Commission on Ethics approves consent order with Nye County commissioner Ron Boskovich

The Nevada Commission on Ethics on during its public meeting accepted a stipulated consent order resolving ethics complaint 24130C against Ron Boskovich, a Nye County commissioner, finding a willful violation of the commission's disclosure rule. Commissioners voted unanimously to accept the stipulation and directed commission counsel to finalize it in legal form.

Executive Director Ross Armstrong told the commission the complaint, filed Aug. 26, 2024, alleged violations related to Boskovich’s use of position involving his ex-spouse and his daughter, both employees of Nye County. Armstrong said the parties negotiated an agreement that would record an initial willful violation of the disclosure requirement (identified in the record as NRS 281A.420(1)), followed by a one-year compliance period. "If he's able to have no ethics issues," Armstrong said, "after one year it would be reduced from a willful violation to a non-willful violation." He described the agreement as different from a deferral agreement: it records an initial finding but provides for reduction on proof of compliance.

Rebecca Brew, counsel for Boskovich, told the commission she and her client "sincerely appreciate the efforts" of staff and said Boskovich wanted to understand how to comply going forward. Armstrong said Boskovich must seek an advisory opinion from the commission for clarity about how to handle the relationship now that his ex-spouse is county manager, and that he will complete online ethics training.

Commissioners had no questions and accepted the stipulation. The motion to accept was moved and seconded and the record shows the motion passed unanimously.

The consent order requires a one-year monitoring period, a willful finding on the disclosure count initially, and a pathway to reduce the finding to non-willful if Boskovich demonstrates continued compliance and completes the required advisory opinion and training.