{"id":14230,"date":"2010-03-08T15:37:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T22:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2010-03-08T21:54:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T04:54:52","slug":"mayor-council-considers-sheriff-probe-a-%e2%80%98personal-issue%e2%80%99-for-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/03\/mayor-council-considers-sheriff-probe-a-%e2%80%98personal-issue%e2%80%99-for-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor: Council considers sheriff probe a \u2018personal issue\u2019 for Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Las Cruces City Council considers a sheriff\u2019s department investigation involving City Manager Terrence Moore<\/a> to be a \u201cpersonal issue\u201d at this point, Mayor Ken Miyagishima<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe council\u2019s position is that it\u2019s a personal matter, and they would just like to let the matter continue,\u201d Miyagishima said this afternoon. \u201cOnce we get written confirmation that the inquiry is complete, we\u2019ll figure out if there\u2019s anything we need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miyagishima\u2019s comments come after the council spent three hours behind closed doors earlier today discussing Moore\u2019s employment. Miyagishima said much of the meeting was focused on Moore\u2019s contract<\/a>, and said the council is planning to add some \u201cperformance objectives\u201d that the city manager must meet.<\/p>\n

The council will discuss adding such measureable goals to Moore\u2019s contract during a closed session in April and will probably meet in May to publicly vote on those changes to the contract, Miyagishima said.<\/p>\n

The news comes as the Do\u00f1a Ana County Sheriff\u2019s Department is investigating two incidents<\/a> involving Moore and his ex-wife. The sheriff\u2019s department took over what was originally a Las Cruces Police Department probe after the district attorney raised concerns about LCPD investigating a case involving its own boss and urged the transfer.<\/p>\n

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Terrence Moore<\/p><\/div>\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

The district attorney has said Moore should have been interviewed, and the sheriff\u2019s department says it intends to attempt to speak with the city manager.<\/p>\n

Other issues<\/h3>\n

But the sheriff\u2019s probe isn\u2019t the only reason the council met today. 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 \u2013 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\u00a0\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

Moore did not immediately respond this afternoon to an e-mail seeking comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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