A short agenda should make for a quick town board meeting Tuesday night.

Perhaps the most anticipated item is a presentation by BEC Environmental, Inc. concerning the status of the Bob Ruud Community Center.

The presentation will be given by Rachel Kryder, an engineer from the local Pahrump office. BEC Environmental President Eileen Christensen will also be present to assist with the presentation and answer questions.

Two studies were done on the Bob Ruud facility, both funded by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

“One was a phase one environmental site assessment that reviewed what the existing conditions of the site were, whether or not there was some type of contamination,” said Christensen. “For example, they evaluated mold, asbestos and lead-based paint, and then based on that they recommended corrective actions to fix the problem.”

“We also asked them to provide a cost estimate for the clean-up, what it would cost to clean it up,” she continued, noting that BEC Environmental is actually a sub-contractor to Kleinfelder, the prime contractor to the state Brownfields program. “We asked them to provide some of that information, then we prepared a cost-comparison. How much it will cost to do different levels of cleanup, and potentially incorporate energy-saving measures.”

Christensen says the presentation will feature four separate options for the town board’s consideration, all of which focus on costs associated with the demolition and reconstruction of another facility or the repair of the existing building.

“Which option they select is going to be up to them, it just depends on what their priorities are. Each option has different advantages and disadvantages. Either it’s the shortest amount of time and least cost measure, to maybe a measure that costs a little bit more but provided additional energy savings and how much those savings were anticipated to be.”

Recent reports have been made that the town is already in the process of selling the property, which would render the presentation useless to the town.

Town board member Dr. Tom Waters didn’t know much about the accusation.

“I know there are a lot of rumors about it, but nothing official. It’s nothing that’s been shared with town board members, especially this town board member,” he said.

Jason Keith, a Maverik Real Estate representative from North Salt Lake City, spoke with the Pahrump Valley Times briefly on the matter.

“It’s my understanding that the whole thing is very conceptual at this point in time and I don’t want to get anybody in trouble,” he said. “So, all I can say is that there has been some discussion, but it’s all conceptual in nature and we understand that the people that approached us don’t necessarily have the authority, you know, everything has to be approved by the town board and everything. But conceptually the idea was presented to us and we are intrigued.”

Town Manager Bill Kohbarger says the talk of selling the land that the community center currently sits on has been blown out of proportion.

“The town is not in official talks with the Maverik over any land that we own. We actually looked into it, but that was it, nothing official has been looked into,” he said. “It was a thought; it was an idea, period. That’s it.”

In other town board news:

* Tuesday night’s short agenda also lists the discussion and possible decision on approval to nominate Mr. Butch Harper for the Governor’s Points of Light Award. The award is meant to recognize exceptional volunteers throughout the state.

* There will also be discussion and a possible decision to adopt an ordinance to repeal town animal control ordinances. The repeal states that “all ordinances, or parts of ordinances, sections, subsections, phrases, sentences, clauses or paragraphs contained in the ordinances of the town of Pahrump that control, enforce, regulate or otherwise concern the keeping or licensing of animals is hereby repealed.”

Ordinances that are expressly repealed in their entirety by the adoption of this ordinance are PTOs 10,13 and 18.