Scott Smiley
19:11 - 19:44
"in the past, we have used $25,000 for the health and safety ones, and for the educational ones, $5,000. That's not supported by the amount of money we have. And it's tough to find more money."
“in the past, we have used $25,000 for the health and safety ones, and for the educational ones, $5,000. That's not supported by the amount of money we have. And it's tough to find more money.”
- Speaker
- Scott Smiley
- Timestamp
- 19:11 – 19:44
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
And in the past, we have nickled and dimed people And sometimes it seems it's due to personal bias, and I don't think that's fair. Um, so one of the remedies for that is to have two levels of funding. In the past, we have used $25,000 for the health and safety ones, and for the educational ones, $5,000. That's not supported by the amount of money we have. And it's tough to find more money.
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