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House finance hears $2.3 billion deferred maintenance backlog, OMB pauses major FY26 allocations
Summary
OMB and DOT&PF told the House Finance Committee that Alaska's deferred maintenance backlog totals roughly $2.3 billion and explained the Facilities Council ranking process; OMB said it paused major FY2026 allocations from the Alaska Capital Income Fund pending reconciliation of deposits from the Amaretta Hess settlement and Permanent Fund earnings.
The House Finance Committee heard a briefing April 22 from the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities on the state's deferred maintenance backlog and the process used to prioritize projects.
For the record, Lacey Sanders, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told the committee that the state's most recent backlog lists show roughly $766,000,000 for state agencies (excluding the university) and an additional $1,540,000,000 for the University of Alaska, bringing the combined statewide backlog to about $2,300,000,000. "Deferred maintenance projects are mostly items that entities cannot address through preventative maintenance and generally are greater than $25,000," Sanders said.
Why it matters: committee members said the totals are large enough to affect the…
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