Twentynine Palms City Council to address budgets and blight tonight (5/13)

Tonight, the Twentynine Palms City Council will kick off their meeting with a presentation to the Youth Council by Senator Rosalice Ochoa Bogh. City staff will then present the preliminary two-year General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 and 2026-27 for initial council review. The new fiscal year begins July 1.

City leaders will then discuss a possible reallocation of funds to clean up property eyesores across the city. Council will consider reallocating the remaining $30,510 of the Navigation and Resource Center and shower funds to residential, commercial, vacant land, and homeless camp cleanup.

The final agenda item will address an amendment to the City Manager contract. A closed session on the matter will take place at 5:30 p.m. prior to the council meeting.

The meeting takes place on Tuesday, May 13, at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall, 6136 Adobe Road. It can be livestreamed or viewed on-demand via the city’s website, www.29palms.org.

Previous articleYucca Valley Planning Commission to consider Exterior Color Change for fourth time
Next articleLanders Homestead Valley Association meeting recap for Monday’s meeting (5/12)
Heather Clisby
Heather Clisby has been working in journalism and communications for over three decades, includings stints at newspapers, magazines, blogs and radio stations. A native of Long Beach, California, she can usually be found guiding tourists in Joshua Tree National Park, auditioning and/or clapping for others at Theatre 29, playing improv, or supporting all her friends in loud bands. She lives with her dog, Sweetpea, in Twentynine Palms.