Legal counsel and board reviewers found the Fremont ambulance RFP and draft agreement vague and potentially unfavorable to Brentwood, citing indemnity, insurance naming, a 120-day lame-duck clause and unclear cost exposure; the board agreed to wait for responses to Fremont’s RFP and to seek contract redrafts.

Attorney briefing outlined HB9's ban on public bodies using 287(g) agreements and on contracting to hold federal civil immigration detainees; members raised concerns about Otero County's five-year contract, bond and revenue risk, and potential loss of Tort Claims Act protections if counties act outside state law.