Cibola County adopts FY24 budget, approves ICIP and intergovernmental animal-control MOU
March 01, 2026 | Cibola County, New Mexico
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The Cibola County Board of County Commissioners adopted the county's FY24 final budget (Resolution 2023-37) during its July 27, 2023 meeting, voting 4-0 to approve the measure.
The budget vote was the headline action of the meeting, where Commissioner Christine Lowery moved for adoption and Commissioner Ralph Lucero seconded. The motion carried with four commissioners voting in favor; Chairman Torrez was absent.
The commission also approved the county's FY2025-2029 Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan (ICIP) under Resolution 2023-32 after a motion by Commissioner Robert Windhorst and a second from Commissioner Lowery, and approved a memorandum of understanding with Valencia County to share animal control and shelter services. Both motions passed unanimously among the four commissioners present.
Other administrative items approved included authorization for Road Department staff to attend the NMDOT public-entity auction in Santa Fe to pursue snow removal equipment, and direction to staff to publish the title and general summary of an ordinance amending Subdivision Ordinance 2015-02 to update claim-of-exemption provisions. Each of those motions passed 4-0.
The meeting packet lists a number of consent-agenda contracts and requisitions, including a requisition for a brush truck for the San Rafael Fire District totaling $230,627; the consent items are recorded on the agenda but no separate roll-call vote for the consent block is recorded in the provided transcript text.
The commission ended the regular portion of the agenda with an announcement that the next regular meeting will be on Aug. 24, 2023.
What happens next: The FY24 budget and ICIP adoption set the county's spending plan and capital priorities for the coming year; the commission did not identify additional public hearings or appeal deadlines in the transcript record provided.
The budget vote was the headline action of the meeting, where Commissioner Christine Lowery moved for adoption and Commissioner Ralph Lucero seconded. The motion carried with four commissioners voting in favor; Chairman Torrez was absent.
The commission also approved the county's FY2025-2029 Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan (ICIP) under Resolution 2023-32 after a motion by Commissioner Robert Windhorst and a second from Commissioner Lowery, and approved a memorandum of understanding with Valencia County to share animal control and shelter services. Both motions passed unanimously among the four commissioners present.
Other administrative items approved included authorization for Road Department staff to attend the NMDOT public-entity auction in Santa Fe to pursue snow removal equipment, and direction to staff to publish the title and general summary of an ordinance amending Subdivision Ordinance 2015-02 to update claim-of-exemption provisions. Each of those motions passed 4-0.
The meeting packet lists a number of consent-agenda contracts and requisitions, including a requisition for a brush truck for the San Rafael Fire District totaling $230,627; the consent items are recorded on the agenda but no separate roll-call vote for the consent block is recorded in the provided transcript text.
The commission ended the regular portion of the agenda with an announcement that the next regular meeting will be on Aug. 24, 2023.
What happens next: The FY24 budget and ICIP adoption set the county's spending plan and capital priorities for the coming year; the commission did not identify additional public hearings or appeal deadlines in the transcript record provided.
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