Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Twentynine Palms council approves funding for survey and outreach to explore local tax measure
Summary
City Council voted 5-0 to hire Popowsky Research ($22,500), select an outreach consultant (Clifford Moss at $74,800 was favored) and allocate up to $25,000 for outreach materials so the city can gauge voter support for a possible sales-tax or TOT measure to address rising costs and flat revenues.
Twentynine Palms City Manager Dr. Stone told the City Council that the city faces rising costs and flat or declining revenues and recommended a two-part effort — a public opinion survey followed by community outreach — to determine whether voters support a tax measure to shore up services.
Dr. Stone said the combination of increasing expenses and stagnant revenues “is not sustainable,” and described core services — animal control, parks and recreation and community development — that the city subsidizes because fees do not cover operating costs. He pointed to a recent adoption-fee pilot that cut the fee from about $208 to $29 and…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
