Fresno County supervisors confirm two department leaders, approve road-safety work and school crosswalk

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors on March 25 confirmed Raymond T. Hunter as director of the General Services Department and Michael Kerr as chief information officer and director of the Information Technology Services Department, received the annual report from the county’s Foster Care Standards and Oversight Committee and approved two agreements to advance local roadway and school-street safety.

The actions matter because they install new leadership in two county departments and commit the county to consulting and construction work intended to reduce traffic injuries and improve safety for students and other road users.

Raymond T. Hunter was confirmed to lead the county’s General Services Department. Hunter served as chief of real estate, contracts and logistics at the Los Angeles County Department of Social Services and “brings over 2 decades of leadership experience,” the board said. Hunter said, “I'm very excited to join Fresno County, and to be of service to the people of Fresno County.”

Michael Kerr was confirmed as chief information officer and director of the Information Technology Services Department. The board noted Kerr previously served Ventura County as deputy chief information officer for criminal justice and spent 19 years in various IT leadership roles in Orange County. Kerr said, “My primary focus will be to align our IT strategies with the broader goals of the county, ensuring that technology drives efficiency, innovation, and data security for our constituents and staff.”

Separately, the board received the annual report from the Foster Care Standards and Oversight Committee; the meeting record states the board received the report but does not specify further action or discussion recorded in the transcript.

The board approved an agreement with TJKM Consulting to support Fresno County’s effort to develop a comprehensive safety action plan and to further develop sections of the county’s local road safety plan. The county described an action plan as “a basic building block to significantly improve roadway safety by developing strategies to reduce transportation-related fatalities and injury accidents for all road users.” The transcript does not specify the contract amount or the mover/second for the approval.

The board also approved an agreement with Central Unified School District for construction costs to install a high-intensity activated crosswalk (HAWK) at Herndon Barstow Elementary in Supervisorial District 1. The meeting record says Fresno County, the State of California, the City of Fresno and Central Unified are funding the project; the transcript does not specify dollar amounts or the exact breakdown among those partners.

Votes at a glance: - Confirmation: Raymond T. Hunter as director, General Services Department — confirmed (vote details not specified in transcript). - Confirmation: Michael Kerr as chief information officer and director, Information Technology Services Department — confirmed (vote details not specified in transcript). - Approval: Agreement with TJKM Consulting to develop a comprehensive safety action plan and local road safety plan sections — approved (contract amount not specified). - Approval: Agreement with Central Unified School District for construction of a high-intensity activated crosswalk at Herndon Barstow Elementary, District 1 — approved (funding partners: Fresno County, state, City of Fresno, Central Unified; dollar amounts not specified). - Received: Annual report from the Foster Care Standards and Oversight Committee — received (no formal action beyond receipt recorded).

The board also proclaimed April 2025 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. To watch the meeting, the county posted the session to its YouTube channel.