News briefs for September 22, 2004

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004 | 9:47 a.m.

Sleeping man dragged by truck

A man sleeping in a parking lot across from the Crazy Horse Too Gentleman's Club was hit and dragged 100 feet by a tractor-trailer about 2:30 a.m. today, Metro Police said.

Police said they believe Joey Johnson was sleeping underneath the truck, parked at a tire shop at Industrial Road and Northbridge Street. Police believe the truck driver, who left the scene, did not realize the man was under the truck or that he had injured him.

A taxicab driver who witnessed the collision wrote down a license plate number, police said, and they are trying to contact the driver.

The 18-wheeler is a green Mayflower truck with California license plate HT00106.

The injured man was taken to University Medical Trauma Center, where he underwent surgery this morning.

Henderson workers get raise

Henderson employees who are members of the Teamsters Blue Collar Unit will receive 3.5 percent pay raises each year through 2008 under a new contract unanimously approved Tuesday by the City Council.

By approving that contract, which covers 369 employees in parks and recreation, utilities and maintenance, and building inspectors, the council wrapped up the contracts for all six of the bargaining groups it deals with through June 2008.

Each group received similar deals, with annual raises worth an average of 3.5 percent, although the increase to health insurance payments varied some, Human Resources Director Daryl Moore said.

The Teamsters group will receive increases of $50 per month each year for health insurance, Moore said.

The approved contract was retroactive to July 1.

The city has 1,515 full-time workers, including 1,090 who belong to one of the bargaining groups, she said.

Truckee system receives grant

Assistant Interior Secretary Bennett Raley presided at a ceremony Tuesday in Fernley recognizing a $150,000 grant to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District and the city of Fernley.

The matching grant represents half of the cost of automating gates and telemetry on the Gilpin Wasteway along the Truckee Canal.

The improvements will let TCID make more frequent changes to reduce the amount of water diverted.