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Borough government of Petersburg, Alaska (Southeast). Assembly meetings, public hearings.

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Speaker A

“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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Speaker A

“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

0:24

Matt 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

0:24

Tony Newman

“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

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Tony Newman

“No.”

Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026

0:21

Speaker A

“This may not— like, everyone loves this, but it is really cool to see, you know, an effort to the first line of defense that we've been talking about for a long time. It's here, it's, it's sitting right here.”

Assembly Meeting · May 20, 2026

Thursday, May 21, 2026Thu, May 21, 2026

Petersburg voters to decide on sales tax cap increase in October

The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted 6-1 Wednesday to place a measure on the October 6, 2026 ballot that would raise the single-purchase sales tax cap from $1,200 to $5,000.

by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read

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