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Donations and consent: The board unanimously approved three donations moved by Commissioner Jeannie Herman and seconded by Commissioner Richard Andrea (mover/second recorded in the meeting): the transfer of a motor grader from the City of Sparks to support county roads, a donation from the estate of Victor George Butcher to the public defender's office (amount not specified in the record), and a $50,000 grant from the Fisher Global Foundation to purchase a multi‑year DroneSense software subscription. The full consent agenda, containing 20 items, passed by unanimous vote.

Franchise fee remittance: On item 15 the board approved a legal change required by state law to remit 2% of net southwest gas franchise revenues to the Nevada State Treasurer for the benefit of public education rather than routing the funds first through the Washoe County Treasurer to the Washoe County School District. Interim County Manager Kate Thomas told the board this is a statutory change; the motion passed unanimously.

Appointments and boards: The board selected two commissioners to serve as the county's representatives on the study board created by Senate Bill 319 to explore consolidation of fire protection services. The commission voted 3–2 to appoint Commissioner Garcia and Commissioner Andrea to the study board; Vice Chair Jeannie Herman and Commissioner Clark were recorded as voting no. The board also unanimously appointed Christy Marchese to the public seat on the Washoe County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife for a term retroactive to July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.

Ordinance: On second reading the commission adopted Ordinance 1742 to extend a final‑map recording deadline for the Sun Mesa tentative subdivision (WTM04‑001), approving an amended development-agreement deadline to April 28, 2026. The ordinance passed on the second reading by unanimous vote.

Ending: Most items on Aug. 19 were routine and passed unanimously; the two exceptions were the 3–2 vote on which commissioners would sit on the SB 319 study board, and the multiple public commenters who urged additional scrutiny of a pending Homeland Security grant related to the county detention center (see separate coverage). The county manager and staff will carry out the administrative steps tied to the approved items and return to the board with required reports or informational updates as necessary.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of County Commissioners | August 19, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its Aug. 19 meeting the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners approved a package of consent items and donations, adopted an ordinance amendment affecting gas-franchise fee remittance, appointed members to a fire‑district study board, and named a public member to the County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife.","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},6483667,"Regional public-safety software project delayed to Feb. 2026; officials cite configuration, added features",777,5681000,6458000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5601343-9c9695c3a205a923cb2a58d48954986e&start=5681&end=6458","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5601343-9c9695c3a205a923cb2a58d48954986e/thumbnail_5681000.jpg","/articles/6483667/Washoe-County/Nevada/Regional-public-safety-software-project-delayed-to-Feb-2026-officials-cite-configuration-added-features","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483667-3a21c6675de3061c9172189e0b49e381/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151362&Signature=m16ng1vQiB4ggx40hpa0m~vrq0bkJUh1HuC~uYJVAHWscA~n4lQAvtsJw9K2ag8vJsV0XdOCS5qSBDpRFviEL2w2AaLCTTLxSx1JW6Zr~A52jkZyrmJmAY3ZDroIFQrcyTV9K2xgp7mR3fldyCzcVPstGE36uat1T7Cfc9qrn-6laU~BI-nixTsMqhdXoXIKCznKbzDH3eWsQYCnTcqq3hy0FnOqFNzowZw0wKvutxFn3OcVVyVLNXWPhsNYZO8gXSrAH4SQqftMhHv2MHZ8nz4piyeQeUAVBvRAM0vQJTxWapFv1NKTxEgKm3DIr6k23u8-9XilDM-bqNjT-vDchw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City of Reno public-safety dispatch director Cody Schadl told the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 that the region's joint Hexagon computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and records management system would not meet its previously announced Sept. 9, 2025 go‑live date and is now targeting Feb. 23, 2026.

Schadl, the project coordinator for the multi‑agency effort that includes Reno, Sparks, Washoe County and REMSA, said staff have completed hardware and are about 95% through configuration. The project has added integrations with a wide range of systems used by fire, law enforcement and emergency medical services and has established a governance agreement to manage ongoing operations.

\"Unfortunately, I'm here to tell you we're not gonna hit that mark,\" Schadl said of the September timeline. He and staff said the delay was intended to allow for expanded testing, training and the addition of new functionality — including a set of vendor‑supported artificial‑intelligence tools the team said can surface commonalities between incidents across agencies to speed investigations and operational response.

Schadl said the project has completed a geographically separate disaster‑recovery site and had configured dozens of third‑party integrations — examples included automatic transfer of fire staffing data from Telestaff into the CAD to avoid manual updates. He said the team would begin intensive user training after current functional testing concludes in October and then roll into a training and reliability period before the February go‑live date.

Commissioners and chiefs asked about post‑go‑live policy changes such as boundary drops and unrestricted automatic aid for fire agencies. Schadl said such changes would likely be implemented after go‑live through the system's change‑management process: \"It wouldn't delay go live... we would probably schedule those to be done after go live.\" He said the product and governance structure were designed to accommodate future changes without rebuilding the system from scratch.

Schadl told the board the project remained within its approved budget and that the vendor had provided additional resources and discounted pricing in some areas to reduce the operational burden of the schedule shift.

Ending: Officials said the project will continue testing and training through late 2025 and into early 2026, with a new target go‑live date of Feb. 23, 2026. County staff said they will return to the board with updates as the project completes testing and transitions to training and reliability phases.","Washoe County, Reno and Sparks officials said the joint Hexagon computer-aided dispatch and records management rollout will be delayed from September 2025 to Feb. 23, 2026 to finish configuration, testing and integrated features including AI agents and third‑party integrations.",{"_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},6483672,"Residents urge commission to scrutinize Homeland Security grant, cite concerns about ICE detentions",4031,182000,4213000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5601343-9c9695c3a205a923cb2a58d48954986e&start=182&end=4213","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5601343-9c9695c3a205a923cb2a58d48954986e/thumbnail_182000.jpg","/articles/6483672/Washoe-County/Nevada/Residents-urge-commission-to-scrutinize-Homeland-Security-grant-cite-concerns-about-ICE-detentions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483672-9f1615027da6061b35cf08bb7dc9ee5d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151362&Signature=AVBCybimwXeGrQn56nisct7A4OV7NhetdeDZwj82gQYcN19J2TanWXZiDlHWCSqt9OyS1-mehvLe1pKflqqzGhQU9PJn8qDNvLVmqTEq0BHByPqmWC8I0YEHfuLYhutleX3O8438dfnssnF5VGXenBjxwlYjaCABSblevg2Z7zPGQV9VGtNWPgVDG~uon5b0L7htBIyx~0fviVM3kJzNXzPXFAd1LhaNpbLjhdDOVTXMA4qwHgPwXdNC3QtF~-Io7~-JPHaM6t6Y-aR5j8tx0UbdKttpsVqwQMYFc0sFT~PNKrQWQdQGbx7aDQm06isqOLjiPvEG9zdUpfkDCXOqwQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dozens of residents used the meeting's public-comment period Aug. 19 to press Washoe County commissioners for more information and scrutiny before the board considers a Department of Homeland Security grant that would fund renovation work at the county detention center.

The speakers, including long-time Reno and Washoe County residents and community organizers, raised similar concerns: that ICE agents nationwide have conducted warrantless detentions, sometimes masked and in unmarked vehicles, and that continuing or expanding local cooperation without safeguards could expose detainees to due‑process violations and the county to legal liability.

The chorus of speakers framed the issue as both a civil‑liberties and public‑safety question. \"My ask today are that you resist the march into fascism,\" said Milroy (identified in the record only by surname), who urged the board to ensure federal agents operate here with warrants and clear identification. Maureen McElroy, a resident who submitted written materials for the record, asked what steps the Washoe County Sheriff's Office will take \"to ensure that those held in our jail have been lawfully detained\" and whether continued housing of detainees could create civil‑rights liabilities for the county.

Other speakers described personal and historical perspectives to underscore the stakes. Jane Grossman, who spoke of family histories of deportation and persecution, said the current practice of masked, unmarked detentions \"feels very similar\" to past historical injustices and urged the board to refuse grant funds if those funds would facilitate such tactics locally. Susan Walls, a Verdi resident, said the sheriff's office has worked with ICE for decades but argued that \"these are different times\" and requested detailed reporting on how detainees are booked, tracked and afforded access to counsel while in local custody.

Several commenters identified recent local reporting and calls for records. Speakers referenced statements from Sheriff Balaam (spelled as in public remarks) and public reporting in the Reno Gazette-Journal; Virginia Larmore asked for accurate detainee counts and documentation of processing, saying the public deserves names, dates and proof that families were notified and due process observed.

Interim County Manager Kate Thomas and staff did not make policy changes at the meeting but told the audience that the sheriff's office had posted a statement and FAQ on its website. Thomas said the item related to the grant \"is not an expansion ... rather it's a remodel of the area\" and that, based on the federal and state review schedule, the board can expect the grant to come before it in the November–December timeframe. Thomas said she was not in a position to speak for the sheriff, and noted the sheriff's office was gathering public comments.

No formal vote on the grant occurred at the Aug. 19 meeting. Commissioners heard the public comments and staff clarifications but took no action; several speakers asked the board to agendize additional oversight or a sheriff's report before approval. The county manager said the grant review would continue through the Department of Homeland Security and state review before returning to the board.

Ending: The county has not yet taken action on the Homeland Security grant. Commissioners and county staff indicated the item is still under federal and state review and likely to return to the board later this year; community members who spoke asked the commission to demand detailed, written assurances about lawful detentions, detainee access to counsel and public transparency before any funds are accepted or any remodel work that could affect ICE operations is approved.","Dozens of public commenters at Washoe County's Aug. 19 meeting urged commissioners to scrutinize a proposed Department of Homeland Security grant tied to detention-center remodel work that could be used for ICE operations, citing due‑process concerns, requests for transparency and potential county liability.","actionData","errors"]

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Washoe County commission approves routine donations, consent items and appointments; amends gas-franchise remittance procedure

Regional public-safety software project delayed to Feb. 2026; officials cite configuration, added features

Residents urge commission to scrutinize Homeland Security grant, cite concerns about ICE detentions