August 19, 2021

Commissioner Chambers

, 101 Radar Road, Tonopah, Nevada 89049. Cindy Kaminski, Nye County Representative Mark Owens, Nye County School District Representative Robin Rivero, Public-at-Large Representative Stacey Parmenter, Public-at-Large Representative Vacant, General Improvement District Representative Savannah Rucker, Nye County Administrative Technical Advisor Sandra L. Merlino, Nye County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board Also Present: Kelly Sidman, Deputy Clerk; Shalise Lamb, Deputy Clerk A roll call was taken.

Mrs. Rivero

made a motion to approve; seconded by Mr. Owens; 4 yeas.

Mrs. Rivero

made a motion to approve the meeting minutes for August 19, 2020, February 23, 2021, and April 23, 2021; seconded by Mr. Owens; 4 yeas.

Mrs. Rivero

made a motion to schedule the next meeting on February 8, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.; seconded by Mr. Owens; 4 yeas.

Mrs. Kaminski

asked if the Hospital District knew about doing their plan each year.

Mrs. Rucker

said they knew it was a requirement, but she generated it on their behalf. The district did not have any interest in taking any debt out that she was aware of. If they did then they would need to approve a debt management policy instead of just the indebtedness report and capital improvement plan her office generated.

Mrs. Rivero

asked Mrs. Rucker if she ever had the chance to go over the Hospital District’s fiscal responsibilities.

Mrs. Rucker

said a financial presentation was made monthly to the district by one of her staff members who also worked with the Hospital District to help them understand what the different components were of that financial summary. Mrs. Rucker thought things were going well and the Hospital District was aware of how their funding came in and how their expenditure budget worked.

Mrs. Kaminski

said she did not know Pahrump had a TV building and asked what that was.

Mrs. Rucker

explained it had been a TV tower and a building for years that ended up having an insurance claim. She did not know the circumstances of what happened to the facility, but the Town of Pahrump received a large payment to rehab the building as well as for future capital improvements.

Mrs. Kaminski

said she noticed information was added on the CIP, but it was kind of broad with the out of cycle capital improvements description. She asked if that could be refined a little more.

Mrs. Rucker

said there were things that fell outside of the regular capital improvement replacement schedule and she tried to capture that with the vague comment. She knew that the Town of Pahrump Buildings and Ground manager planned out multiple capital needs as shown on the CIP, but he could not know everything and try to plan for it. For example, with the flood in Pahrump a couple weeks ago capital resources were being utilized. An insurance claim would be filed, but they may not cover all losses incurred by that flood. That would be one of those unanticipated capital needs. August 19, 2021 5. Review of the Debt Management Policies and Capital Improvement Plans for 2021-2022 of Nye County municipalities-Cont’d.

Mrs. Kaminski

said she was concerned because of the large amounts shown. She then asked if Kellogg Park was a golden park in Pahrump. In looking at different funding for it she wondered if it was that old, if it was being built, or what it was exactly.

Mrs. Rucker

advised Kellogg Park was being built, but it was a large park that would require a lot of resources so it was funded from multiple pots. The dog park was up and construction was wrapping up on the restroom facility. A grant was also secured through the Land Grant Conservation Fund for a portion of it. Mrs. Rucker said they were trying to tap into resources outside of the Town of Pahrump to complete it.

Mrs. Kaminski

asked if the fairgrounds was open or if it was still under construction.

Mrs. Rucker

said the necessary infrastructure had been wrapped up. There was a small well for testing and work was being done to convert that to a full-sized well, but that was an issue for the utility company there as they did not want the town and County to put in a well for watering the eight or ten soccer fields planned. The County had also secured a grant for drainage and a drainage study as well as a grant to build a UTV track.

Mrs. Kaminski

asked about the cemetery fund. It said veterans’ memorial restrooms for $475,000.00. She asked how many and what kind as she knew they had the SSTs and if they were kept clean they worked well. It seemed like a large expense especially if water had to be run to the area.

Mrs. Rucker

agreed it was and explained in the State of Nevada prevailing wage kicked in at $100,000.00. Ifa private contractor built this on their property it would be half of the cost.

Mrs. Rivero

said she noticed in a lot of five-year plans for the towns there was a line item for PSST and it listed specific items for things that were for the Sheriffs Office. She asked why that was in the town budgets.

Mrs. Rucker

explained PSST was a law written in 2010 and approved by the taxpayers. It was an increase in the sales tax rate for public safety, specifically fire and sheriff. The law identified that each town would receive their funding and those individual town boards would be presented with a spending plan each year by the department that managed the public safety for that town. The Sheriff was on there in every single location because they had a fund for PSST generated in that area that they present to the town board.

Mrs. Kaminski

pointed out the School District was building a new elementary school in Tonopah. She was concerned because Silver Rim was still there and she could see August 19, 2021 5. Review of the Debt Management Policies and Capital Improvement Plans for 2021-2022 of Nye County municipalities-Cont’d. additions made to that. Also, the School District put at least $1.25 million into redoing the gym at the elementary school. She asked Mr. Owens if he had any information.

Mr. Owens

said they talked about putting everything in one location as it would be efficient, more practicable, and better for Tonopah in the long run. Only a portion of the middle school was being used because it had old technology. It would be a bond, but he did not know how far down the road it was and thought it was a bit of a wish list.

Mrs. Rivero

said she had asked for an update on the CIP plan. She saw where they had hired an architect to do the update, but due to COVID it had to be put on hold, which seemed to be such a common excuse. She asked who made the decision because of COVID, the School District or the architect, as she did not understand why COVID would have impacted it.

Mr. Owens

said he could get an answer to that. There was an emergency meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

Mrs. Rivero

made a motion to specify the limitation at 98% and not less than 75% and to go with standard procedure on past priority for essential and non-essential facilities and services; seconded by Mr. Owens; 4 yeas.

Mrs. Kaminski

adjourned the meeting. ah APPROVED this | & day of Cetoher 2021 C Chair August 19, 2021 ATTEST: hee, YM inaen Nye Cotnty Clerk / Deputy