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David Zastrow

66:51 - 67:31

"although yes, our budget, our current revenue is supporting our needs, we have more than established that our needs are not met. And although our budget. We're not in a deficit, I feel like we're in a severe deficit with their maintenance."

“although yes, our budget, our current revenue is supporting our needs, we have more than established that our needs are not met. And although our budget. We're not in a deficit, I feel like we're in a severe deficit with their maintenance.”
Community
Alaska News
Location
Cordova
Captured at
June 3, 2026

From the transcript

Having a. Metric to raise the mill rate but adjusting it for primary households and that was another potential means of raising our revenue. I think these are all topics that we need to discuss because although yes, our budget, our current revenue is supporting our needs, we have more than established that our needs are not met. And although our budget. We're not in a deficit, I feel like we're in a severe deficit with their maintenance.

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