| MINUTES
OF TOWN MEETING FIRE
STATION I.
CALL
TO ORDER Mayor
Donica called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
Assembly members in attendance were Frank Hart, Mary Ann Closson
and Freda Donica. David
Fairman was excused from this meeting. Approval
of Agenda: Frank
Hart made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Approval
of Minutes of 01-25-06 meeting: II. TOWN COMMITTEE REPORTS 1.
Architectural:
No report was given. 2.
Art
Guild:
Connie Reynolds stated that their last meeting will be held on
May 2nd at 7:30 p.m. in the library.
They will not meet again until the fall. 3.
Beautification:
No report was given. 4.
Community
Fund:
Jacque Cooper said they are planning for the 4th of
July festivities. 5.
Emergency
Operations Planning:
Mayor Donica stated that a couple of meetings had been held to
put together a plan on how the town should deal with disasters.
Andre Reynolds has been helping by providing assistance with the
planning. 6.
Election
Board: Andre
Reynolds reported that the board would be meeting tomorrow to discuss
proposed changes to Ordinance 1999-4, the Town’s Election Ordinance.
The Board will also meet on Monday, May 1st to discuss
the items that were turned into the Town Clerk’s office. 7.
Fire
Dept:
Mary Wheeler reported that there had been 109 EMS calls since the
beginning of the year, and there had been 19 fire calls.
Today Mary and Calvin took the ambulance and a fire truck down to
the Cochiti Headstart for the kids to see.
Tomorrow they will be taking them to Cochiti School for the
Bilingual class to see. 8.
Friends
of Cochiti Lake Area:
Nancy Hart reported that the Friends had a meeting last night.
They are waiting to hear about the basketball goals.
Mayor Donica stated, they had been approved by the Architectural
committee. They are working on hiring the Rio Rancho Symphonic band for
the 4th of July festivities. 9.
Hospitality:
Marge Knightly described the basket that is given to new
residents. She listed the
contents of the basket, a town license plate, items from the library,
and a flier for the fire dept., a bottle to hold a list of medications
that a person takes. If 911
is called for an emergency to the home the EMTs have the information, a
town directory. Mary Ann Closson asked if a town voter registration slip
could be included. Marge
stated that one could be included. 10.
Joint Commission: Mayor
Donica stated that she, Frank, Mary Ann and Joseph Suina met with
Governor Crazyhorse and the Joint Commission would be reactivated.
The tribe wanted the Mayor to be one of the members from the
Town. The first meeting will be held on May 30th.
11.
Library: Connie Reynolds gave the report for the Library.
The board is working on a preliminary report.
From July 1st to April 10th there were 941
patrons, 57 new library cards issued.
There were 4,141 visits by patrons.
707 children’s books were checked out, 433 people used the
computers, and 2,136 videos and DVDs were checked out.
958 adult books checked out along with 148 audio books.
Friday night movies will continue throughout the summer. There are three classes in the library, a creative writing
course along with two computer courses.
12.Rock
and Mineral: Marge Knightly
stated they would be taking a hike up La Bajada real soon.
They are planning a trip up to Utah. 13.
Zoning: Val Clough
reported that there is one construction project and the committee will
be meeting on Friday morning. III.
TOWN
HALL REPORTS Mary
Ann Closson:
She had no report. Frank
Hart:
He had no report. Freda
Donica:
She reported that there would be an open Budget Hearing on May 8th
in the Fire station at 7:00 p.m. and there were copies of the budget
available in town hall.
IV.
ADJOURNMENT ________________________
_________________________ Ronald
Herrera, Town Clerk
Freda Donica, Mayor
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