The City of Truth or Consequences City Commission approved an ordinance that will be advertised, giving it legal authority to borrow $373,000 to fix a vacuum system that serves about 300 sewer customers. The measure was approved unanimously at the Oct. 9 meeting. The total cost of the project is $473,000, but the city qualified […]
It’s not required by law, but Truth or Consequences City Commissioner Kathy Clark wanted early voting dates added to the election resolution “for the convenience” of the voters. The City Commission approved the amended resolution at the Oct. 9 meeting. City Clerk Renee Cantin drafted the resolution as the method of notifying the Secretary of
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The Truth or Consequences City Commission has two major items on the Oct. 9 regular-meeting agenda. It will consider borrowing money to rehabilitate its vacuum sanitary sewer. A federal loan document from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the agenda packet. The money would be disbursed and the loan agreement overseen by the New
The Elephant Butte City Council held a special meeting May 6 to consider a back-to-work resolution but nixed it for a plain letter to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, primarily asking her to open up Elephant Butte Lake State Park, the key economic engine affecting all businesses in the City. The City Council mulled over the
Following the advice of a local-government finance expert, the Elephant Butte City Council is drafting a budget that low-balls revenues and high-balls expenses in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The City Council held a special meeting May 6, looking at the General Fund budget, the major checking account for any city. New Mexico Department
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Sierra County Sheriff Glenn Hamilton said Pastor Caleb Cooper of the New Hope Revival Church “reached out to me,” inviting him to use the church pulpit as a bully pulpit to speak about Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s “oppressive” executive orders, while at the same time enlisting congregants’ aid in enforcing them as “special deputies.” The
The Sierra County Commission passed three resolutions that seek to limit the Endangered Species Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and further Wilderness designations in the Cibola and Gila National Forests. The Commission asked County Attorney David Pato to draft the resolutions at the Sept. 12 meeting and passed them at the Oct. 15
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, the Sierra County Commission will hold a “workshop” on an animal control ordinance, to last one-half hour. There is no ordinance included in the county’s online packet. The County Commission will consider whether to publish the ordinance during the regular meeting, which starts at 10 a.m., after the 9:30
Document requests are in and it’s official. The City of Truth or Consequences did no planning or cost analysis, relying on vendor information to arrive at the decision to purchase $1 million in smart meters. The city-owned utility has 4,149 electric customers. No state law requires citizen approval or input in the expenditure of cash
Truth or Consequences City Manager Morris Madrid convinced the City Commission it should pass a back-to-work resolution at the May 4 special meeting—before the Governor’s superior and ruling order on coronavirus emergency measures expires May 15. The City Commission passed the resolution unanimously, although it does not take effect until May 16 and includes the
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Truth or Consequences City Clerk Renee Cantin refused to approve a resident’s petition that would place a moratorium on smart meters in the city’s “utility jurisdiction” for 10 years. Her approval is required by state law before the petition can be circulated. It was drawn up by resident-activist Ron Fenn, who also spearheaded the petition
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About 30 percent of your electric bill may be a tiny fraction lower, based on a new formula the Truth or Consequences City Commission approved at the Nov. 13 meeting. Changing how Truth or Consequences calculates the electric bills for the city-owned utility was put on the agenda by City Commissioner George Szigeti, a member
There are two important items on the Sierra County Commission agenda, starting at 9 a.m., Nov. 19. The meeting has been moved to the Albert J. Lyons Events Center at 2953 S. Broadway. A public hearing will be held at 9 a.m. on a proposed animal-control ordinance. Although the county has had a Joint Powers
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Despite being presented with a petition signed by 250 registered voters in favor of banning smart meters for 10 years, Truth or Consequences City Commissioners are going forward with the purchase. At the Nov. 13 City Commission meeting, Chris Clark of Landis+Gyr was invited to speak in response to public outcry over the city’s recent
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The Truth or Consequences City Commission meeting is packed to the rafters with important items. There are two important presentations to be given, neither with back-up materials in the city packet. First, the project manager from Wilson & Company, Alfredo Holguin, will give a presentation on the $9.4-million water and wastewater project the city will
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A slight tussle and it was all over, making Mike Williams the new city council member bringing the board up to five members, which has struggled as a four-person board prone to tie votes since last March. Making the Elephant Butte City Council whole was finally accomplished at the Nov. 6 meeting. It had to
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ulianne Stroup, a mental-health therapist at Ben Archer, and Barbara Pearlman, a retired school teacher with 27 years’ experience at Truth or Consequences Municipal Schools, won yesterday’s school-board election, unless next week’s canvas finds something amiss with the unofficial results given out by the Sierra County Clerk’s office this morning. Stroup mopped up 62 percent
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The Elephant Butte City Council may be whole at the end of the Nov. 6 meeting, with no missing members on the five-person board. At the last meeting, the City Council appointed Edna Trager mayor, the seat vacant since Eunice Kent resigned last March, about a seven-month gap. Trager was mayor pro-tem and took over
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A petition is swiftly gaining signatures meant to stop smart meters from being installed within Truth or Consequences’ city-owned electric-utility jurisdiction. The Truth or Consequences City Commission approved hiring Landis + Gyr to provide smart meters for its 4,100 electric utility customers—with the price tag of $1 million—at the Aug. 27 meeting. Since then there
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Last February, Sierra County Roads Superintendent Clay Spears applied for a “new mine site” on land owned by the Bureau of Land Management that abuts Lakeshore Highlands–a lovely residential neighborhood known for its elevated views of Elephant Butte Lake–and at least two couples who are homeowners are concerned. Mary Ann and Jim Leffingwell and Teddy
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