Editing Las Cruces, New Mexico (section)

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Las Cruces, New Mexico}}
[[File:Las Cruces New Mexico City Hall 2010.jpg|thumb|right|Las Cruces City Hall]]
Las Cruces is a [[charter city]]<ref name="city charter">
{{cite web |title=Municipal Code Part I: Charter |url=http://www.las-cruces.org/legal/city_clerk/codes/Municipal%20Code/CH000%20-%20PART%20I%20%20CHARTER.htm |date=March 5, 1985 |publisher=City of Las Cruces, City Clerk |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616152454/http://www.las-cruces.org/legal/city_clerk/Codes/Municipal%20Code/CH000%20-%20PART%20I%20%20CHARTER.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2010 }}
</ref> (also called a home rule city) and has a [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government.<ref>
{{cite web |title=City Manager |url=http://las-cruces.org/manager/ |publisher=City of Las Cruces |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612035250/http://www.las-cruces.org/manager/ |archive-date=June 12, 2009 }}
</ref> The city council consists of six [[councilor]]s and the [[mayor]], who chairs the meetings.<ref name="city charter" />{{Rp|Article II}} The mayor is elected at-large, and each of the city councilors represents one neighborhood district within the city.<ref name="city charter" />{{Rp|Article II}} Each resident of Las Cruces is thus represented by the mayor and by one city councilor. The mayor and city council members serve staggered four-year terms. As of the 2024, the mayor is Eric Enriquez. Councilors are Cassie McClure, Dist. 1; Bill Mattiace, Dist. 2; Becki Graham, Dist. 3; Johana Bencomo, Dist. 4; Becky Corran, Dist. 5; Yvonne Flores, Dist. 6.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council {{!}} Las Cruces, NM |url=https://www.lascruces.gov/1487/City-Council |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.lascruces.gov}}</ref> Live and archived video of city council meetings are available anytime at [https://www.las-cruces.org/1824/CLC-TV   Las Cruces, NM].<ref>https://www.facebook.com/CityofLasCruces [https://twitter.com clcgov twitter.com] [https://www.youtube.com/user/CLCTV20 youtube.com]
{{cite web |title=City Council |url=http://las-cruces.org/council/ |publisher=City of Las Cruces |access-date=July 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714092728/http://www.las-cruces.org/council/ |archive-date=July 14, 2009 }}
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In the November 2019 municipal election, ranked-choice voting was used for the first time.