The topics covered the wildfire outlook, a legislative outlook from the New Mexico Association of Counties, and the 2017 property valuation maintenance report.

Article and photos by Mary Alice Murphy

During public input toward the beginning of the meeting, Sheriff Raul Villanueva recognized the winning essay writers for the D.A.R.E. program, led by Sgt. Frank Gomez, Deputy Regan Aguirre and Cpl. Manny Maldonado. "This year we concentrated on fifth graders," Villanueva said.

Gomez said the group held three graduations.

Recognized were Jayden Pierpont, Matthew Garrison, Ricky Vasquez, Mikayla Martinez, Audri Mondello and Chukwu Odocha.

Gabe Holguin of the Gila National Forest, during his outlook on wildfires this year, said that 2015 was the fifth wettest year on record in the forestG