[0:01] [Applause]
[0:02] on behalf of the town of Silver City I'd
[0:05] like to welcome all of you here this
[0:07] evening and I'm calling this uh meeting
[0:09] of the Town Council to order and I'd
[0:12] like to invite you to join us in the
[0:14] Pledge of Allegiance and following out
[0:16] the salute to the New Mexico state
[0:20] flag I pledge Al to the flag of the
[0:24] United States of America and to the
[0:27] Republic for which it stands one
[0:30] under God indivisible with liberty and
[0:33] justice for
[0:35] all I salute the flag of the state of
[0:38] New Mexico to he a symbol of perfect
[0:41] friendship among the United
[0:55] cultures I would like to acknowledge uh
[0:58] some of our town is administrators that
[1:01] we have here tonight we have uh our
[1:03] manager Alex Brown our assistant Town
[1:07] manager Jackie O Our Town attorney Jim
[1:12] Reynolds we have uh police chief
[1:15] Portillo uh fire chief Lambert our code
[1:19] enforcement offices uh Vicky Tony uh
[1:23] Thomas
[1:25] Hernandez um we also have our fire
[1:28] marshal uh Chief Marshall we I mean uh
[1:33] vasus and uh substituting for our clerk
[1:37] tonight will be uh uh Thomas uh
[1:42] Hernandez I'd also like to welcome
[1:45] members of the press and all of the
[1:47] community members here tonight we're
[1:50] glad you could come and be part of your
[1:52] city
[1:53] government uh I would also like to
[1:56] introduce our new district attorney nor
[1:59] wheeler welcome
[2:04] [Applause]
[2:09] Norm are there any changes to the
[2:13] agenda no changes next on the agenda is
[2:17] ceremonies and we have none tonight next
[2:21] on the agenda is proclamations and there
[2:23] are
[2:24] none next on the agenda is Council
[2:27] comments first on the list tonight is
[2:30] councilor
[2:31] Snider good evening um I've received
[2:34] over two dozen emails supporting the
[2:37] citizen Advisory Board ordinance plus
[2:40] numerous phone calls and texts hear you
[2:42] turn on your
[2:44] mic and plus numerous phone calls and
[2:46] texts I would like to thank all the
[2:48] people who reached out and all those in
[2:51] attendance
[2:53] tonight the other thing I wanted to
[2:55] mention there was a headline today in
[2:56] today's Silver City Daily Press was
[2:59] police over oversight on the Silver City
[3:01] agenda this is wrong tonight the the
[3:04] council is looking at an Advisory Board
[3:07] oversight indicates that the board will
[3:08] be involved in day-to-day operations and
[3:11] according to the ordinance if a board
[3:13] member were to be involved into
[3:16] day-to-day operations they would be
[3:18] removed from the
[3:19] board so the correct term is
[3:24] advisory thank you Council
[3:27] Prince thank you mayor Ladner and we you
[3:30] the whole Council and town happy New
[3:31] Year tonight I must first thank our
[3:33] public for so much Outreach entering
[3:36] into my now fourth year as an elected
[3:38] official this continues important growth
[3:40] I've seen each and every year democracy
[3:42] is fraught with conflict but so can be
[3:44] said of life I do truly believe that
[3:46] regular engagement in our public
[3:48] institutions especially the ones that
[3:50] enshrine and protect our individual and
[3:51] public rights is how we will make it
[3:53] through these next years with the least
[3:55] suffering towards that end I would like
[3:57] to use these comments to boost the
[3:58] efforts of our public departments
[4:00] concerning wildfires not only is the
[4:02] collective horror of witnessing the LA
[4:04] county fires on the lips of everyone
[4:06] I've talked to but the December 18th New
[4:08] York Times piece ensures our dropping
[4:10] homeowners as climate shocks worsen has
[4:12] featured many distressing parallels in
[4:14] our own Community a not insignificant
[4:17] part of my work as an elected official
[4:18] has been to help the public Navigator
[4:20] hierarchies and bureaucracies to
[4:22] accomplish more than what they can on
[4:24] their own marshalling that power is
[4:26] incredibly tricky and quite frankly
[4:28] traumatic from our own city government
[4:30] having to negotiate the dollar value of
[4:32] human life to documenting whole
[4:33] watersheds turned black with tar so we
[4:36] can get corporate and federal assistance
[4:38] to remediate and pull our people some of
[4:40] whom were pregnant out of a toxic
[4:41] situation will stay with me for the rest
[4:43] of my life in the spring of 20123 upon
[4:46] receiving a multitude of calls from
[4:48] Neighbors and agency contacts I was able
[4:50] to make it up PA Road and assist with
[4:52] the Ben Lily evacuation for the RICO
[4:54] fire I can still remember the feeling of
[4:56] water spray from the bucket helicopter
[4:58] doing last checks before caravaning
[5:00] behind the power stroke cattle hauler I
[5:02] could convince State Police to get
[5:03] through our cordons it's great to share
[5:06] stories especially during these
[5:07] legislative sessions and meet the
[5:09] lobbyists and representatives that
[5:11] fought for improvements at the County
[5:12] Airport that enabled the US Forest
[5:14] surface ammonium phosphate air tanker
[5:17] drops that saved penos alos to cycle so
[5:19] rapidly it was great to be able to help
[5:22] because Robert esca was already at the
[5:23] volunteer fire department ensuring our
[5:25] City's pumps were keeping their tanks
[5:27] stock with water it was great to be able
[5:29] to help because our own fire chief Milo
[5:31] Lambo was already up on Bear Creek Road
[5:33] saving homes and lives with a coalition
[5:35] of teams that make up our public fire
[5:38] safety I say this because at every turn
[5:40] I've been so impressed by the welcome
[5:42] reception given by our multi-layered
[5:44] emergency response teams resources and
[5:47] officials from federal state county
[5:49] municipal offices and Naval Community
[5:51] efforts and have all played critical
[5:53] roles when emergencies push our daily
[5:55] routines to the side for individuals in
[5:57] tonight's audience I would encourage
[5:59] first first reviewing Wildfire risk. org
[6:02] and assess your home and Business reach
[6:05] out to your neighbors to do the same we
[6:07] have prevention resources at every level
[6:09] of government and while much has been
[6:11] dedicated to the efforts of evacuation
[6:13] you know your home better than anyone
[6:15] else and a major personal local and
[6:17] daily effort will be required to improve
[6:19] odds and reduce ignitions secondly
[6:22] training. fema.gov
[6:24] Nims for National Incident Management
[6:27] System and incident command system
[6:29] materials exists learn effective
[6:32] communication strategies my last meeting
[6:34] with our County Emergency manager
[6:36] hammered home how much support we have
[6:38] to handle complex Regional incidents and
[6:40] the presentation at this year's
[6:41] Municipal leag conference by RI Doo's
[6:43] mayor Lynn Crawford demonstrated how
[6:45] critical that support is to saving lives
[6:47] and communities IC training is essential
[6:50] and if neighborhood groups are
[6:51] interested in going through full
[6:53] certification I have commitments from
[6:55] local officials in the amateur radio
[6:56] Society to Proctor exams the difference
[6:59] between being a Helper and needing help
[7:01] is training and preparation I ask our
[7:03] public to carve out time to do so and
[7:05] connect neighbors and local officials
[7:07] while I remain confident in the outside
[7:09] teams and resources we presently rely on
[7:12] we may be called upon to step up more
[7:13] than we're used to for all the
[7:15] challenges I've been able to heed the
[7:17] call on I have more friends and Trust
[7:19] because of it especially for those
[7:21] who've moved here showing up for those
[7:23] in need really helps to build the trust
[7:25] and peace that our community is known
[7:26] for I will Echo gratitude for the
[7:28] efforts of the Behavioral Health task
[7:30] force and City leadership and opening
[7:32] the old rec center for warmth this year
[7:34] we have people freeze to death every
[7:35] year and this year has been no different
[7:38] I hope to see more step up so we can
[7:39] share different stories next year thank
[7:41] you thank you next councelor benom thank
[7:46] you mayor I too have received a number
[7:48] of uh uh requests to approve the notice
[7:52] of intent for The Advisory board but
[7:54] also have received a number also of
[7:57] people against it they have questions
[7:59] about it have some concerns so that I I
[8:02] and one thing I want to mention is I
[8:04] received an email from uh and I believe
[8:06] the rest of the council members and
[8:08] mayor received an email from a gentleman
[8:10] that suggested have had this Advisory
[8:13] Board been in place the incident where
[8:16] we had a woman killed by a police
[8:19] officer would have been prevented you
[8:21] don't know that I don't know that and
[8:23] the visory board would have known that
[8:25] it was a very unfortunate incident and
[8:28] uh I I take issue with that
[8:30] uh one last thing I want to say is I
[8:32] want to thank the city manager and those
[8:35] that uh uh restrip the uh the center
[8:40] lines and the Lanes on Silver Heights
[8:42] Boulevard from Swan Street to 14th
[8:44] Street I know that was a long time
[8:46] coming there was elderly people that
[8:48] drive at night that were complaining
[8:50] that they had issues with you know just
[8:54] uh wondering where the lanes were I
[8:56] would imagine that with the recent uh
[8:58] snow that we have and salt that was
[9:00] applied that they will fade so I I would
[9:04] ask that uh when it's necessary that
[9:06] they get repay it thank you thank you
[9:10] councilor cono thank you mayor I have
[9:14] any comments this evening so I'll be
[9:15] reading mine as well um first I like to wish everyone a Happy New Year I'm
[9:19] hopeful that 2025 will be a great year
[9:21] for the town bringing completion of
[9:23] several projects and many positive
[9:24] changes for all of us um first I want to
[9:27] mention that clerk CIO isn't with us
[9:29] tonight but I would also I would like to
[9:30] acknowledge um the reason he's not which
[9:32] is the passing of his mother-in-law
[9:34] Margaret Chavez most locals will
[9:36] remember Mrs Chavez from her career in
[9:38] retail at various stores across the
[9:39] county or also for her beautiful hats
[9:42] which she wore for nearly every occasion
[9:44] she was an incredibly special woman to
[9:46] anyone who is lucky enough to know her
[9:47] and she will be very
[9:49] missed um congratulations to miss OA on
[9:51] her appointment as acting assistant Town
[9:53] manager I'm absolutely thrilled to see
[9:55] her in this new position as she has
[9:57] already proven herself to be an
[9:58] extremely knowledgeable and valuable
[10:00] employee who is adept at handling the
[10:02] many personalities she comes into
[10:04] contact with on a daily basis I know she
[10:06] will continue to be a great asset to our
[10:08] community in this position and on a
[10:10] personal note it's just nice to have
[10:11] another woman at the table so
[10:15] welcome as many of you know um the town
[10:18] opened an emergency warming Center last
[10:19] week located in the old Rec Center at
[10:22] 1016 North silver it will run from 5:00
[10:25] p.m. to 8:00 p.m. um when temperatures
[10:28] are quite low until the 21st of January
[10:31] and then it will be
[10:33] re-evaluated um I would like to
[10:34] personally thank Mr Brown and Miss OA
[10:36] for the tremendous amount of work that
[10:38] they along with patrio chair of the
[10:40] housing and Behavioral Health task force
[10:43] did over the past few weeks to make sure
[10:44] the warming Center became a reality the
[10:47] center was the idea of the housing
[10:49] Behavioral Health task force but would
[10:50] not have happened without these three
[10:52] individuals working extremely hard
[10:53] together to get it together it's Al I'd
[10:56] also like to thank Chief lamber and Fire
[10:57] Marshall Vasquez for their work making
[10:59] sure that we had all the permits and
[11:01] necessary inspections Etc done so the
[11:03] building would be acceptable to shelter
[11:05] folks and to Peter Pena and his staff um
[11:08] in public works for getting the building
[11:10] ready to open thank you to Tiffany
[11:12] throck Morton and kathern mccarrol and
[11:15] patrio for being the ones to staff the
[11:17] center every night and um for coordin
[11:20] coordinating other volunteers and to
[11:22] Laura Aubrey for using her business the
[11:24] mint chip crey as a headquarters to
[11:26] accept donations special thanks to
[11:28] Harvest Church for providing a van to
[11:30] pick people up who um who could benefit
[11:32] from the center and to everyone in town
[11:34] who has made donations of food blankets
[11:35] and clothing over the last few days each
[11:39] evening
[11:40] um as word makes it through town the
[11:42] amount of people coming to seek shelter
[11:44] is growing and is because these ladies
[11:46] are doing a fantastic job of making
[11:47] people feel welcome safe and cared for
[11:50] the warming Center is just that a place
[11:52] for people to come and be warm it's not
[11:55] um to be an overnight shelter or a place
[11:57] for people to live temporarily but
[11:59] rather a place to come have a hot meal
[12:01] and be be away from the elments for a
[12:03] short amount of time I'm very proud of
[12:05] the community for the way they have
[12:06] responded so far thank you um for the
[12:10] past year Mr Reynolds has been working
[12:12] really hard on a code of conduct for the
[12:14] council and mayor and I believe it
[12:16] remains necessary and I would like to
[12:17] propose that we have a special work
[12:19] session um potentially one hour before
[12:21] our second meeting in February to
[12:23] discuss the proposed codes um that we so
[12:26] that we can consider passing it and
[12:27] implementing it as soon as possible Mr
[12:29] CS returns he I'll make the formal
[12:31] request for that to occur so expect for
[12:33] him to be reaching out to you to for
[12:35] scheduling um last I normally try not to
[12:38] Give opinions on things that seem
[12:40] unrelated to town business but I do
[12:42] believe all the turmoil at Western New
[12:44] Mexico University does affect the town
[12:46] also several members of the faculty and
[12:48] staff have requested that I make a
[12:49] personal statement so I'm going to do so
[12:52] for those that may not have known me my
[12:53] entire life I was raised on campus my
[12:56] father was the director of a now defunct
[12:58] trio program and was also a mental
[13:00] health professional on the campus for
[13:01] many years my mother began as a director
[13:04] of another Student Success program
[13:05] focused on helping helping non-
[13:07] traditional students reach their
[13:08] educational goals she later became a
[13:10] member of The Faculty where she taught
[13:12] Spanish and Cho studies for 25 years and
[13:14] was involved in the faculty Senate she
[13:16] didn't just teach her classes and go
[13:18] home she served the university in
[13:20] countless ways on search committees
[13:23] sponsoring student organizations and
[13:25] helping a connection helping Foster a
[13:28] connection between the community in the
[13:30] University their
[13:32] example led me to choose to be a student
[13:34] at Western I studied English and
[13:36] movement science and was actively
[13:38] involved in many student organizations
[13:40] including being this a senator and a
[13:42] vice president and the vice president of
[13:44] student government when I finished my
[13:46] studies at Western I became very
[13:48] involved with other M with the office of
[13:50] Multicultural Affairs and Student
[13:52] Activities over the next few years I did
[13:54] over 5,000 hours of volunteer unpaid
[13:57] service to the university because of
[13:59] that I was inducted into the Alumni Hall
[14:02] of Fame as an out outstanding alumni
[14:04] Ambassador in 2007 I went on to serve
[14:07] the Alum on the Alumni Association Board
[14:09] of Directors for 12 years including two
[14:12] terms as president I was also one of the
[14:14] organizers who helped establish the
[14:16] University's abme Union and can
[14:18] literally say that my Blood Sweat and
[14:19] Tears have gone into making sure that University is successful and that
[14:24] being an alumni is something that I am
[14:26] proud of because of my parents employee
[14:29] at Western I have seen firsthand both
[14:31] the good and bad times at the University
[14:33] over the course of my lifetime I also
[14:35] distinctly remember my family living
[14:37] paycheck to paycheck and sometimes even
[14:39] less than that as employees of the
[14:42] University my mother retired after 25
[14:45] years of faithful Service as a full
[14:48] tenur Professor teaching at least six
[14:50] face-to-face classes a semester making
[14:53] nowhere near even a third of the
[14:55] $200,000 a year being offered to the
[14:57] former president to teach two classes
[15:00] online without having to set foot on
[15:02] campus this decision by the board former
[15:05] Board of regions to offer him not only
[15:07] that but a $1.9 million golden parachute
[15:10] is a slap in the face to all members of
[15:13] faculty and staff of the University past
[15:15] and present as well as to the
[15:17] community several of them have expressed
[15:20] grief over the total loss of morale and
[15:23] because they know that they are not
[15:24] valued by the system that they have
[15:26] given much of their lives to will be
[15:29] incredibly hard for the University to
[15:30] bounce back from that this turmoil I am
[15:33] thankful that sen Senator gorea Hemphill
[15:36] and her husband started the ball rolling
[15:38] by asking questions I know that they
[15:40] have had a terrible time during this
[15:42] process because people can be extremely
[15:46] cruel
[15:47] to to the squeaky
[15:51] will
[15:54] but what they did was necessary every
[15:57] public entity is required to follow
[15:59] policies for good
[16:00] reason and if they don't it is in the
[16:03] Public's best interest for someone to
[16:05] ask questions and for that to be exposed
[16:07] in this case it also reminded other
[16:09] entities about the need for transparency
[16:12] and the to ensure the checks and
[16:14] balances are always in place while it
[16:16] would be up to attorney general R GES to
[16:18] attempt to sort out the mess and
[16:20] hopefully try to rectify the situation I
[16:23] have many concerns about the Ripple
[16:24] effects this will have on our community
[16:26] wmu's reputation
[16:29] has been destroyed in Santa Fe that
[16:31] won't just have an effect on their
[16:32] capital outlay and other requests but
[16:34] potentially on all the other requests
[16:35] coming out of Grant County our
[16:37] legislators will be will remember that
[16:39] Western is located here and wonder if
[16:41] the other entities are running as are
[16:43] run as poorly when each of us is in
[16:45] Santa Fe this session we are going to
[16:46] have to be on the defensive doing damage
[16:49] control I am also concerned about what
[16:51] the situation has taught us all about
[16:53] oversight while there are a few key
[16:55] differences between a board of regions
[16:56] and a Town Council I think that there
[16:58] are also so we have similarities that we
[17:00] need to be aware and use them as our
[17:02] cautionary tale as the town reaches AC
[17:04] Crossroads in many ways over the next
[17:06] couple of years I think it's imperative
[17:08] that we start to put more safeguards
[17:10] into place to ensure that Silver City
[17:12] continues to be the strong resilient
[17:13] community that we all love and care
[17:15] about thank
[17:16] you thank
[17:18] you in the interest of time I will save
[17:22] my comments for later I'd also like to
[17:24] remind community members that Council
[17:28] comments only represent their personal
[17:30] opinion and does not reflect any Town
[17:36] opinion next on the agenda is approval
[17:39] of
[17:40] minutes of December of the regular
[17:42] meeting on December 10
[17:45] 2024 do I hear a motion councilor Boma
[17:49] mayor I move to approve the regular
[17:51] meetings on December 10th 2024 thank you
[17:54] we have a motion is there a second
[17:57] Council Prince I second the motion to
[18:00] approve the minutes of our regular
[18:01] meeting on December 10th 2024 we have a
[18:03] motion and a second any discussion all
[18:06] in favor say I I oppose nay motion
[18:10] carries
[18:13] unanimously next is a public
[18:16] input and I see that we have quite a few
[18:19] people signed up so I'll call your name
[18:22] as you uh put it on the uh signup sheet
[18:26] and if you would come to the Podium and
[18:30] speak directly into the microphone so we
[18:32] can all hear you I would really
[18:34] appreciate it first on the uh list
[18:37] tonight was Victoria
[18:48] Reese hello this is my first time here
[18:51] ever attending one of these so it's kind
[18:53] of exciting I'm here speaking for the
[18:56] advis citizens advisory Council board
[19:00] and I'm speaking for several boards I am
[19:02] the member of three different boards in
[19:04] town two of them are extremely anxious
[19:07] extremely nervous and extremely fearful
[19:10] about what is coming uh P flag and
[19:14] lgbtq many of our citizens have been
[19:16] poorly treated by the police in the past
[19:19] they have been harassed they've been
[19:21] discriminated against they have been
[19:24] disrespected and they are fearful and
[19:27] they would be very very happy to be able
[19:30] to have someone to come to someone to
[19:33] talk to to help them resolve issues they
[19:36] are afraid to come to the police
[19:38] themselves because they don't really
[19:40] know the police department I want to
[19:42] make a comment on that the sheriff's
[19:45] department has gone out of their way to
[19:47] reach out to the gay community they have
[19:50] attended multiple meetings they have
[19:52] done everything they can to let us know
[19:54] who they are to let us know that they
[19:57] want to treat everyone the same the
[20:00] police department here in Silver City
[20:02] has not reached out to us at all I also
[20:06] would like to say that he may have
[20:09] improved things greatly I don't know
[20:11] because I have never really met him uh
[20:14] things may be different but there are
[20:16] still some of the same police officers
[20:18] who were causing the problems before who
[20:20] are still here and if you talk about an
[20:24] open door policy that you can come you
[20:27] can talk to me well how many of you have
[20:29] ever had a job with a boss how well does
[20:32] it work when you go into the boss and
[20:34] you tell them you're not happy with what
[20:36] they're doing you don't like the way
[20:38] they did it it usually doesn't work well
[20:41] people are afraid to come to the police
[20:44] department because not only does he have
[20:46] a gun he has officers who can write
[20:48] tickets and harass you which are things
[20:51] I have heard has happened in the past
[20:54] there is almost no one in the gay
[20:56] community I have spoken to who has any
[20:59] faith whatsoever in the police
[21:02] department and I for one think that this
[21:07] Council this group of citizens who wants
[21:09] to work with the police who wants to
[21:12] help the police who wants to help the
[21:14] citizens communicate with the police and
[21:17] help the police to communicate back to
[21:19] the citizens would be a wonderful first
[21:22] step in regaining that trust and I for
[21:26] one would like to reach out to the
[21:28] Police Department and ask them to reach
[21:31] back out to us to come to our meetings
[21:35] to ask to get in touch to allow us to
[21:37] get to know you as the sheriff has done
[21:40] because I believe that would go a long
[21:42] way towards restoring things thank you next on the list is Patricia
[21:49] cono
[21:59] Mr Mayor members of the
[22:02] council Town
[22:04] Administration people in the audience
[22:07] and those who will see this on on cats I
[22:10] am Patria Cano the chair of the housing
[22:13] and Behavioral Health uh task force and
[22:16] I too would like to thank everyone
[22:17] involved I won't go into to all the
[22:20] names because my uh councelor cono has
[22:22] already mentioned them but if it were
[22:24] not for all the people in the the town
[22:26] Administration the warming Center Center
[22:28] would not have happened um the center is
[22:31] a zero barrier uh center with the
[22:33] express purpose of preventing death from
[22:36] hypothermia and anyone who is unhoused
[22:38] or does not have heat in their home is welcome to to come
[22:46] um volunteers are needed though to staff
[22:50] the center during two shifts one from
[22:52] 5:00 p.m. to midnight and then from
[22:55] Midnight to 8:00 a.m. um volunteers may
[22:59] also assist by washing bedding and
[23:02] clothing shopping for uh dinner
[23:04] ingredients froods and snacks and they
[23:07] can also help clean the rec center
[23:09] because we have to get it ready for its use during the day uh to volunteer
[23:14] the public may call the emergency
[23:16] warming Center number which is 575 519
[23:21] 5940 and if you call please be patient
[23:24] because your call will be returned by
[23:27] the coordinator as soon as she's had a
[23:29] chance to sleep because she stays up all
[23:32] night to uh welcome and serve the guests
[23:35] who who go there um I would like to
[23:38] invite the mayor and the council to stop
[23:40] by anytime after 5:00 p.m. and see just
[23:43] exactly what what is going on each night
[23:46] we do get an increas in number of of
[23:48] people who take advantage and they they
[23:50] come and go and uh it's a wonderful
[23:53] experience it's it's a good time for you
[23:55] to see how it's how it's running and to
[23:57] interact with a very vulnerable
[24:00] population um I would like to thank the
[24:02] community for their support it has been
[24:04] overwhelming and
[24:06] um uh donations can are being accepted
[24:10] and they can be taken directly to the
[24:12] rec center or dropped off at mintchip
[24:15] primary um the rec center for those of
[24:19] you who don't know is located off of
[24:21] golden T Street the driveway is actually
[24:24] uh you take a left uh off of gold to
[24:27] 10th Street and that's how you get to it
[24:30] um finally I would like to thank the
[24:33] county for partnering with the town to
[24:35] uh provide a small budget for for the
[24:38] warming Center it it is being successful
[24:42] and it is something that that is is
[24:45] greatly needed to take care of of our
[24:47] citizens so thank you thank
[24:50] you next is Sharon bookwalter
[24:59] thank you for this opportunity to speak
[25:01] about the citizens Advisory Board I am a
[25:04] member of the ad hoc committee citizens
[25:06] for safety and Community which has
[25:08] proposed the ordinance for a Citizens
[25:10] Advisory board that is before you
[25:13] tonight one of the functions of this
[25:17] board would be to um hear complaints
[25:20] from citizens who for whatever reason
[25:23] are reluctant to go to the police
[25:25] directly and then pass these complaints
[25:27] onto the the chief of police to handle
[25:30] according to
[25:31] protocol nowhere in this ordinance does
[25:34] it give the proposed board any power to
[25:36] make decisions on complaints to
[25:39] influence disciplinary action or to
[25:41] review or oversee any aspect of law
[25:45] enforcement the board would be composed
[25:47] of members of the community from the
[25:49] areas of Mental Health Care Social Work
[25:53] public education and formerly of law
[25:56] enforcement these board members would be
[25:58] appointed by the Town Council and mayor
[26:01] members of the board would lose their
[26:03] position were they to interfere in the
[26:05] day-to-day duties of Law Enforcement
[26:07] Officers or to communicate any
[26:09] information learned through their
[26:11] position on the board that is not part
[26:13] of public record the board would
[26:16] discreetly receive and convey issues or
[26:18] complaints to the chief of police who
[26:21] would handle them according to
[26:23] protocol the board's role would be
[26:26] largely to Bear witness and doent the
[26:29] process more often most often a third
[26:32] party witness isn't needed but when
[26:34] citizens feel that their rights have
[26:36] been violated or their needs ignored it
[26:39] protects them it protects the police and
[26:42] the city to have a third party able to
[26:45] assure that the complainants rights were
[26:47] respected and that the issue was given
[26:50] Fair
[26:51] consideration at no point would the
[26:53] board be involved in settling the
[26:55] complaint itself this is the job of of
[26:58] the chief of police the city manager and
[27:01] the City
[27:02] attorney we have worked on this proposed
[27:04] ordinance with input from the chief of
[27:06] police a police union representative the
[27:09] city manager the City attorney the mayor
[27:12] and members of various Community
[27:15] organizations we feel we have a very
[27:17] good chief of police and we have found
[27:19] his input
[27:21] invaluable he has made it clear to us
[27:24] that he does not Embrace this concept
[27:26] but he is willing to give it fair
[27:27] consider
[27:28] itation this is not something we have
[27:31] taken lightly or entered into without
[27:33] the understanding that it is complicated
[27:36] and difficult to craft an ordinance that
[27:38] is effectively written we have written
[27:41] and revised this ordinance many times
[27:43] over the past four years we think we
[27:46] have a good police department and we
[27:48] want it to be able to grow and develop
[27:50] in a way that benefits the total health
[27:53] and well-being of the officers doing the
[27:56] work and the community that they Serve
[27:58] and Protect thank you thank
[28:01] [Applause]
[28:05] you next is uh Ray
[28:13] Kesler uh hello uh I'm Raymond kler I've
[28:16] lived in Silver City for 10 years um and
[28:19] for six of those I had a coffee shop on
[28:21] Bard Street currently I work as a
[28:23] language arts teacher at Al of leopa
[28:24] charter school um and I'm also a member
[28:27] of the um citizens for safety and
[28:30] community that Sharon mentioned I'm here
[28:32] tonight to voice my support for the
[28:33] ordinance that will establish a Citizens
[28:36] Advisory board or cab to assist the scpd
[28:39] in its role of ensuring Public Safety
[28:42] the cab will be valuable in several ways
[28:45] first and most importantly it will
[28:47] Foster dialogue aimed at addressing
[28:49] CommunityWide issues the composition of
[28:52] the cab brings together people from
[28:53] various relevant professions and diverse
[28:56] walks of life anytime the town considers
[28:59] law enforcement policies it will be
[29:00] doing so in a way that is broadly
[29:02] informed leading to more holistic and
[29:05] innovative solutions and
[29:07] approaches in an Ideal World um second
[29:10] sorry it will build trust by creating a
[29:12] cab the town is sending a message to all
[29:14] of its citizens that the scpd values
[29:17] their input in an Ideal World when a
[29:20] police officer interacts with another
[29:22] citizen that citizen sees the officer as
[29:25] looking out for their interests this
[29:27] sort of interaction requires the kind of
[29:29] trust that is built through the
[29:30] acknowledgement of concerns and the
[29:32] shared ownership of goals third it will
[29:35] increase transparency and input without
[29:38] sacrificing the need to keep certain
[29:40] information within the department there
[29:42] are important practical and legal
[29:44] considerations when it comes to
[29:45] transparency and law enforcement and for
[29:48] that reason while the cab strives to
[29:50] establish much needed transparency it
[29:52] also strikes a careful balance and keeps
[29:54] the nature of what information can be
[29:56] shared in the exist in legal framework
[30:00] some one might worry before reading this
[30:02] ordinance whether the cab will have any
[30:04] immediate impact um on the efficacy of
[30:07] our police department and this is
[30:09] understandable the success of our police
[30:11] officers equals the safety of our
[30:13] community so I feel it's essential to
[30:15] emphasize that this board does not
[30:17] supplant or interfere with the existing
[30:19] chain of command and cannot set or
[30:22] change existing scpd policies or
[30:25] procedures the cab has two roles to be
[30:28] an outlet for grievances as Sharon has
[30:31] just discussed and to advise its value
[30:34] is in the research and varied expertise
[30:36] it brings to the table as well as the
[30:39] link of transparency and communication
[30:40] that it creates between the scpd and our
[30:43] Town's elected officials in a
[30:46] functioning democracy it's imperative
[30:47] that a balance be found between the
[30:49] guiding voice of the people and the
[30:51] knowledge of trains experts under the
[30:53] leadership of Chief Portillo we have a
[30:56] department full of skilled professionals
[30:57] who know how to do their jobs at the
[31:00] same time no single police interaction
[31:02] be it Criminal Trespass a welfare check
[31:05] or a dispute between neighbors happens
[31:07] in a vacuum there is a context in which
[31:10] these things happen input from experts
[31:12] in other fields Social Work mental
[31:14] health education as well as input about
[31:17] the values and concerns of Silver City
[31:19] residents will provide a clearer picture
[31:21] of this context and a shared voice to
[31:23] Define it thank you thank you
[31:31] next is David
[31:34] stap mayor I'm here to support could you
[31:37] please come up to the podium and speak
[31:38] into the
[31:40] microphone mayor I'm here to support the
[31:42] cab but I believe my points are better
[31:46] spoken by others so I'm going to pass my
[31:48] time along thank you thank
[31:52] you next is an low
[32:02] hi I'm Ann L and I just want to say that
[32:05] this seems like a win-win situation for
[32:07] everyone and I really really hope that
[32:10] you will agree to have the citizens
[32:12] Advisory
[32:13] board thank
[32:15] you next is uh Delina h menz
[32:23] [Applause]
[32:29] Mr mayor council people or council
[32:32] members a citizen Advisory Board should
[32:36] not be a policy making body otherwise
[32:39] the ability of the police officer's job
[32:41] will be compromised and that is what I
[32:44] see if a board like this comes about to
[32:47] meet it's the people with an agenda
[32:49] against the police who wants this board
[32:52] it's people who are against law
[32:53] enforcement and they want to control and
[32:55] become the police department citizens
[32:58] Advisory Board cannot understand what
[33:01] law enforcement go through unless you
[33:03] have been a law enforcement officer
[33:06] don't try to tell them how to do their
[33:07] job I see transplants people from other
[33:12] states who move to Silver City from
[33:14] Chicago California Colorado and Etc and
[33:18] who want to change their Town into what
[33:21] they have left I see citizens Advisory
[33:24] Board as puppeteers and they want to
[33:27] make our Law Enforcement Officers
[33:29] puppets the citizen Advisory Board
[33:32] becomes the police sorry that doesn't
[33:35] work leave it as it is if you have
[33:38] concerns or issues with the law
[33:40] enforcement make an appointment with the
[33:42] police chief or the mayor the citizen
[33:45] Advisory Board is just trying to control
[33:48] our Law Enforcement Officers without
[33:50] putting their life on the line I
[33:53] apologize if I have offended anyone that
[33:56] is not my intention is to support our Law
[34:00] Enforcement Officers 100% whose service
[34:03] to our community is
[34:06] priceless and at one of our council
[34:08] meeting councilman Nicholas Prince
[34:11] attacked our city police officers due to
[34:14] that fact he is biased against our city
[34:18] police and as far as I'm concerned you
[34:20] should have a vote thank
[34:23] you thank you next is Al gambo
[34:30] [Applause]
[34:41] thank you Mr mayor council and of course
[34:45] administrators my particular subject
[34:47] matter uh is being taken under review
[34:49] currently high level talks and hopefully
[34:51] Corrections which is a Silver City
[34:53] Museum to so to in order to avoid
[34:56] possibly thrown a monkey r mention to
[34:58] possibly be a great outcome I prefer to
[35:01] hold back on it but I do want to take
[35:03] the opportunity to thank you the elected
[35:05] officials the administrators for doing
[35:08] so much for our community keep up the
[35:10] good job thank you very much thank you
[35:13] next is uh Stephen
[35:19] laramore good evening my name is Steven
[35:21] lore I'm the president of the Silver
[35:22] City Police Officers Association M Mr
[35:25] lore here you go thank you good evening
[35:28] my name is Steven lmore I'm the
[35:29] president of the Silver City Police
[35:30] Officers Association uh when it comes
[35:33] down to this citizens Advisory Board um
[35:36] the town
[35:37] will lose a lot of police
[35:40] officers um is an Advisory Board such a
[35:43] bad thing necessarily no U but there's a
[35:46] lot of writing in here that is trying to
[35:48] give The Advisory Board way too much
[35:50] control it's going to push officers away
[35:52] uh or push officers away and I think a
[35:56] lot of things in this need to be fixed uh before it's implemented uh
[36:00] first of
[36:03] all it says that each Town counselor
[36:06] needs to nominate one board member
[36:08] there's a specific Town counselor that
[36:10] decided to conduct his own investigation
[36:12] against a police officer uh going around
[36:14] Silver City saying that that police
[36:16] officer was corrupt and shortly after
[36:18] that that police officer left the police
[36:19] department we're one spot away from
[36:22] being fully staffed and if this is
[36:24] implemented we're going to lose plenty
[36:26] of officers
[36:28] um another part of this talks about
[36:30] discipline um our Police Department
[36:32] actually revised its policies through a
[36:34] law firm which Toro spoken about before
[36:37] and when it comes down to someone filing
[36:39] a complaint this states that if the
[36:43] complaintant is not happy with the
[36:45] complaint then it needs to be
[36:47] readdressed however we specifically have
[36:49] a discipline Matrix in our policies to
[36:51] help us with how discipline is handed
[36:53] down so that this Advisory board with
[36:55] them going against the discipline that
[36:57] would violate our policy uh it
[36:59] repeatedly speaks about how all they
[37:02] wish to do is strengthen and improve our
[37:06] current policies but that's doing the
[37:08] exact opposite of that it speaks about
[37:10] trying to tell us or it wants to help us
[37:13] with the problems such as homelessness
[37:16] addiction mental illness domestic
[37:18] violence stuff like that um however we
[37:21] are mandated to do yearly trainings on
[37:24] all those issues from people that have
[37:25] way more knowledge than what this
[37:26] Advisory Board report is going to have
[37:28] uh the state of New Mexico mandates us
[37:31] to do those
[37:32] trainings another issue we see here
[37:36] would be seeking up the best continuing
[37:38] education as I just mentioned we are
[37:42] constantly going to um specialized
[37:45] trainings getting additional education
[37:48] to handle those issues we don't need
[37:49] people that don't have law enforcement
[37:51] experience to be telling us how to do
[37:52] our
[37:53] jobs lastly
[37:57] I don't feel that they need to have
[38:00] any information relevant to hiring a
[38:03] police chief again they have no
[38:05] knowledge as to what it would take to
[38:08] know who's the best candidate as a
[38:09] police chief and I'll just close by
[38:12] saying once again that we're going to
[38:13] lose a lot of officers we're not against
[38:15] an Advisory board but there's many
[38:17] things in here that are going to push
[38:19] officers away they're going to affect
[38:21] our ability to do our job and it also
[38:24] violates our Union contract with the
[38:26] town thank you thank
[38:32] you next is paty
[38:47] Madrid hello I'm paty Madrid pull the
[38:50] mic down thank you how's that good
[38:53] perfect okay thank you for having me
[38:56] here I just want to say as being part of
[39:00] the museum society and uh having enjoyed
[39:05] working so much
[39:07] volunteering that I want to promote our
[39:10] territorial Charter ball coming
[39:13] up February 15th in celebration of the
[39:17] town of silver City's Charter we have
[39:20] held this bowl now I guess what about
[39:23] five years and people come out and
[39:27] celebrate with us we have the illusion
[39:29] band it's at the Murray we have Little
[39:32] Toad and we all have such a good time so
[39:36] I want to thank our
[39:38] mayor for making sure this event happens
[39:43] and the city council for the support and
[39:47] this is our poster I think it is so
[39:50] pretty so we're selling tickets $115 a
[39:55] person 25 a couple you couldn't get a
[39:58] better price so please welcome this big
[40:03] celebration and join us at the Murray
[40:05] thank you thank
[40:12] you next on the agenda is reports Mr
[40:15] Brown do you have any
[40:19] reports thank
[40:21] you once a
[40:26] year did you sign up Mr Tori that is
[40:29] correct and this uh wonderful lady and
[40:31] this gentleman over here we all signed
[40:32] up there's maybe there's another list
[40:35] out there
[40:46] okay the first meeting in January
[41:18] is that a second l
[41:31] you mark those who haven't had a chance
[41:34] to talk
[42:03] yeah it looks like we had two signin
[42:06] sheets and some people signed in several
[42:09] times so I think it's very important
[42:12] that when you come early enough to sign
[42:15] up for public input that you have a
[42:17] chance to give that input and so I will
[42:20] provide that opportunity now first on
[42:24] the list is Lynn uh k pronounce the last
[42:28] name that that's me um I'm here I'm not
[42:31] here to your next come on up then no I I
[42:33] thought I was signing um a sheet just
[42:36] like an attendance sheet yeah
[42:40] so thank you Kim
[42:42] Pierce just attendance that's all you're
[42:46] okay check in and the other one was the
[42:48] actual input Janna Mintz I'm just an
[42:56] attendee do you not want to give public
[42:58] input no Jose
[43:15] Ray good evening mayor and councel and
[43:19] City
[43:23] officials
[43:25] I I'm going to EXP exp to my thoughts on
[43:29] this
[43:30] here I talked to Mr Schneider at my
[43:34] house and he mentioned to me that there
[43:37] wasn't no way that they were going to
[43:40] interfere and do their job with the
[43:42] police
[43:43] department I mentioned to him that what
[43:46] happens if you guys do this Advisory
[43:49] Board may we do an Advisory Board to
[43:52] oversee what you guys are
[43:55] doing and I don't think that's only
[43:57] Fair we have no idea we have
[44:01] no we have no no no feelings to to help
[44:05] the chief here or the police department
[44:08] they are doing a good job we have so
[44:11] much hatred in this County here so much
[44:13] hatred here in Silver City we what we
[44:16] are doing we're destroying ourselves
[44:18] because we want to be a top dog we can't let them do their job they know
[44:26] what they're doing that's what they get
[44:27] paid
[44:28] for advisers let's let's let's get rid
[44:31] of it I'm all my life I have lived here
[44:35] we don't need this stuff we don't need
[44:37] it at
[44:38] all don't fix what's not broken and I
[44:42] understand that
[44:43] people have some sort of issue with the
[44:46] police department every Department in
[44:49] America has a bad apple every department
[44:52] whether it be the police department the
[44:54] fire department the Town Council the
[44:56] mayor every department has a bad apple
[44:59] and that reflects down and just goes
[45:01] back down the line This is unfair to the
[45:04] chief it's unfair to to the cfy manager
[45:06] it's unfair to the lawyer I believe that
[45:09] they're going against what has been
[45:13] brought up the contracts and all
[45:15] that don't do it I am hoping that you
[45:19] guys vote against it please vote against
[45:23] it thank you thank you
[45:31] next is Raul
[45:37] toretta mayor council I hope I don't uh
[45:40] get confused with the Mr chairman and
[45:42] board members from the County Commission
[45:43] because I'm so used to going in front of
[45:44] the county but uh and uh uh rest of the
[45:49] administration hey I I'm want to do a
[45:51] halftime here okay and I'm going to talk
[45:53] about uh py actually took uh my thunder
[45:56] away from the territorial Charter ball
[45:59] okay but I just want to say that uh I
[46:02] have these beautiful human beings in
[46:05] here that has worked with the museum
[46:06] society and I just want to acknowledge
[46:08] them right off the bat and we do have
[46:10] Roger tree he's actually our vice chair
[46:13] and the head of the investment we got Dr
[46:15] Rick Johnson and paty you already blew
[46:18] it for me uh paty Madrid she's not only
[46:21] an Institute here in this community and
[46:23] pretty much if you want to know anything
[46:25] that goes on in Grant County just ask py
[46:28] uh not only that um I just want to
[46:30] acknowledge the rest of that there are
[46:32] not present at this moment is um suie
[46:35] inosa she's actually her treasur one of
[46:37] the most amazing individual when it
[46:39] comes down to numbers and budgets and so
[46:41] on lady AAS with fight like a girl
[46:44] Francis Vasquez actually part of the
[46:47] Lula and uh Dr Den Woody let me tell you
[46:50] my mentor and not only that he's
[46:53] actually uh he's actually the good
[46:55] Referee on our Bist baseball and uh Dr
[46:58] Steven Fox I just want to say what a
[47:00] powerful powerful board we have here for
[47:03] the museum Society after 39 years we
[47:07] have been an active partner with the
[47:09] museum and we are doing everything
[47:10] possible in this world to keep
[47:12] everything together with the museum and
[47:15] uh and I just wanted to acknowledge them
[47:17] more than anything else and I got to
[47:18] acknowledge my wife being here she
[47:20] doesn't come out of the house for any of
[47:21] these meetings but thank you Billy for
[47:23] being here and uh and the past president
[47:26] from the museum Society Al Gamboa uh I
[47:30] would just like to State um that it
[47:32] gives me great pleasure to be part of
[47:34] the museum Society president and
[47:36] anything that we can do to marriage our
[47:39] wonderful Community together and stay
[47:42] focused on the things that we need to do
[47:44] to acknowledge the wonderful community
[47:47] that we live in I am one of your biggest
[47:50] cheerleaders when I go to Tucson when I
[47:52] go to Phoenix to play ball when I go to
[47:54] Santa Fe when I go to El Paso to play
[47:56] ball
[47:57] and I take a team called the territorial
[47:59] Trotters not only softball but
[48:02] basketball and I don't care how you look
[48:04] at it anytime I go to these communities
[48:06] I am so proud to be from Silver City I
[48:09] would like to make this comment this is
[48:10] Myra I look at Alex Brown this is our beautiful place uh M Mr Beno
[48:19] lupano this is what it's all about and I
[48:21] would just like to say that I just want
[48:23] to thank everyone in this wonderful
[48:26] Community to be part of this and this is
[48:27] what government is all about this is
[48:29] what community Gathering is all about
[48:31] just look at what's going on right now
[48:33] and that's all I just wanted to just say
[48:35] paty thank you very much for the
[48:36] territorial Charter ball we owe it to
[48:39] you mayor Ladner thank
[48:43] [Applause]
[48:46] you next is Andy Payne
[48:56] just uh hello Mr Mayor councilman uh my
[49:00] name is Andy Payne I live in Silver City
[49:03] and I'm here to urge support for this
[49:04] notice of intent to vote on an ordinance
[49:06] that would establish a Citizens advisory
[49:09] uh
[49:10] board I believe that the more
[49:11] communication and transparency there is
[49:14] between any government agency and the
[49:17] public the better establishing a
[49:20] Citizens Advisory board for the police
[49:21] would be a step towards improving that
[49:23] communication and transparency in our
[49:25] town
[49:27] any government
[49:29] agency that includes the police if it's
[49:31] truly trying to do its job should
[49:34] welcome advice and suggestions from the
[49:37] people that
[49:38] serves so again please all do all you
[49:42] can to establish a Citizens Advisory
[49:44] Board to work with the
[49:46] police it will improve our community
[49:49] thank you thank you
[49:54] [Applause]
[49:56] next is Janet wallet
[50:03] Otis good evening mayor and counselor
[50:05] members thank you so much for the
[50:07] opportunity to speak and thank you for
[50:09] all the good that you do I want to speak
[50:13] tonight to my full
[50:15] support of the noi of ordinance 1335 for
[50:19] a Citizens Advisory
[50:21] Board emphasis on
[50:24] advisory if anyone was listen in they do
[50:28] not have any
[50:30] capacity to set policy that's key Chief
[50:35] Portillo has already stated according to
[50:37] the press that he would work with the
[50:39] board should the community want it and I
[50:42] urge the counselors to vote
[50:45] Yes and I would say with regard to
[50:48] efforts at recruitment for police
[50:50] positions as a taxpayer a Community
[50:53] member someone who walks the streets
[50:56] someone who drives my car around someone
[50:58] who goes to the store to church I would
[51:00] not approve of hiring anyone who would
[51:03] not be willing to work with the citizens
[51:06] Advisory Board and as far as police off
[51:09] officers threatening to quit what are
[51:12] they afraid of they're police
[51:15] officers right why would they be afraid
[51:18] of community members who are simply
[51:20] there to advise and to help and to
[51:24] support but not to control daytoday
[51:29] activities that's none of their
[51:32] business I especially like the fact that
[51:35] this board would include a mental health
[51:37] professional Two Social Work
[51:39] professionals and a person with a
[51:41] background in
[51:43] education no they would not all be
[51:46] graduates of the police academy but not
[51:49] everything is about just the
[51:52] police academy it's about what happened
[51:56] on a day-to-day basis in the community
[51:59] and people who have degrees in social
[52:02] work not just random trainings on a
[52:05] yearly basis have studied these kinds of
[52:08] issues and can offer their
[52:11] support a citizen Advisory board that
[52:14] followed best practices and you can
[52:16] Google that there's best practices for
[52:18] citizen advisory boards across the
[52:21] country should be a welcome addition to
[52:24] those who care about com Community
[52:26] safety
[52:27] such a board would be explicitly helpful
[52:31] to police officers and not at all about
[52:34] controlling their day-to-day duties or
[52:37] routine silver the Silver City Community
[52:41] has suffered too much from Bad official
[52:46] decisions that may have been avoided if
[52:50] there had been an Advisory Board I take
[52:53] issue with what my counselor said at the
[52:55] opening statement
[52:58] about Nikki
[53:00] Bascom say her
[53:03] name while we can't say for sure in
[53:07] hindsight that a citizen's Advisory
[53:09] Board would have prevented her death we
[53:12] can say for sure that her pleas to the
[53:16] police department at that time for help
[53:18] and support for her own protection and
[53:20] her children's protection were just
[53:23] shined on quote unquote in the
[53:27] press in other words her pleas were
[53:31] ignored even though the police chief at
[53:34] the time and the officers knew about the
[53:37] allegations of domestic abuse and
[53:39] threats by Captain
[53:43] contas say his
[53:46] name it was so clear that Nikki was
[53:49] ignored that the city lost a $10 million
[53:52] lawsuit excuse me
[53:58] had Nikki been able to file a complaint
[54:01] M with a community Advisory Board it
[54:05] just may have made a difference M Ortiz
[54:08] and that is why it is a giant step
[54:11] forward I just want to remind you you
[54:13] have one minute left oh well thank you I
[54:16] have one sentence left sorry about
[54:19] that got carried away that's why it is
[54:23] time to take a giant step forward and further protect the community and
[54:29] the police
[54:30] officers and create a citizen's Advisory
[54:34] board thank you for your time thank
[54:43] you next is Peggy and I can't read the
[54:47] last name starts with an H it was an
[54:50] error I'm good okay
[54:57] next is uh
[55:06] Javier next is uh
[55:10] Dennis Neen and I can't read the
[55:18] rest uh that's nzo Mr Mayor thank you uh
[55:22] mayor and council members uh I too made
[55:25] a mistake I thought it was attendance
[55:27] but here I find myself with an
[55:31] opportunity I read the uh ordinance it's
[55:35] well written I cannot see why a police
[55:39] officer would think about quitting
[55:42] because of a little bit of shall we say
[55:45] oversight that doesn't have a
[55:47] bite on another issue we've all watched
[55:51] as Los Angeles has come under a terrible
[55:54] fire
[55:56] and all the things that are happening
[55:57] out there many of us have friends I have
[56:01] former family members out there and I've
[56:04] seen the kind of Destruction that other
[56:07] fires have provided uh that area and I
[56:11] would like to get together with Chief
[56:15] Lambert and discuss what our community
[56:18] has done and can do in light of the
[56:22] shortcomings of being able to fight such
[56:24] a fire in LA it would have to do with
[56:27] the water department Reserve water
[56:31] tankers perhaps uh for the fire
[56:33] department and other things that could
[56:35] be done to further ensure that our
[56:38] community might have success in fighting
[56:41] a large fire we find a lot of uh
[56:45] instructive uh things that happened in
[56:48] LA and for our small community obviously
[56:51] of limited resources we should be able
[56:54] to at least do something to provide
[56:57] ourselves a better method of fighting a
[57:00] large fire because we're surrounded by
[57:02] forests and it would not be an easy task
[57:05] for just our fire department or even the
[57:07] slurry bombers they get started late in
[57:10] the game not always up front thank you
[57:12] for your time thank
[57:14] you next is uh
[57:17] Shannon and again I can't read the last
[57:20] name I'm going to are you
[57:23] okay and next is Michael laramore
[57:29] Mr May Mr
[57:42] mayor council mayor city manager
[57:48] Administration I'm a fourth
[57:50] generation uh Silver City and Grant
[57:53] County citizen
[57:59] while the proposed Advisory board has
[58:02] some good ideas Mr lore would you raise
[58:04] the mic up to you yes sir thank you
[58:08] while the proposed Advisory board has
[58:10] some good ideas such as obtaining input
[58:13] from teachers social workers mental
[58:16] health workers as and
[58:19] others um as well as tackling the
[58:22] problem of our homelessness and
[58:25] Behavioral Health need needs in our
[58:27] community there are areas within the
[58:30] proposal as written that are
[58:35] problematic as a proposal is written
[58:38] currently written I believe that the
[58:40] community Advisory
[58:42] Board would end up being
[58:46] counterproductive I'm going to give you
[58:48] some
[58:49] examples example one is on page
[58:53] three number
[58:55] two it states that the board shall
[58:58] receive quarterly data on
[59:02] complaints and the Department's
[59:04] disciplinary actions towards those
[59:07] complaints example two page four number
[59:13] nine you discussed disciplinary actions
[59:17] of
[59:20] officers um and and discussing those
[59:24] disciplinary actions to members of the
[59:27] community that have
[59:29] complaints you also go on to explain if
[59:33] the discipline is not deemed
[59:36] adequate by The Advisory board that the
[59:38] city manager and the attorney will be
[59:45] contacted a community advisory board's
[59:48] recommendations should be considered as
[59:52] uh very meaningful
[59:53] information uh for the police department
[59:57] but should not be binding to what the
[1:00:01] police department decides to
[1:00:03] do the advisory board's responsibilities
[1:00:07] as written appears to be an initiative
[1:00:11] or Avenue to discipline police and
[1:00:15] undermine the authority and
[1:00:16] responsibility of the police
[1:00:21] chief there is also a uh area in that
[1:00:25] where
[1:00:26] um it is mentioned that the Advisory
[1:00:30] Board should have information on on uh
[1:00:35] the Union's
[1:00:42] negotiations the responsibility and
[1:00:45] purpose of an Advisory Board should be
[1:00:47] to enhance Community understanding
[1:00:51] engagement and Foster proactive
[1:00:54] communication
[1:00:56] and cooperation between the police
[1:00:58] department and the
[1:01:01] citizens to operate an effective
[1:01:04] Community Police Advisory board members
[1:01:07] need to have a strong understanding of
[1:01:11] the daily functions responsibilities and
[1:01:15] challenges that our Law Enforcement
[1:01:17] Officers face each
[1:01:22] day you mentioned that the board would
[1:01:25] provide Research into upand cominging
[1:01:28] policies and education for law
[1:01:31] enforcement it that's positive and I'm
[1:01:34] sure the chief would love to hear more
[1:01:37] ideas you know to uh make his Department
[1:01:40] better or to better prepare his um
[1:01:47] officers however the chief knows that
[1:01:51] his Department what his Department can
[1:01:54] and cannot do with the Manpower that he
[1:01:59] has without The Advisory
[1:02:03] Board the council mayor and city manager
[1:02:07] can still recommend measurable and
[1:02:10] objective goals for the police chief to
[1:02:13] accomplish monthly quarterly and
[1:02:17] yearly while continuing to
[1:02:20] communicate all the community concerns
[1:02:23] to the police chief fostering
[1:02:26] communication with the public without
[1:02:29] fueling the fire is a
[1:02:34] recommendation the officer's body cam
[1:02:38] videos are reviewed frequently by the
[1:02:41] police Administration for performance
[1:02:44] Improvement compliance opportunities
[1:02:47] misconduct and police
[1:02:50] adherence also the body cam footage is
[1:02:54] reviewed by judges attorneys a 12 panel
[1:02:58] jury as well as the Nightly
[1:03:03] News according to the world population
[1:03:06] review and in the USA Today New
[1:03:10] Mexico has the second highest crime rate
[1:03:14] in the
[1:03:16] nation according to QR QR sorry krq news
[1:03:22] just last
[1:03:23] night New Mexico
[1:03:27] is rated as the 50th worst state to live
[1:03:32] and raise a
[1:03:33] family the high crime rate was one of
[1:03:36] the mentioned contributions to that
[1:03:40] figure I am asking the
[1:03:43] council to hold off on voting for The
[1:03:47] ordinance Amendment for
[1:03:50] now
[1:03:51] instead continue and improve upon the
[1:03:54] work your already doing with positive
[1:03:58] communication between the community and
[1:04:00] police
[1:04:01] department also continue your work on
[1:04:04] improving our community resource
[1:04:06] deficits in Behavioral Health
[1:04:09] homelessness drug addiction and
[1:04:13] safety you have great
[1:04:17] ideas however there needs to be a change
[1:04:21] in the way this community Advisory Board
[1:04:23] amendment is written
[1:04:26] Mr lore you have about a half a minute
[1:04:28] left yes sir with the way that the
[1:04:31] proposal is written I am afraid that
[1:04:33] police officers retainment and
[1:04:35] recruitment will be negatively
[1:04:38] affected your job as city government is
[1:04:41] to do the greatest good for the greatest
[1:04:43] number micromanaging a small Police
[1:04:46] Department when crime is at an all-time
[1:04:48] high is not proactive Instead at this
[1:04:51] time the greatest good is advocating
[1:04:53] with the police department for crime
[1:04:55] prevention strategies and engage the
[1:04:57] community to help if you see something
[1:04:59] say something if an officer is in need
[1:05:01] ask him or her if they need help tell
[1:05:04] your young men and women officers thank
[1:05:06] you for putting their lives on the line
[1:05:09] and choosing to be available to protect
[1:05:12] us while we sleep thank you thank you
[1:05:17] [Applause]
[1:05:23] sir and the First Council m meeting of
[1:05:26] each
[1:05:27] year we have what's called an
[1:05:29] organizational meeting and this is where
[1:05:31] we make various uh committee and Council
[1:05:35] assignments and I would like to uh go
[1:05:38] through those
[1:05:39] now uh first under the organizational
[1:05:43] meeting is the election of the mayor
[1:05:46] protm the role of the mayor protm as
[1:05:49] given in our town Charter is in case of
[1:05:53] the absence of the mayor the mayor
[1:05:56] protm acts on behalf of the mayor and
[1:05:59] conducts the duties of the mayor and is
[1:06:02] the presiding officer of the Town
[1:06:05] Council I will now open the floor for
[1:06:09] nomination of the mayor
[1:06:11] protown councelor Beno I'd like to
[1:06:14] nominate uh councelor cono as the mayor
[1:06:18] poent thank you is there a
[1:06:22] second Council Snider thank you
[1:06:27] is there another
[1:06:28] nomination Mr mayor council Prince uh
[1:06:31] due to the elections this year both of
[1:06:33] the seat of Mayor my own seat as well as
[1:06:35] for Council con seat I do not wish to
[1:06:37] have any of the uh seats up for election
[1:06:40] uh up for mayor Pro 10 to be able to not
[1:06:45] kind of give any endorsement of the
[1:06:46] council before we have a public election
[1:06:49] towards that and then um due to time and
[1:06:52] tenue here on the council I wish to
[1:06:54] nominate uh councelor
[1:06:56] Beno uh so that we may have an impartial
[1:06:58] election we have a nomination for
[1:07:01] councelor Ben
[1:07:03] comoo
[1:07:06] uh is there a
[1:07:09] second councilor Snider we have a
[1:07:13] second
[1:07:15] uh councelor cono can I make a comment
[1:07:17] um first of all that's never been our
[1:07:19] policy if someone is qualified to be
[1:07:21] mayor protm and the council decides that
[1:07:23] they think that person can do it then
[1:07:25] they're more than willing to vote for it
[1:07:27] also um just as a point of um
[1:07:30] parliamentary procedure if someone is
[1:07:33] nominated and does not wish to take that
[1:07:34] position they can decline the nomination
[1:07:37] of course is anyone who was nominated
[1:07:40] decline that nomination I would like to
[1:07:42] decline thank you councilor Ben
[1:07:46] Como
[1:07:49] uh all in favor of closing nominations
[1:07:52] uh please say
[1:07:54] I mayor need a second huh you didn't get
[1:07:57] a second on coun N okay is there a
[1:08:00] second yeah we did coun
[1:08:03] s
[1:08:05] yeah before you interrupted me let's see
[1:08:08] where were we oh all in favor of closing
[1:08:11] the nomination say I we haven't made a
[1:08:14] do we need a motion for that I made a
[1:08:17] motion to nominate you yeah no to close
[1:08:19] the nominations do we need a
[1:08:21] motion yes Mr Mayor yes uh with the
[1:08:24] decline of nomination then I do wish to
[1:08:26] nominate councelor Snider then just to
[1:08:28] remain to have an impartial
[1:08:36] election you know what I had asked
[1:08:39] for uh a motion to close nominations we
[1:08:42] had gone on past the nomination
[1:08:47] process and um is there a second to
[1:08:50] closing the
[1:08:53] nominations Mr Mayor I'll second that
[1:08:55] motion we have a motion in a second all
[1:08:58] in favor of closing the nominations
[1:09:00] please say I and are you an
[1:09:06] a not an i
[1:09:08] nay
[1:09:10] n okay it's a tie vote and so I break
[1:09:13] the Tie by closing the
[1:09:15] [Music]
[1:09:20] nominations all in favor of electing
[1:09:22] Council cono as mayor protim
[1:09:26] please say I I I you nay I I Council Prince nay okay
[1:09:38] we have three eyes and one nay so
[1:09:41] congratulations Council Lano as the U
[1:09:44] mayor protm for
[1:09:48] 2025 would you uh like to make any
[1:09:52] comments um thank you I have appreciate
[1:09:55] serving as mayor proam I have had to
[1:09:57] fill in a couple of times when mayor
[1:09:59] Ladner was out um earlier in the year
[1:10:02] and I enjoyed doing that and I
[1:10:04] appreciate the opportunity to continue
[1:10:05] to learn from him so that potentially I
[1:10:08] may run for mayor I haven't decided
[1:10:10] thank you thank you Council cono has
[1:10:13] done a great job acting as mayor pro0
[1:10:16] during the past year and we want to
[1:10:18] thank you for that
[1:10:21] service next under
[1:10:24] organization is appointments of the
[1:10:26] counselors to committees and board
[1:10:34] positions in the cemetery
[1:10:37] board in the role of advisor is Rudy
[1:10:44] Boma on the
[1:10:46] library board in the role of
[1:10:50] advisory is n Nick
[1:10:54] frce under the central dispatch
[1:10:58] board uh Alex Brown is the staff
[1:11:01] representative on that and the alternate
[1:11:04] is Jackie
[1:11:07] oo on the air area Transportation
[1:11:11] Authority
[1:11:12] board is Stan Snider and as an alternate
[1:11:16] is Mayor
[1:11:18] lner on the museum Advisory
[1:11:21] Group is gu Lupe
[1:11:25] as an ex official
[1:11:28] member on the Parks and
[1:11:31] Recreation board as an
[1:11:34] advisory position is Council
[1:11:40] cono on the Southwest solid
[1:11:44] wasteboard
[1:11:45] is Stan Snider as an
[1:11:49] alternate uh mayor Ladner as an alterate
[1:11:54] and M manager
[1:11:56] Brown as the
[1:11:58] representative along with Peter Pinya as
[1:12:01] an
[1:12:01] alterate on the Grand County Water
[1:12:05] Commission is Mayor Brown and mayor
[1:12:09] Ladner on the Southwest Main Street
[1:12:13] project is Mayor Brown and mayor Ladner
[1:12:16] as ex officio
[1:12:18] members on the Southwest Council of
[1:12:22] governments
[1:12:23] board is mayor Brown as manager
[1:12:27] Brown as alternate one is Peter Pena and
[1:12:31] as alternate two is Nicholas
[1:12:36] Prince if the Press didn't get all these
[1:12:39] I'll let you have a copy of what I
[1:12:44] read next under the
[1:12:47] organization I would I along with the
[1:12:49] Town Council would like to welcome Town
[1:12:53] manager Alex
[1:12:56] town clerk Alfred sadio and town
[1:12:59] Attorney James Reynold to the town
[1:13:03] Administration I also thank them for
[1:13:06] their impeccable style high level of
[1:13:09] skill and professionalism that they
[1:13:13] bring to the everyday Affairs of the
[1:13:15] town thank
[1:13:17] you I also confirm and welcome all
[1:13:22] department heads and Chiefs and affirm
[1:13:25] their employment in the
[1:13:29] administration last but certainly not
[1:13:32] least I confirm and welcome all current
[1:13:36] employees for the town of Silver City in
[1:13:39] all departments who will continue to
[1:13:42] serve as the foundation of our town I
[1:13:46] thank them for their crucial and
[1:13:48] important services that they provide to
[1:13:51] the residents of our community
[1:13:55] I would also like to commend our city
[1:13:57] councilors for all their hard work
[1:14:00] during
[1:14:02] 2024 I appreciate each of them for their
[1:14:05] personal interest they take in the
[1:14:08] business and challenges for their
[1:14:10] individual
[1:14:11] districts the town is better off for
[1:14:14] their service and involvement and I look
[1:14:17] forward to another year of working with
[1:14:20] them to help make Silver City better
[1:14:24] than it already is I'd also like to
[1:14:27] thank the council for their exemplary
[1:14:30] etiquette and decorum during our Town
[1:14:33] Council meetings their respect for one
[1:14:36] another and the way they communicate
[1:14:39] with one another in the public showing
[1:14:42] courtesy and civility to all regardless
[1:14:46] of their personal feelings is something
[1:14:49] we can all be proud of this attitude of
[1:14:52] mutual respect and decorum
[1:14:55] reflects on the entire city government
[1:14:58] and has an important impact on the way
[1:15:02] community members View and interact with
[1:15:05] their town and its leadership and staff
[1:15:10] at city
[1:15:12] homeall next on the agenda is item 10
[1:15:15] public hearings and
[1:15:17] ainon next is item 11 unfinished
[1:15:20] business and there is none
[1:15:27] I've had a request to take a short break
[1:15:30] could I get a motion to that effect Mr
[1:15:33] Mayor yes um I move for a 10-minute
[1:15:35] recess we have a motion for a 10-minute
[1:15:37] break is there a second Mr Mayor we have
[1:15:40] a second councilor Prince any discussion
[1:15:43] all in favor say I I so we will take a
[1:15:47] 10-minute break and meet you all back
[1:15:50] here I'm calling us uh back to order
[1:15:55] next on the agenda is new
[1:15:58] business agenda item 12a under new
[1:16:01] business is mayor's reappointment to the
[1:16:05] historic review and design
[1:16:07] committee uh since this involves uh my
[1:16:11] wife who has been on that committee for
[1:16:13] many years I've asked Council cono to
[1:16:16] conduct this part of the agenda thank
[1:16:19] you mayor um before you you have a a
[1:16:23] application from Rebecca Smith Ladner to
[1:16:25] be on the historic
[1:16:28] um excuse me the historic review and
[1:16:30] design committee um you've had a chance
[1:16:33] to look at it do you have any questions
[1:16:36] no okay um if there aren't any um I'd
[1:16:39] like to make a comment okay yeah I had
[1:16:42] the opportunity I I had a project going
[1:16:44] on uh downtown in the historic district
[1:16:47] and went through the review process with
[1:16:49] the historic committee and Rebecca Smith
[1:16:52] actually had some very good input that
[1:16:55] improve the project and some good leads
[1:16:57] on
[1:16:58] some people that are knowledgeable on
[1:17:02] buildings thank you um are there any
[1:17:04] objections to this appointment no no
[1:17:07] okay well then because of that uh
[1:17:09] Rebecca Smith Ladner is reappointed to
[1:17:11] the historic review and design
[1:17:14] committee thank you next is item
[1:17:18] 12b mayor's appointment to the Planning
[1:17:21] and Zoning commission we have received
[1:17:24] an application from Susan Moody and you
[1:17:28] should have received a copy of that
[1:17:30] application the chair of the commission
[1:17:33] has strongly supported her application
[1:17:36] and I have placed a copy of his
[1:17:38] endorsement at your desk she is here
[1:17:42] tonight to answer any questions council
[1:17:45] members may have I believe she would
[1:17:49] bring a lot of desirable background to
[1:17:52] the commission and I would like to
[1:17:54] appoint her
[1:17:55] does the council have any questions for
[1:17:58] Ms
[1:17:59] Moody Mr Mayor C Council Prince I just
[1:18:04] would like to have Miss Moody uh uh
[1:18:06] raise their hand
[1:18:07] please thank you so much thank you so
[1:18:10] much your
[1:18:12] application Council
[1:18:14] bom the only question I have is I I read
[1:18:18] the application and I'm just curious
[1:18:20] what does peo stand for
[1:18:25] Miss Moody if you would come up by the
[1:18:27] microphone we would appreciate
[1:18:31] it I have a general idea what it is but
[1:18:34] I just wanted clarification on it um
[1:18:36] it's an educational Organization of
[1:18:38] Women supporting women who need um
[1:18:42] scholarships and educational
[1:18:45] support and also they own a college in
[1:18:48] um nadaa
[1:18:50] Missouri cotti College thank you
[1:18:55] are there any other
[1:18:56] questions are there any
[1:18:59] objections see you none I hereby point
[1:19:02] you to the uh Planning and Zoning
[1:19:06] commission thank you thank
[1:19:09] you next is agenda item 12C the approval
[1:19:15] disapproval
[1:19:17] of public celebration permit application
[1:19:21] for the Silver City territorial chart of
[1:19:24] ball on February 15th
[1:19:28] 2025 with alcohol served from 700 p.m.
[1:19:32] to 10:30 p.m. at the Murray Hotel B
[1:19:37] Ballroom 200 West Broadway Silver City
[1:19:40] New
[1:19:41] Mexico liquor license holder one Little
[1:19:45] Toad Creek LLC license number sbl
[1:19:52] 000000 32
[1:19:55] 203 South Mill Road Silver City New
[1:20:00] Mexico
[1:20:01] Brandy hi guys um yeah we're just
[1:20:05] putting on the territorial Charter ball
[1:20:06] as py said we're going on our fifth year
[1:20:09] we've been it with it for at least two
[1:20:11] maybe three of those years um so um
[1:20:13] we're just putting on the alcohol to
[1:20:15] help support the dance moves so if you
[1:20:18] guys have any questions please ask
[1:20:20] me thank you any questions Council cono
[1:20:24] um my question question is actually I
[1:20:25] think probably for either Chief Lambert
[1:20:27] or um Fire Marshall Vasquez the map that
[1:20:30] we got in our our um packet still has
[1:20:34] the ramp entrance in the same place it
[1:20:36] was is there a new ramp or is it still
[1:20:38] in the same place it was there is a new
[1:20:41] ramp ramp has been completed code
[1:20:44] compant been approved by C and the fire
[1:20:47] department it was not indicated on this
[1:20:50] map I wrote a message to Alfred he was
[1:20:53] unfortunately
[1:20:55] absent this week due to circumstances
[1:20:57] and did not get the updated map to you
[1:20:59] it is there it is it is covered in the
[1:21:02] security plan and uh yeah we're ready to
[1:21:05] go thank
[1:21:07] you any other questions
[1:21:10] comments do I hear a
[1:21:14] motion coun Council Prince Mr Mayor I
[1:21:18] move to approve public celebration
[1:21:20] permit application for the service at
[1:21:21] Silver City territorial Charter call on
[1:21:23] February 15th 2025 with alcohol serve
[1:21:26] from 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the
[1:21:28] Murray Hotel Ballroom 200 West Broadway
[1:21:30] Silver City New Mexico liquor license
[1:21:32] holder number one Little Toad Creek LLC
[1:21:34] license number sbl
[1:21:37] 000000
[1:21:39] 32203 southmill Road Silver City New
[1:21:41] Mexico
[1:21:42] 88061 thank you there there a second
[1:21:46] Council bomo I'll second we have a
[1:21:48] motion in a second any discussion or
[1:21:53] comments All In favor say I I oppose nay
[1:21:58] motion carries
[1:22:00] unanimously next on the agenda is
[1:22:03] 12d sunny 505 markeet and services
[1:22:08] presentation and this will be given by
[1:22:11] Joanie Griffin and I have my two of my
[1:22:14] Compadres here Julie Enos who is a
[1:22:16] Silver City resident and handles our
[1:22:18] social media and taking care of visiting
[1:22:20] media and Dave hayu who is a senior
[1:22:23] strategist with sun 505 do we have the
[1:22:26] PowerPoint presentation awesome so thank
[1:22:29] you mayor mayor proem again and
[1:22:31] counselors we are very happy to be here
[1:22:35] I will tap dance while we're finding the
[1:22:37] presentation we were awarded the tourism
[1:22:40] marketing contract on November 1st and
[1:22:43] so what we wanted to present to you is
[1:22:45] our plan for this coming year so we're
[1:22:48] in a weird fiscal year for the tourism
[1:22:50] marketing it goes November 1st through
[1:22:52] October 31st
[1:22:58] and while we're doing that I'll just get
[1:22:59] a couple of updates so you've heard from
[1:23:02] me from many years so we are very
[1:23:06] strongly working with the New Mexico
[1:23:07] tourism department and the New Mexico
[1:23:09] true campaign for decades the way the
[1:23:13] tourism Department worked was it was a
[1:23:15] onetoone match you spent a dollar they
[1:23:17] matched a dollar during covid they
[1:23:20] changed that to a two to one match I
[1:23:22] keep saying it's going away and they
[1:23:24] keep renewing it which is awesome so
[1:23:26] fiscal year 25 We are continuing with
[1:23:29] the two for one
[1:23:31] match and a good not is they just uh and
[1:23:34] the good note is they just opened up FY
[1:23:37] 26 so we will see they have not
[1:23:39] announced if they're going to continue
[1:23:40] the two for one match but I do know that
[1:23:42] the tourism department is going to the
[1:23:44] legislature asking for more money it's
[1:23:47] working so I'm sure has everybody seen
[1:23:49] the New Mexico true campaign it just
[1:23:51] makes my heart sing when I'm in Denver
[1:23:53] and I see us someone them in Dallas and
[1:23:55] so this last year with the extra money
[1:23:57] they expanded into Seattle and San
[1:23:59] Francisco so their their focus has
[1:24:02] largly been on the Flyin markets so the
[1:24:05] direct flight Market um and really
[1:24:07] getting the word out nationally we focus
[1:24:10] our efforts on the drive Market here so
[1:24:12] we can go to the next slide so a little
[1:24:15] just about Sunny 505 the first time you
[1:24:17] met me we were Griffin and Associates we
[1:24:20] rebranded as Sunny 505 in 2019 we are
[1:24:23] the largest full service Communications
[1:24:25] firm in New Mexico we have 23 people I
[1:24:28] didn't bring everybody there's just
[1:24:29] three of us here tonight um we are a New
[1:24:32] Mexico true certified agency uh Dave and
[1:24:35] I have been working with the New Mexico
[1:24:37] true campaign since it was rolled out in
[1:24:39] 2012 which seems like it was yesterday
[1:24:41] it's kind of hard to believe we're going
[1:24:43] into year 14 with it um and our
[1:24:46] specialty is tourism
[1:24:49] marketing so a little bit our L Lodgers
[1:24:52] tax has continued to increase which is
[1:24:54] great that gives us money to spend more
[1:24:56] on Advertising also tourists generate
[1:24:59] first receipts tax which we always love
[1:25:02] our primary markets have been and this
[1:25:04] is based on the data that we get of
[1:25:06] where the tourists are coming from
[1:25:09] Tucson El Paso Las cruus I really think
[1:25:12] El Paso should become part of New Mexico
[1:25:14] but El Paso Las cruus um and then
[1:25:17] Albuquerque and then we do reach
[1:25:20] nationally through our social media
[1:25:22] efforts through our public relations
[1:25:24] efforts and through our targeted digital
[1:25:27] campaigns um our focus with all our ads
[1:25:30] is on the historic downtown the Arts and
[1:25:34] then the Outdoor Adventure travel we are
[1:25:36] in partnership with Grant County and I
[1:25:38] think this is really important because
[1:25:40] Grant County also has a budget and we
[1:25:43] work together so that we're not
[1:25:44] duplicating efforts so with our New
[1:25:47] Mexico true grants which Dave will talk
[1:25:49] about in a minute um I work closely with
[1:25:51] the Grant County Lodgers Tax Advisor re
[1:25:54] board so that we are applying for
[1:25:56] different things in different months so
[1:25:57] we get a full year of exposure but we're
[1:26:00] not paying for all of it gr Count's
[1:26:02] paying for part of it we're paying for
[1:26:04] part of it so we make sure it's
[1:26:08] complimentary New Mexico true as joanny
[1:26:10] said has been uh working BR brilliantly
[1:26:13] for us here in New Mexico it's very
[1:26:15] inspirational campaign it's about sight
[1:26:17] doing not sightseeing so when people um
[1:26:20] are searching to travel they they look
[1:26:22] at New Mexico and they look at so City
[1:26:24] and they go well what can I do and we
[1:26:26] Inspire them to to take a look at New
[1:26:29] Mexico but to book a trip uh to Silver
[1:26:32] City so they can love what we love here
[1:26:35] in Silver City so the great thing um
[1:26:38] about the true campaign is that works it
[1:26:41] inspires Travelers other great thing is we're using the Department's money
[1:26:46] when uh we spend one they give us two
[1:26:47] more dollars to uh throw in the kitty to
[1:26:50] advertise more uh for our dollars uh as
[1:26:54] we encourage people to book a trip here
[1:26:56] to Silver City um these are some of the
[1:26:58] deliverables that the New Mexico true
[1:27:00] Co-op program provides us for Silver
[1:27:03] City as you can see there's a lot of
[1:27:05] variable different things that they
[1:27:08] provide for us and these are all part of
[1:27:10] the tools and the toolbox that we use as
[1:27:13] we go out and we search for people to
[1:27:15] book a trip here to Silver City and so
[1:27:18] using their dollars is awesome their
[1:27:20] bigger dollars go out there and inspire
[1:27:22] people to love New Mexican
[1:27:24] we Inspire them to love Silver City so
[1:27:27] let me just say a couple things if the
[1:27:29] technology Works we're going to show you
[1:27:30] the latest from the video shoot I'm
[1:27:32] gonna make Julie talk she doesn't want
[1:27:34] to um but come on up here so Julie um
[1:27:37] was our boots on the ground during the
[1:27:39] video shoot the other one that's really
[1:27:42] exciting for this year um we started it
[1:27:45] last year with New Mexico true is the
[1:27:47] annual Instagram micro influencer
[1:27:50] campaign so who's on Instagram
[1:27:54] MH okay mayor protim and one counselor
[1:27:57] Instagram is definitely the fastest
[1:28:00] growing of the social media and it
[1:28:03] targets I would say people under the age
[1:28:05] of 50 and so this was a new initiative
[1:28:09] the tourism Department rolled out last
[1:28:11] year and it was looking at who are those
[1:28:14] influencers that have at least 50,000
[1:28:17] followers that match or 100 I mean at
[1:28:21] least 50 but more that match the types
[1:28:23] of of people that we are we are
[1:28:26] attracting and so we bring them in and
[1:28:28] I'll let Julie talk about it because
[1:28:29] she's been doing it um and we plan an
[1:28:32] itinerary itinerary for them and then
[1:28:35] they post about their experience on
[1:28:37] their Instagram feed which is followed
[1:28:39] by tens of thousands if not hundreds of
[1:28:42] thousands of people and it come it's
[1:28:44] what's so great about is it's very
[1:28:46] authentic so it's them sharing their
[1:28:48] experience which is a different
[1:28:50] experience than seeing it in an ad so
[1:28:51] you can talk a little bit since you've
[1:28:53] been doing it I think Joanie just about
[1:28:55] said it all
[1:28:56] but so um four times a year we have
[1:29:00] influencers that come here seasonally um
[1:29:04] last year we did the print Fiesta and we
[1:29:08] also coupled it with a mural tour
[1:29:11] because the murals are a huge draw here
[1:29:15] um and so every season we do something
[1:29:18] that's you know pretty Dynamic um again
[1:29:21] the tourism Department pays it's one so
[1:29:24] it doesn't cost us that much money to
[1:29:26] get that much publicity but I live in
[1:29:29] Silver City and i' I've been doing this
[1:29:32] for many years I'm a former tourism
[1:29:33] director so I know my town really well
[1:29:36] I've got a lot of connections here I'm
[1:29:38] also a local photographer so a lot of
[1:29:40] the assets that I curate on the social
[1:29:43] media accounts are from people that live
[1:29:45] here and we always we would love for you
[1:29:48] guys to share with us so we could share
[1:29:51] the pictures that you take you just
[1:29:53] hashtag tag us that visit Silver City
[1:29:56] we'll do our best to put you in the
[1:29:58] rotation um but I love promoting my town
[1:30:03] and especially this year when we've got
[1:30:05] the influencers coming because it's just
[1:30:07] increased our visibility just
[1:30:10] exponentially it's great so another new
[1:30:13] initiative that started last year is the
[1:30:14] manag search so as Dave said typically
[1:30:17] New Mexico true is at the top of the
[1:30:19] funnel so somebody's you know
[1:30:21] considering going on a vacation New
[1:30:23] Mexico wants to land in their brain
[1:30:25] cells and go oh that looks interesting
[1:30:27] and then as they move down the funnel
[1:30:29] the bottom of the funnel they're hitting
[1:30:31] book now right so manage search are your
[1:30:34] Google AdWords and the ads that show up
[1:30:36] when somebody Googles and so we started
[1:30:38] it last year we had great results with
[1:30:41] it so we increased it again for this
[1:30:43] year and the beauty of working so
[1:30:45] closely with Grant County is we're
[1:30:47] paying for six months and Grant County
[1:30:49] pays for six months so we get a full
[1:30:51] year of the exposure and so if
[1:30:53] somebody's Googling um you know what's
[1:30:56] happening in the heila wilderness an ad
[1:30:59] will show up of ours or um great murals
[1:31:03] in the southwest our ad will show up so
[1:31:05] we have hundreds of different ad terms
[1:31:09] and again this is a two for one so the
[1:31:11] state is paying 67% we're paying
[1:31:14] 23% then we do year round social media
[1:31:17] ads both on Facebook and Instagram
[1:31:20] static as well as video and this is also
[1:31:22] 50/50 with grand County YouTube ads
[1:31:25] YouTube is now the second largest search
[1:31:27] engine behind Google so we have a
[1:31:30] YouTube presence then we do sponsored
[1:31:33] content ads with the department so these
[1:31:36] appear like it's an article so um again
[1:31:39] targeting our various people so let's
[1:31:42] just use Tucson as an example so Tucson
[1:31:45] you know is reading I don't know what
[1:31:47] they read They're reading the Arizona
[1:31:49] Daily Star and they're reading about how
[1:31:51] hot it's going to be this summer and
[1:31:53] then an article will show up about how
[1:31:55] cool it is in Silver City and all the
[1:31:56] cool things there are to do and it will
[1:31:58] look like an article but it's actually
[1:32:00] paid for by the New Mexico tourism
[1:32:02] Department then the New Mexico true
[1:32:04] adventure Guide comes out twice a year
[1:32:06] they do a summer and a winter Edition
[1:32:08] this is the official publication of the
[1:32:11] New Mexico tourism department they print
[1:32:13] 600,000 copies which are distributed
[1:32:16] around the state Colorado Texas Arizona
[1:32:19] Southern California and lives on new
[1:32:21] mexico. org so we have a full page in
[1:32:24] that and then we have a 12we El Paso
[1:32:27] billboard that
[1:32:29] runs and then so that's what we do with
[1:32:31] New Mexico true then with the rest of
[1:32:34] the budget we have an i 10 Billboard
[1:32:36] that runs in the summer when it's
[1:32:38] miserably hot and Tucson and they need
[1:32:40] to escape that's between Tucson and
[1:32:43] Silver City we have yearr round digital
[1:32:46] ads that run in the Tucson Airport
[1:32:49] inside the airport we have a year-round
[1:32:52] public relations campaign so every month
[1:32:54] we're pitching news stories to the
[1:32:56] National media and we've had some great
[1:32:58] National exposure including being named
[1:33:00] the best small town to retire and the
[1:33:02] best small town in the US so those are
[1:33:04] the things that get on people's radar we
[1:33:07] have year round social media posting
[1:33:09] that Julie does so I'm going to just
[1:33:11] brag about her for a second because she
[1:33:12] won't she has grown our followings I'm
[1:33:15] trying to remember what it was when you
[1:33:16] took over but it was five or six yeah I
[1:33:19] think we had 5,000 on Facebook followers
[1:33:21] now we have 23,000
[1:33:24] Instagram we had maybe 500 she's grown
[1:33:26] that to 6,300 so that's really amazing
[1:33:30] so she's a rock star in case you didn't
[1:33:31] know um so this year we are going to
[1:33:35] finally redo the website and The Visitor
[1:33:37] Center is behind me they can't be
[1:33:39] happier so we're meeting with the
[1:33:40] visitor center tomorrow um we inherited
[1:33:43] the website that we have um from the
[1:33:47] Arts and Cultural District it's
[1:33:49] functional it's not fabulous since we
[1:33:52] have enough budget and the tourism
[1:33:53] Department continues to pay 2third of it
[1:33:55] we're going to actually completely
[1:33:56] revamp it and make it
[1:33:58] spectacular we just printed guides by
[1:34:02] chance did you bring any tonight no we
[1:34:05] just redid the visitors guide um we'll
[1:34:08] get them to you and they just were
[1:34:09] delivered last week uh we have a
[1:34:12] bimonthly newsletter that goes out to
[1:34:14] our 6,000 person database everybody
[1:34:17] who's on the datas has opted in they've
[1:34:19] either gone to the website and opted in
[1:34:21] or they've been to the visitor center
[1:34:23] and given us their emails and then we
[1:34:25] were print ad so in Tucson um we start
[1:34:30] in May and we run ads May June July
[1:34:33] August September October again in the
[1:34:35] hot months and then going into the fall
[1:34:37] in two of the most popular magazines in
[1:34:40] the Tucson area that Target the higher
[1:34:42] end um homes so one is called desert
[1:34:45] Leaf one is called Catalina Foothills um
[1:34:48] the paper is the entertainment
[1:34:50] publication in Albuquerque used to be
[1:34:52] the the weekly Alibi and they just did a
[1:34:55] road triping issue and so it came out in
[1:34:58] December about the best road trips for
[1:35:00] people in Albuquerque to take so we did
[1:35:01] a full page ad in that and got a nice
[1:35:03] article as well uh we um participated
[1:35:08] with the Albuquerque Journal summer
[1:35:10] guide again looking for Albuquerque
[1:35:12] people you know places to go this summer
[1:35:14] Los cr's visitors magazine food and
[1:35:17] travel magazine and Adventure Outdoors
[1:35:20] magazines are big National Publications
[1:35:23] both of those those we got four pages so
[1:35:25] it was two-page a double truck ad
[1:35:27] two-page ad and two-page editorial
[1:35:29] content which has been awesome and then
[1:35:32] we run TV and streaming TV ads has
[1:35:34] anybody cut the cord and are are
[1:35:36] streaming their
[1:35:37] TV so if you if you cut the cord then
[1:35:40] you're going to see our ads on your
[1:35:41] streaming devices Hulu
[1:35:44] um tubby there I mean there's a million
[1:35:47] of them um and then our local contractor
[1:35:50] is
[1:35:51] Julie okay
[1:35:54] um we keep going with other out which
[1:35:56] you can see we do a
[1:35:57] lot um so we promote local opportunities
[1:36:01] every month and this is I'm not going to
[1:36:02] read this to you you guys can read this
[1:36:04] but you know every month we're looking
[1:36:05] for all the great things that are
[1:36:07] happening and it's pretty amazing for
[1:36:08] such a small town how much is always
[1:36:11] happening here tomorrow morning I will
[1:36:14] be doing a presentation with the
[1:36:15] community at the silco theater at 9: if
[1:36:17] anybody wants to come I brought a stack
[1:36:20] of business cards I'm always asking all
[1:36:22] the locals keep me upd let me know
[1:36:24] what's being planned we want to get it
[1:36:26] on the website we want to get it on
[1:36:27] social media we want to do a news
[1:36:29] release we want to keep it in the
[1:36:30] newsletters so um as much as is going on
[1:36:34] we want to be reporting all of
[1:36:36] it and then these are some samples so um
[1:36:41] worked with uh mayor proam cono earlier
[1:36:45] when was that mayor proam Springtime um
[1:36:48] and we we added a section on the website
[1:36:50] on accessibility
[1:36:53] so this is a piece on obviously the
[1:36:56] cliff
[1:36:59] dwellings showing our Dynamic
[1:37:05] downtown our art is always a big
[1:37:10] push we really worked with the heila
[1:37:13] quite a bit to promote the heila for the
[1:37:14] 100th year
[1:37:19] anniversary same bracelet as mine that's
[1:37:21] not me I think it's funny I just put it
[1:37:23] in
[1:37:25] there let's see if these links will
[1:37:29] work so this is this is a video and I've
[1:37:33] shown it before this was one we did in
[1:37:36] 2020 if it'll
[1:37:42] work and if not we can get it to
[1:37:45] everybody it's always hard sometimes
[1:37:47] technology
[1:37:49] through Maybe
[1:37:54] and then the the second link is all of
[1:37:56] our new ads we just we just got them
[1:38:00] this last week from New Mexico true um
[1:38:03] and they're really fabulous but we'll
[1:38:05] see maybe
[1:38:07] highlighted yeah and I I I um Town
[1:38:11] manager and assistant Town manager I
[1:38:15] sent you so this week the tourism
[1:38:17] Department put out their fiscal 26 that
[1:38:20] they're going to the process is starting
[1:38:22] for the grants and we were featured
[1:38:24] prominently in there with our new videos
[1:38:26] which was awesome so that went out to
[1:38:27] every tourism professional in the
[1:38:31] state all right well how about you've
[1:38:34] got the links in the PowerPoint maybe we
[1:38:36] could email the mayor and the mayor
[1:38:38] proem and the counselors so we don't sit
[1:38:40] here all night trying to get technology
[1:38:42] to
[1:38:43] work but uh we produce with the state so
[1:38:46] again these are videos produced by the
[1:38:48] state um they pay for 2/3 We Do 10c
[1:38:52] videos 15 second videos 30 second videos
[1:38:55] and 60c
[1:38:57] videos and with that I will open it up
[1:39:00] to
[1:39:01] questions any any questions councilor
[1:39:03] conno I always have questions for them
[1:39:06] um the first thing that I noticed when I
[1:39:08] looked at these sample ads is that
[1:39:11] there's only one ad where you don't see
[1:39:13] the person's face disabled people have
[1:39:16] faces too and that's the first thing I
[1:39:18] noticed was that's just some random
[1:39:21] person's back so when you make ads that
[1:39:24] include disabled people We Have Faces we
[1:39:28] want to see faces if we don't see faces
[1:39:30] that says yeah they probably don't care
[1:39:32] about disable people so that's what
[1:39:33] that's giving got it thank you
[1:39:36] um how often do you change the pictures
[1:39:39] in your ads we change them all the time
[1:39:42] he this ad these kids are in high school
[1:39:45] now this guy still takes pictures so if
[1:39:49] we could update this I mean if it we use
[1:39:51] the same family that's fine I mean they
[1:39:52] they're attracted they'll look good in
[1:39:54] ad but it to me seeing the same ad every
[1:39:57] single time is getting a little bit
[1:39:59] monotonous and also if we're paying for
[1:40:02] ads it shouldn't be the same ad for 20
[1:40:04] years I mean they literally it's they're
[1:40:06] all they're both in high school the
[1:40:08] other concern I have is again these ads
[1:40:11] who are these people I mean I know
[1:40:13] people in Tucson don't know them but
[1:40:15] people that are from Silver City that
[1:40:16] live in Tucson see those ads and like
[1:40:18] who are these people could you I mean
[1:40:21] there's some Attractive people in our
[1:40:22] town
[1:40:23] they could be in an ad you know could we continue to change Those ads a
[1:40:28] little bit more and
[1:40:30] please use local people especially local
[1:40:34] people that are ethnic that's always a
[1:40:36] concern of mine yeah please thank you
[1:40:39] and then my last concern and question is
[1:40:41] when articles and things are written
[1:40:44] about events and things downtown we seem
[1:40:48] to always talk about the same businesses
[1:40:51] I've been approached by several business
[1:40:52] owners down Town who would love to be
[1:40:54] part of one of those articles and are
[1:40:56] never approached so what is the the
[1:40:59] process for picking who you write about
[1:41:00] and how to the rest of the business
[1:41:02] owners get a piece of this advertisement
[1:41:03] so they can get some business too so we
[1:41:06] don't write we don't write articles
[1:41:08] about the businesses we write press
[1:41:09] releases talking about the events and
[1:41:12] then the news people go out and find the
[1:41:14] different businesses so when that
[1:41:16] there's that article about how cold it
[1:41:17] is in Silver City in a summer in Tucson
[1:41:19] and you're talking about I'm going to
[1:41:21] stay the toad even though everyone knows
[1:41:22] I'm still a fan of the toad I go there
[1:41:24] often
[1:41:25] myself what about the the restaurants on
[1:41:28] the other side of the street that never
[1:41:30] get picked up never get talked about
[1:41:32] like is there anything we can do so that
[1:41:34] we're spreading the love and everybody
[1:41:36] gets a little piece of that or is it
[1:41:38] always going to be the same business so
[1:41:39] again we we don't we never promote local
[1:41:42] businesses we promote the entire area so
[1:41:45] I think what we can look at is perhaps
[1:41:47] in the new website really highlighting
[1:41:49] more of the local businesses but when
[1:41:51] you're printing your your picture and
[1:41:54] then they're giving you article time too
[1:41:57] do you have any input into those
[1:41:58] articles or are they just coming here
[1:42:00] and writing whatever they want they come
[1:42:01] and write what they want okay is there
[1:42:03] anything we can do about that because it
[1:42:05] really looks bad that the ethically
[1:42:08] owned businesses downtown are never
[1:42:11] highlighted yeah and this is a town with
[1:42:14] more than one culture and those cultures
[1:42:16] would like to be highlighted as well
[1:42:18] duly noted so we will see what we can do
[1:42:20] and would love your input as we redo the
[1:42:22] website maybe have another set of eyes
[1:42:24] on it right thank you thank you any
[1:42:27] other question Council been how how big
[1:42:31] are your print
[1:42:32] ads typically how typically a full page
[1:42:36] I'm sorry typically a full page a full
[1:42:38] page okay thank
[1:42:40] you sometimes not if it's super super
[1:42:43] expensive but all those that we showed
[1:42:45] you they're all full page ads and if we
[1:42:48] can do it we'll do a double truck which
[1:42:49] is two pages next to each other thank
[1:42:52] you
[1:42:54] any other
[1:42:55] questions
[1:42:57] comments thank You' all very much thank
[1:43:04] you next is agenda item
[1:43:07] 12E approval SL disapproval of
[1:43:10] resolution number
[1:43:22] 202-1550
[1:43:24] 5-01 open meetings thank you any
[1:43:28] questions or comments from this
[1:43:31] council do I hear a motion we need a
[1:43:34] second counc oh do we have a
[1:43:38] second Mr Mayor I second the motion to
[1:43:40] approve our annual resolution to thank
[1:43:43] you 2025 d01 thank you any discussion or
[1:43:48] comments roll call please Mr
[1:43:51] Hernandez uh Council bomo I Council
[1:43:55] Prince I councel Snider I and councelor
[1:43:58] Conor I thank you motion carries
[1:44:03] unanimously next is item 12f agenda item
[1:44:07] 12f is the approval disapproval of
[1:44:10] resolution number
[1:44:13] 202-02 a resolution to adopt an employee
[1:44:17] recognition program policy by the Town
[1:44:20] Council of the town of silver City M
[1:44:26] OA thank you mayor thank you Council um
[1:44:29] this program was initiated by uh our
[1:44:32] fire chief Milo Lambert um he along with
[1:44:36] uh manager Brown uh discussed some of
[1:44:39] these outlines for employee of the month
[1:44:42] as well as employee of the year we feel
[1:44:44] like it's very important to um show our
[1:44:47] gratitude for all of our employees and
[1:44:50] so with uh the employee of the month it
[1:44:52] would include a $200 bonus um uh
[1:44:55] Employee of the Month certificate an
[1:44:56] additional day of leave um their picture
[1:45:00] to be placed on Department Billboards
[1:45:02] and on the town website as well as a
[1:45:04] synopsis that will be sent to all
[1:45:06] employees within the town as well as the
[1:45:08] Silver City Daily Press and they will be
[1:45:09] recognized at the first initial council
[1:45:11] meeting after their appointment and then
[1:45:13] the employee of the year would be all of
[1:45:15] the employees of the month would be
[1:45:17] appointed by the department heads and
[1:45:19] then approved by uh Mr Brown and they
[1:45:21] would receive a $1,000 bonus as well as
[1:45:23] an additional day of leave and they
[1:45:25] would be placed on all Department
[1:45:27] bulletin boards and
[1:45:29] similarly as the employee of the month
[1:45:32] um so ultimately there may be an
[1:45:34] employee that could have a $1,200 bonus
[1:45:37] so we're hoping you know to really show
[1:45:40] our appreciation to our employees it's
[1:45:43] um you know working as a community
[1:45:45] living in a community is very important
[1:45:47] and everybody really takes pride in
[1:45:49] their work and so we really want to show
[1:45:51] all of that appreciation to everyone
[1:45:54] thank you are there any questions
[1:45:56] Council count um I just want to say this
[1:45:58] is a great idea I'm I'm really glad that
[1:46:00] you work this out and we're going to
[1:46:02] hopefully pass this um could I ask that
[1:46:04] it also be put in the Grant County
[1:46:06] beat and then um the other thing I
[1:46:09] wanted to know was if there's a a member
[1:46:12] of the public who thinks an employee did
[1:46:14] a great job is there a way for them to I think it's important because they'll
[1:46:18] be nominated by the department heads at
[1:46:20] our department head meeting but um um
[1:46:23] those nominations will be either
[1:46:26] through uh the recognition of the
[1:46:28] department head or through letters of
[1:46:31] emails or letters sent into to uh the
[1:46:35] department or the or the
[1:46:37] um the website so um we'll we'll just
[1:46:40] make sure
[1:46:42] that any method will work yes so the
[1:46:45] co-workers managers as well as members
[1:46:47] of the public can send their their
[1:46:49] recommendation to the department heads
[1:46:51] and then we are now having uh monthly
[1:46:53] department head meetings so during those
[1:46:55] meetings we would discuss who would be
[1:46:56] appointed as employee of the month and
[1:46:58] then at the end of the year as the
[1:46:59] employee of the
[1:47:01] year what is the mechanism uh for a
[1:47:04] Community member who wants to
[1:47:07] nominates uh someone to the chair or the
[1:47:12] head of the department how does that
[1:47:14] occur mayor they can send it directly to
[1:47:16] the department heads or they can send it
[1:47:18] also to the town
[1:47:20] clerk they actually they can send it to
[1:47:22] any of the department heads
[1:47:24] Administration the website just just get
[1:47:27] it to us and we'll get it to the
[1:47:28] department so there's some Public
[1:47:30] Announcement that we're receiving
[1:47:34] nominations we can actually put that on
[1:47:36] the website nominations for employee the
[1:47:39] month as well as our social media we
[1:47:41] could post that as well thank you any
[1:47:44] other Council Boma um I'm glad to see
[1:47:47] that this is uh taking place I think I
[1:47:49] mentioned it sometime last year that
[1:47:51] typically when somebody
[1:47:53] retires uh the uh people that usually
[1:47:56] get recognized here Cil meetings are
[1:47:58] department heads people uh that uh hold
[1:48:02] High positions so it's nice to see that
[1:48:04] your everyday employees might be
[1:48:06] recognized one of the things that I
[1:48:08] always uh when I picked up the paper I'd
[1:48:10] see the Board of Trustees here at the
[1:48:12] hospital they would have a picture and
[1:48:14] they would recognize an employee that
[1:48:16] for their years of service or when they
[1:48:18] retired so I'm really glad this is
[1:48:20] getting done so Chief I think it's in
[1:48:22] the blood because you and I have
[1:48:24] apparently the same kind of idea so
[1:48:26] thank you for that thank
[1:48:28] you any other questions a
[1:48:32] comment do I hear a motion Council Cano
[1:48:37] Mr Mayor I mve to approve of resol
[1:48:40] resolution number 202-20
[1:48:53] thank you is there a second Council been
[1:48:55] gone I'll second I State any discussion
[1:48:57] or comments roll call please Mr
[1:49:01] hernandis uh councel bomo I councelor
[1:49:04] Prince I councelor Snider I councelor
[1:49:06] Conor I motion carries
[1:49:12] unanimously next is agenda item
[1:49:15] 12g is the approval SL disapproval of
[1:49:18] ordinance
[1:49:20] 1334 an ordinance amend mending chapter
[1:49:23] 50 traffic and vehicles by adding
[1:49:27] section
[1:49:29] 50-4 bicycle skates scooters and
[1:49:33] skateboards of the municipal code of the
[1:49:36] town of Silver City New Mexico councilor
[1:49:39] count um this is the same ordinance that
[1:49:42] we talked about about a month ago it
[1:49:45] will um make it illegal to to be riding
[1:49:49] your wheel devices downtown um including
[1:49:52] skateboard scooters and bicycles it
[1:49:54] doesn't affect um use uh medical devices
[1:49:57] in any way this is really important
[1:49:59] because um I don't know still hear
[1:50:02] there's at least three people in this
[1:50:03] room that have told me stories about um
[1:50:06] walking out of
[1:50:07] a a a restaurant or a store downtown and
[1:50:11] someone will come by in a skateboard or
[1:50:13] a bike and almost take them out so
[1:50:15] hopefully this will help pedestrians be
[1:50:17] a little bit safer downtown as long as
[1:50:19] they're on a sidewalk and um make
[1:50:22] everything happier for our our
[1:50:24] pedestrian friendly town thank you any
[1:50:26] questions or comments Mr Mayor councelor
[1:50:29] Prince uh as a skateboard growing up and
[1:50:31] recognizing the importance of the
[1:50:32] skateboarding culture towards
[1:50:34] contributing to so many different Arts
[1:50:36] cultural events in our community there a
[1:50:38] certain portion of the sport there that
[1:50:39] does require the use of being able to
[1:50:42] access rails or to be able to use currs
[1:50:44] and Justus as a skateboard one of the
[1:50:46] first political movements I was ever a
[1:50:48] part of is a skateboarding is not a cry
[1:50:49] movement and so um I would like to make
[1:50:52] a mo motion to strike any and all
[1:50:54] references to skateboards and any
[1:50:56] subsections referencing
[1:50:58] therein any other
[1:51:01] comments question he made a motion do we
[1:51:03] have to ask for the second yeah hang
[1:51:08] on count Mr Reynolds yes you would need
[1:51:12] a second for that yeah we have a second
[1:51:26] no second okay right so motion done okay
[1:51:32] so can I make my motion now yes okay um
[1:51:36] I would just like to say we do have a
[1:51:37] skate park there are venues in Silver
[1:51:40] City where you can use a skateboard
[1:51:42] we're not saying no skateboards anywhere
[1:51:43] we're just saying not on the sidewalk
[1:51:45] please um with that I move to approve of
[1:51:49] ordinance 1334 an ordinance amending
[1:51:52] chapter five 50 traffic and vehicles by
[1:51:55] adding sections 50-4 bicycle skates
[1:51:59] scooters and
[1:52:00] skateboards of the municipal code of the
[1:52:02] town of Silver City New Mexico is there
[1:52:05] a second Council I second the motion any
[1:52:08] discussion or
[1:52:11] comments roll call please Mr
[1:52:14] Hernandez councelor bore I councelor
[1:52:16] Prince n councel Snider I councelor cono
[1:52:20] I motion carries uh 3 to one with
[1:52:24] councelor Prince voting
[1:52:35] no next is item
[1:52:41] 12i I'm sorry 12h right yes Che out my
[1:52:46] numbers mixed up
[1:52:48] here yeah next item is
[1:52:51] 12h is approval SL disapproval of a
[1:52:54] notice of intent of ordinance
[1:52:58] 1335 an ordinance amending chapter
[1:53:01] 24 law enforcement by adding Article 4
[1:53:06] Community Advisory Board sections
[1:53:10] 24-40 through
[1:53:13] 24-44 of the municipal code of the town
[1:53:16] of Silver City Grant County New Mexico
[1:53:24] councilor snid this is yours yeah uh
[1:53:27] ordinance U 1335 was developed by the
[1:53:30] committee called citizens for safety and
[1:53:32] Community they have developed and
[1:53:34] researched this ordinance numerous times
[1:53:36] over in four years the end product of
[1:53:39] which is an excellent ordinance a quick
[1:53:41] overview of the ordinance is it's set up
[1:53:44] on eight person board comprised of
[1:53:45] community professionals including but
[1:53:48] not limited to social workers mental
[1:53:50] health professionals and educators
[1:53:52] it provides for a third party being able
[1:53:55] to bring citizens concerns to the police
[1:53:57] department it will then follow existing
[1:54:00] practices with Town Personnel reviewing
[1:54:03] this concern then the town using
[1:54:05] existing channels will send its finding
[1:54:07] to The Advisory Board The Advisory Board
[1:54:10] will then issue a written report to the
[1:54:11] Town Council it provides for quarterly
[1:54:14] Report with an analysis of crime arrest
[1:54:16] statistics it includes opportunities for
[1:54:19] The Advisory Board to research
[1:54:20] Nationwide best practices gather input
[1:54:23] from the community and research
[1:54:25] solutions to homelessness addiction and
[1:54:27] mental health
[1:54:28] issues the other thing it does have in
[1:54:31] here is um a trial period for one year
[1:54:35] and if you think about how city
[1:54:39] government acts this board will probably
[1:54:42] not be really on board for a couple
[1:54:45] months so it's only a few months that
[1:54:47] we'd be trying it for it' be a good time
[1:54:49] to review any things or changes that
[1:54:51] we'd want to add or to improve this
[1:54:54] ordinance I finally would like to say I
[1:54:57] support Chief BDO and the police
[1:54:58] department believe the Silver City
[1:55:00] Police Department is doing an excellent
[1:55:02] job the job at the police department is
[1:55:04] constantly changing and becoming more
[1:55:06] complex the intent of this ordinance is
[1:55:09] to uh help navigate concerns and
[1:55:11] increase communication transparency in
[1:55:14] our community this ordinance can be
[1:55:16] another tool that the police have
[1:55:18] available for the constant constantly
[1:55:20] changing and difficult field of law
[1:55:23] enforcement thank you Chief p and police
[1:55:25] officers for the job you do thank you
[1:55:28] any comments councilor cono Mr Mayor um
[1:55:34] I have met with Miss Bick Walter and Mr
[1:55:38] kler several times and I have been very
[1:55:40] impressed with the the work that they
[1:55:42] have they and the rest of their group
[1:55:44] have put into this however I have a few
[1:55:48] concerns about some of the wording of
[1:55:50] some of the different parts of this um
[1:55:53] ordinance and for that reason I would
[1:55:57] suggest and hope that the my fell
[1:55:58] counselors would agree with me that we
[1:56:00] postpone voting on this noce of intent
[1:56:04] until we have a work session I think a
[1:56:06] work session is really important so that
[1:56:07] we can have a a dialogue between the
[1:56:09] four of us instead of you know I ask my
[1:56:11] two questions you ask your two questions
[1:56:13] you know so we can we can have a
[1:56:14] conversation before we pass this um I
[1:56:17] really believe that a vote on this may
[1:56:20] be changed if
[1:56:22] we vote between voting on it now and if
[1:56:26] we can work on it and make it a little
[1:56:28] bit more acceptable hopefully at work
[1:56:30] session we'd have Mr kler Miss
[1:56:32] bookwalter uh Mr laramore everyone else
[1:56:34] who's an interested party in this here
[1:56:36] so if we had questions for them they
[1:56:38] would be able to answer them um so I
[1:56:40] would propose that we do that we um
[1:56:43] postpone this until we can have a work
[1:56:45] session so that's a motion um well I I'd
[1:56:48] like to be able to discuss it yeah I
[1:56:51] think we need to get the best ordinance
[1:56:54] we can get
[1:56:58] um I think if we're going to do this
[1:57:01] work session it should be immediate you
[1:57:04] know not put it off and like I said get the members of
[1:57:09] the citizens uh for community and safety
[1:57:13] involved and discuss it I I do think
[1:57:18] that this
[1:57:19] ordinance has been reviewed many many
[1:57:22] times
[1:57:26] and I I don't I'm I'm open to
[1:57:29] improvements but I don't know how many
[1:57:31] more improvements there can be and with
[1:57:33] the trial
[1:57:34] period it you know it it does give a
[1:57:37] good opportunity that maybe down the
[1:57:38] road we could review it then Mr chairman
[1:57:43] yes um as for interal procedure where we
[1:57:47] put through a notice of intent and then
[1:57:48] we set time to vote on it we do I
[1:57:51] believe have a process in place for
[1:57:52] being able to review and amend this uh
[1:57:55] for that then and with the ability then
[1:57:57] for us to always be able to go back and
[1:57:59] have to review and amend this should any
[1:58:01] issues emerge um so far I think that
[1:58:04] this has been very maturely developed I
[1:58:06] think that it is extremely manageable
[1:58:09] and as far as being able to ensure then
[1:58:11] that we do have a process for review I
[1:58:12] do believe we already have those tool
[1:58:14] sets in place so Council so my response
[1:58:17] to that would be that if you pass notice
[1:58:19] intent to the intent is to pass this
[1:58:21] ordinance
[1:58:22] if we make substantial revisions to that
[1:58:26] correct me if I'm wrong Mr Reynolds we
[1:58:27] will have to do another notice of intent
[1:58:30] for the new draft and that will continue
[1:58:33] to to push things back um I'm just going
[1:58:37] to directly say it if we're voting for
[1:58:39] the notice of intent tonight I will vote
[1:58:41] no would there be would there be some
[1:58:44] way something hang on please please
[1:58:46] address through the uh through the uh
[1:58:50] mayor would there be something that we
[1:58:52] could amend in the ordinance as is
[1:58:56] and and make a change
[1:58:59] tonight that that you were thinking of
[1:59:03] two things a I believe we need to go
[1:59:05] through it and I don't want to really
[1:59:07] make this court audience sit here for
[1:59:09] another four or five hours which I think
[1:59:10] it could actually potentially end up
[1:59:12] being and be if clear me if I'm wrong Mr
[1:59:15] Reynolds but we can't do that
[1:59:17] parliamentary procedure correctly okay
[1:59:20] any any substantial change to the
[1:59:24] ordinance you're going to have to re
[1:59:28] advertise it repost it and start all
[1:59:31] over again um the only changes that
[1:59:35] would be permitted um would be like like
[1:59:38] uh typos and things of that nature so no
[1:59:42] you can't make any substantial changes
[1:59:44] without having to go through the the
[1:59:46] process again of re advertising it
[1:59:51] Council agree I think I think we need to
[1:59:53] look at uh uh bring this uh to a work
[1:59:57] session so we get a little bit more
[1:59:58] input allow more U people in the
[2:00:01] community to voice their for or against
[2:00:05] it um so I I I I like the idea of
[2:00:09] postponing it Mr Mayor councilor Prince
[2:00:12] I'm still unclear as to how our process
[2:00:15] then for being able to review
[2:00:16] legislation before it comes before a
[2:00:18] vote uh would in any way be damaged by
[2:00:21] this I do believe we have a substantial
[2:00:22] enough uh ordinance at this point and I
[2:00:25] would be concerned that if there is
[2:00:27] going to be a substantial change and
[2:00:28] it's going to be one then that would
[2:00:29] require that would then need to be
[2:00:30] brought up at the appropriate meeting as
[2:00:32] it stands right now this is a notice of
[2:00:34] intent for us to go through that process
[2:00:36] I still don't understand how we wouldn't
[2:00:38] be able to revise or review this and if
[2:00:39] it is substantial we would just need to
[2:00:41] be moved to another meeting still by
[2:00:43] following through a normal process
[2:00:44] Council P Council cono Mr Mayor I move
[2:00:48] to um postpone until a work session can
[2:00:52] be held um the notice of intent of
[2:00:54] ordinance 1335 on ordinance amending
[2:00:57] chapter 24 law enforcement by adding
[2:01:00] article um four Community Advisory Board
[2:01:03] sections 20 4-40 through
[2:01:07] 24-44 of the municipal code of the town
[2:01:09] of Silver City Grant County New Mexico
[2:01:11] is there a second I'll second as stated
[2:01:13] Council vano any
[2:01:17] discussion I have a few things to say
[2:01:20] um when I read uh from one of our
[2:01:24] previous meetings exhibit a and I think
[2:01:27] you might
[2:01:29] have submitted
[2:01:34] that yes I would just like to read the
[2:01:38] first
[2:01:40] paragraph this evening I want to clarify
[2:01:43] information about a group that is making
[2:01:46] a proposal for a Citizens Advisory
[2:01:49] Board I appreciate and fully support
[2:01:52] Chief patio and the police department
[2:01:56] recently there has been an incorrect
[2:01:58] reference made about a police oversight
[2:02:01] proposal this is not what is being
[2:02:04] discussed rather there is a group called
[2:02:06] citizens for safety and community that
[2:02:10] has been working on a proposal for four
[2:02:12] years for a Citizens Advisory
[2:02:16] Board I commend you councelor Snider for
[2:02:20] those comments
[2:02:22] and I want to tell you that I agree with
[2:02:26] the concept of an Advisory
[2:02:28] board but as I read this
[2:02:33] noi it doesn't sound that much like an
[2:02:36] Advisory
[2:02:38] Board and I would like the council to
[2:02:41] have some time and I agree that it needs
[2:02:43] to be
[2:02:45] soon where we can sit down and talk
[2:02:47] about these issues because you know I
[2:02:50] don't want to have a split vote I don't
[2:02:53] mind breaking a tie but I want us to try
[2:02:56] to work together a little bit and come
[2:02:59] up with something that we can all feel
[2:03:02] good about rather than either are it may
[2:03:06] come down to that at that some point but
[2:03:08] I'd like to give it a try I want to see
[2:03:10] if we can work through this as a council
[2:03:13] remember what I said in my comments
[2:03:15] about the council that we work together
[2:03:18] well and I want to see if we can do that
[2:03:22] and so um I I will vote in favor of u a
[2:03:28] work
[2:03:31] session so uh Mr herandez you want to do
[2:03:35] a roll call Ver well we made a
[2:03:40] motion uh councel bomo hi councelor
[2:03:43] Prince
[2:03:44] abstain councelor Snider I councelor
[2:03:48] Conor
[2:03:49] I so the motion pass passes 3 2 one an
[2:03:55] abstention is a vote of no right Mr
[2:03:58] Reynolds yes it has
[2:04:00] to pass it it basically we have the
[2:04:03] vote when do we think we can get this
[2:04:06] work
[2:04:09] session well that's one thing we can do
[2:04:12] is set a date for a work session doesn't
[2:04:14] Mr SEO usually do that so it'll be when
[2:04:16] he returns Mr SEO is usually the one
[2:04:19] that makes sure we all have the same
[2:04:20] schedule and yeah yeah so when he
[2:04:23] returns to
[2:04:24] work yeah can we do that as soon as
[2:04:26] possible Mr Hernandez I believe he
[2:04:29] returns on Monday so he'll give you guys
[2:04:30] a call on Monday could Mr Hernandez uh
[2:04:34] coordinate the work session so that we
[2:04:37] could get it because next week we're going to have the uh
[2:04:42] Prospectors in Santa Fe that's two weeks from now remember we
[2:04:46] also have to follow the 72-hour rule so
[2:04:48] even if he decides to do it tomorrow it
[2:04:51] can't be done by next before next week
[2:04:54] because it has to be in the newspaper
[2:04:55] tomorrow afternoon right but if we start the
[2:04:59] process next Monday then it would be the
[2:05:03] end of next week instead of at the
[2:05:04] beginning um mayor and
[2:05:07] Council I can have Randy try to
[2:05:09] coordinate something thank you okay
[2:05:12] thank you yes mayor one quick question
[2:05:16] uh I was asked by someone in the
[2:05:18] audience if during a work session if
[2:05:21] there's an opportunity for public
[2:05:26] give I think we can yeah okay thank you
[2:05:30] and I I would like some members of the
[2:05:31] citizen advisory committee to be able to
[2:05:34] give their input and as far
[2:05:37] as it would be good to have the uh that
[2:05:40] whole committee here if
[2:05:44] possible and if we could also have the
[2:05:46] police Union represented huh if we could
[2:05:49] also have the police Union represented
[2:05:50] please exactly
[2:05:53] yeah
[2:05:57] okay so I forgot where we're at did we
[2:06:00] pass that we passed
[2:06:03] it though our meeting is postponed until
[2:06:07] a later date has coordinated between Mr
[2:06:11] Hernandez and the
[2:06:18] council item I
[2:06:23] uh 12i is the approval SL
[2:06:27] disapproval of cancelling January 28
[2:06:30] 2025 regular Town council meeting and
[2:06:34] this is because uh the most of the Town
[2:06:37] Council I think as well as other Town
[2:06:40] officials will be in Santa Fe for the
[2:06:42] legislative session do I uh is there any
[2:06:46] questions or
[2:06:47] comments do I hear a motion mayor I move
[2:06:51] to to approve the Cil cing of the
[2:06:54] January 2825 regular Town council
[2:06:58] meeting is there a
[2:07:01] second Council Prince I second the
[2:07:04] approval of cancellation of the January
[2:07:05] 28 2025 regular Town council
[2:07:09] meeting all in favor say I I oppos nay
[2:07:14] motion
[2:07:15] carries next is
[2:07:17] [Music]
[2:07:19] item uh 12i guess the approval SL
[2:07:23] disapproval of closed executive session
[2:07:26] pursuant to nmsa
[2:07:29] 1978 sections 10-15 d i H6 for meetings
[2:07:35] subject to the attorney client privilege
[2:07:38] pertaining to threatened or pending
[2:07:41] litigation in which the public body is
[2:07:44] or may become a
[2:07:46] participant do I hear a motion Mr mayor
[2:07:49] council conell I move to approve of
[2:07:51] session executive session pursuant to
[2:07:53] nmsa 1978 section
[2:07:57] 10-156 for meeting subject to the
[2:08:00] attorney client privilege pertaining to
[2:08:02] threatened or pending litigation in
[2:08:04] which the public body is or may become a
[2:08:06] participant after 5 minute recess thank
[2:08:09] you is there a
[2:08:11] second Council Snider I second motion
[2:08:14] thank you roll call please Mr Sadia
[2:08:18] councelor Beno councelor Prince hi
[2:08:21] councelor Snider hi councelor con
[2:08:25] hi motion carries we will meet in the
[2:08:28] Red Room after a 10-minute
[2:08:32] break we're back in
[2:08:34] session no no matters other than those
[2:08:38] included in the motion to go into
[2:08:40] executive session we discuss Mr
[2:08:43] Hernandez would you please conduct a
[2:08:44] roll call vote so that each council
[2:08:47] member can affirm that no matters were
[2:08:51] discussed other than what was included
[2:08:53] in the original motion yes uh Council B
[2:08:56] I approve councelor Prince I councelor
[2:08:59] Snider I counc con I thank you motion
[2:09:02] carries unanimously this this concludes
[2:09:05] the agenda items I'll entertain a motion
[2:09:08] to adjin Mr Mayor is there a second a
[2:09:13] second all in favor say I I we're hereby
[2:09:17] Aur