Village of Los Lunas Council Agendas\Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Los Lunas, County of Valencia, and State of New Mexico met Thursday, April 23, 2015 in regular session at 6:00 PM at the Council Chambers. Roll call was taken and the following were present: Mayor Charles Griego, Councilman Gerard Saiz, Councilwoman Paulette Sanchez-Montoya, Councilman Gino Romero and Councilwoman Amanda Perea. Mayor: Charles Griego Mayor Pro Tem: Amanda Perea Council: Gerard Saiz Paulette Sanchez-Montoya Gino Romero Also present were: Gregory D. Martin, Debra Sanchez, James Taylor, Jim Rickey and Deborah Fox. In accordance with Ordinance 114A, the following agenda was prepared and circulated as required:  CALL MEETING TO ORDER.  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA.  PUBLIC INPUT FORUM. 1. PROCLAMATION: LOS LUNAS HIGH SCHOOL TIGER GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM. 2. APPOINT MAYOR PRO-TEM. 3. VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS BUSINESS – INCUBATOR PROJECT. 4. RESOLUTION 15-10 – UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BULLETIPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP (BVP) GRANT FY 2015. 5. ORDINANCE 400 – LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. 6. CONTRACTS – REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH INDIVIDUALS FOR THE RECREATION DIVISION. 5. TRAVEL: IN-STATE / OUT-OF-STATE. 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a) Minutes of April 23, 2015. 7. ADJOURNMENT.  CALL MEETING TO ORDER. At 6:00 PM, Mayor Charles Griego brought the meeting to order and welcomed the audience.  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Griego asked Coach Zeller to lead the Mayor, Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Mayor Griego asked if there were any changes/corrections to the agenda – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve agenda MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST.  PUBLIC INPUT FORUM. None. Item 2 was moved to Item 1 – Coaches were waiting for additional team member to join them. 1. APPOINT MAYOR PRO-TEM. Mayor Charles Griego presented item two. Every year a Councilperson will be chosen to fill the position of Mayor Pro-Tem (rotate). Mayor Griego presented the position to Councilman Gerard Saiz. Councilman Saiz accepted. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilwoman Perea SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 2. PROCLAMATION – LOS LUNAS HIGH SCHOOL TIGER GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM. Members of the Los Lunas High School Tiger Girls Basketball Team and their coaches attended Council Meeting. A Proclamation was read by Councilman Gino Romero and presented to the team for their accomplishments. 3. VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS BUSINESS – INCURBATOR PROJECT. Mr. Russell Combs presented item three. Mr. Combs is the managing partner from WESST Enterprise Center. Mr. Combs discussed the outline of the basic operations of a best practice business incubator, discussed details that are needed with the community to give the best optimum opportunity for an incubator to succeed, what the sponsoring community will get on its return/investment, and discussed the various incubation programs. This was for informational purposes only. 4. RESOLUTION 15-10 – UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP (BVP) GRANT FY 2015. Police Chief Naithan Gurule presented item four. The United States Department of Justice has made funds available in the amount of $8,685.00 for the Village of Los Lunas Police Department to purchase body armor – program provides up to 50 percent matching funds. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve resolution 15-10 MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 5. ORDINANCE 400 – LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council to adjourn as a Council and open as a public hearing. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilwoman Perea CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve ordinance 400 MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6. CONTRACTS – REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH INDIVIDUALS FOR THE RECREATION DIVISION. Mr. Michael Jaramillo presented item six. Mr. Jaramillo gave a brief overview to Mayor and Council how the contract process works for League Officials as well as after hour usage of Village buildings (staffed by city employees). League officials are needed due to individuals resigning – looking for full-time work opposed to part-time. They’re seeking employment that is permanent and full-time. There are also contracts for staff that open and close Village facilities after hours. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve contracts (building after hour usage) MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. APPROVAL: Motion to approve Gabriel Salas (league official) MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilwoman Perea CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 7. TRAVEL: IN-STATE / OUT-OF-STATE. Mayor Griego asked if there were any questions regarding the travel – there were no questions. APPROVAL: Motion to approve all travel MOVED: Councilwoman Perea SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. Mayor Griego asked if there were corrections or additions to the council minutes of April 9, 2015. Mayor Griego asked that a correction be made – there was none. MOTION: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilwoman Perea SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 9. ADJOURNMENT. Council meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m. ________________________________ ________________________________________ GREGORY D. MARTIN, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES GRIEGO, MAYOR  MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 PUBLIC HEARING (Commenced at 6:46 P.M.) 5. ORDINANCE 400 – LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. Mr. Ralph Mims presented item five. Ordinance 400 amends Ordinance 322 which was adopted May 5, 2005. This ordinance adopts an economic development plan pursuant to the local economic development project – it will define a project participation agreement and establish local incentives. Mayor Griego spoke that they need to be aware of the benefits and incentives are tied to the quality of the pay scale and the number of employees that the prospective client may be coming to the Village. If it’s a minimum wage job type situation, we probably will not get it. But if it’s more quality/higher pay scale, yes we will, in order to be more competitive. Councilman Saiz asked if there was any sort of grant money available to kick off the local incentives. Mr. Mims said that he would look into that request. Mayor Griego announced that this was a public hearing – is there anyone who wanted to speak in favor or against – there was no comment. Mayor Griego asked to close the public hearing and Council would go back in to open meeting. MOTION: motion to close public hearing and go back in to Council MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilman Saiz ROLLCALL: vote of 4 (Councilman Romero – yes; Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilman Sanchez-Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Public hearing closed at 6:58 P.M.