The Village of Capitan Board of Trustees held a special meeting on
Monday, May 1, 2006 at city hall in Capitan, New Mexico at 6:30 PM.
Mayor Hammons asked for a moment of silence and led the assembly in the
pledge of allegiance.
Mayor Hammons called the meeting to order at 6:36 PM.
Mayor Hammons asked Village Clerk, Kay Strickland, for a roll call of
the Trustees. Mayor Hammons-here, Trustee Riska-here, Trustee
Wood-here, Trustee Payne-here, Trustee Martin-absent. A list of
others in attendance is attached.
Item #1 on the Agenda: Approval of the Agenda
Trustee Payne made the motion to approve the agenda. Trustee Wood
seconded the motion, and all were in favor.
Item #2 on the Agenda: Village’s Common Stock with AXA
Shirley Pavlovic stated she received a letter saying the Village has
some stock that no longer had a market value. Equitable sold part
of the company and when this happened the Village received some stock
from the sale. Shirley also stated the Village has some shares in
the new company. The Village can keep the shares in the new
company or sell them. After a brief discussion, Trustee Wood made
the motion to cash out the old shares and keep the new shares.
Shirley stated the new shares are 73 shares and the old ones are 42
shares at approx. $2,609.75 with a replacement fee of $1.75 each
because she can’t find the shares. Trustee Riska seconded the
motion. Roll Call: Trustee Wood-yes, Trustee Riska-yes,
Trustee Payne-yes.
Item #3 on the Agenda: Business License for Non-Profit
Organizations
Kay Strickland explained how several non-profit organizations had
requested not to purchase business license at the Smokey Bear
Days. She stated she had looked up the ordinance and it stated
that non-profit organizations were exempt from purchasing a
license. No action was taken.
Item #4 on the Agenda: Approval of Contract for Sale of
Capitan-Carrizozo Natural Gas
Kay Strickland stated Carrizozo has approved the contract for the sale
of the Capitan-Carrizozo Natural Gas building. Capitan owes
Carrizozo $30,000 for the building. Trustee Riska made the motion to
accept the agreement with Carrizozo and pay them the $30,000.
Trustee Payne seconded the motion. Roll Call: Trustee
Riska-yes, Trustee Wood-yes, Trustee Payne-yes.
Item #5 on the Agenda: Sale of Capitan-Carrizozo Natural Gas
Inventory
Kay Strickland stated Jerry Sanchez with EMW Gas of Estancia, NM made
an offer of $10,000 for the inventory and gas items. She stated
Carrizozo agreed to the price. The gas company is a governmental
entity, so it is a government to government sale. Trustee Payne
made the motion to accept the $10,000. Trustee Wood seconded the
motion. Roll Call: Trustee Payne-yes, Trustee Wood-yes,
Trustee Riska-yes.
Item #6 on the Agenda: Proposal from Alltel Communications
Mayor Hammons stated Alltel is looking at the possibility of installing
a tower near the city yard. They are requesting the right to
access the land to do testing. Mayor Hammons said he was asking
for consideration to do the testing and would consider the tower at a
later date. Trustee Payne made the motion to let them do their
testing. Trustee Riska seconded the motion. Roll
Call: Trustee Payne-yes, Trustee Riska-yes, Trustee Wood-yes.
Item #7 on the Agenda: Budget Workshop
Mayor Hammons stated he felt they were all in agreement except for the
cost of living and asked Shirley Pavlovic to review what she had
prepared for the trustees.
Mayor Hammons suggested increasing Capital Outlay $25,000 in the Street
Fund and the Water Fund to cover the costs of a loader. He felt a
loader could be purchased for that price. He also suggested delaying
the shop building for a year.
Trustee Wood entertained a motion to take a break at 7:05 PM.
Trustee Payne seconded the motion, and all were in favor.
The meeting resumed at 7:10 PM.
The Trustees decided to add fees in the budget for future engineering
fees for capital outlay projects.
Mayor Hammons stated Mary LaRue has turned in her resignation as MVD
clerk and her last day will be Thursday, the 4th. The Trustees
discussed whether or not to keep MVD open.
The Trustees discussed the cost of living raises for all employees and
decided to give a 5% across the board for everyone. They also
decided to leave the employee medical insurance as it is for this year
and discuss the insurance at the next meeting and consider putting a
cap on the amount the city will be responsible for. The Trustees
also decided to go to a merit and promotion system for next year.
Adjournment
Trustee Payne made the motion to adjourn at 8:07 PM. Trustee Wood
seconded the motion, and all were in favor.
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Sammy L. Hammons, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kay Strickland, Village Clerk
