CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-THIRD COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S R-18-2 ENACTMENT NO. ____________________
SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Pe?a
RESOLUTION
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F/S Establishing A Legislative Policy For The City Of Albuquerque For The 2018 New Mexico State Legislature (Pe?a)
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ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE POLICY FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE 2018 NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. The following initiatives providing for the health, safety and welfare of the people of Albuquerque require the joint efforts and resources of the State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque and therefore are adopted as the State legislative priorities of the City of Albuquerque:
(A) PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. The City of Albuquerque's number one priority is public safety. The City of Albuquerque supports:
(1) funding for behavioral health, alcohol and drug treatment services;
(2) funding for modernizing land/mobile radio systems;
(3) funding for police squad cars;
(4) funding for police mobile surveillance trailers;
(5) a reoccurring funding source to provide for the processing and archiving of sexual assault evidence kits and related court expenses at the State Department of Public Safety Crime Lab and qualified local agency crime laboratories;
(6) funding for public safety officers;
(B) PUBLIC WELFARE AND SAFETY. The City of Albuquerque supports:
(1) funding for development of a Metropolitan Mental Health Crisis Response Center;
(2) amending the Treatment Guardian Act to create a process for individuals to voluntarily receive treatment and supervision who are living with mental illness and are declared incompetent after being adjudicated;
(3) protecting Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage;
(4) protecting funding for programs for low income seniors...
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