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Finance committee recommends ordinance to fund Public Works design, urges bond planning
Summary
The Skagway Municipality finance committee voted to recommend Ordinance 26-02, which would add $300,000 for engineering of a new Public Works facility, while members debated packaging construction financing into an October bond after staff provides conceptual designs and cost estimates.
The Skagway Municipality finance committee voted to recommend Ordinance 26-02 to the full Assembly, advancing a budget amendment that would provide $300,000 for engineering and design work on a new Public Works facility and related site work.
Committee members focused on two questions: whether to fund conceptual or full engineering now and how to pay for construction, which members variously estimated at $6 million to $10 million. Mayor Orion Hansen told the committee he was concerned the proposal had “leapfrogged the public workshop,” and that while $300,000 for engineering might be affordable,…
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