Reno City Council Meeting Report

During the month of June, I had the opportunity to attend two meetings that focused on family policy. The first meeting took place on Wednesday June 15th in the Reno City Council Chamber. The title of the meeting was the Reno City Council & Redevelopment Agency Board; I spent one hour at this meeting. During this meeting, nine people were present. In attendance were the mayor, the city Hall Attorney, the Assistant City Hall Attorney, the City Manager, and five wards. My second meeting took place on Friday June 24th at 1:00pm in the Nevada State Legislature Building in room 2134. The meeting’s name was Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice. During this meeting, eight people were present. Out of the eight people, there were two senators, two assembly members, a Principal …show more content…
I would like to start by saying that it was very easy to attend this meeting. The Nevada Legislature Building did not have a lot of security, and people could go in and out of the meeting whenever they felt like it. During this meeting, a District judge presented his proposal on a project that he was developing, called “Project One.” In his presentation, the judge wanted to convince legislators about the importance of condensing court appearances for families. This would allow families who have multiple cases pending in court to have a specific day to attend all meetings at once. He argued that families are dealing with too many agencies who do not work together to support the family’s needs. The judge suggested that the assembly group, and the Senators, support his proposal by implementing a bill that will mandate many of the different agencies to share information so they can set up meetings at the families’ convenience. For example, the truancy office, the substance abuse office, and the social work department to work as a team, so they can set court meetings on the same day for families who have more than one case