Village of Los Lunas Council Agendas\Minutes

MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 The Board of Trustees of the Village of Los Lunas, County of Valencia, and State of New Mexico met Thursday, September 19, 2019 in regular session at 6:00 PM at the Council Chambers. Roll call was taken and the following were present: Charles Griego, Christopher Ortiz, Cruz Munoz, Phillip Jaramillo, and Gino Romero was excused. Mayor: Charles Griego Mayor Pro Tem: Christopher Ortiz Council: Gino Romero, excused Phillip Jaramillo Cruz Munoz Also present were: Gregory D. Martin, Debra Sanchez, Diana Good, Ginny Adame, Linda, Jim Rickey, and Arturo Romero. 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. ORDINANCE 447 – ADOPTING A MUNICIPAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX. 2. LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVAL FOR SUBD: LAND OF AL JARAMILLO TRACT: 1A 0.83 ACRE 1995 REV (19775 MAIN STREET SW). 3. RESOLUTION 19-22 – REQUESTING THE MUNICIPALITY TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY WELLNESS COUNCIL (CWC) AS THE COUNTY WIDE HEALTH COUNCIL. 4. CONTRACT – REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO MENTOR ASSISTANT CONTRACT. 5. CONTRACT – REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT. 6. ADA TRANSITION PLAN – TITLE II. 7. ESTABLISH AN ADA GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND ADA COORDINATOR. 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION – pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1(H), the following matters will be discussed in closed session: a) Hire FT Solid Waste Laborer – Solid Waste Division / Public Works Department. 9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a) Minutes from September 5, 2019 Council Meeting. 10. 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 Fred Carbajal to lead the Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Griego announced that Councilman Romero was excused. In addition, Councilman Cruz Munoz would be present via telephone conference call. • APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Mayor Griego then asked if there were any changes or corrections to the council agenda – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a motion. APPROVAL: Motion to approve council agenda. MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 3 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Munoz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. • PUBLIC INPUT FORUM. None. 1. ORDINANCE 447 – ADOPTING A MUNICIPAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX. Mayor Griego asked for a motion that Council would recess and go into a public hearing. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 3 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Munoz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:02PM Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council regarding ordinance 447. APPROVAL: Motion to approve ordinance 447 MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 3 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Munoz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Minutes on last page. Councilman Cruz Munoz attended via telephone conference call. 2. LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVAL FOR SUBD: LAND OF AL JARAMILLO TRACT: 1A 0.83 ACRE 1995 REV (1775 MAIN STREET SW). Mayor Griego asked for a motion that Council would recess and go into a public hearing. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:13PM Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council regarding liquor license approval. APPROVAL: Motion to approve liquor license. MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. Minutes on last page. 3. RESOLUTION 19-22 – REQUESTING THE MUNICIPALITY TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY WELLNESS COUNCIL (CWC) AS THE COUNTY WIDE HEALTH COUNCIL. Ms. Ginny Adame presented item three. This resolution is being presented so that the CWC/County Wide Health Council will be recognized. Ginny and Diana Good gave a short presentation to Council (power point). They are not a direct service provider; they are a collaborative planning and assessment group. They have small amounts of state funding. The resolution has been presented and in place with The Village of Bosque Farms, Valencia County and City of Rio Communities. The presentation gave a brief history and most recent health priorities of the CWC Health Council developed within the community. Councilman Jaramillo commented on great this program is for the residents. Mayor Griego mentioned that it should go up on the village website. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 4. CONTRACT – REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO MENTOR ASSISTANT CONTRACT. Ms. Ginny Adame presented item four. Contract was offered to Mark Garcia who is an SRO with the Los Lunas Schools. Mr. Garcia was not able to fulfill his contract due to other obligations. The PAL Board selected another individual, Mr. David Adame. She is requesting permission to enter in to contact with David. Mayor Griego mentioned that David has been involved in the community. Mayor Griego asked for a recommendation from council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 5. CONTRACT – REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENETER INTO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT. Ms. Cynthia Shetter presented item five. The contract is for one of the teachers from the Los Lunas Middle School to teach an after school robotics program. Students will utilized all the equipment bought through the Facebook Community Action grant. The STEM program will be for student’s ages 9 to 14 years of age. Program will be a bi-weekly and one hour long. Class starts September 19, 2019 and ending April 30, 2020 at the Los Lunas Public Library. Mayor Griego asked council if they had questions – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve Carlos Reese MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND zero AGAINST. 6. ADA TRANSITION PLAN – TITLE II. Mr. Michael Jaramillo presented item six. Michael mentioned that he has been working on this item for four years. He is working on an Acid Plan and this ADA Transition Plan is part of that Acid Management Plan. In order for Michael to continue to apply for DOT grants he has to have an ADA Transition Plan. The ADA Transition Plan is to outline the scheme by which physical hindrances will be removed from the public right-of-way in order to facilitate the implementation of the non-discrimination policies. Michael has to show that the Village is removing hindrance of barriers for people to participate not only in commercial but parks and recreation. (Documents were sent to Mayor and Council). Public Works is seeking approval of this plan to help identify problems or barriers that may limit accessibility for person with disabilities, and describe potential compliance solutions. Mayor Griego asked council if they had any questions – Councilman Ortiz asked if this would help south Los Lentes as well. Michael replied that it would. Councilman Jaramillo was happy to see this program. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 7. ESTABLISH AN ADA GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND ADA COORDINATOR. Michael Jaramillo presented item seven. The next step is to have a grievance procedure and coordinator. Michael Jaramillo has agreed to be the Grievance Coordinator. This policy will be listed on the Village of Los Lunas web site and will be available upon request as required by Title II – Notice of American with Disabilities Act. Mayor Griego asked council if they had any comments – there were none. Mayor Griego asked for a motion from council. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION. The Council went into executive session pursuant to NMSA 1the following matters would be discussed in closed session: hiring of a FT Solid Waste Laborer. APPROVAL: Motion to go into executive session pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1 (H) (2). MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:56PM At 7:28PM, Mayor Griego asked for a motion from Council indicating that they discussed the hiring of a FT Solid Waste Laborer. APPROVAL: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. For the position of Solid Waste Laborer, Mayor Griego put up the name of Dominic Anzures. APPROVAL: Motion to approve Dominic Anzures. MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 9. MINUTES. Mayor Griego asked if there were corrections to the council minutes of September 5, 2019 – there was none. MOTION: Motion to approve MOVED: Councilman Ortiz SECONDED: Councilman Jaramillo CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 10. ADJOURNMENT. Council meeting adjourned at 7:30PM. ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Gregory D. Martin, Village Administrator Charles Griego, Mayor  MINUTES VILLAGE OF LOS LUNAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 1. ORDINANCE 447 – ADOPTING A MUNICIPAL GROSS RECEIPTS TAX. Mr. Gregory D. Martin presented item one. During the Budget Workshop, there was a discussion about future revenue and staff were instructed to prepare an ordinance to increase the local municipal gross receipts tax. The ordinance was published in the newspaper a required and now the public hearing. The rationale for this ordinance is to generate revenue for increasing operating costs within the budget and some of the lost revenue due to the reduction in the hold harmless distribution. If approved, the local GRT rate would increase from 8.3125 to 8.675 and would take effect January 1, 2020. According to the Taxation and Revenue Department, this would generate $2.2 million dollars annually. Mayor Griego asked council if they had any questions. Councilman Cruz asked Greg to repeat the increase – Greg repeated 8.675. Mayor Griego asked the audience if they had any comments. Mr. Lonnie Spikler approached the podium – he mentioned that there was a tax increase just a couple of years ago and we are back at the same thing, the Governor just raised taxes as well. Mayor Griego replied that we have been delaying the increase for the last five years and those losses are starting to affect our budget now. There were no more comment from the public. Mayor Griego asked if there was a motion to close the public hearing and reconvene in regular session. APPROVAL: Motion to close public hearing. MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 3 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Munoz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:12PM 2. LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVAL FOR SUBD: LAND OF AL JARAMILLO TRACT: 1A 0.83 ACRE 1995 REV (1775 MAIN STREET SW). Ms. Erin Callahan presented item two. CST Services LLC dba Circle K is seeking transfer of ownership and change of location of dispenser liquor license No. 0372 to proposed location 1775 Main Street SW – this is in Council District 3. The proposed use is at a convenience store. Property owner is Brazos Rivers Leasing LP Diamond Shamra, which is being represented by Linda Akin of CST Services LLC. This is a C1 commercial zone. Published twice in the Valencia County News Bulletin on August 22nd and 29th. There were no letters or phone calls in opposition of this request. Community Development reviewed does recommend approval based on its conformance with the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance. Mayor Griego asked Council if they had any questions. Councilman Jaramillo asked if this was a transfer from one company to another – staying at its current location. Erin responded that it is a transfer of ownership and a change in location. Mayor Griego asked the audience if there were any comments – there was none. Mayor Griego asked if there was a motion to close the public hearing and reconvene in regular session. APPROVAL: Motion to close public hearing MOVED: Councilman Jaramillo SECONDED: Councilman Ortiz CARRIED: Motion passed on a vote of 2 (Councilman Ortiz – yes; Councilman Jaramillo – yes) FOR AND 0 AGAINST. 6:17PM