Swearing-In of Tracy Fells as Mesquite Police Chief - 2026-02-10
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Mesquite City Meeting: Swearing-In of Police Chief Tracy Fells
The meeting convened on February 10, 2026, with remarks from a presiding official expressing excitement about the city's process improvements. The primary agenda item was the ceremonial swearing-in of Tracy Fells as the new Mesquite Police Chief, administered by Julie Goodsell.
Swearing-In Ceremony
- Presiding official welcomed attendees and noted personal milestones shared with the city (birth of daughter and granddaughters during 26-year tenure).
- Julie Goodsell administered the oath of office to Tracy Fells, who repeated the standard oath to support, protect, and defend the U.S. Constitution and the State of Nevada, bear true faith and allegiance, and faithfully perform duties as Mesquite Police Chief.
Key Outcomes
- Tracy Fells officially sworn in as Mesquite Police Chief, with the oath concluded by the statement "so help me God."
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, everyone. Um like to welcome you all here. We're very excited to be swarming in Chief Tracy Fells, and that's gonna be done by uh Julie Goodsell. So my daughter's walk upstairs. We can all just laugh when she comes in. The slow one. We're all not well she's got babies. We all took note, Jamie, of which one's here. Well, I'll just say thank you to everybody for being here. I appreciate it. I'm pretty uh pretty excited to get this part of this sub process done and go to work and and uh improve the city's form. So not that I can improve the city, but we can surely improve our processes and the way we're doing things. So I'm excited, and I hope my daughter hurries because I'm getting here in the hallway. She heard they hear the baby screaming. Yeah. So when Ray, well tidbit. Um, when I was hired, um, three weeks later, my daughter was born. And she's coming in. And uh she's had we've had two granddaughters now since uh since I've been working here. So in the 26 years that I've been here, um we've had a daughter and two granddaughters, and now we're uh we're a full house. Was she late to be able? No, she was pretty early. Yeah, we should that's what I said. Well, thanks for coming. Oh look and find up with the girl right there. Okay. Okay. Papa. Well, that wasn't the cutest thing ever. Okay, raise your right hand and repeat after me. I Tracy Fells. Do you solemnly swear? That I will support, protect, and defend. That I will support, protect, and defend. The Constitution and Government of the United States. The Constitution and Government of the United States. And the Constitution and Government of the State of Nevada. And the Constitution and Government of the State of Nevada. Against all enemies. Against all enemies, whether foreign or domestic. Whether foreign or domestic. And I will bear true faith. And I will bear true faith. Allegiance. Allegiance. Loyalty to the same. Loyalty to the same. Any ordinance. Any ordinance. Resolution.
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