Meetings watch - May 3

The Tucumcari City Commission took the following actions at their April 25 meeting in Tucumcari City Hall:

• Authorized the city’s Community Development Department to apply for a $39,000 grant to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to fund Youth Conservation Corps activities, which hire several Tucumcari young adults every summer for specific projects. This year, YCC projects include improvements at Dunn Park and the Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery, said. Mark Martinez, project manager. The city would match the grant with $25,000 in in-kind services.

• Authorized purchase of 15 Taser units for the city’s police department. The units would replace current units that are in disrepair. The purchase agreement is with Axon Enterprises of Scottsdale, Arizona. The cost is $18,537 to be paid over five years.

• Authorized upgrades to the aviation fuel storage and piping system at Tucumcari Municipal Airport totaling $160,000 in costs. All but $16,000 will come from a grant from the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Aviation Division. City funds will cover the other $16,000.

• Approved agreements with Occam Engineering of Tucumcari for engineering services for sewer system improvements near the KOA campground near Route 66 and Interstate 40 and for water and sewer improvements on Mountain Road from Historic Route 66 Boulevard to I-40.

The city will pay $19,957 for services involving the KOA campground area and $53,057 for services on the Mountain Road project.

• Approved proposals from Gordon Environmental/PSC, a Bernalillo-based engineering firm, to monitor both the city’s old and new waste landfills. The fees for the year are $25,200 for the new landfill and $19,500 for the old. The new landfill is located northeast of the city near U.S. 54. The old landfill is on Quay Road AP.

— Compiled by QCS Correspondent Steve Hansen