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  • 1.   CALL TO ORDER - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - INVOCATION
  • 2.   PRESENTATIONS:   A.  Public recognition of Rowena Dosela by the Gila County School Superintendent's Office staff to recognize her for being awarded the25 Outstanding Adult Educator of the Year from the Arizona Correctional Educators, Inc. (Roy Sandoval)
  • B.  Information/Discussion regarding the Operational Corrective Action Plan for Russell Gulch and Buckhead Mesa Landfills. (Troy White)
  • 3.   PUBLIC HEARINGS:   A. (Recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convene as the Gila County Library District Board of Directors) Convene a Truth in Taxation (TNT) public hearing to hear from citizens regarding the proposed secondary property tax levy rate of $0.2425 per $100 assessed value for FY26, excluding amounts that are attributable to new construction and any changes that may occur from property tax levies for voter-approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax overrides, that is $2,943.56 greater than the amount allowed without a TNT public hearing; and approve the proposed secondary property tax levy rate of $0.2425 per $100 of assessed value for FY26. (Roll Call Vote) (Elaine Voutruba)
  • B.  Convene a public hearing to hear taxpayers who may wish to comment on the FY26 Gila County Library District Tentative Budget, which was adopted on June,25, or any proposed changes to the FY26 Gila County Library District Tentative Budget; and adopt the FY26 Gila County Library District Budget in the amount of $2,894,904. (Elaine Votruba) (Adjourn as the Gila County Library District Board of Directors and reconvene as the Gila County Board of Supervisors.)
  • C.  Convene a Truth in Taxation (TNT) public hearing to hear from citizens regarding the proposed primary property tax levy for the rate of $4.19 per $100 assessed value for FY26, excluding amounts that are attributable to new construction and any changes that may occur from property tax levies for voter-approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax overrides, that is $314,046.86 greater than the amount allowed without a TNT public hearing; and approve the proposed primary property tax levy rate of $4.19 per $100 of assessed value for FY26. (Roll Call Vote) (Maryn Belling) (Recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convene as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors.)
  • D.  Convene a public hearing to hear taxpayers who may wish to comment on the FY26 Gila County Flood Control District Tentative Budget, which was adopted on June,25, or any proposed changes to the FY26 Gila County Flood Control District Tentative Budget; and adopt the FY26 Gila County Flood Control District Budget in the amount of $737,503. (Maryn Belling) (Adjourn as the Gila County Flood Control District Board of Directors and convene as the Board of Directors for the Gila County Street Lighting Improvement Districts.)
  • E.  Convene a public hearing to hear taxpayers who may wish to comment on the FY26 Gila County Street Lighting Improvement Districts' (SLIDs) Tentative Budgets, which were adopted on June,25, or any proposed changes to the FY26 Gila County SLIDs' Tentative Budgets; and adopt the FY26 Budgets for Gila County SLIDs, as follows: Pine SLID $2,490, Apache Hills SLID $4,023, Upper Glendale/Central Heights SLID $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. (Maryn Belling) (Adjourn as the Board of Directors of the Gila County Street Lighting Improvement Districts and reconvene as the Gila County Board of Supervisors.)
  • F.  Convene a public hearing to hear taxpayers who may wish to comment on the FY26 Gila County Tentative Budget which was adopted on June,25, or any proposed changes to the final FY26 Gila County Tentative Budget; and adopt Resolution No.-07-02 authorizing the adoption of the FY26 Gila County Budget in the amount of $158,297,158. (Maryn Belling)
  • 4.   REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:   G.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-07-05 for installation of regulatory ‘No Parking’ signage along Old County Road starting just south of State Route and continuing towards W. South Road in Pine. (Alex Kendrick)
  • A.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve the FY26 Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Payson and Gila County for Centralized Management of1-1 grant funds for the performance period of July25, and June,26. (Debra Williams)
  • B.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.to Contract No.1521-Sub-Grantee for Project Manager (Workforce Development Crisis Emergency Cooperative Agreement Grant) with WOWZA LLC, extending the term for one additional year from July25, through June,26, for a term amount not to exceed $257,000. (Josh Beck)
  • D.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.to Contract No.2723-Consulting Services - Opioid Abatement with Guild Health Group, extending the term for one additional year from July25, through June,26, for a term amount not to exceed $190,000. (Josh Beck)
  • C.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.to Contract No.2721-Sub-Grantee for Project Management (Health Disparities) with WOWZA LLC, extending the term for one additional year from July25, through June,26, for a term amount not to exceed $245,000. (Josh Beck)   D.  Information/Discussion/Action to approve Amendment No.to Contract No.2723-Consulting Services - Opioid Abatement with Guild Health Group, extending the term for one additional year from July25, through June,26, for a term amount not to exceed $190,000. (JoshBeck)(This item was moved before item)
  • E.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-07-03 designating Maryn Blythe Belling, Finance Director, as the Chief Fiscal Officer for Gila County as required by Arizona Revised Statutes §41-1279.07(E) to submit the FY26 Expenditure Limitation Report to the Arizona Auditor General. (James Menlove)
  • F.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-07-04 for the installation of regulatory ‘Stop’ signage at the intersection of W. Outlaw Lane and S. Ewing Trail located in Tonto Basin. (Alex Kendrick)   G.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-07-05 for installation of regulatory ‘No Parking’ signage along Old County Road starting just south of State Route and continuing towards W. South Road in Pine. (Alex Kendrick)(This item was moved before item)
  • H.  Information/Discussion/Action to adopt Resolution No.-07-06 for the installation of regulatory ‘Stop’ signage at the intersection of N. Western Way and W. Coyote Drive in Strawberry. (Alex Kendrick)
  • I.   Information/Discussion/Action to adopt the FY26 Gila County Salary Plan which provides $1/hour increases for% of staff and5% increases for the remaining% of staff, effective the first full pay period of the fiscal year. (Maryn Belling)
  • 5.  CONSENT AGENDA ACTION ITEMS: (Any matter on the Consent Agenda will be removed from the Consent Agenda and discussed and voted upon as a regular agenda item upon the request of any member of the Board of Supervisors.)   A.  Approval of Amendment No.to Impound Agreement No.112024 with the Humane Society of Central Arizona, Inc. extending the term of the Agreement for one additional one-year term from July25, through June,26.   B.  Approval of Amendment No.to Professional Services Contract No.2724 with Diana G. Montgomery, PLLC increasing the amount of the contract by $10,000 to an amount not to exceed $61,200 for the contract term of July24, through June,25.   C.   Approval of Amendment No.to Contract No. CTR056376, based on Arizona State Procurement Cooperative Contract No. CTR056376, with APIC Solutions, Inc. extending the term of the Contract through September,25.   D.  Approval of an Inspection Services Agreement to Enforce Installation Standards between Gila County and the Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing (OMH) for the purpose of enforcing installation standards of OMH for manufactured homes, mobile homes, and factory-built buildings for a period of three years from the date of execution by OMH.   E.   Approval of the Board of Supervisors' June25, June,25, June,25, and July25, meeting minutes.
  • 6.   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 A.R.S. §-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.
  • 7.   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.      EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS: (The Board of Supervisors may vote to go into executive session on one or all of the items listed in this section.  No action will be taken by the Board while in executive session.)(There were no Executive Session items discussed)   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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Great. So I'd like to call. 00:00:00
This meeting to order regular. 00:00:02
Special meeting of the Board of Supervisors and it's July 22nd. 00:00:04
2025 and it's about 6 minutes after 10. 00:00:08
And I've asked Josh Beck to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and we have. 00:00:12
The prayer this morning will be by Lance Marble. 00:00:16
Are you in Payson? 00:00:19
Yes, OK. 00:00:22
Immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance. Go ahead and lead us in that prayer, then thank. 00:00:23
Allegiance to the flag. 00:00:30
Of the United States of America. 00:00:32
And to the Republic. 00:00:34
Which it stands. 00:00:36
One nation under God. 00:00:37
Invisible with liberty of justice for all. 00:00:39
What is the board staff of those gathers? 00:00:46
Thank you Lord, for your creation. 00:00:50
Beautiful, fortunate that we get to enjoy every day. 00:00:53
We thank you for the flu and weather. 00:00:57
At this time, Lord, I pray with the wisdom. 00:01:03
Supervisor. 00:01:08
Give them the ability to prioritize. 00:01:10
Desire to make people happy. 00:01:20
A place where we. 00:01:22
Right here, wasn't on this meeting. 00:01:25
Both together to participate in it. 00:01:27
Those who will be affected by. 00:01:30
Play this in the name of Jesus. 00:01:33
Man, thank you. 00:01:35
I I. 00:01:37
All right, we have a few things this morning and so let's just get right into it. 00:01:44
UMM 2A is a presentation, a public recognition of. 00:01:49
Rowena Dosella. 00:01:52
By the Gila County School Superintendent's office staff. 00:01:54
To recognize her for being awarded the 2025. 00:01:57
Outstanding adult educator of the year. 00:02:00
From the Arizona. 00:02:04
Correctional Educators Incorporated. Good morning, Mr. Sandoval. 00:02:05
Thank you. 00:02:10
As you know. 00:02:14
We work with the tribe. 00:02:16
To provide educational services to pay 12 adult education. 00:02:18
We also have. 00:02:26
An adult. We have a Justice Center there. 00:02:27
Now the correctional. 00:02:30
Facilities have their own association. 00:02:36
And then? 00:02:39
Quite a network. 00:02:40
Arizona. 00:02:43
And we have an inflation. 00:02:46
Of having the. 00:02:49
Is. 00:02:57
Is chosen for that and I. 00:03:00
And the hardest thing? 00:03:05
Telling no when she asked for. 00:03:07
Rewards for the kids motivate children. 00:03:10
She's a great person for that if you. 00:03:14
And I would invite you. 00:03:16
Over Christmas. 00:03:21
She says a different program. 00:03:23
Correctional Facility. 00:03:28
It's unbelievable. 00:03:32
They feed you well. 00:03:36
And they just did a tremendous job. 00:03:37
So I. 00:03:40
I would like to honor her. We she has a plaque and we have some flowers and we have cake at our office. 00:03:41
We're gonna bring it in here. You can stop by and we'll give you a cake then. 00:03:47
Meeting. But Louena, thank you so much. 00:03:51
And these are. 00:03:53
Thank you and we are you. 00:03:55
Thank you. 00:03:58
Would you like to say a couple of words? Sure. 00:04:06
Don't ask for money. 00:04:08
And then after. 00:04:11
Say a few words, we're gonna have a picture, All group picture. OK. 00:04:13
Thank you very much. 00:04:16
Thank you very much, Gila County Board of Supervisors. 00:04:18
For this special opportunity. 00:04:21
To share my pride and joy. 00:04:23
In receiving. 00:04:26
The outstanding adult. 00:04:27
Educator of the Year. 00:04:29
From the Arizona Correctional Educators. 00:04:31
ACE is the foremost professional membership organization. 00:04:34
Devoted to correctional educators. 00:04:39
And related professionals in Arizona. 00:04:41
Representing members from. 00:04:45
Federal. State. County. 00:04:47
Tribe and community based jurisdictions. 00:04:50
A stands as the states active. 00:04:54
Body in the field. 00:04:57
ACE advocates excellence in correctional and alternative. 00:04:59
Education. Uh. 00:05:04
Providing high quality. 00:05:05
Services and resources. 00:05:07
For its members. 00:05:09
Ace values and remote superior. 00:05:11
Innovative. 00:05:13
And evidence based. 00:05:15
Practices as a correctional educator I have been with a. 00:05:17
For 15 years. 00:05:21
Actively representing Gila County. 00:05:23
In 2013, ACE presented me with outstanding juvenile. 00:05:27
Educator of the Year Award. 00:05:32
Then in 2015. 00:05:34
I received the Heliconi Feature of the Year award. 00:05:36
In this same hallowed venue. 00:05:40
Last month on June 5th. 00:05:43
I was again chosen by AIDS. 00:05:45
As the outstanding Educator of the year. 00:05:47
This time in the adult category. 00:05:50
The award ceremony took place in Maricopa. 00:05:53
I am grateful to Mr. Roy Sandoval. 00:05:57
Hill County School Superintendent. 00:06:00
For his active leadership. 00:06:03
And dedication. 00:06:05
To holistic, equitable. 00:06:06
And quality educational services. 00:06:09
To both youthful. 00:06:12
And adults. 00:06:13
I am a proud member of his dynamic. 00:06:15
Team of educators. 00:06:17
And I am privileged. 00:06:19
To serve the youth. 00:06:21
And. 00:06:22
Juvenile residents. 00:06:23
At the San Carlos Adult and Juvenile Rehabilitation. 00:06:24
And detention center. 00:06:29
I am also grateful to Mr. Myron Moses. 00:06:30
The executive director of the detention center. 00:06:34
For nominating me. 00:06:37
To receive this award. 00:06:39
More so his ardent support of our education program. 00:06:41
I'm thankful as well to Mr. Trent Lyon. 00:06:46
Our Healey County associate Superintendent. 00:06:50
My colleagues. 00:06:53
Students. Friends. 00:06:55
And. 00:06:57
For their positive influence and inspiration. 00:06:58
Finally, to God Almighty. 00:07:02
For all the blessings he has endowed me with. 00:07:04
So I can continue teaching minds. 00:07:08
Touching hearts. 00:07:10
And transforming lives. 00:07:11
And to all of us. 00:07:14
Who are here? 00:07:15
Thank you very much for the work that you do for Healy County. 00:07:17
God bless us all. 00:07:20
Thank you. 00:07:22
Supervisor has. 00:07:26
Everything you'd like that? 00:07:28
Just thank you very much for your dedication and. 00:07:30
And and your persistence in. 00:07:33
In helping educate the people that perhaps if they had an earlier education. 00:07:36
They could take a different. 00:07:41
Walk in life and so. 00:07:42
With you. 00:07:44
And your interest perhaps from here on they? 00:07:45
They can make changes so. 00:07:48
Thank you very much. 00:07:49
You're welcome. 00:07:51
Supervisor client. 00:07:52
Thank you so much. That's outstanding. 00:07:53
Thank you for all the hard work you're doing. 00:07:56
Really appreciate it. 00:07:58
Yes, thank you. You are award-winning and deserving. So we would like to take a. 00:08:00
Photo will come on down. 00:08:05
OK. 00:08:07
Don't think anyone wants the. 00:08:31
I I. 00:08:48
Thank you. 00:09:02
She has to get back to the class. 00:09:13
Thank you very much. 00:09:18
OK everyone, she has set the example on how? 00:09:26
To speak into the microphone. 00:09:30
So let's do that. 00:09:33
Our next item is 2B. 00:09:36
Information discussion regarding the operational corrective action plan for. 00:09:38
Russell Gulchin, Black Buckhead Mesa Landfills. 00:09:42
And so we have. 00:09:46
Mr. White with us today. 00:09:48
Thank you, Chairman and. 00:09:51
Board of Supervisors again Troy White and are in Public Works Director for the presentation, not the report. 00:09:53
Yeah, I just want to. 00:10:01
First of all, before I. 00:10:03
Get started and kick this off, I just want to say. 00:10:05
We got a remarkable. 00:10:10
The crew at the landfill and the people that have been there for a while are really. 00:10:13
Top performers and it's really because of them that. 00:10:18
The landfill is in as good a condition that is. 00:10:22
That it's in. We have some very dedicated staff. 00:10:26
And this presentation is not in any way a reflection on them. 00:10:29
Or what they do. But with that said, we do have some. 00:10:33
Operational. 00:10:37
Challenges, uh. 00:10:38
That I want to go over. 00:10:40
Aaron and I have been working about on this. 00:10:42
Almost right when I got here. 00:10:44
And one of the first tours that I took at the landfill. 00:10:48
I had noticed that there. 00:10:51
Operational issues going on and me and Aaron have been working on. 00:10:54
You know, coming up with a plan to correct some of the deficiencies that we have at the landfill. So this is. 00:10:58
A couple of months in the work. 00:11:04
To say the least so. 00:11:07
Some of our key findings that we. 00:11:08
That we really want to talk about is. 00:11:11
The staff time at the landfill. 00:11:15
Is uh. 00:11:17
Totally consumed with this. 00:11:18
Dealing with. 00:11:19
Crash. They're not doing anything. 00:11:20
Outside of that, there's a lot of different. 00:11:22
Regulatory. 00:11:25
Requirements on the landfills. 00:11:27
There's a lot of other operational needs for the landfill, maintenance of the landfill, and some of those things are being 00:11:29
neglected because the only thing the landfills are doing is dealing with trash. 00:11:35
When the staff starts. 00:11:42
When they're on the clock. 00:11:46
There's a line at the. 00:11:47
And when they check out. 00:11:49
They're just finishing the last couple of cars coming through. 00:11:50
So there's nothing outside of dealing with trash that they're doing on the landfill. 00:11:53
Turnover is another thing I want to talk a little bit about. We have. 00:11:59
Very high turnover rate. 00:12:02
At the landfill. 00:12:04
And this is kind of a self. 00:12:06
Perpetuating issue that we have. 00:12:08
I think we have a plan in place that can. 00:12:11
Can correct that the overtime since January of this year and this was as of June when I did this presentation. 00:12:13
Putting this together. 00:12:19
We have over 2000 overtime. 00:12:21
Hours overtime in six months. 00:12:24
Is very high. 00:12:26
Very high. We've got to get that way down. 00:12:27
We do have some operational failures, such as inconsistency and compaction. 00:12:31
The inability to do some daily cover, some storm water management, talk a little bit about that. 00:12:36
And then our equipment, we do have some undersized contractors which is causing premature filling of the cells. 00:12:42
And then we have a management gap where the manager is overwhelmed in the daily operations that he's not doing any of the. 00:12:48
Managerial stuff and the long term planning that he should be doing. 00:12:54
So the urgent need here is a comprehensive action plan to stabilize staffing, restore core operations and enable strategic 00:12:58
management of the landfill. 00:13:02
So some of the critical operational deficiencies. 00:13:08
Umm, that you? 00:13:11
Probably are aware of some of these, but. 00:13:14
We have 4 oversight of the green waste and metal recycling. 00:13:16
We've got huge. 00:13:20
Huge metal recycling piles out there right now, and we have huge. 00:13:21
Green waste. 00:13:25
Files out there several green waste piles they should never get. 00:13:27
To that extent. 00:13:30
Ever the green waste and metal recycling should be on an as needed basis. 00:13:31
Worked with Aaron. 00:13:37
On how to set those contracts up and we're going to be doing that. 00:13:39
Coming up here shortly, should he have the time to be able to do that? I'll talk about that in a little bit. 00:13:41
We have instant. 00:13:47
Efficient compaction going on at the landfill. 00:13:48
So, uh. 00:13:51
That's a critical thing because that's. 00:13:52
We're not maximizing our airspace, so we're reducing the lifespan of the landfills. 00:13:55
By not getting sufficient compaction. 00:14:01
We have inadequate daily cover supposed to be. 00:14:05
Covering the trash daily if you don't. 00:14:08
Not only is it a regulatory issue, but you got trash that goes around, gets out into the forest, gets into the neighborhoods and 00:14:11
things like that. 00:14:14
Inconsistent scale maintenance. 00:14:19
Large debris pilot Russell goats that we haven't been able to deal with. 00:14:21
Elected pond maintenance. 00:14:26
For stormwater, channel basin upkeep and just overall site conditions at the landfills are pretty. 00:14:28
Right now. 00:14:34
So the number one problem. 00:14:36
That we've identified is the turnover rate. We have a 92% turnover rate and a two year period that's extremely, extremely high. 00:14:37
That has to be dealt with. 00:14:47
We're actually going to be running out of people to hire. We keep going at this rate. 00:14:50
I mean, if we go through the people in the globe and the three. 00:14:54
People and patient that have CDL licenses. 00:14:57
We're just we're just pinching ourselves into a corner so we have to deal with this issue. 00:15:00
Of this turnover rate, there's. 00:15:05
Several things that I think we can do to help address that. Again, we've got 2000 overtime. 00:15:07
Hours and six months, what that's doing, it's causing burnout. 00:15:12
So when I said it's perpetuating. 00:15:17
Issue is. 00:15:19
We hire staff. 00:15:21
But we lose down. 00:15:22
So the staff we have have to work overtime. 00:15:23
It burns them out. It's not what they signed up for. 00:15:26
They quit. 00:15:29
We are new staff. 00:15:30
It's just a vicious cycle. 00:15:32
Because we're always short staffed. 00:15:34
So we have to deal with, we have to deal with that issue. 00:15:36
We have the managerial director. 00:15:39
Rain Aaron is. 00:15:41
Constantly being pulled into the daily oper. 00:15:43
All the time. He's not doing any of the managerial stuff. 00:15:47
He's either filling in on a dump truck or he's filling it at the scale house, or he just. 00:15:50
He's basically just feeling in at the operations at the landfill, so some of the issues he should be paying attention to, he's not 00:15:56
able to do so. 00:15:59
And we need that. We need to fix that issue as well. 00:16:04
So the impact is really a reduced capacity needed in the basic operational standards of the way. 00:16:07
And so. 00:16:12
So when it comes to what? 00:16:16
What's being neglected by Aaron? 00:16:18
Not by his choice, but because he's caught in these daily operations. He's not doing any of the strategic planning for the 00:16:20
landfill. 00:16:23
What are we going to do in 10 years, 20 years, 30 years? What are we going to do when Russell go to that capacity? Where are we 00:16:27
going? Are we going to continue landfill here in flow? 00:16:31
That stuff should be. 00:16:37
Planning and being worked on now. 00:16:39
By Aaron Not two years before it's due or whatever. These things takes years and years and years. 00:16:41
Planning. He should be working on that. 00:16:46
Financial management oversight, which he needs to be paying more attention to. 00:16:49
Putting more policies and procedures in place. 00:16:54
Program development. 00:16:57
We have no Greenway solution. We know we're going to chip it, we know we're going to spread it, but it's really not a solution for 00:16:59
the long term viability of what we're going to do with green waste for the county. 00:17:04
We don't have. 00:17:09
You know, a recycling feasibility study. 00:17:12
We really, really need to do that. That goes directly to the airspace in the landfill. 00:17:15
Even if recycling costs you a little bit. 00:17:21
In the end, does it really save you money by not taking up that air space? 00:17:24
Causing you to do another expansion quicker. 00:17:29
That's the kind of stuff that you need to be looking into when doing those kind of high level. 00:17:31
Studies on. 00:17:35
The county hazardous house. 00:17:37
Household waste program. 00:17:39
We kind of partner with patient not really doing much here and Globe, but we really need a county wide program for that. 00:17:40
And maybe even more importantly than. 00:17:47
Then most of the stuff up here is we have no formal retention program. 00:17:49
Because we have such a high turnover. 00:17:53
In the waste. 00:17:55
Division Aaron really needs to be. 00:17:58
Figuring out a way how we can retain employees and what does that mean and what do we need to do in order to retain? 00:18:01
Employees over a longer. 00:18:08
Period of time instead of having a 92% turnover rate. 00:18:10
So basically we have the inability to operate strategically. 00:18:14
You can ensure efficiency or guarantee long term sustainability right now unless airing and start doing what he was hired to do 00:18:18
which is his managerial role. 00:18:22
So some of the recommendations that we have that we think that can get us a long way there. 00:18:27
Is #1 we want to sit the Russell Gulch. 00:18:32
Schedule. Uh. 00:18:35
From 6:00 AM. 00:18:37
To 3:00 PM. Right now it's 6:00 to 4:00. 00:18:38
And we want to go 6 to 3. 00:18:41
What this does, it gives an hour and a half. 00:18:43
At the end of each day. 00:18:46
For the operators. 00:18:48
To do things that they're supposed to be doing outside of just dealing with the trash. 00:18:49
Rebuilding the shelf, rebuilding the road, doing the basin maintenance, bringing more dirt over. 00:18:54
For the Daily Cover. 00:18:59
All those other operational issues that they should be doing that they're not doing, this will allow them to time to do that. 00:19:01
We also want to do just for rational goats have two people work. 00:19:08
Five hours of overtime on Sunday. 00:19:12
The reason this is really important. Now remember we're doing 2000. 00:19:14
Hours of overtime. 00:19:18
Right now in a six month period, so even though we're recommending overtime for Sundays, we should see if we implement this plan 00:19:20
that we want to implement, we should see the overtime go way down. 00:19:24
In landfill operations. 00:19:30
But the reason we want them to come in on a Sunday is because there's no traffic in the landfill and at Russellville specifically, 00:19:33
the dirt pile we use for daily cover for cover. 00:19:38
Is way over on the other side of the landfill. 00:19:43
And it just takes a lot of time to move that dirt over to where you're going to be covering. So what we'd like to do is have a 00:19:46
couple people come in on Sunday. 00:19:50
Get a nice stockpile. 00:19:55
Daily cover move it over through the week so it's closer by so that the guys that. 00:19:57
That are closing down at the end of every day. 00:20:01
They have the dirt aisle right there next to them. 00:20:04
And they can take as much advantage of that extra hour and a half we're giving them as possible. 00:20:07
Also if there's any basin maintenance that needs to take. 00:20:12
Place or storm channel maintenance needs to take place, which there is and. 00:20:15
Constantly is but. 00:20:19
They can hit those things too. 00:20:20
So even though we're we're recommending overtime, we should see overtime as a whole come way down for the landfill. 00:20:22
We're also recommending hiring Assistant Operations Manager. 00:20:29
I think this is crucial for breaking the vicious cycle that we're in. 00:20:34
And for? 00:20:37
Getting Aaron Moore out of the day-to-day operations. 00:20:39
Of the landfill so he can concentrate on those other. 00:20:43
Issues that we discussed on the previous slide. 00:20:46
He can act as a manager and operation manager. I want to talk a little bit about. 00:20:49
What we get with that operations manager, assistant operations manager here in another slide. 00:20:54
We need to procure proper. 00:21:03
Compaction equipment, which is. 00:21:05
Heavier. Larger. 00:21:07
Compactors. I think that was recommended a couple years ago. 00:21:08
They're very expensive. We'll probably have to do something like the lease to own. 00:21:12
To be able to fit it into the budget performer. 00:21:15
We'll need to work with Marin on exactly how we would do that, but. 00:21:19
With the Empire. 00:21:23
Proper compactors we are not. 00:21:24
We're losing airspace. We shouldn't be losing. 00:21:26
So actually. 00:21:29
Costing ourselves money by filling the landfill up quicker than we should be if we had the compactors. 00:21:31
And getting the. 00:21:36
The maximum. 00:21:38
Benefit out of that airspace that we can and probably end up saving US money in the long run. 00:21:40
To be quite honest. 00:21:45
And then we want to modify the holiday schedule. 00:21:48
And that is, I think there's 5 or 6 holidays. 00:21:51
Five, There's five holidays that the land people don't don't get to, the rest of the county does get. 00:21:56
And it's kind of typical in the landfill industry because. 00:22:01
We operate in the landfill, we have to be there for the haulers. 00:22:06
But we did do a survey with the haulers. 00:22:10
I've attached it to the back end of the presentation if you had a chance to look at that. 00:22:13
But there's two days. 00:22:17
That don't seem to really impact the hollers. 00:22:19
At all. We've reached out to him, We've talked to most of them. We sent him a survey. They responded back to us. 00:22:22
And it seems like Memorial Day and Labor Day. 00:22:28
I'm not going to be really an issue for anybody if we take those two days off. 00:22:30
And I think that will go a long way. 00:22:34
With helping us with our retention. 00:22:38
Because not only are these guys working all the time because they're short staffed, but they don't get the holidays off either. 00:22:40
So if we can give them these extra 2 holidays, I think that'll go a long way with improving. 00:22:46
Our retention and our staff morale is desperately needed. 00:22:51
There So why in this system operations manager is essential? 00:22:54
It's going to enable. 00:23:00
Strategic leadership. 00:23:02
For Aaron. 00:23:04
To start focusing on those things that I mentioned earlier. 00:23:05
It's also going to restore operational. 00:23:08
Oversight. 00:23:11
We've got two different landfills kind of doing things in two different ways, but we really need to have a central person. 00:23:12
That's directing the operations, the other critical. 00:23:18
Piece of that is. 00:23:21
Is instead of Aaron coming in when we're short staff, which we will be? 00:23:22
It's going to be the assistant. 00:23:26
Manager comes in. 00:23:28
It will be CDL certified that can come in and help run the landfill when we're short. 00:23:30
We are always short at the landfill. 00:23:34
Probably always will be. 00:23:37
And instead of pulling Errant in, it would be nice to pull the assistant manager in and then he can float between Russell. 00:23:39
And between bucket. 00:23:45
It's also going to improve the consistently. 00:23:48
Consistency, like I said, and also. 00:23:50
Address, uh. 00:23:53
Retention. 00:23:54
Because this, this person will be really. 00:23:57
I'm working with Aaron. 00:23:59
Worked on that employee retention program that so desperately needed for the county. 00:24:01
So the implementation in the path forward is right now. 00:24:08
What we're doing is unsustainable. We got staff burnout. 00:24:12
And turnover continue. We have operational values that are persistent. We have airspace that's consumed too rapidly, and we have 00:24:16
0. 00:24:20
Strategic planning going on right now. 00:24:24
So our recommendation? 00:24:27
Will offer a realistic solution. It's going to stabilize staffing. 00:24:29
Via the schedules. 00:24:33
Overtime structure, the holiday policy and a retention focus. 00:24:35
Restore score operations via maintenance windows, proper equipment oversight and enable strategic management via the Assistant 00:24:39
manager, freeing up the manager to do. 00:24:44
When he was hired to do. 00:24:49
So our outcome that we hope by this is to regain stability, ensure compliance, extend the landfill life. 00:24:51
And secure long term viability and environmental stewardship for healing. 00:24:57
So just. 00:25:05
In conclusion. 00:25:06
Umm, we'd like to move forward with some of the things that we mentioned today, if not all. Unless you. 00:25:08
Have some serious concerns with them. 00:25:14
We believe this will help protect employee well-being. 00:25:16
Restore central operations for the landfill, extend the useful life of the landfill and ensure I'm currently. 00:25:20
Compliance. 00:25:26
With that, I would be happy to answer any questions. 00:25:28
Thank you, Mr. White. Thank you for that presentation, Supervisor Humphrey. 00:25:32
I don't have a lot of questions because we've. 00:25:37
I've gone through a lot of this with you even. 00:25:39
Manage your mental up and showed him some of the situation. 00:25:43
That you guys were dealing with so he would understand when you came to the board. 00:25:47
With some of this. 00:25:51
Umm, that he would understand. 00:25:54
Why? Why the need is necessary? 00:25:57
And so, yeah, where I'm at, if you're always short handed, if we need a position. 00:26:00
Or two there. 00:26:07
To keep from having so much overtime, it's great. 00:26:09
And we talked about the idea of changing. 00:26:12
So that. 00:26:15
All your operators had time in the afternoon to cover some of the garbage that they collected during the day. 00:26:16
And. 00:26:22
Earlier, I asked Aaron and you were sitting next to Aaron. 00:26:24
The dump was in a. 00:26:28
Pretty rough. 00:26:29
Area there where there was only places for two vehicles to dump the road with Steve, the garbage wasn't covered. 00:26:30
And so I'm very thankful to the people from Payson and the operators. 00:26:36
That work. 00:26:41
Within the county. 00:26:42
To throw in and help you get a better. 00:26:44
Dumping station and to get a lot of dirt pulled up and things of that nature. 00:26:46
To get us back to where we can operate for the. 00:26:51
Amount of garbage that Russell Gulch kids. 00:26:55
And so I thank you very much for your presentation today. I think it is very much needed. 00:26:59
And if a proper compactor is $1,000,000? 00:27:04
We got to close the dump someday. 00:27:08
But it's not tomorrow. 00:27:11
And so with all this garbage comes. 00:27:12
Shipping fees. 00:27:15
So I think we have time to pay for a better. 00:27:16
A piece of equipment down the road, if it's going to. 00:27:20
Help us with our airspace and our compaction. 00:27:23
And help our. 00:27:26
Dump operate better so. 00:27:27
I thank you very much. 00:27:30
For Aaron, you know, for your dedication and and for. 00:27:31
Our communication and what was going forward so. 00:27:36
Thank you very much for bringing that to the board today. It is an extremely important issue. 00:27:40
And I know that because I've got multiple multiple. 00:27:46
Calls and I have been to the landfill multiple multiple times. 00:27:49
And so yeah, it does need some fixing, so. 00:27:54
Thank you very much for your presentation today. 00:27:58
Thank you. Thank you, Supervisor Klein, Troy, Aaron, thank you. 00:28:01
I've got more questions than we have time. 00:28:06
You know I. 00:28:09
Appreciate you rolling this into a presentation for us, but quite honestly. 00:28:10
I've ever seen this step up into a work session. 00:28:15
Because there's definitely questions that I have that's going to take some time to answer. 00:28:18
You know, looking back in the past, we've had the conversations on equipment and landfill. 00:28:23
And just example work. 00:28:28
Excuse me, we're hauling things material with dump trucks. 00:28:31
We need a scraper. We purchased a scraper. You know we need to do this. We do that. We. 00:28:34
We build the. 00:28:39
Cell A you know for. 00:28:41
Can last us 10 years. We're going to do all these sorts of things. 00:28:43
And now it almost seems like we're back. 00:28:48
Not at square one, but even maybe a little bit behind that. 00:28:50
And so. 00:28:54
When it comes to like overtime for the for the guys on Sunday. 00:28:56
I think that's something when you talk about burnout. 00:29:01
That that doesn't help. 00:29:04
You know, I, you know, maybe there's a way of getting that done throughout the country. So I have all these questions, Troy. 00:29:06
Sure that I. 00:29:13
Quite honestly, we do not have time today in this meeting the answer so. 00:29:16
In my opinion, Mr. James, I'd like to see this rolled up into a work session as soon as we can. 00:29:20
And we can have the time it takes. I'm not comfortable to sit here and give you the knot. 00:29:26
The landfills operate off an enterprise fund. 00:29:31
I don't know where we are with money. 00:29:35
Come from the standpoint of an enterprise fund. 00:29:38
We've raised the dump fees already. 00:29:40
You know, is there, is there risk of having to raise them again? 00:29:43
All these answers. 00:29:48
Are all these questions that I have? 00:29:50
I need answer. 00:29:52
Before we go the next step. 00:29:53
And the only way, quite honestly we can do it is just a. 00:29:54
Have a work session where we could talk. 00:29:57
Absolutely. Thank you. 00:29:59
Yeah, Thank you, Mr. White. So and we have had conversations on this personally as well. 00:30:02
And I agree with your assessment. 00:30:07
And I appreciate the fact that you're able to come into. 00:30:10
Hula County as an interim director. 00:30:14
And notice. 00:30:17
Things that have not been either noticed or mentioned. 00:30:18
And so, in my opinion, the landfills need a lot of attention. 00:30:22
And it's not because we lack. 00:30:26
That talent at the moment. 00:30:28
No. You know, reflection on our current employee, but our structure. 00:30:31
And all of that needs to be looked at strongly. I do agree we should have. 00:30:35
An intense work session on it. 00:30:39
I would like to have answers on what is the 2000 hours of overtime actually cost us. 00:30:41
How? How we can actually get the? 00:30:49
Green waste and the metal waste. 00:30:53
That are handled. 00:30:54
And I understand Aaron being pulled way too many directions. There's way too much here. 00:30:56
And quite honestly, he inherited situations that have been ongoing for a very long time. 00:31:02
And we don't need to necessarily get into that, but we don't want to continue going. 00:31:09
Just blindly saying, well, you know, it'll work out eventually. It won't, We have to. 00:31:14
Do some things. 00:31:19
What the purchase of additional equipment looks like, how we're going to do that recycling is something that I've always felt we 00:31:21
should be trying to do. Let's not put. 00:31:25
Things in the landfill. 00:31:29
That we can recycle. 00:31:30
It was a bit astonishing a few weeks ago when. 00:31:34
We had. 00:31:37
Put so much into the Russell Gulch expansion and then all of a sudden it's like. 00:31:38
While we're a year or two away of filling it up and I'm thinking, wait a minute, I thought we had. 00:31:42
Many, many years, and so only. 00:31:46
The recommended. 00:31:48
Solutions that you have I think are all good. I put a little star next to all of them because I think that they're all worth 00:31:50
looking at. 00:31:53
I need to know the numbers though, So what would an assistant manager? 00:31:56
Look like. 00:32:01
As far as? 00:32:02
Pricing goes and. 00:32:03
You know, are we going to eliminate? 00:32:05
Something to pay for that. 00:32:08
And are we going to be able to get talent into that position with what we're offering to pay? 00:32:10
All those kind of things. 00:32:15
And so I do honestly believe a work section sooner rather than later. 00:32:16
I have also directed Mr. Manilow that we could have an executive session. 00:32:21
To discuss the position of the Public Works Manager. 00:32:25
And all the details there as we. 00:32:30
Will eventually approach. 00:32:32
A decision based on that. 00:32:34
And so. 00:32:36
I'm hoping that we can pull that together. 00:32:37
Sooner rather than later as well. 00:32:39
So that's that's where I'm at. Appreciate your great presentation, excellent feedback. Thank you very much. Yeah, Aaron, did you 00:32:42
have anything you'd like to add? 00:32:45
No, Mr. Chairman, OK. All right, that sounds good. Thank you very much. 00:32:50
OK. All right. 00:32:55
All right. We're going to now move to item three, our public hearings. 00:32:58
Item 3A. 00:33:02
Requires A roll call vote, which we'll be doing later. 00:33:04
But right now, I will ask for a motion to recesses the Heel County Board of Supervisors. 00:33:07
And convenience. The Healer County Library District Board of directors. 00:33:12
So moved. I'll second it. 00:33:16
We have a motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:33:18
Hi, hi, hi. 00:33:21
All right, we're going to convene a Truth in Taxation public hearing to hear from citizens regarding the proposed secondary 00:33:23
property. 00:33:27
Tax levy rate of. 00:33:31
.2425. 00:33:33
Per 100 assessed value for. 00:33:36
Fiscal year 2026, including amounts that are attributed to new. 00:33:38
Construction and any changes that may occur from property tax levies for voter approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax 00:33:43
overrides. 00:33:47
That is. 00:33:51
$2943.56. 00:33:52
Cents greater than the amount allowed without. 00:33:56
A truth in taxation of public hearing. 00:33:59
And approve the proposed secondary property tax levy rate of. 00:34:01
.2425 per 100. 00:34:05
Of assessed value for. 00:34:09
Fiscal year 2026. 00:34:10
Good morning. 00:34:13
Hope all of you are doing well this morning. 00:34:14
The Hewlett County Library District board has published a notice of hearing. 00:34:17
This is to notify property taxpayers that the proposed secondary property tax levy. 00:34:20
For FY20 26. 00:34:25
Is greater than the amount levied per FY20 25. 00:34:26
At the current secondary property rate of 0.2425 per $100.00 of assessed value. 00:34:30
The property tax levy for FY20 6. 00:34:36
Is rejected to be 1. 00:34:39
$631,847. 00:34:41
Or 1.1264%. 00:34:44
Greater than the maximum tax rate without AT&T public hearing. 00:34:48
Staff recommended the board hold a public hearing to receive all comments from citizens regarding maintaining the. 00:34:53
Current tax rate. 00:34:58
At value and that any motion be adopted. 00:35:00
Any motion to adopt an increased levy to be voted on by roll call. 00:35:04
OK. Thank you. Elaine, any. 00:35:09
Question Supervisor Humphrey Questions. 00:35:10
Supervisor Klein, I'm good. Thank you, Elaine. 00:35:13
Right. Thank you, Elaine. And so I'll close our discussion and open it up for public hearing anyone and glow? 00:35:15
On the Internet. 00:35:22
Or Payson that wishes to speak. 00:35:23
No, OK. We'll close the public hearing then and. 00:35:25
This requires A roll call vote. 00:35:30
I will say though, as a comment that we have not raised the. 00:35:32
They're not. This is just part of. 00:35:36
A truth in taxation. 00:35:39
Presentation. 00:35:43
To show that increased. 00:35:44
Assessed valuations. 00:35:46
Are going to increase the. 00:35:48
Your mouth that we collect. 00:35:49
That is correct. 00:35:51
Listening, we have not increased the rate. 00:35:53
And with that, I will call on the clerk of the Board for local. 00:35:56
Supervisor Humphrey, may I have your vote? 00:36:00
Hi Supervisor Klein, may I have your? 00:36:03
Aye, Supervisor Christensen, may I have your vote? 00:36:07
I I show the unanimous eye to approve. 00:36:12
And we thank you. And now let's move to item. 00:36:14
3B can be a public hearing. 00:36:17
Hear taxpayers who may wish to come in on the fiscal year. 00:36:19
202016 County Library district tentative budget. 00:36:23
Which was adopted on June 17th, 2025. 00:36:26
Or any proposed changes to the fiscal year? 00:36:29
2026 Yuba County Library District 10 the budget. 00:36:32
And adopted the fiscal year 2026. 00:36:35
Your County Library. 00:36:37
District budget in the amount of $2,894,904. 00:36:39
Elaine, I think you said it all. 00:36:46
Any questions? Super harder Humphrey. 00:36:51
No questions. 00:36:54
Supervisor Klein? No, I don't have any either. 00:36:55
And I don't either. 00:36:58
And this does not require a roll call vote, is that correct? 00:37:00
But with that, I'll call for a motion. 00:37:03
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to adopt the Fiscal year 2026 HeLa County Library District. 00:37:05
Budget in the amount of 2,894,000. 00:37:10
904 dollars. 00:37:14
I'll second that. Did we need a motion on the other one? 00:37:17
You know we've missed it gently. 00:37:22
On what other one? 00:37:26
And I move to approve the County Library district proposal on a. 00:37:28
OK, we'll we'll ask the clerk of the board. Did we miss something? 00:37:34
OK, so there was an. 00:37:40
It wasn't a motion, we just went straight to a vote. 00:37:43
OK, let's finish this one first and then we'll go back. All right, so. 00:37:51
We have a motion. 00:37:55
Do we have a motion in a second to approve Item 3B made the motion. 00:37:57
I'll second it. OK, We have a motion in the second to approve item. 00:38:01
3B Those in favor say aye. 00:38:04
Aye, aye, aye. 00:38:07
All right, so let's go back and revisit Item 3A. 00:38:08
And with that I will call for a motion. 00:38:12
I move to approve Hilo County Library District proposed. 00:38:16
Secondary. 00:38:19
Property tax levy rate. 00:38:21
0.2425. 00:38:23
OR 100 assessed value. 00:38:25
For fiscal year 2026. 00:38:27
And I'll second that. 00:38:29
OK. We have a motion and a second I'll call for. 00:38:31
All vote from the. 00:38:34
Click on the board Supervisor Humphrey, may I have your vote? 00:38:36
Aye, Supervisor Klein, may I have your vote Aye? 00:38:39
Supervisor Christensen, may I have your vote? 00:38:42
Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you for bringing that up. I. 00:38:45
Missed that one. 00:38:49
We'll move on now to Item 3C, which is convenient truth and taxation. 00:38:50
Public hearing to hear from citizens regarding. 00:38:54
The proposed primary tax. 00:38:58
Levy for the rate. 00:38:59
We need to do we need to convene as the Board of Supervisors. 00:39:01
OK, I need a lot of helpers today. 00:39:07
You know what if they get you a puppet? 00:39:13
A puppet, please. Yeah, get get me one. 00:39:16
I can't in this budget. 00:39:20
OK. 00:39:22
I'm sorry. 00:39:24
Part of our public hearing is item 3B and I neglected to open that up. 00:39:27
For public comments. 00:39:32
So I will do so now. 00:39:33
And ask if there's anyone in Globe. 00:39:35
Or the Internet. 00:39:38
Or Payson that wishes to. 00:39:39
Comment on this item. 00:39:41
Now, since there is none, can we continue with? 00:39:44
OK, very good. And so. 00:39:51
Do we need to read motion? 00:39:54
Yeah, OK. 00:39:58
All right, so then item 3B is taken care of. And so with that, I will ask the motion to adjourn the Library District Board of 00:40:00
Directors. 00:40:03
And reconvene as the Healing County Board of Supervisors. So moved, Mr. Chair. 00:40:07
I'll second it. OK. And all those in favor say aye. 00:40:11
Aye, all right. Very good. 00:40:14
Item 3C Marin, we have a. 00:40:17
Convene a Truth in Taxation public hearing. 00:40:20
To hear from citizens regarding the proposed primary. 00:40:24
Property tax levy for the rate of 4.19 per 100 assessed value. 00:40:27
Or fiscal year 2026, excluding the amounts that are attributed to new construction and any changes that may occur. 00:40:31
From property tax levies for voter approved bonded indebtedness or budget. 00:40:38
That's overrides, that is. 00:40:42
$314,046.86 greater. 00:40:44
And the amount allowed within a. 00:40:48
Truth and taxation public. 00:40:50
Period and approved. 00:40:52
Opposed primary property tax levy rate. 00:40:54
Of 4.19% per. 00:40:56
100 of assessed. 00:40:59
Value for the school year 2026. 00:41:01
Mayor. 00:41:05
Did we convene? 00:41:07
As Helena County. 00:41:09
Flood control district Board of electors. 00:41:10
That is. 00:41:14
Item D. 00:41:16
OK. 00:41:18
I believe. 00:41:22
I see. I see the question. 00:41:23
We have not convened as the flood district board do we need to have that? 00:41:26
OK, so we are on the correct. 00:41:34
We have a quick. 00:41:36
Fried in 3C. 00:41:38
Very good. 00:41:39
This is going to be the testament. 00:41:40
Fortunately, we only do it once a year. 00:41:43
Yes. 00:41:45
Yes, Mary, please. Good morning, Mr. Chair, Supervisor Humphrey, Supervisor Klein. 00:41:46
This is our statutorily. 00:41:51
Required truth and taxation. 00:41:53
A hearing. We hold this hearing. 00:41:56
Annually whenever our primary property taxes. 00:41:59
Are going to exceed what they were the. 00:42:04
Previous year. 00:42:06
Meaning that the levy amount on the existing property. 00:42:08
Is increasing because the values of those properties. 00:42:11
Increased. I want to make sure that all of our constituents. 00:42:15
All of our colleagues and and. 00:42:18
Anyone else who is interested in this is? 00:42:21
Very clear on that. 00:42:24
We are not raising the rate. 00:42:25
The rate is. 00:42:27
Projected to remain 419 per $100.00 of assessed value. 00:42:29
By statute, we are required to come to. 00:42:35
The board and present to our constituents. 00:42:38
What that increase is? 00:42:42
On the increased. 00:42:44
Taxable value. 00:42:46
Of the primary SF values here in Hayla County. 00:42:48
So for 2026. 00:42:51
That amount? 00:42:53
Of tax on increased value is 50,000. 00:42:54
$859.86. 00:42:58
Without this truth and taxation hearing. 00:43:02
Instead of the tax rate being 4/19. 00:43:05
The tax rate would be 4/14 and 1/3. 00:43:08
I wish we could. 00:43:13
Say you've got something in the newspaper. 00:43:14
Because I think that it would make a lot more sense to people. 00:43:16
Unfortunately, this is the language that we have to use. 00:43:19
And Marian and her team really help us make sure that this is. 00:43:22
Down the way it's supposed to be. 00:43:26
Thank you, Mary. And it is a little confusing. 00:43:29
Lester Humphrey. 00:43:31
I have no question, Supervisor Klein. 00:43:33
Thank you man. 00:43:35
Yes, thank you. With that, I'll close our discussion and open it up to public hearing. 00:43:37
Slow Internet pacing. 00:43:41
No, OK, I'll close the public hearing. 00:43:44
And. 00:43:47
Call from Motion. 00:43:48
OK, am I motioning C? 00:43:51
Then yes, see please. 00:43:54
OK, so I move. 00:43:56
To approve the Heaton County. 00:43:58
With proposed primary property tax levy rate. 00:44:00
Of 4.19 per 100 assessed value. 00:44:04
For fiscal year 2026. 00:44:08
Is that correct or do I do that is correct? 00:44:11
Proposing that is correct in that. 00:44:14
Do we have a second? 00:44:17
Yeah, I'll say that, Mr. Chair, but I do have a. 00:44:19
Question here. 00:44:23
Umm, so on your motion, Tim, it says to approve the Gila County. 00:44:25
Proposed primary property tax levy rate. 00:44:32
Is that what? 00:44:35
Yes. 00:44:38
I don't have proposed motions online, I'm sorry. 00:44:41
I think the motion is. 00:44:47
Written incorrectly. 00:44:49
I think so, and that's why I left it out. 00:44:51
I left it out on purpose. 00:44:54
Right on. 00:44:56
We do not have a flood control district tax. 00:44:57
No. 00:45:00
OK. So are we clear on the motion? 00:45:04
Climate, yeah, and, and I stick at that. 00:45:06
And we have a motion and a second. 00:45:10
Roll call. Vote, vote. 00:45:12
From the. 00:45:13
Click on the board Supervisor. 00:45:15
Aye, Supervisor Klein, may I have your vote Aye? 00:45:18
Supervisor Christensen, may I have your vote? 00:45:22
Yes, I. 00:45:24
Unanimous approval. 00:45:25
Thank you. 00:45:28
Now I will call. 00:45:29
For a motion to recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convenience the Hula County Flood Control District Board of 00:45:34
Directors. 00:45:38
So move, Mr. Chair. 00:45:42
I'll second. 00:45:44
We have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:45:46
Aye aye, very good. Item 3D now is convenient public hearing to hear taxpayers. 00:45:50
Who may wish to commit? 00:45:56
Comment on the fiscal year 2026 you were currently Flood Control district tentative budget. 00:45:57
Which was adopted June 1725 or any proposed changes? 00:46:02
To the fiscal year 26. 00:46:07
You know county flood control district tentative budget. 00:46:09
And adopt the fiscal year 26 Gila County flood. 00:46:12
Control District budget in the amount of $737. 00:46:15
And 737,503 dollars. 00:46:20
And we have Marin. 00:46:25
Thank you, Mr. Chair. 00:46:27
Continuing on our annual budget. 00:46:29
Agenda. 00:46:32
This is the same as the tentative budget you adopted. 00:46:34
Last month. 00:46:38
For a total of $737,503. 00:46:40
Just so that everyone is on the same page. 00:46:45
We do not. 00:46:48
Currently levy a flood control district. 00:46:50
Acts we are required however, because it's a separate district. 00:46:53
To bring you the budget separately, as we are doing here. 00:46:57
And Jonathan, if you can open. 00:47:02
There should be an attachment called Schedule B. 00:47:05
Maybe. Nah. 00:47:09
Yep, that's fine. 00:47:13
And then just go to the. 00:47:14
If you could please go to the second page. 00:47:15
And zoom in just a smidgen. 00:47:17
You can see on the third line down under. 00:47:20
3B. 00:47:24
Right where we have flood control district and that that. 00:47:26
Is a 0. 00:47:31
Or it should be a 0 for 2026, so it's a 0 for 25 and blank for 26. 00:47:32
Just so that. 00:47:37
Should your constituents ask? 00:47:38
And we do have a 0 tax levy for that district. 00:47:41
Thank you, Mary. Supervisor Humphrey. 00:47:47
No questions. Supervisor client. 00:47:49
Thank you Marin for making that. 00:47:51
Putting that out. 00:47:53
Because I know that could confuse a lot of people. 00:47:54
Yeah, thank you. I'll open it up to public hearing now. Anyone in Globe or on the Internet or in PACER? 00:47:58
No, I'll close the. 00:48:04
Comment section then and I will call for a motion. 00:48:06
Mr. Chair, I move to adopt A physical year 2026 Cedar County Flood Control District budget in the amount of. 00:48:11
7/7. 00:48:18
137,500. 00:48:20
And Mr. Chair, I'll second that. 00:48:24
We have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye. 00:48:26
Aye, aye, which incurred unanimous and I then I will call a motion to adjourn as the Healing County Flood Control District Board 00:48:29
of Directors. 00:48:34
And convene as the board of directors for the Hill County Street Fighting Improvement District. 00:48:39
So moved, Mr. Chair, I'll second it. Second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye. 00:48:43
Item 3. Convene a public hearing to hear taxpayers. 00:48:49
And they wish to comment on the fiscal year 26 Heba County street fighting. 00:48:53
Improvement, uh. 00:48:57
Districts tentative budgets which are adopted. 00:48:58
On June 1725. 00:49:01
Or any proposed changes to? 00:49:03
Fiscal year 26, Hewlett County. 00:49:06
Candidate budgets and adopt fiscal year 26 budgets for the Heila County slids. 00:49:08
As follows. 00:49:13
Pines Lid $2490.00 Apache Deal Slid 4000. 00:49:15
$23. 00:49:19
Upper Glendale Central Heights slid. 00:49:21
$1744. 00:49:24
He's pretty parks with $5250. 00:49:26
Miami Gardens slid 3836 dollars. 00:49:29
Inland Central. 00:49:33
$19,859. 00:49:35
Claypool or Miami slid 29,000. 00:49:38
$815.00 there. 00:49:40
Good morning, Mr. Chair, Supervisor Humphrey, Supervisor Clark. 00:49:43
Just for clarity purposes. 00:49:47
These St. lighting improvement districts. 00:49:50
Our taxes levied. 00:49:53
Simply to pay the APS bill. 00:49:55
For the streetlights in these areas. 00:49:58
Each year we adjust the rate. 00:50:01
To reflect. 00:50:03
The capacity or need? 00:50:05
A ongoing APS bill. 00:50:07
We do not charge any administrative costs or indirect costs. 00:50:09
Is simply. 00:50:14
The taxpayers pay their. 00:50:15
Tax bill and we use that money to pay the APS. 00:50:17
How could I answer any questions you have? 00:50:21
Thank you, Mayor and Supervisor Humphrey. No questions. Advisor Klein, Straightforward. Thanks, man. 00:50:22
I will close the discussion, open it up. 00:50:28
Public hearing for. 00:50:30
Locations Globe, Pace and. 00:50:32
The Internet. 00:50:34
And doesn't appear to be anyone and I will close the public. 00:50:35
Hearing portion Call for motion. 00:50:38
Mr. Chair, I move to adopt A fiscal year 2026 budget for Gila County. Splits as follows. 00:50:40
Find slid 2490 dollars. 00:50:47
Apache healed and slid 4023 dollars. 00:50:50
Upper Glendale Central Heights LED 1744. 00:50:55
Each verdict Park slid 5200. 00:50:59
50 Miami Gardens slid 3836 dollars. 00:51:02
Midland Central Heights LED. 00:51:08
$19,859. 00:51:11
Claypool Lower Miami slid. 00:51:14
29,815. 00:51:17
Mr. Chair, I'll second that. 00:51:20
OK, we have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 00:51:22
I it can earn and now I will adjourn ask for a motion to adjourn at the board of directors of the Union County St. Lighting 00:51:26
Improvement District and. 00:51:30
Reconvene as the Heather County Board of Supervisors. 00:51:35
So move, Mr. Chair. 00:51:38
I'll second it in a second. Those in favor say aye. 00:51:39
Aye, item 3F. 00:51:42
The last of our public hearings. The convenient public hearing. 00:51:47
Your taxpayers who may wish to comment on the Fiscal Year 26 Healey County Tentative Budget which was adopted. 00:51:51
June 17, 2025. 00:51:58
Or any proposed changes to the final? 00:52:00
Fiscal year 2026 he the county candidate budget adopt resolution #25 dash. 00:52:03
07/02 authorizing the adoption. 00:52:08
Of the fiscal year 2016 accounting budget in the amount of. 00:52:11
$158,297,158. 00:52:14
No sense. 00:52:20
Good morning again, Mr. Chair, Supervisor Humphrey, Supervisor Klein. 00:52:23
We have not made any changes to the budget since the tentative adoption. 00:52:27
Jonathan, can you go down to the next slide? 00:52:33
We just want to make it very. 00:52:37
Clear that. 00:52:39
The total here this 158 million. 00:52:40
The 158,000,000 represents. 00:52:44
All of Gila counties expendable resources. 00:52:51
And accounts for all of it. 00:52:55
We do not intend. 00:52:59
To spend that much. 00:53:01
I know that. 00:53:03
For constituents and for. 00:53:04
The Board of Supervisors. It can be a little alarming to see. 00:53:07
That there's a $12 million increase from 2025 to 2026. 00:53:10
That allows for the. 00:53:15
Capacity. 00:53:17
To expend it all. 00:53:18
Again, we have no intention of doing that. 00:53:21
It also accounts for. 00:53:23
The reserve funds that you have, the $15 million of reserve. 00:53:26
Are still in that dollar amount. 00:53:30
We have. 00:53:32
Done the reconciliation. 00:53:33
To the. 00:53:36
The penny to make sure that we can stay under the expenditure limit. 00:53:38
Which is only 53. 00:53:44
Million and change this year and only went up 1.5% from last year. 00:53:45
We will work with you throughout the year to ensure that we are within that limit. 00:53:51
And that that's basically the entire gist of it. 00:53:57
We talked about all these tax rates. 00:54:01
Which you will adopt the third Monday in August. 00:54:04
And one of your key features of the budget you requested for operational costs, we are there. 00:54:09
You also wanted us to prioritize public safety, maintain service levels, and ensure that we could. 00:54:17
Provide infrastructure stability. 00:54:24
I know Mr. White shared several concerns with you. 00:54:27
Financial capacity exists. Whether operational capacity exists is. 00:54:32
An ongoing conversation we'll have throughout the year. 00:54:37
But we were able to prioritize public safety, service levels and infrastructure. 00:54:41
I'm happy to answer any questions you have. 00:54:46
Thank you very supervisor. 00:54:48
You have a question. 00:54:50
In our budget. 00:54:53
Umm, early on when we looked at it, I went through that and I didn't see anything for raises. 00:54:56
Or. 00:55:02
OK, so it is. And then I noticed today that further on in our meeting. 00:55:03
To accept. 00:55:10
Pay raises. 00:55:12
For the employees. 00:55:13
So I'm wondering before I make a motion on this. 00:55:15
To adopt this budget. 00:55:19
Are the numbers. 00:55:21
Or something we're going to vote on later. 00:55:23
In these numbers that we're voting on. 00:55:26
Now. 00:55:28
I apologize that that wasn't clear. 00:55:31
Umm, when we brought you the tentative budget? 00:55:34
We had built the numbers in. 00:55:38
But we hadn't fleshed them out. 00:55:40
Now we do have a salary plan that we're bringing to you. 00:55:42
Historically, you have asked that we bring you the salary plan separately, so we did. 00:55:46
And that when? 00:55:51
Designed the budget. 00:55:54
We built in. 00:55:55
It's about 3.75% that we built into the budget right off the bat. 00:55:59
For salary capacity. 00:56:04
When we brought you the original constraints. 00:56:07
For the tentative budget. 00:56:10
Our concern was where to find that because we only have an additional. 00:56:12
$314,000 of. 00:56:17
Of property taxes. 00:56:19
Available. 00:56:21
So as we progress through the year, we'll need to make smart decisions about where. 00:56:22
We expend. 00:56:28
Funds so that we stay within the expenditure. 00:56:29
Because only $314,000 of. 00:56:33
The proposed raise package comes from property taxes. 00:56:37
But the capacity is there in the budget, in the 100 and. 00:56:41
158. 00:56:45
$1,000,000. 00:56:48
The capacity for the salary plan is in there. 00:56:49
I apologize. We're not going to have to cut anything or do away with anything. 00:56:55
You will need to approve. 00:56:59
This and a later item on our agenda. 00:57:02
The later item is included in this. 00:57:05
Throughout the year. 00:57:09
You will need to make wise decisions. 00:57:10
About expenditures so that we stay within the expenditure limit. 00:57:13
Because salaries are never excludable from your expenditure limit. 00:57:18
So in other words, everybody's going to have to stay within their budget. 00:57:24
In order for us to proceed. 00:57:28
Yes. So when you say we're going to have to stay with him? 00:57:30
That means county wise gonna have to stay within what their little line item is. 00:57:34
On what we adopted earlier. 00:57:40
Yeah, I mean. 00:57:44
But there's also. 00:57:46
But this also has. 00:57:47
Capacity to spend. 00:57:48
Everything if we had to, right If there was an emergency. 00:57:50
And we have to spend $15 million. We could spend $15 million. 00:57:53
I wouldn't advise you. 00:57:57
She spent $15 million. 00:57:59
But you can. 00:58:01
I got and. 00:58:02
I had a conversation with Mr. Memo because I wanted to make sure that. 00:58:05
That management, finance and the Board were on the same page. 00:58:11
When we assemble the budget. 00:58:14
My priorities or my perspective is not in this. 00:58:17
I bring you everything that has come through. 00:58:22
And everything that you have asked for. 00:58:25
So that throughout the year you can make decisions. 00:58:28
Based on the current environment. 00:58:31
I know that I was very maudlin at our last presentation that I. 00:58:33
I even wore a little drama llama pin. 00:58:38
Because Chairman and I had a conversation about. 00:58:41
Perhaps I was a little too dramatic. 00:58:44
About how grim things look. 00:58:46
I wanted to make sure that you have the capacity as the Board of Supervisors. 00:58:49
To make all the decisions you need to make in this coming year. 00:58:53
I should not and do not make decisions for you about what is most important. 00:58:58
Or what you choose to expand general fund dollars on? 00:59:04
You will have those opportunities throughout the year. 00:59:08
As those. 00:59:11
Requests come up. 00:59:12
Your constituent funds are separate from that. 00:59:13
I just want to make sure that everybody's super clear on that. 00:59:17
So there is $100,000 in. 00:59:20
Each district's constituent funds. 00:59:22
For the economic development grants that. 00:59:25
That you are approached for throughout the year. 00:59:27
That number has not changed. 00:59:29
And we could never use that money. 00:59:32
For general fund operations. 00:59:35
Like we can't say, oh, you know what, we need an extra $300,000. You guys can't do that. 00:59:37
The only thing that would affect that would be if the state of Arizona. 00:59:42
Chose not to send that money through to you. 00:59:45
And that's in the state budget, right? We that is. 00:59:48
I guess how did we get from? I was just wondering if our. 00:59:53
Pay increases. 00:59:56
Were part of. 00:59:58
Our budget, I don't know how we got into. 00:59:59
Constituent. Oh, I'm sorry there, but. 01:00:02
But now we jumped into constituent funds and it's like I, I don't understand how we how we got there unless we're going to have to 01:00:05
give them up to approve. 01:00:09
Our later item on raises. 01:00:14
If it wasn't included in this 158. 01:00:16
I'm sorry. 01:00:19
Was just trying to clarify that we. 01:00:21
Finance and management do not make those decisions for you. 01:00:24
OK. 01:00:27
OK, because like I said when I went through or attended but. 01:00:29
I didn't see a lineman. 01:00:34
For like a couple of $3,000,000. 01:00:35
I didn't see that anywhere. 01:00:39
$3,000,000 in raises. 01:00:41
Well, I, I don't know. I mean, I just kind of went off the cuff here. 01:00:43
A dollar an hour. 01:00:47
How many hours does 600 employees have? 01:00:51
And then we go 2.5%. 01:00:57
On 12% of the staff so. 01:00:59
I, you know, I'm, I'm just being sure. 01:01:02
If the our future item. 01:01:05
Is in this before I go? 01:01:07
That's all. 01:01:09
Your future item is in that it is not. 01:01:10
$3,000,000. 01:01:13
It is even if we had to. 01:01:15
Like you've got capacity later on in the year to do a couple. 01:01:20
Other things. 01:01:23
The total for the salary plan is. 01:01:25
About 860,000. 01:01:30
We only. 01:01:33
Right. We needed to come up with more than $314,000. 01:01:34
Who did not need to multiply it by 10. 01:01:39
We just needed to come up with a little bit more. 01:01:41
Capacity, I apologize, but that was not. 01:01:44
Clear. And I apologize that. 01:01:46
We just didn't have the time, talent and resources to get it all pulled together before tentative adoption a month ago. 01:01:48
We really. 01:01:55
I can't even tell you how many hours Mr. Men love and I invested. 01:01:57
In the salary plan. 01:02:01
No further questions in the beginning. 01:02:05
Yeah. 01:02:08
One thing about that $3,000,000 probably put a smile on a lot of our people's face. 01:02:11
Ben, thank you. 01:02:18
I I always rely on you when it comes to these numbers and so. 01:02:20
I know that we're faced with a little bit of tougher times than we've had in the past, but none. 01:02:24
Not the end of the world and. 01:02:29
Definitely not the end of. 01:02:31
A lot of things we're doing so, but thank you for putting this all together and I appreciate that. 01:02:33
And uh. 01:02:39
I think we're on the right track. 01:02:41
Overall and we'll see, see what we do later in the year. I know there will be. 01:02:43
Some decisions we're going to have to make. 01:02:49
But we can. We can do it. 01:02:51
So thank you. 01:02:54
Thank you. Thank you, Marin. So. 01:02:55
I'm going to ask just so that I'm clear on things too, because. 01:02:58
This is a complicated. 01:03:01
Process. It really is and I appreciate. 01:03:03
The complexity that you have to deal with so. 01:03:06
The 158,000,000 is an increase from last year. 01:03:09
And we will be voting on certain items throughout the year. 01:03:13
That we have the discretion of voting for or not. 01:03:18
That will impact. 01:03:22
Monies that is bedded in this 158,000,000. 01:03:24
Yes, thank you for but. 01:03:28
Putting it much more concisely than I did. OK, so let's say we. 01:03:30
Just as. 01:03:33
For instance, we would go to item 4I, which is what is. 01:03:35
We're discussing this, the pay raise, and we voted against that. 01:03:38
We would be saving. 01:03:42
Money within the $158 million. 01:03:43
But we're not adding to the budget by not voting for it. 01:03:47
Correct. Is that the right way to? 01:03:51
OK. 01:03:53
And we will be voting for discretionary things like Mr. White brought up, while we need another piece of equipment. 01:03:54
Or maybe we'll have to spend that money and we will decide whether or not there's money available for that. 01:04:00
Yes, OK. 01:04:06
Yes, you. 01:04:08
Everything is at your. 01:04:10
Your decision, right? You are the Board of Supervisors. 01:04:13
We don't make those decisions for you. 01:04:17
Correct. OK, very good. 01:04:20
And so thank you for all of that. And with that, I will open it up for a public discussion. 01:04:23
Of hearing. 01:04:27
In any one of our three locations. Is there anyone that wishes to speak on this? 01:04:30
Budget No. 01:04:34
OK. I do appreciate that. So let me close that and I will call for a motion. 01:04:36
For item 3F. 01:04:42
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to adopt resolution #2. 01:04:45
25. 01:04:49
Dash 07-02. 01:04:51
Authorizing the adoption of the. 01:04:55
Fiscal year 2026. 01:04:57
Gila County budget in the amount. 01:05:00
$158,297,158. 01:05:03
Do we have a second? 01:05:09
I will second that. 01:05:13
And with that, we have a motion and a second to approve the budget. 01:05:15
All those in favor say aye. 01:05:18
Aye, aye, nay. 01:05:20
OK, we have. 01:05:23
Supervisor Humphrey voting nay. 01:05:25
Motion passes. 01:05:28
Thank you, Marin. 01:05:29
Thank you. 01:05:31
And with that, we'll move on to. 01:05:32
Regular agenda items 4 Now I'm going to ask you quick with the board if it's going to upset the whole day. 01:05:35
If we move item 4G to the forefront. 01:05:41
Because I know we have someone waiting that wishes to speak on that. 01:05:44
Item. 01:05:48
4G. 01:05:50
Can we do that? 01:05:52
And then we'll go back to regular. 01:05:54
Things on that. So Alex, come on up. 01:05:57
All right, Item 4G. 01:05:59
Is information discussion action to adopt resolution number 250705? 01:06:02
For installation of regulatory no parking signage along. 01:06:07
Old County Road starting just South of state. 01:06:11
Route 87. 01:06:13
And continuing towards WS Rd. 01:06:15
In Pine. 01:06:18
And Alex? 01:06:20
Good morning. 01:06:23
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Board of Supervisors. 01:06:24
As you know. 01:06:26
When it comes to regulatory signs. 01:06:27
For the TCD. 01:06:29
Has to be reviewed by the county engineering team and then brought before the Board of Supervisors. 01:06:30
This request was brought to the county engineering team. They would like no parking signs along. 01:06:36
Old Country Rd. 01:06:41
Old. 01:06:43
This road actually is a. 01:06:45
Delineator between commercial on the east side and residential on the West side. 01:06:46
So after reviewing it, the engineering team found that. 01:06:51
There were people parking using the commercial in the residential side of the property. 01:06:54
Or in the residential side. 01:06:58
Of the road. 01:07:00
And so we would like to put no parking signs along the residential side. 01:07:01
To ensure that. 01:07:04
People that are using the commercial side are actually parking on the. 01:07:05
Commercial side. 01:07:08
And this was causing the problem. 01:07:09
Supervisor Humphrey. 01:07:11
No question, Supervisor Klein. 01:07:14
Does the commercial businesses there, they have big enough parking to accommodate? 01:07:17
I mean, is it just people? 01:07:22
One of the reason doing this. 01:07:24
So yes, there are parking. 01:07:26
Parking lots along with. 01:07:28
Actually right away parking along the. 01:07:30
Commercial side of the road, what's happening is. 01:07:32
People wanted to park closer so they would park on the residential side instead of the commercial side and block driveways. 01:07:36
I gotcha. OK. Thank you, Alex. 01:07:41
And with us today wishes to speak as Mr. Ray Pugl. 01:07:43
Regarding this item, so Mr. Pugl, if you'd like to. 01:07:49
Offer a couple of minutes of input please. 01:07:53
Working with us on this stage. 01:08:02
Excellent communication. Great. 01:08:05
And. 01:08:08
This is a safety issue the. 01:08:10
Because it's difficult. 01:08:12
On the car, Shire Park and. 01:08:13
Motor homes and. 01:08:15
Fit wheels are there. 01:08:17
He cannot see Outlook. 01:08:20
Right ways across. 01:08:21
For our resort. 01:08:23
Traffic coming down the road, so this is a safety issue. 01:08:25
Very much. Thank you. OK. Thank you so much. 01:08:29
Brilliant. It's creating a visual. 01:08:32
Block to see whether you can pull out onto the weather. 01:08:36
OK, very good. So with that then. 01:08:39
If we have no further questions, I'll call for motion on item 4G. 01:08:42
Mr. Chairman, move to adopt resolution #25-07-05. 01:08:45
I'll second it motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye aye. 01:08:50
Unanimously, I'll call you back up. Thanks. 01:08:55
Let's go back to Item 4A, Information discussion action. 01:08:58
To approve the fiscal Year 26 intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Payson and Hewlett County for centralized management 01:09:02
of. 01:09:05
The 911 Grant Fund 40. Performance period of July 125. 01:09:09
And June 3026. 01:09:14
Good morning, Miss Williams. Good morning, Mr. Chairman. 01:09:17
This IGA. 01:09:21
Is an annual. 01:09:23
IG between up the two agencies. 01:09:25
That allows us to. 01:09:27
Provide uh. 01:09:30
Administrative services to the Town of Payson for their grant. 01:09:32
The their portion of the amount statement loan grants. 01:09:37
And, umm. 01:09:40
I'd like to thank Mr. Albo for the work that he put in. 01:09:41
Working with the tariff. 01:09:45
Attorney. 01:09:49
To kind of. 01:09:50
They kind of. 01:09:52
Made a few changes. 01:09:53
The town wanted except their two. 01:09:55
Successive year. 01:09:59
One year annual. 01:10:00
Renewals. 01:10:01
Unless one of the parties wants to cancel. 01:10:03
There was some language changes on insurance, indemnification and workers compensation. 01:10:08
At the request of the County Attorney. So thank you for the work. 01:10:13
It's, well, a lot smoother than this. 01:10:17
This year than it's done in a many years so. 01:10:20
I appreciate that. 01:10:23
With that, I'll answer any questions. OK. Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:10:25
No questions, Supervisor Klein. 01:10:30
I'm good. Thanks, Debra. 01:10:32
Yeah, this is just an ongoing thing that we've done for many years, right? 01:10:34
OK. So with that, I'll call for a motion. 01:10:38
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to approve. 01:10:41
FY20 26 Intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Payson and Heda County. 01:10:44
For centralized management for 911 grant funds as presented. 01:10:49
Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion and a second to approve those in favor say aye. 01:10:54
Aye, aye. Thank you. Have a great day. 01:10:58
Item 4B. Information discussion action approved. Amendment #3 to contract number 09/1. 01:11:01
521. 01:11:07
Sub grantee for project manager or workforce development Crisis emergency cooperative agreement grant with Rosa. 01:11:08
LLC. 01:11:15
Extending the term for one additional year, July 125. 01:11:16
In June 3026. 01:11:21
Or a term amount not to exceed. 01:11:23
$257,000 Good morning, Mr. Beck. 01:11:25
All right. Good morning, Chairman, members of the board. 01:11:29
I was making a joke actually with Walsh the other day that they're lucky that they're a local company. I don't know how we would 01:11:31
deal with allows if they weren't. 01:11:34
But workforce development. 01:11:38
Honestly listening to Troy and Public Works earlier. 01:11:41
Troy But it reminded me how happy I am that. 01:11:44
We really had almost no turnover since. 01:11:47
COVID happened and. 01:11:49
A lot of the counties really did and a lot of the reason we have this workforce money. 01:11:50
Was because of all the turnover in a lot of places had during COVID so. 01:11:54
We've used a lot of this money to one of the main things we've done. 01:11:58
From my standpoint is. 01:12:02
We have agreements in place with ASU U of A. 01:12:03
Northern Arizona University, Midwestern University, All for interns. We actually have an ASU intern starting here in August 01:12:07
that'll be working with us for a while on the. 01:12:12
Such full project that we have, as well as the Safe Streets project that we'll be presenting at the next board meeting. 01:12:16
So we finally have that place where we're bringing some more interns in, working with all the different colleges to get some fresh 01:12:22
people in that'll maybe stick around. 01:12:26
Another thing that we have and it's in the annual reports that I'll be giving some of you already have. 01:12:30
Is we kind of have this really big dashboard that presented to you before, but I mean it just. 01:12:35
Everything we do in the health department. 01:12:40
Including all of our workforce goals. As you can imagine, all the different federal and state grants have all these different. 01:12:41
Trainings and everything, just like what we have on the county level. We'll have it for like. 01:12:47
Every single one of these grants so. 01:12:50
We have just a giant system that was put in place for us. 01:12:53
It has all the different trainings and everything that every employee has to take, kind of like what HR has with the county 01:12:56
employees. 01:12:59
We have that the broken downfall of different grants for all the different employees. We have to make sure that we're keeping up 01:13:02
on all the different trainings and everything we have to do. 01:13:05
And then also some of our things like the nurse and training that we had. 01:13:10
We got to prove that Rick and HR worked on with us. 01:13:14
Actually, our first nurse graduated from that and she'll be with us for hopefully at least the next five years. 01:13:17
From her contract that we signed with her. 01:13:22
We have a sanitarian training that works with this that will hopefully be able to take that here this year. She's taking her first 01:13:24
time. 01:13:27
Hopefully going to get it on our second try. 01:13:31
So this has just kind of been the money that we've used to really kind of help. 01:13:33
Hold make sure the Staffs that we have are trained for positions that. 01:13:37
They wanted. 01:13:40
To get to. 01:13:41
And keep the staff that we have is for employee. 01:13:42
Training retention. 01:13:46
Or keeping people on. And we've really used it for retention. It's worked out really well. 01:13:47
And sadly, this will be the last year that we can extend the contract and will be the last year that we have fun to do this. 01:13:52
Everything is in place and I think that we can manage the system that we've built. 01:13:58
Hopefully moving forward without that so. 01:14:03
Thank you, Josh. Supervisor Humphrey. 01:14:07
I like the BOLO thing. 01:14:10
Good, good, good deal. 01:14:11
Thank you very much for all of the grants that you oversee and all you do for. 01:14:13
He looked counting with those grants that you reach for and manage. 01:14:18
Since I know if we don't manage them well, we don't. 01:14:22
Get them anymore so. 01:14:25
Thank you very much for. 01:14:26
For all the work you do. 01:14:28
Manage those that we get to help the people in Hayley County. 01:14:30
Thank you, supervisor. Supervisor. 01:14:35
I'm good. Just thank you. 01:14:37
Josh doing a good job. 01:14:39
It was good to see so thanks. 01:14:41
Yeah. Thanks, Josh. I really appreciate all you do and all your. 01:14:43
Other people that do. 01:14:47
That are part of that department. So with that I'll call from motion. 01:14:49
Mr. I move to approve amendment #3 to contract number 091521. 01:14:53
With WOWZALLC as present. 01:14:58
And I'll second that, Mr. Chair. 01:15:03
Motion and 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye. 01:15:04
Aye, aye. 01:15:07
Thank you. Item 4D Information discussion action approved. Amendment #1A contract number 092723. 01:15:09
Consulting services for the opioid abatement with Guild Health Group. 01:15:17
Extending the term of one additional year from July 125 to June 3026. 01:15:21
Or not. 01:15:26
To exceed 190. 01:15:28
$1000 you don't foresee. 01:15:31
Did I miss somebody? I think you did. 01:15:35
It's still Josh. 01:15:39
Another one of those wouses. 01:15:43
OK, I just read D Can we do that one? 01:15:45
OK, we're on item 4D. 01:15:50
Gosh, all right. 01:15:52
So, umm. 01:15:54
This comes from our opioid settlement funds that we have. 01:15:55
I was actually going to let this contract go away, but. 01:15:59
I think it was maybe 2 board meetings ago. Michelle Nelson, former. 01:16:03
Patient Roundup team to the board. 01:16:07
With nami patient talking to some of the work that. 01:16:08
Nami Payson was doing with the. 01:16:12
Our youth in the county with youth Behavioral Health. 01:16:15
And because we're. 01:16:18
Working on some of those opioid settlement dollars. 01:16:20
Working with. 01:16:23
Field Health Group and some of their counselors and they're going to be working with NAMI patient. 01:16:25
To try to keep some of that work. 01:16:30
Going to continue to get the stories out. 01:16:31
They're going to be working specifically, hopefully with younger boys, with some. 01:16:35
Group sessions, some webcasting, kind of like Nami did. 01:16:39
Working together to see if maybe there's a better way to. 01:16:43
Reach that population and see what our teen population one of the things we're allowed to do. 01:16:47
With that settlement funds, with the giant list of Exhibit A that they allow us to do. 01:16:52
Is we can kind of veer a little bit from the. 01:16:57
Opioids and we can go into fentanyl and some of these other drugs and stuff so. 01:17:00
Anything we can do for teens? I really like the idea and a lot of the people of Michelle Nelson's reached out to in that 01:17:04
population up in the North Country area. 01:17:08
And I really didn't want to see that work go away. So since we have the money on the table and the contract in place, it made 01:17:12
sense to to. 01:17:15
Try to continue that work for another year and see if we can get our foot in the door. 01:17:18
The other opioid settlement just real quick so you know. 01:17:23
What we're doing the wrap around services. 01:17:26
One of the things we're looking for to continue to expand that. 01:17:28
Is to kind of like. 01:17:31
Have these two merge a little bit, so maybe when they come across some of these teens or younger kids that are having issues. 01:17:33
We can kind of synergize and use the opioid wrap around money. 01:17:38
To help those families out as well so. 01:17:42
He'll soon be out of it. 01:17:44
Thank you, Josh. 01:17:47
I don't know for the. 01:17:48
Supervisor Humphrey, no questions. 01:17:51
Klein, I'm glad you're hanging in there with that one. 01:17:53
Josh, that's I think that's a really good deal. 01:17:56
I'd like to see us get ahead of a lot of those issues. I don't know if we ever will. 01:18:01
But we definitely can't if we don't. 01:18:05
Keep trying, so thank you for doing that. 01:18:07
Yeah. Thank you, Josh. So with that, I'll call for a motion on Item 4. 01:18:10
Uh, I think that's mine, so I'll move to. 01:18:15
Approve amendment number one to contract number 09/2/73. 01:18:18
With Guild Health Group as presented. 01:18:23
I'll second it. 01:18:26
Motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye, aye, aye. Thank you. We'll go back down to item 4C. Sorry about that. 01:18:27
Information Discussion Action to approve item number. 01:18:34
Amendment #3 to contract number 072721. 01:18:37
Sub grantee for project management health. 01:18:41
Disparities. 01:18:44
With Wowser LLC extending the term. 01:18:46
For one additional year, from July 125 through. 01:18:49
June 3026 or term amount not to exceed. 01:18:53
$245,000. 01:18:56
All right, last one real quick. 01:18:59
I should have mentioned this for all of them but. 01:19:01
Before we go forward these contracts each year, I do look at my entire budget and. 01:19:03
Even with the limited federal cuts that I have seen, I am able to keep all of my staff this year. 01:19:07
Always make sure that we're good with the staff that we have. 01:19:12
There will be some shuffling around but all the staff we currently have will be funded through this year. 01:19:15
And then I look at that afterwards and look at what we can accomplish with these funds. 01:19:20
Sadly, if you guys all remember Stella Gore, one of our. 01:19:24
Stellar employees during the COVID outbreak, Almost. 01:19:28
I think almost everybody here had a COVID test or something through her at the health department at one point in time. 01:19:33
She actually used to do our. 01:19:38
Opioid or naloxone distribution or opioid program for the county. 01:19:40
She was actually hired by. 01:19:43
As well. So part of the reason we continue to work with her is that is not an area of expertise for me. 01:19:45
Normally for the people that we have in the county department, but still has always been amazing. 01:19:52
Working with our regional behavioral health centers and the hospitals and. 01:19:56
Everybody with naloxone distribution, so and that's the primary portion of this grant. Is that 42 a action grant that we have. 01:20:00
And so this money gets contracted out to them and. 01:20:08
Another local person that we have that's working on the grant. 01:20:10
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:20:14
Just again, thank you for all your management skills. Thank you. 01:20:16
Supervisor Klein. 01:20:20
Still, she's a good hand so. 01:20:21
Good job, Josh. Think. 01:20:24
Yeah. Thank you. With that, I'll call for a motion Item 4. 01:20:25
Mr. Chair, I move to approve amendment #3 to contract number 072721. 01:20:29
With WO. 01:20:34
OWZALLC as presented. 01:20:36
I'll second that. 01:20:40
Motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:20:41
Very good. Thank you, Josh. 01:20:45
Item 4. 01:20:46
Information discussion. Action to adopt resolution number 250703. 01:20:48
Designating Marian White, spelling financial director, is the chief fiscal officer for the Hewitt County is required by Arizona. 01:20:52
Revised Tattoo 411279 point. 01:21:00
07 paragraph E. 01:21:03
To submit. 01:21:05
The fiscal year 2026 expenditure limitation report. 01:21:07
To the Arizona Arter General. 01:21:11
Good morning, James. 01:21:14
Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Members Board. 01:21:15
As required by. 01:21:17
President advice statute. 01:21:19
411270. 01:21:21
07 E. 01:21:23
Request that you would point. 01:21:24
Meredith Bell as chief. 01:21:26
Fiscal operating circling income. 01:21:28
Thank you, Supervisor Humphrey. 01:21:32
Yes, congratulations, I have. 01:21:35
You know, I appreciate what you do. I know sometimes that we. 01:21:38
And a lot of ones, but that's nothing. 01:21:42
To do with. 01:21:44
With what your skills are and I. 01:21:46
Appreciate them very much. 01:21:48
Supervisor, Supervisor. 01:21:52
Did you ask man, if she really wanted to do that? James, No. 01:21:54
Not never crossed my mind. 01:21:59
Congratulations man. 01:22:02
You got handled. Thank you, James. 01:22:04
Yes, thank you, James. I guess I'm a little confused. I kind of thought she already had that position. 01:22:07
Annually, as required by statute, we have to voice the line. It has to designate the Chief Fiscal Office. So it's a reassertion. 01:22:12
Yes, yes, by statute. OK. Thank you. Thank you for all you do, Marin. 01:22:19
And with that I will call for a motion. 01:22:23
Mr. Chair, I'll make the motion to adopt resolution number 250703. 01:22:25
I'll second it. 01:22:30
We have a motion in a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:22:32
Aye, aye. Thank you. Thank you for Merriman love. Thank you. 01:22:35
Yes. 01:22:40
Let's see if I can keep my cognitive abilities together enough to finish today. 01:22:44
Ah, item 3F before F. 01:22:50
Is going to be information discussion action to adopt resolution number? 01:22:53
250704 for the installation. 01:22:57
Of a regulatory stop sign. 01:23:00
At the intersection of West. 01:23:02
Outlaw Lane and South Ewing. 01:23:04
Trail located in Tunnel Basin. 01:23:07
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Board of Supervisors, again, regulatory signs, the engineering team reviews and. 01:23:10
For the board. 01:23:15
Tunnel vision continues to develop on the east side after the construction of the bridge. 01:23:17
Outlaw land was brought to our attention for. 01:23:22
Regulatory signage. 01:23:25
And after reviewing a three-way interception. 01:23:26
T intersection. 01:23:29
Now Alain being the. 01:23:31
Road that comes into the T. 01:23:34
A stop sign was evaluated. 01:23:36
Feasible for that location. So that's what we would like to present to you today. 01:23:38
Great. Thank you, Alex. Supervisor Humphrey. 01:23:42
No question. 01:23:44
Supervisor Klein. 01:23:45
If funnel basins like present value it. 01:23:47
That's whatever. 01:23:51
Thank you, Alex. That's good. Maybe we'll prevent a wreck. 01:23:54
Yeah, Thank you. Thank you, Alex. 01:23:57
And with that, I'll call promotion. 01:23:59
I move to adopt resolution #25 dash. 01:24:03
47-4. 01:24:06
I'll second it. 01:24:08
OK, we have a motion a second to approve item 4F. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:24:09
Aye, aye. 01:24:14
OK, great. We have now skipping on to. 01:24:16
4H. 01:24:19
Information discussion afternoon. Adopt resolution number 250706. 01:24:21
For the insulation regulatory stop signage at the intersection of the Northwestern Way. 01:24:26
Less Coyote Drive in Strawberry. 01:24:31
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Board of Supervisors. 01:24:34
In essence, this is identical to what we just discussed, except that it's in Strawberry. So western way is the. 01:24:38
Coming into the T intersection on Coyote Drive. 01:24:43
If you've been up there, you'll notice that it's a very steep. 01:24:46
Western way is very steep and so. 01:24:49
Keeping people from just rolling through that intersection will. 01:24:51
Provide safety features going forward. 01:24:54
OK. 01:25:00
Yeah, I think I've been there. 01:25:02
If not, I'll be willing to take you there. 01:25:04
Supervisor Humphrey. 01:25:08
Thing you'd like to add? 01:25:09
No questions. 01:25:11
Thank you, Supervisor Klein. I'm good. Thank you, Alex. 01:25:12
Thank you, Alexa, call from motion. 01:25:15
Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to adopt resolution number 250706. 01:25:19
I'll 2nd. I have a motion to 2nd to approve. Those in favor say aye aye aye. 01:25:25
Thank you. 01:25:30
You need to get Alex a little sign off, his back window says. Here's your sign. 01:25:36
I wonder that. 01:25:42
Oh, all right, last item in category 44I. 01:25:43
In information discussion Action to adopt fiscal year 2026 Hewlett County salary plan. 01:25:48
Which provides a $1.00 hour increase for 80. 01:25:56
8% of staff and 2 1/2 percent increase. 01:25:58
For the remaining 12% of staff. 01:26:02
Effective the 1st. 01:26:04
4 pay period of the fiscal year. 01:26:06
Aaron, yes, good morning again. 01:26:09
Mr. Chair, Supervisor Humphrey, Supervisor Klein. 01:26:12
As stated earlier. 01:26:15
Historically. 01:26:17
The Board of Supervisors has asked us to bring the salary plan. 01:26:18
Separately to the board for approval from the budget. 01:26:21
So we have brought this agenda item today. 01:26:25
The goal of the salary plan this year? 01:26:34
Was to provide. 01:26:37
As it has been in the past. 01:26:38
The most benefit for the most employed. 01:26:40
After Mr. Mendel and I went through. 01:26:45
Was it 13 iterations? 01:26:48
It was a 14. 01:26:50
It's been a journey. 01:26:53
What we came up with that was the most. 01:26:56
Appropriate and provided the most benefit for the most people. 01:26:59
Was $1.00 an hour. 01:27:04
Or 2 1/2 percent. 01:27:06
The dollar an hour ensures that. 01:27:09
That all of our employees are receiving. 01:27:11
At least 2080 dollars. 01:27:16
Right there they're getting that 2080 dollars. 01:27:18
Added to their salary. 01:27:22
That would represent 345 staff. 01:27:25
Who are? 01:27:30
In that category, this is for our active staff. 01:27:32
Not our budgeted staff. 01:27:35
The 2 1/2 percent. 01:27:40
Is the ceiling that we put on. 01:27:43
Anyone else? 01:27:46
So there are 48 staff that would be at 2 1/2%. We use 2 1/2 percent. 01:27:48
As the consumer price index. 01:27:54
Ratio about the Social Security Administration. 01:27:57
Implemented. 01:28:01
So we are using the 2 1/2 percent. 01:28:03
As the limit. 01:28:06
For those herbs. 01:28:08
Or a dollar an hour for the other 345. 01:28:09
To be very clear that. 01:28:13
Of the 345. 01:28:15
$2080 a year for some of them is over a 6% raise. 01:28:18
For the folks who are in our 170 pay. 01:28:24
It's almost 6 1/2 percent salary increase. 01:28:27
Put this up here. So what? 01:28:31
Catch is better. There you go. 01:28:33
So. 01:28:36
By providing that dollar an hour salary increase, we are bringing our bottom. 01:28:38
And everybody out. 01:28:44
Will create some compression and we have an idea for how to address that. 01:28:49
But it's not a ton of compression. 01:28:54
So we are bringing this plan as. 01:28:58
The most equitable way that we could come up with to benefit everyone as much as possible. 01:29:01
We're showing it here just. 01:29:09
So that you can see that that. 01:29:10
Right. Is it just a different representation that those? 01:29:13
345 staff represent 88%. 01:29:17
Of your current active full time eligible employees. 01:29:21
In the past. 01:29:27
We have also had. 01:29:28
Some question about. 01:29:30
How our salary plan? 01:29:32
Compares to our insurance premium changes. 01:29:34
And in the past, it wasn't clear to people. 01:29:38
That, uh. 01:29:42
They heard that the insurance premium plan was going up this percentage and the salary plan was going up this percentage. 01:29:43
And the concern was that they weren't keeping pace with each other. 01:29:49
So we brought this. 01:29:52
To you just so that. 01:29:54
It's right out there in front. 01:29:55
If someone is receiving the dollar an hour raise and they are on. 01:29:58
Family coverage. 01:30:01
We know that their family coverage for the year. 01:30:03
That premium? The employees portion of the premium. 01:30:08
Is going to go up to $121.76. 01:30:10
Which means that. 01:30:14
Of the 2080 dollars. 01:30:15
Those employees keep. 01:30:18
$1858.24 of the increase. 01:30:20
On a per paycheck basis, that means $70.76. 01:30:25
For individuals. 01:30:31
With single coverage. 01:30:33
The $2080 the dollar an hour. 01:30:35
Compares to the insurance increase for the year. 01:30:38
Which would be 3936. 01:30:41
So those individuals will keep $2040.64. 01:30:43
Of the salary increase. 01:30:48
This is. 01:30:51
One of those things that has been asked in the past. 01:30:51
And because the. 01:30:54
Insurance premiums are adopted in April. 01:30:56
We wanted to make sure that this was. 01:31:00
Right there for you. 01:31:03
And happy to answer any questions you have. 01:31:05
Thank you, Mayor and Supervisor. 01:31:07
No questions. 01:31:10
Supervisor Klein. 01:31:12
So I see the dollar. 01:31:14
An hour for the 345, but the 2 1/2 percent. 01:31:16
For the other 48 employees. 01:31:20
What does that average out to per person? 01:31:23
Don't know offhand, I'd have to. 01:31:26
I'd have to back into the math. 01:31:29
I Who are the 48 other people? I mean what? 01:31:31
So. 01:31:35
2080 dollars. 01:31:37
Is 2 1/2 percent. 01:31:39
Of $83,200. 01:31:41
So anybody whose salary is below $83,200. 01:31:44
Will receive a dollar an hour that's. 01:31:49
That's where the split is. 01:31:51
Anybody whose salary is over that? 01:31:52
Is capped at 2 1/2 percent. 01:31:55
OK. So let's say somebody at 85,000 a year, 2 1/2 percent, what does that come out to? 01:31:58
Hang on just a second, Mr. Chairman. 01:32:04
3rd client, if someone was making 100,000 a year, that would be an increase of. 01:32:06
2500. 01:32:10
2585 or 90,000, that's going to be 2350 or something like that. So what? So what I'm hearing you say then, James? And man, is that 01:32:12
the dollar an hour? 01:32:17
Is like man said is actually about 6%. 01:32:23
For those 345 people, correct? 01:32:27
It averages out to between 4 1/2. 01:32:30
And 5% depending on. 01:32:34
The reason I'm asking questions is my focus has always been at the lower levels in. 01:32:36
County. That's the ones when I hear Troy White talking about retention. 01:32:41
US trying to get folks on board that we need on board. 01:32:46
That always has to do with. 01:32:50
Always and so my. 01:32:53
My focus I know that a lot of people here work hard. 01:32:55
They've gone through a lot of training. They've been here forever. They, you know. 01:32:59
And whatnot. 01:33:03
The percentage is always in the past that I remember. 01:33:05
And I could very well be wrong, that's correct me, but. 01:33:08
The percentage has always been. 01:33:11
A little higher, I think, for those people. 01:33:13
This one is so when I hear you say that this dollar per hour comes out actually at 6. 01:33:16
Point whatever percent. 01:33:21
I like that. 01:33:23
And if you're telling me that. 01:33:24
$100,000. 01:33:26
Personal with $100,000. 01:33:28
2.3%. 01:33:30
Is only about $2500. 01:33:33
So we're really right in there. 01:33:36
I've I've always. 01:33:41
I don't think I've ever, really. 01:33:44
Grasp the compression. 01:33:46
I'll be the first to say that. 01:33:48
And so I've. 01:33:50
Focused on the fact. 01:33:52
If I'm making $100,000 and I have somebody working for. 01:33:54
For me that makes 38 or $42,000. I'd rather see them get them. 01:33:58
I've always said that. 01:34:03
You know we have an easier time or should have an easier time when we make a higher wage. 01:34:05
So my focus on this is that. 01:34:11
Just that. 01:34:13
Where? Where are we? 01:34:14
What I guess I'm trying to say in a nutshell is, is that if we're going to put that kind of an increase in our lower level. 01:34:16
That, to me is a good start. 01:34:23
It's not what I'm really looking for. 01:34:25
Or the final increase. 01:34:28
You know, I'd like to see it be a lot more than that. 01:34:31
In our lower levels. 01:34:33
And even a little less of the higher levels. 01:34:35
And you guys in that? 01:34:37
48 group consult tomatoes at me if you want. 01:34:39
That's fine, but. 01:34:42
But that's where my. 01:34:43
My focus is. 01:34:44
Just up. 01:34:47
So I'm sorry, Mr. Klein, you asked what it would be for somebody at 85,000. 01:34:49
Will be $2125.00 of the 2 1/2 percent. 01:34:53
On the other end of the scale though, if we only applied 2 1/2% to someone making $36,000 a year. 01:34:57
Surveys would only be $900. Yeah, I know, and we can't. 01:35:04
We felt like that wasn't. 01:35:09
Equitable. 01:35:12
Or not. Or even. 01:35:13
Close SO. 01:35:15
So when we look at the 2080. 01:35:17
Divided by. 01:35:21
36,000 for someone on that lower end of the scale, so that's. 01:35:22
That's not the bottom. 01:35:26
It's the folks who are in that. 01:35:27
That 270 pay grade. 01:35:30
That's 5.78%. 01:35:32
Some more than double. 01:35:35
What the Social Security? 01:35:36
Consumer price index adjustment is yeah. So please don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see the dollar than that. 01:35:39
An hour versus the percentage like we work with in the past. 01:35:45
Because you're absolutely right. 01:35:49
That's not good. 01:35:51
And so this this is better. 01:35:52
We're closer to being where I would like to see us than we have. 01:35:55
I'll put it that way. 01:35:58
So go ahead. 01:36:00
Mr. Chairman of. 01:36:03
One thing I did want to point out was that it is. 01:36:05
By far more expensive to do that 2080 dollars. 01:36:08
That's some real dollars that. 01:36:12
As a board, you would be investing in our employees. 01:36:14
The 2 1/2% for those the 12% or more is. 01:36:17
A few $1000 but it's. 01:36:21
The majority of that. 01:36:23
The cost is going with that minimum $2080. That's much more costly. 01:36:25
To the county. 01:36:30
Than the 2 1/2 percent. 01:36:31
Thank you, James, and thank you. 01:36:34
Both for. 01:36:37
Putting in the time and effort on this, I really think that. 01:36:38
For our county, you know I. 01:36:42
When back in the day I know when me and Tian started it. 01:36:44
Is horrible on wages here. 01:36:48
And so. 01:36:50
We continue to get better. We've come more on ways and. 01:36:51
For gaining SO thank you. 01:36:55
Thank you, Supervisor. 01:36:58
Thank you, Marin. I do appreciate the dual approach here. I think that's the correct approach. 01:37:00
Because we've tried it with just strictly percent. 01:37:06
We tried. It was strictly just a dollar amount. 01:37:09
And this is a combination and I think it's great. 01:37:12
The total cost F. 01:37:15
For this increase. 01:37:16
I think you mentioned somewhere in the 600 and some 1000 range. 01:37:18
Of which we have about 300 and some $1000 so. 01:37:22
The extra. 01:37:29
Say 300. 01:37:30
The extra 300. 01:37:31
Is going to come from someplace. 01:37:33
But it's uncertain where that is. It's buried in the budget somewhere we can. 01:37:36
Find it in our general money. 01:37:41
We can cut something else if we want. 01:37:45
And all of that. 01:37:47
We still haven't necessarily said this is exactly where the extra 300,000 is coming from. 01:37:50
So we have. 01:37:55
Let me just make sure that I'm looking at the right number here. 01:38:00
So the overall cost to the general fund? 01:38:03
Is. 01:38:07
Right around $600,000 as you said. 01:38:10
314 of that can come from. 01:38:13
Your increased property taxes. 01:38:17
Because we were very conservative with revenues. 01:38:21
It's possible that. 01:38:25
Revenues are going to perform just fine and you're not going to have to make any hard decisions. 01:38:26
We wanted to make sure that the capacity was there for everything. 01:38:32
But you're correct, supervisor, it's about another. 01:38:37
280. 01:38:42
$1000. 01:38:44
That we need to. 01:38:46
Carefully make decisions throughout the year to ensure that this capacity is there. 01:38:49
Thank you for that and. 01:38:55
From what I understand about compression because I've had to learn. 01:38:59
About what that means. 01:39:02
It seems like it's more problematic when we hire a new. 01:39:03
Person they come. 01:39:06
We say this is your salary. 01:39:09
And now that salary is identical or higher. 01:39:12
Than someone who's been here 10 years. 01:39:15
And that's where the problem comes. 01:39:17
Yes, is that? 01:39:19
The start. The start pay for someone. 01:39:21
Versus someone that's been here for a while and so as we raise these people from. 01:39:24
The bottom. 01:39:29
That compression is actually. 01:39:31
Tolerable. 01:39:35
In my opinion. 01:39:37
We are working on it. 01:39:39
When we looked. 01:39:41
At the compression issue. 01:39:42
What we looked at internally for staff. 01:39:44
Is. 01:39:48
What it would take to keep them at the same? 01:39:49
Amount through the range. 01:39:51
With these salary increase. 01:39:53
The largest 1 was. 01:39:56
83 1/2 cents an hour. 01:39:58
So we will. 01:40:02
We plan to bring you another agenda item. 01:40:04
Later in the fiscal year after we get a chance to see what revenues are doing. 01:40:07
To address compression issues. 01:40:10
We figured at $0.80. 01:40:13
Or 83 1/2 cents an hour. 01:40:15
And downward. 01:40:17
That it was not something that we needed to solve. 01:40:18
OK. 01:40:23
I never would like to see. 01:40:25
A compression issue. Just keep. 01:40:26
Lower and low. 01:40:28
Correct, right. OK. 01:40:30
And the other thing. 01:40:32
So with the 2 1/2 percent. 01:40:33
That's so that's the flip side of your percentages if we had done them straight across the board percentage. 01:40:37
It wouldn't create compression at all. 01:40:42
It's the dollar. An hour creates compression. 01:40:45
But it's important that. 01:40:48
That we provide that. 01:40:50
I agree. 01:40:51
Anything else? If not, we'll. 01:40:53
Mr. Menlo. 01:40:55
I'm sorry. 01:40:56
One more comment, we looked at a department this year request from the electric official actually. 01:40:57
Of looking at the salaries within that department. 01:41:04
Because there was purported. 01:41:07
Turnover. 01:41:09
Look at that, in the last five years, the employees that have remained in the department for five years. 01:41:10
One employee had. 01:41:15
Perceived because of. 01:41:17
The policies that you got. 01:41:18
And trying to cover the lower end. 01:41:19
Employees. One employee. 01:41:21
Had increased over five years, 55%. 01:41:23
That's over 10% a year. 01:41:26
And the other couple of employees were in the mid 4045%. 01:41:27
So these are. 01:41:31
This is the long term. 01:41:33
Impact that you've had. 01:41:35
Like you said that it's. 01:41:37
We've been able to do some things over the last. 01:41:39
Five years since we've had COVID. 01:41:42
Inflation was rampant and you've taken care of them and trust them. 01:41:44
55% is on the order. 01:41:47
Throughout the county and throughout industry, frankly. 01:41:49
So you've done a really good job in. 01:41:52
Addressing the needs. 01:41:54
Those that are perhaps in the lower rungs of the pay grades. 01:41:56
So thank you for that. 01:42:00
Thank you, James. 01:42:02
Call promotion item 4I. 01:42:04
Mr. Chair, I move to adopt A fiscal year 2026. 01:42:08
Human accounting salary plan as presented. 01:42:12
I'll second that. 01:42:15
The motion and the second to approve those in favor say aye. 01:42:17
Aye, aye. Thank you, Mary. Thank you. 01:42:20
We have consent agendaims. 01:42:27
Item 5A through 5E. 01:42:29
I'll ask the supervisors whether you would like to remove one or more. 01:42:33
Or further discussion. Separate vote. Supervisor Humphrey. 01:42:36
There's nothing accurate. 01:42:41
And take off. 01:42:43
At Supervisor Klein, I I think I'm good with them. 01:42:44
OK. I'll call for a motion to. 01:42:48
Umm, uh. 01:42:51
To approve consent agenda item 5A through E so move, Mr. Chair. 01:42:55
I'll second have a motion and a second to approve. Those in favor say aye aye. 01:43:00
Aye. 01:43:06
OK, sounds like it might be rain. 01:43:07
That's the sound of rain, by the way, if you didn't know. 01:43:11
Yes, we will vote for it to continue. 01:43:20
Out to the public, anyone? 01:43:25
Here in. 01:43:26
Hello. Now on the Internet and no inpatient. Thank you. We'll close that. 01:43:28
Item 7. 01:43:34
Is our. 01:43:36
Reports. 01:43:38
And so, Mr. Men love, what do you have for us? 01:43:40
Mr. Chairman or his Board, I want to report that on July 10th I attended the. 01:43:42
Maricopa County law enforcement. 01:43:47
Training Academy graduation. 01:43:49
And I had a personal interest, my daughter-in-law. 01:43:52
Has completed the trading training Academy. 01:43:54
And graduated she is now. 01:43:57
A deputy sheriff with Hewlett County. 01:44:00
I couldn't be more proud of her, but as they went through this graduation had a video of some of the things that they. 01:44:02
They did, and it's just. 01:44:07
I could never imagine that. 01:44:09
My daughter-in-law is. 01:44:12
The menu tube and. 01:44:14
5 foot two or something like that. 01:44:16
100 lbs soaking wet. 01:44:19
That they send us somebody in there that 60. 01:44:21
For £250 and it's just a. 01:44:23
People. 01:44:26
To of survival. 01:44:27
And she's expected to. 01:44:30
Hold her own against. 01:44:32
This mammoth of a man. 01:44:34
And she found a way. 01:44:36
She's very creative and. 01:44:38
I'm not going to describe what she did to. 01:44:40
I'll leave your imaginations to that. I am extremely proud of her. 01:44:45
When she expressed this. 01:44:49
This interest. 01:44:51
And coming to work for the Heater County Sheriff's Office. 01:44:53
I told. 01:44:56
That's another part. 01:44:58
Officials Office. 01:45:00
You cannot come to me. You cannot. 01:45:01
Ask for anything or any favors or anything like that. You're on your own. 01:45:04
And she's spunky and she's tough. And she will. 01:45:08
Be a great asset to helicopter. 01:45:12
Just as proud of. 01:45:15
Even like that. 01:45:16
Step in the way or do anything for her. 01:45:18
I'm still extremely proud and. 01:45:21
Again, made me recognize and realize. 01:45:24
What our deputies do and what. 01:45:27
To help ensure our safety what they. 01:45:30
Are confronted with daily soul. 01:45:33
I appreciate the Sheriff's Office. 01:45:35
It was here earlier I was going to. 01:45:38
Asking McConnell that he's gone, but. 01:45:40
So anyway. 01:45:42
That was July 10th and I. 01:45:44
Great graduation. 01:45:46
Thank you, Mr. Chair. 01:45:48
Thank you, Mr. Menlo, Supervisor. 01:45:49
Yeah, I held the tunnel based community meeting. 01:45:53
On the on the 1st. 01:45:56
Held a Roosevelt community meeting on the 14th. 01:45:58
KQSS on the 14th attended the Miami. 01:46:02
Town Council hall. 01:46:05
On the 14th, we'll attend a team meeting with Michael. 01:46:07
O'Driscoll and staff on the 20. 01:46:12
3rd at 2:00. 01:46:14
And I did some research because like I'm always talking about projects and going over projects. 01:46:16
Supervisor client, I know your main project is the. 01:46:21
Veterans Center and. 01:46:26
Supervisor Christensen never heard much about projects and stuff so. 01:46:27
What I did is I went through a population comparison chart and so. 01:46:31
What I ended up? 01:46:36
Looking up. 01:46:37
Is District 1-2 and three. 01:46:38
From the census. 01:46:41
District 1 has 15,229 people. District 2. 01:46:44
13,400 and. 01:46:48
And 56 District Three, 16,625. 01:46:50
And the reason I did this is because what I wanted to see. 01:46:55
Is how much of our constituents. 01:46:59
Are served by another government. 01:47:03
And So what what what it ended up being. 01:47:07
Is the district one out of out of? 01:47:11
Out of all the people in your district? 01:47:15
17.46%. 01:47:18
You're their only government. 01:47:22
The rest are. 01:47:24
Governed by Counterpac. 01:47:25
Or scarvel. 01:47:27
OK. And then? 01:47:29
For District 3. 01:47:32
16 point. 01:47:33
Five, 3%. 01:47:35
Of District 3. 01:47:37
Is a year their only government? 01:47:40
For the call, for the roads or whatever. 01:47:43
And on District 2. 01:47:47
50%. 01:47:49
Of my constituents. 01:47:51
I'm their only government out of. 01:47:54
You know the unincorporated is 6000. 01:47:57
741 people, 50% of them. 01:48:00
I'm the Roman government. 01:48:03
So what? What? 01:48:05
What this? 01:48:07
Showed me was that. 01:48:09
Is when it comes to answering constituents and having constituents complain to you. 01:48:11
I have more constituents. 01:48:17
Or I'm their only government? 01:48:19
Then both District 1 and District three are. 01:48:21
And and so, and then I went with registered voters. 01:48:24
And it comes out about the same on registered voters. 01:48:28
And I did that on roads as well. 01:48:31
And you know when we get into roads. 01:48:34
Sorry, Supervisor Chris, you only got. 01:48:38
900 and I mean 96 miles of roads. 01:48:41
In your district. 01:48:44
And I have 272 miles. 01:48:47
And supervisor client has 383 months. 01:48:50
Of Rd. that's paved and unprepared. 01:48:54
And so anyway, I came up with. 01:48:56
With that and so. 01:48:58
That's you know. 01:48:59
I mean, I just wanted to bring that information in. 01:49:00
Like I can have to e-mail you that information. 01:49:03
But when it comes to. 01:49:07
Umm, you know a lot of these things going on in complaint. 01:49:09
From constituents. 01:49:12
Umm, sometimes some of these projects. 01:49:14
Get pretty important. 01:49:17
But anyway. 01:49:19
That's all I have. 01:49:20
They'll pick a copy. Thanks. 01:49:22
By the climb, you'll do what? 01:49:23
I'll take a copy. 01:49:25
Well, I I. 01:49:29
You know, I think. 01:49:31
The numbers are numbers, but I think there's a lot involved in. 01:49:32
That as well as far as the reservations I serve. 01:49:35
You know, just because, umm. 01:49:39
The reservations don't mean we don't get the calls. 01:49:41
Don't mean we don't get the projects. 01:49:45
You know, just because. 01:49:47
Other communities. 01:49:49
That I have. 01:49:52
Unincorporated. 01:49:53
You know, I get those calls incorporated. I still get those calls. 01:49:55
I think as districts. 01:49:59
I think there's a board. 01:50:02
As a whole, I think we've done a good job in the past. 01:50:03
Recognizing a lot of these districts have been very well. 01:50:08
Are very good supporting each other on. 01:50:11
On projects. 01:50:13
And hopefully it continues like that because. 01:50:15
There are differences between these three districts. 01:50:18
Something I don't think that you can just necessarily rely on numbers. 01:50:23
But as far as? 01:50:27
Locations on and on there's there's differences, but anyway. 01:50:31
Thank you, Ken. 01:50:35
Of information. 01:50:36
I'm trying to remember. 01:50:39
I tell you what, when we don't have a meeting for. 01:50:40
For two weeks, it's hard to get back in the groove of things, but. 01:50:43
I told you guys before I went to Philadelphia. 01:50:47
Part of the public lands package. 01:50:49
And uh. 01:50:52
WIR when I was back there on public lands. 01:50:53
We entertain. 01:50:57
Quite a few resolutions. 01:50:58
In public. 01:51:01
I Co sponsored some of them. 01:51:04
On several of them. 01:51:06
And for example, one of them, and I'm just gonna throw this out there. 01:51:08
Our issues with the cell phone towers. 01:51:11
Over and over again we have cell phone companies wanting to build cell phone towers on. 01:51:14
By the properties. 01:51:18
We all know why. 01:51:19
They don't want to go through the hoops to get it done on. 01:51:21
On federal lands. 01:51:23
One of the resolutions was to say, hey, you need to be looking at federal properties. 01:51:25
You need to be looking at federal lands. 01:51:30
Not just private property so. 01:51:32
If any of the two supervisors are interested in resolutions, please let Kathy know and we'll print them off for you and you can 01:51:35
read up on them. 01:51:39
See what you think. 01:51:43
So I was there for. 01:51:44
I flew out there and had a meeting for a day and flew back. 01:51:46
I represented Maricopa County on two of their. 01:51:49
Resolutions. 01:51:52
One NWIR western, an regional. 01:51:53
Committee. 01:51:56
And the other one on the Rural Act committee. 01:51:57
I used to be on that one. 01:51:59
First got got in office. 01:52:01
And so I presented on both of those. 01:52:03
They both passed. 01:52:06
For Maricopa County. 01:52:07
One was on treatments of the salt Cedars. 01:52:09
And the other one was to expand and make the Bill M. 01:52:11
Cooperate more. 01:52:17
On part. 01:52:18
Properties inside parks and things like that for vendors. 01:52:20
Opening it up more than that, private vendors come in and. 01:52:24
And sell stuff so. 01:52:28
I think those were both good resolutions that Maricopa. 01:52:29
Kelly put forward on that. 01:52:33
Then Friday I I did make it to the Payson Republican Party. 01:52:38
Their monthly meeting. 01:52:43
And Monica and Shira are gone, but they were speakers there. They both did what I thought was a good job. 01:52:45
I don't know. There wasn't a big crowd there, but there was. 01:52:52
20 people. 01:52:55
So I was glad to be there and listen to that. 01:52:56
Saturday on the 19th I was in the Pleasant Valley Days parade. Had nothing to do with me as a supervisor. 01:53:00
The Grand Marshals were all the local permittees and. 01:53:07
And ranchers. 01:53:10
And so. 01:53:11
We were all there in a group. As far as that trade goes, we had it. 01:53:13
A good turn out there's about 40 floats in there. 01:53:16
I don't think there's anybody left in Pleasant Valley to watch it go by, but. 01:53:20
It was about 40 floats. 01:53:23
So now there was, there's a lot of people there. 01:53:24
Um, tomorrow I'll be on my way to. 01:53:27
Thatcher there's only Mexico coalition of counties. 01:53:31
We're having a meeting down there. 01:53:35
It should be kind of an interesting meeting. The big topic right now is the Mexican walls. 01:53:37
And for whatever reason, it came down the Pike they. 01:53:43
They didn't pull the. 01:53:47
For that particular project. 01:53:49
They're just holding it so right now until they go through a review process. 01:53:52
I count everything they need to count. I guess I don't know where it's going. 01:53:57
I really don't know. 01:54:02
To spend money on the wolf. 01:54:04
Project right now. 01:54:06
Is cut. 01:54:08
They can't do that. They can't. 01:54:09
Spend it on mileage. 01:54:11
Feeding them any kind of helicopter time, fuel time, anything like that. 01:54:12
Only thing they can do is still pay for the salaries of the people that are involved. 01:54:17
And the rest of it is on hold. 01:54:22
So I don't know where that's going. 01:54:24
I see two different extremes. 01:54:26
Agriculture Agriculture Group ranchers. 01:54:31
They're really hoping this is going to shut it down. 01:54:34
I totally agree with him, I hope it does to you. 01:54:37
The wolf people on their side, they're downplaying it, saying no, no, it's going to come back. It'll be. 01:54:40
You know, it'll be reevaluated. Things will be back to normal before long. 01:54:46
I don't know that that's the case. I hope it's not. 01:54:50
So, uh. 01:54:52
So we'll see where that's going to go, but that's. 01:54:54
That is for one is going to be a part of our coalition of counties meeting tomorrow. 01:54:56
Supervisor plan? Is there still funding for animals lost? 01:55:01
Due to there is and it's through the Farm Services Administration, FSA. 01:55:05
And it's called lip lip. It's the Livestock Indemnity Program. 01:55:11
And so I've got those charts on it if you or anyone would like to see. 01:55:16
So anything that's introduced. 01:55:21
A species like the wolf that was introduced by the. 01:55:24
Has a big impact on the local communities. 01:55:27
Their loss of animals can be. 01:55:31
Reimbursed. 01:55:34
Through this program. 01:55:35
Right now. 01:55:36
From what I'm seeing, and I really don't. 01:55:37
Understand why. 01:55:40
Totally yet. 01:55:41
Still kind of trying to do some checking. 01:55:43
New Mexico has collected a little over $5 million of that money. 01:55:46
And Arizona. 01:55:50
If I remember right, around 300,000. 01:55:53
Without money. 01:55:56
So there's a big difference between the two states. 01:55:57
I'm not real sure. 01:56:00
Why? I guess? 01:56:01
Umm, but it also covers things like drought. 01:56:05
If there's drought going on, and there is right now, and that's going to be a part of some up and coming meetings, I'm sure. 01:56:08
It will pay for part of that to your losses. 01:56:14
So if you lose a cow or something, they'll pay 75% of that animal. 01:56:17
And I know that that's happening right now. 01:56:23
And so. 01:56:25
Supervisor Humphrey Yessen. 01:56:27
Senate Bill 700 passed out a state Senate State Energy and Natural Resource committee. 01:56:30
The reason that's important is that's because that's where our. 01:56:35
Veteran Center for. 01:56:38
Property is at. 01:56:39
And so the Senate has moved. 01:56:41
And hopefully. 01:56:44
Umm, hopefully it's not far from the floor. 01:56:46
They'll get on the floor, be heard there. 01:56:50
Maybe we're on a path to wrap this one up? 01:56:52
I'm kind of thinking we are because one of the things I don't know if a lot of you guys seen it earlier. 01:56:56
About 3 weeks ago, Senator Lee out of Utah. 01:57:01
Was pushing or wanting to push a bill? 01:57:05
To transfer a lot of federal lands into private. 01:57:08
Holdings. 01:57:11
He's dropped that bill. 01:57:13
That's no longer out there. 01:57:15
But. 01:57:17
I know that the president in his administration. 01:57:18
Has been looking at trying to put more. 01:57:21
Public lands. 01:57:24
Private holdings. 01:57:26
And so I'm kind of thinking that. 01:57:27
That maybe we're going to see a push on this one of the things. 01:57:31
Going back to Philadelphia. 01:57:34
One of the main speakers was Chris French. He's this associate chief. 01:57:36
Or service. 01:57:40
He brought up the fact that right now. 01:57:42
There's there's a movement to where you could actually go out there and push to purchase federal land up to 40 acres. 01:57:46
And it sounds like that's kind of the directive that's coming down to the ground. 01:57:55
And is going to be. 01:57:59
Be out there. 01:58:01
I I don't know enough about it to really answer a lot of questions on that yet. 01:58:03
But uh. 01:58:07
None of the government forced service. 01:58:09
It would probably be quite a lengthy process to get that done. 01:58:12
Anyway, so that's that's their. 01:58:17
The Hayden Senior Center. 01:58:20
Was officially closed on June 30th. 01:58:23
That is a big. 01:58:26
Impact to Gila County. 01:58:29
And Pinal County. 01:58:31
And unfortunately. 01:58:33
It happened. 01:58:36
Maybe as a little late, I guess I'm doing this, I don't. 01:58:38
I'll only be as quick as I can, but I had cornered the Pinal County. 01:58:41
Supervisor in Philadelphia and talk to him about this. 01:58:45
And he was going back to his board. 01:58:49
In any way it comes to funds comes down to funds. 01:58:52
It's not a good deal. 01:58:57
Umm, hopefully maybe they can somehow work it around in the near future to. 01:59:00
Bring it back online. There's going to be part of it that will still be. 01:59:07
Be offering some services. 01:59:12
The outlying areas. 01:59:14
Gila County. Pinal County. 01:59:19
Are still. 01:59:21
Receiving some milk. 01:59:23
From Mom, cried Gil. 01:59:24
They retained a driver of what Kathy told me down there. That's formal. 01:59:26
He's going to be going around to like the rural outlying areas. 01:59:30
And providing her. 01:59:34
Dropping off these meals so there's still a little glimmer of a. 01:59:36
Some activity there. 01:59:40
But not a lot. 01:59:42
Um, I think. 01:59:45
I think honestly from my standpoint, the way the senior centers are. 01:59:48
Dealt with in the state. 01:59:54
I think it's. 01:59:56
It's wrong. 01:59:57
They don't get the funding that they need. 01:59:59
It for whatever reason, it doesn't seem like anyone wants to step up to the plate. 02:00:02
And push for it. 02:00:08
It's something that when you. 02:00:10
Hopefully when you see these people on the campaign trail and they're stopping all their BS like most of us do. 02:00:12
That you bring that up and ask them, would you? 02:00:19
Where's your real part at? 02:00:21
Are you gonna help with these things? 02:00:23
We just gonna be. 02:00:25
Part of the problem. 02:00:27
And. 02:00:29
I I hope it changes because there's so many people out there. 02:00:31
Today are seen as especially in our rural communities. 02:00:35
That's the only person they see for a week. 02:00:39
Or longer. 02:00:42
And that's the only place they have to go if they need something or to call. 02:00:44
And if they need some help with something. 02:00:48
So not having one in place. 02:00:50
It's going to be a big impact. 02:00:54
I'm really proud of Gila. 02:00:56
Of us. 02:00:57
US three sitting here. We've supported our senior centers from day one. 02:00:59
We've done an awesome job. We've done nearly as much as. 02:01:03
We probably can. I wish there's more we could do, but we've done a lot. 02:01:07
And I don't know. 02:01:11
Anyway. 02:01:13
That's out there. 02:01:14
Talking about projects. 02:01:16
Uh, surprise Humphrey. 02:01:18
I think from my understanding guys seal the chip sealing was Don Troy, right? 02:01:21
Is done. I think they got some stuff done in pine and strawberry right? 02:01:26
Steve, I haven't heard the latest. 02:01:30
I think they did. 02:01:34
And so they're their final push now is in Young. 02:01:35
They're going to stretch the road there. They're also doing the Vet Center. 02:01:38
And a lot of people, it's already been brought to my attention, you know, why are we doing the best interest? 02:01:42
On 5/12. 02:01:48
Oh I wish we were printed on 512 but we're not because the money that's banned for this. 02:01:49
Is only targeted for the Vet Center. 02:01:54
So it's about $140,000 project. 02:01:56
And this is coming out of the $3,000,000 that David Marshall. 02:02:00
Allotted for the present I met center. 02:02:03
This will be the first project. 02:02:06
In that. 02:02:09
Budget package that will get spent and put on the ground. 02:02:11
And uh. 02:02:15
It's going to look really good. 02:02:16
It's going to be a good project. 02:02:18
And we're going to continue to go further with more of them, Michael. 02:02:19
I haven't heard a whole lot lately, so. 02:02:25
But we are pushing for other projects. We're going to continue on and. 02:02:28
Get those done. 02:02:32
Umm, with that I guess. 02:02:33
That's all. 02:02:38
OK. Thank you. We are. 02:02:39
Pulling up pavement and repaving and pacing today at the TCM. 02:02:42
Really needed paving of an older section that got ripped up pretty bad during the. 02:02:48
Remodel and. 02:02:53
Part of that and so that will probably be completed in the next day or two. 02:02:54
And so they were working on that in the rain this morning, so. 02:02:59
I do want to say that two weeks ago I met. 02:03:04
With Anya Lewis, she is the chairwoman of the Yavapai Apaches. 02:03:06
In Camp Murray, she's the one that. 02:03:11
Actually wanted to have the meeting. 02:03:14
What she's asking the Board of Supervisors. 02:03:16
To do is have a letter of umm. 02:03:19
What's the letter called? A letter of thumb. 02:03:25
Support for the water settlement that they have. 02:03:28
Put together so the tribes are all kind of going to the federal government with water settlements and. 02:03:32
The amplified Apaches have come up with. 02:03:37
A settlement that seems to get like 100% approval from all of the various. 02:03:39
Players and all the various people at the. 02:03:44
At the table. 02:03:46
I said I would love to put that together so. 02:03:48
Supervisors expect to see something soon. 02:03:51
That will come on our agenda. That is in regard to a support letter from the Board of Supervisors. 02:03:54
For that settlement. 02:04:00
And that'll be a good settlement for them, even though it doesn't really impact. 02:04:01
Hila County in any way. 02:04:05
Water wise. 02:04:08
It's something that Eli Crane is requesting. 02:04:10
Everyone in his district would. 02:04:13
Have a letter. 02:04:15
Supporting. 02:04:17
That and umm, so. 02:04:18
Last week I guess the Veterans coffee I met there. 02:04:21
And gave an update on the rally around the flags. 02:04:25
Project. 02:04:29
As it's proceeding and Michael's been keeping me up to date on that. 02:04:30
And it's proceeding and it's. 02:04:33
Proceeding. 02:04:36
Government. 02:04:38
Timeline. 02:04:39
That all things proceed at, which is sort of slowly. 02:04:40
But it is coming along. 02:04:44
And. 02:04:46
We should get to the point where we can award. 02:04:47
The engineering. 02:04:51
Aspect of that. 02:04:52
I guess is what you would call that. 02:04:54
Where they plan it out and get all that. 02:04:55
Put together and then we should be able to start going with that. 02:04:58
I would love to see that project completed and somehow memorialized. 02:05:03
Next July 4th, which would be the 250th anniversary of. 02:05:07
Our country. So I think that would be a significant thing to do. 02:05:12
And then also yesterday I met. 02:05:15
Just kind of had a round table. 02:05:19
Discussion. 02:05:21
Which the table was actually square, but umm. 02:05:24
Nau, some professor. 02:05:28
Young woman wanted to have a round table. 02:05:33
About wildfire prevention in our area. So there was. 02:05:36
Quite a few people from the town of Payson etc and myself were there. 02:05:40
To discuss. 02:05:44
I guess we identify over and over and over again the problems with. 02:05:46
Wildfires. 02:05:51
The forest management. 02:05:52
And all of the various things. And so she's going to come up with a report. 02:05:54
And it will just be another, you know, report of the same. 02:05:58
Topic The same situation with. 02:06:02
Identifying all the same issues that never seem to ever get dealt with. 02:06:04
The people absent at the meeting were the forcer. 02:06:10
So. 02:06:13
Anyway, I'm not going to comment on that other than they're the ones that need to be there. 02:06:16
That's really all I have at the moment. Yes Sir. 02:06:22
So further. 02:06:25
My spiel on the public lands I wanted to bring up to is. 02:06:27
The county has a Land Management plan that was done. 02:06:32
The last one that was done, Kathleen, correct me if I'm wrong, but it was 2012. 02:06:36
We need to get that updated. 02:06:41
What what I'm seeing is, is right now under this administration, they're directing. 02:06:44
A lot of authority to the Ranger level. Not even the four supervisors. 02:06:51
Blow down to the. 02:06:56
To the Ranger level. 02:06:57
I'm not real sure how that's gonna work. 02:06:59
But coming straight from the. 02:07:02
Deputy chief, that's what he's saying. It's going to the ground. 02:07:05
But in order to be a. 02:07:09
Player on this. 02:07:11
We need that Land Management plan in place and that Land Management plan needs to be. 02:07:13
What we us three sat here and agreed to walk. 02:07:20
Gila County needs to be. 02:07:23
A part of what we want to see happening here, What we don't want to see happening. 02:07:25
On and on and on. 02:07:30
And. 02:07:32
The Earth, The earth thing I want to say to you is. 02:07:33
From a county standpoint. 02:07:38
With everything that's happening right now, with the way the Forest Service is going. 02:07:41
The county. 02:07:46
James and. 02:07:47
Supervisors, everybody here. 02:07:49
We're going to need somebody pretty soon that's. 02:07:51
That's gonna have need to be focused on. 02:07:53
Federal. 02:07:56
Policies Issues dealing with the Forest Service. 02:07:58
Things like that. 02:08:01
I actually I had seen this a couple of years ago where I kept seeing a lot of. 02:08:03
Stuff is going to come down to the ground level. 02:08:09
Well, it's starting to roll off really fast now. 02:08:11
And it doesn't have to be. 02:08:14
Through the state. So if there's projects and I'm going to. 02:08:17
One for sure. 02:08:21
Is I've got the Forest Service coming to me asking about the county's involvement with their recreation program. 02:08:23
They have a good neighbor authority. 02:08:30
That's in place. 02:08:32
Well, we don't go through this. We don't have to go through the state for any of that. We can go straight to the feds and do it 02:08:34
ourselves if we like to do that. 02:08:37
And so there's only going to be more and more of these things coming down the Pike. 02:08:41
And if we don't? 02:08:46
Get ahead of it. 02:08:48
It's it's we're going to be missing out on a lot. 02:08:52
Water issues. 02:08:56
You know that, like you said, from the tribes, I'd like to see a copy of that settlement agreement. 02:08:58
I was approached with that quite a while ago. 02:09:04
And one of the things in there was the fact that they wanted to put a straw in CC Craig and. 02:09:07
I personally disagree with that. 02:09:13
That's that's all. 02:09:16
The water that pays in and that rim country right there relies on. 02:09:17
The state is also on. From a public glance standpoint, is. 02:09:21
Is in the middle of a. 02:09:25
Water fight overall. In general. 02:09:27
Umm, if we're not on our toes. 02:09:31
About that. 02:09:33
We're going to get left in the dirt and we're going to lose a lot of water. 02:09:34
It's not hard for them to put a straw in this mountain and take that water to America. 02:09:38
County SO. 02:09:42
So there's a lot of things that are real important that are out there that. 02:09:44
We're going to have to stay on top. 02:09:48
Or we're going to sing salt. 02:09:51
Thank you, Mr. Chair. 02:09:53
You're welcome into clarify. 02:09:55
Part of the settlement does involve. 02:09:57
CC Craig and about 1800 acre feet. 02:10:00
A year. 02:10:02
And a $1 billion pipeline. 02:10:04
So. 02:10:08
That is part of the settlement. 02:10:12
So I guess SRP has come to the table and said we have. 02:10:13
1800 acre feet we can. 02:10:18
And so. 02:10:21
Water is going to be something. 02:10:23
It can be about South. 02:10:26
Is there anything else, Mr. Humphrey? 02:10:30
OK then. 02:10:33
I will adjourn the meeting. Thank you, gentlemen. 02:10:35
Thanks, Steve. 02:10:38