Colfax County commissioners approve multiple budget transfers, grants applications and personnel motions

Colfax County commissioners on April 2025 approved a series of resolutions and motions covering budget adjustments, grant match commitments for local road projects, personnel actions in the treasurer’s and detention offices, and a request to seek matching funds from the Administrative Office of the Courts for sheriff’s office paving and expansion.

The board voted unanimously to postpone agenda items 8 and 9 to the next meeting because staff could not generate the requested reports from the new Triadic server. Commissioners Kern, Trujillo and Chairman Tatum voted yes on the procedural motion.

The board then approved routine minutes for March 25, 2025, and moved through a set of formal resolutions and motions by roll call. Key formal outcomes:

- Resolution 2025-036 (transfer, various funds): Approved. Motion and roll call recorded; specific transfer amounts were discussed by staff but the transcript did not specify all line-item dollar values. (See provenance below.)

- Resolution 2025-037 (budget adjustments, various funds): Approved. The resolution included multiple fund adjustments across road funds, the Philmont Wildfire Suppression Fund, general fund overtime for the detention center, revenue bond debt service, and reclassifications within the corrections/detention budget. Noted line items in the transcript: temporary positions $24,000; maintenance of vehicles $20,000; supplies $34,000; inventory $30,000; capital outlay vehicles $50,000; detention overtime $50,000; janitorial supplies +$6,000; commissary +$25,000; medical care +$67,000; inmate housing off-site −$98,000. The roll call was unanimous.

- Resolution 2025-038 (LGTPF/Project match commitment, Naha Low Crossing replacement application): Approved. The application totals $1,000,300 as read into the record; the transcript states $1,000,235 would come from the state and said the county match would be $65,000. Commissioners approved the resolution to proceed with the application.

- Resolution 2025-039 (LGDPF/Project match commitment, Valverde Road improvements): Approved. The project total was stated as $270,000 with a local match of $13,500; the remainder (reported in the record as $256,500) would come from the state. The board approved forwarding the application.

- VMDC (Vijom Maldonado Detention Center) salary adjustment to hire a registered nurse: Approved. The detention center requested a $2-per-hour increase to the posted hire rate to recruit an experienced registered nurse; the motion to increase the pay rate passed by roll call.

- Treasurer’s office vacancy: Approved. The board authorized the treasurer’s office to advertise and fill a departing staff position to support ongoing tax-collection work.

- Claim of exemption No. 7 (William Serrazio): Approved. The county attorney reviewed the claim and staff recommended approval; the board adopted the recommendation by roll call.

- Request to the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) for matching funds to assist with paving, striping and a facility expansion plan for the sheriff’s office: Approved. The board voted to ask the AOC for matching funds and discussed the longer-term facility plan and feasibility steps.

Each of the votes listed above was approved by roll call with the commissioners present recorded as voting in the affirmative in the transcript segments cited below.

Ending: The board closed its regular business after discussion of the manager’s items and road/bridge reviews and then adjourned.