Coconino County officials on Tuesday received a quarterly update on capital projects that county staff said are advancing on multiple fronts, from a Health and Human Services renovation to a new emergency operations campus and park upgrades.

Jeff Stein, the county's senior construction manager, told the Board of Supervisors that the HHS renovation in the King Street Building will create a roughly 3,000-square-foot youth behavioral health center and renovate an approximately 5,000-square-foot lobby. "The total budget on that is $3,000,000 for both scope of work, and we're well into construction now," Stein said. He said the work is targeted for completion in 2026.

Stein also described a combined public-works and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) campus that would include a 17,000-square-foot vehicle storage barn and a roughly 9,000-square-foot EOC. Drawings are about 90% complete; estimates presented at the meeting put the EOC near $6.2 million and the storage barn near $6.5 million, and project teams expect to seek bids in January.

Rob Morrison, operations and construction manager for Parks and Recreation, briefed supervisors on work including the Frontieri trail (three miles of new trail and a Ramada), the Commons restroom project and utility work at Fort Tuthill. Morrison said the Frontieri trail work has a contractor and is expected to start in spring, while Fort Tuthill infrastructure improvements could require $1.5 million to $2 million for a fully appointed campground.

On routine business the board approved the consent agenda by unanimous vote and later approved a removed item: a $8,709.66 funding agreement with Northern Arizona University's Center for Inclusive Excellence to support the university's first Martin Luther King Jr. Gala on Jan. 17, 2026. Supervisor Jeronimo Vasquez introduced the item; Reverend Bernadine Luce, representing the NAU center, described the event as "edutainment" intended to honor King's legacy and bring campus and community together.

What's next: County staff said the Bridal Nations Service Center agreement will be placed on the Jan. 13 consent agenda to accept federal funds; the board also previewed a fuller capital discussion at its January retreat.