January 3, 2023

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Jabbour; seconded by Commissioner Strickland. Ammie Nelson agreed with the appointment of Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Jabbour

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Strickland as Vice Chair; seconded by Commissioner Carbone. Ammie Nelson said she was going to suggest Commissioner Boskovich as the Vice Chair. January 3, 2023 6. For Possible Action — Election of Vice Chair of the Board of Commissioners Cont’d.

Ms. Nelson

stated she was against solar farms because of the research she had done on water use and what they did to the land. She hoped this year would be different and something could be done to stop them before they completely annihilated the Mojave Desert and the Town of Pahrump. January 3, 2023 2. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (up to three-minute time limit per person.) Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (first)-Cont’d. Regarding the Justice of the Peace appointment, Diane Southworth said she sat through the four hour discussion and the best thing she got out of it was the biggest concern everyone had was having guns in the courtroom. She said it would be so easy for someone to come in the side door in chambers with a gun and shoot before the cops could get there. She then talked about the need for low-income housing in Pahrump. Darrell Lackey said at the last meeting a new grader was approved for over $300,000.00, but the County already had 20 of them. He realized there were over 600 miles of roads in the County, so that meant a grader for every 20 miles of road, but when blacktop was put on a road a grader was not needed. He wondered how many miles of bladed dirt roads there were in the County and felt money would be saved if a couple more mechanics were hired to repair the existing graders. Pat Minshall agreed with Mr. Hockstedler. She thought reading a letter from Donald Trump was irresponsible and prejudicial. She felt any Republican running for that office would have gotten the same letter if they asked for it. 3. Commissioners’IManager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topic/issues proposed for future workshopslagendas)

Commissioner Cox

mentioned the false statements being made on Facebook and other places by people who did not attend the meetings. They accused everyone of being corrupt and they needed to be able to prove that. There were no conspiracies that she knew of that came in front of the Board. As to John O’Brien’s comments, she asked Planning Director Brett Waggoner if anyone addressed the complaints he made about his neighbors.

Mr. Waggoner

said at this point he did not even know if there had been an official complaint submitted. Through texts yesterday he asked for that to happen and he would look into it when he was back in the office.

Commissioner Cox

talked about a project that had been turned down twice and would probably be turned down a third time. It was a Section 8 housing project and the issue with it was the homeless people. People also did not want three stories and did not want to mix families with seniors.

Commissioner Carbone

said there were several things happening in the County regarding mobile home parks. There were a lot of complaints and Planning was involved.

Commissioner Strickland

mentioned the burros crossing Hafen Ranch Road and said it was time to work with BLM to get the fences up. She asked the Commissioners to January 3, 2023 3. Commissioners’/Manager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topiclissues proposed for future workshopslaciendas)-Cont’d. indulge her and work with the Pahrump Lands Advisory Committee to get that done. She then advised on January 7, 2023, Judge Lane’s court would hear the HOA debate about Mountain Falls. 4. Approval of the Agenda for Jan uary 3, 2023 (Non-action item) Tim Sutton said items 7 and 19-24 could be removed from the agenda. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TIMED ITEMS

Commissioner Carbone

said a word needed to be removed in item 19 on page 9.

Mr. Waggoner

said the discussion was taking out the word “is” between “permit” and “issued.” That condition allowed the Board to go back at any time to address violations and negated a possible grandfathering claim.

Commissioner Jabbour

opened the public hearing. Linda Clark said she did want to add more of these types of facilities as the town needed other things. John Bosta was concerned about Section 1 7.06.030, cannabis establishment requirements, which were for Pahrump only and did not require the zoning numbers in the rest of the County. When there was a tax bill it was the Assessor’s numbers, and there were special items for Pahrump, but the item on the zoning should include the rest of the County, not just the Town of Pahrump. Also, since the law was changed the word marijuana should be cannabis to match the NRS.

Mr. Waggoner

clarified that in 1 7.06 the only part that specifically applied to the PRPD was one of the first paragraphs stating it was allowed in those zones. Since there was no zoning in other parts of the County those codes did not apply. The codes on the Assessor’s page meant nothing as far as zoning. Those were just codes they used to classify the property. Also, all references to marijuana had been changed to cannabis. Ammie Nelson noted hemp and marijuana were both cannabis, just with different names.

Commissioner Jabbour

closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to amend and adopt Nye County Bill No. 2022- 03 by changing marijuana to cannabis, and amending 17.06.040, including the change of “is” on page 9, paragraph 19, with an effective date of January 23, 2023; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

; 5 yeas. January 3, 2023

Commissioner Jabbour

asked where the transfer tax would go and to who.

Mr. Waggoner

said it would go in to the general fund for the County.

Commissioner Jabbour

opened the public hearing. John Bosta stated the Town of Amargosa received $25,000.00 in marijuana tax and the County took the rest. Now the ordinances were being changed.

Commissioner Jabbour

advised that was not part of this agenda item.

Commissioner Jabbour

closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to adopt Nye County Bill No. 2022-20 with an effective date of January 23, 2023; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to appoint Sheriff Joe McGill as the Licensing and Liquor Board Chair. January 3, 2023 16. For Possible Action — Election of Chair of the Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board-Co nt’d.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Sheriff McGill if he was okay with that.

Sheriff McGill

said he would have a full plate for the next several months. He was not sure what the Chair position entailed, but he was sure he was up to the challenge and would try to stand up to the need.

Sheriff McGill

assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Carbone; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour; 6 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Jabbour

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. TIMED ITEMS 11. 10:00 am. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2022-19: A Bill proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 17, titled Comprehensive Land Use Planning and Zoning, Chapter 17.04, titled Pahrump Regional Planning District, Article Ill, titled Zoning Districts; Establishment and General Provisions, Section 17.04.210, titled RH-9.5 Rural Homestead Residential, removing solar photovoltaic facility as a permissive use; and providing for the severability, constitutionality and effective date thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. Brett Waggoner explained this was a minor amendment to this section of the Code based on Board direction when a solar applicant came forward with their proposal for solar on residential property. Section 17.04.21 0, permissive uses, had solar photovoltaic facility 25 megawatts maximum, which was removed as a permissive use so it would no longer be allowed in residential areas.

Commissioner Jabbour

opened the public hearing. Darrell Lackey said none of the solar projects were tracking the sun. Active tracking on a double axis should be allowed along with requiring the power go to Nevada. January 3, 2023 II. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2022-19-Cont’d. John Bosta asked if Section 17.04.21 0 was zoning just for Pahrump or the entire County.

Mr. Waggoner

said that zoning was specifically for Pahrump. There were no zoning districts outside of Pahrump at this time. Ammie Nelson was not sure if this would remove the existence of photovoltaic or just the maximum megawatt. She asked if it included the Valley Electric facility and if it would make it easier for solar projects.

Mr. Waggoner

explained it was a permissive use for commercial size solar projects in residential zoning. No other residential zoning district allowed for any kind of commercial scale, and this was for commercial scale projects only. As far as yEA, it was not on a residential zoned property so this would not affect that. Removing this took away the possibility for anyone to even apply for a commercial size solar project on a residential property.

Commissioner Jabbour

closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to adopt Nye County Bill No. 2022-19 with an effective date of January 23, 2023; seconded by Commissioner Strickland; 5 yeas.

Sheriff McGill

was not present. 12. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2022-21: A Bill proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 3, titled Revenue and Finance, Chapter 3.04, titled Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax, Section 3.04.020, titled Definitions by amending Motor Vehicle Fuel, and amending Section 3.04.100, titled Imposition and Rate; Motor Vehicle Fuel by imposing a five cent ($0.05) per gallon excise tax on diesel fuel and providing for the severability, constitutionality and effective date thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. Public Works Director Tom Boiling provided the history of the gas tax beginning in 1985 when it was voted in by the citizens. The costs had increased 285% from 1985, and with the current costs of goods sold his department still fell over $4 million short every year to be able to maintain the roads correctly. Language was written into the bill which would require fuel stations to report their fuel tax dollars to Nye County for both gas and diesel. That would allow a determination with accuracy of what revenue was generated by their businesses and what money should be used where. It would also identify shortfalls in certain areas.

Commissioner Boskovich

stated he felt bad considering this, but the need was definitely there. January 3, 2023 12. 10:00 am. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2022-21-Cont’d.

Commissioner Cox

asked if this would affect the big diesel trucks that needed more gas or if they would be exempt since they were commercial.

Mr. Boiling

said every gallon of diesel sold in Nye County would have this tax on it.

Commissioner Cox

asked if there was a possibility to cover the $4 million from the $12 million grant to be discussed today rather than raising taxes.

Mr. Boiling

stated the $4 million was an annual revenue shortfall. He said ultimately it was at the Board’s discretion. He was providing an avenue to increase the funding for the roads in Nye County to maintain the roads for the next 20 or 30 years.

Commissioner Cox

said she would like to see this come back later after the Board decided what to do with the $12 million grant. There were also grants every year that could be explored.

Commissioner Strickland

said she worked with the contractors in Pahrump and had not heard a single contractor against the five cents.

Commissioner Jabbour

said when he was on the RTC he was against this and wanted it to go to the people. The RTC voted unanimously to bring it to the Commission as it was a necessary evil. He attended the workshops with Mr. Boiling and at first the people were infuriated that there was even a workshop on raising the taxes. Mr. Boiling brought awareness with his presentation, and after they heard the presentation they understood the why.

Commissioner Jabbour

opened the public hearing. Darrell Lackey supported the gas tax. Tim Bohannon felt the tax was necessary. Ammie Nelson supported a five-cent increase if it was put to a vote. She said if the public was educated on where this tax was going people would vote for it, but just codifying a tax increase was wrong. Helene Williams did not think there was a choice but to raise the gas tax. Linda Clark wondered what the percentage of people in the Pahrump valley and Nye County who would actually pay the tax was. Will Bond stated he would put the five cents in his budget just like he did everything else. January 3, 2023 12. 10:00 am. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2022-21-Cont’d.

Commissioner Jabbour

closed the public hearing.

Mr. Boiling

advised per NRS this had to be a 66% majority vote, which meant a 4-1 vote was needed at the least. He pointed out the five cents was the cap.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to adopt Nye County Bill No. 2022-21 with an effective date of January 23, 2023.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked if that date was possible.

Mr. Boiling

said the original date was December 20, 2022, sO it would have to be two weeks later than that.

Commissioner Strickland

amended her motion to adopt Nye County Bill No. 2022-21 with an effective date of February 1 7, 2023; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Cox

thought a lot of this had to do with principle and she had to stand by her principles. She suggested denying this and looking for another source of funding that she knew was out there. She felt this was setting a precedence and it would just continue.

Commissioner Strickland

did not think it was equitable that those who drove a vehicle using gas instead of diesel paid five cents.

Commissioner Boskovich

pointed out the vehicles causing a lot of the damage to the roads were not the Dodge diesel pickups. They were the dump trucks and other vehicles like that. He would never forget who he worked for, but he did not see a choice.

Commissioner Jabbour

agreed with Commissioner Cox that other revenue streams needed to looked for.

Commissioner Carbone

pointed out that if four Commissioners did not vote for this then it could go to a special election to allow the people to vote for it.

Commissioner Boskovich

asked how long it would take to arrange a special election. Without looking at the NRS for notice requirements, Mark Kampf thought it could easily be done in two to four months at an estimated cost of $30,000.00 to $40,000.00.

Commissioner Jabbour

directed staff to work on a special election. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS 13. For Possible Action — Election of Chair of the Board of Highway Corn rn issi oners.

Commissioner Strickland

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

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners. 14. For Possible Action — Election of Vice — Chair of the Board of Highway Corn miss i one rs

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to appoint Commissioner Boskovich; seconded by Commissioner Cox. Ammie Nelson congratulated both Commissioners Carbone and Boskovich.

Commissioner Cox

said there was a pothole coming in at the corner of Elderberry and Ranger. She asked if anything had been done on Huracan.

Mr. Boiling

said that would be one of the first roads on the list for next year because they ran out of time this year.

Commissioner Cox

asked for the status of Linda and Highway 372.

Mr. Boiling

believed the contract with J&J out of Las Vegas was signed and now they were just waiting on the temperatures.

Commissioner Cox

asked Mr. Boiling to address the question about Pahrump Valley Boulevard being four lanes.

Mr. Boiling

advised it was never going to be four lanes. The first part was four lanes with bike lanes and once it got down to Manse it was two lanes with a widened shoulder.

Commissioner Jabbour

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. 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.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. January 3, 2023 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Cox

was not present. January 3, 2023 PUBLIC PETITIONER

Commissioner Carbone

asked if loneer was purchased by the Chinese as the rumors stated.

Mr. Falk

said no. They were listed on the Australian stock exchange. It was no secret Berner Rowe was in Australia, but the vast majority of the workforce worked in the United States and the majority of them were in Nevada. loneer was also listed on NASDAQ and they saw themselves as an American company. Ammie Nelson asked where she could find out more about the project.

Mr. Falk

said there were a number of ways, and the best was probably rhyoliteridgeproject.com. There was also a BLM e-planning page and the link was on the Rhyolite Ridge Project Web site.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve the letter of support; seconded by

Commissioner Boskovich

; 4 yeas.

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. CLERK 25. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Appoint three members to the Beatty Town Advisory Board due to expiring terms from the following list of applicants: Kelly Carroll, Perry Forsyth, and Melody Koivu; or 2) Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint Kelly Carroll, Perry Forsyth, and Melody Koivu to the Beatty Town Advisory Board with an expiration date of January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas. January 3, 2023 26. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Appoint one member to the Central Nevada Museum Board due to an expiring term from the following list of applicants: Phyllis A. Sorhouet; or 2) Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint to the Central Nevada Museum Board Phyllis Sorhouet to a term ending January, 2024; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas. 27. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Appoint three members to the Gabbs Town Advisory Board due to expiring terms from the following list of applicants: Canton L. Green, Tucker D. Griner, Kenneth R. House and Thomas G. Lyman; or 2) Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint Canton L. Green, Tucker D. Gniner, and Kenneth R. House to the Gabbs Town Advisory Board with a term ending January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Carbone. Ammie Nelson said she did not hear Thomas G. Lyman for the appointment in Gabbs.

Commissioner Cox

was present. 28. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Appoint two members to the Nye County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board due to expiring terms from the following list of applicants: Haley Hastie and Elysia Osterhoudt; or 2) Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint to the Nye County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Haley Hastie and Elysia Osterhoudt to a term ending January, 2024; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich. Tim Bohannon, secretary of the Nye County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, supported the appointments.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint to the Railroad Valley Advisory Board Cheyenne Drayton to a term ending January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. January 3, 2023 30. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Appoint three members to the Round Mountain Town Board due to expiring terms from the following list of applicants: Christopher E. Philips, Vicky Richardson, and Sara Sweeney; or 2) Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint to the Round Mountain Town Board Christopher E. Philips, Vicky Richardson, and Sara Sweeney to a term ending January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Jabbour

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. DISTRICT ATTORNEY 31. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Approve payment to the law firm of Garman Turner Gordon LLP for representation of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office in the matter of Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing by Vasili Platunov, filed on September 29, 2022 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, Case Number BK-22-13482-abl, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00; and 2) Fund from 10101 General Fund Contingency.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve in the amount not to exceed $10,000.00 and to fund from 10101; seconded by Commissioner Carbone. Since there was a civil division in the District Attorney’s Office, Commissioner Cox asked if it was possible for this to be done in-house or if there was a reason for it to go out. Maria Zlotek explained that because of the volume and complexity of the court proceedings the outside firm was determined to be needed.

Commissioner Cox

asked if he was looking for a motion to approve this today.

Mr. Steinmann

explained all that was required of the local government was that the document was received. At a certain point the document needed to be submitted the United States Economic Development Administration.

Commissioner Cox

said what Mr. Steinmann talked about sounded really good if 20 big cities wanted to be created, but people came to the rurals because they wanted peace and quiet and solitude and that would all be pushed out. She wondered where all the water would come from as well as the infrastructure. She did not think the plan fit the criteria of the average person who lived in the County. Commissioner Cox also wondered where the money would come from.

Mr. Steinmann

said the content of the report was developed by individuals participating in the workshops and planning process, which involved representatives from the County, individual towns, and people in the industries. Whenever they started this process they spent the first day of the planning process trying to get a sense of what the county or communities’ cultural identity and expectations were for economic development. Sections in the report made it very clear that the County and residents and businesses did not want a big city. They wanted the efforts to remain like the cultural feelings of the County. The document was a reflection of what the people had told them their expectations were.

Commissioner Cox

felt that was Mr. Steinmann’s opinion of what he understood. She said she had a concern with the word comprehensive because Las Vegas was ruined when comprehensive economic planning and zoning was instituted. She said she could not do this to the people and would not support it. Tim Sutton explained Mr. Steinmann’s purpose was to present it to the Board and then he submitted it. The CEDS document had been in the County for 20 years. This was the newest iteration and was required by federal law to be re-visited every five years. He did not know if it would help Commissioner Cox, but Mr. Sutton thought it was important to note that he worked with Dr. Steinmann for quite some time and he was good at putting together local support and getting local stakeholders. He clarified Dr. Steinmann was working on two separate plans, the CEDS document and the strategic plan that would come forward. This was initially planned to be a presentation item, but it had been adopted via resolution since 2002. January 3, 2023 32. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Adopt, amend, and adopt or reiect Nye County Resolution No. 2023-O1-Cont’d.

Commissioner Carbone

said he read 99% of it. One of the things he had an issue with was water and it also kind of reeked of solar. He asked if the Board should submit something to Mr. Steinmann so he knew the issues the Board had with it.

Mr. Steinmann

said he would be happy to the take the comments. He could work with staff to pull the minutes for this agenda item and individual Commissioners were welcome to submit a letter that he could attach to the technical report. That could all be done after this meeting. Lastly, Mr. Steinmann stated that as opposed to a comprehensive master plan or land use plan, everything within the economic development strategy was non-binding.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked when the motion came forth that it be stated as acknowledging receipt of the document and that it was non-binding. Pat Minshall pointed out there was no mention of Amargosa in the document. Brett Waggoner said one of the things to remember was this was just a guide to help with NCREDA and getting money allocated to the communities to help businesses grow. Tim Bohannon said education was important as was making sure there was a good balance throughout the County. Helene Williams said in most reports like this the committees that represented the public at the meetings were listed. She wanted to know who those people were as she heard from the general public that they did not want solar in the valley, but companies kept coming into the County. Ammie Nelson stated in her opinion this was government within government. It took 500,000 gallons of water to mine one lithium mine, and that was an example used as far as what could be done in the County. Ms. Nelson was against lithium mining and was not in favor of adopting the resolution. Linda Clark asked if anything was gained from this program in the past. Erika Gerling advised she was part of the group in Beatty that gave input. She repeated this was a guideline of where the communities did and did not want to go. Darrell Lackey pointed out this had been going on for 20 years, but things were getting worse. Dee Mounts suggested putting a letter together stating Nye County was not on board with this. January 3, 2023 32. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Adopt, amend, and adopt or reject Nye County Resolution No. 2023-01-Cont’d. Kathy McKenna found it interesting that 30 times the document talked about low-income housing. She knew the Board recently denied the low-income housing, but low-income housing was needed.

Commissioner Cox

stated there was enough housing, low-income or otherwise, for the population, and most of the people coming in now were building homes, not coming here to live in apartments.

Commissioner Strickland

said this was the public giving the Board guidelines to help with the growth. She felt the problem was “comprehensive” in the name, and every time that was used there would be pushback. Commissioner Strickland wondered if the name could be changed. She suggested not moving forward with any action and let them go on with their document.

Mr. Sutton

said if the Board was inclined to make a motion to approve the plan, there was a minor typo in the resolution. The years 2024-2028 needed to be changed to 2023-2028.

Commissioner Strickland

directed staff to get with UNR to discuss the possibility of changing the name of the document.

Chair Frank

Carbone’s acceptance of the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) grant award through the United States Treasury in the amount of $12,000O00.00 for the purpose of providing a general revenue enhancement program within Nye County. There is no County Match required; and 2) Fund $12,000000.00 to 10340 Grants.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to ratify $12 million and fund $12 million to 10340 Grants; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich. Daniel Weeks said this grant was a huge windfall for the County. He asked that some of the money be considered to replace the building housing Finance, Human Resources, the Water District, and Natural Resources, as it was in serious trouble. Ammie Nelson supported the item and hoped some money would be given to the highway department. January 3, 2023 33. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: 1) Ratify Commission

Chair Frank

Carbone’s acceptance of the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) grant award through the United States Treasury in the amount of $12,000,000.00 for the purpose of providing a general revenue enhancement program within Nye County. There is no County Match required; and 2) Fund $12,000,000.00 to 10340 Grants-Cont’d. Darrell Lackey said he saw the word tribal, but he was hearing about buildings for offices.

Commissioner Strickland

explained this item was to ratify the signature and had nothing to do with how the funds were allocated.

Commissioner Cox

also questioned the tribal consistency fund. She asked if that entitled the Indians in the County to some money. She also wanted to know where the $12 million was going to be put. Grants and Contracts Manager Stephani Elliott said the funds were allocated for both local government as well as for tribes. The Duckwater Tribe in Nye would have been eligible if they followed certain steps, but at this time she did not have confirmation if they accepted the grant funds awarded to them. Once the public workshops were held and the time came to allocate the funds the tribal constituents should be considered.

Commissioner Carbone

said he would like to move this out to March 21, 2023, to give time to get the information out to people involved as there were a lot of changes.

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to set a date, time and location as March 21, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in Pahrump for a public hearing on Nye County Bill 2022-12; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. Tim Sutton read the title of the bill into the record. January 3, 2023 PUBLIC PETITIONER

Commissioner Strickland

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Cox

said today was Judge Fiore’s first day on the job and Annette Fuentes sent a thank you note to the Commission for voting her in.

Commissioner Boskovich

assured everyone who heard the Commissioners that all of their hearts were in the right place.

Commissioner Carbone

referred to the discussion earlier about the animals. One of the things that needed to be realized was when they were walking across the roads they were very dangerous as they weighed between 500 and 600 pounds. Also, people had to stop feeding them as that was why they were hanging around the areas. The animals could get hurt along with the people in the vehicles or on the bicycles.

Commissioner Cox

added they went everywhere to eat grass. She thought one of the main problems was the fence was down in the area of Roadrunner and Highway 160. She had tried for a year to get Public Works to fix it, but there was a disagreement as to whether it was County or State property. The former Sheriff had assured Commissioner ______________day January 3, 2023 38. Commissioners’IManager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or topic/issues proposed for future workshopslaqendas)-Cont’d. Cox that a fence would stop a lot of them from getting through and she asked if anyone could help her do that.

Commissioner Strickland

advised she had started that process and was working with the Public Lands Advisory Committee and BLM. She would like to see fencing across the top. She then said the Commissioners/Manager’s comments item did not include announcements. She did not know if that needed to be added and asked Tim Sutton and Maria Zlotek to look into that.

Commissioner Jabbour

reminded everyone to protect their families and friends, conserve water, and spay/neuter their pets. Mark Kampf said he would do a presentation revealing the fact that 54% of the voters in this County were Republican. Brett Waggoner said he planned on attending some of the town board meetings in Amargosa, Tonopah, and Beatty to have a discussion on solar and try to get their likes and dislikes to formulate an area where it would be acceptable if possible and definitely areas where it would not be acceptable. He would start that in February, 2023.

Commissioner Jabbour

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of , 2023.

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