Las Cruces City Council will convene in closed session Wednesday, March 20, 2024, to interview three candidates for the position of City Manager, the only employee who is hired by City Council.
Source: City of Las Cruces
The three candidates are Sonya Delgado, Assistant City Manager; David Sedillo, Director of Public Works; and Ikani Taumoepeau, Assistant City Manager.
City Council met in closed session Monday, March 18, with the director and deputy director of the City’s Human Resources Department to confirm the process for hiring the next City Manager. The three finalists were selected by City Council during the meeting.
No applicants were present during Monday’s closed session and no interviews were conducted. Councilors selected three finalists after reviewing applications of nine internal candidates. Councilors chose to select the new City Manager from qualified applicants already employed by the City of Las Cruces.
A decision by City Council will be made during an open meeting sometime after the March 20 interviews are completed.
Besides the three finalists, applicants included: Barbara Bencomo, Chief Administrative Officer; Leeann DeMouche, Director of Finance; Christopher Faivre, Deputy Director of Economic Development; Timothy Pitts, Deputy Director of Community Development; Elizabeth Teeters, Director of Economic Development; and Charles Tucker, Inspector General.
Ifo Pili, City Manager since September 2020, announced his resignation from the City in February to assume a similar position in Utah. Pili appointed Delgado to the position of Acting City Manager until further notice from City Council. Pili’s resignation becomes effective March 31, 2024.
