§ 2-03-051. Mayor and commissioners—Expense reimbursement and benefits.

a.

The mayor will receive payment of $750.00 per month as reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing the duties of the office. Said reimbursement is exclusive of any amounts payable to the mayor as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by the mayor while on city business or attending educational seminars designed to improve the mayor's skill and information levels.

b.

Members of the city commissioner, including the mayor pro-tem, will each receive payment of $500.00 per month as reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing the duties of the office. Said reimbursement is exclusive of any amounts payable to members of the city commission as reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by the member while on city business or attending educational seminars designed to improve officials' skill and information levels.

c.

The mayor and each commissioner shall have access to city facilities at no charge as a working condition fringe benefit to conduct their duties as an elected official.

d.

At their individual election, each member of the city commission shall be eligible to enroll in the city's group medical insurance plan. The city shall pay one hundred (100) percent of the cost of individual coverage. Each member of the city commission shall have the option of enrolling themselves only in the city's vision and dental insurance programs. The city shall pay the monthly premiums of individual coverage for both the vision and the dental plan.

e.

This section shall take effect as set forth in section 3-17-5, NMSA 1978, but no member of the Commission at such time shall be eligible to receive the expense reimbursement or benefits during their current term of office.

f.

If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section. The city commission hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this section irrespective of the unconstitutionality or invalidity of any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase.

(Ord. No. 1409, 11-15-11)