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Esmeralda County approves vendor payments, routine expenditures and several capital purchases
Summary
The board unanimously approved the county list of expenditures, multiple previously rejected vendor bills, and authorized purchases including a leased postage machine and ambulance power-loads/cots (funding reallocated rather than new medium-term financing). Commissioners also approved paying a past-due Commnet Broadband bill of $20,048.31.
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the county list of expenditures for FY25/26, including general and road batches and PERS items, and approved a sequence of previously rejected vendor invoices after auditor review.
The Auditor/Recorder’s backup listed several rejected-vendor invoices (examples: AT&T invoices totaling $834.96; Staples $449.27; Steve’s Auto Parts $224.12; Silver State Analytical $298.00; AT&T FirstNet $424.81). Each rejected bill was brought forward and approved by unanimous vote with the fund code noted in the minutes.
Judge Danielle Johnson and Auditor Vera Boyer recommended leasing a password-protected postage machine to reduce credit-card use for postage. The board approved leasing the machine and budgeting the lease as a quarterly cost (an estimate stated aloud of about $391.97 per quarter).
Chief Jeffrey Bushnell asked to reallocate previously budgeted stipend and capital project funds to buy ambulance power-loads/cots rather than use new medium-term financing; the board approved the reallocation and authorized the purchase from the Emergency Services Fund augmentation and specified fund code 260-500-52210-000.
The Sheriff requested payment of a past-due account with Commnet Broadband covering equipment rental space at the Columbia Mountain antenna site from January 2022 through January 2026 in the amount of $20,048.31; the board unanimously approved payment from account 100-150-52210-000.
All motions approving payments, leases and purchases carried unanimously, as recorded in the minutes. The board did not make any speculative policy decisions during these approvals; they were recorded as routine fiscal and procurement actions.
