LEGAL NOTICE

REGULAR MEETING –DECEMBER 11, 2025

The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.  The meeting will take place in the Commission Meeting Room at the Grant County Administration Center, 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 who is 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 E., Silver City, New Mexico or (575) 574-0000 at least one (1) week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. 

The meeting will be live-streamed on the County's 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:

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - REGULAR MEETING

DECEMBER 11, 2025

9:00 AM

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance and Salute to 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 online and in the County Manager's Office.

V. Presentations

a. Service Award: Shawn Carrasco, 10 Years

b. Property Tax Bills - Patrick Cohn, Grant County Treasurer

VI. Gila Regional Medical Center Reports (GRMC)- Robert Whitaker, CEO 

c. December Report

VII. Elected Officials' Reports

VIII. Consent Agenda

d. Grant County Board of Commissioners Minutes for 11/13 Regular Meeting

e. December Expenditure Report

f. December Indigent & Community Health Care Claims

g. December Indigent Burials

h. Asset Deletion: Corre Caminos

i. Asset Deletion: Whiskey Creek Volunteer Fire Department

IX. New Business

j. Grant County Courthouse Financing Options - Mark Valenzuela, Bosque Advisors

k. 2026 Holiday Calendar

l. 2026 Grant County Board of Commissioners Work Session and Meeting dates

m. Commission Directive for the 2026 Capital Outlay Request to the Office of the Governor

n. Purchase for Road Department - 2025 Truck 19.5K GVWR, Class 5, Cab & Chassis, DRW for $85,408.20; 2025 TRAIL KING MODEL: TK80HT Trailer for $89,430.00, and 2024 TRAIL KING MODEL: TKBD22-40 Trailer for $55,398.35

o. Purchase for Public Works - Fleet: 2026 Ford F-450 Regular Cab XL, 4WD, 84" CA. DRW for $105,688.55 and 2025 Ford F-550 Regular Cab XL, 84" CA, DRW for $161,866.13

X. Agreement

p. A-25-23 Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Grant Agreement Amendment No. 1 for the Grant County DWI Program, #26-D-G-10 from the State of New Mexico, Department of Finance and Administration

XI. Bids and Requests for Proposal (RFP)

q. Grant County Airport Improvement and Drainage Improvements Grant No. SVC-26-02 Bid No. 26-01

XII. Resolutions

r. R-25-67 Budget Adjustment Request 

s. R-25-68 Chestnut Bridge Project

t. R-25-69 A Resolution Delegating Discretionary Authority to the County Manager to Assess Financial Liabilities for Certain Litigation Claims Against Individual Departments' Budget

XIII. Recess as the Grant County Board of Commissioners and Convene as the Grant County Board of Finance

u. County Investments Presentation - Patrick Cohn, Grant County Treasurer

XIV. Adjourn as the Grant County Board of Finance and Reconvene as the Grant County Board of Commissioners

XV. Commissioners' Reports

XVI. Adjournment

Chris M. Ponce, Commission Chairman

By: Mary Rae McDonald, Executive Assistant