Name: Alicia Hughes-Skandijs: when it comes to exerting local control as a local government, this is absolutely a policy decision that the Assembly needs to make. It is not going to come from an advisory body that is set up.
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Description: when it comes to exerting local control as a local government, this is absolutely a policy decision that the Assembly needs to make. It is not going to come from an advisory body that is set up.

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Alicia Hughes-Skandijs

5:51 - 6:22

“when it comes to exerting local control as a local government, this is absolutely a policy decision that the Assembly needs to make. It is not going to come from an advisory body that is set up.”

Speaker: Alicia Hughes-Skandijs
Timestamp: 5:51 – 6:22
Transcript: Juneau: August 31, 2026 Assembly Committee of the Whole Worksession
Community: Alaska News
Location: Juneau
Captured at: August 31, 2026

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Additionally, that is not the place of a VITIF. That is a great opportunity for us to involve members of the industry and members of the community and let that process play out in a different way than the way we do our committees and ordinances, but when it comes to exerting local control as a local government, this is absolutely a policy decision that the assembly needs to make. It is not going to come from an advisory body that is set up.

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