Follow-up: Action held off for workshop on live/work permits for downtown businesses
…to commercial use be followed or changed. “It’s a courtesy we’re giving, allowing people to live in the commercial district,” Clark said. Commissioner George Szigeti agreed, saying the privilege should…
Food and Economic Freedom Close for New Mexico’s Homemade Goods Producers
What is food freedom? In many states, that means the freedom of citizens to make, sell and purchase homemade goodies that are shelf stable without extensive government regulations. The laws…
Secret meeting, secret group discusses Spaceport business
…to the press. The Sierra County Sun heard about the possible formation of an informal group at an open Elephant Butte City Commission meeting in October. The group would be…
Preview of Sierra County Commission May 19 meeting: “public hearings” on preliminary budget
There are two main items on the Sierra County Commission’s regular meeting May 19, starting at 10 a.m.: a preliminary budget resolution and an ordinance prohibiting open burns. The resolution…
Police recruitment is a problem everywhere; T or C offers take-home car
…officer is at home. Commissioner Frances Luna objected to the carve out during a lengthy discussion about the policy at the July 28 commission meeting. She claimed that police officers…
Reducing Sierra County’s Overpopulation of Community Cats
…Animal welfare agencies refer to these felines as community cats. And community cats are just that. No one individual is responsible for any single animal or group or colony. The…
Welcome, Bruce!
…answers at the next meeting. The commissioners’ current practice is to answer selectively, if at all. 9. Make sure the city commission packet contains all documents pertinent to the meeting…
Truth or Consequences City Commission cuts City Manager loose on equipment-grant spending
…for commission-city manager forms of government, such as Truth or Consequences’, the City Commission’s duties are: 3-14-12. Powers vested in commission; duties of commission. A. All powers of the municipality…
Mayor erases City Commission oversight of City Manager
…instruction on the Open Meetings Act was nowhere on the agenda. Rubin and Madrid used Mayor Brendan Tolley’s city-commission report at the last meeting as an example of going off…
Analysis: Truth or Consequences City Commission elections allow one faction to fill every seat
…the Truth or Consequences system this might happen: Imagine there are three seats open on the city commission, as is the case for the upcoming March 5, 2020 election. The…