The MSB Assembly will interview their five finalists for the Manager position next week on Wednesday, October 21st beginning at 9 a.m. The five finalists chosen by the Assembly to interview are: Janette Bower, Michael Brown, Thomas Hutka, Travis Mortimer, and Randy Robertson. See more on their qualifications below. Note:…
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MSB Mayor & Assembly Members’ travel/mileage reimbursement amounts for FY2020 The amounts varied from a low of ZERO to a high of $9,613.37. Scroll down to see the specific reimbursement amounts for each elected official for FY2020. Background: The Mat-Su Borough Assembly members are each paid $13,300 per year plus…
Mat-Su Borough Assembly member (and Deputy Mayor) James “Dan” Mayfield was determined to do away with the newly proposed “strong mayor” ordinance at Tuesday night’s MSB Assembly meeting (May 5th 2020.) NOTE: Mayfield has represented Big Lake, Settlers Bay, Knik and Pt Mac since 2014. He is termed off the…
Mat-Su Borough Manager John Moosey is moving on to the same position with the City of Palmer. Moosey has been with the MSB for nine years. He was hired by the MSB in the Spring of 2011 and came here from Chisago County, Minnesota. The City of Palmer’s current manager,…
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly is comprised of members elected from seven districts for staggered three-year terms for no more than two consecutive full terms. The MSB also has a mayor who runs the Assembly meetings and only votes when there is a tie. The 2019 election is scheduled for November…
Dennis Anderson, the Frontiersman newspaper’s Publisher (who recently relocated to Colorado but still works for Wick Publishing which owns the Frontiersman), is MSB Manager Moosey’s “go to” person for Public Relations. Mr. Anderson’s “Publisher’s Notebook” column, which runs in the Frontiersman and its sister newspaper, the Anchorage Press, often features…
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…
There are two items of note on the May 7th Assembly agenda involving the Central MatSu Fire Service Area. The MSB Manager is asking the Assembly to approve two significant capital projects to be funded by the Central MatSu FSA’s savings account: 1) $4 million to repair and add an…
The MSB has released the previously confidential Manager’s Memos pursuant to a Public Records Request. There are a total of 34 memos. The format is – a few pages of updates from the Manager – followed by many pages of attachments. The memos are all marked “Not for Distribution.” Memo…
The MSB fulfilled my Public Records request for copies of the Internal or “Confidential” Manager’s Memos to the Assembly. These are the memos (which come with lots of attachments) that the Manager shared with the Assembly on a regular basis – but which were “not for distribution” to the public. …