SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A strange twist: Sunland Park officials say voters will not see an $8.2 million general obligation bond package on the Nov. 3 general election ballot after the city learned the bond questions were left off.<\/p>\n
According to the City of Sunland Park, three General Obligation Bond questions asking voters to approve funding for parks and recreation, a public safety complex and vehicles, and roads, water and sewer improvements will not appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.<\/p>\n
The city said it is working with its bond counsel and financial advisor to bring the bond questions to voters in a special election in Spring 2027, though a date has not been decided.<\/p>\n
The city said it is asking the Dona Ana County Clerk’s Office to determine what happened, stressing that it submitted the approved questions in Resolution 2026-85 on August 18.<\/p>\n
City officials emphasized that the Nov. 3 general election will continue as scheduled and that all other races and questions on the ballot are not affected. The city also said people who voted early do not need to take action.<\/p>\n
The City said it is updating mailers, posters and other materials that list the bond questions on the Nov. 3 ballot because that information is now out of date. <\/p>\n
Updates on the special election will be posted at SunlandPark-NM.gov\/GO-bond<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n “Residents were expecting to see these questions on their ballots, and we owe them a clear explanation,” City Manager Mario Juarez-Infante, PE, said. “We are working to find out what happened and to give voters the chance to decide on these projects in the spring.”<\/p>\n RELATED: <\/a>Sunland Park voters to decide on $8.2M bond package split into three ballot questions<\/a><\/p>\n Before the bond questions were left off the ballot, Sunland Park voters were expected to decide in November on the $8.2 million package, which was to be divided into three separate ballot questions. <\/p>\n City officials had said approving the bonds would not have resulted in a new tax or an increase to current property taxes because the funding would have come from revenue already being collected.<\/p>\n Under the proposal, one question would have directed $2.25 million to parks and recreation, a second would have allocated $2.5 million for a public safety complex and vehicles, and a third would have provided $3.5 million for roads, water and sewer improvements. <\/p>\n City officials also said passing the bonds could have positioned the city to apply for up to $35 million in additional state and federal funding.<\/p>\n Attached below is the resolution:<\/p>\n 2026-85-general-obligation-bondPDF previewPreview PDF<\/p>\n View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n RECOMMENDED: Do\u00f1a Ana County voters weigh Todd Garrison vs. Vanessa Ordonez in sheriff race<\/a><\/p>\n