Weekly Update
Oct. 28, 2026
City Hall/Las Vegas Civic Center Employee Parking Update
Please Take The Employee Parking Survey!
City staff may immediately begin parking city-owned vehicles on the top floor of the 500 S. Main St. Parking Garage. If the top floor is full, then move down one floor.
With leasing of the Las Vegas Civic Center property finishing up, there may be a future opportunity for some city employee parking in the 500 S. Main St. Parking Garage. While most city employees would continue to use the City Parkway Garage (west of the railroad tracks), there may be a limited number of spaces in the 500 S. Main St. garage made available in 2027. More information is needed from city employees.
Please take the three-question employee parking survey by clicking the blue button below. Your answers will help to determine how the city moves forward with employee parking in the 500 S. Main St. garage.
Food Truck Thursday Oct. 29
Food trucks will sell refreshments 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, on Goodman Way on the south side of City Hall. Food trucks expected are:
As always, food trucks are subject to change without notice.
Benefit Open Enrollment Continues Through Nov. 17
Benefits open enrollment continues through Nov. 17! Employees can enroll online for 2027 benefits through the employee portal. Select "Employee Center," then "Oracle Self-Service," "LV Employee Self Service," "Benefits." Carefully review the information and make your choices.
Important: Active Enrollment Required
Open enrollment is your annual opportunity to review and change benefit coverage. This year is an active enrollment year. Your current city medical, dental and vision elections will NOT roll over into 2027. All employees enrolled in a city healthcare plan must make new selections during open enrollment. If you take no action, you will have no medical, dental, vision or spending account benefits for the 2027 plan year.
Watch the 2027 benefits educational video before signing up for your 2027 benefits choices, if you missed the in-person sessions Oct. 14. Questions? Email HRbenefits@LasVegasNevada.gov.
Take The Employee Customer Service Survey!
The deadline to take the Employee Customer Service Survey has been extended to the end of October. Please take the brief survey by clicking the button below. And if you haven't already watched the brief video created by our staff, please watch that, too!
Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs volunteers Alexia Tyler, Noraen Saldivar, Rebecca Shaffer, Jasmine Freeman, Tina Hoff, Samantha Trieu, Dan Petcoff and guests.
City Volunteers Make A Difference Across Our Community
City volunteers spent the past weekend caring for our parks and supporting our neighbors! At Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, volunteers removed discarded fishing line and micro trash from around the lakes. These small but important efforts help protect wildlife and keep our natural spaces safe and welcoming for everyone.
Volunteers also supported The Just One Project Pop Up & Give event, unloading food pallets and distributing food to drive-through and walk-up community members. Thank you to everyone who gave their time and energy to help care for our community!
To join an upcoming volunteer event, please visit CLV Volunteers Registration; friends and family are always welcome to join in.
The Just One Project volunteers included Kimberly Alvarez-Vazquez, Zack Beasley, Rhonda Knightly, David Balberdi, Yolanda Paloma, Tepa Parnishsuko and guests.
Neighborhood Services Manager Lindy Cooksey (center) helped recognize Olga Flowers (left) and Brandy Gulley (right) for achieving their Green Belt certification.
Congratulations On SmartLab Green Belt Certification
Congratulations to two Neighborhood Services staff Brandy Gulley and Olga Flowers on earning their Green Belt certification! They identified that it took significantly longer to enroll Spanish-speaking applicants into the Mommy Mentor program than it did for English-speaking applicants. Brandy would have to coordinate back and forth with Olga to ensure proper translation when communicating with Spanish speakers, leading to many hours spent in meetings and drafting emails and extended wait times. To address this, Olga created a Spanish response template for Brandy to use so she could immediately respond to Spanish-speaking applicants. This improvement saves approximately 260 staff labor hours per year, reduces customer wait time by 60%, and creates a more equitable process that allows all applicants to be enrolled within three days! Cheers for Brandy and Olga!
Upcoming Events
Daylight Savings Time Ends Sunday
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday morning, Nov. 1. Remember to set your clocks back one hour!
Día De Los Muertos Celebration
Sunday, Nov. 1, 1-7 p.m.
Las Vegas Civic Center Outdoor Plaza
525 S. Main St.
Free and open to the public
This vibrant homage to life is a true community event and one of the most charming and colorful holidays celebrated by Mexican and Latin American cultures. This lighthearted and joyful tribute honors the memory of family and friends who have passed away. Enjoy a fun and immersive atmosphere that includes entertainment, interactive children’s activities, artisan vendors, food, face-painting, special décor and an exhibition of altars created by community organizations and groups.
Bring low-back chair and blankets to be more comfortable on the lawn, but no glass containers or pets, please. Free and open to the public of all ages.
Election Day Vote Party Nov. 3
City Hall will host a Vote Party 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3. Sealed ballots can be dropped off in the City Hall lobby 7 a.m.-7 p.m. In-person voting will take place in the first-floor Training Room 2 the same day and times. Drive-through sealed ballot drop-off will be available on the first floor of the City Hall Parking Garage. Vehicles will enter from the northeast entrance and exit from the southeast entrance. For more information, click here.
Pop-Up Produce Stands Nov. 3 & 10 At Bonneville Transit Center
Fresh, affordable produce is coming back to the Bonneville Transit Center (BTC) Tuesdays, Nov. 3 and Nov. 10. The Southern Nevada Health District’s Pop-Up Produce Stands will be open noon to 3 p.m., or while supplies last, at the BTC, 101 E. Bonneville Ave. All produce will be available for $1 per pound. Shoppers can pay with SNAP/EBT, cash, debit or credit cards. SNAP/EBT shoppers can also use Double Up Food Bucks, a nutrition incentive program that helps stretch SNAP benefits when purchasing fresh produce. Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program coupons will be accepted when available.
The Pop-Up Produce Stands are a partnership between the Southern Nevada Health District’s Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and Prevail Marketplace. More than produce will be available at the pop-up events. Shoppers can also connect with nutrition education, health information, and community resources. For more information, call the Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at (702) 759-1270 or visit the Get Healthy Clark County Farmers Markets page. The website also lists local farmers markets, including those that accept EBT, SNAP and debit or credit cards.
Upcoming Retirement!
Purchasing & Contracts Business Specialist Niki Gomoluh will retire in November after 21+ years of service. With your supervisor's permission, come say farewell Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3-5 p.m. in the Civic Center THEN Cafe.
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Conversations That Count: Closing the Feedback Loop
What if we stopped thinking of feedback as criticism and started seeing it as an opportunity to learn and build a culture of honesty, growth and coachability?
Feedback is one of the most powerful tools we have for building trust, strengthening relationships and improving performance. Workplace studies regularly report that employees want more feedback from their managers.
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Yet, for many of us, giving feedback is scary and uncomfortable, and receiving it can feel even worse. Too often, we avoid difficult conversations, become defensive or miss opportunities to learn from others.
"Conversations That Count: Closing the Feedback Loop" is a class that challenges participants to rethink how they approach feedback, transforming it from something we fear or avoid into something we value, welcome and actively seek.
This engaging, interactive class explores a simple but powerful principle: Feedback isn't something we do to people; it's something we exchange with people to help one another succeed.
Participants will discover that effective feedback requires shared responsibility. Giving feedback takes honesty, kindness, courage and clarity. Receiving it can be equally challenging; it requires curiosity, humility, self-awareness and a willingness to grow. Both are essential to creating a workplace where people feel respected, heard, supported and empowered to succeed.
Through practical workplace examples, facilitated discussions, personal reflection, and real-world conversation practice, participants will learn to:
- Plan and prepare for more effective conversations.
- Approach conversations with curiosity and assume positive intent.
- Balance kindness with honesty, even when conversations are difficult.
- Recognize the emotions, assumptions and behaviors that interfere with feedback.
- Listen without defensiveness and remain coachable, regardless of experience or position.
- Turn feedback into meaningful action and continued growth.
Participants will leave with practical tools and a personal commitment to one conversation they need to have and one way they can become more coachable.
Because feedback doesn't end when it's delivered. The loop closes when feedback is heard, understood and turned into meaningful action.
Great conversations build trust. Honest feedback inspires growth. And staying coachable makes us all better.
Enroll in ORACLE with your supervisor's permission.
"Conversations that Count – Closing the Feedback Loop"
Monday, Nov. 23, 1-3 p.m. in City Hall Training Room 1.
Questions? Email OrgDevelopment@LasVegasNevada.gov.
For Your Viewing Pleasure
Hear from three local business leaders about our downtown and what makes it thrive. There’s always much to experience, many local businesses to support and plenty of reasons to make it your next stop.
Re-Set Your Watering Clock Nov. 1
Outdoor automatic watering is limited to one day a week November-February. Don’t forget to adjust for the time change and later winter sunrise. Find your mandatory watering day at snwa.com.
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