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[0:39] All right. We're grateful for everybody here tonight. Thank you for joining us. We even even have Mayor Sam Cobb. It's like Chronicles of Narnia. Always the King of Narnia. Once the King of Narnia, always the King of Narnia.
[0:51] We're honored to have you. Thank you everyone for being here this evening. We'll have a call to order here and roll call by City Clerk Fletcher.
[1:04] Mayor Senna here commissar Smith here commissar Mills here commissar fields here
[1:10] commissar Caleddon here commissar panic here commissar girls here. Thank you so much
[1:16] We'll have our invocation by commissar fields followed by our pledge of allegiance by
[1:19] Commissar Panic.
[1:25] That's about
[1:27] We've got a father we've come before you this evening once again thanking your father for all that eyes have looked upon and even that
[1:35] Heirs have heard, Almighty God, we come with a humble heart, become O God as a servant to do not only your will, but the will of the people.
[1:52] We come now, God, asking for your guidance.
[1:56] You said in your Holy Divine Word, that if we would seek you first, and your righteousness, and then you would add,
[2:03] We ask now, God, that you will come and be with us on tonight as we make decisions pertaining
[2:09] to the city of Hobbes, blessed these commissioners, blessed the staff, blessed the citizens
[2:15] of this great city.
[2:17] We ask it to just be with us as we make these decisions tonight.
[2:21] Yes, all of these many blessings is in your Son, Jesus name, amen.
[2:45] Thank you so much, commissioners. We have our approval of minutes. We have two different items here and we'll do them one at a time.
[2:52] minutes for the October 5th, 2026 regular commission meeting. You've had a chance to look over it. We'll entertain a motion.
[2:58] So move. Move by Moff Mayor Potemka Litton. Seconded by Commissioner Mills.
[3:06] Let's vote.
[3:11] Mr. Pimmick, how do you vote?
[3:13] It
[3:22] has passed 70. Minutes for the October 12th, 2026 commission work session. If you've had a chance to look over that, we'll entertain a motion.
[3:31] Move by Mayor Potemka Litton. Seconded by Commissioner Fields.
[3:35] Mr.
[3:42] Pinnock, how do you vote?
[3:43] Thank you.
[3:49] Last seven to zero.
[3:50] Now is the time for recognition of City Employees Milestone Service Awards for the month
[3:55] of October 2026.
[3:57] Manny Gomez, City Manager.
[3:59] Thank you, Mayor Commissioner, staff members of the public.
[4:04] Tonight, we recognize and thank an experts of our appreciation to eight of our own employees for
[4:11] and celebrating their 520 and 25 year milestones for a combined 120 years of dedicated service.
[4:23] So I'm honored to recognize our employees and want to ensure that we recognize the importance of the family,
[4:31] and the sacrifice that the families have endured during this 120 years.
[4:37] So we do think the family.
[4:39] So again, Mayor and Commission, staff members of the public,
[4:43] an honor to recognize our eight employees.
[4:46] Our first employee comes to us from the House of Art Department
[4:49] of Firefighter, the Angello, Saragosa,
[4:52] five years with HFD.
[4:54] Throughout his time with HFD, the Angello
[4:57] has demonstrated a strong work ethic,
[5:00] a positive attitude, and a genuine passion
[5:03] for serving our community.
[5:05] He holds a firefighter one in firefighter two search and began as a basic EMT before advancing
[5:13] to the registered or destiny registered events EMT.
[5:17] He is currently enrolled in the parametric program, continuing to expand his knowledge and
[5:22] skills to better serve our citizens.
[5:25] The Angela has taken the initiative to help train our newer firefighters, support his fellow
[5:30] crew members and contribute to the department on both the fire and EMS sites.
[5:36] The digital we appreciate his five years of service, his commitment to professional growth
[5:41] and his dedication to the citizens of ops.
[5:45] We appreciate his contributions and we look forward to seeing his continued success.
[5:50] So please join me in recognizing fire fighters at Agosa.
[5:59] Our next employee comes to us from our human resource department, our risk manager,
[6:04] Salina, Estirana, celebrating five years with the city of Hobbes.
[6:10] Over the past five years, Salina has contributed to the continued strength and resilience of the city of Hobbes.
[6:18] Her work may not always be recognized in the same way as more visible
[6:22] municipal responsibilities, but the importance of her contribution is significant.
[6:28] Selina's willingness to work with others and provide thoughtful guidance as made her an important resource throughout the organization.
[6:38] Her role requires both independence and partnership, and she brings value to the city by helping departments navigate challenges while keeping the cities long-term interest in view.
[6:50] We greatly appreciate Salinas' attention to detail and responsiveness to those we serve, whether
[6:58] addressing claims, reviewing potential risk, assisting departments, evaluating processes
[7:05] or helping develop solutions to difficult situations, her contributions support the city's
[7:12] broader mission of responsible and effective public service.
[7:16] The city of Hobbes sincerely appreciates Mr. Strada for five years of service, dedication, professionalism and commitment.
[7:25] Please join me in recognizing Mr. Strada for all.
[7:33] Our next employee comes to us from the House Fired Department five years, David Naheda, driver engineer.
[7:41] Over the past five years, David has continued to grow both personally and professionally.
[7:47] He earned his firefired at one and two certifications, started or began his career as a basic EMT
[7:53] and continued his education to become an advanced EMT. He then worked hard to earn his promotion
[8:00] to drive our engineer, taking pride in maintaining his apparatus and making sure his crews
[8:06] ready to respond when the call comes in.
[8:09] David has also been willing to help train newer firefighters and support his fellow crew members
[8:14] whenever needed.
[8:16] He is currently enrolled in the Paramedic Program as he continues to advance his knowledge
[8:21] and skills to better serve our community.
[8:24] We thank David for his hard work, dedication, and five years of service to H.F.D. and the citizens that we serve.
[8:32] So congratulations, David, on this milestone, and we look forward to seeing what the future holds for you.
[8:38] Please join me in recognizing David.
[8:45] I know he's in here somewhere.
[8:46] I saw more.
[8:47] He has a mustache that's a little disguise, I think.
[8:50] Our next employee was so jumping from the five year now to the 20 years.
[8:54] Coming to us from the Hobbes Express, Audrey Lykins, a transportation supervisor 20 years.
[9:04] Audrey began her career as a part-time bus driver for Hobbes Express on October 18, 2006.
[9:12] When the start or confidence or kindness, reliability and strong leadership skills, set her apart.
[9:18] Through hardworking capacity for co-workers and passengers,
[9:23] Audrey and Matt Stairdryre Trainer, assistant supervisor and most recently supervisor.
[9:30] Audrey, Audrey, is exceptionally qualified in driver training,
[9:35] earning numerous certifications to the new Mexico Department of Transportation.
[9:39] In May of 2025, she also earned or certified community transit supervisor certification
[9:47] through the community, Transportation Association of America.
[9:52] The commitment to safety, professional development,
[9:55] and high standards continues to strengthen Hubs Express.
[9:59] A dedicated and low employee, Audrey Audrey,
[10:03] is now expanded her expertise in grant management
[10:06] and reporting as part of the city's succession training plan.
[10:12] During a recent New Mexico DOT site compliance audit,
[10:16] Auditors specifically praised or excellent record-keeping practices.
[10:21] Please join me in congratulating Ms. Audrey Likens on 20 years of dedicated service to
[10:36] another 20 years. Julia Henry with the engineering planning department as the engineering planning
[10:44] assistant. Julia Henry has dedicated 20 years of service to the city of Hobbs, demonstrating
[10:50] commitment and professionalism in the planning department.
[10:54] She has managed challenging projects including the ICIP, the submissions of the ICIP,
[11:01] standardizing forms and distributing FEMA information to local realtors and engineering
[11:07] firms.
[11:09] She helps navigate manufactured home regulations and educate residents on property development
[11:15] standards, including setbacks, property lines, and site-plan requirements.
[11:21] Julia provides valuable assistance to all hub citizens and exemplifies outstanding public
[11:28] service, making her a vital part of the planning department.
[11:32] Please join me in recognizing Julia and her on 20 years.
[11:42] Our next employee comes to us from the recreation department.
[11:46] Ms. Barbara Dunford, Art instructor 20 years. Barbara began working for the city of Hobbes
[11:54] in 1984 as a seasonal employee and 20 years ago her position evolved into a full-time position
[12:03] as a recreation department's art instructor. During her time with the city, she has helped
[12:09] Countless adults and youth discover the creativity and express themselves through art.
[12:16] Barbara shared her knowledge of various art techniques and mediums, helping students develop
[12:21] their skills and confidence. Her students routinely win awards at the Lee County Fair
[12:27] and rodeo art show.
[12:30] Her dedication to planning, engaging, classes, exploring new projects and continually growing
[12:37] as an instructor has enriched the community. She is active in the local art community and
[12:44] routinely volunteers at the Lee County Center for the Arts. Barbara's passion for art and
[12:50] commitment to her students has made a lasting difference in the lives of Hog's residents over
[12:56] the past 20 years. Her services truly appreciated by the city and the community she serves. Please
[13:03] I'm recognizing Ms. Dunford on 20 years of dedicated service.
[13:14] Matt Hughes, 20 years, golf course superintendent.
[13:19] Matt began his career with the city in October 2006 as golf course superintendent at Alcatillo
[13:27] golf course.
[13:29] He played an instrumental role in his major in its major innovation and transformation into
[13:35] Rockwood community links, which continues to rank among new Mexico's top municipal golf courses.
[13:42] A superintendent, Matt has led numerous improvements that enhance recreational opportunities
[13:48] and quality of life for odds residents. These include playground upgrades, tennis court
[13:54] lighting, the pickleball court renovation that don't know the part, improvements that
[13:59] McCathombs, campground, health, walk trail landscaping, and renovations at Charity Brown Park.
[14:07] Matt is also championed innovation and efficiency by modernizing irrigation systems with remote
[14:14] access technology, improving the department's task, tracking application, and exploring autonomous
[14:21] moving technology. These advancements support water conservation, improve communication
[14:28] and accountability, and allow staff to focus on other essential maintenance and community
[14:35] projects. Throughout his 20 years of service, Matt has demonstrated exceptional leadership,
[14:41] dedication, and a commitment to continuous improvement. His willingness to embrace new challenges,
[14:48] develop employees and find better ways to serve the communities made a lasting impact on the department and the city of Hops.
[14:58] Matt, we congratulate you.
[15:00] On 20 outstanding years of service, we thank you for your leadership, strong work ethic, and commitment
[15:06] to making Hobbes a better place to live, work, and play. Please join me in recognizing Matt Hughes
[15:13] on 20 years.
[15:21] Last but not least, 25 years, Adrian Adicus, Barbara Teddenchief, and we'll get
[15:31] little person in the neighborhood.
[15:33] They didn't begin his career with the city,
[15:35] a Hobbs Farty Parkman on October 16, 2001.
[15:41] After completing the pre-service fire Academy,
[15:43] and learning is firefighter one and two certifications.
[15:48] No for his energy, hard work and passion for fitness.
[15:52] Adrian advanced to the ranks,
[15:54] earning as EMT certifications, becoming driver engineer
[15:57] in 2006, a shift capped in in 2014, and patented in chief in October 2022.
[16:07] A position that he continues to hold today. Throughout his career,
[16:13] Adrian has been a pioneer of fitness and wellness at the Hof's Fire Department.
[16:18] As a certified fitness coordinator for more than 20 years and the department's first
[16:24] in a S.M. certified personal trainer, which is the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
[16:31] He helped establish the fitness standards and culture we have today,
[16:36] positively influenced in generations of firefighters.
[16:40] Beyond his professional accomplishment,
[16:43] Adrian has began to mentor countless personnel from cadets
[16:48] just beginning their careers to department leadership.
[16:52] His example guidance and willingness to support others have lived the last in impact that goes far beyond his rank or years of service.
[17:05] His love for this department and what it means to be a Hobb's firefighter is evident in the example he sets every shift.
[17:16] Batern was the first, very first, new horror, I had the honor of welcoming as a new fart chief.
[17:28] And that alone made his journey something special to me.
[17:32] Watching him grow, not just as a fire fire, but as a leader, a teammate, and a constant source of strength,
[17:42] has been one of the two joys of my career.
[17:47] As he steps into retirement this Friday, I'm grateful for the countless moments of dedication.
[17:56] The sacrifices he made without hesitation and the quiet, steady excellence he brought to HD.
[18:05] His services shaped this department and his legacy will continue long after he hangs up his gear.
[18:13] I want to wish Adrian and his family all the joy, peace and fulfillment, this next chapter
[18:18] can offer.
[18:20] He is more than earned it.
[18:23] Join me on taking the recognising leaders on twenty-fuck you.
[18:43] If you want to join me, so I can ask all those that are in attendance, you have a recognised
[18:49] David, the police come forward, Matt.
[19:23] All right, the staff looks good. I knew that was.
[19:27] Thank you.
[19:45] Thank you.
[19:45] Thank you, Mayor Commission.
[19:52] All right.
[19:55] Now we have a public comment. Citizens who wish to speak,
[19:58] must sign the public comment registration form.
[20:01] Located in the commission chamber prior to the beginning of the meeting.
[20:04] First we have Lou Maldonado, one of our very own.
[20:08] Once talked about cemetery events,
[20:11] good things going on out there.
[20:12] So thank you.
[20:15] On the hot seat.
[20:16] No.
[20:17] We got this.
[20:18] We got this.
[20:18] Good evening, Mayor.
[20:19] Commission, City Manager, City Attorney, and everybody in
[20:22] audience tonight.
[20:24] I just wanted to bring up a couple of events that the
[20:26] cemetery is going to have.
[20:27] First one's October 31st.
[20:29] Our day of the day event that a Griffin and
[20:31] Chapel put on, please bring out your family and kids and
[20:35] let's just have a good time.
[20:36] And the next one is December 10th.
[20:39] At Prairie Haven Memorial Park, it's our annual
[20:41] remembrance, ceremony to remember everybody that we've lost throughout the year. So I encourage
[20:48] everybody to let's celebrate life together. Life is short as it is and people more and all
[20:55] the time. So please come out and be with a group of people who still mourn. So we hope to see you all
[21:01] then. This past Saturday was the first national cremation placement date. So there's a national
[21:10] average right now that everybody, most people get cremated and get put on a shelf for about a year and
[21:17] if people don't know what to do with lovones that have been cremated, just know that Perry
[21:22] Hayden Memorial Park has two options for above ground and in-ground burials. So please come out and
[21:27] see me and we'll get you guys taken care of. Thank you everybody. Thank you. All right.
[21:35] Sam Cobb,
[21:36] The topic is Rooster Seat, so thank you for your service and thank you for being here tonight.
[21:43] Good evening.
[21:44] Mayor Santa members of the Commission, city staff and residents of Hobbs.
[21:48] I want to address each of you this evening prior to the discussion regarding
[21:52] resident Rooster Seats Tax and City of Hobbs.
[21:55] As a former mayor of Hobbs from 2012 until January 26,
[21:59] I'm fully aware of the necessity for the Rooster Seats Taxes to be raised to properly
[22:04] provide the meeting necessary services, it provides our residents. This is not a case of improper
[22:11] management by the staff, nor unnecessary spending on frivolous items by the staff or the
[22:17] commission. The fault clearly lies with our state legislature and their decision to implement
[22:23] destination based grocery-statement taxation in lieu of a origination-based taxation that
[22:29] Thank you.
[22:30] Then tax policy for decades in our state. The legislation was flawed from the beginning, because
[22:36] the policy makers in Santa Fe did not understand how all field service economy worked in our
[22:42] all-producing energy-producing counties in our state. After the city of Hobbes and the
[22:47] seat of Carlsbad testified to the policy makers until we spears and I showed them the math
[22:52] of how many millions of dollars our communities were going to lose from the policy they admitted
[22:57] privately, and then publicly that there were unintended consequences as they called it that
[23:04] seriously affected the task base in our two communities. They even offered to make changes
[23:09] to the policy and some changes in the tax code, but it was too late. The horse had already left
[23:14] the gate. I could not, in good conscience, create a reversal in the code that would, in effect,
[23:21] implemented by local businesses in the oilfield service sector, put our local businesses in a
[23:26] serious, competitive disadvantage with companies coming over here from Texas.
[23:33] The legislators that created the policy as a token of their admission of the flawed legislation,
[23:39] pass bills in both the House and Senate that would provide Hobbes and Carlsbad a one-time payment of $25 million.
[23:46] While we tried to devise another solution to the problem, the bill passed both houses unanimously only to be vetoed by the governor.
[23:56] Everyone in this community sees the flowable field of equipment leaving Hobbes and crawls
[24:01] about highway in bumper to bumper fashion, starting early in the morning for several hours.
[24:06] And they also see that same traffic coming back Hobbes to Hobbes to bumper to bumper, for
[24:11] several hours and afternoon evenings.
[24:13] Those businesses should be our largest grocery cease generators.
[24:17] Now they pay no taxes on any business they generate outside the city limits of Hobbes.
[24:22] Our community has always been the envy of the state on how we provide excellent services
[24:28] to our citizens, how visionary policy on housing, quality of life and economic development.
[24:36] The only way we can continue that tradition is to increase our grocery seats in the near
[24:40] term and then begin an aggressive campaign to grow local businesses and attract other
[24:44] businesses and entities that will add revenue to our tax base.
[24:48] The proper decision for this commission is to adopt a new grocery seat rate that is necessary to maintain a high level of service to our residents.
[24:57] Generate additional funds to maintain our existing infrastructure and provide funds that will fund our housing, quality of life initiatives and new infrastructure.
[25:07] Each of you know how much I appreciate you and your service to our community.
[25:12] And I'm sorry that due to unintended consequences, you are placed all by the state legislature
[25:19] to have been make this difficult, but right decision to say thank you very much.
[25:24] Thank you very much.
[25:24] Thank you very much.
[25:25] You appreciate your time, Mayor Com.
[25:27] Consent agenda.
[25:28] The Consent agenda is approved by a single motion, any member of the Commission may request
[25:32] item to be transferred to the regular agenda from the consent agenda without discussion or vote.
[25:37] We only have one and we'll entertain a motion moved by Mayor Potem Calderon.
[25:43] Seconded by Commissioner Pinnock.
[25:56] It has passed seven to zero.
[25:59] Now on we don't have any discussion items tonight but we do have action items.
[26:03] Item number five final adoption ordinance number 1178 adopting an increase in the municipal gross receipts tax.
[26:09] many Gomez city manager, and I believe we have a assistant city manager Todd Randall and finance director Deb Carell.
[26:26] Good evening, Mayor and commission staff and members of the public. Before you this evening for final adoption,
[26:32] his ordinance number 1178 proposing an increase in the municipal gross receipts tax staff previously appeared before you,
[26:43] Commission on September 9 to discuss the city's long-term financial sustainability and
[26:51] available options. On September 21st, staff returned to request approval to publish the
[26:59] proposed ordinance. In a work session, we subsequently held on October 12. Following the commission's
[27:07] approval to publish the city clerk's office arranged for publication of the House of
[27:12] New Sun on September 27, 2026 and I will say that there is an affidavit or copy of that
[27:20] publication in your meeting packet.
[27:25] I would like to highlight a few key points regarding the proposed ordinance.
[27:30] The current combined growth receipt tax rate is 6.5625%.
[27:37] The proposed increase of 0.6125%, would bring the city's growth receipt tax rate to 7.175%.
[27:49] The increase could potentially generate approximately 14.7 million dollars in additional revenue.
[27:57] The proposed revenue would be dedicated to general municipal purposes helping address the city's capital needs
[28:07] on going payroll and operating expenses.
[28:12] If adopted, the increase would take effect on July 1, 2020-7.
[28:19] If adopted, following adoption, the ordinance must be punished in final form, and a certified
[28:26] copy must be submitted to the new Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department within five
[28:33] days of adoption.
[28:35] At this time, Mayor of Commission, City staff stands before you, with any questions that
[28:41] you may have.
[28:42] Any questions or comments from the Commission?
[28:44] And
[28:49] if not, if this is for final adoption, so I do believe this is, we do need public
[28:54] comments.
[28:54] Is that correct, Councillor?
[28:56] Mayor, you can call for public comment at this juncture if you'd like our rules
[29:00] to allow that.
[29:01] So if there's any members of the public that would like to address the issue, you can come
[29:07] now.
[29:15] Well, seeing none, we'll entertain a motion for final adoption or second, moved by Mayor
[29:23] Coach Jim, got it on seconded by Commissioner Mills and
[29:42] it has past six to one.
[29:44] Thank you.
[29:45] Thank you, Mayor Commissioner.
[29:46] Item number six, resolution number 7847, authorizing renewal of the 2027 Benefit Plan Offering's Nicholas Guley, HR Director.
[30:01] We promise to keep it quick and saving, all about 62 minutes.
[30:07] 16 minutes, the best you make less.
[30:11] 26 minutes, the 25th of May!
[30:13] 216 minutes, the 26th of May, the 26th of May.
[30:17] 10 year in auction here, just for us.
[30:20] All right, come on, let's get.
[30:23] Good evening, Mayor Mr. City Manager, city staff in the public.
[30:26] My name is Nicholas Gulland, I have served as a City Seminary Resource Director.
[30:30] I have also brought with me the Knowledge Expert from our partner at Hub Tina Newendorf.
[30:34] This is Tina, if you haven't met Tina yet.
[30:37] It's an item asking for your approval on the calendar 2027 benefit plan.
[30:41] This is an annual renewal process that begins back in June, and we'll finish with open enrollment.
[30:48] And I have my staff behind me that will do most of the hard and heavy lifting with the open enrollment plan.
[30:53] So thank you guys for making me look good.
[30:57] I'm happy to report that this request comes
[30:59] without an increase to city employees for medical coverage.
[31:04] And only a slight increase to dental and vision,
[31:06] resulting in just over $2 per paycheck at your employees.
[31:11] The slight increase in dental comes as we change the insurance
[31:13] carrier back to Delta Dental.
[31:16] And hopefully results in better local options for our team.
[31:20] Through current projections and funding
[31:22] Malts collected from the city and our employees. We also continue to build back our reserve.
[31:28] And we'll talk about that just a couple of slides. We have a slide presentation that will
[31:33] go through rather quickly, but outlines the 2027 plan. Tina will cover the city's continued
[31:39] decision to be self-insured versus fully funded, but historical look back to the last several
[31:44] years of claims cost versus contributions. And the current cost turned into medical insurance.
[31:49] But I'll go through the rest of the projection.
[32:00] Saw yours.
[32:01] All right.
[32:03] Thank you.
[32:04] Thank you, Mayor.
[32:05] I'm a city councilman and city representatives.
[32:08] We appreciate your partnership.
[32:10] And it's nice to be able to deliver a renewal like this.
[32:13] We know that insurance banks people kind of cringe and sit uncomfortably,
[32:17] but that is not the case tonight this evening.
[32:20] So when you look at how our plan is performed,
[32:23] when the city decided to move to a self-funded plan in 2015,
[32:26] but it was a viable and reasonable decision. When you look at over, especially the last three
[32:31] years that the city's plan has performed better than the fully insured market as well as
[32:37] the whole health care trend. When you look at the last three years since 2024, what we would
[32:43] have paid as a fully insured plan as the orange line compared to what we actually did as a
[32:50] self-funded in the blue bars benefit of the city in those years and we continue to see that
[32:55] as we continue on into 2027.
[33:01] When we look at, in more of the numbers perspective,
[33:04] you can see that our plan is running
[33:06] at a very desirable loss ratio.
[33:09] The loss ratio to us means total claims, fix costs,
[33:13] compared to all of the contributions, the city,
[33:15] and we collect from the employees.
[33:17] And we're running at a 61% loss ratio.
[33:21] When we look at how we,
[33:23] before we decided to move to United Health Care
[33:25] for the 2025 plan year, our loss ratio was over budget for multiple years.
[33:31] When you look at 24, 23, 22, we're in that 100, it's 120 to 125% range, meaning that we
[33:40] are spending over budget on average at least $2 million.
[33:44] So again, what we see and propose with the decision to move to United in 2025 has been
[33:50] the city, the members, and the families, and the community.
[33:59] Well,
[34:05] healthcare. We see it in the headlines every day. It's another year of double digit increases.
[34:10] When you see the national average, being over 11%, I was sharing with the HR and the finance team.
[34:16] We're seeing, look, we're seeing on average, 19 to 22%.
[34:20] And that's like status quo, not making plan design changes, carrier changes,
[34:24] and we're seeing a larger portion of employers passing along a bigger increase on to the employees.
[34:31] So knowing what is happening for the city going into 2027 is a pleasant anomaly.
[34:37] All the good decisions that the city has done over the past couple of years is leading to
[34:42] what Nick will be presenting as a flat budget when it comes to your medical plan.
[34:47] And when you say pleasant, I mean it is very nice to be able to present that your employees
[34:52] are not going to have carrier changes, plan changes when it comes to your medical plan,
[34:56] and have that peace of mind that they will not have another portion taken out of their
[35:02] paycheck as well.
[35:05] Thank you.
[35:06] I'm going to go back one slide and I want to talk about the historical plan performance from
[35:12] the budget and use of reserve process.
[35:15] So when we're talking about 24 and 23 and Tina covered a little bit, you're looking at 125
[35:20] 527% loss ratios, which basically means we're over plan by at least 27% and 24% so just
[35:28] understand that's why we had to borrow from reserves to buy down the plan to make it affordable
[35:34] or at least send my affordable for our employees in the city to maintain a help plan. And so
[35:39] when we talk about that we talk about not moving the funding, not changing contributions from the
[35:50] And we're still able to build back reserves, so we're very fortunate to kind of lead with that.
[36:02] So when I talk about the medical plan performance currently, and we talked about the, with a 61% loss ratio,
[36:09] I want to tell you that the projected plan for 226 looks to be, and this is an average of the last four months, because we have numbers through August.
[36:17] But with our 427 employees, currently we're running projecting to end the year to about 7.7 million dollars.
[36:25] And so if you look at where the budget projected came in when we first went to Hub last year, we said,
[36:31] what are we looking at? And they said about 10.1 million dollars.
[36:35] If you look at that difference, what we're truly estimating is 2.398.
[36:39] But what we're funding is at a higher level than even that.
[36:42] So we're hoping to put at least about $2.5 to $3 million back in the reserves this year and last
[36:49] you're being a good year.
[36:50] And just a reminder that when Deb talks to you about finance, she talks, she talks in fiscal
[36:55] years.
[36:56] I talk in calendar years and those two mix on both sides.
[37:00] So we're going to have a little different from one fiscal to one calendar.
[37:16] Thank you very much.
[37:19] When we talk about medical, we talked about no cost increase to the employee premiums.
[37:24] 10.23.8% increase.
[37:26] Nobody hears that.
[37:26] They go, oh my goodness.
[37:27] The sky's falling.
[37:28] And roughly the next slide.
[37:30] But look at that being a $50,000 increase and to the city into the employees that this sound like quite expensive.
[37:36] But surely it's about $2 a paycheck on our most expensive plan, and that's to get a carrier back in line where we've heard the most complaints.
[37:44] We haven't heard much about the medical plan. We haven't heard much about the vision plan, but we've heard an awful lot about the dental plan.
[37:52] And so we had a major provider in town that was not covered under our Maritas plan and it was time to move back and so
[38:00] There's a cost of doing business. There's a cost of that availability
[38:03] But it's going to be minimal to both the city and to our employees
[38:07] Vision is a 16.7% increase
[38:09] But it does buy us a two year gate rate guarantees so we're happy about that even then again vision
[38:15] It's about a two dollar increase on our high plan on the most expensive plan that we have
[38:20] Life and disability, this is where we kind of saved some money so the guys at Hub, they went back and they renegotiated it with the Hartford
[38:28] and they were able to get us some cost savings in most of our selective plans, and that's where we're seeing that some of that savings about, it's kind of close to that $50,000, so it's almost a wash between what we would pay excessively and dental.
[38:41] So thank you for that.
[38:43] And then no vendor or changing creases through FSA products, hospital and dignity of those types of plans.
[38:53] This is just kind of the recap sheet so obviously we're keeping our funding rates on
[38:58] medical the same, there's your increase with dental and vision, there's some basic savings
[39:03] and they show that with the basic life and ADD but we didn't talk about some of the other
[39:07] products that they have which they actually saved us money on, I'm going to go past this
[39:11] light to the next one. And so truly our executive summary is as follows, you know how
[39:17] analysis about 24 months of claim data when they're projecting the 2027 year and that's
[39:23] kind of a healthy look back at the last two years as opposed to the last one year that's
[39:27] going to be important when we talk about the blue cross reentry in their quote claims we talked
[39:34] about enrollment claims are going to be down stop loss renewals are going to be up and so we have
[39:41] a 1.2 million or laser we also have a 150,000 dollar stop loss which is our additional levels
[39:47] of insurance to say when the city is actually going to fund that or not fund that.
[39:52] So not necessarily happy this year with the stop loss increase, but I understand where
[39:56] they're coming from and it's still quite significantly lower than when we had Blue Cross a couple
[40:01] of years ago.
[40:06] So when the medical side and they went out to bid, they did give response from Blue Cross
[40:11] with Sheldon and also from UHC Shirts, which is our current provider.
[40:14] We didn't have a couple of folks declined a quote that would be at that and saying that
[40:19] It's not necessarily surprising because they don't have a very strong presence in southern
[40:23] New Mexico and it doesn't necessarily have a good carrier that doesn't have a good
[40:29] presence down here in the first place.
[40:32] So we also marketed the stop loss.
[40:33] We had six carriers to climb to quote and we had two firm rates but they were not far enough
[40:38] off to move us out of our current provider that we have.
[40:41] Now we'll talk about claim projections but I want to kind of go to the next slide to do
[40:45] that.
[40:46] It's a little better for us to look at.
[40:48] And so we looked at Anderson, obviously we declined. Proposal Blue Cross Blue Shield of
[40:54] New Mexico. They keep being competitive as they want our market share back with the city.
[41:02] So if you look, they even had a reduction over last year of about 23.5% in comparison to
[41:08] UHC shares, it's about 32.1%. So you can see why the selection process there. But if I look at
[41:15] stop-lice of one of the things that I've majorly worried about and are our costs that
[41:20] continue to skyrocket. The cost of individual stop-lice for Blue Cross and Blue Shield
[41:25] was about 2.1 million dollars and the cost for UHC, the curb providers of about 1.7
[41:32] a year, about $400,000 off $500,000 off-gare to take a little bit on just that.
[41:38] And the other side of this is they're using UHC's strong claim history for the last
[41:45] for this year, they're not even using it to your comparison, but they're using numbers
[41:50] that aren't even there.
[41:51] So it's really like I said, they're pushing back in the market, but I do feel comfortable
[41:55] currently with what we're at with our medical.
[41:58] Last couple of slides, I promise, dental.
[42:02] So we did go to market as well.
[42:04] We talked about staying with the merit us.
[42:06] We went to Delta even though it was more expensive and so it's our transition back period we really
[42:12] want to stay with Delta. It just gives us better provider local access and again that's the
[42:18] one major complaint we've had with this move to begin with. So and then I'm Maritas on the vision
[42:23] it continues to carry the VSP network which is a very strong network here they did go to market
[42:30] And again, we had some comparative options through Delta Dental, believe it out, as VSP
[42:36] as well.
[42:37] And then a sunlight, which is a little bit decreasing, but far lesser benefits wouldn't
[42:42] comparatively look side-by-side.
[42:46] Last thing is the savings that we realized with life at disability, so we kind of talked
[42:50] about that.
[42:50] We got 26,000 dollars in saving for basic life, supplemental, with the renegotiations
[42:56] was about $18,000 that they saved as well and in the voluntary long trip disability about 10,000
[43:03] in saving there as well. So, good job negotiating on behalf of our Aginald record. Thank you again.
[43:10] And that's kind of the end of my slide and I will stand for questions.
[43:14] Any questions about a commission? All right. Well, we appreciate you. Thank you so much for your hard work.
[43:20] and we'll entertain a motion.
[43:21] We'll approve.
[43:23] Move the back commissioner.
[43:25] Seconded by commissioner fields.
[43:39] Good job, Nick.
[43:40] You pulled up the unicorn with good and right now.
[43:43] That's crazy.
[43:44] Pass seven to zero.
[43:45] I have a lot of help.
[43:47] That was the only six point two minutes.
[43:49] That's all I'm saying.
[43:50] Pretty good.
[43:51] Thank you guys very much.
[43:52] Thank you for coming down to be part of this.
[43:54] We appreciate your service.
[43:56] Thank you.
[43:59] Thank you.
[44:00] Thank you.
[44:01] Thank you.
[44:01] Thank you for being here.
[44:03] Resolution number 7848 approving and affordable housing development agreement between
[44:08] the City of Hobbs and Habitat for Humanity of Hobbs.
[44:12] Angel Lopez Zamora City Planner.
[44:14] Yes, sir.
[44:15] Thank you, Mayor.
[44:16] City Commissioners, staff.
[44:18] Members of the public, if I can get the projector, please.
[44:35] This resolution approves a subrecipient development agreement with Habitat for Humanity.
[44:41] Habitat for Humanity proposes to develop three affordable homes in the Albertson sub-division,
[44:48] on the east side of the intersection of Fowler and Gloria, which you can see there on the projector.
[44:56] The funds for this affordable housing development come from the Department of...
[45:00] Work for solutions, intergovernmental grant agreement that was approved by the Commission on October 5th.
[45:06] The grant amount is 285,000 for the development of these affordable housing units, the affordability period,
[45:15] for these units will be for 15 years and I will stand for any questions.
[45:19] Any questions by commissioners? All right, we'll entertain a motion.
[45:26] I'll make the motion.
[45:27] move by Commissioner Smith and a second. Seconded by Commissioner Mills. Let's vote.
[45:40] Thank you so much.
[45:43] We're housing. Little by little. Three-year-old one.
[45:47] Passed seven to zero. Thank you so much, Mr. Samoda. A resolution number 7849
[45:52] approving the closure of ship street at Taylor Street to the vehicular traffic for ship street
[45:56] Plaza Improvements. Angel Lopez Samoda, city planner, getting a lot of ink and tonight is Mr.
[46:02] former Mayor Cobb would say.
[46:06] Thank you, Mayor.
[46:07] If I can get the projector again.
[46:16] Thank you.
[46:17] This resolution requests the approval to close a portion of ship street at Taylor Street,
[46:22] as recommended by the Planning Board.
[46:24] The proportion or the portion will be converted from a primarily vehicular traffic parking
[46:31] use to pedestrian only public use while remaining a public right of
[46:36] it doesn't vacate or convey the property. You can see here, essentially that red line that
[46:44] are at Taylor Street, and you can see there the parking area that will be converted primarily
[46:53] for public use. The improvements are intended to support downtown revitalization and community
[47:01] events and promote accessibility and pedestrian activity.
[47:06] The city followed protocol under the city right of wave occasion and street and alley
[47:12] closure procedures via public notice and hearing.
[47:17] The item was presented for public hearing at the September 15th Planning Board meeting.
[47:23] Public comments from the businesses and churches in the area were generally supportive.
[47:28] staff mentioned during the meeting and the hearing that the project is still in the design phase
[47:36] where general comments will still be addressed as we work accordingly with the design group.
[47:42] How's that for any questions? Any questions or comments from the commission?
[47:47] Yes, thank we need a cool name for this area besides ship street.
[47:50] I can't even say that, I can't even say that, I can't even say that, I can't even say that.
[47:55] Wow, street party zone is something.
[47:59] It's a marketing people.
[48:01] It's in the design phase.
[48:03] We do appreciate your hard work.
[48:04] We look forward to moving this forward and appreciate the Maddox Foundation for their investment in the community.
[48:10] This is going to be beautiful and this is exciting for Hobbes.
[48:15] So we'll entertain a motion.
[48:16] Move to the room.
[48:17] Okay.
[48:18] Move by Commissioner Mills, seconded by Commissioner Penic.
[48:21] What's that?
[48:21] Oh, is it done?
[48:22] I'll commissioner girth and seconded by Commissioner Penic.
[48:29] We get that one down.
[48:39] It has past 70.
[48:40] Thank you so much, sir.
[48:42] Thank you, Mayor.
[48:43] Thank you.
[48:43] Resolution number 7850 authorizing budgetary adjustment number 1 for fiscal year 2026-2027, Deb
[48:50] Coral Finance Director.
[48:55] Good evening, Mayor, Commissioner City Manager.
[48:58] This is Barn number 1 for fiscal year 27.
[49:02] This bar is increasing revenue by $19 million, $2.45 and $42.
[49:09] Most of that is grant funding, which is great news.
[49:13] We have increase of expenditures in the amount of $20 million, $7.5.352.
[49:20] That's broken down as a decrease in personal expenses of $12,414.
[49:26] An increase in operating expenses of $1,661,661,878, and an increase in capital directly related
[49:36] to those grants of $19,663,066.
[49:41] This gives you an ending cash balance for all funds, $122 million, and it's decreasing
[49:49] our budgeted cash by $1.4 million. Our general fund reserve moves from $45 to $44 per cent with
[49:57] that all stand for any questions. Any questions or comments? We'll entertain a motion.
[50:06] So vote. To move back Commissioner Mills. Second. Seconded. Seconded.
[50:11] By. Your. Commissioner Garth. All right, let's vote and again, the grants have been so important
[50:17] And as we move forward, even getting a grant writer and all the sorts of things, staff has
[50:22] been hustling, working so hard to get more grants, fire department, all the departments,
[50:26] it's so important, and we appreciate, I want to say this publicly, we appreciate our
[50:30] partnerships with the county, they've been, they're a big part of that tonight and moving
[50:35] this forward.
[50:37] So, and our legislators, and our legislators, absolutely, absolutely,
[50:44] Senator Scott and Senator
[50:45] I go some representatives, Petagrew, and Representative Sina Cortez, and it has passed
[50:53] up into zero.
[50:54] Thank you so much.
[50:57] Item number 10, consideration or approval of a CECES contract with Mountain West golf
[51:02] scapes incorporated for the Lovington Highway, health walk, pamphlets, grass, removal.
[51:08] That's a lot of adjectives, Mr. Magnus.
[51:10] So Brian Wagner, Parks, and Open Spaces, Director, thank you so much for cleaning up Hobbes.
[51:15] Making it wonderful.
[51:15] Good evening Mayor, commissioners, city staff, city manager, and this great community.
[51:22] This project includes a removal of pompous grass along the 11th and highway health walk
[51:27] from North Grimes, all the way up to Jack Gomez Boulevard.
[51:31] Mountain West Gulfs Gapes will remove and stockpile the grass for a later disposal.
[51:36] The city, Parks and Open Space Department will also assist with traffic control along
[51:41] I'm going to highlight that will help decrease the cost of the project overall with us doing that.
[51:48] Funding will come from the Max Foundation, I just want to say thanks to TJ and his team for
[51:53] helping out with this.
[51:54] That's just going to be paying for this project and this is through the grant for the improvement
[52:00] projects for the land and new landscaping along the health wall.
[52:05] So the total cost of this project is 186,845 dollars and it will be funded through the $2 million grant from the max foundation for the improvements to the Lovington Highway Health Walk.
[52:20] That will stand for any questions.
[52:23] Any questions or comments?
[52:24] One of the important things about this is this is a big rat and mouse breeding area.
[52:30] And that gets a lot of complaint from the folks that live out there, right? Yes, that does.
[52:36] Yep, just for me, for me, the purpose is only from, is it going to be done in phases, going to go back?
[52:42] We're going to go back and start from the, uh, believe in the north end and work the way south.
[52:46] That's the whole way through. So that's going to be one big ol' swoop all the way through.
[52:50] On big ol' swoop, like chairman to George.
[52:53] Exactly.
[52:56] All right. Any other questions or comments?
[52:57] If not, we'll entertain a motion.
[53:00] Move to approve by Commissioner Fields.
[53:03] Second.
[53:03] Seconded by Commissioner Gerth.
[53:05] I think it will.
[53:07] Help me.
[53:07] Please tell you.
[53:08] You're throwing grace there.
[53:09] That's right.
[53:10] And please tell your team.
[53:11] We appreciate them.
[53:12] They've been working so hard out there.
[53:14] And hopefully this will make it a little easier.
[53:16] Yes, sure.
[53:16] Thank you.
[53:17] Has 700.
[53:18] Thank you so much.
[53:20] Resolution number 7851 authorizing a new recreation fee for use of the hobs industrial air parks runway and tarmac.
[53:27] Doug McDaniel Recreation Director, and by the way great job on the Parks Conference last
[53:34] week.
[53:35] Very professional, very excellent, and thanks for showcasing Hobbes.
[53:40] Thank you, Mayor.
[53:41] Had a great team to work pretty hard to make that event a great success and we really enjoyed
[53:45] having Maddie Rooney very much.
[53:47] She was phenomenal.
[53:49] Good evening.
[53:49] Mayor, commissioner, see manager Gomez, staff and members of the public.
[53:53] This new VM process came before the Commission as required by our city ordinance as a discussion item on the October 5th
[54:03] Seek Commission meeting. In June of 2021, 26, this Commission approved a new VM process for large
[54:10] Conservatives to be held out at the Hops Industrial Airport on the runway and Tarmac.
[54:14] There is also a need for what I will say is single day, multi-day or weekend type events of a smaller nature.
[54:21] and this is what this process will address. Since this slide was discussed, no changes have been made,
[54:28] with the exception of what it is now called. If I could get the projector, please.
[54:41] There we go. There's now a pilot program for single, multi-day, and weekend events.
[54:45] The daily use fee of $500 per day remains the same, but the deposit fee remains the same at $2,500.
[54:52] office start with approval by the city manager for any event to be held. Also, all liability coverage amounts will be determined by our legal staff and by our risk management staff.
[55:07] I'd be glad to stand for any questions.
[55:09] Any questions or comments?
[55:11] Not will entertain a motion.
[55:14] Move to approve.
[55:15] Move back to Mr. Penning.
[55:19] Seconded by Commissioner Mills. Let's vote.
[55:30] As past 70 row, thank you so much, Mr. McDaniel, and we'll be staying up here for a little bit more, resolution number 7852, approving a governmental entity, sub-granty agreement with the Southeastern New Mexico Economic Development District for a new NM Grow, appropriation grant number 26KD 151 for programmatic operational costs and resources in the amount of $250,000 for the Hobbs Senior Center, Doug McDaniel Recreation Director,
[55:59] Mary Puchio. I got it. Senior Center Director. Thank you, Mayor.
[56:05] Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Senior Manager Gomez, members of staff and public.
[56:10] Very excited about this.
[56:11] More of a million dollars. We're receiving through legislative appropriation grant.
[56:17] We'd like to thank State Center Larry Scott for making this a proportioned possible.
[56:20] This $250,000 for flux of the amount that general fund dollars will be reduced by in order to fund the same events, activities and everything that goes on at the senior center of feeding the seniors on a daily basis without our general fund dollars for a period of two years to start this fiscal year and then again and the next fiscal year.
[56:50] any amount of $250,000.
[56:52] That please have the sector again.
[57:05] There you can see, for this year, the appropriation of $121,250,
[57:10] $5,500 of which will go to fund our professional services agreement
[57:16] with the University of the Southwest for use of their kitchen.
[57:20] And the next fiscal year, that will fund the entire yearly amount
[57:24] for our agreement with the University of Southwest.
[57:27] Okay, you can also see there are some additional expenses and Mary's going to talk just for just a little minute about what these expenses typically can or those
[57:37] brevity can be used for in terms of program and expenses.
[57:41] Okay, good evening.
[57:42] So in the past, the grant has allowed us to purchase all of our building and kitchen supplies to support our mill programs, transportation services,
[57:50] recreation activities and our health and wellness programs. The grant also will cover
[57:56] reoccurring equipment maintenance as far as our dishwasher goes and ice machines that sort of
[58:01] thing, as well as Doug mentioned the usage of the facility at University of the Southwest.
[58:09] But these expenses directly support our ability to provide essential services and programs
[58:14] of community and the grant significantly releases the reduces the financial burden on the city of
[58:19] But we appreciate your consideration for the request and we would.
[58:26] Questions are coming?
[58:28] We have a question.
[58:29] We also have those dances, the country was in dance.
[58:33] First and third Friday they were like.
[58:36] I remember going and doing the two stuff.
[58:41] Are you going back, Commissioner?
[58:43] Come back.
[58:44] He's coming back.
[58:45] I got to see this.
[58:47] That is great.
[58:48] that is great any other questions or comments will entertain a motion moved to approve
[58:54] moved by commissioner girth seconded by commissioner Smith has
[59:10] passed 70
[59:11] thank you so much resolution number 78 53 approving a sub-granty agreement with the
[59:18] south eastern of Mexico economic development district for nomexico grow
[59:22] preparation grant number 26 kd 162 in the amount of $180,000 for the Hobbs animal
[59:28] adoption center, Jessica Silva, Community Services Superintendent.
[59:33] Yes, sir.
[59:33] Can I go ahead and get the projector, please?
[59:35] Oh, this is good news.
[59:36] Oh, no, by the way.
[59:38] Oh, no.
[59:42] This is really exciting.
[59:44] This is good news.
[59:45] This is a map of how you named this one.
[59:48] This is a map of what we're going to be requesting.
[59:51] Good evening, Mayor Commissioner City Manager City staff and members of the public.
[59:55] This item is requesting approval of resolution 7853 to accept 108.
[1:00:00] $80,000 in grant funding through the South Eastern New Mexico Economic Development District. The funding will go towards purchasing a mobile adoption unit for the Animal Adoption Center. This unit will allow us to take adoptables out into the community, participate in more adoption events, and provide education and outreach to our residents. Our goal is simple to get more animals adopted, reach more people, and make our services more accessible to the community.
[1:00:23] I would also like to take a moment to personally thank Representative Eelene Seneca Cortez for designating these funds to our department.
[1:00:30] We truly appreciate her support in her commitment to helping us improve animal welfare services here in Hobbes and I'll stand for any questions.
[1:00:38] Any questions or comments?
[1:00:39] Thanks, fantastic.
[1:00:40] Excellent news.
[1:00:41] Thanks.
[1:00:41] I think he's going to be impossible for me, guys.
[1:00:44] This is the difference, my girlfriend.
[1:00:46] This is kind of a photo of what it would look like.
[1:00:48] This is great.
[1:00:49] And I think one of the things as moving forward this next year
[1:00:52] and I think we're talking about just where
[1:00:55] the education plan is going in with the schools,
[1:00:58] we'll be talking in the next couple of months.
[1:01:00] And for this to go out neighborhoods
[1:01:02] and building relationships with the community,
[1:01:05] this is good, this is really good.
[1:01:07] Good, so.
[1:01:07] Did you say the same thing?
[1:01:08] Canals in this.
[1:01:09] This one shows that there are 17 cages in there, yes,
[1:01:12] or 17 canals.
[1:01:13] And then it has that separate surgery suite
[1:01:15] for in case we do shot clinics or whatever it may be at a park.
[1:01:18] I would be one for each of the 17 strikeouts living in my barns.
[1:01:25] And I'm nice.
[1:01:27] This is an important report.
[1:01:29] All right.
[1:01:30] Any other questions or comments?
[1:01:32] Thank you again.
[1:01:33] We'll entertain a motion.
[1:01:35] I'll move.
[1:01:36] I'll move.
[1:01:36] I'll move by Mayor Prote him.
[1:01:38] Look in the motion.
[1:01:40] Seconded by Commissioner Pentech.
[1:01:41] Let's vote.
[1:01:45] Right.
[1:01:46] Thank you again for your leadership, Superintendent.
[1:01:48] You see it.
[1:01:50] Thank you.
[1:01:50] It
[1:01:56] is past 70. Thank you again. Resolution number 78 54. Proving a related party contract with Watson truck and supply incorporated Mark depoto fire chief
[1:02:10] All right
[1:02:11] With the new law
[1:02:13] Oh, gotcha
[1:02:18] Man and player if I may just be recognized on a point of order if we can just note his departure in the minutes
[1:02:27] There's an aspect there, come this way.
[1:02:29] Mayor, can I speak, I guess it's.
[1:02:31] That's it.
[1:02:32] That's so ridiculous.
[1:02:33] I can't remember you.
[1:02:36] Mayor, Commissioner, members of Public City staff.
[1:02:38] My name is Mark Goro.
[1:02:39] I serve as a fire chief.
[1:02:41] Before I get going of this, I got a great idea for you, Jess.
[1:02:43] You should put some ice cream sirens on it.
[1:02:45] So ice cream cones, and then the kids get a free puppy.
[1:02:48] Yeah, ice cream is okay.
[1:02:57] I do thank you for your time. I do stand before you. I think you could approve of a related party contract.
[1:03:04] I will say this contract was below our threshold of the 90,000, but due to it being related party.
[1:03:10] I do stand before you requesting permission to purchase a replacement engine for engine 513,
[1:03:17] Give me just a second. I'll tell you what kind of commons motor. This is the replacement will be commons engine to return the apparatus to service and maintain the department's operational readiness.
[1:03:27] And what this is, this is a fire engine engine 513. It is a fire apparatus slash rescue apparatus. So excuse me, response to structure fires as well as motor vehicle accidents. This is a highly needed apparatus within the department.
[1:03:43] House at Station 3 right there across Walmart has that heavy intersection of all of Joe Harvey
[1:03:48] Lovington Highway large part of Grimes very intramental part of our fleet
[1:03:54] This truck has been out of service unfortunately since the end of July July 31st this truck
[1:03:59] Unfortunately when out of service. We do have a very wonderful city garage that is
[1:04:04] Throwing all the resources they can out of it. They done what they can to repair this apparatus
[1:04:08] been able to get it back in service for short amounts of time. Unfortunately, this
[1:04:13] this motor is at its end of life. We did do a three-quote process for this. I would
[1:04:17] like to clarify these three quotes. We're all for the same type of motor. And there are
[1:04:21] all rebuilds. They are sold in this classification due to it being installed in a fire
[1:04:26] apparatus. New Cummins motor. Rebuild for a fire apparatus.
[1:04:34] And that's how they're
[1:04:38] All right, so there.
[1:04:39] No, when you wanted to know.
[1:04:40] You might need to come up.
[1:04:43] Oh, have you introduced your name?
[1:04:46] My name is Adam Reigns.
[1:04:49] I'm the deputy fire chief.
[1:04:50] I get to be his, I guess, left-hand man.
[1:04:52] Operations gets to sit on the right.
[1:04:54] You need to get on the right side.
[1:04:56] So to clarify the warranty with the rebuilds,
[1:05:00] they're all one year warranty.
[1:05:02] Typically in the Naked Race from 50,000 miles to the limits of miles,
[1:05:06] but typically they're in the one year sometimes two year warranty.
[1:05:08] on and that's why we went with the Remany Factor. So the Remany Factor is new parts and some parts
[1:05:14] they have to build because it is a fire engine and it is a 2017 so it's a little bit older so
[1:05:18] there's some stuff that has to go in there they just don't have like a commons engine on a lot where we can go
[1:05:23] hey we want that put it in here it's kind of not a thing so it's got to be they call it Remany Factor it's a
[1:05:27] commons recon program and so that's what we wanted to grab was that warranty so that was one of the reasons why
[1:05:33] I would like to clarify, we do have that language and email.
[1:05:36] Some of the quotes were worded a little differently as a comforting to new and rebuild.
[1:05:41] They were all the same specifications and the same motor.
[1:05:43] I would like to clarify.
[1:05:45] We did try a nice shade of pink when you come on.
[1:05:48] I do the same thing.
[1:05:53] I do the same thing.
[1:05:55] I do the same thing.
[1:06:00] I do the same thing.
[1:06:00] I do the same thing.
[1:06:01] I do the same thing.
[1:06:02] And of course, Watson Hopper who we ultimately decided to go with at a 68,253 so substantially cheaper with a staying local, they also had the fastest turnaround time to get the apparatus back in service, which is obviously in high demand for the House of Art Department.
[1:06:18] This will be coming out of a current line item where we do have the funds suffice to cover this. I do stand for any questions, anyone may have.
[1:06:25] So the real reason we send fan out so you don't see how much you underbid the second second. We're going to let him know that there was a
[1:06:32] All right, one of the other questions are comments if not will entertain a motion
[1:06:41] Move back a mission panic second seconded by commissioner girth let's vote
[1:06:57] and it has past
[1:06:58] 6 to 0 with one abstaining
[1:07:01] Thank you so much. She'll port out and we can call
[1:07:05] Mr. Smith back in we will wait for him.
[1:07:12] I think I saw Reese's pieces back there. I'm not sure, so maybe he got those
[1:07:22] Welcome back commissioner
[1:07:30] All right, so comments by city commissioners and city manager, we'll start with commissioners, man.
[1:07:35] I'm good, man, thank you.
[1:07:36] You're welcome. Commissioner Pinnick.
[1:07:38] I'm good in my merit, thank you, man.
[1:07:40] Your approach. I'm a little in.
[1:07:42] Mr. Fields?
[1:07:43] Yes, I just want to say, uh, uh, speaking on behalf of Mr. Joseph Kera.
[1:07:49] Joseph Kera. Joseph Cotton.
[1:07:51] They are hosting the NAACP.
[1:07:54] It's hosted in a state conference on Friday and
[1:07:59] 6 p.m. there at 0 porcasino and there would be a
[1:08:04] brunch, Saturday at 10 a.m. and it's going to be here at the
[1:08:13] location.
[1:08:17] location.
[1:08:20] OK. OK. It's the same. It makes that the 0 porcasino.
[1:08:25] Also, I just want to say, you know, leading up tonight, leading up to tonight.
[1:08:31] I did a lot of thinking and I don't want to say stressing but I thought very hard about the
[1:08:39] decision that we're going to have to make tonight and you know I my goal in my desire is to
[1:08:48] make the right decision for the city of Hops you know I thought folks they bash hard and they say
[1:08:55] all these things, all social media about how, but I was born and raised here.
[1:09:02] Hobbes has been good to me, and the bothers me when people say things on social media about
[1:09:08] Hobbes,
[1:09:12] and it just really bothers me, but in making a decision tonight, I made the decision based
[1:09:18] So the night desire to see Hobbes grow, I want to see Hobbes flourish, and so, and that
[1:09:26] being said, I appreciate all the partnership that we do have.
[1:09:32] I'm seeing Mr. Parks there, Mr. Sam Kong, who was a great mentor when I came on the commission.
[1:09:41] now we can all to see the hot we're really growing we're growing and we have
[1:09:47] several great commission here we make the decisions for the better
[1:09:51] middle of the city and so I'm just proud to be afforded and I just want to
[1:09:57] recognize which friend of mine's past the winter gives him he has a new
[1:10:11] us throughout the faith-based community, and not only here, but past the BJ choice, you know,
[1:10:17] he's a great inspiration as well as we continue to try to direct the people and direct
[1:10:24] hearts and the right direction. So that's my point. Thank you.
[1:10:28] Thank you, Mr. Mills.
[1:10:30] I don't have anything. Thank you all for the trouble.
[1:10:32] Mr. Gerth.
[1:10:34] All right. Well, thank you everybody for being here.
[1:10:37] Parts will be having some updates on that, the conference, the amazing conference they had the other day, so thank you for that.
[1:10:43] We're honored to have everybody here tonight.
[1:10:44] Mr. Gomez.
[1:10:45] Just a couple of slides on October 14 announced the permanent selection of our new police chief, Mr. Jimmy Jones,
[1:10:57] and I want to recognize him tonight and tell him that we wish him the best to look
[1:11:04] Obviously Chief Jones possesses the experience and the human center focus that is much
[1:11:11] needed that HPD in our community and I appreciate you.
[1:11:16] So you have an opportunity to meet the chief tomorrow to use the October 2010 to 12pm
[1:11:24] at the Hops Police Department and that's through the north doors in their training room.
[1:11:30] So again, please join me in recognizing the two.
[1:11:39] I'm also a battle of the badges for a good cause.
[1:11:42] Obviously, the proceeds contribute or the impact to the United Way of
[1:11:48] Lee County.
[1:11:49] And that's at the Albertson's Market Park in Luck.
[1:11:53] And I know the Far Department's already called out Chief Jones and
[1:11:57] HPD along with Lee County S.O.
[1:12:00] So definitely would be interesting.
[1:12:02] but they're going to tell you there's some good burgers that are going to be out there.
[1:12:06] So, again, I appreciate the public safety and their contribution to United Way and to those in need.
[1:12:14] So, thank you, gentlemen.
[1:12:16] Last but not least is just a course booktacular, a great event probably every year continues to grow
[1:12:25] and progress for our community.
[1:12:27] And this is considered one of the official safe stops.
[1:12:32] And that'll be at the core free of charge
[1:12:35] from 3pm to 6pm.
[1:12:37] So again, we invite the community to come out
[1:12:41] and enjoy the costume contests,
[1:12:44] candy, food trucks, et cetera.
[1:12:47] So that's all I have.
[1:12:48] Thank you.
[1:12:48] One more time, I want to thank Sam Coff,
[1:12:51] former mayor of Hobbs, longtime public servant.
[1:12:54] Thank you for being here tonight.
[1:12:55] We appreciate your leadership, your friendship, mentorship on so many levels, and we know your wife,
[1:13:03] Ronda, and your dad, S.G. and Heaven, so proud of your leadership. Thank you.
[1:13:07] We'll move you adjourned.
[1:13:08] I'm on a second.
[1:13:10] Move, then, second, and all in favor?
[1:13:13] I'm on a favor.
[1:13:13] I'm on a favor.
[1:13:14] I'm on a favor.
[1:13:15] I'm on a favor.
[1:13:16] I'm on a favor.
[1:13:22] I'm on a favor.
[1:13:22] I'm on a favor.