Ray claims at September 2018 meeting he qualified October 2017 statement about purchase of CTE building on East side of the County and included “planning;” Also claims Ruger building received large donation; video and data on purchase of building appear to not support claims
These are admittedly minor issues but the Blog believes that statements by Governing Board members should be checked for accuracy. It was unable to find support for a couple of Mr. Sigafoos’ important statements made at the September meeting.
At the September 2018 Governing Board meeting a question about what Ray Sigafoos said about the need for planning when the issue of a centralized Career and Technical Education building came up during discussion. According to Ray’s September 2018 memory, during the October 2017 discussion on this issue “I put in a caveat that we needed a plan.” “We need a plan first, that is what I was attempting to say in October.” “I think I included the planning part in my comments.”
You may compare the Sigafoos comments and his recollection of his October statement with the video clip of those comments about the CTE building made at the October 2017 meeting. They appear inconsistent.
Ray also said that the “Ruger building was part of a donation and purchase.” “They got some donations and we got the building.” The Blog went back to the audited financial statements issued by the College in June 2006 and June 2007 to try and determine the nature and extent of any donation for the Ruger Building. The Blog could not find any indication of a major donation for the actual purchase of the Ruger building in those documents. It would have been expected to show up somewhere. (There were, of course, some stipends for faculty and machinery from outside interests and possibly some money for classroom renovation.)
The Blog also went back to the May 2007 and April 2007 agendas where the Governing Board made the purchase of the Ruger building. Neither pager 41 of the May 8, 2007 agenda or the April agenda suggests a large donation for the acutal purchase of the building was involved.
Compare the two videos below. And read the 2006, 2007 June financial reports and the above referenced agendas. The first video is a clip of the September 2018 Board discussion. The second is a clip of the October 2017 Board discussion.
Each month the Governing Board members individually evaluate the performance of the other Board members. In the report given at the September Board meeting, (see below) member Pat McCarver lashed out at an unnamed member charging that the member “brings up disagreement” with a previous Board decision. She also charged that in response to whether Board members operated ethically, one of the Board members made comments and pushed agendas that “are personal, and appear to be vindictive in nature.” McCarver provided no examples.
Over the past six years, 100 students accepted into the Yavapai College nursing and radiology programs have received financial assistance from the Community Healthcare Scholarship started by the Jewish Community Foundation. The goal of the scholarship is to create a local pool of qualified professionals in the healthcare industry.
The Yavapai Community College Faculty and Staff Directory provides an evidentiary window into the dominance of Prescott over the Verde Campus and Sedona Center in terms of who is employed where in the County. According to the Directory, 671 faculty and staff are associated with the Prescott Campus. In addition, there are 89 faculty and staff at the Career and Technical Education Center at the Prescott airport. 
The Prescott/Foundation/College influence has begun to trickle into the Verde Valley Governing Board election. The influence comes in the guise of Ms. Cyndy Nyman. Ms. Nyman, a Prescott resident, has taken the position of treasurer for Connie Harris, who is challenging Paul Chevalier for the open seat on the Community College Governing Board here in the Verde Valley. (Recall Harris was appointed to the seat despite revealing to the County Education Superintendent she had not lived in the Verde Valley for even a single year.) 
For years, the Community College has focused on building its Community Education program on the west side of Yavapai County. The result is that this fall it will offer 110 noncredit courses for adults over there.