Washoe County has taken major hits to its budget in the years following the recession - and although we've seen a lot of economic growth county officials say revenues are still flat.

John Slaughter mentioned in his State of the County address that revenues are slow to come in despite some of the positive economic indicators.

So although they're not making cuts they're hesitant to add any money to the budget either.

"There's kind of a thought that revenue growth for governments is picking up because we see things in the economy that are going great. But there's a lag. And that's what we are dealing with now, is trying to anticipate just when do we need to add, if we are adding new positions, the timing of that is tricky."

Slaughter says they do anticipate small boosts to property tax income and sales tax income eventually.

But for now, major services like parks and libraries will still be operating at fractions of their pre-recession budgets. And that means the county has to rely more and more on volunteers rather than paid employees.

"Do you think it's possible to have the libraries ever return to pre-recession levels of staffing and funding?" 

"That's a general question I think overall for all county services, and I think the answer is probably we are never going to return to where we were before, so we've looked for ways to cope."

To see the full interview, tune in or set your DVR for Face the State this weekend. It's airing tomorrow at 4:30 am and on Sunday at 12:05, 2:30, and 6:30 am as well as 3:30 pm.