Board of County Commissioners, May 5, 2026
Approves Direction to respond to US DOT 'Right to Drive' letter and engage on regional highway projects, unanimous
What happened
The Story County Board of County Commissioners held a largely administrative meeting on 2026-05-05 with no rezonings or development entitlements decided. The most substantive land-use action was unanimous approval of a professional services contract (up to $95,000) with GCW Inc.
- Jurisdiction
- Storey County, NV
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 5, 2026
- Decisions
- 15 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 15
Letter of acknowledgement for Vallejo North America tax abatement application
Board authorized the Story County Manager to provide a letter of acknowledgement regarding Vallejo North America Inc.'s application to the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) for a sales tax abatement, modified business tax abatement, and personal property tax for operations planned in Story County. Staff (Laura Mather) noted a corrected 10-year total economic impact of $11,344,117 and confirmed via NNDA the request is separate from Tesla's abatement. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded, passed unanimously.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Story County Board of County Commissioners held a largely administrative meeting on 2026-05-05 with no rezonings or development entitlements decided. The most substantive land-use action was unanimous approval of a professional services contract (up to $95,000) with GCW Inc.
Key Decisions (15)
Letter of acknowledgement for Vallejo North America tax abatement application
Grant of easement to Indy/Envy Energy at 500 San Clemens Avenue, Mark Twain
Professional services contract with GCW Inc. for TRIC traffic engineering
Direction to staff to update Story County Code Title 15 (Building and Construction)
Second reading of Ordinance 26-339 amending parks code (parks and swimming pools)
SCFPD 2026-2031 Capital and Staffing Improvement Plan
FY25-26 capital expenditures for wildland and EMS equipment
Story County Fire District 2026-2027 final budgets
Adoption of Story County RS 2477 road maps on public lands
Story County Water and Sewer 2026-2027 final budget
Story County 2026-2027 final budgets
Direction on lease of county-owned property to Divide Fitness at 800 South C Street
Direction to evaluate public/private electric utility resources and IRP engagement
Direction to respond to US DOT 'Right to Drive' letter and engage on regional highway projects
Approval of business license second readings A through J
Development Activity (5)
Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center traffic engineering study (Waltham Way / USA Parkway)
Infrastructure
Mark Twain Community Center metal garage building electrical easement
Infrastructure
Story County Fire District Highlands station property acquisition
Infrastructure
Market Signals (6)
Infrastructure
Story County is spending up to $95,000 on GCW traffic…
Infrastructure
The county allocated $2.2M in FY27 capital related to a…
Infrastructure
Fiber installation (CC Communications/NNE) has kicked off in the Highlands,…
Who Spoke (18)
On the record: 2 commissioners, 11 staff members, the clerk, an attorney, the applicant's representative, and a member of the public.
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