City Council - Regular Meeting

Hello, I'd like to call the meeting to order and welcome those of you who are here with us in the chambers and those who are joining us live streaming. We will start with confirmation of posting and roll call.

Thank you. The agenda was posted in accordance with Nevada open meeting law, and all members are present with the exception of Mayor Hardy.

Thank you very much. Our invocation today will be given by Pastor Todd Kent, the Calvary Chapel Boulder City Church, and after which, if you will stay standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. So if you'll all rise, please.

Our most gracious Heavenly Father, we come to you with hearts full of thanksgiving and gratitude. Lord, this week we commemorated Memorial Day, Lord, memorializing those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and laid down their life so that we might have freedom. God, we thank you for those men and women who laid down their lives, and Lord, also for those that were injured, who put their lives at risk. Lord, we also recognize that you, out of your ultimate love for us, sent Jesus to come and die for all. Lord, that he would be the ultimate sacrifice that we might live freely, free from sin and death. God, I come to you recognizing that you have given us many examples of men and women in the Bible that desire to serve and follow after you. Lord, I'm reminded of Solomon, who when he took over for his father David in reigning for Israel, he prayed that you would give him wisdom, wisdom to govern the people with righteousness and justice. And Lord, I pray that for the city council, for the local government, I pray for your protection for the first responders, for the police, for the fire, for any emergency medical personnel, Lord, that you would guide them, you would direct them. You told us that they are your servants, and I pray that you'd bless them. keep them safe. Lord, I also pray that these proceedings would be honorable to you. Lord, Solomon, when he was building the temple and he was about to dedicate the temple, Lord, he prayed, recognizing that you are a God who doesn't desire to judge, but desires to pour out mercy upon people. So he reminded you, Lord, of what you stated that If the people turned away from following you and followed after false gods, that, Lord, there would be consequences. There would be famines. There would be pestilence. There would be things that would happen as a consequence for that, Lord. And you're getting their attention and disciplining them. So when he dedicated the temple, God, he prayed that... If that happens, Lord, if the people repent, if they change their heart and come back and seek after you, that you would hear and you acknowledge to him that you indeed did hear. And you said, if my people will humble themselves. and repent and turn after me and follow me, then I will hear and I will heal the land. And God, I pray that we would be a people that would seek after you, that you would indeed bless not only the city, but this country, and that we may be known as a people that love you and that we love our neighbor, God. Bless these proceedings this evening, Lord, in Jesus' name. Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, Pastor. We appreciate your coming and taking your time to pray with and for us tonight. I'd like to, and it is my pleasure since I get to be here, and for those of you who may not know me, I can tell you can't hear me very well. I'll pull it a little closer. I am Mayor Pro Tem Sherri Jorgensen. Mayor Hardy is not with us tonight, and so I get the opportunity to run the meeting, which means I get the opportunity to let you know that we have a proclamation from the mayor. And May 17th through the 23rd of 2026 was recognized as National Public Works Week. which paid tribute to our public works professionals, engineers, managers, and employees to recognize the substantial contributions they make to protect our national health, safety, and advancing quality of life. And this proclamation is in the way of gratitude for all that you do. I'd like to invite Jed Wheeler up here on behalf of the American Public Works Association. And do you have a few words you'd like to share? Great. Come on up.

Hello.

My name is Andrew Howard. This is actually Jed. He's my bodyguard I brought here. We're both consultants here locally, and so we're part of the organization, but we also represent the American Public Works Association. AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC WORKS LEADERS OF THE CITY FOR MAINTAINING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THAT COME HERE FROM THE TOILETS WE FLUSH TO THE SINKS WE USE TO THE ROADS WE DRIVE ON. OUR HOUSES ARE FLOOD PROTECTED WHEN IT RAINS. ALL THESE THINGS ARE PUBLIC WORKS AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE IT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LEAD IT. SO THANK YOU.

Thank you. Stay here. We would like to get a picture with you if it's possible. So if Andrew and his bodyguard could stay, we will get a picture and say thank you so much for what you do.

Barry has to come up.

okay I've got one more time all right you guys ready

Thank you.

I think the very word public works says it all, because if public works isn't working, the public knows. So thank you so very, very much. We will now start public comment. Public comment in this section is for the items that are on the agenda. You'll have three minutes to come and share. You can either call by phone, which is 702-589-9629. Or if you're here and you would like to share, please come up and make sure you write your name down and tell us who you are. Thank you.

Good evening, and this is about all the items on the consent agenda. The item number two, the resolution for the appraisal of land I would like to see, and this really goes for all the items. It's going to cost some money to do an appraisal, so why can't there be an amount the approximate, you add it right to the agenda item, who's preparing the resolution, and you say, well, this appraisal is going to cost between X number of dollars and X number of dollars. When you go to the item with the $300,000 for the rehab projects and reallocating both the funding and the expenditures why can't there be a little line saying, okay, the fund was X number of dollars, and we're doing this, and now with this reallocation, the budget is X number of dollars. With number five, that's really, bothers me because when you talk about they're going to have these leases to not to the public but to a person What's the dollar amount difference, okay? You can't know that, but you can know what you are leasing those leases to to people. Should they not all be the same amount of money? If you're leasing them to X number of people at $1,500 a month, and you would lease them to the public what would you get what is the market bringing in you know we don't even talk about the consent agenda at all there's no discussion about it so perhaps with a little more information um that might be a little bit more transparent thank you

Is there anyone on the line? Again, that phone number is 702-589-9629.

My name is Robin Baker. And I'm actually talking about money at this moment in time also. I understand that there is a tentative and final budget. And I also would like a little more transparency and accountability. That is one thing I would like. But the other thing I would like to do is to thank all of you for your service, the city employees, and also your council members, all the commissioners. As you suspect, there is a lot of information being discussed in Boulder City. And I'm hoping that the chaos that's in the rest of the world is not going to necessarily be exhibited in our community, that we can listen to each other respectfully, and that we can trust that our elected officials do hear what we're saying and do make decisions in the best interest of not necessarily myself, but of the community in which I live. Then the last thing I'd like to make a comment on goes back to the tentative budget, now that you know that I do appreciate everything you do. I would very much like to see, and I have talked with the finance department. I know that it's not a reality. at this moment in time in Boulder City. But I would like to see the historic preservation efforts be a specific line item. I've tried for multiple years to find out how much money is put into historic preservation of the residences of that part of the district. And it is a very difficult and overwhelming effort. And it doesn't need to be. It's just money, as with the hangers. It's money. And if you spend the money, it should be documented somewhere. There should be accountability for every dollar that is spent. You ask the federal government for grants and other monies that be given to you. And you use the historic district as a... benefit of why they should be supporting us because we do have that historic district. But yet, where does the money go? If not for the historic district, it's not that I'm opposed to it going somewhere else. But if you're getting money because of the historic district, because we're in the National Registry, some of that money should be allocated to show improvement in the historic district. So anyway, I hope all of you have a very happy and peaceful evening and are able to think clearly.

Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone on the line? Oh, and may I say one more thing? I usually do leave early after a meeting, but I do go home and listen. So even though I may not be present the whole meeting, I do hear what you are discussing, and I do try to be participatory in other ways. So thank you. Thank you.

Is there anyone online? No one online. Anyone else in chambers who would like to come forward for public comment? OK, seeing nobody coming forward and nobody on the line, we'll now close public comment and move forward for possible action of approval of our regular agenda. Are there any changes, Madam City Clerk? No changes. Do I have a motion?

I'll move to approve.

Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? OK, for possible action of approval of consent agenda, any changes? No changes? Do I have a motion?

Move to approve consent agenda.

We have a motion. Second. And a second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Great. Thank you. This will move us to our regular agenda, item number six, matters pertaining to the city-owned general aviation hangars at the municipal airport. We are in the introduction phase of the bills. Who will be?

I will introduce bills 2104 through and including bill 2131 and waive the reading except for title.

Thank you.

Bill number 2104, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-049-TW1-02 between the City of Boulder City and Joseph Ebert to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. bill number 2105 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-050 tw1-04 between the city of boulder city and stole aviation llc to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2106, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-051, TW1-06 between the City of Boulder City and Darren Hagedorn to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2107, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-052-TW1-08 between the City of Boulder City and Michael Caruso to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2108, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-054, TW1-12 between the City of Boulder City and Eric Roper to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2109, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-055, TW1-14 between the City of Boulder City and Terry and Dennis Wolcott to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2110, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-056 TW2-01 between the City of Boulder City and Matt Dunphy to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 21 11 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-058 tw2-03 between the city of boulder city and paul munt to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2112 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-059 tw2-04 between the city of boulder city and doug mueller to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2113 an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-060, TW2-05, between the City of Boulder City and Shawn Lloyd to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2114, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-061 TW2-06 between the City of Boulder City and Ibrahim Garba to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2115, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-062, TW2-07, between the City of Boulder City and Travis Taylor to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2116 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-063 tw2-08 between the city of boulder city and rob bish to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2117 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-064 tw2-09 between the City of Boulder City and Kevin Savard to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2118, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-065-TW2-10 between the City of Boulder City and David Conaway to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2119, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-066, TW2-11, between the City of Boulder City and Brian Stokes to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. bill number 2120 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-067 tw2-12 between the city of boulder city and chris and nicole yates to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2121 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-068 tw2-13 between the city of boulder city and david jones to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2122 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-069 tw2-14 between the city of boulder city and joel smith to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2123 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-070 tw3-01 between the city of boulder city and scott miller to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period bill number 2124 an ordinance of the city of boulder city nevada approving lease agreement number 26-071 tw3-03 between the city of boulder city and brian eldridge to enter into a hanger rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period Bill number 21-25. An agreement of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-072 TW3-05 between the City of Boulder City and Stuart Litchens to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2126, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-073 TW3-07 between the City of Boulder City and David Dwoskin to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2127, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-074 TW3-09, between the City of Boulder City and Lorene Cangiano and Brandon Cangiano, to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2128, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-075, TW3-11, between the City of Boulder City and William Lucius, to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2129, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-076, TW3-13, between the City of Boulder City and Eric Ristrom, to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2130, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada, approving lease agreement number 26-053, TW1-10 between the City of Boulder City and Jonathan Kilburg to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. Bill number 2131, an ordinance of the City of Boulder City, Nevada approving lease agreement number 26-057 TW2-02 between the City of Boulder City and Jeffrey Morris to enter into a hangar rental agreement for a period of three years with one two-year renewal period. All bills will be considered at the 5 p.m. meeting on the 8th day of June 2026.

Thank you, Madam City Clerk.

I'm out of breath now.

You are out of breath. That's why she recorded him. She knew that that was going to be a project. So thank you very, very much. We'll now move to regular business, possible actions for matters pertaining to the fiscal year 2026 and 2027, tentative and final budget. Hello?

Angela Mannin, budget manager. Since we last met on April 21st, there have been very minimal changes to the budget. Would you like me to go over the changes first or do the public hearing first?

Go over the changes, and then people will be able to comment if they want to.

Okay, so one of the items tonight is a resolution to approve the class and compensation for fiscal year 27, so the council does this every year. This year the only changes were CPI increases, so 2.6% was increased. for all the ratified union contracts, also the non-bargaining employees. We also had minor name changes. The Public Works Director is changing to the Public Works and Utilities Director. And also our Deputy Director of Public Works and Utilities will change to Deputy Public Works and Utilities Director. And those are all the changes for the class and comp. We did have a couple changes to the general fund, totaling $92,800 in expenses. This includes, well, one change that didn't increase the expenses was every year we put $15,000 into the court fund for drug court. This year, in fiscal year 27, we're changing that. We're going to move that money to the multipurpose fund. So in case they don't use all the money in 27, it'll still be set aside for them. Another change to general fund was we're gonna transfer $30,000 to the land improvement fund. That's the fund that pays for the appraisals for the city and also gets reimbursed. That fund is down to $7,000 so that 30,000 would make it able to pay for appraisals in the future. And then also we increased the human resources budget $35,000 to help pay for a consulting contract. And that will assist with things like internal investigations and things that are really hard to do in such a small community. And also the city manager's budget increased $27,800 and that's for a safety consultant contract. This will help update all our safety materials including new OSHA updates. And those were all the changes for the general fund. Acquisitions and improvements, which is our capital improvement fund, increased $700,000 for the administration and classroom building for the fire station or for fire department. And this will help assist with connecting all the utilities and also grading the land. The redevelopment agency budget increased $4 million, but really it's just the fund balance. It was budgeted in 26 to be used for a CIP project. We're moving it into the pavilion for fiscal year 27. So that's what the change is there, but it's not a change in the fund balance. It's just budgeting the funds in case, so it can be used in fiscal year 27 if that project does move forward. That funding can't be spent until it comes to the RDA for approval though. And then also the birth fund increased $200,000, and that was for the outfitting of the fire engine. And those were all the changes since we last met on April 21st.

Thank you, Angela. We'll now open public hearing on the fiscal year 2026-2027 tentative budget. Any who are in chambers and would like to come forward may, and any who would like to call in at 702-589-9629 are invited to do so at this time. Do we have anyone on the phone? Seeing no one in chambers and no one on the phone, we'll close public hearing at this time and move to the B portion of number seven, which is resolution number 8136. Do we have any questions?

If there are no questions related to the class position that Ms. Manninen already went over, I will move to approve Resolution 8136.

Is there a second? I'll second that. Any discussion?

I did have one on the safety contract. How often is that done? Is that every five years?

It depends on the guidelines and how often things change. I believe the last time it was updated was 21 or 22.

Okay.

And that's done by a third party, you said? This will be a third party contract, yes.

Working with Polpac, but a third party. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, and that'll be on portion C. Okay. So we have a motion and oh, go ahead.

I just wanted to ask this question for the general public. It's ad valorem. What does that mean? Not everybody understands.

So that ad valorem is the property tax is just another name for it.

A Latin name. Yep. Thank you.

Wait, is there any more discussion? OK, we have a motion and a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Great. We'll now move to item number C under 7, which is discussion and approval of fiscal year 2026-2027 final operating and capital budgets. Would open it up for any questions people may have.

No.

excuse me I just want to comment that it's important to note that this process is exceedingly transparent everything that's been asked today already is available meet with staff and you can get those answers and in the agenda item it did cover the cost of various time various items that were brought up so staff or council can talk about policies, staff can talk about details, but also that a few changes that were made, are already covered and the funding is there. It's just kind of moving it from one place to another in order to use it appropriately. And they weren't due to poor planning. They were already known. Or we saw in the prior fiscal year that needs were going to have to be augmented. Example, the fire department admin building, we knew that that was going to come up. So there are funding resources available for these changes. I think that's important to note for us. It's just a matter of being able to manage the budget accordingly with the accounts as they need to be. So I didn't have any other questions or comments. Thanks.

Are there any other questions. I just want to point a clarification because one of the funds stated that it would be for appraisals and I happen to know that quite often we have those people interested in whatever portion of land that they're interested come back and refund us for the appraisal where will the refunded money go. the go back into the land improvement fund in the appraisal section of it to be used the next time okay wonderful thank you if i have no more question i would entertain a motion i'll make a motion to move uh fiscal year to 2027 budget do we have a second i'll second we have a motion and a second any more discussion All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you, Angela. Thank you. OK, we'll now move to item number eight on the regular business. This is matters pertaining to collective bargaining between the city of Boulder City and the Boulder City Police Protective Association. And we'll have city manager Ned Thomas come and introduce

Thank you. I am City Manager Ned Thomas. I have item number eight for you tonight. This is a memorandum of understanding between the City of Boulder City and the City's Police Protective Association. It's regarding insurance coverage. I am happy to mention on this item that the city has reached an agreement through arbitration with the Police Protective Association that will be coming to the council at your next meeting. However, in order for the union or the association to move forward through the insurance process through open enrollment, we put this on the agenda ahead of the arbitrator's decision. So that's why it's here before you tonight. It's my understanding that that process is underway and we're in the process of getting our police officers under the city's health insurance like all of the other employees have been and we're very pleased that this was a positive outcome for both the city and the police union through the negotiation process. So this item is a memorandum of understanding just on the side. so that we might be able to proceed with the administrative functions of bringing this to fruition. As noted in the staff report, there are some changes to the Article 16 of the CBA that must be implemented during open enrollment that's occurring now, as I mentioned, and that will secure the insurance coverage under the new policy, and then it can be implemented on July 1, 2026. It's noted also in the staff report NRS 288.153 requires any new extended or modified collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement between the government employer and the union must be approved at a public meeting. So that's why we have brought this forward to you at this time.

Just one more point of clarification. The police union was receiving a stipend previously to this and now is moving to our insurance.

Thank you.

Yeah, it's a very important note that the city has always provided some type of insurance coverage. For several years now, the city has provided that in the form of a stipend that was paid directly to the union. But again, through the negotiation process, we're able to move them to insurance coverage like our other employees, which we think will be a better way to provide for them with that important benefit that they receive.

Thank you very much. With that being said, we'll move on to a public hearing for the memorandum of understanding between the City of Boulder City and the Boulder City Police Protective Agency regarding insurance coverage. So those who are in chambers may come up if they desire. And those who would like to call in at 702-589-9629 may also call. Thank you. Madam City Clerk, do we have anyone on the phone? No callers. Seeing no callers and no one in chambers who will come up at this time for public hearing, we will close public hearing and move to item number B, resolution number 8137.

May I? One additional detail I forgot to mention, I think. So for fiscal year 27, the impact of this change will be $43,068. To the to the city. I always want to note the fiscal impact of these types of changes But it's nominal given this city's overall budget Thank you.

Are there any questions?

Well now that you bring that up Is it in the negative or the positive? Is it going to cost the city more by providing the insurance? Or was the stipend more and we're saving that amount of money?

The stipend would have increased as well. But in this case, it is roughly $43,000 increase over last year's cost.

And I'm guessing, and you can whomever. So this was a change from the prior contract. And so if they're going to the insurance, insurance rates go up on an annual basis, as we all know. So I'm guessing that this is just simply the stipend was keeping track. But now that we're renegotiating Article 16, they're joining the insurance program of the city. That's what this year's.

premiums are going to be for that group. That's correct. And this will be included in the new contract, but because we didn't know that at the time that we needed to put this on to the agenda, it's coming to you a little bit ahead of the agreement. Anything else?

The $43,000 is the increase, so it's not the total cost of the insurance. Oh, no, yeah, just the increase. Yeah, just the increase from one year to the next. Yeah.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. No other questions.

Thank you. Are there any other questions? If there are no other questions, I would entertain a motion.

I'll move to approve Resolution 8137.

I'll second that. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Then all in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes. This moves us on to item number nine, which is possible action for city council appointments. The first being allotment. Madam City Clerk?

Yes, thank you. As noted in the staff report, there are actually four vacancies on the allotment committee. However, there are only three applicants. So anybody out there listening and wishing to participate on the allotment committee, visit the city clerk's office. So at this time, you would draw by lot. That's a requirement. So they're not actually appointments. They're selected by lots, which are in your glass container. Okay. You can just pull out the names and read them, please.

Yes. The first one is Michael Tully.

Thank you.

The second is Alan Goya. Thank you. I have four names in here.

Oh, there are four? Oh, okay. I thought one had removed their name.

The third is Rebecca Ballester.

Perfect.

And the fourth is Deborah Booth.

Great. So we have a completed allotment committee. That's great news. And those members will serve a term ending on June 30th, 2028. And the next matter for consideration is the appointment to the utility advisory committee. This particular position would end on June 1st, 2029 and all of the members, um, their applications are attached. And one of the current members serving is Larry Carr. And as you can see by the staff report, he is also interested in reappointment to the committee.

Thank you. Do I have any nominations for this position?

I'll nominate Larry Carr. Okay. So any other nominations?

So is that unanimous because there's no other nominations? Or do we have to vote specifically on that?

No, if there's no further nominations, then Larry Carr would be appointed by acclamation.

OK. Larry Carr is appointed by acclamation. Thank you. This brings us to our final public comment. portion of the meeting, in this portion you may speak on any item that you would like for three minutes. Again, when you come up, please write your name so that we have that for record. And then if you would choose to call in, that would be 702-589-9629. Thank you.

All right, greetings again. I'm back. My name is Adam Schulteis, and as stated before, I'm the only candidate running for city council that is opposed to data centers. This issue is not done yet. Last council meeting, I talked about how closed-loop centers still use tremendous amounts of water. This council meeting, which will be Lesson 2 of my 10-part series, I will continue the discussion on how closed-loop data centers still require large amounts of water. As the good book says, the truth shall set you free. The following facts that I will present come from some of America's top universities, such as Harvard, Stanford, University of Maryland, University of Chicago, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, North Carolina State, and dozens more. They state the truth with documentation and various studies about these so-called closed-loop data centers. First of all, these closed loop data centers still consume water through evaporation, maintenance, system flushing, and massive power generation demands. These closed loop facilities can also place major strains on public water infrastructure, especially in desert communities. We don't need them here. We already have 38 in Vegas. Furthermore, closed-loop facilities still require initial filling of large cooling systems, periodic flushing or blowdown to remove minerals and bacteria, make up water to replace losses, and water indirectly through electricity generation at power plants. You must know the saying, knowledge is power, use it wisely. You have been given fact and truth time and time again by hundreds of Boulder City residents, as well as some of the top university professors in the world that I mentioned. Use that knowledge wisely, Council. Say no to data centers.

Good evening. Roseanne Rabiola Mealy. You know, getting old really isn't that bad. It was fun being young, but getting old, you just... It's been the best time of my life, and I'm not kidding. I would say... Maybe the last six or seven years, best time of my life. And I look around and I think about the value of institutional knowledge. There's nobody in this room, with the exception of our city clerk, who has a whole lot of institutional knowledge, because she's been around a long time. and I bring up institutional knowledge because there was a day, a time, when I could go to the budget, when I could go to the city manager's monthly claims paid list and I could bring it up on the computer and I could show folks. I can't do that. Now, I am more than happy to spend as much time as needed. I will sit with somebody who can show me how to use the system we have today because I know what it used to look like And I know what we spent money on, and I'm sure as heck that we're still spending money on a lot of those same items. But I can't even find them anymore. Okay, how much money does this vendor get as opposed to that vendor? You know, people in the community used to ask me, they'd say, how much money are they spending over here? I could go right to it and find it. I can't do that anymore. My recollection is we've been through at least a couple of different systems since I've gone. And it may be more. But I will be happy any time. any day, Saturday, Sunday, morning, evening, although I prefer later in the afternoon, to sit with someone and show me. Because I'll tell you, I was super disappointed that I couldn't bring up any questions about the budget. Heaven knows I got a lot of them, but I need to get in there. So everybody got my phone number, my email. Call me. I'll do Zoom. I'll come here. Whatever. I'll do it.

Again, the phone number to call in is 702-589-9629. Do we have anyone on the phone?

Sorry, my name takes a long time to write. Hi, I'm Bryn Delormier, and I had a couple things tonight. One of which, sorry, my phone is really small, but here's a picture of Nevada Way, just right up the street here. And it's the sprinklers just going right into the road, and this is something I've been reporting since I moved here. It flows all the way down past my house. It makes crabgrass grow in the middle of the street. It goes down the storm drain under the high school, up the other side, over to down Adams, over to Georgia, all the way down to where the storm water drains out into the desert by the wastewater treatment plant. So I'm just asking, I've reported it on C-Click Fix 10 million times. You can see my name on there. I'm just asking if something can be done about it because, and I'm going to point out one of you, this is an ad from the November 2022 campaign when one of you was running and it says net zero, which isn't really a thing. I know the EPA says it is, but the SNWA says they use consumptive use. But anyway, I want to just ask, how are our metrics compared to then? Are we doing any better? I know we've replaced some of the, you know, according to AB 356, we have to replace, we have to have that 10-foot setback. from the street side, but I think we're doing a little better in some places, but that stream that comes down past my house every single night in summer, it is still there, despite how many times I record it. So I'm just asking that, number one. Number two, I've talked to another one of you who's been very helpful, thank you. about requesting a lighted crosswalk on Ville Drive across from Hemingway Park. I think the street is Key Largo. I think that was supposed to be put in in March. It's still not there. A lot of the residents of Lakeview Terrace would like it there because I know the speed limit is 25 miles an hour. Nobody abides by that. And it's actually a really large road. So a lighted crosswalk would be really, really helpful there. so and and curb cuts so people in wheelchairs and walkers can make it across the street there safely so just requesting that that be put in I think it was approved but it was supposed to be in in March it's still not and then third just asking that you all heard the Planning Commission's decision to deny putting a data center in the desert and hoping that everybody listens to the Planning Commission all the residents who spoke this was a full house there was an overflow room that was also full not everybody who wanted to speak got a chance but a lot of people spoke for that meeting went for three and a half hours so I'm again begging that everybody listen to their constituents and to the Planning Commission so thank you all have a good evening thank you is there anyone on the phone line thank you

I'd like to reiterate what Bryn said about the planning commission and all the people from our town and the nurses and the doctors that called in to tell us that it wasn't a healthy thing. And I don't really know if there's been a human environmental impact study anyway. according to what I'm reading there's a lot of people in the on the East Coast where they have the data centers that are having medical issues so I would really hope that you would replay as hard as it is to listen to three hours worth there was a lot of good information at that meeting secondly tonight I'm speaking to just the council members here in case you were not aware of a situation that occurred on the 28th of April I was calling, I was at home, actually I was in Henderson, and I couldn't get up here. I made 13 phone calls between 5 and 6 p.m. I didn't call on the number that you called out, Sherry, I called 589-9689 which is the second line here okay i was told by lisa laplante that it had been investigated and that i was actually calling the east medical clinic in las vegas that is a lie when i called in i heard joe hardy's voice that phone was connected here the second line, 8-9, I called 13 times. I was on hold seven times for about five minutes. I was on hold another time for nine minutes. After that, I saw, when I was hearing Joe Hardy call out anybody on the phone, anybody on the phone. And I looked at the little gray thing on the screen, and it said 8-9. 29, right? The number you want us to call. It was 29. And so I dialed that number. But when I got through to that number, I got put on hold, and then it went public comment was over. So I tried at the end again to call, and I didn't get picked up again. I was put on hold a couple times. Then I called from my girlfriend's phone. And we were put on hold. And after 13 minutes, I said, never mind. Just put it away. I didn't know she hadn't taken it off a hold. But then the phone goes off, and she hands me the phone. And I was confused. And someone on the other end said, public comment is over. Well, no kidding. It was after 7 o'clock on the 28th. But let it be known, I was told that the city had investigated this. I gave them the screenshots of my 13 phone calls. And they said I was calling the medical clinic, sorry. But that's not true. And I wanted every one of you guys to know that in case the rest of the city didn't get that information to you. And I'm really sorry to have to bring this up at council, but I don't feel anybody else is listening.

Thank you. Is there anyone else in chambers who would like to give comment?

Good evening, Council, staff, ladies and gentlemen, Brandon Smith for the record. I'd just like to start off my public comment tonight by wishing our mayor well wishes this evening in his absence. I'm sure he's watching from wherever he is sitting, playing along. Yeah, I kind of wanted to keep my focus on the data center action, obviously. We had quite a turnout for the Planning Commission last week. Dozens of people spoke out. The Planning Commission themselves had questions that couldn't readily be answered. Unfortunately, it just seems that TS2 can't seem to get their data together in some cohesive manner that makes sense to anybody. It's a tough pill to swallow faced with a decision like, I mean, like this kind of puts the leash law to shame, really. This affects five generations of Boulder City people from here on out. And I think that you as the council owe it to us as your citizens to really chunk down through the data, through the, I mean there hasn't been an environmental impact statement issued as far as I'm aware, but to kind of take in as a whole, the sum total of America's experience with these data centers and figure out if it's a good fit. Now, there's been a lot of argument, yes, you know, maybe there'll be one on BLM land, maybe there'll be one on the Henderson side, but Again, we are small, we are mighty. We are home of the seventh wonder of the industrial world. I think we can do without a data center. We can also hold our head high when it comes out, whenever it eventually comes out that these are bad for people. bad for environments, they're great for pocketbooks if you happen to be on the investing end. Unfortunately, if we are not directly profit sharing in some monumental way, they offer us little that we couldn't make up in some creative and logical manner to make up any sort of budget shortfall going forward. And I would ask you please, please, please to consider our past, our future, and our present. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to give public comment?

I just have a question.

You guys answer questions?

No, sir, we cannot. Not our rules. Sorry? Not our rules. The rule.

That's the rule?

Yeah.

Well, okay. I just want to say one last thing about the data centers. They belong up in space because that's where your natural cooling is. You know, you don't need all this power, you know, all these megawatts to run these things. And that's, you know, I think Elon, he mentioned that, you know, they need to be up in space. But I'd like to know when the agenda is going to come up for the, you know, how can I find that out? Who do I talk to?

City clerk?

OK. Thank you.

Thank you. Sir, would you mind stating your name for the record? I did already. In a previous meeting. Yes, please. Thank you. You don't have to write it again if you just state your name for the record.

Thank you. Is there anyone online? Anyone in chambers? If not, we'll close public comment and move to city council reports. Councilwoman Ashers.

Thank you, Councilwoman Jorgensen. I went to the Nevada League of Cities. We had a meeting, a pre-meeting action, a pre-meeting for action items for a meeting that we're gonna have with Governor Lombardo on the 1st of June. the municipalities are getting together and we are submitting our C tax revenue property tax revenue general fund deficit and surplus with the governor and I'll be reporting on that after the meetings over which you'll be joining me I'll be joining you on let's see I attended the memorial service yesterday down at the Veterans Memorial Center and it was a beautiful time to reflect on our military who have passed on but did everything that they could do to include giving their life for our country and this is the country that we live in that is parts to no other country the speakers that spoke yesterday were heartfelt and it just was a great time to give a shout out to our military and when I thought about it our military has been serving us for 250 years and as somebody came up earlier to be not only our past military but our present and our future so we have a lot to be thankful for in this country I would also like to thank the first responders that was also brought up that I don't know if they have a Memorial Day but a lot of them have passed either in fire department or rescuing I don't know after domestic dispute and they end up getting killed and I think we ought to just say a prayer for our first responders and our military that are serving down and I just It just touched my heart. I am prior military, retired Air Force, and it's a special day, and I just hope that we reflect on that. We have a lot of problems, a lot of things that we talk about, whether it's data centers or dog leashes or short-term rentals, but when it's all said and done, we still live in the best country in the world. And yesterday just left me thinking, I love my neighbors. and i hope that we reflect that in boulder city but thank you all for your service thank you councilwoman

I, too, went to the memorial services. And it's tearful and joyful at the same time, because you stop and think of family members. But I was so impressed. There's a group of young men and women, or kids, basically, that come out every morning that we have every memorial and put the flags on the gravesites. So every grave has a flag on it. And these children, I think what fine examples they are of our community and how wonderful they are and how blessed we are to have them in our community because they did it with a smile and they appreciated what they were doing so that's what I want to say is thank you to them and that it was a very meaningful day council member Walton

Thank you, Mayor. I generally don't wander off my committee topics, but in relation to Memorial Day, there was acknowledgement of the Gold Star families in particular. And so far, and hopefully no more, but the families of Matthew Commons and Shane Patton deserve our utmost respect and thanks, and the two sons of Boulder City, who many, many know here, who went to school with them, who graduated with them, and love them and their family, including all of us. And so to their families, thank you and all respect. As far as the committee reports last night we had the Convention and Visitors Authority host a lighting of Hoover Dam and that's intended to to celebrate America's 250th birthday for the entire summer and with the plan that this will get out through social media outlets through Convention and Visitors Authority advertising and and various means to remind people, come to the most amazing structure in the Western U.S. that really began the development of the West and to come here during the summer. And of course, we benefit greatly in our community from all those visitors. And so that was a great event last night and appreciate those that were in attendance. And then also on the water side, of course, we all know how catastrophic the drought continues to be. And this year is no exception for lack of snowfall, lack of snowpack, lack of runoff into the Colorado River. However, we did as a board of directors approve, just in general form, that the director of the Water Authority, John Ensminger, to enter into discussions, not negotiations, The two other lower basin states for potential water banking should there be, and particularly in San Diego County's efforts to operate desalinization plants, should there be excess water to bank it here in Lake Mead. We know that Lake Powell is in critical condition and they're trying to shuffle water from other upper basin locations to keep Powell healthy. and less releases from Powell will remain a lowering of Lake Mead again this season. We remain in our tier two drought conservation, and so the allocations that we have in the state of Nevada are lowered. Fortunately, Boulder City has a great buffer. We have reduced our water use by about 25% over the last four years, by the way, through efforts that have been taken all across the community, and we expect greater savings when the renovation program at Muni Golf Course are completed in bringing off some turf and redoing the irrigation. And so that's my report. Thank you.

thank you very much and thank you to all of you who serve on this community i know the hours that go into that and the thought that goes into that um want to send out our love and to the mayor who isn't here right now and our prayer on his behalf I do know that it was a busy week and I had an opportunity to do some amazing things. Rotary was busy this weekend. Both of the Rotary clubs, one of them doing the barbecue, Best Town Barbecue, and the other one hosted the senior night for the seniors. And that's always fun to watch the graduates of Boulder City High School come and celebrate in a safe situation where we know that they'll be able to have fun and be safe. So we're thankful for them. I also got to go to the Memorial Day celebration at Veterans Cemetery. This is a gem. We have this in our backyard. I would hope that you would take advantage of the opportunity to go to this. It was pretty remarkable and very humbling and very, I love the word they used, remember. And a lot of times we forget the things we should remember. And it helped me to remember simply by being there, that there was a cost for freedom. And I enjoy that very freedom. So it was very beautiful, I thought. I was also able to go to the Clark County School District briefing for facility master plan and five-year strategic plan. Clark County School District is really gung-ho to make some changes. 100% would love to see that happen and to see them be successful So we'll see how that trickles down to here in Boulder City for us with the changes that they're going to make Lastly I also went last night to the Hoover Dam, and they have unfurled the flag down the inside of it, and they've lit it up, and it's going to be like that until July 4th, they said, in celebration of something that we should remember. And that's that the United States of America is 250 years old. And that we are just a small portion of that 250 years old. People who are carrying a little torch from people's shoulders that we're standing on. And I loved what was sung at the Memorial Day celebration. It said, God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her and guide her. And I just leave you with that. Thank you. Meeting's closed.

Good job, Sherry.