1:04
Speaker B
128:31 - 129:36
"I'm looking at the, you know, item in our packet from our most recent Assembly Finance Committee that shows our unrestricted projected unrestricted balance of our general fund at almost negative $1 million at the end of fiscal year '27."
“I'm looking at the, you know, item in our packet from our most recent Assembly Finance Committee that shows our unrestricted projected unrestricted balance of our general fund at almost negative $1 million at the end of fiscal year '27.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 128:31 – 129:36
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- Alaska News
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- May 19, 2026
From the transcript
Well, um, so I'll speak to why I chose a restricted budget reserve. And first I'll say, you know, I don't really disagree with, you know, anything that Ms. Wall stated in her comments on her amendment. But really, I'm looking at the, you know, item in our packet from our most recent Assembly Finance Committee that shows our unrestricted projected unrestricted balance of our general fund at almost negative $1 million at the end of fiscal year '27. And I know we have a lot of decisions later this week that's going to change that, and I really hope we don't land with a negative balance at the end of our budget process. This isn't a, like, projection of pessimism there, but just looking at that, seeing that this is, you know, responding to an emergency, responding to a disaster, I think fits justification, and I think for just practical reasons, there's— there is no projected balance in the unrestricted budget reserve right now, and that will force more and harder decisions in our budget process.
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