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…
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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…
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…
Today, I happened to be over at the MSB gym and noticed…a new small building on the grass in a sort of nice spot and a new paved pathway leading to it from the MSB building. What is this? A bus stop? NOPE. It is the MSB’s “Smoke Shack.” Hmmm…this…
This is the MSB’s new catch phrase. It is how they are responding to many of my recent Public Records Requests. No explanations. No specifics. No apologies. Just – a one line response “There are no records responsive to this request.” Here are my April records requests. The theme was…
It is often helpful to look to other communities to find out how their local governments are functioning. How do other governments do things? Is our local gov’t doing the best job it could be doing? Let’s take Blaine, Minnesota for example. It is a medium-sized city with a population…
The Seward Meridian Parkway Improvements Project (Phase II), which will soon be underway, is on the agenda of the next MSB Parks, Recs and Trails Advisory board meeting. This long-delayed project made for a lively discussion on the Mat-Su Valley News Facebook group yesterday. A former MSB employee (Bill Klebesadel)…
The MSB signed a contract with Lifetime Adventures in December of 2017 to manage the GPRA ski chalet. (Photo of high school students waxing skis during a race at GPRA this past winter.) Here is the contract: GPRA Agreement with Lifetime Adventures 2017-12-28 Has Lifetime Adventures paid the $500 per…
Plaintiff Lisa Behrens filed a second “Motion for a Protective Order and Sanctions” as well as a related “Motion to Compel Production” in her lawsuit against the MSB on March 12, 2019. In these motions, Ms. Behrens complains that the MSB legal team is interfering with her ability to depose…