County Council Passes $245 Million FY22 Budget - 7:49 am
County Council, along with County Manager Harry Burgess, right, bottom row, discuss the $2.4M budget item to purchase bear proof trash carts during Monday’s budget hearing. Councilor Sean Williams, center, and Vice Chair James Robinson, bottom left, show support for purchasing the roll carts. Screenshot/LADP
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Monday night, Los Alamos County Council approved the FY22 budget, which totals $245,119,586.
The budget was passed 6-1 with Councilor David Reagor opposed. Earlier in Monday’s budget hearing, Reagor motioned to reduce the County Manager’s budget, specifically for the Partners in Progress. He proposed reducing the program’s funding from $1.5 million to $585,000, which is the sum of the three previous projects that were in the program.
County Budget And Performance Manager To Retire June 18 - 8:49 am
Karen Kendall on a recent hike, is the Los Alamos County Budget and Performance Manager and she is retiring June 18. She has worked for Los Alamos County for 13 years. Courtesy photo
Karen Kendall
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Karen Kendall has been a Los Alamos County employee for 13 years; the last six years she has worked crunching and calculating numbers as the Budget and Performance Manager.
On June 18, Kendall will retire and officially put her calculator down for good.
“The County has been extremely fortunate to have had Karen in her various roles at the County, but especially as the Budget and Performance Manager,” County Chief Financial Officer Helen Perraglio said. “She has been an incredible leader displayed by her tireless efforts and work performance. She has truly embodied all the traits of a highly motivated, dedicated, and devoted public servant throughout her career, and w
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County Council Weighs Options For Downtown Masterplans
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Los Alamos County Council was updated on the downtown master plans during its regular meeting Feb. 2.
The contractor tasked with developing the plans, Dekker, Perich and Sabatini (D/P/S), presented a status report on the two master plans for the Los Alamos and White Rock downtown areas.
Will Gleason of D/P/S said the presentation is a result of input gathered from numerous public meetings.
“We’ve gotten a lot of great public input,” he said.
He encouraged the community to continue engaging in the project. Visit https://losalamosconnect.org/ to learn more.
BY MAIRE O’NEILL
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Los Alamos County has received the Triple Crown Honor, the highest award of the Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) in recognition of three other prestigious financial awards the County earned this year.
Chief Financial Officer Helen Perraglio discussed the awards Tuesday evening during the Los Alamos County Council virtual meeting.
“We have received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for our FY2020 budget, which according to them reflects the commitment of the government body and staff to meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting. This is the 28
th year that we received this honor and we really want to thank all the staff, department heads, management and Council for participating in the budget development and our amazing finance budget staff, Karen Kendall and Yvette Atencio for preparing our distinguished budget book,” Perraglio said.