Aaron Hansen
17:06 - 17:31
“we know that we have things end of life like boilers and proactively trying to replace those versus reactive, which is the situation that we're in. And I understand that we're not in a financial position to make those”
- Speaker
- Aaron Hansen
- Timestamp
- 17:06 – 17:31
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
Mm-hmm. Um, I think everyone understands, as you That's where I was pushing. So if we get small windfalls or small increases that we weren't anticipating, potentially, um, for example, we know that we have things end of life like boilers and proactively trying to replace those versus reactive, which is the situation that we're in. And I understand that we're not in a financial position to make those They're not action items now because we don't have the budget to do it.
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