Council holds closed session on police‑chief applicants and NM Water Service Company rate case; no action taken

The Rio Communities City Council voted unanimously to enter a closed session Aug. 10 under cited New Mexico statutes to interview and review applicants for the chief of police position and to confer on a New Mexico Water Service Company rate case (document number 26-0000123-UT). The mayor read the statutory authority and indicated that the session was subject to attorney‑client privilege and that no action would be taken.

After returning to open session about 8:17 p.m., the mayor read a statement describing the subjects discussed in closed session and confirming that no action had been taken; the council approved that statement by roll call 4-0. The meeting record lists the statutory citations as NMSA 19 78 10 dash 15 dash 1 I 2 and NMSA 19 78 10 dash 15 dash 1 h 2 for the personnel matters and NMSA 10Dash15Dash1H8 for attorney‑client privileged litigation discussion regarding the rate case (as read aloud in the meeting).