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Public meetings / Board of County Commissioners

June 3, 2025

60 turns, 60 with a named speaker, under 12 agenda items. The words and the names are the county clerk's.

Marking Fowles. Clear

3. CommissionerlManager Comments (This item is limited to announcements,

Commissioner Bayne

There is additional information on item 11 over there by Sergeant Fowles on that table if anyone is interested. I noticed AB 540 passed and it said that it had the governor support. What this bill does create a qualified poor under the government’s idea of who is qualified to be poor they maintain that in an exchange. They take the market value of a home and then they cut it down a percentage so that only a certain person who is poor enough to live in that home will be able to live in that home. It’s subsidized for those of us who are not qualified poor, it’s a command-and-control economy, it’s a division of people based on class and redistribution of wealth. It’s a very dangerous thing and it’s shocking that it has passed. People should be aware that this AB 540 not only does it take your tax money and redistribute it to people, not only does it create divisions of people in different tiers you have tiers of people based on how much money you earn. We have to be very careful about what kind of impact that could have on this community moving forward. It probably won’t be implemented if there’s a Housing Authority, but they didn’t call it that of course because they’re going to rename everything. If you have ever been in a big city, you’re familiar with that so the same kind of people in their ideology now move west here to Nevada where people are not as familiar but it’s the same story it’s the same playbook it’s the same old play so be aware. What it does is it says you have to earn a certain amount of money to qualify to buy this house at a discount price subsidized by people who get to pay for the other people.

Commissioner Jabbour

I would just respectfully ask that any of us, all of us that know especially of the youth that ride off road that they that they learn the protocol that while driving in residential area going to and from the roads they need to be courteous keep that dust down the noise down. We’ve been experiencing some complaints by the neighbors by the residents throughout the county and we would be remiss if we didn’t ask our youth again especially to be courteous and be safe while riding.

Commissioner Strickland

Elliot had made an announcement about BJ and I thought you’d all want to know a little more about what’s going on this weekend on Saturday. There is the miss senior golden years 7:00 PM at Saddle West your organization was founded by BJ and who created the Nevada silver Tapper dancing group and later ran the miss senior Nevada pageant. I look forward to celebrating her 100th birthday and thank you for bringing that forward to the community.

Commissioner Boskovich

On the zombie lot issue, I completely understand where you are coming from, I’ve been here 27 years. Preferred equities sent a whole bunch of people up the river when they did this 50 years ago, they were deceptive and deceived a whole bunch of people on purpose just to make a bunch of money and now we’re stuck with that. If you’re talking these little, tiny lots and I believe you are it’s going to be really tough to put a cistern or some sort of other device on those properties because they’re so small. I understand that disclosure in real estate is a huge thing so most people probably had been disclosed that there were no utilities and if they weren’t then they should have sued the realtor or the company who sold them those useless properties. In time as things grow Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 7 of 27 3. Commissioner/Manager 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). there will be utilities and infrastructure that come to these lots. It’s very expensive for one lot owner to cover the front-end costs of that. I would love to see these parcels developed but they have to be developed in a way that’s not detrimental to the environment here or the health of the people around. We’re here for you it’s just a matter of a I’m not raising anybody’s taxes to put infrastructure in, and I don’t believe you’re asking for that. I’d be more than willing to talk to you so you can be heard more readily and maybe there is a solution somewhere in there.

Commissioner Jabbour

I would just like to add what we’ve heard here in the meetings and on the phone and visits is they’re acknowledging and not hiding the fact of what happened in the past. They absolutely acknowledge and they understand, and they accept what happened and how it happened all they’re asking us to do is to try to find a solution to fix it.

6. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the General Road

Commissioner Boskovich

turned the meeting over to Commissioner Jabbour, chairman of the Nye County Board of Highway Commissioners. Assistant Director Gott Director Boiling and I would like to give a shout out and thank you to all the road crews and the public works staff. It’s been a busy year with no end in sight. The hard work is appreciated.

Commissioner Jabbour

Thank you both for shouting them out as their managers. We also want shout out to them for and on behalf of the people because we’re the ones who get the phone calls throughout the county, not just in Pahrump. We see just by your numbers that there’s been great progress and so do the people that are driving on these roads. It’s not that they come before us and call and have concerns that these potholes exist or there’s a new pot. This is part of our process to call in, write in, or get online and submit a work order for the specific dedicated area. It’s not easy in the cold and the elements. It’s more difficult in the heat because they must cool down after a certain period and we must ensure that they’re not getting dehydrated. We appreciate everything that you and Director Boiling are doing to stay on top of this because, as you know, we have relaxed a little bit knowing that you have prioritized road issues, It’s not falling on deaf ears and you’re doing the best that you can. Public Comment: Ammie Nelson I saw the contract that was up for bid for slurry seal. I never heard of it, so I looked it up and it seems the slurry seal is the preventative maintenance treatment for asphalt roads. It’s designed to extend their life by sealing cracks and providing a protective layer. It’s a mixture of emulsified asphalt, fine aggregate, water, and sometimes other additives. Applied over existing asphalt, slurry seal helps to waterproof the pavement, prevent moisture from seeping in and causing damage, and avoiding skids. It is the surface treatment that acts as a protective layer for asphalt roads, helping to maintain their integrity and extend their lifetime by addressing minor surface issues and preventing water damage. I’m wondering why our highway department can’t use that. Is there some problem where they must get it or a machine that they don’t have to spread it? It seems like it would be a great benefit for our highway department to do, especially when you’re talking about Mountain Fails. They don’t have as much traffic as we have. Our streets like Basin, from Leslie through Mesquite beyond Barney, on Basin are nothing Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 9 of 27 6. 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. but potholes. It’s bad. They do their best but it’s not enough. They’ve got to get something that lasts longer. If this is something that lasts longer it could save us money. I’m always looking at these things and this slurry seal, I’d like to get more information on it because those are the basics. It seems like it would be a benefit. I’m not sure why we put so much money into the road in Belmont. How many people live there? Even the DA made a comment about it one time and he goes down there. Pahrump gets more road assistance because we have more road traffic. Our roads are getting torn up because everybody uses them, not just the people that live here. I appreciate the work that the highway department does. They do a good job but maybe this is something that they can add to their agenda. Public Comment Closed Assistant Director Gott Slurry seal is familiar to us. We have public works projects in the works in Mountain Falls. We are unfortunately not able to perform that within the County. It’s very expensive to get the equipment to do so. We recently got our chip seal program going and we still need more equipment to get that to be optimal. Slurry seal is an option, but it is expensive to subcontract out. There are certain roads that slurry seal would be beneficial for. Item closed

Commissioner Jabbour

turned the meeting over to Sheriff McGill, Chairman of the Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY LICENSING AND LIQUOR BOARD LIQUOR

7. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve the dba name

Sheriff McGill

This is a rebrand of the Pour House, they’ve got a new signage up and this is a minor change to their business product. Public Comment — None - Closed

Commissioner Koenig

motion to approve dba name change from Pahrump Hotel Partners Inc. dba as Pour House dba Steelbound Brewery & Distillery Pahrump

Commissioner Boskovich

second 5 yeas — motion carries Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 10 of 27 SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP

8. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to:

Commissioner Jabbour

I want to thank you for continuing to get this grant. The splash pad situation came before us about a year and a half ago and I think that it’s just wonderful that we do fund this stuff. It is my belief and experience that swim lessons are the utmost importance for these toddlers to learn how to swim before they have fun in the water because water is very dangerous. Teaching swimming lessons for these toddlers is absolutely going to save lives. It’s about safety and it’s about saving lives, and I absolutely support this item.

Commissioner Strickland

motion to ratify Jennnifer Fannings acceptance of the grant fund to 25274 Town of Pahrump Swimming Pool

Commissioner Koenig

second 5 yeas — motion carries SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS These are items that Staff recommend for

Commissioner Bayne

I request consent for 9.4 & 9.5 to be heard together at whatever is convenient for the chairman.

Commissioner Strickland

Makes a disclosure that she is a licensed drilling contractor and broker for water rights and has no pecuniary interest in this at all. We have set these aside one time for a couple of years and got fined for it and had to do it anyway. This is driven by the NRS 534.140, and these licensing fees have to be assessed we have no choice. Open Public Comment Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 12 of 27 9. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS These are items that Staff recommend 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. Cont.. Ammie Nelson- Anything that is a levy or puts another price on a homeowner or a property owner is a tax no matter what you call it. We have all these little bitty numbers and figures that we have added on, and it has increased, and we showed nothing for it except we have more money as taxpayers and property owners. Hopefully you guys watch out for this because the public isn’t stupid they know that anything you call is just another tax. We hope you are careful and try to get some of this stuff on the ballots the people to have voted on.

Commissioner Strickland

motion to approve and adopt Nye county resolutions number 20/25/12 and 20/25/13

Commissioner Koenig

second 4 yeas; 1 Nay (Bayne) — motion carries 9.1 —9.9 Open Public Comment Tamie Pitman Referring to 9.2 there is $401,095 dollars all allocated salaries and benefits, there’s nothing left in that whole budget to assist woman, infants and children. What are we giving them who are they helping other than themselves giving NGO’s money to care for the population. There’s no evidence this budget is that they actually intend to help people, no money for giving formula and diapers. They should train every new mother on good nutrition but they’re not doing it YouTube is going to have to do it. Ammie Nelson- I disagree completely. There are small towns in this county where people are definitely helped by the WIC program. They reach out and they deliver food they have nutrition that’s available for people that can’t get out. It cost a lot of money just here in Pahrump, the retirement community has a lot of people that are retired or disabled and can’t go out and shop or fix their own meals. There’s a lot of things that are covered in this kind of program. Karyn Smith- This program is an education program our CPA meets daily with numerous WIC participants to do nutrition education. They discuss food nutrition and before they’re even given the EBT cards, which is part of these funds to help them and assist them in grocery shopping. We also have quarterly clinics that we go out to both Beatty and Amargosa Valley in order to go to the clients and assist them. Close Public Comment

Commissioner Strickland

motion to approve consent items

Commissioner Koenig

second 5 yeas — motion carries Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 13 of 27 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

10. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to appoint a person from the

Commissioner Koenig

motion to appoint Michael Foley

Commissioner Strickland

second 5 yeas — motion carries CLERK

12. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to:

Clerk Freid

hot 1St I want to let Mr. Pittman know we do an RLA audit, every election, we do one. These new things are just the printer. It turns the machines that everyone’s against into a ballot marking device. The ballots are still locked up, I’m going to have at the end of the election, every ballot, paper ballot, in a box, so if we need to audit it again.

Commissioner Strickland

Mr. Pitman said that there’s a stack of blanks in the printer but that is incorrect it prints the actual ballot based on the card that’s been inserted that’s representing whatever district. Would you please clarify.

Clerk Freidhof

You will still check in on the iPad, and now you’re going to get your voter card. You’re going to take it to a machine, put it in, it’ll bring up the ballot for your district, for your precinct, for your party, during the primary because of those matters. Once you vote then yes, we will have a printer that will be sealed with the blank ballots. It will print out a fully printed ballot that you will then, as the voter, go take over to the tabulator yourself.

Commissioner Strickland

we had the good fortune to see this at the last meeting. It was super impressive. We are paper ready, as this county has required us to be because that’s what the voters wanted. I’m tickled to death with it. Thank you, Con. DA Kunzi I am impressed with the security of this system. One of the things that I think really needs to be pointed out here is that if you were to say try to copy a ballot and put it through the system, it will reject it. It has to be the exact paper. No one’s going to be able to put a counterfeit ballot into this system and it won’t tabulate it. It will reject it. Again, there’s a lot of security and quite frankly you know being around as long as I’ve been, I can’t even imagine a system that has more security features than this one. and again, to emphasize what the clerk just said there are copies that there is paper the paper ballot is there, so it can be completely verified and checked and cross-checked. So again, like I said, and I know several commissioners have looked at it, and I highly endorse this product because I think it makes the system much more secure

Commissioner Strickland

I’d like to make a motion approve and fund

Commissioner Koenig

second Motion carries; 5 yeas Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 15 of 27 12.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Resolution No. 2025-10: A Resolution Changing the Hours During Which the Clerk’s Office in Nye County Will be Kept Open.

Clerk Freidhof

my office has put this forward this is unsustainable as we are right now. - - We are going to need at least one more person up north and I know that’s not going to be in the budget cycle this year, so we’re rolling with this. We are required by NRS to be open 40 hours. Our hope with this move is that we can start making our appointments and out-of-town things for the one day. Emergencies are going to happen, vacations are going to happen, but we need to stop the flow somewhere. Another thing that I did want to put out there is that we can revisit this in a year or once I can get staffed up north to four people with the three down there to fully run the clerk’s office. Public Comment: none. Close Public Comment.

Commissioner Koenig

it’s my understanding, that they will get 10-hour holiday pay for holidays instead of 8-hour pay.

Commissioner Jabbour

Commissioner Koenig is correct, but there are already people in the county working 4 lOs, and are exactly in the situation that Commissioner Koenig is explaining. So, this wouldn’t be any different. They’re not going to be penalized, but I understand what he’s saying. This is going to add two additional hours to overtime holiday pay. currently they would normally receive 8 hours, and I just wanted to share that, and if I may retain the floor, I would like to address this further. I am not a proponent of countermanding the NRS of these certain offices not being open five days a week, as we are public servants. However, after meeting with Con and explaining that I was opposed to this, very quickly I understood the why. Currently there are two people in the office here in the north due to the change through the clerk’s office through Nye County of Pahrump and Tonopah. by reevaluating this in a year, recognizing the fact that it’s not always going to be two people, especially with the upcoming election cycle, mock elections, et cetera but with two people in the office not including herself as the county clerk travelling throughout the county, it is unsustainable. I understood the why initially again as public servants, regardless of whether people think that we’re closed or not we need to be open there’s a reason why that NRS is in place and yes as the county Commission we have the flexibility to modify and adjust and make those appropriate adjustments when requested to do so, and I believe that that it’s imperative that we help the clerk and the clerk’s office with their efficiency, especially with only having two people here in here in Tonopah.

Commissioner Koenig

I don’t bring it up to negate what she wants to do. I bring it up because it’s a problem that needs to be addressed. Normally, when I was in the working crew, you worked a 40-hour week, and if you had 10-hour days that was fine, but when there was a holiday, everybody worked 8-hour days for four days, and then they would get paid 8 hours for the holiday. It depends on how you do it. I’m just bringing it up because it could be a problem, because now we’re paying a lot of money as you get more people on 10-hour days. go fix it

Comptroller Bae-

I do support relooking at the holiday pay because it is considered overtime, and that’s automatically being calculated 2 extra hours for each work for each hourly worker and as more and more departments do this, there is an overtime impact of Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 16 of 27 12.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Resolution No. 2025-10: A Resolution Changing the Hours During Which the Clerk’s Office in Nye County Will be Kept Open Cont... giving away two extra hours 10 * a year for each employee at a 1 1/2 pay, which is also unfair to the departments that do not have that. and so, there is a disparity there

Commissioner Strickland

We need to remember how difficult it is here in Nye County. We have to have 2 of everything. What we need to do is always think of our employees, how we’re going to make that work, because we’ve been given quite the task taking care of all that thank you

Commissioner Strickland

motion to adopt

Commissioner Jabbour

I will second with modification please. The second I’m requesting that it is reevaluated in one year.

Commissioner Strickland

I will amend my first as stated. Motion carries; 5 yeas SHERIFF

13. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve with or without

Sheriff McGill

they’re simply moving next door. They were mandated by new county codes to change their storage facility, and so they built their storage. Their new facility is next door to their retail space and so they’re just having to change the technical location of their business to the next address. all right let’s do this let’s open this up for public comment see if we have any on the phone saying please Public Comment: none. Public Comment Closed

Commissioner Strickland

Contingencies need to be added; they need an occupant license. It’s not complete and it needs to get done so thank you Tony Celeste working with Ms. Engel and the Sheriffs Department on this. I understand this is having a unique situation, maybe one that hasn’t happened in Nye County history. We are currently operating at 921 State Route Highway. We are literally moving next door into a brand new state-of-the-art 20,000 square foot facility that will have retail. One thing I would like this body to consider, additional condition as commissioner Strickland duly noted, is that it’s still under construction. We are hopeful to be open in the next 10 days or so, but you never know with construction and that essentially our transfer of the license be tied to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy. That would allow us to continue operations, especially in the busiest part of the season. By way of example, when that Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 17 of 27 does occur, we would operate at 921 State Route Highway till 11:59 PM on day one, day 2 would be at the new location and we would open there at midnight so with that consideration we would greatly appreciate your support on this thank you

Commissioner Koenig

let me just make sure I’m going to do what you want me to do. You want this contingent to COO, so the date COO is effective is the day you want this effective. I make a motion to approve Phantom fireworks in Pahrump to re-locate the retail store location and then to the front of the new warehouse, and that would be effective on the day the COO is effective. Commissioners Strickland & Jabbour — second Motion carries; 5 yeas PUBLIC WORKS

14. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to adopt, amend and

Commissioner Koenig

motion to adopt 2025-14

Commissioner Jabbour

Second Motion carries; 5 yeas

15. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to:

Commissioner Jabbour

motion to approve and award the bid 2025 -12P WP NYC2025- 315 Tonopah landfill truck scale pad foundation to Clair Concrete in the amount of $128,500, fund to 10510, landfills

16. Presentation by Allen Turner with GRC Nevada regarding an update on the

Commissioner Jabbour

Thank to both of you and for reviving the county, and this will compliment what’s happening with Gabbs. and coming through the Nye County roads, please be well aware that you’ll be getting a lot of phone calls from me if those roads are somewhat destroyed with the four to six days of activity. I know that you promised you would absolutely take care of and be on top of those issues. \ Allen Turner We will be very cognizant about letting NDOT know of any damage and be right on it right away. 11. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1 ,022400.OO from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance.

Commissioner Bayne

What’s more important. Our first responders or a software for the court. Our first responders or plans for a building that may or may not be built? Our first responders or a new county wide key system? Because of all of these things I’ve mentioned we’ve already spent more than this initiative will spend on 1st responders. and when we did, there was no opposition from bureaucrats who worked for this county, no warnings about the cost, nothing. The first responder retention appreciation act is a onetime expense that will not raise taxes, comes out of grant funding that we already have sitting unused, and I hope I’m not the only one up here who supports our first responder, who prioritizes our police, our fire, over software and vehicles and building improvements. But soon we’ll find out Mr. Chairman, we have a problem getting and keeping first responders. I’d like to share a few numbers. in the months prior to myself taking office, 33 people applied to work in an open position at the animal shelter, than 51 people applied shortly thereafter, the same position, and when the animal shelter had two kennel assistants there was a total of 96 applicants, and the recent office assistant position saw 43 applicants. During that same time, we had deputy sheriff positions that hadn’t been filled in years. we don’t have this problem in other areas of the county government. If I quit this job today which pays about $14.00 an hour full time, there will be a half a dozen people spending their own money in an effort to replace me. Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 19 of 27 11. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1 ,022,400.OO from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance (Cont). We don’t have this problem with commissioners. Unfortunately, no one or maybe fortunately no one sitting up here will be driving any ambulances and no one sitting up here will stop an assault of the Dairy Queen parking lot. While this initiative doesn’t fix the problem entirely, it goes a long way in showing our first responders how important they are to us. bonuses to 1st responders who were under union contracts is nothing new. this board has funded police bonuses for union police officers in Dodge County Nebraska, retention bonuses for union detention center employees in Greenwood County South Carolina, and cash assistance to union public safety employees in Pittsylvania County Virginia, among many other places, without any Labor Relations issues. This LATCF expressly mentions allowance of cash assistance and that’s exactly what this is this is for. 142 positions and should anyone leave, they will forfeit whatever assistance they have not used, and the new hire will step in their shoes and take over assistance and I’ll be making a motion to include that language. What that means is that new first responders will get the cash assistance as long as the total number isn’t over 142, and of course no first responder will ever be asked to pay anything back to the county. Now it’s time to show our first responders that we care about them and they’re as important as building plans or new keys for doors and buildings. All of the unions that are affected right over there at the table have all signed letters of support. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues for passage and thank you for consideration.

Commissioner Jabbour

it was mentioned earlier in the meeting at the beginning of the meeting that there was an additional backup for item number 11, and I have 2 pages of backup in my binder, was that additional backup sent up here to the north. Samantha Tackett no backup has been accepted as a commissioner.

Commissioner Bayne

I believe I forwarded this in e-mail. one is from the fire union, and one is from the deputy supervisor law enforcement union, and the sergeant’s union, and the NCLA union. That’s what I was referring to, the commissioner, thank you. Public Comment: Aimee Nelson- I saw this item and I saw that it was being discussed online, urn at least the details were put online. I have a couple of questions. We have a lot of first responders. We have EMT’s, we have ambulance drivers, we have search and rescue, there’s a lot of them out there. and I don’t know if you’re aware of the kind of money that is offered to our deputies, but they get paid an awful lot of money for being out here in Pahrump and up in Tonopah, compared to other counties. matter of fact, they get paid around 200 percent more than some of these counties around us. and they you know the union I don’t know what happened, but they decided this is what they wanted, and they would pay for their own insurance, so I agree that our EMT and our ambulance drivers and our search and rescue team need a little help, they don’t get paid at all and some of them on a very small with a very small budget to keep them around. So, I’m not for furnishing more money to the Sheriffs Department, because they’ve got a huge budget, probably most of the budget, besides the employees in Nye County. So, you Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 20 of 27 11. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1 ,022,400.OO from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance (Cont). know I wish I could say I support this 100% but I don’t. I support this only for EMT’s and the elements that I mentioned, not for the sheriff’s deputies. Thank you Tammie Pitman- what is the other employees, how do they feel about this? we’re singling out the EMT EMS and all the other unions and all the other employees are going what are we chopped liver. Giving money for insurance has tax implications. Normally if you’re going to do something less like this you create what’s an HSA. The monies are in an account, and you have to bring receipts. You can use it for copays, or deductibles, or prescriptions, but you have to bring in the receipts because it’s tax free. So that money has to be administered either by our HR, I don’t know if our HR is up to that, because that’s another big headache, or you go through a third party and you pay the money to do it. again, another expense. We only have like a million left. I think it’s like somebody who has 4 hungry kids, and you decide you want to go buy an 85-inch television. It’s just using the last bits of money and it’s not going to help. Thank you. Debra Gaylord-Thomas When I read the backup, was that the people that are new hires won’t be benefiting from this, and that seems to me to make them want to go somewhere else. And also, I think that it should maybe the funds, if you are going to spend this money, and I kind of think a little bit about the way that Tammy does, it should be spread out and the people that are putting their life on the line every day should be getting raises as well. Thank you Tony HoIm full disclosure, I am the husband of the comptroller. I want you to know the comptroller did not put me up to any of these words. These are my own thoughts and hopefully it’s seen as constructive. Commissioner Bayne, I think you’re doing a great job. You’re trying to challenge the existing situation, which is something that we need very much. However, I don’t think this is a good idea, and I’ve got 2 minutes left to map that out, so let me say, we’re at a threshold moment from what I see based on my 33 years’ experience in the federal government, being charged with handling up to $100 million. So, from what I see from the spending patterns that I’ve witnessed just in the last three years, we’re at a point where we can’t actually spend any more money. If you have $1,000,000 in LATCF, that is kind of a windfall from the federal government keep it hold on to it. The reason why is that you continually have unexpected expenditures that are outside the budget. some of these are valid things, some of these are not. If you’re going to have a situation where you have a catastrophe in the town, whether it’s flooding or some type of criminal matter, you’re going to need that money to cover the expenses later on. We’re already at a point where you’ve all agreed that within six months’ time, you’re going to reassess to see how the revenue flow is as to whether or not you can spend more money, or whether you have to retrench. My recommendations just start retrenching now. DOGE is an option. But in reality, you could get together a group of citizens that have the expertise and find ways to cut money from your expenditures now before the six-month period gets here. This is why it’s a bad idea. My concern is that in six months’ time if the revenue flow is not good, which I don’t really expect it to be, for a variety of reasons I don’t have time to cover, you might be placed in a situation where Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 21 of 27 II. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1,022,400.00 from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance (Cont). You might have to furlough the other employees, not good. This has been done several times. It seems like there’s a pattern in our county where every eight to 10 years we spend too much money and then we end up going on fiscal watch. I know you guys don’t want that, so This is why I’m making the recommendation you not approve this. And again, I hope my comments are taken as friendly. I’m willing to work with any one of you. if you need ideas on how to start a dodge how to cut expenditures, we’re all Republicans, I’m a republican, we should all work together. Tim Bohannon the budget is way too tight. From a financial standpoint we’re in really tight matters. I think I think the prior commenter about the risk of being on fiscal watch yeah, we’re pretty close guys. and we’ll keep close tabs, especially when you’re going to have cash flow challenges, based on when the tax revenue comes in and the regression analysis that we don’t really have in place that that helps us guide us through what the payments coming in are and making sure that we don’t have a cash flow issue. I’m concerned that we will have a cash flow issue. could be a timing issue like we had last year, and this is back in the same situation only a little bit thinner. So, we need to be careful. From a county standpoint, from a town standpoint, throughout our organizations here, we need to be careful about what we spend. The word no is a good word. I’m in support of our service folks, but we’re in a tight budget. If we don’t watch it, we’ll be on fiscal watch. Thank you Public Comment Closed DA Kunzi I’m not expressing any opposition or in favor of this, but I think one thing that does bother me about this, is that we seem to be completely neglecting the volunteer first responders that we have in other jurisdictions, that it’s not my understanding that they would get any money out of this. They’re not paid, but you have fire departments and ambulance peoples throughout this county and the rural parts of this county, that are first responders that if this doesn’t provide something for them then I think we’re entirely missing the boat. I think it’s unfair, and I think we need to respect the effort that these people put in on a volunteer basis to serve our smaller communities in the north. I would hope that if this is something like this is going to happen, that it includes everybody who’s a first responder as it says in Nye County, and not just in the Pahrump Valley.

Comptroller Bae

I just want to make everyone aware that this does dwindle down our LATCF to 752,600, since our last meeting. A lot of these allocations have not been spent yet, obviously because we just met about it two weeks ago. if this is an activity that needs to take place where you want to reallocate what you’ve already, I do hear a lot of well if you spent it on what is more important, and I do think that that is budgeting when you actually prioritize and if you feel that you want to maintain a healthy balance in LATCF of preferably 1.775 million, but you want to forego some of these other items because there’s disagreement on what is more important, software, people, vehicles, keys, that the board can reallocate and try to still maintain a cash balance just in case. I Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 22 of 27 11. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1,022,400.00 from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance (Cont). do want to use a $1,000,000 or more for cash flow purposes in case we do need to borrow from it again. We want to wait six months to see if that cash flow issue does resolve itself. it may or may not, so I would prefer that some reallocations take place rather than allocating close to 100% of what’s left over. Just a few months ago we had $5.7 million and just now going down to 752,000 is a little much.

Assistant Manager Dellinger

I do want to point out that we do need to keep in mind NRS 288, which is collective bargaining. Although 288 does not prohibit the board of county commissioners from deciding to increase any funding for the budget, what the county cannot do is unilaterally implement changes to wages, benefits, or other terms of conditions of employment, without giving the unions advanced notice and the right to request bargaining over these changes. So, action today doesn’t necessarily mean that it will move forward.

Commissioner Koenig

I am probably one of the biggest proponents around here for our first responders. Having been one when I was in my early 20s, I know what these guys go through. So, I don’t want to hear anybody ever say I have no feelings for them. But you also know my feelings about depleting the money we have the LATCF. if we started at 5,000,000 bucks and I was happy with that. and then slowly but surely, we’re down to 1.7 and if we do this we’re down to seven, it’s not acceptable. You’re going to have something happen when you’re going to need money and I don’t want to be sitting up here borrowing money like they did before to fix it. You need money in the bank to run this business. The second thing is if you were to do this, I would much rather see a reimbursement type thing where you go pay your $300.00 for your insurance, you tell me you paid it, and I give you 300 bucks back. because if you give someone 3500 bucks it’s probably not going to get spent on insurance. What happens in year 3? They get nothing.

Commissioner Jabbour

all very valid points. I think again, where Commissioner Bayne has brought this forward, is he’s thinking outside the box, but not in its entirety. because $300 a month for just those first responders that are that are in the Pahrump valley is totally unfair to the rest of the county first responders, who by the way and I know that DA Kunzi mentioned this, I’m just going to add to it, is that during the budget it was presented by the chief that the stipend went from $20. $20 is what they’re paid per call. if they even put in for it and even if they’re allowed to leave the workplace. but it was put in the budget, it was accepted by us, they appreciate the stipend being raised it’s not even close to this $300 a month in addition to what they’re already receiving. With the unions assistant county manager mentioned, that we follow the NRS’s, we follow, we respect what each and every employee of the county does. That you’re a 1st responder when there’s an irate guest that comes to the counter for whatever reason. Because the extreme could and has and will happen in the future. So, this is not fair. It’s not fair to the county employees. We have negotiated with the unions. We are well aware of what they do, what they don’t do, and that’s when we come in and we help and compliment and appreciate and agree with what these unions are presenting to us. So, we are able Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 23 of 27 11. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1,022,400.00 from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance (Cont). to retain, regardless of what department they’re in. I appreciate this coming forward, but under the circumstances and the financial situation that we are in, this is not the time. I believe it’s inappropriate for a few reasons as I’ve mentioned and others have mentioned, and I cannot support this at this time. Thank you

Commissioner Boskovich

Does this open up or reopen their negotiations with the unions. We just finally finished most of it.

Assistant Manager Dellinger

There is the potential. We don’t classify our positions as 1st responders. If, however, if there is a motion that does not identify first responders, and we would need to have specifics. for example, dispatchers are not in a law enforcement union, they are in the Nye County employee association, if we were only to provide this benefit to them and carve them out there’s a potential for grievances for not applying to the rest of their members.

Commissioner Koenig

the agenda says discussion and deliberation to consider the first response, what does that mean consider. if someone were to make a motion to consider it what does it do? Da- so considers broad enough to allow you to vote to approve it or disapprove it. so I don’t think it’s unclear as to what the subject mailer is or what the intent of the action that could be taken. Manager Waggoner- Insurance cost is constantly going up. We were facing a 23% increase if we were to just to provide what we had previously. We negotiated and were able to get that down to where it actually did reduce the cost a little bit for the employee contributions for family members. Unfortunately, it did mean that some of the deductibles went up about $500.00. but in order to get that down, that’s what we did. The unfortunate thing is there’s still a union, a bargaining agreement, that has some particular language in there that ties the county’s hands on what options we can go with insurance they’ve got to be at levels from back in 2003. and the world’s a different place today, and treatment costs. So, we’ve been working diligently trying to get that language changed to where it would open up opportunity for us to bargain better on insurance. one thing I want to look at is the contributions that are made by the county in each of the bargaining agreements. in my opinion they’re pathetic. but with constant costs going up every single year, and now it’s expeditious, we are not afforded that ability to do that. It’s called a collective bargaining agreement, so the contributions were agreed to by the unions and the county for that matter. I just think that’s something to keep into consideration, nobody’s mandated, this is an agreement.

Commissioner Bayne

so I could get the DA and a commissioner support on the volunteer compensation package I’m working on right now, so thank you. At this time, I’d like to make a motion to pass item 11 as written with the inclusion of the following amendments: number one, with first responder being defined as the positions included in this item. #2, should first responders leave employment during the next two years it Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 24 of 27 11. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to consider The First Responder Retention & Appreciation Initiative that funds $1 ,022,400.OO from the LATCF fund to give First Responders in Nye County an option for assistance with health insurance costs or cash assistance (Cont). will forgo whatever unexercised or unused options, but they will not have to pay anything back to the county. and a new hire first responder will be able to exercise whatever option they would like to stand in the shoes of the leading first responder as long as funds are available in accordance with this item, should there not be then there be new hire first responder will have a diminished amount of benefit according to whatever funds are still available.

Commissioner Boskovich

second Motion fails: 2 yeas; 3 nays Commissioner’s Strickland, Koenig & Jabbour 18.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Up to three-minute time limit per person.) Public comment will be for all matters off the agenda. Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (SECOND). Tony HoIm I want to mention the fire department. They do an outstanding job in this town, and I’m very proud to be able to know the chief. I’ve listened to him over the radio and getting commands and taking care of things. and I know it’s very capable, a good leader, who’s really not listening right now, because his radio is talking and that’s how dedicated he is. But it’s also one of the best run departments, I think from what I understand and what I’ve heard from other people as well in the county and I’m grateful for that. chief I got love for you too. I remember at the PSST meeting and how you devote so much of your time to trying to make sure that the county is properly equipped and man it’s not an easy job, because all over the country people no longer want to be police officers because of the risk, even in Las Vegas, there are shortages of police officers. I know you’re doing your best and it may not be that money will really fix that problem, it’s going to be leadership and you’re probably the guy to that. We just have to wait and see. It takes time to convince people that good things are happening. I wish you the best. Lastly, I really would ask the Commission to change the mindset which you have already done but just in case, this is not the time to spend. This is the worst possible time, this is not the time to spend a lot of money, this is the time to look for efficiencies with the existing revenue that you have and that means looking inward. Not to create a firestorm and go after the people but just look at the processes and better ways of doing it and establish performance measures for department heads and incentivize them to find ways to use less money and provide the same services. That’s what really needs to happen right now. So please I’m just I’m almost begging you please don’t have another item on the agenda where it’s not a true emergency, and it’s outside the budget. Wait until next year, next fiscal year, but whatever your great idea is, put it into the budget and work it out that way and I think we’ll all survive this, thanks. Tim Bohannon- Something that is lacking is we need good performance metrics from every department. which I don’t know if this is being done internally, but very little is being Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 25 of 27 18.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Up to three-minute time limit per person.) Public comment will be for all matters off the agenda. Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (SECOND) (Cont.). shared publicly. There needs to be better metrics on performance, better metrics on execution. I know we get mileage reports of how many roads were chip sealed and fixed. but that’s the only department that’s really giving feedback. What’s happening with HR, what’s our retention rate is, what’s happening with some of the other areas from a performance standpoint. At the Pahrump regional planning, there’s metrics given out the very beginning of the meeting, so there’s more opportunity here of making sure that metrics not only exist but then get refined and then get tighter. So that we know hey here’s our performance, we know their financial performance, we get a lot of detail on that and that’s good, but what we’re not getting is the operational performance I’d like to see improvement on that. Thank you. Tammie Pitman I’m going to piggyback after what Tony said, you could put out a challenge. If you bring somebody a cost savings idea and they actually materialize the cost savings, that individual could get 10% of the cost savings. We’ve done this in corporate for years. we did it in the Marine Corps called the beneficial suggestion program. It’s not new, but if somebody saves US $50,000 and they get 5 woohoo it’s a savings it’s a win/win. Think about it. Michael David Garcia I would like to take you back and I’ll go ahead and admit I’m not an expert I haven’t done a first pencil or rough draft on it, but you know moving that county seat back to Pahrump or to Pahrump, I think would save us between 5 and 10 million. that might cure a lot of things. But I do appreciate we’re starting to go to the humanity side of it when it comes to wages, and everybody knows the collective bargaining agreements are really where the fallacy is. 1ff hadn’t said it once over 1000 times, then I said to Aaron Ford all the time, if you reverse the butcher’s process, it equals the 4th at the ineligible disqualified and underclass, and it’s subject to political donations. and we really got to see where these things are going, and I think one of the first steps we can get transparency really quickly in our county is maybe we should do a four-year request on all the electronics. So, we can see what’s so important on these checks, and looking through these magazines like the DA, so I just kind of think we should have an even keel when it comes to decorum. Maybe my dialect when it comes to etiquette addressing service might be a little different, but I can assure you it’s not less. So originally came in here and I told you financially there’s water on the floor plan and y’aII isn’t the first board members to not recognize and not see it, not identify it, but when somebody specifically comes out and says there’s water on the floor plan usually it’s shown through accountability and responsibility. You’re not getting the services that you’re promised or that you’re paid. but anyhow I appreciate y’aII digging Aimee Nelson I’d like my comments to be put in the public record. This isn’t whether this is war five bid 24 was not a storm it was a deep state biochemical assault a fog of mind-altering metals sprayed over American skies by rogue factions inside of our own governments. The globalists are losing grip and now atmospheric control. on May 27th Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 26 of 27 18.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Up to three-minute time limit per person.) Public comment will be for all matters off the agenda. Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (SECOND) (Cont.). through May 2gth, 2025, a coordinated attack. Florida lawmakers debate banning weather modification, while they argue that skies are already filled with toxins. Simultaneously RFK jr. exposes the sky-based experiment, eroding immune resilience, and on May 29th grid test began across multiple states. Why are mass chem trails, EMF surges, and bird dyes die off erupt. that no accident, leaked Intel confirms, planes without transponders through low overpopulation zones no FAA no FAA records. Military craft under deep state control, their payloads included barium titanate that disrupts the brain signals, chromium minding radioactive, banned in warfare, aluminum metal particles recognize mind control technology M RNA linked nanotech activated by 5G targeting those already jabbed. Smart dust, micro trackers, sink into overhead drones. This isn’t generally, its active deployment, a protected Air Force whistleblower confirms. The US sky is now a biometric cage monitored by quantum Al built to suppress human thought emotion and resistance. the fog, it’s EMF reactive neutral neural interference. They’re acting, they’re attacking your pineal gland, hijacking your immune system, reprogramming your behavior, population control via the air you breathe. The cover up is massive. Google disabled satellite views over targeted zones. NASA and Noah went dark. Why? Because the clouds are albedo and artificial reflexes designated to disrupt photosynthesis, block sunlight, and destabilize humanity. Meanwhile, Pahrump ‘s QFS is live. RFK junior is dismantling big pharma. the deep state knows they’re finished.

19. Commissioner/Manager Comments (This item is limited to announcements,

Commissioner Jabbour

so the public is aware, the magazine the DA was reading, is the newest Nevada travel magazine fresh off the press, and this includes tourism bucket lists throughout Nevada. Accommodation, state parks, county events, and attractions etcetera. And when you do all of these things, especially within the county, it brings money well needed to all of the areas of the counties throughout Nevada. this beautiful state that we live in. As I normally close my comments on these meetings, I appreciate each and every one of you for your input. A lot of you were spot on today, and again I certainly appreciate what’s brought forward, so please remember to protect your children and conserve water and seal your driveways and chip your pets. and with that thank you chair and thank you everybody else.

Commissioner Strickland

the first page of the agenda reads the Commission may prohibit comments if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to or within the authority of the Commission. I’d like to direct staff to highlight that, I want it capitalized, and I want these commissioners to realize we are not in control of the government. We cannot do anything about the government, comments should be something we have the authority to do something about, and I would really appreciate it if we can do that moving forward commissioners thank you. ________ Board of County Commissioners Minutes — 06/03/2025 Page 27 of 27

Commissioner Boskovich

thank you all for being here. Manager Waggoner- The DA took a look at the agenda, it’s going to be actually embedded within the agenda for public comment that that we do read, that provides that clarification. 20.ADJOURN

Commissioner Boskovich

called the meeting adjourned, 1:02 p.m. APPROVED this day ATTEST: of 2025. Nye Co Clerk /Qety 6/3/2025 I wasn’t sure I wanted to speak today but then I saw more bullying posts on FBI had to say something. 2 different rescues bashing each other when they were supposed to be helping each other. This is getting ridiculous, even southwest wilds your pet rescue bashed a l7yr old for hitting a horse. It’s a wild animal and every state deals with wild animals running into the street & roadways, be adults & deal with it. I know you have dealt with me regarding CUP & business licensing. iouty s uuiiyrng wuuiuu tiiave intppelieu 11 iii! iccuvs wei uttu tue suhie. understand that if certain certificates are filed they don’t need a business license. But they all should have a conditional use permit. Especially if any of these rescues or even private citizens are approved by animal control or BLM for temporary fostering. If at anytime you are housing a rescue or a foster on your property you should have a conditional use permit. If you refuse to get one then they should’e approved by BLM or Animal Control to be a foster. How does animal control • approve -fosters without making SUre they are set -up -properly with correct paperwork, CUP or even a business license. 1n-fact if this procedure was followed maybe my friend would still be alive today. I am not here to throw anyone under the bus or get anyone in trouble, but it seems the system is broken & needs to be fixed. Many departments don’t work together like they should, BLM, animal control, brand inspector, & the biggest issue is the building department / code compliance doesn’t work with the state of Nevada business licenses department. If we had an 4.-• — —4-....—. 4.1.. -.4. ——.-. .1.... .1 __,.4.l_ 4.1. -. .4.._ .._..._4.__.... 4.... 1 ._4. 4.... 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This document transmits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) biological opinion based Oh OUr IeViOW Of thO 5Oj5OOd ROUgi Hat Clark Solar PnOje&t (P?Ojèôt) and its effeets Oh the Federally threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), in accordance with section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 etseq.). Designated critical habitat for desert tortoise does not occur in the action area, thus none will be affected. We received your request for formal consultation on January 12, 2024. Candela Renewables, LLC (Applicant) is the non-Federal applicant for a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) right-of-way (ROW) authorization for the Project, which includes the construction, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning of the solar facility. - - The BLM also requests concurrence from the Service that the Project may affect, but is not likely to adversely effect, the endangered Yuma Ridgway’s rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), endangered southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus), and threatened yellow- billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus). No critical habitat for these species is present in the proposed Project area, thus none will be affected. We have based this biological opinion on information that accompanied your January 12, 2024 request for consultation, including the biological assessment prepared for the BLM by Universal Engineering Sciences (BLM 2024a); the draft environmental impact statement and draft resource management 1an prepared by the BLM (BLM 2024b); the Translocation Plan for the Stump Springs Regional Augmentation Site (Clark county et al. 2022); correspondence between the Service, BLM, Panorama Environmental, Inc., and the Applicant; scientific publications, articles, and reports; and our files. 4. .. 2022-0054972-S7-0Oi and 2022-0054972-S7-002 8 ground when at maximum tilt, resulting in a maximum height of 18 feet. Modules would be installed on supporting structures that would either contain afracking system or would be fixed in place. Spacing between rows of modules would be identified inthe fmal design, but the anticipated configuration includes spacing of approximately 20 feet hrtween rows post to post. Energy would be converted and transported from the PV modules to the power grid by an electrical collection system and would include above or belowground wiring that runs between the array areas, the power conversion stations, and the on-site substation.. The Project would also include up to a 700-MW BESS that would be located within one of the solar array blocks. Fhe Project site would be accessed by a single direct access point from SR-160. A small portion of the proposed roads on-site would be paved, primarily the mait access driveway. An additional small portion of the proposed roads would be graveled, such as areas around the O&M building and substation. The remaining roads would remain unpaved and would be bladed and compacied if needed; internal roads would use compacted native materials or gravel surface. With the exception of the main road into the Project site, all internal roads and gen-tie roads inside the Project site would be 12 feet wide with small pullouts periodically to allow for safe areas for vehicles to pull over and pass. The main road would be ip to 24 feet wide. All roads would be used for construction and maintained for the life of the Project. The Project would not include an interior perimeter road. The Project would include an O&M area that would contain offices, watér storage, materials storage, and parking within an area of up to 5 acres. The O&M building would have an on-site septic system. Permanent outdoor lighting would be provided at the O&M building and on-site substatioi while temporary lighting would be provided at the construction areas for nighttime maintenance work when needed. The on-site substation would be constructed on approximately 5 acres near the O&M office building. j A single fence incorporating both desert tortoise exclusion fencing and security fencing would be constructed around the perimeter of the entire permanent ROW area. Tortoises would be excluded from the fenced Project site, but wildlife openings would be installed in the perimeter fence to allow other wildlife access through the site. The western boundary of the Project site 4/ borders the proposed Copper Rays solar project (Copper Rays), which if constructed, would als require a perimeter security fence with tortoise exclusion fencing. To avOid the construction of ‘ ft two perimeter fences with a gap in between that could entrap wildlife, the Applicant proposes tO work with the Copper Rays applicant to construct a single shared perimeter fence. A more detailed descnption of fencmg wildlife opemngs, and potential passive reoccupation of desert1 / f‘/ ° tortoise to the Project site is in the following Project Construction.section. - -- - Electricity would betransmitted from the on-site substation to the GridLiance Trout Canyon Substation through an approximately 1.5-mile-long gen-tie lIne. The gen-tIe ROW corridor would be approximately 150 feet wide and would occur on 32 acres. The gen-tie would include overhead and/or underground fiber optic communication lines and new gen-tie poles would be approximately 120 feet in height. The gen-tie would include an access road within the ROW for construction and maintenance. 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