New confirmed coronavirus cases dropped 40 percent in Carson City in the last two weeks.
Total new cases in Carson City were 205 between Jan. 17-20.
“The daily cases on a running seven-day average are 15 per day,” Nicki Aaker, director, Carson City Health and Human Services, told the Board of Supervisors on Thursday.
Aaker said CCHHS was contacting 93 percent of those cases’ known contacts within 24 hours after receiving results.
She said the city’s vaccination schedule system continues to say no appointments are available until June when the week’s appointment schedule is booked. Once the department knows how many doses it will have for the following week, usually on Thursday, the system opens up the next week’s schedule and eligible residents should visit the website to schedule an appointment.
The city’s vaccination program continues with residents 70 years or older and some frontline workers such as law enforcement and educators.
Jeanne Freeman, with the emergency operations center, said CCHHS had to date administered 8,375 first doses and 3,600 second doses, and had 758 doses left to administer this week.
The board also voted on and discussed its annual cost allocations and Supervisor Maurice White proposed doing away with the practice.
Cost allocations assess the cost of services provided centrally by city staff, such as human resources or finance, to different divisions and charges them for it. Those divisions are funded by specialty funds and the money charged is sent to the general fund. A consultant does the allocation report.
“In my view, it is incredible waste of time and money and I think we should put a stop to it today,” said White.
Mayor Lori Bagwell said she believed it was more efficient to provide those services centrally and charge for it rather than budget it for each division or department and have them perform the tasks on their own.
“It is strictly a difference in philosophy how we should operate,” said White.
The board voted 4-1 with White voting no to accept the cost allocation plan for fiscal year 2020 for use in preparing the fiscal year 2022 budget.
In other actions, the board unanimously voted to lease the building housing the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada to the museum for $1 annually until June 30, 2024, and approved contracts with Karpel Solutions and Escrowtech International, Inc. for $175,300 for a new case management system for the District Attorney’s Office, and a $605,00 contract with Triumph Electric Co. Inc. to install generators at four well sites.
