City Budget

Just a few years ago the Board put into effect a method of how to select a City Manager. This procedure was discarded at a later Board meeting as the Mayor said: “I will ask Nancy if she wants the job”. There are numerous city employees and potential outside qualified candidates that were not given an opportunity to apply for this position.

What is even more bizarre, is that the Mayor did not ask Stacy Giomi if he wanted the job, as he had previously applied for this very position.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Thursday, June 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room of the Community Center, located at 851 E. William Street.

To be discussed are funding, contract purchases, grants, special event costs, and more.

On Monday, April 1, 2019, Carson City will hold a public information open house on the proposed FY 2020 Budget at the Carson City Community Center.

Carson City's 2017-2018 fiscal year budget was augmented by $38.2 million by the Board of Supervisors on Thursday.

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his first “Breakfast with Brad” of 2018 on Friday, Jan. 5, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Cracker Box restaurant.

There will be plenty to talk about when Carson City Ward 1 Supervisor Karen Abowd hosts her monthly Walkabout, Friday, April 21, noon, at Mills Park.

“The announcement has gone out for artistic bike rack submissions,” she said, adding that the city budget will be the next hot topic. “If folks attended the public presentation, that can be discussed, and there is also concern about storm water rate increases.”

For those wanting to attend, meet at noon on the steps of Carson City Community Center. Take a sack lunch if desired.

Carson City staff on Monday held a public open house to discuss the city's fiscal year 2018 budget with interested residents.

Carson City officials hosted the inaugural budget open house Monday to give residents a chance to ask questions and voice their concerns about city spending.

Las Vegas’ budget forecast is clearing up, but it’s not all sunshine and roses for residents of Nevada’s largest city....

The following was read at the Feb. 20, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting. I said the following:

A Better Plan for Carson City

Now is the time for courage in leadership as we seek to secure financing and determine the timing of projects through a cooperative effort which will bring together the community, city staff and elected officials.

Yet another proposal to spend money by our city government has been proposed once again to build animal shelters, athletic centers and improve 'corridors'. After the failed city center proposal there seems to be no end to new possibilities for our public officials to spend more taxpayer money. Much like our state and federal governments, increased spending seems to be pandemic. Are these all worthwhile and worthy endeavors?

16 Questions about CC1

While few can claim to have all the answers about the CC1 advisory, concerning the funding of a new city library, here are a few questions that I think everyone might consider – especially those in our city government.

Why are libraries being closed and sold all over the country?

Why are universities closing and selling libraries?

How fast will all books be replaced with eBooks?

What is the future of the library in the Internet age?

How many books can I carry on my keychain flashdrive or in my smart cell phone or eBook reader?

From the Carson City sample ballot for the general election on November 6:

Question CC1.

"Shall Carson City, Nevada, be authorized to impose an additional sales tax of up to ¼ of 1 percent pursuant to NRS Chapter 377A to finance the design, construction, and maintenance of a library and public plaza park in the downtown on lands donated by the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation?"

Where to begin....

A reader wrote in today asking about the property tax hike the Carson City Board of Supervisors approved unanimously last week. What follows is a breakdown:

The property tax rate will go from $3.1872 to $3.66. If you do the math, that works out to a 13 percent increase. However, state law limits the amount of increase that homeowners have to pay to 3 percent per year, 6.4 percent on commercial properties. They estimate that taxes on average will increase 3 percent next year under this new rate, and account for about $3 million more than they would under the old rate.

Carson City took a conservative approach to its budgeting process this year and adopted a final budget that didn't involve cuts in programs or people."The economy has been bad the last three years,...

Today's Nevada Appeal has a story about how a developer has been selected for the Carson Nugget downtown redevelopment project.

The story mentioned that the developer, P3 Development, built the $64 million Stockton Events Center while Mark Lewis was that city's manager.

But that understates the ties between Lewis and the developer. Looking at the projects listed on P3's website, a large part of their work seems to stem from the City of Stockton, and happened during Lewis' tenure.

In what may be the most difficult meeting of their careers, Carson City Supervisors next week will balance the 2010-11 city budget with significant cuts in city services including layoffs. Those layoffs, if approved, will occur in many departments, but the more noticeable will be in the Sheriff and Fire Departments.

In a mixed bag meeting Thursday, city supervisors turned down a chance to raise property taxes $220,000 for their beleaguered city budget, but set into motion the process that could raise water rates