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Home My WebLink About2020-03-10 Taos County Canvass Minutes and Oaths TAOS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 2020 9:00 AM Taos County Commission Chambers Jim Fambro Mark Gallegos Gabriel Romero Commissioner District I Commissioner District 11 Commissioner District III Tom Blankenhorn Candyce O'Donnell Commissioner District IV Commissioner District V I) Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tom Blankenhorn at 9:00 AM. II) Roll Call Present were: L-' Commissioner,Jim Fambro, District I Commissioner,Mark Gallegos, District II Commissioner, Gabriel Romero, District III Chairman,Tom Blankenhorn, District IV Vice-Chair, Candyce O'Donnell, District V Also Present: Randy Autio,Attorney Lupe Martinez,Finance Director Tammy Sandoval, Transcriber I1I) Inspirational Devotion A. Rev. John Paul Mario, O.F.B, Prior of San Juan Diego Monastery The Reverend John Paul Mario was not present for inspirational devotion. IV) Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Commissioner Gabriel Romero. V) Approval ofAgenda Commissioner Gabriel Romero made a motion to approve the March 10, 2020 Regular Meeting Agenda as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Jim Fambro. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Page 1 of 18 Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. VI) Awards and Recognitions A. New Hires for the month of February 2020 -Jeanna Elam, FIR Director- Cover Page New Hires February 2020.pdf Gwendolyn Harris introduced all new hires for February 2020 Karen De La Roche, Pablo Vasquez ADC Officer and Taylor Gwinn Sheriff Deputy. V11) Citizen Concerns A. Citizens wishing to speak shall limit their comments to 3 minutes. No action may be taken. Chris Armijo, AFSCME Representative spoke about the proposed 3/16 gross receipts tax (GRT) to contend giving the full 3/16 to the hospital. They are asking that 1/16 of the GRT to go to the Emergency Medical Services Department (EMS) in order to help the department with recruitment and retention of EMS Technicians etc. They believe that the community should have a voice on how this money is spent. Diana Lester, Paramedic for Taos County EMS and Vice President of AFSCME Local 1193 asked the commission to delay this vote to consider giving 1/16 of the GRT to the EMS Fund. She talked about the county only having two ambulances available on most days for the entire county and 1/16 GRT could help transform the department. Pamela Aiken, Chief Nursing Officer at Holy Cross Hospital (HCH) stated that the national average for nursing turnover is 17.1% and the hospitals turnover was at 21% now they are at 6% a great improvement. They had 6 traveling nurses last year and 3 of those positions have been filled in the last year in the OR. They are also working with students to fill these vacancies. The hospital is making huge improvements she asked that the 3/16 goes to the hospital because the 1 mill is not enough to sustain the hospital. EMS has had months to ask for help. Teresa Trujillo, 37-year HCH employee stated that she supports the GRT for the hospital and is very proud of the hospital's accomplishments. The transparency is also appreciated she asked the commission to support the hospital. They also submitted a petition signed by over 200 people to the commission. Lenora Cisneros a 31-year employee of HCH asked the commission to support the hospital and to keep health care local. Susan Cady, Taos County Chamber of Commerce said the business community depends on a well-run hospital she asked the commission to support the GRT for the hospital. Colleen Durocher said she is running a federal grant in Taos, Questa, Clayton and Raton to improve maternal outcomes. She has been an employee of Holy Cross Hospital for six months she is part of the leadership administrative team. She spoke about the work environment at HCH the CEO values the opinion of his team, he runs an effective tight ship, and there are high levels of transparency. She asked Page 2 of 18 the commission to trust and support the hospital and its board. The hospital is an economic engine for the community she asked the commission to approve the GRT. Maryanne a Taos County Paramedic stated that the hospital needs support but so does EMS they need GRT to support the department they need enough employees and equipment. EMS should not be self- supporting. The community needs to support EMS right now they all need it. Linda Freedman a 40-year employee of HCH said she agreed with Marjorie Luckey's article in the Taos News regarding hospital funding. Prior to the county issuing GRT the commission needs to be certain that it will be spent on most essential needs. She talked about the management action plan for Taos's identified health needs. Rio Grande Alcohol Treatment Center presented a plan and requested financial support from the hospital and the hospital has not answered his request. Women are avoiding HCH for delivery especially if babies are born addicted, they are referred elsewhere why was the 3-million-dollar federal grant for OB services not used to train staff for those types of issues. Community engagement and support is vital for a successful hospital. Dr. Tim Moore from HCH said he agreed with what Linda stated but the hospital does not have financial resources to expand the nursery, train, or teach care for those infants. The needs of the community are always changing the need now is coronavirus they are meeting tomorrow night to address response to the threat. He is also here representing the medical staff because they are working right now taking care of the health needs of the community. He will appreciate any and all support of the hospital. Dora Hall, a nurse recently moved to Taos in 2018 she is also a cardiac patient. It is important to her to have the hospital here she came here for that reason and for this community and she was overwhelmed with welcome in Taos. She asked the commission to support the hospital. V111) Minutes A. Approval of the February 18, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes - Cover Page 2-18-20 minutes.pdf Commissioner Mark Gallegos made a motion to approve the February 18, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Gabriel Romero. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. IX) Presentations A. A Presentation regarding Taos County's Financial Audit for the period ending June 30, 2019 - Cordova CPA's LLC - Robert Cordova, Principal -Cover Page/Taos County Commission Presentation 3.10.2020.pdf Bobby Cordova, representing Cordova CPA's presented Taos County's Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2019. The financial statements are public documents and available for public viewing on the county website or the State of NM website. Auditors opinions and reports were presented. Mr. Cordova stated that they were onsite July of 2019 for this audit working closely with the Finance and Treasurer's Offices. Page 3 of 18 The exit conference was held November 25, approval of the audit was given on December 30t'', and the `�.. financial statements were released on January 8th by the State of NM. That document shows the financial health of Taos County. The auditors gave Taos County an unmodified opinion it is a clean opinion. There were no major findings in the audit. The prior year finding was resolved. Mr. Cordova also discussed protecting the county's assets this is the highest risk the commission should invest in training. The commission thanked Mr. Cordova for the report and the firm for their hard work during the audit period. Commissioner Fambro mentioned that NMC will soon be offering coverage for cybersecurity. B. A Presentation by LMNOC Broadcasting for the use of Filemon Sanchez Park for 2020 Mother's Day Concert May 8-10, 2020 Approval dependent on contract stipulations -JoJo Valdez, Sales Manager and Liza Mascarenas, Business Manager-Cover Page/LMNOC.pdf JoJo Valdez, LMNOC Broadcasting requested the use of Filemon Sanchez Park for 2020 Mother's Day Concert it will bring economic growth to the community. Their radio market has expanded to Raton and Trinidad area and that will invite more people to the area for the event. This will be the 19`h year for the event that took place at the Filemon Sanchez Park for 14 years and a few at the town. Liza Mascarenas, Business Manager of LMNOC stated that they filled all the requests in the memorandum that the county required. Chairman Blankenhorn thanked them for the info this decision will be made by administration. Commissioner Fambro said there was damage done to Field #2 from last year's event and complaints of trash left in the area. He asked Scott Frost the Facilities Director to speak about the last event. Mr. Frost stated that there was damage to the field it is scarred grass was lost there was also trash left in dugouts and near the home because it was not cleaned up well. Commissioner Fambro asked why the event did not happen at the town park. Liza Mascarenas said the Town of Taos is not hosting concerts until June 1 St. JoJo Valdez stated that last year the storms washed out the event with the exception of Sunday that is the reason for the damage to the field he hopes that is not an issue this year. There will be a deposit given to the county this year of$1,500. Dino Silva spoke about the damages done to the field by the trucks and the beer tent. Commissioner Fambro asked management to take note of his points. Vice-Chair O'Donnell asked Scott Frost if the deposit will cover any damages and if the broadcasting company is hiring ambulance personnel if they will be working overtime etc. Mr. Frost said everything is much better prepared this year. Anissa Arrambide stated that they are providing their own security and they will be in contact with Taos Police Department if they do not cover it then the Sheriff's Department will be contacted any overtime will be discussed with them. The county's bathrooms will not be used the county is much better prepared and everything is in the contract. Commissioner O'Donnell asked about recycling and food vendors also to stay away from using plastic. Mrs. Mascarenas said there are about 10- 15 vendors. Anissa Arrambide said there will be recycling bins provided by Solid Waste. Commissioner Gallegos stated that he supports this idea but he asked if the fees are incorporated for lighting and trash pickup. He added that a walk through should be done at the end of the event. Commissioner Romero said this has been a good event for years he asked them to talk about what this event does for economic development. Mr. Valdez stated that this brings value to the county as owning the event they will bring awareness of recycling, what events are in Taos County, they can promote the county in any way they can and this brings money to businesses of the county. Commissioner Romero Page 4 of 18 said he supports the event and thanked them for the presentation. Vice-Chair O'Donnell asked them to send documents to the county to promote the event. X) Catwassink,of Election A. Canvassing of the Municipal Officer Election for the: 1. Village of Questa Renee Martinez, Village of Questa Municipal Clerk presented canvassing results of the March 3, 2020 Municipal Officer Election. It was an unopposed election: absentee voters 0, early voters by tabulator 52 election day voters 48 for a total of 100 votes. For Council Brent Jaramillo 78 and John Anthony Ortega 88 votes also Municipal Judge Michael Rael 88 votes. Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to approve the canvassing of the Village of Questa Municipal Officer Election as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Gabriel Romero. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. 2. Village of Taos Ski Valley �..,. Ann Marie Wooldridge, Taos Ski Valley Clerk and Barb Wiard, Presiding Election Judge presented the Municipal Officer Election canvassing results from March 3, 2020. Election Day Voters 41 Early Voters 47 and Absentee 19 with 107 total ballots cast. Renato Frimm 3, Neil King 60, Roger Pattison 39, Tom Whitman 60, Benjamin Cook 45. The two candidates with greatest number of votes filled the positions open. Commissioner Gabriel Romero made a motion to approve the Canvassing of Taos Ski Valley Municipal Officer Election as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Candyce O'Donnell. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. 3. Town of Taos Francella Garcia, Town Clerk presented the Municipal Officer Election canvassing results from March 3, 2020 for two councilmember positions. Results were as follows: Nathaniel Evans 556, Darien D. Fernandez 469, Rodger D Martinez 124, Billy Romero 416. There were 6 provisional ballots received on election day and only 4 were qualified by County Clerk,Anna Martinez. Page 5 of 18 Commissioner Gabriel Romero made a motion to approve the Canvassing of the Town of Taos Municipal Officer Election as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Candyce O'Donnell. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Abstain Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. Xl) Public Hearin A. Public Hearing for the discussion, consideration and approval of a request for a Restaurant Beer and Wine Liquor License with on premises consumption only for Liquor License Application #1152013. The License Application is being requested by the applicant, Trading Post Cafe LTD, 4179 Highway 68, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico 87557. - Cover Page/ Liquor License.pdf Kimberly Armstrong, Owner of the Trading Post Cafe said she had to reapply for a liquor license because her husband passed away and this was the only way to get his name off of the license. Commissioner Tom Blankenhorn opened the public hearing at 10:16 AM. No public testimony was given. � Commissioner Blankenhorn closed the public hearing at 10:16 AM. Commissioner Gabriel Romero made a motion to approve a Restaurant Beer and Wine Liquor License with on premises consumption only for Liquor License Application #1152013 requested by Trading Post Cafe LTD located at 4179 Highway 68, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico 87557. Seconded by Commissioner Mark Gallegos.A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. B. Public Hearing for the discussion, consideration and approval of Ordinance 2020-01, An Ordinance adopting a County Gross Receipts Tax for the funding of operational and capital expenses of the County leased hospital -Cover Page/Public Hearing O 2020-1.pdf Chairman Tom Blankenhorn informed the public of the hearing rules and opened the Gross Receipt Tax (GRT) Ordinance Public Hearing at 10:17 AM. Chris Stagg was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Chris Stagg: I am the current Chairman of the Board of Holy Cross Hospital. I've served on the board for 8 years and I come here today to ask for your support of this resolution. I'm not going to take up a lot of �-' time. I've made many presentations I think we've provided information to the council and we'd be happy Page 6 of 18 to provide more today if there are questions. Again, I thank you and I urge your positive consideration for this resolution. Thank you. Bobby Duran was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Bobby Duran: I am a lifelong resident of Taos County, I served my community for 28 years in the legislature, as a city councilman, and as a Mayor of the Town of Taos. I also served on the board of the hospital in the early 2000's. I am here to ask you to consider the gross receipts and one of the reasons is everyone has to pay it. We the taxpayers that have properties if you see the list on our taxes it is about that long on all the different taxes but if we use gross receipts the native americans will pay it and they don't pay taxes on their properties. People that live in housing don't pay taxes on their properties and tourists they come in and they don't pay taxes on property. So, it would be to our advantage to have everybody pay on the gross receipts I am here to encourage you to consider the gross receipts. Thank you very much. Gale Martinez was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Gale Martinez: As many of you know I do work at Holy Cross Hospital I've worked there for the past 10 years. As a part of that I have also been a part of this community serving actually alongside you in the various capacities in the government entity, in the business sector, as well as now at the hospital. That actually offers me a unique perspective. One of the things as I was looking at the issues before you was to say, what are some of the common grounds? and how do we help lead into the future for our community? With that, I submit to you that it is around the public health, safety, and welfare of our community of which you each have been asked to serve as well as all the HCH staff. That is the common ground that is the leadership piece. We are asking you to favorably look to support the 3/16 gross receipt tax on behalf of our community. Both of our organizations as the hospital and as the county commissioners of Taos County are being asked to lead. Could it be for this moment for this time that we can help create the opportunity to sustain a healthy future for our community? Thank you. Marjorie Luckey was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Marjorie Luckey: I am a Physician and a resident of Taos County and because I am not on the staff of Holy Cross Hospital, I have no conflicts of interest to declare. I really appreciate this opportunity to speak for a few minutes and ask for your consideration. Let me first state the obvious, every person in this room particularly those who have had the courage to ask questions cares very deeply about the success and the survival of this hospital. I also want to be very clear that I agree with you that we must continue to support with taxpayer funding the hospital and I support your decision to place continuation of the mill levy on the November ballot. However, I strongly object to the commission passing additional taxes without first demanding more transparency from the hospital about how this money is going to be spent. Just as you would not consider giving money to a county agency without seeing a detailed business plan the same should be requested and required from the hospital before you give away taxpayer money. Without this information it is not possible for you or the public to be confident that providing this money will contribute to the long-term survival of the hospital rather than simply providing a temporary band- aid. I understand that you don't feel comfortable or want to micromanage the hospital but we the pubic depend on you to be diligent managers of taxpayer money. Letting the hospital off the hook of the minimum standards of a business plan and market analysis you not only risk throwing money away but you could inadvertently be risking the survival of the hospital itself. Without you having the information you need you may have not noticed that Holy Cross is facing one of the most serious threats to the survival of rural hospitals in the United States. This is a phenomenon called bypassing it is a condition in which local residents travel outside of the county for their healthcare taking their healthcare dollars with them. Between 2015 and 2017 Holy Cross Hospital lost more than 9% of the Taos County market share `-- of inpatient admissions to other regional hospitals. At the same time, in 2018 Holy Cross's patient Page 7 of 18 satisfaction scores were significantly lower than those of our neighboring hospital in Espanola it could be that taxpayer dollars are most needed for hospital services and community outreach that would keep patients here in Taos rather than going elsewhere. So what I am asking is that the county add a requirement to dispersing any taxpayer money to the hospital for a detailed business plan and an independent market analysis and assessment of how well the hospital is meeting the community needs. Thank you. Chris Armijo was sworn in by Transcriber Tammy Sandoval. Chris Armijo: Just to basically summarize what I addressed at the public concerns, we know this is weighing heavily on the community, and weighing heavily on yourselves. Once again, my name is Chris Armijo I am the AFSCME Council 18 Staff Representative, representing the county employees both blue and white collar and Sheriff's Office. I have to basically concur with the speaker before me that before you make any decisions because there's been, I am trying to find the correct word,but for the last 8 years that I am aware of there has been some financial concerns as to what's been going on at the hospital. I think before the County makes any decisions on how they are going to, oh before they make a decision to approve this resolution, they really should get some answers from the hospital. How they are going to spend this money basically an assessment, a business plan, that would be wise. I think, anybody that invests in a business you want to see that. So, I think that will be well taken as advisement for you all to review that because you are dealing with public monies. Once again, I am going to back off that and go back to during the course of negotiations last year we pretty much did our own market analysis of EMS. We did find out that they were below market. We are grateful for the raises they received last year and actually for this coming year and next year we did a 3-year plan but it is still going to keep them under market. I think it is very important that the commissioners realize that because they are under market. Set aside 1/16ths of that 3/16ths so we can provide for our EMS for recruitment and retention. I know that I am not exactly sure how the hospital is going to spend the money. How much is operations? How much is on wages? I know that there's a fair amount of traveling nurses that aren't a part of this community they are for the time that they are here and we appreciate them coming out here and we pray that they love it so much that they remain. But with all that being said and done, we really need to take care of our own. Once again, we respectfully request that you take all that we had to say into consideration first of all on a business plan, an assessment, so you make sure that all of the monies that you plan on distributing or releasing to the hospital is well spent. That it has a plan, we can hold them accountable, and once again if you remember our own county employees that strive everyday to better this community and to serve them wholly. Thank you. Commissioner Blankenhorn: Well thank you Chris. Let me just say that, well first off, this debate has been going on for quite some time and when Commissioner Fambro came up with this kind of formula for about half of it continuing an existing mill and the other half in this 3/16 it was with a particular number in mind. It's a number much lower than the hospital was hoping for but its one that is reasonably constructed to ensure that the hospital has an opportunity to replace some of their equipment, to upgrade our building, to increase their cash reserves and we are hoping to give the hospital an opportunity. I have no doubt that there are some issues that we need to address with EMS but in my opinion, this is not the forum for it. We know what the capital needs are of the hospital we know their cash reserves are well below a healthy level that would allow them to operate with the kind of efficiency that we would hope for. That will tend to mitigate some of the movement to other hospitals and so that's just one commissioner's opinion on your request. Chris Armijo: Thank you Mr. Blankenhorn. Thank you for sharing that with me we were brought into the fray if you will about a week and a half ago still kind of sorting things out but we believe that 1/16 the EMS is asking for will go far and wide to help them with once again recruitment, retention and building Page 8 of 18 morale. I believe that the county should be grateful for the services of EMS and just asking that you take that into consideration. Vice-Chair O'Donnell: I would like to state my personal opinion too. If you could still stay up here Mr. Armijo. I do appreciate your clever way of presenting. I appreciate you as a union leader I did want to I will let you know in case you didn't that I have attempted several times to lower this ok, and my motion has not been seconded. Just so you are aware I have made attempts to lower this amount by 1/16th and it was not even heard. Although I appreciate your efforts there is not the support by this commission. I would like our Attorney to explain if we were which we probably aren't going to change the amount if our attorney could explain the process that would have to be done. Attorney Randy Autio: Commissioners, Vice-Chair O'Donnell and Mr. Chair the question becomes whenever you are going to amend something is whether or not there has to be a republication of the agenda item because if it is a significant enough change so if you were going to look at another amount today it would have to be republished because there should be notice of the exact amount of tax change so we would probably have to republish on it. Commissioner Romero: So, Mr. Chairman in terms of a higher GRT do we have that capacity at this point? Commissioner Fambro: We still have 4/16. Chairman Tom Blankenhorn: Or a quarter. Commissioner Romero: So, if we did consider that in an effort to address the issues of EMS is that something that we could do. Commissioner Fambro: Yes. We have that in our ability. Commissioner Romero: I would like for us to address that idea even if it prolongs the process but I do feel that we need to address the issues that EMS and the union have brought forward. Commissioner Fambro: I just think that it's important to clear something up. Part of the fire excise tax which is a '/4 cent tax I believe there's a certain percentage my memory is its 25% of that goes to EMS then in addition the last 3 years the average general fund transfer to EMS has been $165,000 so the fact that they are not getting, I mean. I just think that it is important that the public knows that part of the fire excise tax does go and it is also when we did the bonding we lumped all of the debt service into that as well from EMS and like I said we are averaging$165,000? I am thinking. Lupe Martinez,Finance Director: $400,000 from the general fund. Commissioner Fambro: $400,000 from general fund and the fire excise tax is $165,000 so just to clear that up. Chris Armijo: Thank you commissioner. Robert Silver was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Robert Silver: Good morning commissioners, with regards to Holy Cross Hospital this is not my first `-- rodeo. As some of you may know I took an intense interest in the functioning and governance and Page 9 of 18 management of the hospital going back some 7 years. Over a period of 3 years I was a regular fixture at Holy Cross Hospital board meetings, as a matter of fact I think it is safe to say that I probably qualified as a skunk at the garden party. I expressed my opinions over a period of about 2 '/2 years in the newspaper at length most of which began with intense criticism of the management and governance of the hospital. Let me just quickly take you down, a bit of a walk down memory lane. When I first became curious and interested in the hospital, I refer to this as the bad ole days in those days they had a CEO who managed mostly by fear, intimidation, and bullying of the professional and ancillary staff. They were terrified of the retribution that he would put out if they spoke out about the problems that were endemic within their functioning organization. On further inquiry, we found that three of the board members had served an aggregate total of 69 years they were effectively board members for life. They were not exercising any vigorous oversight over the functioning of their CEO who is essentially to my way of thinking leading them around by the nose. The hospital board operated pretty much in secrecy and this was anything but a transparent organization. Things changed remarkably and I became a convert rather than a critic. I was delighted to see Bill Patten's arrival even though I don't agree with everything he does and certainly not everything he says before I agree with all of that he has cause to worry and so would I and so would you. Fortunately, that is not the case. Nevertheless, I assume that his judgement and his Chief Financial Officer's judgement about the financial needs of the hospital are true and accurate I have no reason to believe him to be anything but an honest reliable person whose heart is in the right place and who operates with integrity. Nevertheless, I would go beyond the request that Dr. Luckey has made in terms of what you should require with regard to funding at least opening the door to public funding of the hospital. The people need a seat at the table and a voice at the table they also need a vote at the table. I am well aware that the hospital's bylaws and the lease agreement that you have with the hospital precludes commissioners from serving on the board. Nevertheless, I think the fact that the door is being opened to millions of dollars in public revenue should demand a quid pro quo it should go along with a quid pro quo. Changing those documents so that there are three seats that we are entitled to having members of the commission as board members of the hospital and that's what I would ask you to do require this quid pro quo before opening the door to further public funding of the hospital. Thank you. Susan Cady was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Susan Cady: I am a citizen in District V. Just to counter what was just said by the previous two people we are now facing a pandemic that we don't know what's going to be required here in our community. Having the hospital have control of some funds that are discretionary for immediate use to respond to what's current as they are going to do with the meeting tomorrow night is important. So I would say whatever oversight that you've already talked about I'm sure is sufficient and the hospital needs the ability to care for the community with whatever's happening at the time. Thank you. Dr. Tim Moore was sworn in by Transcriber Tammy Sandoval. Dr. Tim Moore: This will probably be the briefest amount of time I ever spent at this podium. I am not a member of the administration of this hospital. I serve on the board to represent the medical staff and there are many times when I am maybe at odds with the board about that but I am always allowed representation and I am always heard. I am volunteering my services in the following way: I am available and will be available to any member of the public or the press at any time, at any place, to describe and explain every single item that may be on a list of a hospital's needs. I will be happy to explain it to the public so that they understand what the medical need is for that desired item. I don't think there can be any more transparency than that but I feel strongly enough about this hospital and about the wellbeing of this community and the welfare of a medical staff that feels a little demoralized by having a public debate about whether or not there is public support for the community that they serve. So again, I am always available to explain to any member of this community any item on any list that comes before or that is �- paid for by public funds. Thank you. Page 10 of 18 Chairman Blankenhorn: Thank you doctor and we appreciate the detail that Holy Cross has showed us over the past year the capital needs and frankly the disclosure. I am personally grateful for that. Vice-Chair O'Donnell: I do have a follow-up for Dr. Moore and possibly Mr. Patten. So, since someone brought up the corona virus you may come back to the podium. Do you have any idea of your contingency fund your emergency fund that you set aside that ultimately will come out of these GRT's, what will that amount be? And if you haven't figured out the numbers yet what do you have in your contingency fund?For emergency situations such as what we may be facing? Dr. Tim Moore: Well we don't have a large sum of money that is there for emergencies. Vice-Chair O'Donnell: How much is it? Dr. Tim Moore: Again, I am not a financial person so I have no idea. The response is the first step which is to say what do we as a medical staff and a hospital need to do to protect this community against the potential risks that could unfold. Out of that will be a plan a contingency plan for doing that and then I suspect that as that plan is formed then we can look at what financial resources are needed in order to support that plan its always done in relationship to what resources we have but first we have to have a plan before we will know what financial cost it will be. Vice-Chair O'Donnell: Dr. Moore you probably already should have had a contingency plan for emergency situations and done a cost estimate so I appreciate your answer so I think for planning in general for emergency you should already have one. You probably do maybe Mr. Patten knows about it but perhaps some of this mill levy we are going to see an increase in emergency planning and the need for additional resources. Thank you. Dr. Tim Moore: There are always contingency plans for all types of emergencies that that may unfold and I don't want to give the impression that the hospital is ever ill prepared for anything that we encounter. As a small rural hospital we have to be even more ensued to such plans because we serve a broad base with a lot of different needs. Dr. Joanne Ishmael was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Dr. Joanne Ishmael: I have been a member of the medical staff since 2001, I've been Chief of Staff, I've served as leader of many of our committees and I've been on the Board of Directors for 7 years at various points in time. To your point Commissioner O'Donnell, we do have an emergency plan in place that is not funded by contingency funds that is part of our budget. However, the novel COVIDI9 is something that nobody ever anticipated until December of 2010 and certainly we would be more prominent in the world had we been able to foresee that emergency here in Taos County. With regards to our planning for COVID 19 we have outlined a preliminary plan we are meeting with the medical staff as a whole to get the entire community coordinated response before we roll out the plans to the public so that that public plan is coordinated communication is clear and exactly what will be needed is not yet clear. We are doing an assessment of what resources we currently have before we know how many resources we need to purchase with regards to persona protective equipment coordinating with the NM Department of Health how we are going to go about rolling out evaluation and testing of patients. So yes we do have an emergency plan in place however specific to the COVID 19 is really going to be taking place and finalizing we had part of that meeting this morning with our pediatric and adult medicine meeting but we are going to bring in all of our community stakeholders which includes multiple outpatient clinics, EMS and the Department of Health. So, I hope that answers your question. Page 11 of 18 Vice-Chair O'Donnell: It does and Mr. Chairman I apologize for going into the weeds here but we'd hope that the Town of Taos might step up and lend them in the event that old detox building that has 10 beds that could be used as some kind of isolation unit. Commissioner Fambro: Point of order, Mr. Chair this is a public hearing regarding Ordinance 2020-01. Chairman Blankenhorn: Right but the hospitals importance to the community is part of this discussion regarding the potential effects of this virus. Let's move on with the rest of the pubic hearing. Lindsey Pfaff Bain was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Lindsey Pfaff Bain: Good morning, I also work at the Taos County Chamber of Commerce the other Director but more than anything I just want to say thank you to the hospital. Thank you to the people who work in the trenches every day, thank you to them. As a mother, I have two kids and my second was born here, great care, and also I have had some close calls with my son. They have come and stepped up in amazing ways and I am sure every single one of you had instances with your own families that you need to support the hospital. People move here and they look at schools, they look at healthcare and this is an economic indicator that you have to support. Not just for you but for your children, for your grandchildren, for their children, and as a region this is so important for the ski areas. I think this is a great solution so kudos to you for finding that solution so its not all of the burden on the taxpayer of the land owners this is all of us coming together and I urge you to please, please, support this. Not just for economic you know great impact but also for the morale of those people that are in the trenches every single day at the ER. For the mothers that give up their time away from their children to be at work to save your children, my children, and also for your parents. I know that we all have been there and I just urge you please to support this a great solution. We've all been there and I think they are doing a fantastic job and if you don't then you need to ask questions and go see them and visit the, go see the facility, go and meet with them there and see what they are going through day to day and maybe that's when your mind will change. So please support it. So, kudos to you. Thank you. 10:50 AM Del Endres: First of all, I am totally disgusted with Dr. Moore thinking that the doctors can't be here because they work. Well people working their second and third jobs in this town and can't be here. Teachers can't be here, daycare people can't be here, checkers at the grocery stores can't be here, people who clean the hotel rooms can't be here. So, its not just doctors and doctors get paid a hell of a lot more than those workers. The hospital won't give us the benchmarks on what our physicians make but the little bit I get from the 990 is that our physicians are getting paid more than the national average of New Mexico. That's what I can see I can't say for sure. We've been told a lot of things but the gross receipt tax is extremely regressive, it's the worst tax to do. It means the people with the littlest have to give more percentage of their income to this for the tax. That's not what we I don't think what we want to do. I also think if you vote for the gross receipt tax, can be shooting yourself in the foot, because the mill levy may be refused then because people are saying why the hell do we have to give more taxes when we just did gross receipt tax. The gross receipt tax is not a steady stream it varies according to sales its nothing to be depended on and its been shown according to the Town Council that it starts here and it starts to go down because people buy less because gross receipt tax is higher. Taos Ski Valley has the highest gross receipt tax in the state I guess we can just go higher and just be up there higher than that. When we asked about the mill levy how much money the mill levy gave to the hospital. You know it's one mill levy its so much less than the 1.25 that other small hospitals got but yet out of the 12 hospitals we finally got the number Holy Cross's mill levy gave more than the 7 hospitals that were 25 beds and less for hospitals in that group gave more. But that mill levy is not because the cost of living is so high. They did do a community health needs assessment but it was done by the hospital and Quorum which is not really an outside organization. It doesn't talk about the oversight the transparency, the employee satisfaction, the patient satisfaction, the need and the wants of the community, financial needs and decisions. One of the Page 12 of 18 things that came out of it was the women in Taos County aren't getting their mammograms as much as in the state and in the county and one of the solutions was that they did or maybe did before I don't know is hire a plastic surgeon who did breast reconstruction. If there's something that could make Taos County women want mammograms more is to have reconstruction surgery thrown in their face. One of the things on page 5, they talk about a board controlled by independent civic leaders. Our nonprofit board consists of an employee, at least two contractors and that's against all nonprofit board guidelines that I know of. Its just you sit there and say, this is not, Chief of Staff at other hospitals aren't not on the board they come and report to the board but they are not on the board because their decisions are about their income and its just totally inappropriate. Thank you. Chairman Blankenhorn: Thank you. Are there any others that wish to participate in the public hearing? Christopher Medina was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval at 10:56 AM. Christopher Medina: I am the Director of the Ambulance Service been there for a couple years now been with Taos County for over 22 years plus with this department. First, I just want to thank everybody whose came up and spoke on behalf of my department. It means a lot that people are looking at my department and you know trying to help us out which you know we do need the help. Everything that has been said about the hospital as far as needing money for capital for recruitment retention and all that we face all the same challenges we are the other side of the health care that nobody looks at, we truly are. Having said that, we are also one of the opinions that nobody's asked about. How does the EMS community feel about the hospital? We see them day in day out every day we are in every department of that hospital every day, we transport people there everyday and we transport people out of there all the time. So we see it, we see it all but nobody comes to ask to see what the pre hospital community says what emergency services says so I just kinds went off my opinion. Truly we do support the hospital, we do think they need the funds to help move them forward to help support it and keep people employed there and try to keep the community safe and you know well. That's what its about this is my community this is your community. So, we do support we do we also ask and I respectfully ask please don't forget about the other side of the health care community EMS, don't forget about us because like I said everything the hospital faces we face. You know this new threat of the coronavirus guess who is going to be out there picking all of these people up? Guess who is going to be in closed close proximity to these people all the time? You know so we are facing all these same challenges we just do it at a high rate of speed and out in the sticks out in the weeds you know ask the community members. Read the newspapers over the last few months all those articles in the newspaper are about gentleman gored by a bison, cars rolling over here being extricated, bus crash at Pilar we are there for that we take care of that kind of stuff. That's all I ask and thank you for the support for everybody whose came up here and spoken on our behalf. Please don't forget us ok we face all those same challenges. Thank you. Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval at 10:58 AM. Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe: Good morning, I'm Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe for anybody that can't recognize me in this room. First, I want to say go Marjorie I was very impressed with what you had to say. Everyone here has had great things to say today and let me just preface by saying yes, we have to have Holy Cross Hospital it is our community hospital. There are good stories, there's bad stories, I have my personal experience of watching my father-in-law lay in that hospital bed for two days before he was transferred out with a broken hip to receive care from Presbyterian. That was disheartening but I don't want to focus on that I've seen many good things come from there. Law enforcement interacts with Holy Cross Hospital regularly as we do with EMS. You guys have a very difficult decision in front of you. You already know that, you don't need me to tell you that, you are watching the massive drop in oil prices in the DOW and our country going into potentially a pandemic but mostly hysteria at this time over the coronavirus and more to come from what that's going to actually believe. We are watching our shelves on our grocery Page 13 of 18 stores deplenish of toilet paper, bottled water hand sanitizer, anything that says antibacterial on it is L disappearing like wildfire. That's part of the hysteria of the unknown and what we are watching around the country you know continents and countries are closing their entire borders. Italy has quarantined its entire country now. What's this going to bring? We don't know yet but I will say this much that I support our EMS. My brothers and sisters they are our first line against any of these kind of things and they are the ones that are going to come save my butt if it get in trouble or if one of my deputies get in trouble. Lives are saved in the field just as much as they are at our Holy Cross Hospital. I continually will support them until just very recently there wasn't a concept about a gross receipt for EMS and yes there's been several meetings going on about Holy Cross. It's a shame that nobody snapped to that sooner but if there is any way that the commission could reconsider what's on the board from the 3/16 to a 2/16 for the Holy Cross and give the other 1/16 to our EMS. I think that would be an outstanding event for this commission. If not, the Holy Cross needs to help they truly do they need our support. The mill levy will go to the vote of the people somebody spoke that this may be a devastating effect to that maybe they are right time will tell on those things but I just wanted to throw in my two cents that EMS typically plays a very vital role in our community. You guys all know that we all appreciate that they have some amount of funding but they are an enterprise fund primarily what they generate and collect is what their operating budget is. Thank you. Chairman Blankenhorn closed the public hearing at 11:01 AM. Commissioner Fambro stated that the dollar amount that he suggested and he did not support lowering it because it is still below the need to meet the hospitals presentation and business plan, they presented months ago. This option made the most sense this hurts the elderly and low-income individuals the lease they don't pay tax on food. The plastic bag ordinance is going to cost the residents more than this ordinance will. It is $1.80 on $100. There are concerns about an assessment of the hospital the county can have a third-party review and assessment but the county hasn't been in a financial position to do that and the lease can also be revisited. There is more gross receipts tax available in 2023. Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 2020-01, An Ordinance adopting a County Gross Receipts Tax for the funding of operational and capital expenses of the County leased hospital. Seconded by Tom Blankenhorn. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Discussion: Commissioner Gallegos asked if the hospital will close if the commission does not pass the tax or mill levy. will the hospital close. He asked someone to speak on that for the record because that is what the public is saying there is a lot of speculation. The 3/16 is a band-aid to help the hospital grow into the level to be self-sustaining and this is the county assisting that process. The maintenance of the building he asked what the county can do to use reserve money to help the hospital function it is a county building he would rather do that if that will provide a better service. Chairman Blankenhom stated that the public hearing was closed but there is a specific request from a commissioner he asked that Mr. Patten be sworn in. Bill Patten was sworn in by Transcriber, Tammy Sandoval. Bill Patten: I am the CEO at Holy Cross Medical Center, so what I have tried to say on the record is I do not believe that Holy Cross will close. I do believe that it will look different because hard decisions will have to be made. At the Town Council meeting last night one of the Councilors suggested that we had a responsibility to say to the community what services that will be cut if in fact those hard decisions had to be made but the councilor went on to say that we have been reluctant to say that because we don't want to make the employees in those departments nervous and then artificially have recruitment retention issues. Page 14 of 18 But if you look at the services we provide and compare us to Santa Rosa for example a much smaller L facility its easy to see what we do that they don't do but to clearly answer your question I don't believe it will close it will look very different. Commissioner Gallegos thanked Mr. Patten for the clarity because he has been hearing this from the public in emails etc. it is not fair to this commission the county is here to assist as a partner as a landlord and he wants to put language in the lease agreement to add more participation from this commission and more accountability for both parties. He is adamant about moving forward with this he does not want to lose jobs here he supports all of that and he wants the 3/16 managed in the best way so the staff and public get the benefits if the county needs to come up with more money to provide a better facility then that decision needs to be made because he has been talking about this issue here for 5 years talking about transfers etc. EMS has concerns about transfers the timing, the hospital now has a contract with a company for transports could that now have an impact on revenue for the county. Bill Patten: When we looked at contracting with an outside transfer company for what we call interfacility transfers we did that in close consultation with all EMS Departments before they went out to RFP. They shared the RFP with EMS and reviewed responses. The solution is a good middle ground. Commissioner Gallegos asked if the 3/16 would be able to support less transfers in the type of care that the hospital would be able to provide. He would like to help advocate that. He wants to do everything possible to help the hospital but everyone needs to be held accountable not putting money in and never seeing where it goes. He wants that to be very clear. Bill Patten: Staff has already negotiated with the union a three-year agreement and they paid out good faith payments on last paycheck in the amount of$92,000. The mill levy and GRT is necessary there may be a better long-term solution for the issues but these proposals the mill levy and GRT give the hospital time to develop a longer-term regional solution because Holy Cross serves more than just Taos County. In general,the $1.4 million mill levy money is for medical equipment and repairs on the building that's how its been used for 3 years and the GRT for salary and benefits issues. With the projections they go upside down by year 3 as it relates to salary and benefits but they are recognizing improvements in operations they are having a good year and if it continues their ability to become part of the solution will help their own bottom line. They are going to keep employees a priority and they will use GRT to make sure they continue to get paid. Commissioner Romero asked how the commission will address the concerns of EMS. Commissioner Fambro said that can be addressed under a separate agenda item he will bring forth further information later in the agenda. Chairman Blankenhorn said the board is going to have to consider issues later for EMS but that is not appropriate to discuss it during this public hearing. Attorney Randy Autio stated that everything that can be discussed has been the commission can reiterate opinions but the commission cannot get into any further details it is not part of this item. It can be addressed in voting as an amendment to the motion and this matter can be republished. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes INW, Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Page 15 of 18 Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to take a 5-minute break. Chairman Tom Blankenhorn seconded.A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. Commissioner Gabriel Romero made a motion to return to regular session. Commissioner Mark Gallegos seconded. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. X11) Consent Agenda `- A. Approval to purchase new PPE and SCBA's for Ojo Caliente Volunteer Fire Department through Municipal Emergency Services -Michael Cordova, County Fire Chief-Cover Page/ Ojo Caliente FD.pdf B. Approval of Resolution No. 2020-18,A Resolution for the acceptance and approval of the FY 19 Financial Audit-Cover Page/2020-18.pdf C. Approval of Resolution 2020-19,A Resolution Certifying the County Maintained Road Mileage Inventory -Ramon Pacheco,Public Works -Cover Page/2020-19.pdf D. Approval of Resolution No. 2020-20,A Resolution authorizing the County to submit an application to the Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division to participate in the Juvenile Adjudication Fund Program-Lupe Martinez,Acting Deputy County Manager-Cover Page/2020-20.pdf E. Approval of DFA Resolution No. 24, 2019/2020 FY,A Resolution requesting to adjust 2020 FY Final Budget to account for Amendment No. 1 of Contract No. 2019-20-60052 by and between Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging and Taos County increasing the Direct Purchase of Services contract to provide seniors congregate and home-delivered meals -Lupe Martinez, Finance Director-Cover Page/DFA 24.pdf F. Approval of a Budget Adjustment for DWI Intake Fees Fund 1227-1339 -Lupe Martinez, Finance Director-Cover Page/ BAR DWI.pdf Page 16 of 18 G. Approval of a Budget Adjustment for the County Commission Fund 0101-0110-Lupe Martinez, Finance Director-Cover Page/ BAR Commission.pdf Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to approve the March 10,2020 Consent Agenda as presented. Seconded by Gabriel Romero. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. XIII) Comndssioner's Report& Matters A. New Business to be considered at a future Commission Meeting Commissioner Jim Fambro talked about the Real ID program the MVD will be open on Saturday the New Director of the MVD is from Taos and the commission needs to support this. Marcos Martinez said on April 4 there will be a real race to ID day in Taos County. They will have more staff and community and state agencies you could have a birth certificate printed on sight. There are still about 8,000 people in Taos County that have not got a real ID. The road fund budget was vetoed all road projects are no longer funded throughout the state. Chairman Blankenhorn said Brent requested a special meeting on March 17, 2020 it will be a short budget discussion for affordable housing, distress on the building and blueberry hill will be items. The commission agreed to that date. Vice-Chair O'Donnell said she wants the census director to give a presentation at the next meeting. B. Commissioner's Announcements XIV) The Taos County Board of Commissioners may convene in Closed Session A. Discussion regarding the lease on the County owned hospital. This matter may also be discussed in executive session under Open Meeting Act exemption 10-15-1(H)(8), which allows for discussion of the Purchase, Acquisition or Disposal of Real Property or Water Rights by the Public Body-Cover Page Commissioner Mark Gallegos made a motion to enter into closed session. Commissioner Jim Fambro seconded.A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. Page 17 of 18 Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to return to regular session. Commissioner Gabriel Romero seconded.A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. Executive Session Report: Attorney Randy Autio reported that the commission met in closed session to discuss the lease on the County owned hospital under the exemption to the open meetings act as listed on the agenda. Only that matter was discussed and no action was taken. Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to approve the executive session report given by Attorney Randy Autio. Commissioner Mark Gallegos seconded. A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: A roll call vote was taken indicating the following: Commissioner Gabriel Romero Yes Commissioner Jim Fambro Yes Commissioner Mark Gallegos Yes Vice Chair Candyce O'Donnell Yes Chairman Tom Blankenhorn Yes Motion carried. XV) Adjournment Commissioner Jim Fambro made a motion to adjourn at 12:20 PM. Commissioner Gabriel Romero seconded.All in favor, motion carried. Page 18 of 18 TAOS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Commission Regular Meeting Tuesday March 10, 2020 9:00 AM Taos County Commission Chambers NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Jim Fambro Mark Gallegos Gabriel Romero Commissioner District 1 Commissioner District II Commissioner District III Tom Blankenhorn Candyce O'Donnell Commissioner District IV Commissioner District V Notice is hereby given to the governing body of Taos County,the Board of County Commissioners,will hold a Commission Regular Meeting on Tuesday March 10,2020 at 9:00 AM. The meeting will take place at the Commission Chambers at the Taos County Administrative Complex- 105 Albright Street-Taos,New Mexico 87571. AGENDA 1. Call to Order 11. Roll Call III. Inspirational Devotion A. Rev. John Paul Mario, 0.17.13, Prior of San Juan Diego Monastery IV. Pledge of Allegiance V. Approval of Agenda VI. Awards and Recognitions A. New Hires for the month of February 2020 - Jeanna Elam, HR Director New Hires February 2020.pdf VII. Citizen Concerns A. Citizens wishing to speak shall limit their comments to 3 minutes. No action may L.. be taken. VIII. Minutes A. Approval of the February 18, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes 2-18-20 minutes.pdf IX. Presentations A. A Presentation regarding Taos County's Financial Audit for the period ending June 30, 2019 - Cordova CPA's LLC - Robert Cordova, Principal Taos County Commission Presentation 3.10.2020.pdf B. A Presentation by LMNOC Broadcasting for the use of Filemon Sanchez Park for 2020 Mother's Day Concert May 8-10, 2020 Approval dependent on contract stipulations -JoJo Valdez, Sales Manager and Liza Mascarenas, Business Manager LMNOC.pdf X. Canvassing of Election A. Canvassing of the Municipal Officer Election for the: 1. Village of Questa 2. Village of Taos Ski Valley 3. Town of Taos XI. Public Hearing A. Public Hearing for the discussion, consideration and approval of a request for a Restaurant Beer and Wine Liquor License with on premises consumption only for Liquor License Application#1152013. The License Application is being requested by the applicant, Trading Post Cafe LTD, 4179 Highway 68, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico 87557. Liquor License.pdf B. Public Hearing for the discussion, consideration and approval of Ordinance 2020- 01, An Ordinance adopting a County Gross Receipts Tax for the funding of operational and capital expenses of the County leased hospital Public Hearing O 2020-1.pdf XII. Consent Agenda A. Approval to purchase new PPE and SCBA's for Ojo Caliente Volunteer Fire Department through Municipal Emergency Services - Michael Cordova, County Fire Chief Ojo Caliente FD.pdf B. Approval of Resolution No. 2020-18, A Resolution for the acceptance and approval of the FY 19 Financial Audit 2020-18.pdf C. Approval of Resolution 2020-19, A Resolution Certifying the County Maintained Road Mileage Inventory -Ramon Pacheco, Public Works 2020-19.pdf D. Approval of Resolution No. 2020-20, A Resolution authorizing the County to submit an application to the Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division to participate in the Juvenile Adjudication Fund Program - Lupe Martinez, Acting Deputy County Manager 2020-20.pdf E. Approval of DFA Resolution No. 24, 2019/2020 FY, A Resolution requesting to adjust 2020 FY Final Budget to account for Amendment No. 1 of Contract No. 2019-20-60052 by and between Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging and Taos County increasing the Direct Purchase of Services contract to provide seniors congregate and home-delivered meals - Lupe Martinez, Finance Director DFA 24.pdf F. Approval of a Budget Adjustment for DWI Intake Fees Fund 1227-1339 - Lupe Martinez, Finance Director BAR DWl.pdf G. Approval of a Budget Adjustment for the County Commission Fund 0101-0110 - Lupe Martinez, Finance Director BAR Commission.pdf XIII. Commissioner's Report&Matters A. New Business to be considered at a future Commission Meeting B. Commissioner's Announcements XIV. The Taos County Board of Commissioners may convene in Closed Session A. Discussion regarding the lease on the County owned hospital. This matter may also be discussed in executive session under Open Meeting Act exemption 10-15- 1(H)(8), which allows for discussion of the Purchase, Acquisition or Disposal of Real Property or Water Rights by the Public Body XV. Adjournment 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 meeting,contact the Taos County Administration Office located at 105 Albright Street, Suite G,Taos,New Mexico as soon as possible or call(575)737-6300. L.. OATH OF OFFICE I, Nathaniel Evans, having been elected to the office of Councilmember of the Town of Taos, State of New Mexico, do solemnly swear that I will uphold the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico, and the laws of the Town of Taos and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of said office to the best of my ability, so help me God. Signature Administered this V day of April, 2020. Francella R. Garcia, Town Clerk Witnessed by• RECEIPT AND QUALIFICATION STATEMENT I, Nathaniel Evans, hereby declare that I have received the CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION, from the Secretary of State Office, and that I am legally qualified to hold the office of the Town of Taos Councilmember at the beginning of its term of April 1 , 2020 until March, 2024. 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Fernandez, having been elected to the office of Councilmember of the Town of Taos, State of New Mexico, do solemnly swear that I will uphold the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution and laws of the State of New Mexico, and the laws of the Town of Taos and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of said office to the best of my ability, so help me God. Signature Administered this 11t day of April, 2020. Francella R. Garcia,Town Clerk Witnessed by: ° � RECEIPT AND QUALIFICATION STATEMENT I, Darien D. Fernandez, hereby declare that I have received the CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION, from the Secretary of State Office, and that I am legally qualified to hold the office of the Town of Taos Councilmember at the beginning of its term of April 1 , 2020 until March, 2024. 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'rlll} Il./, ,ilfi .t. 'i1�li /'/1•\ ti:r� 'ilr� tin,' . }Iti, f/1•y hrir �1'1'. /'�! 'i�4; ... -,Ir}• • i' .^. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION _= _ 2020 MUNICIPAL OFFICER ELECTION ==� ==`-y-- I, the Secretary of State of New Mexico, certify that the Taos County Canvassing Board has approved the Report of the %�►' �'`�� To,Am of Taos Canvass for the election held on the 3111 day of March, 2020, and do hereby find and declare that A DARIEN D FERNANDEZ - has been duly and lawfully elected to the office of Councilor At-Large,Town of Taos. Given under my hand and the Great i Seal of the State of New Mexico,in Santa Fe,New Mexico,this 27'day of March,2020. Yam.•�� r '��•�• ...•��. Maggie Toulouse Oliver Secretary o'1. 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Sq,L!.,r �1J / r LI•,L:,,+ r..�1#a♦#,r• �*� /` /NiLa,�+11��/I��r•�N L+•r,1y�� ,��; r;,,.• +� ��j+.�,/'I/t1if;+#+'�'�1��/��++`+1/`,[♦•t#'f�f+a��..�fil#/+�IlfDL1#++f�#j�/L1+IItt•#[�+#1f�1,±•�"•��/�I+i+fF�fat�1+��+.��..��/I`�1{`�1��[��#+►,+[,l�if#��!+i��i+t1`��`��i�i��i,��a�r�� `�/.[�i�i1��[��:f,��,••,.� "::;�: TOWN OF A• Canvass of Returns of Municipal Officer Election Held March 3,2020 • • •• •• Municipal Canvass Sheet by Precints VOTES BY PRECINCT PRECINCT NUMBERS LIMOVA (Hand Qualified Provisionals TOTAL CANDIDATE 012 014 015 016 017 018 019 035 Subtotal Tallied) (Hand Tallied) VOTES CAST Nathaniel Evans 2 66 193 91 0 46 34 118 550 2 4 556 Darien D Fernandez 0 61 159 107 0 28 29 80 464 2 3 469 Roger D Martinez 1 0 18 38 10 0 17 7 34 124 0 0 124 Billy Romero 8 37 152 66 0 25 24 104 416 1 0 0 416 Subtotal 1,554 4 7 Total 1,565 RTR Report 1,554 Difference 0 VOTERS PRECINCT NUMBERS LIMOVA (Hand Quali ed P►ovisionals TOTAL Precinct Numbers 012 014 015 016 017 018 019 035 Subtotal Tallied) (Hand Tallied) VOTERS Number of Voters 8 101 313 152 0 63 52 192 881 2 4 887 RTR Report 881 Difference 0 We the undersigned,certify that the above and foregoing is a correct canvass of returns of the Town of Taos Municipal Officer Election held on March 3,2020. Witness our signatures this 10th day ofMarch 2020: ILL��-J A� Francella R.Garcia,Town of Taos Municipal Clerk Board of Canvassers of Taos County Note:Six provisionals were received,however,only four were qualified by Taos County Clerk Anna Martinez. Chairm Member Two provisionals were rejected-voters were not registered to vote. Member Member N1111111/)1111//// _ Nryc � Member �3 TTEST: Anna Martinez,Taos County Clerk Summary for: All Contests, All Precincts, All Tabulators, Election Day, Early, Absentee Municipal Officer Election March 3, 2020 Town of Taos Precincts Reported:0 of 8(0.00%) Registered Voters:881 of 0(N/A) Ballots Cast:881 COUNCILOR AT LARGE TAOS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126 (Vote for 2) Precincts Reported:0 of 8(0.00%) Total Times Cast 881/0 N/A Candidate Party Total NATHANIEL EVANS 550 DARIEN D FERNANDEZ 464 ROGER D MARTINEZ 124 BILLY ROMERO 416 Total Votes 1,554 Total Statement of Votes Cast General Election Town of Taos March 03, 2020 SOVC for: All Contests, All Precincts, Election Day, Early, Absentee Municipal Officer Election March 3, 2020 Town of Taos Precinct Registered Cards Cast Voters Cast %Turnout Voters MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL TAOS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126 012 0 8 8 N/A 014 0 101 101 N/A 015 0 313 313 N/A 016 0 152 152 N/A 017 0 0 0 N/A 018 0 63 63 N/A 019 0 52 52 N/A 035 0 192 192 N/A MUNICIPAL:TAOS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126- 0 881 881 N/A Total Cumulative Cumulative 0 0 0 N/A Cumulative-Total 0 0 0 N/A MUNICIPAL-Total 0 881 881 N/A COUNCILOR AT LARGE TAOS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126 (Vote for 2) LLIJ W U Z O Z Q to w W Q= Z Z Precinct Precinct z w o LL MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL-TAOS MUNICIPAL:TAOS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126 MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126 012 8 012 2 0 014 101 014 66 61 015 313 015 193 159 016 152 016 91 107 017 0 017 0 0 018 63 018 46 28 019 52 019 34 29 035 192 035 118 80 MUNICIPAL:TAOS MUNICIPAL:TAOS 550 464 MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126- 881 MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126- Total Total Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative 0 Cumulative 0 0 Cumulative-Total 0 Cumulative-Total 0 0 MUNICIPAL-Total 881 MUNICIPAL-Total 550 464 ! /,j ....., n.'� O w W Z w O o C W T y Precinct m 0 MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL:TAOS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126 012 0 8 10 0 014 18 37 182 0 015 38 152 542 0 016 10 66 274 0 017 0 0 0 0 018 17 25 116 0 019 7 24 94 0 035 34 104 336 0 MUNICIPAL:TAOS 124 416 1,554 0 MUNICIPAL DISTRICT 126- Total Cumulative Cumulative 0 0 0 0 Cumulative-Total 0 0 0 0 MUNICIPAL-Total 124 416 1,554 0 TALLY SHEET Town of Taos Municipal Officer Election 3-Mar-20 400 Camino de la Plactia,Taos, NM UMOVA IDAT .-M-"' COUNCILMEMBER Nathaniel Evans I Darien D Fernandez I �-- Roger D Martinez Billy Romero I. . � TfYrXt��O�iVE�TEIR ' "t :a Sign res of Absent Voter P ecinct Board: v I STA?le y 2 �4-'�•I 912.071 CERTIFICATION OF CANVASS RESULTS We, the undersigned Board of County Commissioners acting as the Board of Canvassers of Taos County, State of New Mexico, Canvass the Municipal Officer Election held in the Town of Taos, March 3,2020, certify that the canvass results sent to the Office of Secretary of State is a correct canvass of returns of said election. WITNESS the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, March 10, 2020. Chairman 6Aember Town of Taos Municipal Clerk a er ATTEST: Member Taos County Cle� ,� ""'"'w �� Member ( A�l• v Member 03 TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTERS Hand Tallied Hand Tallied Total UOCAVA Provisional Number of Early Voting Absentee Election Day Votes Votes Voters Number of Voters 376 5 500 2 4 887 Note: Information obtained from tabulator machine tapes and tally sheets Additional Note: A total of 6 provisionals were received; however,only 4 qualfied. TOTAL VOTES CAST Hand Tallied Hand Tallied Provisional Total Votes Early Voting Asentee Election Day UMOVA Votes Votes Cast Nathaniel Evans 252 1 297 2 4 556 Darien D Fernandez 199 3 262 2 3 469 Roger Fernandez 48 1 75 0 0 124 Billy Romero 166 5 245 0 0 416 Number of Votes Cast 665 10 879 4 7 1,565 Note: Information obtained from tabulator machine tapes and hand tally sheets Francella Garcia From: Francella Garcia Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:33 PM To: 'Elections HelpDesk' Cc: Denise P. Romero Subject: Town of Taos Canvass of Returns of MOE and Certification of Canvass Results Attachments: Signed Canvass and Certificate -Town of Taos.pdf Greetings, Attached is the Town of Taos Certification of Canvass Results and Canvass of Returns for the Municipal Officer Election held on March 3, 2020. The originals will be mailed tomorrow. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. Thank you. Respectfully, Francella R. Garcia Town Clerk, CIVIC Town of Taos (575)751-2004 1