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Santa Fe County commissioners approve contracts, appointments and capital planning submissions
Summary
At its March 25 meeting the Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners confirmed appointments, approved construction and services contracts, adopted several resolutions and authorized staff to pursue congressional project funding.
Santa Fe County commissioners voted on several items March 25, approving contract awards and appointments, adopting capital-submission resolutions and authorizing staff to seek congressional-directed spending.
The actions included appointing a new District 3 member to the county planning commission, awarding a construction contract to upgrade sidewalks and ADA access at a public-housing site, approving indefinite-quantity agreements for pre-employment medical and drug testing services, adopting a senior-services capital submission for the county's Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan and approving an administrative resolution clarifying safety-program authority. Commissioners also authorized staff to apply for FY2026 congressionally directed spending (community project funding).
The board's roll call showed five commissioners present: Chair Camilla Bustamante; Commissioners Adam Johnson, Justin Green, Hank Hughes and Lisa Kokari Stone. Most measures passed with unanimous ayes.
Votes and key motions (selected) - Appointment: Jose Luis La Cruz Crawford was appointed to the Santa Fe County Planning Commission to represent District 3; motion carried by voice vote. (mover: Chair Bustamante; second: Commissioner Hughes) - Solid Waste board representation: Commissioners Bustamante, Kokari Stone and Johnson were named primary representatives and Commissioners Hughes and Green alternates for the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency; motion carried. (mover: Commissioner Johnson; second: Commissioner Green) - Senior services ICIP submission: Commissioners adopted a resolution to include senior-facility projects in the county’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan for FY2027–FY2031 and to authorize submittal to the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration; motion carried. (resolution number: 2025038) - Camino Jacobo ADA upgrades: The board approved Agreement 2025-0269 with GME Construction, LLC, for ADA sidewalk and road improvements at the Camino Jacobo public-housing site for $1,183,012.49 (exclusive of NMGRT) and delegated authority to the county manager to execute the contract and purchase orders; motion carried. (mover: Commissioner Green; second: Commissioner Kokari Stone) - Indefinite-quantity agreements: The board approved indefinite-quantity agreements 2025-0171-A-HR and 2025-0171-B-HR with Concentra Medical Centers and DSI Medical to provide pre-employment physicals and drug and alcohol testing services and delegated purchase-order authority to the county manager; motion carried. - Safety policy resolution: The board amended Resolution 1992-56 to authorize the county manager to review, approve and adopt safety programs and to designate the human resources and risk management director (or designee) as chair of the safety policy committee; motion carried. (resolution number: 2025039) - Congressional directed spending authorization: The board authorized staff to prepare and submit requests to congressional offices for FY2026 community project funding in priority areas including substance-use disorder treatment and diversion, affordable housing and senior services; motion carried.
Several agenda items carried assigned resolution numbers as shown in the board record; most votes were recorded by voice vote with unanimous support. The board also approved routine consent items and a variety of personnel recognitions earlier in the meeting.
Ending: Commissioners discussed next steps for capital planning and legislative outreach and directed staff to carry forward work on the projects and funding applications that the board authorized.
