Mayor pro tem Joel Klink

Boards and Committees

Twentynine Palms City Council (December 2004 to present) Mayor 2007 & 2009

Desert/Mountain Division, League of California Cities

Morongo Basin Transit Authority (MBTA), Alternate

San Bernardino County Flood Control Advisory Committee, Alternate

San Bernardino County Solid Waste Task Force & Mojave Desert/Mountain Recycling Authority, Alternate

Chamber of Commerce Liaison

Wastewater Task Force

Service Organizations and Honors

Twentynine Palms Jaycees

Board of Trustees, Twentynine Palms Cemetery (1990 to 2000)

Board Chair, Twentynine Palms Cemetery (for 5 years)

Manager, Bingo at Blessed Sacrament School (1985 to 2006)

Background

Joel Klink was born in Hartford, Wisconsin, in February 1958.  His parents moved the family to Twentynine Palms in 1961.  He attended Blessed Sacrament School and graduated from Twentynine Palms High School in 1976.

Upon graduation, he went right into the work force, working at Thrifty Drug Store for two and a half years.  He was the 2nd Assistant Manager when he was recruited to the Postal Service in 1979.  He has been working for the postal service for 30 years, 26 years on Route 3.  His wife, Tory, is a Mammography technologist at Airway Outpatient Clinic in Yucca Valley.  They have three children: Amanda, married with two children and living in Arizona, Andrew, who works at Rite Aid in Twentynine Palms, and Matthew, a senior at Twentynine Palms High School.