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Why it matters: Committee members expressed concern about staffing levels in public-safety departments and the city’s ability to compete for recruits; staff said recent joint testing for police and fire yielded candidate pools but that competition with state agencies and pay differentials remain a challenge.

Details: HR reported payroll counts (622 paid employees for the pay period cited, 625 total employees on the roster). Staff and councilors said the city lost two patrol officers in the reported period and that recruiting remains difficult because state agencies can offer higher increases. The committee heard that the fire department reduced overtime and redirected some funds into salary increases to improve retention; several councilors and staff discussed compressing long salary-step tables to make step increases more meaningful.

Union negotiations: staff said the police union requested to open negotiations; city negotiators described a collaborative tone and said the negotiations will continue through the budget cycle. One staff member said state statutory timing constrains negotiation schedules and that some bargaining will extend later into the year.

Training and safety metrics: the Risk/Safety presenter reported 24 incidents in January (11 third-party caused), two property-damage reports, 10 motor-vehicle accidents (five third-party caused) and 13 injuries/illnesses (seven third-party caused). Training hours reported were 907 hours delivered to 268 employees and worker’s-compensation recoveries of $16,431.39 for the period.

Next steps: councilors asked HR and public-safety managers to continue recruiting, to share candidate pipeline metrics and to bring back negotiation updates as bargaining progresses.

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Why it matters: the award funds design work so the project can move into phased construction bids; staff said the design contract will be paid from donation/gift/grant funds and requires no general-fund budget adjustment.

Details: staff described the procurement as RFQ 25-002 for professional services; two proposals were received and staff recommended the lower-priced, responsive respondent. A nonmandatory pre-bid occurred in early February; proposals were due February 21. Committee members moved to send the award to the finance committee and to place final contract approval on the next consent agenda. The motion carried by voice vote with no opposition recorded in committee.

Next steps: staff will forward the award to the Finance Committee for budgetary oversight and to place the contract on the next council consent agenda for final authorization. Construction will be phased based on the design deliverables, and staff said the intent is to bid work in defined phases once design is complete.

","The committee approved awarding professional design services for an outdoor play-and-learn area (Roswell Public Library project) to Studio 27 for $38,843.93 inclusive of New Mexico gross receipts tax; the award was forwarded to finance and will appear on next approval agenda.",{"_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},6294003,"Committee approves sending demolition recommendation for a derelict property to full council amid broader code-enforcement concerns",71,4705000,4776000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2522352-10859c0b48bc61081c0e2f4417ddfbaf&start=4705&end=4776","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2522352-10859c0b48bc61081c0e2f4417ddfbaf/thumbnail_4705000.jpg","/articles/6294003/Roswell/Chaves-County/New-Mexico/Committee-approves-sending-demolition-recommendation-for-a-derelict-property-to-full-council-amid-broader-code-enforcement-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6294003-8f8ee7fc73015f0ac969f5fee6e7f6dc/orig.mp4?Expires=1775540363&Signature=Tdi7tqaJxI54w7mnLU~Oylg31tNjn116XGZVCSTLI3JVtm9vA6eSTPJTx-Y1YmPDygw49-aG2UDngn12QoXljyFNkRjZPcACqI6a5Iyb5ByKqY7lr8~38xaX6Jf5OmBgQmh6sUxzdS0JjmJ~D7jOIP0reMRms0WeTVGeAr4rRKnEzgkPRyDON~gH9zMg55y8bkW2a5e52adFmT81PRyI3WpS3Q3vxnycX3nbQ3wOHBIr~hw4zUh0oh4goUSQVvrDLMy-kETtwSGedtkaf54VTg36ehQojEhohuM5H2~qeo~JWsY9x09g3VSotm~3LxvoIIxGY1-j1oJ6vDU013cyJA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee moved and approved a recommendation to send a resolution to City Council seeking demolition of a dilapidated structure after staff described the property as a public-nuisance hazard.

Why it matters: committee members said repeated code-enforcement notices and limited court remedies leave some properties in ongoing disrepair, creating blight and safety concerns for neighbors. Councilors asked staff and the city attorney to present options to accelerate resolution of nuisance cases and better track case outcomes.

What happened: code-enforcement staff reported on a vacant property (address listed in the committee packet) with an open front door, animal presence and persistent deterioration. The staff member said the apparent owner is deceased and no responsible party has completed clean-up. Committee members voted to send a resolution (described as Resolution 205-XX in the meeting motion) recommending demolition/removal to the full City Council for consent.

Councilors discussed the limits of existing enforcement: staff and one councilor said many cases receive repeated notices and sometimes result in minimal fines or short-term penalties without long-term remediation. Members asked legal staff to research administrative or procedural changes — including whether an administrative code-enforcement process or magistrate procedures could speed outcomes — and requested data showing case filings, dismissals and dispositions to inform policy changes.

Next steps: committee staff will bring information on nuisance-ordinance options and statistical tracking of municipal-court dispositions back to the committee for consideration; the demolition resolution will be placed on the next City Council consent agenda as requested.

","The committee voted to forward a resolution recommending demolition of a dilapidated structure (address noted in staff report) to the City Council for consent. Members also requested staff return with options to improve how nuisance properties are processed through municipal court and Code Enforcement.",{"_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},6294007,"Roswell officials restart planning for 400-acre Old Municipal Airport site, schedule public charrette in May",1032,1510000,2542000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2522352-10859c0b48bc61081c0e2f4417ddfbaf&start=1510&end=2542","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2522352-10859c0b48bc61081c0e2f4417ddfbaf/thumbnail_1510000.jpg","/articles/6294007/Roswell/Chaves-County/New-Mexico/Roswell-officials-restart-planning-for-400-acre-Old-Municipal-Airport-site-schedule-public-charrette-in-May","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6294007-3ebcc6e0413a515be3ca1a5c5e3e1c96/orig.mp4?Expires=1775540363&Signature=a2R2wBzgtReDB9Woi-A0oLdNEynYAFxujKGhjFHgqmu-xn4IRZ8zkEUeY528Q1J1H1-SXo3ppZa1ktyAokxTn9NxXPnHvSAIw6Bh4cyOacd5VrlnFAqsZYNc1In8tglmKkHlO-Erw-R0rXCwf2dZY-LWqS6OdAKKRvoE3v5kesf9e9RykcHDDlhOd~jwBIraTik52BHQNAYCkGqyYgNo6-yKh0yQ7279bF6UAwzBZowjm~7WOkZx2qXyD4GuuY79hXPB-dqOU~tlW57nYtzxJzhCZesTAgSsoh3JH-TPAd084PMJ1cSRzFWobG6d4w1YJoW3JcIlfCGG8nwgnc1tZQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City planning staff and councilors discussed next steps for the Old Municipal Airport (OMA) site, a roughly 400-acre swath of city-owned land, and said the city will hold a five-day public design workshop in May to guide rezoning and future development.

Staff member (Planning) Meredith presented existing zoning and plan materials and told councilors the area currently contains a mix of residential-very-low (RBL), residential-low (RL) and an MXP mixed-use plaza district; she said some zoning provisions — including a requirement that ground floors be commercial with residential above across the MXP area — are out of step with market and community needs. Meredith said the city’s 2025 comprehensive master-plan process will include a charrette in May and that the final plan will likely take about a year to complete.

Why it matters: the OMA land borders Cielo Grande regional open space and, if rezoned and re-planned, could become a source of new housing, commercial space and recreational connections. Councilors repeatedly raised concerns that current zoning yields too-low residential density for land adjacent to regional parkland and that piecemeal sales before a new master plan would forfeit an opportunity to coordinate utilities, parks and school capacity.

Key details: planning staff said the OMA area totals approximately 400 acres and that a previous comprehensive-plan designation (2016) envisioned a master-planned mixed-use development. Staff identified strategy items from the adopted 2016 Comprehensive Master Plan—amendments to zoning for mixed use, identifying excess city property for affordable housing, and corridor studies to improve neighborhood transitions—and recommended revisiting those policies as part of the 2025 process. Meredith told councilors the consultant team will be on site for outreach; staff named May 12–16, 2025 as the anticipated charrette week and estimated about a year to produce the final plan.

Council discussion touched on design choices and trade-offs. Several councilors and staff debated alleys versus curbside collection, parking counts, and neighborhood open space standards; one councilor raised concerns that very-high-density layouts with no private yards could push play and social activity into streets. Staff said alley design, utility placement and maintenance costs are legitimate tradeoffs that the master-plan process should study.

Staff and council members also discussed the National Guard and Youth Challenge leases at the airport: legal staff and others said the Youth Challenge facility has been proposed to continue at a $1-per-year lease in exchange for in‑kind services (cleanup and airport support), while other National Guard facilities on airport property would be charged FAA-competitive rents. No final lease vote was taken during the committee meeting.

Next steps: staff said the consultant will visit in April for initial meetings and will hold public workshops in May. Planning staff recommended the council wait for the 2025 master-plan products before authorizing major land sales or lease changes for the OMA parcels.

","City planning staff and councilors discussed the Old Municipal Airport (OMA) 400-acre site, zoning conflicts with the 2016 Comprehensive Plan, and a 2025 master-plan public engagement week scheduled for May 12–16, 2025 to guide rezoning and redevelopment for mixed-use and attainable housing.","actionData","errors"]

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