Rio Rancho residents who want a direct role in shaping city policy on everything from parks to public infrastructure now have a chance to serve — the city is accepting applications for open seats on nine boards and commissions. Seats are vacant or soon to expire on the Arts Commission, Capital Improvements Plan Citizen’s Advisory […]
Local Government
Posted inEdgewood
Rariden welcomed back to commission, for now, as efforts to restore fire service move forward
By Pat Davis, Route 66 Independent, Edgewood — Mike Rariden started and ended the Edgewood Town Commission meeting as a commissioner and mayor. That is not normally a newsworthy event but Tuesday’s meeting was not an ordinary meeting. After announcing in April that he would resign “during the week of May 4-8,” he rescinded his […]
Posted inEdgewood
Edgewood adopts fireworks ban, punts on criminalizing some activities during fire restrictions
By Pat Davis, Route 66 Indepdent, Edgewood — Heading into a long, hot and dry summer with regular Edgewood windy days and uncertain fire department coverage, town commissioners passed a new 30-day fireworks ban but postponed a decision on giving the town’s police officers powers to criminally charge residents for violating a long list of […]
Posted inEdgewood
Edgewood mayor withdraws resignation, but commission schedules replacement vote anyway
Edgewood — Mike Raridan says he is still Edgewood’s mayor after announcing, then withdrawing, his resignation from his commission seat and the appointed office of mayor last month. The town’s commissioners, however, have scheduled a vote on Tuesday night’s agenda to appoint a new commissioner and elect a new mayor anyway. On April 29, Raridan […]
Posted inSandoval County
Sandoval County ethics ordinance change to streamline process, remove anonymity
Sandoval County Commissioners have ethics on their minds. At Wednesday’s meeting, the commission will consider updating the county’s ethics ordinance. Ethics board Chair Nancy Jinks will present the board’s first-quarter report later in the meeting. New language in the ordinance would change the route taken by ethics complaints and do away with one layer of […]
Posted inLocal Government
South Valley gets new “microtransit zone” with new bus lines and door-to-door service
South Valley residents relying on public transit, or wanting to, will soon see more buses as a part of an expansion of the city’s ABQ RIDE Forward program creating a “microtransit zone” for the area. Changes Starting May 16: “This phase will better connect the South Valley,” said Transit Director Leslie Keener. “The area will greatly […]
Posted inLocal Government
As City works to plug budget hole, County approves record $1B budget with surplus
By Jesse Jones, City Desk in The Paper. — Unlike councilors in the City of Albuquerque who are trying to plug a $30-ish million budget hole tied to slower economic activity, Bernalillo County will start the year on stable financial footing, having closed an $8.5 million budget shortfall. Correction: An earlier version of this article […]
Posted inPlacitas
Placitas resident files complaint about flood control tax overpayment
Residents of Placitas have paid almost $7 million to a local flood control district and not flood control received any benefit, Mike Neas says. Neas told the Sandoval Signpost he has filed a formal complaint with the New Mexico Finance Authority over the issue, which stems from Placitas residents’ continued taxation for Eastern Sandoval Arroyo […]
Posted inCorrales
Corrales council to start work on fiscal ‘27 spending plan
What will the Village of Corrales spend in fiscal year 2027, and what will that money buy? Village councilors will take the first step toward determining that at Tuesday’s meeting. The preliminary budget up for consideration includes $11.31 million in general fund spending, up about 5.5% from the current fiscal year. The police and fire […]
Posted inCity Desk ABQ
City quietly dropped plans for highly touted “Gateway for seniors” at Juniper Flats
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — For Burqueños hoping for relief from the affordable housing crisis, the finish line just moved further away when a promised solution to turn a former hotel into long-term affordable apartments for seniors touted by the mayor during his election quietly fell through. During the April 6 City Council meeting, […]