Nye County commissioner settles ethics case over family employment issue

A Nye County ethics case tied to family employment ended with Commissioner Ron Boskovich agreeing to a consent order that could soften a willful violation if he stays clean for a year.

The Nevada Commission on Ethics accepted the stipulated order at its April 16, 2025 meeting after reviewing a conflict that involved Boskovich’s daughter and ex-spouse, both Nye County employees. Under the agreement, the violation would be reduced to nonwillful only if Boskovich completes a one-year compliance period without any additional ethics problems. He also agreed to seek an advisory opinion from the commission and complete ethics training.

The resolution is meant to restore public trust, but it also places new scrutiny on any county decisions, votes or personnel actions that touch those family relationships. In practical terms, Boskovich will have to be more cautious about disclosures and recusals whenever county business could affect his daughter or ex-spouse, both of whom work for the county.

The commission’s release said its next meeting was set for June 18 in Ely, Nevada. That same day, commissioners also considered another ethics matter and declined to approve a proposed resolution involving Dwayne McClinton, the director of the Governor’s Office of Energy. The commission’s workload underscores how often local and state officials in Nevada end up before the body when questions arise about conflicts, disclosures and public decisions.

Boskovich’s case follows another Nye County ethics matter that drew attention only two years earlier. In 2023, former Commissioner Leo Blundo entered a stipulated agreement after failing to disclose financial interests before a vote on pandemic-relief funding. That case centered on aid tied to his business, Carmelo’s Bistro, and raised questions about whether county money had been steered into the orbit of a commissioner’s private interests.

Together, the two cases show a recurring problem for Nye County: when elected officials have ties to family members or businesses that stand to benefit from county actions, disclosure rules are not optional. The Boskovich agreement does not end that scrutiny. Instead, it sets a formal test for the next year, and any new ethics issue could leave the violation classified as willful and keep the county commissioner under the commission’s microscope.