By MARK WAITE
PVT

The level of staffing for veterinarians at the Nye County Animal Shelter and a proposed bill amending provisions on licensing animals and impoundment will be discussed when Nye County Commissioners meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Pahrump Community Center.

The bill will tighten regulations on exotic animals and set guidelines on dog rescue operations, catteries and animal sanctuaries. In a related item, veterinarian Dr. Suzanne Zervantian submitted a new proposal for working at the animal shelter.

Other items on the Tuesday agenda include extending a program to track sex offenders; renewing an agreement with Nevada Health Care Centers Inc. to manage clinics in Amargosa Valley and Beatty and applying for a U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grant.

The county clerk's office will present the results of a canvassing of the Tuesday primary election results.

Appointments are due to the Nye County Board of Equalization, the Nye County Wildlife Management Board, the Smoky Valley Library Board, the Beatty Town Advisory Board, the Tonopah Library Board, the Nye County Parks and Recreation Commission and the county financial administrative staff member to the Nye County Debt Management Commission.

Commissioners will discuss some Nye County Downtown Development Grants that were intended for communities like Round Mountain and Gabbs but weren't included in the current year budget.

The Nuclear Waste Repository Office has an item to approve the revised Nye County Community Protection Plan for the Yucca Mountain project.

The firm of Bureau Veritas/ Berryman and Henigar will assist in reviewing engineering submissions and inspection of public improvement projects if another item submitted by the Public Works Department is approved. Commissioners will also consider an agreement with Charles Abbott and Associates, the firm operating the county building and safety department, to help in reviewing engineering submissions and inspecting subdivision improvements.

During the Wednesday planning section of the commission meeting, commissioners will consider a development agreement with PV Land Investments for the Gateway master planned community at the south end of State Highway 160 at 1:30 p.m.

Discussions of the other planning items begin at 8:30 a.m.

Commissioners will consider amending disclosure requirements on soil and ground water conditions.

A development agreement with William Lyon Homes for the Mountain Falls North subdivision will be hammered out. The Forum Group Ltd. wants the county to abandon 1,900 feet of Leslie Street between Highway 372 and Flamingo Road.

A zone change request will be heard to change 20 acres of low density residential property to general commercial on the south side of East Mesquite Avenue between Promenade and DuPont Drive. Another application for commercial use has been submitted by Bolling Construction Co. at 1911 E. Mesquite Ave.