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and do an3thing I want to."
The chief investigator for
the state architects' hoard,
Laurin G. Welch, said flatly,
"You do have a lot of illegal
activity going on out here."
It emerged during the dis-
cussion that Nye County Or-
dinance 77, adopted in 1975,
establishes the requirements
for regulating construction.
The county has on its books
a 1973 version of the Uni-
form Building Code, a con-
ltoantly updated set of ha-
nat standards. One citizen
who addressed the board
noted that in 1994 a motion
to institute building inspec-
tions failed 3-2.
Harry Stephens, the direc-
tor of investigations for the
state contractors' board, said
that his agency "can and
does regulate in place of a
building department, if nec-
essary." Did the commis-
sioners prefer that the state
come in, charge fees and
take the money out of the
county.'? asked Stephens.
Dick Carver, the chair of the
commission which was in-
stalled in January. urged
Pahrump to put public safety
first. Said Carver: "'I think
we ought to try to stay away
from state and federal efforts
to control our destiny."
Fire Marshall Capucci
warned that the next acci-
dent might involve lost lives
and liability for the govern-
ment. "One of these days
you're going to have a build-
ing come down on you and
you're going to have to an-
swer for it."
In other actions: The com-
missioners voted to pay for
the medical treatment of in-
digent patients brought to
the Pahrump Medical Cen-
ter. Because the center does
not qualify for the federal
funds that are used to reim-
burse hospital for emer-
gency-room treatment of the
poor, the commissioners had
to okay the use of money
from the county's indigent
medical fund. The board
also voted to use $100,000
in PETT (federal Payments
Equivalent to Taxes) for the
Pahrump Community Cen-
ter. Commissioners voted
down a request to restore
funding for the Agricultural
Extension•
Sitting as the Nye County
Hospital District Board of
Trustees. the commissioners
approved pay ing $75,000 of
suppliers' invoices. How-
ever, they left unpaid about
$300,000 in outstanding
bills. There was a discussion
of the facility's declining
patronage (now com-
pounded by fact that Round
Mountain Gold has its own
doctor) and the wisdom of
retaining the 94-member
staff rather than opting to
transform the hospital to a
clinic with a doctor on call.
Concerned about the possi-
bility of looming bank-
ruptcy, and the financial bur-
den that represents for the
county, Commissioner
Cameron McRae wanted to
send the State Board of
Taxation a letter saying that
the hospital was insolvent,
but the board disagreed.
Board Chairman Carver
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about county employees
would no longer be aired
during the public comment
period, but must be given to
him in writing. He said he
will pass the complaint to
two commissioners for re-
view and then "we will hold
a private session regarding
the matter."
Carver also refuted what
he called an incorrect press
report -- that he didn't want
to hold commission meet-
ings in Pahrump. "I would
like to say I love Pahrump.
We will be down here when-
ever there is an issue involv-
ing situations around here. I
never said we wouldn't be
coming to Pahrump." Later
on in the meeting Carver
suggested that another meet-
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still cool. "It's always cool
to come to Pahrump," re-
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