Erin Baldwin Day
98:48 - 99:20
"we really are in a fairly precarious position when it comes to AFD staffing, especially based on the retirement. I hate to use the word cliff because I feel like that's getting a little cliché at the moment, but we really do have a lot of folks who are set to retire in the coming year, and that is, that is going to create some additional complexities for you all."
“we really are in a fairly precarious position when it comes to AFD staffing, especially based on the retirement. I hate to use the word cliff because I feel like that's getting a little cliché at the moment, but we really do have a lot of folks who are set to retire in the coming year, and that is, that is going to create some additional complexities for you all.”
- Speaker
- Erin Baldwin Day
- Timestamp
- 98:48 – 99:20
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re General Government Operating Cont’d & Enterprise & Utilities
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
Thank you. Yeah, asking these questions just— and because I think, I think my colleagues are already aware, but it bears repeating about this time every year that, you know, we really are in a fairly precarious position when it comes to AFD staffing, especially based on the retirement. I hate to use the word cliff because I feel like that's getting a little cliché at the moment, but we really do have a lot of folks who are set to retire in the coming year, and that is, that is going to create some additional complexities for you all. So I just wanted to make sure that we had those numbers out on the record. Thank you.
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