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Votes at a glance: Board approves fee freeze, zoning amendment, personnel actions and 2025 agricultural preserves
Summary
At its Dec. 17 meeting the Board of Supervisors approved the consent calendar and several items by roll call, including a temporary road impact fee freeze, zoning code amendments for the multifamily district, personnel appointments and the 2025 agricultural preserves program. Most items passed 4‑0 with one supervisor absent.
This article summarizes actions the Madera County Board of Supervisors took by roll call on Dec. 17, 2024 that had little or no extended public debate. All votes shown were recorded by roll call during the meeting.
Consent calendar The board approved the consent calendar by roll call (vote recorded as 4‑0, one supervisor absent). Specific consent items were not individually debated during the meeting and no members of the public addressed them during the consent portion.
6b — Road impact fee program freeze (Community and Economic Development — Planning) Action: Adopt a resolution to continue a road impact fee program freeze for parcels not created by a final subdivision map, keeping fees at the 2023 level for specified lots from Jan. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026. Vote: Approved by roll call 4‑0 (Supervisor Gonzales, Supervisor Warmho, Supervisor Rogers, Chairman Poitras voted yes; one supervisor absent).
6c — Zoning ordinance amendment (Community and Economic Development — Planning) Action: Adopt an ordinance amending Madera County Code chapters related to the residential urban multifamily zone district to clarify allowable densities and minimum parcel sizes to align with the county housing element and regional housing needs assessment. Vote: Approved by roll call 4‑0.
6e — Appointment: Acting Director of Behavioral Health Services (Human Resources / Behavioral Health Services) Action: Adopt a resolution appointing Arthur Galindo as Acting Director of Behavioral Health Services and provide 10% supplemental pay effective Sept. 27 (personnel action). Vote: Approved by roll call 4‑0.
6f — Supplemental pay for Building Permit Services supervisor (Human Resources / Community and Economic Development) Action: Adopt a resolution providing Will Van Wren (Building Permit Services Supervisor) 5% supplemental pay while performing the duties of deputy director of Community and Economic Development Building and Fire Safety vacancy, effective Dec. 1. Vote: Approved by roll call 4‑0.
6g — Retired annuitant appointment (Human Resources / Public Health) Action: Adopt a resolution appointing Brian Cochran as a retired annuitant administrative analyst 2 for Public Health, waiving the 180‑day waiting period, to maintain continuity for specialized Medi‑Cal administrative activities and targeted case management programs. Vote: Approved by roll call 4‑0.
7a — Agricultural Preserves / Farmland Security Zone program (Community and Economic Development — Planning) Action: Public hearing and adoption of a resolution establishing the county’s 2025 agricultural preserves (APNs and preserves listed in staff packet) and entering into Williamson Act farmland security zone contracts for 2025; included rezonings for several parcels to bring zoning into conformance with the general plan (ARE designations). Vote: Approved by roll call 4‑0.
For each of the items above, no extended public testimony was recorded, and staff presenters provided the brief descriptions recorded here. Where roll call recorded names, votes were: Supervisor Gonzales — yes; Supervisor Warmho — yes; Supervisor Rogers — yes; Chairman Poitras — yes; Supervisor McCauley — absent.
If a board member or member of the public asked for additional detail during the meeting, staff indicated they would return with more information in future reports or hearings.
