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Votes at a glance: Kings County Board approves fee, vendor renewals and appointments
Summary
The board approved the consent calendar (as amended), a correction to the job training office item, a Planning Commission report on a sign-code amendment, a HAVA grant agreement for elections, a technical support renewal for finance software, and the appointment of an acting road commissioner; all measures passed with four ayes and one absence.
Kings County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a series of routine and regular-calendar items, including corrections to a consent-item description, vendor contract renewals and an acting appointment, by unanimous recorded votes with one supervisor absent.
The key actions the board approved included:
• Consent calendar (as amended): The board adopted the consent calendar after staff pulled and corrected one line that misnamed a local office. Roll call recorded four yes votes and one absence; the motion carried.
• Kings County Job Training Office (consent correction): Staff reported a typographical error in the description of a consent item referencing the county’s Job Training Office (the agenda text mistakenly said “King”). The board approved the item as amended; roll call: four yes votes, one absent.
• Planning Commission report – Development Code Amendment 668.19: Chuck Kenny of the Community Development Agency reported the Planning Commission unanimously approved a proposed amendment (DCE 668.19) that would allow permanent outdoor advertising signs in the CN zoning district and raise the maximum size of an outdoor advertising structure from 240 square feet to 450 square feet. The board accepted the report; roll call recorded four yes votes and one absence.
• Elections: HAVA agreement (Grant No. 24G27116): The board approved a Help America Vote Act (HAVA) reimbursement agreement for $15,789 to address election security and technology deficiencies. Elections staff said the amount will be combined with leftover funds from prior grants and an expected future grant to upgrade voting-system servers. The motion passed on a 4–0 recorded vote (one supervisor absent).
• IT: Central Square (Superion) technical support renewal: The board approved a one-year amendment renewing technical support services for the county’s finance system (Finance Enterprise) under the vendor’s revised name after a corporate merger. The one-year renewal cost is $86,263 — an increase of $1,530 from FY 2024–25 — and is included in the Department of Finance’s FY 2025–26 requested budget. The motion passed on a 4–0 recorded vote (one absent).
• Appointment: Acting road commissioner: The board appointed Mitchell Cabrera, chief engineer in Public Works, to serve as acting county road commissioner to comply with California Streets and Highways Code licensing requirements that an appointed road commissioner be a registered civil engineer. Staff said appointment preserves the county’s eligibility for certain state transportation funds. The motion carried on a 4–0 recorded vote (one supervisor absent).
Procedure and voting: Unless noted above, motions were moved and seconded on the floor and the clerk conducted roll-call votes. For items on the consent calendar and the regular calendar described above the recorded roll calls showed four affirmative votes with one absence; the board did not register any nos or abstentions on these measures.
No formal actions were taken Tuesday on public requests received during the public-comment period; the board accepted written correspondence from members of the public and heard brief public remarks that were referred to staff where appropriate.
