May 5, 2026

Pursuant to NRS, a Joint Meeting of the Nye County Board of Commissioners, Nye County Board of Highway Commissioners, Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board, Nye County Board of Health, as the Governing Body ofthe Unincorporated Town of Pahrump, as the Governing Body of the Unincorporated Towns of Beatty, Gabbs, and Manhattan, and as the Board of Trustees for the Pahrump Pool District, was held at the County Commission Chambers, 101 Radar Rd, Tonopah, NV 89049 May 5, 2026 at 10:00AM. Ron Boskovich, Chair John Koenig, Vice Chair Bruce Jabbour, Commissioner Debra Strickland, Commissioner Ian Bayne, Commissioner Brian Kunzi, District Attorney Con Freidhof, Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board Joseph McGill, Sheriff Brett Waggoner, County Manager Also present: Lorina Dellinger, Assistant County Manager; Samantha Tackett, Administrative Manager; Zena Teich, Comptroller; Tamara Chastain, Deputy Clerk

The Pledge was recited.

comment will be for all matters off the agenda. Public comment must be limited to matters that are within the jurisdiction and control of the Board of County Commissioners. Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (FIRST). Loraine Gilbert- It is important to tell people they matter even if we do not always agree. I want to start today by thanking each and every one of you for my 3 minutes at each of our meetings over the last year on behalf of the zombie lot owners. I want to talk about terminology, as we know words can have different meanings based on their use. I’d like to look at the word excuses as a noun; this would mean poor or inadequate example. One might say that pathetic excuse of a man I’d like to look at the word reasons reason is defined as a cause explanation or jurisdiction for an action belief or event. When we look at the zombie lock crisis and the issues for owners to create usability and value for their property, we see that there is a close connection between reason and emotion. If we accept reasons for our actions, then we have to accept the connection between reason and emotion. Results are the consequences, outcomes or conclusions that follow a specific action process. The zombie lot crisis, the conclusion might be that a specific action or process might bring about consequences. The phrase passing the blame, it’s a stipulation in which one person or even the county versus the state attempt to pass to avoid responsibility for something by shifting the blame to another. Nicholas Augustine- I’ve been employed by Nye County since 2014. I’m currently the Sergeant over the office of professional standards which is internal affairs and backgrounds. I’ve paid close attention to the decisions made in this room listening to observing and saying engage in local government. I’ve also publicly supported some of you here today. Recently actions taken by one or more county officials directly negatively impacted Sheriffs Office employees. These decisions appear to have been made in the name of cost savings, yet they raise serious concerns regarding compliance with existing collective bargaining agreements. The removal of hourly compensation owed to at least one employee and unilateral changes to agree upon healthcare cost structures across the board. Insurance rates are increasing nationwide however the county is attempting to Band-Aid the problem by forcing the employee to pay out of pocket insurance costs rather than sending healthcare out to bid attempting to find better rates or solutions. These decisions are made by a select few within the county without negotiating or bargaining in accordance with law. When the county wishes to change and negotiate article of the collective bargaining agreement they apparently just do so but when the employee wishes to make changes the employees are told no and to wait for negotiations. It is difficult to ignore that a significant number of officials within the Nye County administration have supported decisions that handicapped not only the Sheriffs Office but also the community we serve. Repeated votes have failed to provide adequate funding benefits and resources necessary for public safety. The decisions made in this room against the Sheriffs Office prevent qualified applicants from joining. There have been a number of applicants who have refused employment only after they have been offered formal employment, this is a direct result of the county’s poor health care plans offered. We deserve better collectively due to this board being more amenable to public safety than boards passing a request that the county commissioners address this concern and make a wrong or right prior to wasting thousands of dollars in legal battles and arbitrations. Remington Cobb I’m here today as a former chairman of the community youth Advisory Council to share the impact that this program has had on our youth and our community. Since CYC began in 200lover 300 youth have participated in the program. What makes the CYC unique is that it was built on the idea that young people should have a real voice in their community, not just be present but be heard valued and involved in meaningful decision making. Service members don’t just volunteer, they lead projects, build partnerships with organizations and organize events that bring the community together. On average each member contributes nearly I 00 hours of community service per school year. That’s a significant investment back in our schools’ families and community. The program also has a strong record of success nearly all CYC participants go on to further education, trade schools or careers while continuing to give back as an active community member. CYC organizes events from harvest celebrations, prevention activities, holiday events, youth trainings and community awareness projects. These events build leadership skills and strengthen connections across our community. CYC has also been recognized by the state, earning multiple awards for youth prevention efforts and community impact. These achievements reflect the dedication of the youth involved and the value this program brings to Nye County. CYC believes in one simple idea what we receive we give back even more. This program continues to empower young people to lead serve and make a lasting difference. Thank you for your time and continued support for our youth programs and community. Linda Clark- Nothing major right now I have more later. That was a bright young kid we need more of them. I wanted to say many months back I gave you guys beautiful little T shirts and that said be nice and say no. You didn’t learn that lesson so I’m making more T-shirts for you. I just wanted to let you know that maybe next time I’ll bring them to you. Allison Gearhart- Community Youth Advisory Council, I have been a part of the council for two years. I help our members stay on task and lead the meetings keeping us on topic as well as making sure everyone’s voice is heard. The youth leaders within our high school wanted a voice in a way to be a bigger part of our community. The council began with eight members each represented at grade level within the high school. CYC knew that they needed more youth so this year they added 7th and 8th grade to join within the organization. This expanded our group to other types of representation not in just their grade but also in 4H, church youth groups and homeschooled youth. Several youth came from the project magic 70% of those with order to participate became permanent members of their community. We added 6th grade as we found them to be very helpful with the ideas we hadn’t thought of along with community service. Since 2001 322 youth , have participated in CYC many of the participants are overlapping members because they serve multiple years consecutively. We have had lots of involvement and the youth from CYC have since advanced to further education. As a group we meet every week on Tuesday at 7:00 AM and each of us are extremely committed to this group and all that follows. CYC to me is an opportunity to have a say within my community and has helped me in ways of finding people that feel strongly about my communities, as well as having others to look up to and keep myself to these standards I thrive to be. Bruce Johnson- I’m going to begin with the purpose of government central logic government is not an expansion of control but the protection and preservation of personal rights private property and public liberties. Principles long recognized in American jurisprudence may not object to government is the protection and preservation of personal rights private property and the public liberties and upholding the law of God. It’s a standard and in lines directly with the Nevada constitution which places an inherent political power in the people and establishes government as their servant. That structure matters because it defines limits and I’d like to anchor that with scripture. He hath showed thee oh man what is good and what do with the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God. Justice, mercy and humility 3 words that y’alI need to think about when all these people come up to this microphone. With these principles in mind, I wanted to speak to how the process is functioning in practice. Recent meetings here there’s a lot of unhappy people in this community and a lot of it comes down to code enforcement things and overburden on taxation. You guys keep coming up with all these spending items and then you turn around and you tax us more in order to be able to keep up with them. That’s not how the system is designed to work and I want to just point out that Chevron deference is dead. I’m associated with a group of people that had a big part ofthat happening. I read you guys my 3 notices that I served you guys in December, and you sat up here and laughed at me. All these people behind me care about what goes on in this county. Cindy Lake- I’m requesting that the zombie lot issue be placed on an agenda for discussion and just reminding that without property rights we have no rights. Levi Harhay- I’ve been a part of CYC for six years I’m here to inform our Nye County commissioners of the different types of events and community service CYC does. Within our group doing different types of team building activities and game nights. Our first meeting of the year is usually the second Tuesday after the new school year starts with new member inductions. Our normal meetings involve talking about different issues and ways we can help change and improve our community. For the Harvest Festival we partnered with the Rotary Club, Grange, 4H and the Nye County coalition. In the winter we host the Festival of Trees, different types of businesses will either donate or just show off a tree that they would like to present. People who enter the event will pick their favorite tree and bid on a tree that they would like to take home, and the highest bidder wins with all the proceeds donated going directly to CYC. That helps us with budgets to help families in need in our community. We also have a group Christmas party potluck so everyone can have fun and play some team building activities while eating some delicious homemade food. In the spring we have new member and inductions and fall elections everyone who wants to have a set position on the board needs to meet the requirement of being a part of CYC for at least a year. An event we do for our community in the spring is Jim Butler day’s talent show. We are the town’s kickoff event for a week of fun and unforgettable memories with families and friends. We have different age groups and any talent is welcome. I would like to thank you guys so much for your time and understanding all the community events CYC does. Arthur Hodge- I stand before you with two issues that can be addressed not much effort just a proactive response. The driving conditions in front of the church on Gamebird a vehicle pulled off Pahrump Valley right in front of me near miss. It appears him or her was in a hurry to the house of prayer and were late for the service. I urge you as the gatekeepers to address this situation that 2000 feet on either side of that location the speed be reduced to 15 mph. My other concern is actually a clean-up in Pahrump the streets that are not seen as common place. I brought this up in 2022, yet the trash continues to grow many have no respect for the land. They see it as wasteland, so they dispose their trash just anywhere yet let’s have a way to encourage citizens to keep the town clean and don’t them. Last thing I would like for people who have children in school or out of school to take the time to talk with your children and grandchildren questions and a casual conversation to see what they are teaching or not teaching them. Schools should not be a daycare center but a place to learn to excel in life so your child can reach his or her full potential. I would love to see more parents at school board meetings too many liberals with their own agenda teaching your children. Tim Bohannon- We go through the different aspects of working our finances knowing that we did need to make cuts need to be very disciplined with what we do. I also want to remind us of the of the challenge that we have as well, which is the unemployment rate. Nye County’s unemployment rate over the last five years is 68%, we have the highest in our comparative classes with the similar sized counties. We are also 77% higher than the national average employment rate. As we go through realizing that we have financial problem within the Nye County budget. We need to have more employment so as we look forward, let’s see if we can find ways that we can make sure that that happens and foster that kind of opportunity. Samare Chal - I am the co-chair of CYC this position contains having a shared responsibility with our chair which helps us understand each other and reduce burnouts in one another. I hope to keep clear communication between our members and let everyone have a voice. Hearing out our members involves a very important decision- making process called the level of consensus for decision making. A I means you support the decision completely, 2 means you support but do not prefer this decision means you would like a few changes, 3 means you support this decision but would like minor changes, 4 means you support the group but cannot support action and 5 means no consensus cannot support unless major changes. Frank Carbone- I am here to bring good news so people can do some things instead of just listening to other problems. I appreciate what’s going on up there in Tonopah good folks. The Disabled American Veterans is having a BBQ on May 9th just in case everybody doesn’t know that and it’s at lan Duetch. It is free for all veterans, and it starts at 1 O:OOam and ends at 2:00pm free for all veterans and their families. There’ll be tickets for folks that are a little older up to 12 would be $10 and again $5 for children under 12. So, hope folks can come it would be a great time it’s for your Disabled American Veterans take care of them guys. Herman Lewis- They’re discussing the $7,000,000 deficit or shortfall and it was really troubling to hear her make a joke out of it. I know she wasn’t meaning it to be funny but it’s not funny and it really is offensive to a lot of people that are struggling right now. This is something that is not laughable, it’s not a joke. Your commissioners are doing your best to make sure that this gets resolved and overall, the Commission is doing an excellent job. I want to especially thank commissioner Ian Bayne for being very vocal the voice of stopping wasteful spending at the fairgrounds and wherever else you can find it. I want to stay positive and say let’s really tighten up the budget so that these deficits don’t end up in being higher taxes for everyone. Generally, there’s a consensus that people are not happy about that so keep up the good work commissioners. Let’s not over and over fund things that don’t need to be funded. Ryan Jeffrey- I have been a part of CYC since 2019 some of the outstanding events we have done for our community include hosting the fall harvest festival and the Festival of Trees in December. These events always bring the community together and provide everyone in the CYC with an opportunity to be a leader. When people are either leaving as seniors or if someone is not able to be there than someone else needs to step in to take the lead. Like leadership in CYC democracy is built on the idea that people can govern themselves. As student leaders under the guidance of Miss Cobb, democracy and leadership were founded on the ideals of fairness, equality, freedom and the rule of law. In any system power belongs to the people and leaders are chosen through free and fair elections. While majority rules the rights of minorities are protected and government power is divided to prevent the abuse of power. Democracy only works when citizens participate, being responsible citizens, means staying informed, sharing your views and most importantly voting. Too often people choose not to take part, but every voice matters so don’t sit back and let others decide your future, get involved speaking up and make a difference in your community. Hubert Humphrey once said you don’t have to save the world just start with your hometown. Dwight Lilly- I believe the zombie lot situation 7000 watts approximately that the commissioners need to come forth with a resolution that freezes any property taxes. I don’t believe a single owner of these lots should have to pay property tax until there’s a resolution they had nothing to do with changing the zoning. I suggest that you read John Locke treaties on private property and government that he wrote in the 17th century to understand the value of property the labor people put into it. There was a case at the Nugget Casino where an individual passed out from evidently having ig of cocaine on them. This is investigated by the Sheriff’s Department and the DA’s office turned over and the DA’s office never took any action on it. I don’t understand what’s going on with the case and I’d like to I was hoping that their attorney would be here so they could answer it. We have a felony action that took place in a casino and there’s cameras all over the casino, so the evidence is there and nothing has been done on this. I’m completely against drugs as you know and I want some action taken on this. If I have to turn in a request for public information to get to the bottom of it, I will. The donations that candidates take for office from businesses in Nye County, I want you to recuse yourself from those businesses. I understand that you guys have right to take donations, but I think it’s unethical and immoral for you to act on the issues dealing with conditions here in the county when you have taken money from the company you’re dealing with. I don’t like it and I want you to bring it up that every item that comes up and says yes, I took money from these people and I’m going to recuse myself. John Junejo-As we think about mental health awareness May is mental health awareness month. I would like to come back to that but maybe in a more direct way today because this isn’t really theoretical it was established. I’ve sat on either side with patients that are in crisis oftentimes they’re scared disoriented sometimes they’re suicidal and the only option for them is to be transported outside of their community. I’ve seen what that does to people and what it does to families, and I’ve also seen that moment when someone finally reaches out. The mental health crisis also tends to become a law enforcement issue or a long-distance transfer instead of providing timely medical intervention in an area close to home. That has a lot of consequences including delays in care and unnecessary trauma. We are also asking deputies and emergency rooms really carry a burden that they really weren’t designed to carry around today. You’re discussing the roads, budget and the cost-of-living adjustments, which are really important. I truly believe that mental Healthcare is by the wayside it’s and it doesn’t really need to be everywhere in our hospitals, jails, in our workforce and our family. During the last school board meeting the group discussed Erika’s lighthouse measured to prevent suicide in high school. I thought that was a really great idea which I hope to collaborate on that. I’m really asking the board to move beyond awareness and take the first step to help establish the size of stabilization facility right here utilizing several partnerships. Further the path towards receiving tangible funding and what a realistic path forward really would look like. Jacob Sprague- I’ve been in CYC for a year and my favorite part is that we involve the youth into the community and this is the benefits of having youth engaged. We are youth volunteers that respectfully want a voice in decisions that affect us in our community. We bring extra perspective knowledge and relationships that lead to better decisions and more action in the community. When youth are involved in governance it does promote positive outcomes as partners in the community among youth and adults. Our involvement is learning and valuing the skills of active citizens such as understanding how and why decisions are made on to organize, plan and communicate. We believe a civil society is strengthened when you have more voices including the youth and informed thoughiful citizens. Our motto never doubts that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world indeed it’s the only thing that has. We would love more involvement with our county, our meetings are public and we welcome everyone to attend. Michelle Caird- I am representing the holiday task force, and I would like to present to the commissioners and Nye County a plaque that says thank you for all your support. The Pahrump holiday task force puts on 4 events. The Saturday before Easter in the park at Petrack Park and on 4th of July we’ll have the parade and the community BBQ here at the Calvada Eye. Thanksgiving we do Thanksgiving dinner at the Nye communities coalition along with Christmas Eve dinner. We’d like to invite all the commissioners and the Nye County staff to these events; it is free for our community. We do everything with volunteers and donations. Could I get a photo op with the commissioners presenting them with plaque. Beth Borysewich I have been noticing a whole lot of smear campaigns going on and misinformation that some of the people that are running are spreading it around. I sat down with commissioner Strickland and talked about the fairgrounds and what was going on out there. I spoke about going back to the original plan of what was going to happen at the fairgrounds it was a lot of outdoor stuff, and it wasn’t anything to do with the Civic Center. When I spoke with commissioner Strickland, she was fully understanding what I was saying and I told her that the community would probably be more in favor of things out there if we had moved to the original plan. She said she would talk with the county manager and I was thrilled. I heard that commissioner Koenig said that the Community Center was no longer a valid option out at the fairgrounds and that we were going to go in a different direction. Commissioner Bayne, I don’t know where you’re getting your information from but it’s really old info we are not having a Community Center we’re not having a homeless center out at the fairgrounds. I would like to know if you could please take all ofthatgarbage information and throw it away and go with the actual facts of what’s happening out there on the fairgrounds. I’m working with commissioner Koenig and the general manager to get our advisory committee for the fairgrounds up and running. We’re going to see something happening on this one way or another or I’ll let you guys know what’s going on. Anna Williams I cover Lincoln County, White Pine County and then northern Nye County for CareSource we are a nonprofit company working with the state of Nevada to manage Medicaid for rural Nevada. There’s been some significant changes this year in the Medicaid program across the state. I’m going to give my contact information to the clerk and if you have anybody in the community that has any questions about any of the changes or needs help with Medicaid, please feel free to give them my information. My co-worker Bruno has been working heavily in the Pahrump area as well with all of the community organization, hospitals and providers down there. We just really want to help the community out as much as possible. Maryann Hollis- I want to recognize the student group from Tonopah, it has let us know about all the good work that you do you are a credit to your community, your school and your family you are truly the future that we all hope for thank you. I’m dead serious about this issue nothing says this is Pahrump quite like a huge checkerboard box of dancing burnt French fries at the corner complete with flags. Signage restrictions include not impeding public safety and obscuring a clear line of sight for traffic this thing absolutely does. It does not reflect any history of Pahrump, that site is Kingdom corner home of the gentlemen’s club. A strip joint and stripper pole not a box of dancing fries would have been more historical as well as conducive to seeing oncoming traffic at an intersection. They’ll be a tourist attraction, for sure another photo op just like the big pink donut at the nugget. It is not cute it is a safety hazard and calling attention to this trashy display has nothing to do with your oversight. You are more concerned with desert plantings in a park and riding lot but in both cases, it appears that there is a connection to the same developer, interesting. Highway 160 is absolutely ugly wfth billboards, flashing neon signage, development billboards, flags and even a hideous balloon and now this. Sometimes an issue like this says more about the decisions being made here that do not reflect managed growth and making Pahrump a world class attraction. Gianna Passarili- My current position in CYC is a secretary my job in this role is to keep track of attendance and meetings and keep track of times during certain events. I want to start off by saying how important CYC is to our community and how big an impact we can make. CYC represents the youth within our town, and we want to put our voices out there so that we can get the feeling of being heard. Our members gather ideas to discuss them and hope to help guide decisions throughout one another as a group. We plan and participate in activities taking initiative to turn our ideas into actions. CYC members within each other build partnerships and lastly keep our community involved and updated on future plans and projects. CYC is more than just a group CYC is a family we make sure that the public is aware of that. We feel safe sharing our ideas and opinions freely with each other without having the feeling of being judged or mistreated. Overall CYC gives the young members of our community the opportunity to lead and share their ideas and make a positive impact on our town and community. Corey Merry- I’ve been so taken by these young people up here I really think that they are the solution to some ofthe problems we have going on right now. There is a workforce right here willing to help communities, let’s try to figure out a way to get this on the same page. They might be able to raise some money to help their organization clean up. I am so impressed with these guys are they in Pahrump as well then we need to figure out how to get them a mission statement to open a group down here that is connected with them. That is really the only thing I’m going to talk about today I’m just so damn impressed with these kids they’re trying to do something. I was in FFA as a child I loved it I did open and closing ceremonies and debate clubs. It was great, it was the only way you learn to lead in certain parts of this country, and these guys got it going on so I just again I want to applaud these kids. Michael David Garcia- Once again I’d like to thank all the speakers in the house also for giving up their time and coming up and expressing their God-given First Amendment rights. Do not need permission from our government officials if we need permission, it’s not liberty. Jeffrey the young man up in Tonopah you got a gift son. Bruce Johnson, you’re right on target outside to practice with you anytime. I’ve already acknowledged the emolument violations that y’all have participated in over the last five to six years. The zombie lots of paying attention because you cannot ever waive subject matter jurisdiction or personal jurisdiction. Our gateway into formative life when it comes to U.S. Supreme divine equation is going to be through the habeas corpus. A judicial region we’re now looking for a void venue that’s a trap we don’t appeal it when they hijack unlawful detention with discrimination when it comes to perjury, extortion and official oppression. You can’t identify an interior statute and interior ordinance that goes against the constitution. The whole reason why we rejected Roe versus wade because it’s an abomination of natural rights. They took an oath to the constitution and they forsake the declaration. Chevron is another key role same thing with same sex marriage it only works if you 86 common law. We are coming at y’alI in every single one y’all especially those badges just because you don’t know if you’re accountable you participated in fraud. What about the fraud in the courtroom how do you stand up to that see I can’t see anything there. Y’all cannot be the judge of your own party and witness that y’aII participated in that and shared. You said thank you for my comment and turn around and voted to expel me from a meeting y’all have it coming. Colbi Jones- I am a new member in CYC, and my position is middle school Co chairman. I’m here to talk about core leadership which refers to our officers. Officers which consist of chairman that must have one year of experience in CYC. We have high school and middle school chairman and Co chairman as well as secretary and treasurer. Our public relation officers which attend other meetings outside of CYC and our event coordinator officers who plan out events by communicating with our members. They plan which events come first as well as making sure events are a blast. I love what I see so much because it’s a youth lead group as well as it helps our community. Patricia Robb- There seems to be an overreach with code enforcement in Pahrump lately as if seeking a way to obtain more finances and many feel that the county is not listening. If the county needs more money than allow the zombie lot owners their right to use their own land so you can tax them more without having to create problems for others. If there is a safety issue report it otherwise see what you can do to help the county should not be functioning like an HOA. When residents follow rules but face unknown violations with fines, court proceedings and possiblejail sentencing, it creates more harm and negativity. People on fixed incomes feel this as a rural unincorporated town but being run like an HOA. Forcing people to undo years of work after they tried to follow the rules only creates despair and a feeling of being unwanted. Our town earns a negative reputation through word of mouth. Why not work with residents through variances, conditional use permits or extensions where possible rather than pushing them out. Housing costs are at an all- time high where they are supposed to go after investing their life savings. It’s time the county started helping instead of taking away residents and other owners’ rights. Zombie lot owners are denied their property rights, yet most still continue paying property taxes with nothing in return. I have provided everything you can possibly think of to help the zombie lot crisis, but it’s been proven to be of no interest to even consider implementing a solution. Even starting with just a small test area in order to obtain real data findings versus fear of the unknown. I’m one of the fortunate ones who likes Pahrump, but I don’t like what I’m hearing including how people feel about this board. Please stop hurting the town’s image and help the people who need it offer solutions not excuses. Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. Make Pahrump great again like the code of the west states please and let’s get back to the good news. Brynlee Fraizer- I have been a member of CYC for 3 years and am the public relations officer. Our group is youth lead which means the youth takes the lead we do have an adult who guides us when we need it. We work together to make decisions as a team everyone helps in some ways to make our group successful. We care about everyone’s ideas, and we use the process to help us agree on decisions, so everyone gets a chance to be heard and make good choices. Honesty is a really important thing in our group it helps us trust each other and work better together. We listen to each other and respect different opinions. We also have rules that keep our group organized and running smoothly these rules help us stay positive and do our best. Respect is another big part of our group we listen to one another and care about what everyone thinks. While we represent CYC we show pride in acting responsible, we try to do the right thing and be good role models. Our goal is to represent youth in a positive and honest way. Raelynn Laudner- I have been in CYAC almost a year and I think CYAC is a good community group. It encourages us to be leaders and give young people a chance to make youth involved with the community. We want to have youth help plan and make good changes in our community. We have heard from other groups coming to us and ask for help with their group we are strong group that takes pride in our work. Ron Mortson- I would like to thank commissioner Jabour for his actions against IPMC here recently it’s probably the most important thing that I’ve seen happen in this building. I am a crime victim in this community and for a long time this individual usually sits right here has done nothing for my situation and from what I hear he doesn’t do anything for any of the victims in this community that’s got to change. I want to talk about the tipping fees I brought up as soon as you guys started it and I’ve been tracking the information to keep you guys accountable to what you said. You said you’re saving $10 million to renovate the dump with the tipping fees and as soon as word came up that you’re going to stop doing tipping fees I started hearing people say there’s going to be $250,000 in the hole on the job. How can you be $250,00 in the red if you’re collecting money to renovate the dump. The monies that come into this place are actually fungible people try to claim that dedicated monies go to dedicated purposes when the fact is you just take money smoosh it around the place that you want and neglect the things you choose to neglect. Deb Cobb- I am the adult facilitator that has been with this group for 25 years I’m just a volunteer. They inspire me beyond words, and we’ve gone through 300 and some kids. I want to reiterate that they are truly youth lead if it doesn’t happen, I can’t make them do it. They energize everybody, they can talk to people in groups and get them to buy in. They find ways they don’t have fundraisers, but people seem to donate to them and support their cause. I just can’t say enough for them, and I really appreciate you guys giving them this amount of time to speak from their hearts. I just thank you so much and I hope that they inspired you as much as they do me.

discussions of public comments, correction of factual inaccuracies, direction to staff, or topics proposed for future board meetings. Lengthy deliberation of topics not on the agenda is prohibited by the Nevada Open Meeting Law).

Item 5 removed. ltem 13 pulled and moved to the next agenda at the request of the Assessor’s Office.

Item removed. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF PAHRUMP

date, time, and location for a Public Hearing to formally adopt the Fiscal Year 2026- 2027 final budget for the Town of Pahrump. 2:00:00 Items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 18 heard together.

Public Comment opened. Michael David Garcia I am asking to acknowledge the one commissioner that can speak without going through the chair. It’s quite obvious. I was wondering if you could actually define what lengthy deliberation is without the crutch of DA.

Public Comment closed.

Motion carried 5—0. SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNINCORPORATED TOWNS OF BEATTY, GABBS, MANHATTAN, AND RAILROAD VALLEY BEATTY

date, time, and location to adopt or amend and adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for Town of Beatty. 2:00:00 Item heard with Item 7. GABBS

date, time, and location to adopt or amend and adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for Town of Gabbs. 2:00:00 Item heard with Item 7. MAN HATTAN

date, time, and location to adopt or amend and adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for Town of Manhattan. 2:00:00 Item heard with Item 7. AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE PAHRUMP POOL DISTRICT

date, time, and location to adopt or amend and adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for Pahrump Pool District. 2:00:00 Item heard with Item 7. FINANCE

date, time, and location to adopt or amend and adopt the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for Nye County. 2:00:00 Item heard with Item 7. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 14. 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. 2026-04: A Bill proposing to amend Chapter 2.52, Public Administrator, of the Nye County Code by repealing Chapter 2.52 in its entirety; and by adding Section 2.52.010 Elected Office Abolished; by adding Section 2.52.020 Employ, Contract or Designate; by adding Section 2.52.030 Duties; by adding Section 2.52.040 Supervision and Compensation; by adding Section 2.52.050 Payments into the County General Fund; by adding Section 2.52.060 Board Reports, Investigations, and Budget; providing for the severability, constitutionality and effective date hereof, and other matters properly relating thereto. 2:03:23 Items 14, 19, and 20 heard together. Public Works Director Tom Boiling Number I 9 is for a DA agreement—an amended DA agreement—for Mountain Falls South. That amended DA agreement is not in my department’s purview to be ready. It’s not ready to go to public meeting. It’s not ready for a public hearing. We should not set the date and time because half of the backup is missing. Exhibit E is completely blank. That has been addressed with the DA’s Office, and he has allowed us to add backup later. I would like to know when that backup is going to be there. Again, none of this stuff is in there for the set date and time, so how is the public supposed to be able to research this by the time you set the date and time and when they have the public meeting? That’s my question because there’s a lot of stuff missing in that. 14. For Possible Action Cont...

Public Comment opened—None—Public Comment closed.

Motion carried 5—0. PLANNING/BUILDINGICODE COMPLIANCE

date, time and location for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2026-05: A Bill proposing to adopt an Amended and Restated Development Agreement between Nye County and Adaven Management, Inc. for Mountain Falls South; and providing for the Severability, Constitutionality and Effective Date Thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. 2:03:23 Item heard with Item 14.

date, time and location for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2026-06: A Bill proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 15 titled “Building and Construction,” by amending Section 15.16.010 titled “International And Uniform Building And Construction Codes Adopted,” by deleting the International Property Maintenance Code, and by deleting in its entirety Section 15.16.015 titled “Section G 2018— International Property Maintenance Code”; and providing for the Severability, Constitutionality and Effective Date Thereof; and other matters properly relating thereto. 2:03:23 Item heard with Item 14. SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS - CHAIR JABBOUR 6. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the General Road Report by the Public Works Director on General Road Maintenance, Gravel Road Maintenance, Asphalt Patching, Weed Mowing, and direction regarding public works projects. 2:11:17

Public Comment opened. 6. For Possible Action. . .. Road Report . Cont Tamie Pitman Winery Road—we need four-wheel drive there, at least in one lane right now. And then Parsons tees into Winery. And a lot of people like to use that road to get around because of the break and all of the traffic down at 160 and Homestead/Winery. So, are they going to be upgrading Parsons in the future? Thank you. Michael David Garcia My comment on this agenda item is: What’s the breakdown in overall man-hours and wages being paid throughout the County so we can see? Make sure Pahrump money isn’t being allocated outside of Pahrump, per NRS? Thank you. Bruce Johnson I just want to emphasize that we need to keep a channel open for people that don’t want to log into an email and burn up an email. There are a lot of people out there that really kind of don’t get along with that anymore. So, let’s make sure that we keep the channel of communication open by allowing drop-offs or something like that. Sounds to me like you guys are utilizing a little bit ofAl to help you pass and stuff. So, if that’s the case, Al will take a document and do whatever it is you want it to do. So, anyway, I’ll end it there. Thank you. Maryan Hollis My question is this: It’s my understanding that the County is responsible for the road repairs in Mountain Falls. At the last HOA meeting, I brought to their attention—the Board’s attention—that the patchwork that Taylor Morrison has done at the intersection of Mountain Falls Boulevard and Mountain Falls Parkway is a big sinkhole now. And you can’t avoid it. If you stay to the left, your right front tire is going to go in it, and if you go over to the right, your left front tire is going to go in it. So, they were going to look into it, but I thought I’d bring it up today because it’s getting worse. The sinkhole now is about that deep. What was my other question. ? Secondly, I understand that the . . development agreement between Adaven and Mountain Falls South is still in the process of being developed, if you will, and I’ve spoken many times about what I consider should be the perks of an agreement for road work. I don’t know if you have any insight or idea of how that’s going to work in this development plan. I’ll have to wait, I guess, and read that there, but all that development, too, will require road work. Period. And I think it’s notable, again, that some of these costs should be assumed by these developers. Thank you. Kim Thomas I’m the Director of the Pahrump Library. And bear with me because I did miss part of this meeting, so I hope this was already brought up, but the driveway in front of the library really needs to be fixed. It collects water when it rains. It’s hard for people to get their vehicles through. People ride their bicycles to the library, and I’m hoping something happens with the driveway in front of the library getting fixed. Thank you.

Public Comment closed. Assistant Director Gott So, starting off, Parsons off of Winery—that I won’t be able to provide an update. I got to go check out what’s going on with that. Mr. Johnson asked about other ways to put in a maintenance request. I did fail to mention earlier that you 6. For Possible Action. . . . Road Report . Cont could also come into the Public Works Office here in Pahrump, or you could even go to any of the offices, in Amargosa, Beatty. They know how to get a hold of us, and they can help get you a request put in. Regarding the Mountain Falls Parkway, that is a temporary patch. It’s not completed yet. If it is a sinkhole and it is that deep, now it’s something that we could look into. So, I’ll be doing a drive out there and checking that out. I could provide an update later. As far as the development agreement, I don’t really need to speak on that right now. There are things coming up. So, the Library, Kim, if you want to call the Public Works Office and I can update you on that. But, in short, there are drainage issues there. It’s on my special project list. One of the special projects is to get in there. We got to clean out all the drains. We need to install the culvert at the Cemetery driveway because that is acting as a dam right now. I have already talked to Mr. Jimmy Martinez about that, and we’ll be getting that driveway taken care of. There’s nothing we could do to fix the library driveway until the drainage is taken care of first. So yes, please call the Public Works Office, get a hold of me, and I could talk to Ms. Thomas about that.

Public Comment: Beth Borysewich- I would like to speak about item 12.3. This is a Bureau of Land Management invitation to Nye County to cooperate with them to install a solar farm. This is not an energy center; this is a solar farm. It’s going to go in the middle of Amargosa Valley, and then it’s going to have stations up in Beatty and in the lower part of Amargosa. I thought we were against solar. I don’t think the town ofAmargosa can really have a solar farm basically in the middle of it. They are a small town, and this is something that we need to look at because this is actually misleading. It doesn’t say solar farm; it says energy center that’s misleading to the people of the town ofAmargosa who might be reading this. So, I highly oppose this. I think we should remove it and say no. We don’t need to cooperate with anybody having to do anything with solar farms.

Public Comment closed. Director of Natural Resources Megan Labadie- My department does represent this item. Rock Valley Energy Center is the name of the solar facility that is being proposed by Boulevard Associates, which is a subsidiary of NextEra. The project is on 10,000 acres of land to produce a 1600 MW facility and a 1600 MW battery energy storage system. The water expected for this project is roughly 420 acre-feet a year during construction, which is anticipated for two years. They do plan to bring water on site from 5 miles off of the facility to be trucked into above-ground wells. so that’s just a little bit of background on that, including the fact that in 2023 this particular parcel was auctioned off by BLM to preferred right-of-way applicants. And this was the highest bidder; they purchased that right-of-way applicant right for $2lmillion. I would like to make for the public that a cooperating agency is just a term that BLM uses during the National Environmental Policy Act process. This is an environmental document review that is occurring. We are not 12. CONSENTAGENDA ITEMS Cont... cooperating in a sense with BLM in terms of oh we support this project, and this is how we’d like to see it done. We are simply providing information and data that BLM needs to consider this project, and often that does oppose the projects concerned. We’ve done this with every solar project that we’ve been invited to participate in in NEPA, and that’s all of them. There are over I 8 solar projects proposed in the Amargosa Valley area. So, this is a procedural action to provide this data. We can’t just tell BLM no during this process; we have to provide impact data based on regulatory standards, and BLM determines if those comments meet the criteria for reconsideration of the project. We have protested the proposed development to higher authorities when we have been opposed. I just want the public to know that the plan of development is online and available publicly, and if you are a concerned citizen who just wants to say no, you’re welcome to do that through the BLM public commenting process, and you can also send something saying no to your governor, to your representatives, to the BLM state director, even. And finally, I just want everybody to know that my department does consider public comments and concerns, and I work under the direction of the board, obviously, but most often those concerns are implemented into our comments to BLM during that environmental review process. So, if anybody wants to reach out to me, my department information is online through the Nye County website, and I’m happy to listen to any of your concerns.

Motion carries 5-0. PUBLIC PETITIONER 21 For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to issue a letter of support . — for the Development of a locally informed proposal to establish a National Conservation Area on Public Lands surrounding Ash Meadows in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Carolyn Allen- This NCA this Ash Meadows National Conservation Act, is a path forward for renewable energy, mining, water security, wildlife, and just core resilience ofthe whole area. Once again, the Amargosa River is one of the most endangered rivers. Ash Meadows and the communities meaning Beatty, Amargosa, the tribes of the Amargosa Valley Basin, Amargosa, Chrystal, tribal communities, and Death Valley, are facing an uncertain future due to mounting pressures on the land and water they survive upon. The town ofAmargosa and its surrounding communities have called for the designation of the Ash Meadows National Conservation Area. This designation offers a practical, well- balanced, forward-looking solution to guide responsible renewable energy development while simultaneously safeguarding precious groundwater, wildlife, private properties in the designated areas, and the rural communities’ survival and livelihood, and the tribal heritage values. The future of the communities and many biologically diverse and storied ecosystems that depend on this hangs in the balance of the Amargosa River. Again, April 21 For Possible Action Cont... . 14th 2026, which we’re proud of, this was a three-year campaign that we worked on and was named one of the most endangered rivers in America. It presents one of the most important opportunities in the American West for us to get this right and right now. In the Amargosa River basin, groundwater sustains all life. The ancient waters of the Amargosa River sustained springs and wetlands ofAsh Meadows National Refuge, home of at least 26 endemic species of plants and wildlife found nowhere else. These same waters are the sole source of drinking water and domestic supply for the communities of Amargosa and Crystal, as well as the sovereign lands of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. Amargosa in our Township alone currently has 70,000 acres of active projects in progress and future progress on private property. Projects that look to continue south from the dairy, which is known as the Balance Rock Project on the west side of 373, possibly as far as Long Street. So, all of 373 down on the west side with people going private property and BLM. It needs to be repeated that we’re 95% BLM land. They’ve got us cornered; this is on the west side. It has no bearing on this proposed NCA. The east side of the 373 on the map directly affects the area and the people we are now trying to protect. Lhoist Mine, which has been in the valley for 60 years, employs 75 or more people, Boar’s Head Trail and off-roading, everything that we value out here in the rural area or the frontier. In recent years, communities and organizations across the region have loudly and consistently raised concerns about the scale and the scope of projects on public lands near Ash Meadows. All of the comments on 12A and B, thank you. A national conservation area would serve to bring a well-balanced approach and guidance, inviting stakeholders’ communities, all working together with the most recent water studies that we have shared with everybody and congressional help. All transmission lines and Lhoist mining operations would be secure. We are asking with the NCA to look at the piece of our valley for this precious resource that it is. The Ash Meadows NCA presently and locally driven bipartisan opportunity to ensure a balance of energy development and permanent conservation is achieved for the crown jewel of the Amargosa Valley and the Mojave Desert and the people who live and depend on this area. Simply put, this is a place where we must get this transition right now or risk losing it forever.

Public Comment: Michael Garcia- Once again, I would like to formally go on the record as far as the discriminatory practices when it comes to who can talk about state and federal parameters as well as guidelines? Let it be noted. Mike Fender- I know that Friends of Amargosa Basin are all for this, and I know the Amargosa Conservancy. I do talk to both of these organizations periodically, so I know what’s going on with them. As for myself and the 70 people who are on my e-mail list, I’m sure they would have definitely approved if you sent this letter. This is something that’s most needed for this particular area because it’ll be extra room of protection just for this small area that we have here, and I really would appreciate it. 21 For Possible Action Cont... . Linda Clark- I watched a show on TV about this area, and it was quite amazing that this water is absolutely crystal clear. It’s beautiful. The fish that live there are rare only in that area, and they’re working really hard to try to keep evasive species out of there to protect what’s there. That includes the plants and the food, everything else that these little fish eat, and their little fish; they’re cute. I don’t understand does BLM not get it; no, they don’t get anything. Why would we want to destroy something beautiful like that? it was given to us by God; we should be keeping it and not destroying it. So, tell me why they have the right to do that. I know they’re a government agency, and they control all this land, yeah, just like they’ve taken care of our horses and treated them. What do they do that helps us? I haven’t found anything yet. So, if we’re going to continue to let these people do this, I don’t know where else we go. If you can’t help us, the governor can’t help us; we just live on whatever BLM says. It makes no sense to me that these people have that much control over something. They’re not here; we are. These fish are here, the land is there, the wild animals are there, and our mountains are there. All this is here; it was given to us and our land, and it’s not their land, it’s our land. Bruce Johnson- I just want to remind everybody we’re here on this earth by Father God, and we are to be good stewards ofthe land, so we surround ourselves with love and thy neighbors. Mason Voehl- I am the Executive Director ofAmargosa Conservancy, a local organization working on the Amargosa River, and I just want to thank the BOCC for taking up this important action today. As Karen went on, the presenter described that the last few years have been challenging, to say the least, for those of us who love Nye County’s Amargosa River. It’s an incredible river in the desert, and the people who live on it have faced and continue to face so many threats to their futures. The fear is very real for those who live on the river waters, the one thing in this desert you can’t live or make a living without it and the future of Nye County communities such as Amargosa Valley, Crystal, the people of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe depend on sustainable use of these lands and waters. And the key to getting this right is a balanced approach. An approach that protects what matters, such as individual health and security, open space, irreplaceable natural wonders such as Ash Meadows and Death Valley, while at the same time directing industries to areas where their operations may be conducted more sustainably, with the public reserves the right to oppose projects cited outside of this exceptionally sensitive region as well. The proposed Ash Meadows National Conservation Area is a critical opportunity to help accomplish that balance. The NCA would mandate that the BLM manage these lands so that uses like OHV recreation, hunting, rockhounding, and traditional tribal practices would be safeguarded while directing new mining and industry projects away from critical groundwater flow paths relied upon by ash meadows and the communities of this corner of Nye County. My organization, Amargosa Conservancy, stands with Amargosa Valley Beatty, the Pahrump Public Lands Advisory Committee, the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, and the Chemehuevi Tribe and is calling for this action. We’re committed to working with the county and the towns describes every stakeholder invested in this region to develop a solution here that works for right now and for the long haul. At 21 For Possible Action Cont... . the end of the day, life in this extreme desert goes where the water goes, and if we can get the balance right now, we can ensure that no new ghost towns are made in southern Nye County. Susie Hertz- I just want to speak in support of this item, and I certainly hope that you will support it on behalf of all of us. As noted by the speakers before me, this is really important; it’s important to us citizens, even those of us who live here in Pahrump. Those are places that we go to and that we cherish just like the people who live there, so please pass this. Beth Borysewich- Nobody’s looked at the dictionary to see what desert means, and what does it mean? There’s no water; that’s why it’s called the desert. Maybe we need to send that over to BLM. But I fully am in support of this because you have got the pupfish over there that are endangered, and there’s a lot of recreation that goes on over there near Ash Meadows. So, I am fully in support of this. I think that we need to do it, and it’s our land, so let’s go ahead and make it a conservation area. Carry Radomski- April 1 3th, Ms. Allen came to the Beatty Town Advisory Board and made a presentation about the proposal for the national conservation area in public lands. Beatty does support this and looks forward to being a partner in helping to shape an area that can protect our public lands and all of our resources.

Public Comment closed.

Motion carries 5-0. ASSESSOR 13. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to: a. Determine that excess Nye County vehicle VIN2FTRXI8W84CA8334O, a 2004 Ford F150 is no longer required for public use; and b. Determine it is in the best interest to donate the vehicle to Tonopah Development Corporation, aka Tonopah Main Street, a nonprofit organization. Item removed. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS I 5. For Possible Action Debate, discussion, and consideration of a Cost of Living Adjustment (“COLA”) increase for covered employees.

Public Comment: Beth Borysewich- I fully understand the job that our law enforcement people do; however, when was the last time they had an increase? It sounds like 2024, and then in 2025, in an agreement, it’s stated that if there was a PERS adjustment, the county could take it and get rid of the COLA, which they did do, and that was a written agreement. So now they’re going to get their 2026 COLA, and you want your 2025. I understand, I really do; however, we are already $2.5 million overdrawn. Where are we going to get the money? We can’t print it. It’d be cool if we could, but we can’t. We might even need to start doing some fundraising, looking at some sort of grants, but we don’t have the money to pay for this. So, I’m not in agreement with it. I am so sorry, but we don’t have the money; that’s the bottom line. Tamie Pitman- I was in Human Resources for 30-plus years after I left the Marine Corps, and benefits are a huge part of that. But unfortunately, you can’t get blood out of a turnip. We are broke. The average Pahrumpians is on a fixed income, and when the cost of groceries and gas goes up, they have to figure out by cutting corners. We’ve got to cut corners. Ammie Nelson- Our deputies are about 20% underpaid, according to other counties, not a comparison to Clark County. But it’s, you know, all of them; the crime rate here is not as high per person as it is in some counties. So, our deputies are stretched out to different towns in the county and not just the town organization; they’re a county organization, so they go everywhere. The morale is low because of pay. The morale is low because of the conditions. The morale is low for cutting their pay, or not improving their pay even makes it harder for them. We already have an issue with training them in much less time than other counties train. Once they’re trained and have worked for a year, they can move on and make more money. So, we’ve got to do something to keep them here. You know, being a small town is a big plus when it comes to hiring police officers and 1st responders. It is an attractive proposition for them, but when reality hits, and they have to put food on the table, and they have to spend their time putting their lives above ours, you know they’ve got to have something. I am for this. We can cut corners on something else in this county that can be reduced, or you know, not raised for a while, but the first responders, we need them. So, I am for this proposition. Maryann Hollis- I watched your reactions when Amy was speaking, maybe cutting from some other place, and it’s going to have to come from some of the place. To me, this boils down to two issues that are in total contradiction to each other: an increase in COLA and the cost of medical services. Which are still under discussion, from what I understand. I’ve spoken many times about the PPO issue versus an HMO or even going out to a whole I 5. For Possible Action Cont... other company, if you will. But the deciding factor is going to be the deficit as to what happens with this. I appreciate the deep size that I see up here and the deep size that we elicit back here. lVs going to be tough, and while it might be interesting to hear of this contract initiative from the group that went to another place, again, the bottom line is, where is this money going to come from? So, we can all sigh and wring our hands, but the moment of reconciliation is here. President of the NCEA, Chris Fried- One of the issues I have with this is that all of my members also had to pay half of the percentage for the adjustment, and I feel that if you’re going to do that for the sheriff’s department, why would you not do it for all of the NCEA and give us back that increase too? Linda Clark- It’s a problem; we know it’s a problem. We have had problems. I’ve been here six years, we’ve had problems for over six years, and whose fault is that? We don’t know. I’m not taking the blame for it, and our community is not taking the blame for it. So, you guys can fight between you. Where did we get to this point, and how did we get to this point, and how are we ever going to get out of it? Tim Bohannon- There was a company that served as a financial expert I had to deal with. They were in dire straits when it came to finances. We had to cut 20% across the board, all salaries, benefits, all that 20% cut. Three years later came out of bankruptcy very strongly. Here’s the point: we have to watch our financials today, in 2014, to answer Linda’s question; that’s really when putting on the books from the tension the cool really came into play. Then getting that discipline ofwhat we do is the other aspect. But we can pay it now, or we’ll pay it later. The problem is it’s not in the budget unless there’s a new reconciliation that comes up with additional money that we didn’t know about. One adjustment and accrual that was overstated. Right now, this is what we’ve got. So, I’m firmly in support of COLAs, firmly in support of the enforcement and our safety folks. You know what’s fair? You know, if you do it for one, you have got to do it for all. So, you know, we have to watch that; we have to guard ourselves against making decisions that we like to make in lieu of making decisions that are very difficult. But at the end can be a very big benefit for us, as we watch our belts, as we watch our pockets, as we watch our expenses, as we try to be efficient in what we do. Michael Garcia- I’m with Tim on this: to pay me now or pay me later. The real elephant in the room is when you don’t prosecute perjury, and now you have it testified in front of your collective bargaining agreements. So hopefully I do have some state and federal partners out there. You can see the comfort when it comes to discretionary duties.

Public Comment closed.

Public Comment: Maryann Hollis- I was going to open with the change order that was raised, and I recall distinctly talking about change orders when this agreement for half a million dollars for a design-build for the Civic Center was raised. I told the story of how my husband, when he was a civic manager for the place down on the strip, he said that when he read that first agreement long ago, he said this is ripe for change orders. He said it’s like a blank check for the builder, and then he went on to say he went on a luxury yacht with the MGM people. The name of that yacht was Change Orders. The second word that just made me cringe was Commissioner Strickland. You mentioned something that you have we have been educated on the SNPLMA; we are not a member of that, so why would you raise that? And maybe give some false hope that there’s money coming in from somebody of whom we are not a member to even ask for the money. It’s not valid to do that; it’s just not. In my opinion, it’s like selling a dream with nothing behind it. Because we’re not even a member to beg for that money. How long have we been asking to see what we paid half a million dollars for? We have not seen it yet, and this afternoon I hear well it really was for all of this around it, and well, that’s nice, but we were told and we were given the backup that included seven phases of development for the building, nothing much around it except that the parking lot is already there, and that’s all we’ve known. So, why shouldn’t we be a little angry about all of this? We’ve been asking for this for so long, and perhaps ifthe fairgrounds advisory committee were moving along quickerthan it is, we would have been able to get this information and put it out for those who have been asking for it for over a year. Besides Mr. Bayne, I’m not sure you’re aware of how much is in that fairgrounds room tax account; it’s about $5 million now, easily. So, this is raising a whole bunch of concerns. They can be satisfied with an open discussion, not throwing out change orders that we’ve never heard about, other things that we’ve never heard about, and God knows that Civic Center has been named, you know, the pandemic center or the whatever center, but that’s what the wording was used to get that money. The original $2.4 million of our money was based on the idea that this was going to be a pandemic refuge center. Ammie Nelson- I don’t know what to say. I’m not for putting more money into the fairgrounds, never been a fan of anything to do with the fairgrounds, but I am for the 16. For Possible Action Cont... improvement if there’s money available to upgrade the Bob Ruud Center. That’s our community center, and that’s my opinion. Tamie Pitman- We see a big confusion factor here. We’re talking county money, but is this not the Town of Pahrump fairground? We’re using somebody else’s money. Second of all, we have Kellogg Park, Mr. Bain. It has a walking path, it has a bike path, and they’re talking about putting two or three pickleball courts. There are 80 acres there; they could put multiple soccer fields there, actually all the soccer fields you want to build, and still have plenty of room for anything else, walking paths, etc., which would be a much better use of money. We have the land; it’s already developed, it already has the bathrooms, it already has parking lots, it already has water and sewer. We’re using money stupidly; we need to use money smartly. Linda Clark- Yes, Brett, it’s me another day with Linda. What a day! I need a Tylenol. I have some in my purse you want me to share? But I can’t believe you people come to work every day and want to do this. I know I don’t come over here every day to put up with it, and neither does your wonderful staff. First of all, I’m going to say that this whole fairgrounds Community Center, whatever you guys want to call it, is Pahrump. Second of all, I don’t want anything to do with the county’s money on it if we’re going to do it; it’s Pahrump. Second of all, and I don’t want any grants, I don’t want anything if it was meant to be, it’ll be okay. We don’t have to do it tomorrow. The other thing is, if we’re going to do it needs to be done correctly, and it needs to be done with what the people want, not what you commissioners want, not where the money is held out and run and controlled. None of that is important; what’s important is what we want, okay. So, think about that. Second of all, I don’t trust any of you. Because what’s going to happen is you’re going to say this is what we’re going to do, and we’ve got the money to do this, and I’m going to turn around and do something else again, just like you’ve done now. This whole plan changed from the beginning. It’s not what the rest of us expected, it’s not what the Town of Pahrump wanted, it’s not what Mountain Falls wanted, and we’re getting the short end of it. So, why don’t the people that live here in that area, especially, and I’m talking all the way over Artesia, all the way over to the Gamebird area. Why don’t we have any say about what you’re doing over there to us? Why don’t we have any say? I don’t understand who owns the land. Okay, the land was given to Pahrump. The people of Pahrump want to have some say about what you’re doing. So, firstthing I would like you to do is freeze the whole damn thing and have a town board meeting on it where all of us can communicate on it and talk about what we want, what we want, not you, not you, not the rest of you, not Brett. I want something that the town has a say in. I’m tired of listening to this crap every two weeks, and we don’t get anywhere. As far as I’m concerned, it’s full of lies, and I don’t trust you. You’re going to do this, you’re going to do that, and six months from now you’re going to say oh you know what, we’ve found some more money, and we’re going to do that motocross, and we’re going to do that off-road thing. You know what, I bet we might have room for a pool, okay, good, a pool would be nice with a cover. Well, let’s take one thing at a time. I actually would like to see a YMCA. 16. For Possible Action Cont... Ron Mortinson- I came here a year ago and made this exact same speech, and the problem is still the same, with the emphasis on the same. The way you do a project is first, you come up with a purpose, propose a purpose, then you create a plan to do the purpose, then you raise the money to fund the purpose, then you use the money to fund the purpose that you made the plan for. What you guys are doing here is you’re starting with a pile of money, then trying to figure out a purpose and a plan for the pile of money. It’s just completely backwards, and that’s why it’s not moving forward, and this can continue forever. You’ve just got it backwards. You’ve got the cart before the others have not changed. I said this a year ago, and it’s still the same problem. Michael Garcia- Like to give a shout-out to Commissioner Ian Bayne. I think he should throw some Ws up today. I can’t wait to see your edits of the clips of when it comes to the quorum being weaponized and excluding your district out of this money. It’s quite obvious thatthe whole intent behind the Civic and the Community Center was a relabeling so they can misappropriate it. So, it’s undermining that is really bad, but to see how many times your speech was interrupted, and you didn’t lose your composure, I give you props for that. But the quorum really stinks, and I think we need to note for the record that I believe all this is calculated to be done without the DA, so hopefully he can write you an excuse for that one. Susie Hertz- Um, do you realize what I just realized? That the monies that have been being discussed for this whole gigantic project that just keeps growing and deflating and regrowing again are from all sorts of different places, as somebody pointed out. The land for the quote-unquote fairgrounds, and we haven’t talked about any fairground activities being built there ever practically. Is money or is land that was given to the town that you’re going to fund it with county money? But then maybe we’ll go to Bob Ruud and do something over there. The whole thing is just constantly changing. It’s like a shell game; that’s what it looks like. You keep moving the pieces around in circles and just guessing who’s going to pick up the winning shell. And it’s not right; it’s been wrong from the start because you never included the population who lives here, you never asked the full population what they wanted or if they wanted it. You get small pieces of information from small voice groups, and you have ideas about how you want to help the community, and none of this goes together, and that’s why it’s not going together because it doesn’t fit. It’s not put together properly. The intentions are different from every direction, and until you sit down and talk to the people who live here and find out exactly what they’re interested in, it’s never going to work. And we’re never going to support you in whatever you decide. Because the reality is, we just asked for some money for the poor law enforcement people so that they wouldn’t leave their jobs and leave us with no law enforcement protection. But you’d rather build a fairground, that’s how it appears to us, and I think it’s time that we really look at this elephant. There is some constructive positive stuff that could be done by building some facilities on this land, but until you talk to everybody who’s affected by it in some constructive fashion, just simply the repeated request for seeing the plans for the place, we haven’t had those. 16. For Possible Action cont... Ammie Nelson- There were millions of dollars in the town that moved over to the county because we have a Board of County Commissioners that also includes town managers and town board, and we have a county manager who is also town manager; everything is combined. The idea that you have a pile of money, then you look at it and say where we are going to spend this? Somebody says, Let’s spend it on the fairgrounds, and they take a big handful, and they put it in another pile, then they take another pile for first responders, until we get to the point where we are now. So, nobody knows where they’re going to get the money; we don’t have the money, but we’re still talking about how to spend it. It’s just kind of ridiculous, and then the infighting for us just added laughter here and there. So, I don’t know where this meeting is going, but itjust needs some help, and people need to really think about what they’re doing. Nancy Yanda- You have this pile of money for the fairgrounds. Just freeze all the darn money and then the new money for the police. You do it; they are our security, and we need them more than doggone fairgrounds. We don’t need it. Beth Borysewich- I’m pretty pissed off. I’m sitting here listening to Commissioner Bayne saying he doesn’t want this and he doesn’t want that. Then I’m listening to Commissioner Strickland claim to let him know that you know we’re not going to do anything. The bottom line to this is the Town of Pahrump was given this land to put in a fairground; it does not necessarily mean a place where you have games and Ferris wheels and all that crap, although we could have it. But what I’m pretty pissed off about is that a month ago I put in a request for the advisory committee, and I understand that, you know, some people get overworked and stuff, and there’s too much going on. Well, if that’s the case, I would like to come over there and sit down with Commissioner Strickland and the town manager and work on this committee and get it started. Because once we know what we have in money, then we can say, okay, we’ll do this. And in the very beginning of all of this fighting about the fairgrounds, I said why don’t we take some money and just go and tear down part of Bob Ruud and add a second floor, put some offices in there, and do some really cool stuff over there. There are so many different ideas; however, once this advisory committee gets set up, we can have a town hall, where we can get the information. I’m sick and tired of the commissioners sitting up there thinking they’re five people who can tell us what we want in a fairground that belongs in Pahrump. You guys, you need to talk to people, and that’s why I put in the advisory committee. I want to come over there, and I want to talk to you guys and get this thing started, so whatever needs to be done, please let me know. I spent 20 hours putting that package together, and it wasn’t for the hell of it; it was for the betterment of the town. Tim Bohannon- The biggest thing that we have forgotten from the fairgrounds standpoint is, how are you going to pay for it? A lot of what we’re talking about is, well, we need to pay for this, we want to pay for that, oh we don’t have the money for this. but we’ve never really looked at a financial master plan, a historical plan, whether it’s going to take. How much is it going to take, not only in capital but all operating budget as well? Those are big factors, and we’re talking about fairgrounds. Now, in my opinion, the fact that we got a 16. For Possible Action cont... 427-acre gift is something not to be thrown away, and there’s obviously been work that’s been done, but if we look back historically, this was taken to the people many years ago. It’s the people, mainly us newbies, if you will, you know we’ve been here 6, 7, 8 years, we weren’t at the original date. So, we didn’t get that indoctrination, if you will, of what the plan was and what was the purpose. Which is very interesting, something important from the board of county commissioners to be thinking about: what is the purpose? The benefit of having fairgrounds is that we have things for our people to do. Is it being able to attract other people coming into the area, maybe medical folks and other people like that, to move in and have something to do for the families? What is it? What is the purpose? Having a clear definition and then communicating that alternative communication to people. We don’t have a historical plan; we don’t have a financial plan we do not know where it’s going to come. Are we robbing Peter to pay Paul? is the shell game that some people said. I’m not sure I agree with that. But I do know thatthere are funds being moved around, and its specifically purpose-driven, that’s by rules and regulations. But what are we doing on the master financial plan to make this happen? Now we have a proposal in front of us today for some action to take. I heard Commissioner Strickland actually seemed a little bit positive about that and definitely something to consider. But we do have something in the books here that we’re dealing with the item as part of the bigger plan, but the bigger plans have been missing from a financial standpoint.

Public Comment closed.

Motion carries 5-0. I 7. For Possible Action Direct appropriate staff to solicit bids from private entities to repair potholes using the $1 million voted on by this board to repair roads. 4.43.44

Public Comment: Tim Bohannon- I like the approach and the way Director BoIling gave about the reverse engineer, about walking through the cost, discussion about prevailing wage; that means he’s thought it out. These are the kind of things I look for when I look at anything that we discussed financially. I also see that we have a financial review that’s check-marked on this item as well, so that’s a positive for me. The only thing I would like to put out there is that we have potholes. Potholes are generally a way of life. It’s been a way of life for as long as I know it, but there are ways in the current funding to have the materials that would give us a little bit more longevity, and is the cost effective having that in consideration?

Public Comment closed.

comment must be limited to matters that are within the jurisdiction and control of the Board of County Commissioners. Action will not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically included on an agenda as an action item (SECOND). Michael Garcia- I wanted to bring up that it must be nice to have so much casual comfort whenever things arrive. You know we don’t have a problem with giving 22,000 to an NGO that supports veterans’ supply of flags, but we can’t pay our police officers. We talk about prevailing wage, but we can’t even find out what the value is. What about the corruption? y’aII have nothing to do with the corruption. I have heard Deborah Strickland for years telling me to trust the process when Captain Boruchowitz was involved. How did that work for me? When are y’all going to take responsibility for your constitutional oath when you work outside of those limits? There are problems, there are serious problems. Does an ordinance supersede the Constitution? Does an ordinance supersede the First Amendment? You want to really talk about the quorum, time, place, and manner. You know how many times Bella rights have been altered, reclassified, amended, and augmented? We see where the weakness is: you’re so hungry for the money. Why don’t you get hungry for serving the Constitution? Where’s the Marine? Where’s the hoorah? 22. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT cont... We’re talking about natural rights, y’aIl ain’t nothing but a bunch offrauds. y’aIl supported Captain Boruchowitz. Didn’t have a problem with him. Judge Fiore, how are you taking to her defense? You’re all clean, no contact. What about when it comes to fraud, the room tax? The latest case was involving time shares pure terror attack on our hirs. It’s unconstitutional, you’ll have your head up so far up the administrative wages that Chevron you don’t even get. Nobody’s ever talked about Chevron. I should have brake-checked all y’all, and nobody’s doing it. What happens when you operate outside of your constitutional duties, authorities, and jurisdictions? Tamie Pitman- I wanted to point out that we talked about the fairgrounds while you were wearing your board of county commissioners’ hats. There were 17 under the board of county commissioners, which is why I’m exceptionally confused; y’all are in this, something is amiss. Linda Clark- What a beautiful day, not here though, I’m sorry. A lot of beautiful people, but not a lot of beautiful stuff was said, and some of it was quite outrageously offensive and unprofessional. But what do I know? I’m just that dumb blonde. So, we have a long way to go, a very long way to go. Now, this town is going to survive, got to pray it does. Right now, it’s in your hands. You don’t listen to us. So, who do we have to blame? Not us. So do what you can do, see if you can make it better, smooth it over, no more lies, no more stories, no more garbage that we don’t want to see here, and just do what the people ask you to do. I think that was your job description. I think you asked you about that two months ago. You have a description of what your job is, but you haven’t been fulfilling it. So, I think part of it is to listen to your constituents, like I said, over six years here, and I haven’t heard it yet, as far as this community has done that, we have something we can brag about. I like the animal center; um I think it was nice what you did to a couple of other things here. I can’t think of what they were offhand; that’s how many there are, but we need to do a lot to improve. one thing I would like you to do get rid of the damn fireworks over in our neighborhood I’m so sick of listening to I 0:11 and 12:00 at night why we don’t need them it’s not even a holiday and it disturbs our animals and how do you feel about the children that are trying to sleep because after go to school the next day kids get so excited about that stuff they can’t go to sleep they’re listening to fireworks outside their window. Tim Bohannon- I live in Mountain Falls, and I don’t get excited about the fireworks. You know we’ve got 33,000 voters in this county, and they don’t always hear the same opinions, but we do, you know, and that’s something that we need to remember, you know, we don’t. And being civil and working together even though we disagree is a very important thing to do, sometimes hard, especially when you’re talking finances. I would like to commend the county manager on something you said today about the discipline of trying to make a budget, trying to make sure that we’re in budget. It was well received. I appreciated that quite a bit. It’s a hard job, it’s not easy, especially when you want to you want to do well with people, but you can’t sometimes because the funds aren’t there. So, you have to buy volitionally, no pun intended, but you do, and it’s just, you know, it’s hard. But at the end of the day if we if we discipline well, we learn the lessons now, we apply them not only now, but in the future, then what happens? We’ll be in a better financial position in a year, 2 years, 3 three years down the line. Rich Johnson- I would like to say that the purpose of government protection of personal rights, private property, and public liberties, and with that comes fiduciary responsibility, tax careful stewards of authority and resources. Always within clear limits and always in the interest ofthe people. That law authority is not assumed that is delegated, and it must be exercised with transparency and fairness, and those elements are present, so people can understand the process and work within it. When they are not, it creates confusion, conflict, and the loss of confidence. I want to anchor that with scripture. And showed the old man what is good and what does the Lord requires of thee, but to do justice and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God. Could you just show mercy and walk humbly? These are practical standards for how authority is exercised, or decisions or processes may have missed that mark in the past. The strength of government has found in its ability to correct courses openly and in good faith. Because the goal is not to defend prior decisions but to ensure that what is done moving forward is right, lawful, and fair. I’m going to plan that there, and I would appreciate, uh people with the planning department and the code enforcement, and Commissioner Strickland, to work with me in the situation that they’re all aware of over there on Oakridge and Kellough. Ron Mortinson- I just wanted to know concerning the midday presentation here today, but I’m definitely not a big fan of Commissioner Bayne, but there are quite a number of people in county employment who put out improper things on social media, electronic media, and so on and so forth. If he’s going to be getting publicly spoken to over things he puts out, there are a lot of other people who need the same treatment. He shouldn’t be singled out alone. Ammie Nelson- I have to give kudos to Brett Wagner for saying what needed to be said. I agree with him on many ofthe things he brought up. I think that’s highly unprofessional, and I think it’s highly unethical in my in my humble opinion, to openly oppose and support a candidate for a sitting commissioner that you work with, which will definitely not make friends or good conversation, and the things that are being said should be left up to the public to be said not a sitting commissioner to let the public know about. Deborah Strickland is a very bright, very capable, very concerned commissioner. She may not do all the things we like. She certainly doesn’t do all the things I like. But I’m not going out there and calling her names or making accusations against her. I might say I prefer someone over her, but I don’t live in that district. So, the conduct and the professional conduct mean everything to us, we are the ones watching you, we’re the ones that get our temperament from you. and probably Bruce Jabbour is the best, for example he has a great decor; he speaks very well and he can either make you a friend in two words or cut your throat, but he doesn’t make an enemy when he does. So, my observation is to work together and stop this ridiculous campaigning against a sitting commissioner that should be outlawed.

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