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Assembly rejects procedural-rule amendment, approves school-letter, West Creek fee and ferry comments; liquor-license protests fail
Summary
On July 17 the Skagway Assembly voted down a proposed amendment to assembly rules (Resolution 25-17R), approved a letter opposing state changes to local contribution statutes, authorized a $32,719.50 West Creek cultural-coordination fee, approved draft comments on the winter ferry schedule, and declined to protest several liquor-license renewals.
The assembly voted on several procedural and administrative items at its July 17 meeting.
Resolution 25-17R, which would have amended assembly rules to address motion restatement discrepancies, failed after extended debate over attorney review and whether Robert's Rules practices should be retained. A motion to send the resolution to Civic Affairs for further review also failed; the final roll call on adoption recorded six no votes.
On education policy, the assembly approved a draft letter to the Alaska Board of Education…
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