Los Lunas council agenda covers detainee housing, road work, hiring
Los Lunas weighed detainee housing, NM 263 construction and new hiring in one agenda, a sign of how public safety, traffic and staffing costs meet at once.
A proposed Valencia County agreement to house and care for municipal detainees sat alongside bids for NM 263 improvements and new maintenance hiring on the Los Lunas council agenda Thursday, July 9.
The council met at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at 660 Main Street, Los Lunas, NM 87031, and the meeting was also streamed live through Microsoft Teams. Anyone speaking during public input was limited to three minutes, and written comments had to be delivered to the village administrator before the meeting began.
The detainee-housing item had already appeared in the June 25 council minutes before the July agenda reached a vote. Valencia County’s detention center aims to operate with public safety and fiscal responsibility, while the county’s detainee information rules say housing, classification, mental health and medical status are not public record.
The Phase I scope on NM 263 covered reconstruction south of NM 6 to Dove Court, including roadway widening, concrete curb and gutter, sidewalk, storm drain work, water and sanitary sewer line improvements, and signal work at NM 6 and NM 263. The request for proposals was released May 10, 2026 and closed June 9.
The council also had Better City Phase II on the agenda. The consultant work included a discovery phase, stakeholder engagement, SWOT and opportunity analysis, and a strategic implementation roadmap centered on workforce development, transportation, site readiness and industry growth. Los Lunas is about 20 minutes south of downtown Albuquerque and 15 minutes from the Sunport, and recent years have brought population and economic growth, including expansion by Amazon and Meta. The village approved the Better City contract on Sept. 4, 2025 by a 3-1 vote, after council questions about why the plan was needed.
Personnel changes were also on the docket. Ordinance 488 would amend Title 2, Administration and Personnel, by revising Chapter 2.28 on personnel definitions and the list of unclassified employees, including adding the Village Attorney. The executive session list also included possible hiring of an electrician for the facility maintenance division, along with two parks technicians and two parks laborers.
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