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Votes at a glance: Cochise County Board of Supervisors, July 1, 2025
Summary
On July 1 the Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved a consent agenda and a set of permits, resolutions, leases and grants. This roundup lists each formal action, outcome and key details.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on July 1 considered and approved multiple routine and substantive items. The board conducted votes on the consent agenda, a new liquor license, a zoning ordinance (detailed in a separate article), a resolution calling a jail-district hearing, a dedication proclamation, a subdivision partial abandonment, an amended hangar lease, and several grant and intergovernmental agreements. Below are the actions, outcomes and key details.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (items 1–9): Approved 3–0. The board approved the consent agenda as presented; individual consent items were not discussed on the record.
- Series 12 (restaurant) liquor license — Windmill Cafe, 1040 E. Eastland Road, Cochise, AZ: Approved 3–0. Staff said the application was reviewed, taxes current, notices posted and no protests received. The clerk confirmed the $100 processing fee was paid.
- Zoning ordinance R-25-09 (definitions and SR permitted accessory uses): Adopted 3–0. (See separate article for full coverage.)
- Resolution 25-16: Call for public hearing to consider continued establishment of Cochise County Jail District (hearing set 08/05/2025 at 10:00 a.m.): Approved 3–0. (See separate article for full coverage.)
- Proclamation dedicating the Kevin Pyles Legacy Archives and Hall of History: Approved 3–0. The board read and approved a proclamation honoring Kevin Pyles and dedicating an archives/hall of history at the Melody Lane Complex (Building C) on July 1, 2025.
- Resolution 25-17 — partial plat abandonment, Rolling Hills Subdivision; substitution of assurance agreement (Tax Lien Group 1 LLC): Approved (motion passed on record). Staff said the abandonment affects approximately 31.9 acres comprising 35 parcels and associated right-of-way; remaining required improvements are covered by an assurance agreement with construction required within five years and a renewed assurance expiration set for July 2030.
- Amended lease agreement for Hangar 3, Bisbee-Douglas International Airport (Rancho Relaxo Films, AZ S-corporation): Approved 3–0. The 15-year lease (07/01/2025–05/30/2040) sets rent at $3,750 per quarter with CPI adjustments, allows the lessee to offset up to $50,000 of certain improvements against rent, and includes FAA-required interim-use/reclamation language permitting the county to reclaim the hangar with notice should aviation demand require it. FAA review and approval of the amended lease language was completed.
- Intergovernmental agreement with Arizona Department of Health Services (Healthy People, Healthy Communities): Approved 3–0. The one-year IGA (07/01/2025–06/30/2026) is 100% grant-funded in the amount of $7,741,976.50 and adds two positions (Health Educator 3 and Behavioral Health Tech) to the program alongside existing positions and programs including tobacco and chronic-disease prevention.
- Arizona ADOA AZ-911 Program grant agreement: Approved 3–0. The county’s 9-1-1 coordinator said the $299,925 reimbursement grant will cover public-safety answering point services for the 2025–26 fiscal year; reimbursement is 100% and no local match is required.
Where votes lacked detailed record of mover/second on the audio, the board recorded standard voice votes and tally outcomes in the minutes. Items with substantive discussion (for example the zoning ordinance and the jail-district continuation) have separate, detailed coverage in the board’s minutes and in news articles prepared by staff.
