County Looks Into Judicial Complex Options

By John Severance

SOCORRO -- The Socorro County Commissioners all agree there is a need for a judicial complex and a detention facility.
But there are many questions still out there.
Will it be a regional complex along with Sierra and Catron Counties? Will it be just a county complex? How are they going to get the money? There are many other questions as well.
But on Wednesday Jan. 13, four members of the commission, county manager Delilah Walsh and detention superintendent Evangel Maldonado heard a presentation from Gerald Martin, a construction management firm based in Albuquerque.
“We will walk you through the process in how to get your program off the ground,” said Robert Martinez, the director of construction management.
Martinez outlined a chart, indicating the steps it would take to build a judicial complex.
“We will help you every step of the way,” he said.
Walsh asked the commissioners if this something they wanted to pursue. Commissioner Rosie Tripp said, “We can not make any decisions today but I would like to put it on the agend.”
Martinez said: “All we are looking for is a minimum investment to offset our costs. We are ready to start and we have started investigating things.”
Walsh said she will prepare a proposal “to get the ball rolling. It gives us time for our attorney (Adren Nance) to look into this.”

County Looks Into Judicial Complex Options