City Council

CITY OF ELY 501 Mill Street Ely, Nevada 89301 City Hall (775) 289-2430 Cityofelynv.gov ELY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING March 10, 2022 5:00 p.m. – Ely Volunteer Fire Hall – 499 Mill Street – Ely, Nevada The Ely City Council meeting can also be accessed via video conference/teleconference. Please call City Hall or email CityClerk@cityofelynv.gov if you have questions regarding accessing the meeting. Link: https://zoom.us/j/9771306332 Meeting ID: 977 130 6332 Please Note: If you log on and experience difficulty hearing the meeting, please also call the toll-free numbers. Dial by your location: +877-853-5247 US Toll-free +888-788-0099 US Toll-free THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF SEQUENCE, COMBINE TWO OR MORE AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION, REMOVE AN ITEM OR DELAY DISCUSSION AT ANY TIME TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR TO AID IN THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MEETINGS. 1. OPENING ACTIVITIES: MEETING CALLED TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION ROLL CALL 2. PUBLIC COMMENT: Comments not exceeding three (3) minutes in length will be accepted from the general public in attendance. If any are made, there may be discussion upon those comments. No vote, decision, or action may be taken upon matters raised under this item until it is formally placed on the agenda. Comments during Discussion Items will not be accepted from the General public. “Section 7.05 of the Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual indicates that the Public Body may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to or within the authority of the Public Body or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers”. 3. Mayor – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of Agenda, including removal of agenda items. 1 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 4. CITY DEPARTMENT REPORTS ➢ FIRE CHIEF ➢ POLICE CHIEF ➢ MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE ➢ CITY ATTORNEY ❖ Liens ❖ Lien Releases ➢ CITY CLERK ❖ New Business ➢ CITY TREASURER ➢ CITY PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR ❖ Animal Control ❖ Landfill ❖ Streets ❖ Water/Sewer ➢ CITY WATER OPERATOR ➢ CITY ENGINEER ➢ CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL ❖ Permits-Inspections 5. NNRY FOUNDATION REPORT 6. REPORTS CITY COUNCIL MAYOR 7. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE ELY CITY COUNCIL AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES BOARD. 1. Board Members – City Engineer Almberg – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of the following terms through October 31, 2023 for provision of water services to the White Pine County Golf Course, to include, modify or exclude the following: 1. Water usage period begins April 1st through October 31st; 2. Ruth rate applied per monthly allotment amounts outline in Monthly Allotment chart for an annual total of 62 million gallons, with monthly allotments not carrying over; 3. Water used over monthly allotment billed at current City of Ely water rates; City Engineer will monitor City’s water tank levels and notify White Pine County Public Works Director if Golf Course watering needs to be temporarily reduced; and two year agreement contingent on White Pine County’s commencement of drilling irrigation well at the Golf Course in 2022. 2. Council Members – City Clerk Lee – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval to remove past due utility fee penalties up to the amount of $264.45 from 41 Sixth Street, McGill, Nevada at the request of property owner, Robert McShane. 2 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer.  3. Council Members – City Clerk Lee – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval of Water and Sewer Assistance Program Vendor Agreement between the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Welfare and supportive Services (DWSS), and Energy Assistance Program-Water Assistance and Sewer Program (EAP- WSAP). 8. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION ONLY OF THE ELY CITY COUNCIL. A. CONSENT AGENDA (These items may be approved in one motion by the Council as its first action of business under For Discussion/Possible Action items.) Approval of the Consent Agenda approves each of these items. Council Members may remove any item from the Consent Agenda by notifying the Mayor or Mayor pro temp. MOTION: Move to approve the Consent Agenda item 8A-1 Minutes and 8A-2 Bills. Moved by: ________________ Second by: _______________ Vote: _________________ 1. Discussion/For Possible Action –Minutes. • February 10, 2022 2. Discussion/For Possible Action –Bills. • February 22, 2022 B. NEW BUSINESS 1. Mayor Robertson – Discussion/For Possible Action – Acceptance of Jason Bath’s resignation from the Regional Planning Commission with retroactive approval to notice the vacancy. 2. Councilman Carson – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval for the City of Ely to apply for the Nevada Department of Wildlife Grant in the amount of $174,000.00 with Steptoe Valley Trap, Skeet, & Target Club providing the In-Kind Applicant contribution of $19,333.00; grant funds would be used toward completion of Shooting Range building interior. 3. Councilman Spear – Councilman Alworth – Discussion Only - Update on PORTER Group efforts on behalf of the City of Ely. 4. Councilman Alworth – Discussion/For Possible Action – Allocate $500,000.00 from City’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to purchase four (4) “Tiny Homes” and/or four “Park Model RV’s” for traveling medical professionals at the William Bee Ririe Hospital & Rural Health Clinics; funding would include installing the necessary infrastructure on the property owned by the Hospital. This proposal would take effect if the City’s request for four million dollars ($4,000,000.00) for traveling medical professionals’ housing to the State of Nevada Capital Projects ARPA allocation is denied. 3 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer.  5. Councilman Alworth – Discussion/For Possible Action – Direct city attorney to amend the Ely City Municipal Code to allow “Tiny Homes” or “Park Model RV’s” to be used for affordable housing within City limits. 6. Councilman Alworth – Discussion/For Possible Action – Direct city attorney to amend the Ely City Municipal Code to allow “Tiny Homes” or “Park Model RV’s” to be parked in mobile home parks. The code change would also apply to property owners who may have vacant lots to rent out, with utilities on site for these types of homes. This is an effort to ease lack of affordable housing within the City of Ely. 7. Councilman Alworth – Discussion/For Possible Action – Approval to purchase one (1) model “Tiny Home” or “Park Model RV” not to exceed $80,000.00 for the public to view firsthand during a scheduled “Open House”; if approved, this building could go towards the William Bee Ririe Hospital & Rural Health Clinics Housing Project and/or the Redevelopment Agency could consider purchasing for placement within the Redevelopment Area. Construction of one “Tiny Home” is estimated to take approximately eight (8) months to complete. 8. Council Members – City Treasurer Trask – McKay Hall CPA, CISA, CITP, CFE of Hinton Burdick CPAs & Advisors – Discussion Only – Review of U.S. Treasury Final Rule “Standard Allowance” option for American Rescue Plan Act funding recipients. 9. PUBLIC COMMENT: Comments not exceeding three (3) minutes in length will be accepted from the general public in attendance. If any are made, there may be discussion upon those comments. No vote, decision, or action may be taken upon matters raised under this item until it is formally placed on the agenda. “Section 7.05, of the Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual indicates that the Public Body may prohibit comment if the content of the comments is a topic that is not relevant to or within the authority of the Public Body or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers”. 10. ADJOURNMENT: THE MEETING MAY BE ADJOURNED BY APPROPRIATE MOTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. * Open session – Action/Discussion – Personnel** The meeting may be closed by appropriate motion for the purpose of discussion on any matter allowed under N.R.S. 241.031 and 241.033, (1) nothing contained in this chapter prevents a public body from holding a closed meeting to consider the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or physical or mental health of a person/employee. (2) A public body may close a meeting upon a motion, which specifies the nature of the business to be considered. (3) This chapter does not: (a) Apply to judicial proceedings. (b) Prevent the removal of any person who willfully disrupts a meeting to the extent that its orderly conduct is made impractical. (c) Prevent the exclusion of witnesses from a public or private meeting during the examination of another witness. (d) Require that any meeting be closed to the public. (e) Permit a closed meeting for the discussion of the appointment of any person to public office or as a member of a public body. (4) The exception provided by this section, and electronic communication, must not be used to circumvent the spirit or letter of this chapter in order to discuss or act upon a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory powers. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaintfilingcust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the 4 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer. complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; Fax: (202) 690-7442; or Email: program.intake@usda.gov . For access to the public packet, contact the City Clerk at 501 Mill Street, Ely, Nevada 89301 or call (775) 289-2430; all packet material is posted in the agenda’s hyperlinks or under “Additional Documentation” on the City’s website at https://www.cityofelynv.gov/ I, Jennifer Lee, City Clerk, did cause to be posted on March 7, 2022 by 9:00 a.m. four (4) notices of the Ely City Council agenda in said City of Ely to wit: Posted at the doors or bulletin boards of City Hall located at 501 Mill Street, White Pine County Library located at 950 Campton Street, White Pine County Courthouse located at 801 Clark Street and the U.S. Post Office located at 2600 Bristlecone Avenue. The meeting notice is also posted on the City of Ely’s website at https://www.cityofelynv.gov/ and the State of Nevada Public Notices website at https://notice.nv.gov. _________________________________ 5 The City of Ely is an equal opportunity provider and employer.