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Nye County reports $12 million federal Local Assistance allocation; agencies prioritized public safety and facilities
Summary
County staff updated commissioners on use of a $12 million Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund allocation, listing major allocations, a temporary interfund loan that has been repaid and new projects moved into the LAF budget.
Nye County presented an annual update on the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LAF), the one-time federal allocation administered by the U.S. Treasury.
Stephanie Elliott, Nye County contracts and grants manager, briefed commissioners on the county’s full $12 million allocation. “The LAF funds were authorized by the US Treasury back in 2022,” Elliott said, and confirmed Nye County had received the full allocation by the end of the 2023 fiscal year.
Elliott said the county used LAF to cover and reallocate a range of capital and public-safety priorities. Among the actions reported: a $5,780,000 temporary interfund loan to the general fund (account 10101) that supported operations and was repaid on Feb. 28, 2025; reallocation of $3.2 million originally committed to a public-safety microwave upgrade into the county’s ARPA budget so that critical contracts would not be at risk; and the addition of projects funded through LAF including a $2,430,000 community/civic center and a $300,000 Tonopah child care development item.
Elliott said most LAF-eligible spending aligns with capital and infrastructure needs and that the Treasury guidance limits uses by excluding lobbying. “The only thing we cannot use the funding for is lobbying,” she said.
Her staff report listed roughly $6.2 million already allocated to ten projects, with the county still holding several million dollars of unobligated funding for projects and pending contracts. Elliott told commissioners the county had chosen capital stabilization and public safety as priorities and that many LAF-funded projects are capital expenditures tied to facilities and infrastructure.
Commissioners asked for clarity on priorities and noted that some previously allocated items had been moved between ARPA and LAF to meet timing and contractual obligations. Elliott said the lack of a formal expiration date for LAF made the funding flexible, but cautioned a change in federal policy could affect available funds and that annual reporting to the Treasury is required.
