August 5, 2014

Mr. Waters

advised Commissioner Borasky had already stated he would like to do something with the Youth Advisory Board. He added there were nine advisory boards made up of volunteers with expertise throughout the community and they would like to continue to serve the community.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said staff was working through the issues and nothing was going away other than the elected town board. Charlie Gronda, a former Pahrump Town Board member and a volunteer airport planning director, wondered why item 33 was pulled today.

Commissioner Schinhofen

explained some of the Commissioners wanted to hear it in Pahrump so it would be heard in two weeks there. TIMED ITEMS

Mr. Walker

emphasized the need for partnerships with the counties. He talked to NACO about a model involving primary contacts with the Extension who were readily recognizable to the counties. In Pahrump one of the things the Extension System was doing was using an interactive video that connected the entire State. Their faculty members throughout the State were dedicated to working and living in the communities and understanding the community needs and how to best teach the audiences they intended to reach. Mr. Walker reaffirmed their appreciation for the tevel of support from the counties and looked forward to making sure the relationships stayed strong and productive. August 5, 2014 4. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation of Minutes of the Joint Nye County Board of Commissioners, Board of Road Commissioners, Licensing and Liquor Board and as the Governing Body of Unincorporated Towns of Beafty, Belmont, Gabbs, Manhattan and Railroad Valley regular meeting on July 1. 2014.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 5. Announcements (first)

Commissioner Borasky

said there would be a community outreach meeting in Pahrump next Wednesday at the Oasis Center starting at 11:15 a.m. Diane Southworth said the Democratic Party was having a Jefferson Jackson dinner on September 5, 2014.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said the Republican women would have their birthday party on August 23, 2014, at Mountain Falls starting at 3:00 p.m. 6. For Possible Action - Emergency Items This item was removed from the agenda. 7. Commissioner&IManager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topicslissues proposed for future workshopslagendas)

Commissioner Carbone

said he would like to set a time and place to discuss what the Board would do with its one bill draft request. Pam Webster advised there would be an item on the next agenda for discussion and action. Regarding town liaison positions for Pahrump, Commissioner Borasky thought something formal needed to be done before the end of the year. He would be interested in the Youth Advisory Board as well as the Tourism Board.

Commissioner Wichman

said if the Town gave the list to the Chairman he could make the appointments.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked Brian Kunzi if there would be anything in December that would preclude the Board from saying what they intended to do with the boards.

Mr. Kunzi

advised having an agenda item to discuss Board assignments and how the Board would do it was appropriate.

Commissioner Wichman

said she would like an agenda item to dedicate a window at the Belmont historic courthouse to the Commissioners lost through time or possibly August 5, 2014 7. Commissjoners’IManager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topicslissues proposed for future workshopslagendas)-Cont’d. dedicated to the first three Commissioners who held office. Mrs. Webster advised that was already on the next agenda.

Commissioner Wichman

said the cost was $3,000.00 and qualified as a capital improvement to a County-owned building.

Mr. Kunzi

stated the Friends of the Belmont Courthouse raised almost $32,000.00 during the 4th of July celebration in Belmont. They saved one window for the County and were now down to one last window. He said Belmont would also have a Labor Day celebration with the Peavine Pickers providing the entertainment and invited everyone to attend.

Commissioner Borasky

noted that ten years ago the cost to take care of the flooding in Pahrump was $500 million. He would like staff to look at that again and put it on the ballot on the next election cycle. He said it was a huge expense to even get it started and he wanted the public to be informed of the cost.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked if the energy expended on the Belmont courthouse could be transferred to the Manhattan church.

Commissioner Wichman

had talked to some of the town members and they were putting together a plan to use some of the capital money to repair the fence around Mt. Moriah and do some work at the church. She further noted that the Board approved the roof work being done and the contractor did the work with no change order.

Commissioner Schinhofen

advised he was at an Energy Communities Alliance conference last week with Commissioner Carbone. He would bring a resolution forward to support National Nuclear Science Week, October 20-24, 2014.

Mr. Kunzi

said he just got an e-mail from Darrell Lacy that he and his wife would buy the last window at the Belmont courthouse. TIMED ITEMS-Cont’d.

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Road Commissioners. August 5, 2014 9. 1 0:15 Sifting as the Board of County Road Commissioners For Possible - — Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Road Commission Resolutions establishing County public roads pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 405.191, 403.170 and R.S. 2477 Right of-Way.-Cont’d.

Commissioner Carbone

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to adopt Resolutions RC2014-381 through RC2014-420; seconded by Commissioner Schinhofen; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Schinhofen

said yesterday morning on his way to Las Vegas he went down Gamebird and saw water flowing down on Malibu, but the rip rap looked good on Gamebird. He asked about the rainfall amount. Dave Fanning, Public Works Director, said it rained in some areas and not in others, but that area did not have the amount the other side of town had. Tim Carlo from Public Works added it was flowing fine. The crews were spread thin down there right now. White Boulevard in Crystal was wiped out and the Amargosa and Beatty crews were working there.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said the County had been working with BLM to do some type of diversion behind Squaw Valley. He had talked with a rancher that did berm diversions to slow the water down. He would like to discuss doing something like that while waiting for the BLM and to see if the community wanted to spend the money to do a flood plan.

Mr. Fanning

noted how vast the valley was and that in this particular area it predominantly ran out of Carpenter and Trout Canyons. A lot of the land was BLM land so the County would have to go with their protocol status, and now there were new mesquite groves to deal with. They were still working on that and Mr. Fanning would bring that information back as well as the costs to look at the flood channel.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said the County did get William Lyon Homes to do some work on Gamebird and he had staff looking at grants to further that, so the County was trying to do something.

Commissioner Cox

said the corner repair done on Calvada and Pahrump Valley Boulevard was wonderful. She asked if that was working out and if it would be done on other corners. Mr. Carlo said he planned to do more, but that was postponed due to the August 5, 2014 rains. It had all been positive except for some pedestrian traffic crossing and that had been resolved. Regarding flood control, Commissioner Cox did not feel the population or the growth justified spending $500 million on flooding. As the valley developed she was sure there would be better flood control as the projects were built. She asked the public to e-mail comments or suggestions to help get the situation under control rather than saying the County was not doing anything.

Mr. Fanning

said he had been working with Administration for the last four or five years to acquire lots off of the trustee property list either on the upper fan or on the valley floor where there would be detention basins in the future.

Commissioner Wichman

said she had a resident request. They were having trouble with a full cattle guard in the Carver’s Area and old pavement. She also got a text this morning expressing appreciation for the blading of the road from 12 Mile Intersection to Cloverdale.

Commissioner Borasky

asked when the corner of Pahrump Valley Boulevard and Calvada would be striped. Mr. Carlo said they were cleaning the intersection this morning and he hoped it would be done by the end of the day today.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked if they were happy with the test material. Mr. Fanning explained it was the only test in the State. It was rigid but flexible and would take the high heat. He was working toward a contract to do a couple mote roads and potential intersections. The traffic counts drove what they did in an intersection and the highest ADT would receive it. The cost of the material was much higher, but it lasted longer. Instead of looking at the flood control from the $500 million level, Commissioner Carbone suggested breaking it down into chunks to address the areas of most concern first.

Mr. Fanning

advised the Board of a wildfire that had been burning in Sunnyside for the last couple of weeks. The Fire Service had torn the toad up at mile post 350 from Sunnyside to the fire and wanted to pay for the damage. Public Works would prepare those costs. August 5, 2014

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion based on staff recommendation to set the date, time and location as September 2, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in Tonopah for Resolutions RC2014-461 through RC2014-500; seconded by Commissioner Schinhofen; 5 yeas. PUBLIC WORKS

Commissioner Wichman

asked if this would require a full blown NEPA rather than a categorical exclusion. Dave Fanning said it would.

Commissioner Wichman

expressed her outrage over this as a taxpayer. The road had been there since 1906 and if there were any archeological finds in the middle of the road they had already been taken by the people who lived there.

Mr. Fanning

agreed and said the same NEPA was required with Gamebird. He had to explain the road had been there for 60+ years and there was nothing out there environmentally to be concerned with. They did finally give in to that request.

Commissioner Wichman

said she testified last week in Washington, D.C. about how they could and why they were asked to speed up the process. She received an e-mail this morning from Senator Murkowski from Alaska who asked her to specifically give examples of things that could have moved faster in Nye County if something was done about the procedures and policies in place. She asked Mr. Fanning to explain this particular grant to her and exactly what they were requiring so she could send that on. She also wanted to know about any development in Nye County that stopped because it would have taken too much to permit.

Commissioner Schinhofen

was under the impression a NEPA was not going to be required when he walked this. Mr. Fanning explained that was at the beginning and now when walking through the areas and eliminating things other things took precedence.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. August 5, 2014

Commissioner Schinhofen

wondered about the trade-in option and hoped there were a couple units that met the criteria.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. Bill Dolan said the need for two graders in Tonopah and only one in Pahrump did not make sense to him based on the population.

Commissioner Wichman

explained graders were used on roads that did not have pavement. Since Pahrump had most of the pavement in the County the graders were needed in Tonopah where there was no pavement. Dave Fanning added there were 1,600 miles of road that were maintained with two graders up north.

Commissioner Schinhofen

pointed out the money would come from the Road Department, not the general fund.

Mr. Fanning

explained there was a Tonopah road fund, a Pahrump road fund, and an Amargosa road fund. The funds came from the gas tax and were used for street signage, drainage work, road work, and all sorts of repairs. The funding levels were very limited from those accounts and the money had to be used in the areas it was collected in.

Commissioner Wichman

asked if it was the prefix of the number that determined where the 911 call was sent to. Mr. Dimic said yes. August 5, 2014 10. 10:45 For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the 911 - - Advisory Committee Five Year Master PIan.-Cont’d.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Commissioner Cox

commented that she had a 775 prefix and the last time she called 911 she got Las Vegas dispatch. Mr. Dimic explained it was based on the prefix and the area code. Dave Caudle asked if it was true that the master plan showed a $3.00 tax for every cell phone and land line in the County.

Mr. Dimic

said that was not correct. There was a 25-cent per cell phone line tax per month, $2.50 if it was a trunk line (a telephone line that supplied more than one telephone number), and 25 cents on every land line.

Commissioner Schinhofen

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Wichman

noted the errors in 3.20.100.A.2., where the words “per month” were duplicated, and in 3.20.100.A.3., where there was a period between “service” and “to.”

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to adopt with those minor corrections effective August 25, 2014; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Commissioner Carbone

noted anyone who had a 702 area code would pay 50 cents for their cell phone. If they went to a 775-751 number it would be 25 cents and the money would stay in the County.

Mr. Dimic

said the money was based on the area code. Clark County collected $1.9 million last year with this type of charge and it was based on the area of primary use of the phone. He further explained the original 911 funding came from a tax that was passed in 1995 that added a tax to the property tax. That fund brought in $85,000.00 in 2009, but this past year it brought in only $55,000.00. He pointed out the next agenda August 5, 2014 II. 10:45 For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation to: — — 1) Adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2014-21-Cont’d. item showed the cost of a new 911 system was a little over $5 million over the next five years and $55,000.00 would not fund that.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Borasky.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if the fees would be looked at again if the $500,000.00 shown in the back-up was exceeded. Milan Dimic said yes as the NRS stated that at the end of any fiscal year the 911 fund could not have more than half a million dollars in it or it had to be refunded to the people.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Bo rasky.

Commissioner Wichman

said this was a culmination of four years of work between herself and the ELM Office in Tonopah.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Borasky. Bill Dolan asked lithe County was standing by the statement on the agenda form that six applications were received for the position and all applicants were interviewed. Mrs. Webster said yes.

Mr. Dolan

suggested the Commissioners look up the meanings of the words nepotism and cronyism. Richard Goldstein said he lived in Santa Ana, California, for 26 years and had never heard of the California Coast University listed on Mrs. Fanning’s application. He also questioned whether she could do this job.

Commissioner Schinhofen

asked if it was a unanimous vote of the committee. Mrs. Webster said it was.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said Mrs. Fanning was well qualified. Her already working for the County should not matter nor should who she was married to. Michael Sullivan supported the decision made. Brian Kunzi explained nepotism was defined as a person hired by someone who was related to the person doing the hiring. Mr. Fanning as the Director of Public Works had nothing to do with this as he was not in the chain of command with Mrs. Fanning. There was no merit to the argument that this was a violation of Nevada’s nepotism statute.

Commissioner Wichman

wondered why some of the accounts were not sent to a collection agency. Pam Webster said the town clerk in Gabbs tried very diligently to collect the bills. Typically they were attributed to people who had left the area and she was not able to track them down, but they could be turned over to a collection agency as the County worked with one. Brian Kunzi reminded the Commissioners they were the governing body for the Town of Gabbs so action needed to come from them and not be left up to the advisory board.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to turn account numbers ending in 2501 and 5900 over to a collection agency; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Mrs. Webster

pointed out that the explanation from the town clerk stated they did not keep the balances on the books and if people returned they did not collect them. She believed they should be collected before services were granted back to the people and that practice should be changed. Brian Kunzi agreed that this area definitely had to be examined with the advisory boards. There had been a lot of policies that had cropped up that were not consistent and there was a need to come up with some very specific ordinances with regard to the local financial controls of the advisory boards. The Board of County Commissioners needed to start taking more control over that. He would like to work with the Board to come up with comprehensive town government operating protocols and procedures.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve items 16-18; seconded by

Commissioner Borasky

; 5 yeas. 17. For Possible Action Approval to: I) accept a grant award from the State of Nevada Community Development Block Grant CCDBG) program for Nye County Housing Rehabilitation; and 2) enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with Rural Nevada Development Corporation to provide Single Family Housing Rehabilitation, assisting low-income homeowners with repairs to their home.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve items 16-18; seconded by

Commissioner Borasky

; 5 yeas. 18. For Possible Action Approval to accept the State of Nevada Emergency Response Commission’s fSERC) FY15 “United We Stand” Planning, Training & Equipment grant for equipment.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve items 16-18; seconded by

Commissioner Borasky

; 5 yeas. ASSESSOR 19. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation on approval of Assessor’s Office Chance Requests. Lorina Dellinger explained this was brought back from the July 1,2014, meeting due to questions from Commissioner Wichman.

Commissioner Wichman

said her only question was on the formula and she got the answer the next day. Shirley Matson, County Assessor, advised of a directive from the Department of Taxation that after July 1, 2013, the 45% no longer had to be sent to the Department of Energy and thought the District Attorney could look into that.

Commissioner Wichman

questioned why this assessment was being sent then. Mrs. Matson said a contract had to be signed. August 5, 2014 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 20. For Possible Action Closure of meeting, pursuant to NRS 288.220 for purposes of conferring with the County’s management representatives regarding labor negotiations, issues and other personnel matters.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if they would come back some day for money.

Commissioner Wichman

explained this started with President Obama’s Connect America and they were looking for letters of support to go back for more funding from that.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the ratification of testimony made at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; seconded by Commissioner Bo rasky.

Commissioner Carbone

questioned the need to ratify what had been said so many times.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said they did not have to, but this just showed that the Commissioners agreed that the statements were supported by the Board.

Sheriff DeMeo

said his office had been running on a zero-based budget basis for a long time now. The e-mail he got from Mrs. Webster said the Commissioners wanted to see zero based budgeting for the remaining items in the budget, including overtime. He read a paper from the Institute of Criminal Justice which discussed zero based budgeting and stated that not all items or their cause could be definitively projected into a budget, like overtime, fuel, legal costs, and payouts for resigned or retired personnel, and those expenditures were not sufficient for zero based budgeting. According to what he was seeing, Sheriff DeMeo said he was supposed to go to the Commissioners every time he spent money to justify that expenditure. He did not have a problem with justifying the budget, but he felt the overtime issues needed to be readdressed as there were different types of overtime. He also felt requiring him to report to a Commissioner for everything could be considered a separation of powers issues. August 5, 2014 27. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding distribution of the budget using the zero based budgeting concept for the Sheriff’s Office approved by the Board of County Commissioners at the May 19, 2014 meetings Cont’d.

Mrs. Webster

said all she requested was to sit down and come up with the items that needed to be included in the budget. She did not say anything about approving expenditures. What she did say was if a reserve was held from the budget of some amount then as additional items through the year were requited those would have to be augmented to the budget. She apologized if there was a misunderstanding. She was not asking Sheriff DeMeo to come to the Commissioners every month. She was just asking him to identify items that were needed so they could be encumbered in the budget. Brian Kunzi added he had been working with the County Manager on this and she was just asking for some accounting controls so there were no more $1.5 million overruns on a zero based budget as claimed by the Sheriff. Regarding the issue of separation of powers, he explained the Sheriff’s Office was in the executive branch of county government just like all other departments. The County Commissioners had control of setting the budget and budget constraints for any elected official and department in Nye County. The Sheriff had the capability to use his budget for overtime, but he never had the authority and should never be given the authority to order overtime over and above the budgetary constraints given by the Board. Mr. Kunzi did not think there was anything legally inappropriate with what the County Manager was proposing with regard to putting on accounting controls and encumbering the funds, ensuring there was proper accountability within a fund that had for several years not been in compliance with the budget set by this Board.

Mrs. Webster

said she would like a motion that approved the salaries and benefits for the existing positions and two months’ worth of services and supplies while they sat down and did a plan for the specific things that needed to be included in the services and supplies and bring that back for final approval. With that motion she could move forward with the budget and get clarification from Sheriff DeMeo on the zero based items he had already identified.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to identify those general budget items such as salaries, supplies and those that could be predicted on a monthly basis, and have that brought back to the Board as she wanted to see it on a regular basis.

Mrs. Webster

said she planned to begin reporting monthly. She noted sometimes costs for a certain month came in for three months and that was what needed to be looked at so adjustments could be made as needed.

Commissioner Wichman

modified her motion to add the release of two months of operating costs; seconded by Commissioner Carbone. August 5, 2014 27. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding distribution of the budget using the zero based budgeting concept for the Sheriff’s Office approved by the Board of County Commissioners at the May 19, 2014 meeting. Cont’d.

Sheriff DeMeo

noted that every time they were given the budget they asked for they were not over budget. He had no problem working within his budget and meeting with staff to discuss his budget, but his problem was when changes were made to his staff and budget without his knowledge. He reminded the Commissioners that he had suggested several times that either they or the County Manager come and look at the operation of the Sheriffs Office and make suggestions, which had never occurred.

Commissioner Cox

asked if this would encumber overtime or if that would be eliminated. Mrs. Webster said overtime was included in the salaries in the budget.

Commissioner Cox

was not present. 28. Nevada Land Management Task Force Report The report was in the back-up. Commissioner Wichman advised this would be the last one she would bring forward. 29. Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC Summary and Report The report was in the back-up.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if there would be a meeting in September on the RMP for Pahrump and if it would be completed in the winter of 2015.

Commissioner Wichman

said yes and they wanted the Resource Advisory Council to review it prior to it being put out for public comment. CLERK 30. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to appoint one member to the Beatty Library District due to one (1) resignation.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to appoint Nicole Altman; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 4 yeas. August 5, 2014 TREASURER 31. Treasurer’s Report The report was in the back-up.

Commissioner Carbone

said he would like to see the reconciliation column back in the report. COUNTY MANAGER 32. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding directing the transfer of Nye County Treasurer Trust property to Nye County for public purposes.

Commissioner Borasky

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 4 yeas. 33. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Aviation Administration to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Pahrump Valley General Aviation Airport. This item was removed from the agenda. FINANCE 35. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding RFP # 2014-08 — — Furnishing and Delivery of Liquid Petroleum Gas (Propane) to Town and County Facilities throughout Nye County.

Commissioner Botasky

made a motion based on staff recommendation to award the bid to Suburban Propane as the most responsible and responsive bid; seconded by

Commissioner Borasky

amended his motion to also execute the contract;

Commissioner Wichman

amended her second; 4 yeas. August 5, 2014 36. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to ratify emergency action taken to provide $250,000 loan as part of proposed $2 million loan to Prime Care Nevada, Inc. for operations of the Nye Regional Medical Center and to review and approve loan documents to be used for remainder of funding to be extended for hospital operations.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to accept the ratification for the emergency action that was taken to provide the $250,000.00 as part of the $2 million; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

was present. Brian Kunzi explained that initially the contemplation was the Board was going to loan $250,000.00, but during the discussion of the need for $2 million the Board did not really approve the $2 million knowing it would be done in increments so he did not feel the record was cleat. The loan agreement was also not approved. The loan agreement was sent with the need for the money right away, so he felt it needed to be done on an emergency basis and then ratified

Mr. Kunzi

said a separate motion was needed to approve the language on the underlying $2 million loan.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve the loan agreement; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 5 yeas. HIR AND RISK MANAGEMENT 37. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve the filling of one vacant Deputy Treasurer position.

Commissioner Wichman

approved filling the position with the savings to be deposited into the stabilization fund; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. 39. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve the filling of one vacant Deputy Recorder position.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve the filling of the vacant deputy position with the savings to be deposited into the stabilization fund; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

asked if it would be in the County’s best interest to make this two part-time people instead. August 5, 2014 41. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve the filling of one vacant Deputy position.-Cont’d. Dannelle Shamrell confirmed the numbers were for a deputy position.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve the filling of the deputy position with the savings to be deposited into the stabilization fund; seconded by Commissioner Ca rbone.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if people could be looked at for the jail since some funds were coming in from the one and a half cent sales tax. Brian Kunzi advised the budget would need to be augmented from the sales tax money because none of that had been budgeted. Pam Webster said the plan submitted by the Sheriff’s Office would be on the August 19, 2014, agenda at which time the Board could designate and review what he proposed. In addition, the first month’s income had been received in the amount of $188,000.00 which would be split between fire and police. That would bring the annual income to $2.2 million, which was what had been anticipated.

Commissioner Schinhofen

wondered if a cross-trained employee could be pulled in when something like what happened in the Recorder’s Office occurred and asked to have that brought back to the Board. Dannelle Shamrell explained there was a time when the Recorder and the Clerk were one office in Pahrump. They were separated when logistically they moved into different locations in the area. She did not think it was ever shared in Tonopah. The concern came in with the amount of training involved in all the different departments in order to get them to the point to be able to function as a true deputy. She felt the employee

Commissioner Schinhofen

suggested should be mote like a clerkltypist or receptionist- type position that did not necessarily require the skill level that the deputies required but could still help out. Sam Metlino added that one of the reasons for the split was there was so much to learn on both sides of those offices and the employees were overwhelmed.

Mrs. Shamrell

suggested assessing those departments to find out their needs separate from the deputy positions to determine how much would be needed. August 5, 2014 PLANNINGIBUILDING 42. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding participation in the PUCN proceeding for a permit to construct and rehab wastewater facilities on the Willow Creek Golf Course for Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada, docket no. 14- 07023. Darrell Lacy, Planning Director, advised this was a docket that would look at the Willow Creek Golf Course sewer plant, ponds and ribs that go with that disposal of the effluent. One difference here was an option under the PUCN to comment or be an intervener. Intervening was recommended to have a seat at the table, but this one issue would have other alternatives for discussion with them in that they would be required to get a conditional use permit from the County for the land use piece as well as an NDEP permit that would have to come before the Board for review and support. He said this was the opportunity to make it known if the County had any expectations for a different way of addressing the problem at the golf course.

Commissioner Schinhofen

commented this was an eminent public health and safety issue a year and a half ago and he wondered about the delay. Brian Kunzi added that another important element of this was the conflicting information from public statements regarding ownership of the golf course property. As far as pulling a wastewater facility there, nothing had been recorded with the County indicating who had ownership of the property changing it from the bankruptcy estate. He said the Commissioners needed to understand that any wastewater facility was ultimately their responsibility and if the utility went under they had to assume the responsibility for operation of that system. Mr. Kunzi felt it was important for the Board to become an intervener and have a seat at the table with regards to what happened with that property.

Commissioner Borasky

felt the County definitely wanted to stay intervened.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to intervene and to also name Darrell Lacy as the spokesperson; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Commissioner Cox

said she had spoken with Wendy Barneff about this who said they had an entire plan for rehabbing the area they had been working on. Nothing was said about anybody else having ownership involvement, but they were anxious to get going on this also. Bill Dolan stated there were parcels all over the valley in disarray that were a health, safety and welfare issue that were not being addressed. He felt the County should let UICN do their business unless they did not follow the codes or ordinances. Judy Gilmore, water conservation coordinator for UICN, shared Wendy Barnell’s thoughts, which included the fact that UICN had asked the County to work cooperatively August 5, 2014 42. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding participation in the PUCN proceeding for a permit to construct and rehab wastewater facilities on the Willow Creek Golf Course for Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada, docket no. 14- 07023.-Cont’d. with it to identify concerns upfront to avoid delays. This docket was not about the construction and rehabilitation of wastewater facilities. It was a docket to build additional storage for reuse water and rapid infiltration basins for groundwater recharge which the County testified it wanted. It was also a docket for a UEPA permit and the additional storage facility was part of the remediation of environmental issues and health threats created by past owners of the golf course which were so neglected that the storage pond being remediated presented a clear and present danger to the residents of Pahrump near and around the ponds. As the Commission was well aware, this project had been needlessly delayed multiple times and they were finally at a point where not only could the environmental hazards be remediated but the property could be turned into something beneficial to the community. UICN asked the County for help in supporting this very needed and overdue remediation so it could happen as quickly as possible without legal intervention to avoid further delays and legal fees.

Mr. Kunzi

clarified that intervention merely allowed the County to have a seat at the table to understand what was going on and have some input in the formulation of the plans in a way that would be beneficial to the County. To act like this was a contracted legal battle misunderstood the whole function of these types of dockets and intervention. He did not think anyone was suggesting that there would not be cooperation, just that there would be a representative to overlook what happened with the golf course and ensure it was going in a direction that was beneficial.

Commissioner Schinhofen

commented the three year delay was not the County’s fault.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the proclamation declaring September, 2014 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Wichman

did not believe the request was complete to the point of allowing the Board to make a decision on it as it lacked information on ownership and August 5, 2014 46. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding petitions for ordering direct sale of Nye County Trust Property.-Cont’d. liens. She also understood staff was working on procedures for these situations and asked that the public petitioner on this item get with the various offices in the County that had to have input on this and then bring it back. Brian Kunzi said part of the problem he saw was the County had avoided selling these patented mining claims and he thought it was something that it needed to start doing.

Commissioner Wichman

said she was concerned with overlapping claims in many places and the lack of a title report.

Mr. Kunzi

said he was hearing they were not on the tax roll and could not be sold, but that was not true. He had concerns with some things he had seen in the staff report and thought there were artificial barriers to getting them back on the tax rolls. He felt a proactive approach was needed to push these things forward.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to direct staff at Mr. Kunzi’s direction to put together a procedure that could be followed through all the departments that had a piece of the action so the proponents that brought these forward per NRS could get faster from A to B; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Mr. Kunzi

was not sure if this was the position that the Treasurer filled today, but said it was a very important position because it could do the background search. Additionally, he noted the County did not give a warranty deed under these trust properties, only a quit claim deed. He was also concerned about how the properties could have fallen off the assessed roll in the first place and noted when they were put back on they would have to be reassessed for every year they were missed and that cost would become part of the sale.

Commissioner Wichman

asked staff to contact the public petitioner and let them know this procedure would be followed.

Commissioner Cox

said she rode on Blagg Road to view the damage at lunch. Signs were put out, but there was still water on the road in certain areas of new construction and there were areas where it was filling up like pockets of water. She felt this needed to be addressed before the case was closed on Blagg Road and did not think the construction was done properly to repair it.

Commissioner Schinhofen

suggested she talk to Dave Fanning to get the history and reasons for why it looked the way it did.

Commissioner Carbone

said the grand opening for the Dollar General would be on August 9, 2014, at 8:00 a.m.

Commissioner Schinhofen

said there would be a hiring fair for Big 5 on August 12, 2014, at the Nye Communities Coalition.

Commissioner Schinhofen

adjourned the meeting. APROVED this ATTEST: Of ,2014. Ch NConCrk/Deputy