January 7, 2020

Sheriff Wehrly

was not present at this time.

Mr. Sattler

stated under vicarious law if there was a fatal accident the Board was responsible. He invited the Commissioners to his house between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m . to see what happened. Susan Thomasen expressed her gratitude for the Board 's decision to move forward with the lighting and extra paint at the skateboard park.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to nominate Commissioner Strickland, which she declined.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to nominate Commissioner Koenig; seconded by Commissioner Wichman ; 4 yeas. Commissioner Koenig abstained.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to nominate Commissioner Strickland ; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 4 yeas . Commissioner Strickland abstained . January 7, 2020

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve as written; seconded by

Commissioner Blundo

; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Cox

thanked Channel 25 for moving forward as they had. Addressing Mr. Sattler, Commissioner Blundo wondered where he got the information about an engineer's report as Commissioner Blundo had not seen it and it had not been on the agenda yet. He said he would discuss it with the Public Works Director to see what could be done about a stop sign.

Commissioner Wichman

had a book from the Extension Office which showed all the weeds that had been named in the state as being noxious. Also , there was a flyer out from the Friends of the Belmont Courthouse showing where the tax money had gone, $50 ,000.00 of which was to fix the staircase on the inside.

Commissioner Strickland

reminded the public of the special meeting on January 14, 2020 , at 10:00 a.m. regarding the actions of the Water Board .

Commissioner Wichman

said she had a prior engagement and would not be involved in that meeting. January 7,2020 TIMED ITEMS

Sheriff Wehrly

was present. 10.10:00 a.m. - Presentation by Jacob Holloway with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension regarding the Agricultural Extension program in Nye County. Extension Agent Jacob Holloway said he had been at the Extension since May 1, 2019, and felt staffing was important. There was now a master gardener coordinator and they were offering master gardening classes . Now that he had an administrative assistant he would try to keep the office in Tonopah open five days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to mirror the Coalition 's hours. When the full-time 4-H agent was hired Mr. Halloway felt it would be open full-time as much as possible. He said he would like to see the robotics club expand and expressed his openness to go to the schools and assist with 4-H, gardening clubs, etc.

Commissioner Wichman

asked if the 4-H program had expanded in Tonopah.

Mr. Halloway

said he was still waiting to hire a 4-H person for Tonopah . He felt once that person was hired there would be a big difference in the 4-H program.

Commissioner Wichman

suggested spreading information about what 4-H did as a lot of people had a vision that 4-H was simply raising farm animals and it was much more than that. 13.10:00 a.m. - For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to approve the audits of fiscal year 2018-2019 for Nye County and all component units of Nye County conducted by Daniel McArthur, LTD. Savannah Rucker advised she did not have the audits , but Dan McArthur had an update. Dan McArthur explained he was in the process of reviewing the cash and investments of the County and related entities. There was an extension filed to have the audit put off for 30 days. He received the information he needed for April and June , 2019, in January 7, 2020 13.10:00 a.m. - For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to approve the audits of fiscal year 2018-2019 for Nye County and all component units of Nye County conducted by Daniel McArthur, LTD-Cont'd. November, 2019. He began working on that in December and halfway through December realized there would not be enough time to get through the issues. Mr. McArthur had a discussion with County management and DTAX and said it would not be able to be filed by December 31, 2019. An extension was filed again until January 31, 2020, and he felt like they could get through what they needed to get through by then . SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP

Commissioner Koenig

said Dan McArthur's comments for item 13 applied to this item as well. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE PAHRUMP POOL DISTRICT 25.10:00 a.m. - For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to approve the audits of fiscal year 2018-2019 for the Pahrump Pool District conducted by Daniel McArthur, LTD.

Commissioner Koenig

said Dan McArthur's comments for item 13 applied to this item as well. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FINANCE

Commissioner Blundo

assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners. 15. For Possible Action - Election of Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to elect Commissioner Blundo; seconded by

Commissioner Strickland

; 4 yeas. Commissioner Blundo abstained. 16. For Possible Action - Election of Vice - Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to elect Commissioner Koenig; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 4 yeas. Commissioner Koenig abstained . 17. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding General Road Report by Public Works Director on General Road Maintenance, Gravel Road Maintenance, Asphalt Patching, Weed Mowing and direction regarding public work projects. Public Works Director Tim Dahl said from April , 2019 , to January 3, 2020, 338 requests for road maintenance had been received, an average of 34 per month. That number did not include the internet and he would have those numbers at a later date. His office was working on several capital improvement plan projects in the Pahrump area primarily including Highway 160 at Blagg; Charleston Park from Highway 372 to Leslie; and Pahrump Valley from Gamebird to Thousandaire. The RTC projects were Leslie from Basin to Irene and Blagg from Simkins to Harris Farm. As to the engineer's report for Sycamore and Mount Charleston, Mr. Dahl said he had seen the report and it did not warrant a four-way stop sign. He would provide each Commissioner with a copy of that report and said he would continue to enlist the Sheriff's help to get deputies down there to assist with the speeders. January 7, 2020 17. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding General Road Report by Public Works Director-Cont'd.

Commissioner Strickland

said Homestead and Highway 160 had completely opened up this time, not just in the area where the repairs were done. She mentioned the southwest ditch at the corner of Mount Charleston and Dandelion was tremendously deep and she assumed that was okay with Mr. Dahl.

Mr. Dahl

explained Public Works installed the culvert that went under Dandelion and released on Mount Charleston . It was recently cleaned out as that end of the culvert had been blocked by material throughout the years . He said since there were no longer any weeds it was now at the elevation it was at 15+ years ago.

Commissioner Cox

said she sent a couple of e-mails to Mr. Dahl regarding the property and road on Blosser Ranch and had not heard anything . She said the problems with rain and mud still existed.

Mr. Dahl

said he would be happy to revisit it again with Commissioner Cox if she would like. Regarding the improvements on Pahrump Valley, Commissioner Cox said the corner on Gamebird and Pahrump Valley on the road coming from downtown had terrible ruts right at the stop sign and asked to have someone take a look at that.

Mr. Dahl

said both sides of Gamebird on Pahrump Valley were slated to be ground and have material put down to patch those until funding could be obtained to do those roads entirely. The south side of Gamebird on Pahrump Valley was on the CIP list so that would be addressed in the future.

Commissioner Cox

asked if anything was going on with Chiquita or if it was okay with just gravel.

Mr. Dahl

said yes . The people agreed to pay for improvements, but he had not gotten them to dedicate that property to the County or figure out a way to dedicate property through a record of survey. He was working with the District Attorney's Office to come up with a way to accept an offer of dedication based on a record of survey. The Board took a brief recess.

Commissioner Koenig

asked when he could expect to see a resolution for speed limits on Pahrump Valley Boulevard and the surrounding area.

Mr. Dahl

advised as of yesterday it was in the District Attorney's Office. January 7, 2020 17. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding General Road Report by Public Works Director-Cont'd.

Commissioner Blundo

asked that the engineer's report for the Sycamore stop sign be put on the agenda for discussion. He then asked Mr. Dahl if he had radar guns in his office.

Mr. Dahl

said no. He had two radar trailers and the Sheriff had radar tra ilers as well.

Commissioner Blundo

stated his frustration with the four-way stop at Calvada as that was not where the children crossed . He then asked if there was an ETA for the good oil for the durapatcher.

Mr. Dahl

said no because they were not making the oil at this time of year. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board. 18. For Possible Action - Election of Chair of the Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to elect Commissioner Strickland; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 4 yeas. Commissioner Strickland abstained. 19. For Possible Action - Election of Vice - Chair of the Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to elect Commissioner Koenig; seconded by Comm issioner Blundo ; 5 yeas; Commissioner Koenig abstained. LIQUOR 20. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding issuing Retail and Package Liquor Licenses or extending the Temporary Licenses for Nevada Desert Lounge located at 1481 E. Nevada Highway 372, Units Band C, Pahrump, NV. Nicholay Panchev - Manager/Applicant and Peter Panchev ­ Owner/Applicant.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to issue a permanent liquor license ; seconded by

Commissioner Koenig

; 6 yeas . January 7, 2020 21. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding issuing a Retail Liquor License or extending the Temporary License for Johnny's Taco Shop, LLC located at 1330 S. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. Victor A. Zepeda and Juan Ramirez - Owners/Applicants.

Commissioner Koenig

made a motion to issue the permanent license; seconded by

Sheriff Wehrly

advised the background investigation was not complete at this point, although all the information was in. She asked the Board to give him an extension for two weeks until the rest of the information could be gathered and there was a letter on file.

Commissioner Wichman

asked if something did come up in the report to please bring it to the Board's attention. 22. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding issuing a Temporary or Permanent Retail Liquor License for Stonewise, LLC. located at 421 S. Frontage Rd. Suite 2, Pahrump, NV. Christopher and Shawna Perez­ Owners/Applicants.

Sheriff Wehrly

made a motion to give them their license; seconded by Commissioner Blundo ; 6 yeas. 20. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding issuing Retail and Package Liquor Licenses or extending the Temporary Licenses for Nevada Desert Lounge located at 1481 E. Nevada Highway 372, Units Band C, Pahrump, NV. Nicholay Panchev - Manager/Applicant and Peter Panchev ­ Owner/Applicant-Reopened. 21. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding issuing a Retail Liquor License or extending the Temporary License for Johnny's Taco Shop, LLC located at 1330 S. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. Victor A. Zepeda and Juan Ramirez - Owners/Applicants-Reopened. 22. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding issuing a Temporary or Permanent Retail Liquor License for Stonewise. LLC. located at 421 S. Frontage Rd. Suite 2, Pahrump, NV. Christopher and Shawna Perez­ Owners/Applicants-Reopened. Items 20-22 were reopened for public comment. There was none.

Commissioner Koenig

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. January 7, 2020 SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP 24. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding a Memorandum of Understanding between the Town of Pahrump and Pahrump Valley lVIodel Aviators for use of flying radio-controlled airplanes at the Pahrump Valley Fairgrounds.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to accept and enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Town of Pahrump and Pahrump Valley Model Aviators; seconded by Commissioner Wichman .

Commissioner Strickland

felt the MOU was pretty broad based . On the first page of the MOU it mentioned that the dirt runway to the east of the parking lot was for larger gas powered airplanes, which looked to be in the drainage area . She said that needed to be taken into consideration in the MOU that it would fall within the drainage plan. She wondered if they should provide the town with a calendar of events so it could be combined with the existing calendar items to know what was going on with that particular entity . She also wondered if they should have an advisory board to report to the Board their usage of the fairgrounds.

Commissioner Wichman

commented that this was for model airplanes so she would prefer to have them over the drainage area instead of over people. Purchasing and Contracts Administrator Danielle McKee explained this MOU was currently in place and this was simply an extension. It was the same area, just extending the time. Tim Dahl said he did not believe this would affect the actual drainage. The multi-use fields were recessed so they could retain water in the future, but the major channels were to the north and west of that.

Commissioner Strickland

said she would reach out to Jimmy Martinez and meet with the individuals.

Commissioner Blundo

amended his motion to renew for a one year term rather than a four year term; Commissioner Wichman amended her second; 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. January 7, 2020 26. For Possible Action - Approval to accept an amendment to a Notice of Subaward from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health to fund the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clinics in Pahrump and Tonopah. WIC is a federally funded program providing nutrition education information to participants, a food delivery system, and facilitates the delivery of health services to participants in the program. Amendment to Subgrant award is in the amount of $13,111.00 with no match required, for a total award of $224,035.00. This subgrant shall be administered out of Fund 10340 Grants. Subgrant period of time is October 1,2019 through September 30,2020.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve items 26-27; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 5 yeas . 27. For Possible Action - Approval to adopt Nye County Resolution No. 2020-01: A Resolution Directing the Levy of a Special Assessment on Each Water User Situated Within the Confines of the Duckwater Creek Distribution for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve items 26-27; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 5 yeas. 31. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to allow the Nye County Assessor to continue to assign addresses for the Town of Amargosa Valley and report those new addresses to the United States Postal Service.

Commissioner Wichman

asked why this was on the agenda.

Commissioner Koenig

explained the Assessor's Office redid the whole town of Amargosa because it was wrong. The town went to the post office to do their own addressing and was told it would only be accepted from the Assessor's Office so permission was needed for the Board to have the Assessor's Office do it.

Commissioner Wichman

felt if an individual had a problem with the address they had been assigned based on the conventions this Board agreed to follow they needed to take it up with the post office and the Assessor's Office.

Commissioner Koenig

said the problem was when new parcels were made they needed new addresses and the post office would not do it. Sam Merlino reminded the voters that anytime addresses were changed with the post office they also needed to change their voter registration as it would cause problems down the road. Tim Sutton advised Byron Foste r confirmed the addresses were being changed. January 7, 2020 31. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to allow the Nye County Assessor to continue to assign addresses for the Town of Amargosa Valley and report those new addresses to the United States Postal Service-Cont'd.

Sheriff Wehrly

commented it also caused a lot of problems for ambulances, the fire department and the Sheriffs Office. She said the old signs needed to be taken down and new signs put up. John Bosta stated Amargosa did not have the software to do the changes and that was why the original request was made to have the Assessor's Office do the changes . He said when he changed his address on his driver's license they were supposed to notify the Clerk's Office of the address change for his voter registration. Mr. Bosta never knew he had to do that in order to vote .

Mrs. Merlino

clarified that just because Mr. Bosta 's address changed did not mean he would be turned away to vote, but eventually the post office would stop delivering mail to the old addresses. As those changes came about she would prefer to have that corrected on a voter registration . Pat Minshall, speaking as a Sheriff's Auxiliary person, said she delivered a lot of papers in Amargosa and Beatty and many places had no address . She felt that could be a very real problem for emergency services.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve ; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. 32. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding Nye County Proclamation No. P2020-03: A Proclamation Designating the Third Saturday of Every Mayas Nye County Veterans Day.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to accept Nye County Proclamation No. P2020­ 03, a proclamation designating the third Saturday of every Mayas Nye County Veterans Day; seconded by Commissioner Strickland; 5 yeas. 33. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Enter into a Lease Agreement with First Choice Pregnancy Center at the location of 1501 East Calvada Blvd., Pahrump, NV 89048; 2) Lease approx. 3,420 sq ft at the cost of $0.85 per square foot; and 3) Deposit funds to 10291 County Owned Building Fund.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to 1) enter into a lease agreement with First Choice Pregnancy Center at 1501 E. Calvada, 2) lease approximately 3,420 square feet at the cost of $1.00 per year , and 3) deposit funds into 10291, County Owned Building Fund .

Commissioner Wichman

said the Commissioners had a responsibility to protect and watch over the assets of the taxpayers. There was a value to the properties and in her experience she had noticed when substantial breaks had been given to devalue those assets with lease agreements the amount of care and concern taken by the lessee seemed to reflect exactly what the County was charging. She asked if this organization was leasing at another locat ion. Tim Sutton said they were leasing 1,600 square feet from a private entity. Nancy Erwin, executive director of First Choice Pregnancy Center, said they were paying $1,600.00 per month .

Commissioner Wichman

noted that was $1.00 per square foot each month. They were getting twice as much space at a cost of 85 cents a square foot, which totaled $2,907.00 monthly.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to 1) enter into the lease agreement with First Choice Pregnancy Center, 2) lease approximately 3,420 at the cost of 60 cents per square foot and 3) deposit the funds into 10291; seconded by Commissioner Strickland . Nancy Erwin said the center had been in Pahrump for 22 years and had served over 400 clients. Everything was free and their income came from churches, individuals and some businesses. Since they were a medical pregnancy center they complied with HIPPA laws and any policies and procedures required. Ms. Erwin said they had three employees and three volunteers. She said they could keep the doors open provided the rent was less than they were paying now. Before the Commissioners made their decision she asked that they consider the amount of time and money the center had saved for the town and their clients. Ms. Erwin understood WIC Health and Human Services was moving into the building the Commissioners were recommending the clinic lease, which was a win/win for them. She added they did not need 3,000 square feet. If they had 2,000 square feet that would be great, but they did not need all of that either. Ms. Erwin said they would take whatever they could if the rent cost could be reduced .

Commissioner Wichman

amended her motion to enter into the lease agreement with First Choice Pregnancy Center and to establish the lease for 2,000 square feet at 50 cents a square foot.

Commissioner Strickland

withdrew her second as she was not sure how to sequester the area being discussed. January 7,2020 33. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Enter into a Lease Agreement with First Choice Pregnancy Center at the location of 1501 East Calvada Blvd .• Pahrump. NV 89048; 2) Lease approx. 3,420 sq ft at the cost of ~0.85 per square foot; and 3) Deposit funds to 10291 County Owned Building Fund-Cont'd.

Commissioner Blundo

suggested continuing this item to the Pahrump meeting.

Commissioner Strickland

commented there was no Exhibit A showing what space they required as referenced in paragraph A on the first page of the lease.

Commissioner Wichman

asked Ms. Erwin if she had looked at the space.

Mrs. Erwin

said she had twice.

Commissioner Wichman

asked I\IIs. Erwin if she saw a way to either have another entrance so somebody else could get the 1,400 square feet or to isolate the 2,000 square feet for the clinic.

Ms. Erwin

understood during the second walk through there was some discussion between her and Mr. Sutton that they would eventually require more square footage. Their biggest dilemma was the rent they were paying and Ms. Erwin said they were willing to reduce the square footage so WIC Health and Human Services could come in.

Commissioner Wichman

said 2,000 square feet at 50 cents per square foot would reduce their current rent by $600.00 a month. She asked Ms. Erwin if she would consider that motion, to which Ms. Erwin responded yes.

Commissioner Strickland

seconded the motion to motion to enter into the lease agreement with First Choice Pregnancy Center and to establish the lease for 2,000 square feet at 50 cents a square foot with funds deposited into 10291; 5 yeas . INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve, execute and fund from 10213, Emergency Systems; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas. January 7, 2020

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve, execute the MOU , and fund from 10213, Emergency Systems; seconded by Commissioner Blundo ; 5 yeas. PUBLIC PETITIONER

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to accept Nye County Proclamation No. P2020­ 01 declaring January 23, 2019 through February 1, 2019 , as Nye County School Choice Week; seconded by Commissioner Wichman; 5 yeas .

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to approve and accept Nye County Proclamation No. P2020-02 declaring January, 2020, as National Radon Action Month ; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 5 yeas. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 28. 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 Blundo

made a motion to go into closed session ; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 5 yeas. 29. 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. The Board was in closed session . January 7, 2020 30. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation on labor negotiations, issues and other personnel matters presented in closed meeting.

Commissioner Koenig

opened and closed the public hearing .

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to adopt the IAFF agreement; seconded by

Commissioner Wichman

; 5 yeas. 12.10:00 a.m. - For Possible Action - Public Hearing, discussion, deliberation and possible decision to ratify a CBA Extension Agreement for the Nye County Law Enforcement Association (NCLEA) Agreement which expired on December 30, 2019 and set a new expiration date of June 30, 2020 to include the reporting of the fiscal impact of a one-time ratification bonus.

Commissioner Koenig

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Wichman

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. COUNTY MANAGER 34. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding: 1) retaining Richard G. Campbell of Kaempfer Crowell, Attorneys at Law as outside counsel for handling of the water rights protest filed by Great Basin Water, Co. regarding the Pahrump Fairgrounds water rights; 2) authorize the County Manager to execute contract for counsel legal services; and 3) fund half the total from Fund 25414 Pahrump Town Room Tax Fairgrounds and half the total from Fund 10101 Nye County Contingency.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to 1) retain Richard G. Campbell of Kaempfer Crowell to handle water right protests filed by Great Basin Water, 2) authorize the County Manager to execute the contract for legal counsel services, and 3) fund the total from 25414 ; seconded by Commissioner Strickland.

Commissioner Blundo

explained the difference was the County was giving an asset to the town and the town should be advocating and fighting for this . January 7, 2020 34. For Possible Action - Discussion and deliberation regarding: 1) retaining Richard G. Campbell of Kaempfer Crowell, Attorneys at Law as outside counsel for handling of the water rights protest filed by Great Basin Water, Co. regarding the Pahrump Fairgrounds water rights; 2) authorize the County Manager to execute contract for counsel legal services; and 3) fund half the total from Fund 25414 Pahrump Town Room Tax Fairgrounds and half the total from Fund 10101 Nye County Contingency-Cont'd.

Commissioner Blundo

said it was good to be back in Tonopah and he enjoyed the scenic drive. Samantha Tackett reminded everyone that January's second meeting would be on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

Commissioner Koenig

adjourned the meeting . ATIEST: