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Votes at a glance: Taos Town Council, Jan. 14, 2025 — grants, contracts and infrastructure
Summary
The council approved multiple grants, a design contract for Filimon Sanchez Park, and urgent public-works work on Herndon Road. Listed below are key motions, outcomes and next steps recorded during the meeting.
At its Jan. 14 regular meeting the Taos Town Council approved multiple grant acceptances, a design contract and an urgent public-works repair. The actions below are drawn from the meeting record and show motions, outcomes and immediate next steps.
Votes at a glance
1) Resolution to accept grant funding ($200,000) from the New Mexico Environment Department and Capital Outlay Bureau for a regional water transmission plan and water-system improvements. - Motion: Approve resolution accepting $200,000 for design of a regional water transmission plan and water-system improvements. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Staff said exhibit payment templates are fiscal-year placeholders; scope is to plan, design and construct water-system improvements.
2) Resolution (DFA) establishing revenues/expenditures to account for USDA grant ($170,000) via New Mexico State Regents for Scotch thistle remediation (Taos County). - Motion: Approve resolution establishing revenues/expenditures to account for $170,000 remediation grant. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Staff said the funds will support Scotch thistle remediation in identified areas including Cornelio Basin; the town is fiscal agent and an RFP will follow.
3) Resolution 25-05: Accept $999,993 from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for a Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program to serve the Eighth Judicial District (Colfax, Taos, Union counties). - Motion: Accept the DOJ grant funding to expand a trauma-informed LEAD program in the rural district. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Program manager will present implementation details; town is fiscal agent with partner organizations.
4) Resolution 25-07: Accept $1,800,000 from HUD, Office of Community Planning & Development, for the Chamisa Verde housing project. - Motion: Accept the HUD grant award for Chamisa Verde. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: HUD environmental reviews and training requirements pending; staff plan to request midyear budget and a funded project manager to support large grants.
5) Resolution 25-08: Accept $1,000,000 from HUD (CPD) for Filimon Sanchez Park revitalization. - Motion: Accept the HUD award for Filimon Sanchez Park revitalization and associated planning. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Funding complements design contract approved separately; staff noted this funding was an earlier legislatively promised allocation.
6) Living Design Group proposal: approve $429,500 professional-services contract to prepare design and construction documents for Filimon Sanchez Park. - Motion: Approve Living Design Group proposal for $429,500 (exclusive of N.M. GRT). - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Contract uses state CES cooperative purchasing; separate contract-administration proposal to follow when project is bid.
7) TLC Plumbing: approve $428,005.79 to replace approximately 500 feet of sewer line on Herndon Road (statewide price agreement). - Motion: Approve TLC Plumbing proposal to urgently replace 500 feet of sewer line on Herndon Road. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Staff said inspection video showed rock and soil inside the line and that failure could cause raw-sewage roadway impacts; council asked staff to estimate sidewalk and street improvements for midyear budgeting while trenching occurs.
8) Resolution 25-06: Support a regional recycling-facility funding proposal on behalf of the Taos Regional Landfill Board. - Motion: Approve resolution supporting submittal of a regional recycling facility funding proposal with participating jurisdictions and partners. - Outcome: Approved (roll-call vote). - Notes: Landfill board voted unanimously to submit the proposal; staff and council asked for diversion metrics to quantify landfill life improvement if recycling is implemented.
Other motions and housekeeping items recorded on the consent agenda and the meeting record were approved by roll call, including the annual open meetings schedule resolution. No vote was recorded to adopt policy changes beyond the items above.
