Prescott Valley Citizens Alliance

06/10/2026

Mayor Palguta Misses the Big Picture

While Mayor Palguta points to growing revenues on social media as proof of financial success, it is important to ask where that money originated. Strong municipal finances are not measured solely by revenue during a growth boom, but by whether a town is prepared for the future, maintains essential services, and improves the residents' quality of life.

Much of the Town’s recent revenue growth was driven by:

- Rapid population growth.
- A construction boom that generated one-time building tax revenue.
- Federal COVID relief funds that have since expired.

These sources are not sustainable long-term. At the same time, Prescott Valley faces significant financial obligations, including debt, infrastructure maintenance, pension liabilities, water system needs, and public safety investments. As growth slows, taxpayers may carry the burden if proper planning is not prioritized today.

The Town’s financial position needs improvement by:

- Prioritizing roads, water infrastructure and access, and parks over cosmetic projects (like the arch).
- Reducing dependence on one-time revenues and construction taxes.
- Paying down debt and strengthening reserve funds.
- Limiting consultant spending where in-house expertise is available.
- Focusing on investments that provide measurable value to residents.
- Planning for long-term sustainability instead of short-term appearances.

The question isn’t whether Prescott Valley has received more taxpayer money; it is whether that money has been spent in a way that leaves the Town stronger for the next generation.

Good municipal finance should enhance the quality of life for the residents.

Do you feel that under Palguta’s leadership that he has been able to enhance your quality of life?

This is a picture of Kell Palguta with his back turned and on his phone during the presentation by the town’s Financial Director at the January 23, 2026 town retreat focusing on money and budgets.

05/06/2026

Prescott Valley has an upcoming election, and recent public outreach efforts by the mayor raise important questions about sincerity and respect for community engagement. While listening to residents is welcome, many are concerned by a pattern of behavior inconsistent with inclusive leadership.

The mayor recently announced outreach at Fry’s on senior discount day, yet this is difficult to reconcile with prior KYCA radio remarks perceived as disrespectful toward seniors. Comments referencing shortages of Metamucil and toilet paper, accompanied by laughter, left many older residents feeling belittled.

Additionally, there is ongoing concern regarding the mayor’s dismissive approach to public participation at Town Council meetings and his practice of blocking critical voices on his public Mayor page. These actions have eroded public trust and suggest that many constituent voices are not being genuinely heard. Prescott Valley deserves leadership that consistently demonstrates professionalism, transparency, and respect for all community members."

Click on this link to listen to a resident detail her encounters when reaching out to the mayor for a discussion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvaT9ecKF4c

04/28/2026

On April 27, Mayor Kell Palguta posted an unsubstantiated statement on his official page that seeks to smear Prescott Valley Citizens Alliance to bolster a preferred council candidate.
Mayor Palguta used insults such as “spineless,” “shameless,” “keyboard pigs,” “feeble mudslingers,” and “pathetic keyboard warriors” to mislead the public and stir hostility.
Mayor Palguta’s Facebook statement is incorrect. As of this writing, the PVCA Board has not endorsed or recommended any 2026 local candidates. We are still in the process of vetting candidates and reviewing questionnaire responses.
PVCA respectfully asks the mayor to stop the inflammatory & hateful rhetoric and the defamatory language.

04/26/2026

Mayoral candidate Palguta posted the following recently on his Facebook Mayor page: "access to quality healthcare isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity for a growing community like Prescott Valley."

Many residents feel a significant gap between this statement and the current reality. Over the past eight years, while the Mayor was in office, we have experienced longer wait times, fewer medical options, and a growing need to travel out of town for routine and specialized care. While we agree that healthcare is a necessity, it is clear that the mayor does not have direct control over Dignity Health (a member of Common Spirit), medical staffing, wages, or contracts.Sure, community leaders can talk and share ideas but the decision to expand and provide quality medical care is under the authority of Dignity Health and the medical industry.

Given these constraints, what will the mayor realistically do to improve local access to medical care? If improving healthcare access is his new campaign promise and priority, he must publish his formal written plan that includes specific milestones, metrics (such as wait times and provider counts), new medical provider access, and a schedule for reporting progress.

Talk is cheap. Residents deserve actionable plans rather than empty campaign-season messages. We look forward to seeing his strategy for addressing these critical needs.

04/26/2026

Mayor Palguta stated in a Facebook post,” Transparency in government isn’t just talking point, it’s a responsibility.”

That is a very bold statement coming from a mayor who has done much behind closed doors. For full transparency and disclosure, matters of non-routine financial expenditure and contractual agreements need to be on the regular Council agenda, not in the consent agenda. The mayor begrudges citizens who ask questions and ask that he and others are held accountable for their actions.

The mayor has publicly stated numerous times that he does not like participation from citizens. He has been on a radio show complaining that the only reason people sign up to speak at call to the public is for their 10 minutes of claim to fame.

Ignoring those speaking at call to the public is very apparent as the mayor shuffles papers and is on his cell phone when speakers are at the podium.

Some other public statements he has made about the residents of Prescott Valley on his radio show are:
 He has called residents dumb, saying later he called only the dumb ones dumb
 Residents open their mouth and they prove they are stupid
 Tin Foil people
 Average age 84 or 94 in PV, they die before the change occurs
 If you do not like things here, move, the grass is greener on the other side.

Does this sound like a mayor WHO wants the residents engaged and asking questions?

Kell Palguta and Matt Hepperle got approval in 2020 to build six, three-story buildings with 24 apartments in each building. The plans were one and two-bedroom apartments and sold for approval as housing for first responders, medical workers, and teachers with rental price starting at $1000.00.

On October 12,2020 an approval for a proposed modification to the original Preliminary Development Plan to modify the project to 158 apartments in 14 buildings and to add a club house.

Sometime after March 2022 an administrative approval was given to change this project to allow 144/351 sq feet single units. This change was not made public and was completed behind closed doors.

The neighbors and community members were shocked to see the project on Baja Circle that was nothing like the publicly approved plan. This action was not transparent.

The mayor has misled constituents by omitting actions taken in his former career that led to his law enforcement demotion.

PVCA has asked for transparency in our local government and recognizes that trust is eroded when leadership is not transparent and residents are not included in the decision-making processes.

We need a leader committed to respecting all residents and rebuilding trust across our town.

Here are links to clips from call to the public that address issues residents have had with Mayor Palguta regarding transparency and not respecting residents as well as our constitutional right to free speech. We invite you to watch and learn.
https://youtu.be/e_S0n7JpG-s?si=qE3Pm-ssMNlFvS1x

https://youtu.be/XvaT9ecKF4c?si=Myy4Te-g_-fvgtGw

https://youtu.be/E-yK-oMC90k?si=rWTCq5cDHT1pc5yi

https://youtu.be/dTMF5P9luFM?si=J05q7P_YwdsGz2Bh

https://youtu.be/sc96ovbE6G0?si=VbVg_Q8k5XhjSsM5

https://youtu.be/v3PqHzMv0lg?si=BdNJPdK6tIWPc6el

This is our mayor ignoring a speaker at Call to the Public.

04/14/2026

PVCA adopted the Iron King Trail in 2024 as part of the Parks & Recreation Department Adopt PV program. We pick up and haul out the trash found on and near the trail on a monthly basis.

This month PVCA is inviting the public to join us on our monthly Iron King Trail clean up on Tuesday April 21st at 8:45 am to celebrate Earth Day 2026.

We will meet up at the parking area at Santa Fe Loop Road and Granville Fairway. We will then walk from there to the Iron King Trail trailhead where our clean up will begin.

We will walk the trail, 4 miles to where the Peavine Trail meets the Iron King Trail and then back to the parking area.

If those joining us would like to participate in only a portion of the trail, you are welcome to do so.

Please bring water and dress to protect yourself from our high desert sun. We will provide supplies for the cleanup.

We are excited to have you join us to help keep our community beautiful.

04/14/2026

Kell Palguta has posted on his Facebook, “One of the accomplishments I’m most proud of as Mayor is being part of the first Council in Prescott Valley history to develop and adopt an Ethics and Integrity Policy for elected officials.”

What the town council adopted was, “CODE OF CONDUCT AND STATEMENT OF VALUES TOWN COUNCIL, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,” Resolution No. 2025-2404 on February 13,2025.

This policy does not hold public officials accountable for misconduct or lack of ethics.

Here is the journey for the Town of Prescott Valley to adopt an ethics policy.

One of the key issues when PVCA was founded in 2023 was having an ethics policy for the Town of Prescott Valley’s elected and appointed positions.

On December 7,2023 the board of PVCA sent an email to all the members of the Town Council as well as the town manager asking that they establish a Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.

In the September 26,2024 town council meeting Isabel Cerecedes, representing PVCA spoke at call to the public again requesting that an independent ethics review commission be appointed and a Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy be adopted for elected leaders.

During the town council January 2025 retreat the draft of an Ethics Policy was discussed. The town council was then presented with an ethics policy to discuss and the possibility of a vote on this policy on February 13,2025.

Councilmember Janell Kiehl stated that she has heard from many constituents and that they are excited to have a code of ethics adopted.

Councilmember Ken Freund stated that there have been many discussions he thought the council should go ahead with “something.”

Councilmember Bill Williams directed his question the Town Attorney, if a code was voted in and, in the future, could this be edited? Mayor Kell Palguta stated yes this could be changed if needed.

Councilmember Matt Zurcher read from a prepared statement expressing his dislike for the reporting section of the policy. Zurcher made a motion to remove the reporting section and motioned to name call the policy, Code of Conduct Statement of Values. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Kendal Schumacher. The motion carried.

In response to the Mayor’s Facebook post, Prescott Valley still does not have an Ethics and Integrity policy.

04/08/2026

Our community members input is important. Please plan to attend.

The community is invited to review and provide comments on the Implementation Plan as part of the Wildlife Connectivity Guide at a community celebration event on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, from 5-8pm in the Prescott Valley Police Department Training Room (7601 E Skoog Blvd).

Enjoy a public open house to view the draft plan, talk with Town staff and experts, and explore interactive exhibits on how wildlife connectivity can be integrated into the Town of Prescott Valley.

View the draft plan online here: https://plan.konveio.com/prescott-valley-wildlife-connectivity-guide-public-draft

03/14/2026

Prescott Valley has the one and only Freedom Rock in Arizona. There are still many bricks to be bought. Brick orders have been extended to March 31st to hopefully get them engraved and placed for the June 27th ceremony.
Please buy your brick and share this information with all your friends and neighbors.
Here is information from the PV Freedom Rock committee:

PV Freedom Rock Followers:

We are still taking orders for bricks. So, if you haven’t bought a brick to honor that special veteran in your life, you can still do so. Are you thinking about buying a family brick instead? You can still do that too! Maybe you’d like to do a little advertising in perpetuity for your business? Buy a brick. Or maybe you’re part of a fraternal, social or service organization and you’d like to show support for our veterans. You can also do that.

We have room at the PV Freedom Rock site for about 1500 veterans’ bricks and 190 of the larger business, family, organization bricks. We’re only about 1/5 of the way there!

BUT if you want to guarantee your brick is in place for the 27 June ribbon cutting ceremony, then we need your order NLT 31 March. Anything after that, you’ll still get your brick, but it will be placed after the ceremony.

We are out at the Freedom Rock site (7501 N Skoog Blvd) every Wednesday from 10-1 and can help you with your brick order then. If you can’t make that, you can always email us at: [email protected]

03/14/2026

There are some aggressive online postings stating that PVCA is supporting certain candidates. Some of these postings include board member names. Be assured these postings are not true. Consider the source, do you consider the posters creditable?

Those making those posts are spreading serious misinformation. PVCA has a very rigid process for vetting candidates. NO potential candidates have been or are being vetted at this time.

Those seeking office and obtaining the required number of signatures to get on the ballot will be announced on March 24th by the town clerk’s office.

When and if PVCA chooses to endorse any candidate, that information can be found on official PVCA media such as our website: \https://www.pvcitizensalliance.org/
or on our official Facebook and Nextdoor pages.

Until then, consider all posts from any other person(s) or organization to be propaganda.