The Las Vegas City Council convened on July 1, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. (noted as 15:57:46 UTC) for a regular meeting that included ceremonial swearing-in of council members, recognition of a citizen of the month, a proclamation, public comment, and action on consent agenda, appointments, bills, land use items, and council member reports. The meeting was called to order, and the invocation and pledge of allegiance were led by Deacon Tomas Garcia of the Light of the World Church.
Good morning, everybody. Please take your seats. The July One, Twenty Twenty Six meeting of the City Council is called to order. This meeting has been properly noticed and posted in compliance with the open meeting law. These proceedings are being video recorded and can be viewed live on City of Las Vegas TV on Cox Cable Channel Two.gov. The proceedings will be rebroadcast on City of Las Vegas TV, the Wednesday of the meeting at eight PM, and also on Friday at four A.M., Saturday at seven PM, Sunday at seven A.M. and the following Monday at five P.M. This building is protected by a state-of-the-art fire detection 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 having difficulty with stairs, please check with a marshal or fire official for assistance. 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 could complete and submit to the city clerk. Cards are available in the clerk's office or in the rear of the 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 has a need for hearing impaired equipment, please see the city staff clerk. City clerk staff, please know if you are parked in the parking garage across the street. You walk through to enter the 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 Deacon Tomas Garcia, the light of the world church, and please remain standing for the pledge. Welcome. Thank you, Mayor. Almighty and gracious God. We gather today with grateful hearts, mindful that we come from many backgrounds, stories, and even beliefs. Yet we are united by a shared love for this city and a shared responsibility for its future. We thank you for the people of Las Vegas for the diversity that strengthens us for the resilience that has carried so many through hardship and for the hope that keeps neighbors building serving and starting again. We ask that you fill this chamber today with the spirit of profound reflection for the responsibilities of civic leadership are heavy. The choices made within these walls are not merely administrative. They ripple outward into every corner of our city, into our homes, our schools, and our neighborhoods. Every decision touches the everyday lives of families who simply want to live in peace and dignity. Lord, we confess that in our human strength, we cannot see every consequence. We need your help to choose what is right rather than what is merely easy. So we ask, fill this room with wisdom, grant our mayor, council members, and every public servant clarity of mind and steadiness of heart, integrity that cannot be moved, humility that truly listens, and courage that protects what is just and good. Where there are differences, grant respect. Where there is tension, grant patience. Where there is uncertainty, grant light. Those in leadership and those unseen, those who protect our safety, maintain our streets, strengthen our infrastructure, educate our children, serve visitors and residents, care for the vulnerable, and also for those who carry heavy burdens quietly. May our work today bear good fruit, and may Las Vegas be a place where people feel safe, valued, and able to thrive. In your holy name we pray, Amen. Amen. And may I ask you, Deacon, to lead us in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. We will now proceed to the ceremonials. This is a very exciting day at City Hall, where we have the opportunity and the pleasure to swear in two of our council women who have been re-elected by almost acclamation. We're very delighted. I can't think of any two more talented, hard-working city council people than the two women that we're honoring today. They join a group of city council people that work hard, understand their responsibilities under the law, uh, take care of their wards and the people that call their wards home, and more importantly, care so much about the city of Las Vegas. They do a very, very outstanding job and work hard every single day on behalf of their constituents.