City considers pay scale plan with merit raises
City officials review a proposed pay plan that links raises to performance with 25 percent steps. Merit increases could start next year if approved. The report compares Rio Rancho salaries with Albuquerque and other New Mexico cities and agencies. Reactions are mixed with some departments pleased and others feeling overlooked. Council members anticipate major adjustments after discrepancies are fixed. A property tax hike remains a possible funding source but is not certain. Final decisions may come after closed sessions and a council vote within weeks, with retroactive salaries from July 1 if approved.
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Rio Rancho
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Alamogordo
Carlsbad
Los Alamos
Roswell
Santa Fe
Bernalillo County
City Developement
Karen Keegan
Public Works
Dial
Pat D'Arco
Nash
Rio Rancho Adopts The City of Vision Slogan and approves 27th Street bid
The Rio Rancho City Council approved The City of Vision as the city slogan for use with the city seal. It also unanimously awarded a $108,757 bid by J.R. Hale and City Engineer Lowell Lester for 3,000 feet of paving on 27th Street from the Martin Luther King Elementary School to Southern Boulevard, with in-house testing planned. The council advanced the 1988 Transportation Program and approved new city positions and capital expenditures including a $12,000 to $13,000 van for the parks and recreation department, despite budget concerns raised by Councilor Eugene Burton. The panel also named Wilbur C. Parliaman to a two-year term on the Rio Rancho Library Board.
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Shannon
Eubanus II
Rio Rancho
City of Vision
Lowell Lester
J.R. Hale
27Th Street
Martin Luther King Elementary
Southern Boulevard
Lester
Mike Springfield
City Attornney
City Parks and Recreation Department
Eugene Burton
Wilbur C. Parliaman
Cibola High Wins Education Department Award
Cibola High School received the U S Department of Education Award for Excellence, one of 271 schools nationwide and the only high school in New Mexico to earn it. Principal Linda Taylor credited teachers students and community support and will travel to Washington D C to accept the citation.
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Cibola High School
United States Department of Education
Cibola
New Mexico
Linda Taylor
Inmates to Train Wild Horses at Los Lunas Center
Los Lunas Correctional Center and BLM sign a memorandum to run a three month inmate training program for excess wild horses under the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program. Inmates perform care, grooming, training, and records while the BLM funds feed, veterinary care, and oversight with adoptions planned in Los Lunas by September 1, 1987.
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Los Lunas Correctional Center
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
New Mexico
Larry L. Woodard
Department of Corrections
State of New Mexico
O.L. McCouer
Los Lunas
Bureau
Auditions for Confusions at Adobe Theater This Weekend
Auditions for Confusions by Alan Ayckb... begin Saturday June 27 at Adobe Theater under director Joe Brooks seeking three men and two women for multiple roles. Saturday open monologues 10 a.m. to noon, script readings 1 p.m. start. Sunday auditions continue at 1 p.m. Contact Rita Elliott at 345-2167 for details.
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Alan Ayckbaum
Adobe Theater
Joe Brooks
Rita Elliott
Mandatory pet licensing reminder for Rio Rancho dogs and cats
The Rio Rancho Animal Control Office urges residents to license all dogs and cats, presenting current rabies vaccination proof at Rio Rancho City Hall. Licenses last one year and cost 8 dollars, 2 dollars with proof of spay or neutering. An error in last week’s Rio Rancho Observer misquoted Councilor Eugene Burton about the library bond.
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Animal Control Office
Rio Rancho City Hall
Southern Boulevard
Rio Rancho
Eugene Burton
Burton
Councilor
Nitrogen timing in June for pecans and fruit trees
New Mexico State University horticulturist Esteban Herrera urges June as the last chance to apply nitrogen to pecans and fruit and nut trees. Apply about a quarter pound per inch of trunk. mature trees need roughly 150 units per acre. Adequate soil nitrogen supports this year’s crop and stores nutrients for next year.
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New Mexico
New Mexico State University
Esteban Herrera
Cooperative Extension Service
Explorers Serve Spaghetti Supper Saturday Fundraiser
The fire station on Southern Boulevard hosts a spaghetti supper this Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. to raise funds for Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety Explorer Post 406. Tickets cost 3.50 for adults 2.50 for children ages 5 to 12 and seniors.
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Southern Boulevard
Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety Explorer
Buckeyes to meet at St Thomas Aquinas Parish hall
The Ohio Club holds its regular monthly meeting and potluck dinner on Saturday June 27 at 6 30 pm at St Thomas Aquinas Parish hall. Hosts are Mr Stan Bolek Rosemary Hellmann and Annabelle Mills. Former Ohioans are invited to attend the fourth Saturday meetings. For more information call 892 6983 or 892 9061. Come join the fellowship.
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Ohio Club
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Hall
Stan Bolek
Rosemary Hellmann
Annabelle Mills
May 1987 crash fatalities and trends report
The Transportation Department releases May and year to date motor vehicle crash data. May had 43 fatal crashes causing 48 deaths, with 164 fatal crashes and 188 fatalities year to date. Through May 1986 there were 175 fatal crashes and 205 fatalities, a 17 fatality drop.
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Transportation Department
Traffic Safety Bureau
John D. Fenner
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