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Votes at a glance: Luna County commission renews hospital GRT, accepts audit and approves road project extension
Summary
At the meeting the commission approved renewal of a special county hospital gross receipts tax (Resolution 26-33), accepted the FY2025 audit (Resolution 26-34), approved a time extension for Local Government Road Fund project L100646, and tabled an RFP for detention-center dental services.
A summary of key formal actions taken by the Luna County Board of Commissioners at the meeting:
1) Renewal: Resolution 26-33 — Special county hospital gross receipts tax Outcome: Approved by roll call. Summary: The board renewed an ordinance to continue allocating a portion of gross receipts tax to a special county hospital fund for a further three-year period. No public comments were received during the hearing.
2) Acceptance: Resolution 26-34 — FY2025 audit Outcome: Approved by roll call. Summary: The board formally accepted the FY2025 audit after auditors reported an unmodified opinion and no findings under state audit rules.
3) Time extension: Local Government Road Fund (L100646 — Country Club Road SE) Outcome: Approved by roll call. Summary: The board approved a requested extension, allowing Phase 1 work in 2026 and shifting Phase 2 to 2027.
4) Procurement: RFP 100-114 — Dental services for Luna County Detention Center Outcome: Motion to table approved by roll call. Summary: Staff will reissue the RFP after limited vendor responses and attempt to secure additional proposals for dental services at the detention center.
5) Consent agenda and minutes Outcome: Approved. Summary: Consent agenda items and the March 12 minutes were approved by roll call.
6) Claims board Outcome: Commission recessed to convene as the claims board, received an indigent-claims report, then reconvened as the county commission. Indigent claims totaled $88,716.43 for March; the indigent fund balance reported was just over $1.6 million with ≈$200,000 encumbered through June 30.
These outcomes were recorded by roll-call votes on the agenda; where final tallies were given, votes were unanimous among commissioners present.
