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Jeff Meucci
105:35 - 105:57
“I recommend that the Assembly initiate a temporary 9-month moratorium on issuance of borough building permits for data center development, with a period there.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Meucci
- Timestamp
- 105:35 – 105:57
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 9, 2026
From the transcript
Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Well, just for sake of discussion here, I'd like to move to amend this motion. And I'd like it to read, I recommend that the Assembly initiate a temporary 9-month moratorium on issuance of borough building permits for data center development, with a period there. And then the motion would also— this moratorium should include data centers that are listed in number 1 and number 2.
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