Tonopah posts March 11 agenda, proposes funding Tasers from Public Safety tax

The Tonopah Town Board posted a regular meeting agenda for March 11, 2026 that, alongside routine items such as a consent agenda, minutes and invoices, lists a proposal to fund purchases of Axon Taser 10 devices using the town’s Public Safety tax. A PDF of the agenda is available on the Tonopah town website, the notice indicates.

Pursuant to NRS 241.020, the town’s public notice explains where the agenda was posted and how residents can obtain supporting documents. The notice states the agenda was posted at the Tonopah Town Office, 140 South Main Street; the Tonopah Post Office, 201 S. Main St; the Tonopah Public Library, 167 Central St; the Tonopah Convention Center, 301 Brougher Ave; and the Nye County Courthouse, 101 Radar Rd, Tonopah. The Deputy Town Clerk can be reached at (775) 482-6336 and in person at 140 South Main Street for requests for the full agenda packet.

The posted packet includes a timed agenda entry showing a 6:00 p.m. recess to the Tonopah Library Board of Trustees and the Pledge of Allegiance. The agenda text in the posting is truncated after the phrase "Town of Tonopah is an equal opportunity," so the full sequence of timed items and the board’s overall start time are not shown in the excerpt available from the public posting.

The town’s published public comment and decorum rules appear on the agenda. The board warns it "reserves the right to reduce the time allowed for public comment." The board also states it "may prohibit comment on individual agenda items, if the content of the comment is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of the Board, or if the content of the comments is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of other speakers." The notice also invites persons to "submit comments in writing on the agenda items and/or attend and make comments on that item at the Board meeting."

The materials posted and the headline assertion that the Axon Taser 10 funding proposal appears on the March 11 agenda leave several specifics unlisted in the public excerpt: no agenda item number, no staff report, no dollar amount, no number of devices, no vendor contract details and no indication whether the board will vote that night. Reporters and citizens seeking the complete packet are directed to obtain the full March 11 PDF and any backup documents by contacting the Deputy Town Clerk at (775) 482-6336 or visiting the Tonopah Town Office at 140 South Main Street.

The board’s regular meeting is set for March 11, 2026; the posted agenda makes clear the Taser funding proposal will be listed for consideration at that meeting and that public comment rules apply to speakers who attend or submit written statements in advance.