Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Municipal Finance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Infrastructure committee tables golf-course fee resolution, sends four purchase orders to finance
Summary
The Roswell Infrastructure Committee voted to table a proposal to set fees at Nancy Lopez Golf Course and forwarded four purchase-order recommendations — including a $152,778 natural-gas extension to the Roswell Air Center — to the finance committee for review.
The Infrastructure Committee of the Roswell City Council on an unspecified February meeting date voted to table a resolution to set fees at the Nancy Lopez Golf Course and unanimously recommended that four purchase orders (POs) be forwarded to the finance committee for final review.
The committee voted 3–1 to table Resolution 25XX, the proposed schedule of fees for Nancy Lopez Golf Course, until the next infrastructure meeting so members could receive a side-by-side comparison of the new and current rate schedules. Committee members said the proposed fee changes appeared small but requested the current schedule be included in future packets before taking action.
In separate motions the committee voted to forward these procurement items to the finance committee for final approval: - Ratification of PO 22-50-17-43: White Cloud Pipeline — $104,554.27 for emergency repair of a 20-inch water line leak on Westland (ratification to go to finance for review). - PO to Sandbar Construction — $96,760.95 (including GRT) for citywide long-line street restriping, scheduled for spring 2025. - PO to New Mexico Gas Company — $152,778.09 (including GRT) to extend natural gas service to the southeast area of the Roswell Air Center (project funded through grant 24-I405O; item will go to February finance committee).
Each of the procurement recommendations was moved and seconded in committee and then referred to finance with no recorded opposition in committee. The White Cloud PO was presented as a ratification of repairs already underway after a 20-inch water main failure; committee members recommended finance review the documentation and final costs.
Votes at a glance - Resolution 25XX (Nancy Lopez Golf Course fee schedule): Motion to table (mover: committee member not specified; second: committee member not specified). Vote: 3 yes, 1 no. Note: committee requested current fee schedule be provided at next meeting for comparison. - PO 22-50-17-43 (White Cloud Pipeline) — Motion to send to finance for ratification review (mover: Councilor Moore; second: Councilor Arnold). Outcome: sent to finance (yes 4, no 0). Note: repairs already started. - Sandbar Construction (restriping) — Motion to send to finance (mover: committee member not specified; second: committee member not specified). Outcome: sent to finance (yes 4, no 0). Note: work to be scheduled spring 2025; funding drawn from city street maintenance budget. - New Mexico Gas Company PO — Motion to send to finance (mover: Councilor Cortez; second: Councilor Moore). Outcome: sent to finance (yes 4, no 0). Note: to be funded through grant 24-I405O; grant unobligated balance cited in packet.
Committee chair and staff said referral to finance is a standard step for items that carry dollar amounts and that finance will perform final review before full council consideration. The committee recorded no formal approvals of the POs at committee level; action was limited to referral.
The committee next month will receive the current golf-course fee schedule before reconsidering the tabled resolution. Finance committee schedules and final council dates were not specified in the committee discussion.
Ending Referral to finance does not constitute final approval; action items forwarded to finance will return to council only after finance completes its review and any additional documentation is provided.
