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Madera County Board of Supervisors
The Madera County Board of Supervisors is the legislative and executive governing body of the county. It enacts ordinances and rules, determines county policy, supervises the activities of county departments and adopts an annual budget. Each of the five supervisorial districts of the county elects one supervisor.
Meetings usually occur at 9 a.m. on the first three Tuesdays of each month at 200 W. Fourth Street in Madera. They are also accessible via WebEx.
The supervisors acknowledged Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a proclamation, approved $8.5 million in contracts to bring the Kensington Well back online and the Measure T expenditure plan was approved, despite a public comment about equity.
Despite concerns from farmers and a request that they become a “water-sanctuary” county, the supervisors approved excess groundwater pumping penalties and received a presentation on community priorities for ARPA funds.
The supervisors approved the purchase of Tesoro Viejo Town Center Fire Station and Sheriff’s Substation from Tesoro Viejo, LLC for $2.8 million, learned that the county will receive $4.6 million grant funding for the North Fork Library and the ag commissioner said that the county’s gross production value in 2021 was $2.04 billion.
The supervisors discussed imposing a $500 per acre-foot penalty for those who extract groundwater 10 percent above allocations and heard from several farmers concerned about the fee, they also were updated on the status of plans to improve the county levee system and moved forward the annexation of Tesoro Viejo II.
The supervisors approved putting an extension of a half-cent transportation sales tax on the November ballot and learned about the County Medical Services Program, which provides health care for medically indigent adults.
