LEGAL NOTICE
REGULAR MEETING – March 9, 2023
The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Commission Meeting Room at the Grant County Administration Center located at 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, NM 88061. The agenda for the Regular Meeting may be altered up to seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting; copies can be obtained from the County Manager's Office or viewed online at www.grantcountynm.gov. If you are an individual with a disability in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter or any other form of auxiliary aide or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Grant County Manager at 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, New Mexico at least one (1) week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. The meeting will be livestreamed on the County Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrantCountyNM/ and available later as a recording on the County's website at www.grantcountynm.gov.
The tentative agenda is as follows:
I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance & Salute to State Flag
III. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
IV. Public Input
• During this portion of our meeting, we welcome your suggestions and want to hear your concerns. This is not a question and answer period; speakers will be limited to five (5) minutes. Any individual who would like to discuss an item in more depth may request to be placed on a future agenda. Request forms are available in the County Manager's Office.
V. Proclamations
a. Consideration of Proclamation Declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
VI. Presentations
b. High Desert Humane Society Annual Report – Heidi Ogas
c. Annual Extension Programmatic Efforts and Impacts Report – Jessica Swapp-Massengill and Lauren Baker
VII. Gila Regional Medical Center Reports – Margie Molitar, Interim CEO
VIII. Elected Officials Reports
d. Treasurer – Patrick Cohn
e. Sheriff – Raul Villanueva
f. Assessor – Misty Trujillo
IX. Approval of Minutes
g. February 09, 2023 Work Session/Regular Meeting Minutes
h. February 21, 2023, Special Meeting Minutes
X. Financial Reports
i. Consideration of March 2, 2023, Expenditure Report
XI. New Business
j. Consideration of 2022 Volunteer Firefighters Annual Reporting for PERA: 1). Cliff/Gila 2). Ft. Bayard/Santa Rita 3). Lower Mimbres 4). Pinos Altos 5). Sapillo Creek 6). Tyrone 7). Upper Mimbres 8). Whiskey Creek
k. Consideration of Asset Deletions/Transfers request No. 5
l. Consideration of NRCS EWP Program Sponsorship
m. Consideration of Proposal for Re-roofing of the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business & Conference Center
n. Consideration of ARPA Allocation Request for the Construction of a Holding Room at the Grant County Courthouse.
XII. Agreements
o. Consideration of Mimbres Senior Center Lease Agreement with HMS
p. Consideration of Gila Senior Center Lease Agreement with HMS
q. Consideration of Agreement with Rodey Law Firm for Bond Counsel Services
XIII. Resolutions
r. Consideration of Resolution No. R-23-21; 2023 Grant County Maintained Roads
s. Consideration of Resolution No. R-23-22; Notice of Intent to Consider Ordinance No. O-23-03 entitled, Wireless Telecommunications Facilities, Regulating the Siting and Permitting of Wireless Communications Facilities
t. Consideration of Resolution No. R-23-23; Colonias Infrastructure Fund Application Authorization – Crum Road Improvements Planning and Design (Amended)
u. Consideration of Resolution No. R-23-24; Budget Adjustment Request Amending FY2023 Approved Budget
XIV. Recess as the Grant County Board of Commissioners and Convene as the Grant County Health Care Claims Board
v. Consideration of January 2023 Indigent Health Claims for Recommended Approval in the Amount of $3,642.75
w. Consideration of February 2023 Indigent Health Claims for Recommended Approval in the Amount of $254.95
x. Consideration of February 2023 Indigent Burial Claim in the Amount of $600.00
XV. Adjourn as the Grant County Health Care Claims Board and Reconvene as the Grant County Board of Commissioners
XVI. Commissioners Reports
XVII. Executive Session in Accordance with NMSA 1978 10-15-1 (H)(8)
y. Pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 10-15-1 (H)(8) – Real Property
XVIII. Any Action Necessary as a Result of Closed Executive Session
XIX. Adjournment

Chris M. Ponce, Commission Chairman
By: (s) Crystal Norero-Arellano, Executive Assistant

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