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Yerington council approves airport taxiway work, court software, purchases and federal appropriation requests
Summary
Council approved a task order for Yerington Municipal Airport taxiway reconstruction with federal grant funding and a required 5% city match, authorized several administrative items including an online court payment agreement and judge pro‑tem appointment, and passed three resolutions requesting federal appropriations for wastewater, drinking water and public safety.
At its March 23 meeting the Yerington City Council approved a set of administrative and infrastructure items, including airport taxiway work, technology upgrades for municipal court payments, a municipal judge pro‑tem appointment, a purchase for water billing equipment, and resolutions seeking federal appropriations for critical needs.
Interim City Manager Jerry Bryant presented a task order with Lochner airport engineering services to reconstruct taxiways F1 and F2 at Yerington Municipal Airport. The project is to be funded through a federal grant with an estimated combined contract value of approximately $280,000 and a city match of 5% (approximately $14,000). Council approved the task order unanimously.
The council also approved a purchase of a bulk water station controller not to exceed $16,885 to automate reads and improve billing accuracy (Public Works Director Paul Shapiro). Council approved a two‑year agreement with Catalis to allow online municipal court payments; Judge Jenson supported the agreement and the vendor’s fees are paid by consumers. The council approved adding Aaron Mouritsen to the municipal judge pro‑tem panel for fill‑in service under the current pay agreement.
Three separate resolutions requesting federal appropriations for critical wastewater needs (Resolution 2026‑01), critical drinking water needs (Resolution 2026‑02) and critical public safety needs (Resolution 2026‑03) were presented together; the council voted to approve each resolution separately and all passed unanimously.
The audit engagement with Sciarani & Co. for an amount not to exceed $45,000 appeared in the meeting materials as supporting documentation; the engagement letter describes audit scope, deliverables and a planned audit start date in mid‑June 2026. The transcript includes the engagement letter as a supporting document but does not record an explicit council vote on the engagement within the spoken meeting minutes.
Next steps include staff implementation of the taxiway project in coordination with federal grant requirements, procurement follow‑up for the bulk water controller, and tracking of the federal appropriation request process.
