BY LWV OBSERVER CORPS

Editor’s note: Members of the League of Woman Voters of Los Alamos Observer Corps have been providing LWV members with reports on certain meetings in the County for many years. These reports have been included in the LWV’s monthly newsletter and now, at the invitation of the Los Alamos Reporter, will also be submitted to the Reporter for publication. The video of the full meeting may be seen at https://losalamos.granicus.com/player/clip/4710?view_id=2&redirect=true

Observer Corps Report — County Council – April 7

The session was attended by Councilors Randall Ryti (Chair), Theresa Cull, Melanee Hand, Suzie Havemann, Ryn Herrmann, Beverly Neal-Clinton, and David Reagor. 

Possible Ban on Single Use Plastics

Voting 6–1 (Councilor Reagor in opposition), Council directed the Environmental Sustainability Board (ESB) to develop a proposal for a possible ban of single-use plastic bags.

Council requested that the proposal be based on what other New Mexico communities have already done. It expressed a preference for no mandatory fee. The ESB has 90 days to return to the Council with a draft proposal. 

The ESB previously presented an overview of its plastic bag research and recommendation to Council at the October 21, 2025, Council meeting [See November 2025 issues of the LWVLA Update]. Due to the history of limited community support and the sensitive nature of this topic, the ESB indicated at that time that additional Council guidance was needed before pursuing further engagement with businesses and community. Council took no action at that meeting.