The Southern Arizona Business Coalition has requested documents from the Pima County Government related to the amount of monies and time spent by various County departments regarding Rosemont Copper.
On May 18, 2011, AMIGOS (Mining Suppliers Trade Association) submitted a narrower request which revealed $70,000 in taxpayer money spent to review Rosemont Copper issues. A recent review of the County website shows a number of additional contracts and amendments. While it is unclear what the actual expenditures are, there are over $400,000 in outstanding contracts to date.
SABC says that as soon as they receive the documents they will “present the information to the public for review and questions, and will also seek clarification and justification of these expenditures from the Pima County Board of Supervisors.”
The pro-business organization sent a request for “any and all public records in the control or custody of Pima County, the Pima County Administrator, the Pima County Office of Conservation Science and Environmental Policy, the Pima County Regional Flood Control District Offices, the Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department, the Pima County Development Services Department, the Pima County Cultural Resources & Historic Preservation Office, the Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Department, the Pima County Department of Administration, the Pima County Department of Transportation and the Pima County Board of Supervisors, including their employees, representatives and consultants, regarding the Rosemont Copper Project.
Their request includes any and all public records from January 1, 2007 to the present date:
1. Any and all documents, timesheets, salaries, projections, calendars, meeting notes, audits, expense reports, budgets, reports, communications, correspondence, emails or other electronic transmissions relating to the amount of time and hours worked on any matters relating to the Rosemont Copper Project by any of your employees, representatives and/or consultants, including any documents relating to (a) any hours and/or time relating to the Rosemont Copper Project billed to bond projects, (b) any hours and/or time relating to the Rosemont Copper Project billed to Administrative Time, (c) any hours and/or time relating to the Rosemont Copper Project billed to “CHH bucks,” (d) any hours and/or time relating to the Rosemont Copper Project billed to department CIP projects, (e) any hours and/or time relating to the Rosemont Copper Project billed to non-CIP allocations from other County departments and (f) any non-billable time or expenses incurred relating to the Rosemont Copper Project.
2. Any and all documents, timesheets, salaries, projections, audits, expense reports, budgets, reports, communications, correspondence, emails or other electronic transmissions relating to the amount of time and hours worked on any matters relating to the Rosemont Copper Project by any of your employees, representatives and/or consultants, including but not limited to any legal proceedings, court actions, appeals, and/or administrative proceedings relating to the Rosemont Copper Project.
3. Any and all documents, timesheets, salaries, projections, audits, expense reports, budgets, reports, communications, invoices, payments, receipts, correspondence, emails or other electronic transmissions relating to any expenses, payments, cost allocations, billable or non-billable time allocations, and administrative time made by you relating to the Rosemont Copper Project, including any and all such documents relating to your employees, representatives and/or consultants.
4. Any and all documents relating to any expenses incurred and/or payments made by you relating to the Rosemont Copper Project, including any and all such documents relating to your employees, representatives and/or consultants. This request also includes any payments made and/or expenses incurred relating to any third parties relating to the Rosemont Copper Project, including Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, , and/or any other parties.
5. Any and all documents relating to any expenses incurred and/or payments made by you to expert witnesses or consultants relating to the Rosemont Copper Project, including but not limited any payments made by you to Tom Myers, David Chambers, Ann Maest, Eric Betterton, Solid Terrain Modeling, Van Wolf, and Ridenour Hienton & Lewis PLLC relating to the Rosemont Copper Project.
6. Any and all documents, timesheets, projections, calendars, meeting notes, audits, expense reports, budgets, reports, communications, correspondence, emails or other electronic transmissions relating to the amount of time and hours worked, labor allocations and/and/or cost allocations made by you relating to the Rosemont Copper Project for the following employees: C.H. Huckelberry, Julia Fonseca, Nicole Fyffe, Deseret Romero, Loy Neff, Richard Grimaldi, Greg Saxe, Simon Herbert, Neva Connolly, Mark Riesh, Eric Shepp, Mark Krieski, Kathleen Chavez, Sherry Ruther, Benjamin Goff, Evan Canfield, Akitso Kimoto, Frank Postillion, Ursula Kramer, Linda Mayro, Brian Powell, Kerry Baldwin, Robert Johnson, Steve Anderson, Chase Waddell, Diana Durazo, Tammy Jorde, David Benjes, Harlan Agnew, Mike Stofko, Suzanne Shields, Hank Atha, Jim Dubois, Richard Grimaldi, Craig Horn, Mike List, Jonathan Crow, Chris Poirier, Simon Herbert, Yves Khawam and any other employee of yours.
7. Any and all documents pertaining to any and all County or County Department Staff meetings relating to the Rosemont Copper Project.
8. Any and all documents relating to the amount of time and labor expended, costs incurred and/or payments made by you relating to the Rosemont Copper Project, including any budget or cost projections for future years.
9. Any and all documents, payments, expenses, meeting notes, reports, memos, timesheets, projections, calendars, meeting notes, audits, expense reports, budgets, reports, communications, correspondence, emails or other electronic transmissions relating to any and all comparative analyses of the costs and benefits of the Rosemont Copper Project and other new businesses or company expansions in Pima County.