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VILLAGE
COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
EDELWEISS CONDOS
CONFERENCE ROOM
TAOS SKI VALLEY, NEW MEXICO
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008 2:00 P.M.
I. CALL
TO ORDER & NOTICE OF MEETING
Mayor King called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. The meeting notice
was properly posted.
II. ROLL CALL
Mayor King, Councilors Bennett, Stagg, Wiard, and Wittman were all
present. Staff members Susan Steele, Dave
Wallace, Ray Keen, Ann Marie
Wooldridge, and Don Schieber were also present.
III. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOTION: To approve the agenda as
presented for the August 5, 2008 meeting.
Motion: Councilor Wittman Second: Councilor Bennett
Passed:
4-0.
IV. APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 1, 2008 VILLAGE
COUNCIL MEETING.
MOTION: To approve the minutes with
amendments to the person seconding the motion in item III. and amending the
motion in item IX. to read “To approve Resolution 2009-159, A Resolution to
appoint Coucilor Chris Stagg as a member of the governing body, with
Barb Wiard as Alternate, to explore the possibility
of creating and establishing an Enchanted Circle Regional Transportation
District.”
Motion: Councilor Wiard Second: Councilor Bennett Passed: 4-0.
V. FINANCIAL REPORTS
Susan
Steele presented the
Financial Reports to the Council. The
financial reports were accepted into the minutes.
VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Planning and Zoning
Commission
Councilor Wittman reported that a special meeting of the P&Z Commission
was held on July 24, 2008. Their next meeting is scheduled for September 8, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.
There was an application from the Ghormley
Trust at upper Twining Road
to disregard the side variance and to ask for a front variance instead. .
Councilor Wittman discussed the subdivision
request from TSV, Inc. and the Burroughs family to provide 4 acres for the
Burroughs family and the remaining 52 acres for TSV, Inc. to make new skiing
and beginner snowboarding trails. Results
will be public in 15 days. TSV, Inc.
will present a master plan for the area considering ten items that Village
staff has asked them to address. Wittman also related one private landowner’s request for a
bridge from O.E. Pattison Loop to TSV, Inc. land. The Army Corps of Engineers will have to get
involved.
B. Public Safety Committee
No committee report, but Councilor
Bennett reported that Dr. Quigley Peterson had received the Governor’s Award at
the EMS Conference the previous Friday in Albuquerque
for Quigley’s outstanding work in emergency medicine. Gene and Mary Mortimer, Neal
King, and Kathy Bennett attended the conference for 3 days of
continuing education courses for EMT license
renewals.
C Public Works Committee
No report.
D. Lodgers’ Tax Advisory
Committee
No Report.
E. Parks & Recreation
Committee
No report.
F. Other Reports
Councilor Wiard
reported on the IGC meeting and the Landfill
Meeting. She also reported on the NMML
Resolutions Committee, the Enchanted Circle Rural Transportation District
meeting, and the Town of Taos & Taos County Joint Meeting. She talked about future meetings and events
in August, September, October, and November.
G. Committee Appointments
Councilor Wittman
informed the Council that members of the P&Z Commission need to be
reappointed at the end of their respective two-year terms. .
MOTION: To approve reappointing
Mary Mortimer, Steve
Ruppert, Chris Stagg, Tom Wittman, and Elisabeth Brownell as
members of the P&Z Commission.
Motion: Councilor Wiard Second: Councilor Bennett Passed: 3-0.
Councilor Wittman abstained from voting.
VII. MAYOR’S
REPORT
Mayor Neal King
had no written report, but discussed the Full Moon Williams Lake Trail Hike that
he had lead on July 18th. Not as many
hikers had participated as on the first hike in June, but two more hikes are
scheduled for August and September.
VIII. STAFF REPORTS
Susan Steele,
Village Administrator, reported that the Regional Water Plan had been approved
by the Interstate Stream Commission, that a Kachina area developers’ meeting
had taken place on July 25th, that the Village would be hosting the
Regional Planning Organization meeting the following day, and that projects in
the works include: this year’s ICIP, an EQR
study, system development fee study, meeting with other mountain communities to
compare development issues, meeting on the Chile Line schedule for the winter,
refining the bid process for Village projects, and investigating the
possibility of Quigley being covered under the Village’s liability insurance,
which unfortunately is not possible. Birgit
Dowell has resigned as volunteer EMS
Director, and Dave Wallace will take over her
duties. At the September 2nd meeting,
hopefully the Council will be able to award the contract for professional
services on a water core project, and a contract for professional services for
the three-phase electrical project, and the bid award for a replacement public
works building. Also, the Public Safety
building will be discussed. A special
meeting will be held on September 9th to approve a roofing contract
for the Village offices, and to approve the ICIP. A workshop will follow on water and sewer
system development fees.
Ray Keen, Public Works Director, said
it has been very rainy for applying the dust control. When the product is applied, it washes away
in the rain. Twining Road has been
improved and the steepness has been addressed.
Don Schieber, Community Development
Director, discussed the road projects and construction within the Village. Ann-Marie Wooldridge is working as an
assistant to Don.
Dave Wallace,
Public Safety Director, commended the EMT
Volunteers for the 8/24/08
rescue of a hiker between Wheeler Peak and Williams
Lake. The rescue took 7 hours. He said the village volunteers are dedicated
and skilled and thanked everyone who was involved.
IX.
OLD BUSINESS
- None
X. NEW BUSINESS
A.
Consideration
to approve recommendation to the State Auditor the State of NM Audit Contract No. 08-6171. between
the Village of Taos Ski Valley and Precision Accounting, LLC for the
period from July 1, 2007
through June 30, 2008.
MOTION: To approve
recommendation of Precision Accounting, LLC and State of New Mexico Audit
Contract No. 08-6171 between the Village of Taos Ski Valley and Precision
Accounting, LLC in the total amount of $12,775.00 and authorizing the Mayor to
execute said Contract on behalf of the Village.
Motion: Councilor Stagg Second: Councilor Wittman
Passed:
4-0.
XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
Bill Sullivan
requested written Staff Reports.
XII. ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
The next meeting of the Village
Council will be held on Tuesday
September 2, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.,
at the Edelweiss conference center. A
special meeting will be held September
9, 2008, at 1:00 p.m.
XIII. ADJOURNMENT
Motion: To adjourn the meeting.
Motion: Councilor Wiard Second: Councilor Wittman Passed: 4-0.
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Neal King, Mayor Vanessa Chisholm,
Village Clerk
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