Taos County Board of Commission Regular Meeting 9 15 2026

Taos County Board of Commissioners regular meeting, September 15, 2026. Commissioners approved Resolution 2026-43 to participate in the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s transportation project fund program for the Lower Hondo Road Bridge replacement. The county share is $83,473.75 (5%), with the state covering 95%. They also approved Contract TCC 2026-37 for R&M Construction to build a county warehouse using Fund 103; no contract amount was stated. The board approved a 60-month lease of five all-wheel-drive Caterpillar graders through a cooperative agreement with Caterpillar Financial for $2,233,942.20, excluding gross receipts tax. Staff said the lease includes a maintenance plan and will support county road maintenance while reducing repair demands on county mechanics.

Other funding and spending-related actions included approval to apply for a juvenile adjudication fund to support hiring a prevention-program assistant, approval of intergovernmental agreements making Taos County the fiscal agent for a $6 million regional behavioral-health allocation, and approval of two event sponsorship requests; the sponsorship costs were not stated, though the Taos News sponsorship includes a $2,600 full-page advertising benefit to the county. Commissioners also approved the 2026 property tax rates. Votes on the recorded actions were affirmative. The meeting included grant updates, but no additional procurement award was identified in those updates.