Overview
- Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones ended the suspension in a Jan. 12 memo, restoring Ivalis Meza Gonzalez to the Audit, Community Health, and Economic and Workforce Development committees.
- The District 8 councilwoman attended her first committee meeting since her September suspension on Jan. 13.
- The mayor provided no public explanation for the timing of the reinstatement.
- Her DWI case remains pending, with a Jan. 27 court date and a case file noting a blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.15.
- The council censured her in September, and she avoided a driver’s license suspension after her ALR case was dismissed in November when the arresting officer did not appear.