The Clovis City Commission met on April 23, 2026, with all eight commissioners present. The meeting opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Key actions included the appointment of Commissioner Juan Garza as Mayor Pro Tem, adoption of multiple proclamations, approval of an ordinance applying lodger's tax to short-term rentals, and adoption of a regulatory ordinance for short-term rentals after extensive debate and public input. A consent agenda with 10 routine items was unanimously approved, and several reports were received.
Mayor Pro Tim and Commissioners, good evening. I'd like to say good evening to our city manager and our department heads that have joined us and certainly all the members of the public that are here tonight for uh I suspect many of the celebrations that we're gonna do right up at the beginning of the agenda, and we look forward to doing that with you. But before we start the meeting and before I call it to order, I'm gonna offer a prayer. We're gonna say the pledge to the United States flag and salute the state flag. So if you're a praying person, I invite you to pray with me. Heavenly Father, thank you for the blessings that you give us each day. God thank you for your grace and your goodness to us. Lord, thank you for calling us all to live and work and serve in the amazing community that is Clovis and Canon Air Force Base. Uh that that we have doing so many good things here. Or thank you for the events and and the organizations that we get to celebrate through proclamations this evening. And Lord, as we get into the agenda, I ask your blessing over these commissioners as they make decisions as the elected um representatives who seek to be good stewards of our community's resources and uh along with me to to be good stewards of of of the direction and the vision of our community, which it is so clear that you are blessing and I thank you, God. I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. So I mean the pledge to our country's flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, another God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Commissioner Porter, here. Commissioner Zamora, here. Commissioner Garza. Here. Commissioner Cassows here. Commissioner Tarsen here. Commissioner Paula. Here. Mayor Pro Tem Bryant. Here. Here. Thank you, Ms. Foster. We have the full slate uh present this evening. So we're gonna have a great meeting. Um next I would uh we have an item uh that we only take up uh after each election, and that is the uh um appointment of the mayor pro tempere. Um the uh the commission chooses from among themselves the the commissioner that will serve as the mayor pro tem for two years at a time. And so we have that, and uh so Mayor Pro Tem and Commissioners, I would ask uh your consideration for the request for approval of Mayor Pro Tempere. I've served as Mayor Pro Tem for the past six years, and it's been honored to serve the city and his commission as Mayor Pro Tam. But at this time I'd like to make a motion. Our senior commissioner. Commissioner Garza is Mayor Pro Tim. Second, we have a proper motion uh from Mayor Pro Tem slash Commissioner Chris Bryant. And a proper second from Commissioner Debbie Zamora to appoint Commissioner Juan Garza as the Mayor Pro Tim. Commissioner Garza, are you you have served in that position in the past. Are you willing to do that again? Do you accept that nomination? Before we move on, that uh is there any other interested on that. I mean I'd be honored to do that. Um that's the will of the rest of my fellow commissioners. Well, let's handle it like this. There's a proper motion and a second, and so I would like to call the vote. Probably don't have that loaded into the system as an action item, so I'll call the vote by saying all those in favor, please say aye.