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Mesilla staff list 2025 capital projects and upcoming grant deadlines, including $1M EV-charging proposal
Summary
Town staff presented a list of current capital-project requests and grant applications for 2025, including requests for marshal vehicles, roadway improvements and proposals seeking roughly $1 million for electric vehicle charging stations and $1–3 million for Mesilla Town Hall expansion via Congressional directed funding.
Town staff provided the Board of Trustees with a list of current capital-project requests and grant opportunities for 2025 during the March 10 meeting.
The meeting materials and staff presentation listed specific project requests and approximate amounts: marshal vehicles ($75,000); signage replacement and construction ($25,000); roadway improvements ($200,000); town plaza planters ($45,000); senior/community center security and internet infrastructure ($177,000); playground equipment ($75,000); and town hall renovations or an addition (amount to be determined). The materials also identified larger possible requests under grant applications: an Electric Charging Stations grant (NM DOT) estimated at $1,000,000; a Mesilla Town Hall Addition request submitted as Congressional Directed Spending (estimated $1–3 million); and Town Hall park improvements (NM DFA) at approximately $200,000.
Staff flagged several upcoming submission deadlines in the weeks after the meeting: a Historic Inventory update (NM OCA) due the next week; Calle de Colón repaving and Paisano repave PFFs and related MPO/NMDOT applications due in roughly two weeks; and Visitor Center upgrades and a Clean & Beautiful multi-project application due in about three weeks. The packet also listed other potential funding sources—RTP, TAP, PPRF, WPF, CWSRF, Connect NM Fund, LGPF, USDA and various federal or private grant opportunities—without specific project matches in the transcribed segments.
Marshal Ben Azcarate, Public Works representative Mr. Astorga and Town Clerk/Recorder Gloria S. Maya provided department updates during the board comments portion, and trustees discussed calendar items and ongoing-project lists. The meeting record does not attribute individual line items in the capital-project list to a single presenter; the amounts and deadlines quoted above appear in the meeting materials included with the agenda.
Next steps recorded in meeting materials include finalizing and submitting PFFs and grant applications to the relevant state or federal agencies, and follow-up reporting by Public Works and Finance on application status and budget implications.
