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8. CONSTABLE SALARIES Pursuant to A.R.S. §11-424.01 (A) fix the salaries for the Constables in 9 precincts Arcadia/Biltmore, Country Meadows, Desert Ridge, Dreamy Draw, Highland, Maryvale, Moon Valley, North Mesa, San Tan at $48,294 and $67,000 commencing a four year term on January 1, 2017. Constables upon their first election will receive salaries of $48,294. Constables upon their re-election will receive salaries of $67,000. The incumbent appointees of the North Valley and McDowell Mountain precincts will have their salaries adjusted upon their election to a 4 year term in November of 2018. The Constables will return to the Board with additional action to adjust the FY2016-17 budget based upon the outcome of the election. All precincts set for salary adjustments have more than 16,000 registered voters. The remaining 15 Constable Precincts are not up for re-election and do not meet the criteria for salary adjustments. A.R.S. §11-424.01 (A) states: “At the regular June meeting of the several boards of supervisors preceding a general election, the boards shall fix the salaries of all precinct officers, other than justices of the peace, for those officers to be elected for the four-year period commencing on the first day of the following January”. A.R.S. §11-424.01 (C)5 states: “In precincts with sixteen thousand or more registered voters, annual salaries of not less than forty-eight thousand two hundred ninety-four nor more than sixty seven thousand dollars”. (C-25-16-004-7-00)