County finances seek savings amid bond rating boost
County officials cite a double A bond rating second only in the state and project savings of 280000 to 300000. They warn of a 7.3 million revenue loss over 14 years from tax hold harmless funds while noting five year outlooks are steady with 1.5 percent growth in property tax and GRT. Burpo urges cutting miscellaneous spending and pursuing non county funding while reviewing GRT use and economic development. Commissioners Scherzinger and Walters back outreach to funded programs as Don Chapman credits Sandoval Economic Alliance with forward momentum.
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Bernalillo County
Burpo
Nora Scherzinger
Glenn Walters
Scherzinger
Walters
Don Chapman
Sandoval Economic Alliance
Chapman
Bills pass amid partisan standoff and local funding shifts
Lawmakers moved a range of bills from right of way acquisitions for Paseo del Volcan to school security upgrades in Rio Rancho. Representative Brandt described the three-session stint as the toughest amid Democratic resistance to bipartisan measures. House Bill 404 by Lewis eased interlock rules for out-of-state DWI convicts, while Powdrell-Culbert HB 487 lets small municipalities divert court fees to general funds. Sapien bills SB 379 and SB 446 established child care accountability and interstate distance education rules.
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Paseo del Volcan
Rio Rancho
Brandt
Brandi
Standt
Lewis
New Mexico
Powdrell-Culbert
Sapien
Children Youth and Family Department
Lawmakers highlight bills from Rio Rancho delegation
State Rep. Paul Pacheco and fellow delegate Harper touted their bills, including online class cross state participation and licenses for undocumented residents. Several measures died or stalled in the Senate, with Rio Rancho residents watching bills on driver licenses and education funding fail to advance.
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Paul Pacheco
Harper
Rio Rancho
Pacheco
Senate
House
Rio Rancho council debates public forum and honors center staff
Councilors spar over public forum content with comments at meetings. Officials defend accessibility of contact info for speakers. In other business, Rio Rancho recognizes aquatic center staff for saving a man’s life, approves a Riverview Drive project, keeps Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful figures, and votes on licenses and re injections, plus a Cable One franchise transition.
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Rio Rancho Aquatic Center
Marcela Cano
Elora Stanton
Aquatic Venter
Jeremy Otero
Janet Bettinger
Donald Ellsworth
Bettinger
Aquatic Center
Cano
Stanton
Otero
Erning
Star Paving Inc
Riverview Drive
17Th Avenue
Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful Committee
Connie Walsh
Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful
Hilton Garden Inn
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Elsworth
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Cable One Inc
Graham Holdings Company
Cable One
Sara Road
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Rio Rancho Observer
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