Village of Los Lunas Council Agendas\Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Los Lunas, County of Valencia, and State of New Mexico met Thursday, April 6, 2017 in regular session at 6:00 PM at the Council Chambers. Roll call was taken and the following were present: Mayor Charles Griego, Councilman Christopher Ortiz, Councilman Gino Romero, Councilman Gerard Saiz, and Councilwoman Paulette Sanchez-Montoya. Mayor: Charles Griego Mayor Pro Tem: Paulette Sanchez-Montoya Council: Gerard Saiz Christopher Ortiz Gino Romero Also present were: Gregory Martin , Debra Sanchez, Sandy Schauer, Bob Anderson, Cherie Sporin, Eric Moss, Peter & Pricilla Fernandez, Alonzo Baldonado, Laurie Kasdelic, Deborah Fox, and Dennis Robertson. 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. POST LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE. 2. APPOINT MAYOR PRO TEM. 3. REQUEST TO FORM AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE NAMING OF A PUBLIC FACILITY. 4. EXECUTIVE SESSION. a. Hire Public Works Technician – Water/Sewer Division / Public Works Department. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. Minutes from March 23, 2017 Council Meeting. 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 Mr. Peter Fernandez 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 council agenda – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve agenda MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. • PUBLIC INPUT FORUM. None. 1. POST LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE. Representative Alonzo Baldonado approached the podium. He spoke about the budget – budget cuts. Budget was passed with a $180 million dollar shortfall. House bill 202, which is a tax increase package, is sitting on the Governor’s desk for consideration. The Governor said that she would not support tax increases without a whole tax reformation. Ever since the food tax went away, the municipalities have struggled, and that number keeps coming down as everyone moves forward in terms of the Hold Harmless. In New Mexico, four profit hospitals pay the gross receipts tax the non-profit hospitals do not. Loveless is for profit, Presbyterian is non-profit – these are to two biggest providers in the state. The bill passed the house, the senate met on it and the joint committee with the senate finance and senate corporations. The Governor has until noon tomorrow to either sign or veto the bill. Obviously, if the oil and gas revenue skyrocket, this could go away. Representative Baldonado introduced House Bill 36, which is aimed at hospital mill levies (like the one in Valencia County – Los Lunas and Belen). His bill spells out, if you are going to tax people that money, you going to have to spend it or give it back. Giving the money back would be ludicrous idea, trying to give back $25.5 million dollars would be a disaster. Councilman Romero asked, if our intentions are not to give the money back what do we do. Representative Baldonado replied would be to go back to the voters and reallocate that money. He also said would be to target our interchange issue here in Los Lunas. Belen has an interchange, on the north end, which has not been completed. Infrastructure is an issue for Los Lunas especially getting across town. The talk about budget took up much of the time. Because of the budget, the Capital Outlay funds were re-allocated. Mayor/Council thanked Representative Baldonado for coming to speak to the council. 2. APPOINT MAYOR PRO TEM. Mayor Griego announced that on an annual basis, that a new Mayor Pro-Tem is chosen (rotation). Mayor Griego asked for a recommendation from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to appoint Councilman Gino Romero MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez- Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 3. REQUEST TO FORM AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE NAMING OF A PUBLIC FACILITY. Mayor Griego asked for a motion to remove from tabled status. APPROVAL: Motion to postpone until next council meeting. MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez- Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Mr. Gregory presented item three. This is an item that has been proposed by a group from the community and it relates to a petition of the naming of the Main Street Bridge over the Rio Grande. Per the Administrative Regulation A-91-02 “Special Recognition of Persons and Historical Events and Naming of Public Facilities the Council may initiate consideration of special recognition for a person or an historical event up written request with the signatures of at least twenty-five Los Lunas registered voters, or at the request of the Mayor or a Councilor. In addition, staff is requesting the Mayor and Council to appointment members of the committee and/or allow the Clerk-Treasurer to assign members as per Administrative Regulation A-91-02. Since the bridge is a state-owned facility, any decision is also subject to New Mexico State Transportation Commission Policy No. 61 Memorial or Honorary Designation or Dedication of Highways, Transportation Facilities and Structures dated August 21, 2014, which requires such a request to be accompanied by a resolution from the governing body of the local government entity in which the bridge or facility is located. Normally, the committee is made up of five members, of which two members who have no connection of the facility, one member of the Planning & Zoning Commission, one member of the village staff, and one member of the business community. Greg read off the list of the committee members: Sandy Schaurer (Business Member), Walter Baca (P&Z Member), Jason Duran (Village Staff), George Trujeque (Citizen), Phillip Jaramillo (Citizen), Pete Serafin (Citizen), and Jack Lovato (Citizen). Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve committee MOVED: Councilman Saiz SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez- Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 5. 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: the hiring of two Water/Sewer Technicians. APPROVAL: Motion to go into executive session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1 (H) (2). MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Saiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Adjourned at 6:31 p.m. At 7:05 p.m., Mayor Griego asked for a motion to reconvene to go back into open session after discussing: the hiring of two Water/Sewer Technicians. APPROVAL: Motion to reconvene in open session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1 (H) (2). MOVED: Councilman Romero SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya - yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. After discussion, Mayor Griego put up the name of Robert Rael. MOTION: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Romero CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. After discussion, Mayor Griego put up the name of Nick Martinez. MOTION: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Saiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6. MINUTES. Mayor Griego asked if there were corrections or additions to the council minutes of March 23, 2017 – there was none. MOTION: Motion to approve minutes MOVED: Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 4 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Romero – yes; Councilman Saiz – yes; Councilwoman Sanchez-Montoya) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 7. ADJOURNMENT. Council meeting adjourned at 7:07 p.m. ______________________________________________ ________________________________ GREGORY D. MARTIN, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES GRIEGO, MAYOR