
Neil Steininger
74:00 - 74:41
"You spoke to replace— potentially replacing some of this funding with marine passenger fees. Is it your intention to put forward another amendment later to our marine passenger fee budget, or is that a next year's marine passenger fee budget concept?"
“You spoke to replace— potentially replacing some of this funding with marine passenger fees. Is it your intention to put forward another amendment later to our marine passenger fee budget, or is that a next year's marine passenger fee budget concept?”
Yeah, yeah, it does impact— it impacts my decision, I guess, sort of. So I guess the question, Madam Mayor, You spoke to replace— potentially replacing some of this funding with marine passenger fees. Is it your intention to put forward another amendment later to our marine passenger fee budget, or is that a next year's marine passenger fee budget concept? I believe it would probably be next year's marine passenger fees because I'm not sure exactly the status of our marine passenger fees, if it's set in stone or Ms. or Director Pierce has the ability to flex it a little bit.
The Juneau Assembly Finance Committee voted Wednesday night to cut $736,000 in recurring expenses from the city's operating budget, but the city still faces a projected fund balance deficit of $687,000 for fiscal year 2027.

The Juneau Assembly Finance Committee voted 5-4 Wednesday night to reduce Travel Juneau's hotel bed tax funding by $400,000 on a recurring basis, cutting the destination marketing organization's budget from roughly $1.27 million to about $867,000.
