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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.
During the Jan. 24 special meeting, the Madera Board of Supervisors voted (3-2) against imposing higher penalties on those who extract groundwater over an allocation in the Chowchilla, Delta-Mendota, and Madera Subbasins. They also discussed a groundwater recharge credit policy, but ultimately decided to continue the discussion at the next board meeting.
Following the closure of Madera Community Hospital on Jan. 3, the Madera County Board of Supervisors discussed reallocating $7 million of ARPA funds to mitigate the negative impacts of the closure, but ultimately took no action at its Jan. 10 meeting.
The Madera County Board of Supervisors added the closure of Madera Community Hospital to a list of renewed local emergency declarations, including those due to Covid, the tree mortality disaster, winter storm events, and the Creek and Fork Fires.
The supervisors approved the estimated county contribution of $1.3 million to cleanup debris from the Fork Fire, a conceptual proposal to the San Joaquin Conservancy for the provision of law enforcement services, and increased development impact fees, which will be implemented by July 1, 2023.
The supervisors heard from several county employees concerned about payroll inaccuracies, approved the county flood control and water conservation agency flood safety plan and establishing a Public Agency Retirement Services account to “offer a hedge against inflation.”
The supervisors approved establishing a deferred maintenance-capital project fund for a $2.5 million allocation from the state and the formation of a steering committee to prioritize projects for funding.
