City officials push to reconcile city finances back to 2022
City officials and two CPAs from Mitchell Beasley & Co. gave a status update at a special work session on reconciling city finances to 2022. They reported progress, narrowing unreconciled items from about 700k to roughly 50k, with time and effort still needed to finish.
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Special Commission
Paula Chacon
Hallie Ferguson
Liz Martinez
Angelica Pacheco
Mitchell, Beasley & Co
CPA
Las Cruces
Martinez
Cpas
Renee Hayez
Byrd Wins Republican Nod for Quay County Assessor
Jefferson Byrd, 52, a Tucumcari rancher, defeated James Klein sasser 466 to 365 in the Quay County GOP primary to secure the nomination for county assessor. Byrd carried 58 percent and won all precincts. he faces Democrat Dana Leonard, the appointed incumbent, in November. turnout was light at about 31 percent with statewide turnout under 23 percent. Leonard was unopposed in the Democratic race.
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Jefferson Byrd
James Kleinsasser
Quay County
Byrd
Tucumcari
Kleiner
Dana Leonard
Leonard
Janie Hoffman
Kleinsasser
New Mexico
White
Donald Trump
Nikki Haley
Chris Christie
Vivek Ramaswamy
GOP
Pete Campos
G. Michael Lopez
Campos
TableTop Cooperative loses its state grant in New Mexico
The TableTop Cooperative, based in Tucumcari, lost a 24,740.03 Healthy Food Financing Award that would fund a walk in cooler and regional food hub setup. The EDD terminated the grant in April demanding repayment and citing inadequate progress, potentially blocking a future grant unless repaid.
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la Casa Verde
New Mexico Economic Development Department
Table Top
EDD
Hockaday
Tucumcari Public Schools approves 15.1 million budget with 3.3 million carryover
The Tucumcari Public Schools board approved a 2024 2025 operating budget of 15.1 million dollars with a 3.3 million cash carryover starting July 1. Interim superintendent Dave Johnson estimates about 300 000 dollars to be absorbed by the district as coronavirus relief funds end. New superintendent Carl Marano says the district is in good shape and plans to keep programs going while considering a five day week in the future. The board also set a 2024 2025 stipend schedule and discussed potential changes to sports and extracurricular stipends and possible groundskeeping staff for ball fields. Federal relief funds require 20 percent for academics and sunset this December.
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Tucumcari
Dave Johnson
Carl Marano
Jerry Lopez
Johnson
Marano
New Mexico Public Education Department
Wayne Ferguson
Monica Martinez
Bud
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Pacheco
CJ Oglesby
Chacon
Ferguson
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Sena
Tor
Teresa Leger Fernandez
USS
Veronica Manley
Robert Lopez
Nella Domenici
U.S
Sharon Clahchischillinge
Pat Woods
Jack Chatfield
Michael Taylor
Heidi Adams
Alberiia Rael
Dallas Dowell
Jerri Rush
David Holman
Ron Warnick
Tucumcari Convention Center
Ellen White
TableTop Cooperative
TPS
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