Former mayor a strong supporter of Yavapai Community College
The Blog has learned that former Sedona Mayor Rob Adams has indicated he will endorse Paul Chevalier for the District #3 Yavapai Community College seat to be filled in November. Mr. Chevalier announced about four weeks ago he was running for the seat and has been receiving wide-spread support from community leaders throughout the Verde Valley and Sedona. The indication of endorsement was warmly welcomed by Chevalier.
Rob Adams
Adams, a strong proponent of the College, worked extremely hard and effectively to save the Sedona Center from being closed and sold by the College in 2015-16. He was also instrumental in triggering an investigation that revealed the Sedona Taxing District is paying more than $6 million dollars annually to the College in property tax support (and receiving little in return for the investment).
Mr. Adams served three years on the Sedona City Council and six years as that community’s mayor. He decided not to run for office in 2016. He has a long list of diverse community accomplishments as a public servant. For example, he was instrumental in encouraging the establishment of a year-round culinary institute in Sedona through partnerships with Yavapai College, business organizations, and other interested parties. The culinary institute is a part of the 2013 Sedona Community Plan. In 2005, he was a founding board member of MATForce to combat crystal methamphetamine use and manufacture in Yavapai County. As mayor, in 2010 he co-founded the Greater Sedona Substance Abuse Committee (GSSAC) to bring MatForce programming into Sedona. Since leaving that office Adams has made decreasing substance abuse a personal mission.
There is a question whether Ray Sigafoos, who represents District 1, will run for his seat on the College Governing Board in November. At the May Board meeting, he indicated that he had certain medical issues at the present time. His present term expires: December 31, 2018.
The multimillion dollar lawsuit between the former director of aviation programs at Yavapai College, Dan Hamilton, and the College is headed for a jury trial. If it is not settled, the jury will be asked to decide whether the College took sufficient steps to inform the VA about how they were calculating the 85/15 rule. Hamilton alleges that Yavapai College and its airplane program partner, NorthAire Aviation, violated the Veteran’s Administration funding rule that limits VA beneficiary enrollment to 85% in any program. (In other words, the program must have at least 15% of its enrollees as civilians.)
If you’ve watched the Yavapai Community College Governing Board meetings for a period of time, you are aware that the Facilities Management team has traditionally done an excellent job of keeping the public informed of the progress on various construction projects within the District. The team provided the information as a part of President Wills report to the Governing Board at each meeting.
Yavapai Community College is moving forward on selecting members to sit on the Search Committee for a new College President. Using Survey Monkey the following questionnaire (see below) was developed. All one needs to do is to complete the survey and submit it and you will be considered a potential member for the Committee.