Deputies and correctional officers from the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) filled the room as the Navajo County Board of Supervisors recognized Sheriff KC Clark and Constable Phyllis Romo at the meeting on April 24.
Clark was named the 2018 Sheriff of the Year by the WeTip Foundation. In his presentation of the award to Clark, Chairman Steve Williams said, “We appreciate you and your team because we know this is a team award. Sheriff Clark is the only sheriff in the nation to have ever won the award twice.”
In 2013, WeTip named Clark “Sheriff of the Year” for the first time and in 2015, they awarded the NCSO as the “Sheriff’s Office of the Year.”
In his acceptance of the recognition Clark said, “Our deputies go out every day and make this recognition possible. Without the work they do in our communities, this would have not been possible.”
Romo was recognized for receiving the “Service Above and Beyond” award from the National Constables and Marshals Association.
Supervisor Jason Whiting thanked Romo for all the work she had done and how she has represented Navajo County in receiving this award.
Romo shared that she has been a constable for 15 years and is on the Arizona Constables Association Board as well as a director for National Constables Marshall Association.
Supervisor Jessie Thompson said to Romo, “You are always kind and generous with your time and always available to communicate with people.”
Clark also requested that the board proclaim May 6-12 Correctional Officers Week in Navajo County to recognize the professionalism and bravery of the officers. “When you think of the many hats they have to wear and the bravery they demonstrate when they go into a problem with a large number of inmates, the job they do is incredible,” said Clark. The board unanimously approved the request.
In other business, the board:
* Approved the implementation of fire restrictions in Zones One, Two and Three in Navajo County, which is all of Navajo County.
* Approved a memorandum of understanding between Navajo County and Change Point to provide behavioral therapy services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and child sexual abuse.
* Authorized acceptance of an Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS) Victim of Crimes Act (VOCA) grant to provide services to victims of crime in Navajo County in the amount of $275,820 from VOCA with a match requirement from Navajo County in the amount $68,955.
* Authorized acceptance of an ADPS VOCA grant agreement to provide services to victims of crime in Navajo County in the amount of $449,380 from VOCA with a match requirement to be paid by the county in the amount of $112,346.
* Authorized acceptance of an Arizona Criminal Justice Commission’s grant to aid in the timely reporting of case disposition and sentencing records in the amount of $40,000. No money is required from the county. Also approved was the work order from the County Attorney’s Case Management Vendor, LegalEdge, to create the interface customization for the Arizona Disposition Reporting System.
* Approved a memorandum of agreement between the White Mountain Apache Tribe Division of Transportation and Navajo County for assistance in road projects.
* Approved a Hopi Tribe Department of Transportation Task Agreement for the purchase and delivery of aggregate material for Sand Springs Road, expenditure not to exceed $20,000.
* Approved a Clerk of the Board’s job description, which includes a salary range from $63,071 to $78,767.
* Authorized the sale of four back tax land parcels sold over the counter in the amount of $2,566 and 23 back tax land parcels sold over the counter in the amount of $8,852.
* Approved a personnel policy revision.
