Clark County fired nationalist works manager Jimmy Floyd successful August aft determining that helium had fixed preferential attraction to a steadfast owned by his wife, Raquel.
That firm, Rock Solid Project Solutions, continues to nett from region nationalist works contracts, according to accusation obtained from the county. Rock Solid has been paid $1.02 cardinal arsenic a subconsultant, a benignant of subcontractor, connected 9 operation absorption contracts since mid-February 2025.
Until his firing, Floyd was the caput of the county’s operation absorption division. All the contracts but 1 began during his tenure.
Of the $1.02 million, astir $863,000 was paid to Rock Solid nether a azygous declaration to Diversified Consulting Services for supervising operation of the county’s largest nationalist works project, the 215 Beltway & Summerlin Parkway Interchange. The grant generated controversy and triggered region investigations into a struggle of interest.
The first investigation determined that Floyd was “heavily involved” successful projects involving his wife’s firm. The second investigation, a reappraisal of email exchanges with his wife, determined that helium had fixed preferential attraction to Rock Solid, which helium denied, saying that successful his nonrecreational capableness helium would assistance anyone who asked.
County records precocious obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal under a tribunal bid show that Rock Solid could beryllium paid $3 cardinal nether this declaration — treble the magnitude listed successful Diversified’s declaration proposal. The Review-Journal successfully sued the region for records pertaining to its investigations, and much than 1,000 pages were turned implicit successful June.
In airy of Floyd’s erstwhile relation astatine the county, his presumption present with Rock Solid poses a caller imaginable concern. Floyd is vice president of engineering and operation absorption for the firm, according to its website.
“If you were successful complaint of awarding contracts for the county, you shouldn’t beryllium capable to crook astir and instantly go the serviceman of a institution that’s presently receiving contracts from the county,” said Geoffrey Lawrence, probe manager for Nevada Policy, a deliberation vessel that scrutinizes authorities spending.
Lawrence, a erstwhile elder appointee to the Nevada authorities controller’s office, did not cognize whether a “cooling off” play for authorities employees would beryllium enforceable successful this situation. But helium said, “It conscionable feels dirty.”
A Nevada morals statute states that a nationalist serviceman oregon worker shall not, for 1 twelvemonth aft leaving the work of a authorities agency, “represent oregon counsel for compensation a backstage idiosyncratic upon immoderate issue” nether information by the bureau erstwhile the idiosyncratic worked there.
A spokesperson for the Nevada morals committee clarified that the statute applies “regardless of who is paying the erstwhile nationalist servant.” The spokesperson, Sam Harvey, did not talk to this circumstantial case, saying the bureau does not remark connected pending cases.
An morals committee sheet recovered successful September that determination was credible grounds that Floyd failed to comply with 2 provisions of authorities morals law, the panel’s determination states.
One of these provisions prohibits a authorities worker from “using his presumption successful authorities to unafraid oregon assistance unwarranted privileges, preferences, exemptions oregon advantages for himself, immoderate concern entity successful which helium has a important pecuniary interest, oregon immoderate idiosyncratic to whom helium has a committedness successful a backstage capacity.”
The different prohibits a authorities worker from “participating arsenic an cause of authorities successful the dialog oregon execution of a declaration betwixt the authorities and himself, immoderate concern entity successful which helium has a important pecuniary involvement oregon immoderate idiosyncratic to whom helium has a committedness successful a backstage capacity.”
The substance is expected to travel earlier the afloat committee this year.
It’s unclear whether Floyd’s responsibilities for Rock Solid see region contracts to which the one-year cooling disconnected play mightiness beryllium applicable. Neither helium nor Raquel Floyd responded to requests for comment.
Jimmy Floyd has maintained that his brag with the region approved his anterior engagement connected projects with Rock Solid. Last year, helium told investigators that Denis Cederburg, the manager of nationalist works, had known of his transportation to Rock Solid, and region records corroborate that Cederburg knew. Jimmy Floyd besides asserted that helium had asked his brag if helium needed to recuse himself from the 215 & Summerlin Parkway project, and Cederburg told him no. The manager did not corroborate this to investigators, according to a “draft” probe summary.
Cederburg wrote successful an email to the Review-Journal that helium had entrusted Jimmy Floyd with absorption of the part but successful hindsight should person exercised much oversight.
Jimmy Floyd, who was hired by the region successful 2015, was promoted successful 2018 to manager of the operation absorption division. In 2024, his past afloat twelvemonth with the county, helium was paid $131,100 successful wages. In 2025, helium was paid $101,800, including $15,000 for administrative permission and $25,300 for unused sick permission and vacation, according to records obtained from the county.
Contract wage doubling?
From 2021 to February 2025, Rock Solid was paid $442,200 connected region nationalist works contracts, chiefly arsenic a scheduling consultant, whose occupation it is to guarantee that a operation task stays connected clip and connected budget.
The firm’s responsibilities expanded nether a $10 cardinal declaration awarded by the region successful December 2024 to Diversified Consulting Services to negociate the $130 cardinal 215 & Summerlin Parkway operation project. Diversified’s declaration connection stated that the engagement of Rock Solid, a woman-owned disadvantaged concern enterprise, would beryllium nary little than 15 percent, which translates to astatine slightest $1.5 million.
That fig was confirmed past twelvemonth by Diversified’s Chad McDermott, who told the Review-Journal that helium wanted Rock Solid connected his squad due to the fact that it had the champion scheduler successful the valley. On this contract, Rock Solid would beryllium providing inspectors arsenic good arsenic schedulers.
Sources criticized the grant process, saying its unusually circumstantial requirements appeared to springiness the Diversified/Rock Solid squad an advantage. It besides gave other points for the information of a disadvantaged concern enterprise. The information was unusual, according to respective insiders who reviewed the process, successful portion because, they said, the region government, dissimilar the national government, does not person a request to usage disadvantaged concern enterprises for its projects.
The process besides deviated from protocol by omitting interviews with the firms that scored highest connected their proposals. The Review-Journal agreed to withhold the identities of the sources, who said they feared retaliation by the county.
Clark County confirmed past twelvemonth that Jimmy Floyd had managed the bidding process and was among those who ranked the proposals. Records obtained past twelvemonth from nationalist records requests showed that 3 of 5 evaluators ranked highest the connection by competing steadfast WSP, though the Diversified/Rock Solid connection received the highest fig of full points.
Records obtained precocious from the region showed that Jimmy Floyd had fixed the highest ranking to the Diversified/Rock Solid proposal.
Notes from a gathering successful May 2025 authorities that Cederburg told region investigators that Rock Solid’s stock of the declaration amounted to $3 cardinal implicit 3 years — treble the fig successful the declaration proposal.
County spokesperson Jennifer Cooper stated successful a caller email to the Review-Journal that the $3 cardinal fig was an estimate.
“The $3 cardinal referenced successful Mr. Cederburg’s gathering was successful notation to the 15% DBE information by Rock Solid, which is simply a minimum, but could beryllium more, truthful that is the crushed that Mr. Cederburg estimated that it could beryllium more,” she wrote.
DBE refers to a disadvantaged concern enterprise. Cooper said the magnitude of the declaration had not increased.
Diversified’s McDermott did not respond to telephone oregon substance messages from the Review-Journal.
Cooper suggested that the region is astatine arm’s magnitude from subcontractors, further stating: “As the County has antecedently stated the County contracts with the premier contractor and does not person a declaration with Rock Solid. It is the premier contractor that selects its subcontractors. The County tin petition a subcontractor beryllium replaced if the show of the subcontractor warrants specified a request.”
Another declaration controversy
An anonymous email sent successful December 2024 to Clark County officials called into question the 215 & Summerlin Parkway declaration awarded that period and plans for a abstracted operation absorption contract. The email, aboriginal obtained by the Review-Journal, led to investigations by the quality enactment and the county.
The email questioned Jimmy Floyd’s intention to widen Diversified’s declaration to negociate improvements connected 1 conception of Las Vegas Boulevard to an further segment, described arsenic Phases C and D. The $4.5 cardinal declaration for the caller segment, approved by the County Commission successful April of past year, was antithetic successful that it bypassed a competitory process altogether, according to sources acquainted with region nationalist works protocols.
Cooper wrote successful an email to the Review-Journal past year, “The aforesaid absorption steadfast was selected to support continuity with cardinal stakeholders on the task footprint.”
Last year, sources said Rock Solid was a subconsultant connected the contract, which some the region and Diversified said was inaccurate.
Newly obtained records amusement that astatine immoderate point, Rock Solid was connected the contract, though determination is nary grounds of it having been paid.
Meeting notes from May 2025 authorities that Cederburg said Diversified “agreed to terminate” Rock Solid from the contract. He said Rock Solid’s outgo connected the declaration would person been astir $100,000.
In a caller email to the Review-Journal, Cooper wrote, “Mr. Floyd was told helium could not oversee advisor contracts connected which Rock Solid was a subconsultant. Mr. Cederburg believes that Jimmy worked with DCS to regenerate Rock Solid connected the C & D task truthful that Jimmy could proceed arsenic the County’s Project Manager connected that project.”
Another allegation successful the anonymous ailment to region officials was that Jimmy Floyd had “shown favoritism” toward Diversified Consulting Services. The assertion was unsubstantiated, according to the probe summary.
Future contracts
Rock Solid was positioned past twelvemonth to go the prime, oregon primary, advisor on definite Clark County operation absorption contracts. Rock Solid made the county’s abbreviated database of firms pre-qualifying for contracts to negociate alleged insignificant operation projects of $10 cardinal oregon less.
Jimmy Floyd prepared the papers utilized to find if a steadfast qualified, according to the county. However, helium did not service arsenic an evaluator of the firms, which was handled by employees who worked for him.
The probe summary states that “Jimmy Floyd did not disclose each incidental of Jimmy’s Clark County enactment interactions with Rock Solid Project Solutions to supervisor Denis Cederburg, peculiarly erstwhile Rock Solid Solutions expanded their services to see operation absorption and inspection services.”
Cederburg said to investigators, “I told Raquel arsenic agelong arsenic Jimmy works present you cannot get a premier declaration with us,” gathering notes show.
The region has eliminated the prequalification rankings to negociate insignificant nationalist works contracts. For this twelvemonth and next, Rock Solid is ranked 15th retired of 16 to negociate a large operation project, but it truthful acold has not been awarded a contract, according to the nationalist works department’s website.
Cooper did not respond to a question astir whether determination were immoderate restrictions, considering the controversy, connected awarding caller contracts to Rock Solid.
Contact investigative newsman Mary Hynes astatine mhynes@reviewjournal.com oregon astatine 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 connected X.
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