LEGAL NOTICE
Work Session/Regular Meeting – June 12, 2018

The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Work Session/Regular Meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 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 this meeting may be altered up to thirty-six (36) hours prior to the meeting; copies can be obtained from the County Manager’s Office or viewed online at www.grantcountynm.com. 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 tentative agenda is as follows:
I. Call to Order
II. Pledge of Allegiance & Salute to State Flag
III. Approval of Work Session/Regular Meeting Agenda

IV. Gila Regional Medical Center Reports – Taffy Arias
V. Public Hearing
a. Discussion Regarding Consideration of a Proclamation Declaring Extreme or Severe Drought Conditions in Grant County - Imposition of Fireworks Restrictions
b. Approve/Disapprove Proclamation Declaring Extreme or Severe Drought Conditions - Imposition of Fireworks Restrictions
VI. 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.
VII. Minutes
c. Approve/Disapprove May 15, 2018, Work Session Meeting Minutes
d. Approve/Disapprove May 17, 2018, Regular Meeting Minutes

e. Approve/Disapprove June 7, 2018, Special Meeting Minutes
f. Pursuant to NMSA 10-15-1 J, the Minutes of the Present Open Meeting will Reflect that for the Following Special Meeting, the Matters Discussed were Limited Only to Those Specified in the Notice of that Closed Meeting:
 May 30, 2018
VIII. Financial Reports
g. Approve/Disapprove June 5, 2018, Expenditure Report
IX. New Business
h. Approve/Disapprove Proclamation Recognizing the Silver High Lady Colts Softball Team AAAA State Champions
i. Grant County General Obligation Bond Financing Presentation – Lalleh Dayeny
j. Report Regarding Airport Fuel Sales and Operations – Randy Villa & Rebekah Wenger
k. Discussion and Approve/Disapprove Letter to the U.S Department of Transportation Regarding Comments for Essential Air Service (EAS) Proposals from Advanced Air, LLC and Boutique Air, Inc.
l. Approve/Disapprove June 5, 2018 Election Canvas
m. Approve/Disapprove Appointment of one (1) Peer/Consumer Individual for one (1) Year Term to the Tu Casa Advisory Board
n. Approve/Disapprove Reappointment of two (2) Public Shooting Range Advisory Board Members for one (1) Year Term
o. Approve/Disapprove Appointment of two (2) General Vacancies to the Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees
X. Agreements
p. Approve/Disapprove Agreement No. A-18-08; with the Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division for the DWI Grant Program, Project No. 19-D-G-10
q. Approve/Disapprove Amendment to Agreement No. A-17-16; Professional Services Agreement between the Grant County DWI Program and Chris Helgert, DBA The Recovery Management Center
r. Approve/Disapprove Agreement No. A-18-09; Professional Services Agreement between the Grant County DWI Program and Chris Helgert, DBA The Recovery Management Center
s. Approve/Disapprove Agreement No. A-18-10; Professional Services Agreement between the Grant County DWI Program and Michael McGee
t. Approve/Disapprove Agreement No. A-18-11; with Gila Regional Medical Center to provide EMS Services
XI. Resolutions
t. Approve/Disapprove Resolution No. R-18-12; Budget Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2017-2018
u. Approve/Disapprove Resolution No. R-18-13; A Resolution entering into a Local Government Road Fund Cooperative Agreement No. CAP-1-19 (451) with New Mexico Department of Transportation
v. Approve/Disapprove Resolution No. R-18-14; A Resolution entering into a Local Government Road Fund Cooperative Agreement No. SP-1-19 (951) with New Mexico Department of Transportation
w. Approve/Disapprove Resolution No. R-18-15; A Resolution entering into a Local Government Road Fund Cooperative Agreement No. SB-7717 (935) 19 with New Mexico Department of Transportation
x. Approve/Disapprove Resolution No. R-18-16; Authorizing The Execution and Delivery of a Grant Agreement by and Between Grant County, New Mexico (The “Governmental Unit”) and The New Mexico Association of Counties, for 2018-2019 Wildfire Reduction Grant Program for Education Project Titled: Educating The Community on being Fire Wise in the Amount of $10,000 With a 10% Match.
XII. Recess as the Grant County Board of Commissioners and Convene as the Grant County Health Care Claims Board
y. Approve/Disapprove May 2018, Health Plan Claims in the amount of $2,812.27
z. Approve/Disapprove Indigent Burial from Terrazas Funeral Chapels
XIII. Adjourn as the Grant County Health Care Claims Board and Reconvene as the Grant County Board of Commissioners
XIV. County Reports
XV. Elected Officials’ Reports
XVI. Commissioners’ Reports
XVII. Executive Session in Accordance with NMSA 1978 10-15-1 (H)
aa. Discussion of Disposal of Grant County Property including Gila Regional Medical Center - NMSA 1978 10-15-1 (H) (8)
bb. Any Action Necessary as a Result of Closed Executive Session
XVIII. Adjournment
Gerald W. Billings Jr., Commission Chairman
By: (s) Bernadette L. Coleman, Executive Assistant

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