City/County ManagementAssociation guidelines.

“There is a provision that we kindof followed the ICMA guidelineson,” he said. “Some travel expenseswould be taken care of up to $7,000 ayear ... only when a family memberis significantly ill or happens to passand would require some travel.”

ICMA tracks current local gov-ernment manager practices,throughout the nation, through asurvey regarding salary and bene-fits.

According to the 2012 survey,Murphy’s previous pay was nearthe median salary, approximately$140,000, paid for city managersserving in local governments withpopulations ranging from 25,000-49,999. The maximum pay recordedin that population group wasapproximately $270,000 with a min-imum of approximately$30,000.

Commissioner Garry Buiesaid Murphy has worked hardfor the City of Hobbs anddeserves a raise.

“He made a commitment to usand we’re making a commit-ment to him,” Buie said.“Every community event wewere having he was alwaysthere.”

In other business commis-sioners also:

� Authorized a special vari-ance to the noise ordinanceduring the Fiestas deSeptiembre Celebration onSept. 14

� Authorized a memorandumof agreement with the Boysand Girls Club of Hobbs for thelease of one bus and authorizeda modification of the fixedroute transportation service.

� Approved the certificationof Tierra Realty Trust, LLC, ofTaos as a pre-qualified poten-tial qualifying grantee pur-suant to the City of Hobbs ordi-nance number 1050

� Approved a development

agreement with Jesus. M Castroconcerning the development of aparcel of land located southeast ofthe intersection of Apache andNorth Grimes

� Approved of a change ordernumber one with WeaverConstruction Management forbooster pump station improve-ments in the amount of more than$132,000

� Approved an increase in hauledliquid waste disposal rates from$.08 per gallon to $.12 per galloneffective Sept. 1

� Approved to enter into a con-tract with RD Thomas Advertisingfor the Neighborhood TrafficManagement Education Initiative

� Approved an affordable housingfunding commitment and letter offinancial support to Tierra RealtyTrust, LLC of Taos for a proposedaffordable housing complex namedPlaya Escondida to be located inthe Southwest corner of Yeso andJefferson.

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LOCAL 3HOBBS NEWS-SUN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013

T O D AY

Community CoffeeThe Hobbs Police Department invites

the public to a community coffeeat 7 a.m. at HPD headquarters.Enter through the north doors.

T H U R S D AY

Lea commissionThe Lea County Commission will

meet at 9 a.m. in the Lea CountyCourthouse in Lovington. Thismeeting is open to the public.

Chambers discussionThe public is invited to a a round-

table discussion hosted by City ofHobbs officials, the HobbsChamber of Commerce, the HobbsHispano Chamber of Commerceand the African AmericanChamber of Commerce will host aroundtable discussion at 1 p.m.Thursday in the second floor con-ference room at City Hall, 200 E.Broadway.

NMJC BoardThe New Mexico Junior College

Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. in theZia Room of Pannell Library. Thismeeting is open to the public.

Eunice City CouncilThere will be a City Council Meeting

at 5:30 p.m. in the CouncilChambers at City Hall. This is a reg-ularly scheduled meeting, previ-ously set for Aug.27, but wasmoved due to a scheduling con-flict. This meeting is open to thepublic.

Republican WomenThe Lea County Republican

Women’s monthly meeting isscheduled for noon at RepublicanHeadquarters, 1776 N. Turner.Melba Hamby will be the featuredspeaker. Sandwiches, chips,dessert and drinks will be availablefor $5, or you are welcome to bringyour own lunch.

Eddy-Lea EnergyThe Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance will

meet at 2 p.m. at EDC of LeaCounty, 200 E. Broadway SuiteA201.

Hobbs roundtableThe City of Hobbs commission has

scheduled a roundtable discussionat 11 a.m. at the City Hall, thirdfloor annex, 200 E. Broadway. Thediscussion is with several topemployers in the community.

F R I D AY

Movie Under the StarsHobbs Parks and Recreation is show-

ing “Men in Black 3” at Del NortePark as part of its Movie Under the

Stars series. Movie starts at dusk.The event is free. Bring a lawnchair.

Master Gardeners eventThe Lea County Master Gardeners

hosts two presentation by formerNational Park Service naturalistand current author Bill Dunmirestarting at 5:30 p.m. at the WesternHeritage Museum. Two presenta-tions are on New Mexico’s land-scapes and New Mexico’s Spanishlivestock heritage.

Alzheimer’s support group The Alzheimer's Association

Caregiver Support Group will meetat 1 p.m. at the Agnes KastnerHead Community Center, 200 EPark in Hobbs.

Youth revivalFaith Assembly of God has scheduled

a youth revival featuring Burk Zackof Nashville, Tenn., at 7 p.m.

Mark the date

GUIDELINESReaders are welcome to sub-

mit items to the free Markthe Date calendar. The eventshould have a local connec-tion, be open to the publicand provide contact informa-tion. E-mail items to edi-tor@hobbsnews. com.

BETH HAHNNEWS-SUN

Christmas is still more than four monthsaway, but the Eunice City Council made a listof projects they hope will receive state fund-ing and checked it twice.

Mayor Matt White said the list did notchange from the 2012-13 version.

“We took the priorities from last year andwe didn’t change them,” he said. “We didn’tget much help from the Legislature last year.”

City councilors approved the top five priori-ties during an Aug. 13 meeting.

The priorities are:� $1 million to complete the downtown beau-

tification project.White said the city is nearing completion of

the downtown beautification project, whichadded wider sidewalks, revamped parkingand new lights to brick-and-concrete land-scaping.

The final phase of the project will notinclude medians, White said, because of traf-fic constraints at the intersection of MainStreet and Avenue O.

City manager Marty Moore said the projectwill not move forward until the city has grantfunding available.

� $550,000 to re-pave city streets.White estimated it costs about $200,000 to

resurface one street. Despite the cost, severalcity streets need to be re-paved, he said.

The $550,000 would enable Eunice to patchseveral streets in addition to re-paving atleast one, Moore said.

� $1 million to replace sewer lines.Although the city replaced miles of water

lines recently, several sewer lines are in needof repair.

White said the city is experiencing problemswith collapsing and stoppages.

“We have some really old lines that we justneed to replace,” he said.

� $3 million to build a new police depart-ment.

The current building, which shares spacewith Magistrate Court and the Eunice SeniorCenter, is inadequate for public safety, Whitesaid.

A new public safety complex has been on thecity’s wish list for several years.

“We really do need another building for ourpolice department,” White said.

� $50,000 to demolish dilapidated and aban-doned buildings.

Moore said city staff identified severalabandoned or potentially dangerous struc-tures that need to be torn down.

Eunice has a good history of receiving fundsto demolish buildings, he said.

“This is just to continue our efforts to cleanup the community,” he said.

The funding requests will be presented toarea legislators prior to the 2014 session,which begins in January.

Beth Hahn can be reached at 391-5436 orreporter3@hobbsnews.com.

Eunice sets out project prioritiesfor potential state funding

Jack and theBeanstalkStudents from Jefferson,Edison, Taylor and Stoneelementary schools, includ-ing Paola Miranda, left, cen-ter, were on the stage ofTydings AuditoriumMonday auditioning forparts in the MissoulaChildren's Theater produc-tion of Jack and theBeanstalk. Cast memberswill spend the week indance, singing and actingrehearsals in preparationfor Saturday's 3 p.m. per-formance at Tydings.

HOBBS SCHOOLS PHOTO

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