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The government of Albuquerque is the government of Albuquerque, New Mexico as defined by its charter. The city has a mayor-council government, divided into an executive branch headed by the Mayor [1] and the nine-member City Council which holds the legislative authority. [2]
Old Albuquerque High School, the city's first public high school, was established in 1879. Congregation Albert, a Reform synagogue established in 1897, by Henry N. Jaffa, who was also the city's first mayor, is the oldest continuing Jewish organization in the city. [24] Old Albuquerque High, built in 1914. Victorian and Gothic styles were used ...
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]
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 system with a city council system.
In 2022, police received a tip that officers were getting paid to make DWI cases disappear—the same allegation that prompted FBI raids in January.
In January 2017, Keller announced his intention to run in that year's Albuquerque mayoral election to fight for a safe, inclusive and innovative city. He stated that he would pursue public financing for his campaign by initially raising thousands of five-dollar donations, and pledged to expand the city's Police Department from around 850 ...
This led to the City of Albuquerque to receive an A+ rating from the Sunshine Review for transparency in both 2011 and 2012. [27] To encourage city employees to cut spending and waste, Berry created the Efficiency, Stewardship and Accountability Award. This program allows employees to submit ideas for saving the city money in their own departments.
The Albuquerque Police Department underwent significant changes under Chief Paul Shaver (1948–1971) who remains the city's longest-serving police chief. [7] During his tenure, Albuquerque's population more than doubled from 96,000 to 250,000 residents, resulting in Albuquerque Police Department growing from 30 police officers to 380.