Curry County commissioners approve sponsorship deal direction, multiple infrastructure and funding actions

The Curry County Board of Commissioners met Feb. 25 and approved a series of motions affecting the county’s fairgrounds, roads, infrastructure projects and intergovernmental grant work. Commissioners voted to authorize staff to negotiate naming-rights exclusivity with Citizens Bank of Clovis for the Curry County Event Center and to structure the initial signage cost as an amortized payment over five years, with staff proposing $32,000 per year in year one under the draft terms. Mesick, the county events director, said the arrangement would make Citizens Bank “the exclusive category of all facility naming rights of the property” while allowing one-off event sponsors to maintain temporary event-level partnerships.

Commissioners approved an expansion of the fairgrounds liquor-license floor plan limited to the Livestock Pavilion interior (option 1) and discussed control-area fencing and age-restricted events. The commission also approved a $129,050 entertainment budget for the 2025 Curry County Fair and gave staff authority to sign contracts within that budget, with the goal of shifting some Saturday-night programming into the new pavilion to boost attendance for regional acts and family-friendly grounds attractions.

On transportation and…