Mayor Pro Tim, Commissioners, Members of the Public, good evening.

Welcome to tonight's city commission meeting.

I'm gonna offer a prayer before we call to order.

If you like to pray, please join me in doing that.

After I say amen, we'll say the Pledge of Allegiance and the salute.

Bow with me.

Heavenly Father, thank you for your goodness and your mercy shown to us each day.

Lord, thank you for the Easter season and what it's all about.

Lord, we uh thank you for the privilege of living and working and serving in in such an amazing community called Clovis and Canon Air Force Base.

Thank you for the people gathered here.

Thank you for the people all across our community that do so many wonderful things every day.

Lord, help us to celebrate the good and to have wisdom to uh do well with the business in front of us this evening.

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

Amen.

Join me in the pledge to our flag.

I pledge to the flag of the United States of America.

One nation, under God with liberty and justice for all.

I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico.

The city is symbol of perfect friendship among United Cultures.

Thank you.

We are called to order, and I'd like to ask the clerk, Ms.

Foster, to please call roll.

Commissioner Jones.

Here.

Commissioner Kiss House here.

Commissioner Porter.

Here.

Commissioner Zamora.

Here.

Commissioner Garza.

Here.

Commissioner Tarsen?

Here.

Commissioner Paula.

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem Bryant.

Here.

Mayor Morris.

Here.

Thank you, Ms.

Foster.

Appreciate that very much.

Next, Mayor Pro Tim Commissioners.

I'd have you consider are there objections to how the agenda has been published.

There are none, and hearing and seeing none.

The agenda is adopted.

We'll record yes votes for each of you approving tonight's agenda.

Next, are there objections to how the minutes from March 19th have been prepared?

Hearing and seeing no objections, we adopt the minutes from March 19th, and we'll record yes votes for each of you approving that adoption.

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

Because it celebrates the uh the unique and beloved community that we have that is the collection of Canon Air Force Base and Clovis, and uh you know, I I can't imagine, and I don't know if any of you can imagine what would our community look like if not for Canon Air Force Base, if not for the amazing families of the service men and women of the 27th SoWell.

I mean, it it's just it's it's truly something special, so this is an easy uh thing to say yes, let's do it in order to recognize the especially the children, right?

It's month of the military child.

We have children in our our community whose mom or dad or both are deployed downrange, and um yet they're going to school and then they're at soccer practice and and and uh this community is just really proud to be home and to to be the extended family to the the children of the service members at the 27th COW.

And so thank you uh to each and every one of you for your service.

We're happy to offer the proclamation, but I would yield to see if there are other comments.

If I just may make one.

Yes, ma'am.

Um it is an honor to to be a part of this and to and to recognize this every year.

But Sarah, I want to make a special note of how much you do in the community to bring these communities together.

So thank you very much.

Thank you.

Getting ready to start year 10, so excited.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Ten years.

Oh, that's great.

Yeah, you do a wonderful job in your your role.

Any other comments?

Very good.

Proclamation.

Whereas thousands of brave military members across New Mexico have demonstrated their courage and commitment to freedom by serving in the armed forces of the United States, both in active duty and in the National Guard and Reserves.

And whereas the State of New Mexico is honored to work with our military installations, communities, schools, uh school districts to provide social, emotional, and academic support to over 243,000 children of service members as they transition between schools to address their distinct needs.

And whereas children and youth of our service members are major contributors to the fabric of strength for their parents serving in the armed forces, and whereas children and youth of our service members continue to make significant contributions to schools, communities, our state and nation despite prolonged and repeated absences of one or both parents.

And whereas these children are a source of pride and honor to us all here in Clovis, and it's only fitting that we take the time to recognize their contributions to celebrate their spirit, and to let the over 22,000 currently serving men and women in the uniform and over 141,000 veterans of our state know that while they're taking care of us, we're taking care of their children.

Now, therefore, I'm Mike Morris, Mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the commission to hereby proclaim April 2026 as month of the military child in Clovis.

Thank you.

She's been here before we know it.

I'd like so many of us stay here after.

You got a couple of more coming up.

You guys want to be jumping back someone?

Thank you all.

Thank you guys.

Thank you.

Next, we're going to um celebrate and talk about water conservation month.

April is water conservation month, and uh we have a proclamation to present.

I think Mayor Pro Tim is going to present that.

I am okay.

And every April, we uh try to remind the community and the public about how important water conservation is to our community.

And so to promote water conservation month throughout the community, the city has organized several activities to educate the public regarding the importance of saving water.

Uh we'll have educational booths at City Hall and at the library with informational packets as well as activities for children.

Facebook post and promotions on the city's Facebook and informational public service announcements on local radio stations, in which I believe uh Mayor Morris did one, and Mr.

Holwalt and myself.

Thank you for that.

Yeah, you bet.

Okay, proclamation.

Whereas water is a basic and central need for every living creature, and the scarcity of water in the arid climate of the high plains, together with the depletion of the Ogoala aura, has made addressing the water needs of our area a top priority.

And whereas actions taken to address the need to provide a sustainable water future water supply to our area homes and businesses include the U Pipeline Project, water reuse project, water conservation plan, and water water education programs.

And whereas during water conservation month, the City of Clover seeks to increase awareness about the importance of water conservation by providing informational information regarding ways to conserve water, water conservation plans and programs.

And whereas every business, industry, school, and citizen can help make a difference when it comes to conserving water and promote a healthy economy and community by saving water.

And whereas April is nationally recognized as water conservation month, providing an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting and preserving our limited water resources.

Now, therefore, I, Mike Morris, mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the City Commission do hereby declare the month of April 2026 as water conservation month in the city of Clovis.

Encourage all residents or all residents, businesses, and organizations to practice water conservation and to commit this vital resource for the present and future generations.

Thank you.

Next, uh, we have the Curry County DWI program manager, Mr.

Spalone.

Have I pronounced your name right?

No, sorry.

Okay.

No one ever does anything.

Yeah, get re give it to me.

Yeah, it's Spallione.

Spallione.

Yes.

Spallione.

Spallione.

Mr.

Spaglione, thank you for being here to share with us about the DWI program.

We'll give you the floor.

All right.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, members of the commission.

Uh, my name is Edward Spaglione.

I am the DWI program manager for Curry County.

We are involved in prevention and intervention uh education and programs within the county as a whole.

Uh any chance that we get to work with the city and other partners is always a great time, and I look forward to that.

Um, on one note, too, with this proclamation, if I could, um, I've included a set of data points uh regarding youth alcohol use in this community.

Recently we've seen certain incidents spike up due to that use.

Uh data like this is incredibly valuable to our department and grants as a whole because it provides insight into an important area in demographic and helps to establish trends for prevention and intervention.

This data is difficult to obtain, uh, which makes our programs heavily reliant on cooperating with community stakeholders that are close to that specific demographic.

With that, I'm here to advocate for this commission to be aware of that partnership and the necessity for data collection when it comes to shaping policy and applying funds.

With an informed opinion, I hope that you will understand and support any measure that our office or any other office works with another agency to gather youth data towards substance use and behavioral health.

Thank you.

Thank you for that, and and thank you for uh the work that you're doing and the opportunity to offer the proclamation and and highlight the the issue here this evening.

Uh any remarks about uh Alcohol Awareness Month.

All right.

Well, let me share the proclamation.

Whereas National Alcohol Awareness Month was founded in April 1987 by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, the month of April has been adopted as the national movement as a national movement to increase awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding alcohol use, and whereas alcohol is one of the most commonly used and misused substances in the United States by youth and adults, making alcohol one of the largest contributors to health problems in the United States.

And whereas alcohol is a depressant that slows your body down and causes changes to the chemical makeup of your brain, leading to many mental and physical health concerns.

Over time, the brain will adapt.

The neurotransmitter system recognizes sedation and tries to overcome the effects of alcohol to function normally.

When individuals suddenly stop using alcohol, the neurotransmitter goes into overdrive, increasing the risk for withdrawal.

And whereas the brain is much more vulnerable to addiction until an individual reaches their mid-twenties.

90% of Americans with a substance use disorder started smoking, drinking, or using other drugs before the age of 18.

And whereas, according to the June 2024 New Mexico Substance Abuse Epidemiology profile, Curry County ranks 28th in the state for alcohol related deaths for the period of 2017 to 2021, higher than the United States rates, but lower than the rest of the state.

Curry County is 29th in the state for alcohol-related motor vehicle traffic crashes, resulting in deaths.

Higher than both, higher than the United States, but far lower than the state rate.

Curry County had the 26th highest rate of adult binge drinking, with 9.8% of adults self-reporting.

And whereas in the 2024 annual strategies for success survey, about 6.5% of middle school students reported alcohol use in the past 30 days.

And 11% of high school students made that same report.

61% of both middle school and high school students reported moderate to great risk of having one or two drinks of alcohol nearly every day.

About 2% of high school students indicated they had driven while drinking, and 9% had ridden in a car with someone who had been drinking.

Now therefore I, Mike Morris, Mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the commission, do hereby proclaim April 2026 as alcohol awareness month in the city of Clovis.

Yeah.

All right.

Great uh great information and uh lovely celebrations of of those items that we did with proclamations.

Now we have one last presentation, and these are always fun.

We have presentation of clocks to the distinguished supervisor of the quarter, who is Mr.

Richard Hudson, and uh he's with the public works shop, and we also have the distinguished line employee of the quarter, Scott Kirk with the Clovis Fire Department.

And so I guess I would uh like to ask Mr.

Bunch, the public works director, if he would like to come up and we can have Mr.

Hudson join him.

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

Uh it's my great honor to introduce you to Richard Hudson.

He is the assistant shop superintendent for the city of Clovis.

Uh I work with Mr.

Hudson.

Um, I'm just going to call him Richard for the rest of this.

I work with Richard on a daily basis because he works in the same office as I do, so he walks by my office several times a day.

Um yesterday he walked by my office and I said, Richard, don't forget to come to the commission meeting because I've got to talk good things about you in the meeting.

He said he said, don't do that.

He said, just tell the truth.

So here come truth.

Um Mr.

Hudson comes to work every day.

Sometimes on time.

So I'm just kidding, everyone.

I'm going to tell the truth about Richard, and it's all good.

Um Richard has been with the City of Clovis since 2006.

He started off in the traffic department at the very bottom, worked his way up to a traffic senior tech, which is the highest level that he could get to in the in the positions that are available.

Um keeping the traffic signals, signs, and markings in the city of Clovis up to date.

He worked uh hand in hand with Mr.

Music, the traffic superintendent on a daily basis and did a wonderful job.

Uh in 2023, Mr.

Hudson said it's time I do something a little bit different.

So he decided to uh try a different career and uh became the assistant shop superintendent.

Well, actually he started out as a parts clerk for the city of uh for us, uh parts clerk and because he wanted to try something different.

And it was soon known that that was a little below what Mr.

Hudson needs to be at.

So he became when uh the assistant shop superintendent position became open, we decided to put him in there.

He's been a great asset uh to the city.

He's worked hard, like I said, he's been with the city 20 years all together with a brief stint, I guess when you went to Arizona.

Yeah.

Came back.

Uh he works hard, he does his job.

I can tell you that uh I have higher plans for Mr.

Hudson that he doesn't know about yet, but he'll probably be asking me tomorrow what I'm talking about, but I'm not gonna let him know.

But uh I I assume and I hope that he's with the City of Clobus for a long time because he's a great asset, uh, knows what he's doing, and he's a great guy.

Well said.

Thanks for that.

Richard, uh like I told you before when we were talking before the meeting, when I saw your name here, I was uh that really blessed me because I I know you and I know that you're a fantastic guy, and and so I'm I'm I'm glad to see the city uh recognizing you with uh this this uh distinguished supervisor of the quarter recognition.

I didn't realize it had been 20 years that you've been with the city.

Thank you on behalf of of the residents of this community for all that you do.

Uh we certainly appreciate you.

And I can appreciate that this type of recognition really isn't your thing.

And so sorry for the the uh humiliating aspect of this for you, but but we want to heap praise on you because you're awesome and we appreciate all that you do.

Was there anyone else that wanted to share?

You know, I was mentioning 20 years quite an accomplishment.

So congratulations and uh well done.

Thank you.

Thank you, Richard.

Yes, Mayor, I I have on.

I gotta tell a story.

I've known Richard for a little while.

Um my real introduction to Richard was uh several years ago, probably eight or nine years ago.

Um we were doing a vet for Dragon Main, and we had some some of the wild bunch decided to tear up a property um by doing a whole bunch of burnouts on a concrete parking lot, a brand new concrete parking lot.

And uh to say I was upset um was an understatement.

And I had put out uh uh a video of the damage and called some called some people out and and was hoping that somebody would turn these people in.

Um, I got a message from Richard Richard, and he said, hey, he goes, I've got some power washing equipment.

Um if you can meet me out there, I'm gonna I'm gonna come out there and I'm gonna help you guys get that fixed up.

Him and one other group with the with the power wash came out.

I was fully prepared um to pay for the service because we out of respect for those partners, we want to make sure that their stuff was taken care of.

We worked very hard.

Um he even worked through some equipment issues, and we were able to clean up that parking lot with that group.

And um when I asked him to what we would have what the cost would be, I didn't care what the cost was, I just said, Well, how much is it so I can get you squared up?

He absolutely absolutely refused to take any money.

And uh was an absolute proof of character to come out on uh on a Sunday and do that and at his own expense, his own equipment, his own fuel, his own time away from his family, and he did that.

And so that was a big deal to me.

And so um I knew immediately the character that is Richard and uh and I have no I'm not surprised that he's supervisor of the quarter, to be honest with you.

So thank you, man.

Yeah, good story.

Thanks for that.

Any other comments?

Thank you.

Richard, would you like to say anything?

Okay.

All right.

Well, I'm gonna make my way down and make a uh presentation uh city gives you uh nice looking clock and subscribed and says distinguished supervisor of the quarter in the center of 2025 in February 2026.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

All right.

Next, uh, we're gonna recognize uh the distinguished line employee of the quarter, Scott Kirk, and uh I understand Chief Nolan is uh not able to be here.

And sir, you'll be uh recognizing Mr.

Kirk, is that right?

Okay, and I'm sorry I forgot your name, but please uh please come on up and uh my name is Shane Sacco.

Uh thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and the commissioners, for this opportunity to uh highlight Scott Kirk as line employee of the quarter.

Um so Scott Kirk here has been working for the closed fire department for about seven years now.

And uh in six days, exactly.

So um he's kind of helped as my EMS training assistant um throughout the past year and a half and has helped me um take the vision of what it was to what it is currently, and that is going from online training and a little bit of skills here and there with hands on to full blown simulations at our training ground.

Whether that's one of us getting moulaged up and Kirk doing a phenomenal job of providing that um service to us and just making it as real as we can possibly get um so that way we can provide better care for our citizens of Clovis.

Um so I can't thank you enough, Kirk for that.

Uh beyond that though, uh with fire training, he's always willing to kind of take his own initiative to go out there and help a new guy learn how to pump a truck or do firefighting skills, which is invaluable, especially with somebody with the experience that Kirk has and brings to the fire service.

So I'm happy to that he finally got recognized on this level, um, which I had no idea I had to speak this much in front of people to do this.

So you're a natural sir.

Um I definitely appreciate your time and Kirk's time.

So thank you all.

Um presenting Scott.

Congratulations on uh the distinguished employee of the the quarter.

Uh we appreciate your service and and it's great to uh have those nice things said about you.

I'm sure and the the you probably you don't get enough thanks.

Thank you for the job that you do.

We appreciate you very much, sir.

Any other comments?

Mayor?

Yes.

So I had the honor of serving on this committee this time, and I was able to hear all of the applicants and their stories.

And you, Mr.

Kirk and Mr.

Hudson, you guys just shine above the rest.

Um and there were some incredible applicants there.

So I just want you to know that people see what you do and they're thankful for what you do.

And again, thank you for all that you do for us at the city.

Any other remarks, please?

Go ahead.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

I have the pleasure of having you this very nice looking club.

So this is Tom Kirk, Powell's fire department, driver operator, my employee of the quarter since 2025, by the way, 2026.

Congratulations.

All right, folks.

I uh was really excited about uh the uh recognitions of the outstanding city employees and uh but I did want to mention there there was a proclamation that was added.

Uh we want to celebrate and recognize the uh the incredible uh faculty and staff at Clovis Community College.

April is uh community college month, and uh we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate that and sir, you're with community college.

Uh I know that Dr.

Fuentes uh sent uh his reg regrets and said that he wouldn't be here, but that someone would, and your name's SKP.

Um Mr.

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem members.

Uh my name's Bob Darrell.

I'm the VP of IT and Operations at Clovis Community College.

And uh on behalf of Dr.

Fuentes and the rest of the administration and uh and the college, we want to just thank uh the city for uh the partnerships that we uh enjoy over the years, uh work really well together and really enjoy uh working with everyone.

Um as you mentioned, this is community college month, and so in celebration of that at CCC this month, uh throughout the month, various uh departments will be doing what we're calling pop-ups, where they're they'll have food and fun and games and things like that to kind of introduce people to um uh the things that they provide and do in the various departments.

And and so if you'll just pay attention to our social uh media feed and whatnot, you'll see those announcements and everybody's welcome to come join us for those uh fun festivities.

So thanks again.

Yes, sir.

Well thank you.

And and sounds great.

We'll watch for that.

Maybe we can uh slip out there and get some food and learn something about CCC.

But uh, you know, I think we probably each have a story to relate about uh how um how valuable CCC is to life in Clovis, right?

Um whether you uh you know take advantage of the uh the health and fitness uh courses and and play pickleball or racquetball or use the the facility or or take classes.

Uh my myself, my my daughter did the early college program, and so you know she uh did uh a couple of years of school, go into the campus out there, finishing up high school, and now she's doing wonderful at university as a result of of CCC in that partnership with the with the high school.

Uh Dr.

Fuentes and the whole team out there's willingness to you know dream with us about you know doing new things and workforce development and things like that is just really amazing.

And so uh CCC is a tremendous asset and partner, use the word partner in in uh partnership in what you had to say, and that's what I would say is that uh just uh an incredibly uh valuable partnership with the community college, and uh.

Mayor.

Yes.

Their first event is tomorrow morning.

The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring their breakfast at the college in the comments area.

Yeah, that'll be in the commons.

So everybody's welcome to come and join us for that too.

They make wonderful burritos.

Yep.

Sounds great.

Any other remarks?

Proclamation.

Whereas Clovis Community College has evolved from an extension of ENMU's Clovis branch campus into an independent vibrant institution.

The college is an institution of dedicated educators, professionals, uh, and professionals who serve uh and empower lifelong learners who are seeking educational opportunities by being learning centered, embracing advances in technology, and making accredited high-quality education affordable and accessible.

And whereas for 36 years, Clovis Community College has been offering affordable two-year educational and a variety of other educational programs for Clovis area students.

And whereas over the past 36 years, Clovis Community College has assisted more than 60,000 area residents in achieving their path to further education.

And whereas April is National Community College month in the Clovis area community would like to recognize CCC, its faculty and staff for their tireless efforts in providing outstanding educational opportunities and partnerships for Clovis students and beyond.

Now, therefore, I, Mike Morris, mayor, and on behalf of the commission, proclaim April 2026 as Clovis Community College Month in the City of Clovis.

So that's why I'll be back.

All right.

Doesn't look like it.

So we'll move on to the consent agenda.

The consent consent agenda is a tool uh that the commission can use to handle many items at once.

Uh if a member of the public or a member of this body wishes uh uh we can pull any of these items out of the consent and handle them in the regular agenda.

But here's the proposed consent agenda.

Request for approval of adoption of resolution number 3370-2026, approving the submission of an application for the FY2027 New Mexico Department of Tourism.

Uh destination forward grant program for improved pedestrian infrastructure at Nedhock Park in the amount of $500,000 with matching funds of $50,000.

Item two, request for approval to appoint two citizen representatives to serve on the water policy advisory committee.

Item three, request for approval of revised Clovis Carver Library Board Manual, updating the definitions of the library board and meeting room policies.

Item four, request for approval of allocation of City of Clovis Economic Development Tax funding for LEDA in the amount of 100,000 for design services for a rail spur extension and additional switch at the Clovis Industrial Park.

Item five, request for approval to apply for and accept if awarded Lowe's Community Grant, excuse me, Lowe's Community Impact Grant Program funds in the amount of $50,000 for veterans park upgrades.

Item six, request for approval to apply for and accept if awarded an FY27 New Mexico True Tourism Department Co-op Marketing and Advertising Grant.

Item seven, request for approval of task order with CDM Smith to evaluate the potential wastewater system impacts related to the development of the Recino.

That is the proposed consent agenda.

Is there a motion?

So motion from Commissioner Jones, second from Commissioner Garza.

Please vote.

We have a unanimous vote, and the motion is carried.

Second motion from Commissioner Garza.

Second from Commissioner Jones.

Please vote.

Commissioners, you're unanimous, and the motion is carried.

Thank you.

We're on to introduction and adoption of ordinances and resolutions.

Introduction and adoption of resolutions and ordinances, forgive me.

One item.

Accepting and approving the FY25 audit.

And we have Ms.

Malanson online.

Ms.

Melanson will give you the floor.

All right, thank you, Mayor Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

The state was a little late in getting them out to us.

So once this is done, you all sign the resolution, then it will be sent to our oversight, and we will be good to go.

And we're already getting things prepared and ready for our 26th on it.

So I will turn it over to Mr.

Binner.

Good evening, Mr.

Vinner.

Good evening, Mayor.

And Commissioner, I'll go ahead and get started.

I have on my screen a public presentation of the results of the audit in 2025.

And walk through it.

So just to introduce the team that we've worked on the audio with the partner in charge.

And McClendon and Ricas ran the audit with staff support for Francis and Oliver.

What we did, our scope of work was that we uh are giving an opinion, or we gave an opinion on the financial statement, as well as an opinion on what's called singli, which is we look at the major federal programs, and it's all combined into one report.

Uh included in those opinions.

We also evaluate the county policy, uh county estimates are involved in the numbers as well as the overall presentation and disclosure of the financial statement.

Um that just means every year we look at your numbers and we tailor our audit procedures accordingly to uh where is more uh you know we we use the word risk base, so it doesn't mean bad, it just means that we are uh approaching it in that uh session that way.

And uh then moving on to what we do uh in addition to getting the opinion.

We call this non-tech or non-audit services.

So we put together the financial statement and all the joke disclosures.

This is a really common procedure that auditors perform.

Uh doing almost every single uh state and local government audit um that we that we worked on.

There might be one exception out there.

And um that's a non-tech work we do is putting that together.

Also, uh we do some other calculations and things.

So there's some leads that they need to have uh to be capitalized as we have special software to gather together, and because of the presentation of the financials is different than what you work with on your uh daily, weekly, budget, and so forth.

We we uh add some adjusting journal entries to present the fund balances in the report that we that we uh that's in the audit, as well as um we convert the financial statements to a full government-wide approval basis.

And the reason why I'm talking about this is that uh we can do this work as long as the safeguards are in place.

In other words, we have to stay independent, and uh that just means management is still responsible for the financial statements and disclosures, and that you have someone that oversees this non-that test work that we do, which of course you do.

Um over the limitations of the audit, what it does and what it does not do.

So, our our source, what our job is is that we uh present the financials.

Um we we give an opinion are the financials materially correct or not?

Um that's really the main opinion, that's the main goal or what the thing we're doing when we uh when you read the auditors' report.

Um material misdatement can happen in two ways.

You have either error or fraud that can cause a misstatement.

Um, if an auditor knows about some kind of suspected fraud or concern, or there is some you know there is uh alleged fraud, something like that that uh brought to our mention, it really does change our audit procedures.

Um the emphasis here is to uh uh talk about the role of governance, is that there should always you should always be aware of process at the city or any you know, any place that you are in charge uh at the governance level, and that you should set that tone for uh internal control effectiveness.

Management is uh responsible for the financials, and that means that you are also uh responsible for anti-fraud, good effective internal controls.

So making that uh emphasis of what the audit does and what it does not do.

One of the misconceptions is what is that uh sometimes governance thinks the audit is part of the internal control of the organization, and we're not because we're independent, so um, we do evaluate the internal controls uh from uh independence uh point of view.

Alright, moving on.

Uh here's some of the specific results of the audit.

Um based on our procedures, we believe that the financials are disclosed, appropriately, transparent, and uh consistent with the accounting standards, gap and gas fee.

We had uh 42 adjusting journal entries, and then we call them proposed because the management reviews those, and at the end of the day, we'll put them into your accounting system.

You gave us six adjustments while the audit was ongoing, adjustments that I mentioned earlier, don't get to government-wise and some fund balances adjusted, those 33 adjustments there, and then everything else you see is really straightforward.

No difficult performing the audit, no disagreements performing the audit, and uh the financial statement highlights we would just there were some new accounting standards that needed to be implemented.

It was called GASP 101.

It's a new way of measuring the compensated accesses, vacations, they believe, and uh that affects the uh liability that the city has to present on its financial statements.

Galaxy 102 was a minor standard and uh just disclosed and had no material impact at the city.

The results and uh findings, so um the the two opinions are both unmodified, that means clean opinion, in other words, we believe the numbers are materially correct the way they're presented, we're in compliance with the uh federal awards that you spent inspect those funds, and uh the is considered a low-risk IT.

That just means that you are getting your audit on time.

Uh, you don't have material weakness findings, so those are two of the main uh criteria to get to low-risk IT and you have to do that for the last two years.

Uh, the major federal program was COVID funds that uh were spent, and then we have two audits out of the expenditures.

Finding-wise, there was one finding and it was it related to ARA and RHC with poly.

And it was not a material weakness what we're calling a significant deficiency.

It is called no federal findings, no state audit rule findings.

So that's the result.

There is some information here.

Uh just talking about some new rules coming on.

Uh, this is about uh the revised the uniform guidance, which affects the stable audit.

Um I won't spend a lot of time here unless there's any questions.

And then some new gas expanders are coming online next year.

Uh it's actually going to be a fairly large or impactful standard called Gas 103.

Because it's the there's going to be a new presentation in the in the financial state.

So it'll affect everybody uh having financial.

There's also a new standard way, have a lot of property of further guidance there, but will not be as complicated.

Um three.

So I'll move past through some disk summary information about the uh but um I have gone over this at uh other meetings and uh here just for uh reference.

And other than that, we just give a big uh thank you to Leanne and her fee uh because the audits are a big project that they have to go through and uh deliver all this information we need to perform the audit.

So thank you.

I can answer any questions or thank you, Mr.

Venner, and and to uh everyone at Hinckland Landers for providing this this service to the city of Clovis and uh love to hear the the positive remarks about working with uh Leanne and the team at the city uh throughout this process.

We we're proud of our folks and uh appreciate those comments.

Uh Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, you know, the handling of uh public funds I know is something that is you know of greatest importance to to each of you.

And um, so uh understanding that we have a a clean audit.

It's my understanding that that was it one finding uh one finding and it didn't break any any rules uh federally or or at the state level, and it's already been corrected, isn't that right?

That's correct.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah, so you know, really a clean audit and and good news, positive remarks about our internal controls and so on.

But uh what what questions or comments would you have about uh the 2025 audit.

Mayor, I don't have any questions, but I again I want to thank Leanne and her team.

They they work really, really hard on this audit, and they're gonna start again on Monday on the next audit, it sounds like and uh just want to thank Farley and McLean for working uh so well with us, and uh I move for approval.

Okay, thank you.

Motion for approval from Commissioner Paula, second from Commissioner Jones.

Uh further discussion on the item.

Hearing and seeing none, it's been properly moved and seconded that you would adopt resolution number 3369-2026 accepting and approving the FY25 audit.

Please vote.

Mayor Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, and while you guys are voting, I too would like to give the opportunity to thank Leanne and her team for the efforts they give through uh in all those internal controls.

You heard Farley mentioned that there's always new standards coming out.

And so I also want to thank our departments because as new standards come out, new internal controls come out, uh, and having to make adjustments on how uh sometimes we're having to do business within the city of Clovis and reporting, making sure that uh we do have those clean audits.

So uh just wanted to echo Commissioner Paul's statements and thanking Leanne and her team in our departments.

Yeah, thanks for that.

Thank you, Ms.

Malanson.

Thank you.

And um as soon as I get back, I will have the poll place the audit on the website, so it will be available for the public.

I did send it all to you, and then I'll be sure to get Farley who sent a copy of the presentation so that you have that as well.

Great.

Thank you, Ms.

Melanson.

Appreciate you joining the meeting virtually uh this evening, and and again, thank you for the job that you do.

Well done.

Thank you.

Commission, you are unanimous, and the motion has carried the resolution has been approved.

So we are on to new business where we have three new business items.

The first is request for approval to appoint one citizen to serve as a representative of District 4 on the public works committee, Ms.

Foster.

Yes, Mayor, Mayor Pro Time Commissioners, Randy Rodriguez's term on the public works committee has expired.

The position has been advertised, and Mr.

Rodriguez has reapplied to serve.

Mr.

Hugo Hernandez and Mr.

Edward Svallioni have also applied to serve.

Therefore, an election will be needed.

Thank you.

Appreciate that.

Well, I know we have a couple of uh those applicants here.

Um Mr.

Hernandez, uh, we'd love to hear from you about your uh desire to serve on the public works committee.

Good evening, commissioners.

My name is Hugo Hernandez.

I'm a small business owner with a background in industrial electrical work, where I've built my career on troubleshooting problems, working under pressure, and making sure systems actually work in the real world and not just on paper.

That experience has given me a strong understanding of infrastructure, maintenance, long-term cost efficiency, along with the importance of getting things done right the first time.

I'm seeking an employment in public works committee because I don't want to just observe the problems anymore.

I want to be part of solving them.

I bring a hands-on solution-focused mindset, business accountability, and a willing a willingness to work collaboratively to move forward on any project.

I also care deeply about revitalizing civic engagement.

Uh through my social media outreach, I've been able to bring attention to issues across the state, but now my focus is local.

I want to use that same energy to help highlight community concerns, increase awareness, and encourage more people to engage with the decisions that impact them directly.

I'm ready to contribute, communicate, and help move forward uh projects in a meaningful way.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you, Mr.

Hernandez.

There may be questions, so don't run off.

Any questions for Mr.

Hernandez?

Appreciate your willingness to serve.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm nervous.

Mr.

Spallione.

Is that okay?

Got it.

Okay.

Mr.

Spaglione, thank you for your interest in serving.

Please share with us about your desire to serve.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, members of the Commission.

I promise I won't be as long-witted as last time, and we don't have a proclamation to follow.

So in terms of serving, uh I have a very strong sense towards uh or a strong duty towards serving.

I've devoted my life to public service.

Um I volunteered as a youth uh at the in uh Reno Nevada, where I used to live for city service.

Uh then I joined the military as a public servant for the armed forces and spent 10 years in a career towards that.

And then after separating, I um worked with the city of Albuquerque where I moved to in terms of helping public projects proceed from there and then moving here.

Um I've tried to do my best with working with the county and the city in any uh area to help improve the lives of the individuals that I live amongst.

Um I think it is the responsibility of every person to step forward, like Mr.

Fernandez said, um, to promote that civic duty to work together to bring resources and positive growth to our community regardless of where we've been.

And that's the idea that I want to bring towards this committee.

So just keep it sweet like that.

Sounds great.

Thank you for that, sir.

Any questions for Mr.

Spaglione.

All right, thank you for that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I appreciate your time.

Mayor.

Yes.

Uh Mr.

Rodriguez contacted me yesterday afternoon regarding his appointment.

And uh he is at a town on Easter.

And so he asked me if uh he actually texted me and asked me if I would share a few word with the commission.

Okay.

So he said I am writing to respectfully express my interest in being reappointed to the public works board.

He said if reappointed, I will remain dedicated to listening carefully, collaborating respectfully, and serving with integrity.

I am committed to upholding to helping the board uphold high standards and make decisions that reflect the needs and best interest of the community.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Randy Rodriguez.

Thanks for sharing that uh so that everyone can understand his his willingness to serve as well.

Uh Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners, it's it's always uh a good thing when you have three amazing applicants uh willing to serve.

Um so if you'd unless there's more discussion, please uh fill out your ballots and uh we'll get those uh tabulated.

And while we wait to do that, I I would like to say, gentlemen, uh thank you for your willingness to serve, your interest in serving.

Obviously, this commission can only pick one.

Um if if you're not chosen here, please continue to look for opportunities to serve on other committees and boards because we need you.

We we we need your your input and your help.

And uh we're we're really grateful that that uh applicants of your caliber are interested in in helping out.

I see the service on committee and boards as truly helping to shape and and guide our future because you make a recommendation to this commission in this case about public works matters, but we have I think twelve or thirteen other committees.

And so uh please uh look look for those opportunities if you're not the one that's chosen.

Mayor, mayor pro tem commissioners, Randy Rodriguez was elected.

Thank you, Ms.

Foster, appreciate that, and thank you, gentlemen, once again.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Keep looking for those openings.

Yes.

Keep looking for those openings.

All right.

Uh item two in new business is request for approval to submit an application to host the New Mexico Municipal League annual conference.

And Ms.

Holcomb, our marketing and events coordinator has been patiently waiting for the last two items on tonight's agenda to share with us.

And you've had a long day, haven't you, with all of the other things that you've been working on.

So thank you.

Very long day.

Talk to us about uh annual conference, municipal league and uh the possibility that we would submit to host that again.

Yes, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioners, thanks for having me tonight.

Um I am filling in for Claire on these items as she is out of town.

Um but yeah, so we are looking to get your approval to submit a request to host the New Mexico Municipal League Annual Conference.

We're looking to submit for 2028, 2029, 2030, um with our first preference being 2028.

Um we have hosted the New Mexico Municipal League before three times in 2008, 2017, and most recently in 2024.

Um so we are mainly looking for you guys to approve some funds so that if we are chosen to host, we will be able to do so.

Um the conference brings in more than 700 people to the local area, they stay in hotels for three nights, they eat at local restaurants, so it's really great for the economy.

Um if you guys have any questions, I will stand for them.

Thank you, Ms.

Holcomb, appreciate that.

Uh we did just host in 2024.

Uh but I think that we did a great job uh around the state, the municipal league uh is still talking about what a great time they have.

And so I'd love for us to host again if you think about uh having our main street uh streetscape done and and the different things, uh perhaps Lyceum uh operating and things like that.

Uh Rocino.

Racino, yes, yeah.

The different the different things uh we're in in many ways we'll be uh a little bit different community hosting uh by 2028, certainly.

But uh I mean I do just have a practical question.

What why the uh why the need for the the budget move at this stage if we wouldn't potentially be hosting for two more years.

And I don't mean to do that to you, Ms.

Holcomb.

So Mr.

Holwall.

Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

We just like to go ahead and uh earmark those funds and get it on the books.

I got that way we have it to have it allocated.

Understood.

Sounds good.

Thank you for that.

Comments, questions, concerns about hosting?

I have a question.

Yes.

We're picking 28 or 29 or 30.

I know you prefer 28, but is it gonna be decided by the municipal league or yes?

So um if you guys approve, I will get our bid packet together, basically, and we'll submit it um in mid-May, and then the New Mexico Municipal League, their board will meet and they'll go over all of the bids and they will select who they think should host each year.

Um so we would find out that information um in early June.

Okay, thank you.

Good question, Commissioner Zamora.

When we hosted in 24, uh we had um we had submitted uh to host uh I believe in twenty-three.

Yeah but but I think we made those presentations in twenty three is what is what I'm saying.

And so what they'll do is they'll be asking for proposals for twenty eight, twenty nine and thirty and we'll each one making their proposal will have their preferred year but then the le the board can only select you know they they have to make their choice.

So it's really a con it's a competition.

Okay.

So whoever is making that presentation on the city's behalf they have to do it really good so we get the year we want.

Well the feedback we got from Mars in 24 was good so maybe they'll pick they'll choose us in 28.

That's right.

That's right.

Any other questions or debate?

Mary I move for approval second I was first commissioner Cassaus moves for approval.

The second comes from Commissioner Jones.

Any further discussion?

It's been properly moved and seconded that you would approve submission of an application to host the New Mexico Municipal League conference as described by Ms.

Holcomb please vote.

And you're unanimous the motion is carried thank you.

Ms Holcomb isn't going anywhere because she has the next item it is request for approval of budget change for smoke on the water fireworks display.

Ms.

Holcomb Yes Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners we are bringing this to you guys to approve a budget change for an additional $20,000 for this year's smoke on the water fireworks.

So that would bring us from 30 30 thousand to 50 we've talked with our firework provider that we used and they have kind of in talks with them this extra 2000 would really give us the opportunity to make for a really memorable bigger um firework show since we're celebrating 250 years of America this year.

So that is why we have brought this to you.

Yep 250th birthday of our great country and so uh mayor pro tim commissioners giving you the opportunity to consider uh spending a little more on the fireworks display and you should know uh I mean not connected to the item but to the event you know we're talking about and and nothing is set in stone so don't hear me say something that and that we're doing it but we're talking about a parade um and um I was talking with the folks at uh Global One Media today about maybe some uh bolstering the activities at the park throughout the afternoon and just just making it a a a bit bigger richer experience for the 250th uh celebration and so uh wanted to share that with you and and frankly if you have ideas about how to make it uh especially great we need them but on this item any uh questions concerns or debate for approval motion for approval from Commissioner Garza second from Commissioner Jones.

Any further discussion hearing and seeing none it's been moved to seconded that you would approve this budget change for the smoke on the water fireworks display please vote thanks Ms.

Holcomb appreciate you thank you.

Thank you.

You're unanimous and that motion is carried so that does it for action items we'll move on to reports of boards officers and committees looks like we have one scheduled report and that's the water authority board meeting which took place last Thursday we held that board meeting down in Portalis at the Memorial Building and had another good meeting.

And that is how many years in a row of zero findings?

Oh gosh I don't know a lot of years and you know the thing is we'll we'll have a we'll have some small findings someday and you know and and that that'll happen but we have this this string of zero finding audits and with it really just a fantastic audit report that praises the internal controls at the water authority and you know that's a credit to uh to our director and staff and as well as uh our accounting firm and you know we we understand that our project is under tremendous amount of scrutiny for for you know for everything that it is because it's big and it's transformative and disruptive and and so uh it's just it's paramount that we handle our our funding uh especially well and and we're we're successful in doing that and we're we're we're very very proud of that.

Uh also on the agenda uh we approved um the uh renewal of a professional services agreement with Howe Water Science.

How water science is the firm that we hired to peer review Jacobs engineering on the water treatment plant design.

And um they're doing uh a great job and and and we are in the middle of that, in the middle of the pilot uh treatment plant uh uh operation and uh wanted to extend that, so that was approved.

Happy to have how water science uh uh continuing their work as the as the peer review.

Could you could you might mention that the uh how wrote the book on water?

Yeah, so every time yeah, it is.

So every time we talk about uh how water science, it's uh uh oh, I forget her name and I did, but it it they're they're uh they're a married couple, so it's Dr.

Howe and and his wife who um is uh as a master's uh level uh expert in water treatment as well, and they both had you know really decorated careers in the engineering field and water treatment and and and all of that.

But on top of that, uh Dr.

Howe was a professor at university and actually wrote the textbook that universities use to teach water treatment.

So we hired the guy that wrote the book on water treatment, and so thanks for bringing that up, uh Mayor Pro Tim.

So the uh rest of the uh items that I would mention, we had two easement agreements approved by the board.

Uh these are easement agreements that have been reached uh with landowners uh granting us easement related to the raw water two phase of the project, and I'm gonna give you a quick update on the project, and so we'll we'll remind you what Raw Water 2 is, and then uh there was one purchase of property on the Raw Water 1 phase.

And uh so making progress with uh acquiring those easements that are necessary in order to complete this project for public good.

Um I don't have control IT, but I'd I'd just like to scroll uh several pages down if you would, keep going.

Um yeah, let's let's hang out there for just a second.

We'll talk about Texacolateral Progress Udate.

So uh I'm borrowing the slides from Jacobs Engineering.

They do a project activities update at each board meeting, and they're gracious and share their slideshow with me.

Um but at the so as is the habit now when they start their project activities update, they actually have the contractors that are doing construction at the meeting, and those contractors actually report to us uh during the beginning of their of this report about their progress.

So in the case of Texaco Lateral, we have Harper Brothers Construction reporting to us about their progress.

And Texacolateral is is uh off and running and it's gonna go quick.

The uh project will wrap up this summer.

And this is an exciting uh phase of the project.

They all are, but this one in particular, uh this one is permitted as a line in use.

Once completed this summer, water is gonna flow through this line due to a partnership between the authority, Epcor, and uh the City of Texaco.

But what the news is and and and what people need to understand and take away is that this piece of the U pipeline, uh the Texacolateral is going to be serving New Mexicans later this year once complete.

Uh a minimum flow is going to be put through that line uh by Epcor and uh delivered to the city of Texaco.

So this infrastructure is making a real difference in uh real lives uh affected by water scarcity uh in providing them with water security later this year.

So if we could go ahead and scroll.

And yeah, stop there for just a second.

So the next several slides, we're just gonna we're gonna be working from left to right on pipeline uh phase updates, and then eventually we'll go back to the left and work left to right on facilities.

But uh this is obviously the map that you're familiar with.

North is left.

Uh you can see the reservoir on the far left of the screen there, and then the various colors of the phases of the pipeline and Elida on the far right.

Texaco, which we just talked about, is that little disconnected piece up at the top of the map or on the far east side of the entire project.

It's disconnected because we use the Clovis system uh to reach Texaco, and that saved uh a great deal of of money.

Let's scroll, please.

Okay, so uh Raw Water 1A is um the first stretch of the pipeline beginning at the intake structure at the reservoir.

Uh it is designed uh funded, uh ready to go.

Uh we are out to bid on this, and bids are due back May 20th.

Uh excited about getting those bids in, going through them and getting that job awarded.

Uh it's a 14 mile stretch, and we'll go one slide down, please.

And we get to raw water 1B and raw water two.

I referenced raw water two in that we had two easements uh acquired on that.

That's the bright green color that you see there.

Uh the red is the the rest of the transmission line from the intake to the little yellow thing that you see, which represents the intake pump station.

And so we want to have raw water one B and Raw Water 2 uh completed together because uh raw water 1B is obviously transmission line, 42 inch diameter transmission line, and then uh raw water two is a tunnel and bore.

And we just think that that we believe that that that project or those two projects together will be more attractive to bidders and and we'll likely get more bids.

And it's great news out of uh Washington DC and as well as the region with the U.S.

Bureau of Reclamation about our funding for FY26.

Uh had a really exciting phone call today, and I don't want to you know count chickens before eggs have hatched and all that kind of stuff.

But we it looks like we're actually getting a little more than what we had decided was the minimum that we needed from the federal level.

We're gonna have the funding and be able to announce that very soon and tell you that we're funded on that phase that we're looking at there.

And we'll keep going, please.

Raw water three is 42 inch diameter, uh welded steel, cement encased, and uh that uh is over 50 percent complete.

That goes from the treatment plant area to the edge of the cap rock, and that's the construction that you see if you've driven out towards the cap rock uh in the wheatland area.

You see that pipe along the highway and the contractor making progress installing that.

Next slide, please.

Finish water one.

Uh the the closeout phase on this has taken so long, but uh the contractor is finishing up the punch list items and uh 99% complete on this.

That phase begins at the main junction vault at Canon Air Force Base, or more specifically in the Chavez housing uh development, which is on the north side of the highway.

This line begins right there and goes 15 and a half miles north.

Next slide.

Elida lateral, the further the furthest south piece of the U pipeline system, it's at the 90% design level.

It's likely, or actually it's nearing the 90% design level and will likely stay there for a good while because we anticipate doing this phase of the project last.

Uh it's this it's a four-inch diameter.

We're gonna use the DOT right away to get that to Elida, and so that's kind of at the end.

And frankly, Elida is compared to say Portalis or Texaco, is in uh less of a dire situation in terms of supply.

Next, please.

We talked about Texaco lateral already.

Next.

And now we'll talk about facilities.

So on the far left, we go back to the reservoir and we talk about the intake pump station as well as the cap rock pump station.

These are uh obviously necessary to move the water from the reservoir up the cap rock, and uh they are fully designed and uh bid documents are are uh stamped and ready, and we are waiting on funding, and so our FY27 funding, which we've already begun that ask in the conversation with the Bureau of Reclamation, and we already have funding lined up from Water Trust Board of the State of New Mexico and so on and so on.

But that's this is where we'll focus the FY27 funding is on the intake and cap rock pump stations as well as the tanks that will go on top of the cap rock.

And then on the far right, you have we we always talk about these, it's six two sixty gallon per minute pumps that are necessary to push the water from Portalis to Elida through that four-inch line that we talked about.

Next slide, please.

And so then uh the last thing we'll talk about in terms of facilities is the water treatment plant, which is in design.

And part of that design, very important part of that design is the pilot treatment plant, which is a temporary structure and a small-scale reverse osmosis membrane filtration uh treatment plant, which has been uh established at the intake structure down at the reservoir.

Uh has been operating for I believe uh when did that start?

I think November.

It's been operating since late October or November.

Uh we just uh approved Jacobs Engineering adding two months to the uh to the pilot operation because they really want to get some warmer temperatures uh in uh to the research that they're doing.

But they're pumping water out of the reservoir, treating it.

Uh there's a brine stream that comes off of the uh the the treatment process, they're they're refining that process, and then they combine it all and put it back in the reservoir, so it just goes back the way it was.

But uh I've visited the the treatment, the pilot treatment plant, and it's really fascinating and I wouldn't pretend that I understand it all.

But I I know that we have uh excellent uh experts uh who are operating that thing 24 hours a day and they're learning everything that they need to in order to get us to possibly as high as 95% efficiency with that RO plant, the full plant, the 28 MGD plant, uh which, as I said, the design uh continues.

Next, please.

I'm not sure that we have much more that I that may be it.

I I I don't think there was much okay, that is it.

Okay.

Great.

So uh aside from uh that uh and and I'd stand for any questions about the progress update.

Okay.

So aside from that, at our our board meetings, we also have um the opportunity to hear from our consultants uh and uh get an status report on the reservoir.

And uh I wanted to uh sort of continue on the discussion of the water treatment plant.

Um the the water treatment plant design uh has um has certainly you know raised some uh some concerns and questions about uh about the treatment plans, about the handling of the brine disposal that will come out of this RO process.

And so, you know, I want to let you know that we've been uh doing a lot of uh public education.

In fact, we devoted an entire board meeting a couple of months ago to to solely uh uh letting our subject matter experts present on the water treatment design uh and the brine disposal alternatives that are that are being considered.

Uh the one that has bubbled up as the preferred or seems to be preferred alternative for the brine disposal is something called class well or class one deep injection well.

Um this is a um uh process of of disposal that is designed and in order to protect drinking water supplies and in order to protect uh the in this case our Ogalala aquifer water.

Uh it's highly regulated and uh is uh successful.

In fact, there's eight hundred such wells uh in the United States, six of them in the state of New Mexico, and uh none of them have ever uh had a uh an instance where uh there was a contamination of groundwater.

And so understandably, there's there's been questions and concerns about what if we did move forward with deep well injection in conjunction with our treatment plant, that's reasonable, that's understandable.

We've done a lot of work to answer those questions and provide information to folks, including landowners uh who uh who we've engaged with directly.

Some of the hanging points uh on deep well injection are that that question about well won't it certainly uh contaminate the the the aquifer in our drinking water and and um the answer to that question is is no, it it won't.

In fact, uh it was important it's been important to clarify uh over and over again that class one uh injection wells are actually designed to protect and and and preserve uh the the quality of our drinking water and they represent one of the most regular rigorously regulated disposal methods in the United States and there are no documented cases in which drinking water aquifers have been contaminated by class one injection wells.

Um the other main thing uh just to share one more sort of point of of uh confusion or uh a hang up uh for for folks is uh the role of the permitting process.

We've applied to NMED uh and the EPA to do a deep well out at the site of the uh treatment plant.

Uh that application for a permit involves a really lengthy and rigorous process of proving up its safety.

Uh they won't just issue us a permit and now we can go inject the brine.

No, the permitting process is designed to prove that that it will work safely like it does in many, many other places.

If there's some reason why the composition of the ground at the depths uh way way down there won't receive that brine disposal, won't won't do it safely, then we would obviously pivot and go with a less preferred alternative for the brine disposal.

Mayor Pro Tim or Commissioner Garza, did you have anything to add about the water authority meeting or the project progress?

Mayor, no, I don't have anything else to add to that.

Uh very well explained, and I think uh the authority uh has hired a good competent company to deal with these issues.

Yeah, thank you for that.

Uh Mayor Pro Tim.

I don't have anything else either.

I think uh it's important that we continue to be transparent with this project, and I think we're doing just that with the uh uh, you know, we're reaching out to the public letting them know exactly what's going on.

Yeah, thank you for that.

Uh you know, it's important that we deliver on this project.

Uh the project brings a new renewable source of water to our communities and addresses the projected shortfalls uh of water uh that our that our community will face due to the steep decline of our groundwater supplies in the Ogallala Aquifer and everything that the authorities doing in completing that mission is guided by sound science and strict regulatory compliance with a eye on stewardship of our region's water resources.

Thank you.

Are there any other reports?

All right.

Do we have future agenda items to talk about, Mr.

Howalto or Ms.

Foster?

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioners.

I have five.

The first one is a proclamation for a national day of prayer.

There's also a proclamation for teacher appreciation week, a proclamation for the 54th annual Pioneer Day celebration, a proclamation for the Great American Cleanup Day, and a request for approval to wave tipping fees at the landfill.

Thank you.

It's that time of year.

All right.

Just to remind everybody that meeting has been moved uh to April the 23rd.

23rd.

Our second meeting in April will be on the 23rd.

Thank you for that.

All right.

Very good.

Um speaking of upcoming meetings.

I I believe there's not been any changes to this list of upcoming meetings.

The Civil Aviation Board will meet at 5 30 p.m.

on the 7th.

Planning and zoning plans to meet at 3 p.m.

on Wednesday the 8th.

Water Policy Advisory Board meets at 8 30 a.m.

on Monday, April 13th.

Parks Rec Beautification Committee meets at 5 30 p.m.

on Monday, April 13th.

Civic Center Policy Committee meets at 3 p.m.

on Tuesday, April 14th.

And the investment committee will be meeting at 2 p.m.

on Wednesday, April 15th in the small conference room over at City Hall.

And the next city commission meeting, as just as was just mentioned, will be at 5 15 p.m.

on Thursday, April 23rd, right here in this room.

With that, we are adjourned.