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Mesilla trustees appoint Johnson-Burick as mayor pro-tem and confirm multiple board members
Summary
At its Jan. 12 meeting the Town of Mesilla Board of Trustees appointed Trustee Stephanie Johnson-Burick as mayor pro-tem and confirmed several members to PZHAC, the Board of Adjustments, Lodger's Tax Board and the Public Arts Committee. Resolutions on meeting rules were amended or postponed; staff updates followed.
The Town of Mesilla Board of Trustees on Jan. 12 appointed Trustee Stephanie Johnson-Burick as mayor pro-tem and confirmed a slate of board and committee members across several town advisory bodies.
Mayor Russell Hernandez opened nominations and Trustee Veronica Garcia nominated Trustee Stephanie Johnson-Burick. The board approved the appointment by roll call (summary: Yes-4). The meeting record shows multiple subsequent motions to fill vacancies on the Planning and Zoning/Historic Advisory Commission (PZHAC); nominees confirmed included Eric Walkenshaw (roll-call outcome summary: Yes-3; No-2), Eric Gallegos (Yes-3; No-1), Lori Miller (Yes-3; No-2), Martha Mulvihill (Yes-4), Rosemary Avillar (Yes-3; No-1), Stevie Paz (Yes-4) and Mary Lucero (Yes-4).
Trustees also approved appointments to the Board of Adjustments, including Trustee Biviana Cadena, and recorded an alternate appointment of Commissioner Lucero. The board confirmed multiple Lodger's Tax Board nominees — including Chris Hutchinson, Keith Bird (Trustee Johnson-Burick recorded an abstention on that vote), Cesar Huizar, Amy Lavender and Dagmar Bausova — and approved Public Arts Committee appointees including Trustee Gerard Nevarez, Commissioner Paz, Emitt Booher and Susie Facio.
Several votes were recorded by roll call in the meeting minutes, showing where trustees cast yes, no or abstain votes on individual appointments. Where the record shows a roll-call summary, that summary and the listed trustee votes are reflected above.
Why it matters: These appointments shape advisory and quasi-judicial panels that review planning, lodging-tax expenditures and public-arts projects affecting Mesilla’s historic district and tourism economy. The board made the personnel and advisory appointments during routine business and committee-appointment segments of the meeting.
The board concluded the business portion of the agenda and moved on to staff reports and department updates before adjourning at 8:35 p.m.
