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South Bloomfield reports DHS-funded training, new water-plant capacity and 15% insurance premium savings
Summary
Village officials told council the police hosted Department of Homeland Security–funded bombing-response training, the new water plant allowed supply of roughly 350,000 gallons to neighboring Ashville during an outage, and the village negotiated a 15% reduction in health‑insurance premium with Angle/Cigna effective June 1; staff proposed migrating records to OneDrive starting January 2026.
Village administrators briefed the South Bloomfield Council May 19 on public‑safety training, infrastructure work and planned administrative upgrades.
Lieutenant Johnny Wells said the police department hosted a prevention and response training for bombing incidents last Friday with instructors from New Mexico Tech and attendees from Pickaway and surrounding counties; "the classes were paid for by The Department of Homeland Security and were free for all attendees," Wells reported.
Village Administrator Joe Allen gave several infrastructure updates: Clearwater Drive is being paved by the developer, Boss Excavating will return June 2 to continue the US23 project, and contractors have until Sept. 29 to complete that work. Allen also said the village's new water plant is operating with increased capacity and that South Bloomfield supplied "around 350,000 gallons of water" to Ashville when Ashville experienced an electrical issue at its plant.
Fiscal Officer Alisha Burke told council the village negotiated renewal coverage with Angle/Cigna effective June 1 and obtained the same coverage at a 15 percent lower premium; she said life, dental and vision rates will stay the same. Burke said she and another staff member met with Ideal Integrations to discuss transitioning document storage from SyncTool to Microsoft OneDrive and recommended beginning scanning in January 2026 to align with a new fiscal year and audit period; council asked Burke to gather more information on costs and a plan.
Burke also reported the auditor was on site this week to conduct the on‑site portion of the 2022–2023 financial audit and that the South Bloomfield Code of Ordinances from American Legal Publishing had been delivered that afternoon; she thanked Tom Ramsay for his assistance.
Mayor Aaron Thomas said he attended a PICCA meeting and was appointed to PICCA’s executive board; the transcript does not expand on the duties of the appointment.
Next steps: staff will continue to update council on the US23 project timeline, the audit, and the records‑scanning plan; costs and implementation details for the OneDrive migration were not specified in the transcript.
