The North Las Vegas Veterans Community Commission welcomes each of you to their meeting. Veterans Community Commission Meetings are held, quarterly, February, May, August, and November, on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 5:00 P.M. at the North Las Vegas City Hall, Council Chambers, although the date or time may change, or additional meetings may be called at other times. Contact the City Clerk Office, or watch for posted agendas for other meetings.
The North Las Vegas Chambers is accessible to all persons. If you need special assistance to attend and participate in the meeting, please call Relay Nevada, a free service provider for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or those having difficulty speaking on the phone, by dialing 7-1-1. Call at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting in order to speak to City offices in order to submit your comments on agenda items.
The City of North Las Vegas is pleased to provide AI-powered interpretation services through Wordly. Wordly provides real-time interpretation services for each scheduled public meeting of the City so that participants can choose from English or Spanish interpretation through audio on a mobile device or visual transcript on a mobile device. To access, scan the QR Code to the left, or join via https://attend.wordly.ai/join/ZUHF-5506, choose a language, and click attend.
Copies of the agenda are available the day of the meeting in the lobby outside of the Council Chambers or online at www.cityofnorthlasvegas.com under Meetings and Agendas; or on the State of Nevada’s website at https://notice.nv.gov/. A copy of the agenda is posted at City Hall for viewing.
Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. Two or more agenda items may be combined for consideration or items may be removed from the agenda or have the discussion delayed to another date. For general questions regarding this agenda or for supporting material, please contact Jackie Rodgers, City Clerk at (702) 633-1030. You may provide comments online or by email prior to the meeting. Information for submitting comments can be found on the City’s website.
If you attend the meeting and wish to speak on a particular item, please complete one of the blue cards located at either the table outside the main entrance to Council Chambers or at the podium rail inside Council Chambers and submit the card to the City Clerk. We request that you limit your comments to less than three minutes and that you avoid repetition. If you are attending the meeting in person, we also request that you remove your hat and/or sunglasses, as applicable, before speaking to the Veterans Community Commission.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code (NLVMC) 2.04.150(C) provides that any person making personal, impertinent, slanderous, or profane remarks or who willfully utters loud, threatening or abusive language, or engages in any disorderly conduct which would impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of the meeting shall be called to order by the presiding officer. If such disorderly conduct continues, the presiding officer at the meeting may bar the disruptive person from the remainder of the meeting. NLVMC 2.04.150(D) provides that people attending the meeting shall not engage in disorderly conduct such as hand clapping, stamping of feet, whistling, using profane language, yelling, and similar demonstration that disturbs the peace and good order of the meeting.
These proceedings can be viewed in person at Council Chambers or live online at the City’s website. The video of the meeting is published to the City’s Public Access Portal the day after the meeting.
This Notice and Agenda posted no later than three days prior to the meeting, at the City of North Las Vegas City Hall, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd. North; City Clerk’s Office, Suite 800, City website under Meetings and Agendas, and the State of Nevada website .
WELCOME
VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAW
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - BY INVITATION
PUBLIC FORUM
This is the first of two portions of the meeting devoted to the Public. Public comment during this portion of the agenda must be limited to matters on the agenda for action. After completing and submitting a blue speaker card, please come forward to the podium upon recognition by the Veterans Community Commission Chair. Please state your name and address for the record. In consideration of other citizens, we ask that you please limit your comments to three minutes and that repetition be avoided.
AGENDA
1.
Veterans Community Commission Regular Meeting of August 23, 2023. (For Possible Action; Recommendation – Approve)
CONSENT AGENDA
2.
Veterans Community Commission Special Meeting Minutes of July 20, 2023. (For Possible Action; Recommendation – Approve)
Discussion about Follow Ups with Various City Agencies about Veterans. (For Discussion Only)
4.
Discussion about Recommendation to City of North Las Vegas that Only Accredited Veteran Service Officers be Permitted to File Claims at the Veterans Community and Resource Center. (For Discussion Only)
5.
Schedule a Veterans Community Resource Fair. (For Discussion Only)
6.
Briefing from US Department of Veterans Affairs. (For Discussion Only)
7.
Discussion about Inviting Veterans Organizations to Conduct their Meetings at Veterans Community and Resource Center. (For Discussion Only)
STAFF ITEMS
COMMISSION ITEMS
PUBLIC FORUM
This is the second portion of the meeting devoted to the Public to speak on any subject within the jurisdiction, control,orauthorityoftheVeteransCommunityCommission.Aftercompletingandsubmitting a blue speaker card, please come forward to the podium upon recognition by the Chair. No matter raised in Public Forum may be the subject of deliberation or action but may be referred to staff for action at a later date. Please state your name and address for the record. In consideration of other citizens, we ask thatyou please limit your comments to three minutes and that repetition be avoided.
ADJOURNMENT
The City Clerk keeps the official record of all proceedings of the Veterans Community Commission. In order to maintain a complete and accurate record of all proceedings, any photograph, map, chart, or other document used in any presentation to the Veterans Community Commission should be submitted to the City Clerk. If materials are to be distributed to members of the Veterans Community Commission, please provide thirteen copies for distribution to the Veterans Coordinator, City Attorney, City Clerk, and Staff.
