Josiah Patkotak
23:51 - 24:39
"So in tax year 2027, you shouldn't see a single request for property tax payment as long as you get your exemption form turned in"
“So in tax year 2027, you shouldn't see a single request for property tax payment as long as you get your exemption form turned in”
- Speaker
- Josiah Patkotak
- Timestamp
- 23:51 – 24:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Barrow, Alaska
- Captured at
- September 28, 2026
From the transcript
So in tax year 2027, you shouldn't see a single request for property tax payment as long as you get your exemption form turned in, and those will be made available to the public here shortly. As far as the hardcore drugs go, we've done extensive work with the Police Department making sure that we have 24/7 coverage in all of our communities where we've brought in 2 officers, not just 1, for every community. We've made sure that they've done cultural training with ICASS. The first group of officers to come out of that just happened in the last month. We've doubled down on drug interdiction where not only did we have the Drug Enforcement Agency MOA, but now In the last 3 years, we've established a Postmaster General MOA where we have our officers screening the mail sorting facility in Anchorage to make sure that drugs aren't coming into our communities.
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