IVGID Board reinstates domestic partner benefits

Mar 13, 2009

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Bill Horn, IVGID General Manager
775-832-1206
Ted Fuller, IVGID Chairman
775- 832-1207

IVGID Board reinstates domestic partner benefits

INCLINE VILLAGE, NV:  On March 11, 2009 during an expressive outpouring from the community members of Incline Village and Crystal Bay, the Incline Village GID Board of Trustees reversed their decision regarding Domestic Partners health benefits of February 25, 2009, which had threatened to take away health benefits from District employees in Domestic Partnerships.  The spirited debate at the Board level invited an outstanding dialogue between the Trustees and dozens of community members who spoke in favor of the Trustees reversing their earlier decision.  During the community members poignant pleas for reversal, words like equality, diversity, trust, community and fairness were repeated again and again.  At the conclusion of the Trustees public interaction with the community members in the audience, the Trustees voted to overturn their previous resolution.

The Incline Village General Improvement District, commonly referred to as IVGID, is a quasi-public agency established under Nevada Revised Statute, Chapter 318 and chartered to provide water, sewer, trash and recreation services for the communities of Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada. It is governed by an elected Board of Trustees which, acting on behalf of the electorate, sets policy and determines strategies for the accomplishment of its charter. Incline Village and Crystal Bay are located on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.

For more information, please contact General Manager William B. Horn at 832-1206 or Chairman Ted Fuller at 832-1207.