Nevada Association of Counties 2014 Annual Conference “Nevada’s Counties Working Together to Honor the Past, Secure the Present and Shape the Future” Hosted by: White Pine County Eureka County Lincoln County November 18-20 Bristlecone Convention Center Ely, Nevada Tuesday – November 18th Time Event 7:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. POWER I & II Workshops - Pinion/Sage Rooms (Includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch) 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration - Foyer 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-up - Main Hall 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. County Treasurers Association - Juniper Room 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Association of County Human Services Administrators White Pine County Library, 950 Campton St. 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Spring Valley Wind Farm Tour (Meet in Foyer) Tuesday – November 18th 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Grants Workshop – Juniper Room Sarah Adler - State Director, USDA Rural Development Lisa Goodfellow - Nevada Community Program Specialist, USDA Shelia Lambert - Chief, State of Nevada Office of Grant Procurement, Coordination & Management 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Joint Meeting of the NACO Legislative and Public Lands Committees - White Pine Room 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Newly Elected County Officials Workshop - Main Hall (By stage) Hosted by the NACO Committee of the Emeritus The Honorable Joni Eastley The Honorable Norm Frey - Former Nye County Commissioner - Former Churchill County Commissioner The Honorable Roger Mancebo - Former Pershing County Commissioner The Honorable Donna Bath - Former White Pine County Clerk and Registrar of Voters 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. President’s Reception Postal Palace (One Block West of Hotel Nevada) Wednesday – November 19th 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration - Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. NACO Board and Membership Meeting - Pinion/Sage Rooms (Breakfast Served at 7:30 a.m.) 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Wildfire Workshop - Living with Fire, Fire Adapted Communities, and Nevada Pinyon- Juniper Partnership - Juniper Room Ed Smith - Natural Resources Specialist, University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension Jeremy Drew - Nevada Pinyon Juniper Partnership Project Manager 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Opening General Session - Main Hall Invocation - Boyd Graham, Ely Shoshone Tribe Presentation of Colors Choir - White Pine High School Choir Welcoming Remarks from the Honorable Pat Irwin - NACO President Greetings from: The Honorable John Lampros - Chairman, White Pine County Commission The Honorable Ed Higbee - Chairman, Lincoln County Commission The Honorable J.J. Goicoechea - Chairman, Eureka County Commission Paul Beddoe – Deputy Legislative Director, National Association of Counties Keynote - Steve Ford Actor, Speaker and Son of Former US President Gerald Ford Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch – Sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Main Hall Power Awards Luncheon Speaker - Ray Hagar, Political Reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal Wednesday – November 19th 1:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Northern Nevada Railway Museum/Renaissance Village Tour (Meet in Foyer) 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Educational Sessions Social Services - Pinion/Sage Rooms Romaine Gilliland - Director, Nevada Department of Health & Human Services Jim Garza - Eastern Nevada Food Bank John Lambrose, Esq. - Member, Nevada Indigent Defense Commission Infrastructure – Juniper Room Daphne DeLeon - Chair, Nevada Broadband Task Force Lindsey Harmon - Connect Nevada Program Manager Sondra Rosenberg - Assistant Director for Planning, Nevada Department of Transportation 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Refreshment Break 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Educational Sessions Budget and Finance - Juniper Bruce Snyder - Commissioner, Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board Carole Vilardo - President, Nevada Taxpayers Association Mary Walker - Member, Nevada Department of Taxation Local Government Finance Committee Legislative Testimony 101 - Pinion/Sage Rooms 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Banquet Main Hall Thursday – November 20th 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions Economic Development – Juniper Room Pam Borda - Executive Director, Elko County Economic Diversification Authority Dr. Tom Harris - University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Dr. Buddy Borden - University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Jim Garza - Community & Economic Development Directortor, White Pine County Public Lands & Natural Resources - Pinion/Sage Rooms Amy Lueders - Director, Nevada State Office, Bureau of Land Management Connie Simkins - Lincoln County, Energy Oversight Betsy McFarland - Chair, White Pine County Coordinated Resource Management Steering Committee Jake Tibbitts - Eureka County, Natural Resources Manager 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Great Basin National Park-Lehman Caves Tour - (Meet in Foyer) 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Legislative Panel - Main Hall 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch - Main Hall Luncheon Speaker Jeff Kintop, Nevada State Archivist “The History of Nevada’s Counties” Conference Ends