Alicia Hughes-Skandijs
Assembly Member · City and Borough of Juneau Assembly
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City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska
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Juneau Assembly members move to undo a tax on agents' commissions they helped pass
Juneau started taxing the cut agents keep for selling other people's goods on Oct. 1. Two Assembly members who backed it now want it gone by Jan. 1.
Juneau committee calls for ordinance to pay off Eaglecrest's $2.5 million deficit
Juneau's gondola was supposed to pay off Eaglecrest's $2.5M deficit. With that deal over, a committee asked for a payoff from extra cash, not the reserve.
Juneau Assembly splits 5-4 on paying $80,000 to restore arts grants the arts council kept
Juneau's arts council kept grant money meant for local artists to cover its own costs. On a 5-4 vote, the Assembly added $80,000 so the grants go out anyway.
Juneau Assembly drops e-bike trail rules and takes aim at e-motos citywide
Juneau scrapped its e-bike trail rules to go after e-motos citywide. A trail group says young teens on 50-mph electric dirt bikes are damaging a bike park.
Juneau Assembly keeps harbors as raw fish tax default but adds an exception
Juneau's Assembly kept harbors as the default for raw fish tax money but gave itself an out for "extenuating fiscal circumstances," which have no set threshold.
Juneau closes Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge a year after setting aside money to replace it
Juneau closed the Calhoun Avenue pedestrian bridge as unsafe. A year ago it set aside $750,000 to replace it in 2026. None was spent through July.
Juneau moves to ban electric motorcycles on nearly all public property
“It is kind of getting out of the e-bike game entirely.”
Juneau's flood fix could top $600 million, and the city has $11 million
Juneau needs more than $600 million to hold back the glacial flood. It has $11 million so far, and no plan for where its share comes from.
Juneau committee sends an unrequested $6 million state grant to the downtown Seawalk
Juneau got $6 million from the state it never asked for and is putting it toward the downtown Seawalk, enough to build the first phase without borrowing.
Juneau's flood protection should be everyone's bill, three members say
Juneau's flood protection should be paid for by everyone, not just the people on the river, three Assembly members say. The bond vote slipped to 2027.
Juneau committee to weigh 10% tax on rental cars staged near cruise docks
Juneau is weighing a 10% excise tax on rental cars picked up near the cruise docks, which would push the total on some rentals to 24 percent.
Juneau taxpayers at large would carry $4.7 million of the Mendenhall barrier bill as a quarter of the district objects
Juneau Assembly appropriated about $1 million in tribal and FEMA grants for additional phases of Mendenhall River flood barriers and 2024 flood response after an August 2024 glacial outburst flood damaged roughly 290 residences.
Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 to sell old City Hall to Sealaska Heritage Institute
Juneau took Sealaska Heritage Institute's $1.5 million for its old City Hall instead of seeking bids at $2.5 million. Nobody has appraised the building.
Juneau's five-ship cruise cap moves toward city code
“But I think for a government to do an ordinance, if that sours a relationship, then I would question personally how good the relationship was in the first place.”
Juneau's glacial flood was the mildest yet, but barrier costs are climbing
Juneau's Aug. 13 glacial flood was the mildest yet, damaging 12 homes — officials credit the barriers but say upkeep may cost more than the city planned.
Juneau's paratransit service for seniors has failed riders for nine months
A 96-year-old left at Foodland, 25 calls for one trip: Juneau's paratransit for seniors has failed nine months, the commission says — and the city renewed it.
Juneau aging commission chair tells Assembly paratransit has failed seniors for nine months
Juneau concerned that folks aren't getting rides.
Juneau Assembly to take up ordinance making 5-ship cruise limit enforceable law
Juneau Assembly will introduce an ordinance July 27 to make the five-large-cruise-ship-per-day limit a binding municipal law instead of a voluntary agreement.
Juneau finance committee deadlocks 4-4 on Eaglecrest closure study as ski area seeks $1.68M
Juneau's Finance Committee deadlocked 4-4 on studying closure costs for Eaglecrest after the ski board said it needs $1.68 million to stay open, nearly double the committee's $930,000 target.
True North dropped crisis services from Fairview plan after months of pushback
Fairview pushed back. True North revised. No more crisis services in the Fairview building — outpatient and a mobile van instead.
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee cuts $736,000 in recurring expenses, faces $687,000 deficit
Finance Committee cut $736,000 from city budget but Juneau still faces $687,000 deficit for 2027. Travel Juneau funding dropped $400,000, museum budget cut $261,500, and landscape budget trimmed $75,000. Committee rejected cuts to affordable housing and fire station lease that would raise insurance costs. Full Assembly votes on budget June 8.
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee cuts Travel Juneau budget in 5-4 vote
Finance Committee cuts Travel Juneau marketing budget by 400,000 dollars, dropping funding 31 percent to close city deficit. • Executive director warns cut will remove Juneau from visitor marketplace for two to three years. • Full Assembly votes on budget June 8, must decide by June 15.
School district property insurance costs to double, equivalent to four teaching positions
Juneau School District property insurance costs will more than double to over $800,000 next year, forcing the district to cut the equivalent of four teaching positions since state law caps school funding and insurance falls under that cap.
Juneau Assembly faces budget crisis with projected negative fund balance
Juneau faces $1 million budget shortfall by 2027 after tax cuts reduced revenue. • Assembly must cut services, close facilities, or raise property taxes before June 15 vote. • Residents pushed back Monday against closing recreation facilities like Eagle Crest. • City approved $12.2 million repayment for failed gondola project.
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee votes 6-3 to end gondola project, repay Goldbelt
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee voted 6-3 to end the Eagle Crest gondola project and repay Goldbelt's $12 million loan after construction costs jumped from $7 million to $27 million.
Eagle Crest faces $1.68M subsidy request or severe cuts
Eagle Crest is asking Anchorage for $1.68 million to operate next year, warning that the city's historical $930,000 subsidy would force cuts so severe the ski area might not survive.
