Mar 04, 2026 BOS Regular Session

[CALL TO ORDER]

[EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]

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I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MILLER. THOSE OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. MOTION

[ACTION ITEM(S) FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I HAVE A MOTION AS WRITTEN. I'M SORRY. ITEM FIVE IS WRITTEN. YOU'RE APPROVING ITEM. DO I

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A DISCUSSION APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL TO WAIVE ATTORNEY. I'M SORRY TO WAIVE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE OF THE LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE COUNCIL AT SNELL AND WILMER, WHO ARE ENGAGED AS CONFLICT COUNSEL TO ADVISE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AND ARIZONA EMPLOYMENT STATUTES TO EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE PINAL COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND PROVIDE LEGAL STRATEGY TO LIMIT AND MITIGATE LIABILITY EXPOSURE. AS A RESULT OF THE PINAL COUNTY ATTORNEY'S UNAUTHORIZED EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS. MISTER CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? THOSE INDICATE THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK. WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK. MISS DENNIS, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS? TELL THE PUBLIC ALL ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PLEASE AND PLEASE. I JUST SAID YOUR NAME, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE JUST INDICATE MY NAME IS KIM DENNIS? AND I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH SNELL AND WILMER. WE WERE RETAINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT BACK PAY WAS OWED TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE HIRED WITHOUT AUTHORITY, BUT NONETHELESS PERFORMED SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. WE DETERMINED THAT BACK PAY WAS IN FACT OWED, BECAUSE ARIZONA LAW ENTITLES ANY PERSON WHO PERFORMS WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER TO BE PAID WAGES, INCLUDING APPLICABLE BENEFITS SUCH AS EARNED PAID SICK TIME AND PAID TIME OFF IF PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES, REGARDLESS OF HIRING DEFECTS OR SOMEONE'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE COUNTY'S HIRING PROCEDURES. IN THIS CASE, ATTORNEY MILLER, THE GOVERNING STATUTES DEFINE EMPLOYEE BROADLY AND IMPOSE MANDATORY WAGE PAYMENT DUTIES ON EMPLOYERS, INCLUDING THE COUNTY. IN SOME CASES, TREBLE DAMAGES, PENALTIES, AND ATTORNEY'S FEES COULD BE ASSESSED AGAINST AN EMPLOYER FOR FAILING TO PAY EARNED WAGES AND OR EARN PAID SICK TIME.

ARIZONA ARIZONA STATUTES DEFINE AN EMPLOYEE AS ANY PERSON WHO PERFORMS SERVICES FOR AN EMPLOYER UNDER A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT, EITHER MADE IN THIS STATE OR TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE STATE. A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT MAY BE IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND PERFORMING WORK AT THE DIRECTION OF AN EMPLOYER IS SUFFICIENT TO FORM AN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. LIKEWISE, ARIZONA DEFINES EMPLOYEE AS TO SUFFER OR PERMIT TO WORK. THUS, IF AN APPARENT APPARENT EMPLOYER PERMITS AN INDIVIDUAL TO PERFORM SERVICES ON BEHALF OF OF THE EMPLOYER, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE EMPLOYED AS A MATTER OF LAW. THUS, IN THIS CASE, WE DETERMINED THAT TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD PERFORMED SERVICES AT THE DIRECTION OF ATTORNEY MILLER WERE ENTITLED TO BE PAID, STATUTORILY OBLIGATED BY THE COUNTY TO TO PAY THEM. SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE BACK PAY HAS BEEN OFFERED AND AWARDED TO THOSE TWO THREE EMPLOYEES NOW. SO ANY QUESTIONS? THREE. WE'VE COME TO THREE FROM TWO. YES. IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR. YES. BOARD. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS DENNIS? YES. I'D JUST LIKE TO JUST ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION. SO MAYBE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING OR MAYBE ALL THE LEGAL TERMS, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR WHETHER YOU'RE IN GOVERNMENT, IS IT NORMAL PRACTICE TO ACTUALLY HIRE SOMEBODY AND THEN ASK FOR BACK PAY LATER, SUCH AS MYSELF WITH ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD WORK FOR ME? IS THAT COMMON TO HIRE SOMEBODY? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT COMMON. AND THE REASON BEING IS BOTH FEDERAL LAW AND STATE LAW REQUIRE THAT INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH A CERTAIN PROCESS TO CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. SO TO HAVE SOMEONE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY PERFORMING WORK WITHOUT CONFIRMING THAT THEY'RE LEGALLY ABLE TO DO SO, THAT IS THAT IS AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. AND TYPICALLY SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THREE DAYS OF BEING HIRED. SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, IF THEY HAVEN'T PROVEN THROUGH THE I-9 PROCESS, THEY ARE NOT WORKING LEGALLY. SO NO. OKAY, I KIND OF KNEW THE ANSWER, BUT I'D RATHER HEAR IT IN LAYMAN TERMS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO DO YOU HAVE A NO? I WILL, BUT GO AHEAD. SO THIS IS ABOUT. LET ME CHOOSE MY WORDS CAREFULLY. THIS IS ABOUT THE ARROGANCE. OF THINKING THAT COUNTY POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO THEM. OKAY. SO THE POLICIES

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CHAIRMAN. SO IN THIS CASE, THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HIRED WERE HIRED OUTSIDE OF TYPICAL CHANNELS. THE COUNTY WAS NOT INFORMED THAT THEY WERE HIRED. SO THEY WORKED WITHOUT BEING WITH. WELL, THEY WERE THEY PERFORMED SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WITHOUT THE COUNTY WITHOUT THE BOARD KNOWING THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY PERFORMING SERVICES. ONCE THE COUNTY LEARNED THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT PERFORMING SERVICES AND A REQUEST FOR BACK PAY WAS MADE, IT WAS MONTHS LATER. THE COUNTY THEN UNDERTOOK AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE, IN FACT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING SERVICES, AND BECAUSE OF THE STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS UNDER BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BACK PAY NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS. RIGHT. AND THE REASON WHY THEY MISS BACK PAY IS BECAUSE OUR HR DEPARTMENT WAS NEVER EVEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY EMPLOYED IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE TYPICAL HIRING PROCESS WAS NOT FOLLOWED, AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY WAS UNAWARE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE PERFORMING SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. OKAY. YEAH. GO AHEAD.

NO NO NO. OKAY. YEAH. TO FINISH MY THOUGHT, ONE THING THAT ALL OF US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE HAVE PARAMETERS THAT THIS BOARD HAS PUT ON EACH OF US, INCLUDING OURSELVES, THAT IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OWN OFFICES OR TO GIVE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS, PAY RAISES, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, THAT IS, WE'VE SET POLICY HERE TO WHERE THAT HAS TO COME BEFORE US AS A BOARD TO REQUEST ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND NONE OF NONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE EXEMPT FROM ANY OF THAT. IS THAT BASED ON OUR POLICIES? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YOUR POLICIES APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY APPLY TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. THEY APPLY TO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING UNDER THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THEY APPLY TO STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED BY THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO THE THE POLICIES APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD. THERE'S THERE'S NOT AN EXEMPTION TO FOLLOWING THE POLICY THAT STATED WITHIN THE POLICY OR ELSEWHERE. AND JUST BY STATUTE, WE ARE TASKED WITH APPROVING JOB DESCRIPTIONS AS WELL AS PAY OR SALARY LEVELS. AND IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS NOT DONE. THIS WAS DONE OUTSIDE THAT SAID, HEY, YOU WANT TO COME WORK FOR ME AND I'LL PAY YOU THIS MUCH? AND WAS NOT EVEN A NOT, NOT EVEN A POSITION THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. CORRECT. SO IN THIS CASE, THE OFFERS THAT WERE MADE AND ACCEPTED WERE ORAL OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT, AND THE COUNTY WAS UNAWARE THAT THOSE OFFERS WERE BEING MADE AND WERE UNAWARE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING UNTIL AN INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERTAKEN, WHICH RESULTED IN INTERVIEWS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE IN FACT PERFORMING SERVICES. ONCE THE COUNTY WAS MADE AWARE THAT THEY WERE PERFORMING SERVICES, THE COUNTY DID WHAT IT NEEDED TO DO TO UNDERSTAND HOW LONG THEY WERE WORKING FOR, WHAT RATE OF PAY THAT THEY WERE PROMISED. AND IT WASN'T THAT THE COUNTY RATIFIED THE THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE HIRING. BUT THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED STATUTORILY TO PAY THEM FOR WORK PERFORMED.

SO THERE'S NO DISPUTE THAT WORK WAS PERFORMED THERE. HIRING WAS NOT RATIFIED, BUT THE COUNTY OBLIGATED WITH ARIZONA AND FEDERAL LAW WAS OBLIGATED TO PAY THEM. AND AND I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT OUGHT TO BE BROUGHT UP, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PUBLIC AS WELL, IS THE LIABILITY THAT IT PLACES ON US AS A COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T

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IT BRINGS UP IMMIGRATION ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO BEING LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. SO YES, IT DOES CREATE A BUNCH OF EXPOSURE JUST BEYOND HAVING TO PAY BACK PAY.

YOU'RE CORRECT. AND AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S NOT ONLY JUST, YOU KNOW, COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL, IT'S JUST OUT IN THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. NO MATTER WHERE YOU HIRE SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE SAME EXACT RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE IS NO EMPLOYER THAT'S EXEMPT FROM FOLLOWING THE FLSA OR ARIZONA WAGE STATUTES HERE IN ARIZONA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK RICK HAS MADE THE COMMENT BEFORE PRIOR ANY KIND OF COMPANY THAT'S OUT THERE, CORPORATION, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENT OR NOT, THEY HAVE PROCEDURES WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING PROCESSES, AND ESPECIALLY IN GOVERNMENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF OF OPENNESS TO THAT PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OF THAT NATURE. YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE DEALING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE FACT THAT WE CAME OUT HERE OPENLY LIKE THIS TO OPENLY DISCUSS THIS AMONGST OURSELVES, BUT TO THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GETTING INFORMATION, WE'RE GETTING INUNDATED WITH REQUESTS. AND WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR COUNTY ATTORNEY? BUT THAT'S THIS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH. THE POLICIES ARE IN PLACE TO ALIGN BOTH THE COUNTY AND ITS OFFICES, AND THAT'S WHY THOSE POLICIES ARE PUT IN PLACE. IT'S NOT SO THAT ANYONE CAN HAMSTRING SOMEONE OR HANDCUFF SOMEONE FROM FROM HIRING WHO THEY WANT TO HIRE.

BUT THERE ARE POLICIES IN PLACE SO THAT THE COUNTY CAN FOLLOW THE APPLICABLE LAW. WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SAY TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS HAS TAKEN OVER A YEAR JUST TO GET THIS FAR, BUT WE'RE HAVING TO CROSS ALL THE T'S AND DOT ALL THE I'S AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT, I'M SORRY THAT IT'S TAKEN SO LONG, BUT THERE'S MORE TO COME. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WELL, THERE IS ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO IT. IF I COULD ACTUALLY GIVE DIRECTION TO OUR STAFF, TO GIVE THEM DIRECTION, TO SEND A LETTER TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OUR FELLOW HIRING ABOUT OUR OUR HIRING PROCEDURES, THAT WE REITERATE THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS THE HIRING PROCEDURES. AND ANYBODY IN THEIR STAFF AT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THIS IS OUR THIS WE WE DON'T NEED THIS TO COME BACK AND HAUNT US AGAIN. WE NEED TO REALLY HIT THIS HARD. SO TO SAY THAT THE HIRING AND COMPENSATION ARE NOT, ARE NOT VALID UNLESS THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE HR AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN ADVANCE. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS DENNIS. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. CANFIELD. COME ON UP.

SO I DIDN'T MEAN TO DISCOUNT YOU AND JUST LEAVE YOU OUT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'LL KEEP MY REMARKS VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS, AS OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD, THIS IS LIMITED TO JUST THIS, THIS EMPLOYMENT MATTER WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOW COUNSEL ON ALL HR MATTERS. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ACTUALLY STILL IS COUNSEL ON ON HR MATTERS GENERALLY FOR THE

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AND SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THEY ACTUALLY DID THE WORK THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED. THAT WAS WHEN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THEY WERE EMPLOYED FOR. THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THE PAYMENT.

YES. MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR GOODMAN THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO THAT'S THE INVESTIGATION WAS UNDER WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT OFFERS WERE MADE, WHETHER THE WORK WAS DONE. THERE WAS INCONSISTENCIES AND INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS MADE IN TERMS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS ULTIMATELY DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE OFFERED POSITIONS DESPITE BEING TOLD THE POSITIONS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. AND THOSE AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS DID IN FACT WORK.

AND AS MISS DENNIS POINTED OUT AT THAT POINT, ONCE THEY WORKED, THAT SPRUNG INTO LIFE. FEDERAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT LAWS THAT REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO GET PAID. AND AS THE POINT WAS MADE, THAT APPLIES ACROSS THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S A PUBLIC ENTITY OR A PRIVATE ENTITY, SOMEBODY WORKS IN THIS COUNTRY, THEY GOT TO GET PAID. SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE DECISION TO OFFER THEM EMPLOYMENT WAS LAWFUL OR CORRECT, BUT IT DOES MEAN THEY HAVE TO GET PAID. SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, AND I THINK THAT THE BOARD'S DECISION TO PROVIDE THAT BACK PAY WAS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ANY KIND OF RATIFICATION, APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S DECISION TO MAKE THOSE EMPLOYMENT OFFERS. THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST A MESS. WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP. YES, AND THANK YOU. ANY OTHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. DISCUSSION, APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF ANY JOINT DEFENSE AGREEMENTS AND CONFLICT WAIVERS NEEDED TO BUY OUTSIDE COUNSEL IN ORDER TO DEFEND PINAL COUNTY. IN THE CASE OF VALENZUELA ET AL.

VERSUS JOHANSEN ET AL. AND I BELIEVE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS ROBERTS OR MR. DURRANI? NO, NO. OKAY. IN THAT CASE, I GET A MOTION. PLEASE. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM, ITEM EIGHT IS COUNTY

[8. County Manager's Report (Information Only). (Leo Lew)]

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WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS A LITTLE OVER 40 AND THERE'S FOUR TRAILHEADS TO GET ON AND OFF.

BUT NON-MOTORIZED HIKING, BIKING, HORSEBACK. AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME SOME LINKS EVENTUALLY ON THE WEBSITE SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHERE IT'S AT, FOLLOW THE RULES THERE, AND BE ABLE TO GET ON AND OFF AND ENJOY THAT RECREATION TRAIL. 1:00 NEXT WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU.

BE THERE. YEAH. YOU'LL BE HIKING SHOES AND SHORTS. HERE WE GO. YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF THIS THERE, I'M SURE. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. LIU, ITEM NUMBER

[9. Supervisor District update(s) regarding notable current or upcoming events concerning the district. (Information Only) (Jeffrey McClure)]

RIBBON CUTTING IS TONIGHT AT 5 P.M. BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN APRIL 24TH AND 25TH. WE HAVE. LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAYS IN SAN TAN VALLEY AREA IN MY DISTRICT. IT'S A REALLY A COOL PROJECT THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVE BROUGHT INTO OUR. SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE STARTED DOING THIS AND IT WILL BE TWO DAYS FROM 7 TO 1 BOTH DAYS, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ON THE 25TH AND 24TH OF APRIL. BRING ALL YOUR GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND OUR GUYS WILL UNLOAD IT RIGHT THERE AT THE YARD. SO YOU GET CURBSIDE SERVICE. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR VITIELLO. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. SO I HAVE A VIDEO HERE I'D LIKE TO PLAY.

AND IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S ABOUT BATTERY STORAGE VIDEO. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET ROUGHLY 4045 FIREFIGHTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, PINAL COUNTY, TO COME AND COME TO A SEMINAR THAT WAS DONE. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY OF BATTERIES. THEIR SAFETY IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. WHEN THEY GO INTO A FIRE, A REGULAR HOUSE FIRE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO. THEY HAVE GARAGES THEY WALK INTO, THEY HAVE ALL THE FURNITURE. WE HAVE ALL THE ALL THE STUFF THAT CAN BURN AND MAKE A REAL MESS AND REALLY BAD FOR THE ACTUAL FIREFIGHTERS. WELL, I WANTED THEM TO KNOW WHEN THEY WALK INTO A IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A FIRE ON BATTERY STORAGE, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO, WHICH IS STAY BACK, WATCH IT AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T SPREAD. AND YOU'LL SEE IN HERE WE HAVE CONTAINERS LINED UP. SO LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO AND YOU'LL SEE. AND IF I CAN NARRATE IT A LITTLE BIT AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE HERE TODAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THIS, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT BATTERY STORAGE.

IT'S BECOME A VERY BIG THING, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA SPRAYING WATER AND ACTUALLY JUST EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM. AND IT SPREAD FARTHER DOWN THAT ROW. TODAY IS GOING TO BE A LECTURE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO LITHIUM ION BATTERIES. THIS REALLY IS AIMED AT FIRST RESPONDERS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS IN ALL OF PINAL COUNTY ARE UP TO PAR, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO. HALF OF RESPONDING TO A LITHIUM ION BATTERY IS UNDERSTANDING THE DANGER. SOME OF THE DANGERS HAVE BEEN OVERSTATED AND SOME UNDERSTATED. THEY ARE OUT HERE TO DO THIS SYMPOSIUM. AND THEN LATER ON TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE COOLIDGE TO GO OVER TO CASEY TO DO A BURN OF A CONTAINER. PUBLIC SAFETY IS HUGE FOR ME. A SAFE CITY, SAFE TOWN, SAFE COUNTY IS GOING TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO. AND NOW IT'S STILL BURNING UNDER WATER. THE TRAINING WE DO IS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND PEOPLE ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE SAFER. THEY'RE HAPPY TO LEARN ABOUT IT. AND YOU LEARN A LOT FROM THE FIREMEN. THAT FIRE BURNED FOR HOURS, A FLAMING BATTERY IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF FLAMING BATTERIES. BATTERIES ARE SAFER, SO WE'RE NOT SEEING BATTERY FAILURES EVERY DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN SEE A BATTERY FAILURE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE NEWS, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. THEY'RE GETTING SMALLER, THEY'RE GETTING MORE EFFICIENT, AND THE BURN IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT ARE BUILDING THE BATTERY STORAGE UNITS, WE LIKE THEM TO COME OUT AND TRAIN THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. IT GIVES US A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. IT GIVES US RESPONSE PLANS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S SAFE.

PUBLIC FIREFIGHTERS, EVERYBODY THAT RESPONDS TO THESE, WE WANT THEM TO BE SAFE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T AS MUCH DANGER OUT OF A BATTERY FIRE THAN THERE IS OF YOUR HOUSE FIRE. THE MYTH IS, IS THAT BATTERIES ARE GOING TO KILL PEOPLE. EVEN MYSELF. OVER A YEAR AGO I WAS VERY SCARED OF BATTERIES, BUT NOW I'M BECOMING UP TO DATE ON IT AND LEARNING MORE AND MORE. I FOUND THAT THE COMPANIES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW THAT ARE BUILDING THESE ARE REALLY FORTHCOMING TO LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

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NORMALLY THEY'RE SPACED OUT PROBABLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 10FT. SO WHEN THE FIRE, WHICH THEY DIDN'T SHOW ACTUALLY ENGAGES, THE ROOF BLOWS OFF. SO THE FIRE CAN CAN SHOOT STRAIGHT UP AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE STUFF BURNING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE OTHER ISSUE IS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE SMOKE, THE SMOKE THAT IS COMING OUT DISSIPATES WITHIN 100FT. IF YOU SAW THE GUY CARRYING ALL THOSE CABLES, HE WAS BRINGING THEM TO AN AREA TO SET UP SENSORS 100FT AWAY, AND THEY TOOK READINGS. AND AGAIN, THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE STANDING TEN, 15FT AWAY DURING THE BURN. THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE ACTUAL BURN. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IT IS MUCH SAFER NOW. AGAIN, I'M STILL DOING A LOT OF INVESTIGATION. WE'RE STILL LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT. BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY IS MUCH SAFER THAN IT WAS. WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN THAT ONE FIRE, THAT THEY WERE JUST DUMPING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER ON. ANYWAY, YOU CAN WATCH THAT VIDEO AGAIN. IT'S ON YOUTUBE, SO IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE, YOU CAN WATCH IT. A COUPLE MORE UPDATES. ATTENDED CSA MEETING ON ENERGY AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT BILLS, WHICH I'M SURE. EITHER DANA WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. ALSO ATTENDED THUNDERBIRD FIRE. THEY HAD A FUNDRAISER, 399 STEAKS. WE ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY COOKED 399 STEAKS, WHICH MEANS WE HAD 399 PEOPLE SHOW UP. IT WAS A FUNDRAISER FOR THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY THEY ARE A JUST A LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ALSO THAT SAME NIGHT I ALSO HAD THE MARICOPA BANQUET, WHERE THEY WERE HONORING FIREFIGHTERS FOR ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF AWARDS. AND THAT WAS THEIR SECOND ONE. THEN OF COURSE, COOLIDGE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN ATTENDED ALSO MARICOPA CITY COUNCIL. THEN WE HAD A GRAND OPENING OF A MIKE INGRAM PARK. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS, HE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE MAN WHO WAS THE REASON WHY MARICOPA EXISTS TODAY. HE OPENED. HE'S THE ONE WHO GOT THE 347 TO 2 LANES. IF THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO HIM 30 YEARS AGO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THREE LANES ALREADY. AND MAYBE WE'VE EVEN GONE TO FOUR LANES BY NOW. ALSO, I ATTENDED THE NIGHT WITH THE STARS FOR CASEY. WHAT THAT WAS WAS GRANTS GIVEN TO COLLEGE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN ATTEND COLLEGE WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE AT ALL. SO THAT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. ALSO, AG EXCUSE ME, CHRIS MAY MAYS CAME TO THE CITY OF MARICOPA TO TALK ABOUT SENIOR SCAMMING SUCH AS MORTGAGE FRAUD, ALL SORTS OF FRAUD OVER THE INTERNET, CREDIT CARD FRAUD, JUST ALL THE TYPE OF FRAUD. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE HER THERE TO SPEAK FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF ABOUT FRAUD. THEN I ALSO ATTENDED MARICOPA CHAMBER FOR THEIR BANQUETS TO AWARD AWARDS TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MARICOPA. AND THEN I WAS ASKED JUST THE OTHER DAY TO JUDGE THE CITY OF COOLIDGE COTTON DAYS PARADE. I'M GOING TO BE A JUDGE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENTS I WANT TO MAKE, AND I'M ACTUALLY SO PROUD AND SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE RALSTON ROAD BRIDGE SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR. I AM ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT THEY ARE OPENING THAT UP THREE MONTHS EARLIER TO THE PUBLIC OF HIDDEN VALLEY THUNDERBIRD FARMS, ROUGHLY APRIL 5TH THROUGH THE SEVENTH. THEY SAID THEY MIGHT GET IT DONE A LITTLE EARLIER, WHICH I WANT TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO AGAIN. PUBLIC WORKS FOR GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE. IT'S A MASSIVE PROJECT I'VE PUT A VIDEO UP ON THERE. IT'S ALSO ON YOUTUBE. AGAIN, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR GETTING IT AT LEAST THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS A HUGE BECAUSE THEY TOLD THEM IT WAS GOING TO BE ONE YEAR CLOSURE. SO THIS WILL

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THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR VITIELLO, SUPERVISOR SERDY, YOU'RE UP. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS AND THEN A COUPLE VIDEOS. FIRST, IT'S SNAKE SEASON. RIGHT NOW IT'S PERFECT WEATHER FOR THEM. AND WE HAVE SNAKES IN EVERY DISTRICT EXCEPT DISTRICT TWO, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY WIPED THEM ALL OUT WHEN THEY BUILT ALL THE HOUSES DOWN THERE. SO YOU'RE SAFE OVER THERE. BUT ANOTHER THING, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I WAS PROMISING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TYPE OF A PANEL OR SEMINAR ON SMRS MICRONUCLEAR, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY NOW BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING SO MAINSTREAM TO TALK ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S WORKING ITS WAY OUT AND PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT NOW. AND AS YOU SAW, THE ARIZONA HOUSE JUST PASSED A BILL. SO RATHER THAN DO SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING, I THINK JUST JUST PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. I WANT TO THANK PINAL COUNTY STAFF WAS AT LOST DUTCHMAN DAYS THIS LAST WEEKEND. THEY HAD THE HAD THE VAN OUT THERE AND THAT WAS GREAT REPRESENTING US. AND THEY LET ME SIT IN FOR A WHILE AND THREE OF OUR FIVE DISTRICTS HAVE EXCITING COPPER NEWS.

COPPER IS REALLY ON THE FOREFRONT. AND WE'RE GETTING BACK TO BEING THE COPPER COUNTY AND THE COPPER STATE. AND I HAVE A COUPLE VIDEOS, ONE HAVING TO DO WITH CLEARING UP, WHY THE COUNTY IS HAVING TO FENCE PERALTA ROAD IN EAST OF GOLD CANYON, IF WE COULD WATCH THAT. ADVISOR JEFF SERDY HERE IN PINAL COUNTY, AT PERALTA ROAD, AT LOST GOLD MINE TRAIL PARKING LOT, THE COUNTY HAS ACQUIRED THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE ROAD, AND THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN UPCOMING ROADWAY PROJECT. THE PLAN IS TO PAVE. PERALTA ROAD WILL BE PAVING PROBABLY 2028, CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING FOR THE ROADWAY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PAVED WITH GRANT MONEY, NOT COUNTY FUNDS. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT FOR THAT. I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE PAVED. TYPICALLY WHEN YOU PURCHASE RIGHT OF WAY FROM STATE LAND, THEY DO REQUIRE YOU TO FENCE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO DO THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. IT HAS TO BE FENCED. THAT'S ONE OF STATE TRUST LANDS REQUIREMENTS. BUT WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF THAT, GOING AHEAD AND FENCING OFF THE RIGHT OF WAY. NOW WE'RE APPROACHING THE WAVE CAVE CARNEY SPRINGS PARKING LOT, AND IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL OFFICIAL PARKING LOT. SOME OF THE PUBLIC IS JUST KIND OF STARTED PARKING THERE, AND IT'S GROWN FROM THERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CAN BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. THE VEHICLES ARE SO CLOSE TO THE ROAD. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE BACKING OUT INTO THE ROAD. IT'S JUST NOT SAFE ANYMORE. OF COURSE, THIS ONE SAYS THAT THE WAVE CAVE, CARNEY SPRINGS WILL BE CLOSED MARCH 2ND, AND TO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO PARK AT THE BIG ONE THAT WE WERE JUST AT, THIS IS THE PARKING LOT THAT'S GOING TO STAY OPEN. IT'S VERY BIG. THERE'S ROOM FOR HORSE TRAILERS, ETC. THE ONE THAT'S JUST BEFORE HERE, THE CARNEY SPRINGS WAVE CAVE, THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE CLOSED. THAT WAS NEVER AN OFFICIAL PARKING LOT. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WANT EVERYONE TO USE. AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE STATE TRUST LAND WANTS EVERYBODY TO USE. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ATV ACCESS IN HERE. LEGALLY. YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE AN ATV EVERYWHERE BACK HERE AND RIDE. YOU'RE DOING DAMAGE AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED. IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE THE REST OF STATE TRUST LAND. TO USE THE STATE TRUST LAND, YOU NEED A PERMIT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. AND YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNS OUT HERE THAT SAY THAT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT ALL THE HIKING IS OPEN, THE PARK IS OPEN AND, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND ENJOY. SO WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INVASIVE WEEDS AND MOSTLY THE GLOBE CHAMOMILE STINK NET. AND WE DID A VIDEO ON IT, HOPEFULLY EXPLAINING IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. BY SUPERVISOR JEFF SERDY. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND YEARS, ACTUALLY, AND THAT'S GLOBE CHAMOMILE OR AS IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN, STINK NET. AND IT IS THREATENING TO TAKE OVER EVERYTHING IN THE DESERT AND IN OUR YARDS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE IT CLOSE TO YOU IN YOUR HOUSE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU GET RID OF IT BEFORE IT GOES TO SEED. IF YOU SPRAY IT AND IT'S ALREADY IN SEED, IT CAN STILL DROP. I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. OH MY GOD, IT IS SO STINKY. NOW DON'T CONFUSE IT WITH THIS ONE. THIS IS BRITTLEBUSH. THIS IS A GOOD NATIVE PLANT. A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THE YELLOW FLOWERS AND THEY THINK, THIS IS IT NOW THIS IS IT. IT'S AN INVASIVE SPECIES FROM AFRICA. AND IF YOU JUST CUT THIS AND THESE THINGS CRUSH, YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORSE. YOU NEED TO PICK THIS, PUT IT IN A BAG AND GET RID OF IT. OR YOU COULD BE CAUSING EVEN MORE PROBLEMS BY SPREADING IT. SO EITHER KILL IT WHEN IT'S SMALL OR IF YOU PULL

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OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SEE. SO LET'S SEE FOR ME. WELL, SUPERVISOR MILLER, YOU OUT THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I AM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICK. THE REASON I'M NOT THERE TODAY IS VERY SPECIAL DAY. AND I THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT ARIZONA WATER HAS BEEN AWARDED A DESIGNATION FOR THEIR CCNM IN THE CANAL. AMA. THIS HAS BEEN A TEN YEAR ENDEAVOR BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS ONE.

IT WAS AN HONOR FOR THE GOVERNOR TO ASK ME TO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND PART OF THE THE SIGNING CEREMONY, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN COMING TO THESE SOLUTIONS. THIS IT WASN'T DONE BY ANY ONE PERSON. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON IT TIRELESSLY. HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND DAYS, DAYS, DAYS.

BUT WE'VE GOTTEN THERE. I SAID TO THE GROUP, THE STAKEHOLDERS GROUP, WHEN I FORMED THEM AROUND TEN YEARS AGO, THERE'S TWO THINGS GOT EVERYBODY'S GOT TO KEEP IN MIND FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. AND I THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. AND THE OTHER THING I TOLD THEM, NOBODY WILL GET EVERYTHING THEY WANT, THAT EVERYBODY WILL GET WHAT THEY NEED. AND WE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. AND JUST A GREAT DAY IN THE WATER WORLD. IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT PINAL COUNTY TREMENDOUSLY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECT. AND IT'S AND IT IS GOOD WATER MANAGEMENT. WE ARE GOING TO BE. RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR WATER. WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY RESOURCEFUL WITH OUR WATER. AND I'M JUST VERY, VERY THRILLED TO BE PART OF THIS AND TO HAVE THIS DAY COME ABOUT. AND AND THEN FOR MY DISTRICT, I THINK THE BIG THING THIS WEEKEND IS THE CACTUS FLY IN. AND WE'RE ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT ARE INTO AIRPLANES AND ANTIQUE PLANES AND ALL KINDS OF PLANES. THEY'LL BE SHOWING UP HERE AT THE CASAGRANDE AIRPORT THIS WEEKEND IS IT'S REALLY A GREAT DAY FOR AIRPLANE ENTHUSIASTS. WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN TO SEE THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. I DID ATTEND THE NIGHT OF THE STARS FOR THE GROUP. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD WITH THEIR WITH THEIR MONEY. AS FAR AS HANDING OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO PEOPLE. SO VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MILLER FROM MY DISTRICT. LAST WEEKEND WE HAD A CLEANUP EVENT SIMILAR TO WHAT SUPERVISOR GOODMAN TALKED ABOUT OUT IN SAN MANUEL FOR SAN MANUEL, ORACLE AND AND MAMMOTH. AND I WAS OUT THERE ON FRIDAY MORNING. WE HAD OVER 300 CARS FRIDAY MORNING. SATURDAY WE HAD ANOTHER 300 CARS. SO 627 VEHICLES CAME THROUGH WITH TRAILERS FULL OF YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT EVERYBODY'S GOT. I MEAN, DISHWASHERS, OLD COMPRESSORS, TIRES, TRASH, YARD WASTE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 35 OR 4040 YARD CONTAINERS THAT GOT HAULED OFF AND ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED TIRES, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. BUT WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT IT'S NOT OUT IN THE DESERT AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAUL IT OFF. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY A GREAT DEAL. AND THIS WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 7 TO 1 IN ARIZONA CITY, WE HAVE THE ARIZONA CITY AND SILVERBELL CLEANUP. AND THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE ARIZONA CITY MAINTENANCE YARD ON BATTAGLIA. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVEN MORE TRASH COMING, STAYING OUT OF THE DESERT. SO THEY'RE ALWAYS GREAT EVENTS. AND WITH THAT, I'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE GOING ON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE

[10. Discussion and update(s) regarding the 2026 Arizona State Legislative Session, including legislation, budget proposals, committee activity, and potential or pending measures that may impact Pinal County, as well as legislative requests or priorities from the Board of Supervisors. (Stephen Q. Miller/Dana Lewis)]

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WE DID ADOPT SUPPORTING HB 2307, HB 2938, AND HB 2960 AS BILLS ARE BEING ADDED MID SESSION.

WE'RE HAVING TO WORK IN FAST TIME. WE ARE OPPOSING HB 23, 69, SB 1437, PUBLIC RECORDS, THE FORMATTING AND THEN THE REDUCTION OF FEES OR NO FEES. AND THEN SB 1655. I CAN SPEAK TO THIS ONE DIRECTLY. WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IS IF YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO BE A POLL WORKER AND YOU WORKED AS THE POLLS, THEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO FULFILL JURY DUTY REQUIREMENTS.

AND THE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC IS NO, THEY WANT TO BE JURY DUTY MEMBERS AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN CIVIL SERVICE AND THEN ALSO WANT TO BE POLL WORKERS, TOO. SO THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. WE'RE OPPOSED AS WRITTEN ON HB 2749 FELONY CONVICTION SENTENCE COMPLETIONS AND DESIGNATIONS. WE ARE IN OPEN COMMITTEE THIS AFTERNOON, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL BE DOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE TESTIFYING TODAY AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO, THANK YOU, MISS LEWIS. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND, CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, THIS REPORT HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. DULY NOTED. ALL RIGHT.

[11. Discussion/approval/disapproval of the recognition of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Members: Under the leadership of the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, AmeriCorps NCCC empowers young adults to serve in disaster response, environmental conservation, infrastructure improvement, and education, and recognizes the Pinal County AmeriCorps NCCC members for their dedication and impactful contributions to the county and the nation. (Melissa Elliot/Natasha Kennedy)]

NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS MEMBERS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, AMERICORPS NCC EMPOWERS YOUNG ADULTS TO SERVE IN DISASTER RESPONSE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, AND EDUCATION, AND RECOGNIZES PINAL COUNTY AMERICORPS IN C.C.C. I THINK I GOT ENOUGH SEASON THERE RECOGNIZING THE MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND IMPACTFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTY AND THE NATION, AND WE HAVE MISS ELLIOTT RIGHT THERE. COME ON DOWN. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M GOOD. ACTUALLY. MY NAME IS CINDA WILLITS. I'M SORRY. YEAH. NO, I'M JUST I'M READING WHAT I GET TOLD, SO I'M SORRY. YOU'RE FINE. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO INTRODUCE AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND HARD WORK TO THE PEOPLE OF PINAL COUNTY. AND WE REFER TO THEM AS N TRIPLE C.

THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ALL THE C'S. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. AND YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF IT. N TRIPLE C TEAM GRIZZLY FOR THE AMERICORPS NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS OR TRIPLE C PLACES TEAMS OF YOUNG ADULTS ACROSS THE COUNTY OR EXCUSE ME, ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SERVE COMMUNITIES AND MEANINGFUL HANDS ON WAYS. GRIZZLY FOUR HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT AND THEN SOME DURING THEIR TIME HERE. THEY HAVE. THEY ARE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS. THESE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS REPAIRED A DAMAGED SUBFLOOR IN THE AGRICULTURAL LITERACY CLASSROOM, ENSURING A SAFE AND WELCOMING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS. THEY TRIMMED TREES AND PERFORMED EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING AT THE MARICOPA AGRICULTURAL CENTER'S AG VILLAGE, WORK THAT SAVED PINAL COUNTY FOR H. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACTOR COSTS IT PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK.

THEY MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT, BUILDING 11 RETAINING WALLS, REBUILDING A 50 FOOT SECTION OF THE PARK'S MOST POPULAR TRAILS, FIXING OR CONSTRUCTING OVER TEN ROCK STEPS COMPLETE, COMPLETELY REMOVING INVASIVE BUFFEL GRASS FROM THE PEAK. FULLY ROCK LINING THE SUNSET CONNECTOR TRAIL AND CLEARING MULTIPLE GROUP SITES OF WEEDS. THEIR TRAIL WORK ALONE WILL BENEFIT HIKERS AND VISITORS FOR YEARS TO COME. BACK AT THE MACK CENTER, THEY HAVE HELPED PREPARE THE ROOF FOR SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION, A PROJECT THAT'S ESTIMATED TO SAVE APPROXIMATELY $90,000. THEY'VE TAUGHT AGRICULTURAL LITERACY TO STUDENTS ON FIELD TRIPS AT AG VILLAGE, DISTRIBUTED FRESH PRODUCE AT MARKET ON THE MOVE AND THE CASA GRANDE MARKETS FARMERS MARKETS, AND CREATED AN EDUCATIONAL MAZE TEACHING SCHOOLCHILDREN ABOUT THE FIVE

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PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING AND THANKING THE MEMBERS OF TEAM GRIZZLY FOUR. CAN THEY COME UP? ABSOLUTELY. COME ON DOWN GUYS. THIS IS JUST AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF OF YOUNG ADULTS AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THEM WORKING WITH US. WE'RE VERY HAPPY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I NEED YOU TO COME BY MY YARD. PULL WEEDS, MAN. THAT'S WHAT I THEY ARE EXPERTS AT PULLING WEEDS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE GRANDKIDS.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? MINE DON'T LIVE BY HERE. SO I GOT I GOT A REQUEST. WELL, WE'D LOVE TO. I THINK WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU AND WE'D LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU AS WELL. YOU GUYS MIND THAT? YOU GOT YOUR PICTURE FACES ON. OKAY, WE'RE COMING DOWN. I'M SORRY. WHAT? OH, YOU WANT ME TO VOTE ON SOMETHING? OKAY, FINE. OKAY, SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, THOUGH, WE HAVE WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT. ITEM NUMBER 11. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11, PLEASE? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11, AS PRESENTED WITH THE STATEMENT THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US HERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I. DID HE SAY I, I MILLER, ARE YOU THERE.

ARE YOU THERE. YEAH I I THERE WE GO. OKAY. THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. NOW DON'T GO AWAY. WE'RE COMING RIGHT DOWN. THINK YOU'RE DONE? YEAH. THANKS, GUYS.

WHO'S GOING TO BE THE RECIPIENT? WHO WANTS TO BE THE. OH, THAT'S THE THE ONE IN GREEN. THE ONE IN GREEN. YOU ARE THE PLAQUE HOLDER. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. I'M JUST GOING TO DO THIS FROM THE FRONT. IT'S EASIER TO TURN IT BACK. EVERYBODY READY? EVERYBODY TAKE ONE STEP UP. WE GOTTA MOVE OVER. THERE WE GO. AND THAT WORKS GOOD. I LIKE THE HEIGHT TO HEIGHT. WORKS GOOD.

YEAH. RIGHT HERE. NO NO NO THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO THEN. THEN HOLD ON. JEFF, COME OVER HERE. JEFF. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THERE WE GO. COME RIGHT. COME RIGHT HERE. YEAH. TINY BIT. DON'T MOVE A LOT. MOVE IT THAT WAY. JUST A LITTLE BIT. HE WAS IN A GOOD SPOT. WELL I JUST. ARE YOU SAYING IT'S ALWAYS A BETTER PICTURE WITHOUT YOU IN IT? ARE.

OKAY. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO LOOK RIGHT HERE. I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE HERE. SO YOU GET YOU GET A COUPLE CHANCES. TILT THE PLAQUE DOWN FOR ME. THERE YOU GO. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET NOT TOO MUCH GLARE ON IT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, BIG SMILE. THREE, TWO. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN ONE MORE TIME. WHEN WE GO CHECK, SOMETHING WORKS. NO. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. AND LAST CHANCE. I WANT TO BE BIG SMILE. THREE, TWO. THERE WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

HOLD ON. PLAQUE. ALL RIGHT. OH, BOY. OH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE. WE ARE AT ITEM 12.

[12. Discussion/approval/disapproval of a Proclamation of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors declaring March 2026, as "Procurement Month" to recognize the role of the public procurement profession. (Traci Gorman/Angeline Woods)]

DON'T READ IT YET. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT? I DO, I HAVE A LITTLE BLURB A

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APART FROM THREE NEWER TEAM MEMBERS, OF WHICH I AM ONE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO BUYERS, FIVE PROCUREMENT OFFICERS AND ONE PURCHASING SUPERVISOR THAT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH. I HAVE THE UTMOST GRATITUDE, CONFIDENCE AND PRIDE IN PURCHASING DIVISION TEAM TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR PINAL COUNTY IN THE MOST VALUABLE AND COOPERATIVE WAY, AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EACH ONE OF THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO BOARD. WE NEED AN APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. BUT MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, ON THIS ITEM, THIS PROCLAMATION, MR. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ITEM 12 IS WRITTEN MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, A MOTION A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL. AND MISS GORMAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE LIKE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION? ARE YOU GOT YOUR READING GLASSES ON? YOU'RE READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. WHEREAS THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS.

AND WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES, PROCUREMENT ADDS VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION BY PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS AS EXECUTING, IMPLEMENTING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS, DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES, AND CULTIVATING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS HAVE TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTY, WITH THE CUMULATIVE PURCHASING POWER RUNNING INTO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WHEREAS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BUILD PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR COUNTY BY DILIGENTLY ENSURING FAIR, OPEN AND TRANSPARENT BIDDING OPPORTUNITIES BY PROVIDING STRATEGIC, LOGISTICAL AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, PINAL COUNTY RECOGNIZES, SUPPORTS AND PRACTICES THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, ETHICS, IMPARTIALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE AND TRANSPARENCY ESTABLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AS FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROFESSION. AND WHEREAS, THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT HAS PROCLAIMED THE MONTH OF MARCH AS PROCUREMENT MONTH TO FURTHER EXPAND AWARENESS OF THE PURCHASING PROFESSIONAL'S ROLE TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LEADERS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 AS PROCUREMENT MONTH IN PINAL COUNTY. YAY! SO WE WOULD NOW COME AND DO A PICTURE. OH, WE HAVE TO. NO. YES. NO, WE VOTED ALREADY. DON'T. I'M JUST LOOKING I'M MAKING SURE I'M DOING IT RIGHT. OKAY. NOW WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE HERE. WELL, MY TEAM'S NOT HERE. WELL THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF. YOU WANT. YOU OKAY? OKAY. RIGHT HERE. YEAH. YOU'RE STILL HERE. PRETTY GOOD SPOT. OKAY. OH, THERE WE GO. I'VE NEVER BEEN AS CLOSE WITH. RICH. JUST A TINY BIT. NOT THAT MUCH. THERE YOU GO. AND. ALL RIGHT.

NICE BIG SMILE. THREE READY? AND THREE. TWO. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE.

THREE. TWO. ONE. NICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GO ON. ALL RIGHT.

[13. Discussion/approval/disapproval of Purchasing Division Report - March 4, 2026. (Traci Gorman/Angeline Woods)]

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RFP 251830 FOR NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT. FOR AWARDING TO NINE VENDORS. RFP 252330 FOR ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS. WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD APPROVE ONE AMENDMENT TO A COMPETITION IMPRACTICABLE OVER A $100,000 PER PROCUREMENT CODE SECTION PC 1502. THERE IS ONE PURCHASE ORDER CHANGE THAT REQUIRES YOUR APPROVAL. THERE ARE TWO COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY YOU OF, AS THEY ARE BETWEEN 100,000 AND $250,000.

AND LASTLY, WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF TWO COOPERATIVE PURCHASE REQUISITIONS OVER $250,000. ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR MISS GORMAN? HEARING? NONE. MAKE IT A MOTION, PLEASE. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASING REPORT DATED MARCH 4TH, 2026. AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I. THERE WE GO. OKAY. OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. GORMAN. THANK YOU. HAVE A

[14. CONSENT ITEMS]

UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER, COUNTY MANAGER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OBJECTS AT THE TIME. THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. PRESENTLY I HAVE MR. RECK WANTING TO PULL ITEM P, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. VITIELLO, DID YOU HAVE ONE YOU WANTED TO PULL? NO. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. I THOUGHT MAYBE J WOULD BE YOURS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE BOARD WISH TO BE PULLED? NO. HEARING. NONE.

COUNTY MANAGER. PUBLIC. MISS PODOWSKI M LIKE MARY AND NANCY. BOTH OF THEM. JUST GOING DOWN THE STREET. MARION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC, MR. QUICK, QUICK. THANK YOU, MR. ROUVELAS. ANY OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, FOR CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH U MINUS ITEM P MINUS M MINUS N AND MINUS Q. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH U MINUS. M AN. Q. DID YOU SAY P? I DID P, P AND T NO Q LIKE QUICK, NOT P AND Q, BUT NO T BUT NO T. OKAY. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH U MINUS.

M AND P Q. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I OPPOSED. THERE WE GO. OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL START. LET'S START WITH MISS PODOWSKI M AND YOU CAN TALK

[Items M & N]

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OKAY. CAN WE DO THEM TOGETHER OR WOULD WE LIKE TO DO THEM SEPARATELY? CHAIRMAN? WE CAN DO THEM TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. MAKE IT A MOTION, PLEASE. FOR ITEMS M AND N. MAY I SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? SUPERVISOR MILLER WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HEARING? ECHOES EVERYWHERE. IT'S THE WEIRDEST THING. IT'S LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A TIN CAN UP HERE, BUT. YES. SUPERVISOR MILLER, PLEASE SPEAK TO IT. SPEAK TO IT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, THEY DO GIVE GRANT MONEY OUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT. IF PEOPLE DON'T APPLY FOR IT, THEY DON'T GIVE IT OUT. SO IT'S AND IT'S AND AND WE NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS AND AND WHAT WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT IF YOU WANT THE GRANT MONEY FROM THE CASINOS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

AND I GUESS TO GO OFF OF THAT, THIS HAS TO BE APPROVED BY US IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR IT.

CORRECT. IT COMES THROUGH US. YES. OKAY. WE ACT AS THE FISCAL AGENT. WE'RE THE YEAH, WE'RE THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE MONIES, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO IF IT PASSES THROUGH US. BUT YES.

OKAY. SO I FORGET WHERE I AM, BUT LET'S SEE, I GET A MOTION ON M AND N I HAD A I HAD A MOTION THERE TO HAVE A SECOND ON THAT. EXCELLENT. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEMS M AND N. THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I OPPOSED I OPPOSED HEARING NONE.

[P. Discussion/approval/disapproval to submit a grant application to the Arizona Department of Homeland Security, FY26 Operation: Stonegarden Overtime and Equipment Program for $3,427,835. This grant will be used by the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to support overtime and employer related expenses for sworn personnel in relation to daily personnel deployments in support of the Department of Homeland Security operational objectives and directives associated with border security, and a new hoist and general maintenance on the aircraft. (Ross Teeple)]

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AND MY QUESTION IS, IS PIMA COUNTY THEN ALSO INVOLVED WITH THIS? IT ALSO MENTIONS THAT THE LAST FUNDING CYCLE, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, THAT 10,647 HOURS WERE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT DHS, WHICH IS JUST SHY OF 30 HOURS A DAY, AND 125 PARTICIPATED IN DAILY ASSIGNMENTS. GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MATH PROBLEM. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE MATHEMATICALLY OR LOGISTICALLY. 30 HOURS A DAY DOESN'T MATCH THESE NUMBERS.

THE DAILY SHIFT COVERAGE HAS BEEN DECREASED TO TEN OR TO TWO TEN HOUR SHIFTS TO MAINTAIN OVERTIME BURN RATES. THAT WOULD BE 20 HOURS A DAY. AND AGAIN, I ASK WHAT OUR BURN RATES. THEN THE NARRATIVE IS CUT OFF, AS YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE GRAY BOX THERE, THAT IT ENDS WITH THE WORD THIS AND THAT. THERE MUST BE MORE TO THE SENTENCE THAN THAT, BUT IT'S NOT THERE. GOING ON TO PAGE SIX AGAIN IN OVERTIME IN AIR REQUESTING $1,950,000 AND AN OVERTIME RATE OF $90 AN HOUR AT TEN HOURS OF DEPLOYMENT WITH 310 DEPLOYMENTS A YEAR. BUT NOW IT MENTIONS THAT THERE ARE SEVEN SWORN PERSONNEL. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHY IT CHANGED FROM 2 TO 7. ON PAGE SEVEN, THERE'S AN EQUIPMENT REQUEST FOR $750,000. AND AGAIN, THOSE 10,647 HOURS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WITH 2467 STOPS, 84 CITATIONS, WHICH I PRESUME ARE TRAFFIC CITATIONS, EIGHT IMMIGRATION CASES, 109 UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS TURNED OVER TO BORDER PATROL, WHICH, DOING THE MATH, IS A SUCCESS RATE OF JUST OVER 8% PER STOP. AND SO I'M WONDERING, IS THIS A COMPARABLE RATE FOR NORMAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE NEW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ALONG I-10 THAT HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED BY SHERIFF TEEPLE? AGAIN, YOU'LL NOTICE THE NARRATIVE BOX IS CUT OFF, THAT THERE IS MORE INFORMATION THAT IS SOMEWHERE NOT THERE. ON PAGE TEN THAT MENTIONS THE THREE MONTH PROJECT ACTIVITIES. AGAIN, THE NARRATIVES AND THE BOXES ARE CUT OFF. PAGE 12. QUESTIONS THREE AND FOUR AUDITS. THEY'RE ANSWERED YES. SO HAS THAT BEEN DONE? AND THAT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THIS MEETING. AND I'M WONDERING HOW THAT RELATES TO THE ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE CASA GRANDE DISPATCH REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH THE PINAL COUNTY AUDITS IN GENERAL. PAGE 15. STANDARD DATA COLLECTION FORM. IT LISTS THE DISTRICT AS FEDERAL NUMBER FOUR. AND ACTUALLY PINAL COUNTY COVERS TWO, FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN, AND STATE EIGHT. WHEN PINAL COUNTY COVERS SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 16. ON PAGE 18, THE NIMS COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. ALL SEVEN ITEMS WERE CHECKED. YES, IN TERMS OF REVIEW AND REVISION, BUT WE'RE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES INCORPORATED INTO TRAINING. THE OPTIONS ARE YES, ALL, YES, SOME OR NO. THE ANSWER IS SOME. AND I GUESS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN TO ME. I WOULD HOPE THAT PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE ANSWERED AS ALL OF THE SIX, ONLY THAT ONE IS CHECKED.

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM PUBLIC INFORMATION IS NOT CHECKED. AND AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, I WOULD HOPE THAT PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE THE SAME SIX PRIORITIES TO BE INCORPORATED INTO TRAINING. THE SAME RESPONSE, ONLY THE ONE ARE THE CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES

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NO QUESTION. 16 TOOLS, TRAINING, GUIDANCE OR SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ENHANCE NIMS INFLAMMATION. THERE'S NO ANSWER AT ALL. AND LASTLY, ON PAGE 20, THE AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES NUMBER ONE SHOULD INCLUDE AMERICAN CITIZENS. I BELIEVE IT ONLY REFERS TO UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE. AND NUMBER TWO MENTIONS, QUOTE, REASONABLE SUSPICION STOPS. AND AGAIN, I HAVE CONCERN OVER THAT DEFINITION. AND THE I-10 STOPS AUTHORIZED BY SHERIFF TEEPLE. AND LASTLY, PAGE 21, THE STONE GARDEN DEPLOYMENTS TUCSON IS MENTIONED AGAIN. AND AGAIN. I ASK, IS PIMA COUNTY INVOLVED? I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS GRANT, AS IT'S PROPOSED, AS WELL AS THE CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS THAT AGAIN, IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS PROPOSAL BE TABLED UNTIL THOSE PROBLEMS CAN BE DEALT WITH AND SHERIFF TEEPLE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RICK. SO ITEM P. I NEED A I NEED A MOTION FOR THIS PLEASE I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM T PETE NO P P. AND T. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND IT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED. I. I'M SORRY, MR. MILLER. YOU'RE AN EYE. SUPERVISOR. MILLER. WERE YOU AN EYE TO THE APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE? SUPERVISOR MILLER, ARE YOU OUT THERE? OKAY. PASSES FOUR. OKAY. THOSE OPPOSED? NO.

SO WITH THAT, I. I BUT I NEED BUT I NEED SUPERVISOR MILLER'S. I ASSUME HE'S A YES FOR PASSING IT, BUT I DON'T I ONLY ASSUMING. CHAIRMAN MCCLURE UNTIL YOU CAN VERIFY THAT SUPERVISOR MILLER HAS REJOINED THE MEETING. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR UP HERE. I THINK HE HAS HIS PHONE ON. IS THIS ON? I'M. UNTIL YOU CAN. OH, YOU VOTED I FOR PASSING? YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR YOU, SUPERVISOR MILLER. YOU'RE VERY QUIET. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT.

OKAY, SO I HAVE FOUR YESES. ONE, NO MOTION PASSES. HE SAID I HE SAID I HAVE FOUR YESES, AND I HAVE ONE. NO. SO MOTION PASSES. OKAY. ITEM Q, MR. AVALOS. ROBERTO OF GOLD CANYON, MY

[Q. Discussion/approval/disapproval to submit a grant application under the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission's FY25 National Criminal History Improvement Program for $162,502. This grant will be used by the Sheriff's Office Records Unit for overtime and employee related expenses. (Ross Teeple)]

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YEAH. WE HAVE AN ECHO UP HERE. IT'S MILLER. IT'S IT'S CRAZY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WHERE AM I? OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. OKAY. AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO RECESS

[15. Meeting of the Pinal County Flood Control District Board of Directors. (Christopher Wanamaker/Joe Ortiz) View the Pinal County Flood Control District Board of Directors Agenda]

[16. Meeting of the Pinal County Public Health Services District Board of Directors. (Merissa Mendoza/MaryEllen Sheppard) View the Pinal County Public Health Services District Board of Directors Agenda]

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I GET A MOTION, PLEASE. ON ITEMS A THROUGH C. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA DATED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2026. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I. THERE WE GO. GOT YOU. OKAY.

THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOW ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND RECONVENE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING AND GIVE YOU A SECOND TO CATCH UP. WE WILL GET THERE IN A MOMENT.

THERE WE ARE. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE AT. YES, WE'RE ITEM 17, CALL TO THE PUBLIC. AND I SEE

[17. Call to the Public]

AND SO LET'S SEE CALL THE PUBLIC. THIS OF COURSE IS THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC. IT'S TIME FOR THE TIME PERIOD FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER WITHIN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORITY OR JURISDICTION. THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEED NOT REQUEST PERMISSION IN ADVANCE. ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO DIRECTING STAFF TO STUDY THE MATTER OR RESCHEDULING IT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND DECISION AT A LATER DATE. WHEN YOU ARE CALLED AND COME UP, PLEASE DO STATE YOUR NAME AND GENERALLY WHERE YOU LIVE AND. AGAIN, WE CAN'T RESPOND UNLESS WE CAN ONLY RESPOND ONLY TO CRITICISM IF OUR NAME IS CALLED AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO I'M NOT GOING THERE. OKAY, FIRST OFF, AS MR. MCCAIN, YOU'RE UP. GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MCCLURE. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, STAFF FRIENDS. I'M BARRY MCCAIN FROM THE CITY OF MARICOPA. JUST NO ONE SAID IT.

THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 4000 BILLS, AND I'M TIRED, BUT I'M PLAYING HOOKY TODAY. SO AS I'VE SAID BEFORE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE MUST ADDRESS ELECTION REFORM BECAUSE WE HAVE A CABAL IN MARICOPA CITY COUNCIL THAT INCLUDES THE DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR. THEY HAVEN'T GOT A COLLEGE DEGREE AMONG THEM. WHILE THEY FABRICATE PUT OUT MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION TO COVER THEIR BLATANT LIES, TO CONTROL POLITICAL POSITION, SILENCE PEOPLE'S VOICES, CONTROL THE MONEY, AND OTHER CANDIDATES ARE HARASSED, SUCH AS MYSELF. CASE IN POINT MARICOPA CITY COUNCIL STARTED TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN 2050. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHANGES ONLY 4 TO 5 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THEN THE COUNCIL SAID THAT THEY HAD PLENTY OF WATER. BUT INFORMED PEOPLE KNOW THAT WATER SITUATION IS VERY CRITICAL. FOLLOWING THAT, THE COUNCIL MADE AN EXCUSE ABOUT HAVING RENTAL APARTMENTS WILL NOT DEPRECIATE COST OF RESALE HOUSES, SO NOW IT COSTS FOR STUDIO RENTAL OVER $1,300 PER MONTH AND THEY ARE STACKING PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS LIKE CANNED SARDINES, WHICH INCREASES THE WATER CONSUMPTION PROPORTIONATELY, CAUSING A WORSE WATER CRISIS. THE YOUNG CITY MANAGER IS OVERPAID AND OVER COMPENSATED. I 347 IS BACK TO BACK TRAFFIC WITH TOO MANY ACCIDENTS, BUT THE LIGHT RAIL WAS NOT INSTALLED TO DE-ESCALATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THIS MARICOPA CITY COUNCIL IS PROMISING ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY CANNOT DELIVER AND CALL THE PUBLIC VIOLATES FREE SPEECH AS GUARANTEED BY THE US CONSTITUTION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY CRONYISM IS SO DESTRUCTIVE TO A REPUBLIC. THE OUTBURSTS OF MR. VITALE LAST FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025 IS PROOF THAT THIS CABAL EXISTS. THIS CABAL USES UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT WHICH DESERVE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY ELECTION REFORM IS NEEDED,

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THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR SOMEONE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND NO EXPERIENCE THAT TALKS LIKE OUT OF HIS BUTT. THANK YOU. NEXT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NOAH MARKHAM. YOU'RE NOT MR. MARKHAM.

OH, I'M SORRY, NOAH MARKHAM. OKAY, I'M GOING TO GUESS YOU'RE LENORA NOBLE. IT'S CLOSE. ALOHA, CHAIRMAN. TO THE REST OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS NOAH JAMES MARKHAM. I'M FROM THE GREAT CITY OF TEMPE, PINAL COUNTY NEEDS TO KEEP ON BUILDING HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS ON THIS BOARD, APPARENTLY, THERE'S A ONE GUY ON THIS BOARD. THE HAT TO GO TO APACHE JUNCTION MEETING AND HAD TO STOP AN APARTMENT BUILDING FROM BUILDING BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC, WHEN YOU SHOULD BE REALLY FOCUSED OVER HERE WHERE YOUR BOARD IS AT, STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THERE IS. WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. WE NEED MORE PLACES TO GO. ANOTHER THING, GREAT WORK ON THE 287 AGREEMENT AND NOT LETTING THAT BE IN PINAL COUNTY. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT AND WE DO NOT. WE HAD TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS ADMINISTRATION AND ALWAYS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE JAPANESE CONCENTRATION CAMPS HERE, RIGHT HERE IN PINAL COUNTY. AND HOW EMBARRASSING THIS IS TO JAPANESE AMERICANS IN AMERICA.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS CAUSING DRUGS. DON'T WE ALREADY HAVE DRUGS WITHOUT THE ILLEGAL ALIENS? ANOTHER THING SOME SHERIFF OR SOME SHERIFF'S WIFE WAS TALKING ABOUT RAPE AND HOW THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DID THAT. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENS IN AMERICA? EVEN IF THE ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE HERE? NO. IN AMERICA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE SAME BORING EXCUSES. IT'S SAD. I KNOW IT'S SAD, BUT GOD IS WATCHING EVERYTHING. LET'S KEEP ON BUILDING, BUILDING AND KEEP ON PUTTING. PINAL SHERIFF, MORE PEOPLE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS WITH DISABILITIES. MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE WOMEN, SHERIFF. MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. PLEASE BRING THE LIGHT RAIL. AND THEN THE ONE LAST THING I HAVE IS THE FIRST PERSON THAT STARTED THE 287 AGREEMENT WAS GEORGE W BUSH. 10 MILLION PEOPLE, ILLEGAL ALIENS, MORE THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT BIDEN COMBINED. AND I BET TRUMP WILL BE UP THERE TOO WITH GEORGE W BUSH. THANK YOU FOR MY TIME TODAY. MAHALO.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? IF EVERYBODY WOULD JUST STAY ABOUT TEN INCHES AWAY FROM THE MIC AND TALK IN A NORMAL VOICE, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HEAR YOU BETTER.

YEAH, YEAH. YES. THANK YOU, MR. TROUT. IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. VOICE. I HAVE A COPY FOR THE BOARD. AND WHILE YOU CAN STAY TEN INCHES FROM THE MIC, YOU CAN PULL IT DOWN TO YOU SO YOU DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO YELL AT IT. SO, YEAH, I'VE BEEN MESSING WITH THESE FOR A LONG TIME. I'M MARLIN TROUT FROM GOLD CANYON, PINAL COUNTY VERSUS BRAD MILLER FITS THE SAME PATTERN OF ABUSE. I HAVE REPORTED WITH TROUT VERSUS RUSSELL SINCE MARCH OF 2021.

THIS DISPUTE IS ABOUT ETHICS RECORDS, ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AND MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY. OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOW SUING EACH OTHER, AND YOU'VE AGAIN LAWYERED UP AND DOUBLED DOWN WITH PUBLIC MONEY AND RESOURCES. FOR FIVE YEARS, TAXPAYERS HAVE FUNDED AND DEFENDED CRIMINAL CONDUCT AND DAMAGE DONE TO ME, MY FAMILY AND OUR PROPERTY ON KINGS RANCH RIDGE AND GOLD

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HOWEVER, TROUT VERSUS RUSSELL ALSO EXPOSES HOW THE COUNTY JUGGLES CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT INTO CIVIL COURTS TO AVOID AND SHIFT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COME WITH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTION. THIS PRACTICE FORCES THE BURDEN AND STANDARD OF PROOF AND DAMAGES ONTO THE VICTIMS AND PUBLIC. IN MARCH OF 2021, X SHERIFF MARK LAMB REFUSED TO INTERVENE AND ENFORCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS AGAINST THE LAND DEVELOPER NAMED KENNETH DEAN. RUSSELL THREATENED THAT HE HAD INFLUENCE WITH THE SHERIFF.

THIS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE HE SAID WAS PROVEN TO BE A LIE. SHERIFF LAMB FORCED MY FAMILY INTO CIVIL COURT BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO ENFORCE THE LAW AND STOP RUSSELL. PINAL COUNTY WAS FINALLY HELD IN CONTEMPT AND SANCTIONED FOR AIDING AND ABETTING RUSSELL, AND WILLFUL AND MALICIOUS VIOLATIONS OF MULTIPLE COURT ORDERS. IN JANUARY OF 25. THEN, THE COURT WAS FORCED TO ISSUE A CONTEMPT ENFORCEMENT ORDER ON APRIL 1ST, 25 THAT IS STILL BEING VIOLATED. THIS LITIGATION HAS COST TAXPAYERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND FINANCIALLY CRIPPLED MY FAMILY. I'M ASKING CHAIRMAN MCCLURE AND BRAD MILLER TO RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION. IF THE COURT RULINGS DON'T MATTER TO ANY OF YOU, WHY BOTHER TO SUE EACH OTHER? AND I'D APPRECIATE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING TO SUE IF COURT ORDERS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU? AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SAY NOTHING. THANK YOU, MISS NOBLE. NOW YOU'RE UP.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M LENORE NOBLE, A RETIRED TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF 35 YEARS AND A SEVEN YEAR RESIDENT AT ROBSON RANCH IN ELOY. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT BOTH THE TOLTEC AND ELOY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND THROUGHOUT MY COMMUNITY THERE, I WILL BE SHARING COMMENTS ABOUT THE THREE POINT RECYCLING PLASTIC CHEMICAL PLANT THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING FOR ELOY. I GATHER THESE COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS AS THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT THE PROJECT OVER THESE LAST FEW DAYS AND COUPLE WEEKS. THERE WOULD BE MORE HERE.

THEY'VE SENT ME TO MAKE THESE COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION REGARDING WATER AND SEWER RATES. FOR ROBESON. WHAT REMAINS ARE THESE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THOSE NOT HERE TODAY. THEY ARE HEAVY USAGE BY TRUCKS AND TRAILERS ON THE MAIN ROADWAYS LEADING TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCUMULATING NOISE FROM THE PLANT ONCE OPERATIONS START ON A 24 SEVEN SCHEDULE, THE AIR POLLUTION FROM ESCAPING PARTICULATE DEBRIS AND SMOKESTACK RESIDUE BEING RELEASED, ALONG WITH THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OPEN WATER, CANALS, PLAYGROUNDS AND OUR YOUTH, AND THE VALUE OF THEIR LAND DUE TO OUR AFFECTED AIR QUALITY. AS ONE OF ITS MANY RESIDENTS OF THE AREA, WE ALL DESIRE A BALANCE BETWEEN SACRIFICING THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITY AND THE COST OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY NEARBY. THE WORRY IS ABOUT MEASURING AND MAINTAINING CONTROL OVER THE WASTE AND PARTICULATE MATTER PRODUCED FROM THIS PLANT. SETTING A HIGH BAR WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING THE STANDARDS OF CLEAN AIR OPERATIONS IS ESSENTIAL. WHILE FREE POINT, THE PINAL BOARD AND THE STATE HAVE MUTUALLY AGREED ON THE ACREAGE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, ITS LOCATION REMAINS A CONCERN BY NEARBY RESIDENCES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE FREE POINT AS A BUSINESS. THEIR PREVIOUS PITFALLS IN PLANT MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION, AND DO A DEEP DIVE ON ISSUES TO FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AND AIR QUALITY GUIDELINES KNOWN AT THEIR EARLIER LOCATIONS. DON'T BE PERSUADED BY THE RAZZLE DAZZLE OF A POLISHED COMPANY FOLDER FROM FREE FREE POINT.

EVEN WITH A WELL-ORGANIZED PRESENTATION, THERE ARE STORIES OF NONCOMPLIANCE, DELAYED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WITH THE EPA, AND ONGOING COMPLAINTS FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES BEFORE THAT FINAL PERMITTING AND APPROVAL IS GIVEN. ASK YOURSELF, IS THIS THE RIGHT BUSINESS PLACED IN THE RIGHT LOCATION? WHY DON'T WE KNOW ABOUT THIS BUSINESS BEING SELECTED AS A PROPOSED LARGE SCALE OPERATION? AND WHERE DID PUBLIC RELATIONS AT THE BOARD AND CITY LEVEL MISS

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THROUGH THE NEWS AND INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONY EXPERIENCES. WHAT HAPPENED TO TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT LEADER SHIP? WHEREVER YOUR MORAL COMPASS LIES. WRAP UP REAL QUICK. WRAP UP REAL QUICKLY, PLEASE. IN MAKING THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS TODAY, PLEASE LET IT BE TO SPREAD THE INPUT COMING IN FOR THE FREE POINT PROJECT WITH THE COMPANY TO ANSWER NEIGHBORHOOD QUESTIONS FIRST. I HAVE LISTENED TO SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR FOCUS IS TO BUILD FOR EVERY TOWN, CITY IN THIS COUNTY TO BECOME PLACES THAT THRIVE GOOD JOBS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT MENTOR ONE ANOTHER, AND PRESERVATION OF A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT INVITES FAMILIES TO STAY LONG TERM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOCUS AND TIME TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. ELLISON. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS GEORGE ELLISON, GOLD CANYON THE US PRESIDENT ACTED WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE MILITARY ACTIONS, INCLUDING AIRSTRIKES, DRONE STRIKES AND SPECIAL OPS IN AT LEAST SEVEN COUNTRIES. YOU MAY THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. NO, THAT WAS DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, ACCORDING TO A 2017 REPORT FROM THE LEFT WING JOURNAL THE GUARDIAN, THE SEVEN COUNTRIES BOMBED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL WERE AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, PAKISTAN. SOMALIA, SYRIA, YEMEN. I SAW A VIDEO YESTERDAY OF FORMER DEMOCRAT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI YEARS AGO, TELLING THE MEDIA THAT THE PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD BOMB LIBYA WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP WISELY AND BOLDLY AUTHORIZED LEGAL MILITARY STRIKES ON IRAN TO TAKE OUT THE WORST STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CHANGED WORLD HISTORY FOR THE BETTER WITH THE AMERICAN STRIKES ON IRAN. FOR DECADES, IRAN ARMED, TRAINED AND DIRECTED HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS, HOUTHIS AND SHIA MILITIAS THAT KILLED AND MAIMED THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WITH IEDS. IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, 90 MILLION IRANIANS HAVE LIVED UNDER ITS BOOT. THIS IS ABOUT DISMANTLING THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS TERROR REGIME AND GIVING IRANIANS AND MILLIONS OF ISRAELIS, ARABS AND AMERICANS A FIGHTING CHANCE AT STABILITY AND FREEDOM. IRANIANS AND MOST AMERICANS CELEBRATED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BOLD ACTION, EXCEPT THE HYPOCRITICAL, AMERICA HATING LEFT. I READ I READ LEFT WING BLOGS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. THE LEFTIST WOMEN ARE EXTREMELY ANGRY ABOUT SOME VIDEOS FROM NEWLY LIBERATED IRANIAN WOMEN WHO ARE DANCING IN SHORT SKIRTS AND SHORTS BECAUSE THEY'RE FREE. THE LEFTIST WOMEN ARE CALLING THE BEAUTIFUL IRANIAN WOMEN PROSTITUTES. THE IRANIAN WOMEN ARE RESPONDING BACK, WE'RE DONE WITH BURQAS. YOU WEAR THE BURQAS, WE'LL WEAR BIKINIS. DO YOU REMEMBER SUPERMAN COMICS? THE LEFT LIVES IN A BIZARRO WORLD. A BACKWARDS VERSION OF EARTH. THE BIZARRO WORLD OPERATES ON THE BIZARRO CODE, WHERE, QUOTE US DO OPPOSITE OF ALL EARTHLY THINGS. END QUOTE. THAT'S A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE MODERN AMERICAN LEFT. BIZARRO LEFT SUPPORTS TERRORISTS BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN. ILLEGAL ALIENS OVER CITIZENS, FAKE WOMEN OVER REAL WOMEN, LOOTING AND RIOTING, AND HATES LAW ENFORCEMENT. MANY ON THE LEFT WOULD TRULY RATHER SEE THE PEOPLE OF IRAN CONTINUE TO SUFFER UNDER A MURDEROUS DICTATORSHIP THAN APPLAUD PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WORLD SAVING ACTIONS. IRANIANS LOVE AMERICA MORE THAN THE DEMOCRATS DO. THE BIZARRO LEFT WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEFT IS GONE? GONE TO TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. EVERYONE. THE AMERICAN LEFT IS SINGING THE BLUES WHILE THE IRANIANS ARE SINGING. IT'S FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHERS THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? OH, MR. RICK, YOU'VE ALREADY. DID YOU? OH, YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU? I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. JUST ON THE ITEM. I'M NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM. FIRST, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL VOTE ON ITEM P. THERE ISN'T TIME TO SINGLE OUT ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR WHICH THE COUNTY IS TO BE COMMENDED, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE ARIZONA WORKFORCE GRANT AND YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICORPS NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS PROGRAM IS STILL ALIVE AFTER BEING PREVIOUSLY THREATENED BY DOSAGE CUTS, ALLOWING THESE ENERGETIC YOUNG CITIZENS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. NEXT, AGAIN, I OFFER SUPPORT FOR YOUR LITIGATION AGAINST COUNTY ATTORNEY MILLER REGARDING MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONIES AND RESOURCES AND FAILURE TO RETAIN PUBLIC RECORDS, THEIR HAZARDOUS AND INAPPROPRIATE 287 AGREEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, MATTERS AND GRIEVANCES. I BELIEVE HE KNOWS HE WILL LOSE THESE CASES AND AT GREAT EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY. IN AN

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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. PRIOR TO MY PREPARED REMARKS, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY IN SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND I STRONGLY AGREE WITH YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT IT'S A MESS THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. AND BY SHARING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPORTING YOU TO HELP CLEAN UP THIS MESS. SO I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY. BUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, NOW, MY PREPARED REMARKS THAT AMERICA IS AT WAR. I LIVED THROUGH THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EVERY OTHER ARMED CONFLICT THAT OUR NATION HAS EXPERIENCED, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THE MIXED MESSAGES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM WASHINGTON, WHERE IT WAS FIRST SUGGESTED THAT THE MISSION WAS TO DICTATE A REGIME CHANGE TO REPLACE THE FANATICAL, DESPICABLE DICTATORSHIP THAT'S IN PLACE NOW. WHILE ANOTHER MESSAGE HAS DECLARED THAT PREEMPTIVE ATTACK WAS TO PREVENT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT FROM A NATION WHOSE NUCLEAR CAPABILITY, WE WERE TOLD, HAD RECENTLY BEEN OBLITERATED. AND YET ANOTHER REASON CITED WAS THAT AMERICA HAD BEEN FORCED TO ACT BECAUSE OUR ALLY ISRAEL, WAS PLANNING ITS OWN PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST OUR COMMON ADVERSARY, WHATEVER THE REASON, ONE THING DOES STAND OUT OUR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP RECKLESSLY PROCEEDED WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTION'S DECLARATION OF WAR. AUTHORITY THAT RESIDES IN THE CONGRESS. TODAY. THE SENATE IS CONSIDERING THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED BY DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. I URGE MY FELLOW ARIZONANS TO CONTACT BOTH OUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES BY A SIMPLE CALL TO THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD. AND THAT'S A SIMPLE NUMBER. I URGE YOU TO

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YOU GUYS DOING OKAY? FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES? YEAH, I GOT 20 MINUTES. YEAH. OKAY, OKAY. JUST

[18. PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT ITEM(S)]

[19. Public Hearing and discussion/approval/disapproval of Ordinance No. 2026-PZ-023-25, an Ordinance approving case PZ-023-25: Maria Silva, Azumar LLC, landowner/applicant, Samir Slatewala, Architecture All & Assoc, agent, requesting approval for the rezoning of 9.93± acres from General Rural Zone (GR) to Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District (C-1) to allow for a drive through restaurant and other commercial uses, situated in Section 33, Township 05 South, Range 07 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona. Tax parcels 509-77-0140, 509-77-003F, 509-77-004D, 509-77-004C (legals on file) located east of N. Overfield Road, and south of W. Bartlett Road in Coolidge, Arizona, within unincorporated Pinal County. The Planning Commission voted (8-1) to recommend denial of case PZ-023-25 with one (1) stipulation. Supervisor District #3. (Sangeeta Deokar/Dedrick Denton)]

MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS ITEM IS NOT READY FOR APPROVAL. WE'D ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE IT TILL THE MARCH 18TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. DO I NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? OKIE DOKE. THANK YOU, MR. KRAUSS. AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 19. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? IT'S NOT MUCH PUBLIC HERE. IT'S PRETTY SKINNY. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M GOING TO. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE TO MARCH 18TH BOARD MEETING WITH A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THAT TIME AS WELL. DO I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE, MR. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. ITEM NUMBER 19 AND KEEP OPEN THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC. PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY. SECOND. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID. SHUSH. WE NEED A DATE. CERTAIN. OH, SORRY TO MARCH. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. ITEM 19 TILL MARCH 18TH AND LEAVE OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC HEARING. THAT'S THE WORD. OKAY, I HAVE THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I DO NOW, NOW YOU DO SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.

THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I OPPOSED. THAT WAS AN EYE FOR THE. YES.

OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE CONTINUED ON

[20. Discussion of Board Members' request for future agenda item(s) and/or reports to be presented at upcoming meetings. (Jeffrey McClure)]

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I MEAN, BEING TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING TO SIT, LISTEN AND LEARN BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN AND A NON-BIASED OPINION OPPOSED TO LISTENING TO THE DATA CENTER OR THE PEOPLE AGAINST IT. SO I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. YEAH, YEAH, I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS AND STILL NEVER GOT AN ANSWER, SO I WOULD LIKE SOME DEFINITIVE ANSWERS ON THESE IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS ANYONE WISH? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IN MY AREA IN REGARDS TO CODE ORDINANCES, AND WE STARTED A PROCESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND IT KIND OF GOT SIDETRACKED ON US OR DERAILED, I SHOULD SAY. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AND LOOK AT BECAUSE OUR CODES ARE SO OUTDATED, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES, THAT IT'S BEING WEAPONIZED NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR. AND I, I, FOR ONE, AM QUITE TIRED OF IT. AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES. OKAY, SO AN UPDATE ON THE CODE ISSUES. WE'RE DOING THAT AND THE DATA CENTERS. WE CAN WORK ON THAT AS WELL. ANY OTHER ITEMS. HEARING SEEING. NONE. ALL RIGHT. THAT LEAVES US WITH THE FAVORITE ONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.