Media contact: Catherine Zaharko, Doña Ana County
575-525-5801 • catherinez@donaanacounty.org
OBJECTIVE: To streamline communication between local government agencies during the COVID-19 response. Partner organizations include city and county representatives, local hospitals, the Department of Health, jail and prison facilities, first responders, the Las Cruces Public School district, the Town of Mesilla, City of Anthony, City of Sunland Park and Village of Hatch.
JIC members collaborate on a daily conference call at 10 a.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The notes compiled during that call are made available at www.las-cruces.org and www.donaanacounty.org.
Regional updates:
City of Anthony Chief Vanessa Ordoñez, Anthony Police Dept. Oscar Dominguez, City Manager www.cityofanthonynm.com Chief Ordonez-1100 am food distribution in Anthony. City employee testing (7:30 – 9:00)
City of Sunland Park
Capt. Dennis Schoen, Sunland Park Fire
www.sunlandpark-nm.gov Capt Schoen – All personnel will return to work (PD) as of today.
City of Las Cruces
Jennifer Martinez
Steve Ramirez
www.las-cruces.org Jennifer Martinez – sent link http://www.las-cruces.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3017 for drought/COVID fireworks restrictions. Will not have electric light parade, might have fireworks (working on safety plan), if possible
Las Cruces Police / Las Cruces Fire Dan Trujillo – nothing to report
Dan Trujillo www.las-cruces.org
Las Cruces Public Schools
Samantha Lewis
Kelly Jameson
www.lcps.net Kelly Jameson: Summer workout began, phase I started. Board meeting on Thursday, w/reentry plan. Aug 12 – School planning to start again
Doña Ana County
Catherine Zaharko
Luce Rubio
Jamie Michael
www.donaanacounty.org Not available
Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office
Sgt. Robyn Gojkovich
Robyn Gojkovich – nothing to report
Doña Ana County Detention Center
Capt. Bryan Baker
www.donaanacounty.org/detention Not available
Village of Hatch
Chief Tim Thornton, Hatch PD
www.villageofhatch.org Chief Thornton – Nothing to report
Town of Mesilla
Dorothy Sellers
www.mesillanm.gov Not available
Memorial Medical Center
Ryan Perkins
www.mmclc.org Not available
MountainView Regional Medical
Center
Ben Woods No update
www.mountainviewregional.com
New Mexico State University
Justin Bannister
www.nmsu.edu Not available
New Mexico State University Police
Deputy Chief Andrew Bowen
www.nmsupolice.com Nothing to report
Office of Emergency Management
Cullen Combs
Amanda Bowen
www.donaanacounty.org/emergency Cullen Combs: Working existing process as planned
Southern New Mexico Correctional
Facility
Lt. Carlos Reyes
https://cd.nm.gov/nmcd-prison-facilities/southern-
new-mexico-correctional-facility/ Not available
State of NM Aging & Long-Term
Services
Andrea Ferrales-Nevarez, Ombudsman Program
http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us Nothing to report
Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch
Authority
Hugo Costa, Executive Director
www.mvrda.org Not available
U.S. Border Patrol, El Paso Sector
Officer Joseph Barron
www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-
borders/border-patrol-sectors/el-paso-sector-texas Due to staffing constraints, CBP will not be contributing daily updates to the Joint Information Center. Occasional messages will be passed along via email as necessary.
NM Department of Health
David Morgan Not available
www.cv.nmhealth.org