Legal Notices-Government

WHEREAS, NMSA 1978, Section 73-14-28.1, Laws 2023, ch.46, section 1, chaptered March 30, 2023
(“Delay Part of Local Election Act") requires that the members of the Board of Directors shall be elected at an election held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, New Mexico law requires that the Board of Directors shall provide for adequate polling places within the boundaries of the conservancy district. In addition, the Board of Directors shall provide a polling place at the general office of the conservancy district and may provide such other locations as it deems necessary. The Board of Directors may also create absentee-early voter and absent voter precincts; and,
WHEREAS, New Mexico law further requires that prior to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District election, an election proclamation shall be published that includes a list of the offices for which a candidate may file, the date and place at which declarations of candidacy shall be filed and the date and time of the election. The election proclamation shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the counties in which the election shall be held.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District that:

A. The election of directors for the Board of Directors of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

shall be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

B. The purpose of the election is to elect directors to the Board of Directors for the following positions:

1. Position No. 1 Director for At-Large

2. Position No. 2 Director for Bernalillo County

3. Position No. 5 Director for Valencia County

C. Qualified candidates shall file a Declaration of Candidacy and required petition signatures with the

Election Officer at the General Office of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, 1931 Second Street SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico no later than August 4, 2023.

D. The election officer is hereby directed to publish the date and time of election, list of offices and the date and place at which declaration of candidacy shall be filed, and the purpose of the election in

compliance with the state law.

RESOLVED in session this 8th day of May 2023.
/S/ Stephanie Russo Baca
Stephanie Russo Baca /S/ Pamela Fanelli
Chair of the Board ATTEST: Pamela Fanelli
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Secretary/Treasurer

FILING OF DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY AND PETITION FORMS:
Declaration of Candidacy and Petition Forms will be available beginning Friday, August 4, 2023
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, 1931 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM
or call DeAnna Philips, Board Liaison/Election Officer at (505) 247-0234

Published in the Valencia County News-Bulletin 18 May, 2023