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The Navajo County Board of Supervisors approved the execution of the right-of-way document from the Arizona State Land Department for the extension of Woodruff Road West at the intersection with Highway 77 during the meeting on May 14.
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The extension is part of an ongoing partnership with Aztec Land and Cattle Company in the possibility of future development along the Highway 77 corridor.
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The supervisors also approved an agreement with the Town of Snowflake authorizing the county to provide financial assistance in the purchase of materials, labor and equipment to be used to chip seal various streets in the town.
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According to John Osgood, public works director, “The Town of Snowflake has requested assistance with their annual preventive maintenance plan for approximately 4.8 miles of chip sealing.” This includes the following roadways: Park Plaza, Ridgeview, Fairway, Snowflake Heights, Hillside, Mountain View and Sundown.
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The total cost of these road projects will not exceed $80,000 for the county.
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Ken DeWitt, IT director, gave an update on the county’s cyber security. “It doesn’t matter how big or little you are. We are all on that landscape of the bad guys trying to get to us.”
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While the IT Department has worked to develop layers of security, the human layer is still where 70 to 90 percent of all attacks come through.
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“We want to give our employees an opportunity to learn and started an active annual training in February,” continued DeWitt. “We continue to test that training through phishing campaigns. The click through of those emails is down to a 3.4 percent click rate from a 43 percent rate when we started. Employees are stepping up and doing what they need to do.”
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Vice Chairman Jason Whiting commented, “I think we have improved because you have scared us from opening emails. We are being asked to offer cyber insurance as they (criminals) are targeting this area. The numbers are daunting.”
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Chairwoman Dawnafe Whitesinger shared, “I am a little more aggressive in how I deal with email instead of just accepting them at face value, I now question whether they should be opened.”
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The board adopted the resolution approving the participation in the Census 2020 Complete Count Committee and encouraging every person to be counted.
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In his presentation, Arbin Mitchell, tribal partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, shared, “This resolution will be the first step in a lot of the activities the county will undertake. The next step after this resolution will be getting a complete count committee in place where they can help with the outreach and awareness.”
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It was also noted that the 2020 Census will be targeting 80 percent of the households in the United States to complete the census online.
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As Mitchell noted, “This will be a unique challenge as it is the first time it will be done online, but it provides an opportunity to show our growth and diversity.”
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In other business, the board:
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* Heard a county health benefits update by Human Resource Director Eric Scott.
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* Proclaimed the week of May 19-25 as National Public Works Week in Navajo County.
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* Approved the abatement of personal property tax on 44 different properties that were mostly mobile homes.
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* Approved the sale of 25 back tax land parcels sold over the counter in the amount of $11,618, these included Assessor Parcel Numbers: 105-58-036; 105-58-144; 105-58-145; 105-59-276; 105-62-026; 105-62-144; 105-62-216; 105-63-298; 105-63-299; 104-65-011J; 108-13-036A; 108-15-019; 403-08-139; 403-08-140; 403-08-283; 403-08-284; 403-08-285; 403-08-286; 403-08-287; 403-08-288; 403-08-439; 403-09-369; 403-09-370; 403-09-371 and 403-09-372.
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* Approved an amendment to contract to extend the inmate communications services with ICSolutions for an additional four-month period from June 9 to Oct. 31.
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* Approved amendment to extend the contract for hauling waste tires for an additional year to June 8, 2020.
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* Approved amendment to contract to extend the banking agreement with Wells Fargo for one additional year from June 10, 2019, to June 9, 2020.
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* Approved a request from Show Low High School cross country team for $1,000 from the Anti-Racketeering Revolving Funds, which are used for community-based programs that include providing teaching on substance abuse prevention.
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* Approved a motion to reappoint Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore David J. Martin.
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* Approved Fiscal Year (FY) Fill the gap grant application.
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* Approved FY20 TCPF Grant (Traffic Case Processing Fund) application in the amount $66,458 to provide a court trainer, which allows the trainings to be held locally, reducing training and travel costs.
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* Approved the reissuance of a stale-dated check in the amount of $30.
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* Approved 11 tax exemptions filed as a request for redemption of waiver.
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* Approved the application by the Heber-Overgaard Chamber of Commerce for a supervised fireworks display permit and permit to shoot an anvil.
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* Approved the appointment of Candace Annette Kelley, Jean Brooke Stackey, Mardi Ann Harris, Arthur Joe Kelley Jr., Wayne Lee Pearce, Luther H. Lee, Susan J. Etsitty, Martha Pearce and Penny West as Democratic Precinct Committee persons for their respective precincts.
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* Approved the purchase of two 2019 15-passenger vans from Show Low Ford using federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grant funds for a total amount of $71,936 for both vans.
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*Approved an agreement between the Navajo County Probation Department and the Northeastern Arizona Local Workforce Development Board to cost-share employees.
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* Approved inmate housing agreement between the White Mountain Apache Tribe and Navajo County.
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* Approved a revenue sharing application to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe by the Heber-Overgaard Fire Department for rapid extraction module support program in the amount of $35,819 and a letter of support signed by Chairwoman Whitesinger.
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* Approved an agreement between the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management and the Navajo County Board of Supervisors regarding Environmental Program Assistance.
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* Approved child fatality review contract amendment to change the contract number.
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* Approved an amendment to the Immunization VFC Grant contract to detail quality improvement activities.
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* Approved a task agreement to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Department of Transportation-Navajo Region and Navajo County for funding of purchasing aggregate material and construction water to be delivered to BIA Route 157 between the Indian Wells and Greasewood communities not to exceed $90,000.
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* Approved an Easement and Land Purchase Agreement with James M. Lando Trust for the School House Lane Easement in Linden for a purchase price of $14,000.
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* Approved an amendment to the Victory Heights Road Maintenance District contract to extend road maintenance and related improvement for one more year with no cost increase.
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