Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
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Jody Tow“Service Area 1, of course, will have the area-wide mill rates included in there, and then we'll have the Service Area 1 mill rate for operations of the things that area-wide doesn't pay for, like the police and things like that. And then we have our— Service Area 1 has debt service of 0.3%. $3.6 Mils to finish off paying for the aquatic center and the library.”
Assembly Meeting · Apr 30, 2026
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Jody Tow“There'll be a recommendation from the borough to have that raise that cap on.”
Assembly Meeting · Apr 30, 2026
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“the 18th, the gas line folks are going to be bringing I don't know their number. They're bringing 4 aircraft in. They originally wanted to bring in 8 aircraft, and I had to inform them that on the 18th, on the 18th of May, for a site visit, and they're going to have a meeting at our visitor center.”
5/02/26 Budget Work Session · May 2, 2026
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“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.”
5/02/26 Budget Work Session · May 2, 2026
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“this budget includes increasing that paramedic pay incentive from 5% to 15%.”
5/02/26 Budget Work Session · May 2, 2026
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“when that decision gets made, I think you're gonna see a lot of movement because when you bring thousands of individuals here labor-wise to the community to build the liquefaction plant in Nikiski, they're coming through the Kenai Airport. And that's always been the plan. I don't think that plan's changed.”
5/02/26 Budget Work Session · May 2, 2026
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Allyonna Mandregan
“This meaningful event honored lives of those we have lost, including victims of unsolved homicides, and creating a space for reflection, healing, and unity.”TCC Weekly Episode 46 · May 11, 2026
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Allyonna Mandregan
“Last week, a gathering of remembrance took place on May 5th at Golden Heart Plaza Bridge in Fairbanks.”TCC Weekly Episode 46 · May 11, 2026
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Shawna Hildebrand
“TCC is proud to announce that Fitch Ratings has upgraded TCC's bond rating to a AA-, an increase from the A+ rating the organization has maintained over the past several years.”TCC Weekly Episode 47 · May 18, 2026
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James Valentine“I've thought about this too a lot, especially when, um, I'm a younger assembly member up here, and then when I come in, and seeing that there's rates 20 years older than me and then nothing has been done. Now it's on this guy that's sitting up here today, right, to be that guy. So it, it— I, I always like kind of like incremental steps into the right direction.”
Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026
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Robert Schwartz“it's nice to think about this fall and just on visitors, but I'm thinking about businesses. Amount of money I've spent at Piston and Rudder, or I just ordered $80,000 worth of engines from Napa. So it does fall on businesses as well, and the local businesses will generate probably quite a bit more money than the visitors from out of town.”
Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026
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James Valentine“I think, um, at this point, getting to $5,000, probably just staying there is probably a good idea. And I think 5,000 overall, all around, is just going to be probably what we'll probably hang out at, because if we raise it to 1,000, you know, 3,000, probably in another year or two we'll ask again. But maybe if we say at 5,000, we might be able to just stay there.”
Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026
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Member Newman (Assembly Member, Petersburg Borough Assembly)
“Uh, yes, I have a question for the finance director. Um, so I thought, didn't we— then this wasn't this— just vote on this last fall, 2 falls ago. So how many times has this come before the voters and it's failed?”Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026
0:48
James Valentine“it's better for anybody in the public to find an assembly member to talk to in advance because very little will be done right here during that time. Because like everybody is saying, it's going to take a lot to readjust all this. And I'd like to note to the public that it's really easy to say just put a blanket stop over everything, but it's never that easy.”
Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026
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“just want to, uh, say congratulations that we got our certificate of need. Yes, another big, big hurdle.”
PMC Hospital Board Meeting April 2026 · May 7, 2026
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“on this lot up by the Baylor facility, the stuff up closer to the Baylor facility is probably the area that would be the best. That's the reason why I kind of split that, you know, the line doesn't go all— cover that whole lot, because otherwise you're getting down closer to the residential.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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Sarah Fine-Walsh“they also had language saying that 110% of the height of the tower was the distance you had to be from another property, from property line. So we would want that also, right?”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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“if you're going to go over so many feet, You gotta go through the process for conditional use permit. Okay, so that way there are just things, anything that we say up to so tall, it's by right, up to such and such a standard, it's by right. But if you want to exceed those, then you do have the option of filing for conditional use permit”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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“there's up, uh, Three Lakes Loop Road to where the mill is, and then there's some mental health land right around the mill, but this big Lot 12 that's right there is owned by the State of Alaska. And that would be a good potential location as well, because that is up at elevation.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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“we also should include, you know, the areas where the cell towers already exist on Forest Service land outside of— so the top of Lindenberg Peak and the top of Crystal Mountain.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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“It also makes it easier for them if they do want to put in a tower, they can— they go and look at the map and say, obviously, these are the locations the borough would like us to put cell towers to give the most setback to the residential and everything else, but also is properties that have good locations, and then they can pick off that list what will meet their needs the best.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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Sarah Fine-Walsh“another reason for this overlay is the Telecommunications Act does not permit municipalities to totally ban towers. And so that's why we're— that's a big reason why we're doing this.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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“It would just give them the right to sell property to a cell tower and have a cell tower put in without having to go through the whole conditional use process or anything else. So, which would make it simpler and would also encourage towers to be in locations we want them to be.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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Sarah Fine-Walsh“the good thing about the notice process is that, you know, anything we're including in the overlay, we have to notice private persons. And so they would get a chance to say, like, no, I don't want this in the overlay, or I very much do want this in the overlay.”
Planning Commission Meeting 5.12.2026 · May 12, 2026
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“74% Paid for and enables the load and enables us to sell the power in the future date. The project goes over 48 months. So, with the first year, it would be the engineering and the planning, and the years 1, 2, and 3 would be the construction and the commissioning in the very last year.”
Regular City Council Meeting · May 8, 2026
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“We also get, as part of this project, we get the 5 new breakers, and we get the relays and the automation to go with those 5 breakers. We get 9 automated pull-top reclosers. We get the SCADA and the PLCs to go with that. And we have money in there for the fiber optic backbone going to those components”
Regular City Council Meeting · May 8, 2026
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“the council met in an executive session. Uh, we worked on negotiations with Mr. Adams and did not reach an agreement. Mr. Adams turned down our final offers.”
Regular City Council Meeting · May 1, 2026
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“I'd like to thank all the councilmen for their due diligence and hard work in this matter. It's not easy”
Regular City Council Meeting · May 1, 2026
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Kevin Buettner“Approximately 10 to 15 acres of these uplands are suitable or may be suitable for residential development.”
4/29/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Apr 30, 2026
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Kevin Buettner“The City of Kenai seeking to rezone portion of one 81-acre parcel located at 10060 Kenai Square Highway from Conservation to the Suburban Residential Zoning District. Purpose of the rezone is to allow for low to medium density residential development adjacent to existing residential neighborhoods”
4/29/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Apr 30, 2026
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Kevin Buettner“The administration believes rezoning to R-1 would likely deter development of the property due to the required minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet compared to 7,200 square feet in the Suburban Residential Zone.”
4/29/2026 Planning & Zoning Commission Regular Meeting · Apr 30, 2026