Last week during the first Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting of 2022, a new chairwoman and vice chairman were elected.
District V Supervisor Dawnafe Whitesinger will serve as chairwoman for 2022 taking the place of District IV Supervisor Daryl Seymore.
Whitesinger has served on the Board of Supervisors since 2012 and has been elected chair three times. She was the first member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe to be elected to the board and the first White Mountain Apache and first woman to serve as chair in 2015.
Outgoing Chairman Daryl Seymore said, “It has been an honor to work alongside you all and I hope to continue to serve the board and the community well.”
Whitesinger thanked Seymore for his leadership and expressed her excitement to fill the role of Chairwoman.
In other business, the board:
* Approved 2022 board committee appointments. District I Supervisor Fern Benally will serve on the Navajo County Transportation Steering Committee and NACOG (Northern Arizona Council of Governments) Transportation Policy Advisory Council. District II Supervisor Alberto Peshlakai will serve on five committees including the Winslow Indian Health Care Center Board of Directors and the NACOG Economic Development Council. District III Supervisor Jason Whiting will serve on eight committees including the Real AZ Corridor committee and the Eastern Arizona Counties Committee as its chairman. District IV Supervisor Daryl Seymore will serve on four committees including the Arizona Public Safety Retirement committee and the Navajo County Community, Economic and Workforce development committee. District V Supervisor Dawnafe Whitesinger will serve on five committees including the White Mountain Youth Corps Advisory Board and the NACOG Regional Council.
* Approved the warrant and voucher report over $1,000.
* Approved the clerk of the superior court report for November.
* Approved the naming of an existing unnamed road in the Show Low area as Patriot Way.
* Approved an amendment extending the contract with Arizona Motors, Snowflake, Inc. and Arizona Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Show Low and Show Low Ford for one additional year and setting the price and production year for 2022. This is an annual multiple award contract for vehicle purchases on an as needed basis with the option to renew up to four additional one-year terms with the concurrence of the vendors.
* Approved and accepted the fiscal year 2022 Arizona Attorney General’s Office Victims’ Rights Program grant in the amount of $22,322. The grant provides funding for part of the salary of two office support specialists that are part of the victim notification process.
* Appointed Logan Rogers to the Planning and Zoning Commission representing District IV.
* Approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Health Services in the amount of $427,768 to provide resources for K-12 safe school reopening through COVID-19 initiatives. The funding will provide staff and other resources to reduce transmission of disease in schools, advocate for increased access to reliable testing and contact tracing and build upon existing public health infrastructure.
* Approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Health Services in the amount of $288,633 to continue to provide awareness, education and naloxone distribution to combat the opioid epidemic.
* Approved contracts for legal services to the law offices of Hunter T. Lewis, LLC; Brewer Law Office; and The Rigg Law Firm, PLLC effective Jan. 11. This is a one-year contract to provide legal services for the Navajo County Public Defender’s Office.
* Approved a task agreement within the intergovernmental agreement between the county and the Bureau of Indian Affairs- Navajo Region authorizing funding assistance in the amount of $5,000 for Fort Defiance Agency in providing aggregate material for BIA public Route 6. Funding will come from the District II Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF).
* Heard a quarterly report from White Mountain Lakes County Recreation Improvement District Manager Mark Honberger.
* Approved an amendment to a contract with Magellan Advisors for assisting with pursuing the State of Arizona’s Broadband Development Grant opportunity. The amendment extends the existing contract for the period of 60 days in the amount of $40,950.
The next meeting of the Navajo County Board of Supervisors will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, in the board chambers, located at 100 E. Code Talkers Drive.
