Minutes - Nye County

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August 18, 2015
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, and
the Governing Body of the Unincorporated Towns of Beatty, Belmont, Gabbs,
Manhattan, Pahrump and Railroad Valley was held at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioner
Chambers, 2100 E. Walt Williams Drive, Pahrump, Nevada 89048.
Lorinda Wichman, Chair
Frank Carbone, Vice Chair
Butch Borasky, Commissioner
Dan Schinhofen, Commissioner
Donna Cox, Commissioner
Sandra L. Merlino, Ex-Officlo Clerk of the Board
Angela Bello, District Attorney
Sharon Wehrly, Sheriff
Pam Webster, County Manager
Also present: Kelly Sidman, Deputy Clerk
Not Present: Sharon Wehrly, Sheriff
1. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge was recited.
Commissioner Wichman explained the rules of public comment to the audience.
2. Approval of the Agenda for August 18, 2015.
Pam Webster stated items 6, 24-26, 30, 33, 35, 39, and 40 could be removed from the
agenda.
3. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (Three-minute time limit per person.) Action will
not be taken on the matters considered during this period until specifically
included on an agenda as an action item (first).
Ed Fox advised the Board that Postal Road was dry now. He had worked with the
State, who told Wulfenstein to correct the problem, and he wondered why this action
could not have been taken by the County Commissioners. Regarding businesses in
Nye County, Commissioner Schinhofen had told him to go to the Nye County Web site
about that, but there was nothing there addressing businesses. Mr. Fox called the
office and was told he should go to the Town of Pahrump’s Web site where he found
several new businesses, but no new restaurants or grocery stores. He expected the
Commissioners to take part in getting big businesses in the area. As far as the gas tax
increase, Mr. Fox thought if asphalt had been used in the first place then the problem
with roads falling apart and no money to fix them would not exist. He was glad to see
the increase in the gas tax.
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included on an agenda as an action item (first).-Cont’d.
Michael Augustine advised there would be a memorial service for John Whitefeather
DuPont on August 22, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Bob Ruud Community
Center.
Jim Petell voiced his concerns with safety issues around the collection of monies by the
fire department every May. He described an incident he was involved in when a young
fireman ran in front of his car causing him to hit the car in front of him while trying to
avoid the fireman. Mr. Petell understood they were doing a service to muscular
dystrophy, but he felt there needed to be a safe environment for them. They should
also not be allowed to use the fire equipment for advertising for the function.
Don Trudeau stated he would like the signing of the restrictive covenant requested by
Public Works to be removed as a requirement to get the permanent certificate of
occupancy at 1190 East Oxford. Adding this expense made developing their business
lack feasibility as it would be more money than they spent purchasing equipment. It
was also the kind of thing that kept businesses from being able to develop in the
community, which meant fewer jobs.
Tom Saitta, business partners with Mr. Trudeau, added that Public Works requested
CivilWise Engineering do a document at the cost of $700.00 and for he and Mr. Trudeau
to pay an additional $500.00 to hire a consultant to look at the traffic counts for their
body shop, which was a completely unnecessary and wasted expense. They
understood the trigger for action to be taken was 100 average trips per day. They had
been opened two months and averaged less than 30 trips per day. Even increasing
their capacity by 50% would leave them at less than the threshold. Mr. Saitta stated
they would appreciate the Board’s consideration of them not having to do this.
Todd Crutcher, Director of Marketing at Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country
Club, advised the Commissioners of an annual event for charity they were developing
called the Top Gun Challenge, a head-to-head competition between the fire department
and the Sheriff’s Department in autocross, to be held on November 14, 2015. Mr.
Crutcher said they were looking for local sponsors.
Pam Webster added the charities would be local charities so it would benefit the
comm unity.
Andrew Alberti addressed the issue of what could and could not be said and done
during meetings. He said the intent of NRS 241.010 was for the Board’s actions to be
taken openly and their deliberations to be conducted openly. Mr. Alberti felt when he
appeared to discuss potentially moving the County seat that active deliberation did not
occur. It was just shut down. Regarding restrictions on comments by the general
public, Mr. Alberti noted NRS 241 .020 stated any such restrictions must be reasonable
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included on an agenda as an action item ffirst).-Cont’d.
and may restrict the time, place, and manner of the comments, but may not restrict
comment based on viewpoint. He said viewpoint had to do with opinions about the
conduct of employees, Commissioners and other elected officials and believed the
comments as to what could be said at the beginning of meetings were out of order and
needed to be changed to reflect what the NRS said. If not, he would file a complaint
with the Secretary of State.
Sheriff Wehrly was present.
Susan and David Gresham said they were working on a plan for skateboard park
lighting. They told the Commissioners how much they appreciated what they did for the
community and how the kids were enjoying the skateboard park.
Commissioner Borasky asked Mrs. Gresham to provide a report on the status of the
project and he would pass it on to the rest of the Commissioners.
Shambra Jones reviewed the free summer lunch program for the Tonopah kids. She
advised 75 volunteers served 1,126 lunches and also delivered to some families in
need. They raised $3,414.18, spent $2,338.03, which left $1,076.15 to be used next
summer.
4. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation of Minutes of the Joint Nye
County Board of Commissioners, Board of Highway Commissioners, Licensing
and Liquor Board and as the Governing Body of Unincorporated Towns of Beatty,
Belmont, Gabbs, Manhattan, Pahrump, and Railroad Valley meeting for July 21,
2015.
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Commissioner Carbone made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner
Schinhofen; 5 yeas.
SITTING AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
5. Announcements (first)
There were none.
6. For Possible Action
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Emergency Items
This item was removed from the agenda.
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7. Commissioners’IManager’s Comments (This item limited to announcements or
topics/issues proposed for future workshops/agendas)
Commissioner Wichman commented that in order to change the County seat one simply
had to bring back a petition with the proper number of voting property owners and it
would be a done deal.
Commissioner Schinhofen indicated to Mr. Fox that NCREDA was what he wanted to
look at. He then asked staff to bring something forward for the Board to address the
Saitta and Trudeau issues with Emery Road. Regarding deliberating, he thought when
five Commissioners all spoke on an item that was deliberation enough and that was
what they were elected for. As far as moving the County seat, Commissioner
Schinhofen saw that as an incorporation issue. Show him how services would improve,
what it would cost and what it would save, bring the petition back and the Board would
see about putting it on the ballot.
Commissioner Borasky advised the Pahrump Nugget 250 race was coming back and
would bring between $3 million and $5 million into Nye County.
Commissioner Carbone stated the Pahrump Veterans Memorial Committee would meet
on August 20, 2015, at the Bob Ruud Center at 4:00 p.m.
Commissioner Cox thanked Mr. Fox for all his hard work in helping stop the water on
Postal and wished there were more people in the community who worked so hard on
projects. Regarding moving the County seat, she advised all the residents had to do
was submit the petition and if they had the signatures the Board had no choice but to
put it on. She then asked Pam Webster for an update on the Sheriffs Advisory Board.
Mrs. Webster stated there were not enough applicants so they extended the date
another month for advertising. She thought it should be closing this month and she
would bring back the list of candidates for the Board.
Commissioner Cox asked if the half-cent sales tax that was on the ballot and voted
through had gone into effect yet.
Mrs. Webster advised it was being collected and the application of the money was
under review by the District Attorney’s Office who had requested additional support from
the Attorney General’s Office.
Angela Bello indicated her office was still waiting.
Mrs. Webster reminded the Commissioners there would be a special meeting on
Monday to consider Title 6 and the modifications proposed. It would be at 1:00 p.m.
and had to be rescheduled due to advertising issues.
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CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS These are items that Staff recommends for approval.
The Board reserves the tight to move any consent agenda item to the regular
segment of the agenda should issues arise that need to be addressed.
Discussion of any item from the Consent Agenda Items that needs review before
a decision is made.
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Approval of Elected Official Collection Report
Commissioner Borasky was not present.
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve items 18-23; seconded by
Commissioner Carbone; 4 yeas.
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Approval of Assessor’s Office Change Request
20. For Possible Action Approval to set the date and location of the second
meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Tuesday, November 17, 2015 in
Pahrump, Nevada.
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21. For Possible Action Approval to accept a grant award for the Community
Services Block Grant (CSBG) Discretionary Funds. Through this grant, Nye
County will enter into a Sub-recipient agreement with NyE Communities Coalition
who will provide an employee to work in the Health and Human Services Office to
provide case management for clients enrolled in the CSBG Adult Employment
Incentive Program. This grant shall be administered out of Fund 10340 Grants
and there is no match required.
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22. For Possible Action Approval of Amendment Three to the Interlocal Contract
for Medical, Core, and Support Services for HIV/AIDS Infected and Affected
Clients in the Las Vegas, Ryan White, Transitional Grant Area Effective March 1,
2013. RFQ 602819-12; Repost RFQ No.603137-13; Repost RFQ No. 603450-14.
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23. For Possible Action Approval to accept the State of Nevada Emergency
Response Commission (SERC), Hazardous Material Emergency Preparedness
(HMEP) mid-cycle grant award. The Nye County Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) will be responsible for managing this grant. This grant shall be
administered out of Fund 10340 Grants and there is no match required.
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SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNICORPORATED TOWNS OF BEATTY,
BELMONT, GABBS, MANHATTAN, PAHRUMP, AND RAILROAD VALLEY
PAHRUMP
16. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve the Pahrump
Ambulance Fund bad debt expense write offs for the period of June 2015, subject
to further collection efforts and accounting adjustments.
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Commissioner Borasky was present.
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner
Carbone.
Commissioner Carbone recalled past discussions regarding the need to look at the way
the funds were being collected. He asked if this could be rolled under Emergency
Services to get some of those collections done.
Commissioner Schinhofen pointed out the agenda item said subject to further collection
efforts.
Commissioner Cox suggested reducing the cost of the ambulance as well as privatizing
the ambulance service as the County could not continue to take these losses.
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16. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve the Pahrump
Ambulance Fund bad debt expense write offs for the period of June 2015, subject
to further collection efforts and accounting adjustments.-Cont’d.
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Michael Sullivan, Town of Pahrump Finance Director, explained this was an accounting
transaction so it had to be moved over otherwise the accounts receivable would be
overstated. He said the rates were standard and customary for the industry and the
insurance companies did not reimburse for the full amount. They reimburse for their
rates, so these primarily ended up being private pay people who had no insurance and
were not covered by Medicare or Medicaid. Even when someone had insurance there
was a deductible or co-pay depending on the policy and some of these were like that.
Commissioner Carbone said if all of it could not be collected then maybe the prices
could be brought down low enough for the insurance to cover it or people to pay for it.
Mr. Sullivan stated when rates were lowered then the insurance payments went down.
Commissioner Carbone asked Pam Webster to move forward with looking at privatizing
it or continuing to do it the way it was being done as well as seeing if there was a way to
do a possible reduction.
Andrew Alberti stated his belief that this was an official meeting acting as the governing
board for the Town of Pahrump and questioned why there was not a public comment
section at this point in the meeting.
Commissioner Wichman indicated there had been one at the beginning and there would
be one at the end.
Mr. Alberti said he would like the District Attorney to decide if this was proper as he
thought the Board was in violation of the NRS.
The motion to approve passed with 5 yeas.
TIMED ITEMS
8. 10:45 For Possible Action Public Hearing! discussion! and deliberation to
issue an Outdoor Festival License to Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce for
the Pahrump Fall Festival to be held September 24-27, 2015, at Petrack Park
located at 150 Highway 160. Pahrump, Nevada.
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Commissioner Carbone made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner
Schinhofen.
Commissioner Wichman opened the public hearing.
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8. 1 0:45 For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion, and deliberation to
issue an Outdoor Festival License to Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce for
the Pahrump Fall Festival to be held September 24-27, 2015, at Petrack Park
located at 150 Highway 160, Pahrump, Nevada.-Cont’d.
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Sally Kerr reminded everyone that this was a community event and there were
youngsters in the community who would not be able to attend if people did not buy
tickets on their behalf. She said the Chamber would be happy to help with that. Tickets
were $25.00 pre-paid, which included a daily arm band for the carnival, and entrance to
the park was free.
Commissioner Wichman closed the public hearing.
SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF UNICORPORATED TOWNS OF BEATTY,
BELMONT, GABBS, MANHATTAN, PAHRUMP, AND RAILROAD VALLEY
PAHRUMP
17. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding submitting a
reversionary interest letter to the Bureau of Land Management requesting they
offer the Fairgrounds Patent Reverter for Purchase regarding the land patent for
the fairgrounds property located at 3100 S. Hwy 160 in Pahrump, NV.
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Commissioner Schinhofen said he asked this to be brought forward to get the BLM out
of any operations of that property.
Borasky.
Pam Webster pointed out that included in the back-up was the possibility to obtain two
appraisals, one for the parcels that ran along Highway 160 and one for the entire park.
She wanted to make sure that was clearly included and that would be the direction that
staff would take to move forward.
Commissioner Schinhofen said that was the intent of his motion.
Commissioner Wichman suggested Commissioner Schinhofen state his motion that
staff was instructed to move forward with any up to all of it.
Angela Bello advised her office had not made a determination if Fund 25220, Pahrump
Tourism Room Tax, could be identified as the funding source.
Mrs. Webster explained there was a portion of that fund dedicated to the fairgrounds
and that was the part that would be used.
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17. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding submitting a
reversionary interest letter to the Bureau of Land Management requesting they
offer the Fairgrounds Patent Reverter for Purchase regarding the land patent for
the fairgrounds property located at 3100 S. Hwy 160 in Pahrump, NV.-Cont’d.
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Commissioner Schinhofen said his motion stood.
Commissioner Carbone thought this was not to identify a funding source at this time.
Commissioner Wichman said it was in the back-up as a suggested source, but it was
not part of the motion.
Michael Sullivan stated his preference would be to take it out of the fairgrounds room
tax at this point since it was related to that parcel.
5. Announcements (first)-Reopened.
Commissioner Borasky said he had a certificate of appreciation he would like to present
to Genesee Martin, a reporter in the community, as she and her husband were going to
Seattle. In Mrs. Martin’s absence, Commissioner Borasky wanted to present it to a
member of the Coalition for her. He was advised she would be present later in the day
so it was decided to present the certificate to her at that time.
John Paulik, Chair of Nuclear Waste and Environmental Advisory Committee for the
Town of Pahrump, and Mary Duff, the Co-Chair, provided details for the town clean-up
the committee was organizing for Saturday, September 19, 2015, between 8:30 a.m.
and 11:30a.m.
TIMED ITEMS-Cont’d.
9. 11:00 For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion, and deliberation to:
1) Adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 2015-05: A Bill
proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 17, Comprehensive Land Use
Planning and Zoning, relating to the Village Residential (VR-20) zoning
regulations and the definition of Accessory Building; and providing for the
severability, constitutionality and effective date thereof; and other matters
properly relating thereto; and 2) Set an effective date.
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Commissioner Wichman opened and closed the public hearing.
Carbone with an effective date of September 7, 2015; 5 yeas.
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10. 11:00 For Possible Action Public Hearing, discussion, and deliberation to:
1) Adopt, amend and adopt, or reject Nye County Bill No. 201 5-09: A Bill
proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 17, Comprehensive Land Use
Planning and Zoning, by amending the required development standards for
agricultural land uses and greenhouses; and providing for the severability,
constitutionality and effective date thereof; and other matters properly relating
thereto; and 2) Set an effective date.
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Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve with an effective date of
September 7, 2015; seconded by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas.
11. 11:00 For Possible Action Public Hearing! discussion! and deliberation to:
1) Adopt, amend and adopt! or reject Nye County Bill No. 2015-10: A Bill
proposing to amend Nye County Code Chapter 5.14 Gaming Licenses by adding a
new definition of “Establishment”; and providing for the severability!
constitutionality and effective date thereof; and other matters properly relating
thereto; and 2) Set an effective date.
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Comm issioner Wichman opened and closed the public heating.
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to approve Bill No. 2015-10 effective September
7, 2015; seconded by Commissioner Schinhofen; 5 yeas.
12. 11:00 For Possible Action Solid Waste Permit Application No. SW-2015000002: Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff concerning a
request for approval of a Class Ill Landfill located at 1995 Diaz Road on
approximately 372 acres (gross), Amargosa Valley. Robert Ford Property
Owner. ABC Recycling Industries LLC Applicant. AP#’s 019-381-26, 01 9-421-05
and 019-421 -09.
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Commissioner Wichman pointed out this was a request for a six month extension of
time to bring this back to the Board.
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to move forward with SW-2015-000002.
Darrell Lacy, Planning Director, explained this was a request by Planning consistent
with the NRS on these types of activities and the County Code, which said if it went
longer than a certain period of time then he had to ask for an extension of time.
Commissioner Borasky seconded the motion to move forward with SW-2015-000002.
Commissioner Schinhofen stated he could not support another solid waste dump.
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12. 11:00 For Possible Action Solid Waste Permit Application No. SW-201 5000002: Discussion, deliberation and possible direction to staff concerning a
request for approval of a Class Ill Landfill located at 1995 Diaz Road on
approximately 372 acres (gross), Amargosa Valley. Robert Ford Property
Owner. ABC Recycling Industries LLC Applicant. AP#’s 019-381-26, 019-421 -05
and 019-421-09.-Cont’d.
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The motion to move forward with SW-201 5-00002 passed with 4 yeas. Commissioner
Schinhofen voted no.
John Bosta explained this was an old project in Amargosa Valley and basically buried
tires were coming out of the ground since they held air and resisted compaction
enabling them to resurface. Speaking as an individual, not for the Town of Amargosa,
Mr. Bosta felt if this moved forward and the County adopted this landfill then it would be
necessary for the Town of Amargosa to have an ordinance to charge by the pound how
much waste was put into the ground. He also hoped the Board would really scrutinize
this group before they ever approved the landfill.
Commissioner Wichman said they were counting on Mr. Bosta and Amargosa to do as
much as they could and looked forward to their recommendations as well.
Trevor Dolby thanked the Board for the action taken. There was an obvious connection
between this agenda item and their recent experience with a solid waste operation on
Cook Road. Mr. Dolby believed what was seen on Cook Road was an example of how
seriously the waste operators took the limits, restrictions and commitment agreements
made when there was no effort for enforcement.
Commissioner Carbone asked if BLM was involved in this as well.
Mr. Lacy said the application was for privately owned land, but there was a parcel of
adjacent land that BLM owned. He talked to BLM and they had been dumping there as
well without permission and without a permit.
13. 11:00 For possible action —ZC-2015-000007: Public hearing, discussion,
deliberation and possible action on a request for a Conforming Zone Change
from the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District to the Commercial
Manufacturing (CM) Zoning District on 2.8 acres (net) Master Planned as Rural
Development Area (RDA), located at 2851 E. Gamebird Rd., further described as
the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Township
21 South, Range 53 East, Section 1. PJ’s Supermarket, Inc. Property Owner.
Patterson Fabrication, LLC Applicant. AP# 044-021 -01.
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For possible action ZC-2015-000007: Public hearing, discussion1
deliberation and possible action on a request for a Conforming Zone Change
from the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District to the Commercial
Manufacturing (CM) Zoning District on 2.8 acres (net) Master Planned as Rural
Development Area (RDA), located at 2851 E. Gamebird Rd., further described as
the North 1/2 of the Northwest /2 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Township
21 South1 Range 53 East1 Section 1. PJ’s Supermarket, Inc. Property Owner.
Patterson Fabrication, LLC Applicant. AP# 044-021 -01 .-Cont’d.
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Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve Zone Change 2015-000007 with
the understanding that there would be given up the right-of-way of ten feet; seconded by
Commissioner Carbone.
Commissioner Carbone asked if the application for the well had been turned in.
Kevin Patterson said all the documentation from Geotech had been forwarded to the
Zoning and Planning Department.
The motion to approve Zone Change 2015-000007 with the understanding that there
would be given up the right-of-way of ten feet passed with 5 yeas.
SITTING AS THE NYE COUNTY BOARD OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Carbone assumed the Chair of the Board of Highway Commissioners.
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General road report by Public Works Director
Commissioner Wichman read an e-mail she received expressing thanks for the grading
of Alice Gendron Creek Road from Kim Bozarth and Jesse Johnson.
Commissioner Borasky thanked Dave Fanning, Public Works Director, for the
responses on potholes, but the tree was still sticking out in the road on Manse. He said
if they did not get it soon he would. He then asked about Homestead Road from
Gamebird to Manse and if aprons long enough for the length of a vehicle would be put
at the VFW entrance.
Mr. Fanning said yes and explained they try to apply an apron to a busy commercial
section within the existing toad right-of-way they were disturbing. He did not know how
that easement sat, but if it was centered it would normally be a twelve foot apron. If not,
they would take it to the property line.
Commissioner Borasky asked Mr. Fanning to let him know when he started mapping it
out.
Commissioner Cox asked if repairs could be made on the other side of Manse towards
Terrible’s Lakeside while Public Works was fixing the opposite side as there was an
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General road report by Public Works Director-Cont’d.
area that was really bad. Also, by Sherry’s Ranch there was a deep hole in the apron
on the Homestead side.
Mr. Fanning advised that area was in question so they would have to take a look at it. If
they found it was in the County dedicated right-of-way they would take care of it;
otherwise the homeowner would be notified and would have to fix the pothole.
Commissioner Cox asked where contaminated soil went when a site was cleaned up.
Mr. Fanning explained contaminated soil fit into numerous categories, but oil was
hazardous waste and would need to be set aside, cleaned up, and possibly sent out to
U.S. Ecology. Nye County did a clean-up in Currant Creek about five years ago and
had to send that soil to U.S. Ecology for disposal.
Commissioner Carbone pointed out that people could not just take stuff to U.S. Ecology
so it needed to be discussed with the Solid Waste Committee.
Commissioner Cox also wondered about paint. Mr. Fanning said there was a process
in place for that and there was a brochure that explained it to people.
Commissioner Carbone asked if the memorandum of understanding with U.S. Ecology
had something about household waste.
Pam Webster advised they agreed to support one to two events per year to help with
collection of household and other hazardous waste, which had not been scheduled yet.
Commissioner Cox asked about asbestos. Mr. Fanning stated that was not allowed by
the license in Nye County so something had to be identified and the State’s
recommendation would have to be followed or the company that identified the source
would buy the license and tell the person where to dispose of it.
Commissioner Cox suggested specific drop points. Mr. Fanning advised the generator
was responsible for disposal, who could be a landowner or a business owner, but the
right thing was not dumping it in the landfill. He also clarified that Tonopah would allow
asbestos, but it had to be wrapped and specifically secured in a proper way.
Commissioner Wichman asked about the Sunnyside gravel. Tim Carlo from Public
Works said it was in production and they were starting to gravel in that area.
Regarding the trees on Capricorn, Mr. Carlo stated he reached out to the lien holder on
the property and right now he was trying to contact an asset manager. It had not been
deeded over yet, and it was not bank owned, but the actual owner of record was
nowhere to be found. Once he got to an asset manager he could move forward with the
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15. For Possible Action General road report by Public Works Director-Cont’d.
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trees. Meanwhile, if one fell and was reported they would clear the road for public
safety.
Commissioner Wichman assumed the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.
TIMED ITEMS-Cont’d.
14. 11:30
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Update on the Basin and Range National Monument.
Michael Herder, District Manager of the Ely BLM District, provided a handout describing
some of the various projects going on in the district, including a brand new national
monument, 25% of which was located in Nye County. Approximately 704,000 acres
was designated by the President through the Antiquities Act on July 10, 2015. Mr.
Herder explained his purpose in coming today was just to answer any questions that the
Board might have about the monument.
Commissioner Carbone asked what the nearest location was that people would come
from to visit that area.
Mr. Herder stated their estimation at this point was that the most likely portal for visitors
would be from Las Vegas up Highway 93 through the community of Alamo. There were
four or five different portal access roads to the monument area from the Lincoln County
side. On the Nye County side folks could come through Salt Lake or Reno through Ely
and down. Lund would be the nearest community.
Commissioner Schinhofen noted this monument was opposed by the Lincoln County
Commissioners and by the Nye County Commissioners, but it did not seem to matter to
Senator Reid who wanted it anyway. Commissioner Schinhofen felt this was stealing
the land without talking to the Commissioners and he was disgusted by it. He hoped
there was a way for the County to reclaim the land one day.
Commissioner Borasky understood they would allow some grazing and other things on
it that they did not allow on the others and he thought the others should be looked at
again for grazing. He also wondered about geothermal and things like that.
Mr. Herder said a lot of monuments managed by the ELM allowed grazing and
geothermal might be authorized in specific cases, but it depended on how the
proclamation read. For this particular monument geothermal leasing was not
authorized, but their resource management plan identified there were few if any
geothermal resources there.
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Update on the Basin and Range National Monument.-Cont’d.
Commissioner Wichman commented it was also off the table for mineral and gas
exploration.
Mr. Herder explained there were valid existing rights still taking place, and they were still
entertaining a proposal for an application to permit drilling in that area for Mack Oil who
had a pre-existing lease. New leases would be precluded in the future.
Commissioner Wichman asked if Mr. Herder had gotten a response from Washington
on PILT. Mr. Herder read the response for Commissioner Wichman outlining the five
factors taken into consideration in the PILT calculation. Since these lands were
previously BLM lands payment should not be impacted by the dedication.
Commissioner Carbone asked if any of the money collected from the oil leases would
be seen by Nye County.
Mr. Herder advised any funds that would normally go back to the County would continue
to go back to the County. They were in the process of hiring a monument manager and
would be looking very closely at someone who not only had experience managing a
national monument but also experience in the local communities. Mr. Herder said they
would be reaching out to the County to not only offer cooperating agency status in the
development of a monument management plan but also to look at ways to increase the
level of involvement of the local community.
Commissioner Cox asked if there would be any fracking allowed on this property.
Mr. Herder was not sure he knew how to answer that specifically. It went back to no
new oil and gas leases would be offered, but exploration and development that was
being requested through their existing processes could continue to develop and those
leases sometimes contained requests for fracking as one of the techniques they used.
Commissioner Cox asked if there would be solar energy plants or projects. Mr. Herder
advised this particular area was closed to solar and wind energy developments and to
large scale rights-of-ways.
5. Announcements ffirst)-Re-reopened.
The Board presented Genesee Martin with a certificate of appreciation.
The Board was in recess until 1:30 p.m.
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
24. For Possible Action Closure of meeting, pursuant to NRS 288.220 for
purposes of conferring with the County’s management representatives regarding
labor negotiations, issues and other personnel matters.
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25. Closed meeting, pursuant to NRS 288.220 for purposes of conferring with the
County’s management representatives regarding labor negotiations, issues and
other personnel matters.
26. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation on labor negotiations.
issues and other personnel matters presented in closed meeting.
—
CLERK
27. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to appoint one (1) member
to the Pahrump Library Board due to one (1) resignation.
—
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to appoint Bobby Edwards; seconded by
Commissioner Schinhofen; 5 yeas.
RECORDER
28. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation on approval of a contract
with Automated Merchant Systems, Inc. (AMS), a VISA/Mastercard Service Fee
merchant provider, for the Recorder’s Office.
—
Pam Webster advised the Recorder asked to pull this item from the agenda.
SHERIFF
29. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to enter into a Frequency
Use Agreement between Nye County and Eureka County to use any licensed
radio frequencies assigned to either agency during any mutual aid, joint
operation or emergency.
—
Pam Webster explained in the past these agreements had been done through Nye
County represented by the Sheriffs Office, not necessarily through the Sheriffs Office,
but this item was directly with the Sheriff’s Office.
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29. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to enter into a Frequency
Use Agreement between Nye County and Eureka County to use any licensed
radio frequencies assigned to either agency during any mutual aid, joint
operation or emerqency.-Cont’d.
—
Angela Bello advised it should be the County and could be approved subject to that
change if necessary.
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve subject to the contract being with
the County and the Sheriff’s Office as representative; seconded by Commissioner
Carbone.
Sheriff Wehrly wanted to make sure the Commissioners realized this was in an
emergency. If she committed troops to this it would be less than an hour or two notice
and there would be no time to notify the Board. She would notify them after the fact.
The motion to approve subject to the contract being with the County and the Sheriff’s
Office as representative passed with 5 yeas.
30. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and Department of Veterans
Affairs, Southern Nevada Healthcare System for emergency services.
—
31. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to enter into an Interagency
Mutual Aid Contract between Nye County and lnyo County to mutually share law
enforcement activities on an as-needed basis.
—
Commissioner Carbone said the signature block needed to not have California in it for
the Sheriff.
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to enter into the Interagency Mutual Aid
Contract between Nye County and lnyo County with the change that it was with Nye
County and anything that had to do with California needed to be removed; seconded by
Commissioner Cox; 5 yeas.
Mutual Aid Contract between Nye County and Esmeralda County to mutually
share law enforcement activities on an as-needed basis.
—
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to enter into an Interagency Mutual Aid Contract
between Nye County and Esmeralda County: seconded by Commissioner Schinhofen.
Angela Bello noted the changes reflected in the back-up. It was already signed by
Esmeralda County and it would need to be re-signed by them.
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Mutual Aid Contract between Nye County and Esmeralda County to mutually
share law enforcement activities on an as-needed basis.-Cont’d.
—
The motion to enter into an Interagency Mutual Aid Contract between Nye County and
Esmeralda County passed with 5 yeas.
34. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to enter into a Reciprocal
Aid Agreement between Nye County and Corrections Corporation of America for
emergency management coordination.
—
Commissioner Borasky made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner
Schinhofen; 5 yeas.
Memorandum of Understanding between Nye County and Nevada Southern
Detention Center to provide a general overview of the Nye County Sheriffs
capabilities to respond to a critical incident at the CCNNevada Southern
Detention Center.
—
This item was removed from the agenda. Pam Webster explained the District Attorney
had to make changes to this agreement and had not had a chance to run it by the
Sheriff yet.
Commissioner Wichman asked Angela Bello if she was getting time to review these
items. Ms. Bello stated no, but they were encouraging departments to get their
contracts in to them early for review.
Commissioner Wichman pointed out the last page of every agenda item should be the
financial review sheet with check marks for the District Attorney, Finance, and the
County Manager review and sign off. She felt that if those were not provided by the
individual bringing the agenda item forward then it needed to go to the next agenda.
Mrs. Webster advised she was going to propose a modified approach to the agenda
process. She would like to send items as they come in directly to the District Attorney
and when she finished her review it would go on the agenda.
Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Support for Adam Walsh Act
Implementation Grant Program.
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36. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to enter into a Letter of
Understanding between Nye County and Duckwater Tribal Police to provide
service to the Duckwater Tribal Police Department for criminal justice purposes
only.
—
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve between counties.
Sheriff Wehrly clarified this was actually the deputy out there. The DIA law enforcement
and the tribal council signed off on it.
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve with the County as signatory and
the Sheriff as facilitator.
Pam Webster recommended since it was already signed by the other party to just have
the Chairman sign it.
Commissioner Carbone seconded the motion to approve with the County as signatory
and the Sheriff as facilitator; 5 yeas.
Commissioner Wichman suggested the Sheriff try to engage Yomba as well as they
would be able to assist in the lone and Gabbs areas.
Sheriff Wehrly said she would like to do that as she continued to send officers up there
when they called, there just was not an MOU. An agreement with the mortuary and the
ambulance out of Ely was also needed for that side of Nye County because it was so
much closer to take them to that funeral home and use their equipment instead of taking
them to Washoe.
COUNTY MANAGER
37. Ongoing Proiect Report
The report was in the back-up.
Commissioner Wichman noticed that the grant from the State was recognized to help
with the medical indigent and asked Pam Webster to send a thank you note to Jeff
Fontaine to share with that group.
38. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve a First
Amendment to Nevada Outreach Organization, No to Abuse Lease Agreement to
allow for a change in location and determine term of lease.
—
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to approve; seconded by Commissioner Cox.
Angela Bello stated her office had changes which were reflected in red in the back-up.
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38. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve a First
Amendment to Nevada Outreach Organization, No to Abuse Lease Agreement to
allow for a change in location and determine term of lease.-Cont’d.
—
Commissioner Carbone amended his motion to accept the redlines from the District
Attorney’s Office; Commissioner Cox amended her second; 5 yeas.
39. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to determine a source of
funding for the increase to the long term revolving loan in the amount of
$500,000.00 financed to Prime Care Nevada Inc. dba Nye Regional Medical Center
approved at the July 21, 2015 regular Board of County Commission meeting.
—
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
40. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to excess and donate two
vehicles to the Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society.
—
Commissioner Wichman explained this item was pulled from the agenda to put in the
action that a resolution needed to be adopted.
FINANCE
41. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding the budget
status for Fiscal Year 2016, budget projections and possible actions.
—
Pam Webster advised she had additional back-up to present.
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to accept the additional back-up; seconded
by Commissioner Carbone; 5 yeas.
Mrs. Webster explained these were options for additional budget reductions staff was
asked to bring back. Cuts had already been made to the health clinics in Beatty and
Amargosa Valley. The remaining budget was for the two clinics in Pahrump and
Tonopah, which included the State Health Nurses as well as two Nye County
administration people that were in the offices, Ironically both of those people resigned.
Upon research it was learned these clinics were not required by NRS and the Health
Nurse contract with the State had a 30-day termination clause. The District Attorney
was looking into the NRSs surrounding this as well as the tax rate established for the
museums many years ago. The veterans department had also been talked about,
which was the $65,000.00 that was set aside for the VSO when it was operational here,
but it also was not required by NRS.
Commissioner Wichman noted the State was now providing that.
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status for Fiscal Year 2016, budget projections and possible actions.-Cont’d.
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Regarding the Cooperative Extension, Mrs. Webster said they reduced the budget for it
back to one cent, which was what she understood to be the NRS requirement if the
County opted into the program. If it chose to opt out of the program then the County did
not have to participate in the Cooperative Extension at all, and that was another area
the District Attorney was looking at.
Commissioner Wichman asked if that was the money that was redirected from the tax
rate for the general fund.
Mrs. Webster said the health clinics, museums and Cooperative Extension were all part
of the operating budget. The decision was made to move that money out of the general
fund so if those budgets were cancelled the money would go back into the general fund.
Ms. Bello advised the question was whether it could be opted out of mid-year.
Commissioner Wichman said she was under the assumption there was a $600,000.00
shortfall.
Mrs. Webster believed it was $400,000.00, so combinations of these could be done or
staff could be directed to research other areas. She pulled this together so the Board
could give direction on which way they would like to move. If the Commissioners were
entertaining the ones talked about that required NRS research she would make sure it
continued in that vein.
Commissioner Wichman said she was being told doctors could not offer immunization
for the kids and the State Health Nurse and the clinics were the only ones who could.
Mrs. Webster advised she was meeting with them next week to confirm some of the
issues they had and did not have the answer to that yet. They were offering some
alternatives to keeping the offices open and she would have more information after that
meeting.
Commissioner Wichman said she had been fielding phone calls for almost two weeks
from practically every sector she could think of in Nye County concerning the museums,
including a tax to support the museums voted down by the voters many years ago. The
Board at that time was passionate about supporting those museums so they redirected
some of the general fund to provide a funding source. She noted the research facilities
at the Central Nevada Museum were exceptional and they brought people into the area
as well as revenue to the County on a regular basis. She suggested to the people who
called her that they take their wallet out and get serious about helping it.
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Commissioner Schinhofen said taking out the health clinics, veterans and Cooperative
Extension totaled $447,000.00.
The next time the Commissioners had to go through this Commissioner Wichman
wanted to see as part of the direction to staff to write an ordinance that would eliminate,
get rid of, or liquidate all of the endowment funds and provide for the use of those funds
to pay down debt. Currently the County received around 1 % interest but was paying out
4% on the jail debt, which did not make sense.
Commissioner Carbone said he had problems with the veterans.
Commissioner Wichman noted the veterans money was used to staff an office and pay
an individual, but that office and individual were gone and there was still money going to
it. The State now provided those services and the County did not have to.
Commissioner Schinhofen said he would bring the brothel ordinance forward to
increase the fees on the owners. He commented that this was not done lightly and he
did not just pick three random numbers. To him they made the best sense and if they
were just looking at things to consider that was what he would recommend.
Commissioner Cox wondered if there was some way to preserve all of these services
and just take chunks out of them.
Mrs. Webster reiterated the Board could do any combination or even an across the
board cut for all departments, but these were options for non-NRS required departments
that she was asked to bring back.
Commissioner Cox asked if there were any more departments not mandated by law,
like Planning and Building.
Mrs. Webster said those were set up by ordinance. She was not sure if it was a vote of
the people, but departments like those, Human Resources, and Administration were not
required.
Richard Goldstein said he had been in talks with the brothels, who went ballistic when
they found out their money was not going directly to the veterans and was going back
into the general fund at the end of the year if it was not spent. Their philosophy was if
the money was not going to what it was meant for then it should be given back to them.
As for the fees for the brothels themselves, Mr. Goldstein noted they had not been
raised in quite a while and most of the brothel owners did not mind if the fees went up a
little bit.
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Commissioner Wichman said the licensing fees were being raised regardless and it was
her who put in the ordinance that the specific amount of money be directed to the
veterans so there was a good source of revenue because it protected Ken Shockley’s
job. Since that time that job and that service had been taken over by the State so that
fund did not need to be directed there any longer and could be redirected back to where
it was needed.
Terry Nelson asked for verification of the statement about vaccination shots only being
administered by County nurses. She was also concerned about potential liability for the
County if something went wrong in a vaccination.
Danelle Shamrell, Human Resources Manager, confirmed immunizations could also be
received at a regular doctor’s office.
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to bring back the health clinics, veterans
department and Cooperative Extension, totaling $447,000.00, to see how it fit in the
budget, and leave the other services intact; seconded by Commissioner Borasky.
Commissioner Cox said she could support the motion if she could get an amendment to
it to look at 25% from each one instead.
Mrs. Webster said that could not be done as the Cooperative Extension had to be one
cent if the County opted into the program.
Commissioner Schinhofen stated he would leave his motion the way it was since the
two health clinic positions were vacant and he did not know if 25% out of everything
else would bring enough.
Commissioner Cox stated she would like to see Tonopah have one health clinic person
as Pahrump was coveted with their medical.
The motion to bring back the health clinics, veterans department and Cooperative
Extension, totaling $447,000.00, to see how it fit in the budget, and leave the other
services intact passed with 3 yeas. Commissioners Carbone and Cox voted no.
At Commissioner Wichman’s request, Commissioner Schinhofen restated his motion to
be the health clinics, the brothel fees, and Cooperative Extension. He said it was
written as veterans department but was more properly brothel fees.
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H/R AND RISK MANAGEMENT
42. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to approve filling one
vacant Automotive Mechanic position in the Equipment Services Department
Pahrump.
—
—
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to approve.
Commissioner Borasky thought the Board had just done this.
Pam Webster explained this was on the agenda last time but she had to pull it because
she did not have the back-up ready.
Commissioner Borasky commented that if a person was not hired it would take a lot
longer and the cars would not get serviced right.
Mrs. Webster advised the current employee was getting further and further behind and
with an aging fleet the life of the vehicle was affected the longer maintenance and safety
checks were delayed.
Danelle Shamrell added there was only one mechanic in Tonopah also.
Commissioner Carbone seconded the motion to approve; 5 yeas.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
43. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to terminate a Licensing
Agreement with Rise Broadband, formerly WaveDirect Telecommunications, to
supply 20 Mbs of internet bandwidth from Pahrump.
—
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to terminate the licensing agreement;
seconded by Commissioner Borasky.
Commissioner Carbone asked if the County was using Wave Direct now.
Milan Dimic, IT Director, said right now they were running on LV.Net and had just
switched it over.
The motion to terminate the licensing agreement passed with 5 yeas.
44. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to terminate a contract with
AT&T for managed internet connection in Pahrump.
—
Commissioner Schinhofen made a motion to terminate AT&T; seconded by
Commissioner Carbone.
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44. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation to terminate a contract with
AT&T for managed internet connection in Pahrump.-Cont’d.
—
Angela Bello advised her staff could not find the termination provision, but they were still
looking at it.
Commissioner Schinhofen amended his motion to terminate pending no problem with
terminating; Commissioner Carbone amended his second; 5 yeas.
PLANNING/BUILDING
45. For Possible Action Discussion and deliberation regarding a request to: 1)
Set a date, time, and location for a Public Hearing on Nye County Bill No. 2014-26:
A Bill proposing to amend Nye County Code Title 17, Comprehensive Land Use
Planning and Zoning, Chapter 17.04.780 “Recreational Vehicle Parks”; and
providing for the severability, constitutionality and effective date thereof; and
other matters properly relating thereto; and 2) Read the title of the Bill into the
record.
—
Commissioner Carbone made a motion to set the time and date for September 15,
2015, at 11:00 a.m., in Pahrump; seconded by Commissioner Schinhofen; 5 yeas.
Commissioner Carbone read the title of the bill into the record.
PUBLIC PETITIONER
46. Presentation on a Preliminary Development Plan for Binion Ranch.
Commissioner Wichman said she did not like the way this was on the agenda as the
Board had already voted down buying Binion Ranch. She thought this item was
misstated at the very least.
Commissioner Cox explained this was a new proposal being brought forth by a
developer.
Doug McGeary from Delta Commercial Group said he started looking for properties for
a new shopping center and learned the County was looking into buying the Binion
Ranch as an alternative to the County’s fairgrounds property. He said his company was
prepared to offer financial support and allow the County to acquire the property, relocate
some of the facilities, and develop Binion Ranch for County purposes and then they
would buy a portion of the 41 acres for a shopping center.
Commissioner Borasky asked if Mr. McGeary had market research showing Pahrump
could sustain another shopping center.
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46. Presentation on a Preliminary Development Plan for Binion Ranch-Cont’d.
Mr. McGeary indicated he had not received a full report from his demographer yet, but
he was 99.9% sure he could develop a shopping center if they could get the right
parcel, and that was his objective.
Commissioner Borasky stated the land Mr. McGeary was after was given to the town
and the County by the people of Pahrump to use as the Bob Ruud Community Center
and a park. He read the presentation and thought it was a great idea, but he did not
think the people in the community would like it.
Mr. McGeary displayed the most recent vision for the Binion Ranch, which included a
rodeo arena and an event center. He was convinced by what he was told that the
developer of this would be able to build and finance it and that the revenue from the use
of it would service the debt. It would not be an obligation on Nye County. Mr. McGeary
said he had a letter of intent that he submitted which proposed that they buy 27 acres
plus or minus for $6,750,000.00, subject to an appraisal. However, if the Ruud Center
was on hallowed ground and could not be moved then they would have to find another
parcel.
Commissioner Schinhofen hoped Mr. McGeary did develop something in Pahrump. He
liked the package, but one of his issues was Walt Williams gave the County that land
and he was really instrumental in turning that over as a park area. Commissioner
Schinhofen also did not believe the County could sell directly to Mr. McGeary.
Pam Webster advised the County would have to have an auction and go through the
bidding process. She also wondered about a deed restriction if it was donated.
Mr. McGeary stated he pulled the title report and there were no deed restrictions.
Commissioner Schinhofen said that because of the history of it he was loath to turn it
into a shopping center and could not support selling the property for that.
Commissioner Wichman said no action would be taken on the letter of intent as this
item was not put on the agenda for action.
Mr. McGeary said he just wanted to submit it to show their serious intent to acquire the
property.
Commissioner Cox said after this was brought up last time the issue was pretty dead
and she had no more to do with it. She received a call from the real estate agent
wanting to set up a meeting and Mr. McGeary had come forward. It had nothing to do
with her and she hoped no one would begrudge the citizens of something good for their
town because they did not hke Commissioner Cox. Despite what some of the
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46. Presentation on a Preliminary Development Plan for Binion Ranch Cont’d.
Commissioners believed she had been out in the public and there was a lot of support
for this, which surprised her. This would provide a revenue stream in addition to the
fairgrounds and provide for different events. Commissioner Cox did not see a downside
to this.
Commissioner Carbone said he was not opposed to Mr. McGeary doing something in
the town to make it better, but just based on conversations to date he did not see the
money in the County or the town to do something with the Binion property.
Mr. McGeary said his next thing was cost justification, but he was just telling them he
wanted to be involved. If it could not be done he would find another piece of property.
There was discussion among the Commissioners and Mr. McGeary about the costs
associated with and the unknowns of the project. Commissioner Cox felt the arena
could be financed and would pay for itself because locally people paid $60,000.00 to
$70,000.00 to rent a facility for one night. She also pointed out that grants were
available for historical types of developments like the Binion Ranch.
Mrs. Webster explained if the County went out for a $4 million revenue bond to build the
arena there had to be a guaranteed revenue stream for the debt service and it would
not be from the arena as it was not an established revenue source. Something like
CTAX would have to be committed.
Commissioner Wichman stated a decision could not be made today. She suggested
Mr. McGeary use what he learned today and if something came back in the future to
ask for an action.
47. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (second)
Carlton McCaslin disagreed with the $70,000.00 figure Commissioner Cox indicated an
arena could be rented for. He ran the PRC rodeo twice and paid $80,000.00 for the
stock contractor and maybe $4,000.00 to $5,000.00 for the arena. If the County was
going to make money on the arena it would not charge those types of fees. Also, the
turn off of Highway 160 down Wilson was right in the 20 mph school zone and a traffic
problem would be created with a fair there. His third point was he was with the Shadow
Mountain Players and he would like to see a legitimate theater in the town.
Lyn Shirky said she knew Bob Ruud and his family and they were not the type of people
that would worry whether that specific building was moved. The town at that time
wanted to give Mr. Ruud a memorial which could have been on any building. She was
also on the Arena Committee when the first money was put in a budget item for the
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47. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT (second)-Cont’d.
fairgrounds. Walt Williams donated that property so there would be an arena and a
park and she was not for getting rid of that until there was something else.
Terry Nelson said it seemed the Binion Ranch existed in the town and the
Commissioners oversaw the town so the approach should be to the town portion of this
which had some money. She suggested finding the Binion heirs to see if they would
donate the property and thought there were other properties along Basin Mr. McGeary
could look at.
Richard Goldstein said one of the biggest things that hit him about this project was the
fact that it was contingent upon the town selling them that corner of Petrack Park.
Commissioner Cox said she talked to a bunch of people, a lot of whom did not care, but
Mr. Goldstein felt there would be a lynch mob when a majority of the people who lived in
Pahrump and used that park found out the park was going to disappear in favor of a
shopping center. He also did not think the Town of Pahrump wanted to lose that park.
Commissioner Cox commented it was not losing it, it was moving it across the street,
and told Mr. Goldstein to not mislead people.
48. ANNOUNCEMENTS (second)
Commissioner Schinhofen stated he never voted for or against something because of a
personality. He just went on what he thought was best.
Commissioner Wichman said she did not have any emotions when placing a vote either.
Terry Nelson said this Sunday the Special Olympics would hold a fundraiser at The
Nugget to support the local athletes between 1:00 pm. and 5:00 p.m.
Canton McCaslin said Shadow Mountain Players would perform a summer triple hit,
three comedies at the Lady of the Valley Catholic Church on August 21-22 and 27-28,
2015, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. The tickets were $1 5.00 with dinner and
the proceeds went to the Knights of Columbus. It was limited to 70 dinners and people
could call the numbers on the flyers or him at 727-6145. It would be their last show of
the year.
Commissioner Borasky said the Fifth Sunday Sing would be held at the Catholic Church
on the fifth Sunday of this month starting at 5:00 p.m. and running until 7:00 p.m.
Sam Merlino advised she would not be attending the meeting on August 24, 2015, and
her deputy would handle it from Tonopah.
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48. ANNOUNCEMENTS (second)-Cont’d.
Commissioner Wichman said she was looking forward to coming to Pahrump for the
NACO annual conference in November of next year and looked forward to seeing her
colleagues in Las Vegas in September.
49. ADJOURN
Commissioner Wichman adjourned the meeting.
APPROVED this
ATTEST:
Of_______________________ 2015.
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