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Doña Ana County Commission

verification: confirmed

The county body that approved $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds for the project and is a defendant in the suits over that vote.

At a glance

Kind: County government
Role in the project: Approving body · Litigant
Jurisdiction: Doña Ana County
Key people: Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez · Susana Chaparro · Gloria Gameros · Shannon Reynolds · Manuel A. Sanchez · Susie Kimble
Public position: Publicly supports the project — Voted 4–1 to approve the $165 billion industrial revenue bond ordinance.^[5],[8]
Verification: confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
In the record: 12 sources · 13 connections · 22 dated entries
Record id: PJO9

Key facts

2025-09-19Approved $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds 4–1 on September 19, 2025, along with LEDA incentives.^[5],[8]
2025-10-30The agreements Chair Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez signed on October 30, 2025 ran 1,583 pages, against the 359 the public saw at the vote.
Faces Open Meetings Act suits filed by NMELC on October 17, 2025 and February 6, 2026, and an NMFOG public-records suit filed June 22, 2026.^[2]
2026-03-20A judge denied the motion to dismiss the IRB suit on March 20, 2026.^[12]
2026-06-22Placed under outside fiscal oversight by the state on June 22, 2026, after a special audit with 42 findings; the audit concerns county government broadly, not Project Jupiter.
2026-09-22Created a Community Monitoring Committee by Resolution 2026-101 on August 11, 2026, seated it on September 22, 2026, and that day adopted open-meetings rules stricter than the law requires.

The record

Approved $165B IRBs 4-1; defendant in multiple suits

Relationships · 13

Counts as member· 4

Staffed by

Doña Ana County government (staff)

Led by

Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez

Has as officer

Susana Chaparro

Parent of

SAC III Acquisition Co., LLC

Governs

Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM

Sued by· 3

Subject of

Who lent Project Jupiter $165 billion?

In the timeline · 22

Aug 26, 2025The county adopts the IRB inducement resolution Sep 19, 2025The $165B vote — 4 to 1 Oct 14, 2025Ordinance 369-2025 adds LEDA permit-fee assistance Oct 17, 2025The first Open Meetings Act suit is filed Oct 30, 2025The agreements are signed in private — and they have grown from 359 pages to 1,583 Jan 20, 2026A $1.5M check is accepted at a commission meeting Jan 31, 2026The first quarterly job report is due — none is filed Feb 6, 2026The second Open Meetings Act suit is filed Mar 20, 2026Dismissal denied — and the stay denied too May 2026A state special audit finds 42 failures across county government Jun 22, 2026The state orders the county under outside fiscal oversight Jul 28, 2026The manager who signed the framework MOU is gone; three acting managers take over Jul 28, 2026The job numbers are presented to the county — the required report is not Jul 28, 2026“Long-term” means 17.9 years — and the $4.7 billion assumes the permit and pipeline Aug 11, 2026The county creates a citizen monitoring committee — Resolution 2026-101 Aug 14, 2026The county hires its required fiscal chaperone — up to $489K from reserves Aug 15, 2026The jobs report arrives — two weeks late, eight pages, signed by Oracle’s tax director Aug 31, 2026Monitoring-committee interest forms close Sep 8, 2026Oracle names a fallback, and the chair names the consequence Sep 8, 2026The committee appointments are deferred to September 22 Sep 8, 2026“Contractually, Oracle’s obligated to our provider STACK for 17.9”Sep 22, 2026A year after the vote, the county seats its monitors — and tightens its own rules

Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.

Claims involving them · 6

County committed to eminent-domain support and accelerated review (§4.5)primary-source

County itself is 'Plant Owner' on the pollution permitsprimary-source

The county holds title during the bond term — and does not keep itconfirmed

Oracle's contract runs 17.9 years; the tax break runs 30primary-source

The county's one guarantee: $11.4 million, until 2037, for benefit payments onlyprimary-source

The benefits agreement can be dropped if the companies give up the tax break by Dec 31, 2026primary-source

In the Watch · 9

eventNMFOG public-records lawsuit (Jun 22 2026)

eventCounty OMA corrective action (Oct 14 2025)

eventDOJ/AG complaint filed re OMA violations (Dec 8 2025)

promiseAn open, transparent public process.

eventCommissioner Shannon Reynolds resigns (Dec 28 2025)

eventSusie Kimble appointed to District 3 seat (Feb 2026)

eventThe annual jobs report arrives, two weeks late and eight pages long (Aug 15 2026)

documentIRB Series 2025A, 2025B and 2025C — executed & recorded bond packages (Nov 12 2025)

Sources · 12

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