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Graham County board tables one rezoning over posted-parcel errors, approves two rezones
Summary
The Graham County Board of Supervisors tabled Item 1 after discovering incorrect parcel numbers on the posted agenda (staff said mailed notices were correct), then advanced REZ948-26 and approved REZ949-26 after brief discussion; one applicant recused from voting on his own item.
The Graham County Board of Supervisors tabled one rezoning item because the posted agenda listed incorrect parcel numbers but approved two separate rezoning requests at a short meeting.
Board members paused formal action on Item 1 after staff and commissioners identified numbering errors on the posted agenda. Speaker 3 explained that the mailed notices and the 300-foot notification list were correct and that the issue was limited to the agenda text. After discussion, a commissioner moved to table Item 1 "until our next meeting to, make these corrections," and the motion carried by voice vote.
The decision to delay the item followed repeated assurance from staff that the underlying hearing applications and GIS-produced maps used for notice were accurate. "The notice is correct. It's just the agenda that's wrong," Speaker 3 said, noting the error was in the posted page rather than in the mailing or application materials.
The board then opened a public hearing on REZ948-26 (APN 106-17-027), a request by Gerald and Kaylee Willie to rezone a highway-frontage portion of their parcel from general land use to commercial/manufacturing to allow future development and marketing along US Highway 191. Staff described the rezoned piece as an 11-acre portion of a larger holding; several commissioners said the meeting packet did not list parcel acreage and asked staff to include size information in future packets. "I don't see anywhere in our packet where it describes... the size of the parcel," Speaker 1 said. No public opposition was reported and the board voted to advance the item with a favorable recommendation.
Before Item 3, a commissioner announced a conflict and recused themself from participation in that agenda item. Item 3, REZ949-26 (APN 107-39-031), concerns property at 125 South Curtis Road in Safford. The applicant, who later identified themself at the microphone, said the property was acquired about seven years ago and that the request would bring an existing on-site commercial use into compliance. "I'm Dennis Swapp, and I'm representing Swapp and Mark's Construction on this matter," the speaker said during the presentation. Swapp and Mark's Construction asked to rezone the parcel to commercial/manufacturing to reflect ongoing equipment storage and repair uses. The board took a favorable voice vote to approve the rezoning; the recusal was noted in the minutes.
Director McGaughy updated the board on two items the board had previously forwarded: a rezoning on Lebanon Road requested by Karen and Jeff Martin, and a Freeport offloading matter in Ashurst; both were reported to have passed at the county level. McGaughy said the board will schedule another meeting next month to take up the item that was tabled.
The meeting was brief and procedural. No formal public opposition was recorded on the two rezoning actions approved by the board on the record.
Next steps: Item 1 will return to the board's next meeting after staff corrects the posted agenda and updates the meeting packet with clarified parcel information.
