Five Questions for Supervisor Stacey Giomi, Ward 1; Primary begins in May
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 12:57pm
In March, all candidates for local and state positions threw their hats in the ring for positions relating to everything from senate to local school boards.
The 2022 Nevada Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, June 14.
*Early Voting begins on Saturday, May 28 and runs through Friday, June 10.
The 2022 Nevada General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 8.
*Early voting begins on Saturday, October 22 and runs through Friday, November 4.
Each candidate will be asked five questions relating to their position as a part of the Five Question series from Carson Now.
Carson City Supervisor Stacey Giomi has held the position for the last three years, and is running for re-election of his position.
As of this publication, Giomi's opponent Wade Bradshaw has not responded. His five answers will be published if he responds.
1) What in your background do you believe makes you a great candidate for Carson City supervisor?
I've been the Ward 1 Supervisor on the Board of Supervisors for the past 3 1/2 years. Prior to that, I was a employed as the Fire Chief after serving for nearly 32 years in the Fire Department. I have been an active community member serving as a volunteer on various non-profit boards that provide community services. I currently work for a non-profit that provide medical and dental care to uninsured, underinsured, and the geographically isolated in our state. I've dedicated my entire professional career to community service. My experience in budgeting, city operations, emergency & crisis management, and local government make me a great candidate for this position. Overall, I have the leadership skills, the integrity and the compassion to continue serving the citizens of our great city.
2) What do you believe is the biggest issue facing Carson City currently?
In my opinion, focusing on just one issue is doing the community a dis-service. A well run city is much too complicated to put all our eggs in one basket and focus on just one challenge. We have needs in public safety; sheriff, fire, and juvenile detention. We must work with our state and federal partners to find a way to pay for road maintenance so that everyone pays a fair share. We have an additional court room that needs to be considered in the near future. Providing clean drinking water and ensuring our wastewater and storm water infrastructure is working properly is important. Our community has invested millions of dollars in our buildings, roads, and vehicles. We have years of deferred maintenance remaining from the last recession that we must deal with. As a current board member, I've worked on brining programs on-line to ensure the funds we spend are spent logically and on the infrastructure that is most in need of repair. We have a great need for affordable/work force housing and homelessness continues to be problem that needs to be addressed. None of these issues can be ignored and all must be addressed. As a Board member it is my job to ensure we do this work in a way that ensures the health, safety, and welfare of our community.
3) What do you think the solution to that problem is?
The bottom line is finding a way to spend the existing financial resources we have in a logical way that addresses the issues we face by prioritizing our needs. Road maintenance alone would be a $15 million dollar per year investment - and that's just to maintain the roads we have. The key to prioritizing expenditures is the development of a comprehensive asset management program. Carson City has been recognized nationally for the efforts we have undertaken to analyze, categorize, and document all of our recourses. This program provides a base-line condition of every single asset. This allows us to expend funds in the areas that are most in need. I think another solution we can continue to work on is partnering with our community non-profits. We recently completed an agreement with a non-profit to provide affordable workforce housing - this project should get underway later this year and will eventually provide up to 160 apartments for the elderly, veterans, and others who live below the poverty level. Our community non-profits provide a tremendous service and are often in a position to provide those services better and more economically than the city can.
4) What would you like the board or the city to focus on in the next five years?
We should continue to focus our efforts on the maturation of our asset management program. This allows us to prioritize items based upon need as opposed to an individuals' "pet" project. We need to work with our community and update our Master Plan, The current Master Plan is past due for revision and this is a great opportunity for the community to provide input on how our city should plan, develop, and grow in the future. We have a plan to enhance and update our three main entry corridors - the South Carson Street portion is complete and we are working on Williams Street next. The overall plan would have us taking on North Carson Street in the future - these projects will change the look and feel of our community for years to come. I'll continue to focus on public safety and critical infrastructure. The members of our community need to feel safe and they need assurances that our infrastructure will be able deliver clean drinking water and handle wastewater in the proper manner.
5) What is one thing you would like the voters to know about you or your platform?
Carson City has been my home since high school (45 years). I'm a proud graduate of Carson High, and Western Nevada College. I've raised my children here (both of which graduated form Carson High School and later the University of Nevada, Reno). Through my work in the fire department and as a volunteer in the community I've developed a deep connection to this town and it's people. Over the past 3 1/2 years, I've had the honor to serve as a member of the Board of Supervisors. If I'm lucky enough to be chosen to represent you for the next four years, you can rest assured that you'll get a dedicated individual who will do their homework, study the issues, listen to the community and be your representative in local government. I will continue to serve with leadership, integrity and compassion.
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