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Public meetings / Board of County Commissioners

October 17, 2017

122 turns, 122 with a named speaker, under 8 agenda items. The words and the names are the county clerk's.

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’IManaqe?s Comments (This item limited to announcements or

Commissioner Wichman

advised Tonopah Solar Energy donated $100,000.00 toward the purchase of a new ambulance to replace the one totaled earlier this month. Tim Sutton reminded the Commissioners about the public auction meeting tomorrow.

Commissioner Schinhofen

mentioned that he had been saying for a month he would not be at the last meeting as he would be at a nuclear meeting he was asked to speak at. Additionally, the Department of Energy announced they would join with the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History as well as local, national and international October 17, 2017 6. Commissioners’IManacier’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topics/issues proposed for future workshops/agendas)-Cont’d. organizations committed to the advancement of nuclear energy in celebrating Nuclear Science Week, October 16-20, 2017.

Commissioner Koenig

asked staff to bring back an agenda item at a not too distant meeting to revisit the discussions the previous Board had on election time and where people could set up their booths as he did not believe there were enough spots for this year. Sam Merlino said she had already reserved the Bob Ruud for the two weeks of early voting, which she thought would work out better due to past issues with parking at the courthouse. A plan was needed though for the campaign tents outside of the Bob Ruud. As far as the parking at the courthouse, Commissioner Cox said if the employees would park in the overflow parking during that time then more people could be in the front, but Bob Ruud was fine with her if there would be enough parking. TIMED ITEMS

18. 10:15 For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Town of

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve items 8 and 18; seconded by

Commissioner Koenig

. October 17, 2017 8. 10:15 For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Nye — — County Proclamation P201 7-07-Cont’d. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP 18. 10:15 For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Town of — — Pahrump Proclamation P2017-01-Cont’d.

Commissioner Koenig

read the proclamation into the record, noting one was for the County and one was for the town. Tom Waters recognized various members of the audience present for this item today. He spoke about the experiences of Chief Warrant Officer Dan Peterson and how he was awarded the Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism along with numerous other awards over the course of his military career. He then acknowledged the members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 730 who were present. Chapter 730 had agreed to sponsor the Purple Heart designation of Nye County and the Town of Pahrump.

Mr. Waters

noted there were 410 Purple Heart counties, cities, and towns across the country with Henderson being the first in Nevada followed by Las Vegas, Mesquite, Carson City, the State of Nevada, and now Nye County and the Town of Pahrump. The Commissioners presented plaques containing the proclamations to Richard Kearns who was standing in for Dan Peterson. The Board was presented with plaques thanking them for the Purple Heart designations. A spokesman from Senator Dean Heller’s office commended the community for their strong bond and presented two Senatorial Certificates regarding the adoption of the proclamations. A spokesman from Representative Ruben Kihuen’s office presented a certificate to the town regarding its Purple Heart status. October 17, 2017 SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY MANAGER

33. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to 1) approve funding for a

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve the funding for the Veteran’s Banner Program, direct staff to advertise for candidates from the public, and adopt the criteria set forth in the application; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. Richard Goldstein, President of the American Veterans Foundation of Pahrump, said the foundation began talking a year ago about ways to do something for the veterans in Pahrump and the banners came up. They would like to put them in the entrance to the Calvada Eye. Nominations would be taken from people who would like to have a banner and he thought with the poles along the Calvada Eye about 40 banners could be put up and then rotated as needed. Mr. Goldstein displayed one of the banners while Ron Wright, Vice President of the American Veterans Foundation of Pahrump, described what would be put on them.

Commissioner Borasky

said he was adamant about Ian Deutch getting the first one. He thanked everyone for getting the project moving and finally bringing it to conclusion. Angela Bello said these were government banners, not private banners, so the Board should either designate someone to approve the final design of the banner or it should come back to the Board.

Commissioner Koenig

amended his motion to approve the funding for the Veteran’s Banner Program, direct staff to advertise for candidates from the public, adopt the criteria set forth in the application, and designate the County Manager to approve the banners; Commissioner Wichman amended her second; 5 yeas. The Board took a brief recess. October 17, 2017 32. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to 1) approve to provide a subsidy in the amount of $50,000 to Desert Haven Animal Society for the Pahrump Animal Shelter facility located at 1511 Sin Lane! Pahrump, NV for Fiscal Year 2018 to be funded from Town of Pahrump General Fund 25101; and 2) approve a Memorandum of Understanding with Desert Haven Animal Society for the purpose of setting terms for the subsidy.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve the subsidy and approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Desert Haven Animal Society; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

believed they should be accountable to someone to show where the money was going to and she would like to see at least a yearly report.

Commissioner Koenig

said the money all went into one account so it was hard to pinpoint where the dollars came from. Angela Bello explained if the County was giving them money they were using it for the purposes the County was giving it for. The item did say the Board could set terms for the subsidy, but she did not think it was a problem if they put it into their general fund.

Commissioner Koenig

amended his motion to approve the subsidy, approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Desert Haven Animal Society, and that they come back to the Board once a year and explain what they were doing with the money;

Commissioner Wichman

amended her second; 5 yeas. TIMED ITEMS-Cont’d. 9. 10:30 — Quarterly report from the Public Administrator. The report was in the back-up. Public Administrator Ginger Stumne was present.

Commissioner Cox

asked if the bank balance was the Public Administrator’s bank balance or the balance of the estates.

Ms. Stumne

explained that was the trust account balance of the decedents’ funds and none of it was Public Administrator money. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS 12. General road report by Public Works Director. The report was in the back-up. October 17, 2017 SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD

Commissioner Botasky

assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board. BROTHEL 13. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Brothel License renewal for the Western Best, LLC., dba Chicken Ranch located in Pahrump, NV for the second quarter of FY18.

Commissioner Koenig

asked if the Chicken Ranch had satisfied all of the complaints, setting aside signs, red lights and mobile home issues. Nye County Sheriff’s Office Detective Chris Sehnert said everything he checked on yesterday had been satisfied. The fire company was also there updating their issues, and the individual who would inspect the water would be out on Wednesday. Detective Sehnert stated there were no issues with the work cards as of tight now, but the ownership cards for all the owners were not on file at this time.

Commissioner Wichman

asked if the issue was accepting their pictures/applications via e-mail, phone or scan.

Commissioner Koenig

said the latest e-mail from the Sheriff to them was they would rather have someone show up in person because they did not know if the photograph was that person. Since some of the people may be out of state or out of country, Commissioner Wichman suggested they could go to a local sheriff’s office and have it faxed from there.

Sheriff Wehrly

said since they did not have anything on those people and had no idea what they looked like they needed to be able to match that with the fingerprints to make sure they were the same person. Janice Maurizio from the Sheriff’s Office said she had plenty of liquor license owners who lived in California and physically came here to get their work cards, applications and fingerprints. If they could come from California and other locations she did not see why these gentlemen could not come as well.

Commissioner Borasky

asked if the ownership was the question right now and if the ordinance should be looked at again to clean that up a little better.

Sheriff Wehrly

said yes, but right now they asked for a list of names of the owners and got that. Mr. Green had complied by getting a licensee owner card, but his partners at this point had not. His managers also complied. October 17, 2017 13. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Brothel License renewal for the Western Best, LLC., dba Chicken Ranch located in Pahrump, NV for the second quarter of FYI8.-Cont’d.

Commissioner Wichman

felt any sheriffs office could fulfill the requirement of the ordinance for the applicants to physically show up to accommodate those individuals.

Commissioner Borasky

hoped the motion included directing the Clerk to bring back an item to give the Board more clarity on ownership. He believed the ownership needed to be looked at and either the one Commissioner Schinhofen put forward or the one

Commissioner Borasky

put forward needed to be chosen.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to renew the brothel license for Western Best, LLC d/b/a Chicken Ranch located in Pahrump, Nevada, for the second quarter of FYI 8 conditioned on the owners getting the cards within 30 days; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.

Sheriff Wehrly

asked that the motion be amended to include the fact they could go to another sheriff’s office.

Commissioner Koenig

amended his motion to renew the brothel license for Western Best, LLC d/b/a Chicken Ranch located in Pahrump, Nevada, for the second quarter of FY18 conditioned on the owners getting the cards within 30 days, and they could go to any sheriffs office in the world and have a notarized signature, picture, and fingerprints sent to Sheriff Wehrly; Commissioner Wichman amended her second. Angela Bello noted there were owners listed as trusts so that should include the trustees and the beneficiaries.

Sheriff Wehrly

advised the situation was the same with the license cards.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to renew the brothel license for Mid Valley Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Sheri’s Ranch located in Pahrump, Nevada, for the second quarter of FYI 8 conditioned on the owners getting the cards within 30 days, and they could go to any sheriffs office in the world and have a notarized signature, picture, and fingerprints sent to Sheriff Wehrly; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. October 17, 2017 14. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regardinq Brothel License renewal for Mid Valley Enterprises, LLC., dba Sheri’s Ranch located in Pahrump, NV for the second quarter of FYI8.-Cont’d. Angela Bello pointed out the word “owner” was being used, but the ordinance used the word “licensee.” She interpreted that as any investor was a potential licensee, but there were corporations which would have shareholders and partners, as well as some trusts.

Ms. Bello

thought the Board needed to clarify whether the licensee included the trustee of the trust, or the beneficiaries, or both.

Commissioner Wichman

suggested indicating the principal.

Commissioner Koenig

amended his motion to renew the brothel license for Mid Valley Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Sheri’s Ranch located in Pahrump, Nevada, for the second quarter of FY18 conditioned on the principals getting the cards within 30 days, and they could go to any sheriffs office in the world and have a notarized signature, picture, and fingerprints sent to Sheriff Wehrly; Commissioner Wichman amended her second.

Ms. Bello

advised there was no such thing as a principal of a trust. She just wanted a clear understanding of who needed to have the card when it came to a trust. Mark Connot, appearing on behalf of Sheri’s Ranch, thought there was some inconsistency here. There had to be one or more licensees, but there was no provision for an owner to have a work card. The only concern Mr. Connot had was clarification on letting them to go to a sheriffs office. He said they had a couple of members that did not reside in the country and they could have them go to a law enforcement agency.

Commissioner Borasky

commented his biggest concern had always been the ownership which was why he moved forward on re-writing the ordinance.

Commissioner Schinhofen

noted when the last ordinance was adopted he said it would come back for ownership. He had given the District Attorney some of that and hopefully in 30 days a date, time and location would be set to clear that up.

Mr. Connot

reiterated what he stated in his correspondence to the Sheriff, that these owners were disclosed with prior Sheriffs so there was never a secret whenever anyone had a question about ownership.

Commissioner Borasky

explained his concern was knowing who was behind the organization.

Mr. Connot

stated that information had been shared and they were willing to share it further. He said there had not been a situation where people were kept behind the scenes that were not relayed to the Sheriff. October 17, 2017 14. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Brothel License renewal for Mid Valley Enterprises. LLC.I dba Sheri’s Ranch located in Pahrump, NV for the second quarter of FYI8.-Cont’d.

Ms. Bello

explained the ordinance required the licensee not transfer any interest, give away or hypothecate the license without prior approval of the Board. The fact that it was told to the Sheriff was not informing the Board.

Mr. Connot

said there had been no transfer or hypothecation and if new members were brought on they would certainly come before the Board.

Commissioner Cox

asked if the list of owners Mr. Connot sent to the Board, which was not in the back-up, was every owner.

Mr. Connot

said yes, and some were held in the name of a business entity so they would make sure to provide the members of the business entity or the trustee of the trusts. John Bosta noted an original ordinance was not re-written, it was amended, and that was what the Board should be saying.

Commissioner Borasky

said that was to amend his version or amend Commissioner Schinhofen’s version and he may have not said it that way.

Commissioner Borasky

said he went with Detective Chris Sehnert yesterday to make sure both locations coming up were given their report so they would have it. Detective Sehnert advised the location was in compliance with the initial violations.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to renew the license; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 6 yeas. October 17, 2017 16. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding Brothel License renewal for Area 51 Death Valley Alien Cathouse, LLC., dba Cherry Patch 2 located in Amargosa Valley, NV for the second quarter of FY18. Detective Chris Sehnert said the items required for re-inspection were in compliance.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve the license for Area 51 Death Valley Alien Cathouse; seconded by Commissioner Wichman. Jan Shay spoke against renewing the license. She said brothels were a relic of the past and prostitution was a sin. Linda Mitre said she was not for brothels and would like to see other businesses come in to Pahrump that could take up the slack if the brothels were gotten rid of. Herman Lewis said he appreciated the accommodations made for the brothels today. John Bosta hoped the Board would continue to control the legal prostitution. Dwight Lilly said these were licensed businesses paying taxes, the girls were making a good living and contributing to the community, and he hoped the Board passed this. Rodney Camacho said all the houses in Nye County were safe houses and he did not want to be put in the same category as illegal prostitution on the streets.

Commissioner Wichman

asked that there be an item on the next agenda to do whatever was necessary to move the administration of these licenses into a different department, hopefully into Administration or Code Compliance, as a system was needed that followed through on every one of the details.

Commissioner Borasky

referred to previous comments made about the hundreds of thousands of dollars the County got from the brothels. He could not get all the information by this meeting, but he would have it at the next meeting as he did not believe the County netted very much at all. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Schinhofen

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. October 17, 2017 PLANNING/BUILDING/CODE COMPLIANCE

39. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding a 90-day follow-

Commissioner Koenig

explained what prompted this was they kept asking for extensions but were not doing anything. He asked if any green was seen. Detective Chris Sehnert advised they just recently transported 45 pounds of marijuana products.

Mr. Lacy

added there was material for extraction as well as plants on-site.

41. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation on Medical Marijuana

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve renewing applications MM-2017- 000048 and MM2017-000049; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas. The Board was in recess until 1:30 p.m.

Commissioner Cox

was not present. October 17, 2017 TIMED ITEMS-Cont’d. 10. 11:00 — For Possible Action: lOa. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on MP 201 7-000005: a Master Plan Amendment application to change the land use plan designation of approximately 2.4 acres (gross) from Rural Density Residential to Rural Development Area, located at 2410 W. Bell Vista Avenue, further known as Tumbleweed Estates Subdivision, Block B, Lot 6. Assessor Parcel Number 029- 523-05. Steven Khoury — Property OwnerlApplicant. CivilWise Services, Inc. — Agent. JOb. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on ZC 201 7-000017: a Zone Change application to change approximately 2.4 acres (gross) from the Rural Estates C RE-2) Zoning District to the Commercial Manufacturing (CM) Zoning District, located at 2410 W. Bell Vista Avenue, further known as Tumbleweed Estates Subdivision, Block B, Lot 6. Assessor Parcel Number 029-523-05. Steven Khoury Property Owner/Applicant. CivilWise Services, Inc. Agent. Darrell Lacy advised this had been through the RPC, which recommended a zone change to neighborhood commercial instead of commercial manufacturing.

Commissioner Borasky

asked what the intended use of the property was. Darrell Lacy thought that was one of the reasons why neighborhood commercial was mentioned. He believed they were looking at auto repair and neighborhood commercial was enough to handle that without going to commercial manufacturing.

Commissioner Koenig

confirmed the applicant was okay with that.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve MP-2017-000005, master plan amendment, and ZC-2017-000017, changing from commercial manufacturing to neighborhood commercial zoning district; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.

Commissioner Schinhofen

opened the public hearing. Ann Searles reviewed her history with the property and stated her support of these items.

Commissioner Schinhofen

closed the public hearing.

Mr. Lacy

corrected the intended use was a mini-storage, not what was stated earlier. October 17, 2017 lOa. For Possible Action — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on MP 201 7-000005-Cont’d. lOb. For Possible Action — Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on ZC 2017-00001 7-Cont’d.

Commissioner Schinhofen

pointed out that when siting medical dispensaries the County did not want them on highways. Darrell Lacy said for medical marijuana the County received approval for one dispensary in the County. The initiative approved last November for recreational or retail sale of marijuana allowed the County two. It was discussed earlier in the year when the fast start approvals were going through that the County would get one more and he was directed to bring it back in October. Last month the Nevada Department of Taxation (DIAX) issued its proposed regulations, which Mr. Lacy expected to be approved, and there was a piece of the puzzle that confused things. The State totally took the local government out of this approval process because of the lawsuits in Clark County. Mr. Lacy said going through this process here may be a waste of time as they may or may not be the chosen spot by the State. He also had other people interested in doing this who stated they would not go through this process with the County. They would go to the State first and if chosen would come back to the County. Commission Schinhofen said the County still had zoning so the State could give a license to someone, but if it did not fit the zoning they would have to go back. October 17, 2017 ha. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation regarding Special Use Permit Application No. SU-2017-000040-Cont’d. hib. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation regarding Special Use Permit Application No. SU-2017-000041-Cont’d.

Commissioner Borasky

said there was nothing on Highway 160 now and having this all up and down the main roads was not something he could ever support.

Commissioner Koenig

asked if the County application fees would have to be returned if the State did that.

Mr. Lacy

said that was the Board’s choice, but the Board could stop this process and have the one awarded the license come back.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to select Application No. SU-2017-000041, 123 S. Loop Road in Pahrump, Nevada; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.

Commissioner Schinhofen

opened the public hearing. Leo Dearing disagreed with Commissioner Borasky and said there was a building at the address.

Commissioner Borasky

said according to the site map he looked at there was nothing there. He asked if it was big enough to do marijuana retail sales.

Mr. Dearing

said yes and asked if the dispensaries were going to be recreational only, not medical and recreational.

Commissioner Schinhofen

explained these would be recreational stores only.

Mr. Dearing

said he had a problem with the one dispensary that was in Pahrump as they pretty much had a monopoly. He urged the Board to allow another dispensary to at least give the existing one some competition as it might bring the price down for everyone who would like to participate.

Commissioner Schinhofen

told Mr. Dearing that if the State gave him the license then he needed to find another location because the County did not want it on the highway.

Commissioner Koenig

explained the choice of having one dispensary was not the County’s, it was the State’s, and he had a problem with that back then. Now the State was allowing two and he thought somewhere in there a vote could be taken to have three. Commissioner Koenig said the main reason he was turning down Mr. Dearing’s proposal was because back in August this Board voted unanimously that it did not want the building on the highway, and Mr. Dearing’s was on Highway 160, which to

Commissioner Koenig

automatically threw it out. October 17, 2017 Ma. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation regarding Special Use Permit Application No. SU-2017-000040-Cont’d. Jib. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation regarding Special Use Permit Application No. SU-2017-000041-Cont’d.

Mr. Dearing

clarified he was just an interested citizen.

Mr. Lacy

said the Board could possibly request a third dispensary because of the size of the County. The proposed regulations allowed the County to request a third one, but DTAX would have to review that request and make a decision. He also thought the site was just a vacant piece of land with no building. Rob Lynch, director of business development representing Tumbleweed Dispensaries, said they were a licensed production facility out of Las Vegas. They saw this opportunity as their first step, but he just learned that the Board did not want anything on the highway.

Commissioner Koenig

said it was his opinion that at some point in the near future the County would ask for a third one so he told Mr. Lynch to make sure it was not on the highway.

Mr. Lynch

reviewed the packets he was leaving which provided background on the company, their successes and community outreach. Mike Floyd said he understood it would be up to the State who got the license, but he said they needed to start here. Ann Searles urged the Board to keep it off of the highways.

Commissioner Schinhofen

closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Borasky

reiterated his view on marijuana. It was illegal on a federal level and he did not understand why the Board was supporting it. He could not.

Commissioner Schinhofen

noted the fees were not in the back-up and asked if staff could provide those.

Commissioner Wichman

commented that it would surprise her if the fees were so high the Board would vote against it.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Ccx; 5 yeas. Staff was asked to provide the fees to the Board. 20. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to remove one (1) alternate member from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee due to lack of participation.

Commissioner Wichman

said there was no recommendation for an alternate or who to approve in the person’s place.

Commissioner Schinhofen

thought that would come back to the Board.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to remove the individual because it was an alternate member; seconded by Commissioner Koenig; 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. 21. For Possible Action — Approval of Elected Official Collection Report.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve consent; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. 22. For Possible Action Approval to set the date and location of the second meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in Pahrump, Nevada.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve consent; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. October 17, 2017 23. For Possible Action Approval to accept: 1) FFY 2018 Notice of Grant Award (NGA) from Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) for $44,276 to provide congregate_meals to the Beatty and Tonopah Senior Centers; and 2) the corresponding Confidentiality Addendum (CA). Matching funds from Nye County for $7,814 are budgeted from Fund 10101. This grant shall be administered from Fund 10281 Senior Nutrition.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve consent; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. 24. For Possible Action Approval to accept: 1) FFY 2018 Notice of Grant Award (NGA) from Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) for $34,667 to provide home delivered meals to homebound clients in Beatty and Tonopah; and 2) the corresponding Confidentiality Addendum (CA). Matching funds from Nye County for $4,188 are budgeted from Fund 10101. This grant shall be administered from Fund 10281 Senior Nutrition.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve consent; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. 25. For Possible Action Approval to enter into Grantee’s Agreement between State of Nevada, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, and Nye County Senior Nutrition Program, Inc., acting by and through Nye County Board of Commissioners. This is for the FFY 2018 Federal Transit Administration Section 5311 Grant in the amount of $102,010 and is for transportation operations (local and long-distance), servicing the areas of Amargosa Valley, Beatty, Gabbs, Smoky Valley and Tonopah. Matching funds are required in the amount of $47190 and includes in-kind services from Nye County through vehicle maintenance and automobile insurance coverage, Aging and Disability Services Division funding and Proiect IncomelDonations. This grant shall be administered from Fund 10281 Senior Nutrition.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve consent; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. 26. For Possible Action Approval to surplus and dispose of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) equipment within the Nye County Department of Emergency Management that has reached the end of its useful life.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve consent; seconded by Commissioner Borasky; 5 yeas. October 17, 2017 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 27. For Possible Action Closure of meeting, pursuant to NRS 288.220 for purposes of conferring with the County’s manaaement representatives regarding labor negotiations, issues and other personnel matters. This item was removed from the agenda. 28. Closed meeting, pursuant to NRS 288.220 for purposes of conferring with the County’s management representatives regarding labor negotiations, issues and other personnel matters. This item was removed from the agenda. 29. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation on labor negotiations, issues and other personnel matters presented in closed meeting. This item was removed from the agenda. 30. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Resolution 2017-77: a Joint Resolution by the Lincoln and Nve County Commissioners to reduce the size of the Basin and Range National Monument Area.

Commissioner Schinhofen

advised he had not heard back from Lincoln County as to whether they wanted anything changed.

Commissioner Wichman

said the fourth Whereas clause stated nearly 700,000 acres have been designated to protect “a private art installation.” She would like to change that to “protect a private modern art structure.” She also thought the sixth Whereas clause should be removed as it appeared the County was speaking for someone else and people from that department would argue if that was done.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve with those changes; seconded by

Commissioner Borasky

mentioned he had a heavy conversation with a representative from Lincoln County about this at Quad State.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to rescind the action, items 1 and 2; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

asked if anyone went out and inspected the property or if they were just depending on pictures.

Commissioner Koenig

said he drove by it with Pam Webster.

Ms. Rucker

stated none of the funds alarmed her with regard to expenditures and she did not have any funds that needed to be addressed at this point. 37. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) enter into a five (5) year contract with PCN Strategies, an authorized re-seller for Svnnex Corporation for the purpose of purchasing 130 Body Worn Cameras to outfit all officers with Body Cameras and 78 Dash and Rear Seat cameras for Patrol Vehicles; and 2) approve the quote for $1103,455.60 to be partially funded from the following sources: Project G17018, Fund 10340 Grants in the amount of $155,81&90, 10234 Nye County Sheriff Public Safety Sales Tax in the amount of $515,206.70 from FY17 approved spending plan, and $108,108.00 per year from FYI9-22 spending plans, to be submitted to the Board for approval at later dates.

Commissioner Wichman

asked if for some reason this did not have to comply with medium term financing approval. October 17, 2017 37. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) enter into a five (5) year contract with PCN Strategies, an authorized re-seller for Synnex Corporation for the purpose of purchasing 130 Body Worn Cameras to outfit all officers with Body Cameras and 78 Dash and Rear Seat cameras for Patrol Vehicles; and 2) approve the Quote for $1,103,455.60 to be partially funded from the following sources: Project GI 7018, Fund 10340 Grants in the amount of $155,816.90, 10234 Nve County Sheriff Public Safety Sales Tax in the amount of $51 5,206.70 from FY17 approved spending plan, and $108,108.00 per year from FYI9-22 spending plans, to be submitted to the Board for approval at later dates.-Cont’d. Savannah Rucker explained it did not because the units were not being financed. The units were being purchased outright and the rest of the contract was for the storage of the data.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Borasky.

Commissioner Cox

noted this was for 130 body cams and asked if there were that many officers on the streets. Lieutenant David Boruchowitz explained some extra was built-in for when someone’s camera went down as well as being able to provide them to the auxiliary. He said there were approximately 118 deputies, including the 10 in training.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to fill the dispatcher position #10022-022 in the Sheriff’s Office; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas. October 17, 2017 PLANNING/BUILDING/CODE COMPUANCE-Cont’d.

43. For Possible Action:

Commissioner Koenig

asked if the proper fees had now been charged.

Mr. Lacy

said they agreed to pay the full fees. Everyone also agreed that the roads would be private and the County would not take over maintenance of them. Angela Bello suggested conditioning the approval of the final map upon their signing the corrected maintenance agreement.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to approve items 42 and 43 with the conditions that they sign the corrected map, that the lot numbering be re-done to conform to Code and the normal way people number lots, and he wanted the numbering done within two weeks to avoid holding up the Recorder from doing it.

Ms. Bello

noted the road was actually in the maintenance agreement, not the map.

Mr. Lacy

said it was probably on the map jurats also.

Commissioner Koenig

amended his motion to approve items 42 and 43 with the conditions that they sign the corrected map and maintenance agreement, that the lot numbering be re-done to conform to Code and the normal way people number lots, and he wanted the numbering done within two weeks to avoid holding up the Recorder from doing it; seconded by Commissioner Wichman.

Commissioner Borasky

asked if there were narrow roads in this gated community.

Mr. Lacy

said that was correct and the waivers were approved previously.

Commissioner Cox

said she had an issue with continuing to build houses when the Board kept hearing how there was no water. She asked for clarification on what justified continuing to build new houses and where this water was coming from.

Mr. Lacy

said there was a development agreement signed by a prior Board back in 2000 with a predecessor company to William Lyon Homes.

Commissioner Cox

said that was back before it was learned there was not enough water. She was concerned with people having to spend money to dig their wells deeper October 17, 2017 42a. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation on FM-2017-000005- Cont’d. 42b. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation on IA-2017-000015-Cont’d. 43a. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation on FM-2017-000007- Cont’d. 43b. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation on IA-2017-000014-Cont’d. and had a hard time supporting something that in the long run may affect the water supply.

Mr. Lacy

noted that since he came to Pahrump something like 7,000 homes had been removed because of expired development agreements. The only ones moving forward were entitlements that had been given previously.

Commissioner Ccx

said she understood that, but she would like that taken into consideration by anyone else coming in who did not have an old approval. She thought bigger lots or something needed to be done.

Mr. Lacy

said it was steadily becoming more difficult for developers to come in with small lot development, and all new developers had agreed to the regulations in place. Scott Swapp from William Lyon Homes said the Division of Water Resources was extremely restrictive on how they used their water and they would lose it if they did not. He pointed out they had also gone above and beyond with their conservation efforts at Mountain Falls. He also noted there was an aquifer fairly isolated to that part of the valley. Nye County Assessor Sheree Stringer asked Commissioner Koenig to restate his motion and mentioned a contiguous lot could not run through different blocks.

Commissioner Koenig

said the motion was they had to change the numbering to conform to Code.

45. ADJOURN

Commissioner Schinhofen

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of_________________ 2017. . Chai “J Nye)Cohty Clerk I Deputy