0:40
Ona Brouse
60:21 - 61:02
"The bill changed it so that there is a 4% controlled— this is all my understanding— for a controlled 4% sliver. So I believe what our projected deficit of $12 million— the new paradigm is $6 million as opposed to $12 million. And now we know that there is a control allocation to budget to or to look at to know that's the amount that they could offload to the municipality to a year-over-year basis, so we can plan for it. Previously, there was not necessarily the option to plan for it."
“The bill changed it so that there is a 4% controlled— this is all my understanding— for a controlled 4% sliver. So I believe what our projected deficit of $12 million— the new paradigm is $6 million as opposed to $12 million. And now we know that there is a control allocation to budget to or to look at to know that's the amount that they could offload to the municipality to a year-over-year basis, so we can plan for it. Previously, there was not necessarily the option to plan for it.”
- Speaker
- Ona Brouse
- Timestamp
- 60:21 – 61:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
We saw this very large gap this year. The bill changed it so that there is a 4% controlled— this is all my understanding— for a controlled 4% sliver. So I believe what our projected deficit of $12 million— the new paradigm is $6 million as opposed to $12 million. And now we know that there is a control allocation to budget to or to look at to know that's the amount that they could offload to the municipality to a year-over-year basis, so we can plan for it. Previously, there was not necessarily the option to plan for it.
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