Now missing from the City of Reno website is the employee page for the now apparently former Director of Parking and Code Enforcement Alex Woodley.
When clicking on it it goes to Page Not Found and an “Oops! We can’t seem to find that page.”
When looking into this situation, and reaching out to different people in the community, several people told Our Town Reno there have been allegations of misuse of his city phone for personal reasons.
We asked the City of Reno media line about this, but they did not get back to us. We’ve also requested to see his text messages with that phone since it is public information as it’s a city phone.
At 2:30 p.m., the City of Reno wrote back: "Alex Woodley tendered his resignation from the City of Reno, effective October 9, 2024. The City declines to comment on confidential personnel matters."
We reached out to Alex Woodley by email to discuss these allegations and his status with the City of Reno but he has not replied.
In the code of conduct for Reno employees, it’s stated that “a public officer, public appointee or city employee shall not use governmental time, property, equipment or other facility for a nongovernmental purpose or to benefit his or her interests.” It goes on have a caveat if “the use does not create the appearance of impropriety,” but those who spoke with us indicated this was allegedly a case of impropriety.
In June, Woodley received over 52% of the vote for the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees District E, retaining the seat outright.
He was first selected to that position after a special meeting in late 2022 to replace former trustee Angela Taylor, when she left the position after being elected to the Nevada State Assembly. In that process Woodley was chosen over two women who were finalists.
We called Victoria Campbell who works in communications for the school district about this situation, who told us she was on vacation. She then told us to call Chad Hartley, to whom we left a message, waiting for a response.
We will keep looking into this situation and update when we get more information.
Our Town Reno reporting, October 2024