TOWN OF DEWEY-HUMBOLDT P.O. BOX 69 HUMBOLDT, AZ 86329 www.dhaz.gov (928) 632-7362 The Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter Vol. 10 Issue 7 July 2015 NEWS FROM TOWN HALL: UNDERSTANDING THE TOWN BUDGET IN THIS ISSUE: Activity Center Agua Fria Festival American Legion Book Sale Bonuses Coffee With Town Mgr. DHHS New Acquisition DH Library News DH Town Meetings FREE Food for Kids Grilled Summer Squash Healthy Living Workshop In Memory July Holidays & Events Lone Ranger Creed Neighborhood Watch New Signage Permits Issued Summer Farmers Mkt pg 5 pg 5 pg 3 pg 6 pg 6 pg 3 pg 4 pg 5 pg 6 pg 5 pg 6 pg 5 pg 5 pg 3 pg 2 pg 2 pg 2 pg 6 HUMBOLDT WATER SYSTEMS ARSENIC TREATMENT PLANT Humboldt Water Systems is pleased to announce that the new Arsenic Treatment Plant is now installed and working great! Since first installed on April 28th the arsenic levels have been reduced from 18 to 20 parts per billion to 1 part per billion. The maximum level set by the EPA in its Safe Drinking Water Act is 10 parts per billion. Please visit the company website for additional information regarding water conservation, water quality reports, and other important announcements. www.southwesternutility.com By Yvonne Kimball, Town Manager The Town council adopted the Fiscal Year 2015-16 Tentative Budget at the June 2 Council meeting. The Tentative Budget has a total expenditure of $3.98 million. The Tentative Budget book is available to view at the Town Library located at 2735 S. Corral St. or via the Town’s Website at dhaz.gov. The State imposes an annual expenditure limitation on each municipality. In general, municipalities’ budgeted total expenditures are not permitted to exceed the expenditure limitations. The expenditure limitation for Dewey-Humboldt is $4,228,381 in FY 15-16. The Tentative Budget is below the State imposed limitation and Town Council intends for the Final Budget to maintain the total expenditures proposed in the Tentative Budget. Town Council plans to adopt the FY 16 Final Budget in July. Council has spent a considerable amount of time to deliberate each budgetary items in order to carefully allocate limited resources to a variety of Town programs and to protect the Community’s safety, enhance citizens’ quality of life and maintain and develop the Town’s infrastructure. 2016 Highlights: The Town Budget has three funds: General Fund, Highway User Fund (HURF) and Grant Fund. Each fund is balanced by revenues and expenditures. Revenues represent where moneys come from, while expenditures where moneys go. Our revenues primarily come from your income tax, sales tax, state shared revenues, permits, investment interests and fines. Dewey-Humboldt has seen a slowly increasing revenue stream due to the economic recovery. The Town does not impose property taxes. Utilizing the revenues, the Town provides the services and programs to our residents in an efficient manner. Some primary town services are: Public Safety, Public Works (Facilities and Roads Maintenance), Community Development (Building, Zoning and Code Enforcement), Municipal Court, and all Administration Functions. The Tentative Budget is a balanced budget as the operational revenues exceed operational expenditures that pay for the services and programs. The largest expenditure unit in the Dewey-Humboldt Budget is Public Safety which pays for the Town’s Policing and Animal Control services. These services are provided by Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office through an inter-governmental agreement (IGA). For FY 16, the IGA cost is $381,884. In FY 16, the Council continues to focus on road maintenance. The Town owns and maintains 38 miles of paved roads and 10 miles of unpaved roads. In addition to continuing the 6-year Paved Road Maintenance Plan, the Town also implements a 5-year Unpaved Road Maintenance Plan in FY 16. Currently, the Town grades all town-owned dirt roads twice a year. The newly implemented unpaved road plan will allow all town owned dirt roads to continue being graded twice a year; in addition about 1 mile of the dirt roads will receive a higher level of service each year, such as applying some road base materials. Both the Paved Road Plan and the Unpaved Road Plan are designed and used to maintain Town roads in a systematic and cost-effective manner. After the 2015 New Year snow storm, the Town purchased a snowplow and implemented a snow removal plan for the coming years. If 2016 sees a wet winter, the Town would be more prepared to deal with snow storms. All road maintenance activities are paid for by HURF and a reimbursement funding by Yavapai County Flood Control District. Also in FY 16, the Town is expecting to receive a Community Development Block (CDBG) Grant of $260,000. The CDBG money can only be used for specific projects to improve neighborhoods that meet income eligibility requirement. In FY 16, the CDBG money will be used to improve drainage Budget—Continued on page 2 2 The Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter in Blue Hill Farms #3 area (the area behind the Dewey Chevron gas station) and maybe a sidewalk on Huron St. near Humboldt Elementary School. In its neighborhood outreach efforts, Town Council has allocated approximately $15,000 for a communitywide citizen survey to gauge residents’ satisfaction of town services. The survey is being designed and hopefully will be implemented late 2015 or early 2016. Town Council also decided to continue financial support of the Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society (DHHS) for its museum effort. In July 2012 Council began reimbursing the Museum rent at $600 a month; beginning July 1, 2015, Council will reimburse $480 a month for the rent. Council also set aside $10,000 to consider a private well testing kit program for D-H residents in response to the area’s environmental challenges. In addition, the Town also plans to upgrade the Audio/Video system in the Council Chambers in order to improve the quality and functionality of the meeting recordings. This upgrade is scheduled to be covered by the General Fund Operational Revenues. Beginning July 1 2014, the Town brought back Building Safety services in-house. All Town departments and its 10 town employees have been involved in and affected by the transition. Some organizational restructuring has occurred in FY 15; as a result of the service expansion and reorganization. In FY 16, an additional employee has been budgeted for the Town Office. Additionally, another seasonal helper is budgeted for the Public Works Department under the General Fund in order to reflect Town Council’s continued focus on road maintenance. All personnel costs are completely paid for by the operating revenues in the General Fund. The State continues to pass on expenditure mandates to the municipalities. Beginning FY 16, DeweyHumboldt needs to pay the Arizona Department of Revenues approximately $8,500 in order for ADOR to continue collecting the Transaction Privilege Taxes (TPT) on behalf of the Town. The majority of AZ municipalities are Program Cites whose TPT Budget—Continued from page 2 are collected by the State. All of the municipalities are subject to a fee to ADOR beginning FY 16. In FY 16, the Council desires to continue considering real property purchase should the right choices come up. As many may know, in 2015, Council accepted a property donation on Main St. The Peters Family donated their property located at 12938 E. Main St. to DeweyHumboldt for general governmental uses. The property is currently vacant. If the Council purchases any real estate property, the cost will come out of the fund balance. FY 16 Tentative Budget allocates $210,350 for the contingency account which is part of the General Fund expenditure. Further, pursuant to the Town’s Financial Management policy, $744,182 is allocated to the overall Reserve to ensure the Town has enough funds in the case of an emergency or unexpected events. With the total expenditure of $3,978,062 and the Reserve being set aside, the Town sees an unassigned fund balance of $1.811 million. Unlike other governmental agencies, the Town of DeweyHumboldt does not have any debt. Adoption of the Annual Budget is the most important policy action of the Town Council each year. Once adopted, the Budget establishes the direction of all Town programs and services for the coming year. The final adoption of the FY 16 Budget is scheduled for the July 7, 2015 council meeting immediately after a public hearing for the Budget. Council meetings take place in Town Hall located at 2735 S. Hwy 69, Suite 10. NEW ROADWAY SIGNAGE In maintaining the Town’s rural lifestyle, the Public Works Department will be installing equestrian crossing signs throughout Town. This will help remind motorists that they share the road with horseback riders as well as other pedestrians. The Town’s Open Space and Trials Committee suggested 10 locations that they felt would be beneficial to have the signs located in. Town Staff reviewed the locations and examined the needs based on accepted industry standard. Staff will be installing signs at the following locations this month:  Clearview and Highway 169  Foothill and 169  River Road (500 feet south of Highway 169)  Main Street and Highway 69  Kachina Place off Highway 69  Black Canyon Highway and Highway 169     Kachina Place and Pony Place Wicklow Place and Newtown Ave Hopi Trail East of Acoma Trail Piute Trail and Smoki Trail Please watch out for personnel while driving in these areas. Thanks for your patience. Ed Hanks, Public Works Supervisor COMMUNITY GROWTH PERMITS ISSUED: The Town’s Building Department issued the following “new residence” permits over the last month. This information is provided to indicate growth in the community.  1—Single Family Residence  1—Manufactured Home COMMUNITY NEWS: UPPER BLUE HILLSNEIGHBORHOOD WATCH We are having a meeting and potluck on Saturday, July 18th at 4pm. We hope to have a speaker from the fire department. It will be at the home of Judy & Frank Davidson: 1555 So. Hopi Trail, Dewey. For directions or information call Frank @ 626-688-1303. VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT PAID, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORTHLESS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE PRICELESS The Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter 3 NEW MUSEUM ACQUISITION! Dewey-Humboldt has exciting news about a major new exhibit for the Museum. The Thumb Butte Questors have provided a significant grant to the Museum. This grant of $5,000 was large enough, to first require approval by the Arizona State Questors organization. However, both the local Questors and the statewide organization had enough confidence in our local Museum to proceed. The purpose of this grant is for the purchase of a Stamp Mill. This is an exhibit that few Museums have and even fewer have working Stamp Mills on display. The first step in the purchase of a Two-Stamp Mill has been made, you’ll most likely see activity next month as the disassembled Stamp Mill arrives. It will be stored and be available to view in the fenced in yard on the side of the Museum. During the coming months our first phase will be to finish restoring and erect the Stamp Mill, which will stand roughly 18 feet high on a base of 8 feet by 8 feet. The next step in future years will be to turn this static display into a working mill, moving each of the two 1,000 pound stamps to demonstrate the crushing of stone. There is no doubt this exhibit will draw visitors from around the state, mining & history buffs and tourists from around the country. This Stamp Mill is just like those that once dotted the mountains surrounding Dewey-Humboldt back when mining was king. There are too many details for this communication, including the assistance we’ll be getting from Stamp Mill expert Mr. Charlie Connell (and his team of volunteers) and training on the Stamp Mill operation at the Museum in Cave Creek. This is a serious project, one that will draw attention to the DeweyHumboldt Museum and our Town. If you are interested in Mining and Ranching and the History behind it please visit the Dewey-Humboldt Museum. The Museum hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 am – 4 pm. THE LONE RANGER CREED "I believe... That to have a friend, a man must be one. That all men are created equal and that everyone has within himself the power to make this a better world. That God put the firewood there but that every man must gather and light it himself. In being prepared physically, mentally, and morally to fight when necessary for that which is right. That a man should make the most of what equipment he has. That 'This government, of the people, by the people and for the people' shall live always. That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number. That sooner or later ... somewhere ... somehow ... we must settle with the world and make payment for what we have taken. That all things change but truth, and that truth alone, lives on forever. In my Creator, my country, my fellow man." POST 78 HUMBOLDT, AZ 86329 928-632-5185 JULY 2015 The Post with a View July 1: Monthly Meetings: Post Officer’s 3:30PM, Auxiliary 4pm, Post Regular Meeting 5pm; July 2: S.A.L. meets at 4pm; July 4: 4th of July Picnic—Potluck at the POST WITH A VIEW, noon until 4pm; July 16: VA Luncheon for Ft Whipple Vets 11am at Post 78; July 16: Rider’s Meeting 5:30p; July 18—25: ALA—GIRL’S NATION Week in Washington DC; July 25: District 8 Meeting—Camp Verde, 11am; July 27: Korean War Veterans Luncheon, noon. (End of war, 1953); COMING EVENTS: August 1: Auxiliary EBoard Meeting, 11am Mondays: 8 Ball Tournament 4:30pm; Wednesdays: Burgers at Noon $5; Friday Fish Fry: 5pm to 7pm – Public Welcome! (Cod, Catfish, Shrimp plus Chef’s Special) Soup, Salad, Rolls and Desert for $9.00 per person Fish Fry Music: 3rd Greenwood Hill; 10th Classic Duo; 17th Greenwood Hill; 24th Karman & Kompany; 31st Classic Duo.. UNWANTED Rx DRUGS? PLEASE DON’T FLUSH THEM! Citizens wishing to dispose of unused prescription medications can do so at the Prescott Valley Police Department Customer Service Window at 7601 E Civic Cr , Mon thru Fri from 8 to 5. 4 The Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter DEWEY-HUMBOLDT LIBRARY NEWS! The library is ready for the summer with some awesome activities all through July for kids and adults of all ages! Our Summer Reading activities are in full swing. As the kids continue to read through the summer, we invite them to come in for our fun programs! Please stop in the library or call 928632-5049 to sign up for activities! Renowned Storyteller Jim Cogan will present at the library on Wed, July 8: 10 to 11am with “Superheroes in Action”. “Superheroes lend themselves to a wealth of oral tales told in language rhythms that tout positive values like character and caring, courage and creativity and highlight heroic actions in an endless stream of exciting adventures.” Come and listen to Jim tell us funny and imaginative superhero stories! Please register in advance. The library will have Story Time with Ms. Maizie, for ages 3-7, on Wed, July 15 and 22, 10 to 11am. Come for fun hero stories! Please register in advance. Afternoon Games, for ages 7 and up, will be held on Wed, July 8, 15, and 22: 2:30 to 4pm. Kids can come down to play board games including Battleship, Connect 4, Chess, Checkers, Candy Land, Sorry!, Monopoly Jr., Scrabble, Dominoes, Parcheesi, Clue, and more! Also, we’ll have the Wii out to play on the Library’s huge 90” movie screen. Come and play Super Mario Bros., Wii Sports Resort, Mario Karts, Just Dance 3, Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games, Mario Sports Mix, or bring your Wii games to the library to play against others! Also, the library will have Family Summer Movies on Sat: 2 to 3:45pm. The movies will be played on the library’s huge 90” movie screen! Movie refreshments will be provided!  July 11, 2pm: Big Hero 6  July 18, 2pm: Paddington  July 25, 2pm: Penguins of Madagascar Every Thurs: 1 to 5pm, the Friends of the Library have a continuing “featured” Book Sale, downstairs in the JW Mitchell Room at the library. Each week, a new selection of giftquality books will be on display for purchase. Most hardback books are $1. Most paperback books are $0.25 (Romance and Western paperbacks are only $0.10 each!) with the larger “Trade” paperbacks starting at $0.50 per book. DVD movies, audio books, and coffee table style books are priced at $2.00 or more. We have books for kids and teens! All prices are as marked. Come back each Thursday to find new items to add to your personal library collection! The library’s Movies for Grownups is scheduled on the last Tues of each month. We will show a popular, recently released DVD movie on our 90” movie screen, with a discussion to follow. Come to the library to see The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the hit sequel movie to the 2012 film, on Tues, July 28: 6 to 8:30pm. Most of the original cast is back including Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, and Maggie Smith with the addition of Richard Gere! See your favorite characters again in this rich British comedy-drama! Please register in advance by calling 632-5049. Refreshments will be served. The library has a weekly activity, US Fans of UK Entertainment, on Sat: 10 to Noon. The group’s goal is to enjoy, share, and discuss British entertainment. In June, the group will continue to take a trip back in time by viewing and discussing classic Doctor Who stories from the 1980’s. We will wrap up the 7th Doctor’s (Sylvester McCoy’s) era with his last story from 1989 and then we will examine the American/UK co-venture of the 1996 TV film starring Paul McGann, Daphne Asbrook, Eric Roberts, and Sylvester McCoy. Take a nostalgic spin with us with this time traveling cult hit. We will have refreshments on hand! The library’s Book Discussion Group will have its monthly meeting on a Tues, July 14: 9:30 to 10:45am. The group is reading Behind the Beautiful Forevers by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Katherine Boo, this month. This non-fiction book is the story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement near the Mumbai airport in India. The author spent three years studying and researching the people in the settlement to write this breathtaking book. The library has copies of the book available for checkout. So, come in to the library to pick up a copy of the book, and then come for the discussion. Light refreshments will be provided for this fun and lively event. Your library is located at 2735 Corral St. in Humboldt, next to the DeweyHumboldt Activity Center. Contact us by phone at (928) 632-5049. Also, don’t forget that you can visit the library’s website to find out the dates and times for all the library’s activities and to search for and place holds on library items at: http:// yavapailibrary.org/dhl.htm. The library’s regular hours are: Tues, Wed, & Fri: 10am to 5pm (closed for lunch Noon to 12:30pm), Thurs: 12:30 to 7pm, and Sat: 10am to 2pm. The Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter 5 MEETING DATES AND EXPECTED AGENDA ITEMS (Subject to change. Check website or call Town Hall to confirm.) Town Council Chambers 2735 S. Hwy. 69, Humboldt (unless otherwise posted) Council Meetings 6:30pm July 7: 1) ROW Application fee; 2) Final Budget Adoption; 3) IGA with ADOR; 4) NACOG rep and alternate; 5) CableOne Franchise Agreement; 6) Risk Fund Committee Appointment. July 21: 1) Flood Control IGA; 2) CAARF-Agenda Packet availability; 3) VOTY Presentation. Council Work Sessions and Special Meetings 2:00pm July 14: 1) Sound Financial Management P & Z Meetings 6:00pm July 9: 1) OML Refresher; 2) P&Z Agenda Template discussion. To receive Meeting Notifications and Agendas by email contact: Agenda List@dhaz.gov and put “subscribe” in the subject line. Citizens may have an item placed on the agenda by contacting a Council Member or filling out a form available at the counter in Town Hall. AGUA FRIA FESTIVAL Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society has accepted responsibility for the Agua Fria Festival. We appreciate the confidence Mr. Bob Greene has placed in us to carry on this tradition. Likewise, our membership felt this festival is important to our community and should not be lost. The current Agua Fria Festival corporation will continue to exist but go inactive (no longer raising funds for its stated non-profit purpose), allowing the Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society to use the Agua Fria Festival name for our fundraising. This transition has just begun, but will be in place to allow the long standing Agua Fria Festival to be part of our newer tradition of Old West Day this fall, an event you will not want to miss! ACTIVITY CENTER Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 2 13000 Prescott Street, Humboldt (928) 632-0699 Mission: To provide adult, youth and family services to strengthen the family unit and to provide residents with recreational, event and meeting space. Coffee Time: Tuesdays, 10am to ? Goodies, conversation and fun! Bingo: Tuesdays, 11am to noon. Bring a $2 prize (can include nonperishable foods). Player with the highest number of wins each 4 weeks wins lunch for two at a local area restaurant. The past four weeks winner is Marilyn. Congratulations! Community Cupboard: The Activity Center collects nonperishable food items for local distribution. Thank you for your continued donations! Food Bank:. Wednesday 8am until the food is gone. For information call 6320699. Head Start: PV Early Head Start and the Head Start Preschool Home Based Program is closed for the summer. It will resume at the D-H Activity Center in September for children ages 3 to 5. Please call 7727274 for more information. Men’s AA: Every Thursday at 7pm. Thrift Store: Offering a good variety of items, and accepting donations (but not electric appliances, clothing, shoes nor opened toiletries). We also have info about Medicare Assistance, Legal Advocacy, DES, AHCCCS, food stamps, utility bill discounts, health, safety and welfare, Meals on Wheels, and rides. IN MEMORY James Stanley O’Connor Larry Eddie Wrisk Gone But Not Forgotten PESTO-TOPPED GRILLED SUMMER SQUASH From Eating Well Magazine Toasted rustic pesto takes simple grilled squash from ordinary to exceptional with tangy lemon and fresh garlic. Serve as a side dish or chop the grilled squash, combine with the pesto and toss with pasta for a light entrée. 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts (see Tip, below) 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tsp lemon juice 1/4 tsp salt 2 medium summer squash (about 1 pound), sliced diagonally 1/4 inch thick Canola or olive cooking spray 1. Preheat grill to medium-high. 2. Combine basil, pine nuts, oil, Parmesan, garlic, lemon juice and salt in a small bowl. 3. Coat both sides of squash slices with cooking spray. Grill the squash until browned and tender, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Serve topped with the pesto. Makes 4 servings. Tip: To toast pine nuts, place in a small dry skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes. JULY HOLIDAYS & EVENTS July 4: Independence Day (Town Hall will be closed July 3rd in observance of this holiday). Flower: Larkspur Birthstone: Ruby 6 The Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter FREE MEALS! Humboldt Schools offer a Free Breakfast and Lunch Program throughout the summer months for children under the age of 18. Community youth are encouraged to come by Humboldt Elementary School, M—F through July 24th. Spend the summer in a Hunger Free Zone! Breakfast is served from 8 to 9am and Lunch from 11:30 to 12:30pm. There’s no paperwork—kids just show up and eat for FREE! HEALTHY LIVING WORKSHOP For those living with a chronic health condition (or caring for someone who does) Do you have diabetes, heart disease, COPD, arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, depression or any other ongoing health condition? This Complimentary Healthy Living Workshop offers self-management support PLUS a guide book, Join others living with chronic health conditions and discover solutions that work! Tuesday Afternoons, June 30 to August 4, 2015, 1:30 to 4pm, Orchard Ranch Resort, 11250 Hwy 69, Dewey. Contact Beth Brehio to register: (928) 775-9993 x4272. Sponsored by Area Agency on Aging—NACOG YOU’RE INVITED TO HAVE COFFEE WITH THE TOWN MANAGER Monday, July 13th from 9 to 10 am in the Town Manager’s Office. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY Articles welcome from and provided by Citizens, Organizations, Committees, Staff, and Partners of the Town of DeweyHumboldt. Published Monthly by the Town of Dewey-Humboldt Denise Rogers, Editor Please submit articles by the 15th on-line at: newsletter@dhaz.gov or in person at Town Hall. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING OUR VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR 5 Volunteers are being honored this year by the Town Council. A formal presentation by Council will be on August 4th at 6:30 p.m. A picnic event for our volunteers, their families and friends and the community is also in the works, tentatively planned for August 7th. Please check the Town’s website for details as they become available. www.dhaz.gov BOOK SALE BONUSES Get a Regularly Priced Book FREE:  with every $5 purchase;  with every new customer brought to a sale. Lower Level of Library at 2735 S. Corral Street (access off Prescott St.) Town of Dewey-Humboldt P.O. Box 69 Humboldt, AZ 86329 THE DEWEY-HUMBOLDT NEWSLETTER Postal Customer PRESCOTT FARMER’S MARKET Each Saturday through October 31st, from 7:30am until noon in the Yavapai College Parking Lot, in Prescott. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PRESCOTT, AZ PERMIT #12 ECRWSS