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Commission approves donation to Children’s Advocacy Center, passes block items and recognizes finance team with GFOA award
Summary
The board unanimously approved a donation supporting training and travel for the Children's Advocacy Center, passed a set of en-bloc consent and block-vote items, and recognized Washoe County's finance and budget team for a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from GFOA.
The Washoe County Board of County Commissioners on June 24 approved a donation supporting the Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) and completed a block vote covering multiple consent items, then publicly recognized the county finance and budget team for receiving the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for fiscal year 2024-25.
Commissioner Garcia moved to approve the donation and thanked donor Russell Horning for supporting training and travel for CAC staff. Vice Chair Herman seconded the motion; no public speakers were signed in on the donation item and the motion passed unanimously. The staff description noted the donation supports training and traveling for CAC staff; the donation amount was not specified on the record.
Later the board approved an extended list of consent and block items en bloc. After the block vote the board paused to congratulate the finance and budget team for the GFOA award; Chair Hill and other commissioners thanked staff and called attention to the work ahead in a challenging budget environment.
Commissioners and several public speakers also expressed gratitude for community nonprofit work during the public comment portion of the meeting, citing recipients of county assistance and private donations.
