0:29
Charles Davidson
74:07 - 74:37
“this city has spent a lot of money on, on, uh, exits, like you say, the open door policy. And we've trained people like in our fire department or police department, and the next thing you know, they're gone.”
- Speaker
- Charles Davidson
- Timestamp
- 74:07 – 74:37
- Transcript
- Kodiak: November 4, 2026, Work Session
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
- November 4, 2026
From the transcript
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I, I just, being a long-term sitting in this seat, I can assure you this city has spent a lot of money on, on, uh, exits, like you say, the open door policy. And we've trained people like in our fire department or police department, and the next thing you know, they're gone. So it's just something we have to live with. And that's why I think that we can make as liberal a policy as we can to keep our workforce here, because without it, it's just going to cost you money.
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