Public meetings / Water District
April 9, 2024
1 turns, 1 with a named speaker, under 1 agenda items. The words and the names are the county clerk's.
5. (00:02:13) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION + CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES TO PRIOR
Mr. Lach
stated that he was a property owner in Nye County and owned water rights in Northern Nye County and Nevada. He stated that there was nothing on the agenda that would preclude him from voting. Mr. Goedhart disclosed that he had private business interests and owned water rights in Pahrump and Amargosa. He went on to explain that he would recuse himself from any item which he felt presented a conflict of interest. Nye County Commissioner Debra Strickland stated that she was a water well driller and a broker of water rights but that she was not a member of the board and could not vote. (00:14:54) FOR DISCUSSION ONLY -— Discussion and deliberation on the recent Nevada Supreme Court decision on the application of the Nevada State Engineer’s authority to define Hydrographic Basins with Shared Yield or “Super-Basins” and possible direction to staff to return the item with more information if so desired by the board (00:20:25) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION — Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff to modify, extend or discontinue the Nye County Water District Toilet Rebate Program. (00:32:27) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION — Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff relating to prior direction for the General Manager to investigate previous action by the Nye County Water District Governing Board to establish a 2:1 Development Relinquishment for all new subdivision maps in Basin 162 prior to approval by the Neveda Public Utilities Commission and Nevada Division of Water Resources. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Page 3 April 9, 2024 (01:24:22) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION — Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff on progress of the current Basin 162 Groundwater Management Plan Update and approve a not to exceed amount of $22,040 for water rights consulting and data services by FACQUE Consulting in support of the update. (01:40:08) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION — Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff to approve, amend and approve or reject a purchase agreement for a Dell Mobile Precision 3591 laptop computer and associated protective accessories for an amount not to exceed $2,000. (01:43:34) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION -— Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff to purchase the Board’s selected drone unit numbered 1-5 or return to the board with more options as prescribed by the board. The drones range in price from $6,176.00 up to $25,856.00. (01:52:37) FOR DISCUSSION ONLY - Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff regarding a progress report from BEC Environmental on current efforts to secure grant funding for the Nye County Water District. (01:58:37) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION — Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff to execute a purchase of an Adobe Creative Cloud software subscription in the amount of $1,086.15 annually. (02:03:50) SUPPORTING REPORTS — Organization Members, Staff and County Liaison. (02:07:41) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION — Discussion and deliberation to set the date, time and location of the next Water District Governing Board meeting for Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the Pahrump Commissioners Chambers. Page 4 April 9, 2024