Boulder City officially has a new finance director.
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City Council approved 4-0 to begin accepting bids to purchase the land around Boulder Creek Golf Club and the southeast corner of Bristlecone Drive and Adams Boulevard to develop homes.
Boulder City Councilman Duncan McCoy announced he would not be running for re-election next term during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting.
Two months after denying rumors that she was leaving, Boulder Citys Finance Director Shirley Hughes has submitted her resignation.
City Council unanimously approved an amendment Tuesday night to allow telephone and video conferences at all of its future meetings.
The City Councils decision to increase utility rates in May was a move that angered many residents of Boulder City, but residents would be more angry if the citys electrical systems were plagued by constant power outages and expensive emergency replacements. A hypothetical situation that will assuredly be a reality if the city does not upgrade its drastically aging power grid.
The Boulder City Department of Public Works received two awards from the American Public Works Association, Nevada Chapter, at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Boulder City is looking for a new public information officer. Last week, current PIO JC Davis declined to renew his contract with the city.
The Boulder City Council voted to raise utility rates for residents just before midnight Tuesday after nearly four hours of discussion from council members and input from the public.
The Boulder City Library’s Board of Trustees approved the library’s budget for fiscal year 2016/2017. On May 19, the board approved a budget of $1.3 million with an extra $101,240 that will arrive at the begining of June of this fiscal year.
Early voting for Nevada Primary Elections begins Saturday, meaning voting sites all over Clark County will be open for the next two weeks.
The Boulder City utility fund has lost more than $100,000 since a misappropriation of funds was discovered in an outside audit in 2015.
Timothy J. Shea has been named the new chief of police for the Boulder City Police Department. His hiring was announced Tuesday evening and he will take the command of the department June 1.
Facing aging infrastructure and ever-rising costs, City Council members voted to raise utility rates for Boulder City residents.