Reno City Council’s latest meeting rifled through a gamut of decisions, lining pockets for park improvements, tying up the city’s financial loose ends with insurance coverage, and tossing around the future of old treasures and new developments within city walls. In a nod to Canyon Creek’s worn paths, a hefty $164,149 contract was tossed to FW Carson Company for the park’s path rehabilitation, bankrolled by Community Development Block Grant funds, ensuring strollers and joggers a safer tomorrow.
In fiscal prudence, the Council empowered the City Manager to seal the deal on annual liability insurance policies, shelling out no more than $3.1 million to cover the city’s assorted insurable interests, while the city’s General Fund enjoyed a moment in the limelight with a financial update, despite a hiccup with state tax allocations creating a $1.3 million shortfall for FY26, as noted in Reno’s official announcement.
The housing beat drummed on with discourse on residential and short-term rental regulatory measures; though details are still thin on the ground, the council is all ears to rental market trends while pondering the impact of any future ordinances. This comes on the heels of Council’s June disposition to spread its regulatory glance to all city rentals. Meanwhile, the historical Lear Theater, also known as the First Church of Christ, Scientist, awaits its fate as the Historic Resources Commission gears up to steer a public workshop aimed at deciding whether it’s time for the aged structure to enter a new act or if it will remain in the city’s grasp, spurred by interest from parties including one Gina Hasler…