Larry Terch
58:46 - 59:15
"Leaving it at the full 1 hour Um, would cost the city around $24,000, and something is better than nothing."
“Leaving it at the full 1 hour Um, would cost the city around $24,000, and something is better than nothing.”
- Speaker
- Larry Terch
- Timestamp
- 58:46 – 59:15
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- North Pole
- Captured at
- November 2, 2026
From the transcript
I apologize, I apologize. Um, and the reason for that, um, a couple of things. A, this hasn't been done before. Leaving it at the full 1 hour Um, would cost the city around $24,000, and something is better than nothing. Um, also in the budgets that we have in front of us, we did not add in any leave time compensation sellout, which may be something that the utilities department workers decide to do rather than take time off.
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