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Residents urge Las Cruces to hold council briefing on Lead and Copper Rule; utilities schedule town hall
Summary
Several residents urged the City Council to hold a full council briefing — rather than a town hall — about EPA’s revised Lead and Copper Rule and asked that utility notices be distributed in Spanish. City staff later said the utility department will host a March 4 town hall and has sent notices in English and Spanish.
Multiple residents and local advocates used the Feb. 18 public‑comment period to press City Hall for more transparent public engagement about the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated Lead and Copper Rule and to demand equal access to information in Spanish.
Lynn Morrow, addressing the council, said a town hall format that limits the number of participating councilors risks violating the New Mexico Open Meetings Act and urged the council to hold a properly noticed…
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