First, there's the matter of infill annexation, which will add quite a bit of area to the town.

The proposed annexation was designed to shore up the checkerboard pattern of the town's boundaries in an area roughly three miles from east to west — from Meadowlark Lane to Horton Road — and five miles south to north, from the Torrance County line to Hill Ranch Road.

The Municipal Boundary Commission was called in to render a decision last year and voted against the annexation. Soon after that the town council appealed the decision, and state District Court is expected to have a ruling some time in April.

At a March 3 meeting, the council discussed the prospects of adding the roads in those annexed areas to the roads to its maintenance list, which already has a number of roads in poor shape after the recent snow.

Pile onto that the belt-tightening that has gone on all over the state, including New Mexico Department of Transportation.

Grants and funding sources for road work on Frost Road have not come through at the levels the town once had, according to Town Administrator Karen Mahalick. That could leave the town putting up an unexpected tab for several hundred thousand dollars.

That could mean they'd have to dip into next year's road funds to find the money, Councilor Brad Hill said.

"We've lost a year of funding, is what it boils down to," Hill said.

At the same meeting residents came forward requesting the town to take over maintenance of their roads.

Louis and Sherry Abraham spoke about Range Road, which they said was at different grades and has severe drainage problems.

"We're asking for some gravel, some mulch, so we don't sink down to the axles," Louis Abraham said.

The council didn't take action, because councilors wanted to take a view of all the roadways people are bringing forward, along with the town's budget, according to councilor John Abrams.

"If we make a commitment we can't meet, that's worse than making no commitment at all," he said.

He suggested that the May 5 town council meeting — which is after the annexation issue is expected to be resolved but before the town's preliminary budget is due to the state — be dedicated to just looking at town roads.

The council also discussed putting what was once a hot issue in town, a playing field on Section 16, on hold.

The project has pipes in the ground and the field was leveled, and still has about $76,000 in legislative funding, which is enough to seed the fields, according to Mahalick.

The other costs would go to the town and may run $320,000. The major expenses are running pipes and supply water and widening N.M. 344 for a turning lane to the fields.

Instead of building a field, the remaining $76,000 in legislative funding may be used close the existing contract, seed the fields with low-water, native plants and build a small parking lot and playground.

A town fundraiser to help build the playground also has seen some action, Mahalick said.

For the Buy a Brick fundraiser, which has raised $6,500 so far, people buy bricks etched with their names and then those bricks will be used to pave the way to the playground.

The meeting was also the last for councilor Glenn Felton, who lost the recent election. He had an enthusiastic band of supporters for his last appearance in his seat at the Edgewood Town Council, and they even brought cake.

Felton served for four years. In 2006 he and Rita-Loy Simmons won their seats, beating out Timothy Fleming, Filandro Anaya and former councilor Frank Lasky.

Fleming spoke at the meeting, saying that in 2006 it was better that Felton won and he had lost the election, and that Felton had done a good job as councilor. It was a sentiment that was shared by Edgewood Mayor Robert Stearley, who had backed Felton in the race and made Felton mayor pro-tem.

The town councilors all thanked the former councilor for his service.

"One of the things we all aspire to is to give of ourselves in service to our community, and I think that you have," Abrams said.