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[Editor's Note: This is part 4 of a multi-part series of articles on almost six hours of Grant County Commission meetings on Feb. 11 and 13, 2025.)
By Mary Alice Murphy
This article on the Grant County Commission Feb, 11, 2025 work session continues the county department head reports.
Grant County Detention Center Administrator Joseph Andazola began by saying: "We currently have four officer openings at the detention center. We have one officer in training, but we are going through background checks on four applicants for the detention center, so that would make us fully staffed."
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a special meeting February 19, 2025. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, Pro Tem Eloy Medina and Councilors Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales and Gilbert Ortiz. Martha Salas, city clerk, also attended.
The council approved the consent agenda. It included meeting minutes from January 15, 2025, and February 6, 2025, reports for accounts payable, police department, maintenance department, wastewater department, fire department and library. It also included several out-of-town training events.
Ojinaga wanted to go over the training and provide more information. The public works department would be sending three employees to the New Mexico Rural Water Association conference in Albuquerque. This will provide them with necessary training needed for certification. The city clerk and deputy clerk would be attending a workshop in Taos for training needed. The NM Municipal Judge conference in Albuquerque will be paid for out of the judge's fund and will be a mandatory training.
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Sierra County Lakes-Otero Mesa-
East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa Basin-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-Southern
Hudspeth Highlands-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western
Hudspeth Counties-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the cities of Fabens, Crow Flats, Cornudas, Tularosa,
Columbus, Hueco Tanks, Indian Hot Springs, Orogrande, Dell City,
Deming, Alamogordo, Derry, Loma Linda, Spaceport, Tornillo, Fort
Hancock, Sierra Blanca, Truth Or Consequences, Salt Flat, and
Holloman AFB
1217 PM MST Sun Mar 2 2025
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a work session and regular meeting February 17, 2025. Members in attendance Ashley Montenegro, Michelle Diaz (came later in meeting), Patrick Cohn, Mike McMillan and Kimberly Klement. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended.
Work session
Hawkins had an update on the district and bonds. The district had just received approval to start the process, so he didn't have a lot to report. Instead, he talked about the process and what they had learned. He said the public school capital outlay council has been a hurry up and wait. He asked the board to keep in mind they would be contributing 37 percent of the projects but said Cliff Schools would be a higher percentage. He has been meeting weekly with their liaisons, Martin Vasquez with the public school capital outlay council (PSCOC).
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.CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE DIVIDE... ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE DANGER ON MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION... A cut off low will bringing windy south to southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph to the area this morning through this afternoon. Min RH values in the single digits are in the forecast coupled with gusty winds and very dry fuels which will lead to dangerous fire weather conditions across southwest New Mexico. Another, stronger storm system will cross the area on Monday and bring west to southwest winds of 25 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 60 mph possible. These winds will combine with RH's in the 5 to 15 percent range and very dry conditions to create very critical fire conditions.
CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON WEST OF THE DIVIDE... A cut off low will bringing windy south to southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph to the area late Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. Min RH values in the single digits are in the forecast coupled with gusty winds and very dry fuels which will lead to dangerous fire weather conditions across the Watch area.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 110
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR SATURDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
WATCH ZONE 110..
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