Water rate hike sought by PH residents in New Mexico
PH residents face a 40 percent across the board water rate increase sought by New Mexico Utilities for Paradise Hills and surrounding area. The utility cites a 1982 test year and notes no growth for three years while large users like Paradise Hills Country Club cut irrigation. The Public Service Commission has nine months to decide, with notices to users 30 days before a Santa Fe hearing.
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New Mexico
Paradise Hills
Public Service Commission
Jim Williams
Williams
Cally
Country Club
Santa Fe
City Moves Closer to Blum Building Purchase in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho City Council on July 13 approved a notice of sale to invite sealed bids for bonds. Proceeds fund the $1,935,000 purchase of the Blum Building from Sandoval Investment Group, with bonds repaid from gross receipts taxes and not property taxes. bond bid opening set for August 8. closing expected around September 13 as the city plans to move admin offices, police, court, and library into the 34,000 square foot facility. AMREP Southwest will occupy about half the building first under a lease. Prior title and AMREP issues were resolved. Also, council amended zoning to allow conjoined trailers in most zones for up to six months, not as residences, under certain lot conditions.
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Rio Rancho
Blum
Sandoval Investment Group
Don Mannehimer
Mannheimer
Amrep Southwest
Aease
Corrales Council Tables Partial Use Permit Appeal
The Corrales Village Council tabled Mary Tyner s appeal of a Planning and Zoning Commission denial for a half acre special use permit on Corrales Road. The vote was tied until Mayor Tommy Gentry broke it against denial amid concerns over the small lot and creeping commercialism.
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Corrales
Planning and Zoning Commission
Corrales Road
Mary Tyner
Tyner
Dunlap
Pedroncelli
Turner
Gus Wagner
Fommy Gentry
Pedron
Paradise Hills zoning ok for apartments and medical offices
The Paradise Hills Zoning Commission approved a ten acre project for apartments and medical offices near St. Joseph Hospital on July 11. Developer George Lambert also sought a zone change from A-1 to C-1 for a 10.5 acre tract near McMahon and Golf Course Road and proposed a separate 21 acre development that could host a PNM service center within two years.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Paradise Hills
Lambert
Dana Morse
Albuquerque
Public Service Company
Paradise
Lyons
Paragon Resources
Rio Rancho considers five mill flood tax for five years
City council adopts resolution for a special election on August 29 to levy five mills per year on net taxable value for five years to fund flood protection and drainage projects. The latest net taxable value is about 51.2 million dollars, yielding roughly 250 thousand dollars annually or 1.25 million over five years. Taxpayers could see a 25 to 40 dollar rise in annual property tax bills if approved. Voters across Rio Rancho, including renters, may participate. registration books closed Monday.
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Rio Rancho
Fred Kellogg
Joanne McGlothlin
McGlathlin
Mayors push county ban on fireworks sales and use
Corrales Rio Rancho and Bernalillo officials urge Sandoval County Commission to prohibit most fireworks countywide after multiple fires tied to bottle rockets. City leaders note dramatic calls and cite existing local bans aligned with 1981 state ordinances, with plans to seek countywide action at the upcoming meeting.
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Corrales
Rio Rancho
Bernalillo
Sandoval
Bernalido
Gayle Gentry
Hernalillo
Bernalillo County
Tommy Gentry
David Bruening
Bernaillo
Mike Foster
Sandoval County approves countywide gross receipts tax ordinance
The Sandoval County Commission adopts a countywide one eighth gross receipts tax to take effect January at a Bernalillo special meeting. It repeals the county personnel ordinance, estimates annual revenue around $176,000, and notes an additional $260,000 to $280,000 from an equalization formula.
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Sandoval County
Bernalillo
R. W. Johinson
Young inventor builds six inch box headed robot
Paradise Hills sixth grader Jeremy Robinson who turns spare house items into a toy robot stands six inches tall with a box shaped head and three legs. He created the walking device in about a week around late April using cardboard and electrical tape. Robinson aims to add movable arms and switch the power source from battery to solar cells in a future remodel.
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Jeremy Robinson
Paradise Hills
Robinson
Sierra Vista
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Michael Haeser
Haynes Park
Esther Bone
West Side
Michael J. Hartrantf
Clifford Pedrancelli
Dee Turner
Ann Dunlap
PNM
Morse
North
Edith
County Commission
Gentry
Bruening
Foster
Commission
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