Comments on: Nevada ranks last in allocating federal stimulus money http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/nevada-ranks-last-in-allocating-federal-stimulus-money.html Political commentary/genealogical interests Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: dakotagrl http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/nevada-ranks-last-in-allocating-federal-stimulus-money.html#comment-1418 dakotagrl Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:49:03 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/nevada-ranks-last-in-allocating-federal-stimulus-money.html#comment-1418 Just looked at an article in the 7/8 PVT "2005 study outlines street improvement schedule". Seems the Nye Cty. Commission paid for a study in 2005 by Tri-Core to provide the framework by which the county would plan to begin street improvements in Pahrump. The improvements would take place from 2006 through 2015 and would be paid for by impact fees. These impact fees where allowed when the County passed Ord. 302 in Aug. 2005. Impact fees are paided by commercial developers based on the square footage of building residential, single, or detached dwellings. The majority of the fees goes toward street improvements. The County Acting Public Works Director said the county is addressing a few streets. "We are a couple years behind, obviously, but the money is there and allocated." The last county audit at the end of 2007-08 fiscal year showed the county had $5.9M in impact fees accumulated since 2005. By law the county has five years to begin planning projects using the impact fees, which in some cases fall as soon as 2010, but the county has another five years to begin construction. Seems procrastination is pandemic in our government. Just looked at an article in the 7/8 PVT “2005 study outlines street improvement schedule”. Seems the Nye Cty. Commission paid for a study in 2005 by Tri-Core to provide the framework by which the county would plan to begin street improvements in Pahrump. The improvements would take place from 2006 through 2015 and would be paid for by impact fees. These impact fees where allowed when the County passed Ord. 302 in Aug. 2005. Impact fees are paided by commercial developers based on the square footage of building residential, single, or detached dwellings. The majority of the fees goes toward street improvements. The County Acting Public Works Director said the county is addressing a few streets. “We are a couple years behind, obviously, but the money is there and allocated.” The last county audit at the end of 2007-08 fiscal year showed the county had $5.9M in impact fees accumulated since 2005. By law the county has five years to begin planning projects using the impact fees, which in some cases fall as soon as 2010, but the county has another five years to begin construction.

Seems procrastination is pandemic in our government.

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