Los Alamos

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• County website: https://www.losalamosnm.gov/ (Incorporated County of Los Alamos, New Mexico; County Council page https://www.losalamosnm.gov/Government/County-Council, meetings page https://www.losalamosnm.gov/Government/Meetings)
• Agendas and minutes for every board: the county's Legistar calendar, https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Agenda PDFs are on the county's Legistar document host; minutes are marked draft or unpublished for recent meetings.
• Boards and commissions index: https://www.losalamosnm.gov/Government/Boards-commissions
• Meeting video: the county's YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@losalamoscounty, carries only occasional Council uploads (two videos of the 2026-09-08 Council meeting). Regular meeting recordings are listed on the Legistar calendar as Video/Audio links, but the link targets were not captured.
• Collected 2026-11-12.

Governing body

• County Council (regular sessions and work sessions, 6:00 PM, Council Chambers at 1000 Central Avenue or Fire Station 3 in White Rock): Chair Randall Ryti, Vice-Chair Ryn Herrmann, Theresa Cull, Melanee Hand, Beverly Neal-Clinton, Suzie Havemann and David Reagor
• County Manager Anne Laurent; Deputy County Managers Linda Matteson and Juan Rael; Chief Financial Officer Melissa Dadzie; County Clerk Michael Redondo
• Directors and chiefs: Cory Styron (Community Services), Elias Isaacson (Community Development), Eric Martinez (Public Works), Helen Perraglio (Administrative Services), Dino Sgambellone (Police), Erik Litzenberg (Fire), Philo Shelton (Utilities), John Roig (Chief Information Officer)
• Boards built so far: Transportation Board (Chair David Hampton), Library Board (Chair Elizabeth Stelle), Personnel Board (Chair Martha Katko), Los Alamos County Health Council (Chair Lisa Hampton), Historic Preservation Advisory Board and Inclusivity Board

Data quality notes

• Minutes for recent meetings are not published or are drafts, so the pages record agenda content only. Votes and outcomes are not recorded for any meeting.
• Only the 2026-09-08 Council meeting has video (two YouTube uploads, captions waiting). Other regular meeting video exists on the county's Legistar calendar but is not linked.
• The agenda of the 2026-10-06 Council session was not read, and no agenda was found for 2026-09-08. A 2026-09-29 Council closed session and a 2026-10-20 test special meeting have no pages. Meetings referenced only by name in other agendas (for example Health Council 2026-10-01, Library Board 2026-10-05, Historic Preservation Advisory Board 2026-09-02) were not built.
• Many other boards are active (planning and zoning, parks and recreation, utilities, housing authority and others); their meetings were not captured in this first pass.