The Los Alamos County Council held a work session on September 22, 2026, at Fire Station No. 3 in White Rock. The meeting included recognition of Phoenix Award recipients for a successful cardiac arrest resuscitation, presentations on wildfire preparedness and home insurance, the Sister Cities program, an annual update from the Health Council, and high-level terms for a Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) Development Agreement for Pig & Fig Cafe and a Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) Public Participation Agreement for Nambe Drugs. The council also introduced two ordinances for formal public hearings and approved minutes from previous sessions.
Sorry, it's a little loud. Um welcome everybody to the uh September 22nd uh county council work session uh here at the fire station in White Rock uh tonight's meeting as all our meetings are generally is in hybrid format, so we'll have counselors, presenters, and public participation uh in person or on Zoom. Um you can use uh computers or other devices, and we also have phone lines available. So public comment will be accepted at the beginning of the meeting on topics that are not on tonight's agenda. Um then we'll have com we'll take comments for each agenda item as we go through the meeting. Uh during public comment, Ms. Masson will be looking for virtual attendees that use the raise your hand feature, um, which is on Zoom or using star nine on the phone line. Uh please lend your comments to three minutes or as otherwise directed. And uh remember just to state your name before making comments. We ask that virtual commenters include their name on Zoom so they can be properly addressed. Uh as always, comments should be addressed to the chair and focus on the topic being considered. Our goal is to complete the meeting no later than 10 p.m. tonight, so we'll check our progress at nine if we're still meeting at that point. So with that, I think we're now on to item number one, the opening roll call. Uh so we do have some uh counselors on Zoom, so can you please call the roll? Councillor Reite. I'm here. Councilor Reger. Here counselor hand Councillor Cole here. Councillor Haverman here. Councilor Neil Clinton. Here counselor Herman. Here's Gatter Hands. Okay, looks like uh Councillor Hand just Counselor Hand just joined us. Okay, um let the record show that all um oh let's see, go through this. So counselors uh righty um cole and haverman and Riger are here in person, and we have uh councillors uh Herman and Hand and Neil Clinton on Zoom. So with that, we're ready to go on to item number two, which is the Pledge of Allegiance. So please stand as you're willing and able and join us in the fledge. Okay, so now we're on to item number three, which is public comment. So as I mentioned just a moment ago, this item this is uh part of the agendas for comments from public that are items not on tonight's agenda. So do we have anyone here in person that wants to make public comment for items that are not an agenda? Not seeing anyone uh Ms. Mason, can you check online? I can chair. Uh if you'd like to make public comment, please raise your hand. Chair, I'm not seeing any hands raised. Okay, thank you. Uh so now we're on to item number four, which is approval the agenda. Is there counselor interested in making a motion regarding the uh approval agenda as presented? Council Cole. I move that we approve the agenda as presented. Second if we have a motion by Council Cole, second by Councilor Havman. Okay, I'm not seeing any discussion. Uh can you please call the roll? Councilor Reger. Yes. Councilor Cole. Yes. Counselor Haverman. Yes.