Carson City Board of Supervisors Meeting: January 15, 2026
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It looks like a fun day's getting started.
Um, may I have a roll call, please, Mr.
Hohen.
Good morning, Supervisor Giaomi.
Here, Supervisor White.
Supervisor Horton, Supervisor Shuty.
Here.
Mayor Bagwell.
Here.
You have your quorum.
Thank you so much.
We're now on.
He is ready, as always.
Pastor Haskins, get us started.
Let's pray.
Loving Heavenly Father, we realize this time of the year is winter, often a metaphor for the end of days yet.
Here in January, the beginning of a new year.
And the opportunities, the new opportunities before us are great.
I pray for our mayor and the supervisors as they oversee the work of this community.
And just pray, Father, that the good decisions they make, the seeds that are planted now, will bear much fruit later in this year, as well as see positive results even now.
So bless their efforts, I pray in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Amen.
I see Mr.
Razor in the room.
Would you lead us in the pledge?
One nation under God.
Indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Thank you.
Thank you, uh Pastor Haskins, and thank you, Andy.
Okay.
We're now going to go to beginning public comment.
Is there any opening them public comment today?
No.
Okay.
Then we'll move right along to our approval of our minutes of December 18th.
Does any member have any changes?
See none.
Supervisor Geomi, a motion, please.
Move to approve the meeting minutes for the board of supervisors from the 18th of December 2025.
I second.
A motion and a second for approval.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, say no.
Let the record reflect it was unanimous.
Okay.
Now we're going to go to our length of service certificates and a radon proclamation.
So if you'll join me on the floor, that would be wonderful.
Let's see who our superstars are.
This one.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I know.
And you have to be in a picture.
So how about Dan?
It's technically a different name.
I'm gonna just go with Dan, because that's what we call him.
Right.
So um, wow, ten years.
I guess it's true that he was hired after after I started, but right towards the beginning of there.
Well, I'm sure I'm speaking on behalf of all of us, or they can speak for themselves.
What an honor and pleasure it's been to have you as our board counsel.
And uh we just really appreciate the hard work that you always do on behalf of this board.
And then I uh think the boss man might say better words, but here you go.
All right.
Um for those of you who don't know Dan, I think probably everybody in this room does because if you come to the board meetings, you have had contact with Danner at one point or another.
Dan is probably one of the best, if not the best attorney this board has had.
His knowledge of how to construct and write Nevada laws is second to none in any municipality across the state.
This city is incredibly benefited by the service and skill and expertise he is able to provide.
I would say he is absolutely essential to what goes on in the city day in and day out.
He keeps us from getting sued, he keeps us from, he helps us avoid those pitfalls that are so easy to have when we're constructing laws and affecting business in this city so that things are done right every time.
So a big thanks to Dan for everything he does.
Those uh were true words spoken.
Okay, how about Joy Holt, our library director?
Five years.
Oh my gosh.
I find that one hard to believe, too.
And I hear nothing but great things on how much you're uh doing at that library to make it good for everyone in the community.
So thank you so much for your service and your action.
And I can't wait to see what else you can come up with.
But I think Sari might be here.
Yeah, she'd say a few words.
Thank you.
On behalf of the Carson City Library Board of Trustees, I offer our heartfelt congratulations to Joy Holt on receiving this well-deserved certificate of longevity.
Joy's dedication, her leadership, and unwavering commitment to fostering learning and community engagement, have enriched the lives of countless Carson City residents.
You have no idea.
Her years of service stand as a testament to her passion for libraries as places of knowledge and connection.
We celebrate Joy not only for her remarkable tenure, but also for the lasting impact she has made on the Carson City Library and the community it serves.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, and our last one for today is Jeannie White Kelly, a skilled trades technician.
Is it only five years?
I feel like I've known her forever because she works so hard.
I see you everywhere.
Um just fantastic job.
But thank you.
Unknown secrets, right?
Christmas lights, things like that.
This is this is the lady.
She is fantastic, and I can't thank you enough for uh helping make the city shine.
Right?
Shine bright, I should just say, and maybe uh Darren will see.
Yeah, Jeannie, we're so lucky to to have you and to the mayor's point.
It's um everybody that meets her.
She she walks around with a smile on, even though the things that she deals with don't necessarily bring that out.
But um Jeannie leads our our city safety committee um and makes sure that we're safe.
She oversees uh the fire systems, fire sprinklers, uh, elevators, all of those things that we need to make sure that we're we're safe in what we do.
She also um does things like replace these flags when they need replace.
That that was that was Jeannie who did that for us here.
So she's often in the background, she's always got a smile, and uh, we really really value the work that you do.
Thank you, Jeannie.
So let's see.
We had 10 years, five years, five years.
Am I getting at least 10 more?
Come on.
I need yeses.
You can't come in here without that, right?
Uh, we need to keep our great employees.
So again, thank you all so much for all that you do.
Do you have family or friends or coworkers that want to jump in the picture and join in?
Because uh he's gonna do a proof one.
So come on in.
It's really what it's worth, right?
Yeah, come on in.
I always have the best spot because I'm short, so it works.
Yeah.
Thank you so much.
Again, congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thanks, Jeannie.
Okay, then we've got a proclamation this morning.
Come on up, Adam.
Adam Carpenter with uh thank you.
Uh look forward to uh first.
So this is a proclamation on the National Radon Action Month in Nevada.
Guess which month it is.
I know you guys got this right, January.
So whereas the state of Nevada, known for its natural beauty, is also home to abundant uranium deposits that, while beneficial in certain applications, naturally break down into radon gas, a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas that can pose serious health risks to residents.
Whereas radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, and the second leading cause among smokers, with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency estimating that 21,000 Americans lose their lives each year due to lung cancer caused by radon.
Isn't that amazing?
And it can be avoided, right?
You're gonna tell us how.
Okay.
So this part you get to keep, and then he's gonna uh talk to us all about it and tell us how we can test our homes.
You can have any one of them you'd like.
Oh, read the share.
Oh, you want a picture?
Oh well.
We need a picture.
Do you have any other staff that you're doing?
Not today.
Not today.
Okay.
Okay, we are now on agenda item 7C, which is the uh presentation about the radon and the annual report of the co-op extension.
Adam, tell us what you're up to.
Hi, thanks for thank you, Mayor Bagwell and the board for allowing me to present today and for reading the radon proclamation.
First thing I'll mention to the board and the public is I'd encourage everyone who's curious or interested to visit our office on 727 Fairview.
Sweet F.
We are offering free radon test kits through January and February.
So that's the first step in finding out if you're at risk.
And uh Carson County is I would say the um it's more at risk um for whatever reason for radon than many of the other counties in the state.
So I'd encourage everyone, especially those living in older homes, to come get a free test kit, and then we can help you from there figure out what to do if if your levels are high.
So now I'd like to discuss the annual report um for fiscal year 2425.
So just a reminder this covers the fiscal year from July 1st of 2024 through June 30th of 2025.
Uh and just as an aside, I was brought on to this position in January of 2025.
It's been just over a year, so uh I do anticipate some of these, the numbers and um participation to increase.
Uh so don't hold any anything against me.
I was the first few months, I was just getting getting my uh my feet under me.
So I think this next year, all these numbers, everything will hopefully the next annual report, uh, things will look even even brighter.
But I'm gonna just talk about some of the some of the points that I've highlighted from each of the programs that we offer through the UNR extension program.
So beginning with the Master Gardeners, we hold monthly talks at the community garden.
Um we do nine each year.
So winter months when the garden's not open, we typically hold off.
Uh we did, we had almost 90 participants from the public come last year.
Um we also had a community plant sale where we sold over 750 plants.
We're up increasing that to 800 this year.
So it's a great way for the community to come out, learn about what types of things grow well in Nevada.
Uh the Master Gardeners are a great resource to find out.
We hear people say they move from other states and they can't grow a tomato anymore.
Uh so contact us, the Master Gardener Program can certainly help out with that.
The 4-H youth development program.
We saw we reached nearly 2,000 youth in the community uh last year.
And again, these numbers, this report does include Carson and Story County, but um I can say that the all of our active clubs for 4-H are in Carson.
So these numbers uh, and and we get most of our participants come down from Story.
So the numbers in this packet do reflect uh what we do here in Carson.
So nearly 2,000 youth uh with we have 160 members in clubs, nine active clubs.
We're looking to increase that as well.
We have 300 youth in our after-school programs.
Uh, these include partnerships we've done with the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada and some of the some of the elementary schools, such as Fremont Elementary as well.
This includes participating in local STEM nights, um, reaching the public through events such as Sheriff's Night Out, which the 4-H program participates in each year.
We have 14 adult volunteers and 10 youth volunteers who help make this all possible for us.
Um, and we reached nearly 1,500 people in the in the public just through the the events that we do participate in again as Sheriff's Night Out and some of the some of the other community events that we we partake.
The SNAP ed program, supplemental nutrition assistance program, which as an aside does end uh this year at May 31st, as the uh federal funding was was cut from that.
So we're looking for ways to partner with local community organizations so that we can continue uh the important nutritional information work that we do.
But uh this past year we partnered with the Carson City School District Nutrition Services, Fritch and Fremont Elementary School, Chartwells, which is the food service provider for Carson City, and the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada.
Uh through that we were able to reach over 600 students.
Uh we had two classrooms at uh Fremont Elementary School had a hydroponic program that they were able to we were helped able to help them uh implement where students could learn how to grow leafy green vegetables and even include that in their their school lunches.
Uh at those two elementary schools, we made sure that we had USDA student nutrition healthy messaging posted in their school cafeterias.
We had made sure that certain uh we make sure that you know to try to help students realize certain nutritional choices, such as uh ensuring that white milk is is placed in front of the sugary drinks and chocolate milk, uh, that students have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Fritch elementary school, they were given a gold certificate for continued commitment and creating healthy spaces for students.
Part of this was even having a salad bar at their school lunches and with fresh peppers and onions, and the kids were really excited about it, which um I was shocked to see elementary school kids excited about uh fresh vegetables.
So something that is really important, and we will find a way to continue doing uh with or without the SNAP assistance.
The next program, Living with Fire.
Uh we do have this one is separated uh Living with Fire in Story and Carson County.
So I'll talk about living with fire in Carson City.
Uh they were able to partner with Carson City High School on a uh Living with Fire art contest program.
So we had 33 students at Carson City High School, which was an initiative encouraging students to explore the science of wildfire and their personal experiences, uh, expressing those insights through original visual artwork.
Living with fire, what they do is really help ensure that people in our community are aware of how to create defensible space for their homes, what to do if there are fire emergencies, how to utilize apps and and local government to find out if if there is fire threat for them.
And as you can see, they participated and presented in several different events uh throughout the year.
The Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators Meeting, Carson City High School again, uh the Carson City partner with the Carson City Fire Department for the Community Fire Assistance Program and presented at the Carson City Fire Wildfire Preparedness Workshop.
The radon program, as we mentioned, uh, I'll skip ahead a little bit here.
We distributed more than 5,500 uh long and short term radon test kits last year, with over 3,500 of those being used.
So it is something that people are obviously in tune with, and we're excited that more and more people are becoming aware of radon, the dangers to it, and and how to to test for it.
How many were positive?
Well, it's you know, it's it's uh it's a a range.
So um, you know, all of them we even have one in our office, and it'll it'll fluctuate throughout the day.
Uh so there's going to be certain levels that everyone will likely experience, but you know, a certain amount is just natural is is okay.
Uh once you get above certain levels.
Um, and we can, if you come into our office, we can discuss what those look like because like any exposure, you know, if there's a quick spike, uh, you know, sometimes the the earth moves, there's a little spike, it goes back down.
That's okay.
It's when you have sustained high levels.
And there are uh, as you mentioned, companies and organizations that will help mitigate that.
A lot of times in older homes with basements, crawl spaces.
So if you if you do have a home like that, it's it's a good idea to get it tested.
And we incur again.
We've just this month alone, we've had so many calls and responses from the public, uh, local organizations coming in to get tested.
So it is important, and it's uh something again for they're normally $15.
They're free this month in February.
So I'd encourage you to come check that out.
And then finally, uh just a brief update on the the numbers for last year.
So the uh the state as the fiscal year 24 expenses by county, the state and federal, that goes towards salary for for our staff.
We have the expenses, the county expenses, which is what we invoice Carson County for.
Again, uh, you know, my salary didn't come on board until about halfway through the year.
So that number will certainly be uh should be closer to the the money that we um the opening balance that we begin with.
We have grants for our programs such as the SNAP education radon program and living with fire, uh gifts, which these are uh new gift funds received in fiscal year 2025, and our our the others are sales account.
So what we bring in from our uh the plant sale and some of the other public uh the fundraising opportunities we have.
Um and then finally just the county fund summary.
So you can see the revenue, which is the money that um Carson takes in from state taxes and such, the expenses what we invoiced for and our ending balance, uh, which again I'm hoping that this year with not only my salary and and potential of bringing on some other staff, but the more programs we participate in.
Uh I know I've I've really tried to make a concerted effort from coming on to to be out in the community and and we're getting back into the schools.
We want to bring more STEM education into the classroom and and really and increase our presence uh this year in Carson.
So hoping to uh be invoicing for for a lot more this year.
So that's all I have.
If if I don't know if there's time for questions, but does anyone have any questions?
I just want to say thank you for all you do.
It is such an important um uh program and the extension and all the outreach that you do, and it really benefits the community.
So thank you.
Absolutely.
It's it's been a real joy working with you on a few projects and uh don't worry, we'll try and help you fulfill your goal of having more to do.
No, I look forward to it.
Okay, thank you so much.
Thank you, Adam, and have a good day.
Okay, we're gonna move to our consent agenda.
I didn't have anyone request anything.
So Supervisor uh Giomi.
Move to approve the consent agenda consisting of item 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A.
Wait, there's more.
12A, 12B, 12C, 13A, 13B, and 14A, all as presented.
I have a motion and a second for approval.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, say no.
Let the record reflect it was unanimous.
Thank you.
We're now on to agenda item 16A.
This is for discussion and possible action on our annual review of the treasurer's investment policy.
Mr.
Treasurer Andy Razor, you want to just give us some highlights?
Yes.
Thanks.
Good morning, Mayor, Board of Supervisors again for the raise our record, Andrew Razor, Carson City Treasurer.
And so as required by the Carson City Charter, the Carson City Treasurer has responsibility of maintaining an investment policy, which has to be presented to the Board of Supervisors every year.
And this investment policy outlines what the legal investment options are for the Treasurer's Office to invest the surplus funds that the city has, but also provides that guideline and that framework that contributes to our investment plan, the difference between investment policy and an investment plan.
And for this investment policy, there wasn't much change compared to the one that you reviewed last year.
If there was any change that was kind of significant, it would have been in section 4.6, which would have been the diversification parameters.
And that really just dealt with the negotiable certificates of deposit and the non-negotiable certificates of deposit.
And really in those, we don't have much in our investment portfolio to begin with, with those types of investment options.
And so with that, we just reduced the amount of that we would contain in the in the portfolio.
So we went from 30% for non-negotiable, I'm sorry, for negotiable to 10%, and then from non-negotiable from 20% to 10%.
And so that was really the biggest change.
Everything else really just consisted of cleanup language, um, review.
Some of it even had to do with the change in our email address going from treasure at Carson.org to CarsonCity.gov.
And looking at the status of our investment portfolio right now, we're actually doing very well.
As you see every month, I provide the treasure's report to you, and that also includes what the investment uh portfolio contains.
So as of December 31st, that's uh also agenda item 14 for today.
But you can see that we have a total of 235,263, 825 dollars.
And so that consists of our LGIP, which is essentially our liquid account, and then the rest with GPA meter and buckhead capital.
And so if you look at the last few years, especially with interest rates being so high when they started to jump up around 2022, you can see that we really saw a significant increase in our portfolio.
And that has really benefited Carson City, especially with the LGIP with the being our liquid one.
So we've actually got done well with the interest that we get in that.
And as I've mentioned uh before, investment for for governments, when we have that option to do that, that's one of the few ways that we can actually make money without charging the citizens.
So it is a benefit to have investments on the government side, and it does uh pay us to do so.
And looking at our policy and our portfolio for this year, we've actually done well for this last uh 12 months in that with the big construction projects that the city has had, we haven't had to pull out of any of our three um, I guess strategic investment portfolios, that being uh buckhead, GPA, and and meter.
And so every month we have maturities that are coming up, and instead of having to pull those out, we've actually been able to use our LGIP, like I mentioned, which is our liquid account.
And so all the money that we've kept in our three strategic ones, we've actually been able to roll over and reinvest.
So that actually helps us out.
But we do have that option when you look at our maturities every month to say, hey, if we needed money and we didn't have enough covered in our LGIP, which we do, but if we did have to pull it out, we would have that monthly um uh maturities coming up in each of those accounts that we could uh rely upon.
So I don't know if you have any questions for me at this time.
Does any member have a question?
No.
Is there any public comment on this item?
Okay, then I'll bring it back up here for a motion.
We would like to jump in today.
Wanna do it, Curtis?
All right, thank you.
I move to approve the investment policy as presented.
I second.
I have a motion in several seconds.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye, aye.
Any opposed, say no.
Thank you for the great uh report and good job.
Thank you.
Okay.
We're now on to agenda item 17A, which is discussion and presentation on the Carson City Sheriff's Office for your uh Tyler Technology Implementation Project.
Uh Jerome, are you gonna and the sheriff and neither at all at all?
Is that that kind of neat thing at all?
Oh, it is.
Okay, come on up, team.
Oh Lord.
Just for the record, uh, Sheriff Verlung.
Um and before they get started, uh obvious, or not obviously, uh, we like to keep the board informed of the progress of major progress projects that are taking place.
And this one, um, if if you were to ask me, is Jerome.
I hate to put you on the spot, but it's nearly going seamlessly with the cooperation of every department here in the city, and and the commitment is huge to make this happen all together.
Kevin.
Yeah, Kevin Nyberg, just for the record.
Um giving the sheriff's office a compliment.
But um honestly, in all seriousness, uh very large project with um very real consequences to the end users if it doesn't go well.
Um, and for as many um pieces to this that you'll see in the presentation that you're aware of because you approved the project, but um uh keeping the team together and keeping on track.
Um, Jerome's doing a great job at the helm.
And I just want to point out Jen um Stelfer from dispatch as well, doing a great job keeping the team on track and addressing challenges.
So that's what I got.
Yeah.
Frank Bell for the record, uh, CIO.
Yeah, the the project is going pretty smoothly.
Um the team um from JMS to RMS to dispatch fire, the whole team is working quite well together and everything else.
A lot of training going on.
We still have a lot of little anomalies that we have to fix, and that's gonna be in any um any system, any new system, especially at this size.
So far, so good.
Looking pretty good.
I think we'll make our date.
It's pretty fantastic.
Garrett Brooke, Carson City District Attorney for the record.
Sorry, we're a little short on seats.
Um, our we've been working closely with the sheriff's office as well.
As this board knows, we have an interface with them that allows for the receipt of arrest records, jail information, all the things necessary for us to do our job, which has necessitated um getting the company we work with to work with the company they're working with.
And so there have been a lot of meetings to make that happen, but things are on track and moving forward as they need to.
Perfect.
It's almost scary that it's going so well.
Yeah, you know what I mean.
Something's coming our way.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, you're on record, you all know that, right?
Uh Jerome Tushman for the record, uh, it's a facade.
Yeah.
Uh behind the scenes.
Uh, we we are working very hard to make it look like we're not working very hard.
Um for all of us on this team, uh, this uh implementation is our second job.
We still have our primary job, and we are we have reallocated with the exception of just a couple of our employees.
Um these are things that we're doing in addition to our other duties.
Um, so a lot of long hours.
Um I did a paper cut the other day, so there's actually blood, sweat, and tears.
Um, and uh uh I'm gonna try and get through this in my allocated time.
Yeah, you're really uh so many jokes that it just writes themselves.
Yeah, thank you, sir.
Um I'm gonna try and get through uh I I I presented the board uh for the record.
I did throw up the definitions.
I'm gonna just call this the Tyler Technology Implementation Project and get through this slide pretty fast.
Um back in August of 2002, we had the uh Tiburon project that went online.
Uh I have said to the board many times, uh we we've probably outlived Tiburon.
Uh we're using duct tape, and and our friends over at IET have done a really good job and making the software working.
That that doesn't get old, it doesn't get tired.
The hardware has has gone beyond it, and uh they've done a really amazing job to keep that going.
And it is going to keep working and keep the community safe until we get Tyler to replace it.
We are good there.
Um the board, thank you very much.
Back in about May of last year, approved the contract of Tyler.
And literally weeks later, Tyler stepped in and we began implementation.
We also have retained uh mission critical partners, and they've been a valuable partner both in selecting Tyler and uh part of the implementation that we're doing here today.
Um, and we are blessed because this meeting is happening during the same week that we are doing uh testing.
So we have a representative today, uh Troy from Mission Critical Partner.
If you could just throw up your hand real quick.
Uh he's here from Back East, uh, and then also uh Anthony from Mission from Tyler Tech, also uh also from Back East, along with his team are here today, and we're trying to break the software.
Uh we are from dispatch to end of records.
We have a team right now just going through, putting in data and doing the best thing that they can to find some errors.
And I can tell you after 16 hours, we're finding some minor issues that we expect, and that's part of the process.
But when you have a million things connecting, even a 99.999%, you're gonna find some issues.
And that's what we're trying to do today.
So when things turn on in June, we're gonna have all everything going nice and smooth.
So I wanted to illustrate what we're I'm calling the universe of this project.
I'm not gonna get into all of it, but I wanted to illustrate and put onto the record.
It isn't just putting a CD ROM into the computer and downloading it and turning it on and having everything work.
This is massive, and it's beyond just the sheriff's office.
It involves IT, DA's office, the fire department, the courts, uh and within the fire department, it's both for uh the EMS and fire responders as well as the investigators.
Uh it involves uh our how we handle evidence and pretty much everything in public safety today.
Uh I also want to take uh some special attention that uh the city administration has been very, very good to us in our collaboration as well as public works, uh, both with uh the the people at the the highest administration as well as the radio shop and uh you know the newly formed Marshall's office over there, they're also jumping in on this, and uh they're gonna be doing their own records management system.
They were there yesterday uh setting up their their new very small uh but uh critical police department, basically that's going to be a spoke from our hub, so they're gonna be able to do their own records management.
So here we have what uh uh is a pretty good representation of how this is designed.
Um if I had time, I'd go through and name every single person and probably still miss some very important people.
Um I'm gonna say very high level, and I'm gonna call out people like the deputy project managers, like Jen Stofer, uh Eza Pacheco, and then thank the board also for uh Kayla and Jost.
Um she is uh recently hired back in September.
You guys uh she's our public safety system specialist, and she has taken the bull by the horns and moved forward.
Uh, we're being supported by contract fiscal, um, and I can't thank Frank's team also.
Uh they're kind of the people in the back end that don't get the uh the recognition that they probably do, but without them, I would not be sitting here today.
Uh and that's not only Frank and both the Andrews, but also everyone at the help desk and everyone who comes over and makes sure those cables are working.
Um I can't thank them enough.
Uh we have uh people working in the training side, and then Kathy Heath over there, who's uh uh was on the original implementation and says things like, hey Jerome, don't do that.
And I'm taking her advice, and uh she's guiding us as we're doing this.
Uh we have uh different functional leads like the investigations, the fire unit, the jail unit, uh records management, uh dispatch, and then some other unkung heroes over there at the uh GIS.
Uh I didn't realize how much work they did for the city and what wonderful people they are over that way.
And we also have the um what we'll call the the records patrol mobile people.
And then over on the other side, you can see we've got the courts, the fire prevention, we have browsers because we have a whole system that handles just traffic accidents and tickets.
Uh, and then we have a whole bunch of issues of taking some old data, uh digital data, and moving it over to our new vendor, also.
Again, keeping this very high level, and there'll be an opportunity for some questions here.
Um from June when we started this till about December when this was uh created.
We got the teams together, we did what's called a future, excuse me, a current and future state analysis where we saw where we are and where we wanted to go.
Uh we started working on the the plans for the infrastructure, state connections, making sure that our computers can talk to the states.
Uh we started looking at uh some software and configuring everything.
Uh the GIS started doing their magic with the overlays and the planning.
Uh we worked on the message switches and uh worked on the test environment, which is what's today.
So basically the software is on and working, and we're putting data in there, and we're making sure that everything works.
Uh, we started working on a bunch of meetings, and internally, just internally, not involving Mission Critical and not involving Tyler.
We've had over 185 internal action items, and that is old, and I think we're probably breaking 200 as of today.
So right this second, we are still working with a vendor to move some of our legacy photo and data over to the new platform.
These are what we'll call large files that have about 20, 25 years of data in there.
We're testing all the interfaces, we're testing the functionality of CAD, mobile, and RMS.
We actually have people driving around today to make sure everything works.
And we'll we'll brag about that here in a second.
I had a meeting yesterday with Carpel in the DA's office.
That is on track, and I think we're gonna be able to have that interface and that system working.
So when a case for prosecution comes in, we'll be able to hit a button and it's gonna be able to go to the DA's office like it should.
So if things going smooth there.
This is a lesson that I've learned that makes the systems break.
So what we have to do is go, okay, well, how does Tyler work?
And then how do we change things in the future?
Um this is gonna take some time and a lot of meetings with a lot of stakeholders.
Uh we're gonna have to make sure all the connections work, everything's uh going well.
We're gonna migrate some data that seems pretty easy, but actually takes a couple months and a lot of time and energy.
Uh, we're gonna make sure Carpel's working.
Uh, we're gonna take the old data that's in Tiburon, we're gonna make it into a usable format so we can look at it uh and still use that as the future goes along.
Uh, we're gonna keep working on uh the testing, and once that is done, we're gonna train people, like train the trainers, and then we're gonna train the end users, and then hopefully we're gonna stay in schedule.
The jail is scheduled for April 20th, and uh then the jail will be on a Tyler system, and then about three weeks after that, about June 2nd, uh we'll be turning on the dispatch mobile and RMS, and about 10 days after that, we should be completely away from Tiburon and onto the Tyler system.
So we have some really exciting things of our outcomes besides the new system working.
Uh we're gonna be cloud-based, which means we're gonna have some great redundancy, resilience, and continuity.
Uh we're gonna hopefully uh be able to reduce some of that technical debt.
We're not gonna have uh the same kind of maintenance and hardware that's gonna be existing here on on site, it's going to be through the cloud.
Things are gonna be faster when uh technology needs to be updated.
Connectivity is going to be amazing, and one of the things that I'm really excited about is potentially a CAD-to-CAD connection, which means Douglas Lion Story Washoe will be able to connect instantaneously instead of dialing a telephone number and talking to them and doing double entries.
Uh we'll be able to do closest unit dispatch, which I know has been a priority for fire and EMS, but it's also going to be very valuable for the sheriff's office.
Uh, we're gonna be able to reduce duplicate entry and uh assisted workflow, that's gonna help both on the fire and the law side.
And then uh we think that all of this is gonna improve safety, decision making, and efficiency.
So let's talk about the money real quick.
Um, some things have cost more money, or there's been some unexpected costs, some things have cost less money.
Uh, what I will tell you is that we're on track and on budget.
Um everything has been either encumbered or allocated.
Uh, we are using over the sheriff's department overtime for a lot of these tasks, and uh our coding is showing about 430 hours of overtime, and uh as we go into this calendar year, uh I expect that's probably going to double in terms of training and um uh requirements as we do this push uh to finish this project on or before July 1st.
Things are going smooth, but uh I am not naive to things going bad.
There is a list of things that could go bad.
Uh we have a lot of mitigations in there, we have mitigations to plans, we have mitigations.
For example, one of my favorite rules is the rule three.
Every task, we have three people to do it.
If I get hit by a bus or win the lottery and disappear tomorrow, there's still two other people who can continue my job.
Uh we have this uh rule for nearly every task, and we want to do that.
So if something happens, this project will continue on without anyone going on.
Now, there's other things that could happen in the world that may affect this, but we're pretty well locked in prices.
We're pretty well locked in terms of where we're at, and I'm optimistic of where we are in this project.
But I I do think it is important to talk about the threats and uh uh the expectations.
So as I start to close, um, I think I can summarize this as saying we're the project is proceeding as expected.
Uh everything that is coming towards us, and there are challenges every day.
Uh and something um I I think I think I talk about it like you're moving out of your house and you you look under the couch and you're like, I didn't know that was there.
And and then you have to fix it or repair it or or clean it.
Um so there's a lot of things that we didn't expect or didn't know.
Uh uh, but we got an amazing team.
Um, and uh I'm surrounded by some really great people, and things are going well.
Uh we've got some great internal relationships, uh, not only within the sheriff's department, but within the city.
And so when things are happening, we are overcoming it.
Uh, and then looking at our relationships with Tyler and Mission Critical, things are going well.
We're staying within budget, and I don't foresee that that's going to change.
And here we are, just right of the halfway mark.
We still got a lot of work to do.
It's a big push.
Um, but I do expect we're going to be going live as expected or very close to those dates.
Optimistically, uh, with caveats in there.
Um, we and everyone else here is open to questions and uh excited for what's going to be happening.
So my main question is how long will we have the Tiburon system once you go live to be able to fall back if you get um an unexpected result or that you know it's wrong that you can actually validate to be able to find out what didn't crosswalk correctly, or so how long will we have access to the Chibron?
So I've already been in conversations with Tiburon for if uh let's say worst case scenario, we're not able to cut off on the date that we expect, and we have to go into July.
Uh basically a soft negotiation to expect if we need to do 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, one year.
Um we don't have numbers for those, and I hope I don't have to use that that contingency.
Uh to answer the other part of the question about the data, the data will remain in Tyler for as long as we have Tyler.
And that is one of the reasons why we use Tyler is they have a very robust system of uh it's not even a migration.
I call it a window into the past, uh, where they take this data and you're able to research it and look at it.
It's no longer Tibron data, it's our data, uh, but it's in an environment that Tyler's able to pull out and look at, print at, it's retained.
Uh that's great.
I think that'll help with any potential uh oh.
Something's not quite right here, and you'll still have data to rely upon to work through cases and stuff.
So that's great news.
Um, supervisor Giomi.
Yeah, I I think the other thing is they won't switch if it isn't working.
I mean, if it's not working, they're not gonna make the switch.
Well, sometimes you don't know.
Yeah, well, they'll they'll know.
They'll do a lot of testing.
They'll know.
Um my question about uh Tyler and uh the legacy component, I guess you know, Tibron because it was housed locally and not cloud-based.
Um we always knew there was going to be a point in time when it would end.
Um with this newer technology and and a lot of the cloud-based applications that are out there in in all industries.
Um, one of the attractive features of it is that there really is no end of life.
Um is is that what we anticipate?
Um because it can be changed and updated so much quicker because it's not, you know, you don't have to do software patches at the local level, so to speak.
I mean, I'm sure there's some, and I'm this is this is not my world, Frank.
But I mean, uh that's one of the questions I have is you know, in 20 years, um, you know, when most of us may or may not be around, is it gonna be the next board trying to go through this again?
Or or do you think there's some um longer life to this?
Frank Bella, um, so that's a good question, and you're absolutely right.
This is we pick this, and the decision of picking this was sustainability.
So any solution that we pick now, we should have a very, very understanding of a good understanding of what that sustainability needs to be.
So yes, it should probably outlive a lot of people that's sitting on this table at this given time.
Okay.
That's good to know.
Uh, and then just uh to to geek out a little bit, uh, Jerome on that uh CAD to CAD uh feature.
Is that is that at the level where you could actually send a call to another CAD system?
Is that the level of granularity we're talking about?
I mean, that's amazing, as opposed to having to make a phone call or I mean you talk about increasing the automatic aid or that's that's huge.
If our allied agencies were on Tyler, we could do that today or July.
Uh they're not uh so that we'd have to work on the interface.
We've had meetings with them, and everyone is on board, it's about money.
Yeah, uh, because it would take money on both sides uh to create it.
Uh we've talked to everyone uh and and we have everyone on board for this.
Uh it's just about making it happen.
Well, but let's get through this, but then let's not let that fall off the radar from from our perspective.
Uh I mean or my perspective, uh the board I I mean that um, you know, we don't uh all of you know this, we don't exist in a vacuum.
Um we we do not and cannot um rely solely on the resources that we own to be able to address everything that happens here, um, whether it's fire or law enforcement or even public works.
And so the ability to quickly summon that help is incredible.
I mean it um and and I'm speaking mostly from the fireside because that's my knowledge base, but um, you know, uh the the fact that uh uh an ambulance from another agency might be half a block away from a cardiac arrest where they could actually do some good is um it would be you know so it um I know you got a lot on your plate right now, um uh because I've been there and I and I get it, and uh um let's just not let that fall off the table at some point and and uh you know it's something we can break.
We've talked about dreamed about and other agencies are on board.
Um thank you for making that a priority.
Yeah, and uh that's just me.
It's the whole board has to decide.
But um I and finally from my perspective, I uh this is this is the backbone of public safety in Carson City.
Um none of what happens in the field can happen unless this is right.
And so I really appreciate the efforts of you and and all the team, Tyler, uh uh, you know, all of the consultants, all of the staff, uh, but but most importantly, our people who um are putting their blood, sweat, and tears into this.
You'll be proud when it's over.
Thank you, sir.
Anyone else?
I I would like to second that.
I mean, at the objective of greater connectivity and collaboration, um, it's an important objective.
And and that also, though, um leads into the importance of working on the interface and and being able to communicate with with other agencies and in a uh as the most efficient way possible.
So thank you for all the work you've done and and thank you for answering my really dumb question, Mr.
I appreciate it.
Thanks so much.
Anyone else?
Okay, well, thank you so much for the presentation, and and please thank all of your staffs out there that are working on this to make it successful because it's gonna be a great product for the residents of Carson City.
So thank you so much.
Okay, part of you get to stay, part of you get to leave.
Yeah, there you go, switch out.
Because we'll switch over to agenda item 17 B, and we'll have our biannual report on our gel conditions.
And thankfully, no uh no deaths of prisoners.
So it's just a great answer right off the top.
Um, and we'll try and let Matt get in here and uh take it off to the sheriff.
A lot of stars and bars out there.
Yeah, it's kind of scary looking.
As we're making the transition over, um, thank you for this opportunity.
We we do this twice a yeah.
Um and I just wanted to um head off a misconception that occurred over just the last 24 hours.
Um your uh board packet has information in it that has um been misunderstood by some and and some articles have been written.
Um and this deals with the immigration I um uh uh numbers that are contained in our jail report.
As we have briefed you before, um we saw that um immigration challenges and information was more important, and so we implemented a process of collecting information.
We informed you folks about that.
Yeah, that began in 2025, last calendar year.
Um there is, and I want this on the record, there is no comparison of 2025 data to 2024.
That data was not being collected in 24.
Um, it was um by error analyzed without our input.
Um so what we have is standalone data.
I assure you that at this point in time, our operations and our cooperations with our uh partner agencies has been going very, very well.
Um we've addressed issues uh predominantly.
I I would say just off the top of my head, uh our mayor has informed me of sometimes a complaint or an observation comes through, and we've been able to track everything down very very effectively.
So, whatever information that the public may have seen that compares data from 2024 to 2025, that is an incorrect incorrect assessment.
The data that you have is solely for 2025.
Captain.
Thank you, Sheriff, and thank you, Board of Supervisors, for taking the time to hear me today and discuss the state of the jail.
Again, this is our second report for this fiscal cycle, and it is the first of the calendar year.
Starting off with, again, I always like to start with what NRS actually governs this and why we have to discuss this.
It is covered under Nevada NRS 211.020.
Again, it is discussed solely the state of the jail and in custody deaths within our facility.
Kind of to summarize before we begin.
Within the past six months, like the mayor had said, we have had zero in custody deaths.
Summarizing building maintenance, we've had 169 work requests within the calendar year of 2025 from July 1st to December 31st.
There have been 80 requests.
Currently, there are no outstanding work orders from them.
Within our detention facility, our medical staff has consulted roughly 4100 inmates, meaning that is in-person uh visit or consultations to discuss various medical aimlets.
And keeping in mind there is only one full-time person and one part-time RN.
So that is a lot of work, and I applaud them for their efforts and keeping us where we're at.
The new communication services, NCIC within the jail is being installed by the end of this month.
What does that mean?
Well, that means is that we're actually implementing new tablets for the entire facility.
And that means they're gonna have charging ports in there and then ready access to tablets for educational purposes.
And I can't thank the Board of Supervisors enough and the sheriff himself for the innovative and openness to having with the evolution of law enforcement and the corrections facility itself.
Well, the tablets themselves, they are gonna be used for certificates, obtaining educational things and also parenting classes.
I recently spoke with the judges upstairs, and they are excited to hear the progress we're making and ask some different questions as to what kind of certificates can we get these guys, and is it gonna be able to help them make better judgments or maybe even help these individuals who do take the time to educate themselves and obtain certain certificates to lessen sentences and actually show some kind of progress?
The answer is yes.
So I will be happy to speak with them, and I'm scheduled to speak with them in a month or so to discuss the progress we're making and how we're implementing it and what we're gonna be doing to further the educational for our inmates.
Again, kind of touching on building maintenance.
We couldn't sustain the jail without their help and along with IT.
So again, thank you for all their collaborative efforts with us and maintaining the jail.
Again, 80 within the last six months, but what's most important is they roughly had about 1,800 hours of actual logg service time within our facility.
That comes down to smaller projects such as the seats coming undone to larger projects of implementation of doors within our facility and continued maintenance throughout the facility.
And again, without their help, we wouldn't be where we're at today.
Our population kind of jumping into there from this July through December.
Again, we're just comparing the first part of our fiscal cycle, or second part of it.
The average population sitting about 167, 120 days in jail is about our average time.
78% of our population is made up by our males, and 22% is made up by females.
And then looking further into it, they average out about 77% of our housing capacity is occupied by males.
33% is occupied by our females.
That's pretty standard, pretty consistent uh throughout every month.
If you look upon the report, it's pretty consistent that males outweigh the females, roughly two-thirds to one.
Medical coverage within a jail, again, 347 inmate medical consultations per month is roughly what our staff has to deal with.
And again, just kind of touching on that, that is a one full part full part, full-time APRN and one part-time RN.
91% of those inmates' uh medical services are addressed in person.
The last nine percent are addressed through inmate kites and such.
And some of those are just simply they're just asking for medication updates, scheduling for outpatient services and stuff like that, where they don't need to be seen in person, they can answer them through our electronic services.
The inmate uh communications that are not dressed again, like we're just touching on it, it's just kind of done by that way.
And the reasons are because again, it's not everything needs to be seen in person.
Um, on average, the jail has about around five medical emergencies per month.
Well, what isn't a medical emergency?
Well, that's something that is after hours from our medical care, and that is something that we would need immediate response from our fire department.
Again, we have a great collaboration with them, and they respond quickly when we ask them to.
They make all medical assumptions or medical recommendations, which we follow and just at that point.
If they say we need to take in the hospital, we take them to the hospital, and we provide those services after that.
Inmate communications.
Now, this is where the evolution of the law enforcement, which I am so happy for what we're doing inside the jail right now.
We offer right now within CIC is gonna be telephone services, video visitation, inmate to officer communications are done through kites, inmate educational classes are gonna start being offered offered, which are gonna offer certificates of completion, and also we do have GED preparatorial classes, and I'm proud to say as of right now, we do have two more in a program.
We did have two graduate from the program.
So we do have success actually coming from this.
This is kind of an overview from Faith's program.
This is the family services portion.
What does that mean exactly?
Well, family services meaning that Faith works with the inmates inside of the facility who are parents.
Well, what is the ultimate goal of that?
Well, I will preach this to the day I die, reducing recidivism within our jails.
And what are we trying to do by that is offering those kind of classes for those individuals in the jail so they can help better themselves, get the resources that they need.
So when they do get out of jail, they have a better chance of not coming back.
And I'm proud to say the Faith is working tirelessly to accomplish that.
We've had a lot of success with that.
And again, I can't applaud enough the board of supervisors for really having that open mind, coming down to the jail itself and actually seeing this and progress in the we're making within there.
Since the beginning of this calendar year, she has helped 73 families on the outside.
What is helping mean?
Well, that means that she's actually reaching out to those people who just getting out of jail, making sure they're following up with their services rendered, and also making sure they have basic necessities such as toiletries, a place that roof over their head, making sure she has the people have the contact information they need to have so they can continue to thrive on the outside.
Again, top tension mode, basic assistance, housing sustainability, medical legal support.
This is all stuff that she is able to get to them in the context they need to make so that way again they have a better chance of thriving on the outside.
Again, we just had the signing of the UNR collaboration with them.
Excited because this month is when we're gonna start working with them and start working with Faith and UNR, and again, to further our outserv outreach services to those in the community who have recently been in custody.
And again, our main focal point is gonna be the parenting and making sure our those children have a good chance of having the services that they need.
Again, you can touch in more on the tablets.
Faith has already been using them for about a year now.
Again, it's small quantity at this time, but again, at the end of the month, we're looking at January 26th as are gonna be our full installation starting, and hopefully it's gonna take about one week to get them done and done throughout the entire facility.
So far, again, we've had uh people successfully get their diploma in GED.
We've also had um multiple people reach out to me thanking me for the services provided from Faith and this program specifically because of how they were able to change the way that they viewed and actually want to maintain or at least change the way they view things as to how they want to parent on the outside, so at least they can make a different impact on their children.
Again, I'm gonna say it again reducing recidivism is the biggest thing is reducing that from our incarcerated parent population.
These are just some samples that I've received recently from Faith and in person from people who have been inside of our facility who have taken the opportunity to use those services rendered.
And all of them have nothing but high uh praise of what we're doing.
And again, I can't thank enough the sheriff and the board of supervisors for having that open mindset to try to do something new and try to get something in there so we can try to make a change.
And so far, we're seeing that success, and I can't wait for the long term of having all the different tablets within the facility.
And that way everyone has equal access.
We don't have to try to coordinate with faith.
Now it's just we have them out there.
There are ways to make a change for yourself, and there are ways you can take advantage of this while you're in custody to try to better yourself or have a better chance when you get out of custody.
And again, these are just two small portions of what we've received.
And I just enjoy reading these because it does show we're making a difference within our facility.
Kind of to summarize a little bit of what we talked about.
Building maintenance has been a huge asset for us, and along with IT to maintain the sustainability within our jail.
And moving into our inmate population, it's pretty consistent, roughly in the 160s.
About 70% male, 30% female.
The evolution of law enforcement is within the correctional facility is how can we reduce it?
Well, taking advantage of the systems that are out there, offering guidance and assistance, and making sure we can actually take it a little bit further to sustain that.
And that's where we're taking it right now.
Any questions?
And thank you.
Matt, I have a question because and I think that your goal for reducing recidivism is absolutely spot on, right?
That that's the whole purpose.
Can you tell me how you're gonna measure what recidivism is?
So is it they do not come?
Are you gonna do a six months later they haven't come back to jail?
A year later, they haven't come back to jail, and three years later.
What is your mechanism to make that determination that we're having success with the program?
So the goal is is once we furly open it, and I appreciate that question because that is something we need to know.
Is it effective and are we actually making a true change?
Just from the minor things we've seen, I can see that we are making some change.
But that is a great question because what I am trying to do is I'm working with Atlas right now, and it does show me a monthly summary of who's actually taking advantage, how many hours they log, what programs are actually engaged with, and then from there, when they get out, I want to see when is the return rates if they do return.
And we're trying to make sure we can try to keep them out.
And is it only a return into a Carson City jail?
I I come from the corrections environment, and so really the question is it's not just recidivism to uh or for me.
The objective is they now have their GED, they've learned parenting classes, they're not coming back into a judicial environment at all, is what we're hoping for.
Yes, that is a long time.
And so I just I I would love to work with any teams or anything to see reports or look at things on how you're developing recidivism objectives and and what you're seeing on that, because it's great if we say you didn't come back to the Carson City jail in three years, you know, 50% of them don't have a secondary crime or something of that nature, but it doesn't really matter if it just transferred to Washoe County or Story County.
And they still were in the system.
So very interested in um anything I can do to work within that environment uh to see the stats because I I think it can work, but I but I'd love to see the actual results.
So thank you.
Anybody else have anything?
Supervisor Shuddy.
I I appreciate this very much.
And you know, uh the opportunities for the tablets and the classes and the GID or GED, rather.
Um, you know, my dad always said give yourself options because options provide opportunity, and the opportunity for people to make better choices and having um having the background and now the certificates to provide evidence that they're um working toward that is incredibly important.
Uh you know, reducing recidivism, increasing healthier parenting practices that has its own ripple effect.
I often speak of those things that you really can't measure, you know, you can't measure what doesn't happen.
Um uh to a certain extent, you know, what arrests don't take place, what problems aren't actualized because of better choices, and that benefits everyone.
So uh kudos and I uh I applaud this program and thank you for having the courage to to embrace it because I know that um there are uh differing opinions on what jails should provide and shouldn't provide, and so I think to lean into something like this it's important, but but it can be a lift.
So thank you.
Anyone else?
I don't see any other questions, so thank you so very much, and we'll see you in six months, right?
Okay, thanks.
Okay.
Give them just a moment.
We're gonna move on to agenda item 18A, which is discussion and possible action to adopt on second reading bill number 107.
Um Mr.
Hohen, may I have the title, please?
Ordinance 2026-1 and ordinance to amend the silver oak plan unit development to modify the front yard setback standards to establish a front yard setback for a side loaded garage option within cluster housing blocks, double D and Double E located within phases 25 and 26 within the single family 12,000 square feet plan unit development zone assessor parcel number 007-552-19 and 007-691-04 through 007-691-34, 007-691-52 through 007-691-56 and 007-692-01 through 007-692-20, and 007-693-01, and providing other matters properly related there too.
Thank you so much.
Good morning, Heather.
How are you?
Good morning, thank you.
So, have we had any changes since the first reading?
There have been no changes.
No changes.
Does any member have a question or anything on this one?
Supervisor White.
Uh question on what or bill number we're talking about.
Uh our agenda says the ordinance number should be 2025.
The clerk just read 2026.
Where are we actually supposed to be?
2026, because it's January, it rolled over, so it starts with a 2026.
Okay.
But it's still bill number 107.
Okay.
Anyone else?
Nothing else.
Okay.
Um, is there any public comment on this item?
Nope.
All right, I'll bring it back up here for the motion to adopt.
Oh.
Yeah, go ahead.
Supervisor Wade.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Uh I move to adopt on second reading bill number one zero seven, ordinance number two zero five-one.
2026-1.
2026, sorry.
You asked it.
You just didn't write it down.
Yeah, and you didn't write it down.
Okay, I have a motion in the second.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, say no.
Let the record reflect it was unanimous.
Okay.
We're now gonna move on to agenda item 18B is in boy.
This is discussion and possible action to do a second reading on bill one oh eight.
Um may I have the ordinance title, Mr.
Hohen?
Ordinance 2026-2, bill number 108, and ordinance approving a fifth amendment addendum to a development agreement between Carson City and Silver Oak Development Company limited partnership to modify a portion of Article 2.2 cluster housing of the Silver Oak Development Agreement and providing other matters properly related there too.
Thank you so much.
Heather, do we have any changes that we've received since the first reading?
No changes made.
No changes on that.
Does any member have a question?
Is there any public comment on this item?
Seeing none, I'll bring it back to Supervisor White, who's going to be a superstar now.
He's got it.
Yeah.
Uh I move to adopt on second reading bill number one zero eight, ordinance number two zero two six-two.
I have a motion and a second for approval.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed say no.
Let the record reflect it was unanimous.
Thank you so much.
Okay, we're now on to agenda item 18 C, which is discussion and possible action regarding request from KDH builders concerning the tentative subdivision map.
Um, Heather, you want to take it?
Just had plant planted seat here for a few items.
You want to take us through this?
Sure, absolutely, Mayor.
Uh Heather Manzo for the record.
So uh this request is one that uh the board had seen maybe about six, seven years ago for Blackstone Ranch South.
This project is essentially the same as it was before, except we have moved much further along in the process in terms of establishing right of way alignment and things like that.
So what's before you today is a request for a tentative subdivision map for 103 single family residential lots.
And off-site improvements that would be uh listed here as railroad drive extension uh from the project site to East Fifth Street.
Uh north is to the right of this.
It's turned sideways just to fit better on the slide here.
Uh so again, uh, this is essentially unchanged.
The lot configuration is slightly different, but the average lot size is about the same.
That open space area that's identified as mitigation area on that right side adjacent to the linear um uh ditch and trail uh system on the the city park site is essentially the same as it was before as it was previously approved.
Um and then what we did have is we do have conditions recommended here that uh let's see back earlier in 2025.
Um the board approved or a relocated easement on the linear park site that moved the easement from the middle of the parcel over to the east side of the parcel to line railroad uh directly up to a line with Matterhorn in Lompa North uh when it hits East Fifth Street.
With that, a portion of that segment is multi-use pathway, which was approved by the federal government and the state to be located uh outside of the access easement and within the park parcel itself.
Um, because we obtained that park parcel with um federal and and state approval and funds, um, that was something that needed uh approval beyond the the city's approval.
So that was approved and it's outside of the easement area, but it is included.
So because the linear park alignment does um have a multi-use pathway on that west side.
Uh what we've uh recommended with this request is that condition number 16 would essentially match that same right of way segment uh moving north uh up to East Fifth Street.
So that is part of the recommended conditions within uh the materials provided today.
And so with that, uh what we have also, and this is a continuation of the previously approved uh tentative map is um there was a lot of concern back when this project was originally approved that we uh neighbors didn't want construction traffic and a lot of unnecessary traffic going through railroad drive through that existing uh community to um the east of or to the west of the proposed subdivision.
And so there were conditions in place uh with the previously approved project that are now being carried forward with this to require construction traffic to access uh from East Fifth Street.
So what this is showing is basically that construction traffic being designed from East Fifth down with a turnaround uh before the subdivision is constructed, and then once they get into the subdivision, that that turnaround on that south side would then open up into the subdivision itself.
So construction traffic will come from East Fifth Street and not from railroad as a part of the recommended conditions of approval for this project.
So essentially everything that was important before has been carried forward.
Some conditions have gone away because either items have been met and satisfied or codes have changed or we we just don't condition code anymore.
So if it's a code requirement, it's no longer listed as a condition.
So the planning commission did recommend that the board approve uh the uh tentative subdivision map, and um I'm happy to answer any questions at the appropriate time, and the applicant should be available is available if you have questions for them as well.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I have just um a question on condition 18.
Since this is a carryover project, it's kind of starting over, but um I'm trying to remember from our RTC schedule, we see all the deposits that are made by the so did they already make their deposit for the funding of their share of this road?
They have not made it yet.
There the pro reta share had not been paid.
It has not been paid.
So the 10 years will start then from now, not from the prior approval.
I just want to make sure it's clear on the record, right?
That the 10 years is starting from now forward and they'll deposit their money.
There's no already had four years, so I need six.
Exactly.
Yeah, the 10 years will start when they come in with their final map and pay those fees.
Okay, thank you so much.
Does anybody else have a question?
You have one supervisor white?
Hand's not up.
Okay.
I saw you touch it, but it didn't work.
Okay, Supervisor White.
Uh just to voice my usual consternation over accepting uh private roads into the Carson City Street Inventory.
That's it's the only uh comment that I have on this project.
Otherwise, I want to thank staff for uh taking on a whole bunch of questions from basically two years ago.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay, anybody else?
Okay, is there any public comment on this item?
Don't see any.
I'll bring it back up here then for uh motion, Supervisor Giomi.
I move to approve uh SUB 2025-0399 based on the ability to make the required tentative subdivision map findings and subject to the conditions of approval included in the staff report.
I have a motion and a second for approval.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, please say no.
Let the record reflect it was four yeses and one no from Supervisor White.
Thank you so much.
Okay, we're now gonna move on to agenda item uh 18D, discussion and possible action to adopt on second reading Bill 109.
Um may I have the title, please, Mr.
Hohen.
Ordinance 2026-3, Bill number 109, an ordinance relating to zoning changing the zoning of a point two six-six acre portion, previously assessor parcel number 004-083-02 of a 5.83 acre parcel, assessor's parcel number 004-083-12 from general office to public and of a 1.1381 acre parcel APN 004-188-07 from public regional to public located at 303 South Roof Street and 515 East Musser Street, respectively, and providing other matters properly related there too.
Thank you so much.
Uh Ms.
Ferris, do we have any changes from the first reading?
No changes.
No changes noted.
Um any questions or anything that we need to address?
Is there any public comment on this item?
Okay, I'll accept a motion.
Supervisor Shuty.
I move to adopt bill number 109, ordinance number 2026-3.
I have a motion and a second for approval.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, please say no.
Let the record reflect it was four yeses and one no.
Thank you so much.
We're now on to agenda item uh 18E.
This is discussion and possible action to introduce on a first reading of proposed ordinance to establish various provisions in the historic district.
Um Mr.
Home, the title, please.
Bill 102, an ordinance related to zoning establishing various provisions relating to the relocation of a contributing structure that has been designated historic place in the historic district and providing other matters properly related there too.
Thank you so much.
Uh Ms.
Ferris, did you want to give us the highlight of this, please?
Sure.
Heather Ferris for the record.
This is a request that would affect all properties within the historic district, um, which is shown here with the brown hashed areas.
Um, starting with some background, several months ago, a request was before the Historic Resources Commission to allow for the demolition of a building in the historic district.
Uh in that case, the HRC did not want to approve the demolition, and instead a neighboring property owner, Mr.
Berger suggested uh relocating the building to his property.
However, there would be a need for some reduced setbacks in order to make that work.
Uh the HRC continued the item to the next meeting, giving the applicant um and Mr.
Berger an opportunity to discuss the relocation of the structure and uh staff an opportunity to explore some um possible options for reduced setbacks.
Um a variance was briefly discussed, however, a variance is not the appropriate tool in such a case.
Um, as it's unclear how the variance findings could be made.
Um, a variance is currently the only option outlined in the code to allow for any such reductions and setbacks.
Um staff had suggested to Mr.
Berger during this process that he may want to request a zoning text amendment that would allow essentially for the setbacks to be transferred from the originating property to the property where the structure is being relocated when relocating a historic structure in the historic district.
The HRC discussed this in concept on September 3rd.
And at that time, several members expressed support for the amendment, noting that historic properties were oftentimes developed without consideration for any setbacks.
When a historic structure is relocated from one historic property to another.
As presented to the Planning Commission, the proposed language would essentially allow for the HRC to approve the transfer of the setbacks from one property to another, and when a historic structure is being relocated in the historic district.
As long as the transferred setbacks are applied only to the relocated structure.
The relocated structure is outside of all public utility easements, unless a public utility easement is abandoned.
And a document is recorded disclosing the setbacks were transferred, and the setbacks only apply to the relocated structure.
So following the Planning Commission meeting, um staff gave further consideration to that, and um ultimately decided that the planning commission would need some framework in order to review and approve such a request and has included a requirement to obtain a special use permit.
Um providing uh review criteria for the planning commission as well as you know the necessary application process.
Um I would note the HRC uh did request a report um of the status of the application, and I provided that report at the January 7th HRC meeting.
Um the HRC did note concerns with the requirement for the special use permit due to the cost being a potential deterrent to the preservation of historic structures.
Um you also received an email as late material from Mike Drews, uh, the HRC chair, uh, where he outlines his concerns about the expense of an SUP.
Um with that, um, I'm available for questions, and Darren Berger is here uh representing the project.
So first, I I think I just want to say thank you very much to uh Mr.
Berger for being willing to try and salvage this uh historic structure, right?
I think that's the ultimate thing that we're looking for in the HRC area, and so I really want to thank you for that.
I also do um I did watch the planning commission meeting, and I don't think that they were truly identifying a special use permit and a fee.
They were looking for a vehicle to learn about it, know about it, things things of that nature.
Um I am not in favor of a special use permit for a I'm gonna guess this is a maybe once in a blue moon type of activity that will occur.
And I feel that staff can do this as an administrative permit and just follow the our codes and requirements for that as what we're looking for here, is is a very um one-off type of situation and very simple.
And so I don't agree with a special use permit as the vehicle, and that it even needs to go to planning.
Um you can issue the administrative permit and let me double check on something.
If you said no to Mr.
Berger, that then could be appealed to the planning commission, and that would be a vehicle to get it there, right?
Yes, you said no.
There is an appeal process.
So there is a process that would go to the planning commission, but it would it the fee for an appeal is 250 dollars.
200 or 250.
Right, it's a lot smaller, so we're not going to be looking at a 2,000 2200 fee just to do this.
So those are my comments that I don't see it as a special use permit because I think it's gonna be very rare, and I think staff has the expertise to do this as an administrative permit.
Um Supervisor Giome.
Uh agreed.
That was easy.
I mean, it uh just I there's no reason to collect an extra cost for something like this.
Um yeah, and it needs to happen.
I mean, that's it.
Supervisor White.
Thank you.
Uh very supportive with this effort.
Um, and I think uh maintaining those setbacks from you know the original uh construction considering the some of the space constraints in those neighborhoods as well.
Uh I do have a concern, however, uh I think we need some language uh in this exemption section.
Uh that calls out specifically that uh why while we're looking at setback exemptions, we we cannot allow a negative impact at intersection.
So a corner lot site would still have to have that building set back so that we maintain uh appropriate site distance at an intersection.
Okay.
Um is that so okay?
Let me get some other comments and we'll circle back then on ways to accomplish what we're so far saying.
Does anybody either of the other ones?
What we're all talking about here.
Okay, let me uh did you want to say something like hooray?
I'm saving $2,350.
No.
And how much is it costing you to move the garage?
Yeah, yeah, God bless you for that.
That is that is wonderful.
I don't I I agree this is something that could be handled at the administrative level.
And again, this is all will go in for permit.
So things like uh visibility, fire ratings on a property line, that sort of thing.
That's already built into the process.
Just so there's nothing here exempting that.
I think for the right, is that I'd like that on the record because I do want to address supervisors white's concerns.
So this is just doing the setbacks pursuant to 1804 190 to 195 or whatever, but the regular components that are in our Title 18 will still have to be met.
That's true.
Uh there's no additional exemptions built into this.
All right, I just want to make sure, and what we can do is is a thought here.
Um, I'll ask our 10-year um attorney here.
Um, if we were to uh change this to not require a special use permit.
Um, can this stay as first reading and you could make the conforming changes for us?
And if needed, address Supervisor White's concern if there's something in that we could then move on to a second reading without coming back.
Well, first uh thanks for aging me out, Mayor.
Appreciate that on the record.
Um the gray hair does that right.
Um yeah, no, that's a great question.
Um for those changes as discussed on the record just right now, if we're to make those changes, which I think is a pretty streamlined process in between readings.
Um, no need for this to go back to first reading.
There's no change to the title.
Great.
Okay.
Um is there any public comment on this item?
That was we took care of thank you for your letter.
Okay.
Mayor, if if I may, just for a point of clarification.
Um, do you want to see an administrative permit or just an administrative review process?
Because they are two different things.
An administrative permit does require a fee, and it goes to administrative hearing.
If it's just a simply an administrative review process, um, we can handle that through our review and recommendation to the HRC.
I'm fine with you reviewing it and sending it to the HRC.
And they're both appealable, right?
Yes.
Yeah, so long as they're due process still there.
Okay.
All right.
That's fine.
We'll do that technically.
Technical words.
I love it.
Anybody else?
Okay.
Then I'll bring it uh for a motion, please.
I'll give it a shot.
Um I I move to introduce on first reading bill number 102 uh with the following changes.
Um, removing the requirement for the um variance, the request to go to the planning commission as a special use permit and replacing it with an administrative review.
Um, and authorizing the district attorney's office to make conforming changes as needed to address that issue and also to uh address any issues related to uh site distances uh as they approach roadways, should that be an issue.
Sufficient, Dan.
Okay.
Okay.
Do I have a second?
All right.
All those in favor, please say aye.
Aye.
Any opposed, say no.
Let the record reflect that was unanimous.
Thanks, Darren.
Thank you, Dan.
Don't tell me how much is it costly to move it.
Probably I was gonna say, yeah, probably scare me there.
I was like, boy, to have anybody that's uh maybe you can have an open house after it's done.
We'll come and we'll have a little barbecue.
Yeah.
Yeah, I I see a ribbon cutting, a garage ribbon cutting.
Okay, we're now on to agenda item 19, and just for the members of the board, uh we will have a closed session at the conclusion.
Uh so just wanted to let you know.
So under item 19, does anybody have anything to share with the rest of us?
It's a quiet start to uh 2026.
That's that's good news, maybe, right?
Okay, then we'll go on to our uh final public comment.
Is anyone in the room with final public comment?
Don't see any of that.
All right.
If there are no I cannot get this paper adjourned.
Um so if with that then, if there's no objections, we are adjourned and we'll just have a brief recess for everyone to clear that needs to, and we'll do our closed session.
Carson City Board of Supervisors Meeting: January 15, 2026
The Carson City Board of Supervisors met on January 15, 2026, at 4:30 PM UTC. The meeting covered employee service awards, a radon proclamation, the annual Treasurer's investment policy review, a major public safety technology upgrade, a jail conditions report, and several land-use and zoning items.
Consent Calendar
- Approved minutes of December 18, 2025, unanimously.
- Approved the consent agenda (items 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A, 12B, 12C, 13A, 13B, 14A) unanimously.
Length of Service Certificates & Radon Proclamation
- Ten-year service certificate presented to Board Counsel Dan (last name not given), recognized for legislative drafting and legal expertise.
- Five-year service certificates presented to Joy Holt (Library Director) and Jeannie White Kelly (Skilled Trades Technician).
- Proclamation declaring January as National Radon Action Month in Nevada was read and presented to Adam Carpenter (UNR Extension).
Presentation: Annual Report of the UNR Cooperative Extension
- Speaker: Adam Carpenter (UNR Extension).
- Radon Program: Distributed over 5,500 test kits in FY24-25; more than 3,500 were used. Free test kits available through February.
- Master Gardeners: Nearly 90 participants in monthly talks; community plant sale sold over 750 plants (goal of 800 this year).
- 4-H Youth Development: Reached nearly 2,000 youth; 160 club members, 9 active clubs, 300 youth in after-school programs; 14 adult and 10 youth volunteers.
- SNAP-Ed: Program ends May 31, 2026 due to federal funding cuts. Partnerships with Carson City School District, Fritch & Fremont Elementary, Chartwells, Boys & Girls Club. Reached over 600 students; two classrooms implemented a hydroponic program.
- Living with Fire: Partnered with Carson City High School on an art contest (33 participants); presented at Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators Meeting, Community Fire Assistance Program, and Wildfire Preparedness Workshop.
- Budget: Provided summary of expenses and county funds. Carpenter noted his salary began halfway through the fiscal year, expecting higher invoices this year.
Discussion Item: Treasurer's Investment Policy Review
- Speaker: Andrew Razor (Carson City Treasurer).
- Presented the annual review of the investment policy as required by the City Charter.
- Minor change in Section 4.6: Diversification parameters – reduced maximum for negotiable CDs from 30% to 10% and non-negotiable CDs from 20% to 10%.
- Portfolio total as of Dec 31, 2025: $235,263,825. The portfolio has benefited from high interest rates since 2022. Liquid account (LGIP) used to cover large construction projects without liquidating strategic investments.
- Motion to approve the policy passed unanimously.
Discussion Item: Tyler Technology Implementation Project (Public Safety)
- Speakers: Sheriff Verlung; Kevin Nyberg; Frank Bell (CIO); Garrett Brooke (District Attorney); Jerome Tushman (Project Lead).
- Project to replace the legacy Tiburon system (online since 2002) with a cloud-based Tyler Technologies system.
- Team includes Sheriff's Office, IT, DA, Fire, Courts, Evidence, Dispatch, and Marshall's Office.
- Current status: Testing occurred during the meeting week; team found minor anomalies expected with a system of this scale.
- Timeline: Jail go-live April 20, 2026; dispatch, mobile & RMS go-live June 2, 2026; complete cutover from Tiburon by approximately June 12, 2026.
- Budget: On track and on budget; approximately 430 hours of overtime used, expected to double in 2026. Contingency plans in place (e.g., rule of three for key tasks).
- Future benefits: Cloud-based redundancy, reduced technical debt, potential CAD-to-CAD connectivity with Douglas, Lyon, Story, Washoe counties for closest-unit dispatch.
- Supervisor questions focused on fallback to Tiburon after go-live, sustainability of cloud-based system (noted should outlive current board), and CAD-to-CAD connectivity as a future priority.
Discussion Item: Biannual Jail Conditions Report
- Speakers: Sheriff Verlung; Captain (jail commander).
- Overview: Zero in-custody deaths in the past six months.
- Building Maintenance: 169 work requests in 2025; 80 requests July–Dec 2025; no outstanding work orders.
- Medical: 4,100 inmate consultations; 347 per month average; one full-time APRN and one part-time RN. 91% of medical issues addressed in person; five medical emergencies per month requiring fire department response.
- Population: Average 167 inmates; 78% male, 22% female; males occupy 77% of housing capacity, females 33%.
- New Initiatives: Tablets for education (GED, parenting classes) to be fully installed by end of January. Faith-based family services program: helped 73 families; includes housing, medical, legal support. Collaboration with UNR beginning this month to enhance re-entry services.
- Recidivism Measurement: Discussion on tracking recidivism beyond Carson City jail (e.g., state-wide data). Supervisor noted challenge of measuring what doesn't happen (prevented crimes).
- Sheriff clarified that immigration data comparisons between 2024 and 2025 are inaccurate because data collection began only in 2025.
Discussion/Action: Ordinance 2026-1 (Bill 107) – Silver Oak PUD Setback Modification (Second Reading)
- Approved unanimously on second reading. No changes from first reading.
Discussion/Action: Ordinance 2026-2 (Bill 108) – Fifth Amendment to Silver Oak Development Agreement (Second Reading)
- Approved unanimously on second reading. No changes from first reading.
Discussion/Action: Blackstone Ranch South Subdivision Tentative Map
- Speaker: Heather Manzo (Staff).
- Request for 103 single-family residential lots with extension of Railroad Drive to East Fifth Street. Conditions carried forward from original 2019 approval, including requiring construction traffic to enter from East Fifth Street only.
- Planning Commission recommended approval.
- Supervisor White voted no, citing concern about accepting private roads into the city street inventory.
- Motion carried 4-1.
Discussion/Action: Ordinance 2026-3 (Bill 109) – Zoning Change at 303 S. Roop St & 515 E. Musser St (Second Reading)
- Approved with four yeses and one no. No changes from first reading.
Discussion/Action: Bill 102 – Historic District Contributing Structure Relocation (First Reading)
- Speaker: Heather Ferris (Staff).
- Proposal to allow transfer of setbacks when relocating a designated historic structure in the Historic District, to facilitate preservation.
- Planning Commission had recommended a Special Use Permit (SUP) process; however, board members expressed concern about cost. Board directed staff to instead use an administrative review process (no SUP fee).
- Supervisor White requested language ensuring setbacks do not compromise sight distance at intersections; staff confirmed other code requirements (fire rating, visibility) still apply.
- Motion passed unanimously to introduce on first reading with changes to remove SUP requirement and add administrative review, and to make conforming edits.
Public Comments
- No public comments at opening or closing.
Closed Session
- The board announced a closed session would follow the open meeting.
Key Outcomes
- Approved minutes and consent agenda unanimously.
- Presented service certificates and radon proclamation.
- Reviewed UNR Extension annual report.
- Approved updated Treasurer's Investment Policy.
- Received progress update on Tyler Technology Implementation Project (on schedule, on budget).
- Received biannual jail conditions report (zero deaths, new tablet program, recidivism reduction efforts).
- Approved ordinances 2026-1, 2026-2, and 2026-3 on second reading.
- Approved Blackstone Ranch South tentative subdivision map (4-1).
- Introduced Bill 102 on first reading with a modified process (administrative review instead of SUP) and directed staff to make conforming changes.
- Board went into closed session after the open meeting.
Meeting Transcript
It looks like a fun day's getting started. Um, may I have a roll call, please, Mr. Hohen. Good morning, Supervisor Giaomi. Here, Supervisor White. Supervisor Horton, Supervisor Shuty. Here. Mayor Bagwell. Here. You have your quorum. Thank you so much. We're now on. He is ready, as always. Pastor Haskins, get us started. Let's pray. Loving Heavenly Father, we realize this time of the year is winter, often a metaphor for the end of days yet. Here in January, the beginning of a new year. And the opportunities, the new opportunities before us are great. I pray for our mayor and the supervisors as they oversee the work of this community. And just pray, Father, that the good decisions they make, the seeds that are planted now, will bear much fruit later in this year, as well as see positive results even now. So bless their efforts, I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. I see Mr. Razor in the room. Would you lead us in the pledge? One nation under God. Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you, uh Pastor Haskins, and thank you, Andy. Okay. We're now going to go to beginning public comment. Is there any opening them public comment today? No. Okay. Then we'll move right along to our approval of our minutes of December 18th. Does any member have any changes? See none. Supervisor Geomi, a motion, please. Move to approve the meeting minutes for the board of supervisors from the 18th of December 2025. I second. A motion and a second for approval. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed, say no. Let the record reflect it was unanimous. Okay. Now we're going to go to our length of service certificates and a radon proclamation. So if you'll join me on the floor, that would be wonderful. Let's see who our superstars are.
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