Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Ordinance Staffing topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Taos MRA advisory board approves revisions to ordinance clarifying agency duties and staffing
Summary
The Taos Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency advisory board voted to approve two revisions to Ordinance 25-01 that reinstate agency responsibilities from the MRA plan and clarify that any staff assigned to the agency would be town of Taos employees; the changes will be forwarded to the Town Council for confirmation.
The Taos Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency advisory board voted to approve two proposed revisions to Ordinance 25-01 that clarify the agency’s powers and how staffing would be provided, and agreed to present the changes to the Taos Town Council for review and confirmation.
The board’s chair explained that one revision restores language describing MRA agency responsibilities recommended in the original Taos MRA plan and New Mexico statute guidance, and the second narrows the staff-authority language so any staff assigned to the MRA would be employees of the town of Taos and subject to town hiring and supervision policies. “Currently, it says that the board shall provide the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency with the appropriate staff support … including an executive director, technical experts, and other agents and employees,” the chair said, then read recommended language specifying town-provided administrative and technical support and the board’s ability to recommend establishment of staff positions.
A board member moved to approve the two changes “as read by our chair and presented to the Town Council for their review and action.” The motion was seconded and the board voted in favor. The chair said the reforms reflect both the New Mexico Metropolitan Redevelopment Code provisions and local concerns about creating standalone, full-time MRA positions when the town can provide staffing and contractors as needed.
Board members described the revisions as tailoring statewide MRA authority to Taos’s scale — preserving statutory powers while keeping employees on the town payroll and allowing consultants or intergovernmental agreements where suitable. The board did not finalize any town-level hiring steps at the meeting; it approved only the ordinance language changes and will forward them to the Town Council for confirmation.
The advisory board chair said the next step is to present the approved revisions to the Town Council for its review and any formal action. No dates for Town Council consideration were specified during the meeting.
