June 29, 2021

Commissioner Blundo

advised there were two resignations from the Pahrump Library Board and asked to have it advertised.

Commissioner Strickland

talked about the 4th of July activities in Pahrump. Regarding the masks and shields for people vaccinated or not vaccinated,

Commissioner Cox

said the discussion was about doing away with both, but it was still on the agenda and printed in the newspaper that shields were required for those who were medically exempt. She thought that was to be removed from everything, which was her intention, and she told Tim Sutton it needed to be corrected.

Mr. Sutton

said the verbiage passed by the Board was what was reflected on the agenda. He said he had not look at other bodies’ agendas, but he would. June 29, 2021 2. Commissioners’/Manager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topiclissues proposed for future workshopslagendas)-Cont’d.

Commissioner Jabbour

recalled it was changed to may or may not and it was entirely up to the individual.

Mr. Sutton

advised public workshops were currently being held in various areas of the County for the first ever Nye County strategic plan, which was designed to give direction and guidance as well as to hear from the constituents what they wanted Nye to be.

Commissioner Blundo

felt the plan would become an opportunity to follow a strategic plan instead of the will of the Board.

Commissioner Carbone

said it was something to be used as a guide and was not locked in concrete.

Commissioner Jabbour

pointed out the County Manager was perfectly clear that this plan was to gather and fact find from the people. It was about the people in the County, who the Board wanted to hear from. It would then be brought to the Commission for prioritization. Commissioner Jabbour thought it was a great idea.

Commissioner Carbone

believed that was a master plan update. This plan was a little bit different than that. Diane Southworth said over 200 surveys were returned from people who were behind in their rent or mortgage as well as landlords who were behind in their mortgage payments because they were not getting rent money. She would bring the results to the Board. She advised the Nevada Outreach meetings would go live, which were held on the second Wednesday of the month at 11:30 a.m. at the Methodist Church and all were welcome. Mrs. Southworth then said she wondered why there were so many resignations from the Pahrump Library Board. June 29, 2021 SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TIMED ITEMS

Commissioner Strickland

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to adopt Nye County Resolution No. 2021-22; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Strickland

opened and closed the public hearing. Samantha Faga from Round Mountain Gold said she did not realize what was involved with the permitting. They did not intend to have more than 500-700 people in attendance. She said in the future they would make sure the application was brought to the Board in a timely manner.

Commissioner Strickland

re-opened and re-closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the waiver requirement per Nye County Ordinance No. 444 and issue the festival permit; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour; 5 yeas. June 29, 2021 SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP

Commissioner Strickland

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to adopt Town of Pahrump Resolution No. 2021-01 to amend the FY21 budget for $2,065,510.00; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to adopt Town of Pahrump Resolution No. 2021- 02; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWNS OF BEATTY, GABBS, MANHATTAN, AND RAILROAD VALLEY TOWN OF BEATTY

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to adopt the FY2021-2022 Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Sales and Use Tax (PSST) plan for the Town of Beatty; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 5 yeas. June 29, 2021 TOWN OF GABBS

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to adopt Town of Gabbs Resolution No. 202 1- 01, a resolution to augment and amend the 2020-202 1 budget of the Town of Gabbs, State of Nevada, Fund 23503, Gabbs Sewer Fund, in the amount of $10,000.00; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to adopt the FY2021-2022 Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Sales and Use Tax (PSST) plan for the Town of Gabbs; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Commissioner Blundo

asked when the Recorder’s web site would be tied into the GIS. He also wondered why a way around the dashes had not been figured out yet.

Ms. Gudmunson

said they were working with development right now to update the system to the same format as the Assessor’s records. She thought it was an easy patch, but the Recorder would have to pay for that. As far as the GIS system, she said they looked into it and it was possible. She would put it on her list of things to do.

Commissioner Strickland

asked about getting the documents from 1998 and older from the developers to put on the Recorder’s site for property owners to do more research.

Ms. Gudmunson

said that would not be in the Recorder’s Office and suggested

Commissioner Strickland

contact William Stark about it.

Commissioner Cox

thought those records should be part of Building and Safety and Planning and Zoning. SHERIFF

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to issue the fireworks display permit for the Town of Amargosa for their 4th of July event; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas. FINANCE

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to adopt Nye County Resolution No. 2021-23; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Strickland

re-read the agenda item as she left part of it out in the initial reading.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to adopt; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to direct staff to repay the temporary FY21 interfund loan between the Nye County Grants Fund and the Nye County General Fund totaling $1 million; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas.

Mrs. Rucker

mentioned sub-entities in the County did not receive a direct allocation and suggested utilizing the funds to help those sub-entities and possibly have a workshop June 29, 2021 28. For Possible Action Presentation, discussion, and deliberation on administration of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and direction to staff on whether to utilize the Interim Final Rule guidance-Cont’d. with the stakeholders to see what they would like to do. The School District received their own direct funding. Staff was directed to poll the individuals who should attend the meeting for their availability for workshops, including the churches.

Commissioner Blundo

suggested making it an all-day affair so people could come as their schedule allowed as well as sending surveys.

Commissioner Cox

talked about the credit bureaus and their control of credit scores. She felt that needed to be addressed in some way.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he would like to see the continuous appreciation for employees that stuck with their respective companies. If companies were able to afford bonuses, those bonuses should be applied to the employees who had been working since the onset of COVID. Commissioner Jabbour thought providing incentives to the people who were not working to come to work was a slap in the face to the employees who worked all along. John Bosta said this was the first time he had heard of the plan and it seemed the three elected town boards were not included. He hoped the towns could coordinate with the County on the application of this and asked for a copy of the plan. Diane Southworth thought a workshop was a wonderful idea and that Nye Communities Coalition would be a big help.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to utilize the interim final rule guidance; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 14. For Possible Action Closure of meeting, pursuant to NRS 241 .01 5(3)(b)(2) for purposes of conferring with legal counsel regarding potential or current litigation. The Board went into closed session. 17. 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. The Board went into closed session. June 29, 2021 15. Closed meeting, pursuant to NRS 241 .015(3)(b)(2) for purposes of conferring with legal counsel regarding potential or current litigation. The Board was in closed session. 18. 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. 16. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation on conference with legal counsel regarding potential or current litigation presented in closed meeting.

Commissioner Strickland

continued the meeting to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2021. * ** * * * The Board of County Commissioners reconvened at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2021. Present: Debra Strickland, Chair; Frank Carbone, Vice Chair; Donna Cox, Commissioner (via telephone); Tim Sutton, County Manager; Lorina Dellinger, Assistant County Manager; Kelly Sidman, Deputy Clerk; Samantha Tackett, Administrative Manager; Savannah Rucker, Comptroller; MarIa Ziotek, Chief Deputy District Attorney; Michelle Nelson, Deputy District Attorney Not Present: Bruce Jabbour, Commissioner; Sandra L. Merlino, Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board; Chris Arabia, District Attorney; Sharon Wehrly, Sheriff

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to continue this meeting to 5:00 p.m. today in chambers; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 4 yeas. The Board was in recess until 5:00 p.m.

Commissioner Jabbour

was present. June 29, 2021 3. Approval of the Agenda for June 2, 2021 (Non-action item)-Reopened. Tim Sutton said item 4 could be added back to the agenda. 4. For Possible Action — Emergency Items

Commissioner Blundo

said NRS 241020.11 stated as used in that section emergency meant an unforeseen circumstance that required immediate action and included but was not limited to disasters caused by fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes or any impairment of the health and safety of the public. He believed this was an emergency due to time constraints in the NRS. Commissioner Blundo said he wanted to open an item from June 30, 2020, which was discussion and deliberation to 1) determine if sufficient financial resources were available to increase the compensation of elected officials pursuant to NRS 245.043.5, and 2) determine if sufficient financial resources were available to increase the compensation of the Board of County Commissioners.

Commissioner Blundo

made a motion to rescind the action taken as a Board at that time; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Commissioner Blundo

asked Savannah Rucker for a brief synopsis of the County’s fiscal health.

Mrs. Rucker

explained that decision was made mid-COVID and it was the conservative decision to be made by the Board, but the County had not experienced the revenue losses that were expected. The budgets associated with the departments as well as the general fund with elected officials and the Board of County Commissioners could support the increase.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if there were sufficient funds. Savannah Rucker said yes, for both the Board of County Commissioners and elected officials in FY2021-2022. The raise set by NRS 245.043 was already budgeted in the departments FY22 budgets. June 29, 2021 29. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Determine if sufficient financial resources are available to increase the compensation of elected county officers pursuant to NRS 245.043(5) for Fiscal Year 2021 -2022; and 2) Determine if sufficient financial resources are available to increase the compensation of the Board of County Commissioners for Fiscal Year 2021-2022- Cont’d.

Commissioner Strickland

asked since the action from June 30, 2020, was rescinded if it happened automatically.

Mrs. Rucker

explained the Board would have had to make the determination that sufficient resources were not available and that was not the case. Assessor Sheree Stringer thanked the Board.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the 3% for FY2021-2022 for the Justices of the Peace; seconded by Commissioner Blundo; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Strickland

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of Ctj 2021. fl

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