On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Lyon County Board of County Commissioners discussed and approved Lyon County Human Services to accept a grant award from the Office of Public Health Infrastructure and Improvement for the Fiscal Year 2024 in the amount of $106,169.23 to develop a feasibility study regarding the creation of a regional health district for the quad-county (Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey Counties) region of Nevada. Currently, Lyon County pays the State of Nevada to provide community health nursing and environmental health services through an assessment process defined in NRS 439.4905. In addition, Carson City Health and Human Services provides regional services to Lyon County such as quad-county public health preparedness and epidemiology through a delegation of authority from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada is experiencing a trend toward more locally-driven health services with the newly formed Central Nevada Health District (Churchill, Eureka, Mineral, Pershing Counties and the City of Fallon) assuming public health services from the State of Nevada as of July 1, 2023. By accepting the grant for the feasibility study, Lyon County Human Services will utilize a contract agency to conduct community surveys and interviews with key stakeholders to determine the model that best meets the needs for Lyon County residents.
County Manager Andrew Haskin encouraged the community to participate in the Lyon County Fair and Rodeo. Additional event details can be found on the Lyon County website.
Staff will have a booth and be doing outreach at the Lyon County Fair and Rodeo and Dayton Valley Days.
Lyon County Sheriff’s Office continues to lean forward with traffic saturation patrols and crime suppression initiatives.
Lyon County Board of Health met and heard an update on Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) findings from Kristen Clements-Nolle, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno, Professor and Graduate Director, Epidemiology. Dr. Clements-Nolle provided an overview of middle and high school youth mental health trends. Health Officer Dr. Robin Titus reported, despite the significant number of mosquitoes, there have been no reported positive West Nile cases in Lyon County so far this year.
The complete agenda and back up materials are posted online at www.lyoncounty.org/Agendacenter. For more information, visit https://www.lyon-county.org/ and follow page https://www.facebook.com/LyonCountyNV. Residents can view recordings of previous Board of County Commission meetings on the Lyon County YouTube Channel.
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