Churchill County commissioners declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Receiving the proclamation are Jill Manha, left, director of the William N. Pennington Life Center, Jackee Stewart Child and Family Services, and Commissioners Justin Heath, Bus Scharmann and Myles Getto.
Photo by Steve Ranson.
The Churchill County Commission approved a number of agenda items at its first meeting of the month.
• Issued a proclamation designating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Accepting the proclamation were Jackee Stewart from Churchill County Social Services and Jill Manha, Pennington Life Center director.
• Approved to allow Picotte Segura Holdings LLC to submit a financial security to complete Nevada Department of Transportation improvements on property at 2030 and 2040 Reno Highway.
• Approved the purchase of NextLog Advanced Recording Solutions Item for $59,735. Calls will be recorded by the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office.
• Authorized the Central Nevada Health District Board to approve starting pay of employees.
• Received an update on the Churchill Hazen Industrial Park, Forty Mile Desert geothermal and Haneva development.
Derek Coulter, a trustee for the project, and Harvey Whittemore of the Whittemore Group, Inc., discussed the three projects with commissioners. Coulter said to bring in infrastructure for CHIP will consist of $100,000 in engineering work.
“Rail is a big selling point for the county and potential ventures,” Whittemore said.
Whittemore said, however, a data center will not require a rail line.
Colter said a solar study has been completed for the geothermal plant.
Whittemore said he has spent significant resources for engineering at the Haneva Sky Ranch.
“We’re still here working on the projects,” he said.
• Commissioners provided an update on the legislative session and approved action to be a cooperative agency with the Bureau of Land Management for the process of preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement ad Resource Management Plan for updated utility-scale solar energy planning on federal public land.
Commission Chairman Bus Scharmann also said the county’s relationship with BLM has become better.
• The county approved a settlement agreement with Allergan and CVS as part of the One Nevada opioid settlement.