Tri-City Council - Regular Meeting

We'd like to call this meeting to order. Welcome everybody here in chambers and those who might be participating via e the internet or watching our YouTube channel. This is the regularly scheduled meeting of the city of Kingman city council held at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, January 20th, 2026. I'd like to turn some time over to our city clerk for roll call. Mayor Watkins, present. Vice Mayor Samile here. Council member Dykens here. Council member Savage here. Council member Staley present. Council member Walker here. Council member Ward here. We have a quorum.

Thank you. We would like to invite those who would like to participate in our invocation to stand with us. Our invocation tonight will be given by Pastor Michael Bell of Kingman Church after which I've asked Counselor Ward to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Good afternoon. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we pray today in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And we ask that you cover our city with your mighty hand of protection and blessing. Watch over every city worker today. Watch over this board and over the good citizens of this town. May your grace and peace be evident in all of its operations and through the discussions this day. and may this city prosper under your mighty hand. Bless us now, O Lord. Amen. [clears throat]

I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. The council may go into executive session for legal counsel in accordance with ARS 38-431.03A3 to discuss any agenda item. The following items may be discussed, considered, and decisions made relaying there too. Item number one, appointments 1 A, Economic Development Advisory Commission partial appointment. The Economic Development Advisory Commission currently currently has one vacancy due to the resignation of Commissioner Wendy Risinger. This is a partial term appointment with a term starting January 2026 and ending December 31st, 2028. Staff has received applications from the following interested individuals. Christopher Acres, John Bennett, Daniel Christensen, Christian, Hannah Corkkins, Christopher Cranny, Jacob Crawford, Gretchen Dorner, uh, Dorne Pat Ferrell, Kathy Gates, Tandy Jansen, Chris Parks, and Donald Ward. residency and voter registration have been confirmed. Um, and of course, per ARS 38-431.03A1, the city council may enter into an executive session to review the commissioner applications. Starting off with 1A um, city manager, do you want to start off?

You bet. Sorry, just pulling it up real quick. Um so as you mentioned we've got uh the economic development advisory commission on this a number of applicants on it. Uh the previous uh just one note um the previous vacated position was an education pos so edac's a little bit different than most of our other commissions. We try and cover um the various entities that would be related to um economic development. and one of them uh that just vacated was an education uh related field. So um it would be recommended that that the new appointee behind that's a council decision to make.

Okay. Uh thank you Mr. Walsh. Appreciate that. We have a number council. Is there any discussion to start with? Okay. We have a number of the of uh these gentlemen and ladies here tonight that if we would like to give them a chance to speak to the council and share their opinions and and thoughts and of course I would remind you to try to keep your remarks to three minutes please. Um I'll just off start at the top of the list and see who's here. I think Annie I think you reminded me Christopher Acres called in sick. Correct. Okay. John Bennett. Is John here tonight? Don't see him. Okay. Daniel Christian, Hannah Corkkins. Okay. Christopher Cranny. Christopher, come forward.

Good evening, Christopher Cranny. So, my academic background is a Bachelor of Science and Economics from Arizona State University. I'm a second generation ASU grad. My father went to ASU and served in the United States military in the Army in Korea. So these [clears throat] are my ideas that I came up with just kind of off the top of my head um today. So the first one would be a permit-free zone for locomotive park or metaf park. In other words, the city would grant uh a permit exemption to businesses to serve say like like coffee or gelato for example and that would increase um economic development in the city of course and then public private partnership with vacant lot owners. So I'm a professional real estate investor for a living and one obvious application would be to solve the homelessness crisis. They could have like military style wall tents, things like that. I just I noticed a lot of underutilized land, especially on the south side in Kingman. There were a lot of um vacant lots that were subdivided in the 1920s. They're just kind of um they're in irregular shapes or they don't conform to the zoning. And the city could utilize these lots um to kind of, you know, kill two birds of one stone, solving homelessness and benefiting the economy as well because once these people stop being homeless, now they're contributing to the economy, increasing the city's tax revenue, you know, etc. And then the third uh point [clears throat] business partnerships and attraction of tech companies. Um during the pandemic I managed to start researching and investing in tech

companies by buying stock. So I'm a large shareholder in Telvantis. Telvantis um just signed an agreement with America Crew. They are a military veteran um entity that hires uh veterans for their workforce and they're they plan on constructing 5G, fiber, data centers, AI and edge computing. Pretty exciting stuff. So, um you know, because I'm a large shareholder, obviously I I have a um possible partnership of them to attract them to the city of Kingman. And then I'm also a large shareholder in um esports entertainment. They are a um esports gambling and prediction market corporation and so they're a very interesting and unique corporation. So I'm also a large shareholder in that. And then Brush Oral Care, they are a dental tech corporation. Sorry, did I run out of time? Yep.

I was just going to add I also mine math crypto and so the the last idea I had uh was a a data center for mining math crypto possibly at the Kingman um industrial park. Thank you, Christopher. Next we have Jacob Crawford.

Welcome Jacob.

Thank you council. Um, so Jacob Crawford, uh, I currently work and serve as the dean of student and community engagement for Mojave College. Um, and I was encouraged to put in my application for this, uh, appointment and I would appreciate your consideration. Uh, just a little bit about my background. Uh, I've lived in Kingman now for about three years, but in the county for about eight uh, where we moved to Fort Mojave, realized it was too hot down there, so we moved right up here to the promised land. uh so we can enjoy a little bit of the the cool weather. Uh and and because of that, my my wife also works in the community. She works for Mojave Mental Health as a clinical uh clinical supervisor for all the therapists there at the the site here in Kingman. And so that was the main reason for us moving up here. And I I'm definitely civic-minded. I want to make sure that my ability to contribute is going to help benefit the community. Um, I didn't come here with any prepared remarks other than to just introduce myself. And, uh, if you are interested in my educational background, uh, I did receive a bachelor's degree and master's degree from Sacramento State University in uh, history, humanities, and religious studies. Uh, and then my PhD is in literature uh, from the University of Texas at Dallas. Uh, being that said, I did have a career in economic development. and I worked as a title examiner for several years. So, understanding, you know, the the processes of ensuring that our values of properties are assessed appropriately, making sure that people have appropriate title and values of their homes. So, uh those are all the things. If you have any questions for me, I'd be happy to entertain.

Council. Okay. Thank you, Jacob. Thank you. Uh

next, Gretchen Dorner. Hello, Mayor Watkins, Mayor or City Manager Walsh, and esteemed council members. [clears throat] I am Gretchen Dorner, and I invest in invested in Kingman. I've lived here since 1976. I know it's hard to believe. I'm a graduate of Kingman High from 1985. I raised all three of my children here who are graduates who are off doing amazing things in the world. I've been in Kingman Unified School District since 1991. Taught a sixth grade. I've been an elementary principal, a high school principal, director of assessment. I'm currently the superintendent for Kingman Unified in my seventh year. The value that I bring to a commission such as this is my knowledge of students, the educational pipeline that we need into our community. How to engage students to become informed and engaged citizens to make sure that we're contributing not only on the um outgoing citizenship, but preparing them to be e economic leaders in the community. It's a passion of mine. Um I have a bachelor's in education, a master's in leadership, and a doctorate in organizational leadership. I'm on the executive board of directors for the Kingman area Chamber of Commerce. Currently, I work closely with Mojave College. For example, starting the new Summit Academy where students who are high school juniors and seniors are spending their time out on the college campuses taking classes that meet their pathway and that will launch into the future of Kingman's economics. And I I know through a creative and a long history as an educator, I'd have a lot of value to add to this commission. Thank you. Thank you, Christian. Pat Pharaoh,

I hope you don't mind if I sit. Okay. I'm getting old and decrepit and I'm getting good at it. Okay. I'm Dorne Patrick Ferrell. I've lived in Kingman since 2004 and I love this town. I have a bachelor's degree from What's the Matter You and [snorts] a Masters from Hard Knocks. I have brought over $10 million worth of grants into this community ever since I took over as head of the Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council and the support of the city for that endeavor has been deeply appreciated. I uh have some different ideas about how to get money. Old people don't want you to bring anybody in here, but they don't understand you live on city tax. As you drive around town, how many empty storefronts do you see? Why not get together with a bunch of people that actually want to open a store and bring down the Small Business Administration with the city of Kingman co-signing the loans for them to have the opportunity to open their stores. There's very little risk to the city and much opportunity for those that would really like to get out there and do their own business. And I agree with Chris, we do need the data center here. I don't know where you're going to put it in town. It'll probably be outside of town, [snorts] but uh that is the future. I came from a town that died in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. When I first became postmaster there, [snorts] uh there were 107 stores in town and in three years it was down to 47. I watched the town die and I don't want to watch this town die. I think this is the greatest town that I've ever lived in. Okay. And with the support of the council, I will give you my best effort on this on this committee. Any [snorts] questions? Okay. I hope you don't go to the same schools I went to.

Thank you, Pat. Kathy Gates, Tandy Jansen, Chris Parks, and finally, Donald Donnie Ward.

[snorts and cough] [clears throat]

Mayor Council Donnie Ward here. I mean, I guess uh I was born and raised here in Kingman, so I've seen a lot of uh growth and some of it good, some of it not so good. So, I mean, I'm I'm aware I my major investment is right here in Kingman. I think that everybody knows that uh the things that I've uh tried to spearhead and and uh push [snorts] forward and I know what makes tax dollars. Um I was formerly the chair of the chamber of commerce. I was also one of the original members of the economic ETDC economic development here in Kingman. So I'm I'm kind of in tune uh with some of that stuff. I haven't been in it for a while, but I still know what what's going on. I have a pretty good thumb on the pulse of what's happening in Kingman. So, I think there's some opportunities. Um I think we've missed some opportunities. So, I you know, I hate to see uh Kingman uh not take advantage of the things that we can. I I believe in good growth, not not just average, you know, just things that we have plenty of. We don't need any more pizzas and dollars. Anyway, we won't get it. Anyway, uh thank you for your consideration and thank you very much. Thank you, Donnie.

Okay, that is it for um economic development advisory commission. We are going to hold off our discussion on further on that. We'll we will probably go into executive session for that. We want to take care of uh item number B, Municipal Utility Commission partial appointment. The Municipal Utility Commission currently has one vacancy due to the resignation of Commissioner Greg Rabber. This is a partialterm appointment with a term starting January 2026 and ending December 31st, 2028. Staff has received applications from the following interested individuals: Donald Bert, Hannah Corkkins, Tandy Jansen, Paul Shuffler, and Janelle Venoi. residency and voter registration have been confirmed. And of course, once again, per ARS 38-431.03A1, the council may enter into executive session to review the commission applications. So likewise, if some of these individuals are here are here when I call your name, if you'd like to come forward, please. Donald Bert, Hannah Corkins, no Tandy Jansen, Paul Sheffller, and Janelle Venoy. Okay. Um, can we have a motion in council to go into executive session to to discuss these appointments?

So, move. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I.

Any oppose? Motion carries. We will be right back. Thank you for and hopefully you'll stick around. [clears throat] Are we ready, Annie? Okay. Once again, we're glad you you stayed around. It looks like we even gained some more. So, that's great. Um, as always, as a council, you know, we are very appreciative of all those who want to serve on our commissions, and it's it's such a great thing. And a number of you all all of you have different talents that you could add to it and qualifications. So it makes our decision difficult but for economic development advisory commission actually yes we have selected um Gresian Dorner. So we'd like to have a motion from either councelor Ward or councelor Walker

making that motion. I'll make that motion. Second. We have a motion a second. All those in favor say I. I I any opposed but and once again thanks to everybody else that had applied for that commission. And then for municipal utility commission partial appointment we have selected Paul Shuffler. Um can we have a motion from either councelor Savage or Sale for that? I'll make that motion. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? And once again, thanks to Mr. Sheffler for being willing to serve on that. And once again, thanks again for anybody and not just these commissions, but everybody who volunteers and serves on our commissions. We appreciate your input and we value it highly. I just want you to remind you that we do. Thank you. Moving on on our agenda, item number two, call to the public. Comments from the public. Those wishing to address the council should fill out request forms in advance. Comments from the public will be restricted to items not on the agenda with the exception of those on the consent agenda. There will be no comments allowed that advertise for a particular person or group. Comments should be limited to no longer than 3 minutes. The council may not respond to speakers during the call to the public. The council may direct the city manager to study the matter or request that the matter be placed on a future agenda. Um, first we have Christopher Cranny. Christopher, did you want to add any more to what you said earlier?

Uh, no. I think I'm good. Okay, real good. Thank you. Um, Mr. Robert McCra. Come forward, Robert. And if you could state your name and

Thank you, council mayor, uh, city manager. My name is Robert McCraary. I'm a, uh, resident of Kingman and also own, uh, several investment properties within the city. I'd like to bring the city council's attention once again to a storm basin that's on Allen Land Drive at the 9,400 block and also at the intersection of Rex Allen. Uh this storm uh basin uh drains from three different directions which is a little bit unusual from the other storm basins within the city that only drain from about one or two. This storm basin uh once dug out by angle um filled up with the first storm and has not dissipated or evaporated. So, it's a standing pool of water uh for over a year now. Um in that development um in the legacy area um that corner um is been built up, but no one has actually moved in. Uh we now have residents within that development. Uh so they weren't there in the summer. Um I was there in the summer as our investment property was being built and it was clouds of mosquitoes in the evening. It was terrible. Um I had some sub uh contractors working on on our property and they complained mightily about it. Uh now we're in winter time, so all the mosquitoes are dormant, but once the ambient temperature gets about 50 degrees, uh probably about April or so, they're going to start uh waking up, breeding, and feasting. And now there's people living in all those areas. And I'm also worried about my tenant. Um so this prop uh not this this basin uh like I said it's it's it's actually draining

three different areas. Um Allen lad Rex Allen and behind it is willow. So we're getting a lot of water in there and it's also uh bringing in whatever fecal material chemicals and and all that. So one thing you'd have to worry about is all the mosquitoes. Um, if anyone's here from California, you heard all the news over the last 10 or 15 years of WestNile virus. So, I probably the city probably doesn't want to be in the news about West Nile virus in Arizona. And, uh, two, it's a toxic soup. Um, the gate's not locked, so any children that want to play in it, they can just open the lock or open open the gate since it's not locked. um more industrial children uh once it is locked will just go over on the willow side and crawl right underneath the [clears throat] fence. Uh so the city's looking at some liability issues if we have a drowning in there or if any children get in there and get really sick. So I'll yield the rest of my time. Thank you very much.

Thank you, Robert. Miss Shelley Wit,

good evening. Um, my name is Shelley Wood. I live at the Mesa Verde Mobile Home Park right across the street from the newly um, broken ground Circle K. I've come today to ask you to please do not cut down the live trees that are on the Eastern Avenue. The proposed driveway for Mesa Verde Mobile Home Park is going to be closed against our wishes. Um, Mr. Mike Garmin and I have been in email contact. Um, he states he was in contact with the owners, which is not the same as the management people, which I know is Ava and Tony. They're very upset that they are giving up their driveway. Um, email I received from him stated that there will be very little impact to the Mesa Verde residents when this driveway is relocated. I totally disagree with that presumptuous statement. It's nothing but a problem for us. Um when I came in November of last year for the uh zoning variance for Circle K to get their driveway, I was very direct with my questions regarding a light at that intersection and why they're being allowed to have a driveway. Nobody at that meeting made a comment that we would be losing our driveway. Otherwise, I would have been all over it. I wasn't told that we we were losing our driveway until probably a couple weeks ago. I've been in contact with Ava this morning. She stated that she filed suit. Their lawyers have filed suit for a cease and desist order. I'm not sure if you guys are aware of that. I wasn't aware of it till this morning. So, I'm basically coming to request that you don't cut the live trees down and possibly cut the two dead trees down and put the driveway in that location. I

have a picture that Mr. Garmin sent to me. I don't know how to show it to you guys. There's two different locations that are more than acceptable to the area that it takes to turn in and out of the driveway over on Halai Mountain Road. It's huge. Where they're putting the driveway and is not the only reason I'm complaining is right by my front porch. So, my trailer is at the closest to the fence. Everybody else's lots are way back. So, if you go down closer to the fire station, there's two big areas again that could be very easily turned into the new driveway if BK Arizona Properties loses the quote unquote suit that was filed. I have no information about that. Um, 15 seconds. The design professionals are the people that Mark Garmin told me um can chose that without any input from anybody. they chose that that's the right place to go. We uh shade is a we need shade. There's a drought. We don't need to cut down live trees. Um he also told me to basically quit contacting him and to direct my questions for a public information act, which that driveway is a mess. Anyway, thank you. Thank you, Shel. Uh, Teresa Rounddy.

Good evening, Mayor Council. My name is Teresa Roundy and I'm here to speak about important issues occurring in every community across our nation that needs to be addressed. My mother was kidnapped by third-party institutions in this town, and only groomers and predators seek to divide families. Adult protective services is not safe for families in this town. The sheriff's department is not safe for families either. These people need to be trained on coercive control abuse instead of acting out in it. Coercive control abuse is the number one reason for homicide and suicide and is now the second leading cause of child death through suicide. Officers need to be trained on this issue as well as everyone in the community in order to understand it to prevent further deaths of children and families. We have to teach about this abuse starting in preschool along with groomer safety curriculum and connection to self-curriculum. Our whole society needs to address their complex trauma because being gaslit nationally causes it. Tim Fletcher has a body of work on YouTube for families to heal themselves for free. Complex trauma is the issue of our times and we must must address it in order to bring [clears throat] down the highest rate of death. It shouldn't be through suicide and homicide and children deserve better. Why are children killing themselves? I'll tell you why. Because family court has been kidnapping children and giving them adverse childhood experience scores with the help of our police forces and school districts. Idaho had a committee on it and they just finished with their findings and Representative Tammy Nichols has the findings on her site. Arizona shouldn't

wait for their own committee results when they can go straight to fixing the issue based on Idaho's factf finding. My children were kidnapped in the state of Idaho with no due process and with zero evidence and that should matter to everyone. ICE tactics began in family court CPS and APS where they've been severing the parent child bond for decades. The results are showing isolation is damaging for children. The institutional grooming gang games are over. We can't bring safety to ch we can bring safety to children immediately through mayors enforcing interference with child custody, perjury, and human trafficking that is occurring in our communities. It's the mayor's job to enforce laws when the judicial branch fails children and families. Please enforce the laws today and please bring my mother back to me. She was kidnapped in this town by third party predators. and please listen to Idaho's findings so that we can bring safety to my children and all children immediately. Mojave County grandparents are affected by this abuse as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Teresa. If you want to, you can leave a copy of that with our city clerk and she can get if you have more to say on that and she'll distribute it to us. So, if you're Oh, I would love to. Thank you, Mayor. But if you're done, but anyway. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Travin Pennington. [clears throat]

Thank you, Mayor Council. My name is Travin Pennington. I live at 2247 Mesa Drive. I um I believe the city of Kingman council is considering um future annexation. And I just wanted to propose I provided you all with a map. There's a piece of approximately a 3,500 acre piece of BL BLM owned land that is contiguous and touches the the proposed some of the proposed annex land that you're considering. So I'm solely for future recreation opportunities, maybe future trails, parks, mountain bike trails. um if maybe somebody at the city could consider what that would look like if there what that process would look like to include that BLM land in that annexation. So keep it short and sweet.

That's it. Thank you guys. Thank you, Travis. And yes, state. Yes, councelor Saley. Yeah, I I just wanted to ask if staff could please look into that. I know that they're working on that map and so we probably need to do that soon so that we can see there's any costs associated but I agree that's a a good opportunity for the city to gain that green space. Thanks Tim.

Thank you counselor. Um I was going to mention and also to those who shared their thoughts on public comment. Um as always our city manager is almost always here and present and is listening to these concerns also. And of course normally we will give direction to him about some of the concerns you brought up. We just want you to know that you are not talking it's not falling on deaf ears. So we do appreciate your comment. Thank you. That is end of our public comment. Um item number three consent agenda. All matters listed here are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately. Council, have we all had a chance to take a look at our consent agenda? It's pretty short this time. Anything need to be pulled and discussed?

Okay, I'd like to pull item D, please. Okay. Item D. Thank you, Vice Mayor. So, then we can we have a motion approving items A, B, C, and E on our consent agenda. I'll make that motion. I'll second. We have a motion, a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed?

Motion carries. Okay. Item number 3D on our on our consent agenda, approval of amendment number one for professional services by the final design of the phase 1 Bull Mountain channel improvements. At the October 2nd, 2024 meeting, council approved a professional services con contract with J Fuller Hydrarology and Geomorphology Incorporated, J Fuller for the Bull Mountain channel concept design and design concept report DCR in the amount of $99,710. The concept design and DCR complete. This amendment for an additional $130,468 will allow J Fuller to move forward with the final design of the phase one of the Bull Mountain channel improvements. This amendment combined with D with the DCR will go over the total fisc year 26 approved budget amount of $150,000 for this project by $80,178. The overage will be covered by re reallocating funds from the Herod Avenue Basin Improvements Project, which has been postponed until the next fiscal year. Staff recommends approval. Vice Mayor,

thank you, Mayor. Um, this is short and sweet. I think Mike, you'll appreciate this. I don't even need you. I have a question of clarification for manager Walsh. I just wanted to go on the record. Um, I I know that we are taking from the Herod Avenue Basin Improvements Project. So, those that are following our CIP plan, I just want to confirm and get into the record that that will be funded and it will be funded fairly quickly again, even though we're diverting funds away from this project to something else. We we'll we'll do that. We'll have it in uh as part of the budget discussions, we'll have it in the CIP plan [clears throat] for next year. Thank you. See, Mike, you're welcome. [laughter]

Thank you, manager Walsh and Vice Mayor. Vice Mayor, would you like to make a motion then approving item number 3D? So moved. Do we have a second? Second. We have a motion, a second. All those in favor say I.

I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item number four, action items 4A, approval of resolution number 5595 declaring the procurement code of the city of Kingland, Arizona to be a public record. To avoid significant publication costs associated with the the approval of any procurement code revisions proposed in ordinance number 19989, a resolution declaring the pro the procurement code of the city of Kingland, Arizona to be a public record must be approved to ensure city council is aware of the proposed changes associated with ordinance number 1989 before considering approval resolution number 5595. Staff will cover all proposed changes in this item. staff recommends approval. Tina, welcome, Tina.

Thank you so much, mayor, vice mayor, and council members. So, hopefully uh in the summary that the mayor read, it explains why we're going through this format, and I'll be explaining all of the changes that are actually proposed in item B. So, then when we get to item B, it'll be um an easy action item for you. So, I'll make sure to cover all of uh the changes in this item. In March of 2020, the council adopted a very comprehensive procurement code. We had a more simplistic code prior to that. And in March of 2020, the council adopted a more comprehensive one that included expanded definitions, expanded bidding procedures, preference in purchasing, so points for local resident biders, um all sorts of additional supporting documentation required for bidding. So, it gave city staff good direction on moving forward in making purchases. At that time we of course anytime that there is any sort of overhaul or revamp of any sort of code we get feedback from the teams we experience some of the things that we might want to reconsider and ask council to uh look at changing in the code and we are at that point. We've been using this code now for almost six years and we've been hearing feedback from the teams over that time. And so this evening are the proposed revisions drafted by uh city staff and uh reviewed by the city attorney. So I I don't want to go into every single one of the changes unless you want to hear all of them, but I definitely want to highlight a few of them that might be impactful for you. So, one of the changes has to do with signing contracts. We currently have an informal policy of who has the authority to sign

contracts. So, if it's under a certain dollar threshold, department directors are able to do that. If it's in between a certain threshold, the city manager has the authority to do that. And then, of course, if it's something that goes to council, the mayor or the city manager have the authority to do that. So instead of making it an informal policy, we wanted to make sure that that was included in the procurement code. So that is one of the changes. We also have a change when it comes to the except to contract amendments. So right now when the council approves of a contract and when it goes to council and a quote gets approved uh any sort of purchase gets approved then that's the amount that we have to stick to. However, what has happened in the past is that once in a while sales tax will get added to that quote after the fact or shipping charges will get added to the quote after the fact. That delays the purchasing timeline and it has to come back to council for approval currently. So, we have added a revision to allow city staff, let me rephrase that, the city manager to actually approve any of those changes and not have to go back to council. solely related to sales tax uh additions and solely related to shipping charges. So, there's that revision that would certainly be impactful to you as well. The last revision are the thresholds and that definitely uh affects the council and I want to cover those with you. So, we have three different thresholds right now. The first threshold is any any amount from zero to $5,000. Departments can go out and direct select and make a purchase without having to obtain any sort of written quotes or any sort of uh formal bidding from 5,000 to up to 50,000. The departments have to obtain three

written quotes. Now there are exceptions to the code that they are allowed to use but no matter what that 5,000 to 50,000 threshold any sort of purchase even if an exception is utilized it has to go through the purchase order process and there are reviews and approvals associated with that there is documentation associated with that. So instead of going and making the purchase, they then now have to follow the the bidding requirements or an exception and then go through all of the workflow approvals. And then anything over $50,000, whether it is already budgeted through the capital improvement projects that you do see during the adopted budget time or not, anything over $50,000 has to either go through a formal bidding process or utilize an exception. that no matter what has to come to council for approval before it can move forward. [snorts] So as we uh the the first thing that we were hearing from teams almost immediately and this was because when this procurement code was adopted it was pre- pandemic just barely pre- pandemic and we know that as soon as the pandemic hit those $5,000 items or maybe $4,500 items that departments were used to being able to just purchase now had to go through some sort of bidding process. and that happened almost immediately and so that delayed the timelines for being able to get things done quickly. So we heard that almost immediately. So one of the requests is to increase that first threshold from fi from zero to $5,000 to 0 to $10,000 so that departments don't have to go through the written and quote process and don't have to submit requisitions to go through the purchase order process as well. So that will get rid of that requirement. The next one, with any sort of research that we do or any sort of proposal that maybe other municipalities are also involved in, we always perform some research to see what other cities are doing. And we found

when we were performing the research for this particular item that other cities do also have that $10,000 threshold. Some of them don't. Some of them still have the 5,000 thresh threshold and some of them actually have even lower than that. But what we found interesting is when we were looking at the different thresholds, we found that the council approval formal bidding threshold for some of the municipalities have increased to $100,000. And so looking at that, uh, thinking about incorporating that into this particular revision, we felt that it might be something that the council would consider because one, it would not require formal bidding in the event there is no exception. We could get written quotes still knowing the vendors that we'd want to reach out to, but we wouldn't have to go through that formal bidding process. Additionally, our capital improvement projects, the threshold for those is $50,000. And through the budget process, the council sees all of those. We highlight every project. We have a list of the projects, whether that's a street sweeper or whether that is a city remodel project, you see all of those items. So thought that if the council saw those items and approved it in the budget, that we could move forward as city staff with those purchases, city manager would then approve them and anything over $100,000 would then come to council. So, that's probably the biggest change in the code that would be impactful for the city council. So, I wanted to make sure to point that out. Uh, there are a few other minor changes to definitions, some other exceptions, but I those three that I covered, uh, I would I believe those are the most significant ones. I am open to answering any questions that you might have, any concerns you might have, or addressing any of the changes that you might have uh, seen in your backup.

Thank you, Tina. Council questions for Tina. Mayor. Yes, Councelor Walker. Um Tina, the um purchasing for 10,000 and over, you would still need three quotes. It just wouldn't go out to a formal bid, advertisement, all that stuff. That's correct, Councilman Walker. Thank you. Thank you, Councelor Savage. Speaking of COVID,

you know, we then Smiley and I came in at the tail end of COVID and we came across a lot of contracts that were signed, increased prices, etc., etc., and I kind of went over that the last meeting. Do they hold off on the shipping and and sales tax in case the price change or the shipping costs change? They that's not something they can put into the original contract.

So, that's a great question, Councilman Savage. And no, they do not change the price and then add the sales tax. What happens typically is a salesperson is providing a quote and then once accounting or finance gets the invoice to actually process, then all of those other charges are added. Now, that doesn't happen in every case, but we have seen that happen in multiple cases that we've needed to bring it back to you. So, that's the reasoning why behind that. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, counselor. Any other questions? Yes. Councelor Sy, can you give us some examples of what those purchases are that are the 5,000 just just especially for the public so they understand that what what that looks like.

Council Miss Dailyy. Absolutely. So, in looking at the purchases that many of them used to be under 5,000, but are between that five and 10,000. I can think of one department in particular, and I have a list of them, but one department in particular who runs into this all the time, and that is our fleet services department, and that is repairing vehicles. They used to be able to take it to a mechanic, they would diagnose it, and the cost would come back under $5,000. That is not the case any longer. There are so many purchases in fleet services when we do have to make a repair to a vehicle that are between that $5 and $10,000 purchase. Additionally, our wastewater treatment plant, they have chemicals that they have to purchase periodically and they used to be under $5,000. They are exactly $5,114. So now they've got to go through the whole process and now we have to take they've got to get a purchase order and go through all of that before they can actually make the purchase. Those are a couple of examples. Um, we've got furniture, uh, furniture for an office remodel, meters, our meters, uh, when we're wanting to purchase a small amount of meters, those now are over the between the five and $10,000 limit. So, that's a handful of those items. That's really helpful. Thank you. You're welcome.

Um, I had one other question. I I just want to make sure I heard you correctly. If we make this change on the from 50,000 to 100,000, those projects won't go out to bid anymore. The staff will just choose three vendors to get quotes from. So that is um also a great question. And yes, if it's between the $50 and $100,000, that does not mean that they will not do it, but they don't have to go out to a formal bid. Um there are some departments that would go out anyhow not knowing who maybe the vendors are. So we're going to go ahead and formally bid it. But some of our departments do know some of the local vendors or even regional vendors and would then request at least three written quotes, potentially more. But yes, that is the case how it's currently being proposed. I do have some heartburn over that just because you're eliminating some of the potential vendors. You might have somebody that's new in that industry that now doesn't have a chance to bid. Um you might have some favoritism issues. So that's one piece that I I don't think I can support. Councilman Staly, can I share with you some of the purchases and some of the things that are between the 50,000 and 100,000 that has come to council [snorts]

just so you have a better understanding of that as well. So, uh certainly the consulting contracts that we have with Dorne Policy Group and Nexus Consulting would end up being approved by the city manager. Those are a couple of the contracts that would come to you. Recently, we had a couple of street sweepers that came to council. Those also would no longer uh go out to formal bid. they would we would receive three written quotes. However, I can share on many of the as as often as the departments can because again the formal bidding process is strenuous, time consuming and they try to identify cooperative purchasing agreements or other exceptions that can be used so that they don't have to do the formal bid. Cooperative purchasing is a great way to do that. So in some of those cases, we're not going to go to formal bid anyhow and look for uh a local vendor or a different type of vendor. Uh we are going to identify some sort of exception if possible, but there will be times that is correct,

mayor. Yes, of course. Uh this one's for you, uh manager Walsh. We have asked before about getting a procurement department and having this be someone's sole responsibility so that um it's less uh time consuming on your department heads. Is that something that you're bringing to us in this upcoming budget?

Thank you. Council Councilwoman Staley. Um this has been something that we've discussed. I know we had we had looked into it last year around the budget season as well and we had just uh brought on this procurement software. So we wanted to give that procurement software um some time to look through it and and see if that was something that would would help ease that burden on on staff. Um that software has been around I want to say about a year now. So about a year. So we actually haven't gone to that next discussion to look and see okay do we need to look at that procurement uh position u but that is a discussion we'll be having during the budget and and we'll actually we'll we will bring back a recommendation one way or the other.

Okay. Thank you counselor vice mayor.

Thank you mayor. Um Tina so you mentioned uh Tom Dorne's contract. So this is where I know that in years past council has had some input on renewal of contract. Um so as far as contract for services you're what other contract for services examples can you give me? So I thank you vice mayor. Uh I have the nexus consulting and I have dorm policy group most of the others and I can use US as an a for our audit services our audit services contract is well it's greater than $100,000 so I guess that's not a great example looking at last year the $50,000 to $100,000 contracts those were the two that I identified u many of them are over $100,000 I can also share that if it's anything that is an IGA related uh that is going to come to council regardless of the dollar amount associated with it. Uh there was that as I was looking through the contracts last year as well that came to council between the $50,000 and $100,000 level that would not have come to council. Those are the only two that I was able to to identify easily

uh in my research. Thank you. Is there a way I mean those two that come I mean they're directly impacting council we're we're interfacing with them there's kind of like a performance evaluation that we've been able to do. Is there any way that when it comes to those contract for services that directly interface with council that we can create some kind of policy or yeah some kind of policy to where you manager Walsh would reach out to us for feedback before you just automatically rubber stamped it and renewed those contracts for services.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. Absolutely. And I I just want to point out on this, this is not an attempt to end run the council by any means. you know, we we want to work with you and and really th this is an attempt in in basically speeding processes and and being able to to address issues more quickly. So, I want I just want to make sure that that's clear, but absolutely any items that that are of particular concern to council, by all means, we'll we'll bring those to council. Um I don't know, Tina, if you could comment. Th we're we're this isn't something that that we've come up with as far as the thresholds. I believe Moai Mojave County adopted this about two years ago, the these same thresholds, the 100,000 and the 10,000. So, um, looking at what they've done and then I think we we mirrored a number of other cities that are are following that same. So, it's it's really the the thresholds that are out there in the industry right now. So, that's more what we were doing. It wasn't um anything by staff or or, you know, wanting to and run counsel. And by all means, if if you're uncomfortable with those amounts, we're we're fine keeping them where they are or, you know, being wherever wherever council's happy.

And and take my comment as not not that I mean, I don't think you're trying to circumvent. I just I feel like those two contracts for services deserve um opportunities for council to give an evaluation of performance. And I'm not saying that that you would do that, but you know, for the future, should we get somebody else in your position? I just don't number one, we don't know when those contracts renew. And we I I think as council, I I speak for myself, but I don't know if anybody else would like the opportunity to weigh in on performance. So, if we could do something for those, I don't have heartburn with anything else with the vendors, and it it's just contract for services and those that are directly interfacing with council. Vice Mayor, if I can also share and thank you for um pointing that out and sharing your concerns with that as part of the budget process right now when we go through each division, right, we share those capital projects, so those five to $50,000 items that are coming out of every department's budget. Maybe it's something that we do as part of the budget process. We will also cover contract for services coming out of every department's budget also. We could certainly add that as part of the budget review. so you have the opportunity to see it ahead of time and give feedback then, but then certainly bring the contract back to you also, but it could be a two-step sort of process if that might be helpful.

That sounds great. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions for Tina? Well, Tina, obviously, as Vice Mayor and Councelor Sey said, you know, we if I think everybody will be comfortable if we can make those addendums to, you know, your proposed changes, I think that would be acceptable. So, I also noticed, thank you for the chart that you put in there comparing our cities. I know our sister city of Havsu has the same thresholds as manager Walsh mentioned. The county does too. Uh, Sierra Vista does. So, there's some cities that are have already made this change and made it happen. So, thank you. Thank you, Mayor

Council. Any further discussion? Okay. Can we have a motion then approving 4A? Approval resolution number 5595. of course with changes requested. So Carl, do we need to specify? Yes, please. Uh, first I'd say we can't do this on the fly because we're going to be adopting an ordinance. So you can if you want us to bring it back or if you want to approve this tonight and then we can do those changes in a subsequent meeting. Council, I think we should table it and bring it back. I'll make a motion to table. Okay, I'll second. We have a motion, a second to table. All those in favor say I. I any opposed. Thanks again all staff working on this. Thank you.

And you're just going to say input, right? [laughter]

Yeah. All these things are the it's the Tina night tonight. Item 4B, approval of ordinance number 1989, amending the procurement code of the city of Kingman. The current version of the city of Kingman's procurement code was adopted in March 2020. And in utilizing the code, staff has identified certain sections it could use and update. The most significant revision is related to purchasing threshold amounts. Other revisions pertain to expanding definitions and exceptions. Adding a contract execution procedure, revising written determination procedures for exceptions, adding contract amendment authority for staff, and revising sections as well as wording that no longer applies. Staff recommends approval. I would suggest that we will probably table this item and bring it back. Correct. Council, we have a motion then.

Um, tableabling. Yeah. Item 4B.

Second. We have a motion, a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Thank you. Item 4 C, authorization to enter enter into an agreement with Wilden Financial Services to conduct an infrastructure improvement plan and development impact and capacity fee study. The city council adopted development impact fees in 2021. This process entailed adoption of an infrastructure improvement plan IIP land use assumptions and a fee report as required by ARS9-463.05. This statute states that the IIP shall be updated not later than every 5 years unless it is determined no changes need to be made. Water and wastewater capacity fees were adopted in 2021 with an update to water wastewater capacity fees being made in 2022. Capacity fees are governed by ARS9-511.01. Although this statute is less restrictive than development impact fees, the methodology used in calculating water and wastewater capacity fees mirrors development impact fees. With equipment and infrastructure costs having increased since these fees were adopted, staff is requesting to hire a consultant to update the IIP land use assumptions and fee report. Staff recommends approval. Tina,

thank you so much, mayor, vice mayor, and councel. So, I don't have much to add on this item other than what the mayor has shared. We have talked about development impact fees in the past and what the next steps are going to be and since state statute does require us to again either make the update or accept it the way that it is if that nothing has changed certainly costs have changed. But I can also share that we also know when we approved the development fees in 2021 that we had an additional funding source for some of the street improvements that are put into this plan and that is no longer the case. We do not have that partnership with uh KDP manager and so that will also change the IIP. Additionally, we've looked at we had roundabouts as improved intersections for a couple of the street improvements. I don't I don't know that that is going to be the case going forward. So, we'll certainly want to look at that infrastructure too. So, certainly many things that we need to consider in looking at uh our IIP. So, with that, I staff recommends approval of entering into an agreement with Wilden Financial Services. The total cost of the contract is $50,000. $32,000 is for the development impact fees. $18,000 is for the water and wastewater capacity fees. Uh the the plans, the infrastructure plan should be brought to council and hopefully adopted by June or July, I believe it is. And then the entire study will be completed January of 2027. And I will try to answer any questions that you might have.

Thank you, Tina. Questions for Tina? Okay, seeing none, can we have a motion then approving item 4 C, authorization to enter into an agreement with Wen Financial Services? So move. I'll second. We have a motion by Councelor Ward and a second by Vice Mayor. All those in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. 4 D. Development agreement with High Desert Land Development LLC to reconstruct a portion of Louise Avenue. High Desert Land Development LLC is in currently is in currently completing the Rancho Santa Fe 4 tract 1953-G subdivision. In designing the connection of the subdivision to Louise Avenue at Triangle Street, it was found that the existing vertical curve in Louise Avenue did not meet design standards. The city of Kingman owns and maintains Louise Avenue and is responsible for the maintenance of the roadway. High Desert Land Development LLC brought this issue to the city to see if there was interest in reconstructing this portion of Louise Avenue at this time to bring it into compliance. Staff reviewed the issue considering the project the projected increase in traffic volume due to Louise Avenue's connection to Flying Fortress and determined reconstruction is warranty warranted. The cost of the city's portion of the improvements is $43,600 and will be paid from the capital improvement projects fund. Staff recommends approval. Manager Walsh, shed some more light on this for us.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh, as as mentioned in the the description there, uh, High Desert Land Development is working on uh, Rancho Santa Fe, a future phase of Rancho Santa Fe. And part of that project connects into uh, Louise Avenue. as they were designing that connection, they found that the curve, the existing cur curve in um Louis Avenue that the city owns and maintains uh was did not meet um design standards. So, they brought it to our attention, asked before they did that connection if we'd like to go in and and reconstruct um our road so that it would meet meet those design standards and then they could connect at that point. Um staff looked at it, found that yeah, there was a need there to to address that curve. Um, it's a it's a vertical curve, so as you're going, it's a dip in the road. Um, if you're going too fast, you know, you're going to feel it as you go through it. Um, with Flying Fortress connecting to Louise here soon, we we figure there's going to be quite a bit more traffic along that road. So, we we really appreciate them bringing it to our attention and giving us the opportunity to address it now. Um, believe there there is some cost savings as they're already on site. There won't be any mobilization costs. Um, they participated in the design of it. um our engineering staff has reviewed that design and happy with it. So really this is just us uh participating with them in order to reconstruct that portion um that that we're responsible for. They will continue with all the improvements like they they would um for for the subdivision process. It's they'll they'll still construct all of the curb uh pavement, all of that stuff um tying into that roadway. So happy to answer any questions. And I've got uh Robert and Mike here to help me as well.

Okay. Thank you, manager Walsh. Questions for Manager Walsh. I have Go ahead, Councelor Atkins. Just thought of this while you were saying that this curve or dip in the road currently as is probably helps channel water. You take that out now, where is all that rainwater going to go?

That's a great question. So yes, it it basically water comes from I believe it's triangle uh triangle S going through there um and basically carries it across the road into this new portion. The curve will still be there. It'll just be flattened out a little bit. So it will the water um will still continue through as it has um it just won't be as sharp of a dip. Okay. Vice Mayor, my question um is this is something that would have to be done ultimately eventually. Is that correct? Yes. So, so and who would determine when it would have to be done?

So, I'm sure we have throughout the city a number of, you know, vertical curves that that don't meet design standards. Um I would imagine we we've got, you know, various things throughout the city. Uh what was timely about this is is that they're they're out there doing the construction right now and it was brought to our attention. So um it was advantageous for us to to be able to jump on it right now and and fix it. Uh the roads currently shut down at Louise for them to do their tie-in. So it really all just kind of played together. Um, you know, this, like I said, the city has a number of things, a long list of uh of priorities out there. And whether this would have risen to the top of that list right away, um, I don't know that it would have right away, but because of the opportunity that they're working on it right now, um, we can address this. And with Flying Fortress tying in, uh, and that increase in traffic there, um, it really is a good opportune time to do this. My next just point of reference is that they're developing a whole entire tract of housing um on the other side of Louise and they are going to be responsible for all that infrastructure that encompasses all that. So the only portion that the city is participating in is that portion of Louise that we already have to maintain. The developer will put in all the streets and all the improvements for their development at their cost. Is that correct? That is correct.

Thank you. I wanted that in the record. Any other questions or comments? Manager Walsh, as you were talking, the only thing that had occurred to me, and this is really, of course, we are going to improve that intersection. It'll be a smoother transition. On the flip side, by having that slight dip, maybe that'll slow traffic down because I'm sure unfortunately we will see it where traffic is going to go probably faster on Louise. I hope it doesn't, but we we uh want traffic to go slow um by enforcement, not necessarily by hazard.

I know. I know. Thank you, manager Walsh. Okay. Okay. Can we have a motion then approving item 4D, development agreement with High Desert Land Development LLC? So moved. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I.

Any opposed? Thank you. Item five, public hearings. 5A, approval of ordinance number 1990-RZ25-00003. A request to change the zone of 3.33 acres from RR rural residential and R-16-6 single family residential minimum lot size 6,000 square ft to C2 community business for property located at 1850 Gates Avenue, City of Kingman and parcel number 311-14-273D. RZ25-00003, a change of zone request of approximately 3.33 acres from an R-1-6 residential single family. Um, I'm not going to zone. We I read that zone to C2 zone to allow for the expansion of an existing church and create consistency in the zoning and general plan designations. Staff recommends approval. Jason, welcome.

Mayor, vice mayor, council. Thank you very much. As stated, uh, the application before you is on the behalf of Hope City. It's a reszone application 25-00003. The property itself is located uh just uh to the west of Stockton Hill Road. Uh it is bound by Gates Avenue to the north, Robinson Avenue to the south, and uh has single family residences uh that surround the property with commercial businesses fronting Stockton Hill. As discussed, this particular project site does have a couple different zoning designations on it as well as a couple different general plan designations. So, currently this property is zoned rural residential as well as R1-6. So, it does allow for rural residential development, 40,000 foot lots, uh, as well as, uh, residential development with 6,000 foot lots. Properties to the north are zoned R16 as well as C-1, which is our our local commercial. Uh, properties to the west are zoned R16 as well as those to the south. As I mentioned, there's two different uh general plan designations on the site. So, we have public and quasi public uh on a portion of the site which encompasses the existing church and a portion of the parking lot and what was formerly utilized for uh school and administrative offices and then the remainder of the parcel uh to the west is designated under lowdensity residential. Uh there is a a separate parcel uh which is located on this exhibit here which is the 311427273E that is also developed with a single family home and it is the parsonage for the church that will retain its single family designation. The application before you tonight really is to combine the the zoning on this property to C2. Uh, as I mentioned, the the use of the site for a a previous school is no longer taking place. However, under the C2 designation, it would allow for a daycare center to be operated in conjunction with the church,

uh, as opposed to having them go through a separate conditional use permit. Uh, this also allows us to clean up the property in combining the parcels, creating a single zoning designation as well as a single consistent uh, general plan designation. It does meet all the findings that are contained within the city's zoning code. [snorts] Public notices were mailed and the site was posted as well as it was advertised in the Kingman Minor. Uh to date, no opposition has been received at the January 14th, 2026 planning and zoning commission. The commission did recommend to the mayor and the city council approval of the reszone uh with a vote of six to six to zero. Based on that, staff is recommending approval this evening. I'm available for any questions. The applicant is also available.

I have one question where I'm obviously cleaning up our zoning. Aren't most churches designated as business?

Uh, mayor, vice mayor, councel. Yes. The this most of them are in church in res or in commercial zones. We do have some that are in rural residential zones. Uh at the time previous to the 2021 zoning code, uh they were allowed under a conditional use permit. This 2021 zoning code, no longer allowed that upon the implementation of our newer zoning code that we just implemented. Uh we went back and we we did allow a lot of those to be allowed with a conditional use permit. So that way we did provide for opportunities for worship services throughout the city. Mayor, yes. Will you turn your mic on, please? Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you.

Um, and I'm just another just for education purposes. Wouldn't it make sense to zone it all the same now at this point in time? And and what's the advantage of keeping part of it rural R116? So, that is the application before you this evening is to change it all to C2. So, that way they do have a single designation. Okay. So, it will be correct. and and I can show you they do have a a subsequent site plan and part of the C2 proposal was the fact that the existing church facility with the modifications that they're proposing is able to meet all of the C2 requirements.

I must have misunderstood when you were doing the explanation. I thought you said that part of it was still remain R16. So that's why it is the furthest parcel uh to the west and that is the parsonage parcel where there there's an existing house and the pastor resides on the property. Got it. It is It is separate of the reszone. Yes. Thank you, Jason. I appreciate that. Okay, sir.

Okay. Um, any other questions for Jason? Okay. Let's open a public hearing on this item. This is a public hearing on approval of ordinance number 1990- RZ25- Z003, a request to change the zone of.3 3.33 acres from RU Rural Residential and R16 to C2. Is there anybody here that would like to share an opinion or thought being this a public hearing? Okay, seeing none, we'll close the public hearing and uh council. Can we have a motion then approving item 5A? I'll make that motion. I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Item 5B, public hearing on fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 development fee bienial audit report. In fiscal year 2022, the city of Kingman began charging fire, police, parks, and streets development fees. Arizona revised statutes ARS 9-463.05 05 contains statutory guidance, restrictions, and requirements governing the assessment, collection, and reporting of development fees. One of the reporting options allowed and adopted as part of the city's development fee ordinance, ordinance 1928, is to provide for a bianial certified audit of the city's land use assumptions, the LUA, infrastructure improvements plans, infrastructure improvement improvements plan, IIP, and development fees. The city hired Wen Financial Services to conduct the fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 bianial certified audit of the city's development fees. ARS 9-463.05 requires that the city conduct a public hearing on the audit within 60 days of the release of the audit to the public. Staff recommends council hold the public hearing to provide the public an opportunity an opportunity to respond to the completion of the development fee banial audit report. Tina,

good evening. Thank you so much, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council. That was a mouthful for sure. I am not going to belabor this any longer. We have Kevin Bernett with Wilden Financial Services with us this evening that'll share the results of the audit and then you will be able to open up the public hearing. Mayor, welcome Kevin.

Thank you. It's nice to be back. Um, so as Tina said, so this is a bianual audit that needs to be taken care of for your impact fees. And while they call it an audit, it's not an audit in the traditional IRS sense or an accounting sense. It's more of a check-in to see how you're doing um in terms of the the fees that you adopted, uh the land use assumptions, the IIP, and the progress that you've made. So, within the state statutes, there's three different pieces that that need to be audited or reviewed. Um the first is the land use assumptions. So, how are you progressing in terms of what you thought you were going to have in terms of development, residential development, non-residential square footage? Um, how are you making progress on that? Um, when these studies are initially done, they tend to be done in a linear fashion in terms of projecting growth. They look at what the anticipated growth is going to be over 10 years and then they assume it's going to be equal annual increments uh over those 10 years. That's not usually the way development actually occurs. So, you're going to see some fluctuations between what was projected to occur during a two-year period and what actually occurred. So, we did find that that the projections that were made based on the best available information when the study was adopted did not match up with the two years that we looked at. Um, but that's not a concern to us. As I said, that's just the way things happen. Um, so the second piece is looking at your IIP, your infrastructure improvement plan. So, what did you anticipate to build in order to serve new development? what were the costs projected to be um to do that and what was the timing of those capital projects. So again, it was based on the best available information at the time. So costs have gone up significantly since the study was adopted. Um that's to be expected that there's not an exact matching between what the projects cost now versus what they were projected to cost at the time. Um some of this is linked to the development. So if you anticipate that you're going to grow by a thousand people a year and you only grow by 500, then the capital program that you anticipated doesn't necessarily

need to follow what it was either. So um again, that we're okay with. Um and then the third more critical piece with that is um are you spending the money on the projects that you're supposed to be spending them on? So if you collect a fire impact fee, are you using it for fire related projects or are you building parks with it or are you fixing the streets with it? We didn't find any indication that the money that was collected for the different fee areas were being used inappropriately. Um everything was above board on that. Um the third piece that they want to look at is the level of service piece. Um so that's making sure that as development comes into the city, they're not being expected to pay for more amenities than is being experienced by the current population. Um so that one gets a little bit trickier to look at. Um, for example, you might have a level of service standards that says you have one fire station for every 10,000 people in in the city. So again, if you grow by a thousand people, can you only build onetenth of a fire station? It doesn't work that way. You either build the full fire station or you don't build the fire station. So there's going to be periods throughout the 10-year study period where you might build the fire station early and then as the city grows, then that level of service comes down to where it's supposed to be. or it could be vice versa where you have more people moving into the city so the level of service has declined a little bit but then you do build that fire station and you're back into equilibrium um with where you should be. So um as we performed the audit um we were in the latter case where more people came in, more development came in but the capital projects were not built along the same timeline. So there was a slight decrease in the level of service just um from a time perspective, but the purpose of the study is to look at a 10-year period and make sure that that level of service is being maintained over the 10-year period, not at a specific point in time. Um so we don't have any issues with that. And then the fourth thing that we do that isn't required by the state

statute, it's just another double check for us is um we take a sample of the permits that were issued over that two-year period and make sure that um if I was building a multif family uh unit with five units in it, was I charged for five units? Did somebody hit the wrong button and they charged me for eight units or four units or something like we didn't see any discrepancies in the fees that were in place and the fees that were charged u with new development. So, um, with that, we think that the, uh, city meets the intent and spirit of the statute. We don't have any issues. We don't have any concerns. Uh, everything seems to be above board and as it should be. So, if you have any questions, I'm happy to try and answer them for you.

Well, that is all great news. So, thank you, Kevin. We appreciate that. Uh, questions or comments for Kevin? Yes, councelor. Thanks for coming to see us, Kevin. Absolutely. It is true. It's good to see you in person as opposed to via Zoom. Absolutely. Pleasure. Okay. Do you have any other questions? And we will open this public hearing. We're opening a public hearing on item 5B. Um public hearing on fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 development fee banial audit report. Is there anybody like to make a comment or questions from the public? Okay. Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing. And uh can we have a motion then approving item 5B? Some moved. We have a motion. Do we have a second?

Second. A motion and a second. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Thanks, Kevin. Item number six, announcements by mayor, council members, city manager. Mr. Walsh. Thank you, Mayor. Nothing tonight. Councelor Walker, nothing. Councelor Savage, but I'm not Okay, thank you. Councelor Ward, nothing. Councelor Staley, great. Councelor Dykins, nothing. Vice Mayor, nothing for me tonight. Thank you.

Okay, I do have a couple things. Well, one thing I wanted to mention, tomorrow we have our Tri City Council here at 10:00 in this right here in this room and chamber meetings. So, we anybody who'd like to attend is more than welcome to. Um, of course that is a great opportunity for all three cities to uh compare what's going on and and help each other in different issues. So, uh, otherwise I have no other things. Item number seven, council request for future reports and updates. I know councelor Sely made an earlier request, so we appreciate that. Okay. Oh, I'm sorry, counselor.

Um, I didn't know if I could bring this up during the call to the public or at this point, so I waited till now. Okay. And again, I'm not sure if this is a report that we can get or not, but I'll take a shot. First one is the storm drain issue that that one gentleman brought up. That is a mosquito area. Like to see an update on that to see what we can do to help correct that issue. The second is the uh park, the RV park or the trailer park or whatever it is that is across from the proposed development that's in process on Eastern and Wall up by Mountain Road and the potential of relocating their driveway um part as far as where those dead trees are versus the live trees and if it would actually be a better location

[snorts] uh further well closer to the fire station which would be further away from Wall of Pine Mountain Road to be less congestion right at the interchange. We can do that. I I know um yes, we'll we'll get both of those. I will not have a conversation. [laughter] Is that it, Council Dens? Okay, great. Sorry, I almost missed you. I apologize. I'll just start going.

You You need a panic button down there. Okay. Anything else? Come forward. Just as a side note, those trees, if I remember right, my wife was serving on Clean City Commission back in the 90s and those some of those trees were planted by Clean City Commission because in that public rightway right there, doesn't the city own that? And Clean City Commission planted some of those trees. So anyway, they've served a purpose. Um item number eight, executive session. Item 8A, DA Davcon Atlas hanger lease and development agreement discussion. Staff is requesting the council go into executive session pursuant to ARS38-431.03A4 to discuss the Davcon Atlas hanger lease and development agreement. And with discussion andor action, can we have a motion then to go into executive session?

So moved. Second. Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Once again, everybody here, welcome. We We're glad you're here in chambers. Be careful. Go on home and and have a good evening. Ready, Annie? Okay. Um, coming back from an executive session, we have decided to end our development agreement with Davcon and also end the Atlas the Davcon Atlas hanger lease also. So, can we have a motion uh as such?

Can the motion be to terminate negotiations? Oh, terminate negotiations. Okay. So, we need to terminate negotiations with Davcon Atlas hanger lease and also development agreement discussion. We are actually we're terminating all discussion. Can we have a motion? So move. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. We have a motion to second. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you once again. Have a good evening going home. And we will see you. Hopefully some of you can come tomorrow since it's here in Kingman. I know Smiley will be. Thanks. I'm