Cibola County commissioners approve $264,742.80 in security, fire-alarm and road equipment purchases

Commissioner Ralph Lucero moved and Commissioner Robert Windhorst seconded a motion to approve seven requisitions over $20,000 for county facilities and equipment, which the board approved by a 3-0 vote.

The purchases include access kits and door installations at Planning & Development ($24,552.80, Summit Fire & Security Holdings), CCTV upgrades and installations at Planning & Development ($13,678.00), fire-alarm upgrades and new office-space fire alarms at Public Health ($126,495.28), CCTV upgrades at Public Health ($13,596.94), access kits for doors at Public Health ($39,901.78), an intrusion security system at the Road Department ($22,455.00), and a road groom with implements and hydraulic pump kit for road operations ($24,063.00). The seven items total $264,742.80.

The motions to approve these requisitions were made and seconded on the meeting floor and recorded as passed 3-0. The board did not record any abstentions or recusals. Commissioners present for the vote were Christine Lowery (2nd Vice Chair), Ralph Lucero and Robert Windhorst; Commissioners Daniel Torrez and Martha Garcia were absent for the meeting.

County staff did not provide further line-item detail in the minutes beyond vendor names and amounts; supporting documentation for the receipts and vendor quotes is on file with county procurement and the meeting packet. No public comment on the requisitions was recorded.

The commission did not set implementation dates in the meeting minutes; departments will proceed under standard procurement and contracting practices and with county staff follow-up as needed.