Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
PORTALES — Commissioners on Tuesday approved three questions for the November ballot concerning alcohol sales in Roosevelt County.
The move mirrors that of Curry County commissioners, who last week approved submitting the same three questions to their voters on Nov. 5.
Those questions ask if residents wish to allow “the sale, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages,” the “issuance of restaurant beer & wine licenses,” and “the interlocal option district transfers” in unincorporated areas of the county.
Both commissions declined to bring two other questions to the ballot concerning the sale on Sundays of package liquor or “by the drink” libations.
Historically dry Roosevelt and Curry counties are the last such remaining entities in the state to forbid alcohol sales in their unincorporated areas. That could change by the year’s end if the voters so desire.
Roosevelt Commission Chair Shane Lee first proposed the change in May, noting the potential economic benefits to communities in Roosevelt County as well as development and sponsorships at the fairgrounds. Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of the resolution at their regular meeting Tuesday morning, with Paul Grider declining to elaborate on his opposition vote.
The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 5 at the county courthouse. Also at Tuesday’s meeting:
• Approval of a resolution adopting the 2021-2025 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, which lists the following as its top five funding priorities, with funds needed listed in parentheses: Road Improvement Project 2021 ($501,000), Road Barn Construction ($400,000), Detention Center Security Improvements ($622,000), Roosevelt County Enterprise & Courthouse HVAC Systems ($60,633) and Fairgrounds ADA Compliance ($1.5 million).
• Report from Roosevelt County Detention Center Administrator Justin Porter, who noted 136 intakes and 97 releases in the month of July. There are four officers in training right now and one expected to start next week, Porter added.
• Report from Road Superintendent Ricky Lovato, who said a road viewer committee unanimously recommended against closing a two-mile stretch north from South Roosevelt Road 21 on SRR AL.
