While Nye County officials continue to negotiate a renewal of the agreement for the payment equal to taxes for another five years from the U.S. Department of Energy, they're sitting on a pot of almost $11.4 million in carryover funds from previous years.

Nye County receives the funds as the host county of Yucca Mountain, a requirement of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1987.

The carryover amount in the capital projects fund is about equal to the annual appropriation from the DOE of $11.5 million.

The balance in the capital projects fund in the PETT budget includes $1.822 million for reconstruction of the Calvada Eye buildings. The county now plans to rebid the demolition of those buildings and construct new ones.

Commissioners last December voted to go out for bids on a 50-by-95-foot metal addition to the Pahrump Valley Museum. The county has $358,434 left for that project out of a $377,011 allocation granted in August 2005, about the oldest PETT project still unfinished.

There's $40,500 remaining out of $75,000 for planned improvements to the roof and kitchen at the Bob Ruud Community Center requested by Pahrump.

Commissioners allocated $925,800 toward the widening of Manse Road and another $824,000 for Homestead Road outlined in the capital improvements plan back in July 2007. Those widening projects will probably wait until after the permanent traffic signal is erected at Highway 160 and Homestead Road and right-of-way can be acquired, acting Public Works Director Dave Fanning said.

Planning funds for a water and sewer General Improvement District are still in the budget. The county allocated $400,000 for a water resource General Improvement District that's still unspent as well as $350,000 for a sanitary sewer GID.

Assistant County Manager Pam Webster said with the creation of a Nye County water district Tuesday, it's unlikely the GID for water and sewer service would be set up. A request by Utilitlies Inc. for a letter of support from the town of Pahrump last week for economic stimulus package money to set up a valleywide water and sewer service was angrily shouted down by some residents.

Nye County already spent $292,982 on studies for a GID for drainage and flood control by Bureau Veritas consultants.

The county has $1.65 million remaining out of $1.75 million allocated for remodeling of the Nye County Government Complex at 1520 E. Basin Ave., for the courthouse addition. B&H Construction is expected to break ground on that $4.7 million project early next month, Nye County Facilities Manager Bob Jones said.

Other projects in the budget and the amount remaining include:

* $244,139 for improvements to Simkins Park;

* $123,000 for a renewable energy study, a 20 percent county match for a $615,000 DOE grant;

* $125,000 for a tanker truck for the Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Service;

* $95,700 for the completion of a recreation hall in Gabbs.

Other funds include $50,000 for renovation of the Amargosa Valley Senior Center and $50,000 to construct a sewage pond in Gabbs.