Jeff Meucci
63:55 - 64:42
“we talked about borrowing money from the Harbor Reserve since this is a harbor project we have going on. And I was told, and it wasn't in writing, that yeah, we could do that, we could borrow that money, but we would have to pay it back to that department with interest.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Meucci
- Timestamp
- 63:55 – 64:42
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
Marine overlay or not. I mean, and we talked about at the assembly level, we talked about borrowing money from the Harbor Reserve since this is a harbor project we have going on. And I was told, and it wasn't in writing, that yeah, we could do that, we could borrow that money, but we would have to pay it back to that department with interest. And I mean, what is the purpose of having reserves if we can't use them for To me, it makes sense to get them up there, stack them on the 14th Street, get that Skow Bay area squared away, and then move them out there so the fire department has a place to train. I mean, if we put this money— if we, if we do this CAPSES thing and we ask for $1.1 million for it, we should be adding money to that CAPSES report for our emergency operation plan update that hasn't been revised since 2010.
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