Farmington City Council approves consent agenda, awards contracts and makes appointments
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At its April 8 meeting the Farmington City Council approved a multi-item consent agenda including construction and utility contracts, awarded merchant/assessment service contracts, and confirmed several board appointments; all motions passed unanimously.
Farmington City Council on April 8 approved a multi-item consent agenda, awarded vendor contracts for merchant and environmental services and confirmed appointments to advisory boards in unanimous votes.
The actions consolidate routine approvals and several procurement awards the city said are needed to advance utility and public-works projects. The council voted to accept the consent agenda, which included minutes, competitive bid awards, a capital-improvement plan resolution and two liquor-license recommendations, and then approved separate contract awards for merchant services and cultural-resource/environmental assessment work.
The consent agenda (items 6–12) approved by a single motion included: approval of the April 8 minutes; a multi-term contract for insulators for the electric utility awarded to Border States Electric Supply (category 1: $43,076.56; category 2: $55,952.72); an underground electrical improvement contract for Skyline Drive to Sycar LLC ($194,580.87); a public-works construction contract for Phase 3 of Foothills Drive to Side Car LLC ($3,281,875.62; award contingent on New Mexico Department of Transportation funding); adoption of resolution number 20251987 (listed in the agenda as adopting a capital-improvement project plan for the Bonnie Dallas Senior Center); and recommendations from the liquor hearing officer to issue new restaurant liquor licenses to Mariachi Loco (Mariachi Local LLC) at 23–24 East Main Street and to WZ Asian Bistro Sushi Bar LLC at 5100 East Main Street, Suite 125. The consent agenda motion was moved by Councilor Rogers, seconded by Councilor Giacchino and carried unanimously.
Procurement awards presented by Jennifer Roland of central purchasing included a recommendation to award the city’s merchant-services contract to Wells Fargo Bank as the top evaluated firm (award “contingent upon execution of an agreement by Wells Fargo Bank,” per Jennifer Roland). Councilor Rogers moved the award; the motion passed unanimously.
Roland also presented awards for cultural resource and environmental-assessment services for the electric utility. The council approved awarding archaeological services to the San Juan County Museum Association as primary and SWCA Environmental Consultants as secondary, and awarding environmental-assessment services to SWCA Environmental Consultants as primary and Animas Environmental Services LLC as secondary. The city’s purchasing staff recommended rejecting an offer from NV5 as nonresponsive to the RFP requirements. Councilor Dechino moved the motion and it passed unanimously.
The council additionally approved reappointments to the Community Relations Commission (Brandon John D’Aledi, Deb Dumont, Joseph Martinez and Alyssa Begay) and appointed Amy Hinkinis to the Lodgers Tax Advisory Board to satisfy a mandatory membership requirement; the motion to confirm those appointments passed unanimously.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (Items 6–12): motion to approve by Councilor Rogers; second by Councilor Giacchino; outcome — approved unanimously. Key items included Border States Electric Supply (insulators), Sycar LLC (Skyline Drive electrical), Side Car LLC (Foothills Drive Phase 3 — award contingent on NMDOT funding), Resolution 20251987 (Bonnie Dallas Senior Center CIP), and two new restaurant liquor licenses (Mariachi Loco; WZ Asian Bistro Sushi Bar). - Merchant services contract: award to Wells Fargo Bank; mover — Councilor Rogers; outcome — approved unanimously. Award contingent on executed agreement. - Cultural resource / environmental assessment services: archaeological primary — San Juan County Museum Association; archaeological secondary — SWCA Environmental Consultants; environmental-assessment primary — SWCA Environmental Consultants; environmental-assessment secondary — Animas Environmental Services LLC; NV5 rejected as nonresponsive; mover — Councilor Dechino; outcome — approved unanimously. - Appointments: Reappointments to Community Relations Commission and appointment of Amy Hinkinis to Lodgers Tax Advisory Board; mover — Councilor Rogers; outcome — approved unanimously.
The meeting minutes and procurement agenda list bid-open dates and the number of bidders for several items: the insulator bids opened April 1, 2025 (three bidders); the Skyline Drive underground electrical project bids opened March 27, 2025 (five bidders); and the Foothills Drive Phase 3 bids opened April 15, 2025 (two bidders). The Foothills Drive award is expressly contingent on funding and approval from the New Mexico Department of Transportation.
The council did not take roll-call recorded tallies; motions passed by voice vote. Jennifer Roland noted resident-business preference points were applied where qualified in the procurement evaluations.