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Don Jones
I am writing this letter of support for Mayors Sam Hosler of Kearny, Mayor Bobby Smith of Hayden, and Louis Bracamonte of Winkelman.
I have been the Mayor of Mammoth and have worked closely with these three Mayors. We have been meeting monthly at a 4 mayors meeting, trading ideas and problems at hand in our four towns. This has helped me in decisions for the town of Mammoth.
These Mayors meetings are facilitated by Allen Urban of CAG. Allen has been instrumental in helping to obtain CDBG grants for all four towns. The number 2 water storage tank is a good example of CDBG grant money in Mammoth. The paper work has started for the number 1 tank to be relined and will start next year.
Infrastructure in all four towns has been an ongoing issue. Our water mains need to be replaced and is a major problem. The town of Mammoth will need to increase their water rates in order to obtain a loan/grant to replace all water lines. Increased water rates will enable the town to pay back a large loan and needs to be done before requesting a loan.
The main topic at the Mayors monthly meetings has been police coverage. The issue now at hand is hiring a police chief to cover all four towns.This will be a large savings to all towns if we hire one police chief. It has been narrowed down to two persons and if time were not an issue I would recommend opening up recruitment again.
The people need to thank DPS for sending in two officers to help restructure three of our towns police departments. DPS Sergeants Rudy Lujan and Dave Blue spent many hours helping our towns with professional input.
Also, many thanks to Sheriff Paul Babeu for his help in our police departments. He was always there for advise when I called him and has assigned Harry Grizzle for a 90 day period of time which is running out soon. Deputy Chief Grizzle was instrumental in the hiring process of two new officers one full time and one part time and has taken over 6 weeks to accomplish.
The load of hiring a police chief has been put on Mayor Smith of Hayden. Thanks to him and Hayden’s Council, the hiring of a unified chief is getting close.
After working closely with these three Mayors I highly recommend all three to be re-elected to continue their ongoing work. I see all three Mayors to be truly dedicated to their respective towns.
Sincerely,
/s/ Don Jones
Councilman, Town of Mammoth
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