This special meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, held on June 24, 2026, continued deliberations on the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 proposed budget. The board considered a $6.7 billion spending plan that closes a $185 million funding gap without major reductions or layoffs, and debated a board letter requesting up to $19.3 million in one-time funding for the Alameda Health System (AHS) to prevent layoffs, conduct a performance audit, and extend a behavioral health program. The meeting included a closed session on labor negotiations and public comment on closed session items only.
Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to call to order the special meeting of Tuesday, no, Tuesday, June 23rd, 130. This is a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors for Alameda County. I'd like to ask the clerk to call roll and establish our quorum. Supervisor Marquez, excuse Supervisor Cow. Present. Supervisor Bartonana Bass. President Hobart. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you very much. I appreciate those uh members of the public participating in our meeting in person and online. If you're here to comment on any items before us today, either closed session or open session, we ask that you would fill out a speaker slip and to participate online. We have some special instructions which the clerk will now provide. Detailed instructions are provided in the teleconferencing guidelines. A link to the document is included in today's agenda to view an automated translated transcript or listen to an 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 drop-down menu. If you are joining the meeting using a computer, use the 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're calling in, dial star nine to raise your hand to speak. When you are called to hope, when you're called, the speak 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 will have two minutes to speak. Please limit your remarks to the time allocated. Public comment will generally alternate between in-person online speakers as determined by the president of the board and subject to overall time limits. In the event that technical difficulties disrupt the Zoom webinar, the meeting may be recessed and reconvened via Microsoft Teams. Detailed instructions are provided in the teleconferencing guidelines. Thank you. Thank you. I note that we have Supervisor Tam participating remotely under the Just Cause provisions of State Senate Bill 2449. Supervisor Tim, would you care to make your uh required declaration? Thank you, President Halbert. I am participating remotely under government code section 549538.3 parentheses and parentheses under the just cost provision because of medical recovery. There are no adults 18 or over present in the room. Thank you, and we wish you a full and speedy recovery. I note that we also are joined by Supervisor Marquez. So we have a full uh 100% participation today. Our next item is to provide public comment on closed session items. There is a list of specific items under closed session. We will take public comment only on those items at this point. There will be public, well, actually, we don't have public comment on open session items. That's right. So if anybody would like to make a comment on closed session items, now would be the time to do that. Do we have any speakers on closed session items in the room first and online after that? First speaker is Kathy Reeves. Welcome and just let us know which item you're speaking on. The first, right? Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Kathy Reeves.