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MVCSD considers hiring grant writing and fund development company run by former board member
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2026-01-22 15:12:16
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The Morongo Valley Community Services District (MVCSD) Board of Directors held their regular 6:00 p.m. meeting last night (January 21).

During agency reports, new Morongo Valley Fire Chief Michael Catalbiano stated the department is actively seeking new recruitments through Copper Mountain College and “hitting every possible avenue they can,” including paramedics. General Manager Brittany Chavez has suggested creating a fund for medical school to train willing recruits for Paramedic Certification, an item that received positive response from the Board, to be revisited in April after the fiscal budget is clearer.

Former Board member Kristina Brook of K&M Enterprises was in attendance with a proposition for grant writing and fund development for the MVCSD, testifying that her company has raised over 3.2 billion dollars for her clients, with a recent win of five million. Brook said K&M’s success has “put them in a position to help the smaller organizations that can’t afford to pay for the services up front,” offering the MVCSD a reduced rate of $95 an hour at 20 hours a month, pay when they can. This also received positive engagement from the Board, who agreed to pursue it further once the fiscal budget was sorted.

The request for the CSD to issue $50-$100 prepaid Visa cards to Fire Staff supplies was voted down, cited by Director Johnny Tolbert as “gifting public funds.” Discussion yielded ideas of a secondary lockbox containing extra petty cash on a card to be reconciled by Chief Catalbiano, but no action was taken, tabled until the next meeting. 

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