CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
CITY COUNCIL
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: All City Councilors
FROM: Council President Cynthia D. Borrego, City Councilor, District 5
SUBJECT: title
Re-Appointment of Mr. Robert Joshua Bacon to the Balloon Museum Board of Trustees
body
DATE: August 16, 2021
I am submitting the following name for re-appointment to the Balloon Museum Board of Trustees in accordance with the City of Albuquerque Ordinance 10-4-5-1
APPOINTEE NAME TERM
Mr. Robert Joshua Bacon July 31, 2024
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Mr. Robert Joshua Bacon has been a hot air balloon pilot for 14 years. He holds both a Private Balloon and Commercial Balloon License He is a second-generation pilot and has been around balloons his whole life. Mr. Bacon earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Texas Tech University. He is a Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic and Firefighter Captain in the City of Rio Rancho. In this role, Mr. Bacon supervises all personnel on both fire and EMS incidents. He frequently manages emergency situations and is trusted with people’s lives and the lives of their family members.
Currently Mr. Bacon flies a Zia balloon with the blue background at Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta with his father, who has flown balloons for 47 years. Mr. Bacon wishes to serve his second term on the board of trustees at the Balloon Museum.
Mr. Robert Joshua Bacon resides in Council District 5 and will continue to serve as the City Council District 5 Representative on the Balloon Museum Board Of Trustees. His term will expire July 31, 2024.
Balloon Museum Board Of Trustees Membership
Representing Name Term
1. Anderson Family Appointee Mr. Michael L. Anderson
Ex-Officio
2. Abruzzo Family Appointee Mrs. Nancy Abruzzo
Ex-Officio
3. Anderson-Abruzzo Int’l Balloon Mr. Troy Alan Bradley 07/31/2021
Museum Foundation
4. At-Large Vacant
5. At-Large Mr. Sidney (Sid) M. Gutierrez 07/31/2020
6. At-Large Mrs. Cindy Hernandez-Wall 07/31/2017
7. Council District 1 Mr. Jeffrey Huss 07/31/2021
8. Council District 2 Mrs. Nora Tocci 07/01/2024
9. Council District 3 Mrs. Gina L. Montoya 07/01/2023
10. Council District 4 Mr. Ron Behrmann 07/01/2022
11. Council District 5 Mr. Robert Bacon 07/31/2021
12. Council District 6 Vacant
13. Council District 7 Vacant
14. Council District 8 Ms. Angela M. Romero 07/31/2018
15. Council District 9 Vacant 07/31/2018