Lyon County Board of Commissioners Meeting Summary for February 20, 2025

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February 21, 2025                         

Lyon County Board of County Commissioners Meeting Summary ― February 20, 2025

Yerington, Nevada – The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) met on Thursday, February 20, 2025 to hear presentations and take action on several significant agenda items. Highlights from the meeting include:

Libra Solar Conditional Use Permit

The Board approved a request from Arevia Power for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for an approximately 4.7 miles long 345-kV generation tie-line (gen-tie) connecting the Libra Solar project to the Ft. Churchill Substation on State of Nevada and Bureau of Land Management lands located north and east of the existing Fort Churchill substations in Mason Valley. County officials emphasized the CUP was only for the gen-tie lines in Lyon County and the Board of County Commissioners do not have any jurisdiction over the solar field project planned for neighboring Mineral County. The CUP will allow Lyon County to include roadway paving and drainage improvements on East Walker Road as well as other conditions. The CUP was approved three in support (Keller, Hendrix, Cassinelli) and one opposed (Hockaday). Commissioner Jacobson was not present.

Sheriff’s Office Awards

Sheriff Brad Pope presented Dispatch Supervisor Eric Engelman, Dispatcher Elizabeth Waid, Dispatcher Mickenzie Stretch, Sergeant Gabriel Santos, Deputy Jessie Cornett, Deputy Ian Foster, Deputy Jessica Frontuto and Deputy Travis Masterson with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office “Life Saving Award” after their heroic actions on January 11, 2025 to perform lifesaving measures on a 25-year-old female delivering two babies that were initially not breathing. All personnel involved worked together as a team to bring the infants the swift and critical care they needed to survive.

Other Board Actions:

• School Resource Officer MOU – Approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Lyon County School District for the School Resource Officer (SRO) program. This MOU is an amendment to the current 2024-25 school year agreement to include an additional $25,000 for an additional 1 SRO in the Fernley area for the remainder of the year.
• Fernley Senior Center Dedication – Commissioners approved a proclamation dedicating the Fernley Senior Center after the late County Commissioner LeRoy Goodman and to authorize $2,000 for the purchase of a plaque.
• Sheriff’s Office Vehicles – Approve the purchase of seven new vehicles for the Sheriff’s Office in the amount of $475,000, to be funded from a budget transfer from the General Fund contingency.

The complete agenda and back up materials are posted online at www.lyon-county.org/Agendacenter. Residents can view recordings of Board of County Commission meetings on the Lyon County YouTube Channel.