Remarks by Jon Karr
107 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Well, no, like a liquor license, and that's a good job, but a liquor license at City Elko, when I was out in Spring Creek with a business out there, I had to have a second one. But that's to do business.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Actually, I understand the data center actually know that we were talking about the wedding one. I tour and I were just talking about the other day. He goes, yeah, the road is fills the valley full of dirt. They're racing by everything. And I'm not now trying to shut them down. I'm not saying the business lights here, but he even goes, I have no regulation on this whatsoever.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“conditional you because if you have conditional use permit it says you can do this under these conditions if you don't follow those guys but is that what you mean i am but and i know i'm gonna be a hammer that i'm trying to implement this i said no i want them to look at it because also if there's a very distinct business license it also gives you now these are the rules so you know what to play with we're very vague right now of well it's just state enforcement nobody has a clue what you do they could come in and do their own enforcement”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Well, I make a motion that they at least do a high level of what it would take and what would be comparable to other counties in the state. Okay, I have a motion. And that was Carr, by the way. Do you have a second?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“This is Carr, so I'll make that motion approved.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Well, bypassing my disappointment in the city not working with the county to begin with on this and hasn't worked with the county on any of the design of this, I'm going to be opposed to it on the South 9th Street, the water and that part, which I think should be phase three. In my mind, phase two should be 100%. This from the hospital to the air cart bridge should be the 100%. number one priority. And that's how it should be done. And then ninth street secondary and all that money. So phase three is still in question. So that's why I'm opposed to this. I still want the road. I'm forgetting…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Well, I wouldn't know any of that since we received nothing from you guys on this design, nor how you handle the Lesbo Trailer Park air cart, that little area right there. Is it going to be expanded? Is it going to be Have to buy purchases or anything blocking any of that. So we are going to study what we're doing on a state route. Does this now become the state route? Not. I'm trying to understand all of this because I am for it. But there's so many questions. And that's, once again, my disappointment. City Councilman not presenting to any commissioners or go have a coffee talk discussion on…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“and my disappointment in your city council since this was brought up four or five months ago to them and nobody's talked to anybody on this commission about that which i've stated numerous times i'm disappointed in the communication and our public leaders on all levels not just City, school board, all of them. We don't round table things on something as important as this. How can we all be together and decide? I don't want 50 committees because we all hate them, but this is an example of how dynamic this will change traffic in Elko, how at Spring Creek. This is a huge decision, and it's not…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Yeah, $4.5 million. Okay. Well, it's still $5 million.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Okay. Anything to get rid of Frontier in my mind is a positive. And I'll publicly say that.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Once again, I'd love to see where's the quote to fix what we currently have or where's the quote that says, hey, the compressor for this 15 ton unit no longer exists and this is what's actually bad. It's just the proof that they did their homework that this needs to be replaced, not, oh, it's a $5,000 part, but it's old and we don't feel like doing that. We're getting a new one.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“but happy to have more conversation if you want to table it i i do because i'm in discussion i'm going to have some discussion about the school districts and some of their capital funding and i don't want to also be a hypocrite about it i would like to prove that this unit truly cannot be fixed and it's worth spending forty four thousand dollars for a whole brand new unit as opposed to what part of this unit is no longer fixable or took a or broke whatever That's a better way of wording that. I'm trying to work on my speaking skills after the FFA gals really sounded fantastic. I'll try to…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Yes, sir. That would be my motion is to table this with some further information from them. Rex will second.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Commissioner Carr. I seem to be on a tirade today and I'm not trying to be, but. I'll vent some more frustration on the school board. I reported, I don't know how many months ago that school board members would start being on committees and being a little better at oversight. And since I've made that comment to this board, I think it was a year ago. And that timing could be off, but let's say it was a year ago. I have seen none of that. I am very, very disappointed in looking at options on their capital review, just as we said on the library. Before we approve this, let's make sure we did our…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“It's right now, it's Vegas, and yes, they are following it, but when I'm on the school committee, I'll go, well, wait a minute, where's the backup of why are we replacing this boiler? Is it really broke? Can it get apart? Cleaver or... Cleaver Brooks is who made it. The rep from Reno said, we've never even looked at it. We don't know what's wrong with it. We have upgrade kits for it. I then get the reply. Well, no, we've already approved at the school budget. We're already going forward. Basically, we don't really care your opinion that you should look at other things. And now we're looking…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Well, they've been counting on through the board, the AB 519 board, that basically gets approved. The problem is, once again, they'll hand us, well, this is preliminary just to do budget. Well, then this is just how we're going. And next thing you know, well, now we're too far along and we have to proceed. That's what's going on. Or Amanda's been in these meetings. Am I incorrect in this analogy? Or this board needs to now tell me what you can't. Randall, help me on this, where I need to go with it. Or even next time we have an open thing and you guys boot me off and you get on it. Because…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“No, that was the big one. Um, the N N S a B is that's the nuclear one down in, um, Vegas. I'll probably be going down there in like February or something and actually do their live one. Um, I, I also have a live meeting in my energy efficiency committee from the governor. Um, we'll be down in Vegas. We only meet once a year in person. All the other ones are zoom. Um, so that'll be like February. So that's really not relevant now either. So there you go. That's all I have. Thanks.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“You know, for the public, could you stay to get into what WIR is?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“And the $12 million came from what again? The Local Distance and Travel Consistency Fund. I love it. Thank you for helping our public be informed on where that money came from.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“You're not leaving on that wagon Travis had and picture of it. I hope not. Commissioner Gerber.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
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“Um, so since this has been on here and I think you've been very clear, Curtis, I'll make the motion to approve. Okay.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“No, I didn't want you to get lost, Rex, because you look razor focused.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Which is going to be very little, the underground – in Elko County already has a water problem, so they're not going to be using much in Elko County. It'll be very minor, probably for dust suppression about it.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, since I live up at the... some of the states which is very close to this and i'm actually the president of the board i don't they've been much better to communicate with on getting their races done before a lovely time of one or two or three in the morning so we haven't had the issues we had years ago so i don't have a problem renewing their lease so i john would make the motion to approve continuation of that lease agreement you have a motion brian second and a second any other discussion”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“I better state why I'll be voting against it. I truly applaud what you're saying, Rex, and all the efforts you've done on it. But I've stewed and stewed and stewed, and I have absolutely zero faith in environmental firms to not use this as a bargaining tool. that feral horses are now a great grazing and we shouldn't be even pulling them out of Nevada because they're a fantastic tool to prevent fire. I have no faith in that not happening. I also don't believe we should be doing anything to benefit these feral animals other than getting them off the range. They serve no purpose other than…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026