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Informal Meeting Minutes Monday, March 27, 2017 Board Members 10:00 AM Denny Barney, Chairman, District 1 Steve Chucri, Vice Chairman, District 2 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Bill Gates, District 3 Maricopa County, Arizona Clint Hickman, District 4 (and the Boards of Directors of the Flood Control District, Steve Gallardo, District 5 Library District, Stadium District, Improvement Districts, Housing Authority of Maricopa County and/or Board of Deposit) County Manager Joy Rich Clerk of the Board "The mission of Maricopa County is to provide regional leadership and fiscally Fran McCarroll responsible, necessary public services to its residents so they can enjoy living Meeting Location in healthy and safe communities” Supervisors/Sullivan Conference Room 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona, convened in Informal Session at 10:00 AM on Monday, March 27, 2017, in the Supervisors/Sullivan Conference Room, 301 W. Jefferson, 10th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85003, with the following members present: Denny Barney, Chairman, District 1; Steve Chucri, Vice Chairman, District 2 (via phone); Bill Gates, District 3; Clint Hickman, District 4; Steve Gallardo, District 5. Also present: Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board; Joy Rich, County Manager; and Michelle Wood, Legal Counsel. Minutes complied by Maria Ceaglske, Minutes Coordinator. 1. EXECUTIVE SESSION Vote to convene in Executive Session to consider items on the Executive Agenda dated March 27, 2017, for Board of Supervisors and relevant Special Districts pursuant to statutory authority listed for each item. Motion to approve by Supervisor Gates, seconded by Supervisor Hickman Ayes: Barney, Chucri, Gates, Hickman, Gallardo OPEN SESSION ACTION 1. SETTLEMENT/RESOLUTION OF PROPERTY TAX CASES AND CLAIMS Pursuant to A.R.S. §§42-16201 through 16258, approve the settlement/resolution of tax cases and claims as listed. (C-06-17-399-7-00) 2014: TX2013-000159; 2015: TX2014-000187; TX2014-000214; TX2014-000243; TX2014-000609; TX2014-000619; 2015/2016: TX2015-000355; 2016: TX2015-000344; TX2015-000937; 2016/2017: ST2016-000061; ST2016-000068; TX2016-000127; TX2016-000141; 2016/2017/2018: ST2016-000035; Informal Meeting Minutes Monday, February 13, 2017 Page 2 of 3 2017: ST2016-000037; ST2016-000042; ST2016-000050; ST2016-000051; ST2016-000203; TX2016-000136; TX2016-000890; TX2016-000964; TX2016-000965; TX2016-001203; TX2016-001302; TX2016-001312; TX2017-000215; Motion to approve by Supervisor Gates, seconded by Supervisor Hickman Ayes: Barney, Chucri, Gates, Hickman, Gallardo 2. CONTRACT CLAIM OF ABOVE TRAINING, INC. D/B/A STATEFOODSAFETY.COM (SFS) Authorize the County Attorney to take action consistent with the direction received from the Board in executive session. This matter was heard in executive session on March 27, 2017. (C-19-17-044-M-00) Motion was made by Supervisor Hickman, seconded by Supervisor Gates to authorize the Chair to execute a settlement agreement with AboveTraining Inc., d/b/a Statefoodsafety.com, in the amount of $125,000.00 to resolve all contract disputes arising under and related to Maricopa County Contract Serial 12149. Ayes: Barney, Gates, Hickman, Gallardo Abstained: Chucri 3. MELENDRES V. ARPAIO, CV-07-02513-GMS (D. ARIZ.)AND RELATED APPEALS; MANUEL DE JESUS ORTEGA MELENDRES ET AL. V. JOSEPH M. ARPAIO ET AL Authorize the County Attorney and Department of Finance to take action consistent with the direction received from the Board in executive session. This matter was heard in executive session on March 27, 2107. (C-06-17-406-M-00) Motion was made by Supervisor Hickman, seconded by Supervisor Gates to approve and direct the Department of Finance to issue payment according to the Order issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Commissioner, Peter L. Shaw ordered in the matter of Melendres et al. v. Joseph M. Arpaio et al., case numbers 13-16285 and 13-17238, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as ordered and docketed March 2, 2017, (“Order”) for plaintiffs’ claim for attorneys’ fees and non-taxable costs reflecting a reduction by almost 1/3 of what was originally requested, and also approve the following adjustments for use of contingency dollars: a) Decrease the expenditure budget for Non-Departmental (D470) General Fund (100) Non Recurring Non Project (1001) in the line “Unreserved Contingency” (4711) in the amount of $400,395.55. b) Increase the expenditure budget in the Non-Departmental (D470) General Fund (100) Non Recurring Non Project (1001) in the line “Judgments” (4742) by $400,395.55. These actions will have a County-wide net impact of zero and they do not alter the budget constraining the expenditure of local revenue duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. Ayes: Barney, Chucri, Gates, Hickman, Gallardo Informal Meeting Minutes Monday, February 13, 2017 Page 3 of 3 MEETING ADJOURNED After discussion on the executive items and there being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned. _______________________________ Denny Barney, Chairman of the Board ATTEST: __________________________________ Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board