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Nye County Commission notes
by MaryAnn McNeill
Gazette Staff
TONOPAH--A pet rooster was saved from death under the new
animal ordinance and the Pahrump Senior Center got the formerly
appointed project council board members designated length of
terms through actions taken by the Nye County Board of Commis-
sioners on Tuesday.
Phong Yang, who lives in the Hadley subdivision of Round
Mountain, and has a less than 1/2 acre property, owns a rooster. His
Asian culture considers roosters as lucky creatures and the birds are
often kept as family pets. Yang presented a petition to the
commission to have the rooster be exempted from the definition of
"livestock" and be deemed a household pet, thereby saving him
from having to get rid of the pet, or kill it.
He did so because the new Nye County Code Title 6 Nye County
Animal Control Ordinance, chapter 6.20 states that, "P. "Live-
stock" is defined as all manner of farm or agricultural animals,
including but not limited to, horses, cattle, swine, goats, sheep,
chickens, turkeys, and other farm fowl; provided however, that an
owner of an animal otherwise defined as livestock may petition the
Board of Commissioners for an exemption from this definition,
and the Board of Comniissioners may grant such an exemption for
any animal deemed to be a household pet."
The next section states that, "A. "No person shall keep any
livestock on any parcel of land which is less than one-half(I/2) acre
in area, or within thirty (30) feet of any residence other than his
own. All livestock must be confined within a suitable barn, corral,
enclosed pasture or enclosed runway."
Phong Yang loves his rooster.
Bud Mink, Jim Johnston and R.C. Cartier were appointed for
one year terms to the Pahrump Project Council board. Lorna Sprau,
Charles Barrett, Jeanne Sunde and Elnora White were appointed to
two year terms.
Paula King, acting senior nutrition program director, asked the
commissioners for the term designations merely as a formality.
The operations manual that was written by Nye County adminis-
tration and adopted in May is the bylaws document that the
nutrition program is currently working under. No term length
designations were made at that time, so they needed to be desig-
nated until the current manual is either approved for continued use,
or a new manual is adopted that incorporates issues that a large
group of Pahrump senior participants want to have included, i.e.,
participant voting rights to elect project council members.
At the last commissioner meeting, July 15 in Pahrump, the
commission tabled a decision regarding the bylaws document until
legal counsel could study the issues.
Additional Nye County commission notes:
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The commission, acting as Nye County Hospital District Board
of Trustees, heard a report from Sam Ruma, acting administrator,
that he is negotiating with additional nurses and doctors for Nye
Regional Hospital. Ruma told the PVG that the hospital has
enough money in-house to pay payroll and other expenses for the
next two weeks and that the hospital has been running in the black
after initial efforts to clean up some billing problems were
successful. A meeting has been set for Sept. 9 with the hospital
district board of trustees and the state department of taxation in
Tonopah, to address the hospital's financial situation.
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Liquor Licenses
The commission, acting as Nye'County Licensing and Liquor
Board, turned down an application for John Markut and the
Htamestead Saloon, acting on a recommendation by Sheriff Wade
Lieseke because of prior conviction records.
Trlavel Expenses
A hearing was held on Bill 97-10 that allows county employees
to automatically he paid for three meals per day on interstate travel
at $34 per day, and $45 per day for out of state travel. Treasurer Pat
Foster reported that county travel expenses had shot up from
around $1,000 per month to
approximately $3,000 per
month, since the new policy
went into effect. Other depart-
ment heads reported the new
automatic payment method was
much more time efficient and
cut down paperwork tremen-
dously. The ordinance was ap-
proved on the condition that
total expenses would be com-
pared to the previous year's to-
tal expenses after a year's time.
ROAD DAMAGE---Damage to Woodchips Rd. near Atkisson caused by spinning
tires on newly applied asphalt pavement.
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Oil Fidd Leases
On a recommendation by Gary PuUiam, deputy district attorney,
approved request to have Jerry Wilkerson begin litigation to
recover oil field revenues mainly from locations in Railroad
Valley, a remote area in northern Nye County.
Parcel MaDs
John J. Bartlett, Sr. appealed several parcel map decisions
regarding some property he owns in Pahrump. The problems
concerned the prohibitive costs to him as an individual for having
to pave the roads resulting from the subdivisions. The appeal was
tabled until the commission meeting to be held in Pahrump on
August 19.
Koaa.P_ama
Request granted for restitution from a young Pahrump male
driver who damaged a newly paved portion of Woodchips Road
near Atkisson in Pahrump. He allegedly stopped and spun his
wheels, removing the asphalt in a large area, several inches down
to the dirt level.
Inter-basin Transfer of Water
Steve Bradhurst reported on the status of legislative initiatives
regarding inter-basin transfer of water and basin of origin protec-
tion. The Las Vegas Valley Water District has applications for
water rights in areas of Nye, Esmeralda and Lincoln counties. The
initiatives would protect individuals living in those counties who
desire to obtain water rights.
Status Regort on the Nevada Science & Technology Center
Bradhurst also reported on the status of a museum that has a
feasibility study and architectural designs done in 1992. It is
proposed for the Nevada Test Site and will show a history of
mining, test site activity, the Mojave Desert and Stealth technol-
ogy.
Brent Mathewson contributed to this story
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