A top Clark County public works official has been placed on administrative leave while the county continues to investigate a potential conflict of interest involving his wife’s firm, a spokesperson has confirmed.

The county’s construction management division oversaw the award of a multimillion-dollar contract to a team that included Rock Solid Project Solutions. Rock Solid is owned by Raquel Floyd, the wife of Jimmy Floyd, who manages the division.

“Jimmy Floyd has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation,” Jennifer Cooper, a county spokesperson, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in an email Wednesday. He was placed on leave on May 22, she said.

Meanwhile, a complaint regarding the potential conflict has been filed with the state ethics commissio

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