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Needles council authorizes ENA with Palm Communities for 40 workforce units, awards $1.37M paving contract and hires finance director
Summary
The council approved an exclusive negotiating agreement with Palm Communities to explore a 40‑unit workforce housing project downtown, awarded a $1,373,796.30 base bid (plus 10% contingency) for Phase 5 of street paving to Vance Corporation, and adopted an employment agreement for Mark D. May as director of finance at $164,279 a year.
The Needles City Council voted to advance several development, infrastructure and personnel actions at its December meeting, approving exclusive negotiations with a housing developer, awarding a major paving contract and confirming a new finance director.
The council adopted a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a nonbinding exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) with Palm Communities to explore development of approximately 40 workforce housing units in downtown Needles. City Manager Patrick Martinez described the ENA as nonbinding and without financial exposure to the…
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