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| ARF- 2804 |
Consent Agenda Item 4. K.
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| Regular BOS Meeting |
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| Information |
| Request/Subject |
| Order to Cancel Elections and Appoint Governing Board Members for County Improvement Districts. |
| Background Information |
Water districts, waste water districts, and sanitary districts are collectively known as county Improvement Districts. County improvement districts are covered in Title 48 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. School Districts are covered in Title 15. Elections are covered in Title 16.
ARS §16-410 provides for the cancellation of elections and the appointment of governing board members for the fire districts, water and waste water improvement districts, sanitary districts, and vocational technology districts. Further, this statute provides that canceled elections shall not appear on any ballot.
ARS §15-424 (D) and §15-1442, in conjunction with ARS §16-140, provide for the cancellation of elections and the appointment of governing board members for school districts and college districts. |
| Evaluation |
| The ability to cancel elections and appoint board members under these circumstances results in significant cost saving for each of the special districts, the school districts, and the County. The districts do not have to pay the County for the election and the County does not have to include these candidates on a ballot where they would have been automatically elected anyway. Additionally, the County is not required to create numerous different ballot styles for each of these individual districts. |
| Conclusion |
| Arizona Revised Statutes provide for the cancellation of elections and the appointment of board members for the County Improvement Districts, fire districts, water and waste water improvement districts, sanitary districts, technology school districts, provisional college districts, and school districts; and appointing governing board members to those districts as listed on Attachments A through E of this order. The implementation of the Order to cancel and appoint results is cost savings to the taxpayers of Gila County. |
| Recommendation |
| The Elections Department recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the Order to cancel the regularly scheduled November 4, 2014, governing board elections for fire districts, water and waste water improvement districts, sanitary districts, technology school districts, provisional college districts as listed on Attachments A through E. |
| Suggested Motion |
| Adoption of an Order to cancel the November 4, 2014, governing board elections for the fire districts, water and waste water improvement districts, sanitary districts, technology school districts, provisional college districts, and school districts; and to appoint governing board members to those districts as listed on Attachments A through E of this Order. |
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