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The San Miguel County Commission has taken another step toward revising its solid waste ordinance to slap liens on properties in which trash bills are unpaid.

At this week’s meeting, the commission unanimously voted for the ordinance to be published in the newspaper, a required step before voting on it.

The ordinance also would increase fines for illegal dumping from a maximum of $300 to $1,000.

Two Las Vegas men were arrested early Tuesday morning after police were called to investigate an explosion at the Dairy Queen at 2408 Seventh St.

Chad Zamora, 21, 2028 Mark Drive, and Matthew Almanzar, 19, 870 Castle View Drive, were each charged with the dangerous use of explosives and criminal damage to property.

San Miguel County expects to seek bids in a couple of months for a planned public works complex that would, among other things, make it easier to haul trash to the landfill in Wagon Mound.

County Manager Les Montoya said Tuesday that the county has a budget of $1.5 million for the facility. It is planned for the wood industrial park, which is at the site of the old Medite of New Mexico plant.

The Las Vegas City Schools board has voted for a price increase in meals served in the district’s cafeterias.

Business manager Myrna Garcia said school districts across the state are also raising prices. The latest move would help the district cover the cost of the actual meals, she said.

Garcia said meal rates for lunch at elementary schools will go from 90 cents to $1.10. At Memorial Middle and Robertson High schools, lunch will cost $1.25, up from the previous $1.