:05:47
Up until about a week and a half ago. 01:05:51
We had department heads trying to. 01:05:53
Carve down what they had asked for to make sure that they were being responsible. 01:05:56
And good stewards of the resources available to them. And that really is a testament to your leadership. 01:06:02
That they proactively do that. 01:06:08
Without being asked. 01:06:10
Well, thank them very much as well. 01:06:13
Thank you, Supervisor. 01:06:15
Chairman, I think Mr. Milo wanted to say something. OK, and I'll chime in. Africa. All right, Mr. Mendler, at some point he did. 01:06:18
As Marin indicated that the. 01:06:26
There's not a payroll plan at this point in time because. 01:06:29
Marin and our discussions has been struggling to. 01:06:33
Find a way to give a meaningful salary increase to our employees. 01:06:37
And with the requests and I'm kind of. 01:06:41
Non committal today of request. 01:06:45
Request for. 01:06:47
Adult education for. 01:06:49
4H and different things like that because we're to the point. 01:06:52
And then it indicated. 01:06:55
The property tax increase typically that's about a million and a half dollars. So that increases about 20% of what what it 01:06:57
typically is. 01:07:01
So our property tax. 01:07:05
Increases for whatever reason. 01:07:07
Fell drastically short this year. 01:07:10
And what that means is we typically base our salary increases off of. 01:07:12
What we have in new funding from proper protection revenue. 01:07:17
Is not there this year. 01:07:21
And then if we continue to further erode that. 01:07:23
Allocation of $300,000 for public taxes. 01:07:25
That's why I indicated that we could have the discussion because at this point and in this coming year. 01:07:31
We definitely have to establish stronger. 01:07:37
Saying OK. 01:07:40
We're not going to give our employees salary increases this year because we're going to. 01:07:42
Allocate those dollars. 01:07:46
Through these various other things, these other requests. 01:07:48
4H values program. I'm not going to. 01:07:51
I'm not trying to say that these are not great programs are great for our youth, great for our adults and. 01:07:54
Really good things that we've been able to do. 01:08:00
We're going to have to prioritize. 01:08:03
And say this is what is most important of these asks. 01:08:05
And that's not what this medium is for today. 01:08:10
That's for Marin, her team and all of us to have that discussion. 01:08:14
Of establishing the priorities. 01:08:19
To be able to allocate the limited resources that the county has. 01:08:23
So I did want to. 01:08:29
Say that that. 01:08:31
They are limited. 01:08:34
And our sales tax revenues and other saw that our proper taxes 50% of our general fund revenue. 01:08:35
50% of revenues countrywide. 01:08:41
That is the most significant thing we have. 01:08:43
Sales tax again, it is. 01:08:47
It's kind of. 01:08:51
A little bit flat this last fiscal year as well. 01:08:53
There's not been significant increases like we've had in the past. 01:08:55
Yeah. Well, so tough decisions and it's going to be a really tough budget year. 01:08:59
And we are looking for your input to see if we can do anything at all for our employees. 01:09:04
Because it's very tight. 01:09:09
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 01:09:13
To further climb. 01:09:15
Think he James. 01:09:17
So I could tell by your. 01:09:20
Conversation this morning, there's some concerns. 01:09:22
I think that's the first time in eight years I've seen that. 01:09:25
This is the first time in eight years that we have had to struggle. 01:09:29
To fit. 01:09:34
Everybody's needs into the budget. 01:09:35
So tell me about our spinach limits. 01:09:39
Where we're headed with that. 01:09:43
The expenditure limit was set in 19791980 fiscal year by the Economic Economic Estimates Commission. 01:09:45
And it was intended. 01:09:54
To ensure that your primary property tax holders were not responsible for. 01:09:57
Outlandish expenditures. 01:10:02
The way that this increase has gone. 01:10:05
It is only. 01:10:09
Uh, compared to last year? 01:10:12
It is about a million and a half more, whereas your budget has grown. 01:10:15
By 11 and a half million. 01:10:21
So it's keeping. 01:10:23
It's about 10% of your increase. 01:10:25
So as we build the budget, we evaluate the expenditures to see whether they are. 01:10:28
Within the expenditure limit rules, meaning that the expenditure limit applies to them. 01:10:35
Or if they don't. 01:10:41
Things that do not come under the expenditure limit are one time federal funds. 01:10:44
State grants. 01:10:50
Intergovernmental agreement. 01:10:51
Such as how later today you will see the Pinal County. 01:10:54
Medical Examiner's. 01:10:59
Contract that we have for autopsies. 01:11:01
That amount? 01:11:04
Is excluded. 01:11:05
In the last couple of years, the Auditor General's office has made some decisions that have adversely affected our expenditure 01:11:08
limit. 01:11:11
He among them being. 01:11:16
The opioid settlement for the One Arizona funding. 01:11:18
That is not excludable and it's going to be about $1,000,000. 01:11:23
In the next fiscal year. 01:11:27
The other thing that they have determined is that while in the past we were able to take all the expenditures for the half cent 01:11:30
excise tax and exclude them. 01:11:35
Now they are only allowing us to exclude specific capital expenditures. 01:11:41
For the building. 01:11:46
Of roads, not the maintenance of them. 01:11:48
So all of a sudden chip seal. 01:11:52
Falls under your expenditure limit. 01:11:55
That made about a three and a half million dollar difference the first year that they implemented it, and they implemented it 01:11:57
after we had. 01:12:01
Gone through that year's budget. 01:12:05
So those two things. 01:12:08
Give you a shift of about four and a half million dollars. 01:12:11
That used to be excludable, or would be excludable but isn't. 01:12:15
According to the auditor General's. 01:12:19
Decisions, The other thing that we're encountering in 2026. 01:12:21
As we go into 2027, is that December 31st of 2026? 01:12:27
Will be the end of all the federal Covic money. 01:12:33
ARPA and LATCF will no longer be able to be expended after that. 01:12:37
Those funds are excludable from your expenditure limit because they're federal funds. 01:12:42
And so basically everything we do with general fund. 01:12:47
Is affected by the expenditure limit. 01:12:53
And that. 01:12:55
Is something that we take into consideration very seriously. I have driven poor Mr. Menlo absolutely crazy every time we've been 01:12:57
at a conference or in the truck and I've been like, what about this and what about that and what about the other thing? 01:13:04
And to the point that I proposed to Mr. Men love. 01:13:10
And because he's a gentleman, he didn't laugh at me. 01:13:14
I proposed that we. 01:13:17
Extra on our. 01:13:19
Bond because the bond money is excludable, right? If I pay $1,000,000 toward the bond, I can take it off the bottom of the 01:13:21
expenditure limit. 01:13:25
That would free up capacity. 01:13:30
Somewhere else. 01:13:33
So that's one of the harebrained schemes that. 01:13:35
That is built into this just in case. 01:13:38
That if we need capacity or if. 01:13:41
TSPRS underperforms and all of a sudden we have to fund that. 01:13:44
Because that's not excludable either that we have that capacity built in. 01:13:49
It's been a wild ride. 01:13:55
So it's hard for a lot of people to understand what Jesus said. Yeah, I realized that as I was saying it, and somebody should have 01:13:57
opened the floor and let me fall through. 01:14:01
No, but I'm glad she gave that spill man, because. 01:14:05
It's gonna catch us sooner than later. 01:14:10
Basically what you're saying. 01:14:12
And so. 01:14:14
You know, as a, as a Asila County and all of our years of being on this board and stuff, we've we've forced ahead with a lot of 01:14:15
projects. 01:14:19
A lot of accomplishments. 01:14:24
We've we've spent a lot of money and we we have yet to raise property tax. 01:14:27
And that's something that I am very serious about not ever doing a long time in this chair, so I would think. 01:14:33
Somewhere after. 01:14:41
After this budget is set in place and whatnot for our. 01:14:43
Next budget season. 01:14:47
We probably have to have those discussions, Mr. James, about. 01:14:49
You know where we're going to pull up the drawstrings here and what are we going to do to tighten up our belts to? 01:14:54
To do this or that so. 01:15:00
Umm, thank you both for the amount of work you've done on on everything and. 01:15:04
And I will get through this one. 01:15:09
We'll make it through this one. 01:15:11
But the next one could be. 01:15:13
A lot tougher the way I look at it. 01:15:15
Yeah, which is why we're. 01:15:18
We're being maudlin today so that it's not shocking next year. 01:15:20
Yeah. 01:15:25
Yeah, let's hope we can cushion that shock. 01:15:26
So, but again, thank you both and your staff and everybody that's worked on this. I, I truly appreciate all that so. 01:15:29
Thank you, Mary. 01:15:36
Yes, Thank you, Mary. 01:15:38
I have a couple of questions SO. 01:15:40
Just to be clear. So this is kind of for everyone listening. 01:15:43
If the budget is 158,000,000 roughly, that doesn't mean we're going to be spending that much. It's just. 01:15:47
The preparation in case. 01:15:53
We need to spend that much. 01:15:55
Absolutely. That's a really good question, Mr. Chair, and actually it's probably something I should build into. 01:15:57
Our presentation. 01:16:03
For budget purposes, we budget for every possible dollar. 01:16:04
As both a revenue and an expense, we also have to budget like we're going to spend all of our reserves. 01:16:09
We would not do that. 01:16:15
But we have to budget that way. 01:16:17
That way you have the authority to move forward with. 01:16:19
Operating the county in a way that makes sense. 01:16:25
My next question is approximately how much reserves do we have? 01:16:30
Right now you have $15 million, OK. And so that is budgeted to span. 01:16:34
But it is reserved money that's not reflected in our income statements and all this that you represent, it's it's budgeted as. 01:16:41
Reserve and reserve. 01:16:49
So we know it's there and we're saying we're going to keep it in reserve. 01:16:52
Now, as part of that figure, the reserve numbers part of that the Pleasant Valley. 01:16:55
$3,000,000 No Sir, that is a. 01:17:00
That's designated funds. 01:17:04
OK, those are those are different and those because they were given to us for a specific purpose. 01:17:06
Those are held aside for that specific purpose. 01:17:12
Similarly, the remaining balance in ARPA and LATCF. 01:17:16
While they are fund specific, they are not a portion of your $15 million reserve. 01:17:21
OK. And so also the 4.19% that we charge? 01:17:27
On property taxes is generating, if I understand the figures you've given us somewhere in the $27 million range? 01:17:32
Not counting the secondary. 01:17:39
Property taxes. 01:17:42
And so in 2025, so if you look, I can go back to that slide that way. 01:17:45
I don't think I can zoom it in, but this way the public can see where. 01:17:51
Looking and they should be able to zoom in on their. 01:17:55
On their computers. 01:17:59
OK, so the first column here on the left. 01:18:00
Line 3A. Primary property taxes. 01:18:05
For fiscal year 2025. 01:18:09
Was $27,881,571. 01:18:12
For 2026 that amount with the same 4.19. 01:18:17
Is $28,195,617.00 and the difference being the 314,000? Yes. 01:18:23
OK. And so that's how much we're collecting in property taxes? 01:18:31
And our budget is 158 million. 01:18:35
I think that's a distinction people should see that we're making up the difference with. 01:18:39
Rants and. 01:18:44
Other avenues of revenue that. 01:18:47
That's what makes it tough. 01:18:50
And so for any consideration of increase for the proper. 01:18:53
Property tax. 01:18:57
In order to make a significant difference in the budget. 01:18:58
Would have to be a significant increase. 01:19:02
In the 4.19%. 01:19:05
To even reflect. 01:19:08
In a minor way towards 158,000,000. 01:19:11
And you would also. 01:19:15
It would. It would fall within the expenditure limit requirements. 01:19:17
It wouldn't, right? So you wouldn't get more room in your expenditure limit even if. 01:19:22
Property tax were to go up. 01:19:26
OK. 01:19:28
I don't know how clear it is on the computer screen, but if you look at that the same slide in your slide deck that I I believe 01:19:29
that you have printed in your binders. 01:19:35
We do show at the top the maximum allowable primary property tax levy. 01:19:41
And you'll note there that. 01:19:47
That's actually decreased from last year. 01:19:49
Right. And the difference being and if we went to maximum property tax, that's what you're saying? 01:19:51
Which is what, 8% or 7 something or that we would only increase our budget by? 01:19:57
Or only increase our revenue? 01:20:05
15,000,000 or less. 01:20:07
Yeah, so not even that much money. 01:20:10
And we would actually be down. 01:20:13
What is that 1,000,003? 01:20:16
And it would make housing just. 01:20:18
The taxes. 01:20:22
Unaffordable. 01:20:23
Yes. So it's important to all of us. 01:20:24
And you all expressed that in January and February when we first met. 01:20:28
Right. And I want to make sure your constituents know this. 01:20:34
The first thing each each of the three of you said when we sat down to talk about the budget because we have to meet separately. 01:20:37
Right, because you're open meeting. 01:20:43
Each one of the three of you said. 01:20:46
Property taxes are staying at 4:19. 01:20:49
Right now, no questions asked, that was the first instruction. 01:20:52
Which is why it's the first priority. 01:20:57
That we list here. 01:21:00
It's super important that our constituents be aware. 01:21:02
That that is the number one guiding principle that we take into consideration in this development. 01:21:06
So we need more building. 01:21:13
More houses, more. 01:21:14
Taxable properties. 01:21:18
That would help, wouldn't it? 01:21:21
I believe Supervisor Humphrey also has some really excellent. 01:21:23
Approaches to getting things back on the tax roll that are already built. 01:21:26
And just need to be rehabbed. 01:21:31
Have responsible property owners. 01:21:33
Right. Yeah, there's a lot of things that can increase that one. 01:21:36
If we, if I may, Mr. Chair, yes, Sir. 01:21:41
The working on the mobile homes or things of that. 01:21:45
We're we're working on. 01:21:51
Changing our. 01:21:53
On whether we can. 01:21:55
Work with people living in mobile homes or. 01:21:57
Or not. 01:22:01
And I like fifth wheels and trailers. 01:22:03
And then how would that? 01:22:07
How would that property value be assessed? Because if you got a $250,000 house. 01:22:09
And you got the same property next to that house, but you got a fifth wheel on it. 01:22:15
They're not getting charged the same taxes to live there. 01:22:19
As the person in the home is so at some point. 01:22:23
When we get further with our zoning on how we're going to do that which we started working on everybody. 01:22:26
At all to go to. 01:22:33
On the short term rentals because that was a real hot firecracker. So anyway, that would also help our fire departments and 01:22:36
everything else because they're getting their funding. 01:22:41
Off of the taxes and there's a lot of properties out there that don't have homes on them. 01:22:46
That we're not getting this. 01:22:51
The assessed value that we would. 01:22:54
As a whole. 01:22:56
And also to instead of raise the 4.1 taxes. 01:22:57
But, you know, we've had some issues with the. 01:23:02
Assessors, Assessor's office and so. 01:23:07
You know, I would be curious to wonder where we are in assessed value. 01:23:11
Of the homes that we have that the 4.19. 01:23:15
Is charged to SO. 01:23:19
Anyway, yeah, there's a lot of different things that can go forward. Umm. 01:23:22
You know, getting. 01:23:27
Some of the rehab houses that we're working on, I would like. 01:23:29
Working on a bill to be able to. 01:23:33
Get some of these homes back on the tax rolls. 01:23:37
That are. 01:23:40
Investors have hundreds of properties. 01:23:42
That they're getting a central tax tube that nobody can live in them. 01:23:45
And so if we could make them more responsible for the properties. 01:23:53
That they are holding as an investor. 01:23:57
Umm, to make them responsible for the. 01:24:01
For the properties. 01:24:05
So yeah, there's a lot of things we can do to work on to help the value of properties and what what? 01:24:07
Properties that we have. 01:24:13
And he'll come with. 01:24:15
It's a step at a time, and it's a. 01:24:17
It's a It's a long process. 01:24:20
But umm. 01:24:22
I guess thank you for for. 01:24:25
For pointing that. 01:24:28
To me to point out. 01:24:30
That's a. It's one of those. 01:24:32
Opportunities that we can all collaborate. 01:24:35
To move forward and strengthen our economic base. 01:24:38
Sure, spend money. 01:24:42
Chris Chairman. 01:24:44
Thank you Sir, and I'm pretty. 01:24:45
That's all important and critical for us to do that. 01:24:47
Did want to point out. 01:24:50
That you have aborted as a Board of Supervisors. How conservative you've been through the years. 01:24:52
And $4.19, there's a couple reasons that that is. 01:24:57
At that rate, mostly because we have 3 1/2% of all the land in Healey County. 01:25:01
Is private, that's all. It's taxable. It's 3 1/2% of the land. 01:25:07
That's what drives the. 01:25:11
$4.19 tax. 01:25:13
We could if we were consistent with what the base year was in 19791980. 01:25:16
That tax rate that's been talked about just a little bit. 01:25:22
It could be almost $7.00. 01:25:26
Instead of 419 it could be 6 1/2 dollars so. 01:25:28
About 50% reduced. 01:25:32
From what it was back in that base year. 01:25:34
Again, reiterating what you as opposed to by how conservative you are and how watchful you have been in spending and expenditures 01:25:38
through years to keep that down and keep it. 01:25:43
Minimal. As minimal as possible. 01:25:48
And yet effectively run county government. 01:25:51
So I just, I want to point that out for the record that. 01:25:53
You do take this. 01:25:57
As a keeping it as absolutely minimum as possible as conservative. 01:25:58
As possible with our finances. 01:26:03
And try to not overburden taxpayers in Huey County. 01:26:06
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 01:26:09
Thank you. Anything else? 01:26:10
Mr. Chair, from my point out something right here on these priorities is. 01:26:12
Infrastructure maintenance. 01:26:17
That's huge when we're spread out as far as we are. 01:26:19
We we have a lot of buildings. 01:26:23
We were scattered from here to. 01:26:25
And so that that takes a big hit. I know it does, and a lot of our buildings are fairly old. 01:26:30
Not that we can replace on this. 01:26:37
You know, buildings. Expensive, but. 01:26:40
That is something right there that I know. 01:26:42
Gives us a big hit. 01:26:46
Every year is that. 01:26:48
And so I would just say going forward, it would be nice to. 01:26:50
Have a scheduled meeting or work session What every. 01:26:55
It is so we can all sit down and talk about. 01:26:57
About these different issues, because there are several of them. 01:27:01
And uh. 01:27:04
Get ready for the next go round. 01:27:06
Yeah, other than that. 01:27:10
We've come a long ways on what we've had. 01:27:12
I believe we made a big difference and there's a lot more we could do if we have the. 01:27:16
Resources to do it and I really want to. 01:27:21
To all of our department heads, thank you for the job they've done. 01:27:23
I know me personally, I've had arguments with several of you over different things here and there. 01:27:27
But that's all part of it. 01:27:32
But it's been a good job that everybody's come forth and pulled it together and. 01:27:35
And worked on SO. 01:27:39
I appreciate that. 01:27:41
If I may, just to clarify, infrastructure maintenance also includes roads. 01:27:42
Bridges, culverts, things of that nature. 01:27:47
In addition to the buildings. 01:27:50
And that and that. And you're absolutely right, Marin, and you know that. 01:27:54
We take on a lot of other responsibilities, whether it's federal roads or whatever that we maintain. 01:27:59
I mean, it's all part of the big package. 01:28:04
And that's where I think it would really be good, when we really delve into it, to take a good hard look at everything we're 01:28:06
scattered out doing. 01:28:10
OK, if there's nothing else, then I'll call for a motion on the alternative budget item 3D. 01:28:17
Mr. Chair, I move to adopt the fiscal year 20252026 Gila County Tentative Budget in the amount of. 01:28:23
$158,297,158. 01:28:31
Authorize the publication. 01:28:37
Of the summary budget. 01:28:40
And set the public hearing for July 22nd, 2025 to adopt the final. 01:28:42
Physical year 20252026 Hiba County budget. 01:28:49
Mr. Chair, I'll second that. 01:28:55
OK, motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:28:56
Aye. Thank you, Mary. Thank you very much. 01:29:01
Appreciate all you do. 01:29:03
Right 3 E Information Discussion action. 01:29:06
To approve the governmental agreement number 03132025. 01:29:10
Between Hewitt County and the City of Globe for Law Enforcement Dispatch Services. 01:29:14
In the amount of 290, two $172,047.92. 01:29:19
For the performance period of June 1725. 01:29:25
To June 1626. 01:29:29
And we have. 01:29:31
Sarah and the sheriff again. 01:29:33
Thanks for your patience. 01:29:40
Services. 01:29:46
The fire department, so this is to extend that. 01:29:50
Thank you, Sarah. 01:29:59
Supervisor Humphrey. 01:30:01
I have no question, supervisor client, I'm good. Thank you, Sir. I'm good as well. Thank you for that and thank you for being 01:30:02
patient. 01:30:06
I'll call for a motion, Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve intergovernmental agreement number. 01:30:10
03132025 between Hila County and the city of Globe. 01:30:16
For law enforcement dispatch services as presented. 01:30:23
Mr. Chair, I'll second the motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye, aye. 01:30:27
All right. Thank you, guys. 01:30:32
All right, next item is 3S. 01:30:36
Information Discussion Action approved. Arizona Department of Administration. Arizona. 01:30:39
911 Program grant agreement number. 01:30:44
AD0AA Z 911-2609. 01:30:47
Between the Arizona Department of Administration and the Yield County Sheriff's Office in the amount of. 01:30:52
$209,439 for the performance period of July 125 through June 3026. 01:30:57
Good morning, Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the Board. 01:31:04
This year's grant was submitted. 01:31:08
On behalf of the UK Sheriff's Office and the Payson. 01:31:11
Police Department piece. 01:31:15
And, umm. 01:31:17
The basic grant was for. 01:31:19
Operational funding for the two ECS or emergency communication centers. 01:31:23
AT16278, which covers. 01:31:29
The ESI net or public safety communications. 01:31:32
And, umm. 01:31:36
The in-house equipment, the computers that. 01:31:38
We use to answer 911 phone calls. 01:31:41
We also submitted 3 projects, 2 for Huawei County and one for PCPD. 01:31:44
The grant was approved it. 01:31:50
May and the only project that was. 01:31:53
Approved was for patient PD. 01:31:57
And essentially that was. 01:32:00
A renewal of the grant that they or the award that they got last year for the quarter, they were unable to complete their project 01:32:02
and so they just moved that money from last year to this year. 01:32:08
So in the end, we have our. 01:32:14
Operational funding. 01:32:19
The project for Payson TD. 01:32:21
And then the administrative costs would come to $209,439. 01:32:24
And with that, I'll take any questions. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:32:30
I have no questions other than thank you for running that program. That's got to be difficult to. 01:32:35
Take those 911 calls. 01:32:40
I guess part of it would be rewarding for being able to help, but. 01:32:43
It would be difficult to be the one that's there. 01:32:47
It's it's rewarding for me to be able to help these dispatchers. I've never been a dispatcher. 01:32:50
And I honestly think this is one of the hardest jobs. 01:32:56
Aside from being. 01:33:00
A police officer. A deputy. 01:33:03
Or a surgeon. 01:33:06
But honestly, this is one of the hardest jobs. 01:33:07
I think I've ever seen in my life and it's getting it's not getting any easier because of all the the. 01:33:10
Technology that's coming on. 01:33:17
The technology is supposed to make it easier, but you have to learn the technology. 01:33:19
So yeah, it's it's a lot sometimes. Well, thank you very much. 01:33:22
And supervisor client, Deborah, thank you. Appreciate it. 01:33:27
Yeah. Thank you very much. With that, I'll call promotion. Mr. Chair, I move to approve grant agreement number ADO A-AZ911-26-09 01:33:30
between the Arizona Department. 01:33:37
Of administration and the Healey County Sheriff's Office as presented. Mr. Chair, I'll second that. OK, we have a motion and 2nd 01:33:44
to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:33:49
Aye, aye. Thank you very much. 01:33:54
We have item 3G Information Discussion action. 01:33:57
To approve service contract number 0424. 01:34:00
To five with VMS CAP LLC Stratton restoration for housing rehabilitation project CDBG. 01:34:04
1202406. 01:34:12
For the term of June 17, 2025. 01:34:15
September 30th. 01:34:19
25 for a contract total not to exceed $64,515. 01:34:21
$0.74 Good morning, Paula. How are you? Good morning, Chairman. Members of the board morning almost right this afternoon. 01:34:28
And made it through the morning. So I wanted to give you a little background on this. This is through our Community Services 01:34:38
program. 01:34:41
And actually one of my experts in the audience. 01:34:45
And she is actually one that works in our weatherization and rehab services. 01:34:48
With the Community Development Block Grant. 01:34:54
So and you want to thank Finance for actually helping us with this, but we did do a walk through. 01:34:57
A property here in this area. 01:35:04
It's in a historical area and actually a historical home. 01:35:07
So. 01:35:11
They walked through and actually we had two bids and then. 01:35:13
With lead in the home, it takes a little bit different restoration for lead. 01:35:18
So obviously one of our bidders had to drop out, so we were down to actually the one bid. 01:35:24
That actually came in and actually LED is very expensive. 01:35:30
To restore and you'll notice in the budget that was one of the items that was. 01:35:34
And in the older homes, you're going to have lead. So that is one of the things that we do have to go through with our program. 01:35:41
I wanted to also tell you that there will be a lien on the property. 01:35:49
The home is located in an area that. 01:35:55
Around $195,000 is what the homes go for. 01:35:57
So just to give you a little background of. 01:36:01
So when you're looking at the property values, that's why this bid is going to be a lien for 15 years. 01:36:04
On the property, so I'll answer any questions that you might have. 01:36:12
Or carrying a Rocky. 01:36:18
Might answer any questions you have because she is actually our expert. OK, let's find out. Thank you, Paula. Supervisor Humphrey, 01:36:19
thank you. 01:36:23
OK. This is to do a a restoration of a home, yes. 01:36:26
OK. And the stipulations for that much money to go into that home that they have to own the home for 10 years? 01:36:31
Yes, Sir, they do have to. They actually have to. Umm. 01:36:38
Meet income eligibility, they have to actually have the assessments done, they have to and the lien will be for 15 years. 01:36:43
However, in the event that the property owner does sell. 01:36:52
There is a. 01:36:56
Scale. That would be where we would actually be paid back. 01:36:59
At a fee. There's a fee scale or a lead. 01:37:03
So, OK, yeah, thank you. I you're welcome. And my contractor days, I used to work on some of these homes. So it's important for 01:37:07
the people to know that. 01:37:11
We're just not giving people right that money to restore their home. And there you go, a good luck fella tomorrow and have fun. 01:37:16
So yeah, I just wanted that to be out to the public and that if they do sell or something happens, we're actually it's given to 01:37:23
family members there. The lien is still. 01:37:29
Yeah. Thank you very much for sharing that. 01:37:35
Surprise the client, Paula. Thank you. I'm good. 01:37:39
Yeah, I'm going to choose. So why don't we? 01:37:42
Called promotion. 01:37:45
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve service contract number 042425. 01:37:46
With Bmscat LLC Stratton restoration for housing rehabilitation project. 01:37:53
CDBG 120-204-06AS presented. 01:37:59
Mr. Chair, I'll second that. A motion I second to approve those in favor say aye. 01:38:05
Aye, aye. Thank you. 01:38:10
Paula, I notice you have another one here, so. 01:38:13
How upsetting would it be to move up this item? 01:38:16
Which is item 3K. 01:38:20
OK. All right. 01:38:26
Well, we want to keep you all happy over there, so. 01:38:28
Paula, we have one more. Let's go ahead and take care of 3K information discussion action to authorize the advertisement of 01:38:36
Request for Proposal Number 04232025 Property Cleanup Services. 01:38:42
Our contractors to prove property cleanup services to Hila county. 01:38:48
Thank you, Chairman, members of the board, for moving that up and actually giving me an opportunity. 01:38:53
To discuss this, which is one of the things you were discussing earlier, is kind of. 01:38:59
Doing some cleanup, some property cleanups. 01:39:03
And I just want to give you a little background just so that you have some information so. 01:39:07
And I know that in the past, a lot of the companies come from out of town. So I wanted to just give you a little information 01:39:13
regarding that. So there are three companies and of those three companies. 01:39:20
There is about they hire local workers when they get here, so that is and they actually want them to work. 01:39:26
From this area, so the companies come in and they will hire workers from this area, so that's great. We've done 17 property 01:39:34
cleanups this year. 01:39:39
And I know that you've all seen pictures of that. 01:39:44
They're pretty proud of it. 01:39:48
And we wanted to make sure that. 01:39:51
We were able to continue this property cleanup at the rate that you were requesting. 01:39:54
So we actually are doing this to advertise bids. 01:39:59
Which we can actually get and we can actually streamline this process so that we can actually do the property cleanups maybe a 01:40:04
little bit faster. 01:40:09
Been with multiple contractors in place already. 01:40:14
So that it'll be an easier process for our staff to actually go through and get. 01:40:18
The cleanups done and the companies paid because that's important. 01:40:24
Because one of the things that happens is we hold up. 01:40:28
Money line if we don't get everything processed quickly. 01:40:31
So and I did want to let you know that in July, we have a local contractor that is very, very interested and we'll be doing one of 01:40:34
our cleanups. 01:40:40
So we are excited about that. We have been asking local contractors please come on board. 01:40:45
There are a lot of eligibility requirements and things. Some of them don't have that and the property cleanups do not. 01:40:51
We're just looking at the bids to see. 01:40:59
That it's affordable and that they can do the job correctly so. 01:41:01
I'll answer any other questions you have about the property cleanup. It's a little different than community services this. 01:41:05
Falls under environmental health and obviously we have community development that helps us out with this. So if you have any 01:41:11
questions. 01:41:15
My son Randy or anyone. 01:41:19
OK. Thank you, Paula. Mr. Humphrey. 01:41:22
I have no questions other than thank you for cleaning up those homes. 01:41:26
They have some of them been needed to be done for a long time. 01:41:31
And so thank you very much for working that and the staff and everybody that has has worked on this program a lot and Mr. Menlo 01:41:35
for helping us with some funding to work on some of these homes. 01:41:41
And also being that they don't have to be BPI certified for each working with local contractors to to do the projects on some of 01:41:47
these so. 01:41:52
I think the whole program very very much for. 01:41:58
For helping with the blighted project. So thank you. 01:42:01
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. 01:42:05
I'm good, Paula. Thanks for what you guys are doing. 01:42:07
Thank you. I'll call for motion on item 3K. 01:42:10
As Chairman, to authorize the advertisement of requests of proposal number 04232025. 01:42:13
Property cleanup services as prevented. 01:42:22
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion in the second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye, Thank you. 01:42:25
Thank you so much. Thank you. And our next item is 3 H information discussion action to approve. 01:42:31
And IGA number 311251 with the Town of Hayden for justice Court case management of the towns criminal misdemeanor and criminal 01:42:38
traffic case filings and determinations for the period of January 125. 01:42:45
To December 3128. 01:42:54
Attorney Elbow, how are you? 01:42:57
Fine. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, members of the Board. 01:43:00
Last fall I began working with the. 01:43:03
Court administration. 01:43:07
In the different municipalities. 01:43:09
Following the complete. 01:43:12
Rewrite of the. 01:43:14
IGA for. 01:43:15
Court services with the City of. 01:43:18
And based on that. 01:43:21
We've continued to. 01:43:24
Modify these so that they are uniform across all the municipal. 01:43:26
In. 01:43:31
In Healing County. 01:43:34
And they know what to expect and that the the county is getting reimbursed for the actual expenditures made on behalf of those 01:43:35
municipalities as they operate their course. 01:43:41
And the county gets. 01:43:46
Gets the revenue. 01:43:48
From the fines that are collected when collected. 01:43:50
In those municipal courts, but they're now all uniform. 01:43:54
With the sign with the. 01:43:57
Hayden Winkelman Courts being the last. 01:44:01
To come on board. 01:44:04
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. No questions. 01:44:08
Supervisor Klein. 01:44:11
Joe, thank you for doing this. That's a big help. 01:44:12
Yeah. Thank you. And I have no questions. 01:44:14
Promotion 3. 01:44:17
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve Intergovernmental Agreement number 311251 with the Town of Hayden as presented. 01:44:19
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:44:27
Aye, aye, aye and three I Information and discussion action to approve Intergovernmental Agreement number 08112024 with the Town 01:44:31
of Hayden for the building review and inspection and zoning review and inspection. 01:44:38
Services effective June 1725 through June 16. 01:44:44
26 Hello, Randy. Hello. Good morning. 01:44:49
Supervisors. 01:44:53
I'm up here again. This is a renewal basically. 01:44:55
Time to hate does not have building reviewers, inspectors. 01:44:58
Our zoning inspectors on staff. 01:45:02
And apply with state statute in the town ordinance regarding. 01:45:04
Fire health, Life safety. The town requires technical assistance. 01:45:09
In the area of building review, zoning review, inspections here the county pre development has those. 01:45:13
Requirements. 01:45:19
And this is just another IGA. The last night expired. 01:45:21
This is the new one, starting today through the end of. 01:45:25
June 16th of next year. 01:45:30
If you have any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer. Thank you, Mary. Pleasure, Humphrey. 01:45:32
Thank you for being willing to do this and help them with it. 01:45:36
Like safety in the buildings. 01:45:39
Supervisor Klein? Yep. 01:45:43
Thank you. That's all I have to and so I'll call for a motion. 01:45:46
Mr. Chair, I move to approve Intergovernment Agreement number 08112024 with the Town of Hayden as presented. Mr. Chair, I'll 01:45:51
second that. OK motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye. 01:45:58
Aye, aye. Thank you, Randy. 01:46:04
Umm, we're going to table item 3J. We don't need a vote on that, right ladies? 01:46:08
We're going to table item 3J. Do we need a vote? 01:46:21
OK. I'll call for a motion to. 01:46:26
Table item 3J at this time, so move, Mr. Chair. 01:46:28
I'll second it second to table 3J. 01:46:32
All those in favor say aye. 01:46:36
Aye, aye, aye. 01:46:39
We've already discussed item 3K. We're on the 3L. 01:46:40
Information Discussion. Action to approve amendment #2. 01:46:44
Contract #041823A. 01:46:48
With Sanders Family Transport amendment #2 the contract #041823B. 01:46:51
With Lamont Mortuary Globe extend the term of both contracts for one additional one year term. 01:46:57
From July 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2026. 01:47:05
Our contract amounts not to exceed $75,000 each for autopsy transport. 01:47:10
Services. That's a mouthful. 01:47:18
Thank you, Marin. 01:47:21
Thank you, Mr. Chair, Supervisor Humphrey, Supervisor Klein. 01:47:22
This is the Second Amendment for each of these contracts. 01:47:26
To ensure that we have someone in place. 01:47:30
To transport deceased individuals to. 01:47:33
Pinal County for autopsy. 01:47:38
Thank you. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no questions. Supervisor Klein, I'm good. Thank you as well. Call for motion. 01:47:42
Mr. I move to approve amendment #2 to contract number 0418238. 01:47:49
With Sanders Family Transport and amend #2. 01:47:55
To contract number 0418. 01:48:00
2-3 Being with the Mortuary of Globe as presented. 01:48:03
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:48:07
Aye aye, Item 3 M Information discussion Action to approve Economic Development Agreement number 04252025 with the Tunnel Basin 01:48:12
Chamber of Commerce in the amount of $5000. 01:48:18
To assist with the operation and advertising campaigns. 01:48:25
Of that organization which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of public merit. 01:48:28
Our friends from Contra Basin. 01:48:37
Chamber of Commerce are here to present the presentation. 01:48:39
OK, great. Come on up. 01:48:42
Thank you. Thank you. 01:48:47
OK, So that's what I'm going to do. This is Krista. Good morning. My name is Crystal Lombardo, **** and I am the new president of 01:48:49
our Cannabis and Chamber. 01:48:54
And I thank you for giving us our grants over the years. 01:49:00
And so I'm here today to hopefully be able. 01:49:04
To get this scratch again. 01:49:07
So this is our new board. We started in May 1st. 01:49:10
And we have eight members of our board, actually 7 and then Rosemary. 01:49:14
Goff has been on the board since 2013, so we made her a historian. 01:49:19
Wonderful part of our community in Tano. 01:49:25
And last year we were able to paint the building. It had been painted since 2013. 01:49:27
And that those funds came from? 01:49:34
Part of the grant that we received last year and also we do a Wild West days every year and. 01:49:37
Money that came in from that we were able to paint our building. 01:49:43
This year we've made some accomplishments. 01:49:47
Umm, we've helped the town has a trunk or treat every year we've been able to. 01:49:51
Help with that, they raised over $20,000. 01:49:56
This year we Co hosted the Wild West days. We brought in almost $14,000 with that. 01:50:00
And with those funds, we were able to actually we have our board meetings this evening. 01:50:06
And we are presenting $1000 to the fire department, $1000 to our library, and $1000 in food to our food ministry. 01:50:12
So the Chamber does like to help the community, but we need a lot of improvements on our building. 01:50:20
We were continuously working to improve visibility and outreach through branding and events. 01:50:27
Updating our website. 01:50:33
Adding. 01:50:35
An area for the members to pay dues online. 01:50:36
Our accomplishments that we've made the most successful was the Wild West days. This is the 16th year. 01:50:40
Purchased new padded chairs for the community events. 01:50:45
Right. And actually have 20 new members just between May and half of June? 01:50:49
Which we now have 48 members of our chamber. 01:50:55
We're starting our doing our first members club, Breakfast Club. 01:50:59
And then tomorrow we will have a lunch and learn. 01:51:04
So that's our goal is to try to connect our community. 01:51:07
With having different events that come up that we can do mixers. 01:51:10
Monday we started doing Family Night, which is a game night every other Monday. Last night we had 17 people there. 01:51:15
And it's a wonderful way to bring our community together. 01:51:22
And some of the goals that we have. 01:51:26
Is again bringing in another 20 members. We've brought 20 in. I would like to as a president. 01:51:28
Before the end of the year, have another 20 members join us. 01:51:33
We're starting doing ribbon cutting with new businesses. 01:51:37
We have a new Mexican restaurant that came in and we also have coffee and cones. 01:51:40
So in October, we're going to have a A. 01:51:46
Ribbon cutting for them. 01:51:48
We want to hold mixers and barbecues. 01:51:50
Obviously connect the members with the businesses I. 01:51:53
We started painting the inside, the whole inside of the building we painted. 01:51:57
Couple of our board members, myself and another gal. 01:52:02
Painted the building, it looks beautiful inside. Some repairs that we need to do still are the deck. 01:52:05
The flooring and the roof. 01:52:11
So those are items that we're still working on getting done. So the grant would be a huge. 01:52:14
For us, our property taxes and our insurance alone. 01:52:21
Are more than $5600. 01:52:25
So having this grant would be a huge deal for us. 01:52:28
Our board and community. 01:52:32
And. 01:52:35
Here, this was the Wild West days where we raised the money. 01:52:37
And I've already explained to you what we're using with part of it. And the other part that we have is our flooring and the roof 01:52:41
that we're having to get replaced. 01:52:46
And that is my presentation and I first time here, so I apologize if I was a little nervous. 01:52:51
But I appreciate all of you. 01:52:58
That is where we're at. 01:53:01
With that. 01:53:03
So if anybody has any questions, I'm here to. 01:53:04
Hopefully I can answer them for you. Well, thank you for that, Krista. Good presentation, Supervisor Humphrey. Yeah, I have no 01:53:07
questions. Just thank you for all you do for Tunnel Basin and thank you for supporting my meetings in your beautiful building 01:53:11
that. 01:53:16
Painting and keeps getting work done. I appreciate the participation so much and so I just want to thank you. 01:53:21
Thank you. 01:53:29
Supervisor client your job for everything you're doing. 01:53:30
Yeah, the chambers in our Gregg County do a lot of work. 01:53:34
Volunteers in itself. 01:53:38
Appreciate that. We're happy to support. Anyway, I'll call promotion. Mr. Chairman. Yes, I'm sorry, can I ask you a question? Yes. 01:53:40
In your observation, you're very well connected with acuity, but what is the? 01:53:48
Completion of the Tunnel Creek bridge. What is that? 01:53:53
Having tunnel basin. 01:53:55
Over the summer, Tunnel Basin is it's tripled it in size. 01:53:57
So with that, we also have brought in new businesses. 01:54:01
And my as president of the Chamber this year. 01:54:04
My goal is to connect the community to the businesses. 01:54:09
And by having these events that we're having the lunch and learns of breakfast. 01:54:13
Platinum mixers. The ribbon cutting. 01:54:16
We're bringing people out into the community. The game night was one of our board members, Michael, that decided to do that. 01:54:19
And it's it's only we've only done it 2 times and it's neat to see there was over like. 01:54:26
17 people there last night with their families. 01:54:31
And the bridge, obviously it helps us because now we have a way to get across to. 01:54:35
Events that would happen, I mean, there were many times when I was a member of the Kiwanis. 01:54:41
And I couldn't go to the board meetings because I live across the Creek. 01:54:46
So now we can get across safely. 01:54:50
It's been dry since it's been filled but. 01:54:53
Thank you. 01:54:57
You said that it has. 01:54:58
Given an opportunity for growth. So definitely. 01:55:01
Appreciate that and appreciate your engagement in the community. Thank you. 01:55:04
Thank you. And growth means more taxes. 01:55:08
OK, Thank you. With that, I'll call for motion. Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve. We can only develop an agreement 01:55:14
number 04252025. 01:55:18
With the Tunnel Basin Chamber of Commerce as presented, which the Board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. 01:55:24
Mr. Chair, I'll second that. We're going to 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:55:30
Thank you so much. 01:55:35
Thank you, Marin. Item 3 N of information discussion action to approve an intergovernmental agreement between Gila County. 01:55:37
Pinal County, WHEREAS Pinal County will provide medical examiner services for the period beginning July 1st, 25 through June 3026 01:55:45
in the amount of $394,000. 01:55:51
Mary, thank you. Mr. Chair, this is an agreement that we have had with. 01:55:57
Now counting for several years now, we first entered into it in. 01:56:03
2020 for the 2021 fiscal year, it has saved the county. 01:56:08
A significant amount of money each year and we would like to continue using their services. 01:56:13
Thank you. Supervisor Humphrey. I have no questions. Supervisor Klein? Yeah, I'm good. 01:56:19
OK. Thank you. And I have no questions. I'll ask promotion. 01:56:25
Mr. Chair, I move to approve and enter government agreement between Gila County and Pinal County, whereby Pinal County. 01:56:29
Will provide medical examiner's services as presented and I'll second that. 01:56:36
Motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:56:42
Aye. Thank you, Marin. 01:56:45
Thank you. 01:56:47
You have the rest of the day off. 01:56:48
All right, I'm 30. 01:56:51
Information discussion. Action to adopt resolution number 250603. Establishing Kings Drive. 01:56:54
As a primitive Rd. 01:57:00
And accepting it into the new economy maintenance maintained Rd. system as a primitive Rd. Good morning, Alex. Thank you, Mr. 01:57:02
Chairman, Board of Supervisors. 01:57:07
As you know, Hill County Public Works received requests to bring roads into the maintenance system all the time. 01:57:12
Kings Drive is one of the road. 01:57:18
Request that we received after reviewing it. 01:57:20
It crosses over to. 01:57:23
Established plants, but it was never an established Rd. for the county. 01:57:26
Leo itself though, was and so this additional 500 feet as a primitive Rd. 01:57:29
Increase the amount of time that we need to maintain. 01:57:36
Eastern states, but it will improve the area itself so. 01:57:39
The cost benefit is. 01:57:44
Good. So we'll bring this before the board for acceptance. 01:57:46
Think Alex, brother Hurley. 01:57:50
No questions, Supervisor Klein, I'm good. Thanks, Alex. Yeah, this is in my district and we have constituents that. 01:57:53
Triggered this and this actually started with homero. 01:58:00
And this is a. 01:58:04
A mess of a road and so. 01:58:06
A lot of people live on it and so this will help quite. 01:58:09
Quite a bit. All right. Thank you. So I'll call promotion. 01:58:12
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to adopt resolution #25-06-03. 01:58:16
I'll second that. 01:58:25
Motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:58:26
Aye, aye. 01:58:29
Reality we have. 01:58:31
All right, we're going to. 01:58:33
I'll call for motion. 01:58:35
To recess as the Hewlett-Packard Board of Supervisors and convenient the Hewlett County flood. 01:58:37
Control district board of directors. 01:58:42
So moved. 01:58:47
I'll second it. 01:58:48
All those in favor say aye. 01:58:50
Item 3. P Information discussion action to approve. 01:58:54
Forerunner Master services agreement Statement of work between Gila County and the Forerunner Industries, Incorporated. 01:58:57
For the purchase. 01:59:05
Forerunner Software for the initial term of June 1725. 01:59:06
Through June 1628. 01:59:11
For a contract amount ought to exceed $46,550. 01:59:13
Alex, thank you, Mr. Chair, Board. 01:59:18
As we talked about earlier in the day. 01:59:21
There's a budget for the floodplain and you're questioning what some of that funds go to? 01:59:25
Well, we would like to. 01:59:29
Use some of that funding to get this software. 01:59:32
As you know, FEMA's floodplain. 01:59:35
NFIP, National Flood Insurance Program. 01:59:39
As what is referred to as the CRS critical Rating system. 01:59:42
And there's 10 levels to that system. Hill County has been in that system at a level 10 since 1998. 01:59:45
Each time we raise the level. 01:59:52
8:50 to 8 and so on and so forth. 01:59:54
We actually. 01:59:56
Get a 5% decrease in the. 01:59:59
Tax rate for a flood insurance so your constituents get 5% back every time we increase that. 02:00:03
Level and yet we have not done that. 02:00:10
So working with Forerunner, our goal is to actually raise our. 02:00:13
Rating in that CRS so that your constituents can get money back. 02:00:17
I'd be happy to answer any questions you guys have on that. 02:00:23
Great, Alex. Supervisor Humphrey, I have no question. 02:00:25
By decline. How does this work Alex? Is it like GPS? 02:00:29
Uh, driven or? 02:00:34
So there's milestones at each of these threshold levels and so once we pass those. 02:00:36
Those levels and. 02:00:41
Corner will help us achieve that. 02:00:42
We will go to. 02:00:44
FEMA Region 9. 02:00:46
And we will present the data that we've passed these thresholds and then. 02:00:47
Point that percentage will be. 02:00:51
Brought down from. 02:00:53
Insurance rate. 02:00:55
So this could help people that are actually. 02:00:57
Out of the floodplain. 02:01:00
Yes, through that. 02:01:02
Yes, Anyone who has flood insurance, whether they're in the floodplain or not, is entitled to this percentage. OK, Thank you. 02:01:03
Thank you, Alex. What is our rating right now? 02:01:11
We're at a Quest 10, OK, bottom. So all right, great. 02:01:14
And we're hoping to get up to where with this maneuver. 02:01:19
With this program, we hope to get to at least a level 8. 02:01:22
As you increase through those thresholds, there's more and more responsibilities. 02:01:26
So just to give you an example, Maricopa is only at the Level 3. 02:01:31
And they have 15 people working on this in their flipping department, whereas we have. 02:01:36
3 right? 02:01:42
So that could be a 10%. 02:01:44
Now you're there, so. 02:01:46
Great. Thank you. I have no questions and I'll call for Motion 3P. 02:01:48
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve Forerunner Master Service agreement. 02:01:52
And statement of work between Hillock County. 02:01:56
And Forerunner Industries incorporated for the purchase of Forerunner Software as presented. 02:01:59
Mr. Chair, I'll second the motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 02:02:05
Aye. 02:02:11
I'll call for a motion to adjourn as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors reconvene at the Halo County Board 02:02:13
of Supervisors. 02:02:17
So move, Mr. Chair, I'll second that. A motion and a second. Those in favor say aye. 02:02:21
All right, Item 3 Q as information discussion action to authorize the advertisement of invitation for bid number. 02:02:28
06012025. 02:02:34
The Globe Courthouse parking lot pavement project. Good afternoon, Mr. White. 02:02:38
Thank you, Chairman. Supervisors, this is just getting your permission to go ahead and go out to bid for the courthouse. 02:02:44
Paving parking lot, paving job. We're estimating it to be around 5:50 to 6:50 somewhere in that neighborhood, but we'll know when 02:02:53
the bids come in. 02:02:57
The goal is to get approval to go out to bid now. 02:03:01
When the design is done towards the end of this month, we'll be able to go right out to bid with the goal of trying to getting. 02:03:05
Get the actual bid and the contract back to the board. 02:03:11
In August so that it can be timed with them in the wrong St. projects. 02:03:16
OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 02:03:21
I have no questions, Supervisor Klein. I'm good. Thank you, Tori. Thank you. I'll call promotion. 02:03:23
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to authorize the advertisement of invitation for Bids number 060. 02:03:29
12025. 02:03:36
Courthouse parking lot statement project. 02:03:39
I'll second that motion and 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye. 02:03:42
Aye, aye. 02:03:46
Onto item 3R Information discussion action to adopt resolution. 02:03:47
Number 250602 Accepting the drainage easement from John V Yanez and Irene Yanez. 02:03:52
Mr. White. Thank you, Chairman. Supervisors, this is a. 02:04:01
A drainage system. 02:04:07
It's part of a larger drainage system. I think we've got a map up there we're already taking care of. 02:04:08
Most of the drainage channel in this neighborhood. 02:04:14
There's a little section, I don't know why we haven't or haven't been maintaining it, but it doesn't make sense for the homeowners 02:04:18
in that area to maintain it. 02:04:22
This is really. 02:04:27
Almost in between two different. 02:04:29
Homes. 02:04:32
And it's coming off the mountain and it goes down into an area which we're already maintaining. I don't. 02:04:33
I don't really think the homeowners really have the capacity. 02:04:40
To really maintain that section of the channel. 02:04:44
So they're willing to give us an easement so we can get in there, keep that maintained the way it should be so that. 02:04:48
Complete graded system works the way that it's intended to work, so. 02:04:54
OK, superfiler. Hungry. 02:04:58
I thank you very much for getting this done. I've spoke with Mr. John Ads and apparently you know. 02:05:02
The easement has something that may have fallen in the cracks or something of that nature. 02:05:08
So I appreciate you working with Mr. Yannis to get this easement. 02:05:13
So that we can, because in that area drainage is really important. 02:05:18
And so thank you for working on this. 02:05:23
Thank you. So by the climb, I'm good. Thank you, Troy. Yeah, Thank you, Troy. Call promotion. 02:05:27
Mr. Chairman, to adopt resolution #25-0602. 02:05:33
And I will second that. 02:05:38
Motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 02:05:40
Aye, if you item 3S is information discussion action. 02:05:42
To approve contract number 240328. 02:05:47
IFB Dash GCR. 02:05:50
One instead of I-1 and chapter. 02:05:54
S2P and MC800. 02:06:00
Shipsio Oils. 02:06:04
With Western emotions incorporated based on strategic alliance for volume, expenditures, contract number. 02:06:05
4032. 02:06:12
IFB for the supply, delivery and application of CRS 2P oil. 02:06:14
For the turn of June 17th, 2025. June 1626. 02:06:20
For contract amount not to exceed $220,602.98. 02:06:26
Hey, Troy. Thank you, Chairman. Supervisors, again, this is county cooperative contract that we're using to save the 2025 chip 02:06:33
sale program. 02:06:38
This is an amount of 207. 02:06:43
Just under $207,000. 02:06:46
With Western emotions, so. 02:06:50
Again, many things to. 02:06:55
Olivia and Kerry and Christy for. 02:06:58
Finding this contract and getting it to you guys in time for us to save our chips in season, but. 02:07:02
Yep, that's it, unless you have any questions. 02:07:09
Thank you. Supervisor Humphrey, I don't have any questions other than thank you. I found, I thought it would be real difficult to 02:07:11
find an oil company this time of year when that is what they do and this is their busy season. But but yes, how how sweet that is 02:07:16
to be able to be able to go ahead. 02:07:21
With our projects as we had. 02:07:27
Plan. So thank you very much, Supervisor Clyde. Yeah, thank you all for doing that that. 02:07:29
That's that's a good leg. 02:07:35
And thank those. 02:07:37
That were involved instrumental in getting this. Absolutely. Thank you. 02:07:39
With that, I'll call for motion. Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve contract number 240328. 02:07:43
FB GC One. 02:07:52
CHS 2P and MC800. 02:07:54
Chip sill oils with western emulsions incorporated based on strategic alliance for volume expenditures contract number. 02:07:59
240328 IFB for the supply. 02:08:08
Delivery and application of CRS. 02:08:13
Dash 2P Oil S presented. 02:08:16
I'll second that. 02:08:21
OK. Motion in a second to approve those in favor. 02:08:23
Aye, aye. 02:08:26
Aye, and unanimous. And we'll go to 3T last one for our information discussion action. 02:08:28
To approve contract number 060425. 02:08:36
With SCS engineers. 02:08:39
Design and planning for construction of Russell Gold landfill cell. 02:08:42
3B For the term of June 1725 through June 16. 02:08:47
26 for contract amount. 02:08:52
To exceed 26,420 dollars. 02:08:55
Thank you, Chairman, Supervisor SO. 02:08:59
Something I didn't know, by the way, Aaron's not here today. You might notice he's dealing with a staffing shortage with the 02:09:01
landfill today. So. 02:09:05
He's he's not able to make it. 02:09:10
Something that I've learned. 02:09:13
Believe it or not, just yesterday regarding the landfill. 02:09:15
Russellville's landfill. 02:09:19
Matter of fact, both Aaron and I learned that yesterday. Is that the original design of this landfill? 02:09:21
For cell 3A was supposed to be. 02:09:26
1/3 bigger than what it ended up being. 02:09:29
I think originally. 02:09:33
The landfill was going to go all the way to where the bike shops at. 02:09:35
And I guess a decision was made during the design phase of the. 02:09:39
Project not to remove the bike shop. 02:09:42
So they scaled the project back. 02:09:47
I only mentioned that because I don't. I don't know if that has anything to do with. 02:09:50
Timeline that I've been. 02:09:54
For as long as this landfill was. 02:09:57
Estimated to last. 02:10:01
But that said, there's still other reasons. 02:10:03
Why we find ourselves here a lot quicker than we thought we were going to find ourselves here. 02:10:06
And I'm going to, I'm going to try to. 02:10:12
Explain these best I can, but I think that. 02:10:15
One of the number one reasons for certain for certain is. 02:10:18
We have an increase. 02:10:22
Tonnage. 02:10:25
And what was used for the planning? 02:10:26
Of this. 02:10:29
Cell 3. 02:10:32
They were estimating. 02:10:34
Around 20 tons as part of the design tonnage. 02:10:36
20 tons a year for the design tonnage. 02:10:41
And over the last two years, we've just blown that out of the water. We're 30% over that. 02:10:43
So we're 30% over. 02:10:48
The intaking of tonnage from what they. 02:10:51
Based the design of the sell on when they gave the estimates to how long it would last. So that's number one. 02:10:55
#2. 02:11:02
Certainly is. 02:11:04
The material type that we're getting at the landfill, a lot of times when the engineers are doing these estimates, they'll 02:11:06
estimate. 02:11:10
An average for a landfill of our type and our location for the type of material that's going to come. 02:11:15
And there's. 02:11:23
One of the things we're seeing at the Russell Gropes landfill is a very significant. 02:11:25
Increase. 02:11:31
In the amount of construction and and really. 02:11:33
Bulky waste which can't be compact. 02:11:38
That the estimate on this is. 02:11:42
Significantly higher than what they originally estimated, and probably that is it can't compact down South construction to be in 02:11:45
bulky ways, can't come back down. 02:11:49
So when you take. 02:11:55
The significant increase we're seeing in construction material and bulky waste along with. 02:11:57
Just the increase in the amount of tonnage we thought we'd receive. 02:12:03
You're looking at about. 02:12:07
50 to 60%. 02:12:09
And increased consumed airspace just in those two things alone. 02:12:11
The third thing? 02:12:17
Is. 02:12:19
Operational. 02:12:20
Inefficiencies. 02:12:22
And one of the things we've been looking at. 02:12:24
Umm, lately is. 02:12:27
Currently the way that it works is. 02:12:31
The landfill. 02:12:34
Hours of operation are open to the public. 02:12:36
Are the exact same hours. 02:12:40
That the staff works. 02:12:42
So if we're working from six. 02:12:44
To 430 of the landfills open from 6:00 to 4:00. There's a line there when they get there and then when you close the gadget for 02:12:47
there's still people in the line so. 02:12:51
The exact amount of time the staff is there. 02:12:56
Is when traffic at the landfill. 02:12:59
And that's a problem for a lot of reasons #1 the only thing that the staff is doing. 02:13:01
All day long is just dealing with the trash that's coming in. 02:13:08
They're not doing any other operational things that they need to be doing at the land. 02:13:12
And one of the most important things that they should be doing is. 02:13:17
At the end of the day, getting a real good compaction. 02:13:22
On what's been received that day. 02:13:26
But there's no time. 02:13:28
Soon as the cars leave, they leave. As soon as the cars get there, they get there. 02:13:30
Other things aren't being done as far as. 02:13:34
Erosion control. 02:13:37
Channel erosion control maintenance. 02:13:39
High maintenance. 02:13:43
There's just a lot of. 02:13:45
Other operational maintenance things that are not being done, but the main thing that's affecting. 02:13:46
This the airspace. 02:13:51
They're just not having the time. 02:13:53
To do the compaction. 02:13:55
And rework that shelf at the end of every day. 02:13:57
So with that said, we are working with the staff. 02:14:01
We are coming up with some alternatives to pixels operational inefficiencies. 02:14:06
So that we're not playing that part on. 02:14:12
How fast this wind feels throwing up. So we're going to be back to this board with some. 02:14:15
Alternatives for the board to consider on how we can. 02:14:19
Mitigate the operational inefficiencies As for. 02:14:23
Seeing the landfill? 02:14:26
And then the 4th. 02:14:29
Thing is. 02:14:32
In final. 02:14:33
Is inadequate compassion equipment. 02:14:36
We have the wrong size compactor, it's way too small. 02:14:40
For the amount of degrees that we're bringing in out there and the amount of trash we're bringing in there. 02:14:44
The compactor that we should have should be a lot heavier. 02:14:49
A lot bigger. 02:14:52
So it's. 02:14:53
What's happening is the trash that we're getting that is compatible, we've got to compact around it. That just isn't heavy enough 02:14:57
to get the compaction that we need. So. 02:15:01
That's another thing that we're going to want to take a look at is. 02:15:05
You know, getting the right equipment for the job. 02:15:09
So really what you have is. 02:15:13
The increased tonnage. 02:15:17
That was far greater than what the design was. 02:15:19
You have the. 02:15:22
The addition of construction material and parking material higher than what the estimate was, the operational limitations that we 02:15:26
have. 02:15:30
And the inadequate equipment. 02:15:35
That's what brings us here today to ask to start phasing. 02:15:38
3B. 02:15:42
I will say one more thing though. 02:15:44
If we can. 02:15:48
Get 3B. 02:15:50
Moving in. 02:15:52
Once we start working 3B. 02:15:55
You're going to gain more. 02:15:57
380 than what you have now. 02:16:01
The problem that we're experiencing now is 3/8 is a very small shelf. 02:16:05
So we're only going to be able to go up so high before we can't work it anymore. I can't get traffic up there anymore. 02:16:09
Due to the shelf size and I think that was part of when it got cut back from. 02:16:17
When it got shrunk during the design, 1/3 size smaller. 02:16:24
But nonetheless, once, once, umm. 02:16:28
We get 3B going. 02:16:33
Then we can work 3B up to where 3A is and then 3A can go up higher. 02:16:35
So even though we need. 02:16:40
3B Sooner than we thought we were going to need it. 02:16:42
We still will get extended lifeout of 3X. 02:16:46
It's just because of its size and we can't work it and we can't. 02:16:49
Go up too high before we got to stop sending people up there to dump trash. 02:16:54
We will regain that back once we. 02:17:00
Catches up to it and we have a larger. 02:17:03
A larger. 02:17:06
So what this contract does is this. This contract gets. 02:17:08
Our consultant. 02:17:12
SCS on board. 02:17:14
To do the design and do the submittals to ADEQ. 02:17:16
So that to move forward we can actually put it out the bid, get 3B done and then get that. 02:17:21
Umm, get more of that light back out of three and continue on with the light. 02:17:29
Right now as it stands. 02:17:33
We probably got 12 months. 02:17:36
Maybe if we stretch it, we can get 18 months. 02:17:39
Left on what we can do with 3A, but like I said, once we get 3B going and cut out we get more of three a time back. 02:17:43
We just can't. 02:17:51
Get there without 3 because that makes sense. 02:17:52
All right, let's see if you'll be happy. 02:18:00
Supervisor. 02:18:04
I'm free yet. 02:18:05
A ton of questions. 02:18:07
I guess I feel misled. 02:18:13
Where we were going with our landfill expansion. 02:18:15
And first question. 02:18:18
Does 3B get rid of the bike shop that's sitting in the middle of the landfill? 02:18:20
Sweetie doesn't get rid of the bike shop. 02:18:26
OK, that that's a great thing. 02:18:29
I guess. 02:18:34
The other question is. 02:18:35
If this is to approve engineering for design planning, construction of Russell Vaults landfill sale 3B. 02:18:38
Is this engineering going to take more than a year? 02:18:48
No, the the engineering for this is pretty straightforward because. 02:18:52
When we did 3A, we also planned the whole area, even including 3B, so that the actual area has already gone through its approval 02:18:56
process with. 02:19:01
ADEQ that saves up a lot of time, so all you have to do is do the actual design of it. 02:19:07
Submitted to 80 Q for the construction plan approval and then we're moving forward so. 02:19:13
What they have left to do out there is only about 30 to 45 days worth of design and then? 02:19:18
Up to 60 days for approval with ADEQ and then more offered well. 02:19:24
OK, yes, I I would like to see us off and rolling. I have had a lot of complaints. 02:19:29
With that landfill on on lines and. 02:19:36
And you know the? 02:19:40
Yeah, just. 02:19:42
We need, we need to have a bigger dump area, we need to enlarge that. We need to go forward because it it's. 02:19:43
Like I say this, that's probably 1 been one of my biggest complaints from constituents. 02:19:52
Is long lines, time and things of that nature and I appreciate you working with that and helping us get the road done and helping 02:19:58
us. 02:20:02
With with Rd. crews up there to. 02:20:07
Help make up for the. 02:20:10
Of activities that that the landfill. 02:20:13
Crew does not have time to do. 02:20:17
So yeah, we. 02:20:20
We need. 02:20:22
It that's kind of been an issue. 02:20:24
For her for a lot of years on that landfill so we we need to get that rolling and in good shape and. 02:20:26
And help with time and everything so. 02:20:33
Yeah, I thank you for bringing this before us. 02:20:36
Thank you for the for the news of the importance. 02:20:41
Of us needing to go forward with this. 02:20:46
So, so thank you, Charlie. I appreciate it. You're welcome. And I just want to mention one one thing. 02:20:49
And I failed to mention it when I was talking about operational inefficiencies. 02:20:55
That is not a dig on the staff out there because that's some of the hardest working staff that I've seen. The amount of time that 02:20:59
they put in out there and the amount of work that they do out there is incredible. That's at both landfills, to be honest with 02:21:03
you. 02:21:07
They put a lot of heart and soul into that and they are not doing anything. 02:21:12
Wrong as a matter of fact, considering. 02:21:16
They've had no time outside of operational hours. 02:21:18
It's amazing. The landfill is in the condition that it's in, in my opinion. 02:21:22
So the staff out there is doing a phenomenal job, they just need our help in giving them the time without traffic coming through 02:21:26
to actually maintain it. 02:21:31
Properly and they want to. 02:21:36
Right, and and and. 02:21:38
Manpower shortage and things of that nature, they've been working lots and lots of us. 02:21:40
So my hat's off to them very much. 02:21:46
Thank you. Appreciate it. 02:21:48
Supervisor client so. 02:21:50
Surprise her Humphrey hit on it. You know, the 12 to 18 months seems like a real short time frame for this outfit. 02:21:53
Usually it takes a lot longer than that to get through. 02:22:00
Some of these processes so. 02:22:03
If you think that can happen that quick. 02:22:04
Great, that that's going to be a huge help because basically if it doesn't, I don't know what you're gonna do. 02:22:06
Um, so. 02:22:12
You know, I think we're all had our mind set on a certain time frame for 3/8 but. 02:22:16
We need to address it and jump in and get done when you get it done. 02:22:21
And obviously there's some other issues like you said, timing issues during the day. 02:22:25
Compactor issues, equipment issues, whatever it is. So my question would be to you, Troy, is are you gonna? 02:22:30
Roll this out like. 02:22:36
Work session or something we can all. 02:22:37
Sit down and talk about it, because. 02:22:40
When we start talking compactors and and additional hours or however, that's going to work. 02:22:43
He's gonna run into some money. 02:22:49
And so we need to get everything on the table so. 02:22:52
Yeah, yeah, we're going to do this in a work session. 02:22:54
Work session. 02:22:57
It might be at a regular board meeting in July because I want to get this moving as fast as we can, but. 02:22:59
It'll be a work study item, maybe during the first. 02:23:06
Board meeting in July. 02:23:11
More than likely the second one by the time we work everything out and get it to you. But yeah, we plan on doing that with this 02:23:13
council network study. 02:23:16
Yeah, that's. 02:23:20
Sooner, the sooner we get, the better off the law be for sure. And that's the only time we can talk. So thanks for doing that and. 02:23:22
Thanks for bringing this to us. I mean, these are the things that. 02:23:30
Will catch you off guard and. 02:23:33
And bike pretty hard when it comes to dollars, so thanks for getting this out there. 02:23:35
Yeah. Thanks, Troy. 02:23:41
So yeah, I had the understanding that this. 02:23:44
Really Recent improvement 3A. 02:23:47
Would last much longer. 02:23:50
And you inherited this? I think Aaron inherited this. I really like Aaron. I think he's doing great. 02:23:53
Well, thank you, Woody. 02:23:59
You're welcome. Yeah. 02:24:01
I make a man kept coffee. 02:24:03
So they inherited this. 02:24:07
I don't know who decided to. 02:24:09
No, no. I'm. 02:24:13
We decided to downsize this project. 02:24:16
I would be interested to know. I know you probably don't, but. 02:24:20
You know this is an inherited issue. 02:24:24
Why it was downsized I don't know. 02:24:26
Because now we got to start all over again with another improvement. 02:24:28
And that's going to be pretty expensive. We could be into some money. 02:24:31
And I'm is the enterprise going to pay for this? 02:24:36
The enterprise will pay for it, OK. 02:24:40
And are you suggesting that we change? 02:24:43
The hours of the landfill in order to get this. 02:24:46
We have to consider. 02:24:49
20 years out. 02:24:51
The compaction and everything, and if we need another 30 minutes or an hour. 02:24:52
To do that, we. 02:24:56
You know, are you suggesting that might be something we talk about? 02:24:58
I definitely think that's one of the alternatives they'll bring for for the board to consider for sure. 02:25:02
Right. 02:25:08
OK. 02:25:09
Yeah, I remember asking Melanie. 02:25:13
Why are we in the landfill business? Because. 02:25:16
Because this is an expensive proposition. 02:25:18
And her answer was what I believe is good. 02:25:20
And that is because the county can do it less expensively than private. 02:25:24
But we've got to maintain, we've got to be able to. 02:25:29
Pay for it. If we're going to learn like a business, it's got to be run like a business. 02:25:32
Right. Yeah. 02:25:36
So, OK, so we're asking, you're asking for going out for design? 02:25:37
On item 3T, I'll call for motion. 02:25:44
As chair moved to approve contract number 060425. 02:25:46
With SCS engineers for design and planning. 02:25:51
For construction of Russell Gulch landfill. 02:25:56
3B. 02:26:00
As presented ASAP. 02:26:01
And Mr. Chair, I'll second that. 02:26:04
We have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 02:26:07
Very good. Unanimous. 02:26:11
A3U information discussion. Action to approve amendment #3 to contract number. 02:26:12
170 Kimberly. 510 Engineering services Professional Services. 02:26:18
For environmental assessment of vacant land or the state plan. 02:26:25
Department due diligence to increase the contract amount by $6482. 02:26:29
To a new contract total of $94,844.00 and to extend the term of the contract to September 30th. 02:26:35
2025 in afternoon just afternoon June. Board of Supervisors. 02:26:44
This will be to complete critical scope of work required by the Arizona State Land Department ASL D as part of a due diligence for 02:26:50
280 acre partial near Hill County Fairgrounds. 02:26:55
The amendment adds $6482. 02:27:01
To the existing contract, increasing the total to the not to exceed amount. 02:27:06
From the $88,362.00 to 94,000. 02:27:10
800. 02:27:17
And for $44? 02:27:19
And extends the contract end date to September 30th, 2025. 02:27:21
The scope of work includes verifying property boundaries and completing a formal land survey. 02:27:25
Along with preparing detailed needs and bounds, legal descriptions of the two partials within the 280. 02:27:30
Anchor Site. This work must be completed by community, ***** qualified and approved contractor. 02:27:37
To meet the. 02:27:43
The technical standards the deliverables will include signed and stand for PDF. 02:27:44
Documents, Word files and exhibits along with the coordination. 02:27:50
And response to one round of as. 02:27:54
Comments without the idea if you take any questions. Thank you, Joseph. Supervisor Humphrey, no questions other than thank you for 02:27:57
working on this. It seems to be kind of an ongoing deal, but we get to a point and then there are other things required. 02:28:04
That we have to go forward with so. 02:28:11
Thank you very much for. 02:28:14
For continuing. 02:28:16
To work with this and get it forward. 02:28:19
And I guess we need to look at Marin now for any of these contract extensions for thumb upper thumbs down. 02:28:22
But no, I thank you for continuing to. 02:28:29
To stay with this, to see where we're at and where we're able to go in the future. 02:28:32
Yes, Sir. Thank you. 02:28:38
Supervisor Clinic. 02:28:40
Joseph, same goes here. This is this is a really good county project. 02:28:41
And so. 02:28:46
There's a lot to it. 02:28:47
It really is, and So what what you're working with here is. 02:28:49
Is going to be pretty extensive and entailed, so thank you for doing all that. 02:28:53
Yes, Sir. Thank you. Thank you, Joseph. 02:28:57
Without a call from motion, Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve amendment #3 to contract number. 02:29:00
170. 02:29:06
Dash Kinley, Dash 510. 02:29:08
Engineering services Professional services for. 02:29:11
Environmental assessment for vacant land Arizona State lands department due diligence as. 02:29:16
Mr. Chair, I'll second that very good motion, second to approve those in favor say aye, aye. 02:29:23
Aye. Item 3. The information discussion action to approve service contract number. 02:29:28
051725 Janitorial services for northern and southern in the county. Short term with. 02:29:33
Janus served. 02:29:40
Incorporated for the term of July 1, 2025 to November 3025. 02:29:42
Or total contract number. 02:29:48
Amount of $111,946.78 so. 02:29:49
Thank you, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, This is pretty straightforward. This contract extension will be to continue janitorial 02:29:55
services at Hilla County's Northern. 02:29:59
And Southern regional facilities and primary hubs, the current contract. 02:30:03
Is set to expire on June 30th, 2025. 02:30:07
And while the county completes the formal solicitation process for a long term provider. 02:30:10
The short term contract will ensure uninterrupted services. 02:30:15
From July 1st, 2025 through November 30th, 2025. 02:30:19
The total cost for this Top gap contract is 111,000 dollars $946.78. 02:30:23
Please note that this contract is not included present by Veterans Retreat, which is managed under a separate agreement. 02:30:31
We anticipate bringing that contract forward for renewal this fall. 02:30:38
Approval again of this short term agreement ensures that we continue service coverage during the transition period. 02:30:42
Any disruptions? 02:30:49
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. Yeah, that so so this is going out forbid this is just a short term bid to fill the gap. 02:30:51
Yes, correct. Thank you very much. 02:30:59
Supply the client. I'm good. Thank you, Joseph. Yeah. All right, I'll call for a motion. 02:31:01
Mr. Chair, I move to approve service contract number 051725, Janitorial services. 02:31:06
For northern and southern Gila County short term. 02:31:12
With Jenna served incorporated as presented. 02:31:16
And I'll second that we're going to 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 02:31:20
Thank you, Joseph. Thank you, Karen. Thank you for. 02:31:25
Item 3W. 02:31:27
Information discussion. Action to approve intermental. 02:31:29
Government agreement 05052025. 02:31:32
And economic development grant between Gila County and the Saint Carlos Apache Tribe. 02:31:36
In the amount of $8500, which the Board is determined to be for the benefit of the public. 02:31:41
What do you tell us all about that? 02:31:46
So this is the 7th annual Small Business Plan competition that they put together out there and what it's designed for is to bring. 02:31:48
Proposed new businesses small business together to. 02:31:57
To learn how to plan to do the entrepreneurship thing. 02:32:00
Get their feet on the ground. Get started. 02:32:04
It's going to be held September 18th. 02:32:07
This year and it's going to be at the Mitchell Hoffman. 02:32:11
Administration building that Carlos. 02:32:15
And so. 02:32:18
It, uh, it's been a huge benefit for, for out there and also for here in the globe as well. It helps both. 02:32:20
Both of us so. 02:32:27
I've been a part of that now for a while and it. 02:32:28
To get them. 02:32:32
Thank you. Would you, Supervisor Humphrey, no questions. 02:32:35
Sounds like a good thing this comes from your constituent fund, is that right? 02:32:38
I think it is, yeah. Thought James will cover it. 02:32:42
I think it's important to know this is something you're you're doing so. 02:32:48
With that will call promotion. 02:32:51
Mr. Chair moved to approve intergovernmental agreement number 05052025 between. 02:32:53
Hitler County of San Carter's Apache Tribes as presented. 02:33:00
And which the board has determined to be for the benefit of the public. I'll second that, Mr. Chair motion and a second to 02:33:03
approve. Those in favor say aye, aye. 02:33:07
Aye, aye, very good. We've already dealt with item 3X. We'll go to three Y information, discussion action to appoint Mr. Jeske 02:33:11
Latham to the Heulah County Personal. 02:33:17
Personnel Commission effective June 17th, 2025 through June. 02:33:22
I'm sorry, December 31st. 02:33:27
2028 Woody's. 02:33:29
And so this this is a. 02:33:32
This is our one of our. 02:33:34
Or boards I have appointed people on and I had a vacancy and Jesse was interested in doing it and. 02:33:36
And I think he'd make a good one. Connor, Jesse. 02:33:42
Pretty involved in the community of Globe and everything. 02:33:45
OK, Supervisor Humphrey, no questions only. 02:33:49
I've never heard of the Hill County Personnel Commission. 02:33:52
What is that? Learn something now. 02:33:55
Yes, yeah. 02:33:57
Is it a personal thing? No. OK, no. You're involved. You just didn't know it. 02:33:59
So what do they do? 02:34:06
The personnel Commission, they, they address issues, personnel issues and stuff like that that come through. 02:34:10
Aboard, you know, like for. 02:34:16
Claims and things like that. 02:34:19
And I think James May want to add something to it, I don't know. 02:34:22
Mr. Chairman, Sir Khan don't necessarily need to, It's that there are issues related to personnel. 02:34:26
I'm a person might be terminated for cause. 02:34:31
And they might question that, so they'll go before the personnel Commission to determine it. 02:34:35
It was, in fact. 02:34:39
To validate. 02:34:41
Decisions that I've made. So those are some of the things that. 02:34:42
Happen on the Personnel Commission. 02:34:45
Very good. That's similar to what I serve on with the. 02:34:47
With the deputies and all, what is that called? 02:34:53
So anyway. 02:34:57
Yes, it's where. It's where we review qualifications and eligibility for. 02:34:59
Yeah, OK. Yeah, I've been, I've been on this, I've been a part of these before and it is a good board. 02:35:04
You know it really is if. 02:35:11
If you want, I'll trade you sometime, you can get more involved. 02:35:14
With that, I'll call for motion. 02:35:17
For you to trade or. 02:35:21
Okay, I moved to a point, Mr. Jesse Latham to the Gila County Personnel Commission. 02:35:25
Effective June 17, 2025 through December 31st, 2028. And I'll second that motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye 02:35:31
aye. 02:35:36
I moving on to our consent agenda items. We have consent agenda for A through F. 02:35:42
Supervisor Humphrey, would you like to review one or more of those separately? No, I'm good. 02:35:48
Supervisor Klein, same question. 02:35:53
No, I. 02:35:55
I I'm good as well. The only thing I would just point out is we this is the agreement with the Forest Service is a very good 02:35:57
agreement with our. 02:36:01
Our Sheriff's Office, so. 02:36:05
That's it. OK, very good. So I will call for a motion to approve the consent agenda items for A through F. 02:36:06
So move, Mr. Chair, I'll second it. 02:36:14
Motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 02:36:16
Aye aye, good. We have anyone here. 02:36:20
Item 5. Call to the public that wishes to speak for a couple of minutes. 02:36:23
No, and in Payson looks pretty vacant and. 02:36:27
Cassie, who do we have? No one. How many were on the Internet today? 02:36:32
71 Very good. 02:36:37
All right, you're doing a good job. 02:36:39
OK, now let's go to our reports Supervisor. Sorry, Manager Manlow. 02:36:42
Mr. Chairman, I extended last Friday the county managers, administrators view for the State of Arizona. 02:36:48
One of the biggest topics that we spent a long time with was retirement systems and benefits. 02:36:54
Particularly for law enforcement. 02:37:00
And the correction officers retirement plan. 02:37:02
There's a lot of. 02:37:04
Has been for several years and will continue to be in the state legislature. 02:37:05
Proposals that could end up being very costly. You can. 02:37:10
So we're looking to. 02:37:13
Get involvement and make sure that we're engaged. 02:37:15
In the retirement system for. 02:37:18
Public safety personnel that we have employees for the county. 02:37:21
Just want to point out that thank you to Finance department for all they do on the budget. 02:37:24
They also have done interviews in the last week and finally I believe they're going to get some help in the purchasing. 02:37:29
End of things. 02:37:35
I know that there's a lot of discussion that we have with the Board of. 02:37:36
Of reaching out to local vendors and all types of things. 02:37:40
Olivia's she's been a trooper of just getting things in line and working so hard. She's going to get some help. 02:37:44
I believe maybe 1 and maybe after July maybe a second one too. 02:37:51
Help with procurement where we can. 02:37:56
Ensure that we are reaching out to local vendors to the greatest extent we possibly can. 02:37:59
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 02:38:04
Uh yeah. Held the Tunnel Basin community meeting on the evening of the third. 02:38:07
Spoke at a Rotary luncheon on the 4th. 02:38:14
Matt with Michael O'Driscoll and Mr. Menlo was a little late, but he got there. 02:38:18
Umm with the team meeting. 02:38:24
I very much appreciate the. 02:38:27
Department heads coming together for team meetings so we can all kind of get on the same page with projects that we're working on. 02:38:29
Umm, I was on KQSS. 02:38:36
Radio last night and I held a community meeting in Roosevelt yesterday at 1:00. 02:38:39
And I'd like to thank all the people that were. 02:38:47
Tuned in to show their interest in what we're doing. I think 71 people when you look out at the. 02:38:52
Out of the people here. 02:38:59
You know, we're pretty thin sometimes on public and a lot of steps. It's great to see that we have. 02:39:01
That many interested people in what's going on in the county. So thank you very much for tuning in. 02:39:06
Thank you supervisor Supervisor client. 02:39:13
OK. 02:39:16
Last week. 02:39:19
Last Wednesday. 02:39:21
I met with the mayors of Hayden Winkelman. 02:39:23
Can you get caught up on some things but also discuss the future of the Hayden Senior Center? 02:39:27
And some county owned properties. 02:39:34
It's down there. 02:39:37
The Senior Center is having some issues and it's financial. 02:39:38
We've. 02:39:42
We've all we've all helped with the senior centers and trying to keep them afloat. 02:39:44
But they've had some cuts from the state. 02:39:49
Pinal County really hasn't stepped up to the plate to contribute a whole lot to help them. 02:39:52
And so they're really struggling. And so I'm probably gonna step out there with some constituent dollars. 02:39:57
And help them get through this. Also, we're going to be working with resolution and. 02:40:04
And also Pinal County. 02:40:08
Me and James is going to be working with them and trying to squeeze some more money out of them. 02:40:10
The Hayden Center. 02:40:15
Covers a really wide range down through that valley. 02:40:18
Gila County and Pinellas County both. And unfortunately, it's kind of like a forgotten corner. 02:40:23
It's out of sight, it's out of mind and it's loaded with really good people down there. 02:40:29
Really, people? 02:40:35
And a lot of those people that that Senior Center supports. 02:40:36
The staff is only the only people they see in a weeks time and so it's more than just a matter of of delivering meals. It's it's 02:40:41
actually. 02:40:46
It's actually a service to check on people's. 02:40:52
Have the folks feel that talk to someone, keep in touch with them so. 02:40:56
So we're really going to try and pull that together. Also, back in the day when Julie Dawson was a supervisor here, she went down 02:41:01
there and bought some property. 02:41:05
Properties and if you'll remember, not too long ago we leased the property to the town of Winkleman, right. 02:41:09
But inside the town of Hayden, we own a bunch more. 02:41:17
Not a bunch. 02:41:21
Price 6 or so in there. One of them is the old laundromat. 02:41:23
Anyway. 02:41:28
I want before I'm out out this term, I want to see those properties get put back in use. 02:41:30
And give back on the role roles so I've been. 02:41:36
Are proposing stuff to the mayor's down there to think about and kick around, and in time I'll be back and for all of us in front 02:41:39
of the board. 02:41:43
Friday I met with Troy and Alex and the engineer from Forest Service. 02:41:48
Michelle is her name and we talked about the 512. 02:41:53
One thing you guys have seen me do for for quite some time if I get blindsided with. 02:41:56
Buy something. I really get ****** really quick. 02:42:02
And so this was a very good meeting and I wanted to thank Alex and Floyd for putting this together. 02:42:06
And I think you guys were getting some mixed signals as much as anybody and so. 02:42:12
It's about 512 Road and possibility of another extension. 02:42:18
And it's really not coming from the Forest Service what I've heard. 02:42:23
But Troy and Alex are going to go forward with another meeting where they're going to have everybody around the same table. 02:42:27
So there can't be any finger pointing this away when someone's not there. 02:42:33
And I think it'll really. 02:42:38
Really have a lot of merit to that. 02:42:40
And I'm hoping that. 02:42:42
That they can work through it and pull things together and. 02:42:43
And we can get something done in a timely manner, but. 02:42:47
In all honesty, the Forest Service is way short staff. 02:42:50
Horribly short staffed. 02:42:54
And yet. 02:42:56
When they're getting the. 02:42:57
The information back for review, they're able to kick that back to them in about 30 days, which I found was amazing. 02:43:00
As many people as they're missing. 02:43:07
In their department, so. 02:43:09
So Troy and Alex. Alex, thank you. Troy's gone, but. 02:43:10
Thank you for doing that. I really appreciate that. 02:43:14
Tomorrow I will be in Mesa. 02:43:18
And I'm sitting on a panel for the Office of Economic Opportunity, OEO. 02:43:22
And there there's sponsoring this meeting. It's a workforce summit to discuss employment and training efforts. 02:43:28
In Arizona, and I'm on a panel, there's three of us it looks like maybe more. 02:43:36
You don't really say, but. 02:43:41
The three of us that are there for sure is the. 02:43:43
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Casa Grande Mayor Lisa Fitzgibbons and myself. 02:43:46
And maybe someone else, I don't know, but that's going to be tomorrow morning from about 8:00 to 9:30. 02:43:53
And I really look forward to this this. 02:43:59
Little. 02:44:02
You know, there's there's really you. 02:44:04
There's a big contrast between US and the big cities. 02:44:06
Phoenix, OR. 02:44:10
Or Tucson. When it comes to work, the rural county gets tough. 02:44:12
And so. 02:44:17
I've been looking real. 02:44:19
Little forward to seeing what? 02:44:21
What we're gonna have to visit about and discuss and go from there. 02:44:24
Umm. Thursday I'll be at the Star Valley. 02:44:28
Public Works Appreciation Day. 02:44:31
Be a good time. 02:44:34
And then Friday A dot is having a meeting inpatient. 02:44:35
On the Lion Springs project. 02:44:40
Basically what they're wanting to do is cut that funding back for what, two or three years? 02:44:43
Yeah, and fund another project that they they need the money on. 02:44:48
I don't want him to do that. 02:44:53
We've been a long time waiting for Lion Springs. We've already gone through a lot, a lot of the processes, you guys, we've all 02:44:54
been a part of it. 02:44:58
And so I wanted to keep that money where it is and get this one done. There's a big. 02:45:02
Big need for that expansion there and I want to see him get it done. I don't know. 02:45:07
If we'll see it or not, but anyway. 02:45:13
I'm gonna be there Friday and I think Alex is gonna be there and Troy's gonna be there. 02:45:15
We'll see what they have to say. 02:45:21
So they're not. That's it, Mr. Chair. Thank you. I will be there as well. 02:45:23
And it is important. 02:45:29
I actually spoke with the chairwoman yesterday. Her name is Jim Daniel. 02:45:32
And she's not sure the way it'll go so. 02:45:37
She doesn't know what the vote will be, in other words. 02:45:42
So the meeting is actually concerning all of their 25 budget. 02:45:45
Your five year plan. 02:45:50
And all of those things and so. 02:45:52
They have a lot of big decisions to make. They've got dozens and dozens of projects. 02:45:55
And so this is the meeting where they're going to decide where the money is going to go. 02:46:00
And yes, I do believe Lion Springs is in danger of being delayed. 02:46:05
I intend to be there. 02:46:10
And if any other supervisors were there. 02:46:12
I think that will be beneficial. It will be at the town hall in Payson. 02:46:16
Starts at 9:00. 02:46:21
And, umm. 02:46:23
We may not have much influence, but. 02:46:26
Whatever they decide is what they decide. 02:46:29
As soon as asking me whether we'd be willing to pay for part of it. 02:46:32
And I said with what? 02:46:35
I know 300,000. 02:46:39
It's like this is $110 million project. 02:46:43
And if they don't do it now, it's going to be a 200 million. 02:46:47
Dollar project and we've had. 02:46:51
How many deaths on it in the last two weeks? 02:46:53
Multiple deaths. 02:46:58
Just in that five mile area. 02:46:59
Head on, crashes, all kinds of things. 02:47:01
So it's important to us, but obviously there's other places in the state that want their roads done. 02:47:04
I actually was able to speak to this on June 5th at their meeting. 02:47:12
And it's one of the reasons why Jen and I were able to get. 02:47:18
A conversation together. 02:47:22
Yesterday I was on KMOG, that went good as usual. Game of fish Commission. 02:47:24
Comes up once a year to Payson. 02:47:29
On the 13th they were there, Great group of people. 02:47:32
We're gonna. 02:47:36
Be making reservations with Sherry here. 02:47:38
To get them into the TCM. 02:47:40
For next June. 02:47:42
And lock that up or to talk to the. 02:47:44
Judge and also I think if we just get it on the calendar permanent and. 02:47:47
And we're good and. 02:47:50
They'll be able to move it away from the small venue that they're in. 02:47:52
Then Pine the Strawberry Pastures had a quilt show on June 6. 02:47:57
Always amazing. 02:48:01
Talent that's in that area. 02:48:03
And we have Flag Day celebrations on the 14th. 02:48:04
And that was great as well. So that's all I have to report. 02:48:10
I thank everyone for the meeting. 02:48:14
Longer than normal. 02:48:16
A wasteful injury. Thank you. 02:48:18