Proponents of SB184, which makes several changes to the city’s charter and would expand the North Las Vegas City Council by two wards, urged lawmakers on the Assembly Government Affairs Committee Tuesday to base their decision on “adequate representation” and the city’s population growth following the 2020 census, which shows that North Las Vegas has increased its population by nearly 10,000 residents, making it one of the fastest growing cities nationwide. The city population has grown to more than 274,000 as of 2022.

Ruben Murillo, a member of Nevada’s Complete Count education subcommittee, presented with Berreman. He said passing the resolution entailed making the schools available to community members participating in the census, such as opening computer labs to those who needed to fill out the census questionnaire or hosting events related to the census.