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Heather Murphy

Heather Murphy

Heather Murphy joined the Pinal County staff in September 2007 as Director of Communications and Public Affairs. Previously, she served nearly eight years managing communications for the Arizona Corporation Commission, a state regulatory agency. Her professional career has involved work with corporations, non-profits and government. She holds several professional certifications in emergency response and recovery. Following Hurricane Katrina, she took a brief leave of absence from the state to assist FEMA and the state of Louisiana with the launch of the Find Family National Call Center. There she gained valuable real-world crisis communications experience. Murphy is a graduate of the national Emergency Management Institute’s Advanced Public Information Officer training and is certified instructor for the basic PIO course offered by the Arizona Division of Emergency Management. In her leisure time, she is an avid photographer and serves on the board of a statewide pet rescue organization.

Website URL: http://pinalcountyaz.gov/Departments/NewsInformation/Pages/Home.aspx

Contact Details

  • Address
    31 N Pinal Street
  • City
    Florence
  • State or Province
    AZ
  • Zip Code
    85132
  • Country
    United States
  • Telephone
    520-866-6057

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors has chosen Clark L. Smithson to be the new Supervisor for District Two.

Smithson will be sworn in as District 2 supervisor in the coming days.

A date and time was not determined at press time.  He will represent the district that covers Apache Junction, San Tan Valley, Queen Valley and parts of Florence and Queen Creek.  He replaces Bryan Martyn who resigned his seat on April 30 to accept the position of Arizona State Parks Director.

Next Meeting May 24 in Apache Junction

Who decides which roads get paved?  How do I find out the air quality forecast for my neighborhood?  Why are there codes for private property?  What can I do to make my community safer?

The Union Pacific Railroad first announced plans to construct a classification yard in the Picacho area in 2006.  Last month, Arizona’s state Senate and House approved a resolution in support of the project.  Senate Concurrent Resolution 1044, sponsored by Senator Al Melvin, (SCR1044) passed the House with a 46-4 vote and passed the Senate 19-9.   

Parvovirus is a serious, extremely contagious viral infection that primarily affects dogs.  Recently, Pinal County Animal Care & Control has seen an increase in the number of new intakes, strays and puppies that appear sick with parvo infection.   

The Arizona Department of Transportation has advised Pinal County of upcoming work on US 60 in the Gold Canyon area.  Please see the advisory below.   

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors met on April 27 to discuss the process they will use to select a candidate to represent District 2 through the end of the year.

Supervisor Bryan Martyn resigned his seat, effective April 30, to accept the position of Arizona State Parks Director.

Arizona Revised Statutes 11-211.A and 16-230.A require that the person selected be a qualified elector in District 2 and be registered to vote as a Republican – the same party as the individual voters originally elected to the Board.

Residents in San Tan Valley will soon see county-contracted crews working to improve roads in the area.  Micro-surfacing is slated to be applied beginning Tuesday, May 1, 2012, on the following roads:

*Hunt Highway at various locations near Magic Ranch, Copper Basin and Johnson Ranch

*Golf Club Drive from Johnson Ranch Boulevard to Hunt Highway

*Johnson Ranch Boulevard from Bismark Street to Golf Club Drive

This pavement preservation project will include a combined total of 41,269 square yards of material used or approximately 5.02 lane miles of improved road.  The project will use 619 tons of aggregate and 77.38 tons of emulsion.  Southwest Slurry Seal will be performing the work under a contract with Pinal County.

 

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors met this morning to discuss the process they will use to select a candidate to represent District 2 through the end of the year.  Supervisor Bryan Martyn resigned his seat, effective April 30, to accept the position of Arizona State Parks Director.

Arizona Revised Statutes 11-211.A and 16-230.A require that the person selected be a qualified elector in District 2 and be registered to vote as a Republican – the same party as the individual voters originally elected to the Board.

Patiently and repeatedly, a local area property and development company has been cleaning up other peoples’ messes.  The costs incurred to clean up someone else’s trash has totaled well into the thousands.  Pinal County’s Environmental Investigators are looking for evidence or tips from the public that will bring the random dumping to an end. 

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors has created a new website page to provide veterans of the US armed services a convenient place to go for links to sites and information that may be helpful.

The page can be found using this shortened web link: http://goo.gl/nfErj.

You can also find the Veterans’ Resources section on the left navigation ladder on www.pinalcountyaz.gov main page.

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