City Councilor Wymer meets and greets constituents in the park

The city of Rio Rancho will be hosting Councilor Meet ‘n’ Greet events throughout summer.

Each city councilor will be hosting an event for their district with free ice cream, games, activities and demonstrations by city staff for all ages.

This weekend, it was District 4 Councilor Paul Wymer’s turn.

Wymer spent two hours at Vista Sandia Park on Aug. 10 engaging with constituents and hearing directly from the people he represents.

“The turnout had been really good, really good. I haven't stopped talking, but I guess that's part of what I'm supposed to be here for, right,” Wymer said. “It's a very good opportunity for the District 4 residents to come out and meet the elected folks. And of course, we've got the mayor here, we've got councilor (Deb) Dapson from District 1 here. This was a brainchild of the city manager to try to get us councilors more exposure. You know, the mayor is always out. That's part of his job. We, as part-time staff, don't get out as often as we would like to. It's nice to be able to hear firsthand from the people that, whether they voted for me or not, I'm representing.”

Wymer was elected as District 4 City Councilor in 2020 to a four-year term. He was re-elected to a second term in March.

The schedule for remaining the Meet ‘n’ Greet events is:

• District 2 Councilor Jeremy Lenentine: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at Havasu Park, 3535 Havasu Falls St. NE.

• District 3 Councilor Bob Tyler: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 7 at Mountain View Park, 6441 Grayson Hills Drive NE.

• District 5 Councilor Karissa Culbreath: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Chianti Park, 1210 Chianti Road SE.