Village of Los Lunas Council Agendas\Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Los Lunas, County of Valencia, and State of New Mexico met Thursday, June 4, 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: Gerard Saiz Council: Amanda Perea Paulette Sanchez-Montoya Gino Romero Also present were: Gregory D. Martin, Debra Sanchez, James Taylor, Sandy Schauer, Bob Anderson, Jim Rickey, Dina Holcomb, Len E. L. Claus, Gene Saiz, Chris Sais, Betty Behrend, Raymond Torres, Karel Pekarek, Martha Pekarek, Allan Garley and Abiel Carrillo. 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. OFFERING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO ACCURATE MACHINE AND TOOL, INC/ACIM. 2. RESOLUTION 15-12 – UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JAG GRANT. 3. PRESENTATION – NM 6 BIKE BYPASS. 4. PROPOSED REVISIONS TO PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN. 5. PRESENTATION – EL CERRO DE LOS LUNAS WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECT. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION: a) Hire Detective – Police Department. b) Hire Police Officer – Police Department. c) Collective Bargaining Strategy Session – Dina Holcomb & Christine Nardi. 7. TRAVEL: IN-STATE / OUT-OF-STATE. 8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a) Minutes of 21, 2015. 9. 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 Gene Saiz to lead the Mayor, Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Mayor Griego mentioned that item 1 would be moved to item 5. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve agenda with amendment MOVED: Councilman Saiz 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.  PUBLIC INPUT FORUM. Mr. Griego asked if there was anyone from the audience who wanted to speak to the Council who did not have a scheduled agenda item. Mr. A.J. Garley, Manager of Buffalo Wild Wings, approached the podium – he wanted to let the Mayor and Council know that the restaurant would be opening June 15th and that VIP tickets were in the mail. 1. RESOLUTION 15-12 – UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JAG GRANT. Police Chief Naithan Gurule presented item one. Chief Gurule presented resolution 15-12 – JAG Grant. Funds have been made available in the amount of $12,337.00 to the Los Lunas Police Department. Funds will be used to purchase equipment and technology. Mayor Griego asked Council if they had any questions – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a recommendation from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve resolution 15-12 MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Saiz 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. PRESENTATION – NM 6 BIKE BYPASS. Mr. Michael Jaramillo presented item two. This presentation is part of the public meeting, another one will be held on Thursday, June 18th. Research has been done on alternative bike routes on NM 6 between Sichler Road and NM 314. Mr. Carrillo presented three virtual options to Mayor/Council. Mayor Griego asked how much funding was available. Mr. Carrillo replied $150,000.00. Councilwoman Perea asked which option seemed to be favored by the residents. Mr. Carrillo replied the third option was most popular from commuters. Councilwoman Perea asked if the $150,000.00 would be enough to even start the most popular option. Mr. Carrillo replied no that it would not be enough. Councilwoman Perea then asked why we are even being presented with this option. Mr. Jaramillo replied that the residents of this area addressed their concerns with this bike pass coming through their community and asked us to look at other alternates. This is the area where the funding is supposed to be used. The third option would far exceed the funding amount. Councilman Romero suggested looking at Don Pasqual as another option (route). Councilman Saiz commented that he has heard from the Luna Addition/Sandoval area residents, the comment he wanted to share, is the he has not received a lot of support of this project (Councilman Saiz will not be in attendance for the 6/18/15 Council Meeting and he wanted to address the concerns that he has received from his constituents) due to the traffic concerns and pedestrian and bike traffic that this bike route would bring. Councilman Saiz said that he would not support this project for those reasons. There were comments from the public – they were against the project. Mr. Jaramillo replied this meeting was for information purposes only. 3. PROPOSED REVISIONS TO PAY AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN. Ms. Christine Nardi presented item three. Ms. Nardi presented the proposed revisions to pay and classification plan. She also introduced a reclassification for the Billing Supervisor/Water Department (last minute addition/was not included with agenda packet). The current supervisor will be retiring in July. Mayor Griego asked Council if they had any comments – there were none. Ms. Nardi passed out the revised and current job description. The classification/salary will move from 22 to 26. Mayor Griego asked Council if they had any questions – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a recommendation from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve pay and classification plan and amendment MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilman Saiz 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. 4. PRESENTATION – EL CERRO DE LOS LUNAS WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECT. Mr. Michael Jaramillo presented item four. We have a very extensive watershed on the hill. Parks was involved with Jack Huning – this watershed was to protect 2,100 acres of downstream flow from the El Cerro de Los Lunas. This project came about with the development of Huning Ranch subdivision. Ms. Jaramillo had a slide presentation he presented to the meeting. He proceeded to talk about the sand build up from the run off from the rain. Mayor and Council thanked Mr. Jaramillo for his presentation. 5. OFFERING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO ACCURATE MACHINE AND TOOL, INC./ACIM. Mr. Ralph Mims presented item five. Accurate Machine and Tool, Inc./ACIM are in the process of building a 107,000 plant in the Los Morros Business Park. It will provide much needed jobs for Los Lunas. The owners are in the process of signing a contact with a Fortune 500 business. Accurate Machine and Tool, Inc./ACIM through the Village of Los Lunas Economic Development Incentives application request form requested certain local incentive. Village Staff review the submitted application and the following incentives are recommended for approval by Council: 1) waiver impact fee; 2) waives water and sewer connection fees; and 3) waiver of building permits fees. In Year Three, Accurate Machine and Tool will produce up to 200 full time jobs paying between $18-$30 per hour. Mayor Griego asked if there were any comments from Council – there were none. Mayor Griego mentioned that this arrangement should have been done during the bond issue. Mr. Mims said it was a lesson learned. Mr. Greg Plummer gave a brief summary on the construction going on at their site. He’s hoping to open and running by July 15th. Black top and curbs should be done sometime this week. Mayor Griego asked if there were any questions by Council – there was none. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya 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. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION. Mayor Griego announced that the Council would be going into executive session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1, that the following matters would be discussed in closed session: hire Detective, hire Police Officer and discuss Collective Bargaining Strategy Session. APPROVAL: Motion to go into executive session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1 (H) (2). MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Lovato – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Adjourned at 7:20 p.m. At 8:12 p.m., Mayor Griego asked for a motion to reconvene to go back into open session after discussing: hire Detective, hire Police Officer and the Collective Bargaining Strategy Session. APPROVAL: Motion to reconvene in open session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1 (H) (2). MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilwoman Perea CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Lovato – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Regarding the hiring of a Detective, Mayor Griego put up the name of Buster Whitley. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Lovato – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Regarding the hiring of a Police Officer, Mayor Griego put up the name of Raymond Torres. 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 Lovato – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. There was nothing to report out on the Collective Bargaining Strategy Session. 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: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilwoman Perea – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Lovato – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. Mayor Griego asked if there were corrections or additions to the council minutes of May 21, 2015 MOTION: Motion to approve minutes MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya 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. 9.ADJOURNMENT. Council meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. ________________________________ ________________________________________ GREGORY D. MARTIN, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES GRIEGO, MAYOR