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  Consent Agenda Item     4. A.    
Regular BOS Meeting
Meeting Date: 09/20/2022  
Submitted For: Eric Mariscal Submitted By: Erin Miller, Elections Assistant
Department: Elections  

Information
Request/Subject
Order to cancel elections and appoint governing board members for certain County fire districts, improvement districts, sanitary districts, vocational technology districts, school districts, and provisional college districts.
Background Information
Water districts, wastewater 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 and provisional college districts are covered in Title 15. Elections are covered in Title 16.

Arizona Revised Statute §16-410 provides for the cancelation of elections and the appointment of governing board members for the fire districts, water, and wastewater improvement districts, sanitary districts, and vocational technology districts. Further, this statute provides that canceled elections shall not appear on any ballot.

Arizona Revised Statute §15-424 (D) and §15-1442, in conjunction with A.R.S. §16-410, provide for the cancelation 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 a significant cost savings for each of the special districts, 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. 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 cancelation of elections and the appointment of board members for the County improvement districts, fire districts, water, and wastewater improvement districts, sanitary districts, vocational technology districts, school districts, and provisional college 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 in cost savings for the taxpayers of Gila County.
Recommendation
The Elections Director recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the Order to cancel the regularly scheduled November 8, 2022, governing board elections for fire districts, water, and wastewater improvement districts, sanitary districts, vocational technology districts, school districts, and provisional college districts as listed on Attachments A through E.
Suggested Motion
Adoption of an Order to cancel November 8, 2022, governing board elections for certain fire districts, water, and wastewater improvement districts, sanitary districts, vocational technology districts, school districts, and provisional college districts; and appoint governing board members to those districts as listed on Attachments A through E of the Order.

Attachments
Order
ARS 16-410
ARS 15-1442

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