The Board of Supervisors convened at 12:30 p.m. (after a brief recess reconvened at 12:51 p.m.) to receive the County Administrator's presentation of the proposed balanced budget for fiscal year 2026-27. The meeting was chaired by President Halbert, who left at 1:00 p.m., with Supervisors Marquez, Tam, Miley, and Fortunato Bass present. The proposed budget closes a $91.4 million funding gap through a combination of ongoing and one-time strategies, without layoffs or major program reductions. Public comment featured 11 speakers (10 in-person, 1 online) representing county employees, labor unions, and community organizations. The board voted 4-0 to accept the proposed budget and schedule public hearings from June 18 through June 25, 2026.
Okay. I'd like to call our 12 o'clock meeting to order at 12 30 6. And I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll to establish our quorum. Supervisor Marquez, excused, supervisor Tam, excused. Supervisor Miley. Yes. Supervisor Fortunatabas. Present. Present Halbert. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you much. I note that uh our other colleagues are here. They're just out of the room right now. They will join us any minute. We now have an open session item, a county administrator's office presentation of the fiscal year recommended proposed budget. I'm going to turn it over to our county administrator. I will also announce in advance. I apologize, but I will have to leave promptly at one o'clock. I am the chairman of the Alameda County Transportation Commission as well. The meeting will continue without me, and I trust my colleagues to make wise decisions. With that said, County Administrator, the floor is yours. I guess we do have to wait. Do we have the somebody from the county administrator's office? I guess we'll wait for the county administrator. We have to take public comment on this. You should wait until after the presentation. That is your decision. We don't have public comment on non-agendized items. And so why don't we go over the protocols for speakers? If you want to speak, you can give a speaker slip to the clerk. If the clerk would perhaps go over instructions for how remote participants can participate. Detailed instructions are provided on the teleconferencing guidelines. A link to the document is included in today's agenda to view an automated translated transcript or listen to the automated translated audio of the meeting from English into multiple other languages. Please utilize the wordly link in today's agenda or the QR codes posted throughout the room and select your preferred language from the doc drop-down menu. If you're joining the meeting using a computer, use a button at the bottom of your screen to raise your hand to request to speak. When called to speak, please unmute your microphone and state your name. If you are calling in, dial star nine to raise your hand to speak. When you are called to speak, the host will enable you to speak. If you decide not to speak, notify the clerk when your call is unmuted, or you may simply hang up and dial back into the meeting. When called, you'll have two minutes to speak. Please limit your remarks to the time allocated. Public comment will generally alternate between in-person and online speakers as determined by the president of the board and subject to overall time limits. Thank you. How many speaker slips do we have? And how many hands raised online? We have uh nine in person and one online, okay. I'm gonna ask um. We're in a holding pattern until the county administrators uh ready to present. So if we take a recess, then it might take a long time.