The board discussed how to communicate the transition of the veterans assistance fund into a standalone levy so that the public does not mistakenly perceive it as a new tax. Because their meetings are accessible public hearings, members stressed the need to clearly explain that this change is simply the separate imposition of an already existing mandated rate. Consequently, they plan to work with the county budget office to refine this messaging and ensure transparency ahead of the formal county budget hearings.
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Clark County Veterans Advisory Board · Aug 13, 2026 · 16:21–16:30 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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15:14 The one and an eighth cents has been a minimum since 2005. >> Which we have not imposed at the county. So I think that's also a nuance. >> But that has still been the minimum. And they've reduced it from that. But that still has been the mandated minimum all along. >> Greg, did you have something to say? >> Yeah. Emily just said the perfect word right there. It hasn't been imposed. Now it's going to be imposed, right? So the imposed versus new versus change, that's all kind of schematics what she's saying. So now we need the public to understand that it's going to be imposed what has been on the books before, in law before. Now it's going to be imposed.
16:10 So we as a board, right, we need to communicate that out to our various veterans organization that that's what's happening and to prepare for it. And hey, these like we're on right now, this is a public hearing, right? Anybody can log on and listen to this, right? Anybody in Clark County? >> Yes. >> So we need to start getting our membership involved, engage and understand as best we can. If that makes sense. >> Emily, I think you had it right. You can sense though that our concern, so many things in life are how they are presented. And in this case, we are very worried as a board that this will be misrepresented somehow and somebody will seize upon the opportunity to take it away. >> I hear you guys.
17:07 And I think there's some opportunity in the budget package that will actually implement this financially into the budget. We can work on that wording and also in how the presentation is for the actual budget hearing and we've got a little bit of time to come back and talk about how that wording might tell the best of both sides of what you guys are concerned about as well as the
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cross_cutting keyword 16:21–16:30 public hearing
before, in law before. Now it's going to be imposed. So we as a board, right, we need to communicate that out to our various veterans organization that that's what's happening and to prepare for it. And hey, these like we're on right now, this is a public hearing, right? Anybody can log on and listen to this, right? Anybody in Clark County? >> Yes. >> So we need to start getting our membership involved, engage and understand as best we can. If that makes sense. >> Emily, I think you had it righ