26:49 → 27:40(51s)
Chair (identified in transcript as Chair Lopez) called the Dec. 10 session to order, noted it was likely a two-day agenda, confirmed all board members present, opened limited public comment on closed-session items (none offered), and recessed to closed session with reconvene planned for 10:30.
Monterey County Board of Supervisors convened for its final scheduled meeting of the year, heard ceremonial recognitions, filled an economic-development committee seat, approved a large year-end budget report with staff-recommended allocations, considered a Monterey Peninsula Water Management District request to modify a 2009 cease-and-desist order and voted to support limited flexibility, accepted a regional deep-aquifer monitoring plan and related MOU, and received procurement and other reports.
