Jan 20, 2026 Air Pollution Control Board Regular Meeting

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GOOD MORNING. SINCE THE 2026 CHAIR HAS YET TO BE SELECTED AS CLERK, I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ALONG WITH CEO DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY COUNCIL JOE LARMER AND FROM THE STAFF CLERK OF THE BOARD, MARCY WINSTEAD. AND IN THE FOYER, MIRANDA ANGEL.

WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, FILL OUT A SPEAKER REQUEST CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK IN THE FOYER. SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH REGULAR CALENDAR ITEM BEGINS.

WITH THAT, I'LL PROCEED TO THE FIRST ITEM LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR 2026.

[R1 Elect the 2026 Air Pollution Control Board’s Chair and Vice-Chair.]

AND FOR THE SOLE REASON OF NOT WANTING TO SPEND 12 EXTRA MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SECONDED BY MISS ODETTE, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR MOTION? THAT I'LL DO THE CHAIR AGAIN. YEAH. I'M MAKING A MOTION FOR MYSELF.

I SECOND IT, AND THEN WHO'S YOUR NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR? DOES IT NEED TO BE A COUNTY OR CITY PERSON? WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WHAT IS? I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES YOU WANT TO BE COUNTY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND IT. AND THAT'S TO HAVE SUPERVISOR HARMON.

YEAH. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. OKAY. CAN WE TAKE THAT ALL AT ONCE? SO MEMBER CRYE IS THE CHAIR. MEMBER HARMON AS THE VICE CHAIR.

MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR MEMBER CRYE, SECONDED BY ODETTE.

OKAY. LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT IF WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK.

IS DOLORES HERE? NO. SHE'S NOT. DON'S HERE THOUGH.

DON, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. MOTION PASSES. SO R2 CONSIDER THE NOMINATION BY THE CHAIR AND APPOINT ONE MEMBER AND ONE ALTERNATE.

[R2 Consider the nomination by the Chair and appoint one member and one alternate member to the Sacramento Valley Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council (BCC), from among the active members of the Air Pollution Control Board.]

CORKEY, YOU HAVE BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER THIS LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE CERTIFICATIONS BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPLOSIVE CERTIFICATIONS AND STUFF THAT COINCIDE WITH THAT. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU MIND BEING THE REP FOR THAT? NO, I'LL DO THAT. ALL RIGHT, SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MAKE SUPERVISOR HARMON THE APPOINTEE FOR THAT SPECIFIC BCC BOARD.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE? DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND? ALAN. ALAN LONG. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE CITY? WELL, THEY DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO. I DON'T BLAME THEM.

YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE? NO SIR.

NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO. SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MEMBER CRYE.

YES. WHO MADE THE SECOND? ME. JACK MUNNS. VERY QUICKLY.

VERY QUICKLY. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT VOTE ALL AT ONE TIME. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

05, 0 LOOK AT THIS, MAN WE'RE JUST KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK LIKE WE'RE JUST KILLING IT.

PUBLIC COMMENT. CHAIR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO AGAIN.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE JUST JUST YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER. VERY, VERY CONCISE. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MISS BLANKENSHIP? NO, CHAIR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.