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VOTE: Vernet
wants SFD to
From Page 1A
sides would be asked to attend a
future meeting.
"Let's hear them out," he said.
Board rrtember Don Harr said
it's unfortunate board member
Charles Christensen was not able
to attend the meeting, since he is
the one who initially brought up
the privatization possibility.
Business Director Karen
Daines, in response to Berkshire's
concerns, said the district would
like some clarity from the board
on what it wants.
Assistant Fire Chief Terry Keller
said convincing private ambulance
services to give presentations to the
board might be difficult because of
the request for proposals published
in the Sedona Red Rock News.
"There are people out there
putting RFPs together," Daines
said.
SFD Fire Chief Nazih Hazime
said he had a problem with how
this RFP came about, since it was
written by one person acting on
his own.
Berkshire said there is no
doubt in his mind how he feels
about ambulance service, but still
wondered why the process was
not followed.
"If we said we are going to
listen, then we should," he said.
Vernet held up a stack of
e-mails, and, said only three of
the 97 letters favored private
ambulance service.
"I feel like the public has voted,"
she said.
The governing board went into
an executive session to discuss
whether it was appropriate to vote
on ambulance privatization.
After reconvening from the
executive session, Hazime said the
intent of the agenda item was not
to vote on it.
says public
leep service
The board then took action
to make the RFP Christensen
published null and void.
The management team of the
district was asked to contact
, private ambulance companies to
give them opportunities to give
presentations to the board during
its June meeting.
Before the presentations, 12
community members gave their
views on ambulance service.
Resident Matt Sullivan
wondered why SFD would
consider going with private ambu-
lances since its service is fine.
Janice Aranoff said the fire
district is attempting to use scare
tactics by not telling the complete
truth and referenced a letter being
distributed in the community.
She said fire and training certi-
fication is controlled and managed
by the state, so private ambolance
companies would not be exempt
from the certification Sedona
EMTs receive.
"I don't profess to know if
privatization is the best," she said,
adding if the same service can
be given for less, it sounds like a
good idea.
Resident Dick Fishel said private
ambulance companies have high
turnover rates, low wages and less
experienced emergency medical
technicians.
He said he wants a less expen-
sive service but is not willing to
settle for less than the best just to
save a few dollars.
Resident Caroline Johnson
said she hoped the board looks at
private ambulance service ramifi-
cations before considering it.
Resident Wade Bell said Sedona
EMTs responded to him when he
went into cardiac arrest, and added
this situation convinced him
SFD's ambulance service is one of
the best.
COUNCIL: ADOT gave city
August deadline for decision
From Page 1A
does not differ from what ADOT
has said before, and therefore, he
is not too hopeful more discus-
sion would be helpful.
Councilman Dan Mcllroy
said for the short term the City
needs to talk with ADOT about
extending the August deadline.
He added in the long term the
city needs to take over the road.
Litrell said she is in favor of
looking at a turn back. A turn
back would be if ADOT turned
over State Route 89A to the city.
She added the city needs to put
pressure on ADOT to look at
alternatives.
Rayner said the city needs to
go back to the community to
get its input with the public and
make residents understand they
vould be footing the bill for a
turn back.
Vice Mayor Cliff Hamilton
said the city should tell Brewer
the letter it received from ADOT
was not what council expected.
City staff will look at other
communities who have taken
over highways from ADOT and
liability issues to come up with
an analysis for Sedona.
Council also passed a reso-
lution by a 6-1 vote to show
its opposition to continuous
roadway lighting along State
Route 89A and support for
ADOT to enter into good faith
discussions with the city to
come up with a comprehensive
plan that is consistent with
Sedona's community values.
DiNunzio was the lone
dissenting vote.
Michael Mareshcan be reached
at 282-7795, ext. 125, or
mmaresh @ larsonnewspapers.com
RED ROCK NEWS, Sedona, Arizona Friday, May 28, 2010 - 11A
Top of the Class
SEDONA RED ROCK HIGH SCHOOL senior class president Jesse
Powers, left, along with valedictorians Garrett Debs, center,
and Joshua DiBiasi address the crowd during commencement
Tom Hood/Larson Newspapers
ceremonies at the school Wednesday, May 26. Hundreds of famity
members and friends watched as 114 seniors received their
diplomas from the school's staff members.
Village man receives honorary doctorate
Douglas W. Ayres, a Village
of Oak Creek resident since
1986, was recently honored with
an honorary Doctor of Laws
degree by his undergraduate
school, Roanoke College of
Salem, Va.
Ayres was cited for "aiding
hundreds of governments to
improve operations, finances
and management" while he was
with the University of Chicago's
worldwide consulting ann, PAS.
Those assisted ranged from
towns and districts to large cities
and several states.
Ayres was one of a small
group that drew up the consti-
tutions for both Alaska and
Hawaii. He wrote the statutes,
implemented personnel and
financial systems and helped
establish internal organization
of Alaska at statehood. He also
authored the local government
laws for both the Hawaii and
Alaska. He conducted govern-
ment overhauls in 15 states and
one Canadian province.
Ayres also wrote and imple-
mented 17 city charters and
numerous revisions, and he
authored and securedpassage of a
California constitutional amend-
ment. For the United Nations,
Ayres led a team to reinstitute
democracy in Venezuela after a
dictator was deposed in 1959.
He also reorganized and recapi-
talized Venezuela's 35 govern-
ment corporations and created
a corporation similar to that of
the Tennessee Valley Authority
known as the Corporacion
Venezolana de Guyana, which is
now a trillion-dollar power, oil
and industrial operation.
Ayres also served as town clerk
of Sa!em, Va., and city manager
of Melbourne, Fla.; Salem, Ore.;
and Inglewood, Calif. He also
served as'CEO and final devel-
oper of Leisure World/Laguna
Hills, Calif., a senior co-op and
condo community.
He is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill as a Phi Beta Kappa,
and holds a master's degree from
Syracuse University. As founder
of Management Services, he
served as CEO for 15 years,
arranging financing for local
California governments, a press
release stated.
From 1975 to 1990, Ayres
was a professor at the graduate
school of the University of
Southern California. He also
taught at California State
Univeristy, Long Beach and the
University of California, Irvine.
For 15 years, he taught both at
the California Commission of
Peace Officer Standards and
Training Command College
and at the NationalSheriffs'
Institute.
As a U.S. Army private, Ayres
was a truck mechanic, and later
served 20 years in the U.S. Air
Force Reserve, rising to the rank
of major as base commander. He
also wrote several books.
Ayres sold his businesses and
retired to the Village in 1993. He
serves as a director of the Big
Park Sewer District.
LEGAL: Raul
From Page 1A
He believes day laborers
standing out in front of Windsong
Trailer Park looking for work
will be the first ones targeted by
police.
He said he has no plans to leave
Sedona, but added he would if it
is necessary.
He said he tries to stay away
from law enforcement, but added
he has been stopped by Sedona
police for traffic violations; and
added they were not really inter-
ested in his immigration status.
Mendoza want the supporters
Mendoza asks
of SB 1070 to think about the
children who could be separated
from their parents under the this
law.
"Take a moment and consider
this," he said. "That is one of the
meanest things."
He said illegal immigrants need
to take precautions to minimize
their chances of being detected
if they plan on staying in Arizona
once the law goes into effect.
He said illegal immigrants
operating a vehicle must tuake
sure everything is in good oper-
ating condition, so police will not
have reasons to initiate stops.
police not
Mendoza said he will limit the
places he visits because the safest
place for him and his friends are
their rsidences.
"We have to find a better place
to do things," he said, adding
there has to be a better way to
curb illegal immigration than
separating families.
"There is always a way. They
are human. This goes against the
Constitution," Mendoza said.
He said he would not like to
change how he lives, but realizes
he must if he doesn't want to be
stopped jus t so his immigration
status can be checked.
to racially profile
"You change your behavior,"
he said, adding he has always
dressed better when going out
because he was a target.
"You have to be a better
presenter," he said. "You can't
go to the areas we used to [visit].
The less you are out, the better
you feel."
He said he wants to ask police
officers to be honest, and do the
jobs they are supposed to by not
racial profiling.
Michael Maresh can be reached
at 282-7795, ext. 125, or
mmaresh @ lars°nnewspapers'c°m
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