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San Manuel Miner, Copper Basin News, Superior Sun, Nugget and Oracle Towne Crier.
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Arizona Water Company Requests 25% Water Rate Increase
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Recently the Arizona Water Company advertised that it was requesting a water rate increase as required by the Arizona Corporation Commission. This rate increase will affect customers in Apache Junction, Superior, Miami, Bisbee, Sierra Vista, San Manuel, Oracle, Winkelman and SaddleBrooke Ranch.
In its application and notice of hearing, Arizona Water is requesting a $5,268,560 increase in revenue which is a 25.68% increase. Arizona Water is requesting this increase to allow the company to fund the consolidation of the Bisbee and Sierra Vista water system into the Cochise Water System and also consolidate the San Manuel, Oracle and Saddlebrooke Ranch water system into the Falcon Valley water district. The consolidation of these districts will allow for all the residential and commercial rates to be at the same rate.
Its request, if approved, will allow the company to renew the arsenic cost recovery mechanism (ACRM) for the Sedona and Eastern group water systems. The eastern group water system serves the areas around Apache Junction and Superior. This mechanism allows the company to fund the improvements to the arsenic removal systems that is required by law. The current ACRM will expire in the coming year. [Read full story]
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| Staff Votes 'No Confidence' In CAC President; Board to Investigate | |
 Last week, the Pinal County Community College District Governing Board met at the Signal Peak Campus for their monthly meeting in a packed room full of concerned faculty, staff and Pinal County residents. The October meeting had a bit of twist to it as the faculty, technical and maintenance constituency staff groups of CAC voiced their recent votes of no confidence in the current college President Dennis Jenkins during his report to the board.
Board President Gladys Christensen explained during the meeting that they would take comments from the public regarding their concerns but asked that staff not read letters that were already submitted to the board. She indicated that the board had read all of the letters prior to the meeting. Several members of the staff spoke publicly of their concerns that the college is not being led in the right direction.
Many of the comments made by staff addressed accusations of the President being a tyrant to work with, unfair hiring and firing practices, numerous violations with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) for the disposal of chemicals in the science and chemistry departments at CAC. Several staff members and residents of Pinal County expressed concerns that the college was in jeopardy of losing their North Central Accreditation. There were a few comments of support for...[Read full story]
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Search Warrant Served On Superior Residence; Owner Arrested
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 A Superior man was arrested last week after a search warrant was served on his residence at 37 Kellner Drive and drugs were found.
During the town council meeting on Thursday, Oct. 20, Superior Police Chief Lou Digirolamo gave the council an update on the warrant executed Monday afternoon, Oct. 17.
The Superior Police, he explained, obtained sufficient paperwork to exercise a search warrant for a location off Main Street at 37 Kellner Drive. Arrested was the owner, Roy Wheeler, 54, who was charged with several narcotics charges and transported to the Pinal County Jail and booked on multiple charges.
At the site, the police recovered several types of drugs including methamphetamines and marijuana. Additionally, the police seized more than $2,700 in cash.
Addressing the rumor that nothing was actually done, Chief Digirolamo explained, "Unfortunately people may think, and we want to make sure that the rumor doesn't get out there, that we didn't do anything or we didn't do it right. If you see that subject out on the street, he was released on bond. That is [Read full story]
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Pinal County Supervisors Choose Redistricting Map
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 The Pinal County Board of Supervisors recently approved a new redistricting map that will affect all residents in Pinal County. The Copper Corridor will see a few changes but for the most part the region remains intact with only the southernmost part of the region being moved into a new district.
The 2010 Census numbers showed that the population of Pinal County is at 375,770 residents. Because of this population increase, the county is required by law to add two new supervisor districts. Pinal County Elections Director Steve Kiser explained to the board that he had conducted nine different public meetings throughout the county to get feedback from the public and that the county provided opportunity for residents to submit their comments on the proposed redistricting maps online.
Originally there were three map options available for public comment. After the public comment meeting and review of the online comment submissions, map three was the most agreed upon by the public. Residents in Coolidge, Queen Valley, Queen Creek and San Tan Valley made several requests and most of those requests were able to be met by modifying map 3 into map 3A.
Map 3A was approved by the Board of Supervisors and will be submitted to the US Department of Justice. The Department of Justice has 60 days to review the map and make sure that all redistricting requirements are met. [Read full story]
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