This joint meeting began at 9:00 AM on August 18, 2026, at the Government Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The agenda included opening ceremonies with proclamations, a public forum, consent agenda approval, a public hearing on short-term rental platform regulations, and several business items including updates on broadband, foster care recruitment, and a resolution to issue $45.77 million in hospital improvement bonds for UMC. The meeting recessed at approximately 4:00 PM and was scheduled to resume at 9:00 AM on August 19, 2026.
First Public Forum (before public hearing):
Second Public Forum (after business items):
Short-Term Rental Platform Ordinance (Item 34):
Business Items (Items 35-41):
Good morning. Our August eighteenth, twenty twenty-six Board of County Commission meeting will come to order. Please stand for the invocation by Pastor Adrian Dahl, followed by the Pledge Allegiance. God of all grace, as we begin this day, we pause to give thanks. Give us wisdom and creativity to respond to the challenges and possibilities of our time. Thank you. Manager Schiller. Good morning, Commissioner McCurdy and Commissioners. Your first item is to present a proclamation recognizing August 31st, 2026 as International Overdose Awareness Day in Clark County and highlighting the importance of addiction prevention and awareness. Commissioner Kirkpatrick. Good morning. This item is uh very passionate and important to me because as you all know that uh I've been through this myself. So this is something that doesn't discriminate, but is something that requires education. And so this is our seventh year of recognizing uh overdose awareness day, and this is an international day um that happens across the country. So Commissioner Naft and myself have been working tirelessly to make sure we get it out. But on behalf of the entire board, we really want to um bring some awareness, get the community involved, and really remind people you have to talk to your kids, you have to talk to your family members to know what's going on. Um, first we're gonna start with the short video because I think the video is very uh sobering uh so that people understand why this is so important. Every day families across Nevada are affected by overdose. Behind every statistic is a family member or friend whose life has been forever changed through prevention, treatment, recovery, and compassion, we can save lives and strengthen our community. On August 31st, communities around the world come together for International Overdose Awareness Day, a time to remember those we've lost, honor the families and friends whose lives have been touched by overdose, and we know our commitment to prevention, recovery, and hope. Here in Clark County, we know that preventing overdose takes all of us working together for better. Recovery is possible, help is available, and no one has to face these challenges alone. Every conversation can reduce stigma, every act of compassion can encourage someone to seek help. Every connection can make a difference. Together, we can strengthen our community. Together, we can inspire hope and support recovery, and together we can save lives. Thank you for that video. Um, so International Overdose Awareness Day is the world's largest annual campaign to end overdose, raise awareness about prevention, reduce the stigma. And I would say reducing the stigma is probably one of the most important things because this is something that does not discriminate. Doesn't matter what your social economic um household is, doesn't matter your race, it doesn't matter where you've been in life, what kind of upbringing that you've had, it's just a real thing that that happens to so many. And we've worked very hard over the years to ensure that employers um recognize that that we have programs in place so that a part of recovery is relapse. And I know a lot of people don't want to hear that, but that's the truth of uh what it is, and we have to allow those people to get back on their feet. Um so today uh we've invited the Southern Nevada Health District, the Foundation for Recovery to join us. They'll be out in the hallways. If it's not you, you have a family member, you have a neighbor that you didn't know. It's just good to know where those resources are uh so that you can direct them. We're very fortunate uh in southern Nevada to have a lot of resources to help people get back on track. And you know, that is why Clark County is investing over 200 million dollars in our um opiate recovery center that will be opening probably after I'm gone, but we'll be opening it because we know that people need that assistance, and we know that we can't shut them off just because their insurance cut them off, right? So we have to be able to have process and help them get back on track. And you know, I probably talk a little bit too much about it, so I'm gonna try to stick to my talking points. But what people don't realize is once you get off, whether you've started with uh marijuana, opiates, and then it went to heroin, then it went to fentanyl, is now what we're seeing today. Um once you get off track, then you gotta start all over. That means you have no credit to rent an apartment, that means you have no job stability, and that means that your family is likely had to say enough already, right? It's the tough love piece of it, and that is probably the hardest piece that any family goes through, right? Whether you're raising grandchildren, whether you're trying to make sure they're safe at night. But it's really a hard path to go down. And um, if we don't educate people and people, you know, I I like to tell the story that my daughter used to say to me, I'm gonna out your mom because uh you're an elected official, you'll have all this negative around you. And I said, you know what? I'm gonna out you. How about that?