Storey County public meetings in 2022
4 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Board of Commissioners
The Board approved the county's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, which received a clean opinion. Commissioners also approved a plan for infrastructure tax revenues and updated the county's password policy. An ordinance to reclassify certain traffic and parking regulations as civil infractions was denied.
- Approved FY2022 Audited Financial Statements (Unanimous)
- Approved plan for infrastructure tax revenues (Unanimous)
- Approved update to Password Policy 031 requiring password changes every 180 days (2-0)
- Denied Ordinance 22-323 regarding traffic and parking civil infractions (Unanimous)
- Approved $4,903,630.81 in claims (2-0)
- Approved Task Order 50 with Farr West Engineering for Hillside tanks not to exceed $20,000 (Unanimous)
- Approved adding 501(c)19 nonprofit organizations to the Program Support Application (Unanimous)
- Approved business license first and second readings (Unanimous)
Board of Commissioners
The Board determined the infrastructure tax is necessary and scheduled a public hearing for Dec. 20. They approved a $321,826 water main replacement on B Street and a $130,000 contract for Hillside Tanks piping. The Board also approved 100% health insurance coverage for eligible employee dependents.
- Approved $321,826 Task Order 49 for B Street Water Main Replacement (Unanimous)
- Approved $130,000 contract with Resource Development Corp. for Hillside Tanks piping (Unanimous)
- Determined infrastructure tax is necessary; set public hearing for Dec. 20 (Unanimous)
- Approved first reading of Ordinance 22-322 for infrastructure tax revenue allocation (Unanimous)
- Approved MOU and policy for 100% dependent health insurance coverage (Unanimous)
- Approved $37,070 purchase of 2 mobile reader boards (Unanimous)
- Approved $1,400 rental agreement with Nova Geotechnical for Gooseberry Mine site evaluation (Unanimous)
- Approved re-conveyance of 700 feet of Electric Avenue to Tesla Inc. (2-0, 1 abstention)
Board of Commissioners
The Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding for Sheriff's Office employees regarding leave payouts and health insurance. They also authorized several contracts for cemetery surveys, software hosting, and street lighting. A request for an off-C Street liquor license for Virginia City Vineyards Resort & Spa was continued to a later meeting.
- Approved MOU for Sheriff's Office employees for annual leave payouts and 100% dependent health insurance (Unanimous)
- Approved final canvass of November 8, 2022, General Election results (Unanimous)
- Continued liquor license application for Virginia City Vineyards Resort & Spa to Dec. 6 meeting (3-1)
- Approved $27,050 contract with Lumos & Associates for Silver Terrace Cemeteries boundary survey (Unanimous)
- Approved Tyler Technologies software agreement for $27,663 annually plus $9,000 one-time fee (Unanimous)
- Approved $47,397 for 6 street light tops and 15 poles for C Street (Unanimous)
- Approved Resolution No. 22-661 to abolish Tourism Marketing Manager and upgrade Event and Business Development Manager grade (Unanimous)
- Approved first and second readings for multiple business licenses (Unanimous)
Board of Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners approved a long-term memorandum of understanding with the Comstock Cemetery Foundation for the management of historic and modern burials. Other key actions included approving a recruitment contract for a tourism director and a first reading of an ordinance reclassifying traffic misdemeanors as civil infractions.
- Approved 99-year MOU with Comstock Cemetery Foundation for Silver Terrace and Gold Hill cemeteries (Unanimous)
- Approved first reading of Ordinance 22-323 to reclassify certain traffic/parking misdemeanors as civil infractions (Unanimous)
- Approved $20,000 contract for a recruitment agency to fill VCTC Director vacancy (Unanimous)
- Approved $14,500 for completed antifreeze retrofits at the Jail and Gold Hill Depot (Unanimous)
- Approved $1,226,796.59 in claims (Unanimous)
- Approved letter of support for Truckee River floodplain re-mapping (Unanimous)
- Approved proclamation for Flood Awareness Week, Nov. 13–19, 2022 (Unanimous)
- Approved MOU with Storey County Fire Fighters’ Association Local 4227 regarding incentive pay (Unanimous)