Budget Woes and Raises Shape Rio Rancho Finance
Rio Rancho's budget shows sluggish growth despite new employers. Property taxes are projected at 3.2 million next year and gross receipts at 12.6 million with an ending fund balance around 750 thousand. A 3 percent merit raise for most workers contrasts with a 5 percent DPSA bump, financed by about 190 thousand in merit increases and 380 thousand in COLAs.
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Rio Rancho
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Ployee
Union
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City council funds JUSTICE program, forms fact-finding panel
Rio Rancho council created an eight member fact finding group to review the Juvenile Services Department and its JUSTICE program and decide whether to dismantle change or keep it. Councilor Vestrebi supported preserving funding until the review is finished. The council voted 4 to 2 to cut funding for next year with Vestrebi and Kellogg opposed.
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Juvenile Services Department
Ron Vestrebi
Vestrebi
Joan Kellogg
Department and Justice
James Lewis
Rio Rancho
Justice Program
Department
Lester Brasher
Brasher
Kellogg
New AP Program At RRHS Promises Academic Rigor
The program features a five point AP grade scale boosting GPA and optional May AP exams. Some colleges offer credit for passing scores. Parents and students, including Steve Meilleur and son David, welcome the challenge and opportunities for advanced coursework in AP Calculus and AP Humanities II.
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Steve Meilleur
David
RRHS
Katy Harvey
Meilleur
David Meilleur
Sind
Council hears cost clash over utility contract
Councilor Join Kellogg warns ST Environmental could add about 1.4 million to utility costs over three years versus PSG. Larry Webb notes PSG is cheaper in base terms, while Webb defends broader value from ST Environmental. Jerry Coffey says PSG offer remains on the table as River's Edge HOA president Fred Salzman urges staff and Utilities Commission guidance.
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Join Kellogg
ST Environmental
PSG
Larry Webb
Webb
Jerry Coffey
Fred Salzman
River's Edge
Salzman
City Staff and Utilities Commission
Former Intel employee charged with fraud
Annette Vallejos a 42 year old Rio Rancho woman faces 37 counts of embezzlement and 40 counts of forgery after an Intel internal probe found she may have siphoned 47247.96 over 18 months from December 1995 to June 1997 using cash advances and forged supervisor signatures on purchase orders to pay the Visa bill. Vallejos worked at Intel since 1987 as a full time administrator and was terminated last November after the probe. DPS and Detective Richard Rodriguez led the case and Vallejos confessed to charging items to the corporate card and forging signatures. Sandoval County will prosecute on 41 of 77 counts with plea negotiations likely yielding supervised probation due to cooperation and lack of prior criminal history.
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Intel
Annette Vallejos
Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety
Vallejos
DPS
Richard Rodriguez
David Waymire
Sandoval County
Waymire
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