Speaker A
51:15 - 51:58
"as the population increases, we are looking at larger subdivisions out towards Papke's and things like that, and I do think it is in the borough's best interest to look at going to an area-wide model."
“as the population increases, we are looking at larger subdivisions out towards Papke's and things like that, and I do think it is in the borough's best interest to look at going to an area-wide model.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 51:15 – 51:58
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Petersburg
- Captured at
- June 12, 2026
From the transcript
It's restricted to currently the property of the the borough and the state own out there. Any further expansion by service area would require property owners to be involved and want it. But as the population increases, we are looking at larger subdivisions out towards Papke's and things like that, and I do think it is in the borough's best interest to look at going to an area-wide model. I mean, there is no other fire department there is no other police department. Dean, if the members of the public got a chance to vote on it and make a determination on whether or not they actually wanted these services out, I think would be the honest thing to do.
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