LOCAL COLUMN As county manager for Cibola County, I am responsible for ensuring that limited public dollars are used wisely to meet the most basic needs of our residents. Among those needs, none is more fundamental than maintaining safe, reliable roads. For Cibola County and other rural counties across New Mexico, continued funding through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program is essential to meeting that responsibility. Cibola County contains a significant amount of federally owned land.