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Do The District’s Central Service Charges Represent Payment For Necessary And Reasonably Priced Services Staff And Past/Current Boards Have Represented/Represent? Or Do They Simply Cover The Financial Shortfall Caused by Out-of-Control Overspending?

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As we’ve elsewhere discussed, central services represent The “core services almost all (governments require in order)…to support their operations and mission provided by a central service provider.” And in Nevada, the costs associated with those services are limited to “Only (an) … Continue reading →

Do The District’s Solid Waste Franchise Fees Represent Permissible “Rates, Tolls or Charges…For…Garbage or Refuse…Services or Facilities Furnished” Staff And Past/Current Boards Have Represented/Represent? Or Are They Just Another Creative Means of Involuntarily Exacting Revenue From Local Parcel Owners?

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As we’ve elsewhere stated, assuming the District’s solid waste “franchise fees” are actually fees, it would appear that the District’s solid waste franchise fees are permissible because NRS 318.116(13) gives general improvement districts (“GIDs”) the basic power to “Furnish…facilities for … Continue reading →

What Are “Special Assessments?”

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Special assessments are “Compulsory charge(s) placed…upon real property within a pre-determined district [known as a special improvement district (‘SID’)] made under express legislative authority for defraying, in whole or in part, the expense of…permanent public improvement(s)” such as streets, sidewalks, curbs and … Continue reading →

Using Recreation Facility Fees, Wrongfully, to Pay For “Open Space” The District Has No Power to Furnish

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As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose for general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities and … Continue reading →