LAS CRUCES — Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city's general fund balance had been "overstated."

"We have a math problem at the end of the day," Taumoepeau told the City Council on Monday. "The city has been very methodical and they've been very prudent, so we have a fund balance that has been helping us through these past years and so we will be able to get through this year."

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