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Committee approves plan to study hiring council staff with technical amendment
Summary
The Quality of Life Committee approved a resolution and a small technical amendment to use budgeted funds to study a proposed city council staffing model; the study will compare county and state staffing models and propose options tailored to city council needs.
The Quality of Life Committee on April 23 approved a plan to use budgeted funds to study options for hiring staff for the city council, adopting a minor technical amendment to clarify the study’s separate tasks.
The resolution directs staff to summarize staffing models used by Santa Fe County and the state legislature, including relevant job descriptions and salaries, and also to provide a proposed staffing model tailored to city council needs. Committee sponsors said the amendment — a formatting change that split two items into separate lettered subsections — was technical and did not change substance.
Council members proposed and approved the technical amendment to separate the task of summarizing external staffing models from the task of proposing a council‑specific model. The committee then approved the main motion on a roll call vote; the record shows unanimous committee support.
Staff listed next steps including drafting the comparative summary and a proposed staffing model that reflects councilors’ stated needs. Committee members said they expect follow‑up reports and an opportunity to refine the model before any hiring or budget appropriation occurs.
