Corrales council considers new member, fireworks ban and PNM deal
Council weighed Lisa Brown for a vacant seat, a July 22 fireworks ban and a 15-year PNM franchise as drought kept pressure on Corrales.
The June 23 meeting was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Village Council Chambers at 4324 Corrales Road, with Zoom participation available. Council faced a possible new District 4 member, a renewed fireworks ban and the first vote on a 15-year PNM franchise agreement.
Council will nominate Lisa Brown to fill the District 4 seat left vacant by the death of John P. Alsobrook II, under NMSA section 3-12-1. Alsobrook died in May 2026 after winning a fifth non-consecutive term in November 2025, and the appointee will serve until the regular election in November 2027. Brown has been an active New Mexico attorney with the Department of Justice since Oct. 8, 1998. Brown said water scarcity driven by overuse and climate change is among the state’s most serious challenges.
The council will extend its emergency fireworks prohibition through July 22 under Resolution 26-28. The resolution cites severe drought conditions in Corrales and surrounding areas. The U.S. Drought Monitor showed 94% of New Mexico in drought. State Forester restrictions imposed April 6 apply to nonmunicipal, non-federal and non-tribal lands. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Executive Order 2026-026, issued May 20, urged municipal and county governments to impose water-use restrictions and firework bans. The ban would cover rockets, aerial spinners and other fireworks in wildland areas, including land near the Corrales Bosque Preserve and agricultural areas the village identified in its fire-risk assessment.
On the utility side, Ordinance 26-06 would begin the process of approving a 15-year franchise agreement with Public Service Company of New Mexico, replacing the previous deal adopted as Ordinance and Resolution ID 18-005 on Aug. 8, 2018. The meeting packet also included a first reading on Ordinance 26-04, the Corrales Revised Traffic Code and Penalty Assessment Schedule, and Ordinance 26-05, which would clarify where animals are allowed inside the recreation center’s indoor facilities.
The village’s June 12 mayor’s message noted New Mexico’s first human plague case and death of 2026, a 50-year-old Santa Fe County woman. Alsobrook’s celebration of life was scheduled for June 27 at 4:30 p.m. at Perea’s restaurant.
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