Corrales council outlines capital outlay requests for Legislature

CORRALES — The village of Corrales council saw the same capital outlay list Oct. 28 they saw during the summer, but the priorities are the same and more urgent as time passes.

Mayor James Fahey said the first three items on the list are still top priority for the village to get funding from the 2026 Legislature in Santa Fe.

Number one is repaving and flood mitigation for Coronado Road. Second up was the stand-alone bathrooms in the village. The last was the repaving of Reclining Acres Road. However, Fahey said they are also going to request funding for the village-wide fire suppression system, which has been a major concern for some time.

Councilor Mel Knight wanted to make sure that the first three items are covered “because they’ve been going up the list for all these years.”

Fahey reassured that those three projects are “shovel ready” as soon as funding is granted.

Village Administrator Ron Curry took a moment to remind the council of the dynamic with the Legislature.

“I just want to remind the council as we do every year, and hopefully councilor (Rick) Miera would agree with me, is that we send this list up with your priorities in good faith and then once the legislators put their hands on it, they do whatever they want to,” he said.

Councilor Stuart Murray argued that because of that it’s “immaterial” what the village puts on the list.

Meira agreed with the caveat that the amount of funding they request is more important.

Fahey said the plan is to request $1 million for fire mitigation, though the total cost is about $4 million. The list also includes several items related to fire equipment, station updates and a substation for the village department, which are mostly “shovel ready” with a few exceptions.

The list shows that Coronado Road’s cost is $473,315, the bathrooms are $800,000 and the Reclining Acres Road project is estimated at $520,000.

Several other items are “shovel ready,” including a Corrales Road pathway, parking facilities, public works equipment and more.