Votes at a glance: Imperial County Board actions, May 20, 2025

The Imperial County Board of Supervisors conducted routine and agendaed business on May 20. Actions taken with formal motions or roll‑call acknowledgment included proclamations, committee appointments, travel approvals and personnel appointments. Key outcomes are summarized below.

Votes and motions

- Proclamation: National Public Works Week (week of May 2025). Outcome: Adopted by affirmative roll call vote (recorded as "Pass and adopted by the board of supervisors of the county of Imperial during a regular meeting on this May 2025 by an affirmative roll call vote"). (Transcript: proclamation read and roll call conducted.)

- Proclamation: Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month (May 2025). Outcome: Adopted by affirmative roll call vote. (Transcript: proclamation read; supervisors answered "Yes" on roll call.)

- Urgency item added for closed session: Conference with real property negotiator under Government Code §54956.8 concerning APNs 040130001, 040130002 and 048240016 (negotiator Rebecca Terrazas Baxter; negotiating party Imperial Valley Conservation Research Center, Inc.). Outcome: Motion to add the item carried; board convened to closed session and subsequently reported direction was given with no reportable action taken.

- Consent items and minutes: Approval of the order of the agenda, the consent budget and the official proceedings for May 13, 2025. Outcome: Motions carried.

- Emergency Medical Care Committee appointments: Clerk of the Board opened recruitment and presented nine completed applications for 13 voting member positions; supervisors reviewed and appointed applicants. Outcome: Appointments approved and Supervisor Ryan E. Kelly designated as board appointee to the committee (motion carried).

- Out‑of‑state travel: Authorization for five supervisors and two CEO staff to travel to Washington, D.C., June 1–6, 2025, for federal advocacy including Lithium Valley and related priorities; estimated total cost noted in staff backup. Outcome: Motion carried.

- Personnel appointment (closed session report): The board voted unanimously in closed session to appoint Cynthia Medina as Clerk of the Board, effective May 20, 2025. Human Resources reported the position salary is at range 3‑64 with a beginning annual salary range of $92,086 to $117,609 and a stated benefits estimate; the board reported no change to the position’s compensation or benefits. Outcome: Appointment approved.

Notes on closed sessions

- The board reported direction was given in multiple closed‑session matters (existing litigation, anticipated litigation, public employee appointment and labor negotiations). No reportable actions (for example, formal settlements or final approvals) were disclosed in the public report.

Where to find details: The official minutes and staff backup on the county website contain the formal agenda, staff reports and the full motions; the board's clerk will publish the final minutes and any required disclosures.

Provenance: The actions above are drawn from the meeting transcript, including the proclamation readings (transcript blocks around 355.88–463.54 and 1580.69–1689.66), the urgency real‑property item (transcript block starting 2771.33), motions to approve consent and minutes (transcript blocks around 5345.705–5391.81), EMCC appointment discussion (transcript blocks 5845.62–6136.575), DC travel description and motion (transcript blocks 6139.1953–6332.775) and the closed‑session report including the clerk appointment and salary disclosure (transcript blocks 6437.855–6551.835).