Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, good evening.

I'd like to say good evening to our city manager and our department heads that have joined us and certainly all the members of the public that are here tonight for uh I suspect many of the celebrations that we're gonna do right up at the beginning of the agenda, and we look forward to doing that with you.

But before we start the meeting and before I call it to order, I'm gonna offer a prayer.

We're gonna say the pledge to the United States flag and salute the state flag.

So if you're a praying person, I invite you to pray with me.

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

God thank you for your grace and your goodness to us.

Lord, thank you for calling us all to live and work and serve in the amazing community that is Clovis and Canon Air Force Base.

Uh that that we have doing so many good things here.

Or thank you for the events and and the organizations that we get to celebrate through proclamations this evening.

And Lord, as we get into the agenda, I ask your blessing over these commissioners as they make decisions as the elected um representatives who seek to be good stewards of our community's resources and uh along with me to to be good stewards of of of the direction and the vision of our community, which it is so clear that you are blessing and I thank you, God.

I pray in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Amen.

So I mean the pledge to our country's flag.

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

One nation, another God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Commissioner Porter, here.

Commissioner Zamora, here.

Commissioner Garza.

Here.

Commissioner Cassows here.

Commissioner Tarsen here.

Commissioner Paula.

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem Bryant.

Here.

Here.

Thank you, Ms.

Foster.

We have the full slate uh present this evening.

So we're gonna have a great meeting.

Um next I would uh we have an item uh that we only take up uh after each election, and that is the uh um appointment of the mayor pro tempere.

Um the uh the commission chooses from among themselves the the commissioner that will serve as the mayor pro tem for two years at a time.

And so we have that, and uh so Mayor Pro Tem and Commissioners, I would ask uh your consideration for the request for approval of Mayor Pro Tempere.

I've served as Mayor Pro Tem for the past six years, and it's been honored to serve the city and his commission as Mayor Pro Tam.

But at this time I'd like to make a motion.

Our senior commissioner.

Commissioner Garza is Mayor Pro Tim.

Second, we have a proper motion uh from Mayor Pro Tem slash Commissioner Chris Bryant.

And a proper second from Commissioner Debbie Zamora to appoint Commissioner Juan Garza as the Mayor Pro Tim.

Commissioner Garza, are you you have served in that position in the past.

Are you willing to do that again?

Do you accept that nomination?

Before we move on, that uh is there any other interested on that.

I mean I'd be honored to do that.

Um that's the will of the rest of my fellow commissioners.

Well, let's handle it like this.

There's a proper motion and a second, and so I would like to call the vote.

Probably don't have that loaded into the system as an action item, so I'll call the vote by saying all those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign?

Oh yeah.

That uh uh that's seven in favor and and one uh humble abstention.

Uh so uh Commissioner Juan Garza is uh now the mayor pro Tim.

Congratulations, sir.

Well thank you.

Congratulations.

All right, with that business out of the way, we are now on to approval of the agenda.

But before I ask uh if there are objections to that, uh like I have the habit of doing, we're going to take the uh with your approval the communication regarding the litter abatement mascot, Dumpster Dan.

And we're gonna move that up uh to uh right after the approval of the minutes uh because dumpster Dan has somewhere else to be this evening as well, and so we wanna we want to see him first.

Uh but aside from that, are there any are there objections to how the agenda has been printed?

Hearing and seeing no objections, the agenda is adopted, and yes votes will be recorded for each of the members.

Any objections to how the minutes from April 2nd have been prepared?

Hearing and seeing no objections, the minutes from April 2nd are adopted, and yes, votes are recorded for each of the members.

Now, communication regarding litter abatement, mascot, dumpster Dan, Ms.

Margaret Johnston with the Kay Linda uh program.

Thank you.

Um Commissioners, Mayors Pro Tem, and Mayor Mike, uh Department Heads and fellow residents of our beautiful city.

I am here tonight with the distinct honor of uh introducing you to the newest employee at the City of Clovis.

His resume bullets include being green, being a waste warrior machine, and on a mission to keep Clovis clean.

So without further ado, I would like to introduce Dumpster Dan.

Hey, can Dumpster Dan see?

All right.

I love Dumpster Democrats.

Hello there, Dumpster Dan.

Dumpster Dan.

Dumpster Dan officially starts work this Saturday at the Great American Cleanup.

So please, please, please show up and help us out.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Johnston.

Mayor Mayor.

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

In in regards to the Great American Cleanup that is this weekend, uh I just wanted to let everybody know that we are expecting high winds on Sunday.

And when we do have high winds, we have to close the landfill.

And the time period in which those wins are supposed to occur is when we actually open the landfill.

So we're if they do come to fruition, we're not going to be able to have the landfill opened for uh free uh tipping on that day.

And so we are going to extend that timeline.

Uh typically ends at noon on Monday.

Uh we're going to extend it all the way through the day on Monday.

So just wanted to provide that quick update while we are talking uh Great American Cleanup in Dumpster Dan.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Mr.

Howwald.

Appreciate that.

We'll well hope that the forecast is wrong and the wind doesn't blow like that.

But uh appreciate you making an adjustment if it does.

Um so next we reserve space on the agenda to recognize visitors.

I want to we're gonna recognize several of these visitors as we do proclamations uh in the next few moments, but I want to recognize the scouts uh that are here.

Uh I think most of you may have noticed there are a lot of scouts that have joined our meeting this evening.

If you yeah, let's stand have them stand, except for the one that's on crutches, maybe.

Uh but uh if I get this, if I get this wrong, uh Mr.

Kia will wave me down.

But I is are these all with Troop 226?

So this is Scouting Troop 226, and they are each working on a merit uh badge, and it is for citizenship in the community.

And attending a public meeting like this helps them achieve that merit badge.

And so bless your hearts for uh attending a uh city commission meeting and and we hope that uh that it's worth that that badge that you earn.

But uh thank you for being here.

It it brightens up the meeting, and uh we wish you well and and keep up uh your good endeavors in scouting.

All right, let's move into proclamations, awards, and presentations.

Uh first up, we have a presentation of proclamation proclaiming May 7th as National Day of Prayer in our city.

And we have some folks with the National Day of Prayer uh program, and yep, Pastor B.

J.

Brooks is making his way up.

Um I, for one, always enjoy uh offering the proclamation at the National Day of Prayer and participating in that.

And incidentally, it's usually when I get my first sunburn of the year as we sit over there in front of the courthouse.

Uh but uh jokes aside, appreciate uh so much uh you keeping this a vibrant thing in our community.

And so we look forward to uh Thursday the seventh and and that event.

Uh Commissioner Cassaus is gonna assist me with this proclamation, but please tell Commissioner, let's let's let the gentleman talk about a moment or two about what the event looks like and anything we need to know about the scheduling and so on.

Yes, sir.

Commissioners and everybody here, thank you for letting us be here.

Um we are very much looking forward to the National Day of Prayer this year.

It is the first Thursday in May of every year, uh so May the 7th of this year.

Uh this will be the 75th observance of the National Day of Prayer in our country.

And uh everybody does have a bulletin.

So we have our lineup of our local professionals and ministers who will be offering prayers up and uh the different things that they'll be offering prayers uh for government, military, business, education, church, health, family, media, and community.

Um and also I'd like to make a special mention of the praise and worship group that we'll be sharing uh during our time uh Thursday, May 7th at the Curry County Courthouse uh from noon until 1.

Uh these are three young ladies from Central Baptist Church, and their church are very proud of them.

Uh it is Ariana Thomas, B.

Anka Living Good, and Mia Arns.

And they will not disappoint.

They have uh angelic voices, and we look forward to having them there to lead praise and worship for us.

Uh there's also another opportunity uh to observe and celebrate the National Day of Prayer.

That will be on the previous day, uh Wednesday, May 6th, uh from 6 to 10 a.m.

Um and this will be a way that we can read through all the scriptures.

We have uh churches uh that will take part in reading certain passages of the Bible so that we read the whole Bible uh during that time.

And also uh on Thursday, May 7th, we're having a walk and pray at Hillcrest Park from sunup to sundown.

This is just a wonderful event, a way for everybody from the community and our churches to come together and pray.

Thank God for all of his great work and pray for his continued guidance and blessings.

So we would invite everybody to take part in that.

Again, that's Thursday, May 7th at the Curry County Courthouse, uh 7th in Maine from noon until 1.

Yes, sir.

And the attendance in the National Day of Prayer.

Yeah, being in Avon meeting on the surrounding state.

So that you know, we've been given us a full.

And it's also power time is always the highest.

Awesome.

Love to hear that.

Thank you.

Outstanding.

Well, if there aren't any other remarks, uh Commissioner Casau is gonna read out the proclamation.

Yes, proclamation.

We're asked throughout our nation's history, Americans have come together in moments of great challenges and uncertainty to humble themselves in prayer in 1775 as the continual Congress began the task of forgiving a new nation.

In seventeen seventy-five, as the continual Congress began the task of forgiving a new nation, Columnist was asked to observe a day of quiet humiliation and prayer.

Almost a century later, as the flames of the civil war burned from north to south, President Lincoln and the Congress once again asked the American people to pray as the fate of their nation hung in the balance.

And we're asked, it is in that spirit of unity and reflection that we once again designate the first Thursday in May as the National Day of Prayer.

Let us remember those who came before us, and let us give thanks for that the courage and compassion shown by so many in this country and around the world.

And we're asked on this day of unity and prayer.

Let us also honor the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the United States Armed Force.

We celebrate their commitment to uphold our highest ideas, and we recognize that it is because of them that we continue to live in a nation where people of all faith can worship, and we're asked, let us also use this day to come together in a moment of peace and goodwill where our beliefs can bring us together in love to feel, feed the hungry, and comfort the afflicted, to bring peace where there is strife, and to lift up those who have fallen on hard times.

As we observe this day of prayer, we remember the one law that binds all great people together to love one another, to understand one another, and to treat with dignity and respect those with whom we share a brief moment on this earth.

And we're asked the Congress by public law 100-307, as amended, has called on the President to annually issue a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as National Day of Prayer.

And we're asked the theme for the 75th National Day of Prayer is Seeking Him in All Generations.

And we're asked National Day of Prayer in the City of Clovis will be held at noon Thursday, May 7th, 2026 in front of the Currie County Courthouse Thank you, Commissioner.

Now therefore I, Mike Morris, Mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the City Commission to hereby proclaim May 7th, 2026 as National Day of Prayer in the City of Clovis.

I want to be supportive of the goings of the case.

Next, we're going to celebrate a group of uh dedicated folks in our community teachers.

Uh we have uh proclamation proclaiming the week of May 4th through the 8th, 2026 as Teacher Appreciation Week in the City of Clovis, and from Clovis Municipal Schools, we have Ms.

Mandy Carpenter here this evening to talk about that.

And I think we have some educators here that have joined her.

So all of you can come up with the you teachers come up too, please.

All of our staff members come on.

Y'all get to do this.

Thank you for coming out.

Um good afternoon, Mayor, Commissioners, and members of our community.

On behalf of Clovis Municipal Schools, thank you for recognizing the first full week of May as Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week here in Clovis.

This proclamation is more than just symbolic, it reflects a shared commitment to the people who shape our future in our city every single day.

When we say teachers and staff, we truly mean everyone who makes our schools work.

From classroom teachers to educational assistants to bus drivers to custodians, cafeteria teams, office staff and administrators.

Each person plays a critical role in supporting our students.

It takes a full team to educate a child, and Clovis is fortunate to have an exceptional one.

Our educators do far more than deliver instruction.

They build relationships, create safe environments, and help students see what's possible for their future.

The work happening in our schools directly impacts the strength of our workforce, our economy, and our overall health of our community.

Simply put, strong schools build a strong Clovis.

The work is not always easy.

Our staff show up every single day with professionalism, resilience, and a deep commitment to doing what is best for kids, all kids.

Often going far beyond what is required.

Their impact is lasting and it reaches far beyond the walls of our classrooms.

We are proud of the progress happening across our district.

From strengthening our teacher pipeline to achieving some of the lowest vacancy rates we've seen in a decade.

That success is a direct reflection of the quality and dedication of our staff.

This week is an opportunity for all of us, parents, students, businesses, and community members to pause and say thank you.

A kind word, a note of appreciation, or a small gesture can go a long way in recognizing the people who give so much.

Thank you again for this recognition and for the continued support of closed municipal schools.

We are proud to serve this community, and we are especially proud of the incredible educators and staff who make it all possible.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms.

Carpenter.

And uh you teachers, thanks for coming out tonight.

I I I know that I think I and my wife guilted some of you.

Maybe others just wanted to come.

Uh but we appreciate you being here because we want to look at you and say thanks.

Thanks for the job that you do.

We uh have some idea of of how difficult it is, and and uh we just thank you for doing it.

Thanks for for standing in there.

Uh the youth in our community, I think are as awesome as anywhere in the world, and you're drawing their potential out, and and you're casting a big vision for their lives uh a little bit out of time every day in that classroom.

So thanks for what you do.

Any other remarks for our teachers?

Mayor.

Yes.

I just saw our superintendent coming in.

She would like to say a few words.

Please come up here.

We're recognizing Clovis municipal schools and teachers this evening.

Thanks for being here.

Yeah.

Any other remarks?

Mayor, real quick, I just want to thank all of you.

This year concludes my 21st year of sending my children through Clovis municipal schools.

I see Miss Ockett there who taught many of my rambunctious kindergartners.

So thank you to you all.

We appreciate you very much.

Yes, thank you.

Yes, thank you.

Proclamation.

Whereas teachers in Clovis and across the nation dedicate themselves to the academic success and personal growth of their students, nurturing minds and building the foundation for a brighter future.

And whereas teachers play a pivotal role in shaping the character and potential of each child, often going beyond their professional responsibilities to meet the needs of their students and families.

And whereas during challenging times and times of change, Clovis teachers have demonstrated remarkable resilience, innovation, and an unwavering dedication to their students and school.

And whereas the City of Clovis recognizes the profound impact that teachers have on the lives of students, families, and the greater community.

And whereas residents, businesses, and community leaders of Clovis stand in strong support of our educators, recognizing that thriving schools and empowered teachers are the cornerstone of a vibrant and successful community.

And whereas Teacher Appreciation Week is a special time to acknowledge and celebrate the lasting contributions of educators whose commitment to excellence continues to uplift and inspire.

Now, therefore, I, Mike Morris, Mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the City Commission, do hereby declare May 4th through the 8th of 2026 as Teacher Appreciation Week in the City of Clovis.

Come on, get your microphone.

Three, two.

And may the fourth be with you.

Can you get one of my gifts everything?

Hold on, we got one more coming over.

Yeah, they have to go work on lesson plans.

Oh goodness.

All right, next we are going to celebrate the 54th annual Pioneer Days.

And we have clap for that.

We have uh members of the Mounted Patrol here, uh as well as Rodeo Royalty.

Who all do we have from Pioneer Days that's getting yep?

Here comes here comes Slow.

We gotta have Slow and John Montana.

Yeah.

Come on.

Thank y'all for being here.

I can't believe it's already pioneer days.

Next week.

Next week.

Yeah.

Tell us about it.

What do we need to know?

Monday night.

Uh we're having our mutton busting, and we're going to crown our new queens.

And uh that's uh Tuesday, we have a day off.

We got a little practice for some more things for uh the grand entry and things.

Wednesday morning we start off with eight o'clock with steer open and all day we'll have bell race and breakaway.

That's the overflow of the rodeo.

Thursday morning at 1130 with Zia Power Sports and Bender Family Dealerships with Brad and Tanner.

We're gonna have our kickoff at Zia with barbecue.

Everybody's welcome.

Thursday night the rodeo seven o'clock.

Friday night, seven o'clock the rodeo.

Uh we have a big treat for military night, so you'll have to come and uh Saturday morning, 10 o'clock.

We have a special guest, our hometown hero world champion Shad Mayfield is our parade Marshal.

And uh then that night, uh seven o'clock again, Chad's gonna be there in signing autographs.

Uh we have uh a big week planned.

We have uh Bryce Deer, he's one of our camp ropers from Portalis, and Kyle and Willheid, a local here.

They're respectfully rated rated right now, 13th and 14th in the world standards, PRC world standards, so they'll both be here.

So we have a a great specialty act.

Uh like I said, this is our fifty-fourth.

It's already here.

And we're so proud to have it in our indoor Citizens Bank event center, and there's so many improvements going on out there, and it just gets better and better and better every year.

John, you want to add a few things?

Okay, a few.

Bringing Shad Mayfield here to Clovis for this thing.

Uh they're a big supporter.

Well, Dodge is a big supporter of our rodeo all the way around.

So having Brad here with us locally has just been a blessing.

So uh thank you, Brad.

Appreciate it.

Uh Charlie Throckmorton is our rodeo announcer.

Uh he's he's been in the business a long time.

He's got a thundering booming voice.

We don't know how much longer he's gonna be here, but he's still still coming, so you need to come out here.

He always has a good presentation.

Um also as Jerry was talking about, we're gonna have Shad here.

He'll be the parade marshal on Saturday.

He'll be signing autographs on Saturday night at the performance.

Um he just had two hips replaced, so he's he's out of commission right now, so he's uh if y'all if y'all are paying attention to what's going on on social media and and live TV, he's uh he's getting a little more popular in uh Ella Langley video.

And uh so he's he he's out with Luke Grimes from U.S.

Marshals and JB Mooney, and there's a bunch of them in this video.

Um a big shout out to the City of Clovis, Claire, Vicky.

Thank y'all for all the help for the parade.

Parade's gonna go on as planned all the way down Main Street.

Um be sure to get out Thursday at 11 30 at Zia Power Sports for the barbecue kickoff and see up meet all these rodeo queens, they're gonna be there, ready to sign your autographs, take your picture, everything else.

Um Thursday's military appreciation night, so we're supporting our military, and we got a big surprise for the grand entry on Friday.

Tough enough to wear pink.

So everybody come out in your pink.

And then Saturday's first responders night.

So we'll see y'all at the rodeo Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday if you're not busy.

Yeah, we'll see you there.

Slow, anyone else from the group need to speak.

Can we maybe have introductions from the rodeo royalty?

Yeah.

Well, they do.

We'd like to meet them.

How about you ladies introduce yourselves, please?

There you go.

So, as our Mount Patrol president said, this is actually our outgoing court.

We had our contact contest this last Saturday, and we're gonna have our crowning this coming Monday before the mutton busting.

Hopefully, we can see some of y'all's familiar faces out there.

But I am the outgoing Pioneer Days Rodeo Queen.

I've held this title for three years now, and I decided it's time to step down so I can focus on my last year of college.

I'm at Eating MU.

My name's Tyler Garrison.

I think I skipped that part.

I'm 21 years old, and so yeah, I'm excited to see the next group of girls we get and to watch them all grow up as I've grown up.

I started this when I was seven years old, so I've been through it, and it's been a tremendous help to me.

So, like I said, I love to see what the future holds for these girls too.

Thank you.

Awesome.

Good evening.

My name is Caitlin Young, and I'm your outgoing Pioneer Days Radio Team Queen.

Nice.

Hello, everybody.

My name is Sophia Hogue.

I am 15 years old, and I am the outgoing rodeo princess.

I have been doing this for two years, but this year I feel like I'm gonna take a break, but hopefully I see you guys next year.

Okay.

Good afternoon.

My name is Kyla McCord, and I am the outgoing Pioneer Days Rodeo Junior Princess, and thank you all for having us.

Good evening.

I'm Lauren Brown.

I'm 15 years old.

I'm your outgoing ambassador.

Wonderful.

Awesome.

Anyone else from the group have something to share?

Everybody's shaking their head.

No.

Okay.

All right.

Let's get on with it.

Proclamation.

Whereas Pioneer Days is the community's celebration of the grit and skills of those who settled the Eastern Plains of New Mexico.

Clovis' first Pioneer Days celebration took place on June 5th, 1935 to commemorate the 31st year, or excuse me, the 31 year history of Clovis.

And whereas the Curry County Mounted Patrol has been sponsoring the event since 1943.

And this year, the Pioneer Days celebration will include the 54th annual PRCA rodeo.

And whereas organizers expect over 10,000 people to attend the three-day professional rodeo events scheduled for Thursday, April 30th, which is Military Appreciation Night, Friday, May 1st, which is tough enough to wear pink, and Saturday, May 2nd, First Responders Night at 7 p.m.

at the Curry County Event Center, or rather the Citizens Bank Event Center.

And whereas other events being held as part of the celebration include the Rodeo Barbecue Kickoff at Zia Power Sports at 11 a.m.

And whereas the 23rd annual Pioneer Days Rodeo Breakfast will be held at 7 a.m.

on Friday, May 1st at the Clovis Civic Center.

The Pioneer Days Parade will be at 10 a.m.

on Saturday, May 2nd and Main Street on Main Street.

And the theme this year is 250 years of celebrating America.

Now therefore I, Mike Morris, Mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of this commission, declare April 30th through May 2nd, 2026 as the 54th annual Pioneer Days celebration in the city of Clovis.

You guys need to be used to be a good one.

I love it.

Can you stay on this chair?

Yeah, you can stand on this chair.

I know.

Thank you very much.

Thanks, Jeff.

Oh, thank you.

I'd have been like, where are they?

I can't see.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, that's a good question.

Oh, thank you.

Like that.

Ms.

Riggan with Senior Services is here tonight.

She does an excellent job providing quality programming and services in the senior services department.

We're going to offer a proclamation proclaiming May 6th, 2026 as non a gener non-agenarian day.

Nonagenarian Day.

Non-agenarian day is on May 6th.

Ms.

Reagan, I'm sorry, I stumble over that word every year.

Mayor.

But non-agenarian is someone who's 90 years or older, and we want to celebrate those folks.

Yes.

And so tell us about that.

So you said it perfectly the other day on the radio.

I was listening to you and you did it perfect.

So we'll scratch this one as we'll scratch it off.

So May has been recognized as older Americans month since 1963.

And so what a better way to honor our older Americans than to have a non-agenarian celebration.

And so on May the 6th at 2 p.m.

we will be we will be celebrating and recognizing our seniors in the community who are 90 plus years of age.

So I encourage you if you come to dress in uh the roaring twenties.

Um we will have some entertainment.

We have Lori Westerman, she'll be playing harp.

Um Brad Howard will be playing piano for us.

Um we're serving cake ice cream or not ice cream, I'm sorry, cake.

Um we will also be crowning our eldest uh king and queen that day.

Um we do have a lady who just recently turned a hundred and six.

Wow.

So I'm really hoping that her family can get her there so that we can recognize her at the celebration.

Um so again, it starts at 2 p.m.

and um it's gonna be lots of fun as it always is every year.

It always is.

Thank you for doing it.

We enjoy that celebration each year.

Any remarks or comments?

Proclamation, whereas there are over 175,000 older New Mexicans residing in our state, and whereas you have successfully reached 90 plus years of faith, courage, and leadership, and having met the challenges of the early days in pioneering this great country, and whereas your achievement in reaching ninety or more effective years is in itself a feat that many of us may not be privileged to attain.

And whereas you have been a strong voice dedicated to enhancing life, dignity, and well-being of all older people, and whereas you continue to share your talents in homes and in nursing homes and senior centers in communities and in a variety of other roles.

And whereas the non-agenarian tea will be held at 2 p.m.

on Wednesday, May 6th at Hillcrest Senior Life Center, and whereas the 57th year, this is the 57th year that the City of Clovis has hosted a non-agenarian tea, which is a testament to our communities our community's commitment to the seniors living in our community.

Now, therefore I, Mike Morris, Mayor of the of the City of Clovis, and on behalf of the commission declare May 6th as non-aginarian day in the city of Clovis.

Very good.

Thank you so much.

Two more pro Tim Garza.

How about we do one more proclamation?

All right.

This is a uh a great event.

Uh we really do uh these twice a year.

Uh this is just a great way to give back to the community.

And we wanted to offer a proclamation and and really make as much as possible of that day and get hundreds and hundreds of volunteers out to help.

And Commissioner Paula chairs the Parks Recreation and Beautification Committee, and she's gonna share this proclamation.

Thank you, Mayor.

Whereas Keep America Beautiful is the nation's iconic community improvement nonprofit organization that envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live, and has established the Great American Cleanup as its signature national effort for involving American citizens in improving their community environment.

And whereas Keep America Beautiful Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup is the nation's largest community improvement program, engaging more than 1.5 million volunteers and participants every year to create positive change and lasting impact in local communities.

And whereas the City of Clovis recognizes the importance of beautification programs in relation to public health and safety as well as economic development.

And whereas for more than 25 years, the City of Clovis has brought people together to transform public spaces into beautiful places through the Great American Cleanup.

As a result, the City of Clovis Commission is waiving fees at the regional landfill for all residents of Curry County from noon April 24th to 5 p.m.

on April 27, 2026.

And whereas on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, the City of Clovis will host the Great American Cleanup beginning at 8 a.m.

at 500 Sycamore.

Now therefore, I Mike Morris, Mayor of Clovis, and on behalf of the City Commission, do hereby proclaim May 25th, 2026 as Great American Cleanup Day in the City of Clovis.

Ms.

Johnston.

And once more, Dumpsterdam did not disappoint.

I mean, I've been hearing about that, and and that is a really good mascot and costume.

All right.

We will move now into receipts of petitions and communications.

This is the part of the meeting where if you have anything at all that you want to say and share with myself and the commission, you can do that.

We'll give you a few minutes to do that.

This is also the portion of the meeting where if we have just a communication that we planned uh to have, this is that's where that's placed.

And so we do have a couple of planned communications.

The first is a communication uh regarding the military installation readiness review or the MIR grant that is underway and being uh carried out by our consulting firm called Matrix.

And uh Mr.

Scott Wiley is here to share with us about the Mere program.

Well, thank you, Mr.

Mayor, Commissioners, City Management, and citizens of the community of Clovis.

It's a pleasure to be here before you tonight.

Uh my name is Scott Wiley.

And first and foremost, I want to say congrats to your new mayor pro Tim.

Congratulations, sir, on that what an honor to be selected.

Uh also I'm a military veteran.

Um, and it's what a wonderful uh honor it is to see our teachers uh identified tonight.

Uh growing up, I have two, I have two children that go and have attended military schools or schools adjacent to military installations, and what a what a pleasure it is to have fine educators such as yourselves teaching our children.

So thank you very much for that.

Nice.

Uh my team is with me tonight.

I have Miss Sarah Jones, uh, Mr.

Ian Hunt, and uh Mr.

Casey Bartholomew.

And like the mayor said, um I represent Matrix Design Group.

Uh we were tasked to do a military uh readiness review for the the greater area here between Curry County, Roosevelt County, the cities of Portalis, um Clovis, and the uh Village of Melrose as well as regional utilities and partners.

Uh our task is to assess uh Canon Air Force Base and Middle's Air Force Range for mission assurance.

Um our task is funded by a grant through the uh Office of Local Defense Community and Cooperation, and we evaluate off-installation uh uh dependencies to see if there's some redundancy that the installation or the communities can provide to the installation.

Our focus areas are water supply and sustainability.

I know that water is a big uh uh a big topic here.

Umergy systems that includes electricity uh and natural gas.

Uh the transportation corridors uh in and around the installation, and also the installation gate accesses.

Uh compatible land use and encroachment.

Uh aviation and region support equities as well with your regional airport here, and then wastewater key facility and emergency operations infrastructure as well.

Our outcomes will be uh to identify any vulnerabilities and risks, to prioritize resilience projects and recommend them for uh funding strategies and have actionable strategies aligned with those appropriate resource pathways.

Our task is roughly 13 months long in a period of performance.

Uh we have since gathered data as of as of January.

Bart and I were out here uh in January to kick the project off.

Um we have since gathered that data from open source and our amazing stakeholders.

Uh your our technical committee consists of the two county managers, uh the city management teams from Portalis and Clovis here, and also uh from the from the mission support group on the base as well.

Uh we've done a plethora of stakeholder interviews so far, either virtually and during our side visit here since uh yesterday.

Wow, what a what a busy two days it's been so far.

And we will be uh briefing uh the the base community council tomorrow if anybody is attending that, and as well as the armed forces support committee uh in Portalis, correct, Claire?

Claire's keeping me honest.

Uh next, we'll take all this data that we've been given or we've gotten from interviews and we'll do um our analysis and start recommending those corrective actions if there are any.

And then we'll write that up in a report uh that we should have published to you for review uh in December of this year.

Pending any questions, uh that's all I have for you tonight.

Well, thank you, Mr.

Wiley.

There may be questions, but uh we certainly appreciate you uh being here and to provide that communication as well as making all the other touch points that you are.

I saw you at the water authority board meeting earlier today, and I know you've been everywhere, uh, and then you mentioned the couple of meetings that you have tomorrow morning.

And so thanks for for engaging the way you are and and for for this work.

Um the Armed Forces Support Committee is made up of uh Clovis, Portalis, Roosevelt County, and Curry County.

And uh it's really kind of a special partnership that we have there, and it was from that committee that this this project was born.

Uh it was at that committee that we decided to recommend to our governing bodies to pursue the OLDCC uh MIR grant funding.

We were successful in receiving it and we're able to hire hire matrix.

I just I want to tell that story of regional partnership and and collaboration, all in the spirit of uh learning through you know data-driven analysis and and and the the product of their work will be uh uh a list of opportunities that we have that if we can collaborate will strengthen mission readiness at at Cannon Air Force Base and for the 27th SoWell.

And so uh it's just a great work that you're doing.

It's gonna mean a lot to us over time, and uh we thank you for being here.

Any comments or questions for the Matrix team?

All right.

Thanks very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh one other planned presentation, Mr.

Howalt is going to talk to us about something very special that happened about a week ago uh when our finance director at the city of Clovis, Ms.

Leanne Melanson was recognized.

Again, was recognized uh with a really significant uh award.

Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim, and Commissioners.

It's a pleasure to be up in front of you this evening to recognize Miss Leanne Melanson.

Um we all know that Leanne has worked for the city of Clovis diligently over the last 40 years, uh and we know that she has definitely dedicated her time to the finance department and all the wonderful things uh that she has done for our finance department and working our way up uh through her career to become being the finance director uh currently.

Um one bit of information that that we may not recognize and everybody doesn't recognize is that she's also worn the hat of the city clerk for many, many years as well.

And so as a city clerk, she has been in charge of all of our municipal elections.

Uh she makes sure that uh obviously those have to be conducted uh properly.

Uh all the I's have to be dotted and all the T's have to be crossed.

Uh she's also been responsible for all of our IPRA requests and making sure that uh we supply the public or the requester with all the information that they've requested, which has become quite tedious uh these days.

Uh she's also been responsible for all of our records retention and making sure that we uh keep all of our grants and everything in place and for the time periods in which they are supposed to be on.

Most recently, uh Ms.

Melancin has done a fantastic job at secession planning.

Uh and so uh she's doing uh training others within the finance department, but we've also for the first time hired a full-time clerk uh for the city of Clovis and Ms.

Foster is taking on that role.

So uh Ms.

Melancin has been uh a teacher uh as well and trying to train and working with Ms.

Foster on moving those duties along and uh making sure that that transition will happen smoothly in the future.

And so uh we thought it was appropriate to nominate uh Leanne for the clerk of the year through the New Mexico Municipal League.

And uh we were pleased to find out that she was going to win that award.

And so we stealthily created uh presentation that she was gonna have to give to all the clerks to get her to Las Vegas after returning from vacation.

Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Las Vegas, New Mexico.

However, she was in Las Vegas the previous week for a conference.

Um but and so uh maybe her end, she got to return back to work and immediately leave to Las Vegas uh thinking she was gonna have to give a presentation where they did recognize her as the clerk of the year for 2026 uh and presented her with this this wonderful plaque.

And so I'm sure it's a plaque.

Um it's a big and so uh just wanted to take this opportunity this evening uh to recognize uh Leanne here in our in our community and say thank you for what all you've done for our community uh and serving so diligently to the city of Clovis.

Thank you, Mayor.

It's granite.

Um I just want I just want to add that uh in the in the last uh several years, Leanne has become more involved with the New Mexico Municipal League and with the clerks and finance offices association, and every day, often multiple times a day, the clerks will send out a message to all the other clerks in the state asking for information or help because a lot of them are new.

And Leanne just has such a wealth of information and knowledge from all these years as clerk, and she's just and that's one of the main I mean she's just she knows she knows everything and and they see her as the queen of the clubs.

And um and it's it's just very very much deserved and appreciate everything that that you do, darling.

Thank you.

Well said, Claire.

Thank you.

Well said.

Congratulations on that recognition, Ms.

Melancin.

And that looks like maybe it's heavy, and maybe Mr.

Howat, would you want to take that back or uh you know I would tag on to what uh Ms.

Burroughs had to say.

Um I think that uh you know it's been easy for me to observe in my service on the municipal league board just the uh the respect that you garner from the rest of the state and in all things municipalities.

You're uh you you're a phone call away.

You're you're like the helpline for a lot of a lot of folks around the state when it comes to finance or clerk uh uh you know world.

So uh we're lucky to have you, and you know it shows up in the sound financial management uh here at the city, and uh we we thank you and we congratulate you on this award.

And I just one last question.

Did did you did you get to start the presentation and then they surprise Oh, you didn't even get oh okay.

No, I was I was told that Clinton couldn't make it.

He was supposed to be doing one, which actually was it was in it was positive because I did get to learn some stuff about cannabis in the workplace.

But they even made him come up before the luncheon and say he apologized that his plans changed and he was able to make it.

So like I said, I had my speaker badge, I had everything ready.

But Rebecca says I'm gonna do the presentation at another meeting.

So I say give it.

Yeah, give that presentation somewhere.

Well, thank you.

Any any words from you?

Well, first off, thank thank you, Claire, for the nomination.

The words were very nice because Rebecca did read them.

I'm I mean, I've I've grown up here.

I've grown up, I've grown up in this position.

I've grown up in the city.

It is, I may not have the title anymore, but I will always be a clerk.

Um I'm going to I'm gonna get Jamie trained up well.

And we're gonna get rid of more things out of my office.

Um it has been kind of nice getting to concentrate on just finance.

And as I told Justin and I I told the clerks at the convention that I was at, which was for our software system.

The we had one of our speakers who is a rock and roll drummer.

You'll appreciate that.

I'll have to show you some videos of some of his things.

But one of his final comments was always remember in a position, it's the fact that you get to do it, not that you have to do it.

That's right.

And I truly believe that for these almost 40 years, I have gotten to do my job.

I don't have to do it.

So I appreciate everyone.

Well, thank you for that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Yann.

Mayor.

I just have one.

I'm not sure.

Yeah, Commission Commissioner Porter.

I just had one question for Leanne.

Uh do we need to start calling you the Queen?

No.

Your Majesty or She does.

But that's what I have.

Yeah.

Okay.

We need to get that.

We need to get a new.

Okay.

Very good.

So we remain in receipts of petitions and communications or often referred to as public comments.

So if you're here and have something to share, we would love to give you a few minutes to address the commission.

Anyone.

Chairman Brad Bender from the Curry County Commission is here.

Chairman Bender, good to see you.

Thank you so much.

Uh first and foremost, uh congratulations, Mayor Pro Tim Garza, what an honor.

Thank you.

Um former Mayor Pro Temp Bryant, it's been an honor serving with you in a lot of capacities uh through commission.

Thank you.

Uh, and so what a what a great time for the city commission, so great for you all.

Uh, I come to you as more of a citizen uh or representing our dealerships at this time, and really truly just wanted to echo what the man of patrol had said.

I want everybody to know how hard those guys work.

Uh I've been a part we've been a part of the rodeo since 1983.

We've been sponsoring it.

And I've watched them put that rodeo on year in and year out, and they don't do it for pay, and they work their tail off and they work really hard.

And I'd urge everybody to come and support them and show up and attend and see the amazing rodeo that they put on because it is.

It's it's a PRCA rodeo, it's professional athletes.

It's it's the best of the best.

So uh that's all I wanted to say is just uh urge you all to to please uh tell everybody to go and support.

And again, we are hosting the lunch kickoff at noon.

It's 1130.

It'll be Thursday the 30th, uh April 30th, and it'll be at Zia Power Sports and Bender Chevrolet.

So please come out and look forward to seeing you all and thank you all for allowing me to have this time.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You know, uh Chairman Bender, uh appreciate your service, your public service as uh chairman of the county commission, but uh uh as you said, addressing us more as a as as a citizen and local business owner.

So I just want to say thank you for what what you mean to the community as a local business owner sponsoring events and making things happen and you know you uh sponsor the the recognition of city employees uh on the quarterly basis.

You do so much as uh as an individual and as a business uh in the community, so thank you.

And thanks for being here tonight.

All right.

Anyone else?

Public comment?

And I'll just say this uh if you're here on the short-term rental policy uh we'll we'll take some some information from you uh when we reach that point, unless it's not on the Okay, please.

I actually had a question for uh Mr.

Howalt.

Um it's about the construction on 21st Street.

I was wondering when there was gonna be a pre-construction meeting for residents.

That typically happens with major projects specifically in residential areas.

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

And no, we don't typically have a pre construction meeting for residents.

Uh, so as Clovis was referred to as the Wild West, and that's why we don't have them.

So I was just wondering when we would.

Mayor, mayor, pro team and commissioners.

I mean, typically during the planning process of a project itself, if we're doing alignment changes, et cetera, or expanding roadways, we would do uh public meetings as part of the NEPA process.

But it in this particular instance, it's a maintenance project.

Um, and so no, we don't have public meetings uh for this type of project that's gonna be occurring on 21st Street.

I was just wondering because it seems that there's going to be some um blockages getting into our properties and stuff and maybe some delays and all of that.

Um I know that a lot of the residents on 21st Street, including myself have questions about it that we're not really getting clear answers on.

And I think the uh pre-con meeting would probably clear that up.

Um I think a lot of the uh residents also had questions on the blueprints, but nobody really seems to have those.

Yeah, thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim, and Commissioner Zillon.

And in the City of Close, obviously we do maintenance projects throughout the communities all the time.

Uh and access will always be provided to the residential uh in that particular area, the residents as well as the businesses when you get towards Print Street.

Uh that is something that we do require.

Uh and so access will be provided to the to those uh residences along there.

Uh in this particular case, uh there is not any construction plans that were necessary uh simply because you're milling out an existing roadway.

We're not doing expanding.

Uh we're going to take the existing roadbed down to subgrade, uh, treat it with Lyme and bring it back up.

So the actual dimensions of the roadway are not being revised whatsoever.

Okay.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

Thank you, Ms.

DeMyo.

Anyone else?

Public comment.

And again, on the short-term rental piece, we'll we'll take some uh public comment when we reach that point in the agenda.

So if it's aside from short-term rentals and public comment, let's have it.

All right.

We're gonna move on.

Troop 226.

Hang in there, guys.

You just had you just had about an hour of presentation, and sometimes it happens that way.

Uh but we're about to take up the consent agenda.

You're gonna see this governing body uh voting and uh taking action on requests before them this evening.

Uh the consent agenda is a tool used to handle several items with one motion.

And uh typically they're routine uh items, and that's why they're in the consent agenda.

You have 10 to consider this evening.

They are item one, request for approval of adoption of resolution number 3371-2026, granting approval of the replat of lot 13, block eight of the Morse addition, unit number six, City of Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.

Item two, request for approval of adoption of resolution number three three seven two-two thousand twenty-six, granting preliminary plat approval to the Gafari subdivision, a subdivision within the northwest quarter of Section 13, Township to North Range 36 East, NMPM, City of Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.

Said tract contains approximately 45.8 acres of land.

Item three, request for approval of adoption of ordinance number two two five six-two thousand twenty-six prohibiting consumption of alcohol at Clovis Regional Airport and amending existing code sections.

Item four, request for approval of waiver of tipping fees at the Clovis Regional Landfill for Clovis Curry County residents from noon on Friday the 24th to noon on Monday the 27th for the Great American Cleanup.

Uh request includes the tipping of tires for residential customers only, uh, but limited to nine total uh 20-inch passenger vehicle tires per household.

Item five, request for approval of the 2025 Cummins Natural Gas Engines Annual Economic Development Summary Report.

Item six request for approval of the 2025 Western Interconnect Annual Report.

Item 7, request for approval of the 2025 Southwest Cheese Annual Audit Report.

Item 8, request for approval of member memorandum of agreement with the FAA for operations and maintenance of FAA owned facilities.

Item 9, request for approval of subscription with Waterworth for utility rate management software.

And item 10, request for approval of task order one with Lochner for design and construction phase services for taxiway B improvements.

That is the proposed consent agenda.

Is there a motion?

So moved.

Motion from Commissioner Jones.

Second came from Commissioner Porter.

Please vote.

And we have a unanimous vote.

The motion is carried.

That means the items, Troop 226, can be handled on the consent agenda because it was unanimous.

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

Motion from Commissioner Casau.

The second came from the Mayor Pro Tim Garza.

Please vote.

First on my meeting.

And the vote is unanimous.

The motion is carried.

Thank you.

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

The two items here are both related to the short-term rentals.

They're both back for final adoption this evening, having having been introduced a month ago.

The first item is pertaining to the lodger's tax application piece.

The second item is about the regulation.

And so I have a feeling comments that we have from the public may span both of those, but it's really two movements, right?

It's the lodger's tax piece first and then the regulation piece second.

Item one is request for approval of adoption of ordinance number 2257-2025, amending and deleting certain code sections of Chapter 318 pertaining to lodgers tax and short-term rentals.

However, before I do, I want to disclose to this commission and the public that I own a short-term rental.

And so whatever is decided is going to affect me just like it does uh everyone, but I wanted to be uh transparent and open about the fact that I have a short-term term rental personally.

So uh Mr.

Morris.

Thank you, Mayor, and good evening, Mayor, uh Mayor Pro Tem Garza and Commissioners.

As you mentioned, the first piece and the first item is the lodgers tax portion.

Uh so what this ordinance does, it does two things.

Uh number one, it includes short-term rentals within the definition of taxable premises.

So they're subjected to lodgers tax.

And then number two, it also tracks state statute and updates the definition to allow for, quote, temporary lodging.

Uh if you remember from the explanation that our our first introduction meeting, temporary lodging is lodging for the purpose of housing a vendee, which is a tenant or renter within proximity of the vendee's employment or job location.

Um just kind of a broad overview again.

The way it includes short-term rentals within the definition of taxable premises by removing a prior exemption that was in 3.18.040 G.

And then the way it tracks state statute, uh you can see is it it just adds under Section 3 amendment of existing code section.

It adds the words unless those premises are temporary lodging to both subsection one or two one and two.

And so uh I would be happy to give a more detailed explanation or answer any questions.

I received a number of questions and comments and suggestions that I think I have answered all of them throughout the week and sent you all some information and gave a more detailed explanation at the last meeting.

But uh that's what this ordinance does.

Of course, the the commission has the option of approving it or amending it or or declining to approve it.

And so again, I would be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thanks for that.

And and and just up front, thank you, Mr.

Morris, for all the the effort that you put in on this.

I know that uh we hit you with a lot of questions, and you did a lot of research and and really provided this commission with a lot of information with which to work.

Uh so thanks for that.

Could you just briefly hit on, I mean, you you referenced, I think state law.

Um I mean, what what does state law have to say about uh lodgers tax applying to short-term rentals?

So state law allows for it and has for some time.

Um I didn't research every municipality in in New Mexico, but it seemed like the vast majority had already updated their code to incorporate that.

Uh the state law, and this is an important point, uh, it applies to all municipalities, even home rule municipalities like Clovis.

And so it's something that we have to follow.

We can't come up with our own variations or definitions.

Um, one question I recall getting was about the construction of the lodgers tax board and can we add members and and we'll get to that later.

But but for more or less to answer your question, we need to follow state law.

This applies to us and it's something that we have to follow.

And so now that said, not every city has with respect to the second part, the temporary lodging piece.

Um, Commissioner Paula uh pointed out at the last meeting that you know she she wasn't sure if that was in-state statute and hadn't seen that before, and that's because most cities haven't included that yet.

And so um I think Mr.

Howalt wisely suggested that if we're gonna redo this ordinance, we might as well get everything right and up to date.

And so that's why we included that piece.

Um again, I'd be happy to go into more detail, but that's what it says for now.

No, I I I appreciate that because I I just think that that's very informative and kind of foundational for the concept of you know applying lodgers tax to short-term rentals.

Uh it's it it's fair to say that if you have a short-term rental uh and you're not collecting and remitting lodgers tax uh that really goes against what the state law says about uh lodgers tax, correct?

Correct.

I think it would be safer and you're more likely to be in compliance with state statute by collecting.

Okay.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

And and that, you know, that's what I had learned in in my own research.

And then uh you also made the point that uh most other communities of any size or with any tourism uh you know uh elements to them uh have uh long ago updated uh their lodgers tax uh ordinances to make it clear and provide the framework to to for short-term rentals to to collect and remit.

So um I just wanted to make make sure that that that was super clear for everyone.

Um we use lodgers tax for uh a lot of really good things to uh promote events in the community, the PRCA rodeo, uh Pioneer Days, Dragon Main, uh all of those events and uh and a long list of others.

Mayor Protim Garza sits on Lodger's Tax, so he would he would be able to list out all those events, but uh to the extent that we have uh folks skipping the hotels and motels and staying in short-term rentals in the community, uh the community is being shortchanged on uh the lodger's tax revenues that are used to promote the community and draw people to the community.

And so this is something that uh that needs your attention and and and really we're we're laid on uh as other communities already have it in place.

And so uh that that said, and again, I have one, so you know I I you know, but I I want to contribute uh uh to the lodgers tax base uh from my own.

And uh anyway, what other discussion uh is there on this item or questions, or is there a member of the public here that has uh something informative for us on the lodgers tax piece of the Ms.

DeMaio?

Um I've been kind of reading the ordinances about it.

Um and I I'm I want to say that I'm not opposed to the lodgers tax whatsoever.

Um I just have a little bit of concern, and I just wanted to ask the commission to maybe consider grandfathering in the bookings that we have already collected money for on platforms.

Um the platforms Airbnb, VRBO, they remit the taxes for us.

And like for me personally, I already have several bookings into the future, and lodgers tax have not been applied to that, and it's too late to amend those bookings for that.

Um so I would just like to ask the commission that when you consider voting for the lodgers tax to think about grandfathering and the bookings that we already have.

I think that's a fair point to raise, Ms.

DeMaio, and and it just makes me want to ask the question.

If if our if if approved, once it goes into effect, it would just apply to bookings beginning then, right?

And going forward.

Mayor, mayor pro tem and commissioners.

And so we've thought about an effective date on this, and we recognize the fact that there's existing bookings that are in place, and we also want to be able to give individuals the opportunity to prepare for what is upcoming.

And so we would recommend that uh if this is approved to make it effective July the first, it aligns with our fiscal year uh as well.

And so we think that would give them plenty of time uh to make the adjustments uh just learn and educate themselves on what the reporting requirements will be uh is and be able to make those arrangements as well.

So we would recommend making it effective July the first.

And I don't want to speak on behalf of others, but I do want to speak on behalf of myself.

I know for myself I ha already have bookings past July 1st and Airbnb and BRBO tend to collect the funds at the time that the booking is made.

And because we did not have an ordinance requiring lodgers tax to be remitted on those, they won't be.

So that would be a cost of business, even though when they booked that it wouldn't be on there.

So I was just asking simply just if it's I mean, like for me, I would have proof that I had the booking well before the ordinance would be.

And so I just wanted to.

Well, keep in mind we're we're supposed to be collecting and remitting now and and have been.

And so I mean there has to be some you know it it has to be worked out, right?

Right.

Um and then the other question that I had on that is um typically the booking platforms, they collect your taxes and pay them for you.

Um does the city have a plan on how they are going to notify these booking platforms that we are now paying lodgers tax to adjust those fees.

And mayor mayor pro timing commissioners, we are uh going to be reaching out to those platforms to let them know.

Uh we have spoken with like Rio Doso, and they actually have software that tracks short-term rentals on their behalf.

Um but we will be reaching out to the various platforms to to notify them that lodgers tax will need to be applied to those bookings.

Okay.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Yeah.

Sure, Mr.

Jarowala.

Hello, good evening.

My name is uh Daval Jerry Rala, I go by Danny.

I just had something to some information that would help Ms.

DeMaio.

So in hotels, all the prepaid websites and everybody else, what they do is they make sure that you are getting you are collecting the lodges tax.

The only thing that they get exempted from state tax.

They pay them directly to the state.

But for the city, they they give us that 5% and we are in charge of remitting it to the city.

So if this helps in any way to the short-term rentals or the city, we have always paid the the lodgers tax to the city and there is no exemption.

But technically, VRBO, if they are collecting taxes, both the taxes and everything on behalf of them.

And if they are um like no they they're giving the rent like you know the host the money, they should include that five percent that should come to you, and then you can just pay to your local government.

Where else they pay the state direct.

And at least that's what's happening in the hotel.

I just wanted to share this with you.

That raise it's a lot easier as far as the largest tax go.

Yeah, I I appreciate that, Mr.

Jarowla.

That that's informative.

And you know, that's that's kind of the how, right?

Yeah, and and we're not reinventing anything.

This is done in communities all over the state.

And so we just you know it's it's gonna work.

I was more or less trying to assist saying that the lodger stacks could be remitted by the host, which the platform can reimburse them the lodges tax part of it if introduced.

So that means the books could be a lot simpler and city doesn't have to be involved with any platform.

Uh the state does it at their level and they just redeem like you know, reimburse the state.

Yeah, appreciate your answer.

So that's just something that I want to and by the way, if asked as a hotel owner, I absolutely understand Ms.

DeMaio's um concern about the bookings that are already on there.

I personally would favor that if if they already can show that they have some bookings on there, I would hate for their business to be shortchanged, like you know, just because we put this into effect.

So if you can say July 1st or even before that that you do it, um whatever bookings they've already got, whether it let it be a year in advance or something like that, I am in support of her if we can assist short-term rental owners that okay, those bookings are already on the books, now it's hard to go back.

Who is gonna pay that five percent?

Whether if we are gonna pay it or if we're gonna ask the guest who are staying, which is an inconvenience to them.

I mean, they could bring this up.

So my recommendation, it's a personal recommendation, is that you should probably entertain that being a business owner being shortchanged is something and it's not gonna be a long thing, you know.

I mean it's they should they would have certain amount of bookings only.

Right.

So if that's a consideration that you're considering, I am in favor as a business owner that no business owner should be shortchanged.

So just because there is a change in the we appreciate that, Mr.

Jarival.

Your perspective is great.

Appreciate uh because we know it comes from a lot of experience in in your your industry.

So thank you for that perspective.

So what's that?

Do you have any questions?

I was gonna take a seat as this is just my comments on the logistics tax portion of it.

I will probably come back when the second portion comes.

Okay, thank you.

Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, what Mayor Pro Tem and Commissioners, what uh what debate is there?

What what questions uh do you have or where where are you on this?

I have a perspective that I think that if they already have the bookings they shouldn't be penalized.

That's my opinion.

Because they didn't know what was coming down the pipe.

So I think I don't I don't know that anyone is going to argue that that we need to, you know, retroactively apply it to existing bookings, no doubt.

But uh you know, we're talking about passing an ordinance that would provide the framework and make clear that short-term rentals need to be collecting and remitting.

Uh where are you on this?

What questions do you have for the attorney for staff?

What debate is there?

There are no questions.

I would move to appear.

Okay.

Do you want us to put a start date in the you know the city manager rec recommended July 1st uh as a start date?

And we want to put the uh you know the already bookings we're not gonna penalize them.

You know that probably needs to go on the money.

Where do we need to address?

So effective July 1st and not applying to any existing bookings.

Correct.

Yeah?

We can do that.

Okay.

You want to.

Second then.

Okay.

So Commissioner uh Tarsen, did I effectively state your motion for you?

Perfectly.

Thank you, Mayor.

Okay.

Now we have the second from Commissioner Cass.

Any further debate?

Mayor, I just want to make sure that we're on record that once the bookings prior to this amendment being passed and made passed.

Um I'm assuming that that is just a given, but I just want to make sure that that any of those bookings prior to us passing this ordinance is clear.

Yeah.

Okay.

Are we okay with that?

Sure.

No, we're great with that.

And it and as part of the research we've done, we've looked at other other communities lodgers tax remissions for remission forms.

You know, and so we're we may have some new ones that we've got from Rio Del So.

So we're we're updating a couple other things, uh, but we can do that.

And I'm just thinking this through now, but you know, the the way that the Chapter 3, it's not in front of you now, but if you were to look at our city code chapter three when it talks about how to remit the lodgers tax, I'm thinking that you only have to rip remit for payments that you have already received.

So in other words, if Mr.

Miles has already been paid for a booking in August, then she she has no duty to remit anything by the 25th of the following month.

That's already passed.

So but I still would need to think it through, but we can certainly figure out a way to make sure that July 1 will be the operative start date and it won't apply to any pre-existing bookings.

Yeah.

Look, we we want to we want to get this right, and uh we don't want any business owners hurt in the process.

And so uh effective date of July 1st, not applying to any existing bookings, uh not applying going backwards in time, like Commissioner Porters is pointing out.

Um we have a motion from Commissioner Tarzan, a second from Commissioner Cassaus.

Any further discussion on the item?

Hearing and seeing none, it's been properly moved and seconded that you would adopt ordinance 2257-2026.

Please vote.

I'm curious as they occurred.

Is someone having a hard time with the voting system?

No, I voted.

Is everyone put their vote in?

Yeah, I'm missing somebody.

There we go.

Gene.

Sorry, guys.

Ah, there we go.

We have eight votes in favor, none opposed.

The motion has carried unanimously.

Thank you.

Next we'll take up item two, which is request for approval of adoption of ordinance number two five eight-2026, amending certain code sections in the City of Corvus unified development ordinance relating to the approval and regulation of short-term rentals.

Uh and we're gonna go uh back to the attorney for this who's prepared uh an awful lot uh for you to look at and consider, Mr.

Morris.

Thank you again, Mayor.

Uh yeah, so last meeting we I had prepared just one comprehensive draft for you to consider that threw everything in there in the kitchen sink and um based on your comments and feedback and the specific request to present you with some other examples that were pared down or different.

I've done that.

I've uh come up with three examples, and the first one is just the original non-edited version that was presented at the first meeting.

Uh the second example is probably the most pared down, it removes the vast majority of the requirements.

And then the third example is sort of in between the two.

Um a key key similarity between the second and third example is they remove the permit fee, which there was some opposition to, it seemed like at the last meeting, and they just require a business registration fee.

A key key similarity between the second and third example is they remove the permit fee, which there was some opposition to, it seemed like at the last meeting, and they just require a business registration fee.

No, the business registration fee would start January 1, so there wouldn't be any reason to become effective.

Oh, it would become effective now.

I'm sorry.

So if we if you go with the uh option two or three, and of course you can make whatever changes to either one, you don't have to go with any of the options in particular.

The business registration, I guess the fee would be to now.

But I also put together, and I don't know if this will be helpful, but uh but put in front of each of you a draft that has all three of them combined with parentheses noting which options are which.

And so if I can maybe try to explain that, it may uh maybe easier than going through all three.

And so uh to begin, if you look at the second page of what I had put in front of you, there's redlined, there's the redlined addition of the business registration fee.

Um that would not apply to option one because there would be a permit fee of 75 or 100 unless you change that.

But that would apply to options two and three, since we're going to remove the permit fee later, you'll see in paragraph four.

Uh going down under the permit requirements, option two, which removes most of the requirements, removes the requirement for a 24-hour a day contact, removes the requirement for a floor plan, uh removes the quiet requirement for an insurance policy.

Uh moving on down to paragraph four, uh you'll see that's where option two and three remove the permit fee that I had proposed.

Uh moving down to paragraph five, you'll see that option two removes paragraph five, uh, which was the occupancy limits, and option three modifies paragraph five.

It changes it from two times the number of bedrooms to four times the number of bedrooms.

It also changes the age of a child from 15 to 18.

Again, children don't count until the occupancy limit.

Um moving on to paragraph six.

Option two removes paragraph six, the noise disturbance paragraph.

Uh both options two and three remove paragraph seven, which was the requirement that the rentals be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.

Um sorry.

Option two removes paragraph eight, which is an R V prohibition.

Uh I I said this in one of my emails to you, but if you look at the city code, there's already a prohibition on parking an RV on the side of the road, but this prohibition would apply to parking an RV in the driveway of a short-term rental.

Again, option two removes that prohibition.

Option two also removes the requirement for a fire extinguisher.

And all three options leave the requirement for a smoke alarm.

I did receive a number of questions about what are the fire code requirements, et cetera.

What a state law require.

Uh state law treats them the same way as you would treat just a normal residence.

There are no additional requirements as far as I know.

I believe uh Deputy Chief Lazardo is here, he can follow up if there's any more specific questions.

But if we don't put anything in there at all about smoke detectors or or fire extinguishers, you know, it's fine, we can do that.

Um that's the normal fire code would apply, which I believe I'm not an expert in it, but I believe requires smoke detectors either inside or directly outside of every sleeping room.

And then also carbon monoxide detectors if you have a fuel burning stove or furnace or something.

So uh but again, you know, goes without saying that's just those are just examples for you to consider.

If you thought of something to add to those, uh we can do that still at this point, or of course we can mix and match or whatever the commission's pleasure.

Um if there's any other questions about the answers that I had given you all, um I'd be happy to expand on those two.

Yeah, okay, appreciate that.

Thanks.

Um Mayor Pro Tim Commission, uh, you know, he he's given you so many uh so many options.

Um and and I've already disclosed that I have one, and so you know it's I'm I guess by virtue I'm I'm biased, but um before the document that he provided tonight, I was looking at option two and uh even had some questions about it, but thought that uh the lightest of touch is what is required here.

Uh and I think that it is appropriate that we have a permit.

I think that uh uh that makes sense of the business registration certainly.

Uh but uh to add more to it and kind of to the attorney's point that he was making just a moment or two ago that you know there's already state law about uh uh smoke detectors and and the like.

Uh but in paragraph three of option two I really rely on uh that the city may terminate at any time uh terminate a permit at any time for noncompliance with permit rules, regulations, comma, city code, comma, or any other applicable law, comma, rule or ordinance.

Uh so you know to to add to that that you know you have to do this, that or the other, um to me seems more uh more than necessary and doesn't exactly inspire you know business.

And and so uh that's just my thought, and then you know, again, I'm kind of uh, you know, I have a conflict you know on on this on this subject, and it's not gonna matter unless you create a tie, what I think, and it's gonna apply to me whatever whatever you do.

But I just feel that the lightest of touch is what is needed here.

Uh I think that Clovis people are gonna manage their short-term rentals in a very great way uh and don't need a lot of additional uh rules to follow or regulations.

And that's just my thought, but I'll open it up to debate.

Mayor, the only thing I am concerned about is a couple of things under section three.

The city shall have the right to inspect each short term rental unit without prior notice.

I really believe that they we need to give them notice for going into their own.

I'd flag that too.

And then the only other thing I was concerned with was the smoke alarms.

Uh I'm not sure if it's necessary they're located in every room.

I do understand the smoke alarms issues that we need to, you know, they need to have smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, but not in every room.

Yeah.

Agreed.

I'm I'm not sure that we need to require that they have smoke alarms because they're already required to have smoke alarms.

You know.

Uh and and I had flagged the without prior notice piece as well.

I mentioned that I liked option two, but that I had some concerns about it, and it was it was that and and a handful of other items that that I think uh may not be necessarily necessary.

I what I'd like to do is continue debate up here, uh, but then uh hear from uh those of you that are here to to share with us your thoughts on uh this piece.

Uh any debate down this way thoughts.

I kind of wanted to hear from some of the public.

Okay.

Well, I I want to kind of clear the the debate that exists now before we open that up.

Yes, Commissioner.

Mayor, if I may, um I I would just want to go because I'm I'm concerned this is gonna get m real muddy real quick, and so I just want to walk through the stuff that I have and where I stand, and then I would love to hear from the from the folks that have come tonight.

Um I per I am most favoring the uh the third option.

Um but I do that with some caveats.

One that has already been mentioned about the without prior notice.

Um this one may be a somewhat of a question and uh or just maybe I need some explanation.

On um section two where it says permit required, and then it walks through um A B C D E is the one that I have a question on, proof of insurance policy covering the property and containing adequate fire property and general liability insurance.

I I need I may need to some explanation on this because I understand it the third parties um like Airbnb and VRBO already require proof of that.

Um and I'm not sure why the city would also need to be need to have that if that is indeed the case, and unless of course I'm misunderstood.

Um we have on continue on section three.

Um we've already addressed the with the without prior notice.

I'd like to see that with notice.

And um number four under that section permit fee.

I think we should have a permit fee.

And but I don't think the permit fee should be a hundred dollars.

And I'd like to see that maybe somewhere in the range of 75 to 50 dollars um per unit.

And um if I may continue I want to address the uh we had heard from the attorney about the ordinance about the R V and this is addressing the RV in the driveway.

Uh I don't think that we should oppose having the R V in the driveway.

What I would be opposed to is having um people occupy the R V while it's in the driveway.

Uh I don't know how we would address that, but I'd like to see that maybe considered as an option.

Um because I think there's some potential of people in the RV wanting uh either having to have a change or or need to stay at a residence rather than the RV.

Maybe there's an issue with the R V or whatever.

I would just want to make sure that we just don't have them occupying the R V while they're at the Airbnb or the short-term rental.

Yeah.

We already have an ordinance about that.

So you know you you're not supposed to live in an RV and in the driveway as it is.

And so I would liken that to like the noise, you know, the prohibition on noise that one of these versions does or two of them do.

We don't need that.

There's already a agreement a noise ordinance.

And so that's why I mean I just I don't think that we should duplicate anything that already exists for uh someone owning a uh structure that's being used as a as a short-term rental.

But I appreciate all all of your uh may have been one or more questions that the attorney could address and what you had to say.

I would be happy to.

I'm sorry, Mayor, did I interrupt you?

No, go ahead.

Uh yeah, regarding the insurance requirement, it's just a it's a protection, I think, on any prospective guest or vendee as a state statute refers to it.

So not everyone uses Airbnb and V RBO, those platforms may require insurance.

There's other ways to advertise a short-term rental.

Uh but again, it's it not suggesting that we even need it.

It may be too cautious.

But in the event that there was a tragic accident, you know, a premises liability type of accident, it would just protect a guest.

But I don't know how much protection it would offer because we didn't, you know, after the small working groups, I was basically informed not to put a policy limit in there, so I didn't put a policy limit in there.

So you know, it could be a $25,000 policy the way it's worded.

So again, in the event that the owner of the the short-term rental was insolvent and there was a tragic accident, it would give some protection to a potential vendee that was staying there.

I think that's why a lot of cities included.

Not saying that we we need it.

Um then I believe the way that it's a little worried, but the way that the R V piece is worded now, it says may park and occupy recreational vehicles overnight.

So the only version that prohibits the RV parking is the first of the three, and even that one only prohibits parking and occupying the RV.

It doesn't permit parking it and then you know leaving it unoccupied.

It doesn't prohibit parking it and leaving it unoccupied the way it's currently written.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yeah, Commissioner Paul.

Um Jerry, can on ordinance number two?

Under uh where it talks about the permit, I like that it doesn't have a dollar amount for the permit.

Because correct me if I'm wrong, but if we ever in the future change the permit dollar amount, don't we have to come in and amend the ordinance, which is very cumbersome?

So I like that it is not, it just says you must have a permit, and I'm assuming the fee will be decided not in this ordinance.

Correct?

Well, if if if the commission decides they don't want to use a permit fee and just want to use the business registration fee, then there wouldn't be any fee established.

So like the so the second and third option designate a standard business registration fee of $35.

Correct.

Right.

So there would be zero permit fee set, period.

And mayor, mayor pro timing commissioners, and an option on that and not setting the fee itself in the ordinance.

You can add language in there that says asset time from time to time by the city commission.

Uh and so we have done that in other rules, and then we would just pass a resolution uh bring it to the city commission for that to where it wouldn't have to go through the ordinance process.

So do we need to change I I think there should be some fee, a nominal fee, but can we change number two to say permit, do we need to change it to say permit required and applicable fee or just leave it as is.

So we would need to change number two in a couple of ways.

So going all the way back up to the very top of the second page, we would delete the any applicable business registration fee portion, uh, because we don't typically charge a registration fee and a license or permit fee.

Right.

Um, so we would delete that.

We would not require a registration fee, and then we would add language uh says exactly what you want, Commissioner, that we can establish a permit fee, you know, uh and as adopted by the Commission, we wouldn't have to go back and change the ordinance.

And maybe some other food for thought, I'm sure you all know this, but I think the you know the thinking behind the permit fee and setting the permit fee and whether you should use a renewal fee, at least in my understanding is what the city has to do.

You know, if we're not out there requiring fire extinguishers, if we're not out there requiring and doing inspections, because we don't require the certain things that need inspection, then I think the need for a fee and a renewal fee is in my mind diminished.

So something to think about.

And then uh one other question, and I think Ms.

Burroughs is trying to say something.

No, it's alright.

Okay.

That passed.

Um under the same permit required, uh number B or letter B, that was stricken, which surprised me because it talks about the name on the rental permit application, the name, phone number, email, business address of the owner, individual or agents who will be responsible.

What was the reasoning for striking that?

I it seems like that would be something that would already be on the application.

So uh Mr.

Hollout asks the same question.

Uh that B actually says is identifying a 24-hour available contact person.

If you look right above that, a few lines above that, it it reads in addition to any other necessary information.

I don't know if you see that part.

Yeah.

So we can still require basic information on the permit like name, address, what we would consider necessary information.

Doesn't mean that we're not going to require that type of information.

It just means that we're not going to require the name, phone number, and address of the 24-hour available contact person.

And Mayor Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioner and Commissioner Paul to add to that as part of our business registration requirements.

And when somebody comes in and applies for a business registration, they are actually required to provide us an emergency contact just in case something happens to that business and obviously they are not on premise, then we're we know who we can reach out to and c to contact.

So uh leaving the business registration in there would get us that information that we would need.

Okay.

Okay, that's perfect.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Anything else up here?

Mayor.

I had one more.

I and I'm sorry, I thought I had all my notes.

I didn't.

Um the other one was I didn't know if there was an option.

I think that every every every one of these um short-term rentals should have a uh a fire extinguisher in the in the unit.

Um but I I'm not thrilled that they would have to have them inspected.

Um is that required?

Um do they have to have them inspected, or can they can we just make sure that they have to do that?

Thank you.

They have to be inspected.

Good evening, Chief.

How are you all doing?

Good.

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tim.

Um so when it comes to commercial properties, regardless of if it is a uh residence or a residence converted over to a commercial business, um, those inspections have to be done annually on those uh extinguishers.

Now the smoke detectors themselves, um when we when we looked at these different codes and different ones, uh when you look at hotels and micro hotels and stuff like that, when they rent out those rooms or the properties, each one of those rooms have to have those smoke detectors, which also have to be tested.

And that's the standard six months uh changing out batteries as well as also uh making sure that they do function.

Um there isn't a requirement as far as having an actual alarm system that has to be monitored or anything like that, but that was kind of the basic uh commercial property or business property uh requirements.

Chief, when you when you say business property, are you are you are you making that that leap to refer to a STR as a business property or a commercial property?

Like even with your uh in-home daycares, when the state came out with that permit for for those particular businesses, even though it's conducted inside of a residence, they still had to meet certain requirements.

And the basic general idea of a business or a property that has to be inspected by the fire department has to have that uh the bare minimum of a smoke detector um and your extinguishers.

So, Chief, if if we if this commission put in an ordinance that a fire extinguisher is required in a short-term rental, uh, then you would you would need to know that that's being inspected annually?

Yes, yes.

So the fire marshal would be the one that would uh conduct those inspections and along with our inspectors that would do that.

And it would probably be more on an on the annual basis of a renewal if there is a renewal.

Um that would be the easiest way to keep track of it.

Okay.

But if if it's not an ordinance that uh fire extinguisher is required, then you you're you wouldn't need to inspect.

No.

Not for the extinguisher.

Okay.

Questions for the chief while we got him right there?

Are extinguishers required in each room of hotels?

Not in each room, but within a 75-foot uh area is what is what is required for a commercial uh extinguisher.

So extinguishers themselves can be um usually around the uh egress of the house.

Um but as far as smoke detectors um in hotels and and everywhere else, they are required in each one of the rooms.

Um that's just kind of where I'm sure that came from as far as the fire code side.

Right.

Okay, thank you.

Yes, ma'am.

Chief, one uh well, I got a question that I bet I bet you know the answer to or could speak to in in uh in the version that I'm kind of working with, version two.

Um a requirement under section one.

Yeah.

One C is a display a valid and lawful emergency evacuation plan prominently inside the unit at all times.

What is a what is a valid and lawful emergency plan?

How do you meet that threshold?

So just like with your hotels, each one of the hotels have to have an escape plan that is posted for the guests that are in there.

So it would be just kind of a basic layout and where their exits might be located.

Um so that it's just a standard uh uh exit plan that that can be done.

Now, as far as like verifying if that that plan is done correctly, that would be done by the fire marshal and their inspectors.

I see.

Thank you, Chief.

Yes, other questions for the Chief Questions for Mr.

Perkins.

Okay, so Chief, now I'm really confused.

So you okay here's what I'm understanding has to be inspected.

So correct me where I'm wrong.

You guys would have to inspect the evacuation plan no matter what.

We would just verify that they do have an evacuation plan.

Okay, so maybe they would draw out a sketch of their house, X where the um, you know the exits are and submit that with their application?

Uh no, usually those are uh verified on site when they do the inspection, not necessarily when they turn in instance.

I guess I'm confusing, we don't require a fire ext extinguisher, then the only reason you would come out and inspect would be to see the picture that they drew.

Like that seems senseless and uh a waste of time for the fire department.

Do they have to inspect the smoke alarms?

Yes.

Yeah.

The smoke alarms is also part of our inspection as well.

Even with hotels, we go in and we have to manually uh set them off and each individual one.

So here's the other question.

I I don't understand when I don't feel like we are converting these homes to commercial properties.

So is there a a caveat for short-term rentals that doesn't turn them into a commercial property, therefore it doesn't require inspections by the fire department?

Not that I've seen in any of the research that I did this, this very limited research I did this last week.

Um I did uh look through some NFPA stuff, and there's really not anything um that is like concrete and and that's one of the hard parts of fire code is it it is geared towards commercial and businesses, not necessarily towards residential.

But when when we have these different uh rules that are applied to just like it was for um in-home daycares, uh the state came back and said, well, we don't know what those codes are, you guys come up with them as far as the fire service or the the fire the code officials.

And so when they did that, uh and and I was kinda out of it for a long time, got back into it when this change happened, there was a lot of codes that wouldn't be applic applicable to a residence, but because they were doing commercial business out of it or a license out of it, then it required us to to hit those certain commercial points.

So i if this is not considered a commercial permit or a commercial commercial business, then we wouldn't inspect it, no.

Mayor, if I may uh shed some light on that.

The requirement in the ordinance triggers the inspection.

There is no requirement for any of this, state law, fire code, anything else.

If we put it in the ordinance, evacuation plan, fire extinguisher, smoke alarms, then that triggers their duty to inspect it.

So if we put any of those three in this ordinance, then it triggers.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

That's up.

I did not know that.

And I have a question maybe for Jared.

I don't think it applies to you, but are these uh short-term rentals not a business?

I mean, what's I'm that's where I'm confused because we're going back and forth with commercial business versus business.

So that's I need some clarification on that.

Yes, ma'am.

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Commissioners.

Uh as it sits currently without the change of the ordinance, uh, it is a conditional use, which goes through the PNZ for approval.

Uh mailers go out notification for public hearing.

And then once PNZ comes to an acceptable uh solution to pass it forward, it then comes before you for approval like you saw tonight.

So uh that conditional use is for that permitted use to do that that part.

To follow that uh the part of the business license is uh it goes to fire, it goes through building safety, and we both do inspections on the facility for life safety, making sure that it's it's in uh good maintenance and repair to to ensure uh the safety of the residents or renters or anyone else that's gonna be in that facility.

Uh we do it for both commercial and residential.

So it is a business.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

Well because I know for a second.

Because you are a short-term rental is a residence, and the owner of the residence is making money off of it.

But at the same time, you have a long-term rental.

And individuals or companies also own these long-term rentals and are using them as a business.

They are renting them to people and making money.

So if the fire extinguishers and the smoke alarms and all that apply to them and need to be inspected, why are we not inspecting long-term rentals as well?

Okay.

Just thanks for that.

And and when we get into these types of in the weeds discussions, the um the decorum always breaks down.

Um let's do our best to let's go through the chair and and let's keep the discussion really tight.

And um I just appreciate that.

So Mayor, may I offer one more attempt at clarification?

I think to Commissioner Zamora's point, and Terrence, please correct me if I'm wrong.

But from what I found, home daycares are treated commercially in terms of the fire code.

Short-term rentals are not.

They're treated just like any other residence that's not a rental.

Okay.

Or a long-term rental, something like that, is my understanding as of now.

Yeah.

And I'm good with that.

I just need a clarification.

Thank you.

Mayor, if I may.

Commissioner.

Um I think that in the light of all this information, I would I would like to see anything that's going to trigger fire inspections and such be removed from the ordinance.

Okay.

So would that take you but what is it about option three that that you like uh Commissioner, or does that new stance move you to option two?

Um, I'd have to go back and read those and see that, but uh.

Um.

Thanks.

Okay.

So members of the public.

Short-term rental rental owners.

Uh let's uh let's hear from you if if you have if you have thoughts, please.

Yes, ma'am.

Yeah.

Melissa.

I know it.

Hi.

Hi.

My name is Melissa Griego.

I'm one of the owners of G4 Investments, and we um uh do short-term, mid-term, long-term rentals.

And you guys pretty much summarized a lot of my concerns or questions that I had.

Um that somebody brought up earlier was just the inspection without prior notice, just because we have a lot of traveling um people, guests that stay in our units, and a lot of them work nights.

So as a landlord myself, I have to give prior notice, so just consider that.

Yes, ma'am.

And then the other one uh which Mr.

Holwalt brought up was about um coming up with software.

I was gonna ask if you guys had software to start tracking Airbnbs because uh just so everybody's accountable.

Um then the deadline to submit the paperwork, is that July 1st still or before?

In regards to getting a permit?

Yes, the permit.

Or can we start turning in or it it would be up to this commission on when we would start with the money?

Ms.

Ariago, that that Ms.

Griego, when they land on um what they maybe want to move and vote on, uh they'll include up uh an effective date.

And we haven't talked about that yet, but it might make sense to line that up with the effective date of the lodger's tax piece, right?

So do you know when you guys are gonna decide on which option you're gonna go with?

We hope it happens sometime before midnight.

Okay.

Ms.

Grego, thank you.

Appreciate your your perspective and you being here.

Thanks.

Any other short-term rental owners.

Ms.

DeMile.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

So I have printed out and wrote notes on every option that was available on the site.

And most of these you guys have already touched have you have touched on them.

But I just kind of want to bring it from a short-term rental owner perspective.

The major thing that I did notice was the without prior notice.

And the city being able to pull your permit or your ability to operate immediately.

Specifically the language that says without prior notice.

And I think it would be bad for business on anybody's side for a fire inspector to just knock on the door and be like, okay, let me in, let me look.

When it comes to permits and people that are already operating short-term rentals, I did want some clarification from the commission.

Just on if we already have guests and you want to come in and do an inspection, if I apply for a permit, but I have a guest that's staying, I mean, I've had guests up to 12 weeks.

You know, a lot of us do have some that stay more than the 29 days.

Um are we going to be able to continue operating until our unit is vacant for them to come in to and do an inspection if you require the inspection?

Is that something that you guys would allow, or would we have to give notice to our guests because it sounds like some people may need to make changes inside of there and provide evacuation plans and stuff like that.

Um how would we be able to make those changes with guests already in our units?

So I don't speak for the commission and maybe one of them or more wants to chime in, but there would there would definitely be that grace given to to comply.

I hope that there isn't an inspection, Ms.

DeMile.

Okay.

I was I was gonna ask for the inspection to be removed.

Um I would like to see these treated like a residence instead of a commercial business.

Um simply because if you are going to treat a short-term rental that is a residence, when people rent our homes, they are renting a home.

They are not renting a hotel, they are renting a home.

When you get on an Airbnb website and you look at a listing, it is going to give you a list of features that the home has to include smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide.

So when these people are renting our homes, they are well aware of what they are renting, and it will tell you if a home has it or not.

And they rent it based off of if they feel safe staying there.

Um so I would like to see that removed from all of them.

Um I just want to clarify this.

You will not charge a business fee and a permit fee, a business license fee and a permit fee.

It would be one or the other.

That hasn't been determined.

Okay, so I would like to see if you're going to require us to have a to pay for a permit to operate a short-term rental.

Um I would like that to I would like to remove the business license fee.

I think that it would kind of be double dipping a little bit if we charged both.

Um I would like one or the other.

Um the permit fee, though, if we are going to require a permit and you're treating us like a business and want us to have all of these licensing and stuff, I would like to see the permit fee be the same as a business license.

Um as far as the evacuation plans, I would like to see that removed from all of the language as well.

Um simply because that's not required by all businesses in Clovis.

Um I can see why apartment complexes and hotels and all of that would need it.

Um however, we are not accommodating hundreds of guests.

We are simply accommodating what our homes can hold.

Um so for me, in that instance, it would be 10 to 15 people.

Um not trying to get hundreds of people out of a building that could potentially be burning.

Um we've already covered the lodgers tax.

I'm sorry, I have a lot of notes on here.

Um I just really think that the biggest thing for me was with the without prior notice.

Thank you, Ms.

DeMaio.

Appreciate that input.

Any other short-term rental owners that want to give perspective, please?

Yes, sir.

Hi there.

Sorry if I don't first time in this forum.

Sorry if I don't dress you appropriately.

I apologize in advance.

You're doing great.

Um everything's pretty much already been hit.

The available availability 24-7.

It's about consequences.

So if we don't answer what happens.

Right?

How do we get back to you?

That's not clearly stated.

If you do implement that.

Um there was also something in there about cleanliness, cleanings, based on whose standards.

Consequences.

What happens?

How do we meet them if you're gonna impose those things?

Um the other thing is due process and timelines for business licensing permits, submittals, consequences.

I don't have those things.

Are you gonna fast track us to get those things through in time?

Um inspections, you already hit on that.

And then the intent of the inspections.

If you can say these commercial properties, do I have to have handicap access, rails in the bathroom?

These are homes, they're not built with that intent.

So now you're gonna require me to build them with that intent.

I don't know.

So those are just my thoughts and concerns.

I appreciate you all startup.

Those are excellent thoughts and points.

Thank you, sir.

Appreciate that.

Thank you.

Any other STR owners that want to give perspective?

Okay.

I know Mr.

Jarrell Walla wants to give his perspective.

I think we're ready.

Evening, everybody.

This is again Mr.

Jerivala.

Um I live at 140 Scottsdale Drive.

I'm supposed to give my address.

And I am a business owner here in town.

Let me start in the beginning.

We really definitely need to define the STR.

Short-term rental.

What is a short-term rental?

Before COVID, there was hardly anybody heard about STR.

The reason the birth of STR and these rentals came up and they boomed is during COVID, the hotels were placed with the restriction of occupancy.

That's how I feel that people put their houses on for um rentals and all that stuff that they could accommodate while the restrictions were in place for the hotels.

Alright.

I personally own a home that I rent on a traditional rental, which is a year-to-ear lease.

In the ear-to-ear lease, mowing the grass, the safety inside and all the stuff, changing the batteries and all that stuff, is the tenants' responsibility because it's a long-term rental.

The reason we have to put short-term rental with the same perspective as the hotels is because when you say residential people live, you know your son, daughter, family member would know which door to exit out of.

But if the people who are staying there for X amount of night, believe me, in case of an emergency, that would help.

Oh, this is where we need to go.

That is the same reason we feel that hotels are required to have it.

Because the guest keeps on changing.

Yes, keeps on changing.

Like that, you know, they go in and out, in and out.

So to answer that question, why would they require it?

Is because of that.

The long-term rentals, traditional rentals, which are uh traditionally ear-to-ear lease, are not required to do it is because those tenants are responsible for their safety.

Now as far as that goes, you know.

So that's one point, right?

Um the second, you know, it was great hearing Mr.

Mayor uh on on the radio station this morning.

Yeah.

You know?

He brought it to our attention that how thriving we are as a community because oh my god.

This um short-term rentals are popping up like whoa.

That just says one thing.

That means our town is growing.

Who is going to come and talk to the people who are losing that revenue?

You know?

It's easy to tap your back when you are progressing and the town is growing and all.

You know?

But who who is gonna come to the hotels?

Oh, has your business being affected?

Or something like that.

I'm talking about lodging industry.

So nobody wants to brag about or say it out loud that okay, it's this bowl that comes in.

You're taking one water out of the room and the new one is coming up, and guess what?

Oh, yeah, our town is growing and thriving.

I'll tell you why they are growing and thriving.

Because the cost of operations and no rules and regulations are the reason that that's what it is.

At this point, I feel I wish I had a hundred room RB or B or Airbnb or whatever it is, rather than a hotel.

Hotels have been in your community forever.

Okay.

Now there is a time, and we are not asking, I'm not against.

I am not against any business.

I am a pro-business guy.

You know?

Mayor said one more thing.

Hey, we are last on the bus.

I mean, you know, it's it's about time we get do this thing.

I have done numerous researches.

Every time I came across, I have shared it with the city commission.

Okay.

Guess what?

It's a blessing that we are last on board.

Because everybody else has done these homework.

And see, create a balance of still accepting RBs of Airbnb's.

I'm sorry, I don't know, R BNB.

Airbnb's VRBOs, as well as the traditional hotel business.

You know, they have already found the middle ground.

You know, we need to check and see if they are not requiring annual inspections of some sort, you know.

Don't include it.

But then guess what?

There have been recommendations that okay, uh, Airbnb could be only rented for X amount of days.

Why don't we implement that?

Nobody has talked about it.

You know?

You don't want inspections.

We won't do inspections.

Give them 30 days to rent, however, they want to do it.

But if they want to rent it year-round, then they have to follow the same exact guidelines as the hotels.

Okay, I've heard Airbnb is a residence.

Airbnb is a residence, and what they do business.

You have to determine are they the residents or they are the business.

There is no in-between.

You know?

If somebody, if I get a buyer for my hotel, I'll sell it right away and open hundred room Airbnb right now, or somehow.

Because guess what?

There are less restrictions, less regulations on them.

You know, you have to make up your mind.

You know, you have to make up your mind.

My business has been down 30% last year.

And everybody I talk to says, oh, last year was worse, last year was worse.

Well, guess what?

Projects have come here into our town.

As a as a company, when I'm putting somebody at a hotel or an Airbnb, my job as a company is to save money, which is gonna cost me less.

It's the businesses.

Hotels and the Airbnbs have to decide are we providing safety for our oh no, only two people are gonna die.

That's okay.

100 people are gonna die over there, so that's it.

You know, that means more restrictions need to be uh placed on them and then not on them.

No, a safety when somebody rents either a hotel or your home or something, yes, you need to provide them safety as far as the safe.

If they are collecting money from somebody, an individual to stay at their property, their safety becomes a thing.

I'm not even mentioning about the overheads.

Let's forget about that, because that's when government is interfering.

No, you have to have payroll, you need to have breakfast, this and that.

No, I'm not telling that.

This is basic safety of humanity.

That somebody is renting something from me, paying me money, staying there.

We should be the one taking that responsibility upon ourselves that it's my responsibility to provide the safest possible accommodation for this person.

Because he's he or she is paying me Mr.

Jaruwala.

And that's what it is.

But hey, listen, take take a breath and then find find a place to wrap up, okay?

Yeah, yeah.

I will wrap up.

But just please make sure you consider all this stuff, you know?

Okay, thank you.

And it's it's it's simple, but thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr.

Jarawala.

Thank you.

Thanks to you.

Is there anyone else that would like to give this commission some perspective from your viewpoint?

Mayor Protam and Commission?

Been given a lot to think about.

You've been thinking about it for a month.

Where are you at?

Mayor.

Yes, Commissioner Jones.

As we talked through this uh this evening and uh listen to public comment and then uh also the from our uh attorney.

Um I'm in favor of uh uh the second option with some caveats.

Okay.

Um so I don't think we should require uh inspections um any any facet, but I do think we should have the ability to pull the permit or the permit E should be able to be able to terminate the permit as well, right?

So in paragraph three uh permit duration, I think we should strike inspection.

And then at the end uh the first sentence, put or permittee, can terminate.

And then from that point, strike the that next sentence in its entirety.

And then uh strike the the city may terminate a permit at any time, strike any time, right?

We can terminate the permit if they violate the the codes, but um they also can appeal that, right?

So if we leave the rest of the paragraph, that covers that.

And I would move to make that a motion with those changes to approve that ordinance.

Appreciate your your perspective on that, and I recognize your motion for approval.

Um if I could offer uh just a little bit, uh ask you a question.

Um option two includes uh in section one C includes this uh emergency evacuation plan.

You mentioned that you would like to I would like to strike that as well.

Okay.

Um and then so strike that as well as the operational uh smoke alarms.

As well as the okay, number four at the end.

My my apologies, I missed those two.

Yes, sir.

Okay, gotcha.

Okay.

Um we have uh a proper motion.

Um uh Commissioner Jones.

Clara has her hands.

And if if I I mean I I I'll recognize you in just a moment.

I just kinda wanted to finish the thought.

So we have of a we have a proper motion uh from Commissioner Jones uh as described.

I mean I think he described it pretty well.

I don't know if anyone took copious notes, but obviously the minutes would reflect uh what he had to say about striking uh items.

Ms.

Burroughs.

Yes, thank you, Mayor Mayor Paper Chairman Commissioners.

Um under that section um one D with regard to the valid permit.

Would you uh add to the end, Commissioner Jones, the fee for which shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Commission?

I think we need that in there, correct?

Yes.

We're then we're gonna have to we would philosophical debate there though.

I mean we're we're having a business registration.

Correct, which I think that's covered in the first, right?

So we added that that last line in.

And we don't need both.

So we wouldn't need that in the in the second, correct?

Right.

Well, in in 1A, we require a valid uh city business registration for the purpose of operating any one or more short-term rentals.

So that would be uh I'm in the short-term rental business, so I have a business registration, I have one or more.

Then if we have obtain a valid permit, then that would be in my mind per address.

And I think we do need a permit with these limited uh pieces.

I guess the question would be do we often also have a permit application fee?

You know, a 25 or a $50 permit application fee.

Right, which I thought we didn't we strike through that on the permit application fee was on right?

On where?

I'm sorry.

Permit application fee.

The city uh in uh section three.

A three.

Okay.

I was still confused about that version.

So I I'm gonna have to do that.

Yeah.

So I mean we struck it there, then why would we add it in back over here, right?

Okay, so you would strike D then?

Your business license.

No, we wouldn't strike D because we need to say the valid permit, but we should strike that there's a fee.

So no fee.

What's the end result that you would like to see?

Well, I thought we were discussing that we wouldn't have the permit fee.

Was that a correct?

I mean that we that was a discussion.

Yeah.

So uh to answer Ms.

Burroughs' question, um we need to make that sentence.

Just say that we wouldn't need the language then if that's the case.

Well we want to obtain a valid permit.

So we want that language there.

But we don't need to add language about a fee.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Thank you.

Um other debate questions?

Mayor, if I may, I I have I need some clarification.

On the on the permit portion.

Um we had spoken we had spoke a couple of things.

One of them was we we would leave the if we left the permit in there, we would not put a specific number because of the complications it would require to change the cost of that permit.

Um are we talking about adding language to the permit that says we will set the the fees at all or have have we just rem have we moved away from that altogether?

Well, we're still debating, but if I understand Commissioner Jones' uh motion, it would be the the effect of his motion would be there is not a permit fee in addition to the business registration that you find in the A of that section.

Okay.

It is my opinion that we should have a fee.

And um even if it's diminished from what the original proposal was, I would like for us to see us have a fee.

And and obviously in a in a or this in a manner that that allows us to make adjustments to that.

But part of my long-term heartburn has been the incredibly low um unusually low cost of a business license.

It's it's it's I think we're so far behind the time on a business license already that that fee should uh have been raised, but that's obviously a topic for another day.

I absolutely would love to see um have um a fee tied to the permit um to be established later.

And mayor, mayor pro tim and commissioners, uh Commissioner Porter, and just for your information and knowledge, uh the business registration fee, that $35 is actually set by State State.

And so we don't have the authority to change the business registration fee.

Thank you.

Permit licenses and license fees?

We can set whatever we want, but not a business registration fee.

So if so, Commissioner Porter, for the type of business that may require a a permit or a license over and above the business registration, that may be somewhere to maybe analyze our our our set fees, but that $35 business registration uh is locked.

Um Commissioner Porter, as a matter of you know, debate has has interjected uh do you otherwise like Commissioner Jones' uh motion?

Yes.

Okay.

So he's he's proposing that then there would be a application permit fee, and I want to clarify uh while the registration fee is a one and done, no matter how many STRs a person would have, then the permit fee would apply per STR.

And do you have a do you have an amount for discussion purposes that you would like to see?

Well I um I I had personally gone to where I've I've thought about ranges anywhere from 25 per unit to uh uh 75 a unit.

I d I I don't want to see a hundred dollar a unit fee, but if we could agree on a range.

Um however, again we we spoke about maybe I misunderstood, but we spoke that that if we put the fee in there, a specific number, it is quite a bit of work for us to make a change to that fee if we include that fee.

And that's what I would like to see is let's make a determination on the fee later.

And Mayor may appear time commissioners, I mean you wouldn't you could just say a fee that would be set from time to time by resolution with the City Commission.

I mean, if you don't desire to set a fee, you had the language there, but you haven't actually taken action on executing a fee.

So you still have the choice, then I mean if you don't come to staff and say we would like to a resolution implementing a fee, well setting a fee, then it will be mute.

So would that be just amending four you know taking it to be unstricken and make that a that comment in under paragraph four?

And then uh as we move forward.

Paragraph right?

One.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Well we talk about fees under permitting, right?

Under where we struck it out here.

So if I'm looking at the right version, uh section three.

Section four and then section four.

Section four.

The fee has been stricken.

You could put it either up to operating from the one that he made, and I'm I'm still looking at the just the option two that's what I'm looking at.

So on page two twenty-two, we we struck out the permit fee.

We could put it under either place.

And maybe may I parad time and commissioners the only reason why I have it there is because under A in that section, you're talking about you have to get a valid business registration, which of course involves a payment there.

And that's why I just had it after at the end of D.

Still on the to obtain a valid permit from the city to operate the unit and a and then applicable payment fee, the fee for which shall be established from time to time by resolution of the city commission.

I'm I'm fine with amending my motion to put that in at uh D at the end of D.

What Ms.

Burroughs has.

Okay.

And then just uh to offer up on the fee as we go down that road later down, uh, you know, I'm more leaning toward the $25 because uh the cost of what our what our worker or what our city employees are gonna have to do is come significantly down.

We're not gonna be going out to do the inspection.

We're talking about a paperwork uh administrative administration fee, essentially.

Agreed.

Thank you for that.

And at risk of Mayor point, that's kinda dumb.

Just a point of qua question here.

So uh when we put that verbiage in there about the permit fee may be applied from time to time.

Termit may because we may choose not to.

Maybe set from time to time.

Maybe set instead of will be set.

Maybe set because we may choose not to, because one of the questions I have is a permit fee usually covers the cost, but what costs would we really have?

We're not doing inspections.

We're we're just asking them to let us know they have another location.

So that's why I'd like to see that with no specific requirement for a permit fee.

Because we're not uh city's not going to have a whole bunch of paperwork to do.

They're gonna be notified they've got an extra location.

There's processing that the employees would have to do and those type of things.

Well, it's I mean I guess it depends on uh thought process.

I mean, there's still gonna be staff time involved.

Uh I mean we're gonna have to accept we're gonna have to create the applications, we're gonna have to accept the applications, we're gonna have to keep file of the applications.

I mean, so uh to say that there's zero cost to the city.

Yeah, I don't think there's zero cost.

I think there's definitely some cost.

Fair enough.

That's why, but I'd like to say that maybe.

Maybe.

And may I may approach and commissioners you have revenue review coming up later on this year, and that's something maybe you could discuss during that time and make a recommendation.

Okay, so I think the I think the motion is to include language that leaves room to by resolution, establish a fee or not, and determine that fee amount later.

Um I agree with Commissioner Jones, and I think what Commissioner Tarsen said that you know, do you know what's being asked of city staff is less than some of what was being considered, and so a lower fee is is more appropriate in in my humble opinion.

And then just back to, you know, when you guys are talking about fees in section four, I'm looking at the option two.

It doesn't even it doesn't talk about the fees.

So it was that's because it was stricken out.

It was stricken.

It was stricken.

Okay.

All right.

Um with the start date on one July.

Okay.

One July as an effective date.

Um shall we review?

Or let's review.

Okay.

Yes, Mr.

Howalt.

I just say you're gonna summarize it?

Um we're happy to give it a shot too.

Sure, summarize it.

Thank you.

So we're looking at and I'm looking at the red lined version of option two.

That's for clarification purposes.

Back at page two.

Could we just look because he likes option two?

Could we just look at that version without the confusion of the redlining?

I believe it starts at packet page 226, Mayor.

That is correct.

So under section three, we are going to strike letter C in then add language to letter D that the fee will be established from time to may be established from time to time by the city commission.

And then under section.

Paragraph three paragraph three.

The under paragraph three, we are eliminating the second sentence.

We're also striking an inspection right after permit duration.

And we're relating the city may terminate a permit we're striking at any time.

Correct.

For noncompliance.

And then that is it.

Because operable smoke alarms was also stricken.

Correct.

Yes, we struck that.

Yep.

That captures the proper motion from Commissioner Jones.

So with that motion, is there further discussion?

Just I'm sorry.

Mayor, one more question.

That does strike also the display of valid and lawful emergency evacuation plan.

Yes.

One C is stricken.

Okay.

Thank you.

Mayor, I'll second that motion.

Okay, we now have a proper second to the motion coming from Commissioner Porter.

Further discussion or debate.

Mayor.

Can we have a corrected copy of one of the questions?

Yes, ma'am, we'll definitely give this in up.

Thank you.

Thanks, Commissioner.

Further debate?

It has been properly moved and seconded that you would approve adoption of ordinance number 2258-2026, amending certain code sections of the City of Clovis UDO related to approval and regulation of short-term rentals as described or as reviewed by city manager.

Please vote.

And we have a unanimous vote.

Thank you.

Well done, Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

We have two new business items this evening.

The first is approval, request for approval of commissioners on committees.

Yes, thank you, Mayor Mayor Preteman Commissioners.

Following the municipal election, the we bring you the committees that you may all may like to serve on for the next uh couple of years.

So that's before you but say your packet on packet page 235 as it currently stands.

Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners, what uh what is your will?

This is an opportunity to uh shake things up and go serve on a different committee if you like it.

Mayor, I make a motion that we uh leave the uh the uh sitting uh committees the way they are.

Second.

Motion from Commissioner Jones to uh leave the committee assignments in place.

Second came from Commissioner Tarsen.

No reason why we couldn't have someone speak up now and say they disagree with that and want to chat about assignments.

Mayor.

I am happy to serve on the revenue review committee.

Okay.

Which I think that's coming up this year, correct?

Yes.

I'm finding it really hard to see that.

So who's on revenue review now?

I am.

Uh I was on it last year, but uh we discussed there has to be one from every com every uh I'm tired.

I'm sorry, what is every district.

There we go.

So those of you that are plugged in on revenue review, are you happy to be there?

Keeping with Commissioner Jones' motion.

I am.

I don't think there's anyone currently assigned to it, is there?

I'm on the red, but there doesn't show anyone else.

They took my ex out.

I see yours.

Bear with me just a second.

So we have two and four represented, we have one represented, you're on one.

Do we have uh district three represented on revenue review?

I'm just checking to see if that's correct.

All right.

Here we go.

Yep, one city commissioner from each district.

So if you'd like to have appoint those while you're going to be a pretty good question, okay.

Well it sounds like we have three of them done.

Uh commit uh commissioners Zamora and Cassaus.

Which of you wants to be on revenue review?

Commissioner Paul Moros.

Cassaus says Zamora wants to do it.

And she agrees.

I agree.

I think that takes care of the revenue review committee assignments.

The district one.

Commissioner Jones is on it.

Commissioner Chair?

Yeah, I don't know why the X's aren't on there, because I've been on it for a while.

Mayor nobody booted.

Yeah, Commissioner Paul.

I'd like to add my name to the Animal Control Task Force.

I know that's as needed, but you can please that's a possibility I'd I would add to that.

Okay.

And may I may approach Commissioners that's that's kind of an ad hoc task for I'm sure that would be fine if you'd like to.

Yeah, we already have four commissioners assigned to that, though.

Five.

And myself.

And the mayor.

Oh, yeah.

So we would have a quorum at animal control if we assigned the.

You currently already you already do.

Because you're on there as well.

I don't I don't make us a few minutes ago, Commissioner Jones made a motion to approve it as is, and now we keep working on it.

What is going on right now?

If Commissioner Porter is passionate about the animal control, I would be happy to step away so that he can step in.

Do you want to trade Commissioner Tarsen for animal control?

Well, I just don't know it's necessary for both of us from our district to be on it, so I'd be happy to relinquish that role if you'd like to take it on.

I would love that.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Okay, Mayor.

You have to be passionate about saving fluffies.

Yes.

That's true.

That is true.

So everything is chench in Commissioner Jones.

I guess I have to do that.

Have you captured all of these changes as we've made them here?

Yeah, I haven't.

Okay, great.

So uh we've had we have a motion and a second.

So we need a motion and a second to amend Commissioner Jones' motion.

Make a motion to amend.

To amend the second.

Okay.

We have a motion and a second to amend.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

You're unanimous on amending it.

We're back to it.

I would now call the vote.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, the same sign.

It's unanimous.

The motion is carried.

We have committee assignments.

All right.

Item two in new business is request for approval of MOU between Curry County and City of Clovis regarding the implementation of the Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act.

And I don't see Ms.

Price, so I bet Ms.

Burroughs is going to do it.

Yes, uh, Ms.

Price sends her apologies.

May I may I pretend commissioners that this is not a fiscal impact item on packet page 236.

Um grant on behalf of District 9, uh which will provide $800,000 in equipment and supplies for the Horizon Behavioral Health Center infrastructure and equipment, 10,000 in mileage and travel costs associated with Horizon Vehicles, transporting patients, and 316,341 in funding for the plan and design for phase two of the Horizon Behavioral Health Center to include youth behavioral health crisis services and support.

And this memorandum would be between the City of Clovis and Curry County in relation to these funds.

Thank you.

Thank you for that explanation.

Another step in the strong partnership between the city and county.

Debate questions, concerns.

I'll make a motion to approve.

Second.

Motion to approve comes from Commissioner Casau.

I heard a second from Commissioner Bryant.

Any further debate?

Hearing and seeing none, it's been moved and seconded that you would approve this MOU between the city and the county for the Behavioral Health Perform and Investment Act.

Please vote.

Thank you.

We're on to reports of boards, officers, and committees.

Is there a report from Civic Center Policy Committee?

Yes, Mayor.

Civic Center is ahead of budget by $16,000.

New drainage system was installed in the back of the building to prevent the flooding that they had been getting.

New valves and accutators for the HVAC system were installed and they're working good, as far as I know.

Discussion is being held between OE Solar and XL Energy to make sure the solar panels are producing and are being applied to the electric bill.

And 20th year anniversary celebration is going to be on May 15th from 4 to 6 with remarks at 5 p.m.

And Claire has been working pretty hard on this as to what we're going to eat.

And that's it.

Thank you for that report and how exciting that we'll be celebrating 20 years of the Civic Center next month.

Civil Aviation Board met uh on Tuesday the 7th.

Um action items uh that were discussed and acted on and that you should be watching for coming to you here.

Uh and instead we really got a great uh director's report from Mr.

Marshall.

Um a lot happening uh at the airport, bringing into uh compliance uh some of the the uh rented hangars and and and so forth.

Um but again, no action items.

One thing I'll mention about the airport and and I brought it up at civil aviation and want to bring it up here.

Um Sheriff Brockett reached out to me a while back and uh asked if ask what I thought about a memorial at the airport for Demise 25, uh the U-28 crew that um crashed uh and perished out by our airport uh back in 2017.

And and I thought that that was uh I told the sheriff I thought that was a wonderful idea, and he asked if I would maybe start the discussion with um public affairs uh out at uh Canon, and I've done that, and so I let the civil aviation uh board know uh that that we've started that discussion.

The the hope is is that we could have a static display of a U-28 and memorialize Major Becker, uh Captain Dalga and Captain Deleker uh, who are uh names that we want to never forget and uh that um the static display would serve decades from now to uh remind everyone that the U-28s were at Canon Air Force Base.

And so uh that's uh that's that discussion has been started.

So that was civil aviation.

Um planning and zoning on the 8th.

Uh thank you, Mayor.

We only had two items.

Uh one of them was a replant, and the other one is a pre preliminary plant for the uh Ali Gafar, well, the Gafari family uh subdivision.

And I think it's gonna be uh something that we're gonna be working on with city staff and uh uh something nice to have in the future at that location.

Okay.

Yes, sir.

Thank you for that.

Um water policy on the 13th.

Yes, Mayor, thank you.

A lot going on with uh in April with Water Conservation Month.

Um Mr.

Mark Howell, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Executive Director.

Uh he provided an update on the ongoing project.

He uh advised that approximately 90 miles of pipeline were either completed, out for bid or currently under construction.

He further noted that the water treatment plant design was approximately 90 percent complete with efforts focused on ensuring the most efficient and effective configuration.

We also heard from uh Mr.

Lena Vulcan of Playa Lake Joint Ventures, provided a presentation regarding a new initiative known as tomorrow's water.

She explained that the effort was developed in response to the ongoing decline of the Ogolographer and aligned with the Clovis Master Water Plan, which was established in 2017.

She noted that Plial Lake Restoration is a key component of broader water conservation efforts.

And we heard from Mark Huerta with Epcor.

He provided an update on the city's water system operations and infrastructure.

He reported that the current pumping capacity is approximately 10.5 million gallons a day over the past five years, including 2025.

The average demand has been approximately 5.3 million gallons per day.

Conducted in partnership with Clovis Schools, which brings in fifth grade students to learn more about water conservation through educational and interactive activities.

And we also heard from Mr.

Howalt on the city water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

That completes our report.

Thank you.

Excellent report, and sounds like it was a great meeting.

But you're about to get it from uh Ms.

Malanson in the monthly investment report.

Ms.

Melanson.

Thank you, Mayor.

Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners.

I'm going to be very brief.

So we started March with 82.7, ending at 81.6.

Quick overview.

General Fund 1, 17 million.

Our wastewater fund, I'm sorry, Solid Waste Fund 2, 2.7 million, our wastewater fund 10, almost 5 million.

Our water quarter percent fund 66, 7.9 million, our drainage fund 88, 2.4 million, and our American Rescue 1.8 million.

We have 19.2 million in local banks, our 10 million CD, and our 52.3 million in the state investment pool.

Our interest for this month was about 208,000.

We are at nine months for the year of 1.9 million, compared to this time last year of about 2.2 million.

State pool was down from 3.661 to 3.660 compared to 5.3239 last year.

And I checked the rate today, and we are at 3.659, so we're staying very steady there.

Gross receipts, I'm happy to report we are 2.94% above last year in collections, 9.55 percent over a four-year average.

We are 2.3 percent above actual and about 20 percent above our budget, and we had 624 new reporters for the month of February.

Wonderful questions on the monthly investment report.

Ms.

Malanson, thank you for that excellent report.

Um congratulations again on uh your recognition uh earlier.

Uh future agenda items, Ms.

Foster.

Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem Commissioners for future agenda items.

I have four things.

One is a proclamation for National Police Week, one is a communication regarding the Kerry County Joint Veterans Council Memorial Day ceremony.

The third is a request for approval of Task Order 1 with Lochner for Design and Construction Phase Services for Taxiway B improvements.

And the fourth is request for approval to appoint six representatives to serve on the economic incentive board.

Thank you, Ms.

Foster.

Appreciate that.

Uh meetings that are coming up, uh, don't miss these uh or this one tomorrow.

Armed Forces Support Committee meets at 10 a.m.

uh down in Portalis at the Memorial Building in their council chambers.

Uh Clovis Carver Library Board plans to meet at 5 30 on Monday the 27th, and the next City Commission meeting will be on Thursday, May 7th at 515 p.m.

We're adjourned.