Wendy Ranney
105:38 - 106:03
“I would like to see some more work done on the ordinance before it's put in place, but I am in support of repealing this. I just think there needs to be some verbiage added to cover it so that we're not adding a hardship tax onto folks that we're trying to upgrade emergency response time.”
- Speaker
- Wendy Ranney
- Timestamp
- 105:38 – 106:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
And just looking at, we not make this another hardship on Cordova residents, um, and look at some exemptions like the Lifeline customers where the tax is actually more than it costs for them to have the service, and multifamily taxes. So I would like to see some more work done on the ordinance before it's put in place, but I am in support of repealing this. I just think there needs to be some verbiage added to cover it so that we're not adding a hardship tax onto folks that we're trying to upgrade emergency response time. Thank you. Council Member Zastrow?
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