By JIM SECKLER/The Daily News
KINGMAN — When it meets this morning, the board of supervisors will again discuss its opposition to a federal plan to reintroduce the Mexican wolf into Arizona including Mohave County.
The board voted at its last meeting to direct staff to find out if the county can be a coordinating instead of a cooperating agency with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s plan to reintroduce the Mexican wolf into Arizona and into a small section of eastern Mohave County south of Interstate 40. The county is opposing reintroducing the Mexican wolves into parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
The board will also consider pooling resources to hire two expert consultants as well as legal funding. The next deadline for an Environmental Impact Statement is Oct. 28.
In other action, the board will meet in executive session to hear an update on efforts to repeal a state law, HB 2178, that was passed in April 2012, which requires the county to give tax breaks to property owners near Golden Shores. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne gave his opinion that HB 2178 is unconstitutional and invalid.
* The board will look to close all of the county library branches on Oct. 25. The closure would allow library staff to attend a mandatory staff Development Day.
The board will also be asked to support a change to a state law as long as it removes a requirement that says 50 percent or more of the county’s registered voters should be on the Permanent Early Voter List before an all-mail ballot election is held.
The supervisors will also discuss a permit for the First Southern Baptist Church on the corner of Second Avenue in Yucca. Several residents spoke of the need for a community meeting area and the services the centrally located church would provide.
The board will also look to approve an $87,735 contract with T.R. Orr, Inc., of Kingman to fix up the sheriff’s office substation in Lake Havasu City.
The board of supervisors will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the county administration building at 700 W. Beale St. in Kingman.