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Votes at a glance: Fresno County Board of Supervisors, April 22, 2025
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a series of consent items, a public works contract award, reorganized the county’s code enforcement program, authorized the CAO to pursue the collaborative applicant role for the HUD Continuum of Care, set fee hearings and directed staff on animal services funding.
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors took the following formal actions at its April 22, 2025 meeting. This is a concise list of motions, outcomes and key details recorded on the public transcript.
- Approve agenda (Item 1): Motion carried by vocal vote (ayes recorded); no roll-call names provided on the record.
- Approve consent agenda (Items 20–46) with Item 41 pulled for recusal: Motion carried by vocal vote. Supervisor Magsig pulled Item 41 citing the Levine Act recusal; the remainder of consent items 20–46 were approved.
- Item 41 (Public Works & Planning): Adopt plans and specifications for Contract 24-09, Department of Behavioral Health Olive Avenue Campus Remodel; award to lowest bidder, BNY Construction Group. Motion carried by vocal vote.
- Item 3 & 4 (retirement plaques): The board approved presentations honoring John Adams (Public Works and Planning) and Lieutenant Francis Devins (Sheriff’s Office); these are ceremonial items and passed by voice vote.
- Item 5 (Proclaim May 2025 National Peace Officers Memorial Week and May 1, 2025 Peace Officers Memorial Day): Motion to approve proclamation carried by voice vote.
- Item 6 (Proclaim May 2025 National Foster Care Month): Motion to approve proclamation carried by voice vote.
- Item 7 (Measure C presentation): No formal vote on a measure; board received the presentation and gave staff/consultants direction to continue community outreach and return with draft options.
- Item 8 (Code Enforcement reorganization): Board approved assigning operational management of code enforcement from Public Works & Planning to the County Administrative Office; amended salary resolution to delete 1 Office Assistant I, add 1 Code Enforcement Division Manager, 1 Staff Analyst and 5 Code Enforcement Officer positions; CAO directed to provide quarterly implementation updates. Motion passed by vocal vote; mover recorded as Supervisor Magsig.
- Item 9 (Authorize CAO to submit letter of interest to Fresno Madera Continuum of Care to serve as collaborative applicant for HUD CoC program): Motion carried by voice vote. Board authorized staff to create the collaborative applicant function within the CAO and work with Fresno Housing Authority for transition by November 30, 2025.
- Item 10 (Agriculture fees): First hearing to amend the master schedule of fees for the Department of Agriculture (phytosanitary certificate rates, certified farmers market inspection hourly rate and clarifications); second hearing set for May 6, 2025; County Counsel to prepare summary and Clerk to publish per Government Code section 25124(b)(1). Motion carried.
- Item 11 (Public Health fees): First hearings to amend two public health fee subsections (laboratory fees related to non-CLIA labs; EMS certification/recertification fees); second hearing set for May 6, 2025; County Counsel to prepare summary and Clerk to publish. Motion carried.
- Item 12 (Animal services assessment): Board received consultant report and directed staff to pursue recommendations, prepare contract and budget options (including emergency stabilization funding) and return before July 1, 2025 so compensation does not fall as scheduled; motion carried by voice vote.
- Item 13–14 (Committee reports and appointments): The board approved multiple committee appointments and reappointments (listed on the official minutes). Motion carried.
All listed motions were adopted by unanimous or majority voice votes as recorded in the public transcript; where the transcript did not record individual roll-call tallies or the mover/second, the item summary above reflects the on-record motion text and outcomes as verbatim in the meeting record.
