Elko County Board of Commissioners Commissioners Delmo Andreozzi Demar Dahl Cliff Eklund Glen Guttry Rex Steninger Elko County Manager Robert K. Stokes STATE OF NEVADA ) COUNTY OF ELKO ) ss. The Board of Elko County Commissioners met in special session on Monday, May 18, 2015, at 4:00 p.m., in Suite 102 of the Nannini Administrative Building at 540 Court Street, Elko, Nevada. There were present: County Commissioners Demar Dahl, ABSENT Glen Guttry Delmo Andreozzi Cliff Eklund Rex Steninger County Manager Robert Stokes CFO/Asst. County Mgr. Cash Minor Deputy Clerk Marilyn Tipton Comptroller Debbie Armuth Road Supervisor Terry Lister Fire Administrator Gary Zunino Sheriff James Pitts Accountant II Kathy Long Fire Dist. Div. Chief Linda Bingaman Vice-Chairman Guttry called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. He noted for the record that Chairman Dahl was absent. Robert Stokes led the meeting participants in the Pledge of Allegiance. 4:01:45 PM: I. COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC: No comments were submitted. 4:01:55 PM: II. FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 BUDGET: A. Update and review of Operating Funds, revenues, expenditures and transfers. PAGE 1
Debbie Armuth stated $588,000 was included in the budget for salaries and benefits which included an additional three full time employees. She noted the majority of this amount was the three percent increase for elected officials and the retirement increase approved by the PERS board. Debbie Armuth stated in services and supplies they had $170,000 additional allocated monies. She reported there was $573,000 in capital projects and those projects were being funded from the capital project funds and not from the operating funds. She noted there was $146,000 in buildings and grounds requests which were funded from the capital projects funds. She stated there was $9,000 in community service requests with $2,500 within the Commissioner s budget and the rest was from the recreation fund and the ad valorem fund. Debbie Armuth stated they approved an additional $1.4 million dollars in expenditures for the FY 2015-16 budget. Debbie Armuth stated in their five operating funds, which provides their primary functions for the county; the yellow highlighted items represent changes from the meeting they held two weeks ago on the 7 th of May. She explained there was an increase in the building permits, an increase for charges for services, and there was an increase in the Sheriff s fees. She stated there was an increase in the contribution from Jackpot for law enforcement. Debbie Armuth reported the fines and forfeits of $1.2 million have now increased to $1.3 million dollars from the courts. She stated the miscellaneous revenue has increased from $945,000 to $1 million dollars. Commissioner Guttry inquired what was included in the miscellaneous revenues. Debbie Armuth replied the penalties they receive on ad valorem taxes, late fees from courts, and mostly it was interest. She stated the transfers-in was adjusted for the jail special revenue because they had $275,000 budgeted and that was the actual amount coming in from the ad valorem taxes based on tax rates and assessed value. She noted the changes in expenses related to what they adopted in the last meeting which was the increases for retirement and the 3% increase for salary. Debbie Armuth stated the NDF wage reimbursement still showed up in the salaries and they had to split that between salaries and benefits which caused the benefits to go up by twelve percent. She explained the services and supplies reflected changes they had with the Carlin Court. She noted the biggest change in capital outlay was the allocation of $125,000 in the Agriculture Extension Fund for the 4-H program. Debbie Armuth stated there was a change for the GET My Ride from $175,000 to $100,000. Commissioner Guttry clarified what they approved in capital, services and supplies and in personnel was $1.4 million dollars and they were dropping the ending fund balance by $1 million dollars. He stated they only had a profit of $400,000 over last year. PAGE 2
Debbie Armuth stated their expenses went up more than that. She noted the ending fund balance changed to 5.44% with the additions and changes. Commissioner Guttry inquired how many times the County was below the State recommended ending fund balance. Debbie Armuth stated last year and it was slightly lower the year before last. She noted last year it was 6.5% so it was about 1% lower than last year. She noted the State recommends 1/12 of their expenditures as an ending fund balance. Commissioner Andreozzi inquired if the $16.2 million paid out in 2014 for salaries and employee benefits included the fire service. Debbie Armuth clarified all the salaries were paid from the $16.2 million dollars but there would not be benefits because it was a lump sum. She noted this year they broke out the benefits. Commissioner Andreozzi requested clarification that for the County to provide the fire service it could be a $1.5 increase over last year for that level of service. Commissioner Guttry believed it was approximately $1 million dollars. Cash Minor clarified it was $800,000. He noted they previously paid $1.9 million to $2 million dollars and were now paying $2.8 million. Debbie Armuth stated in the capital projects ad valorem they had omitted the fairgrounds building replacement in the amount of $50,000. She stated there was an error in the capital projects ad valorem fund the $400,000 was a positive and not a negative for the reserve for State mandates which impacted the ending fund balance. Debbie Armuth stated they did not expect that they would spend the $1.8 million dollars for the jail expansion by the end of the year and that money would carry over. Commissioner Guttry inquired where the $300,000 came from for the fire district building. Debbie Armuth stated it was within the road improvement project for $250,000 so they have half in one fund and the other half in the other fund. She noted they could not use RTC funds for the fire district building. She noted $1 million dollars was available for subsequent projects. B. Discussion and consideration of outstanding issues related to the Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Elko County Budget. Debbie Armuth stated she had nothing further to review and asked if they had any questions. No questions were asked. Commissioner Guttry commented Eureka and Lander counties got all the money. He noted they were growing but the funding was not keeping up with the growth. PAGE 3
Cash Minor stated the money was always one year behind the growth. 4:19:41 PM: III. FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 FINAL BUDGET HEARING: Pursuant to Notice 33-2015, conduct and hold a Public Hearing for the approval of the Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2015/2016 for the following entities: 1. County of Elko MOTION: Commissioner Eklund moved to approve the 2015/16 final budget for Elko County. Commissioner Andreozzi seconded the motion. Commissioner Andreozzi inquired if that was inclusive of all county funds. Commissioner Eklund amended his motion to include all county funds. Commissioner Andreozzi seconded the amendment. The motion passed unanimously. 2. Unincorporated Town of Jackpot Budget: Debbie Armuth stated the transfer out from these funds had not recognized the same amount in the enterprise funds and they adjusted the revenue to offset the increase. She stated they made corrections in the wages for the water, in the interest income, and depreciation in the sewer. MOTION: Commissioner Andreozzi moved to approve the final budget for the Town of Jackpot with the recommended changes. Commissioner Eklund seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Debbie Armuth stated there were no changes from the May 7 th meeting for Montello, Mountain City, Jarbidge, Tuscarora and Starr Valley budgets. 3. Unincorporated Town of Montello Budget: 4. Unincorporated Town of Mountain City Budget: 5. Unincorporated Town of Jarbidge: 6. Tuscarora Water District: 7. Starr Valley Cemetery District: MOTION: Commissioner Eklund moved to approve the FY 2015-16 budgets for the Unincorporated Town of Montello, the Unincorporated Town of Mountain City, the Unincorporated Town of Jarbidge, the Tuscarora Water District and the Starr Valley Cemetery District. Commissioner Andreozzi seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 4:23:44 PM: IV. COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND COUNTY STAFF COMMENTS: Debbie Armuth thanked Commissioner Guttry for his help on the Budget Committee. PAGE 4
Commissioner Eklund commented it was a learning experience and they had a great staff. Commissioner Guttry stated the Humboldt River Basin Water Authority meeting was on Friday in Winnemucca and they met with the mining community. He stated they put together a working group to talk about pit evaporation and other water issues. He stated that meeting was intense. Commissioner Guttry noted the State launched a four year study upon the nexus between groundwater and surface water and if there was a connection between them. He cautioned them to keep an eye on that topic. 4:26:10 PM: V. COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC: No public was present to submit comments. 4:26:17 PM: VI. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 4:26 p.m. APPROVED, ATTEST: MARILYN TIPTON, Deputy Clerk GLEN GUTTRY, Vice-Chair PAGE 5