Lyon County Commissioners talked about a wide variety of topics during Wednesday’s study session from stimulus funds to disposal of hazardous waste.
Russell Torrens, the county’s noxious weed director, said it costs about $2 to dispose of certain fluorescent bulbs. Through Home Depot, however, small bulbs will be collected for free. The county would only have to deliver the bulbs to the nearest Home Depot. The county will still have to pay to dispose of the large bulbs.
Torrens discussed the county’s electronic waste disposal event, which will be from 9 a.m. to noon on April 25. The event was set to be free to the public to dispose of televisions, microwaves, computers and other electronic waste. The contractor, however, decided to charge the county $10 per television set for disposal. Torrens said the county is going to try to keep the event free if possible and will try to work out a deal with the contractor that will dispose of the waste.
Sam Seeley, Lyon County flood plain manager and zoning director, told commissioners about the Neighborhood Stabilization Matching Plan, which is a part of the the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“HUD’s new Neighborhood Stabilization Program will provide emergency assistance to state and local governments to acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within their communities. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program provides grants to every state and certain local communities to purchase foreclosed or abandoned homes and to rehabilitate, resell, or redevelop these homes in order to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of house values of neighboring homes,” according to www.hud.gov.
Lyon County is eligible for such funds, Seeley said. Lyon County would receive funds at no cost to the county to exercise the options available through the program. Seeley said no grant has been provided to the county yet but an administrative agreement should arrive soon.