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Nye County adopts employee agreement after heated debate over pay study and dispatcher wages
Summary
After hours of public testimony from dispatchers, union leaders and law-enforcement officials, the Nye County Commission adopted a negotiated employee agreement for 296 members and directed staff to reclassify dispatcher positions amid concerns the PayPoint job study undervalued frontline 911 staff.
The Nye County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 21 adopted a negotiated agreement with the Nye County Employee Association (NCEA), ending a prolonged public debate over how a recent PayPoint compensation study changed county pay grades.
The agreement — effective July 1, 2025 — passed after persistent testimony from members of the sheriff’s office and county dispatch who said the study left dispatchers behind. "When you call 911, the voice that answers is the first first responder," Ashley Castillo, manager of NCSO dispatch, told the commission,…
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