Easley Promises Over Site and Accountability

Over site and accountability in tracking legislative fund allocations?  That's exactly what District 50 Representative Stephen Easley promised to county officials and his constituents. 

"And here's something I can tell you now.  In the past, legislators have not been very good about following up on projects when they get money for them . . ."  "I can tell you that I am a different kind of character here, so, so what's gonna happen here, just fair warning, you know, is that Leanne (Commissioner Tapia) if I give you $75,000.00 for a project I am going to be checking up with you all the time to make sure that you and Leroy (Commissioner Candelaria) got that project done."  "And I am gonna want to know why if you didn't get it done."

He goes onto say that he understands that there may not be enough money in the first year to get a project going and that funds are banked for projects, but, "I will be following through on any project I put my name on, I am following through to make sure that project actually gets done in a timely fashion, and under budget, and on time, and I am going to be seriously reluctant to give you more moeny if you didn't do the project right the first time."  "I think that is my responsiblity, any one diagree with that?"  No one in the audience disagreed and I bet those reading this post dont' either.

"That's one of my promises to you, we are going to try to make these projects work better and get the projects that we are paying for.  I think that's only fair because once again, it's your money."

Deer Canyon Residents Seek Road Extension

Residents from the Deer Canyon development located near Mountainair, requested permission to work with the Torrance County Road department to estimate costs for adding mileage through state land as a county road.

Residents in the development stated that they had to travel 11 miles to hit pavement and that the new route would shorten time for emergency services.  The path of the route would cross state lands leased by the Lovato family.  As the lesee the Lovato's would need to agree to the road extension and they did not agree.

The Deer Canyon subdivision is a prime example of on going development issues in Torrance County.  Debelopers go through the planning and zoning process, but, that process and department does not have the funding to monitor develpors after approval.  Without follow up, developers will continue to come to Torrance County taking profit off the top leaving the residents and the county with substandard roads and emergency access issues.

Until the county becomes proactive in holding developers of all kinds accountable Torrance County will continue to struggle to meet the needs of its citizens. 

Trash Board Meeting Agenda (EVSWA)

ESTANCIA VALLEY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has called a regular meeting of the Board for November 15th at 3 PM. The meeting will be held at the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority main office, 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico.

AGENDA

I. Roll Call
II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of October 18, 2012; and Special Meeting of November 1, 2012

IV. Manager’s Report

V. Financial Report

VI. County contract sustainability planning

VII. Resolution 2012-10: By-Laws Amendment

VIII. Resolution 2012-11: FOIA document fee

IX. Public Requests: At the discretion of the presiding officer. For information only (no action can be taken). Comments are limited to two minutes or less per person.

X. Announcements & Meeting Schedule Executive Committee Meeting: December ___, 2012 Board Meeting Date: December 20, 2012

XI. Adjourn.

The public is invited to attend the meeting. Notice of the Public Meeting has been given in compliance with section 10-15-1 NMSA 1978. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the EVSWA Office at 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico, 87016 (505) 384-4270 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the EVSWA Office if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

Procedure and application for agenda item requests are available from the EVSWA Office or at tcnm.org.

ESTANCIA VALLEY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY AGENDA

ESTANCIA VALLEY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING


Notice is hereby given that the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority has called a regular meeting of the Board for October 18th at 3 PM. The meeting will be held at the Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority main office, 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico.

AGENDA


I. Roll Call

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Approval of Minutes of Regular Board Meeting of September 20, 2012

IV. Audience participation

V. Discussion Item: Arthur DuCharme (10 minutes)
Roles and responsibilities of board members

VI. Manager’s Report

VII. Executive Session – As per motion and roll call vote, pursuant to New Mexico
Statute Section 10-15-1, the following matters will be discussed in closed session:

Bargaining strategy preliminary to collective bargaining negotiations between the policy making body and a bargaining unit representing the employees of that policymaking body:
10-15-1 to 10-15-4, Sec H Subparagraph 52.

VIII. First Quarter Financial Report

IX. Bernalillo County Tipping Fee

X. Resolution 2012-9: Adjusted FY13 Budget

XI. Close Willard Collection Station

XII. Announcements &; Meeting Schedule

Executive Committee Meeting: November ___, 2012

Board Meeting Date: November 15, 2012

XIII. Adjourn.

The public is invited to attend the meeting. Notice of the Public Meeting has been given in compliance with section 10-15- 1 NMSA 1978. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the EVSWA Office at 515 Allen Street, Estancia, New Mexico, 87016 (505) 384-4270 at least one week prior to the meeting
or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats.

Please contact the EVSWA Office if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

Wester Fire Postponed Til Thursday

The Wester Prescribed burn that had been scheduled for today has been postponed due to the detection of the Rooster Fire. The Rooster Fire was spotted Tuesday afternoon around 4pm. It is located on the top of the Manzano Mountains around the Crest Trail and Gallo Peak. It is believed to be about 1 acre in size at this time. Firefighters from the Mt. Taylor Hotshots along with Mountainair Ranger District Personnel have begun hiking to the fire and will work on suppression throughout the day.

The Wester Prescribed Burn is tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow. This is all dependent on the successful containment of the Rooster Fire as well as continued cooperation of the weather. You may reply or call me at the Mountainair Ranger District with any questions at 505-847-2990.

Rooster Fire Detected - Mountainair Ranger District

Rooster Fire Detected on the

Mountainair Ranger District

Approximately 17 Fire personnel from the Mountainair Ranger District as well as the Mt. Taylor Hot Shots and Apache Kid fire crew are working on suppression of the Rooster Fire which was detected Tuesday afternoon. The Rooster fire is approximately 5-6 acres in size and is burning in mixed conifer. It is located in an extremely rugged area just west of the Manzano Crest Trail near Gallo Peak. The cause of this fire is undetermined at this time but we do know there was a lightning storm that passed through this area on Friday, September 28.

Weather challenges are expected this afternoon on the West side of the Manzano Mountains as a front moves through the area. The winds are predicted to gust to up to 40mph with low relative humidities. Wind conditions should improve after today with a cold front expected to raise humidities through the weekend. A helicopter has been brought in to aid firefighters in shuttling gear, food and water to this very remote and rugged part of the mountain.

The Wester (A1) Prescribed Burn that was planned for today has been postponed. A decision will be made later today as to if and when the burn will occur. Members of the Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) Veterans Green Corps who are currently on the Mountainair Ranger District to assist with the Wester Burn will remain in place and could assist in the fire suppression efforts of the Rooster Fire if necessary. They are currently working on reinforcing fire lines on prescribed burn areas planned for later in the fall and winter.

For further information about the Rooster Fire or the Wester (A1) Prescribed Burn, please contact the Mountainair Ranger district at 505-847-2990 or email atperea@fs.fed.us. (Torrance County)

USAF Helicopter Training Site Coming To McIntosh?

The 58th Special Operations Wing (58  SOW) from Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB) is proposing creation and use of a Low-Dust Helicopter Landing Zone (HLZ) to be located on Gardner Turfgrass farm in McIntosh.  Currently, Kirtland is using a location at Piñon Canyon in Colorado for training sorties.  

The Air Force initiated a site search within 115 mile (100 nautical miles) of Kirtland's base.  "Numerous land owners and/or sod farm managers were contacted and asked if they would be interested in leasing land for use by Air Force CV-22 and HH-60/UH-1 aircraft.  Only one land owner responded to the Air Force inquiry and that site, managed by Gardner Turfgrass" which is the subject of the environmental assessment (EA).  

If selected, the proposed Garnder Turfgrass site would offer training to "96 CV-22 and 88 HH-60/UH-1 (83 HH-60 and 5 UH-1) sorties to the proposed HLZ".   

Draft FONSI/Environmental Assessment for the 58th SOW
Low-Dust Helicopter Landing Zone

Draft FONSI/Environmental Assessment for the 58th SOW
Low-Dust Helicopter Landing Zone

Draft FONSI/Environmental Assessment for the 58th SOW
Low-Dust Helicopter Landing Zone

Each sortie as defined by the draft includes a "a single aircraft’s activities from takeoff at the base, conducting training maneuvers, and returning to the base", would average about "90 minutes", "CV-22s and helicopters would not operate at the HLZ at the same time and no other aircraft except those from the 58 SOW would conduct operations at the HLZ".  No personnel or cargo "would leave the aircraft unless under emergency situations".

Noise levels would exceed 65 decibles while traveling to, from, and while at the site and the draft indicates that this decible level would occur on average about "1 time per day, be intermittent", and not last long enough to "pose risk to human hearing or to the natural environment".  

Affects on wildlife and domesticated animals "While there could be potential noise effects to startle wildlife (including domesticated animals), impacts are unlikely to be significant. Impacts to special status species would be the same as those described for wildlife".

Inquiries to various agencies:  (The entire next section is cut and paste from the draft - I reformatted the list for readability.)   "Of the 24 IICEP and 26 government-to-government coordination letters sent, the Air Force received four responses:  

1. The Natural Resources Conservation Service responded that no prime or unique farmlands would be affected, 
2. The U.S. Forest Service had no concerns with the proposal, the New Mexico Fish and Game suggested that before operations begin that raptor surveys  be conducted within a half-mile of the HLZ during the breeding season (May through August)
3. Torrance County Planning and Zoning did not find any issues with the proposal
4. The Pueblo of Santa Ana concurred that there would be no impacts to the Area of Potential Effects (APE). 

Comments from the IICEP recipients,  responses to informal consultation  from  the  agencies, and any concerns identified by the Tribes were addressed and subsequently incorporated into the Environmental Assessment.4

CONCLUSION -  Based on the descriptions and analysis in this EA, conducted in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 United States Code [USC] 4321-4347), the Council on Environmental Quality (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] §§ 1500-1508), and 32 CFR Part 989, et seq., and after careful review of the potential impacts, I conclude that implementation of the Proposed Action would not result in significant impacts to the quality of the human or the natural 

environment. Therefore, a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is warranted and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required for this action."

Today is the final day for public comment on the Environmental Assessment for this project.  The Draft EA and Draft FONSI are available for review at the libraries indicated below and at the following website:  http://www.kirtland.af.mil/environment.asp.

• Estancia Public Library 600 S Tenth Street Estancia 87016
• Moriarty Community Library 202 South Broadway Moriarty 87035
• Moutainair Public Library 109 N. Roosevelt Mountainair 87036
• East Mountain Library 1 Old Tijeras Rd. Tijeras 87059
• Ernie Pyle Library 900 Girard SE Albuquerque 87106
• Albuquerque Main Library 501 Copper NW Albuquerque 87102
• San Pedro Library 5600 Trumbull SE Albuquerque 87108
• Lomas Tramway Library 908 Eastridge NE Albuquerque 87123

The Air Force invites the public to review the Draft EA and Draft FONSI for 30 days ending July 10, 2012. Please provide any comments or concerns to the NEPA Program Manager, 377 MSG/CEAO, 2050 Wyoming Boulevard SE, Suite 125, Kirtland AFB NM 87117, or via email to nepa@kirtland.af.mil. 

Your response by July 10, 2012 will ensure all information and concerns are adequately addressed in the Final EA.

Torrance County Audit Findings Coming Soon?

At the evening meeting of the Torrance County Commission held June 27, 2012, Commissioner Venessa Chavez-Gutierrez provided copies of a form/letter from the State Auditor requesting someone to be the point of contact and it was indicated that the auditor's office was also seeking additional documents. 

Commissioner Tapia said that Commissioner Chavez Gutierrez should be the point of contact because she had ordered the audit without commission approval (a position that is totally unsupported by both the commissions approved meeting minutes and video footage of meeting coverage from the January 11, 2012 commission meeting).  Commissioner Freyburger agreed.

So good, bad, or any where in between findings of the investigative audit may be forthcoming very soon.  To the best of my knowledge, there has been no information presented regarding the investigation by the New Mexico Attorney Generals office - perhaps those findings or at least an update will be coming soon as well.  Video from tonights meeting will be available as soon I can get the uploads completed - possibly by tomorrow evening.

HOW COULD YOU DUMP ME?

HOW COULD YOU DUMP ME?

On or about last Thrusday, June 14, 2012 these two little dogs showed up around our house.  Both are entact males that look like they have not been fed or well cared for.  A member of our family said that a newer blue colored sedan vehicle, possibly a Chevy, was seen at the intersecting of Forest Road 275 and Rocking RL road on Thursday with these dogs chasing the vehicle as it speed away.  

One male looks like an older animal, he has some damage to his right eye and possible scaring on the right side of its face.  The other male looks younger.  I think they may be Chiuaua cross breeds.  Both dogs flee when approached so we are trying to calm them down in order to capture them.  

Should it be the case that these pets wandered off - our family would be very happy to assist in returning them to their owners. If the owners can not be found, we would be happy to offer them to a new home, or ultimately, will either have to take them to animal control or dispose of them should they show any danger to our livestock. 

Should it be the case that these animals were dumped, to the person/person's who may have dumped these dogs, just because you may see ranches with lots of land doesn't mean that the families living there want to be responsible for your throw away pets.  You should be very ashamed of yourselves - throw away pets/dumped pets can suffer a slow painful death from lack of food/water, can become prey to coyote, big cats, bear, and risk being shot by a rancher in order to protect their livestock. 

Given today's economy, it is understandable that some folks can't feed and care for their animals. There are other options besides dumping these animals on the side of the road. You could contact the area shelters, talk to animal control officers in the communities, put up flyers offering to give these pets away, or ultimately, man up and have them put down. Dumping animals is not only a crime, but is morally reprehensible.



Please help these dogs be reunited with their family or offer them a new home - we already have multiple mercy pets and can not take on any more.  If you recognize these dogs, please contact Edwina Hewett 505-847-2220 or 505-705-0732 or George@WhisperingRange.com. 

Wildland Fire Outlook – May through August 2012

The Predictive Services group issued their first major outlook for the season yesterday, it can be found here: http://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf

Excerpts from the report:

National Wildland Significant Fire Potential Outlook

National Interagency Fire Center

Predictive Services

Issued: May 1, 2012

Next Issue: June 1, 2012

Wildland Fire Outlook – May through August 2012
The May through August 2012 significant fire potential outlooks are shown below. The primary factors influencing these outlooks are:

El Niño/Southern Oscillation:

Conditions in the equatorial Pacific continue to trend toward neutral conditions with the possibility of entering an El Niño phase by early summer. However, timing remains very uncertain.

Drought:
The abnormally dry winter for most of the western U.S. continued the severe to exceptional drought from last year across most of western Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, with rapidly developing drought conditions across California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. Severe to exceptional drought persisted in the southeastern U.S. across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and southern Alabama. Drought has continued or developed over the Northern Plains and Upper Mississippi regions and along the eastern seaboard from North Carolina to Maine.

Fuel Conditions:
La Niña conditions that extended into the fall and winter had a significant effect on fuels conditions across the U.S. Abundant fine fuels stretching across the south central U.S. into New Mexico early last year led to significant fires much earlier than normal. This year, in contrast, has seen greatly reduced fine fuel availability largely due to the extremely dry conditions that persisted through the winter. Carryover fuels from last year remain across the Great Basin and the northern and central Plains. Lack of significant snowfall at lower elevations in these areas left an abundance of standing grasses, making them available for this fire season.

Note: Significant fire potential is defined as the likelihood that a wildland fire event will require mobilization of additional resources from outside the area in which the fire situation originates

For questions about this outlook please contact the National Interagency Fire Center at (208) 387-5050.

Mountainair Event for Democratic Candidates

State Senate Dist. 39

Candidate - NICOLE CASTELLANO

(Donations Gratefully Accepted, but Not Required)

AND

A MEET & GREET for

State Representative Dist. 50 Candidate’s

Patricia Lincoln & Stephen Easley

Hosted by Dan & Joan Embree & Jan Eshleman

COOKOUT / POTLUCK

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and Drinks provided

Please bring something to contribute to the buffet!

Date: SATURDAY May 5^th

Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Place: 99 Gato Road

Off Rt. 55 between mile markers 71 & 72. Take La Entrada Rd. Look for signs.

Budget Cuts Reduce 4-H Agents

Budget cuts have force 4-H to reduce and/or relocate County Extension Agents.  Below is a cut and past of a letter to 4-H Families and Friends issued by Jeff Bader, Cooperative Extension Service, Norther District Deparment Head. 

March 20th, 2012

Dear Torrance County 4-H Families and Friends,

My name is Dr. Jeff Bader and I am the Northern District Department Head for the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service. The Torrance County Extension Office is in my district. First I would like to thank you for your support of the Torrance County Extension Office and the 4-H program in particular. I realize it takes a great commitment of time, effort and resources to make 4-H what it is.

As I am sure you are aware, state budget cuts over the last three years have caused New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service to reduce positions across the state. I am writing because I feel you are owed an explanation of why these cuts have affected Torrance County.

The reductions across the state included five State Specialist and 10 County Extension Agent positions. The 4-H Agent position in Torrance County was one of the ten agent positions affected. The reduction decisions were based on population numbers in each county. Unfortunately Torrance County’s population per agent fell within the criteria for reduction.

Six of the 10 agent positions affected were occupied including the 4-H Agent position held by Mr. Metzger. Those six agents have been asked to move to counties that had open positions that fell outside of the population criteria. The six agents that were asked to move were selected by the type of positions that were open in the other counties. Most of which happened to be 4-H. Agent performance and seniority were not factors in the selections.

I know Mr. Metzger is well liked and you will miss him but for the foreseeable future the Extension Service will only be able to support two Agents in Torrance County. Both Mr. Winn and Ms. Neish will conduct adult and 4-H youth programming. I would like to ask you for your help and cooperation in keeping your 4-H program strong.

Swearing In Ceremony - Rescheduling Information

Happy Holidays! White Holidays ;-)

 As you know, we cancelled the swearing-in ceremony on December 5th due to inclement weather. We are now working to reschedule it, however, our motivational guest speaker from Canada, Alvin Law, would still like to join us (free of charge) so the date will be contingent on when he’s in New Mexico next, which most likely will be sometime in February.

 I met with Alvin and in order for his message to reach a larger audience we are anticipating setting up an ‘assembly’ type of ceremony, so that what he has to offer will touch more lives. In order to do that, of course we’ll need a bigger place to hold the ceremony. Right now, we are looking at holding it at the Estancia High School gym (maybe a 2pm school assembly event) and inviting the middle and upper elementary schools, however (were checking with Principal Weidner to find out if that meets with his approval). The judges will still attend to swear in the newly elected 4-H Council, Larry Graves will still provide his presentation, and Audrey Rodriguez will still do her honorarium to Alfonso, it’ll just be at the school gym. As soon as the location, date and time are determined, we’ll let you know….thank you for your patience!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Sudie

Rural Torrance County, A Giant Country Dog Park?

Does all of this open land in Torrance County create a giant country dog park? What prompted this post was a brief conversation along one of our county roads. Seeing a vehicle on the side of the road and with the driver walking away from the vehicle, I assumed they were having trouble so I stopped to offer assistance. The driver indicated that they had let their dogs out to exercise. I explained that there were cattle all around to which the driver commented they were aware of that which is why they selected their exercise locations very carefully. Not more than a quarter of a mile away, was cattle gathered at a drink tank. Carefully selected location? 
Those who are new to the area and new to rural living may misunderstand what all of this open space is all about and possibly have no understanding of the ramification of allowing their dogs to roam about freely. I ask that those folks please consider the following;

1. Private property – the open space you allow your dogs to run on is owned by someone other than yourself. Their yard is just bigger than yours and is primarily used for agricultural production. Would you allow your local rancher to drop off their cattle in your yard?

2. Trespass – because this land is not yours, your animals are trespassing while roaming so in effect you are trespassing. If you want to allow your dogs to roam freely, please have the courtesy to find out who owns the land and at least ask their permission – don’t assume it’s a go just because you don’t see any livestock.

3. Right to Shoot – New Mexico statute allows for the shooting of animals, including dogs that endanger livestock. You may not believe that your pets pose a threat, but as a cattle owner, I can tell you that dogs will cause cattle to run. At a minimum, your dog could run my cattle through fences which will cost me time and money to gather my herd and repair fence, or at a maximum cause my cattle to run themselves to death which would be a significant financial loss for my family. Trust me, ranchers would prefer not to shoot any dog but they will do so to protect their livestock.

4. Natural Dangers – were you aware that your dogs could be bitten by rabid wild life, be attacked or eaten by coyotes, bears, mountain lions or other predatory species in the area, that your dogs could become infected with lice and other vermin that could carry plague back to your home just by coming into contact with native species?

5. Man Made Dangers – were you aware that some land owners will set traps and poison bates for coyotes, that your dogs could be attacked and possibly killed by dogs owned by the land owners on which your animals are trespassing on?

No, rural Torrance County and all of that beautiful open land is not a giant dog park it belongs to your neighbors so please be a good neighbor, respect the private property of others and keep your dogs safe by leashing them and walking them if appropriate areas.

East Thunderbird Prescribed Burn Sucessful

Posted from an email received:

Just a short note to let you all know that the East Thunderbird Prescribed Burn that was conducted yesterday was fully successful. An area of approximately 70 acres was previously thinned. We were unable to complete this burn last winter due to the lack of moisture. We re-entered the area yesterday to burn the remaining slash. The burn met all objectives from improving wildlife habitat to lessoning the threat of wildfire to private property. This is the first of several broadcast burns planned this fall and winter. We will be continuing to look for burning windows to continue with our prescribed burning program. More to follow…

Please pass this note along to anyone interested. Also, if anyone else wishes to be added to our District Fire Information Email list, please respond to this email. (atperea@fs.fed.us)

 Thanks - Arlene

Website: http://fs.usda.gov/cibola

Arlene T. Perea
Recreation Tech.
Mountainair Ranger District
P.O. Box 69
Mountainair, NM 87036
(w) 505-847-2990
(f) 505-847-2238

Torrance County Republican Party Meeting - Mountainair

The Torrance County Republican party meeting will be held at

Ancient Cities
Mountainair, New Mexico
October 13, 2011
6:30 pm

Please consider calling your dinner order in prior to the meeting.

Hope To See You All There!

Last Conceal Carry Certification Class Until Spring 2012

DBL. 'G' Firearms Training will present a . . .

CONCEALED-CARRY LICENSE CERTIFICATION CLASS
STAURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2011

If you have been thinking that now it the time to get your license, this class is for you! 
Don't own a handgun or haven't decided yet on which one to buy?? . . . No problem, the class fee includes the use of several handguns in popular calibers. 

This class will be taught by NRS & New Mexico Certified Instructor, Don Gallahue.
This course is intended for those seeking to become licensed to carry a concealed handgun or anyone seeking instruction in the safe handling and use of firearms.

COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE WILL ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO APPLY FOR A FOUR-YEARS CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE FROM THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IN ALBUQUERQUE*

Where:  Town of Mountainair, Town Hall, Judges Chambers
              107-North Roosevelt.  (North of NM Highway 60
               West of the Mountainair Post office.

TIME:  Registration beings at7:30am
             Class lecture begins PROMPTLY at 8:00am 
             Lunch from 12noon - 12:45 (Bring your own lunch or restaurants nearby)
             Class ends at 4:00pm.

             Range portion of the course will be on Saturday, November 26 at DBL. 'G' Firearms
             Training School, near Tajique to begin immediately after fingerprints are taken and
              will last until all students have qualified.

FEE:  $150.00 Due at the time of the class, made payable Donn Gallahue
           $100.00 license fee due when applying in Albuquerque, payable to NMDPS
           (Ask about gun club discounts).

Ammunition and safety equipment will be offered for sale during the class, and during range qualification.

Reserve your seat now for this class by calling DBL. 'G' Firearms Training 505-384-1189 because Safety is Everyone's Responsibility!

Draft Agenda - Torrance County Commission

Torrance County Commission Regular Meeting to be Held at:
Administrative Offices of Torrance County
Commission Chambers
205 9th Street, Estancia, NM 87016

(Draft)AGENDA (Draft)
October 12, 2011
9:00 AM.
Please Silence All Electronic Devices

Call Meeting to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Approval of Minutes: September 28 , 2011
Approval of Meeting Agenda
Approval of Consent Agenda:
1. Approval of Warrants 2. Approval of Indigent Claims

Public Requests: At the Discretion of the Commission Chair. For Information Only (No Action Can Be Taken). Comments are limited to two minutes per person on subjects not on ths published agenda.

ACTION ITEMS*

*Commission Matters:

1) Update on Salt Mission Trail Scenic Byway Project - Loretta Tollefson, MRGOG
2) Presentation on Redistricting - Rod Adair
3) Findings of Fact/Conclusion of Law ofthe Manzano Mountain Gun Club Special Use Application
4) Letter of Agreement between Torrance County and the Town of Estancia for the Teen Outreach Program - Patricia Lincoln, DFL Associates
5) Plateau Fiber Optic Build Out-Chuck Maynes, Account Executive, Plateau Department

Requests/Reports:

6) Updates
7) Resolution 2011-37 Budget Adjustment - Tracy Sedillo, Comptroller
8) Resolution 2011-38 Line Item Transfer - Tracy Sedillo, Comptroller
9) Resolution 2011-39 Budget Increase - Tracy Sedillo, Comptroller
10) 20 l2-0 lR Material Hauling Bid Award - Tracy Sedillo, Comptroller
11) Ratify Copier Contract Between Torrance County Clerk and IKON - Linda Kayser, Clerk

*Countv Managers Requests/Reports:

12) Update
13) Resolution 2011-40 Adoption ofNMC Legislative Priorities

EXECUTIVE SESSION

As Per Motion and Roll Call Vote, Pursuant to New Mexico State Statute Section 10-15- , the following Maters Will Be Discussed In Closed Session:

Personnel Matters: 10-15-1 (h)(2)
Threatening and Pending Litigation: 10-15-1 (h)(7) a. Threatened Litigation

*Reconvene from Executive Session

*Adjourn

If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language
interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Torrance County Manager s Offce at 205 9 Street Room 12 Estancia
NM 87016 (505) 246-4752 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible.  Public
documents, including the agendas and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please
contact the Torrance County Clerk' s Offce at 205 9 Street Room 1 Estancia, NM 87016 (505) 246-
4735 if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

Spring Tree Program

East Torrance just completed it’s fall tree and seed program.  We will begin taking orders for the spring sale in January 2012.  Tree and seed selections will accompany an order form in the January newsletter.

If you are on the mailing list and have not received your newsletter by the end of January, please call our

office.  East Torrance Office:  505-384-3043

If you are interested in a certain kind of tree or shrub please call and put in a request and we will see if we can fill your order!

Support Local Business - WILLARD CANTINA 1/2 PRICE BURGERS

Willard Cantina, Willard New Mexico is offering 1/2 price burgers if you friend them on Face Book.  (Get half price off a burger when you purchase one at regular price- topping not included)

Stop by Willard Cantina for an awesome burger even if you are not a Facebook user - Tell um George Hewett sent ya!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/356066426342/?id=10150395418861343&notif_t=group_activity