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Votes at a glance: Colfax County commission approves budget amendments, hazard plan, airport actions and staff appointments
Summary
At the meeting commissioners approved a package of actions including a multi‑fund budget adjustment, adoption of the multi‑jurisdiction hazard mitigation plan, airport grant and hangar siting actions, several MOAs, appointment to the economic development district, and routine claims and proclamations.
The Colfax County Commission recorded the following formal actions during the meeting. Vote outcomes are given as indicated in the meeting roll calls. (Where specific vote tallies were not read into the transcript, roll calls showed affirmative responses from the commissioners on the dais.)
- Approve agenda with amendments (strike line item 5; correct resolution number on line item 22). Motion moved and seconded; roll call affirmative.
- Approve expenditures (resolution number read as 2022-49) — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve financial report (informational; no action required).
- Approve Resolution 2025-041: Budget adjustments, various funds — motion to approve as amended carried by roll call. Line items included increases for Philmont per diem ($3,000), LEPF inventory ($5,000), indigent claims ($70,000 for BMDC), senior program vehicle purchases ($130,000), multiline insurance reclassification ($30,499.78) and other fund reclassifications as read into the record. Clerical wording regarding ‘‘personal vehicle use benefit and roadways’’ was struck prior to final approval.
- Approve indigent care claims for the month (total presented in packet as $69,719.5 after adjustments) — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve letter supporting protection of tax‑exempt municipal bonds (requested by New Mexico counties) — motion passed by roll call.
- Proclaim May as National Mental Health Awareness Month (proclamation 2025) — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve Fire Excise Tax proposed budget (estimated distribution $400,000 recommended by the Fire Excise Tax Advisory Board) — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve Memorandum of Agreement between Colfax County and Taos County for Emergency Services Mutual Aid — motion passed; an executed copy requested after signatures.
- Adopt Resolution 2025-042: Colfax County Multi‑Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve Memorandum of Understanding between Colfax County Sheriff’s Office and Vermejo Park Ranch, LLC (Green Mountain site) — motion passed by roll call.
- Accept Amendment 1 to the RISE grant (AXX-25-01) increasing the award by $45,735 for Angel Fire commercial air service; village of Angel Fire agreed to provide the local 10% match — motion passed by roll call.
- Appoint Shelley O’Neil to the at‑large Colfax County seat on the North Central New Mexico Economic Development District — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve Rogers tax funding request for Chase Ranch Foundation ($3,940.24) — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve recruitment for YES program director and interim compensation increase for acting director by $400 per month — motion passed by roll call.
- Approve hangar placement/rotation at Angel Fire Airport per Village of Angel Fire request and direct staff to prepare plans and RFP — motion passed by roll call.
- Adjournment — motion carried.
Several items were approved unanimously by roll call; the transcript records affirmative roll calls for each motion where a vote was taken.
