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The MSB’s hidden (and very high) costs of hiring outside counsel

In 2016, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly amended the Borough Code with regard to the power and duties of the MSB Attorney. MSB Ordinance 16-045 Attorney Important changes included:  Making it clear that the MSB Attorney will not perform any legal work for the Mat-Su Borough School District (the MSBSD now…

Highlights of MSB Credit Card Statements

Here are some highlights from the MSB Credit Card statements that were featured on the Facebook group, “Mat-Su Valley News.” NOTE: To see the complete set of credit card statements, go to the separate posts on this blog where the documents themselves are posted. NOTE:  I obtained the MSB employee…

MSB Credit Card Statements for FY2016

These were issued to me in a very odd format. These are the Statements for March 2016: 426620 WELLS FARGO (Jude Bilafer) 426621 WELLS FARGO (Vern Halter)  426622 WELLS FARGO (Eric Phillips) 426623 WELLS FARGO (Eric Phillips/2) 426624 WELLS FARGO (George Hays) 426625 WELLS FARGO (Patty Sullivan) 426626 WELLS FARGO (Lonnie McKechnie) 426627 WELLS FARGO  (James Steele) 426628…

MSB Road Service Areas explained

Helpful article posted on the Butte Community Council Facebook group in 2016. (I think the info is originally from a report on the MSB’s website.) YOUR ROAD SERVICE AREA #26 – An Overview by Mike Shields, Primary RSA Supervisor What is a Road Service Area (RSA): The MatSu is a…

Personal Use Vehicles and other Perks

The Mat-Su Borough Manager, Attorney, and Clerk are the only three employees who report directly to the Assembly.  This “triumvirate” is clearly in charge of the MSB and their employment contracts and perks make this clear. Each of these employees is allowed a “Personal Use” vehicle with all expenses covered including…

MatSu Borough employee earnings history FY 2016 and FY 2017

Highlights: MSB Manager John Moosey earned $199,913.86 (FY 2017 – which ended 6/30/17) up a bit from from $196,795.88 (FY 2016) MSB Attorney Nick Spiropoulos earned $175,214.68  – which seems to be 20K more than FY2016 when he earned $155,872.11 MSB Clerk Lonnie McKechnie earned $126,082.81 which seems to be…

MatSu Borough School District Admin Office Expenditures 2014 – 2017

Summary:  The link here (http://www.matsuk12.us/financial-info), takes you to the District’s Financial Page and lists the District’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) from fiscal year (FY)09 through FY16. These financial statements are audited. In addition to the CAFRs, the District also publishes an adopted budget book by fiscal year. The adopted…