Without the commission’s official approval or apparent awareness, the police department has installed solar-powered surveillance cameras in six locations around town.
The Sierra County Commission held a special meeting on Jan. 12 to select a new representative to serve on the Spaceport America Regional Spaceport District Board in advance of an expected vote on the allocation of the Spaceport’s gross receipts taxes.
NMSVH residents have suffered the vast majority of COVID-related deaths in Sierra County.
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Three Truth or Consequences residents who in December appealed the city’s decision to install smart meters to take electricity readings at their homes intend to ask the city commission for a ruling, the next step in the appeals process.
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Sierra County recently completed a year-long, $400,000 flood and drainage master plan that charts existing conditions, identifies six major watercourses that threaten populated areas and provides specific engineering solutions to protect the six areas against floods.
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Madrid is seeking state funding to build a new civic center three blocks north of downtown T or C that he conceived with the assistance of the city’s on-call engineering firm but no input from the commissioners or the public.
At last week’s presentation of funding requests by Sierra County governmental leaders, the three state legislators who will determine next year’s capital outlay awards indicated a preference for local consensus about the highest-priority needs.
The Sierra County Commissioners have approved a renovation contract that will make the Hillsboro Community Center safer and more energy efficient while maintaining its historical integrity.
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Councilors Travis Atwell and Michael Williams spearheaded the expansion of OMA requirements that will bring more sunlight into city affairs.
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A letter sent to City Manager Morris Madrid and copied to the city commissioners by Gideon Elliot, assigned to the AG’s consumer and environmental protection division, succeeded in persuading Madrid to restore Fenn’s power and allow him to proceed with his appeal fighting the installation of a smart meter at this home.
Nor will existing multimillion-dollar “visitor experience” plans be used for a new technology and reception building.
If the New Mexico Legislature grants citizens the right to bring civil suits against any government employee, the report’s four authors argue it will only serve to make lawyers richer, increase governmental insurance costs and do nothing to reduce the use of excessive force by law enforcement.
City Manager Madrid denied Fenn his right to appeal the city’s mandate that all residential electric customers must allow the installation of smart meters at their homes, despite Fenn’s having officially informed the city of his intention to fight within the required timeframe.
A recently released investigation documenting the facility’s mismanagement revealed the Spaceport has no strategic plan to guide capital expenditures. This finding identified perhaps the biggest weakness in the Spaceport Authority board’s ability to exercise rigorous oversight.
A public hearing on the exchange, which Ashbaugh says he has been working on for four years and will require him to pay the city nearly $90,000, will be on the agenda at city commission’s Dec. 16 meeting.
The costs of various road improvement projects paid for by the loan, which has been restructured in order to undertake additional infrastructure projects, are not available to city councilors or the public.
The venture is a “ground-breaking” model of cooperation. This is the first time in New Mexico that an electric cooperative and a telecommunications company have begun working together to bring broadband to a rural community so lacking in access.
What lessons can be learned about how to make this form of hospital governance work to improve patient care from Lovington, NM’s experience?
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The veteran senator supports the creation of a special hospital district because of his firsthand knowledge of the hospital’s management, financial and governance problems.
According to a forensic audit released today, Hicks took advantage of the lack of board oversight to engage in questionable management practices ranging from excessive travels and padding his expense account to improper procurement procedures and pursuing his own business development vision, which was often at odds with the Spaceport’s stated mission.