Sparks City Council Highlights December 9, 2024

Contact:
Julie Duewel
Communications Manager
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(775) 353-7894

Sparks, NV - The following are highlights from the December 9, 2024 Sparks City Council meeting.

Announcements, Presentations, Recognition Items, and Items of Special Interest:

• Washoe County Behavioral Health Administrator Julia Ratti gave an update on regionally significant behavioral health initiatives, including the Crisis Response System.
• Mayor Ed Lawson proclaimed December 9, 2024, as Florence Drake Elementary School Day to celebrate the school's national recognition for success in teaching students from special populations.
• Mayor Ed Lawson proclaimed the month of January as Radon Action Month to highlight the significant health risk from elevated radon levels and urgers residents to test their homes with free kits available through the University of Nevada Radon Education Program.
• City Manager Dion Louthan announced four vacancies on the Sparks Citizens Advisory Committee, each serving coterminously with their appointing elected official. The vacancies are for alternate members for Wards 1, 2, 4, and 5. Members must be Sparks residents. Applications will be accepted until Friday, January 10, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. and can be found at cityofsparks.us/getinvolved.
• City Manager Dion Louthan announced six vacancies on the Sparks Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, each to serve coterminously with their appointing elected official. The vacancies include Ward 4 regular member and alternate members for Mayor and Wards 1, 2, 4, and 5. Members shall be residents of the City of Sparks, preferably over the age of 55. Applications will be accepted until Friday, January 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. and can be found at cityofsparks.us/getinvolved.

General Business

Council approved:

• The City's FY 23-24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and approved of the City's Plans of Corrective Actions relating to the external auditors' conclusions and recommendations.
• The $179,899.20 plus benefits employment agreement with Richard Brown as Information Technology Director.
• The reappointment of Mayor Ed Lawson to the Regional Transportation Commission for a two-year term ending December 31, 2026.
• The appointment of:
  • Colleen Rosencrantz to the Sparks Civil Service Commission for a partial term ending June 30, 2026.
  • Shanda Golden as the performing arts representative to the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee for a two-year term ending November 1, 2026.
  • Evan Pritsos and Marilyn Kramer to the Sparks Planning Commission, each for a four-year term ending December 31, 2028.
  • Angeline Peterson as the Ward 4 representative of the Sparks Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board for a partial term ending June 30, 2025.
• The one-year, $144,058.00 software agreement with Smarsh Inc. for archiving and compliance software.
• To reimburse the City of Reno $311,359.48 for Sparks' share of a $992,539 Owner-Construction Manager-At-Risk Pre-Construction Services Agreement with PCL Construction for the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility Dewatering Building.
• A resolution approving the sale by the City of Sparks of a vacant parcel of land approximately 0.086 acres in size, located at the southeast corner of Rock Boulevard and C Street. The council also approved a $27,500.00 Purchase and Sale Agreement for the land parcel.
• A $405,000.00 construction contract for the 2024 Pedestrian Ramp Replacement Project to A&K Earth Movers, Inc.
• The $1,299,709.00 interlocal Agreement with the Regional Transportation Commission for reimbursement for actual costs to construct specific improvements requested by the City associated with the RTC's Sparks Boulevard Improvement Project - North Phase.

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