Churchill County commissioners approve service contracts, budget adjustments, personnel moves and hazard plan in broad vote package

The Churchill County Board of Commissioners approved a package of contracts, budget changes, personnel actions and planning documents during the public meeting. The board’s recorded actions were taken by motion, second and roll (voice) votes; the meeting record indicates each motion carried as announced.

Key approved items included:

- Renewal of a professional services agreement with Mahanna and Associates LLC, not to exceed $180,000 per year for the three‑year period discussed. The board moved and approved the contract renewal after a presentation by consultant Chris Mahanna.

- Ratification of a funding agreement with the Pet Charities program (Meals on Wheels Association) to continue a county program assisting older residents with pet-support costs. Social Services reported about 36 individuals are receiving services each month under the program; the board approved ratification.

- Ratification of an agreement with United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra to establish a stipend award for approved SAFE applications, not to exceed $1,200. Social Services staff said the stipend follows county policies and is intended to prevent disconnection of utilities for eligible households.

- Ratification of an intrastate interlocal agreement between the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and the Churchill County District Attorney’s Office Child Support Division for 07/01/2025–06/30/2029. The board ratified signing of equipment/numbers-corrected contract terms previously submitted to the state.

- Approval of a modification to the joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Carson River Basin groundwater levels and water-quality monitoring in the amount of $9,750 for FY2026.

- Approval of fiscal-year end monetary transfers and several budget transfers (housekeeping transfers to avoid end‑of‑year negative balances) and automatic grant augmentations. The board also adopted Resolution 07/2025, formally augmenting the FY2024–25 budget in accordance with Nevada law; county staff described multiple department-specific augmentations tied to higher-than-expected costs or revenues.

- Approval of the interlocal contract with the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office for the state’s top-down voter database (vendor/solution and amounts in the contract: $22,784.25, with the state covering half the fee as described by the Clerk-Treasurer).

- Approval of negotiated collective-bargaining agreements: dispatcher and dispatcher‑supervisor units with the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 3; amendment of effective dates/expiration dates for the Sergeants and Deputy Association agreements to align with the first payroll period of the fiscal year; and approval/ratification of other union agreements presented.

- Approval of a contract allocation of $13,000 to Ridge PLLC to provide annual behavioral-wellness visits for law-enforcement personnel (statute cited during the presentation: NRS 289.51) to meet statutory wellness-visit requirements.

- Adoption of the multi‑jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan prepared by consultant Dowell (the plan covers Churchill County, the city of Fallon and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe). The board authorized the assistant county manager to correct grammatical and formatting errors in the plan prior to finalization.

- Creation of a grant and fiscal specialist position within the District Attorney’s Office and transfer of the existing Social Services position to the DA to avoid a supervision conflict involving a current employee married to the incoming county manager (the board approved the position creation and transfer; county staff said it will not increase net county payroll cost).

- Approval and ratification of county comments on the Department of the Navy’s draft Environmental Assessment for Fallon Range Training Complex modernization (B16 improvements). The county manager’s office filed the comments and the board ratified them.

- Approval of multiple routine consent-agenda items as presented.

Votes and motion records: The meeting transcript consistently records motions being moved, seconded and carried by voice vote. For items where a roll or recorded tally was not read into the minutes, the transcript records the outcome as “Motion carries” immediately after the vote.

Provenance: Motions to approve the agenda and minutes began early in the meeting (transcript block starting at 812.28) and consent/closing motions occurred later (transcript block starting at 6271.17). The approvals of specific contracts and budget items appear at the times noted in the agenda and transcript (items discussed throughout the meeting package).