This summary is based on the raw transcript; no agenda or minutes were available. The meeting opened at 5:30 PM with an invocation and concluded with a unanimous zoning action. All council members were present except Council Member Latman/Lettman. Outgoing members were honored, new members were sworn in, the city manager gave an update, and the council heard extensive public comment.
Good evening. This is Tuesday, November 19th, 2024 is five thirty PM, our regular scheduled council meeting. All council members are present except for Council Member Latman. Council Member Head, can you hear me? Yes, I can. Thank you. All right, we're gonna start tonight with an invitation from Stephen Brown for Praise Chapel. If you'd like to join us, please stand. Father God, we come before you with thankful hearts, humbly acknowledging you as the source of all wisdom and strength. Righteousness exalts a nation. We are grateful for their dedication, their sacrifices, and their services to our community. As King Solomon asks, we also do ask, give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people that you may discern between good and evil. Guide them, lead them with integrity, compassion and fairness. So if I could have uh Greece Hedge first, come down to the first we have a picture, so you don't forget us when you leave here. This is the city of Bullhead City. We hereby honor Grace Hitch and appreciation for your service as a council member in the city of Bull Hood City from 2021 to 2024. Thank you. Okay. Um first of all, I would like to express my sadness. Um that in the last couple of years, three council members have passed away. And I was appointed to the Bullhead City Council because Kathy Brooke passed away. She was an incredible councilwoman, and she served our community for several several years. And so it's just a sad thing that council members passed away so suddenly, but I'm very thankful to have fulfilled her term, and then to have been elected for two more years. It's been an honor to serve alongside former Mayor Brady, as well as Mayor Diamico and the rest of the past council and the present council. All of us bring different ideas and perspectives to this council. We come from different generations, different ethnicities, and different life experiences. I believe that that's a great thing. I'm thankful to be the very first person from Bullhead City to serve on the city council. And um, when I was a teenager, my my job was here in the city council, taping city council meetings, and I never expected that I would be up there, but it's been such an honor. So being on council has opened the doors to meet incredible leaders from all over the state and our country. It's because of those relationships that great things have happened. Toby Cotter, who will be uh completing 15 years as city manager soon, has done such a fantastic job and has created an incredible team here at our city, and all of the employees in every single department. I just want to say thank you because it's really them that do all of the work that makes this city run. Numerous times community members have reached out to me with concern, and I've reached out to Toby, and he gets things done for our community. So I'm so excited for this. Future council members working with him and his incredible team to make our city even better. I'm proud that during my time on council, Parks and Recreation Department has family-friendly activities every single Friday. We have a summer camp with over 900 kids attending. The new bridge was opened, community park has been expanded. Um, the food bank is gonna be breaking ground soon on a new expansion. There's so many incredible things that have happened in such a short time in our community, and it's because of all of you sitting here and all the people on council working together to make our community better. So thank you and congratulations to all of the new incoming city council members. Thank you for running, and thank you for serving our community. Thank you. Next, we have Juan Lizaraga. Here's a picture. You want to draw a mustache on me later? That's fine. Thank you. We have a nice plaque here for you.