Category Archives: OTHER TOPICS

General Fund 2017-2020

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Posts Facebook Our Village Voice Home Posts The General Fund: Accounting Magic to pay for the District’s Bloated Bureaucracy A considerable amount of time is spent on the Recreational Venues and Utilities but not much is said about the rising costs of District-wide administration. These costs are accounted for in the General Fund. The top brass is paid out of the Fund. In fiscal year 2014 expenditures for the General Fund were $3,196,000. The budget for fiscal year 2018 is now $4,206,000. This four year increase of $1,010,000 or 31.6% has happened since GM Pinkerton arrived. Over 65% of the … Continue reading →

Misc 2017-2020

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Posts Facebook Our Village Voice Home Posts **$50 FOR YOUR .02 "SENSE"** In the Bonanza on August 31, 2017, our General Manager Steve Pinkerton stated: "Summer is also the season when we wrap up another budget year. Led by a great season at Diamond Peak, our pre-audit overall district budget revenue exceeded our original budget by more than $4 million, and the net operating sources also exceeded the original budget by more than $4 million to the good." Please help us figure out what the second sentence consisting of 40 words means. Any one responding with their answer will be … Continue reading →

Rec Fund 2017-2020

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Posts Facebook Our Village Voice Home Posts Our Village Voice updated their status. Ordinance 7 MY VIEW AND CONCERN ABOUT OVERCROWDING AT INCLINE BEACHES. By: Clifford F. Dobler October 9, 2017 Much Discussion and debate has been held regarding Ordinance 7 and the ever increasing number of people using beach facilities. This analysis may help you understand the various factors which affect beach use. First and foremost there are 7,756 parcels or dwelling units that are entitled to obtain a maximum of 5 Picture passes or punch cards in any combination for payment of the annual Rec Fee. Each parcel … Continue reading →

Archive All Issues 2017-2020

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Posts Facebook Our Village Voice Home Posts Our Village Voice updated their status. This page is a forum to inform to communicate events, agendas and financial information within the community of Incline Village/Crystal Bay May 06, 2017 10:44:25pm Our Village Voice updated their status. You're Invited! The May 10th Board Meeting should be an interesting one. Parasol proposes a $5.5 million dollar plan where IVGID will assume all Parasol's obligations to the DW Reynolds Foundation to run the non-profit center. Incline Village General Improvement District will receive beneficial use of some of the building. If this sounds confusing to you, … Continue reading →

Accounting 2017-2020

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Accounting Issues Posts Facebook Our Village Voice Home Posts Our Village Voice updated their status. More Financial SHENANIGANS with the Utility Fund Over the past year, several citizens have expressed concerns that the Board of Trustees is appropriating money for projects for which the District does not have money. Particular attention was brought to the Board about our Dynamic Duo, Pinkerton and Eick, falsely representing that the Utility Fund had over $12,500,000 in UNRESTRICTED cash reserves. When, in fact, over $9,700,000 was collected over the past six years through large SEWER RATE increases and committed to completing Phase II of … Continue reading →

IVGID unbuildable lot sales – Deceit and Denial Part 1 and 2

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This is the story of an IVGID employee’s sale of public land designated as open space to private buyers without Board approval or a public process and the subsequent denials of any wrongdoing by the General Manager and Legal Counsel.  Since the story has many facets and is still unfolding, we thought it best to report it in three parts.  Part I is a summary. Part II are the details.  Part III (yet to come) provides an analysis of the Denials along with our informed conclusions.  We hope you will share your insights, questions, and comments.     Part I  – … Continue reading →