Has already launched campaign for Fifth District County Supervisor
Yavapai Community College Fifth District Board representative Steve Irwin will be leaving the Governing Board after one term. He has announced that he is running for Yavapai County Board Supervisor for that District. He is already actively campaigning on Facebook (click here to see his Facebook page).
The County Board consists of five members elected to four-year terms representing the five supervisor districts. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for the financing and administration of County government, has final approval over County department budgets, governs tax rates and calculates all other tax rates. The Board also has final approval for all zoning and use permits in the unincorporated areas of the County. The average Board of Supervisor salary is around $60,000 a year. There is no compensation associated with being a member of the Community College Governing Board.
Irwin was up for reelection as a member of the Yavapai Community College Governing Board in November 2020 after serving one six-year term. His opponent for the Supervisor’s position in the 2020 election appears to be Mary Mallory. Mallory is a former Prescott Valley Council-member who was unanimously voted by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors to fill the District Five Supervisor vacancy during a meeting on Monday morning, July 15, 2019. The Fifth District Supervisor’s seat was vacated by Jack Smith, who resigned from the position in late June following his appointment by President Donald Trump’s administration to serve as the Arizona State Director of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Rural Development.
The Fifth District encompasses the following portion of Yavapai County: Castle, Diamond Valley, Glassford, Granville, Groom Creek, Horseshoe, Lynx Creek, Mountain View, Prescott Valley 1/Navajo, Prescott Valley 2, Pronghorn View, Roundup, Superstition, and Yavapai Hills.