Public commenters urge tribal health funding; auditor alleges regulatory failures in Nevada

In the first public-comment period, Stacey Montooth, executive director of the Nevada Department of Native American Affairs, thanked board members and asked that $141,106 from the State Public Health Funds Priority Program be moved to her agency to hire staff to implement a Tribal Health Authority Council representing Nevada’s 28 tribal nations and roughly 80,000 tribal citizens. "Pisha uh translates to thank you," Montooth said, expressing gratitude for the board’s review of a pending interlocal agreement.

During the second public-comment period, Fa'ana Guild, who identified herself as a forensic accountant and ISO-certified auditor, made multiple allegations about a Nevada real-estate case (26 E002353) and an associated public‑health incident. Guild alleged a "mass exposure event involving 27 victims," claimed evidence-handling problems including that evidence was held for 20 days before assignment and that licensed actors "knowingly concealed 140,000 toxic Stachybotrys spores from consumers," and said the failures amounted to "administrative nonfeasance." She also alleged conflicts of interest and that law-enforcement policies create fiscal barriers to releasing evidence, calling the $1,334 fee to obtain body-worn camera footage an "economic barrier used to suppress evidence of the state misconduct." The board cut the speaker off when her time expired and did not take action; members did not respond on the record to the specific allegations.

Public comments were taken under the board's time limits; per the meeting rules, matters not on the board agenda could not be acted upon during the public-comment period.