ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — July 27, 2026 —

The Alamogordo City Commission will convene its regular meeting Tuesday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Donald E. Carroll City Commission Chambers at City Hall, 1376 E. Ninth St. Mayor Sharon McDonald will preside, joined by Mayor Pro-Tem Joshua Rardin (District 4) and Commissioners Baxter Pattillo (District 1), Stephen Burnett (District 2), Warren Robinson (District 3), Al Hernandez (District 5) and Mark Tapley (District 6). City Manager Robert Stockwell and City Clerk Rachel Hughs round out the dais; the city attorney’s seat remains vacant. 

Those public members wanting to speak must sign up prior to the meeting start on July 28, 2026 – 6:30 PM, Donald E. Carroll City Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1376 E. Ninth Street

The meeting opens with two presentations. Fire Lieutenant John Stroope III and firefighters John Stewart, Juan Valles, Eric Martinez and Nathan Preisner are set to receive EMT-Basic certificates, presented by Justin Powell, EMS program director at ENMU-Roswell, and adjunct instructor Melissa Carter. Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Adam Hoppes will then brief commissioners on the Chamber’s activities over the past year, including the completed second phase of the Gateway Freedom Monument at the U.S. 70/U.S. 54 interchange and the Chamber’s pursuit of AETC’s Altus Trophy for community support.

Consent Agenda

Eight items are slated for the consent agenda, where they will be voted on as a single block unless a commissioner asks to pull one for separate discussion. Among them:

Commissioners will consider approval of the Fiscal Year 2026 annual reports submitted by five city boards and committees — the Airport Advisory Board, the Airport Zoning Board, the Alamogordo Public Library Advisory Board, the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, and the Senior Volunteer Programs Advisory Council — as required under Section 2-04-050 of the city code. Separate articles examining each report appear alongside this one.

An agreement with Otero County would bring the Alamogordo Public Library a $35,000 reimbursable grant to extend library collections to county residents outside city limits, helping the library meet a required cash match with the State Library.

A second Otero County agreement covers Alamo Senior Center services for county residents, budgeted at $52,305 — $30,789 for home-delivered meals and $21,516 for transportation.

Commissioners will also consider Change Order No. 3 on the Great Blocks MainStreet project, adding $34,188.11 to the contract with Crosstown Construction & Trucking, LLC. The change order covers irrigation and electrical cost increases, an unforeseen trench-drain relocation, overhead structure modifications, additional asphalt and striping work on 8th and 10th streets and New York Avenue, and conduit repair. City staff say roughly $20,000 of the added cost is expected to be recouped from the project’s structural engineer under an errors-and-omissions claim. The change order would bring the total contract value to $3,338,728.56, up from an original $2,564,473.78.

A contract award to Zia Therapy Center, Inc., doing business as Ztrans, would formalize fixed-route and paratransit transportation services for the city under RFP 2026-004, at a cost of $259,968.30 — an amount already approved as part of the FY27 budget. The company was the sole respondent to the RFP, released May 31 and due July 1.

Resolution 2026-27 would renew the city’s annual membership in the Southeastern New Mexico Economic Development District/Council of Governments (SNMEDD/COG) with a $9,121 contribution. Commissioner Hernandez currently represents the city on the SNMEDD/COG board. This item requires a roll call vote as a resolution.

Unfinished Business

Commissioners return to Ordinance 1724, which would repeal Chapter 22 of the city code governing subdivision requirements and replace it with updated subdivision regulations under a new Chapter 20, Land Development Code. The commission tabled the ordinance at its June 9 meeting to give staff and commissioners more time to review the rewrite. Tuesday’s vote on final adoption and publication requires a roll call.

New Business

Resolution 2026-26 would create a Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission, described in a proposal from Community Development Director Shelley Dowhanik-Baron and Vesta Sherrie Edmonds as a leadership and civic-engagement program giving Alamogordo high school students a formal channel to advise the mayor, collaborate with city officials and weigh in on community issues. The resolution requires a roll call vote.

The meeting agenda also includes the standard call to order, invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, public comment period, city manager’s report, and remarks and inquiries by the commission. Residents wishing to address the commission must sign up with the city clerk; speakers are generally allotted three minutes, though the mayor may adjust that depending on the number of people who sign up.

The full agenda packet, including exhibits and supporting documents for each item, is posted on the city’s website at ci.alamogordo.nm.us.

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