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Municipal staff outline 15 congressionally directed spending requests; four submitted by the municipality include firefighter decontamination and waste-to‑‑‑‑‑‑
Summary
Nolan Clowda of the mayor’s office told the Assembly Legislative Committee on March 6 that Anchorage had about 15 congressionally directed spending requests in play and detailed four CDS requests submitted by the Municipality of Anchorage for equipment and project design.
Nolan Clowda of the mayor’s office described the municipality’s congressionally directed spending (CDS) submissions during the March 6 Assembly Legislative Committee meeting.
“We had about 15 total congressionally directed spending requests. There is a limit of 5 per organization, but, enterprises and utilities are allowed to count as separate organizations,” Clowda said. He said Anchorage Water & Wastewater (AWU) submitted five requests that counted against AWU’s separate limit and the Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) counted separately for one request.
Clowda detailed four requests submitted by the Municipality of Anchorage itself: firefighter decontamination equipment for the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD); a geospatial toolset for the Office of Emergency Management (OEM); design and permanent components for the proposed waste‑to‑energy project; and the Anchorage Police Department’s (APD) emergency vehicle operations course. He said the team worked with Senator Murkowski’s office to refine competitive proposals and ensure match funding.
Member questions focused on overlap with local proposals. Assemblymember Zach Johnson asked how a $2,000,000 CDS request for APD patrol vehicles would interact with a potential local levy for vehicles. Johnson asked whether receiving both would simply accelerate purchases or reduce levy needs. Clowda replied that the vehicle request had been approved previously but did not receive funding in the appropriations bill and therefore was being resubmitted. He said the $2,000,000 request was “pretty modest” relative to fleet needs and would help the municipality “get caught up faster.”
Why it matters: Federal CDS awards can supply one‑time capital funding for municipal priorities; the committee discussed how those awards would interact with local funding such as levies and capital plans. Clowda said the municipality also put a placeholder CAPSIS (capital submittal) request of about $50,000,000 for port project work in the event of a geo bond or other federal opportunity; that request is passive until a financing opportunity arises.
The committee received the briefing for information. Clowda said staff will update the Assembly if there are announcements about awards; no formal Assembly action or vote on these requests was recorded in the March 6 meeting transcript.
