The Washoe County School District has filed a lawsuit in Second Judicial District Court against Washoe County, the five elected county commissioners and Tammy Davis, the Washoe County treasurer.
The suit was filed Thursday over the $19.5 million the county will begin collecting in July from the school district after a 17-year legal battle found that the county had overtaxed residents in Incline Village and Crystal Bay.
The total now owed to Incline property owners is $56 million. Of that, the county owes over $23 million. The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Incline Village General Improvement District and the State of Nevada combined are being held responsible for $13 million.
The Washoe County School Board s meeting today is being livestreamed and can be watched at RGJ.com. The board moved the meeting from in-person citing that there were concerns about people during public comment who did not wear a mask and who were confrontational at its last meeting on March 30.
Public comment can only be submitted via email and will not be read aloud.
A few people submitted public comment ahead of today s meeting upset that the board was canceling the in person chance for people to voice their concerns. It is appalling that you would shut down the board meetings and not take in person public comment from the citizens of Washoe County, wrote Carolyn Sullivan. We pay taxes to keep the school district afloat, and our children and grandchildren are being educated in this system.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - One rural southern Nevada county could step ahead of the state and approve lifting mask mandates and business capacity limits enacted as pandemic prevention measures more than a year ago.
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