Jurupa Valley’s City Council approved $100,000 in micro‑grants for local nonprofits at the meeting, awarding 20 organizations $5,000 each after staff and the Community Development Advisory Committee reviewed 37 applications and recommended a top 20.

Deputy City Manager Amy Sells explained the program history and process: the community service grants policy dates to a council resolution adopted in February 2019 and the council raised the program allocation to $100,000 for fiscal 2025–26, allowing up to 20 awards at $5,000 each. Staff screened applications for technical eligibility and the Community Development Advisory Committee scored eligible applications on project description, community benefit, fiscal responsibility and feasibility. The committee recommended 20 organizations for council approval.

Two applicants and several public speakers addressed the council. Lynette Jones, executive director of the nonprofit Kids in Conflict, brought a program participant to describe the organization’s youth services and requested funding. Tracy, representing Flabob Airport’s youth program, urged councilors to reconsider that nonprofit if it was not already among the recommended organizations; Flabob emphasized aviation‑themed workforce and after‑school activities that would reach local youth.

Before the council moved to vote, the city attorney advised that a conflict required separating one application from the group: a council member’s spouse serves on the board of “Harupa Valley Adopt A Family” (application materials used that name). Because the spouse’s unpaid board membership creates a disqualifying conflict for the council member, the council separated the item and the council member left the dais while it was considered. On the separated vote the item resulted in a 2–2 tie (the recused council member absent), and the motion to award that single $5,000 grant failed.

The council then voted to approve the remaining awards, adding one additional recommended application — Flabob Airport’s youth program — as the 20th award in place of the separated applicant. A motion to approve the full slate (19 original recommendations plus Flabob) passed; the clerk recorded the motion as carried by the council.

Why this matters: the program distributes modest, discretionary public funds to nonprofits providing direct services to Jurupa Valley residents. The council’s conflict‑of‑interest review followed state and local ethics rules and led to separating one applicant from the slate, which left an open $5,000 slot the council filled with a recommended alternate.