# Kern County Board of Supervisors 9:00 a.m. meeting for Tuesday, October 13, 2026


**Body:** Official Kern County
**Date:** October 12, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety, Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure


The Kern County Board of Supervisors’ October 13, 2026 meeting included approval of year-end budget adjustments for the county’s general and fire funds. Staff said $63.8 million in available carry-forward fund balance—primarily one-time interest earnings, sales-tax revenue, and unspent appropriations—was available after year-end accounting. The board approved the recommended adjustments and authorized the Auditor-Controller to process them. For the general fund, recommendations included $19.4 million in one-time adjustments and $46.1 million for reserves and designations; staff emphasized that these were one-time resources, not recurring revenue. The fire fund included about $17 million in one-time costs and roughly $5.8 million for reserves and designations. No vendor or contract awards were identified.

Procurement- and capital-related allocations included $8.7 million for major maintenance across county facilities and parks, with projects such as park improvements, water-tank work, facility maintenance and reconstruction, and a $700,000 replacement of end-of-life vegetation and tree-maintenance equipment. The recommendations also included $6.9 million to continue phased implementation of the regional public-safety communications system, including tower-site infrastructure and subscriber equipment, and a $1 million county match for a $5.9 million park grant. Fire-fund items included funding for equipment and vehicles and $4.5 million to support relocation of the county fire-prevention division, previously approved by the board. The board also approved consent-agenda items, but the transcript did not provide procurement details for them.

**Source:** Official Kern County