Come together
Gallup City Council retreat smooth, then gets heated

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Bernie Dotson
Staff writer

SANTA FE — It’s been on the minds of Gallup city councilors ever since Mayor Harry Mendoza vetoed a proposed new lease agreement last month with the Southwest Indian Foundation: How do we as a governing body get things to the point where the mayor can exercise vetoing power over ordinances and not anything else?

The Gallup City Council got some help with that issue Monday during its retreat to Santa Fe, organized and spearheaded by the Gallup-based Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments. Bill Fulginiti and Randy Van Vleck of the New Mexico Municipal League shed some light on city codes, ordinances and resolutions — and how each fits into the city charter.

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