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Today February 6, 2024 roll call please. Mayor Basker here counter Travis Lopez. | 00:00:00 | |
Councillor Dean. | 00:00:06 | |
Councillor Fleming. | 00:00:09 | |
We do have a quorum. | 00:00:19 | |
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. | 00:00:25 | |
And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. | 00:00:29 | |
Mr. Mayor. | 00:00:41 | |
Mr. Romero will approve the consent agenda. | 00:00:43 | |
Moved and seconded. I just want to say that we have a couple of sick people. | 00:00:48 | |
That didn't make it to the meeting. | 00:00:52 | |
And. | 00:00:54 | |
Although you have a point. Yes, Sir, we're gonna, we're gonna remove that. | 00:00:55 | |
Vacation of the portion of South California St. 7B. I'm going to remove that from the agenda. | 00:01:01 | |
That's it 6. | 00:01:08 | |
06. | 00:01:11 | |
70. | 00:01:12 | |
If you could make it, if you somebody make a move motion to make that amendment. | 00:01:15 | |
Seconded with the amendment, all in favor. | 00:01:21 | |
Aye, aye. | 00:01:24 | |
Can I just ask? | 00:01:27 | |
Why I just? | 00:01:28 | |
Where are they making a motion to remove it? I just don't know. The administration is asking for it to be removed, and Miss Travis | 00:01:30 | |
Lopez is kind enough to allow that amendment. | 00:01:35 | |
OK. | 00:01:40 | |
The rest of the story is, is that the person who? | 00:01:45 | |
We're vacating to. | 00:01:48 | |
We had worked with them to try to get some exchange. | 00:01:50 | |
Didn't workout and at this point I don't think city property could. | 00:01:54 | |
Vacated just for free. | 00:01:58 | |
So that's I think, I think probably the City Council would agree with that, but that's why I didn't want to start into a big. | 00:02:00 | |
Just to answer your question. Thank you. | 00:02:07 | |
The OK, we have public forum. | 00:02:10 | |
We would have, we have everybody. How about starting from the front? But I remember I gave you 2 minutes. | 00:02:14 | |
So I know you've got a prepared statement. My name is John Walker. I was here too. | 00:02:21 | |
16th of last month. | 00:02:29 | |
For the meeting where I discuss. | 00:02:33 | |
Alternative of using the Smith Superstore site for Community Center and EMS and emergency shelter at this point in time. | 00:02:36 | |
Well, I expanded on that sense in. | 00:02:47 | |
Polar Linear Photo Cell. | 00:02:52 | |
Solar collection. | 00:02:57 | |
And and and came up with some numbers of how much power the facility. | 00:02:59 | |
Produce during winter, summer, and you know it's three 365 days. | 00:03:06 | |
And. | 00:03:18 | |
The whole point of this exercise is to show that this city has a whole has a big resource of solar power that can be expanded on | 00:03:20 | |
existing rooftops. You know, you look at Walmart, you look at other facilities where. | 00:03:27 | |
You know, solar power could be. | 00:03:38 | |
Spread into the grid could be. | 00:03:42 | |
You know, supplemental. | 00:03:46 | |
Local grid. | 00:03:48 | |
And I'm also talking about. | 00:03:51 | |
Items such as. | 00:03:58 | |
They're based on my original path where I use. Organic ranking cycle I use. | 00:04:01 | |
Water heating systems. | 00:04:08 | |
All based on this one hat and I I wrote. | 00:04:10 | |
April of 2021 that New York's patent that I have. I guess I'm out of time already. Well, not Mr. Walker. What I've recommended | 00:04:15 | |
earlier before the meeting was why don't you come? | 00:04:21 | |
If you can go to Wednesday at 11, I'll be here tomorrow. Yes, Sir. I'll be here tomorrow morning at 11:00. Let's meet and we can | 00:04:27 | |
discuss this. And I will tell you we did get a hold of the person who owns the Smith's building. | 00:04:32 | |
It's a cannabis company, Ultra and Mr. Duke Rodriguez and we've talked to him so I can give you more information and that way we | 00:04:38 | |
can bring a better. | 00:04:42 | |
More cohesive. | 00:04:47 | |
Explanation of your. | 00:04:50 | |
Projects. Now the main thing is to generate. | 00:04:53 | |
Resources is just computer, this community can be. | 00:04:58 | |
I'm with you also. So let's talk about it tomorrow. Yes, Sir. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you for coming again. Did you ride | 00:05:03 | |
your bicycle? | 00:05:06 | |
OK, good. Good. Good. I'm glad you didn't. | 00:05:10 | |
Who's next? Yes, Sir. Come on. | 00:05:15 | |
We got the forget me not. | 00:05:17 | |
Mayor Raster, Thanks for having me, esteemed council. My name is Don Medeiros along with Roxanne Scott. We've founded the Forget | 00:05:21 | |
Me Not Try Out of services, which is. | 00:05:26 | |
The Forgive Me Not Thrift Store, as well as the Forgive Me Not Veterans Park, where we now have six homes. | 00:05:31 | |
Church. | 00:05:38 | |
Child hall, laundry facility and so on. We propose to have 12 by the end of the year and be out of debt. | 00:05:39 | |
That's with no government funding. However, we also just recently opened the Forgive Me Not Veterans Center, which is here in the | 00:05:46 | |
middle of town. We have two recently have two employees that are veteran service officers. | 00:05:52 | |
Trained already. We have doctor Charlene Montoya. Anyways, where I'm going with this is not just what we're doing, but I came here | 00:05:58 | |
to thank Mayor Basker for this continued support, even though we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things. | 00:06:05 | |
He's been like I like Toby. | 00:06:13 | |
There you go. There you go. That's a good thing. But you know what? You haven't lied to me. | 00:06:16 | |
Event up front and you've been there to be supportive. Couple things fell out, but you know what the van that the City Council and | 00:06:22 | |
the mayor have given us? | 00:06:26 | |
Has enabled us now because the VA no longer has transportation going through the VA. So with our van we actually can take, we're | 00:06:32 | |
going to be making two trips a week. It's a 10 passenger van. It runs beautifully. | 00:06:38 | |
And we couldn't do that. We couldn't transport these vets. We couldn't provide a service that so desperately needed. | 00:06:45 | |
That's just one part. That's why I started with our triad, but the donation of the van? | 00:06:51 | |
Is so tremendously appreciated that I wanted to come here in person and say. | 00:06:57 | |
Thank you for your support. Now with that, I did bring a couple of Willie. Oh my goodness. | 00:07:03 | |
So I just wanted to say thank you. | 00:07:10 | |
Thank you for those comments and you know I would recommend to. | 00:07:14 | |
That when the Budget Committee meets. | 00:07:17 | |
Yes Sir, I think you should. | 00:07:19 | |
The Thank you. | 00:07:22 | |
If you can, the Budget Committee meets, if you would put together some sort of a budget. We would like to support that financially | 00:07:26 | |
outstanding outreach social program, right. And I think Mr. Fleming is still the chairman of the Budget Committee, so and Ruby, I | 00:07:31 | |
think. | 00:07:36 | |
We should entertain. I mean within reason if you and you know you're not going to get 100%. But if we can start a program where we | 00:07:42 | |
continue to fund you and you've already shown that you can do this. I was always because of that, but you didn't back up. But you | 00:07:49 | |
should listen. You're ensuring you're doing it and I think we would be more than happy to try to do a routine financial infusion | 00:07:56 | |
through our city budget. Outstanding. I'd. I'd look forward to that. However, do you remember the first thing you said to me? | 00:08:03 | |
What it has to do if it has to Am I out of time? No, no, I'm just saying the office this when you. | 00:08:11 | |
I would prefer if it dealt with our entire homeless problem. | 00:08:18 | |
You know, I listen to that because you listen to me. | 00:08:25 | |
We actually had someone come forward and they're looking at donated another 160 acres. This veteran thing has not been working and | 00:08:28 | |
there's a chance we can expound, you know, in the near future. | 00:08:33 | |
To help with what you were talking about. | 00:08:39 | |
I think the city. | 00:08:42 | |
When we got people like yourself, they're actually doing. | 00:08:43 | |
We'd be more than happy, I think that. | 00:08:47 | |
Jump in and financially help? Absolutely. | 00:08:49 | |
Thank you and I appreciate. Thank you. Thank you. | 00:08:53 | |
Thank you. | 00:08:57 | |
Mr. Williams. | 00:08:59 | |
Prepared statements. So first I would like to take this time. | 00:09:08 | |
For two separate announcements. | 00:09:14 | |
Personally, I would like to apologize to the mayor and the City Council. | 00:09:17 | |
For my post on social media. | 00:09:20 | |
I'm passionate and committed to my work. | 00:09:23 | |
Socorro Electric Cooperative and the Clock members I was hired. | 00:09:26 | |
Serve I have let my emotions. | 00:09:30 | |
Get the best of me while online. | 00:09:34 | |
And I look forward to the communications. | 00:09:37 | |
Or communicating Sec's perspective on the issues at hand in a professional manner moving forward. So I do apologize. Thank you, | 00:09:40 | |
Mayor, City Council. | 00:09:45 | |
2nd. | 00:09:53 | |
I'm here to announce that Sakura Electric Cooperative will be having a special board meeting with Guzman Energy and Socorro | 00:09:55 | |
Electric Cooperatives Board of Trustees on January 16th. | 00:10:00 | |
At 2:00 PM. | 00:10:06 | |
Outside Everywhere. Yes, February 16. | 00:10:09 | |
20/24 at 2:00 PM in our board, board. | 00:10:13 | |
At 310 Abeda Ave. All members, all Co-op members are welcome to attend. | 00:10:17 | |
Our board meetings period. | 00:10:24 | |
Doesn't matter when we hold them is if you want to come, you can and everybody's welcome to and invited. | 00:10:26 | |
And that that definitely means that each and everyone of you. Since you're all a member of Socorro Electric Cooperative, you're | 00:10:35 | |
more than welcome to attend and join this meeting also. | 00:10:40 | |
Thank you, thank you for coming and we want to invite all the councillors. We do want to know that if there's a quorum. | 00:10:47 | |
That we ad. | 00:10:56 | |
Just so that. | 00:10:58 | |
That's just the that's the rule, Right, Paul? Yes, Sir. Yeah. If you'd let us know and then we could we could advertise it. So the | 00:11:00 | |
so the 16th will be. | 00:11:04 | |
What is that? That's the Thursday. | 00:11:09 | |
Thursday, Friday, Friday, Friday. OK, so Friday. A week from this Friday. | 00:11:13 | |
At 2:00. | 00:11:18 | |
So if. | 00:11:20 | |
If they do or they don't come, you might just put that in the paper. Follow saying that. | 00:11:22 | |
City Council members will be. | 00:11:27 | |
At a meeting of the Saguaro Electric. | 00:11:30 | |
And there may or may not be a quorum, but we might as well just announce that there. | 00:11:32 | |
It might just be. | 00:11:36 | |
Mr. Fleming. | 00:11:38 | |
Do you have enough room in your boardroom? | 00:11:41 | |
If you have more. | 00:11:44 | |
40 people show up. | 00:11:47 | |
We have the necessary accommodation. If not we can we can set something up where we can stream or do something to The more the | 00:11:51 | |
merrier if we can't accommodate, is it was it gonna be on zoom? | 00:11:59 | |
No, because I won't be able to attend. I'm going to be in Santa Fe, but anyway. | 00:12:09 | |
No, I was just wondering if they didn't have the space, is there a space that then would be a little, I think we've got other | 00:12:17 | |
places. | 00:12:20 | |
OK. | 00:12:25 | |
But you do film it. I can probably watch it later on. | 00:12:29 | |
Yeah, you have it on your link. | 00:12:33 | |
Yeah, yeah, I'm going to tell you, I'm not going to be able to make it. | 00:12:37 | |
Because I've got. | 00:12:43 | |
The last day of the session is on the 16th actually. | 00:12:45 | |
Have to be up there. | 00:12:48 | |
Mr. Miller. | 00:12:51 | |
Mr. Mayor, Councillors, I'll cut to the chase. Obviously very busy tonight so I would like the city to consider stop using the use | 00:12:58 | |
of the firing range. | 00:13:04 | |
That the city operates north of the Florida. | 00:13:10 | |
It's located on county land and granted it's only subject to county ordinances then. | 00:13:15 | |
But for about a decade, I've been trying to figure out where the sound of gunfire has been coming from from around my house, and | 00:13:21 | |
I've been giving Dan Romero and Ek Crossbow and other people a pretty hard time thinking it was them only recently after. | 00:13:29 | |
An event I'll describe in a moment. | 00:13:37 | |
Did I find out that it was a city operated range? So I'd like the city not only to consider stop using the range outside, but I | 00:13:40 | |
think that we should consider a resolution to prohibit the use of city property for a gun range. | 00:13:47 | |
Due to environmental reasons and other liability reasons. | 00:13:54 | |
Now to expand on what's been going on. | 00:13:58 | |
Nowhere within our zoning regulations would it be possible to establish a gun range within the city limits without very special | 00:14:03 | |
review zoning, public notice. It's just not even mentioned or considered in any of our zoning. | 00:14:10 | |
Yeah, we operate when it's. | 00:14:18 | |
Outside of Scrooge city limits and my house is the closest house in all of Socorro through that gun range. | 00:14:21 | |
So it's. | 00:14:28 | |
It kind of doesn't make sense. It's kind of a sad irony that we're trying to enforce our own zoning regs, yet we operate something | 00:14:30 | |
that, within our city limits, would be way outside of our zoning rates. | 00:14:35 | |
So what happened was on the 26th of January a few Fridays ago I was working in in my office Friday morning at 6:30 AM. | 00:14:41 | |
Went absolutely pitch black outside and then there's a barrage of gunfire again it obviously. | 00:14:52 | |
Card practice. You know, I know the sounds of target practice. I've used the gun range South of Socorro for 39 years now. | 00:14:59 | |
So and then I couldn't figure it out. So again I got in touch with Van Romero at that point in time 'cause I was irate and he said | 00:15:06 | |
no, I got to figure out who this is because none of our guys. Then at 7:00, seven AM, it continued again. | 00:15:13 | |
Last year in the summertime after 10:00 at night, there was also an event where after dark there was there was fire going on at | 00:15:23 | |
the gun range. Doctor Romero since informed me that police training standards now require live fire training at dark periods and | 00:15:29 | |
light periods and so and with our expansion of the police force in Socorro due to grants and other activities, all positive | 00:15:36 | |
activities. | 00:15:42 | |
I've noticed in the past few years a market increase in the amount of gunfire that I hear. I can hear it everywhere in my house. | 00:15:49 | |
And so on the liability? | 00:15:56 | |
Every gun range generates fugitive lead dust. | 00:16:00 | |
Lead contaminated Soil and lead contaminated SED. | 00:16:04 | |
I made an inquiry to see if we. | 00:16:09 | |
Storm water pollution prevention plan for the firing range. It didn't find one, but it's over an acre and it does have the | 00:16:12 | |
potential to. | 00:16:16 | |
Cause some oxide contamination. I also think it's unwise for us to be generating lead fugitive, anything. | 00:16:22 | |
Directly next to a Superfund site that is being cleaned up for. | 00:16:31 | |
Such things it is possible for us to bias what's going on over there. It is possible for us to taint clean up sampling that may | 00:16:36 | |
take place in the future and we don't know if we're doing it. So hence the the liability issues. So again to summarize. | 00:16:44 | |
Totally supporting the police, totally supportive of police training. This is kind of a big issue. Maybe we I can come back at | 00:16:53 | |
another time and speak more on the topic or meet on the topic. But I really think that we need to stop using the gun range in | 00:17:00 | |
Florida because it has the same impacts on noise. There's no invisible wall there at the city line as if it was in the city | 00:17:08 | |
limits. And a gun range would never be permitted in the city limits in Sakura. So I thank you for your time. | 00:17:15 | |
Happy to answer any questions. | 00:17:23 | |
It's not a discussion topic. This is for public comment. Thank you. Thank you for. | 00:17:25 | |
Anyone else that's not on the agenda would like to make a comment. | 00:17:32 | |
Hey, I am going to do a happy job here. | 00:17:38 | |
And present. | 00:17:43 | |
Let me give you a welcome for appreciation. | 00:17:47 | |
This is a plaque from the City of Socorro and the City Council. | 00:17:53 | |
Presented to Mario Amato, Captain, City of Sakura Fire Department in recognition of 25 years and one month. | 00:17:57 | |
Of dedicated service. Want to present that to you? | 00:18:04 | |
Fire Chief, I really appreciate it if you make a few comments for us and we'll take some pictures up here. | 00:18:16 | |
Here, Mayor, thank you City Councilman. Thank you. Appreciate it. It was a good. | 00:18:22 | |
25 years with the fire department. | 00:18:29 | |
All 25 minute N we're together. And he was. We came up together. He became chief. I was the captain, we got captain pretty close | 00:18:32 | |
to. | 00:18:36 | |
It was a good experience. I think I got to meet all these new guys coming in. It was it was great. I like it. Thank you guys for | 00:18:41 | |
everything and especially thanks to my family, my older kids, they, you know, they put up a lot with me being at work a lot of the | 00:18:47 | |
time and stuff, so. | 00:18:53 | |
I appreciate it. | 00:18:59 | |
Chief, congratulations. Thank you. I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of the fire department myself. Like you said we were. | 00:19:01 | |
We worked here, you know, our whole careers together, 25 years and one month. That's a that's a heck of a. | 00:19:08 | |
Your dedication and your hard work and your. | 00:19:15 | |
Knowledge is definitely so we just want to wish you luck and whatever it is that you're doing. | 00:19:18 | |
Good luck with your family. Get to spend time with your family now and enjoy it. | 00:19:23 | |
Guys, you want to come up? Yes. | 00:19:28 | |
Thank you. | 00:19:41 | |
Very much. | 00:20:07 | |
Well, congratulations. That's great. Thank you. | 00:20:17 | |
I've got three other. | 00:20:24 | |
Plaques, but everybody's I'll, so I'm going to wait for the next. | 00:20:26 | |
Next meetings to do this. | 00:20:30 | |
And if somebody still here? | 00:20:34 | |
OK. | 00:20:39 | |
We shall go on. | 00:20:42 | |
I. | 00:20:47 | |
To. | 00:20:47 | |
After the last. | 00:20:50 | |
Because we did say that we were going to think about doing an extension of the franchise. So the letter that you have here. | 00:20:51 | |
I sent to chairman. | 00:20:59 | |
Which outlined a few other questions that I asked so that we could have. | 00:21:01 | |
Answer for them on the franchise as to how that affects Socorro and and what the. | 00:21:06 | |
Good part of what the Co-op has been doing for the city of Socorro. So I'm hoping that they answer some of these questions then we | 00:21:12 | |
can move on to the. | 00:21:16 | |
Next step, which would be to produce a franchise that would be in compliance with something that is helpful to the city and to the | 00:21:21 | |
Co-op, and the council agrees with it. | 00:21:27 | |
In the meantime. | 00:21:33 | |
Moving on. I'm glad they're meeting with Guzman. We're still moving on. | 00:21:35 | |
With trying to get prices. | 00:21:40 | |
And hopefully by the middle of the OR at the next meeting we'll have. | 00:21:43 | |
Price that we we promised that will bring. | 00:21:47 | |
Again, it's a problem with. | 00:21:52 | |
How is about covad? There is a it? | 00:21:54 | |
Supply issue, but there are two substations going up that I pointed out to Finley. There's one over there across. | 00:21:58 | |
The airport that's a substation that P&M is putting up has a lot of equipment in it, and of course the solar one if you noticed. | 00:22:07 | |
All the lines are already up and running and they've got a plant there. So hopefully they can get in touch with the people who | 00:22:15 | |
bought equipment there and give us a ballpark on what the what the design that they've already put together is going to cost and | 00:22:20 | |
hoping that the next City Council meeting on the 16th. | 00:22:24 | |
No, on the 20th, on on February, on February 20th, I can bring you some information about those costs that we were talking about | 00:22:30 | |
and what the cost of the kilowatts going to be. | 00:22:35 | |
So if you have any questions about this letter, I hope. And it's pretty straightforward as to what we need to collect from them. | 00:22:41 | |
To put together a franchise agreement, and I know Mr. Aldean asked for a franchise agreement. Now I'm going to work on that, but I | 00:22:48 | |
need to get some information here to put that into the franchise agreement. | 00:22:53 | |
As to how much A/C? | 00:22:58 | |
What they've done with a $44 million loan, what their four year plan is for the city of Socorro. | 00:23:00 | |
And. | 00:23:06 | |
Some other technical stuff. | 00:23:08 | |
OK. Any questions? | 00:23:11 | |
OK, the Mr. again. | 00:23:15 | |
Motion We passed a resolution number 240206806 B. | 00:23:19 | |
This is a resolution to get the map project for Otero and we will do that all in favor. | 00:23:26 | |
Of the discussion on this brief overview of what that is. | 00:23:33 | |
So I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. | 00:23:37 | |
Buttero Street is is. | 00:23:40 | |
His break, his wizard Otero that we're doing. | 00:23:43 | |
It has been done once before, but the tremendous amount of traffic it gets going to John Brooks. | 00:23:46 | |
Towards the senior village. | 00:23:53 | |
Has really been pretty bad. So we're trying to get another doing a map project again to kind of get that cleaned. | 00:23:57 | |
But hopefully as you know. | 00:24:05 | |
At the cost, we just, we just did a bid opening. | 00:24:08 | |
Or man. | 00:24:14 | |
And the. | 00:24:16 | |
So if linear feet, we got. | 00:24:20 | |
Was really not even past Valver. | 00:24:23 | |
When we thought we could get into by the Interstate Bridge. | 00:24:26 | |
Luckily went to S. | 00:24:30 | |
We got an extra 400. | 00:24:33 | |
But on a $700,000 project? | 00:24:35 | |
It came in three of $386,000 short. | 00:24:39 | |
So we're hoping that the map project that. | 00:24:44 | |
Will take into account and will get more money and so. | 00:24:47 | |
Trying to do streets now has been really tough as far as how much it's costing. | 00:24:51 | |
That's kind of where. | 00:24:58 | |
All in favor, aye. | 00:25:01 | |
We've been speaking with Mr. Damien Banks. | 00:25:04 | |
Who is a really Exc? | 00:25:07 | |
He is a coach. | 00:25:10 | |
Egaming he works at the High. | 00:25:13 | |
He works with New Mexico. | 00:25:16 | |
And we have put together an agreement with. | 00:25:19 | |
It's not very very expensive, but. | 00:25:23 | |
It is about 20,000. | 00:25:27 | |
Is what we want to do is to support scholarships? | 00:25:30 | |
At the high school student. | 00:25:34 | |
To take his class. | 00:25:36 | |
And get a certificate in. | 00:25:39 | |
And New Mexico Tech is. | 00:25:42 | |
Start a program where they get a degree in gaming. | 00:25:45 | |
And so we're hoping that our high school students. | 00:25:49 | |
Another high school students. | 00:25:52 | |
And in law, he's a he's an award. | 00:25:54 | |
He is 1 gaming PRI. | 00:25:57 | |
He has really, and a very exciting and innovative guy, so we're wanting to. | 00:26:00 | |
Get his proposal and fund it and I think administratively we can afford to fund that. | 00:26:09 | |
Robot, what did I say? | 00:26:15 | |
Will be 20,000. | 00:26:18 | |
Or whether. | 00:26:20 | |
So basically it's going to be $250,250 per month per student. | 00:26:23 | |
And. | 00:26:28 | |
If he does hate students is 2000 a month. | 00:26:30 | |
And I'm hoping to get. | 00:26:33 | |
20,000 to really get him involved with trying to get students involved in gaming. He's already doing it at the high school level. | 00:26:35 | |
This will be like an extra. | 00:26:43 | |
Class that he'll do at Tech. | 00:26:45 | |
And hopefully we'll get them involved in that and these scholarships are going to be available to 6th through 12th grade. | 00:26:49 | |
Mr. Ocampo, I was reading through it earlier and. | 00:26:58 | |
I know it's open to. | 00:27:03 | |
To the it's open county wide. Are we are we like specifically sponsoring like kids in Socorro and the city of Socorro to do it? | 00:27:05 | |
And I still had our high school. | 00:27:14 | |
I think it was. It's countrywide. So you know, I think two things we can do with this. | 00:27:18 | |
One of them, again, as you know, the enrollment at Tech had been down and we're hoping to supplement that with our local students. | 00:27:23 | |
Hopefully, they'll get excited about this and go. And the other thing is to give them an opportunity to see what the New Horizons | 00:27:28 | |
are. | 00:27:32 | |
I see. Gaming stuff is crazy. It's still comfortable. That was my next question was, I know before COVID, he was really excited | 00:27:37 | |
and we had a bunch of. | 00:27:42 | |
E Gaming events planned here in the city to bring people from out of town to the city for these and they're all days multiple day | 00:27:48 | |
deals. A lot like wrestling, like bringing where people are staying the night. | 00:27:54 | |
And he was excited about it. We actually helped him on a couple and then covet hit and I haven't really heard much since then. Has | 00:28:01 | |
he talked about that. It kind of started up again and and we're hoping to. | 00:28:06 | |
To try to get an arena put together. | 00:28:12 | |
And if I can get it at the rodeo. | 00:28:15 | |
I mean, I'm excited about doing these drone. | 00:28:18 | |
Where they have these drone races, where they go through obstacles. So and we're going to conclude the arena and put some heat in | 00:28:21 | |
it. So this all kind of this is a very, very early stage. | 00:28:26 | |
But it's getting our feet wet with him. I think he's going to be kind of our leader on this and I think at Tech also I think | 00:28:31 | |
they're and asked him if you're going to stick around, he said he's got he's pretty popular throughout the the nation and I don't | 00:28:37 | |
know if you saw the article in the newspaper about you and him winning. | 00:28:43 | |
Award on some gaming tournament, but he's won some also. So I think we've got a good guy that that's going to be able to push | 00:28:49 | |
this. | 00:28:53 | |
So this is I mean I. | 00:28:59 | |
Would like your blessing with it. It's kind of an administrative decision out of our own budget that that we're going to spend | 00:29:01 | |
this money and it's going to be a scholarship, it's going to be specifically goal oriented. | 00:29:06 | |
And it'll be a deliverable that he'll have to give us that this kids actually getting the certificate in E gaming. | 00:29:12 | |
Do you want a motion? If you would. | 00:29:21 | |
Second moved and seconded to support the. | 00:29:25 | |
Eclipse. | 00:29:27 | |
Discussion. | 00:29:29 | |
All in favor, aye. | 00:29:31 | |
Very good new business. | 00:29:34 | |
Again, the weather is coming in. We don't have a snow plot where hopefully we'll get the the, the state Highway department to help | 00:29:39 | |
us. | 00:29:42 | |
We needed this year. We're in the process of trying to buy a snow plow. | 00:29:46 | |
I don't know how bad the snow is going to be here, but I understand this weekend things are going to get kind of worse, so. | 00:29:51 | |
That and then. | 00:29:58 | |
The road projects have been halted since till March. | 00:29:59 | |
I've been I hate to Jinx. | 00:30:03 | |
I've been to the legislature. | 00:30:05 | |
It looks like we're going to get some help with Finley quite a lot. We've got some help in trying to get that monument moved and | 00:30:07 | |
landscaping the. | 00:30:11 | |
Interstate. | 00:30:17 | |
Lieutenant Governor, we're hoping to get an ambulance. Hopefully that's going to be funded by the governor also and then we're | 00:30:19 | |
trying to get. | 00:30:24 | |
A grant that. | 00:30:31 | |
That the State Historical Preservation Officer Office. | 00:30:33 | |
Has put together to do the interpretive plan and it's a $250,000 grant to try to. | 00:30:39 | |
Put that museum together over there at the Convention Center so it looks looks good. I think we've got a good chance to get a lot | 00:30:45 | |
of this stuff. | 00:30:49 | |
We did not get. | 00:30:54 | |
To do the natural. | 00:30:56 | |
Feel that? | 00:30:58 | |
Division, we're still working on that. | 00:31:00 | |
We've gotten our three dump trucks that are natural gas still waiting for. | 00:31:04 | |
Garbage trucks that are natural gas, we're looking into an electric rear loader. | 00:31:09 | |
Garbage truck. Those are the things that we're doing right now in the city. | 00:31:14 | |
Any old? | 00:31:20 | |
OK. Executive. | 00:31:23 | |
We've got personnel matters, We've got anything else? | 00:31:27 | |
Job descriptions Whether there is a job? Where's the job description? | 00:31:33 | |
You want to read it? There's two job descriptions. | 00:31:37 | |
The evidence custodian? | 00:31:42 | |
And assistant director at the Water Parks and Streets. | 00:31:44 | |
Mr. Mayor, Mr. Again make a motion to approve the job descriptions. | 00:31:53 | |
Second discussion. | 00:31:59 | |
All in favor. | 00:32:01 | |
OK. Thank you. | 00:32:04 | |
The personnel matters. Alina Chave. | 00:32:07 | |
She has received her associate's degree, going to move to G61. Dustin Moreland. | 00:32:10 | |
Ashland AG. | 00:32:16 | |
And just in Pacheco and Thomas Padilla are the new. | 00:32:18 | |
EMT Firefighter. | 00:32:24 | |
And they all start at A50, except for Thomas Padilla, who goes to a 56. | 00:32:27 | |
He has basic certification. | 00:32:34 | |
Russell Recky. He is evidence custodian. Additional job duty is going to have 59 and Tonio Gonzalez. | 00:32:37 | |
This is a new concept that we've not had. He is not a police officer. | 00:32:46 | |
He is an ex police officer. | 00:32:51 | |
But he'll be working. | 00:32:53 | |
8:00. | 00:32:55 | |
Is Garcia is 8:00. | 00:32:58 | |
8:00 to 4:00 in the morning and his mission. | 00:33:00 | |
Is to check in. | 00:33:07 | |
Business on California. | 00:33:10 | |
And and. | 00:33:14 | |
The ones that are off California St. a little bit. | 00:33:16 | |
And make. | 00:33:19 | |
The problems that they're getting breaking. | 00:33:21 | |
Vending. | 00:33:27 | |
Harassing hotel and motel. | 00:33:29 | |
Holding them up. | 00:33:32 | |
Same thing with the McDonald's and. | 00:33:34 | |
So, his job? | 00:33:38 | |
Will be as a security officer to alert police officers, so he will be going literally. | 00:33:39 | |
Just back and forth from California St. | 00:33:44 | |
From the north to the South, little bit on Bullock. | 00:33:48 | |
And he That's just like I said. | 00:33:51 | |
Position and it's a police position. | 00:33:55 | |
And he's to check in to make sure that. | 00:33:58 | |
At least there's some, you know, the patrol officers got so much more to do during the night, so this is hopefully going to help | 00:34:02 | |
us. | 00:34:05 | |
That James Beasley St. New hire. | 00:34:10 | |
That's it. | 00:34:14 | |
Mr. | 00:34:18 | |
1st. | 00:34:22 | |
We've been seconded discussion. | 00:34:23 | |
Onto. | 00:34:26 | |
Then we have businesses. | 00:34:28 | |
We've got Daylight Electric of Las Lun. | 00:34:31 | |
Aaron Sol. | 00:34:35 | |
Michelle Heron, very behavioral health, Los Victor Mexican food. They're going into the. | 00:34:37 | |
Little Caesars. | 00:34:44 | |
Restaurant Guzman Construction. | 00:34:46 | |
That's they're the ones that are getting ready to, if you look over there at the high school. | 00:34:49 | |
There's dirt work being done now Where? | 00:34:55 | |
Softball Field. | 00:34:58 | |
And the mod. | 00:35:00 | |
They're clearing that already starting to build a new junior high school. | 00:35:01 | |
Extreme Control Magdalena, Miguel Castillo Pest Control. | 00:35:06 | |
Rosie's Burgers in Magdalena Food truck, An Advanced Tower Systems Cliff Arbian. | 00:35:10 | |
Mr. Romero approved the business, registration was read. | 00:35:17 | |
Moved and seconded discussion. | 00:35:23 | |
All in favour. | 00:35:25 | |
So the 20th of February will be another. | 00:35:27 | |
Not bad 632. | 00:35:32 |
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Today February 6, 2024 roll call please. Mayor Basker here counter Travis Lopez. | 00:00:00 | |
Councillor Dean. | 00:00:06 | |
Councillor Fleming. | 00:00:09 | |
We do have a quorum. | 00:00:19 | |
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. | 00:00:25 | |
And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. | 00:00:29 | |
Mr. Mayor. | 00:00:41 | |
Mr. Romero will approve the consent agenda. | 00:00:43 | |
Moved and seconded. I just want to say that we have a couple of sick people. | 00:00:48 | |
That didn't make it to the meeting. | 00:00:52 | |
And. | 00:00:54 | |
Although you have a point. Yes, Sir, we're gonna, we're gonna remove that. | 00:00:55 | |
Vacation of the portion of South California St. 7B. I'm going to remove that from the agenda. | 00:01:01 | |
That's it 6. | 00:01:08 | |
06. | 00:01:11 | |
70. | 00:01:12 | |
If you could make it, if you somebody make a move motion to make that amendment. | 00:01:15 | |
Seconded with the amendment, all in favor. | 00:01:21 | |
Aye, aye. | 00:01:24 | |
Can I just ask? | 00:01:27 | |
Why I just? | 00:01:28 | |
Where are they making a motion to remove it? I just don't know. The administration is asking for it to be removed, and Miss Travis | 00:01:30 | |
Lopez is kind enough to allow that amendment. | 00:01:35 | |
OK. | 00:01:40 | |
The rest of the story is, is that the person who? | 00:01:45 | |
We're vacating to. | 00:01:48 | |
We had worked with them to try to get some exchange. | 00:01:50 | |
Didn't workout and at this point I don't think city property could. | 00:01:54 | |
Vacated just for free. | 00:01:58 | |
So that's I think, I think probably the City Council would agree with that, but that's why I didn't want to start into a big. | 00:02:00 | |
Just to answer your question. Thank you. | 00:02:07 | |
The OK, we have public forum. | 00:02:10 | |
We would have, we have everybody. How about starting from the front? But I remember I gave you 2 minutes. | 00:02:14 | |
So I know you've got a prepared statement. My name is John Walker. I was here too. | 00:02:21 | |
16th of last month. | 00:02:29 | |
For the meeting where I discuss. | 00:02:33 | |
Alternative of using the Smith Superstore site for Community Center and EMS and emergency shelter at this point in time. | 00:02:36 | |
Well, I expanded on that sense in. | 00:02:47 | |
Polar Linear Photo Cell. | 00:02:52 | |
Solar collection. | 00:02:57 | |
And and and came up with some numbers of how much power the facility. | 00:02:59 | |
Produce during winter, summer, and you know it's three 365 days. | 00:03:06 | |
And. | 00:03:18 | |
The whole point of this exercise is to show that this city has a whole has a big resource of solar power that can be expanded on | 00:03:20 | |
existing rooftops. You know, you look at Walmart, you look at other facilities where. | 00:03:27 | |
You know, solar power could be. | 00:03:38 | |
Spread into the grid could be. | 00:03:42 | |
You know, supplemental. | 00:03:46 | |
Local grid. | 00:03:48 | |
And I'm also talking about. | 00:03:51 | |
Items such as. | 00:03:58 | |
They're based on my original path where I use. Organic ranking cycle I use. | 00:04:01 | |
Water heating systems. | 00:04:08 | |
All based on this one hat and I I wrote. | 00:04:10 | |
April of 2021 that New York's patent that I have. I guess I'm out of time already. Well, not Mr. Walker. What I've recommended | 00:04:15 | |
earlier before the meeting was why don't you come? | 00:04:21 | |
If you can go to Wednesday at 11, I'll be here tomorrow. Yes, Sir. I'll be here tomorrow morning at 11:00. Let's meet and we can | 00:04:27 | |
discuss this. And I will tell you we did get a hold of the person who owns the Smith's building. | 00:04:32 | |
It's a cannabis company, Ultra and Mr. Duke Rodriguez and we've talked to him so I can give you more information and that way we | 00:04:38 | |
can bring a better. | 00:04:42 | |
More cohesive. | 00:04:47 | |
Explanation of your. | 00:04:50 | |
Projects. Now the main thing is to generate. | 00:04:53 | |
Resources is just computer, this community can be. | 00:04:58 | |
I'm with you also. So let's talk about it tomorrow. Yes, Sir. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you for coming again. Did you ride | 00:05:03 | |
your bicycle? | 00:05:06 | |
OK, good. Good. Good. I'm glad you didn't. | 00:05:10 | |
Who's next? Yes, Sir. Come on. | 00:05:15 | |
We got the forget me not. | 00:05:17 | |
Mayor Raster, Thanks for having me, esteemed council. My name is Don Medeiros along with Roxanne Scott. We've founded the Forget | 00:05:21 | |
Me Not Try Out of services, which is. | 00:05:26 | |
The Forgive Me Not Thrift Store, as well as the Forgive Me Not Veterans Park, where we now have six homes. | 00:05:31 | |
Church. | 00:05:38 | |
Child hall, laundry facility and so on. We propose to have 12 by the end of the year and be out of debt. | 00:05:39 | |
That's with no government funding. However, we also just recently opened the Forgive Me Not Veterans Center, which is here in the | 00:05:46 | |
middle of town. We have two recently have two employees that are veteran service officers. | 00:05:52 | |
Trained already. We have doctor Charlene Montoya. Anyways, where I'm going with this is not just what we're doing, but I came here | 00:05:58 | |
to thank Mayor Basker for this continued support, even though we don't see eye to eye on a lot of things. | 00:06:05 | |
He's been like I like Toby. | 00:06:13 | |
There you go. There you go. That's a good thing. But you know what? You haven't lied to me. | 00:06:16 | |
Event up front and you've been there to be supportive. Couple things fell out, but you know what the van that the City Council and | 00:06:22 | |
the mayor have given us? | 00:06:26 | |
Has enabled us now because the VA no longer has transportation going through the VA. So with our van we actually can take, we're | 00:06:32 | |
going to be making two trips a week. It's a 10 passenger van. It runs beautifully. | 00:06:38 | |
And we couldn't do that. We couldn't transport these vets. We couldn't provide a service that so desperately needed. | 00:06:45 | |
That's just one part. That's why I started with our triad, but the donation of the van? | 00:06:51 | |
Is so tremendously appreciated that I wanted to come here in person and say. | 00:06:57 | |
Thank you for your support. Now with that, I did bring a couple of Willie. Oh my goodness. | 00:07:03 | |
So I just wanted to say thank you. | 00:07:10 | |
Thank you for those comments and you know I would recommend to. | 00:07:14 | |
That when the Budget Committee meets. | 00:07:17 | |
Yes Sir, I think you should. | 00:07:19 | |
The Thank you. | 00:07:22 | |
If you can, the Budget Committee meets, if you would put together some sort of a budget. We would like to support that financially | 00:07:26 | |
outstanding outreach social program, right. And I think Mr. Fleming is still the chairman of the Budget Committee, so and Ruby, I | 00:07:31 | |
think. | 00:07:36 | |
We should entertain. I mean within reason if you and you know you're not going to get 100%. But if we can start a program where we | 00:07:42 | |
continue to fund you and you've already shown that you can do this. I was always because of that, but you didn't back up. But you | 00:07:49 | |
should listen. You're ensuring you're doing it and I think we would be more than happy to try to do a routine financial infusion | 00:07:56 | |
through our city budget. Outstanding. I'd. I'd look forward to that. However, do you remember the first thing you said to me? | 00:08:03 | |
What it has to do if it has to Am I out of time? No, no, I'm just saying the office this when you. | 00:08:11 | |
I would prefer if it dealt with our entire homeless problem. | 00:08:18 | |
You know, I listen to that because you listen to me. | 00:08:25 | |
We actually had someone come forward and they're looking at donated another 160 acres. This veteran thing has not been working and | 00:08:28 | |
there's a chance we can expound, you know, in the near future. | 00:08:33 | |
To help with what you were talking about. | 00:08:39 | |
I think the city. | 00:08:42 | |
When we got people like yourself, they're actually doing. | 00:08:43 | |
We'd be more than happy, I think that. | 00:08:47 | |
Jump in and financially help? Absolutely. | 00:08:49 | |
Thank you and I appreciate. Thank you. Thank you. | 00:08:53 | |
Thank you. | 00:08:57 | |
Mr. Williams. | 00:08:59 | |
Prepared statements. So first I would like to take this time. | 00:09:08 | |
For two separate announcements. | 00:09:14 | |
Personally, I would like to apologize to the mayor and the City Council. | 00:09:17 | |
For my post on social media. | 00:09:20 | |
I'm passionate and committed to my work. | 00:09:23 | |
Socorro Electric Cooperative and the Clock members I was hired. | 00:09:26 | |
Serve I have let my emotions. | 00:09:30 | |
Get the best of me while online. | 00:09:34 | |
And I look forward to the communications. | 00:09:37 | |
Or communicating Sec's perspective on the issues at hand in a professional manner moving forward. So I do apologize. Thank you, | 00:09:40 | |
Mayor, City Council. | 00:09:45 | |
2nd. | 00:09:53 | |
I'm here to announce that Sakura Electric Cooperative will be having a special board meeting with Guzman Energy and Socorro | 00:09:55 | |
Electric Cooperatives Board of Trustees on January 16th. | 00:10:00 | |
At 2:00 PM. | 00:10:06 | |
Outside Everywhere. Yes, February 16. | 00:10:09 | |
20/24 at 2:00 PM in our board, board. | 00:10:13 | |
At 310 Abeda Ave. All members, all Co-op members are welcome to attend. | 00:10:17 | |
Our board meetings period. | 00:10:24 | |
Doesn't matter when we hold them is if you want to come, you can and everybody's welcome to and invited. | 00:10:26 | |
And that that definitely means that each and everyone of you. Since you're all a member of Socorro Electric Cooperative, you're | 00:10:35 | |
more than welcome to attend and join this meeting also. | 00:10:40 | |
Thank you, thank you for coming and we want to invite all the councillors. We do want to know that if there's a quorum. | 00:10:47 | |
That we ad. | 00:10:56 | |
Just so that. | 00:10:58 | |
That's just the that's the rule, Right, Paul? Yes, Sir. Yeah. If you'd let us know and then we could we could advertise it. So the | 00:11:00 | |
so the 16th will be. | 00:11:04 | |
What is that? That's the Thursday. | 00:11:09 | |
Thursday, Friday, Friday, Friday. OK, so Friday. A week from this Friday. | 00:11:13 | |
At 2:00. | 00:11:18 | |
So if. | 00:11:20 | |
If they do or they don't come, you might just put that in the paper. Follow saying that. | 00:11:22 | |
City Council members will be. | 00:11:27 | |
At a meeting of the Saguaro Electric. | 00:11:30 | |
And there may or may not be a quorum, but we might as well just announce that there. | 00:11:32 | |
It might just be. | 00:11:36 | |
Mr. Fleming. | 00:11:38 | |
Do you have enough room in your boardroom? | 00:11:41 | |
If you have more. | 00:11:44 | |
40 people show up. | 00:11:47 | |
We have the necessary accommodation. If not we can we can set something up where we can stream or do something to The more the | 00:11:51 | |
merrier if we can't accommodate, is it was it gonna be on zoom? | 00:11:59 | |
No, because I won't be able to attend. I'm going to be in Santa Fe, but anyway. | 00:12:09 | |
No, I was just wondering if they didn't have the space, is there a space that then would be a little, I think we've got other | 00:12:17 | |
places. | 00:12:20 | |
OK. | 00:12:25 | |
But you do film it. I can probably watch it later on. | 00:12:29 | |
Yeah, you have it on your link. | 00:12:33 | |
Yeah, yeah, I'm going to tell you, I'm not going to be able to make it. | 00:12:37 | |
Because I've got. | 00:12:43 | |
The last day of the session is on the 16th actually. | 00:12:45 | |
Have to be up there. | 00:12:48 | |
Mr. Miller. | 00:12:51 | |
Mr. Mayor, Councillors, I'll cut to the chase. Obviously very busy tonight so I would like the city to consider stop using the use | 00:12:58 | |
of the firing range. | 00:13:04 | |
That the city operates north of the Florida. | 00:13:10 | |
It's located on county land and granted it's only subject to county ordinances then. | 00:13:15 | |
But for about a decade, I've been trying to figure out where the sound of gunfire has been coming from from around my house, and | 00:13:21 | |
I've been giving Dan Romero and Ek Crossbow and other people a pretty hard time thinking it was them only recently after. | 00:13:29 | |
An event I'll describe in a moment. | 00:13:37 | |
Did I find out that it was a city operated range? So I'd like the city not only to consider stop using the range outside, but I | 00:13:40 | |
think that we should consider a resolution to prohibit the use of city property for a gun range. | 00:13:47 | |
Due to environmental reasons and other liability reasons. | 00:13:54 | |
Now to expand on what's been going on. | 00:13:58 | |
Nowhere within our zoning regulations would it be possible to establish a gun range within the city limits without very special | 00:14:03 | |
review zoning, public notice. It's just not even mentioned or considered in any of our zoning. | 00:14:10 | |
Yeah, we operate when it's. | 00:14:18 | |
Outside of Scrooge city limits and my house is the closest house in all of Socorro through that gun range. | 00:14:21 | |
So it's. | 00:14:28 | |
It kind of doesn't make sense. It's kind of a sad irony that we're trying to enforce our own zoning regs, yet we operate something | 00:14:30 | |
that, within our city limits, would be way outside of our zoning rates. | 00:14:35 | |
So what happened was on the 26th of January a few Fridays ago I was working in in my office Friday morning at 6:30 AM. | 00:14:41 | |
Went absolutely pitch black outside and then there's a barrage of gunfire again it obviously. | 00:14:52 | |
Card practice. You know, I know the sounds of target practice. I've used the gun range South of Socorro for 39 years now. | 00:14:59 | |
So and then I couldn't figure it out. So again I got in touch with Van Romero at that point in time 'cause I was irate and he said | 00:15:06 | |
no, I got to figure out who this is because none of our guys. Then at 7:00, seven AM, it continued again. | 00:15:13 | |
Last year in the summertime after 10:00 at night, there was also an event where after dark there was there was fire going on at | 00:15:23 | |
the gun range. Doctor Romero since informed me that police training standards now require live fire training at dark periods and | 00:15:29 | |
light periods and so and with our expansion of the police force in Socorro due to grants and other activities, all positive | 00:15:36 | |
activities. | 00:15:42 | |
I've noticed in the past few years a market increase in the amount of gunfire that I hear. I can hear it everywhere in my house. | 00:15:49 | |
And so on the liability? | 00:15:56 | |
Every gun range generates fugitive lead dust. | 00:16:00 | |
Lead contaminated Soil and lead contaminated SED. | 00:16:04 | |
I made an inquiry to see if we. | 00:16:09 | |
Storm water pollution prevention plan for the firing range. It didn't find one, but it's over an acre and it does have the | 00:16:12 | |
potential to. | 00:16:16 | |
Cause some oxide contamination. I also think it's unwise for us to be generating lead fugitive, anything. | 00:16:22 | |
Directly next to a Superfund site that is being cleaned up for. | 00:16:31 | |
Such things it is possible for us to bias what's going on over there. It is possible for us to taint clean up sampling that may | 00:16:36 | |
take place in the future and we don't know if we're doing it. So hence the the liability issues. So again to summarize. | 00:16:44 | |
Totally supporting the police, totally supportive of police training. This is kind of a big issue. Maybe we I can come back at | 00:16:53 | |
another time and speak more on the topic or meet on the topic. But I really think that we need to stop using the gun range in | 00:17:00 | |
Florida because it has the same impacts on noise. There's no invisible wall there at the city line as if it was in the city | 00:17:08 | |
limits. And a gun range would never be permitted in the city limits in Sakura. So I thank you for your time. | 00:17:15 | |
Happy to answer any questions. | 00:17:23 | |
It's not a discussion topic. This is for public comment. Thank you. Thank you for. | 00:17:25 | |
Anyone else that's not on the agenda would like to make a comment. | 00:17:32 | |
Hey, I am going to do a happy job here. | 00:17:38 | |
And present. | 00:17:43 | |
Let me give you a welcome for appreciation. | 00:17:47 | |
This is a plaque from the City of Socorro and the City Council. | 00:17:53 | |
Presented to Mario Amato, Captain, City of Sakura Fire Department in recognition of 25 years and one month. | 00:17:57 | |
Of dedicated service. Want to present that to you? | 00:18:04 | |
Fire Chief, I really appreciate it if you make a few comments for us and we'll take some pictures up here. | 00:18:16 | |
Here, Mayor, thank you City Councilman. Thank you. Appreciate it. It was a good. | 00:18:22 | |
25 years with the fire department. | 00:18:29 | |
All 25 minute N we're together. And he was. We came up together. He became chief. I was the captain, we got captain pretty close | 00:18:32 | |
to. | 00:18:36 | |
It was a good experience. I think I got to meet all these new guys coming in. It was it was great. I like it. Thank you guys for | 00:18:41 | |
everything and especially thanks to my family, my older kids, they, you know, they put up a lot with me being at work a lot of the | 00:18:47 | |
time and stuff, so. | 00:18:53 | |
I appreciate it. | 00:18:59 | |
Chief, congratulations. Thank you. I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of the fire department myself. Like you said we were. | 00:19:01 | |
We worked here, you know, our whole careers together, 25 years and one month. That's a that's a heck of a. | 00:19:08 | |
Your dedication and your hard work and your. | 00:19:15 | |
Knowledge is definitely so we just want to wish you luck and whatever it is that you're doing. | 00:19:18 | |
Good luck with your family. Get to spend time with your family now and enjoy it. | 00:19:23 | |
Guys, you want to come up? Yes. | 00:19:28 | |
Thank you. | 00:19:41 | |
Very much. | 00:20:07 | |
Well, congratulations. That's great. Thank you. | 00:20:17 | |
I've got three other. | 00:20:24 | |
Plaques, but everybody's I'll, so I'm going to wait for the next. | 00:20:26 | |
Next meetings to do this. | 00:20:30 | |
And if somebody still here? | 00:20:34 | |
OK. | 00:20:39 | |
We shall go on. | 00:20:42 | |
I. | 00:20:47 | |
To. | 00:20:47 | |
After the last. | 00:20:50 | |
Because we did say that we were going to think about doing an extension of the franchise. So the letter that you have here. | 00:20:51 | |
I sent to chairman. | 00:20:59 | |
Which outlined a few other questions that I asked so that we could have. | 00:21:01 | |
Answer for them on the franchise as to how that affects Socorro and and what the. | 00:21:06 | |
Good part of what the Co-op has been doing for the city of Socorro. So I'm hoping that they answer some of these questions then we | 00:21:12 | |
can move on to the. | 00:21:16 | |
Next step, which would be to produce a franchise that would be in compliance with something that is helpful to the city and to the | 00:21:21 | |
Co-op, and the council agrees with it. | 00:21:27 | |
In the meantime. | 00:21:33 | |
Moving on. I'm glad they're meeting with Guzman. We're still moving on. | 00:21:35 | |
With trying to get prices. | 00:21:40 | |
And hopefully by the middle of the OR at the next meeting we'll have. | 00:21:43 | |
Price that we we promised that will bring. | 00:21:47 | |
Again, it's a problem with. | 00:21:52 | |
How is about covad? There is a it? | 00:21:54 | |
Supply issue, but there are two substations going up that I pointed out to Finley. There's one over there across. | 00:21:58 | |
The airport that's a substation that P&M is putting up has a lot of equipment in it, and of course the solar one if you noticed. | 00:22:07 | |
All the lines are already up and running and they've got a plant there. So hopefully they can get in touch with the people who | 00:22:15 | |
bought equipment there and give us a ballpark on what the what the design that they've already put together is going to cost and | 00:22:20 | |
hoping that the next City Council meeting on the 16th. | 00:22:24 | |
No, on the 20th, on on February, on February 20th, I can bring you some information about those costs that we were talking about | 00:22:30 | |
and what the cost of the kilowatts going to be. | 00:22:35 | |
So if you have any questions about this letter, I hope. And it's pretty straightforward as to what we need to collect from them. | 00:22:41 | |
To put together a franchise agreement, and I know Mr. Aldean asked for a franchise agreement. Now I'm going to work on that, but I | 00:22:48 | |
need to get some information here to put that into the franchise agreement. | 00:22:53 | |
As to how much A/C? | 00:22:58 | |
What they've done with a $44 million loan, what their four year plan is for the city of Socorro. | 00:23:00 | |
And. | 00:23:06 | |
Some other technical stuff. | 00:23:08 | |
OK. Any questions? | 00:23:11 | |
OK, the Mr. again. | 00:23:15 | |
Motion We passed a resolution number 240206806 B. | 00:23:19 | |
This is a resolution to get the map project for Otero and we will do that all in favor. | 00:23:26 | |
Of the discussion on this brief overview of what that is. | 00:23:33 | |
So I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. | 00:23:37 | |
Buttero Street is is. | 00:23:40 | |
His break, his wizard Otero that we're doing. | 00:23:43 | |
It has been done once before, but the tremendous amount of traffic it gets going to John Brooks. | 00:23:46 | |
Towards the senior village. | 00:23:53 | |
Has really been pretty bad. So we're trying to get another doing a map project again to kind of get that cleaned. | 00:23:57 | |
But hopefully as you know. | 00:24:05 | |
At the cost, we just, we just did a bid opening. | 00:24:08 | |
Or man. | 00:24:14 | |
And the. | 00:24:16 | |
So if linear feet, we got. | 00:24:20 | |
Was really not even past Valver. | 00:24:23 | |
When we thought we could get into by the Interstate Bridge. | 00:24:26 | |
Luckily went to S. | 00:24:30 | |
We got an extra 400. | 00:24:33 | |
But on a $700,000 project? | 00:24:35 | |
It came in three of $386,000 short. | 00:24:39 | |
So we're hoping that the map project that. | 00:24:44 | |
Will take into account and will get more money and so. | 00:24:47 | |
Trying to do streets now has been really tough as far as how much it's costing. | 00:24:51 | |
That's kind of where. | 00:24:58 | |
All in favor, aye. | 00:25:01 | |
We've been speaking with Mr. Damien Banks. | 00:25:04 | |
Who is a really Exc? | 00:25:07 | |
He is a coach. | 00:25:10 | |
Egaming he works at the High. | 00:25:13 | |
He works with New Mexico. | 00:25:16 | |
And we have put together an agreement with. | 00:25:19 | |
It's not very very expensive, but. | 00:25:23 | |
It is about 20,000. | 00:25:27 | |
Is what we want to do is to support scholarships? | 00:25:30 | |
At the high school student. | 00:25:34 | |
To take his class. | 00:25:36 | |
And get a certificate in. | 00:25:39 | |
And New Mexico Tech is. | 00:25:42 | |
Start a program where they get a degree in gaming. | 00:25:45 | |
And so we're hoping that our high school students. | 00:25:49 | |
Another high school students. | 00:25:52 | |
And in law, he's a he's an award. | 00:25:54 | |
He is 1 gaming PRI. | 00:25:57 | |
He has really, and a very exciting and innovative guy, so we're wanting to. | 00:26:00 | |
Get his proposal and fund it and I think administratively we can afford to fund that. | 00:26:09 | |
Robot, what did I say? | 00:26:15 | |
Will be 20,000. | 00:26:18 | |
Or whether. | 00:26:20 | |
So basically it's going to be $250,250 per month per student. | 00:26:23 | |
And. | 00:26:28 | |
If he does hate students is 2000 a month. | 00:26:30 | |
And I'm hoping to get. | 00:26:33 | |
20,000 to really get him involved with trying to get students involved in gaming. He's already doing it at the high school level. | 00:26:35 | |
This will be like an extra. | 00:26:43 | |
Class that he'll do at Tech. | 00:26:45 | |
And hopefully we'll get them involved in that and these scholarships are going to be available to 6th through 12th grade. | 00:26:49 | |
Mr. Ocampo, I was reading through it earlier and. | 00:26:58 | |
I know it's open to. | 00:27:03 | |
To the it's open county wide. Are we are we like specifically sponsoring like kids in Socorro and the city of Socorro to do it? | 00:27:05 | |
And I still had our high school. | 00:27:14 | |
I think it was. It's countrywide. So you know, I think two things we can do with this. | 00:27:18 | |
One of them, again, as you know, the enrollment at Tech had been down and we're hoping to supplement that with our local students. | 00:27:23 | |
Hopefully, they'll get excited about this and go. And the other thing is to give them an opportunity to see what the New Horizons | 00:27:28 | |
are. | 00:27:32 | |
I see. Gaming stuff is crazy. It's still comfortable. That was my next question was, I know before COVID, he was really excited | 00:27:37 | |
and we had a bunch of. | 00:27:42 | |
E Gaming events planned here in the city to bring people from out of town to the city for these and they're all days multiple day | 00:27:48 | |
deals. A lot like wrestling, like bringing where people are staying the night. | 00:27:54 | |
And he was excited about it. We actually helped him on a couple and then covet hit and I haven't really heard much since then. Has | 00:28:01 | |
he talked about that. It kind of started up again and and we're hoping to. | 00:28:06 | |
To try to get an arena put together. | 00:28:12 | |
And if I can get it at the rodeo. | 00:28:15 | |
I mean, I'm excited about doing these drone. | 00:28:18 | |
Where they have these drone races, where they go through obstacles. So and we're going to conclude the arena and put some heat in | 00:28:21 | |
it. So this all kind of this is a very, very early stage. | 00:28:26 | |
But it's getting our feet wet with him. I think he's going to be kind of our leader on this and I think at Tech also I think | 00:28:31 | |
they're and asked him if you're going to stick around, he said he's got he's pretty popular throughout the the nation and I don't | 00:28:37 | |
know if you saw the article in the newspaper about you and him winning. | 00:28:43 | |
Award on some gaming tournament, but he's won some also. So I think we've got a good guy that that's going to be able to push | 00:28:49 | |
this. | 00:28:53 | |
So this is I mean I. | 00:28:59 | |
Would like your blessing with it. It's kind of an administrative decision out of our own budget that that we're going to spend | 00:29:01 | |
this money and it's going to be a scholarship, it's going to be specifically goal oriented. | 00:29:06 | |
And it'll be a deliverable that he'll have to give us that this kids actually getting the certificate in E gaming. | 00:29:12 | |
Do you want a motion? If you would. | 00:29:21 | |
Second moved and seconded to support the. | 00:29:25 | |
Eclipse. | 00:29:27 | |
Discussion. | 00:29:29 | |
All in favor, aye. | 00:29:31 | |
Very good new business. | 00:29:34 | |
Again, the weather is coming in. We don't have a snow plot where hopefully we'll get the the, the state Highway department to help | 00:29:39 | |
us. | 00:29:42 | |
We needed this year. We're in the process of trying to buy a snow plow. | 00:29:46 | |
I don't know how bad the snow is going to be here, but I understand this weekend things are going to get kind of worse, so. | 00:29:51 | |
That and then. | 00:29:58 | |
The road projects have been halted since till March. | 00:29:59 | |
I've been I hate to Jinx. | 00:30:03 | |
I've been to the legislature. | 00:30:05 | |
It looks like we're going to get some help with Finley quite a lot. We've got some help in trying to get that monument moved and | 00:30:07 | |
landscaping the. | 00:30:11 | |
Interstate. | 00:30:17 | |
Lieutenant Governor, we're hoping to get an ambulance. Hopefully that's going to be funded by the governor also and then we're | 00:30:19 | |
trying to get. | 00:30:24 | |
A grant that. | 00:30:31 | |
That the State Historical Preservation Officer Office. | 00:30:33 | |
Has put together to do the interpretive plan and it's a $250,000 grant to try to. | 00:30:39 | |
Put that museum together over there at the Convention Center so it looks looks good. I think we've got a good chance to get a lot | 00:30:45 | |
of this stuff. | 00:30:49 | |
We did not get. | 00:30:54 | |
To do the natural. | 00:30:56 | |
Feel that? | 00:30:58 | |
Division, we're still working on that. | 00:31:00 | |
We've gotten our three dump trucks that are natural gas still waiting for. | 00:31:04 | |
Garbage trucks that are natural gas, we're looking into an electric rear loader. | 00:31:09 | |
Garbage truck. Those are the things that we're doing right now in the city. | 00:31:14 | |
Any old? | 00:31:20 | |
OK. Executive. | 00:31:23 | |
We've got personnel matters, We've got anything else? | 00:31:27 | |
Job descriptions Whether there is a job? Where's the job description? | 00:31:33 | |
You want to read it? There's two job descriptions. | 00:31:37 | |
The evidence custodian? | 00:31:42 | |
And assistant director at the Water Parks and Streets. | 00:31:44 | |
Mr. Mayor, Mr. Again make a motion to approve the job descriptions. | 00:31:53 | |
Second discussion. | 00:31:59 | |
All in favor. | 00:32:01 | |
OK. Thank you. | 00:32:04 | |
The personnel matters. Alina Chave. | 00:32:07 | |
She has received her associate's degree, going to move to G61. Dustin Moreland. | 00:32:10 | |
Ashland AG. | 00:32:16 | |
And just in Pacheco and Thomas Padilla are the new. | 00:32:18 | |
EMT Firefighter. | 00:32:24 | |
And they all start at A50, except for Thomas Padilla, who goes to a 56. | 00:32:27 | |
He has basic certification. | 00:32:34 | |
Russell Recky. He is evidence custodian. Additional job duty is going to have 59 and Tonio Gonzalez. | 00:32:37 | |
This is a new concept that we've not had. He is not a police officer. | 00:32:46 | |
He is an ex police officer. | 00:32:51 | |
But he'll be working. | 00:32:53 | |
8:00. | 00:32:55 | |
Is Garcia is 8:00. | 00:32:58 | |
8:00 to 4:00 in the morning and his mission. | 00:33:00 | |
Is to check in. | 00:33:07 | |
Business on California. | 00:33:10 | |
And and. | 00:33:14 | |
The ones that are off California St. a little bit. | 00:33:16 | |
And make. | 00:33:19 | |
The problems that they're getting breaking. | 00:33:21 | |
Vending. | 00:33:27 | |
Harassing hotel and motel. | 00:33:29 | |
Holding them up. | 00:33:32 | |
Same thing with the McDonald's and. | 00:33:34 | |
So, his job? | 00:33:38 | |
Will be as a security officer to alert police officers, so he will be going literally. | 00:33:39 | |
Just back and forth from California St. | 00:33:44 | |
From the north to the South, little bit on Bullock. | 00:33:48 | |
And he That's just like I said. | 00:33:51 | |
Position and it's a police position. | 00:33:55 | |
And he's to check in to make sure that. | 00:33:58 | |
At least there's some, you know, the patrol officers got so much more to do during the night, so this is hopefully going to help | 00:34:02 | |
us. | 00:34:05 | |
That James Beasley St. New hire. | 00:34:10 | |
That's it. | 00:34:14 | |
Mr. | 00:34:18 | |
1st. | 00:34:22 | |
We've been seconded discussion. | 00:34:23 | |
Onto. | 00:34:26 | |
Then we have businesses. | 00:34:28 | |
We've got Daylight Electric of Las Lun. | 00:34:31 | |
Aaron Sol. | 00:34:35 | |
Michelle Heron, very behavioral health, Los Victor Mexican food. They're going into the. | 00:34:37 | |
Little Caesars. | 00:34:44 | |
Restaurant Guzman Construction. | 00:34:46 | |
That's they're the ones that are getting ready to, if you look over there at the high school. | 00:34:49 | |
There's dirt work being done now Where? | 00:34:55 | |
Softball Field. | 00:34:58 | |
And the mod. | 00:35:00 | |
They're clearing that already starting to build a new junior high school. | 00:35:01 | |
Extreme Control Magdalena, Miguel Castillo Pest Control. | 00:35:06 | |
Rosie's Burgers in Magdalena Food truck, An Advanced Tower Systems Cliff Arbian. | 00:35:10 | |
Mr. Romero approved the business, registration was read. | 00:35:17 | |
Moved and seconded discussion. | 00:35:23 | |
All in favour. | 00:35:25 | |
So the 20th of February will be another. | 00:35:27 | |
Not bad 632. | 00:35:32 |