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Mayor urges caution as AKLNG tax proposal could cut local levy to 2 mills
Summary
Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Macchicki told the assembly the borough cannot subsidize the Alaska LNG project and urged careful review of a governor-backed proposal to reduce the oil-and-gas mill levy from 20 mills to 2 mills, and described work by a borough-led property tax working group.
Mayor Macchicki told the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Jan. 20 that the borough must not shoulder costs to subsidize the Alaska LNG (AKLNG) project as state and municipal leaders negotiate possible property-tax changes tied to the facility. “This is a big deal,” Macchicki said, describing the project as a multi‑billion‑dollar, multi‑phase undertaking with substantial local cost exposures.
Macchicki said the administration is participating in two property‑tax working groups and in negotiations over proposals the governor has discussed, including a drop of the current…
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