Washoe County leaders have approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Reno regarding Undersheriff Corey Solferino stepping in as acting Reno police chief.
The unanimous vote happened at Tuesday's board of commissioners meeting.
The City of Reno says it could spend up to $2 million on this agreement.
"It's just a maximum of $2 million. We don't think we're going to need that. But we wouldn't want to have to do this again. So we just put that amount there. We also don't know how long this is going to take,” says Reno City Manager Jackie Bryant.
Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam says, "The costs right now are just the time that my Undersheriff Corey Solferino, slash acting chief, is over there. That is the only time right now that we're charging to that ILA."
According to Nevada law, if the costs for this kind of agreement would exceed $25,000, all government bodies involved have to approve it.
In this case, that's Washoe County and the City of Reno.
Sheriff Balaam says his office is evaluating what other resources the Reno Police need right now.
"I have offered up my captains just to work in collaboration, which they do every single day. And so if [Reno Police] needs to bounce something off, if they need to call for resources, that individual, Captain Clark, knows to call over to my captains and vice versa."
The same agreement will go before the Reno City Council at its meeting on March 25.
We reached out to the City for more information on the investigation -- they said they have nothing more to share.
Solferino has served in a variety of leadership roles and has worked closely with regional law enforcement partners, including the Reno Police Department.
As we've been following, Chief Kathryn Nance and five other Reno Police officers were put on administrative leave last week.
City leaders haven't told us the specifics behind the allegations against the chief or the other officers.
Nance was selected as Reno Police Chief in February 2023.
Police services in Reno will continue without interruption.
