Remarks by Terry Withrow
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“Is September 15th. It is about 632 and we're going to get this started. We're going to start off with first. I need to announce that Supervisor K is our chair is not here tonight. He is back in Washington DC trying to bring back some money for us here in our County and so and he is going to be online here. So participating by zoom and so I just want to make sure that we've got Vito on here right now.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, sir. Okay, we miss you. All right, so that's good. So we're all set. So we're going to start off with the Pledge of Allegiance. If everybody would please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, and then we'll remain standing for our invocation. It'll be Reverend Scott Elliott from Big Valley Grace Community Church.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Scott. That was great. Thank you. Okay. We're now going to move on to our presentations here. We have a couple of presentations tonight. We're going to start off with our 2020... The month of October, September through October 15th, is Hispanic American Heritage Month in Stanislaus County. And we have each, from each one of our districts, had selected someone to represent the Hispanic community as our hero, kind of in that, to steal from Manny's hometown hero, a hero from our district that represents the Hispanic community. So I'm going to come down there and start with Manny. with…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so then one of the questions was to talk about who influenced you the most. And you talked about your nana. Am I saying that right? Your nana. Yeah, I want you to talk a little bit about your nana. That's your grandmother.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's great. That's beautiful. Okay, psychology. You got a degree in psychology. What made you do that?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm so sorry about your brother. Anyway, thank you for that. Thank you for sharing that with us. Accomplishments. What are you most proud of? What accomplishments are you most proud of? You talk about stuff at Franklin and the Healthy Start, but I'll let you.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Just a couple more, sorry. So we talked about your Hispanic heritage and how important, how has that influenced you in your life to get you to where you are right now?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Perfect. Last thing is that you wrote in here, and I just thought it was great. You said something that you talked about how you want to make an impact in the community. And you said you want to offer encouragement in simply telling someone, I see you, I hear you, and you matter. And I just think that's huge. I mean, that's just what it's all about. And we never know, you know, each day as we go through life. But to see somebody and to listen to them and hear them on that day, it might have made all the difference in the world to them. And that's what you do. And so we're so proud to have you…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thanks, Manny. And last up, we have Chance.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“OK, well, thank you all for that. That was just great. We're all very proud of you guys. Like we said, what you guys do is what really makes a difference out there. And it's an honor for us to have you here today. And congratulations on accepting these to you guys. Congratulations to you for getting these awards. It's been an honor today. OK, we're going to move on. The next thing up is it's Workforce Development Month. And Doris is going to come up and do a presentation.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Doris and Sarah, thank you very much. That was beautiful. Thank you for doing that. Any questions or comments from the board? Okay, we're good. Thank you guys very much. Appreciate all that you're doing. Okay, we're gonna move on towards public comment here first. Let me read a few things that I was supposed to read with regard to public. The Board of Supervisors continues to offer multiple ways for residents to engage in meetings, including participating by telephone, attending in person, or submitting written comments in advance. So do we have any written comments? Okay, no written…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Sherry, thank you for calling in. I appreciate your comments. So for anyone else, that's a budget item, what Sherry spoke about, which was fine. But it's a budget item, and if we could wait till we get to that in the budget, and then there'll be time to speak about and have public comment on that direct subject matter. Is there anybody else who would like to speak with regard to an item that's not on the agenda?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, Susana. Susana, good evening. How are you?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Susanna, thank you for that. You know, our whole system is complaint-driven, so we need people like you to come up and make us aware of these things if we're not already. And Tara Chumley in the back is going to come around and talk to you about this and see what we can do.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Marianne. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you very much.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Linda and Jennifer, how are you? Doing very well tonight.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, guys. Great work. Very good. Thank you. Okay. Darryl Terrell. I'm sorry?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Darryl Terrell. Darryl, good evening. How are you?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Daryl. Thank you very much. Okay, any more public comments?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Very good. Okay, so we're showing that that's it. Is there anybody else that would like to speak in public comment before we close public comment? Unless it's an item that's already on the agenda, we'll get to that. Okay, seeing none, we will close public comment. And now we're going to move on to the consent calendar. And before the board takes up the consent calendar, is there anybody on the board that would like to pull any of the consent items? Seeing none, anybody from the audience like to pull anything from consent? Okay, seeing none, we'll look for a motion.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Passes unanimously. Thank you. Okay, we're going to move on to items.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, sorry. Oh, Supervisor Chiesa, how could we forget you? Right. Okay. Okay, let's do a roll call. Right.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Perfect. Passes unanimously. Thank you. Thanks, Vito. Sorry we did that. Okay. We'll move on to item 7-1. I think Jody's going to start us off here.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, Jody, thank you very much. And thank you Angelica, Ryan, Joshua, Patrick, Joanna, Ruben, Christine, and Tara. Thank you guys all very much. A lot of hard work on your part just in doing the presentation. Thank you very much for doing that. I want to remind everybody, and we say this every time, but it's good to, especially for individuals who haven't been here before, IS EACH OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RECEIVES A BRIEFING ON THE BUDGET, USUALLY THREE TO FOUR HOURS. WE DO THAT PROBABLY FOUR TIMES A YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF OUR BUDGET UPDATES AND WHETHER IT'S ADOPTED FINAL…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, Chance, thank you very much. Anybody else? Nobody else here on the dais at this point before we open the public hearing. Vito, anything you'd like to say before we open the public hearing? Okay, perfect. Thank you. Okay, we will now open the public hearing. Okay, so we have several speakers that are here. I don't think we have anybody online at this point as far as speakers, but we just have people in the room. Okay, and Mary, I'll let you start us off here.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026