Kimberly Rash
48:40 - 48:55
"We have put funding in the 2027 proposed budget for additional beds in the colder months but we're still working on that right now."
“We have put funding in the 2027 proposed budget for additional beds in the colder months but we're still working on that right now.”
- Speaker
- Kimberly Rash
- Timestamp
- 48:40 – 48:55
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
And if that's 450, gotcha. And if we have a— if we have an extremely cold snap as we did last winter, do we have a contingency plan for that? Yeah, and so that's continually what Thea and I are working on is what does that look like funding for this year. We have put funding in the 2027 proposed budget for additional beds in the colder months but we're still working on that right now. Thank you.
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