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City budget proposes more police, savings
Rio Rancho City Hall
The recommended City of Rio Rancho budget for next fiscal year includes two new police officers, extra money for residential street repair, pay raises for city employees and investments for the future.
The recommended budget from Acting City Manager Peter Wells projects revenues of about $71 million and spending around $63.7 million in the general fund for the fiscal year running from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
The Rio Rancho Governing Body is scheduled to take public comment on the budget at its regular meetings on May 13 and 27, both starting at 6 p.m. Governing body members are set to adopt a budget May 27.
Speaker: Collaboration, plan vital to stimulate economy
Dove-tailing on his previous talk, at the Rio Rancho Roundtable virtual NAIOP session March 4, Dale Dekker again asked a timely question: How do we diversify our economy?
Dale Dekker
Albuquerque Journal file photo.
In New Mexico, with oil and gas revenue expected to plummet, that’s not an easy question to answer.
But again, Dekker a principal in the architectural firm of Dekker-Perich-Sabatini had ideas for listeners to consider.
“New Mexico needs a strategic business plan,” Dekker said, stressing the importance of “connecting the dots.”
Those dots included critical infrastructure (pharmaceuticals, medical and personal protective equipment, aerospace, microelectronics, advanced manufacturing, critical manufacturing and defense industrial base) with economic development clusters (aerospace and defense, biosciences, cyber security, global trade, advanced manufacturing, green energy and sustainable agriculture)