Good morning.

This is the county commission meeting for Tuesday December 17th, 16th.

Okay.

We have the rabbi come up with invocation, please.

Chairman, this is Rabbi Levy Harleigh from Chabad of Southern Nevada.

Almighty God, we ask that you bless our commissioners and all who serve our county with wisdom, courage, and empathy.

May they lead with vision, listen with understanding, and act with justice and compassion, serving every individual and family here in Clark County.

As a rabbi Habal of Southern Nevada and the executive direct our friendship circle, I strive to see the divine spark within every human being, regardless of regardless of age, ability, or circumstance.

Through our programs, we strive to build a community where everyone is valued, included, and celebrated.

Today, on the second day of Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of the menorah in the holy temple in Jerusalem over two thousand years ago.

When a single day's supply of oil miraculously lasted for eight days.

During this eight-day period of Hanukkah, they will attend.

I'm gonna let him tell us, but if there's a menorah being lit in southern Nevada, chances are the dancing dreidel are there this week.

That includes here at the government center last night, uh, and nearly every uh incredible landmark we have in southern Nevada.

They make the occasion special for those who live here and for those who are visiting, and I'm delighted to get to recognize them for the work that they put in for the leadership that they give and for the light they bring to all of Clark County.

Today we have the pleasure of declaring Dancing Dradel Day in Clark County.

I was hoping we might have some footage of Manager Schiller, who uh did quite a dance.

If anybody saw that last night, we will find the footage and present it for sure.

Uh but now I'd like to give the microphone over to you, Rabbi Harlig, if you could speak a little bit of the significance of Hanukkah and what the Draydols here represent.

Thank you so much to all the commissioners, Commissioner Naft.

First of all, I don't get any credit.

I'm just their booking manager.

These these guys have been dancing and singing all over Southern Nevada.

Hanukkah, the message of Hanukkah applies today, perhaps more than ever.

How a little bit of light dispels a disproportionate amount of darkness.

You go to a dark room, you light a small little candle, the whole room lights up.

That's the message of Hanukkah.

Freedom of religion applies to all religions to practice what you believe in freely.

People asked me after the terrible terrorist attack in Australia.

How will we respond?

And our response is to redouble our efforts in spreading light.

Increase in acts of goodness and kindness, be kinder to our friends, and through that, the light of the manobra will light up the world, make the world a better place, make the world a brighter place.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

Happy Hanukkah.

Thank you, Rabbi.

That's yours.

Commissioners, your next item is to present a proclamation to honor the role of the Nevada Consular Corps in Clark County.

Commissioner Sagerboom.

Thank you.

Uh would y'all come up, please?

And you're gonna have to top that.

So I hope you're dancing on your way up.

Um of the things we are is as I've talked about many times as a uh community of immigrants, and one of the great things we have here are approximately 30 uh consul members from different countries representing different countries that help with the the locals that live here from that country or from people that visit from that country that need help.

But today we're gonna honor them.

We have, I think about 12 or 15.

But I just want to appreciate what they do.

It's a voluntary job, except for from uh Mexico, which is a real job.

But uh but anyway, uh thank you so much for what you do.

And if you want to, can you walk down here?

Oh, sorry.

Come on down here, a couple of you.

So here we'll have the dean of the consul corps uh introduce himself, and then we'll have each member just give their name and who they're what country they represent, and just uh know that we are so proud of who you are and the fact that we are a city of immigrants.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

My name is Joe Campos, and I currently serve as Dean of the Nevada Council Corps.

Uh we are an organization of 25 member countries, uh representing all major regions around the world.

I also represent the Republic of Korea, and to be clear, that's South Korea.

So I'd like to pass the mic on to our next uh guest.

My name is Andy Armenian, and I represent Armenia and the Yuha KC, representing Republic of Finland and also wise dean of the corps.

Heidi Kasama, and I represent Norway.

Lena Bolthur, I represent Sweden.

Jerry Schneider represent the United Kingdom.

Amy Belmonte, representing the Philippines.

Good morning.

My name is Patricia Cortes.

I am the consul for Mexico.

Good morning, Michael Christali, representing the Republic of Italy.

So on behalf of Clark County, today is the Nevada Consular Corps Day in Clark County.

So even though you represent another country, you can do anything you want here.

Go crazy if we're one day.

So thank you all for your service and the people you represent.

So very proud.

All consolors come down.

Right here, right here.

Yeah.

Coming.

No, you're fine.

Everybody's possible.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Hold on that proclamation.

And we'll do one right here.

Yeah.

Commissioners, your next item is to recognize Clark County Social Services Manager Brenda Barnes as the recipient of the Patriot Award by the employer support of Guard and Reserve.

Of the Guard and Reserve.

And Kevin, you may want to come up for this one too.

Thank you so good.

Hello, how are you?

Thank you.

Um, today we have the privilege of recognizing an employee whose service extends beyond the workplace and into our nation's commitment to freedom and security.

The Patriot Award honors individuals who exemplify exort extraordinary support of our citizen soldiers.

Before today, we at the county were very proud of the work Brenda Barnes has done as serving as the director of the Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care and through her work to improve our homelessness response every day.

But today we are uh we are able to show our appreciation for her leadership that has shown the county's unwavering commitment to support our service members.

Today, James Walker from Employee Service Support of the Guard.

I'm sorry, Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve is here to present Brenda Bartons this the Patriot Award.

Thank you.

Yes, I'm Colonel Retired James Walker and presenting Brenda Barnes with a patriot award that says for contribution to national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation, the American National Guard and Reserve Sports.

And your employee would have some words for you.

All right, good morning, everyone.

So my name is Kishmer Carlos, and I currently serve as a management analyst here with Clark County Social Services.

But today, I stand for you as Captain Kaiser Carlos of the 421st Regional Training Institute Regiment, as well as previously served with the 17th Sustainment Brigade of the Nevada National Guard.

Today I have the profound honor of recognizing someone whose leadership did not just change my career.

It changed the way I served.

We recognize Ms.

Barnes because I nominated her for the Patriot Award through ESGR for on her for her unwavering unconditional support that she gave to me when I deployed to the Middle East from September 2024 to August of 2025 with the 17th Sustainment Brigade.

In March of 2024, had the opportunity to interview with Ms.

Barnes to join her team.

As a guardsman, I did what I was trained to do.

I was honest.

Without knowing how close that Pulsibly truly was.

Because service comes to sacrifice, and often sacrifice means doors quietly closing.

But this is where Ms.

Barnes showed me who she truly is.

Before I could even finish my sentence, she stopped me.

She made one thing clear.

My service to our country was not an inconvenience.

It was an honor.

She didn't offer sympathy, she offered action.

She made calls, she sought guidance.

She advocated, not because policy required it, but because her character demanded it.

Later, she called me and told me something I will never forget.

She said, accept the position.

You should never feel penalized for serving your country.

We should be doing everything we can to help you accept these opportunities.

That moment mattered because when a soldier deploys, we carry more than gear.

We carry uncertainty, we carry worry.

We carry the silent question of whether our civilian life will still be waiting when we return.

Ms.

Barnes answered those questions with courage, with empathy, with leadership.

Her support wasn't just procedural.

It was very genuine.

And leaders like Ms.

Barnes don't just manage teams.

They change lives.

They strengthen the bridge between military service and civilian employment.

They allow for guardsmen and reservists to serve with peace of mind.

Knowing someone has her back at home.

On behalf of service members, service members everywhere, thank you, Ms.

Barnes, for your leadership, your compassion, and your unwavering commitment to those who serve.

Because of leaders like you, National Guardsmen and Reservists don't just survive.

We thrive.

It is my absolute honor to nominate and present the Patriot Award to Miss Brenda Barnes.

Thank you.

But I knew she was fantastic.

And it's very important that the county do recognize the National Guard's troops who are called up can come back and receive their full job, whatever their seniority is, all that stuff.

So I know we we work on that.

All right, Kevin, it's your turn.

Um, you guys can probably sit down for this one.

So um we have uh next item is to recognize Clark County employees who have been selected as value champions.

Um given this is our last meeting of the year, um, we're not recognizing anybody today, but I do have a brief video I just wanted to show of kind of the awards over the past calendar year.

Throughout the year, Clark County employees show up every day with one shared purpose to lead to serve and to make a meaningful difference in our community and for one another.

The value champions program recognizes individuals who go above and beyond.

I nominated Janet Dominguez for a value champion award.

The level of service that you provide to both us and all of our families and children is done with absolute excellence.

Employees nominated by their peers for living out the values that guide everything we do.

I nominee Jackie Rossam.

She's very supportive of the team.

She's a definitely a team member.

You can always count on her.

Service, integrity, respect, accountability, excellence, leadership.

These are more than just words.

They are the pillars of our culture.

They shape how we work, how we collaborate, and how we serve the public.

Our model of Clark County together for better.

That's what a roti does.

The value champions program is special because it's driven by you, co-workers recognizing co-workers, peers lifting up peers.

Moments of everyday excellence brought into the spotlight.

I believe Mike Courtney is the epitome of self before others.

Just want to congratulate everybody.

Thank you for everything you do every day.

Each story shared reminds us that leadership happens at every level.

That service takes many forms, and going above and beyond is often fueled by teamwork, compassion, and pride in public service.

She's since day one has always been uh so great and motivating for everyone around her.

We celebrate not only the champions recognized at the Board of County Commissioners' meetings, but the countless employees across Clark County who demonstrate our values every single day.

We succeed when we support one another, when we respect each other's contributions, when we lead with integrity and hold ourselves accountable when we strive for excellence together.

Value champions is a reflection of the culture we build one act of service at a time.

That's what it means to be together for better.

And Commissioner, I just want to do a shout out um to everybody that received a value champion award for their peers, but also just um to every employee that works hard every day.

They are they are where everything happens, and we don't get to recognize them all, but I want to make sure I give them a huge shout out.

So with that, we can move to our first section set aside for public comment.

All right, this is the first period for public comment.

Anyone wishing to speak to an item on the agenda can come forward now.

Seeing no one will close the public comment period and turn it over to County Commissioner Schiller.

County manager.

Getting ahead of myself.

I'm not running for election.

Um is approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on November 18th, 2025.

I'm sorry, we're here for public comment.

Uh if it's on the if it's not on the consent agenda, you can talk about the specific item when it comes up, or did you want to you can talk about right now?

Basically, it's the grand prix race every year.

Okay, that would be that's the snow item on the pup on the grand prix today.

So that would be the second period for public comment.

So when that comes up, yeah.

So we'll we'll we'll notify you again later.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, I move approval of the minutes.

All right, there's a motion, cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioners, your next item is the approval of the agenda with the inclusion of any emergency items and deletion of any items.

Staff is requesting that item number 17 under your consent agenda be deleted from your agenda.

Uh, with the recommended changes for into the record, I move approval the agenda.

There's a motion for approval.

Cast your vote.

That motion passes.

We can now move to the approval of your consent agenda consisting of items number eight through 42.

Item 17 has been deleted.

I move approval of our consent agenda.

Items eight through 42.

There's a motion to approve the consent agenda, cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioners, it's not yet 10 a.m.

So we'll now move to the introduction of ordinance section of your agenda.

Item 45 is an ordinance amending Title 24 of the Clark County Code to app to add chapter 24.04, changing the language from water sewage and other utilities to water, wastewater, and other utilities, and to establish certain requirements and prohibitions for Clark County Water Reclamation District Infrastructure and Services and providing for other matters properly related there too and set a public hearing.

The ordinance is at the public hearing for Tuesday, January 6th at 10 a.m.

Okay, we'll now move to the business section of your agenda.

Item 46 is to identify emerging issues to be addressed by staff or by the board at future meetings, receive updates on activities of the various regional boards and commissions and direct staff accordingly.

I don't see any emerging issues.

Your next items to receive an update from the A's and Clark County's representatives on the baseball stadium community oversight committee regarding the community benefits program.

Good morning.

Good morning, board members.

Thank you.

First, I want to thank uh you for allowing uh Dr.

Tia Mathis Coleman and myself to present today.

More importantly, that you guys uh felt uh that we could represent the county, and we appreciate the opportunity to be appointed to the board uh also with us.

Uh I think you saw it was Stomper.

Um, and we know for years that uh our esteemed mayor used to travel with showgirls.

Uh and I think uh from now on that we know that when Dr.

Mathis and I step out that we go out with uh with the dancing elephant.

So uh we were happy that Stomper is here with us today.

And when I was appointed to the board, uh Commissioner Sagerbloom and Commissioner Gibson, you had mentioned that you wanted to have a baseball guy on the board.

Uh and uh I think it's important because when all said and done, this is about baseball.

It's still about a major league baseball team being here, about the benefits that that will provide the community.

Uh, and I think that I would be remiss if I didn't point out that we're very fortunate that uh this year that that the A's had the rookie of the year uh in Nick Kurtz, uh, but also runner-up to Nick uh to Nick for rookie of the year uh with Jacob Wilson.

It's only happened a couple times in baseball, uh, but I think it it speaks to the type of team that the A's are trying to put on the field.

Uh and we know that the community benefits agreement, which we're here to talk about today, uh, is only gonna go as far as the team does uh in the type of product they put on the field.

So I did want to make sure that we recognize it that we have some players here that people are gonna be looking forward to see.

Um in the elevator coming down this morning.

Uh, somebody that I respect turned to me and said, We're looking forward to the A's presentation.

I've been coming to meetings here for for many years, and it's the first time that I've heard somebody in the elevator say, I'm looking forward to a presentation.

Normally it's people how long we're gonna be there, are we gonna go past lunch?

Uh, who who was gonna talk too long, but uh to hear that tells you that people are are interested in what we have going on with the A's.

And with Mr.

Schiller had invited us to come, I gotta be honest.

I was a little a little concerned, a little worried, and that the baseball stadium, the committee.

We'd only had two meetings.

At those meetings, we were being told what our what our roles were going to be.

Uh, and one of the most important things that we learned at that time is that the trigger for the community benefits agreement has has not even kicked in yet.

So, all that being said, I was worried that what what are we gonna have to say?

What are we gonna have to report?

Since then, all I can tell you uh is that there is a ton of things that the A's have been doing.

I'm proud to be here today to let you know what's been going on, in spite of the fact that that trigger has not occurred.

And at this point, I'd like to turn it over to to Dr.

Mathis Coleman and for her to go through what the community benefits agreement is about, uh, the committee uh and workforce diversity.

Thank you, Mike.

Good morning, commissioners for the record.

Tia Mathis Coleman for the uh record.

I don't this isn't working.

Thank you.

So I am honored to serve as your second appointee to the baseball stadium community oversight committee.

We appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today.

Today's presentation will focus on the key roles and responsibilities of the Oversight Committee, including our relationship with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority, our process for monitoring and supporting the implementation of the community benefits agreement, and the direct and measurable impact we've seen from the Las Vegas A's over the past few months.

Their engagement across Nevada has been both meaningful and far-reaching, and we're proud to highlight the positive influence they've had on our community.

As you know, the baseball stadium oversight committee was established through Senate Bill 1 passed during the 2023 Nevada Special Legislative Session.

This legislation laid the foundation for the community benefits agreement associated with the development of the Las Vegas Baseball Stadium.

As a designated public body, the committee operates under the provisions of NRS Chapter 241, which governs public meetings and ensures transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct at all proceedings.

The committee's mission is to administer and monitor the CBA, ensuring that the commitments made to the community, such as workforce development, local hiring, and equitable access are upheld.

In fulfilling this mission, the committee serves as a vital link between the community, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority, and the Las Vegas A's, working to ensure that public interests are represented and protected throughout the life of this project.

The committee was established to promote transparency and accountability in the implementation of the community benefits agreement.

Our committee members contribute valuable knowledge in areas such as public finance, economic development, workforce engagement, and community advocacy, allowing us to take a comprehensive and inclusive approach to oversight.

As you can see by this slide, the baseball community oversight committee is made up of a diverse group of individuals who bring a wide range of expertise and perspective to the important work.

Our team was appointed by a combination of key stakeholders, including the Las Vegas Stadium Board Authority, Governor Lombardo, the Clark County Commission, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Majority Leader.

This bipartisan and multi-agency structure ensures broad representation and meaningful community input.

Before we continue, I'd like to take a moment to recognize Angela Castro, who I believe is here.

She's also one of our board members, or she was here.

We're just going to recognize all of our board members.

And we are just so excited for the leadership and the partnership that we are able to establish on this committee.

Since our appointment, we've made progress in building the infrastructure needed to support the oversight of the community benefits agreement.

One of the most important developments has been the appointment of our community benefits director, who works directly with our team to support and strengthen our efforts.

Don Burnett was appointed by the Las Vegas Stadium Board Authority, and he serves in this role, and he brings a wealth of experience and leadership to this position.

Mr.

Burnett is responsible for the day-to-day work of the monitoring of the Las Vegas A's compliance with the terms of the community benefits agreement.

He also serves as a key advisor to the baseball stadium community oversight committee, helping us navigate complex issues and ensure that the commitments are being met.

In addition, he assists both our committee and the stadium authority board with the necessary enforcement actions should any arise.

His role is essential in maintaining accountability and ensuring that the community receives the full benefit of what has been promised.

Since the formation of the baseball stadium community oversight committee, we've made meaningful strides in establishing our oversight framework and initiating our review process.

To date, we've had two formal meetings, as Mike stated, on July 17th, 2025, and on October the 29th, 2025, where Las Vegas A's provided updates and reported compliance with key elements of the community benefits agreement, specifically related to construction workforce participation, and small business engagement.

In addition to these meetings, our newly appointed community benefits director has begun conducting independent compliance reviews to validate and monitor the teen's adherence to the agreement.

These efforts mark an important step in ensuring transparency and accountability as the project continues to move forward.

Looking ahead, the committee will continue to work through quarterly meetings, allowing for regular updates, ongoing evaluation, and timely responses to any emerging issues.

This cadence ensures that we remain actively engaged and responsive to the needs of the community throughout the life of the stadium project.

One of the key pillars of the community benefits agreement is to ensure meaningful participation from small and local businesses in the stadium development process.

The agreement sets a 15% participation goal, and we're pleased today to report that the project has already exceeded the target, reaching 17% participate, 17% participation to date.

Out of the 779 million in total awarded contracts, approximate approximately 128 million has gone to small and local businesses, with 62 million awarded specifically to diverse owned businesses.

These numbers reflect a strong commitment to economic inclusion and equitable opportunity.

In total, 67 Nevada-based businesses have been contracted, demonstrating the project's positive impact on our local economy and its alignment with the valued out with the values outlined in the community benefits agreement.

These early results are encouraging, and we will continue to monitor progress to ensure the small, local, and diverse businesses remain central to the stadium's development.

This goal applies specifically to on-site construction work hours, ensuring that the labor force reflects the diversity and the strength of our broader community.

We're proud to report that current participation has significantly exceeded expectations, with 78% of on-site construction hours being performed by targeted workers.

This level of engagement is a strong indicator of the project's commitment to equity and opportunity.

It also demonstrates the effectiveness of our oversight and the collaborative efforts between the Las Vegas A's contractors and community partners to prioritize inclusive hiring practices.

Thank you for your time.

At this time, I'm turning it over back to Mike.

All right, thank you.

If there's something that's important from my perspective for the board, is that going through the members that are on the baseball stadium community committee is that the connection to Clark County, besides the two of us as your appointments, we have our new chairman, uh Mr.

Frierson, and I don't think uh that we have to go too far to show how tightly that connection is to the county.

Uh, we also have Angela who was mentioned, but the staff members that are working with the board uh being um former county manager and then Ed Finger, uh, and lastly but not least is C.

H.

Miller.

For those of you that don't know CH Miller, uh, he's Tyrone Thompson's cousin.

Uh, and those of you that know Tyrone Thompson, everybody was Tyrone's uh cousin.

I think uh numerous times uh Tyrone introduced me as his cousin, but I have it on good authority that that CH is Tyrone.

So my point is that the board has a tight connection to Clark County.

And I I think that all of us want to look out for the for the good of the county, but also to the citizens of Southern Nevada, and and we'll do everything we can to meet your expectations.

Um the other thing is that we've mentioned it before about the the baseball aspect of it, is that I was prepared to do the next portion of the presentation.

Uh, but as a coach and those of you that have coached and have played, I I think you you know that if you have a uh a player that is ready and sitting there that can help uh in whether it's in a game or at some point in the season, you don't you don't leave them on the bench.

You you bring them forward.

Uh and I have somebody that I'm understanding I'm not able to turn around yet because I've been trying to work for a couple minutes to give them time to get here.

Uh, but that uh we we have somebody that uh that I'm excited uh to have see how important you already recognize I haven't even named him, and you know who this important player is.

But uh I want to let you know that um uh Mark Badain uh is here today.

He he doesn't have to be here.

Uh he knew that that we we could give this presentation, but Mark has been at every baseball stadium uh committee meeting, as has Sandy Dean.

He wanted to be here today.

Um and let's face it, uh Mark has a great batting average.

Uh I think uh we all know um the reports that have come out this week in regards to Allegiance Stadium, with which he headed up, uh, and the impact that's had on our community being number one uh grossing in the United States and number two uh in the world.

Uh and so uh it's my pleasure to introduce Mark and thank him uh for coming today to do the uh community engagement part.

Uh and as I mentioned earlier, we're we're in our preseason.

Uh it hasn't really kicked in as far as the community benefits agreement.

So in preseason, we're trying to work the kinks out and uh who we're gonna be working with in the community.

But uh I think that uh given that that hasn't even kicked in, and what Mark is gonna show you is that the A's organically have done tremendous work so far.

So thank you, Mark, for coming, and I'll turn it over to you.

You're a hell of a hype, man.

Thank you.

I need I need some walk-up music.

Thanks to you.

Thanks, Mike.

And I apologize for uh I guess making it close to on time.

I thought 10 30, so uh I was trying to be early, but maybe we were just trying to build up suspense.

Uh I'd like to make a couple introductions.

To my left is Catherine Acre.

I think some of you know her.

She's our SVP of comms and marketing, and behind me is Stephanie Gaywood, uh, who runs all of our community initiatives.

You can say hello.

Uh, I'm sure you've seen her at some of your events, and you're gonna see more of them as we continue.

Uh, I wanted to take a little bit of time.

I appreciate the opportunity to address the commission.

Thank you.

Happy holidays.

Um I think you know we're not we're not the type that's gonna pat ourselves on the back and toot our own horn.

So we appreciate the opportunity to share some of the things that we've been doing in the community for the last couple of years, and certainly as we've ramped up in the last six to eight months as part of this community, just to share with you what we've been doing, the impact we've been having, and the continued impact we're having.

Um we're here.

We have opened our experience center, we have office space, we have employees here, we're hiring people.

The construction project is six months into a 31-month build.

Hopefully, you can see the progress that you're responsible for.

But being part of this community, I the only thing I think I would connect uh correct Mike on is I do have to be here.

This is probably the most important part.

It's the reason you've made the investment, it's the reason we're excited to be part of this community is to have the impact that we're having.

And one of the things that I've enjoyed the most is obviously I got to see it with the allegiance project.

Um, is all these folks with the A's organization engaging with this community and seeing how excited they are, and that mutual excitement uh by both parties that they're welcome, that we can have an impact, that this is the type of community that embraces that type of uh that type of impact and and what we can actually do as an organization to bring awareness to some of these uh some of these needs in this community.

We've been all over the uh mostly southern Nevada, but also in other parts of the state.

We've been at uh at over 130 events.

We're trying to support families, nonprofits, workforce development, things that are also part of SB1, but that's not just what we're limited to.

We're gonna try and touch everybody that we can in this state.

Um I think many of you were at the groundbreaking.

We tried to make that about the kids.

We're gonna support youth baseball, we're gonna support youth softball.

They were the highlight uh in terms of the speakers, no offense, Commissioner Gibson.

They were the highlight during the groundbreaking, just watching up there, their excitement and how professional they were, sharing their passion for the sport and what this ballpark and having a major league baseball team in their town is gonna do.

We obviously supported Summerlin's World Little League World Series run uh back this summer.

We're also trying to touch education.

We understand that need here.

Um we've had some great events.

We were at PEF a couple weeks ago packing uh supplies for for teachers and and had a number of our staff there and and had a great impact at that organization.

We've been working with some of the food insecurity groups around town.

We're an event this weekend packing meals for about 600 families.

Um we've done some seasonal and and holiday events.

I think we've been at a number of your events.

We're we're always excited when we see you there, and please, anything we can do to help you in your communities, uh, just let us know.

Um we tried to hit every single district.

Uh, if there are some of you up there that feel like we have not, just let us know.

You know, we'll be responsive.

You know we'll be there as as best we can.

So please let us know uh what we can do to support what's important to you and how we can impact what's going on in your communities and in your districts.

We do have a monthly newsletter that many of you are on the distribution list.

Uh anyone that wants to sign up can do so on our website.

And I think we have one more slide and then a video.

Oh, this is just what we did in the last couple weeks.

We were sort of all over the place the last couple weeks, and we had a good time with you.

You can see that's one of our players, Denzel Clark, who is at uh the Giving Machine event.

Uh, and then lastly, you can see the community athletics.com.

Uh, anyone publicly, anyone that's watching, anyone that's listening, if you have uh events that you want us to support, you can reach out to us there.

So we're happy to be here.

I hope you've seen us.

If you need us to be anywhere, please let us know.

I know we have a video that we have cued up as well, right?

Who's excited about baseball coming to Las Vegas?

So lucky and fortunate that each and every one of you are bringing our baseball team to Las Vegas.

We want to welcome the newest sports team here, the athletics.

Coming out here to support the community, clean up some trash, making our presence known.

The A's gave me brand new supplies to do my very best and show up at my very best.

The A's are so happy to be here on the A's David Surprises for the book bus.

The A's are really excited to be a part of your community.

We are only able to do what we do here at Three Square because of volunteers like you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you for the support.

Thank you for watching.

Thank you for the opportunity.

If you have any questions, uh I'll stay as long as you'd like.

But um, he said, It's my dream to go to an AIDS game someday.

And I'm thinking, okay, you're eight.

That's a big dream.

But we went upstairs and we reached out to Mr.

Dean, and we called him and he said, let me stop what I'm doing and just give them a couple of minutes.

That child calls us every week to say that we made his dream come true, and how can we do that for so many more kids?

And sometimes that's all it takes is that little bobblehead that was sent from the A's, that phone call from somebody super important.

And I think we get lost in this community on stuff and not about family partnerships.

So I I wanted to tell that story because that kid's life has changed forever.

And he tells all his friends that he is talking to the most important person at the A's, and he he knows how it works.

Uh, but more importantly, the child would have never got that experience, and and that's what I want.

I don't want to get lost as we redo this.

And you know, I there's no secret, I beat up all the organizations.

It's not about stuff, it's about exposure.

And um, I wanted to say thank you because I appreciate what you've been doing, and I know we're all running you ragged uh because everybody wants you to be at all of our stuff, and I know what that looks like, but I hope that we can have a regular update so that we don't I don't want to wait for an annual report because I I don't work well that way, but um I do when we get into the part about the baseball, um fields being built in areas that probably need them that didn't have umdate clinics and all of that.

I want to make sure that it's not about stuff, but it's about a true connection to our community.

So I don't have a complaint, except that I wanted this not to be lost on what you've already been doing, because sometimes we forget.

Thank you, Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Uh there was no question there, which is a little surprising, but thank you for the kind words.

Uh I will say to everybody that's sitting in front of you, your county staff has been amazing on this project when we talk to the JV, that's building it.

The response time and their attention to it have been both admirable and appreciated.

So thank you for that.

And we'll get on a regular cadence.

We'll come whenever you want us.

So I appreciate that.

And to echo what you said, it's not always about money and stuff, it's about being present.

And that's what we share within the A's organization, and so you'll see us being present.

Mr.

Jones.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I just want to say thank you for the tremendous amount of support that uh you guys have uh showed in uh events in my district.

Um, and but not just to show up at advance.

But Stephanie came out and toured the site for the first of its kind adaptive field that we're building at Desert Breeze, and really appreciate the the fact that the A's are really taking a look at the county facilities that we're building and and how they can participate in uh really building that bench um from little league all the way up to the uh PCL champion uh aviators um uh who didn't get mentioned, but just want to give a shout out to the aviators, uh the triple A affiliate for the A's, uh, who were Pacific Coast League champions um and were one runaway from being the uh US champions.

So you guys are building the the bench uh all the way from the little league all the way up to the the rookie of the year, and I just appreciate all you guys are doing.

Thank you.

Mr.

Gibson.

Thank you.

I want to thank you, Mark, and all of the teams, Sandy and the Fisher family, and everyone that works for the A's.

One of the things that I think it's really important for us to recognize is that there have been challenges, there have been obstacles uh that needed to be overcome, and it has taken a great deal of cooperation.

Not once has there ever been kind of a strong arm.

We're major league baseball, you need to do what we want.

The people who represent you and the family have been cooperative, they've reached out and gone out of their way to understand what the concerns are, and then try and find ways that uh they can address them so that they build something.

And that's what's um I've observed over the course of time.

I've spoken hundreds of times to uh people who are on the A's uh team here, and I've found that every single one of them is committed to being a real neighbor in this community.

And so thank you very much.

I've looked forward to this.

I'm excited you were able to get it on today.

And um, we're here, you're there, we're gonna continue to work together.

It's gonna be an exciting thing.

And in 28, uh, we're all gonna be sitting over there.

I don't the stadium isn't big enough for all of us who are gonna want to be there.

Thank you.

We're gonna pay for our tickets though, right?

Yeah, we we don't accept free tickets to to anything.

Any other comments?

Anyway, thank you, Mark.

Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioners.

Commissioners, we can now move to your next item.

Um, this is to review the performance of county manager Kevin Schiller for the period covering December 24th through November 2025 and take any action as appropriate.

Um I first want to uh just thank you all as commissioners for giving me the opportunity to lead this organization of uh close to 10,000 employees.

Um secondarily want to recognize my senior team and all the department heads, assistant department heads, and all those employees that work so hard.

Um I think that's the probably the thing I'm most proud of.

Um but watching what they do every day.

Um this year, what I've done is uh kind of giving you a highlighted sheet, which I'll cover in a second.

Um as you know, in calendar year 24, we identified um and I kind of led an initiative at aligning the county's senior team and departments toward kind of seven strategic goals.

Um those goals included fostering the organizational health, improving communications, improving our team experience, modernizing workflows, tools and processes, our visibility to the public service of Clark County, and supporting a safe, secure, and healthy community, and enhancing economic vitality.

Um did I say fatality?

That was bad.

But a couple things I want to slip.

A couple things that I think are really important.

This has been an evolving process.

So as I've worked with department heads, we've done, we've established quarterly meetings, we do these meetings off-site.

We try to cover topics that may be needed related to both the county's operations, like most recently federal impacts, those types of pieces, budget updates, all those things that you guys are often engaged in.

With that process, it's an evolving one.

So the issue when I read some of these numbers to you as we've established goals and departments are putting tasks in.

Last year I gave you kind of this packet of all of them.

I did not do this this year, and I think one of the goals, I just want to make sure I kind of go over this is we're going to be working with those departments as we look at those tasks to figure out how we make it easier for them.

So I don't want them doing work to have to put work in to, you know, I want it to be something that's more automatic and is just relevant to what they do every day.

But in this calendar year, um, when you look at the goals, strategic initiatives and outcomes, there's over um over 800 of them when you look at our 38 departments.

Um with that participation, I just kind of want to go over.

You have um over half of them are on target.

Um, 24% of them we've identified as absolutely critical.

Um, you had about 8% off target, which there's varying reasons for that.

Um, and what we're trying to do with this is just keep a continual alignment to what you're doing here as policy setters, um, and then as how we meet the community.

So I'm pretty proud of the fact that we've started it and it's evolving.

I think that's part of what naturally occurs, but I also want to recognize um all of those department heads, assistant department heads, managers, and this team because it doesn't happen without them.

Um, it's such a significant piece of what we do every day, and then I think it's no loss to any of you.

There's always a crisis.

Um seems like every week we have something that's we're we're pivoting to as the regional leader in this county, and um that often doesn't get represented in an evaluation.

You know, that is something that is not just about me, that's about everybody that's participating.

Um of these goals, I just want to highlight a few for you.

Um thing you guys had asked us to do was work on uh human resources related to our workforce.

Um, our workforce strategy first phase was completed.

Um participation of over 350 individuals at various levels of the organization and all 39 departments.

Um we should have recommendations for this improved recruitment practice released by year's end.

That is going to be significant because it's twofold.

It's one, how do we get people into the organization, and then the second part of that component is how do we work on those workflows and retain people in the organization?

So you will that will be forthcoming.

Um we've done various executive leadership trainings with department directs or directors.

We launched a management training program.

Um that was something we heard when we did surveys.

As you know, we do engagement surveys to get feedback.

That also is something significant that we've put a lot of investment in.

Um, the Office of Performance and Engagement's really focused on those countywide initiatives.

You've talked, we've talked to you about our SPARC program.

That's where we have individuals from other departments applying a process through Spark to solve problems.

Um I think we've been, what's our cohort right now, Leslie?

I think we're in six.

We're on our sixth cohort of this, and so we're getting lots of feedback and solving problems that way.

Of course, we're hiring executive leadership positions.

Um, I hired Daniel over to my right, director of aviation, our fire chief, uh court administrator for justice court, and then a new director of parks.

Um, just highlighting in the parks and recreation world.

We're really trying to focus on the parks and recreation as a focus in terms of how we become creative, improve those services, partner with social services.

It's really the front line to our community that I think most of you see every day.

So compliment Patrick on that, um, just related to his efforts and what he's done even thus far since his employment.

And then we also completed several multi-year collective bargaining agreements, which represent over 80% of our county employees.

And I think I've I've talked to you every day.

I try to communicate with most of you on those key issues, but I think that that was a bit of a relief to get that concluded so we can move forward.

Um talked a little bit about this.

We've had uh various multidisciplinary working groups to address you know, agency-wide regional issues, special events, federal government impacts, and all those things that we're dealing with and permitting.

You know, I could just take this agenda today when I listen to the A's.

You know, the issue of construction on the A site is not a one person thing.

It's various departments that all have to be triggered, and it's also this executive team trying to figure out how to be problem solvers.

And that's a lot of what we do.

We've continued our regular community or communication with employees.

You see that through value champions, you see that go out on the internet.

We're trying to keep topics of interest and importance to them and move that forward.

I talked a little bit about HR earlier, but I want to kind of talk about this.

You know, our vacancy rate has always been a topic that this board has wanted input on.

We decreased that rate by 2.8% in this last calendar year.

Um the total vacancy rate as I sit here today before you is 11.8%.

So that number is in a very healthy space when you compare us to other organizations across the country based on the size of our organization.

One thing led by RPM that I want to compliment is we uh conducted a space study.

As you know, we're purchasing facilities, we have massive maintenance issues, all those pieces.

We did a space study, invested in some new facilities, and then we did a lot of workspace reconfigurations to use space better.

I think as we move forward and we look at capital budgets, and I'll talk a little bit later about kind of goals for the year, but when we look at that, we need to use what we have to the best degree we can.

Um that was quite an effort, and it also impacts those departments.

So we had to create a lot of buy-in, show get impactful input from those departments related to how we use that space better.

Um then, you know, the other issue that we're also looking at is opportunities on how we can communicate on our employee benefits, which will be released in uh fiscal year 26.

Benefits are a constant question.

There's always individual issues, unique circumstances, and so we want to make sure we improve that across the organization.

Ums modernizing workflows, tools, and processes.

I really want to kind of highlight a couple pieces here.

Um we implemented fiscal reports using data and analytics to allow the departments to do real-time monitoring of their grants.

Um we've invested over 55 million in our capital budget on technology.

Um we expanded the adoption of Adobe Science Service now, SharePoint and other workflows across the organization, and then we've also completed testing and validation.

This is a big one of statewide top-down voter registration and election management, otherwise known as VREMs.

Um members of our team have participated with Lorena for over a year straight on weekly calls related to VRAMs, and I think we're in mock six as of this week, and I can report that it's going well, but I don't want to undersell the fact that that was a significant lift given the unique position of Clark County in the election world in terms of what we invested in our own process.

We work with the Secretary of State so that we have this statewide top-down system across the state of Nevada.

Um visibility.

Um obviously we staffed and supported regular sessions of the 2025 legislature.

Um, shepherded about 10 pieces of legislation.

I think Joanna's in the audience, so I want to give her a shout out.

Um, I'll give Ashley a shout out and all those that were involved in that.

Um, and then obviously, uh, as you guys know, we just finished the special session and navigating those pieces.

Um something that I talk to many of you about often is we have uh multiple high profile record requests, um media inquiries, sensitive employment-related matters, that's almost a weekly issue that we have really created workflows into and visibility around transparency.

Um we always try to highlight the great work of the county.

Find my forever has had great success in our adoption realm, um, and so we continue to move that forward.

We hosted the 2025 NACO conference to promote collaboration with the 16 other counties, but also to highlight Clark County.

Um as you know from Hurricane Hillary, um, we had lots of damage on Mount Charleston.

Um we were able to uh start the process to create a special improvement district to bring the old town roads in the unincorporated town of Mount Charleston to standards to ensure adequate snow removal.

That's often a topic.

Um we also, and you guys know we just approved the 9-11 surcharge to ensure the dispatch system is improved.

That speaks to another issue, which is always our emergencies.

Um, there's always emergencies in our Mac.

Um obviously many of you get lots of emails from me, texts from me, and all of those pieces, but we continue to work on that to move that forward regardless of kind of what our economic sustainability looks like.

We're always making that a top priority.

Um adopted multiple ordinances around our community, um some to list e bikes, liquor delivery, unsafe camping.

Um we implemented new fee structures.

We implemented new fee structures.

We're looking at our revenues to ensure the sustainability of our enterprise funds and our service to the community.

So emergency operations, public emergencies and events, you know, examples of this, power outages, SNAP benefits, emergency response to neighboring communities and flooding and wildfires.

It's almost a constant.

And I will say this, I whether I'm talking about special events, which is another accomplishment, or whether I'm talking about an emergency, for the staff and everybody that's implemented that we are the Porsche.

We are the ones that lead that cause and speak the language.

When I speak to other counties and other jurisdictions, they all have something similar to a Mac or something that plays in that, but the volume we experience is really unique to the world.

We expanded our non-congregate shelters, you know, that is that has kind of been in the human services world, our housing world.

We expanded that from five to ten.

But the other part of that is I went to, I just went to Commissioner Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking for her Rebecca project for community land trust.

Commissioner Jones also has kicked off.

That is a unique accomplishment that is when I start talking about tasks and things that are getting captured.

That's six and a half to seven years of work to get to those grand openings and uniqueness.

We did not have, you know, one other item you'll see on your agenda today is we have an additional third mortgage finance company that's supporting that.

When we started that, it was zero.

So that's an example.

I want to give Dagney a shout-out.

I want to give Jessica Colvin a shout-out.

All of our team that have to work on these things and dedicate time to that as an absolute priority.

We established our clinical and community services department.

As you know, that's evolving and working towards how we can increase both the use of providers, access to providers, and then how we can collaborate better in terms of the need.

And as you guys know, that's a state responsibility in the behavioral health world, but as we always do, we take the lead to move that forward.

It also impacts child haven and other pieces.

Economic development, we've had the redevelopment agency in play, and then through your individual districts, you've all moved forward different pieces to manage that.

Shout out on the special events office and our streamlined operations.

If you think about the conversation of where that started, really on the, I want to say year one of Formula One to where we are now.

It's really moved in the right direction.

We graduated 71 individuals from our EMT program, another success that I think we're very proud of, filling a gap.

And then I'll give a shout out to DES also, you know, MSHCP, you guys have heard that at nauseum in terms of the things and needs that happen.

Joanna, Marsianson were able to help us in the session so that we were able to actually revise that program and move that forward.

A couple other pieces that I think are really important is you know what lies ahead.

So I think I'll work with all of you specifically on kind of what do we want our major goals to be.

I think one that I think I can speak to right now is economic sustainability of the county.

Um, um, I think Joanna's still out there.

One of the things we recently did, and I think you guys have seen it now is a SharePoint program, tracking EOs, tracking agency direction.

That's really information is so critical in that world related to making decisions and making the right decision.

But I think as we go into this next calendar, you're the issue and impacts that we see.

If the if the economy continues to constrain, um, you all are forced into a position of making key decisions related to the critical nature of services to our constituents.

Um I'm very focused on making sure I can give you relevant information tied to making that best decision.

So I think that's one that's absolutely critical as we move into the calendar year.

Um second piece is again, I'll work with all of you individually to try to kind of get what you kind of see as those core areas that we want to capture, and then obviously carrying that message forward to our department heads, our assistant department heads, and trying to revise as I talked about the evolution of those tasks, so that they spend they are.

I don't want to waste their time.

I really want them to utilize their time to those tasks that really impact the policy and direction you're given.

Um as always, I just want to again, you know, I say it over and over, thank every single this is a reflection when I those are just the highlights.

That is not an exhaustive list.

Really recognize the employees, my senior team, everybody that works so hard on all of this because uh so much of it it becomes unspoken, like he'd say you know, they're silent warriors.

So, you know, as much as it's my evaluation, I mean, I really feel like shouting out to them in terms of what gets accomplished.

So with that, I'm happy to take any direction, answer questions or anything else you need.

Mr.

Lapp.

Thank you, Chairman.

Uh Manager Schiller, thank you for that recap of um you say it wasn't exhaustive, but it was exhausted, exhausting hearing um just how much has uh we've all gone through this last year.

A couple things that I wanted to point out in addition to what you mentioned.

You spoke a lot about the things that are within your scope.

I do think it is important to mention here that uh this past year at our direction, you have had to tackle some things that are probably not either uh legally or directly in your portfolio, whether it be uh significant litigation issues, whether it be uh issues with external agencies and departments, uh that because they are significant to us because they're in our purview, you've taken a role uh with that.

I think that's really important and worth a mention.

Um I also just want to point out from my perspective too, uh you and the management team has done a really important job getting out into the community, probably more than in my time here.

Uh have I seen you and your team out at events uh and I think that matters.

It matters to the employees here.

I I think it matters to each of us, uh, but it also matters in the outcomes that we're able to provide to people when you see the real world uh experience that both our employees, our customers, and our residents are going through.

I think that's really significant.

Uh and then the last thing I'll just call out, which you alluded to, um AB6.

You know, that's not insignificant that for the first time in state history a traffic safety bill uh was both heard and uh passed through the legislature and signed by the governor.

Uh that's really important.

I think it's a testament to the county prioritize prioritizing traffic safety to you, to Joanna, and to Andrew's leadership.

Uh it would not have happened if not for that.

So uh, you know, I think there's more we could talk about, but I'll turn it over to others uh and I'll jump back if anybody misses anything.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

When you first took this job, uh it was uh in the middle of or at the beginning of a big flood, uh like a tsunami of work, and um most of it outside the experience you'd had.

And we all watched as you expertized yourself and didn't shy away from challenges challenges that were new to you.

There are a couple of things that I'm especially um happy about.

I think that the way you have reached out to uh the municipalities is really important.

We have to work together as local governments at times when there are conflicts, but uh you drive us to a place where we get along and we're trying to work through things as opposed to being angry at one another about things.

We've watched in the recruitment that you've done, the leadership and the training that goes along with it.

That's something that you mentioned.

I think we've seen the effect of all of that, and we recognize how much better off we are.

The creative housing solutions that you've introduced here are something that I think probably will become if it hasn't already a model in other places.

And uh we're not to the end of it, uh, but I think we all know we'll die and won't be at the end of it.

Uh but you've enabled us to keep our nose above the waterline, I guess, and uh we make progress regularly.

The other thing that uh many years ago, and uh at an early time in my career, I was appointed to what I think was called the Chapter 64 committee at juvenile court services out and at uh the at Childhaven and the courts uh by Judge Mendoza, who had taken a real interest in organizing and really structuring and then ensuring that the we did our very best uh out there.

And since that time, I've stayed close to some of the people I met um and have had a real interest in what happens.

And I'm uh really um I think it's important to note that real attention to what's happening uh in family services term in an in an attempt to change a few courses that need to be changed and to fortify and strengthen us what we offer those who are most vulnerable.

I think that's something that's really to your credit.

You've led us well in that regard, not saying it's all solved, but you have to begin somewhere, and you tackled it.

So uh I'm really pleased with where we are.

I I do know that uh one of the things I was worried a little bit about is whether you had really managed to the process of delegating.

But I understand a little better now, I think your method.

I think it's been important for you to learn up.

Uh maybe as you delegate or before you delegate in some cases responsibility and uh the team that you have around you is more than competent to do the stuff that needs to be done.

But it's nice to be led by somebody, I would think.

Uh if I were one of those people uh who works really hard to understand the issues and works really hard to be a part of the solution.

So um thank you very much, Mr.

Manager.

I think you've done an extent an outstanding job, and I look forward to more.

And uh you just need to make sure you get a little sleep.

Mr.

Jones.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, I'd echo my my colleagues' uh sentiments here.

I wanted to just emphasize one thing that you said, which was empowering problem solving.

I think that's really uh in these roles, that's what it's all about.

Um leadership is is certainly about hiring good people, but also then empowering them to be uh innovators, problem solvers, and you have a fantastic team at the senior management level uh to uh empower to be problem solvers and innovators, uh and I think many of the department heads are similarly uh empowered to be both problem solvers and and innovators, and and I think over the next year, you know, I I'm not gonna name every department head that I think of is doing a great job, but but certainly there are uh d departments like Jamie Sorensen and social services who put together a strategic plan and then um identified uh the folks in his organization when he came into the county uh who were who were leaders themselves and empowered them to really step up to the plate and uh and many other department heads are are are doing the same thing, and I think over the next year.

I uh it it's hard when you have departments of three and others that are department of three thousand to have a similar plan across every every department, but uh certainly continue those efforts to ensure that every department has a strategic plan, a succession plan, uh, and a uh a way to get there.

So thank you.

I appreciate all you're doing.

Mr.

Kirkpatrick.

Um thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

And I want to echo a lot of things, but I want to talk about it, especially what Justin has talked about.

That is super important to me, the 3060 90 day plan.

And I know department heads hate to bring it to me when they first come, but but I do think that it helps them reach out to their own um colleagues to kind of know what that looks like.

I mean, we have some departments that are managing upwards of three to five hundred people, uh, and that's a lot.

Everybody can't be doing the same thing at the same time because then we're not moving the needle forward.

So um that is super important to me.

I I just wish someday we could really tell the county story.

I get so frustrated because we do so much.

38 departments, 10,000 employees.

Um every time I sit on a panel, I realize how many people have no idea what we do.

They just think we're either got pockets of money laying around or that uh we're the the mean ones, right?

And I think to myself, that is a regional thing that we lead the charge on every day.

We don't check zip codes, we provide and on top of doing our other stuff.

So I got a couple more years to try and get that county story out.

But I just I I want to see us do a state of the county or do us something or another because we we our employees deserve that.

You deserve that as leadership, as all of those things.

So I I'm gonna really not let up on that going forward because when I talk to and I sit on national boards with 3,000 other counties, and guess what?

We're light years ahead of them in a lot of ways, but in some ways we're light years behind them because everybody knows what they're doing, right?

So I don't I don't know how to fix that.

I've been trying for 10 years, but I do think even some of the employees.

I spend a lot of time with employees at different things.

What Brenda got today?

9,999 other employees are the same way.

100% across this um jurisdiction.

And here's the thing, they don't, and we may be like brothers and sisters and agree to disagree at times, but but that's what makes good policy, right?

So that we're getting in the middle.

But I do think that not enough people know that.

And it it bothers me, it troubles me because as I said, the presence is there, but I don't think we tell them, right?

That I and I'm super excited.

And if I do nothing else by doing that groundbreaking for the housing, that is going to change lives forever.

But you know what?

I ran into 200 employees that didn't know how it works.

How do we apply it?

So I'd like to maybe figure out all this stuff is great, but I want to figure out how we can communicate it internally and externally, because um that's important to me to we only hear from people, people don't come to Clark County because it's a good day in the city, right?

A good day in the valley, right?

I like to say the valley because they're coming here because they're a client of trauma, they're a client of need, they're a client of something, and we respond.

And so um all this stuff is great.

I love that purchasing.

We I never even have to call you about purchasing anymore because they're doing such an amazing job, and sometimes it is bringing in outside voices to uh mix it up a little bit.

HR we're moving in the right direction, so that's great.

Leslie will remember the 65 questions that I gave her that you know.

I do think and I think we need to maybe help our department heads know how they can move the needle a little bit faster.

Um, this is good.

So, but I want to not forget that how do we tell the county story?

What does that look like?

I am I crazy.

You could tell me because I'm oh I'm up for it today.

But I do think when you got I worry for our employees.

Let me just say this.

It is important that you all get to go to our stuff because I've learned over the years that when you can actually get out of the office and see the difference that we made, it gives you that motivation to keep going, right?

You'll you'll say that with my even Grinchmas, right?

Because it's that little kid with that pair of shoes that Clark County paid for.

That's gonna change their life forever, right?

It's that extra little donut that they're gonna get because they've experienced something.

So I I I just want I think people need to know, and I'm tired of getting tired of repeating history, the history channel, because they don't understand what we do.

And I think we we do a lot, and it starts at the top all the way down, and I want to know how we make it better.

Sorry, I feel emotional today, I don't know why, but I'm tired, I think.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh Kevin, I think you've done uh a phenomenal job.

Uh from the time that I've been here, I think, in my opinion that you've been able to transcend service delivery within Clark County.

Uh we've certainly um been faced with a lot of challenges, a lot of choppy waters, but you've kept us afloat.

And uh it's important to note uh that um we need consistency within Clark County, and we need to continue to uh move the needle.

Uh my list of my colleagues, you know, speak to some of the things that we've done in terms of housing, social services, family services, and uh in many of those areas we've you know been facing with headwinds.

Uh but we have certainly moved the needle, and that is attributed to your leadership, that is attributed to your vision, uh and I believe uh your background, uh your background is what helps us to continue to uh move the needle within Clark County.

And uh the level of service that we're delivering to our constituents is what matters most to me, and I've certainly uh had folks in organizations come to me and say just how happy they are with the level of service that they're receiving from Clark County, and we do know uh that we're not out of the weeds yet, and um things are probably gonna get a little bit challenging uh in the future uh due to things that are happening uh outside of the state.

But I certainly believe that you're the person that needs to be at the helm um when we face those challenges.

Uh so I'm looking forward to the next year and many more to come, but just want to let you know uh that we appreciate your leadership and we appreciate that well that you've done uh to make some of the objectives and some of the goals that we have as individual commissioners uh come to reality.

So thank you.

All right, well, I guess it's up to me to say you are truly the best.

Um having this job for the last couple of years.

Um I had no idea what you were involved in and and how you keep all the balls in the air and keep us happy.

I mean, it is truly an impossible job, and every day you get up and you you go, you respond to all of us, you deal with emergencies, and you've also I think move this aircraft carrier from being a planning and a zoning and a construction company to uh social service company, which is really our role.

We want to still make sure that the developers are happy and the strips happy, but at the end of the day, we have thousands and thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people that need our help, and we are we are dealing with those on a daily basis, so I can't thank you enough for that.

So I would just say that there's no way we could praise you enough, but you it's it's overwhelming what you the task you have, and then look around at the people who are making three times what you're making, and it's like, oh my god, how can you do it?

But having said that, Smyrna saying you get a three percent raise automatically, so I would recommend that.

And I think we were limited to four percent, so I would recommend that also, total of seven percent.

So, Justice Court, don't feel like you're getting short change because that's what you're gonna get to.

But honestly, um when we look at your counterparts, uh, you are so underpaid and so overwhelmed.

But it's thank you so much for and the main thing is keep your health.

We need you.

So did you make that a motion then?

In terms of the compensation, yes.

The three percent is built into the contract.

But the four percent would be in addition to that.

Yes.

Is there do we need a second?

I guess we don't need a second.

Oh, motion passes.

So again, thank you so much, Kevin.

And uh look forward to um many years, but keep your health.

We need you.

Thank you, Commissioners.

And uh did we mention you ran a marathon too?

I did.

I did want to um to Commissioner Kirkpatrick's comment.

The only thing I want to close with.

I'll follow up with each of you because I think there's various ways, like when you talk about a state of the county, it's a question of how we get it to the audience, right?

And so um I think what we'll look at is how we can research different ways to do that, and then I'll follow up with you.

And then more importantly, what's the timing?

You know, when when would we want to see everything's tomorrow?

But I'm just saying, but uh well, I'm just seeing that strategically, right?

Yeah, I just think that we we kind of we owe it to a lot of folks, and you know, um I I think it could be a good idea.

I tried to do it 10 years ago, right?

Commissioner Napton Jones will remember, and but I think now is the right time to remind people what we do, including our state legislators.

Agreed, agreed.

All right, and it's 10 o'clock.

Okay, so it's 10 o'clock, Commissioners.

We can now move to the public hearing section of your agenda.

Item 43 is to conduct a public auction, approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign the resolution of acceptance to lease real property at public auction for 4.225 acres of vacant Clark County owned real property.

Assessors parcels numbers 2650001010, 26500001012, 26600001, 266-0001009, 2660001-01, and provisions of 2650001013, 26501043, 26502004, 266-00002302, and 266 000 two-000003, located westerly of the Needles Highway and Aha Macab Parkway, Laughlin, Nevada, for not less than the appraised value of 1.166 uh million dollars annually, and authorize the director of real property manager or her designee to sign any other necessary documents to complete the transaction and manage the option agreement to lease real property and lease agreement.

Good morning.

So I'm gonna hopefully go through this script.

We will now conduct the auction of this lease unit containing 4,225 acres of land and all our portion of 10 parcels real property management staff shall open any sealed written bids received and state the bidder's name and the bid amount.

Do you have any written bids?

I I do.

Uh Jamie.

Could you state your name, please?

Jamie Leary, real estate administrator with the Department of Real Property Management, and we have one sealed bid and one registered oral bidder.

This is the suspense.

This is gonna pay for your raise.

Well, then you don't give her enough, so uh she's one of the best.

So uh the uh written bid that we have is from Evantis Arita LLC, and the amount is for one million one hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.

Sorry, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

And uh the minimum oral bid price shall be equal to the highest written bid plus five percent, which is one million two hundred twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty cents.

And there is one registered oral bidder, and that is Avantis Arita LLC.

All right.

So now we'll take the oral bids for this lease auction on the terms and conditions specified in the resolution of intent approved by the board on November 18th, 2025.

Minimum oral bid is set at 1,228,841 dollars and twenty cents.

Pre-registered oral bidders wanting to bid on this lease may come forward to the podium now.

Each time you bid, please state both your name and your bid amount.

Are there any oral bids?

Go in once.

Go ahead and twice.

I don't think there's any role bids.

All right, if there are no oral, if there are no oral bids for this lease, this will conclude the bidding on this lease unit and complete the bidding process.

The bidding is now closed.

The highest bid received was one million two hundred and twenty-eight thousand.

No, will you tell me what it was?

It's one million one hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Okay, that was made by advance arita LLC.

I need a motion to accept this bid to approve and authorize the chair to sign the resolution of acceptance to authorize the director of real property management or her designee to sign the option agreement to lease real property upon receipt of the total bid prize and assign any other documents necessary to complete the transaction.

Mr.

Chair, I move for approval.

All right, there's a motion, cast your vote.

All right, that motion passes.

Chairman, if I could just real quickly, I just wanted to thank uh Lisa Kramer for that item.

That that has been a year's load of work, and everybody else who had a piece of it, it's been very difficult to get to this point.

So I thank you for bringing it here, Jamie, and everybody, at least a logson for getting it to a point where we can move forward with it.

It's a it's a really impactful for the township of Laughlin and uh a lot of other people.

Thank you.

All right.

Now the winning bidder must submit the non-refundable winning bid amount, which is equal to 1,170,325,000.

Or sorry, $25.

In the form of a cashier's check to the real property management department located on the fourth floor of the government center within 48 hours.

So we're all gonna be there waiting for that check.

Is advances here?

Yes, okay.

Takes you five to carry that check, right?

So please please don't be tardy.

All right, this concludes the auction.

Thank you so much.

Commissioner's your next items to conduct a public hearing to review the request for waiver for a liquor store for Platinum Management Group 8 LLC located at 3525 South Ford Apache Road, suite 170 Las Vegas, Nevada, 89147, in accordance with Clark County Code 8.20.450, location restrictions.

Uh Commission District F.

And uh Ms.

Keanu, Mr.

Keanu is here.

Good morning.

Do you have a presentation?

Uh good morning, Mr.

Chairman, members of the commission, Vince Keanu, Director of Business License.

No presentation.

I do want to state that um the applicant, Rhodi Youssef is present to answer any questions.

Thank you.

All right.

This is a public hearing.

Anyone here wishing to speak on this item?

See no one will close the public hearing and see if there's a motion or a discussion.

Move approval.

Move approval.

There's a motion by the Christian Jones of approval and cast your vote.

And that motion passes.

Congratulations.

Commissioners, we can now move back to the business section of your agenda.

Item 49 is to appoint one qualified individual to serve on the Business Development Advisory Council BDAC as a replacement for as a replacement for a one-year term starting January 1st, 2026 and ending December 31st, 2026, from the following list of applicants.

Karen Royce, Marisagan Yap, William Wong, David Clark, Angela Carvalho, Christian Bishop, Raphael Henrik Kartasinski, or take other action as appropriate.

Mr.

Chair, I move to approve Karen Royce American.

All right, there's a motion.

Cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioner's next item is to appoint two qualified individuals to serve on the Clark County Law Library Law Library Board of Trustees for a two-year term ending December 31st, 2027.

The list of the following from the list of the following applicants, Kurt Forez, Garozaga, and Patrice Key.

Mr.

Chair, I move to appoint Kurt Forrest Garzoga and Patrice Key.

There's a motion, cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioner's your next items to approve and authorize the chair to appoint 21 members, including nine at large members, seven representatives, and five alternatives to the community alternates to the community development advisory committee known as CDOC for a two-year term from the list of the following nominees.

Sorry for the name.

And board chair and vice chair.

Did we have a recommendation?

I believe that it's just the chair and that Eric Jang as the current vice chair would be the appointed person.

Okay, we'll go with that.

There's a motion, cast your vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioner's your next item is to approve uh accept and approve the business impact statement pursuant to NRS 237.090 for the proposed ordinance amending Title 24 of the Clark County Code to add chapter 24.04 changing the language from water sewage and other utilities to water, wastewater, and other utilities, and to establish certain requirements pro and prohibitions for Clark County Water Reclamation District Infrastructure and Services and providing for other matters properly related there to or take other action as appropriate.

Good morning.

Mr.

Chair, members of the board, good morning, Tom Minwigan with the Clark County Water Reclamation District.

This business impact statement was conducted in accordance with the required procedures and is also associated with agenda item number 45, which was introduced in an ordinance amending Title 24 of the Clark County Code.

The business impact documents, the notice process and summarizes the public comments received.

A total of 59 comments were submitted, 11 from businesses, and 48 from homeowners.

An additional 22 comments were received after the submittal deadline.

In response, the district agreed to work independently with the surveyors and engineers to establish a clear and streamlined process for accessing our manholes on a going forward basis.

The district also agreed to appropriate language changes to the originally drafted version taken into consideration comments submitted by the water fairness coalition as well as by homeowners specifically concerned that the proposed ordinance change would impact their septic system properties.

With these efforts, staff understands that we have addressed the feedback received and therefore determined that the proposed ordinance change does not impose a significant uh burden on a business, nor does it directly restrict the formation, operation, or expansion of a business.

Chair.

All right, so this is just a motion to accept.

I'm happy to make the motion to accept.

Cast your vote.

Thank you, Tom.

Thank you, members of the board.

Commissioner, I'll move back an item that I missed.

Um item 52 is to approve the reappointment and or appointment of Laura Lopez Hobbes, Christian Haas, and John Fields, MD to the UMC Governing Board for a three-year term ending December 31st, 2028, and take any action as deemed appropriate.

Mr.

Chair, I move for the reappointment of Laura Lopez Hobbs, Christian Haas, and John Pilates to the UMC Governing Board for a three-year term ending the December 31st, 2028.

All right, there's a motion, Castro Vote.

That motion passes.

Commissioners, your next items to approve, adopt, and authorize the chair to sign a non-binding affordable mortgage lending letter of antenna and related term sheet between the county and land home financial services incorporated.

This is to provide home mortgages to income eligible individuals in their purchase of homes under the county's welcome home community land trust and authorize the county manager or his designee to approve and execute any amendments and other documents related there too.

Mr.

Chair, I move for approval.

There's a motion, Castro Vote.

That motion passed.

Commissioner's your next item is to receive and accept the audit report for the fiscal year 2025 prepared by Crow LLP pertaining to the Clark County Department of Aviation Airport system.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mr.

Chair.

Commissioners.

For the record, Joe Brokowski Airport Chief Financial Officer.

Um we've completed our comprehensive annual report for the fiscal year ended 2025.

And I have with me Kathy Lye from the Audit Firm of Crow to present the audit findings.

Good morning.

Thank you, Joe.

For the record again, again, my name is Kathy Lyne.

I'm the lead engagement partner on the Department of Aviation as well as on Clark County.

Pleased to present the audit results to you today.

We've got really three remarks.

First, I wanted to cover the audit objectives.

Just remind you what we were engaged to perform for the county and the Department of Aviation.

Second, the audit results on the opinion.

And then third, I'll wrap up with some required communications.

So first up with respect to the audit objectives, we were engaged by the Department of Aviation to perform the financial statement audit over the financials of the airport and to express an opinion on whether or not those financial statements are fairly stated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Those standards require us to express an opinion on whether or not those statements are fairly stated.

We conduct our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and because the airport is the recipient of federal funds.

Those are the engagement objectives.

I'll go ahead and pivot to the audit results.

I'm pleased to report that we have issued an unmodified opinion.

So my opinion states that those financial statements are fairly stated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

And so if that statement is unmodified, it's actually excellent news.

It's the highest level level of assurance that we can express.

In tandem with that, uh we did not have any internal control recommendations to make to you today.

And last but not least, I'll cover some required communications under our auditing standards.

First and foremost is the significant uh accounting policies.

Management has disclosed in footnote one of the financial statements, a summary of their significant accounting policies.

We've reviewed those and have no comment today.

Second, uh with every set of financial statements, there's a need to make certain accounting estimates.

That's perfectly normal.

A great example of that is um estimates uh utilized uh where management utilizes the recommendations of actuarial valuations for health care and post-retirement obligations.

Uh we have no comments to note there.

Uh third, I mentioned that my objective is to determine whether or not those financial statements are fairly stated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

And the governmental accounting standards board or GASBY defines what those principles are.

And each year they issue new um financial um accounting standards that management needs to follow.

This year there were two.

There's Gabsby 101 related to compensated absence, and another one related to certain risk disclosures.

Uh management has implemented GASB 101 appropriately, and we have no comments there.

Um, next, I please report we did not have any material corrected or uncorrected misstatements to report to you.

And then last but not least, there were no disagreements with management or controversial um audit areas that I need to bring to your attention.

In fact, it was quite the opposite.

I really appreciate uh Joseph and his accounting team in the back there with Tyler and others for all of their cooperation throughout the audit.

And so with that, uh that concludes my presentation.

I'm happy to address any questions that you might have.

All right, I don't see any comments.

So is this to be voted to accept this or just if there are no questions or other comments?

Thank you very much.

And uh Joe, why don't you introduce us to the staff members that are here?

Sure.

Um there and Rebecca Gates, she's our uh county manager.

So they've done the bulk of the work.

I just kind of oversee things.

So quite an effort through and the rest of the team, obviously.

There's a whole team behind them that's them and well, we want to recognize you and your colleagues.

Uh this is what we've come to expect from you, and we appreciate it very much.

The front and the back door to this county are found at our airport, and we it is everything that we hope it would be, and we're excited to receive a report about uh what it's gonna look like and how it's gonna function in the future.

And with that, I move to accept the audit report.

There's a motion catch your vote, and to the staff get ready because you're gonna have to start spending a lot of money, so make sure we don't we spend it wisely.

I think Commissioner Knapps have that motion passes.

Thank you.

Commissioner, the next item is to receive a presentation from the Clark County Department of Aviation to provide updates regarding Clark County Airport system, including Harry Ready International Airports, Modernization Plan, and Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport.

Good morning, Mr.

Chair, Commissioners.

Uh James Chrisley, Director of Aviation for the Record.

Extremely pleased to be here to provide you an update uh on our modernization plan for the entire system of airports for Clark County.

As you know, since we've last spoke, and I think it's been over a year since we came to the board.

Uh senior director Brian Holt is joining me here.

But uh we're excited to give you an update on the the progress we've made and where we're headed with a uh potential timeline moving forward.

As a reminder, I just want to give you guys a review of the big picture, the three focus areas we've been working on.

Uh first being, of course, maximization of Harry Reed.

LAS is 2800 acres.

That's uh the facilities are aging, so we need to focus on modernizing in order to maximize the efficiency and the ability to support the commercial service and general aviation operations.

The next part of our uh program is connection.

We have to improve and ensure that reliable and consistent connection, not only between within the airport, between the airports, but also with the heart of our uh our business sector, aka the strip, as well as our local communities.

That connection needs to be critical in supporting the ability for the airport to operate.

And then finally, as we progress and the the commercial aviation demand continues to grow with the uh the ever developing community, uh we have to expand, and that's the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport.

So we'll give you a slight update on that as well.

So what we've done in the last year to begin with, we've done a ton of stakeholder reach out or stakeholder outreach to uh ensure we're getting the opinions and the input from everyone that could be affected.

That includes major infrastructure, federal, state, local partners, of course, our airlines, and of course, all of you.

Uh your input has been invaluable as well as all our as all our stakeholders.

So with that, uh I'd like to turn it over to Senior Director Bryant Holt to provide an update on some of the actual planning efforts we've made, right?

Thanks, Jim.

Thanks, Jim.

Is this is this one?

Can you hear me?

Oh, good.

For the record, my name is Brian Holt, uh senior director of aviation.

Um, I like to echo Jim's uh remarks as far as your input has been valuable, uh helping us to help shape our our uh design uh elements.

Um mentioned we are focusing on the maximization of the existing facilities as well as a connection and being prepared on how we're going to look at our expansion of the airspace.

I'd like to share with you this morning is some of the key elements that we're gonna be looking at that are in the forefront of our planning efforts.

So, what you see before you is the northeast ramp.

Um, the northeast ramp is really important because it's going to facilitate the ability for us to move forward with the terminal one uh redevelopment.

Um doing the construction phase, we will have to provide some of the uh remain overnight aircraft parking, so it's essential that we have that in place before the construction starts.

Um, post-construction is also gonna be valuable because it will allow us to do some revenue generation by looking at potential hangar and other aeronautical developments to support the airport uh once the redevelopment uh once terminal one is complete.

But in order for that to happen, there are some enabling projects we're gonna have to complete.

One of them is being that the public works is working on a detention basin, which is currently on the airport.

That's gonna be built off of the airport in the teardrop area, which is going to be essential to having us build the uh the remain overnight parking.

Um, we're also gonna have to remove some of the automobile parking that's on the current facility, and we've identified a temporary lot uh in our uh southern uh multimodal site locally located on Gillespie and Hidden Wells.

Um that's about a 4200 parking uh facility uh that we'll be moving some of those.

That's in the short term.

In the long term, we are going to be looking at our north and multimodal and our south multimodal center to actually take on some of that additional uh assaily for the uh part.

Um moving on to our second uh design element is our roadway improvement.

This is our terminal to terminal uh flyovers.

We've talked about this in the past.

This is really essential to us being able to separate the commuter traffic from some of the uh uh uh airport uh vehicular circulation.

It's also going to be important that it helps us with the uh traffic flow across the campus uh through what we call the single point urban interchange.

We affectionately spewy, it's located there at the southern point of the the diagram there.

Uh one of the things with the SPUI uh today, um it's it's really confusing for a lot of the the drivers that come through there, and it it often uh creates traffic jams when we have medical emergencies or police activities.

Um and so what we like to do is to be able to uh reconfigure that.

And so the proposed configuration is to provide a very flee free-flow one-way traffic with no traffic signals.

So it'll allow very easy flow to navigate across the campus.

Um, we'll continue to refine this as more connections come into play.

So when we think about the south multimodal, um, there would be another refinement to this intersection.

Continuing to build that sort of uh consistent and reliable connections to the other facilities.

Moving on to our uh terminals, there's kind of two terminal concepts I want to review with you.

Um you may recall back when we presented to you last uh year, we were talking about um actually building another uh addition on to terminal two, aka terminal three, um, and it was to take on three phases.

One was to build a new uh baggage handling node building to expand the ticket lobbying area and as well as create a vertical circulation from level two down to zero level zero.

Um, our design team has since come up with a very innovative way to address all three of those functionalities.

And so one of the things they wanted to propose is at the counters, we have what is called a a U-shaped ticket counter.

We've eliminated those U-shaped counters and put in a lanier shaped counter, and that's created a significant amount of space that we get to carve back.

Secondly, they were able to shift the um queuing and uh kiosk in reverse.

So you used to come in, you would go to the kiosk, and that would then push circulation further out into the aisleways where people could walk.

So we reversed those in in this diagram based on being able to shift those those ticket counters.

And then we also are designing a super highway baggage handling system between the curb side and circulation.

That's gonna allow passengers to drop baggages off anywhere along the curb, as well as being able to reassign those larger airlines that we propose shifting over there anywhere inside the terminal building.

So we accomplished this without having to do no major alterations to the building.

We're actually using the existing footprint.

So that was a pretty innovative approach.

So when you kind of think of terminal two to design, um, what we've done is we're actually gonna be able to uh add about 30 additional ticket counters approximately.

And that will allow us to mimic the same amount of ticket counters we have in terminal one.

So when you think about some of the consolidations taking it taking place in the industry, we want that flexibility to be able to take airlines in both terminals depending on how the industry goes.

And you may have seen already with the consolidation of Alaska and Frontier or Alaska and Hawaii that uh this is something that's important that we have to build that flexibility into our system.

Um also the uh this the new configuration space will allow us to have uh really a better passenger experience because now the the people will be able to see exactly where their airlines are located, and it'll be very intuitive on how they approach their uh departure process.

So we're we're pretty excited about that.

Moving on to Terminal One, and I I must say that uh I was pleasantly surprised uh by how much your input matched some of the airlines and some of our internal operations.

Um Commissioner Becker, you were very high on security and uh safety.

Uh that was that was very well received.

And Jim and I did try to do our best to sort of conceal what the popular choice was, but you you called it out from the get-go.

And Commissioner Gibson, you were spot on with your uh idea about passenger experience.

And I think all of you resignated the fact that you wanted to see uh world-class concessions and more restrooms.

So uh what we've what we have before you here is the uh concept that sort of rolls to the top, and I want to just to read out some of the attributes that uh we see this particular concept.

Um it's uh basically a 68 um gate terminal layout.

There'll be two major checkpoints.

There'll be a 140-wide concourse with high ceilings, and as you go out into the piers, those high ceilings sort of uh close in to more intimate spaces on the pier.

There are also going to be an expanded curb side to reduce congestion, includes white body aircraft gates.

You can see there uh on the diagram.

Uh 25 remain overnight aircraft parkings beyond the 23 parking spaces that'll be on the northeast ramp that we talked about.

So you can see that little diagram.

Uh the uh northeast ramp over there will show the additional Ron parking.

There'll be a lot of high value concession opportunities and obviously plenty of restrooms that are appropriately sized for the uh terminal itself.

Now, this isn't going to be the permanent design, but this design will evolve as we continue to advance uh in subsequent design uh workshops to see how it's going to actually pan out.

But this has been the I think the most preferred uh layout, and so we're we're excited about where it's going.

Um before I I turn it over to Jim, I want to give you a brief uh update on the supplemental airport.

We had uh recently submitted our uh last installment on the feasibility study.

Uh it was accepted by the uh joint lead agency, which is the FAA and Bureau of Land Management.

Um EIS consultants are uh mobilized and fully engaged with our team.

I can report back to you that there's been no technical hiccups whatsoever.

In fact, the pace of this this EIS is running at a rapid pace, and so we are confident that we expect uh a record of decision May of 2028.

So I'm gonna go on and talk a little bit about the high level uh timeline.

It's it's really broken up into two pieces.

Um, in the yellow, what we're dealing with is basically uh our short-term uh lease use of lease agreement with the airlines.

Um the goal here is to build in certain language to allow us to do not only part of the modernization plan or the modernization plan for LAS, but also some language in there to look at some of the site planning for the um supplemental airport.

And it's important to know that uh once we get the record of decision, there'll be a second uh negotiation, which is a long-term agreement where we're gonna be looking at evaluating options multiple financial uh options for addressing how we want to go about uh delivering the project delivery programming for the supplemental airport.

Um you can see along the bottom there all the projects that are going to be assigned to the uh the modernization plan.

We have it built into our 15% design.

Obviously, as more uh concurrence and uh stakeholder engagement, we'll figure out exactly how to bring in some of the longer term projects, which would be the multimodals and the uh rental car upgrades.

So I'm gonna turn it over to Jim and have him go over sort of the next steps.

Great.

Thank you, Brian.

And uh just to continue on.

I mean, as you look at this this uh mega events on the horizon and you overlay that with what we're looking to do in our modernization.

I hope you get a feel for why we're being so deliberate in our planning as we sit here and look at these mega events that are on that are coming our way.

We know our airport system is gonna have to be able to support those events no matter what sort of construction we're doing.

So we're being very deliberate in our planning to ensure that the airport, Harry Reid will be able to support all these events.

For example, College Football Championship 2027, Final Four and 28, annual Formula One CES every year, as well as the the A stadium opening in 2028.

That'll be another learning experience that we'll have to support.

But guess what?

That's gonna be right in the middle or the beginnings of this modernization.

So we want to ensure all the projects we're designing, aligning and planning will be able to be executed while we still continue to support these events and the community's needs.

And of course, the big one, potentially another Super Bowl in 2029.

So, and as we all learned last time, every square inch of every airport we own was used for that event.

And we certainly can't lower what we've accomplished in the past.

So we're fully planning and incorporating a way to be able to support these events as we plan the modernization.

And uh I will say Mr.

Chair about spending money, I would like to commend our financial team.

The reason this is possible is because the financial situation that we're in at the airport, and it's no it's uh without a doubt due to the the fact of our strong team under Joe Perkowski.

So thank them very much for allowing us to be in this position to be able to start planning such a major infrastructure upgrade.

With that, next step.

So we just met with our airlines last week for an interim update.

Went very well.

Uh that's preempted.

Uh we're gonna continue to negotiate that that lease use extension that Bryant mentioned in January.

Uh April's our next big meeting with the airlines where we plan to finalize that negotiation, which will include most you know, aspects of the modernization plan for their approval.

Uh May we'll seek airliner concurrence, and then finally, we'd like to come back to you all in June to provide you an update on where we're at and uh where we're at in the planning, as well as what the airline approval and negotiations.

So, with that, that concludes our presentation.

I'd be happy, or we'd be happy to take any questions you may have.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Um, thank you both for your presentation.

Uh, we've met a couple of times just talking about resort corridor uh transportation options.

Um I I think both with the modernization of the airport.

I appreciate the uh the integration of multimodal hubs on both the south and north side.

Uh I think that's absolutely integral to the success of the airport, but also to the uh gridlock that we see on the strip.

We can't just continue to have Ubers with one passenger each driving to and from the strip while also increasing our our demand here in this town.

So um continue the discussions to find out options that don't prioritize uh Uber uh trips and do prioritize uh passengers having an option for either transit or at least opportunities where it isn't just single car uh people being transported from their hotel to and from uh the airport.

Uh and then with the same thing goes with supplemental airport.

We saw from day one when you guys presented the the study a few years ago.

People can't just drive on the 15 and have uh the gene off ramp be the primary access point for the airport, it has to be a transit option, uh both for employees and for passengers, and so just continue to keep that in mind as you go through the EIS process.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Absolutely, we will do that, and uh it is a critical to whatever you know mass transit options that are gonna be decided on or be a part of this community, they'll have to come to our airport, right?

There's no no doubt, no transportation system with that would not be successful without a connection to the airport.

So we look forward to those continuing those conversations.

And um, at some point, is there like a design competition for how Terminal One will look just visibly as far as yeah, absolutely.

As we proceed with our 15% planning, I'll let Brian answer this a little better.

But uh, we will have options that we will present and uh I know there's a lot a lot of local architectural firms that are interested in making this the biggest and the most robust and probably most flamboyant airport in the world.

I would just say this to I love all those firms, but if we don't put a budget number behind it, then uh they'll design the Taj Mahal that we can't pay for.

So yeah, I think there's a saying I I'm glad they all want to be part of it, but uh we need a budget.

We can afford to commission.

But also, I do think this is a multi-billion dollar project, so hopefully, our our um labor unions are visually looking at this and and starting to plan accordingly because this is gonna be a major impact to them.

So, but anyway, thank you so much for this presentation.

I asked for this before I left the chairmanship.

So you lived up to my expectations, so I'm forever indebted.

So thank you so much.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman for the opportunity.

Very cool.

Commissioners, your next item is to discuss the creation of a chief of staff position for each commission office and direct staff accordingly.

Thank you, Mr.

Schiller.

I asked to put this item on the agenda.

Um, I just think that that given the expanded role of each commissioner, uh, the additional staff we have that our area I think we call them a liaison.

I'm not sure what we call them right now, but anyway, I would I think they need to be elevated to uh uh one step higher.

Um so that's what I wanted to put on the agenda to see if this with other commissioners agreed.

Um and then if they are, I think I would ask staff to design uh job duty that would correspond to that that level.

Um I don't think you have to go back and talk to what we do.

We want that we know what we want them to do, and we can expand their roles to me to meet that.

So I I would I would like to see what kind of response I have, but other but otherwise I would like to direct staff to to come back with that.

All right, I guess no, there's good news.

Well, I support the what would underlay all of this, which is the ability to compensate people who are kept uh topped out.

And um if there's no way to move to a different uh step, then uh this I think is what has come as a result of that.

I think that in the end, if we'll have the staff study this carefully and look at it.

There may be other things that will come to us that will enable us to achieve that objective.

Uh but I support notionally what you're what you're trying to do, and I think that the staff needs to help us a little bit because there is real structure.

You know, I have three people that work on in my district.

Uh some people have outlying areas and have other folks that work with them.

Um there's not a lot of turnover.

There's some, but not a lot of turnover.

But to keep and compensate uh really talented, good people.

I think you need to make an adjustment occasionally, particularly when they're top down.

So I I hope that what the staff will do is take a look at the whole issue.

Um not just focus on a job title or um a new addition, but take a hard look at the other things that are important to that job because this is this is really our life, but this is how we um interact in the community so often we can you know we multiply ourselves because of the great talent that we've recruited to those positions and that we'll be recruited over the course of time.

Well, I'm gonna chime in.

I don't want you to assume that I'm a hundred percent in favor because I I want to see what this looks like because I I do believe there may be some employees with longevity that may be impacted that if you and I would like to see what that looks like because they would essentially lose that to get a promotion.

Um could be one of the problems to who would they report to because I feel like everybody reports to somebody, but then somebody reports to somebody else, and I mean what what what is what does that look like?

Because I understood that a lot of these positions are at will today, so they're not even permanent employees.

So I just think there's a lot of questions that got to go with that, including the scope of work of what what they're responsible to do, because what if you're like me and don't have the full staff, then who are they chief of staff to, right?

Uh so I'd just be curious that we have a uh an entire conversation of that look what that looks like, and also see what other I'll give you a for instance.

Um other like I looked at other jurisdictions, and their chief of staffs make more than I make, and 80 percent of my employees, right?

So uh 80 percent of the county employees.

So what is that supposed to look like?

Because you know, look you can go to the top today, but if you lose your job, there's not necessarily those jobs out there anymore.

So I'd want to know what what that looks like.

Other jurisdictions, they pay at least 40 grand more than us, and then what in the budget, where does that come from, right?

So I just want a comprehensive conversation about it if we're gonna do it.

Uh, if we're gonna look at it and you're gonna bring me options because in some cases, sometimes it could hurt people as opposed to helping a few, right?

So I just want to understand what that looks like because I I just saw a lot of our folks were at will and you know came through the political process as opposed to the HR process.

Mr.

Jones.

Um, thank you, Mr.

Sorry.

I don't have a strong opinion as to whether we have a uh position within our offices that is chief of staff versus liaison or something else, uh, but I would agree with my colleagues in terms of a more comprehensive approach, just as examples.

Uh, you know, we we put together our communications department that was uh that was intended in part to help get the county's message out, but also to take some of the pressure off of our own offices for doing our own media outreach.

Um and that has helped in some regards, but I don't know that it's fully accomplished that goal, and more succinctly, I would say we we asked that a uh special events team support the the commissioners' efforts out there because I know we're all working hard being out in the community.

Um, and in particular, that was supposed to take paperwork obligations off of our various staff, and that hasn't happened at all.

Um, and so I think that that has to be taken into consideration of if we're adding positions, they have to actually accomplish the goal of what this board has set them out to because I'm not sure that we're we're there yet, and maybe we needed some retooling of the positions that we've added in um in other administrative departments.

Yeah, I I just want to uh say that I support whether it's you know a title change, um and it being chief of staff versus liaison.

I know all of our offices operate really differently than one another.

Um, you know, and that has to be noted.

So as we go through this process, uh I would ask that there be some consideration around the flexibility that's needed uh between our offices.

Uh but more than anything else, uh we do I speak for myself in my office when I say I would like to see uh some compensation um increased uh for our the person that we choose, uh whether it be chief of staff or otherwise.

But um I I know that uh we've been talking about this for some time, and uh I think now is a great time to uh get the ball rolling and get some um get some change had here soon.

Uh but again I uh stand a support.

All right, I think that's direction to do something.

So please come back and don't take forever.

Thank you.

All right, so I think that concludes our meeting.

I don't think we have a confidential legal meeting.

Uh second section set aside for public comments.

Yes, so second period for coming comments.

Mr.

Rojas are you coming up?

Yeah.

Uh hello, uh my name is Al Rojas.

I'm a resident of Sunrise Manor.

I usually I'm involved in neighborhood watch.

You know, we're trying to deal with the encampment issue and the um RVs, and I do want to thank the commissioners for the new ordinance that's been very working very, very well.

I usually leave my comments for the planning commission, but the media's been reaching out to me, and I want to make sure that the community knows what's going on in our cleanups.

Uh first and foremost, I want to thank Oscar de la Hoya, the famous boxer, for reaching out and uh being engaged in our community.

Oscar and I went to the same high school in East Los Angeles, California, about 10 years apart.

And Oscar is very well, he he loves to engage with the community.

He has a few uh schools in our area where I was raised.

Uh I left Orange County.

I lived to Orange County in 78, say there for 38 years, came back.

Sunright Manor has touched my heart.

It's reminds me of the area that I grew up.

And I do want to maybe reach out to Oscar.

We would like a library up in Sunrise by Sunrise High School.

And um, we do have a uh library in our area by um uh Anthony Quinn, the two-time award-winning uh Academy Award uh uh actor in Hollywood during the golden age of uh Hollywood.

And something if he could help us maybe get a library going, maybe dedicated in his name.

I know Shaq did something stuff over here with um uh Boy Scouts.

That would be really nice, but uh don't be afraid to reach out to Oscar.

He really loves the community.

He really um uh we're both inner city kids, you know.

We love the inner city.

And uh with that said, um uh everything's going really good.

I only want to thank our commissioners.

Our new ordinance is working really well for the encampments.

Um the neighborhood is really stepping up through social media.

Um and uh we're thinking of starting a Sunrise Manor neighborhood watch, probably be the best neighborhood watch in the country.

We are getting some attention from people in Florida, so some of the sheriffs up there.

So, anyhow, uh I do want to thank um uh the commissioners for everything that they're doing, and uh and I want to thank the media for um uh being a part of the uh movement to clean up the county and getting us you know on top of all these problems.

Um last and foremost, I talked to uh Olivia Diaz and Shelly Berkeley.

They are interested in uh getting a lot of the homeless out of uh JC Park and channeling them over to the uh courtyard, and so hopefully, you know, that's a boundary with the county.

Hopefully, we can all work together.

There's a new law.

I think TIC testified where all these uh groups can work together for um uh dealing with encampments, and hopefully we can get that going.

So, with all that said, thank you very much, and I want to thank our commissioners for all their support.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Tim Ross, 2537 Day Spring Street, Las Vegas, and I'd like to talk about our North Las Vegas airport again.

We've been working on some leases there for about uh since July.

We have not completed any leases yet.

We did have one important step with that transfer of ownership completed.

Us in the county have agreed on a uh an assignment document that's made a big difference.

First of all, I want to reiterate what you already know that Mr.

Schiller's done a wonderful job here for the county.

We've noticed that also.

And during the MOU process, we have a memorandum of understanding that we'd like to get signed.

And we have this memorandum of understanding that was introduced by us and it was rejected.

The county sent one back to us and we signed it, and Jim Chrisley signed it, but unfortunately it's it's not completed yet.

It's still it's still in the process somewhere.

So the memorandum of understanding only says that we agree to keep talking.

We don't need a we do not need a special district, we don't need any funds appropriated, we don't need anything like that.

All we need is our leases reapproved.

During a meeting in October, Ben Sasiski said that we had 20 years of of amortization and our leases were done and we're out.

We're done.

But Jim Chrisley, our director of aviation, told us that he had no plans to move us out or anything like that.

So we tend to believe him more than the others.

And we would like to see our leases making progress.

We have a lot of folks there that would like to buy a hangar or sell a hangar, and you can't do that if there's no assurance that the lease will continue.

And it's very important to us, all of these folks here are taxpayers, they're voters, and this is a very important issue to them.

And I urge the Department of Aviation to start talking with us again.

We haven't had a meeting with them in about six weeks.

I know that they've had the F1 going on, the federal shutdown, but our issues are very important to our members.

We have about 377 members, and they're all calling me all the time.

Why isn't anything happening?

Where are we in the process?

We just don't have a real answer for them.

We say these folks are very busy, and they're very busy too, and they'd like some answers.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Matthew Winterhock for the record.

Clark County is one of the most well-funded county governments in the United States, and with that level of funding comes an obligation to govern, not perform.

Over the past year, what Nevadans have seen instead of is proclamation after proclamation, designated days, themed recognitions, and symbolic gestures to tie to identities, faiths, and groups, while core county responsibilities have continued to suffer.

Now, let me be clear this is not an attack on any faith, race, or community-based event here.

Nevada is diverse, and every Nevada deserves equal protection and respect under that law.

But government is not a cultural organization, it is not a religious institution, and it is not a stage for pandering politics.

I want you to remember that.

When public officials host or promote religious or identity-based ceremonies inside of government buildings, it blurs neutrality and fragments civic unity.

Even when the intentions are good, government's role is to serve the citizens equally, not to sort them into categories.

The Constitution protects freedom of religion by keeping government neutral, not by turning government into a curator of identity observances.

Meanwhile, Clark County residents are dealing with real issues.

Infrastructure, public safety, transparency, cost of living, pressures, and trust with local institutions, obviously.

Those problems do not get solved with proclamations.

They do not get solved with days aside for certain groups.

They get solved with competence, accountability, and results.

Nevadans are tired of identity politics and pander politics.

They're tired of both parties.

That's why the nonpartisan voters are now the largest voting block in the entire state.

Nevada does not need more symbolism.

It needs leadership, it needs fewer declarations, more delivery, and it needs government that unites us as Nevadans.

How about that?

We're all Nevadans, ladies and gentlemen.

Do not divide us by identities.

Clark County deserves better governance than this, and Nevadas deserve leaders who remember who government is supposed to serve.

The people.

Government serves the people.

The people do not serve the government.

And it seems like in this state, they've truly forgotten that.

I have one.

April Becker, and I hate to put you out there, but you actually took the time to educate the public on the FRI tax while you robbed the public of the FRI tax.

Do Clark County's people know that you are the reason why their gasoline prices are higher and will be higher in the future?

Because I bet they don't, because they don't have time to be here.

But I did today.

And that's why I'm staring each and every one of you in the foot in the face.

I'm upset.

I'm disappointed, just as much as she was when she had to explain the situation and how you robbed three and a half million Nevadans of their choice as to whether or not to have an FRI.

I'm disappointed.

You can have your 19 seconds.

Have a great day.

Good morning.

Okay, uh, William Phillips.

I just want to discuss the negative impact of the Grand Prix having a race down the one of the busiest streets in the country, makes to every day for months.

Traffic delays re detours during the first day after the race when buses weren't detoured.

I was on the bus for two hours.

That's just me.

Not to mention everyone else.

That's two hours that we were not spending money.

We were not making money.

We were not being productive in any way.

I also want to sing out Jones, Strybert, and McCorry.

I called your offices to ask about that.

Got no reply.

Marcury, your represent your secretary made a snipe comment and hung up on me.

I want to say NAft and Kirkpatrick, who is it here.

Thank you for voting no for that.

That's all I have to say.

Thank you.

On a lighter note.

Sorry, my voice picked the wrong day to go out.

Um, Janae Scott, commissioner for the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.

Um, I just wanted to formally thank each and every one of you for the appointment.

Um I believe that that was November 18th.

Um I didn't get to come to that last meeting, so I just wanted to come and formally thank you guys and let you guys know that I look forward to serving the community and sitting on the board.

Thank you.

And us again, sorry about my voice.

Thank you, and thank you for agreeing to serve.

Thank you.

Good morning, board.

Uh, my name's Kurt Force Garazaga.

He just appointed me for uh the Clark County uh law library board of trustees member.

I just want to thank you again very much for this opportunity.

Um, coming from a veteran and someone who just you know left a federal service due to realignment uh structures.

You know, the uniform never changes uh that often, but the mission never changes, and I want to continue serving and thank you for this opportunity, not only for the nation, but also for our communities and Clark County.

All right, and if you see something that you think we ought to change or something, let us know.

I appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

All right, seeing no one else here for public comment, we'll go ahead and adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.