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Taos council approves several procurement items: civic center concepts, animal-shelter contract, restrooms, water-meter upgrade and ice-rink demo
Summary
Council approved conceptual civic center renovations, awarded an animal-services RFP to Stray Hearts (reserved kennels for town intakes), green‑lit restroom renovations at 120 W. Plaza, authorized cellular water-meter purchases to modernize billing, and approved demolition around the youth-center ice rink; separate airport summer air-service contracts were also authorized using RAISE grant funds.
On April 28 the Taos Town Council approved a suite of procurement and project recommendations intended to address facilities, utilities and services.
Major approvals included: - Conceptual civic-center renovations (motor-pool and employee parking reconfigurations and courtyard work) to be advanced to procurement and budget consideration. - Award of RFP 252608 to Stray Hearts Shelter for town animal services; the contract includes a dedicated number of reserved kennels for town intakes and immediate, limited funding to start services while a full fiscal-year request is prepared. - Approval of bathroom renovations at 120 W. Plaza (J. Pen Construction, quote ~$97,735) to expand accessible restroom capacity and support future building uses. - Approval of a Phase 1 purchase and installation of cellular water meters (Core & Main, $136,024.41) to replace aging meters, restore automated reads, reduce manual billing workarounds and capture GPS and photo evidence during installation. - Approval for the demolition of perimeter concrete around the ice rink at the Taos Youth & Family Center (JamDig Enterprises, ~$98,257.50) to allow grade replacement and to meet intended NHL-size footprint goals.
Airport summer services: Using RAISE grant funds, the council approved summer routes for JSX to Dallas and Austin (estimated $905,388) and Contour Air to Denver (estimated $483,000) for June 29–Sept 28; staff said load factors and grant limits determined route selection for this season.
Why it matters: The water-meter upgrade is tied to the sustainability presentation’s priority for accurate water baselining and will provide GPS-tagged meter data to improve billing and asset management. The animal-shelter award aims to stabilize local intake capacity and is backed by a mixed funding model of municipal support, grants and fundraising.
Quote: "The use of these meters will provide accurate automated readings and restore timely monthly billing for constituents while reducing the strain on staff," utilities staff said.
