The City Council for the City of Las Cruces approves a resolution every year that establishes public meetings following the State of New Mexico Open Meetings Act (OMA). All boards, committees, and commissions follow the OMA. The public is welcome to attend and speak at all public meetings.
Anyone may speak at a regular City Council meeting and express a point of view. You may speak to the Council under Public Participation toward the beginning of each meeting, on any topic that is not related to legislation being considered at that meeting or pending litigation. Or you may address a specific legislative item on the agenda, in which case you will be called to speak when the item comes up for discussion.
Typically, each speaker will have three minutes to speak. If several people are planning to speak on one topic, the Mayor has the discretion on the time allotted to each speaker, which may be less than the three minutes. All speakers are timed.