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Gila County approves transit funding, contracts, zoning rewrite and several IGAs
Summary
The Gila County Board approved an amendment to fund Copper Mountain Transit, awarded janitorial and zoning contracts, designated emergency voting centers and authorized several intergovernmental agreements and contract extensions tied to flood recovery and county services.
At its March 3 meeting the Gila County Board of Supervisors approved a series of routine and recovery-related actions, including transit funding, procurement awards, intergovernmental agreements and project sponsorships.
Transit and community services: The board approved Amendment No. 2 to IGA 10042023 with the Town of Miami, providing $73,000 for Copper Mountain Transit operations through June 30, 2026, after a presentation from Melinda Baez, transit coordinator. Baez detailed ridership and revenue data for Dial-a-Ride and fixed-route service and noted recent vehicle replacements and pending insurance work for a bus totaled in the September floods.
Procurement and contracts: Procurement staff recommended awarding the janitorial-services contract (IFB 09042025) to Janiserve (Geneserve Incorporated) as the lowest responsive bidder, a not-to-exceed contract of $441,708.64 covering Globe, Payson and other county facilities; the board approved the award. The board also approved awarding the county’s zoning-ordinance rewrite (RFP 07062025) to Logan Simpson for $187,460; staff said the project includes community outreach and could take about a year.
Intergovernmental and sponsor agreements: The board approved a no-cost IGA with the Arizona Department of Water Resources to maintain two continuously operating reference system (CORS) GPS sites hosted on county property; staff noted ADWR will assume maintenance while the county supplies power. The board also agreed to sponsor Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center’s hospital flood-wall project so it can seek NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection funds; county staff said sponsoring imposes no county cost but allows the hospital to apply for EWP funding.
Other approvals: The board extended a design contract with West Consultants Inc. for Roosevelt Estates flood-protection work through March 2027 (no additional cost), approved an IGA to house detainees with the Tonopahatchie tribe for an initial four-year term, and adopted the distribution plan for Secure Rural Schools Act funds for FY26–27 using the same percentage splits as last year (roads 2.15%, schools 77.93%, county educational services 19.92%).
Why it matters: The combined approvals move forward recovery projects, routine services and county operations. Several actions relate directly to flood response and infrastructure (vehicle replacement, flood-wall sponsorship, extended design work and procurement for facility services).
