The Twentynine Palms City Council met last night in a special and closed session. Reporter David Haldane says on the table is a proposed bail-out for the Water District…
The Twentynine Palms City Council decided to cut it close Wednesday by postponing until November 30 a vote heralding the county’s takeover of its firefighting services. That’s just two days before the deadline for the change to take place by July.
On the table is nearly $1.7 million needed by the water district to fund the pensions of its retiring firefighters, an obligation the city has pledged to help cover just to make the deal happen. To figure out how, the Council scheduled a special joint meeting with the district’s board of directors four days after Thanksgiving.
The Council’s consensus is that the financial liability ought to be stretched out as long as possible with the city making annual payments. The question of the hour: just how will the district respond?
TWENTYNINE PALMS CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS $1.7 MILLION WATER DISTRICT BAIL-OUT
