April 11, 2022

Commissioner Strickland

said she had voiced her concerns to Mr. Kampf this morning about him running for Clerk and she hoped this would not be detrimental to that. He April 11,2022 1. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation for the Board of County Commissioners to temporarily appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy of the Nye County Treasurer pursuant to NRS 245.180 for a term to expire after the Canvass of the returns of the Primary Election to be held on June 14, 2022 pursuant to NRS 293387(1) or subsequent appointment due to the resignation of John Prudhont from the following list of applicants: Timothy Bohannon, Paul M. Healey, and Mark Kampf-Cont’d. said he thought it was a great opportunity to be of service and he did not see any detriment to it at all.

Mr. Kampf

explained the reason he was running for County Clerk was not just to do a job but to provide service to the voters in the County and make the office a model for professionalism in the State and County. However, just like in this situation, he was willing to step up and take that risk, although he did not see it as a big risk as he thought the citizens of the County would acknowledge his willingness to sacrifice his time and efforts to do what was right for them.

Commissioner Blundo

said Mr. Kampf had a very impressive resume. He believed Mr. Kampf had the qualifications to step in and the County was thankful he put his name in the hat. Paul Healey said up until 30 minutes ago he did not even know this position existed. He was a 15 year resident of Pahrump and had gotten very involved in the community. He had been a CPA for over 40 years and spent 12 to 13 years in private industry as a chief financial officer in a few corporations. Other than that he had formed his practice in Las Vegas and still had that practice, but he spent most of his time in Pahrump by design. As a financial officer and running a tax office Mr. Healey did not think this would be anything too particularly unusual for him.

Commissioner Strickland

said she had also spoken with Mr. Healey and she was grateful to have three amazing candidates to interview this morning on short notice. She saw that he was quite busy and this job had some time constraints until the election was certified. She asked Mr. Healey how he would handle it.

Mr. Healey

advised tax season was coming to an end so in the short-term there were no issues there. He worked seven days a week already and felt he could switch from A to B, but he recognized the issue. He assumed staff was more than capable and knew their jobs, but if there was a need for overview and direction that was certainly easy to do. Mr. Healey said he had run staff in multiple accounting departments so to him it was just another function and nothing to be too concerned about.

Commissioner Blundo

said Mr. Healey had an impressive resume and thanked him for expressing interest on such short notice. AprH 11, 2022 1. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation for the Board of County Commissioners to temporarily appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy of the Nye County Treasurer pursuant to NRS 245.180 for a term to expire after the Canvass of the returns of the Primary Election to be held on June 14, 2022 pursuant to NRS 293.387(1) or subsequent appointment due to the resignation of John Prudhont from the following list of applicants: Timothy Bohannon, Paul M. Healey, and Mark Kampf-Cont’d.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if in fact the folks in the Treasurer’s Office were not realty up to par if Mr. Healey would be able to help them.

Mr. Healey

did not view that as a problem. He said in one of his jobs as a very young man everything was two years behind and within 60 days everything was up to date.

Commissioner Blundo

asked Mr. Healey what he would bring to avoid Nye County returning to fiscal watch and if it was placed on fiscal watch during his tenure would he invite the State to assist the Treasurer’s Office.

Mr. Healey

said he was more than capable of handling things. He felt there was something on the governmental side that needed to be more fully explained to he and the staff, but bringing in the State would not be his first choice. Tim Bohannon said he had been a CPA for over 20 years. As to the concern about bringing in the State, with his background in internal controls, risk management and financial reporting, Mr. Bohannon saw the ability of seeing what the County had, if there were gaps as far as knowledge, make sure issues were addressed that he had been aware of on the cash side of the bank reconciliations, and insure there was good continuity. He said he wanted to do this to help out his community, the County to ensure it was compliant, and that it was the best level effort to stay off of any watch.

Commissioner Blundo

said Mr. Bohannon had an excellent resume and thanked him for stepping up. He asked Mr. Bohannon what he would do to avoid Nye County returning to fiscal watch and would he invite the State to assist the Treasurer’s Office if that happened.

Mr. Bohannon

said he tried to run resources internally and resolve the problem and make the decision to invite the State to come as the last resort. If necessary, he would bring them in and work together, but he thought that could be avoided. He also thought the scope that existed today would help the County get there.

Commissioner Strickland

asked what kind of time Mr. Bohannon could dedicate to this position.

Mr. Bohannon

advised he had worked on multiple projects and was also the CEO, president and treasurer of a not-for-profit entity and a for-profit entity. Fortunately he had good people around that project and would able to delegate as needed to continue April 11,2022 1. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation for the Board of County Commissioners to temporarily appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy of the Nye County Treasurer pursuant to NRS 245.180 for a term to expire after the Canvass of the returns of the Primary Election to be held on June 14, 2022 pursuant to NRS 293.387(1) or subsequent appointment due to the resignation of John Prudhont from the following list of applicants: Timothy Bohannon, Paul M. Healey, and Mark Kampf-Cont’d. that while serving the public. He also had other projects he worked on professionally that were short-lived projects and he was at liberty to adjust that as needed.

Commissioner Blundo

asked Mr. Kampf what he brought to avoid Nye County returning to fiscal watch and if the County was on that trajectory to go back on fiscal watch would

Mr. Kampf

invite the State to assist the Treasurer’s Office.

Mr. Kampf

stated his first goal was to ensure the County did not get in that position of needing the State. It was a matter of analyzing the situation, understanding the resources available, developing a plan, pulling together the people who would implement that plan, and then execute the plan according to the timeline. He did not understand the process fully as to what was involved in bringing the State in, but he preferred to not even get to that point. Dwight Lilly said he found out about the meeting by chance. He did not have a position one way or the other if the Board had the legal right to appoint someone without going through the proper posting of the job openings, but he thought the Commission should take a deep breath before taking action today to be sure they were on solid legal ground going forward. He suggested contacting the Attorney General’s Office for a legal opinion as well as the Department of Taxation because of the corruption and sabotage allegations Mr. Prudhont made. Joe Burdzinski stated his support of Mr. Kampf for the appointment.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if the Board was doing something illegal. As to the properness of the emergency meeting, Maria Zlotek stated based on the circumstances it qualified as an emergency, it was posted, and the Board was following the procedure for an emergency.

Commissioner Biundo

made a motion to appoint Mark Kampf as the Treasurer until June 14, 2022, pursuant to NRS 293.387; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he was impressed with all candidates and thanked them for coming on such short notice.

Commissioner Carbone

expressed his appreciation to staff for setting this meeting up as well as to the candidates for stepping up. April 11,2022 1. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation for the Board of County Commissioners to temporarily appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy of the Nye County Treasurer pursuant to NRS 245.180 for a term to expire after the Canvass of the returns of the Primary Election to be held on June 14, 2022 pursuant to NRS 293.387(1) or subsequent appointment due to the resignation of John Prudhont from the following list of applicants: Timothy Bohannon, Paul M. Healey, and Mark Kampf-Cont’d.

Mr. Kampf

could go in and take his oath.

Commissioner Jabbour

formally requested staff place an item on a future agenda regarding a forensic audit of the Treasurer’s Office.

Commissioner Strickland

said this Saturday was Arbor Day and there shredding would be available at Ian Deutch Park.

Commissioner Blundo

thanked staff for their efforts today.

Commissioner Carbone

wanted the cost and the benefit of the phone system looked at again. Tim Sutton also gave a shout out to the team for the hard work and making this meeting happen in record time.

Commissioner Carbone

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of \Ncc , 2022. hair Nye County Clerk / Deputy