The Clark County Board of Commissioners, acting jointly as the Water Reclamation District Board of Trustees and Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board, held a regular meeting on June 2, 2026, at 9:00 AM. The meeting included ceremonial recognitions, public comment periods, a consent agenda, multiple public hearings, and a lengthy public comment segment focused on hangar lease issues at North Las Vegas Airport. The board approved a range of routine items, new air quality regulations, bond authorizations, and several administrative appointments.
Good morning. I'll call to order the June 2nd meeting of the Clark County Commission. We will begin today's meeting with the invocation led by Rabbi Levy Harlight. Almighty God, we ask that you bless our communities and all those who are commissioners and all those who serve our county with wisdom, strength, and compassion. May they lead with integrity, listen with understanding, and work for the well-being of every individual and family throughout Clark County. As we enter the summer season, a time when families gather where children grow and communities come alive, maybe remember those who may feel isolated, vulnerable, or overlooked. Help us build the community where every person feels valued, included, and cared for. Her impact is still felt today by so many in this building. So I wanted to pay tribute to her and thank her family who I believe is here today, Jill and Makea, for being here in honor and memory of your mother and for lending her and her service to all of Clark County. Thank you so much. And uh, Michelle, we can move on to the next item. Thank you, um, Chair and Commissioners. Um, good morning. Our first item on your agenda today is to present a proclamation and recognize artists from the Save a Life Win a MacBook pedestrian safety art contest. Thank you. And if I could ask our students that are here to come join us up here, uh it looks like you're on that side if you want to come this way by Commissioner Jones. Uh each year at this time, in fact, for 17 years now, we have participated in Save a Life Win a Back Book Art Contest, uh, which has been led by our friend uh and colleague Aaron Breen, who is here as well and ought to be making her way up here to join us. Uh, Erin has led this effort in an attempt to curb the lumber of fatalities and serious injuries that we have on our roadways. She has inspired the young people in our community to step up and to use uh both their voice and their creative abilities uh in an effort to communicate to their peers and to those around us. And I want to extend my thanks uh one to the students for your families who we got to meet at breakfast this morning, uh, to Erin and her organization for committing herself to our most vulnerable road users, uh, and to the RTC who has helped participate and sponsor this project along with NDOT, who will make sure that the talented artists here today will have their works displayed both in a calendar distributed throughout the community, but also on bus shelters throughout the valley. Uh so if you'll join me in thanking and recognizing the participants in this year's Save a Life Win a MacBook competition. They were a little quiet this morning at breakfast. I thought it was because it was just early, but uh but you probably you spoke enough in your in your art. So we're gonna invite Aaron to come down and speak on behalf of this contest. Thank you, Erin. Good morning, everybody. It took a little minute to get through security today. Um so I'm Aaron Breen. I run a program called PedSafe Vegas in the Transportation Research Center at UNLV. And this contest, this is our 17th year, is all about saving pedestrian lives. So we have the top 35 pieces on display right outside. Um to your left. You'll you can see them all. And these are some of the top 35 artists from throughout Clark County, private schools, charter schools, Clark County School District. This is Jennifer Grooby from Safe Routes to School, who's our great partner on this, and of course, the county commissioner Knaff recognizes the students every year. If you don't know, 418 kids were hit on their way to and from school this year. This is an incredibly important program. The message is incredibly important, and we can't thank the county enough for all they do for pedestrian safety and to try to help us bring those numbers down. So thanks so much. All right, everybody. On Michelle in one, two, and three. Thank you, everybody. Commissioners, your next item is to recognize the community partners and volunteers involved in successfully breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest blanket fort on May 16th, 2026, which directly supported foster care youth and organizations in Clark County. Thank you. On May 16th, Clark County made history at Desert Breeze Community Center by officially becoming the Guinness World Record holder for the largest blanket fort, measuring 14,103 square feet and surpassing the previous record at 12,291 square feet. This record was built by the community for the community. More than 110 students, volunteers, businesses, nonprofit organizations, sponsors, and community members, came together with one shared goal, demonstrating the power of collaboration and community spirit. The record breaking fort was designed by the talented uh students at West Creer and Tech Academy, whose creativity, engineering skill, and leadership transformed an ambitious idea into a world record achievement. We have principal Amy Rozar and uh Michael Davalos and many of the students here. If I could have all of the participants go ahead and come on down.