Board of Supervisors — 2026-04-27

BodyBoard of Supervisors
MeetingRegular Meeting
Date📅 April 27, 2026

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UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed0:05

All right, good morning. I'll call to order the April 27, 2026 special meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Roll call — called by Unidentified speaker 1
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Supervisor Capps? Here. Supervisor Hartmann? Here. Supervisor Lavagnino? Here. Supervisor Lee? Here. And Chair Nelson? Here.
Pledge of Allegianceceremonial · click to expand
UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed0:29

At this time, please stand and join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Madam Clerk, do we have any announcements or changes to today's agenda?

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 2Proposed0:58

Chair Nelson and members of the board, I just have one quick announcement regarding public participation today. For information on the Board of Supervisors methods of public participation and instructions on how to provide public comment on items listed on today's agenda or during general public comment, please refer to page two of the agenda. Individuals who wish to provide verbal public comment may do so via Zoom by registering in advance using the link provided on page two. Please note that Zoom is available solely for the purpose of providing verbal public comment and is not intended for viewing the meeting. Alternative viewing options are listed on page two of the agenda. If you have any questions, please contact the Clerk of the Board's Office at 805-568-2240.

Again, that number is 805-568-2240. And that concludes my announcements for today.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:43

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Now is the time for members of the public to speak on items that are not on today's agenda. Madam Clerk, are there any requests to speak?

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 2Proposed1:50

Chair Nelson and members of the Board, we have no requests to speak from the public on general public comment today.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed1:55

All right, thank you, Madam Clerk. Please proceed, oh, no, we're moving on to, with the conclusion of general public comment, which is now closed for today's meeting, we will now recess to closed session. Madam County Council, would you please read the items for consideration today?

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UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 3Proposed2:10

Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the Board. In closed session today, the Board is scheduled to consider two items. Conference with Labor Negotiators for Employee County Executive Officer Candidate. The agency designated representative is Chair Nelson. And then the second item is Public Employee Appointment for County Executive Officer.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed2:30

All right, thank you. We'll be back in hopefully early afternoon to adjourn today's meeting. Thank you. Before we recess for closed session, I forgot to ask if there are any public speakers on closed session today.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 2Proposed3:08

Chair Nelson and members of the board, I just wanted to note for the record, we have no requests to speak in the closed session agenda today.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed3:13

All right, thank you. Now we will go ahead and recess to closed session. All right, welcome back. We are reconvening the meeting of April 27th, 2026. Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors special meeting. Madam County Council, will you please report out from closed session?

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 3Proposed3:34

Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the board. In closed session today, the board met on conference with labor negotiators for county executive officer candidate and public employee appointment for county executive officer and the board took no reportable action.

UnidentifiedUnidentified speaker 1Proposed3:47

All right. We are now adjourned to our regularly scheduled meeting on May 5th, 2026 here in Santa Barbara. Thank you and have a good day.