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Los Alamos County Charter Amendment — Priority of Budgeted Expenditures (Ballot Question 3)

Los Alamos County, New Mexico
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What does this measure do?

Los Alamos would remove a rule that sends leftover money from utility services to the county's main fund. It would not directly change utility bills or set a new tax.

Read the official ballot measure (PDF)

Proposed by: Los Alamos County Council (Ordinance No. 758; ballot set by Resolution 26-15)

The elected council that runs the county passed the change on July 7, 2026. Changes to the county charter, the county's basic rulebook, need voter approval.

Source: losalamosnm.gov

A YES vote means

A yes vote removes the required transfer of leftover utility money to the county’s main fund.

A NO vote means

A no vote keeps the rule that sends leftover utility money to the county’s main fund.

Sources: losalamosnm.gov · losalamos.legistar.com