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Aimee Williams

46:09 - 46:38

“When we put money into facility or into R&R, it causes us to collect, it doesn't affect the mill rate in a positive way. It makes it go up.”
Community
Alaska News
Location
Kodiak Island Borough
Captured at
May 29, 2026

From the transcript

It's not intuitive. If anyone wants to come in next week, and I'm serious about this, and sit down and walk through scenarios and see how this works, Dora and I are for it. So, um, you're going to get a handout and we'll make sure it makes it into supplemental materials so that the public can see it. When we put money into facility or into R&R, it causes us to collect, it doesn't affect the mill rate in a positive way. It makes it go up.

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