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Finance committee backs placing a 2% seasonal sales tax on the ballot to fund utility waivers and infrastructure
Summary
The finance committee voted to recommend an ordinance to place a 2% seasonal sales-tax increase on the Oct. 7, 2025 ballot; staff estimated about $4 million in additional revenue that would cover utility waivers (water, sewer, solid waste) for eligible accounts and leave roughly $1.3 million for critical infrastructure.
The Municipality of Skagway finance committee voted to recommend that the assembly place a proposed ordinance before voters to add a 2% seasonal sales-tax increase during the summer months, with the expressed purpose of waiving certain utility fees for eligible accounts and funding critical municipal infrastructure.
Assembly member Alex (addressed in the record as "Alex") outlined the ordinance’s intent: to make water, wastewater and solid-waste services effectively…
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