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Ona Brause

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"The, the, the fire service levy would be $250 million and you would get this, this, this, this, this. That is a service level budget. You tell us what you want us to provide."

“The, the, the fire service levy would be $250 million and you would get this, this, this, this, this. That is a service level budget. You tell us what you want us to provide.”
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Ona Brause
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Alaska News
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October 16, 2026

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That has traditionally not carried the full loaded cost of maintaining or operating that asset or those assets, depending on what they are, because of the nature of the municipality. That is a completely reasonable, normal national thing that happens in other places. The, the, the fire service levy would be $250 million and you would get this, this, this, this, this. That is a service level budget. You tell us what you want us to provide.

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