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Larry Terch

73:26 - 73:50

“that is a year's worth of on-call leave time. 80 Hours doesn't make a lot of sense to me before they have to clear that out, and 91 hours is what they will earn if this proposal passes for the entire year, which makes more sense to me than an 80-hour random number put in there.”
Community
Alaska News
Location
North Pole
Captured at
November 2, 2026

From the transcript

Was that second, Mr. Church? That's Mr. McGee. Thank you, Mr. Um, the reason for that move is that is a year's worth of on-call leave time. 80 Hours doesn't make a lot of sense to me before they have to clear that out, and 91 hours is what they will earn if this proposal passes for the entire year, which makes more sense to me than an 80-hour random number put in there. Thank you.

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