BOSQUE FARMS — The clerk/administrator of the village of Bosque Farms officially tendered his resignation this morning.
“I feel at this time it is in the best interest for myself and my family that I resign my appointed position …” wrote Bosque Farms Clerk/Administrator Vernon Abeita in a letter dated Wednesday, March 13.
Vernon Abeita
Bosque Farms clerk/administrator
“Best wishes to you, the village council, and the true hard working employees of Bosque Farms,” Abeita wrote. “May you find the courage and strength to move your community forward and stay true to the Bosque Farms motto, ‘Preserving Rural America.’ I will miss the good working relationships I have made along the way and the friendships I have made in the community.”
Abeita’s last day with the village will be Friday, March 22.
Abeita, the former Pueblo of Isleta governor and village EMS director for six years, was appointed to the position in June 2023 by former Bosque Farms mayor Russ Walkup.
Abeita began his career as a paramedic after working as a firefighter for the Pueblo of Isleta Fire Department following high school.
He obtained his basic and intermediate EMT certifications from Central New Mexico Community College, previously known as the Technical Vocational Institute, and then completed his education at the Emergency Medical Services Academy at the University of New Mexico in 2003.
Abeita was promoted to EMS director for the Pueblo of Isleta in 2004. In 2009, he was appointed by former Isleta governor Robert Benavidez as the emergency management coordinator working in dual roles until 2015.
In November 2015, he applied for the Bosque Farms EMS director position and had an interview with former Bosque Farms mayor Bob Knowlton. The next day, the mayor offered Abeita the job.
Abeita was elected governor of Isleta in 2021 and served one two-year term before being hired as the village clerk/administrator in 2023.
Julia M. Dendinger began working at the VCNB in 2006. She covers Valencia County government, Belen Consolidated Schools and the village of Bosque Farms. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists Rio Grande chapter’s board of directors.
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