Votes at a glance: Doña Ana County BOCC actions on Jan. 13, 2026
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Summary
The board approved leadership elections, agenda changes, consent items and a series of resolutions and procurements. Key approvals included chair/vice‑chair elections, BLM letter of support, documentation of a Project Jupiter $1.5M community payment (2026‑09), MOU with Dona Ana Community College (2026‑10), Geobond reimbursement authorization (2026‑11), and multiple procurement and appointment resolutions.
At its Jan. 13, 2026 meeting the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners took the following recorded actions:
- Elected Commissioner Chan Sanchez as chair for 2026 (unanimous roll call). Nomination by Commissioner Gametos. - Elected Commissioner Gamedos as vice chair for 2026 (unanimous roll call). - Moved agenda item 14 (Law Enforcement Appreciation Day proclamation) to Jan. 27, 2026 by motion and roll call. - Approved the consent agenda (items 2–11) by roll call. - Approved a letter of support for a Sierra Vista Trail reroute and Trails Plus grant application (item 17) by roll call. - Adopted Resolution No. 2026‑09 recognizing partial fulfillment of a community benefit commitment (documenting a $1,500,000 payment presented to the Boys & Girls Club); roll‑call outcome: passed with one 'no' vote (Commissioner Chaparro). - Approved an MOU with Doña Ana Community College to create a paid water‑technology internship and associated budget revision (Resolution No. 2026‑10). - Approved a Geobond short reimbursement resolution enabling reimbursement up to $10,000,000 for pre‑bond expenditures (Resolution No. 2026‑11). - Increased an on‑call task order cap to $750,000 for land acquisition support related to Geobond projects. - Extended an interim fire chief services contract with NMSU through Jan. 20, 2026 to allow transition to an incoming interim chief. - Approved procurement items including SCBAs ($287,238.34) and ZOLL cardiac monitors/AEDs ($521,067.30). - Accepted an NMPRC grant award funding SCBAs (~$287,239) and $25,000 for volunteer stipends. - Confirmed 2026 board appointments to committees and joint entities (Resolution No. 2026‑14). - Appointed two commissioners to conduct the annual inspection of the county detention center (Resolution No. 2026‑15). - Designated ACM Weir as the county’s representative and Veil as alternate to the New Mexico County Insurance Authority (Resolution No. 2026‑16). - Approved a preliminary plat for the Santa Teresa Gateway Rail Park Phase 1 Replat (preliminary plat approval).
Votes were recorded by roll call during the meeting; where a recorded 'no' or 'abstain' was given it is noted above. No new regulatory action on Project Jupiter was taken that day.
