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Votes at a glance: Tulare County Board of Supervisors, Feb. 25, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 25, 2025, including consent calendar, a contract extension with CorVel, retirement-rate adoption and a DA canine donation.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors took the following formal actions on Feb. 25, 2025.
- Consent calendar (items 5'27): Approved unanimously. The board moved approval of the balance of the consent calendar; no individual items were pulled for separate action except item 11 (see below).
- Item 11 (Good Works funding agreements, including Proteus Inc.): The board ratified actions by the county administrative officer regarding execution of Good Works funding agreements. Supervisor Valero recused herself from this vote because she serves as an unpaid member of Proteus Inc.'s board. Vote on item 11: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 abstention (Valero).
- Item 28 (District Attorney donation): Accepted a capital-asset donation from the U.S. Secret Service to the Tulare County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigations for an electronics-detection canine valued at $20,000. Motion passed unanimously.
- Item 29 (Tulare County Employees' Retirement Association rates): The board adopted Option 1 as presented by the county retirement staff, implementing retirement contribution rates effective with the pay period that includes July 1, 2025 (pay period 15). Motion passed unanimously.
- Item 30 (Workers' compensation third-party administrator agreement): The board approved a one-year extension of the agreement with CorVel Enterprise Comp Inc. for third-party workers'compensation claims administration and directed risk-management staff to survey employees and departments, implement a complaint-tracking line, add staff to monitor high-profile claims and return with a status report in roughly three months. Motion passed unanimously.
- Closed session report: The board directed legal counsel to seek appellate review and relief in Ah v. County of Tulare et al., Tulare County Superior Court case number VCU295026. Motion passed 5-0.
Vote counts and notable procedural notes are listed above. Where board members recused themselves, the clerk recorded the recusal on the item.
Ending: Board adjourned after closed session and indicated follow-up reporting to the board on several items, including the CorVel monitoring plan.
