A source just told me that Sean Parnell and his consulting company NavNorth were hired by the MSB to SELL THE PORT. (The MSB paid NavNorth $103,500 from July 2016 – July 2018. I have been awaiting more public records to find out exactly what NavNorth did for all this…
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At the Port Commission meeting this week (January 21, 2019), the Port Operations Manager gave a presentation on her proposed FY2020 Budget. Included in the presentation was a notation that FY2020 proposed wages have not been calculated but “add an estimate of 120K.” Let’s analyze this – 120K per year…
The Port Commission meets monthly – generally on the third Monday of the month at 3 p.m. The MSB staff tends to reveal important information at the Port Commission Meetings and thus, these meetings are crucial for the media and public to attend. It is interesting to read through the…
Is BITUMEN going to save the Mat-Su Borough? Does the public really want to allow Bitumen to be shipped through our area? I posted this note on the Borough Budget Watch Group on November 28, 2018. * HUGE NEWS * * “MSB Manager’s Special” * The MSB may allow a…
The MSB is seeking more money for the Port repair project at the upcoming Assembly Meeting (Oct 16, 2018): The Port Repair project seems to be never-ending. Here is a letter from Assembly member George McKee expressing his frustration: Here is a MSB press release from December 2015: Below are…
This chart was in a recent Port Commission meeting package (or this may have been in some of the FERC documents). Since 2015, there has been very little traffic at the Port. One barge visited in the summer of 2016. No ships visited in 2017. Two barges visited in 2018.…
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…
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…
What is the MSB up to with regard to commercial timber harvests? Is the MSB planning to allow select companies to harvest our timber for commercial sale? Do the people of the MSB, especially those living in the northern part of the borough, want to allow commercial timber harvests? Current…
Here is a photo of the “Port MacKenzie” Terminal Building which was completed in 2006 at a cost of $4.5 million. It is a 7,000 sq foot building with a terminal set up downstairs and office space upstairs plus kitchenette and showers and full utilities. It is for lease to…