RUTH TOWN COUNCIL P.O. Box 433 Ruth, Nevada 89319

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1 RUTH TOWN COUNCIL P.O. Box 433 Ruth, Nevada DATE: April 9, 2015 TME: 7:00 P.M. Location: Ruth Community Center 3 Main Street Ruth, Nevada RUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AMENDED AGENDA Cell phone, text messaging, or idle chatter is prohibited when meeting is in session. * Denotes Action Item by the Ruth Town Council PUBLIC COMMENT: The Ruth Town Council encourages their citizens to attend their meeting and make comments. The Council may prohibit comments if the content of the comment is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Ruth Town Council, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational, or amounting personal attacks or interfering with the rights or other speakers. Pledge of Allegiance: ON-GOING BUSINESS: * Approval of Minutes * Monthly Financial Report * Payment of Bills * Correspondence Committee Reports/Updates * Discussion/ Possible Action on the Below Listed Committee Report: * Community Center * Street Signs * Fire Departments * Park & Maintenance Report * Street Lights * Museum * Roads * McGill-Ruth Water * Neighborhood Watch * Robinson Mine * WP County Road/Maintenance Department New Business Gene Ockert: Final approval of the budgets. Melissa Spear: Possible turning on the phone in the community center and fire station Mary Sorenson: Possible sanding and painting the railing for the handicapped ramp

2 Items Carried over from Previous Meeting: Gene Ockert: Park Equipment Justin Spear: Approval of remodeling the fire building Justin Spear: Requesting for the town to start the procedure to do a loan for the remodeling of the fire department building in the amount of $100, Mary Sorenson: Possible repair or replacement of the Ruth Town Sign Melissa Spear: Planning for June s Events. Melissa Spear: Purchase of a weed eater for the Park Person Randy Henifer: Town Clean up Public Comments: A five (5) minute period devoted to comments by the general public, if any, and discussion of those comments. No action may be taken upon a matter raised under this item of the agenda until the matter itself has been specifically included on an agenda as an item upon which action will be taken (N.R.S (2) & (3). * Adjournment *Open Session; Action/Discussion *Denotes action item The meeting maybe be closed by appropriate motion for the purpose of discussion on any matter allowed under N.R.S (1) to consider character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or physical or mental health of a person/employee. NOTICE PT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY Members of the public who are disabled and require special assistance or accommodations at the Ruth Town Council Meeting are requested to notify the County Clerk s Office in writing at 801 Clark Street, Ely, Nevada or by call at least one (1) day in advance of the meeting. AFFIDAVIT I, Mary Sorenson did on 27th day of March 2015, did post four (4) notices of the Ruth Town Council Agenda in the County of White Pine to Wit: Ruth Post Office, Ruth Fire Station, The Commercial Club, and the Ruth Community Center. Mary Sorenson, Ruth Secretary

3 RUTH TOWN COUNCIL P.O. BOX 433 RUTH, NEVADA Chairman Gene Ockert called the regular meeting of the Ruth Town Council to order on Thursday March 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT Chairman Gene Ockert Vice-Chairman Melissa Spear Walter Betts Randy Henifer ABSENT Phil Winsryg ALSO IN ATTENDANCE Mary Sorenson Tony Martin Angela Martin Brett Waters. Chief Fire District Justin Spear, Chief Ruth Fire Department Mike Coster, County Commissioner Public Comment: Tony Martin stated that he is a member of the White Pine County TV District and that the signal from the TV Tower for Ruth has been blocked by the mines dumps and it doesn t have a clear signal from the Cave Tower. They will be moving the tower to the hill across from Ruth (motorcycle hill). He stated that BLM has approved the spot and that Mt. Wheeler has approved running power to it. Melissa Spear stated that it would interfere with the Fire Works each year. Mr. Martin explained where it was and he didn t think there would be a problem. Approval of Minutes: Melissa Spear made a motion to approve the minute for February 2015, seconded by Randy Henifer and carried by the members present. Monthly Financial Report: No report Payment of Bills Ely Disposal Trash Removal -Tw-2 months $ Bath Lumber Supplies- Fd $ Melissa Spear Reimbursement supplies for Easter-Tw $ Melissa Spear Reimbursement supplies for Easter-Tw $ Melissa Spear Reimbursement supplies for Easter-Tw $ A motion to approve bills was made by Walt Betts, seconded by Randy Henifer and carried by the members present. Melissa Spear abstained from voting on her voucher. Correspondences: None

4 Community Center: Melissa Spear reported that I had been used by the Fire Department and a birthday party. Chairman Ockert stated he would like to use some of the tables for the 4 th of July event. Street Lights: None are out. Street Signs: All are in place. Fire Department: Chief Spear stated they had a few calls and report of a brush fire. Park: None Museum: No report Roads: No report McGill Ruth Water: No report Robinson Mine: Angela Martin from the Robinson mine explained that the final arrangement to close 44A has been worked out and it should be closed for all but emergency traffic in the near future. She stated that the mine is also starting up there mine safety team again and that they are having their first safety class in the next few weeks. Neighborhood Watch Program: No meeting New Business: Possible Easter Egg purchase: Melissa Spear stated that she has received $70.00 in donations and that she feels she has everything she needs for the Easter Egg Hunt. Order of Fireworks for June s Event s: Melissa Spear stated that she talked to Layne Hendrix and he will do all of the ordering for the fireworks because of the confusion with Landis since they have new people. She asked Mary Sorenson to get a purchase order for it. Possible purchase of internet for the Fire Department and the Ruth Town Council: Chief Spear stated that they have to do all of their run reports on the internet now and it would make life a lot easier if there was internet at the fire station. He stated that Mr. Wheeler Power has a spot open and it would cost $35.00 a month. Mary Sorenson asked if it would be okay if the town paid one month and the fire department paid one month this way the council would have access to internet at the meetings. A motion was made by Melissa Spear to approve the internet for the fire station with the fire department paying half and the town paying half, seconded by Randy Henifer and carried by the members present. Possible purchase of a lap top for the fire department: Chief Spear stated that the fire department has it in their budget and would like to purchase the lap top from the same company that the county uses. This way they can always use the county computer person to fix it if something comes up. A motion was made by Randy Henifer to purchase the lap top, seconded by Walt Betts and carried by the member present. Approval of remodeling the fire building: This has been carried over.

5 Approval to purchase NSFA membership which included insurance for the fire department members: Chief Spear stated that his has been paid by the county fire district. Requesting for the town to start the procedure to do a loan for the remodeling of the fire department building in the amount of $100,000.00: This has been carried over. Possible repair or replacement of the Ruth Town Sign: Mary Sorenson stated that the Ruth sign was in terrible shape and he would like to see the Town get a new one to show pride in the town. Chief Brett Waters stated that there is a good company in Elko name Yesco that can do metal signs. This has been carried over and Mary will get a bid on the sign. Items Carried over from Previous Meeting Park Equipment: Carried Over Planning for June s Events: Carried Over Possible purchase of weed eater for parks person: Carried Over Town Clean Up: Carried Over Public Commit: None With no further business a motion to close the meeting was made by Walter Betts and seconded by Randy Henifer and carried by the members present. The meeting was closed at 8:15 p.m.