BOS Special Meeting 10/14/2026 Management Workshop

Madera County Board of Supervisors special management workshop, October 14, 2026, focused primarily on generative AI adoption, countywide safeguards, and workforce impacts. A presenter from San Diego County discussed AI applications and cautions, including data privacy, human review, auditability, employee training, and the need to examine vendor contract terms covering data ownership and use of county information to train models. County staff said an AI policy was in its final drafting stages; participants supported establishing baseline guardrails while implementation details are handled through more specific technical and contractual requirements. No formal procurement votes or contract awards were reported, and no dollar amounts or contract numbers were provided.

Prodigy, a Microsoft partner working with the county, presented its Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness work: reviewing permissions and oversharing, classifying and labeling data, and preparing for phased departmental adoption and training. The work is being piloted with departments, with broader rollout dependent on data cleanup and readiness; no contract value or purchasing approval was stated. The meeting also included a state legislative and budget outlook and a PG&E planned-outage update, but neither resulted in a county spending or procurement action.