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Votes at a glance: council approves consent calendar, nonprofit grants and one-time employee payments
Summary
The Twentynine Palms City Council approved the consent calendar, ratified $75,000 in nonprofit grant awards, and authorized a one-time milestone catch-up payment (total cost $5,000) for five employees; all measures passed unanimously 5-0.
At the meeting the city council took three formal actions of note.
Consent calendar: The council moved and seconded approval of the consent calendar, including three ordinance titles read into the record (municipal code chapter for a city seal, a development code amendment establishing an Open Space Conservation zone, and a zoning-map amendment for assessor parcel 0614‑121‑15). The clerk announced the consent calendar passed 5–0.
Nonprofit grants: Staff presented subcommittee funding recommendations for the city’s $75,000 nonprofit grant program for fiscal year 2025–26 and listed awards that together total $75,000. Recommended awards included $3,800 to 29PSP (or similarly named community partner), $32,500 to the 29 Palms Community Food Pantry and Outreach Ministries, $10,000 to Morongo Basin Unity Home Inc., $22,500 to ReachOut Morongo Basin, $1,200 to Theater 29 youth programs, and $5,000 to the Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts. A council member moved to adopt the recommendations; after a second the council voted 5–0 in favor.
Milestone catch-up payment: Staff described a one-time exception to a revised longevity pay policy — a single lump-sum payment to five qualifying employees — with a stated total cost to the city of $5,000. The council authorized the city manager to provide the one-time milestone catch-up payments; the motion passed 5–0.
Votes recorded (as read by the clerk): Council member Ramirez — Aye; Council member Scott — Aye; Council member Wright — Aye; Mayor Pro Tem Mintz — Aye; Mayor — Aye. The council did not record any 'no' votes or abstentions on these items.
