Board of Supervisors to Order.

May I have a roll call, please?

Supervisor Giometer.

Supervisor White, Supervisor Horton, Supervisor Shuddy.

Here, Mayor Bagwell.

You have your quorum.

Thank you so much.

I saw Pastor Louie come on up and get us started today.

Thank you.

Let's pray together.

Lord, we give you thanks and we give you praise for your goodness, your grace, and your willing involvement in our lives as we call on you.

We learn from your holy scriptures that your mercies are new every morning.

You give grace to the humble, and your wisdom is available to those who ask.

So we do ask today for your mercy, your grace, and your wisdom.

Lord, I pray that you bless this board of supervisors with discernment, patience, and a spirit of cooperation.

Guide this body to make decisions that honor you and serve well, people of Carson City.

We pray for the safety and protection for the many people who will be gathering for the taste of downtown this weekend.

We pray and ask for your blessing on our mayor, board of supervisors, staff and families, and all others serving the people of Carson City.

The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Amen.

Thank you.

I believe um we're at opening public comment.

Did you want opening public comment?

Okay.

You're welcome.

And um, I'm not sure I saw you in part of your costume on the parade day, but you fluttered by so fast.

And then yesterday at the deal for the 60th anniversary of the library, I caught you or chance to say, but um, both of those events were great, and I don't know how many of you got a chance to go to the car show.

It was amazing, and I'd like to point people to the Nevada appeal.

It's one of my sources as a person that doesn't have computer at home and only can utilize the libraries on occasion.

So I appreciate them very much.

The next thing I'd like to bring up an article in here by Joanne, about building a pollinator garden.

And I point this out because it's been brought up that that's a consideration for some of the parks and the Ronald Williams park is one of them, I believe, to have a pollinator garden.

So I just want to point those things out.

I would like to please take number 11A off the consent gent deal because I don't believe that um it's I believe it's important to specifically name the people that are being appointed to positions, and she's being repointed to the position of library trustee, and I think her name should be acknowledged, or she should be acknowledged for that.

The other can be what you consider uh routine, but I think these things, especially when a person's gonna put in four more years with it be that dedicated thank you.

Thank you.

I don't have anyone else uh signed up, but just in case.

Okay, then we're gonna move along.

We're gonna start off a little bit different this morning so that back to work you can go, right?

Okay.

Um we're gonna go to agenda item 6a, which is the canvas of the vote for the primary election that was held on June 9th, 2026.

Mr.

Howen.

Thank you, Mayor and Supervisors.

I'm joined today by Shauna Backendall, our chief deputy of elections and marriage, as we present the canvas of the vote for the June 2026 Carson City primary election.

Before we begin the canvas, I want to address a procedural issue that was identified regarding uncontested nonpartisan offices.

With the guidance of our district attorney, one section NRS of NRS 293.260 requires the names of candidates for nonpartisan office in an uncontested race to be placed on the ballot of the primary election.

And if such candidate receives one or more votes during the primary election, the candidate is declared elected to the office, and his or her name must not be placed on the ballot for the general election.

If a candidate does not receive more votes during the primary election, his or her name must be placed on the ballot for the general election.

All of Carson City elected officials run and serve in nonpartisan offices, and those races are conducted differently than partisan offline races.

In this primary election, the names of those candidates, uncontested nonpartisan offices were left off the ballot for the June 2026 primary election.

As a result of this procedural error, the names of those candidates will appear instead on the ballot of the general election in accordance with the discussions and guidance from the Secretary of State's office.

In correcting the procedural error, this is no adverse effect on the candidates because those offices are uncontested because there will be no delay to assuming offices after the general election is held.

There's also no adverse impact to voters, and no eligible voter is disenfranchised.

Each affected candidate has been contacted, and they have no objection to this corrective approach.

The procedural error does not impede the canvas of the vote because there is no impact to the ballots that have been cast for other contested offices and names of candidates properly appearing on the ballot on the primary ballot.

I would also note that Carson City did not have a separate nonpartisan ballot in this primary election because there were no competitive contests requiring voter action.

During the election period, nearly 100 registered nonpartisan voters chose to update their party affiliation through Nevada's same-day registration process in order to participate in either the Democratic or Republican primary election.

The same day registration process worked as intended and allowed those voters to participate without difficulty.