Board of Supervisors

Meeting of January 27, 2026

38 items acted on: 0 contested, 5 other regular items, 33 on the consent calendar. 2 more votes are quoted in the Clerk’s words, uncounted.

The County’s page for this meeting Agenda (PDF)

Roll call

David Rabbitt Present
James Gore Absent
Lynda Hopkins Present
Chris Coursey Present
Rebecca Hermosillo Present

Other items acted on

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

Procedural County record of this item’s meeting

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Extension of the County Executive Personal Services Agreement

File 2025-1261 on the County’s site Regular Calendar Item
From Human Resources: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Commission on the Status of Women Ordinance Amendments

File 2025-1151 on the County’s site Regular Calendar Item
From Human Resources: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Chris Coursey, seconded by Lynda Hopkins.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Public Hearing to Authorize the Use of Eminent Domain to Acquire Property Rights for the Morelli Lane Storm Damage Repair Project

File 2026-0009 on the County’s site Regular Calendar Item
From Public Infrastructure: all its voted items District 5

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by Chris Coursey.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Procedural County record of this item’s meeting

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved the Consent Agenda. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Consent calendar

The Board approves the consent calendar in one motion; the County records that vote on each item. Appointments and gold resolutions are approved with it. A consent item on which the Board split is listed under contested items above.

33 consent items, none contested

2026 Vegetation Management Program Grant Recommendations and Staffing Request

File 2026-0052 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

As-Needed Licensed Land Surveyor Service Agreements

File 2026-0015 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Supporting Immigrant Communities Ad Hoc Updates

File 2026-0119 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Board of Supervisors: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Disbursement of Fiscal Year 25-26 Second District Community Investment Fund Grant Awards

File 2026-0032 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Board of Supervisors District 2: all its voted items District 2

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Fee Waiver

File 2025-1305 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Board of Supervisors District 3: all its voted items District 3

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Geyserville Municipal Advisory Council Project Funding

File 2025-1353 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Board of Supervisors District 4: all its voted items District 4

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Amendment to Federal Advocacy Professional Services Agreement with Thorn Run Partners

File 2026-0082 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From County Administrator: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Capital Improvement Plan 2025-2030

File 2025-1156 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From County Administrator: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Agreement with Sonoma County Transportation Authority for the use of Graton Mitigation Funds

File 2026-0089 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From County Administrator: all its voted items District 2

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Public Financing Authority for the West Sonoma County Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District. (Countywide)

File 2026-0029 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From County Administrator: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Amendment to Existing Legal Services Agreement with Nossaman LLP

File 2026-0091 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From County Counsel: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Behavioral Health Revenue Agreements

File 2026-0023 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Health Services: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Sonoma County Homeless Coalition Memorandums of Understanding

File 2026-0024 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Health Services: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Public Health Managed Care Plan Memorandum of Understanding Agreements

File 2026-0062 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Health Services: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Behavioral Health Service Agreements

File 2026-0034 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Health Services: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Office of Equity Time-Limited Position Extension

File 2025-1337 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Office of Equity: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Permit Sonoma File No. CPH25-0013 California Marine Sanctuary Foundation - Request for Coastal Permit Consolidation by the California Coastal Commission, at multiple locations across the Sonoma Coast.

File 2026-0043 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Permit and Resource Management: all its voted items District 5

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Arrowood Kitchen Alterations Construction Contract Award

File 2026-0010 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Public Infrastructure: all its voted items District 3

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to continue project development for active transportation improvements to State Route 12 at Donald Gap in Sonoma Springs

File 2026-0011 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Public Infrastructure: all its voted items District 1

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Russian River Estuary Adaptive Management Plans and Habitat Enhancement Feasibility Study

File 2026-0018 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Sonoma County Water Agency: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Receive Report and Make Findings to Continue Emergency Work to Stabilize Dangerous Conditions Resulting from a Pipeline Break within the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District’s Reclamation System.

File 2026-0094 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Sonoma County Water Agency: all its voted items District 1

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Biosolids Management Services

File 2026-0027 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Sonoma County Water Agency: all its voted items District 1, District 5

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Sanitary Sewer Rate Fee Study

File 2026-0048 on the County’s site Consent Calendar Item
From Sonoma County Water Agency: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of Linda Kachiu to the Sonoma County Audit Committee as the public member for a term beginning January 27, 2026 and ending on December 31, 2028 (Countywide).

File 2026-0002 on the County’s site Appointment
From Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of Elizabeth DePrimo to the First 5 Sonoma County Commission for a two-year term beginning February 23, 2026 and ending on February 22, 2028. (Countywide)

File 2026-0005 on the County’s site Appointment
From County Administrator: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of John Hadzess as the Ninth Trustee on the Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association Board for a three-year term beginning January 01, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2028. (Countywide)

File 2026-0056 on the County’s site Appointment
From County Administrator: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of Elizabeth Glass to the Shiloh Cemetery District Board of Directors for a four-year term beginning January 27, 2026 and ending January 27, 2030. (Fourth District)

File 2026-0030 on the County’s site Appointment
From Board of Supervisors District 4: all its voted items District 4

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Re-Appointment of Ronald Calloway (Mark West School Board Appointee), Becky Menzel (At Large), Heidi Would (Mark West Chamber of Commerce Appointee) and Stephanie Bisordi (Fulton Area Representative) to the Mark West Citizens Advisory Council (MWCAC) for a term beginning February 6, 2026, and ending on February 6, 2028.

File 2026-0033 on the County’s site Appointment
From Board of Supervisors District 4: all its voted items District 4

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of J David Escobar to the Commission on Human Rights for a two-year term beginning January 27, 2026, and continuing until January 27, 2028. (Fourth District)

File 2026-0035 on the County’s site Appointment
From Board of Supervisors District 4: all its voted items District 4

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of Lindsy Morrison to the Behavioral Health Board representing the Fourth District for a three-year term, beginning January 27, 2026, and ending December 31, 2028. (Fourth District)

File 2026-0041 on the County’s site Appointment
From Board of Supervisors District 4: all its voted items District 4

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Approve the Appointment of Chris Golik to the Parks Measure M Citizens Oversight Committee for a three-year term beginning January 27, 2026 and ending January 27, 2029. (Fourth District)

File 2026-0044 on the County’s site Appointment
From Board of Supervisors District 4: all its voted items District 4

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Adopt a Gold Resolution Recognizing the Elsie Allen High School Varsity Football Team for Winning the First NCS Section Championship in School History (District 3)

File 2026-0008 on the County’s site Gold Resolution Presented at the Board
From Board of Supervisors District 3: all its voted items District 3

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Adopt a Gold Resolution Honoring Chief Ben Nicholls for his Exemplary Service to the County of Sonoma

File 2026-0050 on the County’s site Gold Resolution Presented at the Board
From Emergency Management: all its voted items Countywide

Passed: 4 Aye, 1 Absent. Approved as recommended. Moved by Lynda Hopkins, seconded by David Rabbitt.

Hermosillo Aye
Rabbitt Aye
Coursey Aye
Gore Absent
Hopkins Aye

Votes on consent items
Item	Hermosillo	Rabbitt	Coursey	Gore	Hopkins
2026-0052: 2026 Vegetation Management Program Grant Recommendations and Staffing Request	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0015: As-Needed Licensed Land Surveyor Service Agreements	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0119: Supporting Immigrant Communities Ad Hoc Updates	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0032: Disbursement of Fiscal Year 25-26 Second District Community Investment Fund Grant Awards	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2025-1305: Fee Waiver	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2025-1353: Geyserville Municipal Advisory Council Project Funding	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0082: Amendment to Federal Advocacy Professional Services Agreement with Thorn Run Partners	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2025-1156: Capital Improvement Plan 2025-2030	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0089: Agreement with Sonoma County Transportation Authority for the use of Graton Mitigation Funds	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0029: Public Financing Authority for the West Sonoma County Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District. (Countywide)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0091: Amendment to Existing Legal Services Agreement with Nossaman LLP	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0023: Behavioral Health Revenue Agreements	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0024: Sonoma County Homeless Coalition Memorandums of Understanding	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0062: Public Health Managed Care Plan Memorandum of Understanding Agreements	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0034: Behavioral Health Service Agreements	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2025-1337: Office of Equity Time-Limited Position Extension	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0043: Permit Sonoma File No. CPH25-0013 California Marine Sanctuary Foundation - Request for Coastal Permit Consolidation by the California Coastal Commission, at multiple locations across the Sonoma Coast.	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0010: Arrowood Kitchen Alterations Construction Contract Award	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0011: Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to continue project development for active transportation improvements to State Route 12 at Donald Gap in Sonoma Springs	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0018: Russian River Estuary Adaptive Management Plans and Habitat Enhancement Feasibility Study	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0094: Receive Report and Make Findings to Continue Emergency Work to Stabilize Dangerous Conditions Resulting from a Pipeline Break within the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District’s Reclamation System.	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0027: Biosolids Management Services	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0048: Sanitary Sewer Rate Fee Study	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0002: Approve the Appointment of Linda Kachiu to the Sonoma County Audit Committee as the public member for a term beginning January 27, 2026 and ending on December 31, 2028 (Countywide).	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0005: Approve the Appointment of Elizabeth DePrimo to the First 5 Sonoma County Commission for a two-year term beginning February 23, 2026 and ending on February 22, 2028. (Countywide)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0056: Approve the Appointment of John Hadzess as the Ninth Trustee on the Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association Board for a three-year term beginning January 01, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2028. (Countywide)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0030: Approve the Appointment of Elizabeth Glass to the Shiloh Cemetery District Board of Directors for a four-year term beginning January 27, 2026 and ending January 27, 2030. (Fourth District)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0033: Approve the Re-Appointment of Ronald Calloway (Mark West School Board Appointee), Becky Menzel (At Large), Heidi Would (Mark West Chamber of Commerce Appointee) and Stephanie Bisordi (Fulton Area Representative) to the Mark West Citizens Advisory Council (MWCAC) for a term beginning February 6, 2026, and ending on February 6, 2028.	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0035: Approve the Appointment of J David Escobar to the Commission on Human Rights for a two-year term beginning January 27, 2026, and continuing until January 27, 2028. (Fourth District)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0041: Approve the Appointment of Lindsy Morrison to the Behavioral Health Board representing the Fourth District for a three-year term, beginning January 27, 2026, and ending December 31, 2028. (Fourth District)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0044: Approve the Appointment of Chris Golik to the Parks Measure M Citizens Oversight Committee for a three-year term beginning January 27, 2026 and ending January 27, 2029. (Fourth District)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0008: Adopt a Gold Resolution Recognizing the Elsie Allen High School Varsity Football Team for Winning the First NCS Section Championship in School History (District 3)	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye
2026-0050: Adopt a Gold Resolution Honoring Chief Ben Nicholls for his Exemplary Service to the County of Sonoma	Aye	Aye	Aye	Absent	Aye

In the Clerk’s words

The Clerk’s minutes text records a vote on these items, but not in a form this site reads with confidence: several motions on one item, a vote with no stated Board Action to attach it to, or a voter who is not a Supervisor, such as a sanitation district’s mayor-director. They are quoted, not counted. Why.

Untitled item

Procedural

Board Action: Moved by Supervisor Coursey, Seconded by Chair Hermosillo; Approved as recommended.
Ayes: Hermosillo, Coursey
Absent: Mayor Wellander

The Clerk’s minutes text

Untitled item

Procedural

Board Action: Moved by Supervisor Coursey, Seconded by Chair Hermosillo; Approved as recommended.
Ayes: Hermosillo, Coursey
Absent: Mayor Wellander

The Clerk’s minutes text