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Supervisors approve AVID payment, road abandonment and banking contract in unanimous votes
Summary
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on June 24 approved several items including county payment for AVID voter database access, abandonment of a steep mountain road easement, and a five-year banking services agreement; all motions passed unanimously.
At a June 24 meeting the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on several operational and financial items on the agenda.
Item 53: AVID payment — The board considered a county payment to participate in the statewide AVID voter registration database. Supervisor John Stewart questioned what the county receives for a proposed increase in the annual charge and whether federal funds reimburse the cost; county staff explained that a state statute requires counties to have agreements with the secretary of state to access the database and that periodic legislative appropriations have sometimes covered county shares. "After consulting with MCAO, that is what staff believes," staff told the board. Vice Chair Lesko moved approval; the motion passed unanimously.
Item 100: Road abandonment (AB0397) — Two residents, Randy Gianni and Cesar Romero, told the board they and neighbors had maintained a narrow single-lane mountain drive and wanted to keep it private. County transportation staff and the director of real estate said the terrain makes it cost-prohibitive to build to county standards and that abandoning the easement returns rights to adjoining owners. The board agreed to relinquish the easements and voted to approve the abandonment unanimously.
Item 108: Banking services agreement — The treasurer's office recommended awarding a five-year bank services contract to Chase Bank, a vendor it has used previously. Members of the public asked about audit findings and oversight; treasurer's staff noted the contract resulted from a public solicitation and said the auditor-general has direct access to banking records, which they described as an additional transparency safeguard. The motion passed unanimously.
Other consent items included line-of-credit approval (item 106) and multiple consent-agenda motions that the board approved by omnibus votes.
Votes at a glance: all motions described above were adopted by unanimous vote on June 24.
What to watch: Supervisors asked staff to keep the board updated on how the AVID payment is reconciled with any state reimbursements and to report on implementation steps after the road-abandonment paperwork is completed.
