Work on first two phases of Ruidoso water plan approved
By Dianne Stallings, Ruidoso News, N.M. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
In two quick steps during their meeting last week, village councilors first approved an agreement with
"On
"Item three (on the council agenda) is to go ahead and enter into that agreement," he said. "When the (request for proposals) was awarded, there was no money budgeted to bring them on board at that point, We have now allocated the money to bring them on board to do our water master plan in total. We'll be doing it in two different parts this fiscal year and next fiscal year. We worked with (Village Manager)
Item four on the agenda was the actual task order to allow
"They've broken the water master plan into four phases," Baumann said. "We don't have to do them in order. We've identified (Phases) 2 and 3 as our highest priorities and to move forward with them."
The cost this fiscal year for the two phases is budgeted at
Work on individual phases of the plan will begin when authorized by the village, Lee said. Each phase will be performed as a time and materials situation, not to exceed the money allotted for that phase. The total project is budgeted at
"To remind you and inform the councilors who are new, most often with large contracts like this, we ask you to approve the contract and each time a task is developed, we will ask for your approval to authorize the funding by task," she said. "That's to make sure what happened in previous years doesn't happen again where we have an unlimited budget for services.
"When (Phases) 1 and 4 are presented next year in July and approved, that will complete the water master plan."
Although the contract states it can be renewed for up to four years, the intent is not to renew it beyond the two years, Lee said. "But the statement means if something comes up within the master plan, money is available, the council wants to see some particular work done and wants to use
Lee said the bulk of the money paying for the plan comes from excess dollars after work at
In other business, councilors:
-- approved the Fiscal Year 2015
-- approved a small purchases agreement of
-- awarded a
-- approved scheduling a public hearing on
-- learned that during a meeting of the
-- heard from Councilor
-- heard from Councilor
-- approved a contract with
-- approved an agreement with the
The village mechanical thinning portion of the grant was for 60 acres at
___
(c)2014 the Ruidoso News (Ruidoso, N.M.)
Visit the Ruidoso News (Ruidoso, N.M.) at www.ruidosonews.com
Distributed by MCT Information Services
Wordcount: | 1267 |
Publix reveals plans to Landing Station tenants
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News