Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors 12/09/2025

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors · December 15, 2025

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Opening, roll call, pledge, agenda housekeeping

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Chair calls the meeting to order, announces Supervisor Cummings will attend remotely due to illness, conducts roll call and leads pledge of allegiance; clerk notes revised packet pages for item 24 (salary schedule). Chair reads a special disclosure about item 24 (amendment to resolution 279-75) and cost-of-living increase schedule for unrepresented executives (4% in 2025–26, 3.5% in 2027).

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The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors met Dec. 9, 2025. The board approved a regional radio upgrade contract and financing plan (the “Ring” system), voted to take jurisdiction over a contested housing project appeal for a de novo hearing, heard extensive public comment on lithium battery storage and veterans services, and adopted a proclamation honoring retiring County Executive Officer Carlos Palacios.

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