NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PORTALES, NEW MEXICO

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE
PORTALES CITY COUNCIL, which will be held starting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at the Memorial Building Council Chambers, 200 E. 7th Street, Portales, New Mexico. The following item(s) is/are scheduled for consideration and action by the City Council:

A G E N D A

I. Call to Order – Mayor/Mayor Pro-Tem/Councilor-as-Chair.

II. Roll Call – City Clerk.

III. Invocation.

IV. Pledge of Allegiance.

V. Official Salute to the New Mexico Flag: “I salute the flag of the State of New Mexico the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures.”

VI. Scheduled Business — Discussion & Action – Mayor/Mayor Pro-Tem/Councilor-as-Chair.

A. Minutes of Previous Meeting(s):
1. Regular Meeting held December 19, 2017.

B. Proclamation Declaring January 15, 2018 as “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” in Portales, New Mexico – S. King, Mayor.

C. Recognition of Portales Police Department for assisting the Clovis Police Department during Clovis Library Shooting – Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford.

D. Public Hearing for Ordinance No. 726, Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Loan Agreement and Intercept Agreement by and between City of Portales, New Mexico (the “Governmental Unit”) and the New Mexico Finance Authority (the “Finance Authority”), Evidencing a Special Limited Obligation of the Governmental Unit to pay a Principal Amount of $1,063,683 for the Purpose of Constructing a New Fire Substation on the North Side of the City of Portales for the Governmental Unit, Paying a Loan Processing Fee and Funding a Loan Agreement Reserve Account, Providing for the Pledge and Payment of the Principal and Interest due under the Loan Agreement solely from the Distribution of Fire Protection Fund Revenues Distributed to the Governmental Unit by the State Treasurer Pursuant to Section 59A-53-7, NMSA 1978; Providing for the Distribution of Fire Protection Fund Revenues

Council Agenda December 19, 2017

to be Redirected by the State Treasurer to the Finance Authority or its Assigns for the Payment of Principal and Interest Due on the Loan Agreement Pursuant to an Intercept Agreement; Approving the Form and Terms of, and other details Concerning, the Loan Agreement and Intercept Agreement; Ratifying Actions Heretofore taken; Repealing all Action inconsistent with this Ordinance; and Authorizing the Taking of Other Actions in Connection with the Execution and Delivery of the Loan Agreement and Intercept Agreement –
S. King, Mayor.
1. Action to enter into public hearing to receive comments on Ordinance No. 726.
2. Action to close the public hearing.
3. Action as a result of the public hearing.

E. Requesting Permission to Purchase a New PATS Vehicle on a State Purchasing Agreement Contingent upon Funding Agency Concurrence – C. Weems, Chief Procurement Officer/S. Baysinger, Public Works Project Administrator.

F. Informational Item(s): – S. Standefer, City Manager.
1. Closure of Commercial Street between Boston and Main for J.D. Heiskell Holdings, LLC.
2. Review of Building Inspector position.

G. Other Business/Citizens to be Heard–-Any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting of the agenda. Formal action may not be taken, and speakers may be limited by the Chairperson. Comments are encouraged to be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.

VII. Adjournment

This is to certify that a copy of this Agenda was posted on the bulletin board in the front lobby of City Hall by 12:00 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2018.