Articles written by Mat Brock

Mat Brock, Staff writer|Updated Oct 22, 2019

CLOVIS — City Commissioners on Tuesday voted 6-2 to draft a resolution that would raise local property taxes as a way to help fund the development of the interim groundwater project portion of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. The levy to increase property taxes would actually go to funding city services like fire protection and drainage, freeing up gross-receipt tax funds that would then be put toward the project. Once the resolution is drafted, it will be brought before commissioners again before it can be a...