Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner attends citizen meeting in Incline Village
Incline Village residents: General improvement district too secretive, call on Krasner and Kieckhefer to help- Geoff Dornan/Nevada Appeal; Rob Galloway/Tahoe Daily Tribune, April 24, 2018
A group of Incline Village residents Friday called on their legislators to fix state law so there’s more public oversight of the Incline Village General Improvement District. Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner and state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer attended the Incline Village community meeting on Friday, April 20.
IVGID provides most of Incline’s local government services but some residents have complained they’re unable to get any real accountability for how the district runs.
Citizens complained an IVGID employee illegally sold a parcel district-owned land that was supposed to be held for open space without getting board approval or a public bid.
He and others attending the meeting at the Incline Village Library told state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer and Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner they can’t get access to the IVGID books to see what’s going on.
Another citizens said NRS 318, which contains state laws governing the creation and operation of improvement districts needs “a complete overhaul.” “Other agencies say they cannot sell public lands without consent of the public body,” she said. “Not in IVGID.” She also said when they asked for emails, they were told they’re destroyed after 30 days and weren’t available.
Kieckhefer and Krasner, both Republicans, promised to work on legislative changes that could provide more oversight of the district’s operations.
Krasner said both of them are there to hear the concerns of Incline residents and bring a bill to the 2019 Legislature to fix things.
