Legislative Services presented a draft 2025 progress report and work plan to the Rules Committee on Jan. 9, asking members to confirm priorities and provide edits before the body considers adopting the plan in February.

Claire Ross and Legislative Services staff reviewed the 2024 priorities and the proposed 2025 priorities. The five items carried from 2024 were housing action; municipal workforce; Port of Alaska modernization; public health, safety and quality of life; and fully functional municipal services. Members debated consolidating municipal workforce with municipal services and adding a broader energy, infrastructure and transportation priority.

Members recommended streamlining the priority list. Several said "good government" or "quality municipal services" could be used to capture workforce and service delivery concerns. Assemblymember Felix said infrastructure should include transportation, water and sewer; other members asked that roads, curb and ADA compliance be spelled out in the infrastructure category.

Members also discussed sequencing: budget and finance committee work is core to the assembly's role and needs sustained mentorship and continuity through the budget cycle; the municipal audit committee's role may expand with a new internal audit director; and committee chairs said they would prefer administration items to come through committee pre-briefings so committees can provide early input before items reach the full assembly.

Committee leadership noted resource constraints and member calendars, and asked members to send written edits to Legislative Services; staff said the aim is to place a finalized 2025 work plan before the full assembly for adoption in February. The chair asked committee chairs to consider whether strategic plans from departments should be assigned to committees for regular progress reporting.

No formal vote was taken on the work plan at the Jan. 9 Rules Committee meeting; Legislative Services will circulate the draft and collect written feedback before the next Rules Committee meeting.