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The situation remains stable in Taos County with the case count last week identical to the prior week. Statewide, the weekly case count crept up by 2%. Nationally cases increased 6%, case rates in the northern and eastern states are generally higher than in the southern and western states.
54% of Taos County residents have received at least one shot and 68% of Taos County residents have registered to receive the vaccine. Last week an additional 5% of residents received their first shot. This means that in around 4 weeks’ time, all registered residents should have received at least one shot. It appears we are close to a tipping point, moving from a situation where vaccine demand exceeds supply to the opposite.
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Nationally, cases were up 6% in the last seven days, up 2% in New Mexico, and stable in Taos County.
The average daily case count in NM increased slightly to 199 cases per day last week.
Current hospitalizations decreased, the 7-day average is 92. Down from a peak of 932 on Dec 8.
Average deaths per day in NM were stable at 4 per day. Having peaked at 36 on Dec 17.
There were no additional deaths reported among Taos County residents last week. The total remains at 51.
Testing in Taos County increased to 687 tests from 677 tests the previous week.
The crude 14-day positivity rate is 1.4%. The crude case rate is 1.4 cases per day (14-day avg), below the gating target of 2.64. If NM DoH calculations are similar to the crude rates next week, we will remain turquoise at the next NM DoH Red-to-Green data update. The next update will be published on Wednesday, April 21.
Taos County has the second highest vaccine registration rate in the state and one of the higher vaccine rates. A further 2% of Taos County residents aged 16+ registered on the vaccine site last week.
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Discussion, consideration and possible approval of Resolution 21-15 to hire Jeremiah D. Martinez on a full time basis as a Public Services Specialist within the Facilities Services Department. Jeremiah is the son of Town employee Joseph Dominic Martinez who works for the Public Works Department.
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Purchase order 21-59768 was opened in the amount of $5,000 in order to start interim services for a contract attorney, an additional $500.00 was needed for affordable housing and an additional $25,000.00 was needed for general matters and water matters which was Purchase order number 21-60027 and 21-59888. Purchase order number 21-60143 was to cover general matters through the month of February.
Procurement Review/Comments:
A Request for Proposals (RFP) 20-21-03 was issued on 9/10/2020 and closed on 10/27/2020, which resulted in one proposal. Due to the limited amount of submissions received, I determined that it was in the town's best interest to cancel the RFP and reissue the solicitation. The original close date of this RFP was 10/6/2020.
Due to the Town Attorney Contract expiring 10/9/2020, the town issued a request for Interim Legal Services quotes. The initial intent was to bridge the gap until we completed a formal RFP process or hire an in-house attorney and not exceed $60,000. The estimated term was until 12/31/2020.
RFP 20-21-03-(Reissue) for Legal Services was issued 1/14/2021 and closed on 2/3/2021. The town received three responses to this RFP; however, it is in the evaluation phase.
Please note that this process has taken longer than anticipated due to factors associated with COVID-19, town office closures, etc.
To pay the outstanding invoices and finalize the RFP process, we recommend approval of the purchase orders and requisition listed below.
Purchase Order Numbers Date Issued: Amount
21-59768 10/09/2020 $5,000.00 General Matters
21-59887 11/24/2020 $500.00 Affordable Housing
21-59888 11/24/2020 $24,500.00 General Matters and Water Matters
21-60027 01/27/2021 $25,000.00 General Matters and Water Matters
21-60143 03/23/2021 $10,382.78 General Matters (through February 2021)
Requisition $35,093.16 General Matters and Water Matters (March and April 2021)
Total $100,475.94, inclusive of NM GRT
Summary/Background: The second phase in the mid-year budget adjustment process allows departments to review their expenditures from the first six months of the fiscal year, in order to plan their budget needs for the remainder of the year taking into consideration any changes in priorities, revenues, unexpected projects, etc. The first phase was to take immediate action on needs of certain departments as identified with Resolution 21-08 on February 23, 2021, with the understanding that we return and identify in a second phase any justification of costs savings between all the departments in order to cover the $1.00 essential pay increase for all non-management employees. Also, during this time, are needed changes to the Airport Construction Fund for additional funding that was received as well as corrections from the original budget along with adjustments to several Public Works projects that need additional funding.
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Summary/Background: Section 12-6-3(A) NMSA 1978 mandates that the financial affairs of every agency be thoroughly examined and audited each year by the State Auditor, personnel of his office designated by him, or by independent auditors approved by him and the audits be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and rules issued by the State Auditor. Section 2.2.2.10.M(4) NMAC, the agency (Town of Taos) and the IPA shall arrange for the IPA to present the report to the governing authority of the agency, at a meeting held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, if applicable. Due to COVID uncertainty, the firm of Cordova CPAs LLC conducted phase I interim fieldwork in June, all remotely and by transmission of electronic documents. The firm came on-site during the week of October 5th-9th to complete their audit work. The report was submitted to the State Auditor's Office prior to the December 15, 2020, deadline and in accordance with State Statue, we have completed our 2019-2020 audit with an Unmodified Opinion on the Financial Statements and a Qualified Opinion on the Federal Single Audit. The Independent Auditors' Report and summary of findings can be found on pages 128-135, which are noted on the Financial Statements.
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