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Approvals and budget adjustments

- The commission approved the meeting minutes for 02/04/2025 after a motion and second. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Commissioners Bowen, Carlson, Trost, Juan and Cordova.

- The commission approved the expense approval report for January 2025 after motion and second. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Commissioners Bowen, Carlson, Trost, Klein and Cordova.

- The commission approved the purchase card report for January 2025 after motion and second. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Commissioners Bowen, Carlson, Trost, Klein and Coronado.

- Treasurer’s office furniture: Treasurer Patricia Groszko requested a budget adjustment to purchase office furniture for a new position and a newly furnished office, citing a vendor quote of $30,109.22. The commission moved, seconded and approved the budget adjustment (roll call: Bowen Yes; Carlson Yes; Trost Yes; Klein Yes; Cordova Yes).

- Pecos Valley Drug Task Force facility: County staff reported the new Pecos Valley Drug Task Force building is nearing completion and requested a budget adjustment to outfit the facility with furniture, secure servers and building security. The commission approved the requested budget adjustment (motion and second; roll call: Bowen Yes; Carlson Yes; Gross Yes; Klein Yes; Cordova Yes).

- DWI program driving simulator reclassification: The commission approved a line‑item reclassification (no net increase) to move a $16,400 DWI simulator purchase from minor equipment to capital purchases so it aligns with Department of Finance and Administration reporting. Motion carried on roll call: Bowen Yes; Carlson Yes; Trost Yes; Klein Yes; Cordova Yes.

Consent agendas and travel requests

- The commission approved the remainder of the resolution and agreement consent agenda after an item (A23‑157, final renewal #3 with Total Assessment Solutions Corporation) was pulled for further discussion. The commission later tabled the renewal item pending clarification of the firm’s scope and assurance the contractor will not duplicate statutorily required state appraisal functions (motion to table carried: Bowen Yes; Carlson Yes; Gross Yes; Klein Yes; Cordova Yes).

- Travel request consent agenda was approved by roll call.

Process notes and next steps

Staff said where budget deltas or project awards are required, they will return to the commission with the bid results and requests for any necessary appropriation. Commissioners asked for clarification and documentation on contracted appraisal and audit scope before renewing agreements that could overlap with state Taxation and Revenue duties.

No county funds were committed to the Artesia hospital master plan during the presentation; that item was informational.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","02 18 25 Eddy County Commission Meeting Part 1","oneSentenceSummary","The Eddy County Commission approved meeting minutes, expense and purchase card reports and several budget adjustments, including $30,109.22 for treasurer’s office furniture and funds to outfit the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force building; commissioners tabled a renewal with an appraisal firm pending scope clarification.","taxTitle","Eddy County, New Mexico","taxId",51111,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6324697,"County advances design and planned procurement for two new fire stations; cost pressures noted",422,3751000,4173000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2336452-d2b3b0a2aa06a49062363b8bbfb0f2e3&start=3751&end=4173","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2336452-d2b3b0a2aa06a49062363b8bbfb0f2e3/thumbnail_3751000.jpg","/articles/6324697/Eddy-County/New-Mexico/County-advances-design-and-planned-procurement-for-two-new-fire-stations-cost-pressures-noted","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6324697-c4933d9094ecf8010a14333577c01049/orig.mp4?Expires=1775567671&Signature=hRcTiAnlW4oIPJ8fau9EIDA5TLdS9zkf007Mj-L0PunWalYTHbvwU2IxdVws3WuhTJi2Kgzr7KlXZcCHs8zqH4cEpa6j9veZcUJj3DeF8oniRv1TcSayes2jtcWLfvrH4pnTs-4~0IVZB-CoW5CzQi6rqO0dtiozmGEkGqY5u0407m-VT-bWZKp2LIfAFuP8hzSTaM5xx9MJCO~ORL0fihgIRDtjyLU6CJ9BgGrFT5nCBAQB6K8nNUdQfTPqamLz3S6nbJILv3vrLn0rYakyo1tXnss8NxCrFCmOJdjgauhI7AFR4LNrCtaXeO7HZiC1IJCIheD4Ps92Wlm3aGItZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County staff presented updated designs and cost estimates for two new Eddy County fire stations — Fire Station No. 1 (Atoka/Tumbleweed area) and Fire Station No. 3 (McNew) — and told commissioners they expect to advertise both projects for competitive construction bids.

County project staff said the Nautoka/Tumbleweed Station No. 1 design is near complete: “This is gonna be a 17,000 approximate square foot station,” the presenter said, describing a metal‑frame building with four double apparatus bays, living and sleeping areas and workout space. The current project summary shows a total project need of about $11.3 million and an existing fire‑services account balance of $10.95 million; staff said the program is roughly $2.1 million short of the opinion of probable cost and that water‑line installation to connect to Artesia city water contributed materially to the increase.

For Fire Station No. 3 (McNew), staff described an approximately 12,000‑square‑foot metal building with five double bays on property purchased by the county; that project’s estimated budget was roughly $6.5 million with a current estimated delta of about $550,000 depending on bid results. Staff said the McNew site has a well and plans to use on‑site water storage for fire service needs.

Staff said the plan is to finalize the designs, advertise the two projects concurrently with a 30‑day bid period, and return to the commission with actual bids and any necessary budget adjustments at award. Estimated construction timelines given by staff were about 18–24 months for the larger Atoka/Tumbleweed station and about 18 months for the McNew project, depending on lead times and market conditions.

Commissioners asked about the sources of the budget deltas. Staff cited general construction inflation and the cost of the water‑line work as the principal drivers. Commissioners were told the county will return with bid results and, if necessary, requests for additional appropriation at the award stage.

No contract awards or budget increases were approved at the briefing; staff will proceed to advertise and competitively bid the projects unless the commission directs otherwise.","County staff briefed commissioners on near‑final designs for new northern and McNew area fire stations, assessed an approximate $2.1 million funding gap driven by inflation and water‑line infrastructure, and outlined an 18–24 month construction timeline.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6324702,"Artesia General Hospital unveils master plan for Pecos Springs Regional Hospital and health‑care village",2019,1509000,3528000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2336452-d2b3b0a2aa06a49062363b8bbfb0f2e3&start=1509&end=3528","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2336452-d2b3b0a2aa06a49062363b8bbfb0f2e3/thumbnail_1509000.jpg","/articles/6324702/Eddy-County/New-Mexico/Artesia-General-Hospital-unveils-master-plan-for-Pecos-Springs-Regional-Hospital-and-healthcare-village","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6324702-1337ccdfcfe4f0f631223e702908477a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775567671&Signature=AVWJLbc1Kc9WB-NKVdHsxwBGDDl1X-z2Cbx2~bDKJSxcXcrOmaes79~UztSrpNcmRSW~Fui8DwS8aWZ7VZl8kl~ZIOGyQB5GPFG4l9bkjsQdBw1BwSx2gRHHBwCt2l5obXnLpeVn3kB5Fna4BOHmdqZz4kk2k7Up7kBvMkx-iGXX9A7oNq3KeklFHxg0ThLiqKcM3FMJ4FP-xLIxGweMB9ZsXeXE8IPnQ7xuKviCWXVPyBkyiZrBn1yrrzqNP~KZNvgVn-2T9Il-a8GZk~EiPvAJn3zuySdadneSooR4QHYtDf-w16RTHMfbSl4DP-csKyUeBpDPvYKjSplgw92cMg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jeremy Kern, project manager and owner’s representative for Artesia General Hospital and the Artesia Special Hospital District, presented a multi‑phase master plan for a new 70‑acre North Campus and a proposed 320,000‑square‑foot Pecos Springs Regional Hospital to the Eddy County Commission.

Kern said the board and hospital leadership concluded a replacement hospital on a new campus was more practical than a piecemeal renovation of the existing 1981 facility. “We’re scoping this to be a level 2 facility,” Kern told commissioners, describing plans for an expanded emergency department, surgical suites, imaging, expanded inpatient capacity and a shell‑ready third floor for future growth.

The plan includes a mixed “health‑care village” around the hospital — about 43 mid‑tier single‑family homes targeted as workforce housing, 84 townhome‑style units and roughly a dozen units the district would build and retain for staff housing. Kern said the district is aiming for affordability targets on the single‑family units to support local recruitment.

Kern said the new hospital footprint would start with roughly 64 beds expandable to 128 and about eight operating rooms with robotic technology; the campus would also include medical office buildings, outpatient services, an education/training component intended to develop local clinical staff, and supporting utilities infrastructure such as a CVE substation and a city lift station.

Kern and others described an adaptive‑reuse plan for the existing Artesia campus that would convert parts of the current hospital into senior duplex housing, a 25‑unit assisted living wing, a 27‑bed nursing home, an expanded rehabilitation and adult‑day‑care unit, a behavioral health unit and four inpatient psychiatric beds. Kern said reuse would be less costly than demolition, which the presentation estimated at about $20 million.

Kern said the board will proceed with programming, design and a technology review (named Big Bear AI) to analyze workflow, patient movement and projected population needs across a 20‑ to 50‑year horizon. He asked the county to consider the hospital district a stakeholder in countywide planning and to look for ways the county could coordinate on shared needs such as workforce housing and infrastructure.

Dr. Salgado (from the hospital C‑suite) and Jared Moreau, chair of the Special Hospital District board, joined Kern for the presentation and fielded commissioner questions about workforce recruitment, relationships with Carlsbad and regional service areas.

Kern emphasized the project focus on retaining care in‑county for families who currently travel out of the area for specialty and inpatient services, and on training local health workers to improve recruitment and retention.

The presentation was received as informational; commissioners asked follow‑up questions but took no formal county action during the meeting.","Artesia General Hospital project manager Jeremy Kern presented a comprehensive countywide health‑care master plan that includes a new North Campus hospital (Pecos Springs Regional Hospital), modular medical office buildings, workforce housing and adaptive reuse of the existing hospital for senior and long‑term care.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6324708,"Eddy County Extension reports growth in school outreach; 4‑H membership steady",957,696000,1653000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2336452-d2b3b0a2aa06a49062363b8bbfb0f2e3&start=696&end=1653","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2336452-d2b3b0a2aa06a49062363b8bbfb0f2e3/thumbnail_696000.jpg","/articles/6324708/Eddy-County/New-Mexico/Eddy-County-Extension-reports-growth-in-school-outreach-4H-membership-steady","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6324708-9916798ef2951850ef47bb926ae101e7/orig.mp4?Expires=1775567671&Signature=hAA0xtN0e6Vz46PmZEVrSBrBvMoMi7enUUV4S8q2tc-mx6Moi0OL8QishcsxBMddcoR6zn1UCmi83KQGRnu8VLy7qgHKg~dA6y4CyQN~CBtk6q85kLTsUTGuY1m53oIoW3KPPpol1U6WFWGxOpWbON5uby8h30NgM4Dkr6HrTNOGUF0SlDULGa5kAdcaATVWtGGm2bxhDByq0bu5tKd5VOEiFl8IOAQhGJHshmMqv0PHKjO611M990ACXAvMH7uYpOf7-1q-6jZZwIim67A1lQ-hVafnhAZpkX-2x5dnM24wt2Suw-3w8kMzO0NDQN9amsy60GMydWwMN9padf7QZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Wayne Shockey, county 4‑H youth development agent and county program director for the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, told the Eddy County Commission that Extension raised $238,887 outside of county budgeted money during the past year and expanded school enrichment into 19 classrooms.

That funding “is funding that we secure outside of county budgeted money, state, federal, anything like that that comes in the form of grants and fundraisers that we do throughout the year to support the 4‑H program primarily,” Shockey said.

The report said the county’s 4‑H program had about 280 members at the time of the presentation and 44 active volunteers — a number Shockey said had recently grown toward 50 after new enrollments. He also told the commission the junior market livestock sale at the county fair generated about $1,200,000 that benefits 4‑H and related programs.

Family and consumer sciences agent Wanda Frost described adult education efforts, including a diabetes cooking class and QPR suicide awareness training, and said Extension will expand its “discovery boxes” for financial literacy and animal science to support in‑classroom teaching.

Shockey and Frost highlighted program changes and priorities: rebuilding ag and natural resources capacity after a vacancy in that agent position, expanding shooting sports — now the largest youth program locally — and adding a pet‑science kit for schools and STEM nights.

Commissioners thanked Extension staff for outreach and asked about staffing and recruitment. Shockey said he has invited Commissioner Klein to serve on an advisory board to address recruitment for the vacant ag and natural resources role.

The presentation was informational; commissioners offered support and did not take formal action.

Shockey and Frost said they are available for more frequent presentations if the commission prefers quarterly updates.

The Extension presenters asked commissioners to note program impacts on youth development and community partnerships as planning continues.","Wayne Shockey and Wanda Frost presented the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service annual report to the Eddy County Commission, highlighting $238,887 in non‑county funding, expansion of school enrichment programs, and a 4‑H membership of about 280.","actionData","errors"]

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Commission approves routine minutes, expense reports and several budget adjustments; one appraisal contract renewal tabled

County advances design and planned procurement for two new fire stations; cost pressures noted

Artesia General Hospital unveils master plan for Pecos Springs Regional Hospital and health‑care village

Eddy County Extension reports growth in school outreach; 4‑H membership steady