Beth Weldon
Mayor · City and Borough of Juneau
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Beth Weldon serves as the Mayor of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska.
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Mayor · City and Borough of Juneau
Juneau clerk certifies 1% seasonal sales tax petition, Assembly has 45 days to act
“Thank you for all your work, because I do know that that is time-consuming to go through all those signatures.”
Alaska News1w ago
Juneau declares a glacier-flood emergency — in 16 minutes, without debate
“we had 3 resolutions on our consent agenda, one for declaring a local emergency for the glacier outburst flood, another appropriating $3.5 million for school roof repairs, and another resolution supporting the homeporting of two major United States Coast Guard cutters, including the CGC Storis. And those all just passed.”
Alaska News1w ago
Juneau mining industry warns sales tax cap removal could cost $5M yearly
“We may have inadvertently caused a double taxation that we just have to work with our our finance director and sales tax person to make sure that it's not what— I doubt that's what the intention of the assembly was, is to double tax something.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee cuts $736,000 in recurring expenses, faces $687,000 deficit
“I'm trying to do the job that we set ourselves up in the fall, so I'm looking for $2 million, so some of my cuts will seem harsh, but I'm also looking at them in service reductions. I'm not looking for them from the manager's budget.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee cuts Travel Juneau budget in 5-4 vote
“hotel bed packs, they get $1,267,000-ish. Marine passenger fee, they get $614,000-ish.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Juneau Assembly faces budget crisis with projected negative fund balance
“I was one of the votes that voted for the gondola, but the 5 of us, because it was a 5-4 split, saw the handwriting on the wall with Eagle Crest. And here we are with Eagle Crest that we saw more and more general fund going into more and more subsidy.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Juneau Assembly votes 8-1 to end gondola deal, repay Goldbelt $12.2M
“Do you realize that ending the RSA with Goldbelt does not mean that we still cannot negotiate with Goldbelt or another third party?”
Alaska News1mo ago3 attributions
Juneau Assembly Finance Committee votes 6-3 to end gondola project, repay Goldbelt
“And my amendment would be an 'and' at the end of that sentence. To ask, because we can't, um, direct EEOCrest board to see if they could find another investor, which could include Gold Wealth. We haven't heard from them, um, or to find someone to sell the gondola.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Joint committee forwards $16M school bond with flood mitigation funds
“I would move the— make it so it's $16 million, and that might take care of some of our, uh, flood problem, erosion problems.”
Alaska News1mo ago
Hundreds pack Juneau Assembly meeting to oppose recreation facility cuts
“I know that people are— were not pleasantly surprised with the list of priorities that we marked for reductions. Be advised, this is just a list that we're going to talk about, does not mean that things are going to come off of that list.”
Alaska News1mo ago2 attributions
Juneau schools seek $10M bond for roofs, HVAC after state funding dries up
“in reality, since debt reimbursement has been reduced, an awful lot of how it's operated is when the leaks get too bad. So just when roofs start to fail”
Alaska News2mo ago