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Henry N. Jaffa was elected the first mayor of Albuquerque in 1885. The city was governed by a mayor until the transition to a City Commission government in 1917. [1] Under this system, the leader of city government in Albuquerque was the Chairman of the City Commission. In 1975, due to large growth in the city, voters replaced the commission ...
The Mayor of Albuquerque holds a full-time paid elected position with a four-year term. [3] Elections for Mayor are nonpartisan. [4] The current mayor is Tim Keller, who was elected in 2017. Each year, the Mayor submits a city budget proposal for the year to the Council by April 1, and the Council must act on the proposal within sixty days.
From 1916 to 1974, Albuquerque was governed by a city commission of at-large members. In the place of a president in the council, the mayor was known as the "Chairman of the Commission." [1] In 1975, due to large growth in the city, voters replaced the commission system with a city council system. [2]
Oct. 1—Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller has appointed a new chief of staff, his third in three years. Terry Brunner, who served most recently as the city's director of the Metropolitan Redevelopment ...
May 17—Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Police Chief Harold Medina did a victory lap Friday — tracing the path of the city's consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice from "the brink ...
Timothy M. Keller (born November 22, 1977) [1] is an American businessman and politician serving as the 30th mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as New Mexico State auditor before resigning to become mayor on December 1, 2017.
Jul. 3—Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller vetoed a proposal to reduce the percentage of votes needed to win a City Council seat or the mayorship from 50% to a simple majority. If the change was ...
New Albuquerque was incorporated as a town in 1885, with Henry N. Jaffa its first mayor. It was incorporated as a city in 1891. [23]: 232–233 Old Town remained a separate community until the 1920s, when it was absorbed by Albuquerque. Old Albuquerque High School, the city's first public high school, was established in 1879.