Susanne Fleek-Green
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Assembly shelves salary commission pick after questions over his firm's city contract
Anchorage's mayor picked a consultant for the panel that sets officials' pay. Then his firm's $86,899 city contract came up, and the Assembly shelved the pick.

Anchorage Assembly delays Missing Middle housing vote again, this time to Dec. 1
The Anchorage Assembly scheduled its Missing Middle housing vote for a Friday at noon, then unscheduled it. It's now Dec. 1, the second delay in four weeks.

Alcohol tax advocates ask Anchorage to put more into prevention and treatment
Groups behind Anchorage's alcohol tax say it put nothing into substance misuse treatment in 2025 or 2026, with none planned for 2027. They want a change.

LaFrance appoints retired municipal lawyer to Anchorage Equal Rights Commission
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance appointed retired attorney Linda Johnson to the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission. The Assembly votes on her confirmation Wednesday.

LaFrance names business executive to Anchorage salary commission, reappoints another
LaFrance appointed John Gregoire Jr. and reappointed Karen Norsworthy to Anchorage's salary commission, pending Assembly confirmation Nov. 4.

LaFrance names 11 to Anchorage boards and asks the Assembly to confirm them Nov. 4
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance named 11 people to seven Anchorage boards, asking the Assembly to confirm them Nov. 4. Five fill vacant seats, six incumbents return for terms through 2029.

Anchorage School Board votes to raze Abbott Loop, return Westpark on a nonbinding pledge
“that assembly resolution did pass 11 to 1 at our last assembly meeting”

Anchorage School Board asks Assembly to reject electing most members by district
The Anchorage School Board voted 6-1 to ask the Assembly to kill a plan to elect most board members by district before voters ever get a say.

Anchorage officials propose asking voters to fund an ambulance and its crew
Anchorage wants voters to buy one more ambulance for $380,000, then pay about $1.5 million a year for the crew. City officials call it a test.

Anchorage voters could update ballot signatures with the clerk under proposed ordinance
Anchorage voters could soon update the signature their ballot gets checked against, instead of waiting on the state. Fewer newspaper ads, too.

Anchorage weighs requiring candidates to gather voter signatures to get on the ballot
Anchorage candidates may soon need 50 to 250 voter signatures to get on the ballot. The clerk says it's the first city she's worked in without them.

Anchorage seeks 50 acres of JBER land for a waste-to-energy plant
Anchorage is asking Congress for about 50 acres of JBER land next to the landfill for a waste-to-energy plant, with the request riding in this year's defense bill.

New law ties Anchorage's federal housing grant to how fast it builds
“fully engage with our congressional delegation”
