LEGAL NOTICE

REGULAR MEETING –September 11, 2025

The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in a Regular Meeting on Thursday, September 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

September 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. Proclamations

a. Domestic Violence Awareness Month

 

b. 2025 Grant County Fair Days

VI. Presentations

c. Community Health Council Quarterly Update - Emma McKinley, Center for Health Innovation

d. Hunting Guides and Permits - Harley Allsup, Gila National Forest

 

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

e. September Update

VIII. Elected Officials' Reports

IX. County Reports

f. September Reports from the following areas: Airport - Rebekah Wenger, Airport Manager; Emergency Management - Scot Fuller, Emergency Manager; Detention Center - Joseph Andazola, Detention Administrator; Fire Management - Roger Groves, Fire Chief; Finance - Andrea Montoya, Deputy Manager; Planning & Capital Projects - Joseph Holguin, Director; Public Works - Jason Lockett, Director; and Road Department - Mike Rocko, Director

X. Consent Agenda

g. Approval of Board of County Commissioners Minutes for August 12, 2025, Work Session; August 14, 2025, Regular Meeting; and August 28, 2025, 2nd Regular Meeting

h. Expenditure Report 

i. Indigent Claims including Indigent Burial for September 2025

j. NM Health Care Authority Safety Net Care Pool FY 2026 Quarter 1 Payment

XI. New Business

k. Certificate of Property Tax Rates in Mills TY2025

l. Local Commitment for Senior Services

m. Approval of Quote #250808-C CES Contract #2023-16-C114-ALL  Repair and Resurface Tennis/Pickleball Courts at the Gila Community Center in the amount of $98,540.66

n. Approval of DARE funding for FY 26

o. Approval to request addition to the Opioid Remediation Collaborative as a participating entity

p. Approval to Award Bid for Ridge Road Improvements Phase I

q. Acknowledgment of FY26 Final Budget by NM Department of Finance

XII. Resolutions

r. R-25-58 Budget Adjustment Request (BAR) 

XIII. 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

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