After taking a holiday break last week for Labor Day, the Sparks City Council will reconvene today at 3 p.m. at Sparks City Hall, 475 Fourth St., for their regularly scheduled council meeting. Some items on the agenda are as follows:

• From January 2006 until Dec. 21, 2007, the Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (NNAMHS) campus on Galletti Way received discounted sewer rates from the city of Sparks, according to city staff reports. The sewer billing for the facility was based on average water consumption during the winter months. Today, the NNAMHS will request that the city reinstate the special sewer rate as well as extend the rate retroactively. The retroactive portion of the request would apply to the bills paid starting Jan. 1, 2009. If approved, the city would refund NNAMHS an estimated $6,000 for the retroactive discount.

• The council will consider entering into an independent contractor agreement with Real Estate Research Consultants as they continue to monitor the issuance of Sales Tax Anticipated Revenue bonds for the Legends at Sparks Marina project. The company would provide sales tax estimates for the series B bonds issued to RED Development for the Legends project.

• The council will consider accepting a grant from the State of Nevada Office of Traffic Safety to pay for Sparks police officers’ overtime work. The grant amount is $65,000 and is offered through the office’s Joining Forces program.

• A pair of Sparks roads have been identified by the city as needing improvements. The roadway on Breaker Way from Greenbrae Drive to I Street, as well as Goldy Way from Baring Boulevard to Howard Drive, are scheduled to receive new asphalt, a handicap ramp, striping and legends. Bidding for the project has closed and city staff will suggest that Peavine Construction be given the job.

The amount approved for the construction would be $315.835.