County

Transportation Board Meets Dec. 6

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COUNTY News:

Transportation Board meets at 5:30 p.m., Dec. 6 in the Public Works Conference Room at 2101 Trinity Dr. Suite A2.

The meeting is open to the public.

AGENDA:

I. Call to Order

II. Public Comment (for items not on the agenda)

III. Approval of Transportation Board Minutes

A. Oct. 18, 2012

IV. New Business

A. Canyoncito Montessori School Traffic Control Plan

V. Old Business

A. Continued Discussion: 2030 Challenge for Planning, Adopting Building and Transportation Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Standards

VI. Staff Report

A. NM502 / Trinity Design Update

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DWI Planning Council Meets Dec. 11

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County DWI Planning Council Meeting is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 11 in the Los Alamos Police Department Training Room, 2500 Trinity Dr. 

The meeting is open to the public.

AGENDA

Call to Order
II. Approval of minutes from previous meeting: 11/15/2012
(Minutes are available upon request. Please contact the Los Alamos Police Department Records Division @ Police-Records@lacnm.us) or 663-1741.
III. Presentation from Department of Finance (DFA) Representative
IV. New Business
V. Next Meeting Scheduled for Jan. 10, 2013
VI. Adjourn Meeting
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Brief Power Outage Today on DP Road

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DPU News:

A brief power outage affected approximately 50 Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities’ customers this morning.

Beginning at 11:10 a.m., electricity was lost to businesses on the south side of Trinity Drive from 15th Street to the end of DP Road after a high voltage switch did not fully engage when placed back in service.

DPU electric linemen responded and restored power within 15 minutes.

The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) operates the county-owned electric, gas, water & wastewater systems under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities.

The Board meets at 5:30 Read More

Property Tax Due Date Coming Up

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County property tax bills for 2012 were mailed to property owners on the first of November.

The first half installment becomes delinquent after Monday, Dec. 10. Payment must either be made in person by 5 p.m. Dec. 10 at the 311 Customer Care Center or postmarked by midnight that same day to avoid late payment penalty and interest charges. 

The 311 Customer Care Center is located at 150 Central Park Square and open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Payments should be mailed to P.O. Box 99, Los Alamos, NM  87544. Payments are also accepted through a property Read More

Pet of the Week: Mo the Cat

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Mo snoozes in her cozy nook at the Los Alamos Animal Shelter waiting for adoption. Courtesy/FOS

FOS News:

Mo is a very soft 3-year-old female cat surrendered for adoption with her feline friend Ralphie.

Neither cat cares for dogs or boisterous children. Mo and Ralphie are now circulating in the cat room and enjoy the attention of volunteers.

The Los Alamos Animal Shelter, 226 East Road, 505-662-8179, has a large selection of on-site pets available for adoption.

Additional pets are living off-campus in foster homes until someone adopts them.

Visit the Friends of the Shelter website: www.lafos.org Read More

Letter to the Editor: Boot Camp a Valuable Experience

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New Councilors attend County Governance Boot Camp from left, Steven Girrens, Pete Sheehey, Kirsten Henderson and Rick Reiss. Courtesy photo
 
By Steven Girrens
Los Alamos Councilor-Elect

This past week our newest Councilor Rick Reiss and Councilors-Elect Kristin Henderson, Pete Sheehey and myself spent two-and-a-half days at a County Governance Boot Camp in Albuquerque.

Though no physical training, close order drills or snap inspections were involved, we were indoctrinated to several aspects of county commissioner service including roles and responsibilities, ethics and Read More

Radio Install Underway on Local Water Towers

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Workers from Advanced Communications and Electronics in Albuquerque are attaching two high speed microwave communication radios, one radio each to the Barranca Mesa tower and the Hawks tower on North Mesa to connect to the remainder of the  REDI-Net  network. Work is expected to be completed next week. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

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County’s Janet Bettinger Retires

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Retiring Department of Public Utilities Assistant Manager-Administration Janet Bettinger with DPU Manager John Arrowsmith at Fuller Lodge Wednesday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By Carol A. Clark

Janet Bettinger went to work for Los Alamos County as a student intern in the finance department when she was 18 years old.

“I always said I would retire when I was 46 and that seemed so old,” Bettinger said at her farewell party at Fuller Lodge Wednesday. “Now I’m 46 and it doesn’t seem so old.”

Bettinger moved over to the Department of Public Utilities Read More

Councilor Rick Reiss Heads For Boot Camp

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Newly appointed Councilor Rick Reiss leaves this morning for ‘County Governance Boot Camp.’  Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The Los Alamos County Council unanimously approved funding to send newly appointed Councilor Rick Reiss to the New Mexico Association of Counties’ “County Governance Boot Camp” at the Sheraton Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque today through Friday. The cost for the boot camp is $145.

The three-day boot camp is administrered through New Mexico EDGE (Education Designed to Generate Excellence in the Read More