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Tinian mayor’s office urges more operating funds, presses for developer tax on DoD projects
Summary
Tinian officials asked the Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee to increase operational funding for the mayor’s office, restore hotel-occupancy allocations, allow full reprogramming of municipal lapses, and require assessment of the developer’s tax on DoD-related work to address infrastructure impacts from military build-up.
Tinian Chief of Staff Alan Perez told the Senate Fiscal Affairs Committee on Aug. 18 that the Tinian Mayor’s Office needs additional operational funding and expanded authority to respond to infrastructure and service demands driven by military and development activity.
Perez said the mayor’s office employs 131 full‑time staff and manages library services, a youth center, dog control, ID services, parks and tourist sites, building repairs, municipal scholarships, the slaughterhouse and municipal treasury plus emergency preparedness and grant management. “Without the support staff of the mayor’s office, Tinian’s local government would face serious operational disruption,” Perez said.
The request is part of a broader appeal for resources to mitigate what Perez described as growing infrastructure impacts tied to the Department…
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