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.
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Unlike the Port or Rail Spur, an Agricultural Processing Center actually seems like a workable idea. It is not overly expensive and it capitalizes on the Mat-Su Valley’s well established agriculture industry. The MSB started developing this project many years ago. A study was done; Architectural Plans were drawn up.…
Competing interests… The MSB gov’t is not a large entity. It is like a club. There are only 323 full time employees. They get great salaries and benefits. Regular 40 hour weeks (or is it 35?) plus vacation time. PERS retirement. Cadillac health plans. None of the jobs seem too…
SUMMARY OF THIS Legal Settlement Agreement for those that don’t have time to read it: MSB – Mr. Gamble, here is 75K. You can’t sue us or anyone (or help anyone sue) for anything that has any plausible connection to the MSB, okay? Here is an extra 5K if you…
A MSB Assembly Special Meeting meeting took place on August 30, 2016 (the Tuesday just before the Labor Day weekend.) This meeting was mysterious. The entire meeting was conducted in Executive Session. The minutes note that the closed door session was necessary to discuss, “The ONGOING review of the Operation…
The MSB, without Assembly approval and without public disclosure, hired former Governor Sean Parnell to work as a consultant on “Port, Rail and Economic Development” from the summer of 2016 to the summer of 2018. Mr. Parnell was paid over $100,000. 2016 Borough Contract 2017.2018 Purchase Order No_ Contract Amendment…
M/V Susitna Timeline: 2002 – Lew Madden comes up with idea for a ferry to connect Anchorage to Point MacKenzie in the Mat-Su Valley & pitches his idea to the Mat-Su Borough 2003 – MSB solicits proposals for the Knik Arm Ferry Lockheed Martin wins with its proposal to “purpose-build”…
Here is an astute observation from a “Borough Budget Watch” participant about the MSB’s overall lack of transparency and the “behind the scenes” maneuvers of the Manager, Attorney, and Mayor etc:
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…
This is how stuff really works in the Mat-Su Valley. Everything is done “behind the scenes.” This memo was not released by the MSB or the MSHF. Luckily, the City of Wasilla is a bit more transparent and so it was included in a meeting packet. NOTE: Of course the…