As is necessary for any governmental entity, the Pahrump Town Board did a considerable amount of administrative and bureaucratic house cleaning at its regularly scheduled meeting last Tuesday, ranging from tweaking office policy to approving the final budget.

In a valiant effort to expedite the inevitably sluggish turning of bureaucratic gears, the board unanimously approved a resolution asking the Board of County Commissioners to include the Airport Planning District property for inclusion in the proposed county Mini Lands Act.

The resolution, which identifies the land as public and to be used for community purpose and economic development, will be forwarded to the commissioners, who will decide whether or not to tack the land on to their mini-act.

The original Public Lands Act, essentially a wish list of properties the county would like to acquire from the federal government and use for designated public purposes, has already been submitted to the federal government and does include the 7,600 acres designated for the proposed airport.

However, the federal legislation associated with that act is expected to take at least another two to three years to complete.

As such, the county has proposed submitting the Mini Lands Act, a condensed version of the original list, which could be approved at a much earlier date.

Since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to approve construction funding for the airport project by 2010, the land's inclusion in the miniature lands act will help the town to officially acquire the property as soon as possible.

The board agreed to appoint a liaison to an ad-hoc committee that is currently working with the county commissioners to address water issues facing the town and county.

The liaison will be named and appointed at a future meeting.

Minor revisions to the town budget, which reflect the final tax levy, property tax revenue, and the town's total expenses after the cost of hiring five additional full-time Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Service employees, were unanimously approved by the board.

After a good amount of discussion, a proposal by Board Member Dan Sprouse to change the Town Office to a paperless system fizzled out.

Although all board members agreed with the green philosophy behind Sprouse's suggestion, the official and legal nature of much of the board's correspondence led to some questions as to the feasibility of the idea.

Town Manager Dave Richards told the board that he would be happy to send standard communication to the board via e-mail, but official documents would be delivered in hard copy.

This led to the problem of needing to differentiate between what should or should not be e-mailed, and ultimately a formal motion where individual board members would advise the town staff as to what they would like to see e-mailed to them was passed.