During their regular meeting Monday, the Bayard City Council voted to continue Police Chief Cornel Stemley’s paid administrative leave, rescinded employment offers to two potential police officers and heard an update report from the Stantec Engineering firm on various road improvement projects. Additionally, a request to use the Bayard Little League field this weekend was denied. Shortly after calling the meeting to order, the council excused themselves to a back …
While new Police Chief Cornel Stemley outlined how he hopes to restructure the Bayard Police Department during a City Council work session Monday evening, Bayard councilors were quick to question several aspects of his plan. Their primary pushback centered around one urgently repeated phrase: “We want to see boots on the ground.” Stemley, who spent the last several years of his career working as a justice studies professor, spoke at …
The Daily Press virtually visited the Mining District on Monday night to kick off its series of local election candidate forums with Bayard City Council candidates Jose Diaz and Frances Gonzales. The two council positions up for election in Hurley on Nov. 2 are uncontested in this election cycle, and none of the three candidates running for two trustee positions in Santa Clara were able to put in an appearance …
April 27, 2021
Bayard plans $2 raise, will cover total insurance premiums Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 27, 2021
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Newly hired Bayard police officers Joe Carlos and Aaron Ordoñez were sworn in during Monday afternoon’s meeting of the Bayard City Council.
Effective July 3, Bayard will give all 24 of its city employees a $2 hourly raise.
“We decided we could afford a raise for all employees of $2 an hour,” said Bayard Councilor Charles Kelly, who proposed the move at Monday’s regular meeting of the Bayard City Council. Kelly, Mayor Chon Fierro and City Clerk-Treasurer Kristina Ortiz came up with the idea during a recent discussion, which was in part a response to concerns about employee retention raised by Police Chief Lee Alirez.