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Welcome to the March, is the microphone on.

Good morning, and welcome to the March 3rd meeting of the Clark County Commission.

Good morning, Kevin.

Good morning, Chair and Commissioners.

Commissioner McCurdy.

Well, thank you.

I'll I'll begin by inviting the Sumnew team to join us up here.

We're absolutely thrilled to help recognize 20 years of an extraordinary uh business that has been operating here in Clark County and uh more than a business, it's really become a community partner.

Uh Sean Dell and his entire family and team is a true partner of Clark County and the extended boards that we serve on.

Throughout their years, they have provided outreach uh to many of the organizations for many of the organizations that we work with.

And I have to say, as a uh personal note, Sean Dell, uh, aside from being a resident of District A, and I and I know Commissioner McCurdy and I are sharing the pride today, uh, but he is also a public meetings like today, often the only ray of light when it comes to our public comment.

He always has something positive to say about community, whether it's uh this board or uh like uh LVC VA where Commissioner Gibson and I serve.

Uh and Chandell, we appreciate you, your family, and your entire team for the service over 20 years to Clark County.

Commissioner McCurdy.

Yes, um, as Commissioner uh and our chairman has stated, he is a uh constituent of district A, but his business is in District D, and we're so very proud of the work that you do, not only uh through the ability to employ so many people, often young people in our community, but also uh making sure that we continue to grow and enhance the economic output of Clark County due to your efforts.

Uh so we recognize you, we congratulate you, and thank you for keeping uh some new moving forward, and I'm sure you're gonna tell us something new uh soon.

Let's give a round of applause for some new marketers.

Well, um, I wasn't gonna say much because I CEO and my daughter, uh, who is the next generation of some new who would actually is a classmate of uh Will McCurdy at uh Palaverdi High School.

So um, I was gonna give the microphone to her, but we are a 20-year um small business.

Uh and and years ago when my father passed away, who was my first investor, uh, we actually rebranded to some new marketing because uh it was his dream to have generational wealth in our family.

We grew up in I grew up in Brooklyn, and that was his first thing was to buy a home and uh make sure that we understood uh what is what it's like to look at next generation.

So years ago when my father passed away, my daughter came in and said uh we're going to keep grandpa's dream alive.

So I'll give it to her and let her finish up.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That was a quick five to seven minutes.

I need to I need to channel my military uh sense of urgency.

Um thank you guys for this honor and recognition.

Twenty years is an incredible milestone um as a family and as a company, we give honor to God always because we've been through quite a bit on this journey, and as my dad said, um, as a founder, it was very important for my grandfather to see his legacy continue.

Um I'm very honored during women's history month that we have a team mostly comprised of all women.

No offense of Kenna and Chandell, but um my dad has always been a leader who is not afraid to let women lead, not afraid to follow strong bold black women.

And so I'm very grateful for his vision for our company and then for the many companies that he really won't get credit for for inspiring them to follow their dreams, myself included with my other business.

So I figured my mom's here, she doesn't want to say anything, but she is also a co-owner of the family uh firm, as well as my cousin.

So happy women's history month.

Thank you.

Commissioners, your next item is to acknowledge and honor exceptional women and women's organizations in Clark County to commemorate Women's History Month.

Good morning, and uh I want to thank everybody that came today.

So we always love when there's a full house, and as you might have heard during the water district, uh this is the start of Women's History Month, where we acknowledge amazing women through strength, achievements, and really the impact for the younger generation.

So we have a little bit of um uh show for you all.

So we ask that you be patient because it really is uh in over the years that we've done this, we've learned so much about how many women back in the 1800s started as maybe the first women's lobbyists in the state of Nevada uh state of Nevada, how we've learned how many of our schools are named after uh first educators that were women, and so today is no different.

We are going to start with the Nevada State women's uh the Nevada State Museum, which is a women's history uh who has many things on display.

So, Cassidy, you want to come down and get us started?

Okay.

Let's recognize Cassidy too because she does amazing work.

Thank you all so much.

Good morning.

My name is Cassidy Whetstone, and I am the curator of library manuscripts and photographs at the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas.

And I would just like to thank everybody for being here and thank the Board of County Commissioners as well for inviting me to participate in this morning's program.

So it is truly an honor for me to be a part of recognizing some very strong and exceptional women who have not only made our community a better place, but who have also helped shape Southern Nevada into what it is as we know it today.

And they are also crafting their own histories for future generations to live from as well.

And so at the Nevada State Museum, we're dedicated to preserving the stories and legacies of the people before us who have made contributions to our local communities and again also shape this place into what we know it as.

So standing before you at my little table over here, I brought some things from the museum.

Um we have some materials from our archival collections showcasing some of these women from Southern Nevada, and also just women who helped contribute shape this community and how we know it as today.

And these were considered pioneers and trailblazers of their time.

And so just some quick little summaries of some of these women that I have featured today.

Um, starting off, we have Helen Jay Stewart, who I'm sure many people here are familiar with, also known as the First Lady of Las Vegas.

Um she was one of the largest landowners in Nevada at her time.

And she sold her ranch, long story short, um, to the railroad to create this little railroad stop that would be called Las Vegas.

And who knows what would happen with that one.

Um she also served as the region's first postmaster and played a tremendous role in bringing a system of education into this area that would become Clark County.

And so then we have Myron Borders, the first female United Press International Wire Service Manager in the Western United States.

She was also chief of the Las Vegas News Bureau.

We have the first lady of Boulder City, Ida Browder, who brought the first permanent dining establishment to Boulder City during the construction of Hoover Dam.

And you can still actually visit that coffee shop today.

Lily Fong, the first Asian American woman teacher in the Clark County School District and a major proponent of education and learning in southern Nevada.

We have civil rights activist Ruby Duncan, who played an integral role among low-income families in the African American community in the historic West Side.

She also played a pivotal pivotal role in the development of the Clark County uh welfare rights organization as well as Operation Life.

We have historian and politician Jean Ford, who helped develop the Clark County Library District and also founded the Nevada Women's History Project while also crossing political party lines to support women's causes in legislation.

And finally, we have first Las Vegas Review Journal, female reporter and local historian Florence Lee Jones Callan.

She is the namesake of the library that I work in at the State Museum, the Callan Research Library.

She was also uh integral in establishing a system of state museums, um, particularly in southern Nevada and also their research libraries.

And this was just to name a few, it's endless, and it's hard to pick a few to uh to bring here today.

Um, we also have some materials from organizations such as the Junior League, the Mesquite Club, and the Newcomers Club.

All of these uh provided local women with opportunities for civic engagement as activism, um, as well as social connection and recreational outlets.

And so I invite you all to browse our materials at the tables for display after this meeting.

Um, and if you haven't been to come and visit us at the State Museum, um, we would love to have you, and we love to showcase everything that's integral from the people, the landscapes, the places, the animals, everything that showcases what it means to be a Nevada, and we're happy to share all of that with you.

And so I thank you very much for your time and for having me today.

Thank you.

Thank you, and we appreciate that history, and that's something that really uh we want more people to know about how Clark County, Southern Nevada started, um, and what where we've gone from there.

So, and it continues all the time.

So, our next one will be a performance.

And so we have uh Juno and Leila Vasquez.

So these are two amazing young ladies who are here today to perform a song in honor of women's history.

And the song is gonna be When You Believe.

Uh, these are sisters at Colorado High School.

They've been singing with this uh seating theater since 2021.

They have been enrolled in their school's choir programs.

Uh last year, um, both Juno and Layla auditioned and were selected to compete in the Get Launch Vegas singing competition with Positively Art.

Uh I I want to just say um, without their mom, who is a staple around Clark County, Miss Blanca Vasquez.

Where are you?

Because she's very shy, you know.

Uh but these ladies, uh, these young girls are uh they go around the valley, they do tons of community service, they're always looking for the next best thing, and they make Clark County their home.

And we couldn't be more privileged than to have them here today.

So go ahead, ladies.

We pray with no proof anyone could hear in a hotel song we barely understood, but we hung out afraid, although we know there's much too fear.

We were moving mountains along before we knew we could.

When you believe, no hope is frail.

It's hard to give.

Who knows when Mirials?

You can achieve when you believe.

So how you win you believe.

It's time of me when there's soft improves in play.

Because you can achieve when you believe somehow you wheel when you believe it's time of fee when the soft improves and plain hope seems like the summer piece for the free so no way you know I'm studying our soul full I can't explain seeing faith and sweetie keep words I'm never not saying because you believe this way it's hard to do one because you can achieve you can achieve you believe somehow you will when you believe They don't know is happen when you and it's easy to give in TLC by a pain can see the way is through the pain still Brazilian life says hope is every name Oh you'll believe it's hard to kill to kill some man you can achieve you can achieve somehow you somehow somehow somehow how you win you when you when you when you you win you Billy Ladies, thank you uh so much for that.

And when people talk about arts and culture, we at Clark County try to bring that alive because people say all the time, oh I didn't know, I didn't know.

So we try to remind people we have amazing uh museums, we have amazing younger generation, uh theater and arts and music and all that stuff is out there, and it's right here within our own community, and so if you haven't been out to see any of that, please take the time because we are such a rich uh historical culture, and we have so much of a melting pot that um really it's important to me and to the board that we all recognize and see what our young people and everybody's doing across the the county.

So with that, now we're gonna get into um our actual awards.

So uh we are going to play a video with all the amazing women that are honored here today, and when you hear your name, please come up and um join us on the stage, and we're gonna wait for applause if we could until everybody comes through.

There's a lot of them, and we've um really kind of dialed in this little system where we spend some time uh telling you a little bit about each awardee, and then uh have everybody come up.

We do have an award for them, uh a nice uh plaque.

We also have each uh lady will get this coin, and I'm gonna tell you the importance of this coin.

This was created by our younger generation, so the uh ladies that did it were at our young women's conference, and they really did it.

These are our teenagers, and we've had this coin for about five years, right?

After we started uh really recognizing uh women's history, and so with the um students, uh they came up with all of this, and so there's only about one thousand of these throughout Clark County, and it means something if you have something, means that people will stop and take your call.

It means that we're looking out for each other, and this is really the message that our younger generation wanted to portray.

So on the coin, it says, No matter what comes my way, I am enough.

And that was important to these young ladies to make sure that people understood that no matter what comes my way, I am enough.

And so that is from Coco Chanel, who, when she started in the design business, they told her she wasn't enough, and she proved them uh quite wrong.

So she's doing well, and the ladies could really resonate with that.

The the next piece of this coin is heart.

So heart comes from my friend who um is was the assistant surgeon general.

He's been at Nellis, he travels around the country, is how we first met in Colonel.

Well, he's not a Colonel Flowers anymore, he's a general flowers, but his father was the longest serving African American uh in the United States Air Force.

So he served for well over 50 years.

He grew up on a plantation, and that was really how he got his start.

But he always lived by this, and this uh when the girls heard the story behind it, uh General Flowers brought his dad and really uh talked with the girls about it.

They really wanted this to be a part of where they were.

So, heart is humility first.

If you're always humble, things will uh be a little bit better, your eyes will be wide open, enthusiasm.

You gotta be excited all the time because people want to know that you're interested and you're ready.

Attitude.

Attitude is so important for so many to ensure that you come to the table with the right attitude so that we can make things happen.

Respect.

I always tell the young ladies, I don't have to agree with your opinion, and heaven knows I don't agree with a lot of people's opinion, but I respect their opinion and I want to listen to it and I want to hear it.

But the last one was most important, and it's the ones that the girls struggle with often.

And I'm gonna tell you why.

Because for many of the young uh teenagers, they always stop and think, Um, what does that mean?

How does and we always tell them you'll know it when you see it, but T is for trust.

So if you have humility, enthusiasm, attitude, respect, and trust, and you are enough.

And on the back, it says, and you walk with purpose and purpose, walk with purpose came from uh Lucille O'Neal, which was uh a little bit comical because we invited her to speak to the young women, and I forgot how old I was because the kids are like who's Shaquille O'Neal, and I thought, oh my goodness, I grew up with him, and uh his mom was like, How do you not know my son?

So then we had to do a second one so that the kids could really learn uh who he was.

But she said that her grandmother told her when she was a young mother, and that she had Shaquille.

Girl, you better walk like you got some purpose and you got somewhere to go, so nobody knows the difference.

And that is exactly what she did through her trials and tribulations.

She always stood up, held her head up, and walked through like she had purpose.

And then the last one is is mine, and it is that the sky is the limit because we always want to tell these young ladies that no matter what you do, don't ever let someone tell you that you can't have it all because you can have it all, you gotta want it all though.

But and so for this coin that you're gonna receive today, and we're almost to the end of these because we are super picky about how we give them out.

But this is from our younger generation who wanted people to know that it meant something to be part of women's history, that it meant something to be a leader, and it meant something most importantly to give back to our community.

So a little long story, but the coin does mean something, and it was designed by uh young ladies.

We still keep in touch with them today.

Many of them are going to college when we started.

They were um uh freshmen in high school, juniors in high school, and they still keep in touch, they still reach out, and we want to help guide them and direct them.

So, with all of that being said, Victor, let's just start the video.

Hello, I'm County Commissioner Justin Jones, representing District F, and I'm honored to celebrate Women's History Month and the incredible achievements of some outstanding women in our community.

It's a privilege to recognize and honor the contributions of these trailblazing women who inspire us all.

Today we spotlight two women who have made a profound impact on District Deaf and beyond, as our honorees, Dr.

Ali Caliendo and Amy A.U.

First, we honor Dr.

Ollie Calliendo.

Dr.

Calliendo is the founder and executive director of foster kinship, Nevada's Kinship Navigator Program, which supports relatives and fictive kin who step up to raise children when parents cannot.

Since founding the organization in 2011, her leadership has helped stabilize and strengthen more than 13,000 children and families across our state.

Dr.

Caliendo is a nationally recognized expert in kinship care and child welfare policy.

She holds a PhD in public affairs and brings over 16 years of experience in direct service, systems reform, and policy advocacy.

Her work has improved state and national policy, expanded access to critical services for kinship caregivers and adoptive families, and advanced research that improves outcomes for children in non-parental care.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Dr.

Calliendo serves an instructor in public policy at UNLV, shaping the next generation of leaders.

She is also a foster adoptive and kinship caregiver herself, grounding her work and lived experience and a deep commitment to keeping children safely connected to family.

Her impact is both profound and deeply personal.

Today we also honor my friend Amy Ayu.

Amy is a lifelong Las Vegan who turned her passion for public speaking and helping others into the Zen Speaker, a coaching company that empowers people to share their stories, find peace beyond the podium, and move audiences to action.

Her leadership extends far beyond the stage.

MBA has been appointed by Nevada's governors and U.S.

Senators to four state and federal commissions, including making history as the first woman appointed to Nevada's Athletic Commission, widely known as the Boxing Commission.

In 2013, Amy bravely testified before the Nevada State Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees, sharing her personal survivor story in support of legislation that increased penalties for sex trafficking.

Her courage helped turn lived experience into meaningful policy change.

Amy's life story, which is one of resilience, advocacy, and triumph, has inspired a documentary, the Zen speaker, Breaking the Silence, and continues to resonate with those seeking to transform adversity into purpose.

Most recently, her legacy was honored when the Clark County School District named the school at the healing center at St.

Jude's Ranch for Children, the Amy Ayub Academy of Hope.

A powerful testament to the lives she has touched and the hope she continues to inspire.

During Women's History Month, we celebrate women who lead with heart, who lift others as they rise, and who leave their communities stronger than they found them.

Dr.

Ali Calliendo and Amy Ayoub embody that spirit and is truly an honor to recognize them today.

Hi, I'm Marilyn Kirkpatrick with District B, and today is the day that we celebrate women from all walks of life for amazing things that they've done right here in our own community.

From achievements to leadership to moving the needle.

Today, tomorrow, and years to come, and we couldn't be more proud or more excited to ensure that women across our community get the recognition that they deserve.

We in District B would like to start with Trish Williamson.

I've known Trish for over 10 years, and we work so well when it comes to seniors.

She is at uh Sun City Eliante, and she is in charge of the seniors, she does the newsletter, she gets people out, but most importantly, she is connecting seniors with the resources that we offer here in our community.

So we've been doing Lunch and Large for a little over 10 years, and we have so much fun doing it.

Stating room only.

People come, they hear about all of the community assets that we have to ensure that they have the quality of life that they want.

So, Trish, congratulations, thank you so much for all that you've done and you continue to do to ensure that seniors in our community do well.

So, our next honoree is a young person within our community.

We are so fortunate to have so many great young people across Clark County.

Ayana Castro is in District B.

She goes to she's a junior at Arbor Bue high school, but she has done so much already with leadership, making change, and writing the history for the next generation to come.

And what does that mean?

That means that Ayana is on student council, she's on honor society, she is started her own uh foundation of giving culture of Las Vegas.

She was she is always working on events where she's giving back to the community on a daily basis.

And to tell you what kind of commitment this young lady has, 3,800 hours she has already given to do that.

Now, what does Ayana want to do in the future, and we hope that we are here to support her.

She wants to get a 32 on our ACT.

She wants to intern at the White House, but more importantly, she wants to make sure that the younger generation behind her that they have a roadmap on how you make a community great by giving back, leading, taking on hard choices, and really moving the needle.

So thank you, Ayana, for all that you've done.

Congratulations to all the honorees.

Six years in counting.

We hope to do this every single year for many years to come.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention all the amazing women that we have right here in Clark County that do so much from leadership to community service.

They're always giving back and in public service that is the number one thing that you do, and it really takes a special person to be able to be a public servant.

So thank you.

Thank you to all the Clark County women in management, and we look forward to seeing you here someday soon.

Kathy Topp is an award-winning storyteller and small business owner who shapes messages that move people, spark results, and advance the causes she believes in.

Kathy began her career as a broadcast journalist, earning four regional Emmy Awards, an Edward R.

Murrow Award, and national honors for education reporting.

Her newsroom experience includes on-air reporting, producing, and assignment desk roles in Madison, Wisconsin, Peoria, Illinois, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

She's earned a fifth regional Emmy in 2020 for producing the public affairs program, Vegas Strong, Connecting During COVID-19 for Vegas PBS.

Kathy transitioned from the newsroom into nonprofit leadership, where she managed marketing, PR, and community affairs for one of Nevada's largest nonprofit organizations.

Within a year, she was named one of Vegas Inc.'s 40 under 40.

As owner of Red Seven Communications, Kathy delivers vision and strategic focus to every project.

She currently works with the local workforce development board, workforce connections, produces the Emmy-nominated television show Student Spotlight for Vegas PBS, and supports nonprofits such as Assisting Lives in Las Vegas, Cure for the Kids Foundation, and the American Lung Association in Nevada.

She is passionate about working with organizations and leaders committed to meaningful impact.

Kathy has won multiple pinnacle awards from the Las Vegas Valley chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, PRSA, which named her PR Practitioner of the Year in 2017.

Kathy holds degrees in journalism and English from the University of Wisconsin Madison, where she competed as a Division One varsity rower.

She's also completed several half marathons, a tough mudder, and a 60-mile walk for breast cancer research.

She lives in Las Vegas with her husband Brian and stepdaughter Tegan.

I am delighted to recognize Kathy Topp for her extraordinary contributions, not only to the community, but for her tireless efforts working together on our continuously successful annual spring job fair.

The organization currently serves over a thousand girls each year.

Through their programming, Girls on the Run teaches critical life skills from managing emotions, building confidence to embracing differences.

Each season culminates in a community service project and a 5K fun run where participants cross the finish line and prove to themselves that they are capable of anything.

Kate has led the organization for six years, guiding its growth and ensuring that girls across our community have access to programs that build confidence, resilience, and leadership skills.

It is an honor to recognize Kate for her dedication and for inspiring the next generation of strong and confident women leaders.

I'm Clark County Commissioner William McCurdy II.

It is a privilege to gather with you as we celebrate Women's History Month.

A time to honor the women whose vision, resilience, and leadership continue to shape our communities today.

I am proud to recognize two remarkable leaders whose work has strengthened Southern Nevada for decades.

First, we honor Mrs.

Ruby Collins.

Born in Tolulu, Louisiana, Mrs.

Collins dedicated her life to early childhood education.

After earning her development associate credential from CSN, she went on to accumulate more than 80,000 hours of training in early childhood education.

An extraordinary testament to her commitment to children and families.

She has also served as a CDA advisor to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, hoping to shape national standards for quality education.

For 40 years, Mrs.

Collins led the Variety Early Learning Center as executive director, providing child care and early learning services to underserved children and families experiencing homelessness in the historic West Side.

Under her leadership, the center secured a $200,000 grant from Bank of America, expanding opportunity for those who need it most.

Her impact extends beyond the one institution.

She served as an educational consultant for the United Way of Southern Nevada, contributed to the high school program, and represented Nevada for 15 years on the West Side Laboratory Board in San Francisco.

Her impact extends beyond one institution.

She served as an educational consultant for United Way of Southern Nevada, contributed to the High School Program, and represented Nevada for 15 years on the West Ed Laboratory Board in San Francisco.

As a founding member of the Tululu Connection, she continues to invest in the next generation through scholarship opportunities.

Mrs.

Collins is not only an educator, she is a builder of futures and a guardian of opportunity.

We also proudly recognize Mayor Pamela Goins Brown.

In 2022, Mayor Golens Brown made history as the first black mayor in Nevada's history.

But her story of service began long before that historic moment.

A resident of North Las Vegas since 1964, she dedicated 35 years to Clark County School District, retiring as an assistant principal after shaping countless young lives.

She graduated Magna Cumlade from Prairie View AM University and earned a master's degree from Nova Southeastern University.

Throughout her career, she has broken barriers, serving as the first female African American Councilwoman in War II, and the first female African American Mayor Pro Tempore.

Her leadership extends across numerous boards and commissions, always focused on strengthening families, supporting children, and building opportunity.

These two women embody the true spirit of Women's History Month.

Leadership rooted in service, excellence, grounded in humility, and a commitment to lifting others as they rise.

Please join me in celebrating Ruby Collins and Mayor Pamela Goins Brown for their extraordinary contributions to our community.

Hi, I am Commissioner Tick Sagerbloom, proudly representing District E.

Together we come together to celebrate Women's History Month, a time to honor women whose leadership, resilience, and vision have shaped our communities, our nation, and our future.

This year's 2026 national theme, Leading Change, Women Shaping a Sustainable Future, reminds us that sustainability is not just about protecting the environment, it's also about building systems that are equitable, inclusive, and lasting across generations.

Here in Clark County, celebrating Women's History Month is especially important.

Our community is stronger because of women who lead across environmental stewardship, economic development, education, transportation, and social justice.

These leaders are not only responding to today's challenges, but actively shaping solutions that will sustain our county for years to come.

It is my honor today to recognize two distinguished women whose work truly reflects this year's theme.

My first distinguished honoree is Bertha Guterres, who serves as the program director for Nevada at the Conservation Lands Foundation.

Bertha brings more than 17 years of nonprofit experience, beginning her career in financial counseling and education before following her passion for civic engagement through her leadership at Get Outdoors Nevada and now at the Conservation Lands Foundation.

Bertha has expanded access to public lands, strengthened volunteer engagement, and helped ensure that conservation efforts are inclusive and community-centered.

Originally from El Salvador, Bertha's deep connection to nature from tropical landscapes to the Ozarks to the Mojave Desert, shapes her belief that caring for the land goes hand in hand with caring for people.

Her work reminds us that sustainability is rooted in culture, access, and belongings.

My second distinguished honoree is Deborah Reardon.

She is the regional planning manager for the Metropolitan Planning Organization at the Regional Planning Commission of Southern Nevada.

Deborah oversees the Southern Nevada Strong Regional Plan.

My second distinguished honoree is Deborah Reardon.

She is the regional planning manager for the Metropolitan Planning Organization at the Regional Planning Commission of Southern Nevada.

Deborah oversees the Southern Nevada Strong Regional Plan, a collaborative roadmap focused on affordable housing, higher-paying jobs, and improved transportation.

Key pillars of sustainable and resilient region.

Deborah's leadership helps guide growth in Southern Nevada in a way that's thoughtful, forward looking, and equitable.

I want to thank Bertha, Deborah, and all of today's honorees and every woman whose leadership strengthens Clark County.

Your work does not just shape policies and programs, it shapes lives and builds a more sustainable future for generations to come.

Happy women's history month, and thank you all for joining us in this celebration.

Hi, I'm Commissioner Becker, and I represent District C here in Clark County.

We're here today to think about and talk about women's history month.

Now when we think about women's history month, we often picture women who changed the world in big historic ways.

And sometimes the women changing the world are doing it one classroom at a time.

Today I have the privilege of recognizing an incredible leader, Francis Lucero, the principal of Doris Hancock Elementary, a woman whose life has been shaped by education, faith, family, and service.

She comes from a proud family of educators.

Her mother, father, and grandparents taught her that education is both a privilege and a responsibility.

Values she has carried with her throughout her 20 years in the Clark County School District.

Her journey began as an instructional assistant in Albuquerque, where she discovered her passion for education.

She went on to teach kindergarten, second, and third grade, shaping young learners at the very start of their academic paths.

Over the years, she's mentored teachers, led professional development, strengthened instruction, served as assistant principal, and now proudly leads as principal of Doris Hancock Elementary.

She has continually invested in her growth, earning her bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, a master's in curriculum and instructional leadership, an educational specialist degree in leadership, and a certificate in school management and leadership from Harvard Business School, all to better serve her students and staff.

At Doris Hancock, her vision is simple and powerful.

Every child can be a leader.

She believes education is about more than test scores.

It's about building confidence, compassion, creativity, and critical thinking in a safe, welcoming environment where every child feels seen and supported.

Behind this dedicated leader is her husband of nearly 30 years and their four incredible children who have supported her every step of the way.

Women's History Month is about celebrating women who lead with heart and lift others along the way.

And that is exactly what she does.

On behalf of our community, thank you for your dedication and for creating a place where students truly soar.

We are grateful for you this month and always.

Thank you, Francis.

All right, on behalf of Clark County and the Commissioners, uh, first we want to give a round of applause to all Clark County women that are working tirelessly every single day.

So thank you.

I'm not blocking anybody, am I okay?

Don't go on Commissioner Jones.

Okay.

Commissioners, uh, before I move on to the next item, I did want to just do a quick recognition.

Um, and addition to the honorees, I wanted to recognize if you haven't noticed the majority of my team are amazing women.

Uh Abby Fryerson, Lisa Logston, who's the DA's team, but she's really my team.

Um, Leslie Shell, Lisa Kramer, and Jennifer Cooper.

They're all here.

They do amazing work every day, so I just wanted to recognize them.

Commissioners, your next item is present a proclamation in recognition of women in construction week.

Commissioner Jones.

We we have one more ceremonial recognition that we're about to begin.

We are so blessed in Clark County to have an amazing team of women uh who lead in the construction industry.

Um the construction industry is essential to the strength and growth of our economy uh here in southern Nevada.

We know on and off the strip, it provides thousands of jobs for people in our community here.

Although women remain unrepresented, underrepresented in this field, their contributions are significant and transformative across every sector of the industry.

Each year during the first full week of March, the National Association of Women in Construction leads National Women in Construction Week to recognize and promote the advancement of women in construction.

This week highlights career opportunities, supports work first development, and promotes diversity and inclusion.

Our county departments, which include real property management, public works, building department, uh Department of Environment and Sustainability, and so many others remain committed to fostering inclusive and work inclusive.

Are you okay here?

Uh inclusive workplaces and expanding access to careers and construction and public infrastructure.

Um at a recent uh uh groundbreaking, Tara Carroll from our real property management uh group suggested that we recognize the tremendous women in our own departments uh who serve in the construction industry.

Um and uh she's gonna come up and accept this proclamation in recognition of women in construction week.

Um but I just want to say that she is just one of the hundreds and hundreds of women across uh Clark County who do so much.

So Tara, you want to come forward.

Sorry, forgot we have an important video that we did uh reference uh reflecting many of the uh fantastic women across Clark County.

I'm currently being filmed for women in construction.

I used a phone of friend to to get your get your input on this one.

Hi, my name is Tara, and I build parks.

My name is Monica Tate, and I build fire stations.

My name is Carla Palma and I build CladoPowney.

Hi, my name is Faye, and I build community centers, parks, and tenant improvements.

There have been many projects where I drive by them and go, I built that.

But one of the most memorable probably was the Sunset Park Pickle Bar Complex.

My favorite project was Silverado Ranch Community Center because I worked on that from start to finish.

Fire Station 39 is a project that I'm very proud of because not only did I provide the community another fire station for quicker response, but it's actually close to my home, and so I feel a lot safer where I live now.

It's nice to see the facility busy and that it's making a difference and benefiting the community.

I feel that that's both a challenge and an opportunity.

If you a study car, if you are hard, you can become a welder, an engineer.

And what I found in Clark County and in our community is just full support.

I enjoy challenges, so having my name on a project that is majority men makes me proud that I also contributed to the project success.

Yeah, I've had a few girls tell me that watching me made them believe that they could do this too.

And I think it's good to know that just showing up inspires them more than I know.

If you're a young woman watching this and you're wondering whether or not you belong in the construction industry, you have to believe in yourself.

You have to follow your dreams and just go out there and make yourself known.

If you're the one that likes to put things apart, I'm building them again.

If you're the one that likes to build the Barbie house, but then don't want to play with the bargainies and stay wanna play with Legos and Bustles.

These path construction and engineering is something you really want to take in consideration.

You're gonna have fun.

We can do it too.

Be creative.

Make it happen.

We are inevitable.

Girl power.

It's our power.

Girl power.

We talk a lot about telling our own story, and uh women in construction are part of the Clark County story.

I'm gonna pass the microphone to Tara to speak on behalf of the hundreds of women across Clark County.

Thank you.

It's uh it's an honor to be the person chosen to receive this today.

And I just want to say thank you to all the women who oversee our projects, work on our projects, and make Clark County what it is today.

Thank you.

Okay, we're gonna do one more video for that.

All right.

Uh we have a meeting ahead of us as well.

Uh so we will begin by opening up the first time set aside for public comment.

This time is dedicated to items on the agenda.

When you come forward, please state your first and last name for the record along with the agenda item that you're speaking to.

Paul Katha with the Culinary Union addressing uh agenda item 18.

As you discuss other airport concessionaires, you should be aware of the situation that the uh DBE airport concessionaire workers are in at the airport.

So since we were last here two weeks ago, we've asked for negotiations and we don't have anything scheduled right now.

Uh the economy and the cost of living are still through the roof, and what these companies have put on the table is a massive pay cut compared to the other airport workers.

Union reps have access at airports in most major cities.

We don't understand why Las Vegas is different and why union reps don't have access to workers at the airport here.

We don't understand why Las Vegas is different.

This is supposed to be a union town, but these policies at the airport are not union friendly.

DBE workers are not second-class workers, and they deserve more than a crappy second-class contract.

The operators at the airport have a privilege license, and they can do better.

We'll be here every two weeks to keep you all updated about the DB uh about the DBE workers until they get what they deserve.

And now I'm going to bring forward a couple of DBE workers to tell you their stories.

Thank you.

Hi, my name is Jacob Ramos.

I live at uh 2312 North Green Valley Parkway.

I have worked at uh the day one group most for over five years now.

Uh the last wage increase we got was in 2022.

And as you know, rent, car insurance, and other bills have increased during that time, and many of our employees, including me, are struggling to make ends meet.

Um now we are getting laid off and they are cutting our hours.

Uh we have been picketing and fighting for our contract for over half a year now, and we still have not come to a formal agreement with any of the companies.

Uh we deserve better, and uh we hope we can count on you.

Thank you.

Morning, county commissioner.

My name is Louis Banayo.

I work with uh ANB concessions LLC, that is Wendy's at the Seagate at Highway Read International Airport.

I worked with them for 17 years.

In three or four years that we didn't have uh signed contract and no race increase in our wages, and they're looking for what you can help us, county commissioner.

Thank you.

Good morning, commissioners.

Brian Ayala, um 4149, Wagon Trail AV, uh Las Vegas, Nevada 89118.

Um speaking on item 18, uh award to the uh small business concessionary and small businesses.

Uh I represent the day one group, one of uh nine ACDB uh companies that are in contract negotiations with the uh union.

First, uh has been stated before, we completely support union wages.

We support union health and welfare, and we support the pension.

Um we need is a bargaining date.

Uh on the record, we have asked for bargaining dates from the union since November 18th.

Umfficially, we have not received uh response to that.

Uh we have had off-the-record uh conversations and will continue to have off-the-rep conversations in an effort to continue to establish fundamental facts that we can all work from and explore creative ways to amically reach an agreement that benefits workers and preserves an environment that allows small businesses to thrive in the airport.

Um, for the record, uh contractually, we have not uh agreed to wages contractually, but many of these ACDB uh companies have given raises beyond what we are currently contractually responsible for.

I just want to put that on the record as well.

Thank you.

Yeah, my name is Al Rojas.

I live in Sunrise Manor.

And I wanted to comment on items number 17, which is about the parks and item number 34 about Latino liquor.

First of all, I want to uh say that um uh totally support the uh this 75,000 dollar um uh award to our parks.

They've been doing fantastic work, especially in our area in Sunrise Manor, Bob Price Park, and the neighboring parks, the people that clean things up.

They're very well collaboration with the community, and I promise that I would mention that to them.

They did a major cleanup.

We had a lot of stuff on the street, and they cleaned it up.

And I definitely want to give um uh them the support.

Regarding the Latino liquor, I um uh I want to ask the uh commissions to reject their license there.

Um there's a dispute that they're in via that they're in conflict with um uh the 1500 1500 feet uh radius or conjunction with the church.

And I do want to uh share with the community and the commissioners some of the issues that uh alcohols uh do to make homeless worse.

Um I flipped this up on the internet.

Substance abuse and homelessness, while liquor stores do not directly cause homelessness.

Substance abuse is a major factor in homelessness.

Thirty-eight percent of those people that are homeless individuals in the U.S.

depend on alcohol.

Alcohol swamps and environmental risk.

The high avail availability of alcohol in these areas, often called alcohol swamps, act as a magnet for crime and can exacerbate exacerbate alcohol-related problems in already disadvantaged communities.

The concentration of alcohol and disadvantaged areas, alcohol outlets, particularly off-premise retailers like liquor stores are more heavily concentrated in low-income and predominantly minority neighborhoods, a phenomenon sometimes linked to historic red lighting.

And finally, neighborhood disorder and crime.

Areas with a high density of liquor stores are associated with higher rates of crime, violence, public drunkenness, and illegal activities.

This location is close to Charleston and Eastern.

I drove by there yesterday.

It's pretty bad.

And yes, you know, we're trying to tackle the homeless problem here in Clark County, and uh maybe controlling alcohol, and some of these liquor stores may help us with a long-term solution.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Margaret Ann Coleman, 1316 Wizard is my mailing address.

As you know, this is what started out on my behalf.

This here is a summons that went into default for quite a bit of money from a court order that's was won by me as a black woman to support and give you the opportunity to take the seat in which you have.

This this uh summit is worth 40, 49.4 million dollars plus nine million dollars.

The overlay of 43 years of disrespect from Deputy Shannon Hughes upon the third party is one point five one uh million five hundred and seventy thousand.

Also three million three billion.

This sum is is has uh accumulated.

I was raped, I'm trying to get 20,000.

The uh honor in which I'm trying to project and give uh Las Vegas, Nevada with the sum of money that I'm creating to do.

My question is do any of you have my American bank card that the treasurer is supposed to present to me up on this finalizing the settlement.

I want to open up a bank, a bank of America, as uh honor all the citizens as deputy Shannon Mill Hughes did behind my back of opening up the HUD and make me a part of it.

Now, I'm a lady of history as well.

As I said, this court order in which I won 1982 is worth that amount of money to open up a bank.

I gave you an opportunity to use my three million dollars to sit on this throne in which you are today.

I should have been on it for that and appreciate it.

My name is Margaret Ann Coleman, and I have been here 43 years, and of this layover, I have trouble that's in my way due from you, giving me the discrimination.

My sister passed, and I don't have any money to go.

This is my daughter.

Every day I'm missing my daughter.

I find her only in this condition as a dead dying person.

You don't understand the seriousness of my living arrangements here, and it has been zero.

And right now, I'm still a homeless victim trying to get 1360 with it, that you are overriding me with PEGA.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Morning, Cyrus Hojati.

Before I begin, may I talk on agenda number item three, please?

You may.

Thank you so much.

I appreciate the effort and celebration, and I respect all the contributions by all.

But I do have some concerns.

I feel these efforts are about guilt, and it's been pushed on for many, many decades.

Many of the efforts to elevate women have actually come at an expense of men.

Hence the double standards, the cherry-picking society.

We also have to be aware of all the contributions that men actually make.

For an example, the most noticeable ones, all the major casinos were developed by men taking their own risk, buying the land, and impressing the entire world.

I haven't heard one woman who has ever done the same thing.

You go from win, Aidlson, Kirk, Kerkorian.

Thank you.

Sorry about that.

Most of the construction field is dominated by men.

Most of engineering is dominated by men.

When we had that power outage through that windstorm last summer, it was brave men that helped happen.

What do you think our society would have been without men?

Most of the taxes that we that are paid are done by men.

Most of the military men that are protecting our country are men.

And of course, we have different policies on men and women when it comes to drafting.

There are many issues that men faced higher suicide rates, higher homelessness rates, and a lot of this so-called equality has just been given more resources to women.

You look at business grants, many subsidies, quotas for employment, family court.

There's men have been going through lots of false accusations.

Relations between men and women are not improving.

Family formation has declined.

Relations has continued to worse.

Many articles point that the dating scene has fallen down.

Really, think about it.

And we have one of the lowest percentage of college grads in the country, and yet we have so many 30-something year olds that haven't started a family.

And this is all pushed by the media and academia.

They're pushing an agenda.

But the enemy is not women.

The concern is elite men.

They are pushing these agendas.

Powerful men are against most men.

They're pushing these trends.

And it makes you think what are we benefiting from men and women living together, living in the same country?

Seriously, what are we gaining?

If women are so oppressed, well, we've got 40 miles out in the desert.

Women can build our own civilization.

Apart from this patriarchy.

Or men can just simply separate.

And that way we can kind of just you know move on with our own lives.

Think about it.

Because all this push is what is it leading to us?

Also, you know, there is no Persian history month.

I know it's a very critical time.

We don't celebrate in this county commission.

I think it matters.

My relatives are doing better in Tehran.

Think about that.

So I think we should cover everybody.

And other than that, please take and consider what I said.

Oh, and by the way, men power.

Thank you.

Let me guess you're not married.

What do I gain from marriage?

Good morning.

Hello, my name is Melissa Bordenhow.

I've been born and raised in Las Vegas.

I've been an employee at the airport for over 10 years.

I've been in the union for 20 years.

And we have now reached to a point where our employer, A and B concession, has chosen not to give us our raise and will not sign the contract for the union.

We've been waiting.

We haven't had a raise up to four years.

And they're about to shut the doors on the 21st of March.

So I want to make sure that we're our unpaid wages are going to be secured before they close, or at least give us a direction of what we're supposed to do or where we're gonna go, and make sure that it's being recognized.

Thank you.

Morning.

Morning.

Uh good afternoon, commissioners.

Uh I want to address item 37 today on the agenda.

The narrative that hemp Nevada is unregulated, that is inaccurate.

Under NRS 439532, Nevada granted health authority over hemp products.

Pursuant to that authority, regulation R03522, adopted September 29, 2023, specifically Section 67.

Required that hemp products sold or offered for sale in the state of Nevada be tested by laboratory certified by compliance cannabis compliance board.

That is already state law.

Nevada had already established laboratory testing requirements, labeling standards, and public health oversight through DHHS with regulatory authority assigned to the Department of Agriculture.

Nevada law has already addressed, already addressed synthetic and chemically converted cannabinoids at the state level.

That is not an industry operating without rules.

Responsible hemp operators in Nevada already comply with these state and federal testing, labeling age restrictions, and public health standards.

Authority already been assigned at the state level.

The issue before you is not whether hemp should be regulated, it already is regulated under Nevada law.

The issue whether Clark County should create a separate duplicative regulatory structure that risk inconsistency and conflict with existing state oversight.

Nevada already regulates hemp.

Let's align with that structure and force it properly.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Hello, my name is Shoshana.

I'm a resident, and I'm wanting to address two agenda items.

One is I support agenda item 31.

And also I would like to address the invocation that is still on the agenda and has been on the agenda for years here in Clark County.

Um the uh invocation is uh sourced because of the the Holy Bible, which I have and I just started reading it, and so I want to share with you what it is we are praying to.

So I'm gonna read scripture from you.

And the irony of it is it's women's power, and there is no power for women in this book.

It is the most misogynistic, horrific book I've ever read against women.

Um let's read scripture so you understand why it's so offensive to me and why I support the absolute separation of church and state.

In the book of Derotomy, do Deuteronomy.

If no proof of a young woman's virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father's house, and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.

Book of Samuel.

Now go attack the Amalekites and destroy everything that belongs to them.

Do not spare them, put to death, men, women, children, and infants.

Book of Hosea, they will fall by the sword.

Their little ones, their babies will be dashed to the ground and their pregnant women ripped open.

This is what's in here.

I hope people read this.

It's free online.

The fruit of your womb will be cursed.

Book of Deuteronomy.

I will make your pains in childbearing very severe with painful labor.

You will give birth when you give birth to children.

Book of Genesis.

If two men, this is bizarre, are fighting, and the wife of one of them reaches to rescue her husband from the assailant, and she grabs the testicles and penis of the opposing man, her hand shall be cut off.

This is in here.

That's in the book of Deuteronomy.

Also in the book of Isaiah.

Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

That's their private area.

Book of Isaiah.

In Leviticus, and the daughters of any priest, if she profanes herself, um being with men, she profanes her father, and she shall be burned with fire.

Book of Joshua, then they utterly destroy it all in the city, both men and women, young and old, with the edge of the sword.

Book of Numbers, he took a spear and rushed after the man into his tent.

Phineas thrust the spear all the way through the man's body and into the woman's stomach.

Again, I have no issue with people believing any of this.

It's not my issue.

My issue is that we have turned this into a house of worship.

There should be a complete separation of church and state.

There should be absolutely no accolades given to any religion in this um environment.

And people who have suffered from religion, I'm gonna, because this is part two of the meeting.

Um recovering from religion is a great organization.

Um they are people who have suffered from the indoctrination of religion since childhood.

And I encourage people to look into this.

I appreciate your time.

Thank you very much.

Seeing no one else wishing to speak during public comment, we will close that portion of the meeting and begin our agenda.

Commissioner, next items approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on February 3rd, 2026.

Mr.

Chair move approval of the meeting minutes.

Thank you.

Please cast your votes.

Motion carries.

Commissioner's next item is approval of the agenda with the inclusion of any emergency items and the deletion of any items.

Staff is requesting that item number 11 under the consent section be deleted from your agenda.

Staff is also requesting that item 7 and 33 under your consent agenda be taken separately.

Staff is also requesting that item 34 under the public hearing section be deleted from your agenda.

With the recommended changes written to the record, I remove approval of the agenda.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

Commissioners, we can now move to the approval of your consent agenda consisting of items number seven through 33.

Item number 11 has been deleted.

Item seven and thirty-three will be taken separately.

Move approval of our consent agenda.

There's a motion for approval, please cast your vote.

Motion carries.

Chairman NAFT.

Thank you, Manager Schiller.

Uh, just for the board's sake, I ask this item to be heard separately because I think it speaks to a bigger issue.

I know, like me, all of you probably receive lots of phone calls regarding the maintenance of the 215 beltway and other roads in the county jurisdiction.

Uh I've asked for quite some time that we look at street sweepers.

I'm glad that we are adding this to uh uh to our fleet of street sweepers.

I think that's important.

Um, but I wanted the board to know that I've also asked through the audit committee that we include oversight of the Brightview contract into the next audit of Brightview, which is scheduled for this year.

Uh, and that will include the oversight role that public works has on that contract and other related contracts to make sure that uh that the taxpayers are getting their money out of that contract uh and that they are doing the job well.

I also think uh Manager Schiller through you that we need to re-look at the schedule of street sweeping in the county.

Uh in 2005, that used to be a twice a month every 15-day schedule.

It was reduced to every 30 days, which is the national federal minimum uh allowable.

Um since 2005, the population's increased, I think, by a million 1.2 million people in Clark County.

Uh, and so I think we need to do better.

That's basically a core ground level service that we're obligated to provide to taxpayers, and I want to make sure that we're getting our money's worth.

Um questions, yes, sir.

Um wasn't a question, but I just want to reiterate or echo what you said because it is so critical to have our streets swept.

And I know we only have a couple machines, seems like half of them are out of out of work.

I know just to get the oil changed, it can take a month, so maybe we could form that out to private contractors.

But I just think it's so important that we have um for our unincorporated residents uh good street sweeping on a twice a month.

Thank you.

Uh if there's nothing else on this item, I appreciate uh everyone indulging me and move for approval of item seven motion carries.

Commissioner's gonna move to item 33, which is to authorize a petition for writ of mandamus on our prohibition to Supreme Court of Nevada in 180 land company LLC et al.

versus Clark County, EJDC case number A twenty five-916-232-C, and authorize a third-party complaint and/or counterclaims against the city of Las Vegas or take other action as appropriate.

Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Chair, I I ask that this be held because I I want to talk about it because at the end of the day, um, constituents are under some uh false pretense that this is just another lawsuit that we're getting into, but I think that um the constituents gotta understand what's really at stake and why we are are doing this.

I mean, so um I want you to tell me the reason, but I also want to point out all of the agencies that are impacted because we didn't we're a pass-through agency for the most of it.

So if you could just to give you a little bit of background on this lawsuit.

So this lawsuit stems um is a lawsuit brought by the city of Las Vegas and the prior property owner of the Badlands golf course, and it's essentially they have sued uh the county for a taking of those property taxes during the time that the city of Las Vegas and the Badlands property owner were in their litigation dispute regarding the golf course at that time.

And so what um the city of Las Vegas and the property owner is they want the county to reimburse those property taxes that were paid from 2017 to 2025.

And what that means is the county, while we're the collector of those taxes, as Commissioner Um Kirkpatrick said, we distribute those taxes to about 12 different taxing agencies.

So the reason that the DA's office is recommending appealing this um case is that the district court ordered the county to reimburse those.

And so that's a disgorgement of the school district, of um Metro and other uh public entities that rely on this tax distribution.

And so we think that the Nevada Supreme Court in the prior litigation with the city of Las Vegas has already ruled that the city of Las Vegas is responsible for the payment of these taxes.

So that is why we're asking this uh board for the authorization to file the writ with the Nevada Supreme Court and also um file cross claims against the city of Las Vegas for these taxes.

Kate, so I I want to point I so I am um a little wrapped around the axles on this because I served as a chair of taxation in the state legislature for eight years.

So I feel like property tax is important to me, and I feel like people don't really realize what it does.

But this means Clark County School District maintenance.

I think there was an article today that says they're already short, so this would be more money.

They got to give me back because I don't want to have the right to check.

The city of Las Vegas itself, so I don't understand suing to sue.

Are you gonna you gotta pay me the money back?

This is the Clark County School District debt bond that we look at all the time.

This is Metro, this is City Fire, this is Commissioner Sagerblum.

This is the Las Vegas County Library District.

So that Eastside Library could not possibly happen.

This is cooperative extension, this is family court.

This is the state of Nevada.

Are they aware they gonna have to either write me a check or it be part of this?

And I just I just think that this conversation's gotta be bigger because if that's this is the case today.

So I support what you all are doing because I think that if this stands the way it is today, this could set a terrible precedent, and I don't know why we would dish out any money because there's no guarantee that I don't have to pay it back.

So I just I wanted the general public to understand the depth of this um agenda item.

And it's not us picking a fight one more time.

This is like preserving their revenue source that they come to rely on and services are provided to our community.

So thank you for making me feel better about this.

Now I'm depressed, I'm losing my library.

Anything further on item 33?

Oh, I move approval of the item.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval.

The motion carries.

Commissioners, it's now 10 a.m.

So we can move to the public hearing section of your agenda.

Item 35 is to conduct a public hearing, approve and authorize the chair to sign a resolution approving the lease agreement between public agencies for Clark County owned rural property to lease to Southern Nevada Health Districts, 303 square feet of office space and existing space sufficient for the kiosk located at Laughlin Community Resource Center 55 Civic Way, suite 11, 112, and 120, Laughlin, Nevada 89029, and authorize the director of rural property management or her designee to sign the interlocal lease agreement and any other documents necessary for the management of the interlocal lease agreement.

Thank you very much.

If there's nothing further, I will open the public hearing on item 35.

Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.

Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing.

Uh if there are no questions on this item, uh for for the my colleagues who serve on the SNHD board, uh, this is a good partnership in Laughlin uh that we have.

We're glad to we're glad to help fund some space for you to provide service out of it.

So I'll move for approval uh of item 35.

Please cast your vote.

The motion carries.

Uh per the request of the chair, we're gonna go to item 39 on the uh business section.

Item 39 is to appoint Tyler Brady for the Clark County Planning Commission for the remainder of a four-year term ending January 6, 2029.

Thank you, Commissioner Becker.

I yes, I'm very excited to have you, Tyler.

Um I I look forward to your first night tonight, and uh hopefully it won't go as long as we have gone today.

And I would move to approve.

There's a motion for approval of the appointment of Tyler Brady.

Please cast your vote.

That will motion carries.

Congratulations, Commissioner.

Commissioners, and we can now move to the introduction of ordinances.

Item 36 is an ordinance to amend Clark County Air Quality Regulations, Section 12.0 applicability and general requirements for permitting stationary sources to remove applicability language and edit formatting to create a new section 131 VOC emissions control for emulsified asphalt as a contingency measure for the 2015 ozone standards to regulate owners or operators that may cause or contribute to the emissions of volatile or organic compounds by implementing BOC content limits, container labeling, registration, red record keeping, and compliance requirements, and providing other for other matters properly related there too and set a public hearing.

Thank you.

I'll introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Commissioners, your next item is an ordinance to amend Clark County Code Title 7 by adding Chapter 7.220 to establish regulations governing the retail sale of hemp and hemp derived products, including findings, license application requirements, fees, operational regulations, investigation and inspection, penalties and enforcement, and to amend Clark County Code Section 6.10.020 to make confirming changes regarding work identification card requirements and providing other matters probably related there too and set a public hearing.

Thank you, Commissioner Patrick.

Yeah, thank you.

Uh Ms.

Loxton, I want to ask a point of clarification.

So there is some potential um less restrictive things we want to take out, but I believe that I got to do that under the business impact statement or right.

This section is just for the inaction of ordinary so during the business impact statement.

We could talk about different changes or okay, perfect.

Wonderful.

Uh that being said, uh, we'll introduce the ordinance and set the public hearing for Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 at 10 a.m.

Okay.

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

Item 38 is to identify emerging issues to be addressed by staff or by the board at future meetings, receive updates on the activities of various regional boards and commissions and direct staff accordingly.

Thank you.

Commissioner Kirkpatrick.

Thank you.

I've been quiet the last few times.

So uh one uh can we be in the loop or part of the conversation on this DBE thing at the airport because we need to really get this resolved.

It's been four five years for me, so can we be notified of the date if they're gonna meet or what the conversation is because I I just feel like I've at least seen this thing for four years, and let's hash it out and get it done.

That's what I want to see done.

Um and then two, I want to remind everybody of the safety fair that is next week.

It's for across the valley uh March 12th, and uh we look forward to seeing folks there.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else?

Commissioner Jones.

So while while your microphones, maybe you'll borrow Commissioner Kirkpatrick's, but while that's happening, I would just note for the board's sake.

Uh uh Lisa Kramer and others have been leading a discussion with all of the stakeholders who have input into these chambers and some technology uh improvements uh and other improvements that we might need to make in this room.

Uh and I'm sure uh she and others will be coming to speak with you about it directly.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I just wanted to note last Friday I was able to go on a ride along with our crisis response team and just want to say thank you.

I raised this issue back in January about extending the pilot project uh that we had run um last year for mobile crisis.

Uh it was a great experience, learned really about uh about what our mobile crisis teams are doing, working closely with uh fire departments.

So I just want to praise our finance team, uh, Ms.

Frierson and senior management for uh figuring out a way to close very quickly turn that program back on and know we're gonna talk about uh talk about it more as we look at the FY27 budget.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Seeing nothing else, that should take us to item 40.

Commissioners next items to consider and approve the business impact statement pursuant to NRS Chapter 237 for the proposed amendments to Title 7, Chapter 7.220, and Title 6, Chapter 6.10 of the Clark County Code to establish regulations governing the retail sale of hemp and hemp delivered products, including findings, license application requirements, fees, operational regulations, investigation and inspection, penalties and enforcement, and to amend Clark County Code Section 6.10.020 to make conforming changes regarding work identification card requirements and providing for other matters properly related thereto.

Good morning.

Commissioners, my car roll for business license.

Uh the business impact statement, notification of the ordinance was sent out, uh was published in the RJ uh review journal paper and was sent out to uh licensed smoke shops, cannabis establishments, other interested parties, including the chambers of commerce and trade associations pursuant to state law.

We received 22 written comments.

Two were in favor, the rest were opposed.

Most of the comments of the opposition was uh the jobs jobs would be eliminated to be reduced tax income.

Um the lawful businesses shouldn't be forced to close.

Um they're worried about the uh additional regulations.

Um the two that uh were po or in favor of it were the cannabis association and uh uh state senator uh brogage had a comment and also she had uh some um uh suggested uh uh changes to it, which we made.

And based on the comments uh from both opposition and um in support, um we did make a different uh change in the definition of hemp uh retail store to exclude businesses that do not sell any hemp or hemp derived products.

We extended the ordinance uh the effective date of the ordinance for 90 days after it's passed to allow the businesses to come into compliance, especially with the work card requirements, and uh we also uh uh revised the definition to include Delta 7 THC and Delta 9 THC per pursuit to the state senators uh recommendation and uh I'm here for any questions you might have.

Thank you.

Are there any questions from the board?

Commissioner Kurt.

Thank you.

Um thank you.

I do want to have I do want to have some things.

So we uh reading through the business impact statement.

There was a couple areas which I think that we we can be reasonable with.

I mean, I did talk to Bence yesterday, um, but I also want to justify why we can't change a few of them.

So one of the ones was changing the um three percent of the and the total volume of the package.

We've looked and we want to keep that because it would complies with state statute, and we'll if something changes, then um it complies with federal statute.

That the second one is on page 11.

Lisa, it is um number E and F.

We were asked to look at both of those, changing both of those.

Um we checked on E in particular, and um we also called Southern Nevada Health District.

We called Washoe Health District, and it is already not allowed to put this additive within their food uh already.

That's per state law per all those things, and it was never intended for that, but we do understand on number F.

It was not meant to take the oils out, wasn't meant to get rid of the lotions and all of those other things.

So I I would be fine if we delineated or are we got rid of that and then to change the effective date 120 days out.

So are those that's not substantial changes, but they're at least restrictive, I think.

So we could do that.

Is that correct?

Yeah, that is correct.

We can uh make those changes and read them into the record at the public hearing.

Okay, and then that would be an amended ordinance for you to adopt at the public hearing.

Okay, that's my I tried to figure out everybody's stuff, but those are the two that I we can I think we could do easily.

And listen, if the feds change their mind on the farm bill and it doesn't come to fruition in November, I'm happy to go back and match whatever they got.

But I'm trying to be consistent.

Thank you very much.

Anything further on this item will need a motion, Mr.

Chair.

I move to approve the business impact statement.

Thank you.

There's a motion for approval of the business impact statement.

Please cast your vote.

The motion carries.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioners, your next items to receive a report by Lorena S.

Pertillo, Register of Voters regarding early voting and election day sites for the 2026 primary and general election and direct staff accordingly.

Good morning.

Good morning.

How are you?

Thank you for having me here, and thank you for the opportunity to present to you and request uh the approval for the early voting and election day sites for the 2026 primary and general elections.

We're really really excited uh to present these to you because they took a lot of work.

Our courageous staff, our dedicated staff really worked very hard to get to this point.

And of course, with your collaboration, I think the voters are going to have exactly what they want accessibility to all, and not only in-person voting, but also an opportunity to drop off their mail ballot in a secure and safe way.

So thank you again.

And I am here to answer any questions.

Thank you.

Are there any questions?

Seeing none.

And um motion for approval.

There's a motion for approval.

Please cast your vote.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioners, your next item is to receive a presentation from the Southern Nevada Health District about their various programs and services.

Good morning.

Morning.

Or good mid morning.

So uh oh, thanks for the clicker.

So for the record, uh Cassius Lockett, District Health Officer, uh Commissioners, Chair NAFT.

So for the record, uh Cassius Lockett, District Health Officer, uh Commissioners, Chair NAFT, uh, thank you for the opportunity to have the Southern Nevada Health District uh provide you with the annual update uh with a focus on our accomplishments.

Okay, so as you see here from this slide, our accomplishments basically reflect the dedication of the SNHD workforce and our cares driven behaviors that advance our mission.

So here on this slide, this is our organizational chart.

Uh, one thing I want to just point out here is that if you look in the middle here, um, these are operational pro divisions.

Those operational divisions comprise, I would say approximately 500 of our 796 FTEs, which is our head count.

If we throw in our vacancy rate, then we have about 870 FTEs in our organization.

To the other side of the organization chart, uh, we do have the Southern Nevada Community Health Center.

Uh so we do have a federally qualified health center that delivers primary care.

And then on the opposite side of that, you have our administrative division where we have uh an oversee communications facilities, finance, health cars, and information technology.

So just going and taking a look at our uh fiscal year 26 uh annual budget.

This is our revenue sources here, um totaling with our general fund and special revenue fund, which is our basically our grants.

Uh, we're looking at about 186.1 million combined.

The only thing I'll just have to qualify about this is last week at our board of health meeting, our board approved our budget augmentation.

And actually, after approval of our budget augmentation, that number is no longer 186.1, it's actually 179.

Reason being is that we actually had a decline in our grants, uh specifically our epidemiology laboratory capacity grant and our Ryan White grants uh declined.

And so uh that's a reason.

However, the one thing I'll point out uh compared to our augmentation, the percentages are off by about one percent uh when we're looking at a comparison to uh last week.

But as you can see here, uh the majority of our revenue sources come from grants still, and then uh that's followed by charges for several services, our federally qualified health center, a license and permits from environmental health, and also uh property taxes, and we appreciate Clarks County's continued support and strengthening our local uh funding base while creating stability for the health district.

Really important.

Okay, so this one is our expenditure uh fiscal year 2026 budget, and as I mentioned to you before, uh this also declined because last week again, our SNHD Board of Health approved our augmentation, so those numbers are uh down as well.

But regardless, um, as you can see here, uh when our with our expenditures, the majority of our expenditures come from salary, taxes and benefits, uh followed by services and supplies.

And uh regardless, we have to remain vigilant these days, and that's because we have to watch for any additional major federal grant reductions.

So all of you may have heard that there was 600 million dollars that were uh clawed back from the federal government impacting four states California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota.

And we're watching that because those four grants that were clawed back, including one called the Public Health Infrastructure Grant, we have those grants at the health district.

So uh we still have to remain vigilant because things can change at any moment.

So taking a look at this slide here, this slide basically shows our service footprint.

And you can see one thing I want to point out here, maybe a couple of things is that um at our main decatur location, uh, you can see the majority of services are still housed here, including all the services in this slide, in addition to our new program street medicine, in addition to our behavioral health uh clinic house here.

Um I will say thanks for approving item 35.

Appreciate uh Chair NAF's comments there because we do operate out of the law public the Laughlin Public Health Community Center.

We have three suites there, and in those out of those three suites, we issue health cards, immunizations, and we do environmental health inspections.

So grateful for that approval.

Thank you.

So next, I'll talk about our the Southern Nevada Health District workforce briefly.

Um again, I mentioned we have 796 head count, our employees with a total of 870 FTEs across six divisions, uh, with over 30 departments and uh, you know, and and we have dozens of programs um and services.

If you take a look at the chart at the above the above at the top of this graph here we're very proud of the fact that we have watched our turnover rate decline and it's gone down to 7.7% and compared to local health department industry standards around 10% we we would love to keep it there.

So in terms of employee engagement we do that employee engagement survey like some organizations still every single year at some point I probably will do a pivot and do tiny pulse surveys instead to get more frequent um feedback from employees and that happens to have a confidential section associated with it and allows you to take action more real time.

So we'll probably eventually pivot to that but we can still learn and one of the things you can see here is that our neutral employees we would love to continue to shift them to become engaged we made little small gains here we have shifted some of the disengaged employees over time into the engaged bucket but more work still needs to happen here.

In terms of uh trying to keep all of our employees engaged we did host we tried to do an annual meeting we didn't have the funding this time around so uh to do an in person so we held a virtual all hands meeting and uh the theme since public health departments have been under a lot of stress we picked the theme of wellness motivation and the federal look at head so we can monitor uh the federal dollars that are being allocated we had 668 staff attend that virtual meeting glad about that with 81 percent reporting that uh that it was a good and an excellent experience so now I want to pivot real quick uh to talk about some of the health districts significant accomplishments and the first one I'll talk about and mention here is that um we are very grateful uh that we received a 10.8 million dollar uh state public health fund across a biennium split between fiscal years 26 and 27 and we thank Commissioner Kirkpatrick for bringing this home uh this funding will help support uh the implementation of our health care acquired infections program so we would love to use this program to work with all of the health care facilities in the valley to reduce things like Candida oris we we want to hold that at bay we want to see it decline uh any kind of uh cholestridium difficile or uh carbapenamase resistant organisms these are the things that this program would work on uh trying to reduce in uh these health care facilities also uh because we did lose a significant amount of uh epidemiology laboratory capacity funding that got clawed back actually in April 22 million dollars we do have epidemiology and laboratory uh staff under this grant so very fortunate to have that source we also partnered with um 72 uh new community agencies and existing partners throughout Clark County and we distributed over 209,000 doses of naloxone uh for the first time meeting uh the naloxone saturation goal identified by the state of Nevada which is about 80,000 two-dose Narcan kits so very proud of that accomplishment we also partnered uh with three square food bank uh to serve about 1,400 people across uh the valley for emergency food distribution events we held those events over on our Decatur campus in our Fremont campus that also delivers uh primary care services there too and then uh one of the things I want to mention too it's kind of important uh for the future state is that we added the capability in our Southern Nevada public health lab to test for dingay this is significant because you know we do carry the mosquito whether it's uh you know uh 80s Egypti or albopictus that can actually transmit the Dingay virus to humans so we we have that mosquito right so this biofire warrior panel test we're the only one laboratory in the state that has it by the way and what it what it is it's it requires whole blood from a human and it will uh detect nucleic acids in the blood by doing polymerus chain reaction or amplifying DNA until it gets a larger and larger amount takes about 50 50 minutes uh to get uh the test results back and so this will be very important especially if we have dingay fever in humans spread across the valley so we're we're very very happy that we have that capability meanwhile our acute communicable disease program processed over 200 or nearly 2000 disease morbidity reports and we have about over 80 diseases that are reported to us from multiple entities by required by law by NRS 441A and whether those reports came in through facts whether they came in through electronic laboratory reports or online um that is a lot of work uh for that small and mighty team

Meanwhile, our acute communicable disease program processed over 200 or nearly 200,000 disease morbidity reports, and we have about over 80 diseases that are reported to us from multiple entities by required by law by NRS 441A.

And whether those reports came in through facts, whether they came in through electronic laboratory reports or online, um, that is a lot of work uh for that small and mighty team.

So uh the next uh thing I want to talk about in terms of accomplishments is our express testing program.

Uh we just expanded our express testing into mesquite and Henderson, and we're also partnering with uh UNLV to offer testing on that campus.

The express uh testing team completed about 2,494 screenings among asymptomatic clients.

Why is that important?

That's important because you know a lot of programs do not focus on the population that does not have any uh symptoms.

And one thing I can tell you is up to 70 percent of the population that has a sexually transmitted infection, they do not have symptoms.

So you show a positivity rate of 11 percent.

That's significant.

The reason why that's extremely significant because that we have we we have uh what we call prevalence, which is the number of existing cases in the community.

The way you shrink your prevalence pool, which increases new infections is to get people treated.

So we just identified that rate, got those people treated, and so therefore we should expect and to continue to see um some of the rates in our community go down.

Also, our environmental health food operations uh team continues to keep our uh food supply safe, and they've coordinated, organized and continued to inspect third-party large events like Formula One, Grand Prix, Electro Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, our aquatic health uh program completed over 4,492 inspections, investigated 332 complaints and responded to 42 drowning and diving incidents.

Uh, our small and mighty mosquito surveillance program tested for 54, they tested 54,288 mosquitoes.

That's a lot.

Um they did detect West Nile virus in 14 pools, but we had no human cases.

So compared to 2024 is just a reminder, um, we had 26 cases of West Nile virus in the humans in 2024, the highest ever.

So it doesn't mean that this can't happen again.

And mostly with most of those cases clustered in the north.

We also have a uh behavioral health population-based behavioral health program called Credible Mind.

And I'm happy to say that you know, right now I think it's one of those best practices that's never really talked about.

And um, it really addresses we have a lot of adolescents signed up, and it really is addressing the two things that they're concerned about, and that is stress and anxiety.

Uh and we see that, and we have 8,123 users uh who reported 9, uh 251 uh intervention sessions, and uh there were about 19 presentations to 330 in the community, and 52 agencies are promoting uh our credible mind platform uh in Clark County.

So I just want to mention our Barber and Beauty Shop activities.

Uh they have uh facilitated 206 blood pressure and pre-diabetes screenings, and as all of you know, that's significant to address our huge chronic disease sparities around uh hypertension and diabetes in our community.

We still have significant disparities.

This program really helps to try and uh close the gap.

And we screen over 950 people and refer over 750 people to health care uh resources.

We also collaborated with Clark County uh Medical Society and reached over 750 health care providers uh with information on uh tobacco sensation uh brief interventions and tobacco prevention resources, and then we installed one of the things we don't talk about that often is vital records, but vital records um uh install lockboxes for our funeral homes, and this is important because our funeral homes used to just go into our lobby um and they would have to stand in line with our customers, and uh now they don't have to do that anymore.

It's really a uh extreme benefit.

They have a key, they have their own lockbox, they just walk right in, they put the key in and they take out their orders so they can deliver their services to their clients, is fantastic.

We also participated in our back to school uh immunization program with a vital record, so as the children walked in, we gave access and opportunity uh for parents to mothers and fathers to access birth uh certificate records.

And just some of the activities in our vital records unit, you can see here uh over 22,000 births a year, 20,000 deaths, and then we issue over 135 certified copies every year.

And just a reminder, we also have a passport program.

So I want to mention mention this real quick the youth advisory council, which was formed at the direction of the Southern Nevada Health District Board.

And as you can see from the slide, it empowers young people to strengthen the community health while developing the next generation of public health leaders.

Um the target uh age group is between 14 and 17 years, and this year, those who applied, we ended up selecting 12 participants uh from diverse uh backgrounds across Clark County.

We had our orientation date in July 30th, our first meeting, August the 20th, and then uh the students got together and we gave them a variety of different projects to choose from.

And the one they selected is the time is now, that's what they call it.

And it's a group project, but a photo advocacy campaign supporting a 100% tobacco-free College of Southern Nevada campus.

So we're really excited about that.

And I'll just say, although the graduation date is set for May of 2026, it would be great if we can have the SPARC youth present their final project if we could squeeze it in to the commissioners.

Okay, vaccines.

So one thing I'll just point out is vaccine rates across the United States have declined, and we're no exception.

So despite uh our overall vaccination declines, partly due because uh in the past three years um we had a reduction in our COVID vaccination team when we lost funding in 23-24, and then we're just seeing fewer immigrant appointments because of fear.

That's just what it is.

But regardless, we remain committed at the Southern Nevada Health District to continue to vaccinate our community.

Last year we did it would serve a significant amount of clients.

We served over 26,000 patients and administer more than 66,000 immunizations.

Also, during uh back to school season, we helped get vaccinated 5,800 children.

Uh, and uh we do remain committed again to recommending all vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule.

So I want to just focus a little bit here on our Southern Nevada Community Health Center, and point out again that early in 2025, we did open up our brand new behavioral health clinic at the Decatur location, and we ended up hiring a chief medical director, Dr.

Robin Carter, she's fantastic.

She's actually trying to implement a pediatric service line.

That's working well.

She sees her on her own PEDs once a week.

Uh so that's helped us out.

One of the things we're we're really proud about also, and we did this with fewer uh staff this time around because we had some turnover in our clinic, but we're really proud of our unduplicated patient count.

If you take a look here, uh we've increased it up to now 15,000 unduplicated uh patients were served last year.

This is a 12.8% increase year over year.

We're excited about that.

As you can see here, um, our unique encounters increase too by 7% year over year.

And we also had some improvements in our pharmacy, uh, most notably we one may medication, big tarvi, but we had a 30.5% increase year over year, and then in terms of prescriptions being filled, a 35% increase year over year.

And um I expect these numbers to hopefully improve because we also shift it and we have a pharmacy czar uh that I requested to focus on the business of the pharmacy since we have lots of things coming up, 340B, uh rebate programs and such, so we have to stay vigilant there as well, uh, since some of those funding streams uh could be jeopardized.

Um, also, one of the things I'm proud of this team is um I asked them to increase work with managed care organizations and increase the number of Medicaid patients that we serve.

They've done a remarkable job.

You can see at this last bullet.

We've increased our impaneled Medicaid patients by 149%.

920 to 2,295.

However, that doesn't mean it does not transfer into patients seen.

So we continue to send out those welcome letters and whatnot, so we can hopefully uh uh further engage those patients and get them into our service in the future.

So one of the things when I was hired into this or appointed into this position, I wanted to do is deliver nurse with the backpack, um, also known as street medicine.

Uh, this is an engagement uh model, and what that means is if we go, you know, on the ground or underground, our practice is engagement.

We want to give you a care package.

You take the care package, you may not want to see us for anything else.

We come back, give you a care package, we see a wound on your knee, you let us treat the womb.

We come back a third time.

Here's another care package.

Hey, can we do a complete physical assessment on you so we can understand if we need to treat you for any chronic disease conditions?

And so that's working.

You can see here that the team is comprised of an APRN, a senior community health nurse, and two community health workers.

And um we have a some partnerships that we're trying to strengthen here uh with some of the local organizations, help with Southern Nevada, China Light, um, City of North Las Vegas and uh Henderson Street Outreach teams we've uh already partnered with.

When this program launched in November of 2025, that first month, we already saw uh twin 24 uh unique patients.

And I'll just say that sitting in my office last week on Thursday, the team was super excited because for the first time on one day they saw eight patients.

So uh we're making progress, and you can see the brand new uniforms, uh the orange jackets, they're starting to get that brand recognition now in the community.

So looking ahead, um, I'll talk about a few things that we uh would like to continue to focus on uh real briefly here, and that is we continue to expand our public health uh lab.

Um, and uh we're trying to create a biosafety level three laboratory and the parking lot where the where the current laboratory is, uh, around 12,000 feet, uh two stories.

That will allow us to uh keep our employees safe.

It will also allow us to uh test for what they call category A agents uh like uh botulism anthrax, uh tularemia, the plague, filio viruses such as Marburg and Ebola.

It will allow us to do that.

It will also allow us to enhance our molecular program and do a little bit more microbiology.

Uh so we're excited about that.

That will bolster our bioterrorism capabilities and our response when investigating communicable diseases.

Uh, one of the things also I mentioned to you earlier, health care required infections.

That program is tied to the state public health fund.

So as that increases, that fund increases, we're hoping to scale up that program uh to serve more facilities.

And then we would love to expand contractual partnerships with street medicine.

One of the things I'm exploring just uh for your attention is a partnership with Clark County Social Services.

I think there's some things we can do uh with heat mitigation and other things that might be of interest uh there and collaborate.

We're kind of working on that.

So uh we'll really uh love your support there.

Another thing I would just like to point out is that, like everywhere else in the country, we would love to get in and improve our data modernization.

Um point out, you see all the things here we would love to work on.

One of the things that I've given the team direction to do is take a look at our EHR and see if we can, you know, and make a significant improvement here.

I think there is another opportunity to partner with Clark County on this uh so that we can uh get a different view into our patients, reduce the need for to have interoperability between us and uh also it would give us an opportunity to have that more longitudinal complete record um having uh the medical system and the public health system joined in the effort uh to uh uh do better treatment for our patients.

So uh thank you for your continued support of SNHD and allowing our accomplishments uh here to be highlighted, but it would none of this, um, and you got the short version of our accomplishments, but none of it would be possible without our highly dedicated workforce.

Thank you, Dr.

Lockett.

Are there any questions from the board?

Commissioner Jones.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and thank you, Dr.

Lockett, for your uh presentation um and all the work that you're doing.

Can you just speak uh I know it's been a hot topic and certainly been contacted by many of my uh constituents, both in the rural areas and in the rural neighborhoods about sewer conversions, septic conversions, where that stands what I can tell you where we stand on that is and uh to be continued.

Uh we're we are exploring all options right now on the table.

But as you probably saw from a press release um from last week, we did make uh some concessions like we always do, whether it's the resorts, whether it's daycare regulations uh that our board approves, just like any other regulations, we follow the process.

So that process uh listening to the stakeholders, the primary stakeholders, the ISDS owners, we actually made some, I think, relevant concessions related to uh rules, for example, um, and those on community wells to say, hey, look, you know, that 400 foot when it comes to S and H D, it's in the rigs, we're taking it out.

So we made those kind of those kind of concessions.

Uh perhaps there may be more, but things can change swiftly as well.

So I would say more to come on that.

Thanks.

I just appreciate uh as as you are well aware, communication with folks who are very tied to their septic systems um is uh much appreciated.

Yeah, and uh I appreciate that, and uh we um understand that sometimes processes aren't perfect, and our communication this time around was not uh executed.

Um it had some flaws in it, and so I'm the first one on record in front of the public to say that in this uh forum.

But thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions for Dr.

Lockett?

Thank you very much for your presentation today and for your service to the community.

Thank you.

Have a good afternoon, thank you.

Commissioners, your next item is to receive a presentation from the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority about the various programs and services.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, Commissioners.

Uh Chair, I like to also uh just acknowledge my board members, if I may, Commissioner McCurdy, uh, Sierra Bloom, and actually in our audience, um Commissioner uh Scott, who's actually an employee here at the um at the county.

Thank you.

Very good.

Um, so I got a nice long presentation here that I'm not going to produce to um present.

I wanted to just talk a little bit about who we are as a new housing authority.

You know, we're we're not that agency that harbored you know that 80 or that uh 30 percent or low AMI.

Um we're we're we're doing things in the way of building communities that are mixed income.

Um we're issuing vouchers up to 51 percent.

We have a very, very aggressive um jobs program, and one of the things that I'm hoping that we can do over time is spend time with each one of you to really help get a better understanding what's going on in your districts and how we can better support your efforts.

So I've got a I've got a uh a short video, but before I do that, I wanted to lay this out.

Now, how do I the middle?

Okay.

Very good.

Okay, just run up away.

Perfect.

Yep.

So here's just a I I call it a voucher distribution.

And this is how the um, this is how affordable housing is just distributed throughout the county.

Up top, it talks just by percentage, tells you what percentage of our are all of our affordable housing, not just the vouchers, but uh affordable public housing as well as vouchers.

It shows how it's all distributed across the top, and then down below, it speaks to the household and the districts.

And this, and so what what's important for me is that I'm of the belief that whenever there's an opportunity, and you should have these in front of you, by the way.

But whenever there's an opportunity for a uh a resident to live in one of our properties, there's an opportunity for that resident to have a job, and we want to make sure that we're we're focusing and really really um advancing the opportunity of those individuals to have a job.

And we want to make sure that we're we're focusing and really really um advancing the opportunity of those individuals to have a job.

So we we wanted to share that.

Um addition to, if I flip it over.

And these are the up to almost 1400 units that we're developing um over the last year or so.

Um, we want to always be grateful for the uh county housing funds.

And those funds have gone a long way.

And I can't tell you how grateful we are, you know, staff, board to pull those items together to create affordable housing and workforce housing across the um across Southern Nevada.

So those are just a few things.

But again, we're we're excited about the possibility.

Um, the last time I was here, I made mention of project-based vouchers.

The um the the moratorium is still on hold.

HUD won't let us release any vouchers for twenty-six, but we're anticipating in twenty twenty-seven that we have an opportunity to release more project-based vouchers, and as we do that, as you come up with funds on projects.

We we we like to do something I call a strategic alignment.

You know, you have a program, you're really trying to advance.

We have vouchers, and we just collide to come together and make sure that there's opportunity in your districts for you to say yes, we want you know, housing authority if they're available, and that's always a catch.

It's always that darn if they're available, but you know, come along and say if there are possible vouchers available, how can we provide some of that cushion from a financial standpoint to um to make sure that we can make these projects hold?

In fact, uh, I think it was uh sunrise the other day that we were out um visiting um 50 units with um with ovations.

And I know Commissioner Sager Bloom was there, and so all kinds of opportunity for us to not only provide meaningful housing, but also opportunity to provide opportunity for folks to move from where they are to where they want to be.

So with that being said, let me just show you a really quick video, and we can uh see if there's questions after that.

So the video, there we go.

Thank you.

Any questions at all?

Thank you.

Are there any questions?

Well, you answered them, answered them all well.

Thank you very much for being here.

We appreciate it.

Thank you.

And we thank you for the partnership and the collaboration.

Thank you.

This brings us to the final time set aside for public comment.

Anyone wishing to speak, uh, please come forward and speak for up to three minutes.

Please state your name for the record.

Seeing no one, I will come on forward.

Uh good morning.

My name is Brandon Bunce, B U N C E.

And I'm here today to talk about a serious issue regarding equipment our police department is using on civilians, specifically automated license plate readers provided by the vendor flock.

Um I've been here previously to discuss the dangers of these mass surveillance devices.

Um just of which you can find on my website, www.dflock.vegas.

But today I want to talk about massive security vulnerabilities that these cameras have.

Flock safety knowingly builds and ships these devices while failing to follow basic modern security practices.

These cameras are basically Android phones from 2017 with secure boot disabled entirely.

For anyone here that doesn't speak gobbledygook, what this means is that anyone with the slightest understanding of hacking could go out into the field, write malicious software to these cameras, and gain complete persistent access to these cameras.

So what this means is that we currently have privately installed cameras in our town that can be used for stalking, falsifying evidence, running botness that can be used for cyber attacks on citizens, and pretty much anything else you might want to do with a free computer on a telephone pool.

If we want to talk about Women's History Month, let's talk about the implications this kind of insecure technology has for women.

When we allow this kind of technology to continue existing, there's a very real possibility that on top of the police using them for stocking, since there's no regulation around these devices, they can be hacked and they can be used by individuals or groups to stalk women, their locations, what they're wearing, as well as the routes they drive every day.

Who would have thought that cameras intentionally designed for mass surveillance of citizens could be used for malicious purposes?

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

And are some of the most imposing police technology we've ever seen.

Nobody ever discussed how dangerous or insecure these devices were.

If it is just outright discrimination, then we should tax the restaurants to discourage this form of discrimination.

Um tax them, and that will discourage this uh this discrimination for uh against uh poor white hiring poor white Americans.

It's it's a business model that's just happening in the fast food uh restaurants.

You can go to any restaurant and you'll see a consistent pattern of discrimination against hiring poor white Americans in the fast food uh restaurants that are staffed entirely by illegals who are uh all Hispanics.

This is it's wreaking havoc with uh with the fabric of this community, and uh it's uh causing extreme hardship uh for poor white Americans who live here in Las Vegas.

Every time I look up and I see a homeless person, it's a uh homeless, it's a white American male under the age of 40.

Every time I see a uh Hispanic person going to work, he's under the age of 30 and he's in the country illegally.

So there is an exchange of money for jobs.

Uh this is happening.

Thank you very much.

Uh this will conclude the public comment period for today, and we will rest recess this meeting until tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.

Thank you.