The Los Alamos County Council held its regular session on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers at 1000 Central Avenue. The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format with all seven councilors present (one remotely). The session included proclamations, a major presentation from the NNSA, approval of a consent agenda with 14 items, two public hearings on variance appeals, several business items, and approval of the 2026 federal priorities and board work plans.
Okay, uh thank you. So uh welcome everyone to the March 3rd uh 2026 uh county council regular session. So tonight's meeting will be in hybrid format, uh meaning we'll have council presenters and public participation either in person or remotely on Zoom. Um you can participate remotely using computers or other devices. And we also have phone lines available. So we're gonna have public comment accepted at the beginning of the meeting on items that are not on the agenda tonight. Um please ask uh people that that uh we'll have Ms. Massman look for attendees that are virtually um on on Zoom that want to speak, raise their hand, and also please make sure that you include your uh your full name so you can be properly addressed. I'd like to uh request request people uh keep their comments to three minutes or uh otherwise directed during the meeting and to state your name when making comments. Um so comments should be addressed to the chair and focused on the topic being considered. And lastly, our goal is to complete the meeting uh no later than 10 p.m. And we'll check our progress from now 9 p.m. if we're still meeting at that point. So um on to next item one. We have so we have one uh counselor on Zoom, so maybe we should have a roll call. Councillor Cole here. Counselor Rigor? Here. Counselor Hand here, Councillor Haviman? Here. Counselor Herman. Here, Counselor Neil Clinton. Here and Councilor Reiki. Here. Okay, let the record show we have all counselors are attending, one is attending remotely. So uh item number two is uh pledge of allegiance. If you're willing and able, please join us in the pledge. Hi, public course under God. Okay, so now we're on on to item number three, which is a statement regarding the closed session. Is there counselor uh counselor hands? Thank you, Chair. Uh the matters discussed in the closed sessions of county council held on March 3rd, 2026 that began at 4 30 p.m. was limited only to the topics specified in the notice of the closed session, and no action was taken on any matter in the closed session. We request that this statement be included in the meeting minutes. Okay, thank you, Councillor Hand. Uh so now we're on to item number four, which is public comments was I mentioned just a moment ago. Um this is for uh public comment on items that are not on the agenda tonight. So is there anyone uh there's looks like there's somebody wanting to make a public comment tonight? So please come up and just state your name and we'll get the timer ready for you. Hi, my name's Sam Gardner. Um at 191 Dome Road in the Hamis, and I was born and raised here in Los Alamos. Good evening, Council. Um Councillor Reide. Thanks for having me. Um I'd like to speak again about the the nuclear deterrence summit and and some of the conclusions that were um made available to us, kind of about the new mission and um Mr. Wyke. I'm I'm glad you're here to answer some questions. Um so uh let me just go over a few of these. Um and I went over some of these last time. Um let's see, um uh Brandon Williams said that Cuban Missile Crisis um uh the geopolitical climate uh as the most dangerous since the Cuban Missile Crisis, urging an American first shift.