Serving on the Transportation Board. Road-building Relationships. Steve Stratton is happy to be back out on the road again. “Everywhere we go,” he says, “people come in and ask, please fix my roads.” Steve is chairman of the Arizona State Transportation Board, a seven-member advisory board that reviews transportation projects, …
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Pay increases and Tentative Budget approved by City Council at June 29th meeting.
City Council Adopts 2021-22 Tentative Budget at June 29 meeting Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and Council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, Fernando Shipley, and Mariano Gonzalez. All members were in attendance. This was a specially scheduled meeting to give …
Read More »Operation Sandbag. Another step in mitigating the effects of the Telegraph Fire
The call went out by text and Facebook posts: help was needed Friday, July 2 from 7 to 9 am to fill sandbags. Following our recent fires, flood risk is high and multiple mitigation efforts are underway. Globe Mayor Al Gameros explained, “We need to come together as a community …
Read More »Meeting to discuss flood mitigation tonight at 5pm
An informational community flood meeting will be happening tonight, Thursday, July 1, at 5 pm at City Hall. At the meeting we will have Cory Helton, the PE who developed these maps in attendance, by zoom, so that people can review the maps and ask questions about the likelihood of …
Read More »City Council votes to approve $500,000 for community pool after listening to public comments.Part 3.
Council engaged in a lengthy discussion and public hearing regarding the allocation of $500,000 in the City’s 2021-22 CIP plan to fund rehab of the swimming pool at the community center. Council voted to approve funding of $500,000 for the community pool rehab, in the expectation of obtaining additional funding …
Read More »Council discusses priorities and capital improvements in overview of strategic plan. Part 2.
Our coverage of the City Council meeting on June 22nd, continues with Part 2 covering the discussion and overview of the City’s Strategic Action Plan for 2020 through 2023, the City’s capital improvement budget, and the City’s operational budget for its wastewater enterprise, among other items. Members of the Globe …
Read More »Retired military veterans with Team Rubicon will offer to build sandbag walls for residents.
By Paul Wolterbeck/ Gila County You may not have heard of Team Rubicon ‘til today – but the ‘Grayshirts’ are going to be well-known around Globe-Miami as they begin knocking on doors this week. They’re already visiting flood-zone neighborhoods, and offering to build sandbag walls to prevent flooding that’s likely …
Read More »Flood Mitigation discussed at June 22nd Council Meeting: Part 1
In a marathon meeting Tuesday evening – following the cancellation of Council’s previously scheduled meeting due to the Telegraph Fire – council discussed flood and mitigation efforts, the strategic action plan for 2023 and heard from residents before approving funding for the rehab of the long-neglected pool at the community …
Read More »Superior Mayor Besich signs Declaration of Emergency. Thanks Fire Crews.
SUPERIOR- The Town of Superior will be forever grateful to all of the crews who have worked to extinguish this horrific wildfire near our community. At this time, we continue to support our neighboring communities of Globe/Miami as the fire still rages through our Copper Corridor region. Today, Mayor Mila …
Read More »City park revitalization selected for CDBG funds and discussion of 2021-22 budget tops agenda at May 25 council meeting
Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton, and council members Freddy Rios, Mike Pastor, Jesse Leetham, Fernando Shipley, and Mariano Gonzales. All members were in attendance. Seating of Council Member for District 5 Mariano Gonzales was seated on Council as representative for District 5. …
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