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Ona Brause

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“the additional ambulance unit for 300, at the top of the list, is proposed as an asset purchase for a bond of $380,000 as a $1.6 million O&M increment to operate the ambulance.”
Speaker
Ona Brause
Community
Alaska News
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October 16, 2026

From the transcript

We'll figure it out. Hey, the fire department proposed capital budget. This is going— this includes part of what we talked about at the very beginning of this day, the bond request and associated O&M and how they're together and requested of the community, et cetera, et cetera. This also includes our traditional bond, uh, for annual ambulance replacement programs, the fire apparatus replacement for water tenders, and requests for replacements for fire stations that are in the design process. And Steve Shruggie is here and can give us lots of information about all of the demand for these projects and what it— but the additional ambulance unit for 300, at the top of the list, is proposed as an asset purchase for a bond of $380,000 as a $1.6 million O&M increment to operate the ambulance.

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