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ANNUAL REPORT FY 2025 - 2026 PURPOSE CORE GOALS The CSA provides a non-partisan forum for county • Protect and enhance county authorities and supervisors to address key issues facing local resources to promote efficient, responsive constituents, share vital information, and foster constituent services. intergovernmental collaboration with state and federal • Develop high-quality information to support state policy-makers. and local decision-making. • Empower county leadership with data-driven advocacy and policy solutions. President President Elect First Vice President Second Vice President Third Vice President Immediate Past President Hon. Alton Shepherd Hon. Rex Scott Hon. Mary Mallory Hon. Paul David Hon. Kate Brophy McGee Hon. Lynne Pancrazi Apache County Pima County Yavapai County Graham County Maricopa County Yuma County CORE CAPABILITIES STRATEGIES • Analyze & brief county officials on emerging state and federal policies Leveraged by: • Advance a proactive policy agenda • Support partnerships between state & local leaders • County Supervisors • Identify, prioritize, and develop information to • County Managers assist state & local decision-makers ADVOCACY • Legislative Affairs • Support supervisors & county staff via outreach, education, and specialized support INTERGOVERNMENTAL ENGAGEMENT • Data & Analytics • Retain and develop a talented, knowledgeable RESEARCH & ANALYTICS • Affiliate Organizations workforce • Maintain a fiscally efficient, service-oriented organization EXECUTIVE FINANCE & LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH & STRATEGIC RESEARCH & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COUNTY SERVICES DIRECTOR LIAISON ANALYTICS INITIATIVES BUDGET ASSISTANT & DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR ANALYST SPECIAL PROJECTS Craig Sullivan Penny Adams Jacob Emnett Kaytlin King Vanessa Fielder Brandon Nee Zoe Averill Yvonne Ortega CSA ANNUAL REPORT 2 FY 2025-2026 ADVOCACY & POLICY DEVELOPMENT 6 21st CSA Policy Summit, hosted by Yuma County SUPPORTED Adopted 5 coalition resolutions: 64 18 • Res 1-25: Supporting the State-County Partnership 1,000+ • Res 2-25: Transportation Infrastructure PROCESSED FAVORABLY BILLS TRACKED • Res 3-25: Court Funding VIA LPC AMENDED • Res 4-25: Public Safety Pensions • Res 5-25: Homeowner’s Insurance Reform 34 DEFEATED 17 County submitted proposals analyzed, resulting in: 9 legislative measures adopted by CSA Advanced CSA priorities, represented county interests on 7 legislative measures signed into law legislative proposals (49 committee testimonies and 66 meetings with legislators), including proposals that County State Budget/Fiscal Priorities: affected: • Helped ensure state funding for probation officer salary • Plan integrity of PSPRS, CORP and EORP obligations - $10.4M in FY27, reduced to $0 in FY28, $10.46M in • County revenue authorities FY29 • Public notice publishing timelines • Protected $12.6M in county pass through appropriations from • Secure Behavioral Health Residential Facilities funding agency lump sum reductions • Local P&Z authorities, including comprehensive plans • Secured opioid settlement ELR excludability for FY27 • Local involvement in energy facility siting • Identified and corrected JLBC ALTCS estimates for FY27, • Wildfire mitigation and prevention strategies reducing cost growth by $4.3 million • Juvenile dependency representation • Protected taxpayer investments in public safety pensions • Medical Examiner requirements • Continued Flexibility Language • Gas tax distributions • Workers Compensation IN SUM, CSA SECURED • Infrastructure financing • Mobile food vendor regulation 12 POLICY PRIORITIES • Local short-term rentals authority IN THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION • Liability for erroneous convictions Engaged, briefed lawmakers & staff on county issues CSA appointments/committees: over 113 meetings, including: • AZ Criminal Justice Commission • Facilitated/prepared content for CSA leadership • AZ Energy Promise Task Force communications with the Governor and Senate/House • AZ Supreme Court Commission on Technology Majority/Minority leadership • CSA President serves on AACo LPC • Regularly communicated with Governor’s office policy staff • CSA President serves on AZ Commerce Authority Board • Regularly briefed House/Senate Majority/Minority leadership • Constable Ethics, Standards & Training Board staff • DIFI Resiliency & Mitigation Council • Provided staff support for supervisors participating in AACo • Governor’s Water Policy Council Legislative Policy Committee • PSPRS Board of Trustees & Advisory Committee • Regularly briefed members of the legislature • Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Awards Committee • Testified before multiple Senate and House committees Provided legislative briefings to the following: Engaged state agencies to promote county interests, • County Supervisors Association Board of Directors including: • County Managers/Administrators Association • Arizona Department of Environmental Quality • AZ County Planners Association • Arizona Department of Health Services • AZ County Finance Officers Organization • Arizona Department of Forestry & Fire Management • AZ City/County Management Association • Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System • AZ County Dir. of Environmental Health Services Assoc. • Arizona State Land Department • AZ Local Health Officers’ Association • PSPRS Board of Trustees • AZ Civil Deputy Attorneys Association • PSPRS Advisory Committee • AZ County Information Technology Directors • Governor's Office of Resiliency CSA ANNUAL REPORT 3 FY 2025-2026 CSA WEBSITE 70+ 30+ 35+ 10 www.countysupervisors.org Making advocacy, research and data resources available to REPORTS VISUALS PAGES POLICY BRIEFS support decision making at the state and local level. Data Research Advocacy County State & County Annual Publications Lawmaker Toolkit Encyclopedia Revenue County Basics Short briefings on the policy areas where County Profiles Comparison lawmakers have significant influence on how Probation Budget & Taxes counties operate — paired with the full podcast GF & • Property Tax Resource Guide conversations behind each one. Transportation Dashboards • Shared Revenues • Property Tax Revenue Employment • Special Districts • Transportation Infrastructure Dashboards Dashboard • Levy Limit Resource Guide • Public Pensions • Expenditure Limit Resource Guide • Long-Term Care Highlighting Counties General Government • Indigent Defense • Procurement • State Courts CSA Update Pensions • 51 newsletters published, 2,700+ views • Local Government Contributions & CSA Legislative & Budget Priorities • Priorities Briefing Document We Are Counties Campaign Debt Report • Impact of Pending Policies on Counties • 22 AZ county graphics Transportation • Adopted Resolutions • 6 shorts on county government Public Lands • Policy Development Materials • 1 poster • Governor proclamation of county Healthcare Advocacy Resources government month Courts & Criminal Justice CREATURES OF STATUTE PODCAST 35+ 1,800+ 650+ 17 www.countysupervisors.org/connect Exploring the policies & partnerships shaping county EPISODES STREAMS MINUTES GUESTS government in Arizona. Policy Explainers Highlighting Counties Legislative Updates • Why Home Values Rise but Tax • Beyond Concrete: Innovating Flood Control in • County Touchpoints in the FY27 Burdens Stay Low Pima County State Budget • Counties and the Long-Term Care • What Counties Run On: A Copper Case Study • Inside the Majority's FY27 Budget System • Creating Supply: How WIFA Works to Secure Plan • Who Pays for Justice? Funding the Arizona's Water Future • 100 Days... And Counting Right to Counsel in Arizona • Visiting the Pleasant Valley Veterans Retreat • State Decisions, Local Dollars: • 48th in the Nation: Understanding with Supervisor Woody Cline Impact of Pending State Policies on Arizona's Property Tax System • Advancing Election Administration: Inside County Budgets • Constitutional Expenditure Limits ASU's Mechanics of Democracy Lab with Bill • Fixing the Calendar: County Explained Gates Priority First Bill Signed in 2026 ft. • From Roads to Public Safety: The • From the Ground Up: How NACo Supports Jen Marson Hidden Value of Procurement for Counties, with Matt Chase • Baseline to Bottom Line: FY27 Arizonans with Dr. Akheil Singla and • From Statehouse to Supervisor with State Budget Breakdown Mariah Lindberg Supervisor Kate Brophy McGee • Funding Justice: Why Counties • AZ Water Law and Policy with • Connecting the Ships: A Conversation with Seek State, Judicial Partnership Professor Rhett Larson CSA President Alton Joe Shepherd • The Legislative Lowdown: CSA • Under the Hood of CSA's • CSA Proudly Endorses Coconino County Insight Ahead of Next Session Transportation Resolution with Treasurer Sarah Benatar for NACo 2nd Vice • The Fiscal Forecast: What the FAC's Supervisor Paul David, Sam Elters, President! Latest Outlook Means for Arizona and Jim Rounds • Funding Public Safety: The Future of • Catching up with AACo's Jen • CSA's Public Pension Resolution: The Maricopa County's Jail Excise Tax with Danny Marson Importance of Data-driven Policy De Hoog • It's a Wrap! Recapping our 2025 • County Basics: From Statute to • Building Strong State & County Partnerships Policy Summit Service with Supervisor Lynne Pancrazi CSA ANNUAL REPORT 4 FY 2025-2026 RESEARCH & DATA CSA RESEARCH CSA DATA www.countysupervisors.org/research www.countysupervisors.org/data ACCESSIBLE CRAFTED PRODUCED PRODUCED COMPLETED OVER SPANNING ACROSS THROUGH 10 8 41 2 60 MILLION 45+ YEARS 1,900+ 7 TEXT-ABLE VIDEOS ON FISCAL ANALYSES RESEARCH ANALYTICAL OF RECORDS METRICS DATA TOOLS POLICY BRIEFS COUNTY SERVICES & RESOURCES GRANTS DATA POINTS Published 6 research reports: Launched State & County Revenue Performance Tool • Property Tax Resource Guide Includes primers & key terms, limitations on the property tax, FAQs and a comparison of county property taxes against Redesigned & expanded county data & tools: inflation and cost drivers Redesigned to improve experience and expand access to • Levy Limit Resource Guide additional datasets Includes overview of levy limits, their legislative history and • County Encyclopedia: Revenues key data on how counties' annual property tax levies compare • County GF Revenue Dashboard to the limits • Special Districts Overview Expanded & maintained CSA’s 7 data tools: Full overview of special districts created in Title 48 of the Arizona Revised Statutes and a more detailed treatment of special districts that are under the control of the county County Encyclopedia Probation Caseloads and boards of supervisors • General Information Staffing • Central Services Survey • Revenues Employment Dashboard Examines how administrative functions are organized across • Expenditures county departments • Demographics State & County Revenue • County Shared Revenues Interactive County Profiles Performance Interactive visuals to understand how statutory distributions of state shared revenues from TPT, HURF and VLT are County Revenue Dashboard Healthcare Enrollment distributed to counties • General Fund • County Mandated Healthcare Payments • Transportation Report on county ALTCS model and driving factors increasing county contributions Analyzed 1,500+ responses across 5 surveys: Completed 2 research grants through ABOR Community • County Employee AI Grants Program. Conducted stakeholder briefings on • County Leadership AI the following: • County Energy Learning Series • Detention Officer Retention & Recruitment • Search & Rescue on Federal Lands • Procurement Models • County Official Pain Points Conducted analysis on county & state finances: Documents/General Information: • 2026 County Budget & Audit Guide • County 101: Roles & Responsibilities of County Government • FY 2027 Annual Revenue & Expenditure Report • PSPRS Webinar • FY 2027 JLBC Baseline v. Executive Budget Recommendation • FY 2027 Budget as Passed • Transportation Webinar • FY 2027 Majority Budget Proposal • 2026 Ballot Referrals • FY 2027 Budget as Introduced • 2026 Legislative Summary • County ALTCS Model Correction • 2026 Session Wrap-up Webinar • ALTCS State Equivalency – HB 2403 • FY 2026 County Budget Priorities • Impact of State Policies on County Revenues & Expenditures • FY 2026 County Legislative Priorities • Select County Fiscal Priorities & Impacts • 2026 State & County Criminal Justice Funding • Impact of Variable Amount on Counties Model • CSA Board of Directors Calendar of Events • Property Tax Base Analysis – HB 2394, HB 2841, HB 2261, SB 1365, SB 1268, HB 2230, HCR 2017, HCR 2039, SB 1084 • CSA Board of Directors Membership Poster • Sourcing for Online Purchases – HB 2290 • CSA Board of Directors Contact Sheet • Transportation Funding Models – HB 2304, HB 2012, SB 1547 • 2025-2026 CSA County Government Internship Program • SB 1504 Policy Brief • Board of Supervisors and County Attorney Relationship • Tax & Fee Moratorium Policy Brief • Protect Vital County Appropriations Policy Brief CSA ANNUAL REPORT 5 FY 2025-2026 INFORMING COUNTY LEADERS RESOLUTIONS & SELECT LETTERS CSA hosted over 117 county meetings to support its CSA Board of Directors Adopted Resolutions: membership • Resolution No. 1-25: A Resolution of CSA’s Dedication to Prepared content and facilitated briefings for the Providing Quality Analysis and Feedback to Inform State Policy following: Deliberations Affecting Limited Local Tax Dollars and • 9 CSA Board of Directors meetings Constituent Services and Respectfully Requesting a • 1 CSA Board of Directors and professional staff legislative Collaborative Partnership Between State and County Governments for the Benefit of Our Shared Constituents wrap up webinar • Resolution No. 2-25: Urging State Lawmakers to Enact Long- • 3 CSA Executive Committee meetings term Funding Solutions to Support State and Local • 11 County Managers Association meetings Transportation Infrastructure. • 11 CSA Legislative Policy Committee meetings • Resolution No. 3-25: Calling on the State and Administrative • 15 County Outreach Presentations to counties Office of the Courts to Work Collaboratively to Provide • 5 Medium County Caucus meetings Sufficient State Funding for Probation and the Courts, Improve • 8 Small County Caucus meetings the Efficient Deployment of Taxpayer Resources, and to • 1 New Supervisor Reconnect Roundtable Identify a Long-term Funding Solution for the Court System • 7 CSA Learning Series Presentations • Resolution No. 4-25: Urging the PSPRS Board of Trustees to Guest presentations included: Protect Historic Investments in Public Safety Pensions and Requesting that State Lawmakers Exercise Restraint in • Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Trimmer, Arizona Supreme Court Enacting Policies that Increase Costs or Modify Contributions • Lindsey Perry, Office of AZ Auditor General to the System • James Mack, PSPRS Administrator • Resolution No. 5-25: Urging the Governor, the Legislature, and • Nick Capozzi, State Broadband Director the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions to • Matt Chase, CEO/Executive Director NACo Pursue Legislation that would Expand Access to, and • Thomas Torres, State Forester, AZ Forestry & Fire Management Affordability of, Homeowners’ Insurance in Wildfire-Prone • Ben Alteneder, Assistant Director - WIFA Areas • Kristin Darr, Central Creative - ADOT’s Listening Tour • Resolution No. 6-2025: Expressing Gratitude to Michael • Richard McHattie- CIO, Maricopa County, AI Applications Townsend for his Distinguished Service to Arizona's Counties • Chris Wanamaker, Pinal County Engineer - Micro Trenching and His Leadership in Advancing County Finance and Pension • Zach Schira, Assistant Manager - Maricopa County Litigation Sustainability Update • Resolution No. 7-25: Urging The State Legislature to Pursue • RJ Cardin, President - Sun Corridor Trails Legislation to Allow for Additional Local Responsiveness to • Gabe Wright, Recovery Branch Manager - DEMA Short-Term Rental Units, Improved Accountability, and the Address of Inequitable Tax Treatment CSA Learning Series Presentations: • Joint Resolution No. 1-2025: A Joint Resolution by CSA & • Understanding CSA Data Tools - Vanessa Fielder & Zoe Averill AACo Formally Opposing the Proposed Light Rail Extension • New Supervisor Reconnect Roundtable Along 19th Avenue Between Jefferson and Van Buren and • County Authorities - Kent Volkmer, former Pinal County Respectfully Urging the City of Phoenix and the Valley Metro Attorney & Chris Keller, retired Pinal County Chief Civil Board of Directors to Reject This Option Deputy • Open Meeting Law and Public Records Law Refresh - Select letters initiated by CSA: Melissa Henry, Arizona Ombudsman Citizens’ Aide Sent more than 12 letters to various federal, state, and local • Water Law & Policy: Utility in the Colorado River Basin – leaders, including the following: Professor Rhett Larson, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law • Advocacy on CSA Fiscal Priorities to Governor Hobbs, Senate • A State of Housing – Allison Cook-Davis, Morrison Institute for President Warren Petersen, Democratic Leader Priya Public Policy Sundareshan, Speaker Steve Montenegro, Democratic Leader • Emerging Energy Issues: What County Leaders Need to Know – Oscar De Los Santos, and members of the legislature Mary Boice Faulk, Dir. Integrated System Planning and • Opposition to HB 4030 & HCR 2052, related to local revenues Support, SRP • Letter of support for Steve Peru nomination on the Arizona • Overview of Az Water Management– Clint Chandler, Deputy Board of Regents Director, ADWR • Urging support for the State Historic Preservation Office • Exploring Arizona State Trust Lands with the Az State Land • Letter to City of Phoenix and Valley Metro Opposing the Department – Jim Perry & Bill Boyd, Deputy Commissioners proposed light rail extension along 19th Avenue CSA ANNUAL REPORT 6 FY 2025-2026 NACo ENGAGEMENT • Facilitated/supported member participation in NACo • Nominated Yavapai County Supervisor Mary Mallory for leadership and steering committees NACo County Leadership Institute • Advocated appointment of 51 members to NACo • Executive Director serves as Western Interstate Region, committees/caucuses/task forces Ex Officio (WIR Board of Directors) • Supported membership at NACo Legislative and Annual • Participated in NACo- NCCAE Presidents and Executives Conference Leadership Forum • Supported membership with the NACo credentials • Facilitated county support for and engagement in process NACo/WIR National Center for Public Lands Counties • Arizona Caucus Meeting Co-hosted with AACo, NACo • Facilitated NCGM Proclamation from Governor Hobbs Annual Conference • Jointly supported with AACo Sarah Benatar's campaign • Hosted Arizona Delegation Dinner at NACo Annual for NACo 2nd Vice President Conference & NACo Legislative Conference • Facilitated county engagement in NACo’s Professional • Supported CSA NACo Board Representative Supervisor Development Academy, NACo’s AI Leadership Academy, Rudy Molera (Santa Cruz) and NACo’s Workforce Development Leadership • Supported CSA WIR Board Representative Supervisor Program Woody Cline (Gila) and Supervisor Patrice Horstman (Coconino) PUBLIC SAFETY PENSION ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS CSA continued to engage PSPRS, stakeholders and CSA is proud to have established partnerships with 43 legislative leaders on issues related to public safety businesses in FY2025-2026 pensions. Select Activities: • Providing input to continue implementing changes to actuarial assumptions • Monitoring/reporting on PSPRS activities, decisions • Participating in Advisory Committee, Appointment to Board of Trustees • Ongoing stakeholder engagement on Public Safety retention & recruitment study/report • PSPRS staff presentation on accounting system Select Analysis: • Potential CORP modifications • Proposed Modifications to Tier 3 Employee Benefits • Analysis of member trends in county PSPRS & CORP plans • County Results of June 30, 2025, PSPRS, CORP & EORP Actuarial Valuations