
Speaker B
3:23 - 3:52
"We have certified the 1% seasonal sales tax initiative petition, so we forwarded that off on Friday to the Assembly to notify them of the 45 days if they would like to enact similar legislation. And then we received the mill rate cap initiative petition back to our office, and we are currently reviewing signatures and started that work yesterday."
“We have certified the 1% seasonal sales tax initiative petition, so we forwarded that off on Friday to the Assembly to notify them of the 45 days if they would like to enact similar legislation. And then we received the mill rate cap initiative petition back to our office, and we are currently reviewing signatures and started that work yesterday.”
I believe Madam Clerk is giving the staff report. Madam Clerk. Yes, I would be happy to. We have certified the 1% seasonal sales tax initiative petition, so we forwarded that off on Friday to the Assembly to notify them of the 45 days if they would like to enact similar legislation. And then we received the mill rate cap initiative petition back to our office, and we are currently reviewing signatures and started that work yesterday.
Juneau citizens collected enough signatures to put a 1% seasonal sales tax to the Assembly or to voters — a citizen-led tax restructuring move

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly approved a local emergency declaration for a glacier outburst flood Thursday, passing it on a consent agenda alongside a $3.5 million school roof appropriation and a Coast Guard homeporting resolution.
