• With Election Day on the horizon next week, Recorder Dana Lewis provided a comprehensive update. There are 296,682 active registrants, with 199,849 of those on the Active Early Voter List (AEVL). Turnout currently stands at 27%. Anyone with an Early Ballot is now advised to drop it in a ballot drop box, or at a polling location on Election Day - the last date to mail a ballot to guarantee it arrives in time has now passed. Polling locations on Election Day are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. -remember, Pinal County uses a precinct-based model, so you must go to your assigned polling location. For everything you need to know about the General Election, please visit Pinal.gov/Votes. (Item 4)

• The Board received a presentation from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality regarding the Aquifer Protection Program Permitting Process, the Santa Cruz Copper Project in Casa Grande, and the anticipated timeline for issuing the Santa Cruz Copper Mine Aquifer Protection Permit (APP). (Item 5)

• After Public Hearing, the Board approved Resolution No. 102826-AQ, a Resolution pursuant to Title 49 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, adopting proposed changes to local air quality rules. This followed a Work Session last week where the Air Quality Department presented proposed rulemaking to reinstate emergency affirmative defense provisions in Chapter 3, Article 1, Section 081 (§ 3-1-081) and the affirmative defense definition in Chapter 8, Article 1, Section 020 (§ 8-1-020) of the Pinal County Air Quality Control District Code of Regulations. (Item 11)

• The Board received a presentation of the Pinal County Fiscal Year 24/25 audit reports and findings by the Arizona Auditor General pursuant to A.R.S. 11-661. (Item 10)

• In the Supervisors' District Update, District 1 Supervisor Rich Vitiello played a video that reflected staff from the County's Public Works Division visiting the site of their latest major completed project: the Ralston Road Bridge at the Vekol Wash. Members of the Finance, Flood, Admin, Maintenance, District Manager, and Safety teams all made the drive to the westernmost edge of the County to learn how their work contributed to the finished product. Click below left to view the video. Meanwhile, District 2 Supervisor Mike Goodman played a video from a ribbon-cutting that was held last week to mark the completion of 32 5G radio towers constructed across Pinal County, bringing wireless internet service to rural communities. Click below right to view the video. (Item 3)

• In the County Manager's Report, Leo Lew provided an update to clarify Animal Care & Control responsibilities for both counties and cities/towns in Arizona. Pinal County provides Animal Care & Control services to several cities and towns through IGAs (Intergovernmental Agreements), while the cities of Apache Junction, Casa Grande, and Eloy operate their own Animal Care shelters. Lew also told the Supervisors and the public that auditing of county departments and constitutional offices is conducted by the County's Internal Audit department, which is contracted with the professional services firm Protiviti. Over the past ten years, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office has been part of seventeen internal audits, either in a direct scope or as part of a larger scope. (Item 1)

• The Board recognized eight employees for length of service to Pinal County. Yvonne Gomez, a Victim Advocate with the County Attorney's Office, is celebrating 30 years, while the remaining seven have reached the twenty-year milestone: Herbert Padilla III, an Investigator with the County Attorney's Office, Ashlee Feliz, a Financial Manager, and Cynthia Perez, a Real Property Coordinator, both with Development Services; and four members of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office: Sergeant Daniel Campbell, Deputy Sheriff Earl Choate Jr., Deputy Sheriff David Hernandez Jr., and Deputy Sheriff Edward Leonard. Edward, Cynthia, Yvonne, Herbert and Ashlee are pictured below with the Board of Supervisors and (L-R) Sheriff Ross Teeple, County Attorney Brad Miller, and Joe Ortiz, Managing Director of Development Services. Daniel, Earl, and David were not able to attend the meeting. (Item 2)

Time References

Item 1: 02:15

Item 2: 06:07

Item 3: 34:06

Item 4: 46:14

Item 5: 01:03:40

Item 6: 01:17:55

Item 7: 01:20:24

Item 8: 01:24:02

Item 9: 01:25:15

Item 10: 01:38:30

Item 11: 02:05:15

Item 12: 02:19:52

Item 13: 02:32:22

Item 14: 02:35:28

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