At today's Board of Supervisors meeting, three staff members were recognized for their length of service to Pinal County. - Jabette Franco, a Communicable Disease Investigator with Public Health, is celebrating thirty years. - Dedrick Denton, Planning Manager with Development Services, and Roy E. Vangorden (not pictured below), Deputy Sheriff with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, have both reached the twenty-year milestone. Dedrick and Jabette are pictured below with the Board of Supervisors, Chris Wanamaker - County Engineer; Joe Ortiz - Managing Director, Development Services; Kore Redden - Deputy Director of Public Health and Emergency Management; and Zia Helgeson-Budrys, Public Health Manager.
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