The May 19th Board of Supervisors meeting saw a few items brought back with corrective measures after the Board had previously asked for some additional information and rules. All items continued by the Board will now be brought back to the Board agenda unless the Chairman orders otherwise. After an item brought by Recorder Lydia Durst was not brought back for approval, District 5 Supervisor Ron Gould requested the rules change.
Also requested by Gould, the Finance Department is expected to change their reporting on County warrant registers. The only information provided to the Board has been the check number, the payee. and the amount. Gould wants to know what the payment is for, and from which department. Finance Director Luke Mournian is now expected to provide the data.
The County will take over Camp Stephens in Hualapai Mountain Park after the Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl Scouts gave notice to the County of lease termination. The Parks Division developed a plan to utilize the existing resources allocated to Hualapai Mountain Park to reopen and manage Camp Stephens for public use.
The County’s annual financial audit was completed by Walker & Armstrong, LLP., with only minor concerns in their findings. The errors included account reconciliations, outstanding checks back to 2021 and an untimely filed Federal Awards Finding. The representative of Walker & Armstrong noted that there was no trouble performing the audit and repeated that the errors were easily corrected.
The Economic Development Department heard a resounding NO when they requested $30,000 to create three educational and marketing videos on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Mohave County with actor Dennis Quaid.
The Board was once again updated on the (lack of) progress on the request for proposal for a county medical examiner. There is still no long term solution and the County will continue with John Hassett’s current contract until it expires.
June 2nd, the Board Proclaimed June 2025 as Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Frequent Flyer, “Scotty” McClure of Bullhead City, shared his personal story of having a homeless man break into his home, steal property, and eat his food before encountering McClure in his bedroom. McClure was upset to discover that Arizona does not have aggravated offenses for crimes involving the elderly.
The Probation Department requested approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a probation officer to operate at the City Municipal Court, in the Domestic Violence Court and Veteran’s Court programs. Supervisor Gould asked what benefit is being provided to the County to provide a probation officer to Kingman. This MOU has been in place for several years and the City does compensate for the probation officer’s time.
Supervisor Gould, once again requested and received an exemption to the County fireworks ban for the 4th of July. As a reminder, in Arizona, permissible fireworks include ground-based items like sparklers, fountains, wheels and ground spinners. Aerial fireworks like skyrockets and bottle rockets are illegal.
Pet groomers are no longer subject to human Public Health inspections and costly annual permits in Mohave County. Supervisor Gould noted that the State does not require such inspections, and the County apparently took it upon itself to randomly begin governing grooming shops in 2007. Inspections covered such things as the color of wall paint, separate hand-washing stations, and refrigeration of lunches. Gould stated that the free market would better regulate this industry.