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Board exempts career fairs from AP 80, approves library'zoo summer MOU; one recusal
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Summary
Fresno County supervisors unanimously revised Administrative Policy 80 to exempt career fairs that primarily promote county jobs and approved a library memorandum of understanding with Fresno Chaffee Zoo for three summer programs; Supervisor Magsig recused himself from the MOU vote.
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors on April 21 amended Administrative Policy 80 to exempt departments from seeking board approval for contributions when the activity is a career fair whose main objective is to promote county jobs and vacancies.
County staff told the board that AP 80, adopted July 8, 2025, required departments to seek board approval before contributing county funds to non'county events, and the proposed revision would exempt career fairs focused on recruiting county employees. Staff said the policy language defines career fairs as those where the main objective is to promote county jobs or vacancies and invited the board to amend that definition if desired.
"What is the definition of a career fair?" Supervisor Nathan Magsig asked; staff replied the current definition is "attend career fairs where the main objective is to promote county jobs or vacancies" and said they would accept board amendments to tighten the language.
The board adopted the revision unanimously.
Separately, the board approved a memorandum of understanding between the Fresno Chaffee Zoo Corporation and Fresno County Public Library for the "Summer at Your Library" program. Library staff said the MOU will bring zoo'themed programming to library branches this summer (two outreach tables and one zoo'themed story time) and that most programs would take place at branch libraries, with occasional community'center locations.
Board members asked whether the programs would be at libraries rather than at the zoo and whether any family drag events were planned; library staff replied the scheduled activities do not include family drag story times and that the zoo's role is primarily promotional and programmatic at library locations.
The MOU passed unanimously, with Supervisor Nathan Magsig recusing himself from the vote.
Background: AP 80 was originally designed to provide board oversight of county contributions to non'county events; the exemption responds to repeated department requests to streamline recruitment participation. The library'zoo MOU is effective upon execution through Dec. 31, 2026, and covers promotional collaboration and three scheduled programs.
Sources: Presentation by county administrative staff and library staff at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting, April 21, 2026.
