Arianna Bellizzi
27:01 - 27:40
“one of the concerns that I have is how many, uh, how many staff people are supporting commissions, because our understanding is that people who are supporting commissions are not paid. And I'm concerned that that job is being mainly held by women, and so women are taking an unfair burden and they're not getting any sort of stipend for taking on additional duties. And so I think it's 100% within this body's recommendation to I tried to ask for more information about how many staff people were, like, how many staff, what the demographics of those staff were, and I was told that they don't have that.”
- Speaker
- Arianna Bellizzi
- Timestamp
- 27:01 – 27:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
I did ask the mayor's office after the last meeting because one of the concerns that I have is how many, uh, how many staff people are supporting commissions, because our understanding is that people who are supporting commissions are not paid. And I'm concerned that that job is being mainly held by women, and so women are taking an unfair burden and they're not getting any sort of stipend for taking on additional duties. And so I think it's 100% within this body's recommendation to I tried to ask for more information about how many staff people were, like, how many staff, what the demographics of those staff were, and I was told that they don't have that.
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