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Twentynine Palms council adopts special revenue and capital project budget revisions
Summary
The City Council approved Resolution No. 26-20 on June 23, 2026, adopting budget revisions for special revenue and capital project funds for fiscal year 2026–27 and several interfund transfers. The 5–0 vote followed staff presentations and council questions about funding restrictions and administrative charges.
Twentynine Palms’ City Council voted unanimously June 23 to adopt revisions to special revenue and capital project budgets for fiscal year 2026–27, approving a package of expenditures and interfund transfers intended to support capital projects, street repairs and program management.
The revisions, presented by Finance Director Abigail, cover the city’s special revenue and capital project funds (excluding Project Phoenix funds and the sewer fund) and call for $14.2 million in expenditures and transfers for the year, of which roughly $11.4 million is expected to be funded through those restricted funds, according to the presentation. Abigail told the council “the city has a total of 18 funds” and walked members through categories including RMRA, gas tax and Measure I receipts.
Council members pressed staff on a handful of specifics before the vote. Staff said some funds are tightly restricted; for example, RMRA and other transportation accounts must be spent on eligible street projects. Abigail outlined major capital projects covered in the package, including a $4.2 million construction estimate for the Split Rock Bridge and an estimated $3.7 million for the Hatch–Sullivan bike path. The finance director also described proposed interfund administrative transfers to cover fund-management costs: $10,000 from the gas tax fund, $28,000 from Measure I, and $27,040 from the successor agency fund to the general fund.
Councilmember questions included whether an administrative fee for a newly created Elm Avenue project fund would be recorded as a transfer or direct allocation of staff time; staff replied they planned to allocate roughly 10% of staff time to that fund rather than performing a cash transfer. Council discussion also flagged that special revenue streams are not permanently guaranteed—staff pointed to the prior elimination of Article 8 state funding as an example where cities absorbed lost revenue.
Resolution No. 26-20 was moved and seconded and passed in a roll-call vote recorded as five 'Aye' votes.
The council made no substantive changes to the recommendations presented by staff. The item closes the hearing phase on these specific budget revisions; staff will implement the allocations and return with any project-level details in later public hearings if required.
