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Kenai Peninsula leaders say community cannot subsidize AKLNG as tax talks begin
Summary
Mayor Macchicki told the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly that municipal costs from the proposed Alaska LNG export terminal must be covered and warned the community cannot subsidize the project as the state floats a 20-mil to 2-mil levy cut; borough representatives sit on a property-tax working group and may seek a supporting resolution if terms are acceptable.
Mayor Macchicki told the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Jan. 20 that the borough will press for protections and compensation as talks continue over tax treatment for the proposed Alaska LNG project.
Macchicki said the AKLNG project has two phases — a pipeline that ends in Beluga within the borough and a planned LNG export terminal in Nikiski — and described an administration proposal the governor discussed to reduce the oil-and-gas mill levy from 20 mil to 2 mil. "Our community cannot subsidize AKLNG," he said, adding that municipal costs…
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