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TWENTYNINE PALMS WATER IN HASTILY ARRANGED MEETING TODAY

The Twentynine Palms Water District board of directors meet in a hastily arranged special meeting set for 4 p.m. this afternoon. Appearances are that the district is scrambling to address a long list of follow ups any one of which threaten to derail the planned takeover of Twentynine Palms Fire by County Fire. The shortfalls were detailed in a letter LAFCO sent to the District on November 4 with the caveat that every item be addressed by a December 2 deadline. Among the issues is the problem of the Fire Department’s unfunded pension liability; that alone requires a $3 million solution. LAFCO has a well-deserved reputation for demanding careful, logical, and thorough management, for being a stickler for detail, and for requiring the same in the districts they oversee. If Twentynine Palms Fire Department is going to successfully be taken over by County Fire in the next 12 months, then addressing the LAFCO issues with more sloppy submissions is a recipe for failure. This afternoon’s special meeting is at the District Office on the south side of Hatch Road in Twentynine Palms.

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