LEGAL NOTICE
REGULAR MEETING –June 12, 2025
The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, June 12, 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
JUNE 12, 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 in the County Manager's Office.
V. Public Hearing
a. Open Public Hearing and Discussion to Determine if Fireworks Restrictions Should be Imposed Within the Un-Incorporated Portions of the County Due to Extreme or Severe Drought Conditions
VI. Close Public Hearing
VII. Proclamation
b. Proclamation declaring Extreme or Severe Drought Conditions in Grant County:
Imposition of Fireworks Restrictions - Charlene Webb, County Manager
VIII. Presentations
c. Recognition of 2025 Cobre High School Lady Indians Softball team -
Commissioner Medina
d. Recognition of the 2025 Silver High School Lady Colts Softball team -Commissioner Medina
e. Sheriff's Department Budget Review - Sheriff Raul Villanueva
IX. Gila Regional Medical Center Report (GRMC)- Robert Whitaker, CEO
X. Elected Officials' Reports
XI. Consent Agenda
f. May 8, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes
May 22, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes
June Indigent Healthcare Claims
XII. New Business
g. Appointment of an ex-officio member to the County Livestock Loss Authority
h. Appointment to the Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Board of Trustees
i. 2025 Grant County Board of Commissioners Work Sessions & Meetings Schedule
j. Southwest Contracting Proposal for the Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) Post-Fire Flooding Repair & Mitigation Services through NM General
Services Department (GSD) - Andrea Montoya, Deputy Manager
k. Inventory Deletion - Andrea Montoya, Deputy Manager
l. Request for Proposal 25-08, Development of a Community Wildfire Protection
Plan to H2O Partners, Inc.
XIII. Agreements
m. A-25-08 United States Dept of Agriculture Work and Financial Plan (APHIS-WS) Charlene Webb, County Manager
n. A-25-09 FY26 R.I.S.E. Scope of Work - Joseph Andazola, Detention
Administrator
o. Amendment 2 to Inmate Medical & Behavioral Health Services at Grant County
Detention Center Agreement - Joseph Andazola, Detention Administrator
p. A-25-10 Safety Net Care Pool Payment Program of the New Mexico Human
Services Department - Andrea Montoya, Deputy Manager
XIV. Resolutions
q. R-25-38; A Resolution Designating the Location of Election Day Polling Places
for all Statewide Elections Conducted in 2026-2027 and Appointing the Board of
Registration Members for the County
r. R-25-39 Budget Adjustment Request (BAR) - Andrea Montoya, Deputy Manager
XV. Recess as the Grant County Board of Commissioners and Convene as the Grant
County Board of Finance
s. County Investments Presentation - Patrick Cohn, Grant County Treasurer
XVI. Adjourn as the Grant County Board of Finance and Reconvene as the Grant County Board of Commissioners
XVII. Commissioners' Reports
XVIII.Adjournment
Chris M. Ponce, Commission Chairman
By: Mary Rae McDonald, Executive Assistant