Mindy O'Neall
Mayor · City of Fairbanks
7 articles
Mindy O’Neall is the Mayor of the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, serving in the Mayor’s Office and reachable through the city’s official staff directory.
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Fairbanks mayor's 2027 budget comes with a warning that revenue isn't keeping up
“The root cause is that our revenues are not keeping up with rising costs,”
Fairbanks council members seek to suspend room tax formula as budget trims tourism share
Fairbanks' mayor wants to give Explore Fairbanks about $725,000 less room tax money than city code calls for. Two council members want to suspend the code.
Fairbanks mayor proposes cutting capital spending 92.5%, citing lawsuit payments
Fairbanks' mayor wants to cut the city's capital budget by more than 90% next year, saying lawsuit settlement payments have put the city in this spot.
Fairbanks City Council accepts $728,000 federal grant for ambulance bus
Fairbanks council accepted $728,000 in federal funds for a fire department ambulance bus holding up to 22 patients. • Bus aids mass-casualty response, city must fund crewing after year one. • Council also backed statewide e-bike rules and a plan for blighted properties.
Fairbanks votes Oct. 6 on capping taxes, moving elections and hand counts
Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to cap borough taxes, move elections to November and count ballots by hand. Any of it locks for two years.
Fairbanks voters will weigh banning voting machines for hand counts
Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to ban voting machines and hand-count all ballots — an initiative its backers call cost-saving and its critics contest.
Fairbanks council blocks mayor's cabin deal, demands open bidding
Fairbanks City Council rejected Mayor O'Neall's cabin lease deal on May 13 and ordered open bidding instead, likely delaying the downtown riverfront space's opening through summer tourism season.
