Council Services Budget Highlights

Council Services provides support services to the Albuquerque City Council. City Council is the governing body charged with setting long-term goals and short-term objectives, enacting policy, adopting a budget for the operations of city government, and coordinating with other agencies. Albuquerque is divided into nine districts. Each district is represented by one Councillor elected by district residents. Councillors serve a four-year term and may succeed themselves in office. Each candidate for Councillor must be a resident of the District prior to the date of filing of the declaration of candidacy and a qualified voter of the City.

The Council has the power to adopt all ordinances, resolutions or other legislation conducive to the welfare of the people of the city and not inconsistent with the city charter, and shall not perform any executive functions except those functions assigned to the Council by the charter.

Council meetings are open to the public and are conducted on a regular basis. Council establishes and adopts by ordinance or resolution five-year goals and one-year objectives. These goals and objectives are reviewed and revised annually by the Council. They also review and approve or amend all budgets of the City and adopt policies, plans, programs and legislation consistent with established goals and objectives.

Council Services Budget Highlights [pdf, 96k]

Performance Plan Program Strategies

Council Services