Personnel Board & Personnel Hearings

Personnel Board

Membership

The Personnel Board is composed of five members. Two members are appointed by the Mayor, two members are selected by employees by election and then appointed by the Mayor while the remaining member is selected by the other four members.

Duties

The City Of Albuquerque Personnel Board powers and duties are:

• To advise and assist the Chief Administrative Officer or his or her designated representative and the Director of Human Resources in adopting such Personnel Rules and Regulations as are considered necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article;
• To advise and assist the Chief Administrative officer or his or her designated representative and the Director of Human Resources upon problems concerning personnel administration and recommend corrective action; and
• To inquire, after consultation with the Chief Administrative Officer, into any matter which it may consider desirable concerning the administration of affairs of personnel.
• The Personnel Board shall render a decision upon the appeal of classified employees of the city who have been suspended without pay for more than five days, demoted for disciplinary reasons or discharged, as provided in Section 3-1-25.
• Meetings of the Personnel Board, including hearings, shall comply with the New Mexico Open Meetings Act, Section 10-15-1 et seq. NMSA 1978.
• The Personnel Board shall establish rules and regulations governing the conducts of its meetings and its grievance hearings.

Meetings/Hearings

Notice for regular meetings are posted in the lobby on the first floor in the  Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Government Center, Albuquerque, N.M. Regular meetings will be scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of the month at 2:00 pm and will be held via Zoom. Except for any portion of this meeting that may be closed by the Personnel Board, pursuant to the provision of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act, the meeting will be open to the public.

Personnel Board Open Meetings Resolution

Dates & Time: Notice is hereby given that the City of Albuquerque Personnel Board Zoom meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.

Location: Online via Zoom https://cabq.zoom.us/j/82243513620

Annual Meeting Resolution Dates

• June 25, 2025
• July 23, 2025
• August 27, 2025
• September 24, 2025
• October 22, 2025
• November 19, 2025 - 3^rd Wednesday due to the Holiday
• December 17, 2025 - 3^rd Wednesday due to the Holiday
• January 28, 2026
• February 25, 2026
• March 25, 2026
• April 22, 2026
• May 27, 2026

Resources

• Personnel Board Ordinance, § 3-1-4
• Personnel Board Rules of Procedure 
• Personnel Board General Rules and Regulations
• Merit System & Personnel Policy