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Board adopts proclamations, appoints two housing authority members and authorizes bids for behavioral health clinic
Summary
At its April 8 meeting the Imperial County Board of Supervisors adopted two proclamations, appointed two members to the Imperial Valley Housing Authority Board, and approved plans and public bidding for renovation of a county behavioral health outpatient clinic; vote tallies were recorded for each action.
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors on April 8 adopted a resolution declaring April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and a separate resolution declaring April 7–13, 2025 as Imperial County Public Health Week. Both proclamations passed by roll call vote during the meeting.
The board also appointed two people to the Imperial Valley Housing Authority Board to fill two vacancies and authorized plans and specifications and public bidding for rehabilitation of an existing outpatient clinic used by Behavioral Health Services.
Sexual assault awareness resolution The board read a resolution recognizing the work of the SHARE Helpline Center (as named in the board materials) and declaring April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The resolution text praised the center—s 24-hour hotline and victim-support services and called for community participation in prevention and survivor support. The resolution was "passed and adopted" by affirmative roll call vote; the roll call recorded four "yes" responses (Districts 1, 2, 3 and 5) in open session.
Public Health Week proclamation The board also adopted a proclamation declaring April 7 through April 13, 2025 as Imperial County Public Health Week, noting the 30th anniversary of National Public Health Week and listing public-health achievements and ongoing disparities. That proclamation passed by affirmative roll call vote with the same recorded roll-call pattern (four "yes" votes recorded for Districts 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the public roll call).
Appointments to Imperial Valley Housing Authority Board Clerk's materials showed three applicants for two county seats on the Imperial Valley Housing Authority Board: Gerald (Jerry) Gauna, Brenda Jean Haley, and Jesus Jack Terrazas. The board appointed Jesus Jack Terrazas to one vacancy (motion recorded as passing four-zero) and reappointed or appointed Brenda Jean Haley to the second vacancy (motion recorded as carrying 3-1). The meeting record did not identify individual yes/no votes in the 3-1 roll call.
Behavioral health clinic rehabilitation: plans and bidding County staff presented a project to rehabilitate an existing county building at Eighth and Main (described in staff remarks as an —3horseshoe—4 or U-shaped structure, internally referred to as the —3old hotel—4) to be used for Behavioral Health Services outpatient clinic space. Staff said the department received a grant to fund the renovation and that project work will remediate ADA accessibility issues and address mold, asbestos and lead. Staff estimated the work at about $5,200,000 and said the funding is grant-based with no expected impact to the general fund. The board adopted the resolution to approve plans and specifications and authorize public bidding; the motion passed on the record when the board voted.
Other items Item 15 (appointments to the Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board) was pulled for further review. The board also received departmental announcements and public comments on topics including a Salton Sea conference and community concerns about federal tariffs and local economic development.
Votes at a glance - Sexual Assault Awareness Month resolution: passed by roll call (recorded as four "yes" votes during roll call). - Imperial County Public Health Week proclamation: passed by roll call (recorded as four "yes" votes during roll call). - Imperial Valley Housing Authority Board appointments: Jesus Jack Terrazas appointed (motion passed 4-0); Brenda Jean Haley appointed (motion passed 3-1). - Behavioral Health Services outpatient clinic plans and public bidding: motion approved (vote recorded as carried by the board).
The board did not provide additional financial detail beyond staff—s $5.2 million estimate for the behavioral health renovation at the time of the vote.
