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Votes at a glance: Graham County Board approves contracts, holiday hours and highway bid referrals
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Graham County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a series of routine contracts and actions, including consultant and court contracts, two ADOT intergovernmental agreements for road safety projects, a one-half-day Christmas Eve closure, a new chair/vice-chair rotation and multiple highway bid referrals.
The Graham County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 16 approved a package of routine contracts, agreements and administrative items during a meeting at the General Services Building. All recorded votes on the items below were unanimous.
Key actions approved or referred: - Ratified a short-term agreement for title consultant services with Gerry Robinson, covering Dec. 3, 2024, through Feb. 28, 2025. - Approved an over-the-counter tax-deed sale for parcel number 11216020 and directed the treasurer’s office to proceed with the transfer. - Renewed on-call initial-appearance master contracts for Stephanie Newton and Ricardo/Ricardo-surname variants (contract text included both Richard/ Ricardo spellings in the record) covering fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and approved a requested $5 hourly increase for compensated initial-appearance masters (transcript indicated prior rate was $30; presenter requested a $5 increase). - Approved final intergovernmental agreements with the Arizona Department of Transportation for highway safety improvements at Black Rock Road and at Montereth/Monteer (transcript used both spellings) Lane; staff reported the documents were revised from drafts previously presented and the board authorized execution. - Approved an unbudgeted capital project to install an ice-bridge structure at the Ashurst Tower to protect communications cabling; funding to come from a DEMA grant (presenter said grant funds were expected to cover the expense). - Approved a half-day early closure for county operations on Christmas Eve (board clarified the half day does not convert to a paid holiday and staff must take leave if they take the full day off). - Completed the board’s 16-month rotation of officers, selecting Vice Chairman Clay Mac to serve as chair and Supervisor David to serve as vice chairman effective Jan. 6, 2025. - Opened and referred multiple highway bid items to staff for review and award if conforming, including culvert pipe bids (Pacific Corrugated Pipe Company), cover materials/chips (CKC), emulsified asphalt (multiple bidders), grader blades (multiple bidders), AB material (CKC), and signposts (multiple bidders). Staff were directed to return awards to the board following review.
Several departmental presentations accompanied the approvals. Darlene Monterrey of the assessor’s office presented the title-consultant ratification. A representative of the treasurer’s office presented the tax-deed offer. A county presenter explained the initial-appearance master rotation and rate request for weekend and holiday coverage. Mr. Engel presented the final ADOT IGAs; McCoy Hawkins presented the communications infrastructure request at Ashurst Tower. County Manager Dustin Welker brought the Christmas-Eve half-day request to the board.
What happens next: staff will complete procurement and contracting paperwork for the approved items and circulate contract documents and bid-award recommendations to the board for final execution and recordkeeping.
