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Votes at a glance: Tulare County Board actions on June 3, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors on June 3, including consent calendar approval, grand jury responses, donation of fire engines and adoption of fire-hazard severity zones.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors took several formal actions on June 3, 2025. The following is a concise list of motions, their outcomes and key details recorded on the meeting record.
1) Consent calendar (Items 4—or—7) Motion: Approve consent calendar (items 4—or—7). Outcome: Passed unanimously among supervisors present (4—or, 0 gainst; Supervisor Dennis Townsend not voting due to absence).
2) Item 38 raft response to the 2024 nd'025 Tulare County Grand Jury report: "Homeless Shelters" Motion: Consider, modify as needed, and approve the board's draft response to the grand jury report titled "Homeless Shelters"; authorize the chair to sign the response. Outcome: Approved unanimously among supervisors present (4—or, 0 gainst; Townsend not voting). The draft responses acknowledged the county's partnership in providing shelter services and stated the county considers recommendation 1 implemented.
3) Item 39 raft response to the grand jury report: "Failure of Oversight: Tulare County Special Districts" Motion: Approve the county raft response to the report and authorize modifications as needed. Outcome: Approved (4—or, 0 gainst; Townsend not voting). The board agreed with the grand jury's findings and asked the auditor's office to analyze pilot options. Separately the board directed staff to draft and submit a complaint to the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Cemetery and Funeral Bureau regarding governance concerns at the Tulare Public Cemetery; that action also passed (4—or, 0 gainst; Townsend not voting).
4) Item 40 raft response to grand jury report: "Library Book Machines" Motion: Consider, modify as needed, and approve the board's draft response to the grand jury report on book machines and book lockers. Outcome: Approved unanimously among supervisors present (4—or, 0 gainst; Townsend not voting). The response agreed with the findings and noted that the county will implement improved management practices for new book lockers with vendor maintenance and staff restocking plans at identified locations (Tipton, London, Ivanhoe, Strathmore branches and the Tulare County Museum at Mooney Grove Park).
5) Item 41 onation/surplus of two fire engines Motion: Approve option A: donate two fire engines (county assets) to the College of the Sequoias for use in its fire academy; authorize transfer of title and a donation agreement. Outcome: Approved (4—or, 0 gainst; Townsend not voting). Assets described in the agenda included a KME engine and a 1998 Ford F-450 patrol vehicle (asset numbers listed in the packet). County staff estimated surplus value between $3,000 and $5,000 each.
6) Item 42 dopt ordinance language for fire-hazard severity zones (LRA) Motion: Introduce and approve ordinance language adding Chapter 33, Part 7 to the Tulare County Ordinance Code to adopt LRA fire-hazard severity zones. Outcome: Approved (4—or, 0 gainst; Townsend not voting). County staff noted the change implements state-mapped LRA severity zones and will create increased permit and inspection workload.
Closed session and adjournment The board adjourned to closed session during the meeting and returned with no reportable action. The public meeting was then adjourned.
