LOS LUNASâThe New Mexico state auditor has expressed concerns about a litany of findings in the annual audit of a local school district.
State Auditor Brian Colón sent a letter to Los Lunas Board of Education members and Superintendent Arsenio Romero highlighting what he called âsignificant concernsâ about findings in the Los Lunas Schools annual audit for fiscal year 2020.
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New Mexico Auditor
The Los Lunas Board of Education recently voted to table approving the audit so they could have more time to review it.
The audit report, completed by Jaramillo Accounting Group, contained eight findings in total, the first of which was a laundry list of potential violations of the Open Meetings Act, state and district procurement code, Inspection of Public Records Act and Governmental Conduct Act.
Commissioners also vote on rural addressing, other items
Chaves County commissioners want the New Mexico Governor’s Office and the state Legislature to delay a rule change affecting how much health insurance will be paid by the state after public employees retire.
The New Mexico Retiree Healthcare Association enacted a new rule last year that the county thinks could prompt a lot of retirements before it takes effect July 1.
The new rule makes two major changes. First, it will require most retirees of public agencies in the state to be at least 55 years old to receive the state subsidy for their health coverage. Second, they will not be able to receive the maximum subsidy until they worked 25 years.