New Mexico Statutes Chapter 3. Municipalities § 3-11-6. Mayor; authority to appoint, supervise and discharge employees

(1) appoint all officers and employees except those holding elective office; and

(2) designate an employee to perform any service authorized by the governing body.

(1) supervise the employees of the municipality;

(2) examine the grounds of reasonable complaint made against any employee; and

(3) cause any violations or neglect of the employees' duties to be corrected promptly or reported to the proper authority for correction and punishment.

(1) the governing body may discharge an appointed official or employee by a majority of all the members of the governing body;

(2) the mayor may discharge an appointed official or employee upon the approval of a majority of all the members of the governing body; or

(3) the mayor may suspend an appointed official or employee until the next regular meeting of the governing body at which time the suspension shall be approved or disapproved by a majority of all the members of the governing body. If the suspension of the appointed official or employee is disapproved by the governing body, the suspended appointed official or employee shall be paid the compensation he was entitled to receive during the time of his suspension.

(1) upon his request, be given, by the mayor in writing, a list of reasons for his discharge; and

(2) be paid any vacation pay which he may have accrued.