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GRANT COUNTY
CHRIS M. PONCE EDDIE M. FLORES
Commissioner, District 1 Commissioner, District 4
ELOY H. MEDINA THOMAS L. SHELLEY
Commissioner, District 2 Commissioner, District 5
NANCY STEPHENS CHARLENE WEBB
Commissioner, District 3 County Manager
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WORK SESSION
JUNE 10, 2025
9:00 AM
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Pledge of Allegiance and Salute to Flag
III. Approval of Work Session Agenda
IV. Public Input
During this portion of our meeting, we welcome your suggestions and want to hear your
concerns. This is not a question and answer period; speakers will be limited to five (5)
minutes. Any individual who would like to discuss an item in more depth may request to
be placed on a future agenda. Request forms are available in the County Manager's
Office.
V. Presentations
a. Silver Consolidated Schools Update - Superintendent William Hawkins
VI. County Reports
b. Updates for the Month of June from the Airport, Detention Center, Emergency
Management & Code Enforcement, Fire Management, Fiscal Services, Planning &
Capital Projects, Public Works (Facilities & Fleet), and Road departments.
VII. Review Regular Meeting Agenda
VIII. Commissioners' Reports
IX. Adjournment
Office Of The Grant County Commissioners
1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, NM 88061-7837 • P.0. Box 898, Silver City, NM 88062-0898
Telephone: (575) 574-0008 Fax (575) 574-0073
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As of Date: 6/1/2025
Airport
CURRENT PROJECTS: Training:
• Two bids were received for construction of the • Roger Groves and Loren Gonzalez completed their
upcoming airfield lighting project. A local business, live fire training at DFW. This is an FAA
Southwest Solar and Electric was the low bidder. requirement for all ARFF responders to be
We are currently submitting the grant application to completed once each 12 consecutive calendar
the FAA and hope to start construction in the next months.
two months. During phases of the project that
require work near the runway, we will have
nighttime closures.
REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
Briefings:
• The annual Capital Improvement Program meeting
with the FAA was held on 5/30. This is a five year
plan for the airport. Through 2030, more than 8.6
million in projects and equipment have been
identified.
• The airport currently has one large air tanker, a C-
130, two SEATs, one type 2 helicopter and one type
3 helicopter on site. These crews have responded
to fires in southern Arizona, Ruidoso and the current
Paradise fire near Quemado Lake.
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POC: Rebekah Wenger

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C-130 Type 2 helicopter
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As of Date: 5/31/25
Detention Center
CURRENT :
PROJECTS:
• Currently have one Officer opening.
• Accreditation update.
▪ Working with Maintenance for Laundry room project
• On May 31st , 2025 population was 96 detainees (49 in
facility, 47 in Luna and Hildago county. Average daily
population for May 2025 was 54.
• Male Unit Control encloser project
• shower project ongoing (Completed female units)
• SRT (Special Response Team) Training Aug. 2025
• Rise Program : May 2025 had 31 RISE participants,
with 14 in facility and 17 in the community.
KEY EVENT DATES: REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
• Support / Guidance : CM, Team (Maintenance, Finance):
• New Mexico Counties Summer Conference for purchase of equipment and Grant Opportunities for five-
year plan.
June 2025
• Updated Five Year Plan for 2026/2027
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POC: Joseph Andazola

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As of Date:06/10/2025
Emergency Manager
CURRENT PROJECTS:
FUTURE PROJECTS:
• Ensuring FY24 EMPG associated reports are submitted &
• Applied for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds on
accepted by NM DHSEM per prescribed timelines.
11/25/24 for 11 generators for VFD fire stations and four portable
• Hazard Mitigation Plan Revision (HMP) –NM DHSEM approved
solar generators. Awaiting approval from NM DHSEM/FEMA
revisions & final draft on 5/8/25. HMP sent to FEMA for approval.
• Applied for NMC 2025-2026 Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
• NM EMNRD grant & project for update of Community Wildfire
Grant. Completed application was submitted 3/21/25.
Protection Plan (CWPP). Evaluation Team met on 5/15 and
• Applied for additional Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
selected the contractor to complete CWPP. Contract on Agenda.
funds on 3/18/25 for extension of Onsolve contract until 2030 for
• Procurement process for the HMPG & SHSGP grants has been
public alerting software and IPAWS access. Received additional
initiated. HMPG RFP to be issued in June-draft has been
request for more information from FEMA on 5/30/25.
completed. SHSGP Sole Source Procurement posting in June.
• Applied for additional HMPG funds ($83,000) on 5/9/25 for 2
• Initiated 2024 NMC Wildfire Risk Reduction-Community
back-up generators for Cliff and Mimbres Senior Centers.
Outreach & Education project on March 1. The theme is learning
• FMI Community Investment Funds Application to be submitted by
&understanding Ready, Set, Go! and Defensible Space
6/27/25 for update of County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
KEY EVENT DATES: REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
• Every 3rd Thursday of the month NM DHSEM EOC • Continued guidance and support from the following
conducts a virtual stakeholders meeting
entities/partners is greatly appreciated.
• Every 1st Tuesday of the month NM Energy Conservation
• Commission Board
& Management Division conducts a virtual stakeholders
• County Manager
meeting
• LEPC meets quarterly, 1st Wed in Jan, April, July, Oct • FEMA
• VFD Chiefs meet Fourth Wednesday of the month • New Mexico Department of Homeland
• Quarterly Area 6 Preparedness meetings Security and Emergency Management
• Monthly required IPAWS Proficiency Demonstration
• LEPC members
• June 13 – DHS CBRN Update on Threats
• USFS and NM EMNRD
• June 16 – DOT Rail Car Incident Response Course in Las
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Crues.
• NMC and associated affiliates
• July 1 –AWR330-53 Whole Community Emergency
Management Planning Course in Las Crues. • National Weather Service
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GRANT COUNTY
EDDIE FLORES
CHRIS M. PONCE
Commissioner, District 4
Commissioner, District 1
THOMAS L. SHELLEY
ELOY MEDINA
Commissioner, District 5
Commissioner, District 2
CHARLENE WEBB
NANCY STEPHENS
County Manager
Commissioner, District 3
CODE ENFORCEMENT MONTHLY REPORT
MAY 2025
Citations, Court Dates and Pending Cases:
Citations Issued: 2 new citations and 11 citations awaiting court dates
Total Court Dates: 5
Pending Court Dates: 4
Pending/Follow-up Cases: 27 – Property Owners, Tenets, Lessee or Property Managers are
receiving Notices of Violation and follow-up on progress of previous Notice of Violations.
Cases Closed 2023 to Present: 78
Court Results:
May 6, 2025- Ordinance 0-22-02 Abatement of dangerous or abandoned building structure,
mobile/manufactured housing: Jeff Baldwin - Judge Runnels gave Mr. Baldwin a 30-
day extension to find owners of mobile homes. No court date set.
May 7, 2025- Ordinance 99-03-01 Solid Waste and Ordinance: Nick Carter - Judge Runnels gave
Mr. Carter a 30-day extension to due to Mr. Carter making progress on cleaning his
property. No court date set.
May 12, 2025-Ordinance 99-03-01 Solid Waste and Ordinances: Charles Sanchez -
Plead guilty after being arrested on 03-18-25 for Failure to Appear and released on
04-14-25 for violation of this citation. Mr. Sanchez was fined $60.00 and 90-days
probation.
May 14, 2025- Ordinance 99-03-01 Solid Waste and Ordinances: Kerry Geren - Plead guilty after
being arrested on 03-19-25 for Failure to Appear and released on 04-14-25 for
violation of this citation. Mr. Geren’s received a deferred sentence with
unsupervised probation.
May 15, 2025- Ordinance 99-03-01 Solid Waste and Ordinances: Joyce Ruebush - Charges were
dismissed due to property being cleaned up. Defendant was compliant.
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As of Date: 06/02/2025
County Fire Chief
CURRENT PROJECTS:
FUTURE PROJECTS:
• Annuel Fire Marshal Inspections
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• Working on equipment list for the New Aircraft Rescue Firefighting apparatus
• Joint training with municipal departments.
• Incident command team for large incidents
• Ensure VFD members receive required Wildland Fire and new recruit
• County Chipper rental Program.
training and Structure fire training.
• Attending Town Hall meetings
• New Stipend for policy VFD’s
• Developing a training program for new firefighter and officers
• PSA fire prevention programs .
County Automatic Aid agreement.
• Fire Suppression and Emergency Response
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KEY EVENT DATES: REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
• Continued guidance and support from the following entities is
• Attended VFD Chiefs meetings 4th Monday of the month greatly appreciated.
• Attending monthly VFDs Business meetings and training • Commission Board
• Participated in fire suppression efforts as needed • County Manager
throughout the county. • Rural VFD Fire Chiefs
• Continuing Airport training attended training in ARFF • ISO
Dallas . • USFS & BLM Representatives
• NM EMNRD Representatives
• Fire Marshals Division - New Mexico Department of
• Total new Recruits for the County VFD’s May 2025 Homeland Security and
• 5 Total Pinos Altos 2, Whiskey Creek 1, Sapillo 2, • GC Emergency Management
• NM STATE FIRE ACADEMY
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As of Date: 06/03/25
Finance Director
CURRENT PROJECTS: FUTURE PROJECTS:
-Tyler System Reconfiguration
-FY 2026 Final Budget Completion -FY 25 Quarter 4 LGBMS Reporting
-New J.P. Morgan P-Cards rolled out the week of June 2 -FY 2026 Final Budget Adoption and submission
-Transition to Western Bank is complete
-FY 2025 Financial Audit
-FY 26 Preliminary Budget was submitted to DFA on May 29, 2025.
-Chris Allison, our A/P, and Sam Hernandez, our Payroll, successfully -Timely submission of the FY 25 Audit to the Office
passed the week-long Tyler Payroll Training and Testing. of the State Auditor
-Betty, our AFD, and Yvonne Hernandez, CPO, completed the NM
-Amplifund Implementation
Edge Chief Procurement Officer Certification.
-The Grants Administrator position is open for applicants on the
website.
-It is fiscal year end as of June 30, 2025, and purchasing pauses while
we close out the fiscal year.
-Staff is training over next two weeks on year end processes.
KEY EVENT DATES: REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
-06/01/2025-Closing Fiscal Year End Process Began
Thank you to the Finance Department, Betty, Yvonne,
-07/01/2025-Begin new Fiscal Year 2026
Sam, and Chris, for their hard work every single day…
-07/01/2025-Begin preparation for FY 25 Audit
-07/31/2025-FY 26 Final Budget due to DFA
Thank you to Mary Rae and Nicki for jumping in and
-July 2025- Projected completion of the Amplifund project
helping whenever we need them…..
-August 2025- Projected completion of Tyler
Reconfiguration Thank you to Brye and Michelle! They are always willing
to jump in and help without hesitation….
-September 2025- Projected on-site Audit
-November 2025- Audit due to the Office of the State
Thank you to Charlene, you are always a wealth of
Auditor
knowledge and we appreciate your guidance and
dedication.
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As of Date:
Planning & Capital Projects Director
06/3/2025
CURRENT PROJECTS: FUTURE PROJECTS:
• Under Construction: • Ridge Road-Construction
• North Hurley Roadway and Drainage • Little Walnut-ROW and Easement
Improvements Phase III-complete • Arenas Valley-ROW and Easement
• Design phase:
• Public Safety Building – Developing CDs
• Courthouse renovation & new construction-
presentation
• Franks & Crumb Road
REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
KEY EVENT DATES:
• 5/21/2025 Mimbres Senior Center
ICIP input.
• 5/22/2025 Approved Resolution
approved for Ridge Road, Arenas
Valley, & Little Walnut
• ICIP meetings
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As of Date:5/22/25
Public Works -
Facilities Maintenance
CURRENT PROJECTS: FUTURE PROJECTS:
• Conference Center Hallway Facelift
• Admin building Front portico resurfacing
• Admin Building employee designated outdoor
• Shower epoxy project GCDC
space.
• Corre Camino Bus stops Concrete Forming
• Detention Center training mock cell door
• Assembly of Cliff park picnic tables
installation
• Detention center painting continues
• Admin Building Signage
• Bleacher assembly (Fair ground show arena)
• Detention Center laundry remodel/replace
• 6 count Corre Camino Bus stop(Concrete poured
and Structures assembled)
Notable Accomplishments:
REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
• Courthouse sweep and striping
• Gila Senior Center entire grounds trimming and
chipping
• Chips delivered and utilized by RISE program
• Mimbres Senior Center concrete slab/Tree wells
• Septic locate Cliff Park/Fairgrounds
• Security door install / Silver Street complex DOH
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Gila Senior Center trimming
and chipping/Chips to GCDC.
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Courthouse Sweep and striping
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Mimbres Senior Center
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As of Date: 5/29/25
Public Works-
County Fleet Maintenance
MAY COMPLETED PROJECTS: PROJECTS:
• 14 oil changes and inspections.
• 1 air conditioner recharge.
• 2 blades had the cutting edges replaced.
• 7 units had tires repaired.
• 1 wheel alignment.
• 1 set of shocks.
• 2 complete brake jobs.
• 1 window regulator
• Many other miscellaneous repairs
KEY EVENT DATES or NOTES: REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIDANCE/DECISION:
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Date : 6/10/2025
ROAD DEPARTMENT
CURRENT and FINISHED PROJECTS:
FUTURE PROJECTS:
• Due to limited manpower, equipment operators have been
prioritizing the maintenance of county roads according to Safety • Continuing to move forward with our SP and CAP
and complaints. Currently, they are assisting with ongoing projects
projects over the next few months.
that require completion.
• Addressing complaints and resolving issues
• Truck drivers are delivering materials and water to current projects
and supporting operators with the necessary materials to address promptly to ensure road safety and maintenance.
county road complaints.
• We remind the community of a few things:
• Laborers are actively engaged in trimming trees, performing patch 1. Be patient and vigilant regarding road
work, and assisting with ongoing projects across the county as
maintenance and routine blading.
needed.
2. The lack of moisture in the area has impacted our
• The Jonie McDonald Low Water Crossing project is progressing
well. Road construction has been completed on approaches, and ability to properly maintain all county roads.
300 feet of concrete has been placed on both lanes and the turn
3. The road department is currently short-staffed due
down walls on both sides have been placed as well, completing
placing concrete for the crossing. We will place rock on the down to staff changes and onboarding processes.
stream side of the crossing and then open the road for traffic.
4. We have hired new equipment operators and
• Continuing to prep for shoulder work and patching for our laborers. We are assessing their abilities to maximize
upcoming chip seal projects.
productivity.
Key event dates:
REQUEST SUPPORT/GUIANCE/DECISION:
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Jonnie
McDonald
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Jonnie McDonald Crossing
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Capped & repaired Franks Road
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• Preparing Morales Road for chip seal
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