The McKinley County Board of Commissioners held its regular commissioner meeting on Oct. 2.
At the meeting, Loline Hathaway, of the Ya-ta-hey Water and Sanitation District, requested a $25,000 loan for a new monitoring well.
Potential issues facing the district included moving the well on property the district does not own, as well as changes in terrain, and making sure financial audits are clean.
County Finance Director Sarah Keeler said funds for the project would have to come from the Environmental Gross Receipts Tax lease.
In addition, Keeler said there’s a $75,000 grant from the NM Environment Department to acquire land to plan, design and construct water system improvements for a regional system that includes White Cliffs, Gamerco and Ya-ta-hey. Each region would get $25,000 from the total amount.
Each item was approved with a 3-0-0 vote.
By Cody Begaye
Sun Correspondent
