Commissioner District 6· 2024-01-01–2027-12-01 (month-level start: January 2024 (current-term start; seat on the November 2023 cycle, sitting at the Nov. 28, 2023 special meeting per city agenda; first-office day unsourced); month-level end: December 2027 per hobbsnm.gov/commission.html 'Term of Office Expires: 12-31-2027')
Don R. Gerth
Hobbs
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 8
- Total speaking time
- 12:51
- Avg per meeting
- 1:36
- Segments
- 229
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Top issues during term (8)(Development)
Affordable Housing Grant from State
Financial terms of the agreement were not stated in the published agenda.
Shipp Street Plaza Improvements
Not specified; Maddox Foundation investment supports the project.
Sale of Industrial Airpark Land to Mewbourne Oil Company
Brings $1.21 million into the city while supporting an $11 million private construction project.
Market-Rate Single-Family Housing Development Agreement
$600,000 total from the Lea County Housing Grant, leaving about $2.17 million.
Sale of Airpark Land to Mewbourne Oil
The city would receive sale proceeds for the 21.75-acre parcel.
Rivas Properties Infrastructure Extension Agreement
Cost-sharing terms for extending public infrastructure are not detailed in the available materials.
Land Exchange with The GEO Group, Inc.
An equalization payment to the city is part of the deal; the exact amount is not stated in the available materials.
Suerte Drive Infrastructure Extensions
Decisions during term (8)
Recorded while Gerth was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.