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Council approves 5% bonus for city attorney after annual review; notes $2.95M litigation settlement
Summary
After an annual review, the North Las Vegas City Council voted to give City Attorney Andy Moore a 5% bonus and praised his office''s work, including a $2,950,000 settlement tied to Fire Station 53 litigation; the council also approved multiple routine land-use vacations and consent items.
The North Las Vegas City Council on Jan. 7, 2026, completed an annual review of City Attorney Andy Moore and approved a 5% bonus following council praise of the legal department's work during 2025.
Moore outlined accomplishments including work on downtown redevelopment (an exclusive negotiation with Agora and related disposition and lease documents), the city's interlocal agreement with Nevada State University for a downtown campus and rent subsidy, support during two 2025 legislative sessions, franchise and zoning code work, and litigation results. He told the council the construction and design defendants in the Fire Station 53 case agreed to pay the city $2,950,000 in settlement.
“We had a number of ordinances that went before council in 2025 to amend portions of the city's municipal code,” Moore said, summarizing the office's role across civil and criminal work. Council members emphasized Moore's responsiveness and leadership in their remarks. One council member said Moore had been "second to none" at keeping members informed and providing detailed briefings.
The mayor recommended awarding Moore a 5% bonus and a motion to approve the bonus was made and passed by voice vote.
Votes at a glance: • Redevelopment agency agenda and consent: approved (voice motions) during the redevelopment agency meeting. • Item 26 (VAC-1025, BTS Village 2 Phase 1 — detention basin vacation requested by KB Home Las Vegas Inc.): motion to approve passed with conditions after staff noted a drainage study and FEMA map update recommended conditional approval. • Item 27 (VAC-122025, New Windsor Park LLC — easement vacation): motion to approve passed. • City Attorney 5% bonus (personnel action): motion passed.
Council and staff also noted other administrative items, including introductions of Ordinance No. 3267 and Ordinance No. 3268 (both for introduction only), and a city manager's report highlighting public-works and parks activity and outreach to people experiencing homelessness. The meeting record shows the bonus motion and land-use approvals passed by voice vote; no roll-call tallies for these specific motions were read into the record.
What happens next: Ordinance introductions will proceed through the council's normal reading and adoption process; personnel action for the bonus is recorded in the meeting minutes. The settlement funds referenced by Moore relate to a resolved litigation matter and were described as agreed payments from construction and design defendants.
