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Votes at a glance: Assembly approves facility naming, opioid peer-support reappropriation, multiple AMs; refers ordinance to planning commission
Summary
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly approved multiple ordinances, contract actions and budget reallocations on Sept. 2, 2025, including naming a Big Lake facility and reappropriating opioid settlement funds for a DES peer-support training program.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly on Sept. 2, 2025 approved multiple motions, contract items and ordinances. Most measures passed with no recorded objection. Key outcomes are summarized below.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 25-091: Adopted to name the Big Lake facility the Big Lake Lions Recreation Center. Motion moved by Assembly member Bill Gamble; the assembly adopted the ordinance after Gamble described the Big Lake Alliance's fundraising and long-term operation of the facility.
- Ordinance 25-094 with Resolution 25-80: Adopted to reappropriate $21,000 in national opioid settlement funding to the Department of Emergency Services (DES) peer support training program; finance director Cheyenne Bridal described the funding source and grant-application background during the public hearing. Assembly member Veil moved adoption and the package passed with no objection.
- AM25-106 / change order approvals and contract awards (consent agenda): The consent agenda — moved by Assembly member Tim Hale and approved — included multiple contract actions read into the record by the clerk, among them a $774,908.62 contract conclusion notice for Dirt Works (Jupiter and Diana Avenue improvements), bid awards for equipment and roads (NC Machinery; Booty Company), a $353,979 professional services award for Jonesville Shooting Park, and approval of election officials for the November 4, 2025 borough election.
- Resolution 25-083: Approved to reallocate $496,256 from the Schuetteock bus access road project to support Echo Lake Drive improvements. Assembly member Dee McKee pulled the item for questions; staff said the Schuetteock portion was complete and the funds were reallocated to a project that needed additional funding.
- AM25-110: Approved (see separate detailed article) — a design change order adding $790,622 for the Shaw Elementary intersection/turn-lane project to produce construction documents for a roundabout.
- Introduction and hearings: The assembly introduced multiple ordinances and set public hearings for Sept. 16, 2025, including Ordinances 25-073, 25-085 (with Resolution 25-071), 25-093, 25-095, 25-096, 25-097 (with Resolution 25-084), 25-098, 25-099, 25-100 and 25-101 (with Resolution 25-085).
- Referral: Ordinance 25-102 was referred to the planning commission for 90 days. The assembly amended the referral so the planning commission packet would include the referenced section of borough code 17.75 (single-family residential land districts) before submission.
- Vacancy confirmations and other routine actions: The assembly confirmed a resignation for the Local Emergency Planning Committee (Andrew Gorn) and approved other routine vacancy-related items as presented.
How items passed: Most motions passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition (the clerk recorded “seeing and hearing no objection”). When members pulled items, staff provided supplemental explanations. The meeting did not record roll-call tallies for these items in the public discussion beyond voice approvals.
Ending: The meeting closed with remarks from assembly members and staff announcements about upcoming events, including a charter school groundbreaking and community cleanup schedules.
