Speaker B
0:50 - 1:24
"Next year's expenses are 5% higher than last year's, and some of the reasons for this is an increase to vehicle replacement costs, 500 or 5% health insurance increase. And I just want to remind the assembly, our health insurance is about $1.8 million a year that we pay, and that includes the employee side and the borough side. So 5% of that is about $90,000."
“Next year's expenses are 5% higher than last year's, and some of the reasons for this is an increase to vehicle replacement costs, 500 or 5% health insurance increase. And I just want to remind the assembly, our health insurance is about $1.8 million a year that we pay, and that includes the employee side and the borough side. So 5% of that is about $90,000.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 0:50 – 1:24
- Source
- Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- April 30, 2026
From the transcript
So let's just get right to it. So the general fund is balanced. Next year's expenses are 5% higher than last year's, and some of the reasons for this is an increase to vehicle replacement costs, 500 or 5% health insurance increase. And I just want to remind the assembly, our health insurance is about $1.8 million a year that we pay, and that includes the employee side and the borough side. So 5% of that is about $90,000.
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