Rep. Laurin Hendrix and five other House members requested Attorney General Mayes to investigate the project
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Broadband Middle Mile Project was approved back in September of 2021 with money from the American Rescue Plan Act which are COVID-19 federal funds. But these state lawmakers say the project could involve violations of state law, as well as favoritism and abuse.
For many months, the Yuma County Board of Supervisors debated on the appropriate steps in making this broadband project work to offer high-speed internet for rural communities.
In a regular meeting in December 2021, in a three to two, they entered into negotiations with Allo.
“Motion to enter county administration to enter negotiations for Allo Communications DBA Allo Arizona LLC for design and construction of broadband middle mile fiber backbone, subject to legal review and to bring contract for approval by the board of supervisors,” stated Susan Thrope, former Yuma County Administrator.
One of those nay votes was supervisor Jonathan Lines, noting the request for proposals needed to be clear.
“The RFP needs to be redefined to in order to determine how exactly how we are spending this money. We won’t get the opportunity to redo it,” said Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Supervisor for District 2.
Then, in a special session at a board of supervisors meeting in January of 2022, they ran into an issue.
Barry Olsen, Attorney at Law attending in person on behalf of Gila Electronics stated they are a local company that installs and m …
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