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Regular Agenda Item 4. L.

Regular BOS Meeting

Meeting Date:	04/16/2019
Submitted For:	James Menlove	Submitted By:	Sherry Grice, Management Associate
Department:	County Manager

Information

Request/Subject

Approval of letters of support to the Arizona legislative delegation for Elected Officials Retirement Plan debt relief and for increased investment in transportation infrastructure.

Background Information

SB 1293
Policies passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2013 caused the EORP to become massively underfunded and the statutory structure was found to be unconstitutional by the court. This situation caused EORP costs to the Gila County taxpayer to increase by 162%. Our residents expect their local tax dollars to be spent on local services, and we do not think it is right that the state simply diverted local money to pay off the system’s debt. SB1293 provides important, ongoing rural county relief from the state-created EORP debt and helps reduce the diversion of limited local tax dollars away from local services for our residents.

HB 2047
Gila County owns and maintains 765 miles of roadways, only 22 percent of which are paved. Forty-seven percent of our roads are in poor condition with another forty-seven percent listed as only in fair condition. As we project going forward, this situation will struggle to improve because of the weakening purchasing power of the state’s gas tax and the increase in fuel efficiency and alternative vehicles.

Evaluation

Letters will be sent to District 8, State Representatives David Cook, T.J. Shope, and State Senator Frank Pratt.

Conclusion

N/A

Recommendation

N/A

Suggested Motion

Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the Chairman's signature on letters of support to Arizona House of Representatives District 8 members David Cook and T.J. Shope, and Arizona Senate District 8 member Frank Pratt for Elected Officials Retirement Plan debt relief and for increased investment in transportation infrastructure. (James Menlove)

Attachments
Gila County Ltr_Rep Cook
Gila County Ltr_Rep Shope
Gila County Ltr_Sen Pratt