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Doña Ana County adopts 2027–2031 infrastructure plan, narrows priority list to 19 projects
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a ranked Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) on June 24, adopting a 19-project priority list focused on water, wastewater, flood protection and public safety and superseding the county's prior ICIP.
Doa1a Ana County commissioners on June 24 adopted a ranked five-year Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2027'2031, approving a resolution that narrows the county's priority project list to 19 items and rescinds the previous ICIP.
The resolution, adopted by a roll-call vote and entered as Resolution 2025-77, compiles commissioners' individual rankings into a combined order of priority intended to guide state and federal funding requests and county advocacy.
Commissioners and staff said the shorter, better-focused list was intended to sharpen the county's requests for outside funding and to avoid duplicating possible projects proposed for the county's upcoming quality-of-life bond. County staff described the plan as a planning tool and 'a northern star' that links to the county's strategic goals, not a direct source of funding.
The county manager's office and assistant county manager Jonathan Macias briefed the commission on procedural changes used to produce the list. Departments were asked to remove any projects with a remaining funding need under $500,000, to pause facility projects pending master-planning outcomes and the bond referendum, and to remove projects already fully funded. Macias said that approach reduced the list from more than 80 projects to 19 and that the county would continue to keep a fuller project inventory for other funding avenues.
Commissioners and staff also said the county will use the ICIP when meeting with state and federal legislators and the Department of Finance and Administration to advocate for capital dollars. Macias said the county also asked departments and boards, such as the flood commission, to submit top project lists to encourage coordination.
The board approved the resolution with the unanimous vote. Macias noted the county will submit the ICIP paperwork to DFA by the July deadline and continue outreach with state legislators to press for projects that match the new themes.
The action supersedes Resolution 2024-84 and is intended to streamline the county's capital requests while leaving room for departments to pursue other funding sources or to propose budget allocations for smaller needs.
Looking ahead, county staff said they will brief the commission on outreach to the legislature and continue to update the ICIP annually as projects advance or funding situations change.
