Town of Silver City Council Regular Council Meeting September 23, 2025

LEGAL NOTICE

The Town of Silver City Council will hold their Regular Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Grant County Administration Center, 1400 Hwy. 180 East, Silver City, New Mexico. The public is invited to attend. The agenda will include:

4. PROCLAMATIONS – "FIRE PREVENTION WEEK" – "A REAFFIRMATION AND     CELEBRATION OF THE CORE VALUES OF THE TOWN OF SILVER CITY"

6. Approval of Minutes: 

A. Regular Meeting on July 29, 2025.

B. Regular Meeting on August 26, 2025.

8. Reports: 

A. Discussion Rules-of-Governing Bodies

B. Town Manager Job Description

C. Manager's Report

11. NEW BUSINESS:

A. Approval / Disapproval of a Public Celebration Permit: for the Octoaderfest 2025           October 4, 2025, with alcohol served from 11:00 am to 11:15 pm at 200 N. Bullard           Street, Silver City, New Mexico. Liquor License Holder: 1) Little Toad Creek           Brewery & Distillery, License #SBL-000032, 203 S. Mill Road, Silver City, NM 88061.

B. Approval / Disapproval of a Public Celebration Permit: for the Southwest Print           Fiesta 2025 October 11, 2025, with alcohol served from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm at 704            N. Bullard Street, Silver City, New Mexico. Liquor License Holder: 1) Open Space           Brewing, License #SBL-000112, P. O. Box 2369, Silver City, NM 88062.

C. Approval / Disapproval of RESOLUTION 2025-28: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE            AMENDED AND RESTATED COLONIAS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FUND LOAN/GRANT AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT" OR "LOAN/GRANT AGREEMENT") BY AND BETWEEN THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY ("NMFA," OR "LENDER/GRANTOR") AND THE TOWN OF SILVER CITY, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO "BORROWER/GRANTEE"), IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS ($1,442,111), EVIDENCING AN OBLIGATION OF THE BORROWER/GRANTEE TO UTILIZE THE LOAN/GRANT AMOUNT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE COSTS OF CONTRUCTING THE MILL ROAD SEWER BYPASS, WHICH         INCLUDES A NEW SEWER LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN, AND SOLELY IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN THE LOAN/GRANT AGREEMENT; PROVIDING FOR THE PLEDGE AND PAYMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND LOAN AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED           FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS ($144,211) SOLELY FROM THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM A ONE-FOURTH OF ONE PERCENT (0.25%) INCREMENT OF A MUNICIPAL LOCAL OPTION GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE TAX ORDINANCE (AS DEFINED IN THIS RESOLUTION), OF WHICH SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT (75%) OF SUCH INCREMENT IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF THE LOAN AND WHICH TAX HAS BEEN DE-EARMARKED AND IS ENFORCEABLE UNDER NMSA 1978, § 7-19D-9, AS AMENDED; AND ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,297,900); CERTIFYING THAT THE LOAN/GRANT AMOUNT, TOGETHER WITH OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE BORROWER/GRANTEE, IS SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT; APPROVING THE FORM OF AND OTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THE LOAN/GRANT AGREEMENT; RATIFYING           ACTIONS HERETOFORE TAKEN; REPEALING ALL ACTION INCONSISTENT WITH THIS RESOLUTION; AND AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF OTHER ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE LOAN/GRANT AGREEMENT. 

D. Approval / Disapproval of RESOLUTION 2025-29: CALL TO AMEND ORDINANCE 1174, APPENDIX C – LAND USE AND ZONING CODE OF 2010, ADOPTING A REVISED LAND USE CODE TO BE ENTITLED "LAND USE AND ZONING CODE OF 2025"

E. Mayors' Re-Appointment to Trails and Open Space Advisory Committee

F. Mayors' Re-Appointment to Planning and Zoning Commission

G. Municipal Judge Appointment 

12. Approval / Disapproval of Closed Executive Session pursuant to NMSA 1978 10-15- 

1(H)(6), meetings subject to the attorney-client privilege pertaining to threatened or 

pending litigation in which the public body is or may become a participant.

13. ADJOURNMENT

Agendas are available prior to the meeting and may be obtained at City Hall, 101 W. Broadway and City Hall Annex, 1203 North Hudson, or on the Town's website, www.townofsilvercity.org. If you have any questions regarding the public hearing, you may contact the Town Clerk at City Hall, 101 W. Broadway or call 534-6346. If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, contact the Town Clerk at 534-6346 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible.  Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact The Town Clerk if summary or other type of accessible format is needed.