Hall of Records, Room 301

2281 Tulare Street

County of Fresno

Action Summary - Final

Board of Supervisors

Fresno, California

93721-2198

Telephone: (559) 600-3529

Toll Free: 1-800-742-1011

www.fresnocountyca.gov

Buddy Mendes, 4th District, Chairman

Garry Bredefeld, 2nd District, Vice Chairman

Brian Pacheco, 1st District

Luis Chavez, 3rd District

Nathan Magsig, 5th District

Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer

Douglas Sloan, County Counsel

Bernice E. Seidel, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

Monday, September 15, 2025

9:30 AM

Hall of Records

Present: 4 -

Vice Chairman Garry Bredefeld, Supervisor Luis Chavez, Supervisor Nathan Magsig, and

Chairman Buddy Mendes

Absent: 1 - Supervisor Brian Pacheco

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

FRESNO COUNTY DISTRICT FOUR BOARD MEMBER ASSISTANT SOLOMON VERDUZCO GAVE THE

INVOCATION AND LED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Open Public Hearings on Fiscal Year 2025-26 Recommended Budget

THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 RECOMMENDED BUDGET WERE OPENED

County Administrative Office and Department Presentations of the Fiscal Year 2025-26

Recommended Budget

COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER PAUL NERLAND AND BUDGET DIRECTOR PAIGE BENAVIDES

PRESENTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. BUDGET PROGRAM MANAGER

JOCELYNN CRUZ INTRODUCED THE PRESENTING DEPARTMENTS

Presenting Departments:

District Attorney

Probation

Public Defender

Sheriff

Behavioral Health

Public Health

Social Services

Public Works & Planning

RECEIVED DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE

OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

RECEIVED PUBLIC TESTIMONY

Presentation of all other recommended budgets will be on as-needed basis to answer questions from

Board members or members of the public. The order will follow the budget book beginning with General

Fund, Capital Projects, Debt Service Fund, Internal Service Funds, Enterprise Funds, and concluding

with the Special Revenue/Trust Funds. If a budget is pulled for questions, department staff will be

available to answer questions.

PUBLIC COMMENTS are limited to 3 minutes or less per person and no more than 15 minutes total per

department.

2. General Fund 0001

Agricultural Commissioner-Sealer of Weights and Measures (Org 4010)

Assessor-Recorder

Assessor (Org 0420)

Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector (Org 0410)

Behavioral Health-Public Guardian (Org 5630)

Board of Supervisors (Org 0110)

Child Support Services (Org 5110)

Code Enforcement (Org 4620)

County Administrative Office (Org 0120)

CAO-Grants (Org 0122)

Alternate Indigent Defense (Org 2875)

Countywide Revenues (Org 0415)

Contingencies, General Reserves, and Designations (Org 8210)

Court Ancillary Services (Org 2838)

Grand Jury (Org 2870)

Interest and Miscellaneous Expenditures (Org 2540)

County Clerk-Elections (Org 2850)

County Counsel (Org 0710)

District Attorney (Org 2860)

District Attorney-Grants (Org 2862)

Human Resources (Org 1010)

General Services Department

Purchasing (Org 0440)

Librarian (Org 7515)

Probation (Org 3430)

Probation-Grants (Org 3432)

Probation-Juvenile Justice Campus (Org 3440)

Public Defender (Org 2880)

Public Health (Org 5620)

County Medical Services (Org 5240)

Public Works and Planning (Org 4360)

Support Services (Org 4365)

Transit Services (Org 4700)

Grants (Org 5512)

Community Development Block Grant (Org 7205)

Parks and Grounds (Org 7910)

Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator (Org 3111)

Social Services (Org 5610)

Aid to Adoptions (Org 6415)

Aid to Refugees (Org 6615)

CalWORKs (Org 6310)

Dependent Children-Foster Care (Org 6410)

General Relief (Org 6645)

In-Home Supportive Services (Org 6420)

In-Home Supportive Services-Public Authority (Org 5611)

Veterans Service Office (Org 7110)

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON GENERAL FUND 0001. NO PUBLIC

TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, SECONDED BY CHAIRMAN

MENDES, THAT GENERAL FUND 0001 BE APPROVED. THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

3. Capital Projects (Fund 0400)

West Annex Jail (Orgs 8845-8849)

Jail Improvements (Org 8852)

Sheriff's Area 2 Substation (Org 8853)

Agriculture Capital Projects (Org 8857)

Hall of Records Improvements (Org 8861)

Clovis Library (Org 8863)

Reedley Branch Library (Org 8865)

Parks (Org 8867)

Central Branch Library (Org 8868)

Elkhorn Training Facility (Org 8869)

ARPA Projects (Org 8870)

200 W Pontiac Way Improvements (Org 8871)

DBH - Olive Building (Org 8872)

Selma Branch Libary (Org 8873)

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS (FUND 0400).

NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, SECONDED BY

VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD, THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS (FUND 0400) BE APPROVED. THE MOTION

CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

4. Debt Service Fund (Fund 0300)

Debt Service (Orgs 0301 and 0302)

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THE DEBT SERVICE FUND (FUND

0300). NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD,

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, THAT THE DEBT SERVICE FUND (FUND 0300) BE APPROVED. THE

MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

5. Internal Service Funds

Human Resources

Fund 1060 - Risk Management (Org 8925)

General Services Department

Fund 1000 - Fleet Services (Orgs 8910 and 8911)

Fund 1035 - Security Services (Org 8970)

Fund 1045 - Facility Services (Org 8935 and 8936)

Office of Information Security

Fund 1020 - Office of Information Security (Org 8909)

Information Technology Services Department

Fund 1020 - Information Technology Services (Orgs 8905 and 8908)

Fund 1020 - PeopleSoft Operations (Org 8933)

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. NO

PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD, SECONDED BY

SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, THAT THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS BE APPROVED. THE MOTION CARRIED BY

THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

6. Enterprise Funds

Public Works and Planning

Fund 0701 - Resources (Org 9015)

Disposal Sites

Disposal Sites (Orgs 9020, 9026, 9028, and 9905)

Public Works and Planning

Fund 0801 - Special Districts - Administration (Org 9140)

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ENTERPRISE FUNDS. NO PUBLIC

TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD, SECONDED BY

SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, THAT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS BE APPROVED. THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE

FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

7. Special Revenue/Trust Funds

Assessor-Recorder (Fund 0035)

Recorder (Org 1048)

County Administrative Office (Fund 0271)

Local Revenue Fund 2011 – 2011 Realignment (Various Orgs)

Library (Fund 0107)

Library (Org 7511)

Library Grants (Org 7517)

Library Book Fund (Org 7521)

Library Capital Improvements (Org 7530)

Public Health (Fund 0130)

Emergency Medical Services (Org 5244)

Public Works and Planning (Fund 0010)

Road Fund (Org 4510)

Public Works and Planning (Fund 0115)

Fish and Game Propagation (Org 4350)

Public Works and Planning (Fund 0120)

Off-Highway License (Org 7920)

Special Revenue/Trust Funds with Limited Appropriations

Special Revenue/Trust Funds with No Appropriations

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON SPECIAL REVENUE/TRUST

FUNDS. NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD,

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, THAT THE SPECIAL REVENUE/TRUST FUNDS BE APPROVED. THE

MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

Close Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Hearings; and adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute

Resolution adopting the Final Budget for the County of Fresno for Fiscal Year 2025-26 (“Final

Budget”), which Final Budget includes all adjustments to appropriations, revenues, and

obligated fund balances made to the Recommended Budget for the County of Fresno for Fiscal

Year 2025-26 during the budget hearing (total Recommended Budget requirements, excluding

special districts: $5,335,964,671)

AN OPPORTUNITY WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FINAL

BUDGET RESOLUTION. NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED. A MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR

MAGSIG, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD, TO CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET

HEARINGS; AND ADOPT AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING

THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF FRESNO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 ("FINAL BUDGET"),

WHICH FINAL BUDGET INCLUDES ALL ADJUSTMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS, REVENUES, AND

OBLIGATED FUND BALANCES MADE TO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE COUNTY OF FRESNO

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 DURING THE BUDGET HEARING (TOTAL RECOMMENDED BUDGET

REQUIREMENTS, EXCLUDING SPECIAL DISTRICTS: $5,335,964,671). THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE

FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

Resolution No. 25-286

Public Presentations

Public Presentations - This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address

the Board on any matter not on this agenda - Pursuant to Administrative Policy No. 29,

presentations are limited to 3 minutes per person and no more than 15 minutes total per topic

HELD; NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY RECEIVED

Adjourn

A MOTION WAS MADE BY SUPERVISOR MAGSIG, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN BREDEFELD, THAT

THIS MEETING BE ADJOURNED. THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

4 - Bredefeld, Chavez, Magsig, and Mendes

1 - Pacheco

Ayes:

Absent:

APPROVED:

/s/ Ernest Buddy Mendes

ERNEST BUDDY MENDES, CHAIRMAN OF THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE

COUNTY OF FRESNO

ATTEST:

BY: /s/ Bernice E. Seidel

BERNICE E. SEIDEL

CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF FRESNO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2025