Donald Handeland
38:12 - 38:31
“are you guys, I mean, I know this is all kind of hypothetical, but as you guys are doing that, are you looking at only 5% across the board or Potentially more in, in some departments because I'm looking at like snow removal versus the public transportation and the impact to more, I guess, people on that.”
- Speaker
- Donald Handeland
- Timestamp
- 38:12 – 38:31
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Worksession re General Government Operating Cont’d & Enterprise & Utilities
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
Thank you. Mr. Handeland. Kind of, I mean, similar on that. I mean, I'm looking at some of these cuts and stuff. I guess, are you guys, I mean, I know this is all kind of hypothetical, but as you guys are doing that, are you looking at only 5% across the board or Potentially more in, in some departments because I'm looking at like snow removal versus the public transportation and the impact to more, I guess, people on that.
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