Carson City Board of Supervisors set to approve FY17 budget

The Board of Supervisors is set to approve Carson City’s 2017 fiscal year budget Thursday.

The supervisors have looked at the tentative $137.45 million budget, which includes $450,000 in contingency, since February, when the Finance department made its initial presentation, and in four subsequent meetings.

A few minor tweaks were made since the board heard capital improvement plans and supplemental requests at its May 5 meeting.

Those changes include approval of a door lock system at Juvenile Detention for an additional $2,400 and adjustments to bond payments that increased the stormwater payment by $1,180 and decreased the sewer payment by $9,464.

The board also will vote to authorize two applications for grants through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act for fuels reduction work.

One grant is for $102,389 for the Carson City Fire Department’s Fuels Collection Program, which provides trailers and dumpsters for residents to fill with vegetation cleared from properties to create defensible space.

Last year the fire department delivered more than 400 trailers and 150 Dumpsters and collected more than 400 tons of vegetation.

A second grant is for $1,999,900 for the fire department to treat 943 acres of the wildland urban interface in the west side of the city. Plans are to cut, pile and burn 246 acres and masticate 451 acres.

The board will vote to approve a contract between the city’s Sheriff’s Office and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office to provide certain forensic support services, including controlled substances analysis, shoeprint and tire track comparisons, firearms examination and latent print processing, for a fee not to exceed $104,378.

The city’s annual Historic Preservation Awards for outstanding contribution to historic preservation efforts will be presented.

This year’s recipients are Chris DeWitt, Rick Stiver, Mort Dolan, and Lee Hobold, all with the Nevada State Railroad Museum, for the restoration of the historic Glenbrook Locomotive.

Meeting as the Board of Health, that board will hear from Nicki Aaker, Health and Human Services director on clinical services vaccines for children statistics and a Zika virus testing update.

That board also will hear an update from the health officer and on the Community Health Needs Assessment being conducted by the city’s health department in conjunction with Carson Tahoe Health.

The Board of Supervisors meet in the Sierra Room, Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., starting at 8:30 a.m.