Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
CLOVIS — The Clovis city commission plans to take the next step in establishing a new senior center at Hillcrest Park.
A task force for the project is on the agenda for today's commission meeting. The Commission on Older Adults has recommended six people to serve on it:
• Commission on Older Adults Chair Donna Labatt
• COA and Senior Olympics representative Melinda Coslett
• COA representative Constance Williams
• Curry Resident Senior Meals Association Executive Director Cherisse Perez
• La Casa Senior Center Director Darlene Gonzales
• City Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan
There is no requirement a city commissioner serve on the task force, but Commissioner Tom Martin has expressed interest in serving.
A prior task force created by the COA and chaired by Labatt presented its selection process during the commission's Oct. 5 meeting and took the task force recommendation to locate a new senior center at Hillcrest south of the Wellness Center.
The commission also plans to mark Monday as Kyla Myers Day. The 21-year-old Clovis native, a senior at West Texas A&M, is the reigning Miss Rodeo New Mexico.
Other items on today's agenda include:
• Quarterly reports from Clovis MainStreet and the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce.
• Donation of a 21-year-old fire truck and a 19-year-old ambulance to the Quay County fire marshal's office. The city is using neither vehicle right now due to high mileage and maintenance costs.
• A request to rezone 12 lots in the Stagner Addition from Neighborhood Conservation Carport District to Neighborhood Conservation Prefabricated Carport District. The planning and zoning commission recommends the zoning change by a 3-2 vote. The carport in question has already been built.
