Remarks by Mindy Sotelo
108 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“know this model of we have our rate that they will the business tax rate that we just set at 3500 and then any inspections anything like that would be billed separately does that need to be specified today does that do you need that clarity or anything like that because i know we talked about that today or are we if we're charging at 3500 that's all now inclusive”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
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“I move to approve the proclamation. I'll second.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Most of my comments and concerns were already addressed by both of the other supervisors, so I'm going to try to make this really quick. I understand that we have private property, and then there's the property that the county is responsible for, and that we all kind of have to do everything that we can to maintain that. but is there anything that we can do to help our private property owners know of kind of the risk, know what resources are available to them, anything that we can do to kind of help so that we're all kind of working together as a team to kind of, do everything we…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Sheriff. I appreciate that. Really quick question on Nixle, though. Don't go too far. So does every single agency or jurisdiction, so let's say Hollister Police Department, do I have to sign up for Nixle through Hollister Police Department? Then I have to go to the sheriffs and sign up for that one as well? How does that work? Because I am signed up for some Nixle. Maybe I'm signed up for all of them, but I just want the public to understand, and I want to understand better, how do we sign up for these Nixle alerts? And if I sign up for the county one, is that then going to give me…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I appreciate that clarification because I think sometimes we sign up for one and then we think it is kind of all-inclusive to everything in our community. I think that's something that hopefully maybe we can put that information out to the public so they're very clear on how to sign up and how to make sure that it's kind of countywide. Thank you. I appreciate that. That's all I have on Nixle now. Thank you. I feel like I'm going to jump all over the place, but in light of we have a district that has a lot of potentially flooding issues, et cetera, that is without a supervisor right…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“And is that okay that we share your email with the public as people? I mean, it's public information, but I just want to make sure that as we're... Yeah, go ahead, Supervisor.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you very much for that. There has been comments today about illegal living conditions out on Lovers Lane, etc. Is there anything that we can do to be proactive about that to start working on that kind of inventory and making sure that we're kind of on top of that? There was a lot of devastation last time and people were really, really impacted by that. And so I want to make sure that we didn't just we're not ignoring that issue and that we're being proactive in that. I think that we need to make sure that people are safe. Let's see. I have the fiber line. So is there anything,…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for that, Adolfo. In regards to chemical cleanup and kind of hazards... Is there any opportunity, as well as I think some of the conditions that were out there, and I know that environmental health went out last time and kind of assessed the situation, but is there any opportunity for like integrated waste to, or even environmental health to maybe one, like with integrated waste, do a, I know we do quarterly cleanups, but if we could do like a special cleanup for, and really putting an alert out to the community, hey, if you have any of these, you know, things you can, take…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Are we able to go? One of the comments today was about digging deeper and it sounds like Caltrans possibly did that. So is that something that might be available to us too?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is there any opportunity for us to potentially bring in like CHEER, the nonprofit? I mean, I heard, you know, I know they help down in the riverbed quite a bit. I know that this all comes at an expense, you know, but if there are vehicles down there and there are, I don't know, just washers. I don't know what exactly is down there, but it sounded like there's quite a bit and it sounds like it might be a pretty big task to I think we've got to use every resource that we can, and I don't know if CHEAR is available or not, but I know they did a lot of the cleanup down in the river, removing a…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. And I know Integrated Waste has worked with CHEAR quite a bit, and so... I do think that we need to think about as we are going through this budget cycle, and I know we have zero money, and so please don't kill me. But I do think we need to be realistic in allocating probably some emergency funding to be proactive right now in preparing for this. You know, I'm trying to be realistic, and I know how hard our financial – outlook is right now, but I do think that it will be far worse if we are not proactive right now. And so I do, as we are, you know, this will be the month that we…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I don't really have any questions, but I just want to tell you, Ashlyn and Lorraine, great job on putting this presentation together. It was very complete and very comprehensive. I really appreciate you explaining what kind of AB 109 is, what we can use the funding for, where it comes from, including all of the, you know, your interest that you're receiving every year. It's really telling looking at that whole spreadsheet. I didn't think I had a question, but now I do.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“You mentioned the growth funds. What is exactly the growth funds money, and why does that fluctuate so much, and where is it coming from?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“Sorry, I said I didn't have a question, and then I did.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“okay great thank you so much for the explanation that's it i just wanted to really um say thank you i thought this was a very well done presentation so thank you very much thank you thank you”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“I've actually been contacted by local car dealership here that would love to have the opportunity to be able to bid You know, the comment that or the conversation that I had was, you know, they've not been able to do that and they would like the ability to be able to quote it. They thought in most instances, they would be able to meet or beat whatever these groups are that we're dealing with. So I would love to see us be able to support local if we can. Maybe we contract with some of these different things. for rates, et cetera, but that we are always checking locally and kind of keeping…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I move to approve as stated by County Council.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 1, 2026
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“I can just report out really quickly from RCRC since we're talking propositions. Proposition, let's see, 43 and 45, RCRC, which is the rural counties representing California, RCRC took no position on Proposition 43 and 45. Even though staff recommended no, the Board as a whole decided no position. However, they did support Proposition 1. So that is all I have. Thank you.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, I have a lot of things to discuss with this item. However, I don't have a problem with the business tax part of it and that range that the voters passed. So I'm ready for action on that part. But if we are going to discuss the rate, that's where I will. I've got a lot more to say and a lot more about that. Are we going down? Do we want to have that discussion today? All right.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. So I don't know that I need to be the one to start if anybody else has. You already. I mean, you guys were. I mean, I don't know if you've had a chance. I think there was going to be some outreach and different things.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And I can let you know where I'm coming from if you want, and then maybe you can respond.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I do. Thank you. So I'm hoping, in a perfect world, we would not be making a decision on this today on our rate. I think that what I would like to see is I really would like to see us come up with a... an ad hoc that consists of the stakeholders, of law enforcement, of planning a building. I really think there's a lot we need to consider in this. There is not only the economic part of this, but there is also the safety, the enforcement, all of the different things that go into into this item. I've spent a lot of time, I've had a lot of conversations, I've talked to different counties, and I…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“So we do have a little bit of time. So anyways, that's just that's kind of where I'm coming from today. I really appreciate everybody. your time, your participation. I just want to make sure that we get this right, and I want to make sure that we get this right for everybody. I want our cannabis growers to be successful, but I also need our community to be really successful, and we need to do everything we can to take care of things. So I've got a lot more questions. I think there's a lot more conversation that's needed. So that is my position today. Thank you.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I don't know. I don't know that I necessarily want to set the date today. I think I was looking for you to respond to maybe Supervisor Kosmicki's comments about needing the information prior to the end of September for our budget considerations. Okay.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Are you agreeable to that? Do you need us to have this rate set for the budget this year?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026