Rio Rancho officials push shop-at-home plan to close budget gap
City leaders explore raising sales tax and cutting services including Pork & Brew as a 4.5 million budget gap looms. Mayor Swisstack urges residents to redirect 100 of planned spending within Rio Rancho to boost revenue, fund pools and public safety. Local business owner supports breaking bad shopping habits to keep services.
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Rio Rancho eyes budget fix with unions and furloughs
City Manager James Jimenez plans to meet unions to close a 1.5 million dollar budget gap with a two day furlough for nonpublic safety workers and a three quarters of a percent salary cut for police dispatch and firefighters. Officials aim to balance the current year budget and cut 240 thousand dollars in salaries while pursuing other savings and a Green2V participation agreement. A solar panel project could break ground June 1 with production in April 2011.
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