Kelly Lessens
50:03 - 51:31
"this resolution shall become null and void If either the mayor's proposed budget for 2027... or the Anchorage Assembly's November 17th, 2026 adoption of the FY 2027 general government and utility operating budget would fund the municipality's optional local contribution to the Anchorage School District for the 2027-28 school year to a lesser extent than the maximum allowed under the municipal tax cap."
“this resolution shall become null and void If either the mayor's proposed budget for 2027... or the Anchorage Assembly's November 17th, 2026 adoption of the FY 2027 general government and utility operating budget would fund the municipality's optional local contribution to the Anchorage School District for the 2027-28 school year to a lesser extent than the maximum allowed under the municipal tax cap.”
- Speaker
- Kelly Lessens
- Timestamp
- 50:03 – 51:31
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
And to just paraphrase, this would be at the end of all of the other resolution, you know, be it resolved points. Finally, in light of AR 2026-11, which was passed by the Anchorage Assembly 12-0 on July 21st, 2026, and which requests the mayor to identify at least 2 scenarios for funding levels for the municipality's local contribution to the Anchorage School District in the preliminary 120-day budget memo for FY 2027 by August 31st, 2026. First, the dollar amount needed to provide the maximum local contribution for school funding available for 2027, and second, the dollar amount needed below the maximum optional local contribution to avoid cuts from Muni services while staying within the tax cap for 2027. Now be it further resolved that this resolution shall become null and void If either the mayor's proposed budget for 2027, which shall be submitted to the assembly on October 2nd, 2026, or the Anchorage Assembly's November 17th, 2026 adoption of the FY 2027 general government and utility operating budget would fund the municipality's optional local contribution to the Anchorage School District for the 2027-28 school year to a lesser extent than the maximum allowed under the municipal tax cap. That's a really long paragraph— sentence.
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