February 18, 2026

Commissioner Boskovich

I am sorry to interrupt, but I was told the time period ended yesterday. County Clerk Con Freidhof I did check with the state, you had 180 days, which was Monday the 16th, which was a holiday, so you had until the next day until 5:00. We did verify all the times. I spoke to Beth yesterday at 3:00 and let her know it had to be turned in by 5:00 yesterday; that was the deadline. 7IPage February 18th, 2026, Page8 Waters Sorry, I didn’t get that word. I used my calculator, I know on the 21st of August we started, and ifyou look at 180 days. Freidhof It was filed on August 20th, and we double-checked with the Secretary that it did have to be turned in yesterday. I did explain this to Beth last week and again yesterday. Waters I wish I had known that, sorry. It is a waste of time at this point if the deadline has already passed, and we’ll look atthe next election. I wantto talk aboutthe Veterans Extravaganza. In the Pahrump Valley Times, there’s an article, and right now, we have March 6th, which is always the first Friday in March. Every year, it’s an annual event, the Veterans Extravaganza, to provide information to veterans and their families, and that’s what it’s going to be at the Bob Rudd Center from I 0-2:00. We’re encouraging everyone to come out and support our veterans and their families. 43.18 Michael Garcia That sounded like a lengthy deliberation, but anyhow, I do appreciate the engagement. I just wanted to give some more thanks and praise, and I need to connect with anybody who identifies as a Christian. We need to really realize that prayer is heaven’s support. The future of this country lies in our children, and whether we’re allowed or not allowed to talk about (inaudible), maybe we can get there with our state and federal partners. But I’ve been talking to you all about parental rights for the last five years, and their children are being trafficked unlawfully through our court, and it’s all unclaimed. Every county, every state, we have corrupt sheriffs, we have corrupt police officers, we have corrupt judges, and y’all just up there and you’re like a dog with a bone when it comes to putting more money in their hands. We really need to stand up for the Constitution, and I’d like to give a shout-out to Donna Cox out there in the audience. She was the only one of y’all who was thinking about the Constitution. Really, what we’re trying to come together is that there’s a separation between legal and lawful. You know, maritime hijacked their judges, and that DA there, he just supports contract law, he has nothing to do with the constitution. Y’all seen my First Amendment railroaded and since we are deliberating on the factual discrepancies I would like a special correction when y’all voted off the agenda to suppress me from participating in these meetings because of a quote of USC 15 that’s United States Code 15 and that directly has to do with y’all sending all this fraud as well as all the water and spreadsheets it’s y’all are criminal y’all are going to be held accountable for this. Like I said, we can go civil, we can go non-civil. All this business about voting for the red pill and the blue pill, y’all still can’t see past that. We can’t vote our way to freedom. It’s the 10th Amendment. Voting seems like a great idea, but notification gets it done. It’s time to swing the bat. Psalms 109, Christians, that’s where it lies. That’s the sword that should be in your tongue. These folks here have no idea. They think a rule they can self-feel their own world and suppress our First Amendment right; it’s on full display. That DA right there, he’s conspiring with y’all as well as the sheriff when you massage these NRS that judges impede our protected constitutional rights through ordinances that are not the law. You can sit up there and say ordinance is a law a million times, but it doesn’t make it a law. 8Page February 18th, 2026, Page 19 Heleen Williams The President of the United States is now talking about changing the rules with marijuana, and at this point, we won’t know what kind of impact that may have on the income that Nye County makes from marijuana. But you tax gold mining. The lithium mining may be coming to Nye County soon. When mining happens, there’s the opportunity for a lot of other things to be mined at the same time. I would suggest that you research mining. It can be done so that you can tax for income. I know you’ve been looking for money; maybe that’s a way to find some. Leslie Moreno — I am submitting this correspondence to formally address a critical disconnect between the current administrative narrative and Nye County and the documented reality of our community’s development. The professional lens versus the local narrative. As the fairgrounds project begins and is being built, the Board of Commissioners and local news outlets state that what is happening and what I am seeing contradict unfolding in front of my eyes. My perspective is not based on speculation but on decades of experience in engineering, geology, and construction defects. I was the construction defect for Robert Maddox in the I 990s, bringing the changes for Chapter 40. I helped author. I continued to work with him when he brought us a firm down into Southern Nevada. I retired a few years ago, but what I’ve been noticing and I’m going off my open letter here because my stomach’s kind of flipping I haven’t talked in front of a board in many years. But the right to the informed choice of our community is what I’m here for. What I’m seeing, I’m very much in favor of. I am going back to the 1820s; my family has been military and very pro, so it’s my husband, 20 years retired Air Force. We look forward to what I’m thinking my hypothesis is coming. These are not accusations; I’m just asking for inquiries. You know answers and what I’m seeing conflicts, and I know how to trace. I know how to look up the receipts, and they’re not saying the same thing either. I compiled all my information and put it together for you to say This is why I think what I’m thinking. I am confused because it’s a contradictory narrative, and I would like to have some explanation, hopefully, because the way I see it it’s been about three years really that this has been going good and in that process if it had been forthright out there really right out in the open people could have done their process of complaining realize that cities grow. I’ve been in Nevada since 1960. I wentthrough Vegasjust watching. But then they can deal with it, make their minds up, and set up what they want to do with their future life, move to another location, or stay wherever. I’m staying. I want them to have the chance to figure out what’s going on. We need real clarification. Am I wrong? Because I’ll claim it, I’ve been wrong before. I’m not infallible. So please read the documents, see the information, and I have the receipts. Ron Mortinson As you know, I’m keeping track of the $10 million that you’re trying to collect to repurpose the dump. The previous document that I’ve got from you folks indicated that you had a goal of $500,000. You collected about $175,000, which is like 1/3 of the goal, and in the most recent document, the expectation is still $500,000. You’ve collected up to around $360,000, which is obviously still short of the $500,000 on the document. But that $500,000 number should be growing as you’re trying to progress towards and $10 million, and the current rate of collections, I don’t see this thing 9IPage February 1 8th, 2026, Page 10 happening in any reasonable amount of time. But that’s here or there, but in any event, I just want to give him my personal opinion about the way things should be going here. I pay property taxes, which go up every year. I pay sales tax, they go up every year. Every person in this room can say the same thing: they pay property taxes, they pay sales taxes, and they go up every year. My opinion would be you should be able to fund the county with property tax sales tax and existing revenue streams without inventing new fees, taxes, revenue, and enhancements, and whatever things you’ve got guys want to try.

Sheriff McGill

McGill I just wanted to come up and talk about a few programs that we’ve got going or trying to get going. First of all, we recently received a management grant that we were able to use to purchase a drone for use in patrol, search and rescue, SWAT operations, and many different things. Has anybody seen the Metro Drone Program? It’s like walking onto the Starship Enterprise, incredible, and that is the same drone that we purchased. That’s the ones that they use; we’re not going to get anywhere near that. I do have 3 or 4 irons on the fire. I am trying to get more drones so that we can have one drone per squad. meaning that we would have a drone on the street 24 hours a day, available to us for operations. I will say that we’ve been able to put it out and fly it probably 6 or 7 times already. It is a great tool, and that’s one of the things we’re doing. We are going to be reinvigorating our motor program. Hopefully, in the spring, we have one deputy who’s going to motor school at the end of March, which is a one-month-long class. I tell you it’s the most vigorous, rigorous training that I have received in my entire career. I was worn out at the end of every day. But hopefully we’ll be getting some more motorcycles back on the street for traffic control, speeding control, things like that. Traffic fatalities are down on Highway 95 by 63%. We can’ttake full credit for that because that is HP’s primary function. However, being that we do have more deputies in the Beatty, Amargosa area, and they’re traveling back and forth, they are doing great work on speeding and hazardous driving conditions up in that area. And I think that some credit does go to our deputies.

Commissioner Jabbour

The Sheriff mentioned speeding, butthere are also the elements out there on the roads. I was fortunate to come in last night before the major snowstorm that they got up in Tonopah and the Goldfield area. I think it prohibited our Assistant County Manager from coming down. So be safe out there. We need to focus. I’m not sure where the two days a week came from. It’s true that most of the departments are on the four-day work week. But that was not a vote that we took for ourselves. We’re readily available and accessible. So, I’m a little confused and taken aback by two days; four days is a big difference. 1OPage February 18th, 2026, Page III

Commissioner Strickland

I’d like to make the public aware that it’s going to be 24° tonight. Please check your water well. Let’s not let it freeze and break. You don’t want to deal with that. Cover your pressure switch. Second thing, we got a really nice report from Ackerman, who’s our lobbyist out of DC. All the commissioners are very much aware that we are going to be receiving from Congress, which completed their budget for FY26 in January. The County Community Project funding request we made for a little over $1 000,000, we will be receiving. Which will be the County’s Security Enhancement Program, we will have security upgrades to our Pahrump parks and county facilities. So, it’s exciting. Those monies that were carried by Congressman Horsford in the House. Masto and Rosen both took care of this in the Senate. So, thank you to those who lead us at those levels. Now, the last thing I have is that the drift fence is going to be worked on again on the 28th. We have people here that help us with that drift fence, it’s a volunteer thing we do on the 28th from 8:00 to 1:00. We’re going to take care of the washed-out area, the drift fence is at Roadrunner, so if you want to join us, bring tools, bring gloves, bring hats, sunscreen, and bring fencing tools if you have them. We’re just going to fix that little portion right now, and that will keep the burros and horses from moving right atthe highway, where there are a lot of hits. I’d like to recognize public works who have always been there for us on that and provided us with trucks and equipment. I would also like to recognize the BLM, Bureau of Land Management, for supplying the materials. I will pick up an extra roll of wire just in case, on my own dime, and mostly and foremostly for Morales Construction for the fence pounder.

Commissioner Koenig

The question came up before about the Water District Governing Board and zombie lots. They do have a group that they’re controlling that’s looking into zombie lots and seeing ifthey can figure out a way to use them. Atthe last meeting, Don Weeks, the leader of that group, let everyone know there are three different ways to get water. According to the state, one is your own well, you can’t have that on a small lot. The second one is a community well; you can do that if you can get four or five owners together to allow a community well; someone’s got to pay for it. The third way is a pipe from the Great Basin. So, there’s the problem, no matter what they say, there’s the problem. The shooting area that we use up on Bell Vista, that everyone goes to over the weekend, we had a dumpster up there and a bunch of people, and they cleaned it all up, so they want it to go up there and shoot. You bring it up there, take it back with you. It’s continually turning into a dump site instead of a shooting area. If you’re shooters, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Commissioner Boskovich

I want to give a shout-out to our balloon festival that we had over the weekend. We had a super good turnout, the weather pretty much cooperated, but it was really nice to have that event come back.

County Manager Waggoner

I wanted to address one of the public commentors. There is a procedure for code amendments. It could be sponsored by a board member if they desired. But you could also contact the planning department. There’s an application to do a code amendment, and he’s welcome to do that. 11 I Pa g e February 18th, 2026, Page 12

Commissioner Koenig

Prior Commissioner Frank Carbone was in the audience. I don’t see him now, but he was here, good to see you, and Donna is still here.

Commissioner Strickland

I also failed to recognize Southwest Wilds when it came to the drift fence. Thank you for that opportunity. 5.For Possible Action — Emergency Items Item removed. NATURAL RESOURCES 17.Presentation by Natural Resources and Federal Facilities Director, Megan Labadie regarding the updated status of the Nye County Conservation and Economic Development Act. Director of Natural Resources Megan Labadie I am here to provide a status update of the Nye County Conservation and Economic Development Act, a/k/the Lands Bill. This bill reflects nearly 30 years of county efforts to reach out to the public. The purpose of the bill is to secure a land base for public safety infrastructure, conservation, and steady growth. Our economy depends heavily on public land availability; we have all of these public land actions, from mining to energy, recreation to tourism. This land-based security will help us move from reactive planning to proactive planning. So, really quickly, let’s just go through some stats for Nye County. Many of us know Nye County is comprised of 11.6 million acres, a little over 97% of which is federally managed or controlled lands, which leaves us less than 3% private lands to work with, which limits our tax base and growth capacity. It impacts net proceeds of minerals, room tax, real and personal property taxes, fees from development on withdrawn lands, rents, gas, liquor, gaming, and consolidated taxes. 37% ofthat 97% offederal land is removed from multiple use, that’s over 4,000,000 acres due to activities such as Department of Defense activities, with you know bombing ranges or other highly hazardous activities, as well as wilderness and conservation areas. So those are all removed from multiple use and combined with landscape-level planning that would look like the 11 western states environmental document that allotted 2. 1 million acres of land suitable for solar within Nye County alone. So, with all of these cumulative land withdrawals, some of which will never be able to be used again, planning flexibility continues to narrow without our own land opportunities, so this bill aims to restore that balance. So, the purpose of the bill stems from several administrative barriers and issues from 2010 to 2019; the county cooperated with BLM to update its resource management plan. BLM’s resource management plan is basically a land use plan that dictates management of public lands and their designations for usage. Some of our RMP’s are as 12 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 13 17.Presentation by Natural Resources and Federal Facilities Director, Megan Labadie regarding the updated status of the Nye County Conservation and Economic Development Act. Cont... old as 30 years. We have 4 districts within the county out of the 6 districts existing in the state, and so those resource management plans after our 10-year stint were either paused or terminated across the West and nationwide. Instead, BLM proposed a statewide RMP in 2019, which has since been stalled. So, Department of Defense activities take place on 2.8 million acres of land in Nye County. Again, those are forever withdrawn from bombing and highly hazardous activities. That’s 25% of the county, by the way. That’s close to mining, grazing, recreation, and again, our last revenues. These socioeconomic impacts are really never fully quantified in the environmental documents that lead up to these projects. And for the Department of Defense activities, the county does not actually qualify for any available mitigation because that is reserved for counties that have military bases within their counties, and we just have these bombing ranges and other activities. So, in 2019 and again in 2022, the board directed county staff to prepare and pursue a land spill to take care of some of these federal challenges that we were not able to do administratively, and since no dependable administrative pathway was recognized forward to modernize our federal land designations, congressional action really has become necessary, specifically for certain parts of the bill as well. So, the bill’s intent, I’ll just quickly go through this, includes steady economic development, public safety, and infrastructure recreation and conservation, and it will help us resolve land patent issues and bring us into a program to distribute cell proceeds to fund certain projects on public lands. This is just kind of an image showing some of the different pathways that we’re looking to resolve in the land spill. One thing that’s not listed in here that is important is our inclusion in the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, which is also known as SNPLMA. That is an action that can only be taken congressionally to bring Nye County into that act. SNPLMA allows for a special funding account with the treasurer in which disposal land sale proceeds fund certain park, trail, and environmental projects. That is a very brief overview. I believe we have Ron Mobley from BLM and prompt today, who is with BLM. He’s a Special Legislation Program Manager in Reno and graciously offered his time to provide an informational presentation about SNPLMA, but this does not reflect their stance or position on the land spill. So please keep that in mind. Over decades of public outreach and county planning through our land use documents that currently exist, the county considered several changes or forecasts for these disposal nomination considerations. They include historic disposal trends, foreseeable infrastructure projects, and economic forecasting, environmental constraints such as our desert tortoise areas that we need for a habitat conservation plan, should the county pursue one. It also helps protect our groundwater monitoring programs. The bill ensures several things. First of all, an important mention is that this is going to be county-guided development for the economic portion and for recreation. It ensures access to our groundwater wells for quality testing, which is done by John Klenke, our geoscientist, through this department. It also ensures flood control and control infrastructure, which we have developed and worked on with the water district and conservation protections, which were included in my Friends of Nevada Wilderness for bipartisan effort of the bill. The next portion here is just an acreage breakdown of what we’re requesting. This will be 13Page February 18th, 2026, Page 114 17.Presentation by Natural Resources and Federal Facilities Director, Megan Labadie regarding the updated status of the Nye County Conservation and Economic Development Act. Cont... available on the Nye County website sometime after this presentation, along with other materials for people to view. So, what breaks down to just briefly, some of the items there’s about 40,000 acres of economic development, 80% of that is within Tonopah, which is why I’m presenting from Tonopah today, just to be around to answer questions should they pop up, because that’s a huge percentage of our economic development request. We also have 11 ,000 acres for public purposes, infrastructure, and recreation. Over 650,000 acres of conservation and wilderness designations are occurring and proposed within this bill. However, it does release nearly 350,000 acres of congressionally languishing wilderness study areas. That would release those restrictions for those areas that are as old as well, since the I 980s for some of them. It also transfers 40 acres to the Yomba Shoshani tribe for their purposes and provides us with 55 acres of perpetual rights ofway to access groundwater monitoring wells. It also includes 50 acres for housing. One of the things to note about that is that the proposed sales and conveyances that we are proposing in this bill represent a mere not even half of the total land mass in Nye County. So, just some notes highlight important safeguards in the bill, which include no impacts to valid and existing rights, future growth, and groundwater pumpage will be constrained by the legal availability of water. The final footprints for these parcels that we’ve proposed are going to be in joint selection with BLM, so we will determine those final acreages together based on other uses that we may not have caught. This is going to be a phased county-guided development over decades, not just right now. None of this will be a full build-out at all whatsoever. This is for future planning and even past planning over the past 30 years. That brings me to my point, we did have a limited economic analysis performed by the University of Nevada, Reno, and the government office of economic development, and they concluded that the current population and economy cannot support proposed operations without more land available to us. So, all of these industrial projects that are coming, transient workers, lack of housing, all of these things are problematic for us at the moment, and that’s what this bill aims to resolve. So, this is not necessary for stability only in the future. This is necessary for our stability today, and the resources we currently have. We have submitted this bill to Congressman Horsford, since he is our district representative. He has agreed to carry the bill. We’ve also shared it with Senators Cortez-Masto and Rosen. We’ve had a couple of meetings with their legislative aides at their offices, we’ve had positive feedback, and ongoing positive communication. So next, the House of Legislative Council will prepare the technical draft, and after introduction, the bill will move through committee hearings and review in both chambers. Identical versions must pass the House and Senate before being sent to the president for signature, and we anticipate that this is going to be a multi-year-long process. That concludes my presentation. I welcome any questions, comments, or thoughts on the land spill. I know it’s a lot to go through. So, if the public has any questions or information they would like, you can either work with the Public Communications Office, or you can reach me at 775-751-4355. 14 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 15 17.Presentation by Natural Resources and Federal Facilities Director, Megan Labadie regarding the updated status of the Nye County Conservation and Economic Development Act. Cont...

Commissioner Jabbour

Megan, you have been working on this for a very long time. We were in DC together, meeting with the congressional and legislative leaders. It is a lot of information, and I am glad it is part of the backup, so the people are able to review it.

Commissioner Strickland

I would like to point out to the public that there are maps up here that show the areas that will be impacted by this bill. 18.Presentation by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the disposition of proceeds from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA) special Treasury account, with a focus on the process for requesting and receiving funds in the Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas category. Special Legislation Program Manager Ron Mobley I represent the BLM today. I am going to talk about SNPLMA today and how it works. The SNPLMA Round Processes, which are where all the entities that are eligible under the act, can nominate projects to be funded and approved by the Secretary ofthe Interior. So, there are 11 acts in Nevada that are similar to SNPLMA. All those acts basically authorize BLM to dispose of land, and when those lands are sold, the funds are deposited into a special treasury account instead of going back to the treasury to be used by Congress. Those accounts are available to the Secretary of the Interior without further appropriation and are available until they’re all spent. The BLM state office oversees all of the implementation of SNPLMA, which directs us to sell land, and then those funds are deposited in the treasury account, and the secretary can use them based on the provisions of the act. SNPLMA was passed in 1988, and it authorizes the sale of public land in the Las Vegas Valley. When the act was originally passed, there were give or take 40,000 acres available for disposal. That boundary has changed over time. It’s been as high as almost 77,000. If you looked at all the acres available for disposal today, there would be a little over 69,000. BLM controls about 28,000 that remain for disposal, and if you look at the map, the acres remaining for disposal are the yellow cross-hatched with blue on the map. Congress has directed BLM to transfer about 7,000 acres to others so they can dispose of them, and between BLM and our partners that are authorized to sell land, it’s generated over $4.8 billion in revenue since 1998. That excludes that this is an interest-bearing account, and that interest there’s another $500 million to add to it. Through 20 Rounds, about 1500 projects have been approved by the secretary and SNPLMA directs proceeds to be used in specific ways, like I mentioned before, 85% of it’s available to the Secretary of State, Nevada receives 5% for the education fund, and the Southern Nevada Water Authority receives 10% to help offset the development to provide infrastructure for water. Depending on where the sales occur, the airport authority may receive I 0% ofthose funds instead of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. BLM Nevada has an online sales program, it’s a pilot program, and in 2026, we’re anticipating selling about 22 parcels in the Las Vegas Valley and an additional 9 parcels later in the year for a total of around 300 acres. In general, in the Las Vegas Valley, those acres that we’re disposing of we’ll sell 15 I Page February 18th, 2026, Page 16 18.Presentation by the Bureau of Land Management Cont... for anywhere from $100,000 to over $1,000,000 an acre. Other acts we have that price will range from $1 ,000,000 down to less than $1 000 an acre, so itjust depends on where we’re selling those parcels in the state. We have 4 affordable housing projects that are in process right now, one each with the city of Henderson and the city of Las Vegas, and two with Clark County, and we anticipate 2 to 4 every year. The act authorizes BLM to dispose of land anywhere in the State of Nevada for affordable housing, and right now, the price per acre for that affordable housing is $1 00.00. So, you take a parcel in the Las Vegas valley that’s $1 000,000 an acre, which is a substantial reduction to help that parcel become affordable. Also, we will likely dispose ofa recreation and public purpose interest sale for Silver Bowl of about 260 acres sometime this year. The parks, trails, and natural areas are where the counties and cities that are identified in the act are eligible to request funding. It allows them to develop parks, trails, and natural areas. The funds that the entities request are provided through a cooperative agreement with one of those units of local government or regional government. Nye County is not on that list, yet SNPLMA has a strategic plan, and the goal for that is to improve the quality of life for the public and urban and rural communities by enhancing recreational opportunities and connecting people with the outdoors. Throughout the state, you’ll see facilities with baseball fields, pickleball courts, you’ll see where we support County Fair facilities, swimming pools, you name it. This category has a lot ofthings. There are 55 partners that are eligible to receive funding. SNPLMA says that the Department of the Interior secretary and consultation with the USDA secretary approved these funds for each Round Projects go through a rigorous review process. That working group is made up of both federal and non-federal partners. It’s a nine-member board, and they will look holistically across all the categories to determine which projects are the best. Once they make their preliminary recommendation, it goes out to the public for a comment period, eventually to the executive committee, made up of four executives from DOl and the Forest Service, who will make a final recommendation to the two secretaries. Those 4.8 billion dollars are a sustainable, predictable program going forward for 10 years. So, every Round they’re looking to have at least $100 million available for projects, and at the end of those 10 years, there’s only enough money remaining to manage those projects until they are completed. BLM will publish nomination guidelines and request nominations. There’s a 90-day period for entities to submit those nominations, and then we go through this process. There is a 45-day public comment period. The act does require us to engage all interested parties. The executive committee will develop its final recommendation based on PWG’s preliminary recommendation and the public comments. The secretary will hold the signing ceremony at one of the projects to announce.

Commissioner Strickland

It means a lot that you are so involved, and you know your stuff. I am looking forward to having further conversations with you. Thank you. 16Page February 18th, 2026, Page 117 SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSiONERS TIMED ITEMS 6.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation regarding the monthly statement of county treasurer pursuant to NRS 354.280 including receipts, balances in funds, money on deposit, outstanding checks, and cash on hand. Treasurer Raelyn Powers- Real quick, before we get into our report, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge and share with Beth Borysewich. I do recognize and understand that a couple of weeks ago, she did make arrangements to come down to the office so that she and I could meet and go over these reports. Unfortunately, that particular day I called out and took a personal day, I was not physically available to meet with Beth. I wanted to apologize to Beth for my unavailability as well as to acknowledge her efforts. I hope that that was not a deterrent and that we will still in the very near future be able to meet. So, Beth, I do apologize. Today’s report is for the December 2025 fiscal year 26. Just as a friendly reminder, these are not accounting reports, they are not financial statements, they are not budget reports; it is merely a comparison between all of the activity that is occurring in the bank accounts that are administered by the treasurer’s department. And the activity that is found and located in our accounting system is also known as Eden. Not a lot is going on, business as usual. You will see an increase in our outstanding payroll checks that is due to CBA and implementing the incentives that we are required by the Collective Bargaining Agreements with all of our departments and county employees. Everything else appears to be in order. I would like to note that we are still having our weekly audit meetings, and we are getting very close to finalizing and closing out the fiscal year 25 audit and financial statements. Once we have the closing and auditing entries entered into our accounting system, we will see those miscellaneous items at the bottom of our bank reconciliation cleared out. Just as a reminder, the treasurer’s report is data that is compiled from what’s known as a trial balance report. The trial balance is an accounting report. The treasurer’s report only reflects the cash activity for all of the funds that are administered by our comptroller’s office. It includes funds for the towns, the Nye County School District debt account, state obligations, libraries, and everything that is directly related to Nye County. It represents the cash available at this particular point in time for each specific fund. Does anybody have any questions or comments? Public Comment open/closed. 17Page February 18th, 2026, Page 18 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.lFor 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. 13.2For Possible Action — Approval of the meeting minutes from the joint meeting on December 16, 2025. 13.3For PossibleAction —Approval to: a. Accept Notice of Subaward for Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) for first quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 in the amount of $59, 11 7.00, to provide assistance to very low to low-income populations, along with Assurances. No County match required; b. Execute the Notice of Subaward; and C. Fund to 10340 Grants. 13.4For PossibleAction —Approval to: a)Accept a Funding Agreement with Living Free Health to provide recovery-focused programming for individuals impacted by substance misuse, for calendar year 2026 in the amount of $2,000.00; b)Execute the Funding Agreement; and c)Fund from I 0380 Allergan Opioid Settlement Fund.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to approve.

Commissioner Koenig

seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. 14.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to appoint a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.340 as a justice of the peace to attend to his or her official duties from the following list of persons: Michael Foley, and Philip Bovee. A temporary vacancy from absence, disability or other cause must not be filled by another justice of the peace or a substitute justice of the peace for more than 30 days at any one time. Public Comment opened: Ammie Nelson- I’ve talked to some people, quite a few people, and Michael Foley seems to be the good person that the people want, and I’m definitely for Michael Foley. He has my vote. Susie Hertz — I recommend and request that Michael Foley be reappointed. Michael Garcia- And I think the elephant in the room is what we are going to do when it comes to accountability from these appointments. You know what about the fraud that happened when they were working outside of jurisdiction and authority. That should be a common interest. Tom Waters — I would like to recommend Michael Foley; he’s doing a great job. Linda Clark I’m going to recommend Foley; there’s no other choice in this county.

Commissioner Koenig

Motions to appoint Michael Foley to fill the temporary vacancy again for 30 days.

Commissioner Strickland

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. 19Page February 18th, 2026, Page 20 15.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding selecting

Commissioner Liaison

I Representative for the Tn-County Weed Control Board for 2026. Public Comment open/closed.

Commissioner Koenig

Motions to select Megan Labadie as liaison to Tn-County Weed Control Board for 2026.

Commissioner Strickland

Seconds the motion.

Commissioner Jabbour

Megan is well-versed in this area. It is unusual that we have the second meeting of the year on our liaison list, and if, for whatever reason, the commissioner is unable to fulfil it for whatever reason. There was no discussion of another commissioner wanting to step in to represent. I’m up in the north, and I already have a commitment to this type of representation. Besides meeting with and having a commitment and a court order with the BLM and the Department of Forestry. I could do it, but it would be inappropriate for me to be up in Tonopah, and we have 4 commissioners here in Pahrump to take this on to represent the county. This is very important, it has to do with some really sensitive issues and decisions that need to be made by a commissioner, and nothing against Megan, who is a director and she’s doing a fantastic job and representing the entire county for Natural Resources. I think it’s more appropriate to be a commissioner.

Commissioner Boskovich

I’m open to whatever you guys want to do.

Commissioner Strickland

They meet quarterly, they always meet on the 11th of the month. I just can’t do it.

Commissioner Jabbour

Is that true? No one wanted it.

Commissioner Koenig

I remove my motion.

Commissioner Strickland

I remove my second.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions for Megan Labadie to be the representative for the Tn-county Weed Control Board for 2026.

Commissioner Koenig

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. 7.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on — — AP-25-6: An Appeal of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s decision to deny Conditional Use Permit (CU-25-21) to allow an Off-Premises Sign/Billboard at the property located at 1870 N. NV Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 035-041-36. Plon Holdings LLC. Property Owner. Taylor Baumgardner Applicant/Agent. Items 7 and 8 are called together. Director of Planning Steve Osborne These Items were heard at the PRPC at their meeting on November 12, 2025. The RPC denied both conditional use permits. The basis for the RPC denial is based on the master plan policy, which states that one of the 20 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 121 7.& 8. 10:00 a.m. — For Possible Action cont... objectives of the master plan is to mitigate the cumulative visual effects of billboards and off-premises signs. So that was essentially the basis for the denial. But you can affirm, reverse, or modify the RPC’s decisions.

Commissioner Jabbour

Provide where this exactly is. I know you’ve provided the maps here. Osborne Both proposed billboards are on the west side of 160 between Adkinson and Mesquite.

Commissioner Jabbour

Currently, that’s open land. I would like to say that although this was denied, and I know that planning is doing theirjob and they’re following the rules, the regulations, and the master plan. But we’re talking about a structure that would be put up professionally on 160. So we have to go back to another billboard issue we have, approximately 45 billboards that are not permitted, they’re illegal on 160 they’re on private property, they look horrendous compared to other billboards that are professionally structured, they’re structurally sound, they’re permitted by the state, they meet the criteria for the Beautification Act of the State of Nevada. And here we’re denying a property owner who wants to put up a billboard because of the master plan, which contradicts the other billboards that exist in Pahrump. They should have been taken down many years ago, and they’re still erected with advertisements on them. This just amazes me. Public Comment opened: Susie Hertz I was at the RPC planning meeting when this topic came up, and I asked them to vote against it. I counted recently on my way back from Vegas into town, 30 billboards from the beginning of town before Mountain Falls until 372, and there were probably more I missed, some because I was driving. You mentioned that so many of them are illegal. Then what the heck is going on that code enforcement can’t get these things taken down? What is it that somebody has your hands tied behind your back? Let’s be responsible; let’s get them gone instead of continually talking about them. Why aren’t you endorsing this illegality? You have the power to do something about it. In addition to this, there’s no excuse to allow just because they’re legal, more billboards that happen to be on the north side of town. If those billboards are to be advertising businesses in Pahrump, what the heck are you doing advertising as people are leaving town? They’re not going to turn around and go back to whatever that billboard said in its advertising; it’s not logical for those billboards to be on the exiting side of the town. Ammie Nelson People fail to understand how close Clark County is to our little town, and a lot ofthose billboards are on the Clark County side of Basin 162. Some ofthem, if I’m not mistaken, are grandfathered from earlier bills in this county. I agree there are some that are worn down and need to be taken out. But if it’s professional and we can get a permit for it, I don’t see anything wrong with that kind of advertising. If you’ve noticed 30 boards while you’re driving, that tells you people look up to them and notice them. So, if it’s a professional billboard, I agree with Bruce Jabbour that a professional billboard would not hurt our landscape. Tamie Pitman We have one thing that is stunning about Pahrump: we have 360° mountain views. Those billboards are a blight on the foil of the b*** of Nye County. I 211 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 22 7 & 8 10:00 a.m. — For Possible Action cont... believe there’s a tourist thing where people like to drive through, and they recommend going places because of the beautiful views. We’re not going to be on it because our billboards are one of those reasons. We need to get rid of the ones that are illegal. Our planning department and our code enforcement need to go out and enforce. We don’t need any new ones. I came from Vermont, where they made every billboard illegal. The views are what people go to Vermont to see, and we have that stunning 3600 view. Linda Clark- I complained about this before; you go through this town, and all you see are billboards; it’s distracting. How many Nevada Realty signs do we have? We have Fiore signs all over the place. Do we need that? That’s not beautifying anything; people are crazy, come on, we don’t need them. They make our town look trashy. It makes our town look needy; we’re not needy. We don’t need that many/why do we do it? Are you making money off of it? What do these things cost? Everybody wants to know what Fiore paid for how many she put up. And they’re not attractive, she’s not attractive, full of plastic. What I want to say is we don’t need them, so get rid of them, and I know I’m not alone, people are tired of looking at them, and some of them are so old and ugly. Beth Borysewich This is about protecting the character safety and natural beauty of our community. Look at the mountains and see how they are absolutely breathtaking. Recently, a company based in Ohio applied to install 2 new billboards along Hwy 160. Their goal is simple: to generate advertising income. But the impact on our town is not simple at all. These signs would not benefit residents; instead, they would alter our landscape, distract drivers, and further erode the scenic qualities that make Pahrump. Highway 160 is notjust a road; it’s the primary route connecting our town to other towns and cities. It is heavily traveled and at times hazardous. Adding more billboards along the corridor introduces additional visual distractions for drivers. which can contribute to safety concerns on an already challenging stretch of road. This is not a new issue for us; residents have repeatedly voiced concerns about the growing number of billboards along the highway. Many have called for stronger regulations and a more comprehensive community-wide approach to managing billboard placements. They recognize that once views are lost, they are difficult to restore. The Pahrump Regional Planning Commission has already taken responsible actions by denying several billboard applications over the past year, and I fully applaud them for that. I’m so glad to see some board members have a spine to stand up and say no, and they have denied these two applications, noting that 160 already has a significant number assigned. Their decisions reflect an understanding that our mountains, open skies, and desert landscapes are not obstacles to development; they are assets worth protecting. Even the Nevada Department of Transportation has acknowledged that outdoor advertising and natural landscapes have a significant negative effect on the visual quality ofour highways. This impact is especially pronounced in rural areas like ours, where billboards stand in stark contrast to the surrounding environment. Nye County does have the authority to regulate billboard placements; we should continue strengthening the standard and the communicative impact. Many of the billboards currently in place were constructed before modern zoning standards, and they should be removed if they are illegal. Vice Chair, Pahrump Regional Planning Commission John O’Brien My phone doesn’t stop ringing on each and every item that comes before the PRPC. I represent the people, 22 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 23 7 & 8 10:00 a.m. — For Possible Action cont... and the people told us what they wanted. They wanted stronger sign laws to be enacted by this county for the town of Pahrump. They’re tired of seeing 200 signs and a quarter of a mile to advertise homes that are up for sale, they’re tired of coming into our community and seeing nothing but billboards, they’re tired of seeing realty signs, three and four on one lot. They’re tired of seeing the billboards in general. It was brought to our attention when we did the master plan, a representative from the Economic Development Committee came before us and testified that we were losing tourism dollars because of the billboards, the signs, and the blade that we put on our community. Yet we decided that we wanted to go ahead and sponsor beautifying Nevada, beautifying Pahrump, you know, the center of our town, and yet we are sitting here considering something that goes against what we’ve already voted for. I’m against it. The board said what it needed to say, and they gave reasoning for it. Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to affirm RCP’s decision to deny AP25-6 and -7.

Commissioner Koenig

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 4-1 Jabbour Nay. , 8.1 0:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation on — — AP-25-7: An Appeal of the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission’s decision to deny Conditional Use Permit (CU-25-20) to allow an Off-Premises Sign/Billboard at the property located at 1630 N. NV Highway 160, Pahrump, NV. Assessor’s Parcel Number 035-041-38. Plon Holdings LLC. Property Owner. Taylor Baumgardner Applicant/Agent. Called with Item 7. 9.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing on the results of Public Works — — identification and determination of improved roads and streets maintained by Nye County during Calendar Year 2025 for the purposes of compliance with Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 365.550(8) with respect to Proceeds of Tax Levied pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 365.180; and other matters properly related thereto. Public Works Director Thomas BoIling This is a public hearing for us to approve the road mileage so we can send them to N DOT, and that way they can pay us to maintain our roads, or help us to maintain our roads, the same thing we do every year. Public Comment opened: Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to approve as written.

Commissioner Jabbour

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. 23 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 24 16.For Possible Action Presentation by Zena Teich, Comptroller regarding the history of Nye County’s property tax rate by district and fund; and discussion, deliberation, and direction to staff regarding the Fiscal Year 2027 property tax rate for all entities the Board of County Commissioners govern. (5-minute time limit)

Comptroller Teich

Teich The attached material is actually the same presentation that has been given in previous years. It just gives you a little history on how we do property taxes. So, we actually are able to levy property taxes on real and personal property. We also levy property taxes for all of Nye County, including Special Districts. The next part of the presentation talks about the cap on property taxes. Between the Nevada Constitution and NRS 361 .453, we have a cap of 3.64 cents per dollar of assessed value. Which equates to, property tax in Nevada is assessed at 35 percent of its taxable value. My recommendation is that we do not make any changes; we need to submit our tentative allocation to the state by February 21st• Public Comment opened: Linda Clark Zena, I am so glad you said that. We don’t need any more taxes here. We’re not getting any benefit, and I hope you stick to your word. Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Koenig

We need to do something with the Pahrump Museum and put it in with tourism

Assistant County Manager Dellinger

Dellinger This is the opportunity if the board chooses to do so. We can reallocate the percentage that is being distributed to the Pahrump Museum and put it back in the Nye County general operating 10 101 and fund the , Pahrump Museum out of Pahrump Tourism, which is similar to how our Beauty Town Museum is funded through.

Commissioner Koenig

Instead of taking it out of the general fund, it is taking it out of tourism, which has a sizable amount of money. She does a head count every day at the museum, and I was amazed when I saw the number of people from everywhere in the world who stopped at that museum every single day. It’s just incredible. I saw that I thought we’re not paying for this from the right place. She needs more funds to get another person in there. So that we are open for seven days a week, instead of 5 or 6. And I can’t take it out of the general fund, I can’t justify that, but I can take it out of tourism, I can easily justify that. I want to direct staff to do that somehow.

Comptroller Teich

This is the proper place to change that.

Commissioner Jabbour

I don’t know if Zena is familiar with the history of the allocation of the rooms tax and how we were funding both Tonopah and Pahrump museums. There was a vote taken, and this was before us even being on the board, so if this was to move forward, where we’re going to fund through tourism, and the money is reallocated back to the general fund. What time frame will the Tonopah museum be able to come forward with the request to potentially receive a little more money, as both of the museums are so very important historically for Nye County?

Commissioner Strickland

You guys know this history. Both museums were receiving equal shares, and that was not working. If we were to instead have tourism pay for 24 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 25 16.For Possible Action — Presentation by Zena Teich, cont... Pahrump and leave the money that’s already allocated towards museums, remain that is currently funding two museums. It could continue to fund just the Tonopah Museum. I think it would be well served.

Commissioner Jabbour

That is a great suggestion, but I don’t think they would need that money in its entirety.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to fund Tonopah from the general fund and to move the Pahrump Museum’s funding from general to tourism.

Commissioner Jabbour

Seconds the motion.

Commissioner Bayne

I am concerned because the impact could be negative to the Fire Department and EMS services. So, I am no on this. Motion carries 4-1 Commissioner Bayne Nay. , PLANNING/BUILDING/CODE COMPLIANCE 19.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding a request to set a date,_time_and_location for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2026-01 : A Bill proposing to Amend Nye County Code Title 17, titled Comprehensive Land Use Planning and Zoning, Chapter 17.10 titled Special Use Permits; Section 17.10.010 titled Definitions by adding the definition of Approved Assignee”, “Commence or Commencement”, “Permit Holder”, and “Person”; Section 1 7.04.050 titled Requirement To Obtain A Special Use Permit by providing for an extension of time and for obtaining a written letter from a Town Board; Deleting Section 17.10.080 titled Designation Of Use In Districts In The Pahrump Regional Planning District; Section 17.10.090 titled Approval Process by amending the process for an application for special use permit and waiver applications; Section 17.10.100 titled Preliminary Development Plan Approval by removing the requirement for the applicant’s signature, adding entering into a development agreement, and amending the documents needed to submit for preliminary development plan approval and final development plan approval; Section 17.10.120 titled Building Permits And Commencement Of Construction by requiring applicant to attend a pre-development meeting; Section 17.10.140 titled Development Standards by requiring applicant conduct an audible A-weighted sound pressure level test; and Section 17.10.150 titled Setbacks And Height Restrictions by removing height restrictions of SECS 2 solar panel and allowed variances, and amending the allowed waivers for setback and distance restrictions; and providing for the severability, constitutionality, and effective date thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. Public Comment opened/closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to set the public hearing on March 17, 2025 at 10:00 am in Pahrump.

Commissioner Koenig

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. 25Page February 18th, 2026, Page 26 SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 : A Bill Amending Pahrump Town Ordinance Chapter 8 Titled Business Regulations by Adding Article V Titled Short Term Vacation Rental Licensing Requiring Business Licensing and Registration for Short Term Vacation Rentals and the Collection of Room Tax by Adding Section 8.115 Titled Purpose of Ordinance, Section 8.116 Titled Short Title, Section 8.117 Titled Definitions, Section 8.118 Titled Standards, Section 8.119 Titled Registration Requirements, Section 8.120 Titled Transient Lodging Tax, Section 8.121 Titled Enforcement Process, Section 8.122 Titled Appeals, Section 8.123 Titled Delinquent Transient Lodging Tax, Section 8.124 Titled Termination of Registration, Section 8.125 Titled Administrative Hearing: Termination of Registration, Section 8.126 Titled Fines and Fees, and Providing for the Severability, Constitutionality, and Effective Date Thereof; and Other Matters Properly Relating Thereto. 2:28:44 Administrative Manager Samantha Tackett This bill amendment is being brought forward to fix some issues that we’ve run into after the proposal and adoption of PTO 74. I believe it was last year in May that we proposed a bill to establish short-term rental registration and licensing, as it had not existed before. The Town of Pahrump business licenses were always required. But it was hard to catch them and then help them become compliant. So, we enacted this ordinance, and through the first and almost full year of it being in effect, we realized there are a few things that we need to amend to make it easier for us to make sense and to make it easier for our applicants as well. Public Comment: Susie Hertz Please do. Thank you. Ammie Nelson Many years ago, when Airbnb was first beginning to be popular, I tried it out. I didn’t make a fortune; I just did it to see what kind of people would come and what their needs were. It was still very cheap, like $20 or $30 a night. I didn’t make money because I served breakfast. I think this aims at those kinds of businesses and the small mom and pop, that’s going to hurt them, they’re not making a big amount of money on this, they’re making enough to pay their bills, to pay their repairs, to do all that stuff. I think maybe any kind of legislation for this town might include an amount, how many people, what the price is, putting limits on what they can do before they’re determined to be big enough to have to pay room tax or any of that stuff, and then possibly lose their homes. Because now if somebody turns them in, they’re going to get fined. I think this leaves out a lot of detail. I hope that this might be tabled so those kinds of things can be addressed. Liz Provenza I didn’t notice any of the fines and fees being changed on the ordinance. I want to address the fees and fines. I’m with this lady who just spoke; most of us are not making big money, this is not big business. I understand paying a percentage for the room tax, but everybody that I’m talking to is basically doing it to subsidize their income, to utilize their homes. To call it a big business, and we’re treating it like that. I agree that it should not be treated that way. I’ve been in real estate for over 30 years, the longest 26 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 27 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 : cont... property manager, and we have rights to our homes. What’s next? Are we going to not be able to rent our homes out? It’s about public safety, and I don’t see how B&Bs are hurting the public. I understand that if you have rights to your property, it’s about not creating a nuisance on the property, and there are ways to combat that, but the depth of things we’re going through just for people to be able to utilize their own properties just seems a little bit over the top. I don’t know a single house in this valley that’s renting for $500 a day, and I definitely know there’s nothing that’s renting for $1000 a day in this valley, but the fines are $500 to $1 000 a day. Personally, I find that very threatening as a property manager that I could be doing something wrong, and you’re going to hit me with a $500 to $1000 a day, which is very scary. I’m a little bit upset aboutthe factthat when all this started, we talked about having a meeting. Samantha said yes, we’ll get together, and we’ll have people from the B&B and people like the Town Manager, the Commissioner, and the Administrator talk about some of the issues that are on the agenda. I called for that meeting; didn’t get the meeting; was told well we need to know what you don’t like about the ordinance. So, my sister and I went through many hours of going through it and I still did not hear about in any way that we were going to have a committee. One of the challenges I have about that is that in the old days, everybody read the Pahrump Valley Times. We knew when there were commission meetings, we knew what agenda item was up. We’re not in the I 960s anymore, but I know that there are ways that people can be informed. You know we have all their emails; this is not rocket science anymore to inform the public about things that address their issues specifically, but we don’t do it. I know that what Samantha sent me, there are only two or three of us who got it. I talked to two or three people who got the ordinance changes that you guys have put in place. Michel David Garcia I definitely can appreciate y’all staying in your commercial lane when it comes to this agenda item, but I really thank you all should think about equal protection. You know, if the tax is admitted, maybe we should have $500 or $1 000 a day that doesn’t get deposited. You know, when there are taxes that are MIA, why can’t y’all hold yourselves to the same standards and charge you all $500 or $1000 a day until you find the tax money? Thank you. 2:37:33 Troy Hicks I am going to talk about something most of us remember: the American road trip. Families piled in the car, kids in the back seat, stopping to see something real and different. Those trips are not about generic experiences and generic rooms; they’re about a bonding experience and memories of a place. This is the opportunity in front of Pahrump, we sit between Las Vegas and Death Valley, but we’re acting like it’s a drive- through exit. Unique experiences create destination stops. Unique lodging is one of the biggest drivers that makes families choose to stay. The need here is real. Pahrump’s median age is about 53 years old; a third of our residents are 65 plus; our workforce participation is about 41%, and our poverty level is about 13%. Many households do not have multiple shots at opportunity; one steady income stream can matter. Tourism is a lever we can control. Death Valley had 1.4 million visitors in 2024, who spent about $146,000,000 in the nearby communities, about 47 million of that on hotels and 28 million on restaurants. That’s spending we can capture and give families a reason to stop here 27 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 128 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 : cont... and stay here. Nearby towns show this pattern. Goldfield is doing this, Beatty is doing this, building destination infrastructure, diversifying their economies, creating jobs of millions of dollars in new investment. Pahrump should follow this lead and not restrict it. Here are some practical requests tied to this ordinance: first, amend 8.118e to allow a narrowly scope, fully licensed, fully taxed, heritage lodging carve out for unique family- friendly stays. This is a unique category of experiential lodging that creates memories. This could be a vintage aluminum travel trailer, this could be a Basque sheep herder wagon, both are Nevada history; amend 8.1180a, remove or make waivable this non- waivable 2500-foot hotel buffer, whose function is as market protection, not impact regulation. This is one way. What if a hotel opens down the street after the license has been issued? Three, fix the ownership transfer termination, which is 8. 11 8k, the automatic termination for legal non-conforming status, so that compliant small operators are not wiped out by ordinary transfers. This piece penalizes estate planning, putting a home in a trust, adding a spouse, or similar actions to the deed, invalidates your license. This ordinance, as it stands now, its intent is to help Pahrump, but it will do more harm than good. I think we need to keep strict enforcement for bad actors we need to reward compliance. This is how you protect neighborhoods and create local jobs. I ask that you table this ordinance to do more study and request more community input. Mark Vinci Since August 3 times I have raised the issue that this ordinance does not regulate continually, proportionally, or defensively. This ordinance has 73 regulatory provisions; almost 80% of this ordinance contains identifiable structural or constitutional vulnerabilities, 27 high constitutional risk sections, 29 medium risk sections, and 17 low risk sections. Before a license is issued, applicants face over 15 separate pre-issuance requirements; the totality is burdensome and probably can be proved so. Because in the last six months, STR listings declined from 209 to 160, approximately 25% contraction. When lawful operators exit, tax remittance declines. That’s been a topic all the way through; this is about where the money is coming from, but we’re restricting that by constructing our populace of short-term rentals. Enforcement tensions rise, which we’re at now, and litigation risk grows. Since this ordinance is a cut-and-paste from Clark County, there is a recentjudicial precedence on December 19, 2025, when the US District Court issued an injunction and enjoined Clark County’s STR enforcement structure for likely 14th Amendment violations. That was the primary focus on it, but as I said, 80% of the ordinance has issues. Local government can be liable if the town loses, obviously, defense costs, paying plaintiff attorneys, and being ordered to revise the ordinance anyway. Our courts evaluate whether defects are identified, whether alternatives existed, and whether over breath was avoidable. I won’t go into the hotel. I’m just going to keep it short here, but the hotels are another issue that could be brought into this, whether it’s protection factors. So, there are 70 provisions, 56 were identified as vulnerabilities, like I said 80%, we need a better amendment for this. I think our last speaker said to table it and let’s revisit, let’s do it right the first time, and not subject us to other unnecessary time, unnecessary costs, and generate an actual income stream that can be counted for the County and for the Town. I say we put this on the table, and come back to it, we never got our meeting we were promised, to at least address this, and then we are the subject matter experts. Let’s tap into that, and let’s make it a win-win for everybody. We’re not in 28Page February 18th, 2026, Page 29 10.10:00 am. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 : cont... competition with the hotels; we’re looking at people who partition or seek other alternatives for housing, and we can both coexist, so let’s table it. Beth Borysewich — Pahrump has about 54,000 people here. Las Vegas has over 3,000,000. I lived through the changes in Vegas, and one thing that I was kind of proud of was that they actually held meetings, workshops, and discussions with people to get input and to make changes to their ordinances. In Pahrump, here’s what happens: we have a new manager who goes and takes an ordinance from Las Vegas, chops it up, and throws it out there and says okay you guys are going to have to act like Las Vegas. In my opinion, BS, he should not have done this, and you should not have approved this. People who want to rent out a room in their home for short-term rentals shouldn’t have to jump through 50 hoops in order to say okay you can come in. Here’s our liability information. I have a business license, the tax will be this, period done. We are not a big city, we are not a huge town, we are not even incorporated. So, what is wrong with your thinking? I mean, the manager should be thinking about us as a rural-urban town, not a city. I think that you should get rid of this whole thing, which I’ve said from the beginning, and start over by also having a meeting with the people. The people of this town are the ones who are going through this, not you guys sitting up there. I don’t see John out there renting anybody out of his house. I don’t see Debra out there renting to anybody. What does she know about this? She hasn’t done it, that I know of. I think you need to put an end to this and to think clearly about who we are, what we are, and how our people should be treated. Thank you. 2:46:09 Linda Clark I understand people wanting to make a little extra money on the side, but it doesn’t always work out the way you hope it does. I worked in property management for 17 years in California, of all places. I had three rental properties in my own one in Anaheim, and I moved to Colorado, had one there and I had one in Newport Beach. I’m not wealthy, believe me; this was many years ago. Two of them worked out okay; there were people just waiting to finish their newborn houses, and they needed a place to stay, and I was pretty fortunate with those two. The one in Anaheim was a disaster. I had completely redone my townhouse, and when they left, it was a disaster. They had a flood they didn’t tell me about, they ruined my kitchen, and I had to replace the floors. I know Deborah doesn’t want to hear about this. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is it doesn’t always work out, and the people who think it’s going to be nice, it might not, and the Realtors here that work in property management, probably could tell you horror stories that you didn’t tell you. Ruth Matthew I am asking to table bill 2026-01 The current draft does not regulate — . STR’s makes normal compliant people legally fragile, which pushes visitors’ dollars away from the town. Other small towns become reliable stops for wholesome, memorable travel. Travelers want a clean place to sleep, a kitchen, room for kids, a safe driveway, and the kind of unique experience that turns a trip into a tradition. That model already exists and works in places like Shoshoni, a tiny gateway that is literally positioned for travelers heading to Death Valley. Boulder City veterans and visitors to Lake Mead spent an estimated $408 million in nearby communities in 2024, supporting 36,060 jobs. This is what a destination’s economic looks like. Tonopah, the county’s lodging tax structure is 29 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 30 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 :cont... explicit in the town’s budget, room tax for funds community needs and promotions, in other words, short-term lodging is created as a civic asset, not a target. Pahrump can capture more ofthis same kind ofoutside money, but only ifwe createthe rules that shape good behavior and remove bad actors. This ordinance misses that. 18.118k, ownership transfer. This bill treats family life like a violation, marriage, divorce, inheritance or replacing your home in a trust, can wipe out a registration and trigger permanent bans. That’s not public safety, that’s punishing stability. 28.118e non-permanent structures is a blanket ban on travel trailers and RV’s as STR’s with no inspection pathway. A ban with no path to compliance is not regulation; it’s a dead end. 38.118 oh 2500-foot hotel buffer STR’s went from 1000 feet to 300 feet, added 70% radius reduction, but not for hotels, which is not fair dealings for equal treatment. Hotels provide the same under 30-day lodging, but this bill loads criminal penalties and monitoring mandates onto STR’s only. If this is truly about safety neighborhood impact, then regulate behaviors, not labels. I’m requesting to table this bill, bring it back with fixes and reward compliance and correct problems quickly give people a clear path to do it right, make it fair cross transient lodging if we do that Pahrump gets the best outcome, quiet neighborhoods, accountable operators and a stronger local economy built on family travels, repeat visitors, and the pride of being a town worth stopping for. Fay Provenza I am a Nevada native, a longtime resident, and I own half of a B&B in town. I realize that the whole concept has increased drastically over the last few years, with an explosion of these B&B’s. I also am a firm believer in regulation and common sense, but it seems that this is overregulation. It also appears that with all of these ordinances, if you just take a glance, most of them are about going after people doing something wrong, which does not promote this as a positive concept from the board. I will say that I believe in regulation, but this is a self-regulating system. The two major platforms that these rentals are on are VRBO and Airbnb. They provide insurance, and it’s self-regulating in the aspect that when people come to stay, if it is dirty, if it is loud, if it’s unsightly, if there’s anything wrong, your neighbors will let you know, and even if they don’t, people do not come back. There’s a review system that is taken very seriously. We vet everyone who comes to stay using a review system to see if they had any problems at the places they were at before. It’s a self-regulating system that does not need other people to tell us how to do it, how much noise we might be making, or how close we are to someone else; it takes care of itself. The fact that we just recently were talking about this bill, trying to acquire property, because we need more housing in the area. This is temporary housing, but it’s very helpful for all of the events that take place in Pahrump when there aren’t enough hotel rooms. This is a good thing for Pahrump to have self- regulating short-term stays in a quality fashion. I think all these regulations are going to make that more difficult, not good for Pahrump. If I’m not mistaken, the whole point of having this system is for the good of Pahrump. You might want to be thinking about that instead of trying to find us ridiculous amounts of money for infractions that are not likely to happen. That’s all I have to say. Donna Provenza Lamm I just wanted to say it’s not fair to come up with complaints unless you have some solutions in mind or at least potential solutions. We did try to set 30 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 31 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 :cont... up meetings numerous times with commissioners and planning, and my sister and I did spend hours going over the ordinance and finding ways to make it more appropriate for Pahrump, which it is not. It’s built for a big city; it’s not for Pahrump. This is a different animal entirely. So, we are more than willing to do that. It’s kind of like taxation without representation. You need our input; we’ve been doing this for a while, and so we know what the problems are and how to avoid them. So, I would strongly recommend that you table this ordinance and set up a meeting with the people who do it, who know how it works, and do it a little more appropriately for our area. Gianni Ferrari I have an Airbnb here in Pahrump, and I love this little building. I’ve spent three years renovating it, and I’m an artist by trade, so it has been a slow process for me. I have fixed it in such a way that it is comfortable and inviting, and people love to be there. I have several reviews, and they’re all five stars, and the greatest thing I hear from them is how much they love the peace and quiet. This had been built to be a refuge and a sanctuary for some weary travelers in our world. I have been inspired to use some of my own artwork in the house, so it’s a little entertaining in ways. I have one sign that says cafe, and it’s got all paintings offood under it, just some fun things that make it interesting and enlightening to people who come to stay. I just want to say that my experience with planning has been both positive and negative, but when I first found out about the ordinances, I called all overto find outwhatwas required so I could get started. I already had a packet from years ago when I first started to renovate it from the business license division, and then I couldn’t use that. I just started calling to get the information. Unfortunately, no one would tell me anything. I called Maria at planning, and she promised to send me all the things that I needed to start on the I st paper that I was given, and there were many requirements there that I didn’t understand. I’m 82 years old, and this is kind of new territory for me. I also had a positive experience with her when she came out from behind her desk and looked at the pictures that I had taken of my place. It’s really cute, really positive, upbeat, and just inspiring, and she liked them. When Mark came out to do the inspection, he showed me the equipment that he had at his place and encouraged me to get that kind of sound monitoring, which I did with two different units. When he inspected it, he said now you can go down and pay your fee, which I did $350.00 and then you can pick up your license. Well, there wasn’t a license; there was another packet. This is the third episode of uploading to a computer that I really don’t understand well. I can send emails, and I can do other things, but this type of thing was a little technical for me, and so it ended up that when I got the third packet for the county, I had to employ my housekeeper to help me. Public Comment Closed. Manager Waggoner The fines and fees only apply to people who do not register their short-term rental. Meaning they are operating unlicensed. That’s where the $500 first offense, $1 000, comes in. It isn’t forjust any violation of the code. The other thing is that this does not apply to monthly rentals; this is only for short-term rentals up to 28-day rentals. If they rent it for four months after that 28-days, they don’t pay the room tax; it’s not collected, it’s just like a hotel. So, as far as gathering input, this draft was sent to many of the public commenters you just heard from. They gave comments back, they 31 IPage February 18th, 2026, Page 32 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 :cont... were pretty much just wipe it all out, so they weren’t useful comments. I just wanted to point that out.

Commissioner Strickland

Would you point out when it comes to a property that is licensed, and a hotel goes up next to it? Waggoner The hotel wouldn’t be allowed to go up next to it if it was established first. without a waiver or some other approval.

Commissioner Jabbour

That the folks that came up to speak about their homes they fill a void that hotels can’t fill. There are different levels of service, and one of the commenters mentioned Airbnb, and not only do they have to vet or try to vet the individual or individuals that come and want to book. Airbnb does a really good job in vetting these people who are making reservations, and we’re specifically talking about here in Pahrump. lfthey have a bad experience at a former stay elsewhere, it’s noted, and these Airbnb owners are warned to be careful with this reservation. If I’m not mistaken, I’m trying to quote and review my databank here of what the criteria is for Airbnb’s. It’s healthy competition to have these facilities available to fill the void, but of course, they have to register, they haveto gettheir business license, and they haveto be upto par. The people won’t come and stay, you know, we can put up all the photos we want, but they won’t come and stay at your facility if it’s not up to par, and if you trick them and lure them in, you’re actually going to be doomed because the rating goes out worldwide with this Airbnb, for example. They’re not the only group that’s out there; others that provide this type of service for the people. It’s revenue to the county, as many as we can get here in Pahrump, it’s revenuetothetown, and revenuetothe county. So, one ofthethings that I honed in on was page 4 of 16, 8.118o and a couple of people honed in on it as well, but they didn’ttouch upon whatl wanted to speak on. ltwas 1,000 feet, and now it’s brought down to 300 feet. Competition is healthy, and so if it’s right next to me and I want to do an Airbnb, and you have an Airbnb, I have a different level of professionalism and expertise in what my decor will be inside my unit versus your unit. I don’t understand why it went from 1 ,000 feet to 300 feet as if we’re almost punishing. The 2,500 feet to a hotel was also mentioned. The hotels sink millions of dollars into their facility typically, and again, it’s healthy competition. 2,500 feet is quite a distance away from a hotel, which may or may not be reasonable If I had an Airbnb or not. I’m not challenging that, I understand it. The hotels don’t want further competition right next door to them. I don’t think they really care about an Airbnb right next to them and closer than 2,500 feet. I would really appreciate it if it were the consideration ofthe board, because a lot ofwork went into this. You did well, and whether it’s from a template or not, it doesn’t make sense to totally reinvent the wheel. A lot of this is good information. If it’s the consideration of the board to table and to have a workshop and have a meeting for these folks to come and express their opinion and go through things, and that doesn’t mean that everything that is going to be recommended. If it were to move forward to be tabled and to have a workshop, that doesn’t mean everything that you bring forward is going to be approved or agreed to. I would appreciate being involved in that meeting and sitting there, observing and listening to what the people have to say. The people that are actually paying us, they’re paying us 32 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 33 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 :cont... room tax to the town, and their license. I’m making a motion to table at this time and to also follow up with some type of workshop. Administrative Manager Tackett — We opted not to have a meeting with this group, although we did address all their questions, because we were threatened with litigation and also verbally accosted by some ofthe potential applicants. One more thing, the code as it stands is already in effect. Tabling these amendments would actually keep it stricter, and we are trying to loosen it up and trying to improve it. Manager Waggoner I just wanted to add that the changes that were made came from suggestions from some who spoke, as well as all the other public comments that came before the board, when it got adopted. Those changes were incorporated here, the majority of them. As Sam said, by tabling it, we’re leaving it in the stricter version. If you wanted to pursue a workshop, I personally would go with the amendments that were recommended by a lot of the people, and then if you want to do a workshop for future amendments.

Commissioner Jabbour

I apologize for the situation. The perception is that we know every bit of information, and we don’t until we get here and we talk about it. The part about potential litigation I can say that I try to help people whether it’s on the phone or in person they contact me throughout the county and as soon as they say by the way there’s going to be possible litigation here the conversation is over and I asked them and direct them to contact our District Attorney because I can’t further the discussion at that point. So I apologize for that situation, whoever they were, or the person who throws a wrench in the wheel, so let me ask this question again before I withdraw my motion to table, to be clear, is this going to be a living document that we will be able to make some amendments to, if this were passed? Administrative Manager Tackett — Yes, it will.

Commissioner Jabbour

I withdraw my motion to table at this time. Administrative Manager Tackett There were a few other things that I wanted to address. They talked about noticing and contact. We noticed this bill at its first proposal in May of 2025; it was noticed in the newspaper and on our website, according to NRS requirement. You don’t read the newspaper; you can subscribe to receive notifications from our webs ite for changes such as this. It was also noticed in May, June, July, and August. We also reached out to the known STR owners or operators to let them know that the bill was going to take effect in August. We gave them 90 days to work on compliance. Additionally, as to the meeting that was recommended, we asked for their notes, got their notes, we had multiple reviews of the notes, and responses were provided to that group with those notes from both planning, county management, and, I believe, our legal department. The fines that were mentioned, I know Brett touched on this, those are only imposed if you refuse or fail to comply. It’s not automatic; we’re charging you $1000 a day; you have to really be defiant. Additionally, the requirements for the distance, and we have also asked for variances on our septic reviews and requirements. We are trying to work with our STR owners on this. We don’t want to hurt anybody; we don’t want to impact the economy and 33 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 134 10.10:00 a.m. For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion and deliberation — — to adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Town of Pahrump Bill No. 2026-01 :cont... commerce. In fact, prior to this ordinance, these operators were not paying a dime to the town or county. They were not paying room tax, they were not paying licensing fees, and only 16 out of about 200 that had any kind of licensing. So, it might have benefited grocery stores and things like sales tax, but it was not benefiting the town’s tourism infrastructure whatsoever. I just want to put that on record.

Commissioner Strickland

Let’s not forget health and safety, that’s the big thing these need inspected. Manager Wagoner That’s what I was also going to add, a lot of the structures that were being advertised, you heard there was 209 at one time, now it’s 165 or whatever that number is, because of the regulations that eliminated people being able to rent out tin cans in their backyard, that weren’t hooked up, they weren’t safe you know and which also was taxing on code compliance. Because we were getting a lot of issues coming from that as well, because people were complaining about traffic coming in and out. Administrative Manager Tackett People were allowing RV sites, with no hookups, and there is a health and safety concern there as well. Just to reiterate, tabling this would actually keep our very strict laws in place.

Commissioner Koenig

I would like to make a motion to adopt with an effective date of March 9, 2026, and I would recommend that staff get with some of these people and have a meeting, as they said, and hash it out person to person. I’ve seen how those meetings work, and they didn’t use to work very well, but let’s try it again.

Commissioner Jabbour

Seconds the motion. 5-0 motion passes. 11.Presentation by Town of Pahrump Buildings and Grounds regarding the report of profit and loss for 2025 Pahrump Fall Festival. (5-minute time limit) B&G Facility Manager Jimmy Martinez Fall Festival from last year, you guys, you can see in the backup we made a pretty decent amount of profit due to the fact that the big change of all was the carnival. We used a different carnival company, and they brought their game, and it showed. In the arena, we’ve seen an increase due to our sponsors. We’re starting to get a lot more sponsors coming in wanting to sponsor the fall fest. Every year, we try to look at what we can do to cut some costs. Purchasing more items so we can have them for the events instead of renting them each year. So, as we go along, we’ll be looking to cut some costs by purchasing tents or anything like that, so we can keep our profit continuing to rise. Our goal every year is to try to break even.

Commissioner Jabbour

Break even until you make money. Manager Martinez — We try. 34 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 135 12.For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: a.Approve, amend and approve or reject Change Order No. 2 between Zambelli Fireworks and the Town of Pahrump for the 2026 4th of July Fireworks Show located within the Town of Pahrump; b.Execute the contract amendments; and c.Fund $57750.00 from 25101 Pahrump General Fund. Manager Martinez —A Change Order to continue to work with Zambelli. They do a great show for us every year. Of course, we do see cost increase because of the product and everything. The show is a little bigger this year, so we can’t wait with our new location to see how well it plays out. We believe it’s going to be a great show and a good location. trying to see ifwe can getthis moving forward, they’re already in contract, we’rejust doing a price increase. Manager Waggoner — It is an expanded show because of the 250th birthday. Public Comment: Ammie Nelson The last comment about an expanded show for the 250-year anniversary just wipes out my comments, and that’s exactly what I was going to say. Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to approve, execute, and fund $57,750.00 from 25101.

Commissioner Koenig

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. 21.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to recommend a course of action to the State Engineer for Nevada Division of Water Resources Applications 94853T, 94854T, and 94855T per Nevada Revised Statute 533.363. 22.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to recommend a course of action to the State Engineer for Nevada Division of Water Resources Applications 91493, 91494, and 91495 per Nevada Revised Statute 533.363. Items 21 & 22 opened. Public Works Director Thomas Boiling Item #21 : These are all change of use, change of location, change, where you want to pump it out of the ground. They want to pump it out ofAlpine and use it in Nye County. Item #22, this one is basically the same thing, pump it out, Esmeralda, and use it in Nye County, if you look at the map on the last page of your backup. The blue represents the area that they want to use it in, and you see how across it into Nye County on the bottom right-hand side. Nye County, where they will be using it. So, you have options: you can give us directions on what to send to the state engineer, or we cannot send anything if you guys don’t want to propose it. Public Comment: 35 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 136 21 & 22 For Possible Action cont... Michael Garcia This is a great opportunity, and yes, I do realize that y’all are not in charge of the State of Nevada. But anyhow, once you can identify a statute that is unconstitutional, it’s easy to understand these ordinances. So, I would remind y’all, as the water guys, they had water guys for Nevada vacated, there’s a lot of misinformation when it comes to groundwater and surface water. So, some of y’all know the difference between the front ofthe pump and afterthe pump. So, good luck with these, and I appreciate the uh exercising my FirstAmendment on this agenda item free from government regulations. Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to ask staff to send a letter of support on both items.

Commissioner Jabbour

Seconds the motions. Motion carries 5-0. 23.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve an agreement between Nye County and Richmond American Homes of Nevada, Inc. for Richmond American Homes of Nevada, Inc. to assume the position of Adaven Management Inc. in the existing Subdivision Improvement Maintenance and Warranty Agreement for Mountain Falls Planning Area 3-2B, located in the Mountain Falls Master Planned Community. Director Boiling Richmond submitted a replacement bond to replace the add-event bond. This is to release the add-event bond back to them so that they can close it out and accept the Richmond bond. It’s for the last 15%, which is the maintenance and warranty period of the bond for that subdivision. Public Comment Open/closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to approve agreement.

Commissioner Koenig

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. PUBLIC WORKS 20.For Possible Action — Discussion and deliberation to: a.Approve to fill a Utilities Superintendent position prior to July 1 2026; and , b.Fund from 10101 General Fund. Manager Waggoner There is a position justification required, which goes through the Finance Department, Human Resources, and eventually to me. A lot of information was put in there about what this would mean in terms of financial impact, everything, that is the procedure we use. I have never seen it, nor is it in the backup. So I would recommend not acting on this right now until we get the proper paperwork in front of you guys so you can make an educated decision. Director Boiling The position justification is in queue, it’s just not finalized yet, and either way, once Darren retires on the 26th of this month, then the person who is below him will 36 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 37

Commissioner Strickland

I would like to see this move to the next agenda. Public Comment: Linda Clark Since I don’t really understand what you guys are talking about, why do we need this person? Do we not have enough supervision from the water company and all the other utilities here that are ripping us off? I want to know why we need a utility supervisor. Beth Borysewich Why do we need to have this guy immediately? There is like a whole year’s worth of work to catch up on. Do the people who work under this position need that much supervision? Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Strickland

I have two pages of what this position needs to be with the backup moving forward. I’ll give this staff. Manager Waggoner This position has nothing to do with public utilities. This is for utilities that the county operates for different towns, Amargosa, Gabs, Manhattan and Pahrump.

Commissioner Jabbour

I work with the Superintendent probably closer than the other commissioners. This is a crucial position for the county to keep the county in compliance. not just through the airports that they’re in charge of and supervising under your direction as the director, but also our safe drinking water and sewer issues. His primary job is to keep us safe and alive.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to continue to March 3rd.

Commissioner Koenig

Seconds the motion. Motion carries 5-0. PUBLIC PETITIONER 24.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve a request to use a portion of the Calvada Eye to install a “love lock wall” by Pahrump Valley Main Street. Public Comment: Tourism Coordinator Jaynee Reeves — I am here to support this item. Beth Borysewich This Pahrump Main Street Committee, or whatever, when they originally proposed this fence, I said this is the stupidest damn idea I’ve ever heard in my life. I mean, why do you want to put up a 20-foot fence and put a whole bunch of locks on it? I even sent you all back up showing where in different towns, they’re taking down these lock walls because kids are putting inappropriate pictures, inappropriate words, letters, 37 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 38 24.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve a request to use a portion of the Calvada Eye to install a “love lock wall” by Pahrump Valley Main Street. people breaking up with their girlfriend or boyfriend, and they go and cut the lock right out ofthe fence, so the fence has a hole in it. So now it becomes, you know, a hazard. You’re going to have to get a maintenance person to go over there and check that thing daily or weekly. And it’s going to require them to clean up any trash that gets put there and from the wind blowing. Across the United States, attaching padlocks to public offenses, bridges, and landmarks has increasingly been recognized as art, but vandalism and litter create problems. They cause rust stains and damage to public infrastructure, and they cause public agencies time and money to remove them. Many places, including sites managed by National Park Service officials, have taken steps to stop the practice because of safety and maintenance costs. In the Grand Canyon, they’ve also stopped it because the vultures were ingesting the keys, and it caused them a whole bunch of issues, and a bunch of vultures died. Communities that have allowed love locks to deteriorate from rust, creating hazards for residents and visitors. Bringing us to the bigger picture efforts like these are sometimes descended as a way to create the landmark or attract attention to an area, but true revitalization doesn’t come from random installation it comes from thoughtful planning and community driven development, there is no community driven development here except a bunch of people who think that they know what Pahrump needs and what direction we need to go, have decided that we the Pahrumpians need in our town like who the hell needs a fence with a whole bunch of locks on it. Horses are over in that area. Kids go in that area, and it’s like this. Main Street likes to just push this Lovelock idea on all the different towns, but I think what they should do is go over to the museum. Tammy Pitman I agree with her about the horses, which is my biggest concern. We are worried about these horses getting hit, and yet you’re going to ask people to come here as a part of a tourist attraction. So, it will endanger the horses even more. Ugley, yes, worthless yes. But the horses are alive and well and actually a very wonderful part of our community, and it would endanger them. Linda Clark Well, one thing I would like to hear, what John thought was so good about this? Maybe all of you could speak on it. Second of all, it looks to me like trash, like the signs, it would be messy, it’ll end up being like a billboard that people come up and put their crap on. Or maybe a bunch of graffiti, that’s what we really need, and so the horses will appreciate that. Lena Elrod I oppose the installation of this fence. It just seems like a really trashy thing to put in a beautiful park. If somebody wants to erect something, maybe they should come up with a statue of a Mustang or something else that pertains to our area. I just think it would be really trashy for our park. Public Comment closed.

Commissioner Strickland

Motions to approve and removed herself from chambers.

Commissioner Jabbour

I have a couple of concerns. The horses were mentioned as very important. I saw the replica fence at the balloon fest this weekend. Even with a 20- 38 I P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 39

Commissioner Boskovich

No motion made. 23.For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to contribute up to 25% of $1 95,079.86 for the purchased playground equipment for Cottonwood Park, located in Beatty, NV. Item removed.

Commissioner Jabbour

Although one of our commissioners had to leave. Thank you all for your patience today, and you know I always close with protect your children, my children, our children, and conserve water is very important.

Commissioner Boskovich

Just because we don’t do everything you say, that doesn’t mean we don’t hear you. Manager Waggoner To the Directors and the Commissioners, you are no longer see things appear on an agenda that require a funding source, without that funding source being identified prior to it ever coming in front of you guys. Manager Tackett I wanted to reiterate that we are receiving lots of requests, and there is a method to attempt to amend our code, and it’s through the planning department. There is an application process and a fee associated with it. We received a mail correspondence regarding the zombie lots and requiring a response, and that person just needs to go to the planning office and start that process. 411 P a g e February 18th, 2026, Page 42

Commissioner Boskovich

adjourned the meeting at 2:17 PM APPROVED this 21 day ATTEST: i/I) Nye Cduty ClerkID#’9ty Clerk 42 I P a g e