October 15, 2024

Ms. Southworth

told the Board about a pregnant lady who was in an abusive relationship who got away from that person. She spent a couple of nights in the park, but the group that had the abused house got to her and brought her to the house. She had her baby and was doing well. Ms. Southworth asked if anyone had baby clothes. Anthony Greco said he went to the Treasurer’s Office yesterday and had a very good experience for the first time in 26 years. Since Raelyn Powers had taken over the office was running fantastic. The people were nice and did everything they could to help people. Mr. Greco thought Ms. Powers should train the rest of the staff. He said he brought that up because people were rewarded for their tenure at the County, but Nevada was worst in everything good and the best in everything bad, and Nye County was at the top of that list. Mr. Greco felt something needed to be done to make staff work better for the people. Kathie McKenna, director of special projects for Nevada Outreach, addressed comments made today about the homeless. To correct the misunderstanding, she said Nye County Health and Human Services and Nevada Outreach were both homeless intake sites for Nye County to get the homeless in the queue to get housing. There was not a lot of housing and they did not have a lot of vouchers that allowed them to do it, which was the reason they were looking to build a homeless shelter and soup kitchen. It was actually a transitional housing and nutrition center in Pahrump for individuals who were struggling with next to homelessness. When community members became homeless they had no place to go. Ms. McKenna said people were not coming from out of state. Carolene Logue said the library board was trying to eliminate inappropriate behavior in the bathrooms especially, but also throughout the library, by putting cameras up. There was no indication that any of the misappropriate behaviors were from homeless individuals. It was from people who frequented the library. The library board also hired a security person to operate during library hours. October 15, 2024 person) Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (FIRST). Gary Bergman read a letter into the record. It was a formal complaint and request for an investigation into the failure of the District Attorney to comply with the state of Nevada corporate constitution and common law as it pertained to Marcy’s Law. The complaint would be sent to the Nevada Attorney General. On April17, 2021, Anthony Greco was assaulted on his private property by Joseph Seeback during which Mr. Greco was seriously and significantly injured and was not able to read the letter himself because of his vision. Mr. Greco felt the District Attorney needed to assist him as a victim in his pleading as it pertained to fraudulent charges which rightfully were dismissed. Mr. Greco attempted to file a complaint, however, he was not able to obtain any money from the victim fund due to the failure of the District Attorney’s Office to help him. Mr. Greco respectfully requested that he be permitted to access funds afforded to victims and that the District Attorney assist him. Michael David Garcia talked about defensive credibility on the County or State level; how the NRSs were not constitutional compliance; Open Meeting Law violations the District Attorney said nothing about; profiteering by the judges and the Sheriff’s Office; unlawful detainment; unconstitutional persecution; and faith and family.

Commissioner Strickland

said she had not seen the pumpage report yet. Last year it was at 13,000 acre feet and she asked what the totals were for the last five years. October 15, 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).

Mr. Weeks

said there was some anomalous data that he was investigating on the pumpage report. Brian Kunzi advised the discussion was really going beyond what managers’ comments were supposed to be. This sounded like an agenda item and he recommended that one be built so a full range discussion with the representatives of the NCWD could be had. Kristy Siegmund said this was the last day of the Bissell Empty the Shelter Event. From October 1, 2024, to today they had 44 placements 33 adoptions and 11 transfers. To date they also had 64 outcomes and only 47 intakes, meaning for the first time in five months the shelter was ahead instead of behind. Ms. Siegmund advised she had met with a few of the veterinarians in town. Agreements had been discussed, which meant the shelter was closer to being able to offer low cost services to the community. Assessor Sheree Stringer said exemption notices for veterans, the blind, and widows/widowers would be sent out in the next couple of weeks. She asked people not to ignore them and to be sure to return them.

Commissioner Cox

discussed the homeless issue. She felt not a lot of progress was being made because there were two different entities speaking to the Board when maybe they should speak to each other as she thought they could learn from each other. Commissioner Cox said she would love to have somebody come up here with an agreeable situation to solve the problem instead of just complaining.

Commissioner Carbone

commented that all of the Commissioners contributed to folks that were in trouble.

Commissioner Jabbour

talked about the different perspectives regarding the Pahrump library. He knew there were some practices implemented for safety measures and he recommended having the restrooms locked and having a key that had to be signed out. He felt that would help deter the bad behavior.

Commissioner Boskovich

referred to Ms. Logue’s comment about how the issues at the library were not necessarily because of homeless people. When he started receiving complaints about what was happening, he went there and there definitely appeared to be homeless folks congregating and basically sleeping at the entrance to the library.

Commissioner Boskovich

also got another complaint from somebody about a woman in the park hiking up her skirt and bathing in the sprinkler in front of the kids. October 15, 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).

Commissioner Strickland

displayed her awards from her cowboy action shooting at the 25th anniversary of the Eldorado Cowboys in Boulder City.

Commissioner Carbone

pointed out the red ink was starting to disappear off of the reports. Tim Bohannon appreciated Ms. Power’s explanation of things. He noted the volatility of the outstanding checks between June, July, and August, 2024, and thought it would be useful for the public to know the timing of when checks were cut for vendors. He said the clean-up had been significant compared to three years ago.

Commissioner Boskovich

disclosed he was close to two people affected by this union agreement, but he had no pecuniary interest whatsoever in it. Also, it affected the whole group, not single people.

Commissioner Strickland

opened and closed the public hearing.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the settlement agreement between the Nye County Management Employees Association and Nye County and adopt the Nye County Management Employees Association agreement to include the reporting of the fiscal impact of the agreement, and the new agreement would be effective upon approval; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD

Sheriff McGill

assumed the Chair of the Licensing and Liquor Board. LIQUOR

Sheriff McGill

opened the show cause hearing. He said pursuant to Nye County Code Section 5.04, Liquor Regulations, the licensee had the right to call witnesses, introduce exhibits relevant to the issue of the case, and offer rebuttal evidence. The Board would consider all evidence and testimony presented. After the evidence had been presented, the Board would make its findings, conclusion and decision. Any action taken by the Board shall be entered into the minutes and the Board’s decision would be final. Sheriff McGill asked the License Administrator to address the issue of the notice to show cause hearing being provided to the licensee. Samantha Tackett advised the notice to show cause was issued per Nye County Code to the licensee at his mail address via certified mail and proof of receipt was in the back- October 15, 2024 - — — discussion and deliberation to approve a full Retail Liquor License; or to revoke the extended Temporary Retail Liquor License pursuant to Nye County Code 5.04.290(C) and/or 5.04.290(G) for failure to comply with conditions set forth by the Board and the Nye County Planning Department for Champions Bar and Grill located at 631 S. Linda St., Pah rump, NV. Barry Tassler, Applicant. up. She also provided the procedural history of this matter as outlined in the staff report contained in the back-up. Barry Tassler, owner of Champions Bar and Grill, was present and sworn in by the Clerk.

Mr. Tassler

explained he contacted several contractors in Pahrump and Las Vegas to restripe the parking lot. He received a call back from Morales Construction. About a month later he received the proposal and immediately gave them a deposit. Mr. Tassler said he was on hold waiting for them to complete the project. He had been in touch with them several times and had reported back to Mrs. Tackett each and every time of where they were at. All they could tell Mr. Tassler was he was in line, but they were very busy and would get there as soon as they could. The last time he mentioned to Mrs. Tackett they said they would have it all completed by September 30, 2024, which they finally did. Mr. Tassler said now everything was completed and it was not his fault that it took so long.

Sheriff McGill

asked how long the business had been closed, if Mr. Tassler had been the owner all along, and what the projected opening date was.

Mr. Tassler

said the business had been closed for a few years now and he had been the owner all along. Now that they would have the actual license he needed to hire, train, stock, and as soon as he gets a good competent staff he would open the doors, but he did not have an exact date.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve a full retail liquor license based on the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: the Board found that a notice of the show cause hearing was served upon the licensee pursuant to Nye County Code Section 5.04.300, and the Board found based upon the testimony of the License Administrator that the licensee completed the conditions imposed by the Nye County Planning Department to repave and stripe the parking lot and improve the lighting; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 6 yeas.

Sheriff McGill

said the background investigation was completed and there were no grounds for refusal so the recommendation was to approve the license. October 15, 2024 II. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve a - — Retail Liquor License for DLS Entertainment Properties, LLC, dba Montana Bar and Steakhouse located at 1301 S. Loop Rd., Pahrump, NV. Darrell Strain, Applicant. Darrell Strain, the applicant, was present.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the retail license; seconded by

Commissioner Strickland

; 6 yeas.

Commissioner Strickland

assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWNS OF BEATTY, GABBS, MANHATTAN, AND RAILROAD VALLEY BEATTY

Sheriff McGill

presented the FY25 PSST plan for the Town of Beatty, which included the annual cost for cloud storage; the annual cost for software and licensing related to the mobile data terminals; the annual cost for cellular service related to the mobile data terminals; the annual cost for maintenance and supplies for the fingerprint machines; and the annual cost for supplies for the vacuum sealers. There were no proposed new costs at this time. Sheriff McGill requested any unused funds carry over to next year’s PSST budget.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Sheriff McGill for an update on a deputy in Beatty.

Sheriff McGill

said a job opening was posted for the Beatty area specifically, but he did not believe anyone applied. There were two people currently in the academy who were slotted to go to Beatty. Tim Bohan non expressed his concern about no responses to the job posting. He wanted to be sure the job was published in the proper venues.

Commissioner Jabbour

commented if there was no buy-in from the family they would not apply.

Sheriff McGill

said another consideration was contract negotiations were happening and when that contract was finally resolved there was going to be a pay raise, although he October 15, 2024 - — and adopt, or reject the Fiscal Year 2025 Public Safety Sales and Use Tax (PSST) plan for Town of Beatty. did know how much that would be. He hoped that would assist them in recruiting and retention. Public Communications Manager Arnold Knightly added the County did push it out on its pages. It was also posted to Facebook and e-mailed to the communities.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to adopt the FY25 Public Safety Sales and Use Tax plan for the Town of Beatty; seconded by Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas. SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHERIFF

Sheriff McGill

advised his office had no objection to this item.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve the issuance of a display fireworks event permit to Las Vegas Display Fireworks; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. 13. 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. 13.1. 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 13.1-13.4 as written; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. October 15, 2024 13.2. For Possible Action Approval of IA-24-1O. for the Mountain Falls Water System, located in the Mountain Falls Master Planned Community regarding: 13.2.a. A request to release the financial security (bonds) related to the installation of Mountain Falls Phase One Final Subdivision Map off- tract water and sewer facilities, street improvements and drainage structures, recorded document #482653; and 13.2.b. A request to release the financial security (bonds) related to the Water System Maintenance and Operations Agreement, recorded document #482654. Mark Dunford Applicant. System, located in the Mountain Falls Master Planned Community. Mark Dunford - Applicant. Carolene Logue presumed it was a normal action to release bonds. She asked for an explanation as to what the purpose of bonds were and how it impacted the residents. Planning Director Brett Waggoner explained these bonds were done in the very beginning of the Mountain Falls Subdivision with the original developer. One of them was for the installation of the sewer and water. The other was an operating agreement which required them to operate it and not the County. The reason for this item was because the bonds were clouding the title and holding up a sale of a portion of Mountain Falls. Brian Kunzi added bonds were required as an insurance so if they did not perform what was required in the contract the County could call the bond to complete the improvements required under the agreement.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 13.1-13.4 as written; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. 13.3. For Possible Action —Approval to: 13.3.a. Accept the Bureau of Justice Assistance Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) grant award in the amount of $43,582.80 for the purpose of providing body armor vests to Nye County law enforcement. There is a county match amount of $43,582.80 required; and 13.3.b. Fund $43,582.80 to 10340 Grants and fund $37,045.38 to 10101 General Fund and $6,537.42 to 10236 Jail Fund.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 13.1-13.4 as written; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. October 15, 2024 13.4. For Possible Action Approval to accept a Restrictive Covenant Running with the Land agreement between Nye County and Jose G. Hernandez and Alma Hernandez for the property located at 20 S. Humahuaca, Pahrump, NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 038-223-01 for the purpose of future road improvements to be paid for by the property owner.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve items 13.1-13.4 as written; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 14. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt or reiect the Nye County Plan for the Provision of Indigent Defense Services. This item was removed from the agenda. CLERK 16. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: 16.a. Appoint one member to the Northern Nye County Hospital District Board of Trustees to an unexpired term due to a resignation from the following list of applicants: Elizabeth Beall; andlor 16.b. Readvertise for the appointment.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to appoint Elizabeth Beau to the Northern Nye County Hospital District to a term to end January, 2025; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas. The Board was in recess until 1:40 p.m.

Commissioner Cox

was not present. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 15. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to give direction to the District Attorney regarding the transportation, the storage, and the processing of hazardous waste in our towns. Brian Kunzi said he had additional back-up to provide to the Board consisting of a framework of where the Board might go.

Commissioner Carbone

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

Commissioner Boskovich

; 4 yeas. The Board took a brief recess while the additional back-up was distributed. October 15, 2024 15. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to give direction - — to the District Attorney regarding the transportation, the storage, and the processing of hazardous waste in our towns.

Mr. Kunzi

explained the additional back-up was kind of an outline of what he had heard in the discussions and a lot of the public comment. He thought what alarmed everyone was it seemed Nye County was becoming a potential target for some of these industrial production facilities because of Nevada’s very lax regulations. Mr. Kunzi did quite a bit of research looking at mechanisms that the EPA had done and what other states had done with these types of projects. He said there was nothing that stated the County did not have the right to control what type of activities were going on within the communities. He wanted to start the discussion and get some feeling from the Board as to what direction it wanted to go in. Mr. Kunzi felt one of the key elements of this was the creation of basically a safety corridor around the Town of Pahrump to keep any facility from getting close.

Commissioner Jabbour

thought the other communities should be contacted and asked to provide in writing what the people did and did not want. He did not think a 10-mile radius was enough and said he had heard Basin 162 to protect the entire area.

Mr. Kunzi

said he was actually toying with using the boundaries of the water basin to keep these types of entities out of the water basin. Joni Eastley from the Town of Tonopah noted the item said this was for the Town of Pahrump which allayed her concerns, but then there were there were some comments made about extending this into the other communities. She wanted to make sure that all of the town boards were brought into this process. Mrs. Eastley said she was not entirely supportive of this, the reason being she thought Tonopah had a tremendous opportunity at the Tonopah Airport, which was about eight miles outside of Tonopah but still within the boundaries of the town limit. It was 3,800 acres of County-owned property and was a good fit for some of the businesses Mrs. Eastley was trying to attract. She then cautioned the Commissioners about the law of unintended consequences. She asked them to always keep in the front of their minds the County’s longstanding position on Yucca Mountain. Helene Williams said Basin 162 would be a good start, but she thought it needed to be County-wide because of all the companies in California coming in. She did not think the taxpayers should be responsible for County-owned property when companies were allowed to do things within the County’s boundaries. She mentioned how the vehicles carrying lithium were not marked and thought the Legislature should be approached to establish a specific marking for them. Tamie Pitman thought the lack of back-up for this item was why so few people were in the audience. She thought it was imperative that a workshop be held as this was something near and dear to everybody’s heart and water was paramount to everybody’s survival. October 15, 2024 15. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to give direction - — to the District Attorney regarding the transportation, the storage, and the processing of hazardous waste in our towns. Linda Clark thought Mr. Kunzi’s presentation was a wonderful start, but it was not elaborate enough. She said a lot of things were missing, such as wildlife. She said it needed to be out further than ten miles. She was concerned about the water, the environment, and the sky. Herman Lewis said the additional back-up was not on-line and asked if that would technically make this agenda item have to be pulled. He thought it was wonderful to talk about and he was all for moving forward with the discussion as rules and standards had to be set. Karen Waidman asked if there was anything in place already that addressed this and if not why not. She wanted to know how this would affect Medi-Waste. Ms. Waldman believed that Basin 162 was definitely worth protecting, and she agreed with

Commissioner Jabbour

that the ten-mile limit was way too small. She also thought a workshop was a great idea, but she wondered what would happen to any hazardous waste businesses either in the pipeline or wanting to come here when they got into the introductory stage of the Planning Commission before this passed. Tim Bohannon said he was glad to see a little bit of weigh-in from the RTC regarding the transportation aspects as a set of guidelines was needed. Carolene Logue thanked the District Attorney for having the foresight to look at this issue as it was something she had been concerned about since she moved to Pahrump in 2004. She said there was no access to proper disposal of batteries, aerosol cans, or anything of that nature. She had not seen any directive from Pahrump Valley Disposal that really detailed what should or should not be in the trash bins. Ms. Logue felt there had to be a way to not only do it in the realm of corporate waste but household waste as well as she thought that impacted the water. Maryan Hollis also thought if there had been more back-up material more people would be present. She asked why the County could not impose a moratorium on discussing any hazardous waste issues like was done with solar. Ms. Hollis thought this was being done backwards as input was needed from the other communities before the District Attorney could render an opinion.

Commissioner Carbone

said yesterday the Fire Chief gave a briefing on the lithium fire, which NDOT also attended. NDOT now has the CON to put together a placard for the lithium travels. The Nevada Highway Patrol was also on top of this and wanted a placard. As to what could be put in the landfill, Commissioner Carbone said he would have Arnold Knightly put information on the Web site about that. October 15, 2024 15. Cont’d. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to give direction - — to the District Attorney regarding the transportation, the storage, and the processing of hazardous waste in our towns. Regarding the comments made about more people would be present if there had been back-up, Mr. Kunzi said he did know what more could have been said about the agenda item other than there would be a discussion about the transportation, storage, and processing of hazardous waste in the towns. He said this was the first step in trying to get something done and bring issues to the table so he could build an ordinance that did everything it needed to do. It was not anywhere close to a finished product. He felt

Mrs. Eastley’s

comments were absolutely legitimate and he did not want to impact what was going on in the other communities with this, but he also wanted to be as aggressive as possible with it. Mr. Kunzi explained this had nothing to do with household waste, It was about mass production processing that could potentially inject a tremendous amount of hazardous chemicals into the soil and water. He said he would welcome input from the communities.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if there was an issue that prevented the back-up being on-line. Samantha Tackett said no. The back-up was loaded over 40 minutes ago. As to the questions about transportation, Mr. Kunzi said the County had no jurisdiction over federal or state roads, but they could be banned from County roads. October 15, 2024 COUNTY MANAGER

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion for 19.a. to rescind action taken by the Board setting Bill No. 2024-09 for a public hearing on January 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., and for 19.b. to set the public hearing for December 3, 2024, at 10:00 am. in Tonopah; seconded by Commissioner Carbone. Scott Shoemaker advised he and his wife had the last special conditions permit in the County. He agreed with resetting the hearing, but suggested not setting a date and let Kristy Siegmund set the date. The way it was written right now the Board would just deny it anyway. Mr. Shoemaker said it needed a lot of work as he and his wife would not be able to get a permit. Zuzana Kukol said this bill was not ready to be heard, not even in January, 2025. She agreed Ms. Siegmund should decide the date. Kristy Siegmund said at the last meeting she advised she heard from a lot of people that more time was needed time to work through continued challenges and that had not changed. However, she said those challenges could be worked through with future amendments and revisions. October 15, 2024 19.a. Rescind action taken by the Board to set date, time and location for agenda item number 15 at the October 1, 2024 meeting for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2024-09; and 19.b. Request to set a date, time and location for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2024-09.

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Ms. Siegmund if the second meeting in December, 2024, would give her ample time to put things together.

Ms. Siegmund

said it was mentioned in the last meeting that it did need a longer period of time. Even the original January, 2025, date would have been kind of crunching it tight, but future amendments and revisions could be talked about. She said this version was much better and further along.

Commissioner Jabbour

said if Ms. Siegmund thought hearing this at the second meeting in December, 2024, in Pahrump would be more appropriate, he would withdraw his motion for December 3, 2024.

Ms. Siegmund

thought there would be more feedback if the item was heard in Pahrump and recommended doing that.

Commissioner Carbone

withdrew his second for item 19.b.

Commissioner Jabbour

withdrew his motion for item 19.b.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to set the public hearing for December 17, 2024, at 10:00 am., in Pahrump; seconded by Commissioner Carbone.

Commissioner Strickland

asked for special efforts on the exotic animals.

Ms. Siegmund

said she would have the citizens in the community who had been calling her put things in writing so she could present that as well.

Mr. Kunzi

recommended setting a time as a set time so the public knew exactly when it would be heard, which might facilitate public participation.

Commissioner Strickland

explained this particular trailhead had been in the works since before she was a Commissioner. The property was at 9301 Homestead and was before Bond. Trailhead meant a certain point led to a vast amount of trails designated by BLM. People could break off into different groups and go different ways. The kiosk would show them where those trails were.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to accept the grant award of $17,500.00 to conduct an environmental assessment for the trailhead with a County match of $921 .05, execute the agreement, and fund $17,500.00 to 10340 Grants and $921.05 to 10101 General Fund; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour; 4 yeas. October 15, 2024 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR 17. Presentation regarding the quarterly report from the Public Administrator on deceased person cases that are open, closed, pending, NCPA Creditor Claims, non-cases or cases that have been turned over to family. (5-minute time limit) Nye County Public Administrator Ginger Simpson was present via telephone and her report was in the back-up.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if she was starting to run out of room for any of the belongings.

Ms. Simpson

said no as she had located family for just about everybody and had sold items per a judge’s order.

Commissioner Boskovich

asked Ms. Simpson how she got paid and whether it was set by NRS.

Ms. Simpson

said the NRS stated in counties with a population of less than 100,000 the Board of County Commissioners could choose the fee schedule or abolish the position. Nye County determined with the size of the population it was best to keep the position here and they put the fee schedule together, which she believed was done when Bob Jones was the Public Administrator. All of the fees were billed to the estate for the work that was done and she was not paid by tax dollars. She also did not get insurance or PERS. PLANNING

Commissioner Strickland

thought that needed to stricken in the motion.

Mr. Meads

suggested stating future developments.

Commissioner Strickland

said it would be done at the time of the site development.

Mr. Kunzi

advised that language should be included in the motion.

Mr. Meads

referred to 14, which stated the developer would be responsible for providing water, sewer, power, and telephone to the property. He would like to add “access to,” which was their requirement. As to 17, which talked about water service and fire hydrants being required, Mr. Meads said the water line was already in there and the fire hydrants existed per the general Code requirement for providing hydrants. Development would require hydrants, spacing, and locations dependent on the development itself. Mr. Meads wanted to make sure he was not responsible to provide that for them and that the development would provide that.

Commissioner Carbone

said 17 could be stricken.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve LD-24-22 with the modifications on item 13 that at the time of site development the developer was required to dedicate water rights for the utility, and on item 14 add access to water, sewer, power, and telephone to the property, and remove item 17; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 4 yeas. October 15, 2024

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve LD-24-23, a tentative map; seconded by Commissioner Boskovich; 4 yeas. October 15, 2024

Commissioner Strickland

pointed out between this item and the last item 425 parcels were voted on today. She asked staff to let her know how many parcels had been approved to date so she knew how many were left to approve before it hit 3,100. Brett Waggoner asked if she wanted to know what was approved through both tentative and final maps or just final maps.

Commissioner Strickland

asked for both to see how close this subdivision was to being done. Linda Clark said she assumed these would be affordable for families and wondered if the schools would be able to accommodate the children.

Commissioner Strickland

said the County did not have jurisdiction over the schools.

Mr. Waggoner

said the School District was notified and asked for comments when maps were going through the process. The School District was also involved in the development agreement negotiations.

Commissioner Boskovich

made a motion to approve LD-24-24, a tentative map for Planning Area 9ABG; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas. October 15, 2024 PUBLIC WORKS

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to award Bid No. 2024-10, Round Mountain Landfill Operations, to GandT, LLC, in the amount of $204,000.00, approve the contract with the selected bidder, and fund to 10510 Solid Waste; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas.

Commissioner Carbone

made a motion to approve the environmental assessment completed by BEC; seconded by Commissioner Jabbour; 4 yeas. PUBLIC PETITIONER

Commissioner Jabbour

asked Mr. Pelliffier to be aware of the residents in the areas the race would go through as far as dust control and trash, and to take care of any roads that needed to be addressed when the race was done.

Mr. Pelliffier

said they had a blading plan for after the race and they absolutely wanted to leave the environment cleaner than they found it. Also, every road crossed would be swept.

Commissioner Carbone

asked if Mr. Pelliffier had considered a water truck to keep the dust down.

Mr. Pelliffier

said historically they were not required to have a water truck follow a blade. He would ask his planner about that. He knew there would be a water truck in Johnny. They had not been instructed to do any other areas at this point, but they would do what they were told to maintain their good reputation.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas.

Commissioner Jabbour

made a motion to approve allowing Friends of the Belmont Courthouse to replace the existing steps and add a ramp and rails at the Belmont Courthouse to be completed and financed by the Friends of the Belmont Courthouse; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas. 0 October 15, 2024 FINANCE 21. Report by Helen Bae. Comptroller, regarding the budget status for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025, for Nye County and all sub-entities. Helen Bae presented the budget status for the first quarter of FY25 for Nye County and all sub-entities contained in the back-up. Tim Bohannon said the synergy between Finance and Treasury was very important. He said he had been going through existing contracts recently and wondered if those were all being accounted for and if they were in the process of renegotiation. Karen Waldman asked why the Finance items were not done at the beginning of the meeting when more people were present. She would like to see any items that were requesting funding on the agenda that pertained to either Finance or the Treasurer’s report to somehow be highlighted in an easy to understand manner because it was one thing to spout numbers and it was another thing go down the line to see how much the Board was approving for what.

Ms. Hollis

said a first time viewer questioned if there was a double standard when during Managers’ comments the Chair displayed medals which had nothing to do with County business. Linda Clark referred to Brian Kunzi’s comment about keeping things at least ten miles out of town and said she thought it should be more. Carolene Logue said she appreciated Commissioner Cox mentioning having some discussions about some of the major issues the people without a street address faced. She suggested holding town halls for the community to come and talk about a particular issue. She thought that would help the Commissioners get to resolutions and not just complaints. Tim Bohannon talked about the Justice of the Peace. He knew something needed to be done to provide a back-up or contingency and said that was something that should be thought about going forward. Tamie Pitman believed there was an event that Ms. Logue spoke about already planned on October 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the VEA. She thought all people who lived in the valley should attend so that they could provide their input. Ron Mortinson said he was a regular skate park participant. He thanked the Commissioners for getting the lights turned on, but said he had a concern. He heard there was a contract to do some refurbishing of the concrete because people kept talking about the cracks in the concrete. Mr. Mortinson stated the cracks in the concrete were not a concern to the skateboarders. What was a concern to them was the sandblasting that was done a couple years ago which damaged the surface. He said he would hate to see a lot of money spent to fix cracks in the concrete without the sandblasting being addressed. Kathie McKenna said the transitional housing and nutrition center meeting would be held on October 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at the Valley Electric conference center. She wanted everyone to attend to get their questions answered and be able to understand what the program was about. • ‘‘ October 15, 2024

Commissioner Strickland

addressed the comment about the bragging rights that she felt she had. Commissioners’/Manager’s comments was limited to announcements and that was her announcement. She acknowledged Herman Lewis and thanked him for the public apology during item 15, although it was not warranted.

Commissioner Carbone

said there would be an item on the ballot for a one-quarter percent sales tax for roads.

Commissioner Jabbour

reminded everyone to protect their children, conserve water, and spay/neuter pets.

Commissioner Boskovich

addressed Carolene Log ue’s comment about town halls. He said he tried to do a quarterly pizza and politics or something like that. The one he had done had an amazing turnout, but then it got super hot so they did not do one over the summer. He was planning on doing another one in November, 2024. People could sign up at ronaldboskovich.com to be notified when they were scheduled. Helen Bae addressed the comment about contract clean-up, which had been on their list and was a work in progress. She said one of the things they had to choose between was transparency or simplicity. If a public records request for all contracts was made,

Mrs. Bae

said they would provide a raw report from their system. While the list may have active contracts on it that were not really active, they knew that but would not remove it because they would provide the list the way it was. They would only redact if it was protected information. Brett Waggoner said there was amendment made to the Code regarding penalties if a building permit was not pulled, proper land use approvals were not received, etc., which the County had not been imposing. He stated it had gotten out of control and every day he enlisted the Assessor’s Office because they visited properties and notified Planning when they came across unpermitted structures. Mr. Waggoner advised they were now enforcing that rule. Con Freidhof said early voting would start on Saturday and all ballots would be transported to Tonopah because that was where the count was done, where the sorting machine was, and where voting had always been except for the last two years as it was the County seat. People could only register on line at this point, and after October 22, 2024, they would have to go to the polls and register, which would delay their ballot. , ‘p October 15, 2024

Commissioner Strickland

adjourned the meeting. APPROVED this ATTEST: Of , 2025.

Chair Nye

Coun lerk I Dety V ••- I I AM REQUESTING THIS BE MADE PART OFTHE PUBLIC RECORD. Yesterday I attended the Library Board meeting. They had to approve two different expenditures totaling almost $25,000 for safety measures relating to vandalism and despicable behavior in the library’s bathrooms and outside of the Library. What is that despicable behavior, you ask? Let’s start with the most disgusting one: Masturbation. That’s right you heard me correctly. Apparently, semen has been found in the bathroom in the library. Add to that urine on the ceiling, poop on the floor and other surfaces, foil balls with appearance of drugs, not to mention the smoking of some sort of substances that the staff and security said often smelled like somethingthey had never smelled before. Nothing says, “Let’s go to the Library and check out some books or use the computer” like having foul or drug odors overwhelm the patrons or be afraid to use the restroom. How about the mother who is waiting to use the bathroom with her small child who has to witness the door open from the previous person with a cloud of smoke both following her and encompassing the interior of the restroom facility? Did I mention there have been fights in the restrooms? That’s right—loud, shouting, fist- flying fights. The library should not be a place for a reality TV show or a hot spot for the DEA. Nor should any other place here. Just what is the cost for continuing to court the homeless population to settle in Pahrump? This time, it was $25,000 of taxpayer funds for just one place. And none of us think that this is the final cost. I have complete empathy for all the county employees and other taxpayer-supported entities that are facing this blight. And the businesses who face it daiLy, too. Mental illness runs rampant among the homeless, as is drug use. And no citizen of Nye County, including the employees of ANY business or government agency should have to fear for their lives or safety by dealing with the sudden appearance of homeless and crazed individuals behaving in a criminal fashion or disrupting a peaceful day at the park, library, orworkplace. ATTACHMENT I 1