Serving the High Plains
QCS Staff
The Tucumcari City Commission approved a $200,000 expenditure to make improvements to aviation fuel lines from tanks to dispensing equipment at Tucumcari Municipal Airport.
About $180,000 of the fuel line improvements will be financed through the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s aviation division, with the rest coming from city funds, according to Ralph Lopez, a project manager with the city’s Community Development Department.
The commission also renewed the city’s five-year lease agreement with Versa Tech Industries, a paving contractor, and the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce’s $1-per-year sub-lease of office space to U. S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan. The office houses Lujan’s field representative Ron Wilmot.
Lopez said transportation department inspectors had found the current fuel aviation fuel line was worn and needed to be replaced. Lopez said he found grant funds, and applied.
For the Versa Tech lease, the city will receive $1,700 per month in rent for property kn the 700 block of Campbell Avenue, and $225 a month for property on the 800 block of West Maple Street.
Patsy Gresham, executive director of the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce, requested the continuation of the sublease for Rep. Lujan’s office space. The chamber leases space from the city for its headquarters at Fifth Street and Route 66 Boulevard, and the chamber essentially donates the office for Rep. Lujan.