The Los Alamos County Council held a regular session on June 9, 2026, from 6:00 PM to approximately 10:10 PM in Council Chambers. The meeting included proclamations, public hearings, business items, and board appointments. Notable actions included the adoption of a cable franchise agreement with Comcast, a fireworks restriction resolution due to drought, and the failure of a gas rate increase ordinance. The council also discussed charter amendments, approved a FEMA grant for electrical undergrounding, and authorized a letter opposing uranium exploratory drilling in Carson National Forest.
So I think we're ready to get started. We're still waiting for one counselor to join us remotely, but we'll get going in the meantime. So want to welcome everybody to the June 9th, uh, 2026 County Council regular session. And uh just a little bit on the procedure. Uh the procedure is the same as it's been for many years now. It's gonna be in hybrid format with uh council presenters and public participation in person or on Zoom. I just thank everybody for being in person here tonight in council chambers. Um virtual attendees can participate by computer or other device. We also do have phone lines. So we'll be uh taking public comments tonight on items that are uh not on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting here shortly, and then we'll have comments on agenda items as we go through the items during the meeting. Uh during the meeting, uh Mr. Real will look for virtual attendees that use the raise your hand feature, or if they're on uh the phone line, they use star nine. And we're gonna ask the people you limit their comments to three minutes or other as otherwise directed, and make sure that you state your name before making comments. Uh, we also ask the virtual commenters include their name on Zoom, so they may be properly addressed. Uh, we also ask the comments be addressed to the chair and be focused on the topic being considered. Our goal is to complete the meeting no later than 10 p.m. tonight. We'll check our progress around nine with this goal in mind. So now on to uh the first item, which is opening and roll call. So um we ask if we have uh one counselor on Zoom. Can the clerk please uh call the roll? Councilor Riley. I'm here. Councilor Regard? Here. Councillor Hand. Counselor Cole? Here. Counselor Havman here. Councillor Neil Clinton? Here. Councillor Herman here. We um I'm sorry, uh all counselors present except for counselor hand. Okay, let the record show that we have uh five counselors here in person. We have counselors Havam and Neil Clinton, Cole, Brady and Rieger, and we also have Counselor Herman online. So uh we're on to item number two now, so it's the Pledge of Allegiance. So if you're please stand if you're willing to enable and join us in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay, so uh now we're on to item number three, which is uh statements regarding the closed session. So there's a counselor willing to read this statement into the record. Counselor Cole. Following statement should be included in the minutes. The matters discussed in the closed session of County Council held on June 9th, 2026, that began at 4 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 requested this statement be included in the minutes. Okay, thank you, Councilor Cole. Um, so now we're on to public comment, as I mentioned a couple minutes or two ago. Um so if there's any public comment for items that are not on tonight's agenda. Okay, not well, I think we have we do have one comment.