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Votes at a glance

- County manager recruitment and interim appointment (Item 10): The board approved a recruitment plan and authorized Human Resources to issue a request for proposals for executive search firms, with a target appointment date of Oct. 27, 2025. The board also appointed Assistant County Manager Kate Thomas as interim county manager effective July 1 until a permanent manager is appointed; the motion passed unanimously. (Motion by Commissioner Garcia; second by Commissioner Andrea.)

- Royal Ambulance contract for Gerlach EMS (Item 15): The board approved a contractor agreement with Royal Ambulance Inc. to provide emergency medical services to Gerlach for a 2.5-year term (effective July 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2027) at an annual cost of $603,000; the motion passed unanimously. County staff described this as an interim, budget-constrained solution and flagged outstanding items — station lease and insurance, apparatus ownership, and state EMS approval for a seasonal staffing change — that staff will return to the board to resolve.

- Citizens advisory boards (CAB) code revision (Ordinance 17-39): The board conducted a second reading and adopted an ordinance revising Washoe County Code provisions related to Citizens Advisory Boards; the motion carried 3–2 with Vice Chair Jean Herman and Commissioner Clark voting no. The ordinance updates statutory compliance and redraws certain CAB district language; county staff said additional bylaws and a CAB handbook will be developed next.

- Appointments: The board appointed Andrea Schumann to the Nevada Local Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council (term 07/01/2025–06/30/2027) and appointed Karen Tayloe to the Washoe County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife (term 07/01/2025–06/30/2028). Both appointments were approved unanimously.

- Consent and block votes: Consent items on the agenda were approved by roll call (consent vote recorded at one point as 4–0 with one commissioner temporarily absent); a block vote approving items 7, 8, 9 and 11 (item 15 was removed from the block for separate discussion) passed unanimously.

- Administrative resolution (Item 16): The board held a public hearing and adopted Resolution 25-037 to place certain delinquent utility charges on the tax roll; the motion passed unanimously.

Other procedural actions

- Ordinance 19-31 (Adult day health services / daybreak program) was introduced for first reading and the board set a public hearing for the second reading on July 8, 2025. That measure will return to the board for a public hearing and possible adoption.

What the board asked staff to return with

Commissioners requested additional follow-up materials across multiple items, including: a more detailed breakdown of the county manager recruitment materials and candidate questions to be included in the search; finalized lease and insurance terms for Gerlach station use and a report back from the Nevada EMS office about the proposed seasonal staffing model; publication of the CAB handbook and bylaws for public review; and an accounting of the county’s utility delinquency list to support the tax-roll action.

Votes and motions (structured)

The board recorded motions, seconders, and outcomes on the record for the motions above; where roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript those counts are listed in the structured actions array below.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of County Commissioners | June 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its June 17 meeting the Washoe County Board of Commissioners approved a recruitment and interim-appointment plan for a new county manager, approved a Gerlach EMS contract with Royal Ambulance, adopted a citizens-advisory-boards code update (3–2), and approved several appointments and administrative resolutions.","taxTitle","Washoe County, Nevada","taxId",2669,"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},6514522,"Commission approves temporary EMS contract for Gerlach; volunteers and state regulators raise questions about coverage and facilities",1778,9876000,11654000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5029143-c8d38a62c2243732ab8a8292bf5aebe6&start=9876&end=11654","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5029143-c8d38a62c2243732ab8a8292bf5aebe6/thumbnail_9876000.jpg","/articles/6514522/Washoe-County/Nevada/Commission-approves-temporary-EMS-contract-for-Gerlach-volunteers-and-state-regulators-raise-questions-about-coverage-and-facilities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6514522-71c137ec8612e963b7130ae93fd8eab5/orig.mp4?Expires=1775535801&Signature=ZD6wy9rxbfZeMqRZcncOWt~SqSdJ2bgbq2Pxnw62aN2rR~NjGMs87yLc7MMYh9Xdsb3idjgVODSnZeydnwOPiXd0iS8jHTyqZAYCyGo5fI8ww4TR1PnPHFj2fucZ70TvbM7ZKyCn7~7oGcXj2dATlPP3Q4NE275YQHD5VoZTseIU0U5sMZ6oDr5~0pjI7y0tNTixwLR3EQE5dH1D7XrjBmvAOn1SiSU3PglonFWLSl7~cRr5KVdVs5qVKiPqToDNfqFz-xlKRx-wmzvnVDAstrPA~WkA~NAcBTmlW65qxlvM1dcBZaxZaAAArErgg-azH9zfbz5ld~XsCRHb3Pb3hQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Washoe County commissioners voted June 17 to approve a contract with Royal Ambulance Inc. to provide emergency medical services to the Gerlach area effective July 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027, at an annual cost of $603,000.

County staff said the agreement is intended to prevent a July 1 service gap after a prior tribal partner withdrew its commitment. Assistant County Manager Dave Solaro told the board the county considered several options — including paid county personnel and other contractors — before recommending Royal, and said the contract was crafted to fit budget constraints while delivering the service the local community prioritized: around-the-clock paramedic coverage. \"This is the best I could come up with in a short period of time to provide what the community has told me,\" Solaro said.

Gerlach residents and volunteer firefighters who spoke at the meeting supported an interim solution but urged the county to resolve multiple outstanding items before services begin. Lisa Nash, president of the current Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department, said the contract leaves the volunteers' relationship to the station and to apparatus unclear, and asked that the county not permit Royal to use the department's name or equipment without explicit agreements. \"The contract gives Royal access to the Gerlach fire station, but Washoe County doesn't own the property,\" Nash said. She and other volunteers stressed the need for contracts or leases that clarify property rights, insurance, equipment access and who the volunteers will report to.

Russell Beyerly, who identified himself as Gerlach GID public works supervisor and treasurer of the volunteer fire department, said the Gerlach GID can call an emergency meeting to approve a lease to allow Royal to use the station, and urged county staff to involve local stakeholders in drafting any arrangements. Beyerly also said he had spoken with the Nevada EMS office, and that the state will not approve an operating plan that moves from paramedic+EMT coverage to a single paramedic for a four-month period. Beyerly said the state EMS representative had been expected in chambers to answer questions. \"For 4 months, it's a paramedic only, which is not a level of care that's recognized by the state of Nevada EMS office. I spoke to them yesterday, and they will not they cannot approve this plan as written,\" Beyerly said.

Royal Ambulance's chief administrative officer, John Ray Hassan, told the board the company intends to work collaboratively with the community and with volunteers and that the company could expand coverage if the commission provides additional funding. \"There's no desire to come in and take over and displace volunteers. Our goal is truly to work collaboratively,\" Hassan said.

County staff and volunteers also noted confusion about station ownership and previous informal arrangements. Solaro said Washoe County has been operating with informal use of the Gerlach fire station for years and that the county would need to work with the Gerlach General Improvement District (GID) and other stakeholders to finalize leases and insurance arrangements. He said Royal and the county are pursuing state EMS approval and that the board may later be asked to authorize contingency funding if the contract needs to be amended to provide EMT coverage in the four-month period state regulators flagged.

The board approved the contract in a unanimous vote. Vice Chair Jean Herman said the approval should be seen as an interim measure and urged continued work to restore and strengthen local volunteer capacity and station arrangements. Commissioners asked staff to return with details on the proposed lease, insurance coverage, apparatus ownership, dispatch transitions and any state EMS condition or approval required before the contract can be fully implemented.

The county budget included about $652,000 for Gerlach services in the coming fiscal year; Solaro said alternative staffing plans that used directly hired county personnel pushed estimated costs well above the available funds, prompting the search for a private contractor. Commissioners and community members discussed potential longer-term funding sources that could be targeted to Gerlach, including federal PILT payments tied to federal land, grants, or event-specific contributions.

The contract passed by the board allows Royal Ambulance to begin providing services contingent on the necessary administrative approvals and any state EMS requirements. County staff said they will return with lease details and with any necessary contingency requests if state requirements preclude the paramedic-only months contemplated in the contract.","The board approved a contract with Royal Ambulance to provide emergency medical services in Gerlach effective July 1, 2025; local volunteers and county staff said details remain to be resolved — including station use, insurance, and a multi-month staffing model that state EMS said may not meet Nevada rules.",{"_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},6514527,"Washoe County presents updated homeless-services data; officials stress need for more permanent housing",789,3140000,3929000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5029143-c8d38a62c2243732ab8a8292bf5aebe6&start=3140&end=3929","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5029143-c8d38a62c2243732ab8a8292bf5aebe6/thumbnail_3140000.jpg","/articles/6514527/Washoe-County/Nevada/Washoe-County-presents-updated-homeless-services-data-officials-stress-need-for-more-permanent-housing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6514527-11efd90e312cc45da4e37b59672166e6/orig.mp4?Expires=1775535801&Signature=Rt0QkK0kjrwcU3GwQpz9supQozJQaQZpS1D8jC0TySonaXFwUiGqSdmLMdGWvkoo-YeUoV9JyV6iHKarSb4tf~E0FMv9X-WkNnknB7cXoc~vcUbduNpcpQCJTgXZFIpXHJoBPZbOqexDcAAouKtjHKd01pgS45mU7TuV4wDy~ZF4fDnfsKB9vZhRoogKZ7msox77vjcVl36g3RAmoHUQP8JqhXjFJK36leN7ARWGeDUcp-KyamLdC~70dg88RzgS8GLWufztuEqZX-RTNBCQ3OeVMruRSTaC2AQThrHJO8pBTLfKXjL~~5xYDJhuPF06GNDT26IJynn9JF383sNU0w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dana Searcy, division director for Housing and Homeless Services at the Washoe County Human Services Agency, told the Board of County Commissioners on June 17 that the county has substantially expanded shelter capacity since homelessness services moved to the county in 2021 and has improved data collection — but that rising rents and a shortage of affordable units remain the primary barrier to reducing homelessness.

Searcy said the county has increased reporting into the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) from roughly 40% to more than 90% of programs, tripled single-bed shelter capacity from about 228 beds to more than 750, and placed more than 1,100 people into permanent housing through county programs since July 2023. \"There is a lot of content in these slides. Definitely not gonna be able to do a lot of detail in 10 minutes, but I wanted to get this in front of you,\" Searcy said during her presentation.

The presentation included two new datasets the county is publishing: (1) the recorded origin of people who were already homeless when they moved into the area, and (2) a revised by-name list that counts people active in homelessness-related programs over a 90-day window rather than by a single-day point-in-time snapshot. Searcy said the change to a 90-day activity window yields a larger, more comprehensive count and explains much of an apparent historical increase in the county's counts: \"For this count... different than our point in time count... we look at activity over a full 90 days,\" she said.

Commissioners and Searcy discussed the share of people who arrive in Washoe County already homeless; Searcy said work to track those inflows shows most of those people come from California and elsewhere in Nevada, and she described outreach to sending jurisdictions to ask them not to transport people into Washoe County when local supports do not exist. \"We've worked with our staff to directly communicate out to those jurisdictions who are sending people here and communicate that we cannot accept people from outside our area,\" Searcy said.

Board members pressed staff on three recurring themes: (1) the need for more permanent and supportive housing, (2) the persistent role of rental affordability and limited subsidized units, and (3) continued efforts to improve HMIS participation and data. Commissioner Jeanne Garcia asked why the remaining organizations were not reporting to HMIS; Searcy answered that licensing costs and dual data systems for health-care partners were the primary barriers and described steps the county is taking to reduce licensing costs and bulk-purchase access.

Searcy also described program-level outcomes: tenancy-support approaches that connect a case manager with people after placement are producing strong retention — she said emergency housing voucher placements show over 90% of people remain stably housed — and county-funded placements from the CARES campus, Our Place, and the sheriff's HOPE team show approximately 18–24% recidivism at six months. \"We're floating somewhere between 18–24 percent recidivism in there,\" Searcy said, describing ongoing efforts to lower that rate by expanding tenancy supports.

Vice Chair Jean Herman and other commissioners urged continued emphasis on regional coordination, including sharing Washoe County's lessons with other Nevada jurisdictions, and suggested asking the Nevada Association of Counties (NACO) to examine statewide approaches to the movement of people between counties. Commissioners also requested additional breakdowns of waiting lists and an updated accounting of the number of permanent supportive units needed versus available.

Searcy told the board the county is continuing to pursue a combination of tactics — more data sharing, mandatory HMIS reporting for programs that receive county funds, shallow-subsidy ARPA-funded programs, and continuing work with the corporation for supportive housing — while noting federal funding and regulatory changes add uncertainty to the near-term outlook.

The presentation concluded with commissioners agreeing to follow up on housing-unit counts, the county's wait-list numbers for permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing (Searcy identified roughly 500 people on the community queue in the priority range for permanent housing), and possible regional strategies to limit interjurisdictional transport of people who are already homeless.

Searcy closed by thanking staff and community partners and said the county would continue to refine reporting and publish the updated dashboards online. \"This is hot off the press,\" she told the board about the new datasets that will appear on the county website.

Follow-up items requested by commissioners included a breakdown of the county's wait-list and supportive-housing gap, documentation of the 90-day by-name methodology, and continued updates on HMIS enrollment and participation.

The presentation did not require a vote; commissioners moved on to other agenda items following questions and discussion.","Human Services Agency officials told the Board of County Commissioners the county has expanded shelter capacity and usage tracking but permanent housing and rental affordability remain the limiting factors in reducing homelessness.","actionData","errors"]

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