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Votes at a glance: tower permit, PHA annual plan, tax-exemption redemptions and routine contracts approved
Summary
At its April 7 meeting the board unanimously approved a communications-tower conditional-use permit, the Gila County PHA FY25 plan certifications, multiple petitions to redeem waived property-tax exemptions for veterans/widows, and a package of contracts and grant renewals including library and public-works items.
The Gila County Board of Supervisors on April 7 approved a range of routine and consent items during a full meeting that included public hearings and a series of ministerial approvals.
A conditional-use permit for a 125-foot communications tower on a 77.86-acre parcel near Payson was approved after the applicant described the isolated site and noted no public objections; the board adopted resolution 26-04-02.
County housing staff presented the Public Housing Authority’s FY25 annual plan and related certifications required by HUD; staff reported 73 housing vouchers across the county (20 in Payson, 5 in Tunnel Basin, 48 in the Gold-Miami area) and the board adopted resolution 26-04-01 to authorize the chairman’s signature. "We do have a wait list on Section 8 public housing," Paula said, summarizing demand and distribution.
The board approved redemption petitions for multiple taxpayers who missed the statutory March 1 filing window but were otherwise eligible for exemptions (many as 100% disabled veterans or as widows). The petitions approved included James Muir, Benjamin Holston, Janice Smoot, Mary Lowe, Steven Cantrell and Joyce Cola; one petition was pulled because the exemption already applied.
The board also accepted a $60,000 First Things First grantee agreement for the Gila County Library District to support early-childhood book distribution and enrollment targets for FY2026–27, approved a $1,000 economic-development sponsorship for the Strawberry Patchers quilt show, ratified cooperative law-enforcement and procurement contracts (forest-service patrol reimbursement, ballistic helmets, IT storage and firewall replacement), and approved several public-works contract amendments.
Most consent-agenda items (6a–6q) were approved in a single unanimous vote. The meeting ended with staff and supervisors raising future work-session requests on flood projects, landfill expansion and community-development capacity.
