Meetings watch: Clovis City Commission — Dec. 18

The Clovis city commission will meet at 5:15 p.m. today at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library.

Agenda items include:

• A resolution that would grant a waiver for height and setback requirements for a cellular tower in the north half of the Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center.

Lubbock-based NTCH-NM wishes to build a tower that can accommodate up to four providers, with Cleartalk Wireless on board as the first tenant.

The planning and zoning commission, on a 5-1 vote, recommended denial of the waivers, based largely on arguments from John Kibler, who lives less than two blocks from the proposed site. He said the companies failed to consider the “antenna farm” northeast of the intersection of Llano Estacado Boulevard and Thornton Street, and that such waivers would never be considered in newer residential additions.

• A request to waive fees at Greene Acres Park for a funeral service for Ariel Ulibarri.

Ulibarri, 23, was fatally stabbed Nov. 9 near the entrance of the Goodwin Lake Walking Trails.

A group putting together the service, planned for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 4, has offered to clean the park area used in exchange for the waiver.

• Request for approval of the annual Martin Luther King Walk, with a police escort, 9 a.m. Jan. 19 from Potter Park to Legacy Life Church.

• Appointment of Jamal McCall to serve on the Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee.

• Reassignment of the city’s top five legislative priorities for the 2015 season. The commission voted in October to prioritize, in order, the Ute Water Pipeline, the effluent reuse pipeline, Seventh Street improvements, Wilhite Street improvements and airport water system improvements.

The commission in November prioritized Wilhite above Seventh, and the amended priority list would reflect that change.

• A request to award CJ Mead Construction for approximately $175,000 for the second phase of the Clovis Municipal Airport’s water system improvements.

• Consideration of a memorandum of understanding between the city and De Baca County to help with the opening of the county’s construction and demolition debris landfill.

Current staff for De Baca must work one year before full certification is granted, and the county has agreed to pay any expenses associated with a Clovis employee providing oversight during the training period.

• Consideration of a property and liability insurance agreement with One Beacon. The annual premium would increase by $131,083, but would lower auto claim deductibles from $2,000 to $1,000, change wind and hail damage deductibles from $250,000 to 1 percent and allow the city to keep its current insurance counsel.

— Compiled by staff writer Kevin Wilson