
Speaker A
86:22 - 87:13
"There is also an S version establishing the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission. Public hearing on this item was continued from the meeting of May 26th, so folks who would like to testify, I will also remind folks that if you have previously testified, you are welcome to testify again, but you must keep your comments limited to the changes in the new substitute version."
“There is also an S version establishing the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission. Public hearing on this item was continued from the meeting of May 26th, so folks who would like to testify, I will also remind folks that if you have previously testified, you are welcome to testify again, but you must keep your comments limited to the changes in the new substitute version.”
Member Silvers. On a vote of 12 to 0, item AO-2026-48 passes the body unanimously. Next, we'll move on to AO— uh, 13D AO-2026-62, an ordinance of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly amending Anchorage Municipal Code Chapter 4.50 to create a new Section 4.50.120 and establish the Anchorage Public Safety Commission. There is also an S version establishing the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission. Public hearing on this item was continued from the meeting of May 26th, so folks who would like to testify, I will also remind folks that if you have previously testified, you are welcome to testify again, but you must keep your comments limited to the changes in the new substitute version.
After hearing emotional testimony from families who lost loved ones to police shootings, the Anchorage Assembly voted 8-4 Tuesday to postpone debate on a substitute version of a public safety oversight commission that would give APD and other agencies voting seats.

The Anchorage Assembly voted 11-1 Tuesday to transfer a 9.6-acre Heritage Land Bank parcel to Alaska Natural Burial, a nonprofit that will create Anchorage's first natural burial cemetery. The move addresses the city's burial space shortage after Anchorage Memorial Park reached capacity and a 2024 cemetery bond failed.
