The MSB is still spending a lot of money on food and travel. Not as much as before I started doing these public records requests, but still too much. MSB Credit Cards Nov 2017 – Feb 2018 Scan_20180330_111000 (1) Here are some highlights from the above statements: The MSB Manager…
Posts published in March 2018
The MSB Assembly had a “Special Meeting” up at the Talkeetna Library on Friday, January 12th, at 11 a.m. The only item on the agenda was a “Financial Overview and Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget.” Note: This meeting was NOT necessary as the budget discussions do not really…
The MSB has issued an RFP for the additional repairs to the Port MacKenzie dock. 18-100B: PORT MACKENZIE CELL DOCK REPAIRS PHASE II Issue Date: February 23, 2018 10:15 am Pre-Bid: March 07, 2018 11:30 am in the Port Mackenzie Building Sealed Bid Due: April 03, 2018 02:30 pm Sealed…
There is a Planning Commission Meeting on April 2, 2018 and UFVs and UFOs are on the agenda. Resolution 18-09 is being introduced. The MSB planning staff is advising the Planning Commission to adopt this resolution recommending that the MSB Assembly approve Ordinance 18-021. What is Ordinance 18-021??? An amendment/update to…
The Municipality of Anchorage has an Internal Auditor. The MOA’s website explains: The primary focus of Internal Audit is to assist the Mayor and the Municipal Assembly in ensuring that proper accountability is maintained over public funds and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Municipal government within the constraints…
This is the story of a plat and the platting process. Most of the documents can be found in this packet: packet-20171207 stone creek The Setting Bogard Road is becoming more and more congested because seven schools, including the three largest Mat-Su Borough high schools – Palmer, Colony, and Wasilla – are…
(4/10/18) Update: The MSB is still working hard on the Wolf Lake Plan. Here is a map they made (dated 3/15/18) for the proposed Wolf Lake Aviation Overlay District. There is a Joint Planning Commission/Platting Board meeting tonight (March 5, 2018) at 6 p.m . in the Assembly Chambers. Here…
“Certificates of Participation”. These are loans that the public does NOT get to vote on. Unlike bonds, only the Assembly has to approve COPs. These are a fairly new financial instruments. The MSB owes $20 million for these type of loans. And the MSB is considering borrowing more money via…
This is the new Gateway Visitor Center. Or it will be the Gateway Visitor Center if the MSB ever actually builds it. This beautiful facility was designed by Wolf Architecture (based in Palmer). This project has been in the works for years. The MSB obtained the land on the Glenn…
The last active tenant at Port MacKenzie is leaving. Alutiiq Manufacturing Contractors LLC (AMC) manufactured modular buildings and transported these buildings to the North Slope and rural communities in Alaska, both by road and across Port MacKenzie’s docks. In exchange for letting AMC out of its lease early, the MSB…