Kelly Lessens
48:20 - 49:38
"I would be interested in offering an amendment that basically— well, maybe it's not an olive branch, maybe it's a stick, um, would nullify the entire resolution if at the end of the municipal budget passage the 2027 municipal funding for our schools is less than we expect to receive."
“I would be interested in offering an amendment that basically— well, maybe it's not an olive branch, maybe it's a stick, um, would nullify the entire resolution if at the end of the municipal budget passage the 2027 municipal funding for our schools is less than we expect to receive.”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 48:20 – 49:38
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
Should we receive a lesser amount than that, it will impact our budget profoundly. Because of my concerns about what that would do to us in February, I think that I would be interested in Offering— I would be interested in offering an amendment that basically— well, maybe it's not an olive branch, maybe it's a stick, um, would nullify the entire resolution if at the end of the municipal budget passage the 2027 municipal funding for our schools is less than we expect to receive. So with that said, at this point I would move ASDR 26-27-01 Lessons Amendment 3, which board members have not yet received. I posted Lessons Amendments 1 and 2 early, uh, 3 was crafted, uh, in response to a little bit of feedback.
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