Mayor Pro Tim, Commissioners, members of the public, City Manager, Department Heads, everyone, thank you for being here.

We're gonna go ahead and begin the meeting in just a moment.

Uh although we are still having some difficulty, we may just do everything by voice votes this evening and and uh and get going.

But uh I'll offer a word of prayer and then we're gonna say the pledge and the salute to our flags and uh and get going.

So if you pray, please bow with me.

Heavenly Father, thank you for the goodness and blessings that you give us each day.

God, thank you for the amazing community that you've called us all to live and work and serve in.

Uh thank you for our opportunities and thank you for uh our challenges which make us lean in together and work together to to solve issues and and solve problems.

And Lord, we pray for uh your favor uh in um the the rounding out of this year and in two thousand twenty-six.

We thank you uh for the for the many blessings this year.

We look forward to a fantastic year next year as we continue to get after water security, public safety, infrastructure investment, quality of life, uh job creation, all all the things that we work on, Lord.

Give us wisdom, give us your your wisdom and your understanding to to do them well to your great great glory.

Thank you for the items before the commission this evening.

I ask you to give them wisdom as they uh consider what's before them, and I pray these things in the name of Christ.

Amen.

Amen.

Indivisible liberty and justice for all.

I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico.

We are called to order, and I would like to ask if Ms.

Foster would please call the roll.

Commissioner Jones.

Here.

Commissioner Cass.

Here.

Commissioner Porter.

Here.

Commissioner Garza.

Here.

Here.

Commissioner Tarsen.

Commissioner Paula, here.

Commissioner Zamora.

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem Bryant.

Here.

Mayor Morris.

Here.

Thank you very much, Ms.

Foster.

And we have uh almost full slate.

So we can we can handle business.

Uh next I'd have you consider if you object to the agenda.

Would you like to remove or rearrange any items?

Hearing and seeing no objections, the agenda is adopted.

Any objections to how the minutes from December 4th have been prepared for your consideration.

Hearing and seeing no objections, those minutes are adopted.

We'll record yes votes for each of you.

Next, we reserve a space in the agenda to recognize our visitors again.

Those of you that have joined us here in the meeting chamber, uh thank you for your attendance and your inner your interest in and what your city commission is is dealing with this evening.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Uh should you be here for an agenda item uh that you'd want to talk to us about in public comment, as we just approved an agenda that we're gonna handle all with uh the consent.

So uh next we'll we'll move into receipts of petitions and communications uh or often referred to as public comment.

It is now that I would take uh any public comment or communications and we'll give you a few minutes to share.

Ray Strowe, Clovis.

Um I just drew a blank here.

Okay, so I wanted to talk about um the bill that you passed last time of the um camping in somebody's yard.

The when you said that needs to be in an enclosure, um if chain link fence would be an enclosure, right?

Um that's not how we defined it in enclosed enclosed spaces uh with the ordinance.

I would I would direct you to that.

But uh we actually define uh enclosed areas and unenclosed areas in that ordinance, and uh a chain link fence would not meet the definition.

Okay.

Okay.

So I I imagine that this is a homeless thing.

Um I just I we've we've always said to the homeless, you know, as long as you stay out of sight, then uh we won't bother you.

And I I'm not sure that I agree with it.

I don't know where I came from, but I just wanted to mention that.

Um Mr.

Mayor, you have rebuked me twice now uh for time and for campaigning.

So among other things, I am a scientist, and I believe highly in Newton's third law.

Uh for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

So I'm gonna rebuke you back here.

Um I went back through the tapes and I looked uh when you were doing your mayor's ball uh for the Humane Society.

That took about 10 minutes.

Uh last meeting, uh there were only three speakers here, and it took 12 minutes.

Uh we can debate about it all night if you'd like, but uh you doing that is campaigning.

That's why Megan wanted to get in on the photo shoot.

So if you want to do that, you know, that's up to you.

That's within your powers.

Um you have say over that.

Uh but it it comes off petty, Mr.

Mayor.

And I really want to know w what the rest of you think as well, because this is very important.

Uh you are a check on the mayor to make sure he's not over doing his power.

Is 12 minutes too long for you to give the citizens of Clovis?

Well, I guess I'll go on then.

Um another thing I'd like to go.

We you asked me or you said that you didn't know when I was making a comparison to you and Mr.

Morris of whether you were talking to him.

I've done a lot of research into this, the commission manager system.

And it it is true, Mr.

Mayor.

It you cannot do that.

It is illegal.

Um Sir, that's your time.

I'm not asking you to stop, but I'm asking you to find a place to wrap up.

Oh, yeah, okay.

Um so um if if you were to just as an example, say if you were to lure a police officer here under false pretenses and pass a bill to rebuke him.

Um not only would that be illegal, but it would open up the city to a very high lawsuit.

So yes, it it is it is very illegal, Mr.

Mayor.

And I want to make sure that you understood that.

Thank you.

Have a wonderful night.

Mr.

Giroud, I I Sir.

Sir.

No, I I I I want to ask, I want to ask you a I want to ask you to clarify uh since it it sounds like you're accusing me of illegal activity.

What what are because you you said you didn't know if it worked that way.

I'm just clarifying for you.

As a mayor, you cannot go and ask a city employee, you know, about their job.

That would be illegal.

You have to go through Justin.

Okay.

Thank you for your opinion, sir.

Have a good night.

Is there I I want to introduce uh Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, I want to introduce you to Mr.

Mark Howell.

Um Mr.

Howe is the new executive director at Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority.

Uh started last Monday, December 8th, uh hit the ground running.

Uh we actually just had a board meeting this afternoon and and just got here from that.

And but I had asked him to come by because I wanted to introduce you all.

Uh Mr.

Mark Howell would give you a minute to or two to talk to to these folks.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor and members of the board.

Uh my name is Mark Howell, and I have uh the privilege of being the new Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority as executive director.

Just a little history about me.

I was born and raised in Portales.

Uh went to school in Mexico State, ultimately University of New Mexico, and then worked, you know, jobs all across the country, UPS, PepsiCo, and Cisco Foods.

And last summer I found myself back here in Portalis.

And so this particular opportunity came open and it was a big part of you know being a part of my community and giving back and doing all of that.

So I am very much looking forward to really pushing this across the line.

Water scarcity is something very serious in our area.

And uh we have had some very good forethought in the past to put us in a place that where we are going to be able to have a sustainable solution going forward.

That should be very exciting to everybody.

So as we continue, you know I look forward to meeting each and every one of you.

If you have any questions, uh I would be more than happy uh to meet with you and and and share our story at the authority.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, members of the board for the opportunity to speak.

Thank you, Mr.

Howe.

Appreciate you being here.

Thank you, Mr.

Howe.

All right.

Is there anyone else that wishes to provide public comment this evening?

All right.

I don't see anyone making their way up to the podium.

So we're going to move on in this agenda to the consent agenda, where this evening, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, you have ten items to consider handling all at once.

The first is request for approval of adoption of ordinance number two two five two-2025, changing an RS 7 residential single family to an RM residential multifamily district at 1,000 to 1,0108 locust street.

Item two is request for approval of grazing lease between the City of Clovis and Mr.

Ernie Wright.

Item three, request for approval to apply for and accept if awarded an FY26.

Better utilizing investments to leverage development build grant program in the amount in an amount not to exceed one million dollars for roadway infrastructure enhancement of 21st Street between MLK Boulevard and Wheaton.

Item 4 is request for approval of appointment appointment of members to serve on the Essential Air Service Task Force.

Item five, request for approval for City of Clovis to act as fiscal agent for the Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce and Clovis Economic Development for Capital Outlay received during the 2026 legislative session.

Item six, request for approval to award RFP 25080103, all hazard mitigation plan to H2O Partners Incorporated.

Item 7, request for approval to award RFP 25073102.

Hillcrest Park Zoo Master Plan to Fellas Consulting.

Item 8, request for approval of adoption of the Hillcrest Senior Life Center Meal Site Policy and Procedures.

Item 9, request for approval to submit a City of Clovis 2026 capital outlay request to the to Governor Luhan Grisham in the amount of four million dollars for a fire station.

And lastly, item 10 request for approval to accept letter of intent from non-metro area agency on aging to amend contract.

That is the proposed consent agenda.

Is there a motion to place?

So moved.

Second.

Commissioner Jones made the motion.

I heard a second from Commissioner Porter.

The items or the motion has been uh made and seconded to place the items on the consent agenda.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

We have none opposed.

We do have a unanimous vote.

The items have been placed.

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

So moved.

Motion from Commissioner Jones.

Second from Commissioner Garza.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The motion is carried unanimously.

Thank you.

We have no other action items this evening, so we will move to reports, where we will first ask for a report from Economic Incentive Board meeting that took place on Wednesday the 10th.

Mr.

Howalt, do you have that?

Thank you, Mayor.

Mayor Protein and Commissioners.

It was a very uh short meeting.

Uh obviously we have to have our EIB board meetings uh quarterly uh for per for the purposes of myself providing the financial report.

And so uh that was the only real item that was on the agenda.

So I provided the financial report.

And then Mr.

Lee Malloy, uh president of the CED uh provided a couple of updates uh to to the board itself.

So other than that, there was no other business at at the EIB board meeting.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you for that.

Appreciate it.

Uh our our boards and committees are are important.

Some of them have little to do for periods of time, but uh uh hopefully we can make economic incentive board really busy here before long, right?

Uh we had a planning and zoning commission meeting on Wednesday also at 3 p.m.

I already talked to Commissioner Garza.

He said that there wasn't a whole lot that happened there, but do you have a report?

Uh I do uh we uh the Commission elected our new uh chair.

Uh Travis Klein is the new chairman of the committee commission, and uh Mr.

Thomas Martin, the vice chair.

So uh we only had one request for a sun change from single family district to a multifamily district for duplex apartments.

So the area is going to be uh moving and uh good five because uh C sits right now is is it looks in base shape shape.

So it should be looking pretty good pretty soon.

Yeah, thanks for that.

Of course, we handled that item in the consent, but that's exciting because we see uh developers uh responding to the housing need in the community and and and making moves, and so that's great.

That's great.

Uh monthly investment report, Ms.

Melanson.

Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pratim and Commissioners.

We are in month five.

November, we started the month with 77.48 million, ending at 76.5 million.

Brief overview, General Fund 1 ending cash 14.8 million, Solid Waste Fund 2, 2 million, environmental tax fund six, 10.5 million, wastewater fund 10, 3.1 million, our economic development gross receipts tax fund 64, 8.4 million, our capital outlay quarter percent fund 65, 7.1 million, the water quarter percent fund 66, 6.8 million, our drainage improvement fund 88, 2.1 million, and our American Rescue Plan Fund 94, 1.5 million.

We have a little over 14 million in our local banks.

We have our 10 million dollar CD and our 52.3 million in the state pool.

Our monthly interest was 236,000.

Year to date is 1.2 million compared to last year at this time, which was 775,000.

State pool was down to 4.16, which is a little bit down from last month at 4.27, and significantly down from last time last year this time at 5.3375.

So we will continue to watch that.

And hot off the presses this afternoon.

We did receive our gross receipts report.

This is our activity for October, which I will mention was the Federal government shutdown.

Apparently, Clovis didn't know that.

So we are up 9.6 percent over this time last year, which gives us a year-to-date actual of a positive 3.72 percent.

Our budget is 23 percent above budget.

And we had 656 new reporters for October compared to this time last year.

Excellent.

Thank you for that, Ms.

Melancin.

Perhaps there are questions, Mayor Pro Tim and Commission.

Nope.

As usual, a very complete report.

Thank you for that.

Appreciate the job that you do.

Uh any other reports.

Sometimes Commissioner Casals flags me down right at this point.

No.

Okay.

We're good.

Okay, very good.

Uh do we have future agenda items to mention?

Ms.

Foster.

Next time we will have the presentation of the awards for the DEAP winners and also the camping ordinance.

Okay.

Thank you for that.

Um the upcoming meetings uh are as such, I believe these are still on schedule.

So the next meeting um for the city commission will be January 8th, which is the second Thursday of the month.

Okay.

So Mayor, Mayor, Protect Commissioners.

Obviously, the first Thursday is uh New Year's Day, January 1st.

I'm not doing anything that day.

If you guys wanted to get together, we could Oh, we're just gonna, you know, we're offering you guys the ability to change the shift to the meetings uh in January.

So it would be January the 8th and then January the 22nd.

Sounds good.

Normal.

Thanks for that.

So we have uh civil aviation uh board uh planning to meet at 5 30 p.m.

on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026.

Uh Armed Forces Support Committee, this is an important uh they all are, but this is a very important Armed Forces Support Committee meeting as we'll have OLDCC here uh to talk about the readiness review uh grant, the Mirror grant.

Uh but Armed Forces support will meet uh right right here uh in this room at 10 a.m.

on Thursday, January 8th, and then as was just mentioned later that day at 5.15 p.m.

on Thursday, January 8th, we'll hold our next City Commission meeting and first City Commission meeting of 2026.

Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioners, anything else for the good of the order?

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim Commissioner.

Uh just to add and and uh remind the public that uh city offices will be closed uh obviously December 25th and then December 26th, then as well as uh January 1st.

Thanks for that.

Um Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioners, uh the holidays always uh are a time to reflect and and I'm certainly uh grateful for the opportunity to serve alongside you.

Thank you to each and every one of you for what you do.

I wish you and yours the merriest of Christmases and happy new year.

Merry Christmas.

Thanks everyone.

We're adjourned.

Thank you.