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Residents press council on Memorial Medical Center practices, lead-and-copper compliance and GRT spending priorities
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the city to insist on full compliance with the federal Lead and Copper Rule, criticized Memorial Medical Center's indigency screening and demanded transparency in utility disadvantaged-asset classifications; speakers also pushed council to prioritize GRT funding for parks, libraries and youth programs over added policing.
A sustained public-comment period at the March 16 Las Cruces City Council meeting focused on health-care access, water safety and community priorities for recently approved gross-receipts-tax (GRT) revenue.
Several speakers addressed the Lead and Copper Rule and Las Cruces Utilities. Lynne Moore urged "full compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule" and called for an independent, out-of-state engineer to review the city's water infrastructure and provide transparent testing and reporting. Liz Rodriguez Johnson said utility documents show that many high-value homes are listed as "disadvantaged" in the city's application for a $15 million aid package,…
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