{"id":13989,"date":"2010-03-02T18:21:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T01:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=13989"},"modified":"2010-03-02T23:35:20","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T06:35:20","slug":"las-cruces-council-to-discuss-city-manager-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/03\/las-cruces-council-to-discuss-city-manager-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Cruces Council to discuss city manager Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Las Cruces City Manager Terrence Moore (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Las Cruces City Council<\/a> is scheduled to meet behind closed doors Monday to discuss personnel matters related to City Manager Terrence Moore<\/a>. Councilor Gill Sorg<\/a> said he believes issues being looked into by the sheriff\u2019s department are among the topics that will be discussed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure it will be brought up. It\u2019ll be talked about,\u201d Sorg said.<\/p>\n

As NMPolitics.net reported Monday<\/a>, the Do\u00f1a Ana County Sheriff\u2019s Department is taking over a Las Cruces Police Department investigation into two incidents involving Moore and his ex-wife \u2013 a case transfer that came after the district attorney raised concerns about LCPD investigating a case involving its own boss and urged the transfer.<\/p>\n

Moore oversees the police chief and, by extension, the police department.<\/p>\n

Last year, Las Cruces police looked into injuries Moore\u2019s then-wife suffered in late 2008 and questions surrounding a police report the city manager filed over a prescription-drug incident in January 2009, treating the two incidents as a single case. Las Cruces police closed the case last year without filing charges.<\/p>\n

Interim Police Chief Pete Bradley has said the case was dropped because no one, including Moore\u2019s ex-wife, alleged a crime, and police didn\u2019t have probable cause to proceed. Moore has pointed out that no one has alleged \u201cthat I\u2019ve done anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sorg said he believes it was appropriate for Las Cruces police to hand the case over to the sheriff for a new investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I can see a conflict for sure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Other issues likely to be discussed Monday<\/h3>\n

The notice<\/a> about Monday\u2019s meeting states that councilors will discuss \u201cLimited Personnel Matters\u201d related to Moore. It\u2019s likely the issues the sheriff is investigating aren\u2019t all that will be discussed. In January, the council met in closed session to discuss Moore\u2019s contract after the city manager came under scrutiny for two issues that had been raised publicly:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Moore had recently reimbursed the city for some costs associated with\u00a0two business trips<\/a> he took last year – after a complaint was filed over one trip and an attorney requested documentation about the other.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Moore had his administrative assistant\u00a0babysit his children<\/a> on Dec. 21 \u2013 while she was on the clock and being paid with public money \u2013 so he could attend a city council meeting.<\/p>\n

Following that January closed session, the council announced that it would \u201crevisit certain terms\u201d<\/a> of Moore\u2019s contract and \u201coffer further clarification where needed,\u201d according to a news release sent out after the meeting.<\/p>\n

Mayor Pro-Tem Sharon Thomas<\/a> said today that she can\u2019t reveal much about the closed session that will be held Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause it\u2019s a personnel matter, there\u2019s little that we can say beyond that we are holding a meeting next week and we will be discussing all issues related to the manager\u2019s contract,\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s meeting will be held at 10 a.m. in the council conference room at city hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Las Cruces City Council is scheduled to meet behind closed doors Monday to discuss personnel matters related to City Manager Terrence Moore. Councilor Gill Sorg said he believes issues being looked into by the sheriff\u2019s department are among the topics that will be discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-13989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-las-cruces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}