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          WILL HAVE AN INVOCATION OFFERED BY PCSO CHAPLAIN JOSEPH JOE. YOU'RE HERE. EXCELLENT. AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY. I'LL DO IT TODAY. AND THOSE WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE STAND. GOOD MORNING. BOARD. DEAR, WISE AND LOVING FATHER, FIRST LET ME SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS. THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF, FOR THE MEASURE OF HEALTH. WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR CALLINGS FOR SUSTENANCE AND FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE INVOLVED IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES. THANKS AS WELL FOR THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE YOU AND THE FREEDOM TO REJECT YOU. THANK YOU FOR LOVING US, EVEN SO, FROM OUR BOUNDLESS AND GRACIOUS NATURE. IN THE SCRIPTURES, YOU HAVE SAID THAT CITIZENS OUGHT TO OBEY, OUGHT TO OBEY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES. SINCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THOSE VERY AUTHORITIES TO PROMOTE PEACE AND ORDER AND JUSTICE. 
          THEREFORE, I PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR, FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS ASSEMBLED COUNCIL. I'M ASKING THAT YOU WOULD GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM, WISDOM TO GOVERN A SENSE OF WELFARE, A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING, THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER, PERSONAL PEACE IN THEIR LIVES AND JOY IN THEIR TASK. AMEN, AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND SO GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE PINAL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OCTOBER 28TH, 2026. REGULAR MEETING. WE ARE IN ORDER. IF YOU. I DON'T SEE YOU. 
          BUT IF YOU PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES JUST BECAUSE. AND FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT, MISTER LOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT YOU ASKED ME TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON. THE FIRST ONE IS REGARDING THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITIES, AS WELL AS CITIES ON ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL ACTIVITIES. WE DID WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WERE ABLE TO DISTILL WHAT AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERMISSIVE ACTIONS ARE GIVEN TO THE COUNTY AND SOME TO THE CITIES. SO UNDER A.R.S. 11-1005, THE BOARD DOES HAVE MANDATES RELATED MOSTLY TO AROUND RABIES QUARANTINE. WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMALS, THERE ARE SOME OTHER PERMISSIVE AUTHORITIES GIVEN. 
          AND THEN FOR CITIES UNDER A.R.S. 9-499 SPECIFICALLY .04, THE CITIES DO HAVE PERMISSIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES RELATED TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. SO THE WAY THAT WE FUNCTION IN THE COUNTY WITH THAT IS WE HAVE IGAS FOR SERVICES WITH SEVERAL CITIES FOR SUPERIOR, KEARNY, MARICOPA, COOLIDGE, ELOY, SAN TAN VALLEY, MAMMOTH AUCTION, FLORENCE AND EVEN TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION. SO AND WE CHARGE FOR THOSE SERVICES AS THOSE ARE LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES THAT THEY CHOOSE TO IGA WITH US FOR. IN ADDITION, THREE CITIES. DO THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AND PERMISSIVE ABILITY TO DO. 
          AND THEY HAVE CREATED AND OPERATE THEIR OWN ANIMAL SHELTERS AND HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES. ELOY CASAGRANDE AND APACHE JUNCTION. SO JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD WHAT PERMISSIVE AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ALLOWED PER STATUTE. SECONDLY, THERE HAS YOU ASKED ME TO RESPOND ON WHAT WE DO FOR OVERSIGHT FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE AND APPOINTED DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PCSO AND THEIR OPERATIONS. AND SIMILARLY, THE BOARD STAYS WITHIN THEIR STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND PERMISSIVE OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THAT OFFICE AND ANY OTHER OFFICE IN THE COUNTY. AND SO MOST OF THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH YOUR INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS CONTRACTED WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM PROTIVITI, WHO DOES A RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL 
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OFFICES, AND HAS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR WHICH THOSE ARE REVIEWED. AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE TO THE BOARD AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR THE ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN. AND SO, OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH EITHER IN A DIRECT SCOPE OR AS A PART OF A LARGER SCOPE. 17 OF THESE INTERNAL AUDITS SLASH REVIEWS. 
          THEY COVER THINGS FROM IT FINANCIAL, THEIR SPECIAL REVENUES, GRANTS, FLEET. RICO FUNDS, JAIL ENHANCEMENT, VENDOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, HIPAA LAWS, TRAVEL EXPENSES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE EITHER LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED AND WHETHER THAT'S TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THOSE THINGS WOULD APPROPRIATELY BE ASSIGNED TO THOSE AREAS AND NOT UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE BOARD'S STATUTORY PURVIEW. SO JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THOSE TWO ITEMS UP. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          [	2. 	Presentation of Certificates of Service to employees for 20, 25, and 30 years. (MaryEllen Sheppard/Leo Lew)]
THANK YOU, MR. LIU. ALL RIGHT. SECONDLY, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE TO EMPLOYEES FOR 2025 AND 30 YEARS. MISS SHEPHERD, YOU ARE RIGHT THERE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MARY ELLEN SHEPHERD, DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE HERE TODAY. TODAY WE ARE HERE TO HONOR A RARE AND PROFOUND KIND OF DEDICATION. WE ARE CELEBRATING PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO HAVE GIVEN 20 TO 30 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT A MILESTONE LIKE 20 OR 30 YEARS, IT'S EASY TO JUST SEE A NUMBER ON A PLAQUE. BUT TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT TODAY MEANS, WE MUST LOOK AT WHAT THAT SERVICE ACTUALLY REPRESENTS. AND IT HAS A COST TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEIR SERVICE HAS MEANT OUR STEADY FOUNDATION. WHILE ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE, POLITICAL WINDS SHIFT AND DECADES ROLL BY. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE THE INVISIBLE BACKBONE, KEEPING OUR VITAL SYSTEMS RUNNING. THEIR IMPACT HAS BEEN ON SAFETY, STABILITY, DAILY WELL-BEING OF THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NEVER KNOW THEIR NAMES, BUT WHO LIVE BETTER LIVES AS A RESULT. THEY ARE THE KEEPERS OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL WISDOM AND THE MENTORS WHO HAVE TAUGHT THE NEXT GENERATION WHAT INTEGRITY LOOKS LIKE. BUT PUBLIC SERVICE IS NEVER FREE. IT COMES WITH A DEEP PERSONAL COST, AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OPENLY TODAY. TO THE HONOREES. WE KNOW YOU GAVE YOUR YOUTH, YOUR ENERGY AND AT TIMES EVEN YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH TO ROLES THAT ARE OFTEN THANKLESS. WE KNOW YOU CARRIED THE EMOTIONAL BURDEN OF COMMUNITY CHALLENGES AND INDIVIDUAL STRUGGLES. AND TO THE FAMILIES SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. WE KNOW THIS SACRIFICE WAS YOURS TO 20 TO 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS 20 TO 30 YEARS OF MISSED FAMILY DINNERS, SKIPPED SCHOOL EVENTS, INTERRUPTED WEEKENDS BECAUSE DUTY CALLED THEM AWAY. YOU CONSISTENTLY SHARED THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE MOST WITH STRANGERS WHO NEEDED THEM. OUR COMMUNITY OWES A DEBT OF GRATITUDE NOT JUST TO OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT TO THE FAMILIES WHO SUSTAIN THEM. PUBLIC SERVICE IS RARELY LOUD, AND ITS TRUEST HEROES ARE OFTEN THE QUIETEST. TODAY, LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE. FOR THESE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DEDICATED DECADES TO EACH OF US. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING AND RECOGNIZING OUR MULTI DECADE COUNTY EMPLOYEES. LET US BEGIN WITH. LET ME STOP FOR A SECOND. I'M GOING TO DO A BIT OF LOGISTICS ON OUR LIST THAT IS UP THERE FOR ALL TO SEE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT, SO WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THEIR RECOGNITION TO A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE VIRGINIA TAPIA FROM THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, 
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AS WELL AS TAMARA SCHULER FROM PUBLIC HEALTH. SO THEY ARE NOT PRESENT TODAY, BUT WE WILL BE HONORING THEM AT A LATER DATE. SO NOW LET ME TURN THIS OVER, IF I MAY, TO OUR DISTINGUISHED COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. MILLER. WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES TO BE RECOGNIZED FROM HIS OFFICE. 
          IVONNE GOMEZ FOR 30 YEARS AND HERB PADILLA FOR 20 YEARS. MR. MILLER. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M BRAD MILLER, PINAL COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND I'M TRULY EXCITED TO BE UP HERE TODAY STANDING WITH TWO EXTREMELY DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS THAT I WANT TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT. BUT THEIR SERVICE, I THINK, IS EXEMPLIFIED WITH HOW THE OFFICE IS RUNNING AND WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO. AS MISS SHEPHERD STATED, PUBLIC SERVICE IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THING. AND WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT NOT ONLY STARTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WE HAVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE. I'D FIRST LIKE TO START WITH HERB PADILLA. HE IS 44 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. HIS WIFE, 32 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. HIS FATHER, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HIS DAUGHTER ALSO IS NOW SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WE HAVE FIVE GENERATIONS LOCAL HERE IN FLORENCE, SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ISN'T SOMETHING. SOMETIMES WE JUST WE THROW THESE WISE WORDS AROUND. BUT HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO NOT ONLY PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY, ARRESTING PEOPLE, SERVING. WORKING TO HELP INDIVIDUALS ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CASES, DRUG CASES, PROSTITUTION CASES, SEX CASES, HELPING PEOPLE WORK THROUGH THEIR PROBLEMS, AND OF COURSE, ALSO PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS AND ASSISTS US WITH OUR MOST SERIOUS CASES IN OUR MAJOR OFFENDERS BUREAU. AND THAT'S OUR CAPITAL AND OUR HOMICIDE CASES. HE ASSISTS IN FURTHERING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE BRING ONE OF THOSE CASES TO TRIAL, THAT IT'S A VERY TIGHT AND WELL-RUN CASE. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HERB PADILLA FOR ALL OF HIS SERVICE. THOSE 44 YEARS, HE SERVED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITIES BEFORE HE CAME TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BUT HIS LAST JOB WAS AS AN INVESTIGATOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND HE SERVED AS A LEAD INVESTIGATOR ON SOME VERY SERIOUS CASES THAT WERE FEATURED ON THE NEWS. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IVONNE GOMEZ. IVONNE GOMEZ IS ALSO LOCAL. SHE GRADUATED FROM COOLIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1996. GO BEARS, I'M SORRY, 1994, I APOLOGIZE. OH, YOU GAVE HER I KNOW, I KNOW, DON'T, MAN. 1994. SO GO BEARS. SO WE'RE LOCAL. SO IN 19. SHE ALSO WORKED RIGHT BEFORE SHE CAME TO THE COUNTY. IN 96, SHE WORKED AT MCDONALD'S, THE CURRENT MCDONALD'S AT CITY IN COOLIDGE HERE TODAY. OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDING HAS BEEN REDONE, BUT SHE'S LOCAL. SO PINAL COUNTY PICKED HER UP. SHE WORKED FOR THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND THEN EVENTUALLY CAME AND STARTED WORKING FOR PROBATION AS SOME OF THEIR JUVENILE VICTIM SERVICES AND JUVENILE VICTIM SERVICES COORDINATORS. SHE DID THAT JOB FOR ABOUT TEN AND A HALF YEARS AND WAS SO FANTASTIC THAT SHE WAS POACHED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AFTER TEN AND A HALF YEARS, AND SHE STARTED SERVING IN OUR VICTIM SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ASSISTING JUVENILES. EVENTUALLY, SHE TOOK A FELONY CASELOAD. BUT HERE'S THE IMPORTANT NUMBER THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, FOR NOT ONLY THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE ARE TRYING TO WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMBERS YESTERDAY, AND WE THINK SHE HAS SERVED AND ASSISTED OVER 30,000 VICTIMS HERE IN PINAL COUNTY. WOW. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT 30,000 THAT SHE'S WALKED THROUGH, HELD HANDS WITH, TALKED ABOUT CORE SERVICES, BEEN WITH THEM DURING SOME OF PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT PARTS OF THEIR LIFE IN COMING INTO OUR SYSTEM, WALKING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH AFTER BEING VICTIMIZED. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, EVEN FOR A VICTIM TO GET INTO COURT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YVONNE GOMEZ THAT THERE THAT VICTIMS FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING INTO COURT AND TESTIFYING IN OUR COURTS SO THAT WE CAN PUT FELONS BEHIND BARS WHERE THEY BELONG. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE GIVE BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THEY'RE FANTASTIC. THEY'VE SERVED YOU FOR MULTIPLE DECADES. 
          AND I, I TRULY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU BOTH FROM THE 
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BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU. OKAY. YVONNE. YVONNE. THANK YOU. ARE WE GOING TO DO THE PICTURE? WE'LL DO A PICTURE AFTER. WE'LL DO A WHOLE THING. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTY AND TO EACH OF US. NEXT ON OUR LIST, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I WOULD ASK THAT THEIR LEADERSHIP JOIN ME HERE AT THE PODIUM TO ACKNOWLEDGE ASHLEY PHILLIPS AND CYNTHIA PEREZ, BOTH WITH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. JUST AS A NOTE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE 20 YEARS, THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE TWO DECADES, IT SOUNDS MUCH LONGER. SO, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR SPEECH YOU'RE SAYING. TWO DECADES OF SERVICE. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JORGE ORTIZ, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGING DIRECTOR. IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO HONOR A COUPLE EMPLOYEES. I'LL START WITH ASHLEY FELIZ. DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? YEAH. 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. THAT'S A LONG TIME. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON. ASHLEY STARTED BACK IN 2006 AS AN ACCOUNTING CLERK TO. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAD BACK THEN, COUNTY CLERK TO. AND THEN IN 2008, SHE WAS RECLASSIFIED TO COUNTY CLERK THREE. 2010 PROMOTED INTO AN ACCOUNTANT TWO AND THEN THIS SPEAKS HIGHLY TO ASHLEY AND. 
          AND HER ABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO WANT AND PITCH IN WHEREVER SHE'S NEEDED. SO SHE WAS ACTUALLY WORK DETAILED INTO A BUDGET ANALYST FOR SHORT TERM BECAUSE WE NEEDED THAT BRIDGE. 
          AND SHE STEPPED IN FOR THAT. AND THEN AGAIN IN 2016, SHE WAS JOB DETAILED AS A FINANCE MANAGER JUST TO KEEP THINGS MOVING. 2017, SHE WAS RECLASSIFIED TO AN ACCOUNTANT SENIOR. AND THEN 2000 THE LATER IN THAT SAME MONTH, SHE WAS PROMOTED INTO A BUDGET ANALYST. 
          AND THEN HERE WE GO AGAIN. SHE STEPPED UP AND FILLED THE GAP AT THE I THINK IN JULY OF 2017. 
          WE WERE SHORT OF FINANCE MANAGER AND SHE STEPPED IN AS A JOB DETAIL FOR THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          SO WE REALIZED WHAT WE HAD. SO WE HAD TO PUT HER IN THAT ROLE. AND THAT'S WHERE SHE'S AT TODAY. 
          SHE IS OUR FINANCE MANAGER AS OF AUGUST OF 2017. DURING DURING THAT WHOLE PROMOTION PERIOD, SHE DID A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND IT'S THAT BALANCE OF WORK, FAMILY LIFE THAT SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AS FAR AS HIGHER EDUCATION. AND SHE'S GOT HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE WHILE SHE'S WORKED FULL TIME AND RAISED A FAMILY. SHE'S GOT HER CERTIFIED PUBLIC MANAGER CERTIFICATION. AND SHE'S JUST RECENTLY, IN 2024, HAD THE HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION. SO THAT'S JUST ASHLEY AND HER DRIVE AND MOTIVATION. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR HER AND HER CHARACTER. AND WHEN I SAY ASHLEY IS OUR FINANCE MANAGER, IT'S A TRUE FULL BLOWN FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICE TEAM THAT SHE MANAGES WITH COORDINATION THROUGH OUR CENTRAL FINANCE. BUT WE STAND ALONE AND DO A LOT THAT NOT THAT'S NOT NORMAL IN THE SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE THAT BIG OF A OF A DEPARTMENT WITH 300 SOME EMPLOYEES TO HELP MANAGE THAT. THAT'S WHERE ASHLEY COMES IN WITH 4 TO 5 DIFFERENT SPECIAL FUNDINGS THAT SHE HAS TO KEEP TRACK OF, INCLUDING TWO AIRPORTS, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL ALTOGETHER. BEHIND THE SCENES, ASHLEY DOES ALL HER WORK. SHE NEVER ASKS FOR THE SPOTLIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I'LL PROBABLY GIVE HER A CHANCE TO TALK FOR ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WILL. BUT THAT'S WHO SHE IS. SHE'S THAT PERSON THAT THAT BACKBONE THAT MARY ELLEN TALKS ABOUT THAT THAT DOES ALL THAT DIRTY WORK, DOES WHATEVER IS NEEDED. AND THOSE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE PART OF THAT ACCOUNTING WORLD REALIZE THERE'S THOSE TIMES OF YEAR WHERE YOU GOT AUDITS COMING IN, YOU'RE STAYING LATE, YOU'RE WORKING WEEKENDS, YOU GOT END 
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OF THE YEAR THAT YOU GOT TO GET THINGS OUT. YOU GOT GOT TO DO YOUR RECONCILIATIONS. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SUBMITTING A BUDGET IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, EVERYBODY'S STAYING LATE TO GET THAT BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SHE'S ALWAYS DONE WHAT SHE HAD TO DO TO KEEP THINGS MOVING. THAT'S WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT ASHLEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ASHLEY. 
          THERE YOU GO. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. BACK TO WORK. SEE? NO SPOTLIGHT. 
          SEE? NEXT WE HAVE CINDY PEREZ. CINDY. ANOTHER EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE THAT'S WORKED HER WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM OVER 20 YEARS. COME ON UP, CINDY. THERE YOU GO. SORRY. CINDY STARTED HER CAREER BACK IN 2006. WAS A TEMP SERVICE. ADECCO. BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN ADECCO WAS PART OF OUR WORLD. SHE. WE STOLE IT FROM ADECCO, BORROWED HER, AND THEN GAVE HER FULL TIME. A YEAR LATER. SHE STARTED OFF ORIGINALLY AS AN ACCOUNTANT CLERK TO US AND THEN EVENTUALLY GOT RECLASSIFIED INTO ACCOUNTANT CLERK THREE. IN 2008, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO AN ACCOUNTANT. IN 2010. SHE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO DO SOME TEMPORARY DETAIL FOR AN ACCOUNTANT TO BACK WHEN WE HAD TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO SHE STEPPED UP ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, HEY, LOOK, SHE'LL DO WHATEVER SHE HAS TO, TO, TO BRIDGE US THROUGH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SHE DID IN 2013 AS AN ACCOUNTANT TO, FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND THEN IN 2017, SHE WAS RECLASSIFIED TO ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST. AND THEN LATER ON THAT YEAR, SHE WAS ACTUALLY PROMOTED TO THE CURRENT POSITION OF REAL PROPERTY COORDINATOR. SO FROM FROM HER VARIOUS POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, FROM PAYROLL, ACCOUNTING, HUMAN RESOURCES, SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND CUSTOMER SERVICES, CINDY HAS DEVELOPED A A IMAGINE A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF COUNTY OPERATIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE FOR BOTH THE EMPLOYEE SIDE OF THE WORLD AND THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT'S THE TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, CINDY IS A REAL PROPERTY COORDINATOR FOR THE REAL PROPERTY DIVISION. SUPPORTING REAL PROPERTY NEEDS SUCH AS PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, RIGHT OF WAY ROAD PROJECTS, MANAGING COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY RECORDS, FACILITATING REAL PROPERTY SALES, AUCTIONS AND PURCHASES, AND WORKING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE STATE LAND AND BLM TO ADVANCE COUNTY PROJECTS. THROUGHOUT HER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, CINDY HAS CONTRIBUTED MANY DIFFERENT AREAS TO PUBLIC WORKS, ADAPTING AND CHANGING. AS PINAL COUNTY GROWS AND FILLING IN AND BEING THAT BACKBONE OF PINAL COUNTY, HER DEDICATION AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE HAVE HELPED SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S DAILY OPERATIONS AND AND ALL THE LONG TERM PROJECTS. WITH THAT, CINDY, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO SPEECH FOR YOU EITHER. I SEE LOVE GET BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES HERE TODAY. OUR FINAL GROUP TODAY WILL BE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND JOINING US WILL BE DEPUTY LEONARD. WE ALSO, THOUGH, WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGING THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE OFFICE SERGEANT CAMPBELL, SERGEANT CODY AND SERGEANT, OR I'M SORRY, DEPUTY HERNANDEZ. AND ALTHOUGH THEY AREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, THEY DO DESERVE OUR RECOGNITION TODAY AND TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEM. AND IF I MAY USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY EACH AND EVERY DEPUTY, LET'S THANK THEM WHEN WE MEET THEM AND SHAKE THEIR HAND. AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN HONOR ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND DECADES OF 
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CONTRIBUTIONS HERE TO PINAL COUNTY. SO BEHIND ME I CAN HEAR IS SHERIFF TEEPLE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM. MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PINAL COUNTY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY, I'M NOT GOING TO SHAKE ANYBODY'S HANDS TODAY. 
          I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO CALL IN SICK TODAY. BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS TOO IMPORTANT BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS IMPORTANT. 18 YEARS AGO, I GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY AND I GOT TO WORK WITH THIS KID. IF YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CAMERA. 
          NOW, OUR AGENCY FOR YEARS HAS BENEFITED FROM THE FACT THAT WE FOSTER INFORMAL LEADERSHIP. I WAS VERY LUCKY WHEN I GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY THAT I HAD GREAT FORMAL LEADERS, BUT I ALSO HAD GREAT INFORMAL LEADERS BECAUSE THE ACADEMY DOESN'T TEACH YOU WHAT A COUNTY ISLAND IS. A COUNTY DOESN'T TEACH YOU WHAT PROBABLE CAUSES IS IN REAL LIFE. AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INFORMAL LEADERS LIKE DEPUTY LEONARD, BADGE NUMBER 1560, WHERE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HE CONTRIBUTED TO WHEN I GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY AND WENT TO FRANK BEAT AND WE WORKED TOGETHER, WAS HE WOULD OFFER ASSISTANCE TO YOU. AND IF YOU WERE PIGHEADED LIKE MYSELF, WAS WHEN I FIRST STARTED, HE WOULD LET YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND THEN AFTERWARDS GO, HEY, ROSS, YOU WANT TO DO IT THIS WAY? IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO UNDERSTAND HIS ACCENT, BUT HE IS A TRUE INFORMAL LEADER. HE SPENT SOME TIME IN DETECTIVE SO HE COULD HONE HIS SKILLS SO HE COULD GO BACK OUT TO PATROL, WHICH IS HIS TRUE CALLING. HE LEAVES NO STONE UNTURNED. REST ASSURED, IF DEPUTY LEONARD IS ON THE CASE, HE'S GOING TO CHASE DOWN EVERY LAST END, AND HE'S GOING TO GET THE RESOLUTION THAT OUR CITIZENS SO DEARLY NEED. I WAS SPEAKING WITH HIS LOVELY BRIDE EARLIER, AND SHE SAID THAT WE GET AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR WITH DEPUTY LEONARD, WITH OUR AGENCY. I HOPE IT'S MORE. BUT IF IT'S ONLY ONE MORE YEAR, THE COUNTY BENEFITS FROM THAT YEAR. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL BE QUICK. I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 20 YEARS AFTER ALL THAT TIME FOR ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO, ALL THE TESTIMONY I'VE GIVEN IN COURT. I THOUGHT I'D BE A LITTLE LESS NERVOUS THAN I AM NOW. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK PINAL COUNTY, MY LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE BOARD FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US OVER THE YEARS. I'VE BEEN THROUGH FOUR SHERIFFS, STARTING WITH CHRIS, AND I HOPE TO END WITH ROSS. LET'S SEE, WHERE AM I? OKAY. SO WITH PINAL COUNTY, GUYS AREN'T ONLY MY EMPLOYER, IT'S WHERE I LIVE FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS. I'VE RAISED MY KIDS HERE. IT'S HOME TO ME. AND SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME. THIS IS A CHALLENGE COIN. I RECEIVED THIS ON THE DAY I GRADUATED AND AS AN INSCRIPTION ON IT. AND IT'S I'VE KEPT IT WITH ME FOR 20 YEARS. I CARRY IT EVERY DAY. IF YOU TALK TO MANY POLICE BEFORE OR THEIR LEADERSHIP, THERE ARE A LOT OF HIGHS AND LOWS IN THIS JOB. AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED SOMETHING TO KIND OF BRING YOU BACK TO WHY YOU DECIDED TO DO THIS PARTICULAR CAREER. SO THIS IS WHAT THE COIN SAYS AND I REFLECT ON IT. AM I DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME, IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND FOR THE RIGHT REASONS? I THINK THAT EVERYONE THAT WEARS THIS UNIFORM SHOULD STRIVE FOR THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE THERE. I THINK AFTER 20 YEARS, I THINK I'VE MET THE CHALLENGE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU DO THIS JOB PROPERLY, THERE'S NOTHING MORE NOBLE THAT YOU'LL DO WITH YOUR LIFE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT. AND IN CLOSING, TO SERVE YOU ALL IS AN HONOR. GIVE BACK IS A BLESSING. AND TO USE MY PURPOSE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THAT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH. DON'T GO AWAY. THANK YOU. AS THE TESTIMONY SHOWED, SERVICE TO PINAL COUNTY IS REALLY BORN OUT OF TREMENDOUS COMPETENCE, SACRIFICE, RESILIENCY, INTEGRITY, DEDICATION. BUT AT ITS CORE, IT'S COMPASSION AND A LOVE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND A LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE SERVED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY, AND LET'S INVITE THEM ALL UP FOR A PICTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SHEPHERD. THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE. IT'S NOT ME. IT'S YOU. SEE? WHERE'S YOUR. BACK? BEHIND THE LINE. 
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THANK YOU. YOU GUYS. YEAH, YOU GOT IT. COME ON. WE GET YOU GUYS ON THIS SIDE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING TO. ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S FINE, EVEN THOUGH I. MILLER. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. TECHNICAL TERM. SCOOCH SCOOCH JUST A TINY BIT. NOT THAT MUCH. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO VINCE. YELLOW KIND OF CRUNCH RIGHT IN NEXT TO HIM. 
          LIKE YOU LIKE HIM. LIKE THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE. AND LOOKING AT THE CAMERA. THREE, TWO. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK SOMETHING FIRST BEFORE I TAKE ANOTHER ONE. SMILE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. READY? THIS IS THE BIG ONE RIGHT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK WITH IT. AND THREE, TWO AND ONE MORE JUST BECAUSE. BECAUSE SOMEBODY ALWAYS BLINKS 321. THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. THANKS. OH MY GOD. BREAKFAST. BASKET. OH, YEAH. OH. SO YOU KNOW. YEAH. YOU START FILMING. THAT'S GOOD. ARE YOU. HIGH SCHOOL AGAINST. I WOKE UP SATURDAY MORNING. SOMEBODY DIDN'T LIKE IT. I HEARD HIM THROWING AROUND, BUT THEY WON THE GAME. YOU GIRL. WE'LL LET THE ROOM CLEAR FOR A SECOND. OH, YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK. THANK YOU. WELL, MR. 
          [		3. 	Supervisor District update(s) regarding notable current or upcoming events concerning the district (Information Only). (Jeffrey McClure)]
SHEPHERD'S GONE. OKAY, SO LET'S SEE. THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, SUPERVISOR UPDATES. AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SUPERVISOR VITIELLO, WHO'S BEEN LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND HIS VIDEO. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. I GUESS WE'LL START WITH THE VIDEO. SO THE VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAY IS ABOUT, SORRY, THE RALSTON BRIDGE THAT I GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. THE TEAM, THE WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM, PUBLIC WORKS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THE CONSTRUCTION CREW, THEY ARE THE STARS OF THIS VIDEO. AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THEY DID THIS VIDEO AND DID NOT INVITE ME, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TRUE STARS OF THIS VIDEO. AND I GOT TO APPRECIATE, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY ALL CAME OUT AND TOOK PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS BRIDGE THAT THESE GUYS BUILT. SO ROLL IT. THIS IS ON SITE. WHAT WE DO 
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IS AFTER A PROJECT IS COMPLETE, WE LIKE TO BRING OUR STAFF, EVERYBODY. THAT KIND OF HELPS. 
          WE ARE SHOWCASING A LITTLE TEAM EFFORT. WE BRING A STAFF FROM FINANCE FLOOD RIGHT AWAY. KEY WAY, OFFICE ADMIN. THAT WAY THEY ACTUALLY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND SEE THE OUTCOME OF IT. THIS IS YOUR EXCISE TAX AT WORK HERE. SO EVERY TIME YOU SWIPE THAT CARD IN THE COUNTY, THAT'S WHAT PAYS FOR SOME TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT FOR PUBLIC WORKS. I WANT TO COME OUT BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER BEING HERE, GOING TO AN ON SITE, AND I ALWAYS WANT TO CHECK OUT WHAT THE COUNTY IS UP TO AND HOW THE PROJECTS ARE LOOKING LIKE. WE'RE IN HIDDEN VALLEY, WEST SIDE OF PINAL COUNTY. THIS IS THE VEHICLE WASH RUSSELL ROAD PROJECT. IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING. THIS PROJECT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL HANDS OF DESIGN. WE FINALLY GOT THIS PROJECT KICKED OFF LAST YEAR. IT WAS A BIG ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE. IT'S ALL WEATHER CROSSING NOW. THIS IS AN ACTUAL FOUR BARREL SPAN BRIDGE. ANY KIND OF FLOODING. WE DON'T HAVE NO ISSUE WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF THIS BOX BEING BUILT AND ACTUALLY COMPLETE, WE HAVE SEEN A 50 YEAR FLOOD ON IT. NOBODY WOULD EVER DRIVE THROUGH THIS, PROBABLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE OVER IT CONSISTENTLY DURING THAT RAIN. WE HAD ALL FOUR BARRELS RUNNING AT LEAST 4 TO 5 FOOT DEEP. IT DID EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS ANTICIPATED TO DO, AND IT ACTUALLY WAS BETTER THAN OUR EXPECTATIONS. PEOPLE WERE DRIVING ACROSS IT NOT KNOWING THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS FLOWING BELOW THEM, AND IT'S WORKING FLAWLESSLY. 
          THE COMMUNITY REALLY GOT A GOOD PROJECT FOR THIS ONE. I PAID A LOT OF THE INVOICES FOR THE BRIDGE. IT WAS NICE TO FINALLY SEE A PROJECT COMPLETED ON ITS FINAL STATE. AFTER ALL THE MONEY IS GONE, THE INVOICING AND WHAT ALL THE GUYS PUT THEIR WORK INTO, WHAT THE END RESULT IS. OUR STAFF HERE COMES OUT AND SEES THE FINAL WORK THEY HELP PUT TOGETHER, AND IT KIND OF GIVES THEM KNOWLEDGE. WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND TALKS ABOUT IT, THEY KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW IT WAS DONE, AND ALSO JUST TO BRING THE STAFF TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY HELP EVERYBODY KIND OF ENJOY WHAT THEY DID. I MEAN, THIS ALL GOT PUT TOGETHER NOT JUST BY 2 OR 3 PEOPLE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOUCHED THIS JOB TO PUT IT TOGETHER. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THIS PROJECT GO ROUND AND ROUND. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE BACKBONE WORK FOR US, AND WITHOUT THEM WE COULDN'T GET NOTHING DONE. SO THE BEAUTY OF THAT BRIDGE IS NO ONE'S GOING TO EVER GET WASHED AWAY. WE'VE HAD INCIDENCES OVER THE YEARS. AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE ENTIRE STAFF. AGAIN, I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THEIR TEAM AND I DO APPRECIATE IT. TWO KEY FACTORS UNDER BUDGET AND THREE MONTHS EARLY. TWO KEY FACTORS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A COUPLE OTHER QUICK THINGS. I HAD A MEETING WITH GPEC. VERY IMPORTANT. GPEC IS A VERY LARGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP THAT BRINGS BUSINESSES INTO ALL OF ARIZONA. THEY'RE THE LARGEST. AND I GOT TO HEAR SOME UPDATES OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS COMING DOWN THE PATH VERY SOON IN SOME OF OUR CITIES, OF COURSE, ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN MARICOPA AND COOLIDGE. THEN WE ALSO HAD I ATTEND A CSA MEETING, WHICH IS COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION MEETING, AND WE GO OVER FUTURE BILLS AND FUTURE STUFF THAT'S WORKING ON IN THE STATE. AND WE GET TO TO GET A SAY IN THAT MATTER. AND THEN ON SATURDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE COOLIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BANQUET. AGAIN, THIS IS HONORING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE IN THE CITY OF COOLIDGE. 
          AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE PLACE WAS PACKED OVER AT THE ELKS CLUB. SO IT WAS PROBABLY 100, 150 PEOPLE THERE. AND THEY WERE RECEIVING AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING BUSINESSES. SO IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE AND BE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THERE. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. YES. QUICK. SUCCINCT. SUCCINCT. YES, SUPERVISOR. STURDY. SO WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE NOVEMBER 10TH, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ON NOVEMBER 10TH THERE ARE JUST TONS OF ACTIVITIES AND FUNDRAISERS AND EVENTS GOING ON. 
          SO NEXT WEDNESDAY I'LL ANNOUNCE WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE, AND LIKE THREE OF THEM ARE IN GOLD CANYON. ET CETERA. AND THEN TUESDAY IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT DAY TOO. I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN HERE IS VOTING. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO OUT AND VOTE. EVEN IF YOU VOTE THE WRONG WAY, GO VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LET US KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY PROBLEMS HAPPENING. 
          WE'LL TRY TO NIP IT IN THE BUD AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. ON TUESDAY MORNING, CALL ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS OR DANA LEWIS. DANA'S HARD TO REACH THAT DAY, BUT WE'RE EASIER TO REACH. AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF THINGS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MILLER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. NOT NOT A LOT TO MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, BUT ON MONDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS. I SAT ON A I SAT ON A PANEL FOR ARIZONA FORWARD, REPRESENTING. IT'S KIND OF THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE FUTURE, WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED AND 
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THOUGHT WAS PRETTY ENTERTAINING. AND THEY DID. OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST TOPIC THAT WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT UP WITH EVERYBODY WAS WATER, WHICH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FRONT AND CENTER PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT DECADE. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED THERE. AND THE ONE THING THAT WAS SAID THERE THAT I'VE SAID, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE'RE NOT OUT OF WATER. WE'RE JUST OUT OF CHEAP WATER. SO GOING FORWARD, EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF BE PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. SUPERVISOR GOODMAN. YES, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE. ONE IN NOVEMBER. ON NOVEMBER 28TH THERE'S A JINGLE JOG THAT WE STARTED IN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR MY DISTRICT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND WE ARE CONTINUING ON WITH THE THE NEW CITY TAKING OVER. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING WITH THEM TAKING IT OVER. ANYWAY, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID A THE FINAL MILE OF THE WIRELESS BROADBAND THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAD A CELEBRATION REGARDING THAT, AND WE'VE GOT A VIDEO TO SHOW ABOUT THAT. YOU HAVE IT, NATASHA. LET IT ROLL. TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CULMINATION OF SOME WORK THAT BEGAN IN 2020. AND TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF 32 TOWERS ACROSS PINAL COUNTY. HEY GREW THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT. WE NEED 32 TOWERS, 32 TOWERS THAT CONNECT 5G. THAT'S WHAT THIS BIG DEAL IS ALL ABOUT. FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE BUS FOR OVER AN HOUR A DAY SOMETIMES, AND YOU HAVE CURRICULUM THAT'S ALL ONLINE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT ON THEIR BUS, ON THEIR WAY HOME. NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AT HOME. I THINK IF COVID TAUGHT US ANYTHING OR BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE IS CONNECTIVITY WITH OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS ALL WERE AT HOME, THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED US AS A COUNTY TO EXPAND THE ABILITY FOR THIS NETWORK TO BE BUILT. WE STARTED OUT ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE HAD. THERE'S LOTS OF RURAL AND SECLUDED AREAS, AND THOSE SCHOOL KIDS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITIES AND LIBRARY DISTRICTS DIDN'T HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY THAT THEY NEEDED. MAMMOTH IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. WE'VE GOT THE SCHOOLS THERE, KEARNEY, ALL THOSE AREAS SUPERIOR, ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS RIGHT THERE NEED THAT KIND OF CONNECTIVITY, NOT ONLY IN THE SCHOOL BUT AT HOME. 
          THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL CAME FROM, WAS THESE KIDS WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT STUFF AT HOME. THIS WAS A LONG, VERY INVOLVED PROCESS. SO MANY PARTNERS IN THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THE MONEY CAME AND WAS AVAILABLE TO US TO USE TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE NEED TO EXPRESS A LOT OF GRATITUDE TO SENATOR KELLY AND FORMER SENATOR SINEMA, AS WELL AS ESKAMANI WANTS ESKAMANI AND REPRESENTATIVE STANTON FROM THE PHOENIX AREA FOR MUCH OF THE DOLLARS THAT WERE GRANTED TO US. TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THIS, A LOT OF THE FUNDS CAME FROM COVID AND IT WAS ALLOCATED, AND THAT'S WHERE WITH THAT RELIEF THAT CAME FROM, COVID ACTUALLY WENT INTO THIS PROJECT. THESE TOWERS ARE GOING TO BE RESERVED FOR COUNTY USE AND FOR K-12 INFRASTRUCTURE USE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SELLING TO T-MOBILE AND VERIZON. THESE ARE DEDICATED JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AS A KID GROWING UP, I WOULD SEE THAT WE WOULD SHORT BUILD CERTAIN THINGS, AND THEN WE HAD TO GO BACK AND WE HAD TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS COMPLETELY THE OPPOSITE. 
          WE'VE OVERBUILT THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY SO THAT WHENEVER THE TIME COMES THAT WE HAVE TO OPEN IT UP AND BROADEN IT, IT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE TO DO. AND THAT'S A BIG KEY WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT AND SPENDING THE MONEY PROPERLY TO MAKE THE ABILITY FOR IT TO INCREASE. AS THE COUNTY GROWS AND DEVELOPS AND BECOMES BIGGER, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE WE OVERBUILT IT. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, FOR ME, I WAS LET'S SEE, LAST FEW WEEKS, I WAS AT THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, FOLLOWED UP BY THE NEXT WEEK BY THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO AWAY FOR QUITE A WHILE. THIS LAST WEEK I'VE HAD A COUPLE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS 
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IN RED ROCK AND I'VE GOT ONE IN SAN MANUEL TONIGHT. SO JUST TRAVELING ALL AROUND AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT AT THE MOMENT. MR. CHAIRMAN. SUPERVISOR MILLER, CAN I DO A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE? YOU MAY. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE TO THE AUDIENCE AND PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING TWO PROJECTS HERE TODAY THAT THE OVERPASS FOR THE FOR THE FLOOD AND HIDDEN VALLEY AREA, THE 32 TOWERS. I DON'T THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC REALLY KNOWS HOW MUCH STAFF TIME AND WORK IT TOOK TO JUST TO GET THESE PROJECTS TO FINAL. AND IT'S THE HIDDEN EMPLOYEES THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE TAMMY ROLLS, THE THE HEATHER PATELS, THOSE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET VERY LITTLE LIMELIGHT. WE GET TO BRAG ABOUT IT, BUT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN PINAL COUNTY TO HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN DONE IN JUST THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. AND IT'S BEEN BECAUSE OF A GREAT, GREAT STAFF. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK 
          [	4. 	Updates related to the Elections Department and County Recorder, focusing on recent activities, upcoming initiatives, and essential information. (Dana Lewis)]
YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UPDATES RELATED TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND COUNTY RECORDER MISS LOU LEWIS. OH, THERE YOU ARE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DANA LEWIS, PINAL COUNTY RECORDER. THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD FOR RECORDATION. SO LIKE MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE'RE LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY FROM THE GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR MIDTERMS. THIS IS ALWAYS THE RUNDOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT SHOWS. ON AUGUST 2ND, WE BEGAN REQUESTING EARLY BALLOT REQUESTS. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE SEND OUT OUR MAIN EXTRACT FOR THE EARLY BALLOTS ABOUT 60 DAYS BEFORE EARLY VOTING STARTS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FORGET THAT 90 DAY BEFORE THAT, THEY HAD REQUESTED AN EARLY BALLOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT UNABLE. SO SOMETIMES THAT RESULTS IN SOME SECOND REQUESTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT WHEN WE DO OUR CANVASS AT THE END, YOU'LL SHOW HOW MANY BALLOTS WENT OUT AND HOW MANY WERE CANCELED. SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT DISPARITY OF INFORMATION. BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE CANVASS, YOU'LL SEE US SHAKE OUT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS. THE VOTING BEGAN 45 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE WAS OCTOBER 5TH, AND EARLY VOTING DID BEGIN ON OCTOBER 7TH SUCCESSFULLY. 
          IT'S FUNNY, WE WERE REALLY EXPECTING LINES FOR THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN MEDIA SAYING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LINES AROUND THE BUILDING AND WE DIDN'T. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THIS LAST MONDAY, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I'LL TAKE IT WHEN I CAN GET IT. THE 23RD WAS THE LAST DAY TO REQUEST A BALLOT BY MAIL. I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE IN MARICOPA COUNTY AND PIMA COUNTY. THEY HAD REQUESTED OR SUGGESTED THAT THE LAST DAY TO MAIL BACK YOUR EVIL OR YOUR EARLY BALLOT WAS OCTOBER 27TH. THAT'S TODAY OR THAT WAS YESTERDAY. WE HAD REQUESTED PEOPLE TO START DOING IT EARLIER BECAUSE WE ARE RURAL. WE DO NOT HAVE A PROCESSING FACILITY HERE IN PINAL COUNTY. 
          WE HAVE PASS THROUGH'S, BUT WE DON'T. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR POSTMASTERS. SO THAT'S WHY SOME THINGS THAT SCENE HAD, EXCUSE ME, SOME VOTERS HAD SEEN THE 23RD AND WERE ASKING WHY WE WERE PUTTING OUT DIFFERENT INFORMATION. IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'RE RURAL, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT BALLOT IS BACK TO US BY 7 P.M. ON ELECTION NIGHT. THE LAST DAY TO VOTE EARLY IN PERSON IS 7 P.M. AT OUR SATELLITE OFFICES. THIS FRIDAY, THE ELECTION DAY, OF COURSE, IS NOVEMBER 3RD. POLLS OPEN AT 6:00 AND CLOSE AT SEVEN. AND THE LAST DAY TO CURE SIGNATURES ON BALLOTS THAT WERE RECEIVED IS NOVEMBER 8TH. CURRENT EARLY VOTING TURNOUT. 
          THIS IS GOING OFF OF ACTIVE NUMBERS. WE HAVE 296,000 ACTIVE REGISTRANTS. I HAVE OVER 330 ACTIVE AND INACTIVE REGISTRANTS. OUT OF THESE REGISTRANTS, 199,000 PLUS ARE ON THE ACTIVE EARLY VOTING LIST. BUT TOTAL TURNOUT AT THIS POINT IS 27% 37% FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON EVIL. 
          WE ALL LIKE TO BE A LITTLE COMPETITIVE, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU DISTRICT SUPERVISORS, SOME OF YOUR NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING VOTER OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. MAJOR SHOUT OUT YESTERDAY, SADDLEBROOKE AREA WAS IN THE LEAD FOR A PRECINCT TURNOUT C O. BUT TODAY WHEN WE RAN THE REPORTS THIS MORNING, IT WAS ROBESON RANCH. 1210, MAN. SO THERE YOU GO, FOLKS. VOTER 
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OUTREACH. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SPECIAL ELECTION BOARDS NEXT. BUT SO FAR, OF THE THREE THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED, ONE OF THEM WAS ACCOMPLISHED YESTERDAY. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT OUR PARTY PEOPLE BEING INVOLVED AND MAKING SURE THEY APPOINT POLITICAL PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN TO ASSIST OUR STAFF GOING OUT AND ACCOMPLISHING SPECIAL ELECTION BOARDS. WE DO HAVE VOTER EDUCATION WORKING GROUP THIS FRIDAY AT 9:00. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF AN OPEN DISCUSSION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROCESSES AND OUR SYSTEMS. I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT WE JUST DURING EARLY VOTING, I HAVE PERSONALLY GIVEN 2515 MINUTE TOURS OF WHAT THE VIEWING ROOM IS. I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME IN EXCEPTIONALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHAT TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY MEANS, AND WAS ABLE TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT IN REAL TIME. 
          VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO SEE. WE DID DO A COOLIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY READ AND REGISTER. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE RECORDER GOES OUT AND SHE READS TO THE SMALLS OF THE COUNTY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT I DO. BUT WHAT'S REALLY GREAT IS THEN THE PARENTS THERE TELL ME, OKAY, I REMEMBER NOW I NEED TO COME VOTE EARLY. AND I GOT TO SEE TWO OF THOSE MOMS THIS WEEK. VOTE EARLY IN PERSON, AND THEIR LITTLE KIDDOS RECOGNIZED ME AS I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE LOBBY. WHAT A DELIGHT. WHAT A DELIGHT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS HOW WE PLANT THE SEEDS OF OUR DEMOCRACY. AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE DID DO THREE MOBILE DROP BOX EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE DON'T HAVE DROP BOXES IN OUR NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. SO WE DID DO TWO OUT THERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPETITION BETWEEN THE SADDLEBROOK. SO WE WERE PLEDGED TO GO OUT TO ONE OF THE SADDLEBROOK HOSE. THE OTHER ONE FOUND OUT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PLAYING FAVORITES. SO WE DID 2 IN 1 DAY. I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS STILL REALLY WONDERFULLY RECEIVED. AND THAT DAY, OUR BIPARTISAN TEAM WITH A FIXED BALLOT DROP BOXES DID GAIN 740 EARLY BALLOTS IN THE NEWS. WE KNOW THAT SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY OVER 100 ELECTION OFFICIALS OR ELECTEDS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOSE STAFF REALLY FAST WHEN THEY START SEEING THIS. VOLUNTEERS, POLL WORKERS, ELECTION CYCLE TEMPS, EVEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. AFTER A WHILE, THEY GET A BELLYFUL AND THEY START BURNING OUT. THAT NIGHT, WHEN WE RECEIVED NEWS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHUTDOWN AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE THAT WE WERE WAITING TO SEE IF IT WAS A THREATENING SUBSTANCE OR NOT. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH SHERIFF'S SHERIFF. PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE K-9 UNIT, AND WE HAD THEM COME TO OUR FACILITIES WHERE WE DO THE MASSIVE OF OUR MAIL INTAKE AND BALLOT INTAKE TO REASSURE OUR STAFF AND VOTERS THAT WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. 
          THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ELECTIONS DOESN'T STOP WITH A BALLOT. IT'S ALSO WITH OUR STAFF AND HAVE STARTED PUTTING AND IMPLEMENTING SOME ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS GOING FORWARD. STAKEHOLDER MESSAGING WILL GO OUT THROUGH ELECTION DAY FROM THE PINAL COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT COMMAND CENTER. WE STAND IT UP THROUGH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AT VOTES IN THE EVENT OF MAJOR CRISIS. THEN WE CAN GO TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ALL OF OUR MONTHLY CHECK INS. I'M SO VERY THANKFUL TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE. WITHOUT FLEET, WE COULDN'T DO THE COURIERS AND THE EXTRA UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE RUNS WE'VE BEEN DOING. THEY LET US KNOW MONDAY THEY WERE JUST GOING TO START DROPPING BALLOTS OFF. WE SAID, HOW ABOUT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE SECURING THIS? AND WE DEVISED A LOGISTICAL PLAN THAT MADE SENSE FOR OUR VOTERS AND OUR COUNTY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY CHIEF DEPUTY, RECORDER CINDY MARTINEZ, AND HER ASSISTANT, MELISSA MYERS. THEY GOT ON THE PHONE WITH THE POSTMASTERS, AND WE CAME OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST FANTASTIC. COULDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN THOUGH, WITHOUT CARS. SO WE HAVE GPS VEHICLES THAT WE'RE USING TO GO DO THIS. IT IS FANTASTIC WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND WORK AS A TEAM. ELECTION EQUIPMENT DELIVERY WILL START GOING OUT TO OUR POLLING PLACES TOMORROW AND WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL POLL WORKER TRAINING EVENT THIS AFTERNOON OVER AT VOTES. THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUMP INTO SEVERAL OF THOSE TRAININGS, AND ALL OF THE SURVEYS WERE RECEIVING FROM POLL WORKERS, AND EVEN STAFF HAS BEEN RECEIVED REALLY WELL. SPECIAL ELECTION BOARDS UNDER MY ARIZONA REVISED STATUTE 16549 SEE, IT REQUIRES THAT I ENSURE THAT VOTERS WHO ARE CONFINED 
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STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE. WHAT IS CONFINED MEAN? WELL, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN PUT IN THE HOSPITAL AND NOT BEEN AN ACTIVE EARLY VOTER OR AREN'T GOING TO GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GO GET YOUR EARLY BALLOT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER ONE TO YOU WITH A BIPARTISAN TEAM FROM YOUR POLITICAL PARTY AND A MEMBER FROM ANOTHER PARTY, TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY. WE GO OUT TO THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. THEY WILL GIVE US THE NAME OF NEW FACILITY RESIDENTS AND WE WILL GO OUT THERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR VULNERABLE ADULTS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE MEET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHERE THEY. ALSO, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE CONFINED IN JAIL DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A FELON. ECONOMY'S A LITTLE ROUGH, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE WAITING OUT THOSE SPEEDING TICKETS. IT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LET US KNOW THROUGH OUR CONTACTS AT THE JAIL. WE GO OUT AGAIN WITH OUR TEAM, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT PERSON HAS THE ABILITY TO CAST A BALLOT. SO IF YOU NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US BECAUSE YOU NEED A SPECIAL ELECTION BOARD, PLEASE CONTACT OUR VOTER OUTREACH TEAM. AGAIN, WE HAVE THREE ON THE BOOKS. WE CAN DO THIS UP UNTIL MONDAY. 
          THE SOONER YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH US, THE SOONER WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IT IS NOT GUARANTEED. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. ELECTION NIGHT. POSTING RESULTS AND SCHEDULE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SETTING A PACE NOW. IT'S BETTER FOR ME TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING THAN I RECEIVE 300 CALLS. WANTING TO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NEXT DUMP OF INFORMATION. SO THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. AND THIS IS GOING OUT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS ROUNDUP ELECTION DAY AT 8 P.M. WHEN WE POST THOSE FIRST SET OF AGGREGATED REPORTS ON NOVEMBER 3RD. THAT'S THAT INITIAL DROP, WHICH IS ALL OF THE EARLY BALLOTS THAT HAVE BEEN TABULATED THROUGH EARLY VOTING. THEN THE SECOND DAY DROP WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 11 P.M. THAT'LL BE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED THROUGH THE ELECTION DAY BALLOTS RETURNED. 
          AND PROCESSED FROM THE RECEIVING BOARD. THE THIRD RESULT, NOVEMBER 4TH, THAT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 3 A.M. PLEASE NOTE THESE TIMES BECAUSE WE START AT 4 A.M. ON ELECTION DAY, AND WE WILL GO UNTIL 4 A.M. THE NEXT DAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT MY EXPENSE REPORTS AND WONDER WHY WE HAVE COTS, IT'S BECAUSE WE TAKE POWER NAPS. YOU GOT TO DO IT. WE'VE TRIED SPLIT SHIFTS. 
          WE CAN ONLY DO THAT IF WE HAVE EMPLOYEES. AND WE ARE STILL BEEN APPLYING AND HAVING PEOPLE TURN OUT TO BE ELECTION CYCLE TEMPS UP UNTIL YESTERDAY. SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE DO IN BIPARTISAN QUARTERS. BUT THEN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT WEEK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WE'RE GOING TO DO SEVERAL OTHER DUMPS OF BALLOT UPDATES. AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT LAST ONE WILL BE 6 TO 8 DAYS. THOSE WILL BE ANY CURED BALLOTS OR THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. SOMETHING ALSO NEW WITH THE CANDIDATE REPORT OR THE THE ELECTION NIGHT REPORTING THE SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE AND THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE HAS DOESN'T TALK WELL TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY GREAT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES WHEN YOU HAVE AIR GAPS OF INFORMATION, BUT SOMETIMES EVERYTHING DOESN'T ALWAYS COMMUNICATE VERY WELL. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THERE'S NOTHING MORE STRESSFUL, I BELIEVE, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, IS BEING A WRITE IN CANDIDATE, AND THEN YOU DON'T GET TO SEE YOUR NUMBERS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HELP THEM OUT HERE. AND WHEN WE POST THOSE RESULTS, EVERYTHING, AT LEAST FROM OUR FIRST UPLOAD, WILL BE POSTING THE WRITE IN BOARDS AND OUR LITTLE PRETTY SPREADSHEET THAT WE DO THINGS THAT COME AFTER THE ELECTION. OF COURSE, IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING STOPS ON FRIDAY AT 7 P.M. ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 3RD. THE RANDOM DRAW FOR OUR HAND COUNT AUDIT. AGAIN, THIS IS AN AUDIT THAT IS STATUTORILY REQUIRED AFTER ELECTION DAY THAT INCLUDES EARLY BALLOTS AND ELECTION DAY BALLOTS THAT DRAW FOR THOSE PRECINCTS. AND THE DIFFERENT RACES WILL BE NOVEMBER 4TH. WE HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED WITH THE DEMS WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING THE DRAW. WAITING ON REPEAT FROM THE REPUBLICANS. THE HAND COUNT AUDIT BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THAT IS A SATURDAY. WE'LL BE DOING IT ALL DAY. WE DO BRING TREATS AND PROVIDE SOME LUNCH TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE IT CAN BE A VERY LONG DAY. AND REMEMBER, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 45 DAYS ALREADY. THROUGH MANY WEEKENDS. SO WE'LL HAVE SNACKS AND FOOD. AND I AM THANKFUL THAT THE PARTIES DID GET US THE AUDITOR NAMES LAST WEEK. BALLOT SIGNATURE CURING DEADLINE AGAIN NOVEMBER 8TH. 
          POST ELECTION LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING. NOVEMBER 3RD. AND OUR CANVAS IS THE 18TH. 
          THESE TWO DAYS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF RECOUNTS, RUNOFFS, ANY OF THAT, I NEED THESE TWO DAYS TO GO REALLY FLUIDLY. SO THEN IF WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COURTS FOR THE NEXT STEP. THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. I'D LIKE TO 
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INTRODUCE YOU TO MEDEA. THIS IS OUR EARLY VOTING ADVOCATE. SHE HAS BEEN AT OUR OFFICE SINCE YESTERDAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE FOUND OUT WHEN WE HAD TO BRING THE CANINES THROUGH OUR BUILDING, THAT AS SCARY AS WHAT WE DO IS SOMETIMES, BOY, DO DOGS MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. AND SO REACH OUT. WE'VE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH PINAL COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FOR MANY YEARS NOW. AND SO THEY CHECKED IN AND THEY'RE LIKE, HOW IS THE PULSE AT THE OFFICE? AND I SAID, BOY, WE COULD USE SOME SMILES. SO YESTERDAY WE BORROWED MEDEA. SHE'S BEEN RUNNING AROUND SHAKING HANDS WITH OUR STAFF. SHE LOVES THE LITTLE DOGGY PARK WE HAVE IN THE BACKYARD, AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION. DOESN'T CARE FOR BLUEBERRIES, BUT DEFINITELY LOVES A LITTLE BIT OF STEAK. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS LEWIS. AND SO THE EARLY BALLOTS THAT HAVE COME IN, WHAT DAY ARE YOU CUTTING OFF? DID YOU SAY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY? SO EARLY BALLOTS. RIGHT. SO THEY COME IN UNTIL 7 P.M. ON ELECTION NIGHT. AND NOW WE HAVE THAT NEW VOTER ID AT THE POLLS THING. JUST LIKE PEOPLE WHO BRING IN THEIR EARLY BALLOTS WHO ARE VOTING LOCATIONS DURING EARLY VOTING, WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO MARK IT AS VOTER ID. ALL THAT DOES RIGHT NOW FOR US IS IT SKIPS THE CURE PROCESS, BECAUSE WHAT SIGNATURE VERIFICATION DOES IS PROVE IDENTIFICATION. SO IN THE EVENT THAT SIGNATURE DOESN'T MATCH, IT GOES TO CURE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE CURE DEADLINES. SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT. BUT IF YOU DID, ID VERIFIED. I GET TO SKIP YOU THROUGH THAT. BUT YES, UP UNTIL 7 P.M. ON ELECTION NIGHT. GET ME YOUR EARLY BALLOT. MAKE SURE YOU USE A DROPBOX THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SECRET SERVICE SPECIAL FLU SYSTEM THAT I'M GOING TO GET FROM HARRY POTTER THAT ALLOWS ME TO GET FROM A UNITED STATES POSTAL BOX AT 7 P.M. ON ELECTION NIGHT. TO ME, ONE OF THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATIONS WE HAVE IN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IS WE GET LIKE 50 FROM THE POST ON ELECTION DAY AND LIKE A THOUSAND THE DAY AFTER. AND WE ARE A RECEIVED BY NOT A POSTMARK STATE. RIGHT. BUT MY QUESTION WAS, YOU'RE COUNTING EARLY BALLOTS NOW, WHEN DO YOU CUT THAT OFF? WHAT DAY DO YOU CUT THAT OFF, THAT PROCESSING. SO THERE'S THAT LAG. WE'LL STOP DOING THAT ON FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE TO DO THAT VOTER HISTORY UPLOAD TO THE POLL BOOKS. SO I FIGURED THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN. BUT I GOT ASKED THAT YESTERDAY. WE'LL STILL PROCESS. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE TABULATING. SO THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE SLICE AND DICE, THE, YOU KNOW, SHUCK AND JIVE AND ACCEPT OR RECEIVE, BUT IT WON'T GET TABULATED. AND THEY JUST PREP THEM IN STACKS OF 100 OR WHATEVER IT IS. YOU GET READY TO COUNT. CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE A TOUR OF OUR FACILITY BEFORE AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ONCE OR TWICE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR MISS LEWIS? JUST A COMMENT, MISTER CHAIR. DANA. THANK YOU. YOUR WHOLE STAFF. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE BEATING DISTRICT ONE. FOR NOW, I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU THAT MARICOPA HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. FLAWLESS. PEOPLE COME IN SMILING, LEAVE THEIR HOUSE HAPPY. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THERE. AND WATCH OUT GUYS, BECAUSE DISTRICT ONE IS COMING FOR YOU. OKAY? WITHOUT OUR SATELLITE OFFICES AGAIN, MEETING VOTERS WHERE THEY ARE IS SO ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT. AND HAVING THOSE SATELLITE OFFICES THERE FOR IN-PERSON EARLY VOTING IS ONE OF THE REASONS PINAL COUNTY HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR OUR TEAM. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MISS LEWIS. 
          APPRECIATE IT. GET SOME REST. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FIVE MOVES US UP TO PRESENTATION DISCUSSION BY A DEQ. MR. WILLIAMS, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? DOING GREAT. THANKS. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. TODD WILLIAMS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GO DISTRICT TWO. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE MR. DAVID KIM FROM THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. JUST TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF BACKGROUND, DAVID'S GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE AQUIFER PROTECTION PERMITTING PROGRAM AND THE SANTA CRUZ COPPER PROJECT IN THE CASA GRANDE AREA. AND TO GIVE YOU SO DAVID IS THE SERVING AS THE MANAGER OF THE GROUNDWATER PROTECTION MINES AND INDUSTRIAL SECTION. HE'S A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM ENGINEERING, FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. HE'S WORKED IN THE AEROSPACE DESIGN AND BUILD OUT FOR INTEL'S FAB 22 AND 32. AND HE'S WORKED AS AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT WRITER AND PERFORMANCE TEST ENGINEER AT LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES. SO WITH THAT, DAVID, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND GIVE OUR PRESENTATION. THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MISTER CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE 
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PUBLIC. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SANTA CRUZ PROJECT OUT IN CASA GRANDE. AND SO IS THERE A CLICKER? THIS ONE HERE. AWESOME. SO THE AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM IS WHAT WE OVERSEE. IT'S TO BASICALLY PROTECT THE GROUNDWATER THAT'S WITHIN OUR STATE TO DRINKING WATER STANDARDS. IT WAS WE WERE AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE BACK IN 1986, NOT TOO LONG AGO, TO BE ITS OWN DEPARTMENT FOR AS AN ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO ENFORCE AND REGULATE THE RULES AND LAWS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, THE KEY PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM IS THE BAD CAT. I'LL BE SPEAKING IN A LOT OF ACRONYMS, BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO SPELL THEM OUT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. OR IF I FORGET TO SPELL IT OUT, WHICH I USUALLY DO, BUT THE BAD CAT IS THE BEST AVAILABLE DEMONSTRATED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, AND IT MINIMIZES DISCHARGE, ENSURES COMPLIANCE TO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. SPEAKING OF THE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, THE A WQS WHICH WERE RECENTLY UPDATED THIS PAST YEAR AND IT MATCHES THE SAFE DRINKING WATER STANDARD ARIZONA IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES WITHIN THE UNION TO SET GROUNDWATER STANDARDS TO BE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, SO ANY WATER THAT'S BEING DISCHARGED TO THE GROUNDWATER HAS TO MEET THOSE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, WHICH KIND OF GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. THEN SOME OF THE OTHER STATES WITHIN THE COUNTRY. NEXT, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE SANTA CRUZ COPPER PROJECT IS, IT'S IN DISTRICT THREE. LOOKS LIKE SUPERVISOR MILLER'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION TODAY, BUT IT'S WITHIN HIS DISTRICT. IT WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT OUT BY AND OPERATED BY IVANHOE ELECTRIC, AND THE SITE AND HISTORY LOCATION. IT WAS A BACK IN THE 70S AND EARLY 90S AND IN-SITU LEACHING MINE, WHICH IS BASICALLY WAS RUN BY ASARCO AS A JOINT VENTURE. WE ISSUED THEM A CLASS THREE UIC PERMIT, WHICH IS THE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PERMIT ISSUED BY THE EPA RECENTLY, BACK OCTOBER 15TH, 2025, ARIZONA. WE RECEIVED PRIMACY, FULL PRIMACY FROM EPA TO DELEGATE ALL THE UIC PROGRAM WITHIN US. SO WE'RE. WE. IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR NOW SINCE WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THE UIC PROGRAM, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL. BUT BACK TO THE PROJECT AND THE SITE HISTORY. BACK IN 2022, IVANHOE ELECTRIC BEGAN THEIR ACTIVITIES, BOUGHT THE COMPANY AND STARTED DRILLING AND LOOKING INTO ACQUIRING THIS SITE. AND AS OF THIS YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, THEY'RE TRYING, BECAUSE OF THE RELEASE OF THE AMENDED PFAS OR PFOA. 
          YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT ON THE NEWS. IT'S A LOT OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE. THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS AS WELL. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE QUICK APP HISTORY, THE AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM HISTORY FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, BACK IN 2022, IVANHOE CAME AND BOUGHT OUT THE COMPANY OR THE SITE. THEY CAME IN FOR A DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY, WHICH BASICALLY STATES SHOWS, OKAY, THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO. THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, HOW LONG THEY WANT TO STAY THERE, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MITIGATE ANY DISCHARGES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. WE AGREED. WE GAVE THEM OUR EXPERT ANALYSIS AND REVIEW AND KIND OF APPROVED THE PERMIT. AND THE PERMIT APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED BACK IN THIS YEAR OF MAY. SO THE PERMIT IS IN PROCESS NOW, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. THIS INDIVIDUAL PERMIT SPECIFICALLY LISTS ALL THE THINGS THAT'S IN THIS LIST, HAS ALL THE THINGS THAT'S WITHIN THE PERMIT THAT'S GOING TO BE ISSUED, THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. SPECIFICALLY, I'D LIKE TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LEACH PONDS, THE PREGNANT LEACH SOLUTION, AND THE SECONDARY LEACH SOLUTION, WHICH WILL KIND OF GO INTO FURTHER. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SEVEN POC WELLS. IT'S THE POINT OF COMPLIANCE WELLS. AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE, THEY ARE ALL DOWNGRADIENT OF THE FLOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORT TO GO UP GRADIENT OF THE FLOW. AND THEN THIS SHOWS IS A MAP OF WHERE THE LEACH PONDS ARE. THERE'S A HEAP LEACH PADS THAT'S ON AN OFF SITE SPENT ORE STOCKPILES AND ALL THE IMPOUNDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LINED. I BELIEVE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEY'RE DOUBLE LINED AND EIGHT MILLIMETER, WHICH IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. YOU'LL SEE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PERMITTING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN HOUSE. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN NUMBER THREE, 
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THE THIRD COLUMN, MIDDLE COLUMN, AND DRAFTING AND REVIEWING THE PERMIT. AND SO WE HAVE IN OUR REGULATORY REQUIRE WE ARE REGULATORILY REQUIRED BY ARS 18. I FORGET THE EXACT CITATION, BUT TO MEET OUR LICENSING TIMEFRAMES, THE LTF IS A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT FOR PERMITTING AGENCIES TO MEET CERTAIN DEADLINES AND TIME FRAMES SO THAT BUSINESS CAN RUN THEIR BUSINESS. AND EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS WHAT THE RULES OF THE GAME IS. AND SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET THOSE TIMELINES. KUDOS TO THE TEAM. IN RECENT HISTORY AND THE PAST FEW YEARS, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN MEETING AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE LTEF TIME FRAMES. AND SO WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY, WE'RE MOVING AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS, GETTING PERMITS OUT FASTER, GETTING INSPECTIONS DONE AND COMPLIANCE SOONER. SO AND THEN THIS SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS THE FOR THIS SANTA CRUZ PROJECT, WE ARE IN THE SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW AND DRAFTING OF THE PERMIT. ONE THING YOU'LL NOTICE HERE, THE THIRD ITEM, THE TRIBAL NOTIFICATION AND THE FIFTH ONE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE TRIBAL CONSULTATION. WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED LATELY ON ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC, WHETHER THAT'S THE CITIZENS THAT'S LIVING NEAR THE MINE OR WITHIN THE AREA, AND EVEN THE TRIBAL NATIONS THAT MAY HAVE INTEREST WITHIN, AROUND, WITHIN THE STATE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC AND THE TRIBES ON WHAT OUR PROCESSES AND WHAT OUR AUTHORITY IS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER PROTECT AND PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE STATE. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF THE FACILITY DOESN'T MEET THEIR PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS? THEN WE'LL, YOU KNOW, REACH DOWN AND PULL OUT THE HAMMER FROM THE BOTTOM DRAWER AND ENFORCE. AND SO WE HAVE AN ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT PROCESS. WE HAVE DEDICATED INSPECTORS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FIVE INSPECTORS FOR THE STATE, WHICH ISN'T A LOT, I AGREE, BUT OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS KIND OF RESTRICT US TO THAT. BUT THE TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB. WE ALSO HANDLE COMPLAINTS, ORDER COMPLAINTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT POP UP. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THIS MINE SPECIFICALLY IS THE MONITORING AND THE REPORTING ON ALL PERMITS. AND ALL MINES HAVE A REQUIREMENT WITHIN THEIR PERMITS TO NOTIFY US IF THERE'S ANY EXCEEDANCES OF THE DISCHARGE WITHIN 24 HOURS, AND THEN WE EXPECT A FULL REPORT OF FIVE DAY AND A 30 DAY REPORT. THE 30 DAY REPORT IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE TO SEE WHAT THE ROOT PROBLEM IS. AND THEN SO WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM AND KIND OF GO ON AND RESOLVE ANY MITIGATING ISSUES. THE ENFORCEMENT PART, THERE'S INFORMAL AND FORMAL ENFORCEMENT. BASICALLY. THAT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING, ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS ENFORCEMENT OR VIOLATION OUT OF COURT OR WITHIN THE COURTS WITH A BUNCH OF LAWYERS INVOLVED? AND NO DISRESPECT TO COUNTY, HE'S NOT HERE. BUT WHEN LAWYERS GET INVOLVED, IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND SO THOSE FORMAL ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE'D LIKE. AND WENDY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. WENDY IS OUR PERMITTING UNITS MANAGER. SHE CAME DOWN WITH THE FLU. SHE MUST HAVE GOTTEN WHAT THE SHERIFF GOT, BUT SHE WASN'T FEELING TOO WELL. AND YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE BEST CONTACT. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME. BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I CAN ADDRESS. THANK YOU. MR. KIM. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KIM? SUPERVISOR MILLER, I'M LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU ASKING THE QUESTION. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THAT I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS, THOUGH, THAT YOU SAID, BECAUSE I I'VE WORKED REALLY CLOSE WITH IVANHOE ELECTRIC SINCE THE DAY THEY CAME TO TOWN, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHY THEY CALLED ME, BUT THEY DID. AND SO ANYWAY, WE'VE, THEY'VE OF OUR, THEY FORMED THEIR CITIZENS GROUP ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR GROUP MADE UP OF A CROSS-SECTION OF INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS PEOPLE AND LEADERS FROM ALL ALL OVER OF THE AREA, NOT JUST IN CASA GRANDE, EVERYTHING FROM A FARMER TO OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND USERS OF OF WATER. SO I'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO THIS WHOLE PROJECT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND, AND THEY'RE THE LEAD PERSON OVER THERE THAT I KNOW IS CAMI BALLARD. AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT WROTE THE PERMIT APPLICATION, I BELIEVE, AND, AND SENT IT IN. SO IT IS VERY FASCINATING. THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BORE A GIGANTIC TUNNEL DOWN THROUGH TO GET TO THE OR THE ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IS THE, THE WATER. 
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THERE'S SO MUCH WATER DOWN THAT DEEP WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO THAT THEY'RE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO, TO SEAL IT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUMP THE WATER, ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE EXCESS WATER MORE THAN THEY CAN USE. THAT WILL. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING WITH IRRIGATION DISTRICTS AND ARIZONA WATER TO SEE. AND AGAIN, BACK TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THE QUALITY OF THAT WATER ON. ON AN HOURLY BASIS, I WOULD SAY. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. I THINK IT'S A NEW WAY OF MINING. THEY WILL BE DOING A LEACHING PROCESS, MAY SIMILAR IN EITHER CHEMICALS OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO LEACH IT, BUT THEY'RE DOING THIS ALL ABOVE GROUND. NOT NOT LIKE LIKE FLORENCE. IT'S KIND OF UNDERGROUND. SO AND IT IS DOUBLE LINED. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE I DON'T REMEMBER THE THICKNESS OF THE LINERS, BUT THEY THEY DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION LAST, LAST MEETING. AND ROXANNE, I BELIEVE WAS AT THAT MEETING AND OBSERVED THAT. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S A REALLY A REALLY GOOD PROJECT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T WANT HOUSES. THIS ALL THIS LAND WAS GOING TO BE PROBABLY, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 3000 HOMES AT ONE TIME. AND NOW IS, IS A MINE. AND THEY'RE REALLY CONSCIOUS OF THE VISUAL FROM THE ROADS AND THE, AND THE HEIGHTS. SO MAYBE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE TOP OF SOME INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ABOUT MAKING SURE IT'S NOT AN EYESORE AS WELL. SO YEAH, IN OUR PRE-OP MEETINGS WITH CAMI AND HER TEAM, SHE'S BEEN OR IVANHOE IN GENERAL, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC. AND SO A LOT OF THANKFULLY, IT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO ENGAGE AS MUCH. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF SIT ASSIST. BUT IF AND WHEN A MINE OR A COMPANY, THEY DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHETHER IT'S RESOURCES, LACK OF MONEY OR TIME, OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC WILL STEP IN AND ENGAGE AS APPROPRIATE. SO IVANHOE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT. AND I DO RECEIVE MINUTES FROM THESE MEETINGS SO I CAN SHARE WITH ANYBODY IF THEY WANT TO CONTACT MY OFFICE AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HEAR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IF YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY INTERESTED IN JOINING THE GROUP, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF EDITING, BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO YES, SIR. 
          THEY'RE NOT ME NECESSARILY IVANHOE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, MR. KIM? THANK YOU, MR. KIM. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. DISCUSSION. APPROVAL. DISAPPROVAL OF THE PURCHASING DIVISION REPORT. MISS GORMAN, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TRACY GORMAN, PURCHASING MANAGER. AND THIS IS THE PURCHASING DIVISION REPORT FOR OCTOBER 28TH OF 2026. IN THIS REPORT, THE BOARD IS REQUESTED TO APPROVE TWO CONTRACT AWARDS FOR SOQ270432 FOR ON CALL, HVAC, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE, AND SUPPLIES FOR AWARDING THAT TO FOUR VENDORS FOR IFB 270627 FOR SAN MANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION, THE BOARD IS REQUESTED TO APPROVE FOUR CONTRACT AMENDMENTS FOR IFB 250529 FOR AGGREGATE SLURRY AND PORTLAND CEMENT RFP 254030 FOR POLL WORKER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SOQ260530 FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PINAL AIRPARK TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AND SOQ260630 FOR AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTAL NEPA SERVICES FOR PINAL AIRPARK. WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD APPROVE TWO AMENDMENTS TO A COMPETITOR, TO A COMPETITION AND PRACTICABLE. OVER 100,000 PER $100,000 PER PROCUREMENT CODE. SECTION PC1-502. WE'RE REQUESTING THE BOARD APPROVE ONE SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT OVER $100,000 PER PROCUREMENT CODE, SECTION PC1-347. 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 THREE COOPERATIVE PURCHASE REQUISITIONS OVER $250,000. I WILL ASK ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY 
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QUESTIONS FOR MR. GORMAN? HEARING. SEEING NONE. MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE. MR. CHAIR. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX, THE PURCHASING DIVISION REPORT, OCTOBER 28TH, 2026. I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, A MOTION AND A SECOND? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. GORMAN. HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
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THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT ITEMS A THROUGH YOU ALL ITEMS INDICATED ALPHABETICALLY BELOW WILL BE HANDLED BY A SINGLE VOTE AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER OR COUNTY MANAGER OBJECTS AT THE TIME THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. PRESENTLY I HAVE SUPERVISOR STARTING PULLING ITEMS P AND Q. SO I SUPPOSE WE'RE WATCHING OUR P'S AND Q'S TODAY AND ANY OTHERS THAT ANYONE WISHES TO PULL. FROM THE BOARD. HEARING SEEING NONE. 
          WHAT'S YOUR NAME OVER THERE? COUNTY MANAGER LOU NOT FROM YOU. OKAY. IN THAT CASE, THEN MAY I GET A MOTION FOR ITEMS A THROUGH YOU MINUS P AND Q? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. A THROUGH U, U MINUS P AND Q. THERE WE GO. I HAVE A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I 
          [7.	P. 	Discussion/approval/disapproval of Agreement for the Ownership Transfer of K9 "Indy" from Pinal County on behalf of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to Deputy Ivan Iniguez. K9 "Indy" will be retiring from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, and Deputy Iniguez agrees to pay the sum of $1 to Pinal County to obtain ownership of K9 "Indy" and accept full responsibility in as-is condition and care for K9 "Indy" in his retirement. (Ross Teeple)   ]
          [7.		Q. 	Discussion/approval/disapproval of Agreement for the Ownership Transfer of K9 "Taibo" from Pinal County on behalf of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to Officer Daniel McLean. K9 "Taibo" will be retiring from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, and Officer McLean agrees to pay the sum of $1 to Pinal County to obtain ownership of K9 "Taibo" and accept full responsibility in as-is condition and care for K9 "Taibo" in his retirement. (Ross Teeple)  ]
OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. STURDY ITEM P AND Q. I IMAGINE THEY'RE THE SAME. I THINK A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS OF PINAL COUNTY DON'T CARE ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO UP HERE, BUT THEY DO CARE ABOUT DOGS. AND I NOTICED THAT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE DOGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RETIRING FROM. PCSO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS OF WHAT KIND OF LIVES THESE DOGS WILL HAVE, AND HOW DOES THAT WHOLE PROCESS HAPPEN IF SHERIFF TIPO CAN EXPLAIN, AND ARE THEY BEING REPLACED BY OTHER DOGS? DO WE CONSTANTLY HAVE THEM COMING UP AND BEING TRAINED? AND I THINK WE HAVE ROBOTS NOW. MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PINAL COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO THE COUNTY THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS AS A GREAT SERVICE. THESE DOGS BECOME MEMBERS OF THESE HANDLERS FAMILY, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DELICATE BALANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN THE DOGS AND THEY'RE WORKING DOGS, AND THEY CAN'T, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, OVER LOVE THEM WHEN THEY'RE WORKING DOGS. BUT THESE DOGS ATTACH TO THE FAMILIES. OUR CANINE HANDLERS TAKE THEIR DOGS HOME EVEN WHEN THEY'RE WORKING DOGS, THEY HAVE KENNELS IN THEIR HOMES. THIS OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS DOGS TO RETIRE AND BECOME A FULL MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WITH ALL THEY CAN GET IS JUST LOVE, AND THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO TRAIN ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. WE ALREADY HAVE DOGS IN ROUTE AND ALREADY BEING TRAINED TO REPLACE THESE ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. I. I PERSONALLY AM SAD BECAUSE TABLE IS MY FAVORITE CANINE IN ALL MY YEARS WORKING. HE'S GETTING REPLACED EARLY BECAUSE HE HAS A TOOTH PROBLEM, BUT HE HAS A VERY LOVING FAMILY THAT'S CARED FOR HIM FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THAT. JUST THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, DOES THAT HELP US WITH PAY FOR THIS OR NOT? I BELIEVE THEY GET ONE BOX OF TREATS EVERY OTHER DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK PEOPLE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE DOGS WHEN THEY RETIRE? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. ABOUT TEN YEARS, SIR. ABOUT TEN YEARS? YES, SIR. THEY'RE WORK PRETTY HARD. SO 70 YEARS IN DOG IN PEOPLE, 70 YEARS. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM P AND Q? THAT'S COOL. NO. OKAY. CAN I DO BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER? DO I HAVE TO DO ONE EACH? ONE I CAN DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE P AND Q. I HAVE A MOTION FOR P AND Q SECOND. AND I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK 
          [ 8. 	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]
YOU SHERIFF. APPRECIATE IT. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER. WHAT ARE WE AT HERE. EIGHT WHICH IS I'M. SO I'M GOING TO RECESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING AND CONVENE THE PINAL COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. AND THAT WILL BRING US TO LET'S SEE, WE JUST HAVE CONSENT ITEM ONE JUST CONSENT ITEMS A IS A THROUGH C, ALL ITEMS INDICATED ALPHABETICALLY BELOW WILL BE HANDLED BY A SINGLE VOTE AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER OR COUNTY MANAGER OBJECTS TO TIME AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS CALLED. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THE BOARD WISHES TO PULL AT THIS TIME? HEARING. SEEING NONE. THEN MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE. HEALTH DEPARTMENT AGENDA AS AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION. IS 
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THERE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I, I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AND RECONVENE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 
          [		9. 	Call to the Public— A "call to the public" is the time period for members of the public to address the Board of Supervisors to provide public input relating to 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. View the Call to the Public Guidelines  ]
REGULAR MEETING. AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS CALL. THE PUBLIC CALL OF THE PUBLIC IS THE IS THE TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT RELATING TO 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 ANDA LATED FOR THE RECORD, JUST OH, OH, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GENERAL AREA WHERE YOU RESIDE OR WHERE YOU RESIDE. I HAVE THREE CARDS PRESENTLY. THE FIRST ONE IS MR. RICK. I'M FROM ELOY. AS DONALD TRUMP CRISSCROSSES THE COUNTRY, SOMETHING FOR RED STATE CANDIDATES WHO AREN'T RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THE ASSETS HE'S BEEN ADMIRING. HE'S ASKING VOTERS TO PRETEND HE'S ON THE BALLOT WITH ALL THE CONSEQUENCES HE'S PERPETRATED OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS IN MIND. I'M ALL FOR THAT. FROM THE NONSTOP LIES AND CORRUPTION TO THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE THE TARIFFS AND WAR WITH IRAN HAS CREATED TO THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS, FROM HIS HANDLING OF COVID, THE DISMANTLING OF U.S. AID, HIS ROLE IN THE GAZAN GENOCIDE, HIS WAR WITH IRAN, HIS DEAL WITH PUTIN THAT LIFTS SANCTIONS, ALLOWING RUSSIA TO SELL ITS DIESEL FUELS, STOKING ITS WAR EFFORT AGAINST UKRAINE, ALL THE WHILE KNOWING RUSSIA HAS SUPPLIED IRAN WITH INFORMATION THAT ENDANGERS OUR TROOPS. WHILE WE MAY HAVE TO PUT UP WITH HIM FOR TWO OR MORE YEARS IN ONE WEEK, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OUST HIS ENABLERS AND PREVENT MAGA WANNABE CANDIDATES FROM TAKING OFFICE. HERE IN PINAL COUNTY, WE'VE SEEN UNFOUNDED LIES AND ATTACKS FROM ONE CISCO MANI AGAINST JOANNA MENDOZA, A MAN WHO NEVER HOLDS TOWN HALLS AND LITERALLY HIDES FROM HIS CONSTITUENTS, CROUCHING DOWN IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS VEHICLE AS HE LEAVES HIS OFFICE. BUT NOW, WITH THE ELECTION, HE'S RUNNING FROM ONE PHONY PHOTO OP TO ANOTHER, TRYING TO CONVINCE THE ELECTORATE THAT HE'S A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, HE'S CONSISTENTLY VOTED WITH TRUMP TO HARM THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SIX THROUGH ELEMENTS OF PROJECT 2025 AND THE BIG UGLY BILL, INCLUDING DEVASTATING CUTS TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS, MANY OF WHICH CONVENIENTLY WON'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY. WE'VE SEEN TURNING POINT USA, THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, PUTTING UP FAKE SIGNS TOUTING DEMOCRATS FOR BIGS. A MAN WHO BEGS FOR A JANUARY 6TH PARDON. WE'VE SEEN A HISTORY OF SCANDAL RIDDEN MEN BEING ELECTED AS PINAL COUNTY SHERIFFS. NOW TENNESSEE RESIDENT, FORMER SHERIFF LAMB HAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S ENDORSEMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FIVE, DESPITE HIS CONNECTIONS TO EXTREMIST RIGHT WING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CREDIBLE DOCUMENTED SEXUAL IMPROPRIETIES HE'S ENGAGED IN. WE'VE SEEN TERESA MARTINEZ TRY TO PUT A MAGA TARGET ON MY BACK AT A CANDIDATES FORUM AND SPONSOR TRUMP RELATED BILLS, SUCH AS REQUIRING TEACHERS TO TEACH THEIR STUDENTS THAT IT'S THE GULF OF AMERICA. WE'VE SEEN CHRIS LOPEZ SUPPORTING THE UNREGULATED TRUMP AI DATA CENTER AGENDA AS HE SPONSORS BILLS THAT WOULD PROVIDE MEMORIALS AND CUSTOMIZED LICENSE PLATES HONORING CHARLIE KIRK'S BIGOTRY. WE HAVE A COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO WAS COSTING THE COUNTY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WITH HIS VARIOUS ANTICS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET VOTED TO REMEMBER THAT, AS WE'VE SEEN, ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. SO I AGREE WITH THE EXTREMIST OATH KEEPER ON THE BOARD HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CAST YOUR VOTE. I VOTED IN WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTY TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY TRUMP SCHEMES TO CANCEL THE ELECTION RESULTS HE DOESN'T LIKE. I'M NOT ONE TO HIT AND RUN, BUT I HAVE TO LEAVE TO ATTEND A PROTEST AT THE ELOY ICE CONCENTRATION CAMP. JUST ONE MORE CONSEQUENCE. THANK YOU. MR. MCCAIN. YOU ARE UP, SIR. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MCCLURE. 
          BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, STAFF AND FRIENDS. MY NAME IS BARON MCCAIN FROM CITY OF MARICOPA. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK BECAUSE I DECIDED TO GO BACK HERE TO A DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY, BECAUSE I SAW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. SO GOING FOR MY FOURTH DEGREE. THIS IS A 
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PAINFUL TIME FOR US RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M GLAD EVERYBODY'S VOTING. IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT MISS LEWIS HAS DONE TO MAKE THIS GOES PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE. BUT FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN WATCHING DISINFORMATION BEING SENT OUT AND IN DISTRICT ONE. THAT'S WHY I SAY WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION IN DISTRICT ONE. AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THE CRONYISM AND THE NEPOTISM OF MY, MY, MY, MY MAYORS IN THE PAST HAS CAUSED. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S CALLED INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT ACTUALLY THE WORD IS CALLED CHRISTOPHE TO STOP. IT'S HARD. IT'S A IT'S AN OLD WORD. BUT LET ME SPELL IT. IT'S KAKISTOCRACY. THAT'S GOING ON MARICOPA. SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT BEING REPRESENTED. AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GO FOR PUBLIC POLICY, BECAUSE IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR OUR PEOPLE. 
          IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE A COUNTRY. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS AGAIN. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO THE THIRD CARD, MR. ELLISON. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISORS GEORGE ELLISON, GOLD CANYON, IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD GAVE ITS ENDORSEMENT IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT PARTY. 
          AMERICA'S FUTURE SHOULD BE DECIDED BY AMERICAN VOTERS, NOT BY FOREIGN TERRORIST REGIMES. 
          WITH THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, THERE IS ONE QUESTION THAT THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS MUST ANSWER BESIDES TELLING US THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BAD OR ORANGE. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT AGENDA? AMERICA DESERVES MORE THAN A POLITICS OF PERPETUAL OUTRAGE. SO LET'S LOOK AT A FEW OF THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT NORMAL AMERICANS THAT THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT. NUMBER ONE, POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION. POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, PERIOD. WE HAVE SEEN LEFTIST RIOTS, DESTRUCTIVE PROTESTS, ATTACKS ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS. WE'VE ALSO WITNESSED MULTIPLE LEFTIST ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LIFE AND A LEFTIST MURDERING CHARLIE KIRK, THE MAN WHO WAS MENTIONED A LITTLE WHILE AGO AS BEING A BIGOT. I GUESS THAT'S NOW A HE WASN'T, BUT I GUESS THAT'S NOW A JUSTIFICATION FOR MURDERING ANY HUMAN BEING IN OUR COUNTRY. LEFTIST POLITICAL HATRED HAS DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. DEMOCRACY MEANS PERSUADING YOUR OPPONENTS, NOT THREATENING THEM, NOT SILENCING THEM, AND NOT SHOOTING AT THEM. TWO THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY. DEMOCRATS FREQUENTLY TALK ABOUT UNITY, INCLUSION, AND TOLERANCE. EXCEPT THE LEFT HATES DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT. HILLARY CLINTON DESCRIBED TRUMP SUPPORTERS AS A BASKET OF DEPLORABLES. THE LEFT LABELS POLITICAL OPPONENTS AS FASCISTS, EXTREMISTS OR THREATS TO DEMOCRACY. THE LEFT FRAMES EVERYTHING IN LIFE AS GOVERNED BY RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY BASED ON THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN. TO THE LEFT, YOU'RE AN ALLEGED OPPRESSOR OR AN ALLEGED VICTIM. NO AMERICAN SHOULD BE TREATED AS INHERENTLY GUILTY, INFERIOR, OR UNDESERVING BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HER SKIN. THIRD GENDER IDENTITY ANOTHER LEFTIST ISSUE LEFT ISSUE INVOLVES THE TRANSGENDER TRANSGENDER ISSUE. NORMAL AMERICANS HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, THE ROLE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN PERFORMING PERMANENT CHILD GENITAL MUTILATION, AND THE INHERENT UNFAIRNESS OF ALLOWING BIOLOGICAL MALES TO COMPETE IN WOMEN'S SPORTS AND BASH LITTLE GIRLS AND WOMEN'S HEADS IN TO VALIDATE THEIR ILLNESS. THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE TRANS IS PLUMMETING. ANOTHER LEFTIST FAD THAT'S RUN ITS COURSE AND FORTH IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY. 
          A NATION WITHOUT SECURE BORDERS IS A NATION THAT HAS SURRENDERED AN ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT. NORMAL AMERICANS DON'T WANT THE 10 TO 20 MILLION BIDEN ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS BEING DEALT WITH. BOTTOM LINE IS FOR THE LEFT. STOP HIDING. TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, NOT YOUR EMOTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF MY CARDS. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND AGAIN, IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND GENERALLY WHERE YOU LIVE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BOBBY CRAIG AND I'M FROM CACTUS FOREST. IS THAT GOOD? THAT PERFECT. OKAY. I'M KNOW THAT'S GENERALLY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE AN IDEA. AND IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA. IT'S AN OLD IDEA. AND I 
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THINK IT WOULD HELP THE BOARD. IT WOULD HELP CITIZENS. AND THAT'S TO TAKE CARE OF. WHAT WE ALL HEAR IS THAT THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY IN PINAL COUNTY. OKAY. AND JUST THAT WORD, NO TRANSPARENCY, NO TRANSPARENCY. IT IS TRICKY. I WILL I WILL SAY, IF I WOULD CALL THREE OF YOU AND ASK YOU A QUESTION, I WOULD GET THREE DIFFERENT ANSWERS, OR I MIGHT NOT EVEN GET A PHONE CALL BACK, ALTHOUGH I DO NEED TO. IS IT OKAY TO GIVE A NAME FOR A KUDO? SOMEONE ON THE BOARD THAT CALLED ME BACK? IS THAT OKAY? OKAY IT WAS. I CALLED ON A FRIDAY AND I FORGOT IT WAS A FRIDAY. THAT THE PINAL COUNTY IS PRETTY MUCH CLOSED DOWN. BUT MR. V ANSWERED THE PHONE. HE SAID HE WAS BUSY. HE WOULD CALL ME BACK AND I WENT, WELL, THAT'S COOL. HE CALLED ME ON A SATURDAY MORNING, WHICH IS HIS DAY OFF, AND WE TALKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND IT WAS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT PUBLICLY. BUT IF I WOULD CALL THE REST OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS, I THINK I WOULD GET DIFFERENT ANSWERS. SO WHAT I AM PROPOSING IS THE OLD SCHOOL TOWN HALL MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE. I MEAN, THIS IS GOOD. I COULD TALK TO YOU. YOU CAN TURN OVER WHAT I SAY TO YOUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER IT, YOU MIGHT NOT. BUT IN REAL COMMUNICATION, IT'S A DIALOG. 
          YOU KNOW, IF IF I ASK A QUESTION, YOU CAN ANSWER, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAN ANSWER. I CAN IF I NEED CLARIFICATION, I CAN GET CLARIFICATION. BUT TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE TO ME A REALLY GOOD WAY TO GET RID OF THAT WORD. NO TRANSPARENCY IN HALL COUNTY BECAUSE WE DON'T A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, AND I'M SURE, I'M SURE YOU READ THE PINAL PLANNING AND ZONING SITES. I KNOW SOME OF YOU DO FOR SURE, BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT GETTING CALLS BACK. EVEN CITIZENS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, BE THE POLICE FOR REPORTING TO THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT THERE'S THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AMISS. WE DON'T ALWAYS GET A CALL BACK. THERE'S TWO DIVISIONS DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY THAT ALWAYS CALL BACK, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DIALOG, NO REAL DIALOG. WELL, THERE'S MY DIALOG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK TODAY, HEARING SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE CALL OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. AND THAT MOVES US TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION OF THE PINAL COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2425 AUDIT REPORTS. I MAY HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT THERE. OH, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T TELL WITH THE GIBBERISH THAT THAT GUY WAS TALKING, BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION MY NAME. BUT I THINK HE ALLUDED TO ME, SO I WON'T ADDRESS IT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. EVEN THOUGH I COULD IF I WANTED TO, SO. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          SORRY. I'M RUSHING YOU. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY, NOW WE'RE DONE. OKAY. SO NOW ITEM NUMBER TEN, AND WE ARE TO. MISS STENSON. ARE YOU OUT THERE? I SEE YOU WANDERING IN. YES. NO, NO. MISS WOODS. OH, AND MISS STENSON. OKAY. GOT THE TEAM. THE WHOLE TEAM? YES, THE WHOLE TEAM. GOOD MORNING. CHAIRMAN. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FOR THE RECORD, I'M ANGIE WOODS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. AND YOU'RE CORRECT. I HAVE A TEAM BEHIND ME TODAY. TODAY, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE ARE WITH US TO PRESENT A SUMMARY OF THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2020 2025 FINANCIAL REPORTS. OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S TEAM HAS MADE TANGIBLE, POSITIVE IMPACT FOR OUR COUNTY IN BOTH THAT WE HAVE ACCELERATED THE ISSUANCE OF THESE REPORTS AND WE WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED KEY AREAS WHICH WE CAN TIGHTEN OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND STRENGTHEN OUR OVERSIGHT. VERY IMPORTANTLY TO DATE, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ADVERSE IMPACT TO COUNTY DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING REPORTED. AS A REMINDER FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, WE PRESENTED THE FISCAL 
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YEAR 2024 REPORT JUST THIS PAST MARCH, BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION OCCURRED ONLY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SEVERAL OF THE FINDINGS IN TODAY'S 2025 REPORTS OVERLAP. SO GIVEN THE CONDENSED TIMELINE BETWEEN AUDITS, OUR OFFICE HAS YET HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO FULLY IMPLEMENT ALL RECOMMENDATIONS. THOUGH CORRECTIVE ACTION IS ACTIVELY UNDERWAY. RANDY STINSON, JASON CANTRELL FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND I ARE ALL HERE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AS NEEDED AS OUR AUDITORS GO THROUGH THEIR REPORT. IF THE BOARD HAS NO IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO VICKI FISHER. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MISS WOODS AT THE MOMENT? OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. FISHER. IF YOU PUSH THAT BUTTON, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. I KNOW. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND COUNTY MANAGER LOU. I'M VICKI FISHER, THE FINANCIAL AUDIT MANAGER. AND JOINING ME TODAY IS NICK FOSTER, AN AUDITOR, SENIOR AUDITOR. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. JOIN YOUR MEETING TODAY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS AND OUR FINDINGS FOR THE PINAL COUNTY 25 AUDIT. AND I'M GOING TO BE TURNING IT OVER TO NICK RIGHT NOW, WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT SOME GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY AND SOME FISCAL YEAR 25 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COUNTY MANAGER LOU, I'M NICK FOSTER. I'M NICK FOSTER, THE AUDIT SENIOR WHO LED THE COUNTY'S 2025 AUDITS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF OUR OFFICE, BUT I WANTED TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY OF THE ARIZONA AUDITOR GENERAL'S BACKGROUND. THE OFFICE IS A LEGISLATIVE AGENCY MADE UP OF NONPARTISAN STAFF WHO PROVIDE IMPARTIAL INFORMATION AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS OF THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES PINAL COUNTY. WE ARE WELL VERSED AND INVOLVED SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS. SIMILAR TO OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS. WE ARE HERE TODAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, WHICH DIRECTS YOU TO REQUIRE ITS AUDITORS, OUR OFFICE, TO PRESENT AUDIT RESULTS AND ANY FINDINGS TO THE BOARD IN A REGULAR MEETING WITHOUT THE USE OF A CONSENT AGENDA AND WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE AUDITS COMPLETION. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, YOUR AUDITORS, TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. EACH YEAR, THE COUNTY SIGNS WHAT WE CALL AN ENGAGEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES BOTH YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND FEDERAL AUDITS. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING CONDUCTING YOUR AUDITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VARIOUS AUDITING STANDARDS AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. WE OBTAIN REASONABLE ASSURANCE WHETHER THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT. WHILE REASONABLE ASSURANCE IS HIGH, IT IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE LEVEL OF ASSURANCE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE RISK OF NOT IDENTIFYING MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS AND NONCOMPLIANCE IS HIGHER DUE TO FRAUD THAN FROM ERROR, BECAUSE FRAUD MAY INVOLVE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO COMMIT FRAUD MANAGEMENT, NOT USING OR OVERRIDING INTERNAL CONTROLS AND OTHER FACTORS. WE ALSO COMMUNICATE TO YOU AND YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM ANY SIGNIFICANT MATTERS FOR BOTH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AUDITS, INCLUDING EXPRESSING OUR OPINION REGARDING YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FEDERAL AWARDS. CONVERSELY, ON THIS SLIDE ARE SOME OF THE KEY COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING PROVIDING ACCURATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR AUDITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, PROVIDING FRAUD REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING FORMAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE COUNTY ABOUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PREVENTING FRAUD, THAT YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE TEAM ABOUT ALL KNOWN AND SUSPECTED FRAUD, AND THAT YOU HAVE NOT HIDDEN OR FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY MATERIAL INFORMATION TO OUR TEAM. WE SENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FRAUD REPRESENTATION LETTER TO THE BOARD ON APRIL 8TH, 2026, FOR THE AUDIT RESULTS WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. ADDITIONALLY, THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTION ON AUDIT FINDINGS, WHICH INCLUDES PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR AUDIT REPORT. VICKY WILL DISCUSS THAT LATER IN THE 
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PRESENTATION. FINALLY, THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING AUDITORS WITH UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO STAFF, DOCUMENTATION, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ANY RESOURCES NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT. THIS ALSO INCLUDES MEETING DEADLINES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON AT THE START OF THE AUDIT. TODAY, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING OUR AUDIT WORK ON THE THREE REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORTS. THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE, AND THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. WHEN YOUR ANNUAL REPORTS WERE COMPLETED, WE EMAILED EACH OF YOU LINKS TO THESE REPORTS WHEN THEY WERE ISSUED ON AUGUST 2026 AND SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026. THE FIRST REPORT, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, PRESENTS THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OUR OPINION ON THEM. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE REPORTED AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION, WHICH MEANS THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE RELIABLE. THE SECOND REPORT, THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE, IS WHERE THE REPORT WHERE WE REPORT ANY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RESULTING FROM OUR AUDIT OF THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE REPORTED SIX FINDINGS IN THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE THAT VICKI WILL COVER LATER IN OUR PRESENTATION. FINALLY, THE THIRD REPORT, THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, INCLUDES OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTY'S COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS OVER EACH FEDERAL PROGRAM. WE ARE REQUIRED TO AUDIT AND REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THIS REPORT ALLOWS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO UNDERSTAND IF THE COUNTY IS SPENDING FEDERAL MONIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE REPORTED AN UNMODIFIED OPINIONS ON SIX MAJOR PROGRAMS OR CLUSTERS TESTED. HOWEVER, WE DID REPORT ONE SINGLE AUDIT FINDING THAT VICKI WILL COVER. BEFORE WE DISCUSS REPORTED FINDINGS, I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY'S FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS. BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE REPORTS CAN BE RATHER LENGTHY AND COMPLEX. WE ALSO PREPARE AUDIT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS A FOUR PAGE SUMMARY THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED WITH THE REPORTS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SOME KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. INCLUDED IN THE HIGHLIGHTS. THIS GRAPH HIGHLIGHTS THE FIVE YEAR TREND OF THE COUNTY'S REVENUES AND EXPENSES, AND NET POSITION. THE COUNTY'S REVENUES SHOWN IN LIGHT BLUE HAVE EXCEEDED ITS EXPENSES SHOWN IN DARK BLUE SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2021. TOTAL REVENUES INCREASED BY 85.4 MILLION FROM FISCAL 2024 TO FISCAL 2025, AND TOTAL EXPENSES INCREASED 15.7 MILLION FROM FISCAL 2024 TO FISCAL 2025. THE COUNTY'S FOUR MAIN SOURCES OF REVENUE CONTINUE TO BE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS AND PROGRAMS, COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES, SHARED STATE SALES TAXES, AND COUNTY SALES TAXES. THE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS AND PROGRAM REVENUES HAD THE LARGEST CHANGE, INCREASING BY 60.1 MILLION, THE COUNTY REPORTED. THIS WAS PRIMARILY FROM INCREASES IN CAPITAL GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. THE COUNTY'S FOUR PRIMARY EXPENSE PURPOSES CONSIST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL GOVERNMENT, HIGHWAYS AND STREETS, AND HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES HAD THE LARGEST CHANGE, INCREASING 25.9 MILLION, THE COUNTY REPORTED. THIS WAS DUE TO SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AND INCREASED STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND DISBURSEMENTS. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BAR LINE THE COUNTY'S NET POSITION, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS RESERVES, HAS INCREASED EVERY FISCAL YEAR SINCE 2021. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE OVERALL NET POSITION INCREASED IN FISCAL 2025. TOTAL NET POSITION WAS $1.3 BILLION AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2025. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL OF THE NET POSITION BALANCE WAS SPENDABLE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, BECAUSE 1.2 BILLION OF THIS BALANCE IS INVESTED IN CAPITAL ASSETS AND 202.6 MILLION IS RESTRICTED, WHICH LEFT AN UNRESTRICTED DEFICIT BALANCE OF 50.8 MILLION AT THE END OF FISCAL 2025. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE COUNTY'S FEDERAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE PRESENTED EACH YEAR IN A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT THE TWO LARGEST FEDERAL AGENCIES, THE COUNTY RECEIVED FEDERAL GRANTS FROM OR THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES IN FISCAL 2023 BEFORE BEGINNING TO FALL IN FISCAL 2024. THESE LARGE INCREASES WERE PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE COVID 19 ASSISTANCE MONIES THE COUNTY RECEIVED. THE COVID 19 GRANTS ARE FOR A LIMITED TIME AND MOST LIKELY, THE COUNTY'S FEDERAL GRANTS AND EXPENDITURES WERE REDUCED HISTORICAL LEVELS. WHEN THE CURRENT PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED. VICKI WILL NOW 
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DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS AND SINGLE AUDIT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WE REPORTED IN THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 REPORTS. BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE REPORTED 2025 AUDIT FINDINGS, WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNTY'S PROGRESS IN CORRECTING OUR PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS, AND OUR AUDITING STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON ANY PRIOR YEAR AUDIT FINDINGS UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN FULLY CORRECTED. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THE COUNTY REPORTED STATUSES OF EIGHT PRIOR YEAR AUDIT FINDINGS, ONE FEDERAL FINDING AND TWO FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS WERE CORRECTED. AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS AND ONE FEDERAL FINDING THAT WAS REPORTED AS PARTIALLY CORRECTED OR NOT CORRECTED. AND THESE ARE REPORTED AS PART OF OUR 2025 FINDINGS, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS SHORTLY. NOW, MOVING ON TO THE 2025 AUDIT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE IS WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY'S RESPONSES TO THEM? THE FIRST FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDING REPORTED THE COUNTY'S LATE ISSUANCE OF ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          IT INCREASED THE RISK THAT THOSE WHO RELY ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS COULD BE MISINFORMED. THE COUNTY ISSUED ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FIVE MONTHS LATER, THEN REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND WE MADE EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS ISSUE THE COUNTIES ASKED FOR BY THE STATUTORY DEADLINE, PREPARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCURATELY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP. WE HAD FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROVIDE STRONG OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS, AND TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE EXISTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP. AND THIS FINDING IS SIMILAR TO THE 2020 401 FINDING INITIALLY REPORTED IN 2016, AND THE COUNTY REPORTED IT ANTICIPATES CORRECTING THIS FINDING BY MARCH 31ST, 2028. THE SECOND FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDING IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES IN THE COUNTY'S PROCESS FOR MANAGING AND DOCUMENTING ITS RISK THAT MAY PUT ITS OPERATIONS AND IT SYSTEMS AND DATA AT UNINTENDED AND UNNECESSARY RISK OF POTENTIAL HARM. WE MADE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS PLANNED FOR WHERE TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND WHERE TO IMPLEMENT CRITICAL CONTROLS, PERFORM AN ENTITY WIDE RISK ASSESSMENT, EVALUATE AND MANAGE THE RISK OF HOLDING SENSITIVE INFORMATION, AND EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THE CRITICAL ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS AND IT SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO BE RESTORED QUICKLY. THIS FINDING IS SIMILAR TO THE 2020 404 FINDING INITIALLY REPORTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, AND THE COUNTY REPORTED THAT IT ANTICIPATED CORRECTING THIS FINDING BY DECEMBER OF 2026. THE THIRD FINDING IDENTIFIED THE COUNTY'S INSUFFICIENT. IT CONTROLS INCREASED RISK OF INADEQUATE SYSTEM AND DATA PROTECTION. FOR THIS FINDING, WE HAD 20 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY DEVELOP AND DOCUMENT COMPREHENSIVE IT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND DEVELOP A PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE BEING CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWED. THERE WERE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO ITS IT SYSTEMS AND DATA. THERE WERE SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONFIGURE IT SYSTEMS SECURELY AND MANAGE SYSTEM CHANGES FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO SECURE IT SYSTEMS AND DATA, AND FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. THIS FINDING IS SIMILAR TO THE 2020 405 FINDING THAT WAS ALSO INITIALLY REPORTED IN FISCAL 
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YEAR 2023, AND THE COUNTY REPORTED IT ANTICIPATES THIS FINDING BY DECEMBER OF 26. FOR FINDING 2520 2504. THE COUNTY PAID $91,320 FOR FUEL, CAR WASHES, TIRES AND FURNITURE USING FUEL CARDS AND PURCHASING CARDS WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH ITS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, WHICH RESULTS IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONIES. AND WE MADE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY TO ENSURE CARDHOLDERS FOLLOW COUNTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE DEPARTMENT APPROVERS FOLLOW COUNTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND THEN TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENT APPROVERS APPROVERS ON THE COUNTY'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND THE COUNTY REPORTED THAT IT ANTICIPATES CORRECTING THIS FINDING BY MARCH OF 2028. OUR FIFTH FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDING WE REPORTED THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS DID NOT ENSURE SUPERVISORS REVIEWED EMPLOYEE TIME SHEETS, WHICH INCREASED THE RISK OF PAYROLL ERRORS AND POTENTIAL MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONIES. FOR THIS FINDING, WE MADE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY TO UPDATE THE COUNTY'S WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT MONITORING PROCEDURES FOR TIME SHEET REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THEN TRAIN SUPERVISORS ON THE COUNTY'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, WE MADE ONE RECOMMENDATION TO THE TO THE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WAS TO FOLLOW COUNTY POLICY TO REVIEW AND APPROVE TIME SHEETS, AND THE COUNTY HAD REPORTED IT CORRECTED THIS FINDING BY DECEMBER OF 2025. OUR SIXTH FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDING. WE REPORTED THE COUNTY REPORTED AN UNCORRECTED $1.3 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING BALANCE IN ITS PAYROLL CLEARING ACCOUNT, RESULTING IN THE INCREASED RISK OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT ERRORS, INACCURATE PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEES AND OUTSIDE PARTIES, AND FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY. AND WE MADE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE ITS BANK ACCOUNT RECONCILIATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND TRAIN RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHO PERFORM THOSE MONTHLY RECONCILIATIONS AND THEN DESIGNATE A RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE IN ITS PAYROLL CLEARING ACCOUNT. AND THIS FINDING IS SIMILAR TO THE 2020 402 FINDING, WHICH WAS INITIALLY REPORTED IN 2017, AND THE COUNTY REPORTED IT ANTICIPATES CORRECTING THIS FINDING BY DECEMBER OF 26. AND THAT WAS OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS. SO I HAVE ONE FEDERAL FINDING WHICH WE REPORTED. THE COUNTY DID NOT SUBMIT ITS JUNE 30TH, 2025, SINGLE AUDIT REPORT TO THE FEDERAL CLEARING HOUSE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28TH OF 26, WHICH IS NEARLY SIX MONTHS LATER THAN THE REGULATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF REDUCED OR TERMINATED FUTURE AWARDS. AND WE RECOMMENDED WE HAD ONE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNTY TO ISSUE ITS ASKED FOR BY THE STATUTORY DEADLINE. AS NOTED IN THE FIRST FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDING SO THAT IT CAN SUBMIT ALL FUTURE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS ON OR BEFORE THE FEDERAL DEADLINE. AND THIS FINDING IS SIMILAR TO THE LAST YEAR'S 2024 FEDERAL FINDING, WHICH WAS INITIALLY REPORTED IN 2022. AND THE COUNTY REPORTED THAT IT ANTICIPATES CORRECTING THIS FINDING BY MARCH OF 2028. SO THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION ON THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT RESULTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE SEVEN REPORTED FINDINGS. I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN MCCLURE, THE BOARD, COUNTY MANAGER LEO, FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY. SO ARE THERE ANY ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE FOR US? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR MISS FISHER? I JUST WANTED TO ASK JUST A. IF 
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YOU WOULD JUST GO BACK TO THE THE ONE WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE P CARDS, ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THINGS SUCH AS LIKE USING UNLEADED PREMIUM GAS AS OPPOSED TO UNLEADED GAS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE MISAPPROPRIATING FUNDS OR STEALING THEM OR. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THIS WENT ON. SOME OF THESE THINGS IN, IN THE REPORT, IN THE ACTUAL FINDING. IT, IT REPORTS THAT THE CARD USERS WERE NOT FOLLOWING COUNTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHERE CERTAIN, ONLY CERTAIN TYPES OF VEHICLES IN WHICH YOU'RE ALLUDING TO FOR PREMIUM TYPE FUEL ARE ALLOWED TO BE USED. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MISS FISHER? THANK YOU, MISS FISHER. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MISS WOODS. ARE YOU READY TO JUMP AT IT? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE BIG SCARY WORDS AND THE OMINOUS THREATS THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN SOME OF THEM? I JUST REALLY WANTED TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF CLOSING MANY OF THE FINDINGS. AS VICKY REPORTED. WE HAVE ANTICIPATED CORRECTION DATE OUT INTO MARCH OF 2028. 
          THAT IS BECAUSE DURING THE POINT IN TIME THAT WE WERE WRITING OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, WE WERE UNSURE OF THE TIMING FOR THE FISCAL 26 AUDIT. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, YOU RECEIVED ENGAGEMENT LETTERS FOR THE FISCAL 26 AUDIT, JUST NOT THAT LONG AGO, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO. YEAH, A WEEK OR TWO AGO. SO THE FEDERAL THE FISCAL 26 AUDIT IS UNDERWAY. OUR TIMELINE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATES A COMPLETION BY MARCH 30TH OF 2027, WHICH WOULD PUT US INTO THAT COMPLIANCE PERIOD. SO WHILE SHE DID REPORT THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE 28 AT THE TIME, IT WAS UNCERTAIN. AND EVEN EVEN STILL, EVEN THOUGH OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE IT BY MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, THERE COULD BE THINGS THAT WOULD DERAIL THAT. I DON'T SEE THAT. WELL, I'LL REMAIN POSITIVE AND AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON TRACK AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT TO MANY OF THOSE FINDINGS TO ACTUALLY BE CLOSED OUT IN MARCH. THAT'S ACTUALLY A MAJOR CATCH UP FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THAT'S IT'S QUITE A HERCULEAN TASK. SO, YOU KNOW, I COMPLIMENT YOU GUYS ON DOING THAT. YEAH, A LOT OF GROUND. WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND AND AND TO THE AND BACK TO THE P CARD THING, WHICH IS THE GAS CARD ACTUALLY, WAS IT P CARDS AND GAS CARDS OR JUST GAS CARDS, I CAN'T REMEMBER. SO, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF CARDS. ONE IS FUEL AND ONE IS P CARDS. AND THERE WERE SOME COMPLIANT, POLICY COMPLIANT THINGS ON BOTH TYPES OF THOSE CARDS. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, COME OUT AND BRING THE RULER OUT, SMACK THE KNUCKLES AND TELL THEM DON'T DO IT AGAIN KIND OF THING. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE PLANS TO HAVE FURTHER MONITORING, FURTHER TRAINING, DO SOME OF OUR OWN CHECKING ON THOSE BECAUSE YOU GET THIS DEPARTMENTS HAVE THOSE CARDS. IT'S THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE CARDHOLDERS ARE FOLLOWING OUR POLICIES. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS TO BECOME MORE PROACTIVE, TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN THOSE INDIVIDUALS MORE FREQUENTLY. 
          RIGHT. AND JUST FROM DISCUSSIONS, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING I DON'T SEE IT HERE, $91,000, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE STATE ROUGHLY HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON P CARDS AND GAS CARDS IN A YEAR? I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT, I APOLOGIZE, I CAN PROVIDE THE BOARD THAT NUMBER, BUT IT'S IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE SPEND ON BOTH FUEL CARDS AND P CARDS. SO IT'S I MEAN, IT'S WAY BELOW 1%. IT'S A VERY MINOR NUMBER. IT IS BIG NUMBER. I WILL GIVE YOU THAT BECAUSE $91,000, I WOULD NOT THROW IT AWAY. BUT BUT IT'S A VERY MINOR NUMBER IN THE LARGE PICTURE. AND AND SOMETHING CERTAINLY THERE'S ALWAYS A PERCENTAGE OF ERROR ANYWHERE THAT YOU DO ANYTHING. ACCOUNTANTS ESPECIALLY SHOULD KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, 3% ERROR IS LIKE GOLD STANDARD, YOU KNOW, FOR A TEAM. RIGHT? SO WE'RE WAY BELOW THAT. 
          SO IT'S GOOD. IT'S SOMETHING TO CATCH UP ON IN THE GENERAL SENSE. YES. OUT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, FINDING 91,000 IS NEVER GREAT TO FIND THAT WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING OUR POLICY. RIGHT? NO, NO. ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED TO FOLLOW POLICIES. I CHEAP GAS. WAIT. I'M SORRY. SUPERVISORS BUY CHEAP GAS. BUY CHEAP. BUY THE CHEAP GAS. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. BUY THE GAS THAT BUY POLICY. YOUR CAR THAT YOU'RE DRIVING. YEAH. BUY BUY THE GAS. BUY POLICY THAT THE CAR THAT 
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YOU'RE DRIVING IS REQUIRED TO TO USE. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS WOODS HERE AT THIS TIME? OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AND MR. FOSTER, THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION, APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 102826-AQ RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO TITLE 49 OF THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, ADOPTING PROPOSED CHANGES TO LOCAL AIR QUALITY RULES. AND I HAVE, MR. PATEL, GOOD MORNING. 
          OR IT IS STILL MORNING. AMAZING. GOOD MORNING. IT IS JUST. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCLURE. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, VICE CHAIR. SORRY, RUPESH PATEL, PINAL COUNTY AIR QUALITY PLANNING MANAGER. THE PRESENTATION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO REINSTATE PROTECTIONS OF THE EMERGENCY AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS IN OUR AIR QUALITY OPERATING PERMITS. THE PRESENTATION WILL OUTLINE A BACKGROUND ON THE PART 70 OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS A TITLE FIVE OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM. WE'LL THEN DIVE INTO THE CORE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS AND HOW THE RULE REVISION WILL REINSTATE THOSE PROVISIONS TO COMPLY WITH OUR FEDERAL REGULATIONS. WITH EVERY RULEMAKING, THERE IS ALSO A PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND WE'LL DESCRIBE OUR EFFORTS PERFORMED TO DATE. AND THEN I'LL FINISH OFF THE PRESENTATION WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          SO THROUGH OUR DELEGATION AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, PINAL COUNTY INITIALLY CODIFIED ITS FEDERAL APPROVED TITLE FIVE OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH, 1993. THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN RESPONSE OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1990, WHICH REQUIRED AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT AIR POLLUTION TO DEVELOP A TITLE FIVE PERMITTING SYSTEM FOR MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION. OUR MOST RECENT DELEGATION AGREEMENT IS SHOWN HERE. THE TITLE FIVE PERMIT PROGRAM ENSURES THAT THESE SOURCES COMPLY WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS. 
          PINAL COUNTY IS. ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAM MEANT THAT WE BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING AND ENFORCING THESE PERMIT. IT'S WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION AND AS APPROVED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION TYPICALLY HAVE A POTENTIAL TO EMIT OF GREATER THAN 100 TONS PER YEAR OF ANY CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANT. AND OF THE 406 STATIONARY SOURCES WE PERMIT TO DATE, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 24 DIFFERENT MAJOR STATIONARY SOURCES SPREAD THROUGHOUT PINAL COUNTY. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES INCLUDE OUR MINES, LANDFILLS AND LARGE FACILITIES SUCH AS POWER PLANTS AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. SO THE CHANGES WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY ARE REGARDING THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS. TO START, WE KNOW THAT EMERGENCIES SUCH AS WILDFIRES AND HIGH WIND EVENTS CAN OCCUR IN PINAL COUNTY. THESE EMERGENCY EVENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PERMITTED EQUIPMENT OR AIR POLLUTION EQUIPMENT TO MALFUNCTION AND EXCEED THEIR EMISSION LIMITS. THESE EMERGENCIES ARE TYPICALLY UNFORESEEABLE EVENTS AND BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF THE PERMITTEE. SO EPA HAD INCORPORATED EMERGENCY AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS IN OUR TITLE FIVE REGULATION. BASICALLY, THESE PROVISIONS ALLOW THE PERMITTEE TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE DISTRICT THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT ALL REASONABLE STEPS WERE TAKEN BY THE PERMITTEE TO MINIMIZE EMISSIONS OF THAT EMERGENCY. THESE PROVISIONS WILL THEN PROTECT THE PERMITTEE FROM BEING ASSESSED. PENALTIES FOR THAT EXCEEDANCE. THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL 1992 TITLE FIVE REGULATIONS THAT WERE INCORPORATED IN OUR RULE SET BACK THEN. HOWEVER, IN AUGUST 2023, EPA REMOVED THESE EMERGENCY AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS FROM OUR TITLE FIVE REGULATIONS, AND AS A RESULT, THE COUNTY WAS MANDATED TO REMOVE THESE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS FROM OUR RULES. AND WE DID SO IN RESOLUTION 052825AQ ON SEPTEMBER THE 5TH, 2025, IN RESPONSE TO A DECISION OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS. THE COURT FOUND THAT THE EPA'S 2023 REMOVAL OF THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS WAS UNREASONABLE AND NOT IN 
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. SO STEPS WERE MADE TO REINSTATE THOSE PROVISIONS BACK IN ITS ENTIRETY. SO TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, WE ARE LOOKING AT REINSTATING THE EFFECTIVE TEXT TO OUR RULES. IN CHAPTER THREE, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 081 AND CHAPTER EIGHT, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 020. THE REINSTATEMENT OF THESE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS WILL APPLY TO OUR TITLE FIVE AND NINE TITLE FIVE SOURCES, AND THIS APPROACH CREATES A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL OUR COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT EVALUATION THROUGHOUT OUR OPERATING PERMIT PROGRAM. BASED ON OUR ASSESSMENT, THESE CHANGES WILL HAVE A NEGLIGIBLE IMPACT ON OUR PERMITTED TITLE FIVE AND NON-TITLE FIVE SOURCES. AND SINCE WE HAVE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THOSE RULES BACK IN 1992, SUCH AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN USED BY OUR PERMITTEES. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES OUR PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. ON OCTOBER 3RD, AUGUST 27TH, 2026, WE ISSUED A 30 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE AND POSTED THE DRAFT RULE AMENDMENT AND OUR ON OUR DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE. WE ALSO SENT OUT NOTICES TO OUR TITLE FIVE AND NON-TITLE FIVE SOURCES TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT. ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH, WE HELD A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WHERE THE PROPOSED CHANGES WERE PRESENTED AND THE AIR QUALITY STAFF WERE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE RULEMAKING. ONE STAKEHOLDER ATTENDED THE MEETING. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AT THAT TIME. A FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING WAS THEN CONDUCTED ON OCTOBER THE 5TH. A SINGLE PARTICIPANT, SAM REED, HEAD OF ASARCO, LLC, JOINED IN THE VIRTUAL VIRTUAL MEETING AND MR. REED HAD STATED THAT ASARCO, LLC WOULD BE SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE RULEMAKING. LAST WEEK, ON OCTOBER THE 21ST, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. AND WITH THAT, THE PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION IS NOW PRESENTED AS A RESOLUTION FOR DISCUSSION, APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ASARCO, LLC SUBMITTED COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED RULEMAKING. BOTH COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE RULEMAKING. AND IN ADDITION, ASARCO, LLC RECOMMENDED A SUGGESTED LANGUAGE CHANGE TO COORDINATE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE RULES. 
          PINAL COUNTY AIR QUALITY DISTRICT WILL BE DEFERRING CONSIDERATION OF THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE CHANGE UNTIL EPA'S FULL WITHDRAWAL OF OUR JUNE 2025 RULEMAKING SUBMITTAL. NO FURTHER ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS ON SCREEN. WE ARE LOOKING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DISTRICT REGULATION GOVERNING THE REINSTATEMENT OF EMERGENCY AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PROVISIONS IN OUR OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM. AND WITH THAT, I OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 
          AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, MR. PATEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PATEL FROM THE BOARD? SURE, SUPERVISOR MILLER. JUST JUST REAL QUICK. AND I THINK I THINK YOU SHOWED IT IN ONE OF YOUR EARLIER SLIDES. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE ISSUE PERMITS TO? I MEAN, ACROSS THE BOARD. I MEAN. AND SO JUST LIKE WAS IT 400 OR SOMETHING. 406 I BELIEVE I SAID YES. 406 406. SO THESE 24 OF THEM ARE MAJOR SOURCES AND A MAJOR SOURCE. GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE. A MINE, A MINE. WHAT WOULD A POWER PLANT, A GAS FIRED POWER PLANT BE? AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF A MAJOR SOURCE IS REALLY BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION IT EMITS. SO THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT SOURCE TO EMIT ANYTHING OVER 100 TONS IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR SOURCE. SO, SO SO A PLANT THAT MIGHT JUST HAVE TWO STACKS OR TWO TURBINES MIGHT NOT BE MIGHT NOT BE A MAJOR SOURCE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THEY ARE OPERATING. POTENTIAL IS CALCULATED WHEN A FACILITY OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE IN ON THEY MIGHT JUST BE ON DEMAND PLANT. CORRECT. OR THEY MIGHT BE A FULL. AND I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALL WORRIED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY ONE OF THESE POWER PLANTS IS GOING TO CREATE DEADLY POLLUTION. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WILL BE SICK AND DYING. AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT WE REGULATE THIS STUFF PRETTY TIGHT. AND, AND YOU RUN A LIKE A, I WANT TO SAY A TABULATION OF ALL THIS IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. AND THERE'S A POINT 
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WHERE WE PROBABLY CAN'T DO ANY MORE. WELL, SUPERVISE. THE REGULATIONS ARE KIND OF TIERED IN AN APPROACH OF THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION A SOURCE EMITS. SO A MINOR SOURCE HAS A. SELECT A NUMBER OF REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO. AND AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THAT MAJOR SOURCE AND BEYOND THAT MAJOR SOURCE, FEDERAL REGULATIONS WILL BE APPLICABLE. AND THOSE FEDERAL REGULATIONS ARE REALLY THOSE THE KIND OF THE BACKBONE OF ENSURING THOSE FACILITIES ARE HELD WITHIN THE KIND OF CONFINES OF ENSURING THAT POLLUTION DOESN'T GO ABOVE THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GET. 
          AT LEAST I DO GET QUESTIONED ABOUT. AND THE DATA CENTERS HAVING THEIR OWN POWER SOURCE. 
          AND THAT POWER SOURCE TYPICALLY TENDS TO BE A GAS GENERATED. AND THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THESE AREN'T EVEN BUILT YET, BUT IT'S ALL THE PROJECTIONS OF WHAT HOW MUCH POLLUTION WILL BE PUT BACK INTO THE AIR. SO IT'S JUST A, A VICIOUS CYCLE. AND I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REGULATIONS AND THAT THAT WE MONITOR IT VERY, VERY CLOSELY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T EXCEED THOSE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE. AM I CORRECT IN THAT ASSUMPTION? IS THAT A GOOD ENOUGH SUPERVISOR? YES. YOU KNOW, THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE WHAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EACH PERMITTED SOURCE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION OF THE BOARD. SO GOOD QUESTION, SUPERVISOR MILLER. WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND POWER PLANTS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN WE GET AN APPLICATION FOR A POWER PLANT IS WE MAKE THEM GO THROUGH IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH IS A MODELING ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THIS SOURCE TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S A VERY STRINGENT ANALYSIS. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE DISPERSION MODELING, THE NEIGHBORING FACILITIES THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PERMITTED AND THEIR EMISSIONS. SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS THEY WILL TAKE THE EMISSIONS FROM THE PERMITTED SOURCES NEARBY, AND THEN THEY'LL DO A CUMULATIVE MODELING ANALYSIS, WHICH AD, WHICH THEY'LL ADD TO THEIR EMISSIONS AND SEE IF IT'S NOT EMITTING, IF IT'S STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. SO THEY GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS MODELING ANALYSIS, ESPECIALLY THE MAJOR SOURCES THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT EMIT MORE THAN 100 TONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS. SO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE PRETTY STRINGENT FOR THEM. WE HAVE STRINGENT MONITORING AND RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS, INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS, JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY EMIT THAT MUCH, BUT THEY WANT THE FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR PERMITS TO BE ABLE TO EMIT. SO THE ACTUAL EMISSIONS, WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR REPORTS ARE PRETTY LOW. BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PERMIT, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS. YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THE ACCUMULATION THAT I THINK IS THE THING THAT I UNDERSTOOD. BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME EXPLAINING TO FOLKS THAT THAT'S REALLY HOW WE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THIS BEFORE WE GIVE THEM THE PERMIT. YES. YEAH. IT'S IT'S, IT'S ALL BY THE EPA, FEDERAL STANDARDS. THEY HAVE THEIR RULE ON MODELING ANALYSIS. AND THEN THE STATE HAS ITS OWN. SO WE JUST COMBINE THESE TWO. AND THEN WE HAVE THESE GUIDELINES FOR OUR FACILITIES THAT WE SEND OUT TO THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY AND COMPLY WITH THOSE STANDARDS. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION. OKAY. SORRY. DIRECTOR OF AIR QUALITY. I'M SORRY. OH, WE WE KNEW THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING US. YOU JUST FROM THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHERS? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PATEL OR MISS JANE? NO. OKAY. HEARING. SEEING NONE. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. HEARING AND SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 11, PLEASE. MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. FINE. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR SPEEDING 
          [	12. 	Public Hearing and discussion/approval/disapproval of case CSR-017-24; Paul Lucero and Daniel Marsh, applicants, on behalf of the property owner, QuikTrip Corporation, is requesting a Comprehensive Sign Review to install three (3) signs: one freestanding monument sign, one fuel canopy identification sign, and one building mounted identification sign, for a new gas station, situated in Section 7, Township 01 South, Range 09 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Pinal County. Tax parcel 104-11-016F, located at the Southwest corner of U.S. Highway 60 and The View Boulevard, within the unincorporated Gold Canyon area of Pinal County, AZ. The Sign Review Committee recommended approval (4-0) of case CSR-017-24 with seven (7) stipulations. Supervisor District #5. (Samuel Amaya/Dedrick Denton)]
THAT ALONG. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION APPROVAL DISAPPROVAL OF CASE C, SR-017-24. FOR QUIKTRIP CORPORATION. MR. AMAYA, YOU ARE UP, SIR. GOOD MORNING. 
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HELLO. HELLO, CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SAM AMAYA. I'M THE PLANNER ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE. AS YOU STATED, THIS IS FOR CSR 017-24. THIS IS A NAME THE QUIKTRIP 1505. SO FOR THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE TO ALLOW A COORDINATED SIGNAGE PROGRAM CONSISTING OF THREE PERMANENT SIGNS ON AN TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 91.80FT■. THESE SIGNS INCLUDE ONE FREESTANDING MONUMENT SIGN, A QUICK TRIP KITCHEN IDENTIFY SIGN AND ELECTRONIC FUEL DISPLAY, AND ONE BUILDING MOUNTED QUICK TRIP IDENTIFICATION SIGN, AS WELL AS A CANOPY MOUNTED QUICK TRIP IDENTIFICATION SIGN. THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF US HIGHWAY 60 AND THE VIEW BOULEVARD WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GOLD CANYON AREA WITHIN PINAL COUNTY. THE LANDOWNER IS QUIKTRIP CORPORATION AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS. AND AGENTS ARE PAUL PAUL LUCERO OF PEARSON SIGNS AND DANIEL MORSE OF CUMBERLAND PERMIT STRATEGY GROUP. SO THIS SHOWS THE SUBJECT SITE COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY SHOWING IT IS NEAR GOLD CANYON. THIS IS THE VICINITY MAP. AND. AND THIS IS THE CURRENT AERIAL OF THE SITE. AND THEN THIS IS THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTES. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN OF THE SITE. I WILL BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. SO ALL THE SIGNS WILL BE LOCATED CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE SIGN A, WHICH IS THE MONUMENT SIGN AT THE CORNER, SIGN B, WHICH IS THE FUEL CANOPY SIGN IN ORANGE AND IN SIGN C IS THE BUILDING IDENTIFICATION SIGN IN YELLOW. 
          SO TO BREAK DOWN THE SIGNS INDIVIDUALLY, THIS THE MONUMENT SIGN IS GOING TO BE ON THE CORNER OF THE US HIGHWAY 60, AND THE VIEW BOULEVARD IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET 5.5IN TALL, AND IT HAS A SIGN AREA OF 2820 3.8FT■!S. AND IT IS INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WITH LEDS. THE FUEL CANOPY SIGN. IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE SIGNS, AND IT IS 3.63FT, SIX INCHES TALL, AND IT INCLUDES NINE SQUARE FEET OF SIGN AREA. AND IT IS AS ALSO INTERNALLY, INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED WITH LEDS. THE LAST SIGN IS THE BUILDING IDENTIFICATION SIGN. 
          THIS SIGN WILL BE BUILDING BUILDING MOUNTED, AND IT HAS A HEIGHT OF SIX FEET FOUR INCHES, AND IT HAS A COMBINED 59FT■S OF SIGN AREA AND IS ALSO INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED TO BREAK DOWN THE SITE PLAN. AS IT RELATES TO OUR CODE, I HAVE BROKEN IT DOWN BY SIGN, SO FOR THE MONUMENT SIGN IT DOES DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM, BUT DOES REQUIRE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVAL TO HAVE THE MONUMENT SIGN. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY AS WELL. FOR THE CANOPY SIGN. IT IS IT DOES EXCEED THE MAXIMUM, WHICH IS SIX SQUARE FEET. THE PROPOSED IS NINE SQUARE FEET OF SIGN AREA, BUT OUR CODE DOES ALLOW FLEXIBILITY AND APPROPRIATE FOR CONFIGURATION AND AREA. SIMILAR FOR THE ATTACHED BUILDING SIGN, WHICH WE. THE CODE CURRENTLY ALLOWS 48FT■S MAXIMUM AND. THEY ARE PROPOSING THE 68FT■S. THESE ARE THE SIGNS THAT WERE PUT OUT BY STAFF AND THEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THOUGH CURRENTLY THIS IS NOT CORRECT AS SINCE PUBLISHING WE HAVE RECEIVED THREE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. I HAVE PROVIDED THEM TO YOU AS WELL. AND THEN AT THE SEPTEMBER 1ST CONFERENCE SIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE VOTE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS CASE 4 TO 0. THEY ALSO VOTED TO AMEND THREE STIPULATIONS TO REMOVE THE 50% NIGHTTIME REDUCTION. AS GAS STATIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM THESE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CODE. AND THEN I HAVE INCLUDED THE THE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, AS WELL AS SEVEN STIPULATIONS. SHOULD YOU APPROVE IT? AND I HAVE ALSO 
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INCLUDED THE DENY MOTION AS WELL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. AMAYA AT THIS TIME? I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, DID I TURN MY HEAD? DENIAL OF THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I READ THAT RIGHT. THIS ONE THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. APPROVAL? OKAY, THANKS. YEAH, I JUST WOULD COMMENT WHEN WE APPROVED THE THE MAVERICK, THEY HAD A MUCH LARGER SIGN AND WE SHRUNK IT DOWN AND EVERYBODY APPRECIATED THAT. BUT THESE SIGNS SEEM TO BE, WELL, SMALL AND NOT THAT OBNOXIOUS. SO TYPICAL QTY. SO I THINK THEY'LL KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. THEY WON'T NEED ANY MORE SIGNAGE. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I GUESS THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO EXCUSE ME. NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. OKAY. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO I'M SORRY, THE APPLICANT HERE. NO, THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE CROWD THINKING PROBABLY NOT. 
          SO JUST CHECKING. OKAY. MAKING SURE. OKAY, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO SO. I HAVE A CARD HERE. I'M GOING TO GUESS YOU'RE MR. DISBROW. I AM, THANK YOU SIR, YOU ARE. PLEASE AGAIN YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE. AND YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS ROBERT DISBROW. I'M A SNOWBIRD. 
          I RESIDE IN THE GOLD CANYON RV AND GOLF RESORT, WHICH IS HIGHLY AFFECTED BY THIS GAS STATION. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE YOUR COMMITTEES THAT WORK ON SIGNAGE, THE SIGNAGE IN THE AREA. I THINK PARTICULARLY WITH THE NEW GAS STATION DOWN THE ROAD, NICE AND SMALL, NOT PARTICULAR PROBLEM. I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION OF THE SH STAND, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION, IF YOU COULD BRING BACK UP THE REPORT ON THE LOCATION, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE 255 PLUS COMMUNITIES THAT ACCESS THIS PARTICULAR AREA. AND IN FACT, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL MAP AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THERE'S ACTUALLY 355 PLUS COMMUNITIES THAT ACTIVELY ARE INVOLVED IN THAT INTERSECTION ON VIEW VIEW BOULEVARD AND THE 60, THEY ALL COME OUT IN THAT ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION, AND THEY ARE OLD PEOPLE. AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOARD, BUT YOU SEEM TO BE LIKE ME. PROBABLY NOT AS QUICK AS YOUR REFLEXES. NOT QUITE AS GOOD A EYESIGHT AS YOU USED TO BE, AND DON'T QUITE ALWAYS PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO'S COMING IN FROM YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT. THE YOUNG PERSON ON THEIR TELEPHONE. THIS IS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM OPPOSED TO THE GAS STATION AND ITS LOCATION COMPLETELY. AND ALTHOUGH I'M HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I KNOW FROM ALL THE COMMENTS AND THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS A GOING TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THE QTY PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL LOCATION, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO EXIT OUT OF THE SAME DRIVEWAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SIGN RIGHT BEHIND YOU UP THERE. NOW, WHAT YOU DON'T REALIZE IS THAT WHERE THEY SHOW THAT EXIT COMING ONTO THE VIEW BOULEVARD, RIGHT BEHIND THAT, ABOUT 100FT AWAY, IS OUR GATE, OUR GATE CABIN THERE, ALL OF US COME OUT THROUGH THERE. AND JUST TO THE LEFT IS WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE COMING OUT FROM MONTESSA IS COMING INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. WE ALREADY BACK UP THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS SO LONG ON THE 60, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC THERE IS SO HEAVY ON THE 60 THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OR GO STRAIGHT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. SO THAT IS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AND YOU'RE TRYING THAT THAT GAS STATION, THOSE PEOPLE ARE NEVER GOING TO COME OUT OF THERE. THEY MAY GO INTO THAT GAS STATION, BUT THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT GAS STATION, PARTICULARLY DURING SNOWBIRD SEASON. AND CAN YOU IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC DURING THE RENAISSANCE ON THAT WEEKEND? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN UP THROUGH THE 60S DURING RENAISSANCE WEEKEND TIME? THAT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE THERE OVERNIGHT TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT GAS STATION. SO I THINK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION DRIVE BY IT. 
          WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? HEARING AND SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PRESENTER? WELL, MR. AMAYA, NO, SEEING NONE. THEN I'D ASK FOR A MOTION PLEASE, ON ITEM 12 REAL QUICK. OH NO, I KNOW, I KNOW, I GET UP IN THE 
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MICROPHONE, OKAY. I JUST, YOU KNOW. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, ALL THE TURN LANES AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAS TO BE MET AND THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT THAT AREA ANYWAY, BUT THEY HAVE TO MITIGATE AND HELP MITIGATE THAT. CORRECT. AND SO EVEN THE, EVEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ITSELF WILL BE CHANGED AT SOME POINT, MORE THAN LIKELY IF THAT THAT'S MUCH TRAFFIC TRYING TO ACCESS THAT OUGHT TO BE MONITORED. THAT IS CORRECT. HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE BASED ON WHAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          THE TRAFFIC WILL BE ANALYZED DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL DETERMINE IF ANY OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED. OKAY? OKAY. AND SORRY, GO AHEAD. IT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR THIS ANYWAY, RIGHT? IT'S ZONED FOR THIS. AND SO THAT WAS YOUR COMMENT. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT, SIR? YEAH. AT 60 I BELIEVE IS A DOT CORRECT. YES. 
          AND SO SO THAT'LL BE A COLLABORATION WITH ADOT AND THE COUNTY AT SOME LEVEL. AND I GOT TO BELIEVE THAT. COUNTY WILL BE USING AN ENGINEER TO DESIGN THEIR SITE AND EXITS AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M ONLY SAYING WE'RE ONLY APPROVING A SIGN IS ALL I'M LOOKING AT HERE. SO, I MEAN, OKAY, THIS IS JUST THE SIGN. 
          THIS IS JUST A SIGN. THIS ISN'T EVEN THE PLAT OR THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. THIS IS THE SITE. 
          THIS ISN'T THE SITE PLAN. THIS IS JUST A SIGN. IT'S A SIGN APPROVED YES OR NO. THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THERE'LL BE FURTHER TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS THE SITE PLAN WHEN THAT COMES OUT. SO SO THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE SIGN. AND SO WITH THAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD HEARING SEEING NONE. MAKING A MOTION PLEASE. MR. CHAIRMAN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12 AS PRESENTED WITH THE SEVEN STIPULATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 13, 
          [		13. 	Discussion/approval/disapproval of Intergovernmental Agreement and First Amendment to Intergovernmental Agreement for Transfer of Vehicles from Pinal County on behalf of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, to the La Paz County Sheriff's Office. The purpose of this agreement is to transfer the ownership of the following vehicles from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to the La Paz County Sheriff's Office: ]
WHICH IS DISCUSSION, APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL OF OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR TRANSFER OF VEHICLES FROM PINAL COUNTY. ON BEHALF OF PINAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO LA PAZ COUNTY. AND I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT SHERIFF, PEOPLE SITTING IN THE BACK THERE PLAYING SOLITAIRE OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, COME ON UP, YOU KNOW. YOU'RE THE GUY. IT'S PANDA POP IS WHAT HE'S PLAYING. 
          MISTER CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PINAL COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS ITEM. LA PAZ COUNTY IS A NEIGHBORING COUNTY TO THE WEST. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, LA PAZ COUNTY IS THE YOUNGEST COUNTY IN ARIZONA AND IT BECAME A COUNTY IN 1985. I KNOW FOR THE YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE KELSEY HERE, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. BUT TO ME, METALLICA HAD ALREADY RELEASED TWO ALBUMS BY THE TIME COUNTY BECAME A COUNTY. AND SO THEY'RE MOSTLY AGRICULTURAL BASED. THAT'S THEIR TAX BASE. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE TAX BASE THAT WE HAVE. YOU GENTLEMEN, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF HAVING A PROACTIVE SERVICE WHERE WE REDLINE OUR VEHICLES BEFORE THEY START COSTING US MONEY. WHEN OUR DEPUTIES HAVE TO TRANSVERSE THE COUNTY THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, WHICH WE ARE LA COUNTY IS A SMALLER COUNTY, AND THESE WOULD BE MORE METRO VEHICLES THAT SHERIFF PONCE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHERIFF TEEPLE SUPERVISOR MILLER? NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A TIME IN PINAL COUNTY'S HISTORY THAT WE REACHED OUT TO. I THINK IT WAS A NEIGHBORING STATE AND TOOK ON SOME SOME USED VEHICLES TO HELP US. AND, I MEAN, I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THESE THAT WE CAN DO THESE KINDS OF TRACKS THAT TRANSACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER TO HELP OTHER COUNTIES AND OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD A GOOD MOVE, A HECK OF A DEAL TOO. SO ANY OTHER ANY, ANY DOGS? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. SO OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD CHAIRMAN? WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS AWESOME. THIS IS THE WAY WE WORK TOGETHER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT. AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THIS IS BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS. SO LET'S PRAY FOR THEM THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO ALL THESE VEHICLES WITH THAT MANY MILES. SO GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SHERIFF. AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, MAY I GET A THIS DOES REQUIRE UNANIMOUS CONSENT. SO MAY I GET 
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A MOTION, PLEASE? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 13 AS PRESENTED. 
          I HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, DO YOU NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE OR DO YOU JUST NEED JUST TO HEAR US SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING I, I OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THERE YOU GO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. AND THE DROP OF THE PHONE SOLIDIFIES THAT. WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS US ALMOST TO 
          [	14. 	Discussion of Board Members' request for future agenda item(s) and/or reports to be presented at upcoming meetings. (Jeffrey McClure)]
THE END. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A DISCUSSION MEMBERS BOARD MEMBERS REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT AT THIS TIME OR ASK FOR SUPERVISOR MILLER? DOES. SUPER SUPERVISOR MILLER, YOU'RE BUSY DOWN THERE TODAY. OKAY, YOU GOT IT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO OFFER THIS UP AS POTENTIAL. THE DISCUSSION ABOUT IVANHOE ELECTRIC'S COPPER MINE. IF MAYBE I COULD PROBABLY HAVE THEM DO A DISCUSSION OR A PRESENTATION ON THAT. IF IF THE BOARD'S INTERESTED. AND I THINK WE CERTAINLY I JUST SAW THE NEWS TODAY. WE ARE SUING. CAP IS IS ENTERED INTO A LAWSUIT. IF SOMEBODY WE MIGHT WANT TO DO A WATER THING HERE. AND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AFTER CREW IS OVER AND WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF WHERE ALL THAT'S GOING. BUT I WANT TO OFFER THAT UP. SURE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD AFTER ALL THE ELECTION STUFF SETTLES AND YEAH, AND ALL THE DUST. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL WATER PROGRAMS AND MAYBE PUT A LITTLE SOMETHING TOGETHER TO GET YOU GUYS ALL UP TO SPEED, I LIKE IT. OKAY, OKAY. AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO THANK MISS ROBERTS. THIS IS I THINK THIS IS YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING WITH US, AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU DEARLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME WITH US, AND WE WISH YOU, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK, GOOD FORTUNE IN YOUR IN YOUR ENDEAVORS. YOU BET. THANK YOU. YES WE WILL. SO WITH THAT, THERE'
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