County Commissioners met last week and approved the ongoing Interlocal Contracts for the temporary housing of Mineral and Pershing County juveniles at the Churchill County Juvenile Justice Center, Teurman Hall.
Chief Motulalo Otuafi, of the Juvenile Probation Department, reported that Churchill County has contracted with other jurisdictions to house juveniles at Teurman Hall, which has helped to generate revenue and help off-set the costs for operating the Juvenile Justice Center.
Churchill County will provide Mineral County and Pershing County with temporary detention services for youth who are determined to be a danger to themselves or to the community and who meet the detention criteria. Churchill County reserves the right to refuse admittance of any juvenile, and Mineral and Pershing Counties agree to pay Churchill County $300 per day for each juvenile under their jurisdiction who is housed at Teurman Hall.
Otuafi said that the detention center has served seven juveniles from Mineral and Nye Counties just since January.
“We remember what it was like when we didn’t have a detention facility and what we had to do to take care of these kids,” said Otuafi in response to criticism from Geof Knell regarding the sharing of services between counties. “When counties who don’t have a detention facility reach out, we would like to help those counties out when we’re able to.”
Chairman Pete Olsen agreed, “We were in a bad way when we didn’t have our own, and there are other communities that can’t afford their own and we provide the one place that they can get good access to a facility that’s good for their kids,” he said.
Commissioners also heard a presentation from Richard Gent, Team Leader for Nevada Rail Auxiliary Teams, who made an informational presentation how a successful rail public safety program can support the proposed Nevada 2021 State Rail Plan. Gent also expressed appreciation for the efforts of the Churchill County Sheriff 's Office and Road Department in keeping residents safe and secure around railroad operations.
Contracts for the Churchill County Civic Center were awarded to Fallon Glass & Sign for doors and windows at the cost of $168,000 and to One Horse Overhead Door for rolling doors in the amount of $89,747.
Commissioners tentatively set a hearing for the appeal of a Planning Commission decision to deny a Special Use Permit to Ralph Countryman for a home-based business for garbage collection at 8885 Ara Lane, in Fallon, provided that the application fee of $250 is made by 5:00 p.m. on March 15.
The County Commission meets on the first Thursday at 8:15 a.m. and the third Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. each month. The agendas are available at churchillcountynv.gov/37/Agendas-Minutes.
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