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Votes at a glance: Doña Ana County commission meeting approvals, February session
Summary
The board approved routine items on the consent agenda, adopted proclamations for Black History Month and National Engineers Week, approved meeting minutes, and authorized an increase to a Bohannon Houston contract with delegated signature authority for the county manager.
At the February meeting the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners approved several routine and single-action items. Roll-call outcomes and key details are listed below.
- Consent agenda (items 1–4): Approved by motion. Motion to approve was moved by Commissioner Sanchez and seconded by Commissioner Gamedos. The consent agenda included recurring routine business and passed by recorded roll call.
- Proclamation: Black History Month (February 2025): Proclaimed for Doña Ana County. Motion carried on roll call; commissioners recorded “yes” votes and the board presented the proclamation to members of the Boyer family and NAACP representatives. (Acceptance remarks were offered by Mitch Boyer and Bobby Green.)
- Proclamation: National Engineers Week (Feb. 16–22, 2025): Proclaimed for Doña Ana County. Motion carried on roll call. El Paso Electric engineers attended and the proclamation recognized local partnerships and workforce opportunities in engineering.
- Meeting minutes (three sets: Jan. 14 regular meeting, Jan. 28 regular meeting, Feb. 4 work session): Approved by motion. Vice Chair Chaparro recorded an abstention on 1 set of minutes (she said she was not present for the entire meeting); other commissioners voted yes.
- Contract increase: Bohannon Houston contract (County contract No. 24087): The commission approved increasing the contract authority from $75,000 up to $3,000,000 on a task-order basis and, by amended motion, delegated signature authority for related documents to the county manager. The board ratified previously executed task orders totaling $802,538.59 and approved additional design funding requests in the motion discussion. The motion was amended on the floor and passed by roll call.
Votes were taken by roll call with individual commissioners recorded as present and voting. The commission did not adopt any ordinances or budget appropriations as part of the votes summarized here.
