Cibola County commissioners approve $985,789 in chip-seal and fire-hose requisitions

Chairman Daniel Torrez called a special Cibola County Board of County Commissioners meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2023. After routine ceremonial items, the board considered five requisitions exceeding $20,000 and voted unanimously to approve them.

Commissioner Ralph Lucero moved to approve the requisitions and Commissioner Christine Lowery seconded; the motion passed 5-0. The approved items were: HF Sinclair — oils for chip seal on County Road 33 (LATCF) for $199,613.75 and on County Road 48A (LATCF) for $199,613.75; C&E Concrete — chips for CR‑33 (LATCF) for $281,811.78 and chips for CR‑48A (LATCF) for $281,811.78; and Artesia Fire Equipment — fire hoses for the Candy Kitchen Volunteer Fire Department for $22,938.00. The five items total $985,789.06.

The transcript records the road materials as being funded through LATCF (Local Asset Transportation/Categorical Funding) as noted in the requisition lines. The board did not record extended discussion on the items in the transcript; the motion was raised and passed within the same agenda item. Commissioners present were Chairman Daniel Torrez, Commissioner Martha Garcia (participating by phone), Commissioner Christine Lowery, Commissioner Robert Windhorst and Commissioner Ralph Lucero.

The board announced its next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., and adjourned the special meeting at 12:07 p.m.

The meeting record includes a separate attestation block signed by Michelle E. Dominguez, Cibola County Clerk, related to the Sept. 28, 2023 entry; that document text appears in the transcript with formatting errors and was recorded verbatim in the file.