Tag: Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar

Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar Wins 2023 Controller of the Year Award

by Community Contributor • February 21, 2024 • Comments Off

COCONINO COUNTY — The 2023 Controller of the Year Awards recently recognized Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar as the winner of Controller of the Year for the Government Category.

Benatar has served as Treasurer of Coconino County since being appointed in 2014, winning reelection in 2016 and 2020, and was the youngest County Treasurer in Arizona. She serves the County as an officer of the Arizona County Treasurer’s Association and as past President of the Arizona Association of Counties (AACo). She is a voice for rural communities, advocating for her constituents by serving on the board and as Treasurer of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), and as president of the National Association of Hispanic County Elected Officials (NAHCO).

Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar Elected to President of AACo Board of Directors

by Community Contributor • December 16, 2022 • Comments Off

At the 2022 annual conference of the Arizona Association of Counties (AACo), Coconino County Treasurer

Sarah Benatar. Courtesy photo.
was elected to serve as President of the Board of Directors and will assume the role on January 1, 2023.

She is the youngest county representative to serve as Board President since AACo’s founding in 1967 and the first woman from Coconino County. As President of AACo’s Board of Directors, Treasurer Benatar will be the voice for all county elected officials from Arizona’s 15 counties. She is preparing for the next year of advocating for our counties, building new relationships, and the preparing for the possibility for change. 2023 could be an interesting year for our state legislature as it’s been 16 years since the State elected a Democratic Governor. We will have the most freshman legislators in several years, and both chambers will have Republican majorities under new leadership.

County elected officials meet Presidential Transition Team

by Community Contributor • November 18, 2016 • Comments Off

Coconino County District 2 Supervisor Liz Archuleta and Treasurer Sarah Benatar were in Washington D.C. this week speaking with the Presidential Transition Team regarding key issues facing the nation’s Latino population and Coconino County as a part of a delegation…

Local News

by AmigosNAZ.com • December 1, 2014 • Comments Off

The second reading of ordinances for the proposed Aspen Heights student housing development in west Flagstaff have been pulled from the Dec. 2 City Council agenda after opponents were able to secure needed signatures from nearby residents to force a…