North Las Vegas City Council Regular Meeting and Public Hearings - October 21, 2026

The North Las Vegas City Council met in regular session on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The meeting opened with an invocation by Pastor Jerry L. Page of Greater Faith Baptist Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Sidway Middle School students. The city clerk confirmed compliance with Nevada Open Meeting Law. The meeting included two public forums with a two-minute speaker limit. The council approved the published agenda and the consent agenda (items 2 through 26) without separate discussion. The source material included only the raw transcript; no agenda or minutes were available.

Opening Ceremony and Recognitions

• Sidway Middle School students led the Pledge of Allegiance and introduced themselves. Principal Latoya Jordan Brown and Assistant Principal Dr. Ashley Hardison reported that the school received a silver-level award for its Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) program and that behavior incidents dropped by more than 25 percent. Pastor Page also offered brief remarks about Greater Faith Baptist Church, located near Winslow Park, with services at 11 a.m. and Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m.

Consent Calendar

• Item 1: Motion to approve the agenda as published; passed.
• Items 2 through 26: Consent agenda approved by one motion, as recommended by staff. This included consent item 10, the community correction center food services agreement, which received public comment in the first public forum.

Public Comments & Testimony

• First public forum: Dr. Bobby Damrill, leader of the Culinary Academy at 710 Westlake Mead Boulevard, spoke in favor of consent item 10. He said the academy has served meals at the correction center for six years and requested the next three-year term. He cited more than 1.3 million meals served and more than 850 students trained in professional cook and steward positions, and described the contract as an opportunity builder; he recounted a former justice-involved student saying that weeks earlier he had been eating the food and was now making it.
• Second public forum: Gary Bouchard, a 26-year resident of Paradise Isle Avenue, raised concerns about hopscotch development and vacant lots surrounded by developed properties. He showed a photo and urged the city to require owners of vacant lots to bring them up to neighborhood standards with rock cover and desert plants, with developers bearing the cost.
• Eric King, a longtime resident, described mistreatment during stays at the correctional facility, including having his wheelchair taken twice and given to another detainee, an alleged cracked skull, black mold exposure, and pressure to sign a document. The council did not deliberate or act on the second-forum comments.

Council and Staff Announcements

• Councilman Barron announced the Fairfield by Marriott ribbon cutting on Lamb Boulevard north of I-15, calling it continued investment in the city. He also announced the Spooktacular movie night on Friday, October 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the neighborhood recreation center, Lincoln Elementary School trunk-or-treat the same day, and the Nightmare on Neighborhood Street trunk-or-treat at the recreation center.
• Councilman Churchio congratulated City Manager Michaela Moore on receiving the Nevada Governor's Filipino American Trailblazers Award on October 18. He announced the Sandstone by KB Homes phase two ribbon cutting at the villages of Thule Springs at 11:30 a.m., and the seventh annual Paws in the Park on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Aliante Nature Discovery Park, including a photo contest, free microchipping, vaccinations, examinations by Hearts of Life Village and Christy Stevens, and spay/neuter vouchers.
• A council member announced Blue Bingo on Wednesday, October 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Silver Mesa Rec Center, and the city's annual Halloween celebration on October 29 with a costume contest at 1 p.m. and family trick-or-treating at 4 p.m.
• A councilwoman reported the October 13 grand opening of the city's first fire training center: 5,200 square feet of indoor classroom space, about six acres of training ground, a burn box, a live-fire training pad, and the only fire training center in southern Nevada with an ambulance simulator. She also reported the October 14 homeless pop-up event at Tonopa Park in Ward 2: 40 confirmed providers, about 488 individuals helped, about 20 percent of those served were families with minor children, total estimated community reach just under 600 people, and the largest turnout yet. She noted the October 19 Ime Beca Scholarship Ceremony, with 51 scholarship recipients.
• A council member recognized the German American Club, which has operated in downtown North Las Vegas since 1971 and established its permanent center in the early 1980s, and mentioned its Oktoberfest event and Bavarium Fest in November.

Discussion Items and Public Hearings

• Item 27 (UNLV lease): Terry Sheridan, Economic Development Director, presented a lease with the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on behalf of UNLV for 455 square feet on the first floor of City Hall. The UNLV Small Business Development Center will continue to provide small-business services. The public hearing was closed with no comments, and the motion to approve passed.
• Item 28 (Workforce Connections lease): Terry Sheridan presented a lease for 84 square feet of office and window space on the first floor of City Hall. Workforce Connections connects job seekers and employers; it served as the hiring center for MasterBrand and helped hire more than 200 employees. The public hearing was closed with no comments, and the motion to approve passed.
• Item 29 (Special use permit appeal): John Bodwin, who said he owns commercial property immediately south of the proposed development, appealed the Planning Commission's approval of SCP 33 2026, a special use permit for a restricted gaming and full on-sale liquor license without a restaurant at the southwest corner of Interstate 15 and Tropical Parkway. He said he was not opposed to development or gaming but raised concerns about traffic safety on Tropical Parkway, especially from 3 to 6 p.m., truck traffic, the proposed entrance near a downhill grade, the need for a traffic study, and compatibility with the industrial/distribution corridor. He asked the council to overturn the approval or continue the matter until a comprehensive traffic safety study was completed. The applicant's representative, Lucy Stewart, and project owner Dr. Cornelian defended the project, citing a proposed third deceleration lane built at the applicant's cost, no left turn out of the site, a U-turn at Maverick, a proposed medical facility and food use, and traffic counts of 54,000 vehicles at a nearby intersection versus roughly 14,000 to 17,000 at the site. City Attorney Andy Moore explained the de novo review criteria; Public Works Director Mike Hudgens said the traffic study would be submitted during civil plan review; the land development director said the use was compatible with adjacent commercial and industrial uses and that the special use would go away if conditions were not met. The motion to affirm the Planning Commission's approval passed.
• Item 30 (IAFF supervisors MOU): The council approved a memorandum of understanding with IAFF Local 1607 amending the supervisors collective bargaining agreement for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, removing health reimbursement arrangement language and allowing fire department employees to enroll in city health care plans. The fiscal impact was estimated as cost neutral. Mike Charlton, new union president and fire captain, expressed support. The public hearing was closed with no comments, and the motion passed.
• Item 31 (IAFF non-supervisors MOU): The council approved the similar MOU for the non-supervisors collective bargaining agreement for the same period, also estimated as cost neutral. The public hearing was closed with no comments, and the motion passed. The transcript records an audience member attempting to interrupt; the mayor directed the person to submit a blue card if they wished to speak.
• Item 32 (Teamsters supervisors CBA ratification): The council ratified the Teamsters Local 14 supervisors collective bargaining agreement for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The corrected fiscal impact was $3.2 million over three years: $561,000 in year one, $1.1 million in year two, and $1.5 million in year three. Kim Sperlock, Teamsters chief shop steward representing more than 700 employees, spoke in support of items 32 through 34 and described the contract as the largest total base wage increase in about 15 years. The motion passed.
• Item 33 (Teamsters administrative CBA ratification): The council ratified the administrative collective bargaining agreement for the same period. The fiscal impact was $2.9 million over three years: $512,000 in year one, $1 million in year two, and $1.4 million in year three. The motion passed.
• Item 34 (Teamsters non-supervisor CBA ratification): The council ratified the non-supervisor collective bargaining agreement for the same period. The fiscal impact was $16.4 million over three years: $2.9 million in year one, $5.7 million in year two, and $7.8 million in year three. The motion passed.

Business Items

• Item 35: The council directed the city clerk to set future public hearing dates as necessary.
• Item 36: The council appointed Michael Charlton to the North Las Vegas Deferred Compensation Plan Committee. Charlton spoke briefly about his use of deferred compensation and his excitement about joining the committee. The motion passed.

City Manager's Report

• City Manager Michaela Moore reported on the October 14 code enforcement oath of office and badge pinning ceremony and the city's code enforcement and graffiti removal work. The 19-person code enforcement team resolves close to 10,000 complaints a year, and the five-person graffiti removal crew removes more than 55,000 graffiti tags and 8,000 illegal signs annually. New graffiti removal trucks include hydraulic airless paint pumps with a 150-foot hose radius, an onboard hot water pressure washer, and a secure sign cage; Councilman Barron championed the graffiti initiative.
• Moore congratulated Creative Services Manager Blair Mossberg as October 2026 team member of the month. Under Mossberg's leadership, the city's social media reach grew 119 percent last fiscal year, and followers climbed 17 percent to more than 118,000.
• Moore invited the community to Taco Fest at Craig Ranch from October 30 through November 1, with a soccer tournament, 5K, car show, live entertainment, and food vendors. The event draws 25,000 people annually; the trunk-or-treat is on Friday, October 31, from 6 to 9 p.m. with more than 200 cars and 50,000 pieces of candy.

Key Outcomes

• Every motion called during the meeting was approved; no roll-call vote totals or dissenting votes were recorded in the transcript.
• The council affirmed the Planning Commission's approval in the item 29 appeal. The applicant must still complete civil plan review, including a traffic study, and satisfy all imposed conditions before the project can proceed.
• The council ratified three Teamsters Local 14 collective bargaining agreements for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, with a combined estimated fiscal impact of $22.5 million over three years.
• The council approved two IAFF Local 1607 MOUs for supervisors and non-supervisors, each estimated as cost neutral.
• Michael Charlton was appointed to the Deferred Compensation Plan Committee, and the city clerk was directed to set future public hearing dates as necessary.