Clark County has implemented and currently operates eviction prevention rent assistance programs to assist people who are low-income impacted by the pandemic. These programs have provided an unprecedented $29.5M in financial assistance to 3,787 households, paying for 31,173 months of rent and utilities since August 2020. Approximately $750,000 in financial assistance for rent and utilities is going out to about 100 additional households each week.
• Internal Services
The board of the Clark County Public Facilities District will hold a public meeting 4-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
The meeting will be on the Cisco Webex platform. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting can use this link and use the meeting password P2c2gFp7VuR or call 1.408.418.9388 and use the access code 24803137444##
• Clark County Council
The Clark County Council last week approved an ordinance to implement a commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER) program. The program provides a financing mechanism to encourage the installation of renewable energy systems, energy efficiency improvements, and resiliency improvements on large multi-family residential, industrial, agricultural and commercial properties.
• Community Planning
Clark County recognizes that older adults are valuable contributors to the vitality of this community. To encourage and support older adults for their contributions to their communities, the Clark County Commission on Aging established a program to recognize older adults who go above and beyond in service.
• Community Development
The county manager is seeking applicants to fill three pending vacancies on the Clark County Development and Engineering Advisory Board, DEAB. The positions are open to professionals associated with land development, private-sector development engineering, and construction contracting.
The terms for all three positions are three years beginning Jan. 1, 2022 and ending Dec. 31, 2024.
The advisory board reviews policy and county code changes and works on process improvements and fees with the county’s Community Development, Community Planning and Public Works departments.
• Assessor
The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill five vacancies representing the active farming community on the Clark County Farm Advisory Committee for 2022.
The term for this committee is one year from January through December and shall convene a minimum of once per year.
• Treasurer
The Clark County Treasurer’s Office announced that Treasurer Alishia Topper will be re-opening a drive-through tax payment drop-off window for the last two days of the tax season.
The drive-through kiosk is located at the east parking structure entrance at the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St. The kiosk will be open from 9 am to 4 pm on Friday, Oct 29, and Monday, Nov. 1.
• Elections
Beginning at 9 am Wednesday, Nov. 3, elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.
The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day. But for this comparison, the Clark County Sales and Use Tax measure will be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.
• Public Health
The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill two volunteer positions on the Solid Waste Advisory Commission.
The open positions represent the stakeholders below:
- North Clark County
- Clark County at-large
Terms for all positions begin immediately and end Sept. 30, 2024.
• Community Planning
The Clark County Council is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the volunteer Planning Commission.
The opening is for a four-year term that begins Jan. 1, 2022, and goes through Dec. 31, 2025.
The Planning Commission is a seven-member group that makes recommendations to the council on land-use planning, zoning and development in areas outside cities and about issues such as growth management, roads, public facilities, development regulations and applicable county ordinances.