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Who Are Your Elected City Officials
and What do they do?
According to Article V of the current City Charter,
“The term of Mayor, unless sooner recalled or removed, shall begin on December 1st of the year of election and shall be for four years or until a successor is duly elected and qualified; after having served two consecutive terms, the incumbent Mayor shall be ineligible to hold office for four years thereafter. The salary shall be thirty-four thousand dollars per year. The Council may approve a percentage increase up to the average percentage increase provided for employees of the city.
The Mayor shall control and direct the executive branch. The Mayor is authorized to delegate executive and administrative power within the executive branch. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer with all executive and administrative powers of the city and the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes. The Mayor shall devote full time and attention to the performance of the duties of office and shall hold no other paid public or private employment.”
The Duties of the Mayor are:
The Mayor shall:
(a) Organize the executive branch of the city;
(b) Exercise administrative control and supervision over and hire or appoint directors of all city departments, which appointments shall not require the advice or consent of the Council except as provided in (d) of this Section;
(c) Be responsible for the administration and protection of the merit system;
(d) With the advice and consent of the Council, hire or appoint the City Attorney, an officer to administer the merit system, and all other senior administrative or cabinet level officers of the city, including without limitation any chief, assistant or deputy administrative officers, and specify the duties and responsibilities of those officers;
(e) With the advice and consent of the Council, appoint the members of all city committees, commissions and boards;
(f) Formulate the budgets of the city consistent with the city's goals and objectives, as provided in this Charter;
(g) Establish and maintain a procedure for investigation and resolution of citizen complaints;
(h) Prepare a written state of the city report annually, within thirty days after final approval of the operating budget of the city, which report shall be filed with the City Clerk, made a part of the permanent records of the city and available to the public;
(i) Perform other duties not inconsistent with or as provided in this Charter; and
(j) Faithfully execute and comply with all laws, ordinances, regulations and resolutions of the city and all laws of the State of New Mexico and the United States of America which apply to the city.
To Contact the Mayor:
The Mayor has a webpage where you can read about what the mayor has been doing and where you can contact him and his staff: http://www.cabq.gov/mayor/index.html
Mayor's Office Staff:
Mayor Martin Chavez, (mayor@cabq.gov)
Mayor's Scheduling Assistant, Renie Carmona ( rcarmona@cabq.gov )
Chief Administrative Officer Jay Czar ( Jay's bio ), ( jczar@cabq.gov )
Chief Operating Officer James Lewis, ( jlewis@cabq.gov )
Chief Financial Officer Gail Reese, ( greese@cabq.gov )
Chief Public Safety Officer Nick Bakas, ( nbakas@cabq.gov )
Chief of Staff Teri Baird, (tbaird@cabq.gov)
Communications Officer Deborah James, ( djames@cabq.gov
The Mayor's Mailing Address:
Office of the Mayor
PO Box 1293
Albuquerque , NM 87103
Physical Address:
City/County Building, 11th floor
One Civic Plaza , NW
Phone: (505) 768-3000
Fax: (505) 768-3019
Email: mayor@cabq.gov
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According to Article IV of the current City Charter, “the legislative authority of the city shall be vested in a governing body which shall constitute the legislative branch of the city and shall be known as a Council, consisting of nine members from separate Council Districts, each member to be known as a Councillor. Each of the Council Districts shall elect one Councillor, who shall be a qualified voter of the District
The terms of the office of a Councillor, unless sooner recalled or removed, shall begin on December 1st of the year of election and be four years or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. The Councillors may succeed themselves in office. The terms of office of Councillors shall be staggered with four or five districted Councillors elected every two years. Councillors shall receive annual salaries equal to one-tenth of the annual salary received by the Mayor. The Council President shall receive double the annual salary received by other Councillors”….
“The Council shall have the power to adopt all ordinances, resolutions or other legislation conducive to the welfare of the people of the city and not inconsistent with this Charter, and the Council shall not perform any executive functions except those functions assigned to the Council by this Charter.”… “ The Council or any of its component committees shall meet as frequently as its business may require. The Council shall establish regular Council meeting times by ordinance. Between official Council meetings the Council shall form itself into committees for consideration of specific areas of government, using citizenship participation in committee work if found advisable. All meetings of both the Council and the committees shall be open to the public and due notice thereof given. Records shall be kept of all voting by each Councillor and committee member. Publicity shall be given to the minutes of all meetings of the Council and committees, and the official records of such meetings shall be open to inspection at all convenient times.
The Duties of the City Council are to:
(a) Be the judge of the election and qualification of its members;
(b) Establish and adopt by ordinance or resolution five-year goals and one-year objectives for the city, which goals and objectives shall be review and revised annually by the Council;
(c) Consult with the Mayor, seek advice from appropriate committees, commissions and boards, and hold one or more public hearings before adopting or revising the goals and objectives of the city;
(d) Review, approve or amend and approve all budgets of the city and adopt policies, plans, programs and legislation consistent with the goals and objectives established by the Council;
(e) Preserve a merit system by ordinance;
(f) Hire the personnel necessary to enable the Council to adequately perform its duties;
(g) Perform other duties not inconsistent with or as provided in this Charter; and
(h) Faithfully execute and comply with all laws, ordinances, regulations and resolutions of the city and all laws of the State of New Mexico and the United States of America which apply to the city.
Who is Your City Councilor and how do you Contact them?
Below is a Map of Albuquerque. Locate the area where your home is, then click on the corresponding number. Each number is the given number for that district, and when you click on your district's number, you will be linked to the City's website where your city councilor's name and contact information will appear.
You can e-mail all of the city councilors at once by sending an e-mail to: citycouncil@cabq.gov
If you would like to find out when upcoming City Council meetings are scheduled you can click here: http://www.cabq.gov/council/cc_sched.html
Other City Officials and Departments
In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are numerous other important city officials who manage the affairs of the City. Below is a link to the city's departmental listing page: http://www.cabq.gov/departments.html
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