[0:07] Good afternoon question.
[0:13] » [laughter]
[0:23] » There we go.
[0:25] I would like to welcome everybody to the
Springville Town Council special meeting
[0:30] with the August 10th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
I call this meeting to order.
[0:36] Will everyone please stand for the
Pledge of Allegiance?
[0:41] Kim, I guess you can lead us.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:47] of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands,
[0:52] one nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
[0:59] » Thank you.
I have invited Councilman
[1:03] Dyson
to offer our invocation.
[1:08] » Father, our heavenly Father, we thank
you for bringing us here tonight. We
[1:12] thank you for the rain.
[1:16] We ask your blessing on our town. We ask
your blessing on the newly elected,
[1:21] on Justin and Bridget,
and all our council and staff.
[1:26] Help us to do your will. Help us to make
wise decisions.
[1:31] Help us to serve the people that we
represent.
[1:35] And we ask for your blessing on our town
for whatever it needs,
[1:41] help us to supply.
We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.
[1:49] » I think we have a roll call.
>> Councilwoman Henderson?
[1:53] Mayor Davis?
>> Present.
[1:54] » Councilor Dyson?
>> Present.
[1:57] » Councilor Williams?
>> Present.
[1:58] » A quorum is present.
>> I'd open this meeting to public
[2:03] participation.
Please state your name and limit your
[2:07] comments to 3 minutes.
[2:12] » You need the microphone up at all or is
it even working?
[2:16] » It's not up. We can
>> We can hear you.
[2:18] » Okay.
>> Hello Mr. Mayor, councilors, and staff.
[2:21] I'm Monica Banning, a 44-year resident
of Round Valley.
[2:25] For the past 5 months, after Arizona
State Land Siting Committee's remand
[2:29] hearing on the Lower Run Interconnection
Line, the Corporation Commission has not
[2:34] voted on that project yet, and company
reps have been pretty quiet here.
[2:39] Then last month, the company submitted a
new application to the FAA for a review
[2:44] of more wind turbines at top or half in
the same project area. They want FAA's
[2:50] approval for 125
turbines, all at 699
[2:56] ft tall. That review has been put on
hold.
[2:59] Then we just learned that Repsol
submitted their wind project CUP
[3:03] application to County Planning and
Zoning in late July.
[3:07] It fills two massive three-ring binders.
The county now has the company's digital
[3:13] files to post the entire application
online at the county's website. Maybe by
[3:17] next week the public can start to see
it.
[3:20] Concurrently, Repsol also submitted two
more two more thick binders for their
[3:25] Lower Run Solar Project CUP application.
So presently, the Community Development
[3:30] Department and P&Z have three active
renewable project applications to
[3:34] review. The massive Black Ridge Wind and
Solar Project, which proposes 146 wind
[3:41] turbines, all at 780 ft tall, with 4
square miles of solar panels planned
[3:47] from Vernon to Concho to St. Johns, plus
directly adjacent is the Lower Wind La
[3:52] Paz wind projects starting just west of
Springerville on both sides of highway
[3:56] 60, plus 5 square miles of La Paz wind
solar near the Springerville power
[4:00] plant. Then flying soon will be a fourth
project, Jack Rabbit solar, planned near
[4:06] the Coronado power plant east of St.
Johns. These projects are huge and
[4:10] complex. The county is beyond
overwhelmed to handle it all.
[4:15] Meanwhile, last month May, we citizens
started pressing county leadership to
[4:20] enact a moratorium that would reject all
these applications until after PMZ
[4:25] finishes revising their renewable energy
ordinance. On June 3rd, planning and
[4:30] zoning did vote to recommend a
moratorium to the board of supervisors,
[4:35] but it was not placed on the July board
agenda. We can only hope it might show
[4:40] up on next Monday's August 17th board
agenda. As for the ongoing ordinance
[4:45] rewrite, a citizen subcommittee was
rejected in last Wednesday's PMZ
[4:49] meeting. Instead, the PMZ commission has
set up a series of special work sessions
[4:54] on two Tuesdays each month from tomorrow
through January to finish their rewrite
[4:58] using special ad hoc advisers from the
public.
[5:02] There is reason to hope we can still
beat La Paz wind. Vernon and Concho and
[5:07] St. Johns folks are fired up and
attending these county meetings big
[5:10] time. Corporation Commission hasn't
approved their interconnection line.
[5:14] We're fighting them at the FAA. We can
persuade planning and zoning to
[5:18] recommend denial of their permit for
many reasons. Thank you for all you have
[5:22] done already to oppose it, but more town
help will be needed soon. We hope I can
[5:27] We hope I can count on you.
Thank you.
[5:30] » Thank you.
Anything else?
[5:34] We will come out of public
participation, go back into the
[5:38] regular regular special meeting.
Uh council manager staff reports,
[5:44] Robert.
[5:49] » Yes.
>> Good evening Mr.
[5:52] Ansel.
>> Um
[5:57] » Double Works Airport, everybody be
busier than the merchants.
[6:01] Um
Jeff been working on uh with the lawyers
[6:06] and with some of the other people to
we're getting moving on the first phase
[6:09] of the other taxiway.
Uh
[6:12] » [clears throat]
>> so that way we can get that moving.
[6:15] That project needs to move along as best
as we can. Um we did make some reach
[6:20] outs. We did find that the money for the
Winning a Bridge is still there. That is
[6:24] still in our pocket.
We want to keep moving so we have the
[6:28] engineers
getting it started again. Hopefully now
[6:31] that uh
their summer vacation is over.
[6:34] Um
South Mountain project, we have a
[6:37] inspection next week with ADOT.
Um
[6:41] looking forward to that meeting with
ADOT. Make sure that South Mountain is
[6:45] exactly where we want it. The crews been
putting in some great work with
[6:48] Maricopa. Actually portions going to be
getting paved this next spring. Well,
[6:52] with the top of Vulture Hill, we've been
widening it and paving some different
[6:56] things with the drainage and everything
that's going to be going on. Um so
[6:59] that's that's been a heck of a project
here.
[7:02] Try to get that moving again.
Um we I attended the MAG call meeting
[7:07] here last week. Um we had submitted some
of the regional project priority lists.
[7:14] We submitted a couple of them. Uh
The airport road project is sitting at
[7:19] number two
for our district right now. And the
[7:23] Coronado Acres project is sitting at
number six. So it's possible that those
[7:28] or at least hopefully one of them might
be able to [clears throat] come to
[7:31] fruition and we might be able to get
some other road work done.
[7:35] Uh
[7:38] With that, I said
everybody, Kevin, Brad, and everybody
[7:43] has been been
phenomenal work to get everything done
[7:46] as best we can.
Um we're a little bit behind. We've been
[7:49] short-staffed on the DOC end of it.
We're trying to get that up to snuff,
[7:54] but um we have plenty of work.
And then Amy
[7:59] decided she wanted to do us a solid.
That's what it
[8:02] We love having Amy. Amy's amazing.
Any questions for us?
[8:06] » You didn't have anything going on with
the sewer project?
[8:10] » No. Uh so, that was also one of the
things that the engineers were working
[8:14] on is to we could go back to RFB.
So, we again we wanted to take out uh
[8:21] we weren't going to do all three phases.
We're going to go ahead and do the first
[8:23] two. Um so, he went back to the drawing
board and he started drawing it up so we
[8:29] could go with RFB for those two phases.
Um but with his kids getting ready to go
[8:33] back to school, he took a week off, so
now that he's back, um
[8:38] he we're going to try to whip one
going to beat him with some wet
[8:41] spaghetti, I guess.
>> Well, it's been great.
[8:45] » Oh, I tell you I've been dragging my
feet on a couple projects because we're
[8:49] we are we're running we're running some
guys pretty thin on
[8:53] on the on the way that he's been. So,
we've been dragging our feet. We've got
[8:56] a couple big projects we're going to get
done.
[8:58] A waterline project and stuff, but
um I'm not going to put people in a
[9:02] ditch when it's time to bless the
spirits.
[9:04] » Yeah.
>> I just don't think it makes any sense.
[9:07] » You what?
>> Let's
[9:08] It's off.
>> Did you take those second innings?
[9:13] » Knock on wood. Take those innings. Our
blasting is going pretty good. Do uh
[9:17] um
I want to say
[9:21] all of our GPMs have been hitting
average. We haven't really had any deep
[9:24] runs.
Um
[9:27] so, we're
we we still got our fingers crossed.
[9:30] We're still going through the hoops with
ADEQ to get the airport well aligned,
[9:34] but ADEQ is a lot of fun in our
vacation.
[9:39] But we we will outlast them and we will
get through all of that fun there.
[9:45] Do you have questions?
[9:49] » Congratulations on your election.
>> All of you.
[9:54] » [clears throat]
>> Chief.
[10:03] » [snorts]
[10:06] » Good evening Mayor, Town Council.
So, this month was a very busy month for
[10:10] us. Going with the July, that's
obviously a busy month for the police
[10:14] department.
But it was
[10:16] it went off without a hitch on most of
the the stuff that we had. Uh we had a
[10:22] total of 300 incidents during the the
month of July.
[10:27] » [clears throat]
>> 150 of those were calls for service. So,
[10:29] if you remember last month, that this is
actually a pretty huge increase from
[10:34] last year.
So,
[10:35] um
the guys have been just
[10:38] knocking it out. They're doing really
good with stuff.
[10:41] Uh they had a total of 39 traffic stops
during that time.
[10:45] Um they got only two accidents with all
the people and the visitors we had in
[10:49] town. I believe mine was one of them.
>> Not I did anything my car was hit.
[10:55] » Yeah, yeah you did. You go, "No, stop,
stop." [laughter]
[11:01] » Uh couple of
notable things that we had. We had three
[11:04] internal complaints come in this month.
Um two of the complaints were referred
[11:09] to the Department of Public Safety
Internal Affairs for investigation.
[11:13] Um one of the complaints was
investigated and found to be sustained.
[11:16] That resulted in written discipline.
Um
[11:21] a [snorts] huge thank you to the public
works director of Peña and his crew for
[11:24] all the work that they did this morning
with Amy.
[11:27] Um they've been in there helping us get
some things reorganized with the PD. We
[11:31] were kind of changing the rooms up quite
a bit where we're just
[11:34] flows a lot better before we're able to
kind of function a lot better out of
[11:37] this.
Um so, thank you very much for your
[11:40] patience today.
Uh
[11:43] couple of the bigger cases that we had
this month, we had a death investigation
[11:47] um where we had the White Mountain
Regional Death Investigation Task Force
[11:51] come out.
Uh they investigated the case for us.
[11:55] Um that will should be closed out here
real soon.
[11:59] We had a multi-agency arrest of a major
drug trafficker in the state.
[12:03] Um
this case actually involved a couple
[12:06] different states.
But the subject was known to be a threat
[12:11] to law enforcement and made several
threats to law enforcement throughout
[12:14] Well, not all of them, sorry. Arizona
and New Mexico.
[12:18] Um so, it was good to get him off the
streets. And then we had a barricaded
[12:22] subject that resulted in several several
hour standoff.
[12:26] Um the subject was apprehended without
further incident. You know, the subject
[12:29] ended up actually being charged with
10 counts of arson.
[12:33] So, that was a pretty big case for us
here.
[12:35] Um
[12:38] our animal control position was filled
and Cathy Pfeifer
[12:42] um has started with us. She's doing very
well so far. We had a little hiccup
[12:47] there where she was out for a couple
weeks. She had an injury at home, so
[12:49] that kind of took her out of the out of
play for a little while. But she's back
[12:53] now. Um and then I attended the
annual uh Arizona Association of Chiefs
[12:59] of Police Conference in Flagstaff. That
was really good.
[13:03] Uh just being able to to speak with
other chiefs and some of the issues that
[13:07] they're they're dealing with and how
they were addressing that. It was good
[13:10] collaboration, though.
And then coffee with cop.
[13:14] » [snorts]
>> And then we had some upcoming training
[13:16] which is going to be
[13:20] Oh, I'm sorry. No, it's not upcoming
training. It's upcoming training in
[13:23] advance.
Um we have a tentative date set for the
[13:27] end of the month for
uh filling the last two positions for
[13:31] animal
[13:34] Any questions?
>> I have one. Um what does a person do
[13:40] when they have a dog growl on a weekend?
>> So, that's what the the the new animal
[13:45] control position actually fills. So, it
it is a 7-day a week.
[13:49] » Okay, and they call the police
department or who do they call?
[13:52] » So, they would call the the dispatch
center, which will then dispatch now to
[13:55] our our
animal control.
[13:57] » Okay. Is that number widely
um
[14:02] advertised?
>> It should be. If it's not, then we can
[14:05] definitely put it on
>> Yeah, we would like to put it out there
[14:08] so people know what to do
so they don't call us.
[14:13] » I'll make a note of that and we'll get
that on there.
[14:15] » And can you make any comments regarding
a burglary at the Oak Library this past
[14:20] week?
>> So, I just
[14:23] Yes, more information be put out
tomorrow. So, we have to go through all
[14:27] the information and we'll get back to
>> Okay. Just confirming rumors.
[14:31] » Yeah, we will be putting some
information out. And if you do if you
[14:34] are hearing rumors, please let us know
because you never know when those rumors
[14:37] actually may be good information as
well.
[14:39] » Okay.
>> So, please do let us know if you have
[14:42] something that we should know.
>> Chief, but do you have anything? Uh
[14:46] moving dispatch to Shiloh? Is that
moving along?
[14:48] » So, right now the date is set for the
first week of September.
[14:53] Um it's been a long That's a huge
project, so
[14:57] it'll take It's It's been a lot of work
on both ends of this. Um
[15:02] right now it does look like that we're
aiming for sometime in the first part of
[15:05] September.
Is what we're shooting
[15:07] » Did you guys figure out communications?
Have you You have to got something up
[15:09] there to get this to get over there?
>> That's all on the IT side over there.
[15:12] So, they came out and did several uh
tests out here and they were able to
[15:16] adjust what they needed to adjust on
that. So,
[15:19] um I'm sure we'll be okay with that.
>> Okay.
[15:24] Pretty much.
>> Thank you. Thank you, guys.
[15:27] » Can I leave you anything?
>> No.
[15:29] » Yeah, sure.
[15:33] » Thank [clears throat] you. Keep up the
fast work.
[15:36] » We need one other staff.
>> Okay, sure.
[15:39] » So, I have much to add, but when I had
done my staff report earlier, it was
[15:43] before my planning and zoning meeting
was done. So, I just wanted to let you
[15:47] know at the planning and zoning meeting
last week we held a public hearing and
[15:52] did a vote to recommend the adoption of
the update to the general plan. So, that
[15:57] will be coming forward to you guys for
public hearing next month. I just kind
[16:01] of wanted to let you learn about the
your questions and then
[16:05] um
that's all. Oh, and then in my staff
[16:08] report, I said that I was taking a class
on manufactured home installation. I
[16:13] received my certification this
afternoon.
[16:16] I finished my staff report.
Do you guys have any questions for me?
[16:22] » How many attended the public hearing for
the general plan?
[16:27] » Um there we had one person that spoke at
the public hearing.
[16:35] » Thank you.
Good.
[16:39] » I have one.
I don't have anything, but I'd like to
[16:44] thank Kels Minnick and Allison for all
of her time and efforts.
[16:50] As long as I've known her and her
husband, they've been
[16:53] totally involved in our community, and I
really appreciate it.
[16:57] No matter where you go to some
public deal, they're there.
[17:03] And
I've known
[17:05] her husband for many years.
Mainly from the forest service and
[17:09] Alpine, but
I always see him down at the Madonna's,
[17:13] see him all all over town doing
service projects, and I really
[17:18] appreciate you. Thank you.
Thank you, mayor.
[17:24] Yeah, thank you.
>> I have some comments.
[17:26] » Yeah.
>> You don't mind
[17:28] if I just say something?
First of all, I just want to
[17:31] congratulate Justin and Bridget on the
election.
[17:36] You're going to do a great job. You're
going to really enjoy serving the
[17:40] people.
So,
[17:42] here's to you.
I want to thank the council for letting
[17:46] me come on as a temporary appointment
for the last 8 months.
[17:51] I appreciate that.
It's been a privilege to fill in and
[17:56] serve again.
I'd like to thank Ted and the staff
[18:01] for all the work over the last several
months, 8 months, in stabilizing town
[18:07] government
during a difficult time. It's been a
[18:11] rough year.
Uh but progress has been made.
[18:15] And I want to mention it.
We have a good budget. We have an
[18:19] updated general plan.
We have new legal counsel. We have new
[18:24] police chief
and officers.
[18:28] We've updated policies and procedures.
And we have a staff that's competent and
[18:33] willing to work hard for the people, and
we appreciate it.
[18:39] And uh we have some rain, so life is
good.
[18:43] Uh but now it's time to move forward. I
have just a couple of ideas to leave. Um
[18:49] it's time to uh
move on.
[18:53] Leave the remembrances of past mistakes,
poor communication,
[18:59] broken laws, town code violations.
That's the past.
[19:03] Okay?
It's uh time to put aside those
[19:07] remembrances
and focus on best practices of
[19:11] management and governance of our town.
In so doing, I have two proposals.
[19:20] One, I encourage the new council
soon
[19:25] to start the process of advertising for
a permanent town manager.
[19:30] Um we nearly killed Ted. I don't know if
you knew that, you know,
[19:36] physically with his heart problem and
everything else. So,
[19:40] it's time. It's time to move on, find a
permanent town manager.
[19:46] Uh but by the time we have a new mayor,
it's about 14 weeks from now, okay?
[19:53] You could go ahead and start this. You
could start this now, the advertising
[19:56] process.
Uh
[19:59] after that 14 weeks is up, you'll have a
new mayor,
[20:03] and then you could sit down with all the
applications
[20:07] and make your decisions. There's no
reason to not go ahead with that now.
[20:12] Um
the goal
[20:16] he or she
will be a manager who will respect and
[20:21] follow the town and state laws,
understand mayor-manager form of
[20:26] government,
have administrative experience,
[20:32] and work well with others.
That's the goal.
[20:37] Number two, the general plan.
Thanks Ted for updating it,
[20:42] uh but as you just heard, one person
came forward for the public hearing.
[20:48] That's not good enough.
Um
[20:52] this is a 10-year plan. This is a
a goal-setting, vision-driven document
[20:59] that sets the pace for what we're going
to be
[21:03] into as we go forward for 10 years.
And, um
[21:09] how many of you
have read it?
[21:12] How many of you even know what it is?
It's time we get it out. Yeah.
[21:18] Hopefully, our new people,
and our P&Z, know.
[21:23] Um but, there's a great need for
citizens to weigh in on this document.
[21:27] It's not just something you put on the
shelf.
[21:31] It's uh it's a a process
where people can give their ideas about
[21:37] what they want this town to be, what
they want it to look like, what they
[21:40] want it to act like.
Uh I encourage the council, the new
[21:45] council,
to have more um
[21:48] informative sessions that present the
plan,
[21:52] uh
and take further public comment other
[21:56] than the one person. And, I you know,
I don't have an excuse. I was on
[22:01] vacation. So, I haven't read it. I'd
like to read it. I'd like to make
[22:06] comments on it.
Uh we're at the crossroads. You know
[22:10] that.
We [snorts] heard our all our elected
[22:14] people um
all the things they want to do.
[22:18] Uh water issues, infrastructure needs,
poverty, economic insecurity,
[22:25] are all part of our issues.
All of these were mentioned during the
[22:30] election.
And, you heard Monica's report in
[22:34] addition to all that,
Apache County P&Z has received the
[22:39] conditional use permit for Lava Run.
Two separate applications, solar and
[22:46] wind.
Uh after they review that, I'm
[22:50] imagining that will take some time.
Uh they turn that over to the Board of
[22:55] Supervisors.
And, those three men
[22:59] will decide the fate
of whether these projects
[23:04] come or go away.
But this is uh
[23:09] a critical stage in Apache and Navajo
counties.
[23:14] And we need to be present and we need to
be there
[23:18] and we need to have our voice heard.
Um
[23:24] there is still time to reach out if you
have not had your voice heard in letters
[23:31] or attending meetings, you still have a
chance
[23:35] uh
to reach out to these elected officials.
[23:40] What about a small nuclear generating
facility? It's being done in the East.
[23:47] Why not biomass? Look at all the dead
trees, folks.
[23:51] Why not a bio- a biomass plant?
Why can't we look at these things?
[23:57] Or maybe just solar.
We don't know.
[24:00] It's time to come to the table and start
really thinking about some of the other
[24:04] alternatives.
[24:08] I wish the new council short meetings,
kind and productive discussion with the
[24:15] public,
decision-making based on facts,
[24:21] and accomplishments of positive work
projects for the people
[24:25] of our town and valley.
Thank you for letting me serve the last
[24:30] eight months.
>> Thank you.
[24:35] First, I want to say thank you, Kay.
Your Your service to to the community of
[24:40] Springerville and Round Valley is is
above and beyond
[24:45] most folks ever seen, and I truly
appreciate the sincerity and the
[24:51] openness and
the willingness to listen and
[24:55] look at ideas. Thank you. Thank you.
>> Thanks, Jared.
[24:58] » Um I I just want to call to attention I
haven't seen it yet. Kelsey, maybe it's
[25:04] not done. The Arizona Department of
Transportation
[25:08] is still seeking community input on
their next move Arizona.
[25:13] And it's an opportunity for the citizens
of this area to respond online, provide
[25:21] comment. Uh I'm hoping that the town
will promote that and get the
[25:26] information out. It's just a hyperlink
on
[25:29] on a website. I know I Did I share it
with you, Kelsey?
[25:32] » It's on our social media.
>> It's on social media.
[25:34] » Yeah, we can see it, Jared Man.
>> Uh I I think we've got to keep pushing
[25:38] the button because if we don't squeak
the wheel, if we do not speak up and
[25:43] continuously do that, we're we're going
to be
[25:46] left out and
we'll be taking what's left over. We'll
[25:49] be taking the dregs. So,
uh
[25:52] that that piece is was an email that I'd
gotten about a week ago and
[25:58] uh really important to do that. Uh
Tomorrow, I I will be attending my in
[26:03] NACOG transportation meeting tomorrow.
Uh it's will be a Zoom meeting and then
[26:10] on Thursday is the NACOG's Community
Services
[26:14] uh
NACOG meeting and so I will sit in on
[26:18] both of those.
Uh I don't have a whole lot of comment I
[26:21] can do. It's mostly sit and listen. Uh
it's the work that Robert does with the
[26:27] ones that are writing the the notes. I I
sit there and listen and
[26:32] I wonder, well, dang. Oh, why is
Why don't I see Springerville or why
[26:37] don't I see Eagar? I see all of these
other projects and then I listen that
[26:41] the state legislature is not going to
fund any of them. So, so we go through
[26:46] all this exercise and work and and then
it's
[26:50] it's uh
it's many times you left
[26:54] you left kind of
wishing that I was it worth putting my
[26:57] time and effort
to do that.
[27:00] Okay,
I'm just going to just speak. I did
[27:04] attend the planning and zoning meeting
to specifically listen and
[27:08] and I appreciate Brianna was the only
Brianna was the only one to speak.
[27:15] Myself and Bridget and Brianna were the
only public members to that meeting.
[27:20] That is unsatisfactory for a 10-year
plan.
[27:23] If we're going to make a community
service if we're if this plan is any
[27:29] more than a bookshelf item.
If that's just for the bookshelf, that's
[27:34] then tell me so.
I know it has statutory
[27:37] responsibilities.
But we've got to get more input into the
[27:42] plan.
I have begun to read it.
[27:46] The 72 pages of the plan and that's not
something you sit down and just do in a
[27:52] few minutes. I Ted has done worked on it
quite a little bit but I
[27:57] I knew that public meeting was coming so
I started reading the online version and
[28:03] then I asked Kelsey if she wouldn't mind
printing a copy for me because
[28:08] it was getting hard to read online after
a while. So I needed to want want to
[28:12] make some notes as I read it but
our the plan itself I
[28:17] there's I think it just needs input
and it needs input it needs we need
[28:23] study sessions from this council. Don't
just bring it to me and ask me to vote
[28:27] for it.
When I know I don't know who's met I
[28:31] know Ted's made efforts to meet reach
out to certain folks in the community,
[28:36] the school district, the hospital.
Maybe some others but I think we got it
[28:41] we need to grow grow that ring make it a
bigger ring for the future. So I'll stop
[28:46] with that. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[28:48] Dave?
>> Just briefly, um spending family time.
[28:51] Was in Connecticut for a wedding. Hadn't
been back in 15 years. Enjoyed that. In
[28:56] a couple weeks I get to go to Idaho to
see a new grandson.
[28:59] Just spending time with the family.
Thank you.
[29:02] » Yeah, um I just wanted to remind you
guys this meeting's going to serve in
[29:05] lieu of our regular council meeting for
August. So, unless something comes up,
[29:10] we won't see you again until our regular
September meeting.
[29:13] Um and
and then a reminder that we have some
[29:18] staff and some council gone next week
for the League conference in Phoenix.
[29:24] » Thank you.
[29:26] We want to consider item the consent
items.
[29:31] You have a motion?
>> So, I'll move to approve consent items
[29:34] 6A and 6B as presented.
>> Second that.
[29:40] » Any discussion?
All in favor?
[29:43] » I.
>> Any opposed?
[29:46] Motion passes. Thank you.
Resolution 2026-R017
[29:54] canvass
primary election.
[29:59] A resolution
number 2026-R017,
[30:05] resolution of the mayor and council of
the
[30:09] town of Springerville, Apache County,
Arizona
[30:12] canvassing the returns and declaring and
adopting the results of the primary
[30:17] election
held on July 21st, 2026
[30:22] and authorizing
the taking of
[30:26] of all other actions necessary to carry
out the purpose and intent of this
[30:32] resolution and providing
for an effective date of this
[30:38] resolution.
Council member
[30:42] » Yeah, so like graduation states the
primary election on July 21st for the
[30:47] purpose of filling two council member
seats, four-year terms, and one mayor
[30:53] seat, four-year term.
We did have a majority
[30:58] return on our council member seats and
then for our mayor seat we will go to a
[31:04] general election in November.
[31:10] Any other discussions?
>> May I move that we adopt resolution
[31:16] number 2026-R017?
[31:21] » I'll second.
>> Any discussion?
[31:25] All in favor?
I.
[31:27] Any opposed?
Thank you. Motion passes.
[31:33] Oath of office.
Nothing.
[31:37] » Yes, so with the counting of the
election, Justin Burrell has received
[31:44] the majority of votes cast for the
office of council member. Upon taking
[31:48] the oath of office prescribed by law,
Justin Burrell shall assume the office
[31:53] of council member K Dyson, who has
currently served as an appointed member.
[31:58] Um, do you guys have any questions
before we administer his oath?
[32:02] » Okay.
Sir,
[32:05] will you come up?
>> [snorts]
[32:13] » All right, do you have the general oath?
[32:17] Okay, raise your right hand.
I, state your name.
[32:21] » I, Justin Burrell.
>> Do you solemnly swear or affirm?
[32:25] » Do you solemnly swear or affirm?
>> That I will support the Constitution of
[32:28] the United States
>> That I will support the Constitution of
[32:31] the United States
>> and the laws of the state of Arizona
[32:35] » and the laws of the state of Arizona
>> and of the town of Springerville
[32:38] » And the of Springerville
>> that I will bear true faith and
[32:41] allegiance
>> that I will bear true
[32:44] public
>> true faith and allegiance
[32:48] to the same
>> to the same
[32:49] » and defend them against all enemies
>> and defend them against all enemies
[32:53] » foreign and domestic
>> foreign and domestic
[32:56] » that I will faithfully and impartially
>> that I will faithfully and impartially
[33:00] » discharge the duties
>> discharge the duties
[33:03] » as a councilor
>> as a councilor
[33:05] » of the town of Springerville
>> of the town of Springerville
[33:07] » according to the best of my abilities
>> according to the best of my abilities
[33:11] » so this I do affirm.
>> So this I do affirm.
[33:14] » All right.
Any questions?
[33:27] » Thank you.
We have no further
[33:31] items.
Meeting adjourned.
[33:39] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good night,
everyone.
[33:41] » [snorts]