Juneau committee forwards $730,000 plan for Dunsookaheenie playground to assembly

Chair Wall opened the meeting’s single agenda item by putting the focus plainly: "That brings us to our sole agenda topic tonight or today, Dunsookaheenie Playground." The Joint Assembly JSP Facilities Committee voted to forward Option 1 — $660,000 for the playground project plus $70,000 for perimeter fencing, a total of $730,000 — to the full Assembly and the Assembly Finance Committee (AFC) to be placed on the pending list for the budget process.

The committee’s action was taken so the Assembly would have a proposal to consider during next week’s line‑item work on the budget, Chair Wall said. The motion was made by Mayor Weldon, who moved "option 1 to the full assembly, with the dollar amount, dollars 660,000 for the total project, plus $70,000 for the fence. So a total of $730,000." No formal roll‑call vote was taken; an objection for the purpose of comment was raised by Mister Steininger and then withdrawn, and Chair Wall noted no remaining…