SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
NOTICE OF MEETING AND INTENT TO ADOPT
ORDINANCE

Socorro County, New Mexico, hereby gives notice of a regular Board of County Commissioners meeting for Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 5:00 p.m., in the Socorro County Annex Building, 198 Neel Avenue, Socorro, New Mexico 87801. At such meeting the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing concerning and will consider for adoption the Ordinance described below. Complete copies of the proposed Ordinance are available for public inspection during the normal and regular business hours of the County Manager, 210 Park Street, Socorro, New Mexico 87801.

The title of the proposed Ordinance is:

SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-01

AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A LOAN AGREEMENT AND INTERCEPT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO (THE “GOVERNMENTAL UNIT”) AND THE NEW MEXICO FINANCE AUTHORITY (THE “FINANCE AUTHORITY”), EVIDENCING A SPECIAL LIMITED OBLIGATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT TO PAY A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,708,398, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST THEREON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING A NEW FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND FUNDING A LOAN AGREEMENT RESERVE ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR THE PLEDGE AND PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DUE UNDER THE LOAN AGREEMENT SOLELY FROM THE ONE-QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT (0.25%) OF COUNTY LOCAL OPTION GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7-20E-9, NMSA 1978, AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT BY THE STATE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTY LOCAL OPTION GROSS RECEIPTS TAX TO BE REDIRECTED BY THE STATE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TO THE FINANCE AUTHORITY OR ITS ASSIGNS FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST DUE ON THE LOAN AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO AN INTERCEPT AGREEMENT; APPROVING THE FORM AND TERMS OF, AND OTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND INTERCEPT AGREEMENT; SETTING THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE OF THE LOAN; RATIFYING ACTIONS HERETOFORE TAKEN; REPEALING ALL ACTION INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND AUTHORIZING THE TAKING OF OTHER ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND INTERCEPT AGREEMENT.

A general summary of the subject matter of the Ordinance is contained in its title. This notice constitutes compliance with Section 4-37-7, NMSA 1978, as amended.

/s/Betty Saavedra, County Clerk
Socorro County, New Mexico

Published in the El Defensor Chieftain on February 22, 2024

El Defensor Chieftain