TIMBERON DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
                             Minutes of the Meeting Held May 12, 2007


IN ATTENDANCE:

Everett Putney		Elsie Gideon			Bill Gideon		Charlie Bain
Rick Merrick 		Dwight Haisley		Larry Hanson		Howard Neighbor
Mary Neighbor	Jackie Fioretti

The meeting was called to order by President Everett Putney at 10:00 am.  He asked if anyone 
would like the minutes read from the previous meeting.  Dwight Haisley made a motion to 
suspend the reading of the minutes and accept them as submitted.  Bill Gideon seconded the 
motion.  The minutes were approved.

In the absence of the Treasurer, Jackie Fioretti gave the treasurer’s report.  A motion was made 
by Bill Gideon to accept the report as given.  Larry Hanson seconded the motion.  The motion 
passed.  

				JAMBOREE		TDC		GRANT	TOTAL
Beginning Bal. May. 1, 2007	$2,044.41		$32,253.83	$12,800.45	$47,098.69
Deposits May. 2007		$0.00			$12,444.99	$  5,505.46	$17,950.45
Checks Written May. 2007	$0.00			$25,378.14	$  1,407.83	$26,785.97
Ending Bal. May. 31, 2007	$2,044.41		$19,320.68	$16,898.08	$38,263.17	  

Everett Putney asked if there were any bills to be paid.  Jackie reported there were pending bills 
that totaled $720.62.  Rick Merrick made a motion to pay our bills.  Charlie Bain seconded the 
motion.  The motion passed.  A letter was received from the Cloudcroft High School requesting a 
donation for “Project Graduation”.  Jackie Fioretti made a motion to donate $100.00.  Rick 
Merrick seconded the motion.  The motion passed.

The Timberon Airstrip paving will be completed this summer.  Gravel piles for the paving have 
been delivered and bids for oil and other material are in progress.  Otero County wanted to pave 
Sacramento at the same time but the water lines have not been installed across the street so this 
will be done at a later date.  We have received six windsocks from the State Aviation for future 
use.  A completion ceremony will be held at the end of the project.

The Timberon weather station is working.  Everett thanked Scott Millar and B.F. Adams for all 
their work and support in getting it up and running.  Timberon weather is on N.O.A.A. (National 
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration).  You can get Timberon’s weather status by logging on to 
timberondevelopmentcouncil.com.  The weather system updates every five minutes.  We 
received a response back from Dell Telephone and they have approved a DSL line for the 
Timberon Development Council in support of the weather station.

The New Mexico State tree thinning project is in force.  We are receiving requests for thinning 
from our last mail out.  There are approximately ten properties who have requested thinning but  
have limited access and would be very difficult to thin.  Another mailing was discussed.


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Volunteer work will start on the Mary Glover Park May 14th and 15th.  The walking paths have 
been marked by Rick Merrick, Steve Griffith, Jim Ackermann and Fran Trendler.  Volunteers 
will spread the chips in the walking paths.  This project was funded by the New Mexico 
Association of Counties and our volunteer work is in kind labor required on this grant.   

Bill Gideon attended the annual REDTT, Rural Economic Development Through Tourism, 
conference held in Carlsbad, New Mexico on April 26th and 27th.  He gave a very good report 
and said the conference was very informative and well organized.  The people were very friendly 
and made them feel welcome.  Governor Richardson supports the New Mexico Main Street 
project and his office has information on how to work with the state if you want to revitalize 
your main street.  The two basic requirements for tourism are to provide places to eat and places 
to shop.  Adequate housing is also a very important requirement.

Larry Hanson mentioned he attended a very good meeting in Weed concerning major thinning on 
several water sheds around Timberon.   					
	
A motion was made by Rick Merrick to adjourn at 11:20 am. and seconded by Howard 
Neighbor.  Meeting adjourned.  These meetings are held the second Saturday of each month at 
10:00am in the Timberon Lodge.  They are open meetings and everyone is invited to attend.

Respectfully submitted,
Jackie Fioretti, Secretary