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Grant County commissioners approve meeting calendar, appointments, fire apparatus purchases and multiple resolutions
Summary
At the Jan. 9 Grant County Commission meeting the board approved the 2025 meeting calendar, elected leadership, adopted multiple resolutions, awarded RFPs, and approved purchases for volunteer fire departments and county projects. Several appointments and policy adoptions were also recorded.
The Grant County Board of Commissioners voted on multiple administrative items and formal actions at its Jan. 9 regular meeting. Key outcomes and motions adopted by the board are summarized below.
Votes at a glance
- Agenda: Commissioners approved the Jan. 9 regular meeting agenda (voice vote).
- Leadership elections: The board elected Commissioner Chris Ponce as chair and Commissioner Eloy Medina as vice chair (voice votes; motions and seconds recorded).
- Consent agenda: The consent agenda was approved; the board noted an earlier executive-session statement for Dec. 19, 2024.
- Meeting calendar & Open Meetings Act resolution: The board adopted the revised 2025 meeting calendar (option C) establishing one work session and two regular meetings monthly, and approved Resolution R-25-01 aligning open-meeting notices with that calendar.
- Holiday schedule: The commission adopted a revised 2025 holiday schedule (motion carried; one commissioner recorded a "nay"). The county manager confirmed overtime/double-time pay rules for deputies and detention officers working holidays per bargaining agreements.
- Appointments and boards: The board made multiple appointments by resolution, including: Charlene Webb as voting member (and Eloy Gonzalez as alternate) to the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority (R-25-02); Commissioner Eloy Medina as Grant County Water Commission member (R-25-03) with Commissioner Shali as alternate; Commissioners Flores and Stevens to the Southwest Solid Waste Authority (R-25-04); county manager as NM County Insurance Authority Pool board member with Commissioner Stevens as alternate (R-25-05); Commissioner Shali to the Southwestern Commission Alliance (R-25-06); and an appointment to CASA (R-25-10). The motion to table appointment of five members to the Tufts Advisory Board was approved.
- Purchases and fire apparatus (approved as presented): Purchase approvals included a 2024 4x4 water tender for Pinos Altos Fire Department for $550,000; a purchase described as "Lehi WiLAN Interface Engine Operators" for $714,140 for Upper New Madrid Fire Department; and a 114 SD Freightliner pumper for $764,384 for another fire department (transcript item labels noted by staff). Several smaller volunteer fire-rescue officer elections and equipment purchases were also approved.
- RFP awards: The board accepted the evaluation committee'recommended awards for RFP 25-05 (resurfacing detention-center showers) to Marathon Engineering Corporation and RFP 25-06 (disaster recovery coordinator) to High Watermark LLC.
- Grants and fiscal measures: The commission approved submission of a DWI grant application for FY 2026 (R-25-08).
- Policies and management: The board adopted a countywide GPS policy (R-25-09); adopted a Grant County Federal Grant Management Policy (R-25-11); and adopted a Disaster Recovery Coordinator contract award as noted above.
- Low-income property-tax rebate ordinance consideration: The board voted not to proceed with consideration of a low-income property-tax rebate ordinance at this time (R-25-07 motion to not approve the resolution to consider the ordinance carried).
Roll-call vote details: Most items were adopted by voice vote with commissioners calling "Aye" and motions carried as recorded in the meeting. Specific roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript for the majority of items; outcomes above reflect the board'recorded motions and chair announcements.
Ending: Several commissioners thanked staff for timely work on RFPs and grant tracking; they directed county staff to follow up where additional implementation steps (contracts, procurement, or training) were required.
