Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly Regular Meeting
📍 Assembly Chambers, 350 East Dahlia Avenue, Palmer, AK 99645; testimony by phone at 1-855-225-2326
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About this event
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly is scheduled to hold a regular meeting on November 17, 2026, in Palmer, Alaska. The agenda includes public hearings on 2027 state and federal legislative priorities, as well as several ordinances regarding the acceptance and appropriation of disaster relief funds and federal grants for fire service and emergency medical services.
Key financial items include the approval of an $850,000 appropriation for water supply upgrades at West Lakes Fire Service Area Station 8-1 and the award of a $526,649 contract to Meier Excavation, LLC for the Tuxedo Avenue Bridge replacement. The Assembly will also review various change orders for road projects and infrastructure improvements, including extensions for Kinney Engineering, LLC contracts.
Additionally, the Assembly will consider new business items, such as the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2028 Capital Improvement Program and the acceptance of over $745,000 in federal grants for mobile health infrastructure. The meeting will also address administrative matters, including the establishment of the Greater Oilwell Road Community Council District and the 2027 tax assessment schedule.
Schedule
- Informing The Assembly Of The Managers Signature On And The Submittal Of A National Fish Habitat Partnership Grant Application Requesting $45,000 From The United States Fish And Wildlife Service For The Wasilla Creek Tributary At Bonnie Drive Fish Passage Culverts Replacement Project.
- Reporting Conclusion Of Contract No. 25-189B With K&H Civil Constructors, LLC. For A Total Contract Amount Of $1,035,215.52 For The Snowcrest Drive And Trapline Drive Improvements Project In The Fairview Road Service Area.
- Reporting Conclusion Of Contract No. 25-158B With Dirtworks, Inc. For A Total Contract Amount Of $465,853.65 For The East Melanie Lane And East Brian Drive Improvements Project In The Greater Butte Road Service Area.
- Reporting Conclusion Of Contract No. 26-011B With Western Construction And Equipment, LLC. For A Total Contract Amount Of $688,492.23 For The Eska Street, Granite Street, Utah Street, And Grand Avenue Improvements Project In The Alpine Road Service Area.
- A Resolution Establishing The Greater Oilwell Road Community Council District.
- A Resolution Establishing Dates For Payment, Delinquency, And Appeal Of 2027 Regular Assessment And Tax Rolls; And For The Commencement Of Hearings Before The Board Of Equalization.
- Approval Of Change Order No. 8 To Contract No. 21-160P With Kinney Engineering, LLC. To Add $ 31,620 For The Point Mackenzie Road Reconstruction Milepost 0 to 7 Project; And Extend The Final Completion Date To December 31, 2028.
- Approval Of Change Order No. 6 To Contract No. 22-104P(A) With Kinney Engineering, LLC. For The 49th State Street Project, To Extend The Final Completion Date To December 31, 2028.
- Approval Of Change Order No. 7 To Contract No. 23-002P(A) With Kinney Engineering, LLC. For The Fern Street Upgrade And Pathway Project, To Extend The Final Completion Date To December 31, 2028.
- Approval Of An Amendment To Contract 26-085B With Goertz Construction, Inc. For Palmer High School Elevator Upgrades, Increasing The Contract Amount By $25,092 For Emergency Power And Elevator System Communication Requirements.
- Informing The Assembly Of The Manager’s Signature On The Fiscal Year 2027 Enhanced 911 Spending Priorities Agreement And Approving The Fiscal Year 2027 Payments Of $144,000 Each To The Cities Of Wasilla And Palmer For Call Taker Wages And Benefits.
- An Ordinance Approving The Time Extension Of The Service Area Budget Appropriation For The Training Complex Build Out Fiscal Year 2024 Project To June 30, 2028.
- A Resolution Approving 2027 State Legislative Priorities.
- A Resolution Approving 2027 Federal Legislative Priorities.
- An Ordinance Accepting And Appropriating 2025 December Mat-Su Windstorm Disaster Relief Funds In The Amount Of $24,300 From The Alaska State Division Of Homeland Security And Emergency Management To Project No. 55033, Fund 445. RS 26-112: A Resolution Approving The Scope Of Work And Budget For Station 5-1 Antennae Repairs Caused By The 2025 December Mat-Su Windstorm Disaster, Project No. 55033, Fund 445.
- An Ordinance Accepting And Appropriating A Grant In The Amount Of $16,501 From The United States Department Of The Interior For A Project To Purchase A Slip-On Tanker For The Willow-Caswell Fire Service Area. RS 26-114: A Resolution Approving The Scope Of Work And Budget For A Grant In The Amount Of $16,501 From The United States Department Of The Interior For A Slip-On Tanker For The Willow-Caswell Fire Service Area.
- An Ordinance Approving The Time Extension Of The Areawide Budget Appropriation For The 2024 Tuxedo Avenue Bridge Replacement Project To October 30, 2028.
- An Ordinance Approving An Appropriation Of $850,000 From The West Lakes Fire Service Area Fund Balance To A Project To Upgrade The Water Supply System At Station 8-1. RS 26-115: A Resolution Approving The Scope Of Work And Budget For Water Supply Upgrades At Station 8-1 For The West Lakes Fire Service Area.
- An Ordinance Accepting And Appropriating A Grant In The Amount Of $72,787, From The United States Department Of Health, Rural Health Transformation Program, For Emergency Medical Services Clinical Operations And Rural Exchange Program. RS 26-116: A Resolution Approving The Scope Of Work And Budget For A Grant From The United States Department Of Health, Rural Health Transformation Program, For Emergency Medical Services Clinical Operations And Rural Exchange Program.
- 1. Butte Community Council: 08/12/26 2. Glacierview Community Council: 09/24/26 3. Greater Talkeetna RSA Board of Supervisors: Resolution 26-01 4. Greater Willow RSA Board of Supervisors: Resolution 26-01 5. Knik RSA Board of Supervisors: 08/04/26, Resolution 26-02 6. Lazy Mountain RSA Board of Supervisors: Resolution 26-02 7. Midway RSA Board of Supervisors: Resolution 26-01 8. Parks, Recreation, and Trails Advisory Board: Resolution 26-02 9. Planning Commission: 09/14/26, 10/05/26, Resolution
- Mayoral Requests for Confirmation
- A Resolution Adopting The Fiscal Year 2028 Capital Improvement Program.
- Approval Of Change Order No. 2 To Contract No. 27-002B With Mckenna Brothers Paving Company To Extend The Final Completion Date To June 30, 2027 For Areawide Road Service Area Pavement Preservation Fiscal Year 2027 - Package I Project.
- Assembly Regular, Joint, and Budget Meeting Schedule for 2027.
- Approval Of Contract Amendment No. 2 To Contract No. 26-099B With Big Dipper Construction, Inc. To Extend The Contract Completion Date For The Station 6-2 Training Complex Build-Out For Confined Space And Structural Simulation To December 31, 2027.
- Award Of Bid No. 27-054B To Meier Excavation, LLC. In The Contract Amount Of $526,649 To Construct The Tuxedo Avenue Bridge Replacement.
- Informing The Assembly Of The Community Development Department’s Intent To Submit A Multi-Use Trails Grant Application To The Alaska State Department Of Transportation And Public Facilities Seeking $300,000 In Funding For A Proposed Ravine Crossing East Of The Government Peak Recreation Area's Lower Parking Lot.
- An Ordinance Reappropriating $69,199.75 From The Fiscal Year 2024 Areawide Budget Appropriation To The Coal Creek At Sushana Drive Fish Passage Project; And Approving The Time Extension Of The Fiscal Year 2024 Areawide Budget Appropriation For Coal Creek Fish Passage Improvements Match Funds. RS 26-122: A Resolution Approving The Amended Budgets For Cottonwood Creek At Fern Street And Coal Creek At Sushana Drive Fish Passage Projects.
- Informing The Assembly Of The Progress For The Talkeetna Water System Upgrades For A New Storage Tank And Headworks To Be Located At A Site On Front Street And Of The Initiation Of The Design Phase.
- An Ordinance Accepting And Appropriating $66,515.82 From RLI Insurance Company And Authorizing The Manager To Enter Into A Settlement Agreement For The Birch Creek At Mastodon Fish Passage Improvements Project. RS 26-123: A Resolution Approving The Scope Of Work And Budget For The Birch Creek At Mastodon Fish Passage Improvements Project.
- An Ordinance Extending The Time Limit For Completion Of Expiring Project Fund 20317, Fund 440 Alcantra Field Repair Fiscal Year 2024 Through June 30, 2027.
- An Ordinance Approving The Time Extension For The Update Of The Long Range Transportation Plan And Official Streets And Highways Plan Project Account To June 30, 2029.
- Award Of Proposal No. 27-030P To Lounsbury And Associates In The Contract Amount Of $275,858 To Design Drainage Improvements For Sushana Drive.
- An Ordinance Accepting And Appropriating Two Grants In The Amounts Of $398,605, And $347,018, Totaling $745,623 From The United States Department Of Health, Rural Health Transformation Program, For Mobile Health Infrastructure Modernization And Community Health Response System. RS 26-124: A Resolution Approving The Scopes Of Work And Budgets For Mobile Health Infrastructure Modernization And Community Health Response System.
- Mat-Su Borough Assembly Public Works Presentation
Public Works Director presents to the Assembly on the Talkeetna water tank and well project site selection and next steps.