The Las Cruces City Council is set to meet over a proposed repeal of a minimum wage ordinance.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that city councilors will have a first-reading Monday of the repeal as well as possible changes to a second minimum wage ordinance that passed in September.
In New Mexico, the current minimum wage is $7.50 per hour.
In June, the council voted in favor of raising wages to $8 per hour starting in July 2015 and then to $8.50 an hour in 2016. The second wage hike proposes a higher increase of $8.40 per hour in 2015 and $10.10 by 2017.
Mayor Ken Miyagishima said last month he would like to see the first phase of the second minimum wage law take effect Jan. 1, but he has proposed various exemptions to that law.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News.
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