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Anchorage Assembly

Anchorage Assembly

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Anchorage 12-member elected legislative body, meeting weekly in the Loussac Library chambers. Passes ordinances, approves the municipal budget, and confirms mayoral appointments.

muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/default.aspx ↗

Anchorage, AK, USA

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0:31

Erin Baldwin Day

“I'm curious, what does that capacity look like within the Office of Venues? Do we have the real human capacity to administer these contracts more thoroughly at this point? And it seems to have been kind of like a recurring question in the Audit Committee is, you know, is our contract administration on point sort of across across the board. So I'm wondering, you know, do we have policies and procedures for this? What do we think about the total workload of the person who will be shouldering this?”

Anchorage Assembly: Special Assembly Meeting · Jun 26, 2026

0:18

Erin Baldwin Day

“going back to the audit findings, and this is really sort of an internal business question, but I think it's germane. a lot of those findings were really related to some challenges with contract administration and capacity.”

Anchorage Assembly: Special Assembly Meeting · Jun 26, 2026

0:25

Trevor Storrs

“Just to remind folks, we— this used to be, again, also by the alcohol tax. It came over— this came over by an assembly member, and we had to adjust the budget.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-06-17 Meeting Recording · Jun 24, 2026

0:29

Trevor Storrs

“ASD and Best Beginning funds may or may not, but we're going to base it off that we have those in our budget.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-06-17 Meeting Recording · Jun 24, 2026

0:14

Trevor Storrs

“the baseline facts is we're working off of $5.2 million. That's what they're predicting. Fingers crossed that it's that and not lower.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-06-17 Meeting Recording · Jun 24, 2026

0:21

Jessica Simonsen

“Who knew spending $5 million was so difficult, right? I think back to our, you know, first conversations as a board is it's a drop in the bucket, right? Yeah, it seems like a lot of money until it's not.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-06-17 Meeting Recording · Jun 24, 2026

Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wed, Jun 24, 2026

Anchorage Assembly unanimously passes veteran-owned business preference ordinance

The Anchorage Assembly voted 12-0 Tuesday to create a veteran-owned business preference program for municipal contracting, with a key 'right to match' amendment requiring qualifying businesses to accept contracts at the lowest competing bid price rather than automatically winning at a higher amount.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly unanimously passes veteran-owned business preference ordinance
Tuesday, June 23, 2026Tue, Jun 23, 2026

Two Assembly members want Martinez out. The removal law may not reach him

Donald Handeland, Jared Goecker call for Anchorage Assembly's George Martinez to resign over APOC fines; AMC 2.70.030 removal law faces private-capacity carve-out

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago4 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska1
Cover image for article: Two Assembly members want Martinez out. The removal law may not reach him
Friday, June 26, 2026Fri, Jun 26, 2026

Anchorage approved three ice-arena contracts. The office that oversees them has one employee.

The Anchorage Assembly approved management contracts for three city ice arenas, as officials acknowledged thin oversight staffing and questioned the aging Sullivan Arena's future.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage approved three ice-arena contracts. The office that oversees them has one employee.
Friday, June 12, 2026Fri, Jun 12, 2026

APOC fines George Martinez after campaign-paid flight to Florida

The Alaska Public Offices Commission fined Anchorage Assembly member George Martinez $3,050 and ordered him to repay his campaign $2,255.70 after finding campaign funds improperly covered a Florida flight and emissions payment.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: APOC fines George Martinez after campaign-paid flight to Florida
Wednesday, June 17, 2026Wed, Jun 17, 2026

Two Anchorage housing votes on June 23: a tax break and new fees on the same new homes

Anchorage will vote June 23 on a 10-year property tax break for starter-home buyers and new utility connection fees on the same new construction

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Two Anchorage housing votes on June 23: a tax break and new fees on the same new homes
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Anchorage homeless residents tell Assembly: shelters worse than jail

Anchorage homelessness committee testimony Wednesday sits inside a debate shaped by competing lived experiences — both unhoused and housed residents

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage homeless residents tell Assembly: shelters worse than jail
Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wed, Jun 24, 2026

Anchorage Assembly members call on Martinez to resign after APOC ruling

Two Anchorage Assembly members publicly called Tuesday for Assembly Member George Martinez to resign after the Alaska Public Offices Commission found he willfully misused campaign funds and lied under oath, threatening formal removal proceedings if he refuses.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6d ago3 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly members call on Martinez to resign after APOC ruling
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

True North dropped crisis services from Fairview plan after months of pushback

True North Recovery dropped crisis services from its Fairview plan after community pushback — replacing them with outpatient care and mobile outreach

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: True North dropped crisis services from Fairview plan after months of pushback
Friday, June 12, 2026Fri, Jun 12, 2026

Basher parking plan rises after city estimate showed need for more

Anchorage has increased the Basher Trailhead parking plan to 52 spaces after earlier reducing it to 45, though the revised design remains below the city's own demand estimate of 80 to 100 spaces.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
Basher Trailhead, Anchorage
Cover image for article: Basher parking plan rises after city estimate showed need for more
Wednesday, June 10, 2026Wed, Jun 10, 2026

Anchorage Assembly to consider letting licensed wildlife operators use air guns in city limits

Assembly member Zac Johnson has proposed letting state-licensed nuisance-wildlife operators use air rifles and air pistols inside city limits while performing licensed work. The ordinance would add an exception to existing municipal weapons code.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly to consider letting licensed wildlife operators use air guns in city limits
Tuesday, June 23, 2026Tue, Jun 23, 2026

Anchorage Assembly set to award $2.4M in tree-removal contracts Tuesday

The Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday, June 23, on three IDIQ contracts totaling up to $2.4 million for tree removal and arborist services, targeting spruce beetle kill and hazard trees across the Anchorage bowl.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly set to award $2.4M in tree-removal contracts Tuesday
Friday, June 26, 2026Fri, Jun 26, 2026

Anchorage's library puts Hoopla on a budget with new borrowing limits

The Anchorage Public Library cut Hoopla borrowing limits and added a daily spending cap to control costs, and is seeking Assembly approval of a $150,000 contract for 2026.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage's library puts Hoopla on a budget with new borrowing limits
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Anchorage Assembly to vote on $11M Port construction management deal

Anchorage Assembly votes June 23 on $11 million in on-call engineering contracts for the Port of Alaska Modernization Program

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly to vote on $11M Port construction management deal
Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wed, Jun 24, 2026

A neighborhood drinking arsenic-tainted well water wants help paying to join the city system

A Seaview Street homeowner told the Anchorage Assembly her neighborhood's wells exceed arsenic limits and asked for help funding a costly city-water connection.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: A neighborhood drinking arsenic-tainted well water wants help paying to join the city system
Thursday, June 25, 2026Thu, Jun 25, 2026

A New El Green-Go's Is Coming to East Anchorage

The Anchorage Assembly must act by July 21, 2026 — the last regular meeting before the deadline — or permanently lose its right to protest a new restaurant eating place license for El Green-Go's at 5305 E Northern Lights Blvd.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: A New El Green-Go's Is Coming to East Anchorage
Tuesday, June 9, 2026Tue, Jun 9, 2026

A Pacific Islander nonprofit told an Anchorage homelessness commission its housing assistance program is over-subscribed — and asked for city funding to expand it

Nonprofit housing assistance request

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: A Pacific Islander nonprofit told an Anchorage homelessness commission its housing assistance program is over-subscribed — and asked for city funding to expand it
Sunday, May 24, 2026Sun, May 24, 2026

Anchorage proposes second round of child care licensing code changes

The Anchorage Assembly heard a Thursday worksession briefing on proposed amendments to municipal child care licensing code that would eliminate annual physical exam requirements, remove outdated sick-child-center provisions, and modernize training rules to align with state regulations, with a public hearing scheduled for May 26.

Cale Greenby Cale Green1mo ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage proposes second round of child care licensing code changes
Friday, June 19, 2026Fri, Jun 19, 2026

Anchorage's hockey community moves to take over its own arenas for $10 a year

The Anchorage Assembly votes June 23 on awarding management of Ben Boeke and Dempsey Anderson Ice Arenas to a nonprofit subsidiary of the Anchorage Hockey Association for $10 annually, paired with a one-time $450,010 transition grant, ending a for-profit arrangement that cost the city up to $108,663 a year.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage's hockey community moves to take over its own arenas for $10 a year
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Chugach Electric wants perpetual easements through two Anchorage parks

Chugach Electric is asking the Anchorage Assembly for perpetual easements through Russian Jack Springs Park and Ira Walker Park to bury overhead power lines

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Chugach Electric wants perpetual easements through two Anchorage parks
Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wed, Jun 24, 2026

Anchorage Assembly approves True North deflection contract with APD

The Anchorage Assembly voted 11-0 Tuesday to award True North Recovery Inc. a contract for deflection navigation services with APD, creating a formal system to divert people who commit low-level offenses into behavioral health treatment rather than prosecution.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly approves True North deflection contract with APD
Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wed, Jun 24, 2026

Anchorage mayor introduces two property tax incentive proposals to spur housing

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance introduced two property tax incentive proposals Tuesday aimed at encouraging starter home construction, mixed-use development, and conversion of vacant commercial buildings, framing attainable housing as foundational to workforce stability and local business health.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews6d ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage mayor introduces two property tax incentive proposals to spur housing
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Anchorage city funds carry $45 million in deficits — biggest two still growing

Anchorage city funds carry $45 million in combined deficits, with the workers' compensation and IT funds accounting for the two largest gaps

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage city funds carry $45 million in deficits — biggest two still growing
Sunday, June 21, 2026Sun, Jun 21, 2026

Anchorage Assembly set to award $1.35M in homeless housing grants to five nonprofits

The Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on $1.35 million in supportive housing grants to five nonprofits, including a Bering Sea tribal organization, funded through federal HOME-ARP dollars and city operating funds.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly set to award $1.35M in homeless housing grants to five nonprofits
Sunday, June 21, 2026Sun, Jun 21, 2026

APD awards $1.66M opioid settlement contract for deflection program

The Anchorage Police Department recommended awarding a four-year, $1.66 million contract to True North Recovery for deflection navigation services on Tuesday, drawing the base-year cost entirely from the Anchorage Health Department's Opioid Settlement fund.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: APD awards $1.66M opioid settlement contract for deflection program
Friday, May 29, 2026Fri, May 29, 2026

Anchorage veteran preference could exclude recent Afghanistan, Iraq vets

Anchorage Assembly debated Wednesday whether a proposed five-year eligibility window for veteran procurement preferences would exclude combat veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage veteran preference could exclude recent Afghanistan, Iraq vets
Sunday, June 21, 2026Sun, Jun 21, 2026

Anchorage Assembly to consider AMEA-ASEA merger recognition June 23

The Anchorage Assembly is scheduled to consider AR 2026-178 on June 23, which would formally recognize ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 as the exclusive bargaining representative for municipal workers after AMEA merged into ASEA on April 1, 2026.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly to consider AMEA-ASEA merger recognition June 23
Friday, June 5, 2026Fri, Jun 5, 2026

ASD projects $40M FY28 deficit — two months after voters rejected school bond and tax levy

Anchorage School District confronts a $40 million structural deficit on top of $90 million in prior cuts, with uncertainty over both state energy relief funding (not known until August 31) and municipal contribution levels creating urgent budget planning challenges for FY28.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: ASD projects $40M FY28 deficit — two months after voters rejected school bond and tax levy
Tuesday, June 23, 2026Tue, Jun 23, 2026

Anchorage Moves to Fix One of Its Most Dangerous Streets

The Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday, June 23, on a $7.3 million engineering contract with HDL Engineering Consultants that launches a safety overhaul of Bragaw Street, a 1.5-mile corridor with no bike lanes and only intermittent sidewalk separation from traffic. Total programmed funding is listed as $34.4 million in the Assembly memorandum and $35.4 million in the department recommendation memo.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Moves to Fix One of Its Most Dangerous Streets
Saturday, June 20, 2026Sat, Jun 20, 2026

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on an $859K Eklutna River study

Anchorage's $859,850 Eklutna River study contract is part of a multi-year decision about hydropower, fish restoration, and tribal interests

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on an $859K Eklutna River study
Wednesday, June 10, 2026Wed, Jun 10, 2026

Anchorage transfers Heritage Land Bank parcel for natural burial cemetery

The Anchorage Assembly voted 11-1 Tuesday to transfer a 9.6-acre Heritage Land Bank parcel to Alaska Natural Burial, a nonprofit that will create Anchorage's first natural burial cemetery. The move addresses the city's burial space shortage after Anchorage Memorial Park reached capacity and a 2024 cemetery bond failed.

Cale Greenby Cale Green2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage transfers Heritage Land Bank parcel for natural burial cemetery
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Anchorage Assembly takes up wipes ban in city sewers June 23

The Anchorage Assembly takes up AO 2026-94 on June 23 for a first reading, a measure that would ban all disposable wipes from the municipal sewer system and carry fines up to $1,000, as AWWU reports the habit costs ratepayers more than $200,000 a year at a single treatment plant.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly takes up wipes ban in city sewers June 23
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Anchorage budget trade-off: schools OR general government, not both, may be coming

Anchorage Assembly committee asks administration to model fully funding schools OR fully funding general government — signaling a potential FY 2027 fiscal cliff

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage budget trade-off: schools OR general government, not both, may be coming
Thursday, June 18, 2026Thu, Jun 18, 2026

Anchorage Assembly will vote June 23 on $214,684 for a pedestrian safety campaign

Anchorage Assembly will vote June 23 on $214,684 federal funds for a pedestrian safety campaign — inside a contested Anchorage policy response

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly will vote June 23 on $214,684 for a pedestrian safety campaign
Tuesday, June 2, 2026Tue, Jun 2, 2026

Assembly to hear natural burial cemetery proposal for South Anchorage

The Anchorage Assembly will hold a public hearing Tuesday on transferring a 9.6-acre Heritage Land Bank parcel to Alaska Natural Burial, a nonprofit that would operate Anchorage's first natural burial cemetery at no cost to taxpayers.

Lucas Brownby Lucas Brownadded 3w ago3 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Assembly to hear natural burial cemetery proposal for South Anchorage
Wednesday, June 10, 2026Wed, Jun 10, 2026

Anchorage Assembly postpones public safety commission to July

After hearing emotional testimony from families who lost loved ones to police shootings, the Anchorage Assembly voted 8-4 Tuesday to postpone debate on a substitute version of a public safety oversight commission that would give APD and other agencies voting seats.

Cale Greenby Cale Green2w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly postpones public safety commission to July
Thursday, May 28, 2026Thu, May 28, 2026

Anchorage Assembly recognizes Gun Violence Awareness Day after contentious debate over statistics

The Assembly passed a resolution recognizing National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend after contentious debate over statistical accuracy, with amendments made to address concerns about data presentation.

Cale Greenby Cale Greenadded 1mo ago1 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly recognizes Gun Violence Awareness Day after contentious debate over statistics
Wednesday, June 17, 2026Wed, Jun 17, 2026

Anchorage Assembly to vote June 23 on $2.57M in HUD housing grants

Anchorage Assembly to vote June 23 on $2.57 million HUD housing and homelessness plan, with nearly half the funds unassigned to specific projects

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly to vote June 23 on $2.57M in HUD housing grants
Wednesday, June 17, 2026Wed, Jun 17, 2026

Anchorage Assembly considers removing duplicative child care licensing rules

Anchorage ordinance AO 2026-69 would repeal local child care rules on physicals, nutrition and training that the city calls outdated or duplicative of state law.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly considers removing duplicative child care licensing rules
Wednesday, June 17, 2026Wed, Jun 17, 2026

Anchorage Assembly to vote on $76M Eagle River road deal with sole bidder

The Anchorage Assembly votes June 23 on a road maintenance contract worth up to $76 million for the Chugiak-Birchwood-Eagle River area — with McKenna Brothers Paving the only responsive bidder on both the maintenance and paving contracts.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min readAI
Eagle River, Anchorage, Alaska
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly to vote on $76M Eagle River road deal with sole bidder
Saturday, June 20, 2026Sat, Jun 20, 2026

Anchorage Assembly to vote on downtown sidewalk and ADA repairs

The Anchorage Assembly votes June 23 on a $1,773,605 contract with Pruhs Construction to repair deteriorated sidewalks and upgrade curb ramps along 3rd through 8th Avenues downtown, funded by ARDSA Bond funds.

Walter AlaskaNewsby Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min readAI
Anchorage
Cover image for article: Anchorage Assembly to vote on downtown sidewalk and ADA repairs