Finance committee advances multiple budget adjustments and procurement recommendations to council
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Summary
The committee moved several items to the consent agenda and approved budget adjustments: New Mexico Board of Finance grant and mini rescue pumper purchase, Paladin drone software funding, SRO line reallocation for police civilian retention payouts, and multiple ITB award recommendations (airport taxiway, HVAC and others). The wastewater isolation gate capital appropriation was deferred pending bid results.
The finance committee reviewed and advanced multiple budget adjustments, purchase authorizations and procurement recommendations to the full council during its meeting.
Fire and police requests: Staff asked for a budget adjustment to accept a New Mexico Board of Finance emergency operating fund grant and a purchase order for two NFPA‑compliant mini rescue pumpers. The committee moved the item to the consent agenda without objection. Separately, police and fire staff requested a $123,270 budget adjustment to fund Paladin drone software and equipment purchased through a prior PO; the committee approved placing that adjustment on the consent agenda after staff explained the PO was started in a prior fiscal year and not carried forward.
Personnel and retention item: The police department requested reallocating $26,000 from the SRO line item to provide one‑time $2,000 retention payments to 13 nonunion civilian police employees who missed earlier retention pay. The committee approved the one‑time incentive on the consent agenda and the motion passed with no recorded opposition.
Capital and procurement: The committee considered a capital project request to repair isolation gates at the wastewater plant (engineer’s rough estimate cited). Committee members agreed to have staff advertise an ITB/RFP to get firm pricing; the appropriation was deferred until bids return. The committee also approved moving several construction awards and ITB recommendations to the consent agenda, including a taxiway rehabilitation ITB award (project total and FAA/state/local shares were summarized by staff) and an award recommendation for a warehouse renovation and covered parking structure (contract amount read aloud). Several smaller equipment and HVAC replacement ITB awards were also moved forward.
What's next: Most items were placed on the consent agenda for a full council vote; the wastewater isolation gate appropriation will return after the ITB/RFP yields firm bids.
