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County approves $266,490 utility‑assistance funding and $120,000 for school safe‑routes MOUs
Summary
Gila County accepted a $266,490 pass‑through funding agreement from the Arizona Department of Housing for utility‑assistance and weatherization and approved memoranda committing $40,000 each to three school districts for safe‑routes‑to‑school activities through Sept. 30, 2026.
Gila County supervisors on Thursday approved a funding agreement with the Arizona Department of Housing that will allow the county to receive $266,490 in utility‑assistance and weatherization funding from partners including Arizona Public Service and Southwest Gas for program year 01/01/2026–12/31/2026.
Josh Beck, who presented the item, described the county’s larger weatherization and utility assistance portfolio: roughly $850,000 per year in weatherization funds and approximately $400,000–$450,000 per year for utility assistance in recent years. "Weatherization over the last 3 or 4 years... is usually around $850,000 a year that we put into weatherization," he said.
Separately, the board approved memoranda of understanding that each commit $40,000 to Miami Unified School District, Pine/Strawberry (Pine Elementary) and Hayden‑Winkelman Unified School District to fund pedestrian and bicycle safety and safe‑travel activities through Sept. 30, 2026. Staff said the three schools were selected based on Safe Streets data and to represent each supervisor’s district; school representatives from Pine and Miami thanked the board for the funds and described planned outreach and stakeholder engagement.
Board members praised the investments as an efficient way to return state and federal grant money into local schools and neighborhoods. Both the funding agreement and the MOUs were approved by voice votes.
