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[15:47] » Where are you?

[16:09] Good morning. Who needs a clock when

[16:11] you've got the noise of the crowd to uh

[16:13] let you know when it's 9:00. Happy New

[16:15] Year to everyone. I can't believe it's

[16:17] 2026 already. Uh nice to see so many

[16:20] smiling faces here this morning. We're

[16:21] going to begin today's meeting with the

[16:23] pledge of allegiance followed by uh an

[16:25] invocation if we have one. Madame clerk,

[16:27] do we have one? Okay. And if not, then

[16:29] the moment of silence. So, please join

[16:31] me in saluting our nation's flag. And we

[16:34] will be led this morning by How about

[16:37] Supervisor Chuck Lean?

[16:39] >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Please join me in

[16:41] » Thank you, Mr. Chair. Please join me in

[16:41] saluting our nation's flag. I pledge

[16:44] algiance to the flag of the United

[16:46] States of America and to the republic

[16:49] for which it stands, one nation under

[16:52] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[16:55] justice for all.

[17:13] Thank you. You may be seated.

[17:17] [snorts]

[17:20] Okay. Uh on to item number one on our

[17:22] agenda here today and that is the

[17:24] election of the chair and vice chair of

[17:26] the board of supervisors for the year

[17:28] 2026.

[17:30] Supervisor Mccari.

[17:34] » Morning Mr. Chair. Uh I'd like to

[17:36] nominate Supervisor Shuckling as chair

[17:38] and supervisor Townsen as vice chair.

[17:40] Okay. Is there a second to that

[17:42] nomination?

[17:48] Have our screen. Okay, we've got a

[17:50] motion and a second.

[17:51] >> Looking for the button.

[17:52] » Looking for the button.

[17:52] >> Uh, cast your votes.

[17:56] » Uh, cast your votes.

[17:56] >> It's not popping up.

[17:57] » It's not popping up.

[17:57] >> There you go.

[17:57] » There you go.

[17:58] >> There we go.

[17:59] » There we go.

[17:59] >> Got a motion by Supervisor McCari,

[18:01] » Got a motion by Supervisor McCari,

[18:01] second by Supervisor Townsen. Please

[18:02] cast your votes.

[18:05] Motion passes unanimously. 5-0. Okay.

[18:08] Uh, that means that uh I say goodbye to

[18:11] my gavl and I'll turn to the new

[18:14] chairperson of this board and hand it

[18:15] over.

[18:16] >> Well, I don't like this one. It says

[18:17] » Well, I don't like this one. It says

[18:17] Pete Vanderpool. Well,

[18:19] >> but before we do that, I would like to

[18:21] » but before we do that, I would like to

[18:21] present you with your gavvel for 2020.

[18:24] >> Thank you.

[18:24] » Thank you.

[18:24] >> Five. I want to congratulate you on

[18:26] » Five. I want to congratulate you on

[18:26] getting us through a year without a

[18:28] global pandemic.

[18:29] >> Appreciate that. Uh but also I I

[18:32] » Appreciate that. Uh but also I I

[18:32] appreciate Pete's leadership. I've

[18:34] always found it uh to be an extra uh

[18:39] little thing for me to be the vice chair

[18:41] under supervisor uh Vanderpool because

[18:43] of his vast knowledge of the county and

[18:45] his many years of service there and is

[18:47] very much appreciated.

[18:48] >> Thank you. We appreciate it. [applause]

[19:00] » That's better.

[19:02] Well, thank you for that. I appreciate

[19:04] it. And I want to just thank my

[19:05] colleagues for the opportunity to serve

[19:07] as chair. It really is a privilege. It's

[19:08] not something to be taken lightly. Uh

[19:10] this county is a wonderful county and

[19:11] we've worked hard to put it in the

[19:13] position that it is. And so to be

[19:14] chairperson of this county and to lead

[19:16] it, uh is not is something I definitely

[19:18] didn't take for granted is truly a

[19:19] privilege that I'm very grateful for. Uh

[19:22] and I know that Supervisor Shuckle will

[19:24] do a wonderful job as the next chair. Um

[19:27] and uh hopefully uh 2026 is a great

[19:30] another great year for Tallery County.

[19:32] [clears throat]

[19:33] >> All right. So with that uh we will move

[19:35] » All right. So with that uh we will move

[19:35] into supervisor matters and I'll start

[19:37] with uh former chair Vanderpool.

[19:40] >> All right. Thank you uh chair madam

[19:42] » All right. Thank you uh chair madam

[19:42] chair. Uh first of all happy new year to

[19:44] everyone. Um I hope everyone had a

[19:46] wonderful holiday season. It was busy

[19:48] with different events, functions, family

[19:50] gatherings, friends. Uh it was uh uh

[19:52] great and uh here we are in 2026 and

[19:55] already uh rolling. So I've got meetings

[19:58] with constituents throughout this week.

[19:59] I've got a meeting with the Health and

[20:01] Human Services Agency directors this

[20:03] Thursday the 8th. Um I also have that a

[20:06] meeting following that meeting uh with

[20:09] the Tacera uh organization, the Tiller

[20:11] County Employees Retirement Association.

[20:14] And we're really digging a little bit

[20:15] deeper into the organization chart and

[20:18] uh the investment staffing. Uh trying to

[20:21] figure out whether or not we've reached

[20:22] a point in the um existence of Tacera

[20:26] where we need to start looking at

[20:27] independent uh investment staff. I know

[20:30] that was a question posed by one of our

[20:32] trustees and so it's sort of an ad hoc

[20:34] committee meeting to dig deep into that.

[20:37] Um on Monday we have a meeting of the

[20:40] Kingsary Area Agency on Aging at 10

[20:42] o'clock at the Probation Connections

[20:44] building. Um then uh we have a meeting

[20:48] of the Teriy Chamber of Commerce

[20:50] governmental affairs committee meeting

[20:51] at noon at Appalantes in Tallery. I've

[20:54] got a Greater Kawa Groundwater

[20:55] Sustainability Agency meeting at 1:00

[20:58] here in Viceelia. And that's followed by

[21:01] a water commission meeting at 3 pm right

[21:03] here uh at uh the board of supervisors

[21:07] chambers. So that's all I've got for

[21:09] this next week and uh uh thank you all

[21:11] for being here this morning.

[21:12] >> Thank you, Supervisor Valero.

[21:15] » Thank you, Supervisor Valero.

[21:15] >> All right. Thank you, Chair, and uh good

[21:18] » All right. Thank you, Chair, and uh good

[21:18] morning, Terary County. First and

[21:20] foremost, I hope everyone had a great

[21:22] Christmas and winter holiday season. And

[21:25] I'm I hope that you're also having a

[21:27] great start to the new year. Uh this

[21:30] year I am believing for greater things

[21:32] in Tillery County and in our region as

[21:34] we continue to uplift, encourage and

[21:36] support our communities across the

[21:38] county. Um and so I'm also believing in

[21:41] greater partnerships, collaboration, and

[21:43] connections to help us grow. And with

[21:45] every move forward, obviously there are

[21:47] bound to be challenges and hardship, but

[21:50] as a county, we muster through. And so I

[21:52] want to congratulate Supervisor Shuckle

[21:54] on your role as chair for our board this

[21:56] year. I know that you will do great

[21:58] things ahead and this and next week

[22:01] include a well 2026 conference committee

[22:04] meeting as this year's conference will

[22:06] be held in Fresno. Tonight our Kiwanas

[22:08] Club of Woodlake will have a dinner uh

[22:10] together along with festivities to start

[22:13] our new year. I also have a Latino

[22:15] Caucus of California counties uh meeting

[22:18] uh statewide um on Thursday. And then on

[22:21] Monday we have a Kings Tiller area

[22:23] agency on Aging meeting followed by an

[22:26] executive committee meeting for

[22:27] Proteius. And that is all I have. Chair,

[22:29] thank you.

[22:30] >> Thank you Supervisor McCari.

[22:33] » Thank you Supervisor McCari.

[22:33] >> Well, good morning everyone. I hope

[22:35] » Well, good morning everyone. I hope

[22:35] everyone had a great Christmas and and

[22:37] New Year's and a holiday and enjoyed

[22:39] time with your family. I was able to do

[22:41] some of that. Had been a while. My girls

[22:43] have moved away and they came back. So,

[22:44] it was really nice to have everyone

[22:45] home. And uh

[22:46] >> Were you surprised they came back? No,

[22:49] » Were you surprised they came back? No,

[22:49] only a few were there. [laughter]

[22:52] Um, anyway, you know, I had the

[22:55] holidays. We did have some events. I

[22:57] know the supervisor town and I attended

[22:59] the Bountiful box in Porterville where

[23:00] we packed I How many boxes was it,

[23:02] Dennis? Several hundred.

[23:04] >> Yeah, it was like 350, I think.

[23:06] » Yeah, it was like 350, I think.

[23:06] >> 350 boxes that we did to to give out as

[23:08] » 350 boxes that we did to to give out as

[23:08] a food giveaway. Um, also attended the

[23:12] Aggra business lunchon in Porterville.

[23:14] It was great. Thank you for inviting me,

[23:15] Dennis, to that. It was a great time.

[23:17] Got to see a lot of people hadn't seen

[23:18] in quite a while. I attended the

[23:20] Farmersville Toy Drive which was put on

[23:22] by Danny Valdeino. She's back on the

[23:24] city council over there, but Danny's

[23:25] always done a great job with a huge

[23:27] Christmas drive there in Farmersville

[23:28] and helping those kids in need over

[23:29] there. Ted Smallley, our TAG uh

[23:33] director, he has an open house every

[23:35] year for the holidays and Christmas and

[23:37] I went over there and saw Ted and uh and

[23:39] got to visit with some people there. So,

[23:41] thanks Ted for that. And then I want to

[23:43] thank Diana Ma. Dana called me on

[23:46] December 29th regarding the conditions

[23:49] of the roads in Tonyville. There was a

[23:52] construction going on there and I went

[23:53] out there on the 30th and met with her

[23:54] in person. It was just absolutely

[23:56] horrible. So I made some phone calls and

[23:59] Johnny Wong at RMA and Tony Boland and

[24:02] Craig Wallace from LSID, everyone got

[24:04] together and we had a meeting yesterday

[24:06] and uh there's a lot of issues out there

[24:09] going on with the current uh

[24:11] construction project going on. the

[24:14] contractor seems to not be following the

[24:16] rules that were set aside. A lot of

[24:18] different things, a lot of excuses. But

[24:20] I want to thank everybody. We got out

[24:22] there and we did it. And I just want

[24:24] staff to know, I told them yesterday,

[24:26] and I'll say it publicly, I'm in full

[24:28] support of whatever actions they need to

[24:29] take on this contractor to make sure

[24:32] that these roads get fixed properly

[24:35] because it was an absolute disaster. And

[24:38] it's very disgusting when we have people

[24:40] come from out of the area to do jobs in

[24:42] our county and tear our stuff up and act

[24:45] like they don't care. And that's my

[24:46] impression of it. I got of it. And I

[24:48] just think it's wrong. So,

[24:51] you know, we wouldn't know these things

[24:53] unless somebody calls. Everyone wants to

[24:55] complain. You see stuff show up on

[24:57] social media. You try to track it down.

[24:59] Half of it is not even substantiated.

[25:02] But, you know, Diana took the time to

[25:03] call me and I went out there and met

[25:05] with her and we're trying to get it

[25:06] fixed. So, the one thing I want to

[25:08] impress upon everyone starting this year

[25:10] is let's quit crying on social media and

[25:13] let's start calling and making see what

[25:15] we can do to help things get better. So,

[25:17] that's all I have to say and everyone

[25:18] have a happy new year.

[25:23] » Supervisor Townsen.

[25:25] >> Thank you, Madam Chair.

[25:26] » Thank you, Madam Chair.

[25:26] >> Oh, I'm sorry, Vice Chair Town.

[25:28] » Oh, I'm sorry, Vice Chair Town.

[25:28] [laughter]

[25:29] >> Thank you, Madam Chair.

[25:31] » Thank you, Madam Chair.

[25:31] Good morning, everyone, and happy new

[25:33] year. Happy 2026. Uh 2025 was a very

[25:37] eventful year. Lots of blessings uh in

[25:39] the year, even some miracles uh

[25:41] personally in that year. And so uh CeCe

[25:44] and I had a great time over Christmas

[25:46] and New Year's. It was kind of a low-key

[25:48] uh time with our friends and our

[25:50] families. U in between that lots of

[25:54] calls and texts and visits and wrapping

[25:56] up loose ends uh from 2025 before the

[25:59] close of the year. Uh starting uh

[26:01] yesterday had a meeting with the Tuli

[26:04] River improvement joint powers

[26:05] agreement. Uh it was really a good

[26:07] meeting, a short meeting uh but there

[26:09] was really good news on the status of

[26:11] the success reservoir enlargement

[26:13] project. It's it's really there besides

[26:16] just a couple of loose ends. Uh but one

[26:18] thing that was really great, we had put

[26:20] in a Zoom call uh to a lobbyist in

[26:23] Washington DC uh regarding a 14.6 $6

[26:27] million appropriation for that project

[26:30] that was going through the energy and

[26:32] and water appropriations. Uh it was

[26:35] sponsored by Congressman Thong that the

[26:38] success reservoir is in his district um

[26:41] and also co-sponsored by Congressman

[26:44] Valadeo which it's not in his district

[26:46] but all of the downstream users are

[26:49] affected uh by this. And so it was a

[26:51] 14.6 $6 million um um appropriation

[26:55] there that that had passed through.

[26:57] There's still some other hoops to jump

[26:59] through, but it was really good news and

[27:01] it looks like it is um uh that that will

[27:04] secure that funding and so I did reach

[27:07] out to both Congressman Fong and Valido

[27:10] thanking them uh for their efforts on

[27:11] that and really appreciative of that. Um

[27:15] this coming Thursday have our Eastern

[27:17] Tuli groundwater sustainability agency

[27:19] meeting at Portville City Hall at 2:00

[27:22] as that agency winds down uh be uh

[27:26] toward the end of or toward next month

[27:28] toward the end of next month it's

[27:29] winding down uh and will be taken over

[27:32] by the Tuli East Groundwater

[27:33] Sustainability Agency when I serve as

[27:36] vice chair chair on the ETGSA and vice

[27:38] chair now on the uh TEGSA.

[27:42] Uh and then also on Thursday be meeting

[27:44] with the Porterville uh museum board on

[27:46] a potential addition uh to the museum

[27:50] celebrating three historic theaters uh

[27:52] that have been in Porterville. So

[27:53] excited to see if they can get that uh

[27:56] underway helping everyone that I can.

[27:58] And that's all that I have to report,

[28:00] Madam Chair.

[28:01] >> Thank you.

[28:02] » Thank you.

[28:02] >> All right. I want to start off first of

[28:03] » All right. I want to start off first of

[28:03] all with wishing everybody a h merry

[28:06] Armenian Christmas. Today, uh, Armenians

[28:08] celebrate Christmas and, um, and it's

[28:11] not because things go on sale after the

[28:13] 25th of December. [laughter]

[28:17] We go by an old Julian calendar and, uh,

[28:21] just the way it is.

[28:22] >> How do you say Merry Christmas in

[28:23] » How do you say Merry Christmas in

[28:23] Armenian?

[28:24] >> Uh, you don't want me to say that.

[28:25] » Uh, you don't want me to say that.

[28:25] >> Oh, [laughter]

[28:27] » Oh, [laughter]

[28:27] >> shorun, I think. But yes. All right. So,

[28:31] » shorun, I think. But yes. All right. So,

[28:31] a couple things I want to highlight. Um

[28:34] few weeks ago, Supervisor Vanderpool and

[28:36] I got a tour of the new Kawia Health

[28:39] Clinic that is located in our Tallery

[28:42] Acres Professional Center or the Sigma

[28:45] building. Um it was actually the space

[28:47] that the board used for about a year

[28:49] while our offices here were being

[28:51] remodeled and they have done an

[28:52] incredible job with that space. Um and

[28:55] we look forward to them opening it,

[28:58] bringing new doctors in to serve our

[29:00] community. So, thank you for that. Um,

[29:02] tomorrow I have a meeting with Adrienne

[29:05] Hillman from Salt and Light. On Saturday

[29:08] I will be attending the uh and

[29:10] presenting a certificate to Mave Blanco

[29:13] who is receiving her Eagle Scout and she

[29:16] is um part of the first and only all

[29:20] girl scouting uh troop. It's not called

[29:23] Boy Scouts anymore. It's called Scout

[29:25] Scouting of America I believe. So um

[29:28] congratulations to her. I then have uh

[29:31] next week a Ter County Economic

[29:33] Development uh Corporation

[29:35] Administration meeting and then we're

[29:37] back here in chambers. So with that, we

[29:40] will move on to public comment.

[29:42] These items are routine and usually

[29:44] approved. Oh no, that's for the consent

[29:46] calendar.

[29:49] Public comment is a time where uh

[29:51] members of the public can comment on any

[29:52] item not appearing on the agenda. for

[29:55] items that are on the agenda. I will

[29:57] open that up for public com comment

[29:59] during the time that we hear that. Uh so

[30:02] at this time, do we have anybody here

[30:03] today that would like to speak for

[30:05] public comment?

[30:06] >> We have Brian Thurn.

[30:10] » We have Brian Thurn.

[30:10] >> Usually you get three minutes. Today you

[30:12] » Usually you get three minutes. Today you

[30:12] get one.

[30:15] >> Nah. Hi, Brian.

[30:15] » Nah. Hi, Brian.

[30:15] >> Always uh I was going to say

[30:17] » Always uh I was going to say

[30:17] congratulations, Madam Chairman, but uh

[30:20] I always try to practice the three Bs of

[30:22] public speaking. Be brief, be brilliant,

[30:24] be gone. And with that, I just want to

[30:27] say on behalf of Southern California

[30:29] Edison, happy new year uh to all of you

[30:31] at the county. We want to express our

[30:33] appreciation

[30:35] uh for the partnership and support uh

[30:37] this past year. As you know, it was a

[30:40] very active year for us at Edison,

[30:42] particularly on the wildfire safety

[30:44] front. Um we have our targeted

[30:47] underground uh project in Springville

[30:50] where Supervisor Townson's um been a key

[30:53] um leader in that effort and working

[30:55] with us to help u improve the wildfire

[30:58] safety uh in that area. I want to

[31:00] express our thanks to Supervisor Valero

[31:02] for the wildfire safety work we've done

[31:04] this past year in Three Rivers. We've

[31:06] turned the corner on that work and we

[31:08] had a great year of uh customer

[31:10] engagement up there. Uh thanks to the

[31:12] supervisor and all of our uh county

[31:14] partners. I do want to also thank uh Mr.

[31:17] Britt and Mr. Hess uh for their u

[31:20] support over this past year and also for

[31:23] um your board staff uh Israel Satello

[31:26] and Patrick Burks, your county PIO

[31:28] Jennifer Fox uh who's been a great

[31:31] partner uh uh during the year and uh

[31:35] your emergency manager Sabrina Bamonte.

[31:38] And then last but certainly not least,

[31:40] Chief Norman. So again, our appreciation

[31:42] and we look forward to working with you

[31:44] this year. Thank you.

[31:45] >> Thank you, Brian. We appreciate you,

[31:47] » Thank you, Brian. We appreciate you,

[31:47] too.

[31:48] >> Okay. Do we have anybody else who would

[31:49] » Okay. Do we have anybody else who would

[31:49] like to speak?

[31:50] >> Yes, [clears throat] David.

[31:59] » How's it going everyone? Uh,

[32:01] >> congratulations, Madame Chair, and uh,

[32:04] » congratulations, Madame Chair, and uh,

[32:04] uh, happy new year to the rest of the

[32:05] members of the board. Uh my name is

[32:07] Daniel Seulva and I'm a district

[32:08] representative for Congressman Jim

[32:10] Casa's office. Uh I just wanted to

[32:13] briefly highlight a few statistics from

[32:15] our 2025 end of the year report uh which

[32:18] reflects uh some of the work Congressman

[32:20] Kas has been doing uh in Tallery County

[32:22] and as well as the rest of the central

[32:23] valley. Over the past year uh

[32:26] Congressman K has sponsored 26 bills and

[32:29] co-sponsored 351 bills focused on

[32:32] important issues here in the valley and

[32:34] valley. Our office closed more than

[32:36] 1,200 constituent casework requests,

[32:39] responded to more than 11,000

[32:41] constituent messages, and returned $74

[32:44] million directly to residents of the

[32:47] 21st district through federal casework.

[32:49] In addition, $831 million in federal

[32:52] funding came into the 21st district for

[32:55] infrastructure, uh, water, public

[32:57] safety, and other community priorities.

[33:00] Um, our office is looking to make those

[33:02] blumbers larger. And, uh, if there are

[33:04] people here in the 21st district here in

[33:06] Terary County that need help and need

[33:08] more assistance with federal agencies, I

[33:10] want to remind everybody that our office

[33:12] is located um at 425 East Oak Avenue,

[33:16] sweet 202. Uh, that's the transit center

[33:19] for anyone who doesn't know. And our

[33:21] phone number is 559-7499330.

[33:25] Again, uh thank you so much for this

[33:27] opportunity to share and uh thank you

[33:29] guys everyone for your service to

[33:30] county.

[33:31] >> Thank you, Daniel. And please share with

[33:33] » Thank you, Daniel. And please share with

[33:33] the congressman. We appreciate his

[33:34] support and his presence in Tallery

[33:36] County.

[33:37] >> Thank you.

[33:37] » Thank you.

[33:37] >> Thank you.

[33:38] » Thank you.

[33:38] >> Okay, anyone else?

[33:39] » Okay, anyone else?

[33:40] >> The public comment cards.

[33:41] » The public comment cards.

[33:42] >> Pardon?

[33:42] » Pardon?

[33:42] >> That concludes the public comment card.

[33:44] » That concludes the public comment card.

[33:44] >> Thank you.

[33:46] » Thank you.

[33:46] >> Nobody's rushing the podium, so we will

[33:48] » Nobody's rushing the podium, so we will

[33:48] uh move on to the consent calendar.

[33:51] Do we have any items that need to be

[33:53] pulled?

[33:55] Oh

[33:56] >> yes, we have item 18 that needs to be

[33:58] » yes, we have item 18 that needs to be

[33:58] pulled off the calendar.

[34:00] >> And u madame clerk, I I just wanted or

[34:03] » And u madame clerk, I I just wanted or

[34:03] madam clerk, madam chair, I wanted to uh

[34:05] highlight a couple of items because we

[34:07] have uh uh pretty much eight 8 to 10

[34:11] appointments on our consent calendar.

[34:13] And I just want to thank all of the

[34:14] individuals uh who are stepping up to

[34:17] serve uh including um we are appointing

[34:20] a new member to uh the Ter County

[34:24] Employees Retirement Association board.

[34:26] And I want to point this out

[34:27] specifically because uh Gary Reid, a

[34:30] longtime serving member of Tacera as

[34:33] well as a former county supervisor uh

[34:36] here in these chambers stepped down. He

[34:39] did so very quietly and I want to

[34:41] respect his uh request for privacy. But

[34:44] uh Gary served a long time here in

[34:47] Tallery County. His work is to be

[34:49] commended. Uh he was a financial adviser

[34:52] in the private sector and uh really do

[34:54] appreciate all of his service and we

[34:56] were blessed to have another financial

[34:59] adviser who's younger coming in uh to

[35:02] serve on to Sarah in Igor Ferrer. So, I

[35:05] want to thank Eigor for stepping up to

[35:07] that position.

[35:08] >> And I'd also like to make note of Aaron

[35:10] » And I'd also like to make note of Aaron

[35:10] Brooks, our public defender, who's here

[35:12] today, who serves on our mental health

[35:14] board also. And Mr. Seo, did you we had

[35:18] one to pull?

[35:19] >> 18 is pulled.

[35:21] » 18 is pulled.

[35:21] >> Madam Chair, can I also mention about

[35:22] » Madam Chair, can I also mention about

[35:22] Gary Reid a little bit?

[35:24] >> Pardon? I'd also like to say something

[35:26] » Pardon? I'd also like to say something

[35:26] about Gary Reid just because he's been

[35:27] so influential in uh in the portable

[35:30] area in district five in general as as

[35:33] supervisor Vanderpool mentioned uh that

[35:35] he had served on the board of

[35:36] supervisors and then with the TCH Tacera

[35:39] for so many years and so he has been uh

[35:42] intimately involved in in the um in the

[35:46] workings of Tillery County for many

[35:47] years. So really appreciate his service.

[35:49] Thank you.

[35:50] >> Okay. Thank you. So, we have a motion by

[35:52] » Okay. Thank you. So, we have a motion by

[35:52] Supervisor Mccari with a second by

[35:54] Supervisor Valero for approval. Uh, with

[35:57] 18 removed, please cast your votes.

[36:02] Consent calendar passes. 50.

[36:06] Okay. With that, we have no public

[36:09] hearings and no timed items today. So,

[36:11] madame council, do we have a need for

[36:13] close session?

[36:14] >> Yes, madam chair, there is need for

[36:16] » Yes, madam chair, there is need for

[36:16] close session. Item B is off calendar

[36:18] and I do not anticipate any announcement

[36:19] out. Okay. Well, thank you folks. Happy

[36:22] New Year. And this is how it's going to

[36:23] be every week.

[36:26] Thank you.

Board of Supervisors Meeting - 01/06/2026

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