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Court system closeout adds $170,800 for facility and lease costs
Summary
The House Finance subcommittee for the Alaska Court System recommended a modest increase of $170,800 UGF to cover facility, utility and contract costs and otherwise adopted the governor's FY26 proposals for the court system.
The House Finance Budget Subcommittee for the Alaska Court System recommended an FY26 operating budget that largely adopted the governor's proposal and added $170,800 UGF to cover facility, utility and contract costs.
The subcommittee reported UGF $154,525,200 (an increase of $1,187,700 or 0.8%), DGF $518,000 (no change), other funds $2,710,000 (an increase of $278,300) and federal funds $1,805,300 (no change), for a total of $159,558,500 (an overall increase of $1,466,000 or 0.9%). Workforce totals: 755 permanent full‑time, 38 permanent part‑time and 6 temporary (799 total). The subcommittee’s adjustment added $170,800 UGF to cover the court system's facility, utility and contract costs as requested by the agency; staff said the department's original request differed from the amount shown in the subcommittee book and that the final reconciled number reflected adjustments to lease cost and other building costs.
Why it matters: The increase covers operational facility costs for the judicial branch; the subcommittee emphasized that the judiciary is a separate branch and forwarded the adjustment with the narrative and B.A. report to the full committee.
Members asked for clarification about the $170,800 and were told the department’s initial request was larger and the final amount reflects reconciled figures for lease and building costs. The subcommittee adopted the adjustment and received no further questions during the presentation.
