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Introduction of newly hired full-time Finance Department employee- Lupe E. Martinez, Assistant Finance Director; Effective November 29, 2021.
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Introduction of newly hired part-time Recreation Department employee - Kelly A. Tonrey, Lifeguard I; Effective November 29, 2021
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Pursuant to Ordinance 18-01 the Personnel Policy Section 3.90.180: Legal public holidays shall be approved and authorized by the Town Council for each calendar year, usually at the regular Council meeting held in December for the next calendar years designated holidays. This schedule is also in accordance with the current Collective Bargaining Agreement: Article 9. Holidays.
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Summary/Background:Town of Taos Policy requires Council approval on all budget transfers that transfer funds between costs categories, (i.e. Personnel, Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay, interfund transfer, budget increases, project to projects and new projects. The General Fund adjustment will increase revenues and expenditures for the donation money received for the Halloween event in the amount of $1,695. The adjustment in the Lodger's Tax Promotional Fund will increase expenditures for the purchase of a computer, monitors, software and office supplies for the Marketing and Touism department. The adjustment in Community Grants Fund will increase revenues and expenditures in the amount of $150,000 for the Fire Marshal Grant award to purchase and upgrade the SCBA equipment for the Fire Department. The adjustment in the Airport Construction Fund will increase revenues and expenditures to cover the additional funds received from the FAA for Taxiway A in a combined amount of $276,743, which both grants were previously approved by the council and now the FAA has allowed the Town to keep the additional funding in anticipation of increased construction costs. The adjustment in the Taos Regional Landfill Fund is to cover the costs that were not in the original budget for engineering and environmental services for the current year in the amount of $131,100, this amount coming from the unreserved fund balance.
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Last week we saw encouraging trends in New Mexico and Taos County. Cases were down 29% and 24% respectively. While nationally there was a small increase of 2%. It appears the post-Thanksgiving Covid cases roller coaster is leveling out.
The first case of the Omicron variant was detected in New Mexico yesterday. We still do not know enough about the transmissibility and severity of this variant at this stage. However, early indications are that it is more transmissible and less severe than Delta. If this is the case, and with home testing becoming more prevalent, we might need to pay closer attention to hospitalizations than cases. A New York Times opinion piece made a convincing case for this last week.
Hospitalizations in New Mexico are increasing but slowly, and if they do follow cases, we can expect a decline over the next week.
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Each year New Mexico governmental entities have the opportunity to select capital improvement projects to be potentially funded through their legislative representatives. The projects must be on the Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan to be considered. Project requests must be submitted by January 13, 2022.
Capital assets must be owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state. If a capital asset will be leased to another organization, the fiscal agent for the project must submit documentation identifying the owner of the asset and certifying that the asset will be leased at fair market value and appropriately maintained. Documentation should be submitted to the LCS Capital Outlay Division when your project request is completed online.
If the project is a local economic development project representing a public-private partnership under the Local Economic Development Act, a copy of the project participation agreement between the private entity and the applicable local or regional government should be submitted to the LCS Capital Outlay Division when your project request is completed online.
Capital Outlay includes but is not limited to:
Equipment that is properly chargeable to a capital account and has a useful life of ten years or more;
Major renovations or repairs;
Acquisitions of existing assets;
Plan and design;
New building construction;
Non-structural improvements to land (grading, leveling, drainage, and landscaping)
Construction of roadways, fences, ditches, and sanitary sewers.
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