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The Prescott City Council will revisit its current meeting schedule at 3 this afternoon.  Council was supposed to discuss its 2 voting sessions a month schedule 2 weeks ago, but 2 members were absent.  Since the trial period that has been in effect since April ended last month, City Clerk Liz Burke is seeking direction as to how Council wants to continue with its meeting schedule.  Burke indicates primarily from the perspective of her office and the Legal Department, this schedule has saved a great deal of time and allows that time to be spent on other projects.  Council has met in workshops and special meetings during Tuesdays that did not have meetings scheduled.  The meeting will be held in Council chambers on South Cortez Street and 5 minutes before it starts, the Hassayampa Community Facilities District Boards 1 and 2 will hold meetings to consider Fiscal Year 2011 budget approval.

The Prescott Unified School District Board will host a special meeting at 5 tonight.  The Board will consider approving a Construction Manager at Risk amendment for the Guaranteed Maximum Price of remaining scheduled bond projects.  These projects at the high school include lighting and cameras, fencing, gates and bumpers; the Ruth Street Theater band expansion, exterior restrooms and emergency lighting.  Officials note the Gym A ceiling was already included, as was the paving.  The Board already approved the District Office HVAC project in separate action.  The Board will also consider the selection of Deborah Salcedo as the new Assistant Principal and Ryan Tyree as the new Dean of Students at the high school.  The meeting will be held in the District Office on South Granite Street.

A Prescott Valley man is facing numerous charges after allegedly pointing a gun at his girlfriend.   A reporting party at a nearby apartment told Prescott Valley Police they observed a female leave an apartment in the 3200 hundred block of Hedgewood Drive, then a male grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back inside.   Officers could hear a female crying loudly so they contacted 22 year old Francisco Cartegena, who stated he pulled the victim back in the apartment because she wanted to leave and he didn’t want her walking around in the heat.

The 21 year old female stated the suspect threw her on the couch and he pointed a handgun at her head and chest, at 1 point allegedly pulling the trigger but the gun was not loaded.  Cartegena has been arrested for aggravated assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and threatening, all per domestic violence, as well as disorderly conduct with a weapon and 2 counts of disorderly conduct.

Citizen and business academies are scheduled to start within the next 2 months.  The Prescott Valley Police Department will host its academy on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6 to 9.  The academy runs from August 9^th through September 22^nd at the Ed Seder Law Enforcement Center on Civic Circle.  The Cottonwood Police Department is accepting applicants for its 10 week academy, which will be held Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 starting September 9^th at the Public Safety Building on South 6^th Street.  Registrations are being taken for the 4^th Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Academy, which will be held at the Chamber Office on Main Street.  This 8 week business education course starts August 17^th and will offer classes relevant to successful business.  There is a 30 dollar registration and materials fee for all participants.  The Town of Dewey-Humboldt is holding an academy designed to inform future leaders and interested citizens about local government and encourage an interest in town issues.  The 7 week academy is set to start September 22^nd.

The Better Business Bureau has released statistics on inquiries and complaints in Yavapai County.  Officials note a high number of inquiries in an industry can reflect consumer interest trends, strong marketing campaigns from a certain business or industry, or it can be an indicator of seasonal activities.  The top industry category from April to June is wholesalers and distributors, followed by health and diet products, direct mail advertising, alternative health care and vitamins and food supplements.  Industries with high complaints might indicate consumer issues relating to sales, customer services or non delivery of ordered items.  The most complaints received about an industry include auto service specialty parts, resorts, timeshare companies, health and diet retail products, auto repair and service and new car dealers.

District One Representative Andy Tobin says Senate Bill 1070 didn’t just happen overnight.  This controversial bill is scheduled to go into effect in 2 days, and during yesterday’s Q and A with Sandy Moss on 1130 AM and 99.9 FM KQNA, Tobin explained the bill was slowly being put together and lawmakers had a dry run at it last year, but he admits it wasn’t a good bill and he voted against it so a better bill could be put into place.  Tobin says there is a lot of interest in this anti illegal immigration measure from other areas:

Tobin adds federal legislators were sent to do a job in enforcing anti illegal immigration, and that job wasn’t being done, so Arizona lawmakers took it over.

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