Staff from the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency presented the agency's 2024 annual report and year-two updates to the Public Infrastructure Plan (PIP) dashboard at the Dec. 11 meeting; the governing board accepted both presentations and directed staff to develop a proposed FY2026–27 budget for February consideration.

Shawnee Souza of Team RPA led the annual-report demonstration, highlighting interactive GIS features that let users view population, dwelling units, land-use categories and a newly added affordable-housing section. "The requirements for our annual reporting come from NRS," Souza said, explaining the platform will shift reporting from calendar-year to fiscal-year data and will become more automated as staff finish GIS architecture work.

Chris Tolley presented PIP updates under policy PF3, describing two main data streams that feed the dashboard: "added assets," which look backward to assets reported on jurisdiction balance sheets, and capital improvement plans (CIPs), which look forward at planned investments. Tolley said the dashboard separates "reinvestment" (rehabilitation) from "growth" (new capacity) and noted the data currently comes from jurisdictions and partner entities, with future aims to include additional utilities.

Director Jeremy Smith previewed the agency's fiscal picture and budget assumptions. Smith reported the most recently completed fiscal year closed about $6,650 under budget and that the agency is working with roughly a $1.1 million operating budget. "We're in pretty darn good shape with the budget," Smith said, adding staff are considering modest merit increases and hiring a part-time GIS technician (likely an intern-to-staff conversion) to support GIS work. He described shared-work revenue agreements (notably with the Regional Transportation Commission and the Western Regional Water Commission) and said staff will use the West Region Consumer Price Index (about 3.2 percent) as a planning assumption for jurisdictional allocation discussions.

A motion directing TMRPA staff to develop a FY2026–27 budget that incorporates the report assumptions and deliberation from the meeting (and to bring the proposed budget back in February) passed on a voice vote.

What happens next: Staff will continue jurisdictional consultations on allocations, incorporate the discussed assumptions and return a proposed FY2026–27 budget for RPGB action at the February meeting.