We lift up our our federal government.

We lift up the um the budget process and we pray that um the govern government employees and and and our military, those that raise their right hand and and put their life on the line to preserve our freedom would not miss a paycheck.

God, we pray uh that that you would order it all uh and um work it out and that you would be glorified and and and we would keep moving in a positive way.

I ask these things in the name of Jesus, amen.

Join me in the pledge to our country's flag.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation, under God.

Indivisible with liberty and justice for salute the flag of the state of New Mexico.

Perfect friendships among United Cultures.

We are called to order and I would like to ask the clerk to please call roll, Miss Reyes.

Commissioner Jones?

Here.

Commissioner Cassaus?

Commissioner Porter?

Here.

Mayor Pro Tim Bryant?

Here.

Commissioner Garza?

Here.

Commissioner Tarsen here.

Commissioner Paula.

Here.

Commissioner Zamora?

Here.

Mayor Morris.

Here.

Thank you, Ms.

Reyes.

Next, we would uh have you consider approval of the agenda while they're not um items that necessarily have to be on the printed agenda, as I mentioned, we do have uh the presentations, but then I also wanted to let you know uh that we would change the amount in item eight in the consent agenda from four million to three million.

And otherwise I would ask if there are objections to the agenda.

And hearing and seeing none, the agenda has been adopted.

Everyone were able to join you, sir.

Okay.

I'm sorry, Mayor.

It's okay.

Thank you, Mr.

Rickman and team.

Uh our appreciation to our IT folks for uh getting us fixed up tonight.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Appreciate that.

Um there were no objections and the agenda has been adopted.

Yes, votes will be recorded for each of the members.

Uh next I would have you consider are there objections to the minutes from the October second meeting.

Uh hearing and seeing none, the minutes are adopted and yes votes recorded for each of the members.

Um again uh we recognize uh our our visitors, thank you for being here.

We appreciate uh your interest and um look forward to hearing from you when we get to the item that's brought you out this evening.

First in uh proclamations, awards and presentations, we have a planned presentation, a recognition of landfill superintendent Oscar Massias and uh public works director, Mr.

Clint Bunch is gonna help us with that uh recognition.

Mr.

Bunch.

Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, and good evening.

Um it's with great joy and great sadness that I announced the retirement of Oscar Masias, the man standing to my left.

Um Oscar Macias is a wonderful city employee.

He's been with the city for twenty-four years, almost twenty-five years.

Um I think he's had enough of working for the city.

As it can wear on you and be in this one place that long, I think he's kind of got burned out and he's decided to find greener grass and greener pastures elsewhere.

And I commend him for that.

Uh I've been in this with the city a long time myself.

It's a very re rewarding job.

It's a very trying job when you're working with the public all the time.

But uh Mr.

Masias has exceeded my expectations.

I'll I'll kind of give you a little s little background on Mr.

Masias, like I always do, Mayor.

I see your smile on your face.

You like my stories.

I do like your stories, Mr.

Bart.

Let's hear it.

And Justin doesn't because he heard him five times.

But uh when I was working in the uh street department a long time ago, back in the late 90s, early 2000s, uh I was standing at the gate one day and I see this one of my employees at the time was a a man named uh Archie Sanchez, and he was an elderly man that worked for me.

Uh I was standing at the gate one day and I see this one of my employees at the time was a man named uh Archie Sanchez, and he was an elderly man that worked for me.

He was a street sweeper.

He ran this one of the sweepers for me, and uh he was a very wise man and I I enjoyed you know talk with him every day and I I see he started bringing some punk kid with him to work every day.

I thought, well, why is this why is Archie bringing this young punk kid to work with you remember that I didn't understand?

I said, is that his granddad?

I I didn't understand.

And to come to find out, it's Oscar's wife's granddad is Archie Sanchez.

So I started noticing Oscar and I thought, well, you know, maybe maybe this kid will do something when he comes to the city and see what he can do.

Uh he started off in the sanitation department uh at the very bottom, worked his way up very quickly to a driver in the sanitation department.

Uh then uh Mr.

Ray Martinez decided that he needed an assistant at the time, and he said, I'll give Oscar the chance.

Um at that time I thought, well, that's great.

Uh man, this this kid is moving up, he's doing great.

You know, I I call him a kid, he's almost fifty years old now.

But uh but uh I I just kept watching like I always do.

I try to try to watch employees and and city workers and see how they're doing it because people don't realize that everything you do, people are watching.

And the character that you show on a day-to-day basis is very important.

And I saw character in this man.

And I saw him mature and I saw him rise to the occasion.

And whenever I I, as public work director, had an opening at the landfill, the land for the landfill superintendent, I said this is my man for the job.

And I will say to this day, that's probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.

This this man is thorough.

This man has work ethic like no other.

He takes care of the job, he's hands-on.

He not only does the paperwork, mess you know, uh does all the employee interactions, interactions with the public, but he also jumps on the equipment when he has to.

He'll go out there and show them guys how to run something.

And I can only say that he's gonna be greatly missed uh by me and everybody that's worked with him.

He's a great man, and I wish him greatness in everything he does in the future, because he's got a long life to go and a lot of things to do and a lot of things to accomplish.

And I'm sure that Mr.

Holwalt may want to say something because uh I believe Mr.

Holwalt went to school with Oscar.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

Yeah, and I echo many of uh Clint's statements about Oscar.

Uh uh as the the landfill superintendent, as Clint mentioned.

I mean, it a lot of people call it the dump.

It's actually not a dump.

Uh it's a regional solid waste facility.

But with that, it's a highly regulated industry.

And making sure that all of our paperwork uh is compliance, making sure all of uh the loads that are coming across are in compliance is definitely something that he kept up with and did it and did a great job uh for us.

Um I got to know Oscar in seventh grade when we started playing athletics together.

And so uh here Oscar is retiring and I'm still working, so he's done something right.

Um but I I too just want to wish Oscar the best of luck.

It's been great, it's been a privilege uh getting reacquainted with you uh and getting to work alongside you out of public works and and continued.

So congratulations and wish you the best of luck.

Thank you.

Thank you for those those remarks.

Uh Oscar, I gotta confess I I didn't know.

I I didn't know that's what this recognition was about.

You know, I uh it uh on the agenda was you know it says you know recognition of landfill superintendent Oscar Massias, and I thought, well, yeah, you know, of course we're gonna recognize him for something.

He's he's uh outstanding uh employee of the city.

And it seems seems like it was just the other day I saw you in the lobby at City Hall, and and you know that that's that's sort of a routine thing.

I'll see you there and and always enjoy seeing you.

You represent uh the city so well and and and do such a great job.

Um I didn't I didn't see this coming.

I didn't know you were retiring, but God bless you, my friend.

I'm glad that you could do that and uh proud for you, happy for you and your family.

Um does she have the list ready for you for all the things that you're gonna do?

I'm halfway there.

Okay.

Well, I know others may have something to say.

Uh I have something that it's my privilege to you know be a part of presenting to you.

Um a plaque.

Um but would you like to say anything?

Um, um it was uh city when I got here, it was a job.

Just a job.

That's all I wanted was a job.

But as through the years went by and uh I got opportunities to move up, obviously.

Uh I got really well opportunities.

Uh thank you, Clint, Justin.

Um turned out to be a career.

So I mean, the city is a place a good great place to work.

Uh great benefits.

Uh you hang in there, uh you start getting paid really well.

Uh people get treated well.

Uh dealing with the public is different, but everybody knows that.

But you know, but uh everybody I'm gonna miss everybody, colleagues, I mean Clint, commissioners.

I know all of y'all, I mean, City Hall, public works, parks, but you know, I gotta turn a new leaf and move on, you know.

So but thank you.

It was a wonderful career.

Appreciate it.

Yes, sir.

We appreciate you.

Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioner.

Oscar, I'll just you're definitely gonna be missed.

Uh congratulations on your retirement, and uh thank you so much for your service to the city.

Thank you, sir.

Oscar, I known you for a long time, I guess since uh I joined the commission twenty-four years ago.

So this is the most uh hurry talk, man.

You always uh there to do the job and take care of business and uh it's appreciated.

And we're gonna miss that.

So uh I think there's so are they opening somewhere?

If he can come back.

Uh I think I mentioned that to your wife, and she says, yeah, take him.

Uh he didn't like the list I gave him.

So thank you for your service to this community, and uh we appreciate you.

Well thank you.

Thank you.

Oscar, um I met you when I came on the commission and you gave me the tour.

Um I I recognized right away that that you were uh you were you were the guy to take charge and handle business and you were very serious about what you did and it showed in in everything that I got to see.

Um it wasn't a show.

It was the proof was in the pudding.

And uh to say that you leave a very large hull to feel uh is an understatement.

Uh and thank you for what you've done for the community and I wish you well, man.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Any other remarks?

I just like to say, Oscar, uh thank you for your service and congratulations on your retirement.

Good luck to you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, Oscar.

Thank you, and have a great time.

Yes, thank you.

Don't worry.

You got uh another guy at step well.

Miguel will take care of y'all.

You know, we got a grip and grant here.

Uh and probably to you.

Really proud of you.

Uh everyone gets this uh you know to take him somewhere and remember his his his time and this recognition.

Uh presented to Oscar Messias Landfield Superintendent, and it has his dates of service, May 3rd, 2001, October 10th, 2025.

And it says thank you for sharing your time and talent on behalf of uh Great Bull community.

Thank you for sharing your time and talent.

I think you fear that you're thank you.

Just um we have um Christian Price from uh our partners over at the county, uh and we're going to talk about Alzheimer's day and walk to end Alzheimer, Alzheimer's.

Uh Ms.

Price, good seeing you.

I think we were at the same place first thing this morning.

So nice to run into you here at the end of the day as well.

Yes, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Commission.

Thank you for having us tonight.

Um the county in partnership with the city of Clovis, the city of Portalis and Roosevelt County is hosting the fifth annual Alzheimer's Walk uh here again in Clovis at the North Plains Mall on November 1st from 10 a.m.

to 12 p.m.

Um and we are raising funds to raise awareness against Alzheimer's disease uh and remembering those that have passed, those who are still fighting um and those who have yet to fight uh who see it down their future.

So that's what we want to uh share with you all tonight.

And do you have the proclamation or does I do.

Okay, perfect, because I don't have it.

I have it right.

I have it right here and soon I'll give it to you.

How's that?

Okay.

Uh we look forward.

That's that's really turned out to be a great event in uh the last several years, and so we look forward to uh to that again uh this year on the the first of November.

Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners, any remarks.

Proclamation, whereas Alzheimer's disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain causing deterioration in memory and thinking, as well as judgment and reasoning ability.

It also affects behavior, emotions, and the ability to perform self-care.

Approximately 53,000 new Mexicans currently live with Alzheimer's disease, and that number is expected to increase each year.

And whereas uh New Mexico is projected to need a 94.9 percent increase in geriatricians to meet the demand for dementia care by 2050.

And whereas the New Mexico Department of Health reports that Alzheimer's disease is the eighth leading cause of death for New Mexicans and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

And whereas dementia is one of the costliest conditions to society, it costs uh the costs of health care and long-term care for individuals with Alzheimer's and dementia is substantial.

And whereas Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection and maximizing quality care and support.

And whereas Curry County, in partnership with Roosevelt County, the City of Clovis, and the City of Portalis is organizing the fifth annual Curry Roosevelt County's Eastern New Mexico Alzheimer's Walk on November 1st, 2025 at 10 a.m.

to noon at the North Plains Mall.

Now, therefore I, Mike Morris, mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the Commission, do hereby declare November 1st, 2025 as wall all excuse me, walk to end Alzheimer's Day in the City of Clovis.

Mayor Pro Tim Commissioners next.

We have a really special uh presentation of proclamation for an amazing uh community bank, local bank, um, and you know, more than that, a true community partner.

You know, we just had a great time celebrating uh uh a longtime employee of the city, and uh I can't help but think about how you know the Bank of Clovis has been the sponsor of a lot of city events and and recognitions for uh our our city employees.

In fact, Bank of Clovis is the sponsor really behind anything good going on in the community, certainly involving our youth or uh any of that.

And you know, truly the bank is a is an asset and an and an economic driver in in our community, and they're celebrating 25 years.

Twenty-five years goes fast, huh, guys?

Yeah, just like the snap of a finger.

Well, we have uh representatives from the bank here this evening, uh of course Randy Harris, Chris Thomas, and Leo Love It.

Gentlemen, would you like to come talk to us about the events you have planned to celebrate?

But please, all of you, if you if you're comfortable doing that, my name is Chris Thomas, I'm the president of the Bank of Clovis.

I've been with the bank almost since they started 24 years, 25 years ago, I started 24 years ago.

So I kind of like that guy started at the bottom and moved up.

So just hard work has really paid off.

But I just wanted to say thank you to each one of you guys for doing what you're doing.

And uh I know Leo and Randy want to say a few things, but I just brought, if it's all right, I brought a little token of our appreciation that I like to give to you guys, but once again I just wanted to say thanks.

We really appreciate all you do.

Well, you're you're welcome, and thank you, Mr.

Thomas.

Appreciate you being here for all you do.

I'll pass those out in the volume.

It's not money.

Okay.

Oh man.

We didn't open the vault for this one.

Mara Pro Tim and uh Commissioners.

Um I've not been with the bank for 25 years, but I am blessed to be with the bank for the last almost two years.

And I'm so thankful for that opportunity to also be a benefit to our community, and that's what the Bank of Clovis has done.

Not only has it been our celebration, but we want to celebrate with the community.

And what we have done is not only our customers and community members, we have given away to 58 winners, f 29,000 to help help them celebrate.

We've also partnered with the schools and we partnered with the Marshall Sixth Grade Academy.

We have 12 classes participate in a writing essay of what is positive about Clovis.

Phenomenal essays and great winners.

And we not only awarded two students from each class $100, but we also awarded the teachers $100 each as well for $3,600 just at Marshall.

We also did the same with our county schools as well.

But I also want to give uh just shout outs to the principal at Marshall.

Bethany Baker is phenomenal, and we have some great celebration.

But every teacher we gave $100 to, she turned around to the class.

Look, now we have more money to celebrate and do things in our classroom.

And that's what it's about in Clovis, New Mexico, and that's what the Bank of Clovis is doing.

Again, we have a great celebration going on tomorrow from 11 to 1 on our back parking lot.

And Randy Harris.

Appreciate it.

Leo.

We gave out how much money?

$29,000.

Do you approve that?

You should see the kids and how they light up.

It's just been wonderful for us to have the opportunity to do something about being positive about your school, being positive about your community, being positive about anything we think is really important these days.

And I also want to thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Commissioners.

You honor us today by allowing us to be here.

We appreciate it very much.

Today is the actual day of our celebrations, 25 years ago.

And 25 years ago, 200 people stood up like you in this room and said we want to do something to better our community.

Two hundred shareholders came together and said, let's start the Bank of Clovis.

Those people are teachers, they're doctors, there's lawyers, there's farmers, there's ranchers, there's plumbers, there's nurses, okay?

There's businessmen, business women, all stood up from Portalis to Clayton, from Texaco to Fort Sumner.

People in this rural area, this rural community said we need a good solid community bank.

And so we're committed, those people, to this community.

We're committed to make it better in our homes, and we are willing to put up the money to start the Bank of Clovis.

So we're not owned like most banks.

We are totally different.

We are owned by the residents of this region.

And you might know that we've been expanding.

We now have the Bank of Logan, the Bank of Tukum Carry, we have the Bank of Clayton, we have the Bank of Des Moines.

And those opportunities we've been working at for years, and finally all the cards came together.

And you know what the good news is?

They're just like we are.

I can point out a Leo Lubett in Clayton.

I can point out a Chris Thomas and Logan.

People who work hard like you do to take care of our community.

So I can't thank you enough today for taking the time.

It is truly an honor for us.

Now I'll leave you with one last thing.

The last time I was in this room, we were called Operation Keep Canon Committee up there where you're sitting.

And out here were at least five million people asking what's going on and what's happening.

This is a much better day.

Yes, sir, it is.

So thank you all for what you do every day.

Okay.

Clovis is a great community.

Eastern New Mexico is a great place to live and raise our children.

And thank you for your comments earlier, because we truly are dedicated and committed to this community and have been for day one for a long, long time.

So thank you all very much for the honor.

And please join us tomorrow.

Okay?

We'll have a long time.

Good fun.

We'll do that.

We uh I plan to be there uh as you know, and uh I'm gonna read the proclamation out here so that it's uh a matter of the minutes and the records here this evening that we recognize the Bank of Clovis and uh you know we we all I I think most folks can grasp the the concept and the benefit of shopping locally when we think about you know goods and services and but I don't know that that everyone always thinks about the benefit of of banking locally, but uh you know, everything you said about you know your your commitment to supporting local, you live it out in a in a really astounding way.

I mean I don't see another business supporting and sponsoring like we see Bank of Clovis in in in this community, and now you're doing it in in in all the other Eastern New Mexico communities as well.

So thank you.

And and uh, you know, perhaps my comments are are especially uh slanted and and I don't I don't mind saying it, you know, point of personal privilege.

They're my bank and you know, my my small business, which is you know, I'm I'm at a little over 19 years working on 20 years in business, wouldn't be where I'm at if not for literally two of these gentlemen sitting here, and if Leo had been with them back then it would have been him too.

But uh, you know, I so I see firsthand how you you make small business owners uh success possible because you're here, you make local decisions, you understand what it means uh to to be doing business and trying to grow a business in in Clovis and Eastern New Mexico, and it just means the world to this community.

So thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Any other comments?

I'm sorry, Mayor Protect.

I just was so excited to jump in here and say, if not for Bank of Clovis, I wouldn't have my business open today either.

So thank you guys.

I know you've done for others what you've done for me, so thank you.

You know what makes great banks great customers.

It's that simple.

Yep.

It's that simple.

I want to thank you as well for what you have done for not only me, but my business as well.

And just congratulate you on a wonderful 25 years.

Thank you the next 25 years, I will be a hundred years old.

And I've actually planned being here.

Come on.

Let's both do it.

Randy, it and I I want to thank you guys for what y'all done.

You uh I was a business owner for 20 years, and uh you guys are instrumental in our growth and and our success, and and I'm very grateful for the Bank of Clovis for everything you guys did for us.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Randy, congratulations.

Keep up.

I know Chris is always behind you, and Leo now, I think is gonna be a good answer for you guys.

So he's still on probation.

That's good.

Any last remarks?

You can do them after if they come to mind.

Let me share the proclamation.

Proclamation.

Whereas the Bank of Clovis was started by Randy Harris, Dr.

Stephen Haynes, Dr.

Jacob Moberly, Ribba Holliman, Alva Butch Wilson, and Jennifer Whitlock in early 2000.

And whereas the original issue of bank stock was subscribed to in the summer of 2000 with 200 shareholders consisting of employees, farmers, ranchers, small business owners, construction workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, nurses, policemen, firemen, all from Curry County and the surrounding area.

And then the bank opened its doors in downtown Clovis on October 16th, the year 2000.

And whereas the bank had another stock offering for residents of the surrounding area in 2002, uh opened the Prince Street office in 2004, launched full service internet banking for customers in 2005, provided wealth management services in 2006, and more than doubled the main uh the main street office location with a remodel and acquisition of land and building in 2009, and offered a third stock offering for residents of the surrounding area in 2011.

And whereas most recently, the bank expanded to uh Logan, Clayton, Tukum Carrie, and Des Moines in 2024.

And whereas the bank has grown from a startup in 2000, the year 2000, uh, to 80 million, 80 million dollars in 2005, 146 million in 2010, 210 million dollars in 2015, 260 million dollars in 2020, and now has reached 415 million dollars in 2025.

I would say that's quite a trajectory the Bank of Clovis is on.

And whereas the heart and soul of the bank is rooted in its independence and in a community bank-oriented spirit.

They embed themselves in our communities and take community needs seriously and act in the best interest of the communities in which they serve.

Now, therefore, I, Mike Morris, mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the Clovis City Commission, to hereby declare October 16th.

Actually, we're gonna do it tomorrow, October 17th, 2025, as Bank of Clovis Day in the City of Clovis.

Oh, what the stock office do we raise more people, more ownership.

More representation.

It's a key strong safety community bad.

Very good.

Great.

Thank you.

Wish I had bought in back then.

Thank you all, everyone.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

That's going to do it for presentations.

So we're on to communications.

And we have a planned communication.

Regarding New Mexico Gas Company pro and New Mexico Gas Company project.

And we have Mr.

Dustin Silasio here this evening.

And he's been waiting patiently.

I know he's been excited about getting up here and talking to us.

It's good to see you, my friend.

We'll give you the floor for your presentation.

Thank you.

Commission members, Mr.

Mayor, good evening and thank you.

As Mike said, my name is Dustin Silicio.

I'm the operations manager for our local Eastern New Mexico operations of Mexico Gas Company.

Perhaps not.

Forgive me, it's not scrolling.

This is a portion of the um pipeline that we're talking about.

It's what we refer to as our tub and carry mainline.

It's a pipeline that was installed.

We began acquiring dedicated ride-away in the 1930s.

It actually serves natural gas to northern parts of Clovis as part of the infrastructure, as well as onward as the crow flies to the community at Tugan Carry.

But as part of our ongoing efforts, we continually replace lines as we reach a certain age just to maintain integrity and and also update with the modern standards, any changes we have in terms of construction.

This one in doing so, it actually extends right from my office up Sycamore, following there till the intersection of 21st, crosses over, follows behind the mall to Marvin Haas, then on over kind of as the crows flies uh crosses Prince Street, um right there in the vicinity of Whataburger, and then crosses over to Walmart and continues on.

Um in our planning and design phases, we recognized um, you know, this is the heart of town.

Um we were looking at potential significant impacts, interruptions of people's lives, you know, coming across their homes.

And we recognized we wanted to be a good neighbor, and our first stop was we went with Mr.

Holt and Mr.

Bunch um to kind of present the project, um, show some of our efforts we were doing an attempt to my first communications were tasked asked Justin, um what's what's in the coming year?

What events do we have there along Hillcrest Park?

Um because I know I live close to there, my office is there, we've seen it at the ethnic fair, um, the car shows, uh, the new infrastructure that's been put in for the playgrounds, um, the lighting, the pickleball courts, the tennis courts, the the youth, the summer lunch programs.

We see it.

I see it daily when going to work and recognize us doing work through there, could potentially have some interruptions.

So we wanted to be a good neighbor, and it started off.

I was like, Justin, what what events do we have coming through that park?

What can we coordinate?

What can we work with?

Um here.

We want to make the efforts to try and we're realistic.

There will be some some some obstacles, you know, some interruptions.

Um but if we can mitigate what we can with just a little little good planning, we think would go a long way um for our community.

Um so in turn we brought this to to Justin's attention, and his suggestion was bring it to the commission.

Uh this was our first start at trying to be a good neighbor, coordinate, um, kind of get some things frontline, uh, get some input and feedback uh just to see how we can navigate um installing this pipeline with as little in um inconvenience to our community as possible.

Um we're looking at different construction methods.

Um we can utilize you know typical trench installing pipeline like you see every day, um especially through the corridors um right there uh by the little leak park where Epcor, the water reclamation, several things are underground, um, as well as those those neighborhoods north of first you know uh First Methodist Church.

We actually want to utilize boring, which I'm not sure if everybody's familiar with the boring methods, but literally you're drilling underground.

There's no excavation, there's no blocking people's driveways.

We'll have setup points.

But it's hopefully a little more effective than opening a trench and blocking people's driveways, causing the inconvenience, you know, the after school programs and and daycare programs at the Methodist church, uh Yucca Middle School traffic pickup, etc.

So we are looking at implementing some boring through that section to mitigate some of those those inconveniences, as well as oh thank you for for the slides.

Um in that approach coming through there, um there at the entrance to Hillcrest Park to align that drilling to align that boring.

If we can actually move from where we are in the street to just there behind the old zoo entrance, that'll give us an approach to where we can actually line up and continue with that boring pass through all the neighborhoods and the streets along Sycamore.

Uh so in turn, some of those details, there's I think about five locations where we would look at perhaps adjusting our right-of-way, which in turn would be presented to the commission to see if you might consider allowing us to make those alterations in our in our path.

Now we have existing rights away.

Um they're old, they're from the 30s.

They were what we call a blanket township.

Um basically it was after the Great Depression.

Customers were so thrilled for us to come out and bring irrigation wells.

They just gave us kind of a blanket right to come through open country.

Uh a lot of people might pose the question, why do we have a pipeline right in the middle of town?

When it was put in, it was city limits.

Uh the town's grown around us.

So in turn, uh you may notice certain locations.

Uh the lot next to Office Max.

It's been vacant for years.

It's because that line dissects it.

And then in turn prevents any construction over it.

There's a few of these lots through town because of that line are vacant.

Um, I know the property right next to Office Max has had tremendous commercial um interest, um, but I think people walk away when they realize our pipeline's there.

Um we've looked at an alternative design if the commission would consider it to do an alternate route utilizing the perimeter of Goodwin Lake, coming around the other side, coming up behind and alleviating some of those constraints on that.

Um like I said, in turn, it's not necessary for the pipeline design, but since we're doing it, it's been there almost a hundred years.

Hopefully, it's another hundred years before we consider it.

Hopefully, I'm long since retired.

Um we thought we would present it, see if the opportunity is there.

Uh mainly just thinking in terms of the community.

I mean, these properties along Prince, we know how valuable they are.

Um we just were trying to try to think outside the box, alternate routes if the opportunity's there.

Um, but of course it'd be contingent on commission's approval, ultimately the city signing off on it.

Um, we'll have contract crews coming into town.

Um they'll be working here.

We anticipate the project to last about three months from start to finish.

It's about two miles of pipe.

Meanwhile, these contractors would be living here, you know, hotels, eating eating local restaurants.

So we do have that benefit.

Um really we're like I said, we're in the approach of it, you know, construction efforts, all the activities at the park.

I know I drive by there daily.

Now I'm seeing everybody out there at night with the new lighting, the soccer fields, it's it's really neat.

I'm I'm enjoying it.

Um I know I've taken gotten to use the walking trails quite a bit, so thank you for that.

Um trying to think what else I have in terms of my notes.

I can attempt to try and scroll through this again.

Let me see.

Up to the intersection of 14th and on past Methodist.

Now, this is the corridor I was talking about that we're looking at boring.

You can see Yucca Middle School there in the bottom left, about the middle.

Um, and then in turn, we would approach that by literally drilling through all of that right away.

So we wouldn't anticipate digging up any asphalt, um, interrupting the street, maintaining the workflow.

Um because of the nature of a gas line, we don't want to take it out of service in the winter months, because that's our critical time.

So we would be looking at doing this work between the months of June, probably July and August, uh, coordinating that as well.

Um so summer months, I mean you're not gonna have the school traffic, and we would anticipate trying to be out of the way by the time school starts.

So we don't have that as well.

Um, that's actually going further south.

Let me back up here.

That's kind of oriented slightly different.

Let me see, because there's the middle school.

There's the track let me do this.

Okay, here we go.

This is where we cross over 21st, um right there by the drainage where it turns up to Marvin Haas.

Um we'll have a little bit of orientation to get in line, but then we would anticipate boring past all those homes where it opens out to Lexington and et cetera, and then getting on up to the open field there behind behind the mall.

And right here is the uh location where I mentioned we were we're looking to try and do an alternate route.

As of right now, we follow Marvin Haas, literally in the direction and cut through that lot and cut through the old Connie Lane park, cut behind, and then of um I'm sure many of you are familiar right there with Eastern Audio and I still think of it being was it uh the old TV store, but now it's I think the Nerdy Curry comic book store.

There's a odd little easement that goes right through that, and that's because our line lies within it.

That's why that building is triangle shaped.

Um but in turn we could actually alleviate that if we were able to come up.

We've got some private right-of-way interest we're looking at there through the Social Curry office.

If we can actually come through the parking lot, we can follow that perimeter of Goodwin Lake, follow it north, then follow the perimeter of the old Connie Lane Park, kind of follow an original path, and then come to the very north right there into the street of Shady Lane, uh, which in turn also alleviates that property there because we we cut across it.

Umrights of way to replace this, but it just cuts as the crow flies, and we'd like to make something a little more practical, especially for the community.

Um and then as we come through uh the north coming out of um shady lane right there on the bottom, we'd come across and then to true up, we'd come out of um sunset, I believe, and cross over towards the bank and then in the alley behind.

So there's a few of those interests where we'd be asking for some rights.

Um when I mention of these rights away, what we'd be looking like because of the nature of this line being critical, it's it's a dedicated fee to tube and carry.

It's an entire I mean that's how they get their gas supply.

We need to make sure it's protected to where people can't construct over it, which was part of our methodology in choosing this route.

Um it has to be protected.

Um we would look at um like our existing rights away are blanket township.

So it's just this huge swath that's non-definitive.

We would look at modern right-of-ways, um, a dedicated corridor, which I think the most recent one we did was there between Apex collision and the the filling station, which was 30 foot.

So in terms of stroke, it it reduces it a great deal.

Makes it a much clearer.

Um I think typical precedent, we go at least 50 foot, but I think in terms of practicality within the city, I believe our right-of-way would request a 30-foot easement to protect that line and its operation for posterity.

Um like I said, that's contingent upon any approvals from the commission in the city.

Um and then we have two we'd be looking at coming across from the bank, um, I think right there through their water retention, obviously boring underneath, and I'd and ultimately replacing that line, making it upgraded.

And that's that's the project I'm excited about.

It's probably about it's been quite some time in the making.

So thank you uh for that.

And and I I suspect that uh Mr.

Howalt's advice and bringing it here was really to to kind of open the discussion and and allow this commission to think about um you know what this would entail and perhaps be ready for some suggested alternatives that that you may come up with.

Yes, sir.

Is that fair?

Yeah, thank you.

Mayor, mayor pro dimin' convention.

And part of it is also public education, letting the public know what is happening and what they're planning to do.

But eventually, obviously, as Dustin mentioned, uh right-of-yeah usements would have to come in front of you uh it to be approved.

But just so you're not having to uh take all that information at one time.

Just wanted to let you know that this project was was forthcoming and what they were working on.

Uh especially on the areas that impact uh city property, of course our right-aways, but then city properties uh for example in the park area or in Hillcrest Park area or in the Goodwin Park area.

Um as you mentioned that that line uh as we all know cuts through the heart of town currently.

Uh and there are you mentioned I mean even like Popeyes had a design around uh that line, the new Waterburger had a design around that line, and so um it's it's definitely maybe made those properties less more challenging to develop.

And that's why they've sat there for those that many number of years.

So I think it's a great project and long overdue.

Thank you, sir.

Right.

Yeah, thanks, Mr.

Howalt for for your thoughts on that.

And I I think uh, you know, I certainly am in favor of you know, since you're having to do it, getting getting it out from under some of that prime commercial property so that you know things can be developed.

And I obviously it it needs to still go to Tucum Carrie, but I'm curious, are you looking for it to sort of match the current alignment uh out of Clovis in the Northwest, or could you, for example, go like from where where it starts, maybe just jump over back east to Norris and then just go out on Norris using rights away along Norris.

I mean, why well and believe it or not, that was our first iteration we started looking at to see about possible feasibility.

The consideration we have here is we've got multiple stations in town that tie directly into that line.

So in turn, um going to Norris, even when we looked at as far as Humphrey, you're talking about all getting all the infrastructure that's already in town out to Norris, which honestly I think would probably be more obtrusive than this project itself.

It's been there, it's operating, it's all been operating safely for since the mid-30s.

Yeah, well, look, I I think this commission would and and you know, the the public would be interested in some suggested alternatives when you know as you start to narrow things down that would include you know avoiding the the kind of prime commercial areas.

I like that idea of going you know through uh the park uh to to get north, you know.

Um so I I think that uh we're we're gonna be open to those ideas and and certainly appreciate the partnership with New Mexico Gas and and uh look forward to working this out with you.

But thank you for for bringing it to our attention.

Appreciate it, thank you.

Um anybody else have any other questions?

Comments?

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Well done.

You brought a whole crew with you.

Uh yes, if y'all don't mind me introducing.

Yeah, would you?

Uh with my company on New Mexico Gas.

Uh Mr.

Gerald was seen.

He's our vice president of regulatory and external affairs.

Um John Tucker, he's with um uh Persharon.

He's our engineering firm that's actually doing the design uh right-of-way research.

I mean, the whole gamut of everything, as well as we have Payson.

Okay.

Forgive me, I wasn't sure how to pronounce it.

He's actually the engineer in charge of the project.

And then John Guterras, he's with me locally.

He uh manages all of our construction group and and warehousing here in Clovis.

So thank you to each of you for for what you're doing and and uh appreciate the the excellent dependable service from New Mexico Gas and and uh Dustin, thanks for your leadership in the community and and and the ways that you partner uh uh around town.

So thank you very much for being here.

Thank you.

Appreciate.

Have a good evening.

We remain in receipts of petitions and communications.

If there's anyone wishing to share uh with the commission this evening, we'll give you a couple of minutes to do that.

Seeing no one uh wishing to provide public comment, we'll move on to the consent agenda.

Mayor Pro Tim Commissioners, you have 10 items to consider dealing with all at once this evening.

The first is request for approval of adoption of resolution number 3341-2025 pertaining to meetings of the city commission of the city of Clovis, New Mexico, pertaining to all uh pertaining also to meetings of any board, commission, or other policy making body of said city prescribing public notices to be given for regular special and emergency meetings of said city commission and of any said boards, uh commissions or other policy-making bodies, declaring the prescribed notices to be reasonable notice as required by sections 1015-1 through 1015 for NMSA and containing a repealer clause.

Item two is request for approval of New Mexico Capital Outlay Grant Agreement 25J2921 and the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to replace roof and gutter at the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico.

Item three is request for approval to amend 2026 recreation and recreation trails plus grant project from irrigation at Ned Haupt Park to solar lighting purchase and installation at Hillcrest Park.

Request to include budget change for matching funds in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars.

Item four is request for approval to reappoint Graceland Tatum to serve on the Clovis Carver Library Board as a student representative.

Item five, request for approval to award the Hillcrest Park Zoo tree removal bid to Tri Lodge Industries LLC.

Item six, request for approval to apply for and accept if awarded, a 2025 animal shelter, or excuse me, Animal Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals grant in an amount not to exceed $95,000 for spay and neuter and trap neuter release funds.

Item 7 is request for approval to apply for and accept if awarded a 2026 capital development program and the amount in an amount not to exceed $800,000 for the planning and design for road improvements on 21st Street from MLK to Wheaton.

Item 8, request for approval to apply for and accept if awarded a 2026 New Mexico Capital Development Program fund in the amount of three million dollars to fund the remainder needed to complete the new animal shelter.

Item nine, request for approval to hire grant coordinator through Snelling Staffing Solutions to implement the K Linda grant.

Utilizing Kalinda grant funding.

Item 10 is request for approval of adoption of resolution number 3342-2025 for the proclamation calling for regular municipal officer election to be held on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026, pursuant to NMSA 1978-1224 C.

That is the proposed consent agenda.

I would entertain a motion.

So moved.

Motion to place comes from Commissioner Jones.

Second comes from Commissioner Garza.

Do you all feel like you are logged in to vote?

No.

It's been properly moved and seconded.

Please vote.

We're going to move to acclamation.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The motion is carried unanimously.

The items have been placed.

I would now entertain a motion to approve or acknowledge all items.

So move.

Motion from Commissioner Garza.

Second.

Second from Commissioner Jones.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The motion is carried unanimously and you have approved the consent agenda.

We have one item to deal with in unfinished business.

Mr.

Howalt.

Thank you, Mayor.

Mayor Pro Tem and Commissioners.

And I I fully recognize that this was a commission action request that you guys all heard at the previous city commission meeting.

After I went back and had the opportunity to uh and unfortunately I wasn't able to be at the meeting, but after I went back and took a look at the minutes, it seemed like there was maybe a still a little bit of confusion what uh was actually being voted on.

And so I wanted to make sure that you guys were uh fully educated on our fee structures that we had in place and to make sure that we could clear up any confusion if there was any uh in regards to that.

And so in regards to Roy Walker, we have two different fee structures uh that are in place in order to rent the facility itself.

Uh within your your packet, the first option that you'll see there is if I'm just a regular individual that wants to rent the facility, uh, whether that be uh one gym, the multi-purpose room, or the full facility, uh the city of Clovis has rates set up to do that.

So uh if I wanted to go play basketball on a Saturday, I could certainly schedule and rent that room uh for $75 an hour uh during our normal operating hours themselves.

So if we extend it beyond those normal operating hours, we currently do have a fee set up uh for basically overtime of those employees.

What we charge is $30 per hour per person.

And so if we have two people that are in attendance, which we always recommend a minimum of two people to be there so we don't have an employee by themselves, that of course would be sixty dollars per hour outside of those normal operating hours.

The other structure that we have set up for uh the parks is through our user agreements with our youth and our adult leagues.

And so, of course, we're charging those leagues uh either the youth rate or the adult rate uh based off of the number of participants that they have uh within that league.

What we had established and what we were working towards uh creating the fee structure or changing the fee structure for was in regards to the leagues themselves.

And so we previously just had a $25 per hour rate set up for outside of the normal operating hours for the leagues themselves.

Uh the request was to initially to change that to $50 per hour.

And so that didn't, it wasn't dependent upon the number of employees that we had in place.

Uh and so I thought it would just be simpler to bring this back to you and say, hey, let's match the two uh between what we have for regular uh individuals utilizing the facilities and our leagues.

And so what uh we're requesting this evening is to uh override what we did last week and uh propose and recommend us making those two fees for overtime outside of normal operating hours to match each other, which would be the thirty dollars per person per hour at the facility.

And once again, like I said, we utilize two employees always at the facility, so it actually will be the $60 per hour because we do have those two employees in place.

So uh hopefully that kind of clears some things up a little bit, letting you know that there is two separate fee structures uh between for the leagues and for individuals or groups that are outside of leaks utilizing the facilities themselves.

And so uh with that, I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Thank you for that explanation.

How are we doing, Commission?

I think it's better.

Clear as mud.

Commissioner Zamora's comment uh was that it it's better.

It's better.

Okay, good.

Yeah.

Discussion.

Mayor, I'll move for approval.

Second.

We have a motion for approval coming from Commissioner Jones and a second came from Commissioner Porter.

Is there further discussion on the item?

Hearing and seeing none, it's been properly moved and seconded that you would approve the uh set of the set fees for leagues utilizing Roy Walker Jam outside of normal hours, as the city manager has explained.

Please vote.

Okay.

Looks like some of you were able to vote, but not all of you.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The motion has carried unanimously.

Thank you very much.

That does it for action uh this evening.

We'll move on to reports.

Is there a report from Civil Aviation Board that met on the 7th of October?

I regret I sit on that board but had a I was double booked and couldn't be there.

Mr.

Howalt.

Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Commissioners.

And so there was no action items at the Civil Aviation Board.

Uh we did uh hear updates from our airport director, uh, Mr.

Chris Marshall.

Uh he provided updates on our fuel sales on the construction of the airport terminal, which is going fantastic.

Uh we heard regarding uh implayments uh with Denver Air Connections.

Uh we're still uh tracking with our high expectations for that.

Uh 900,000 always monthly.

Uh so uh provided update uh on the training of our employees out there as well as the uma um notice of violations that we received during inspection, those have all been taken care of and rectified.

Uh so just general updates regarding the the airport itself.

Great, thank you.

Glad to hear that the construction of the terminal is going uh going well.

Uh thanks for the other uh items mentioned.

Civic Center Policy Board, is there a report?

It does Commissioner Cassow sit on the Commissioner Cassow sits on that board and she is absent.

Ms.

Burroughs, can you tell us what was discussed?

Yes, good afternoon.

Um the Civic Center Policy Board met on Tuesday afternoon.

Uh we uh um given an update on the budget uh which is uh continuing in a in a positive trajectory.

Um we also discussed the uh opportunities to celebrate the 20th anniversary next May.

And we are working on um on uh dinner uh at the Civic Center to celebrate that.

Sounds great.

Thank you.

We have a beautiful Civic Center.

Um hard to believe.

I mean if you were at the facility, it would be hard to believe that it's 20 years old.

It's it's fantastic.

Um is there an update uh from the investment committee?

We it's just the finance the monthly financial report.

That's all we had.

Yep.

Very good.

Any other remarks from that from those of you on that?

Okay.

Thanks.

Um thanks for covering that for me, Mayor Pro Tem.

Uh do we want to report on the Chamber Board of Directors meeting that was yesterday?

Mr.

Howalt?

Sir.

Uh so the Chamber Board of Directors met yesterday.

Uh Mayor Marshall, Chairman.

I see that.

And so and the Chairman Bender provided uh uh presentation regarding uh the gross proposed gross receipts tax for the recreation center.

And then uh of course the the Chamber did their business and the various uh committees and reports on on their so I don't have the agenda sitting in front of me.

That's great.

But but you attend those meetings regularly and uh you and or Commissioner Cassals provide an update to that board as to the city's activities.

Correct.

Very good.

And and as he mentioned, uh Commissioner or Chairman Bender and I gave a uh just a really fantastic GRT presentation.

So thanks for that.

Uh monthly investment report.

Thank you.

I'm mayor.

I I don't see Ms.

Melanson sitting over here, so I'm gonna look this direction.

I I have a detailed highlighted and numbered report here sitting in front of me.

So for the month ending of September 30th, 2025.

We had a beginning cash and investments of 79 million two hundred and eighty-five thousand six hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty-two cents.

Our ending cash and investments was $78,777,093 and 93 cents.

Uh the breakdown by the major funds in fund one, our general fund.

We had an ending cash and investments of $14.5 million.

Our Solid Waste Fund Fund 2, uh a little bit over $2 million.

Our environmental tax fund six is uh $10.4 million.

Our wastewater fund 10 is $2.8 million.

Our economic development fund, fund 64 is $8.1 million.

Our water water uh quarter percent GRT fund 66 is $6.4 million.

Uh our American Rescue Plan uh fund 94 is uh 1.6 million dollars.

The uh total cash and bank that we have currently is uh $16.3 million dollars.

We have $10 million invested in a C D and another $52.3 million invested in the state investment pool uh for interest earned uh for the month we earned $253,000.

Uh year to date through three months, we've at $763,000.

Uh for fiscal year uh for the total fiscal year um we have $302,000.

Uh last month's interest was paying 4.3465 percent.

Uh we're up a little bit uh to four point three four nine four percent, and that compares to last year, which was at five point three two zero five percent.

That I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thanks.

Appreciate that that update.

Uh it's great that we're still getting a great uh rate on our our reserves uh from LGP.

Um and otherwise sounds like we're we're uh doing well financially.

Any comments or questions?

Very good.

Um any other reports.

Future agenda items.

Ms.

Burroughs?

Or Ms.

Reyes, I'm sorry.

Uh we have a veterans day and nurse practitioner week proclamations.

Um planning and zoning vacancy.

And a scope and fee for design of roadway improvements on YANO from Norris to Humphrey.

Sounds good.

Thank you for that, Ms.

Reyes.

We'll be interested in seeing those items as well as the others that make it onto the agenda between now and then.

Um upcoming meetings.

Uh the um uh parks meeting has been canceled uh that would have taken place um on Monday.

So then for city meetings, the next would be the Clovis Carver Library Board plans to meet at 5 30 p.m.

on the 27th of October, and the next city commission meeting will be on Thursday, November 6th at 5 uh 15 p.m.

right here.

With that, we are adjourned.