Remarks by Vito Chiesa
104 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“It's clearly stated on my paper that you wanted C3, so that's my total.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Oh, north of Turlock. From Keys Road south to Taylor Road.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. You're welcome. All right. So we do have, I'm going to let the CEO comment on a couple of people that are online.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“We're sure. We love technology, and it doesn't always work perfectly. Okay. So we're going to go ahead and acknowledge. And please tell them to unmute when they do to say which item they're going to be speaking on.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. Michael?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. So we're going to continue working on our technology to make sure that we know when people get in the queue and if you make it. But anyways, we showed a little bit of grace today for sure. So we still have to deal with item B5 on the consent calendar?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries 5-0. Thank you. Moving on to item 7, approval to enter into a professional services agreement with GeoSyntec Consultants Inc. for a third party technical review of the Groundwater Use Management Program, the development and the implementation of the Groundwater Use Management Program Action Plan. in an amount not to exceed $495,973. Kristi McKinnon and Rob Coslevy will be presenting. Maybe Rob. Good morning.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Any questions of staff before we go to the public? No questions. Okay. We're going to go ahead and all of the presentations are done. We're going to go ahead and open this up for the public. We have three speaker cards to start out with.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. I see Mike taking copious notes there. Good morning, Wrangler.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you for your comments, Mayor. Okay. So that's the last comment card we have. So now we're going to go to the audience. I'm going to let Milt go first. He was... running up here. It's okay.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Mel. Chair Frobos, welcome.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Where we at? Keep going. That green light will start blinking yellow when you get 30 seconds.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. Anyone else out there? Yeah, come on up. Good morning, Mary.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Anyone else to speak on this issue? Opportunity all right, I'm gonna close it and bring it back to the board for comments and or action I Guess I just want to state really quickly because Mike I appreciate your comments I was on both the Turlock East and Turlock West sub basin boards and I was able to accomplish that for about probably about a year and And then the war drums came out about potential lawsuits. And so then I stepped away from the east side. Christie stepped in. And we put a wall in between, never had a conversation about it. And I represented the West Basin. And it wasn't until…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm going to say yes. I know that was a long answer, but yes, the 122 is potentially the only money that we're spending in excess of what is necessary. Yes. So good question. So I can only go, you know, based on my experience down in Turlock. So this board took action back on January 27th to move forward with this. That's what brought us to this point here today. And so now we've heard from some different folks. The Turlock sub-basin, the thing that we recognize, and I'm talking about the west component, there's the city of Turlock, Ceres, Houston, Daenerys Community Service District, Keys…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. This does require a fourth or fifth vote. I'm going to turn it over. We're going to do an actual roll call vote, please.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right. Motion carries 4-1. Thank you very much. Thank you, guys. Two minutes, but before we take two minutes, CEO has a statement.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“That's right. We're going to take a quick two-minute bathroom break, and then we'll be right back. Support budget structural operating deficit for fiscal year 2027 and recommendations to balance the budget and mitigate impacts to the community, staff and county's general fund. Raul Mendez, Angelica Ramos and Christine Huber will be presenting. and maybe Joshua Woolworth, too.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you very much. You just want to answer what the hiring freeze and what it actually means. What is the term again? is essentially a soft hiring freeze.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm going to start from Manny first because I think you were.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“All right. No more questions. I'm going to go out to the public and acknowledge that we don't have any written comments to see when the public wish to Provide comments. Come on up. I saw your head snap back when you heard $17 million.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“There's going to be real impacts to the community. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. You heard where they could occur, but they're going to occur because there's going to be fewer people. We did exceed the service level of what we could actually afford, the dollars that were coming in. Acknowledge that, and when we first heard about this, it's been about six months when this came to light. It's taken us that long to tear it apart and figure out what's going on. The natural reaction is the quicker we make changes, the less the impact's going to be, but there are many more things that you…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“The motion is second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Carries 5-0. Thank you all. Okay, on to item three, public hearing. To consider the approval of the fiscal year 2026-27 assessments for various community service areas, the landscape assessment district, and landscape and lighting districts. And your militia will be presenting along with Dave Lehman, I think.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay before I go any questions of staff questions questions questions, okay We don't have any written comments. Do we have any online? we do not does anyone here wish to make any comments on it and Seeing none, I bring it back to the board for action. Motion to approve. Second. Motion. We have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Nay. Motion carries 4-1. Thank you very much.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026
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“Okay. We're now going to move on to Board of Supervisors reports.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 4, 2026