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Mayor Ramsey announces 2026 appointments to Anchorage boards and city offices
Summary
Mayor Neil Ramsey announced appointments and term continuations for multiple boards and city positions for 2026, including tax supervisors, city official assignments, Forestry Board and Historic Preservation Commission seats; at least one City Engineer & Flood Safety Officer vacancy remains.
Mayor Neil Ramsey, with support from the City Council, announced appointments and continuations for 2026 during the Dec. 8 meeting.
Appointments and terms announced included tax supervisors Kenneth Purnell, Paul Wessel and Timothy DeLong for Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026; Paul Bergmann as Zoning Compliance Officer (term Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026); Cooper Robertson as Alcohol Beverage Control Officer; and Sheryl Jackowitz listed for the tax assessor period noted in the agenda. The transcript records a vacancy for City Engineer & Flood Safety Officer.
Board appointments included Brooks Alexander to the Forestry Board; Jan Ruzich as chair of the Forestry Board with additional members listed for staggered terms; multiple appointments to the Historic Preservation Commission with terms through 2028 for some members; and other one-year appointments to boards such as the Cable Commission and Conservation Easement Board. The mayor framed these as appointments “with the support of City Council.”
The council did not record a roll-call vote on the appointments in the minutes; the record states the mayor announced the appointments with council support.
