{ "city": "Ruidoso Downs", "state": "NM", "page": "https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-ruidosodowns/", "attribution": "MyTown / The Boring Parts — CC BY 4.0. Summaries AI-generated from official sources.", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "generated": "2026-08-31", "upcoming": [], "recent": [ { "date": "2026-07-21", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to consider ballot question, 5-year capital plan, and personnel actions", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a regular meeting with several action items, including adopting a five-year infrastructure capital improvements plan, approving a ballot question for the November 2026 election, hiring a utility clerk, and paying a prior fiscal year IRS invoice. The council will also enter closed session to discuss and possibly act on the discharge of a planning and zoning staff member and an appointed official.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=213", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=213", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=213" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to consider cannabis smoking ordinance, finance hires, road contracts", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold its regular meeting to approve consent agenda items, hear public comments, and take possible action on several new business items. Key decisions include a proposed ordinance amendment on smoking cannabis in public spaces, approval of engineering and accounting contracts, and hiring a new Finance Director. The agenda also includes routine approval of minutes and department reports from February 2026.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=209", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=209", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=209" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "City Council to review FY2027 budget at workshop", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council is holding a workshop meeting to discuss the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget for the City of Ruidoso Downs. This is a non-action item, meaning the council will review and discuss the budget but will not vote on it at this meeting. The agenda includes only this item along with standard procedural items.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=212", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=212", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=212" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to approve $2,243 online payment portal contract", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council is holding a regular meeting with mostly routine items. The only new business item is discussion and possible approval of a $2,243 agreement with Caselle Community Connect for an online payment portal. The rest of the agenda consists of standard procedural items like minutes approval and public comments.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=210", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=210", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=210" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to approve FY2027 preliminary budget and two appointments", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will consider approving the Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, confirm two appointments to the Consolidated Dispatch Joint Use Board, and discuss a possible Open Meetings Act compliance issue from a May 18 closed session. The consent agenda includes routine reports and two service agreements totaling $11,507.18.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=206", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=206", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=206" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to consider $4M stormwater grant, engineering contract, fireworks ban", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2028-2032 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) and consider several action items. These include awarding an engineering services contract, accepting a $4,000,000 state grant for stormwater infrastructure, and approving a proclamation restricting fireworks due to extreme fire danger.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=207", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=207", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=207" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to approve $4M grant for stormwater infrastructure", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2028-2032 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan. The body is set to approve a $4,000,000 grant from the New Mexico Finance Authority to design and construct stormwater infrastructure directing flow to the Rio Ruidoso River. Additionally, the council will award a contract for professional engineering services and issue a proclamation restricting fireworks due to extreme fire danger.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=205", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=205", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=205" }, { "date": "2026-06-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to appoint police chief, discuss firing employee", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a special meeting to consider appointing Dr. Paul Lilly as Chief of Police and to discuss the discharge of a probationary employee in closed session. The agenda includes only these two items, with no other business.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=208", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=208", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=208" }, { "date": "2026-04-28", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to vote on cannabis public smoking ordinance and $58,544 flood grant", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance amending rules for smoking cannabis in public spaces. The body will also approve several service contracts, including a $60,000 accounting agreement and a $58,544 federal grant for a well generator. Additionally, the council will confirm a new Planning & Zoning Commission member and approve the FY 2023 audit.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=204", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=204", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=204" }, { "date": "2026-04-15", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to consider cannabis smoking ban, finance director hire, and road contracts", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will vote on several items, including a proposed ordinance to ban smoking cannabis in public spaces, approval of a $60,000 accounting consulting contract, and hiring a new finance director. They will also consider two road improvement contracts and receive reports from county and city departments.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=203", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=203", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=203" }, { "date": "2026-03-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to approve $41,598.65 fire alarm design contract for museum", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will consider routine approvals including a $41,598.65 contract for museum sprinkler and fire alarm design, prior-year invoices, a task order amendment for the Harris Lane Road project, and two resolutions amending procurement and personnel policies. The meeting also includes public comments and councilor/mayor comments.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=202", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=202", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=202" }, { "date": "2026-03-10", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to approve audit contracts, marketing deal, budget adjustment", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will consider approving two audit services contracts with Pattillo, Brown, and Hill, LLP for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, each for $32,288, a marketing services agreement with Mountain Zombie, LLC for $54,000, a budget adjustment resolution, and confirmation of appointed board members. The meeting also includes consent agenda items such as department reports and minutes.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=201", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=201", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=201" }, { "date": "2026-02-24", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to consider mutual aid agreement with Ruidoso and court expansion", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a regular meeting with mostly routine items, including approval of minutes and a consent agenda. The main new business items are a proposed mutual aid cross-commissioning agreement with the Village of Ruidoso and a request to expand the Municipal Court office space within City Hall. Public comments are limited to three minutes per person.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=200", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=200", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=200" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Regular Meeting", "headline": "Council to decide RV park appeal, police pay raise, sewer agreement", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a public hearing on adopting the 2023 Lincoln County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, and will decide on an appeal of a Planning Commission approval for a recreational vehicle park in a C-2 zoning district. The council will also discuss and possibly approve a pay raise for all police department personnel after restructuring, a sewer line maintenance agreement with the Village of Ruidoso, a NMDFA grant application for law enforcement protection funds, and appointments to the Consolidated Joint Dispatch Board. Consent agenda items include approval of the FY 2025 budget process and hiring a street maintenance worker.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=127", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=127", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=127" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop", "headline": "Council to discuss FY2025 budget, hire street worker, police pay raises", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council is holding a workshop to discuss three non-action items: the Fiscal Year 2025 budget process, a recommendation to hire Miguel Gallegos-Flores as a Street Maintenance Worker at $16.00 per hour, and affirming a pay raise for all police department personnel after restructuring. No formal votes are scheduled; these are discussion items only.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=137", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=137" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop - Canceled", "headline": "City Council Workshop for April 1, 2024, is canceled.", "summary": "The City of Ruidoso Downs has canceled the workshop meeting originally scheduled for April 1, 2024. The agenda listed a non-action discussion on the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, but no decisions or votes were taken because the meeting was canceled.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=145", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=145" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop", "headline": "Council to discuss $55,899.56 change order for All American Park drainage project", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council is holding a workshop to discuss two non-action items. The first is a $55,899.56 change order for the All American Park Drainage Improvement Project, which would fund earthwork and curbing for the north baseball field parking lot. The second is a discussion of a Planning Commission-approved special humanitarian variance request to place a manufactured home at 205 Griffith Dr. No formal votes are scheduled at this workshop.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=138", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=138" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop - Canceled", "headline": "Council workshop on FY2025 budget canceled; no action taken", "summary": "This City Council workshop meeting, originally scheduled for April 4, 2024, was canceled. The only agenda item was a non-action discussion of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, meaning no decisions or votes were scheduled. The agenda is otherwise procedural boilerplate (call to order, pledge, roll call, adjournment).", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=146", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=146" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop", "headline": "City Council discusses FY 2025 budget in non-action workshop", "summary": "The City of Ruidoso Downs Governing Body held a workshop meeting on April 15, 2024, to discuss the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget. This was a non-action item, meaning no votes or binding decisions were taken. The agenda consisted solely of procedural steps and this budget discussion.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=147", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=147" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Regular Meeting", "headline": "Council to approve $270K brush truck and multiple HMAW contracts", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will vote on a consent agenda and several new business items, including a $270,498 brush truck purchase, a budget adjustment resolution, and multiple construction contracts for the Hubbard Museum of the American West (HMAW). The meeting also includes public input and council comments.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=128", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=128" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop", "headline": "Council to discuss raising traffic fine amounts effective July 1, 2024", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council is holding a workshop meeting with a single non-action item: a discussion about increasing fine amounts for traffic and criminal city ordinances, with the change proposed to take effect on July 1, 2024. The financial impact noted is increased revenue for the city's corrections fund. No formal action will be taken at this workshop.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=139", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=139" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop - Canceled", "headline": "Ruidoso Downs City Council workshop canceled for Feb. 19, 2026", "summary": "This agenda is for a workshop meeting of the Ruidoso Downs Governing Body, originally scheduled for June 10, 2024, but the notice is marked as canceled for the 2026-02-19 date. The agenda contains only procedural items—call to order, pledge, roll call, non-action items, and adjournment—with no substantive decisions or discussions listed.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=144", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=144", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=144" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Regular Meeting", "headline": "Council to consider disaster declarations, fire recovery permits, and road grants", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2026-2030 Capital Improvements Plan and consider multiple actions related to the South Fork and Salt Fire recovery, including disaster declarations, temporary RV permits for evacuees, and solid waste fee payments. The council will also vote on several road improvement grants and contracts, including a change order for the All American Park Paving Project and a $294,000 grant for East and West Circle Roadway Improvements.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=130", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=130" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Workshop", "headline": "Ruidoso Downs council workshop is procedural only, no action items", "summary": "This is a workshop meeting of the Ruidoso Downs Governing Body, called by Mayor Dean Holman. The agenda contains only standard procedural items—call to order, pledge, roll call, non-action items, and adjournment—with no substantive decisions or discussions listed.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=140", "minutes_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=140", "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=140" }, { "date": "2026-02-19", "body": "City Council Regular Meeting", "headline": "Council to adopt FY2025 budget, hear traffic fine ordinance", "summary": "The Ruidoso Downs City Council will consider final budget adjustments for FY2024, the FY2025 final budget, and the FY2026-2030 Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan. A public hearing will be held on Ordinance 2024-01, which would establish a penalty assessment program for traffic violations. The consent agenda includes approval of a $294,000 NMDOT road fund grant agreement and several service contracts.", "agenda_url": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=131", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://ruidosodowns.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=131" } ] }