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OK, it's 1:00. I'd like to welcome everybody to. 00:00:14
Today's Board of County Commission meeting but. 00:00:21
Lincoln County, New Mexico, It's Tuesday, December 16th. 00:00:24
Call this meeting to order. 00:00:29
No, correct. You can have a roll call. 00:00:30
Mr. is excused. 00:00:32
Commissioner Prather. 00:00:35
Here, Commissioner Chavez here. 00:00:36
Commissioner Wilson. 00:00:39
And Chair Fischer is excused. 00:00:40
Very good. Thank you. 00:00:43
We have a quorum, so I'll proceed on with this meeting if you would stand and join me for the invitation. 00:00:45
Jesus, we thank you for the opportunity together to. 00:00:53
Together today and. 00:00:55
And do work in good service for the people of our county. We pray for guidance and wisdom as we progress through our meeting. 00:00:57
We thank you for the opportunity to be servants to our people here. We pray for the leaders of our county, our state and our 00:01:02
nation. 00:01:05
For the people who are sick and. 00:01:09
And hurt and we pray for. 00:01:12
Your spirit to be with them through this. 00:01:13
Season of Christmas and we pray that you bring them as well as everybody else. 00:01:15
Joy of Christmas and the reason that we're. 00:01:19
Celebrating. 00:01:22
Gave to our world or we pray that. 00:01:24
We have rain for our country. We pray that you. 00:01:26
What's our country with with moisture for the roads and for the grass and for the people's spirit? 00:01:30
Once again, we thank you to be here and we thank you for the opportunity. 00:01:35
I pledge allegiance to the flag. 00:01:38
Of the United States. 00:01:45
Our nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:01:47
I still have the flag Mexico. 00:01:55
Next item on the agenda is for approval of the agenda out in a motion. 00:02:10
I'll make a motion to approve the agenda. 00:02:16
For two big transitions. 00:02:18
2nd. 00:02:24
Been moved and seconded. 00:02:25
Mr. Chavez, All right. 00:02:29
Commissioner Prater. 00:02:31
Hi, Chair Wilson, Yes. 00:02:32
Thank you. 00:02:34
Moving on down the agenda, we have a service recognition. 00:02:36
Mr. Manager. 00:02:39
Mr. Chairman, Christmas. 00:02:44
As we continue to do these is always important to do. 00:02:48
Especially for the ones we. 00:02:51
Continue to stay with us and do us a good job. 00:02:53
You want me to come on down? 00:02:56
Today we have five years from the Sienna Herrera. She does a. 00:02:59
Off the lawn. I'm pretty sure she runs the road department out there, but. 00:03:02
We really are proud of you and thank you for everything you do so and we'll get it signed, but. 00:03:09
That's all that matters. 00:03:13
Having good people, It's ****. 00:03:26
Stick around and do something in and day out is truly. 00:03:28
Vital for a town in SO we certainly thank you. 00:03:31
We took our picture. I guess so. 00:03:36
In public comments. 00:03:40
No, no public comment twice. 00:03:45
Well, I can. 00:03:48
Should have sold it. 00:03:54
No, I. 00:03:59
Nothing. Nothing dramatic I think most of you got. 00:03:59
Who are you? Ohhh. 00:04:05
Henry Dosa, resident, also of Lincoln. 00:04:08
I think most of you probably got. 00:04:11
My forwarded e-mail from. 00:04:14
An artist I had contact with in Finland that builds. 00:04:18
Trolls and. 00:04:21
It was something that. 00:04:23
As I thought about it, I reached out to him. I said, what about doing something in like Lincoln County around like. 00:04:25
Grindstone or something like that. 00:04:31
Actually have interest from them. 00:04:33
Actually got pricing back. 00:04:36
Presented the village with a couple options on how they might pay for it. 00:04:38
Have no idea whether it will go through but. 00:04:41
I would encourage you. 00:04:44
Take a look at Thomas Davos. 00:04:46
Website These trolls are all over the world. 00:04:48
You're known yet? 00:04:51
In New Mexico. 00:04:52
But what was fascinating to me with them was. 00:04:53
The people that come out, the kids, the grandkids that come out to explore and find these things out where they're put. 00:04:57
Just amazed me. Family, grandparents, grandkids. 00:05:04
Kids love and fall all over them. 00:05:07
That effect is something where you have. 00:05:09
Low impact encourages people to get outdoors. 00:05:12
And great place to get outdoors in Lincoln County. 00:05:15
So like I said, you probably, you got all of that. You probably learned what the heck was Bill doing? Well, I was just, that's 00:05:18
what it was. 00:05:22
I'm not asking for anything at the present time. 00:05:25
I'm still trying to figure out like I said can I twist the villagers arm to get things funded or not or just going to go another 00:05:28
route but I will. 00:05:31
Pushing this because I think it's something to be really unique for the county. 00:05:36
Be the first in the state as well. 00:05:39
So it was a. 00:05:41
So thank you. Thank you. 00:05:43
So we'll move on to our external agency boards and committees. 00:05:50
South Central. 00:05:53
Commissioners were not with the South Intermountain. 00:06:06
RC and D, we appreciate the opportunity to. 00:06:09
To let you know all of the different projects that we have going on behalf of the county. 00:06:14
And today with me also, I have Gabe Koehler and Gabe is with Katie. 00:06:20
LLC and he is going to be heading up our community wildfire protection. 00:06:24
Plan revision. 00:06:29
So I'll go through, I know it's included in your packets. One of the biggest projects that we're working right now is the Lincoln 00:06:30
County Buffer Project. 00:06:34
That is going very, very well. 00:06:39
When the state funded this. 00:06:42
Program. They had hoped that we would have about 80% participation. 00:06:43
And the areas where we're at, I want to say right now we're probably more like 90 or 95%. 00:06:48
As people are seeing the work getting done. 00:06:54
They're coming out of their houses going. How do I get involved with this so currently? 00:06:56
We have over 380 acres now obligated in that Lincoln County with us. A down spot for area. 00:07:03
We are working with the village of Ruinoso and their forestry department is bringing us. 00:07:10
Some of the larger property owners basically off of Carrizo Canyon area. 00:07:16
So that when you're really trying to make sure that with this buffer program. 00:07:20
We're thinning the trees, we're creating healthier for us, but we are also making sure that. 00:07:26
If we do have a fire start up there. 00:07:32
That our firefighters can safely. 00:07:35
Attack the fire. 00:07:37
And that rather than having such a massive fuel load. 00:07:38
It all lays down and makes it defendable. 00:07:42
In those areas. So that is going very, very well. Emergency watershed protection program, we continue to do work on that. 00:07:45
To date, we have received a little over 57 million in reimbursements on that program. 00:07:55
Total budget is 60. 00:08:01
6,000,000, so we have right at 9.5 million. 00:08:02
Left in the budget that's without me having put in November's. 00:08:08
Projects that we've completed to date, right now we are spending most of our time, we're finishing up on HESCO baskets. 00:08:12
But we are moving down into the valley, working on the asechias down there. 00:08:18
We have to bring patient folks down in the valley, but primarily those are taking a little bit longer because we have to actually 00:08:24
have engineering done on some of those ditches so. 00:08:28
So that's taking a little bit of time, but we are moving forward with that. That's going very, very well. 00:08:34
With our community Wildfire defense grad. 00:08:40
We have approximately 360 acres targeted for that. 00:08:43
Originally that project area was down in Carrizo Canyon and then out up by. 00:08:48
Ponderosa Heights Alpine Village. 00:08:55
Because those areas were burned over in the fire, we kind of moved most of it to that Carisa Canyon area and we've got. 00:08:57
Several large property owners that we're working with on that. The nice thing about both the buffer program and the CWDG. 00:09:05
Firms is that it's at no cost to the property owners. 00:09:13
So we're able to do that and they're they're getting a sizable acreage is cleaned up. 00:09:16
Are dealing with that. We did add 2 new board members to our council. 00:09:21
James Herrera from the Valley and David Cox. 00:09:26
From the Capitol area are both new members for us. 00:09:29
And then we also continue to work on our projects with Smokey Bear Historic Park. 00:09:32
2026 is actually the 50th anniversary for the creation of the park. 00:09:37
And so we right now we have $100,000 grant that is going into the redesign of that whole back area where Smokey is actually 00:09:42
buried. We're doing new interpretation. 00:09:47
Handicap accessible. 00:09:53
Areas and that so this is just the planning grant and then our intention is once we actually have contract ready documents. 00:09:55
Then we'll go seeking funds to actually get it done. 00:10:02
And and put it into implementation. 00:10:05
We also have a $5000 grant from the New Mexico Tourism Department that is going to help us with Smokey Bear Days and the 00:10:07
promotion. 00:10:11
And then one of our really, really big projects as well, also funded through the Community Wildfire Defense grants is our 00:10:17
Community Wildfire Protection Plan update. 00:10:21
The CWPP is required to be updated every five years by New Mexico Forestry Division. 00:10:26
We have tried really hard to. 00:10:32
These documents that is much more usable and not one that was created at check the box. 00:10:35
And set it on the shelf. 00:10:40
To that end. 00:10:42
We went out for RFP and. 00:10:44
Company Cadence LLC was the respondent who received the. 00:10:48
Contract and I will let. 00:10:53
They take over and tell you about setting plans for the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. 00:10:55
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and Commissioners. 00:11:00
It's an honor to be here today. 00:11:04
Thanks for pulling up this slide. Appreciate that. 00:11:06
My name is Dave Fuller. I work with Cadence LLC. 00:11:09
And I'm just going to share a little bit about. 00:11:12
You know what this community wildfire protection planning process entails I know many of you are very personally familiar with. 00:11:14
Into the wildfire risk in county. 00:11:20
And kind of the context that you live and work within. 00:11:22
So I'll just share kind of this planning process and kind of the rationale for this. 00:11:25
Community wildfire protection planning process, but real quick about Cadence LLC Cadence LLC's in New Mexico based small business. 00:11:29
Based out of blocking New Mexico. 00:11:36
Decades of Emergency Management experience at the highest levels. They've worked with Lannel National Labs, a lot of really 00:11:39
high-powered, high caliber planning. 00:11:43
And we're thinking LLC. 00:11:47
I am their Wildman fire mitigation manager. I have a decade of experience working in community oriented natural resource 00:11:49
management. 00:11:53
I'm a firefighter, Sawyer. 00:11:57
I've done everything from. 00:11:59
You know, I've done five of these community wildfire protection plans already across New Mexico, and I'm currently working on 4. 00:12:01
Watershed restoration action plans. 00:12:08
Carson National Forest and the Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado. 00:12:11
I've gotten to do a lot of different facilitation training, everything from working with state legislature to kind of community 00:12:15
oriented meetings. 00:12:18
And I'm kind of pulling a lot of that expertise in partnership with Cadence to to run this planning process. 00:12:21
For you all. 00:12:27
So I'm really excited to work down here and continue to work with. 00:12:28
South Central Mountains resource RMB. 00:12:31
And so with that case, switch to the next slide. 00:12:34
So just to kick us off, what is the Community Welfare Protection Plan? I know many of you maybe are aware of this process. 00:12:38
But this? 00:12:43
Started by the 2006 Healthy Forest Restoration Act, and it's kind of the gold standard for. 00:12:44
Looking at wildfires across jurisdictional boundaries. 00:12:49
And it's the process that we the best process we have for prioritizing action to reduce that wildfire risk. 00:12:52
Across jurisdictional boundaries, we have many different Land Management agencies, private lands. 00:12:58
And this is the best kind of forum to look at and prioritize actions across boundaries, so. 00:13:03
With that risk, as you know, is kind of this combination of hazard. 00:13:10
And values. So what we're going to do is look at the best quality spatial data to get an idea of hazard. 00:13:14
So this is things like the vegetation that's out there, the topography. 00:13:20
You know, hill slope, all of that different stuff, soils, looking at what's erodible, what's not. 00:13:23
So we have. 00:13:28
Pulling in a ton of GIS data for that first component of this equation here. 00:13:29
To get an idea of what is the hazard. 00:13:34
And then to understand the values. 00:13:36
That is another component of determining risk. We are going to be holding a. 00:13:38
You know, very in-depth robust engagement process with. 00:13:43
With you all as part of the core team hopefully. 00:13:46
We're going to get together at kind of a selected group of individuals to help us inform. 00:13:49
These values at risk. 00:13:53
But also the public of Lincoln County, so we will also be circulating survey. 00:13:54
And hosting public meetings to understand those values at risk. 00:13:58
And understand kind of where we have the highest risk. 00:14:01
Next slide. 00:14:05
So just some of the main points of a community welfare protection plan. 00:14:09
Of course, tracking past accomplishments, there's already a ton of important work going on in Lincoln County. 00:14:13
And we need to make sure to document that so that we can. 00:14:18
You know, risk has decreased in some cases because there's been some wildfire risk reduction projects. 00:14:21
We need to account for that so that we can show that we're. 00:14:27
You know, making meaningful progress towards reducing wild card risk where we're doing that. 00:14:29
Every CWPP includes. 00:14:35
Updating community risk rating, so going through each community within. 00:14:36
Of Lincoln County and actually giving them kind of a low. 00:14:40
Medium high risk. 00:14:43
Ratings so that they can. 00:14:45
We can use those ratings to prioritize action around those communities. If they're higher risk, we're going to do more work in 00:14:46
those areas. 00:14:49
And we will be mapping the wild and urban interface. 00:14:53
And then, like I said, kind of working in this community and public process to identify values at risk. 00:14:56
Next slide, please. 00:15:02
And I guess I just want to also add that this RFP, this project in particular with Lincoln County is going to include also. 00:15:05
A slash incinerator feasibility study. 00:15:12
Which I know that has a lot of potential for, you know, economic and socioeconomic benefits. 00:15:15
Reducing the the kind of the byproduct of these forestry treatments. 00:15:20
And turning it into a product that can be used. 00:15:24
Potentially for heat or for other kind of economic. 00:15:27
Benefits because there's a lot of wood coming off the forest, as you know, for these projects. 00:15:30
The other thing we're going to be doing is a climate and smoke impact analysis. 00:15:34
We all know that when we get big wildfires, this is a huge effect on vulnerable populations and we want to be prepared for the 00:15:37
smoke. 00:15:41
And kind of the changes that we're seeing. 00:15:44
With climate change or drought drying out some of the forests around here. 00:15:46
And then finally. 00:15:49
We'll be doing a. 00:15:51
A post fire erosion risk modeling effort. 00:15:53
As we've seen, you know, around Rio does show in other areas of the county, this is a huge way that we're looking at wildfire risk 00:15:56
is where are we seeing. 00:16:00
You know the potential for high severity fire to create post fire debris flow and flooding. 00:16:03
And that's where we may be doing kind of. 00:16:07
You know pre, you know. 00:16:09
Preventative work in those areas, for example, prioritizing those areas for treatment. 00:16:11
Our approach is to make this very interactive. 00:16:17
We don't want to get folks together to just, you know, preach to you all. 00:16:20
The meetings, the core team meetings right off the bat. 00:16:24
We're going to drill down and make this interactive so that we're. 00:16:26
You know, making sure to get the input from the experts. 00:16:29
As Laura mentioned, we're not here to write an 800. 00:16:33
Page plan. We really want to make this actionable. 00:16:36
We want to kind of refer to an existing planning documents within our strategy and rather than copying paste. 00:16:38
You know 15 pages of dry forest ecology that many of you already know. 00:16:44
So we're really trying to make this a very actionable, implementable approach using tables, really easily interpretable maps, that 00:16:48
kind of thing. 00:16:52
Thanks bud. 00:16:57
I'll just go quickly through the phased approach that we're going to be using. The 1st is just this early stage meeting with that 00:16:59
core team. 00:17:02
We'll be reaching out to some of you all to. 00:17:05
To please be a part of that core team. I've already met some folks in a room that I know. 00:17:07
I will be a part of that core team. 00:17:12
That's going to be in the first like 5 to 6 months getting that core team together. 00:17:13
Really getting the data all together into an ARC GIS online environment where we can look at those maps and see what we already 00:17:18
have. 00:17:21
So that's a big part of that kind of first stage is this, you know, foundational setting in phase one. 00:17:25
Next slide, please. 00:17:31
Phase 2 is expanded outreach. This is where we're going to be circulating a public survey. 00:17:33
We'll work with the county and other community based organizations to circulate to the public and hopefully get input. 00:17:38
From as many folks as possible. 00:17:44
We'll also be doing community meetings in person in different geographic areas across the county. We know that. 00:17:46
There's important kind of cultural differences in different towns. We're going to be making sure to try and account for that. 00:17:51
And having those community meetings in in pad location centers across the county. 00:17:56
And then in this phase two also, this is where we're going to start drafting maps. 00:18:01
Looking at the wild and urban interface, using that spatial data to understand where we have the highest hazard. 00:18:05
If we have high severity fire for example. 00:18:11
You know, where are we seeing the highest risk of erosion? Where are we seeing kind of the hottest? 00:18:13
In terms of like, you know, burn probability. 00:18:18
Hottest areas? 00:18:20
That's going to be part of this phase two as well. 00:18:21
And this. 00:18:24
As we're getting the maps together and as we're getting these community meetings together. 00:18:26
This starts to create a first draft of some of those priority actions. 00:18:29
Really quickly we're going to be looking at where do we need to do fuel treatments and project work to kind of reduce. 00:18:33
You know. 00:18:38
The hazards that were seen. 00:18:39
Next slide. 00:18:40
So if I may. 00:18:43
Commission, if you don't mind, I do have. 00:18:46
I don't want to go so far down this. 00:18:48
Yeah, my little brain will forget what I want to talk about. 00:18:50
We are very. 00:18:55
Far down. 00:18:56
This road in terms of. 00:18:58
Treatments. 00:19:00
Wooly Bear Air. 00:19:01
Installation and so on I. 00:19:03
I want to make sure. 00:19:06
And and there are other groups that were part. 00:19:07
Parts of like the watershed management program that's happening now with the state. 00:19:09
And DHSEM. 00:19:15
I just want to make sure that. 00:19:17
We're we're not doing. 00:19:18
Two things. One of the things that we shouldn't be doing is. 00:19:20
Not coordinating and collaborating and using the data and the efforts we already have. 00:19:25
I think that would. 00:19:30
Jumpstart very much. 00:19:31
What you're trying to do? 00:19:33
And then the second piece is. I don't want to be. 00:19:35
In a counterproductive. 00:19:38
Area either we. 00:19:40
We already have $5,000,000 that we're putting together on the ground. 00:19:41
Putting up Roy Bears. We expect more from the legislature to continue that process. I BHS stuff. 00:19:46
Maps that are correlated with all kinds of. 00:19:53
LIDAR work that's that's already out there so. 00:19:58
Let's make sure that. 00:20:01
We take advantage of all that information and we're not running. I'm I'm very happy. 00:20:03
Bring some of that stuff together. We need that that. 00:20:07
And I think that's what you're going to provide us, but. 00:20:10
We're very much far down the road here. 00:20:13
About deciding where we need to actually put the wooey barriers. 00:20:15
What we need from the Forest Service and so on so. 00:20:19
We appreciate that kind of collaboration. 00:20:22
Yeah. Keep that in, in, in mind. Absolutely. I mean that's a huge part of how we approach this is kind of. 00:20:25
You know, making sure that core team has. 00:20:30
The right folks together to know what's already being done. 00:20:32
We're not here to reinvent the wheel or to create a new, you know, data set. 00:20:35
We want to make sure that this nests and integrates well with existing plans. I mean, that's a big part. 00:20:39
Yeah, Actions, yeah, where there's a, you know, stretch of road or you've got. 00:20:45
Something that can become a proposal is really what we're looking for here, those priority actions. 00:20:49
You want them to be specific enough and have some accountability to them. 00:20:54
To where they can be used for proposal development for things like. 00:20:57
WP or other kind of state and federal funding programs. 00:21:00
And making sure we're building those priority actions. 00:21:04
Kind of an awareness of the funding. 00:21:07
In mind. So I really appreciate your thank you. 00:21:10
Mr. Fisher, Umm. 00:21:13
Finally. 00:21:15
I think here you know. 00:21:16
As we're getting at that early engagement, mass public engagement. 00:21:18
There's going to be a draft plan. 00:21:21
I hope to engage with all of you as part of the core team. 00:21:23
If you have the interest in that. 00:21:26
But at least we'd love to share that draft with you all, make sure we're getting this right. I mean, this is really the county's 00:21:27
plan. We want to, we want to do a good job and make sure that. 00:21:31
It's pulling together all these different threads. 00:21:35
Next slide. 00:21:38
And then finally, this stage of finalization and closeout is very important this. 00:21:41
Time to get signatures. We want this to be to have some buy in. 00:21:45
Like Laura said, we don't want this to just sit on a shelf. This can be a very. 00:21:49
Valuable plan. 00:21:53
To take action and to bring in funding from. I've seen that in other counties that I've worked. 00:21:55
I know there's a lot of documents out there already, but this can be a really helpful part of that to kind of. 00:21:59
Bring in and build buy in. 00:22:04
What's the next step? Getting to implementation? 00:22:06
Next slide. 00:22:09
And as I mentioned, cadence. 00:22:12
What we're bringing to this equation is we have experience. I've worked on implementation. 00:22:13
I used to work with an organization called the Forest Stewards Field, and we've gone, you know, we do saw work, we do prescribed 00:22:18
fire. 00:22:21
We have a long history of actually doing wildfires production treatments. 00:22:24
And so I understand a lot of the funding programs that are out there. And so that's what we're bringing some of the expertise is 00:22:28
when we're writing. 00:22:31
Some of these prior reactions. 00:22:34
We want to make sure that we're not pie in the sky or that we're not reinventing the wheel here. We're working with land managers. 00:22:35
And leaders to account for things that are realistic and fundable. 00:22:41
And then of course, you know, being from New Mexico, we have some awareness of of. 00:22:45
And New Mexico communities, and I've gotten to work down here a little bit in Lincoln County in the past, so. 00:22:49
We're not, you know, from out of state, which is nice, I think. 00:22:54
Next slide. 00:22:57
I think this goes about saying and I think. 00:23:00
It sounds like y'all are already very much engaged, but I just included this. 00:23:01
I work in counties where we don't have that. 00:23:04
You know, buying from the county Commission. That doesn't sound like that's the case here. 00:23:06
Laura's painting that picture very cool to me, but I do just want to. 00:23:10
You know, hungry ***. 00:23:13
As we're working on this, I'd love to work with you all on the core team. 00:23:14
And just get your expert review on this plan as we're developing it. 00:23:18
You know, we're really gonna to lean on your fire department, Sheriff's Office. 00:23:22
The roads department, and so just having that leadership from the county is super helpful for us. 00:23:27
Helping us circulate materials to the public. 00:23:32
For getting your input, we just really look forward to working with you on this and and want to thank you for that input. 00:23:34
So I had. 00:23:40
Time for questions. I think I probably went a little long. 00:23:41
But here's the question. 00:23:44
Mission. 00:23:48
We. 00:23:51
A lot of the things you mentioned are already been implemented. 00:23:52
So how would you incorporate all that? 00:23:55
With what what you have implemented because we got boots on the ground already doing a lot of the cleanup and a lot of the wound 00:23:58
burger stuff. 00:24:01
Absolutely. So I mean Aaron, Aaron has been mapping out. 00:24:05
Property after property after property probably what, 3 or 4 week yarn? 00:24:09
So I mean and and there it's a. 00:24:14
You know there's. 00:24:16
There are substantial sizes. 20 acres. 40 acres. 00:24:17
You know, there's smaller ones too, but I mean. 00:24:21
We got a lot of people on board, so. 00:24:23
Are you coming in to help us get funding? 00:24:26
For a lot of this stuff or. 00:24:28
You're coming in to. 00:24:30
What's so like a lot of what I'm going to do is, is track accomplishments so there's spatial data of all those parcels that are 00:24:31
already being treated. 00:24:36
And just get a read across the county of what's being done already and where across jurisdictions. 00:24:40
And then what we can do is create priority actions that are like what's the? 00:24:46
What's the shelf stock round of proposals? Things that maybe are higher up in the watershed? 00:24:49
You know, I think we all know it's like there's. 00:24:55
It's mission critical to get the work done around homes, and there's a lot of stuff that's right in front of us. 00:24:58
But this is a 5 year planning process, so what's that next tier? 00:25:02
Of priority actions that we want to kind of work together to build. 00:25:06
And it's not me coming in to to say those. That's where I'm going to be working with your core team. 00:25:10
To hear those from county leaders, not me, kind of ceding those from. 00:25:15
Outside. 00:25:19
And we really just want to create. 00:25:19
Some capacity to roll that up. That's really what I'm providing. 00:25:21
I know everyone's got. 00:25:26
A very specific job. 00:25:27
With their jurisdiction, With their entity. 00:25:29
And what I'm here to do is to try and help kind of pull those together and. 00:25:31
Zoom out and get a bigger picture across the county of what's being done and where. 00:25:34
So that we can make it strategic if there's work going on on private land. 00:25:38
And there's opportunities to do work across the fence line on public land. 00:25:42
That's where we get like a bigger. That's where my main concern is because right now. 00:25:45
We're not having a problem with. 00:25:50
We're having a problem with. 00:25:53
Right, Public cross insulin service and stuff like that. And that's why interacting with with all of the Land Management agencies, 00:25:54
they will all be part of the core team. So the goal of your CWP is? 00:26:00
Where are we right now? 00:26:08
What have we done in the past which includes all of our buffer work and all of these projects that we have working right now? 00:26:11
And then this gives us the five year window of OK, we finished buffer. 00:26:18
Now we want to go do buffer B. 00:26:23
And we want to do all these so that when I write a grant. 00:26:25
Very often one of the questions is. 00:26:29
Is this project included in your community wildfire protection class? 00:26:32
And so that is exactly it. We want to track what we've done in the past, so we get credit for that. 00:26:36
And that helps with our insurance. 00:26:42
Type thing. 00:26:44
We want to document what we're in the middle of doing right now. 00:26:45
And then we want to look to the future. 00:26:49
And say and that's where. 00:26:51
Gabe is very helpful because he has experience with all of the different funding mechanisms. 00:26:53
We can hopefully say OK. 00:27:00
Two years down the road, we want to be doing this project. 00:27:02
How do we fund that? 00:27:05
And this will help us point us in the right direction to get those funds. Mr. Sterling, you had something. 00:27:07
That's just tied to the grant dollars that are available. When do you all expect to bring this back to us for? 00:27:13
We're looking at like 18 months from from now, so. 00:27:21
There's about a year of getting the plan drafted. 00:27:25
We could probably get that, you know, we're, we're trying to do that as quickly as possible. We just got this kind of this 00:27:28
contract set up, but then, you know, getting it adopted. 00:27:33
Shortly after that is, is that that. 00:27:37
If we have a, this is a 5 year grant. 00:27:39
We just started it. 00:27:43
But we don't want it to take five years. So that was kind of our long range was 18. 00:27:44
If we can do it faster than that and have it before you guys for approval within a year. 00:27:50
Then that will be great. Were you in attendance during Marks last Strategic? 00:27:55
Partnership meaning when doctor class was mentioning. 00:28:00
This plan being outdated. 00:28:03
It sounded like some funding was. 00:28:06
Going to he may be looking at a different funding. This is this is totally funded through community wildfires. They're not the 00:28:09
plan, but to have the plan adopted by us and updated. 00:28:14
The the current plan and and. 00:28:21
It's like I said, New Mexico Forestry Division are the IS. 00:28:23
Place that approves and houses. 00:28:27
Their recommendation is every five years we are on just. 00:28:31
#5 right now. 00:28:35
So and, and they are aware that we got the funding for this and that we're in the process. So there is not an issue. 00:28:36
I wrote the last one and I will tell you right now. 00:28:44
The previous way of looking at things was. 00:28:48
To paint a very broad brush. 00:28:51
So that I could legitimately say sure that projects that our community wildfire protection plan because I said the whole of 00:28:54
Lincoln County kind of thing. 00:28:58
What they are looking for now on these funding sources is much more. 00:29:02
Specific information. 00:29:07
And so. 00:29:09
We're having to drill down, which is why we reached out to Cadence. 00:29:10
So that's beyond my capabilities. 00:29:14
They're going to be able to. 00:29:16
Provide a whole lot more detail that I never. 00:29:18
On doing that so yes, I, I was not at that meeting, but. 00:29:21
I am not concerned about the. 00:29:26
Timeline on our first one. 00:29:28
Otero County. 00:29:30
Didn't upgrade theirs to legal. 00:29:31
About five years ago and that hadn't been updated since the 80s. 00:29:34
So. 00:29:37
I think we can be far more efficient than that. 00:29:39
Although we don't have it. 00:29:45
In a book format. 00:29:46
We really do have a phased approach. 00:29:48
Already in mind. We've all talked about it. 00:29:50
So I think we'll be able to help. 00:29:53
Accelerate that quite a bit. 00:29:55
And I see. 00:29:57
I see this as being. 00:29:58
Guidance, there's no question about it. Well, we'll see things that. 00:30:00
Perhaps we don't have in mind right now. 00:30:03
When we look at the data set completely. 00:30:06
However, comma we want to make sure that. 00:30:09
That we're working with. 00:30:12
Otero as an example, the Mescalero as example. 00:30:14
We have concerns up north in this county as well. 00:30:18
And I think this might allow us to. 00:30:22
Access some funding once. 00:30:25
It's finalized. 00:30:26
And specify. 00:30:28
That we don't. 00:30:29
Have right now. 00:30:30
So, so I think it's quite clear that. 00:30:32
That we we value this effort. 00:30:35
But we're we're going to be in the driver's seat. 00:30:37
Because you know. 00:30:40
The people that have been working on this. 00:30:43
All along and we'll collaborate with you very closely. We're happy to have you on board. That's excellent. Thank you. That's the 00:30:45
best case scenario. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your. 00:30:49
Yeah. 00:30:57
OK, let. 00:30:58
Apologize for being late here, it was not under my control. What's in the agenda we've done. 00:31:00
Service reports handle. We are. 00:31:06
On item number 3. 00:31:10
Sports and announcements. 00:31:12
OK. We just went through South Central Mountain and. 00:31:14
I don't know who else we have here besides the. 00:31:17
Thank you, Sir. 00:31:21
Any other external agency we have here? 00:31:24
Would like to talk. 00:31:26
Yes, ma'am. 00:31:28
Hondo. 00:31:29
Good afternoon, Commissioners. 00:31:33
Tony Griffin, Upper Hondo Boiling Water Conservation District. 00:31:35
Just providing you with a brief report on where we're at with the Lincoln County Cooperative Weed Management Area. 00:31:39
And so for fiscal year 26 and. 00:31:45
So far we did do some treatments early on in this. 00:31:50
Fiscal year. 00:31:53
We had our contractor treat. 00:31:55
The fire stations as well as the senior centers. 00:31:57
And some spot areas that we have problems with. 00:32:01
On the county roads. 00:32:05
We typically do most of our treatments after the freeze, after May when the weeds start to emerge. 00:32:08
And hopefully before the monsoon season hits and. 00:32:14
You know, that's our target time, so. 00:32:17
A lot of what we do with the funding that you give us happens. 00:32:20
Between. 00:32:23
At the middle of May and. 00:32:24
The end of June. 00:32:26
So, um. 00:32:28
That's kind of where we're at. 00:32:29
And we're also doing a lot of cost shares with land owners in the area and. 00:32:30
We've over halfway exceeded our budget for that already this year, so we're doing a lot of things. 00:32:35
We're helping with a lot of erosion problems with rainwater harvesting. 00:32:40
We've helped with symptom add some. 00:32:44
Livestock wells and things like that, so. 00:32:47
When we also do the movies with the New Mexico Forestry division, so. 00:32:50
What's the cost share again? 00:32:56
So the cost share is for any land owners in our district and it's. 00:32:58
We have a lot of different ones. We have a weed program. We have, like I said, the rainwater harvest thinning is a big one. 00:33:03
And it, you know, livestock, wells, things like that. 00:33:11
They can come in and apply and we go look at the project 1 and I. 00:33:14
And then we make a. 00:33:19
Presentation to the Board. 00:33:21
And the landowner comes in with. 00:33:23
During that meeting. 00:33:25
And if they are approved, most of our projects are. 00:33:26
We pay up to 10,000 dollars, 75% of the project. 00:33:31
So if they do ascending project. 00:33:34
You know if they do $12,500 or whatnot worth of. 00:33:37
Spinning. We give them a $10,000 check, so. 00:33:41
It could be. Can that be? 00:33:45
Cost share and kind. 00:33:47
They can do it themselves and they have to get, they have to get at least three estimates, and one of those estimates can be 00:33:49
themselves. 00:33:53
They, they would provide us with, you know, what equipment would cost what. 00:33:56
Their time would cost and things like that, and a lot of times they'll mirror that from the other estimates that they received. 00:34:01
Terrific, you know, we looked at the. 00:34:08
The only barrier that we have in place that we're. 00:34:11
Continue the work. 00:34:13
And we've disturbed a lot of that surface soil. There's some drainage issues there and you guys? 00:34:15
Help us. 00:34:22
And remediate that so that we don't have. 00:34:23
Potential erosion problems with seating or with. 00:34:25
Will you tell me? 00:34:31
We do have grass seed. That would be something that you would probably present to the board to see, you know what they could help 00:34:33
you with. I don't make the decisions they do, but. 00:34:37
Absolutely. I'm sure something. 00:34:42
You know we could help with that. Like I say, we we do sell grass seed and we have excellent. 00:34:44
Of course, using graph that does really well here. So if it were something like that, I'm sure that there would be an opportunity 00:34:48
to help with that. Just have to come and talk to the board. 00:34:53
Thank you. 00:34:59
Anybody else Landrec? 00:35:02
Thank you. 00:35:06
The only some LANDRAC secretary. We just had an informal meeting. 00:35:21
This last month because the agenda did not get posted. 00:35:26
But we did go over organizational. 00:35:30
And structural. 00:35:33
Thoughts and just some ideas that we were going to do going forward and I think that. 00:35:35
Jason had offered that we were going to. 00:35:40
Collaborate with him at some point. 00:35:42
So yeah, we've got some. 00:35:45
They really like to get Landrack more engaged, I think at the edge of the expertise that's available. 00:35:48
And the brain power that's available in that organization, so. 00:35:54
Look forward to more things coming. 00:35:58
That's it. 00:36:01
And that I did get an e-mail from. 00:36:02
Interstate Train Commission. 00:36:05
State engineer and they are moving forward on the water security planning so. 00:36:10
And 26, they're going to start building. 00:36:15
Some more structure to that. 00:36:17
We actually crossed 2 boundaries, but we can. 00:36:19
Whoever the county decides to appoint or offer to. 00:36:23
Be a part of that Cam deal, representative on both sides so. 00:36:27
I'd certainly like to offer. 00:36:31
My expertise and my interest in being a part of that. So I'll get you, I'll forward the e-mail to you and. 00:36:33
That your more information is that. 00:36:38
Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. 00:36:41
Any other? 00:36:47
I'm sorry, did you have a question so. 00:36:48
Any other boards or committees? 00:36:50
Done. OK. 00:36:53
So how about departments? 00:36:57
Department reports. 00:37:01
I appreciate that. 00:37:03
Good afternoon, commissioners. Chairman Fisher, Commissioners. I'm Jeff Hunt at Lincoln County Real Superintendent. 00:37:10
For those of you that were at the Christmas party. 00:37:23
Friday, our video boards are here. We have them posted up outside of the building there at Fletcher Hall. 00:37:26
Everything was working and functional so. 00:37:31
Those are here, they're in our tire barn, there's the fairgrounds and they are programmable. So we should be ready to roll with 00:37:34
those. 00:37:38
Whenever something comes up or we want to put them out, we do need to kind of find out where we can put them. They do have a hot 00:37:42
spot associated with them, so we should be able to program them. 00:37:46
Janet can do it from her laptop like she did the other day. 00:37:50
And I've got those working. They were actually delivered Friday morning. 00:37:53
And we got it all set up and. 00:37:57
And the guys worked on it, Janet worked on it me. 00:37:59
That was all taken care of, looked really good. 00:38:01
All three of them. 00:38:03
You're not out yet? 00:38:05
They're out. They were out Friday. 00:38:07
But now they're in the barns. 00:38:09
Next item we have Sandesta. 00:38:13
We had a video. 00:38:15
That we were going to put. 00:38:17
You got time to load that? OK, open this further along than when I got the video. 00:38:19
It is. We did have to move twelve of those concrete boxes that were 18,500 lbs each. 00:38:24
There were two cranes that we had to get. 00:38:31
Mobilized and put. 00:38:34
100 ton crane on site at Sandesta and we had a 50 ton, 40 ton crane. 00:38:35
Load them on our end so we got those moved. 00:38:40
They're now off Glencoe Loop. They're at the job site. 00:38:43
And they are put together. We do have an emergency access Rd. now put over the top of them. 00:38:46
So there is access in and out of. 00:38:51
The sun terrace at the Sandesh Bridge, so that is. 00:38:54
Moving forward, we do have about 30 days left on the project. 00:38:58
So that's one of the reasons we put the Access Rd. That way it could be used if there was a problem. 00:39:02
And so that should be taken care of, but it was a massive project moving, loading them. 00:39:07
We found out what we couldn't do. 00:39:12
And then we found out what we had to do. 00:39:14
And uh. 00:39:17
Got them put over there and everything it was, it was a big project. It was the event getting. 00:39:17
Put on there. 00:39:22
We do have a couple of minute video just to kind of give you an idea of what. 00:39:23
Took place out there moving these boxes. 00:39:27
These are 6 by 8 concrete. 00:39:31
And hopefully they don't play the music because I don't think it would be OK good. 00:39:35
Might get everybody live in the. 00:39:40
This is 100 ton crane that was that was on site. You can see a picture of it there in the upper right hand corner. 00:39:47
But each one of those boxes were over £18,000. 00:39:54
I took the video. 00:39:59
They actually did a drone video. Renegade, our contractor did that. 00:40:00
So Parker did that on site. 00:40:04
This is on social media. 00:40:08
I'm not sure if we posted it, but we sure can. 00:40:11
There are two barrels. There's 12 total boxes there, so that's two barrels. 00:40:17
What was there before with 336 inch? 00:40:22
Culverts. Metal culverts. 00:40:25
This won't produce up to the 50 year story. 00:40:26
We should be able to carry the 50 year storm through here. 00:40:29
Anything that comes. 00:40:32
More than a 50 year storm. 00:40:34
This is designed to be a low water crossing, so it'll cross right over the top and keep going. 00:40:36
Is it grant funded? 00:40:42
This was funded by. 00:40:44
Of the county Commission. 00:40:46
And the Rd. apt. 00:40:48
That's where this money came from to do this project. 00:40:49
We started it in January and we should be finished by the end of January. 00:40:52
So it took us about a year to get it designed by the engineer and then we funded. We had the. 00:40:57
Move some stuff around and get everything put together, but it is almost at the end. 00:41:02
So Sandestin will be almost done. 00:41:08
OK, thank you, Mr. Oh, no, thank you. We have. 00:41:11
Grown quite close during this project. 00:41:16
The. 00:41:22
Next thing we have, we were awarded. 00:41:24
We've applied for Emergency Colonies grant funding. 00:41:26
For Warrior Drive and a design on Airplane Canyon. 00:41:30
We were funded for those. 00:41:33
And Sherry will be really happy with this. These were 100% Grant. 00:41:35
Funded. No loan, no match. 00:41:40
100%, so that was $2.82 million. 00:41:43
2.65 million for the construction on Warrior Drive, which will be a 25 foot arch pipe. 00:41:46
And then the $170,000 design for airplane cannon. 00:41:52
So those two projects should be. 00:41:56
As soon as we get the grant agreement. 00:41:59
The manager and I've been discussing we're going to put it to you guys as votes so we can put it out to bid hopefully here in 00:42:01
January. 00:42:04
So we'll have some. 00:42:09
Movement on that here in the spring. 00:42:10
Warrior Drive at. 00:42:12
Gavilan will be shut down. 00:42:13
And if you guys recall the reason why we didn't do that with the junior bill funding, we had Paradise Canyon in the same 00:42:15
conditions. So we didn't want to close both. 00:42:19
So that project is coming. 00:42:24
And it is 100% funded. 00:42:25
Good. OK. 00:42:28
So we're good on that. 00:42:31
We do have. 00:42:34
Phase two of Palo Verde slopes starting. 00:42:37
Now it is getting cranked up. That has already been. 00:42:41
Funded by the. 00:42:44
And so that will be starting here, here in the next week or so. 00:42:47
What does that entail? The scope? Is it just drainage? 00:42:52
That one, Commissioner Serna, is a drainage improvements and there will be a huge drainage structure. 00:42:55
At the bottom of Stetson. 00:43:02
Before you get to the highway. 00:43:04
So it'll be mostly drainage, but there will be some road work that takes place there and some curb and gutter. 00:43:06
It was $1.2 million for that. 00:43:12
That was Phase 2 off of $1.5 million. 00:43:15
Phase one very helpful. 00:43:19
So, and at that, I'll stand for any questions or concerns. 00:43:21
Hickoryas are getting done so. 00:43:26
Do we have an update on Enchanted Porcelain? 00:43:31
Commissioner Serna, I did receive documents from the engineered. 00:43:34
Yesterday afternoon, that was the last piece of it. They did send the bulk of the other documents a week before. 00:43:38
And. 00:43:44
Solder Miller did send me the as bills. 00:43:45
Yesterday afternoon. So we'll be reviewing those and then we'll go out and spot check some of the areas and make sure that they're 00:43:48
accurate. 00:43:51
And then we should be moving forward. But they did produce all of the documentation that I have requested. 00:43:55
You know the people happy. I guess that was a question. 00:44:02
I imagine they will be. 00:44:05
As soon as we can get everything kind of put together. 00:44:08
We do have base course that needs to be put down there that the contractors already provided as well. 00:44:11
So, all right, anything else? 00:44:16
How about the other projects, projects we have in Cedar Creek? 00:44:19
Commissioner Chavez, we have the emergency work going on in Cedar Creek right now. Half Circle was the first one that we did, the 00:44:24
low water crossing. 00:44:28
That one has been complete, 100% usable. 00:44:31
Basketball was the biggest one that we were doing with the. 00:44:34
Low water crossing. 00:44:38
That one, the concrete has all been poured where you're going to pull the traffic control and open that up on Monday. 00:44:39
After it's been set for about 9 or 10 days. 00:44:45
And so we are moving now to Jared loop. 00:44:48
Those are the three emergency projects that we had had approved. 00:44:51
For J&H to be working on. 00:44:55
So we have two of them complete. 00:44:57
And working on Jarrett Loop right now. That'll be the third. 00:45:00
Yes, Sir. 00:45:06
Thank you. 00:45:08
Next, Eric. 00:45:09
Good afternoon, Chairman, Commissioners. 00:45:19
Good afternoon. 00:45:21
Aaron, good morning, Emergency services Director. 00:45:22
So start off with November. We had a really busy month. We ran 41 calls for service. 00:45:25
One brush fire, 7 pulse alarms. 00:45:32
22 motor vehicle accidents. 00:45:35
Three EMS assess one control burn. 00:45:38
We had a four rescue calls. 00:45:41
Which is a major uptick for us. 00:45:43
One vehicle fire and two public assistance. 00:45:45
And now to the fun part. 00:45:48
So back in July. 00:45:50
We had two fire departments go through their ISO surveys, which was the White Oaks Volunteer Fire Department and the Glencoe 00:45:52
Volunteer Fire Department. 00:45:56
And when I come back yesterday off of vacation in my e-mail. 00:46:00
I had their results. 00:46:03
We are really excited to let you guys know that both departments move to an ISO55X. 00:46:06
That is a that's a three-point jump for the Glencoe Fire Department and a two point jump for the White Oaks Fire Department. 00:46:17
So that big numbers. 00:46:23
And actually, White Oaks got really, really close to being 1/4. 00:46:24
So we're, we're really excited, really happy for those two departments, two of our smaller departments. So they they did a really, 00:46:28
really good job this year. 00:46:32
So. 00:46:36
But that'll stand for questions. 00:46:37
So. 00:46:40
That's fantastic. 00:46:41
But the question I have is these rescues, Where is it happening? 00:46:43
So most of our rescues have been. 00:46:48
Situated right around the Benito Lake corridor. 00:46:50
And a lot of it has been either hunting traffic or just hiking traffic. 00:46:53
With the warmer weather that we've been having. 00:46:57
It's been really nice out. 00:47:00
We've seen a big uptick in people in our National Forest, on our public lands, and even some on private lands. 00:47:02
But that's where the most of them have been. We have had a rescue out in the Hell Lake area. 00:47:08
Some other places out in Salazar, stuff like that, but most of them have been in the Benito corridor. 00:47:14
Are they hunting accidents people? 00:47:23
Both both just hiking, horseback riding and then some are are hunting accidents. 00:47:25
Any other questions? 00:47:32
Comment where you go. 00:47:33
Next. 00:47:40
This HR. 00:47:45
Yeah. So it's actually. 00:47:46
Busy in HR, had my work cut out for me all the holidays and such. 00:47:54
But business? 00:47:58
First, we've actually done a lot of hiring as well. 00:47:59
We hired one individual for the road department as our mechanic. 00:48:03
We have a new. 00:48:06
Planning director as well. 00:48:08
We have our. 00:48:10
Certified Deputy. 00:48:11
A new certified deputy. We have one uncertified deputy that will be starting soon. 00:48:13
And as well as a dispatch as well. 00:48:18
Will be starting the next couple of weeks. 00:48:20
We've interviewed for. 00:48:23
Forum certified deputies and those are still in process. 00:48:25
And we've also had two certified applicants those are in process of waiting on paperwork back from them. 00:48:28
Right now we have open still the. 00:48:34
Road operator position. 00:48:37
And we also opened up the part time cooking Corona, we have that open as well as the director for the over hire. 00:48:39
For the disease Senior Center. So that's what we've done as far as. 00:48:47
Hiring and stuff in the departments. 00:48:50
We've had a lot of fun and stuff go on. We got to represent Lincoln County in the. 00:48:53
Regional annual rite parade. 00:48:58
We had a lot of people that. 00:49:00
Participated in that. We did come in first, so I'm so happy. 00:49:03
The people that I do want to thank. 00:49:07
For all of their contributions, hard work and health, I couldn't have done it without them. 00:49:13
Is on Stephanie Martin from our Manager's office and Shannon Hemphill, our County Clerk. 00:49:17
Taylor Fulton and the assessor's office and Kelsey Guevara and the assessor's office. 00:49:23
Elise Pettis in the treasurer's office. 00:49:27
Tendai, Dorsen and the truck and the assessor's office. 00:49:30
Lisa Mercado in the Indigent Care. 00:49:33
Matthew Dutch over in Maintenance. 00:49:35
Kristen Aviwa in the clerk office. 00:49:38
Matthew Hardin in the road department. 00:49:40
Robert Martinez in the road department. 00:49:42
As well as. 00:49:45
We want to thank the Finance Department for their donation of decorations. 00:49:46
We wanted to give a huge shout out to Nathan Chavez in the clerks office with hand painting that big Swedish chef that was on the 00:49:50
float that was hand painted by him. It was amazing. 00:49:55
So that was for the parade. We also had our first annual Christmas party. That was a lot, a lot of fun. I was so thankful to see 00:50:00
everybody who got to attend. 00:50:04
The people who really helped me with that was a. 00:50:08
Janet Herrera with the road department and Bethany Martin and the manager's office. 00:50:11
Shannon had. 00:50:15
County Quick, Kelsey Guevara and the assessor's office and Taylor Thornton and the assessor's office. 00:50:16
Dominic Barela, the assessor's office. 00:50:21
As well as Bonifacio is the more in the assessors office, Amanda Vega Trujillo, the assessors office, Matthew Harden in the road 00:50:23
department and Charlotte Emmons and the clerks office. So we had a lot of people jump in and really make this happen. So it's been 00:50:29
a lot of fun. I think it really. 00:50:34
Boosted morale a lot and brought a lot of. 00:50:39
Christmas period into the county. So it's been. 00:50:42
It's been a lot of fun, a lot of hot stuff going on. I'm going to be glad and it's over, but it's been fun. Are there any injuries 00:50:44
at the party? Yes, yes there was. 00:50:50
The Ranger games got out of control. 00:50:56
Other than that, it was excellent. 00:51:02
Really turned out better than I could have imagined. 00:51:04
Good, good participation too. We'll look for more next year. You'll have to share photos of your float. I sure will. Yes, I 00:51:07
definitely will. It was, it was on the chamber had it on their videos and stuff and they announced it. So Jason about lost the 00:51:13
eardrum last Friday when I found out we won. 00:51:18
But yes, I'll definitely share some pictures. That's all I have to send for questions. 00:51:26
Questions. 00:51:31
Thank you so much. Thank you. 00:51:33
Very good. 00:51:37
Can't be that happy all the time. That's why we have a. 00:51:40
Yeah. 00:51:46
Good afternoon, Ross Coleman, Director of Strategic Planning and Resilience. 00:51:51
Does that mean you had to wait? What does that mean? Other duties as a sign? 00:51:55
It kind of means handling lots of stuff other than planning, trying to get our grants managed, trying to help Aaron with fire. 00:52:07
And just kind of whatever else is needed. 00:52:15
Utility government worker resilience. I like that. Yes Sir. So. 00:52:18
We are still going through the behavioral listening session, so we've hit. 00:52:24
Seven, we have seven of them in six different communities we had. 00:52:29
Some locally 1 area. There's a one over Mescalero. 00:52:33
We still have three more this week, so we have one this afternoon in Corona. 00:52:37
Which I'm going to head to shortly. We have cloud cropped and then Friday night we will finish with Tula Rosa. 00:52:41
After that's completed, we're going to have a baseball session around 12:00 on January 7th. 00:52:47
That will be done by the New Mexico Health Alliance. 00:52:53
And then we will have unms sequential intercept. 00:52:55
Mapping. 00:52:59
Done January 14th through 16th at the end of the Mountain Gods. And that's where they. 00:53:01
Takes some educational principles. Look at behavioral health as a whole, take the feedback from the listening sessions and come up 00:53:05
with a. 00:53:09
Prescribed model for what we should do here in Lincoln County. 00:53:14
Other thing. 00:53:19
If you have a question. 00:53:20
Well, it's more of a comment, but. 00:53:22
Please, I don't mean I don't love you. 00:53:24
OK, umm. 00:53:26
Moving on to. 00:53:28
Something else is pretty good. A while back we applied for the. 00:53:31
Outdoor Recreation Grant. 00:53:35
For for an indoor shooting range. 00:53:38
I know it sounds a little bit about oxymoron, but. 00:53:42
Basically, what we recognize is 6 months out of the year, if you're not a skier, there's not a whole lot to do outside. So we put 00:53:45
in for that grant. 00:53:48
And we got 100%. 00:53:52
$5,000,000 to build that project. 00:53:54
So we are waiting. 00:53:57
We are waiting on. 00:53:59
And once that grant agreement comes in, we'll start meeting with the manager to discuss how we want to proceed. And then? 00:54:02
And I try to get that merged with our ideas for the Regional Public Safety Center. 00:54:10
That's that's terrific. 00:54:15
I was happy to attend the one in Honda, the behavioral health. 00:54:17
Yes, Sir. 00:54:22
Listening session. 00:54:24
And and one of the things that. 00:54:25
We talked about. 00:54:27
Was that clearly? 00:54:28
Place or the number of places I'll use it. Your term intercepts and I know it's not being used the same way you were used to it. 00:54:32
Where we find that people that are. 00:54:40
Behavioral health distress. 00:54:43
And uh. 00:54:45
It's like the jails. 00:54:46
Right. 00:54:47
Such a Sheriff's Office. 00:54:49
It's the emergency rooms, you know, people coming in, they're. 00:54:51
Distressed either. 00:54:56
Because of substance or. 00:54:57
Other issues combined. 00:54:59
I'm hoping. 00:55:02
I'm hoping. 00:55:03
We're cataloging those. 00:55:04
Does those events. 00:55:07
Yeah, and that should drive. 00:55:10
Much of what? 00:55:11
The conclusions are in this whole study. 00:55:12
So we're using a system called Mentimeter. 00:55:15
And what mentimeter doesn't, and you saw it when you were there, people would. 00:55:17
We would ask the questions, we'd get the answer, we would record their answers so they could see them. 00:55:22
And what that will do is at the very end of this, we can actually. 00:55:27
Print out new pie charts, whatever we. 00:55:30
Got to do. We can quantify their statements and then that's going to go into the final report that we put together to apply for 00:55:33
the big grant, which is. 00:55:37
Leaning toward a facility for mental health. 00:55:40
In this three-part area. 00:55:43
Right, but I think you're missing some data. 00:55:46
The data that I think you're missing. 00:55:49
Here are the the the interactions say that the Sheriff's Office or. 00:55:52
Roswell Police Department or the Downs have. 00:55:56
You know, every week. 00:55:59
You know, probably there's a significant percentage here you could say. 00:56:01
You know, they cry needs some intervention and they they need some help. 00:56:05
Now that. 00:56:09
You know, it's not necessarily. 00:56:10
Scientific, but it's certainly more quantifiable. 00:56:12
Then asking a few people that end up showing up. 00:56:15
Who probably don't need to help anyway. 00:56:19
Because they're not in jail and they're not as a. 00:56:22
ODN out there on the street. 00:56:24
See what I'm saying? I do. We, we, we've had some other individuals show up and provide some information similar to that some 00:56:27
psychologists we had. 00:56:31
The chief of the probation department, Shella. 00:56:36
And as we keep moving, like last night, we have several. 00:56:39
Clinicians and stuff like that and some of the people who deal with people. 00:56:43
From the jail. 00:56:47
I've had some people from the public defenders office that were giving us some pretty good information, so I know that. 00:56:48
We are going to be reaching out to some of the law enforcement as well to get some other buy in before we get move forward. But I 00:56:55
think it's critical. 00:56:58
Those are the people that really need the help, right? 00:57:01
Beyond the hospitals too, I would recommend. 00:57:04
Some of the smaller motels in the. 00:57:08
Is that what you're getting? 00:57:12
What for like? 00:57:15
Finding out about the homeless community. 00:57:17
So there's a lot of drug usage and residents that live at these motels. 00:57:20
Gotcha. Yeah. 00:57:26
OK, boy, that's. 00:57:31
$5,000,000 That's fantastic. 00:57:32
Yes, Sir. 00:57:34
And that's going to be part of our Sierra Blanca regional training. 00:57:34
First responder train facility too. Yes Sir. 00:57:38
Very good. I received a complaint recently from. 00:57:42
The permitting on building permits. 00:57:47
That they were taking 14 days. 00:57:49
Sometimes to come back. 00:57:52
Or floodplain. 00:57:54
So y'all could. 00:57:55
Speed that up your contractor. 00:57:56
Anything else? 00:58:06
No, Sir, about Commission. 00:58:07
Good. Thank you very much, Ross. Thank you. Well done on the grant. 00:58:12
Hey, who else? 00:58:18
Department, James. 00:58:19
Sir, good afternoon, good afternoon. Thank you very much. 00:58:22
OK, I just got a text. 00:58:28
This few minutes ago that. 00:58:30
Phase two on Cetera. 00:58:32
Before the 10 minute and it's. 00:58:34
Completely. 00:58:35
We've had dream. 00:58:39
Work orders, Major work orders. In this context, one of those two. 00:58:41
The HVAC and building courtrooms. 00:58:44
Replace the motherboard on that one. 00:58:46
And then? 00:58:48
The woman's main bathroom and then a. 00:58:50
Commissioner Zane seems. 00:58:52
But other than that. 00:58:55
When we place the treasures interior storage lights with LED. 00:58:58
And then the search office, we replace the exterior lights. 00:59:02
Elegant of. 00:59:05
Wash me please. I know we had a lot of complaints about the cow dispensers in the restaurant. We replaced it with the automatic 00:59:08
with. 00:59:11
Hands free. 00:59:14
So whatever. 00:59:16
Health Office. 00:59:18
All equipment and material should be in. 00:59:21
Today, uh. 00:59:24
And Thursday, so the project. 00:59:24
Should start after the first year. 00:59:26
And that is for. 00:59:31
HVAC, let's have the public. Yes, Sir. 00:59:33
And then we got the nest I had to walk through the other day. 00:59:35
And he forgot to put the gutter guards. 00:59:38
So we're moving. They're going to finish that up. 00:59:40
We looked at the. 00:59:43
I'll be looking for pricing. 00:59:45
On the security fence for the parking lot in the back. 00:59:46
So we're going to stop trying to start getting that going. 00:59:50
So we get get that same curve. 00:59:52
Parking lot estimates on the. 00:59:58
Selling the parking lot. 01:00:02
They don't want to do that summer. 01:00:04
But I I they won't give me an estimate. 01:00:06
So I just went and googled it. 01:00:08
Looks like it's going to cause. 01:00:10
What $0.50 per square foot? 01:00:12
We're looking maybe 2120 thousand square feet just in our parking lot. 01:00:15
Give up 10 grand so I'll budget that for the. 01:00:19
For next year. 01:00:21
Well, we can do it on a downtime. It'll cost us about 1/4 of the price. 01:00:22
If we did it ourselves, me and Matt. 01:00:27
But we've got the way though. 01:00:30
Options so so you're not you're talking this parking lot here. 01:00:31
Right here and and then how about the and 1/2 we look at the clerks office states it as well. 01:00:35
The health office is going to be a totally different. 01:00:43
That's gonna be also reduction, right? 01:00:45
We might even look at what we're doing and also even look at the nest. 01:00:49
To their department. 01:00:52
Pavement on the outside is pretty well. 01:00:54
We should see if we can get some grant money for that. 01:00:57
Some of that stuff. 01:00:59
Particularly the nest. 01:01:02
Comes to mind but that even he's government buildings. 01:01:03
That's possible. 01:01:06
Jason. 01:01:08
Because it has to happen. 01:01:09
I have never seen a grant. 01:01:11
For that, well. 01:01:13
This is the first time for everything. 01:01:15
Look. 01:01:18
Let's see what we can do. We're going to have to do it. 01:01:20
We're going to have to budget it somehow. 01:01:23
Yes. 01:01:25
For the nest, there is a balance of about 34,000 that James is aware of that's left on the grant. 01:01:29
And that's gonna be. 01:01:35
Part of that security fence in the camera system. 01:01:36
So hopefully I can work within that budget. 01:01:39
Including the. 01:01:42
Coding and recoding it. 01:01:43
No, I don't know about that. 01:01:45
Well, if you and Matt do it, you can. 01:01:47
We're looking at 50. 01:01:51
Cortana, 54 feet. 01:01:55
Cortana. 01:01:58
5050 cents. 01:02:00
That's all I got. Any questions? 01:02:03
Are you preparing a list of? 01:02:06
Asset management. 01:02:08
Yes, I've already started that. 01:02:10
I got several projects that are in mind right now that. 01:02:13
Yes, I'm waiting for budget to come up. 01:02:17
That's a restaurant less. 01:02:19
So we can prioritize and put some money behind these that's really be proactive and reactive right now. 01:02:21
We're looking at. 01:02:26
Two HVAC systems and he needs. 01:02:27
Can you put that me replacing? 01:02:29
I got a lot of stuff. 01:02:31
So we're gonna, so let's, let's make sure we cover it. 01:02:33
And of course, that asset management plan I. 01:02:37
I'm starting to do my Catholic assets now. 01:02:40
I've already done my hair's a little. 01:02:42
So with all that. 01:02:44
By time budget you come from, I'll have some kind of rope. 01:02:45
Total, you and that are doing a fantastic job. Our facilities have never. 01:02:49
Anything else? Commission? 01:03:00
Thank you, Sir. Thank you, guys. We appreciate what you're doing. 01:03:03
All right, who else? 01:03:08
Anyway. 01:03:09
Listen to somebody. 01:03:13
OK, let's go to. 01:03:15
Elected officials. 01:03:17
We'll get, we'll get your budget when we cover it. I guess we'll talk about that. 01:03:22
So, Madam Clerk. 01:03:27
What do you have to say for yourself? 01:03:30
And we and it seems like you've been very busy. 01:03:32
Outside of your principal duty. Thank you for that. 01:03:36
Yes, so we've. 01:03:39
We've actually competed. 01:03:41
The 2025 regular local election we had. 01:03:43
The automatic recount for the Captain School board. 01:03:48
As well as the post election voting system check. 01:03:51
Also known as the audience. 01:03:54
We were able to complete both of those. 01:03:56
And the statutory required timeline. 01:03:59
With the judge present and there were no discrepancies found on any of the. 01:04:01
The systems of the votes cast. 01:04:07
And so everything came out exactly as it was. 01:04:08
On election night. 01:04:12
And so that was sent out to the state and those are all signed and done and. 01:04:13
They are now officially done with the 25. 01:04:18
Regular local election. 01:04:21
We are going right into the next year elections. We have 4. 01:04:23
3 1/2 elections next year. 01:04:28
We have the municipal officer election, which doesn't really count as an election for the county. It is the. 01:04:31
Village of Results holding their own election. 01:04:37
Our office does assist. 01:04:39
Then withholding their election. 01:04:41
So we do have some participation, but not as much as a regular election. 01:04:43
We also have we've. 01:04:48
Word that there will be a special election in Corona. 01:04:51
For the schools. 01:04:56
We have not received an official resolution yet, but that is where that's come down that. 01:04:58
They will be holding that one in March as well. 01:05:02
I'm sorry, the regular. 01:05:05
The municipal officer election from the village of Rigo, so it's going to be March 6. 01:05:07
The expected. 01:05:11
Special election. 01:05:12
For Corona schools will be March 24th. 01:05:14
That's going to be. 01:05:18
It will be for. 01:05:20
A tax question. 01:05:22
And not like I said, we do not have the official resolution yet, but that is expected to be on March 24th. 01:05:24
That will be because it is a special election. It will be all male. 01:05:30
And so, umm. 01:05:34
You will be mailing letters to all of the. 01:05:35
People in that district and then we'll be mailing. 01:05:38
We will then go right into the. 01:05:43
Election which will be in June, so we'll start on that. 01:05:46
In January with the Res. 01:05:49
And then candidate Silent Day in March. 01:05:51
And then November is the general. 01:05:54
We definitely have a busy year coming up. 01:05:58
Yeah, keep you guys posted. 01:06:01
Thank you. Thank you. 01:06:03
Any questions? 01:06:04
What is the cost for these individual municipalities holding their own election? 01:06:05
I can get you some numbers. 01:06:11
We looked at it a couple years ago and we're trying to talk them into joining the regular election. 01:06:13
Because that is the only municipality that has not opted in in Lincoln County yet. 01:06:18
There are only 7 municipalities statewide that have not opted in. 01:06:22
And so we're really trying to push to get them all involved so that we don't have. 01:06:25
Several little elections going on in March. 01:06:30
I can get you numbers for what? 01:06:33
We usually and the village of Riddle ends up paying for that election. 01:06:37
And then I can look that up for you. 01:06:41
I don't have that. 01:06:44
Nothing else. 01:06:49
Thank you. 01:06:50
So, Madam Treasure. 01:06:51
Good afternoon, Chair Fisher, Commissioner Sherry Huddleston, Lincoln County Treasurer. 01:07:06
We wrapped up our first half collections. 01:07:10
On property taxes. 01:07:13
Anything that comes in now will be delinquent on the first half. 01:07:15
Out of the 43,000,018. 01:07:18
$89,000 we build out. 01:07:20
We've collected. 01:07:23
We only have outstanding. Sorry. 01:07:28
16,000,000 One 56197.61. 01:07:30
So our collection rate is doing really well. 01:07:34
I have to say thank you to my staff. They've done an exceptional job this. 01:07:37
This year. 01:07:42
It's gone really smooth. I have to knock on wood, but if it wasn't for my staff, you know. 01:07:44
They they really make it happen. 01:07:49
And. 01:07:51
We've worked really hard and. 01:07:52
That's pretty much what we've been doing since. 01:07:55
I guess. 01:07:57
November 1st to December 10th. 01:07:58
So straight through. 01:08:00
I have to say thank you to Vanessa because that was an amazing party. She. 01:08:02
Great job. 01:08:07
Interacting with all the different departments and stuff it's been. 01:08:08
Very developing for all of us to come together, so I really appreciate that. 01:08:12
I want to say hands off to Troy because working with Tyler. 01:08:17
If it wasn't for Troy, I don't think we could be where we are. 01:08:21
So I think everybody should give. 01:08:25
Toy a lot of. 01:08:27
You know, so I have to say every department. 01:08:29
In the county so. 01:08:37
Has hats off to. 01:08:38
We did get $1,485,682.66 for opioid money. 01:08:40
We weren't expecting it, but it showed up. 01:08:46
So that's over and above. 01:08:49
Something that was from the Department of Justice. 01:08:50
So that's pretty good, Um. 01:08:53
I did talk to the wind turbine tilt peanut. 01:08:55
That we expect that payment December 24th. 01:08:59
$9,745,191. 01:09:05
So. 01:09:11
We're gonna I'm gonna have to move some money around in the banks. 01:09:12
Now the question I thought it was going to be. 01:09:16
And I think I know the answer, but I thought we're going to be closer to 13. 01:09:19
Million, so the schools get the difference. 01:09:23
So they get their percentage. It goes directly to the schools. We don't get that so. 01:09:26
Corona is is entertaining a bond measure for schools. 01:09:30
I think there's going to be a tax question. They already approved the bond. 01:09:36
At the regular local election they had a bond hand attack. 01:09:39
Include the bond. The tax did not pass. I think they're going to ask for the tax. 01:09:41
Are they aware? Are they aware they're going to get this money? Yes. 01:09:44
Rona schools are aware. 01:09:48
They're still talking about and it's all the schools in Lincoln County. 01:09:51
They actually get a percentage. 01:09:55
Right, it goes to all the. 01:09:57
Well. 01:10:02
We met with our auditors on our exit conference. 01:10:04
That went well. 01:10:08
Um, other than that. 01:10:11
We can't talk about anything right now, so. 01:10:14
We have to kind of. 01:10:18
But other than that, that would be the county. But it was very good. 01:10:20
It was it was a good outcome. 01:10:24
I believe so. 01:10:26
I stand for questions. 01:10:30
Well, you can see there's a lot of people out there trying to grab that money, so not even here yet. 01:10:34
That I lay in. So we're going to be very careful about that. 01:10:40
We're going to set it up in its own fund. 01:10:49
And then that way you guys have the description the. 01:10:52
The county Commission has the discretion of. 01:10:54
How they want to allocate it? 01:10:57
Yeah, I guess we'll talk more about the. 01:10:59
The not necessarily the budget, but what's what's in the dollars and cents. 01:11:02
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. 01:11:06
OK, um. 01:11:10
Selected official. I think we need the Sheriff's Office representative. 01:11:14
Lieutenant Bailey. 01:11:19
Kind of Leroy, the assessor's office is a training right now, so. 01:11:37
Chairman. Fisher, Commissioners. 01:11:43
Lieutenant Joseph Bailey, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. 01:11:45
November 18th, the current date. 01:11:49
We responded to a total of 21 motor vehicle crashes. 01:11:52
Well, we took a total of 296 calls for service. 01:11:56
The process a total of 22 warrants. 01:12:00
They issued a total of 24 citations. 01:12:04
We had a total of 22 warrant arrests. 01:12:07
We served a total of 70 syllables. 01:12:10
We had a total of 43 employee requests. 01:12:13
Since November 18th to current date. 01:12:16
So do you have any visibility on? 01:12:21
On crime rates. 01:12:23
Services. 01:12:26
You know, relative to that this time last year. 01:12:27
I would have to do the research, but I can get the number. Yeah, I think that would be interesting to the Commission. 01:12:31
We're looking for. 01:12:36
Trends. Broader trends. 01:12:37
I'm looking for. 01:12:40
This is a personal interest. 01:12:42
Domestic abuse calls. 01:12:44
That trend line is insane. Less more. 01:12:47
You know, violent, violent. I mean, you pick out the the. 01:12:52
The general categories, but violent. 01:12:55
Deals, uh. 01:12:58
That kind of thing and maybe DUI seems kind of interesting. 01:13:00
And it it it comes into. 01:13:03
Some of the work that you're doing, Ross, this is this is interesting. 01:13:05
Right. 01:13:09
Is that? If that's possible, I don't want to. 01:13:13
Throw more work on the Sheriff's Office, but. 01:13:15
I think the Commission, in terms of looking at. 01:13:18
Funding the Sheriff's Office and other initiatives. 01:13:21
It might be of interest, so if you could bring that. 01:13:24
Next time, that would be great. Yes, Sir. 01:13:27
OK. Any other questions? 01:13:29
Thank you, Sir. Appreciate you. 01:13:33
OK, so. 01:13:39
Now. 01:13:41
Mr. Wilson, irrespective. 01:13:45
I'm sure that what? 01:13:48
Manager first. I like it. 01:13:50
Oh, oh, OK. 01:13:53
I thought we were. 01:13:55
Not according to my schedule. 01:13:58
I'll be quick, I've had some. 01:14:00
Interactions with other commissioners from other counties and. 01:14:03
And we have a lot of support from them on our resolution against Barbara Springs. I know there's been half a dozen other countless 01:14:06
resolutions, if not more. 01:14:09
That's great on that. 01:14:13
And just that's about all and. 01:14:15
Thank you. 01:14:20
Commissioner Kent. 01:14:21
First of all, I'd like to wish everybody a. 01:14:22
Merry Christmas. 01:14:24
Probably not. 01:14:25
And sounds like everybody doing that great job in the county. 01:14:27
So thank you very much. 01:14:31
Thank you, Sir. 01:14:35
Come on, you got something. You got good news I took. 01:14:37
Yeah, so. 01:14:43
Thank you. 01:14:45
Mr. Honeycutt. 01:14:46
Superintendent handcuff for your work within. 01:14:47
Within the Rancho. 01:14:50
I apologize. Ranches. Ranches of Santara. 01:14:52
Subdivision. We've been working on that for quite a while, so thank you so much for all your hard work. 01:14:56
I took part in the exit interview for the audit. 01:15:03
Within the county and from what I understand from talking to the auditors. 01:15:05
We did a. 01:15:10
We did a very good job. 01:15:11
And so thank you. 01:15:12
Madam Treasurer and Billy Joel for your hard work and doing that, and Troy, obviously thank you guys so much for all your hard 01:15:15
work. 01:15:18
Merry Christmas and. 01:15:22
Happy New Year. 01:15:23
Thank you, Sir. 01:15:25
Commissioner Cerner. 01:15:26
I can update you all this morning. 01:15:30
Presented our capital LA request to the legislators um. 01:15:33
That represent our. 01:15:37
County and I think it went exceptionally well. It was well received they had. 01:15:39
Questions on the need but really appreciated the regional approach for communications and also. 01:15:45
The generator project here at the courthouse, they really found value in this. 01:15:52
Really well. 01:15:57
I was selected to help score upcoming. 01:16:05
Grants that will be requested from NMDOT. 01:16:10
And that will be for capital projects, maintenance projects and design. 01:16:13
And so that'll be huge for um. 01:16:18
This area. 01:16:21
It includes as far as Eddy County Chavez. 01:16:22
Otero. 01:16:26
Mescalero's projects and. 01:16:28
Lincoln County municipalities and also the county as a whole. 01:16:31
So I'll be happy to be a part of that. 01:16:36
So I'm going to. 01:16:38
My emails trying to refresh my memory of everything that's been going on. 01:16:42
And this Thursday, I'll be representing elected officials from. 01:16:47
Local governments on the New Mexico Workforce Development Board. 01:16:55
So it'll be my first opportunity to serve on behalf. 01:16:59
The appointment of the governor, so I'm looking forward to being in Albuquerque on Thursday representing everyone. 01:17:04
And I'll yell at my time. 01:17:10
Late in the afternoon. 01:17:14
Well, Merry Christmas everybody. 01:17:16
And kudos, really, for the whole staff. 01:17:18
And the county manager, too, unless he needs. 01:17:22
Some some credit for what's going on. 01:17:24
Very, very pleased with it. 01:17:28
I love our staff. I really mean that and everything that you're doing. 01:17:30
And. 01:17:35
You know, this is my third year. 01:17:37
So I saw it before. 01:17:39
And it's like night and day. 01:17:41
It's very good. 01:17:43
The only other thing I want to mention to you is, and there might be some questions, I haven't heard anything from the governor. 01:17:47
At this point. 01:17:54
Well, I'm almost sorry. 01:17:55
I allowed them to. 01:17:58
Accept my nomination. 01:18:00
I really AM. 01:18:02
At what? What's happened here? 01:18:04
Is in some ways far more impactful. 01:18:06
And I'm just proud to be part of this organization and I hope I. 01:18:11
Can I make so? 01:18:15
All right. Going forward. 01:18:16
The I think. 01:18:22
What we did in terms of our presentation this morning, the legislators that were there. 01:18:23
Is important. 01:18:29
You can't ask for too much. They have limited amounts of discretionary money. 01:18:30
And so they what they want to see are. 01:18:36
Manageable. 01:18:38
Capital outlay request. 01:18:40
That can be funded #1 and #2. 01:18:42
Can be completed with the funds that they allocate. 01:18:46
So it is very important to do that. We did it this time. I feel confident that. 01:18:49
Whoever sits in District 33 plus Ireland. 01:18:55
We're going to get full funding for the stuff that we've got in there. 01:18:59
It's very good. 01:19:02
So that's all I have. Thank you very much. I apologize for being late, I could not. 01:19:03
Man, I left in the middle of stuff and I tried to get here as fast as I could. 01:19:09
And then, thank God Joe Bailey wasn't out there. 01:19:13
All right. 01:19:18
Having said that, let's go to the county manager. 01:19:19
Hello, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, I think everybody's touched on everything that I was going to say. 01:19:22
I'm super proud of the staff with. 01:19:27
Our representation in the public here lately and being able to put on a. 01:19:30
An event for our employees that we can show our appreciation for them so. 01:19:34
Lots of things going on right now as far as projects and initiatives and plans and grants and. 01:19:38
As we come to a close of 2025. 01:19:43
And we're looking forward to all the good things we have coming in 2026, so. 01:19:46
Happy holidays. 01:19:50
Merry Christmas, all the good things. 01:19:52
Please be careful with the holidays. 01:19:54
So, yeah, all right. 01:19:56
So let's go to #3 Action item. 01:19:59
Approval minutes. We've got 4. 01:20:01
Three special Commission meetings. 01:20:04
One regular. 01:20:06
I'll accept the motion to approve all of them unless you have some changes. 01:20:08
Mr. Chair, I moved to approve. 01:20:14
Items listed under ABC and D for approval. 01:20:19
Please. 01:20:24
Aye, Commissioner Prather. 01:20:29
Commissioner. Father Yes. Commissioner Wilson. Yes. Chair Fisher, Aye. Motion. 01:20:32
Thank you. 01:20:36
OK, next is uh. 01:20:38
Billy Joe, we want to talk about monthly accounts payable and payroll report for November 25. 01:20:41
Five places. 01:20:47
Good afternoon, Commissioners, Just to verify that sector. 01:20:52
So we're happy for you is the accounts, payables and payrolls for the month of November in the amount of. 01:20:57
2,518,005. 01:21:04
$146.07. 01:21:06
And I think in the packet you guys did have your spreadsheets that show. 01:21:09
I stand for questions. 01:21:20
There's a lot less. 01:21:22
But that's because SW Contracting was actually paid. 01:21:23
Maybe about a week ago. Two weeks ago. 01:21:28
So that'll be a good one. Next one, disaster lines, yes. 01:21:31
So, so I looked at, I looked at the budget report on summaries. 01:21:36
So I'm looking at percent remaining and I know there are reasons why sometimes the percentages are low, but I'm going to ask for a 01:21:41
couple depends so. 01:21:47
Law enforcement protection. 01:21:52
But I'm worth 36.68%. 01:21:54
That's 520. 01:21:57
What's the phone number? 01:21:59
Right. Are we in trouble? 01:22:01
There for the rest of the year. 01:22:03
I don't think so they that. 01:22:07
I believe that is a grant, right? 01:22:09
And so they have to actually spend that by June 30th. 01:22:11
You think you will? 01:22:14
You're gonna, you're not gonna be sure. 01:22:16
OK, very good. 01:22:18
Misdemeanor compliance 603 that's zero and we've spent everything on this. The reason why we that said zero is I encumbered the 01:22:21
whole amount and we pay off the purchase order. 01:22:26
We just apply the purchase order every time there's anyone. It's in and out. 01:22:31
It's an in and out deal. 01:22:35
They're talking about budget. 01:22:38
Mean alpha. 01:22:39
The disaster relief. 01:22:42
We're at 33%. 01:22:44
Left on that, that's 681. 01:22:47
And that's something that, you know, there's a lot of money still in there, I guess, right? We still got almost 20 million. 01:22:51
How do we? 01:22:57
Maybe that's a better question for you, County Manager, but what do we think? What are we thinking about that? 01:22:58
So the 681, is that the one that would put all the? 01:23:06
We have a significant amount in that fund. 01:23:13
As it is your health bill one money. 01:23:16
And everyone kind of knows the details and the nuances with that. I could tell you that. 01:23:18
We're in the process right now with the recommendation of DHSC and with. 01:23:22
Of converting everything that we haven't encumbered on Health Bill 1. 01:23:27
To seven. Bill 31. 01:23:31
33. 01:23:33
313131. 01:23:35
That will allow us to use that on all of our disasters. 01:23:38
How do we do that? 01:23:43
So it's basically what we're going to end up doing is we're going to end up giving back. 01:23:44
What we have encumbered? 01:23:48
The funds that are in there, I think it's 13.5 million. 01:23:50
We've been obligated. 01:23:53
26 So we're gonna end up giving that back to the state and they're gonna re obligate it back through. 01:23:54
Senate Bill 31. 01:23:59
So do you feel confident that that'll happen? 01:24:02
They've they've gone through with the village. 01:24:05
And they're asking us to do this so that it can be more utilized. 01:24:07
For our current work that we have going on. 01:24:12
How? How is the environmental GRT? 01:24:22
How do we get that? We've got. 01:24:25
$700,000. 01:24:27
And that's 563. 01:24:29
How does? How do we get that? 01:24:32
There was. How do we acquire those? 01:24:37
Chairman Fisher. Commissioner Sherry Huddleston, Lincoln County Treasurer. 01:24:44
So the environmental GRT is from the unincorporated parts of the county. 01:24:48
It's 5% GRT. 01:24:53
That comes to the county. 01:24:55
Prove GRT. 01:24:57
And, umm. 01:24:58
Anything to do, you know, outside the county, that's what we did. 01:25:01
So it's. 01:25:07
It's enacted by the county we've had it enacted for. 01:25:10
Many years, and that in our two. 01:25:15
1/8 so. 01:25:18
What? How much do we get annually? Do you? 01:25:20
It's a round Number, do you know? 01:25:23
I have it. 01:25:33
Because that's an interesting. 01:25:36
You know, it's an interesting number. 01:25:38
In category. 01:25:40
Acquiring minds. What it is? 01:25:43
So we budgeted 610,000. I don't have the history here in front of me, I'd have to share. 01:26:02
We budgeted 610,000. We expected to get that. 01:26:09
Yes, Sir. OK. 01:26:12
And then that goes Wetransfer that money into the 564 solid waste fund. 01:26:17
To pay WS. 01:26:23
The trophies. 01:26:26
And the. 01:26:28
Salary. 01:26:31
Mm-hmm. If I'm sorry. 01:26:32
There's a person that's in that position. 01:26:35
That's our solid waste clerk is not. 01:26:41
Not doing solid waste sort of stuff right now. 01:26:44
We need to talk about that. 01:26:47
It used to be split with pilot. 01:26:52
Yeah, that position it was. 01:26:54
Multiple different Yeah, paid that salary. 01:26:57
All right, so that's one of them. 01:27:00
In the 18 GRT we have two of those. 01:27:02
Is that first and a second? Is that true? 01:27:04
Yeah, we we have the 682. 01:27:06
Funds that helps. 01:27:09
Pay for the. 01:27:11
Detention center. 01:27:13
And then the indigent fund and that helps pay for. 01:27:14
All the indigent fees, the sole community providers. 01:27:18
Safe to turn that pull. 01:27:22
I I don't I don't have anything else. 01:27:27
To ask about. 01:27:30
About the budget, Anybody else in the Commission? 01:27:33
Thank you so much. 01:27:38
Could you send us which track listing? 01:27:41
Yeah, it's there. 01:27:47
I have it in the packet, I just like getting it. 01:27:48
I can probably overlook it. 01:27:55
I can. 01:27:57
I had a knit. 01:27:59
And then on the cost that? 01:28:01
That were being charged for. 01:28:04
Stuff that goes in the Roswell Daily Record versus 3 it does news. 01:28:06
Explain that. 01:28:12
Like 8 times more, but maybe we're doing something different. 01:28:15
There could be multiple invoices that are. 01:28:18
Paid out at the same time. 01:28:21
I mean, do we have like, So it would appear to me when I look at the Roswell Daily Record stuff and this is a myth, I forget it. 01:28:23
But it looks like we pay. It's an open PO. 01:28:30
Maybe we're just not using that open PO? 01:28:34
Very much with further Roswell Daily Record, I guess that's in. 01:28:37
We are applying to invoices the POS to the. 01:28:41
Open, Moses. 01:28:44
OK so we are using the open POS. 01:28:46
Yeah, it's just. 01:28:49
But when you're seeing the like a big an amount. 01:28:50
On those jets, it could be multiple invoices that are paid at once. 01:28:53
All right. Thank you. 01:28:59
So now we need to recess the Commission meeting for publishing. 01:29:09
Sorry. Thank you. 01:29:15
Can we have a motion? 01:29:18
And I'd like to make a motion that we have. 01:29:19
Approved monthly accounts payable and payroll port for November 2025. 01:29:23
2nd. 01:29:27
Roll call please. 01:29:29
Commissioner Wilson. Commissioner Chavez. 01:29:31
Commissioner Fraterna. 01:29:34
All right, Motion. 01:29:36
Thank you. 01:29:38
OK. 01:29:39
Now we need to recess the Commission meeting for public hearing. 01:29:42
Do we need a motion for? 01:29:45
Remind me to open up. 01:29:47
I just need to open it. 01:29:49
Vote, Mr. Chairman. 01:29:51
And we bring this to you. This will be a public hearing. And then I. 01:29:53
Consideration for action. 01:29:57
It'll come out of it. 01:29:59
Will come out of it. 01:30:01
And then also with that. 01:30:03
Attorney Bob, if we have anybody that wants to. 01:30:05
Testify or speaking? 01:30:08
For against. 01:30:10
We'll allow her to pour them in. 01:30:12
We'll go through this so. 01:30:15
OK. 01:30:18
So we'll now recess. 01:30:20
A regular Commission meeting. 01:30:22
And open a public hearing for consideration of liquor license application. 01:30:24
The other presentation for that. 01:30:30
Yes, Chairman. 01:30:32
Fisher and Commission with Warren planning technician. 01:30:34
Today we are bringing forth the public hearing request for the liquor. 01:30:39
For a restaurant a. 01:30:44
Which is an on-site sales only, no. 01:30:47
To go at the Alto Cafe located. 01:30:50
At. 01:30:53
810. 01:30:57
State Hwy. 48 and. 01:30:58
All legal notices have been posted. 01:31:01
Conference with the regulations. 01:31:05
By the New Mexico or Ald. 01:31:07
On the website News. 01:31:10
And to the applicant. 01:31:12
And. 01:31:14
I have received no responses and negative for. 01:31:16
The request. 01:31:19
So we would like to ask that you approve the request. 01:31:22
Where we have to open for public. 01:31:26
Or staff comments. 01:31:28
There any public comments on this? 01:31:30
Clicker license transfer. 01:31:32
Please somebody speak. 01:31:38
Yeah, I'm Lisa Balderon. I'm one of the owners. Why don't you come on up and. 01:31:44
Swear. 01:31:49
If you can just raise your right. 01:31:56
Do you solemnly swear, affirm that the testimony that you're about to give us the truth and hold truth? 01:31:58
Yes. OK. OK. Thank you. 01:32:02
My name is Lisa Balder, I'm a co-owner with my husband of Alto Cafe and. 01:32:07
We would just like to. 01:32:11
Keep things running the way they've always been running for the last 25 years. So we've had some guests ask us. 01:32:13
To bring beer and wine back in, we'd like to be able to. 01:32:19
Offer that to them. 01:32:23
It's not a lot of money that we make on it, but it makes people happy and. 01:32:26
What would you like to do? 01:32:30
Any other comments? Thank you. 01:32:35
Any questions? 01:32:37
Pill Commissioners. 01:32:40
Any comments? 01:32:43
They serve a good cup of coffee. 01:32:45
Early in the morning, and it's about to get better. 01:32:48
I'm looking for a beer. 01:32:52
What time? Sure, OK. 01:32:55
All right, so since there are no. 01:32:58
Public comments we've got. 01:33:00
That your testimony. 01:33:01
I'm gonna close. 01:33:03
Close the public hearing. 01:33:04
And then? 01:33:05
Come out of recess. 01:33:07
Public hearing is closed. 01:33:10
And now we can. 01:33:13
Consider approving this. 01:33:15
Liquor license application. 01:33:17
Do you have a motion? 01:33:20
To approve liquor license application located at. 01:33:22
Agents were 10 state highway. 01:33:27
We're also Cafe New Mexico LLC. 01:33:31
Wait a second, second. 01:33:34
Please. 01:33:37
Commissioner Wilson, Yes. 01:33:39
Commissioner Sarna. Hi, Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner Prather. 01:33:40
Aye, sure, Fisher. 01:33:44
All right, Motion. 01:33:45
Excellent. 01:33:46
Well, congratulations. 01:33:48
OK, so the next. 01:33:51
Next item on the agenda. 01:33:54
Is consideration towards. 01:33:57
IFE 25-02 Annual maintenance. 01:34:00
Covering the response. 01:34:03
Construction materials or services. Mr. Morag. 01:34:05
Yeah, the floor. 01:34:09
Chief Procurement Officer. 01:34:12
I think we have before you. The consideration has been reward. 01:34:15
32502. 01:34:18
Annual maintenance, recovery and response. 01:34:21
Construction materials and services. 01:34:23
The Commission approved the issue. I have 325-02. It's a regular September 16th. 01:34:26
Account Chairman advertised me in multiple legal publishing sources as well as on the county website. 01:34:35
The county received 14 bid submissions. 01:34:42
By the RFP public bid opening meeting. 01:34:44
On December 9th. 01:34:47
2025 at 2:00 PM. 01:34:49
The county reviewed and deemed 12 submissions responsive. 01:34:51
2 submissions non-responsive. 01:34:54
And proceeded to review the bids. 01:34:57
For the county purchasing policy. 01:34:59
Further bid evaluations the counties make a. 01:35:02
Recommendation to award. 01:35:05
If you need IFP 25,002. 01:35:09
0 Southwest Contracting and Associates. 01:35:11
Mitchell Sinclair Refining the marketing. 01:35:17
I'm not slurring a steal. 01:35:20
Ireland Enterprises. 01:35:22
Change services. 01:35:23
Indicate construction and P childless enterprises. 01:35:25
Desert West Enterprises. 01:35:29
Or for construction. 01:35:30
Yes, international. 01:35:32
Builders, tech and recent pretty. 01:35:33
Enterprises. 01:35:36
Commission consideration is requested to award. 01:35:38
I think 25-17 miles per cent. 01:35:41
Check message shall I do? 01:35:46
You're not on this. 01:35:48
I mean. 01:35:50
Careless, sorry I'm on my side. I need I need a resolution to approve this IPS. 01:35:53
Emotion. 01:36:05
Another question is the intent to utilize these? 01:36:07
These forms. 01:36:12
In lieu of. 01:36:14
Like state price agreement and other. 01:36:16
Procurement mechanisms. 01:36:19
So, Madam Commissioner, the intent. 01:36:21
Behind this? 01:36:23
Is that it is a. 01:36:25
Line item bid that. 01:36:27
Is for Lincoln County ourselves. 01:36:29
Yes, it would be the intent and with. 01:36:31
Rogue Superintendent Honeycutt's discretion. 01:36:35
Fusion level CES. 01:36:38
Or state pricing? 01:36:40
As it is a. 01:36:42
Contract that will be directly with us. 01:36:44
When you compare those other. 01:36:48
Lake state price agreement How do these numbers come in line with? 01:36:52
Higher. Are they lower? 01:36:56
I think it depends on what we're currently looking at. I mean, we have. 01:36:58
84 pages of bid items. 01:37:01
And I can kind of show you how this looks on spreadsheet. 01:37:04
And and the intent behind this is the. 01:37:07
This takes all the guesswork out of. 01:37:10
What we can make for recovery response? 01:37:13
Any of the road items. 01:37:15
We know. I just want to know high level though, is this a better value? I think we'll get a better value. 01:37:18
Plus yes. 01:37:26
You can pick and choose, pick and choose. 01:37:28
Something like a Chinese menu? 01:37:31
You can decide. 01:37:33
Who's most responsive in terms of price? 01:37:34
Ability to do the work. 01:37:36
Yes, subway location. 01:37:38
Whereas the other the pricing agreement. 01:37:42
You know you're, you're putting together. 01:37:46
A whole list of. 01:37:48
Other considerations that you may not want to buy. 01:37:49
I I recommend that we approve. 01:37:54
So may I have a motion to approve this? 01:38:02
Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we recommend. 01:38:07
To award IFB 25-02 Annual maintenance, recovery and response construction materials and services to Southwest Contracting and 01:38:10
Associates. 01:38:14
HS. 01:38:20
Sinclair Refining and Marketing. 01:38:21
Intermountain Slurry Seal, Highland Enterprises, J&H Services, Renegade Construction. MP Chavez Enterprises. 01:38:23
Desert West Enterprises. Roper Construction. 01:38:31
DSS, International Builders Tech. 01:38:35
And Lisa? 01:38:38
Enterprises in company. 01:38:39
Thank you, do I have a second? 01:38:41
2nd. 01:38:48
Adequate cold call, please. 01:38:51
Mr. Prather. 01:38:54
Aye, Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Commissioner SANA. 01:38:55
Aye, Commissioner Chavez. 01:38:58
Sustained. 01:39:00
Chair Fischer. 01:39:02
Aye, Motion. 01:39:03
We know, we know. 01:39:09
Epstein would. 01:39:17
He could send absent. 01:39:18
Consideration Award. 01:39:20
RFP 2503. General Construction. 01:39:22
Mr. Morrow, please. 01:39:25
The consideration for RP 25.03 general construction. 01:39:27
Commercial Truth issued the RFP. 01:39:33
The regular June 10th, 2025 Commission meeting. 01:39:36
Counterfeit advertised RFP, multiple legal publishing sources as well as Lincoln County website. 01:39:39
The county received 44 proposal submissions. 01:39:45
By the RFP submission deadline on December 9th, 2025, 2:00 PM. 01:39:48
The counter reviewed and all four submissions responsive. 01:39:52
Proceeded through the proposals. 01:39:56
For the Lincoln County purchasing policy. 01:39:58
For the evaluations that we've seen, the counties make a recommendation to award RP 25,003. 01:40:01
She Harland Enterprises. 01:40:07
If each other's enterprises. 01:40:09
Advancemental solutions and what sounds construction. 01:40:11
Commissioner Federation has requested your work. 01:40:16
RFP25-03 is presented. 01:40:19
Obviously, Commissioner. 01:40:25
Chad is gonna have stain. 01:40:27
Do I have a motion to approve? 01:40:30
Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we approve an award. 01:40:32
RFP25-03 General Construction to Highland Enterprises. MP Chavez Enterprises Advanced Environmental Solutions. 01:40:35
And White Sands construction. 01:40:43
Have a second please. 01:40:45
2nd and Claire, cold call please. 01:40:50
Commissioner. 01:40:57
Aye, Commissioner Wilson. 01:40:59
Commissioner Serna. 01:41:01
Aye, Chair Fisher, Aye. 01:41:02
Motion. 01:41:04
I'll just make a comment here briefly on this. I think this. 01:41:06
This encourages competition. 01:41:10
Between these. 01:41:12
He's a qualified beggars. 01:41:14
So my hope and we'd like to get a report on this at some point. 01:41:15
That we actually are. 01:41:20
Receiving the benefits from it that we think we're going to. 01:41:21
OK. What is the length of term of these contracts? 01:41:25
The RFP. 01:41:29
Four years. 01:41:31
As it states are outlined in a four year RFP. 01:41:32
It states on the agenda, and I'm gonna. 01:41:36
We are. 01:41:39
So, Madam Commissioner, this is a one year contract that will bring back to you in a years time to work. 01:41:43
Ask us to go out to RP if you'd like us to. 01:41:49
It is our four year term, but we will bring it back on a yearly basis to our new. 01:41:51
Thank you. 01:42:01
Yeah, concern. 01:42:01
So number six, consideration for Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department to spend grant funds to purchase new. 01:42:05
Chairman, Fisher, Commissioners and Group 1 Emergency Services director. 01:42:16
So we got noticed that the Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department was awarded 1 of this year's Mexico State Fire Marshall's Office 01:42:20
brand. 01:42:23
You purchased 25 sets of new structural PPE and 25 sets of new wildlife rescue PPE in the amount of $171,900. 01:42:28
This is a 100% grant. 01:42:38
As soon as we get the funds, we just need the permission to go ahead and get some gear ordered for you guys. 01:42:41
That's amazing. 01:42:49
Song. 01:42:51
Any questions, comments, Commission. 01:42:54
I'll entertain a motion to approve. 01:42:56
I want to make a motion that we approve. 01:42:59
The uh. 01:43:02
Blink of a walnut. 01:43:04
PPE. 01:43:07
Purchase a. 01:43:10
Chairman Chairman Fisher, Commissioners Sherry, Huddleston and Counter. 01:43:17
We've already received the grant. OK, we've got the money. 01:43:23
I've been on vacation, so I'm sorry. I'm fantastic trying to get back in the loop. All right, so I need a second. 01:43:29
OK, roll call. 01:43:35
Please, medical clerk. 01:43:36
Commissioner, hi. 01:43:39
Commissioner Crater. Mr. Travis. Yes. Commissioner Wilson, Chair Fisher #7 Consideration for Nobel Volunteer, Private. 01:43:40
Fire department to purchase. 01:43:48
New apparatus using the Mexico State Fire Marshall Grant and fire funds and Madam. 01:43:50
Treasurer, Have we received that as well? 01:43:55
Yes. 01:43:59
Entertain a motion to approve. 01:44:02
And I make a motion that we approve. No. 01:44:05
Going through our department to purchase new apparatus museum. 01:44:07
New Mexico State Fire Marshall grants. 01:44:11
Firefox second. 01:44:14
Oka please. 01:44:16
Commissioner Serna. Hi, Commissioner Wilson. 01:44:18
Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner Prater. 01:44:21
Aye, Chair Fisher. 01:44:23
All right, unbelievable amount of money 638,000 for. 01:44:25
A 3000 gallon, That's just. 01:44:29
Unbelievable. 01:44:32
OK. 01:44:34
So now. 01:44:36
Let's move to consideration for Benito Volunteer Fire Department versus New Light Rescue Unit apparatus. 01:44:38
With the Mexico Fire Fund. 01:44:45
Matter of fact, do we have that as well? 01:44:47
Budgeted getting their budget already. 01:44:50
German Fisher budgets coming out there. 01:44:53
Chairman Fisher, Commissioners, this will be a purchase out of their budget. They do have this money in budget. 01:44:55
And this is a needed piece of apparatus for that part. 01:45:01
Can you describe it a little bit more? So I like. 01:45:04
The purpose of this light rescue is going to be mostly like they're they're more vehicle accidents, stuff like that. The one that 01:45:07
they currently have would be better suited is more of a mountain rescue. 01:45:12
So like we talked about earlier, the uptick that we're seeing in our wilderness rescues, the one that they currently have will be 01:45:18
outfitted to support those operations. 01:45:22
This truck will be used more as a response to motor vehicle accidents, structure fires, stuff like that and provide those types of 01:45:26
rescue services. 01:45:30
I can pick up, yes. 01:45:35
Entertain a motion to approve. 01:45:38
Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion of the third Bonita Fire Department. 01:45:40
To purchase a new light rescue apparatus in the amount of. 01:45:44
9032 dollars. 01:45:47
2nd. 01:45:50
Call please. 01:45:52
Mr. Chalmers. Yes, Commissioner Serna. Aye, Commissioner Wilson. 01:45:54
Sir Fisher. Aye, Motion. 01:45:57
Thank you. 01:46:02
Consideration of budget adjustment for behavioral health planning. 01:46:05
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, Ross had to go. He has to be in chaparral by. 01:46:10
In time for the. 01:46:15
Musician tonight. 01:46:17
What this is, is. 01:46:18
The Commission previously approved an agreement. 01:46:20
With the AFC and the courts. 01:46:23
For us to take the lien on. 01:46:25
The behavioral health plan and the writing of the grant and the administration of it. 01:46:27
With that. 01:46:31
We will be expending $60,000 as this kind of quoted in and out money. 01:46:33
I'm glad we expense that. We have some of the expenditures for the listening sessions. 01:46:38
And for writing the grants? 01:46:43
We will be reimbursed by the. 01:46:45
The Judicial Corps. 01:46:47
So this is the approval for the in and out on that. 01:46:48
OK, I am concerned though that. 01:46:52
The data is incomplete, so I want to make that point again. 01:46:55
Any any comments, Commissioners? 01:47:00
Questions. 01:47:02
So let's entertain a motion to approve. 01:47:06
Mr. Chairman, I move to approve the budget adjustment for the. 01:47:10
Thank you, Sir. Second. 01:47:15
2nd. 01:47:16
And a clerk, please. 01:47:17
Commissioner Prader. 01:47:19
Hi, Mr. Chavez. Yes. 01:47:20
Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Commissioner Serna. 01:47:22
All right. 01:47:25
Thank you. 01:47:27
So the next thing is. 01:47:33
Consideration of lodgers tax funding Request for Lincoln County Day legislative reception. 01:47:36
In Santa Fe. 01:47:41
On 4th February. 01:47:43
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners. 01:47:45
We discussed this earlier in the year. 01:47:49
Every year, the Chamber of Commerce puts on a Lincoln County day during the legislative session. 01:47:52
So with that, we have reached out to Miss Dodd with the Chamber of Commerce. 01:47:58
And ask her what we could do to help support. She gave us a number that we could do to help support this day. 01:48:02
During legislative session. 01:48:09
She took this before in the lodgers tax. 01:48:11
Committee at their previous meeting. 01:48:13
We do have a letter of recommendation. They voted on this and agreed that it would be a good use of the funds. 01:48:15
Then we'll bring it to you today for your conversation. 01:48:21
I think this is important. We need to be up there. 01:48:26
And talk to these people, most of the work happens. 01:48:30
You know, on the sidelines. 01:48:32
Informally, umm. 01:48:33
So I would entertain a motion to. 01:48:35
Approve this Rogers tax funding request. 01:48:38
We'll make a motion that we approve the address tax planning request for the coming days. 01:48:42
Legislative. 01:48:47
Reception that topic. 01:48:49
2nd please. 01:48:52
If you please, Madam Clerk. 01:48:55
Commissioner Chavez. Commissioner Prather. 01:48:57
Mr. Wilson Yes. Mr. Fisher. Motion. 01:49:00
So this is an interesting one. Consideration of lodgers tax funding request. Welcome to Lincoln County signs. 01:49:06
So, Mr. Chairman. 01:49:14
We we brought this to you. There was an idea before the. 01:49:16
That would like to redo our Welcome to Lincoln County signs right now. Currently there's a. 01:49:21
Sign It's about. 01:49:27
Size of a piece of paper. 01:49:29
They've been out there for several years. You don't even know when the past will come into the county. 01:49:32
So it was suggested. 01:49:37
That we look at. 01:49:42
Not in this manner. 01:49:45
And not right now. 01:49:49
OK, it was suggested that we. 01:49:50
Look at providing new. 01:49:54
Welcome to Lincoln County. Welcome to County Lincoln. 01:49:56
With that, we presented this. 01:49:59
Notion and idea to the largest tax committee. 01:50:01
They felt this was a good idea as part of this. 01:50:04
For the design, what we would like to do is submit this out to. 01:50:07
Local County High schools. 01:50:12
As a way to engage them. 01:50:14
For a competition. 01:50:18
For designs and it really. 01:50:19
It puts the right notion as people come in because we have. 01:50:23
So many folks that come to Lincoln County and it gives a good representation. 01:50:27
And to involve our local high schools. 01:50:31
And we'll bring those design concepts back to you for consideration selection. 01:50:34
And final approval. 01:50:38
So where are we going to locate the signs and how many? 01:50:41
We have. 01:50:46
Currently we're asking for four. 01:50:47
The locations are up for discussion. 01:50:49
But the current intent right now is on the Highway 70 on both sides. 01:50:53
I'm probably going north. 01:50:57
To out of Corona on either side, which will pick where that goes. 01:50:59
I'm going blank on the last one, but there's there's four locations on 70. 01:51:03
Do any fun coming in that we want to put them coming into the county, probably right at the muscular line? 01:51:10
So. 01:51:14
What are the size of the signs? 01:51:19
But currently the request is to make them. 01:51:21
Fairly large we don't want to do. 01:51:23
8 by 12 with a good four. 01:51:25
So then you see when you're coming into the county, you can see some detail, they can put some design tool. 01:51:27
And actually have some. 01:51:32
The depiction of the county. 01:51:34
Put the only the kid on it. 01:51:38
So let the let the kids decide what what goes on them. 01:51:41
How many? How many? 01:51:45
Roads coming into the county. 01:51:48
On our boundaries. 01:51:51
I mean. 01:51:53
We have 4 coming in. We need to decide which four we want to fill in. 01:51:57
No, but I mean, how many boundaries do we have? How many roads do we have coming into the county? 01:52:01
There are major, major from furloughs. 01:52:05
Have to go look Sir, I'm not sure that right now so my we'll bring you a map and we'll bring you a design so we could select 01:52:07
locations for the designs because I have a feeling that. 01:52:11
As we get these designs there, they'll be unique to a certain. 01:52:15
Area of the county. 01:52:18
And we can decide which design wants to go in which location. 01:52:20
Because I mean, if they're six, we should put 6. 01:52:29
There's, you know. 01:52:31
From the same both sides. 01:52:33
Yeah, let's see what we get. 01:52:38
And you're not, you know, obviously 70 is May. 01:52:40
Right. 01:52:44
It would be a process between 380 and 54. 01:52:48
7380 turns into 70. 01:52:51
Yes. So 54 North and South. 01:52:54
54 North and South. 01:52:58
70 and 380. 01:52:59
Yeah, that's actually fine. 01:53:05
Here's one more. So there's 123. 01:53:08
We got 5. 01:53:13
So we have 380 from Roswell coming in. 01:53:14
We have highway 70 going through muscular. 01:53:17
We also have. 01:53:20
380 going. 01:53:22
East Pass carriers also, we have 54 coming in. 01:53:24
From the North and Corona and then we have 54. 01:53:28
From 2 rows to coming in. 01:53:31
Clarify Major. 01:53:32
Let's see what you can do. 01:53:35
I mean, this is what's on the agenda. Let's approve it. Let's approve it and and we can. 01:53:37
For the need to adjust if we can go back. 01:53:42
I'd like to ask the Treasurer for information. 01:53:44
With the. 01:53:47
Item that is. 01:53:49
On non actions today #3. 01:53:51
Fairgrounds project, do we have the 25%? 01:53:54
Coming out of larger stacks, do we have that full amount? 01:53:58
25%. 01:54:15
Logistics. 01:54:17
The 25% would be 800,000. 01:54:25
We're we're at 700,000 or less. 01:54:30
Chairman Fisher, Commissioner Sarah. 01:54:37
Sherry Huddleston, Lincoln County Treasurer. 01:54:39
No, I think that amount that we had and there's no way we can cover those. 01:54:42
We only had 90. 01:54:47
94,000 that wasn't. 01:54:49
Allocated. 01:54:52
So we had less than 600,000. I believe that. 01:54:53
Is there the? 01:54:58
You can't cover 800,000 more out of the. 01:55:01
Right over tidying the. 01:55:05
And then we have a request on. 01:55:06
Consideration for lodgers tax spending. 01:55:10
From James Flores. 01:55:14
Or Tattoo Expo. 01:55:15
Next screen. 01:55:17
Which is to put. 01:55:19
Heads and beds the intent of loggers tax, and these signs aren't going to do that. 01:55:20
So I would. 01:55:26
Have to say that. 01:55:28
It's my prerogative that we that I am. 01:55:29
Done a purpose because I want to work towards putting heads and beds and generating. Yeah, but one could argue I mean. 01:55:34
But I'm not gonna argue with you. 01:55:42
I mean, the money is not there. 01:55:44
But I know I have the money for the 6000. 01:55:48
But we still have six months to go for this year to get lodgers tax monies in and. 01:55:51
And and you know. 01:55:56
When when you are marketing. 01:55:57
Your county as a as a destination. 01:56:00
That's part of that marketing. 01:56:03
Peace. 01:56:05
I just absolutely agree. When I go out, I see signs welcome to Lincoln County or something like that and they've got. 01:56:09
They've they've got pecans and almond signs. 01:56:16
Halfway across the country. 01:56:20
Born into Rosa. 01:56:21
I don't know if we can encumber funds that are there. 01:56:23
I mean, if the revenue will be there in six months, then we should look at it when there is. 01:56:26
The money in the bank. 01:56:30
One if he gets the other. 01:56:33
You have to invest in the advertising to. 01:56:35
Get a result, that's why. 01:56:37
Two things and everything else. The fairgrounds have the deadline on the EDA grant. 01:56:42
We haven't even finished design. 01:56:47
Yeah, that's a different matter. 01:56:52
It's all from the same pot of money. 01:56:55
Unless we're going to use general fund. 01:56:58
Right with with what we get from. 01:57:02
But it doesn't say that. 01:57:06
I I I would entertain a motion to approve it. 01:57:13
I think it's a modest. 01:57:17
Modest interest, a modest amount. 01:57:18
But you raise a very good point. I'm not diminishing what you're talking about. 01:57:24
Clearly there's not enough money to cover. 01:57:30
The 800,000. 01:57:32
Whether we spent this or not. 01:57:34
We're going to have to find. 01:57:36
Other funds. 01:57:38
You say? 01:57:39
That. 01:57:41
At the end of this month, we should be getting over $9 billion. 01:57:43
We say. 01:57:47
We don't want to spend it all at once on one place, but putting. 01:57:48
Fortunately, I had a significant portion and I had to finish the work. 01:57:52
For the $4 million that we've got granted for the. 01:57:56
The umm. 01:58:00
The fairground seems to me to be a reasonable. 01:58:01
Proposition, yeah. 01:58:04
I don't know. You don't think so? 01:58:07
I've got a question. How do we come up with 60,000? 01:58:13
That's what I'd like to know. 01:58:15
Sorry, I'd recently done one of these in Eddie County. Window signs are larger. 01:58:19
Williamsburg home for this amount. 01:58:23
So this was a doesn't look. 01:58:25
Fairly good estimate on recent numbers. 01:58:27
I've had an expense in my past experience. 01:58:30
And this will include the fabrication installation. 01:58:35
And the printing of whatever designs just put on there. 01:58:38
And and you feel like the. 01:58:44
Return on investment, which is good in Eddie County when you do that, they were. 01:58:46
Accepted. 01:58:50
And I don't think they had near the engagement there was a. 01:58:54
We put the signs up during Eddie County in Eddie County as a. 01:58:57
Almost a statement. 01:59:02
Any county honoring? 01:59:05
The Dog Country family since 1889 so. 01:59:09
Good statement. It's a good representation. You know when you have any count. 01:59:12
And I think these will have a good depiction of our county. 01:59:18
Because we're engaging our high schoolers. 01:59:21
Trying to put the design together so there's going to be public buy in with it. 01:59:24
Any other comments? 01:59:37
Hearing none. 01:59:46
I'll entertain a motion to approve. 01:59:48
I'll make a motion that we approve lodgers text. 01:59:53
How many requests per week? 01:59:57
We're welcome to Lincoln County science. 01:59:59
OK, Madam Clerk, if you please. 02:00:02
Commissioner Wilson. 02:00:07
Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner. 02:00:08
Aye, Mr. Turner. 02:00:10
No. Sure, Fisher. All right. 02:00:12
Motion passes 4:00 to 1:00. 02:00:14
You no. 02:00:21
You can if you want. 02:00:24
I will admit this was my idea. 02:00:25
Initially, umm. 02:00:27
One times were different but. 02:00:29
The way I look at it, I don't want to use lodgers text. 02:00:31
Because the object. 02:00:34
To increase overnight stays, longer stays and visitors spend. 02:00:36
Right now we're focused on. 02:00:41
Building. 02:00:43
Infrastructure out at the fairgrounds. 02:00:44
So I just don't feel comfortable doing that looking at the revenues that are coming in. 02:00:46
Versus expenditures. 02:00:50
Thank you. 02:00:54
Alright. 02:00:59
I respect that vote for sure. 02:01:02
Mr. Chairman. 02:01:09
Climate work. 02:01:11
As we go under consent. 02:01:13
That's recess for 9:50 after. 02:01:15
We're going to call this meeting back in session. 02:01:19
So we have. We're on the. 02:01:29
Consent items. 02:01:31
Do we have any that we'd like to take out for further? 02:01:35
Review I do. 02:01:37
Nora Uno. 02:01:39
I'll just tell you so it's not a secret. 02:01:42
126 and 7. 02:01:45
And eight two, by gosh, by golly. 02:01:52
Nine OK 9. 02:01:56
Anything else? 02:02:03
OK, so. 02:02:07
I will. 02:02:09
Entertain a motion to improve consent items. 02:02:11
3. 02:02:15
45. 02:02:17
I make a motion to approve. 02:02:24
You can set items 345. 02:02:27
2nd. 02:02:29
Uh, Burke, if you please. 02:02:31
Commissioner Prather. 02:02:33
Aye, Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Commissioner Sarnoff. Aye. Chair Fischer. Aye. Motion. 02:02:34
Thank you. So the first. 02:02:40
Item that we want to look at is. 02:02:41
Treasurer's report because I just refused. 02:02:43
To to not talk to you about this. 02:02:46
OK, so. 02:02:50
So. 02:02:54
I guess what I'm concerned about here, I wanted to. 02:02:58
If you look at page. 02:03:03
Sorry, Page 3 on your budget report. 02:03:05
I didn't understand the fun summary summ. 02:03:08
Indicators. They're all negative. Is that just a? 02:03:11
Discrepancy. 02:03:15
That's funny? I asked. 02:03:17
It or it might. 02:03:19
So in Tyler. 02:03:25
All the revenues are negative. 02:03:27
The expenses are positive, the residents are negative. 02:03:31
The Tyler thing. Brilliant. 02:03:35
Yeah, I can't. I can't possibly be right. 02:03:37
OK. May I ask? 02:03:43
Kindly. 02:03:45
That you pursue and figure that out. 02:03:46
Select. That's bizarre. OK, that's an explanation. 02:03:49
It's not acceptable, but it's. 02:03:53
Um. 02:03:57
I had another question too. I'm in there to write it down but. 02:04:01
So I'm looking on page 16. 02:04:08
And, and this is the debt schedule. 02:04:12
For November. 02:04:14
Can I look at interest fees paid this month? 02:04:16
Let's look at condo. 02:04:21
In Benito. 02:04:23
My. 02:04:27
I don't know how that's relevant. How does that relate to the column? 02:04:28
To the right of it. 02:04:33
So with that, what I would think is a debit of $8437.59 for Benito. 02:04:34
And then I have the same amount in it. 02:04:42
Like a plus call? How does that work? 02:04:44
Just explain it to me please. 02:04:46
So. 02:04:48
Well we pay the semi annual payments. 02:04:49
The entrance fees that accrued. 02:04:53
Was what we paid. 02:04:56
So they just offset each other. 02:04:58
To show that. 02:05:00
The outstanding principal and interest. 02:05:02
Matches the ending because. 02:05:05
We paid that much and it accrue that much. 02:05:07
OK. So they just counsel out? 02:05:10
So the ending balance of three 02714. 02:05:13
Right is what's left on the. 02:05:16
Hello for the. 02:05:20
Hondo Chanita. 02:05:21
OK. 02:05:23
Now did we finally get a? 02:05:33
Do we have a good number on the? 02:05:34
The Rogers tax. 02:05:37
What we have left? 02:05:39
On that, because I was, I was missing form. 02:05:41
I just want to clarify that. 02:05:47
So. 02:05:49
Ending November 30th of 2025, we have a balance of 90243160. 02:05:52
Can you show me what line item 9 is? What is that page Page 1? 02:05:58
OK. 02:06:02
Flying 440. 02:06:07
Yes, OK, I'm looking at that now. And then you go all the way over to the Indian balance. 02:06:08
902431, that's our current balance, yeah, no, that was ending November. So our current balance has changed because we've received 02:06:13
revenues we. 02:06:18
Take out some expenses. 02:06:22
OK. And so we're close to that. 02:06:24
I emailed. 02:06:26
Yeah, you did. 02:06:30
And those are the current figures as a December 15th I believe. 02:06:31
So there's money encumbered from that number. 02:06:37
That's not available. The balance available $678,267.24. 02:06:40
But often conversations. 02:06:46
OK, that's what I wanted to know. 02:06:49
And that's all lines. 02:06:50
So on expense lines. 02:06:52
OK. And we already talked about the disaster Relief Fund. 02:07:03
What we're going to do with that? 02:07:07
The 21,778 two 2943. 02:07:11
And if we revert back, I think it's 12 million unless a little bit less than. 02:07:15
The 13 million because I a little bit. 02:07:20
So that would revert back, but then we would. 02:07:24
Just talking off the top of your head, what would your recommendation be? 02:07:30
For this $9 million? 02:07:34
UMM felt payment coming in. 02:07:37
So my recommendation would be to put it in its own fund and like I said, then it would be at your. 02:07:40
The VLCC and the managers discretion on how you guys would like to? 02:07:46
Allocated so we could transfer it to. 02:07:51
Capital improvement funds, anything that you know you would see that needs to be taken care of with that or it can sit there and 02:07:53
build up interest. 02:07:57
And grow and then, you know, leave some for. 02:08:03
Determining as a. 02:08:07
I would say uh. 02:08:11
Mr. Fund that that. 02:08:14
You only have to. 02:08:18
You know. 02:08:20
Rely on if you need. 02:08:22
Needed if we can't cover it with our. 02:08:23
You know, revenues that come in here, call it a rainy day fund. 02:08:26
For disasters for. 02:08:29
I'd like to like to grow it. 02:08:32
Overtime. 02:08:35
Let it build. 02:08:37
There's different things out there that. 02:08:39
Like a day trade thing that. 02:08:43
The banks, the banks have that the money will go out that way and. 02:08:44
Back that night and. 02:08:49
And accrued interest. 02:08:50
Yeah. And we're limited because we're be be over, we're limited on what we can invest in. 02:08:51
The pool right now is doing very well on their. 02:08:57
You know. 02:09:00
Rates, I think they're at 3.8%. 02:09:01
Something like that. 02:09:04
And. 02:09:05
That is. 02:09:07
Liquid so you can get it within 24 hours. 02:09:08
So it's a demand kind of deposit, not a time deposit. So it just depends on you know. 02:09:11
How we would like to invest it, we can have a board of finance. 02:09:17
And discuss that. 02:09:21
How we like to. 02:09:22
See it invested how how you would want to spend it because that depends on how you want to invest it. So. 02:09:23
There's terms. 02:09:29
You know, requirements to those. 02:09:31
Just looking at the current state of families in Lincoln County, I would. 02:09:33
Like to look at ways that we could. 02:09:37
Offer some sort of a relief, either in the form of solid waste. 02:09:39
Bills that we're charging or pay off some debt that is increasing their property taxes, we basically leverage that. 02:09:44
So I would like to do a board of finance tool and get what? 02:09:54
That money could be utilized. 02:09:57
Impact the day-to-day lives positively for our residents. 02:10:00
Yes, OK. So. 02:10:09
We'll get a have a Board of finance. We talk about this intelligently. 02:10:11
I'm an investment investigate. 02:10:15
And how it could benefit the the citizenry of Lincoln County in general. 02:10:18
So if they're not a. 02:10:24
Comments and questions on this particular matter, I'd like to entertain a motion to approve. 02:10:26
Thank you for November 2025. 02:10:31
Madam Clerk, if you please. 02:10:34
Commissioner Frater. 02:10:41
Commissioner Serna. Commissioner Chavez. 02:10:43
Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Chair. Fischer Motion. 02:10:45
Thank you. 02:10:48
So. 02:10:50
I pulled out number two, consideration resolution for the budget adjustments and now we have to do that. 02:10:53
But I just want to make sure that. 02:10:59
In our budget process going forward. 02:11:03
That we. 02:11:06
I'd like to try to have fewer of these. 02:11:07
Or less substantial. 02:11:09
That that's a reasonable thing, right? In other words, I think are. 02:11:12
Are budgeting. 02:11:15
Process is not. 02:11:17
Not capturing. 02:11:19
Enough things. 02:11:20
As we go forward at some of the departments, they're not properly budgeting. 02:11:22
Yes. 02:11:27
Yes, I'm making I'm not blaming you guys. 02:11:28
No, no, no. So some of these that we have before it will. 02:11:32
For today. 02:11:36
You guys approved them earlier like the 171 we had fully executed documents, so that's why they're coming before you on the 02:11:38
resolution and then the 600,000. 02:11:43
The 200,000 was for the right that Treasurer. 02:11:49
Mentioned earlier, right? 02:11:54
And then the. 02:11:56
The 5678 was approved at last month's meeting for the Avaya, for the telephone system, for the. 02:11:57
Sheriff's Office so some of the stuff when they. 02:12:05
Come before you. 02:12:08
We're gonna have to put them on the resolution to follow them because we're not aware of it. 02:12:09
And then also we're fixing to closeout our quarter and we have to submit to LGBMS. And so like if like we didn't have anything 02:12:13
budgeted for reimbursement refund for indigent care, we didn't know that was coming in. So there's that line doesn't have a budget 02:12:19
and I have to get it approved and put it on a budget. 02:12:25
So those are the things that we're trying to clear. 02:12:32
For the end of the quarter, right. 02:12:35
And we could do it quarterly. 02:12:38
I could. 02:12:40
So, Mr. Chairman, to your point, yes, we very much intended we go through a budget process. 02:12:41
To ensure that we come. 02:12:46
To incorporate everything from the departments. 02:12:47
With that as we receive grants. 02:12:51
As we execute the grants, those will still be budget adjustments. 02:12:54
So that as they're executed, you know, we don't know what we're going to get until we know what we're going to get. 02:12:58
So, but yes, to your point, that's what our through a budget process. 02:13:03
Appreciate that. 02:13:07
That I I. 02:13:08
I understand that there are some movements. 02:13:10
That happen and we have to have a resolution that. 02:13:12
To codify it or make it legal. 02:13:15
But but my point is is. 02:13:17
I'd like for us to be able to look at and this gets to. 02:13:20
What James was talking about, the assets plan, we know we're going to have maintenance as an example. 02:13:23
Road department you probably. 02:13:29
Are thinking in the back of your mind, I might need a new truck. I need something. Something's going to happen. I want to 02:13:31
anticipate that. 02:13:34
And the same thing with the Sheriff's Office. I want to make sure that. 02:13:38
You know things are reoccurring, right? Vehicles always. We're just beating them up. It happens. 02:13:42
You're using them in. 02:13:48
And you know, even your. 02:13:49
Your radios and stuff like that. We need to do a better job. 02:13:51
I think in trying to anticipate. 02:13:56
Recurring expenses that happen in life, it's like. 02:13:58
Maintenance of your home. 02:14:01
You don't plan for it, you're not going to be ready, but you're going to have the maintenance. 02:14:03
I'll be required. 02:14:07
You're gonna have to change the prompt or something. 02:14:08
Anyway, that's. 02:14:10
Any questions or comments? 02:14:12
So you're hearing none. Let's. 02:14:15
Have a motion to. 02:14:19
For the resolution of the budget adjustments, 2026-30. 02:14:20
Mr. Dry lived to approve Resolution 2026-34, budget adjustments for December 2025. 02:14:25
Thank you, Madam. Personal call, please. 02:14:32
Commissioner Crater. Mr. Wilson. Commissioner Fisher. 02:14:37
Aye. 02:14:43
Thank you. 02:14:44
Thank you very much. 02:14:46
I'm looking for this question. 02:14:47
So the next is 6 consideration of resolution 2026. 02:14:54
32. 02:14:58
The holiday calendar. 02:14:59
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, who brought this item before you this year, or? 02:15:03
During December so that we can establish our holidays for the upcoming year. 02:15:08
We modeled this after what was last year. 02:15:13
So with that, we will stand for questions or. 02:15:17
Concerned regarding the holidays that would come into 2026. 02:15:21
What? Why the? 02:15:26
We indicate what we're gonna do in 2026 and 2027. 02:15:28
Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays, how does that work? 02:15:34
So have you looked at the calendar? Has anybody looked at? Did you see that? 02:15:40
It just has dates for 2026. 02:15:45
Not 2027 as well. There are two dates for Thanksgiving Christmas each 2026. 02:15:47
January might fall in there because it crosses over, but. 02:15:53
We we stopped at Christmas. 02:15:56
And in 2026? 02:15:58
You got 2026, but you also indicate and we'll have it on a different day in 2027, is that? 02:16:03
I don't think it's because they're given two days per holiday. 02:16:10
It's so. 02:16:12
Thanksgiving is November 26, 2026 and November 27, 2026. 02:16:13
OK. 02:16:30
Must be losing my mind. 02:16:38
OK, I understand now. Thank you. 02:16:41
Columbus is spelt incorrectly. 02:16:43
Yeah. 02:16:47
You have a typo. 02:16:51
All right, I'll entertain a motion to approve this. 02:16:57
Should I move approve the? 02:17:03
Resolution 202632. Official holiday. 02:17:05
2nd please. 02:17:09
Please, Commissioner Serna. 02:17:14
Aye, Commissioner Chavez. 02:17:16
Yes, Commissioner Fraiser. Hi, Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Sir, Fisher. 02:17:17
Aye, Motion. 02:17:21
OK, good, excellent. 02:17:22
OK, next is a consideration of resolution. 02:17:25
2026-36 Authorizing signature authority. 02:17:28
And designations for Kappa. 02:17:32
Capital outlay grant agreement SAP 25 dash. 02:17:34
Lot and on and so forth and so forth. 02:17:38
Any questions? 02:17:41
Comments. Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, what we're bringing before you is we have the agreement signed. 02:17:42
For the capital outlay for the strategic? 02:17:47
Water last Commission meeting. 02:17:51
That was approved. As we were submitting this, they told us we needed an accompanying resolution. 02:17:53
For the signature authority on this, with the capital outlay that will require this. 02:17:58
We submit the Nos and those qualifications. This is just doing business with. 02:18:03
DFA that they requested. This is just a little bit of housekeeping. 02:18:09
So that we can execute the grants and the pay request and move this deal forward. 02:18:13
Any questions? 02:18:18
And it's a small comment, Mr. Chairman, please on any resolution here. It's still Kindle with one now. 02:18:20
Oh, come on. 02:18:26
Can you fix that signature? Thank you. 02:18:30
The original template must still be. 02:18:34
Floating around and it's probably next 10 years would be. 02:18:37
All right, let's have a resolution. 02:18:41
Or correction, a motion to approve that. 02:18:43
Make a motion, but we. 02:18:46
Consideration of resolution 202636. Operation signature Authority for division for capital layout. 02:18:49
Madam Clerk, please. 02:19:01
Aye, Commissioner Wilson, Commissioner Crater. 02:19:06
Next consideration of logic. Tax funding request for scorpion tattoos. 02:19:12
Videos of Tattoo Expo. 02:19:18
Mr. Chairman commissioned off and Miss Shelley's here and everything Ross Ross had to run so. 02:19:21
This work presented to the Water Tax Committee at their previous. 02:19:26
Meeting they considered this, the gentleman was there to present. 02:19:30
He said this was a very well attended. 02:19:35
Event last year. 02:19:38
And is looking for additional funding for this year. 02:19:41
So this was voted on by the largest tax and they recommended a full award. 02:19:45
To the radio's Taxi or Taxi Expo. 02:19:49
Steps. 02:19:53
Basically what we gave last year. 02:19:56
He said he's growing this. They had a very good. 02:20:00
During that last year and he's looking to grow. He's bringing in more things, more attractions. 02:20:06
And he thinks it's going to be a bigger, bigger event. 02:20:10
I'd like to hear directly from moving forward. 02:20:14
From the event or the applicant. 02:20:17
Any other questions or comments? 02:20:22
Entertain a motion to approve. 02:20:26
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to Mitch approve logistics. 02:20:28
Tattoos Redos with Tattoos, 13,026. 02:20:32
2nd, 2nd. 02:20:35
Madam Clerk, if you please. 02:20:39
Mr. Wilson, Mr. 02:20:41
Aye, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Serna, Chair Fisher, thank you. 02:20:44
So consideration. 02:20:52
Of. 02:20:53
Resolution 202635 This is. 02:20:54
Authorizing entry into a ground lease with the museum in Mexico. Lincoln. Monterey. Permit. 02:20:58
At Fort. 02:21:03
So, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, what we have here for you is a. 02:21:06
Personality. 02:21:09
This is a. 02:21:11
Leaves that they brought to our attention. 02:21:12
We've had the department up there for for years. 02:21:15
They in the Museum of New Mexico, they they came back and said, hey. 02:21:21
You guys don't have an active ways in this approximate attention as they were expanding the station. 02:21:25
So we've been working with them to make sure that we get a. 02:21:30
Currently executed with them. 02:21:33
So that we can. 02:21:35
Occupy the land that we've been occupying for. 02:21:36
Quite some time. 02:21:39
So further request this was. 02:21:41
I put before you today for execution. 02:21:44
So that we can send this to them and and having. 02:21:48
Currently with. 02:21:51
All the time I can't. 02:21:53
We're doing this with. 02:21:57
The museums in New Mexico. 02:22:00
So yeah. 02:22:01
Any questions or comments on this? 02:22:06
9 Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve. 02:22:11
Mr. Chair, that you make a motion to include the resolution 2025-35 authorizing the entry into the ground needs to the museum. 02:22:16
New Mexico Fire Department, Fort Stanton Station. 02:22:24
I'm sorry, 2026. 02:22:31
2nd, 2nd. 02:22:35
1st please. 02:22:38
Commissioner Serna. 02:22:40
Commissioner Fraser. Commissioner Wilson. Commissioner Chavez. Mr. Fisher. 02:22:41
So now we're on Section 5 non action. I have discussed only. 02:22:46
We previously brought this tea, so we have some updates on this I want to present you. 02:23:05
As far as the renewal for the hospital needs go. 02:23:10
With that, the direction previously received from the Commission. 02:23:15
Was that we take this back. 02:23:19
And. 02:23:21
Looking away on a CPI schedule. 02:23:23
To let it done remain stagnant for the next 20 years. 02:23:26
Presbyterian proposed. 02:23:33
Any structure that. 02:23:35
Is we feel spare? 02:23:37
For your consideration. 02:23:39
And essentially the way they're going to take this is. 02:23:41
The annual payment to the county would increase by 50% of the prior years. 02:23:46
Cost price index, Consumer price index. 02:23:50
So. 02:23:53
Be that what it is with a minimum of 1%. 02:23:54
And a Max of two point. 02:23:57
2.5. 02:23:58
OK, so as you go through this you can see and there's examples in here. 02:24:00
And then we've given you a lot of information, but. 02:24:07
So here. 02:24:10
Consumer price index for like. 02:24:11
And then as your model is 2026 at 7:00. 02:24:13
Half of that would be .35, so that would round us to 1%. 02:24:16
OK. As you go down there. 02:24:20
If we have a. 02:24:24
Consumer price index of 4.7. 02:24:26
Half of that. 02:24:29
Would be 2.35, so that would be the increase to that year. 02:24:30
If it goes above 2.5. 02:24:34
2.5 is the cow. 02:24:37
OK. 02:24:39
We provided a what that could look like going forward and that's based off the last. 02:24:43
Seven years of. 02:24:49
The CPI adjustments. 02:24:51
Umm. 02:24:53
So. 02:24:56
We feel this is a very fair deal. 02:24:59
It's also giving you some formula. 02:25:03
Examples there how this kind of works? 02:25:05
We also did have a conversation with. 02:25:10
What's the Department of Finance? 02:25:15
They are going to be OK with this submitting an amendment. 02:25:19
To the current executed lease. 02:25:22
So we won't have to go through and do a whole new lease, whole new appraisals. 02:25:25
We're able to keep the one we have and just do an amendment for an extension. 02:25:28
They'll include the things that we've talked about before as well as. 02:25:31
This adjustment to account for any inflation that might happen. 02:25:35
So. 02:25:40
You feel like this accomplishes what was asked for. 02:25:52
Is it fair to then and us? 02:25:56
It doesn't remain stagnant. 02:25:58
It actually gives us the opportunity to grow this. 02:26:01
With that I know. 02:26:05
So we'll stand for any questions. 02:26:12
Hey Cortana, questions back. 02:26:15
I mean, I, I will tell you I'm. 02:26:19
I'm pleased that we're getting. 02:26:23
I'm not. I'm not interested in chasing. 02:26:29
The CPI and and thereby. 02:26:32
Contributing to it. 02:26:35
You know how that works, right? 02:26:38
So. 02:26:42
So I'm fairly happy with this. 02:26:44
One of one of the one of the things that's interesting to me and. 02:26:49
Is. I think it's the indigent. 02:26:53
Fund they, we fund that and they fund that. Is that not correct? 02:26:56
Man treasure. 02:27:02
So the indigent fund. 02:27:05
Is funded by the. 02:27:07
2nd 1818 Gross receipts tax. 02:27:10
And what we do is still community provider and safety care net pool. 02:27:13
I think half. 02:27:17
One full and 1/2 right. 02:27:19
We payout of indigent. 02:27:21
This year we had to go back and make the hospital pay. Is it the safety care, natural? 02:27:23
Yeah. So they had to start paying half because it's increased tremendously. So as our GRT goes up, so just. 02:27:28
Those bills? 02:27:35
For a safety care net poll in the So Cool. 02:27:38
So can you providing. 02:27:40
Yes, and those command of indigent. 02:27:42
So and then also out of this lease money. 02:27:45
We pay the. 02:27:49
Geo Bond for the hospital. 02:27:52
Which is. 02:27:54
Approximately 1 point. 02:27:55
8 million 1,871,000. 02:27:57
Something dollars a year. 02:28:01
And then also the lease money pays back the county because we've paid almost $6,000,000 to help build the. 02:28:02
Hospital they had gone over. 02:28:10
So we. 02:28:12
Pay us back 500,000 a year. 02:28:13
So any increase in that fund, it will build up a little bit and we could pay maybe down the Geo bond. 02:28:16
What is that supposed to mature? 02:28:23
Pat Bondino. 02:28:26
It's a 30 year note in 2017 so. 02:28:28
2047 something like that. 02:28:33
I'd have to pull the. 02:28:36
Files on. 02:28:38
But you know if. 02:28:39
If we didn't have the hospital lease then we would be responsible for the Geo bond. 02:28:43
So that way it's not implemented a mill levy on the taxpayers. 02:28:48
To increase the oblivion. 02:28:53
So so have you looked at this? 02:28:57
I've been on taxes. 02:29:04
My my directions been over on the tax side. Commissioners, do you have any comments or you know in general, do you? 02:29:07
You feel like this is a good way to go? 02:29:12
Mr. Chairman, the general idea. 02:29:16
I think. 02:29:20
Some kind of thing for you? 02:29:21
I think Manage Your Brands did his due diligence and. 02:29:23
Was able to bargain with them and did a good job. 02:29:26
OK. So the direction is we like it. 02:29:31
I think I'm speaking for the on behalf of the Commission. We like the direction. 02:29:34
I I would. 02:29:40
I would like to have a better understanding and maybe this is just me. 02:29:41
Of the. 02:29:46
Safety net pool. 02:29:47
Relationship we have with with the. 02:29:48
Hospital Presbyterian. 02:29:51
Because it seems to me that. 02:29:54
It seems to me that. 02:29:57
You had we didn't. We didn't have enough money. 02:29:58
Last year for it, right? 02:30:02
Settle in the indigent. So it was. 02:30:03
Dwindling the indigent funds down. 02:30:06
Yeah. So how did we pay for that? 02:30:09
So out of DRT from the indigent. 02:30:11
OK. And then we decided this year. 02:30:15
That, uh. 02:30:18
We talked to Todd over here and told him that we needed to go back 5050. 02:30:19
Indigent and then the Lincoln County Medical Center. 02:30:23
So these are in a totally different fund for the lease? 02:30:26
It's in the 509 fund, right? 02:30:29
Yeah, they can't be coming, but they do. 02:30:31
But but. 02:30:33
Part of I think when I looked at the and I don't have it in front of me. 02:30:35
The uh. 02:30:39
The contract, it indicated that some of their. 02:30:39
I'll call it profits. 02:30:44
To be set aside for the. 02:30:46
For paying those. 02:30:49
For those people, the services, right? And that's why you were able to tell him, hey, we need you guys to pay more. 02:30:51
He didn't do that. 02:30:57
Because he had to, he did. 02:30:58
He didn't do it because he wanted to, he did it because he was supposed to. 02:31:00
And I don't understand that relationship. I think that's important. 02:31:03
I think in the beginning. 02:31:07
They had so much in the indigent fund they were afraid the state would come and take it away. 02:31:09
Is what? 02:31:14
I think that. 02:31:15
Several years back, if I recall. 02:31:16
So that's why we started paying some of those out of there. 02:31:21
And which we're supposed to, right? 02:31:25
What is that for? 02:31:28
It's for the indigent and it's for, you know, safety care. It can be paid on any of those, right? I mean that that. 02:31:30
That 1/8. 02:31:36
Of 1% is designed to build. 02:31:38
A fund to protect? 02:31:40
Those people that don't have insurance and so forth, right? 02:31:42
Or the means to pay. 02:31:45
So we do that as a. 02:31:46
Beneficent County. 02:31:48
But what I don't understand, I still don't understand is how? 02:31:51
We didn't have enough money in that fund because our GRT was down. I suppose that. 02:31:55
Or a costs were up. 02:32:00
Well, the the safety care net pool and the soul community. 02:32:02
Provider increase. 02:32:06
So as our GRT increased. 02:32:07
So did they. 02:32:10
And they go off the full amount of the GRT that we received, so. 02:32:10
We adjusted that. 02:32:15
A couple months ago for. 02:32:17
Those for the fourth quarter payment, so you guys approved those? 02:32:19
One of them was from 600 to 800 and then. 02:32:24
One went up from like 8 to 1,000,000. 02:32:28
So you know, that's taking almost all of the GRT's that we're receiving, right? So that's why we head into the safety net, yes. 02:32:31
This is what it was, The hospital with the hospital, yeah. 02:32:39
And how did they feel compelled to do that? Do we know? 02:32:41
Todd. Todd seemed very fine, yeah. 02:32:45
Yeah, he agreed. 02:32:48
Yeah, OK. 02:32:51
It's still magic to me. 02:32:53
No, I mean it it it is because. 02:32:56
I think that the. 02:32:59
Safety net for. 02:33:00
Part of that. 02:33:03
Is funding comes from. 02:33:04
Access. 02:33:06
I hate to call it prophets, but let's call it profits to the hospital. 02:33:10
I think that's good. 02:33:16
But you know, what point can you know? How can we just go? 02:33:20
You know, what are they obligated to do with? 02:33:24
With that money? 02:33:26
I just don't understand that, Jason. 02:33:27
Yes, Sir, and and. 02:33:29
And you know, it's probably all good. I just think we need to have. 02:33:31
A little more visibility on it, that's all. 02:33:34
I don't think anybody's doing any wrong. 02:33:37
Nothing like that. 02:33:39
But it's nice to know that we we had that available. 02:33:40
Because we needed it. 02:33:43
So you know what would? 02:33:45
Where is that money going when we. 02:33:49
Don't say they need it. 02:33:51
So it sits in their cash balance. 02:33:53
So their cash balance was building up and talks all that. 02:33:56
I mean, we're paying a lot of money for the. 02:34:00
The clinics in the county? Not a bad thing. 02:34:03
But should we tap into that sometime? 02:34:07
It can only be used for operational, I believe, for all of those facilities. 02:34:09
I don't think it can be used. You can't die for gland or. 02:34:14
Operate the clinics but. 02:34:18
Let's let's move on. Thank you. So we'll have. 02:34:20
I just don't understand it. 02:34:23
That's all. We'll we will look into that and bring you a better understanding of it. 02:34:25
And I know God does because he's asked for us to do some stuff with. 02:34:29
Some of that cash. So we'll bring that back and we'll bring the amendment. 02:34:33
Well, attorney father kind of write that up with the. 02:34:36
The one that was previously presented. 02:34:39
As a judiciary, we just need to understand. 02:34:41
How that money is allocated? Where it comes from? 02:34:45
What it can be used for? 02:34:47
Yes, Sir. 02:34:49
OK. 02:34:50
Thank you. 02:34:51
So what's the direction? 02:34:52
Continue. 02:34:54
This is a good model. 02:34:55
Get her done. 02:34:57
Be down with it. 02:34:58
OK, OK. 02:35:00
So on this one, we were asked to put this on the agenda so we could have a discussion and open. 02:35:06
I will tell you we we discussed this a little bit last week. I think this is a. 02:35:11
Opportunity for the county. 02:35:17
We did receive. 02:35:19
Hey, we had some conversations with the village and since then. 02:35:21
The direction has been that Ipsus the IP USA. 02:35:27
Who is the developer of this? 02:35:31
Opportunity of this initiative. 02:35:33
Does want to? 02:35:37
Enter into an agreement directly with the county. 02:35:39
That's negotiated directly by the county. 02:35:41
And they sent me that. 02:35:45
Agreement for that framework. 02:35:47
Late yesterday afternoon. 02:35:49
We haven't had really a chance to go through that yet and see what the nuances are. 02:35:51
Details. 02:35:56
I'd ask for a chance to read it once before I. 02:35:59
So I couldn't talk about it so. 02:36:02
It's essentially modeled after the deal that. 02:36:04
We formally presented to you with the village. 02:36:08
Same kind of framework, same kind of structure. 02:36:10
About the same percentages. 02:36:14
You know it, it offers. 02:36:19
It offers several economic development opportunities for the county. 02:36:22
Be not hearing carers also with the potential rail Spire and transportation. 02:36:26
Clean that with the generation of the biofuel up there. 02:36:30
Being as it further expands our. 02:36:33
Moody Programs. 02:36:36
We need to flush out. 02:36:37
How it works and where it works and what it's actually going to be. 02:36:39
So that we can bring a model to your financial model of. 02:36:43
What we're going to have to put into it and what? 02:36:46
We're going to potentially get back out of it. 02:36:48
This is a program that goes through LEDA. The Southern building is able to get it through there. 02:36:52
Contractual in their state obligations. 02:36:57
So we're going to fix this out with. 02:36:59
Kevin Wilson and Jim Lucero. 02:37:01
And potentially get them here in January. 02:37:03
The president of IPSA is going to be here. 02:37:06
January, uh. 02:37:08
And would like to meet with each of you. 02:37:09
Or as a group. So we'll take your direction on how you would like to. 02:37:11
Have that meeting. 02:37:15
So and and kind of like we've previously discussed. 02:37:19
Sounds like this deal is happening. 02:37:24
So it only benefits them and benefits us to be a part of it. 02:37:25
So. 02:37:29
With that, I'll stand for some questions or. 02:37:31
Yeah, I'd like, I'd like to have it in a open meeting. 02:37:37
Context I don't mind talking to people offline, but at the end of the day it needs to be in here. 02:37:41
Have a presentation. 02:37:49
Location. 02:37:50
Footprint. 02:37:51
And then some numbers. 02:37:53
Numbers like. 02:37:55
Money. 02:37:57
GRT Leader. 02:37:58
Number of people. 02:38:00
You know that that kind of those things, they, they've, I know they've worked that out. Otherwise they wouldn't be this far along. 02:38:02
Right, the other piece. 02:38:07
The other pieces. 02:38:09
I'd like to know. 02:38:12
The the relationship between. 02:38:14
In general need another contract, so maybe we. 02:38:18
The body wants to see it. That's fine. But. 02:38:22
Between the village. 02:38:26
And the company? 02:38:28
And you know what sort of risk? 02:38:31
Is present law for the county. 02:38:35
So what they've done is, is that they're anticipating. 02:38:37
Several, uh. 02:38:40
Entities to want to be a part of this, they've modeled a template contract. 02:38:41
To where your risk that you. 02:38:45
Could agree to. 02:38:50
Determined your. 02:38:51
Potential revenue share. 02:38:53
So if we want to obligate, we want to guarantee a certain amount of green stock every year. 02:38:54
That increases or decreases your potential revenue share. 02:38:59
So ours is modeled after the performer you provided to them. 02:39:03
Excuse me ma'am, say that one more time. 02:39:07
Our contract that they want to discuss with us is modeled after the information you provided to them. No, they actually provided. 02:39:10
Maria Dilsu and this thing, they're wanting to model this throughout the state. 02:39:24
I'm talking specifically about the document you showed me that had tonnage that we would be. 02:39:28
Providing them annually. So that document was the one with the village. They provided me a new one. 02:39:33
Like I said yesterday that I will be the fighting I would like to look at at least once. 02:39:38
And then we'll send that out for discussion. 02:39:42
So I wanted to have it available for today but. 02:39:45
I haven't had a chance to review it. 02:39:48
And we'll send it out because we need to. 02:39:50
Discussing. Look at it, yeah. 02:39:52
I'd like to have some graphics too. 02:39:55
Yes, Sir. 02:39:58
Cartoons understand. 02:40:00
What is the amount of tonnage that you have stockpiled at the airport currently? 02:40:03
I'm not sure the tonnage that's exactly out there. 02:40:08
I can talk to the contractor and find out for sure. 02:40:11
Can you tell us? 02:40:15
About 315 times. 02:40:17
I can't tell you the rest. 02:40:22
The. 02:40:32
Amount of material. 02:40:34
Is is incredible. I can't even fathom it that we're going to get. And that's just. 02:40:35
Off of that little bully that we had. So we're going to have to have a place. 02:40:41
What it means a mechanism, a process? 02:40:46
Of getting rid of it. 02:40:49
And if we can do that in a way that. 02:40:52
Reduces our costs as environmentally friendly. 02:40:55
And allows us to and have these other benefits inside venture income. 02:40:58
Income. The gentleman income. 02:41:04
I'd like the job. 02:41:06
Portion. 02:41:08
So. 02:41:11
So those are the things we want to talk about. 02:41:12
Alright, I think. 02:41:14
And our permit is only valid for 120 days, So what are y'all going to do with the material come February? 02:41:15
Can you check it somewhere? 02:41:25
No, the permits been in place for the last couple years. We keep renewing it just in case we have. 02:41:27
So I thought NMAD said it was temporary and had to be removed by renewing it because we do. 02:41:34
Clean up debris out there. 02:41:40
And process it. 02:41:41
Slow anyway again. 02:41:42
If we're there, pass through the word. 02:41:47
They they, they had some. 02:41:51
Dates that they were talking about actually getting this thing in. 02:41:53
It could be. 02:41:56
Up and running. 02:41:57
Talking about breaking ground in January. 02:42:00
And it's all modular too. 02:42:04
So we may we may have to go. 02:42:08
Beyond February, but I'm sure we can get. 02:42:09
Our friends in Santa Fe will prove. 02:42:13
I hope our friends and also are happy with the Hazard Word Scholar. 02:42:16
No pizza, having it on the ground. 02:42:24
Dark fire. 02:42:27
This way we've got it. 02:42:30
It's there, it's ready to go, it's isolated. 02:42:31
So Downs are happy about it. 02:42:36
Not being there. 02:42:39
So what? 02:42:42
I'm not gonna do it. That's. 02:42:44
Are they, do you have, do you have a lot of problems? Do you think they're going to have problems with this? 02:42:48
Installation. 02:42:53
Hanukkah River County. 02:42:55
But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. 02:42:57
Canvassing. 02:43:05
Yeah. I mean that's that's. 02:43:06
Part of the thing. 02:43:08
You know there there are an aesthetic value that would. 02:43:09
We're concerned about trying to maintain out there. 02:43:12
So we'll need to understand. 02:43:15
Yeah, well, every there are some implicated. There's some problems with the. 02:43:18
There's a there's a piece of land right there. 02:43:24
It's a pit. 02:43:27
That's right next door. 02:43:28
It's huge. 02:43:30
And you can't see it from the road. 02:43:32
So would it be who of us to? 02:43:34
See if we can get that from the state. 02:43:37
And I believe it's state land. 02:43:40
And we can. 02:43:41
But it's there instead of. 02:43:42
Sports visible. 02:43:45
I think the problem is the type of material which is combustible material. 02:43:46
Gravel. 02:43:51
It's not talking about. 02:43:53
Combustible material. 02:43:56
In the drove it. 02:43:57
That way. 02:43:59
You have. 02:44:00
A buffer all the way around it, which is. 02:44:01
Ground that doesn't have any kind of fuel on it so. 02:44:04
And it would be down in a pit where it'd be. 02:44:07
Easier to fight. 02:44:10
If we had to. 02:44:12
Do that. 02:44:14
I think everything in life comes down to assets. 02:44:16
And liabilities and I think with one of these. 02:44:20
Grants potentially going in, we're going to have. 02:44:22
We're going to have to weigh the pros and cons of each one of those. 02:44:25
The return on investment versus the liability of having those fire starters and. 02:44:28
And potential liability from having the material out there. 02:44:34
So, well, I believe they they, they had a plan too. 02:44:38
I remember right. 02:44:41
That they already had. 02:44:43
Apparatuses and water. 02:44:44
To, you know, fight. 02:44:46
Find it if it does come most. 02:44:48
Is that currently in place? 02:44:50
And then they have their own. 02:44:57
Their own fire equipment and everything there. 02:44:58
Already not in our county owned land though. 02:45:00
Yeah, but I mean. 02:45:05
The gun goes back to the details. It sounds like some of the Commission is more informed than the other, so I'll look forward to 02:45:07
the presentation. 02:45:10
Yeah, it's gonna be important today. 02:45:15
Yeah. I'd like to look forward to the presentation from that individual company. 02:45:17
And we may may see it that. 02:45:21
Gravel pit is available to. 02:45:22
Store the. 02:45:25
Will inquire. That is state land. I know there's been some. 02:45:27
Previous discussion with models regarding that. 02:45:31
So we'll inquire into the current status as of that. 02:45:34
So I know it's abandoned. Well, I mean, I know it's not in use anymore, so. 02:45:38
But I don't know what if. 02:45:42
Somebody has a lease on it. 02:45:43
Because I know at one time there was a. 02:45:45
When we'll prepare that and bring it back to you on an openly. 02:45:51
What's that? 02:45:58
Look for them knowing more about this. I think we just need more details. 02:45:59
I will put that together so that we have a clear depiction and modeling of what it could be or what it is so. 02:46:06
I think that's exciting, exciting opportunity. 02:46:13
Devils in the details so. 02:46:16
We look forward to seeing some details. 02:46:18
OK, Lincoln County Fairgrounds project. Do you have something that. 02:46:23
Others. So, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, we've been talking. 02:46:26
We've been working with Wilson and company. When we first started this and brought it to you, we were fairly. 02:46:30
Far along is funding had already been secured on this but. 02:46:36
When we brought this back for authorization and realized we didn't have the match money. 02:46:39
We were directed to go back and look at. 02:46:45
How this would better fit the overall plan for the fairgrounds? 02:46:49
So what this is kind of what we've been working on an overall view. 02:46:52
We took the cover arena that was over. 02:46:57
Where the existing arena is. 02:47:00
And kept it in open air. 02:47:02
Westward facing arena. 02:47:04
And we redid all the stands. 02:47:07
Under it and there are going to be. 02:47:09
VIP boxes and. 02:47:11
Press boxes on the What would be the north-south side? 02:47:14
With that, we've included a new Fletcher Hall. 02:47:18
A new. 02:47:21
Extended what they're calling the swine barn. 02:47:23
If you went there an affair this would incorporate and fit all their animals in it they. 02:47:26
Basically set up panels down here right now and put horses in it so. 02:47:30
We did a longer. 02:47:34
Swine barn for animals during fair. 02:47:36
This is the new wash rack that is currently there. 02:47:39
This is an existing building. 02:47:42
This is the new feed barn that's constructed. This is the new bathroom that is currently there on site. 02:47:44
This bathroom we had to relocate but it is currently installed on site. 02:47:49
And in the new food court. 02:47:53
Covers in in. 02:47:55
Installed as well. 02:47:57
So along with this, we also included we moved the covered arena from here. 02:47:59
And put it back over the practice arena. 02:48:03
So with that, here would be a. 02:48:06
And they give you an individual look at each one of these is your slide barn. 02:48:10
A new Fletcher Hall. 02:48:17
There's kind of just a real basic draft layout of Fletcher Hall. We were to rebuild it. 02:48:19
It's kind of. 02:48:23
The hodgepodge right now, so we keep. 02:48:25
Restrooms down on this end, we move the concession stand over here next to the. 02:48:27
Covered, uh. 02:48:31
Concession area. 02:48:33
With the kitchen, have storage and meeting room here. 02:48:34
A new practice arena, Fletcher Hall. Is that footprint change? 02:48:39
The footprint has not changed, so the interior. 02:48:42
Current interior dimensions are going to be the same, yes. 02:48:45
On the current concrete slab. 02:48:48
What we've asked them to do is raise the eve height. 02:48:50
And keep it on the same footprint. 02:48:53
Does the current concrete slab meet standards code standards of today? 02:48:58
I doubt it. 02:49:04
I don't think so. I mean it's a metal building, a load on a metal building. 02:49:07
The what it depicts on is wind, low snow load. That's not going to change. So if it was the codes and standards back then, if it 02:49:10
met code, it's going to meet today. 02:49:14
So we'll have that evaluated, but got another one. 02:49:19
What? I just don't believe you. 02:49:22
So. 02:49:28
There's no way codes from the 80s or 70s could. 02:49:29
The amount of 2022. 02:49:32
Well, you're, you're, you're gonna have, you're gonna have it evaluated. 02:49:35
So what are the covered practice arena? 02:49:38
They did cover that whole arena. We might have to look at the size of that. 02:49:42
And then kind of a depiction. Oops, sorry, sounds a little sensitive. 02:49:46
And then there's the horseshoe ringer looking in from the West. 02:49:52
With new animal chases. 02:49:56
And bleachers. 02:49:59
As requested with the shade and that what it would look like. 02:50:00
In the stance so. 02:50:03
They provided us details on each one of the. 02:50:08
Facilities. 02:50:11
On this. 02:50:15
And then we also have a draft. This is very. 02:50:17
Draft. They're still trying to. 02:50:19
Come up with the exact numbers. 02:50:21
But even still. 02:50:25
We're looking at 10.9 million for. 02:50:27
What the engineers currently looking at. So we're going to have to prioritize. 02:50:30
What we want to look at doing and then working out to go through and look at with our contractors. 02:50:34
What the actual cost is going to be? 02:50:38
So this is our engineering draft. 02:50:40
Cost so. 02:50:42
So, so we, we were hoping it was going to be closer to what? 02:50:45
Well, we have 4 available spend. 02:50:49
Yeah, so. 02:50:51
That's that's where we're at. 02:50:54
We have to determine what we want the scope to be before we ask them if they're going to approve it. 02:51:01
Churchill said he could amend the scope, though. 02:51:05
We need to determine what the scope is going to be before we go ask her if we can change it. But this fits the scope. 02:51:07
So if you change the scope. 02:51:18
Are they going to give us more money? 02:51:20
I mean, we don't know. 02:51:22
No, no. So. 02:51:24
So the stuff, if you don't follow the scope, you don't get your money. That's what I'm saying. 02:51:26
So what we've done is as we've designed this. 02:51:31
We've tried to keep the buildings that fit the scope that's currently there. 02:51:34
That's why we move the covering into the practice frame. That's why we're trying to do Fletcher Hall, so it still meets the scope 02:51:38
of where the intended. 02:51:41
Scope of the grant. 02:51:45
Yeah. 02:51:48
What's beautiful, we just can't afford it. 02:51:49
So we're. 02:51:53
Keep going. We're going to workout on this and see if we can't get something that we can afford to fit in the scope. 02:51:55
And we'll bring you back a full plan, but we have made. 02:52:02
Progress. 02:52:05
Yeah, alright. 02:52:06
What the direction of the Commission? 02:52:08
So. 02:52:10
When does this grant revert? 02:52:13
Hello, I need to look at that. I'm not I don't have that number, that date, I mean I think. 02:52:17
2027 Thank you, Sir. 2027 Yes, Sir. 02:52:21
I believe. Excuse me. 02:52:25
24 months. 02:52:27
I don't know if we're ready to prioritize what what you need to be looking at, but I I would say that. 02:52:29
Based on previous comments and discussions with. 02:52:34
Stakeholders even in this Commission. 02:52:38
That. 02:52:41
Covered horseshoe arena seems to be a priority. 02:52:42
Right, that seems to be. 02:52:46
But we've all been out there baking in the. 02:52:49
Noonday sun, so that's important. 02:52:51
The Fletcher piece. 02:52:55
I don't know if you can. 02:52:57
That that needs to be remodeled, whether? 02:52:59
Needs to be. 02:53:01
Lifted and everything else. 02:53:02
11 might imagine that. 02:53:04
You might get away with something less. 02:53:06
Is that you got a pinged look on your? No, no, it's not pained at all. So you said you put your hole in there to put the stove 02:53:09
for. 02:53:12
So part of the EDA grant to my understanding. 02:53:16
And I and I might need to pull the scope and read this, but it's my understanding it was also supposed to be modern as an 02:53:20
evacuation center. That's why there's a covered arena. 02:53:24
So that we could get. 02:53:28
Animals and people out of the weather. 02:53:29
So that we could use Fletcher Hall as an evacuation center. 02:53:31
And even potentially as an emergency command center. 02:53:35
So and so there's raising it. 02:53:38
What's your call is? 02:53:42
Currently has several maintenance issues. 02:53:44
It has roof leaks, the HVAC doesn't work, it doesn't have appropriate heaters the kitchen got. 02:53:46
Tone issues so. 02:53:50
It's actually a more behoove us to build a new one than it would be to try to fix the current one. 02:53:53
So that's why that's. 02:54:00
Proposal it is. 02:54:01
I thought Ventura plumbing just put all new ductwork and HVAC. 02:54:03
Facility, yeah. 02:54:06
They've been working on the bathrooms, but. 02:54:08
To my understanding, they have not put ductwork throughout that facility prior to you coming on board and. 02:54:10
Within. 02:54:15
Well. 02:54:20
Obviously, we're gonna have to. 02:54:22
Reduce the. 02:54:23
The vision to some extent. 02:54:26
My $6 million. 02:54:30
Sounds like. 02:54:31
So, umm. 02:54:32
So we'll just keep working it. 02:54:34
You know. 02:54:36
You got to cover the spectators. 02:54:38
Fletcher Hall needs to be. 02:54:40
Remodeled, if nothing else. 02:54:42
What is remodeling main fixer roof? 02:54:44
Put HVAC in there, you know the things that you just talked about. 02:54:48
And to be able to cover. 02:54:52
The practice arena. 02:54:55
Is is a is a nice? 02:54:56
A nice element there. And 1st there's a number of reasons why. 02:54:59
First of all. 02:55:02
One could imagine this thing growing. 02:55:04
Overtime so that you have multiple events happening at the same time. 02:55:06
Using both arenas. 02:55:12
But you also have this enmur. 02:55:13
Equestrian or. 02:55:18
In a rodeo. 02:55:19
Team putting together. 02:55:21
And they probably could use that arena very effectively. Team ropers love it. 02:55:22
You know, to be able to do that. 02:55:26
In inclement weather as well. 02:55:28
So I would I would look at the scope and. 02:55:32
And kind of prioritize. 02:55:35
But give us a couple of options. 02:55:37
You know, just as you do this. 02:55:39
And but but it's. 02:55:41
It's cool. 02:55:43
We just don't have 9 million dollars, $10 million. 02:55:45
Thank you. 02:55:55
OK. 02:55:57
Discussion and direction regarding Sierra. 02:56:04
Training Center. 02:56:07
First responders training center. 02:56:09
Commissioner, we're kind of talking about this the other day. 02:56:12
Thank you. We've identified one of our sites. 02:56:15
For the location of the training center. 02:56:22
Pro comments a little bit. 02:56:25
With that, we've identified 4 potential sites. 02:56:37
Looking at some pros, cons. 02:56:40
For each of these, you know, let's kind of walk through them real quick. You know, we looked at wanting to do the. 02:56:47
Captain the fairgrounds. 02:56:53
And we developed some criteria on this land ownership, infrastructure availability, water availability. 02:56:56
Sight readiness. Land area advocacy. 02:57:02
Centralized location, partner engagement, surrounding facilities usable. 02:57:05
Usability. 02:57:10
So our Capitan fairgrounds. 02:57:11
You know we own that land. 02:57:14
We have electrical and sewer is not a problem there. 02:57:17
Waters are concerned. 02:57:20
With the current direction of the village of Capitan. 02:57:24
We have concerns about water availability doing this at. 02:57:27
The the fairgrounds in Capitan. 02:57:30
Site readiness. I mean this one's. 02:57:35
Existing, we can go clear it off. I know just stocks material back there, but it's fairly ready. 02:57:37
We got some significant sufficient acreage there. 02:57:42
It's a good central location. 02:57:46
You know, our partner engagement there's fairly limited. 02:57:49
And we don't have very many facilities around it that would be able to use. 02:57:52
Aside from the fairgrounds and. 02:57:58
You know, we've got the fair board, it's got most that stuff pretty tight up. 02:58:00
The next site we've kind of evaluated. 02:58:06
Portion of the land up on 2/20. 02:58:09
Be that our currently owned land or some state leased land. 02:58:12
Land ownership, we know that would require lease. We'd have to talk to the state. 02:58:16
There's no infrastructure up there currently. It's the raw side. We'd be starting from nothing. 02:58:21
There's no availability of water currently, which would be a question if we have to go up there and try to figure that out. 02:58:25
As I just said, we could be a virgin piece of property. 02:58:31
So we'd have to start from nothing. 02:58:36
And yet another another potential encroachment on the sensibilities of. 02:58:39
I don't know. 02:58:44
It's got plenty of land up there. 02:58:46
It's good centrally located. 02:58:48
And there's no other surrounding facilities up there. 02:58:50
We evaluated Copper Ridge by OES as the piece of property that we just bought. 02:58:56
We have the 11 acres and we just thought and then the current. 02:59:01
8 acres attorney up there. 02:59:04
We do own that property. 02:59:06
Infrastructure is available, we have water there through at least we'd have to secure. 02:59:09
What the landowner is behind that we talked about when we bought that property. 02:59:15
Site readiness is ready. We own it. It's pretty easy to get ready to do. 02:59:22
It's got adequate encourage. 02:59:27
Essentially located, we've got OES to try across the street so we'd have someone that's. 02:59:29
People kind of watch after and manage it. 02:59:33
Then we have Staten. 02:59:36
So the land ownership is not counties, but we've. 02:59:38
Mr. County partner control lease availability as we just approved today. We can expand on that. 02:59:42
It does have the existing utilities and facilities available. 02:59:48
That are readily available with water, sewer and electrical. 02:59:51
Adequate acreage. 02:59:55
Sites ready, it's ready, we just need to go clean it off and. 02:59:58
Start working after we go through the. 03:00:01
Agreement with them on a lease. 03:00:04
And we got a strong partner in the Historic Preservation Board that's very interested in us being up there. 03:00:07
So. 03:00:12
With that, we'll we'll stand for any questions. I know. 03:00:19
We're working on doing some renderings for this, but we need to kind of narrow this down a little bit. 03:00:23
So that we can further pursue this and kind of really dig into the nuances of what our pros and cons are going to be, what the 03:00:28
actual cost are. 03:00:31
So we can bring this back. 03:00:34
So. 03:00:37
Commission. 03:00:40
I would like to start by. 03:00:42
In eliminating the least. 03:00:44
Likely. 03:00:47
Sites you have a suggestion? My suggestion would be that we. 03:00:52
I mean, because of the water situation that's currently going on in. 03:00:56
I'd like to exclude the Capitan Fairgrounds and then the Highway 220 state owned property that that state highway property is #1 03:01:00
it's under a cattle lease. 03:01:05
Currently. 03:01:10
So navigating that with the state of New Mexico would be? 03:01:12
Hairless. 03:01:16
So I would like to narrow it down to one of the two. 03:01:19
Potential offers, which is. 03:01:23
Copper Ridge and Foresand. 03:01:24
And look at both of those sites to. 03:01:28
Look at the feasibility of the cost. 03:01:31
In in adding the current infrastructure that we would need at Copper Ridge, because I think Copper Ridge could end up being a. 03:01:34
Problematic also with water. 03:01:42
And not to mention the surface land that we have available for us at Copper Ridge, but. 03:01:44
I mean, in my estimation I think that it falls. 03:01:48
My professional opinion would be that we look at 4 standard. 03:01:55
I think what that is probably the perfect location for it depending on. 03:02:04
Where it's going to be? 03:02:08
Because I believe we've seen a model of that already. 03:02:10
And the model was showing it. 03:02:13
Right there at the. 03:02:15
Behind the existing fire station. 03:02:18
And I don't think that's enough. 03:02:21
Land to to put that in. 03:02:24
So. 03:02:27
I, I mean, I, I really, I really do think that that's the perfect location, but. 03:02:30
I would be more leaning towards uh. 03:02:34
Copper Ridge. 03:02:36
Depending on where they will allow us to put it. 03:02:37
I think with the funding that we're getting for this. 03:02:41
Be able to to. 03:02:46
Put our own well in. 03:02:48
Without funding, So the water thing I don't think would be. 03:02:50
No problem. 03:02:55
I think so. 03:02:59
So I think that that original footprint that we discussed at Fort. 03:03:02
I'll be honest with you, I like the Fort Stanton deal. 03:03:06
Best and and here's why. 03:03:09
First of all, I'm under the impression that. 03:03:13
Speaking with Oliver. 03:03:16
That he is very flexible. 03:03:18
Terms of. 03:03:20
Warm land. 03:03:22
And if you look at. 03:03:23
If he looked at where the ball fields are, you know I'm thinking going east. 03:03:25
You know from from the Volunteer Fire Department. 03:03:30
There's there's quite a. 03:03:33
Bit of acreage here, I, I don't. 03:03:34
I need to look at Google Earth to go out and check it myself, but. 03:03:36
There's there's. 03:03:42
Acreage. 03:03:43
You know, 10 acres. 03:03:44
12 acres. 03:03:45
I think that maybe 15. 03:03:47
But that's available. So that's one. That's one thing. 03:03:49
All the utilities are there, they've got their own. 03:03:52
Sewer system. 03:03:55
Water. 03:03:56
And obviously, electricity. 03:03:58
The other neat thing about it? 03:04:01
Is is that there's all that infrastructure that. 03:04:03
That bank is underutilized. They're begging for people to. 03:04:07
Take advantage of some of those buildings that they rehab. 03:04:11
Already. 03:04:14
These are. 03:04:16
Barracks that are very nice. 03:04:17
You know, they're very comfortable. 03:04:19
They've got a cafeteria. 03:04:22
It's really be fired up. Needs work. 03:04:25
But it's very good. 03:04:27
And then? 03:04:30
They are looking to find a way. 03:04:31
To make it. 03:04:34
I'm talking about the fourth centerpiece to make it. 03:04:35
More attractive. More. Pardon me more. 03:04:38
Attractable. Yes. Yes, they. 03:04:41
It said. So they're putting a lot of money into it. If you know, you've noticed. I mean, if you drive by, you see the buildings 03:04:44
being rehabbed and. 03:04:47
And so forth. 03:04:51
Well, now they kind of want to show a return on investment. 03:04:52
That the states making went on. 03:04:57
So I think there's a partnership. 03:05:00
Piece there and if you had a. 03:05:02
Regional like we've described in the past. 03:05:04
Training facility would be really cool. 03:05:08
And with our. 03:05:11
$5 million. 03:05:13
Shooting range. 03:05:15
Adjacent. 03:05:16
Part of that. 03:05:19
Training facility and also. 03:05:20
You know, provide an outlet for some of our community to use. 03:05:22
Well, so. 03:05:26
That, that's what I'm thinking about now. Copper Ridge is is kind of interesting. 03:05:27
Copper Ridge. 03:05:33
Yeah, we have the 11. 03:05:36
Additional acres you're going to have to. 03:05:37
Change. 03:05:40
The Topography. 03:05:41
It's going to be a Herculean. 03:05:43
It's it's, it's fighting nature. 03:05:46
Those hills are there because they're there. 03:05:49
You change that. 03:05:51
You cut it down so that you can have. 03:05:53
A large expanse of. 03:05:56
Buildable, usable land. 03:05:57
You you may have some other issues. 03:06:00
Other issues? 03:06:04
I just don't want you to get too. 03:06:05
Other issues that are unforeseen right now. 03:06:09
So. 03:06:13
I think you're, I think there's a high risk there. 03:06:14
Of uh. 03:06:16
Of changing that topography to the extent that one would have. 03:06:17
Now the 11 acres is good for. 03:06:21
Maybe some other things like HeLa drops. 03:06:23
We're, you know, we've seen that in the past where we use that we could make that more. 03:06:26
Usable. 03:06:30
The staging area. 03:06:31
So that's not a waste. 03:06:33
But I'm I'm thinking. 03:06:35
If you can get 10 to 15 acres. 03:06:37
In addition to our current. 03:06:39
Site where the Volunteer Fire Department, Lincoln, Lincoln County. 03:06:42
Your fire department is or Lincoln? Excuse me? 03:06:45
I think it's it's pretty cool and you're going to have a partner. 03:06:50
Yeah, in the state. 03:06:53
Which is important. 03:06:55
You know, and this. 03:06:57
Training facility. 03:06:59
11 can imagine because E&M you are already has certification programs for firefighters. 03:07:01
They have some, I think, for law enforcement too. 03:07:08
Not not pure certification, but. 03:07:12
But they do have some some things there. I thought they do. 03:07:14
But kind of barely saying no. But I bet that would change. 03:07:20
And why that's important again. 03:07:24
This is an expensive. 03:07:27
Enduring cost. 03:07:28
To the county or whoever. 03:07:30
Whoever runs it. 03:07:33
And so we're going to need help. 03:07:35
And other stakeholders. 03:07:36
Participating and that's kind of a neutral area, isn't it? 03:07:39
So so that's. 03:07:43
That that's my recommendation. That's generally my reason for like. 03:07:45
When you put it there. 03:07:49
Any other comments I'm looking for? 03:07:54
Say hell no, we won't go. 03:07:59
So let's, let's pursue well. 03:08:01
Let's pursue. Thank you. 03:08:04
I mean now. 03:08:06
We'll we'll put the pros on both those two. We'll take a. 03:08:08
Good hard looking voters and bring back bring dish on each other. 03:08:12
With renderings and models and how how it looked. 03:08:15
Without Aaron and we're also working on. 03:08:18
Props that they want to put out there, including the tower now with. 03:08:22
So we'll put that together and really dig into the details. 03:08:26
Are we working in partnership with Enmu in the village of Ruidoso? 03:08:31
I was listening to it Monday with the mayor and he mentioned the fire training facility with the. 03:08:34
Talking with Anna Ma. 03:08:39
We are currently working with the MU and the village. 03:08:42
At least having discussions with them to develop a MOU on how this works together. 03:08:46
The fair Fire training facility that they were discussing were not a part of that. 03:08:51
I wasn't able to hear the mayor's radio show on Monday, so I'm not sure if it was. It wasn't. Man, it sure might have been. 03:08:55
Because I don't know if they're doing an independent one, I've not heard about it. 03:09:00
I don't think they are, I think. 03:09:04
I I don't know why he didn't mention us, because we. 03:09:06
I mean, quite frankly, in casually. 03:09:09
I talked to them. I know. Jason has talked to them. I know. 03:09:12
MP has talked and you've talked to them. 03:09:17
For sure. 03:09:19
This is, you know, these are initial discussions on why he didn't include us in there. 03:09:21
I cannot. 03:09:26
I'll tell you why, but maybe we need to have some more formal discussions. So yeah, I just want to make sure we're not duplicating 03:09:28
efforts. You're talking about the same training facility That will not work. 03:09:33
We can't duplicate, it has to be. 03:09:38
Together, a joint effort and so we're working together so that we do this together and have a signed MO U. 03:09:41
We'll just have to close with a little bit. There's a lot going on. 03:09:47
That's what we want to do. Yes, Sir. 03:09:51
It sounded like they were pretty advanced. 03:09:53
Already, so it was talking. 03:09:55
Besides Lynn. 03:09:58
The lady from enemy that was here this morning, No. 03:10:00
The window was there this morning. 03:10:04
I'll pursue that. 03:10:09
That's that's not going to happen. 03:10:12
Oh, that's not going to. 03:10:16
I mean, the state's not going to fund. 03:10:19
They're just not gonna fund both. 03:10:24
So it's not going to happen. 03:10:26
But thank you for bringing that up. Well, I do want to have them, so I hope we can. 03:10:28
No, I mean, yeah. I mean, we'll bring them together. It has to be that. 03:10:32
The state's not gonna find. 03:10:38
Two separate. 03:10:40
And you know. 03:10:41
Just not gonna happen. 03:10:43
The reality is we don't have the funds for reoccurring costs like. 03:10:44
The college does. That's where you're right, and that's what we talked about. 03:10:49
Said we will need to have Enmur as part of that. 03:10:53
That peace, you know, it's. 03:10:57
Again, it's it's a regional. 03:10:59
Deal with a board. 03:11:02
Of directors with stakeholders and. 03:11:04
Subscribers. 03:11:07
You're exactly right. 03:11:11
But if you're not going to. 03:11:12
I guess I better. 03:11:15
Question people. All right, let's go. 03:11:17
What else? 03:11:19
So, Mr. Chairman, our final line is a. 03:11:20
Discussion and direction right regarding our County Attorney contract services. 03:11:23
As part of our contract, we were going to bring them back to the Commission and review the accuracy of our hours and our billing. 03:11:27
At three and six months. 03:11:32
So with that, I have reviewed her, her Billings over the last three months that she submitted to us. 03:11:34
And she is right in line with. 03:11:40
What we? 03:11:42
Designated inner contract. 03:11:46
Where she's been at 75.1 hours. 03:11:48
75.7 and. 03:11:52
75.2. 03:11:54
So we're right at the. 03:11:56
The mark of. 03:11:57
For 75 hours. 03:11:59
The billing has been adequate. 03:12:04
She's been coming on. The transitions been great. As far as I'm concerned, this is a very good working relationship. 03:12:05
And we've been getting a very good bang for our buck out of the service with Miss Bobbitt so. 03:12:11
I'd like to continue this song. 03:12:15
Move forward. 03:12:18
Let it be done. 03:12:23
No, we don't. Got enough not. 03:12:24
I guess so. 03:12:29
That's all I have for discussion direction. All right, so. 03:12:33
So. 03:12:35
We have it. Do we have anything to talk about an executive session? 03:12:36
All right, I'll set the motion to go into executive session. Remove, remove. 03:12:40
I believe that we move into executive session. 03:12:46
Please. 03:12:53
Hi. 03:12:56
Yes. 03:13:00
Discussed in a closed meeting, we're limited to those specified and no actions taken. 03:13:07
OK, we're going to read it. 03:13:18
Reconvene the. 03:13:22
County commissioners meeting. 03:13:25
So. 03:13:27
Are there any other matters for the staff? 03:13:30
Hearing none. 03:13:34
The next meeting, regular Board of County Commission meeting, will be Tuesday, January 13th. 03:13:35
2026. 03:13:40
At 8:30 AM. 03:13:42
Right here. 03:13:43
Accept the motion to adjourn. 03:13:46
I want to make a motion that we adjourn. 03:13:48
2nd, 2nd, 2nd. 03:13:52
What's the deal? 03:13:55
Commissioner. 03:14:07
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Today's Board of County Commission meeting but. 00:00:21
Lincoln County, New Mexico, It's Tuesday, December 16th. 00:00:24
Call this meeting to order. 00:00:29
No, correct. You can have a roll call. 00:00:30
Mr. is excused. 00:00:32
Commissioner Prather. 00:00:35
Here, Commissioner Chavez here. 00:00:36
Commissioner Wilson. 00:00:39
And Chair Fischer is excused. 00:00:40
Very good. Thank you. 00:00:43
We have a quorum, so I'll proceed on with this meeting if you would stand and join me for the invitation. 00:00:45
Jesus, we thank you for the opportunity together to. 00:00:53
Together today and. 00:00:55
And do work in good service for the people of our county. We pray for guidance and wisdom as we progress through our meeting. 00:00:57
We thank you for the opportunity to be servants to our people here. We pray for the leaders of our county, our state and our 00:01:02
nation. 00:01:05
For the people who are sick and. 00:01:09
And hurt and we pray for. 00:01:12
Your spirit to be with them through this. 00:01:13
Season of Christmas and we pray that you bring them as well as everybody else. 00:01:15
Joy of Christmas and the reason that we're. 00:01:19
Celebrating. 00:01:22
Gave to our world or we pray that. 00:01:24
We have rain for our country. We pray that you. 00:01:26
What's our country with with moisture for the roads and for the grass and for the people's spirit? 00:01:30
Once again, we thank you to be here and we thank you for the opportunity. 00:01:35
I pledge allegiance to the flag. 00:01:38
Of the United States. 00:01:45
Our nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:01:47
I still have the flag Mexico. 00:01:55
Next item on the agenda is for approval of the agenda out in a motion. 00:02:10
I'll make a motion to approve the agenda. 00:02:16
For two big transitions. 00:02:18
2nd. 00:02:24
Been moved and seconded. 00:02:25
Mr. Chavez, All right. 00:02:29
Commissioner Prater. 00:02:31
Hi, Chair Wilson, Yes. 00:02:32
Thank you. 00:02:34
Moving on down the agenda, we have a service recognition. 00:02:36
Mr. Manager. 00:02:39
Mr. Chairman, Christmas. 00:02:44
As we continue to do these is always important to do. 00:02:48
Especially for the ones we. 00:02:51
Continue to stay with us and do us a good job. 00:02:53
You want me to come on down? 00:02:56
Today we have five years from the Sienna Herrera. She does a. 00:02:59
Off the lawn. I'm pretty sure she runs the road department out there, but. 00:03:02
We really are proud of you and thank you for everything you do so and we'll get it signed, but. 00:03:09
That's all that matters. 00:03:13
Having good people, It's ****. 00:03:26
Stick around and do something in and day out is truly. 00:03:28
Vital for a town in SO we certainly thank you. 00:03:31
We took our picture. I guess so. 00:03:36
In public comments. 00:03:40
No, no public comment twice. 00:03:45
Well, I can. 00:03:48
Should have sold it. 00:03:54
No, I. 00:03:59
Nothing. Nothing dramatic I think most of you got. 00:03:59
Who are you? Ohhh. 00:04:05
Henry Dosa, resident, also of Lincoln. 00:04:08
I think most of you probably got. 00:04:11
My forwarded e-mail from. 00:04:14
An artist I had contact with in Finland that builds. 00:04:18
Trolls and. 00:04:21
It was something that. 00:04:23
As I thought about it, I reached out to him. I said, what about doing something in like Lincoln County around like. 00:04:25
Grindstone or something like that. 00:04:31
Actually have interest from them. 00:04:33
Actually got pricing back. 00:04:36
Presented the village with a couple options on how they might pay for it. 00:04:38
Have no idea whether it will go through but. 00:04:41
I would encourage you. 00:04:44
Take a look at Thomas Davos. 00:04:46
Website These trolls are all over the world. 00:04:48
You're known yet? 00:04:51
In New Mexico. 00:04:52
But what was fascinating to me with them was. 00:04:53
The people that come out, the kids, the grandkids that come out to explore and find these things out where they're put. 00:04:57
Just amazed me. Family, grandparents, grandkids. 00:05:04
Kids love and fall all over them. 00:05:07
That effect is something where you have. 00:05:09
Low impact encourages people to get outdoors. 00:05:12
And great place to get outdoors in Lincoln County. 00:05:15
So like I said, you probably, you got all of that. You probably learned what the heck was Bill doing? Well, I was just, that's 00:05:18
what it was. 00:05:22
I'm not asking for anything at the present time. 00:05:25
I'm still trying to figure out like I said can I twist the villagers arm to get things funded or not or just going to go another 00:05:28
route but I will. 00:05:31
Pushing this because I think it's something to be really unique for the county. 00:05:36
Be the first in the state as well. 00:05:39
So it was a. 00:05:41
So thank you. Thank you. 00:05:43
So we'll move on to our external agency boards and committees. 00:05:50
South Central. 00:05:53
Commissioners were not with the South Intermountain. 00:06:06
RC and D, we appreciate the opportunity to. 00:06:09
To let you know all of the different projects that we have going on behalf of the county. 00:06:14
And today with me also, I have Gabe Koehler and Gabe is with Katie. 00:06:20
LLC and he is going to be heading up our community wildfire protection. 00:06:24
Plan revision. 00:06:29
So I'll go through, I know it's included in your packets. One of the biggest projects that we're working right now is the Lincoln 00:06:30
County Buffer Project. 00:06:34
That is going very, very well. 00:06:39
When the state funded this. 00:06:42
Program. They had hoped that we would have about 80% participation. 00:06:43
And the areas where we're at, I want to say right now we're probably more like 90 or 95%. 00:06:48
As people are seeing the work getting done. 00:06:54
They're coming out of their houses going. How do I get involved with this so currently? 00:06:56
We have over 380 acres now obligated in that Lincoln County with us. A down spot for area. 00:07:03
We are working with the village of Ruinoso and their forestry department is bringing us. 00:07:10
Some of the larger property owners basically off of Carrizo Canyon area. 00:07:16
So that when you're really trying to make sure that with this buffer program. 00:07:20
We're thinning the trees, we're creating healthier for us, but we are also making sure that. 00:07:26
If we do have a fire start up there. 00:07:32
That our firefighters can safely. 00:07:35
Attack the fire. 00:07:37
And that rather than having such a massive fuel load. 00:07:38
It all lays down and makes it defendable. 00:07:42
In those areas. So that is going very, very well. Emergency watershed protection program, we continue to do work on that. 00:07:45
To date, we have received a little over 57 million in reimbursements on that program. 00:07:55
Total budget is 60. 00:08:01
6,000,000, so we have right at 9.5 million. 00:08:02
Left in the budget that's without me having put in November's. 00:08:08
Projects that we've completed to date, right now we are spending most of our time, we're finishing up on HESCO baskets. 00:08:12
But we are moving down into the valley, working on the asechias down there. 00:08:18
We have to bring patient folks down in the valley, but primarily those are taking a little bit longer because we have to actually 00:08:24
have engineering done on some of those ditches so. 00:08:28
So that's taking a little bit of time, but we are moving forward with that. That's going very, very well. 00:08:34
With our community Wildfire defense grad. 00:08:40
We have approximately 360 acres targeted for that. 00:08:43
Originally that project area was down in Carrizo Canyon and then out up by. 00:08:48
Ponderosa Heights Alpine Village. 00:08:55
Because those areas were burned over in the fire, we kind of moved most of it to that Carisa Canyon area and we've got. 00:08:57
Several large property owners that we're working with on that. The nice thing about both the buffer program and the CWDG. 00:09:05
Firms is that it's at no cost to the property owners. 00:09:13
So we're able to do that and they're they're getting a sizable acreage is cleaned up. 00:09:16
Are dealing with that. We did add 2 new board members to our council. 00:09:21
James Herrera from the Valley and David Cox. 00:09:26
From the Capitol area are both new members for us. 00:09:29
And then we also continue to work on our projects with Smokey Bear Historic Park. 00:09:32
2026 is actually the 50th anniversary for the creation of the park. 00:09:37
And so we right now we have $100,000 grant that is going into the redesign of that whole back area where Smokey is actually 00:09:42
buried. We're doing new interpretation. 00:09:47
Handicap accessible. 00:09:53
Areas and that so this is just the planning grant and then our intention is once we actually have contract ready documents. 00:09:55
Then we'll go seeking funds to actually get it done. 00:10:02
And and put it into implementation. 00:10:05
We also have a $5000 grant from the New Mexico Tourism Department that is going to help us with Smokey Bear Days and the 00:10:07
promotion. 00:10:11
And then one of our really, really big projects as well, also funded through the Community Wildfire Defense grants is our 00:10:17
Community Wildfire Protection Plan update. 00:10:21
The CWPP is required to be updated every five years by New Mexico Forestry Division. 00:10:26
We have tried really hard to. 00:10:32
These documents that is much more usable and not one that was created at check the box. 00:10:35
And set it on the shelf. 00:10:40
To that end. 00:10:42
We went out for RFP and. 00:10:44
Company Cadence LLC was the respondent who received the. 00:10:48
Contract and I will let. 00:10:53
They take over and tell you about setting plans for the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. 00:10:55
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and Commissioners. 00:11:00
It's an honor to be here today. 00:11:04
Thanks for pulling up this slide. Appreciate that. 00:11:06
My name is Dave Fuller. I work with Cadence LLC. 00:11:09
And I'm just going to share a little bit about. 00:11:12
You know what this community wildfire protection planning process entails I know many of you are very personally familiar with. 00:11:14
Into the wildfire risk in county. 00:11:20
And kind of the context that you live and work within. 00:11:22
So I'll just share kind of this planning process and kind of the rationale for this. 00:11:25
Community wildfire protection planning process, but real quick about Cadence LLC Cadence LLC's in New Mexico based small business. 00:11:29
Based out of blocking New Mexico. 00:11:36
Decades of Emergency Management experience at the highest levels. They've worked with Lannel National Labs, a lot of really 00:11:39
high-powered, high caliber planning. 00:11:43
And we're thinking LLC. 00:11:47
I am their Wildman fire mitigation manager. I have a decade of experience working in community oriented natural resource 00:11:49
management. 00:11:53
I'm a firefighter, Sawyer. 00:11:57
I've done everything from. 00:11:59
You know, I've done five of these community wildfire protection plans already across New Mexico, and I'm currently working on 4. 00:12:01
Watershed restoration action plans. 00:12:08
Carson National Forest and the Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado. 00:12:11
I've gotten to do a lot of different facilitation training, everything from working with state legislature to kind of community 00:12:15
oriented meetings. 00:12:18
And I'm kind of pulling a lot of that expertise in partnership with Cadence to to run this planning process. 00:12:21
For you all. 00:12:27
So I'm really excited to work down here and continue to work with. 00:12:28
South Central Mountains resource RMB. 00:12:31
And so with that case, switch to the next slide. 00:12:34
So just to kick us off, what is the Community Welfare Protection Plan? I know many of you maybe are aware of this process. 00:12:38
But this? 00:12:43
Started by the 2006 Healthy Forest Restoration Act, and it's kind of the gold standard for. 00:12:44
Looking at wildfires across jurisdictional boundaries. 00:12:49
And it's the process that we the best process we have for prioritizing action to reduce that wildfire risk. 00:12:52
Across jurisdictional boundaries, we have many different Land Management agencies, private lands. 00:12:58
And this is the best kind of forum to look at and prioritize actions across boundaries, so. 00:13:03
With that risk, as you know, is kind of this combination of hazard. 00:13:10
And values. So what we're going to do is look at the best quality spatial data to get an idea of hazard. 00:13:14
So this is things like the vegetation that's out there, the topography. 00:13:20
You know, hill slope, all of that different stuff, soils, looking at what's erodible, what's not. 00:13:23
So we have. 00:13:28
Pulling in a ton of GIS data for that first component of this equation here. 00:13:29
To get an idea of what is the hazard. 00:13:34
And then to understand the values. 00:13:36
That is another component of determining risk. We are going to be holding a. 00:13:38
You know, very in-depth robust engagement process with. 00:13:43
With you all as part of the core team hopefully. 00:13:46
We're going to get together at kind of a selected group of individuals to help us inform. 00:13:49
These values at risk. 00:13:53
But also the public of Lincoln County, so we will also be circulating survey. 00:13:54
And hosting public meetings to understand those values at risk. 00:13:58
And understand kind of where we have the highest risk. 00:14:01
Next slide. 00:14:05
So just some of the main points of a community welfare protection plan. 00:14:09
Of course, tracking past accomplishments, there's already a ton of important work going on in Lincoln County. 00:14:13
And we need to make sure to document that so that we can. 00:14:18
You know, risk has decreased in some cases because there's been some wildfire risk reduction projects. 00:14:21
We need to account for that so that we can show that we're. 00:14:27
You know, making meaningful progress towards reducing wild card risk where we're doing that. 00:14:29
Every CWPP includes. 00:14:35
Updating community risk rating, so going through each community within. 00:14:36
Of Lincoln County and actually giving them kind of a low. 00:14:40
Medium high risk. 00:14:43
Ratings so that they can. 00:14:45
We can use those ratings to prioritize action around those communities. If they're higher risk, we're going to do more work in 00:14:46
those areas. 00:14:49
And we will be mapping the wild and urban interface. 00:14:53
And then, like I said, kind of working in this community and public process to identify values at risk. 00:14:56
Next slide, please. 00:15:02
And I guess I just want to also add that this RFP, this project in particular with Lincoln County is going to include also. 00:15:05
A slash incinerator feasibility study. 00:15:12
Which I know that has a lot of potential for, you know, economic and socioeconomic benefits. 00:15:15
Reducing the the kind of the byproduct of these forestry treatments. 00:15:20
And turning it into a product that can be used. 00:15:24
Potentially for heat or for other kind of economic. 00:15:27
Benefits because there's a lot of wood coming off the forest, as you know, for these projects. 00:15:30
The other thing we're going to be doing is a climate and smoke impact analysis. 00:15:34
We all know that when we get big wildfires, this is a huge effect on vulnerable populations and we want to be prepared for the 00:15:37
smoke. 00:15:41
And kind of the changes that we're seeing. 00:15:44
With climate change or drought drying out some of the forests around here. 00:15:46
And then finally. 00:15:49
We'll be doing a. 00:15:51
A post fire erosion risk modeling effort. 00:15:53
As we've seen, you know, around Rio does show in other areas of the county, this is a huge way that we're looking at wildfire risk 00:15:56
is where are we seeing. 00:16:00
You know the potential for high severity fire to create post fire debris flow and flooding. 00:16:03
And that's where we may be doing kind of. 00:16:07
You know pre, you know. 00:16:09
Preventative work in those areas, for example, prioritizing those areas for treatment. 00:16:11
Our approach is to make this very interactive. 00:16:17
We don't want to get folks together to just, you know, preach to you all. 00:16:20
The meetings, the core team meetings right off the bat. 00:16:24
We're going to drill down and make this interactive so that we're. 00:16:26
You know, making sure to get the input from the experts. 00:16:29
As Laura mentioned, we're not here to write an 800. 00:16:33
Page plan. We really want to make this actionable. 00:16:36
We want to kind of refer to an existing planning documents within our strategy and rather than copying paste. 00:16:38
You know 15 pages of dry forest ecology that many of you already know. 00:16:44
So we're really trying to make this a very actionable, implementable approach using tables, really easily interpretable maps, that 00:16:48
kind of thing. 00:16:52
Thanks bud. 00:16:57
I'll just go quickly through the phased approach that we're going to be using. The 1st is just this early stage meeting with that 00:16:59
core team. 00:17:02
We'll be reaching out to some of you all to. 00:17:05
To please be a part of that core team. I've already met some folks in a room that I know. 00:17:07
I will be a part of that core team. 00:17:12
That's going to be in the first like 5 to 6 months getting that core team together. 00:17:13
Really getting the data all together into an ARC GIS online environment where we can look at those maps and see what we already 00:17:18
have. 00:17:21
So that's a big part of that kind of first stage is this, you know, foundational setting in phase one. 00:17:25
Next slide, please. 00:17:31
Phase 2 is expanded outreach. This is where we're going to be circulating a public survey. 00:17:33
We'll work with the county and other community based organizations to circulate to the public and hopefully get input. 00:17:38
From as many folks as possible. 00:17:44
We'll also be doing community meetings in person in different geographic areas across the county. We know that. 00:17:46
There's important kind of cultural differences in different towns. We're going to be making sure to try and account for that. 00:17:51
And having those community meetings in in pad location centers across the county. 00:17:56
And then in this phase two also, this is where we're going to start drafting maps. 00:18:01
Looking at the wild and urban interface, using that spatial data to understand where we have the highest hazard. 00:18:05
If we have high severity fire for example. 00:18:11
You know, where are we seeing the highest risk of erosion? Where are we seeing kind of the hottest? 00:18:13
In terms of like, you know, burn probability. 00:18:18
Hottest areas? 00:18:20
That's going to be part of this phase two as well. 00:18:21
And this. 00:18:24
As we're getting the maps together and as we're getting these community meetings together. 00:18:26
This starts to create a first draft of some of those priority actions. 00:18:29
Really quickly we're going to be looking at where do we need to do fuel treatments and project work to kind of reduce. 00:18:33
You know. 00:18:38
The hazards that were seen. 00:18:39
Next slide. 00:18:40
So if I may. 00:18:43
Commission, if you don't mind, I do have. 00:18:46
I don't want to go so far down this. 00:18:48
Yeah, my little brain will forget what I want to talk about. 00:18:50
We are very. 00:18:55
Far down. 00:18:56
This road in terms of. 00:18:58
Treatments. 00:19:00
Wooly Bear Air. 00:19:01
Installation and so on I. 00:19:03
I want to make sure. 00:19:06
And and there are other groups that were part. 00:19:07
Parts of like the watershed management program that's happening now with the state. 00:19:09
And DHSEM. 00:19:15
I just want to make sure that. 00:19:17
We're we're not doing. 00:19:18
Two things. One of the things that we shouldn't be doing is. 00:19:20
Not coordinating and collaborating and using the data and the efforts we already have. 00:19:25
I think that would. 00:19:30
Jumpstart very much. 00:19:31
What you're trying to do? 00:19:33
And then the second piece is. I don't want to be. 00:19:35
In a counterproductive. 00:19:38
Area either we. 00:19:40
We already have $5,000,000 that we're putting together on the ground. 00:19:41
Putting up Roy Bears. We expect more from the legislature to continue that process. I BHS stuff. 00:19:46
Maps that are correlated with all kinds of. 00:19:53
LIDAR work that's that's already out there so. 00:19:58
Let's make sure that. 00:20:01
We take advantage of all that information and we're not running. I'm I'm very happy. 00:20:03
Bring some of that stuff together. We need that that. 00:20:07
And I think that's what you're going to provide us, but. 00:20:10
We're very much far down the road here. 00:20:13
About deciding where we need to actually put the wooey barriers. 00:20:15
What we need from the Forest Service and so on so. 00:20:19
We appreciate that kind of collaboration. 00:20:22
Yeah. Keep that in, in, in mind. Absolutely. I mean that's a huge part of how we approach this is kind of. 00:20:25
You know, making sure that core team has. 00:20:30
The right folks together to know what's already being done. 00:20:32
We're not here to reinvent the wheel or to create a new, you know, data set. 00:20:35
We want to make sure that this nests and integrates well with existing plans. I mean, that's a big part. 00:20:39
Yeah, Actions, yeah, where there's a, you know, stretch of road or you've got. 00:20:45
Something that can become a proposal is really what we're looking for here, those priority actions. 00:20:49
You want them to be specific enough and have some accountability to them. 00:20:54
To where they can be used for proposal development for things like. 00:20:57
WP or other kind of state and federal funding programs. 00:21:00
And making sure we're building those priority actions. 00:21:04
Kind of an awareness of the funding. 00:21:07
In mind. So I really appreciate your thank you. 00:21:10
Mr. Fisher, Umm. 00:21:13
Finally. 00:21:15
I think here you know. 00:21:16
As we're getting at that early engagement, mass public engagement. 00:21:18
There's going to be a draft plan. 00:21:21
I hope to engage with all of you as part of the core team. 00:21:23
If you have the interest in that. 00:21:26
But at least we'd love to share that draft with you all, make sure we're getting this right. I mean, this is really the county's 00:21:27
plan. We want to, we want to do a good job and make sure that. 00:21:31
It's pulling together all these different threads. 00:21:35
Next slide. 00:21:38
And then finally, this stage of finalization and closeout is very important this. 00:21:41
Time to get signatures. We want this to be to have some buy in. 00:21:45
Like Laura said, we don't want this to just sit on a shelf. This can be a very. 00:21:49
Valuable plan. 00:21:53
To take action and to bring in funding from. I've seen that in other counties that I've worked. 00:21:55
I know there's a lot of documents out there already, but this can be a really helpful part of that to kind of. 00:21:59
Bring in and build buy in. 00:22:04
What's the next step? Getting to implementation? 00:22:06
Next slide. 00:22:09
And as I mentioned, cadence. 00:22:12
What we're bringing to this equation is we have experience. I've worked on implementation. 00:22:13
I used to work with an organization called the Forest Stewards Field, and we've gone, you know, we do saw work, we do prescribed 00:22:18
fire. 00:22:21
We have a long history of actually doing wildfires production treatments. 00:22:24
And so I understand a lot of the funding programs that are out there. And so that's what we're bringing some of the expertise is 00:22:28
when we're writing. 00:22:31
Some of these prior reactions. 00:22:34
We want to make sure that we're not pie in the sky or that we're not reinventing the wheel here. We're working with land managers. 00:22:35
And leaders to account for things that are realistic and fundable. 00:22:41
And then of course, you know, being from New Mexico, we have some awareness of of. 00:22:45
And New Mexico communities, and I've gotten to work down here a little bit in Lincoln County in the past, so. 00:22:49
We're not, you know, from out of state, which is nice, I think. 00:22:54
Next slide. 00:22:57
I think this goes about saying and I think. 00:23:00
It sounds like y'all are already very much engaged, but I just included this. 00:23:01
I work in counties where we don't have that. 00:23:04
You know, buying from the county Commission. That doesn't sound like that's the case here. 00:23:06
Laura's painting that picture very cool to me, but I do just want to. 00:23:10
You know, hungry ***. 00:23:13
As we're working on this, I'd love to work with you all on the core team. 00:23:14
And just get your expert review on this plan as we're developing it. 00:23:18
You know, we're really gonna to lean on your fire department, Sheriff's Office. 00:23:22
The roads department, and so just having that leadership from the county is super helpful for us. 00:23:27
Helping us circulate materials to the public. 00:23:32
For getting your input, we just really look forward to working with you on this and and want to thank you for that input. 00:23:34
So I had. 00:23:40
Time for questions. I think I probably went a little long. 00:23:41
But here's the question. 00:23:44
Mission. 00:23:48
We. 00:23:51
A lot of the things you mentioned are already been implemented. 00:23:52
So how would you incorporate all that? 00:23:55
With what what you have implemented because we got boots on the ground already doing a lot of the cleanup and a lot of the wound 00:23:58
burger stuff. 00:24:01
Absolutely. So I mean Aaron, Aaron has been mapping out. 00:24:05
Property after property after property probably what, 3 or 4 week yarn? 00:24:09
So I mean and and there it's a. 00:24:14
You know there's. 00:24:16
There are substantial sizes. 20 acres. 40 acres. 00:24:17
You know, there's smaller ones too, but I mean. 00:24:21
We got a lot of people on board, so. 00:24:23
Are you coming in to help us get funding? 00:24:26
For a lot of this stuff or. 00:24:28
You're coming in to. 00:24:30
What's so like a lot of what I'm going to do is, is track accomplishments so there's spatial data of all those parcels that are 00:24:31
already being treated. 00:24:36
And just get a read across the county of what's being done already and where across jurisdictions. 00:24:40
And then what we can do is create priority actions that are like what's the? 00:24:46
What's the shelf stock round of proposals? Things that maybe are higher up in the watershed? 00:24:49
You know, I think we all know it's like there's. 00:24:55
It's mission critical to get the work done around homes, and there's a lot of stuff that's right in front of us. 00:24:58
But this is a 5 year planning process, so what's that next tier? 00:25:02
Of priority actions that we want to kind of work together to build. 00:25:06
And it's not me coming in to to say those. That's where I'm going to be working with your core team. 00:25:10
To hear those from county leaders, not me, kind of ceding those from. 00:25:15
Outside. 00:25:19
And we really just want to create. 00:25:19
Some capacity to roll that up. That's really what I'm providing. 00:25:21
I know everyone's got. 00:25:26
A very specific job. 00:25:27
With their jurisdiction, With their entity. 00:25:29
And what I'm here to do is to try and help kind of pull those together and. 00:25:31
Zoom out and get a bigger picture across the county of what's being done and where. 00:25:34
So that we can make it strategic if there's work going on on private land. 00:25:38
And there's opportunities to do work across the fence line on public land. 00:25:42
That's where we get like a bigger. That's where my main concern is because right now. 00:25:45
We're not having a problem with. 00:25:50
We're having a problem with. 00:25:53
Right, Public cross insulin service and stuff like that. And that's why interacting with with all of the Land Management agencies, 00:25:54
they will all be part of the core team. So the goal of your CWP is? 00:26:00
Where are we right now? 00:26:08
What have we done in the past which includes all of our buffer work and all of these projects that we have working right now? 00:26:11
And then this gives us the five year window of OK, we finished buffer. 00:26:18
Now we want to go do buffer B. 00:26:23
And we want to do all these so that when I write a grant. 00:26:25
Very often one of the questions is. 00:26:29
Is this project included in your community wildfire protection class? 00:26:32
And so that is exactly it. We want to track what we've done in the past, so we get credit for that. 00:26:36
And that helps with our insurance. 00:26:42
Type thing. 00:26:44
We want to document what we're in the middle of doing right now. 00:26:45
And then we want to look to the future. 00:26:49
And say and that's where. 00:26:51
Gabe is very helpful because he has experience with all of the different funding mechanisms. 00:26:53
We can hopefully say OK. 00:27:00
Two years down the road, we want to be doing this project. 00:27:02
How do we fund that? 00:27:05
And this will help us point us in the right direction to get those funds. Mr. Sterling, you had something. 00:27:07
That's just tied to the grant dollars that are available. When do you all expect to bring this back to us for? 00:27:13
We're looking at like 18 months from from now, so. 00:27:21
There's about a year of getting the plan drafted. 00:27:25
We could probably get that, you know, we're, we're trying to do that as quickly as possible. We just got this kind of this 00:27:28
contract set up, but then, you know, getting it adopted. 00:27:33
Shortly after that is, is that that. 00:27:37
If we have a, this is a 5 year grant. 00:27:39
We just started it. 00:27:43
But we don't want it to take five years. So that was kind of our long range was 18. 00:27:44
If we can do it faster than that and have it before you guys for approval within a year. 00:27:50
Then that will be great. Were you in attendance during Marks last Strategic? 00:27:55
Partnership meaning when doctor class was mentioning. 00:28:00
This plan being outdated. 00:28:03
It sounded like some funding was. 00:28:06
Going to he may be looking at a different funding. This is this is totally funded through community wildfires. They're not the 00:28:09
plan, but to have the plan adopted by us and updated. 00:28:14
The the current plan and and. 00:28:21
It's like I said, New Mexico Forestry Division are the IS. 00:28:23
Place that approves and houses. 00:28:27
Their recommendation is every five years we are on just. 00:28:31
#5 right now. 00:28:35
So and, and they are aware that we got the funding for this and that we're in the process. So there is not an issue. 00:28:36
I wrote the last one and I will tell you right now. 00:28:44
The previous way of looking at things was. 00:28:48
To paint a very broad brush. 00:28:51
So that I could legitimately say sure that projects that our community wildfire protection plan because I said the whole of 00:28:54
Lincoln County kind of thing. 00:28:58
What they are looking for now on these funding sources is much more. 00:29:02
Specific information. 00:29:07
And so. 00:29:09
We're having to drill down, which is why we reached out to Cadence. 00:29:10
So that's beyond my capabilities. 00:29:14
They're going to be able to. 00:29:16
Provide a whole lot more detail that I never. 00:29:18
On doing that so yes, I, I was not at that meeting, but. 00:29:21
I am not concerned about the. 00:29:26
Timeline on our first one. 00:29:28
Otero County. 00:29:30
Didn't upgrade theirs to legal. 00:29:31
About five years ago and that hadn't been updated since the 80s. 00:29:34
So. 00:29:37
I think we can be far more efficient than that. 00:29:39
Although we don't have it. 00:29:45
In a book format. 00:29:46
We really do have a phased approach. 00:29:48
Already in mind. We've all talked about it. 00:29:50
So I think we'll be able to help. 00:29:53
Accelerate that quite a bit. 00:29:55
And I see. 00:29:57
I see this as being. 00:29:58
Guidance, there's no question about it. Well, we'll see things that. 00:30:00
Perhaps we don't have in mind right now. 00:30:03
When we look at the data set completely. 00:30:06
However, comma we want to make sure that. 00:30:09
That we're working with. 00:30:12
Otero as an example, the Mescalero as example. 00:30:14
We have concerns up north in this county as well. 00:30:18
And I think this might allow us to. 00:30:22
Access some funding once. 00:30:25
It's finalized. 00:30:26
And specify. 00:30:28
That we don't. 00:30:29
Have right now. 00:30:30
So, so I think it's quite clear that. 00:30:32
That we we value this effort. 00:30:35
But we're we're going to be in the driver's seat. 00:30:37
Because you know. 00:30:40
The people that have been working on this. 00:30:43
All along and we'll collaborate with you very closely. We're happy to have you on board. That's excellent. Thank you. That's the 00:30:45
best case scenario. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your. 00:30:49
Yeah. 00:30:57
OK, let. 00:30:58
Apologize for being late here, it was not under my control. What's in the agenda we've done. 00:31:00
Service reports handle. We are. 00:31:06
On item number 3. 00:31:10
Sports and announcements. 00:31:12
OK. We just went through South Central Mountain and. 00:31:14
I don't know who else we have here besides the. 00:31:17
Thank you, Sir. 00:31:21
Any other external agency we have here? 00:31:24
Would like to talk. 00:31:26
Yes, ma'am. 00:31:28
Hondo. 00:31:29
Good afternoon, Commissioners. 00:31:33
Tony Griffin, Upper Hondo Boiling Water Conservation District. 00:31:35
Just providing you with a brief report on where we're at with the Lincoln County Cooperative Weed Management Area. 00:31:39
And so for fiscal year 26 and. 00:31:45
So far we did do some treatments early on in this. 00:31:50
Fiscal year. 00:31:53
We had our contractor treat. 00:31:55
The fire stations as well as the senior centers. 00:31:57
And some spot areas that we have problems with. 00:32:01
On the county roads. 00:32:05
We typically do most of our treatments after the freeze, after May when the weeds start to emerge. 00:32:08
And hopefully before the monsoon season hits and. 00:32:14
You know, that's our target time, so. 00:32:17
A lot of what we do with the funding that you give us happens. 00:32:20
Between. 00:32:23
At the middle of May and. 00:32:24
The end of June. 00:32:26
So, um. 00:32:28
That's kind of where we're at. 00:32:29
And we're also doing a lot of cost shares with land owners in the area and. 00:32:30
We've over halfway exceeded our budget for that already this year, so we're doing a lot of things. 00:32:35
We're helping with a lot of erosion problems with rainwater harvesting. 00:32:40
We've helped with symptom add some. 00:32:44
Livestock wells and things like that, so. 00:32:47
When we also do the movies with the New Mexico Forestry division, so. 00:32:50
What's the cost share again? 00:32:56
So the cost share is for any land owners in our district and it's. 00:32:58
We have a lot of different ones. We have a weed program. We have, like I said, the rainwater harvest thinning is a big one. 00:33:03
And it, you know, livestock, wells, things like that. 00:33:11
They can come in and apply and we go look at the project 1 and I. 00:33:14
And then we make a. 00:33:19
Presentation to the Board. 00:33:21
And the landowner comes in with. 00:33:23
During that meeting. 00:33:25
And if they are approved, most of our projects are. 00:33:26
We pay up to 10,000 dollars, 75% of the project. 00:33:31
So if they do ascending project. 00:33:34
You know if they do $12,500 or whatnot worth of. 00:33:37
Spinning. We give them a $10,000 check, so. 00:33:41
It could be. Can that be? 00:33:45
Cost share and kind. 00:33:47
They can do it themselves and they have to get, they have to get at least three estimates, and one of those estimates can be 00:33:49
themselves. 00:33:53
They, they would provide us with, you know, what equipment would cost what. 00:33:56
Their time would cost and things like that, and a lot of times they'll mirror that from the other estimates that they received. 00:34:01
Terrific, you know, we looked at the. 00:34:08
The only barrier that we have in place that we're. 00:34:11
Continue the work. 00:34:13
And we've disturbed a lot of that surface soil. There's some drainage issues there and you guys? 00:34:15
Help us. 00:34:22
And remediate that so that we don't have. 00:34:23
Potential erosion problems with seating or with. 00:34:25
Will you tell me? 00:34:31
We do have grass seed. That would be something that you would probably present to the board to see, you know what they could help 00:34:33
you with. I don't make the decisions they do, but. 00:34:37
Absolutely. I'm sure something. 00:34:42
You know we could help with that. Like I say, we we do sell grass seed and we have excellent. 00:34:44
Of course, using graph that does really well here. So if it were something like that, I'm sure that there would be an opportunity 00:34:48
to help with that. Just have to come and talk to the board. 00:34:53
Thank you. 00:34:59
Anybody else Landrec? 00:35:02
Thank you. 00:35:06
The only some LANDRAC secretary. We just had an informal meeting. 00:35:21
This last month because the agenda did not get posted. 00:35:26
But we did go over organizational. 00:35:30
And structural. 00:35:33
Thoughts and just some ideas that we were going to do going forward and I think that. 00:35:35
Jason had offered that we were going to. 00:35:40
Collaborate with him at some point. 00:35:42
So yeah, we've got some. 00:35:45
They really like to get Landrack more engaged, I think at the edge of the expertise that's available. 00:35:48
And the brain power that's available in that organization, so. 00:35:54
Look forward to more things coming. 00:35:58
That's it. 00:36:01
And that I did get an e-mail from. 00:36:02
Interstate Train Commission. 00:36:05
State engineer and they are moving forward on the water security planning so. 00:36:10
And 26, they're going to start building. 00:36:15
Some more structure to that. 00:36:17
We actually crossed 2 boundaries, but we can. 00:36:19
Whoever the county decides to appoint or offer to. 00:36:23
Be a part of that Cam deal, representative on both sides so. 00:36:27
I'd certainly like to offer. 00:36:31
My expertise and my interest in being a part of that. So I'll get you, I'll forward the e-mail to you and. 00:36:33
That your more information is that. 00:36:38
Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. 00:36:41
Any other? 00:36:47
I'm sorry, did you have a question so. 00:36:48
Any other boards or committees? 00:36:50
Done. OK. 00:36:53
So how about departments? 00:36:57
Department reports. 00:37:01
I appreciate that. 00:37:03
Good afternoon, commissioners. Chairman Fisher, Commissioners. I'm Jeff Hunt at Lincoln County Real Superintendent. 00:37:10
For those of you that were at the Christmas party. 00:37:23
Friday, our video boards are here. We have them posted up outside of the building there at Fletcher Hall. 00:37:26
Everything was working and functional so. 00:37:31
Those are here, they're in our tire barn, there's the fairgrounds and they are programmable. So we should be ready to roll with 00:37:34
those. 00:37:38
Whenever something comes up or we want to put them out, we do need to kind of find out where we can put them. They do have a hot 00:37:42
spot associated with them, so we should be able to program them. 00:37:46
Janet can do it from her laptop like she did the other day. 00:37:50
And I've got those working. They were actually delivered Friday morning. 00:37:53
And we got it all set up and. 00:37:57
And the guys worked on it, Janet worked on it me. 00:37:59
That was all taken care of, looked really good. 00:38:01
All three of them. 00:38:03
You're not out yet? 00:38:05
They're out. They were out Friday. 00:38:07
But now they're in the barns. 00:38:09
Next item we have Sandesta. 00:38:13
We had a video. 00:38:15
That we were going to put. 00:38:17
You got time to load that? OK, open this further along than when I got the video. 00:38:19
It is. We did have to move twelve of those concrete boxes that were 18,500 lbs each. 00:38:24
There were two cranes that we had to get. 00:38:31
Mobilized and put. 00:38:34
100 ton crane on site at Sandesta and we had a 50 ton, 40 ton crane. 00:38:35
Load them on our end so we got those moved. 00:38:40
They're now off Glencoe Loop. They're at the job site. 00:38:43
And they are put together. We do have an emergency access Rd. now put over the top of them. 00:38:46
So there is access in and out of. 00:38:51
The sun terrace at the Sandesh Bridge, so that is. 00:38:54
Moving forward, we do have about 30 days left on the project. 00:38:58
So that's one of the reasons we put the Access Rd. That way it could be used if there was a problem. 00:39:02
And so that should be taken care of, but it was a massive project moving, loading them. 00:39:07
We found out what we couldn't do. 00:39:12
And then we found out what we had to do. 00:39:14
And uh. 00:39:17
Got them put over there and everything it was, it was a big project. It was the event getting. 00:39:17
Put on there. 00:39:22
We do have a couple of minute video just to kind of give you an idea of what. 00:39:23
Took place out there moving these boxes. 00:39:27
These are 6 by 8 concrete. 00:39:31
And hopefully they don't play the music because I don't think it would be OK good. 00:39:35
Might get everybody live in the. 00:39:40
This is 100 ton crane that was that was on site. You can see a picture of it there in the upper right hand corner. 00:39:47
But each one of those boxes were over £18,000. 00:39:54
I took the video. 00:39:59
They actually did a drone video. Renegade, our contractor did that. 00:40:00
So Parker did that on site. 00:40:04
This is on social media. 00:40:08
I'm not sure if we posted it, but we sure can. 00:40:11
There are two barrels. There's 12 total boxes there, so that's two barrels. 00:40:17
What was there before with 336 inch? 00:40:22
Culverts. Metal culverts. 00:40:25
This won't produce up to the 50 year story. 00:40:26
We should be able to carry the 50 year storm through here. 00:40:29
Anything that comes. 00:40:32
More than a 50 year storm. 00:40:34
This is designed to be a low water crossing, so it'll cross right over the top and keep going. 00:40:36
Is it grant funded? 00:40:42
This was funded by. 00:40:44
Of the county Commission. 00:40:46
And the Rd. apt. 00:40:48
That's where this money came from to do this project. 00:40:49
We started it in January and we should be finished by the end of January. 00:40:52
So it took us about a year to get it designed by the engineer and then we funded. We had the. 00:40:57
Move some stuff around and get everything put together, but it is almost at the end. 00:41:02
So Sandestin will be almost done. 00:41:08
OK, thank you, Mr. Oh, no, thank you. We have. 00:41:11
Grown quite close during this project. 00:41:16
The. 00:41:22
Next thing we have, we were awarded. 00:41:24
We've applied for Emergency Colonies grant funding. 00:41:26
For Warrior Drive and a design on Airplane Canyon. 00:41:30
We were funded for those. 00:41:33
And Sherry will be really happy with this. These were 100% Grant. 00:41:35
Funded. No loan, no match. 00:41:40
100%, so that was $2.82 million. 00:41:43
2.65 million for the construction on Warrior Drive, which will be a 25 foot arch pipe. 00:41:46
And then the $170,000 design for airplane cannon. 00:41:52
So those two projects should be. 00:41:56
As soon as we get the grant agreement. 00:41:59
The manager and I've been discussing we're going to put it to you guys as votes so we can put it out to bid hopefully here in 00:42:01
January. 00:42:04
So we'll have some. 00:42:09
Movement on that here in the spring. 00:42:10
Warrior Drive at. 00:42:12
Gavilan will be shut down. 00:42:13
And if you guys recall the reason why we didn't do that with the junior bill funding, we had Paradise Canyon in the same 00:42:15
conditions. So we didn't want to close both. 00:42:19
So that project is coming. 00:42:24
And it is 100% funded. 00:42:25
Good. OK. 00:42:28
So we're good on that. 00:42:31
We do have. 00:42:34
Phase two of Palo Verde slopes starting. 00:42:37
Now it is getting cranked up. That has already been. 00:42:41
Funded by the. 00:42:44
And so that will be starting here, here in the next week or so. 00:42:47
What does that entail? The scope? Is it just drainage? 00:42:52
That one, Commissioner Serna, is a drainage improvements and there will be a huge drainage structure. 00:42:55
At the bottom of Stetson. 00:43:02
Before you get to the highway. 00:43:04
So it'll be mostly drainage, but there will be some road work that takes place there and some curb and gutter. 00:43:06
It was $1.2 million for that. 00:43:12
That was Phase 2 off of $1.5 million. 00:43:15
Phase one very helpful. 00:43:19
So, and at that, I'll stand for any questions or concerns. 00:43:21
Hickoryas are getting done so. 00:43:26
Do we have an update on Enchanted Porcelain? 00:43:31
Commissioner Serna, I did receive documents from the engineered. 00:43:34
Yesterday afternoon, that was the last piece of it. They did send the bulk of the other documents a week before. 00:43:38
And. 00:43:44
Solder Miller did send me the as bills. 00:43:45
Yesterday afternoon. So we'll be reviewing those and then we'll go out and spot check some of the areas and make sure that they're 00:43:48
accurate. 00:43:51
And then we should be moving forward. But they did produce all of the documentation that I have requested. 00:43:55
You know the people happy. I guess that was a question. 00:44:02
I imagine they will be. 00:44:05
As soon as we can get everything kind of put together. 00:44:08
We do have base course that needs to be put down there that the contractors already provided as well. 00:44:11
So, all right, anything else? 00:44:16
How about the other projects, projects we have in Cedar Creek? 00:44:19
Commissioner Chavez, we have the emergency work going on in Cedar Creek right now. Half Circle was the first one that we did, the 00:44:24
low water crossing. 00:44:28
That one has been complete, 100% usable. 00:44:31
Basketball was the biggest one that we were doing with the. 00:44:34
Low water crossing. 00:44:38
That one, the concrete has all been poured where you're going to pull the traffic control and open that up on Monday. 00:44:39
After it's been set for about 9 or 10 days. 00:44:45
And so we are moving now to Jared loop. 00:44:48
Those are the three emergency projects that we had had approved. 00:44:51
For J&H to be working on. 00:44:55
So we have two of them complete. 00:44:57
And working on Jarrett Loop right now. That'll be the third. 00:45:00
Yes, Sir. 00:45:06
Thank you. 00:45:08
Next, Eric. 00:45:09
Good afternoon, Chairman, Commissioners. 00:45:19
Good afternoon. 00:45:21
Aaron, good morning, Emergency services Director. 00:45:22
So start off with November. We had a really busy month. We ran 41 calls for service. 00:45:25
One brush fire, 7 pulse alarms. 00:45:32
22 motor vehicle accidents. 00:45:35
Three EMS assess one control burn. 00:45:38
We had a four rescue calls. 00:45:41
Which is a major uptick for us. 00:45:43
One vehicle fire and two public assistance. 00:45:45
And now to the fun part. 00:45:48
So back in July. 00:45:50
We had two fire departments go through their ISO surveys, which was the White Oaks Volunteer Fire Department and the Glencoe 00:45:52
Volunteer Fire Department. 00:45:56
And when I come back yesterday off of vacation in my e-mail. 00:46:00
I had their results. 00:46:03
We are really excited to let you guys know that both departments move to an ISO55X. 00:46:06
That is a that's a three-point jump for the Glencoe Fire Department and a two point jump for the White Oaks Fire Department. 00:46:17
So that big numbers. 00:46:23
And actually, White Oaks got really, really close to being 1/4. 00:46:24
So we're, we're really excited, really happy for those two departments, two of our smaller departments. So they they did a really, 00:46:28
really good job this year. 00:46:32
So. 00:46:36
But that'll stand for questions. 00:46:37
So. 00:46:40
That's fantastic. 00:46:41
But the question I have is these rescues, Where is it happening? 00:46:43
So most of our rescues have been. 00:46:48
Situated right around the Benito Lake corridor. 00:46:50
And a lot of it has been either hunting traffic or just hiking traffic. 00:46:53
With the warmer weather that we've been having. 00:46:57
It's been really nice out. 00:47:00
We've seen a big uptick in people in our National Forest, on our public lands, and even some on private lands. 00:47:02
But that's where the most of them have been. We have had a rescue out in the Hell Lake area. 00:47:08
Some other places out in Salazar, stuff like that, but most of them have been in the Benito corridor. 00:47:14
Are they hunting accidents people? 00:47:23
Both both just hiking, horseback riding and then some are are hunting accidents. 00:47:25
Any other questions? 00:47:32
Comment where you go. 00:47:33
Next. 00:47:40
This HR. 00:47:45
Yeah. So it's actually. 00:47:46
Busy in HR, had my work cut out for me all the holidays and such. 00:47:54
But business? 00:47:58
First, we've actually done a lot of hiring as well. 00:47:59
We hired one individual for the road department as our mechanic. 00:48:03
We have a new. 00:48:06
Planning director as well. 00:48:08
We have our. 00:48:10
Certified Deputy. 00:48:11
A new certified deputy. We have one uncertified deputy that will be starting soon. 00:48:13
And as well as a dispatch as well. 00:48:18
Will be starting the next couple of weeks. 00:48:20
We've interviewed for. 00:48:23
Forum certified deputies and those are still in process. 00:48:25
And we've also had two certified applicants those are in process of waiting on paperwork back from them. 00:48:28
Right now we have open still the. 00:48:34
Road operator position. 00:48:37
And we also opened up the part time cooking Corona, we have that open as well as the director for the over hire. 00:48:39
For the disease Senior Center. So that's what we've done as far as. 00:48:47
Hiring and stuff in the departments. 00:48:50
We've had a lot of fun and stuff go on. We got to represent Lincoln County in the. 00:48:53
Regional annual rite parade. 00:48:58
We had a lot of people that. 00:49:00
Participated in that. We did come in first, so I'm so happy. 00:49:03
The people that I do want to thank. 00:49:07
For all of their contributions, hard work and health, I couldn't have done it without them. 00:49:13
Is on Stephanie Martin from our Manager's office and Shannon Hemphill, our County Clerk. 00:49:17
Taylor Fulton and the assessor's office and Kelsey Guevara and the assessor's office. 00:49:23
Elise Pettis in the treasurer's office. 00:49:27
Tendai, Dorsen and the truck and the assessor's office. 00:49:30
Lisa Mercado in the Indigent Care. 00:49:33
Matthew Dutch over in Maintenance. 00:49:35
Kristen Aviwa in the clerk office. 00:49:38
Matthew Hardin in the road department. 00:49:40
Robert Martinez in the road department. 00:49:42
As well as. 00:49:45
We want to thank the Finance Department for their donation of decorations. 00:49:46
We wanted to give a huge shout out to Nathan Chavez in the clerks office with hand painting that big Swedish chef that was on the 00:49:50
float that was hand painted by him. It was amazing. 00:49:55
So that was for the parade. We also had our first annual Christmas party. That was a lot, a lot of fun. I was so thankful to see 00:50:00
everybody who got to attend. 00:50:04
The people who really helped me with that was a. 00:50:08
Janet Herrera with the road department and Bethany Martin and the manager's office. 00:50:11
Shannon had. 00:50:15
County Quick, Kelsey Guevara and the assessor's office and Taylor Thornton and the assessor's office. 00:50:16
Dominic Barela, the assessor's office. 00:50:21
As well as Bonifacio is the more in the assessors office, Amanda Vega Trujillo, the assessors office, Matthew Harden in the road 00:50:23
department and Charlotte Emmons and the clerks office. So we had a lot of people jump in and really make this happen. So it's been 00:50:29
a lot of fun. I think it really. 00:50:34
Boosted morale a lot and brought a lot of. 00:50:39
Christmas period into the county. So it's been. 00:50:42
It's been a lot of fun, a lot of hot stuff going on. I'm going to be glad and it's over, but it's been fun. Are there any injuries 00:50:44
at the party? Yes, yes there was. 00:50:50
The Ranger games got out of control. 00:50:56
Other than that, it was excellent. 00:51:02
Really turned out better than I could have imagined. 00:51:04
Good, good participation too. We'll look for more next year. You'll have to share photos of your float. I sure will. Yes, I 00:51:07
definitely will. It was, it was on the chamber had it on their videos and stuff and they announced it. So Jason about lost the 00:51:13
eardrum last Friday when I found out we won. 00:51:18
But yes, I'll definitely share some pictures. That's all I have to send for questions. 00:51:26
Questions. 00:51:31
Thank you so much. Thank you. 00:51:33
Very good. 00:51:37
Can't be that happy all the time. That's why we have a. 00:51:40
Yeah. 00:51:46
Good afternoon, Ross Coleman, Director of Strategic Planning and Resilience. 00:51:51
Does that mean you had to wait? What does that mean? Other duties as a sign? 00:51:55
It kind of means handling lots of stuff other than planning, trying to get our grants managed, trying to help Aaron with fire. 00:52:07
And just kind of whatever else is needed. 00:52:15
Utility government worker resilience. I like that. Yes Sir. So. 00:52:18
We are still going through the behavioral listening session, so we've hit. 00:52:24
Seven, we have seven of them in six different communities we had. 00:52:29
Some locally 1 area. There's a one over Mescalero. 00:52:33
We still have three more this week, so we have one this afternoon in Corona. 00:52:37
Which I'm going to head to shortly. We have cloud cropped and then Friday night we will finish with Tula Rosa. 00:52:41
After that's completed, we're going to have a baseball session around 12:00 on January 7th. 00:52:47
That will be done by the New Mexico Health Alliance. 00:52:53
And then we will have unms sequential intercept. 00:52:55
Mapping. 00:52:59
Done January 14th through 16th at the end of the Mountain Gods. And that's where they. 00:53:01
Takes some educational principles. Look at behavioral health as a whole, take the feedback from the listening sessions and come up 00:53:05
with a. 00:53:09
Prescribed model for what we should do here in Lincoln County. 00:53:14
Other thing. 00:53:19
If you have a question. 00:53:20
Well, it's more of a comment, but. 00:53:22
Please, I don't mean I don't love you. 00:53:24
OK, umm. 00:53:26
Moving on to. 00:53:28
Something else is pretty good. A while back we applied for the. 00:53:31
Outdoor Recreation Grant. 00:53:35
For for an indoor shooting range. 00:53:38
I know it sounds a little bit about oxymoron, but. 00:53:42
Basically, what we recognize is 6 months out of the year, if you're not a skier, there's not a whole lot to do outside. So we put 00:53:45
in for that grant. 00:53:48
And we got 100%. 00:53:52
$5,000,000 to build that project. 00:53:54
So we are waiting. 00:53:57
We are waiting on. 00:53:59
And once that grant agreement comes in, we'll start meeting with the manager to discuss how we want to proceed. And then? 00:54:02
And I try to get that merged with our ideas for the Regional Public Safety Center. 00:54:10
That's that's terrific. 00:54:15
I was happy to attend the one in Honda, the behavioral health. 00:54:17
Yes, Sir. 00:54:22
Listening session. 00:54:24
And and one of the things that. 00:54:25
We talked about. 00:54:27
Was that clearly? 00:54:28
Place or the number of places I'll use it. Your term intercepts and I know it's not being used the same way you were used to it. 00:54:32
Where we find that people that are. 00:54:40
Behavioral health distress. 00:54:43
And uh. 00:54:45
It's like the jails. 00:54:46
Right. 00:54:47
Such a Sheriff's Office. 00:54:49
It's the emergency rooms, you know, people coming in, they're. 00:54:51
Distressed either. 00:54:56
Because of substance or. 00:54:57
Other issues combined. 00:54:59
I'm hoping. 00:55:02
I'm hoping. 00:55:03
We're cataloging those. 00:55:04
Does those events. 00:55:07
Yeah, and that should drive. 00:55:10
Much of what? 00:55:11
The conclusions are in this whole study. 00:55:12
So we're using a system called Mentimeter. 00:55:15
And what mentimeter doesn't, and you saw it when you were there, people would. 00:55:17
We would ask the questions, we'd get the answer, we would record their answers so they could see them. 00:55:22
And what that will do is at the very end of this, we can actually. 00:55:27
Print out new pie charts, whatever we. 00:55:30
Got to do. We can quantify their statements and then that's going to go into the final report that we put together to apply for 00:55:33
the big grant, which is. 00:55:37
Leaning toward a facility for mental health. 00:55:40
In this three-part area. 00:55:43
Right, but I think you're missing some data. 00:55:46
The data that I think you're missing. 00:55:49
Here are the the the interactions say that the Sheriff's Office or. 00:55:52
Roswell Police Department or the Downs have. 00:55:56
You know, every week. 00:55:59
You know, probably there's a significant percentage here you could say. 00:56:01
You know, they cry needs some intervention and they they need some help. 00:56:05
Now that. 00:56:09
You know, it's not necessarily. 00:56:10
Scientific, but it's certainly more quantifiable. 00:56:12
Then asking a few people that end up showing up. 00:56:15
Who probably don't need to help anyway. 00:56:19
Because they're not in jail and they're not as a. 00:56:22
ODN out there on the street. 00:56:24
See what I'm saying? I do. We, we, we've had some other individuals show up and provide some information similar to that some 00:56:27
psychologists we had. 00:56:31
The chief of the probation department, Shella. 00:56:36
And as we keep moving, like last night, we have several. 00:56:39
Clinicians and stuff like that and some of the people who deal with people. 00:56:43
From the jail. 00:56:47
I've had some people from the public defenders office that were giving us some pretty good information, so I know that. 00:56:48
We are going to be reaching out to some of the law enforcement as well to get some other buy in before we get move forward. But I 00:56:55
think it's critical. 00:56:58
Those are the people that really need the help, right? 00:57:01
Beyond the hospitals too, I would recommend. 00:57:04
Some of the smaller motels in the. 00:57:08
Is that what you're getting? 00:57:12
What for like? 00:57:15
Finding out about the homeless community. 00:57:17
So there's a lot of drug usage and residents that live at these motels. 00:57:20
Gotcha. Yeah. 00:57:26
OK, boy, that's. 00:57:31
$5,000,000 That's fantastic. 00:57:32
Yes, Sir. 00:57:34
And that's going to be part of our Sierra Blanca regional training. 00:57:34
First responder train facility too. Yes Sir. 00:57:38
Very good. I received a complaint recently from. 00:57:42
The permitting on building permits. 00:57:47
That they were taking 14 days. 00:57:49
Sometimes to come back. 00:57:52
Or floodplain. 00:57:54
So y'all could. 00:57:55
Speed that up your contractor. 00:57:56
Anything else? 00:58:06
No, Sir, about Commission. 00:58:07
Good. Thank you very much, Ross. Thank you. Well done on the grant. 00:58:12
Hey, who else? 00:58:18
Department, James. 00:58:19
Sir, good afternoon, good afternoon. Thank you very much. 00:58:22
OK, I just got a text. 00:58:28
This few minutes ago that. 00:58:30
Phase two on Cetera. 00:58:32
Before the 10 minute and it's. 00:58:34
Completely. 00:58:35
We've had dream. 00:58:39
Work orders, Major work orders. In this context, one of those two. 00:58:41
The HVAC and building courtrooms. 00:58:44
Replace the motherboard on that one. 00:58:46
And then? 00:58:48
The woman's main bathroom and then a. 00:58:50
Commissioner Zane seems. 00:58:52
But other than that. 00:58:55
When we place the treasures interior storage lights with LED. 00:58:58
And then the search office, we replace the exterior lights. 00:59:02
Elegant of. 00:59:05
Wash me please. I know we had a lot of complaints about the cow dispensers in the restaurant. We replaced it with the automatic 00:59:08
with. 00:59:11
Hands free. 00:59:14
So whatever. 00:59:16
Health Office. 00:59:18
All equipment and material should be in. 00:59:21
Today, uh. 00:59:24
And Thursday, so the project. 00:59:24
Should start after the first year. 00:59:26
And that is for. 00:59:31
HVAC, let's have the public. Yes, Sir. 00:59:33
And then we got the nest I had to walk through the other day. 00:59:35
And he forgot to put the gutter guards. 00:59:38
So we're moving. They're going to finish that up. 00:59:40
We looked at the. 00:59:43
I'll be looking for pricing. 00:59:45
On the security fence for the parking lot in the back. 00:59:46
So we're going to stop trying to start getting that going. 00:59:50
So we get get that same curve. 00:59:52
Parking lot estimates on the. 00:59:58
Selling the parking lot. 01:00:02
They don't want to do that summer. 01:00:04
But I I they won't give me an estimate. 01:00:06
So I just went and googled it. 01:00:08
Looks like it's going to cause. 01:00:10
What $0.50 per square foot? 01:00:12
We're looking maybe 2120 thousand square feet just in our parking lot. 01:00:15
Give up 10 grand so I'll budget that for the. 01:00:19
For next year. 01:00:21
Well, we can do it on a downtime. It'll cost us about 1/4 of the price. 01:00:22
If we did it ourselves, me and Matt. 01:00:27
But we've got the way though. 01:00:30
Options so so you're not you're talking this parking lot here. 01:00:31
Right here and and then how about the and 1/2 we look at the clerks office states it as well. 01:00:35
The health office is going to be a totally different. 01:00:43
That's gonna be also reduction, right? 01:00:45
We might even look at what we're doing and also even look at the nest. 01:00:49
To their department. 01:00:52
Pavement on the outside is pretty well. 01:00:54
We should see if we can get some grant money for that. 01:00:57
Some of that stuff. 01:00:59
Particularly the nest. 01:01:02
Comes to mind but that even he's government buildings. 01:01:03
That's possible. 01:01:06
Jason. 01:01:08
Because it has to happen. 01:01:09
I have never seen a grant. 01:01:11
For that, well. 01:01:13
This is the first time for everything. 01:01:15
Look. 01:01:18
Let's see what we can do. We're going to have to do it. 01:01:20
We're going to have to budget it somehow. 01:01:23
Yes. 01:01:25
For the nest, there is a balance of about 34,000 that James is aware of that's left on the grant. 01:01:29
And that's gonna be. 01:01:35
Part of that security fence in the camera system. 01:01:36
So hopefully I can work within that budget. 01:01:39
Including the. 01:01:42
Coding and recoding it. 01:01:43
No, I don't know about that. 01:01:45
Well, if you and Matt do it, you can. 01:01:47
We're looking at 50. 01:01:51
Cortana, 54 feet. 01:01:55
Cortana. 01:01:58
5050 cents. 01:02:00
That's all I got. Any questions? 01:02:03
Are you preparing a list of? 01:02:06
Asset management. 01:02:08
Yes, I've already started that. 01:02:10
I got several projects that are in mind right now that. 01:02:13
Yes, I'm waiting for budget to come up. 01:02:17
That's a restaurant less. 01:02:19
So we can prioritize and put some money behind these that's really be proactive and reactive right now. 01:02:21
We're looking at. 01:02:26
Two HVAC systems and he needs. 01:02:27
Can you put that me replacing? 01:02:29
I got a lot of stuff. 01:02:31
So we're gonna, so let's, let's make sure we cover it. 01:02:33
And of course, that asset management plan I. 01:02:37
I'm starting to do my Catholic assets now. 01:02:40
I've already done my hair's a little. 01:02:42
So with all that. 01:02:44
By time budget you come from, I'll have some kind of rope. 01:02:45
Total, you and that are doing a fantastic job. Our facilities have never. 01:02:49
Anything else? Commission? 01:03:00
Thank you, Sir. Thank you, guys. We appreciate what you're doing. 01:03:03
All right, who else? 01:03:08
Anyway. 01:03:09
Listen to somebody. 01:03:13
OK, let's go to. 01:03:15
Elected officials. 01:03:17
We'll get, we'll get your budget when we cover it. I guess we'll talk about that. 01:03:22
So, Madam Clerk. 01:03:27
What do you have to say for yourself? 01:03:30
And we and it seems like you've been very busy. 01:03:32
Outside of your principal duty. Thank you for that. 01:03:36
Yes, so we've. 01:03:39
We've actually competed. 01:03:41
The 2025 regular local election we had. 01:03:43
The automatic recount for the Captain School board. 01:03:48
As well as the post election voting system check. 01:03:51
Also known as the audience. 01:03:54
We were able to complete both of those. 01:03:56
And the statutory required timeline. 01:03:59
With the judge present and there were no discrepancies found on any of the. 01:04:01
The systems of the votes cast. 01:04:07
And so everything came out exactly as it was. 01:04:08
On election night. 01:04:12
And so that was sent out to the state and those are all signed and done and. 01:04:13
They are now officially done with the 25. 01:04:18
Regular local election. 01:04:21
We are going right into the next year elections. We have 4. 01:04:23
3 1/2 elections next year. 01:04:28
We have the municipal officer election, which doesn't really count as an election for the county. It is the. 01:04:31
Village of Results holding their own election. 01:04:37
Our office does assist. 01:04:39
Then withholding their election. 01:04:41
So we do have some participation, but not as much as a regular election. 01:04:43
We also have we've. 01:04:48
Word that there will be a special election in Corona. 01:04:51
For the schools. 01:04:56
We have not received an official resolution yet, but that is where that's come down that. 01:04:58
They will be holding that one in March as well. 01:05:02
I'm sorry, the regular. 01:05:05
The municipal officer election from the village of Rigo, so it's going to be March 6. 01:05:07
The expected. 01:05:11
Special election. 01:05:12
For Corona schools will be March 24th. 01:05:14
That's going to be. 01:05:18
It will be for. 01:05:20
A tax question. 01:05:22
And not like I said, we do not have the official resolution yet, but that is expected to be on March 24th. 01:05:24
That will be because it is a special election. It will be all male. 01:05:30
And so, umm. 01:05:34
You will be mailing letters to all of the. 01:05:35
People in that district and then we'll be mailing. 01:05:38
We will then go right into the. 01:05:43
Election which will be in June, so we'll start on that. 01:05:46
In January with the Res. 01:05:49
And then candidate Silent Day in March. 01:05:51
And then November is the general. 01:05:54
We definitely have a busy year coming up. 01:05:58
Yeah, keep you guys posted. 01:06:01
Thank you. Thank you. 01:06:03
Any questions? 01:06:04
What is the cost for these individual municipalities holding their own election? 01:06:05
I can get you some numbers. 01:06:11
We looked at it a couple years ago and we're trying to talk them into joining the regular election. 01:06:13
Because that is the only municipality that has not opted in in Lincoln County yet. 01:06:18
There are only 7 municipalities statewide that have not opted in. 01:06:22
And so we're really trying to push to get them all involved so that we don't have. 01:06:25
Several little elections going on in March. 01:06:30
I can get you numbers for what? 01:06:33
We usually and the village of Riddle ends up paying for that election. 01:06:37
And then I can look that up for you. 01:06:41
I don't have that. 01:06:44
Nothing else. 01:06:49
Thank you. 01:06:50
So, Madam Treasure. 01:06:51
Good afternoon, Chair Fisher, Commissioner Sherry Huddleston, Lincoln County Treasurer. 01:07:06
We wrapped up our first half collections. 01:07:10
On property taxes. 01:07:13
Anything that comes in now will be delinquent on the first half. 01:07:15
Out of the 43,000,018. 01:07:18
$89,000 we build out. 01:07:20
We've collected. 01:07:23
We only have outstanding. Sorry. 01:07:28
16,000,000 One 56197.61. 01:07:30
So our collection rate is doing really well. 01:07:34
I have to say thank you to my staff. They've done an exceptional job this. 01:07:37
This year. 01:07:42
It's gone really smooth. I have to knock on wood, but if it wasn't for my staff, you know. 01:07:44
They they really make it happen. 01:07:49
And. 01:07:51
We've worked really hard and. 01:07:52
That's pretty much what we've been doing since. 01:07:55
I guess. 01:07:57
November 1st to December 10th. 01:07:58
So straight through. 01:08:00
I have to say thank you to Vanessa because that was an amazing party. She. 01:08:02
Great job. 01:08:07
Interacting with all the different departments and stuff it's been. 01:08:08
Very developing for all of us to come together, so I really appreciate that. 01:08:12
I want to say hands off to Troy because working with Tyler. 01:08:17
If it wasn't for Troy, I don't think we could be where we are. 01:08:21
So I think everybody should give. 01:08:25
Toy a lot of. 01:08:27
You know, so I have to say every department. 01:08:29
In the county so. 01:08:37
Has hats off to. 01:08:38
We did get $1,485,682.66 for opioid money. 01:08:40
We weren't expecting it, but it showed up. 01:08:46
So that's over and above. 01:08:49
Something that was from the Department of Justice. 01:08:50
So that's pretty good, Um. 01:08:53
I did talk to the wind turbine tilt peanut. 01:08:55
That we expect that payment December 24th. 01:08:59
$9,745,191. 01:09:05
So. 01:09:11
We're gonna I'm gonna have to move some money around in the banks. 01:09:12
Now the question I thought it was going to be. 01:09:16
And I think I know the answer, but I thought we're going to be closer to 13. 01:09:19
Million, so the schools get the difference. 01:09:23
So they get their percentage. It goes directly to the schools. We don't get that so. 01:09:26
Corona is is entertaining a bond measure for schools. 01:09:30
I think there's going to be a tax question. They already approved the bond. 01:09:36
At the regular local election they had a bond hand attack. 01:09:39
Include the bond. The tax did not pass. I think they're going to ask for the tax. 01:09:41
Are they aware? Are they aware they're going to get this money? Yes. 01:09:44
Rona schools are aware. 01:09:48
They're still talking about and it's all the schools in Lincoln County. 01:09:51
They actually get a percentage. 01:09:55
Right, it goes to all the. 01:09:57
Well. 01:10:02
We met with our auditors on our exit conference. 01:10:04
That went well. 01:10:08
Um, other than that. 01:10:11
We can't talk about anything right now, so. 01:10:14
We have to kind of. 01:10:18
But other than that, that would be the county. But it was very good. 01:10:20
It was it was a good outcome. 01:10:24
I believe so. 01:10:26
I stand for questions. 01:10:30
Well, you can see there's a lot of people out there trying to grab that money, so not even here yet. 01:10:34
That I lay in. So we're going to be very careful about that. 01:10:40
We're going to set it up in its own fund. 01:10:49
And then that way you guys have the description the. 01:10:52
The county Commission has the discretion of. 01:10:54
How they want to allocate it? 01:10:57
Yeah, I guess we'll talk more about the. 01:10:59
The not necessarily the budget, but what's what's in the dollars and cents. 01:11:02
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. 01:11:06
OK, um. 01:11:10
Selected official. I think we need the Sheriff's Office representative. 01:11:14
Lieutenant Bailey. 01:11:19
Kind of Leroy, the assessor's office is a training right now, so. 01:11:37
Chairman. Fisher, Commissioners. 01:11:43
Lieutenant Joseph Bailey, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. 01:11:45
November 18th, the current date. 01:11:49
We responded to a total of 21 motor vehicle crashes. 01:11:52
Well, we took a total of 296 calls for service. 01:11:56
The process a total of 22 warrants. 01:12:00
They issued a total of 24 citations. 01:12:04
We had a total of 22 warrant arrests. 01:12:07
We served a total of 70 syllables. 01:12:10
We had a total of 43 employee requests. 01:12:13
Since November 18th to current date. 01:12:16
So do you have any visibility on? 01:12:21
On crime rates. 01:12:23
Services. 01:12:26
You know, relative to that this time last year. 01:12:27
I would have to do the research, but I can get the number. Yeah, I think that would be interesting to the Commission. 01:12:31
We're looking for. 01:12:36
Trends. Broader trends. 01:12:37
I'm looking for. 01:12:40
This is a personal interest. 01:12:42
Domestic abuse calls. 01:12:44
That trend line is insane. Less more. 01:12:47
You know, violent, violent. I mean, you pick out the the. 01:12:52
The general categories, but violent. 01:12:55
Deals, uh. 01:12:58
That kind of thing and maybe DUI seems kind of interesting. 01:13:00
And it it it comes into. 01:13:03
Some of the work that you're doing, Ross, this is this is interesting. 01:13:05
Right. 01:13:09
Is that? If that's possible, I don't want to. 01:13:13
Throw more work on the Sheriff's Office, but. 01:13:15
I think the Commission, in terms of looking at. 01:13:18
Funding the Sheriff's Office and other initiatives. 01:13:21
It might be of interest, so if you could bring that. 01:13:24
Next time, that would be great. Yes, Sir. 01:13:27
OK. Any other questions? 01:13:29
Thank you, Sir. Appreciate you. 01:13:33
OK, so. 01:13:39
Now. 01:13:41
Mr. Wilson, irrespective. 01:13:45
I'm sure that what? 01:13:48
Manager first. I like it. 01:13:50
Oh, oh, OK. 01:13:53
I thought we were. 01:13:55
Not according to my schedule. 01:13:58
I'll be quick, I've had some. 01:14:00
Interactions with other commissioners from other counties and. 01:14:03
And we have a lot of support from them on our resolution against Barbara Springs. I know there's been half a dozen other countless 01:14:06
resolutions, if not more. 01:14:09
That's great on that. 01:14:13
And just that's about all and. 01:14:15
Thank you. 01:14:20
Commissioner Kent. 01:14:21
First of all, I'd like to wish everybody a. 01:14:22
Merry Christmas. 01:14:24
Probably not. 01:14:25
And sounds like everybody doing that great job in the county. 01:14:27
So thank you very much. 01:14:31
Thank you, Sir. 01:14:35
Come on, you got something. You got good news I took. 01:14:37
Yeah, so. 01:14:43
Thank you. 01:14:45
Mr. Honeycutt. 01:14:46
Superintendent handcuff for your work within. 01:14:47
Within the Rancho. 01:14:50
I apologize. Ranches. Ranches of Santara. 01:14:52
Subdivision. We've been working on that for quite a while, so thank you so much for all your hard work. 01:14:56
I took part in the exit interview for the audit. 01:15:03
Within the county and from what I understand from talking to the auditors. 01:15:05
We did a. 01:15:10
We did a very good job. 01:15:11
And so thank you. 01:15:12
Madam Treasurer and Billy Joel for your hard work and doing that, and Troy, obviously thank you guys so much for all your hard 01:15:15
work. 01:15:18
Merry Christmas and. 01:15:22
Happy New Year. 01:15:23
Thank you, Sir. 01:15:25
Commissioner Cerner. 01:15:26
I can update you all this morning. 01:15:30
Presented our capital LA request to the legislators um. 01:15:33
That represent our. 01:15:37
County and I think it went exceptionally well. It was well received they had. 01:15:39
Questions on the need but really appreciated the regional approach for communications and also. 01:15:45
The generator project here at the courthouse, they really found value in this. 01:15:52
Really well. 01:15:57
I was selected to help score upcoming. 01:16:05
Grants that will be requested from NMDOT. 01:16:10
And that will be for capital projects, maintenance projects and design. 01:16:13
And so that'll be huge for um. 01:16:18
This area. 01:16:21
It includes as far as Eddy County Chavez. 01:16:22
Otero. 01:16:26
Mescalero's projects and. 01:16:28
Lincoln County municipalities and also the county as a whole. 01:16:31
So I'll be happy to be a part of that. 01:16:36
So I'm going to. 01:16:38
My emails trying to refresh my memory of everything that's been going on. 01:16:42
And this Thursday, I'll be representing elected officials from. 01:16:47
Local governments on the New Mexico Workforce Development Board. 01:16:55
So it'll be my first opportunity to serve on behalf. 01:16:59
The appointment of the governor, so I'm looking forward to being in Albuquerque on Thursday representing everyone. 01:17:04
And I'll yell at my time. 01:17:10
Late in the afternoon. 01:17:14
Well, Merry Christmas everybody. 01:17:16
And kudos, really, for the whole staff. 01:17:18
And the county manager, too, unless he needs. 01:17:22
Some some credit for what's going on. 01:17:24
Very, very pleased with it. 01:17:28
I love our staff. I really mean that and everything that you're doing. 01:17:30
And. 01:17:35
You know, this is my third year. 01:17:37
So I saw it before. 01:17:39
And it's like night and day. 01:17:41
It's very good. 01:17:43
The only other thing I want to mention to you is, and there might be some questions, I haven't heard anything from the governor. 01:17:47
At this point. 01:17:54
Well, I'm almost sorry. 01:17:55
I allowed them to. 01:17:58
Accept my nomination. 01:18:00
I really AM. 01:18:02
At what? What's happened here? 01:18:04
Is in some ways far more impactful. 01:18:06
And I'm just proud to be part of this organization and I hope I. 01:18:11
Can I make so? 01:18:15
All right. Going forward. 01:18:16
The I think. 01:18:22
What we did in terms of our presentation this morning, the legislators that were there. 01:18:23
Is important. 01:18:29
You can't ask for too much. They have limited amounts of discretionary money. 01:18:30
And so they what they want to see are. 01:18:36
Manageable. 01:18:38
Capital outlay request. 01:18:40
That can be funded #1 and #2. 01:18:42
Can be completed with the funds that they allocate. 01:18:46
So it is very important to do that. We did it this time. I feel confident that. 01:18:49
Whoever sits in District 33 plus Ireland. 01:18:55
We're going to get full funding for the stuff that we've got in there. 01:18:59
It's very good. 01:19:02
So that's all I have. Thank you very much. I apologize for being late, I could not. 01:19:03
Man, I left in the middle of stuff and I tried to get here as fast as I could. 01:19:09
And then, thank God Joe Bailey wasn't out there. 01:19:13
All right. 01:19:18
Having said that, let's go to the county manager. 01:19:19
Hello, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, I think everybody's touched on everything that I was going to say. 01:19:22
I'm super proud of the staff with. 01:19:27
Our representation in the public here lately and being able to put on a. 01:19:30
An event for our employees that we can show our appreciation for them so. 01:19:34
Lots of things going on right now as far as projects and initiatives and plans and grants and. 01:19:38
As we come to a close of 2025. 01:19:43
And we're looking forward to all the good things we have coming in 2026, so. 01:19:46
Happy holidays. 01:19:50
Merry Christmas, all the good things. 01:19:52
Please be careful with the holidays. 01:19:54
So, yeah, all right. 01:19:56
So let's go to #3 Action item. 01:19:59
Approval minutes. We've got 4. 01:20:01
Three special Commission meetings. 01:20:04
One regular. 01:20:06
I'll accept the motion to approve all of them unless you have some changes. 01:20:08
Mr. Chair, I moved to approve. 01:20:14
Items listed under ABC and D for approval. 01:20:19
Please. 01:20:24
Aye, Commissioner Prather. 01:20:29
Commissioner. Father Yes. Commissioner Wilson. Yes. Chair Fisher, Aye. Motion. 01:20:32
Thank you. 01:20:36
OK, next is uh. 01:20:38
Billy Joe, we want to talk about monthly accounts payable and payroll report for November 25. 01:20:41
Five places. 01:20:47
Good afternoon, Commissioners, Just to verify that sector. 01:20:52
So we're happy for you is the accounts, payables and payrolls for the month of November in the amount of. 01:20:57
2,518,005. 01:21:04
$146.07. 01:21:06
And I think in the packet you guys did have your spreadsheets that show. 01:21:09
I stand for questions. 01:21:20
There's a lot less. 01:21:22
But that's because SW Contracting was actually paid. 01:21:23
Maybe about a week ago. Two weeks ago. 01:21:28
So that'll be a good one. Next one, disaster lines, yes. 01:21:31
So, so I looked at, I looked at the budget report on summaries. 01:21:36
So I'm looking at percent remaining and I know there are reasons why sometimes the percentages are low, but I'm going to ask for a 01:21:41
couple depends so. 01:21:47
Law enforcement protection. 01:21:52
But I'm worth 36.68%. 01:21:54
That's 520. 01:21:57
What's the phone number? 01:21:59
Right. Are we in trouble? 01:22:01
There for the rest of the year. 01:22:03
I don't think so they that. 01:22:07
I believe that is a grant, right? 01:22:09
And so they have to actually spend that by June 30th. 01:22:11
You think you will? 01:22:14
You're gonna, you're not gonna be sure. 01:22:16
OK, very good. 01:22:18
Misdemeanor compliance 603 that's zero and we've spent everything on this. The reason why we that said zero is I encumbered the 01:22:21
whole amount and we pay off the purchase order. 01:22:26
We just apply the purchase order every time there's anyone. It's in and out. 01:22:31
It's an in and out deal. 01:22:35
They're talking about budget. 01:22:38
Mean alpha. 01:22:39
The disaster relief. 01:22:42
We're at 33%. 01:22:44
Left on that, that's 681. 01:22:47
And that's something that, you know, there's a lot of money still in there, I guess, right? We still got almost 20 million. 01:22:51
How do we? 01:22:57
Maybe that's a better question for you, County Manager, but what do we think? What are we thinking about that? 01:22:58
So the 681, is that the one that would put all the? 01:23:06
We have a significant amount in that fund. 01:23:13
As it is your health bill one money. 01:23:16
And everyone kind of knows the details and the nuances with that. I could tell you that. 01:23:18
We're in the process right now with the recommendation of DHSC and with. 01:23:22
Of converting everything that we haven't encumbered on Health Bill 1. 01:23:27
To seven. Bill 31. 01:23:31
33. 01:23:33
313131. 01:23:35
That will allow us to use that on all of our disasters. 01:23:38
How do we do that? 01:23:43
So it's basically what we're going to end up doing is we're going to end up giving back. 01:23:44
What we have encumbered? 01:23:48
The funds that are in there, I think it's 13.5 million. 01:23:50
We've been obligated. 01:23:53
26 So we're gonna end up giving that back to the state and they're gonna re obligate it back through. 01:23:54
Senate Bill 31. 01:23:59
So do you feel confident that that'll happen? 01:24:02
They've they've gone through with the village. 01:24:05
And they're asking us to do this so that it can be more utilized. 01:24:07
For our current work that we have going on. 01:24:12
How? How is the environmental GRT? 01:24:22
How do we get that? We've got. 01:24:25
$700,000. 01:24:27
And that's 563. 01:24:29
How does? How do we get that? 01:24:32
There was. How do we acquire those? 01:24:37
Chairman Fisher. Commissioner Sherry Huddleston, Lincoln County Treasurer. 01:24:44
So the environmental GRT is from the unincorporated parts of the county. 01:24:48
It's 5% GRT. 01:24:53
That comes to the county. 01:24:55
Prove GRT. 01:24:57
And, umm. 01:24:58
Anything to do, you know, outside the county, that's what we did. 01:25:01
So it's. 01:25:07
It's enacted by the county we've had it enacted for. 01:25:10
Many years, and that in our two. 01:25:15
1/8 so. 01:25:18
What? How much do we get annually? Do you? 01:25:20
It's a round Number, do you know? 01:25:23
I have it. 01:25:33
Because that's an interesting. 01:25:36
You know, it's an interesting number. 01:25:38
In category. 01:25:40
Acquiring minds. What it is? 01:25:43
So we budgeted 610,000. I don't have the history here in front of me, I'd have to share. 01:26:02
We budgeted 610,000. We expected to get that. 01:26:09
Yes, Sir. OK. 01:26:12
And then that goes Wetransfer that money into the 564 solid waste fund. 01:26:17
To pay WS. 01:26:23
The trophies. 01:26:26
And the. 01:26:28
Salary. 01:26:31
Mm-hmm. If I'm sorry. 01:26:32
There's a person that's in that position. 01:26:35
That's our solid waste clerk is not. 01:26:41
Not doing solid waste sort of stuff right now. 01:26:44
We need to talk about that. 01:26:47
It used to be split with pilot. 01:26:52
Yeah, that position it was. 01:26:54
Multiple different Yeah, paid that salary. 01:26:57
All right, so that's one of them. 01:27:00
In the 18 GRT we have two of those. 01:27:02
Is that first and a second? Is that true? 01:27:04
Yeah, we we have the 682. 01:27:06
Funds that helps. 01:27:09
Pay for the. 01:27:11
Detention center. 01:27:13
And then the indigent fund and that helps pay for. 01:27:14
All the indigent fees, the sole community providers. 01:27:18
Safe to turn that pull. 01:27:22
I I don't I don't have anything else. 01:27:27
To ask about. 01:27:30
About the budget, Anybody else in the Commission? 01:27:33
Thank you so much. 01:27:38
Could you send us which track listing? 01:27:41
Yeah, it's there. 01:27:47
I have it in the packet, I just like getting it. 01:27:48
I can probably overlook it. 01:27:55
I can. 01:27:57
I had a knit. 01:27:59
And then on the cost that? 01:28:01
That were being charged for. 01:28:04
Stuff that goes in the Roswell Daily Record versus 3 it does news. 01:28:06
Explain that. 01:28:12
Like 8 times more, but maybe we're doing something different. 01:28:15
There could be multiple invoices that are. 01:28:18
Paid out at the same time. 01:28:21
I mean, do we have like, So it would appear to me when I look at the Roswell Daily Record stuff and this is a myth, I forget it. 01:28:23
But it looks like we pay. It's an open PO. 01:28:30
Maybe we're just not using that open PO? 01:28:34
Very much with further Roswell Daily Record, I guess that's in. 01:28:37
We are applying to invoices the POS to the. 01:28:41
Open, Moses. 01:28:44
OK so we are using the open POS. 01:28:46
Yeah, it's just. 01:28:49
But when you're seeing the like a big an amount. 01:28:50
On those jets, it could be multiple invoices that are paid at once. 01:28:53
All right. Thank you. 01:28:59
So now we need to recess the Commission meeting for publishing. 01:29:09
Sorry. Thank you. 01:29:15
Can we have a motion? 01:29:18
And I'd like to make a motion that we have. 01:29:19
Approved monthly accounts payable and payroll port for November 2025. 01:29:23
2nd. 01:29:27
Roll call please. 01:29:29
Commissioner Wilson. Commissioner Chavez. 01:29:31
Commissioner Fraterna. 01:29:34
All right, Motion. 01:29:36
Thank you. 01:29:38
OK. 01:29:39
Now we need to recess the Commission meeting for public hearing. 01:29:42
Do we need a motion for? 01:29:45
Remind me to open up. 01:29:47
I just need to open it. 01:29:49
Vote, Mr. Chairman. 01:29:51
And we bring this to you. This will be a public hearing. And then I. 01:29:53
Consideration for action. 01:29:57
It'll come out of it. 01:29:59
Will come out of it. 01:30:01
And then also with that. 01:30:03
Attorney Bob, if we have anybody that wants to. 01:30:05
Testify or speaking? 01:30:08
For against. 01:30:10
We'll allow her to pour them in. 01:30:12
We'll go through this so. 01:30:15
OK. 01:30:18
So we'll now recess. 01:30:20
A regular Commission meeting. 01:30:22
And open a public hearing for consideration of liquor license application. 01:30:24
The other presentation for that. 01:30:30
Yes, Chairman. 01:30:32
Fisher and Commission with Warren planning technician. 01:30:34
Today we are bringing forth the public hearing request for the liquor. 01:30:39
For a restaurant a. 01:30:44
Which is an on-site sales only, no. 01:30:47
To go at the Alto Cafe located. 01:30:50
At. 01:30:53
810. 01:30:57
State Hwy. 48 and. 01:30:58
All legal notices have been posted. 01:31:01
Conference with the regulations. 01:31:05
By the New Mexico or Ald. 01:31:07
On the website News. 01:31:10
And to the applicant. 01:31:12
And. 01:31:14
I have received no responses and negative for. 01:31:16
The request. 01:31:19
So we would like to ask that you approve the request. 01:31:22
Where we have to open for public. 01:31:26
Or staff comments. 01:31:28
There any public comments on this? 01:31:30
Clicker license transfer. 01:31:32
Please somebody speak. 01:31:38
Yeah, I'm Lisa Balderon. I'm one of the owners. Why don't you come on up and. 01:31:44
Swear. 01:31:49
If you can just raise your right. 01:31:56
Do you solemnly swear, affirm that the testimony that you're about to give us the truth and hold truth? 01:31:58
Yes. OK. OK. Thank you. 01:32:02
My name is Lisa Balder, I'm a co-owner with my husband of Alto Cafe and. 01:32:07
We would just like to. 01:32:11
Keep things running the way they've always been running for the last 25 years. So we've had some guests ask us. 01:32:13
To bring beer and wine back in, we'd like to be able to. 01:32:19
Offer that to them. 01:32:23
It's not a lot of money that we make on it, but it makes people happy and. 01:32:26
What would you like to do? 01:32:30
Any other comments? Thank you. 01:32:35
Any questions? 01:32:37
Pill Commissioners. 01:32:40
Any comments? 01:32:43
They serve a good cup of coffee. 01:32:45
Early in the morning, and it's about to get better. 01:32:48
I'm looking for a beer. 01:32:52
What time? Sure, OK. 01:32:55
All right, so since there are no. 01:32:58
Public comments we've got. 01:33:00
That your testimony. 01:33:01
I'm gonna close. 01:33:03
Close the public hearing. 01:33:04
And then? 01:33:05
Come out of recess. 01:33:07
Public hearing is closed. 01:33:10
And now we can. 01:33:13
Consider approving this. 01:33:15
Liquor license application. 01:33:17
Do you have a motion? 01:33:20
To approve liquor license application located at. 01:33:22
Agents were 10 state highway. 01:33:27
We're also Cafe New Mexico LLC. 01:33:31
Wait a second, second. 01:33:34
Please. 01:33:37
Commissioner Wilson, Yes. 01:33:39
Commissioner Sarna. Hi, Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner Prather. 01:33:40
Aye, sure, Fisher. 01:33:44
All right, Motion. 01:33:45
Excellent. 01:33:46
Well, congratulations. 01:33:48
OK, so the next. 01:33:51
Next item on the agenda. 01:33:54
Is consideration towards. 01:33:57
IFE 25-02 Annual maintenance. 01:34:00
Covering the response. 01:34:03
Construction materials or services. Mr. Morag. 01:34:05
Yeah, the floor. 01:34:09
Chief Procurement Officer. 01:34:12
I think we have before you. The consideration has been reward. 01:34:15
32502. 01:34:18
Annual maintenance, recovery and response. 01:34:21
Construction materials and services. 01:34:23
The Commission approved the issue. I have 325-02. It's a regular September 16th. 01:34:26
Account Chairman advertised me in multiple legal publishing sources as well as on the county website. 01:34:35
The county received 14 bid submissions. 01:34:42
By the RFP public bid opening meeting. 01:34:44
On December 9th. 01:34:47
2025 at 2:00 PM. 01:34:49
The county reviewed and deemed 12 submissions responsive. 01:34:51
2 submissions non-responsive. 01:34:54
And proceeded to review the bids. 01:34:57
For the county purchasing policy. 01:34:59
Further bid evaluations the counties make a. 01:35:02
Recommendation to award. 01:35:05
If you need IFP 25,002. 01:35:09
0 Southwest Contracting and Associates. 01:35:11
Mitchell Sinclair Refining the marketing. 01:35:17
I'm not slurring a steal. 01:35:20
Ireland Enterprises. 01:35:22
Change services. 01:35:23
Indicate construction and P childless enterprises. 01:35:25
Desert West Enterprises. 01:35:29
Or for construction. 01:35:30
Yes, international. 01:35:32
Builders, tech and recent pretty. 01:35:33
Enterprises. 01:35:36
Commission consideration is requested to award. 01:35:38
I think 25-17 miles per cent. 01:35:41
Check message shall I do? 01:35:46
You're not on this. 01:35:48
I mean. 01:35:50
Careless, sorry I'm on my side. I need I need a resolution to approve this IPS. 01:35:53
Emotion. 01:36:05
Another question is the intent to utilize these? 01:36:07
These forms. 01:36:12
In lieu of. 01:36:14
Like state price agreement and other. 01:36:16
Procurement mechanisms. 01:36:19
So, Madam Commissioner, the intent. 01:36:21
Behind this? 01:36:23
Is that it is a. 01:36:25
Line item bid that. 01:36:27
Is for Lincoln County ourselves. 01:36:29
Yes, it would be the intent and with. 01:36:31
Rogue Superintendent Honeycutt's discretion. 01:36:35
Fusion level CES. 01:36:38
Or state pricing? 01:36:40
As it is a. 01:36:42
Contract that will be directly with us. 01:36:44
When you compare those other. 01:36:48
Lake state price agreement How do these numbers come in line with? 01:36:52
Higher. Are they lower? 01:36:56
I think it depends on what we're currently looking at. I mean, we have. 01:36:58
84 pages of bid items. 01:37:01
And I can kind of show you how this looks on spreadsheet. 01:37:04
And and the intent behind this is the. 01:37:07
This takes all the guesswork out of. 01:37:10
What we can make for recovery response? 01:37:13
Any of the road items. 01:37:15
We know. I just want to know high level though, is this a better value? I think we'll get a better value. 01:37:18
Plus yes. 01:37:26
You can pick and choose, pick and choose. 01:37:28
Something like a Chinese menu? 01:37:31
You can decide. 01:37:33
Who's most responsive in terms of price? 01:37:34
Ability to do the work. 01:37:36
Yes, subway location. 01:37:38
Whereas the other the pricing agreement. 01:37:42
You know you're, you're putting together. 01:37:46
A whole list of. 01:37:48
Other considerations that you may not want to buy. 01:37:49
I I recommend that we approve. 01:37:54
So may I have a motion to approve this? 01:38:02
Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we recommend. 01:38:07
To award IFB 25-02 Annual maintenance, recovery and response construction materials and services to Southwest Contracting and 01:38:10
Associates. 01:38:14
HS. 01:38:20
Sinclair Refining and Marketing. 01:38:21
Intermountain Slurry Seal, Highland Enterprises, J&H Services, Renegade Construction. MP Chavez Enterprises. 01:38:23
Desert West Enterprises. Roper Construction. 01:38:31
DSS, International Builders Tech. 01:38:35
And Lisa? 01:38:38
Enterprises in company. 01:38:39
Thank you, do I have a second? 01:38:41
2nd. 01:38:48
Adequate cold call, please. 01:38:51
Mr. Prather. 01:38:54
Aye, Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Commissioner SANA. 01:38:55
Aye, Commissioner Chavez. 01:38:58
Sustained. 01:39:00
Chair Fischer. 01:39:02
Aye, Motion. 01:39:03
We know, we know. 01:39:09
Epstein would. 01:39:17
He could send absent. 01:39:18
Consideration Award. 01:39:20
RFP 2503. General Construction. 01:39:22
Mr. Morrow, please. 01:39:25
The consideration for RP 25.03 general construction. 01:39:27
Commercial Truth issued the RFP. 01:39:33
The regular June 10th, 2025 Commission meeting. 01:39:36
Counterfeit advertised RFP, multiple legal publishing sources as well as Lincoln County website. 01:39:39
The county received 44 proposal submissions. 01:39:45
By the RFP submission deadline on December 9th, 2025, 2:00 PM. 01:39:48
The counter reviewed and all four submissions responsive. 01:39:52
Proceeded through the proposals. 01:39:56
For the Lincoln County purchasing policy. 01:39:58
For the evaluations that we've seen, the counties make a recommendation to award RP 25,003. 01:40:01
She Harland Enterprises. 01:40:07
If each other's enterprises. 01:40:09
Advancemental solutions and what sounds construction. 01:40:11
Commissioner Federation has requested your work. 01:40:16
RFP25-03 is presented. 01:40:19
Obviously, Commissioner. 01:40:25
Chad is gonna have stain. 01:40:27
Do I have a motion to approve? 01:40:30
Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we approve an award. 01:40:32
RFP25-03 General Construction to Highland Enterprises. MP Chavez Enterprises Advanced Environmental Solutions. 01:40:35
And White Sands construction. 01:40:43
Have a second please. 01:40:45
2nd and Claire, cold call please. 01:40:50
Commissioner. 01:40:57
Aye, Commissioner Wilson. 01:40:59
Commissioner Serna. 01:41:01
Aye, Chair Fisher, Aye. 01:41:02
Motion. 01:41:04
I'll just make a comment here briefly on this. I think this. 01:41:06
This encourages competition. 01:41:10
Between these. 01:41:12
He's a qualified beggars. 01:41:14
So my hope and we'd like to get a report on this at some point. 01:41:15
That we actually are. 01:41:20
Receiving the benefits from it that we think we're going to. 01:41:21
OK. What is the length of term of these contracts? 01:41:25
The RFP. 01:41:29
Four years. 01:41:31
As it states are outlined in a four year RFP. 01:41:32
It states on the agenda, and I'm gonna. 01:41:36
We are. 01:41:39
So, Madam Commissioner, this is a one year contract that will bring back to you in a years time to work. 01:41:43
Ask us to go out to RP if you'd like us to. 01:41:49
It is our four year term, but we will bring it back on a yearly basis to our new. 01:41:51
Thank you. 01:42:01
Yeah, concern. 01:42:01
So number six, consideration for Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department to spend grant funds to purchase new. 01:42:05
Chairman, Fisher, Commissioners and Group 1 Emergency Services director. 01:42:16
So we got noticed that the Glencoe Volunteer Fire Department was awarded 1 of this year's Mexico State Fire Marshall's Office 01:42:20
brand. 01:42:23
You purchased 25 sets of new structural PPE and 25 sets of new wildlife rescue PPE in the amount of $171,900. 01:42:28
This is a 100% grant. 01:42:38
As soon as we get the funds, we just need the permission to go ahead and get some gear ordered for you guys. 01:42:41
That's amazing. 01:42:49
Song. 01:42:51
Any questions, comments, Commission. 01:42:54
I'll entertain a motion to approve. 01:42:56
I want to make a motion that we approve. 01:42:59
The uh. 01:43:02
Blink of a walnut. 01:43:04
PPE. 01:43:07
Purchase a. 01:43:10
Chairman Chairman Fisher, Commissioners Sherry, Huddleston and Counter. 01:43:17
We've already received the grant. OK, we've got the money. 01:43:23
I've been on vacation, so I'm sorry. I'm fantastic trying to get back in the loop. All right, so I need a second. 01:43:29
OK, roll call. 01:43:35
Please, medical clerk. 01:43:36
Commissioner, hi. 01:43:39
Commissioner Crater. Mr. Travis. Yes. Commissioner Wilson, Chair Fisher #7 Consideration for Nobel Volunteer, Private. 01:43:40
Fire department to purchase. 01:43:48
New apparatus using the Mexico State Fire Marshall Grant and fire funds and Madam. 01:43:50
Treasurer, Have we received that as well? 01:43:55
Yes. 01:43:59
Entertain a motion to approve. 01:44:02
And I make a motion that we approve. No. 01:44:05
Going through our department to purchase new apparatus museum. 01:44:07
New Mexico State Fire Marshall grants. 01:44:11
Firefox second. 01:44:14
Oka please. 01:44:16
Commissioner Serna. Hi, Commissioner Wilson. 01:44:18
Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner Prater. 01:44:21
Aye, Chair Fisher. 01:44:23
All right, unbelievable amount of money 638,000 for. 01:44:25
A 3000 gallon, That's just. 01:44:29
Unbelievable. 01:44:32
OK. 01:44:34
So now. 01:44:36
Let's move to consideration for Benito Volunteer Fire Department versus New Light Rescue Unit apparatus. 01:44:38
With the Mexico Fire Fund. 01:44:45
Matter of fact, do we have that as well? 01:44:47
Budgeted getting their budget already. 01:44:50
German Fisher budgets coming out there. 01:44:53
Chairman Fisher, Commissioners, this will be a purchase out of their budget. They do have this money in budget. 01:44:55
And this is a needed piece of apparatus for that part. 01:45:01
Can you describe it a little bit more? So I like. 01:45:04
The purpose of this light rescue is going to be mostly like they're they're more vehicle accidents, stuff like that. The one that 01:45:07
they currently have would be better suited is more of a mountain rescue. 01:45:12
So like we talked about earlier, the uptick that we're seeing in our wilderness rescues, the one that they currently have will be 01:45:18
outfitted to support those operations. 01:45:22
This truck will be used more as a response to motor vehicle accidents, structure fires, stuff like that and provide those types of 01:45:26
rescue services. 01:45:30
I can pick up, yes. 01:45:35
Entertain a motion to approve. 01:45:38
Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion of the third Bonita Fire Department. 01:45:40
To purchase a new light rescue apparatus in the amount of. 01:45:44
9032 dollars. 01:45:47
2nd. 01:45:50
Call please. 01:45:52
Mr. Chalmers. Yes, Commissioner Serna. Aye, Commissioner Wilson. 01:45:54
Sir Fisher. Aye, Motion. 01:45:57
Thank you. 01:46:02
Consideration of budget adjustment for behavioral health planning. 01:46:05
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, Ross had to go. He has to be in chaparral by. 01:46:10
In time for the. 01:46:15
Musician tonight. 01:46:17
What this is, is. 01:46:18
The Commission previously approved an agreement. 01:46:20
With the AFC and the courts. 01:46:23
For us to take the lien on. 01:46:25
The behavioral health plan and the writing of the grant and the administration of it. 01:46:27
With that. 01:46:31
We will be expending $60,000 as this kind of quoted in and out money. 01:46:33
I'm glad we expense that. We have some of the expenditures for the listening sessions. 01:46:38
And for writing the grants? 01:46:43
We will be reimbursed by the. 01:46:45
The Judicial Corps. 01:46:47
So this is the approval for the in and out on that. 01:46:48
OK, I am concerned though that. 01:46:52
The data is incomplete, so I want to make that point again. 01:46:55
Any any comments, Commissioners? 01:47:00
Questions. 01:47:02
So let's entertain a motion to approve. 01:47:06
Mr. Chairman, I move to approve the budget adjustment for the. 01:47:10
Thank you, Sir. Second. 01:47:15
2nd. 01:47:16
And a clerk, please. 01:47:17
Commissioner Prader. 01:47:19
Hi, Mr. Chavez. Yes. 01:47:20
Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Commissioner Serna. 01:47:22
All right. 01:47:25
Thank you. 01:47:27
So the next thing is. 01:47:33
Consideration of lodgers tax funding Request for Lincoln County Day legislative reception. 01:47:36
In Santa Fe. 01:47:41
On 4th February. 01:47:43
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners. 01:47:45
We discussed this earlier in the year. 01:47:49
Every year, the Chamber of Commerce puts on a Lincoln County day during the legislative session. 01:47:52
So with that, we have reached out to Miss Dodd with the Chamber of Commerce. 01:47:58
And ask her what we could do to help support. She gave us a number that we could do to help support this day. 01:48:02
During legislative session. 01:48:09
She took this before in the lodgers tax. 01:48:11
Committee at their previous meeting. 01:48:13
We do have a letter of recommendation. They voted on this and agreed that it would be a good use of the funds. 01:48:15
Then we'll bring it to you today for your conversation. 01:48:21
I think this is important. We need to be up there. 01:48:26
And talk to these people, most of the work happens. 01:48:30
You know, on the sidelines. 01:48:32
Informally, umm. 01:48:33
So I would entertain a motion to. 01:48:35
Approve this Rogers tax funding request. 01:48:38
We'll make a motion that we approve the address tax planning request for the coming days. 01:48:42
Legislative. 01:48:47
Reception that topic. 01:48:49
2nd please. 01:48:52
If you please, Madam Clerk. 01:48:55
Commissioner Chavez. Commissioner Prather. 01:48:57
Mr. Wilson Yes. Mr. Fisher. Motion. 01:49:00
So this is an interesting one. Consideration of lodgers tax funding request. Welcome to Lincoln County signs. 01:49:06
So, Mr. Chairman. 01:49:14
We we brought this to you. There was an idea before the. 01:49:16
That would like to redo our Welcome to Lincoln County signs right now. Currently there's a. 01:49:21
Sign It's about. 01:49:27
Size of a piece of paper. 01:49:29
They've been out there for several years. You don't even know when the past will come into the county. 01:49:32
So it was suggested. 01:49:37
That we look at. 01:49:42
Not in this manner. 01:49:45
And not right now. 01:49:49
OK, it was suggested that we. 01:49:50
Look at providing new. 01:49:54
Welcome to Lincoln County. Welcome to County Lincoln. 01:49:56
With that, we presented this. 01:49:59
Notion and idea to the largest tax committee. 01:50:01
They felt this was a good idea as part of this. 01:50:04
For the design, what we would like to do is submit this out to. 01:50:07
Local County High schools. 01:50:12
As a way to engage them. 01:50:14
For a competition. 01:50:18
For designs and it really. 01:50:19
It puts the right notion as people come in because we have. 01:50:23
So many folks that come to Lincoln County and it gives a good representation. 01:50:27
And to involve our local high schools. 01:50:31
And we'll bring those design concepts back to you for consideration selection. 01:50:34
And final approval. 01:50:38
So where are we going to locate the signs and how many? 01:50:41
We have. 01:50:46
Currently we're asking for four. 01:50:47
The locations are up for discussion. 01:50:49
But the current intent right now is on the Highway 70 on both sides. 01:50:53
I'm probably going north. 01:50:57
To out of Corona on either side, which will pick where that goes. 01:50:59
I'm going blank on the last one, but there's there's four locations on 70. 01:51:03
Do any fun coming in that we want to put them coming into the county, probably right at the muscular line? 01:51:10
So. 01:51:14
What are the size of the signs? 01:51:19
But currently the request is to make them. 01:51:21
Fairly large we don't want to do. 01:51:23
8 by 12 with a good four. 01:51:25
So then you see when you're coming into the county, you can see some detail, they can put some design tool. 01:51:27
And actually have some. 01:51:32
The depiction of the county. 01:51:34
Put the only the kid on it. 01:51:38
So let the let the kids decide what what goes on them. 01:51:41
How many? How many? 01:51:45
Roads coming into the county. 01:51:48
On our boundaries. 01:51:51
I mean. 01:51:53
We have 4 coming in. We need to decide which four we want to fill in. 01:51:57
No, but I mean, how many boundaries do we have? How many roads do we have coming into the county? 01:52:01
There are major, major from furloughs. 01:52:05
Have to go look Sir, I'm not sure that right now so my we'll bring you a map and we'll bring you a design so we could select 01:52:07
locations for the designs because I have a feeling that. 01:52:11
As we get these designs there, they'll be unique to a certain. 01:52:15
Area of the county. 01:52:18
And we can decide which design wants to go in which location. 01:52:20
Because I mean, if they're six, we should put 6. 01:52:29
There's, you know. 01:52:31
From the same both sides. 01:52:33
Yeah, let's see what we get. 01:52:38
And you're not, you know, obviously 70 is May. 01:52:40
Right. 01:52:44
It would be a process between 380 and 54. 01:52:48
7380 turns into 70. 01:52:51
Yes. So 54 North and South. 01:52:54
54 North and South. 01:52:58
70 and 380. 01:52:59
Yeah, that's actually fine. 01:53:05
Here's one more. So there's 123. 01:53:08
We got 5. 01:53:13
So we have 380 from Roswell coming in. 01:53:14
We have highway 70 going through muscular. 01:53:17
We also have. 01:53:20
380 going. 01:53:22
East Pass carriers also, we have 54 coming in. 01:53:24
From the North and Corona and then we have 54. 01:53:28
From 2 rows to coming in. 01:53:31
Clarify Major. 01:53:32
Let's see what you can do. 01:53:35
I mean, this is what's on the agenda. Let's approve it. Let's approve it and and we can. 01:53:37
For the need to adjust if we can go back. 01:53:42
I'd like to ask the Treasurer for information. 01:53:44
With the. 01:53:47
Item that is. 01:53:49
On non actions today #3. 01:53:51
Fairgrounds project, do we have the 25%? 01:53:54
Coming out of larger stacks, do we have that full amount? 01:53:58
25%. 01:54:15
Logistics. 01:54:17
The 25% would be 800,000. 01:54:25
We're we're at 700,000 or less. 01:54:30
Chairman Fisher, Commissioner Sarah. 01:54:37
Sherry Huddleston, Lincoln County Treasurer. 01:54:39
No, I think that amount that we had and there's no way we can cover those. 01:54:42
We only had 90. 01:54:47
94,000 that wasn't. 01:54:49
Allocated. 01:54:52
So we had less than 600,000. I believe that. 01:54:53
Is there the? 01:54:58
You can't cover 800,000 more out of the. 01:55:01
Right over tidying the. 01:55:05
And then we have a request on. 01:55:06
Consideration for lodgers tax spending. 01:55:10
From James Flores. 01:55:14
Or Tattoo Expo. 01:55:15
Next screen. 01:55:17
Which is to put. 01:55:19
Heads and beds the intent of loggers tax, and these signs aren't going to do that. 01:55:20
So I would. 01:55:26
Have to say that. 01:55:28
It's my prerogative that we that I am. 01:55:29
Done a purpose because I want to work towards putting heads and beds and generating. Yeah, but one could argue I mean. 01:55:34
But I'm not gonna argue with you. 01:55:42
I mean, the money is not there. 01:55:44
But I know I have the money for the 6000. 01:55:48
But we still have six months to go for this year to get lodgers tax monies in and. 01:55:51
And and you know. 01:55:56
When when you are marketing. 01:55:57
Your county as a as a destination. 01:56:00
That's part of that marketing. 01:56:03
Peace. 01:56:05
I just absolutely agree. When I go out, I see signs welcome to Lincoln County or something like that and they've got. 01:56:09
They've they've got pecans and almond signs. 01:56:16
Halfway across the country. 01:56:20
Born into Rosa. 01:56:21
I don't know if we can encumber funds that are there. 01:56:23
I mean, if the revenue will be there in six months, then we should look at it when there is. 01:56:26
The money in the bank. 01:56:30
One if he gets the other. 01:56:33
You have to invest in the advertising to. 01:56:35
Get a result, that's why. 01:56:37
Two things and everything else. The fairgrounds have the deadline on the EDA grant. 01:56:42
We haven't even finished design. 01:56:47
Yeah, that's a different matter. 01:56:52
It's all from the same pot of money. 01:56:55
Unless we're going to use general fund. 01:56:58
Right with with what we get from. 01:57:02
But it doesn't say that. 01:57:06
I I I would entertain a motion to approve it. 01:57:13
I think it's a modest. 01:57:17
Modest interest, a modest amount. 01:57:18
But you raise a very good point. I'm not diminishing what you're talking about. 01:57:24
Clearly there's not enough money to cover. 01:57:30
The 800,000. 01:57:32
Whether we spent this or not. 01:57:34
We're going to have to find. 01:57:36
Other funds. 01:57:38
You say? 01:57:39
That. 01:57:41
At the end of this month, we should be getting over $9 billion. 01:57:43
We say. 01:57:47
We don't want to spend it all at once on one place, but putting. 01:57:48
Fortunately, I had a significant portion and I had to finish the work. 01:57:52
For the $4 million that we've got granted for the. 01:57:56
The umm. 01:58:00
The fairground seems to me to be a reasonable. 01:58:01
Proposition, yeah. 01:58:04
I don't know. You don't think so? 01:58:07
I've got a question. How do we come up with 60,000? 01:58:13
That's what I'd like to know. 01:58:15
Sorry, I'd recently done one of these in Eddie County. Window signs are larger. 01:58:19
Williamsburg home for this amount. 01:58:23
So this was a doesn't look. 01:58:25
Fairly good estimate on recent numbers. 01:58:27
I've had an expense in my past experience. 01:58:30
And this will include the fabrication installation. 01:58:35
And the printing of whatever designs just put on there. 01:58:38
And and you feel like the. 01:58:44
Return on investment, which is good in Eddie County when you do that, they were. 01:58:46
Accepted. 01:58:50
And I don't think they had near the engagement there was a. 01:58:54
We put the signs up during Eddie County in Eddie County as a. 01:58:57
Almost a statement. 01:59:02
Any county honoring? 01:59:05
The Dog Country family since 1889 so. 01:59:09
Good statement. It's a good representation. You know when you have any count. 01:59:12
And I think these will have a good depiction of our county. 01:59:18
Because we're engaging our high schoolers. 01:59:21
Trying to put the design together so there's going to be public buy in with it. 01:59:24
Any other comments? 01:59:37
Hearing none. 01:59:46
I'll entertain a motion to approve. 01:59:48
I'll make a motion that we approve lodgers text. 01:59:53
How many requests per week? 01:59:57
We're welcome to Lincoln County science. 01:59:59
OK, Madam Clerk, if you please. 02:00:02
Commissioner Wilson. 02:00:07
Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner. 02:00:08
Aye, Mr. Turner. 02:00:10
No. Sure, Fisher. All right. 02:00:12
Motion passes 4:00 to 1:00. 02:00:14
You no. 02:00:21
You can if you want. 02:00:24
I will admit this was my idea. 02:00:25
Initially, umm. 02:00:27
One times were different but. 02:00:29
The way I look at it, I don't want to use lodgers text. 02:00:31
Because the object. 02:00:34
To increase overnight stays, longer stays and visitors spend. 02:00:36
Right now we're focused on. 02:00:41
Building. 02:00:43
Infrastructure out at the fairgrounds. 02:00:44
So I just don't feel comfortable doing that looking at the revenues that are coming in. 02:00:46
Versus expenditures. 02:00:50
Thank you. 02:00:54
Alright. 02:00:59
I respect that vote for sure. 02:01:02
Mr. Chairman. 02:01:09
Climate work. 02:01:11
As we go under consent. 02:01:13
That's recess for 9:50 after. 02:01:15
We're going to call this meeting back in session. 02:01:19
So we have. We're on the. 02:01:29
Consent items. 02:01:31
Do we have any that we'd like to take out for further? 02:01:35
Review I do. 02:01:37
Nora Uno. 02:01:39
I'll just tell you so it's not a secret. 02:01:42
126 and 7. 02:01:45
And eight two, by gosh, by golly. 02:01:52
Nine OK 9. 02:01:56
Anything else? 02:02:03
OK, so. 02:02:07
I will. 02:02:09
Entertain a motion to improve consent items. 02:02:11
3. 02:02:15
45. 02:02:17
I make a motion to approve. 02:02:24
You can set items 345. 02:02:27
2nd. 02:02:29
Uh, Burke, if you please. 02:02:31
Commissioner Prather. 02:02:33
Aye, Commissioner Chavez. Yes, Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Commissioner Sarnoff. Aye. Chair Fischer. Aye. Motion. 02:02:34
Thank you. So the first. 02:02:40
Item that we want to look at is. 02:02:41
Treasurer's report because I just refused. 02:02:43
To to not talk to you about this. 02:02:46
OK, so. 02:02:50
So. 02:02:54
I guess what I'm concerned about here, I wanted to. 02:02:58
If you look at page. 02:03:03
Sorry, Page 3 on your budget report. 02:03:05
I didn't understand the fun summary summ. 02:03:08
Indicators. They're all negative. Is that just a? 02:03:11
Discrepancy. 02:03:15
That's funny? I asked. 02:03:17
It or it might. 02:03:19
So in Tyler. 02:03:25
All the revenues are negative. 02:03:27
The expenses are positive, the residents are negative. 02:03:31
The Tyler thing. Brilliant. 02:03:35
Yeah, I can't. I can't possibly be right. 02:03:37
OK. May I ask? 02:03:43
Kindly. 02:03:45
That you pursue and figure that out. 02:03:46
Select. That's bizarre. OK, that's an explanation. 02:03:49
It's not acceptable, but it's. 02:03:53
Um. 02:03:57
I had another question too. I'm in there to write it down but. 02:04:01
So I'm looking on page 16. 02:04:08
And, and this is the debt schedule. 02:04:12
For November. 02:04:14
Can I look at interest fees paid this month? 02:04:16
Let's look at condo. 02:04:21
In Benito. 02:04:23
My. 02:04:27
I don't know how that's relevant. How does that relate to the column? 02:04:28
To the right of it. 02:04:33
So with that, what I would think is a debit of $8437.59 for Benito. 02:04:34
And then I have the same amount in it. 02:04:42
Like a plus call? How does that work? 02:04:44
Just explain it to me please. 02:04:46
So. 02:04:48
Well we pay the semi annual payments. 02:04:49
The entrance fees that accrued. 02:04:53
Was what we paid. 02:04:56
So they just offset each other. 02:04:58
To show that. 02:05:00
The outstanding principal and interest. 02:05:02
Matches the ending because. 02:05:05
We paid that much and it accrue that much. 02:05:07
OK. So they just counsel out? 02:05:10
So the ending balance of three 02714. 02:05:13
Right is what's left on the. 02:05:16
Hello for the. 02:05:20
Hondo Chanita. 02:05:21
OK. 02:05:23
Now did we finally get a? 02:05:33
Do we have a good number on the? 02:05:34
The Rogers tax. 02:05:37
What we have left? 02:05:39
On that, because I was, I was missing form. 02:05:41
I just want to clarify that. 02:05:47
So. 02:05:49
Ending November 30th of 2025, we have a balance of 90243160. 02:05:52
Can you show me what line item 9 is? What is that page Page 1? 02:05:58
OK. 02:06:02
Flying 440. 02:06:07
Yes, OK, I'm looking at that now. And then you go all the way over to the Indian balance. 02:06:08
902431, that's our current balance, yeah, no, that was ending November. So our current balance has changed because we've received 02:06:13
revenues we. 02:06:18
Take out some expenses. 02:06:22
OK. And so we're close to that. 02:06:24
I emailed. 02:06:26
Yeah, you did. 02:06:30
And those are the current figures as a December 15th I believe. 02:06:31
So there's money encumbered from that number. 02:06:37
That's not available. The balance available $678,267.24. 02:06:40
But often conversations. 02:06:46
OK, that's what I wanted to know. 02:06:49
And that's all lines. 02:06:50
So on expense lines. 02:06:52
OK. And we already talked about the disaster Relief Fund. 02:07:03
What we're going to do with that? 02:07:07
The 21,778 two 2943. 02:07:11
And if we revert back, I think it's 12 million unless a little bit less than. 02:07:15
The 13 million because I a little bit. 02:07:20
So that would revert back, but then we would. 02:07:24
Just talking off the top of your head, what would your recommendation be? 02:07:30
For this $9 million? 02:07:34
UMM felt payment coming in. 02:07:37
So my recommendation would be to put it in its own fund and like I said, then it would be at your. 02:07:40
The VLCC and the managers discretion on how you guys would like to? 02:07:46
Allocated so we could transfer it to. 02:07:51
Capital improvement funds, anything that you know you would see that needs to be taken care of with that or it can sit there and 02:07:53
build up interest. 02:07:57
And grow and then, you know, leave some for. 02:08:03
Determining as a. 02:08:07
I would say uh. 02:08:11
Mr. Fund that that. 02:08:14
You only have to. 02:08:18
You know. 02:08:20
Rely on if you need. 02:08:22
Needed if we can't cover it with our. 02:08:23
You know, revenues that come in here, call it a rainy day fund. 02:08:26
For disasters for. 02:08:29
I'd like to like to grow it. 02:08:32
Overtime. 02:08:35
Let it build. 02:08:37
There's different things out there that. 02:08:39
Like a day trade thing that. 02:08:43
The banks, the banks have that the money will go out that way and. 02:08:44
Back that night and. 02:08:49
And accrued interest. 02:08:50
Yeah. And we're limited because we're be be over, we're limited on what we can invest in. 02:08:51
The pool right now is doing very well on their. 02:08:57
You know. 02:09:00
Rates, I think they're at 3.8%. 02:09:01
Something like that. 02:09:04
And. 02:09:05
That is. 02:09:07
Liquid so you can get it within 24 hours. 02:09:08
So it's a demand kind of deposit, not a time deposit. So it just depends on you know. 02:09:11
How we would like to invest it, we can have a board of finance. 02:09:17
And discuss that. 02:09:21
How we like to. 02:09:22
See it invested how how you would want to spend it because that depends on how you want to invest it. So. 02:09:23
There's terms. 02:09:29
You know, requirements to those. 02:09:31
Just looking at the current state of families in Lincoln County, I would. 02:09:33
Like to look at ways that we could. 02:09:37
Offer some sort of a relief, either in the form of solid waste. 02:09:39
Bills that we're charging or pay off some debt that is increasing their property taxes, we basically leverage that. 02:09:44
So I would like to do a board of finance tool and get what? 02:09:54
That money could be utilized. 02:09:57
Impact the day-to-day lives positively for our residents. 02:10:00
Yes, OK. So. 02:10:09
We'll get a have a Board of finance. We talk about this intelligently. 02:10:11
I'm an investment investigate. 02:10:15
And how it could benefit the the citizenry of Lincoln County in general. 02:10:18
So if they're not a. 02:10:24
Comments and questions on this particular matter, I'd like to entertain a motion to approve. 02:10:26
Thank you for November 2025. 02:10:31
Madam Clerk, if you please. 02:10:34
Commissioner Frater. 02:10:41
Commissioner Serna. Commissioner Chavez. 02:10:43
Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Chair. Fischer Motion. 02:10:45
Thank you. 02:10:48
So. 02:10:50
I pulled out number two, consideration resolution for the budget adjustments and now we have to do that. 02:10:53
But I just want to make sure that. 02:10:59
In our budget process going forward. 02:11:03
That we. 02:11:06
I'd like to try to have fewer of these. 02:11:07
Or less substantial. 02:11:09
That that's a reasonable thing, right? In other words, I think are. 02:11:12
Are budgeting. 02:11:15
Process is not. 02:11:17
Not capturing. 02:11:19
Enough things. 02:11:20
As we go forward at some of the departments, they're not properly budgeting. 02:11:22
Yes. 02:11:27
Yes, I'm making I'm not blaming you guys. 02:11:28
No, no, no. So some of these that we have before it will. 02:11:32
For today. 02:11:36
You guys approved them earlier like the 171 we had fully executed documents, so that's why they're coming before you on the 02:11:38
resolution and then the 600,000. 02:11:43
The 200,000 was for the right that Treasurer. 02:11:49
Mentioned earlier, right? 02:11:54
And then the. 02:11:56
The 5678 was approved at last month's meeting for the Avaya, for the telephone system, for the. 02:11:57
Sheriff's Office so some of the stuff when they. 02:12:05
Come before you. 02:12:08
We're gonna have to put them on the resolution to follow them because we're not aware of it. 02:12:09
And then also we're fixing to closeout our quarter and we have to submit to LGBMS. And so like if like we didn't have anything 02:12:13
budgeted for reimbursement refund for indigent care, we didn't know that was coming in. So there's that line doesn't have a budget 02:12:19
and I have to get it approved and put it on a budget. 02:12:25
So those are the things that we're trying to clear. 02:12:32
For the end of the quarter, right. 02:12:35
And we could do it quarterly. 02:12:38
I could. 02:12:40
So, Mr. Chairman, to your point, yes, we very much intended we go through a budget process. 02:12:41
To ensure that we come. 02:12:46
To incorporate everything from the departments. 02:12:47
With that as we receive grants. 02:12:51
As we execute the grants, those will still be budget adjustments. 02:12:54
So that as they're executed, you know, we don't know what we're going to get until we know what we're going to get. 02:12:58
So, but yes, to your point, that's what our through a budget process. 02:13:03
Appreciate that. 02:13:07
That I I. 02:13:08
I understand that there are some movements. 02:13:10
That happen and we have to have a resolution that. 02:13:12
To codify it or make it legal. 02:13:15
But but my point is is. 02:13:17
I'd like for us to be able to look at and this gets to. 02:13:20
What James was talking about, the assets plan, we know we're going to have maintenance as an example. 02:13:23
Road department you probably. 02:13:29
Are thinking in the back of your mind, I might need a new truck. I need something. Something's going to happen. I want to 02:13:31
anticipate that. 02:13:34
And the same thing with the Sheriff's Office. I want to make sure that. 02:13:38
You know things are reoccurring, right? Vehicles always. We're just beating them up. It happens. 02:13:42
You're using them in. 02:13:48
And you know, even your. 02:13:49
Your radios and stuff like that. We need to do a better job. 02:13:51
I think in trying to anticipate. 02:13:56
Recurring expenses that happen in life, it's like. 02:13:58
Maintenance of your home. 02:14:01
You don't plan for it, you're not going to be ready, but you're going to have the maintenance. 02:14:03
I'll be required. 02:14:07
You're gonna have to change the prompt or something. 02:14:08
Anyway, that's. 02:14:10
Any questions or comments? 02:14:12
So you're hearing none. Let's. 02:14:15
Have a motion to. 02:14:19
For the resolution of the budget adjustments, 2026-30. 02:14:20
Mr. Dry lived to approve Resolution 2026-34, budget adjustments for December 2025. 02:14:25
Thank you, Madam. Personal call, please. 02:14:32
Commissioner Crater. Mr. Wilson. Commissioner Fisher. 02:14:37
Aye. 02:14:43
Thank you. 02:14:44
Thank you very much. 02:14:46
I'm looking for this question. 02:14:47
So the next is 6 consideration of resolution 2026. 02:14:54
32. 02:14:58
The holiday calendar. 02:14:59
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, who brought this item before you this year, or? 02:15:03
During December so that we can establish our holidays for the upcoming year. 02:15:08
We modeled this after what was last year. 02:15:13
So with that, we will stand for questions or. 02:15:17
Concerned regarding the holidays that would come into 2026. 02:15:21
What? Why the? 02:15:26
We indicate what we're gonna do in 2026 and 2027. 02:15:28
Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays, how does that work? 02:15:34
So have you looked at the calendar? Has anybody looked at? Did you see that? 02:15:40
It just has dates for 2026. 02:15:45
Not 2027 as well. There are two dates for Thanksgiving Christmas each 2026. 02:15:47
January might fall in there because it crosses over, but. 02:15:53
We we stopped at Christmas. 02:15:56
And in 2026? 02:15:58
You got 2026, but you also indicate and we'll have it on a different day in 2027, is that? 02:16:03
I don't think it's because they're given two days per holiday. 02:16:10
It's so. 02:16:12
Thanksgiving is November 26, 2026 and November 27, 2026. 02:16:13
OK. 02:16:30
Must be losing my mind. 02:16:38
OK, I understand now. Thank you. 02:16:41
Columbus is spelt incorrectly. 02:16:43
Yeah. 02:16:47
You have a typo. 02:16:51
All right, I'll entertain a motion to approve this. 02:16:57
Should I move approve the? 02:17:03
Resolution 202632. Official holiday. 02:17:05
2nd please. 02:17:09
Please, Commissioner Serna. 02:17:14
Aye, Commissioner Chavez. 02:17:16
Yes, Commissioner Fraiser. Hi, Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Sir, Fisher. 02:17:17
Aye, Motion. 02:17:21
OK, good, excellent. 02:17:22
OK, next is a consideration of resolution. 02:17:25
2026-36 Authorizing signature authority. 02:17:28
And designations for Kappa. 02:17:32
Capital outlay grant agreement SAP 25 dash. 02:17:34
Lot and on and so forth and so forth. 02:17:38
Any questions? 02:17:41
Comments. Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, what we're bringing before you is we have the agreement signed. 02:17:42
For the capital outlay for the strategic? 02:17:47
Water last Commission meeting. 02:17:51
That was approved. As we were submitting this, they told us we needed an accompanying resolution. 02:17:53
For the signature authority on this, with the capital outlay that will require this. 02:17:58
We submit the Nos and those qualifications. This is just doing business with. 02:18:03
DFA that they requested. This is just a little bit of housekeeping. 02:18:09
So that we can execute the grants and the pay request and move this deal forward. 02:18:13
Any questions? 02:18:18
And it's a small comment, Mr. Chairman, please on any resolution here. It's still Kindle with one now. 02:18:20
Oh, come on. 02:18:26
Can you fix that signature? Thank you. 02:18:30
The original template must still be. 02:18:34
Floating around and it's probably next 10 years would be. 02:18:37
All right, let's have a resolution. 02:18:41
Or correction, a motion to approve that. 02:18:43
Make a motion, but we. 02:18:46
Consideration of resolution 202636. Operation signature Authority for division for capital layout. 02:18:49
Madam Clerk, please. 02:19:01
Aye, Commissioner Wilson, Commissioner Crater. 02:19:06
Next consideration of logic. Tax funding request for scorpion tattoos. 02:19:12
Videos of Tattoo Expo. 02:19:18
Mr. Chairman commissioned off and Miss Shelley's here and everything Ross Ross had to run so. 02:19:21
This work presented to the Water Tax Committee at their previous. 02:19:26
Meeting they considered this, the gentleman was there to present. 02:19:30
He said this was a very well attended. 02:19:35
Event last year. 02:19:38
And is looking for additional funding for this year. 02:19:41
So this was voted on by the largest tax and they recommended a full award. 02:19:45
To the radio's Taxi or Taxi Expo. 02:19:49
Steps. 02:19:53
Basically what we gave last year. 02:19:56
He said he's growing this. They had a very good. 02:20:00
During that last year and he's looking to grow. He's bringing in more things, more attractions. 02:20:06
And he thinks it's going to be a bigger, bigger event. 02:20:10
I'd like to hear directly from moving forward. 02:20:14
From the event or the applicant. 02:20:17
Any other questions or comments? 02:20:22
Entertain a motion to approve. 02:20:26
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to Mitch approve logistics. 02:20:28
Tattoos Redos with Tattoos, 13,026. 02:20:32
2nd, 2nd. 02:20:35
Madam Clerk, if you please. 02:20:39
Mr. Wilson, Mr. 02:20:41
Aye, Commissioner Chavez, Commissioner Serna, Chair Fisher, thank you. 02:20:44
So consideration. 02:20:52
Of. 02:20:53
Resolution 202635 This is. 02:20:54
Authorizing entry into a ground lease with the museum in Mexico. Lincoln. Monterey. Permit. 02:20:58
At Fort. 02:21:03
So, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, what we have here for you is a. 02:21:06
Personality. 02:21:09
This is a. 02:21:11
Leaves that they brought to our attention. 02:21:12
We've had the department up there for for years. 02:21:15
They in the Museum of New Mexico, they they came back and said, hey. 02:21:21
You guys don't have an active ways in this approximate attention as they were expanding the station. 02:21:25
So we've been working with them to make sure that we get a. 02:21:30
Currently executed with them. 02:21:33
So that we can. 02:21:35
Occupy the land that we've been occupying for. 02:21:36
Quite some time. 02:21:39
So further request this was. 02:21:41
I put before you today for execution. 02:21:44
So that we can send this to them and and having. 02:21:48
Currently with. 02:21:51
All the time I can't. 02:21:53
We're doing this with. 02:21:57
The museums in New Mexico. 02:22:00
So yeah. 02:22:01
Any questions or comments on this? 02:22:06
9 Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion to approve. 02:22:11
Mr. Chair, that you make a motion to include the resolution 2025-35 authorizing the entry into the ground needs to the museum. 02:22:16
New Mexico Fire Department, Fort Stanton Station. 02:22:24
I'm sorry, 2026. 02:22:31
2nd, 2nd. 02:22:35
1st please. 02:22:38
Commissioner Serna. 02:22:40
Commissioner Fraser. Commissioner Wilson. Commissioner Chavez. Mr. Fisher. 02:22:41
So now we're on Section 5 non action. I have discussed only. 02:22:46
We previously brought this tea, so we have some updates on this I want to present you. 02:23:05
As far as the renewal for the hospital needs go. 02:23:10
With that, the direction previously received from the Commission. 02:23:15
Was that we take this back. 02:23:19
And. 02:23:21
Looking away on a CPI schedule. 02:23:23
To let it done remain stagnant for the next 20 years. 02:23:26
Presbyterian proposed. 02:23:33
Any structure that. 02:23:35
Is we feel spare? 02:23:37
For your consideration. 02:23:39
And essentially the way they're going to take this is. 02:23:41
The annual payment to the county would increase by 50% of the prior years. 02:23:46
Cost price index, Consumer price index. 02:23:50
So. 02:23:53
Be that what it is with a minimum of 1%. 02:23:54
And a Max of two point. 02:23:57
2.5. 02:23:58
OK, so as you go through this you can see and there's examples in here. 02:24:00
And then we've given you a lot of information, but. 02:24:07
So here. 02:24:10
Consumer price index for like. 02:24:11
And then as your model is 2026 at 7:00. 02:24:13
Half of that would be .35, so that would round us to 1%. 02:24:16
OK. As you go down there. 02:24:20
If we have a. 02:24:24
Consumer price index of 4.7. 02:24:26
Half of that. 02:24:29
Would be 2.35, so that would be the increase to that year. 02:24:30
If it goes above 2.5. 02:24:34
2.5 is the cow. 02:24:37
OK. 02:24:39
We provided a what that could look like going forward and that's based off the last. 02:24:43
Seven years of. 02:24:49
The CPI adjustments. 02:24:51
Umm. 02:24:53
So. 02:24:56
We feel this is a very fair deal. 02:24:59
It's also giving you some formula. 02:25:03
Examples there how this kind of works? 02:25:05
We also did have a conversation with. 02:25:10
What's the Department of Finance? 02:25:15
They are going to be OK with this submitting an amendment. 02:25:19
To the current executed lease. 02:25:22
So we won't have to go through and do a whole new lease, whole new appraisals. 02:25:25
We're able to keep the one we have and just do an amendment for an extension. 02:25:28
They'll include the things that we've talked about before as well as. 02:25:31
This adjustment to account for any inflation that might happen. 02:25:35
So. 02:25:40
You feel like this accomplishes what was asked for. 02:25:52
Is it fair to then and us? 02:25:56
It doesn't remain stagnant. 02:25:58
It actually gives us the opportunity to grow this. 02:26:01
With that I know. 02:26:05
So we'll stand for any questions. 02:26:12
Hey Cortana, questions back. 02:26:15
I mean, I, I will tell you I'm. 02:26:19
I'm pleased that we're getting. 02:26:23
I'm not. I'm not interested in chasing. 02:26:29
The CPI and and thereby. 02:26:32
Contributing to it. 02:26:35
You know how that works, right? 02:26:38
So. 02:26:42
So I'm fairly happy with this. 02:26:44
One of one of the one of the things that's interesting to me and. 02:26:49
Is. I think it's the indigent. 02:26:53
Fund they, we fund that and they fund that. Is that not correct? 02:26:56
Man treasure. 02:27:02
So the indigent fund. 02:27:05
Is funded by the. 02:27:07
2nd 1818 Gross receipts tax. 02:27:10
And what we do is still community provider and safety care net pool. 02:27:13
I think half. 02:27:17
One full and 1/2 right. 02:27:19
We payout of indigent. 02:27:21
This year we had to go back and make the hospital pay. Is it the safety care, natural? 02:27:23
Yeah. So they had to start paying half because it's increased tremendously. So as our GRT goes up, so just. 02:27:28
Those bills? 02:27:35
For a safety care net poll in the So Cool. 02:27:38
So can you providing. 02:27:40
Yes, and those command of indigent. 02:27:42
So and then also out of this lease money. 02:27:45
We pay the. 02:27:49
Geo Bond for the hospital. 02:27:52
Which is. 02:27:54
Approximately 1 point. 02:27:55
8 million 1,871,000. 02:27:57
Something dollars a year. 02:28:01
And then also the lease money pays back the county because we've paid almost $6,000,000 to help build the. 02:28:02
Hospital they had gone over. 02:28:10
So we. 02:28:12
Pay us back 500,000 a year. 02:28:13
So any increase in that fund, it will build up a little bit and we could pay maybe down the Geo bond. 02:28:16
What is that supposed to mature? 02:28:23
Pat Bondino. 02:28:26
It's a 30 year note in 2017 so. 02:28:28
2047 something like that. 02:28:33
I'd have to pull the. 02:28:36
Files on. 02:28:38
But you know if. 02:28:39
If we didn't have the hospital lease then we would be responsible for the Geo bond. 02:28:43
So that way it's not implemented a mill levy on the taxpayers. 02:28:48
To increase the oblivion. 02:28:53
So so have you looked at this? 02:28:57
I've been on taxes. 02:29:04
My my directions been over on the tax side. Commissioners, do you have any comments or you know in general, do you? 02:29:07
You feel like this is a good way to go? 02:29:12
Mr. Chairman, the general idea. 02:29:16
I think. 02:29:20
Some kind of thing for you? 02:29:21
I think Manage Your Brands did his due diligence and. 02:29:23
Was able to bargain with them and did a good job. 02:29:26
OK. So the direction is we like it. 02:29:31
I think I'm speaking for the on behalf of the Commission. We like the direction. 02:29:34
I I would. 02:29:40
I would like to have a better understanding and maybe this is just me. 02:29:41
Of the. 02:29:46
Safety net pool. 02:29:47
Relationship we have with with the. 02:29:48
Hospital Presbyterian. 02:29:51
Because it seems to me that. 02:29:54
It seems to me that. 02:29:57
You had we didn't. We didn't have enough money. 02:29:58
Last year for it, right? 02:30:02
Settle in the indigent. So it was. 02:30:03
Dwindling the indigent funds down. 02:30:06
Yeah. So how did we pay for that? 02:30:09
So out of DRT from the indigent. 02:30:11
OK. And then we decided this year. 02:30:15
That, uh. 02:30:18
We talked to Todd over here and told him that we needed to go back 5050. 02:30:19
Indigent and then the Lincoln County Medical Center. 02:30:23
So these are in a totally different fund for the lease? 02:30:26
It's in the 509 fund, right? 02:30:29
Yeah, they can't be coming, but they do. 02:30:31
But but. 02:30:33
Part of I think when I looked at the and I don't have it in front of me. 02:30:35
The uh. 02:30:39
The contract, it indicated that some of their. 02:30:39
I'll call it profits. 02:30:44
To be set aside for the. 02:30:46
For paying those. 02:30:49
For those people, the services, right? And that's why you were able to tell him, hey, we need you guys to pay more. 02:30:51
He didn't do that. 02:30:57
Because he had to, he did. 02:30:58
He didn't do it because he wanted to, he did it because he was supposed to. 02:31:00
And I don't understand that relationship. I think that's important. 02:31:03
I think in the beginning. 02:31:07
They had so much in the indigent fund they were afraid the state would come and take it away. 02:31:09
Is what? 02:31:14
I think that. 02:31:15
Several years back, if I recall. 02:31:16
So that's why we started paying some of those out of there. 02:31:21
And which we're supposed to, right? 02:31:25
What is that for? 02:31:28
It's for the indigent and it's for, you know, safety care. It can be paid on any of those, right? I mean that that. 02:31:30
That 1/8. 02:31:36
Of 1% is designed to build. 02:31:38
A fund to protect? 02:31:40
Those people that don't have insurance and so forth, right? 02:31:42
Or the means to pay. 02:31:45
So we do that as a. 02:31:46
Beneficent County. 02:31:48
But what I don't understand, I still don't understand is how? 02:31:51
We didn't have enough money in that fund because our GRT was down. I suppose that. 02:31:55
Or a costs were up. 02:32:00
Well, the the safety care net pool and the soul community. 02:32:02
Provider increase. 02:32:06
So as our GRT increased. 02:32:07
So did they. 02:32:10
And they go off the full amount of the GRT that we received, so. 02:32:10
We adjusted that. 02:32:15
A couple months ago for. 02:32:17
Those for the fourth quarter payment, so you guys approved those? 02:32:19
One of them was from 600 to 800 and then. 02:32:24
One went up from like 8 to 1,000,000. 02:32:28
So you know, that's taking almost all of the GRT's that we're receiving, right? So that's why we head into the safety net, yes. 02:32:31
This is what it was, The hospital with the hospital, yeah. 02:32:39
And how did they feel compelled to do that? Do we know? 02:32:41
Todd. Todd seemed very fine, yeah. 02:32:45
Yeah, he agreed. 02:32:48
Yeah, OK. 02:32:51
It's still magic to me. 02:32:53
No, I mean it it it is because. 02:32:56
I think that the. 02:32:59
Safety net for. 02:33:00
Part of that. 02:33:03
Is funding comes from. 02:33:04
Access. 02:33:06
I hate to call it prophets, but let's call it profits to the hospital. 02:33:10
I think that's good. 02:33:16
But you know, what point can you know? How can we just go? 02:33:20
You know, what are they obligated to do with? 02:33:24
With that money? 02:33:26
I just don't understand that, Jason. 02:33:27
Yes, Sir, and and. 02:33:29
And you know, it's probably all good. I just think we need to have. 02:33:31
A little more visibility on it, that's all. 02:33:34
I don't think anybody's doing any wrong. 02:33:37
Nothing like that. 02:33:39
But it's nice to know that we we had that available. 02:33:40
Because we needed it. 02:33:43
So you know what would? 02:33:45
Where is that money going when we. 02:33:49
Don't say they need it. 02:33:51
So it sits in their cash balance. 02:33:53
So their cash balance was building up and talks all that. 02:33:56
I mean, we're paying a lot of money for the. 02:34:00
The clinics in the county? Not a bad thing. 02:34:03
But should we tap into that sometime? 02:34:07
It can only be used for operational, I believe, for all of those facilities. 02:34:09
I don't think it can be used. You can't die for gland or. 02:34:14
Operate the clinics but. 02:34:18
Let's let's move on. Thank you. So we'll have. 02:34:20
I just don't understand it. 02:34:23
That's all. We'll we will look into that and bring you a better understanding of it. 02:34:25
And I know God does because he's asked for us to do some stuff with. 02:34:29
Some of that cash. So we'll bring that back and we'll bring the amendment. 02:34:33
Well, attorney father kind of write that up with the. 02:34:36
The one that was previously presented. 02:34:39
As a judiciary, we just need to understand. 02:34:41
How that money is allocated? Where it comes from? 02:34:45
What it can be used for? 02:34:47
Yes, Sir. 02:34:49
OK. 02:34:50
Thank you. 02:34:51
So what's the direction? 02:34:52
Continue. 02:34:54
This is a good model. 02:34:55
Get her done. 02:34:57
Be down with it. 02:34:58
OK, OK. 02:35:00
So on this one, we were asked to put this on the agenda so we could have a discussion and open. 02:35:06
I will tell you we we discussed this a little bit last week. I think this is a. 02:35:11
Opportunity for the county. 02:35:17
We did receive. 02:35:19
Hey, we had some conversations with the village and since then. 02:35:21
The direction has been that Ipsus the IP USA. 02:35:27
Who is the developer of this? 02:35:31
Opportunity of this initiative. 02:35:33
Does want to? 02:35:37
Enter into an agreement directly with the county. 02:35:39
That's negotiated directly by the county. 02:35:41
And they sent me that. 02:35:45
Agreement for that framework. 02:35:47
Late yesterday afternoon. 02:35:49
We haven't had really a chance to go through that yet and see what the nuances are. 02:35:51
Details. 02:35:56
I'd ask for a chance to read it once before I. 02:35:59
So I couldn't talk about it so. 02:36:02
It's essentially modeled after the deal that. 02:36:04
We formally presented to you with the village. 02:36:08
Same kind of framework, same kind of structure. 02:36:10
About the same percentages. 02:36:14
You know it, it offers. 02:36:19
It offers several economic development opportunities for the county. 02:36:22
Be not hearing carers also with the potential rail Spire and transportation. 02:36:26
Clean that with the generation of the biofuel up there. 02:36:30
Being as it further expands our. 02:36:33
Moody Programs. 02:36:36
We need to flush out. 02:36:37
How it works and where it works and what it's actually going to be. 02:36:39
So that we can bring a model to your financial model of. 02:36:43
What we're going to have to put into it and what? 02:36:46
We're going to potentially get back out of it. 02:36:48
This is a program that goes through LEDA. The Southern building is able to get it through there. 02:36:52
Contractual in their state obligations. 02:36:57
So we're going to fix this out with. 02:36:59
Kevin Wilson and Jim Lucero. 02:37:01
And potentially get them here in January. 02:37:03
The president of IPSA is going to be here. 02:37:06
January, uh. 02:37:08
And would like to meet with each of you. 02:37:09
Or as a group. So we'll take your direction on how you would like to. 02:37:11
Have that meeting. 02:37:15
So and and kind of like we've previously discussed. 02:37:19
Sounds like this deal is happening. 02:37:24
So it only benefits them and benefits us to be a part of it. 02:37:25
So. 02:37:29
With that, I'll stand for some questions or. 02:37:31
Yeah, I'd like, I'd like to have it in a open meeting. 02:37:37
Context I don't mind talking to people offline, but at the end of the day it needs to be in here. 02:37:41
Have a presentation. 02:37:49
Location. 02:37:50
Footprint. 02:37:51
And then some numbers. 02:37:53
Numbers like. 02:37:55
Money. 02:37:57
GRT Leader. 02:37:58
Number of people. 02:38:00
You know that that kind of those things, they, they've, I know they've worked that out. Otherwise they wouldn't be this far along. 02:38:02
Right, the other piece. 02:38:07
The other pieces. 02:38:09
I'd like to know. 02:38:12
The the relationship between. 02:38:14
In general need another contract, so maybe we. 02:38:18
The body wants to see it. That's fine. But. 02:38:22
Between the village. 02:38:26
And the company? 02:38:28
And you know what sort of risk? 02:38:31
Is present law for the county. 02:38:35
So what they've done is, is that they're anticipating. 02:38:37
Several, uh. 02:38:40
Entities to want to be a part of this, they've modeled a template contract. 02:38:41
To where your risk that you. 02:38:45
Could agree to. 02:38:50
Determined your. 02:38:51
Potential revenue share. 02:38:53
So if we want to obligate, we want to guarantee a certain amount of green stock every year. 02:38:54
That increases or decreases your potential revenue share. 02:38:59
So ours is modeled after the performer you provided to them. 02:39:03
Excuse me ma'am, say that one more time. 02:39:07
Our contract that they want to discuss with us is modeled after the information you provided to them. No, they actually provided. 02:39:10
Maria Dilsu and this thing, they're wanting to model this throughout the state. 02:39:24
I'm talking specifically about the document you showed me that had tonnage that we would be. 02:39:28
Providing them annually. So that document was the one with the village. They provided me a new one. 02:39:33
Like I said yesterday that I will be the fighting I would like to look at at least once. 02:39:38
And then we'll send that out for discussion. 02:39:42
So I wanted to have it available for today but. 02:39:45
I haven't had a chance to review it. 02:39:48
And we'll send it out because we need to. 02:39:50
Discussing. Look at it, yeah. 02:39:52
I'd like to have some graphics too. 02:39:55
Yes, Sir. 02:39:58
Cartoons understand. 02:40:00
What is the amount of tonnage that you have stockpiled at the airport currently? 02:40:03
I'm not sure the tonnage that's exactly out there. 02:40:08
I can talk to the contractor and find out for sure. 02:40:11
Can you tell us? 02:40:15
About 315 times. 02:40:17
I can't tell you the rest. 02:40:22
The. 02:40:32
Amount of material. 02:40:34
Is is incredible. I can't even fathom it that we're going to get. And that's just. 02:40:35
Off of that little bully that we had. So we're going to have to have a place. 02:40:41
What it means a mechanism, a process? 02:40:46
Of getting rid of it. 02:40:49
And if we can do that in a way that. 02:40:52
Reduces our costs as environmentally friendly. 02:40:55
And allows us to and have these other benefits inside venture income. 02:40:58
Income. The gentleman income. 02:41:04
I'd like the job. 02:41:06
Portion. 02:41:08
So. 02:41:11
So those are the things we want to talk about. 02:41:12
Alright, I think. 02:41:14
And our permit is only valid for 120 days, So what are y'all going to do with the material come February? 02:41:15
Can you check it somewhere? 02:41:25
No, the permits been in place for the last couple years. We keep renewing it just in case we have. 02:41:27
So I thought NMAD said it was temporary and had to be removed by renewing it because we do. 02:41:34
Clean up debris out there. 02:41:40
And process it. 02:41:41
Slow anyway again. 02:41:42
If we're there, pass through the word. 02:41:47
They they, they had some. 02:41:51
Dates that they were talking about actually getting this thing in. 02:41:53
It could be. 02:41:56
Up and running. 02:41:57
Talking about breaking ground in January. 02:42:00
And it's all modular too. 02:42:04
So we may we may have to go. 02:42:08
Beyond February, but I'm sure we can get. 02:42:09
Our friends in Santa Fe will prove. 02:42:13
I hope our friends and also are happy with the Hazard Word Scholar. 02:42:16
No pizza, having it on the ground. 02:42:24
Dark fire. 02:42:27
This way we've got it. 02:42:30
It's there, it's ready to go, it's isolated. 02:42:31
So Downs are happy about it. 02:42:36
Not being there. 02:42:39
So what? 02:42:42
I'm not gonna do it. That's. 02:42:44
Are they, do you have, do you have a lot of problems? Do you think they're going to have problems with this? 02:42:48
Installation. 02:42:53
Hanukkah River County. 02:42:55
But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. 02:42:57
Canvassing. 02:43:05
Yeah. I mean that's that's. 02:43:06
Part of the thing. 02:43:08
You know there there are an aesthetic value that would. 02:43:09
We're concerned about trying to maintain out there. 02:43:12
So we'll need to understand. 02:43:15
Yeah, well, every there are some implicated. There's some problems with the. 02:43:18
There's a there's a piece of land right there. 02:43:24
It's a pit. 02:43:27
That's right next door. 02:43:28
It's huge. 02:43:30
And you can't see it from the road. 02:43:32
So would it be who of us to? 02:43:34
See if we can get that from the state. 02:43:37
And I believe it's state land. 02:43:40
And we can. 02:43:41
But it's there instead of. 02:43:42
Sports visible. 02:43:45
I think the problem is the type of material which is combustible material. 02:43:46
Gravel. 02:43:51
It's not talking about. 02:43:53
Combustible material. 02:43:56
In the drove it. 02:43:57
That way. 02:43:59
You have. 02:44:00
A buffer all the way around it, which is. 02:44:01
Ground that doesn't have any kind of fuel on it so. 02:44:04
And it would be down in a pit where it'd be. 02:44:07
Easier to fight. 02:44:10
If we had to. 02:44:12
Do that. 02:44:14
I think everything in life comes down to assets. 02:44:16
And liabilities and I think with one of these. 02:44:20
Grants potentially going in, we're going to have. 02:44:22
We're going to have to weigh the pros and cons of each one of those. 02:44:25
The return on investment versus the liability of having those fire starters and. 02:44:28
And potential liability from having the material out there. 02:44:34
So, well, I believe they they, they had a plan too. 02:44:38
I remember right. 02:44:41
That they already had. 02:44:43
Apparatuses and water. 02:44:44
To, you know, fight. 02:44:46
Find it if it does come most. 02:44:48
Is that currently in place? 02:44:50
And then they have their own. 02:44:57
Their own fire equipment and everything there. 02:44:58
Already not in our county owned land though. 02:45:00
Yeah, but I mean. 02:45:05
The gun goes back to the details. It sounds like some of the Commission is more informed than the other, so I'll look forward to 02:45:07
the presentation. 02:45:10
Yeah, it's gonna be important today. 02:45:15
Yeah. I'd like to look forward to the presentation from that individual company. 02:45:17
And we may may see it that. 02:45:21
Gravel pit is available to. 02:45:22
Store the. 02:45:25
Will inquire. That is state land. I know there's been some. 02:45:27
Previous discussion with models regarding that. 02:45:31
So we'll inquire into the current status as of that. 02:45:34
So I know it's abandoned. Well, I mean, I know it's not in use anymore, so. 02:45:38
But I don't know what if. 02:45:42
Somebody has a lease on it. 02:45:43
Because I know at one time there was a. 02:45:45
When we'll prepare that and bring it back to you on an openly. 02:45:51
What's that? 02:45:58
Look for them knowing more about this. I think we just need more details. 02:45:59
I will put that together so that we have a clear depiction and modeling of what it could be or what it is so. 02:46:06
I think that's exciting, exciting opportunity. 02:46:13
Devils in the details so. 02:46:16
We look forward to seeing some details. 02:46:18
OK, Lincoln County Fairgrounds project. Do you have something that. 02:46:23
Others. So, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, we've been talking. 02:46:26
We've been working with Wilson and company. When we first started this and brought it to you, we were fairly. 02:46:30
Far along is funding had already been secured on this but. 02:46:36
When we brought this back for authorization and realized we didn't have the match money. 02:46:39
We were directed to go back and look at. 02:46:45
How this would better fit the overall plan for the fairgrounds? 02:46:49
So what this is kind of what we've been working on an overall view. 02:46:52
We took the cover arena that was over. 02:46:57
Where the existing arena is. 02:47:00
And kept it in open air. 02:47:02
Westward facing arena. 02:47:04
And we redid all the stands. 02:47:07
Under it and there are going to be. 02:47:09
VIP boxes and. 02:47:11
Press boxes on the What would be the north-south side? 02:47:14
With that, we've included a new Fletcher Hall. 02:47:18
A new. 02:47:21
Extended what they're calling the swine barn. 02:47:23
If you went there an affair this would incorporate and fit all their animals in it they. 02:47:26
Basically set up panels down here right now and put horses in it so. 02:47:30
We did a longer. 02:47:34
Swine barn for animals during fair. 02:47:36
This is the new wash rack that is currently there. 02:47:39
This is an existing building. 02:47:42
This is the new feed barn that's constructed. This is the new bathroom that is currently there on site. 02:47:44
This bathroom we had to relocate but it is currently installed on site. 02:47:49
And in the new food court. 02:47:53
Covers in in. 02:47:55
Installed as well. 02:47:57
So along with this, we also included we moved the covered arena from here. 02:47:59
And put it back over the practice arena. 02:48:03
So with that, here would be a. 02:48:06
And they give you an individual look at each one of these is your slide barn. 02:48:10
A new Fletcher Hall. 02:48:17
There's kind of just a real basic draft layout of Fletcher Hall. We were to rebuild it. 02:48:19
It's kind of. 02:48:23
The hodgepodge right now, so we keep. 02:48:25
Restrooms down on this end, we move the concession stand over here next to the. 02:48:27
Covered, uh. 02:48:31
Concession area. 02:48:33
With the kitchen, have storage and meeting room here. 02:48:34
A new practice arena, Fletcher Hall. Is that footprint change? 02:48:39
The footprint has not changed, so the interior. 02:48:42
Current interior dimensions are going to be the same, yes. 02:48:45
On the current concrete slab. 02:48:48
What we've asked them to do is raise the eve height. 02:48:50
And keep it on the same footprint. 02:48:53
Does the current concrete slab meet standards code standards of today? 02:48:58
I doubt it. 02:49:04
I don't think so. I mean it's a metal building, a load on a metal building. 02:49:07
The what it depicts on is wind, low snow load. That's not going to change. So if it was the codes and standards back then, if it 02:49:10
met code, it's going to meet today. 02:49:14
So we'll have that evaluated, but got another one. 02:49:19
What? I just don't believe you. 02:49:22
So. 02:49:28
There's no way codes from the 80s or 70s could. 02:49:29
The amount of 2022. 02:49:32
Well, you're, you're, you're gonna have, you're gonna have it evaluated. 02:49:35
So what are the covered practice arena? 02:49:38
They did cover that whole arena. We might have to look at the size of that. 02:49:42
And then kind of a depiction. Oops, sorry, sounds a little sensitive. 02:49:46
And then there's the horseshoe ringer looking in from the West. 02:49:52
With new animal chases. 02:49:56
And bleachers. 02:49:59
As requested with the shade and that what it would look like. 02:50:00
In the stance so. 02:50:03
They provided us details on each one of the. 02:50:08
Facilities. 02:50:11
On this. 02:50:15
And then we also have a draft. This is very. 02:50:17
Draft. They're still trying to. 02:50:19
Come up with the exact numbers. 02:50:21
But even still. 02:50:25
We're looking at 10.9 million for. 02:50:27
What the engineers currently looking at. So we're going to have to prioritize. 02:50:30
What we want to look at doing and then working out to go through and look at with our contractors. 02:50:34
What the actual cost is going to be? 02:50:38
So this is our engineering draft. 02:50:40
Cost so. 02:50:42
So, so we, we were hoping it was going to be closer to what? 02:50:45
Well, we have 4 available spend. 02:50:49
Yeah, so. 02:50:51
That's that's where we're at. 02:50:54
We have to determine what we want the scope to be before we ask them if they're going to approve it. 02:51:01
Churchill said he could amend the scope, though. 02:51:05
We need to determine what the scope is going to be before we go ask her if we can change it. But this fits the scope. 02:51:07
So if you change the scope. 02:51:18
Are they going to give us more money? 02:51:20
I mean, we don't know. 02:51:22
No, no. So. 02:51:24
So the stuff, if you don't follow the scope, you don't get your money. That's what I'm saying. 02:51:26
So what we've done is as we've designed this. 02:51:31
We've tried to keep the buildings that fit the scope that's currently there. 02:51:34
That's why we move the covering into the practice frame. That's why we're trying to do Fletcher Hall, so it still meets the scope 02:51:38
of where the intended. 02:51:41
Scope of the grant. 02:51:45
Yeah. 02:51:48
What's beautiful, we just can't afford it. 02:51:49
So we're. 02:51:53
Keep going. We're going to workout on this and see if we can't get something that we can afford to fit in the scope. 02:51:55
And we'll bring you back a full plan, but we have made. 02:52:02
Progress. 02:52:05
Yeah, alright. 02:52:06
What the direction of the Commission? 02:52:08
So. 02:52:10
When does this grant revert? 02:52:13
Hello, I need to look at that. I'm not I don't have that number, that date, I mean I think. 02:52:17
2027 Thank you, Sir. 2027 Yes, Sir. 02:52:21
I believe. Excuse me. 02:52:25
24 months. 02:52:27
I don't know if we're ready to prioritize what what you need to be looking at, but I I would say that. 02:52:29
Based on previous comments and discussions with. 02:52:34
Stakeholders even in this Commission. 02:52:38
That. 02:52:41
Covered horseshoe arena seems to be a priority. 02:52:42
Right, that seems to be. 02:52:46
But we've all been out there baking in the. 02:52:49
Noonday sun, so that's important. 02:52:51
The Fletcher piece. 02:52:55
I don't know if you can. 02:52:57
That that needs to be remodeled, whether? 02:52:59
Needs to be. 02:53:01
Lifted and everything else. 02:53:02
11 might imagine that. 02:53:04
You might get away with something less. 02:53:06
Is that you got a pinged look on your? No, no, it's not pained at all. So you said you put your hole in there to put the stove 02:53:09
for. 02:53:12
So part of the EDA grant to my understanding. 02:53:16
And I and I might need to pull the scope and read this, but it's my understanding it was also supposed to be modern as an 02:53:20
evacuation center. That's why there's a covered arena. 02:53:24
So that we could get. 02:53:28
Animals and people out of the weather. 02:53:29
So that we could use Fletcher Hall as an evacuation center. 02:53:31
And even potentially as an emergency command center. 02:53:35
So and so there's raising it. 02:53:38
What's your call is? 02:53:42
Currently has several maintenance issues. 02:53:44
It has roof leaks, the HVAC doesn't work, it doesn't have appropriate heaters the kitchen got. 02:53:46
Tone issues so. 02:53:50
It's actually a more behoove us to build a new one than it would be to try to fix the current one. 02:53:53
So that's why that's. 02:54:00
Proposal it is. 02:54:01
I thought Ventura plumbing just put all new ductwork and HVAC. 02:54:03
Facility, yeah. 02:54:06
They've been working on the bathrooms, but. 02:54:08
To my understanding, they have not put ductwork throughout that facility prior to you coming on board and. 02:54:10
Within. 02:54:15
Well. 02:54:20
Obviously, we're gonna have to. 02:54:22
Reduce the. 02:54:23