Photo: Old Veteran’s Wall of Honor located near the hospital. This was posted on “Borough Budget Watch” on August 20, 2018: So, I was researching the various sales of the Veteran’s Wall LOT and noticed this: In Jan, 2016, the MSB sold the lot for $1.215 million to Spring Creek…
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Longtime Mat-Su Valley resident Helen Munoz has resigned from the MSB Wastewater and Septage Advisory Board. Mrs. Munoz is a can do person. She runs a B & B up on Lazy Mountain (A Lazy Acres) and was a founding board member of the Mat Valley Federal Credit Union. She…
Did the MSB ever actually build the promised Matanuska Riverfront Trails (North and South)? These two trails were included (along with other trails) as part of the 2016 $22 Recreation Bond. The Matanuska Riverfront Trail (North) is supposed to link the Old Glenn Paved pathway to the Mat River Park…
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…
[wpvideo wJLh5G5H] Posted on Facebook’s Borough Budget Watch Group on January 8, 2019: Welp, the GPRA Chalet is once again OFF LIMITS to the hundreds of families involved in Mat-Su Jr. Nordics. This MSB building was paid for by taxpayers (primarily a federal grant.) Our property taxes are also paying…
The MSB voters, in the fall of 2016, approved a $22 million Recreation Bond. $3 million of this money was designated for trail improvements. The MSB did lot of PR for the Recreation Bond. These pages are from one of the presentations. Look at all the trails planned: The…
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…
Here are the records showing what the MSB paid to outside law firms for legal work during FY2016, FY2017, FY2018. Click below to see all of the records. 429 426.900 law Here are a few highlights: Perkins Coie gets a lot of business from the MSB. Note: Sean Parnell seems…
A source told me that the Manager issues monthly “Confidential” Memos to the Assembly Members. These memos contain all the important information about what he is working on and what is really going on at the MSB. These are different than the public “Manager’s Reports” which are on the website…
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…