2026-10-20 - County Council Work Session
Summary
Built from the posted final agenda only. Draft minutes are attached to the November 10 agenda but were not read, so outcomes and votes are not recorded.
- Presentation to Council by the Environmental Sustainability Board chair with the board's work plan, followed by an overview of the Council strategic focus area Environmental Stewardship; see Environmental Stewardship Focus Area.
- Briefing on the Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District program; see MainStreet and Creative District.
- Presentation on using data to drive decision-making at the Social Services Division, and an overview of the Council strategic focus area Quality Governance.
- Introduction of Ordinance No. 763 for a Local Economic Development Act project and Metropolitan Redevelopment Act plan for 400 Trinity Drive; see 400 Trinity Drive Redevelopment Project.
- Business: possible action to suspend Council rules for the work session, and approval of the minutes of the September 29 and October 6 regular sessions (2026-10-06 - County Council Regular Session).
- Working group and external entity reports from the Council Chair, with an attachment on 2027 New Mexico Counties priorities support (agenda lists the attachments; content not read).
Agenda
- Presentation to Council by the Environmental Sustainability Board chair (21142-26)
- Overview of Council Strategic Focus Area - Environmental Stewardship (21303-26)
- Briefing on progress of the Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District Program (21879-26)
- Using Data to Drive Decision-Making at Social Services Division (22020-26)
- Overview of Council Strategic Focus Area - Quality Governance (21302-26)
- Possible Action to Suspend Council Rules for Work Session (22291-26)
- Possible approval of Council minutes for September 29 and October 6, 2026 (22112-26)
- Introduction of Ordinance No. 763 (OR1158-26)
- Councilor expenses; working group and external entity reports (22292-26)
Sources
- Agenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/LosAlamos/meetings/2026/10/6129_A_County_Council_-_Work_Session_26-10-20_Agenda.pdf
- Meeting page on the county's Legistar site: https://losalamos.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6129&GID=69&G=A8DDE66B-DD22-4BC6-8D54-66C72C3258BD
- Calendar and agenda portal: https://losalamos.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
- A separate Special Meeting listed for 2026-10-20 at 7:30 AM at White Rock Fire Station 3 is marked on its agenda as a test meeting only; no page is built for it.
Video
No video link found. The county's Legistar calendar lists Video/Audio links for its meetings, but the link targets could not be captured, so none is linked here.