NRS 254.050: Assistants and employees; salaries and expenses.

1. The county engineer may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint such assistants and other employees as are necessary to the proper functioning of his or her office.

2. The salaries of such assistants and employees and the other expenses of conducting the office of the county engineer shall be fixed and determined by the county engineer with the consent and approval of the board of county commissioners.