Former Washoe County Manager Fined $1,500 Over Cooling-Off Period Violation
Former Washoe County Manager Eric Brown has been fined $1,500 and admonished by the Nevada Commission on Ethics for an ethics violation. The violation occurred when he accepted a contractor job during a prohibited cooling-off period.
Reno, NV, October 20, 2026 —
Former Washoe County Manager Eric Brown was fined $1,500 and admonished by the Nevada Commission on Ethics after accepting a contractor job during a prohibited cooling-off period, according to the information provided.
The reported violation involved Brown’s acceptance of the job while the cooling-off period was in effect. The available information does not identify the contractor or describe the work Brown accepted. It also does not specify when he took the job or how long the prohibited period lasted.
The commission’s action included both a financial penalty and an admonishment. The information provided does not give further details about the commission’s decision, including the specific ethics rule it applied, the circumstances surrounding the job, or whether Brown contested the matter.
Brown’s former position as Washoe County manager is identified, but no dates for his tenure or for the ethics violation were provided. The information also does not describe any effect the matter had on county operations or whether additional action followed the commission’s decision.
Those details remain unavailable in the summary of the case. The stated outcome is that the Nevada Commission on Ethics fined Brown $1,500 and admonished him for accepting a contractor job during a prohibited cooling-off period.
Story summarized from the original created by Kristen Hackbarth on thisisreno.com, see more information here.
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