Here is the original 1964 Mat-Su Borough Budget. It totaled $163,475.00 Click below to see entire document: 64budget Summary page: Here is one of the very first Ordinances which sets the compensation for Borough Assembly members and the Borough Chairman.
Posts published in “MSB Budget & Finances”
The Mat-Su Borough spends almost $2.6 million each year for “Animal Care & Regulation.” We have a total of 14 FTEs and one animal shelter. The MSB’s population is 106,532. If you divide the total animal care/regulation budget ($2,574,385) by our population (106,532), you get $24.165. Thus, the MSB is…
Here is the Manager’s Proposed Budget for the Animal Care & Regulation Division for FY 2020. The MSB budget will be debated at Assembly meetings over the next few weeks. The total budget for this division is almost $2.6 million. About $2 million of this amount is for salaries, wages…
Yes, the MSB actually used this terminology to refer to the Manager’s office in an Information Memorandum a couple of years ago. IM No. 17-121 was issued to justify Ordinance 17-086. This ordinance moved Purchasing from the Capital Projects Department to the Manager’s Office. Previously, Purchasing came under the purview…
I sent the following email to the Mat-Su Assembly members this morning: Hello All, I noticed these BID solicitation documents on the MSB website today. Supply and Deliver Bottled Water to all the MSB buildings. So much bottled water – esp. for the Dorothy Swanda Jones building. The estimated cost…
Instead of adding to the previous post (FSA Independent Audit), here is a separate post about the events that led up to the FSA boards requesting an audit in 2016. These Central Mat-Su & West Lakes FSA meeting minutes from the fall of 2015 and early 2016 are truly astonishing.…
The leaders of various Fire Service Areas have complained over the years about how the MSB was managing the FSA accounts. NOTE: FSA money goes toward fire services in each area; but EMS is borough wide. FSAs pay for admin services from the MSB. EMS generally functions in conjunction…
The MSB has a new section of its website titled “Transparency.” However, a close examination shows that this section is akin to a “Non-Apology Apology.” I.e., it only pretends to be transparent. Here is the new section: It has new nifty bar graphs. Click on any section and see if…
The MSB sent Port Director Charles Marc Van Dongen plus Robert Sheldon and two Assembly members – Stephen Colligan and Ron Arvin – to Tokyo Japan in September, 2015. Director Van Dongen apparently was going to speak at an Oil & Gas Opportunity seminar. Why did three other Mat-Su Borough…
This memo from the MSB Manager to the MSB Mayor (and distributed to all Assembly members) was discussed at last night’s Assembly meeting in closing comments by Dan Mayfield. It was NOT included in the meeting packet. However, I was able to obtain a copy.