Chris Noel
35:35 - 36:08
“many of these are indirectly supported. We're a limited local government, so many of our critical services that our residents and visitors depend on are provided by local nonprofits with support, supplemental support from the borough. And so those include mission-critical fire and EMS services up and down the Parks Highway. Solid waste service is one of our responsibilities.”
- Speaker
- Chris Noel
- Timestamp
- 35:35 – 36:08
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
From the transcript
Where one exists. So, um, some of the services that the borough supports that, you know, would be impacted, as, as Mayor Hopkins mentioned, we— and many of these are indirectly supported. We're a limited local government, so many of our critical services that our residents and visitors depend on are provided by local nonprofits with support, supplemental support from the borough. And so those include mission-critical fire and EMS services up and down the Parks Highway. Solid waste service is one of our responsibilities.
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