Regular Meeting

City of Elko ) County of Elko ) State of Nevada ) SS May 23, 2023 The City Council of the City of Elko, State of Nevada met for a regular meeting beginning at 4:00 PM, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The meeting was held in the council chambers, 1751 College Ave., Elko. This meeting was called to order by Mayor Reece Keener. The public can watch the meeting by phone, tablet, laptop, or computer by going to the link provided on the agenda. Questions can be sent to cityclerk@elkocitynv.gov. I. CALL TO ORDER The Agenda for this meeting of the City of Elko City Council has been properly posted for this date and time in accordance with NRS requirements. II ROLL CALL . Present: Reece Keener, Mayor Mandy Simons, Councilwoman Chip Stone, Councilman Clair Morris, Councilman Giovanni Puccinelli, Councilman City Staff Present: Diann Byington, City Clerk Technician II Jan Baum, City Manager Scott Wilkinson, Assistant City Manager Jeff Ford, Building Official Jim Foster, Airport Manager Cathy Laughlin, City Planner Candi Quilici, Accounting Manager Michele Rambo, Development Manager Susie Shurtz, Human Resources Manager Dave Stanton, City Attorney Bob Thibault, Civil Engineer Ty Trouten, Police Chief Kelly Wooldridge, City Clerk James Wiley, Parks and Recreation Director Dale Johnson, Utilities Director James Johnston, Fire Chief Lowell Black, Financial Services Director III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 1 of 16 IV. COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC Pursuant to N.R.S. 241, this time is devoted to comments by the public, if any, and discussion of those comments. No action may be taken upon a matter raised under this item on the agenda until the matter itself has been specifically included on a successive agenda and identified as an item for possible action. ACTION WILL NOT BE TAKEN There were no public comments. V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Approval of the May 9, 2023 Minutes Regular Session The minutes were approved by general consent. VI. PRESENTATION A. Presentation of an Appreciation Plaque for Brandin Smith, Police Department Evidence Technician, for her many years of service, and matters related thereto. INFORMATION ONLY - NON ACTION ITEM Brandin Smith was absent. B. Presentation of an Appreciation Plaque to Grant Engebretson, Assistant Pool Manager and Head Lifeguard for his many years of service, and matters related thereto. INFORMATION ONLY - NON ACTION ITEM Grant Engebretson was absent. VII. PERSONNEL A. Employee Introductions: 1.) Corinna Algerio, Records Technician, Police Department 2.) Jordan Silva, Patrol Officer, Police Department 3.) Jesse Silva, Patrol Officer, Police Department 4.) Rhett King, Equipment Operator I, Streets Department 5.) Payden Shafer, Equipment Operator I, Streets Department Jesse Silva was not present. All others were present and introduced. VI. PRESENTATION (Cont.) C. Review and approval of the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Final Tentative Budget, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 2 of 16  Staff will provide a revised budget presentation and will be requesting Final Tentative Budget approval and submittal. LB Lowell Black, Financial Services Director, gave a presentation (attached to packet). Mayor Keener said he met with Jan earlier and discussed some of these items. Regarding the Fire house mentioned during the presentation, do we have any idea when we will get a response on that. Jan Baum, City Manager, said they have a preliminary copy of the focused study to review right now. Once it is finalized we will go to Phoenix and meet with the FAA to see what their determination is. Mayor Keener said the liability insurance increase is a hard one to swallow. ** A motion was made by Council Member Simons, seconded by Council Member Stone to approve the cost of living increase of 5% for the 2023/2024 budget for the non-represented employees. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) ** A motion was made by Council Member Stone, seconded by Council Member Morris to approve the 2023/2024 Final Tentative Budget. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) VIII. APPROPRIATION F. Review, consideration, and possible authorization for Staff to solicit bids for the Public Works Department Preventative Maintenance Project 2023, to apply Micro Slurry Seal and Cape Seal to select City Streets, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION Micro Slurry Seal approximately 164,110 Square Yards (SY). Micro-Slurry is a preventative maintenance treatment which will be applied to selected City streets. Cape Seal approximately 52,845 SY. Cape Seal is preventative maintenance treatment to include a ½” chip seal fully engulfed by a type II Micro-Slurry application. This work will be completed after July 1, 2023. PA Paul Algerio, Streets Superintendent, said this is our annual preventative maintenance. This is between 8 and 9 miles of road to be treated. We have not done the cape seal before but we want to try it this year on some of the more traveled roads. Councilman Morris asked about the cost. Mr. Alergio gave the engineer's estimate of $785,978. Councilwoman Simons asked if the hot plant is open. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 3 of 16 Mr. Algerio answered yes, it is open. ** A motion was made by Council Member Stone, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to authorize staff to solicit bids for the Public Works Department Street Maintenance Project 2023. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) IX. NEW BUSINESS A. Review, consideration, and possible approval of a Deed of Dedication for Right-of-Way and Public Utilities for portions of Golf Course Road and Country Club Drive, and all of Flagview Drive, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION Through the process of preparing a parcel map for City owned land in this area, City Staff was unable to locate evidence of prior dedication of the land for these existing streets. The land included in these dedications is all owned by the City. BT Bob Thibault, Civil Planner, explained the need for the deed of dedication. Mayor Keener noted this is housekeeping. He called for public comments. April McNeil, Spring Creek, asked if this clean-up item was brought up due to the recreation center. Mayor Keener said this has been a result of the recreation center as part of getting it all ready. Mr. Thibault said this came about at the request of the recreation center that we explore the possibility of a parcel map. Regardless of what happens with the parceling, this needs to happen to clean up the roads. ** A motion was made by Council Member Morris, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to approve the Deed of Dedication for Right-of-Way and Public Utilities for portions of Golf Course Road and Country Club Drive, and all of Flagview Drive. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) B. Review, consideration, and possible approval of a request form Global One Media to close Chris Sheerin Way on June 24, 2023 from 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. for Global One Media Lug Nutz Gathering, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION Global One Media is requesting to close Chris Sheerin Way for their car show event. They plan to use Chris Sheerin Way to stage vendors, such as food trucks. This is the first year for this event. KW May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 4 of 16 Kelly Wooldridge, City Clerk, asked for no action. The event has been cancelled. NO ACTION C. Review, consideration, and possible direction to Staff to determine Project Priorities and Project Scopes for the ARPA Infrastructure Projects, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION The City Council approved a priority list for five ARPA Infrastructure projects in 2021. Engineer Estimates have shown there is insufficient funds to construct all five projects. Staff is now looking for Council direction on a new Priority List and Project Scopes, in order to start spending the ARPA Infrastructure funding. DJ Dale Johnson, Utilities Director, gave a presentation. Mayor Keener noted we would like to get it all done. We have an opportunity with the Errecart Blvd. project to get some federal funding to get it complete. Mr. Johnson said if you reserve the money for Errecart, and we don't get the federal funding, we can use that money for other projects. Mayor Keener felt the Errecart project was of an upmost of importance. His preference would be to go with staff recommendation option one. Councilwoman Simons agreed Errecart was important. What are the options we can get participation from other local government entities. Scott Wilkinson, Assistant City Manager, said this is all consistent with our Master Plan, to have our utilities and roads along the same alignment. We have to do that mass grading so we can get the proper bury depth on the water line so you can construct a roadway on top of it. We did that with the first phase of Exit 298. Mr. Johnson is working on reducing costs on Errecart. Mr. Wilkinson stated Bob is looking at the preliminary design. Rather than that $19 million, we are right around $14 million right now. If we narrow up the crest of the road, we can take a little bit more off. Now we are looking at if those should be concrete box culverts or have something that will cost less for materials and install. Councilman Morris noted Errecart will benefit the County residents more than the City residents. Councilwoman Simons wanted the County to offer a partnership. Ms. Baum said they did do a letter in support of the efforts being done by Tom Gallagher. Mayor Keener called for pubic comments without a response. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 5 of 16 Mr. Wilkinson said we don't have a lot of time where we might have additional resources to help us complete Errecart. Councilman Stone said value engineering is great but it is pay now or pay later. He liked option one the best. Councilman Puccinelli said he was leaning towards option two but option one will be best. ** A motion was made by Council Member Puccinelli, seconded by Council Member Morris to recommend to staff to pursue Option One of the ARPA Infrastructure Projects presentation. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) D. Update, discussion and possible direction on the Recreation Center, Event Center and Sports Complex Phase II, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION On February 28, 2023 the Council approved a Letter of Understanding for the possible construction of a community recreation/events center. On March 28, 2023, Council authorized Staff to proceed with construction plans for Phase II of the Sports Complex. Staff is providing an update on the status of the projects and requesting possible direction from Council on next steps. JB Jan Baum, City Manager, explained we have been researching and working on this project for several months. She gave an update presentation (included in packet). There is a possible encumbrance on the Herrera Fields and we are looking at ways to have it removed or converted through the State, but that could take years. We are looking for direction from Council to see if they want to consider alternative sites. On the Sports Complex, based on what is going on, do we proceed with the bidding and bonding or postpone that until we determine the replacement needs. Rusty Bahr, Boys and Girls Club, said the Boys and Girls Club is still committed on the projects and so are their donors. We are in the process of negotiating the conveyance and want to continue to move forward with that. If we are looking at alternatives, from the beginning, Boys and Girls Club has stated the current site the pool is at would be a great option. The only reason that was not selected was because we didn't want to disrupt service. At this point, it becomes a viable option because service has been disrupted. There is a real chance the outdoor pool will not open. The Recreation Center will fit in that space. We had our engineers look at that and it will fit in the current space. If we did do that, the indoor pool would not be disrupted because we don't have to demo that to build the new Recreation Center. Johnny Appleseed will not need to be touched and may be improved with the lighting from the new Rec Center and more people in the area. The Boys and Girls Club doesn’t take children to that park for safety reasons. Ernie Hall would not be touched. We would be able to keep one of the Herrera Fields. The Event Center would still go where it is projected. We might net another field out of this and we will be touching less green space. We know our time is limited on the pool and this would expedite the building of the new Recreation Center. We are under architectural design and hope to present this at the next meeting. We do want to move forward with the agreement on the Event Center. The Recreation Center cannot wait like the Event Center can. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 6 of 16 Mayor Keener noted they would still require some space for parking. Mr. Bahr answered right now the Kump Fields would be the Event Center and first Herrera Field is the parking for the Event Center. The next Herrera Field that is closest to the school is where the Recreation Center is proposed. We have to try to keep the pool as long as we can and get the new pool built as quickly as we can. Once the pool is open, it will be accessible and will be open more than the pool is now. Nikki Johnson, Pool Manager, handed out a Swimming Pool Update (attached to packet). Right now one boiler is broken and it leaks gas. One estimate to fix it is at $20,000 but it won't guarantee it will work. The other boiler is working but it won't heat both pools. There are 11 skimmers on the outdoor pool and we have lost two. If we lose anymore, we are done. The biggest problem is that the skimmers are not getting the job done. To fix it we would have to tear up the deck and possibly damage the plaster. She was quoted over $400,000 to fix the outdoor pool. The indoor pool is not designed to be open year-round. With all the moisture in the pool area, there are issues. She was told that in 1970, when the architects designed this pool, Council was told to expect 20 years before a new pool will be required. We made it over 50 years. The last page of the handout is a listing of all the work done to the pool over the last few years. She would prefer we don't put any more money into this pool and put money into a new pool. Everyone needs to thank Snyder Mechanical for being able to get the unit needed to repair the indoor pool. Mayor Keener said he remembers going into the crawl space when the new boilers were installed. That was a lot of money for something that isn't working anymore. Ms. Johnson said it is time to build new. Mayor Keener gave a big shout out to Snyder Mechanical. April McNeil, Spring Creek, asked the geothermal is an issue, is it not? Mayor Keener answered it is a problem with the line not being maintained. Ms. McNeil said she grew up in a town with no pool. She has been traveling a lot and our pool is a nice mix. She would like to encourage the City to get something going. LaVonne Thompson, 777 Court Street, said there a lot of swimmers and a lot of people that do lap swimming if the outdoor pool was working. Please keep our pool running and please build as quick as you can. She was impressed with some of the things that Rusty talked about. Mayor Keener said the federal issue with Herrera Field is troubling. We don't want to get stuck. He was glad that Rusty was willing to pivot to a new site for the Recreation/Aquatics Center. Councilman Morris didn't see any other option. We need to draw the line and stop spending money on the old pool. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 7 of 16 Councilman Stone said the project for him is the swimming pool. It needs to happen. The pool is dead and can't continue to work. We need to put our time and focus on that right now. We can wait for the Event Center. Councilman Puccinelli said he remembered when the pool was built. He was all for moving it. He hopes the pool can stay open for a bit but we can't wait for the other site to be available. We still have to look at bonding all the other fields. Do we want to hold off and see what happens in the next year or two? He is still in support of the Event Center. Mayor Keener wanted to take these items one at a time. Councilwoman Simons stated we are really trying to keep the pool open. No one wants to shut it down but we all heard it's status. This isn't our project. She is not going to tell the Boys and Girls Club where they are going to spend their money. Since Rusty is willing to work with us and move the location, that is wonderful. It wasn't the first choice but it will be great. ** A motion was made by Council Member Simons, seconded by Council Member Morris to direct staff to look at alternative sites for the Recreation Center, in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club, on the east side of Golf Course Road. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) BREAK Ms. Baum said they are working with the State right now on a possible encumbrance on the land. We don't have all the facts yet. If you want staff to consider an alternative site, we can look at other locations. Casey Gallagher would like to stick with the Event Center being located where it is proposed. We have time to learn more about the encumbrances and what they mean. Mayor Keener said the only land with the encumbrances is the Herrera Fields. Ms. Baum said that is all we have discovered right now. Dave Stanton, City Attorney said these files are pretty old. We have requested files from the State to compare notes. We can structure the contract that gives us time to resolve some of these issues. He has discovered that in order to get approval, we have to build new fields. We are learning as we move forward. Mayor Keener asked if time was on his side if it takes longer to build the Events Center. Mr. Bahr answered the agreement gives them time to work through some of the issues. Separating the Events Center would make sense. Mr. Stanton said they would separate the agreements but they would look similar. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 8 of 16 Ms. Baum said if this doesn’t happen then it doesn't make sense to bond for the Sports Complex. She recommended postponing bonding until we know how the ball fields will be impacted. Councilman Morris wanted to see if we can work through the hurdles with the state. Ms. Baum said we are still researching the encumbrance. Councilman Morris said we can postpone the bonding for a couple of years but what will it cost in a couple of years? Lee Hoffman, 1085 Barrington, thought transferring the land before the prevailing wage bills passed was an option or is there any concern with a delayed closing. Dave Stanton said there are a couple of bills floating around but the prevailing wage requirement is based on the timing of the project. Mayor Keener felt we should put Phase 2 on the backburner for the time being. Krista Chamberlien, Elko, said many citizens will be glad to know that the City is taking a step back to make sure this is something that needs to happen. ** A motion was made by Council Member Simons, seconded by Council Member Stone to postpone going out to bid and going out to bond for the Sports Complex Phase 2 Project until further notice and until we know if the ball fields are going to be impacted. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) E. Review and possible approval of a Concessionaire Agreement between ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY-WEST, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company and the City of Elko for the operation of a car rental agency at the Elko Regional Airport and matters related thereto. For Possible Action ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY-WEST, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company has been under operation at the airport on a month to month basis since the expiration of the current contract. Staff and concessionaire have agreed on a new contract for a period of five years. The annual revenue generated from this Concessionaire Agreement will be $5,125.00 plus an additional 10% of Gross Receipts. The Lease will be for a period of five (5) years commencing upon the execution of the Agreement. JF Jim Foster, Airport Manager, said this is the same agreement we have had in place for the last 5 years. They just wanted another 5-year agreement. Mayor Keener asked what car rental companies were still operating at the Airport. Mr. Foster answered Avis and Enterprise. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 9 of 16 ** A motion was made by Council Member Stone, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to approve the Concessionaire Agreement with Enterprise Leasing Company - West, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company and the City of Elko for the operation of a car rental agency at the Elko Regional Airport. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) VII. PERSONNEL (Cont.) B. Review, consideration, and possible approval of revisions to "Chapter 1 General Provisions" section of the City of Elko Human Resources Personnel Policy Manual, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION POOL/PACT released updated sample policies in 2022, and we are presenting the suggested revisions for Council approval. Revisions to “Chapter 1 General Provisions” are included in the agenda packet, with any significant changes highlighted for reference. SS Susie Shurtz, Human Resources Manager, said the last major revision to our policy was done in 2015 and 2018. These are updates from Pool/Pact vetted through their attorneys. She highlighted the big changes in chapter one. ** A motion was made by Council Member Puccinelli, seconded by Council Member Stone to approve the revisions to the City of Elko Human Resources Personnel Policy Manual, "Chapter 1 General Provisions," as presented. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) C. Review, consideration, and possible approval of revisions to “Chapter 2 Employee Relations” section of the City of Elko Human Resources Personnel Policy Manual, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION POOL/PACT released updated sample policies in 2022, and we are presenting the suggested revisions for Council approval. Revisions to “Chapter 2 Employee Relations” are included in the agenda packet, with any significant changes highlighted for reference. SS Ms. Shurtz explained this is very similar. The changes are highlighted. ** A motion was made by Council Member Stone, seconded by Council Member Simons to approve the revisions to the City of Elko Human Resources Personnel Policy Manual, "Chapter 2 Employee Relations," as presented. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 10 of 16  D. Review, consideration, and possible approval of revisions to “Chapter 11 Disciplinary Actions and Appeals” of the City of Elko Human Resources Personnel Policy Manual, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION POOL/PACT released updated sample policies in 2022, and we are presenting the suggested revisions for Council approval. Revisions to “Chapter 11 Disciplinary Actions and Appeals,” are included in the agenda packet, with any significant changes highlighted for reference. SS Ms. Shurtz asked this be tabled pending further legal review. NO ACTION VIII. APPROPRIATION (Cont.) A. Review and possible approval of General Warrants and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. ** A motion was made by Council Member Simons, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to approve the general warrants in the amount of $448,403.35. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) B. Review and possible ratification of General Hand-Cut warrants and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. ** A motion was made by Council Member Simons, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to approve the general hand-cut checks in the amount of $176,405.41. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) C. Review, consideration, and possible direction to Staff to solicit bids for the Secondary Digester Dome Recoating Project, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION This is a project budgeted in the 2023/2024 Fiscal year Budget. During the Secondary Digester and Boiler Upgrade Project, the Digester was drained to preform rehab work to the mixers, draft tubs, and exterior dome. At this time, it was observed that the interior dome coating had failed and large pieces of the coating was peeling and falling from the dome structure. The Digester Dome will now need to be removed from the Digester and placed on a support structure to recoat interior of the metal dome lid. Staff will solicit bids and have the project ready for construction in July. DJ Dale Johnson, Utilities Director, explained this is a project that was just approved. During construction, we found large chunks of coating was coming off the interior. We asked the contractor on site to give them a bid for the recoating but have since decided to go out to bid for the work. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 11 of 16 Mayor Keener said it isn't a painted surface but it had a coating on it? Mike Haddenham handed out a sample of the coating that was coming apart. Mayor Keener noted it needs to be done to maintain our equipment. ** A motion was made by Council Member Morris, seconded by Council Member Stone to direct staff to solicit bids for the Secondary Digester Dome Recoating Project. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) D. Review, consideration, and possible direction to Staff to solicit bids for the Exit 298 Sewer Lift Station and Force Main Project, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION This is a project budgeted in the 2023/2024 fiscal year’s budget. The project consists of constructing the lift station and force main at Exit 298. The design was completed in 2019, and approved by NDEP for construction. Staff anticipates that the project will be ready to go to bid in July. DJ Mr. Johnson explained this is another project that was approved. We are asking to solicit bids. ** A motion was made by Council Member Stone, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to direct staff to solicit bids for the Exit 298 Lift Station and Force Main Project. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) E. Review, consideration, and possible direction to Staff to solicit bids for the Lamoille Highway Bore and Water Line Replacement Project at Metzler Drive and Dale Drive, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION This is a project budgeted in the 2023/2024 Fiscal Year Budget. In April of 2023, the water line crossing on Lamoille Highway at Metzler Drive and Dale Drive broke in the center of the travel lanes. During Staff discussion with NDOT it was determined that the best course of action would be to replace the water line by method of Jack and Bore and abandon the existing line in place. The project is currently in the design phase and Staff anticipates that the project will be ready to go to bid in July. DJ Mr. Johnson explained this is the break we had in April. Now we ask to solicit bids for the project. ** A motion was made by Council Member Puccinelli, seconded by Council Member Morris to direct staff to solicit bids for the Lamoille Highway Bore and Water Line Replacement Project. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 12 of 16 X. PETITION, APPEAL, AND COMMUNICATION A. Ratification of the Police Chief issuing a 48-day Temporary Retail Liquor License and issue a regular Retail Liquor License, to Christopher Symes and Kathy Symes, DBA Modz, located at 570 Commercial St., Elko, NV 89801, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION TT Chief Trouten explained this one is straight forward. They had a liquor license recently for this same business. There were no issues with their background. He recommended approval. ** A motion was made by Council Member Stone, seconded by Council Member Puccinelli to ratify the Police Chief issuing a 48-day temporary retail liquor license and issue a Regular Retail Liquor License, to Christopher Symes and Kathy Symes, dba Modz, located at 570 Commercial Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. The motion passed unanimously. (5-0) IX. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) F. Discussion and consideration of legislation being heard in the 82nd (2023) Nevada legislative Session, which began on February 6, 2023, and matters related thereto. FOR POSSIBLE ACTION The 2023 Legislative Tracking Sheet has been updated as of May 3, 2023, and a copy has been provided in your packet for your review. KW Kelly Wooldridge, City Clerk, explained SB226 and SB433 may pass. SB226 hasn't moved out of Ways and Means yet but it probably will. SB433 gives the Labor Commission permission to make any regulation they want to. That one may have passed today but she has not had a chance to look. Jim and Jan are going to testify on the airport bill AB 429. There is a new bill on Business Impact Statements that most likely will pass. It says you will have to have a public workshop if two or more Chamber of Commerce or Trade Commissions request one. Where it will impact the City is that we will have to have an electronic mailing list for business impact statements. We do not have an email list right now for businesses and it will be a heavy lift to get email addresses for every licensed business. Mayor Keener asked about pending legislation for building a school in Owyhee? Ms. Wooldridge said she would look that one up and report on it later. BREAK XI. REPORTS A. Mayor and City Council May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 13 of 16 Mayor Keener reminded the board of the Nevada League of Cities conference coming up. Councilman Stone reported on the 2023 Special Needs Event coming up. We are trying to help them get two bus loads of people. He wanted to invite everyone to attend the cemetery for an event put on by the VFW during Memorial Day weekend. 2023 Special Needs Event Flyer B. City Manager Jan Baum reported the county put $500,000 into their budget for the air alliance. C. Assistant City Manager No report. D. Utilities Director No report. E. Public Works Director Paul Algerio reported we installed a river gauge at Errecart just as the snow started melting. It has been reporting at the same levels as the State until today. Today is a bit lower so we should be good. F. Airport Manager Jim Foster thanked Paul and Josh from the Street Department for coming out and repainting the runway. Hopefully the new ARFF truck will show up soon.. G. City Attorney Dave Stanton reported the Elko Inn did not file a response. They have made some progress improving conditions around the property. The Punch Bowl has new allegations we are looking into. There willl be an amended complaint filed on that. H. Fire Chief Mayor Keener asked about the new Deputy Chief. Chief Johnston answered they are hoping to have him on board soon. He said we have the highest levels in the river that we have had all year. I. Police Chief May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 14 of 16 Chief Trouten reported there was a shooting today of a canine. J. City Clerk No report. K. City Planner No report. L. Development Manager Michele Rambo said she will be leaving the City for another opportunity. As for the Elko Inn, we see more of the same. Rooms are still occupied and there are still cars. We will do an inspection of the inside of the building to make sure it is safe to occupy. Mayor Keener asked if there was water. Ms. Rambo answered no water. Mayor Keener asked about electricity. Ms. Rambo answered when you drive by there are lights. Councilman Puccinelli said he has had people coming in asking for hydrant locks so the motel residents can't get to their water. Ms. Rambo said this will be her last meeting but she can participate in the hearing via GoTo Meeting if needed. M. Financial Services Director No report. N. Parks and Recreation Director No report. O. Civil Engineer No report. P. Building Official No report. May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 15 of 16  XII. COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC Pursuant to N.R.S. 241, this time is devoted to comments by the public, if any, and discussion of those comments. No action may be taken upon a matter raised under this item on the agenda until the matter itself has been specifically included on a successive agenda and identified as an item for possible action. ACTION WILL NOT BE TAKEN There were no public comments. There being no further business, Mayor Reece Keener adjourned the meeting at 6:58 p.m. Mayor Reece Keener Kelly Wooldridge, City Clerk May 23, 2023 City Council | Minutes Page 16 of 16