PERSONAL 

• Arizona resident since 1969
• 5 children, 9 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild
• Retired real estate broker, former owner of Springer Realty

PUBLIC SERVICE BACKGROUND 

• State Senator, District 1, 1990-1998
• Arizona State Treasurer, 1999-2003
• Yavapai County Supervisor, District 1, 2005-Present

As a state senator, Carol Springer was a leader on many public policy issues:

• As the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, she brought national recognition to Arizona for fiscal accountability, winning the National Excellence Award for performance based budget reforms and improved the bond rating for state government bonds. Arizona ranked 9th best managed state in 1995 by Financial World magazine, up from 32nd place in 1993.
   
• Created the very successful Distance Learning Program that affords students the opportunity to earn university degrees via interactive communications at local community colleges.
   
• Co-created the rapidly expanding Telemedicine Program that allows interactive communications between doctors and the University of Arizona medical specialists for the diagnosis and treatment of rural patients.
   
• One of the leaders who created welfare reform for Arizona that became the model for the National Welfare Reform Bill the following year, helping people from dependency to becoming productive citizens.
   
• One of the leaders who created charter schools in Arizona, providing parents the opportunity to choose the best school for their child.
   
• Led legislative efforts to reduce income taxes by 28%, motor vehicle taxes by 30% as well as other tax cuts. Consistently recognized as a “Friend of the Taxpayer” by the Arizona Federation of Taxpayer’s Association.

As the Arizona State Treasurer, Carol Springer was responsible for the receipt, investment and disbursal of over 27 billion dollars of revenue annually. Her philosophy for the investment of these funds was to prioritize by safety, liquidity and yield.

As a Yavapai County Supervisor, Carol Springer offers a productive formula of Experience + Leadership + Hard Work = Results.

BUDGET/TAXES: 

• Worked to create county budget reforms that provide more accountability and save taxpayer dollars.
   
• Worked to lower property tax rates to help offset state mandated increases in property valuations.
   
• Worked to increase use of debit/credit cards to increase percentage of fines and fee collections.
   
• Worked to create a long range plan for capital improvements to reduce future costs of necessary building expansions.
   
• Worked to create a county-wide paperless technology system interactive among all county departments. Development of this system is in progress.
   
• Worked to create an on-line auction of county owned excess property to generate new revenue.

TRANSPORTATION/LAND USE: 

• Chairman of the Board of Directors of CYMPO (Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization). Mission is to use regional cooperation in planning a long-range regional transportation system including transit, trails and bike paths.
   
• Worked with the State Transportation Board to obtain funding in the ADOT 5-Year Transportation Plan for:
  • SR89/89A Interchange. Project completed in April, 2008
  • SR69/89 Interchange. Now under construction.
  • SR89 Widen to 4 lanes in Chino Valley. Now under construction.
  • SR89 Widen to 4 lanes from Chino Valley to Prescott. In design.
     
• Worked to create a working group called CT-LU (Coordinating Transportation and Land Use). Members are local land and transportation planners, CYMPO, ADOT and the Federal Highway Administration. The CT-LU mission is to plan transportation projects prior to land development.
  • CT-LU received the ADOT 2007 Arizona Transportation Partnering Excellence Award.
     
• Worked to secure funding for the Yavapai County 5-Year Regional Road  Program:
  • Widening Williamson Valley Road to 4 lanes from Prescott city limits to Pioneer Parkway. In final design, construction to start Fall of 2008.
  • Widening Williamson Valley Road to 4 lanes from Pioneer Parkway to Outer Loop Road. In design, construction to start in 2009.
  • Widening Fain Road to a 4-lane divided highway. In design.
  • Create new Great Western/Glassford Hill extension from SR89A north and west to SR89. Design Concept Report to begin Spring 2008.
     
• Worked to create successful legislation sponsored by Rep. Lucy Mason to allow neighborhoods to build and maintain local roads to their own standards. (R.I.M.D., Road Improvement and Maintenance Districts).
    
• Worked to pave more county maintained roads to reduce maintenance costs and to provide dust abatement.
   
• Worked to enact a county Minor Land Division Ordinance to help prevent illegal subdivisions.
   
• Worked on implementing policies to require new growth to pay its fair share of infrastructure costs.
   
• Worked to initiate new subdivisions ordinances to encourage development of projects that provide more open space and conserve energy and water. Planning and Zoning Commission and various sub-committees are currently working on this project.

WATER: 

• Worked to create the UVRWPC (Upper Verde River Watershed Protection Coalition). The missions are to protect the base flow of the Upper Verde River and the achieve safe yield in the Prescott AMA (Active Management Area). Numerous projects are in planning stages.
   
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Yavapai County Water Advisory Committee (WAC). The primary mission is to provide water management strategies for a sustainable future water supply.
   
• Worked to create a demonstration storm water management plan for Pioneer Park to clean and retain storm water for aquifer recharge. Currently in design.

QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES: 

• Worked to effect a land exchange with the City of Prescott to preserve the historic Prescott Rodeo Grounds site.
   
• Worked to create the Yavapai County Centennial Coordinating Committee.
   
• Worked to obtain funding to create more amenities at Pioneer Park including picnic areas, a playground and restrooms.
   
• Worked to establish a permanent site for Morgan Ranch Nature Park.
   
• Worked to create the position of Trails Coordinator to improve and integrate a county-wide trails system.
   
• Worked to create a site on the Courthouse Square for a Veteran’s Memorial.
   
• Worked to preserve the timeline at the Courthouse.
   
• Worked to hold community town hall meetings to hear citizens’ concerns.
   
• Worked to hold community cleanup events.
   
• Worked with Rep. Lucy Mason and Sen. Jake Flake to create legislation to allow counties to impose fire bans when wildfire conditions warrant.

As a mother, grandmother and great grandmother of children living in Yavapai County, Carol Springer is committed to preserving our quality of life and retaining the history and traditions of Yavapai County through implementation of thoughtful and careful growth planning policies.