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Fresno County Board of Supervisors
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors makes decisions on countywide services, including elections, voter registration, law enforcements, jails, vital records, tax collection, public health and social services. They also serve as the local government for all unincorporated areas.
Meetings usually occur at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 2281 Tulare Street in Fresno. They are also webcast.
The supervisors approved 4-1 an extension of the emergency rental assistance program, a contract for a fentanyl awareness campaign and received a presentation on the sixth-cycle housing element.
The supervisors approved the county’s fiscal year 2022-23 budget of $4.45 billion, including $22.3 million for capital projects ranging from a new ag commissioner facility to the west annex jail, and heard from several in-home care workers requesting higher wages and more support.
The supervisors approved $9.6 million in claims for Measure C funds, $14.3 million for sidewalk projects in unincorporated communities and heard concerns about the need for foster care support and consolidation of county worker classification.
The supervisors approved a 35-year solar project reclamation agreement, part of a multiphase solar storage facility on 2,000 acres, and discussed the possibility of keeping the Rio Bravo biomass facility open beyond its scheduled closure date of October 1.
The supervisors approved a revised meeting calendar, advanced a tax measure for the November ballot that would benefit California State University, Fresno and the Low-Income Household Water Program that will provide financial assistance to low-income county residents.
