[0:00] Pregnant meeting of the city council
needles public utility authority housing
[0:04] authority city of needles will come to
order. Roll call.
[0:08] » Council member Ford
>> here. Cororo
[0:10] » here.
>> Campbell
[0:12] » here.
>> Mayor Jourigan
[0:13] » here.
>> Council member Poe
[0:15] » here. And Long Break
>> here.
[0:18] » Public comments pertaining to the
executive session items. Three minute
[0:21] time limit per person has been
established. There are no public
[0:25] comments that will be closed. Recess to
executive session. Executive session,
[0:29] city attorney.
>> Yes. The council meet in close session.
[0:33] It may conference with real property
negotiators. Uh the property is TriState
[0:39] Alano Club located at 801 Third Street
in Needles. The agency negotiator is
[0:44] city manager Patrick Martinez or his
design. The negotiating parties are the
[0:48] city of Needles as potential resources
potential tenant under negotiation on
[0:54] price and terms of potential lease. Item
B is conference with labor negotiators
[0:58] pursuant government code section
54957.6.
[1:02] The agency designated representatives
are Mayor Janet Jernigan, Vice Mayor
[1:06] Ellen Campbell, council member Henry
Longre, and the unrepresented employees
[1:10] sitting here
and I will be recusing myself from that
[1:14] item because it is about
>> regular meeting of the city council,
[1:17] Needles Public Utility Authority,
Housing Authority, and authority city of
[1:22] Needles, California will come to order.
Roll call. Council member Port
[1:27] » here.
>> McCor
[1:28] » here.
>> Gamble
[1:29] » here. Mayor Jouigan
>> here.
[1:32] » Council member Po
>> here. Bell
[1:34] » here.
>> Long break here.
[1:35] » Thank you.
>> Executive session report by city
[1:39] attorney.
>> Yes. The council met in close session by
[1:42] May was conference with real property
negotiators. The property at issued
[1:48] Tri-State Balano Club located at 8013rd
Street. The agency negotiator, the city
[1:53] manager, Patrick Martinez or his
designate. The negotiating party, City
[1:57] of Neil as potential leor and tri-state
Alano Club as potential tenant under
[2:02] negotiation are priced in terms of
potential lease. There was no reportable
[2:06] action taken in close session. Item B,
conference with labor negotiators,
[2:11] agency designated representatives, Mayor
Janet Jernigan, Vice Mayor Ellen
[2:15] Campbell, Councilman Henry Longre, and
the unrepresented employee, city
[2:20] manager. There was no reportable action
taken in close session.
[2:24] » Thank you. Please stand for the pledge
of allegiance.
[2:31] » I pledge to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic
[2:37] for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, liberty and justice
[2:44] for all.
>> Thank you Lord for our civil servants.
[2:48] Thank you for their hard work and
sacrifice. May you continually bless
[2:51] them. May you generously give to each of
them wise and discerning hearts to
[2:56] skillfully govern the people in our
city. Give the mayor, city leaders,
[3:00] staff, city council wisdom so they may
solve problems, distinguish between
[3:03] right and wrong, and bring order,
stability, and prosperity to our
[3:06] community. And God bless our sheriff's
department. Amen.
[3:09] » Amen.
[3:13] » Motion to approve the agenda.
>> I move to approve. Second. Call for the
[3:19] vote.
>> Council member Ford,
[3:22] » yes.
>> Mayor,
[3:23] » yes.
>> Vice Mayor Campbell,
[3:25] » yes.
>> Council member Poke,
[3:28] » yes.
>> Belt,
[3:29] » yes.
>> Long break.
[3:30] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Uh, we have no
[3:33] conflict of interest tonight. You were
passed out a correspondence, a letter to
[3:37] read. Introductions. Tonight in our
audience, we have Tim Terrell, prior
[3:41] councilman. Thank you, Tim. And city
attorney parliamentary procedures.
[3:46] » Yes. According to the rules of procedure
adopted by the city council, the mayor
[3:49] or presiding officers responsible for
the maintenance of order and decorum at
[3:53] all times. Person should be allowed to
speak who's not first been recognized by
[3:58] the chair. All questions and remarks
should be addressed to the chair.
[4:03] A council member once recognized shall
not be interrupted while speaking unless
[4:06] called to order by the presiding
officer. No member shall be allowed to
[4:10] speak more than once upon any one
subject until every other member
[4:13] choosing to speak there on shall have
spoken. Public members of public
[4:18] attending council meetings shall observe
the same rules of order and decorum
[4:21] applicable to the council. Just as a
reminder, the council has adopted a
[4:25] threeminut time limit on public comment.
>> Thank you. As a courtesy to those in
[4:30] attendance, we would ask that cell
phones be turned off or set in their
[4:33] silent mode. Thank you. Public
appearance. Persons wishing to address
[4:36] the city council on subjects other than
those scheduled are requested to do so
[4:41] at this time. When called by the mayor,
please announce your name and address
[4:45] for the record in order to conduct a
timely meeting. A threem minute time
[4:48] limit per person has been established.
by municipal code section 2-18.
[4:54] Amendments to the California government
code section 54950
[4:59] prohibits the city council from taking
action on a specific item until it
[5:03] appears on the agenda. Wayne,
>> excuse me.
[5:09] » Wayne Coburn, 2237 Kasaloma Street and
Needles. Uh just a real quick wanted to
[5:16] give you guys an update. The rummage
sail is back on and it will be over at
[5:21] ABC Collision. Don has so graciously
allowed us to use his uh location there
[5:27] for our
our uh event and it is going to be the
[5:33] 21st and the 22nd of this month. So
that's a Friday, Saturday. We were hoped
[5:40] we were going to have it before school
started because there's some nice desks
[5:44] and stuff in there that kids might have
been able to use.
[5:47] But we do have a lot of really nice
things and until then we are still
[5:51] collecting um anything that anyone wants
to donate, we'll be happy to come get it
[5:57] from you. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[6:01] » Presentation if not public comment is
closed.
[6:06] Presentation. A 10 a 10-minute time
limit per presentation has been
[6:10] established per municipal code section
2-18. Assistant Fire Marshal Curtis
[6:16] Markoff will give a presentation on the
newly adopted Sanernardino County Fire
[6:20] Code ordinance FPD26-02
and council consideration to wave the
[6:26] full reading and introduction by title
only
[6:30] ordinance 685-C
adopting by reference the 2025 Calif
[6:36] California California Fire Code
California code of regulations title 24
[6:41] part 9 together with applicable append
and amendments adopted by the Sanardino
[6:47] County Fire Protection District through
ordinance FPD 26-02
[6:53] and direct the city clerk to schedule
and publish notice of a public hearing
[6:57] for September 8th, 2026.
>> Yes, madam may members of the council
[7:03] and Bernie, we have assistant fire
marshal Curtis Markoff. Uh Mr. Markoff
[7:08] has worked closely with the city the
last 10 years that I've been here and so
[7:11] it's been a great partnership working
with M. Markoff and we thank him for his
[7:14] assistance with that. We have in front
of you ordinance 65 uh 685 AC updating
[7:20] the city's adoption of the California
Fire Code to the 2025 edition. With
[7:24] that, I'll turn it over to Mr. Curtis
Markoff.
[7:27] » Good evening, Mayor and Council. As uh
city manager Martinez mentioned, my name
[7:31] is Curtis Markoff. I'm the assistant
fire marsh for Sanino County Fire
[7:33] Protection District. So today I have in
front of you the 2025 California fire
[7:38] code adoption with our amendments. Next
slide.
[7:42] The state building standards commission
publishes the California fire code every
[7:45] 3 years. It contains regulations that
pertain to fire safe building standards
[7:50] and becomes effective throughout
California 180 days after publication.
[7:54] Sanino County Fire Ordinance 26-02 was
adopted as amended on May 19th, 2026 by
[8:00] the board of directors of the Sanino
County Fire Protection District. After
[8:04] adoption, cities must ratify the
ordinance to an official action such as
[8:08] tonight for it to become effective. Next
slide. Pursuant to health and safety
[8:12] code section 13869 and government code
section 500022,
[8:18] the San County Fire Protection District
may adopt by reference the 2025 edition
[8:22] of the California Fire Code and may also
make local amendments as necessary based
[8:26] on local climatic, geological, or
topographical conditions. Significant
[8:31] amendments to the 2025 edition of the
California Fire Code that are included
[8:34] in the adoption adopted ordinance based
on local climatic geological or
[8:39] topographical conditions include
additional operational permits for
[8:43] battery storage which that's a carryover
from the 2022 code. Commercial cooking
[8:47] operations, commercial storage of
pallets, again both of those are
[8:50] carryovers from the 2022 code.
additional construction permits for
[8:54] electrified security fences, plant
extraction systems, smoke control and
[8:58] exhaust systems, refrigeration systems,
and dust collection.
[9:02] Uh we updated the mandated font size for
building addresses as visible from the
[9:07] street based on the size size of the
building which again 2022 code.
[9:12] clarified requirements regarding water
fire flow when building a structure and
[9:16] the spacing of fire hydrants in
commercial industrial and multif family
[9:19] developments and amended the
requirements for mechanically operated
[9:22] security gates to require exit loops to
be installed at all fire access gates
[9:27] and required infrared automatic gate
system for all new and existing
[9:30] electrically operated gates.
We adopted appendix P of the fire code
[9:36] to provide codes for temporary haunted
houses, ghost walks, and similar
[9:39] amusement uses. And our biggest one is
we increase the penalties for the
[9:42] transportation and storage of danger
from $1,250
[9:46] to a max penalty of $15,000.
>> Nuts.
[9:50] » That's all I have for you tonight. Any
questions? Reminder to us.
[9:54] » So, real quick, I'd like to just add to
that there are three amendments to the
[9:57] code that we've historically uh utilized
is for local uh because of our local
[10:03] geography. The three areas are talking
about the adopting the defaulting to the
[10:09] California building code for certain
occupancies instead of 5,000 to 12,000
[10:14] square ft. The next piece is the
surfaces for driveway services. We do
[10:19] have an exhibit that we have part of the
ordinance that we'll be including in
[10:22] there that basically it's a carryover
from last time. And then just for
[10:25] clarification, there were some questions
about the address identification. I need
[10:29] updated to make it more clear just to
ensure that our building code currently
[10:33] requires there be address identificators
but they're not required to be
[10:38] illuminated and so not so we're going to
we as part of the building code our
[10:42] current building code we do require
address identification. So uh as part of
[10:46] this code we're just going to remove the
illumination part. So those are the
[10:50] three same amendments that we are
carrying over from last year or last
[10:54] three years ago. Correct.
Any
[11:00] questions by council?
>> Yeah. Can you can we go back to do you
[11:03] have to have does this cost to the if so
if I'm building a building these are
[11:07] extra costs that I'm going to have to
acquire
[11:09] » on what what is
>> go back to like the it's like dust
[11:12] » oh the dust collection systems.
>> Yeah.
[11:14] » So like a woodworking uh shop uh we
require them have permit. So we come in
[11:19] yearly do an annual inspection make sure
the dust operation process is working
[11:23] properly. So if you're if you have a
woodworking shop, you don't have just
[11:27] dust going all over the place.
[11:31] » Have a desk.
>> Correct. And it's a dust collection
[11:34] permit fee. So that that that
it that has it pays for our time to come
[11:40] out there and inspect the system to make
sure it is sucking the dust out like it
[11:44] should.
Same thing with the plant extraction
[11:47] system with
>> Is this just California or is this both
[11:50] sides? Arizona also does. Honestly, I do
not know what Arizona does.
[11:54] » So, it's the same thing with the
cannabis extraction systems. We require
[11:57] an additional permit for that. So, we
come in yearly to make sure that the
[12:01] extraction system hasn't changed. It
still meets the approved plans
[12:05] submitted.
[12:12] I
>> I have a question. Yes, sir. On the dust
[12:13] collection,
>> um is that supposed to be contained or
[12:17] can it shoot out the top?
>> No, it's all contained in the bag. All
[12:20] » contained. Okay. Correct.
[12:27] This is California code, right? Like so
>> add to this. We can't eliminate any of
[12:34] it.
>> So those are amendments that we put in
[12:37] place. Those ones that I uh specifically
discussed. Those are amendments that we
[12:41] put in. So those aren't ones that the
California code requires.
[12:44] » We require them.
>> So just for clarification, we belong. So
[12:48] the city does not pay for fire services.
the we are part of the fire district. So
[12:53] by being part of fire district we
default to the amendments in this code
[12:59] and so basically it's we've done review
of having a fire department. it's not
[13:03] economical for the city and so it makes
more sense to be part of the fire
[13:07] district and we've been great partners
with the fire district uh since I've
[13:11] been here last time but it's saved
significant uh so yes there might be
[13:16] some additional cost to business owners
but at given the day there is a savings
[13:20] to the city by being part of the fire
district and in the event where those
[13:24] large fires do take place they're able
to bring in the big guns from down the
[13:28] hill to take like you did two uh three
years ago now July so It is economically
[13:34] does make sense for the big global
picture to be part of the fire district
[13:38] and we we uh appreciate their services
tremendously because they do help us.
[13:46] And with this just for clarification
this is just the first reading. There'll
[13:50] be a second reading at the next city
council on September 8th. So the goal is
[13:53] to have a public hearing at that point
in time and then uh then we'll move to
[13:58] adoption.
>> Do we have fees on all these?
[14:01] » We do have a fee schedule. I I was not
prepared to have fees, but I can get
[14:04] that for you.
>> I could email that to Mr. Martinez.
[14:11] » Cost people.
>> Is this dust collection just for
[14:14] commercial properties?
>> Just for commercial woodworking
[14:17] operations
>> because you don't want to breathe that.
[14:22] » Correct. The dust when it's atomized, it
catches fire a lot easier than
[14:28] » stick of lumber.
like lint in a laundry room.
[14:37] » Okay. Thank Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.
[14:39] » Thank you.
[14:43] » So with that, we would uh
we would recommend that you uh move this
[14:49] forward. So with the first and the
second, you could be able to move this
[14:54] forward to the second reading.
Do we have public comment regarding the
[14:58] fire codes for the city? If not, um
public comment will be closed. Um we'll
[15:04] make a motion to direct the city clerk
to schedule and publish notice of a
[15:08] public hearing for September 8th, 2026.
>> I move to do so.
[15:13] » I'll second call for the vote.
[15:20] » Okay. Council member Ford,
>> yes.
[15:22] » Longre,
>> yes.
[15:23] » Belt,
>> yes. Mccoral,
[15:25] » yes.
>> Campbell,
[15:26] » yes.
>> Yes. Thank you.
[15:34] » HCN council regular items. Receive and
file the housing authority PHAS recovery
[15:40] plan update. City manager.
>> Yes, madame mayor, members of the board,
[15:44] in front of you. We have a housing
authority update. There was a audit that
[15:49] took place in fiscal year 2024, two
years ago. And the results of that we
[15:53] received a letter April 29th uh 2026 of
this year. It received an overall score
[15:59] of 53 out of 100. Uh the financial when
we assumed the housing authority in 2023
[16:07] basically at that point in time we were
still figuring out what needed to be
[16:10] done at the housing authority because
the city at that point in time did not
[16:14] manage the housing authority and we took
it over. At that point in time, audits
[16:18] were a big issue with the uh with the uh
HUD with HUD, but that is no longer a
[16:24] problem. So, we actually got 25 out of
25 with our financial audit. But the
[16:30] physical inspection that took place, we
got 22 out of 40. The reason why we got
[16:34] 22 out of 40, there was a new inspection
criteria that was installed between 2023
[16:39] and 2024. And so, our folks are now
trained up to understand what that looks
[16:44] like. We've also hired an outside firm
to come in and assist us to be able to
[16:47] do those inspection. We've already had a
pre-insspection and so we we are
[16:52] prepared for our August 25th inspection
that's going to take place in a couple
[16:56] weeks. And then from a management
perspective that they don't like it, the
[17:00] HUD doesn't like it when there's vacant
units. When we assume the housing
[17:04] authority at that point in time, we had
to do some cleanup of the units. Not
[17:07] only that, we had to hold people
accountable for their leases. So there
[17:10] was a lot of moving parts, people being
removed from the housing authority
[17:15] because they weren't uh holding up to
their end of the bargain. And so that
[17:18] point in time, we had to move people
around. Uh if someone was a three people
[17:23] were living in a twobedroom or two
people living in a three-bedroom, we
[17:26] have to put them to their unit size. And
so we went ahead and did that. Anytime
[17:30] we move people move units, what we do is
we take that time to upgrade those
[17:35] units. put in new cabinets, put in new
uh new uh stoves, put in uh remove some
[17:41] mold when necessary. So, we we take that
opportunity to upgrade those units. So,
[17:46] uh we had learned a process called
modernization. We have to do a report
[17:50] submitted to HUD. As long as we do that
report, they're aware that we're not
[17:54] just sitting on those units. And so,
that's important. And then finally, with
[17:57] the capital fund draw down, um the
finance department wasn't aware that
[18:01] we're required to draw down the capital
funds. uh as you're aware, we've spent
[18:06] all those capital funds. We figured out
how to draw them down, but at that point
[18:09] in time in 2024 when we did the audit,
we weren't able to do that. Uh and so we
[18:14] did have a 4-day remote assessment that
took place mid July. At that point in
[18:19] time, they were very happy with the
progress housing authority has made.
[18:24] They can see a difference from before,
but still they have to go through the
[18:27] process and do these assessments. And so
all all individuals, staff and
[18:32] representative, the housing authority
were uh were interviewed and so we're
[18:36] waiting for their determination. Uh
they'll provide us an assessment and
[18:39] findings how we're going to move forward
with our recovery plan. That being said,
[18:44] all those three areas have been
addressed. Uh this evening is just an
[18:48] informationformational
item that recommends that you receive
[18:53] and file this report and we look forward
to our audit coming at the end of the
[18:58] month. I'll report how that goes.
>> Thank you.
[19:02] » So, this question,
>> we're just bringing up this report to
[19:06] close it to get a new report in August.
They'll update us with where we are
[19:09] currently.
>> Correct. And so, currently, they've
[19:11] confirmed that the capital plan is not
an issue. They still we're we're
[19:15] averaging four to five units a year uh
in vacancies because that we're we're
[19:19] currently upgrading them. And so, any
point in time, we've got people moving
[19:23] out, moving people in. So there's
there's a every unit that's able to be
[19:28] uh utilized is being utilized. The goal
is to have 100% occupancy, right? That
[19:32] is the goal. But at the same time, we
got to make sure that people have the
[19:35] stoves and uh the cabinets and
everything that's required. Again, this
[19:39] is separate from general fund. This is
all funded by the housing authority by
[19:43] HUD. And so none of this is a none of
this is a coming out of general fund. I
[19:48] want to make sure that that's clear. you
as the board of commissioners of the
[19:52] housing authority, it's my
responsibility to report this out to
[19:55] you. It did go to the housing commission
just recently. The reason we got this
[19:59] report in April, the assessment happened
in July. We've had this on the agenda at
[20:03] the housing commission for the last few
months, but we haven't been able to have
[20:06] quorum, but now it's coming to you once
it's come to them. That's just the
[20:10] process how that works. So, we're
looking forward to our inspection come
[20:13] up. Yeah, so far so good.
I would just like to just remind some
[20:19] people too that uh we took this over
almost four years ago. I think it was
[20:26] when I came on to council and it was uh
in bad shape as far as the way it was
[20:31] being ran and we were going to lose it.
So when the city took it over it was to
[20:37] save it and all the things that has been
done to it has been to make it better.
[20:44] So I know when you hear that we didn't
our score is bad, our score is not up to
[20:50] 100, it's we've been learning as we're
going because and we were so far in the
[20:57] rears on maintenance and all the things
that had been done. So technically it's
[21:02] a win for us that you know we've
actually got a score instead of it being
[21:06] negative like it has been. And so I just
wanted to make sure that I did throw
[21:10] that out there uh on public record that
even though it sounds like score is not
[21:16] great, it's definitely better than what
it was before RIA took it over.
[21:22] » Anybody else? If not, uh public comment
regarding the housing authority report.
[21:28] If not, public comment will be closed.
Council consent calendar. All matters
[21:35] listed on the consent.
>> I'm sorry. That is an action item. It
[21:38] is. Okay. Call for um the vote for the
housing authority uh recovery plan
[21:43] update.
>> I move.
[21:45] » I'll second.
>> And call for the vote.
[21:47] » Council member McCoro,
>> yes.
[21:50] » Belt,
>> yes.
[21:51] » Hog,
>> yes.
[21:52] » Long break,
>> yes.
[21:54] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[21:56] » Thank you. Council consent calendar. All
matters on the consent calendar
[22:00] considered to be routine and will be
enacted by one motion in the form
[22:04] listed. The mayor or any member of the
city council may pull an item from the
[22:08] consent calendar for discussion. Prior
to council action, a member of the
[22:12] public may address the city council on
matters scheduled on the consent
[22:16] calendar. A threeminut time limit per
person applies. Recommended action
[22:20] approve items 3 through 5 on the consent
calendar by affirmative roll call vote.
[22:26] This is an action item. May I like to
pull five, please?
[22:39] a city manager number five. Do
>> you want to do the the rest?
[22:44] » We'll um um call for the motion to
approve three and four.
[22:49] » I'll second call for the vote.
>> Vice Mayor Campbell,
[22:53] » yes.
>> Council member Ford,
[22:55] » yes.
>> Morville,
[22:56] » yes.
>> Belt,
[22:57] » yes.
>> Pogue,
[22:59] » yes. Longre,
>> yes.
[23:00] » Thank you.
>> City manager number Madame, members of
[23:04] the council, we could about a year ago
now, we started investing in a LA
[23:08] account. We took uh we we set aside the
operational funds that were able to and
[23:13] we take them and invest them into an
account that basically allows us it's an
[23:18] investment portfolio. We're able to make
3.81% on our money. And so at that point
[23:23] in time, uh here's your report that
basically outlines that currently the
[23:27] Fed has not gone up or down with
interest rates. It remains steady. And
[23:32] so we continue to make money on our
money um here at the city of Neles for
[23:36] for the housing authority, the MQA and
also the city of Ne.
[23:42] » Thank you,
Mark.
[23:50] » For the record, Mark Gain, uh director
of finance administrative services for
[23:54] the city of Needles. Um so yes, this uh
treasurer's report, I guess you have
[23:59] question, we can start there.
Um I I don't know if since you've been
[24:04] here if you've had a chance to chat with
this. Um I I just I kind of just want
[24:09] like your feedback on how do you think
this is working out? Do you think these
[24:14] are good numbers that we have? Um
>> maximizing and utilizing it to the best
[24:21] of our ability as a city since it's
somewhat new or for us. So just kind of
[24:26] wanted to update on that. Well, I I
think with that respect, um I would
[24:31] defer to the city treasurer. This is her
area. She's over the investments. Um and
[24:36] so she would make the decisions
regarding that. Um any professional
[24:40] opinion I have with that I would relay
to the city manager to her on the
[24:44] investments.
No offense, but that's for me that's the
[24:48] proper channel of you know if I had any
recommendations or opinions on that. Uh
[24:54] do I think uh the investments are good?
They are safe investments. the city
[24:58] investing in the state la is a safe
investment. It's a good investment. Um I
[25:02] believe the returns are good with that
as well. Um you do realize that I am
[25:08] fairly new to the city as well. So I am
still learning the city if policies
[25:13] everything in that regard. Uh and so I
would hazard to say that for me this is
[25:19] an approval from my side if if that
helps.
[25:24] Additionally, ease of administration in
the event where say we have to call on
[25:28] the money for whatever reason and pull
it out of the account. It's it's ease of
[25:32] administration be able to make the
withdrawal and so it's not tied up. We
[25:36] don't have to liquidate it so to speak.
So it already there's an within 24 hours
[25:41] we're able to liquidate those funds and
utilize them in the event that we need
[25:45] to.
>> Thank you.
[25:52] Any further questions?
>> I think we weren't even doing anything
[25:55] at all before, right? So, I mean,
>> making money on something that we
[25:59] weren't making any money on is always a
good thing.
[26:02] » If there's not a risk involved to lose
stuff,
[26:05] » right?
>> It is a no risk in the state.
[26:09] » Yeah,
>> as a non-financial advisor
[26:14] making
>> Well, just so aware these are big
[26:16] numbers. It's not like So, we've got 35.
So the total market value of our cash
[26:22] investments is $35 million. So these are
you know we've got about uh so just
[26:28] looking at the various reports. So these
are the schedule of cash investments are
[26:33] basically from all of our various
accounts whether it's LA Wells Fargo um
[26:38] Arrowhead Credit Union basically are all
our funds put together. We have 12
[26:42] million of those invested in various
bonds and so basically it's it it
[26:47] continues to make money on our money. So
you're correct. We weren't doing it
[26:51] before.
>> Any comments by um public regarding our
[26:57] um um fiduciary responsibility?
If not um that will be closed. We'll
[27:03] call for the vote to accept and file the
treasures report for the month of July
[27:07] 2026.
>> I move to accept the report. I'll
[27:11] second.
>> All for the above.
[27:14] » Council member Pogue.
>> Uh, yes.
[27:16] » Vice Mayor Campbell.
>> Yes.
[27:18] » Council member Mccorco.
>> Yes.
[27:19] » Forward.
>> Yes.
[27:21] » Belt.
>> Yes.
[27:22] » Long break.
>> Yes.
[27:24] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. This is the end of the
[27:27] council consent calendar. Regular
council items. Resolution 2026-34.
[27:33] the city council of the city of Needles,
California, approving the measure I5,
[27:38] your local street capital improvement
for fiscal years 2026, 2027 to 2030,
[27:44] 2031. This is an action item. City
manager.
[27:47] » Yes, ma'am. Mayor, members of council,
I'm happy to share that we utilize these
[27:51] dollars towards our payment management
plan. These are dollars that we receive
[27:55] as a sales tax uh through the county.
that there's a bond in uh November. So,
[28:01] you'd be seeing that on the ballot. But
at this point in time, every our
[28:04] five-year capital plan will be investing
into these areas uh which is our next
[28:08] phase. And if your streets on there, you
do not have a conflict because at this
[28:12] point in time, this impacts everybody in
the city. So, don't worry about having
[28:16] to conflict yourself out. But the city's
required to submit a five-year capital
[28:20] improvements plan to SPCTA annually by
September 1st in order to continue the
[28:25] measure I funding. It's a pass through
account. We're looking at about $940,000
[28:30] in revenue over the next five years. The
the plan, so we continue to utilize it
[28:35] through our adopted pavement management
plan, which we set aside to about $2
[28:39] million a year. It helps soften that $2
million that we set aside every year.
[28:44] Instead of general fund dollars going
into it, we're able to utilize. Go to
[28:48] the next slide. Um, and here's the
alternates that's also being proposed.
[28:52] Again, in the event we're able to
utilize the first TR dollars, we'll be
[28:56] able to utilize it with the alternative
uh measure I revenues will continue to
[29:00] support the city's pavement management
program as we move forward with the
[29:04] additional streets. Our staff
recommendation is to adopt this
[29:08] resolution to be able to move forward
with implementing this plan for our next
[29:12] set of streets.
>> Thank you.
[29:18] Okay. Call for um public comment
regarding the um the major I 5-year
[29:25] local street capital improvement
program. If not, public comment will be
[29:29] closed regarding this and call um for a
motion to approve um
[29:36] the California major I5ear local street
capital improvement for the fiscal years
[29:41] 2026 to 2031.
>> Make a motion to approve.
[29:45] » Second. We call for the vote.
>> Council member Ford,
[29:49] » yes.
>> Long break,
[29:50] » yes.
>> Morco,
[29:52] » yes.
>> Belt,
[29:54] » yes.
>> Vice Mayor Campbell,
[29:56] » yes.
>> Council member Poke,
[29:57] » yes.
>> Thank you.
[30:01] » Resolution 2026-35
authorizing the submission of a petition
[30:05] to the United States Department of
Transportation requesting a time zone
[30:10] boundary change for the city of Needles.
This is an action item. City manager.
[30:14] » Yes, ma'am. Mayor, members, council, if
you watched any kind of news recently,
[30:18] you see that the US Senate has this on
their plate, but we wanted to get ahead
[30:22] of it right now at this point in time,
uh the federal petition to request a
[30:27] time change from Pacific time to uh
mountain time zone. And so basically, we
[30:33] have found based on the research that
we've received uh from uh one of the
[30:38] council members, she had us reach out to
West Glendover, Nevada. uh they in 1999
[30:44] successfully partnered up with Utah
being a state Nevada and so basically as
[30:50] a result of having to show convenience
of commerce there's public hearings that
[30:54] have to take place and get letters of
support and we would lobby uh US
[30:58] Department of Transportation be able to
uh make this adjustment for economic
[31:03] transportation workforce healthcare
tourism uh I think uh Neos Unified
[31:08] School District even has their schools
in Parker stay on Arizona time So, this
[31:12] would just be able to keep us uh you
know, not have to change the clocks year
[31:17] round and stay on a common time zone
with everybody else. So, we'll continue
[31:22] to monitor the federal legislation. I
guess again hopefully they act quicker
[31:26] than our support is, but tonight I just
need you all to approve me to be able to
[31:31] move forward with preparing and
submitting a petition uh to take the
[31:35] necessary administrative actions. This
is something that was talked about in
[31:38] 2022 and 2023. And so in 2022, you said
you'd like to be able to do this. Uh we
[31:45] worked uh at that point in time, we
weren't able to find the the pathway
[31:49] forward, but we now have the pathway
forward. So we know to be able to do
[31:53] that now. So again, it's uh we're just
seeking authorization. This action
[31:58] design tonight will not change our
clocks, just FYI. So it does not mean
[32:03] that we are changing our time zone by
adopting this uh resolution. With that,
[32:08] have any questions, please?
>> Thank you. questions by council.
[32:14] » Oh, this is open to the public comment
regarding um the submission of petition
[32:18] to um transportation requesting a time
zone boundary change for the city.
[32:24] If not, public comment will be closed.
Call for the motion to authorize the
[32:29] submission of a petition to United
States Department of Transportation
[32:32] requesting a time zone boundary change
for the city.
[32:35] » Make a motion to approve. I'll
>> second.
[32:39] Call for the vote.
>> Council member Pogue,
[32:42] » yes.
>> Mccorco,
[32:44] » yes.
>> Long break,
[32:45] » yes.
>> Board,
[32:46] » yes.
>> Belt,
[32:48] » yes.
>> Vice Mayor Campbell,
[32:49] » yes.
>> Thank you.
[32:53] » Wave the full reading and introduce by
title only ordinance 686-ac
[32:58] amending chapter 14, article one of the
Needles Municipal Code by adding section
[33:03] 14 to 21, the sale of cratom prohibited.
This is an action item. City manager.
[33:09] » Yes, ma'am. Mayor, members of the
council. This came to us a couple
[33:12] meetings ago regarding uh looking at an
ordinance to be able to prohibit the
[33:17] sale of cratom in the city of Needles.
With that, I'm going to introduce code
[33:21] enforcement officer, senior code
enforcement officer, Bern Bernard Pats,
[33:26] and he's going to provide a page.
Bernard.
[33:29] » Good evening, man. Madame Mayor, steam
council. Um,
[33:35] this is the council action requested
approving ordinance number 686 AC
[33:40] amending chapter 14 article one of the
needles municipal code by adding section
[33:46] 1421
sale of cra of cratom prohibited. Um the
[33:52] benefits is protecting public health,
addresses the sale and unregulated uh
[33:58] cratom products, provides clear local
enforcement authority, aligns needles
[34:03] with other California communities that
adopted similar uh ordinances.
[34:10] » Oops. What is it?
[34:16] Um what the ordinance does proposed
municipal code section 1421 prohibits
[34:22] sale offered for sale advertisement for
sale distribution possession with intent
[34:28] to sell. Exemptions personal possession
and use without intent to sell. Medical
[34:34] research. Academic research. Scientific
research. Enforcement. Criminal
[34:39] remedies. Civil reme civil remedies.
administrative res. This ordinance is
[34:46] intended to protect public health,
safety, and welfare by prohibiting the
[34:51] commercial tail freedom of products
while providing clear enforcement
[34:55] authority for the city of New.
[35:00] » Any comments by council?
>> We have another Larry.
[35:04] » Is being sold at any dispensaries and
needles this time?
[35:08] » Not at the dispensaries. No,
>> it's not being manufactured or anything.
[35:13] » No, sir.
Um,
[35:17] » with the sale of cratom being prohibited
um cratom and I'm not even going to try
[35:25] to say it's medical contains
psychoactive
[35:30] uh alkaloids that may produce stimulant
and o like effects. The products are
[35:36] commonly sold without standardized
manufacturing label and or dosage
[35:42] which is extremely dangerous. Reported
health concerns include dependence and
[35:47] withdrawal, respiratory depression,
liver toxicity, seizures,
[35:51] hallucinations.
Uh several California cities have
[35:55] already prohibited the commercial sales
of cratom. Um if you look at some of the
[36:00] items here, it comes in multiple forms.
You can get it as powder. You can get it
[36:05] in a pill form.
Gummies if you will and liquid form.
[36:14] » Ellen Bernie.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[36:19] » One of the things is that theratom
there's no um there's no universal
[36:24] standard of dose in any of this stuff
that's sold at gas stations or these
[36:28] supplements. And um
and this does not this does not prohibit
[36:34] people from possessing it. If you get it
somewhere and you're using that's on
[36:39] you.
>> Correct.
[36:40] » Uh it's just that we're not going to
allow it to be sold in our city. You can
[36:44] go wherever you want. You whatever they
do, however they get it. It's just that
[36:49] it's not going to be here because it's
available to children.
[36:52] » Yes.
>> And so that I think is, you know, one of
[36:55] the main things behind this.
What the council action requests is
[37:01] approve ordinance number 686 AC amending
chapter 14 article one of the municipal
[37:07] code adding section 1421 sale of cradle
and once again we're looking to protect
[37:13] the people of our communities um
something that is openly called gas
[37:20] station heroin
>> is not something we want our kids
[37:24] taking. Um the synthetic version of this
is H
[37:31] uh 70
and it has been said that it is 43 times
[37:36] more potent than mortine
and there are no regulations on this
[37:41] product at this time.
[37:46] » We're talking only synthetic or because
we keep getting all these emails about
[37:49] natural leaf.
>> Yeah,
[37:51] » natural leaf
in smaller doses. It's it
[37:56] orderly acts like a a small stimulant,
but it we're finding that more and more
[38:03] people are taking larger and larger
doses where it's acting like an opiate.
[38:08] Your receptors are
picking it up as similar to being an
[38:14] opiate.
>> But so are we talking about all creatum?
[38:17] Doesn't matter what it is.
>> Yes, ma'am.
[38:19] » Leave and synthetic.
>> Well,
[38:20] » yes, ma'am.
>> Things sold. And now the possession
[38:23] alone there's an exemption the
possession of use of Korean products by
[38:26] an individual for personal consumption
provided such possession is not
[38:30] accompanied by the intent for sale. So
by having it for personal consumption
[38:34] we're not going to be citing you. It's
not part of the code. Also for medical
[38:38] reasons the activity expressly
authorized regulation of medical
[38:42] academic or scientific research
purposes. There's also no exemption
[38:46] there. What we're talking about is
walking into a gas station or you're
[38:50] walking into a tobacco shop and somebody
is selling it, then the ordinance would
[38:54] prohibit their ability to sell that
product.
[38:57] » So there there is a medical use for it
and could a citizen go to their
[39:05] physician, get a prescription, and have
it filled at Route 66 pharmacy? Would
[39:09] that be that would not fall under the
ban? Is that
[39:14] » there's an exemption because it's
medical?
[39:18] So, you're just talking about the
>> Yes. your gas stations, your smoke
[39:23] shops, uh whatnot.
>> No.
[39:26] » Um it is not an approved product from
the Department of Family to have in
[39:31] their dispensaries.
[39:36] » Great.
>> And there's also um
[39:40] FDA does not have it had approved as a
drug for a pharmacy. So, it is not
[39:46] approved. You can't get a prescription
for it. Get it through a pharmacy
[39:49] because it's unregulated.
[39:57] » Um,
[40:00] is sold as an energy booster, mood li
mood lifter, pain reliever, and remedy
[40:04] for the symptoms of quitting opioids
called withdrawal. But the truth about
[40:09] is not so simple. And there's there are
safety problems with its use because
[40:14] it's an herbal extract that comes from
leaves. Like I said, there's no there's
[40:18] it's kind of like it's like um fentanyl.
It's like fentanyl. You get fentanyl.
[40:24] You got this big thing of fentanyl and
you're going to make all this pills out
[40:27] of it. No two pills are going to be
alike. Four of them will kill you and 19
[40:30] of them will. Um with you don't know
what you're getting in these
[40:34] supplements. Every one of them is
different and um people are dying
[40:38] especially if they add drugs or alcohol
toratom that is when they're seriously
[40:42] dying. Our last citizen took her own
life.
[40:46] Our person who came from needles as a
result of cratom. Um so it these are
[40:53] these are serious serious things and
anybody can walk into that gas station
[40:57] and just like kids walk in there and get
liquor somehow or get someone to buy it
[41:01] for them. You know, I remember being
that little bat your eyelashes person
[41:05] asking somebody to go get me some some
rum when I was 18. I did that. I'm not
[41:11] gonna lie. But there are people who will
ask people to buy them alcohol or go in
[41:15] and buy them cradle or buy them
cigarettes. It happens and then people
[41:19] die. And you know, people do use it
medically. I I you know I we have a
[41:24] letter here of someone who is against it
and I feel for this person um but it
[41:31] isn't about this and for this person
it's not illegal for them to have it.
[41:35] They just aren't going to be able to buy
it in needles in a supplement form in a
[41:40] gas station.
>> Any comments by council not we'll open
[41:46] up to uh public regarding the cratom um
for needles. Any question?
[41:52] Jared,
>> thank you Bernie.
[41:57] » Hey Bernie,
>> Jared Johnson, 1320 South Bay Circle. So
[42:01] is not going to be sold in any form
in the city of needles from any
[42:07] reputable licensed company business,
>> right?
[42:12] » So I can purchase it in Bullhead and
come over here and sell it on Facebook
[42:16] Marketplace.
>> No, no, can't.
[42:17] » No. Says you can't sell us.
>> Well, if you get caught. So, does this
[42:21] have teeth for the sheriffs or this just
only a code enforcement problem? Who's
[42:26] going to take it up when I start selling
it off Facebook Marketplace out of my
[42:29] house?
>> The city would. And also, it says that
[42:33] we're able heard the ordinance. We're
able to take um the cities are only
[42:37] allowed to take um we can't do criminal,
>> but we can we can go
[42:43] » Yeah. It will be under the ordinance.
It'll be a misdemeanor, so it will be a
[42:47] crime.
>> Okay. uh the city can choose to
[42:50] prosecute it as an infraction or and or
a bring a civil action. So all those
[42:58] tools will be at the city's disposal.
>> Okay. So the sheriff will have the
[43:01] ability for somebody who's selling it
out of their car that just drives over
[43:04] here and sells it to somebody. I don't
want to speak for the sheriff, but
[43:07] » well, but I want to make sure if we're
going to do an ordinance, we're going to
[43:10] do this that when weed started, they
were selling weed out of their car in
[43:15] the weed parking lots and that got
stopped. What is stopping this from me
[43:21] selling it out of my car and I'm not a
resident.
[43:25] » I just park somewhere and I sell it out
of my car to somebody, drive across or
[43:29] do that sort of thing. Is this going to
be a code enforcement has to catch him
[43:33] or is this a sheriff's thing that they
can do also? Just making sure that
[43:37] that's
>> right. Well, this would not be a
[43:39] sheriff. This would be a So, yes, we're
able to go. It does constitute a
[43:44] misdemeanor, but that would be something
that we work with the city attorney with
[43:47] to be able to draw
>> them and we can um we can prosecute it
[43:54] uh criminally and then we can also end
or pursue it civily. We can do both. So,
[44:01] for example, if somebody set up shop,
they out of their house or whatever
[44:06] business they owned and they were
selling it, um, we could cite them and
[44:11] then we could file criminal charges
against them and pursue the criminal
[44:15] action. And at the same time, if the
city chose to do so on parallel track,
[44:19] we could pursue it civily to get an
injunction or what have you for
[44:23] violation of the code. So,
>> thank you.
[44:28] Thank you. Thank you um Bernie for
getting up speaking. Um are there any
[44:34] more uh comments from public? If not,
public comments will be closed. We'll
[44:39] call for the motion to um
needles municipal code by adding section
[44:44] 1421 the sale of cratom um prohibited. I
make a motion to approve.
[44:50] » A second and call for the vote.
>> Council member Longre,
[44:54] » yes.
>> Ward,
[44:56] » yes.
>> McCoral,
[44:58] » yes. Belt.
>> Yes.
[45:00] » Vice Mayor Campbell.
>> Yes. Council member P.
[45:04] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Second.
[45:08] » Yeah. This this is just the first
reading. There'll be a second reading
[45:11] and then third after that. So we'll get
similar to every ordinance that we do.
[45:16] We'll get the public information out.
Make sure the public's informed. Get put
[45:20] it through Neos Connect. Keep everybody
engaged.
[45:25] Somebody wants to comment at the next
hearing, they're able to provide their
[45:28] comment.
>> Thank you.
[45:30] » Actually pulling me up.
>> City attorney report.
[45:33] » Not being an open session, too.
>> Thank you. City clerk report.
[45:37] » Yes. Um it's been pretty busy with the
election, the candidate filing going on.
[45:42] Um we did have an extension because one
of our council members is not running.
[45:47] So,
um, interested individuals are able to
[45:50] pull papers through tomorrow, but
everything has to be turned in by the
[45:54] end of tomorrow for council. Um, all of
the current candidates are listed on the
[46:01] website. I've done quite a bit of work
on the city clerk page of our website.
[46:05] There's a, um, elections page tab that
has all of the candidates on there.
[46:10] Anybody that has done a candidate
statement, there's a link on there to
[46:14] those. And then also all of the ballot
measures are on there. Um we just got
[46:18] assigned the letters for the ballot
measures. So it includes all of that
[46:22] too. And I'll continue to update as we
get new information and as anything
[46:26] occurs in the process. I'll add that the
the sign code that you all adopted is on
[46:31] there as well. Um
in addition to the elections page, I've
[46:37] also put a link from the clerk page to a
public records portal. It is a work in
[46:43] progress. So, I've added things on
there, resolutions, ordinances, minutes,
[46:48] agreements. Um, I welcome feedback if
you have any suggestions on how to
[46:52] organize it better so it's easier to
navigate. Um, I will continue to add
[46:57] records on there as we get them in
electronic format and I'll continue to
[47:01] update that as as I get feedback from
you on ideas on how to organize it
[47:06] better. Um, I also put um the city
manager had me put the um video for the
[47:15] city of needles play video that's on the
website also and the OMV videos on
[47:21] there. Um, also working on the agenda
management platform. So we should we're
[47:26] actually going live tomorrow. the new
will be avail the new platform will be
[47:31] available and then our first meeting in
September we'll be using that and the
[47:35] goal is to use the voting during that
with your new tablets
[47:39] » um community events calendar um and
public records we've gotten 10 new
[47:45] requests since our last meeting so
they're still kind of maintaining they
[47:50] haven't spiked up more than they were
but they're not going away either so
[47:53] that's all I have
>> city manager's report
[47:57] » yes ma'am Mayor, members of the council,
we pull up.
[48:05] » Right. It's been a busy couple weeks for
the city of Neil and so we're currently
[48:10] in week three of our storm cleanup.
>> We're currently in week three of our
[48:15] storm cleanup. Uh our crews are out
there diligently making sure that we've
[48:20] uh cleaned up our community. And so like
all most agencies out there right now,
[48:23] everybody's working diligently to clean
up our community.
[48:27] It was called a belly washer. Uh we
believe because it was went up to our
[48:31] belly and so that's why the water was so
hot it was causing some problems for us.
[48:36] I heard that earlier today. So I'm going
to use that. So good job. Um got Mark.
[48:40] Uh so basically right now the storm
recovery is in full full action. Uh we
[48:46] are we focused on the main arterial
streets that were highly trafficked and
[48:51] also some of the sidewalks along Bailey.
Um, next slide.
[48:56] You'll see that uh on the left side that
was San Clemene. You can see that it was
[49:00] totally gutted out and then you can see
on the right side. Still needs some
[49:04] love. Don't get me wrong. That's not the
final final, but we had a car actually
[49:08] fall off side of that couple uh like
last week or so.
[49:13] » And so luckily uh we we got it taken
care of. We got some codes up. And so
[49:17] next slide. Uh extreme e for those that
you aren't aware you can do a deviated
[49:22] ride. Uh so uh basically you can jump on
the nat, get picked up and be dropped
[49:27] off at Bob Dell Beach Park. And so if
you want to go cool off at the river at
[49:31] this point in time for the low fair, you
can call ahead, get your ride over there
[49:36] uh Monday through Friday and also
Saturdays, not on Sundays, but basically
[49:41] it can pick you up and drop you off at
Bob Beach Park. So that's a good thing.
[49:44] Next slide. Uh opportunity zones. This
has been something that we've been
[49:48] working on. Fortunately enough, the city
did submit their application on 8 uh
[49:53] earlier this month on the 20th. And so
at that point in time, it made us
[49:57] eligible for opportunity zone 2.0. The
council did a couple days later
[50:02] authorized us to be able to move
forward. Basically, you ratified the
[50:06] application. So, thank you for that. It
wasn't a requirement of the submitt, but
[50:11] we did formally submit the first time
around, which made us wholly eligible
[50:15] basically at this point in time. Next
slide. Uh we've gone out and asked the
[50:20] public on last Friday. We've asked the
public for support. So the organizations
[50:25] uh please if if you need this
information, let me know. I've already
[50:28] received m multiple letters of support
from business owners in the community.
[50:33] But you know the Elks, the Eagles, uh
the school district, SPCTA,
[50:38] our state senator, our state congress,
our our federal congressman, all these
[50:42] folks have been supporting us to be able
to submit this. So, because of our uh
[50:47] distressed community status, we are
eligible uh on this public uh this
[50:52] letter that went out, this press release
that went out. It does show a how to to
[50:56] do it. It's a couple steps. You can
either submit a letter of support or you
[50:59] can just go online and it's a couple
clicks. You provide your comments. I
[51:03] believe we're competitive because our
proximity to the I40, our airport, we
[51:08] have the Colorado River for tourism. And
so, basically, we've got all these
[51:12] opportunities. And so with that and
we've shown to the state that we're
[51:16] successful in the $28 million worth of
grants. Not only have I mean we've
[51:20] performed and so basically we've shown
the state we can perform. So Kathy Roush
[51:26] and Rainey Torrance and our public works
department and our utilities department
[51:30] and our water department. We we've shown
the state we can perform. So we just
[51:35] want to take this to the next level. So
if you have any questions, please don't
[51:38] hesitate to reach out. Next slide.
back one, please.
[51:43] Yeah. So, uh, luckily, uh, yesterday,
Monday, the state senate voted on AB
[51:49] 2026. So, it's gone through the assembly
and it's gone through the Senate. Next
[51:54] step, it's got to go back to the
assembly for consensus because they
[51:58] changed something. They changed the
reporting deadline, uh, which is fine.
[52:02] No problems. Uh, basically, uh, the
extension will go until 2033 and the
[52:07] reporting deadline will be 2032, which
is fine. We're okay with that. We have
[52:11] every uh we believe by the end of the
week that will go to the governor's
[52:14] office for signature. There will be a
letter uh of support from the city of
[52:19] Needles going to the governor at the end
of this week. Hopefully it comes becomes
[52:22] law by the end of the week. So, yay.
Another legislation for the city of
[52:26] Needles. This is good stuff. Next slide.
Uh for those of you
[52:32] for for those of you that are not uh CA
residents that uh need their
[52:37] non-resident off motor vehicle use
permits, come on in. Take a seat there.
[52:44] Uh so basically uh CA non uh non-C
California residents for the off
[52:50] offhighway use uh permits are available
at our own local Napa Auto Parts. Next
[52:55] slide.
There's rules and regulations for folks
[52:59] in Arizona. It's a lot different than
California. So, we want to make sure
[53:02] that they're able to be be able to
utilize and understand and use our roads
[53:06] comfortably because folks are going to
be coming over from uh from Arizona into
[53:11] California and there are different rules
there. So, we want to make sure
[53:14] everybody abides by those rules. Next
slide.
[53:17] Back to school. It'll be busy up there.
Uh drive safely. Uh uh the sheriff will
[53:22] be up there patrolling, I'm sure, making
sure that folks are driving safely. It
[53:27] will be busy up there. So, if you've got
your ch I think it's 7:45 is when the
[53:31] gates open. So, we'll make sure that So,
get your kids dropped off early, get
[53:35] your photos, and and move on. But, it
will be busy up there. This is the new
[53:39] safety gate that's been installed to
prevent to ensure the the campus is
[53:43] safe. Next slide. Uh you'll see those
banners up there. Uh there's also been
[53:48] some murals that have been done
throughout the This is going to be where
[53:51] Emma's taking her picture tomorrow,
first day of school. Really excited
[53:54] about that. Next slide. Uh these are
some of the new banners that the school
[53:58] district put up. Really excited on that.
So, uh school pride, Needles Pride. Next
[54:02] slide. Our public works department was
out there setting uh assisting Neos
[54:07] Unified School District and putting up
some signs up there along Washington.
[54:12] So, thank you utilities department for
helping out with that. Next slide. Uh
[54:16] for those of you that aren't aware,
again, we've got it a mailer going out
[54:20] right now. If you need to go down the
hill for a medical appointment, you can
[54:23] be reimbursed up to up to,00 miles a
month, which is a good thing for our
[54:27] community. Uh next, uh on the right
side, you're going to see that all kids
[54:31] K through 12 could ride the Needles Area
Transit Services for free. And so, if
[54:36] you know anybody that needs to ride,
Needles Transit service when you're K
[54:39] through 12, it's it's free for you. You
just got to show that you're a student.
[54:42] Next slide. uh after school program
started off over at the rec center. So
[54:46] get your kids signed up. There's still a
space available. We do uh partner up
[54:51] with Neos Unified School District to do
our after school program. Next slide. Uh
[54:56] on the left hand so this gentleman
walked from Philadelphia to Neos
[55:01] California. Uh took him 124 days. We
were featured as part of this. He's a
[55:06] YouTuber and so basically 3,000 miles
were walked. Uh we did I did personally
[55:11] reach out to him. He did not respond
back, but it was for a college of humble
[55:15] university basically to provide uh
technical services to the
[55:20] underprivileged uh children. He raised
about $200,000. So again, we are the
[55:24] gateway to California. So this is just
another uh another piece to be able to
[55:29] show off. So uh thank you for uh
traveling to our community. Next slide.
[55:34] Summer scramble at the end of the month,
August 29th. Let's get some folks signed
[55:38] up. We're going to have a golf
tournament before we close for oversee.
[55:42] September is when we start the oversee.
So, we won't be open for the month of
[55:46] September. So, if you need to get your
golf pitch in, now's the time. Next
[55:49] slide. Uh, open registration for soccer,
flag football, and volleyball. It's now
[55:54] open. So, get your kids signed up.
Again, this is where this is how you win
[55:58] N USD state championships. There's a
reason why we have the most state
[56:02] championships in in Nevada. And so,
basically, it's because we started them
[56:06] at our rec program. Next slide.
Uh Laughlin Chamber of Commerce uh right
[56:10] now is looking for a chamber. Uh those
that want to get nominated, please, we
[56:16] need representation. Go online, get your
folks nominated. It closes. I believe it
[56:21] closes at the end of the month or mid uh
actually we got like one or two weeks
[56:25] before you can do that. I believe it's
the 21st, but let's get representation
[56:29] at the city uh of the city of Needles.
Um
[56:34] uh let's make sure we get some
representation at the uh
[56:40] uh basically get some needles
representation. We did have Mr. Deleó
[56:44] win for us last year, but again we want
to make sure that we're properly
[56:48] properly represented at the various
levels. So get your nominations in.
[56:52] We've got a we got a lot of great talent
here in the city of Ne. So let's get our
[56:56] folks nominated. Next slide. Uh thank
you. Uh a couple community events.
[57:00] Tri-State held a community event, pool
party last weekend. Next slide. Really
[57:05] great event. Thank you to all the
volunteered. Tri-State had a great uh
[57:09] showing. It was hotter than heck out
there. So, we're happy that people did
[57:12] decide to come out and swim around in
the pool. Uh animal shelter, the new
[57:18] service hours,
>> so everybody's aware, uh there are some
[57:21] new service hours. We're going to be
open till 2:30 now. And then on Fridays
[57:26] when it's not as busy, we're going to be
closed at 12:00. Again, they're they're
[57:29] available to be called out in the event
where there's an emergency, but we
[57:32] wanted to extend our hours to ensure
people were able to get the services
[57:36] that they needed. Next slide. Needles
Branch Library is program starting up,
[57:42] so let's get your kids over there and
utilize that resource. Next slide. Uh
[57:46] thank you to the sheriff's department
and the mayor for coming out for end of
[57:49] the summer camp completion. Basically,
uh we got to ride down the slide.
[57:54] promised the kids last year I'd do it,
so I'm a man of my word, so I got to do
[57:57] it. This year, it's a whole lot of fun.
When it's 120 degrees outside, need to
[58:01] go slip and slide. It's a lot of fun.
We'll get you out there. We'll get you
[58:04] all out there next time. Next slide.
>> Thank you, sir, for participating. We
[58:08] appreciate you. Uh, youth falls uh
program ended. Thank you to Jennifer
[58:13] Valenuela and her team for always having
successful programs during the summer.
[58:17] Again, this is how we win championships.
Next slide. And then those that want to
[58:21] donate to our 1923 American Leaf France
fire truck, now is the time. We need
[58:27] about $7,400 left to be able to get
that. It is up and running. We are going
[58:31] to go to our local station and get them
on there and take some photos and send
[58:34] them over to Chief Muny. So, I haven't
done that yet. Wanted to cool down a
[58:38] little bit or else we'd all be sweating.
But, we're all going to be out there and
[58:41] we'll all be taking photos and get them
over to our to our chief uh fire
[58:44] captain. So, basically, we want to
celebrate our Leaf Front. I believe
[58:48] that's last slide actually. Alli uh get
your get your animals spayed and
[58:52] neutered and then we've got the uh
community fall coming up. We we'll have
[58:57] a presentation from the committee at the
next council meeting to give everybody
[59:01] an update of where we're at because it's
coming along. A lot of progress has been
[59:04] made. It's like right it's back. Sunday
market vendor it's open. So uh starting
[59:10] in September Sunday market's back. So,
let's get folks uh out there and and
[59:16] helping our local vendors. It's going to
be a little warm, but it'll be okay.
[59:20] Then, I think it's all right. Now,
without further ado, I would like to
[59:26] showcase
>> Yeah. Give me just a second because I
[59:29] want to We've got somebody on that's uh
>> No problem.
[59:32] » Not muted.
>> Without further ado, let's show you. Oh,
[59:35] hold on.
>> Yeah, it takes me a second because I
[59:38] have to do
>> We've been working diligently on a
[59:40] three-phase marketing program. And so we
wanted to make sure that we showcased
[59:46] our next video with you all.
[1:00:30] Are they just showing a commercial right
now?
[1:01:17] Nice.
[1:01:20] Awesome.
>> Good.
[1:01:24] » It's great.
>> You guys good?
[1:01:26] » Putting it on the TV.
>> We're going to get it everywhere. We're
[1:01:29] going to get it out there. We got one
more video that we're finishing up right
[1:01:32] now. Thank you Kathy Rash and Irene for
getting that done. We've got the uh the
[1:01:36] work video. So, we got live, we got
work, excuse me, we got live, we got
[1:01:40] play, now we're going to have work. And
so, we'll have that. Uh, Trip Smith will
[1:01:43] be on the next agenda as well. We got
some ideas and how we want to utilize
[1:01:47] them now that they're finishing up this
section of their contracts. And so, at
[1:01:50] the end of the day, we appreciate Trip
Smith and their help. Uh, also Irene and
[1:01:54] Kathy Rous for their support. So, so
proud to be part of this community.
[1:01:58] Thank you all for all the work that you
do. And that's all I got.
[1:02:01] » And the play video is on our website.
So, if you if you guys are okay with it,
[1:02:04] we can put this one on the website,
right?
[1:02:06] » Yes.
>> Good. Good.
[1:02:08] » It'll be on there tomorrow.
>> Wonderful.
[1:02:10] » We like that. We like that.
>> Council member Ford,
[1:02:14] » I don't have anything today.
>> Council member McCorkel.
[1:02:18] » Uh, one, can you email me that video?
>> And then two, um, you had mentioned that
[1:02:24] the golf course will be closing in
September for receding um during that
[1:02:28] time. Can we clean up some of those dead
trees um that have been laying that
[1:02:34] falling down? Um, right now that's all I
have. Thank you, Vice Mayor Campbell.
[1:02:41] Um,
>> I want to thank uh our work crews for
[1:02:43] being out there um in this heat and
doing what they're doing um continuing
[1:02:48] with the cleanup of our streets and the
reconstruction of the roads that were
[1:02:51] destroyed and it's been amazing watching
them. They've been working hard and it's
[1:02:56] coming together rather quickly. It's
really wonderful. So, I want to thank
[1:03:00] them. And then I don't really have
anything. I would like to give my
[1:03:04] sincere condolences to the Hernandez
family. um the m the patriarch of their
[1:03:08] family, Albert Hernandez, 98 years old,
passed away in his sleep two more two
[1:03:12] mornings ago at four o'clock in the
morning very peacefully. You know, he
[1:03:16] lived a good life and I know he's up
there dancing with Alice and um the
[1:03:20] family is, you know, it's 98 years, you
know, dad and grandpa and great grandpa
[1:03:24] and great great grandpa. You know, it's
a a big family legacy. So, keep the
[1:03:28] Hernandez family in your prayers. Thank
you. That's all I have.
[1:03:31] » Council member Poe,
>> I have nothing. Council member Bell.
[1:03:36] » Nothing.
>> Council member Long.
[1:03:38] » The only thing I have is uh Oh, it's
that dog park yesterday
[1:03:42] » and there's a couple lights that are
out. One of them's flickering and then
[1:03:46] the other one's out and it uh at night
that dark that fart gets uh kind of
[1:03:51] dark. So, take a look at that. That's
all I have.
[1:03:55] » Thank you. I don't have much either. Um
I would like to say too I offer my
[1:03:59] condolences to the Alfred Hernandez
family. He was our oldest living veteran
[1:04:03] and needles and we do um keep them in
our prayers. And um like Patrick said,
[1:04:10] tomorrow is school. Um I know our
sheriff's department will be out, so
[1:04:14] just um practice safety. Um again, um be
careful driving around that school from
[1:04:20] 7:30 to 8:30. Um you will be
outnumbered. So again, just be careful
[1:04:26] with school starting. Thank you. And
meaning is a jured.