Speaker B
5:13 - 5:58
"the FY27 budget that's being presented to you today, I think it continues the city's tradition of sustainability. Some key factors I think you'll— you should note in this, um, that I think we are, again, continuing to invest in what's the city's most valuable resource, that's its people. It's got a 2% COLA in here for wages for all staff."
“the FY27 budget that's being presented to you today, I think it continues the city's tradition of sustainability. Some key factors I think you'll— you should note in this, um, that I think we are, again, continuing to invest in what's the city's most valuable resource, that's its people. It's got a 2% COLA in here for wages for all staff.”
- Speaker
- Speaker B
- Timestamp
- 5:13 – 5:58
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai
- Captured at
- May 2, 2026
From the transcript
With that, I'll just kick off with a little brief introduction, and then I'm going to turn this over to our finance director, Mr. Swarner, and we'll walk through the rest of the budget. But for me, the FY27 budget that's being presented to you today, I think it continues the city's tradition of sustainability. Some key factors I think you'll— you should note in this, um, that I think we are, again, continuing to invest in what's the city's most valuable resource, that's its people. It's got a 2% COLA in here for wages for all staff. We're sustaining the quality of our health and life insurance program.
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