Rio Communities council approves budget adjustment to record Don Diego road grant and fire recruitment award

The Rio Communities City Council voted June 8 to approve Resolution 2026-10, a budget adjustment to record newly awarded grants, city finance staff said.

The finance officer told the council the resolution records grant funding the city received for the Don Diego road improvement project and additional funds to support firefighter recruitment and retention. The text of the resolution, read into the record during the meeting, says the Don Diego award is shown as “4,172,74483” and the total budget increase as shown in the resolution text is “4,264,76183.” The finance officer said these awards must be reflected in the city’s fiscal-year accounts and reported to the state.

Councilors moved and seconded the action and approved it by roll call. Councilors Gordon, Melendez, Marquez and Nelson recorded “yes” votes during the roll call; the mayor and meeting minutes recorded the resolution as approved.

The finance officer presented the resolution language and asked that it be read into the minutes; the clerk read the resolution’s recitals, which reference the New Mexico Local Government Budget Act and the recording of revenues and expenditures related to the awarded grants.

Why it matters: Recording these grant awards updates the city’s adopted budget and enables the city to begin or continue project expenditures tied to state grants, including the Don Diego road improvements. Councilors asked for the resolution to be included in the minutes and for details to be circulated to members.

What’s next: The city will proceed with accounting for the grant revenues and project expenditures and is required to report them to the state. No further council action on this specific resolution was recorded at the meeting.

Quotes

"This resolution is grant funding that we have received that we are currently spending on the Diego project," the finance officer said as the item was presented.

"All I ask is the resolution be read into minutes," the mayor said before the reading.

Provenance: The topic was introduced in council presentation and reading of the resolution beginning with the finance officer's appearance (timeline SEG 504–579).