Prescott Valley council approves attendance rule, water design agreement and transfers Yaveline service to SIMPO

Prescott Valley — The Town of Prescott Valley Council on March 20 approved changes limiting when councilmembers may participate remotely, authorized engineering design work for a water transmission main and multi-use path, and agreed to transfer the town’s pilot Yaveline microtransit service to the regional transportation agency SIMPO, among other routine items.

The attendance policy ordinance, approved on second reading, narrows when council members may appear and vote remotely and includes an allowance — added at the council’s request — to permit a member to use technology to participate remotely two times per calendar year once the council’s upgraded audiovisual system is operational. Town attorney Mark Legler presented the amendments as a clarification of article 2-4 of the town code; Councilman Freund proposed the two-absence provision during discussion.

The meeting also authorized a professional services agreement with David and Associates for engineering design of the Old Black Canyon water…