
Amy Williams
81:27 - 81:56
"right now, as the budget stands, um, I would have us at around a 9.4 mil rate to fund everything that's in there currently. So, and we're currently at 8.91, just as a reference point."
“right now, as the budget stands, um, I would have us at around a 9.4 mil rate to fund everything that's in there currently. So, and we're currently at 8.91, just as a reference point.”
I've ruined her formulas several times and had to go back. I've learned to copy and make a new sheet now, but still, if we're going to actually have a mill rate discussion later, I'd like the chance to talk to her so that she can weigh in on that. Um, right now, as the budget stands, um, I would have us at around a 9.4 mil rate to fund everything that's in there currently. So, and we're currently at 8.91, just as a reference point. So that's what I know to get started with.
Over a dozen Kodiak residents testified Thursday night urging the borough assembly to fully fund the school district's budget request, specifically to preserve the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium technical director position, which they described as essential to the borough-owned facility's operation and the community's cultural life.

The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly debated Thursday how to balance the school district's request for a $1.6 million funding increase against competing pressures to avoid raising property taxes and preserve funds for major capital projects.
