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Commission approves service agreements for Chamber, Main Street, EDC and Museum; funding source adjustments to be revisited in September
Summary
The commission approved professional‑services agreements for the Lovington Chamber, Main Street, EDC and the Lee County Museum and discussed reverting funding from Rogers (lodgers) tax to the general fund for next fiscal year; commissioners asked staff to align contract dollar figures with the adopted budget and to revisit any additional increases in September.
Commissioners voted to approve a set of professional‑services agreements (PSAs) for the Lovington Chamber of Commerce, Lovington Main Street, the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the Lee County Museum. Staff explained these agreements largely mirror current contracts but with updated deliverables and clarified insurance requirements (city to be listed as additional insured, $1,000,000 minimum liability).
City staff and the city manager summarized a proposed funding shift: amounts that had been split between the general fund and Rogers (lodgers) tax in prior years would, under the proposed FY27 budget, be reverted so that $50,000 would come from the general fund for each of the Chamber and Main Street (previously split $25,000/$25,000). The EDC requested an additional $20,000 from the general fund to provide a full‑time assistant; staff said making that permanent would require a budget adjustment and recommended revisiting the request in September after the fiscal year baseline is clearer.
Commissioners flagged an inconsistency in the resolution language where parenthetical dollar amounts did not match the written total; the commission instructed staff to correct the parenthetical figures so the contract language matches the adopted budget. The EDC PSA was amended during discussion so the written amounts align with budgeted line items, and the commission approved the amended agreement.
Raylan Dunlap, Lee County Museum chair, asked the commission to increase the museum’s allocation from $25,000 to $50,000 to align its funding with other local organizations and to support hiring a paid director; commissioners said they would consider the request during the September budget adjustment process since some funding moves affect Rogers tax availability and quarterly payment schedules.
All four amended agreements were approved by the commission (votes recorded by roll call), with direction to reconcile contract language and return any required budget amendments at the scheduled review.
