The commission also approved a final budget totaling $49.3 million in all county funds for fiscal 2022, which began July 1 and will end on June 30.
The state of New Mexico has set a deadline of Sept.
Property taxes for fiscal 2022 are expected to total more than $9.1 million, Pyle said, which is $194,997 more than collected in fiscal 2021.
Significantly increased spending on county road projects in fiscal 2022 is expected to cut nearly in half the about $1 million reserve balance left in the county’s road fund at the end of fiscal 2021, Pyle said.