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Votes at a glance: Eddy County commissioners approve routine finance reports, lodgers tax and consent items
Summary
At the meeting commissioners approved consent and finance items including minutes, revenue reports for November and December 2024, budget versus actuals for November and December, the second-quarter lodgers tax report, the consent agenda and travel requests. Roll-call votes were recorded for each approval.
The Eddy County Board of County Commissioners approved a series of routine finance and consent items during the session.
Key votes recorded in the meeting transcript: - Approval of commissioning minutes for Jan. 21, 2025 — Passed (roll call recorded: Cordova — Yes; Bowen — Yes; Carlson — Yes; Trost — Yes; Klein — Yes).
- Approval of the revenue report for November 2024 (presented by Miss Gonzaga): Reported collections included approximately $5,800,000 in grocery gross receipts tax; oil and gas production, equipment and royalties for the August business month totaled a little over $7,200,000 with reported production of about 26,600,000 barrels at roughly $72/barrel; cannabis GRT collections totaled about $15,000 over two years (kept in a separate fund). Motion to approve the November revenue report passed by roll call (Cordova, Bowen, Carlson, Trost, Klein — Yes).
- Approval of the revenue report for December 2024: For gross receipts tax the county reported roughly $5.6–$5.7 million for the month; oil and gas equipment checks produced a December oil-and-gas collection figure of about $23,500,000 (production equipment and royalties) with year totals cited in presentation; motion and roll-call approval followed (Cordova, Bowen, Carlson, Trost, Klein — Yes).
- Approval of budget versus actual reports: November and December budget-versus-actual reports were presented and approved. Staff noted substantial transfers this fiscal year tied to capital projects (detention center, courthouse) and that general fund revenues were running ahead of budget in December due to property taxes and equipment checks; approvals passed by roll call.
- Approval of the second-quarter lodgers tax report: Staff reported a beginning cash balance around $144,000 and a current cash balance near $158,000, with second-quarter revenue of about $20,000 and total lodgers-tax revenue of roughly $54,000 year-to-date; expenses for two events (Eddy County Fair and a pumpkin patch event) totaled about $40,000. The lodgers tax report was approved by roll call.
- Consent agenda (resolutions and agreements) and travel-request consent agenda: Both consent blocks were moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
All items in this summary were approved by the board during the meeting; the transcript shows consistent roll-call responses recorded as yes from the commissioners listed above. Several items were informational (treasurer’s report noted as FYI) and required no board action.
