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Maricopa supervisors give chairman authority to sign utility easements for new elections building
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously authorized the chairman to execute ministerial utility easements for the county's new downtown elections facility, after public debate about concentrating administrative authority in the chair.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 26 to authorize the board chairman to execute utility easements for the county’s new downtown elections facility without returning each individual easement to the full board for a vote.
Alex Smith, Maricopa County real estate director, told the board the authorization is intended to streamline construction steps. “This item is to allow the chairman to execute utility easements without further board action once we have unanimous consent of the board,” Smith said. He said the easements are “for utility purposes only” and are tied to previously approved plans for the elections…
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