Good evening, everyone.

And welcome to the Tuesday, February 10th, 2026, regular city council meeting for the City of Musquite.

It is 501.

We're gonna get started.

Um I am gonna go ahead and offer the invocation.

Our dear Heavenly Father, we're so grateful that we could be here as members of the City of Musquite, citizens, city council.

We ask that you are here with us to guide us in the way you would like this city to go.

So we will have successful, peaceful city that people are proud to live in and enjoy.

And I'll ask you to stand for the pledge.

Pledge.

Okay, and now if we could get Steve Dudro to come up, Steve.

And he's looking a little shy about it, but he shouldn't be.

He should be proud.

We're proud of him.

Um I'm gonna read a couple of things about Steve that were submitted on his behalf.

Um Steve is a public relations hero when it comes to providing information about mesquite and the people in mesquite all around the state and bringing to mesquite so many people and events happening that we would not know about.

Steve does it through extensive travel outside of mesquite, and everywhere he goes, he praises mesquite.

In mesquite, he has extensive involvement in the nonprofit community.

Steve is a registered guide for the park system in Nevada and has written many books for children to encourage them to learn more about our natural wonders.

Even though he's very busy, he still finds time to serve on non serve on nonprofit boards in Mesquite and support their activities.

In particular, in particular, the Steam Center and the Art Art Gallery.

A lot of the value added he provides has come from the hundreds of art podcasts that are available on the internet, and that's on the art box.

So we'll give him a plug on that.

So if you want to listen to those podcasts.

I'm sorry.

So Steve.

Thank you, Jesse.

You you want to give a little speech or should we I'm not prepared for a speech.

That's fine.

But we thank mesquite for adopting us, and we love mesquite.

Congratulations, Steve.

All right, now I'm gonna turn the time over to Bill Ennis.

No worries.

Chief Dales.

Chief Andrews.

Councilwoman Gallo.

Come on down.

And Sandy from the search.

Okay.

So this is a first for me.

Um, as you all know, I took over the Veterans Center here last year, and we do the veterans' parade every year.

And so I just want to recognize these folks sitting right here, especially uh Mr.

Lippmann for being our grand marshal for being such huge supporters of the Mesquite Veterans and the Veterans Center.

I mean, it means a lot to me.

You all know how passionate I am about our veterans, and that's what I talk about all the time up here.

So just again, like I said, this is the first year we've done this, and so I just want to give them a little certificate of appreciation from the Mesquite Veterans Center, and that's your work.

Okay, I did it backwards, sorry, y'all.

Um, this is yours, Chief.

Thank you, sir.

And you must be next.

You are, thank you, sir.

And then Mr.

Al Redman, who was our grand marshal for the parade this year, and so thank you, sir.

Appreciate you.

And there you go.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

I'm not gonna be able to do that.

Okay, thank you very much.

Thank you.

All right.

Um is there any other presentations or ceremonial matters that I'm that we don't have on the list?

Mike.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor Council.

Mike Bannham.

I'm a man of my word.

I don't lie.

I told you I'd be here tonight, and I'm here.

I want to thank all of you up there who supported me about the nine-eleven ceremony that meant a lot to me.

It really did.

I tear up a little bit because my friend died.

It's really hard.

Not just him, but the 343.

I have some history for you guys, as you know.

I'd like every member of the council to come down and accept this photo of the first firehouse in Mesquite.

Could you all come down, please?

This was the first firehouse, 1950.

It's your history, not mine.

I'm proud of it, man.

Hold on.

Hey, buddy.

Mayor, you promised me you would display this where everybody could see it.

It doesn't belong in my office, so I have enough stuff.

But it belongs to Mesquite.

It's welcome home.

Well done, Mike.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Thanks, Bill.

Okay, buddy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That truck probably cost about a hundred bucks.

All right.

All right.

Now we'll go ahead and get uh started on our opening public comment.

Um you have three minutes, please come forward.

Mayor Whipple, City Council members.

I apologize.

I apologize to the administrator to the manager.

My name is Sue Tabor, and I was supposed to be here for the invocation.

And thank you, Patty.

Um, so I just want to catch my breath, and if it's okay, go ahead and pray.

And again, apologize.

I'm sorry.

Father, we thank you for your grace and mercy.

We thank you, Lord, that you forgive us when we make mistakes.

And I'm standing in that.

Father, I pray your grace on these people as they lead this city.

I ask you, Father, to give them wisdom, to give them understanding, to um to give them peace in the decisions that they make.

And that Father, the things that they address are addressed with kindness and understanding.

And Lord, um, I just release you to help them as they move forward.

Thank you, Jesus.

Amen.

Pastor, thank you so much, and you don't need to apologize.

It's you're all good.

We love you.

So no worries at all.

Did you run?

Did you run here?

Yes.

Well, not really.

But it's only two blocks.

We appreciate you being willing to do it so often.

So thanks.

Okay.

Um greetings from the Virgin Valley Theater Guild.

Uh, Board of Trustees and Musquite Community Theater and Cupid Alert.

Happy Valentine's.

My name is Missy Bender, and I'm president of the Board of Trustees for Virgin Valley Theater Group.

And I'm here to give thanks to everyone for uh who uh for the last two events that have taken place at the theater this last couple of weeks.

First, a big thank you to all who have supported and bought tickets to our first ever theater fundraising gala, a night on the Orient Express, and our opening weekend of murder on the Orient Express.

Um, our opening weekend played to packed houses, and uh here is tomorrow's headlines.

I don't can you see this if I put this right here.

Okay.

Here's tomorrow.

So we're clairvoyant.

We have tomorrow's newspaper.

Okay.

And so I want to personally thank Bobby Green for reviewing us, giving us an excellent review.

And um, if you get a chance, pick up a progress.

Um, and our play will be uh running this next weekend on Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m.

and a matinee on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The second thank you.

I want to give to the following Randy Lobb, Heido Veleska, Wes Carter, and crew at the Jimmy Hughes Center.

During dress rehearsal, of course, which was the eve of the Orient's opening.

We once again had overflow of block sewage from our Breezeway restrooms.

Yes, right before our highly advertised opening night.

Calls went out, frantic calls went out, needless to say, and the people that I just listed just responded, responded just beautifully.

So the crew showed up and they worked faithfully all day long the day of opening, and they got the blockage removed and the tree roots from the plumbing and drainage system.

The dated facility of Mesquite Community Theater has served her public well and heroically.

The success of the theater is growing with successful plays, events, and special programs.

The use of this grand community theater has tripled since pre-COVID days, merely six years ago.

Thank you to all who have helped in keeping this theater train on the incline of success.

The tracks forever moving forward up the incline towards community artistic opportunities, and thank you all very much for your support.

Mayor, Council, Gatari Elgort, how are you guys tonight?

Um exciting night.

And I hope it brings us some peace.

That'd be nice.

Wanted to talk about the item that was taken off the agenda since it's not on the agenda.

Now's the time.

I don't believe that we should extend this uh deal with this uh group on uh Falcon Ridge Parkway.

I think that we didn't get kind of what we wanted.

It's supposed to be senior low-income housing, but it seemed very clear at the presentation that many of these seniors will be imported from other parts of the state.

And the last thing we need more of in Mesquite, sorry to say, because I'm one of them, is seniors.

What we need is people to be employed, people who are gonna work in in hopefully the new restaurants and new businesses that keep opening here.

So I don't think this is a good use of our property.

Plus, it's on a very valuable road, that a road that's getting busier and busier, and we'll probably be better used for commercial purposes.

Um they had their chance, they they didn't get their funding, might not get it next year either.

So I don't know that we should extend this offer to them and and continue in that direction.

I mean it's up to you guys, but I don't think it's a great idea.

I think we should look at doing something else.

Thanks.

Thank you, Gary.

Good evening, Ron Shackleford.

Um, I drive around the city a lot with my work and stuff, but um, I was driving from Hafen to on Falcon Ridge by McDonald's, and if I remember right, I think um gentleman over there spoke about Travis spoke to us about they were gonna do a road construction project there or something like that, and make that road different, straighter, cleaned up lanes and stuff like that.

So tonight during the department reports, if if I put you on the spot and maybe give us an update on what going on with that uh particular section of road, I'd appreciate it very much.

So thank you, sir.

Thank you, council.

Thanks, Ron.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward.

We were gonna go ahead and move on to item two, the consent agenda.

And um you're gonna hear this about every other week going forward, but uh I need to recuse myself from any votes on the consent agenda, which I haven't made any votes, but whereas my company does business with the city.

Any votes I would re-acuse myself on as far as the consent agenda.

So that being said, I'm gonna go ahead and read through and then we'll go on.

2.1 consideration and approval of the Tuesday, January 20th, 2026, tent and quarry view meeting minutes, the Tuesday December 9th, 2025, regular city council meeting minutes, and the Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 regular city council agenda.

2.2 consideration approval of A notification of budget transfers, B notification of budget amendments, C notification of bills paid, D purchase orders 2.3 consideration of approval of resolution number R26 004, adopting the supplemental number six to the interlocal contract number 1350 between Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and Clark County, City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, City of Henderson, City of Boulder City, and City of Musquite for traffic signal soft signals system software.

Do we have any questions on the consent agenda?

Seeing none, do we have any public comment on the consent agenda?

Okay, we'll turn it back over to council.

Councilman Fielding.

Thank you, Mayor.

I will make a motion to accept the consent agenda.

Okay, do I have a second?

All of second.

Okay, call for the vote.

Galloway.

Okay, motion passes.

Item 3.1 presentation by Hinton Burdick and acceptance of the City of Musquite fiscal year 2024-2025 annual financial report.

Good evening.

See if the presentation comes up.

There it is.

So thank you.

My name is Steve Palmer, as you mentioned.

I'm a I'm a partner with Hinton Burdick, and we have recently completed the city's fiscal year 2025 audit, and it's my pleasure uh to present to you today uh how the audit went.

Um first thing I'd like to point out, you'll notice there are two logos on that first slide.

Hinton Burdick on top, and then right below it's Squire.

Effective January 1st, 2026, Hinton Bergick and Squire merged.

I think the only difference the city's going to notice in the services that we provide is the logo.

We are now Squire.

All the partners and professional staff of Hinton Burdick are now partners and professional staff at Squire.

So I just wanted to point that out for your information going forward.

We can advance to the next slide.

In the financial statements, we communicate whether or not the city passed their audit, if you will, uh, through a series of reports.

The first and most significant report being the independent auditors report.

It's within this report where we express our opinion on the city's financial statements and whether they present fairly the city's financial position and the results of its uh operations financially speaking for the year under audit.

I'm pleased to report that for fiscal year 25, we issued an unmodified opinion.

That's a clean opinion.

That's what you want.

That means that in our opinion, the city's financial statements present fairly in all material respects those items.

That's financial position and the results of its operations.

A second report that we issue is one that's required by government auditing standards.

It's the report on compliance and on internal control over financial reporting.

It's within this report where we communicate to you if we notice any weaknesses in the internal control structure on compliance of the city.

I'm pleased to report that we did not note any items that rose to the level of a finding as a result of our auditing procedures.

If we can advance, we also issue report on this on the city's compliance with state fiscal matters, and we did not note anything there that we were were required to report.

And last but not least, as the city received a significant amount of federal funding, we had to complete a federal single audit for fiscal year 25.

Uh the federal government puts out a compliance supplement, is what they call it.

They give us a list of the things they would like us to look at.

The programs that we selected for testing were the coronavirus state and local recovery funds and the safer grant.

So clean bill of health all the way around.

Congratulations.

We can go to the next one.

I'd like to discuss the city's finances just from a very high level.

We're not going to get into the details, but from the 10,000 foot level, if you will.

So the total assets of the city exceeded its liabilities by about 225 million dollars at the close of the fiscal year.

Meaning, if you took all the assets subtracted the liabilities, that residual amount being 20 225 million.

Revenues from all sources were about 81 and a half million, and the cost of all the city's programs were about 56 million, giving a net increase to net position of 25 million.

Governmental revenues exceeded governmental expenses by 24 million in fiscal year 25.

The capital assets of the city, this is everything from fire trucks to to land to bridges to streets.

Governmental activities, capital assets increased by about 20 million dollars net of depreciation, and depreciation expense of about almost 11 million was recognized in fiscal year 25.

Some of the significant additions to capital assets in fiscal year 25 are the skate yard and some park additions, fire stations, court, storm drain.

I'm sure you're very familiar with these projects.

So if we can advance.

They increased by nearly 3 million in fiscal year 25 with depreciation expense of 2 million, and capital asset additions were just under 5 million.

And significant additions there were some equipment purchases and of course sewer lines.

That's the primary purpose of the fund.

Let's look at the debt of the city.

So the governmental long-term debt, again, everything excluding the sewer fund.

And we're also going to exclude the net pension liability and compensated absences.

So the governmental debt, everything but those two items decreased by 670,000 as a result of regularly scheduled debt service.

I think it's interesting to look at trends over time.

This is a comparison of expenditures within the governmental funds of the city, and by the functions, general government public safety, et cetera.

And you can just see uh the increases and decreases between fiscal year 24 and fiscal year 25.

I'm not gonna go into any great detail on this.

I just think it's interesting to look at for your information.

Um, you'll notice there was a significant increase from last year, uh, the main reason being because of the capital outlay, the significant capital projects that the city had underway.

Uh the general fund.

The general fund is the main operating fund of the governmental activities of the city, and it reported a net increase in its equity of about one and a half million.

And that's significant as the city had budgeted to decrease fund balance by just under 32,000.

So the city budgeted for it to be roughly break-even, and it ended up with one and a half million dollar increase.

It's also uh significant to note that the general fund makes significant transfers to other funds, primarily to fund capital projects, and that occurred again in fiscal year 25.

Uh revenues were about 600,000 more than was budgeted, and expenditures were 843 less than the final budget, and the transfers to the other funds, which I mentioned were equal to the budgeted amounts.

So again, I I like the trends.

I think that uh just looking at one year individually, you don't get a good picture for how the city is doing, but if you look at trends over time, it's really telling.

And this is the trend of revenues and expenditures in the general fund over the past five years.

The pink line is expenses, and the kind of blue line is the revenues.

I do apologize in fiscal year 24.

I have my numbers flipped.

You'll see that 36 million is more than 33 million.

So those numbers should be the other way.

But you can see that revenues have been very steady, the trend, steadily increasing over the past five years, where 24 saw a spike in expenditures as there were significant transfers to other funds in fiscal year 24 for capital projects, and then it returned to a more normal level in fiscal year 25.

And then here's the balance sheet, that top line being the assets, the bottom line being the uh liabilities, and the middle line being the equity.

You can see that assets dipped in 24 because of those increased transfers we keep talking about, and then in 25 assets rebounded as as uh fewer transfers were made.

Uh here's the state consolidated tax.

I think this is significant as it is the largest single source revenue for the city, and you can see it's had a healthy increase over the past five years.

However, from 24 to 25, it was relatively flat with only a one-half percent increase, but overall, uh quite an increase over the past five years.

And here's just other uh governmental revenues for the city.

Uh property taxes, licenses, and permits and charges for services.

You can see that just they look how we would expect with just gradual increases over time.

Uh, here's the sewer fund operating expenses on top and operating revenues on the bottom.

You can see that the operating expenses have outpaced uh operating revenues for the past five years.

However, it's also important to note that overall the fund did not report expenditures and excess of revenues as there were significant amounts of non-operating revenues from sales taxes, connection fees, and other items.

Um, overall, the change in net position was an increase of just under a million dollars.

And here's the balance sheet of the sewer fund.

As you can see, it's just about as consistent as you can get.

All three of those lines are flat.

Um, again, just wanted to mention that we're now squire.

I mentioned that earlier, so I won't dwell on that.

And with that, if you have any questions, I'll be happy to address those.

Thank you, Steve.

Do we have any questions from council?

I I think you did a great job.

Okay, thank you, Steve.

Before I leave, I would like to express my appreciation to the finance staff.

Uh, an audit is not a painless process for them.

We asked for a lot of information and a lot of questions, and really do a deep dive into the cities of finances to make sure that they are accurate accurately reported.

I just wanted to express my thanks to them and to you for allowing us to provide these services.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Do we have any public comment on the uh budget present financial report?

Seeing none.

Councilman Wanless.

First of all, thank you for the report.

And boy, your time was cut in half.

That was awesome.

We must be doing better.

I'd like to make a motion to approve that presentation.

Councilwoman Philly.

I'll second that.

Okay, call for the vote.

One mess, yes.

Parish INSI.

Galloway.

Okay, motion passes.

Item 4.1, Mayor's comments report.

Um, Nancy threatened me that I had to announce the state of the city coming up the first week in March.

So if you don't have anything better to do and want to come to the state of the city, you're welcome.

We'd love to have you.

If you do, I completely understand.

Nobody wants to come and hear me talk.

So at least I don't want to hear me talk.

Um it's on the fourth, right?

Wednesday fourth.

Wednesday, March 4th at five o'clock.

Yeah.

I should know that off the top of my head.

Um the other thing, um, I want to mirror what Mitzi said.

Um, the community theater has been doing a fabulous job.

It keeps getting better and better.

Um the plays over the weekend were great and much more intricate than they needed to be.

They just went the extra mile with the stage and their uh transitions or I don't know the theater lingo, but it it was they did a really good job.

So if you haven't seen it, get out this weekend and see it.

And with that, um councilwoman Gallo, ladies first.

Okay, just real quick.

Um, once again, just remind everybody, and thank you, Travis and also Zach.

Uh, we have the ribbon cutting for the animal shelter.

It's our grand opening on March 5th at 10 a.m.

Please come.

Um get a tour.

They're setting things up, and it's it's really exciting.

And just can't thank you all enough for all the work you've done between the changes and the issues and complaints, and I mean, you guys have just done a great job.

So I want to say thank you.

Looking forward to that.

And then also just real quickly, um, pause pause, and I the jersey accents coming.

I want to say pause of Hope Foundation.

Um Bark, it's a fundraiser um at the Holiday Inn on March 3rd, and it's to help folks um pay some of their medical bills for their animals, their pets.

Sometimes sometimes maybe it's food.

Um, it's really just to uh an outreach for those that maybe um can't necessarily afford to keep their animals or take care of their animals.

That's what this fundraiser.

So it's called Pods of Hope, and it's a fundraiser on March 3rd at the Holiday Inn.

Thank you.

Councilman Ennis.

Thank you, Mayor.

And just a couple of things.

First thing I want to do is put up this.

You've all remembered a few months back.

I presented the city with a letter uh dignifying uh the city of Mosquito's a purple heart city.

I went to Travis and Travis and his group made some Purple Heart signs, and they are posted at uh this one right here happens to be the off-ramp coming from St.

George as you're coming down.

You can see this sign right there.

And then the other one is as you're coming through the roundabout down there um off of Falcon Ridge coming onto Mesquite Boulevard, uh, just before the rock there.

You can see uh there you is the second Purple Heart sign.

I they did a fantastic job.

Travis, thank you so much for this, and I appreciate that.

So now it's out there, and I'm in the process of getting a letter to the National Purple Heart Foundation to get us recognized nationally as a Purple Heart City.

And secondly, uh just a reminder that our veterans mobile health clinic will be here next Tuesday from 10 to noon at the Veterans Center.

All veterans are welcome.

Come down there.

There will be a doctor, nurses, and everybody down there, just like last time.

Last time was a huge success, and I'm hoping to get that again this coming next Tuesday, so we can continue this project.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

Um, any of the other council members?

Okay, if not, Mr.

Anderson.

Thank you, Mayor, Council.

Um, very exciting time right now.

We have a lot going on and happy to go through just real briefly, uh, not to take too much time, but uh on the top of the thing is our traffic signal at Falcon Ridge and Hardy Way.

Um, that was turned on on Monday, and it's been operating perfectly.

Uh, we still have there are two items that we need to finish up on that, but we were able to get it into operation.

The items are the street name signs that usually hang on those.

There should be in next week, but we wanted to get the light up and running, and so we've got that in.

Um, it's working great, and um, we're very excited about that.

The second one, I do want to thank everyone for all of their patience on Sunday night and Monday.

I know it wasn't very fun, but when I had to shut down the intersection of Riverside and Mesquite Boulevard for the mill and overlay project, um, the community did great.

I know that there was a few hiccups, but uh I do want to express my appreciation and for everyone's patience um while we're doing this.

I did want to just give a little background or a little backup on what you're seeing out there right now.

So this project again goes all of Mesquite Boulevard from the Casablanca all the way down to Sandhill, and then we'll end at the new holiday inn.

This project involves the removal of five inches of existing asphalt, and when they put that back, they put it back in two lifts.

One, uh, they do a three-inch lift on the bottom, and that's what we call the base course, and it's um put in three inches, and then the top lift is put in as a two-inch lift.

The reason that they do that, and the reason that we went with that is if we are able to put the three inch down, then we can let the traffic drive on that.

And that's why you see there's a bump between what we've got milled out, because they'll mill it and then they'll put the three inches back, and it's perfectly fine to drive on.

But then we wait and do the two inch when we have a longer section, and then we don't get the waves and the seams that make it a bad ride.

Um, that's the whole reason we're redoing this to make it a nice smooth ride and something that will last a long time.

So, as you remember, as you're driving down the boulevard in its state right now, it is by no means complete.

That bottom lift at three inches, you'll have that two inch, and then we'll be extending that out.

Um, they'll be paving again or milling on Thursday and paving on Friday, and then next week the routine working from uh where we're at at Riverside up to Grapevine, and then we'll go a little bit farther.

We want to get to Thistle and then pave that whole section to make it a nice smooth ride.

Um, but all in all, uh, I do appreciate everyone's patience with that project.

Uh, the project that uh was questioned about earlier, it's the Levitt Lane and Hafen Lane project, and this is the project where we are creating a new roadway that uh starts right down by the McDonald's and off of Falcon Ridge Parkway.

And the old road was a we called it no name road.

That's a private roadway.

So the new road goes to the west and curves down towards um Hafen Lane.

That's where you've seen we've done a lot of the grading work out there.

They've installed a new uh they're working on water line and irrigation systems.

Uh, there's an irrigation canal that goes through there, and so that goes underneath the wash.

They're associated with that project is the widening or the straightening of Levitt Lane, and you've seen or I'm sorry, Hafen Lane.

And with that, there'll be a new sidewalk curb and gutter from the existing golf course to the Coyote Willows, um, right next to the driving range, right there.

That way we get away from these wiggles um on that.

So that's the project, and it's currently in construction.

There is a hiccup with that uh project.

Um the box culverts that will span Pulse for Wash.

Um, they are currently their pre-cast for time.

It's supposed to be to help us out with time.

This one's catching us the other way.

The company that makes those is currently have a strike with their workers, and so everything is getting pushed back.

We were supposed to have those the first of February.

It looks like that box culvert will be the middle of March.

So that's what's kind of holding that project back a little bit.

But you have seen they're putting curb gutter sidewalk and the grading and the base and all of that in that section, and so the road will no longer go straight through on Falcon Ridge.

It will now that no name road will be no more once we get done with this project, and you'll turn west and then go down around the curve and end up on Hafen Lane.

Um thank you, Patty.

Uh Councilwoman Gallo, I apologize.

Um the uh animal shelter is coming along awesome.

Um, we're very excited for that, and you're absolutely right.

Zach Robison has been doing an awesome job.

Uh, he's been out there every day.

Very thankful for him and all his work on that.

Our fire station two is progressing very well.

Um the uh work continues.

Um they did the app bay, the concrete, I think that was two weeks ago.

They've been working inside, painting.

Um, yeah, it's really coming together.

But they're working on the concrete curbing and all that on the outside.

Um, and then we'll be working on the IT equipment and everything inside with that.

Associated with the that, but a separate project is the Canyon Crescent Horizon Boulevard job.

Uh they've been grading that roadway on Canyon Crest and Horizon.

Horizon has been shut down because they've needed to work within that um section.

They put in curb and gutter sidewalk on the west side.

They're working on the sidewalk on the east side.

Um, and that project's progressing very well.

The last one is the justice facility.

Uh, they did a walkthrough today for a final punch.

Um, there's some items that still need to be addressed, but that one uh should be wrapping up here within the next three weeks, we're hoping.

Um, and like I said, the evidence building portion of that is 100% done, all the pavings done.

It's just a few of the items within the cell, um, the detention center, um, finishing that up.

And I'm happy I ran through those very fast.

Uh, but I'm happy to answer any questions that you or the public might have.

Any questions from I think you're very thorough and did a good job, Travis.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um, any other uh presentations, council?

Mayor, I just have something really quick.

This was posted yesterday, but just for the benefit of the public, we've got the charter committee meeting that's been scheduled.

Um, just on that notice be a beware that the location of it is 590 West Mesquite Boulevard, which is the America First Building on the second floor.

There's a large conference room, which is where my office, my other office is.

And so just for your way, that's been scheduled, it's been posted.

Note the location.

It's uh this initial meeting we're gonna get started, and then as part of that agenda, we're gonna be setting the schedule moving forward on when they're gonna meet and what they're gonna be doing.

So all are welcome.

That will be a public meeting.

And on that note, there's also the short-term rental committee meeting on Thursday at two o'clock, and that'll be here, correct, Sam?

Okay.

Um, okay.

Item 5.1 consideration of an interlocal agreement with Mesquite Opportunities Regional Fund Morph for the utilization of the fiscal year 2026 Travel Nevada Special Projects Grant.

And I'm not sure who's uh I'll do it.

You break.

Okay.

Thank you, Mayor and City Council.

Um, Travis is as excited, and I'm excited too.

So good.

Um yeah, um Musquete Opportunities Regional Grant recently acquired uh uh Chair Nevada uh special project grant grant.

Uh it's about $50,000.

And uh we are gonna use it to purchase five shade structures and uh uh 10 benches, uh, as you can see from the pictures.

Those have been used at the city parks, and uh we are uh moving uh going consistent with that uh design.

And uh we went through the um uh the uh the bid process and uh we got uh 36,000 uh dollars for the uh five shade structure and we got uh uh $13,000 for the uh 10 benches.

Uh but while we are doing so, we found that uh this all include the taxes.

Uh so Morph is uh 501c uh three uh dentity, but uh they uh currently doesn't have a tax exemption uh certificate.

So um the they are currently uh applied and uh it is uh ongoing, but uh state is telling that it takes minimum 60 days and the uh in that case uh every uh document is provided.

So uh that that may take for a while.

So I uh we had a discussion with uh state, and state mentioned that if city purchase it directly, and then they will reimburse the entire money through Morph.

So uh that's why we are uh going uh into the uh interlocal agreement uh today.

Those benches and uh uh shade structures will be uh installed within the downtown area, as you can see.

The black star uh would be the potential location, but it is not the exact location.

Uh we need to find the wide uh the sidewalk areas, those can be installed too.

Uh or we need to find some of some of the landscape area so that we can utilize them too.

So uh after getting this done, we will purchase those materials and uh we will I will work with Travis and mostly Travis will work installing.

Uh so uh step uh recommends city council to approve uh the uh this agreement.

Thank you.

Thank you, Simon.

Any questions from council?

Councilman Felding.

Thank you, Mayor.

So looking at those two bids, I was thinking they are at 50,000 twenty-five dollars and fifty cents.

But thank you for clarifying the taxes that they won't include the taxes, so we're just gonna be real just short of 50,000.

So right.

So uh if we purchase it directly, we're gonna probably save about 3,000 dollars.

Oh, good.

Uh so we can utilize that $3,000 to purchase additional accessories like uh trash bins.

Uh so that's uh what we are looking into.

That's right, because I just did the math and I was like, we are like down to the dollars.

So okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Any other questions from council?

Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna go ahead and open it up for public comment.

Okay, see and none, I'm gonna turn it back over to council.

Councilman Ennis.

I'm gonna go ahead and make a motion to approve the consideration for the interlocal agreement 5.1.

Councilwoman Gallow?

I'll second.

Okay, call for the vote.

Yeah, no, sorry.

Yeah, why motion passes.

Item 5.2, consideration of a resolution number R2605, adopting the future of Mosquite Vision 2045 as an amendment to the Mosquite.

The City of Mosquite Master Plan.

Mr.

Kim.

Thank you, Mayor, City Council.

Uh before we move on to it, I would like to uh address about the city's population.

Uh in 2025, I projected that to be 24,668.

Uh currently count is projecting about that much.

So it is pretty, it has been pretty uh accurate uh so far for a couple of years.

And uh this year, 2026, uh we will be over 25,000 uh population, and 2045 will be over 50,000.

It'll be the 52,837.

Uh so uh we are looking uh into the future uh that will have about 50,000 or more population uh at this time.

So Master Plan Committee uh uh worked on this one, and uh they initiated this in January uh 27, 2025, about a year ago, and then we went through the mental mapping process and then uh visioning surveys, and then we worked on urban design element and economic development element, and then we worked on each policies, strategies and goals and objectives and all those stuff.

And then uh August, we went into some details.

So we selected a couple of uh areas, downtown area and Mesa areas, and we uh worked on the details of the downtown design and the Mesa area design.

Uh so everything was finalized in January 26 this year, and uh it came to your attention.

So we had about 444 uh respondents uh through the survey, and this these are the locations of those uh who responded to the survey.

And this is a simple uh summary of the vision.

Uh but uh if you're looking for more details about each district, uh downtown commercial areas and and industrial areas, you can uh get into the documents that I attached there, and uh that shows a lot more information there.

Uh the this is a citywide uh the vision that says in 20 years, the city of Mosquite will be a safe, clean, and welcoming city with a small town charm that offers a high quality of life through well-planned growth, outdoor recreation, uh, by brand local businesses, and a strong sense of community where people of all ages and backgrounds can live, work, retire, and thrive.

And it shall be known for safe and cleanness, small town field and charm, recreation and sports, retirement and leisure living, and smart growth and development, diverse diversity and inclusion, arts, culture and entertainment, economic and business vitality, and uh uh natural beauty uh and environment.

So having said that, uh step uh recommend the city council adopt adopt resolution R2605, the future of Musquit Vision 2045.

Uh, this is not the ordinance, this is a resolution.

So uh we are uh adopting it as uh city's policy, not uh regulation, just uh to make sure.

Thank you.

Thank you, Simon.

Um councilman Ennis is that on from before do you have any questions from council?

Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna have to open it for public comment.

Is that before?

Oh come on up if you're just curious.

Uh Richard Soram, thank you, council.

Uh uh, Mr.

Ins with the uh report master plan, is that can that be made public?

It is public, right?

Yeah, yeah, it is available on the agenda itself.

I attach it to all the documents in there.

Okay, so how would I get a copy of the on the city's website?

Just go to meetings and agendas, and it should all be on there.

Thanks, Richard.

And if it is adopted, then I will be make it available in the master plan section of the website.

Nick Elf and Suddy, Mosquete, uh Mayor Council, um, I respect what you did with that.

Uh the only question that I have is, you know, we're looking at doubling or more than doubling by 45.

Um I don't see any way that we would be able to do that with population.

First off, roads.

A lot of our roads aren't set up for that type of a traffic flow.

We have problems right now when certain events are going on, weekends are even worse.

Okay, with standing population, plus snowbirds coming.

That adds a lot to it.

And I think it's it's in the long run, you know, trying to look at what else do we need.

Hospital needs to immediately grow.

There's no way with the amount of rooms they have that they would be able to take care of anything major that might happen.

And I'm saying a major breakout of uh sickness, of stomach sickness, whatever.

Uh we don't have that availability for it.

So there's a lot of things to look at.

The next thing is where was we say water, electric.

There's been no talk about improving anything on the electric end.

We talk about sewer and pipes and things like that.

Uh all that stuff had to be replaced because of the uh composition of the soil versus the piping that had been laid down years ago.

So there's a lot of improvements that need to come.

And I think, in effect, that when we see that, you know, if we just use St.

George's, just an example of what's going on.

Holy crap, you can't even get around that town.

I'd rather drive in Vegas than I would in St.

George.

That's how bad it is.

So I say, you know, uh, we talk about building and all this stuff and keep building and building and building, it's a great idea, but how are we going to support it?

And I think that's the number one plan is support.

What is it gonna take?

Thank you.

Okay.

May I ask so that's why the plan uh that's gonna follow urban design element and economic development element, and that has uh goals, objectives and policies that I will not read it to tonight.

If I read it, that'll take two hours.

So I will not read it, but uh that contains all those uh ideas and details in it.

And uh it'll it is uh 25 years away from today.

Uh so uh we are not talking about just as it is.

We're gonna develop and we're gonna stack up everything on top of everything we have.

So road will be doubled and their capacity will be occupied, all those.

There'll be more uh development and infrastructure, and we're gonna have more businesses, and that that's what we are looking for.

And this is the uh future vision.

This is not uh actually science per se.

This is uh uh philosophy that uh uh citizen has and the citizens uh wants citizens looking for the future, and citizens wants to do that way if that becomes a $50,000.

Nobody knows it could actually become uh population uh deduced like it becomes a $10,000, and you and I will be the only residents maybe.

But uh but uh it we are looking for the betterment, and we are looking for uh projection shows of 50 to 2000 in 2020 uh in uh uh 25 years.

So we are preparing for it, and uh by all means those policies will be changing over over and over time.

This will not be the final document for for the future 25 years, right?

We will devise it, amend it, and correct it during that time, and uh it'll be defined document in future, probably not today.

Well, like I said, looking at it, you know, people are complaining there in enough stores, there ain't enough this, there ain't enough that uh, you know, we need a lot of a lot of coming together of uh corporations coming here to be able to provide not only jobs but services for what we need here.

So thank you.

Thank you, Nick.

Good evening, Ron Shackleford again.

Um yeah, I just want to jump on with Nick.

I mean, two years ago I did a uh the uh water district gave me a presentation on how our wells are doing and stuff like that, and um they said we have the capacity at that time, it was 20 late 2023 when I talked to them, and uh they said we had a capacity of our wells at 50,000.

That's the capacity of our wells that currently that we have.

So um that's something to consider um whether we're gonna keep selling more land for homes and such.

Um, so I think you know it's it's uh I like the idea of you know looking ahead, but uh I think we need to really look at that as well because if we don't have the water, the last thing is I want to, you know, not have to only take a shower once a day, but every other day, right?

So um, so anyways, that's something that I'm really concerned about is is the water on this and where we're gonna get more water from because it comes from the aquifer, which you know comes from our mountains and the runoff and stuff like that.

So um something to consider and just think about as we go along with this.

So thank you.

Thank you, Ron.

Mr.

Mayor, City Council, John Rosen.

Uh I just wanted to comment on some of the the uh remarks that were made just a couple of speakers ago.

Um the speaker raised very, very good, very valid concerns, but it's clear that the speaker doesn't have the advantage that I have of having actually read the document, because the document does not just describe the future, it describes all of the detailed steps that are going to be required to get to that future.

I think it's a very, very good document in terms of its plan of attack and its guidance that it can provide to this city council as they make decisions as we go towards the future.

Um Mr.

Kim also said the document is clearly modifiable as situations change, as learnings change, as requirements change, but it does give us the right guidance.

So I just wanted to make that comment.

Thank you.

Thank you, John.

Dominic Olivetto.

Hi, everybody.

I'm gonna give you my same speech.

I've been here for 10 years now, and for 10 years I've heard we're gonna get a new grocery store, we're gonna get it this, we're gonna get that.

We're not getting anything.

And if I live another 25 years, I won't be able to get in the grocery store.

I'll have to make an appointment.

We need to do something that show the people that we are moving in that direction.

You know, I keep hearing every time I come down all of these pipe dreams about what we're gonna be like in 45 years.

Well, we need to worry about what we're gonna be like next year first.

We need to get the establishment, and please don't make me quote how many people live in Carbon County and how many grocery stores and lumber yards they got, and then I have to drive by the Home Depot every time I go up to help or go by ridgefield.

We've got less people in Carbon County or the city of Mesquite.

We need to do something.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dominic.

Gary Elgord.

Um it's interesting how we all know that we need stuff, and we all come here and look at you guys like you could do anything about that.

Um you don't own a grocery store chain, you don't own restaurants.

You I mean, a couple of you have some small businesses here, but I don't know how we attract those things, but just wanting them hasn't made them show up yet.

Um I think the plan and and the ideas in the plan are great.

I I normally never disagree with Simon, I think, but I have one thing I disagree with him on in this, and that's the uh the growth rate we expect.

Um I think you did a uh percentage growth rate each year.

And our studies have shown that it's a more linear growth rate.

Um we tend to see uh a certain growth of a certain number of of buildings or homes or hookups, and that hasn't changed much.

So to use a percentage implies that when you have you know, 10% on 25,000 is 2500, 10% on 40,000 is 400.

And I don't think the growth is gonna be like that.

So that's the only thing, and you you know, you don't need to defend what you did.

I I accept that you no, I'm not defending it.

Just uh the method I used wasn't actually percentage, it is a projection.

Um based on the past uh 20 years of the growth rates, and I projected it out.

Right.

So but it just seems that it's been more level than jumping up to the same levels.

I mean, we have these little jumps, a lot of building going on right now, a lot of a lot of houses being built, and then we had 2008 to 2018 kind of flat.

So it's it's tough to you gotta make some choice, but I think we may have overestimated how big we're gonna get and how fast.

But other than that, great plan.

Good to see it.

And yes, it is detailed and and well described.

Thank you, Gary.

Dave Alwing.

I wasn't gonna say anything, but I'm gonna say something that's gonna apply to all these items on economic development and all these nice vision of what we want to be, very short on how we're gonna get there.

Uh look like we've ignored manufacturing, good paying jobs.

I'm struggling because we don't have workforce housing where people can come here.

I'm paying people to come in from St.

George and Vegas for good paying jobs, steady jobs.

I I just see no future here for that kind of item.

I brought for six months.

I've been trying to get this council to work on opportunity zones, and it's just been ignored.

I don't know, I'm I've give up.

I got other things I can do other than try to bring these programs to you.

Clark County's got their their producing land banks for workforce housing.

I don't know if you guys have read about it or investigated.

I didn't send it to anybody because it's it goes on deaf ears.

I I don't get responsive email.

The only person that's ever even halfway uh I won't say halfway because I appreciate it.

Uh councilwoman fielding has tried to bring up meetings and other things, but nobody else has responded.

I get a lot of no comments, nothing comes back.

People say, Oh, I'm I'm very interested in it, nothing comes back.

I mean, what are we gonna do?

That's really constructive to get this stuff done.

And I'm I'm I'm gonna tell you right now, I I've got more work and I need to do I can do.

I'm quoting projects out to 2027 now for manufacturing.

So I can't get enough people.

I'm ex I but I bought new CNC equipment for my building, but also I can't see any advantage to expanding here, so I just open an uh associated operation in the Midwest, because I see no future here to do it here.

And I think you're gonna see that from anybody that is really trying to do something other than, and again, I'm not against entertainment, I'm not against any of that.

I think it's paper rounds.

Out of the community, but you got to have people being able to have good jobs to be able to afford and want to be do that and not have to work on trying to uh recruit people from outside mesquite.

So I think you need to think really hard about these reports that are here's where we want to be, but absolutely no mechanisms or any insight in how we're gonna get there.

It's very frustrating, and it's a it's a in my opinion, a waste of time to project without any way to get there.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dave.

Okay, seeing no one else step forward, I'm gonna turn it back over to council.

Councilwoman Fielding?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

I will make a motion and to consider resolution number R26-005.

Okay, do I have a second?

All second.

Okay, call for the book.

Galloway.

Motion passes.

Item 5.3 consideration of resolution number R26-006.

Adopting the urban design element as an amendment to the city of Mosquite Master Plan.

Thank you.

Mayor and City Council.

And we I have made a couple of uh presentations earlier.

So I'm gonna try to make it short, but uh there are some limitations due to the uh content itself.

So um first uh this uh muscles exist in conditionally build a city with a strong natural sets, considerable uh tourism infrastructure and uh residential fabric that is orderly and uh consistent at the same time opportunities exist to improve corridor aesthetics, pedestrian comfort, neighborhood identity, and uh uh in integration of open spaces into more cohesive network.

Uh there are course objectives, policies and strategies that follows, but uh again I'm not gonna talk about all those details and uh that is written in the document.

Um throughout the sessions, uh we identified uh a few major uh non-residential areas, and then uh the committee uh chose uh the downtown area and Mesa area, which is uh musket and entertainment and service area as an example.

And uh we're gonna talk about downtown design area first.

Uh this wasn't actually uh the presented at the city council.

Um the general purpose of downtown design is to guide how the central area of a city or town develops functions and fields, balancing economic vitality, cultural identity, mobility, and community well-being.

So with this purpose, uh downtown area has been defined.

Uh this uh the boundary lines.

Uh it includes the recreation center and then going around and uh city horror areas.

So uh this is the uh current downtown area.

What is it within uh recreation center, Woldman Park and Old Gym and uh the univers college and uh uh city hall uh heritage museum and so on.

And there are historic working tour routes too.

Uh so uh the I for example I've been working uh on that uh um historic preservation grant, and uh I I applied intend to apply, and uh they showed me the green light.

So I'm gonna uh apply uh formally to that one.

So it is it can be the part of this effort, so we uh develop this uh uh downtown area, uh make it better.

So existing conditions, um the pedestrian trails link uh major districts uh destinations, but uh connections between areas are inconsistent, and uh development is fragmented, so that's why uh people are not actually uh cannot tell uh what uh which is the downtown area.

Uh uh there are uh publicly open spaces, parks, and those are existing but not quite unified and uh does not provide the networking.

So uh landscaping and streetscape improvements uh um the very essential and wayfinding and landmark would be and needed in this area, and the infrastructure and edges uh need to be uh well uh provided and uh defined.

Again, uh uh there is a there are opportunities, so create cohesive urban framework and introduce wayfinding system signage and visual markers, and develop a central landmark and enhance landscaping shade and pedestrian manaries uh leveraging existing public spaces.

So uh when you uh the community uh subdiv uh subdivided and defined uh several areas uh here and it shows uh sports zone and cultural zone, our zones, and central business district and uh commercial support zones.

uh l leveraging existing public air spaces so uh when you uh the community uh subd uh subdivided and defined uh several areas uh here and it it shows uh sports zone and cultural zone art zones and central business district and uh commercial support zones uh so there are uh dotted line that those are the trails and that is well uh connected and uh yellow uh line is uh traffic uh traffic locations um corridor and uh the star uh location would be the location of uh uh the the district signages for way wayfinding and this uh uh blue uh star is uh probably the landmark location so this would be the landmark and then we're gonna move on to the Mesa uh area design uh Mesa area is the gateway district to the downtown area um and uh it is defined uh with the west uh old mill and then uh riverside and to the east uh it is uh neighboring that uh A sideware area and uh we know what are there uh but we also uh need to know there are a lot of vacant lands and uh redevelopment areas too uh so with this uh existing uh conditions connectivity is not uh quite well established only links have been provided with the uh public sidewalks uh development is again again uh fragmented and no public areas are provided along corridor and the wayfinding landmark need to be provided and uh edges are not well defined so uh we need to define uh zones uh with the special special characteristics so again create a cohesive urban framework wayfinding system signages and visual markers need to be provided and set of short shuttle networks would be helpful uh in this area and uh landscaping shade and pedestrian amenities need to be enhanced and encourage in field and redevelopment uh there are more details in the document about this one um so uh these are the areas vacant land and redevelopment areas and uh the road uh system has been uh uh uh dividing this area uh the into the uh quartermares which is uh walkable distance and the first section toward the central business district area would be the office zone uh considering what uh what are there right now and uh after we uh the redevelop that area it it'll become a nice office zone and the next uh half mile would be the mixed use zone area uh some some may say we want to have a commercial only but the commercial only would not actually uh the be uh sustainable so uh it needs uh more uh customers and population units so uh mixed use zone would be better fit in this area the next area uh half mile area would be the regional zone uh a lot of uh large vacant land area is available it is close to the uh I uh I 15 uh entrances and exits so uh we can develop this area for the regional purpose and uh all this area can be connected with the shot shuttle system so um we uh we may say where can can we get the monies but uh uh we can uh work with the grant and we can work with uh uh Casablanca and uh all those resort uh so they may provide the small shuttles uh to the city so uh we we can actually think of a lot of uh good things uh with this one uh people talks about the infrastructure in in this uh in this case uh uh talking about grocery shops and uh all those we are currently working on it uh and uh uh we may get uh some uh in a near future uh but you know some people like the confidentiality and uh we are bounded by it um so uh finally um we have been talking about this uh um the previously it was called the desert force PUD um and in 2009 uh city uh the revised that area and rezoned it uh those are the documents and we had some interest from our side uh with all due respect I have uh look into it uh there are some good dreams and designs but uh uh the thing is uh planning starts from the bottom to the top not top to the bottom so uh what I'm showing it this is uh um I have already started work and I'm gonna make presentation at the master plan committee meeting at 203rd this month and then we will have a discussion about um the this area development and then I'm gonna bring back to the city council meeting uh in March and then if everything uh is

So what I'm showing it, this is I have already started work and I'm gonna make presentation at the Master Plan Committee meeting at 203rd this month.

And then we will have a discussion about this area development.

And then I'm gonna bring back to the city council meeting in March.

And then if everything is acceptable, then we will uh move forward to request for proposal or request for uh qualification.

Uh so um uh steppy is working by all means is not saying that uh we don't like somebody some but somebody else's uh ideas.

This is uh just the starting uh from the uh scratches and uh let them understand where they are and if they are interested in somewhere here, then they can hop on it and work with us together.

Uh so uh having uh said that uh accept that uh a desert force that that has not been included in this report.

Step recommend the city council adopt a resolution R26-006 urban design element.

Thank you.

Thank you, Simon.

Any questions from council?

Councilman Ennis?

Simon, I really quick question for you.

Uh I'm not I'm not sure how much the city can jump in on this, but I love this downtown redevelopment idea, and I've said on several of your master planning committee meetings and all that, which by the way, everybody's invited to because they are open meetings.

So if you want some of your questions answered, attend them.

Uh secondly, um, some of these downtown ISOs, like the old Sears building, the house next to the old series building, the Tesla's house down there, it's got the chain link fence around it.

Um I I would not want to be someone walking around on this public foot tour looking at all of the other great things that the city has, then walk upon that.

What is there anything that we can do as a city to encourage those folks to improve those areas?

Yes, uh, there are a couple of tools.

The first one would be the code enforcement.

If it is actually the hazard to the public, code enforcement can walk on it and work with the owner uh and then uh make it better.

Uh second idea is um uh that it's again my work.

So uh I need to work on that uh downtown uh design guidelines.

Uh we do have downtown design guidelines, it's a couple of pages length, and uh I uh I I think it is it will it served uh in reviewing downtown development in some uh manner, but uh it didn't serve in detail to provide those guidances to the developer so that they understand and they uh develop in that way.

So uh downtown design guidelines need to be uh further refined and developed, and that that I will do.

And then next one is uh that uh design guidelines need to be attached to the uh the uh facade improvement program, for example.

So uh if the developer or shop owner wants to uh make the facade improvement, and then we need to know if that facade improvement will be consistent and uh contribute to the downtown uh aesthetics.

And if it is so then uh the city council or uh LDA uh board will approve uh those fundings.

So in the case we we can fund uh fund that well uh and uh we can make downtown better.

Thank you.

Thank you, Simon.

Any other questions from council?

Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna open it up for public comment.

Okay, see no one step forward.

I'm gonna turn it back over to council for a motion.

Council one councilman NS.

I've been called worse.

I will make a motion to uh consider the resolution R26006 to approve it.

Okay, councilwoman Gallow?

I'll second.

Okay, call for the vote.

Galloway.

Okay, item 5.4, consideration of a resolution number R26-007 adopting economic development element as an amendment to the City of Mosquite Master Plan.

Thank you, Mayor and City Council again.

Uh I promise this is the last one.

This is the frame framework for the cultivating a diverse and resilient and opportunity rich economy that upholds Musquite's identity as a safe, clean, and welcoming small town community.

So I'm gonna jump into the branding ideas.

Our city offers a safe, vibrant and inclusive lifestyle.

Whether you come to retire, raise a family, explore the outdoors, or launch a business, uh Muski provides the quality of life and warm community spirit you deserve.

So key messaging pillars there would be safe and welcoming, recreation and wellness hub, and smart growth and opportunity and naturally beautiful and conveniently located.

This is the location quotient analysis, and uh uh there are a bunch of numbers.

So I'm gonna summarize it simply.

So there are sectors with high concentration.

That means we have more than the uh the region or Clark County or the United States uh with this uh businesses.

So we have uh more of the sales and related occupations and food preparation and serving, building and ground cleaning and maintenance, healthcare uh practitioners and technical occupations, management uh occupations and community and social service, installation maintenance and repair, construction and extraction.

These are actually aligned with the city's tourism economy and uh retiree population and destination-based service.

So by all means, this doesn't mean we need to discourage these businesses.

Actually, we pro we need to work with these businesses and encourage them and define them because those have been our uh major uh engine uh that drags uh uh Muskite's uh economy as right now.

Sectors uh near regional averages uh office and administrative support, protective service, which is uh fire and uh police and security, and arts design, entertainment, sports and media.

And uh this one uh provide the essential community and tourism related uh services.

So uh this one is also uh another one.

And uh there are under uh represented sectors, which is computer mathematical occupations, education training, and library and uh legal occupations and transportation material moving.

Uh so we need some of the job uh the uh through this uh businesses.

Um the the so this is another uh opportunities for target uh growth with this and uh uh attract more uh the workers from outside.

Uh there are some uh jobs or businesses uh under the downtown occupations and business uh businesses, and those are the list you may take a look at it and the commercial district, industrial district, business office district, and uh uh finally I'm getting into the uh marketing strategies.

We reviewed uh LVC VA's 2023 report and their survey, and we found that uh uh first-time visitors dropped from 23% in 2016 uh to the just nine percent in 2023.

So we are getting the uh depeating visitors, not the first-time visitors.

So if repeating uh visitors are declining, then we are losing visitors.

Uh so um the to increase to boost uh the our economy, we need to boost the uh first-time visitors and through the digital marketing campaigns and new visitor incentives and leverage repeat visitors.

And uh also we found that the um the Laks and Getaway uh people are surged from 11% in 2019 uh to 22 percent in 2023 and uh vacation pleasure rose steadily.

Uh and uh vacation pleasure rose steadily.

So uh we need to capitalize on relaxed getaway and vacation trends uh by uh the strategizing uh packages related to the wellness and relaxation and family-friendly marketing.

Uh there are more uh family visitors uh uh observed with uh within the city uh rather than uh one-person visitors and create the senior getaway campaigns.

So those will boost some of the businesses.

And uh 76% of uh people learned about musket uh from uh their friends or relatives and uh they uh through the uh the world of mouse.

Uh so uh we uh we need to keep on going and uh we need to uh set up ambassador program and social sharing.

Uh the unit to encourage social sharing uh the methods and uh and then uh because we need to recruit more population and visitors, we need to increase awareness beyond water mouth.

So we need to utilize existing billboard radio and digital awareness uh and those uh uh tools and revamp online presence, invest in highway and regional billboards and localized radio and podcast ads.

And uh we also need to re-ignite gaming interest.

Uh gaming uh has been sharply declined from 18% to 17 uh 7% in 20 uh 23.

So uh we need to work with the casinos and uh develop casino packages and host the themed events and uh target left gamers and promote activities driving higher spendings.

Um higher spend uh uh sp expend the uh ditches were basically on food and beverages and and then recreational activities and shows and entertainment.

Not not a lot of money is uh going on.

So uh we need to uh the boost those uh sectors first.

So food focus uh focus and the event marketing activity packages uh need to be uh set up.

And uh uh we need to reverse digital decline trends.

So uh we have uh seen 1.3 million uh people visitors in 2019 that I wasn't here.

Uh so I I do not know we had that many visitors at the time, but uh currently we have 833,000.

Um so uh we have seen a lot of uh the reduction there.

So uh we need to partner uh set up a partnership with the travel uh flat point uh platforms and loyalty programs and uh we need to develop regional campaigns.

So having said that, uh step recommends the city council adopter resolution IR26-007 economic development element, and by all means there are more to it.

It's just uh uh part of it.

We have uh goals, objectives, and policies that uh uh you may want to read when you have uh snack time and enjoy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Simon.

Any questions from council okay, seeing none.

Uh any public comment.

Okay, seeing none.

Um I just want to make a comment.

Simon, thank you.

Uh thank you.

Um not only all the work that Simon and the Master Plan Committee have put into this, but also Simon's work on the well, the grant he just got from Travel Nevada, as well as the 3D grant, which him and John and George and Amy and a bunch of other people work on, but Simon, I think wrote the whole thing, I believe, and did an excellent job.

And we'll get a share of a million dollars on that grant.

Hopefully the lion share, but we'll see what they decide.

I I was just a supporter and part of it.

Sure, sure, sure, sure.

He did a ton of work on that, and it's really appreciated.

And uh I don't know if everybody caught it, but he mentioned in the previous on 5.3 that there's things happening behind the scenes.

People have bought land.

We've been working with things, and hopefully in the near future, we'll be able to announce those things, but we are working on it for many everything from grocery stores to affordable housing.

I mean, obviously, we know NRC bought land for affordable housing, and there's other apartments and uh things that have already been approved, as well as some that are looking to come soon.

So that is the only thing I've learned with being involved with the government for the last year is the bad things happen immediately and the good things take forever.

So hopefully the good things will start rolling around, and some of those things that we've been hoping for will start appearing before too long.

But Simon has been instrumental on so much of that.

And like I say, on this master plan.

And just thank you.

Thank you.

And Councilman Wilness.

I'd also like to thank Simon and the Master Plan Committee for all the work they've done for the city.

It's it's an important thing.

Sometimes it seems like you're doing something for nothing.

But in the long run, what you do means a lot.

I also want everyone to know that I know at least two of us council members have been in front of the city manager and talked about needs of this city going forward and how important certain things are.

And economic development was certainly one of the things that were mentioned, as well as affordable housing or workforce housing, and and there were some other things we spoke about.

I agree with what the mayor said that bad things happen immediately.

And sometimes the things you work for for four years end up transpiring after you're gone.

And and sometimes that's hard to equate.

But on the other hand, that's what we're tasked with doing.

And with that in mind, I would like to make a motion to consider the resolution number R26-007.

What's that?

Yep.

So if you want to second that, councilwoman.

I will.

And I also want to say I started on this committee so many years ago when Richard Seacrest and Dan was there.

And when you look at it at the beginning, all these elements, it looks like it's going to take forever.

And it it really has taken a long time to get to this point to amend these.

So thank you, Simon.

And thank you, Dan, for all your help.

Okay, well, I'll second that.

Did I say that?

Yep, you did.

Okay, call for the vote.

One shit.

Yeah, that's right.

Galloway.

Okay, motion passes.

Item 5.5 consideration approval of payments to Las Vegas fireworks display for the City of Mesquite Fourth of July event.

Mr.

Lobby Council, this uh is in consideration for the let me back up slightly.

In our budget 490, that that budget item is for city sponsored events.

In this particular budget, there wasn't enough money to cover uh mesquite days, family fund night, heart walk, fourth of July fireworks, uh several little things that were coming out of that specific budget.

So this item here is to ask for that bid that we got was $60,000 for the fireworks show.

Um keep in mind with that money, we have a lot of businesses that do donate to that fund as well.

So although the amount is $60,000, we're not going to use that much, depending on how much uh the small businesses donate, but I have to get that allocated just to cover whatever the excess is.

So at that, at that's what I'm asking for is a payment of the $60,000, which will be $30,000 down payment to get those uh fireworks in route, and then the final payment of whatever's left out of that.

Any questions?

Thank you.

Yes, councilwoman fielding.

Thank you.

Thank you, Randy.

So the $30,000 is coming out of well, coming out of someplace right now for the deposit.

And then when you put in the budget, are you gonna do that other half of the the $30,000 and then for next year?

So we don't have to do this next year.

Yeah, so I've talked to Bryce a little bit about it.

Our general fund through the athletics department, we have that money in there.

It's just not earmarked for this.

Sorry, just wanted to jump in here.

So for this one in particular, we're actually going to be putting this NOR prepaid expense account for this year because we're not gonna be using these fireworks.

This is just as down payment.

We're gonna be uh when we do budgets this year for 26 and the 27, he'll include that as one of the expenses the total amount, so maybe 60,000.

So we have enough for next February for the deposit, and then okay.

Yeah, so and and that's um kind of looking at some of the historical data.

I don't know if the vendor was okay with them holding the invoices till July, but that's actually when we were cutting those checks.

Right, and that's our new our next year.

So right now he needs the deposit, so we're gonna prepay that expense, and then he'll include that as part of his budget into this next year.

Thank you, Bryce.

Thank you, Randy.

Thanks, Bryce.

Councilwoman Geller.

I have a question.

So what is the 60,000 include?

That's basically the fireworks show itself.

Yes, literally the firewall.

Yeah, and just and just to say to that, I did reach out to a couple of the vendors that do pyrotechnics.

Uh, a couple of them didn't have a state license in Nevada.

The other ones were already booked out last summer because it is the 250th celebration this year.

Uh so thankfully, this guy that has done ours in the past was already on the books because I couldn't get anybody else to even bid on it.

Uh, they're already booked out or didn't have a state license for pyrotechnics.

And so we do have him uh at our disposal as long as I can pay him, I guess.

So it sounds like a lot of money.

Is that pretty reasonable?

60.

I mean, because I don't know, 60,000.

Yeah, I'll give you an example.

Like last year, I think it was a little bit over 40,000.

The cost of products this year because of the tariffs and whatnot have gone up.

A lot of these come overseas.

Uh, I did ask him to have this a little bit longer show for the fact that it's a 250th celebration, and so it's a little bit more, but not exorbitant.

Uh and next year, I don't know that it'll be 60, it'll probably come down just a little bit.

Uh just because the 250th will be over, we'll we'll go back.

Uh I have a veteran discount for Bill Ennis with a seat.

I'll put a plaque on it for you.

And Mr.

Any other questions?

Thanks, Randy.

Thank you.

Thanks, Bryce.

Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and open up for public comment on 5.5.

Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna turn it back to council.

Councilman Annis.

I will go ahead and make a motion and approve the payment to Las Vegas Fireworks for $30,000 or $60,000.

I'm sorry.

Councilman Fielding?

I'll second that.

I'll second.

Call for the vote.

Very shy.

Yeah, sorry.

Okay, motion passes.

Item 5.6 consideration and approval of a presentation regarding iron cacti created from golf clubs to be placed throughout the city with the first creation being placed at City Hall.

I'll start this.

Lennon.

A while back, Karen contacted me from the art commission and asked me to be a part of this committee that was looking to do something philanthropic for this city, something unique to mesquite only.

And I went to the first meeting and I saw the I saw the design, I saw everything that was in tailed in it.

I was amazed how many actual golf clubs it takes to make one.

And the goal was to have 10.

But the the first one they want to put up, and you'll see pictures of those tonight will be here at City Hall, if you so desire.

But I think it's a great opportunity.

And I just want you to know this is the first time in over three years I've been here, and we had two invocations.

So I think you have a good shot tonight.

Okay, uh, Karen Muskimmans Musquete Public Arts Commission and Test.

Well, this is my first time ever speaking in front of a oh, I'm sorry.

My name is Thomas Stark.

I'm a full-time resident of Besquete for the past six years, and I'm with Kieran McSimmons, a commissioner of the Mesquite Public Arts Commission.

And thank you very much uh for listening to my presentation.

Um, I'm a lover of art and golf.

As a worldwide golf tour operator, I have frequented other golf meccas like Palm Springs, Myrtle Beach, Carolina Coast, Arizona, Florida, of course.

And I thought Mesquite needed a signature sculpture at prominent landmarks in the city that paid tribute to the significant economic impact that golf delivers to the Mesquite annually, and an artful marker to draw attention to unite the community and identify prominent businesses and recreation hotspots.

Other communities are identified by sculptures such as buffaloes, horses, deer antlers, and modern art objects.

When I ran this idea up the flagpole, so to speak, there was significant significant support throughout the community for a unique creative art object that paid homage to golf while identifying mesquite as a progressive art and golf oasis.

Well, I reached out to Mesquite residents from all demographics and all walks of life to serve on volunteer committees for this project.

This was a grassroots effort, and I knew it would require a lot of community resident support.

The input and insight provided by the community and committee members helped shape this project, which has received tremendous support from all levels.

Our committee members, many of them are here tonight, and thank you for joining me on this.

Uh they they have received uh I've received our committee members have shared their expertise from a variety of professions and have been instrumental in moving the project forward on all levels.

For each seven-foot memorial, we use about 600 recycled golf club heads.

That's 600 less golf clubs going into the landfill.

Detailed preparation of the golf clubs and the process of creating the sculpture is very important.

We want each sculpture to inspire imagination and contemplation while providing an attractive memorial tribute to golf and a signature signpost at each mesquite location at which a memorial cactus will stand.

We currently have a local master welder working with the project, as well as a world-renowned metal sculpture artist.

For the past year, we have been accepting golf club donations from local residents and thrift stores, and currently we have enough clubs for about five more memorials.

This is an ongoing project, and we continue to reach out to our residents who have old unused golf clubs.

We accept all clubs and try to recycle the shafts and the grips for other projects which will help support future memorials.

It is our hope to have 10 to 12 memorials built and planted in the ground by June 1st, 2026.

We have a committee working on locations that will get the most visibility throughout the city.

And at some future date, we are hopeful we might even have the memorial near the off-ramp entrances to our city.

There will be a plaque attached to the bottom of each memorial explaining what it represents, a thankful dedication to all golfers who have ever enjoyed a round of golf in our city.

The Cactus Sculptures Memorials will pay tribute to golf's significant contribution to the mesquite community while reminding everyone of the economic impact of golf.

These sculptures will also be a source of community pride serving as signposts and memorials that will invoke positive memories of rounds played and memories shaped on the Verdant Golf courses of Mesquite.

The memorials will also identify prominent businesses and golf venues that support golf and art throughout mesquite, generating an enhanced sense of community for all residents and visitors.

We currently have the memorial sculpture, our first one ready to be placed in ground.

We have consulted with the mesquite uh art commission and would now like to request the city council's approval to have the first memorial be placed in front of our city hall.

With your approval today, we can make plans with the local landscaping company and the parks and recreation department and whatever else we need to do to have the first iron cactus memorial implanted in front of City Hall.

Thank you.

Thank you, Thomas.

Uh Councilman Parrish.

Thank you, Thomas.

Any questions?

Yes.

I'm gonna give you a tough one to start with.

Okay.

I bet that baby weighs about 12 to 1,500 pounds.

We're gonna need some sort of very, very secure anchor.

The last thing that this city wants to have happen is have that tip over onto a little boy and break his leg.

So we need to get some sort of engineering done on how these are going to be placed.

We we when we built the prototype, we built it with a three-foot uh bottom to it.

So you're looking at you're looking at seven feet, and then three more feet.

The steel base goes up.

And engineering-wise, we've actually talked to a couple of engineers on a committee that suggested that we go this route to put an additional three feet of pipe.

So there's one 10-foot pipe, three feet are in the ground, and we've uh designed it so we'd have two feet by two feet and a three-foot hole, and it'll be cemented in the ground.

This has been designed to last 100 years plus.

So I think if I think that uh if we approve this, I think a plan needs to be submitted to Travis and with his approval before this before this even happens.

Yeah, because the last thing we want is to have this tip over.

Okay, totally understand that.

Yes, sir.

Councilwoman Gallup.

I just want to say I think they're absolutely beautiful.

Um, I think it totally represents the city of Mesquite with the amount of golfers that either live here or come here and visit.

Um, I used to love going to Arizona and seeing the the buffaloes and the the horses, and um, I think it's really a great representation, and thank you, Kevin, for thinking about the more realistic reasons of you know what we have to do to make this happen, but they are beautiful, and I do think it is a it'll be a great asset to the city.

So thanks for this.

Councilwoman Villy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Stark, for that presentation, and thank you.

I know you've been working on this for a while because we all get your emails.

Yeah, yes.

So thank you for you know, following through and seeing it through, and thank you to Councilman Wanless for putting this on there.

Um, a few of my questions is price for installing.

You're taking care of that.

Uh yes, we are uh working on that as well.

There will be no funds that we are going to be asking for the city at this time.

Okay, that's okay.

And then my other question is you said you're gonna have 10 locations.

Um the the one that you showed on Calais, is that a city street?

And does that need to go through the city on a different approval if it is gonna be on the city property?

So great question.

And I was going to see if I could uh when I first saw that.

One of the things it kind of scares me.

Um as we see a lot of not the statue itself, but in the in the roadway.

So we have street lights or and that that's in the medians on some of our roads, and they're hit all the time.

Unfortunately, um they're knocked down, and one of the safety measures is they have a breakaway so that the pole isn't going off.

Uh, one of the things that you had a great question on the weight of this.

Um, I'm a little nervous if those are in the medians, if they're off to the side or that where cars don't hit them as much.

I I do see a lot of lights getting hit, trees on the boulevard, they're hit quite a bit.

Um, so if we I have no problem with this statue at all, it looks pretty awesome.

But if we I would like to, as we look at those, we would keep them out of the roadway, out of the medions, because um, if somebody hit that, the weight of it, um, and I know they're welded, but each club head could now become flying debris that you know, going anywhere.

Um it's and that's probably overkill, and I get it.

Uh I I tend to be on the other side of what is the worst case scenario, which I have to be on that side.

So those, but yeah, I think that would be awesome, especially with the comment of looking at the foundation system, so that um they're very solid, but that does raise a big question to me.

Um, with with it being either a private road or public road, trying to minimize where that would be impacted by any car.

And and and so you probably already have a location for 10 of them picked out.

Oh, well, we were going, we have a committee that's working on that, and then we will present that to uh the art commission, and then they will probably work with the parks and recreation, and nothing's gonna be implanted without approval.

And I'm sure all the golf courses entries and stuff.

So that's yes, that's perfect.

And if it's private property, we still need to think about if it's gonna be in a location that might get hit.

Exactly.

All right, thank you.

And and thank you, uh councilwoman.

And also medians, the median, yeah.

Yeah, I mean the roundabouts.

The roundabouts.

Some people have suggested the rounded house because they're I think once it's all approved, we would the committee would like to um visit with Travis, and we will come up with the ideas where we would like to have them, and then get a formal approval from him as far as what will work, what won't work, and we can go back to the drawing board then.

Okay.

I'm part of the committee too, so two faces here.

Thank you, Karen.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Okay, with that, we will go ahead and open up for public comment.

Dominic Olivetto again.

I think this is a brilliant idea.

And my example of that is where I grew up was Carbon County, Utah.

Gary Praisen started out making a few sculptures and sitting around town.

And I'll bet you 90% of the people that drive through there and see one of them and stop for gas and ask, drive and look at the other 15 or 20 that are around town.

It's uh amazing what uh something that is different, will catch somebody's attention and keep them here for another couple hours so you know your tax dollars can come in.

Thank you.

Thanks, Tom.

I'm Becky Peterson.

Uh, what do we donate?

I'll contemplate not throwing mine in water hazard.

And are there any in the water hazard that we can donate and dedicate that one specifically to those that were so irate they had to do that?

But where do we donate?

The clubs.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

You can go through this.

You can donate at my house, 485 Fairways Drive and Highland Fairways, and I'll give you my phone number 801-2014.

Oh, also if you want to take a picture of the QR code that has all the information, and I can give you the gate code, and I have a bucket on my hidden porch, and it says donation of golf clubs.

So it's very easy.

Donate.

Thank you very much.

Thanks, Thomas.

Ron Shackleford.

Um I know Thomas Stark, and um I know his enthusiasm, his dedication to this project, and I've watched him and I've seen the golf clubs in his garage.

Thousands and thousands of clubs.

So you all raised some good questions, uh, very great questions uh about it in engineering and stuff like that.

I appreciate that.

But uh I think um with as much passion as he does have for this.

Um I'm sure he'll be able to answer your questions as needed and provide documentation and stuff like that.

And if I remember right, wasn't there a 501c3 being established or something?

I don't know if that's maybe it is or not.

I don't know.

They're in the process.

Yeah, so I think so.

Like I say, he he's got a lot of compassion for his, and uh, and by the way, uh you look great tonight.

Thanks, Ron.

Gary Elgorn.

Um, I think this is awesome.

I just have a question.

Why is it a memorial?

That that the name it says it right on there, mesquite cactus memorial, and the memorial part suggests like something's dead.

At golfers, or well, uh it just seems like a strange terminology.

You can take a golf club, you can throw it in the water, or you can keep it, you put it in your garage, and you every day you walk out there, you look at it, and it's a memorial.

It brings up memories.

Thanks, Gary.

No, no, no.

Oh no, no, that was the line.

Um, John Rosen.

I I certainly uh share the appreciation for this this project, the art.

I I have visited towns which have had similarly unique local art, it's established in the middle of roundabouts, things like that.

And I can tell you again, it when we encountered them, we then drove around town and got a map and went and saw all the all of them.

One of the comments that was made though struck a chord with me when I heard it.

So I just want to raise a cautionary issue.

Um the statement was made that this will keep thousands of golf clubs out of landfill.

That's a good thing.

Um, I'm just hoping that no one has the idea that they would actually go to landfill to get the golf clubs.

That's illegal.

And so I just want to make sure that that's not going as a part of this project.

Thank you.

Thanks, John.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward, I'm gonna turn it back over to council.

Councilman Wallace.

I noticed when he said park and rex, Randy Lobb's ice got about this big, and I saw you over there going, but you you're actually gonna go to public works.

I'm gonna make a motion that we approve this and the first one be set at City Hall, but under the direction of Travis Sanderson in public works, and everyone going forward, those same parameters fall into place.

So you make sure it's safe, you make sure they're in safe areas, and that we just do this right.

Okay, councilwoman gallow.

Great project.

I'll second that.

Okay, call for the vote.

Building ISIS Parish Eye, yeah, that's right.

Galaway.

Okay, motion passes.

Item 5.7 consideration approval of the city council electing a mayor pro 10.

So this is my item.

Um congratulations.

You're clapping for my item, Tom?

Um so this is my item.

So the previous mayor had talked about rotating the mayor pro tem position, and that been brought up to me.

Um, upon doing a little research, it actually is the responsibility of the council to pick the mayor pro tem as stated in the charter.

And so I'm gonna turn that over to the council to decide what and how they want to do that.

Councilman Parrish?

Um my first question is is uh the current mayor pro tem is she asking to be replaced, or um, I know we have three council members coming up for election.

Is this something you want to get out of before the election?

Um, is there a reason for all this?

Uh I don't I don't know if there's a reason or not.

I have no idea I found out about this last week.

I don't know anything about it.

No, I'm not asking one way or another.

I like I said, I only heard about this last week, so I didn't know anything about it.

Okay, thank you.

Councilman Wallace.

I know in the past it's been changed on a regular basis.

Gives individuals an opportunity to see what it's like to be the mayor and perhaps groom them for a future position.

Um I think changing and having other people get those opportunities is is healthy.

And I would like to see Karen be our next mayor pro tem.

Council Woman Fielding.

Thank you, Mayor.

Um, so what happened before you were elected mayor is yes, it rotated every year.

It was West Boger, and then it was um councilwoman Gallo.

And it was my asking the mayor, what was he gonna do with this?

Because it was gonna switch, is what we were told every year, so everybody would get a chance to do that.

So it was me.

I did bring it up to him last year at some point, and then he looked into it with Adam, and this is where we are.

So I actually would like to be mayor pro tem as well.

So that's my two thoughts.

Any other comments from council or questions?

Is there anyone else up here that would like to do it?

Bill or Kevin?

Um I think we're in a very unique situation here, and I don't want to create any division uh uh on the city council at this point.

Uh I think we finally got our act together after the past year.

Um I just I don't like the idea of having a public vote with the current city council members.

Somebody's gonna leave mad, and um I just we've come a long ways in the last 14 months, everybody, and uh I just see some divisions starting to happen, and I I just don't want to go down that road.

I think we're doing a great job right now, and we need to keep going just the way we are.

So that's my two cents worth, and nothing against Karen, and nothing for Patty.

That has nothing to do with it.

I'm just looking for the unification of the city council in our direction and to keep going the way we're going, because we got our we got our act together, and we're doing some really good things, and I just don't want to see any divisions come about in the city council.

Thank you.

Councilman Ennis, Adam, a real quick question to you is and I, and this is where I I should have uh followed up on this, but this is one area of the charter I haven't read.

Is there anything in the charter saying we have to do this every year?

No, the charter just says the city council shall elect one of its members to be mayor pro tem, and then it goes through and says what those requirements are.

So in theory, you could change it as often as you want, as long as it comes before the council and there's a vote, there's no specific annual requirement.

Okay.

Uh councilman wallness made a good point on this.

Um, and so did Councilwoman Fielding.

My my feeling on this is um that the mayor pro tem position is something that shouldn't be taken lightly, and so I feel that someone who steps into that position needs to be up to snuff on my my pet peeve was Robert's rules, and they need to know how to run a city meeting or a review uh tech review meeting um without stumbling and fumbling over words or whatever the case may be, and that goes for all of us, not just anyone in particular, so I'm not pointing out anybody here.

Uh having been in that position, I think it's something that needs to be um seriously thought about.

I don't think it should be something just taken on lightly and say, I want to do it, I want to do it, or I want to do it, I want to do it, or whatever the case may be.

And so that part of me agrees with what councilman uh Parrish said.

Um we're just starting to, I think we're as a city council, we're starting to be cohesive in getting our act together per se.

And so if it's something that um councilwoman fielding, you're ready to do, and you've done your homework, then I I don't have a problem supporting that, but um please do your homework.

So basically this can go any number of about a thousand ways.

We could wait, they could nominate, they could there's no line if there's no motion, then nothing would happen, or someone can make a motion, and then if it's seconded, it would proceed, and there could be a subsequent motion if that one fails.

But they could motion basically there's no move to outline that they could move to yeah, there's no outline in the charter of how this goes other than the council just no, it just says the council shall elect one of its members, which is frustrating because guidance is always better than open-ended stuff.

But um, any other questions or comments?

Should we open it up to public comment?

Okay, let's go ahead and open this up to public comment.

Mayor Council Nickelfinsetti that position, Mayor Pro Tem, is a position that in the community should be someone that is an outstanding person that is an example of what the city stands for.

And I believe that person is sitting right there, Patty.

Now, whether or not you go along with that, okay.

Uh on the other hand, the other person that was suggested.

I don't believe fits that qualification.

The voting when Owen was brought up, someone supported him to keep him here when he was on charges of being a racist, and still to this day has not answered why that vote went that way that it did when everyone else voted to have him leave.

And I think that's a strong point.

The other point is is this the examples that are put forth in some public places that are not becoming of someone that is of the council whether you fall off a chair, whether you overindulge, whatever the case might be.

I don't see that with Miss Gaylow.

And I believe she is the person that needs to be there.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you, Nick.

Mayor Count Mayor Council Mike Benham.

I agree with the previous gentleman.

I say that loosely, but we'll leave it at that.

I don't think that Councilman Field should ever be pro-temps not only did she vote to keep Owen here when everybody else got rid of him.

She interrupted a prayer, stumbling her words.

I don't go to church, but I'm a believer.

But I would never ever interrupt somebody who's given a prayer.

That's as low as you can go.

I'm sorry.

I say either leave Patty Gallo or one of the other two gentlemen up there.

That's my saying.

I cannot support that.

We'll never support that, ever.

So you have a good night.

Thank you, Mike.

Right for it again.

Um I think that Patty's doing a great job.

I do.

Um and I really have to believe in and Kevin.

I I councilman Parrish, I 100% respect what you said.

I think our city council is starting to really come together.

I'm seeing that.

I've been to these meetings every single Tuesday practically, and I see what's going on.

And I think, and then when I saw the agenda, I actually texted Patty and I said, Did you see this?

And she goes, No, I had no clue.

So I think um, and I have to agree with uh councilman Ines too.

I think he's he's on the we're on the right track.

We don't need to change a interim city manager at this time.

I think maybe we should wait till after the election if we just decide to do that and see what how it changes uh after the election.

Um, Karen, you know, good luck in the election.

I know it's your seats coming up, your seats coming up, your seats coming up.

Um so um, you know, who knows how is it gonna how it's gonna turn out um come this November?

So maybe at least table this till at least after the election.

Um, I think would be a strong idea.

Um, and um and look at it again.

I think also as being on the city charter committee, thank you, Mayor Whipple, for your nomination.

Um, that we can also we're gonna have our first meeting uh this Friday, and I think that's something maybe we can look at as well.

Um, if I remember, or somebody little bird in my ear, in the past, maybe it was on the charter that um the mayor would make the recommendation, and the city council would vote on the recommendation.

I'm not sure that's something I'm looking into.

Um, and I just haven't had time to research that little person, you know, little bird that said something in my ear.

Um, so that's something I'm gonna look into, and then we're gonna probably discuss in the city charter commission meeting uh this Friday.

Uh I am gonna bring that up during our you know, when we uh have things we want to talk about.

So um table it, leave it alone for right now.

Um nothing against you, Karen.

I think you could do the job as well as you know, and I'm gonna openly admit that some people may disagree with me.

Uh, is she the best for the job?

I don't know.

I think that's a decision our mayor needs to make, and uh so um that's my opinion and appreciate it.

Thank you for listening to me.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ron.

Um Nick Oliveto, I think you need to leave everything just as it is for this time being.

A couple months farther down the road, maybe it'd be a time for a change or something, because I agree, you guys are finally making some decent decisions, so let's not have any strife with you guys.

You know, it doesn't make sense just out of the blue for this to happen.

If it's gonna happen, we need to say in the next month or so you're gonna redo the position.

And councilman's right there, whoever takes that job should be really good at Robert's rules, because you're finally getting pretty good at it, Mr.

Whipple.

So so well, no, I I get it scolded to me all the time.

I'm getting better.

I mean, you know, well, yeah, I had to get better, right?

The lawyer hasn't straightened you out in two city council meetings.

That's a first.

All right, thank you.

Thanks, Thomas.

Uh David Baldwin.

Uh open up with saying I think uh councilwoman fielding is more than uh deserving of this position.

We make a decision.

We you know, somebody stands up and puts forward their opinion in a difficult situation.

You have to honor that person.

And I'm I'm not I'm gonna take an example that just happened.

Councilwoman Gallo, we just uh voted on a police chief, she chose not to vote.

She abstained.

You didn't make a decision.

I think that's a failing of leadership.

I think councilwoman fielding, she you know where she stands, and I respect that.

I don't agree with everything she's done, but she's always responsive, much more responsive than anybody else up here to me, anyway, on this council.

She makes decisions, we've had discussions.

I don't agree with everything she does.

I don't agree with everything I do.

So I I think at some point, I think councilwoman uh uh Fielding's been here for I know she's been here longer than I have in this town, and she's she's involved, and I'm again I'm gonna not pick on councilwoman Gallo, but she does an admirable job with animal rights and rescue and everything else.

I'm a big advocate.

I've had I've rescued a dozen different dogs.

Uh I'm getting ready to rescue another one.

But anyhow, that's uh uh that's one of my passions.

I tried to when I was on council, get some things done, and it was uh I got a lot of uh pushback because of political reasons.

So I'm I'm I'm all in favor of that.

But the point is is I believe councilwoman uh fielding is involved with a lot of things.

You see in the arts, she see her at all these different things, and she's an advocate for all, and she's been doing this for years, way before she was ever on council.

So I think we should reconsider.

I I would uh respectfully request that uh uh someone nominate uh councilwoman fielding for the position and uh let her uh let her ever let her have the chance uh the uh of the honor of being mayor pro temp.

Thank you.

Thank you, Dave.

Okay, seeing no one else coming forward.

I'm gonna turn it back over to council.

Councilman Wallace.

I truly believe that this position was put in place to change among council members to give many.

The the first two years I was here, there were two different mayor pro tems.

And then nothing's been done since you've become mayor.

Before that, it changed almost every year, so all of the different council members got a chance to be in that position, and I'd like to make a motion to approve Karen for the next mayor pro temp.

Okay, do we have a second?

I'll second if I can second myself.

I can't, okay.

Okay, call for the vote.

She can't second herself.

Can or can't second herself.

Is anybody else gonna second it and we don't have to address the issue?

Let's do an address the issue.

I'm gonna second the motion, however, Karen, I I really do need you to do your homework, if you would please, and I'm gonna school you if you need it.

All right, okay.

I will second that motion.

Okay, call for the vote.

Parish abstain.

An assignment.

I'm gonna go along with whatever the council wants to do.

Um I'm I'm open either way.

So I you have your three votes.

So I think I'm gonna abstain because I'm good at that.

Okay.

Um motion passes.

We're gonna come to our final public comment.

I just want to congratulate Karen.

Thank you.

Good job.

The last few years yourself.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

Congratulations.

Mayor Council, Mike Bennham.

I brought this up before, and tonight I talked to Councilman Parish and Simon on Hafen Lane, where the storage place is where the heavy equipment is.

They're using that now as a dirt track.

There is small stones, dirt all over the sidewalk.

The kids on scooters come to school on that.

People walk on that.

It's a safety hazard.

You realize if somebody fall and break their leg, it's your sidewalk.

I don't know whether whose responsibility is to drive around and just look.

It's been there for a week.

That's why I'm bringing it up.

The other thing is, where are we with the helmets for the kids?

Where's the ordinance that was supposed to be putting place?

This has been going on for months.

Some kids are gonna get really hurt.

Two weeks ago, I told uh councilman parrish, we saw two young girls with the helmets, they were on the handlebars.

Really?

The guy down in Vegas on Channel 13 has been doing a whole series on it.

And he had some really good points.

I'm about safety, but he said, and he's absolutely right.

If a kid falls off a scooter, they might break their arm, they can fix that.

Or break a leg, they can fix that.

They smack the head into the concrete, they might not be able to fix that brain.

Kids have small brains, they're not like ours.

They get hurt very easily.

I'm not a doctor.

We don't have a brain surgeon in Mosquite.

Do we have to can do emergency operations?

Do we?

I don't know.

I don't think so.

And I'm with Mr.

Anderson.

I'm on the other side of that.

Prevention is worth the cure.

So please, can you do something about that down on Hafen before somebody gets hurt?

I don't know if you put some concrete blocks up, but then I'll go around.

Man, who owns the property down there?

Is it the BLM or is it the city of Musquite?

I'm not sure exactly where you're talking about.

You know where the storage place is on Hafen?

To the east end of Hafen.

Is that where you're talking about?

This end of Hafen.

They've got the equipment there and the storage bins right past that as a track.

So the road that goes down to the river right there.

Yes.

Yeah.

If it's BLM land, nobody's supposed to be on BLM land.

Uh privately.

The the road is owned as an easement for the to get to the diversion dam.

The the bunker bill irrigation has with that.

But the property just east of that is BLM.

Right.

Right.

And I'll take care of that tomorrow.

Okay.

Because I I see, I mean, I'm old, I don't go walking, but I see a lot of people walking their little dogs down there.

You don't want it to fall and get hurt.

I mean, and the problem is with these four-wheelers and dirt bikes or whatever, they have no concept.

They don't care about anybody else.

They just want to spin the wheels and put the dirt up in the air all over the sideboard.

So maybe we can do something, put a barrier up there to stop them, but that won't stop them.

They'll just go around it and I think it has to stay open.

But yeah, travel's attack area.

Thank you.

Thanks, Mike.

Yeah.

He knows that.

Donovan needed a mosquite resident, Mayor Whipple.

On the first roundabout on Oasis Boulevard where we've lost two people already, is there a possibility of please putting those blinker lights on there?

Because there's when you go down the street on this side, the brick wall is a little bit that way.

When you come from the west, like I do often, the other morning there was five little kids crossing that, and I put my flashers on when I go there, but they don't look.

And they come around.

Parents will park right in front of that mailbox section and let their kids out and have them walk across.

If you're coming around that corner, you cannot see.

On their phones, they do not even look.

And I've blown my horn at several of them and go, like, oh gee, I'm crossing the street.

So is there a possibility of putting those little flasher lights there?

It sure would help a lot.

Can we look into that, Travis?

Do they have solar-powered ones where we wouldn't have to run?

So yeah, but the so the reason we got rid of the solar is because the batteries are it.

We would look at so each one of those is approximately 40,000 when you pay for the installation, the battery or the power, all of that.

We have looked at that.

One thing that's somewhat aggravating is the school district never gets with the city to ask where would be a good spot to put a bus stop.

They put it right in front of the roundabout that, and then they ask the kids to cross the street.

It's almost ridiculous.

But we can definitely take a look at that because I agree with you.

And it's so dangerous.

Crosswalk safety, people believe that once you step into a crosswalk, there's like this little shield that goes up and you're protected.

And every single person I ever talk to about crosswalks, I remind them that you are not as strong as a car.

And but it is, and kids are very that way that we either need to do a little bit of a, and I'm sorry I'm on a rant right here, but a little advocacy for the you know, or teaching again, look both ways before you cross because it's more of a problem in just making them aware of that.

Uh we have seen good success on this um flasher, but we've also seen near messes even with the flasher because drivers aren't paying attention and people aren't using that stuff correctly.

But absolutely, we will definitely look at those, but that's approximately what we look at every time we put up the one, it's around 40,000 to put up those flashers.

Thank you.

Thanks, Donna Heckleford.

I that's my neighborhood, and I've seen kids go across.

I drive every day, you know, going out on calls and stuff, and I've seen the kids just walk across that street, and we as drivers need to be very cautious.

And I don't know why the bus stop is there either, but we have a responsibility to watch out for pedestrians as well.

Um would the flashers work?

No, I don't think so.

We got them right here on Mesquite, right?

And just the other day, like I said, my last time my wife was crossing, and some lady actually went through the crosswalk and stopped after the crosswalk, right?

Just the other day, a blue truck, the flights were flashing, someone's coming across the truck, the same exact spot where my wife was, they were in that blue truck, went across the crosswalk and stopped, and then there was a car that stopped behind the line.

So um awareness, I think is a big thing.

We really have to.

I mean, I put them up, is it gonna help?

I don't think so, because we just need to get people off their phones, get people to start watching where they're driving and when they're driving and slow down.

And that's one of the biggest things I see in this community as well.

I'm going down Falcon Ridge, I'm doing the 35, and I've got people passing me like I'm a standing turtle, right?

So we need people to start respecting the laws of the land and the law, our laws on the speed limits, and we need to start writing more tickets.

Seriously.

I mean, especially down Falcon Ridge.

It's terrible.

And I'm seeing these construction vehicles coming down Falcon Ridge.

And I know they're going way past 35 because they're blown by me.

The big dump trucks and stuff like that.

So I think we need to get our police on that Falcon Ridge, keep them there for a while and start writing those tickets, and people start slowing down.

So, and like I say, Trey talking last time in city council, we we need to move that line back with the flashers and sign, not right there at the crosswalk.

We need to move that line all the way back to that back curve.

And I'm hoping it's gonna happen.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ron.

And I can take the first step, at least talk to the school about maybe moving the bus stop.

If that's that shouldn't be too hard to do.

So all they gotta do is add one stop.

Have a stop on one side of the road and have a stop on the other side of the road.

That's all they gotta do is add one stop.

Yeah, same bus.

It is interesting talking with them.

We've we've had many discussions on how do they develop these and why don't they consult?

But that well, and and it is part of that.

Part of the problem is the transportation element of the school does not necessarily even communicate with correct the school, but and the work on that the issue with the crosswalk um will be resolved as we continue down the boulevard with the paving because that will be um addressed at that time.

So I didn't want to spend that money and then move it again.

So spend it and then tear it right back up.

Right.

Travis, when you go to the schools, can you tell them?

We've had a lot of complaints about this bus stop.

This is a real issue.

These kids are putting themselves in danger.

The city is going to mandate that you put that bus stop on the other side of the street so the kids don't have to cross the road over to be over by the golf course.

That's that's ridiculous.

Right.

And so we have, and one of their arguments is there's kids that are walking down from Spanish Bay, uh, yeah, down Ivy Lee.

And so they're saying, well, those kids don't have to cross, and so if we put it on the other side, then they're gonna have to cross.

And and so it's the situation of how about drive up and then come back and and get those.

Uh it is interesting that they ask uh our children cross on these busy streets instead of doing two stops.

And and it your your point's 100% correct that the transportation element is one part of CCSD, and then you have the educational and that, and sometimes they don't jive together as well, and so it is a little bit of a struggle in that aspect.

I think interesting and logical are two completely different words.

That's true, thank you.

Okay, seeing no one else come forward, this meeting is adjourned at 7:27.