Jared Goecker
113:53 - 114:34
"I kind of feel like with, with the increased revenue that we had with, uh, the, uh, the Alkamal marijuana tax and the increase in the bed tax, I think was passed by the voters with the expectation that we would do good things with the extra money. Um, and I think that guaranteeing— not guaranteeing, but doing what we can to support EMS service year-round throughout the borough is one of those things would be high on that, high on that list."
“I kind of feel like with, with the increased revenue that we had with, uh, the, uh, the Alkamal marijuana tax and the increase in the bed tax, I think was passed by the voters with the expectation that we would do good things with the extra money. Um, and I think that guaranteeing— not guaranteeing, but doing what we can to support EMS service year-round throughout the borough is one of those things would be high on that, high on that list.”
- Speaker
- Jared Goecker
- Timestamp
- 113:53 – 114:34
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Denali Borough
- Captured at
- September 9, 2026
From the transcript
On the nonprofits and like where, you know, if we're kind of considering that more, more critical, critical service than just, you know, grant monies or whatever, we just need to be thoughtful about that. And yeah, if that— how those programs are oriented and how they all kind of fit within our restrictions and I don't know, I kind of feel like with, with the increased revenue that we had with, uh, the, uh, the Alkamal marijuana tax and the increase in the bed tax, I think was passed by the voters with the expectation that we would do good things with the extra money. Um, and I think that guaranteeing— not guaranteeing, but doing what we can to support EMS service year-round throughout the borough is one of those things would be high on that, high on that list. So, um, yeah, I don't, don't want us to feel, feel limited, you know, be, be creative and make sure we take full advantage of volunteer effort we have out there.
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