Votes at a glance: Storey County Board actions April 15, 2025

The Storey County Board of County Commissioners and related boards took the following recorded actions on April 15, 2025. All motions listed below passed by unanimous recorded voice vote (ayes by all present) unless otherwise noted.

1) Agenda approval - Motion: Approve the agenda for the 04/15/2025 meeting. - Mover: Vice chairman (name recorded as Commissioner Mitchell in subsequent motions) - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

2) Minutes approval - Motion: Approve minutes of the 03/18/2025 meeting. - Mover: Vice chairman - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

3) Consent agenda - Motion: Approve consent agenda as presented. - Mover: Vice chairman - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

4) Special Use Permit 2025-022 (solar field, TRI) - Motion: Approve Special Use Permit 2025-022 (construct solar field; electricity used on-site and adjacent properties) at 875 Innovation Way, APN 005-012-61. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

5) Nevada agreement on allocation of opioid recoveries — Amendment 2 - Motion: Approve execution of Amendment No. 2 to the Nevada agreement on allocation of opioid recoveries between Story County and the State of Nevada. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

6) Employee health benefits plan renewal (2025–26) — Option 1 - Motion: Approve the 2025–26 Storey County employee health benefits plan renewal, specifically Option 1 (high-deductible plan with HSA and related options) as presented. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

7) County tentative budget (2025–26) - Motion: Approve the 2025–26 Storey County tentative budgets for submission to the Nevada Department of Taxation. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

8) Water and Sewer tentative budgets (2025–26) - Motion: Approve the 2025–26 Story County Water and Sewer tentative budgets for submission to the Nevada Department of Taxation. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

9) Fire District tentative budget (2025–26) - Motion: Approve the 2025–26 Story County Fire District tentative budgets for submission to the Nevada Department of Taxation. - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

10) Interlocal agreement — automatic mutual aid with Central Lyon FPD - Motion: Authorize the fire chief to sign the updated interlocal agreement for automatic mutual aid between Story County Fire Protection District and Central Lyon Fire Protection District. - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

11) Policy P508 — firefighter lateral process - Motion: Approve Policy P508, including advanced pay-step placement, preloaded leave banks, and up to $5,000 for paramedic training (repayment terms apply). - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

12) Promotions / staffing — Station 74 - Motion: Approve promotion of three fire captains creating three vacancies to be backfilled, to achieve minimum three-person staffing at Station 74 (Lockwood). - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

13) Resolution 25-766 — grade/salary adjustment for fuels management officer - Motion: Approve Resolution No. 25-766 setting grade and salary ranges for appointed Fire District officials and adjusting the fuels management officer to battalion chief pay grade, effective 04/21/2025. - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

14) Policy P503a revision - Motion: Approve revisions to Policy P503a (non-represented employee compensation) replacing the strike-team leader incentive with National Fire Academy managing officer certification. - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

15) Training tower purchase - Motion: Approve purchase of an unbudgeted training tower for approximately $35,000 from North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District. - Mover: Fire Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

16) Liquor license reading — Crazy Calamities (Leslie Ann Lutz) - Motion: Approve reading for off-sale/on-sale liquor license for applicant Leslie Ann Lutz, Crazy Calamities, 420 South B Street, Virginia City, NV. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

17) Lockwood Senior Center change request CR-14 - Motion: Approve Change Request CR-14 to procure a main service panel from an alternate supplier with an increase in cost of $35,524.84 and authorize county manager to sign the change request to keep the project on schedule (anticipated completion 09/04/2025). - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

18) Interlocal with Nevada Secretary of State — BRAM/VOTEC system - Motion: Authorize County Clerk and Treasurer to sign the interlocal contract with the Nevada Secretary of State for use of the new BRAM (vote management) system at a cost not to exceed $64,692.07 in FY 2025–26. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

19) Business licenses (Item 30, readings A–R) - Motion: Approve readings of business licenses A through R listed on the agenda. - Mover: Commissioner Mitchell - Outcome: Approved unanimously.

20) Final public-comment adjournment - Motion: Adjourn meeting and recess for closed session as posted. - Outcome: Meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

Note: Many motions were recorded as voice votes with commissioners answering "aye"; no roll-call tallies with individual yes/no names beyond the unanimous ayes were recorded in the transcript. If the board needs a full roll-call tally for any item, the official minutes and audio/video record should be consulted.