Taos County to wait on grants as budget review nears
Taos County Commission held a special hearing to review a 1.6 million budget while federal funds promise is delayed until fall. The panel cut animal control funding, kept salaries steady, and reassessed grants to nonprofits as District Attorney Caldwell urged awaiting attorney general guidance on general funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Blair
Taos County
Jose L. Silva
Gus Fernandez
Animal Centrol
Silva
Commission
Carmen Medina
Joseph E. Caldwell
Taos County Approves Courthouse Annex Design
The Taos County Commission approved a Mimbres and Associates plan for a courthouse annex to house growing staff. The one story addition near the current building will include new commission chambers seating 50, a conference room, and offices for the county manager and accountant, with accessibility upgrades to the southeast stairs. Estimated cost runs 240000 to 250000 dollars, and offices for the district attorney will not be included. completion could allow viewing Commission actions as early as February 1979.
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Taos County
Mimbres and Associates of
Santa Fe
Commission
Mimbres
Rural firehouses planned for six districts in New Mexico
Six rural fire districts including Cerro Costilla Ojo Caliente Penasco Tres Piedras and Hondo-Seco plan new 32 by 30 foot block fire houses by summer. HUD funding requires licensed architects and prevailing wages. Fire marshal Pete Lahd criticized federal red tape while officials noted local bids possible though costs rise by up to 5000 dollars for block buildings.
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Cerro
Costilla
Ojo Caliente
Penasco
Tres Piedras
Hondo-Seco
Pete Lahd
Commission
County Tackles Roads In Amalia and REA Contract
County commissioners ordered county manager Samuel Montoya to issue Amalia Lumber 20 day notice to enforce traffic laws on county road 272 near Amalia and to take over maintenance. They also instructed him to remind REA of its contract to restore roadways ripped up for cable work, following a complaint from El Salto. Dora Maes praised the move at the meeting.
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Amalia Lumber Company
Rural Electrification Administration
Samuel O. Montoya
Amalia
el Salto
REA
Commission
Carmen Medina
Abel Montoya
Mimbres and Associations
Gus Fernandez
Juan I. Valerio
Special District Commission
el Valle de Los Ranchos
Montoya
Allen Vigil
Robert Garcia
Garcia
Dennis Olonia
Weather Pattern Foreseen For Taos Area This Weekend
National Weather Service predicts clear to partly cloudy skies in Taos with weekend highs in the upper 70s and lows near 40. No rain expected. Last Thursday reached 81 degrees. Saturday cooled to 40 with 1.3 inches of precipitation recorded.
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Taos
National Weather Service
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