Financial Advisory Board Meeting
Regular MeetingReno, NV · July 11, 2024
Agenda
AGENDA
Financial Advisory Board
Hybrid Meeting
Reno City Hall, 12th Floor Conference Room
1 East First Street, Reno, NV 89501
Thursday, July 11, 2024
3:30 p.m.
Members:
Daren McDonald, Chair James Christman
Judi Rough, Vice-Chair Charlene Hart
Jillian Keller, Second Vice-Chair Richard Jay
Kelly Bland Ric Rosario
Bryan Carano Brian Wadsworth
Council Liaison: Mayor Hillary Schieve
Staff Liaison: Mark Stone
Public Notice
This agenda has been physically posted in compliance with NRS 241 (notice of meetings) at Reno City
Hall – 1 East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in
compliance with NRS 241 at reno.gov, and NRS 232 at notice.nv.gov. To obtain further documentation
regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 775-334-2030 or cityclerk@reno.gov.
This meeting will be held at Reno City Hall in the 12th-floor conference room and via the Zoom video
conference platform.
Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting may do so at the designated physical location or may
hear, observe, and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link which will
provide the Webinar ID and call-in phone number:
https://links.reno.gov/3xFmxMr
You can also join the meeting by typing zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering the Webinar
ID: 820 4873 8906. NOTE: This option will require a computer with audio and video capabilities.
Alternatively, you can join the meeting by telephone only by dialing 1-669-444-9171, entering the Webinar
ID: 820 4873 8906, and pressing #.
Accommodation
The City of Reno, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, wishes to make all its public
meetings accessible to the public. Persons who require special accommodation or assistance in attending
this meeting may contact Mark Stone at 775-334-3105 at least 48 hours in advance so that arrangements
can be made.
Supporting Material
Staff reports and supporting material for the meeting are available by contacting Mark Stone at 775-334-
3105 or stonema@reno.gov and on the City’s website at reno.gov/meetings. Pursuant to NRS 241,
supporting material is made available to the general public at the same time it is provided to the public
body.
Order of Business
The presiding officer shall determine the order of the agenda and all questions of parliamentary procedure
at the meeting. Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. The public body may combine two or more
agenda items for consideration, remove items from the agenda, and/or delay discussion on or continue
scheduled agenda items at any time. Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier
than the stated time but may be heard later.
Public Comment
Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Unused time may not be reserved by the speaker,
nor allocated to another speaker. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment
until the matter is included on a subsequent agenda as an action item. Comments received prior to 4:00 p.m.
on the day preceding the meeting will be transcribed, provided to the public body for review, and entered
into the record. Comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be provided to
the public body for review prior to adjournment and entered into the record.
On specific agenda items, the presiding officer may prohibit comment if the content of comments is a topic
that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, the public body, or if the content is willfully disruptive of
the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to
personal attacks or interfering with the rights of the other speakers. Any person making willfully disruptive
remarks while addressing the public body or while attending the meeting may be removed from the room
by the presiding officer, see NRS 241, and the person may be barred from further audience before the public
body during that session. See, Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 00-47 (April 27, 2001); Nevada Open
Meeting Law Manual, §8.05.
Other examples of disruptive conduct include, without limitation, yelling, stamping of feet, whistles,
applause, heckling, name-calling, use of profanity, personal attacks, physical intimidation, threatening use
of physical force, assault, battery, or any other acts intended to impede the meeting or infringe on the rights
of the public body or meeting participants.
In-Person
Persons wishing to address the public body at the meeting shall submit a “Request to Speak” form to Mark
Stone.
Virtual
Pursuant to NRS 241, persons not in attendance who wish to submit public comment may do so by (1)
completing the online public comment form found at reno.gov/publiccomment; (2) sending an email to
stonema@reno.gov; (3) during the virtual public comment period of the meeting; or (4) by leaving a
voicemail at 775-334-3105.
To provide public comment via Zoom, log in to the Zoom webinar at the above link and utilize the “Raise
Hand” feature during any public comment period. To provide public comment via telephone only, press *9
to “Raise Hand” and *6 to mute/unmute.
A. Introductory Items
A1. Call to Order/Roll Call
A2. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or
any general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for
each commentator.
A3. Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – July 11, 2024
A4. Approval of the Minutes (For Possible Action) – June 13, 2024
A5. Council Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational
items only. No action may be taken on this item.
A6. Staff Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational items
only. No action may be taken on this item.
B. Business Items
B1. Interim Financial Report/Budget Update, including augmentations and
revisions, for fiscal year (FY) 2024 to Date. (For Discussion Only)
B2. Debt Update. (For Discussion Only)
B3. Update on annual risk assessments of City departments, activities, and
processes performed by the City’s Internal Audit Division. (For Discussion
Only)
B4. Presentation and discussion regarding the Parks capital plan and the
residential construction tax – Parks and Recreation Department Director
Nathan Ullyot. (For Discussion Only)
B5. Discussion, review, and acceptance of proposed revisions to Financial
Advisory Board by-laws. (For Possible Action)
B6. Presentation and discussion regarding the Internal Audit Division’s 24-02
Fire Inspection Fees Audit Report. (For Possible Action)
B7. Discussion and acceptance of the following Annual Internal Audit
Administrative Documents: FY 2024/25 Annual Internal Audit Plan,
Attestations of Independence, and Ethics Statements. (For Possible Action)
B8. Presentation and discussion of the Internal Audit Division’s evolution and
maturity model. (For Discussion Only)
B9. Review of Financial Advisory Board FY 2024/25 Work Plan and associated
Staff Report for inclusion on the July 24, 2024, Reno City Council Meeting
agenda. (For Possible Action)
B10. Discussion regarding Nevada Open Meeting Law (OML) and applicability to
Financial Advisory Board meetings. (For Discussion Only)
C. Board/Commission/Committee Member Reports and Announcements – Limited to items
that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. No action may be taken on this item.
D. Future Agenda Items – Discussion of items for future agendas. No action may be taken on
this item.
E. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any
general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each
commentator.
F. Adjournment (For Possible Action)