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Lee County approves school funding, airport signage grants, facility upgrades and road contracts in routine business
Summary
At its Sept. 25 meeting the commission approved multiple routine items including a $100,000 district appropriation to Eunice for water/hydrant work, capital funding for Smithville schools, FAA and NMDOT airport grants and an Omnia signage contract, a detention-center compactor purchase, an MOU with Lovington Schools for juvenile education, events-center change order, and multiple road bids and equipment purchases.
Lee County commissioners used their Sept. 25 meeting to approve a slate of budget, grant and procurement items affecting schools, public facilities, airports and roads.
Key approvals included:
- A $100,000 appropriation from a district discretionary fund to help the city of Eunice with water infrastructure and fire hydrant improvements (motion and unanimous roll-call approval).
- Capital funding authorization for Smithville schools to construct one new middle school and renovate another; superintendent Gene Strickland reported schedules for slab pours and steel delivery and the commission approved the request.
- Ratification of FAA and NMDOT aviation grants to reimburse costs on runway lighting projects and fund terminal-area/wayfinding signage (one signage project cited at $500,000) and approval of an Omnia contract with Mountain West Golf Scapes for fabrication and installation of airport signage.
- Purchase of a self-contained waste compactor for the Lee County Detention Center (budgeted amount presented: $43,132.64) and approval of a memorandum of understanding with Lovington Municipal Schools to provide teachers for juvenile detention education (reported as no county financial impact).
- Approval of multiple road-construction maintenance contract awards and a task order for widening/overlay of one mile of Maljimar Road; road department staff also presented procurement results for two dump trucks (lowest quote cited from Watson Supply at about $412,036.6 for two trucks).
- Events Center renovation change order #1 with Bradbury Stamps Construction (consolidating a set of changes and credits) was presented and approved by motion and roll call.
Commissioners recorded roll-call "yes" votes on these items and staff noted these projects are budgeted or can be adjusted during the fiscal year as needed. Several items had brief commissioner questions about timing or maintenance; no major opposition to the routine items was recorded in the transcript.
