LEGAL NOTICE
REGULAR MEETING – December 8, 2022
The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, December 8, 2022, 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 Work Session 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. Gila Regional Medical Center Reports – Gregory Brickner, Interim CEO
VI. Presentation
a. Sheriff Frank Gomez
b. Treasurer Patrick Cohn
VII. Approval of Minutes
c. November 14, 2022, Special Meeting Minutes
d. November 15, 2022, Work Session Meeting Minutes
e. November 17, 2022, Regular Meeting Minutes

 

VIII. Financial Reports
f. Consideration of December 1, 2022 Expenditure Report.
g. FY 22-23 Quarterly Financial Report Ending September 30, 2022.
IX. New Business
h. Consideration of Realignment of Existing Tu Casa Advisory Board Member Expiration Dates to December 31st of the Year of Their Current Term Expiration.
i. Consideration of the Grant County Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment Center (Tu Casa) Advisory Board Charter (Revised on December 8, 2022).
j. Consideration of IT ARPA Funding Request for Server Infrastructure Refresh.
k. Consideration of Asset Deletion/Transfer Request No.3.
X. Agreements
l. Consideration of Agreement No. A-22-31; Capital Appropriation Agreement from the NM Department of Finance and Administration for improvements to Bataan Memorial Park in the amount of $450,000.00
m. Consideration of Agreement No. A-22-33; Capital Appropriation Agreement from the NM Department of Finance and Administration for a crisis intervention facility in the amount of $500,000.00.
n. Consideration of Agreement No. A-22-34; Capital Appropriation Agreement from the NM Department of Finance and Administration to purchase and equip vehicles for the Sheriff’s Department in the amount of $340,000.00.
o. Consideration of Agreement No. A-22-35; Silver Street Magistrate Lease Agreement.
XI. Resolutions
p. Consideration of Resolution No. R-22-57; A Resolution to Extend the Termination Date of the Local Government Road Fun county Arterial Program Cooperative Agreement, Control Number HW2 L100435 From December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2023.
q. Consideration of Resolution No. R-22-58; Appointment to the New Mexico County Insurance Authority Pool Board.
r. Consideration of Resolution No. R-22-59; A Resolution to Support the Forest Service’s Continued Efforts to Remove Feral Cattle from the Gila National Forest
XII. Recess as the Grant County Board of Commissioners and Convene as the Grant County Health Care Claims Board
s. Consideration of Indigent Burial Claim October 2022 for Recommended Approval in the Amount of $600.00.
t. Consideration of Indigent Claims October 2022 for Recommended Approval in the Amount of $793.07.
u. Consideration of November 2022 Indigent Claims.
XIII. Adjourn as the Grant County Health Care Claims Board and Reconvene as the Grant County Board of Commissioners
XIV. Commissioner’s Reports
XV. Adjournment
Chris M. Ponce, Commission Chairman
By: (s) Crystal Norero-Arellano, Executive Assistant

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