Finance committee recommends FY25 budget amendment after clinic’s $1.07M supplemental request; manager previews 11% FY26 increase

The Skagway Municipality Finance Committee voted to recommend an ordinance amending the FY25 budget to the full assembly after hearing a request from the municipal clinic for $1,071,394 to cover overspent FY25 costs.

Director Wall (the clinic director in the record) told the committee the supplemental request reflects months of higher patient volumes — including urgent-care increases of 96% in July and, by Director Wall’s figures, up to 285% in September and 236% in October compared with the prior year — plus costs for added providers, aging equipment and pharmacy contracting. He said the clinic purchased a portable and suite X‑ray replacement under a federal grant (noted near $400,000), carried extra providers through a high-volume summer, and moved toward hiring permanent, benefited municipal providers to improve continuity of care.

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