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Well, good afternoon everyone. Welcome
to the city council meeting. Today is
Monday, October 20th, 2025. It's
approximately 100 pm. Uh I am Mayor Eric
Enriquez. Uh before we start, I want to
mention that we have the American Sign
Language interpreters up front. Uh if
anyone should need them, and they're
here at all our meetings. Thank you.
We're going to start with a moment of
silence. If you all please stand.
As for our brave men and women of the
United States Armed Forces as they
protect our interests around the world
and also our police and fire that
protect our city 247 365.
Today we have a special guest. We have a
retired uh from the Army Sergeant Major
Mike Cono who's going to play the
national anthem for us.
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[Applause]
Thank you. And now uh councelor Flores,
if you'll lead us in the pledge of
allegiance.
Remain standing, please.
I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the stands one
nation
indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.
Next will be recognitions.
Mike, you're still here. Uh before we
get to our recognition, which is going
to be the Veterans Parade Grand
Marshalss that we're going to announce
and introduce and recognize, I just want
to share a few things about Mike Cono.
He was born and raised in Los Cusus.
He's a graduate from Los Cruus High
School.
He also attended NMSU a graduate 1990
with a bachelor's in music and
education. Uh later he won an addition
with the United States Army band uh
Persian owned in Washington DC and won a
trumpet position with the ceremonial
band and the United States Army Herald
Trumpets.
He's also a retired veteran, a sergeant
major uh for the US Army. Um he has a
distinct privilege of, you know, working
with the NMSU alumni, the arts and
science and also participates with the
pride marching band. So, thank you for
all that you do and thank you for uh
sharing with us your your talent and
your skills. It was it was really
meaningful and awesome to have you here
today. Thank you. Let's give him another
round of applause.
So, as I said, next we have uh the
recognition of the Veterans Parade Grand
Marshals. So, I'll ask Bill Hawkins to
come up.
So,
Mayor Nriquez, city council members,
ladies and gentlemen, I am Bill Hawkins,
the committee chair for the 2025 Las
Cusus Veterans Parade.
The Los Cusus Veterans Parade Committee
has established a tradition over the
past two decades of recognizing the
outstanding military careers and civic
contributions of various individuals
from the local community. We have
honored women's veterans, World War II
veterans, Korean War veterans, Vietnam
veterans, and last year we honored
several veterans who are now first
responders within the community.
This year we decided to recognize a
group of veterans who very seldom
receive recognition for their
contributions to our country. The local
high school junior reserve officer
training corp cadri and leadership.
These service members play a huge role
in the development and maturation of
those individuals who choose to enroll
in each high school high school's JRTC
program. Many go on to further their
military training in ROC studies at the
university level and in fact become the
leaders of our military forces.
Before I introduce the honores, I would
like to read the read the creed of each
of the JOTC branches to provide some
insight into the morals, ethics, and
values that are being instilled in these
young people. You guys want to come on?
Come on up. Just right here. Yeah, both
of you right here
for the army.
Again, this is a JOTC creed. I am an
Army Junior RTC cadet. I will always
conduct myself to bring credit to my
family, country, school, and the core of
cadetses. I am loyal and patriotic. I am
the future of the United States of
America. I do not lie, cheat, or steal
and will always be accountable for my
actions and deeds.
Air Force. I earn respect when I uphold
the core values of integrity first,
service before self, and excellence in
all we do. I will always conduct myself
to bring credit to my family, school,
core of cadetses, community, and to
myself. I will honor those I serve with,
those who have gone before me, and those
who come after me. I am a patriot, a
leader, and a wingman devoted to those I
follow, serve, and lead. I am connected
and faithful to every core cadet who
serve their community and nation with
patriotism.
Navy.
Hold on just a second. Master Sergeant,
can you come up front?
I am a Navy Junior RTC cadet. I strive
to promote patriotism and to become an
informed and responsible citizen. I
respect those in positions of authority.
I support those who have defended
freedom and democracy around the world.
I proudly embrace the Navy's core values
of honor, courage, and commitment. I am
committed to excellence and the fair
treatment of all. And now, the mayor
will greet the 2025 Lasus Veterans
Parade Grand Marshall. First, Sergeant
Firstclass Anthony Ramirez from Las
Cusus High School.
Next, Master Sergeant Emerald Galindes
from Las Cusus High School.
And finally, Master Sergeant Deshawn
Gregory from Mayfield High School.
We have several who were not able to
join us today. Major Val Bigger from
Mayfield High School, CPO Jesus
Escuderero from Gadston, SCPO Fabian
Salazar from Gadston,
BMCS Robert Rodriguez from Oregon
Mountain, and OM Chief Joshua Jones were
unable to be here due to their school
responsibilities.
We will be presenting special Grand
Marshall medallions to each of these
individuals on Saturday, November 8th,
prior to the parade in front of their
troops. Let's give them a round of
applause in appreciation of the
outstanding job they do on a daily
basis.
Mayor Nurez, members of the Las Cusa
City Council,
thank you very much for allowing us to
recognize these fine veterans. Please
join us for the Veterans Parade on
November 8th at 11 o'clock in the
downtown area of Los Cusus. Thank you.
Yeah, they're right here. Okay. Anyway,
thank you again, gentlemen, for your
service. My father served in World War
II. Uh my eldest brother served in Korea
and um was actually stationed in
Germany.
and uh for after that or before that and
then my second eldest brother served in
Vietnam who uh really never recovered
from his wounds. Um so thank you
gentlemen for your service and your
sacrifice.
Okay,
this is Oh, here we go.
Whereas the people This is a city of
Lasus proclamation. Whereas the people
of the city of Lascus, New Mexico stand
firmly committed to quality afterchool
programs and opportunities because they
provide safe, challenging, and engaging
experiences that help children develop
social, emotional, physical, and
academic skills. Support working
families by ensuring children are safe
and productive when not in school. Build
stronger communities. and promote
positive relationships by involving
students, parents, business leaders, and
volunteers.
Engage families, schools, and community
partners in advancing youth success and
well-being and offer young people proven
benefits in academic, social, emotional
health and physical wellness. And
whereas after school programs in Laserus
continue to innovate with enriching
activities that promote social emotional
learning, strengthen
leadership and teamwork and prepare
youth for future success. And whereas
the PO de Nortea Health Foundation
celebrates 30 years of investing in
health education and prevention,
including through the boost BT
network in partnership with the United
Way of El Paso County, which supports
afterchool opportunities across our
region. And whereas the city of Las
Cruus is proud to be home to
organizations that provide leadership in
youth health and education, including
the Parks and Recreation Department,
Boys and Girls Club of Las Cusus, Enrich
the Kids, Cruises Creatives Community
Action Agency, NMSU STEM Outreach
Center, and Friends of the Oregon
Mountains, Desert Peaks, And whereas
research shows that youth who
participate in afterchool programs
perform better academically, develop
leadership skills,
and are less likely to engage in risky
behaviors. And whereas Lights on After
School, the National Celebration of
After School Opportunities will be held
on October 23, 2025,
highlighting the importance of keeping
lights on and doors open for children
and families. Now therefore, we, the
mayor and city council of Lasusas, New
Mexico, do hereby proclaim October 23,
2025 as lights on after school day in
Lascuses and encourage all residents to
recognize and support the vital role
after school programs play in shaping
healthy, safe, and successful futures
for our children. Signed by our mayor,
Eric Enriquez, attested by our city
clerk, Christine Ria.
Oh, I should have called Enrique Garcia,
Ashley,
Sandra Day, and Sandra Day and Anna
Ramirez.
Good afternoon. My name is Sandra Day.
I'm a program officer with the Paso Don
Norte Health Foundation. Um my team
colleagues and I were here about a month
ago to receive um our 30th anniversary
proclamation. So we're very grateful
that you welcome us again today. With me
we have Miss Kimberly Sado, we have Anna
Ramirez, Enrique Garcia, Bernardet and
Darlene and yeah and the the team is
here to represent our school time
network which is big. It is uh triet by
nationals. So we have over 100 members
um in Sedatuarees, southern New Mexico
that includes Luna Donana counties in
New Mexico as well as El Paso and Huspit
in um Texas. And so I just want to thank
you um Mayor Enriquez and city council
um and all the honorary guests for
having us here today. It is a privilege
to receive this proclamation. We know
the importance of school programs.
We know what it does for our kids. We
know that it keeps them engaged and
connected with one another. We know that
it brings them with trusted adults with
positive activities in safe environments
so that they decrease the amount of
risky behaviors that they're engaging
in. So, we know healthy kids are kids
that are well-rounded, that are um in
company of um peers that are motivating
them and making sure that they have a
good future and that they could see
themselves as community members that
give back to, you know, to the
communities they belong to. And we
couldn't do this without um all the
organizations that we mentioned here in
Los Cruus today, but we have many others
across the tri-state by national region
that show up every single day for our
youth. So if you are in any type of
program that engages afterchool
programming for kids, we welcome you to
our boost network. Our website is the
boostnetwork.org
and anybody can become a member as long
as you have um a youth serving
organization. We do take a lot of pride
in making sure that we provide high
quality trainings um and capacity
building opportunities for the
nonprofits who otherwise wouldn't have
the means to receive such training and
hopes that it translates to having more
adequate and high um quality out of
school time programs for our kids. So we
thank you for your time and we
appreciate Thank you.
[Applause]
And if I may, I just want to also
highlight the fact that at the Boys and
Girls Club of Las Cruises has been a
great ambassador of this celebration.
So, we invite you all on Thursday uh 5
at the Boys and Girls Club over here.
We'll be having a little fall carnival
for the kids. So, if you want to come
and check it out, uh it's a great
activity. So, uh, 5 October 23rd, we'll
see you at the Boys and Girls Club if
you can make it. Thank you.
That's a good idea.
Nickel black.
Nicole Black, Chris Ortiz, and Randy
Mononttoya, please step up here.
Whereas, Careers and Construction Month
is an annual month designated to
increase public awareness and
appreciation of construction craft
professionals and the entire
construction workforce. And whereas
during this month, employers,
associations, and schools are encouraged
to conduct job fairs, panel discussions,
and local community events to inform
students of the vast employment
opportunities in construction.
And whereas
the construction industry is one of our
nation's largest industries, employing
more than 8 million individuals in the
United States. And whereas the
construction industry needs nearly
500,000
new craft professionals in 2026.
And whereas we are pleased to honor the
construction craft professional and the
critical role they play in the
development and growth of our state of
New Mexico. And whereas NCCER
was created by the construction industry
to standardize training and enhance the
industry image by promoting the hard
work and dedication of our nation's
craft professionals. And whereas the
mission of NCC's
build your future initiative is to
narrow the skills gap by guiding
America's youth and displaced workers
into opportunities that lead to
long-term rewarding careers in
construction.
And whereas
the goal of the Build Your Future
initiative is to shift the public's
negative perception about careers in the
construction industry and provide a path
for individuals to become craft
professionals. Now, therefore, we, the
mayor and city council of Lascaruses,
New Mexico, do hereby proclaim October
2025 as Careers
in Construction Month in the state of
New Mexico. And we urge all citizens to
join us in this special observance
signed by our mayor, Eric Enriquez, and
our city clerk, Christine Ria.
And to
My name is Chris Ortiz. I'm one of the
owners. Um, I just want to thank Mayor
Enriquez. I know we had a conversation
about a year and a half ago in regards
to having some internship programs. And
um lo and behold, now coming a year and
a half later, we are able to um have a
program for these kids that will allow
the traits and things of that nature
that have been um being lost over the
last few years and continuing them with
uh with a great internship program and
uh working handinhand with the
university to allow ourselves to keep
our students here within the community
and really grow our community um moving
forward. So, I'm happy as an owner to be
a part of something that that is bigger
than myself to allow ourselves for our
city to grow and and keep our funds here
with a great university and and uh
hopefully um even a better uh
construction company. Uh the team that
we have um has a really good program
that is second to none and they continue
to evolve it and polish their wheel and
thank you to all the city as well for
allowing us to do that and be a part um
of that. That's something that's bigger
than than just a company itself to allow
us to grow our our youth and and
continue to keep growing our community.
And uh thank you for that.
Thank you.
[Applause]
I'll do this.
Okay. Thank you.
Next, we have a presentation by Matt
Mario signs of the Los Cusus Public
Schools.
Thank you, Mayor U, Mayor Enriquez,
counselors, uh, city manager, Timapia.
It's nice to be back here. Um, uh, my
name is Chen Alex Leu, deputy
superintendent for Lasus public schools.
Uh, thank you so much for giving us the
opportunity to speak today. Um, first of
all, I want to say thank you for all the
support and partnership from the city to
uh our 22,000 kids at Lasus Public
Schools. Without your support and
guidance and partnership, we won't have
that many great and successful programs
for our kids, especially community
schools, family support center, uh
student wellness program, uh not to
mention the uh SRO's at our school
campus to protect our student safety and
also recent advocate from uh Mayor
Enriquez for our CTE program recently.
So thank you so much for all the support
and advocate for our for our kids. Uh
today we are here to uh advocate for our
uh budget process and budget survey. As
you all know that u uh inspired by the
good uh budget process here at the city.
Uh ever since I joined the the district,
I changed the u uh budget process at a
district from a a process that mainly
lead by finance to a year round bottomup
budget process to include everyone. We
have 40 budget development committees
throughout the throughout the city. So,
um parents, students, uh staff members
and stakeholder like you guys determined
um uh the budget priorities for the next
year so we can put our resource together
to address immediately in our next
year's budget. So, without further ado,
let me turn it over to Matt.
Good afternoon, Mayor, members of
council, city manage manager to pao.
Great to see everyone here today. So, my
name is Matthew Sin. I'm the budget
director with Los Cusus Public Schools.
Um, part of our outreach is to provide
maximum transparency, collaboration, and
accountability towards student success.
So, with that, we invite the public out
to participate in our budget survey.
Here on the screen, we have a QR code
that you can scan and go straight to our
budget survey. It's not quite open yet
uh since the survey runs November 1st
through December 22nd. But just to note
for all the students who do take it who
are age um grades 6 through 12 have the
opportunity to win a $10 gift card. So
that's a great deal. Also, we'd like to
invite everyone out to our very first
budget town hall meeting of the year.
It's going to be on November 6th at Los
Cusus Public Schools boardroom. And so
with this information that we received
from the budget survey and our town hall
meetings, we used to determine our
community priorities. So over the past
several years, we've been able to make
significant impacts to safety with the
installation of weapons detection
systems across the district. We also
made camera upgrade improvements across
the district. We also provided for
facility improvements. Most recently, we
had the reopening of Columbia
Elementary, which is a $70 million
project. We also had several additions
to classroom wings as well as
multi-purpose rooms through several
schools. In addition to that, uh one of
the community priorities has been
instructional resources. So, we provided
additional support for those programs uh
technology materials as well as software
and tutoring to provide uh those
opportunities for students to succeed.
So with that, I want to thank you all
for your time and allowing us to come
down here today and cross-promote our
events. Thank you, Mayor.
Thank you.
It's good to see you, Matt. And
yes, ma'am.
Yeah, very, very good to see you. So,
um, it says where the It said you have
the date and topic, but where are the
meetings? Are they at the uh school
board room?
Mayor Councelor Flores, yes, it's at Los
Cusus Public School Boardroom.
The boardroom
um located down the street, 505 Maine.
Thank you.
Good to see you.
And next we have a presentation by
Javier Galeno
and he's with the US Small Business
Administration.
Good afternoon,
city manager, city mayor, and city
council members. My name is Javier
Calenko. I'm a public information
officer with the Small Business
Administration, Office of Disaster
Recovery and Resilience.
SBA is providing to homeowners, renters,
nonprofit organizations, and businesses
lowinterest federal disaster loans to
help those who were affected by the
severe storms, flooding, and landslides
that happened between June and August of
2025.
Excuse me. The smokiness administration
is the primary source of funds to pay
for repairs or replacement cost not
fully covered by the insurance.
We have two different types of loans for
businesses. One is for physical damages
to their property. So it could be for
like machinery, equipment, supplies in
supplies, inventory,
uh anything similar to that. There's a
limit of $2 million.
We also have the economic injury
disaster loan for businesses for smaller
businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Uh this is a working capital loan to
help the smaller businesses uh maintain
their their doors open just in case
they're s they're suffering
economically. We want to make sure that
they don't close their their business
and they can keep their business open.
uh they can use this to pay for water,
electricity,
uh their mortgage, rent or any other
operating expense that they may have.
There is also a limit of $2 million. Uh
they can also be it could be a
combination of the two of physical
damages and economic injury up to $2
million.
For bit for homeowners, we have up to
$500,000 to repair or replace their
primary residence. Uh we also have for
homeowners and renters up to $100,000 to
repair or replace any personal property
they lost. That could be um furniture,
appliances, or even a personal vehicle
as well.
Uh so far we have um offered more than
$1.3 million. We do have two different
declarations. One in here in Dona
County, but we also have one in Lincoln.
Yeah, I think Link Lincoln County. Yeah,
Lincoln County. Sorry. Yes. So, we have
another one there. So, combined we we
have offered more than $1.3 million. Uh
and we have dispersed more than $650,000
as of of um yesterday.
Uh we do have some Okay. So this is
time.
No, continue.
Okay. So we uh Okay. So on a case- by
case basis, we want to make sure that
those you know homeowners and businesses
they may be able to qualify for
refinancing. Uh this is one of the
options that they may be able to qualify
for. We also have relocation on a case
for case basis. They may be able to
relocate as well. So we encourage
everybody anybody who was affected to
please visit one of our centers that we
have in Battle right now. We currently
have it at the um VO delero community
resource center. Uh it's open Monday
through Friday 10 to 6 and Saturday 10
to 3.
Okay. And yes, we have deadlines. We
want to make sure the the deadline for
the physical damages already passed
which was October 15 but we do have a
grace period of 60 days. So therefore if
anybody who uh still needs assistance uh
they can still come. We can still accept
their application. Uh we do have a
website where they can apply online as
well which is lending.sba.gov.
And for the physical dam, I mean for the
economic injury, we we allow the
businesses a little bit more time. So
the deadline for that is going to be
April 22nd of 2026.
And I think that's all I can I have for
now. If you want the interest rates, I
can give you the interest rates. Uh for
homeowners and renters is as low as
2.8%.
For businesses is as low as 4% and for
nonprofits is 3.65%.
Thank you.
All right. Thank you, Javier.
Next, we'll go to job of the week uh
with Sarah Rainey.
Thank you, Mayor and Council. My name is
Sarah Rainey. I'm the onestop
coordinator for the Southwest Region of
America's Job Center, New Mexico. For
the jobs of the week, we have a parks
maintenance worker for the city of Los
Cruus starting at 1557 an hour and it
closes on the 27th. We also have a
building inspector 1 for the city and
that starts at 2285 an hour. It is a
continuous posting at this time. We have
an office assistant for Russell Dean and
Clark LLC that starts at 15 an hour,
goes up to 25, and the posting closes in
November.
We also have a maintenance landscape
worker for Monte Vista Rentals. Um, they
pay depending on experience, and the
posting closes in the beginning of
November. We have a TANIF career
consultant that is temporary assistance
for needy families. That one is with the
workforce and is on the state website
that starts at 23.90 an hour and closes
on the 23rd. We also have an HR
reporting specialist for MVT Holdings
for 17 an hour and that posting closes
at the beginning of November as well.
Just a reminder of our um upcoming
events, we've had a ton of events so far
this month. Um we've been extremely busy
with job events. Um we have one coming
up in Sunland Park. There's still time
for any employers that want to sign up
to come down to Sen Park. It's free for
employers to come down there or any
services as well. It's it's jobfair
um services. So, we want to include that
as well. But come down there um and join
us. You can sign up online at
employee&mm.com
if you'd like to. We also have our
veteran standown on at the VFW on Valley
next week. And then our community hope
job readiness that's this week. I'm
sorry. Veteran standown is this week.
See, we've been too busy. Lots of events
going on. And then we also have our
employer in office networking event that
is open to the public for all employers
and then all job seekers as well. Come
into the office on Alamita and meet the
employers that are hiring. They're ready
to do on the spot interviews. As always,
you can find us on all of our social
medias. Our Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIn, YouTube, not as much, but Tik
Tok is growing as well. But all of our
events are listed on employee andm as
well as any information that you might
need to find um more about the American
Job Center and local jobs.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sarah. Next is pets of the
week. Uh Carol
Good afternoon. I'm Carol Nelson,
digital content specialist with the
Animal Services Center of the Messia
Valley. This week, our dog of the week
is Champ 90919.
When I first arrived, I was a bit unsure
of the shelter life. Who wouldn't be a
little shy in a new place? But now that
I've spent a bit more time here, I'm
feeling more relaxed. I've been learning
that humans can be pretty great. Once I
get a chance to warm up, I become a big
ball of affection. Treats definitely
help me come out of my shell as well.
Nothing makes me happier than a little
cuddle or some shared time. If you're
looking for a loving buddy who's ready
to grow and learn with you, I might just
be the one. And our cat of the week is
Moto Moto 98350.
When you first meet me, you might notice
just how calm and friendly I can be. The
moment my kennel door opens, I'm ready
to greet you with a chirp and a meow.
There's something magical about a gentle
touch, and I can't get enough. If you
pet me, I'll nuzzle right in, making
biscuits with my paws. If you try to
stop, you might just feel my playful
love bites as I gently grab your hand,
begging for just a little more
affection. So, if you're looking for a
big, affectionate kitty who just wants
to be adored, I might be your perfect
match.
And as always, we'd like to highlight
our long-term residents as well because
we would love for them to find forever
homes uh sooner rather than later just
because the longer they stay in shelter,
it's harder for them to thrive. Cosette
has now been with us 286 days. Cookies
and Cream 276.
Uh Dexter 271, Finn 261 days. Uh and
highlighting our upcoming events this
coming weekend, we actually have two
events. Our puppy pulooa at PetSmart
will be there Saturday uh from 9:00 to
12:00. So definitely come by. We don't
always have puppies, so it's a great
time to adopt a puppy. And our
drive-through vaccination clinic is this
Sunday. We'll be at the Field of Dreams
parking lot from 9 to 1.
And as always, for more information, you
can visit asmv.org or visit our social
media. Thank you.
Thank you, Carol. Next is a conflict of
interest. Does any member of city
council, city manager, or any member of
the city staff have any known conflict
of interest with any item on the agenda?
None.
Next, we'll move to public
participation. We'll allow three
minutes. No pending litigation or items
on the non-consent. Since it is election
season, please refrain from using this
time as a political platform. And also
um before anyone else, I guess I'm um
members, are there anyone from the Los
Cusus public schools uh blue ribbon
committee? Is there anyone here?
No. Then okay, Katrina will if you'll
just usher
please state your name and speak
directly into the microphone. Thanks.
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Mayor, council folks here today and
those watching online. I'm Lynn Moore.
You've received considerable evidence
that the city of Los Cusus is not
complying with the lead and copper rule.
It's preposterous that the utilities
director says she believes they're
meeting all requirements. When concerns
were raised about departmental
activities, she instructed staff to
remove records and manipulate data. When
deficiencies were noted publicly
regarding the city's false
characterizations regarding installation
dates in relation to the lead ban, she
instructed that all installation dates
be disappeared. Some records now say
piping is non-LED based on installation
after the lead ban, but provides no
record of the actual installation date.
These characterizations have no
credibility. When deficiencies were
noted publicly about the city's
inspections at the meter pit and
manipulation of inspection dates, the
director instructed that all inspection
dates be disappeared from the records.
That the choice is to hide incriminating
information rather than fix the problems
has potentially huge consequences for
the city and the utility services
taxpayers rely upon. It also evinces an
irresponsible and callous attitude
toward the most vulnerable water users
in the city who may not understand the
stakes involved and the implications for
their health and that of their young
children and unborn children. Water
consumers in Los Cusus have a right to
expect that the water they drink is safe
and that the facts about city water
management are not manipulated or
falsified. The key issue of the city's
inadequate investigation technique just
looking in the meter pit must be
remedied. None of the investigations
carried out so far as reliable. They
must be redone using techniques
acceptable to EPA. One technique isn't
sufficient to determine reliably that a
line is non-LED. See handout one. It's
ironic that those of you who profess
great concern for the less privileged in
our community, especially people of
color, events no concern for them when
the city leaves their mobile homes off
the inventory, much less investigate
their pipes. when Lasus utilities can't
be bothered to make sure Spanishonly
speakers know immediately how to
translate the website into Spanish. And
when the deputy director of regulatory
compliance falsely tells callers that
there's no assistance available for
folks who don't have the financial
resources to replace their pipes. We ask
those of you who demonstrate cozy
relationships with staff and parrot
their falsehoods, who were you elected
to serve? To those who haven't studied
or requested any of the additional
documentation we've presented,
demonstrating the validity of our
concerns and proving the sitting's
pattern of false statements, we ask why
not. One counselor said she just prefers
to trust staff. That's not good enough.
You were elected to serve ordinary
citizens, the riffraff, the taxpayers of
Los Cusus. You weren't elected to avert
your gaze from non-compliant substandard
staff actions that harm the public.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak.
Thank you, maker Mayor Enriquez, for
your courtesy.
Mayor, city council, I'm Liz Rodriguez
Johnson. Our concerns persist with
respect to Las Cruz's utility
substandard public outreach and lack of
responsiveness to questions regarding
the lead and copper rule that have been
outstanding for many months. EPA does
actually require water systems to engage
in robust factual communication with the
community they're supposed to serve or
the answers to the questions we posed at
the October 6th meeting. We ask that
they be posted on the website. As of
this morning, no answers have been
posted. We continue to expect answers to
all our previously annunciated
questions, plus the questions today to
be posted on the website by the next
council meeting, November 3rd. EPA
requires water systems to track lead
connectors in their inventories and
replace them when they are encountered.
As you can see in handout A, page one,
where in Lasa's utilities inventory are
lead connectors tracked. None are
evident in the online inventory, even
though investigation reports note that
the presence of galvanized connectors on
some piping. See handout B. Keep in mind
that the galvanized designation means
there's some involvement of lead. How
many galvanized connectors has the city
replaced? Where do each of these
replacements show up on the map? If
they're not in the inventory of the map,
why not? The New Mexico Finance
Authority, which handled the $15 million
grant from the drinking water state
revolving fund the city agreed to at the
last meeting, determined the amount the
city must repay, in part on the
categorization of the city as severely
disadvantaged. How much of this $15
million grant will be used to
specifically assist disadvantaged people
in light of the city's decision to
disappear all disadvantaged community
designations from the inventory? How is
it determining who's disadvantaged? What
are their criteria? Does Lasre's
utilities intend to charge customers for
the cost to replace any part of a
service line? If so, how does the city
intend to assist customers who are
unable to pay to replace the portion
they own? EPA requires that the city
spell this out. See handouts A, pages
three and four. Which water engineers at
Las Cruz's utilities are fluent in
Spanish?
Utilities?
Which water managers at Lasus's
utilities are fluent in Spanish?
Las's utilities.
Which water technicians who investigate
pipes are fluent in Spanish?
Thank you.
My name is Rod Gayski. I live in the
county, but uh excuse that for a moment.
Um the Meascalero Apaches and the State
Land Office.
Rod, can you raise the mic up a little
bit so it'll go into the recording?
Sure.
Okay. Thank you.
That better?
Little louder.
Okay. the this the messcalero Apaches
and the state land office are are
attempting to get 400 acres of
landlocked land that's in the county but
but the traffic flow and the
infrastructure involves the city that's
why I'm here with the city uh council
council member Matise uh is is would be
responsible for the loss alurus drive
and and also
also the
want to get rid of the property, but the
but the property is is landlocked and
and Telbrook Telbrook Los Alurus and the
and the frontage road coming from El
Paso are both two-lane highways that
there's no way that you could that they
could handle the the traffic that's
that's potential for this event center
and a casino. Ino uh way up on the end
of Telbrook. So uh I would answer any
questions if anybody has any questions.
Good afternoon, mayor, city council. My
name is Lucas Hearn and I'm a resident
of district 2. Uh once again in front of
you in the wake of uh a deadly police
killing in our city um I will take this
opportunity to remind you that New
Mexico is in fact the most dangerous
state to be a civilian and be killed by
police. We led the country last year and
as of this year police have killed four
more people in New Mexico through
September in 2025 compared to the same
period last year. Meaning we will once
again be the most violent state to be a
citizen and be killed by the police in
the country.
Lasus police have killed at least four
people in our city this year.
You can talk about what justifies
killing all you want. And the police
have a standard operating procedure
which the chief has become very adept at
repeating and pariting and the press
loves to pick up.
Um,
there is a member of the press here
today that I generally hold in very high
regard um, and will assume that his
editors chose the headline for his story
because I personally feel like he's
better at his job than what the headline
give that a man who was approached in
his car by an armed cop yelling at him
was quote unquote pursuing that officer
with a hammer. That man was sitting in
his car and a man with a gun came to his
door and opened the door.
I'm a certified firearms instructor in
the state of New Mexico.
If somebody
that I taught
was
in an altercation
and pursued the person pressing the
issue to their car and opened the door,
they would be found guilty in a court of
law.
But not the police.
The police had standard operating
procedure.
So, if you want if you're tired of me
coming and yelling at you about the cops
killing people, do your job and hold the
cops accountable for killing people. But
for now, I'll take the uncomfortable
stairs and the whisperings.
I'll take the videos posted about me
online.
We're citizens of the of this country.
The cops theoretically are here to
protect us, not kill us. But as long as
we live in the state that has the most
likely outcome of an altercation with
the police of me being killed by them,
no. Unacceptable.
Derek Pacheco for the record.
I'll wait till I have everyone's
undivided attention. Thank you, Mr.
Cidio.
Good afternoon, mayor and counselors.
Today, I want to speak about
accountability, not only in how we
protect our rights and our history, but
in how we uphold the rule of law itself.
Over the past several months, citizens
like myself have worked tirelessly to
uncover and document serious issues
surrounding Project Jupiter, the
proposed data center development.
Through hundreds of hours of public
records request, video documentation,
and cross- referencing county and state
filings, we have uncovered a trove of
evidence showing a clear pattern of
neglect for due process, missing
documentation, and potential conflicts
of interest within the approval process.
Because of this, I filed a petition for
judicial review this past Friday in
district court. This isn't about
obstruction. It's about ensuring that
the laws meant to protect the public are
actually followed.
When development outpaces
accountability, democracy itself is at
risk. And these same themes, loss of
oversight, disregard for heritage, and
erosion of trust, connect directly to
other troubling actions in our city. We
are installing flock surveillance
cameras across Los Cruus's systems that
track every passing vehicle and store
data indefinitely. These cameras may
seem harmless, but they raise serious
Fourth Amendment and civil liberty
concerns. Across the country,
communities are rejecting them once the
public realizes the risk of abuse,
hacking, and unlawful tracking. We
cannot trade privacy for a false sense
of security. At the same time, we are
witnessing the demolition of historic
Adobe homes in our protected districts.
Homes tied to the Camino Real Dier
Edentro, the very trail that gave birth
to this valley. These structures are
irreplaceable cultural assets.
Destroying them to solve vagrancy or
clean up a neighborhood is shortsighted
and morally wrong.
So in this same breath that we should be
protecting citizens from unlawful
surveillance and honoring our heritage,
we should also be demanding transparency
and integrity in every public project,
including Project Jupiter. Los Cusus
stands at a crossroads between freedom
and overreach, between preservation and
demolition, between blind approval and
lawful review. I urge this council to
stand with its citizens, to support the
judicial re review process, to halt
flock camera installations, and to
protect our historic Adobe districts.
The people of this city are paying
attention, documenting, and determined
to ensure that truth and law prevail.
Thank you.
Hello, my name is Connie Chapman. I'm a
resident of District 4. This statement
concerns the fatal shooting of Mr.
Mullen on October 9th. I feel it is
important for the questions I raised to
be made public. The officer involved
incident task force that is officially
reviewing the fatal shooting is composed
totally of other law enforcement
agencies and I doubt will raise the same
questions I have as a concerned citizen.
At the press conference, a reporter from
El Paso Fox, Kox News14, asked Chief
Story about the training officers
receive with regard to the use of lethal
force versus non-lethal force in such
situations.
Chief Sory explained, and I quote, that
as a general rule, an officer would not
use a lease, excuse me, a less lethal
tool for a lethal encounter when they
are by themselves. So, if there had been
multiple officers, there might have been
different options, but there were not.
And that's the end of the quote. What
does chief story mean by different
options? that the death of a human being
might have been preventable with just
more officers on the scene. If that was
the case, and what I want to understand
is then why was that officer in such a
rush when Mr. Mullen was a threat was he
a threat while sitting in his car with
his doors closed when he was when the
officer arrived. The officer orders the
man out of his car. The officer opens
the car door, not Mr. Mullen. What was
the hurry or the purpose of having Mr.
Mullen exit his car immediately?
Mr. Mullen was dead within a minute of
the officer's arrival. So again, what
was the rush?
Good afternoon. Uh my name is Jim Hurst.
I just wanted to call your attention to
the no king's protest yesterday. Uh it
was a demonstration of the political
sympathies of this town.
Uh I was there and I estimate the crowd
at well over a thousand.
Uh, I know how difficult it is to do a
to get a thousand people to do anything
politically, even as simple as to send
an email or to register to vote or
something like that.
Uh, a thousand people were at the
demonstration yesterday.
Their political sympathies are uh
liberal.
Uh nobody was paid in spite of the
claims by our uh president
um who is a pillar of integrity as you
all know. Um he wouldn't lie to us. He
wouldn't just make stuff up against his
opponents. And he says we were paid so I
want to know where my check is. Um, he
says, "I'm getting one." But, uh, as far
as I know, no one's gotten any or has
ever gotten any at any of those
political events. So, you need to know
your constituents,
generally speaking, are sympathetic to
liberal causes, and it's right that you
are, too. Thank you very much.
Okay. Thank you. Next, we'll go to a
closed meeting statement that I will
read.
So, Los Cusa City Council met in close
session at 10:35 a.m. today, October
20th, 2025. The following were in
attendance. myself, Mayor Enriquez, the
Mayor Prom Beno, Councelor Mccclure,
Councelor Karan, Councelor Graham, City
Manager Econo Paya,
City Attorney Brad Douglas, parks
director Steven Bingham, uh interim
assistant city manager David Sado, city
clerk Christine Rietta,
also was HR director Joe Richards,
deputy HR director Jose Vargas,
finance director Leslie Doyle,
Utilities Director Adrien Whitmer, uh,
Dominique Rodriguez from Utilities, Carl
Clark from Utilities, and Assistant City
Manager Sonia Delgado. Outside council
were Alan Dah, Chris Doipio,
Deflipple,
Dina Hulcom.
We met in close session to discuss those
limited items as stated
to discuss pending or threatening
litigation as it pertains to the Walnut
skate park which is closed pursuant to
New Mexico State Statute 1015-1H7.
We discussed the bargaining strategy
preliminary of collective bargaining
negotiations between the policymaking
body and the bargaining unit
representing the employees of that
policy body and collective bargaining
sessions.
That's pursuant to New Mexico State
statute 1978 section 1015-1H5
to discuss the purchase, acquisition or
disposal of real property or water
rights by the public body which is
closed also pursuant to New Mexico State
statute 1978 section 1015-1H8
to discuss pending or threatening
litigation regarding Olivia Dominguez
versus the city of Los Cusus. and Joe
Hernandez,
which is closed pursuant to New Mexico
State statute 1978 section 1015-1H7.
Again, the meeting started at 10:35 and
we adjourned at 12:50 p.m.
Next, I'll go to the acceptance of
agenda.
So moved, Graham. Second, Corin.
This is on a motion to accept the agenda
as presented. Councelor Mccclure,
yes.
Councelor Matise,
yes.
Councelor Graham,
yes.
Councelor Karan,
yes.
Councelor Flores,
yes.
Councelor Beno,
yes.
Mayor,
yes.
Motion passes.
So, next we'll go to item 8.1,
resolution number 26-053,
a resolution authorizing the city of Los
Cruises to accept first quarter budget
adjustments.
Move to approve. Second, Graham.
Good afternoon, mayor, city staff, and
council. My name is Vanessa Perez, and I
am one of your budget analysts. Before
you is a resolution to accept various
internal budget adjustments for the
first quarter of fiscal year 2026.
Before we dive into the overview, I just
want to provide a few key reminders. The
adjustments presented here today mainly
focus on updating the available balances
within our budget and the data on
today's presentation is just a summary
of all adjustments. So if you would like
further information, please refer to
your packets.
On your screen, you will see the first
portion of general fund adjustments. The
fire department is increasing both
revenues and expenditures by about
$527,000
as they are expecting increased billable
ambulance trips after the American
medical response contract came to an
end. The fire department is also
increasing revenues and expenditures by
$160,000.
And this is to pay New Mexico emergency
ground ambulance service fees or NME gas
for short to secure to Medicaid
reimbursements. The fire department is
also seeing a reduction in overtime and
standby budget of about $287,000.
This was a decision made after a
citywide analysis of historical
expenditures of overtime and standby
versus current budget and current
trends. Um this was a recommendation per
management and this is uh this will be
performed quarterly so that we can
review and make adjustments as needed.
In the same manner, the police
department will be seeing a reduction in
overtime funding by about $27,000.
Last on screen, the parks and recck
department is receiving an increase of
$125,000,
and this is to cover overtime budget for
quarter number two. We've been funding
their overtime and standby budget every
quarter uh just so that we can provide
further departmental analysis.
Parks and Recre is requesting funds to
cover part of the keep loss cruises
beautiful operations and the funds will
be used to pay for supplies and
temporary staff services. The city
clerk's office is requesting $1,500 in
overtime to cover an increase in
inspection of public records act or
requests
on screen um with both slides. There
will be an increase in revenues of about
$687,000
and an increase in expenditures of about
$527,000.
Um, we would like to thank all of our
department heads for their ongoing
efforts and being as judicious as
possible with our city funds.
The Housing and Neighborhood Services
Program is receiving a total of $175,346
and this is for additional grant awards
from the US Department of Housing and
Urban Development or HUD for short.
Parks and Recreation is increasing their
budget by about $64,000 from the
Recreation Projects Fund and this is to
cover damaged canopies at Paz and
Magfield Field dugouts and the fitness
lot on Hadley.
The state marshall's office approved a
carryover of almost a million dollars
for the fire department. These funds
went unspent in fiscal year 2025 and are
now being rolled over into fiscal year
2026.
Public works is increasing their budget
by $425,000
and this is to purchase a street
sweeper. Parks and Recreation is using
some funding from an existing gift and
memorial and this is to purchase
memorial benches and walk of honor
bricks. Quality of life is increasing
their overall budget by about $133,000
and this is possible due to the interest
earned on existing gifts and memorials.
The city manager's office is requesting
an increase of $295,000 from the Telour
fund. Part of this funding is to update
uh their available budget to be correct.
It'll match the remaining budget from
fiscal year 2025 and the remainder will
cover an increase in the prices of
buses.
Utilities is increasing their fund in f
excuse me increasing their budget
through five different funds and this is
to cover the purchase of two Ford F-150
4x4 extended cab trucks.
They are also increasing their budget in
the gas equipment replacement reserve
fund. And this is to cover unexpected
costs in the purchase of a truck and to
cover the purchase of a tool for leak
and odor investigation. They're also
increasing their budget through three
different funds and this is to cover
rock wall replacement as well as a
warehouse design.
Utilities is also requesting to increase
budget in the water equipment
replacement reserve fund to cover the
purchase of an F350 truck and to cover
search charges for a Ford 250.
An increase in gas operations fund is
requested so engineering services can
assist with the energy decarbonization
transition plan or EDTP for short. An
increase of about $11,000 is requested
from the wastewater capital improvement
fund to cover the purchase of a John
Deere Gator. And lastly, an increase of
$373,000
from the solid waste equipment
replacement reserve fund is needed for
the purchase of a Peterbuilt side
loader.
Therefore, you are your council options
and I stand for questions. We also have
department directors available if um I
am unable to answer those questions.
All right. Thank you, Vanessa. Any
questions? Councelor
Flores.
Thank you, Mayor, and thank you for your
presentation. So, I have a u I'm just
curious when um all these funds are
being allocated at this point, um were
they unforeseen at the um at the time
the budget was was um presented to us
initially?
Mayor, uh councelor Flores, are you
referring to one in specific or just
generally? just generally because this
is new allocations, right?
Uh some of them are some of them are
coming in as rollovers from vehicles
that weren't received last year. Um some
of them are new allocations and then
some of them are just adjusting our
balances to reflect accurate remaining
um funds from different projects or
different um grants.
Okay. So it's some of it is new money,
some of it is money that was already
allocated for
That is correct.
Great. Thank you.
Thank you, mayor.
All right. Thank you.
Say,
this is on a motion to approve
resolution 26-053.
Councelor Mccclure,
yes.
Councelor Matis,
yes.
Councelor Graham,
yes.
Councelor Karan,
yes.
Councelor Flores,
yes.
Councelor Beno,
yes.
Mayor,
yes.
Motion passes.
Next is item 8.2, resolution number
26054,
resolution authorizing the city of Los
Cusus to accept grant awards.
Move to approve grant. Second.
Good afternoon, mayor, counselors, city
management,
community members. My name is Gabriela
Prattz. I'm the city's grant manager.
Today I bring to you a resolution to
accept two grants
um and approve the adjustment of the
budgets for these two awards.
The first award is made to the city
manager's office airport department by
the Federal Aviation Administration in
the amount of $443,000
which requires a match of approximately
$11,700.
The purpose of these funds are to
replace the weather reporting equipment
at the Los Cusus International Airport.
The second grant is to the police
department from the New Mexico
Department of Public Safety in the
amount of a little more than $9,500
to equip and train current honor guard
teams as well as to assist in adding
members to existing teams and
establishing new teams as may be
necessary.
These are your council options and I
stand for questions.
Thank you. Any questions?
I think we're good. Terry
Christine, you're back. Christine,
this is on the motion to approve
resolution 26-054.
Councelor Mccclure,
yes.
Councelor Matise,
yes.
Councelor Graham,
yes.
Councelor Cran,
yes.
Councelor Flores,
yes.
Councelor Bencoml,
yes.
Mayor,
yes.
Next is item 8.3, resolution number
26-055,
resolution amending the FY26
31 capital improvements program. Move to
approve. Corin
second.
Good afternoon, mayor, city council. My
name is Cynthia, CIP manager for city of
Las Cruises, and today I have a few CIP
amendments for you.
Today I specifically have two type of
amendments. One is for grants that were
recently approved. One in today's
meeting just a previous item and two in
previous meetings. So we're making an
amendment to reflect that additional
funding into our CIP document. And the
other category are all of our different
adjustments we have identified so far.
The cap was approved this May which
meant that projects uh were still in
development as the fiscal year ends in
June. So there was an opportunity for
the programs and departments to continue
working on those projects. So the
amendments that we are going to be
presenting are those to reflect the
funding that the projects currently have
in order to continue forward.
We have three projects for new grants.
One is for Las Cru's airport for the
automated weather observation system.
And this is the grant that Gabby just uh
presented right now. And we have two
housing grants that were approved at a
previous council meeting. And all of
those are for housing projects.
This round of projects are one for parks
and wreck the Dortugas trail who has an
an amendment resulting in an ending
balance of 65,000.
Then we have three additional airport
projects. One is for the rehabilitation
of runway 42,
rehabilitation of runway 426 and 1230
and infrastructure and extension
improvements. All of these projects
continue but this amendment is
reflecting of what the project currently
has in order to move forward. So like I
mentioned the project uh continue their
expenses. So this is what they currently
have.
We have another housing project and a
project for sustainability, the solar
photo voltake storage projects and then
this again to continue uh projects
to advance the use of clean energy.
We have several utilities projects and
all of them reflect again funding that
they currently have available to move
forward. What are miscellaneous? You see
a decrease. This is because the project
has been completed. Water
rehabilitation, water septic systems,
water 2025 projects, water building
improvements which is for any uh
improvement for the interior and
exterior of the building and wastewater
23 projects all have different
adjustments, but they're moving forward.
Next we have two projects for the parks
and wreck back ball field multif field
multi-use field renovations and upgrade.
They has a reduction with an ending
balance of 14,000. This project is
almost done and then we have clean park
improvements who has now a complete
deduction of the funding because the
project is complete. But I would like to
invite Katherine Harrison Rogers with
Parks and Wreck so she can give us more
details on these two projects.
Thanks Cynthia Katherine Harrison Rogers
for the record. Um so the ball field
improvements, this was a capital outlay
and we applied this to the High Noon um
soccer um facility. There were some
fencing improvements uh that were
included as part of these uh these
monies um expended. In addition, we did
some upgrades to the irrigation. Um the
facility is relatively old and so um
that has to be done from time to time.
Uh and then of course uh we also did uh
the bulk of the improvements at the
concession and the bathrooms. Um that
project included improvements to the
concession stand. uh some upgrades to
those bathrooms that have been closed
for quite a while. And then some other
improvements included uh water fountains
uh which are really needed uh for these
types of fields.
The next one on the list was Klein Park.
Um this one is is complete at this
juncture. Um there were several
improvements associated with this also
capital outlay. You can see this lovely
mural that was done uh in conjunction
with the project. It turned out really
uh really well. Uh we did a re-roof um
of the uh bandstand structure as well as
some improvements to both the stucco and
the paint
and shade structures. Those are very
important. That's actually one of the
the top requests that we get all of the
time from families and community members
just because the sun here of course is
pretty intense. So you can see that
shade structure. And then in addition to
that, we did some improvements to just
generally the grounds, leveling out some
surfacing, uh picnic table, things of
that nature. So, it's a really lovely
park. It's really coming together. And
we we do improvements um every couple of
years, which is great.
Thank you, Katherine Cynthia. For the
record, we now have the last three
amendments for this round. These are all
related to transit. We have the
municipal service center, electric buses
and transit facilities improvement
program and all of these projects. Uh I
will like to invite Richard Hanway to
provide a bit more of update on the
actual last two electric buses and
transit facilities program.
Good afternoon, Mayor, council. Richard
Hanway, transit director for the record.
Um, the first project that I'd like to
talk about on the CIP is the municipal
service center. This is the single most
investment that has ever been made in
transit since the inception of transit
in 1985.
Um, happy to say that we have moved in
as of March of 2025 of this year.
Previously, we were housed in the Hadley
facility that was on a 2.5 acre lot.
This new facility is 11 acres.
It consists of our um our operations and
maintenance build facility and a fuel
island and a washbay.
The first part I would like to um
discuss is the operations side of it. It
houses our fixed route and our vomo
services, the driver's locker rooms. It
also has um the dispatching is is housed
there as well.
This is what the dispatching area looks
like.
Adjoined to the the operations building
is the maintenance facility. Um our
previous maintenance facility only had
two but uh bus bays and this one has
six.
This is um rendering what it looks like
inside.
This is our wash or our fueling facility
um canopy. It's a separate building. Um
in the back you can also see the wash
bay
and this is an automated um bus wash
that that's inside that bay.
This also houses our electric bus
charging infrastructure. Um this is
where we have our electric buses getting
charged at.
And the second project that I'd like to
talk about are the electric buses and
our transition to a zero emission fleet.
Currently, we have five buses that are
that were we're using since August of
2024, and they're doing very very well.
Um, we've already secured funding for
six more. Um, they were due in June of
this year, but we had a little bit of a
delay at the plant, but I'm happy to say
that they are in production and they're
due in February of 2026. And that's six
more. So, this is these are pictures of
them at the factory right now. The
the uh once we get these buses in, we'll
have 11 out of our 20 large buses
converted to fully electric. So, we're
well on our way to doing that. Um, I'd
like to also say thanks for your support
from the citizens that use transit um to
the tune of about 800,000 rides last
year in FY25 on fixed route and over
56,000 rides for paratransit. So, I'd
like to say thanks. Thanks for your
support.
Thank you, Richard. So that is the set
of amendments that we are proposing
today as we continue to work with the
departments to identify all of the
projects and the remaining funding in
order for them to move forward and seek
completion. So for the next uh couple of
council meetings you're going to be
seeing several more CIP amendments. So
with that we have your council's uh
options for today and we have city staff
if you have specific question on any of
the projects.
Okay. Thanks Cynthia Katherine. Thank
you for the update on parks and Richard.
Awesome. Thank you for the update on
transit. Appreciate it. Uh Mayor Promp,
thank you. Um I hate to bring you up
here, Katherine, for just one tiny
question. I just um I was looking for
our last uh emails about the high noon
bathrooms. Those have been reopened,
right? I know there were some snafoos
out of our control. Uh, Councelor
Bencomo and members of council, uh, as I
understand it, they there were some
plumbing issues associated with the
men's restroom in particular and just
the flushing of the urinals. They were
going to replace some parts. Um, but I
do believe that they've been opened. I
can't 100% confirm that, but I I do
believe they've been open and they're
making those adjustments as needed.
Okay. Will you just follow up with with
an email?
I will absolutely follow up with
actually maybe.
Perfect. Thank you.
Councelor um Ben Como, yes, those
restrooms have been open, but they did
close them down today through Wednesday
to um go in and replace and warranty
some of the um equipment. So, they they
have been open, but they are going to be
shut till Wednesday.
Okay. Thank you.
Any other questions? Seeing none,
Christine?
This is on the motion to approve
resolution 26-055.
Councelor Mccclure,
yes.
Councelor Matise,
yes.
Councelor Graham,
yes.
Councelor Karan,
yes.
Councelor Flores,
yes.
Councelor Bencoml,
yes.
Mayor,
yes.
Next is item 8.4, Four, resolution
number 26-056,
a resolution to enter into an existing
contract purchase agreement for body
cameras.
Move to approve, Graham. Second.
Good afternoon, mayor, counselor, city
staff. My name is Virginia Barela, buyer
2 with the financial services
department. And before you today is a
resolution authorizing the city to enter
into an existing contract purchase
agreement for uh public safety video
systems.
The city of Los Cusus Police Department
initiated a bodywn camera program in
2014, supplying limited officers with
Axon bodywn cameras. In addition to the
body cameras and data management and
maintenance system used to store video
evidence, LCPD equipped officers with
Axon taser brand non-lethal conductive
electrical weapons which interconnected
with the Axon body warm cameras. This
program was later expanded to include
all officers and all outdated equipment
was upgraded. The program and later
expansion assisted Los Cruus's Police
Department in meeting the needs of
Senate Bill 8, um, which mandates that
all New Mexico law enforcement activate
body cameras during interactions with
the public.
On November 16th, 2020, city council
approved resolution 211073
authorizing the award of a purchase
agreement with Axon to procure body worn
cameras, interconnected non-lethal
electrical electronic weapons, and data
management and maintenance system for
video evidence for a term of 5 years,
which is effective through November
17th, 2025.
LCPD will require continued services
with Axon to manage and maintain their
current inventory of body cameras and
non-lethal electronic systems and expand
on the program with the growth of their
department past the expiration of our
current agreement.
Los Cusus Municipal Code 24-4 authorized
exemptions authorizes the city of Los
Cusus to utilize contracts from other
entities. Utilization of these contracts
allows for efficient and cost-effective
procurement of goods and services to
meet the city's operational needs. The
New Mexico State Purchasing Division has
a contract with Axon Enterprises
Incorporated of Scottsdale, Arizona. The
term is effective through June 30th of
2034.
This NS NMSPD contract will include all
bodywn cameras um management system
non-lethal electronic equipment that LCB
LCPD currently uses. Um and it will
allow LCPD to grow uh with their
department and increase on this program.
Um we are currently asking for an annual
not to exceed total of $2,500,000.
This will be for the term of the
contract. Um, and it will allow for
future growth as the city utilizes this
contract through 2034. And of course,
this is subject to approved budget
appropriations.
Before you are your options and I will
stand for any questions.
Thank you, Virginia. Any questions?
Councelor K.
Council,
I'm sorry. Go ahead, Council Flores.
Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council K.
Um, so my question is this. Um
it seems to me that um it's it's a you
know okay idea but um all of this is to
upgrade what we already have or is it in
it is it adding in anticipation of more
police officers or
so mayor councelor Flores um the
contract will be to maintain our
existing contract for all the equipment
we currently have to upgrade the
equipment we have as it meets its useful
life cycle um to pay for the management
and software system for it and then to
grow on the program as the department
grows in future years.
Okay. So, um it's a data storage issue.
Um Mayor Councelor Flores, it's not
necessarily a data storage issue. Um
every year the cost of this equipment
gets more expensive. um we have to add
it as we add more police officers and
then when new equipment comes out and
new items come out that LCPD can use in
services to conduct their jobs, we want
to be able to have the ability to um
increase on the program
utilizing the equipment that is offered
that will in interconnect with our
current equipment.
Okay. So I just I just have a question
that um it so I'm just curious. So um
when we you know have our big summit and
go through uh like in December when we
go or January when we go through um
budget allocations and all that is this
sort is this something that has come up
inadvertently or is it just uh something
that
has to be addressed at this point? Was
it anticipated or how does that work?
Because this is like a endofear
adjustment to our last year's budget.
Mayor, councelor Flores, so what this
contract would be doing would be setting
a capping limit for how much we can
expend. So every year with the new
budget that is presented to council, if
new equipment is going to be purchased,
if they're going to expand on the
program, they would have to present that
to council and get it incorporated and
approved through their budget in order
to purchase the new equipment. This is
just setting their limit on how much
they can spend in any given year.
Oh, I see. That explains it very well.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you,
Mayor.
Thank you, Council K.
Thank you. I I don't this isn't really a
question. So, as everyone loves comment
more than a question, I know. Um I just
wanted to point out as I did I I think
we we talked about this a while ago.
This is I think something we approved a
few years back um in this context, but I
do think it's a great example of things
people not necessarily understanding.
This is related to a state law, right,
that requires certain types of of
things. And when that law was passed,
how much funding did they did they give
us to to fulfill this law? I think none
if I remember correctly. And so I just
want to point out like th this is the
kind of complicated
relationship we have with when people
make new laws and sometimes it's us and
sometimes it's others and sometimes you
know um it's compelled and sometimes
it's the right thing to do and all of
those things. We're we also understand
that there has to be. So this is the
classic definition of an unfunded
mandate from our state. I would just
like to name it as such and if you don't
follow local politics, I think it's an
interesting example of such. Um so in
addition to us wanting to do what is
right, but I think this is an
interesting conversation in that
context. So anyway, thanks. I just
wanted to point that out as a thing that
we often face in local government.
Okay. Thank you, Council K Christine.
This is on the motion to approve
resolution 26-056.
Councelor McClure,
yes.
Councelor Matise,
yes.
Councelor Graham,
yes.
Councelor Karan,
yes.
Councelor Flores,
yes.
Councelor Beno,
yes.
Mayor,
yes.
Next is item 8.5, resolution number
26-057,
a resolution adopting the small business
safety improvement program.
Move to approve.
Second.
All right. Good afternoon, Mayor, City
Council. Irene B with economic
development. Today I am here to present
the Los Cruus Small Business Safety
Improvement Program.
During my presentation, I will provide
an overview of the program objectives,
outline the available financial and
technical assistance, review eligibility
criteria, describe the application
process, and the planned marketing and
follow-up strategies.
The small business safety improvement
program represents a collaborative
effort to strengthen public safety and
economic vitality within the Alpo Salano
metropolitan redevelopment area.
In March 2023, city council approved the
Alpasale Salano MRA designation. The MRA
designation report findings included
creating opportunities to preserve
existing businesses and expand business
and job opportunities.
This past July, city council adopted the
Alpasale Southo MR plan. Today's
presentation outlines one of the first
implementation steps tied to that plan.
The Alpaso Salano plan outlined several
goals including social equity by
expanding services to underserved areas,
economic revitalization by strengthening
retail and commercial areas to attract
visitors and investment, and public
safety by enhancing security and
community trust through proactive
measures. The safety improvement program
works to support these goals. Between
April 2024 and June 2025, multiple
stakeholder engagements took place as
part of the development of the MRE plan,
including public listening sessions,
workshops, and community surveys in
which respondents consistently ranked
public safety improvements as both a
community and economic development
priority.
Strategic recommendations highlighted
within the MRE plan emphasized building
on existing community safety programs
and deepening collaboration between the
LCPD community outreach unit. The small
business safety improvement program is
designed to do exactly that by
empowering businesses to take practical
preventative measures. Program
objectives of the small business safety
improvement program are to promote
proactive safety investments, to support
small business resiliency and customer
confidence, to strengthen collaboration
between the business community and law
enforcement, and to encourage long-term
revitalization and economic growth
within the MRA.
The Small Business Safety Improvement
Program will incentivize businesses to
invest in security measures, offering
grants up to $5,000 per business or
property to fund eligible security
equipment.
Eligible expenses include security
cameras, including doorbell cameras,
lighting, locks and doors, fencing,
fence covering, and door and window
sensors. The city has allocated $100,000
to this pilot program and economic
development would like to take this
opportunity to thank city council for
this funding.
The small business safety improvement
program focuses on a multi-pronged
approach leveraging technology,
education and training and community
partnerships. Additional technical
support will be offered by the LCPD
community outreach unit. They will offer
on-site evaluations, community awareness
training, and crimerevention
consultations. Recommendations may
include improved lighting, landscaping
adjustments, entry visibility, and other
best practices. This additional support
will be offered at no cost to the
business. Businesses may request an
assessment as part of their application.
To qualify, applicants must be located
within the Aposo Salano MRA. They must
employ 40 or fewer employees, be
independently owned and for-profit or
eligible nonprofit, hold a valid city
business license, and be in good
standing with the city and state, and be
open to the public.
Applications will be accepted on a
rolling basis beginning November 3rd,
2025, and awarded on a first come,
first- serve basis until all funds are
expended. Purchases made prior to the
program opening will not be eligible for
reimbursement. Reimbursements will
require proof of purchase and photos of
installation of equipment.
A marketing campaign will target those
businesses within the MRA. Announcements
of the safety improvement program will
go out through digital marketing and be
made available on the city's website.
Information will also be made available
as part of regular business outreach and
site visits to ensure accountability and
measure program effectiveness. Follow
evaluations will be conducted. Metrics
may include reduction in safety
incidences, improvements in security
measures, and increase in employee
confidence and customer traffic.
Follow-up evaluations may be conducted
through online surveys, employer
interviews, and customer testimonials.
Following the su successful completion
of the pilot program, additional MAS may
be added based on community need,
available resources, and program
performance.
The small business safety improvement
program represents a practical
community-driven approach to improving
safety and supporting small businesses.
It aligns directly with the city's MRA
plan, our economic development goals,
and our commitment to building trust
between the community, law enforcement,
and local business owners.
This concludes this presentation. With
me here today is Lieutenant Joy with the
community outreach unit and Selena
Morales, deputy director with economic
development.
These are council options. And with
that, I stand for questions.
All right. Thank you, Irene. Any
questions from coun councelor Flores?
Yes. Thank you. And thank you so much,
Irene, Miss Bar, for your uh
presentation.
you know, it sounds wonderful and um and
it and it's an MRA, so uh there's been a
lot of activity to improve u the MRA or
whatever. Um, and um, I'm um, I'm I'm
glad that officer Joyy's on this because
I think that she's a real plus to our
community in so far as seeing our our
police officers as u people who are
um there to protect us and our friends
actually and neighbors. Um, but I'm just
I'm curious about the um keeping an eye
on how successful
it is and how the information will be
gathered. you know what sort of I I
suppose there's maybe in the making or
already the sorts of um indicators that
you are expecting to keep an eye on to
see if it's so is that in the making or
is this all hypothetical at this point
or is it ready to plug it in?
Uh mayor councelor Flores yes there are
metrics that we are building in place
right now. Um, part of that is going to
be a pre-assessment that we're going to
include. Um, once a business is deemed
eligible, we will be sending them um, a
questionnaire to identify sort of what
the current state of things are for
them. So that once we the program is um,
at its completion, we can go back and do
a post assessment to measure what uh,
the state of their business is and
activity is at that point. So we have a
point of measure. So we will be taking
information at the beginning of the
program and again at the end um and
comparing that um and using that as
measures if we're able to continue this
program in ways that we can improve it.
So have all the businesses in the MAS u
been um advised or they're on notice or
they've been of this opportunity.
So Mayor Councelor Flores part of this
came from feedback directly from
businesses within the MRA. Yes.
So those are the uh businesses that will
probably benefit from it. Correct.
Great. Thank you very much.
Councelor Current.
Thank you for your presentation and for
bringing this forward. I have a quick
question. So, we're approving this
funding generally. I'm curious um in
terms of the MRA, the model for funding
our MRA activities. This is not coming
from that yet, right? We don't have any
revenues from the MRA officially.
Mayor Councelor Crown, you are correct.
Okay. So I'm hoping I I would also like
to know just in terms of the evaluation
and understanding what the impacts are.
I would also like to know like
um
how we can think about this in a
sustainable way, right? And then expand
it to other MAS if if those are the if
that's sort of warranted by based on
what what the conversations happen like.
And again, I know we're all anxious to
get the MAS rolling, but I'm curious if
this the timing of this relates to that
or not at all or how we might reflect
when that actually is does become a
source of income for us.
Uh, Mayor, uh, Councelor Crown, I
appreciate um that feedback and I think
that given the information that we
received during the stakeholder
engagements, um, there does seem to be
um, a need to want to address this. And
so rather than waiting for those funds
to come in, we wanted to take this
opportunity with the funds that we do
have to start this program and build on
it based on lessons learned.
Thank you. But we don't know when the
MAS are going to start bringing in
money. Or do we? That's what I would be
I would love to know more about.
Refer that to our deputy director.
She's the one with the magic.
Good afternoon everyone. Selena Morales.
Uh yes, thank you mayor and councelor
Kuran. So right now we don't have funds.
This is where we're still setting the
baseline and then once we have the
baseline then we'll be able to
accumulate the property tax and GRT for
that. So your architect we don't have
anything right now. I mean we're
constantly looking for grants and things
like that to help supplement meanwhile
and whatever you all want to give us
we'll take. Um so that's kind of what
we're waiting on as well.
That's it. Mayor Pro Tim.
Thank you. Thank you all three of you so
much. Um, I know I met with you all
before and yeah, this was part of, you
know, my budget priorities last year
and, um, I don't know if you guys
remember in my not as good as your
PowerPoint, but definitely my PowerPoint
was pretty good, I thought. Um, but I re
what I wanted to say actually was that I
really appreciated um, how quickly you
all moved on this and how quickly you
all came up with an idea for us to
utilize these funds that felt really
responsive to the community's needs. So,
thank you very much. Um, and I I don't
know why I didn't think of this before.
If I think maybe page seven, I don't
remember where you had some of the
requirements. Yeah.
I was just I was thinking about the 40
employees.
I'm curious how you'll treat things like
Walgreens. Oh, no. Non-corporate. Yeah,
my bad. I was too uh stuck on that to um
to have noticed it. So yeah, you're
filtering out any sort of franchise fat
foods food chain restaurants and things
like that,
Mayor Councelor or Mayor Protemp.
Correct.
Okay, awesome. Thank you so much. I'm
sorry that I missed it and that was
really my only question. So, thank you.
Um, thanks again.
Again, thank you u for all your efforts
and your works into this. Uh,
Lieutenant, just a quick question on on
uh what does staffing look like right
now for community engagement? We're
we're because it's just more duties
assigned. I know you've got a a lot of
them, but uh how does it look right now?
Mayor, city council. Um I appreciate
that question. Uh right now I am short
one community outreach officer, so I
think that looks pretty darn good.
So what is the total right now? What do
you
So, right now, um, staff-wise, we're at
eight. That includes the sergeant and
all the officers. And so, right now,
we're at seven versus the eight.
Okay. Thank you. Yeah, because we were
talking about sustaining and and growing
and those type of things, making sure
we're moving in in the direction that,
you know, doesn't limit our resources as
we move forward. So, again, thank you.
Thank you.
No other questions, Christine?
This is a motion to approve resolution
26-057.
[Music]
Councelor McClur,
yes.
Councelor Matise,
yes.
Councelor Graham,
yes.
Councelor Cran,
yes.
Councelor Flores,
yes.
Councelor Beno,
yes.
Mayor,
yes.
Next we go to board appointments which
there are none and then the notice of
proposed ordinances. We have two. The
first one is council bill number
26-00008
ordinance number 3100 an ordin ordinance
authorizing the city to enter into
franchise agreement with Ripple Fiber
New Mexico.
Bring it forward.
The second one is council bill number
26-00009,
ordinance number 3101,
an ordinance authorizing the issuance
and sale of city of Los Cusus's New
Mexico taxable industrial revenue bond
um endurance technologies in a maximum
principal amount of 17,600.
Bring it forward.
Next, we'll go to city council member
board reports and comments. Councelor
Mccclure.
Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to bring
up that I've been going to the uh
criminal justice coordinating council,
and I would invite members of the public
to also attend that. The next meeting is
November 19th, 2025. If anybody would
like to come, it's a noon meeting.
You're going to have judges there. It
kind of skews heavy to law enforcement.
I've learned a lot. I don't know much
about the criminal justice system
because I guess I've been a goody goody
for most of my life. So, but it's been a
learning experience. We have an 88 page
um interview with stakeholder document
that has been incredibly helpful to kind
of parse out what what what the
what the environment looks like here in
Los Cusus. But getting feedback is
always helpful or else we kind of just
stare at each other and I would
appreciate not doing that too. Um, we're
working on the strategic plan. So, this
would be a ground floor level sort of
thing if you're wanting to get involved
and it's just an hour. It's at the
magistrate court. Would recommend you
coming. Uh, I'd also like to make a
pitch for uh our regional dispatch. If
anybody would like to explore career
opportunities, they are always hiring. I
don't think we kind of addressed that
enough that there's always need for that
portion as well. And then quickly a
shout out to the literary festival. Um,
Visit Las Cruz is also a part of that.
Got to stop in. We do have a thriving
literary community here. Not always
acknowledged, and I'd like to give a
quick shout out that we did have that
here all the way from Santa Fe down
representing local artists and writers,
too. So, that's it. Thank you.
Thank you, Council Matise.
Thank you, Mayor. Uh, most of my
comments or questions are going to be
addressed to the city attorney. So maybe
Brad, you could walk along with me. I I
phoned in from my vacation from Turkey
and Greece and I had uh pretty bad
communications. So I I lost a lot of the
council meeting. I I got to vote I think
it was a 52 correct on that on that uh
welcoming community resolution. So, I I
just want some clarity and if you could
answer some of my questions. Would that
be okay?
Uh, yes, counselor. I'll I'll do my
best. If there's something that I think
veers into attorney client privilege,
we'll have to meet offline.
I know you will. Um, if you go to page
three, I hope you can bring up a copy of
the new resolution real quick on your
computer. I just had a question on um on
page 365
of the 524 on the the welcoming
community resolution, the revised one.
Um and sorry for my ignorance and I'm
not as sharp as attorneys, so I just
have some clarity that I need some help
with. Um I I believe it's on page
uh
under section three. Um the copy that I
received you you changed that correct?
It says report to the city council and
city manager all training completed to
ensure full compliance with this
ordinance. That that was changed to
resolution. Councelor, I will have to I
don't have a copy of the resolution
handy. There were a couple of edits
made. Um but I don't have it in front of
me. If you have a copy,
yeah.
I I believe what I have is a final copy
and I I think that word ordinance is
still maybe in the uh in the law in in
the resolution. So, uh, that that needs
to either come back for an amendment
maybe after the election, but if if it's
still there or maybe you had corrected
it.
Um,
right. Sorry, mayor counselor. It's my
understanding that it actually was
corrected. I'm not sure if
um I'm not sure if that's the most
up-to-date copy, but if it is the most
up-to-date copy and there was something
that slipped through, that's certainly
something that would be eligible for an
administrative change. So, we'll go
ahead and make that change.
Okay. And then and I was just going to
ask maybe the city manager or yourself
some clarity on on
uh on the prohibition of city resources.
Uh I believe it's uh B. There's A B C D
E F G H. Uh but it would be B. Uh it
says stopping, identifying,
investigating, arresting, detaining, or
continuing to detain a person for
immigration
enforcement operation purposes,
including pursuant to an immigration
detainer, an administrative immigration
warrant, or other immigration
enforcement document, or information or
suspicion that the person is not present
legally in the United States, or that
person has committed a uh an immigration
policy. and and but do I understand this
that um that city employees are
prohibited? Is there a restriction or
prohibition on the reporting? Is is am I
understanding that correct?
The way I would answer your question is
that LCPD does not now nor has it ever
engaged in solely immigration related
enforcement uh without compensation from
the federal government. And this
governing body has made it clear that we
do not wish to engage in that type of
activity. And so this is specifying
uh for now what we're doing now and for
what we hope to keep doing in the
future.
And so this would
encompass all city employees,
not just LCPD. Is this all city
employees?
Yes.
Yes. Okay. And then um where are we and
what will the impact be? If you go to
section three, it says in order to
ensure compliance with this resolution
within 6 months of adoption or whenever
feasible but not more than one year, the
city departments or agencies shall
provide employees with a written
directive, protocol, instructions for
implementing this resolution and shall
provide an ongoing basis such trainings
as are necessary to ensure compliance
with this resolution. um the city
manager is will there be increased
staff? Will there be increased cost? How
how is this going to be implemented? Mr.
Connie or Brad, someone on counselor, I
can answer that one. Um, even though
it's not explicitly stated in the
resolution, it was always my uh
anticipation that it would be my office
that would provide direction, that would
provide training uh and that would
provide assistance to the in entire city
government, of course, with input from
other uh department directors, but I
would not anticipate that it would lead
to any unanticipated costs at this
point.
Okay. And and if you go down to C, it
does say that the report to the city
council and city manager all training
completed. Uh when does the training
start? When do I get trained?
You know, I I might need some training.
councelor. Um, so the subsection that
you just referenced uh anticipates that
city staff will report to city council
which trainings have been completed,
what direction have uh what direction
has been given. But if any member of the
governing body after that six-month
period would like to meet with me
offline, I'd be more than happy to do
that.
Okay. And and I was just going to ask
Christine, I know you have a lot of work
as city clerk. I I believe it's on page
366.
It says the city clerk or design shall
provide quarterly public reports. And so
do you have any increased staff overtime
or anything any impact there or can you
easily handle the did you want me to
read the whole thing?
Um, Councelor Matise, this will probably
be me. I don't have increased staff, but
I just got overtime in my budget today,
so this will be handled.
Okay. And then uh lastly, it's just uh
information regarding citizenship or
immigration status. It's clear to me
that nothing in this resolution shall be
construed to prohibit or restrict any
city employee, agent, or agency from
sending to or receiving from federal
immigration authorities information
regarding the citizenship or immigration
status lawful or unlawful of an
individual or from requesting from
federal immigration authorities
immigration status information lawful or
unlawful of any individual or
maintaining or exchanging that
information with any other federal
ederal state or local government
pursuant to sections 1373 and 1644 of
title 8 of the United States code. So,
um
that's the the actually the wrapup of
the summary of of the resolution.
Correct.
Correct, counselor.
Okay. Thank you very much. Um I just had
a few other things, Mayor. I I I just
wanted to comment on Chris uh Favy with
helping me with um some businesses uh
asking for funding that for damaged
property. I just want to give a kudos to
Chris. Thank you very much. I think we
Mr. Lamb and uh very quick response and
he's quite satisfied and helping him
with the application. Really appreciate
that. Thank you. That's all I have.
Thank you. Uh, councelor Grant.
Nothing at this time. Thanks.
Councelor Karen.
Nothing at this time. Thank you,
councelor Flotus.
Nothing at this time. Thank you,
Mayor Prom.
You know, I I wasn't gonna I didn't have
anything planned today and I was and I
wasn't going to say anything, but I just
can't let the lingering
language that just occurred, the dog
whistles about the welcoming city
resolution just linger about how
incredibly hostile those are to our
immigrant community that live in this
community that paid GRT in this
community. So, I don't know, you know,
if a constituent ever reached out to me
why I would need to ask for their legal
status before I helped them. Um, that's,
you know, incredibly disappointing and
shameful that you're already plotting
to, um, resin this after the election.
And, um,
I hope our community is listening.
That's deeply disappointing.
Couple
of things that I wanted to mention was
um this Saturday I got to participate in
the 250th
marking
uh for you know as our country will turn
250 years uh next year. But the
Daughters of the American Revolution had
a gathering and a celebration at Klein
Park. They actually had a marker there
marking the 250 year. And it it was it
was a it was a great presentation
um to be reminded
of what even the daughters of the
American Revolution do, which is to
preserve our history, to educate
and patriotism.
And the and the timing was great to to
see that and to hear that and to also
know that they volunteer and help
charities and they they get involved
with civic engagement and do all these
things for us and and it was a good
example and I share it. I give them
kudos because I think that's a lot of
what we can do, you know, is educate and
remember our patriotism and their values
of being united and freedom. So with
that, I'll turn it over to our city
manager.
Thank you, Mayor Enriquez. Mayor PMP Ben
Coleman, city council, Kamopel, city
manager. Just a few highlights. um
community development. Las Cusius is
updating its downtown master plan to
reflect changes since 2016 version and
to chart a bold path forward. Uh over a
dedicated week of outreach, city staff
and the firm placemakers will collect
input from residents, businesses and
stakeholders to guide improvements. Uh
we invite everyone uh and u all those
listening to the following events. So,
Monday, October 20th,
uh 6 to 7:30 is the opening presentation
and kickoff. Wednesday, October 22nd,
10 to 11:00 a.m. is an open house, drop
in session.
And Friday, October 24th is um the
closing presentation and summarizing
finding next steps 6 to 7:30. Um, all
events will be held at Amadore Live, uh,
302 South Main Street. For more
information, um, you can find more
information on the city website.
Housing reminder, community open house
for the upcoming consolidated plan and
affordable housing plan will be held
October 22nd at Las Cusus Homebuilders
Event Hall. All are invited to drop in
between 3 and 7 pm. City Las Cusius and
Donan County invite you to share your
input and help improve housing
availability.
October again um event hall on on Main
Street um
22 2825 North Main Street. And for
quality of life, the 90 years of the
Brandan Library exhibit opened at the
Branigan Cultural Center on
uh 90 years ago. So, on Friday, November
7th, we will celebrate the 90th
anniversary of the Thomas Brangan
Memorial Library with a program at 2:30
p.m.
And um just a few more. Neurode
divergent Thursdays and Teen Tuesdays
are permanent evenings at the museums
and senior program nutrition team was
notified that they will be a recipient
of the Golden Chili Award of the New
Mexico Grown Program. They will receive
the award in Albuquerque on December
1st. This annual event recognizes
schools and organizations that promote
utilize locally grown foods throughout
the state. And for public works uh 2024
to 2025, high density uh mineral project
is complete. 32 streets treated with a
total cost of 400,000. and East Madrid
Avenue will be back open to public use
by October 30th. Total project was 3.6
million dollars. So, thank you to our
public works team. Last but not least,
uh Sky Fiesta is coming up. Uh want to
invite uh everyone who can listen. This
will be an exciting uh event happening
on Saturday, October 25th. Uh the show
starts at 12 o'lock. um is happening uh
all that afternoon. So hopefully you can
make it. There'll be food events, aerial
events, air racing. So a lot of great
things. But thank you. Thank you, mayor.
Thank you, Econ. Um
move for a motion to adjurnn.
So moved by Florus.
Second.
This is on the motion to adjourn the
meeting. Councelor McClure. Yes.
Councelor Matise.
Yes.
Councelor Graham.
Yes.
Councelor Karan.
Yes.
Councelor Flores.
Yes.
Councelor Bencom.
Yes.
Mayor.
Yes.