[9:27] [clears throat]

[9:32] Good morning everyone. I'm going to call

[9:34] this meeting to order and I like to

[9:36] kindly ask you to please mute your

[9:38] phones. Got a full house here today that

[9:42] we normally don't have. So please mute

[9:44] your phones. I'll begin with asking

[9:47] Supervisor Will Warren to lead us in the

[9:49] pledge.

[9:54] » I aliance to the flag of the United

[9:58] States of America and to the republic

[10:01] for which it stands, one nation under

[10:04] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[10:07] justice for all.

[10:09] Thank you.

[10:14] » Okay, we'll move into our next item of

[10:16] business. Call to the public. Is there

[10:19] anyone out there wants to address Lord?

[10:22] Go ahead. State

[10:23] » Morning.

[10:24] » Morning. Tony Hines, facilities manager.

[10:26] I'd like to introduce our new three

[10:28] employees. Got

[10:31] this way. [laughter]

[10:36] Got Frank Lucio,

[10:38] Kenneth Glass, and Frank Herrera.

[10:41] They're based on the parks in the

[10:43] fairgrounds. So, we'll get them out of

[10:45] here and get back to work.

[10:47] » All right.

[10:48] » Thank you for joining us. Thank you for

[10:49] being here. Welcome.

[10:51] » Welcome.

[10:51] » Thank you, Tony.

[10:55] » Okay. Anybody else?

[10:58] » Board Chair, um Eric Ellson, Greenley

[11:02] County Sheriff. I just wanted to

[11:03] introduce Matthew Jacob. He's our new

[11:05] chief deputy and he's got a lot of

[11:07] qualifications. We call him Dr. J

[11:10] because he's going to be a doctor in

[11:12] psychology. And I'll let him introduce

[11:14] himself real quick.

[11:15] » Uh good morning. Just uh wanted to

[11:18] introduce myself, Matthew Jacobs. I have

[11:20] about 23 years of uh law enforcement

[11:22] experience, a lot of uh leadership

[11:25] experience and uh uh I have a passion

[11:28] for uh working with law enforcement for

[11:30] making things better for them and uh a

[11:33] lot of passion for serving the

[11:34] communities that I'm that I'm in and uh

[11:37] so I'm excited for this opportunity and

[11:39] I'm honored to be here in front of you

[11:41] and I look forward to work with you.

[11:44] » Thank you.

[11:45] » Welcome.

[11:46] » Thank you very much. Welcome.

[11:47] » Welcome.

[11:48] Where are you from?

[11:50] » Uh I uh was born in Jordan and I uh came

[11:53] to the S when I was a child and then I

[11:55] pretty much grew up in the valley and uh

[11:58] uh started my career in law enforcement

[12:00] in the valley and uh continued on and uh

[12:03] uh came to this agency from uh St.

[12:06] Carlos PD. I was serving as a lieutenant

[12:08] there and then came over here.

[12:10] » Okay.

[12:10] » Well, you're in heaven now.

[12:12] » I love it.

[12:13] » All right. Okay.

[12:15] » Thank you.

[12:15] » Thank you. Welcome.

[12:17] All right, we'll move into anybody else.

[12:21] Call to the public.

[12:23] All right, hearing none, we'll move into

[12:24] our next item of business, the public

[12:27] health service district. The

[12:29] [clears throat] board of supervisors

[12:30] will convene as the board of directors

[12:31] of the Green County Public Health

[12:33] Service District and will reconvene as

[12:35] the board of supervisors following

[12:37] consideration of this next item, the

[12:39] consent agenda. I entertain for motion.

[12:41] » I move that we approve the consent

[12:43] agenda as listed.

[12:44] » I second that motion. Motion has been

[12:46] made and second. All in favor signify by

[12:48] saying I.

[12:49] » I.

[12:50] » I. Eyes have it. So order. We will now

[12:52] reconvene as the board of supervisors

[12:54] and we will move into our next item of

[12:56] business. The flood control district.

[12:58] Board of supervisors will convene as the

[13:01] board of directors of the Greenley

[13:02] County Flood Control District and will

[13:04] reconvene as the board of supervisors

[13:06] following

[13:08] after approving the consent agenda as

[13:11] posted. I move that we approve the

[13:13] consent agenda as listed

[13:15] » And I second that motion.

[13:17] » The motion has been made. I

[13:20] motion has been made and second. All in

[13:22] favor signify by saying I.

[13:23] » I.

[13:24] » I.

[13:26] Eyes have it. So ordered. I'm kind of

[13:27] getting ahead of myself here. All right,

[13:30] we'll move into our next item of

[13:31] business.

[13:33] This is anformational

[13:36] item and it's for discussion only and

[13:38] it's a presentation by Freeport McMaran

[13:40] regarding the miles high geothermal

[13:42] project. And

[13:45] I call on to Kevin Bennett, manager of

[13:48] the energy development of Freeport

[13:50] Mcmaran who is going to make this

[13:52] presentation.

[13:58] » Great. Yes, thank you. Can everybody

[13:59] hear me? Okay.

[14:02] Where did those speakers go?

[14:08] » We're trying, Mr. Bennett. You You're uh

[14:11] » No problem.

[14:12] » Kind of quiet at the moment.

[14:15] [snorts]

[14:17] » Try again.

[14:18] » Try it again.

[14:20] » We're trying.

[14:22] » Yes. Can you hear me? Okay. Now

[14:30] » Try again.

[14:33] Yes.

[14:34] » How about now? Is this better?

[14:36] » Loud and clear.

[14:37] » Great. The

[14:38] » Floor is yours.

[14:39] » Uh,

[14:40] » Great. Yeah. Uh, appreciate everybody uh

[14:43] for the time. Uh, as was introduced, my

[14:47] name is Kevin Bennett, uh, manager of

[14:49] energy development with Freeport. Uh,

[14:51] I've been with the company for about 15

[14:53] years and, uh, previously worked for

[14:56] Marcy Water and Electric. So, um, very

[14:58] familiar with the area. lived there for

[15:00] uh three years um and am now based out

[15:04] of our Phoenix corporate office. Uh we

[15:07] also have Mike Lacy on the call who's

[15:09] manager of our water um resources out of

[15:12] our corporate office and Diana Keltz

[15:15] who's manager of water and land out of

[15:18] the Morreny uh mine.

[15:21] » Uh so yeah, we're excited to talk today

[15:23] about a geothermal project that we have.

[15:26] Uh, and I can just flip through some

[15:29] slides here. Um,

[15:32] if

[15:32] » I can figure out how. Let me see.

[15:38] » There we go. Thank you.

[15:39] » Uh for

[15:41] » Just a quick overview of what we're

[15:43] doing is we have a geothermal project

[15:47] that is going to be used to increase the

[15:50] copper production uh

[15:54] specifically in our leeching process. So

[15:56] I think many people are familiar with

[15:58] our leeching process. Uh if you're not,

[16:00] it's a process what that we use for

[16:03] mining to extract copper out of ore uh

[16:07] through

[16:09] through a chemical process where we

[16:12] inject uh rafinate solution on leech

[16:16] pads and what we're finding is that as

[16:19] we introduce heat into that process

[16:22] we're able to accelerate the process and

[16:25] get additional pounds of copper. Uh we

[16:28] have a leeching initiative um to recover

[16:34] an additional 800 million pounds of

[16:36] copper by 2030. And this heat process is

[16:42] one of the key ways that we're doing

[16:45] that. Uh so we've looked for at

[16:48] different ways to get the heat into this

[16:51] process uh through electric boilers or

[16:54] natural gas uh boilers. Uh and we're

[16:58] looking at all solutions in parallel,

[17:00] but the one that we're most excited

[17:02] about is this geothermal. Uh so we've

[17:05] done quite a bit of early exploration

[17:09] for geothermal, and I'll get into that

[17:10] in the next slide. But uh we also have a

[17:13] partnership with the DOE, the US

[17:14] Department of Energy. Uh it's a

[17:17] cooperative agreement for a 50% cost

[17:20] share up to $80 million. Uh so it's not

[17:23] just a grant where they give us the

[17:25] money but they're involved throughout

[17:27] the process and uh as we incur expenses

[17:32] they will pay 50% of those expenses

[17:35] throughout

[17:36] » Or a 50% cash share up to $80 million.

[17:40] Uh so it's not just a grant where they

[17:42] give us the money but they're involved

[17:44] throughout the process. And

[17:48] » Okay, sorry it sounds like there's a

[17:49] little bit of a delay. So, um I've

[17:51] skipped to the next slide, but

[17:55] uh just to give an overview of the work

[17:57] that we've done to date, uh we wrapped

[17:59] up our phase one exploration in April of

[18:03] this year. Uh the intent was to

[18:07] » Drill six core wells at depths of 3,000

[18:11] ft. Uh the full depth that we plan to go

[18:14] is about 8 to 10,000 ft. But what we did

[18:18] was just go drill six core wells at only

[18:20] 3,000 ft to be able to build a

[18:24] subsurface map uh that shows the

[18:26] temperature, it shows faults, uh it

[18:29] shows uh and help design where we should

[18:32] target the full-size wells. Uh we took

[18:35] temperatures of those wells. Um, at

[18:39] depth we are targeting temperatures of

[18:43] 134° C. And again, that's at 8 to 10,000

[18:47] ft is what we anticipate. Uh, and at

[18:50] 3,000 ft, we hit 96° C, which was very

[18:55] encouraging. You can see on the right is

[18:57] just the deeper we go, the higher the

[18:58] temperatures have been. Uh, so

[19:02] » We are excited for that. Um

[19:07] and

[19:09] we hit

[19:10] » And then uh so for phase two we're right

[19:14] now doing a lot of prep for that. Uh the

[19:17] plan is that we will drill two wells at

[19:21] full depth. And those wells both have

[19:23] been permitted by the Arizona Oil and

[19:25] Gas Commission. And those wells were the

[19:28] first wells uh for geothermal use that

[19:32] were permitted in the state of Arizona.

[19:34] So that was exciting.

[19:36] » Drilled two wells at full depth. And

[19:40] those wells both have been peritted by

[19:42] the Arizona Oil and Gas Commission. And

[19:44] those wells were the first wells uh for

[19:48] geothermal use that were permitted in

[19:50] the state of Arizona. So that was

[19:52] exciting.

[19:53] » Uh and then also we have uh our phase 2

[19:58] exploration.

[19:59] Uh we've got a picture here on the right

[20:02] that shows what the drill rig is going

[20:04] to look like. We anticipate the drill

[20:06] rig being on site for about 3 months uh

[20:09] starting in late September, early

[20:11] October for that full depth uh drilling.

[20:14] Uh the the height of the drill rig is

[20:16] 136 ft. Uh it's going to be delivered in

[20:20] several pieces over uh 3 days by truck

[20:24] and Freeport will monitor the any

[20:27] concerns about increased truck traffic

[20:30] uh as well as the condition of the roads

[20:32] to ensure that there's uh we're safely

[20:36] able to arrive.

[20:42] Uh as I noted earlier, the Arizona oil

[20:45] and gas commission uh conservation

[20:48] commission did approve the permits for

[20:51] the two wells.

[20:53] Uh we have started on preparation and

[20:57] construction of the drill pads. Uh we

[21:00] completed geotechnical drilling in July

[21:03] of this year and currently working

[21:06] through the civil work for the drill

[21:08] pads. Uh and then the water supply is

[21:11] going to be provided by the mine uh

[21:13] using a water source tested by our

[21:16] environmental department to confirm

[21:18] water quality. And uh construction for

[21:21] that water supply did begin in July.

[21:35] We're also looking for a temporary

[21:38] living quarters for our drill crew. And

[21:41] so we've identified the RV park in the

[21:45] town of Clifton to expand that park uh

[21:48] and provide utility service through

[21:50] Emergency Water Electric. Uh and we're

[21:53] also working with the town of Clifton to

[21:55] bring in uh either a sewer connection or

[22:00] uh bring in tanks that could be pumped

[22:02] out by a third party. And so we have a

[22:04] conceptual layout of what that RV park

[22:06] expansion will look like in this slide.

[22:16] And then phase three, assuming that

[22:18] we're successful with our phase two and

[22:20] we hit the target temperatures that

[22:22] we're looking for at depth, uh we'll

[22:25] also begin drilling for additional uh

[22:29] wells, additional heat for the mining

[22:31] process. Uh we've looked at a we're

[22:34] looking at a couple of locations. One is

[22:36] the former Texico property uh that we

[22:39] could potentially use for a well site.

[22:41] Uh and another is the historic ACC

[22:44] smelter and land under voluntary

[22:46] remediation program with ADQ. Uh both

[22:51] areas that we're looking at uh for

[22:54] future expansion. Uh this is a project

[22:56] that we're excited about the ability to

[22:58] expand. Uh we're targeting for this

[23:02] first phase 30 megawatts thermal of

[23:04] geothermal

[23:06] and with the phase three an additional

[23:09] 30 megawatts thermal and uh there's

[23:13] potential and ability to expand this uh

[23:17] at a much larger scale. Uh and we're

[23:21] kicking off in September uh some

[23:24] exploration efforts in Safford as well.

[23:26] We think this can be replicated through

[23:29] uh all of our minds sites and we're

[23:30] excited about it. So that concludes my

[23:34] presentation and happy to take any

[23:36] questions

[24:00] Mr. Bennett,

[24:03] » I I I I did have a quick question just

[24:06] um and maybe I missed it in your

[24:08] presentation, but the what is the target

[24:11] temp uh at depth

[24:14] ultimate

[24:15] » Uh target temp that you're looking for?

[24:19] Yeah, the target temperature is 134

[24:21] degrees C.

[24:23] » Uh it is really what makes this project

[24:26] exciting. If we were drilling for uh to

[24:29] convert to electricity use, we would

[24:31] need 2 300° C. Uh but given that we're

[24:36] using the heat directly without any

[24:39] conversion, we're able to be successful

[24:41] at much lower temperatures than

[24:44] traditional geothermal

[24:45] » Or uh to convert to electricity use, we

[24:48] would need 2 300° C. Uh but given that

[24:54] we're using the heat directly without

[24:56] any conversion, we're able to be

[24:58] successful at much lower temperatures

[25:01] than traditional geothermal.

[25:07] Thank you.

[25:08] » Anybody else?

[25:14] » We'll wrap up. Mr. Bennett, thank you

[25:16] very much. Very informative.

[25:20] » You're welcome. Anytime. Thank you.

[25:30] » Oh, so he's listening to that right now.

[25:34] Thank you very much.

[25:38] » You're welcome. Anytime. Thank you.

[25:40] » You have a great day.

[25:45] » Thanks.

[25:48] » Okay, we'll move into our next item of

[25:50] business.

[25:55] » Mr. Bowlinger, the floor is yours.

[26:00] All

[26:08] right.

[26:09] » Go ahead, man.

[26:11] » Mr. Chairman, members of the board. Good

[26:13] morning. Um, I would like to present to

[26:16] you for consideration

[26:19] uh a potential grant opportunity. It's

[26:22] called the Rural Health Transformation

[26:24] Grant. It's offered by the Arizona

[26:25] Department of Health Services.

[26:28] something we've worked on

[26:31] um

[26:33] coming up on a year uh when it looked

[26:36] like this was going to be potentially

[26:38] available um to counties particularly

[26:42] rural counties in Arizona. Um this this

[26:45] funding is targeted toward

[26:48] uh rural populations. Greenley County,

[26:51] we are 100% our our population is

[26:54] considered 100% rural. We don't have any

[26:56] pockets that are that are outside that.

[26:59] Um

[27:01] the grant is being offered for five

[27:04] years.

[27:06] The the amount per year is just under

[27:10] 224,000 a year. Um we will be we were

[27:15] able to pick um there's there's some

[27:18] there's a scope of work that the state

[27:20] has and we were able to pick what fits

[27:24] uh in Greenley County

[27:26] for the first year. Our plan was to do

[27:28] some self to start providing

[27:32] um some self-monitoring tools to

[27:34] residents which are uh particularly

[27:37] blood pressure cuffs um automatic blood

[27:39] pressure cuffs along with giving

[27:41] training

[27:43] um to residents and it will be no cost

[27:46] to the resident to to be able to get

[27:49] this equipment. And the the equipment

[27:50] we're looking at is a lot better than

[27:54] some of the uh the cheap blood pressure

[27:57] cuffs that usually cause people to have

[27:59] anxiety

[28:00] um from using them. And again, it'll

[28:03] come along with some some training from

[28:05] the health department on how to use it,

[28:07] what time of the day to use it, how to

[28:09] not how to not freak yourself out by

[28:12] having a wild number. Um

[28:17] uh and we will also use it to

[28:20] uh keep keep pushing. We've been pushing

[28:22] since 2009 in Greenley County on

[28:25] physical activity and nutrition and

[28:26] we've seen a a lot of good results. Um,

[28:30] but we will continue with that along

[28:33] with we're going to we would like to

[28:35] open up uh some nocost consultations

[28:38] with our county dietitian

[28:40] um for residents so they they could

[28:42] schedule come in and talk to a dietitian

[28:45] about about their diet. And that's

[28:47] something we were able to do about five

[28:51] pri prior to COVID. We did it a little

[28:53] bit. Um but the funding that we had for

[28:57] that was was pretty tight. Uh we had

[29:01] some constraints on what the state would

[29:03] allow us to use uh the funding that we

[29:06] pay for the dietitionian. Um after this

[29:09] first year we'll have four additional

[29:12] years and um in those phases we will

[29:17] continue focusing on physical activity

[29:21] um and nutrition and and

[29:24] uh expand into some suicide prevention

[29:27] and

[29:28] uh some programs on improving social

[29:31] isol isolization.

[29:34] Isolation. I'm so sorry. [laughter]

[29:37] Isolization. I just made up a new word.

[29:40] » Yeah,

[29:40] » That won't be part of the grant

[29:43] » Process. Uh new words.

[29:47] » So that in a nutshell is what this grant

[29:50] is about. Um,

[29:53] do you have any questions

[29:56] at all?

[29:56] » Is this a new grant, Matt?

[29:58] » This will be a new grant. Um, we're

[30:00] planning on using the funding to again

[30:03] buy some of the equipment, the tools,

[30:06] uh, this first phase blood pressure

[30:08] monitor, blood pressure cuffs for self

[30:10] monitoring. Um,

[30:13] we're planning on using current staff to

[30:16] do much of this work and we were hoping

[30:19] to to hire one prevention manager from

[30:22] this

[30:25] » Which would be a new position.

[30:26] » It's awfully generous grant for five for

[30:29] five years. 223,000

[30:32] a year.

[30:32] » Yeah.

[30:33] » All right. Anybody have any any

[30:36] questions or concerns?

[30:38] » No.

[30:40] » No, sir. Hear none. Then I call for

[30:44] motion.

[30:47] » I move that uh we approve the Arizona

[30:51] Department of Health Services for rural

[30:53] health transformation transformation

[30:56] proposed funding grant um in the amount

[30:58] of $223,790

[31:02] per year for five years.

[31:05] » I'll second that.

[31:06] » Motion has been made and second. Any

[31:08] further discussion? No sir. Hear

[31:11] » None. I call for vote. All in favor

[31:12] signify by saying I.

[31:14] » I.

[31:15] » I. I have it. So ordered.

[31:18] » Thank you. Thank you man.

[31:19] » Thank you. Thank you for your hard work

[31:20] getting that.

[31:21] » Yeah.

[31:22] » All right. We'll move into our next item

[31:24] of business.

[31:26] This is a discussion and action item

[31:28] regarding approval of purchasing

[31:31] firearms training simulator for the

[31:33] sheriff's office.

[31:36] The floor is yours, sir.

[31:39] » [clears throat]

[31:47] » Good morning again. Uh so uh initially

[31:50] our agency was approved for about

[31:52] $20,000 to spend for the simulation. Uh

[31:56] we did our homework. We uh uh researched

[31:59] several vendors that would provide the

[32:01] service. Uh but just like everything

[32:03] else, it's uh hard to find one that's

[32:06] going to uh uh encompass everything we

[32:09] need in one software. So we found the

[32:11] closest choice uh for us, which is uh by

[32:15] laser shot. Uh the good thing about this

[32:18] system, it is more computerized and more

[32:21] software than uh uh other vendors. Uh

[32:26] and I'll elaborate on that. uh with the

[32:29] software that's provided uh the

[32:31] instructors can provide scenarios uh to

[32:34] the officers in uh what we call

[32:37] judgmental shooting scenarios. They can

[32:40] also learn to deescalate the scenario uh

[32:43] transitioning to a less lethal weapon.

[32:46] Uh everything that we do in law

[32:48] enforcement, a lot of it is based on uh

[32:50] knowledge, education, training, and then

[32:53] muscle memory. If we're teaching our

[32:55] deputies to deescalate and to uh

[32:57] transition to different weapons, we can

[32:59] do that with this system very well. Uh

[33:02] it doesn't require a lot of maintenance.

[33:04] So the uh simulated firearm that's

[33:06] included with it um uh just needs

[33:09] calibration before every shoot and then

[33:12] the uploaded uh scenarios that they have

[33:15] uh would be presented uh for annual

[33:18] training. Uh, it can be also used as a

[33:21] proficiency training with the pistol

[33:23] that's included with it. It doesn't take

[33:24] real ammunition. So, it's all uh almost

[33:27] like playing a video game. Uh, the

[33:30] second uh and this comes up to about

[33:33] 19,700. That's right under what we're uh

[33:36] uh budgeted for already. Uh so it's

[33:39] within the budget that's provided to us.

[33:41] Uh the second vendor that we uh had a

[33:44] quote from was Laser Ammo. It is a very

[33:47] good system. However, um it is more

[33:50] mechanical than it is soft software uh

[33:54] uh like the other uh uh vendor that we

[33:57] had. So in those uh firearms, simulated

[34:00] firearms and rifles they gave us, they

[34:02] have to be attached to a uh uh gas

[34:05] powered uh uh attachment. That's how

[34:09] they work. They work based just like a

[34:12] just like a a power drill. That's uh uh

[34:16] uh

[34:17] that is um projecting the uh nail into

[34:22] the wall through the power the the air

[34:25] pressure. So that's more mechanical

[34:27] stuff that could fail that would require

[34:30] more uh maintenance and more

[34:32] calibrations, more parts that could go

[34:34] bad. Uh it also um

[34:39] it's like being in real life on the

[34:41] range. You feel the recoil of the weapon

[34:43] and all that stuff. It is all nice

[34:44] stuff, but it does not have as good of

[34:47] introduction to the scenarios that we

[34:49] have. The ability to adjust the

[34:51] scenarios, the ability to deescalate the

[34:54] situations during the scenarios because

[34:56] that's what we're trying to train our

[34:58] deputies to have that. Uh, as long as

[35:00] they're safe, and if they can

[35:01] deescalate, we should go that route. So,

[35:03] we don't have that with this system.

[35:05] It's got a lot of big guns, which we

[35:07] don't use. Uh, so it's a little bit

[35:10] cheaper. So, it's about in the almost

[35:12] 16,000 quote, but again, it's got a lot

[35:14] of mechanical attachments to it that

[35:17] will probably require more maintenance

[35:19] down the road or more repairs to be

[35:21] done. Uh, the third system that we found

[35:24] uh within that budget as well is called

[35:26] uh uh uh Stikeman uh system. Now, this

[35:30] is made out of a lot of different

[35:32] vendors uh into one system. Um it still

[35:36] doesn't meets the standards of what we

[35:38] need as far as uh presenting reliable

[35:42] scenarios as far as uh getting

[35:45] deescalation into those scenarios and

[35:47] training the deputies in those areas. Um

[35:50] and uh it's it's just falls within the

[35:53] quote that we got but it really not

[35:55] something that I would recommend that we

[35:56] get just because of its lack of

[35:58] capabilities that the other two system

[36:00] has. Uh so I would just uh uh ask uh

[36:04] respectfully that you grant us the first

[36:06] quote for uh laser shot that's going to

[36:09] be within the budget. Uh and it is the

[36:12] best system that would save our agency

[36:14] and train our deputies in the best uh

[36:17] industry standards uh up to today. Thank

[36:21] you. Any questions?

[36:23] » Any questions, concerns?

[36:26] » Got it.

[36:28] » Okay.

[36:28] » Very well explained.

[36:32] I entertain for motion.

[36:33] » So that's going to be the excuse me, one

[36:35] more question. That's going to be the

[36:36] laser shot.

[36:37] » Yes, sir.

[36:38] » Estimate that you're quote that you're

[36:39] looking

[36:40] » Uh Yes. So the laser shot is 19,974.

[36:44] It's right under the 20,000 mark.

[36:46] » And that's the one you're going to go

[36:47] with like to go with.

[36:48] » Yes, sir.

[36:49] » Sounds good.

[36:52] I move that we approve uh the purchasing

[36:54] of the firearms training simulator for

[36:57] the sheriff's office from Lasershot in

[37:00] an amount not to exceed $19,974

[37:03] as presented.

[37:05] » And I second that motion.

[37:07] » Motion has been made and second. Any

[37:09] [clears throat] further discussion

[37:11] hearing? None. I call for vote. All in

[37:13] favor signify by saying I.

[37:14] » I.

[37:15] » I. Eyes have it. So ordered.

[37:17] » Thanks. Thank you, sir.

[37:18] » We also video game. Uh we also wanted to

[37:21] add that as a uh community uh um based

[37:26] policing uh uh as a community event at

[37:29] the fair. We're going to let the public

[37:31] try it out and uh practice with it and

[37:34] uh see what kind of scenarios we deal

[37:36] with and it just kind of builds a little

[37:38] bit more trust with the community. They

[37:39] see the stuff that we deal with in real

[37:41] life. They don't have to go kill anybody

[37:43] on it. We just uh kind of show them how

[37:45] it works and uh the type of training

[37:47] that we would use. So, we'll present

[37:48] that on the fair as well.

[37:50] » Great. Beautiful.

[37:51] » Look forward to Excellent.

[37:52] » Okay. Thank you very much.

[37:55] » Thank you.

[37:56] » All right. [clears throat] Our next item

[37:58] of business will move into

[38:02] discussion and action regarding a

[38:03] request to change the zoning district of

[38:05] parcel number 300-15-004E

[38:10] from RU36

[38:12] rule minimum lot area 36 acres to SR22

[38:16] single residential minimum lot area

[38:19] 22,000 square foot. positive

[38:22] recommendation

[38:24] unanimously received from the planning

[38:26] and zoning commission. So I entertain a

[38:29] motion to go into public hearing.

[38:31] » I move that we adjourn and do public

[38:33] hearing.

[38:34] » And I second that motion.

[38:35] » Motion has been made and second. All in

[38:37] favor signify by saying I.

[38:39] » I.

[38:40] » I. I have it. So order. We are now in

[38:43] public hearing

[38:45] and

[38:47] the floor is yours.

[38:49] » All right. Um, so we had this meeting on

[38:53] August 6th to um change the

[38:58] uh Y area from RU36.

[39:01] » Oh, I'm sorry.

[39:02] » I say isn't this for the public? You

[39:04] you'll address the topic in the next

[39:05] agenda item next. Yeah,

[39:07] » This is public hearing.

[39:08] » I'm sorry.

[39:09] » I'm sorry, Hayden.

[39:10] » Yeah. Yeah.

[39:13] Anybody anybody wish to talk in regards

[39:16] to this topic, this item.

[39:21] » Okay. Well,

[39:24] » You just close it out.

[39:25] » We'll just close out a public hearing

[39:27] then. Are you sure nobody wants to

[39:28] speak?

[39:31] Okay, we are out of public hearing now.

[39:34] We'll move into our next item of

[39:35] business.

[39:37] Discussion and action regarding the

[39:39] request to change the zone of district

[39:41] parcel number 300-1500E

[39:45] from RU36

[39:47] rule minimum lot 36 acres to SR22 single

[39:50] residential minimum lot 22,000 square ft

[39:54] and a positive recommendation

[39:56] unanimously received from the planning

[39:57] and zoning commission. Hayden, now the

[40:00] floor is yours.

[40:01] » Sorry about that.

[40:03] » Nervous now.

[40:05] » Um

[40:06] » Why? Oh, I don't know. [laughter] Um, so

[40:10] yeah, this is for the Y area RU36 to

[40:12] SR22. Um,

[40:15] we just put it on the agenda because we

[40:18] did have one member of the public object

[40:22] in the area for water concerns, but

[40:24] other than that, um, the planning and

[40:27] zoning and engineering office uh, had no

[40:29] problem with it and it was, um,

[40:32] unanimously recommended positively by

[40:35] the commission. So, um, happy to answer

[40:37] any questions you have, but just wanted

[40:40] to open it up because we did have that

[40:42] formal objection

[40:44] » And that was the purpose of it being put

[40:46] as one of the items instead of being on

[40:48] the consent agenda.

[40:49] » Yeah.

[40:49] » Okay.

[40:50] » All right.

[40:53] » Okay.

[40:54] » No questions for me.

[40:56] » No questions.

[40:57] » All right.

[40:57] » All right. I entertain for motion.

[41:02] Um, I move

[41:05] that uh change to request zoning

[41:08] district parcel 300-15-004E

[41:13] from RU36

[41:15] rural minimum lot area 36 acres to SR-22

[41:20] single residential minimum lot area

[41:22] 22,000 square ft. Um, that has been

[41:25] positively recommended and unanimously

[41:27] received by the planning and zoning

[41:28] commission. I'll second that.

[41:31] » Motion has been made and second. Any

[41:33] further discussion?

[41:36] Hearing none, a call for vote. All in

[41:37] favor signify by saying I.

[41:39] » I.

[41:39] » I. Eyes have it. So ordered. Thank you,

[41:41] Hayden.

[41:42] » Thank you.

[41:44] » All right, we'll move into our next item

[41:46] of business. Derek, the floor is yours.

[41:50] » Thank you. Um,

[41:53] the town of Duncan has already addressed

[41:55] this IGA, proposed IGA. Um the town of

[41:57] Duncan has a grant that has to be spent

[41:59] by the end of September. Um we have done

[42:03] joint projects with the town before in

[42:05] the past. Um we have purchased chips and

[42:08] oil and then ordered extra for their uh

[42:11] their roads. In this uh circumstance, uh

[42:14] they have ordered all the supplies. They

[42:16] simply need our equipment and our

[42:18] manpower. They will pay just as they

[42:21] have in the past for our exact billing

[42:23] cost for both. So, we won't be out any

[42:26] money on it. Um, we'll simply lend them

[42:28] our, like I said, machines, manpower,

[42:30] and expertise. The the project's set to

[42:33] begin September 8th. Um, any of you who

[42:37] have driven the roads in Duncan know

[42:38] that a good chip seal is is needed,

[42:42] beyond needed. Um, but like I say, this

[42:44] will be at no cost to the county. It

[42:46] just take some of our time. Um like town

[42:49] of Duncan passed this last week and so

[42:52] we've used the same IG format as we have

[42:54] in the past.

[42:59] » Okay. Anyone have any

[43:03] questions, concerns?

[43:05] » No concerns, no questions from here.

[43:06] » All right. I entertain for motion. I

[43:09] move that um we enter into an

[43:12] intergovernmental

[43:13] agreement with the town of Duncan to

[43:15] chip seal identified towns, roads, and

[43:18] streets.

[43:19] » I'll second that.

[43:21] » Motion has been made in second. Any

[43:23] further discussion?

[43:25] Hearing none, call for vote. All in

[43:26] favor signify by saying I.

[43:28] » I. I. Eyes have it. So order.

[43:33] » Thank you, Derek. All right, we're

[43:35] moving to our next item of business.

[43:38] Eric and Bianca, the floor is yours.

[43:41] » I will uh pull up our familiar um chart

[43:45] that we've seen about every month um

[43:49] indicating uh how our current sales tax

[43:52] is going.

[43:55] Apologize that I'm in this morning. Uh

[43:58] we've started of course the new fiscal

[43:59] year 27. Our first distribution was in

[44:02] July of this year. Uh you'll notice that

[44:04] number is uh bigger than any of the ones

[44:06] in the column before it. Um we had

[44:09] projected uh income of of uh 500,000

[44:15] um per month. Um we are well above that

[44:19] in the first distribution. Now we watch

[44:21] these things of course carefully. We

[44:23] watch um copper markets. We watch what

[44:25] is likely to take place with both cost

[44:28] side as well as the um supply demand and

[44:31] and price of copper. Uh things are

[44:34] favorable right now in the world. Um

[44:37] attended uh at Martha Luhan's invitation

[44:40] a quarterly CPP meeting last week and

[44:42] and things the headwinds are actually

[44:45] tailwinds. They're they're pushing the

[44:47] copper industry forward right now, which

[44:49] is a good thing. Um,

[44:52] if this were to continue, we would end

[44:53] up overshooting our our projections by

[44:56] about $3 million. Um, I've lived long

[44:59] enough in this county environment to

[45:00] never hold my breath like that. Um, but

[45:03] it's always good to start off on a good

[45:05] foot. And so that that one distribution

[45:08] represents about one and a half of our

[45:11] projected, you know, one and a half

[45:12] months of our projected income on the

[45:15] county sales tax side. Likewise, um it

[45:20] was a good month. We projected um

[45:23] 120,000 and and in the first month we

[45:25] received just under 170,000. So about

[45:28] 50,000 or about uh not quite half, about

[45:32] 40% additional over what we projected.

[45:35] Again, this is early in the year, but

[45:36] we'll keep track of it um and see see if

[45:40] that continues to trail or tack the way

[45:43] it has. Any questions on that?

[45:47] Other than that, we're just in the in

[45:48] the when implementing a budget. You

[45:50] know, as you've seen, we've had requests

[45:51] to purchase things or hire people and

[45:53] and that's normal the first quarter into

[45:55] the second quarter, but our revenue

[45:57] picture looks strong.

[45:59] » It's all good news.

[46:01] » Okay.

[46:03] Um, the other thing I'll cover with you,

[46:05] uh, I've distributed for you, um, a

[46:09] list, and it is really sort of just a

[46:11] headline list of about 31 different

[46:13] proposals that counties have submitted

[46:15] for consideration at the annual CSA

[46:18] legislative

[46:19] summit in October. Um, we were

[46:22] introduced to them literally, I I think

[46:25] each proposal got about 30 seconds uh,

[46:28] in our introduction. I have not had a

[46:30] chance to go through them carefully, but

[46:32] even in a a quick perusal, the um there

[46:36] are several ideas that address the same

[46:39] or similar topics. Some are are brand

[46:42] new, some are things we've seen before.

[46:45] Some are presented as potential

[46:47] resolutions, which would be a policy

[46:49] statement adopted by CSA as a whole. Um

[46:52] others are presented, they are budget

[46:54] issues. Uh, for example, you're seeing

[46:57] some stuff on wildfire that uh is there

[47:00] and it's attempting to try and and shake

[47:02] some money loose from the state coffers

[47:04] to address local wildfire issues. Some

[47:07] of the issues appear to be just for the

[47:10] county that's proposing them and don't

[47:12] have a lot of effect in other counties.

[47:15] Um other proposals, for example, um

[47:20] homeowners insurance. This is an an

[47:23] issue that both uh Cookanino and well

[47:26] primarily Pima County has championed and

[47:29] it's a response to increasingly

[47:32] precarious fire wildfire conditions. Um

[47:37] my next task will be to go through and

[47:39] sort of uh rank these in terms of their

[47:41] likely impact on Greenley County. um

[47:44] give you some idea on on what the policy

[47:46] implications are and and uh when we meet

[47:49] again as county managers in September.

[47:52] Um we will be given much more and and

[47:55] this is this number is not going to stay

[47:57] the same. Some of these will go away,

[47:59] some of them will meld into a single

[48:01] proposal. Um some will modify, some will

[48:04] pull it off the table and come back

[48:05] later. U but this is the largest number

[48:09] of proposals I've seen since I've I've

[48:11] been in this position. Um and and it's

[48:14] it's a lot. Um

[48:17] I would encourage you if at all possible

[48:19] to be able to attend either by Zoom or

[48:21] in person the September CSA meeting.

[48:24] Now, the trouble is that conflicts with

[48:26] the first day of our county fair, um,

[48:28] which has always been a challenge, but

[48:31] that's when, um, the CSA board will be

[48:34] given a more full briefing on on those

[48:38] proposals ahead of the early October

[48:41] conference in Flagstaff. Um, I say in

[48:44] the meantime, I'll I'll provide you some

[48:46] of my analysis as well and be ready to

[48:48] answer more in-depth questions. So, and

[48:50] I'm available any time to do so.

[48:54] Okay.

[48:57] » And that's all I have on budget and

[48:59] legislative.

[49:01] » That's a lot of them.

[49:03] » There's a lot.

[49:04] » If you get tired at night, can't go to

[49:06] sleep, pull that out.

[49:11] » Fell asleep here. I don't want to.

[49:13] » So, you're done, Derek?

[49:15] » I am done.

[49:16] » All right, Bianca, the floor is yours.

[49:21] Um, not much going on the rest of the

[49:23] month. Um, we do have the AKO visit from

[49:26] Jen Marson today. Um, later this this

[49:28] morning, 10:30, um, up at the bowling

[49:31] alley. That's all I have for the month

[49:34] of August.

[49:37] September, Labor Day, Monday the 7th.

[49:40] Our offices are closed. We will have our

[49:42] board meeting on the 8th. County

[49:44] managers on the 11th. Thank you, Lonnie.

[49:49] um eco and small counties on the 16th.

[49:51] The 17th the CSA um our fair will start

[49:55] on that day going through the 20th.

[49:58] September 22nd will be our second board

[50:01] meeting.

[50:03] [clears throat] Our LNA test where this

[50:05] um secretary of state does come to our

[50:07] county to test our machines for

[50:11] elections will be on September 30th at

[50:14] 2:30.

[50:15] That's all I have for September. The

[50:18] board has anything to add?

[50:22] » Uh, I just have the [clears throat]

[50:26] SEO meeting that was scheduled for the

[50:27] 20th got rescheduled for the 27th and

[50:30] now it's been cancelled. They can't they

[50:33] can't uh come up with a quorum. So, they

[50:37] send out some dates. They send out four

[50:40] dates and they're going to do the

[50:42] meeting virtually. So, I'll get back

[50:44] with you and let you know when that's

[50:46] going to be.

[50:46] » Thank you.

[50:50] » October, we do have

[50:53] a meeting scheduled for the 6th. I did

[50:56] highlight that with the question mark. I

[50:58] know the board was thinking of changing

[51:02] that possibly. Um, we do have the CSA

[51:05] summit on the 6th going through the 8th.

[51:08] Um, early voting does start for the

[51:11] general election on November O, I'm

[51:13] sorry, October 7th. October 12th,

[51:16] Monday, our offices are closed. Columbus

[51:18] Day, October 20th, our second board

[51:22] meeting for the month. Um, and the 30th,

[51:26] Friday, is the last day to vote early in

[51:28] person for the general election.

[51:30] Saturday the 31st, is the trunk or treat

[51:33] at the fairgrounds.

[51:36] We didn't have a time for that. You know

[51:38] the time?

[51:39] » I don't

[51:43] trickor treat.

[51:44] » Okay. So, we don't have a

[51:48] » Is it car show with that as well?

[51:53] So, so between our our last our second

[51:56] meeting in September the 22nd and the

[52:00] one in October 6th in question depending

[52:03] on what comes up possibility of maybe

[52:07] just cancelling it.

[52:09] » Yes. And we' be a much better idea in

[52:11] our second meeting in September. Um

[52:14] » Okay. We could also possibly move it a

[52:16] day early to the the 5th of October if

[52:19] we needed to so that people could um get

[52:23] moving up to to to the conference and

[52:26] flag.

[52:27] » Um [clears throat]

[52:28] » Okay.

[52:29] » Yeah. A lot on the 22nd.

[52:31] » Yeah.

[52:32] » We'll decide on 22.

[52:33] » Um and then it's just off the calendar,

[52:35] but of course midterm elections are

[52:37] November 3rd um this year. So, you'd

[52:41] have to be under a rock not to know

[52:44] that's going on these days. But there

[52:45] you go. That's that's your last day to

[52:47] vote.

[52:50] » Okay. Anything else, Bianca?

[52:52] » Thank you, Lonnie. Just let me know.

[52:54] It's from 3 to 6 the trunk retreat

[52:56] » The fairgrounds.

[52:58] » Thank you, Lonnie.

[53:00] » And that's all that's all I have.

[53:04] » Okay.

[53:06] So, uh, we'll move into our next item of

[53:10] business, the consent agenda. I

[53:11] entertain for motion.

[53:14] » I move that we approve the consent

[53:16] agenda as listed.

[53:17] » And I second that motion.

[53:19] » Motion has been made and second. All in

[53:22] favor signify by saying I.

[53:24] » I.

[53:25] » I.

[53:26] » I have it. So ordered.

[53:28] » Okay. We're moving to our

[53:32] next item of business, supervisor

[53:34] reports. One of you have anything to

[53:36] report?

[53:40] » I don't have anything at this time.

[53:42] » Um, just a highlight, I had the

[53:44] opportunity this past Saturday to go up

[53:47] to the blue um, schoolhouse and to meet

[53:50] with the, uh, cattle growers association

[53:52] for Green Lake County. Um, had a very

[53:54] good meeting and were able to update.

[53:56] So, um, nice to get up there and to be

[53:59] able to spend time with some of the

[54:01] concerns they have.

[54:03] That's all I have for now.

[54:05] » Okay. I don't have anything at this

[54:08] time. And so we'll

[54:12] move into our next item of business.

[54:14] We're going to take a quick little break

[54:17] before the we go into executive session.

[54:21] » All right.

[54:22] It's uh 8:45

[54:25] 46. 10 minutes. We'll take 10 minutes

[54:28] and and continue.

[1:11:52] order.

[1:11:54] » We're going to get started.

[1:11:56] » Oh, I'm sorry.

[1:11:56] » That's okay.

[1:11:57] » That's okay.

[1:11:58] » Ready now?

[1:11:59] » Yes.

[1:11:59] » Okay,

[1:12:00] » We're back in session. All right, we

[1:12:04] have uh

[1:12:07] » I move that we adjourn into executive

[1:12:09] session

[1:12:10] » And I second that motion.

[1:12:12] » Motion has been made and second. All in

[1:12:14] favor signify by saying I.

[1:12:16] » I.

[1:12:16] » I. Eyes have it. So ordered.

[1:12:19] So now we are in executive

[2:00:15] We're live.

[2:00:16] » We're live. Okay. Well,

[2:00:20] this meeting is adjourned.

[2:00:25] Did I Did Were we We were live.

Regular Board Meeting August 25th 2026

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