The Lander County Board of Commissioners approved a series of land-use maps, board appointments, routine bills and a lease renewal at its June 12, 2025 meeting in Battle Mountain.

Why it matters: Several of the approvals clear the way for property subdivision and development in Battle Mountain and other parts of the county. The actions also maintain operations at county facilities and advisory boards and complete routine administrative business that keeps county services operating.

The commission approved zoning and parcel actions that were recommended by the Planning Commission: a zone-change and parcel map related to a proposed RV park filed by Battle Mountain Group LLC; multiple parcel maps filed by Emerald Land Company LLC (listed on the agenda as parcel maps 25-0025 and 25-0026) with conditions requiring installation of fire hydrants, water lines and road upgrades to county standards prior to recordation; and other division-of-land filings including maps filed by Michael Miller on behalf of Jaren Frazier (parcel map 25-0028) and a large-parcel division filed by Nickel Jones Inc. All of those items were approved following staff presentation and without additional public conditions.

The board also approved: reappointments and appointments to the Livestock Event Center Advisory Board (Mike Craig, Emerald Campbell and Zena Drewry), the Lander County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife (Worth Nelson and Amber Eaton), and the Lander County Planning Commission (Miranda Tremaine); the appointment of Commissioner Alicia Price to the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council (term beginning Aug. 1, 2025); renewal of the Battle Mountain Stock Car Racing Association lease for the race track for the period July 1, 2025–June 30, 2027; and the purchase of approximately 24.77 acres (APN 002-300-01) on the south side of Wilson Avenue for up to $243,000 plus $7,000 in sellers’ closing costs and customary buyer closing costs. The stated long-term purpose for the land purchase is to pursue a senior center and possible nearby senior housing in a future budget cycle.

The board approved the county payroll and various bills after pulling a small number of checks for disclosure and abstention; disclosures were recorded on the public record when a commissioner reported a business relationship. A set of consent-agenda minutes and payroll-change requests were approved with a corrected dollar figure noted by staff.

Ending: Most of the items were approved with motions and brief staff explanations; where conditions were required (for example, installation of utilities or road upgrades prior to recordation) those conditions were recorded in the approval motions.

Votes (at a glance): The meeting record shows motions and seconds for each listed item and the board answered "aye" to approve the items. Individual roll-call vote tallies by name were not recorded in the transcript; the approvals were announced as passed on the record.