2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Article 14 - Commission-Manager Form of Government; Municipalities Over 1,000
Section 3-14-12 - Powers vested in commission; duties of commission.

A. All powers of the municipality are vested in the commission. The commission shall:

(1) pass all ordinances and other measures conducive to the welfare of the municipality;

(2) perform all acts required for the general welfare of the municipality; and

(3) in addition to the office of manager, create all offices necessary for the proper carrying on of the work of the municipality.

B. The commission shall appoint a manager and shall hold him responsible for the proper and efficient administration of the municipal government.

History: 1953 Comp., § 14-13-12, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

Minimum wage for city employees. — If the commission desires to enact a minimum wage ordinance for city employees, or perhaps delegate the authority to establish wage rates to its manager, keeping in mind its budget and revenue, it would be acting within its powers, but it may not lawfully delegate this authority to some outsider over whom it has no supervision or control. Adams v. City of Albuquerque, 1957-NMSC-006, 62 N.M. 208, 307 P.2d 792.

New administrative departments may be created by either ordinance or resolution. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 57-126.

Cooperative agreements. — The city and county may enter into an agreement to cooperate in sponsoring a watershed protection and flood prevention program. 1956 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 56-6522.

Law reviews. — For article, "Prisoners Are People," see 10 Nat. Resources J. 869 (1970).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 58 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions §§ 181, 185, 186.

62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 150, 151, 208, 355.