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Wasilla moves insurance to citywide nondepartmental account; legal and vehicle-replacement costs draw questions
Summary
City finance staff told council the FY26 proposal consolidates most insurance into a single nondepartmental line, pauses departmental tech-replacement transfers, and leaves vehicle-replacement funding in a separate fund; council members pressed for detail on a rising legal-services line and mayoral-vehicle replacement policy.
Wasilla finance staff told the City Council during its committee-of-the-whole budget review that FY26 departmental budgets remove insurance line items from individual departments and instead consolidate them under a single citywide nondepartmental insurance account.
The change affects property, general-liability, auto, cyber, and workers’ compensation coverage. “We have chosen to move that insurance into nondepartmental,” Cassie, an administration finance staff member, said, adding the move is intended to make allocation more equitable across departments.
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