The Las Vegas City Council convened on February 4, 2026, at 16:58:51 UTC for a regular meeting that included ceremonial recognitions, public comments, and action on several agenda items. The meeting opened with an invocation by Rabbi Philippe Goodman, a moment of silence for former councilman Michael Mack and Alex Epstein, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Ceremonial items included recognizing Captain Adam Seely as Citizen of the Month, proclaiming February 4 as Raise the Future Day, and a Lunar New Year celebration with lion dancers. The council then addressed routine consent items, discussion items, and public comments before adjourning.
We will be convening our meeting in thirty seconds. The February fourth, twenty twenty-six meeting of the City Council is called to order. These proceedings are being video recorded and can be viewed live on City of Las Vegas TV on Cox Cable Channel Two. You can also watch the meeting live online and access other city content by visiting Las Vegas Nevada.gov slash Connect. The proceedings will be rebroadcast on City of Las Vegas TV on Wednesday of the meeting at eight PM, also on Friday at four A. M., Saturday at seven PM, Sunday at seven A.M., and the following Monday at five PM. This building is protected by a state of the art fire detection and prevent and suppression sprinkler system. If alarm should activate during today's meeting, please evacuate using the exits at the back of the chambers out to the mezzanine, proceed out the double doors to the terrace and down the back staircase. For anyone that has difficulty with stairs, please check with a marshal or fire official for assistance. Once outside, please assemble on the northeast corner across the street from City Hall at Lewis and First Street. Employees wearing safety vests or our city marshals will inform you when it is safe to re-enter the building. For public comment related to the items on the agenda, citizen participation and public hearing items, we have available a speaker card which you can complete and submit to the city clerk. Cards are available in the clerk's office or in the rear of our chambers. If you do not submit a card, it does not prevent you from speaking under public comment, citizens' participation, or specified public hearing items. If there is anyone present today that is in need of hearing impaired equipment, please see the city clerk staff. Please note if you are parked in the parking garage across the street. A self-validation machine is located in the foyer between city council chambers and the security desk you walk through to enter these chambers. You must have your ticket with you to use the machine. If you do not have your ticket, see security personnel when exiting for a validation coupon. Before we proceed with the agenda, would everyone please rise for the invocation given by Rabbi Philippe Goodman of Temple Beshalom, and please remain standing. Ribonos Shalolam, Master of the Universe. We pause before the work of this day to acknowledge something both simple and sacred. That gathering for the sake of the public good is holy work. Justice, justice shall shall you pursue. Not once but twice, because justice must shape both our goals and the way we reach them. Not only what we decide, but how we decide. A city unlike any other, here in Nevada, a place built in the desert by courage, imagination, and hope. A place where languages, cultures, faiths, and stories meet each other on every block, where diversity is not a slogan, but daily life. In Jewish life, we say, call Israel Araim Zebese. We're all responsible for one another. Today we widen that circle. All who dwell in this city are responsible for one another. Help us, oh God, remember that every policy touches a family, that every budget line touches a human life, that every vote carries a weight of trust. Grant these leaders wisdom to listen deeply. Grant them the humility to disagree with dignity. Grant them the strength to seek the common good over personal gain. Bless the city of lights, that it may also be a city of light, a beacon of cooperation, creativity, and compassion. Bless the people of this community, longtime residents and newcomers alike. Bless this country we love the United States of America. We renew faith in one another and confidence in a future we build together. And may the work begun here this morning. Help us beg us continue to be not only a place where people come to dream, but a place where people truly belong. Kenya Ratson, may this be God's will. Amen. Thank you, Rabbi. Uh Rabbi, before we proceed to the pledge, I'd like to ask you to say a few words and lead us in a moment of silence. Uh this community lost two very important leaders over the last few days, people that I know you know very well because they're part of your congregation. I understand that you married Alex. Um you were the officiant at her wedding, and the Mack family has been a part of uh the Temple Beshalom family for decades. Um would you mind acknowledging and leading us in a moment of prayer for Michael Mack, former city councilman, and for Alex Epstein, who is the executive vice president of the El Cortez Hotel.