This is information from the MSB’s 2015 CAFR. It lists the total amount of money allocated and spent for the Point Mac Rail Spur. These amounts, which are primarily from State of Alaska grants, total $184 million. (There were no State grants after 2015 because that is when the State…
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The MSB does not want anyone to travel on our new 32 mile unfinished “Rail Spur” which connects the Parks Highway to the Port. https://www.adn.com/commentary/article/new-alaska-rail-line-peters-out-forest-after-consuming-184-million/2016/02/02/ ^ Very informative February 2, 2016, column by Anchorage Daily News columnist Charles Wohlforth who discovered that the Mat-Su rail spur is a wonderful bike…
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough owes the Federal Transit Administration $9,287,929. This amount is the FTA’s final determination on the ferry and port project federal grant payback matter. This decision was announced in a letter dated February 7, 2017, which was signed by Robert J. Tuccillo, Associate Administrator/Chief Financial Officer for the…
Here is a Press Release from the MSHF about their new building which is opening in the Spring of 2018: MAT-SU HEALTH FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING EVENT 09-Jun-2017 Wasilla, Alaska— The Mat-Su Health Foundation is hosting a ceremonial groundbreaking event for its new building on Tuesday, June 13 at 11 am.…
The MSB set up a “Sales Tax Task Force” in the fall of 2017. This task force was suggested by Assembly member Matthew Beck and approved at a MSB Assembly meeting a few months earlier. However, the MSB did NOT let the public know any details about the task force. …
http://www.frontiersman.com/news/port-vs-point/article_d7376570-f8f7-11e7-abf4-63ef0830d746.html 20180109-5202(32620680) ^ The MSB’s Motion to Intervene AGDC’s response: FERC response by AGDC
Eugene Carl Haberman is a fixture at local public meetings. He regularly attends the MatSu Borough Assemby meetings, including the 4 p.m. “Special Meetings,” the MSB School Board meetings, the MSB Planning Commission, the MSB Port Commission meetings, the MSB Wastewater and Septage Advisory Board meetings, the MSB Aviation Advisory…
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough budgets hundreds of thousands of dollars under vague categories with names such as “Legal,” “Professional Charges,” “Other Contractual,” and “Assembly Reserve.” Exactly how all of this money is spent by the MSB is not publicized. The amounts approved for these mysterious budget items has increased by leaps…
The MSB Assembly members have a longstanding tradition of eating dinner together with the taxpayers footing the bill. There is often a “Special Meeting” at 4 p.m. prior to the regular Assembly meeting at 6 p.m. The MSB leaders have dinner in between these meetings, often purchased from the Colony…
This MSB owned building cost a small fortune to build (mostly fed funds – from the Federal Transit Admin – officially it is a “bus transit station”!) and its purpose was supposed to be so that the public has a place to warm up and use the bathroom while using…