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Finance committee postpones resolution to repurpose old clinic site amid bond legal questions
Summary
The Skagway finance committee delayed action on Resolution 25-22R, which would designate the former clinic site for senior or clinic-provider housing, after staff and counsel recommended resolving whether a voter-approved bond ordinance that was never issued legally restricts future uses.
The Skagway Municipality Finance Committee on Oct. 2 postponed consideration of Resolution 25-22R, which would revise prior actions to allow the former clinic site to be used for a senior center or clinic-provider housing, after attorneys advised the panel to await bond-counsel review of an earlier voter-approved bond ordinance.
Manager Deach told the committee the legal question centers on an ordinance ratified by voters that specified a project location but was never issued as bonds. "We're in a bit of a legal limbo," Deach said, summarizing counsel's view that…
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