The Clark County Board of Commissioners met on September 1, 2026, at 9:05 AM in the Commission Chambers. The meeting included recognitions, public hearings, consent agenda approvals, and a lengthy public comment period dominated by concerns over hangar lease policies at county airports. All action items on the agenda were approved.
Good morning. I'll ask everybody to take a seat so we can begin our meeting of the Clark County Board of Commissioners. We will begin today's meeting with Commissioner County Manager recognitions. Morning, Manager Schiller. Good morning, Chair and members of the board. We had four Clark County participants of Team Nevada, but there were ten thousand that participated, including transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, caregivers, and medical professionals. So I just want to say, introduce our four Clark County residents, John Huck, former Fox Five evening anchor, and living kindly donor to his father, uh, Chris Lance, liver transplant recipient, Maggie Carassiola, heart transplant recipient, and Denora Arambula, kidney transplant recipient, celebrating 15 years. Thank you. Thank you so much, Commissioner Becker, Chairman Maft, members of the board. You know, I've covered many of your careers for decades, and you're usually used to me coming in and asking you obnoxious questions. But uh today I'm just here to say thanks. Thank you so much. And I also want to thank HHS regional director, Victoria Seaman, who got this proclamation moving. Uh, she was in Denver for the opening ceremonies, and we really do appreciate her support. On behalf of Team Nevada and the Nevada Donor Network, we thank you for recognizing Chris, Maggie, and Denora, and our teammates who competed in Denver this June. And I also want to thank Sam Savali. Where are you, Sam? There you are. Her team at the Nevada Donor Network has done so much for this organization and for all of us. In Denver, they moved through Denver faster than the athletes to capture our competitions so that they could get it back to the television stations and online so people in Nevada could watch us compete. And the Transplant Games of America is a celebration of second chances. You know, it was fun to get back in the pool and compete like I did as a high school kid back in the day. But what really struck me was walking around and seeing the I'm a living donor, but seeing the recipients wearing pictures of the donors on their shirts and their names. And it was such a lovely tribute. And it just it really got to me. And they carried those faces onto the pool deck and onto the track. And some of those people told me their stories, and they were literally hours away from either having to go on dialysis or even death. But they told me that uh help arrived. And thanks to the participation, you've shown us human resilience. And it also speaks to a gift someone else decided chose to give. So 14 of us represented Nevada. We came home with 39 medals, 25 gold. Uh, and those medals though belong as much to the donor and the donor's family as they do to anyone on the podium. And next year, I know that uh a couple of us, you and me are headed to the world transplant games in Belgium. We're looking forward to that. The work isn't finished. Nearly 700 Nevadans are waiting for a life-saving transplant. More than 105,000 Americans are on the list. So if you're not already registered, I respectfully urge you to register as a donor. That one decision can put another athlete on the starting block and give another family more time with their loved one. So thank you again, Commissioner Becker, and thank you. There you are, Commissioner Becker, and thank you to this board for shining a light on donation in our city. Thank you so much. Thank you. This state and this country that help other people and help families. So always keep that in mind. Um, I have one other thing today. I'll read it in for you, Commissioner. No worries. Kevin.