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Jal council approves several property sales, authorizes record destruction and applies for NMDOT funding
Summary
At its Feb. 23 meeting the Jal City Council approved resolutions to sell multiple parcels of city property, authorized destruction of certain records, and moved to submit an application to the NMDOT Transportation Project Fund; the council also held a closed session that produced no action on the Woolworth indoor facility project.
The Jal City Council met Feb. 23, 2026, and approved a series of routine and transactional measures, including three property sales and a records-destruction resolution.
Mayor Phillip Little opened the meeting at 5:30 p.m. and thanked city staff for their work preparing for the season. Councilor Seifts led the council through approval of the meeting agenda and previous minutes; both motions carried by recorded roll-call votes of council members present.
Resolutions and votes
- Res. 2026-37: The council approved a resolution authorizing the destruction of certain records. Councilor Seifts moved the measure, seconded by Councilor Trevino; roll call votes in the minutes record six affirmative votes and the resolution carried 6-0.
- Res. 2026-38: Councilor Trevino moved (second by Councilor Seifts) to authorize submittal of an application to the 2027–28 New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Transportation Project Fund. The motion appears in the minutes; the excerpted transcript in the municipal minutes truncates the roll-call sequence and does not contain the full recorded tally in the provided pages.
- Res. 2026-43, 2026-44, 2026-45: After a closed executive session the council approved three resolutions authorizing sale of city real property. The minutes record approval of: a sale to the Jal Public School District (Res. 2026-43), a sale to Lasco Construction, Inc. (Res. 2026-44), and a sale to Daniel Herrera (Res. 2026-45). Each motion was moved, seconded and recorded as carried by roll call (6-0).
Tabled item
A request to install a cemetery marker proposed by Michael Bush was tabled until the requester returns with plans. Councilor Crispin moved to table the item; the motion carried 6-0.
Executive session and Woolworth project
The council entered a closed executive session at 6:54 p.m. to consider legal matters and reconvened at 7:48 p.m. The minutes explicitly state that no action was taken on the Woolworth indoor facility project following the closed-session review.
What this means
The property sales move city-owned parcels into private or district ownership; the minutes do not include parcel descriptions or sale prices in the excerpt. The NMDOT application, if submitted and later awarded, could fund local transportation projects; the minutes show the council authorized submittal but the transcript excerpt does not show supporting details about the proposed project scope or amounts.
The council scheduled a March 12, 2026, site tour of new homes at 4:00 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 7:53 p.m.; the minutes are attested by Molly Sanchez, city clerk.
Note on sourcing: votes, motions and resolution numbers are taken verbatim from the council’s draft minutes; where roll-call detail is missing in the excerpt this article notes the omission rather than inferring absent entries.
