Steve Giesbrecht
69:19 - 69:45
"if, if the money was taken from water, wastewater, or power and light, it would have to be paid back. But for the harbor, there's an exception in how the charter is written. So yes, the money could come out of the harbor fund and would not have to be paid back."
“if, if the money was taken from water, wastewater, or power and light, it would have to be paid back. But for the harbor, there's an exception in how the charter is written. So yes, the money could come out of the harbor fund and would not have to be paid back.”
- Speaker
- Steve Giesbrecht
- Timestamp
- 69:19 – 69:45
- Transcript
- Petersburg Borough: Assembly Meeting
- Community
- Alaska News
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- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
Um, if, if the money was taken from water, wastewater, or power and light, it would have to be paid back. But for the harbor, there's an exception in how the charter is written. So yes, the money could come out of the harbor fund and would not have to be paid back. But we also don't— I can't answer sitting here what that would do to any harbor projects that are already planned. We'd have to answer that question, but would not have to be paid back.
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