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Wasilla’s lobbyist briefs council: big budget year, prioritize public safety and watch pension reform
Summary
Christopher Nas told the council the upcoming Juneau legislative session will be a major budget year with a large deficit, and urged local focus on public safety priorities, pension reform risks and possible bond funding.
Christopher Nas, the city’s contracted lobbyist, told the Wasilla City Council that the next Alaska legislative session will be dominated by budget issues and that Wasilla should prioritize certain local projects and guard against changes that would shift pension costs to municipalities.
Nas told the council the governor’s budget blueprint implied a multi-billion-dollar adjustment and that conversation will revolve around education, public safety pensions and how federal dollars are administered. “The governor introduced his budget on December 15,…
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