Public meetings / Board of County Commissioners
September 19, 2017
132 turns, 132 with a named speaker, under 26 agenda items. The words and the names are the county clerk's.
Attendance
Sheriff Wehrly
was not present at this time.
4. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation of Minutes of the Joint Nye
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
6. Commissioners'/Manager's Comments (This item limited to announcements or
Commissioner Cox
said she received a request from the Pahrump Valley High School Rodeo to waive arena fees for a year and asked to have that put on the agenda. She said she also attended the party Saturday night at Channel 46 and was honored to accept an award for Nye County Government expressing Channel 46's thanks, which she presented to the rest of the Board. Commissioner Cox suggested getting a glass case to place in the lobby to hold items like that.
Commissioner Wichman
stated on September 18, 2017, Kinross Gold announced to their shareholders that the company intended to proceed with the Round Mountain Phase W Project, which was expected to extend mining by five years and increase the mine production by 1.5 million ounces of gold. She warned that the County had to be prepared to not count on any of the net proceeds between now and late 2019 when the Phase W production started, but pointed out the initial plant and infrastructure capital investment would be about $230 million. Pam Webster mentioned the new video conferencing system. To the on-line listeners the sound was excellent and there was no lag, but there was a shortfall because Beatty could not link in today. She said that would be fixed by the next meeting. Sam Merlino said the County hosted the CFOA annual conference last week. She thanked the Commissioners for their sponsorship as well as Commissioners Borasky september 19, 2017 6. Commissioners'/Manager's Comments (This item limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops/agendas)-Cont'd. and Koenig for speaking. She also thanked the Sheriff's Office Honor Guard for presenting the colors and everyone else who helped out.
Commissioner Schinhofen
advised he would not be at the next meeting as he was asked to speak at an event in North Carolina concerning Yucca Mountain. He also reminded everyone the Fall Festival was this week and he would play music at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. TIMED ITEMS
7. 10:15 — For Possible Action — 3rd Community Development Block Grant
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to accept additional back-up; seconded by
Commissioner Wichman
; 5 yeas.
Ms. Drevdahl
explained this meeting was to prioritize the 2017 second round applications and the 2018 round would be prioritized at the October 17, 2017, meeting. Tim Carlo, Public Works Director, reviewed his two applications. One was for self-serve fuel at the Beatty airport. He explained there was currently zero fuel there and with approximately 80 touchdowns a month Mr. Carlo thought it would be a wonderful resource to develop economically in the area. He added that through the State of Nevada it was the number one private airplane corridor north to south with the Test Site being in the middle of the County.
Mr. Carlo'’s
second application was for the retention basin and flood control of the fairgrounds. It would be an extensive project with the first part consisting of a drainage study only to get calculations as to the size of infrastructure that needed to be built. He noted that without controlling drainage on the fairgrounds the property could not be developed the way it needed to be. The Board took a 10 minute recess to review the additional back-up.
Ms. Drevdahl
said the two applications she had for 2017 were the items Mr. Carlo discussed. The Board needed to set priority and then she would submit them by September 29, 2017. September 19, 2017 7. 10:15 — For Possible Action — 3rd Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Meeting: 1) Presentation of potential projects; and 2) Invite public to participate by providing ideas, comments and suggestions concerning the proposed projects.-Cont’d.
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to make the Beatty Airport Redevelopment Phase II for the fueling station the first priority, and the Pahrump fairgrounds drainage study and flood control design second; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas.
Ms. Drevdahl
explained the next set of applications was for 2018.
Mr. Carlo
said they were working on the application for the Science and Technology site water and power, but he did not think it would be powered up in time to move forward as soon as necessary. The other was the FBO Building in Tonopah which was in disrepair with asbestos and lead paint and needed to be demolished. However, Mr. Carlo did not feel that one could be done in time for this round either. He noted both were economic development projects to revitalize the airport.
Ms. Drevdahl
noted that $200,000.00 was received from the Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund for the FBO Building which could be used for clean-up of the asbestos and lead paint, but it would not cover demolition or replacement of the building which was what the request was on the CDBG application. Loretta Lindell said her application was a resubmission of the project from last fall which was approved by the Board. It was not a performing arts center per se, but rather a center for the arts, and the feeling was that it would be more of a community gathering place to meet, discuss and learn.
Commissioner Koenig
asked how this would tie in with VEA's plans for the building.
Ms. Lindell
explained it would be separate from that, but if and when the VEA building was built they would be able to participate to bring in performers to utilize that building. Vance Payne, Director of Emergency Services, reviewed his application to replace the County ambulance fleet, which was in excess of 12 years old with stuff breaking down at an alarming rate. He said people did not realize the immense impact the lack of an ambulance service would have on a community, including the loss of MSHA certification for the mines.
Ms. Drevdahl
advised the 2018 applications would not be prioritized today. She would submit them for eligibility for CDBG and on the October 17, 2017, agenda she would bring back a listing of those applications determined to be eligible. September 19, 2017 SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP
18. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding the
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Koenig.
Commissioner Borasky
asked if they would allow the building to be used for Donuts with the DA on the first Saturday of every month.
Commissioner Schinhofen
said no. This would be the DAV’s building and if they wanted to host something like that they could.
Commissioner Cox
thought when they built the new building on Lola that would take care of the veterans’ needs. William Dolan, Commander of the Nevada DAV, explained that was a VA building to be used only for VA purposes as a clinic. He said they were staffing up to utilize the entire building and there was nothing there DAV could use for meetings or storage of any kind.
Commissioner Borasky
asked if DAV would carry a liability certificate on that building.
Mr. Dolan
said the DAV carried a massive liability policy and he had confirmed it would cover that building. Pam Webster stated her understanding it was for the DAV's exclusive use and while the County did have things stored in a closet there it was lockable.
Commissioner Koenig
said there was a room full of stuff that would have to be moved.
Mr. Dolan
said DAV would be willing to help staff move stuff to the Ruud Center and if agreed upon in the contract they would like to take down the shelving in there and use that room for their auxiliary.
19. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding: 1) staff findings
Commissioner Schinhofen
asked that the motion include direction to staff to put up signs and then find out what the insurance would cost.
Mrs. Dellinger
said they had not been able to find a policy yet. For some reason they were requiring a hold harmless form to be signed by every participant, which would be difficult.
Commissioner Koenig
read a letter from Dustin and Rebecca Tippets expressing how much the arena meant to them. They took exception to insurance being required for one event and not for the others and asked that the bucking chutes be made available for all so everyone could enjoy the public arena.
Mrs. Dellinger
pointed out that the bucking was the only activity of concern.
Commissioner Cox
said she had received several e-mails similar to what Commissioner Koenig read. She spoke to Mr. Carlson from POOL/PACT about this who said it was only an issue if it was a Nye County/town board sponscred type of event. He did not have a problem with individual events, but thought from the way it was put to him that the County or town was sponsoring these events.
Mrs. Webster
said all events came with insurance, so it was not an event they were worried about. It was private events not open to the public and not monitored which Mr. Carlson had expressed huge concerns about to her.
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to direct staff to install whatever warning signs were necessary. September 19, 2017 19. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding: 1) staff findings to consider an add-on provision to the Town of Pahrump’s insurance policy which would provide additional benefits at an additional cost for activities performed at the Pahrump Arena; 2) direct staff to reduce the Town of Pahrump’s exposure and install warning signs of possible hazardous condition, activity or use of any structure due to unrestricted access; and/or 3) determine if restriction is necessary for use of the chutes.-Cont'd.
Commissioner Koenig
asked for a modification to the motion to continue to look for insurance prices.
Commissioner Wichman
amended her motion to direct staff to install whatever warning signs were necessary and to continue to look for insurance prices; seconded by
Mrs. Webster
said she also needed direction as the chutes were now locked for daily use.
Commissioner Cox
said they needed to practice and the chutes needed to be open for that.
Commissioner Wichman
asked Mrs. Webster if she had been contacted to schedule their practice times. When Mrs. Webster said no, Commissioner Wichman said if they would do that like they were asked to at the last meeting it would be easy to make arrangements to open the chutes when they wanted to practice and then they could provide Mrs. Webster with a hold harmless or their insurance.
Mrs. Webster
said she would be absolutely fine with whatever the Board was comfortable with as far as usage that was not event-tied, but she needed directive to either open the chutes and leave them open noting POOL/PACT was not insisting on additional insurance. She would not get hold harmless agreements unless they were locked and unlocked for scheduled use.
Ms. Bello
said a hold harmless agreement was great, but the point of the immunity Statute was the County would not be held liable for the participants. If the signs were put up everyone was protected except in the event a bull got out, and that was the issue.
Commissioner Borasky
said he had a slew of questions and was not able to get a hold of anyone to get those answered. He had also asked the applicant to consider continuing this, but they did not seem interested in that.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to adopt Nye County Bill No. 2017-18 effective October 9, 2017, with the following changes: On page 23, under Maintenance of Public and Common Areas, wherever “and street lights” was crossed out put it back in, and on page 36, under (d), On-Site Improvements, put a continuation at the end of that to say the streets were to be built to Nye County standards; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. Vicki Hafen-Scott stated those revisions were acceptable to them.
Commissioner Koenig
commented that he did not want to change anything on page 44 because he was not sure how to change it. He said he had a problem with it saying the agreement will not expire even after benchmarks were made, the last one being the final map 15 years after the effective date. Greg Hafen, Sr., thought it was worded that way to cause the agreement to expire if they did not achieve the benchmarks listed under (a) through (c).
Commissioner Koenig
was concerned that 15 years from now a successor Board would wonder why this Board approved this and why people were building homes when the water was running out.
Mrs. Hafen-Scott
said it was their understanding that when they reached the last milestone, which was the last final map, there would no longer be a need for a development agreement and it would in essence go away.
Commissioner Schinhofen
opened the public hearing. September 19, 2017 9. 11:00 — For Possible Action — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation to: 1) Adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2017-18-Cont’d. Ammie Nelson said there were a lot of things that could happen in 15 years and she cautioned the Board to not assume this project would be done in 15 years. She suggested setting a time limit. John Bosta first objected to the notice because an ordinance was being amended, not a development agreement, and the notice did not state that. He then pointed out that no work had been done on this subdivision since 2007, but the Commissioners were going to extend the development agreement out 15 years. He asked where the guarantee was that they would do anything if this new bill was approved. Mr. Bosta thought the Board should reject it and let the ordinance die and if they wanted to create a new subdivision let them start over. Kenny Bent also felt the Board should let the agreement expire and start over. Robert Adams asked if the storm drainage plan approved in 2008 was considered today if it would still be approved.
Commissioner Schinhofen
said the same flood plan for the valley was still in effect. Sam Jones noted all the properties that were supposed to be developed 30 years ago which still were not. He also suggested letting the agreement expire and if the Hafens wanted to come back in 15 years and ask a new Board for permission to do all of this then so be it.
Commissioner Schinhofen
closed the public hearing. Addressing the Code changes related to water, Mrs. Hafen Scott explained the wording in the agreement regarding the water was changed to “permitted,” which was the correct term for valid water rights in the State now and that correction was only made for that reason. She then discussed the fees and said they would pay whatever impact fees the County had at the time the building permit was pulled, which could be many years from now, and if they did not get a tentative map in five years this development agreement expired.
Commissioner Borasky
said he still had great concerns on this item and passing it on to future Boards as well concerns about the sewage treatment plant. He could not support this item.
Commissioner Cox
asked if Mr. Bosta was right about amending this ordinance. Angela Bello said she could see what Mr. Bosta was saying, but she did not think it mattered as the other one was going to expire and these ordinances were not codified. September 19, 2017 9. 11:00 — For Possible Action — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation to: 1} Adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2017-18-Cont'd.
Commissioner Cox
asked when they intended to proceed with the sewer plant portion of this development.
Mrs. Hafen-Scott
said they could not give a definitive answer as it depended on how quickly the areas in their service territory built out and how quickly they had a need for that. Right now they did not need that capacity.
Commissioner Cox
said she was very wary about this and would like more answers about the water in the valley. Additionally, she did not understand the need to continue this when the Hafens could just come back when they were ready to develop. She thought a moratorium on future development may be appropriate.
Ms. Bello
asked for a brief recess so she could clarify when this agreement would expire. The Board took a brief recess. To address the concerns raised earlier about the expiration date of the agreement, Tim Sutton proposed amending Section 2.3, Acknowledgment of Uncertainties, to say at the end something to the effect of “Notwithstanding the above this agreement shall not extend beyond the date specified in Section 11,” which would be the pleasure of the Board on how far to extend it.
Commissioner Schinhofen
asked if 15 years would be appropriate.
Mr. Lacy
recommended the expiration date be five years after recordation of the final map.
Commissioner Koenig
began to amend his motion to state five years after recordation of the final map, but then pointed out that once the final map was done the agreement expired.
Mrs. Hafen-Scott
said yes, but there was some concern on the District Attorney's part that there were some clauses about uncertainties. If that clause was added that meant no matter what happened this development agreement was trash five years after the last final map.
Commissioner Koenig
stated his motion stood then.
Commissioner Wichman
said her second stood.
Commissioner Wichman
asked if anyone within County staff saw the list so they could pull anything they needed for public purpose. Samantha Tackett advised it was reviewed by Darrell Lacy and the parcels were determined to be okay to sell.
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Borasky.
Commissioner Schinhofen
opened and closed the public hearing. The motion to approve passed with 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD
Commissioner Borasky
assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board.
Sheriff Wehrly
was present. GAMING 11. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding a Gaming License for Sartini Gaming, LLC dba Chevron of Amargosa Valley, located at 2626 E. Highway 95, Amargosa Valley, NV. Blake Sartini — Applicant. Janice Maurizio from the Sheriff's Office confirmed that all the fees were paid and the paperwork was in order.
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to approve.
Commissioner Koenig
asked if they had filed their fictitious firm name with the Clerk’s Office as well their personal property report with the Assessor's Office.
Ms. Maurizio
explained all of that was already established and this was just adding the Chevron in Amargosa as another location where they were dropping their machines. September 19, 2017 11, For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding a Gaming License for Sartini Gaming, LLC dba Chevron of Amargosa Valley, located at 2626 E. Highway 95, Amargosa Valley, NV. Blake Sartini — Applicant.-Cont'd.
Commissioner Koenig
seconded the motion to approve; 6 yeas. LIQUOR 12. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to issue a Beer and Wine License to Thai Coconut Bay, located at 270 S. Dahlia Street, Ste 1, Pahrump, NV. Hong He — Applicant. After confirming with Janice Maurizio that all was in order, Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve items 12 through 15; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 6 yeas. 13. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to issue a Package Liquor License to Old West Market, located at 5581 N. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. Donald O’Hare — Applicant. After confirming with Janice Maurizio that all was in order, Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve items 12 through 15; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 6 yeas. 14. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to issue a Retail Liquor License to El Valle Restaurant, located at 350 S. Hwy 373, Armargosa Valley, NV. Hector D. Dimas — Applicant. After confirming with Janice Maurizio that all was in order, Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve items 12 through 15; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 6 yeas. 15. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding approval of a Change of Business name for the Beer & Wine License currently under DDD Destiny Group, LLC., dba Dickeys BBQ located at 240 S. Hwy 160 #17, Pahrump, NV. Eric Dubin — Applicant. After confirming with Janice Maurizio that all was in order, Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve items 12 through 15; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 6 yeas. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP 16. Committee Reports There were none. September 19, 2017 17. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation concerning a request from the Pahrump Special Olympics to waive the monthly park fees for the use of lan Deutch Memorial Park for two months of soccer, two months of softball and three months of Bocce Ball.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to waive the monthly park fees; seconded by
Commissioner Cox
; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS -— These are items that Staff recommends for approval. The Board reserves the right to move any consent agenda item to the regular segment of the agenda should issues arise that need to be addressed. Discussion of any item from the Consent Agenda Items that needs review before a decision is made.
20. For Possible Action — Approval of Elected Official Collection Report.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas.
21. For Possible Action — Approval of Assessor's Office Change Request.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas.
22. For Possible Action — Approval to set the date and location of the second
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas.
23. For Possible Action — Approval to accept a change order for the Joining
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas. September 19, 2017
24. For Possible Action — Approval to accept the 2018 State of Nevada, Office of
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas. Danielle Drevdahl said she had additional back-up to submit. Samantha Tackett explained the agreement was not included in the back-up, but it was no different than what was approved in the past.
25. For Possible Action — Approval to: 1) accept the State of Nevada Emergency
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas.
26. For Possible Action — Approval to accept the Nevada Public Agency Insurance
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
30. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2017-76; seconded by
Commissioner Koenig
; 5 yeas. COUNTY MANAGER
32. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to surplus and dispose of
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to surplus and dispose of Nye County vehicles that were no longer in use and that it was in the best interest of the County to dispose of through salvage with all resulting funds deposited into Fund 10402, Capital Projects; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas.
33. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to amend the Board of
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Cox: 5 yeas. Pam Webster explained the run out of accruals for benefits would still stay in place and the position would not be filled until the accrual payouts had been realized in the budget. This would just not add the 90 days on top of that.
34. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding an Interstate
Commissioner Wichman
was not present.
Commissioner Borasky
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Koenig; 4 yeas. September 19, 2017
35. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt,
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas.
36. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding approval of the
County Manager Employment
Agreement for Tim Sutton.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. Danelle Shamrell, Human Resources Manager, pointed out the percentage of increase needed to be reflected at 5.25% rather than 5.26% as it stated.
Commissioner Koenig
amended his motion to make that correction; Commissioner Wichman amended her second; 5 yeas. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
37. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to consider writing off
Commissioner Cox
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas. FINANCE
41. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Award Bid 2017-11 —
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Borasky.
Commissioner Koenig
amended his motion to approve and execute the contract and fund from Fund 10205; Commissioner Borasky amended his second.
Commissioner Borasky
asked what would happen if this ran over when they were scheduled to complete the project. September 19, 2017 41. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Award Bid 2017-11 — Homestead Road Improvements to Wulfenstein Construction. The amount of the bid is $1,768,.674.59; 2) Execute the contract; and 3) Fund from 10205 Nye County Road Fund.-Cont’d. Tim Carlo said he could not predict that, but it did come substantially under what was budgeted so it could be covered.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.
Commissioner Koenig
amended his motion to approve and waive the 90 days:
Commissioner Wichman
amended her second; 5 yeas.
43. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to fill a Deputy Justice
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to approve waiving the 90 days; seconded by
Commissioner Borasky
; 5 yeas. PLANNING/BUILDING/CODE COMPLIANCE
44. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation on an Extension of Time
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to deny; seconded by Commissioner Cox. When Commissioner Wichman asked why, Commissioner Koenig said he did not want it to go forward building eight homes per acre. Darrell Lacy added this was the third tentative map on this parcel of land since 2004. September 19, 2017 44. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation on an Extension of Time Application ET-2017-000031-Cont'd.
45. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding the
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion based on the Nye County Water District's recommendation to appoint Joni Eastley, Midge Carver, John Koenig as the representative, and Dan Schinhofen as an alternate; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas.
46. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation concerning a request to
Commissioner Wichman
asked where the original figure came from. Kristen Mettke with VEA said the County calculated the formula based on the assessed value of the property and how much acreage the easement was taking up. Pam Webster added the formula was approved by the Board.
Commissioner Wichman
asked if there was an NRS requirement to charge that.
Mrs. Webster
believed it was up to the Board.
Mr. Campbell
said one reason they were asking was they had a separate easement for the same amount of land from the State for the same facilities and the State fee was $770.00 a year. In this case it was about $19,000.00 a year, so they thought an annualization factor had to be applied or something else. September 19, 2017 46. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation concerning a request to amend the annual fee for a Right-of-Way Easement to Gridliance West Transco, LLC. approved by approved by the Board of County Commissioners at its August 1, 2017 meeting.-Cont'd.
Commissioner Wichman
made a motion to reduce the rate to match the State; seconded by Commissioner Koenig.
Commissioner Schinhofen
said the formula the County used was the formula the State used so he was not sure how they got to $700.00 with the other property. He asked if the motion was to charge them $700.00.
Commissioner Koenig
said this was a very small portion of where the line ran. He asked if they were paying fees on the rest of it or only this portion.
Mr. Campbell
said there was some land owned in fee simple title and other lands they were paying easements on, so he would have to look. He pointed out that the most comparable piece they had was the one with the State that they included in the back-up.
Commissioner Schinhofen
asked for a reconsideration of the motion or an amendment to drop it $1,900.00 per year and go up 10%.
Commissioner Wichman
withdrew her motion; Commissioner Koenig withdrew his second.
Commissioner Koenig
assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.
Commissioner Schinhofen
made a motion to charge $1,900.00 with a 10% escalation factor per year; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.
Commissioner Cox
asked if the BLM charge would get passed on to the rate payers also.
Mr. Campbell
explained generally the way it worked was anything that was an operations and maintenance expense, which included BLM or easement payments, would pass straight through to rate payers. The transmission piece of the rate was a smaller piece of the rate so he would not expect an increase. VEA also put in a freeze on rates he thought until 2024.
Commissioner Cox
stated if this was not a significant amount of money she would like to see the County charge this fee.
Mr. Campbell
thought it important to look at the cost to the people of Nye County over time, not just in one year, which with the escalator would add up to almost $10 million. September 19, 2017 46. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation concerning a request to amend the annual fee for a Right-of-Way Easement to Gridliance West Transco, LLC. approved by the Board of County Commissioners at its August 1, 2017 meeting.-Cont'd.
Commissioner Schinhofen
assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners. 10. General road report by Public Works Director. Tim Carlo, Public Works Director, said he did not have much to add to the report. Crews had been doing tree trimming and pothole patching.
Commissioner Wichman
asked if he had an opportunity to talk to Stretch Baker, Lance Brown from the Forest Service, or anyone else about the Ophir road.
Mr. Carlo
said he had spoken with Mr. Baker, but not with Mr. Brown. He would let
Commissioner Wichman
know when he had it nailed down.
Commissioner Cox
said the property owners on Garcia Street were asking if that could be paved. She would e-mail Mr. Carlo the residents’ contact information. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Schinhofen
assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR 31. Quarterly report from the Public Administrator. The report was in the back-up. FINANCE-Cont'd. 38. Presentation regarding the budget status through June 2017 for Nye County Fiscal Year 2017 budget projections. Savannah Rucker reviewed the unaudited FY17 ending report as well as the budget status report for each of the departments within the County general fund. There were a couple of departments with individual tine items projected to be over budget, but other than the Public Guardian Ms. Rucker did not see any departments that would be over in total at this point. September 719, 2017 38. Presentation regarding the budget status through June 2017 for Nye County Fiscal Year 2017 budget projections.-Cont'd.
Ms. Rucker
then reviewed the Nye County Other General Funds page, which only showed the 9-1-1 fund with a potential budget violation issue that was under review. She felt there could be invoices from FY18 paid in FY17 or invoices incorrectly coded. Outside of that there were no other funds over budget for expenditures. 39. Presentation regarding the budget status through August 2017 for Nye County Fiscal Year 2018 budget projections. Savannah Rucker advised that through August (17% of the fiscal year) only 10% of annual revenues had been seen. CTAX payments along with a few other revenues were three months behind. She noted revenue was up $110,000.00 from this time in FY17 so the year was starting strong. She reviewed the department budget status reporting and stated at this point the projection was to finish the year at 100.5%, but it was very early in the year and she thought the County was in good shape. 40. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject budget transfer of appropriations between functions within Nye County General Fund (10101) to: 1) increase Administration’s budget to provide for a three (3) month transition period for the County Manager positions and termination expenses for the County Manager; 2) Correct Information Technology’s budget shortage; 3) increase Planning’s budget for to allow for the Planning Director’s replacement, and provide for a three (3) month transition period; and 4) increase the County Clerk’s budget to allow for the full-time status of existing part-time Deputy Clerk.
Commissioner Koenig
made a motion to adopt; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. Richard Goldstein asked if this was augmenting the budget. Savannah Rucker said technically it was not called an augment. She explained this was funding set aside for the capital transfer for building improvements which was being moved into departments that would see potential changes, i.e., the County Manager retiring and another manager coming on to train. That expense was not budgeted for as it was unknown at the time the budget was completed.
Mr. Goldstein
asked what the $145,000.00 for salaries for the County Manager was for.
Ms. Rucker
said that was the calculated accrual and three months of salaries and benefits to have both County Managers on board to train. She then explained the accruals to Mr. Goldstein. September 19, 2017 40. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject budget transfer of appropriations between functions within Nye County General Fund (10101) to: 1) increase Administration's budget to provide fora three (3) month transition period for the County Manager positions and termination expenses for the County Manager; 2) Correct Information Technology’s budget shortage: 3) increase Planning’s budget for to allow for the Planning Director’s replacement, and provide for a three (3) month transition period; and 4) increase the County Clerk’s budget to allow for the full-time status of existing part-time Deputy Clerk.-Cont'd.
48. ADJOURN
Commissioner Schinhofen
adjourned the meeting. ; i>! APPROVED this |)” day ATTEST: Of OCT nih , 2017.