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Luna County updates: Keep Luna County Beautiful reports gains; manager announces $2M behavioral-health grant
Summary
Keep Luna County Beautiful reported increased participation and about 12,105 pounds of trash collected this grant year; county manager Chris Bryce described a $2 million grant to begin phase 2 of a behavioral-health initiative and outlined ADA website and budget-timeline changes.
Several community groups and county staff reported activities and funding during the meeting.
Keep Luna County Beautiful (KLCB) grant writer Heather Lutz presented a year-in-review: approximately 12,105 pounds of trash collected (up from ~11,422.5 the prior year), youth-group participation rising from 10 to 23 groups, about 50 miles of road cleaned so far, 299 fresh sign-ins for participants and only $25 unencumbered in the grant account. Lutz described outreach work and several remaining cleanups and encouraged community involvement for the Greatest American Cleanup and Heritage Days events.
A humane-society representative (Sandy Foster) said the organization is pursuing a spay/neuter grant (award in May, roughly $30,000 typical), plans to expand vaccination vouchers and parvo/distemper testing, and welcomed discretionary funds discussed earlier by Representative Jones. Foster described recent high intake numbers and the need for sustained funding for shelter services.
The film commission representative announced a commercial/feature shoot coming to Deming later in the month and asked the community to accommodate production efforts; local hotel bookings were already generating short-term economic activity.
County Manager Chris Bryce updated the commission on operations: budget season timelines (work session May 19; regular meeting May 21), a temporary change in how agenda packets are distributed while staff make documents ADA-compliant (packets will be emailed to requestors until full conversion), and a three-day behavioral-health work session that led to a rapid grant award. Bryce said the county received a $2,000,000 grant agreement to begin phase 2 of the behavioral-health initiative; the award follows the stakeholder work session and will fund initial implementation activities.
Bryce also reminded the public about seasonal dust storms and emergency preparedness, said negotiations raised the U.S. Marshals per-diem for housed inmates (helpful to detention finances), and noted ongoing capital and facility projects including dispatch and treasury office moves and maintenance updates.
Community groups and staff were thanked for their engagement; commissioners encouraged residents to attend upcoming public meetings and project briefings.
