March 5, 2024

Commissioner Cox

said Amargosa and Beatty both had town boards and they should be addressed about the local issues. If there was still an issue, she suggested they set up a meeting to hash it out. She did not know why those towns did not send a town board member to the Commission meetings. Commissioner Cox asked Mr. Garcia to call her when he got a chance.

Commissioner Carbone

said he had a request to set up a meeting with County management and the District Attorney to talk about hot air balloons and how to control them.

Commissioner Jabbour

said there were only a few lighted signs coming into Pahrump from the Johnnie side to warn of the horses and burros and more were needed to stop the accidents. He felt the fence was not the answer as the horses and burros would find an opening. Lastly, Commissioner Jabbour said there was a presentation from the Extension program at the last meeting and the issues were addressed. He hoped they were being proactive and getting advertisement out, but part of the struggle to get the program out there was the lack of volunteers.

Commissioner Boskovich

explained to everyone in the northern part of the County that he did not typically go to Tonopah every month because it cost the County $400.00 March 5, 2024 announcements, brief discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law). every time he did. He would rather try to go when it was necessary, but it was in no way a reflection of how he felt about the people in the north.

Commissioner Strickland

addressed the comment about the shooting range. She said that was not the ultimate use of the property. The ultimate use would be landfill expansion, but the shooting range would bring a lot of money into the community from vendors that were at shooting events. Regarding the comments from All Voting Is Local, Mark Kampf stated a voting location was provided for the Yomba Shoshone tribe in 2022 and for the Presidential Preference Primary. There were also electronic voting machines at each location. Mr. Kampf then advised the candidate filing period was open and ended on March 15, 2024. He noticed there was an on-line way to file, but the candidates needed to print out what they completed on-line and bring it to the Clerk’s Office with original signatures. Comm issionr Strickland thought the candidates should put their picture on the Secretary of State’s Web site.

Commissioner Strickland

asked what the plan was for a community benefit.

Mr. Ballachey

said at this point they would focus on workforce development for the local communities and tribes, but they would do more in the future. The idea was funding for teachers in the community for STEM training. Students would also have opportunities to visit week-long camps in the summer at UNR, and there would be opportunities for under-graduate and graduate level scholarships for Nye County constituents.

Commissioner Jabbour

stated he did not like the word “could” in the body of the agenda item regarding entering into a Memorandum of Understanding and asked that it be changed to will, shall, or must.

Mr. Ballachey

felt that could easily be adjusted.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he was not opposed to a letter of support, but he had concerns with meeting the March 19, 2024, deadline. He was not sure the District Attorney’s Office could complete their review by that date.

Mr. Ballachey

said he understood that, but they only learned of the deadline a few weeks ago. It was a non-binding agreement, which was why he thought there might be a possibility to get it done by then, but he understood if that was not possible.

Commissioner Strickland

felt there was no substance to the community benefits plan.

Commissioner Cox

concurred with Commissioner Jabbour’s comments and would like to change the verbiage to will. March 5, 2024 - — — Presentation, discussion and deliberation regarding: 7.a. A presentation by Graham Ballachey, Vice President of Engineering with Tonopah Lithium Corporation regarding the company and an update on the Tonopah Lithium Claims (TLC) Project Understanding (10-minute time limit); and 7.b. Approval of a letter in support of Tonopah Lithium Corporation’s application submission to the U.S. Department of Energy for a $300 million grant to assist in funding the build of a lithium processing facility six miles north of Tonopah, NV, and consideration of a potential, future Memorandum of Understanding regarding the company’s community development initiatives.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if the District Attorney’s Office had looked at this letter. Brian Kunzi said he had not seen it, but they would certainly get it reviewed in time. Natural Resources Director Megan Labadie asked if the MOU would not be available until after the grant was received.

Mr. Ballachey

felt the letter could be interpreted as a letter of support or MOU to enter into a future agreement and it would be available regardless of whether they got the grant.

Ms. Labadie

believed the word “could” was used because there was no MOU prior to the grant.

Commissioner Jabbour

still wanted the verbiage changed from ‘could” to “will.” Wayne Manning, a resident of Smoky Valley, asked if Mr. Ballachey noticed a decrease in wildlife. Since the solar plant went in nine years ago almost all of the antelope and rabbits were gone. Additionally, his well water sat at 90 feet, but it was mentioned during the presentation the mine would dig down to approximately 355 feet. He asked if they had researched to see how far down the water table was because he was concerned about endangering the water supply. Joni Eastley, representing the Tonopah Town Board, told the Board they had been working with Tonopah Lithium Company on a number of issues and last week they took formal action to approve this agreement. Ammie Nelson said she had spoken out against lithium mining in the past and presented documentation that it took 500,000 gallons of water to mine one ton of lithium. The ponds created by the lithium plants were what caused contamination to the groundwater as well as the life. She knew there was a lot of money involved, but March 5, 2024 - — — Presentation, discussion and deliberation regarding: 7.a. A presentation by Graham Ballachey, Vice President of Engineering with Tonopah Lithium Corporation regarding the company and an update on the Tonopah Lithium Claims (TLC) Project Understanding (10-minute time limit); and 7.b. Approval of a letter in support of Tonopah Lithium Corporation’s application submission to the U.S. Department of Energy for a $300 million grant to assist in funding the build of a lithium processing facility six miles north of Tonopah, NV, and consideration of a potential, future Memorandum of Understanding regarding the company’s community development initiatives. thoughts should be about survival versus how much money the County could make.

Ms. Nelson

was not in favor of this project. Carolene Logue said when a precedence was set that opened the gate to many other corporations and individuals to take the same steps forward in their pursuits. She knew Nevada was founded on mines and the profits from those fostered all of the growth. She read a bit of an article that was in the Nevada Current about how the search for lithium had found its way to a treasured corner of the Nevada desert resulting in a lawsuit by conservation groups who say further mining exploration could endanger a trove of species found nowhere else in the world. Ms. Logue felt the Commissioners needed to look at the broader picture of what could happen. Deborah Struhsacker said the company recognized that entering into an MOU would be a legally binding agreement that would require legal counsel to be involved. This letter would be something very preliminary stating the County was interested in pursuing a future MOU. Also, the BLM and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection had a very detailed and rigorous environmental permitting process that the company would have to go through before they could develop the mine. Some of the questions other commenters had raised about potential impacts to groundwater or endangered species would be carefully scrutinized by state and federal regulatory agencies. Based on what was known right now and the environmental assessment the BLM did in 2021 to authorize the exploration activities at the project, the elevation of the groundwater table was quite a bit deeper than the drilling that had been done. There were no anticipated impacts to groundwater and the environmental baseline studies did not find any endangered species or other particularly sensitive environmental resources.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the letter of support of the TLC and consideration of a non-binding future memorandum of understanding; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

. March 5, 2024 - — — Presentation, discussion and deliberation regarding: 7.a. A presentation by Graham Ballachey, Vice President of Engineering with Tonopah Lithium Corporation regarding the company and an update on the Tonopah Lithium Claims (TLC) Project Understanding (10-minute time limit); and 7.b. Approval of a letter in support of Tonopah Lithium Corporation’s application submission to the U.S. Department of Energy for a $300 million grant to assist in funding the build of a lithium processing facility six miles north of Tonopah, NV, and consideration of a potential, future Memorandum of Understanding regarding the company’s community development initiatives.

Commissioner Jabbour

amended his motion to approve the letter of support of the TLC with the verbiage change and consideration of a non-binding future memorandum of understanding; Commissioner Carbone amended his second; 5 yeas. PLANNINGIBUILDING/CODE COMPLIANCE

Commissioner Carbone

felt April 16, 2024, would be better as this was primarily in the PRPD, which the other Commissioners agreed with. John Koening said it would sure be nice if roads were included in this due to the lack of money for them.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to set a time, date, and location as April 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in Pahrump; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. March 5, 2024

Mr. Kunzi

advised there was really no reason to hold onto the security because the security was generally designed to do whatever improvements they were required to do under the agreement.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if any work needed to be done by the County prior to release of the bonds. March 5, 2024 16. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion, deliberation, and direction to staff - — on how to proceed with the release of IA-97-0003: a Parcel Map Improvement Agreement, entered into on November 18, 1997, between Ronald R. and Sally 0. Murphy and the Board of County Commissioners related to parcels 1, 2, 3, and 4 of File Map Number 417304, recorded in Nye County as document number 433193, all located within the Town of Pahrump, NV. 17. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion, deliberation, and direction to Staff - — on how to proceed with the release of IA-97-0004: a Parcel Map Improvement Agreement, entered into on December 3, 1997, between The Murphy Family Trust and the Board of County Commissioners related to parcels I and 2 of File Map Number 414512, recorded in Nye County as document number 433490, all located within the Town of Pahrump, NV.

Mr. Kunzi

said it was his opinion that the County was not assuming any obligation to do work on the property by not triggering the bonds.

Mr. Waggoner

said bond releases would have to be brought back to the Board. Public Works Director Tom Boiling thought it was a good choice. For item 16, Commissioner Boskovich made a motion to direct staff to proceed with the release of IA-97-0003, the Board was waiving enforcement of the improvements, and release the security; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas. For item 17, Commissioner Boskovich made a motion to direct staff to release IA-97- 0004, the Board was waiving enforcement of the improvements, and release the security; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. 15. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the approval of LD-23-12: a Tentative Commercial Subdivision Map to allow a commercial subdivision on approximately 30.62 acres, zoned General Commercial (GC), located at 4639 S. Nevada Highway 160, Pahrump NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-741 -24. R 503, LLC Owner. Russell Meads Double M Construction, - - Age ntlAp p1 i cant. Brian Kunzi thought the report was very thorough, but in reading it there were a lot of items that were put into the findings which were the core of what should be required. He had provided a sheet to the public and the Commissioners today showing those items and asked the Board to consider adding them as additional conditions.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to accept additional back-up; seconded by

Commissioner Jabbour

; 5 yeas. The Board was in recess until at 1:30 p.m. March 5, 2024 15. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the - — approval of LD-23-12: a Tentative Commercial Subdivision Map to allow a commercial subdivision on approximately 30.62 acres, zoned General Commercial (GC), located at 4639 S. Nevada Highway 160, Pahrump NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-741 -24. R 503, LLC Owner. Russell Meads - - Double M Construction, Agent/Applicant. Carolene Logue said it was not clear in the back-up provided as to what the commercial property would consist of and the egress/ingress. She was concerned about the speed limits in the area and the cross traffic. She also wondered if it would be for public use or for the raceway and who would provide the water. Tamie Pitman hoped there would be a service road. She was concerned with what they were going to build and if Double M had the commercial project experience for something of this magnitude. Maryan Hollis said there had been discussions about putting a roundabout in this area. She said the fairgrounds entrance would be between the entrance of Mountain Falls and the race track, which would be a mess of traffic that she had serious concerns about. Ammie Nelson said she was not a fan of roundabouts, but she could see its purpose in this area. She asked if this would bring in businesses to bring in revenue. Brett Waggoner clarified this discussion was about a map, not any plan of development. Everything mentioned would be looked at later when they wanted to develop the property. Russ Meads said they were working on some plans for development, which would be general commercial open to the public. This was not property owned or controlled by the speedway, but they were working with the speedway to make sure it was master planned with them. As to their experience, Mr. Meads said Double M Construction had been in business for 24 years in Pahrump and they developed the entire Spring Mountain Raceway project since the original two-mile track. They had also had the opportunity lately to do a few projects for the County, and just added 8,000 square feet to their existing office.

Commissioner Cox

guaranteed the public that all of the licenses, inspections, and permits would be done.

Mr. Kunzi

noted Nye County had zero control of how Sate Route 160 was built, maintained, or controlled. That was solely the State’s responsibility.

Mr. Meads

said they had asked to remove the billboards as building permits or site development reviews were applied for. The language was changed a little to remove them upon permits being pulled or within five years, whichever came first. One of the March 5, 2024 15. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the - — approval of LD-23-12: a Tentative Commercial Subdivision Map to allow a commercial subdivision on approximately 30.62 acres, zoned General Commercial (GC), located at 4639 S. Nevada Highway 160, Pahrump NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-741 -24. R 503, LLC Owner. Russell Meads - - Double M Construction, Agent/Applicant. issues was it was a large piece of property and it would take a long time to get developers and go through all of the processes. About half of the property was encumbered with overhead powerlines and they were working on getting those and the easement removed, which was also a very long process. Mr. Meads asked to have that special condition of approval amended to 10 years and/or when building permits were issued, or remove the years altogether.

Mr. Waggoner

stated absolutely not. There were goals and master plans that had to do with billboards.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve LD-23-12 including the conditions of approval, the special conditions of approval, and the supplemental conditions of approval 24-29; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. PUBLIC WORKS

Mr. Simpson

said they were seeking approval to tie into the Gabbs water system. He provided an overview of the company and its products. A few years ago the Bureau of Safe Drinking Water deemed them a public drinking facility. They started looking at options, including an option to upgrade the entire system. The potable water system supplied about 12 toilets and six sinks. They did not offer showers or drinking water.

Mr. Simpson

said the option to upgrade the entire system was cost prohibitive, so they put a plan in place to do point of use systems with reverse osmosis filtration, but the State rejected that. They decided the next option would be to drill a new well. They got a permit and through some counseling with hydrologists they selected a spot on the property, drilled about 1,000 feet to hit water and got just a trickle, which would not March 5, 2024 19.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reject a Commercial Water Service Agreement with Premier Magnesia LLC. for a 4-inch water service connection from Gabbs Town Water System to provide water for potable use for 449 Main St, Gabbs NV, Assessor’s Parcel Number: 001- 241 -04, including the entire Premier Magnesia mine site and facilities; 19.b. Execute the agreement; and 19.c. Fund $91,680.00 to 23502 Gabbs. supply what they needed. Mr. Simpson said the second most expensive option was to tie into the Gabbs system. He contracted with an engineering company in Utah which designed the system, and had since contracted with Mountain West Industrial to install the system. The next step was to get the approval for the project, get Nye County to do the piping, the meter, and the backflow, and then Premier Magnesia would do the two- day chlorine test and pressure test, and then the cut over.

Mr. Tuck

said when Premier approached Nye County his biggest concern was the safety of the public water system in Gabbs. He worked closely with the Bureau of Safe Drinking Water and cross connection control specialists. He put all of the safeguards into the agreement that he felt would keep the water system safe both now and in the future with regular inspections and adherence to everything in the agreement.

Commissioner Jabbour

said with cross connection there could be cross contamination. He asked how many backflow preventers there would be.

Mr. Tuck

said the County required one at the meter, which had to be tested and certified annually. A shut down test was required initially to make sure their old system was not connected to the new system.

Mr. Simpson

said they were also installing a backflow on their side.

Commissioner Jabbour

said he had a conversation with the State, who was concerned that the contamination was on Premier’s side, not the Gabbs side.

Mr. Simpson

stated the contamination would not be an issue going forward. The system would also be tested monthly and the County had been given an easement to go on the property anytime it wanted.

Mr. Tuck

said the County’s cross connection control specialist thought it would be a good idea for Premier staff to take the training for cross connection control and become specialists.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if the system needed to be shut down if it would be done at the backflow preventer or was there another process to shut down so no further contamination could come close. March 5, 2024 19.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reject a Commercial Water Service Agreement with Premier Magnesia LLC. for a 4-inch water service connection from Gabbs Town Water System to provide water for potable use for 449 Main St, Gabbs NV, Assessor’s Parcel Number: 001- 241 -04, including the entire Premier Magnesia mine site and facilities; 19.b. Execute the agreement; and 19.c. Fund $91,680.00 to 23502 Gabbs.

Mr. Tuck

said it could be shut down at the meter. He was also going to have a sampling station at the meter.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the Commercial Water Service Agreement with Premier Magnesia for the four-inch water service connection from the Gabbs Town Water System to provide water for potable use for 449 Main Street, Gabbs, Nevada, Assessor’s Parcel number 00 1-241-04, including the entire Premier Magnesia mine site and facilities, execute the agreement, and fund $91 670.00 to 23502 Gabbs; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas.

Commissioner Jabbour

said after this item was discussed a couple of months ago, the Tonopah Town Board asked Mr. Boiling and his assistant director as well as the Tonopah supervisor to attend a town board meeting. Due to the terrain six inches was not accepted by the people who lived in Tonopah. He had mentioned that four inches was the number in Reno. It was said at the Tonopah Town Board that they would be satisfied with two or three inches, but the question came up as to who would measure it and where would they measure.

Mr. Boiling

said when this was first brought to the Commissioners his biggest thing was a policy was needed. He was asked what a good number would be and he threw out six inches because when he lived back east it was a foot before the plows went out, but that was flatter ground. When they were in front of the Tonopah Town Board there was a lot of concern about the hilly areas, and he said those were special circumstances that would create a hazard. That was why they did not wait in the Town of Tonopah for the massive amount of inches on the ground. He thought in the flatter areas plowing could wait until three or six inches. Mr. Boiling said the County did not have weather systems and stations on the roads to test how many inches of snow was on the ground. March 5, 2024 Tamie Pitman said when she lived in Vermont plowing started at two inches. - — amending and adopting the Nye County Snow Removal Policy section regarding minimum depth of snow to commence snow removal operations. Tim Bohannan said when he lived in northeast Ohio they settled on three inches, but it was monitored very closely. He felt the condition of the plows would dictate when plowing would start. He thought three inches in Tonopah was better than four.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to amend the policy, adopting a two- to three inch policy of snow removal.

Commissioner Carbone

wanted clarification if it was two or three inches.

Mr. BoIling

liked the two to three inches in Tonopah — two inches in the hilly areas and three inches in the flatter areas.

Commissioner Jabbour

restated his motion to amend the Nye County Snow Removal Policy section regarding minimum depth of snow to commence snow removal operations at two inches on the hilly areas of towns and three inches in the flat areas of towns; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich.

Commissioner Strickland

thought two to three inches was sufficient with a determination by staff. Joni Eastley, representing the Tonopah Town Board and the Town of Tonopah, said when this item came before them they were not thrilled about the six inches, but they supported Mr. Boiling in what he was trying to do. They chose to live with it for a while to see if it was going to work. Mrs. Eastley advised during the last big snow storm in Tonopah she could see and hear the snow plows before it hit six inches. She recommended leaving the policy as it was and add a caveat that plows would be put on the road if in the professional opinion of the resident Public Works employees a plow was required immediately or in all other cases not to exceed four inches. She said the town trusted the judgment of employees who lived in Tonopah in terms of when the snow plows needed to be on the road. She asked the Commissioners to let them exercise that judgment.

Commissioner Jabbour

withdrew his motion; Commissioner Boskovich withdrew his second.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to amend the Nye County Snow Removal Policy section regarding minimum depth of snow to commence snow removal operations at three inches; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. March 5, 2024

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to direct staff to prepare a ballot question to be voted on by the public at a general election to amend Nye Cunty Code 3.05 to increase the rate of taxes to one-half of one percent sales tax; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour.

Commissioner Jabbour

clarified this was a ballot question for the people, not the Commissioners voting anything in.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 10.1.-i 0.3.; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

; 5 yeas. 10.2. For Possible Action — Approval to: 10.2.a. Accept Notice of SubAward for Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) for Fiscal Year 2024 in the amount of $126,256.00, to aid very low to low-income populations, along with Assurances. No County match required. 10.2.b. Execute the Notice of SubAward; and 10.2.c. Fund to 10340 Grants.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 10.1-10.3.; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

; 5 yeas. March 5, 2024 10.3 For Possible Action Approval of an offer of dedication for road right of way being the entire West 40 feet fronting South Homestead Rd., the entire North 30 feet fronting East Cohen Ln., and the entire East 40 feet fronting South Squaw Valley Rd. on the property located at 9301 South Homestead Rd., Pahrump, NV, Assessor’s Parcel Number 045-411-02, designate South Squaw Valley Rd. as a Minor County Road rejecting maintenance, designate South Homestead Rd., and East Cohen Ln. as a General County Roads accepting maintenance for the purpose of current and future road improvements.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 10.1-10.3.; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWN OF PAHRUMP 9. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Resolution No. 2024-01: A Resolution Dissolving the Pahrump Nuclear Waste and Environmental Advisory Committee. Samantha Tackett said this committee had been in place since 1999. The purpose it was developed for no longer existed and the focus of the committee had gone toward more environmental issues. Additionally, none of the existing committee members wanted to be the chair or run the meetings. They have had agenda and attendance issues as well. She gave the committee an option to either dissolve and become an ad hoc or special interest group so they could continue to work on their environmental events or go on a hiatus until there were members willing to step up and keep the committee going. No one wanted to step up and they thought being an ad hoc would be better. Ms. Tackett said this committee would now be dissolved and they would move forward as members of the public no longer members of a public body.

Commissioner Boskovich

said he was the liaison to this committee. They were a great bunch of people, but he thought it was time to re-imagine them or go in a different direction. Most of the meetings he attended did not have a lot to do with what they were organized to do. Carolene Logue said she attended a number of this committee’s meetings. She knew they were very knowledgeable people with a lot of backgrounds in many areas with history attached to that. That expertise was valuable and that history was needed. She asked the Board to create a new advisory board that was more tunneled into environmental issues.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to adopt Pahrump Resolution No. 2024-01; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners. March 5, 2024 8. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the General Road Report by the Public Works Director on General Road Maintenance, Gravel Road Maintenance, Asphalt Patching, Weed Mowing, and direction regarding public works projects. Assistant Public Works Director Beau Gott provided an update on the activities of the crews as well as the projects in the County. Pat Minshall said for the past three months striping Farm Road was on the agenda. During the day it was not a problem, but if people did not dim their lights at night it was a problem so she would like to see it handled. Also, Clark Street across from Long Street did not have a street sign and she would like to see that handled as well. Tim Bohannon said Wheeler Pass coming from the Nugget was pothole city and the whole road system in that area was in bad shape. If it was something the County maintained it needed to be done, and if the County did not maintain it that needed to be posted.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked if the roads mentioned by Mr. Bohannon were County- maintained roads or BLM.

Mr. Gott

said to his knowledge those were BLM property and not maintained by the County. He said they had regular meetings with BLM and he would bring that area up.

Commissioner Cox

thought maybe some part-time people should be hired to get through the worst of this. She asked for an update on the road in front of the library. It looked like some temporary patching was done, but that whole road needed to be put on a list for consideration to repave it. There was also flooding going into the library so that probably needed to be looked at and re-worked. Commissioner Cox wondered if Bell Vista was a State highway road and if it was why the highway department was not doing the repairs on it instead of the County.

Commissioner Carbone

said Bell Vista was a County-maintained road. It used to be a State road and somehow the County got possession of it.

Commissioner Boskovich

said he received three calls thanking him and the Road Department for fixing the potholes.

Commissioner Strickland

asked to have a sign put up on Carol Street at the highway as it was missing.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if the team had looked at the roads in Crystal, to which

Commissioner Carbone

hoped a map could be developed to inform the public of what was being done regarding road repairs. March 5, 2024 8. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the - — General Road Report by the Public Works Director on General Road Maintenance, Gravel Road Maintenance, Asphalt Patching, Weed Mowing, and direction regarding public works projects. Tom Boiling said they were developing a map for what they planned on trying to accomplish this year. They were just waiting on final approval of it from the RTC.

Commissioner Carbone

encouraged the public to attend the RTC meetings to learn what was being done.

Mr. Boiling

said the next RTC meeting would be on March 20, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in County chambers. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. CLERK 11. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 11 .a. Appoint three members to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board due to expiring terms from the following list of applicants: Holly Merritt, Andrew Scharf, and Loyce Seastrunk; andlor 11 .b. Readvertise for the appointments. Tim Bohannan stated his support of Holly Merritt and said he did not know the other two applicants.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board due to the expiring terms from the following list: Holly Merritt, Andrew Scharf, and Loyce Seastrunk, with terms ending January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. COUNTY MANAGER 12. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to direct staff to advertise for letters of interest to fill the unexpired term of the Nye County Clerk due to the resignation of Mark Kampf pursuant to NRS 245.180. Tim Sutton advised a letter of resignation was received from Mark Kampf a few days ago so a plan needed to be put in place to fill the vacancy effective April 1, 2024. Anyone interested could submit letters of interest to Administration to compile. They would be placed before the Board at the March 19, 2024, meeting at which time the Board would make the appointment. March 5, 2024 12. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to direct staff to - — advertise for letters of interest to fill the unexpired term of the Nye County Clerk due to the resignation of Mark Kampf pursuant to NRS 245.180. Ammie Nelson suggested using the Web site and sending e-mails to get the word out and the community involved. Tim Bohan non wondered if Mr. Kampf would reconsider. He stressed the need to get the word out.

Commissioner Boskovich

said he would prefer to let the people decide instead of this Board making the appointment, but he understood there was no time to do that.

Commissioner Carbone

noted the Board appointed Mr. Kampf to the Treasurer’s Office when needed as well as Clerk when the former Clerk retired. The Board directed him to implement a paper ballot and a hand count, which the ACLU hammered the County and

Mr. Kampf

on. The ACLU sued and the County lost. Commissioner Carbone thought it was unfortunate the County was losing a person who was elected by the people.

Commissioner Strickland

stated the County had asked a lot of Mr. Kampf and it was a shame.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to direct staff to advertise for letters of interest to fill this soon to be vacant position of County Clerk; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 4 yeas. Commissioner Carbone voted nay. 13. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to ratify the County Manager, Tim Sutton’s selection of Kristina Siegmund as Animal Shelter Manager. Tim Sutton said there were a lot of applicants for this position. A lot of interviews were done and Kristina Siegmund rose to the top. A couple of things that stood out to the panel were her love for animals, her organizational and managerial skills, and her willingness to recognize the broad nature and jurisdiction of animal control.

Commissioner Boskovich

said his main concern was that animals were never euthanized if they did not need to be and she felt the same way.

Commissioner Strickland

said she liked the fact she was very open-minded to having a veterinary service added to the shelter so it could have spay/neuter clinics.

Commissioner Jabbour

noted there was only one Animal Control Officer in the northern part of the County and asked Ms. Siegmund to be sure that Tonopah was not neglected in the process. March 5, 2024 13. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to ratify the - — County Manager, Tim Sutton’s selection of Kristina Siegmund as Animal Shelter Manager.

Ms. Siegmund

said she had a wonderful opportunity to meet with the staff in Tonopah and planned to make the drive a couple of times a month.

Commissioner Carbone

asked Ms. Siegmund to visit all of the town boards in the County to get familiar with everyone.

Commissioner Cox

asked Ms. Siegmund to give a short presentation on her background and what her intentions were for Nye County. She also pointed out the County was not a rescue and she would appreciate it if Ms. Siegmund made sure she realized she worked for Nye County now, not a rescue group, and whatever she did she did it with the County in mind because now she worked for the people.

Ms. Siegmund

said most of her career had been in upper level operations management taking care of people and leading teams. Her passions had been in scouts and animals. While she felt she had made a great impact within the community working with the rescues, when this opportunity came forward she saw a chance to make an even greater impact throughout the County. That was her goal and intent in the position. Tim Bohannon liked the idea of being careful and cautious on euthanizing. He agreed with Commissioner Carbone about the need for her to get to know the communities.

Commissioner Carbone

asked Ms. Siegmund if she could get a credit card machine at the animal shelter, to which Ms. Siegmund responded she would work on it.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to ratify Kristina Siegmund as the animal shelter manager; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. PUBLIC PETITIONER

Commissioner Jabbour

said one of his major concerns was the water contamination issue at that location and the cost to fix the system.

Commissioner Strickland

said it was a County asset and asked Mr. Cottingim what the motive would be for the County to give that asset to a township to take care of, especially since she did not think the town had the capability to do so. It was not a good business decision for the County to gift something that it put the money into building.

Commissioner Strickland

was not sure about the comment made about having it back as the town never had it in the first place. She said everyone knew NV Energy was moving into that area and that the area would be developed, so the County had been sitting on this knowing it would be approached to put that property into use. With the water issue, she felt the Commissioners would not see a way this could be allowed.

Commissioner Cox

asked what the water was contaminated with. Darin Tuck said the water was contaminated with arsenic.

Mr. Cottingim

said the property sat in the township. When they applied in August or September, 2023, he had sent some documentation about the proposed plan of development, which was a quite extensive EMS service and building for Yucca Mountain, which did not happen. While everyone in Amargosa had issues with the water, Mr. Cottingim explained this would just be a staging area for heavy equipment. They had talked to them about that issue and he was sure there was some sort of disclosure that they could sign as part of the agreement that they acknowledged that and they would have to truck water in like it was now for the EMS services. Mr. Cottingim thought this would generate some revenue for the town which lost $100,000.00 in revenue last year.

Commissioner Cox

asked if the town board had made a decision on this.

Mr. Cottingim

said it did. It was an agenda item about a month ago. March 5, 2024 - — request from the Town of Amargosa Valley to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the Town to take management control of the Science and Technology Park located at 5970 E. US Highway 95, Amargosa Valley, NV, Assessor’s Parcel Number 021-451-01 for renewable energy partner project development.

Commissioner Cox

did not know how that was going to affect the County overall, but she did not think the Commissioners had the right to stop this since it was a town and the town board made a decision. She would like to honor that decision.

Mr. Cottingim

said the property was owned by the County.

Commissioner Cox

said she would still like to support the need for it.

Mr. Cottingim

said this was just a question to generate and start working on an MOU and all of the concerns could be put in that.

Commissioner Strickland

was not sure Amargosa had the means to manage it the way the County was. Brett Waggoner said the County suggested that property to NV Energy for their lay down yard so he did not understand the comment about not getting a response from the County.

Ms. Allen

said that was why they were here today. She kept telling them Amargosa did not own the property and they needed to call the County. They said they had, but they were not getting a response. Tim Bohannon felt a little more financial analysis needed to be done on this and was concerned if the town could cover the cost of it. He supported the County keeping the property. Pat Minshall said compared to Tonopah and Beatty, Amargosa worked with $1 million to $2 million less a year. She felt the town should pursue any opportunity to get more money. She suggested the County lease the property to the town for $1.00 per year. Ammie Nelson concurred with Ms. Minshall. The town knew what they could afford and it should be given a chance to do what it planned to do. As to communications with the County, Linda Bissett, a project manager with Power Engineer assisting NV Energy with its GreenLink project, said last year she reached out to Ms. Dellinger and Mr. Waggoner asking about potential sites for the two lay down yards they needed. The site in Amargosa was suggested as a site for them to use. Those two staff members were very helpful in the original discussions. Later they learned the town was interested so the County put a halt on the use of that site. Ms. March 5, 2024 - — request from the Town of Amargosa Valley to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the Town to take management control of the Science and Technology Park located at 5970 E. US Highway 95, Amargosa Valley, NV, Assessor’s Parcel Number 021-451-01 for renewable energy partner project development. Bissett said they were interested, whether the County retained full control or the town board leased it, as it was a good site for that material yard. She said the County had been very helpful.

Mr. Cottingim

said there would be a detailed profit and loss statement included with the MOU. Based upon everything said, it may come down to the point where everyone shakes hands because it was not feasible for the town. This was just a preliminary discussion to see if they could move forward with the MOU.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to consider puffing together an MOU and financial analysis for the Board of County Commissioners to look at in depth along with the District Attorney for the future; seconded by Commissioner Cox. The Board took a brief recess due technical issues.

Commissioner Strickland

said during the recess a meeting was held with the District Attorney and Mr. Cottingim. She asked the Board to consider dealing directly with a potential leaseholder for the Town of Amargosa and share the proceeds.

Commissioner Strickland

explained she was considering that because she did not know if Ms. Bissett was who the County should deal with. It may want to deal with Green Link and NV Energy.

Ms. Allen

agreed with that.

Commissioner Jabbour

withdrew his motion; Commissioner Cox withdrew her second.

Commissioner Jabbour

said the information given was the yard was currently used for emergency services. If there was an MOU with this group he asked if that would prohibit the area being used as a landing and EMS area.

Mr. Cottingim

said it would not and they would make sure that was reiterated in the agreement. They would not give up any small level of service they provided. Brian Kunzi said the agreement could include non-exclusive language. March 5, 2024

Commissioner Strickland

suggested continuing this item so the Board could see all of the letters and determine if they wanted to send all of them.

Commissioner Cox

said Silver State lost their grant. Brett Waggoner said according to a news story Silver State shut their doors in Las Vegas and left employees three weeks without salary. He understood Medicare pulled its funding from them. John Paz, chief financial officer for All for Health, Health for All, said that was correct. They were requesting a letter of support to be able to open and continue the clinic that was in Pahrump.

Commissioner Cox

asked Mr. Paz if he or All for Health, Health for All was connected in anyway to the former Silver State organization that had applied for the grant, to which he replied no. Upon agreement of the other Commissioners, Commissioner Strickland continued this item to the March 19, 2024, meeting at 10:00 a.m., to allow the Commissioners to review the other three letters received.

Commissioner Ccx

said she did not realize she had saved the County $60,000.00 in her 12 years by not traveling to Tonopah. Another reason she did not travel was the dangers of Highway 95 and with the streaming capabilities she felt there was no reason to.

Commissioner Carbone

said he had been traveling to Tonopah for quite a while and the most money he spent was $60.00 for fuel. He was concerned where the $400.00 came from.

Commissioner Boskovich

said the IRS was 58 cents a mile and the hotel was $200.00 a night.

Commissioner Carbone

said the fuel to drive up to Tonopah was paid for.

Commissioner Boskovich

said that was his point and he did not need the taxpayer to pay $400.00 a month.

Commissioner Strickland

said Joni Eastley made a good point, but she was a Commissioner for 12 years when the world was different. She said she stayed in Pahrump today because her sciatica was out and she did not think six hours of driving would have done her any good, but she did not need to have an excuse to not go to Tonopah when the County had great technology. These meetings could be done without going to Tonopah every time. As the Chair, Commissioner Strickland stated it was up to the individual Commissioners if they wanted to travel.

Commissioner Jabbour

wondered if he needed to remain in Tonopah for both meetings.

Commissioner Strickland

said it was his choice.

Commissioner Jabbour

stated he was happy to go to Pahrump to represent and help the County. He did not understand the explanation and the excuses of not traveling to the County seat for the first meeting unless it was excused and justified. He was hearing that he could stay in Tonopah with the technology and never go to Pahrump.

Commissioner Strickland

said Commissioner Ccx had done that for 12 years. It was just a choice and she did not know why everyone had a problem with that. _____________________________________ ______________day March 5, 2024

Commissioner Strickland

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of , 2024.

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