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John Erb, transportation engineering manager, and Phil Reitker, director of Public Works, told the board the road operating fund covers routine valley maintenance — snow removal, striping, ditch work, sign replacement and pothole repair — and is supported by several state gas-tax allocations and transfers, but revenue is relatively flat. Erb said multiple state gas-tax allocations are distributed based on public road miles and other formula elements and noted the county typically receives revenue two months after collections.

Public Works said the Tahoe room-tax (1¢) fund contributes about $1.3 million annually; the department is programming an accumulated South Shore reserve of roughly $1.9 million this year for future Lake Parkway work and expects the full Lake Parkway project cost near $4.12 million (the budget profile includes multi-year reserve buildup). The board heard that NDOT-owned traffic signals maintained by the county were upgraded with battery backups and remote access points to reduce outage impacts and lower future maintenance costs; Indot/NDOT reimbursement for some signal upgrades is being pursued.

The RTC capital fund was presented as the fund that supports reconstruction and preservation. Erb and Reitker described the pavement-preservation program (chip seal and slurry seal) at about $700,000 per year; Reitker said the current cost to do slurry or chip sealing is about $50,000–$55,000 per mile, which funds roughly 11–12 miles annually. Reconstruction costs are much higher — Mr. Reitker noted rural reconstruction can run about $1.3 million per mile and urban reconstruction with curb-and-gutter can exceed $2 million per mile. Public Works staff said the county carries a multi-year backlog of needed repairs and estimated a backlog on the order of $50 million for reconstruction and deferred maintenance across county roads.

Public Works also reviewed fleet and facilities needs. Fleet staff said county operations currently involve about 322 vehicles, 72 trailers, 48 large or mobile pieces of equipment and multiple specialty units across sheriff, motor pool, roads, DART, community services and airport; the department requested an increase to the tire budget of about $15,000 to cover higher unit costs and a modest fleet growth over recent years. Facilities staff described maintenance of roughly 350,000 square feet across 22 locations; they noted elevator modernizations are near completion, the county is taking responsibility for airport facilities maintenance, and a proposed personnel reorganization would add a maintenance supervisor while removing a senior specialist (FTE-neutral, modest net cost increase of roughly $11,000 annually) to improve supervision and efficiency.

Phil Reitker and County Manager Jennifer Davidson emphasized the mismatch between steady or flat revenue streams and the accelerating cost of preservation and reconstruction. Reitker noted an annual RTC revenue package of roughly $4.5 million, of which roughly $1 million is a bond debt payment, leaving about $3.5 million for capital projects. They recommended a focused road funding discussion, scheduled for a special workshop on April 30, to consider options for closing the funding gap.

Ending: Public Works made clear that current preservation funding is only covering a small share of required maintenance and reconstruction; staff recommended a strategic, countywide funding discussion to set priorities, consider structural changes and evaluate options to address the backlog.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Douglas County Board of County Commissioners | Special Budget Meeting | March 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Public Works officials told the board that current annual revenues — including state gas taxes, room tax allocations and RTC funding — are insufficient to meet the county’s road preservation and reconstruction needs, and that pavement-preservation funding currently covers roughly 11–12 miles per year at current prices.","taxTitle","Douglas County, Nevada","taxId",56916,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6096818,"Douglas County district attorney outlines FY2026 tentative budget, highlights caseload and grant-funded victim services",2756,602000,3358000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2830445-c5c64a2e5c567ded2e35cbf4359638d9&start=602&end=3358","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2830445-c5c64a2e5c567ded2e35cbf4359638d9/thumbnail_602000.jpg","/articles/6096818/Douglas-County/Nevada/Douglas-County-district-attorney-outlines-FY2026-tentative-budget-highlights-caseload-and-grant-funded-victim-services","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6096818-b54810b9e6150ceab74926575038912f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770557438&Signature=kaTfEkOaTcks7goEgEcgN9BxlIVwOu3ltrGVVGPbsj2Y37TUP964uFPjLmJAAnwJL7mh4rIU1mczVnF5emsWbK4-B7xYMLFXqiwFwCGnEJ94Tk1p28iPbvBfPU6cjDTaRdxKwnZs~c2KpXBraEwKS3D6RnW7~3K24p30DVA8S76BYuPzrrT~RIka541HbzzKY~pavwbUxGeB6sdqV-1HNjTBq1yTYUmF2OgDPJcKtN-zbpVP5vRKQRbBKfYeSpHArEzN8X2ciT7t5ZaGmIGWLl6maZO5wTAp8Mp1oJQmbjjA0pAyIgZFHwc83l4TvZhzQAWO8jLvYv~j2v~VamDoKg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mark Jackson, Douglas County District Attorney, presented the office’s tentative fiscal year 2026 budget and recapped workload, recent settlements and grant-funded victim services.

Jackson said the office employs 23 full-time equivalents (FTEs) plus one contract position and described performance measures and caseload pressure. He told the board Douglas County received “over $795,000 in 2024” from opioid-related litigation and that the county received $614,526 in 2023. He said the office handled more than 2,000 misdemeanor cases, 64 gross misdemeanors and roughly 676 felony matters, producing an average caseload of about 392 cases per prosecutor.

Jackson reviewed several accomplishments, from public-nuisance abatements in Topaz Ranch Estates (special assessments “totaling over $112,000”) to work on the Justice Center project and the South Shore area plan. He detailed the special victims response team (SVRT) grant: the office’s latest award covers three consecutive fiscal years and totaled about $750,000 for the October 2023–September 2026 period; Jackson said the office has received $4,197,018 in SVRT grant awards since 2007 and that the grant is “a reimbursement, 100% reimbursement, from the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.”

Jackson described operational pressures: weekly court dockets in multiple courts, body-worn camera review and time-consuming video analysis in complex cases, and criminal justice reforms such as AB236 that changed pretrial processing. He noted evidentiary and preliminary hearing volumes and said his office is handling several high-profile murder and vehicular homicide cases; on potential trial costs, Jackson said, “I would suggest a hundred and $50,000 be set aside for these high profile cases if they do proceed to trial during next fiscal year.”

Jackson said he has no supplemental requests for the tentative budget and that several adjustments in the proposed budget reflect timing and line-item moves — for example, professional-services dollars that moved into salaries and benefits after a full-time vacancy was restored. He explained line-item details, such as increases for travel and training and for a software reclassification that moved Westlaw costs into software from legal services.

Commissioners asked for clarifications on caseload, average case duration and the effects of criminal justice reforms; Jackson answered with case-by-case estimates and said misdemeanor matters can resolve quickly but many felonies take months or years from filing to resolution. He also briefed the board on the county’s fraud, waste and abuse prosecutions and on internal controls added since the motor pool frauds of earlier years.

No formal action was taken on the DA budget during the session; Jackson’s presentation was informational and intended to inform upcoming budget decisions.

Ending: Jackson’s presentation closed with a staff compliment from the board and a reminder that trial costs and recruiting pressures remain among the largest fiscal and operational risks for the office going into FY2026.","Mark Jackson, Douglas County District Attorney, presented the office’s tentative FY2026 budget, citing 23 full-time equivalents, recent opioid settlement receipts and ongoing trial cost concerns.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6096823,"Board unanimously approves tentative agenda to begin budget hearings",16,499000,515000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2830445-c5c64a2e5c567ded2e35cbf4359638d9&start=499&end=515","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2830445-c5c64a2e5c567ded2e35cbf4359638d9/thumbnail_499000.jpg","/articles/6096823/Douglas-County/Nevada/Board-unanimously-approves-tentative-agenda-to-begin-budget-hearings","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6096823-d9585056d9805c2dbb4c0e8dc03ec9e8/orig.mp4?Expires=1770557438&Signature=UsHB8lCu87ty0S7bvKKR919uVquafnMonIJjP~4etz7zhW77hvoD6ig4K0Ek0Kkq-XupfGthAd3CjwUoMsV3GnbV5ZAe6c9CJsbctv5Gdd0PjmutxYI6Di0U85xSh8Lhxet-OENBMcCdYKE-SwlIe-Se~nLhEtRzO4Kurx1KTPsivlJF5xuFKiV29hmh2VZsh4bcK82ApSGPoPObVsa8cDo8i00S6oIDeTucDvpFTB4tLm-PotOoc1YRKAEf0z8hVZy6ei0ryrE1hBlhzP7CbjVcaTawpl6goi0e9M9O5oxaa9t52HH9p4yVWPUfldEHWOUkpdhdRkEySZ-Y7bs3VQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Douglas County Board of Commissioners opened its budget hearings and unanimously approved the tentative agenda.

Commissioner Brian Gardner moved “for the substance of the tentative agenda as presented,” and Commissioner Heidi Tarkanian seconded the motion. Chair (unnamed) called for a vote; the motion carried unanimously.

The vote occurred at the start of the meeting before department presentations began. No debate or amendments to the agenda were recorded in the transcript. The board then proceeded with scheduled presentations from the district attorney and the clerk-treasurer.","The Douglas County Board of Commissioners opened its budget hearings and unanimously approved the tentative agenda after a motion from Commissioner Gardner and a second from Commissioner Tarkanian.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6096813,"Clerk-Treasurer presents balanced budgets; elections seeks new voting equipment and treasurer requests security cameras",1648,2652000,4300000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2830445-c5c64a2e5c567ded2e35cbf4359638d9&start=2652&end=4300","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2830445-c5c64a2e5c567ded2e35cbf4359638d9/thumbnail_2652000.jpg","/articles/6096813/Douglas-County/Nevada/Clerk-Treasurer-presents-balanced-budgets-elections-seeks-new-voting-equipment-and-treasurer-requests-security-cameras","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6096813-d5fa1fe8ce595a3eec2643fe3f926b88/orig.mp4?Expires=1770557438&Signature=jP7pn4M~E4ERlfdm2hKZpwWZn8eVClV3wGq59MW4nP7RjjkQxMKw011R6~HNVPWj0uwx7IMYy0uLlJZHHFqNwDLH8rb3O4TOJY5deGRhI7QXZ0lsH7w4W-I05~TUuI80Q9F8bKa-GsoGrI2pLqqic7-1wabxrERFW~w7dr5Av9MMA2PtLNj4sVn2pU8qWuQx28cny8Uttxd2AD-EF6HD2gx1BJogCF0UAZL7mlmKQF0r6ZOqxNbd0-Yx35FzGpetsXEBf1QZjlR4pDXdwQfB-coydUYMfz1x6wbDk4DmVoN7ig~eAAncMhbajHFR0tmHW-dTyNyR06vK1Dly4a-drg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Amy Bergens, Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer, and her staff presented budgets for the Clerk’s Office, Tahoe General Services, the Treasurer’s Office and Elections and described operational changes and one-time and ongoing requests.

Bergens said the Clerk-Treasurer organization provides three distinct functions: clerk services (meeting clerking, records, notary filings), treasurer functions (cash handling, property tax billing and collections) and elections administration. She said Clerk/Tahoe General Services employs seven budgeted positions; the Tahoe General Services office also houses DMV services under a state contract that limits where DMV functions can be offered.

On the Treasurer side, Assistant Treasurer Megan Doris and Bergens described a supplemental request for new security cameras to cover cash-handling stations, the cash vault, hallways and building entrances. Bergens said the cameras would tie into the county’s existing camera system and the one-time cost is $11,200. She said the Treasury already pays annual software and hosting costs and that the cameras are intended to strengthen audit controls for property-tax and revenue receipts.

Bergens and Assistant County Clerk Nikki Leeper reviewed clerk workload and digitization projects: historic marriage-license and notary records are being digitized into the Clerk’s system; passport acceptance remains a sustained revenue source (the office accepted 1,147 passport applications this fiscal year, producing about $40,000 in additional revenue).

On elections, Elections Administrator Georgie Ann Hargis outlined the department’s work running multiple countywide and statewide mock elections after the county switched to a new statewide voter registration and election management system. Hargis said the Secretary of State’s interlocal agreement for the new statewide voter registration system will raise the county’s annual software cost to roughly $51,000 from prior amounts near $7,500; Bergens said that interlocal agreement will be brought forward for board approval.

Hargis detailed a supplemental capital request for ballot-marking devices (BMDs). She described BMDs as devices that produce a printed ballot the voter reviews and then scans at a precinct — providing a voter-verified paper audit trail and removing reliance on legacy printers. Hargis said the county’s current election printers date to 2017 and are showing wear; she asked the board to consider funding the BMD project if the state legislature does not do so. Hargis provided a capital estimate of about $1.84 million for BMDs and cited an ongoing estimated contract/maintenance cost of about $2,900 per year; she said she would not commit county funds if state funding is approved but asked the board to consider the request as contingency funding.

Bergens also asked the board to approve a one-time allocation for treasurer office cameras and described the treasurer’s ongoing digitization and process-improvement work in property tax billing and payment processing.

No final board decisions were made at this hearing; the camera and BMD requests were presented as supplemental requests for future consideration.","Clerk-Treasurer Amy Bergens and staff reviewed Clerk, Tahoe General Services, Treasurer and Elections budgets. Treasuer Amy Bergens requested a one-time $11,200 security-camera installation over cash-handling areas; Elections asked the board to consider funding ballot-marking devices (capital request ~$1.84 million) if the state does not provide.","actionData","errors"]

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Public Works warns road funding falls short of need; RTC funds, pavement preservation and fleet costs outlined

Douglas County district attorney outlines FY2026 tentative budget, highlights caseload and grant-funded victim services

Board unanimously approves tentative agenda to begin budget hearings

Clerk-Treasurer presents balanced budgets; elections seeks new voting equipment and treasurer requests security cameras