JP appointment, airport plans, jail report head to supes

Convening 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the community center due to the Fourth of July holiday, the Carson City Board of Supervisors will consider a temporary appointment to Justice and Municipal Court Department 2 and review capital plans for the Carson City Airport as well as the biannual report on the Carson City Jail.

The first item on the consent agenda is possible appointment of Melanie Bruketta to fill the vacant Justice of the Peace seat after Bruketta won the June 11 Primary Election. It would be a partial term.

“The vacancy in the office of the Justice of the Peace is the result of Judge Kristin Luis being appointed by Governor Lombardo to the First Judicial District Court seat that was vacated on January 8, 2024, following the retirement of Judge James Wilson,” reads the agenda. “Ms. Bruketta received more than 50% of the votes for Carson City Justice of the Peace Department 2 in the 2024 Primary Election that was held on June 11, 2024, and will begin her term on January 6, 2025. This agenda item is to appoint Ms. Bruketta to serve the remainder of Judge Luis' term until January 5, 2025.”

The first item on the regular action agenda is review of the Carson City Airport Authority’s Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024-2029 Airport Capital Improvement Plan; two grant submission to the Federal Aviation Administration for FFY 2024 grants for $500,000 with a 6.25 percent match of $33,333 from CCAA, “to fund a runway extension planning study with 25% design and a related environmental assessment, and authorization for the airport manager to accept the FAA grants, if awarded.”

“The preliminary design project is the first phase of a project to improve safety for aircraft during takeoff. Currently, aircraft taking off at the airport must often take off with less-than-ideal weight by limiting fuel or cargo on board during high density altitude conditions due to inadequate runway length. High density altitude conditions occur during hot summer days, resulting in degraded aircraft performance, and more runway length is required for safe operation,” reads a staff report.

The last item on the regular action agenda is the biannual jail report showing incidents and conditions of the Carson City Jail.

“There were no prisoner deaths in the jail in the immediately preceding six months,” according to the agenda.

The jail reports are required by state law. The report for Wednesday’s meeting shows total bookings from all agencies (the majority from CCSO), rising from 1,154 in the same time period last year to 1,269 this year, an increase of 10 percent. Jail releases rose 19 percent from 981 in the same time period in 2023 to 1,171 tracked so far in 2024.

The full report can be viewed online: https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/2702591/2024_Detention.pdf.