Steven Pinkerton’s Initiation of The IVGID Magazine fka The IVGID Quarterly Without The Advance Knowledge Nor Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board of Trustees
District Credit Cards Disingenuously Labeled “Procurement Cards”
The District has a credit card charge account. But do you understand it has in excess of fifty (50) of these accounts tied into a master account? And these credit cards are disbursed by staff as a matter of course … Continue reading →
Joe Pomroy’s Agreement With NV Energy to Install, Maintain, Repair And Operate Four (4) Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (“EVC Ses”) Without The Knowledge Nor Advance Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board
for a minimum period of five (5) years. And to provide free EV charges to the public during this five (5) year period. On November 16, 2013 Brad Johnson, the District’s principle engineer, purchased four (4) Eaton 70 amp EVCSes … Continue reading →
Joseph Pomroy’s Sale of District Wastewater Without The Knowledge Nor Advance Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board
One of the District’s basic powers is to furnish sanitary facilities for sewerage. It maintains a Wastewater Reclamation Treatment Plant aka Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility (“WRRF”) at Sweetwater Drive. According to the District, the Treatment Plant treats “an average of … Continue reading →
Gerry Eick’s Sale of Three (3) District Parcels With Beach Access Without The Knowledge Nor Advance Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board
The District acquired 87 unbuildable tax delinquent Incline Village properties from Washoe County in October of 2012 and early 2013. That acquisition was secured based upon staff’s misrepresentation that the subject properties would be held for “open space” public purposes. … Continue reading →
What Exactly is a Fee?
Courts have oftentimes been asked to define the characteristics of a “tax,” and how they differ from other kinds of monetary exactions such as “fees.” The distinction is one that is not always observed with nicety in judicial decisions. Notwithstanding, … Continue reading →
The Special And Limited Circumstances Under Which The “Paid by Choice” Factor Applicable to All Fees Can Be Disregarded
As elsewhere stated, according to Emerson College v. City of Boston, 391 Mass. 415, 424-425, 462 N.E.2d 1098, 1105 (1984), fees “based on the rights of (a governmental) entity as proprietor of the instrumentalities used” are: 1. Charged “in exchange … Continue reading →
The Fees General Improvement Districts (“GIDs”) May Fix
Many are of the opinion all local governments are empowered to adopt any “fees” of their choosing simply because they are “governments.” In fact, in Incline Village/Crystal Bay this opinion extends to monetary exactions of all kinds as long as … Continue reading →
Limits on The Fees General Improvement Districts (“GIDs”) May Fix
Given NRS 318.197(1) gives GID Boards the power to fix “rates, tolls and charges,” here the questions: are there limits on the “fees” a GID Board is authorized to fix and change; and if so, what are they? As with … Continue reading →