Well it depends upon what type of “fee” we’re talking about. For instance, Water And Sanitary Sewer Fees: If it’s a sanitary sewer or a water facilities fee, NRS 318.199(2) instructs that the District’s “Board of trustees (‘Board’) shall hold … Continue reading →
Again, it depends upon what type of fee we’re talking about. However for starters, NRS 318.197(4): NRS 318.197(4) expressly instructs that “the Board may provide for the collection of (those rates, tolls and) charges” provided for in NRS 318.197(1). NRS … Continue reading →
We’ve elsewhere shared: the authority all GIDs have to adopt “rates, tolls, and charges,” the kinds of “fees” in a vacuum they’re permitted to adopt, the limits on those “fees,” and the various “fees” past and current Boards have actually … Continue reading →
In a nutshell, taxes. Not fees, but taxes. And invalid ones no less! Nevertheless, let’s not go there…yet. Let’s assume for purposes of argument the RFF/BFF are fees. Fees “based on the rights of (a governmental) entity as proprietor of … Continue reading →
If one examines NRS 318, nowhere will one find the terms “fuels management” or “defensible space” (go ahead and do a word search). If one examines IVGID staff’s accounting glossary within the budget the Board adopts each year, one will find the … Continue reading →
Given we’ve shared that a general improvement district’s (“GID’s”) Board of Trustees’ (“Board’s”) power to “fix, and from time to time increase or decrease…rates, tolls or charges” flows from NRS 318.197(1), and that this NRS fails to expressly identify “franchise … Continue reading →
Because central services cost transfers represent such a large percentage of all revenues assigned to the District’s General Fund, we believe it important to understand exactly what these services represent, and how their amounts are determined, allocated, and assessed. As … Continue reading →
As we’ve discussed elsewhere, every year when the District’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) approves a budget for the forthcoming year, it adopts an updated Central Service Cost Allocation Plan which provides for payment, via transfers, from its Utility, Community Services and Beach … Continue reading →
Yes it does! As stated elsewhere, every year when the District’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) approves a budget for the forthcoming year, it adopts an updated Central Service Cost Allocation Plan” which provides for payment, via transfers, from its Utility, Community Services … Continue reading →
Each year when the District’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) approves a budget for the forthcoming year, it adopts an updated Central Service Cost Allocation Plan pursuant to Board Policy 18.1.0 which we are told is designed to distribute “the cost … Continue reading →