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Votes at a glance: Board approves Native American Heritage Month, veterans salute, funding for fire district, engineering contract and county endorsement
Summary
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved proclamations recognizing Native American Heritage Month and a veterans salute week, a funding agreement for Ponderosa Fire District, an endorsement and budget adjustment supporting Treasurer Sarah Benatar's NACo candidacy, and awarded an engineering contract tied to a federal PROTECT grant.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors recorded several formal actions during the Nov. 6 meeting. All votes listed below were taken in public session and recorded as unanimous by chair announcements. The board also approved the remaining consent agenda items not called out for separate consideration.
Votes at a glance
- Proclamation: Recognize November 2025 as Native American Heritage Month — Outcome: approved, unanimous. - Motion: Supervisor Begay (moved); second: not specified in transcript. Vote: unanimous. The proclamation was read on behalf of IPAC by Linda Curley and included a list of November events and an encouragement for residents to "expand our knowledge of the true history of the Native Americans of this great land," as read during the proclamation.
- Proclamation: Designate Nov. 4–11, 2025 as a time to salute and honor service members transitioning from active service (Operation Green Light for Veterans County) — Outcome: approved, unanimous. - Motion: moved and seconded on the record; vote: unanimous. The proclamation announced 12 county locations that will be lit green beginning the evening of Nov. 4.
- Funding agreement (Consent Item 5, pulled): Funding agreement with Ponderosa Fire District for emergency response / communications improvements (Station 82, Belmont) — Outcome: approved, unanimous. - Motion: Supervisor Ontiveros moved approval; vote: unanimous. - Clarifying detail: the agenda text indicates an amount of "$3,002.36" with a district contribution breakdown in the agenda; the transcript shows the requested funding and that the project supports emergency communications at Station 82 in Belmont. (Transcript contained inconsistent formatting of the district contribution numbers; staff will provide staff‑level documentation in the project file.)
- Resolution 2025‑64 (Consent Item 7, pulled): Endorsement of County Treasurer Sarah Benatar for NACo second vice president and authorization of a budget adjustment ($13,850 from county manager contingency to government affairs) — Outcome: approved, unanimous. - Motion: made and seconded on the record; vote: unanimous. Treasurer Sarah Benatar said the candidacy is "about our county" and asked for the board’s support.
- RFQ 2025‑102 and agreement award (Flood Control District): Awarded to Ardura Engineering, for engineering services related to the PROTECT grant for resilient operations and US‑89 flood mitigation, amount not to exceed $1,450,381; term through 12/31/2027 — Outcome: approved, unanimous. - Motion and second recorded; vote: unanimous. Flood Control Director Lucinda Andriani described the project as the next step in PROTECT grant delivery and noted coordination with ADOT on off‑easement mitigation work.
Records and follow‑up: For each approved item the county clerk will include the full motion text and associated contract or resolution language in the official meeting minutes and agenda packet. Staff noted they will provide clarifying documentation (detailed funding breakdowns, contract scopes, and RFP/RFQ packages) to supervisors and post contract documents on the county public records portal where applicable.
