COUNTY OF NEVADA  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
STATE OF CALIFORNIA  
Supervisor Heidi Hall, District I  
Supervisor Robb Tucker, District II  
Chair Lisa Swarthout, District III  
Vice Chair Susan Hoek, District IV  
Supervisor Hardy Bullock, District V  
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950 Maidu Avenue, Suite 200  
Nevada City, CA 95959-8617  
(530) 265-1480  
Fax: (530) 265-9836  
Lauriana Cecchi, Interim Clerk of the Board  
Alison Lehman, County Executive Officer  
Trevor Koski, County Counsel  
AGENDA  
Time  
Date  
Location  
Tuesday, October 6, 2026  
9:30 AM  
Town Council Chambers  
Truckee Town Hall  
Administrative Center  
10183 Truckee Airport Road  
Truckee, CA 96161  
The Board of Supervisors welcomes you to their regular meeting.  
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The County of Nevada will hold its regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors from inside the from inside  
the Truckee Town Council Chambers, located at the Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center, 10186 Truckee  
Airport Road, Truckee, CA 96161. This meeting is open to in-person attendance.  
Members of the public who are unable to attend in person may watch this meeting live online at  
calling 530-278-6772. Please refer to page 6 for information on how to participate in the meeting, as well as the  
various options being made available for members of the public to provide comment in both western and eastern  
Nevada County.  
The Truckee Town Council Chambers is accessible to people with disabilities. Anyone requiring reasonable  
accommodation to participate in the meeting should contact the Clerk of the Board’s office by calling (530) 265-1480  
at least four days prior to the meeting. TTY/Speech-to-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service.  
Closed Captioning is available for hearing impaired viewers.  
The agenda and all supporting documents are available for review during regular business hours at the Clerk of the  
Board office, 950 Maidu Avenue, 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Nevada City, California. This agenda and certain supporting  
the supporting documents on this agenda for a particular item, click on the SR number to the left of the item. Please  
note that the on-line agenda may not include all related or updated documents. Proposed actions and supporting  
documents are considered draft until acted upon by the Board. All items listed on the agenda may be acted upon by the  
Board of Supervisors.  
REGULAR MEETING: 9:30 AM  
STANDING ORDERS:  
Call the meeting to order.  
Pledge of Allegiance.  
Corrections and/or deletions to agenda.  
CONSENT CALENDAR:  
These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. The Board of Supervisors will act upon them at  
one time without discussion. Any Board member may request that an item be removed from the consent  
calendar for discussion. Members of the public wishing to ask questions or hear discussion on items listed under  
the consent agenda, may raise their concerns to the Board members prior to the consent agenda being  
introduced. The Supervisors will take the concerns under consideration and decide if there is adequate reason  
to remove the item from consent.  
Housing and Community Services Director: Tyler Barrington  
Resolution approving construction documents for the Community Care Expansion  
Preservation Grant for capital improvements at Mountain View Assisted Living Center,  
located at 10619 Sierra Drive, Grass Valley, authorizing the Purchasing Agent to solicit  
bids, award, and encumber the contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder,  
and authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Services, or their designee, to  
sign and execute the contracts associated with this project, so long as the bids do not  
exceed the Engineer’s Estimate of $155,012.  
1.  
Public Works Director: David Garcia  
Resolution approving the purchase of a compost turner and a compost spreader,  
declaring the equipment to be surplus personal property, and authorizing the donation of  
the equipment to the Nevada Joint Union High School District’s Agricultural Program at  
the Ranch, and amending the Nevada County Solid Waste budget for fiscal year  
2026/27. (4/5 Affirmative vote required)  
2.  
Resolution amending the Franchise Agreement between the County of Nevada and  
Tahoe Truckee Disposal Company, Inc., d/b/a Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal (TTSD), to  
remove Section 10.3 of the agreement and to consent to the stock sale of TTSD to, and  
the assumption of the Franchise Agreement, by Recology, Inc., to provide collection  
and disposal of solid waste generated in Eastern Nevada County, and authorizing the  
Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the amendment.  
3.  
(Waive further reading/Adopt) An Ordinance adding Subsection I to Title 16, Chapter 3,  
Section 16.03.090 of the Nevada County Code restricting parking on Combie Road.  
(District II)  
4.  
(Waive further reading/Adopt) An Ordinance adding Subsection H to Title 16, Chapter  
3, Section 16.03.090 of the Nevada County Code restricting parking on East Bennett  
Road. (District III)  
5.  
6.  
7.  
(Waive further reading/Adopt) An Ordinance adding Subsection J to Title 16, Chapter 3,  
Section 16.03.090 of the Nevada County Code restricting parking on Old State Highway  
49. (District IV)  
(Waive further reading/Adopt) An Ordinance adding Subsection K to Title 16, Chapter  
3, Section 16.03.090 of the Nevada County Code restricting parking on Van Norden  
Lake Road. (District V)  
County Executive Officer: Alison Lehman  
Resolution amending various Nevada County budgets through Consolidated Budget  
Amendment No. 9 for the 2025/26 fiscal year. (4/5 Affirmative vote required)  
8.  
Resolution amending various Nevada County budgets through Consolidated Budget  
Amendment No. 1 for the 2026/27 fiscal year. (4/5 Affirmative vote required)  
9.  
Interim Clerk of the Board: Lauriana Cecchi  
Review and adoption of an amended 2026 Board of Supervisors Calendar.  
10.  
11.  
Acknowledge Supervisor Bullock's appointment of Conor Villines as District 5  
representative to the Historical Landmarks Commission, effective September 16, 2026.  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Members of the public shall be allowed to address the Board of Supervisors on items  
not appearing on the agenda that are of interest to the public and are within the subject  
matter jurisdiction of the Board. (Please refer to page 6 for information on the various  
options available for members of the public to provide comment in both western and  
eastern county).  
*DEPARTMENT HEAD MATTERS:  
Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters: Armando Salud-Ambriz  
Resolution proclaiming September 15, 2026, through October 15, 2026, as "Hispanic  
Heritage and Organ Donation Awareness Month" in Nevada County.  
12.  
*INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER ITEMS:  
District 5 Supervisor: Hardy Bullock  
Resolution supporting and proclaiming October 7, 2026, as "California Clean Air Day"  
in Nevada County.  
13.  
*DEPARTMENT HEAD MATTERS:  
County Librarian: Nick Wilczek  
Acceptance of an informational presentation from Friends of the Truckee Library on the  
New Truckee Library Project.  
14.  
Social Services Director: Rachel Peña  
Resolution authorizing the expenditure plan and staffing plan for DSS Medi-Cal  
augmentation funding and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Social Services  
Department budget for fiscal year 2026/27. (4/5 Affirmative vote required)  
15.  
Planning Director: Brian Foss  
Resolution approving the Resource Resiliency Roadmap as a strategic framework for  
Climate Resiliency.  
16.  
Public Works Director: David Garcia  
Informational report to the Board of Supervisors to review the progress on the  
Hirschdale Road over Truckee River Bridge Replacement Project - County Project No.  
224029 and the Hirschdale Road at Hinton (UPRR) Overhead Rehabilitation Project -  
County Project No. 224030.  
17.  
Recess for lunch.  
AFTERNOON SESSION 1:00 PM  
*DEPARTMENT HEAD MATTERS:  
Health and Human Services Agency Director: Ryan Gruver  
Acceptance of an informational presentation regarding the Truckee Navigation Center  
Pilot Program.  
18.  
Cannabis and Code Compliance Director: Matt Kelley  
Resolution approving the Request for Applicants (RFA) for Commercial Cannabis  
Dispensary and application Evaluation Scorecard.  
19.  
ADJOURNMENT:  
*(The Board of Supervisors can discuss these items at any time during the meeting.)  
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This agenda was posted on bulletin boards 72 hours in advance of the meeting at the following locations:  
1. Eric Rood Administrative Center: outside Board office, outside Board Chambers, and outside main entrance.  
2. Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center, 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA 96161.  
3. Outside the District V Board of Supervisors office, Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center.  
Posted: October 1, 2026.  
WAYS TO WATCH AND LISTEN DURING THE MEETING:  
This Board of Supervisors meeting is open to the public. Staff and members of the public may observe the meeting  
using the options listed below. Online streaming of Board of Supervisors meetings is provided to members of the public  
as a courtesy. If an internet connection falters for any reason and there are no Board members attending the meeting  
remotely, the Board of Supervisors will continue the public meeting in Chambers without online access.  
1) Watch from inside the Board Chambers.  
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE MEETING:  
2) Writing a letter to the Board of Supervisors at 950 Maidu Ave, Suite 200, Nevada City, CA 95959.  
3) Emailing BOS.PublicComment@nevadacountyca.gov.  
Written or emailed public comments received by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the meeting will be provided to the Board  
members electronically or in written format and will become part of the public record.  
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE MEETING:  
1) In-Person:  
Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center: Members of the public can provide comment in-person inside the Truckee  
Town Council Chambers at the Truckee Town Hall Administrative Center.  
2) Over the Phone:  
Members of the public can call (530) 270-3474 to provide comments remotely. Callers will be prompted to “in  
fifteen seconds or less, please state the item number or topic you wish to comment on, then press the pound  
key.” Callers will then be placed in a call-in queue until they are permitted into the meeting to provide  
comment. If callers remain on the line after providing public comment, they will be placed into listen-only  
mode. Callers can rejoin the comment call-in queue by dialing *1 at any time if they wish to provide comment  
on items they have not already commented on.  
Please provide your name, City or District of residence, and the agenda item you wish to comment on.  
Members of the public may call the Clerk of the Board Office at 530-265-1480 if they have questions on the  
public comment process.  
Please provide your name, City or District of residence, and the agenda item you wish to comment on.  
PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD  
CONTROL OF MEETING:  
The Board Chair shall first caution any individual at the meeting that their behavior is disrupting the meeting and that  
failure to cease the disruptive behavior could result in removal. After warning, the Chair will request the individual to  
leave if the individual does not stop their disruptive behavior. Additionally, the Chair reserves the right to recess the  
meeting until the person leaves or is escorted out and order is restored.  
PUBLIC COMMENT:  
Matters on the Agenda: The Board shall allow public comment on items appearing on the agenda when the agenda item  
is considered by the Board. Comments by the public must be relevant to the item on the agenda being considered by  
the Board. This includes: a. Consent Agenda; b. Community Presentations; c. Department Head Matters; d. Individual  
Board Member Items; and e. Scheduled Items. At special meetings of the Board, public comment will only be allowed  
on matters appearing on the agenda.  
Matters not on the Agenda: At regular meetings of the Board, members of the public shall be allowed to address the  
Board of Supervisors on matters not appearing on the agenda which are of interest to the public, and which are within  
the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. Pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Board shall not take any action  
or discuss any matter not appearing on the agenda although staff may be asked to briefly respond to or follow up on  
such items. At special meetings of the Board, public comment will only be allowed on matters appearing on the agenda.  
ORDER AND DECORUM:  
Individuals or organizations desiring to address the Board shall:  
1) Address the Board from the designated podium, virtual kiosk, or other designated location, including  
teleconferencing system(s). Speakers are encouraged but not required to give their name and location of residence  
before addressing the Board. This is to identify the speaker's supervisorial district.  
2) Speakers shall direct their comments to the Board, through the Chair, and not to the audience or staff.  
3) Speakers may comment on specific matters before the Board with reasons for the position taken.  
4) The Chair may, at their discretion, increase the allotted time for any given speaker, but shall not be required to do so.  
5) A speaker may not yield time to another speaker.  
6) No individual may speak more than once during general public comment or on an item on the agenda unless  
recognized by the Chair as having new information.  
7) In the interest of civil discourse, the rules as specified in this Order and Decorum of Board Business and Robert’s  
Rules of Order, to the extent such rules are not in conflict with the Brown Act, shall apply at all Board meetings. It shall  
be the responsibility of the Chair to ensure that public comment is conducted in such a manner in order to avoid  
disruptive activity, promote mutual respect, keep comments focused on the subject being discussed, avoid personal  
attacks, prohibit hate speech and the threat of violence.  
8) At the start of each meeting, the Chair shall remind the public of the rules and expectations of the public including  
distinguishing the process for: a) public comment for items on the consent agenda; b) general public comment for items  
not listed on the agenda; and c) public comment for items on the agenda.  
9) Applicants, applicant representatives, and appellants desiring to speak shall be permitted to speak first during the  
public comment portion of a public hearing for no more than ten (10) minutes (or fifteen (15) minutes at Appeal  
Hearings) unless different rules for conducting the hearing are provided by County Code or other applicable law. Time  
limits may be modified at the Chair of the Board’s discretion.  
DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Gov. Code section 84308)  
Members of the Board of Supervisors are disqualified and not able to participate in any agenda item involving contracts  
over $50,000 (other than competitively bid, labor, or personal employment contracts), franchises, discretionary land  
use permits and other entitlements, if the Board member received more than $500.00 in campaign contributions from  
the applicant or contractor, an agent of the applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively  
supports or opposes the County’s decision on the agenda item. The disqualification applies to contributions received  
within 12 months before the final decision and continues for 12 months after the final decision. Members of the Board  
of Supervisors who have received, and applicants, contractors or their agents who have made campaign contributions  
totaling more than $500.00 to a Board member are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the subject  
proceeding. Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the recipient Board member  
and may be made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors prior to the subject hearing or verbally at  
the time of the hearing.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS:  
All members of the public shall be allowed to address the Board on any item which is noticed on the Board’s agenda as  
a public hearing. The Chair of the Board may limit the total amount of time allocated for the public hearing and may limit  
any individual desiring to address the Board to no more than three (3) minutes. Any person may provide the Board with  
a written statement in lieu of or in supplement to any oral statement made during a public hearing. Written statements  
shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Board.  
Whenever a public hearing is conducted, the public hearing is closed and the matter is continued to a subsequent  
meeting for Board deliberation and/or action, the Board shall not allow public comment and/or testimony on that item at  
the subsequent hearing. However, at the initial public hearing, prior to taking action, the Board may, at its sole  
discretion, elect to continue the matter and reopen the public hearing. At the subsequent hearing, all information will be  
considered. The Board may also, at the initial public hearing, prior to taking action, announce that the public hearing is  
being continued for specific information and the public testimony will only be heard on new information specific to the  
Board’s direction. If, after the public hearing is closed and the Board later decides to reopen the public hearing for  
public testimony, appropriate notices must be published.  
ORDINANCES:  
1) By statute, an ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction only after notice and a public hearing.  
2) An urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction with a 4/5 affirmative vote.  
3) All other ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or  
at an adjourned regular meeting unless authorized by statute as indicated above. The Board of Supervisors will address  
ordinances at first readings and will make any amendments. The public is urged to address ordinances at first readings;  
as passage of ordinances will be held at second readings, after waiving further reading of the ordinance.  
INFORMATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE:  
The Board may direct any item of informational correspondence to a department head for appropriate action.  
REFERENCES:  
Board of Supervisors Order and Decorum 2026  
Ralph M. Brown Act, California Government Code Sec. 54950, et. seq. (Open meetings law)  
Nevada County Code Section 12.05.120 (Appeals)