Gila County, Arizona Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Gila County, Arizona 2 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 BUDGET RESOLUTION Gila County, Arizona 3 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Chairwoman Vice-Chairman Woody Cline Tommie Cline Martin Tim R. Humphrey District 3 District 1 District 2 County Manager James Menlove Budget Team James Menlove, County Manager Jacque Sanders, Assistant County Manager Michael K. Scannell, Deputy County Manager Shelley McPherson, Human Resources/Risk Management Director Amber T. Warden, Accounting Manager Olivia M. Todd, Accountant Senior Lisa Wilckens, Accountant Senior Gila County, Arizona 4 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 DISTRICT MAP Gila County, Arizona 5 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Budget Resolution 3 Elections 86 Board of Supervisors 4 Finance 88 District Map 5 Health/Emergency Management 90 Table of Contents 6 Human Resources/Risk Management 100 Letter to Citizens 7 Information Technology 102 Community Profile 9 Justice Courts 104 Location and History 10 Globe 105 Tourism in Gila County 13 Payson 107 People and Land 16 Juvenile Detention 109 Economy 19 Library District 111 Strategic Plan & Leadership Principles 23 Probation 113 Budget Summary 25 Public Fiduciary 117 General Overview 26 Public Works 121 Policies That Guide the Budget 30 Administration 122 Fund Types 35 Engineering & Survey 123 Analysis of Revenues 37 Facilities & Land Management/Fairgrounds 125 Analysis of Expenditures 41 Flood Control District 127 Department Expenditures by Function 43 General Services 128 County Leadership 45 Recycling & Landfill Management 130 Organization Chart 46 Road Maintenance 132 Elected Officials and Department Directors 47 Recorder 135 Elected Official Biographies 48 School Superintendent 137 Department Director Biographies 58 Sheriff 139 Department Profiles 63 Superior Court 143 Board of Supervisors 64 Treasurer 148 Administrative Services 66 Capital Improvement Plan 151 Assessor 68 Tax Levies/Tax Rates 155 Community Development 71 County Personnel 161 Community Services 74 Budget Schedules A-G 169 Constables 77 Glossary 197 Globe 77 Acronyms 198 Payson 79 Glossary 201 County Attorney 81 Gila County, Arizona 6 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 LETTER TO CITIZENS Gila County, Arizona 7 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 LETTER TO CITIZENS Dear Citizens of Gila County: We are pleased to present the Gila County Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018, which was adopted by the Gila County Board of Supervisors on July 28, 2017. This budget represents the County’s overall financial plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and provides the framework for the allocation of available resources based on County priorities. The compilation of a balanced budget is a challenging endeavor that requires the collaborative efforts of elected officials, department directors, administrative staff throughout the County, the members of the Budget Review Team, and the staff of the Finance Department. This budget, and the book that presents it, is the result of many months of work by numerous dedicated County employees whose contributions are greatly appreciated. As you review this budget document, we hope our commitment to being wise stewards of Gila County’s resources and your tax dollars is evident. We look forward to serving you, our neighbors, in the months and years to come. Sincerely, James Menlove, CPA County Manager Gila County, Arizona 8 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 COMMUNITY PROFILE Gila County, Arizona 9 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 LOCATION AND HISTORY Location With a population of 53,597 (2010 census) and covering 4,796 square miles, located in central Arizona, Gila County contains the Tonto Apache Reservation and parts of the White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache Reservations. Cities and towns located in Gila County include Globe, Hayden, Miami, Payson, Star Valley, and Winkelman. Gila County is also home to a number of rural unincorporated communities including Claypool, Pine, Strawberry, Tonto Basin, and Young. The U.S. Forest Service owns 56 percent of the land in Gila County; 38 percent belongs to the Apache Tribe; 2 percent is owned by individuals and corporations; 2 percent is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management; the State of Arizona owns 1 percent, and the remaining 1 percent is comprised of other public lands. Located on the northeastern edge of the Sonoran Desert, Gila County covers a wide variety of life zones including desert, high desert plains, chaparral, pinon-juniper, and pine forests. There are a number of popular recreation areas in Gila County including Roosevelt Lake, Tonto National Monument, Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, and Fossil Creek, along with several designated wilderness areas and popular camping areas within the Tonto National Forest. Gila County has always been a great place to live, work, and play. In 2015, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service ranked Gila County 24th out of 3,111 counties in the United states based on “the physical characteristics of a county area that enhance the location as a place to live.” The county seat is located in Globe. Gila County shares its borders with Navajo County to the north and east, Coconino County to the north, Yavapai County to the north and west, Maricopa County to the west, Pinal County to the south and west, and Graham County to the south and east. History Gila County was formed from parts of Maricopa and Pinal Counties on February 8, 1881. In 1889, the boundary was extended eastward to the San Carlos River by public petition. The original county seat was the mining community of Globe City, now Globe. Popular theory says that the word “Gila” was derived from a Spanish contraction of Hah-quah-sa-eel, a Yuma word meaning “running water which is salty.” Gila County, Arizona 10 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Globe Located in the foothills just north of the Pinal Mountains, Globe is the seat of government for Gila County. The plans for an incorporated Globe were established in July 1876 with retail stores, banks, and Globe’s first newspaper printing its first issue on May 2, 1878. By February 1881, Globe was the Gila County seat, which came with a stagecoach route linking it to Silver City, New Mexico. The Globe/Miami area has been an important mining center for more than a century. Silver started the population boom, but copper proved more abundant and led to the growth of the community as infrastructure and commerce were added to support mining activities. Mining in the Globe District proper ceased when the Old Dominion mine flooded in the late 1920s and industry evolved into support businesses for the mines and the major housing center for the area. Most recently the concentration has been small business and tourism, which capitalizes on the historic nature of the community. Miami Miami was founded by Black Jack Newman as a camp near his copper mine. Many claim the camp was named after his fiancée, Mima Tune; others say the name originated with a number of miners who hailed from the Miami Valley of Ohio. Today, Miami is a quiet town with antique stores that feature many artifacts of the early history of the area. Many of the buildings in the downtown area are on the National Register of Historic Places and are in the process of renovation. However, the mining segment is robust with five mining companies continuing operations in the immediate area. Payson Payson was founded in 1882, at which time it was known as Green Valley. On March 3, 1884, a post office was established with the help of Illinois Representative Lewis Edwin Payson, and Frank C. Hise was named as its first Postmaster. In honor of Representative Payson’s help, the town’s name was changed to Payson. Payson had its first rodeo in 1884. Payson considers its rodeo to be the “world’s oldest continuous” rodeo as it has been held every year since. In 1918, author Zane Grey made his first trip to the area surrounding Payson. He would come back with regularity through 1929 and would eventually purchase two plots of land near Tonto Creek, including 120 acres from Sampson Elam Boles under Myrtle Point. Grey wrote numerous books about the area and also filmed some movies, such as To the Last Man, in the Payson area in the 1920s. Gila County, Arizona 11 Fiscal Year 2017-2018 During the 1930s, an effort began to try to get Payson a better road to connect it to the outside world. At that time, Payson was very isolated, with a trip from Phoenix to Payson taking eight to twelve hours. Throughout the 1950s, work on a paved road from Phoenix to Payson progressed and the paving was completed in 1958. This highway, State Route 87 (also known as the “Beeline Highway”), was expanded to four lanes, with construction completed in 2001. Star Valley The Town of Star Valley was incorporated in 2005, making this community one of Arizona’s newest towns. Located just south of the Mogollon Rim, it sits at an elevation of 5,150 feet and is nearly surrounded by the Tonto National Forest. The last major battle between the United States military and the Apaches occurred north of Star Valley and just into the southern portion of Coconino County. This engagement, referred to as the Battle of Big Dry Wash, took place in 1882. In more recent times, Star Valley became an active participant in the Cold War when a seismological observatory was constructed east of town on forest service land circa 1963. The facility, which was intended to monitor underground nuclear testing by the Soviets and Chinese, is no longer operational and has been abandoned. Hayden The town of Hayden was founded in 1910 and laid out on three distinct hills. Though Hayden doesn’t have roots directly in pulling ore from the ground like many of Arizona’s storied mining towns, its history began with the building of the Hayden Smelter, which takes raw copper ore and removes the impurities to make pure copper ingots.