NAVAJO COUNTY — The Navajo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution canceling the elections for seven of the area Unified School Districts (USD) boards as well as elections for area boards for the Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology (NAVIT) boards and the Northeast Arizona Technology Institute of Vocational Education (NATIVE) boards for Pinon and Kayenta school districts at the meeting on Sept. 25.
As a result of the cancelled elections the following people are considered appointed to the office they were seeking, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Holbrook USD had two open seats for four-year terms filled by Claudia Jackson and Salabiye Yazzie. Joseph City USD had three open seats. Two were four-year terms filled by Rhonda Robertson and Dayton Flake, and one two-year term filled by Karsten Flake.
Snowflake USD had two open seats for four-year terms. One seat has been filled by Carole Owens while one remains vacant.
Heber-Overgaard USD had one open seat for a two-year term filled by Patricia Weber.
The NAVIT seat for Holbrook will be filled by Randy Murph, Winslow’s will be filled by Timothy Westover and Joseph City’s seat by Brian Martineau.
A number of residents from the Sky Hi Subdivision in Pinetop attended the meeting to express concerns and support of the traffic flow pattern the county was creating within the subdivision in the efforts to mitigate significant flooding issues.
At issue was whether the county had overstepped the process by not involving the residents of the area more fully. During the hearing, it was determined that the county had complied with the Arizona statutes and most residents were in support of the flood control plan that was being implemented.
The board unanimously accepted and approved the recommendation by the county engineers for flood mitigation in the Sky Hi Subdivision.
In other business, the board:
* Approved a one-year extension to the banking servicing contract agreement.
* Approved Fiscal Year 2019 Navajo County Byrne certifications and assurances. The Byrne grant, which brings a total of $106,236 to the county, partially pays for the salary and benefits for two county drug attorneys.
* Approved a special event liquor license for John Frederick Jarchow and White Mountain Nature Center for the 23rd Annual Tour of the White Mountains fundraising mountain bike event at the Pinetop Lakes Equestrian Center at 5475 Buck Springs Road, Pinetop on Oct. 12-13.
* Approved a lease between Navajo County and Perfect Printz for a Kyocera TA-3011 printer for the Clerk of the Superior Court. The lease will be for 60 months at $71 per month.
* Approved a resolution canceling the Nov. 8 election for Porter Creek Domestic Water Improvement District. The three positions available will be filled by Robert Hansen, Wendy Stewart and Patricia Volte.
* Approved Arizona Criminal Justice Commission Byrne grant amendment to comply with provisions imposed by the Department of Justice. The amendment ensures that a practice is in place to ensure federal agents have access to correctional facilities to meet with individuals who are aliens and to inquire as to their rights to remain in the U.S. The amendment also ensures that correctional facility on requests for release dates from the Department of Homeland Security.
* Approved a person transfer and location transfer of a liquor license for Billy Lee Gibson Jr., at the White Mountain Country Club, located at 3644 Country Club Circle in Pinetop.
* Approved an amendment to an existing sexually transmitted disease contract agreement with Arizona Department of Health Services. This amendment is required by the existing contract and requires that the organization detail participation or non-participation in the boycott of Israel.
* Approved the renewal of an agreement for the Women, Infants and Children contract.
* Approved the Arizona Department of Economic Security contract for conference sponsorship reimbursement. The sponsorship was for the Navajo County Resource Fair held on July 28 in Snowflake. The total amount of reimbursement is $5,000.
* Approved an amendment to the agreement between the Hopi Tribe’s Division of Transportation and Navajo County for the funding of purchasing gravel aggregate for Hopi’s inventoried route Sand Springs Road within the Jeddito community. Funds shall not exceed $20,000 from the District Two Special Road Funds.
