At a Nov. 5 quarterly meeting, Treasurer Taylor updated the Sandoval County commission on staffing, outreach and operational changes in the treasurer's office. "We currently have 1 entry level position that is available," Taylor said, adding an earlier employee transferred to EMS billing and interviews are on hold until tax season pressures ease.

Taylor recapped the county's first manufactured-home auction (held Oct. 24), telling commissioners the auction list started with about 50 accounts but "turned into only 2 on that list" after staff outreach and installment agreements arranged by the treasurer's office and manufactured-home specialist Martin Stevens. Commissioner Jones asked whether the auction could be hosted online; Taylor said the office "can actually do that" and is exploring online options and will provide an update at the next quarterly meeting.

On collections and hardship options, Commissioner Brook asked what flexibility the county could offer after the federal government shutdown. Taylor responded that "by state statute we cannot offer any type of extension," advising taxpayers of limited alternatives and noting the county can remove accounts from the auction list if delinquency remains under three years.

Taylor announced a lockbox vendor change: beginning Nov. 3, Bank of Albuquerque will process first-half lockbox payments after UNB Bank's acquisition of New Mexico Bank & Trust altered prior arrangements; second-half processing will remain in-house. She reported experiencing a few technical "glitches" with the new vendor but described the bank's response as cooperative.

On community outreach, Taylor described a canned-food drive that began Oct. 20 and concludes Nov. 15; public works collected part of the donations for Cuba and the remainder will go to St. Felix Pantry in Rio Rancho. The treasurer also announced a toy drive running Nov. 24–Dec. 17; stuffed animals collected will be reserved for hospital partners and a ticketing system will be used in Cuba to limit duplicate pickups. Taylor invited commissioners to help and asked the board to attend a mock board of finance on Dec. 10 featuring junior county treasurers Danielle Moody and Michael, who have worked weekly in the treasurer's office to earn elective credit.

There were no formal votes on operational items at the meeting. The treasurer said outreach, vendor transition and auction procedures will be refined and the office will report back to the commission at the next quarterly meeting.