Rentals through searching on the internet to a regarding the lodgers tax ordinance, which will take effect as soon as it's adopted.

Okay.

And that would be fair across the board.

Yeah.

You know, there's companies that you can hire to search for them.

I don't think we need that.

I think we can probably find them.

I mean if if we can't find your short-term rental online, then you're probably not renting it very much.

Okay.

Mayor Mayor Proteum and Commissioners.

And to Jared's point, I mean as part of our research uh in in there is definitely, and I think that's where maybe some of those fees come in that municipalities are paying companies to scrub the internet to try because if you're Rio Dosa, obviously the number of short-term rentals you that are in Rio Dosa versus Clovis to Mexico currently is much different.

And so they do pay thousands of dollars to uh have companies scrub the internet and look for them.

Yep.

Good point and good question.

Uh so uh further discussion.

Mayor, I just have one more point.

Yes, ma'am.

Question.

So uh I really liked what Riyadoso put in their ordinance.

It just mentions the fact that when the permitting comes about again, if they're not current with their lodgers tax, then the permit is obviously not um allowed.

Is that something that will happen automatically or do we need to put something like that in our ordinance?

I think that's in there in the general catch-all that I put in that says your permit is conditioned upon you apply complying with all of our other ordinances, rules, and regulations.

So I think we would be covered already.

Okay.

But I don't I don't mind putting some extra language in there.

Okay.

Good question.

Thank you for that.

Mayor, I I want to set a record.

Can I can I add one more?

Of course.

Um I would like to, I don't know if this is even possible once we we get a uh an updated draft done.

Um I'm curious how would the public be able to get to see that?

Is that something we can put on the city website for review or it gets published.

It gets published.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm sorry to interrupt Commissioner Porter.

I'm happy to I think I have the gist of the comments and criticisms today, so I'm happy to put together a couple of drafts that um contain what the comments, you know, the changes that you guys have talked about today.

Um one removing some of those restrictions.

I may try and change the language and you know, add the oc add to the occupancy limit, or maybe define the size of the bedroom, or I'll I'll look around and see what I can come up with.

But when whenever this gets put in front of the commission for the next whatever meeting that is where it's up for final adoption, I'll have several drafts to look at.

And so m thank you for that.

I I think my my goal is is if if it is published for the general public that doesn't know where to find it, um I'm assuming it's going to be on the website, but when will it be published?

And and then you know, can we give them a little more than saying, hey, it's just published?

You know.

So it won't be published until the Monday before the meeting in the case.

Okay, so it will be on the standard 72 hour before unless we do something different.

Um, I mean, put it on our website.

What I'd like is I I want the the public to have the ability to have some kind of feedback obviously the short-term rental owners um to have some kind of ability to have some feedback before it's coming here if we feel like we need to make some changes beforehand for the for a final vote.

That's valid, Commissioner, and and and you'll have that because Mr.

Morris is gonna put together a couple of draft versions based upon the feedback he received here uh and and you'll have those to review prior to uh prior to the meeting and you can share those with short-term rental owners that you're talking to as well as maybe we can stick it on the website uh and that way we could direct people there.

We could also do a press release and put out a couple versions in a press release at some point.

And ask for free.

Or yeah, a link to where to find it.

Yeah, that'd be a long press release.

Yeah.

And and ask for uh phone calls to be made to Commissioner Porter.

Put them on the way.

It has been properly moved and seconded that you would approve introduction of a permitting ordinance related to short-term rentals and amend the city code, please vote.

By the way, the motion came from Commissioner Jones and the second came from Commissioner Garza.

Uh down.

Can't vote.

Okay.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Those opposed, the same sign?

You're unanimous.

And the motion is carried and uh the permitting ordinance um has been introduced.

It will be worked on between now and consideration of final adoption.

And we'll look for feedback from uh the community and get this right.

So thank you for for the great discussion on that.

We're on to new business.

Item one in new business is request for approval of reduced admission fees to Hillcrest Park Zoo for a child abuse awareness event from 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 18th.

And is uh Ms.

Rodriguez with uh Roosevelt General Hospital Children's Alliance here.

We're familiar with uh Roosevelt General Hospital Children's Alliance and uh the work they do and it's fairly routine for uh such an organization to request waiver of fees or in this case reduced uh admission fees to the zoo so that they can have this event.

Is there any discussion?

Motion for approval comes from Commissioner Garza.

Second.

Second from Commissioner Jones.

Any further discussion or debate?

Improper moved and seconded that you would reduce uh admission fees for the zoo for the child abuse awareness event on the 18th has described.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The motion is carried unanimously.

Thank you.

Item two in new business is re request for approval of waiver of fees for gym number one of the Roy Walker Community Center from 7 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

May 15 through 17, 2026 for a no-cost spay and neuter event.

And this is a request from a member of the public, Mr.

Dustin Carrollin, and he's here tonight and has been waiting patiently on the back row as we discussed a lot of other things before we got here, Mr.

Carolyn.

But uh you're asking to uh use uh half of Roy Walker uh at no cost so that you can conduct a is it is this a three-day no cost spay and neuter clinic?

Yes, sir.

Yeah, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim, Commissioners.

Uh so some of you guys know uh I run uh my wife and I run a dog rescue K and D for puppies.

Uh our primary focus is to save dogs that are on the youth and Asia list.

Uh we also focus on moms in shelters uh to pull them from the shelters before they have their puppies uh and then they routinely give birth in my living room.

Um but uh so one of the biggest uh problems that we found uh that's contributed to the problem of overpopulation is the lack of uh affordable uh spay and neutering of animals.

And so we're we're working diligently.

Uh we're working uh alongside two other rescues, uh res dog rescue uh and a friend of Jack.

Uh and a friend of Jack is uh a rescue in Colorado that uh takes hundreds of our dogs uh from us uh every year.

You know, last year we rescued over 800 dogs from the surrounding area, Clois Portalis meal shoe.

Uh this year we're already at over 250 year to date.

Um so we're we're working diligently and we think that this would be a wonderful uh way for us to kind of step in and on top of what High Plains Humane Society already does, they do a wonderful thing.

Our goal is to make it a no-cost um spay and neuter clinic.

That is our our ultimate goal.

Uh I'm lining up the all of the finances and I think that we'll be able to make that attainable.

Um I think that Roy Walker is going to be a fantastic place based off of uh my understanding of where a lot of the stray dogs uh or overpopulation issue is.

I think that Roy Walker would provide a great uh center point uh to where if somebody didn't have a vehicle, uh Roy Walker is not an incredibly far distance for them to be able to still be able to bring the dog.

Um because it will just be dogs, it will not be dogs and cats, the vets that I that I'm working with right now, they they only want to do dogs.

That's gonna make it more logistically uh possible.

And so the goal is to make it a no-cost Bay neuter clinic.

Uh we already have liability insurance uh lined up.

I just need somebody to give it to.

Claire.

Um so we will have you know we'll have liability insurance lined up.

Uh the three days uh 200 dogs, you know, so that's you know gonna be a uh a high goal, but I think it's easily attainable.

Uh we just want to be able to put it out to the public and get everybody slotted and registered.

And I think that this would just be a great way for us to also just segue our our rescue within to the community and gain further community support.

Well thanks for uh for for that explanation and um I and then just the what I was told was that it's $75 an hour uh for Roy Walker.

So at 10 days uh we'd be looking at $2,250 and what it's gonna roughly cost uh us to spay a neuter a dog is gonna approximately it's gonna be about $79 a dog.

And so if you if we it's just uh it's a big added cost for what we're trying to do.

I I get that, and I imagine you look around for you know where's where's the square footage to accomplish what you need to do and you think Roy Walker, right?

Uh but you usually Roy Walker isn't used for that kind of thing.

I mean I've been there a lot lately, and well, there's pickleball and and little kid basketball being played, and so I'm I'm curious what kind of you know competition for the square footage in Roy Walker will there be in May, you know, and how how does that how does that work out?

Uh when I talked with uh Ms.

Burroughs, uh she said that there was nothing scheduled on the calendar for those days.

Okay.

Um in in the Oh, um just on the Sunday.

Oh.

Oh, it's it's not open on a Sunday.

Um you're going Friday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday.

And I've participated in uh just off the top of my head, at least 10 of these spay and do their clinics.

Uh routinely we will use Tucum Carries.

Uh we've done them in Tukin Carries uh basketball gym.

Uh what you do is you you line up the kennels uh in one area so you have a check-in area, and then the dogs will go to a kennel.

Uh well, they'll get the health check by the vet, then they'll go to the kennel.

Um when the vet does the health check, they will give them their pre-medication and sedation, light sedation.

Uh then as the dogs are ready, they'll go to the pre-op area uh where they'll be shaved, uh cleaned, and uh innovated, and then they'll go from the pre-op area to the surgery table, uh, and then from the surgery table, they will go to a post-op area, which is uh a large section of blankets, and until the dog can maintain its own airway, which is then when it's extibated.

Uh and in that area while the dogs are still sedated, they'll get their uh updated vaccines and rabies.

Um we'll be providing you know, again, the goal is to provide all this at no cost.

Um and then from there they go back to their kennels and after they've been monitored for an hour, their owners get notified that the dogs are ready.

So uh the dogs need to be awake.

The dogs need to be able to maintain themselves roughly an hour, but the owners don't get called until at least an hour of watching the dog and ensuring that there's no post-operative uh problems.

Thank you, Mr.

Carolyn.

We had um didn't we have a spay and neuter clinic look at setting up in our soon-to-be or someday to be animal shelter?

And uh did they use utilize it for that and how did that go?

They didn't utilize it.

No, they didn't in the U.S.

Okay.

All right.

I'm I'm I'm open to another building that has uh air conditioning.

I just know Roy Walker would suffice, and I I liked the location of Roy Walker just in regards to the community.

Yeah, and and definitely a great cause.

And Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, you certainly don't need to need me to tell you how to how to think about this, but I think you gotta think about the fact that there's a lot of good causes that would love to use Roy Walker for free.

You know, and uh and and Roy Walker is a you know it's a multi-purpose uh you know gymnasium for athletics and and things like that.

And so I mean I think you gotta think about those things, but uh certainly a great, great cause.

Uh I hope that people will take advantage of what you're offering them and it'll make a dent in the problem that we have in town, which frankly is the result of the irresponsibility of humans.

Um so I you know I don't know if they'll bring their pets to to your clinic or not.

But uh anyway, thoughts, discussion?

Mayor, I have one.

Um I love the idea.

I I really do.

Um I struggle with with shutting the building down for that because it's already and it's already such an it's it's always busting at the seams.

And so that's a that's a huge it's hard for me.

Um because we're you're gonna we're going to have to turn something else down to do that.

Um so while it is a fantastic cause and I think it needs to be done, I I don't think that the that building is the one that we need to consider.

Have you even considered approaching the fairgrounds and the county about the use of um their pavilions or anything like that?

Uh so yes, so they've they've offered uh to do it for a thousand dollars.

Um while that's cheaper, um I'm trying to uh I'm trying to do this, you know, funded through my rescue.

And so which is over ninety percent uh self-funded.

Right.

And so uh and just to kind of retort like while while the the citizens of Clovis are the ones that do have the absolute rights, you know, to the public building, Roy Walker, and it is going to be normally busting at the seams.

I think on the same contrary note that our animal shelter is also constantly busting at the seams.

And if we can even make a dent in that I think that a weekend might be worth it.

And I guess my next question would be is do we have any other properties that would be uh suitable?

No, we have right club brains uh may I pretend commissioners as to where else it could go and we don't have any other suggestions of course the the what will be the next um animal shelter doesn't have the um uh working properly and so you know Dustin says he needs to have that.

How about the uh youth recreation center?

It has colour pen.

Oh, and I've also uh I've I've reached out to the closed schools uh and it wasn't an option.

Um I've tried reaching out to a couple of local churches and I just haven't got responses uh to it.

Uh but so that's why that's why I'm in we're kind of in the position we are.

But we in order to have you know effective marketing and to reach as many people as we want, we need to solidify a place.

And that's kind of my hands are just kind of tied, you know.

Do I spend the extra thousand dollars and and lose out on potentially you know 20 dogs, or do I attempt to see if I can get the city to see that this is a direct impact to the city and the citizens of Clovis and is 200 people the same amount of people that would use that building in that day.

You know, are 200 citizens still gonna get to utilize that building too an advantageous you know uh ability.

Mayor, may I?

So what Mr.

Carolyn is proposing is also a direct support to the city of Clovis because we spend money to span neuter animals off the streets, right?

So I mean if we were Well, people we do we have the trap.

That's cats.

The trap trap neutral release program.

Right.

Yeah, this just happens to be for dogs.

It's paid for by grant money, correct?

That's right.

It's it's paid for through by grant money and then their their adoption fee they do pay uh I believe it's 240 dollars if I'm not mistaken.

Um but they do pay 240 dollars and then through the contract uh with the veterinarian uh they they do receive one vaccine and a span neuter uh through the contracted vet uh that the shell shelter has.

Okay, so it's not directly out of our funds, it comes from grant money.

That's correct.

Okay.

So we would be losing those revenues.

Okay.

I I know that I know that what I'm asking is is a is a big ask.

Uh I'm not ignorant to the fact I'm a pretty realistic person uh when I when I ask for things.

Uh I'm not ignorant to the fact that you guys have to call you know contemplate or consider you know what other nonprofit is gonna come up here and and ask the exact same request.

Um and that that that has to weigh into your into your decision making.

Uh I'm just hoping that you know each decision, you know, is up to you know discretion, you know, which is why you know we have these abilities to have these conversations and that while not all you know requests are created equally, but hopefully that there are some that will find favor with you guys, and I'm just hoping that hoping that mine is one of them.

But if not, I will understand because you guys have a responsibility to the constituents of all of Clobus.

Mayor.

You know, I really appreciate what you're doing and and the support that's being a neutron program for our animals.

But I'm really having a hard time with this with your recreational part for our kids of closing the gym for two days and allowing them to come in and you know have recreational benefits.

So I'm having an issue with that, but I do support what you are doing.

Yeah.

And and I only need that back gym, I only need that back gym and the door.

So they would still have access to the front gym and to the to the weights.

Um I would just need the the back gym and the and those doors on the uh the north side.

So appreciate that.

Mr.

Carolyn, you you said that uh the county is charging you or has quoted you one thousand dollars for the duration of your three-day.

So one thousand bucks.

Okay.

And you said um I heard you that you know you you you hedged because you are still working on it, but you think you're gonna get to no cost.

That is yes, sir.

Yeah.

Um I'm I'm I'm about 95 percent confident that we're gonna be at a no cost.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Well, um well, look, if if this doesn't go your way here, um I am happy to help do some fundraising and get you the thousand bucks to do it at the at the fairgrounds.

Um I think there are others, and I wouldn't you know put anyone on the spot, but I think there are others uh who are more than more than willing to try to help with a a good cause like that and and get it maybe and what I would consider a more appropriate space uh um versus Roy Walker Gym.

So I just wanted to tell you that I'm not I'm not against you.

I just I don't like the location and and and I would if it doesn't go your way, I would be willing to help you raise the funds.

I I appreciate that.

And and uh and I know there's there's really not a perfect location to to do such a to do such a thing.

I mean I'm just uh it's it's one of those times where I'm trying to do something of a very large scale and it's well where that's the question that I'm trying to answer.

So understood.

Mayor?

Yes.

Can I say something?

Yep.

I work with the Humane Society and I know where you're coming from.

They're having a span neuter clinic here in a couple of weeks, and they're expecting to do seven to eight hundred animals.

Yes, ma'am.

They just did one a few months ago and they did over a thousand.

So I know where you're coming from, and I know it's expensive.

We have put a lot of money into the gym, you know, for the flooring.

I would hate to see 200 dogs scratching on the flooring.

Um I'm I'm like the other commissioners.

I don't think this is a good place for it.

I know you're trying your hardest, and I'm sure we can do the fundraising as the mayor said to get to a thousand dollars.

Commissioner Cassals, where is High Plains Humane Society doing their span neuter clinic where they're gonna do so many dogs or something like that?

At the event center.

At the event center, okay.

All right.

All right.

Thank you for that.

Um is there a um a motion related to this item further discussion?

I make a motion that we do not approve this.

Second.

Okay, we have a motion to deny the request coming from Commissioner Cassals and a second from Commissioner Porter further discussion or debate.

Again, it's been properly moved and seconded that you would deny approval of the waiver of fees at Roy Walker as has been discussed.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The vote is unanimous and the motion to deny has uh has passed.

I I appreciate it.

We're gonna help you get this done.

Okay, so moving forward and let's let's chat and and we'll we'll get it done at the event center.

Okay.

And I appreciate all of your call me.

Okay.

I'll help.

Okay.

Thank you guys.

Yeah, Dustin.

Thanks.

Okay.

Appreciate it.

Next we have item three in new business.

It is request for approval of budget change for the Lyceum Theater Project.

Ms.

Burroughs.

Yes, uh good evening, ma'am.

Mayor Pro Chairman Commissioners uh you have in front of you on packett page 190, the background summary regarding the uh activities that we've been working on now for several years with in relation to the Lyceum Theater.

Uh the city has received various uh pieces of funding, 100,000 from the State Economic Development Funding for LEDA uh for projection equipment for the theater.

We also received $500,000 in federal national parks, Saving America's Treasures funding through congressional designated spending requests that we did a a couple of years ago or so.

And then we've also received the matching funds of another five hundred thousand dollars through the economic development department for the uh for the theater from uh from the state um as well.

So uh we've uh been working with WWLC last year, you approved them to begin work.

And then Justin and I have been when we received the first um initial amount, I think it was like a six hundred and eight thousand dollars.

It's in the next piece and um and then that was for the exterior, and then we went uh work with them on the cost of the interior, and that came back at about one point three uh million dollars.

And uh we know that we only have what you know what we currently have.

So uh we've been wracking our brains as to where we could find that funding and um you know section 3.28.020H of the Clover City Code does specify that cultural facilities are an allowable use of LEDA.

Um and then of course uh a couple of years ago you approved the economic development plan and um in that it actually called out the Lyceum Theater as um economic development rehabilitation project that would uh have a positive economic uh impact on the downtown area as revitalization.

Of course the building has sat empty now since 2014.

We've done various uh working with the Clovis Main Street uh program, uh done various renovations to it, but we've just you know just trying to need to get it over the over the hill.

So uh we met with the economic incentive board um uh mayor and commissioners on March the 11th and had a robust discussion with them regarding the facility and um potential funding.

Um the EIB recommended approval of the utilizing the interest from the uh uh economic development fund 64 tax, uh which is in the matter of $800,000.

And then of course, um a couple of commission meetings ago you approved the sale of the milk plant for 200,000, so that would get us to our million, which is what we've been looking for.

So hopefully that was sufficient information for you to start your conversation.

Thank you.

It was great.

Thank you, Ms.

Burroughs.

Um, I told the economic incentive board as they they did have great debate, and I I I thank them for having such great debate.

And while they do recommend approval to you, it wasn't unanimous.

There were two dissenting votes.

Um but I I think and uh you know and I want to thank Ms.

Burroughs and Mr.

Howald again uh for uh for finding a way uh uh to for you to at least consider uh getting uh Lysium put into operation, getting it to where uh the public can enjoy it.

I know that that as the policymakers and the budget approvers that you you don't like having a city asset that's you know and I don't know if 90 percent complete is right uh uh but you know for for discussion purposes, let's just say that it's 90 percent complete and no one can benefit from it the way it is, right?

And so I I know that you'd like to see it uh put into operation.

You may or may not think that this is how to fund it.

Um however, Ms.

Burroughs pointed out uh it is a an allowable use uh for for our leader dollars.

Um and it is identified in the economic development plan as a project that that if we could knock it out, we would, right?

And so uh so I appreciate them bringing something uh that's part of the plan that's clearly allowable with with the funding that's being proposed.

And and then and then getting even more creative past that and and there's over eight million dollars in the fund, correct?

Is it eight point eight point two million dollars in the fund?

Um we would it what's being proposed and asking you to consider approving is using eight hundred thousand of that, so you know a little a shade under ten percent.

Uh and um and and I think of that as as deploying capital that right now is pent up and not doing anyone any good, right?

I mean, you know, you you can you can have funding um but unless you spent deploy it uh and spend it to do something good, uh you know, at some point you've got to kind of wonder, well, what what are we doing?

And so uh that you know, but further than using the the proceeds from the milk plant sale, uh then we get there and we get this really amazing beloved asset uh in operation where the public can enjoy it.

Uh and uh and who knows what the ripple effect to the downtown businesses would be.

Uh we know it would be positive.

Uh how do you measure it?

I don't know.

But uh, you know, uh having a theater in operation is just going to be major for downtown.

How many of you uh were able to attend the uh municipal league annual conference in Farmington a couple of years ago?

And you they had an event in that old theater in their downtown.

Um, sitting in there that that evening, I I couldn't help but think, wow, we've got to get the Lyceum done someday, right?

And and so uh again, thanks to uh City Management for bringing us uh an option to consider here.

And uh I'd love to uh turn it over to debate.

And Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, I stand corrected in looking at Leanne's report that she is about to give this evening, there's actually $8.9 million in the fund.

That was a big miss, sir.

As long as I corrected the record.

His defense he was using last month.

Oh, that's right.

Okay.

All right.

Well that that illustrates a point in itself.

So thank you for that.

Mayor, with that information uh now that we have a little extra more money there, I move for approval.

I just have a question.

I have a question too.

Okay, yeah.

And we'll we will have questions, but let me just keep keep the record straight.

We have a motion for approval coming from Commissioner Garza.

Jones and Garza.

Well, the second the second came from the more the Mayor Pro Tim, actually, this time.

So uh the proper second came from Mayor Pro Tim Bryant and uh now debate.

Was it Commissioner Paula first?

No, it was commissioned.

Commissioner Cassals, yeah.

I just want to know, is this the final amount money needed?

Or how many millions are we going to put into this building?

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

As with any historic building, uh you never know what you are going to get into.

Uh and so as part of the bid that um WWRC did provide to us.

One of the unknown right now is the condition of the support structure where all the curtains are hanging from.

Uh in order for us to get up there and inspect that, we actually have to shore underneath the stage.

So get out in the basement, shore all of that, uh, and then we have to bring shoring in and to be able to support the load, put basically a scissor lift on top of that stage.

Uh intuitively, uh we believe that it's going to hold the structural load that we're going to put on to those existing beams because we're going to be taking down uh curtains and going back up with less curtains.

Uh and so we just haven't had the opportunity uh to get up there and do that.

So putting all that scaffolding in place to do that inspection is part of WWRC's, but until we get up there and take a look at it uh with our structural engineer, I I can't say that yes, this is going to be it.

Is it going to be millions of dollars more?

I don't anticipate that being millions of dollars more.

What we will not complete with this uh is the basement.

I mean, but that doesn't prevent us from getting it open and can't be handled at a future date, uh as well as there's a restroom in the next adjacent to the stage.

Um it doesn't address that either.

But those are those are relatively minor costs.

Uh but this will get the building open, it will get the new stage lighting in, it'll get the uh the video wall put in place that it will be used not only for movies but can be used for changing out sets.

Um it restores the floors, uh brings in new house lighting, um, it finishes out the interior at the front, uh the tile work.

Um so there's there's quite a bit going in into it.

I'd say out of the 1.3 million dollars uh that's in the proposal itself from WWRC, which you're gonna hear next, uh 400, 500,000 of that is actually the theater equipment lighting speaker systems that will be going into the facility itself.

Okay.

That was a long answer to say.

Uh maybe.

But I honestly I don't anticipate, but uh needn uh until they get up their trucks to check the structural integrity of the existing beams that that's the greatest unknown.

Okay.

Commissioner Paula?

So Mike, I have two questions.

One is along the same lines, other than the beam that is holding the curtains.

Can WWRC give us some assurance that this bid is going to get the Lyceum up and running?

Yeah, this definitely gets us up and running.

So we can open the doors with this money.

Yes.

The other question I have is in the next approval and in the minutes, we discuss it costing 1.3 million to get the work done.

For the interior.

For the interior, but this is only allowing a million.

So where is the other 317,000 coming from?

We still have remaining grant dollars.

Okay.

Great question.

Did that do it?

Yes.

Mayor?

Yes.

I have I have I have a question.

Commissioner.

How long has that project been trying to get on?

Well it was built in 19.

The city acquired the building in 1982.

And then it contracted over a period of years with a theater company that, you know, a group of individuals from Clovis who had a passion for it and tried to raise funds.

Remember the tiles that were out there on the street before Justin did his um blocks project.

That you know, people were trying to bring in funding.

And it just has as seems to happen with so many of these historic projects.

Government seems to end up getting involved at some point if the building is to be saved.

The city entered into a contract, I think it was in 2014 thereabouts with the Main Street program, and they were in there for a couple of years and they did some restoration work, brought some capital outlay, and did a and did a fantastic job.

I mean the Pristinium around the stage.

You know, you've all been in there probably during the New Mexico Municipal League Annual Conference here a couple of years ago and got to see what work had been done, but we just need to finish.

It's been going on a long time, doing closed since 2014.

Do we know how much money has already been spent to this point?

Um probably around four or five hundred thousand or so.

And when you look, and I've put all this I put the schedule together on it.

When you look at how much things cost when Main Street was doing things compare with how much everything is costing now, it's through the roof, and I'm sure it will just keep rising.

Well, we have so much momentum going in downtown.

I just seems like a logical move to get that thing up and going.

Right.

I think it's got to bear much fruit for us.

Thank you for that, Commissioner Porter.

Further discussion or debate?

We had a motion.

All right.

It was a while ago, but I remember.

There was a proper motion and second made.

Motion coming from Commissioner Garza, second coming from Mayor Pro Tem.

Bryant, any further discussion or debate?

Hearing none, all those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign?

We're unanimous and the motion has carried.

Thank you.

Last item in new business is request for approval of bid with WWRC for renovation work at Lyceum Theater.

Ms.

Burroughs.

Yes, uh Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners, thank you very much for uh for approving the funding to move forward with the project this uh we're bringing to you, um, which is good for 30 days uh from the WWRC.

It's a bid for the interior work, renovation work for the Lyceum Theater in the amount of 1.317.21604 from uh WWLC to complete the renovation work at the theater.

And I would just draw your attention um to uh paragraph the second paragraph in the background summary um where it says you know what it does exclude Yes, thank you.

Ms.

Burroughs, what is the procurement process?

Uh did did we ask for bids and WWRC was the only bidder, or how did that go?

So uh Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners, thank you.

Um we uh went through um a statewide procurement for this process uh with WLC.

They are on the statewide uh to do this work, and that's why we're we look to go with them.

Got it.

Thank you.

Discussion on this item.

Yeah, Commissioner.

Sorry.

Um Claire, on this when you refer to the second paragraph, which is the exclusions, where it talks about the fire-rated doors and frames.

Is that a requirement for opening to the public?

No, I don't believe it is.

And the what then the scaffolding and equipment for the work on the stage is what Justin was talking about in the last um in the last item.

Okay.

Thanks for that.

Good question.

Other questions or debate?

Second.

From Commissioner Jones.

Further discussion.

Hearing and seeing none.

It's been properly moved and seconded that you would approve the bid with WWRC for renovation work of the Lyceum Theater.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

The motion is carried unanimously.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for the work on that, Ms.

Burroughs.

And excited to see that moving forward.

Next we'll move on to reports.

Lodgers Tax Advisory Board.

Commissioner?

Thank you, Mayor.

We did have a good meeting and request for funding gives coming.

The last request was for 141,000 for a lot of projects that are going to be happening here in the community that is going to bring a lot of people into town.

The board recommended 95,000 of the request, over request of those events.

So there's going to be plenty to do along with those softball tournaments that are happening here pretty soon.

Sounds great.

Thank you for that.

Thank you, Mayor.

Mayor Pro Dimming Commissioners.

So the one other thing that was discussed there was uh CED actually made a request to the EIB for a hundred thousand dollars to be able to design a spur line coming in into our industrial park.

They had requested capital outlay funding for that particular project, didn't receive it.

Uh and so they went to the EIB to request that 100,000 dollars.

That was uh recommended for by approval from the EIB, so we'll bring that for your final approval as your next uh commission meeting.

That's all I have.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you.

Appreciate that.

Uh planning and zoning met on the 11th.

Commissioner.

Oh, we're gonna discuss that.

Or you want me to report on that.

Uh if it was all these.

Hey, if it was if it was covered, we're good.

I just wanted to check with you.

I think I can spend another 10 minutes.

Okay.

Well, the one thing that we didn't talk about was uh the replay uh at the uh run.

And I think that's gonna be uh those lots going to be combined for uh to make room for a church.

Oh no.

It's a nice uh move.

And uh we were still well on that and very good.

Well thank you for that report.

Uh senior services committee met on the uh 12th and um it was it was largely reports um and as I've shared with you before the reports at senior services are just wonderful when you hear about all of the programming and activities available to seniors around our community and certainly the meal program and how impactful that is.

Um the one uh item, and I'm gonna get Ms.

Burroughs' attention so that she can correct me when I possibly get this wrong.

But uh one thing that that we want to track and know about is that uh Ms.

Reagan reported that while she had looked for 1.2 million in uh long uh aging and long-term services programmatic funds uh in this last session.

It looks like that came in at around 900.

That's correct.

And uh so that means the the work of the patio cover and the additional parking uh at the at the senior center can be done, but it's gonna need to be value engineered or scaled back a bit.

But uh overall good news to have funding to add to the parking because we know that that's an issue.

Uh parks, recreation and beautification committee.

Is there a report?

Yes, thank you, Mayor.

So uh we have two new members on our parks and recreation.

We've got our planning and zoning administrator, Mr.

Perkins, and uh Mr.

Hunter Macklemore have joined our committee.

We uh still have um Zumba classes going on at Roy Walker on Monday, third Tuesday, and Thursday from 6 to 7.

They're free to the public and they are quite the hit.

I hear there's over 20 people at every class.

We've got a karate class that's going on for our youth, which is also free of charge.

And a outdoor pickleball league will be starting the week of April 13th.

Uh you can sign up for that on the Parks and Recreation website.

Um it's going to have different levels, some competitive levels, some in intermediate levels, and also senior levels on the different nights of the week at the Hillcrest Pickleball Courts.

So that sounds exciting.

I think if you are interested, um sign-ups have started this week.

We've also added some wind screens to the pickleball courts, which will make pla playing in a windy day a little nicer.

We've got we approved this evening, of course, we're going to uh replace the lighting at Dickinson Field, Greenacres, Dean, Beacham, and Highland Field.

We're also going to replace the flooring and have new striping on the Gym 2 floor at uh Roy Walker, which will be nice.

Um Commissioner Cassals is super excited.

We're gonna have a fountain at Green Acres um pond coming soon.

Lighted.

Lighted, a lighted fountain, yes.

And uh the city also has just received 52 new trees, which will be planted around the parks, um, mostly uh at Veterans Park will this round of trees go.

So anyway, pretty exciting.

Thank you, Mayor.

Yes, thank you, Commissioner, appreciate that.

Um EPC, who serves on LEPC?

Um I could take that one, Mayor.

All right.

Um so the uh the committee discussed their bylaws.

We've been working for several months on the bylaws to reinvigorate the LEPC and get it uh so more people are attending and and streamline it.

They just had like sixty and eighteen members, voting members, and they could never get a quorum.

So uh there were various other things to to uh to address with regard to the remit of the LEPC in regard to the reporting related to Sarah Title III, which is a federal requirement with regard to uh reporting in relation to uh chemicals and factories um and facilities in the area.

So anyway, we've addressed all of that and those that were in attendance voted to uh move forward and what we'll do I'll work with uh Mr.

Morris and Mr.

Howold and we'll uh uh get a uh document drafted for your consideration and for Curry County, because as you know, LEPC is uh uh run with uh Ruth Ann uh Kelly is the emergency management director and she works for both the city and the county.

Right.

So we'll have we'll have to change the ordinance and the city code and the county as well.

So our emergency management is Clovis and Curry County emergency management.

Yeah, thank you for that.

Thanks for that update.

Do you have something on PRMC?

I do, Mayor, thank you.

Attended a board meeting last Wednesday evening, and uh we've added some new providers.

We added a new nurse practitioner midwife in January, a physician assistant in general surgery in February, a nurse practitioner and pediatrics in March, and coming soon in May, we'll have a nurse practitioner in psychiatry and physician in internal medicine.

In June, we'll have a doctor for family medicine and physician for psychology, and also in June a nurse practitioner in psychology.

Uh we are pleased that House Bill 99 passed and has been signed by the governor for the medical malpractice, which will hopefully uh bring some more interest for doctors coming to our area.

The annual fundraiser was brought forward and they're raising money for the cardiac rehab.

The cardiac catheterization lab has performed over 150 cases since opening in January of 2025.

The space is limited with a small 300 square foot, about the size of a small living room facility serving 13 patients and 32 waiting.

So plans are underway to expand rehab to a 1,500 square feet space at the healthplex.

So they will have a fundraising event called Cardiac Rodeo, which will be held June thirteenth at the Curry County Fairgrounds.

Something that PRMC has started is a mash camp.

I'm not sure if any of you all heard this, but it brings students into the hospital into the health care part with the hopes that we sparked the desire to consider health care as a potential career choice for them.

This has been very well received uh by schools, not only in Clovis, but also as far out as Fort Sidmer and Mule Shoe are bringing bringing uh school kids in and letting them have an idea as to what goes on at the hospital and you know seeing if they have any interest.

Did you say mass cash?

Got it.

Okay.

Sorry about that.

Well, thanks for that update.

Uh exciting stuff.

Uh expanding the cardiac rehab rehab care.

Well, that that's great.

Yeah.

And if you're gonna have a rodeo of any kind, you would want to do that at the fairgrounds, so that makes sense.

So yeah, thanks.

Uh Ms.

Melanson, your report, please.

Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Putin, Commissioners.

I look forward to seeing you all out there.

Um February.

We started our month a little over 80 million, ending with 82.7 million.

Very brief.

Solid Waste Fund 2, 2.5 million.

Our environmental tax fund 6, 10.5 million.

Wastewater Fund 10, 3.4 million.

Our economic development 8.955971.39, Mr.

Howalt.

Water fund 66, 7.7 million.

And drainage, fund 88, 2.3 million, and our American Rescue Plan Fund 94, just a little over 2 million.

We have a little over 20 million in our local banks, our 10 million CD at citizens, and state investment pool of the 52.3 million.

We did renew the CD at Citizens at an interest rate of 3.63 for six months.

We have a little over 222,000 in interest this month, 1.6 million for the year to date 8 month compared to last year, which was a little over 2 million.

State pool is down from 3.78 to 3.66.

Today it's 3.65 compared to last year at this time at 4.4266.

So we will continue to monitor that.

We did receive gross receipts today.

So January activity, we were down 4.61 percent from last year.

But overall of a four-year average, we're up 3.1 percent.

We are 2.85% over last year at this time in total.

And our budget, we are 9.62 percent above budget.

And even though we were down for the month, we actually had an additional 625 reporters.

Sounds great.

Yeah, thank you for that.

Any questions from Ms.

Melancin?

Hearing and seeing none, we'll move on.

I'll tell you I wanted uh report uh uh on my attendance at uh National League of Cities uh Congressional City Conference.

Um I uh traveled out to Washington DC on Sunday and attended uh National League of Cities Conference in my uh role as vice president of the New Mexico Municipal League.

Uh but um since I was in town, I had Ms.

Burroughs and I worked on um appointments, and so I was able to see uh all three of our delegates uh and their staff and have uh great meetings with them and I've sent you a summary um so I'll not belabor uh but uh did have great meetings, great check-ins, uh, and did some uh strategizing with them about uh congressionally directed spending and updated them on important projects uh underway in the community and thank them for the ongoing support.

Um I do have a couple of follow-ups with uh Ms.

Burroughs and Mr.

Howalt around the CDS uh that I want to uh chat with them about.

But uh appreciate your support.

I actually got home just a couple hours before our meeting tonight.

Uh it's a long ways from Washington DC to Clovis, New Mexico, and it's getting late.

But um uh are there future agenda items to mention?

Uh yes, ma'am, mayor pretending commissioners.

I have a couple of proclamations, month of the military child, and of course April is water conservation month.

We have the DEAP of the Quota, a couple of um appointments for public works and the water policy advisory board.

Um Justin has an agreement, uh maintenance agreement with the New Mexico Department of Transportation for Signals.

Um we have a budget change that we're bringing you regarding smoke on the water, being as it's the 250th anniversary of America.

Um we have the library policy manual uh bring coming to you, and then of course, as Mr.

Hull also mentioned the rail design services for the rails extension and switch for the industrial park for 100,000.

And that's all I have at the moment.

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

Appreciate that.

Um upcoming meetings, I believe Public Works has canceled, is that right?

Okay, so on the printed agenda, you may see public works, but as was illustrated earlier, if you go to our website, that that once scheduled meeting is now showing canceled.

Uh and then our next City Commission meeting will be on April 2nd uh at 5 15 p.m.

And with that we are adjourned.