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At their meeting Tuesday, the Bayard City Council discussed various ways to use legislative funds to improve recreational areas throughout the city. Prior to the pandemic, the council had hoped to build a new concession stand with these funds, said Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Ortiz. The pre-pandemic cost of the project was estimated at $540,000, but with the price of building materials having skyrocketed since, the original project is no longer feasible. …
An amended wastewater dechlorination work order for Trumm Engineering for $20,800 was approved by the Bayard City Council during their meeting Monday, adding an electrical engineer to the original plan. Bayard Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Ortiz reported that she is working on a grant application to submit this new amount to the Freeport-McMoRan Community Investment Program. “Hopefully, they will fund 75 percent of it,” she said. “I’m also submitting on the Freeport …
April 27, 2021
Bayard plans $2 raise, will cover total insurance premiums Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 27, 2021
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Newly hired Bayard police officers Joe Carlos and Aaron Ordoñez were sworn in during Monday afternoon’s meeting of the Bayard City Council.
Effective July 3, Bayard will give all 24 of its city employees a $2 hourly raise.
“We decided we could afford a raise for all employees of $2 an hour,” said Bayard Councilor Charles Kelly, who proposed the move at Monday’s regular meeting of the Bayard City Council. Kelly, Mayor Chon Fierro and City Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Ortiz came up with the idea during a recent discussion, which was in part a response to concerns about employee retention raised by Police Chief Lee Alirez.
April 13, 2021
Bayard sewage treatment project set to move forward Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 13, 2021
Third try’s the charm for Bayard’s nearly $2 million wastewater dewatering system project, for which a contract was finally awarded to Morrow Enterprises by city councilors during their brief regular meeting Monday afternoon.
“This [was] our third advertisement for construction bids for the dewatering system, and this is basically the best that we’ve been able to obtain,” said Bayard Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Ortiz. “Now that we have our full funding that included the legislative appropriation of the additional $455,000, we were going to be short about $60,000.”