August 20, 2024

Ms. Borysewich

then asked Brian Kunzi what happened with MediWaste. It had been three months since their presentation and the information that was promised to the public had not been provided. Michael David Garcia thought Tim Sutton should be facing charges. He then spoke about ignoring unconstitutional provisions in the NRS; child abuse and child neglect; government trafficking of children; the First and Tenth Amendments; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Maryan Hollis said the most egregious lack of back-up material that she had ever experienced was on an agenda item for today’s meeting. There was absolutely nothing but fluff and glossy pictures for something up for discussion, which left the public to do their own research. The public did their own research based on the agenda item and were then chastised for not knowing what they were talking about. Ms. Hollis thought there needed to be a more respect for the people who spoke. Bill Stremmel told the Commissioners about an incident he had with a federal officer employed by the Southern Nevada Detention Center. He stopped Mr. Stremmel while he was his normal evening walk, was very accusatory of Mr. Stremmel, and complained about shady characters in the vicinity of the facility. He pointedly asked Mr. Stremmel if he had a camera, to which Mr. Stremmel responded in the negative, although he did have his cell phone with him. Since there had been no recent demonstrations outside the prison or notoriety about inmates, Mr. Stremmel wondered what justified the expanded vigilance and the threatening of civilians going about routine activities. Mr. Stremmel said he never parked directly across from the prison and always walked away from it. He suggested the Commissioners direct staff to research the provisions established when the consent to siting this federal facility on a public street was given.

Mr. Stremmel

also thought Sheriff McGill should meet with the prison officials to discuss reasonable limits to their surveillance. August 20, 2024 2. Cont’d. 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). John Pawlak, chair of the Southern Nevada Conservation District, shared information regarding the district’s call for new member recruitment. The hope was members of the public would attend the recruitment meeting to be held at the Valley Electric Association Community Center, 800 E. SR372, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a barbecue potluck dinner. People who were interested were asked to call Connie Lee from the State Conservation District at (775) 934-5376 or e-mail nvacd.org at the Nevada Association of Conservation District’s website. Melody Keith said she just started coming to the Board meetings this year and becoming involved. One of the things she was starting to get concerned with was the lack of support from the District Attorney for the citizens who speak. The District Attorney smirked during the last speaker’s comments. Ms. Keith said she did not appreciate that since he was a citizen who had a concern and the District Attorney should not be laughing at him or smirking or smiling. Ms. Keith thought the community deserved better from the District Attorney, especially with the MediWaste situation and everything else that was going on. Diane Southworth provided a community outreach update. She then told Tim Sutton she was sorry he was leaving. Karen Waldman asked that her comments be made part of the public record [see Attachment 1]. It seemed there were more and more items on the agenda requesting funds that were not in the budget. She wondered if the Commissioners thought of how they would pay for things before they considered any item that was not in the budget.

Ms. Waldman

asked how the Commissioners could keep committing the citizens’ tax dollars to projects with such a careless lack of fiscal responsibility. She then discussed grants. She thought any grant should have the oversight of the Comptroller; the associated costs should be known before applying for a grant; the match should be in the budget before the grant was applied for; the time of the County’s responsibility should be known; and all grants should be transparent with complete documentation.

Ms. Waldman

talked about traffic and asked if traffic was a consideration in any of the planned projects. She also mentioned a townhouse project approved by the RPC on a one-acre parcel off of Basin sandwiched between two commercial strips. It was said during the discussion that things may change, and Ms. Waldman wondered where the citizens were notified of any changes. She stated the Commissioners needed to do a better job as they represented the citizens. Tom Waters said a 9/11 event would be held at the First Responders Reflection Area starting at 8:30 a.m. on September 11, 2024, and invited everyone to attend. The Rotary Extravaganza would be on October 19, 2024, at Treasures RV starting at 4:00 p.m. Tickets were $100.00 without dinner and $135.00 with dinner. Any Rotarian had tickets, but there would only be 300 tickets sold. Mr. Waters then said Tim Sutton would August 20, 2024 2. Cont’d. 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). be missed. He was a wonderful County Manager/Town Manager as far as Mr. Waters’ was concerned. Darryl Lackey told the Commissioners to not replace the County Manager with someone who was in the Freemasons or hiding behind a church as that would not get the County anywhere. He mentioned the missing $6 million Native American grant and wondered if anything was left and if they figured out how to fill out the paperwork. Jessica McCutcheon expressed her appreciation to the Board and to Tim Sutton. She said as the former Grants Administrator she knew how hard they worked for the community. Jason Mann, founder of Pahrump Animal Protection Association, said on July 12, 2024, his home caught on fire while he was in the hospital. He heard from his neighbors the response time to his property was untimely and very long, although his home was not far from the Kellogg fire station. After they arrived on the scene, no attempt was made by the fire department to get his three dogs out of the home even though they knew they were in there. One of his neighbors actually put his own life in jeopardy trying to save one of the dogs. Mr. Mann said he personally spoke to Fire Chief Scott Lewis and was less than impressed with his cavalier and demonstrative attitude. Chief Lewis explained to Mr. Mann that there was a fire up the street from his house and that was why it took so long to get to it. Chief Lewis told him he had been asking for fire hydrants and more resources on the south side of Pah rump and had been repeatedly denied.

Mr. Mann

stated with the upcoming budget from the Fire Department the Board needed to approve all and any resources to ensure the safety of the people of Pahrump and their pets. Mr. Mann proposed a fund for fire victims of Nye County to help in a time of need, and he was going to call it the SPC Fire Fund of Nye County, which stood for Stella, Peaches and Chance, the three dogs Mr. Mann lost. He thanked everybody that reached out to him, including the Commissioners and the Town Manager. Ramsey Devereux asked if the County had a plan if the power went out for an extended period of time considering what was going on in the world. He also wondered if masks would be enforced if they were mandated again. Kathie McKenna said she was very disheartened to hear that Tim Sutton was resigning. She said he was a highly intelligent and good man who would be very hard to replace.

Ms. McKenna

asked that a Commissioner reach out to Karen Waldman and Maryan Hollis, especially since Ms. Hollis said she did not state anything unless she researched it. Ms. McKenna wanted to know where that $10 million was for the homeless shelter. James Petell said his first comment concerned harassment, stalking, and defamation of his character by Sheriff Joseph McGill. The second one was Sheriff McGill was waiting August 20, 2024 2. Cont’d. 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). at the Pahrump Valley Museum along with Lieutenant Harry Williams to give Mr. Petell a trespass from the Pahrump Valley Museum by someone named Marilyn. Mr. Petell’s third comment was about District Attorney Brian Kunzi not responding to Mr. Petell about the two rogue cops at Mr. Petell’s gate around June 26, 2024. Mr. Petell spoke about the abandoned Desert Haven no kill facility which Commissioner Carbone wanted to dismantle. He heard it would become a parking lot for Sheriff McGill’s staff. Lastly,

Mr. Petell

said he was still waiting for the Nye County Water District Board to contact him as he had some experience in the salt cedars and tamaracks and Ed Goedhardt, the chairman of that committee, advised them to contact him. Linda Clark said she had a lot of issues with what went on in this community and some of the people who ran run some of the programs, but the disrespect for the people who worked in the community was not acceptable and this was not the place to complain about them. 3. Reopened Commissioners’/Manaqer’s Comments (This item is limited to 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).

Sheriff McGill

advised he had a meeting scheduled with Jim Petell about two or three weeks ago regarding his alleged complaint about deputies allegedly harassing him. He wanted it on record that he talked to Mr. Petell on the phone and explained that they were on a call for service at the house next door to his. That was the reason why they were on the public roadway in front of Mr. Petell’s house not blocking his ingress or egress. Mr. Petell was still not satisfied after that telephone call so Sheriff McGill scheduled a meeting with him. Mr. Petell arrived on time, but because Sheriff McGill’s assistant was dealing with something else at the time and asked him to stand by for a moment he got angry, called his assistant a nasty name, and walked out. Sheriff McGill stated if Mr. Petell would like to bring things into the public then things would be brought into public. Secondly, Sheriff McGill advised a trespass was requested by the Museum Director and he happened to be standing outside this morning talking to Lieutenant Williams when Mr. Petell walked up. Sheriff McGill knew the trespass had not been served so her notified Mr. Petell of it. Fire Chief Scott Lewis said there was no doubt there had been an extraordinary number of fires this season, and the fire on Sunday was a perfect example of a perfect storm occurring. There was a wind driven fire event and heated conditions under red flag warnings. The call went out as an unknown type fire that quickly became a structure fire and within minutes was a conflagration. The conflagration affected everybody in that geographical area. The property was approximately 1.25 acres in size, but August 20, 2024 - - limited to 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). contained an overabundance of personal property stored, multiple structures, multiple vehicles, multiple ignition sources, and just an extreme fire load. When this fire event took off again in the wind conditions in an area that he had talked about quite often with no hydrants, they responded and were met with this extreme situation. Their primary consideration was life safety because in the initial stages it was unknown whether there were any persons on the property. Once they determined there were no life safety issues, they went onto the property for conservation, exposure protection, and all those different types of things, so it was highly dynamic. Chief Lewis explained the response was extraordinary in this case because it was beyond the control of the immediate resources that were available. He thanked the various agencies that responded to assist with it.

Commissioner Cox

said she had seen drone footage of the fire and it was one of the things that was created because people did not clean their weeds up. She said weed control really needed to be looked at in the town.

Commissioner Jabbour

mentioned a major fire that occurred in Tonopah and commended the staff who responded to all of the fires. Animal Services Manager Kristy Siegmund provided updates on the animal shelter, including the number of placements; animals currently available; changing hours of operation to seven days a week; and the number of abandoned/dumped dogs as well as animals running at large. Ms. Siegmund then talked about the need for a spay or neuter ordinance within the PRPD as the County could not adopt its way out of the ever growing population.

Commissioner Strickland

suggested Ms. Siegmund bring an agenda item forward for that. Grants and Contracts Manager Stephani Elliott announced the next Community Development Block Grant workshop would be on Wednesday September 4, 2024. Six applications had been received.

Commissioner Cox

stated everyone who worked for the County was vetted through Human Resources. They had background checks as well as drug tests and the County did not hire stupid people or criminals. If there was a problem it would be taken care of. It would not be left up to the public to tell the Commissioners who they needed to hire and who they needed to fire. Commissioner Cox asked the public to please drop the negativity and start being positive and provide suggestions so the Commissioners could advance the things they wanted. 4. Reopened Approval of the Agenda for August 20, 2024 (Non-action item) Tim Sutton said items 24 and 26 could be removed from the agenda, not item 27. 3. Reopened Commissioners’/Manager’s Comments (This item is limited to 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).

Commissioner Carbone

said he had lots of communication with the folks who had issues regarding not having enough back-up and research. The Commissioners had the same amount of time everyone else had to do the research once the agenda was posted. He said they did not always just look at the research that was in the package. They talked to other individuals as part of their job was to understand what was in that item. While that sometimes made a difference as to what the Commissioners might agree to during a Board meeting, Commissioner Carbone said it did not mean the Commissioners just completely rejected what anybody said. As to the comments about the District Attorney, Commissioner Carbone pointed out he was he was doing research while he was sitting there. He may be communicating with somebody on his laptop that may interject some smile or some humor and he may react to that.

Commissioner Jabbour

apologized to Bill Stremmel for the situation that occurred. He thought the Commissioners really needed to look into that as he thought they had overstepped their boundaries.

Commissioner Strickland

said there were some questions about affordable housing. The County had been contacted by two different developers that wanted to do affordable housing. They were looking for private grants or some other funding source because it cost a lot to do a project of any substance so that was being looked at. As to grants, Commissioner Strickland said the Comptroller would look at the grants as that was within her purview. Regarding the question about if the power went out, August 20, 2024 3. Cont’d. Reopened Commissioners’IManager’s Comments (This item is - - limited to 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).

Commissioner Strickland

reassured everyone that all essential services for Nye County had been looked at and were taken care of with back-up generators. Lastly,

Commissioner Strickland

stated the Commissioners did their best to be civil to the public, but they did not get the same respect. She said it was very tiresome for the Commissioners to be of assistance to a community that only wanted to rake them over the coals. She asked the public to be civil and respectful to each other and positive.

Commissioner Strickland

opened public hearing. Beth Borysewich stated Wrecking Ball Entertainment did not have a business license. She felt allowing someone from out of town to put on the chili cook-off was kind of defeating the whole purpose as it was supposed to be a chili cook-off in Pahrump put on August 20, 2024 - — — deliberation to issue an Outdoor Festival License to Wrecking Ball Entertainment for the Pahrump Chili Cook-Off Festival to be held March 21 through 23, 2025 at Petrack Park located at 150 N. Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. by Pahrump. She also understood the chili coming in was already prepared. Ms. Borysewich thought the people in the community who put on the events in the town should be used to keep it local.

Commissioner Strickland

closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Carbone

said since there were some complications with Wrecking Ball Entertainment other activities needed to be verified.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to continue this item until September 17, 2024; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas. FACILITIES

Commissioner Cox

asked if this was part of the original contract because they were asking for a change order.

Mr. Allen

said the original contract gave some options. It left the fire line out as they did not know which direction it would go or if it was affordable, which was the reason for the change order.

Commissioner Cox

was concerned it was not planned for in the original agreement which might put the County in a position to have to go out to bid for it. She wanted the District Attorney’s opinion on that. August 20, 2024 23.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reject Change Order No. I between Double M Construction and Nye County in the amount of $326,750.25 for extending a water line from Basin Ave., installation of a fire hydrant to be located on the North side of the 250 Building and establishing an additional line between the 250 Building and Fire Station One; 23.b. Execute the contract amendment; and 23.c. Fund $155,000.00 to 25235 PSST Fire and fund $171,750.25 to 10401 Capital. Brian Kunzi explained it was part of the original project bid, but there was uncertainty as to how it was going to be used so it could not be put in the bid. He stated there was nothing inappropriate about adding it to the bid as it was not able to be determined at the time of the contract. Tim Bohannon said his concerns were very similar Commissioner Cox’s, but he thought public safety needed to be the number one concern.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the change order between Double M Construction and Nye County in the amount of $326,750.25, execute the contract amendment, and fund the $155,000.00 to 25235 PSST Fire and fund $171,750.25 0.25 to 10401 Capital; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. SHERIFF 19. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 19.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reject a Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations for governing the use of Homeland Security Investigation designations by certain employees of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office; and 19.b. Execute the agreement.

Sheriff McGill

said he understood there was some controversy about this item last time. He explained this was an agreement for his office to work with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations out of Las Vegas. He thought the issue about it last time was maybe the fact that department was under the umbrella of Immigration Customs and Enforcement. Sheriff McGill said this was not asking for immigration enforcement in Nye County and was not directed toward immigration whatsoever. It was for the Sheriff’s Office to be able to assign one of their detectives as a Homeland Security Investigative Task Force member. The detective would be granted Homeland Security authority so he could access their computer systems in investigations related to things that the Sheriff’s Office was bringing up. Sheriff McGill said there was a previous MOU from Homeland Security allowing for funding to pay for overtime, manpower, August 20, 2024 19. Cont’d. - For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 19.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reiect a Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations for governing the use of Homeland Security Investigation designations by certain employees of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office; and 19.b. Execute the agreement. equipment, and things like that when it was in reference to these joint task force investigations. Mike Edams, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations in Las Vegas, clarified their agency was nested under ICE. In the days before ICE there was U.S. Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mr. Edams said they typically now fulfilled what was essentially the Customs roles and ARC, the other side of the house, fulfilled the traditional INS component. The authorization they were looking to vest to the Sheriff’s deputies would be confined to what they called Title 19, which was customs authorities, and they would have no power to enforce any type of immigration. Brian Kunzi thought the County was starting to see what he believed was the tip of the iceberg. There were some very interesting cases coming up in which the federal agencies had provided a great deal of assistance to allow him to get the prosecutions done. He thought this was a very positive move as people seemed to think they could come to Nye and hide and Mr. Kunzi thought the County needed to start getting very aggressive with these types of cases.

Sheriff McGill

added the objective was drugs, illegal guns, and violent offenders and asked who would not want to get those three things off the streets.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Mr. Edams if his department was involved who would be in charge, his department or the Nye County Sheriff and District Attorney.

Mr. Edams

explained it would be joint. Anything they did was collaborative and they would not impose their will just as they would not want that done to them. If they could not find that mutual, then maybe that was one they would not collaborate on.

Commissioner Carbone

said in Nye County the Sheriff would be the one to take charge and he wanted to make sure that was understood. As to who would be in charge, Sheriff McGill said it would be a synergistic effect. The decision at the ground level would be who would prosecute the case, Mr. Kunzi or the federal court. August 20, 2024 19. Cont’d. - For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 19.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reject a Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations for governing the use of Homeland Security Investigation designations by certain employees of the Nye County Sheriffs Office; and 19.b. Execute the agreement.

Commissioner Cox

questioned the need for an MOU when the two departments were already working together.

Mr. Kunzi

explained the MOU gave the County greater availability of funds that they had that could help the County do what it needed to do. He also advised that both he and the feds could prosecute as it was not double jeopardy for two different jurisdictions to prosecute. James Petell said he was against this. Diane Southworth thought the County should have the ability to work with the group and do the best it could to get rid of the illegal guns, the illegal drugs, and the violent people. Ammie Nelson said she was against this for a few reasons. She did not feel there was a need for federal agents in the jail. There were policies in the County and the District Attorney’s Office prosecuted criminals in the County. The Sheriff was responsible for arresting illegals and people that broke the law in the County and they all had access to the Homeland Security Office as well as other federal agencies. Ms. Nelson stated she was absolutely against putting any kind of federal footprint in the County. Linda Clark was concerned about the federal government and the control they had over all of this. She felt they would come in and do what they wanted. Tamie Pitman said unless there was absolute certainty that the Sheriff would be in charge at all times and he would be the final word she could not support this. Erika Gerling had concerns about the staffing. Beth Borysewich thought this might be a good idea since Pahrump was a small town. She thought the MOU should be changed to make absolutely certain that the Sheriff or the District Attorney would be in charge. Jenny Okawa said she was in full support of giving the Sheriffs Department and the District Attorney’s Office all the tools they needed to keep the community safe. Melody Keith felt this would give the Sheriff more information and more power to handle some of the problems the community was experiencing. August 20, 2024 19. Cont’d. - For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 19.a. Approve, amend and approve, or reject a Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations for governing the use of Homeland Security Investigation designations by certain employees of the Nye County Sheriffs Office; and 19.b. Execute the agreement. Maryan Hollis was concerned staff in Pahrump would be called to another facility for another reason.

Mr. Kunzi

explained the County had zero control to prevent the federal government from coming in and investigating federal crimes. This was an opportunity for the County and the federal government to work together and get a hold of some of the issues in the County.

Sheriff McGill

said this would not be a full-time assignment for the detective or whoever was going to be assigned. This task force officer membership would do County work 99% of the time. This was simply another tool in their tool bag.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if it would be a problem to amend the MOU to indicate the Sheriff was the focal point of all of this.

Mr. Edams

said the issue was they could not be in a position where they were bound either way, which was why it was a mutually collaborative effort. He explained their mandate was to investigate transnational organized crime, so they were looking at stuff that originated primarily from outside of the United States.

Commissioner Cox

asked Mr. Edams how he was connected to Intel because the County already Intel that did all of that. She said Intel took care of crimes committed in other countries.

Mr. Edams

asked if Commissioner Ccx was talking about the CIA or NSA.

Commissioner Cox

said no. It was actually called Intel and she wondered if that was part of Mr. Edams organization or something separate.

Mr. Edams

said he was not familiar with that. They did work with Interpol related to foreign fugitives.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and execute the agreement; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 4 yeas. Commissioner Cox voted nay. August 20, 2024 SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP 16. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve, amend and approve, or reject the 2024 Pahrump Campaign Concepts prepared by BrainTrust Marketing and Communication. Tourism Director Arlette Led better presented the Pah rump Campaign Concepts prepared by BrainTrust Marketing and Communication. She said this was an outer marketing campaign used in markets like Las Vegas, greater Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Reno, and Sacramento. There were multiple uses for the campaign, but often and most likely it was digital marketing. Ms. Ledbetter discussed the campaign concepts of You’ll Be Amazed By What You Can Do In Pahrump; True Nevada; 60 Miles West, 180 Degrees Different; and Your Base Camp to Adventure. She also reviewed the creative concepts in the campaign. Ms. Ledbetter asked the Board to make a decision on the campaign Wild West Of Las Vegas, Adventure Runs Wild West Of Las Vegas, or Free To Be Wild West Of Las Vegas.

Commissioner Strickland

said she did not like Las Vegas and would like the word Las dropped from any campaign moving forward because they were just not that important to Nye County. The rest of the Commissioners supported that.

Commissioner Carbone

liked Adventure Runs Wild West Of Vegas.

Commissioner Cox

would like to see it go back to the old slogan.

Commissioner Jabbour

disclosed that both he and Ms. Ledbetter served on a tourism committee under the jurisdiction of Travel Nevada. He was the vice chair and she was one of the officers on the committee, but there was no pecuniary interest at this time so he would participate. He suggested removing the gaming chips from one of the photographs as it would lead guests to one property only and he did not think that was fair.

Commissioner Carbone

disclosed he was the liaison to the tourism board. Beth Borysewich wondered why Vegas was even linked with Pahrump. She said she did not want Pahrump to be like Vegas and there were many things in the Pahrump community to highlight. She thought maybe this should wait a year and the money be saved as there were other things that were really important to the life in town, but not tourism. Robin Grove thought it was important to bring tourism to Pahrump through the cars. Linda Clark said she did not care for racing and was very perturbed when she saw the thing about the big vehicles that the Commissioners wanted to bring to Pahrump. She August 20, 2024 16. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve, - — amend and approve, or reject the 2024 Pahrump Campaign Concepts prepared by BrainTrust Marketing and Communication. really wanted a theme for Pahrump other than Vegas and thought it should be something that described Pahrump like the horses and donkeys. She did not like the word wild. Ms. Clark thought a tourist board was nice, but she agreed with Ms. Borysewich that it was not something absolutely needed right now as there were so many other things that needed attention. She really wanted to see a downtown area that was descriptive from the old cowboy town. Ammie Nelson said she would like to see something that included all of the things that people came to Pahrump to see. She thought it needed a little more research and should be brought back in a year. Jessica McCutcheon thought mentioning Las Vegas would bring people to Pahrump and that the vehicles would draw people here.

Ms. Ledbetter

said a realistic look had to be taken at what Pahrump had. Pahrump was an urban area with Prairie Fire, Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club, and several wineries. The track was the number three room night producer and was a huge economic engine for this town. Ms. Ledbetter did not agree with postponing the campaign for a year as it had already been postponed.

Commissioner Jabbour

said in listening to everyone he wrote down It’s An Adventure West of Vegas.

Commissioner Strickland

thought Commissioner Jabbour nailed it on the head and that was the direction that should be given to the Tourism Director.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to have the slogan read It’s An Adventure West of Vegas; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas. Commissioner Cox voted nay. August 20, 2024 SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TIMED ITEMS II. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion, and — — deliberation on AP-24-8: An Appeal of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s denial of Road Abandonment AB-24-4, an application to abandon a 22,115 square foot portion of North Cabo Street and West Simkins Road, located adjacent to Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-161-23, 3901 N. Cabo Street, Pahrump, NV. James and Jeri J. Monroe ApplicantlAppellant. Nelson Surveying Agent. — — Assistant Planning Director Steve Osborne said the application for the abandonment was heard by the RPC on July 10, 2024. The RPC denied the request and the owner filed this appeal. Planning Director Brett Waggoner said a lot of the conversation at the RPC level had to do with this person requesting a right-of-way abandonment for a road that kind of led to nowhere. Granting the abandonment would not prevent the egress or ingress to the parcel behind it or to the side of it or anything else. One of the questions was why would the County just give away property. Mr. Waggoner advised in discussions with Public Works Director Tom Boiling the applicant was fully aware and fully willing to pay whatever the market value was for this abandonment. James Monroe, the appellant, said he was not at the RPC meeting and it was presented by his surveyor. He explained when they built the house there was a pre-existing septic tank on the north end of the property. They built the house next to that, which was as close as possible to the backside of the property. Behind that ran Simkins Road and on the west side of it ran Cabo Road. While they were surveying the property Mr. Monroe’s surveyor mentioned that he may want to consider requesting an abandonment of Simkins and this portion of Cabo because it was not going to be used. Mr. Monroe spoke with Mr. Boiling who affirmed that it would never be used by the County and would always remain vacant land because there was no reason to put a road in there, so Mr. Monroe proceeded with the request to abandon. He believed at the RPC meeting there was a misunderstanding regarding the abandonment process. He had put in his application that he understood there would be fees. The terms land grab and free property were bought up at that meeting and Mr. Monroe wanted to make sure that everyone understood it was not a land grab and it was not free. He was willing to purchase the property from the County for fair market value, which he believed would be a benefit to the County. Mr. Monroe said there were two reasons for doing this. One was because of the access to their driveway. Where the house was located they would have to continue Cabo Road up and make a road to go from that point into their garage. One neighbor objected to the plan at the RPC because he thought it would devalue his property by reducing the road size. He was informed that he would still have a 30 foot space between the new property line and his property. Mr. Monroe noted they brought power from 950 feet away to their house, which was very expensive and definitely brought up the value of the undeveloped vacant property next to Mr. Monroe’s property. August 20, 2024 11. Cont’d. 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion, and - — — deliberation on AP-24-8: An Appeal of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s denial of Road Abandonment AB-24-4, an application to abandon a 22,115 square foot portion of North Cabo Street and West Simkins Road, located adjacent to Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-161-23, 3901 N. Cabo Street, Pahrump, NV. James and Jeri J. Monroe ApplicantlAppellant. Nelson Surveying Agent. — —

Mr. Monroe

stated they were appealing the decision based on the misunderstanding that they were getting free property.

Commissioner Strickland

opened the public hearing. Michael Shaw said the problem was it would change their property line in the middle of there. They also never reached out to the neighbors. He said they just wanted a bigger back yard. Mr. Shaw wanted to leave his property as he purchased it and said he did not want this appeal to go through. Kathy Cheney said she and her husband bought their property because no one could build behind them and they would never lose the view of the mountains. They understood that someone could build beside them, but she could still go out to the end of her property and see the mountains. Ms. Cheney did not know what Mr. Monroe’s plans were for the extra land he had, but she said she would miss her view. Ammie Nelson did not know why there was a road abandonment request for this location as so many people would be affected. She agreed with the RPC’s denial. Erika Gerling asked for clarification as to how abandonments were achieved, paid for, and granted.

Commissioner Strickland

closed the public hearing. As to paying for it, Commissioner Strickland said it had been determined it was 22,000 square feet of abandonment for an estimated cost of $12,000.00 based on sales in the immediate area.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked since the property was County-owned if it would have to go to auction or bid. Brian Kunzi said he did not contemplate that and suggested holding this item until the afternoon to take a look at that. This item was tabled until after lunch. The Board was in recess until 2:45 p.m.

Commissioner Cox

was not present. August 20, 2024 II. Reopened 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion, and - — — deliberation on AP-24-8: An Appeal of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s denial of Road Abandonment AB-24-4, an application to abandon a 22,115 square foot portion of North Cabo Street and West Simkins Road, located adiacent to Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-161-23, 3901 N. Cabo Street, Pahrump, NV. James and Jeri J. Monroe ApplicantlAppellant. Nelson Surveying Agent. — — Brian Kunzi explained the property was part of a road easement that would have been originally part of that parcel. Basically that parcel would have given up the road easement and he believed to abandon it back would just be a clean wash. He also did not think there would be any cost incurred by the homeowner because it was all part of the original parcel that was basically given to the County as part of a road easement.

Commissioner Boskovich

said his only concern at this point was to make sure this would not negatively impact the neighbors. Michael Shaw said a lot of people here were trying to make decisions about their property and it was airight to object to that manipulation of their property. He noted the applicant had not offered to discuss this with their neighboring landowner. He said this was a land grab because they needed a bigger backyard at the neighbors’ expense as it would change the value of their property. Mr. Shaw wondered what would happen to the 30 feet on his side. He said this action made no sense and he did not like people making these kind of decisions about his property like he was not even in the room.

Commissioner Cox

was present. Michael Augustine thought the Commissioners were going to set a precedence. He had already talked with them about miles plus of easements that the County never accepted dedications on or left alone. He had also been considering geffing his portions, which was pushing 600 feet of Irene, abandoned. The impact was more than a section line.

Mr. Augustine

said the PRPD was actually planning to acquire the easements whether or not the roads were built out. He said if the County charged the applicant, then the County would have to buy a lot of easements that were never accepted or written into parcels. Erika Gerling said this was a really complicated issue and she wanted know what the policy was where the County may charge.

Commissioner Strickland

pointed out the RPC held this should not be abandoned. She also disclosed she was a licensed real estate broker in Nevada.

Commissioner Cox

thought this would not set a precedence as Mr. Boiling said they would never use this piece of property for anything and it dead ended into BLM land. She said she was in support of this because she could not find any reason not to. August 20, 2024 11. Cont’d. Reopened 10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, - - — — discussion, and deliberation on AP-24-8: An Appeal of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s denial of Road Abandonment AB-24-4, an application to abandon a 22,115 square foot portion of North Cabo Street and West Simkins Road, located adjacent to Assessor’s Parcel Number 027-161 -23, 3901 N. Cabo Street, Pahrump, NV. James and Jeri J. Monroe ApplicantlAppellant. Nelson Surveying Agent.

Commissioner Strickland

said since she did not disclose upfront she would not vote on this item.

Commissioner Boskovich

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to affirm the decision made by the RPC; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 2 yeas. Commissioners Jabbour and Cox voted nay. In light of the tie vote Commissioner Strickland voted yea, and the motion passed with 3 yeas.

Mr. Kunzi

did not think a late disclosure prevented Commissioner Strickland from voting. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD

Sheriff McGill

assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board. LIQUOR 15. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve adding Member, Chad Marchand to an existing Special Club Liquor License for John C. Strozzi Post VFW 12108 located at 300W. Main St., Beatty, NV.

Sheriff McGill

explained this was to simply add another individual to the liquor license. A background investigation was completed and nothing negative was found. The recommendation was that Mr. Marchand be added to the liquor license at his request. Chad Marchand added the previous license was under Richard Gardner, who passed away.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve adding Chad Marchand as an additional member; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 6 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. August 20, 2024 SHERIFF 20. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to set a date, time, and location for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2024-08: A Bill proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 9 titled Public Peace, Morals and Welfare, Chapter 9.05 titled Panhandling, Vagrancy and Disorderly Conduct, by adding Section 9.05.115, titled Unlawful Presence on Land of Another, by providing for law enforcement to cite or arrest persons who stay on unimproved private land or private land with an unoccupied structure without permission of the owner; and providing for the severability, constitutionality and effective date thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to set the time and date for September 17, 2024, in Pahrump at 10:00 a.m.; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. 17. 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 Carbone

advised he sent a couple of corrections on the minutes. 17.1. For Possible Action Approval of the Elected Official Collection Report regarding fees collected from elected county departments for services rendered by or provided to county citizens.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 17.1-17.2; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

with corrections; 5 yeas. 17.2. For Possible Action Approval of the meeting minutes from the joint meetings on June 4, 18, and 21, 2024.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 17.1-17.2; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

with corrections; 5 yeas. COUNTY MANAGER 21. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to reschedule the first and second meetings in November to Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in Tonopah, NV and Friday, November 15, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in Pahrump, NV due to the General Election and to allow for certification of the General Election. Samantha Tackett explained the dates needed to be moved around to accommodate the two requirements. August 20, 2024 21. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to reschedule the - — first and second meetings in November to Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in Tonopah, NV and Friday, November 15, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in Pahrump, NV due to the General Election and to allow for certification of the General Election.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve as written; seconded by

Commissioner Jabbour

; 5 yeas. 22. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding a Program Funding Application from Jessica McCutcheon with No to Abuse Nevada — Outreach Training Organization, Veteran Resource Funding program in the amount of $15,000.00 to be funded from 10210 Veteran Services Department. Jessica McCutcheon, Executive Director of Nevada Outreach No to Abuse, said they had received this grant in the past and were again asking for the $15,000.00. They went to the Veterans Fund Finance Advisory Board meeting and had support from that board. Tamie Pitman said as a veteran this was important to her. She wanted to make sure the money was spent as wisely as possible and the veterans were taken care of in the best way possible. She advised she was looking at the last 1099s for this particular organization and they had not filed since 2021. In looking at the total expenses over program services, it seemed to Mrs. Pitman as if they were not using the money as wisely as possible as almost all their money went to salaries, which did not help the veterans. She thought the item should be revisited. Kathie McKenna, the past executive director, said the federal government did not update their Web site very often for 1099s. They were required to do them yearly. Everyone of them had been done timely by their CPA and they were never late.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve as written; seconded by

Commissioner Cox

; 5 yeas. CLERK 18. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 18.a. Appoint one member to the Beatty Town Advisory Board due to a resignation from the following list of applicants: Kyle Lewis; and/or 18.b. Readvertise for the appointment. Erika Gerling said the Beatty Advisory Board reviewed the letters and voted to send that one recommendation to the Commissioners. That candidate showed up at the meeting and said a few words to the community, which the board thought was really important. August 20, 2024 18. Cont’d. - For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 18.a. Appoint one member to the Beatty Town Advisory Board due to a resignation from the following list of applicants: Kyle Lewis; and/or 18.b. Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint Kyle Lewis to the Beatty Town Advisory Board to a term ending January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. PUBLIC WORKS

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the Regional Planning District Capital Improvement Plan as written for 2025-2035; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS 12. 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 updates on the activities of the crews and the projects in the County.

Commissioner Carbone

assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners. Tim Bohannon said he would like to see a graph showing how many miles of road had been done compared to the goal to see the progress. August 20, 2024 12. 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. Ammie Nelson was curious about how the decision was made on what streets would be done and how notification to the residents happened. Tamie Pitman said at the December 6, 2023, RTC workshop it was mentioned that there was grant money received to fix Winery Road as well as the drainage issues. She did not see it listed on the general road report and wondered how that was going. Melody Keith thanked the road crews who went out in the hot weather and continued to go to work. Erika Gerling asked if there was any leftover material if the crews could do something on the road that went up to Rhyolite off of 374.

Commissioner Cox

asked Tom Boiling for an update on what happened at Hacienda last week.

Mr. Boiling

said he spoke to Jenny a couple times over the last week. They were trying to get in touch with the driver and the postmaster to get the mailbox moved around the corner to her driveway.

Commissioner Carbone

did not believe the Winery Road grant was received yet, just applied for, which Mr. Boiling confirmed. Addressing Ammie Nelson’s comments, Mr. Gott said roads chosen for the chip seal list were usually based on their severity and how much traffic was on them. 13. Presentation by Thomas Boiling on the state of the roads in Nye County. (5- minute time limit) Tom Boiling gave a presentation on the state of the roads in Nye County. Tim Bohannon noted the last page of the back-up were road projects for 2024 that seemed to have carried over, which meant the job was not done. He wanted more clarity on that if it was missed because of dollars.

Mr. Boiling

said it was because of time more than anything. He also did not have the staff and could not hire more staff to do more projects.

Commissioner Jabbour

referred to Erica Gerling’s question about leftover material. He said Rhyolite had been a hot topic for a long time because of the tourist traffic. He asked if there were any plans for that area. August 20, 2024 13. Cont’d. Presentation by Thomas Boiling on the state of the roads in Nye County. (5-minute time limit)

Mr. Boiling

said they had plans for Rhyolite. They were not going to do it this year, but he thought they might be able to save some and could definitely put that on the list.

Commissioner Strickland

said Mr. Boiling was driving home to the Commissioners that he needed more money. She asked if he had figured out where to get that yet because the Commissioners had not.

Mr. Boiling

said there were options, one of which was the quarter percent sales tax that would be on the general election ballot in November 2024. If that passed it would be a substantial increase and they could do a little over 100 miles of chip seal with the money that would generate every year. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. PLANNING/BUILDING/CODE COMPLIANCE 24. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve IA-22-1, a Subdivision Improvement, Maintenance, and Warranty Agreement related to the Final Subdivision Map of Mountain Falls Planning Area 5B (LD-21 -1 08), on approximately twenty-six (26) gross acres. Section 5, Township 21S, Range 54E, Assessor’s Parcel Number 045-021-70. Mountain Falls, LLC Property Owner. Rebecca Chiriboga, Taney Engineering Agent / Applicant. This item was removed from the agenda. 25. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve IA-24-5: A Subdivision Improvement, Maintenance, and Warranty Guarantee related to Mountain Falls Parkway West, Phase 2. Being portions of Parcel 4 of File 908187, Parcel 2 of File 908192, and Mountain Falls Parkway Dedicated per File 908192, lying within Sections 5 and 6, Township 21 South, Range 54 East, M.D.M. (Mt. Diablo Meridian), Pahrump, NV. Qiana Medici from Planning said this was application IA-24-5, a Subdivision Improvement, Maintenance, and Warranty Guarantee related to Mountain Falls Parkway West, Phase 2. Rebecca Chiriboga explained this was just a continuation of the main master loop road in Mountain Falls Parkway. It was basically from the end just past the clubhouse and extended all the way to Lucardo Road. Part of Lucardo Road had an access road paved already, but this improvement plan set actually completed the whole street. The August 20, 2024 25. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve IA-24- - — 5: A Subdivision Improvement, Maintenance, and Warranty Guarantee related to Mountain Falls Parkway West, Phase 2. plans were already approved and Ms. Chiriboga said they just needed this improvement agreement completed.

Commissioner Carbone

asked Tom Boiling if this met all the road requirements.

Mr. Boiling

said they signed off on it.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve as written; seconded by

Commissioner Boskovich

; 5 yeas. 26. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve LD-21 -1 08: A Final Subdivision Map for Mountain Falls Planning Area 5B, consisting of one hundred twenty-one (121) single-family residential lots and nineteen (19) common lots, located within the Mountain Falls Master Planned Community. Section 5, Township 21S, Range 54E, Assessor’s Parcel Number 045-021 -70. Mountain Falls, LLC Property Owner. Rebecca Chiriboga, Taney Engineering Agent I Applicant. - - This item was removed from the agenda. 27. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve LD-24-15: A Tentative Residential Subdivision map for Mountain Falls Planning Area 9HE, proposing two hundred and two (202) single-family residential lots, on a 29.98- acre parcel zoned Specific Plan (SP). Minimum lot sizes are 3,280 sq. ft. and Maximum lot sizes are 7,820 sq. ft., with a gross density of 6.73 lotslacre with twenty-nine (29) common lots, located on a portion of 3620 E. Manse Road, Pahrump, NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 045-501 -22. Mountain Falls, LLC - Property Owner. Rebecca Chiriboga, Taney Engineering Agent I Applicant. Qiana Medici explained the intent of this map was to obtain approval and it was within the development agreement for this particular phase. Rebecca Chiriboga aid they had no changes or questions on the conditions and accepted them. Tom Boiling confirmed for Commissioner Carbone that everything was good with the roads. Maryan Hollis said she lived in Mountain Falls and there had been times when she had been behind trucks delivering dirt, etc., that were uncovered and totally obliterated her line of vision to the point she had to pull over so she could see where she was going. They also left dirt on the roads which made the markings invisible. There was August 20, 2024 27. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve LD-24- - — 15: A Tentative Residential Subdivision map for Mountain Falls Planning Area 9HE supposed to be a dedicated entrances for the trucks and they were not all using them. The condition of the roads was a concern for her and many others. Brett Waggoner stated he would make sure that was addressed. There were designated construction entrances and they were required to use track out protections.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve LD-24-15 as written; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 5 yeas. 28. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve LD-24-18: A Tentative Residential Subdivision map for Desert Trails Phase 2, proposing thirty- two (32) single-family residential lots, on 14.050-acres zoned SP (Specific Plan). Minimum lot sizes are 11,961 sq. ft. and Maximum lot sizes are 15,000 sq. ft., with a gross density of 2.28 lots/acre with one (1) common lot, located on 800 W. Simkins Road, Pahrump, NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 043-141 -1 5. Mrkulic Investments, LLC Property Owner/Applicant. Civilwise Services Agent. - - Brett Waggoner explained this tentative map was originally part of the master plan for Desert Trails. In 1991 it was approved for 1,246 residential lots, then reduced to 942, and a tentative map was approved for that 942, which included Phases 1 through 3. The problem was they never moved forward with the final map so they expired. This was continuing that work.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if there were any changes that needed to be made since this was so long lapsed or anything they needed to know that was different.

Mr. Waggoner

knew they had been in contact with Public Works so anything that changed as far as street or road design would have to meet today’s Code and they were aware of that.

Commissioner Jabbour

had read that NDEP recommended approval with the provision that Desert Utilities commit to providing service.

Mr. Waggoner

said the caveat to that was NDEP recommended approval, but there were conditions like getting a will serve letter and all of that as part of the final map. Additionally, since the lot sizes were under 20,000 square feet, they would also be required to do a development agreement at this point. Bill Cookston from CivilWise Services advised the applicant had read and agreed to all of the special conditions, which included the development agreement. August 20, 2024 28. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve LD-24- - — 18: A Tentative Residential Subdivision map for Desert Trails Phase 2.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve LD-24-18 as written; seconded by

Commissioner Jabbour

; 5 yeas. PUBLIC WORKS

Commissioner Jabbour

said in the future the County needed to be given a little more time so it could be explained to the people. Tim Bohannon agreed with more advanced notice.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the ratification; seconded by

Commissioner Carbone

; 5 yeas.

Ms. Clark

asked if there was any oversight on what she was getting paid.

Mr. Kunzi

advised Ms. McKenna was no longer with Nevada Outreach so questions about that was one thing, but not about Ms. McKenna as she was no longer associated with it.

Ms. Clark

said there was a picture in the paper last week about the money that Mr. Kunzi was in.

Commissioner Strickland

said the District Attorney should not be attacked because he was donating his time as a public servant. Ammie Nelson said the World Health Organization declared an international emergency over monkey pox and she wondered if they would mandate vaccines and lockdowns. If that happened, she asked if the Sheriff would enforce that or if he would protect the citizen’s right to not be shut down. Ms. Nelson then said Tim Sutton was one of the most honest people she had ever met in her life. It was absolutely infuriating to her to know that he was stepping down and not one Commissioner stood up and had the gall to defend the job that he did against the people that made the horrible accusations. She was very sorry to see he was resigning. Helene Williams said at the Water District Governing Board meeting it was announced that the cloud seeding brought 1,500 acre feet of snowpack and that was good news. They hoped the Department of Water Resources would be grateful that they were definitely trying to do something about the water issues here. As to Ms. Nelson’s comments, Commissioner Strickland said everyone had to stand on their own merit. Staff and the Commissioners were attacked on a regular basis and it was not fun. She said it was on the public that the Commissioners were not doing a good enough job of taking care of the staff who were working for the public. She asked the public to help them to be better because they wanted to be. Commissioner Strickland said staff did want the criticism and would rather be given something to work on that made it better. August 20, 2024

Commissioner Strickland

displayed her regional championship shooting award. Brian Kunzi said normally he did not respond to public comment, but today had been really outrageous and he needed to set the record straight. He wished people would be informed before they started making comments. He stated he was not on the board of directors for Nevada Outreach. He was on the board of directors for Nevada Outreach for probably close to 20 years and he would not apologize for working for a group that worked with and advocated for domestic battery victims. Mr. Kunzi said the photograph in the paper was several months old. To suggest that was a current picture of Mr. Kunzi was false and he said shame on the people for not researching before making comments. Also, to suggest that was a conflict because Mr. Kunzi was the District Attorney was absurd and offensive. Brett Waggoner said he was contacted by a representative from the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation. In 2021 Senate Bill 52 created a program called the Nevada Starry Skies Certification Program. The division was reaching out to rural communities to help them draft ordinances for dark sky preservation. As far as staff was concerned, including the work Tim Sutton did, Commissioner Carbone said the County Manager had to perform on a daily basis even when he was on vacation. He communicated with the Commissioners even if he was out working in the yard. He agreed Mr. Sutton would be a hard person to fill and it would take some time. He said comments that were made sometimes were very offensive.

Commissioner Strickland

told Michael Augustine item 8 was pulled by the applicant.

Commissioner Strickland

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this fl day ATTEST: Of , 2024. CntyCrk/Deputy I am requesting that these comments be made part of the public record. Recently, it seems that there are more and more items on the agenda requesting funds that are NOT IN THE BUDGET. Which one of you can tel.l, me what the purpose of a BUDGET is? Do you have household budgets that you continually go over? If so, what happens? Do you then have to cut something out of your household budget or do you just get a new credit card to use without thinking of how you will eventuaLLy pay for these things? As Commissioners, BEFORE you consider ANY item that Is not in our budget, this is the first question you should ask: Has this been discussed with Finance? If we spend this money on this non-budgeted item, what will be cut? Is this the BEST use of County money, or just another ploy for diverting funds outside of the budgeted needs of the County? The question I keep asking myself is this: How can you keep committing the citizens’ tax dollars to projects with such careless fiscal lack of responsibility? [4 Let’s take L2 r &- L ‘J5 og; Any grant should have the oversight of the comptroller. All grants should have strong fiscal responsibility and the County should always know what the associated costs wilL be BEFORE applying for a grant. Is there a match that the County must provide, and if so, is that amount in the budget? All grants should know the Length of time that the County is responsible. All grants should take into consideration if the County has the manpower to manage the various aspects of the grant, and if not, what is the cost of hiring additional staff? All grants should take the complete scope of the grant and how it affects the community. All grants should be transparent with complete documentation without forcing the public to search in archived records for details. When these various projects are put before this board and/or the Planning Commission, we have a right to know a lot more details than what is currently being disclosed. Let’s talk traffic. When you are considering projects that will allow massive amounts of traffic in the form of a constant stream of big wheelers or a large amount of cars coming into town for an event, do you really imagine in your mind what that wilL look like? ATTACHMENT 1 I am requesting that these comments be made part of the public record. Kathy McKenna advised this Board to contact myself and Maryan Holllis about a $10 million grant set for a homeless shelter and soup kitchen. It seems there may be some buttons pushed riot because there’s a plan to bring $10 million dollars to Pahrump that could create an untenable situation, but because the purpose for a homeless shelter and soup kitchen were discovered. There are countless articles available for you to read that clearly spell out that money isn’t the solution with the homeless. In fact, it’s often the problem as consulting fees and other expenses go out the door. Lancaster County had over $700k to operate a shelter and provide services for one year. It didn’t move the needle. Instead, it has left an even larger population of homeless people that have been associated with an increase in crime and meth use. And when the money runs out, so do the support and services, leaving a stranded population of people with no means to leave. Many of the homeless that ended up in Lancaster were bussed there. Many were encouraged and/or helped by nonprofits working to meet their goals. The problem is, we don’t have the infrastructure to have a steady flow of homeless sent here. And once homeless people arrive here, there’s an almost impossible hill to climb to get them both ALL the help they need or for them to find a way to leave Pahrump. n a sense, they become trapped here. Clark County would love to have a nearby place to send their homeless with their bussing program, especially one that cost them less money for transportation. Nothing says, “PICK PAHRUMP” like the word of a $10 million homeless shelter and soup kitchen. Why are some people perpetually listed on grants here? Washoe County was mentioned as a success story. My understanding is they were inundated with people coming there once it was discovered they had a program flush with money. If you build it, they will come. ATTACHMENT 2 1 I’m certain.y not opposed to helping people but there needs to be a comprehensive study BEFORE we open the flood gates to a situation that isn’t easily reversed. i suspect an investigation of individuals associated with some of these programs could yield some very interesting results. Karen Waldman BOCC Meeting Final public comment 082024 2