Inclusivity Task Force granted extension to February 2026; schedules trainings and working-group check-ins

The Los Alamos County Inclusivity Task Force reported that County Council granted the task force an extension for its work through February 2026 and moved to schedule trainings for task-force members and representatives of county boards and commissions.

"That is through the February 2026," the chair said when reporting council's decision. Task-force members discussed three training topics the group is pursuing: Trans 101 by the Transgender Gender Resource Center of New Mexico, a cultural-humility workshop, and an implicit-bias session. Member Richard described cultural humility as a continuing practice that "encourages us to continue to look at other cultures and see how we can learn and grow from that on a continuous basis."

Members discussed timing and audience. The task force aims to invite chairs, vice chairs or designated representatives from other boards and commissions rather than holding a broad public training; county staff also run their own trainings and could be referred to presenters later. County staff reminded the group that trainings that involve enough members must be noticed as public meetings: "these will have to be although they're trainings, they will have to be noticed as a public meeting," Linda said.

The task force prioritized scheduling for September rather than August to avoid summer conflicts and agreed to reduce meeting frequency in December and January while producing final working-group reports. Members asked to invite the county transportation staff (James Barela) and the police chief for future presentations; the chair said she would pursue scheduling and work with county staff to find meeting times that accommodate presenters and public-notice rules.

Administrative business at the start and end of the meeting included standard procedural votes. Votes recorded on the transcript were routine: approval of the meeting agenda, approval of last week's minutes, and adjournment. Each motion passed on voice vote with multiple "Aye" responses recorded. No ordinances, resolutions or budget actions were adopted at this meeting.

Next steps identified by the task force were: (1) the chair will pursue scheduling the named trainings and coordinating public-notice requirements with county staff, (2) working-group reports are due by November for compilation into a final task-force report, and (3) the group will invite transportation staff and consider shorter presentations of working-group progress at the next meeting.