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Skagway Assembly removes $300,000 design line from public works budget amendment after hours of debate
Summary
On first reading the assembly agreed to advance a budget amendment that funds ventilation and a clinic ultrasound but removed a $300,000 engineering/design line for a new public works facility after members raised process and cost concerns; the amended ordinance passed on a recorded vote.
The Skagway Assembly on March 5 debated whether to include a $300,000 design estimate for a potential new consolidated public works facility in a FY26 budget amendment and ultimately removed the design line before approving the ordinance on first reading.
Vice Mayor Potter introduced ordinance 26-02, saying the packet item would fund three things: basic ventilation and equipment for the existing public works shop, a donated ultrasound for the clinic, and a $300,000 design estimate for a new public works facility at a 15‑acre site intended to be part of a future bond package. "This ... finally puts to bed the ... bond issue that narrowly passed but was never issued," Potter…
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