LEGAL NOTICE

Date: April 4, 2024

The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Commission Meeting Room at the Grant County Administration Center located at 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, NM 88061.  The agenda for this meeting may be altered up to seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting; copies can be obtained from the County Manager’s Office or viewed online at www.grantcountynm.gov . If you are an individual with a disability in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter or any other form of auxiliary aide or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Grant County Manager at 1400 Highway

180 East, Silver City, New Mexico at least one (1) week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible.

The meeting will be livestreamed on the County Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrantCountyNM / and available later as a recording on the County’s website at www.grantcountynm.gov .

The tentative agenda is as follows:

AGENDA

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance & Salute to State Flag

Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda

Public Input

The general purpose of the County Work Session is to inform the Grant County Board of Commissioners of the Agenda items that will be addressed at the next Regular Meeting, and for the Department Heads and other Elected Officials to communicate with the Commissioners regarding matters in their respective departments. In accordance with Grant County's Open Meetings Act Resolution, we welcome public input.  This is not a question and answer period; speakers will be limited to five (5) minutes. Any individual who would like to discuss an item in more depth may request to be placed on a future agenda. Request forms are available in the County Manager’s Office. As indicated in our legal notice, participants must be seated in the meeting room or if participating through zoom, they were required to register no later than one hour prior to the meeting using the provided link.

Proclamations

Consideration of Proclamation “National Public Safety Tele-communicator Week” – Charlene Webb, County Manager

Consideration of Proclamation “National Correctional Officers Week” – Joe Andazola, Detention Center Administrator

Consideration of Proclamation “National Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month” – CASA, Program Director, Tanya Ortiz and Deputy Program Manager, Joanna Vasquez 

Presentations

Teresa Villa with Cobre Parent Center overview of Program – Chairman, Ponce

Recognition of Grant County DWI Program Director, Daniel Graves - Certificate of Appreciation – Charlene Webb, County Manger

Fred Fox, GRMC Board of Trustees Report

Gila Regional Medical Center Reports – Robert Whitaker, CEO

Elected Official’s Report

Approval of Minutes March 12 , 2024 Work Session Minutes

March 14, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes

March 26, 2024 Special Meeting Minutes

Financial Reports

Consideration of Expenditure Report dated April 2, 2024 – Linda Vasquez, Fiscal Service Director

New Business

Consideration of New Cliff Gila Fire Department Chief, Preston Johnson and Assistant Chief, Robert “BJ” Agnew – Roger Groves, Fire Chief

Consideration of donation from Valencia County Fire for a 2016 International Structure Engine – Roger Groves, Fire Chief

Consideration of Bargaining Unit Contract 2024-2026

Agreements

Consideration of Agreement A-24-11, MOU – 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office – Veteran Van Usage – Randy Hernandez, Planning Director

Consideration of Agreement A-24-12, Property Management Service Agreement Amendment No. 3 – Veronica Rodriguez, Procurement Officer

Consideration of Agreement A-24-13, MOU between the New Mexico State Fire Marshal regarding the use of office space at the GC Silver Street Complex – Charlene Webb, County Manager

Consideration of Agreement A-24-14, El Rio Sol Transmission Line Community Benefits Agreement – Charlene Webb, County Manager

Resolutions

Consideration of Resolution R-24-20, Amending the Approved and adopted Budget for FY Commencing July 1, 2023 – Linda Vasquez, Fiscal Services Director

Consideration of Resolution R-24-21, NMDOT TPF Project Submittal Authorization – Ridge Road Phase 2 – Randy Hernandez, Planning Director

Consideration of Resolution R-24-22, Adopting Fleet Management Policy – Charlene Webb, County Manager

Consideration of Resolution R-24-23, Resolution and Order Approving Request of El Rio Sol Transmission LLC to Use Certain Roads in Grant County and Other Matters – Charlene Webb, County Manager

County Board of Commissioners

Commissioners Reports

Adjournment

Chris M. Ponce, Commission Chairman

By: (s) Kristi Franco, Executive Assistant

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