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Funds for Corrales from the N.M. Legislature last year that had been withheld have now been released. Money is now available for Casa San Ysidro Museum, Animal Control, Police Department offices, Fire Department water tanker and to extend water lines for fighting fire.
At the February 9 Village Council meeting, Village Clerk Aaron Gjullin reported รขโฌลWe have finally gotten, official, in-writing, bona fide grant agreements for capital outlay money that we werenรขโฌโขt sure we were going to get.รขโฌย Gjullin said he had received word earlier that day that appropriations are approved for the following:
รขโฌยข Casa San Ysidro waste water and fire suppression lines – $25,000;
รขโฌยข Animal Control vehicles and equipment – $40,000;
รขโฌยข Fire Department water tender, a small, quick-response water hauler for wildlands fires- $225,000;
รขโฌยข Fire Department water line installation – $325,000; and
รขโฌยข Police station remodeling – $95,000.
รขโฌลWeรขโฌโขre really excited that we got this money and that we will be able to use these funds during the next couple of fiscal years,รขโฌย Gjullin said. In a later interview, Village Administrator Ron Curry said the project for the police station is basically to make it รขโฌลcleaner, neater and better. Itรขโฌโขs not in very good shape, especially the bathroom.รขโฌย He brushed off a facetious question whether funds would be used to enhance the police stationรขโฌโขs holding cell.
In the Villageรขโฌโขs Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan (ICIP) submitted to the legislature, the request for รขโฌลpolice station remodelรขโฌย is to plan, design, renovate, repair, furnish and equip the police station.
The request for Casa San Ysidro Museum was for $50,000 to รขโฌลplan, design and construct water and wastewater system improvement for Casa SanรขโฌหYsidro and the historic Old Church to Corrales Road for a visitor center.รขโฌย