Boulder City’s new City Manager Ned Thomas chose an auspicious day to start his new job. No, that is not a reference to April 15 as Tax Day, but it is about finances.
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For those who enjoy pickleball, work began this week on new, designated courts for one of the country’s most widely-played sports.
If you thought that the pace of state legislation in Nevada — a state with a part-time legislature that meets only every other year — would be a slow stroll rather than a break-neck run, you might be surprised to find out that there are well over 1,000 bills being considered at some level in this session.
If there is one subject that is dicey for elected officials to discuss, it is their salary.
“Full disclosure,” Jennifer Hedland, the community resource liaison (CRL) said as she began to present the city council with an annual report in its meeting this week.
The actual news hook is that, in the consent agenda, the city council on March 25 approved $75,000 worth of changes to a bid for work that is largely being paid for by the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC).
The big question when it comes to Parks and Recreation in Boulder City is, “When is the pool we all hear so much about actually going to be built?”
One of the final steps before installation of the monument honoring fallen soldier and Boulder City native Shane Patton happened without fanfare at the city council meeting this week.
If you didn’t read the agenda, you would have no idea that the city council took a vote on the issue of municipal judge in Boulder City.
Call it fiscal creativity, although some developers prefer harsher terms.
In a special city council meeting last week, the council voted unanimously to grant 6% merit raises to both City Clerk Tami MacKay and City Attorney Brittany Walker.
Those waiting for a new city manager to get into the saddle in Boulder City are going to have to wait a bit longer. Somewhere between four and six weeks.
Three times in six years. That is Boulder City’s current record as a winner of the Cashman Good Government Award, which it won for the most recent time last week.