Elko County Manager Amanda Osborne said the county can only issue bonds for $40 million if pursuing a 10-year bond with payments of roughly $5 million a year, including nearly
Elko County doesn’t have enough in the treasury to build such a complex, but Elko County commissioners agreed county staff should contact specialists and report back to commissioners on financing options, such as bonds.
Commissioners asked Caleb McAdoo, deputy director of operations for NDOW, to come back with more details on why the agency needs 120 acre-feet, which amounts to about 39,102,172 gallons.